The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-12 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

THE HAGUE, JUNE B.—We have the following ac-
ccount from
.Weimar, of the 31st of May :—" His Ma-
jesty, the King of the Netherlands, yesterday visited
the theatre, accompanied by the Grand Ducal family,
and were received with the most lively enthusiasm by
the audience, who were delighted at seeing the Prince
once more among them. His Majesty, accompanied by
the members of the Grand Ducal family, attended Divine
worship in the cathedral. The King afterwards re-
viewed the troops, comprising the garrison of this town.
JUNE 9.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange,
arrived this morning, by the ordinary train, from
Utrecht, on his way to the Hague. We have accounts
from several places of the state of the &bps, which are
very favourable. The accounts from Bois le Due
Maestricht, Cleres, Waardenburg, Amerangen, Zat-
phin, Dorkum, &c., agree on the whole, in representing
the appearances of the wheat, and potatoes in parti-
cular, as very good. The rye was in some places
blighted, and want of rain begins tobe felt.
HallovEa, JUNE 4.—The town of Assel has been
visited by a dreadful fire, which broke out on the even-
ing before yesterday, and could not be got under till
yesterday morning, after burning above twelve hours ;
more than two hundred houses are reduced to ashes.
LUXEMBURG, JUNE 4.—The estates of the Grand
Duchy met yesterday. Their first proceeding was
marked by a circumstance which excited much attention.
By article eight of the constitution, a son or son-in-law
of a Member cannot have a seat in the Chamber. Mr.
Newman, who has been a Member ever since the first
has lately married the daughter of
eslieloctthioenr, in
Member,lB4l,
and it was supposed that he had lost
his seat. He appeared, however, at the assembly which
immediately proceeded to examine his title to a seat, and
decided that he could take his seat. Many persons
think that this is a violation of the constitution, and
that the estates are not covered as they alleged by an
application of Mr. Newman to his Majesty the King
and the Grand Duke.—Dutch Paper, 10 June.
COPENHAGEN, JUNE 4. —lt can hardly be denied that
the late modifications in the Sound and Canal tolls are
chiefly to the advantage of Russian commerce,. The
reductions were considerable, in comparison with the
late tariff—for instance, on Cotton from,lB to 10 stivers,
on brandy from 4 to 3, and on raw sugars from 5 to 4.
The Russian steamer Smeloi anchored in our road
yesterday, and afterwards proceeded to Elsinore, where
we understand it is to wait for the return of the Grand
l!uke Constantine from the Mediterranean, &c.—Ham-
burgh Boneakall, June G.

The 'Hon. Arthur Petre, fourth son of Lord Patre,
sailed on the, 3d of June, in the Trafalgar, for Sydney, where he will
embark for Wellington, New Zealand, to try his fortune in that In•

tereming colony.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean's return to this country is
postponed until next year. Their success, both a+. New York and
throughout the States, has been so great as to induce a general re-
engagement by all the managers.

ILL-BOXES AND LUCIFER MATCHES.--111 the COM-
mittee on the Oldham District Railway Bill, on Wednesday, Mr.
litinxale, a manufacturer of inciter matches and pill-boxes, at
Newton Heath, states that he uses GOO tons of timber, and that he
employs 300 persons on an average throughout the year; that he
exports tc all parts of Europe and North America and Australia,
besides sending large quantities to every part of England, Scotland,
and Ireland.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT RICIIBIOND.—On Tuesday even-
ing Mr. Carter held an inquest at the White Cross Inn, waterside
Richmond, on the body of John Steady, aged eighteen, a shopman to
a cheesensonger at New Breutford. On Sunday afternoon last the
deceased and a young man named Parsons hired a boat at Isleworth,
and were on the river nearly opposite the Marquis of Ailsa's resi-
dence, when the Vivid steam-boat, which was proceeding up the river,
when the deceased asked Parsons to row into the surf
and against tide, passed them, and had left them between 80 and 100
might have a rock ; he did so, and the consequence was the
boat filled. owhoap out, and swam on shore at Richmond,
and the deceased, was lying at the bottom of the boat, sunk.
Several beats put out after him, buth forty minutes had elapsed before
Isis body was recovered, and then
ci e was cTite dead. The jury re•
turned yerdict of " Accidentally wynied.
3t-haartdsthaesytern,