The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-23 00:00:00

THE KING OF HOLLAND'S SPEECH

(From a Second Edition of the Morning Herald.)
THE HAGUE, OCT. 21.—The two Chambers of the
States-General having met in a joint Assembly to-day,
between twelve and one, his Majesty arrived in state at a
quarter past one to open the ordinary Session of this year.
The King, seated on his throne, delivered the following
Speech :
" NOILE AND MIGHTY LORDS,
" Whilst I always find myself with satisfaction in the
midst of tbe Representatives of this noble people, who
do not cease to support me under the cares of Govern-
ment by proofs of their love and fidelity, the pre-
sence of your Noble Mightinesses in the difficult cir-
cumstances in which I now, for the fourth time, open
your ordinary Session, is still more especially welcome to
me, as it will again afford the opportunity of conducting
the most important concerns of the country with a mutual
consent fonnded upon mutual confidence, and of testifying
the harmony of our visa s.
" With gratitude I call to recollection, on the com-
mencement of this session, the blessing which fell to the
lot of my House, shortly after the close of the former
session, by the birth of a second offspring of my beloved
younger son, and the cordial interest my subjects took in
this happy event.
" Our present relations with the different Powers in.
spire tranquillity; from some of them I have received,
even very recently, proofs of real friendship.
" During the course of your former Session, coercive
measures against the Netherlands, such of which history
does not record an example in a time of perfect peace,
were temporarily substituted for the negotiations for re.
gulating the consequences of the Belgian insurrection ;
, the subsequent resumption of these negotiations, in
which the spirit of concession and desire of termi-
nating on our side were met with new difficulties, has
not, for the present, led to a final settlement. By the
communications which I will cause to be laid before
your Assembly upon this subjeCt within a few days,
your Noble Mightinesses will perceive that the honour,
dignity, and real interests of the nation have been ex-
clusively attended to in these negotiations. I continue
to entertain hopes of their being brought to a rea-
sonable termination, and, if it were, that the expectance
cf an equitable support were partly disappointed by the
policy of Europe, even then Old Netherland will not
lament its perseverance during these three years ; but,
with the gratifying retrospect of the example given of self-
subsistence and attachment to legal order in the midst of
the turbulent spirit of the age, confidently leave its conduct
to the judgment of contemporaries and posterity.
" Amidst the painful feelings which were occasioned
by the measures of the English and French Governments
in the preceding year, the patriotic affection found a con-
solation in the behaviour of the military and naval forces,
that continued meritoriously to maintain, in the eyes of
all Europe, the honour of the Netherland name.
" I have been deeply affected by the manner in which
the nation have testified their gratitude to the brave com-
batants, to the wounded, and to the surviving relatives of
the slain.

" The state of our war forces continues favourable ;
they incessantly maintain the glory of their enthusiasm,
discipline, and exercise; a part of the army is now re-
stored to their relatives and accustomed occupations by
extended furloughs.
" The obstruction, which the Netherland navigation
and commerce have experienced, has been borne with pa-
tience ; on the cessation of the impediment our industri-
ous countrymen have shown the most praiseworthy acti-
vity to remedy the sufferings.
" Agriculture has generally been blessed to a great
extent, and in several branches of the industry of the
people, a new life has been remarkable, of which 1 may
anticipate the best results, likewise with regard to our
Colonies.

" According to the latest reports, a desirable tranquil-
lity reigns in the East India possessions ; the improve-
ment of the state of finances goes there hand in hand
with the increasing extension of the culture of important
productions, and the beneficial influence of both is likewise
felt in the Netherlands.

" The West India possessions have endured with
calmness the hindrance of communication, which, how-
ever, has not entirely obstructed the reciprocal intercourse.
" I❑ all our colonies the spirit of the inhabitants has
been most favourably manifested under these circumstances,
and all classes have rivalled in proofs of attachment to the
mother country.

" The interior concerns continue to be sedulously at-
tended to ; the Government experiences in this respect
the most laudable support of the local and provincial Ad-
ministrations ; they proceed cautiously with the intro-
due on of appropriat2 simplifications.
" All the branches of public instruction continue to
a The sciences are stfli cu; tteu at,n tee nest result.
" A l.hogh t!... a, is must necessarily be affected by the
pressure of the times, even in this very moment several
gratifying objets may be pointed out as giving the proof
that our artists do not al!ow themselves to be discouraged.
" The last winter has passed happily for our extended
sea and river dams ; but the late storms have greatly
damaged them, the repair of which Las been commenced
without delay.
" Our finances are in a good state ; the ample par-
ticipation of the inhabitants in the last loan, and the
regul ir payment of the contributions, insured by ap-
propriate laws, enable me to provide for all the present
emergencies ; and the disclosures which I shall cause to be
given to your Noble Mightinesses in this respect will
afford the proof, as I flatter myself, that the public credit,
which has never forsaker us, rests upon solid grounds.
" The bills relating to the Budget, which I will cause,
ere long, to be proposed to your Assembly, will give evi-
dence to your Noble Mightinesses of my desire, on one
side, to bring the system of our means to a proper cohe-
rence, and, on the other side, to promote, by conciliation,
the accelerated introduction of equal charges upon all teal
property.
" The chapters of the code of civil law that remained
unclouded, shall likewise be submitted to the deliberations
of your Noble Mightinesses. I trust, moreover, that I shall
be enabled to cal the attention of your Assembly upon
several other (not less important) parts of the National
Legislation.

" Noble and Mighty Lords !—I rely again, as always,
upon your zealous co-operation in the promotion of the
interests of the realm dnring your present meeting. I wish
that it do not pass without showing us the final term of
the uncertain state in which the country continues to be
since the defection of the Southern provinces.

" Let us pursue in the meanwhile, cainly and steadily,
the path of reason and truth, which we have hitherto fol-
lowed with concord under the most difficult circumstances;
no we may constantly, under all eventful occurrences, with
a pemeful conscience, and an unlimited confidence in the
ALMIGHTY, await the future allotted to the Netherlands."

THE ROYAL COLLEGE or SURGEONS:—
We understand from the best authority that the Court of
Examiners and Council of the Royal College of Surgeons
have determined to pull down the building in which they
now assemble. as it is too limited for their museum and
library.—Medical and Surgical Journal.
MR. Tom, ALIAS SIR W. COURTENAY.—
The sentence of imprisonment on this person expired on
Monday, and he is now a convict tinder sentence of trans-
portation fur seven yeirs. His wife, Mrs. Tom, has
received an intimation from the Home office, stating that
the evidence and certificates adduced of his insanity have
been considered sufficient to warrant his removal to a
lunatic asylum, instead of his being consigned with con-
victed felons to the colonies. The expense of his main•.
tenance, must, however, fall on his friends. The unfor-
tunate perso❑ still continues under the same delusion as to
his title, &c.--iltaidstone Gazette.

LOCOMOTIVE MACHINE.—The locomotive
vessel which has attracted so much attention among the
engineers of the North, and was first submitted to Vial in
the port of amtzic, about six months ago, has been so
essentially improved, that the distance, which she could
then barely accomplish in four hours and thirty-three
minutes, she was enabled with ease to perform in one
as
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hour and two minutes on the second trial of her power,
which took place on the 25th ult. The mechanism by
which she is impelled does not depend upon the action
keeping the moving power a secret.
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Theorinventor

The three Indians, from Terra del Fuego,
who were brought to Englind by Commander Fitzroy, of
the Beagle, and remained for some time at Plymouth, were
landed on their own coast from the Beagle in June last,
together with a missionary, but they were not 20 yards
from the beach before the natives showed a disposition to
rob them : and on the Ciptain revisiting them a few days
afterwards, he found them plundered of every thing they
had—their own fathers, mothers, sisters, and brothers,
being the first to strip them. The poor missionary, rather
a young man, was in a most awkward situation, they
having taken him into the woods, and tortured him, by
pulling out his eye-lashes, to make him show them where
his things were hid. The Captain finding him in that
dreadful situation, brought him on board again.