The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-06 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

AMSTERDAM, JUNE 3.—His Majesty the King has
been pleased to grant permission for the celebration of
divine worship in the English language, according to the
rites of the Anglican Church, at the Hague, at No. 104
of the Korte Houtstraat.

THE lIAGUE, JUNE 2.—The sections of the Second
Chamber will begin to-morrow the examination of the
proposal for modifying the standing orders of the
Chamber.

ROTTERDAM, MAY Van Huell having very
unexpectedly received late yesterday evening notice that
his Majesty the Emperor of Russia would embark on
the following morning on board his Majesty's steamer
the Cyclops, immediately took measures to comply with
his Majesty's wish to have a kind of pavilion, or cabin,
erected on the deck of the steamer, in which he might
pass the night on his passage to England. Workmen
were employed all night, so that by the morning the
cabin was set up, furnished with windows and furniture.
t; o clock the Emperor, accompa-
nied This morning, while the carriages were being em-
barked,
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his Royalerarn en
Highness the Prince of Orange
by his Majesty, our King. His Majesty with the
Prince his son, the Russian Ambassador, and other dis-
tinguished persons, accompanied his Imperial Majesty
to the Cyclops, where they expressed their entire satis-
faction with the arrangements which M. Van Huell had
made on so short a notice. As soon as the tide served
the King took an affectionate leave of the Emperor, and
the Cyclops put to sea.
THE HAGUE, JUNE I.—llis Majesty the Emperor of
Russia is expected to return to the Hague about the
10th of this month. It is said that on his way home he
means to go up the Rhine to Maintz, for which purpose a
steamboat has been engaged at Rotterdam.
The Berlin journals say the Emperor performed the
journey from St. Petersburgh to Berlin in four toys and
seven hours. His Majesty's resolution was unknown to
anybody, so that the news of the journey, and the
orders to set out, arrived at the same time ; and Count
Orloff, his Majesty's Aide-de-Camp, had not time even to
provide himself with all requisites of the toilet necessary
for so long a journey.

LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. BY AGNES
STRICKLAND. VOL. VlL—The Seventh Volume of
" The Lives of the Queens of England" will not merely
support, but extend the now European reputation of
Miss Strickland's excellent and truly national • work ;
indeed, we are not sure .whether it is not the most valu-
able and important volume of the whole series—the one
most distinguished by novelty of information, extent of
research, and careful arrangement and preparation. It
contains the concluding portion of the " Life of our great
Elizabeth," a piece of biography which has never been
excelled in its way, and a copious, complete, and most
interesting " Life of her Successor," Anne of Denmark.
The volume contains two curious pictorial embellish-
ments, and is the fullest of matter of any of the series,
comprising no less than 485 clusely-printed pages._
Navaland Military Gazette.
PRINCESS'S CONCERT-ROOM.—MIsS CLARA SEY-
TeN's LlicruitE ON Cosmov.---Miss Clara Seyton repeated her
lecture on comedy at the Princess's Concert-rooms on Tues-
day, to a numerous and fashionable audience. She was much
applauded throughout, particularly in her songs, which were
accompanied by Lanza on the piano-forte. That little pro-
digy, Miss Emily Hudson, performed a series of brilliant va-
riations on Rossini's " Vivi Tu," on the piano-forte, in most
masterly style. We sincerely congratulate Miss Seytou on
her success, but must at the same time express a hope that
this success will not induce her to withdraw altogether from
the more legitimate field for her exertions. Histrionic
talents, such as those possessed by Miss Clara Seyton, can ill
be spared from the stage at the present moment.
THE WEATII}Ut AND CROPS.—The long continued
drought is now beginning to excite feelings of solicitude
and appprehension in the minds of even the most
sanguine. From all parts of the country we
hear the same uniform complaint, and all accounts
agree in this—that, unless we are favoured with
an early fall of rain, the crops, generally speaking, will
sustain irreparable injury. For several days past,
.we
have had many indications of a change, and the alteration
of the wind from the east to the south-west seemed to give
ground for a strong hope that the much-desired change
was at hand. The favourable indications, however, have,
one after another,. vanished as soon as given, and the
heavens still remidn as brass over our heads. We have
occasionally got quit of the cold dry easterly winds which
so long prevailed, with the temperature so much changed
to the better, that we have been in the enjoyment of
something like pure summer heat ; but in the absence
of refreshing showers, the solar rays exerted an in-
fluence upon the crops rather prejudicial than other-
wise, extracting from the roots and stem all the rams,
ture which the nightly dews impart, and withering the
young and tender blade. The crop of hay is suffering
severely from the drought. From the abundance of
clover which at an earlier season covered the fields, the
best hopes were entertained of a good hay harvest, but
at the very time when moisture would have been most
seasonable, this important crop has been languishing
under a dry and arid atmosphere. In this neighbour-
hood oats are not suffering to the same extent
as in other places ; indeed, they have yet a
promising appearance ; but in many distriats both
oats and barley are sustaining much injury, and, if
not speedily relieved by timely showers, will be
both stunted and thin. As we stated in our last, wheat
retains something like vigour; potatoes have not suf-
fered to the extent we at one time supposed; but the
sowing and brairding of turnips have been very much
retarded. Saturday was a day of genial heat, but yes-
terday the wind had once more veered round to Cie
north-east, and the atmosphere partook of that cold dry
character which has so much prevailed duriug the last
few weeks.--Glcuigew Argus,