The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-20 00:00:00

DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL.

AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 17. —ln our paper of the 19th
of August we observed that several of the principal
German journals confirmed the report which had
been circulated, that the exportation of corn from the
kingdom of Poland had been prohibited. The
Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung has had an article to
the same effect. On the other hand, the Universal
Prussian Gazette publishes a letter from Posen of the
9th of September, which declares that statement to
be unfounded. Vessels laden with corn for exporta-
tion pass every day, and there does not appear to be
any particular reason for such a prohibition, the
harvest in the kingdom of Poland having been pretty
favourable. _

TILE HAGUE, SEPT. 17.—We lately gave an account
from the Java papers of the stranding of the Belgian
brig, the Charles, on the coast of Borneo, of the
river Coety, and of its being abandoned by the crew
on the appearance of a great number of pirates,
and that on the arrival of the captain and
crew at Macassen, the authorities resolved that
the squadron which was already collected at Macassia
before the arrival of the crew of the Charles, should
chastise the pirates. It was a fortnight before the
squadron could discover the precise spot were the
Charles had run aground. Having reached the mouth
of the river, it was found to be defended by a barri-
cade of piles, and it was with great difficulty that this
obstacle was removed. The captain commanding the
expedition ascended the river with two schooners,
each having eighteen men on board. The result was
that notwithstanding some attempts of the Sultan of
Tongaron to persuade the Dutch not to ascend the
river, they persisted, and in nine days reached a settle-
ment of eight or nine hundred houses, in which was
the residence of the Sultan. The place was wholly
deserted. All the houses were searched, but none of
the stolen goods could be found, and Kampong
(a settlement) was burnt. Subsequent information
led to the discovery and arrest of a person in office,
who had part of the stolen property in his possession.
The commander of the expedition required that the
stolen goods should be given up, and an indemnity of
120,000 florins paid, threatening to burn the Kampong
of Sumarinda unless these terms were complied with.
The inhabitants collected 4,000 florins, and entered
into an engagement so pay the remainder in five years,
giving two of the most distinguished inhabitants as
hostages.
BERLIN, SEPT. 14.—His Majesty the King has
returned to Sans Souci, where Prince Charles of
Prussia has also arrived. His Royal Highness the
Prince of Prussia has returned from his visit to
England.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 16 —A letter from Treves, of the
11th September, says :
" The Bishops of Munster and Treves arrived yes-
terday evening in this city.
" The numbers of the faithful who came to pros-
trate themselves before the lloly Tunic is still very
great. On Sunday last the number of pilgrims was
about 40,000. The total
_number of those who have
come since the 18th of August to see the sacred gar-
ment, may be estimated at about half a million."
The hotels of Brussels are beginning to fill with
strangers, who come to be present at the
_rites of Sep-
tember. Among the latest arrivals are General Sir
Gordon Drummond and his family; Count Lowent-
jelm, Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Sweden
to the Court of France; the Princess of Hohenloe
Bartenstein; Princess Leopoldine de Lichtenstein, by
birth a Princess Esterhazy, and her sisters, the Prin-
cesses Sophia and Mary Esterhazy. Their Majesties
the King and Queen, the two young Princes, and the
Princess Royal, with a numerous suite, arrived at
Ostend on the 14th.
RUSSIA.—A Berlin paper publishes the following
remarkable notice from St. Petersburgh
" On the report of the Minister of Justice respect-
ing the late disorderly proceedings in the criminal
court of Novogorod, his Imperial Majesty has autho-
rised him to address the following imperial notice to
the body of the nobility of the Government of Novo-
gorod, as a warning and admonition to all the nobility
of the empire.
" His Majesty has perceived with much regret from
this report, how little the nobility understand the
value of the imperial confidence giving them the pri-
vilege of filling the most important offices of the Go-
vernment by elections from their own body. His
Majesty will be obliged in future to withdraw the
privilege granted them as a special imperial favour as
soon as they forget to maintain their own dignity, and
do not choose more conscientious persons as their
judges, who shall maintain the dignity of the body,
and recommend themselves to the Sovereign by a
worthy performance of the duties of their office."
Tna HAGUE, SEPT 15.—We have received Java
papers of the 20th and 24th of April, from which we
learn that the Governor-General had published, on the
22d of April, the receipt of intelligence confirming the
death of his Majesty King William Frederick, Count
of Nassau, adding that all European civil and military
officers in the Dutch-Indian possessions are to go
into mourning for eighteen weeks.
The Java Courant of the 20th of April copies from
. the Singapore Free Press a long account of an expe-
dition of the British ships of war the Harlequin and
the Wanderer, and the Company's steamer the Diana,
to Alcheen, on the coast of Sumatra, to demand sa-
tisfaction for the plundering of the British merchant-
men Total Khan, at Battie, and Rotert Spankie, at
Quallah Murdoa.

D'AUBIGNY REPRIMANDED.—Monsieur Guizot has
undertaken to order Captain Bruat to reprimand M.
D'Aubigny for his conduct to Pritchard. The solemnity
will, we understand, be performed in the following
manner:—Bruat will bo seated at a table with bottles
and glasses before him. He will then order D'Aubigny
to be brought into his presence. Bruat will then rise,
and with great sternness address the prisoner, thus—
M. D'Aubigny, it is my painful duty to severely re-
primand you—and you are reprimanded accordingly
(D'Aubigny bows). Now, comrade, sit down (pushes
the bottles). Chateau Margaux or Lafitte? D'Aubigny
—Lafitte. Brunt (filling)—" Tringuous ! Ala gloire de
France/" And, until a late hour in the evening.,
D'Aubigny continee W be remanded.—Punch,