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London, England, 1817-04-18 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

We, WILLIAI4, by the Grace of Cod, King of the
Netherlands, Prince of Orange, Nassau, Grand
I)uhe of LitxeuthUrgh, &q..
Wishing to proceed to tit+ execution of what is
prescribed by article 17 of the law of the 'lst of

August kV, respecting the ;lame!. ()Teach meaiu re
and weight, and.the multiplications and subtlivi.
sions of the-same ; •
Tat.iiig into consideration, that theitaitl•mea.
sures. and weighs arc already known throngii the
Sotirbern kovir*S tiv systematic names, and that
cestSequentlyi the stating of 'these. systenixtic
names will tend .ii;v•:rtialf. the inhabitants 'of. those
provinces the better understand what measures and
weights are meant by the tient names;
On the report of our Minister for Internal Af-
the'Council of State, being heard,
Have found the undermentioned names lit and
proper ,to .be , adopted
.and confirmed for the new
measures and Weights, and also for the divisions
and multiples thereof, and to be employed on the
introduction or the new system ; the .systematic
names being only added in the present decree for
explanation.-
--Art. I. Conformable to the law of the 21st of August, 181 C,
the name of Ell is adopted for the same unity of.me&sures of
length 'which, according
known under the systematic name of Metre.
' st. The names- for the subdivisions of the oil are :—.
-POD, for the 10th part (the decimetre).
Daint {inch), ter the hundredth part (decimetre).
Strepp. (line), fur the thousandth part tmilleutetre).
3. For the 'multiples of the ell :
,•'
Roc!le (perch), for the: tenfold (decometre); .
hlijle for the thousandfold (thllorrietre). ' ••-
4. The mime of ykritante ell, fur the foundation of mea-
sures of superficies.
• 6. For the squared (4, the subdivisions of the ell:
, Vierkante palm (square palm), fur the square of the tenth.
Vierhante,duinrlsquareitlehL :for the square of the bun,.
Oath part. , •
Vierkatite streep (nuare line), for the cquare of the thou-
sandth part.
6. For the:lquarel"ofthe -multiples of the ell :
Vlerliante ltoede (square perch), for the square of the four-
, fold of the. 911., , • . . .
Burder(acre), for the. square of the tenfold of the roede, or
of the hundred fold of the ell, whirls is equal to ten thousand
sitna re ells :(the Systematic beet:it e).
.7. The term huhjeke elle for the cube of the clt, as the
foundation °fall measures of capacity in the gross.. (Stere or
metre cube.).

l!'or the cube of sUbdiviSions of the ell:
Pain, fur that of the tenth.
Kidneke duim (cubic inch), fur that of the hundredth of
the ell. • •
Kuhicke streep (cubic line), for that of the hundredth of
the ell.
9. The term Wisse, fur a load of faggots one ell lung, one
ell high, and one ' r •
in, the:term Kan (pint); foe the unity of the Pleasure for
liquids being- the cube of the.palmjlitre),
Il.,Thevterm Moatz (merlittie)., fur the tenth part of the
kan (decilitre). And Vingerhoed fur the hurl.
dred•th part (centilitre). • •
12. The term Vat (cask),:for, the hundredfold of the hats
(hectolitre). • •
13: The term Kop (cup); for the unity of the measure for
dry'wires, being the cube of the paint
14. Mitatzi (small'. measure), for the .tenth of the bop
(decilitre).
Schepel (bushel), for the tenfold, and.
Muside for the hundredfold of the kop (decilitre).
The nolite of Zak (saelt)shall he given to no other quantity
beside the hundred hops, or the mudde.
• ast,rfora quantity of three thowiand 10)0, or 30 multde.
The name of Ponil (pound) conformable. to Article if,
of the before-Mentioned law, is gfren to the weight of the
quantity of pure distilled water which can,,in u state of com-
pression; be contained within the square cube of the palm
(kilogramme).
Ons (ounce) for the tenth part of the pond.
• Lood, for the htiudredth part.
•Wightje, for the thousandth part grannue).,
Kurrel (grain), for the ten thousandth part.
Thispecree shall be printed in the'o "trial Gazette.
Given at Brussels, March 29, 1817• WILLIr 3f.
By his Majesty's order,
•A. L. FALCK.
MILAN', MARCH 28.—Between the canton of
Tessin u(hl the Italian. frontier, a band of robbers
have lately mumbled, whose number amounts to
nearly 2,900„ They chiefly consist of disbanded
Soldiers, who formerly belonged to the'ltalian re-
giments in Buonapartes service, and are headed
by the ci-divuni General Lecchi,who, in his mili-
tary career, obtained considerable renown, The
depredations of banditti are daily increasing. The
three following places are infested by bands of
robbers ; namely, the frontiers of the Papal terri-
tories in Naples, the Spanish side of Are J'yrenees,
and the southern filintier of Switzerland.

Ravi %%lien his troops betome mutinous from berg
kept in arrears, he gives them perhaps half.tlir
pay, with authority to plunder to- the rtmennot
what is still due to them.

4. Holkar is poor, and has only 17,000 me ;
A.
nne'. Khan, Alabotued Shah, and Lall Sing, is
nominally his Generals.
The Pindarees are a tribe of military adve.,
toren, who, having followed the standards f
different chiefs, and •from- the present trangul
state of Elindoostan being out of employ, hau
joined with other vagrants, and have cemente
themselves into one great body of-40,000 soldiers
These hardy troops infest the neighbouring pro.
vinces for plunder, and will fight under any chic
who will best pay them.
Letters from Nagpore of the 22d ult. inform us,
that the Nagpore subsidiary force, commanded
by Colonel Walker, was about to move on the
Nurbuddu, in the direction of Horshingabad. .