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authority, which bad been ordangetreci, was ie-esta-
Wished, and tranquillity restored:,. An imperfect ru-
mour of this intelligence on 'Change to-day had some
effect on the Funds. .

Dutch Papers to the 15th instant reached us this
morning. The only article of interest they contain is
some observations on the recent exchange of possessions
between this country and the Netherlands, which we
subjoin :
HAGUE, DIAL 13.

The Government has given to the Second Chamber
some explanations relative to the Treaty concluded with
Great Britain, with respect to the East India posses.
sions. The Treaty stipulating the cession of some ter-
ritories in Bengal, and of Malacca, is laid before the
Chamber. In the e explanations it is observed, that,
with the exception of the spice trade, a liberal system
of navigation is fixed by this Treaty, and the necessary
measures arranged to prevent any fraud, with respect to
the duties ; that the possessions in Bengal were formerly
of importance on account of the linen trade, but this
branch of commerce has so greatly declined, even in
the British possessions, that the English rather think of
sending cottons manufactured in Euroi,e for sale to India;
and the Netherlanders intend to follow their example;
that Poalacca had lost its importance since the establish-
ment of the English at Poelo-Penang, and particrlaily
at Singa-Poera (Sincapore); that the occupation of the
latter had indeed been protested against, but that the
point of right could not well be decide.% as' the English
then made a claim to Billitin, the possession of which
is indispensable for the tin mines of Banca. It is then
shewn that the cession of the above countries may be
considered as fully compensated by the acquisition of
the British possessions in Sumatra, and the exclusive
establishment of the authority of the Netherlands in that
island, which will give increased value to the possessions
at Palembang, Padang, and the Lampongs—the more
so as the very high claims on the British side for the
entire liquidation, were fixed at the sum of a hundred
thousand pounds sterling ; and it is possible, that on a
more minute calculation of the reciprocal claims, the
balance might have been found to be still more to
the disadvantage of the Indian treasury.
In the notes that have been exchanged on this subject,
Messrs. Wynn and Canning, the British Plenipoten-
tiaries, have done justice to the frank declarations of the
Netherlands Government, and to the enlightened senti-
ments of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands ;
and at the same time expressed their willingness to
assist in putting an end to the differences which have
arisen, chiefly from the conduct of subordinate officers ;
and they have expressed their conviction, that after this
convention no other rivalry can exist in the East between
the two nations, than in the consolidation of the liberal
principles of policy which they have thereby mani-
fested to the whole world.
AMSTERDAM, MAY 13.

His Majesty's ship the Waterloo, of 74 guns, was
lawtchcd to day, antiLt tit muulaulattivu3 of a nu raltoreu
assemblage of spectators,

Brussels Papers to the ltth inst. also reached us this
morning. The question of the Coin Laws seems to oc.
cupy as much of the attention of the Legislature of the
Netherlands as it did that of Great Britain a few Ses-
sions ago. The following are extracts:

BRUSSELS, MAY 14.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE HAGUE, MAY 12.

The motion made the day before yesterday in the
Second Chamber, by M. Barthelemy, and more fully
developed by him yesterday, relative to our Cdrn Laws,
liar made a great impression. A multitude of facts,
carefully selected and compared, support the clear and
precise arguments of the mover : the whole will be
printed and distributed among the Members, to be exa-
mined in the Sections on the motion of M. de Celles,
and in conformity with the unan;mous wish of the As-
sembly. This great question will be again debated, and the
Government will be able to judge of our actual wants,
which are so different even from those which engaged
its solicitude a few months ago. In fact, a perpetual
tendency towards a decline gives rise to a well founded
apprehension that it will no longer be possible, in our
agricultural provinces, to derive from the sale of their
grain, a sum equal to the previous disbursements, the
price of labour, and the amount of Cie taxes. What
then would remain to the proprietor, and would be the
real value of the property subject to taxation, which
had become unproductive to the possessor?
M. Barthelemy, after a preamble, in which be opened
the reasons which in his opinion had hindered the ques-
tion from being fairly discussed, said " I recognise no
theory nor universal rules on this subject—l will prove,
as far as we are concerned, if the Chamber will allow me,
" 1. That the consequence of unlimited liberty of
trade is necessarily to give us by turns the highest and
the lowest prices of Europe, with the difference of the
expenses of carriage; and that this fact, at this mo
merit, proves what the natural order of things indicated.
'2. That the lowest price of Europe would be insuf-
ficient to repay the advance of the former, and the in-
terest of the capital engaged in it.
" 3. That the present price is not yet the lowest
price possible, and that it is however inferior to that
which, by a prescription of two centuries, has fixed the
value of landed property, which is sufficient to call the
attention of the Legislature.
" 4.. That it is our duty to represent to his Majesty
this state of things, and to request him to take it into
consideration.

" And seeing that the speech from the throne, at the
opening of this Session) has not answered, on this head,
to your address of the month of October last, because
the communication of the documents relative to it
could not be made to you till after your adjournment,
I formally propose to the Chamber, to make knoµ•n to