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London, England, 1819-01-04 00:00:00

F.LANDERS.OVIL.

. ZHU:SUMS DgfeMBER 29.
As we had presumed, the number.of persons who
perished at Amsterdam, in the evening of the 23d of
this nonth, during the leg, has been greatly exag-
gerated. The last accounts from that city state, that
the number amounted only to 30.
DECEMBER 30.—1 t is affitmed, that by_ a decision
of the King of France, of the 25th of this month, 2.5
Members of the Convention who voted for the death
of Louis XVI. and who were exiled by the law of the
12th January, 1815, are authorised to return to France.
Of this number, three are inhabitants of Brussels.
DECEMBER 31. The law which fixes the budget
of expenses of the kingdom for 1819, and has been
adopted by both the Chambers of the States-General,
is now published by a Decree of his Majesty, of the
24th. In consequence, the Contribution Duties and
'Revenues will continue to be levied en the same foot-
ing as in 1818, till other Legislative regulations are
made on the subject.
SEettNi) CHA M HER attic STATES-a RN ERA L Dw. 31.
The Director-General of the Import and Export
Duties was introduced into the Assembly, and made
a long speech explanatory of the grounds of a new
Project ot' a Law on the subject. This discourse being
finished, he offered to read the collection of laws
which he presented, but it being very voluminous the
Chamber reiolved to have it printed for the use of
the Members.
The President afterwards ordered the galleries to
be cleared, and the Assembly to form a Secret Corn-,
mittee, having to rnakc a private communication
which is supposed to be of great, importance.
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• BATAVIA, AUGUST o.
The birth of the King Of the Netherlands was ce- '
lebrated here with great solemnity, and every de-
monstration of joy. The Police has succeeded in
taking a vessel, on board which were 40 Balenese,
whom it was intended to import and sell as slaves,
contrary to the existing laws. On the 10th of Au-
gust the Military School at Samarang was solemnly
opened, with discourses suitable to the occasion,
which were made by the Lieutenant-General. who is
the presiding Curator, and by the Curator Iteinward,
explaining the object and the advantages of this use-
ful institution. Lieutenant-Colonel Cornelius is ap-
pointed Director of this School. Eight Masters are,
engaged, and 32 Cadets placed in it.
His Majesty's ship of the line Tromp, and the Wil-
helmina frigate, have sailed for Malacca, having on
board Admiral Wollerbeck, who is appointed to take
possession of that Colony, and the new Governor,
M. Timmerman Thyssen, with a detachment of troops.
The Prince Frederick is in the Roads of Batavia ;
and the Nassau has sailedfor--Seurabaya. . .

•
Mr. J. A. Van Bram, Commissioner for receiving
possession of the Dutch colonies on the Continent of
India, has returned from Bengal. All these posses-
sions, both in Bengal and on the coast of Coroman-
del, Tuttogorgen, and the Factory of Surat, are now
delivered up to the Officers of the Netherlands. Sa-
dras, on the coast of Coromandel, was taken posses-
' sion of with much ceremony. At eleven o'clock the
flag of the Netherlands was fetched from the hquse
of the Commissioner General, and carried upon `an
elephant to the bastion Orante of the demolished Fort
Gustavus, with an e;cort of British Cavalry, Fly-
ing Artillery, and the Body Guard of the Governor
of Madras. Hett the Acts of Delivery
.were signed,
the respectiife ProclamatiOns read, and the British
flag taken down ; his Majesty's brig the Prince of!
Orange, lying in the Roads, firing a salute of '2l
guns, on wh►ch the Netherlands flag was hoisted,"
with a similar salute from the British Artillery. The'
rest of the day passed in suitable festivities.

of specie cimulatieg in France ; spoke of that which
commerce exports to the East Indies, America, and
Africa,• and of the stagnation hi all the State chests
of the sums produced, the taxes:on registry, the cos-
' toms, and all the indirect taxes. He demands the
establishment of a National Bank, the paper of which
shall circtdate thrgEgl %at the whole extent of France,
and a new legislative arrangement of the Customs,
The orator concluded with the following propositions;

.t. The Chamber resolves, that the funds annually granted to
the.Sinklng Fund shall be augmented to ten millions at least.
2. That thc woods which have been left at its disposal shall
be sold, with the least possible delay, without letting down the
price, and the produce applied to the purchase of reutes.
3. That the bonds of liquidation be admitted in payment of
the Woods.
4. That the persons anticipating the payment of their indirect
taxes shall obtain a discount of a half per cent per month.
5. That higher custom-duties shall be imposed upon all the
productions which come from India, Cochin-China, China, and
Manilla. 6. The abolition of the Droit .%übaine.
7. The abolition of all Bank Privileges.
8. The admission of every solvent Company to establish nest'
Panics.
• '

9. The Bank of Framer to be transformed into a National
Bank.

10. The Taxes of Registry and Customs paid in Bank-bills,
unless otherwise appointed.
•, These propositions have not been taken into consi-
deration by the Assembly. •

BULLETIN OF THE 30TH.

The Deputies assembled at neon, in bureaux, to
examine a Project of M. Duvergier, for authorizing
the existing Judges of the Courts of Commerce to
call in the assistance of the former Judges, in difficult
cases, to suppress supplementary Judges, to create
Auditors, and to regulate, according to constitutional
:forms, the raising of the additional Centimes on Pa-
tents; and another Project of M. Dumelet, for regu-
lating the exercise of the right of Petition.
• There was no public Sitting of the Chamber.
Dec. 29.—Five per Cents. 65 f. 45 c. Bank Stock,
1,445. Dec. 30---Five per Cents. 60 f. 50 c. Bank
Stock, 1,47.5.
Reckoning from to-day, the price of bread has had
another fall in Paris. The loaf of four livres, best
quality, will be sold for 65 centimes (13 sous), and
that of the second quality 45 centimes (nine sous).

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