The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-01-12
INTELLIGENCE BY THE MAILS.



WAsHINGroS, Jan 10 1850
In Memorial Of Mr. Sseiey-1 Tupili Jeeels Of ne
Princess IF Oranse Future ef the Dutch Government
topoy the Repard- Gail upon Congress to Extract tie
Payment from the Dutch Loan.
Mr. Clay presented n curious memorial to the Senate
this mornings memorial of several hundred pages OF
closely written matter the substance of which is that
MIR W A Sesley. Of New York, having devoted three
years. services 10 the Dutch government for the
very Of the jewels Of the Princess of Orange stolen
twenty years ago and having recovered said jewels
under promises Of good pay. and having failed in all
his applications for compensation upon the said CO.
yerpment appeals to Congress to retain his
ton from the annual interest the Dutch loan This
loan contracted by this district year. ago for
purposes Of internal improvements has since been
suned by Congress, and the annual Interest of some
$4,000 constitutes regular item OF the annual ap.
propriatiops
ON the goth Sept, 1929 the place of Lscksn at Brus
sells lthe residence Of the Prince aud Princess Of
Orange, the former OF the King of Holland,
and the latter sister OF the Emperor Nicholas Of
Rus.a) was entered into IN the aosence Of ths royal
abstrscted, TO the amount Of a million OF dollars in
yalus. The thief Gas subsequently discovered was
Constant Pcayi, alias CaIfara; and among the
ticles srolcn dadeins Of the Princess por
trait Of Nicholas Of Ru set In brliants; portrait
of the Empero Paul set in briants and other por-
traits similarly set Of the royal house Of Nicholas
After fruitless efforts TO trace out the thief reward
of so Oo0 orns $3.50 000 offered for the recovery
Oh the Jewels on otn NON.uDeE Zen
parsed over without any clue To discovery Suppos
irg. however that the thief might fly to the United
States With the property, the government OF the
Netherlands called the attention of her Charge to this
country the Baron Huyzns to the. subject, who made
application to the government in relation TO it. The
government replied that the detection of the criminal
reted In the State critics. but at the time in
ttructed all the different collectors and custom house
officers to make strict search of all vessels entering
our ports, for the jewels which done; but TO no
purpose
k.Vn fhanp ah ffrr had fata fhav,
up and had broken up the articles distracted some
where near Brussels-bad buried again, portion Of
them not safely tranFporaole ana had put the renai-
der 500 coo WORTHY the jewels in the stat Of
brea walking stick and In chids toy, end in
her child he Set out foot through Begium,r the
coast The woman, OF course. acquainted with all
that bad been done On the Journey be disposed of
OF the smallest of the jewels, to the value of
s. 0oO On the 10th Of July 1881, Polari, the woman
and child, umbrella walking stick aud chids toy,
landed safely in New York. Here the woman formed
the acquaintance of man named John Roumage, a
Frenchmsn. who wns shortly after wards employed by
Poari to dispose of the jewels. Roumage, however,
turned out badly in the N of the business
and most unieriun agent for all concerned.
He carried portion Of the jewels to the Collector
and offered q complete discovery for half the
ward The jewels in the hands Of the Collector
detained Mr. seeley vas Informed Of the transaction
who informed Baron HuyziDs on the subject The
Baron then after great deal Of negotiation, sue.
cteded In engaging Mr. Seeley TO prosecute the search
misses of reward. Meantime the Belgian revolution
had broken out and amid the recriminatious Of the
di rent parties engaged In IL II charged that the
Prince Of Orange had stolen the jewels and gambled
them away, and the charge was by many persons be-
eved The recovery of the jewels Of their
value. became therefore secondary object: the first
object to clear the character Of the Prince Hence
the liberal offers OF compensation in behalf Of the royal
families implicated. made to MIR Seeley by the Baron
Huyzns for the detection Of the thieves and the
coyery of the property.
Under these promises MIR seeley abandoned prac-
tce which said TO be worth S12 900 year and de.
voted himself for three years entirely the recovery
OF the jswes The tresehery of Roumags the burial
Of $500 900 Of the jewels st Greenwood i'm prison
ment Of tolsr during the cholera of 80 and his
sequent abduction frem the country all matters of
noorety In New York
IL enough for the present TO that through the
agency OF Mr. Seeley and his untirDg exertions the
500 600 worth Of jewels, buried
recovered ana the 100000 worth buried In Europe
and the remainder except small portien lost and
cold before seid) left at the Custom House with
vernment has paid nothing In the png some
$40 600 for the abduction Of Polsri from Jail and his
shipment to Europe. Of which Gen. Webb and Major
Noah said to be acquainted with the particulars
MIR. sessy having failed in all his efforts for PEN
ration submits the to Congress hoping to be in
IDENTIFIED from the interest the Dutch loan
Such IL our understanding If the ste from hasty
glance over the three hundred pages more less OF
includes large amount Of ofcis correspondence on
the subject, adduced rs evidence In support OF his
claim. lie gives aeo q description Of the Palace OF
Lsckep, from which the jewels stolen IL appears
to have been furnished In splendid style by the En-
peror Of Russia, and that easily invaded Ia the
abseDce Of the royal family The bsx FROM which the
jewels were distracted like comm on writ pg d.sk
and its contents were easily understood from the In
ecfiption on II Of Case 6es Dinaanfsn
We trust this movement Of MIR. Seeley viii bring the
fair compensation will be deducted from monies due
to the Dutch.