The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-29 00:00:00

BOURSE.--PARIS, MONDAY, APRIL 27.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Price
r reuch 5 per Cents ll3 50 ... 113 90 ... 113 SO ... 1:3 90
4 per Cents.--
3 per Cents B4 15 .._. 84 Ili ... 84 15 ... 84 35
Bank of France 3390 ...3306 —.3390 ...3390
Latlitte !Sank I,ooof. Sh 1(145 ...1087 50 ...1085 ...l' 85
5,000 f, Sh 5203 ...5200 —.5200 _5200
Belgian Bank vi ... 900 ... 900 ... 914
5 per Cents lO4 ... 104 —. 101 ... 104
3 Der Cents... 74 75 ... 74 75 ... 74 76 ... 74 75
New York 9O 85 ... 90 85 ... Pt 85 ... 90 65
Ohio lO2 80 ... 102 60 ... 102 SO ... 102 60
United States Bank Loan 9714 ... 97% ... 97% ... 97%
Spanish Active . 29li ... 29% ... 29 ... 294
Passive.... ........... . 71E ... 7% ... 74 ... 7%
New Deferredl44
Portuguese 3 per Cents 24 .. 24* ... 24* ... 24k.,
Neapolitan lO3 7C ... 103 80 ... 103 70 ... 103 80

V.AILWAY SHARES,
6t. Germain
Versailles. R. B 605 605 ... 605 605
L.B 3'4 60 387 50
Orleans
trfontpellier to Cette ..... 400 400 400
Strasburg to Bale 413 75 ... 413 75 ... 413 75 413 75
ASPHALTES AND BITUMENS.
Yarn (Maberly% .......« 447 450 ... 447 50 ... 410

We have received this morning Dutch and Ger-
man Papers of the latest dates. The following
are extracts from them :

THE HAGUE, APRIL 24.—The sections of the Second
Chamber met to-day, to examine the answers of the Go-
vernment to their observations on the Budget. In general
the members are said to have declared that they persisted
in the opinions which they had before expressed, and again
urgod the necessity of retrenchment in all the departments
of the State. It is added that they desired to be informed
in what manner the Government meant to provide for the
wants of the Syndicate, and what means wore to be ap-
lied to that purpose.
Other modifications are spoken of which the Govern-
ment intends to make in the fundamental ; the particulars
of which will be shortly laid before the Second Chamber.
THE HAGUE, APRIL 26.—The sections of the Second
Chamber met again yesterday to continue the examina-
tion of the answers of the Government, and will probably
conclude their task to-morrow. On the whole, the
answers of the Government appear to have satisfied only a
few Members, It is considered that the objections pre-
viously made to the Budget arc by no means removed.
We hear that the Government has also replied to the ob-
servations of that Section on the projection of law for
alterations in the fundamental law. It seems that the Go-
vernment means to continue the debates upon the project
of law, and is not disposed to meet the principal objections
that have been made, though the Chamber requires that
the fundamental law shall be entirely revised.
tier Royal Highness Princess Albert of Prussia ar-
rived here this afternooe from Berlin on a visit to the
King, nor father. She will stay a fortnight, and then
return to Berlin.

VII/NNAt APRIL 18.--The Emperor has so far recovered
from his late attack as to be able to attend to public busi-
ness as usual. His Majesty is not strong enough to be
present to-day, to-morrow, and the next day, at the solemn
procession and other religious ceremonies that are to be
performed in the Imperial Palace. The celebration of the
Emperor's birthday, which is to-morrow, is put off until
the 21st.
It is still confidently believed that his Majesty will close
the Session of the Hungarian Diet in person in the first
fortnight of May. The Diet of Transylvania will be
convoked at the end of this year, or at the beginning of
the next.

Fur some days past a report has been circulated of a
projected marriage between a Prince of the Imperial
Family and the daughter of a foreign King.
VIENNA, April 1 9. —Duke Adolphus of Nassau, will not
leave Vienna till the end of May. Count Fiquelmont, the
Austrian Ambassador to the Court of St. Petersburgh, is
preparing to return to his post; it is believed his Excel-
loncy will set out next month. About the same time
Prince Esterhazy will return to London to be present at
the conferences. It is believed that the resolutions of the
Diet respecting the Jews will not receive the Royal assent.
BERLIN, APRIL 27,—1n the night of March 24, the
great Hebrew printing-office at \Vilna was totally de-
stroyed by fire. The type-foundry, which is the best a
\Vilna, was saved with greal difficulty. A workman los
his life. The loss of the owner, including the books burn
is estimated at 200,000 silver rubles.
nuTuti k U NDS.—Asial Ettusst, APRIL 27.
ney .
Actual Debt, `234 per Cent
Duto, ditto 5 pet cent.
A .nel t Synthe, },;, percent srl 9134
Ditto, ditto, 3;4 per cent 75;4 76
Commercial Company, 4., i•ter
lfitto (1,-,3t2 acrd 1833) 5 per cent.
D;tto 1.37. 5 per cent.
Loan IKI7, 5 per cent. w;
p yg4
klxchatige on London, One mouth ll 9;
Two months
—Dutch Papers, April 28.
AUsTItIAN FU 24:1)5.--VieNNA, Aran. 17
rive Per Cants. M,talliques •..,
hoar per Ceuta.
Three per Cent
Bank Shards

mg%
ta•
............
.............
.t. 1801

Zeittift. April 24
PRUSSIAN FUN US.— Bizituts, APRIL 24.
liille Money.
St. Schuh]. Sch., 4,, pier cent.
Pru.nan English Loan, 1K31), 4 per cent. lO.i 102 i
lixehaDge on London, three months 6 IS%
—Prussian Slate Gazelle, Alai' -5.

THE MELI3O

ItNE MINISTRY

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR-00 perusing your valuable journal of last Satur-
day's date, I perceive that there has been another Tory
demonstration at Lewes, at nhich a Mr. Gear has been
proclaiming to the world his ignorance with :regard to the
political career of Mr. W. Pitt when Premier of Eng-
land. In the course of his speech he gave utterance to
the following absurdity, via., that " had they (the Mel-
bourne Ministry) possessed but the one-hundredth part of
the honour which regulated the late Mr. Pitt, they would
long since have resigned the reins of office." I read
with regret that a gentleman who thus stood up to
pretend to enlighten an audience, and also the public p:-
nerally, should have proved himself so utterly incompetent
to perform his tusk. I would recommend Mr. Gear to
read again (if ever he has read before) the life of Mr.
Pitt, and he will find that the very first day that he took
his scat for Appleby, after his re-election, that he, as Pre-
mier of England, was in two minorities. The first or
them was for the House to go into Committee on the State
of the Nation, which Fox's party carried by 232 to 193.
The next was moved by Lord Surrey, viz., " That it is
the opinion of this Committee that the late changes in his
Majesty's Councils were immediately preceded by dan-
gerous and universal reports that his Majesty's sacred '
name had been unconstitutionally abused to affect the deli-
berations of ?ornament, and that the appointments made
were accompanied by circumstances new and extraordi-
nary, and such as do not conciliate or engage the confi-
dence of this House." The debate was continued with
great warmth, when Mr. Dundas moved that the Chair-
man leave the Chair, which was negatived by a majority
of 196 to 142 ; and Lord Surrey's motion was carried
without further opposition. Thus Mr. Gear will perceive
that Mr. Pitt was in two minorities the first day, besides
five hostile motions being carried against him without divi-
sions. One of them was to the following effect, moved by
Lord Surrey :—" That it is the opinion of this Commit-
tee, that in the present situation of his Majesty's domi-
nions it is peculiarly necessary that there should be an Ad-
ministration which has the confidence of this House and the
public." If Mr. Gear wants further proof to contradict
his statement of the " honour which regulated" Mr. Pitt's
career in not clinging to office like the Melbourne Minis-
try when they are in minorities, he must take the following
list which Pitt sustained in the spring of 1784
1784. Opposition. Pitt.
January 12
196 ... to ... 142 ... ditto ... 54
16
_ _ _

23
February 2
3
16
18
20

177 ... to ... 156 ... ditto ... 2

27
March 1
5
8
Parliament in some of the above divisions called upon
the King to dismiss his Ministry, but he sternly refused to
do so, and as sternly did Mr. Pitt declare that he would
not resign ; and Parliament was in consequence dissolved
on the 25th March, 1784. 1 hope, Mr. Editor, you will
favour me with inserting the foregoing loose remarks,
hoping they may meet the eye of Mr. Gear.—Your's,
:AN OPERATIVE..
Bradford (Yorkshire), April 27.

The Earl of Eldon has subscribed the sum of
1001. towards the fund of the Salisbury Diocesan Board of
Education.

DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF BURLING-
TON.-it is with regret we have to announce the death of this
truly estimable lady, which took place Monday morning, shortly
after three. As was expected by the medical gentleman in
attendance of her Ladyship, a change took place at six o'clock
on Sunday for the worse. We understand her Ladyship
breathed her last in the greate,t tranquillity, at the first-men-
tioned hour, surrounded by the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady
Dover, Viscount Morpeth, and other members of the family.
The deceased Lady, who was fourth daughter of the Earl and
Countess of Carlisle, and sister of the Duchess of Sutherland.
Lady Dover, Viscount Morpeth, and Lady Caroline Lascelles,
was horn 11th January, 1810, and was, consequently, in her
•2•• th year. In August, 1829, she was married to the Earl of
Burlington, by whom her Ladyship leaves a fancily of four
children, three sons and a 'laughter. It is a remarkable fact,
that Monday was the birth-day of the Noble Earl. In cense-
queuee of her Ladyship's demise, the splendid files at Stafford
House and Devonshire House, will be postponed sine die.
On Monday afternoon an inquest was held before
Mr. Higgs, at die Crown, Green-street, Leicester-square, on
the body of a man, n_me not precisely known. From some
aceoutts and two spirit licenses found on his person, it is pro-
' bable that his name was John Riley, and that he w4s a spirit
dealer of Cork. It appeared in evidence that, on Friday even-
ing last deceased took a place for London at Maidenhead, by
one of the waggon.; of Mr. Tastier, of Chippenham. lie sat or
lay in front. of it, under the tilt, and the waggoner saw nothing
more of him until Saturday morning at half-past four, when as
the waggon was entering Duncannon-street, near St. Martin's
Church, a cabman saw something like a sack fall from the front
of the waggon. The cabman called to the waggoner to atop;
and it was then discovered that the two near wheels of the
w iggon, which was heavily laden with baskets of meat, had
passed over the deceased's head, " smashing it," as the cabman
said, " to pieces." A sovereign and a half and some silver were
f )und in deceased's purse. Verdict " Accidental death."