The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-19 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

THE HAGUE, DEC 14.—SECOND CHAMBER OF THE
STATES GENERAL, DEC. 12.—A Message from his Ma-
jesty wa3 received accompanirg a project of law for intro..
clueing. the taxes laid on the Kingdom into the Duchy of
Limburg, with an explanatory memorial.
SITTING OF DEC. 15 —The project of law for the Abo-
lition of the Syndicate was adopted by 42 to 2 votes.
The Chamber then proceeded to debate on the project of
law for providing the ways and means for 1841. A long
discussion ensued or. the proposal for creating a debt of
18 millions to cover the deficiency in the receipts, which
was carried by 31 votes to 19.
The law for withdrawing the: Treasugy bonds as 4 per
cent., which were issued by virtue of the law of the 28th
April. cad converting them into active debt, was rejected
by 30 voters to 20. _

- The project of law for issuing 8 millions, at the most,
of treasury bonds, for meeting temporary wants, wes agreed
to by 42 to 8 votes.

r AMSTERDAM, DEC. 14,—His Majesty has sent to the
Burgomaster of this city the sum of 1,000 florins for the
relief of the relatives of the persons who lost their Jives
on the 28th of November, in the evening, and of any
who may have been injured on that occasion.
AMSTERDAM, DEC. 1.5.—F0r some days past various re.
ports have been in circulation of changes in the Ministry.
It being impossible to know beforehand how likely it is
that the King's choice may fall on either of the persons
mentioned in these reports, we refrain from rcentioning
names till we are better informed.

Since the 11th of this month the cold has been pretty
severe, as the folloming statement shows ;
8 a.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m.
December 11 ... 28 Fahr. 32 ... 30
12 ... 29 ... 28 ... 27
13 ••. 25 ... 22 ... 20
14 ... 17 ... 22 ... 23
15 ... 15 ... 21 .., 21
This morning the peasants of North Holland crossed the
Y on the ice.
AmsTEnnam, Dec. 16.—The passing of the financial
laws has had a favourable effect on the funds, and a great
deal of business was done in then at highar prices. The
market remains very firm.
DuTcti FUND3.—AMSTEELDAN, Dac. 16
Honey.
%ctual per Cent
d;tto 5 per cent
Anart Svinlie,4N, per cent £46 Hfirs
Ditto, ditto, 3N, per ce^t
Ce,mrnercial Company, 44, per cent 14,5t4 tri
Ditto (1 135 and 15:37) 5 per cent.
Loan 1V37, 5 per ermt.
Exchange on Londom, One month l2 `2l,-
Two months
Dutch Papers, Dec. 17.
HAMBURG 3ORSENHALLE, DEC. 12.
Bills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents.
r mk Shares
Anglo- Itussian Loan lOl le6 ti
MISSi4II S per tout. tst series, Cc.rtilicate
Inscription, Ist Series.
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th

Scrics - . i6' flr 1,4
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch .-ctual Debt, 2y4 pc, Cent 4J
Ditto 5 per Cent — ..
Polish Bond.
New rieket
A nglo- i )attish Loan, 3 per Ceti.
Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent lOl
Spanish, New 3 per Cents. --i.
?RUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bento, Dsc. 12.
Bills. Money.
St. Schutt!. Sch., 4' per cent. 103% It 3
Prussian English Lean, 1030, 4 per cent SO li _
tixchange on Landon, three months 6 16
—Prussian Slate Gazette, Dec 13.

The Earl and Countess of Kenmure are ex-
pected in town from posse Castle, Killarney, and will
shortly go to Brighton for the winter.
His Excellency General Alava returned to town
on Thursday, from a visit to the Duke of Wellington, at
Strathfie!ds,,ye.

LORD ALBERT CONYNGHANI, M.P.—A pa-
ragraph appeared in the London Papers last week, from
which we should infer that the health a Lord A. D. Co-
nyngbam has greatly improv:_d; 'out we regret to learn
that at the Cattle- Show Dinner the Marquis of Conyng.
ham apologised for the absence of his Lordship, on the
ground of " his health being in a lamentable state." A
Tory Contemporary even goes the length of asserting
" from private authority, that the disorder (palpitation of
the heart) with which he is affected, seized him so sud.
denly and violently only a very short time ago, that the
noble invalid was compelled to be takes from his carriage
and laid upon the ground to prevent actual dissolution on
the spot." We tru-a that this latter statement is greatly
exaggerated.—.Aent Herald.
THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR S.r.
JAMES'S PARK. —Wc yesterday gave a brief account of the
total destruction, by fire, of the mansion of Mr. Hoare, the
banker, situate in Queen-square-place, St. James's Park.
The loss of property was once believed to exceed 20,0001.,
but on an inquiry made yesterday by the insurance authori-
ties it is found not to exceed 5,0001. Lord Lindsay, to
whom the building belonged, is insured in the Alliance
Assurance Company to the amount of 2,0001. Mr. Hoare
will greatly suffer by this calamity, he being only insured
to the amount of 5001. in the Hand and Hand Fire Office.
The fire was caused by sonic defect in the stoves used ler
heating the building.
This morning, between nine and ten o'clock,
while John Kelley, twenty-five years of age, with three
others, were engaged at Fresh Wharf, Lower Thames.
s:rect, in raising out of a lighter a cask of goods,
nearly a ton weight, the cog-wheel stops broke, and the
handle of the windlass struck the unfortunate man a tre-
mendous bk)tir on the side of the 'left Lmplc, and killed
him on the spot.
DEATH IN A STATION HOLTSE.—Friday even -
ing, at six o'clock, a lengthened inquiry was instituted
before Mr. Wakley, M.P., and a most respectable Jury,
in the board-room of Nlarylebone workhouse, on the body
of William Davidson, aged sixty, late in the employ of
Messrs. Tattersall, of Hyde Park-corner. It appeared
that on Monday night the poor fellow fell down in the
Edgeware.road, and was placed by a policeman in a cell
on the charge of being drunk. In six hours afterwards lie
ta,-, a ename. The Coroner made some riareirks ;men the
improver mode of nutting persons supposed to be drunk in
the cells of titad•;,, housas. Verdict---That the deceased
waa 410,1 ael' of •r.,ert-strert aet7ne-
huuse, but whittler he diLU from natural causes or other-
wise there was no evidence to show.