The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-21 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

COPENHAGEN, MARCH 7.—The Journal Krobenhains-
posttn was seized on Thursday. This, therefore, confirms
the conjecture which was lately expressed, that it Was
seriously is contemplation to restrict the press. 49nr
journals make bitter complaints of this and preceding Ws'
sures against the liberty of the press.
COPENHAGEN, MARCH 10.—The royal proclamation, e 01.1"
yoking the Estates of the Danish Islands and the Duel
of Holstein, appoint Count Riventtero Criminal Roil
Commissioner of the latter. The Estates are not to re-
main assembled 4,bove two months at the utmost. ,
It is reported that, by a Royal resolution, all the prn°lll.
I
mations and official notices issued in the duchies, shall, n
conformity with a proposal of the Estates, be no longer
presented in Danish and German, but in German only'
One of the first and most important reductions in the
expenditure will be in the appanages of the Royal Family'
Krobenhainsposten has been able to give a pretty correct
account of the amount of appanages, and showX that the
annual averages from 1829 to 1833 was 1,251,000 rix
lars, which is about the fourth part of the revenue of the
kingdom. To this, however, must be added a number of
gratuities to the servants of the Court, and the expense
of the Royal palaces and gardens, so that the total sun)
has amounted to at least a million and a half. With re-'
spect to one large item in those expenses—namely, that d
the palace at Christiansburg, the same paper says, is When
ibis enormously expensive building is finished, the expense
sill be diminished, but still a large sum will be required to
keep it in repair."
It is indeed melancholy to reflect how many millions
have been added to the National Debt without obtaining
anything but a place where the Court can give fetes on
particular occasions.
HANOVER, MARCH 10. —The Government seems to bo
more anxious than ever to put an end to the existing dif
ferences. It is reported that the state of the revenue, ss
the budget, which has hitherto been prolonged, is no longer
sufficient, is the cause of the earnest wish of the Govern'
mint for a speedy arrangement ; but complete arrange-
ments cannot be expected, and while the most important
Corporations of the kingdom refuse their co-operation.
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, MARCH 17,
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Rank Share.,
An, 10-Russian Loan 109% 109
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Cortificate
Russian 5 per Cent. Hop! and Co. 3d and 4th
Series 98% 91%
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch Actual Debt, 2!4 pe Cent 51% 51)v
Ditto 5 per Cent 9B -
Pe)i'h Bonds
145 144
New i icket
Anglo.tiaiiish Loan, 3 per Cent 74% Its,
Norwegian Loan, th 34, 4 per Cent...
Spanish, New 3 per Cents, 23
EXCHANGES OK LONDON.

HAMBURG, MARCH 17.-13. 73f—Two months, 13 3!4.
STOCKHOLM, MARCH 10.—Seventy.tive slays, 12, 2.
LElPsic, MAHun 13.—Two MO ths, f, 1t,4,.
LlERcira, MARCH I L —Three months, tC. 21

COLONEL LIGHT.—With extreme regret we
have this week to record the death of Colonel Light, late Sur-
veyor-General of South Australia. The Colonel died on the
sth October, at Adelaide, after a severe and protracted illness,
in the fifty-first year of his age. Colonel Light was a man of
the finest feelings, and the most refined sentiments of honour.
Hence the ill usage he has received -had a most injurious effect
upon his mind and constitution, and in a great measure hastened
his death. He was buried on the 10th. His funeral was at'
tended by nearly a thousand individuals to the church, and on
the return of the procession to Light-square there could not
have been less than from 3,000 to 4,000 persons assembled t°
pay their last tribute of respect to his memory.— South Aus-
tralian Record.
We do not recollect having ever witnessed an
expression of more deep and general regret, mingled with sur-
prise, than was diffused over this place on Wednesday evening,
by the intelligence that our county Meniber, F. W. Grant,
Esq., yr. of Grant, had expired that morning at Cullen House.
The lion. Gentleman had arrived in the north, from London,
the previous evening, accompanied by his brother (now Master
of Grant), in order to make preparations for the interment of
his mother, whose remains were conveyed from London by the
North Star steamer, and left at Rurghead on Friday last. He
retired to rest, somewhat fatigued by his journey, and depressed
by the sad bereavement, which has caused such sincere lamen-
tations over the North of Scotland. Next morning, when his
servant entered his apartment, Mr. Grant was found ilead.,
The cause of this melancholy event is said to be an affection ot
the heart. Mr. Grant was in the very morning of life—in his
twenty-sixth year. He was of a diffident, retiring disposition,
but much beloved by those who knew his
genuine and unaffected
worth. Amidst the sorrow that nas been called forth by thissudden deprivation, a feeling of painful interest and sympathY
has been manifested with respect the situation of the surviv-
ing parent, the Hon. Colonel Grant. The effect of this double
calamity—the loss of his wife and eldest son—cannot but be
most severe and heart-rending, and will call for all the conso-
lations of religion, and the soothing attentions of kindred and
friends. Colonel Grant would receive intelligence of his gel
death at Fdinburgh, on his way north from London, and it is
easy to conceive how his sensitive and domestic nature me!t
have been grieved and shocked by such an unlooked-for and
melancholy communication.— Inverness Courier.
SUICIDE OF A LADY.--On Friday morning
an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley. 11. P., at the York
and Albany Hotel, Regent's Park, on the body of the lady f
R. E. Smith, Esq., chief of the military department in the
East India House. The deceased was in the habit of daily
walking in the Regent's Park, and on Tuesday morning, about
ten o'clock, left. her residence, 18, Park-village, West, to
her accustomed promenade, accompanied by her child, t"1,0
years' old, and her nurse. On returning homewards by'.
back road she stopped on the bridge over the Regent's Canal,
and leant over the parapet. Her little child was running in
,
advance, and the nurse went to bring it back. Having taken
up the child, and turned round, she saw her mistress dart
through the gate that leads to the towing path, which having
attained, she plunged into the canal, Deceased was got 0
,re
the water haring been submerged in it fifteen minutes.
pros-co to be extinct. It appeared that deceased and hergilt,
band lived on the best terms. Verdict—Temporary 111 11```
derangement.
TITHE ON Flstr.—We understand that
gentleman connected with this county have lately broughtso some
e
withsubjecta
vier-
htios tithets
being under
broughtthe attention
tioti
as that now in progress with regard to tithes in general; 4
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would certainly be satisfactory to all parties if this could "
effected.—Cornwall Advertiser. nsonmoef
stuliceh
rorsa• eurgneaniiule;niet;
The new Boards of Guardians will be elected
throughout the country on Thursday next. We earnestly re.
commend the rate-payers, as far as practicable, to elect honest,
intelligent men, to this important office, who arc embued with
a humane consideration for the poor.
TEL EGRA PII.—A considerable extension of the
system of telegraphs at this port is about to take place.
station is to be fixed at Flamborough Head, which well be in
readiness for the spring ships !rem the Baltic. Observer
—Hull