The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-27 00:00:00

amendment of M. DARBLAY on the paragraph of '
the Address relating to the Reform banquets :—" In
these various manifestations your Government cannot
but recognise the real and legitimate voice of the
country. It will, we trust, take the initiative in
those wise and moderate reforms which public opi-
nion demands, and among which we must place as a
commencement Parliamentary reform. In ie consti-
tutional monarchy the union of the great powers of
the state permits us to follow, without danger, a policy
of progress, and to satisfy all the moral and material
wants of the country."
In the paragraph relating to the finances, M. CRE.
MIEUX has given notice of the following amend-
ment i—" We shall watch with the most rigorous
economy, so as to bring our budgets within the
limits commanded by the state of our finances."
The speech of M. THUMB on the paragraph relat-
ing to the finances, which was delivered on Tues-
day, has produced a great effect. The ordinary
budget he declared was frightful to contemplate,
amounting as it did to 1,600,000,000 f. per annum,
with every prospect of its being increased, while, at
the some time, it was not covered by the receipts, the
deficiency being made up by drafts on the sinking
fund. .Already by these drafts they have anticipated
the Finking fund up to the year 1857. They relied
upon a capital before it had existence, and whose
existence could not be realised in the case of a decline
of the funds below par. This then was the circle in
which they moved. The extraordinary budget cts
from 160 to 170 millions was met by a sinking fund
not as yet created. That failing, recourse was had to
the floating debt, and that this again becoming over-
charged, they had recourse to loans. Now that
floating debt was increasing every day, and there
lay the great point of danger. The floating
debt would average for 1648, 49, and 50, from
750 to 800 millions, and such a situation as that was
not endurable. Under the Restoration, the principle
was adopted that the floating debt ought never to
exceed 240 millions. To meet a floating debt of even
600 millions, they ought to be able to count upon
300 millions of Exchequer-bills, bons royaux, and
that they could not continue to do without infringing
on the current capital of the money market appli•
cable to the necessities of commerce and agriculture,
so that the Government, by its present system, was
starving these interests ; and it was to that system
they stood indebted for the existing depreciation of
all kinds of public securities.

M. DUCNATEL and the Finance Minister defended
the enormous expenditure, on the ground that France
was rich, and could afford to make extraordinary
efforts to complete the great public works which she
had undertaken. M. TIIIERS, in reply to them, re-
iterated his former statements, and the debate, which
had lasted until seven o'clock, was adjourned. It was
resumed yesterday, but no Member of importance
had spoken, nor had any division taken place up to
the hour of post. From a statement published in the
National, it appears that the Government, since the
present Ministry has been in office, has borrowed
from the sinking fund 649,719,636 f., and has raised
by loan 600,000,000 f., thus showing, during the last
eight years, a deficiency in the ordinary revenue of
the country of upwards of 1,250,000,000 f.

Owing to the severe cold, their Royal Highnesses
Prince and Princess DR JoINvILLI have postponed
their departure for Algiers for a few days.
The French Government has just given orders that
one of its largest steatn•frigates shall immediately
proceed to Naples.

We read in the Constitutionnel:—" It was said at
Marseilles, on the arrival of the last accounts from
Alexandria, that as soon as MEHEMET ALI learned
the conditions of the submission of ADD-EL-KADER,
he manifested to M. ADOLPHE BARROT, Consul-
General of France, his intention not to receive him in
his states. But it seems to us difficult that the
opinion of the VICEROY on this delicate point can be
already known. It is added, that ABD-EL-KADER,
passes the time of his captivity in Fort Lamalgue, in
causing Ai. ItoussEAu, his interpreter, to translate
the history of the campaigns of NAPOLEON. It is
further said that among the projecta of the Govern-
ment with respect to ADD-EL-KADER, is one for
transferring him to the French colony of Senegal."
PAWS BOURSE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26.—The
-Bourse has been again firmer to-day, and, from the
opening, prices kept gradually looking up to the close,
when Threes were called at 74f. sc; Fires, at 116 f,
15c.; and New Loan, at 751. The market closed as
follows:—Three per Cents., for cash, 74f.; for ac-
count, 74f. sc. ; Five per Cents., for cash, 116 f. 10c.;
for account, 116 f. 15c. ; New Loan, for cash, 751. ; for
account, 75f.; Bank of France Shares, 3,170 f. ;
Neapolitan, 96f. 50c.; Spanish, not quoted.

RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has also been
firmer, but prices have varied but little; the turn,
however, being in favour of sellers. For cash, Paris
and Orleans left off at 1,177 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen,
893 f. 75c. ; Rouen and Havre, 44M. ; Strasburg and
Kale, 156 f. 25c. ; Nantes, 385 f.; Northern, 531 f. 25c. ;
Bordeaux, 47M.; Paris and Strasburg, 4071. 50c.;
Paris and Lyons, a 931. 75c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAIL 26.
Boulogne and Amiens, 13:IA—Namur and Liege, 6713-
Paris:and Lyons, 5%.

DEATH OF THE KING OF
DENMARK.

The following article appears in the Cologne Gazette
of the 25th instant :

" Iliziovign, JAN. 22.—1 t is generally asserted here
that this Court received this morning a dispatch
from Copenhagen, in which the decease of King
Christian the Eighth is notified. (The Weser Gazette
of the 22d contains similar intelligence, but not the
latest Hamburgh papers.) King Christian the Eighth
was born on the 18th of September, 1786, and suc-
ceeded to the throne on December the 3d, 1839. He
was first married, in 1806, to the Princess Charlotte
Frederika of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, from whom he
was divorced in 1812, and afterwards to the Princess
Caroline of Sles wick- Holstein- Sonderburg-Augusten-
burg. The Crown Prince, Frederick Charles Chris-
tian, was born on the 6th of October, 1808. His
first wife was the Princess Wilhelvaina Mary of Den-
mark, from whom he was divorced in 1837, and his
second, the Princess Caroline of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz, from whom he was also divorced in 1846."

The Crown Prince had no issue by either wife.

Letters from Frankfort, of the 23d, state that tha
official intelligence of the death of the King of Den-
mark reached that city at that date. Similar intelli-
gence has been received at Brussels.

THSTIMONL&L TO THE REV. C. H. GAYE, M.A.,
PREACHER AND READER AT ARCHBISHOP TENISON'S
CHAPEL, ST. JAMES.—The above gentleman has just
been presented with a handsome testimonial, of the
value of 100 guineas, on his preferment from Archbishop
Tenison's Chapel, Regent-street, to the rectory of St.
Martin's, Ipswich. Several of the trustees of the
chapel, the churchwardens, and a large number of the
inhabitants of St. James's, Westminster, (including
many of the poorer class), were present, and joined in
this mark of affectionate respect. When the testimonial
was first proposed, the Rev. Gentleman begged that the
money subscribed should be devoted to the founding of
almshouses. This, however, was overruled by the com-
mittee, and the proceeds of the subscription were de-
voted as originally intended. Mr. Bowman, of Golden-
square, was appointed treasurer, and presented the tes-
timonial, which consisted of useful plate and a bracket.
clock, bearing the following inscription :—" This clock,
together with plate, of the value of 100 guineas, was
presented to the Rev. C. H. Gaye, M.A., on his retire-
ment from the office of Reader and Evening Preacher
at Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, St. James's, West-
minster, by the Rector, Churchwardens, and many of
theinhabitants of that parish, as a lasting memorial of
affectionate respect for his Christian character, and of
gratitude for his unwearied and faithful ministry, during
a period of fourteen years. The Rev. Gentleman made
a suitable reply and the meeting separated."
TUB LATE Dunn OF HESSE-CASSEL. The late
Grand Duke of Hesse-Cassel, who died at Frankfort,
expressed a wish in his will to be buried as a citizen of
that town, and left a sum of 60,000 florins (6,2001) to
pay for his funeral, directing that the remainder should
be distributed among the poor. Nowithstanding this
desire, the present sovereign of Electoral Hesse caused
the remains of the deceased to be transferred to the
grand ducal burial place, at Harlan. In consequence of
this the city of Frankfort has brought an action against
the deceased's trustees to obtain payment of the 60,000
florins for the poor.
ANTIQUITIES FOR THE MUSEUM.—A communica-
tion has been received by the revenue authorities from
Mr. Trevelyan, one of the secretaries to the Lords of
the Treasury, desiring, on the part of their Lordships,
that directions may be given for permitting a package
containing antiquities of a fragile nature, and intended
for deposit in the British Museum, to be removed under
official seals from the port of Southampton to the me-
tropolis, for delivery to its destination. The package of
antiquities in question has arrived at Southampton by a
steamship from Malta, and the revenue authorities have
given the necessary directions for a compliance with their
Lordship's wishes and the due delivery of the same to
the national establishment mentioned.