The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-23 00:00:00

CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES.-SITTING

OF THE 19TH.
After the presentation of several petitions, the Chamber
proceeded to the order of the day, which was the discussion
of the law relative to the equalization of the land tax (pere-
guation eadastrali) ; it is rather the revisal of the general
survey of the kingdom, on which the land tax is founded ;
several provinceshavirni been too heavily taxed for some
years, are now relieved from this burden, but others com-
plain that they are now rated too high. It having been
determined in a previous Sitting that for these reasons the
law now proposed, by which the portion which each pro-
vince is to pay should be only temporary, the question was
to fix the duration. The term of six years being proposed,
the Minister of Finance gave several reasons to prove that
six years was too short a time ; hut on a division, that time
was adopted by a majority of 46 to 42.
The law was then adopted by a majority of 78 to 9.
Brussels Papers, Dec. 21.
WAttsAvi, DEC. 11.—The festival of St. George was
celebrated this year by a double festivity ; a new Greek
Church in the Alexander citadel being consecrated at the
same, time. Bishop Antonius consecrated the new Church,
which is calculated to contain 1,200 persons.. A Greek
Church is building in the City of Warsaw, and will soon
be ready.
On Sunday, the sth, the Grand Duke Michael gave au-
dience to Earl Durham, Count Bloine, Baron Lutzerode,
and entint Btitero,- the Ambassadors of England, Den-
mark, Saxony, an:l Naples. After which Mr. D. Arthur
Kinnaird, of the British Legation, was presented to the
Grand Duke.
During the time that the navigation has been open, in
183.5, the value of goods exported from St. Petcrsburgh,
was 104,955,329
:rubies. In 1834, it was 117,306,475

rubles.
BERLIN, DEC. Majesty yesterday gave an audi-
ence to the new British Ambassador, Lord Wm. Russell,
who delivered his credentials.
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lIAMBURG I3ORSEN 11A LLE, Dec. 13.
FOREIGN FUNDS. Lilts.
Austrian Metallic:les, 5 per cent.
Ditto ditto 4
Ditto ' ditto
Ditto Rank Shares
Russian 5 per cents. Me,'
Anglo-Russian Lc,on
Paper lobcription. Ii per cent
Russian inscription, Hope and Co., t.3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent...
Ditto, 3 per cent
Duteh '.042 per Cents.
Ditto 5 per Cents
Polish Lcnds, 3 per cents.
A liglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents
Norwegian Loan of 18114, 4 p_r cents.
spaniSh, in pia:tres, B per Coats
Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 47% 4
creek 1 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France
EXCHANOES ON LONDON.
FT AMMURG, DEC. 18 —l3 l'• ; two months, 13 13!,5.
STocKnot.m, DEC. 1 I.—Two months, 12 1.
ST PeTErssauttrat, DEC. 8 —Three months, 10 11-7.2.
BREMEN, DEC. 15 —Two months, 01-2.
—llamburg Papers, D. c. 18.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Ecnt.l', Dm. 15.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuld. Sch. 4 per cent. ...........lot lOl%
Pru.s-lars Engti,Ch Loan, 1.30, 4 per cent. 100 g
Exchange on London, three months
—Prussian Stale Gazette. Dee. 17.

Money.

r c,2nt
fl percent.

741 i 7.04
-!a_l6
- 100 991.
- 105

95%
S 2 ki
... 514 5214
511!,

AN ENGLISH SAILOR'S " STRIKE."—The com-
mander of the Genera/ Ernon.f (French sloop of war) hailed
the Renard sloop, Captain Cog-Wan, in English, to strike.
" Strike !" replied Coghlan, " that I will, and very hard !"
He struck so hard, that in 35 minutes his shot set the
enemy on fire, and in 10 minutes more she blew up. True
to the scho9l in which he had been taught, Captain
Coglilan now displayed equal energy in endeavouring to
rescue the vanquished enemy, and by great exertions, 55,
out of a crew of 100, were ultimately saved.—James's
Naval History.
A YOUNG GENTLEMAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
BY HIS Bncyritr.n.—On Monday forenoon, the neighbour-
hood of Isleworth and Brentford was thrown into a state
of most painful excitement by a report that a young gen-
tleman named Ronalds, had been shot by his brother.
From the inquiries we have made we understand that two
young gentlemen, named John and Hugh Ronalds, sons of
Dr. H. Ronalds, a physician, residing at Kensington, the
first between fourteen and fifteen, and the other eleven
years of age, went on Saturday last to the house of their
grandfather and uncle, Messrs. Hugh and John Ronalds,
the extensive nursery and seedsmen at Brentford, to
spend the Christmas holidays. On Monday morning,
about ten o'clock, they both left their (rrandfather's
residence, on a shooting excursion in the groundsc belonging
to the firm at Isleworth, and about half-past twelve
o'clock, immediately after the report of a gun had been
heard by . persons near the spot, loud screams were heard
proceeding from the grounds, when on the arrival of several
of the persons in Messrs. Ronald's employ, attracted by the
screams to the spot, a most melancholy spectacle pre-
sented itself, Master Hugh Ronalds being found lying on
the ground weltering in blood, the ramrod of a gun pro-
truding from an extensive wound in the chest of the un-
fortunate youth, and his brother hanging over him, in a
state of distraction. Mr. Cooper, surgeon, of Brentford,
was instantly sent for, who, on his arrival, ordered the im-
mediate removal of the unfortunate young gentleman to the
gardener's house in the grounds, when, after extracting the
ramrod and examining the wound, he gave no hope of his
surviving. At three o'clock Dr. Ronalds arrived, in a state
of mind more easily conceived than described, having been
fetched in the gig of a gentleman named Glennie, who hap-
pened to be passing at the moment the melancholy occur-
rence took place. He remained with his son until death
put an end to his sufferings, about seven o'clock yesterday
morning. Information of the lamentable occurrence was
in the afternoon forwarded to Mr. Stirling, the Coroner,
who immediately issued his warrant for an inquest to be
held on the body on Thursday next. Having been unable
to ascertain the precise manner in which the accident
occurred, we abstain from mentioning the reports in cir-
culation.
CHURCH RATES.—We have only space and time
to congratulate our Dissenting friends and the liberal and
enlightened portions of our Church of England readers on
the failure of the very indiscreet attempt which was made
to carry a Church rate at the Vestry on Thursday last ;
and in so doing we pointedly say that the great body of the
Dissenters neither approve nor did they participate in some
of the proceedings, to which we do not find it necessary
more particularly to allude. The great object the Dissent
ters had in view was to mark the feeling of the town upon
the question of Church rates,—.Brighton Guardian.