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THE SUN.

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LONDON
AMY 4,, lBl6.

Extracts from American Papers to the-3d March
,will he found in a preceding column. They con-
tain a distressing rumour of the destruction of
Sierra Lentie, and the Massacre of the White
People at that Settlement, about the first week
of February. We are certainly very sceptical
with regard to Anierican News, but are-not aware
that there are any accounts so late as the-;fore-
going•to discredit its afflicting tendency.
The Bill for adding a new Province, Indiana, to
the Union, hay passed 'through , the American
Flouse of Assembly. The• ambitious designs of
the States upon the great rivers Alississippi and
Missouri are becoming every day 'awe apparent.
Some modifications of (he New Tariff are no-
ticed in these Papers, which see.

The Dutch Papers received this morning are
to the 241 of May, and the Paris Journals to the
samedate ; but neither of them contain any news
of interest. Such paragraphs as appeared worthy
of notice, we have translated under the usual.

Our suspicious-respecting Sweden were not
without foundation. A war between that Coun-
try and Denmark is hinted at in the French Pa-
pers. The journey of the Ex-King to the North
is doubtleis connected with this state, of affairs,
and we should not be at all surprised to see M.
Br,RNADOTTR follow the example ()film other Po-
tentates %Owns the French lit:volution raised from
obscurity to thrones.

Lord. CAiTC.P.RRAGTI last night prefneellhis
tion for leave to bring in a 13illfo'r the better re-
gulation of the Civil Liit. with. an wile 'speech
explanatory of the suldoet, 'and of the proposed
alterations. There is so much of intricacy and
'confusion in this matter, that it is certainly not
easy to comprehend it in all its bearings; but We
shall endeavour to light our Readers to, the ge-
neral drift of the measure,.by a very bPief state-
taunt.

The Civil List, exclusive of the Windsor Esta-
blishinent, and provisions for the yoongerUranches
of the Royal! Family, tnnounts, to 1,339,000/. Of
which, however, only 409;0001. including 60,000/.
for the Privy,Purse is uppliCahle to the use of the.
Sovereign, the rest being devoted to vation6 pub.
lie services.

Among these services, negociations, embassies,
&c &c. fluctuate exCeedingly in their charge. When
at war or at least without friendly intercourse with
all Europe, the expenditure was naturally low ; but
when again amicable relations came to be esta-
t&bhed with every Conn, Ainbassadors were sent
and received, an active "political intercourse was
carried on, and- Sovereign Princes entertained
or were entertained in a becoming manner, this
branch-of national expellee swelled ptodigiously.
Under all circumstances, the Minister states, that
the Civil List is deficient about a quarter of a mil-
lion for the purposes for Which it is allotted.
The consideration then comes to be Whether
any proper economy can redeem this deficiency ?
His Lordship does not seem to think that the
charge can be 'tliminislied. He therefore point is
ont the only two ways in which it can be sup-
plied ; coming in the end to precisely the saute
thing, viz, an augmentation of 251,000/. per ann.,
This may be given by a direct vote, or
It may be given by withdrawing certain charges--
from the Civil List, and placing them on 'Other
sonrces, thus leaving the sum already voted suf..
ficient to cover the expenditure under the new
arrangement.
The latter is the course recommended -by Lord
CAsTLEREAOH. lle pinposes to transfer Irani the
Civil List to .the Cousolidated'Fund, the 30,5001.
at present paid out of the for Mer to the lioyal
Family; to make a scperate annual charge for
the Lord CHAMBERLAIN's Department ; to d6the
same with ten-or 0,090/. a-year paid to the
Board of Works' for repairing Public Offices ;
to separate, also the sums paid for plate to Foreign
Ambassadors ; to deduct charges of *shine 3000 t.
in the Ordnance Department, now mixed up with
the Civil List ; and finally to relieve that List from
the great charge cif Occasional Payments, which
will thereafter be voted on their owl) merits.
The result of this plan is, that'the List of ....... ; 1,3 9,003
,q
will be relieved ..... . ............... ........... 9.51,hal and the Civil List Fund remain 1,038,000 clear, applicable( to to,
and Sufficient far all its expenditure.
of Swithc
fils
sahuat the merits
eftiller'eeorbeßeiltlirti);:s vy into the IPerits
of which we shall enter irereaftei. ; candidly
independently noticing tri
Still by wady egitio iaf
st it. ei may