The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-25 00:00:00

THE FRENCH BUDGET.
(From the Constitutionnel of Monday.)
. M. Etienne, reporter of the Committee charged
with the examinationof the Bill for definitively regu-
lating the estimates bf 1840,. has. laid his Report Olr.
the bureau of the Chainber. This document, drawn
up with a conscientious sagacity, belongs to that class
of State papers which put us into possession of the. real
situation of our expenses and our receipts. Budgets
are now becoming merely vague estimates, and the
laws of finance, which fix beforehand the expenses
and receipts, are in general so little respected, or so
badly combined in their elements, that at the moment
of the closing of the estimates, they are always sub-
jected to' important modifications by the creation of
supplementary credits. Thus, at the moment when.
the Chambers voted the supplies of 1840, the budget-
presented not only an equilibrium between the re-
ceipts and expenses, but, in addition, a presumed excess
of about sixteen millions, the expenses being esti-
mated at 1,099,913,487 f., and the receipts at
1,115,765,222 f. But apecial laws soon added,' in tb.s
sessions of 1839 and 1840, further credits amounting

to 68 millions, so that the bases of the budget were,
disarranged, and the equilibrium was already de—
stroyed at the period when the Eastern question forced'
the Governinerit to increase its military and maritime
forces. Tlie total resources of the year 1840 amounted
to the sum 1,242,980,600 f. These receipts were com-
posed of 1,115,765,222 f. of ordinary resources, of
73,985,000 f. appropriated to public,. works, of
8,847,948 f. brought forward from the estimate.% of
1838 and 1839, of 11,632,871 f. of excess realised
from the departmental resources, and of 32,749,558!x.
the excess of produce over the original expenses..
From these sums must be deducted 17,274,027 L
carried on to the following estimates for de-
-partmental expenses, leaving for 18401,225,706,572 f. ;
and as the payments effected amount to
1,363,716,102 f., the defiCit of receipts of the esti-
mates of 1840 is fixed, by the Bill presented to the
Chamber, at 138,009,529 f. This deficit affects the
ordinary expenses to the amount of 48,597,732 f., and.
on extraordinary expenses for 89,411,790 f. In 1839)
the budget presented an excess in receipts of more
than three millions, and the last report on the bill of
accounts has announced that the expenses had been
completely paid with the ordinary revenues laid apart
for that purpose, without there being any necessity for
applying to such funds of the other estimates as might
be free. It is to such a position that we ought to
return, but unfortunately the budget of 1843 does not
present itself in such a way as would lead us to hope
for such a result. It shows at the present moment a
deficit of 33 millions, without our foreign policy im-
posing on us the same sacrifices as in 1840. Besides
the deficit already stated, the Committee on the bud-.
get specifices certain necessities which will absorb.
considerable sums. Already I,Boo,ooof.have been de-
manded for the PalaiS de Justice at Rouen; the effee-
tire force of the army in Africa is only put down at
38,000 men—a number • altogether below the most
favourable probability. No credit has been provided
for the .transatlantic steam packets. The interest to
be paid for the emission of a further portion of the
loan are not comprised in the credits which have been
demanded, neither have the expenses of the central
prisons, nor the prAniurns on the whale and cod.
fishery, &c., been provided for. Supplementary and
extraordinary credits will reveal to us all the chasms
in these estimates, and will show, 'as to the expenses,
nn enormous difference between the finances and the
estimates. Almost all the committees give proofs of
these anomalies, and that on the accounts of 1840
gives also, through M. Etienne, salutary. warnings to
the Government. We desire with all our heart that
the Government may take the warning, and be more
exact and regular for the future in its calculations.

FIRE AT HAMBURGH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Slll,--We think it may be of interest for you to have the fol-
lowing particulars of the fire ; it appears now that the follow-
ing is the rectified statement. Burnt down •
61 Streets.
120 Courts.
1,992 Houses, and
1,716 Dwelling floors (Etages, Sable).
498 Cottages.
468 Dwelling cellars.
21,526 Inhabitants roofless.

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DEPARTURES•
Major Cotton, frorn Nerot's Hotel, for Scotland ; Dr. Yet;
ton, from ditto, for ditto ; Mrs. Alleyne and family, fro, n P.
son's Hotel, Portland-place, for Brighton ; Capt. Cmcp it
ditto, for.Sandford Park, near Woodstock ; Capt. Airos,y,
ditto.

• The Municipal Council of Paris has voted the
of 350,000 f. for the immediate widening of the Rue de .1A `l,lfci
by alterations on the right side, from the Marche aux Fleska"
the Rue.du Marche Neuf: wieP

BIRTHS. tIO
On the 14th inst., at Muinder House, Monmouthshire,
wife of Captain Newall, East India Service, of a. eon.
On the 16th inst., the lady of Captain Vidal, R.N., of a
to
On the 19th inst., at Bath, the wife of Lieutensut Lalo,
Browell, R.N., of her Majesty's steam-frigate Vixen, of a ,00,
On the 20th inst., at Bow, Mrs. Edward E. Calton, 01.'170
On the 22d inst., in Titchficld-terrace, Regent's-park,
lady of Captain Manners, R.N., of a son. (10'
On the 224 inst., at Camden-cottages, Camden-town,
T. T. a Beckett, of a daughter. •01
On the 24th inst., in St. James's-place, the wife of Still
Cripys, Esq., M.P., of a daughter.

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3 Churches.
2 Synagogues.
3 Watermills, with 36 wwlves.
The spinnhaus and zuchthaus, with their churches (houses of
correction).
The Detentions house.
The Senat house.
The Old Exchange.--N.B. The new Exchange, only built
last year, is saved, and after a few days repairing, in we again.
The Eimbeck-house, containing Court of Commerce, Court
of Common Pleas, with offices; the" Custom-house offices,
the Stamp-offices, the Lottery saloon, the Citizen Guard offices,
and other pszblic °Cies.
The Bank.
A great many, and all of the largest. hotels, and all the
libraries. •
3,786,300 square feet is the superficial extent of the burnt
portion of the city.
Respectfully, Sir, your most obedient servants,
ABRAHAM BAUER AND CO.
Hamburgh, May 18, 1642.,
MARKET and
MONEY and CITY NEWS.
FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
er mille
TIMES.—The premium
which, at the English Mint on gold at Paris 13 10
p
priceof 31. 175. 100. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange. of 2.5 .404, and the ex-
change at Paris on London at short being 25 55, it follows
that gold is 0.58. per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 428 per
mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101/2dr
. pe
ounce for standard gold, gives in.exchange of 13 63/4, and tire
exchange at Hamburgh on London-at'-short being 13 8, it
follows that gold is 0.69 per cent. dearer in London than in
Hamburgh.
The jobbers are now employed. with the arrangement of the
six weeks' account in Consols, which is fixed for Thursday ;
it
is not expected to be a heavy settling day, but the scarcity 0,
money..out of doors has had some influence in its value here*
and therefore the rates vary from 31,4 to 5 per cent. for tempo'
rary accommodation.
SUN.—The extent of business in the English market has not ',)
increased since the morning; prices, however, are rather better 7`
than at the commencement, Consols being 925 for Money,
for the Account; Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India Stock, 240' 251
Exchequer Bills, old, 37 39, and those advertised for payment' .
33 35 premium.
The only variation in Foreign Securities is that of Dutch,'
being a shade below yesterday, the Two and a Half per Gen"'
leaving off at 524 521, and the Five per Cents., 101 1014;
Belgian remained at 102 103 ; Danish, SO/ 61/ ; and 13re"
zilian, 67 65.
Shares were rather flat, although the alteration was veil
trifling. London and Birmingham, 179 181 ; Birminghsto
and Gloucester, 51 53 ; Great Western, 914 923/4, the Half- •
shares, 6334 64/ ; South Western, 635 64 ; Gosport, 633/4 64'
North Midland. 65 67, the New Shares, 32 33 ; South Eastern I
and Dover, 294 295, the Scrip, 75 74; Eastern Counties,
9 95; Blackwall, 11 114, the New Shares, 9 91 ; and Brighto'
36 364 per Share.
A great improvement in the rate of Exchange en the pro,"
cipal Continental cities was observable to-dav, Hamburgh being
13 10% 13 104 ; Amsterdam, 12 43/4 12 44 ; Rotterelanb
12 434 ; Frankfort, 1514 151 Paris, 25f. 773/4e., 25f. 823/4c.
The quotations of the various Bonds were—Colombian'
261 27,1 ; Peruvian, 194 1934 ; Portuguese Five per Cents.;
376 36; the Three per Cents., 221 224 ; Spanish Five 14
Cents., and the Three per Cents., 225 23.
By the way of Sydney, intelligence has been received frl
New Zealand. It would appear that the various settlements
are progressing rapidly and successfully, which is attribot
solely to the fact, that wherever the Anglo-Saxon race ere
placed they are determined to go ahead. The Legislati°
Council had assembled, at which the Governor had delivered*
speech which was generally deemed satisfactory, . In menticei
ing his late visit to the several locations,. it may be gather
e
that the emigrants were comfortably situated, and he state*,
that at whatever settlements had Leen farmed, the best feeliao
continued to prevail between the E'oropeans and the natives'
that the former were to a certain cxtent dependent upon
latter for many of the necessary supplies, which were reel"
and willingly granted.
FASHIONABLE INTEI:OI4IGENCi
ARRIVALS. '
Mr. and Mrs.' Beresford Baroke, at their Aouse in Chanel
street, Cavendish-square ; Townshend Ince, .Esq., and ,
Ince, at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford and Cork-street:', from cheste,—
Edward Fyler, Esq., and Mrs. Lewis; at Nelson's Hotel, F°P,:,
land-place, from Bath ; Mrs. Scott and Miss Ra vne, at flitb;
from Reading ; Mr. and Mrs. Lurnsden, at diii`o ; captt,
Boulby, at ditto; .1. Monkton, Esq., at ditto ; the I'.ev. Aro'd
deacon Law, at ditto; Major-General Sir Henry l(ing11:0,
Lady King, at the Gloucester Hotel, Berkeley-stye at, apd
fr
Brighton ; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Lander, at. ditto ;
Mrs. Rimmington, at ditto ; Hon. Colonel C. Westenrst,sl.
at ditto.