The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-28 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols continued bouyant during Saturday, although
there was not much business doing, and they closed firm,
at 914 s for Money, and for the Account 91i- 92. Ex-
chequer Bills, 44 45 ; India Bonds, 47 49 ; Bank Stock,
2103- 211 ; India Stock, 2604. Consols opened at 91i 92.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active closed at 20-1-,
ex Coupons, and opened this morning at 194 ex Coupons ;
Old Coupons, 37 ; Deferred, 71 81 ; Portuguese, 391
opened at 391 ; Three per Cents., 251 ; Dutch Two-and-
a-Half, 52i 53.

HALF-PAST ONE.

The reports which have been current for some days of
disturbances in Surat, and the burning of 25,000 houses,
are not confirmed by the letters received this morning from
Bombay to the 6th May. A steamboat bad taken a body
of troops to the Malabar coast, no doubt to put down corn-
motions in that part of the country. We bad the infor-
mation of the death of the King of Ara last week, and of the
disturbances which had broken out subsequently in that
kingdom, which no doubt gave rise to the alarming rumour
noticed above.

Letters received from Rangoon state that great civil
commotions prevailed after the death of the King of
Ava ; that commerce was suspended ; and that the
communication between the capital and Rangoon was
entirely cut off. The English merchants and fo-
reigners were in the greatest consternation, owing
to dangers which threatened their lives and property ;
and without the powerful influence of the British Resi-
dent, they would have been pillaged of everything they
amassed for several years past. Happily the name of Co-
lonel Burney was a safeguard to protect the lives and pro-
perty of these gentlemen during those days of anarchy and
confusion.

Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at
91-11 92 for the Account, are not so good at present, and
may be quoted at 914 for the Account ; Money, 911
Exchequer Bills, 46 43 45 prem. ; India Bonds, 47 48
prem. ; Bank Stock, 210 - 211 ; India Stock, 2591.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is heavy, owing
to the unfavourable accounts received from various corps of
the Queen's troops. On one occasion, the division sta-
tioned at Vittoria, finding that the General was a traitor
or coward, they put him to death. If this example had
been put into execution some time since, the Queen would
have been more faithfully served. Spanish Active, 194 ex-
coupons ; Portuguese, 391 ; Three per Cents., '251 ;
Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 524 it!.
_ _ _

THREE 0' CL 0 CX.
Consols for the Account, 911

The works connected with the erection tf the new
Houses of Parliament are all but in progress. Adver-
tisements have been issued for tenders fur: the construe-

tion of an embankment to extend front Pope's wharf, in
Abingdon-street, to Westminster-bridge , and it is intended
to accomplish this portion of the weak, if possible, be-
fore January or February next.

Naturalists agree that the crocodile can live two
months without nourishment, the scorpion three, the bear
six, and the chamelion eight months. Of all animals, how•
ever, the viper can endure hunger longest, being able to live
ten months without eating.

The Cassel Gazette announces that M. Hassenp-
flug, the Minister of State, has resigned his office, and that
his resignation has been accepted by the Electoral Prince
and Co-Regent.

General Prince Charles Lichtenstein has been ap-
pointed by the Austrian Government to proceed to
o Eng-
land on a special mission, to cc her Majesty
Queen Victoria on her accession.. Major Count Mensdorf
Bouilli, her Majesty's cousin, 'will be attached to the
Prince's suite.

A Belgian Journal states. that in the seven eccle
siastical districts into which lintand is divided, there are
nearly 900,000 Catholics, or raft ter more than one-third of
the whole population.
The death of Baron Louis has conferred on the
De Rigny family one of the m ost considerable fortunes
amassed in France for the last 40 years.—Galignani.
An extensive fire occurred at Church Yatton, on
Wednesday, which proved totv.lly destructive to a waggon
shed, an outhouse, and a quantity of straw, the property of
Mr. T. Hill. We regret to lean a that the fire was accom-
panied by an extensive robbery, a box containing jewels,
and a considerable sum of moon, y, having been stolen from
the dwelling-house, and one of Mr. Hill's servants, with
her mother, has been committed to take their trial for the
offence ; sonic very suspicious ei rcumstances have induced
the belief, that the fire was intended as a disguise for the
robbery. A portion of the stole n property has since been
recovered, through the confer sio. a of one of the parties im-
plicated.—Wilts Indepetickne.
On the forenoon of I\l‘arta y last, between 11_ andi
12 o'clock, a small piece of lz.ral *in the outskirts of Kelso,
on the Edngan road, was visite, A with what is fortunately of
rare occurrence in this coun tr y—a whirlwind. Though
happily on a small scale, it h; ke, the effect of setting afloat
in the air the greater part of a large " waslung', which,
had been laid out on a green to dry. The heavier articles
fell in the vicinity, some of the others in the Broomlands
' plantations, but a few of the gliter ones, handkerchiefs,
&c., were carried to an imn ler ,se height, and at a rapid
rate, in a north-easterly di. rec Lion ; these were kept in
sight by several individuals as long as possible. Being
white, and the sun shining brightly, they were seen very
distinctly, and before being lost . sight of, they looked like
stars in twilight, and dT.d not t appear to be descending.
How far their aerial exc.airsion extended remains to be dis-
covered. What recd drs this e ccurrence the more extraor-
dinary is its baying happened a a time when there was so
little air stirring that the a irection of the wind could
scarcely be ascertained ; th• ire was no appearance of thun-
der, cr any other indicatiou of atmospherical disturbance.—
Kelso Mail,