The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-11 00:00:00

TTIE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, T 11< ELITE 0' CL 0
We have ived New York papers, five days later, to t"-
22d August, from which we extract the following : ,h
.‘ BANK STATEMENT._From the Bank statement up to ed
Ist August, we learn that our city banks have dirnitdibe.
their loans in July 623,997 dollars, increased their specie
48,337 dollars, their circulation 486,216 dollars, and then.
deposits 552,572 dollars; that they have in the meantime
gathered in, and sealed up for the redemption, one and a ball
millions of county bank notes, bearing interest at 6 per cent'
" FAMINa AT AUX CATES.—We have been favoured (5x79
the Balt:marc American), with the perusal of letters froa:,
Aux Cayes to the 18th July, from which we learn that tb
inhabitants were suffering severely from want of provision 9;
and had been reduced almost to a state of starvation, and th
people were almost driven to despair.
Accounts from Bagota, of the 20th June, state that at that
period peace and tranquillity prevailed in that republic. The
convention with Venezuela, as to the settlement of the clain'f-,
as well for the payment of the foreign and domestic debt, ‘l2ls
been ratified by the Congress of the three republics.
We have received Montreal Papers to the 17th August'
and Quebec to the 15th August. The Montreal Papers state
that his Excellency has dismissed the following persons froth
her Majesty's service :

Lieutenant and Adjutant Provost, Captain J. B. Bourgette•
and Captain Pierre Dufour, for disobedience. The followiaig
Magistrates have also been discharged :—Jacob
Hotchkiss, Luttin, and Mason. Of the propriety of 1
ts
Excellency's conduct their cannot be the least doubt, even in
the minds of the persons dismissed.
The Markets at Quebec are high, owing to the 10°1 °I;
shipping and strangers ; but inconvenience is felt for want °f
a sufficient metallic currency.
The Jamaica Mail has arrived by the Spey, which sal'ledoa '
the 29th July ; and from St. Thomas, August 8' • a's°
Mexican Mail by the Seagull, which sailed frorn Vera Cruz °a
the Ist July. These arrivals do not contain any news of nu-
portance.
rs to
We have likewise received Cape of Good Hope PaPaThhes
the 20th of July. The Colonists may now be said to have •so
slave compensation money in their hands, as their claimscot.
he sold for ready money on the spot at 7 per cent. discou e.
From the frontiers there is no intelligence of any consequencd
The Cape of Good Hope Bank will be opened on the 158 -
August next.

Consols opened this moTrtinEingFuaNtptsie leaving off price of Ss'
turday, 911 92 for the Account ; and 911 for Money,
doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 48 50 ; India Bon
d*
prem.
48 50 prem.
Spanish Active closed on Saturday at 20f with Coupon
opened at 201 with Coupons Po t closed at Swe
r uguese
opened the same ; Three ; per Cents., 251 ;Dutch ou
a- Half per Cents., 52i
HALF-PAST-ON
Extract of a private letter from Madrid, of the Ist Sept'
" The night before last a collision took place in the Calle de f
Mondera, between some officers of the Guard and party re°
the National Guards ,and • see"
• swords were drawn, sore
I ha'
cuts were exchanged, but without any fatal results that
heard of." plat
The Westminster packet-ship, from New York, of the 2
ult., has brought 200,000 dollars.
We have had a very great number of arrivals this o°,lo
little
eing
from all parts of the West Indies and the United States.. The
chief feature of news entirely relates to the dreadful hurricane
which took place all along the coast, and has caused consider-
able damage among the shipping at sea. were
The information from the United States is not of a
favourable cast than we received by the last accounts. Pilts_3.ire's
was getting scarce, and it was not expected that the ba."
would resume specie payments for some time to come.
Consols for the Account, 92; Money, 91i.
ExcbsgoCk
Bills, 48 60 prem. ; India Bonds, 50 51 prem. ; Bank
shut.
doing. Spanish
In the Foreign market there is very little
39 Three Per
Active, 201 with Coupons; Portuguese, ;
, .
Cents., 25,1-; Dutch Two and a H THREE 0' CL 0 Cr.
Consols for the Account, 92.

PUBLIC DINNER T 6 LORD LEVESON.—We hare
received the report of an entertainment given on TuesdaY
last at Morpeth to Lord Leveson, in approval of his pol
tical conduct since his first election to represent that ha
rough in• Parliament ; and are rejoiced to perceive that
even in this remote part of the kingdom, the Ballot is made
a question of paramount and prominent interest. We titlO,,
that such demonstrations will at length open the eyes el
tAhleinipseteurpsletointhe theuregxeenrteinseecoesi
fs o a
their
f frffonurdehiginse.proTthecetion to
Ballot
is the one thing needful—give us that, and we shall hear
no more of the bribery and intimidation-which, during the
latebtni
oi,svee,
ucotdiuolodnpspb,
raehnsaissvhed
ebbpreeiebintedreysnot
aeesdetuedtnoesrsistv.reol yy
The
hhnoei p
Ballot,loyed
whole to
not
shtor:o;
foul
Thei nlluences.
The
Prince
Russian
haaPttl Chatsworth.
peretriiland in Princess Gaaar are ex'
petted to leave town next week, on a visit to the Duke o
Devonshire
liot
return to Austria until after the HofeaStoenll°Prnarbkerrgac7si." ll
rr- he
Prilice has been on a tour to Cheltenham, Bath, St' the
The fabrication respecting the exclusion 01 __o,
Bible from the Corporation Schools was originally e c_o"o..
totted fur political and party purposes, and it must
,hvi:ea.
fessed, it has answered the end for which it Was de_it so
Many conscientious but weak-minded persons have he_7_ition
far misled by the calumny as to give their votes in opP?„_'ised,
to the political principles which they have hitherto p.?sweirect.
The brazen falsehood, it is expected, will also have IL„ neve
at the ensuing municipal election. The proverb saYs
_c this
so blind as those who will not sce," and the succor' ;fore
egregious falsehood tends to confirm the assertion...
0-1; least
men abandoned their political principles, they oughr
of th°se
havevt.o'hoc
al
called
examined
htehme ttrou t ltinoa
make
thee t
the
representations
would : :tee add° lof
eagerly swallowing a monstrous lie, they
well to accept the invitation of the School Comrotttseetives..--
spect the Corporate Schools, and judge for them
Liverpool Mercury.