The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-16 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

ANTWERP, APRIL 15.—The Ilandelsblad of Amsterdam
gives the note which it says was presented by the Dutch Am-
bassador to the Conference at London. We observe that the
Ambassador says, that if there should be a want of unity
among the parties interested, this declaration is to be consi-
dered as not having been made. The case here provided for
seems to have occurred in consequence of the refusal said to
have been made by Belgium to accept the Treaty of the 24
Articles without :modification.—Journal du Commerce d'An-
cars, April 15.
ATHENS, MARCH 24.—With the seam-boat which departs
to-day NI. Von Rudhart, with his family, leaves Greece. The
King, since his return from his tour, is engaged in public bu-
siness with increased activity from early in the morning till
late in the evening. The salaries of all persons in office, civil
as well as military, are to be reduced 15 present. As this plan
is for the advantage of the State, no Patriot (and every
Greek professes-to be one), can judge unfavourably of it, and
it is therefore expected that this important measure will be
easily carried into effect.
PESTll„kritu. 4.—The number of persons who perished in
the inundation is far smaller than might have been expected
amidst the dreadful confusion. All that the Journals, even
the most of those of Vienna, have stated on the subject, proves
to be extremely exaggerated. The official list published to
day, mentions in all only 127 persons who perished in the
catastrophe. It is probable that very few are buried among
the ruins. The sanitary state of the city is improving ; to-
day there are but 200 patients in all the hospitals.
The steam-boat Tringe brought yesterday two Turkish
Ambassadors to the Courts of Vienna and Berlin, with very
numerous suites, from Constantinople. They put up at the
fine hotel the Ingerhorm, which was spared in the late disaster,
and proceed to-morrow to Vienna, on board the Arpad steam-
boat.

APRIL 2.—We hear that Rothschild's generous offer of a
loan of 400,000 florins has been gratefully accepted by our
city. The Ics3 of our merchants by the late disaster is said
to amount to four millions. In tilt city of Ofen 204 houses
have fallen down, and 202 are much injured.—Frankfort
Papers, April 11.

BELGIAN I.U:4I)3—BRUSSELS, APRIL 14.
Actual Deht, 2, i per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent.. • lO2
Loan of Thirty Millions 93?
Loan of City, 1932, 4 per Cent 9S3y,
Society of Commerce, 4,,9 per Cent llth
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ll4
National Society .
Brussels Papers, April 14.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Manna, APRIL 6.
Five per Cents. Matalliques
Foot per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares
—eillgemehe Zeilung. April 11.

DEATH OF SIR J. CARI6IICHAEL

SMYTH.

(From the Guiana Royal Gazette.)
Two suns only have rolled over our heads since the last one
set upon our worthy and beloved Governor, Sir James Car-
michael Smyth, Bar:..
His Excellency breathed his last on Sabbath evening, the
4th instant, at ten minutes past six o'clock, in the bosom of his
family, at Camp-house, Georgetown, aged 58 years.
We have often expatiated with peculiar delight on the many
virtues, both public and private, which he whose departure
from this scene of existence it is now our truly painful duty to
record, so eminently possessed. Convinced of the rectitude
of that dignified and just policy which has uniformly marked
Sir James Carmichael Smyth's public life, from the day of
his arrival in this colony until that on which he, for the last
time, met his sanators in the Council-house, we have not failed
to speak of it according to its merits.
The public acts of his uncompromising justice and benevo-
lence have left indelible traces upon many hearts, and have
made the poor within his benign influence deep debtors to his
impartial philanthropy. Corruption and oppression have had
their roots almost severed by his strong and well-directed
strokes ; and the widow and the fatherless, who had no help
in man, in him found safety and protection. His anxious
solicitude for the well-being of all classes of this province is
abundantly evident from the man:- instances in which he has
destroyed sinecures, reduced extravagant salaries, and enacted
impartial laws for the government of rich and poor. Sir
James had numerous pensioners, to whom he gave a weekly
allowance of money. The aged, the infirm, the lame, and the
blind, were the objects of his peculiar attention, and the ap-
peals of the needy were never made to him without effect.
The recollection of Sir James Carmichael Smyth, who was
Governor of the colony of British Guiana from June, 1833, to
March, 1838, will be long dear to many, and the fountain of
their tears will be dried up before they cease to weep at the
remembrance of his loss.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Liverpool Chronicle.)

THE COTTON TRADE.—MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING.
This week the trade in yarns and goods has been unusually
gloomy, and the prices of both are decidedly lower—in fact,
are now within a shade of the lowest rates at which they
have been sold during any time of the last eighteen months.
It is quite clear that nothing but a very great reduction in the
make can restore the trade to anything approaching to a
healthy state. Many large spinners and extensive manufac-
turers are now, therefore, seriously contemplating the work-
ing of their establishments short time ; and though this will
operate injuriously on immense masses of the working classes,
still it is the only alternative against a reduction of wages.
It is impossible to quote correctly the prices of any description
of goods ; but this may be stated, that cloth, sold for 7s. 9d.
a month ago, may now be purchased at 6s. 9d., and perhaps
at less than that.

THE WOOLLEN TRADE.—LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The business
in both Halls is very dull—that is, little business doing in any
department. There is, of course, an increasing stock, though
that stock is by no means large, but which is still indicative of
what cannot be mistaken—viz., that more goods are made than
there is a demand for, which is a very different state of things
from what was experienced about Christmas.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY.—We have again
had a poor market, accompanied with still lower prices for
some description of good ; however, rather an extensive de-
mand existed, but not such as to enable the manufacturer to
keep up last week's rates.

The propr;etors of Vauxhall have a Bill before
Parliament, empowering them to dispose by lottery of those
popular and delightful gardens.