The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-31 00:00:00

EAST INDIA PAPERS, SEPT. 17.

CACHMERE.-The famine in this province still rages
with severity, and the wretched inhabitants are fleeing in
all directions. The late gift of 100,000 maunds of rice,
and 200,000 rupees, have been ineffectual in relieving
their distresses. An advance of 35,000 rupees was like-
wise made to the troops and amlas in this province, owing
to the pressure of the times ; and a reinforcement of
1,000 mountaineers, under the command of Zuburdust
Khan, has been ordered into this province to guard the
mountain passes.

KANDAHOB•—A heavy shower of aereolites fell lately
in this city; owing to the weight of the shower the roofs
of many of the houses fell in, and others were perforated.
Zulfekar Aly Khan, the son of Olimala, having (although
forbidden by his parents) gone to the courtyard of their
house to gather some of these pebbles, which were very
round and smooth, was killed by the fall of one of these
fiery meteors, which struck him with such violence on
the head as to fracture his scull into three pieces. The
flash which accompanied the stroke was so vivid, that it
dazzled the eye of those sitting in the balcony of the
house. The stone was found to weigh three seers, and
many of the stones weighed upwards of two seers. This
phenomenon was succeed:d by so dense a fog, that the
rays of the sun could not be perceived for three days that
it lasted.

FARE. —A fiery flying serpent has of late invested the
high road in this neighbourhood ; its venom is so perni-
cious that it kills all passers-by on whom it breathes, and
then devours them. Lately, forty men mustered courage
to go and attack it, but of these only two, who had some
confidence in their incantations, ventured to approach it;
one of them, in spite of his arts, was killed by the first
pestilential blast of the creature, who fell to devouring
him. His companion, seeing the fate of h:s comrade,
made a hasty retreat, and informed the valiant band of
forty, and the villagers, of the fate of h:s ally.—Hurkaru,
Sep. 17.
CHOLERA.—The following is an extract of a letter from
Cawnpore, of the 2d September :—" The cholera is still
raging all round us; the reports of course cannot be alto-
gether depended upon, but my kutwal told me this morn-
ing that by a letter from Lucknow, they had lost from
cholera there, altogether, 30,000 men. Few battles leave
as many dead on the field. Here it still attacks the
European corps, but I cannot say how many have fallen
victims, but in the city it has been very bad ; many have
shut up their houses and gone to a distance until it be-
comes more healthy, and whole families establish themselves
in the plain to avoid the infection."—lndia Gazette.

OXFORD.—The backwardness of Christ-
church in coming forward to support the Duke of Wel-
lington's nomination to the Chancellorship is surmised to
have arisen from the fact of his Grace having, some years
since, removed his two sons from thence, and placed
them at Trinity College, Cambridge, an event which was
preceded by a somewhat sharp correspondence between the
Dean and the Duke, on the interesting subject of
academic discipline.

LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1834.

According to letters from Bordeaux, dated

the 26th inst , a courier from Madrid had just
passed through on his way to Paris, with intel•

ligence of the convocation of the Cortes by a
decree of the QUEEN REGENT. This, if true, is
the most flattering intelligence we have heard of
Spanish affairs for some time past.

FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JAN. 29.
Five per Cents., 10.5 E 35c.
Three per Cents., 75f. 40c. 50c.
Bank Actions, 1,720 f,
Rente de Naples, 911. 25c.
Roman Five per Cents., 9114.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 2174.
Rent° d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 38%.
Royal Spanish Loan, 75Y6.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 62.
Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 97.
Haytian Loan, 270 f.

EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 2.5 f. 30c. ; money, 25f. 25c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 15c.; money, 25f. 10c.
—Cours Authentiaue.

The Augsburg Gazette, of the 24th inst.,
says that the Oriental question may be consi-
dered as settled—and that this happy settle-
ment has been owing to the mediation of the
Austrian Cabinet. Settled ! Why, the bare
idea is a farce. The question will never be
settled until Turkey be fairly placed beyond the
grasp of Russia. The same Journal goes on to
say that " the British Ministry relies implicitly
on the good faith of the Emperor NICHOLAS."
Indeed ! What " sucking doves" of politicians

these Ministers of ours must be! NNle would
just as soon trust the " good faith" of a tom-
cat, with a live mouse within its grasp, as NI-
CHOLAS with the destinies of Turkey.

A great mistake prevails with regard to coin
in the coffers of the Bank, which we shall point
out, and we shall also show how its amount
ought to be regulated, and how over-issue may
be prevented.

Gold in the coffers of the Bank is as useless
For the purposes of currency and commerce as

if it remained in the bowels of the earth.
Every accumulation of it raises the ex-
changeable value of gold as a commo-
dity, and by necessary consequence lowers the
exchangeable value, that is, the prices of all
other commodities. The Bank should keep no
more gold in store than is sufficient to answer
the ordinary demands upon it, with a further
sum by way of a reserved fund to meet contin-
gencies. If there were no over-issue, experience
would show the amount required for contin-
gencies, as well as ordinary purposes. Over-
issue apart,contingencies could happen very rarely,
could never be to any very great amount, could
never last long, and if the demand were occasioned
from occurrences -abroad, the commercial ex-
change would soon bring back the amount.
Over-issue never could take place if the Bank
waited to be acted upon by the public for notes
as it waits to be acted upon by the public for
gold, that is, if it never purchased Exchequer
Bills on its own account, but only made tempo-
rary advances upon Exchequer Bills lodged
with it by others ; if it never purchased Govern-
ment Stock, whether consisting of permanent or
long securities, but only made temporary ad-
vances upon the security of Government Stock
belonging to others; ifit never lent upon mortgages,
but only made temporary advances upon mort-
gages belonging to others; finally, if it never

SMITHFIELD MARKET
This day's supply of Beasts, Sheep, Calves, and Porkers, was
indifferent, both as to numbers and quality, and the trade was
very dull throughout, at barely Monday's quotations. Milch
COWS were numerous, and mild steadily at better prices, a useful
Short-horns, with her small Calf, producing from 181. to 211.

PRICES PER STONE OF BLSS. TO SINK THE OFFALS

s. d. to s. d.
Inferior Beasts 2 0 2 2
Second quality ditto 2 li 3 0
Prime large Oxen 3lO 4 0
Prime Scots, &T 4 0 4 2
Inferior Sheep 2 8 3 0
Second quality ditto 3 6 4 2
Coarse.woolled ditto 4 6 4 8
SouthdownWethers 410 5 0

SUPPLY, AS PER. Cl
Beasts. I
Sheep. I
412 ! 2,240

s. d. R.d
Large Lambs 0 0 0 0
Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0
Large coarse Calves 319 4 4
Prime small ditto 5 2 5 8
Large Hogs
Small Porkers 3lO 4 4
Suckling Calves 10, to 28 each.
Quarter old Pigs 12s to 18r.each.

,ERK'S STATEMENT.
Calves. 1 Pigs.
130 1 160

NENVGATE ANt) LEADENHALL MARKETS.
At per stone, by the Carcass.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. toe. d.
Seel, inferior . ..... 2 l 2 6 Mutton, inferior ... 2 4 2 8
- middling 2 6 2 8 - middling.. 3 0 3 2
-- prime large 3 4 3 6 - prime 3 6 310
-- prime small... 3 6 3 8 Porlt,large ...... 3 0 3 2
Veal 3 4 5 4 small 3 4 4 4

LEEDS CORN M A RKET.—Jan. 28.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suflblk, 60Ib.
--- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. 353. t0:543. tir
Barley, Norfolk and Suffblk
---- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
- Grinding
Beans
Oats, Potatoe
—Healing, For. 12d. to 13d Eng. 9d. to 104ci. per st.
Shelling
Rapeseed, English, 251. to 27s Foreign, —.l. to —/. per last.

SOUTHALL MARKET.—Jan. 29.
In this day's market, which exhibited a moderately good
supply throughout, and was rather numerously attended by
buyers, each kind of prime meat met with a tolerably brisk,
inferior sorts with a very dull sale, at the following prices per
stone of 81b. to sink the offals

35.2.1. to 45.2 d. I 45. Bd. to ss. Bd.
Mutton 4 0 5 0 3 6 4 4
The foregoing quotations are Veal 2d. per stone cheaper than
on this day se'nnight ; prices of Beef, Mutton, and Pork, sta-
tionary. Beasts, 215; Sheep, 1.635; Calves, 37; Pigs, 52. A
small portion of the supply left the market unsold.