The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-10 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 9, 1834.

VHE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That the Rate of Exchange at which they will receive
Cash for Bills on India, at Sixty Days Sight, will from
the present date, and until further notice, be, for Bills
upon Bengal, Is. 111-1. instead of ls. I Id. per Simi
Rupee, and for Bills upon Madras and Bombay, Is. 101 d.
instead of Is. 9id. per M3dras or Botnhay Rupee.
PETER AUBER, S-cretarv.

LI WALKER'S SILVER-POLISHED
• NEEDLES. These Needles are perfected,
after a long series of expensive and labt,rious experiments.
Tt eir peculiar composition enables them to receive a
greater degree of hardness without the usual brittleness,
thereby permitting 'a more beautiful tapering of the points ;
their eyes are better cons.ructed than any yet introduced,
and (by a process known only to their Inventor) a bril-
liant silver polish is affixed to them, which not only
renders them almost impervious to rust, but greatly
facilitates their operation, whilst their extraordinary
toughness renders them more economical than the old
steel needles, even at four times their price.

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Sold tetail by most of the respectable dealers, and
wholesale, or for export, by the Inventor, and only ma-
nufacturer, H. Walker (whose name appears on every
genuine label), 20, Maiden-'ane, Wood-street (late 106,
NVooa-street), Cheapside.

ROYAL EXTRACT OF FLOWERS.
—The extraordinary circulation of he above it
ticle, and its very general adoption by the first ranks of
fashion, a' the toilette and in the drawing-rootn, have
stitnulatid the Proprietors in an endeavour to render it,
in delicacy of scent and fragrance, equal, if not superior,
to any description of perfume for the handkerchief. It is
distilled from a combination of flowers, selected for their
excelling sweetness and aromatic properties, when those
flowers are in their fullest vigour.—Alanuictured and
sold by Rigee, Brockhank, and R'gge, Perfumers to the
Royal Family. 35, New Bond-street, in bottles of 15-.,
54., and 34 6d.
THE PERSIAN BOUQUET is also recommended
to the notice of the Nobility and Gentry, as a pleasing,
very powerful, and durable perfume.

LIEUTENANT CONOLLY'S JOURNEY TO
THE NORTh OF INDIA. - Lieut. Conolly travelled
nearly over the exact commercial line that the Rus-
sians, if they sought permanent connexion with India,
would occupy ; he is an intelligent observer ; he de-
scribes what he saw with a simple earnestness that at
once stamps its fidelity ; and as he has no theory to
support, he conceals nothing essential to be known in
the discussion of the question. A better guide we
could scarcely desire, and a more favourable time for
the appearance of his work could hardly be wished.
The author's first intention was to proceed to India
through Khiva, Bokhara, and Cabul. He ac-
cordingly entered the country of the Toorkmuns or
Turcomans, on the Eastern side of the Caspian. Lieut.
Conolly and his friend were made prisoners by their
treacherous guides ; but, after many difficulties and
dangers, succeeded in retracing their steps to Astra-
bad. His reflections on the virtues liberally attributed
by poets and novelists to the plundering tribes of
Arabia and Tartary, and to the old marauding clans
of the Scottish Highlands, are very judicious.
Athenceum.

The Moniteur contains a Royal ordinance
of the 6th inst., founded upon a report of the Presi-
dent of the Council, by which the attributions of the
interior and the commerce departments are respectively
fixed. The following are its provisions :—Article 1.
The attributions of the department of the Minister of
the Interior are regulated as follow :—The personnel
of the prefects, sub-prefects, counsellors of prefecture,
mayors, deputy-mayors, and other administrative func-
tionaries. The execution of the election laws. The
organization and administration of the national guards.
The service of the gendarmerie, the municipal guards,
and the sapcurs-pompiers (in conjunction with the
Minister of War, and according to the attributions
peculiar to the two Ministers). The general police
of the kingdom. The direction of the telegraphs.
The application of the regulations respecting the
printing-offices and booksellers. The general admi-
nistration of the departments, the communes, the hos-
pitals, and charitable institutions. The direction of the
public works and roads, public monuments, and civil
buildings. The administration of the fine arts and the
theatres. The conservation of the archives of the king-
dom. Article 2. The attributions of the Minister of
Commerce are to be as follow :—The framing and
presenting of bills relating to the customs. The col-
lecting and publishing of all statistical documents relat-
ing to commerce, agriculture, and industry. The inves-
tigation of claims and demands, in application of the laws
on the customs, or the protection of the commerce
of France with foreign countries. The adminis-
tration and organization of the Chambers of Com-
merce and the Chambers of the Arts and Manufac-
tures. The formation and application of the regula-
tions relating to the several Professions Industrielles.
The granting of patents for inventions. The autho-
rizations and statutes of anonymous societies, insurance
companies, and savings-banks. The establishment of
fairs and markets. The police of provisions. The
lists of merchants and notables. The nomination of
stock and commercial brokers, with the exception of
the stock-brokers of Paris, who are to remain under
the direction of the Minister of the Finances. The
composition and organization of the council of Prud-
hommes. The administration of weights and mea-
sures. The Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers. The
Ecole des Arts de Metiers. The Bergeries and vete-
rinary schools. The royal studs. The distribution of
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of the funds granted by the budget to their respective
departments, according to the attributions above fixed.

The fire, as we have been enabled to learn, was
first discovered about half-past four in the afternoon,
but from the difficulty which was then •experienced
in getting under the flames, it must have been at
its insidious work for some time previous. It is as-
certained that it broke out in the state cabin, but
of its immediate cause no person on board can give
any account. In all probability to some obstruction
or over-heating of the stove which warmed that
portion of the vessel, it may be attributed, with the
greatest semblance of probability. Immediately
upon the first alarm messengers were despatched to
the various insurance-offices in town, and in a short

time a number iiengineswere in attendance. Pre-
vious to their arrival, however, the fire had ob-
tained complete possession of the after part of the
vessel, and raged with fury upon the extremely in-
flammable materials subjected to its influence. The
men belonging to the steamer made several descents
below in the hope of arresting the progress of the
flames by flinging buckets of water upon them, but
in vain, although they succeeded in saving some
property. Nor had the more powerful volume of
water from the engines much more material effect.
An engine, after considerable exertion, was placed
in a boat alongside the burning vessel, and plied
with some success through the cabin windows ; but
despite all these efforts the fire continued momen-
tarily to increase in violence, and fears began to be
entertained that the forward portions of the steamer,
which hitherto had not been touched, would be
reached by the flames. At this period the hose of
four or five engines were directed upon the fire, but
although those were most effectively worked, it was
found absolutely necessary to scuttle her, in order
to prevent the conflagration from extending to parts
forward. This was accordingly promptly done, and
in a short time all apprehensions of her total de-
struction were at end. Nearly one half, however,
and that the most expensive portion of the vessel,
is utterly annihilated. It will cost many thousand
pounds to repair the damage done, which we have
heard estimated so high as 10,0001. or 15,000/.—
Dublin Freeman's Journal.