The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-10 00:00:00

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
,_toemerara papers have been received at the North and
:Toth American Coffee-House to the 20th of December. Al-
41?ugh not of so late a date as previously received, to the
'ln of January, we copy the following official Government
notice
o" His Excellency, Major-General Sir James Carmichael
rnith, has thought proper to direct that the following reports
r the month of November, from the twelve judicial districts
1,140 which this colony is divided, should be published in the
Royal Gazette, for general information.
" I. His Excellency most sincerely congt athletes every per-
son interested in the prosperity of this magnificent province at
the peace, contentment, and industry which so generally pre-
vails throughout the whole of British Guiana.
" 2. The Lieutenant-Governor requests the special Magis-
°ley to have the goodness to avail themselves of every oppor-
tunity of expressing to the labourers his Excellency's approba-
tion of their conduct, and of the confidence he entertains that,
at the expiration of their apprenticeships, they will realise the
most sanguine wishes of their friends, and prove themselves
an industrious and grateful population.

" " Guiana, British Buildings, Demerara. (By command.)"
After which follows the different reports, which fill several
Columns.
The Demerara papers also contain a dispatch dated " Down-
ing-street, Oct. 29," signed " Spring Rice," stating that the
'ornmissioners of Compensation appointed for the abolition of
Slavery, had made a series of public regulations, and the rules
tO be observed in prefering and prosecuting claims.
We have been favoured with the following information from
tatavia, received by the Dutch ship Hoop Van Albasserdam,
Which sailed on the 11th October :
" We had yesterday morning a severe earthquake, which
has done considerable damage to the dwellings in the interior
but not much here ; the Governor and his family had a very
narrow escape from beinr, crushed under the ruins of the Palace
atßuckvizag, part of which had come down. About thirty
lailes beneath it from the above place one of the hills has sunk and buried
a whole village."
THE FUNDS.
The Consol Market, which was very heavy, in the middle
Part of the day, yesterday, became buoyant towards the after-
noon, and Consols, which left eff at 92 to - for the Account,
opened this morning at the same price. Exchequer Bills,
39 40 ; India Bonds, 21 92 ; India Stock, 258 259.
Up to the present hour we do not hear anything further re-
aPecting the operations of the Bank Directors to prevent the
Precious metal leaving the country.
The following are the opening prices in the Foreign Mar-
ae t this morning, in which there is still a great mania for spe-
nc:olaattiino: in Foreign Securities and bubble shares, as tho pre-
ASent state of commerce is not to that extent to employ the
capital in the country :—Spanish, .56a ; Spanish
Scrip, 3i 4 Flu ; Portuguese, 92,j,
There is great dullness in both the markets, owing to the
absence of the Express from Paris with the prices.
HALF-PAST ONE.
The Consol Market is gradually recovering from the heavy
state it appeared in yesterday..
9 Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at
a 2 tO may be quoted at present 9* i for the Account, with
more wholesome appearance.
„_Exchequer Bills, 39 40 ; India Bonds, 20 21 ; India Stock,
'08259 ; Bank Stock, 224-
The Foreign market continues steady, at nearly the morning
Prices.
_ By the Leeward Island mail, brought by the Lyra, which
!ailed en the 11th January from St. Thomas's, the accounts
from all the islands are of a favourable nature.
The boisterous state of the weather during last night still
Prevents the arrival of the French and Dutch mails.
, At St. Vincent's and Grenada the negroes have agreed
outto take off the crops upon having their usual allowance with-
,,
anJ Wages. All was tranquil throughout the island.
THREE 0' CL 0 CK.
einkeols far the Account 92* I.