The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-21 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TIVRLVE I; CLocr.

We have numerous arrivals this morning from
the East Indies. Files of the Colonial Time: from
Van Dieman's Land to the Ist June, Hobart-town
Papers to the Ist June, Calcutta to the 25th May,
Cape of Good hope to the 15th August, and the
Gaceta Mercantil of Buenos Ayres to the 25th July,
have been received ut the North and South American
Coffee-house.

(From the Gaceta Mercantil )

The following note was addressed by Adm. Chive!,
on assuming the command of the French naval forces
on this station, to the Commodore of the French
squadron in the River Plate:—" Do not fail again to
recommend to our countrymen tranquilly to follow
their employment, not taking part in the political
concerns of the country, declaring to the King's sub-
jects, who despise these councils, that by this Act alone
they will lose the protection of his Majesty's flag ;
you can, on the other hand, assure those who
conform to this advice that they may rely on
the most prompt and efficacious protection in
case (which God avert) it becomes necessary for
their security. The orders communicated to our
marine forces are positive."
The El Tiempo of the 23d July makes some re-
marks upon the foregoing, concluding thus :—" Who
knows whether M. Greve!, by prompt and efficaci-
ous protection, may not understand what Viscount
Venencourt understood ! This affair is yet pending.
The Government of Buenos Ayres has had recourse
to that of his Most Christian Majesty for redress;
some time must pass before it will be possible even
'to receive an answer, and notwithstanding another
French naval officer already threatens us again, and
our Journals admit this insult without saying a single
word."

(From the Colonial Times.)

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, JUNE L—The Solicitor-
General has given it as his opinion that nothing can
be done in the way of passing a Colonial Act for the
relief of the insolvent debtors, until a warrant, no-
minating a Council, arrives, with his Majesty's
signature.
Orders have arrived from England for the imme-
diate abandonment of Port Raffles.

The Old Bank has paid off the sum it borrowed
of the Local Government, with an interest of eight
per cent.
A dreadful malady of the species of opthalmia
was prevailing at Sydney ; old and young were
afflicted.

(From the Hobart Town Papers.)

Letters are in the colony from Captain Fitz-
clarence, mentioning his intention to come round
here immediately in the Pallas, so that we may
expect not only this frigate, but also the Naiad, and
perhaps the Sulphur.
Private letters from Sydney state the price of
wheat at 7s. per bushel, arid not likely to advance.
So great was the overstock of goods at Sydney
that Captain Bunn has resolved' to return the iron
and pitch to London.
The whale fishing promises to be most successful;
no less than ten fish have already been caught by
the two establishments down the river.

A Government notice announces the death of H.
Humphrey, Esq., the Police Magistrate.
The Calcutta Paper of the 25th May states, that
a new general bank was about to be established at
Calcutta.

The cloudy and heavy appearance of the weather
for some days past, with the fall of copious showers,
has been favourable to the prospects of the Indigo
planters, and we hope will be found to have suffi-
ciently operated to put to flight the apprehensions of
a short and scanty crop, to which the event of ruins
had given rise.