The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-20 00:00:00

FOUR O'CLOCK.
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Consols ... •• •••
Ditto Account. Nov. 13 ...

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES.

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Bank Stock
3j )er Cent. Reduced A.nne.
$p ir Cent. Conmolw Annuities.. 100 y, ye 1001,E 14%
N.,w 314 per Cont. Anus 103% 103% 'l/2 %
India Stock
'Ala Bonds under 1,0004

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South Sea Stock —
Ditto Old Annuities
C msols for Account
Kxchequer Bills. 14d. March. Jun,.
1,0001. .. ..... ......... 78 6 75 8
500/.
Small. ............. .. 7B 6 --'.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES; OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. fßit.ir.,
vrazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 7B 81 79 78 81 79%
Grenada Bonds, Deferred 211A2 211/,
Mexican 3 per Cent 251/ti 5 247 i 5
Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 6 ner Cann, 103 103
Peruvn. Bonds, Deferred 3p. Cent. 62% 62%
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. 11834 119
Ditto. 454 per Cent
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2SYB % 25% a% 7/8
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 4%3% 45/ 4:y4 6 5%
French Renter, 4% per Cent. , 105 f. 105
Exchange
Belgian _ onds, 5 per Cent.. ........... 98%
Dutch Exchange, 2% p. Ct. 12 Guil. 65 65 IA
Dutch Exchange 4 p. Ct. Certificates 96% 96%
Ditto Bonds...—. 95% 95% 6

SHOCKING AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT
THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S GAR-
DENS, REGENT'S PARK.-THIS DAY.

Before the admission of visitors this morning to the
Regent's. park Gardens, John Gosling, one of the keepers
who had charge of the reptiles, lost his life through an
act of folly on his own part. It appears that, about
eight o'clock, when he ought to have been engaged in
the usual routine of his duty, he, in a fit of bravado,
took out one of the most venomous serpents, the cobra
di capello, from its cage ; and, probably to daunt or
amuse a fellow-servant, he suffered the reptile to crawl
about his person. In a few seconds, however, the
serpent bit him in the face, and inflicted a sharp
though small wound on the bridge of the nose, which
bled profusely. Although perfectly aware of the danger
in which ho had placed himself, having been upwards of
a year and a-half engaged in this department of the
gardens, his presence of mind did not immediately desert
him, and he replaced the serpent in its cage, where he
secured it. He then directed his fellow-servant to go
for the head keeper and superintendent of the gardens,
who, being informed of the eticident, hurried away to the
unfortunate man's assistance. They had him removed
as quickly as possible to the University Hospital, in
Gower street, where, of course, every attention was
paid him, but in spite of the efforts of the medical
officers of that establishment, he expired within
ea hour afterwr-,3-. The unfortunate man did
not E£3lll to Wier much prin, and the poison
which his system had so rapidly imbibed actin as a
narcotic, he died as it were while in a state of come.
The reptile is a fine specimen of its species, being
between four and five feet in length, and has been
in
possession of the Society nearly twelve months. It is
satisfactory to know that the dreadful event could only
have occurred through the foolhardiness of the unfor-
tunate victim himself, as the mechanism of the cages
in which the serpents are kept provides every security
against injury to their attendants. Notice has already
been forwarded to the Coroner of this fatal affair, and
no doubt an inquest will be held upon the body to-
: morrow.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1852.

OCTOBER.

iehmond
131 ighton 22 Newmarket Houghton.. 25
NOVEMBER.

We rcester Autumn 2
Epsom 4
Liverpool Autumn 9
Cowbridge Hunt
..Northallerton ll

Stretford
Warwick
A berystwith
Shrewsbury Autumn 23

IRISU RACES TO COME.
OCTOBER.
D own Royal Corp 2O I Carlow

NOVEMBER.
Kilkenny

PRICE or GOLD.—By the latest advices from Paris
' th, s price of gold appears to be 0.40 per cent. cheaper than 111
Lo radon, the preraium being 1 per mille, and the exchange
lort 26 27k.