The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-22 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

g The Bank Directors have their usual weekly meeting this
day, which is generally supposed will only relate to their
,private concerns. Q
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Consols, which closed yesterday at 9 for the Ac-
eount, opened at 911 -, with a firm market. Exchequer
IBMs, 31 33, premium ; India Bonds, 31 33, premium ;
Bank Stock, 206 207.

Spanish Passive, 51 8 ; Deferred, 81 ; Portuguese.
,431 ; Three per Cents., 284 29 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Hall
!per Cents., .523. 538 ; Spanish Active, 21,1 22.

HALF-PAST ONE.
. Everything appears very steady in the city to this hour,
and the British funds maintain the morning prices.

Consols may be quoted at 91 -R- for the Account ; no
;considerable business has been effected.

Great anxiety prevails to learn the contents of the Royal'
,Message to be presented to Parliament this evening, upon
which there are many speculations afloat.
Exchequer Bills, 31 33 prem. ; India Bonds, 31 33
prem. ; Bank Stock, 2061.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is not so good as
in the morning, when it was 22, with coupons ; at present
214 without coupons ; Passive .54 ; Deferred, 8 ; Portu-
guese, which was 43. i, is at present 431 ; Three per'
Cents, 29 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54.

THREE O'CLOCK.

Cansolc fer Account, 91A -a.

The new dub-house in Pall-mall, which is nearly
finished, is to be called " The United University," arid the
Club is to be formed of members of both Universities.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, ac-
companied by Prince George, is expected hourly to arrive in
town. Their Royal Highnesses will, it is said, attend the ob-
sequies of the late King.

His Hanoverian Majesty left town for Windsor
Castle yesterday morning, and returned in the afternoon to
his residence in St. James's Palace.
The Marquis of Anglesey, accompanied by his
youngest son, Lord George Paget, drove in his curricle yes-
terday. His Lordship's vehicle is quite of the old school, and!
has served as a model for those of Count D'Orsay and thcl
Earl of Chesterfield. The Duke of Beaufort's is built on e
different principle, as is that of Lord Southampton ; this lat-
Iter was the admiration of all in Hyde Park last evening
•

The marriage of the Lady Fanny Fitzwilliam to W.
[Bridgman Simpson, Esq., takes place to-morrow. Imme-1
idiately after the ceremony the bride and bridegroom will pro-
ceed to Milton, the scat of Earl Fitzvvilliam.
Viscount Decrhurst has declined to accede to the!
request of the electors of the western division of the county
of Worcester, that he should become a candidate at the next
election.

The Hon. Artillery Company, commanded by
Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, fired minute guns mil
luesday on occasion of the demise of his most gracious Ma-
jesty William I V., and a royal salute was fired yesterday morn-'
ling in honour of the proclamation of her Majesty Queen,
(Victoria.

The Public Temple at Lewes was opened on Tues-
day se'nnight for a theatrical performance, which was given,
!we understand, to an audience of four persons ! _ _

Mr. Joyce, who had been incarcerated in our
county prison, under an attachment of the Court of Chancery
since the year 1822, was discharged on Wednesday last by
order of that Court.—Galway Patriot.

I We regret to hear of the extreme indisposition of
I2he Lady Jane Peel. Sir Charles Clarke is attending her
Ladyship, who is sojourning at Brighton.
The Earl and Countess of Burlington have arrived
in Belgrave-square, from a visit to the Duke of Devonshire at
Brighton.
The intended ball at Almack's last night did not
,take place, and the whole of the fashionable arrangements
'announced are of necessity postponed for the present.
Great fears were entertained in the family of the l The late Miss Vaughan, of Cavendish-square, ief
Duke of Norfolk when the news of the late melancholy acci- a large sum of money (40,0001. we have heard) to the Mar'
'dent in Paris arrived. We are glad to hear that Lord Fitzalare 'quis of Hcadfort, to whom she was about to be married.
is quite safe and well, and, with the other young Noblemair, Owing to various circumstances the will is likely to be disi,
who accompanied him, is returning home. • puled. The Court of Chancery will be appealed to, and mss
Sir Alexander Duff Gordon is now in London. It ir decide the question.
its rumoured that his accomplished and beautiful sister is 1, A day or two since, at an early hour in the moor
likely to bestow her hand and heart upon the eldest son of an sing, four young men arrived at the Bois de Vincennes for the
Earl, a young Nobleman of great talent. -:, purpose of fighting a duel. The ground was already markeda
The agricultural reports from nearly all the depart. 0:out, and the parties were advancing on each other, whenssl
'merits in France are very promising as to the corn crops. In carriage drove up rapidly to the spot. The fatal trigger ",:orl
several parts of the kingdom they are unusually fine, and do ..about to be drawn, when the hands of both combatants we'dl
not appear to have in any degree suffered from the continual V arrested by a shriek from a female voice. A lady alighsteerl
rains. ; from the carriage, and running to the gentleman nearest a t,
. threw herself on his neck, and
There is now living in the Moselle a man aged 111,1 cried, " Leopold ! do not,
,in the full possession of all his faculties, with the exceptionb of. fight ;" and immediately fainted. The combat was forgo.t,tbecoi;i
his hearing being very slightly affected. —French Paper. ~ and every assistance afforded to the unhappy lady. V_Yeit,gi
A curious subterranean passage was last week di '-,.taken back to the carriage she re-opened her eyes, and, 57, bol
....,,:the antagonist of Leopold, said, " Well, Monsieur Her.' 01
,covered on the north side of the terrace at Windsor Castle ;
lit is cut through the solid rock for about 60 feet, and is, at the ,_.you
haveyou wished to kill him ; do you not know that I shou.svletuvel
died? Give me your hand, Leopold—Henri, gi too
entrance (30 feet below the surface of the earth), six feet high6'` yours. Now, swear to me that you will not fight." The 1.,
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and five feet wide. young men embraced each other, swore to forget their (1..,n ad,
Prime turbot may now be had at the western coast.;„: g
rcl, and accompanied the lady in her carriage from the re'.
0 toi
of Clare for a few pence each. Potatoes are now sold at the .s.':-. One of the seconds said to the other, upon their retur usel
rale of 3d. the stone in the west of Clare. r Paris :—" Oh hol who would have thought that Le0p01d,,51.1
The number of passengers who traversed the Liver-•• such a splendid woman for his mistress ; she must be, at ': f
pool and Manchester line during the first three months of this:7's a Countess. For a student, it is not amiss." The causer;,
year, was greater by 10,000 than during the first three months .-r; the quarrel was as follows :—Henri is a poet, and, it aPPeted
of 1836. had written some verses on Versailles, which he had dedicases
:1:to the Princess Helen. These were injudiciously apPl'ui;ti,
Yesterday morning, about half-past two o'clock,
by some of his friends; but, on their being read to b. i 5 nod,
an attempt at suicide was made by a man, named Harris, as('
journeyman carpenter, residing at Ashton-street, City-road. , mate friend Leopold, he gave his opinion conscientiousq!sfs of
;frankly pronounced them detestable. The amour prt'r
Harris's wife bad been out for the purpose of purchasing a few
• the poet was offended, and the above scene followed. i. fe.
trifling articles, and, on her return, was horror-struck at be-
holding her husband suspended by the neck with a cord from' .:° ENGLISH FEMALE BEAUTY.—The English 0,,
the ceiling, and quite black in the face. Without waiting te. male face is essentially the same as the American, thougotel
give the alarm, she instantly cut him down, and ran for me--4 tional peculiarities are to be observed in both. It is a ache scsl
dical assistance, which was promptly in attendance, and the: office to decide on the comparative personal charms ofht, orel,
unfortunate man was almost immediately brought to. The in different communities, but as you and I are both llisieP
loss of an only child, which has ever since preyed upon his e the hopes and fears of the young, on this point, a Paioltes
mind, caused him to drink ; and it is reported that the rash 4-word is no more than a tribute due to the incontestahlefersafs
act was committed during a fit of intoxication, although sosi, of both. • Were it not for the females of Rome, I she° 000
early in the morning. Had his wife remained only a few mo4:0 that the women of England and America might bearroesii
ments longer, all attempts at restoration would have been s; the palm from all other competitors, on the score of Ile rest'
fruitless.
charms, so far as we are familiarly acquainted with tilea le'
The Haymarket Theatre was re-opened last night,'-'s of the world. 'P
There is a softness, an innocenire!iie in
and it was expected that some allusion would be made to the;' minine sweetness, an expression of womanly v :t witbi
b the Anglo-Saxon female countenance that is nlnt. A 5
circumstances which had occasioned its closing on the previous
evenine., but all passed off as usual, and not a hint was given. only as an exception in the rest of Cbristendo
of this
by heNajesty's servants as to recent changes. es between the English and American divisions °jets,
oral P
is common race, I think one may trace a few ge
ass in the'o:
A grand masquerade was given last night at the
common
difference. The Enlish female has the advent g'
Adelphi Theatre, which the demise of the Crown did not pre- . colour is
bust shoulders, and throat. She has usually more •an 1 1
vent from being very numerously attended. The arrange-'e.eve ,
ments were very good, and appeared to give satisfaction ; and i . .'
the entire more delicacy f complerion. The Am 43 00\1
s • superior in general delicacy of outline, as well 10
.!epoteo
the supper, &c., were served up in excellent style. A great 4.
variety of costumes appeared, but it is unnecessary to partial- ,`., nd to -.
plexion ; she has a better person, bust and shoulders ex low,
• and smaller hands and feet. Those who prete ,sOO, say,
larize them. ''''. much on this subject and to make critical conlßari &glop'
A boy, about twelve years of age, on Tuesday,k. that it is usual to see most truly beautiful women In oar
,succeeded in getting a fine fish out of the canal in St. James's
'Park, but being observed by the Park-keeper, he endeavoured '
s; and most pretty women in America. Real beauty is anh easier
lion everywhere ; and it must be remembered, how one is one
jto escape from his vigilance by climbing over the iron railings
Ifive feet high ; but on his attempting to jump into the road,;,
,Oit is to find exceptions in a crowded population than woo
scattered over a surface as large as a third of Europsee_tiv wet
~his trowsers caught the iron work, and he fell head foremost s tberPe%
into the road. A person, named Blyde, witnessed the occur- amenthe native females of A •than among any ° tg a°
thing I am certain, disagreeable features are less freqn Ti '
America
rrence, and he instantly ran to the boy's assistance, by remov- ' 1 I have visited.l h • ld s' • 0
ring him from the ground, and, from his appearance, he con-, prettiness, for, judging merely by what one woll ,_,:nctio.•
e
sidered it necessary to take him to the Westminster Hospital,
where the wounds of the child were attended to. It is be-The 11 t
the . to
..'s don and New York, I think there is truth in the als",ineri:
The English women appear better in high dregs / nbalinclear
Ilieved that the skull of the boy is fractured, and that he is cans cans in a • e One s• • (-ion •
eemi-toilettes. other eistinc , hid, apr or
likely to be an inmate of the Hospital for some time.
IThe Earl of Eldon yesterday took the oaths and his . Awell in the distance, often fail in some necessarye, that t. 11:
the subject. I have remarked, that faces here, W finesse. _
seat in the House of Lords. We regret to state that the ve-ferdelicacy when closer; and I should say, as
.a r_.'2l bear the
nerable Earl was so infirm as to require to be supported intot;• American female, certainly the American girls. wit'. Ido f.,
the House by two persons; but he is understood to have de- test of examination Letter than her European riv."!_efta eeen`',
dared, that as time was valuable with him, he could not lose a ' mean by this, however, under a fierce sun, that cif-bright 1024
ti
moment in showing his respect for the monarchy of this conn-keiof soft eyes—for there is scarcely such a thing ag *cooper,
try by signing forthwith the oaths of fidelity and allegiance to:,' or what we should call one, known in England's
her Majesty. blAmerican's England.
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