The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-17 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 891 for the Account,
opened this morning at 891 ; for Money, 89i, with little
doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 18 20 ; India Bonds, 10
12 ; Bank Stock, 209 210 ; India Stock, 255 k 256 A-.
In the Foreimn Market, Spanish Active closed at
at present 2427 ; Passive, 71 ; Deferred, 121 13 ;
Portuguese, 481 49/ ; Three per Cents., 31/ 4 ; Colom-
bian, ; Mexican, 2.5 i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 53i 54*.
HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

To the present hour we have a dead calm in the City.
No further arrivals, or any reports, and the sombre appear-
ance of the weather adds to the dullness of commercial
operations.
Consols, which were in the.morning 891 -a for the Ac-
count, are the same at present ; for Money 89/ Ex-
chequer Bills, 18 20 prem. ; India Bonds, 12 10 13 prom. ;
Bank Stock, 2094 f ; India Stock, 256.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active reached in the
course of the morning 274, since which they have receded
to 27,i 4, at present 274 ; Passive, 7i ; Deferred, 12-R-4 ;
Portuguese, 49f ; Three per Cents., 314 321 ; Colombian,
24f ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half,s4.
T lIREE 0' CL 0 CK.
Consols for the Account, 894

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE,—A sheep, which wasin
a field at Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, was missing the 16th
ult., and was not recovered until the Bth inst. ; when it was
found it had been buried in the snow 13 days, but was still
alive, and likely to recover.
LEAMINGTON SPA, JAN. 15.—A French corn
pany of comedians have been performing, at Mr. Elliston's
theatre, several popular vaudevilles, much to the entertain-
ment of the Nobility and Gentry sojourning here. The
Warwickshire Hunt Ball was a most brilliant meeting., on
Wednesday last. The Shakspearo Hall was elegantly de-
corated. Upwards of 300 persons were present at this gay
scene. The arrivals here have been numerous during the
week—Lady Harriet Mitchell has arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel, from the scat of Mr. Leveson Gower ; Lord Howth,
accompanied by his family, has arrived in Warwick-street.
The arrivals also include Mr. Bolton Peel and family,
from Tamworth ; Colonel and Mrs. M.Stewart, Sir Wm.
Thornton, &c.
A dreadful fire broke out at Dcbtford, near Sun-
derland, on the loth instant., in an extensive patent rope
manufactory of R. Webster, Esq., which destroyed property
to the amount of 40,000/. or 60,0001.
The widow of Vlina has been created a Countess,
with a pension amounting to the pay of a Spanish Lieu-
tenant-General.
We are sorry to learn that Mr. George Edward
Anson, who has, during the greater part of the recess, been
performing all the arduous duties of Private Secretary to
Lord Melbourne, is now suffering under a very severe attack
f the prevailing epidemic, the influenza.
On Saturday evening, an inquest was held before
Mr. Stirling, at East Bedford, near Staines, on the body
of James Strickland, a fine youth, aged sixteen, who was
accidentally shot by a young lad, his acquaintance, named
Edward Groves. Mr. Smith, a farmer, stated that on
Tuesday last he was crossing a meadow, and heard cries of
distress, and saw Edward Groves beckoning to him. He
ran to the spot, and saw the deceased stretched on the
grass, quite insensible, and bleeding profusely from the
lower part of his person. Groves was in a state of great
alarm, and said as he was crosking a bank with a loaded gun
in his hand, the lock was met by a briar and went off, and
the charge lodged in the deceased's person. The deceased
was immediately brought to his father's house, where he
died. The mother of the deceased stated that he told her
before he died, his being shot was quite accidental. Ver-
dict—" Accidental death." The Jury ordered the gun to
be destroyed.
DESTRUCTIVE FI RE.—Sunday night a fire broke out
on the pramises occupied as a tea warehouse by M'Eniry,
14, Dame-street. The origin of the fire is as yet unknown,
and it was not until the flames burst forth from the shop
windows that the inmates or neighbours had any intima-
tion of it. Almost in a moment's time the outside wood
work of the house, as fai as the drawing-room windows,
was enveloped in a dense mass of blazing fire. Unfortu-
nately, owing to the difficulty in procuring water, no effort
could be made to arrest the progress of the flames, which
were at this time spreading with unexampled rapidity and
strength. The apprehensions which prevailed for the safety
of the houses at either side have subsided. The flames,both front and rcre, have been suppressed. The engines
are still in active operation, but a dense vapour only arises
from the debris of the burned material. From all present
appearances it is hoped that the fire is completely got un-
der, and from the presence of the military and polices or-
der is preserved and plunder prevented.
About one o'clock on Tuesday last, an elderly man
in distressed circumstances, but not of the commoven
.descrip.
tion of beggars, called at the house of Mr. G. , in
this town, and solicited relief ; on being refused, he ex-
claimed—" Then I will poison myself in front of Your
door," and lifting to his mouth a vial 'filled with liquid,
drank off part of its contents. Mr. Wiffen, however,
seized the vial and took it from him, when it proved to
contain laudanum, which it appears had been purchased of
two chemists in the town. He was immediately taken to
the workhouse, and medical aid being procured, the effects
of the poison were arrested.—Chelmsford Cnronicle.
At the Hereford County Sessions, on Tuesday, a
beggar named Castree was indicted for stealing a slice of
bread. The prisoner went into the kitchen of Mr. John
Davis, of Kentchurch, and asked charity ; the family told
him to go away, as they would give him nothing ; he said
he must have something, and took up a knife, and cut a large
slice of bread off a loaf. The jury found him guilty, and
the chairman sentenced him to be transported for seven
years.—Hereford Journal.
NEW YORK.-1.1,- architecture of New York is
truly meagre ; but, after being at a stand for many years, is
at last in a fair way to be improved. The Custom-house,
judging from the plans, will be a superb edifice. It is to be
one of the higher Grecian order, with fluted columns, and a
pedimeat at each extremity. The whole of white marble.
The City Hall has hitherto been the most remarkable build-
ing in the city. It abounds in small ornaments, and, being
of white marble, which contrasts pleasingly with the green
trees of the park, makes a pretty appearance ; but, as a
whole, it is very deficient in character, and fails to produce
the effect which should be expected from its size and cost.
The new building for the University, which is of the Gothic
order, has some striking merits ; and, though far from per-
fect, is still very interesting as the first remarkable specimen
of a style which has been but lately introduced into tliis
country. Thus far the order, where it has appeared in the
United States, has been almost exclusively appropriated to
churches. Wherever it has been found necessary to erect
large secular edifices, they have either been entirely desti-
tute of ornament, and belonging to no order of architecture,
or slightly adorned with Grecian cornices and pilasters.—
. Architectural Magazine.