The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-18 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols closed at 923. for the Account (August), and
opened this morning at the same price. Exchequer Bills re-
ceded to 42, premium ; India Bonds, 42, premium ; Bank
Stock, 209.
Yesterday was settling day in the Foreign Market, but there
being so little to settle the Account passed over without any
difficulty.
Spanish Active, which closed at 20- without the Coupons,
opened at 20f ; Portuguese closed at 421, and opened at
42. 1; Three per Cents., 26k 1; Dutch, 52k s ; Colombian,
2.11_- 25.
ILILF-PA ST ONE.

A report prevailed in the course of the morning that a re-
volution had taken place at Rio Janeiro ; but on inquiry we
find that letters have been received of the 17th May, which do
not mention a word about it. The Exchange, however, had
fallen from 30 to 27 in consequence of the news received by
the Ranger packet. We also hear that two houses in time
American trade there had suspended their payments. Business
was quite at a stand.
The Consol Market was firm during the previous part of
the morning, and Consols were 94 ; since which they have
receded to 921 sellers ; at present may be quoted 92i ; the
Market giving way was owing to the sale of some Three-and-
Half per Cents. for the West India Indemnities. Exche-
Bills, 41 43 premium. India Bonds, 41 43 premium. Bank
Stock, 2081.
In the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish Active, 20i,
ex-Coupons; Portuguese, 421; Three per Cents., 261;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 ; Colombian im-
proved to 25 ; Danish, 74.
Money is very easy in the Stock Exchange, but for com-
mercial purposes scarce.
Nothing but the elections are thought of in the City at
present.

THREE 0' CL 0 CK.

Consols fir AHount, 921.

In the transactions of the Horticultural Society
there is the following statement :—" Mr. Robert Brook, of
Melton-lodge, near Woodbridge, in Suffolk, has four or five
cats, each with a collar and light chain and swivel, about a
yard long, with a large iron ring at the end. As soon as the
gooseberries, currants, and raspberries begin to ripen, a small
stake is driven into the ground or bed, near the trees to be
protected, leaving about a yard and a half of the stake above
ground ; the ring is slipped over the head of the stake, and
the cat thus tethered in sight of the trees, no birds will ap-
proach them. Cherry-trees and wall-fruit trees arc protected
in the same manner as they successively ripen. Each cat, by
way of a shed, has one of the largest-sized flower-pots laid on
its side, within reach of his chain, with a little hay or straw in
bad weather, and her food placed near her. In confirmation
of the above statement it may be added that a wall of vines,
between 200 and 300 yards long, in the nursery of Mr. Kirke,
at Brompton, the fruit of which at all previous seasons had
been very much injured by birds, was in 1831 completely pro-
tected in consequence of a cat having voluntarily posted
himself sentry upon it."
SCOTT AND THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF
WALES.—I know not by whom Scott was first introduced to
her little Court at Blackheath, but I think it was probably
through Mrs. Hayman, a lady of her bedchamber, several of
whose notes and letters occur about this time in the collection
of his correspondence. The careless levity of the Princess's
manner was observed by him, as I have heard him say, with
much regret, as likely to bring the purity of heart and mind,
for which he gave her credit, into suspicion. For example,
when, in the course of the evening, she conducted him by him-
self to admire some flowers in a conservatory, and the place
being rather dark, his lameness occasioned him to hesitate for
a moment in following her down some steps which she bad
taken at a skip, she turned round, and said, with mock indig-
nation, " Ah 1 false and faint heart troubadour 1 You will not
trust yourself with me for fear of your neck I"—Lochhart's
Life of Scott.
Among the most splendid equipages yesterday of the
Foreign Ambassadors at the prorogation, the most remarkable
for their richness and decorations were the carriages of the
Russian and Turkish Ministers.

Prince and Princess Capua, who were expected to
come to England the latter end of this month, will not visit
this country until the spring, when, we understand, they will
take a mansion for several years.
The marriage of the lovely daughter of Viscountess
Anson with Lord Waterpark takes place to-day. The Earl
and Countess of Lichfield, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Earl
and Countess of Rosebery, and a large circle, are expected to
be present at the ceremony.
RAILWAY DIALOGUIL—The following (it is
scarcely necessary to say) is from the newspaper press of
brother Jonathan :—.Two brothers, recently from the old coun-
try, via Halifax, were lately walking up the Worcester Rail -
road, and their curiosity was somewhat excited by the iron
tracks, but soon the cars hove in sight, and the following dia.
logue took place. Michael—Och, brother, d'ye see that quare
crature a coming ? Patrick—Troth and I do. What in the
devil and his grandmother's name does it mane? Michael—
Faith an' it is not me that is to tell ye, but an'ye don't stand
out of the way, ye'll learn quite satisfactorily, I'm thinking.
Don't ye min' how hard he brathes—be must have been run-
ning right tightly for a long space. [The car whizzed hy.l
Patrick-06, Mike we're completely lost ; for by my mo-
ther's milk, it is Hell in harness, and just the sort of coach I
once dreamt the ould devil took the morning air in t—Me-
chanics'Magazine.
The terms of a commercial treaty upon the principles
of reciprocity between Great Britain and Holland are said to
be finally arranged, and will be formally stated, as soon as the
ratifications have been exchanged,