The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-21 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY DELVE O'CLOCK.
We still continue without any arrivals of consequence.
The express from Paris brings an official dispatch froin
Bowi, 01-the.l2th October, by which it appears that Con-
stantine had not been taken on the llth October. The
Cunstitutiunnel has, therefore, proved incorrect. Whether
that paper inserted the news for StockPurP°ses'
jobbingit is not difficult to decide.

THE FUNDS. •
Consols closed yesterday firm at 92i for the Accountl!;
Money, 921, owing to the Money Market being good. India
17;
day it opened as above ; Exchequer Bills, 49 51 ;
Bonds, 53 ; Bank Stock, 2094.
The Foreign Market continued heavy during yesterdaY;
Spanish Active closed at 20,i to 204, and opened this morr:
ing the same ; Portuguese closed at 371, and opened t°'
same; Mexican, 274 ; Colombian, 254 ; Dutch Two-and-a"
Half p,r Cents., 534.
We do not hear as vet of . the arrival of the Ti a';.,sit
s: earner from Lsbon, or of the American packet ships Cc-
'lambus and Mediator, which are hourly expected.
HALF-PAST ON'•
To they present time both the British and Foreign ONE
kets are in a state of complete stagnation.
The report in a morning journal of the Bank having
pu-chased yesterday 200,0001. Consols, is entirely di'bc"
lieved in the city.
Consols have been during the morning at 92i for the
Account, and 92 for Money. Scarce a bargain has been
done in them. Exchequer Bills, 51 prem. ; India 13"j5'
53 51 prem. ; Bank Stock, 910 ; India Stock, 2614•
In the Foreign Market there is not a feature worth ob-
servation ; Spanish Active, 261, with Coupons ; portn
guese heavy, at 361 ; Three per Cents., ,24 • Dutch T..'
and-a-Half per Cents., 53k.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for the Account, 92 • 1 •
s

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY
In the early part of the week, particularly on MondaYP
we experienced a brisk demand, and with it an improve-
ment in prices of American descriptions of fully 4d. per
but since then the inquiry has gradually moderated, ae,ti
.
the market closed without spirit at about id. per lb. au
vance on last Friday's prices for American, but without anY
improvement in other kinds. Speculators have taker.;
2,500 bales of American, and exporters 300 American 3,11'
250 Surats. The sales to-day are 2,500 bags of all OW',
Yesterday evening, about six o'clock, the son of
Mr. Shilito, the surgeon of Putney, a clerk in the
a.
House, was walking across Wimbledon-common, to dine
with Mr. Maness»; when close to the road near the White-
house a ruffian came behind him, and struck him a violent
blow with a cudgel, which felled him to the ground, when
the man brandished the stick over Mr. Shilito, and de,;
manded his money ; just then a gig was driving tower,
'the spot, which alarmed the villain, and he ran off toward
Kingston-road, and escaped. Mr. Shilito was much bed.
by the blow, and a large tumour was raised on his
immediately
Downey's coach, proceeding to town,-came up
after the man had ran off. It is. hoped that this
bourhood may be protected by the police during the wiry
ter ; it has been long wished for, as the common inLev„,d
direction presents so many opportunities for approach an
attack, and the Portsmouth-road passes threugh it.
Upwards of 20,000 Penny Almanacks for the ec
suing year have been printed and sold by a bookseller
Derbyshire.
iea.teh.

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DOVER.--The Earl of Verulam and Lord Grim;
stone have arrived here from Gorhambury, Herts. 'r
0
Earl and Countess of Errol have resumed possession ,
Liverpool-house. The Earl of Poltimore has arrived at _
his residence in Waterloo-crescent from an excursion or
Paris. Mr. Fector left a few days ago for Paris, and, we 11.,,ea'11.:
contemplates making a tour, in company with Lord Nv f
pole and Sir Joseph Hawley, to Egypt. The Duke
c"" el.
Wellington makes almost daily visits to the works going
at our harbour.
A former pupil of the Yorkshire Institution for the
Deaf Deaf and Dumb, who has been away from the Institution
for two years, lately wrote a letter to the Master of the
stitution. After speaking of various other events, she roe 's n,
tions the death of William IV., and adds, But there
a Queen Victoria, and God save her for life, and for ever •
—Doncaster Gazette.
Great
The quantity of coal annually produced in hnt
tlßlslleotsaotironifliioseor
manufactures.o estimatedn y are
consumeda t
T 7 Oh Oe , Onpo r:d
do tut on:et ssi
ot, ofnc opfu whichr
o scsal, ;
bar
p.g. and d
iron requires upwards of three and a half million tons,an
about one and a half million tons are exported to Ireland
and the colonies. job-
Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, the ne
bourhood. of Windmill-street, Tottenham-court-road, e of
involved in great excitement and alarm in consequene a
the following dreadful circumstance :—Mary Ann g•cT;e-
young woman residing at No. 38 in the above street,
_eot
turned home, and was heard to proceed to her apa,t,rewo,
on the third floor. Shortly afterwards a heavy It
heard in the back yard by the inmates, who
by groans, and they immediately repaired to the yard'nlient,
they discovered the young woman lying on the pave tino•
weltering in blood and nearly dashed to pieces, Pres' eared
a most horrid spectacle. She was quite dead. It app her',
that after she entered her apartment she precipitated
self from the window. Several of the police of them the
sion were called in, and the body was removed fas
an
spot inside the house. The deceased, it appears, w
unfortunate woman, and had for some time past befeurive.
were f;lawr,nleier;
ticed to have been in a melancholy state of mind. le °A an
tion was forwarded to Mr. Stirling, the Coroner, en"
inquest will be held on the body this day.
Yesterday three urchins were observed lurking
about the shop of Mr. Robinson, eatinghouse-keeper'
~_
Brill-row, Somers"rown, when they were overheard
„etuh"e.
coding a robbery. One of them was heard to say'
50dat he
swag's in the till ; who'll risk it ;" the other replied tn be
would have half if he risked it. It was agreed*he
went into the shop for a slice of pudding, with whieMrul.lo_
was served, and during the temporary absence of stolen
hinson, a purse, containing 51. in gold and silver was, sErsln,
from the till. The thief and his companions were ic
and yesterday the actual thief was apprehended and.
mantled at Hatton Garden. the
NORWICH FESTIVAL.—In commenting orinbers
public dinner of the corruptionists and their pet-i_an?.e:sor,
Nor-
which took place last week in St. Andrew'"sli~re shall
wieh, the local Mercury indignantly asks—
the world now look for public honour or private
Where, indeed, when the immediate heir of ta'n honour
Wellington (the Marquis of Douro) accepts
"the evvire
Eke sordid purchase V the basest constituel! y
ChYritors of thi
by the basest instrumentality—when the in::
1 I and political
title won at Agincourt, and of the legal, .op..
virtuous pos-
renown of the house of 11.1yoham—when tinelie
independent
.sessois of the to.morS and mansions—
wh'llTt-rfolk unite to
yeninn and honest tenantry of the soil of \ ,_l(t
l:uii.,es'equals, or exalt as stiperiors, men wl
h turpit tole
,hied to the very bone with all t
1.:1 s,,
of these vilest of ail mile elections.'
itus Acad"
le lei a ra
titlecte
On Thursdav the 12111 instant the SenL.wously
Co a.
miens of the University of St. Andrew's
of Memoirs, t,:o History of Arabi
rious other works.—Ediuburo Evening
f,,i'red the degree of L L D. on, 111,r:
,Ac.
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