The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-17 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOGK.
We have received Montreal Papers to the 15th February,
from which we extract the following :
" On Saturday evening we heard an important and interest-
ing rumour, with respect to our political affairs. We give the
rumour as we got it :
" It would seem that after the intelligence of Lord Gosford's
second failure had reached London, Mr. Roebuck waited on
Lord Melbourne, to ascertain his intentions in regard to La
Grande Nation Canadien ; that he found the Noble Premier
awakened to a sense of French Canadian loyalty, and deter-
mined to commit our enlightened patriots to the tender mer-
cies of the Imperial Parliament.
" We understand that letters are in town which state that
the King has given express orders that no official correspon-
dence is to pass from the Colonial Office to Canada, without
his personal knowledge. It is said that the King is highly
dissatisfied with the conduct of Ministers in regard to Cana-
dian affairs, and with the conduct of Lord Gosford and his
confrere Commissioners in particular."
The Quebec papers to the 12th of February have the fol-
lowing :
" The Canadian of last night says, that the inhabitants of
Upper Canada are now signing a petition to the Congress of
the United States for the abolition of the duties on the agricul-
tural produce of t ipper Canada into the United States. The
Canadian says, it is singular that the British colonies should
be reduced to the necessity of imploring favours from a
Foreign Power ; and adds, it is the duty of the Mother Coun-
try to carry into effect such an arrangement."
They write from Madrid of the 7th inst., that dispatches
had been received from the Commandant of Aragon, stating
that a numerous faction had been defeated at Graces. An-
other dispatch from Cordova also states that the faction of La
Mancha, commanded by Palillos, was also defeated at Los
Pod roches.

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From Barcelona they write, that General Serrano assem-
bled, on the 3d inst., in the Palace, the political chiefs and the
military administration, with a commission of the people. The
motive of their being called together was to devise means to
obtain immediately a million of reels, which were necessary for
important operations, on the eve of being executed in the pro-
vinces against the Carlists ; and that the receipts of the Cus-
tom-house was to guarantee the above sum.
The brave Colonel Niubo has been appointed Commandant
of the province of Lerida, which has suffered a long time
from the ravages of the Carlists.
We have very few arrivals, and the American papers re-
ceived this morning to the 23d Feb. were anticipated yester-
day by the private letters of the 22 *l ult., which also brought
in the Exchange and the price of Bank Shares.

FUNDS.

The British Funds in the course of yesterday were rather
depressed, which was partly owing to the small majority which
Ministers had in the Commons on the Church-rates question.
The satisfactory result of the Bank meeting yesterday, with
a vote of approval passed in favour of the Directors, had the
effect to improve Bank Stock from 208 to 210- for the
opening.
Our speculators in the Spanish Securities are disappointed
this morning in not having received farther accounts by the
French telegraphs from the north of Spain, of the further
proceedings of General Evans. The accounts from Bayonne
by the ordinary express, do not communicate information of
so late a date as the telegraphic despatch of the 13th instant,
received yesterday.
Consols closed at 904 for the Account, and 90-h- a for
Money, opened this morning at the above prices with little
doing as yet ; Exchequer Bills, 26 28 prem. ; India Bonds,
25 27 prem. ; Bank Stock shut.
In the Foreign market, Spanish Active, which left off yes-
terday at 27i 3, live receded to 27 to 3, owing to their com-
ing lower from Paris, as well as to no further accounts being
received from General Evans ; Passive, 73 ; Deferred, 113
I ; Portuguese, 493 ; 3 per Cents., 321 33 ; Dutch
21 per Cents., 53a 3 ; Colombian, 231 243 ; Mexican, 241.
A slight shock of an earthquake was felt at Quebec on
the 9th February ; no damage, however, had been sustained.

HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols have continued during the whole of the morning at
903 for the Account—alternately buyers and sellers at the
above price—Money, 903.3. There is not a feature in the
market worth observation. Money conattes rather scarce for
commercial purposes. Exchequer Bills, 27 25 26 pm. ; India
Bonds, 27 26 pm. ; Bank Stock shut.
In the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish active was
done at 27, at present 273, which is a fall of one per cent.
since yesterday morning. Portuguese maintain the prices of
50 ; Three per Cents., 32} ; Dutch Two and a Half per
Cent., 5311; Columbian, 24k.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for the Account, 908.

PESTIL—The sentence on the young State crimi-
nals, of which so much has been said, is published. Two are
condemned to ten years' imprisonment, one to one and a half
year's imprisonment, and one acquitted. The sentence, which is
for' blasphemy, and propagating revolutionary principles," will
come before the higher Court, which will probably confirm it.
—Hurnburgh Papers, March 14.
The Berlin papers never mention the name of Lord
Londonderry, now that he is in Prussia, without adding that he
is a " General of Cavalry." This is characteristic enough in
a country where all distinctions arc referable to the place the
party fills upon the army-list.
Letters from Lyons represent the state of the silk
trade in that city as most deplorable. Many of the manu-
factories are said to be partially stopped, and crowds of work-
men in rags fill the public places and court-yards of the rich,
demanding alms ; there being no fewer than 30,000 beings in
Lyons who, on rising in the morning, have no other means of
obtaining a morsel of bread.
In a trial last week at the Chelmsford Assizes,
one of the stolen articles which was produced in Court was a
pair of nut-crackers, remarkable for their antiquity. They
bore date 1630, and the following inscription was engraven
upon them :
" Vse me wel and yov 81:11 se
Vovr teeth shall hove the vse of me."

They have been in the family upwards of a century.
According to the Hanover Gazette, a marriage is
likely to take place between Prince George of Cambridge and
the eldest of the Princesses of Lippe Bukebourg. The
Prince is only 18 years of age.
The Earl of Durham, it is now said, is not on the
eve of quitting St. Petersburgh for England. His Lordship
is, however, expected to leave the Russian capital during the
summer to visit the baths of Baden.

The Berwick Tories have, to the number of 121,
signed a requisition to Mr. Richard Hodgson, brother of Mr.
Hodgson Hinde, M. P. for New castle, to:come forward there in
place of their present Tory Member, Mr. Bradshaw, who,
according to his own party, does not represent the borough at all.
MEMBER FOR KENDAL.—On Thursday evening
there was a strong muster of the Committee appointed by the
Liberal electors for the purpose of fixing upon a proper person
to represent this borough. John Richards, Esq., was called
to the chair, and after some preliminary arrangements, the fol-
lowing gentlemen were severally submitted to the choice of
the committee, after eulogiums upon their characters and inde-
pendence, and the production of testimonials in favour of some
of them, of the most flattering nature :—Mr. Pigot (a Hamp-
shire gentleman), Charles Standish, Esq., George William
Woud, Esq., of Manchester, Richard Moorsom, Esq., of Airy
Hill, near Whitby, Thomas Falconer, Esq., of London, Sa-
muel Gregson, Esq., of London, and Colonel Williams, of
Liverpool. Mr. Wood and Mr. Moorsom were the only gen-
tlemen who had any considerable number of votes. Mr. Wood
obtained a majority, and consequently the united exertions of
the committee will be used to promote his return.—Kendal
Mercury.

- Yesterday morning, as the Northampton coach was
proceeding up St. John's-street, a little boy, about four years
of age, was killed in consequence of the coach door flying
open. The poor little fellow was thrown under the hind
wheel, which, passing over its chest, it instantly expired. The
mother of the child, who was an inside passenger, with an in-
fant about ten months' old on her lap, was proceeding to Ket-
tering to meet her husband. Her feelings, on seeing her
child a lifeless corse, may be conceived. The carelessness of
not seeing that coach doors are properly secured when closed,
is highly reprehensible.