The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-23 00:00:00

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes past Two
o'Clock.

Mr. CRAIG, the new Member for the city of Perth, was
introduced by Mr. Robert Stewart and Lord Dalmeny,
and took the oaths and his seat.
Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the Bishop
of Australia, praying that no new appropriation of land
granted for the support of the Established Church in that
colony might be made, the Corporation to whom it was
originally granted having been dissolved.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Banagher
complaining that, in the time of Charles the First, 350
acres of land were granted for founding a new and public
school for the education and support of poor scholars ;
that within the memory of man not one poor scholar had
been supported there, but, in place of that, a boarding-
school had been established for the young gentry of the
country, where they paid from 50 to 60 guineas per
ani urn, thus abusing the charity, ald praying for inquiry.
On the motion of Mr. MUSK ETT, a return was or-
dered to be laid upon the table of the House of the quar-
terly returns of the circulating deposits, securities, and
bullion, made to the Stamp-office. Also the returns made
to the Inspector of Corn Returns.
Mr. HUME moved that a copy of the Report of the
Commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject of the
various quarries in the United Kingdom be laid on the
table,—Ordered.

(The continuation in our SECOND EDITION.)

THE BLOOMSBURY CASE.

Mr. Ridsdale's action against the Earl of Lichfield was
yesterday tried at Liverpool before Mr. Baron Menlo and a
Special Jury. The declaration stated that a certain colt, after-
wards called Bloomsbury, was entered for the stakes at Ascot
Races ; that he was improperly described, and therefore
disqualified. The defendant denied that there had been
an improper description of the colt, and thereupon issue
was joined. Several witnesses for the plaintiff and defen-
dant respectively were called, examined, and re-examined.
Mr. CRESWELL having replied upon the whole evidence,
Mr. Baron MAULE summed up the evidence to the jury,
The jury then proceeded to deliberate in their box ; after
the lapse of about seven minutes they requested liberty to
retire, and also to be furnished with the Stud Book, Racing
Calendar, and the fourth Stud Book of Taylor. His Lord.
ship waited for a quarter of an hour, when he retired from
the Court. In 25 minutes after the jury retiring they re-
turned to the Court.
Registrar—. Have you agreed to your verdict, gentlemen ?
Foreman—We have.
Regis ft---How do you find?
Foreman—We find a verdict for the plaiatiff.
The announcement of the verdict was followed by a loud
clapping of hands in the Court, in which some of the
Learned Counsel in their zeal for the case joined, The
Court was crowded to excess during the whole day, btu
the nature of the inquiry of course deprived it of the pre-
sence of the fair sex.

MONEYAND COMMERCIA.L NEWS.
CITY, TTVEL VE 0' CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL, COTTON MARKET, TNI7R9DAY.—We have
had a fair demand for cotton to-day, and full prices con-
tinue to be obtained. The sales 3,500 bags, chiefly to the
trade.
We have received Mauritius Papers to the Ist of May.
Exchange on London—Mauritius Government Bills, 20
days' sight, 3 per cent, premium ; Bank Bills, 90 days,
none; Private Bills, 90_days' sight, from par to 2 per
cent, discount.

We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester-
day's date, which states, by letters from Ostend of August
18, that the King and Queen of Belgium, accompanied
by the young Princes, had arrived there the previous day
by the railroad, and were received by the garrison and po-
pulation with great acclamations. The King and Queen
will embark for England on Monday, the 26th instant, to
pay a visit to their august niece, Queen Victoria.
THE FUNDS.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer last night informed
the House of Commons that there had been already sub-
scribed at the Bank of England, for the funding of the
4,000,0001. of Exchequer bills, 3,721,0001., leaving only
279,0001. to be subscribed for this day. We have no
doubt that this sum will be accomplished in the course of
the morning.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 91k for Money, and
914 for the Account,:opened this morning at 91it k ; Money
91a ; Exchequer Bills 20 22 ; Bank Stock 184 k 185} ;
India Stock 246 k 244.
In the Foreign Market little doing as yet, Spanish Ac-
tive, 20i ; Portuguese, 284 214 ; Three per Cents.,
18i 19k ; Brazilian, 78} ; Colombian, 31k 4 ; Mexican,
27+ 281; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54+ ;
Five per Cents., 1021 103+.
Since the above has been written the Congo! Market is
not quite so good, they have receded to 91i I for the
Account.

We have very few arrivals this morning.
Spanish Stock is also heavy, and may be quoted 20! I.
Exchequer Bills have also receded to 18 prem. ; money
has become again very scarce, 6 to 7 per cent, given.
PRICES OE STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock ... 184% 5 i India Stock
3 per Cent. Red. 924 2 Ditto Bonds 7 spm
3 per Cent. Cons. 91%%%%, ! South Sea Stock —
354 per Cent. lv% 1 Old Annuities —
Ditto Red. 99 %% % New Ditto
New 3% per Cent 98%.35% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751
New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, 461,000 21 16 10 pm.
Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 21 16 19 pm.
Jan. 5, 1860 l4 7-16% Ditto Small 2O 21 16 19 pm.
Oct. 10. 1859 14% 5_;6 Ditto Commercial par
Jan. 5, 1860 ll 3-16% Ditto Advertised ... ... pm.
Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ...
April 5, 1880. — India Stock for Account ... 246%
Jan. 5. 1870 — Conios for Account 91% %
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bends 784 7% Ditto New Bonds
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Aoeunt —l Ditto Account
Chilian Bowe
Ditto Accou t
Columbian Bonds Ditto A ecount
Ditto Account —' Ditto Metallic —
Columbian Bonds, 1824. — , Spanish Bonds .........
Ditto Account — ' Ditto Account. ...... ...20% %56
Danish Bonds
Ditto Account
Greek Bonds —; French, 5 per cent.... —f. -..0.
Ditto Bonds, 1825 ' ---- 4 per cent.
Ditto Account I -- 3 per cent. f. —c.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent —; --- Exchange. —t. -..".
Ditto Account — : Dutch, 2% per cent.... 54 4 3% 4
Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account 54
Ditto Account
Neapolitan. Ditto Account —
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.

Blaenavon Iron and Coal 4O
Great Western Railway Company Gb
Ditto New pm.
In rdon and Blackwell Railway l3
London and Croydon Railway Company lll. 18r. 6d
HALF PAST ONE.
The British Funds have continued heavy during the
morning, with a great demand for money. We hear that
ten per cent, was given in the house for a week, since
which money is not so scarce, and could be obtained from
five to six per cent. A quantity of Exchequer bills have
been sold at 16 prem. As yet we cannot ascertain if the
remaining sum of 279,0001. for the funding of the Excbe•
quer bills has been subscribed, as no positive answer can
be obtained on the subject from the Bank.
A report prevails that the Dutch Bank at Amsterdam
has refused to take in Dutch Stock, in consequence of
which discounts have advanced there from three and a half
to four per cent.

Consirla receded in the course of the morning to 911
for the Account, they were 914, at present, 91i ; Exche-
quer Bills 20 21 16 19 prem. ; India Bonds, 7 5 prem. ;
India Stock, 2 4 7 6 ; Bank Stock 1841 185.
In the Foreign Market Spanish was also heavy and
receded to 204, it had reached 204, at present 20i Portuguese 25j-; Three per Cents., 18i; Mexican, 274 ; ;
Dutch Two-and. a- Half per Cents., 54; Five per Cents.,
102 j. There have been some sales of Dutch Stock.
We have received the Hamburg Mail of Tuesday lase.
Exchange, 13 months, sf, shade lower; also Gold at 43U.

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.--The Scaranzuccia
would have been performed here last night but for the ab-
sence of Mr. Leffler. Mr. Balfe came forward, and read
the following letter from the Bacchanalian absentee :
Dear Balfe—
" I'm very sorry to declare it,
But I have drunk so much Claret
That I can't play to-night--d-_n it I
" Your's faithfully,
" ADAM LEFFLER."
The reading of this letter produced mingled cries of
" Shame" as against Mr. Leffler, and applause for Mr.
Belie, who begged the audience to accept Diadeste, the
flail Porter, and Snap-Apple Night, and announced that
to-night the new opera would be performed, Mr. Stan,-
bury taking the part of Scaramuccia in place of 'Mr. Leffler.
GHENT, AUG. 19.—The merchants of Ghent
are greatly alarmed by the positive news which has just
been spread in the city, that the Dutch demand 1 florin
38 cents per ton, as the duty on the navigation of the canal
of Termengen. This sum, added to the 1 florin 50 cents
per ton required as toll, makes the duty in the Scheldt
amount to the enormous sum of 2 florins 88 cents. The
aldition of l florin 38 cents. was levied on Saturday last.—.
Journal des Flandres.
Wednesday, about eleven o'clock, a very serious
accident occurred to a boy about thirteen or fourteen year
of age, who bad been riding behind a hackney coach in
King William-street. It appears that the driver, having
suspicion of some one riding behind, cut at him with his
whip, and the boy, in endeavouring to get down, had his
leg caught by the wheel, and was thrown down with great
violence. It was found that his leg was dreadfully frac-
tured, and that he had received other severe injuries.
PLUCKING EARS OF CORN.—TWO persol:s
of respectable appearance, named Blackstone and Lee,
were brought before the sitting Magistrate at Wandsworth,
on Tuesday, charged with plucking ears of wheat in Bat-
tersea fields. The police constable who took them into
custody, said the one bad twelve ears, and the other fifteen
in his possession. They were fined ss:, with 2s. 6d. costs,
and one penny, the value of the wheat.
CONJUGAL NOTICE.—The following notice
was found posted against the door of a deserted residence
at a village near Bedford:—" This is to give notice that
Mr. Jones will show himself quite competent to manage his
own affairs when Mrs. Jones will show herself capable of
leaving them alone. Signed this twelfth day of August,
eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.--Witness my hand,
Holdsworth Jones (tinker)."
."AN ATTENTIVE CLERGYMAN.--On Sabbath
last the parishioners of St. Peter's, in. this city, assembled
at the usual hour for the forenoon service, when, after
gazing at each other for about half an hour, they separated,
no clergyman having attended on the occasion. We by
no means wish that a clergyman should neither go frogs
home on business or pleasure, but we consider it to be
his solemn duty to make suitable provision that in bis
absence the service of the Sabbath be not neglectvl, and
the devotional privileges And duties of the parishioners
slighted.— Worcestershire Chronicle.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.