The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-09 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols opened this morning at 901 for the Account ;
for Money, 89k. Exchequer Bills, 21 22 ; India Bonds,
10 11 ; Bank Stock, 20912101 ; India Stock, 2551 2561.
In the Foreign Market the Spanish Active is 251 ;
Passive, 7i : Deferred, 111 ; Portuguese, 481; Three
per Cents,, 301 1 ; Colombian, 271 28 ; Mexican, 26 27 ;
Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 54g.

HALF-PAST ONE.

In consequence of a failure this morning in the Consols
market, and the person's account having been bought in at
91, Consols still continue buoyant at 908 for the Account,
which takes place on Friday next,.
Consols for Money, 898 ex. die, ; Exchequer Bills, 22
prem. ; India Bonds, 12 prem. ; Bank Stock, 210 ; India
Stock, 262 ex. div.

In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active was at 26 ; at
present, 2.5 i ; Passive, 71 ; Deferred, Ili 12 ; Portu-
guese, 481 ; Three per Cents., 31 ; Colombian, 28 ; Mexi-
can, 27 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54i.
A commissioner from the Chilian Government has ar-
rived in the Brazil packet to make an arrangement with the
bondholders for the payment of the dividends.

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for the Account, flOi.

Sir Robert Peel passed through this city yesterday
(Friday) afternoon, on his way to Netherby, the seat of
Sir James Graham, Bart., from whence he goes to attend
the Glasgow dinner, on Friday next.—Carlisle Journal.
THE KIRTON IN LINDSEY MURDER.—NO fresh
particulars transpired at the examination on Thursday week
of John Dimsey, the supposed murderer of Marshall and
his sister. The prisoner would give no account of himself.
A reward of 201. by the magistrate, and 1001. by the Go-
vernment, and an offer of free pardon for any accomplice
who will cause the conviction of the actual perpetrator of
the horrid deed, have been for some time announced.
Marshall was 69, and his sister, Deborah Hutchinson, 75
years old.

We regret to learn that the late extraordinary vicis-
situdes of weather have produced a greater degree of illness
than has been experienced in the metropolis since the last
memorable influenza(.

The notorious Joseph Ady has been writing letters
to the inhabitants of Derby, offering his services in recover-
ing large sums of money on receipt of ss. for his trouble.—
Derby Mercury.
The immense lime-tree at Winnezeele, in the canton
of Cassell, which was several hundred years old, 36 feet in
circumference, has been rooted up by the late storms. It was
held in great veneration by the inhabitants.—German Paper.
Jack, the celebrated ourang-outang of the Garden of
Plants, at Paris, died on Tuesday morning last, at 5 o'clock.

A Montreal paper of the 29th November says :
" The ravages of the wolves in the township of Pittsburgh,
near Kingston, have been so alarming that a general hunt
to destroy them was to take place yesterday. The inhabi-
tants of Kingston and its neighbourhood were requested by
advertisement to turn out en masse. The number of men
necessary for that purpose is one thousand, as the line ex-
tends ten miles."

The frost has been so intense during the last few
days that the navigation of the river is much impeded. It
is almost impossible to give a description of the frozen state
of the river Ouse. Between Howden-Dike and Booth-
Ferry it is a representation of Greenland in miniature.
The stupendous rocks of ice near the shore, and the prodi-
gious masses floating in the river Ouse convey to the ima-
gination of the beholder some faint idea of the situation and
suffering of the ice-bound whalers in the arctic regions.—
llnll Advertiser.

We cannot preserve our gravity when we think of
this great Peel demonstration. Dr. Patrick 111‘Farlane,
the eloquent advocate of Catholic emancipation, is to sit
beside its fiercest denouncers, without recantation or ex-
planation on either side. Mr. Leckie Ewing is "linked
and allied in office" with the friends of Negro Emancipa-
tion, neither party having yet given in to the other. Mr.
Charles Stirling, who abominates free trade, is colleague of
Mr. Leadbettcr, who procures Lord Brougham's Lectures.
on Political Economy for the Mechanics' Institution. Prin-
cipal Maefarlan, who in the meeting in the Assembly Rooms
timed the resolutions hostile to the Irish national system of
education, is there ; and so is Sir D. K. Sandford, who
moved the amendment which was carried against them.
The editor of " Blackwood's Magazine," whic denounces
Peel's Bill, is there along with the author of that mea-
sure. Bailie Bain, who is said to be opposed to addi-
tional endowments, is snugly ensconced among the mem-
bers of the church-extension society. And what is this
crowd of many hired incompatibles met to do ? To tes-
tify their admiration of the character which our readers
will find powerfully and truly pourtrayed in Blackwood's
Magazine, in the Peel Papers, No. V. Nor can his wor-
shippers say that they have now confidence in him : the
extracts from Fraser's Magazine of the present month
show the distrust with which Sir Robert Peel is still viewed.
They point at a line of policy, which, if openly propounded
at the banquet, would inevitably occasion a blow up. And
this is to be an imposing festival ! a joyous meeting! The
Tories will cheer Sir Robert as their champion, but they
will remember that he allowed the Tories of Manchester
to do the same, after he had betrayed them.—Glasgow
Angus.

LIBEL LAW.—We fully concur with the Warwick
Advertiser in the following remarks on the action for libel
lately brought against the Leamington Chronicle :—" The
case has excited great attention among the liberal inhabit-
ants of Leamington ; and public meetings have been
held for raising a subscription to defray th expenses in-
curred in defending the Chronicle. We rejoice to see a
spirit which is highly creditable to the parties concerned ;
and we feel assured the public appeal, on an occasion in
which the public are so much concerned, will prove effec-
tual. Who should support the public press but those for
whose aid its mighty power is in daily operation ? While
the Law of Libel is suffered to remain in its present in-
comprehensible state, what individual, or what property,
can be safe ? Every statute ought at least, both in the
spirit and the letter, to possess the character of rationality.
As the Libel Laws stand at present, the only certainty is,
that they are excellently adapted to the spirit of personal
malice, and to throw money into the pockets of needy mem-
bers of the legal profession. We make this remark without
any personal allusion, itnd we think no one will dispute its
truth.'