The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-28 00:00:00

THE. SUN. LONDUN, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1839.

' the journals which have several times announced his death.
—Le Commerce.
BOURSE.—Pams, Ttel9oeY4Maacti 26.
HALF-PAST TuaEg.—The French Funds have continued firm.
For the account The Three per Cents. from SOf. 05c. advanced
to 80f. 25c., receded to 79f. 95c. and closed at 80C. being a rise of
15 cents. The Five per Cents., from 109 f. 25c., fluctuated to
109 f. 20c., and closed at 109 f. 25c., a rise of also 15 cents. For
money, the Three and Five per Cents. are 10c. higher. The Bank
of France Shares have not varied. The Laffitte Bank Shares are
5f higher. The Belgian Three per Cents. are 25e. lower. The
The Belgian Bank Shares are 10f. higher. The Spanish Active as
yesterday, from 214 have receded to 21. The Railway Shares
maintain their ground, and have improved a shade. The St. Ger-
mains are sf, Versailles Right Bank 2f. 50c ; the Versailles Left
Bank, sf. . _

First Highest Lowes Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French 5 per Cents lO9 I, ... 109 30 ... 109 15 ... 109 15
4 per Cents 1.2 ... 102 ... 102 ... 102
3 per'Cents r.o . 80 10 ... 80 ... 80
Bank of rrarice
Lattitte Bank I,ooof. So lOBO ...1060 ...1000 —.1060
5,006 f. ,Sh 5200 —.5205 ...k3OO ...5200
Belgiata 5 per Cents 10.3 ... 103 ... 103 ... 103
3 per tents .5 72 ... 72 ... 72 ... 72
Bank 730 ... 737 50 ... 711 ... 715
Coupons
S;anish Active 21% ... 21.4'3 ... '2l ... 21
Passive 436, ... 43r. ... 4% ... 4%
Neapolitan
Boman

RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain
Versailles, R. B 685 692 50 ... 68.? 50 682 50
L.B. 257 50 ... 260 ... 255 ... 255

Rouen
Orleans .

950 ...95U 959 950
455 ... 455 ... 455 455

tiorae3ux to La este 4OO ... 400 400 ... 4 0
Nlttillausen to Mann
ASPHALTES AND BI l'U MENS.
Seyssel (A) 2030 —.OOOO ...2000
Galvaniz:d Ira❑

... 5'20

'The Belgian question is settled at last. On Tuesday
afternoon the Senate passed, by a clear majority of three
votes more than the whole of the minority put together,
the project of law for authorising the KING to sign the
Treaty of the Twenty-four Articles. We expect to
hear by to-morrow of the final ratification of the
Treaty by the Belgian Ambassador in London, to whom
despatches were addressed by the Minister for Foreign
Affairs on Tuesday evening. So much for the success
of Lord PALMERSTON'S Protocol system of war and
diplomacy. After the shedding of torrents of—ink, and
the waste of myriads of—reams of foolscap, and the ex-
penditure of thousands of pounds—in postage, the Eu-
ropean contest of eight years' duration is happily and
amicably terminated. Whatever military men may say
or think to the contrary, this, after all, is more conson-
ant to reason, to the dictates of humanity, and to the
principles of religion, than " wind-pipe slitting," after
the old fashion of settling such disputes between nations.
The greatest tranquillity prevailed in Brussels, and,
from she aspect of affairs in all parts of Belgium, it is
no longer doubtful that the Chambers have acted in
consonance with the wishes of a .large majority of the
people. This measure will, of course, be followed by a
disbanding of the frontier troops on the part of Holland
and Belgium.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AtISTEttDAM, MARCH 25,
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 2 per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
A wort Syndic, 41. per cent 94 05
Ditto, ditto, 3)6 per cent 791 SO
Commercial Company, 4,., per cent 179 179%
Ditto (IKI2 and 1833) 5 per cent. —
Ditto 1837, 5 per cent.
Loan 1537, 5 I,er cent. NIA wi3,4
Exchange on London, One month ll 95
Two months ......
;ELGI AN 1 UNDS—llitussEts, MARCH 20.
Actual Delit,*.i per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 1( 0%
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.
-- ---. 3 per Cent.
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent O5
Society of Commerce, 4 S4per Cent 133
Bault of Belgium, 5 per Cent ............. " 6iN
National Society .
—Brussels Papers, March 26.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MARCH IS,
Five per Cents. Metallique.i
Foal- per Cents.
Three l,er Cent..
Bonk Shares l4BO
—4l.lgemeineZeitung, March 23.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MARCH 21.
Bids. Money.
St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. 1011,4 1n.,44
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 1021,4 101 N,
Exchange on London, three months 6 *2.6
—Prussia*, State Gazette. March 22.

CHANCERY Co URT.—(THIS DAY.)

The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall, and
took lunatic petitions and causes to-day.
IN THE MATTER OF MEDHURST, A LUNATIC.
This case came before the Court upon the petition of Mr.
Francis Hastings Mcdhurst, the young man who has been
committed to Newgatc, on the Coroner's warrant, for the
wilful murder of Mr. Joseph Alsop, at Hayes, praying
that the Court would order a sum of four hundred
pounds to be paid over to him out of the funds
in Court belonging to the lunatic for the purpose of en.
abling him to conduct his defence at his approaching trial
at the Central Criminal Court, and also to avail himself of
the valuable assistance of the Attorney-General upon that
occasion. The petitioner is the grandson of the lunatic,
and tenant in tail or remainder, expectant, upon his death,
of property to the amount of between two and three
thousand pounds a year. In consequence of his
relationship to the lunatic, the petitioner had been
allowed 2001. a-sear out of his property. Great expense
had been incurred in the proceedings that had already
taken place, both before the Coroner and the Magistrates,
and the Trustees of the property consented to the present
application, provided the Court considered it a proper one
to be granted. If the Court ordered the amount to be
paid the solicitors of the petitioner were willing to account
for its expenditure.
The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired what was the amount
of property in Court belonging to the lunatic.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, who appeared for the peti-
tioner, said there was upwards of /0,000/. in Court.
The LORD CHANCELLOR made the order as prayed, upon
the solicitors for the petitioner undertaking to account.
The Court, after disposing of several other cases totally
devoid of interest, rose shortly after , one o'clock. His
Lordship will not sit again till Tuesday, the 9th of April,
that day being the first seal before term.

LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, MARCH 27.—Wind W. S. W., squally, with rain
throughout.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind W. S. W. to W. N. W.
hazy, with rain. Arrived the Charlotte, Abbinett, from
St. Michael's ; Eight, Rainshaw, London. Sailed the
Freia for Hamburg.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 27. —Wind W. S.W. Arrived the
Rover, Duckels, from Lisbon.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 26.—Wind N. W. to S. E., fresh
breezes.—Arrived the Magnet packet from Halifax,
sailed the 4th inst. ; Moricr, Cullings, Zante, and pro-
ceeded for London.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 27.—Wind W. S. W. to N. W.--
Arrived the Caroline, Robinson, from Savannah; Antiochus,
Trieste ; Bosedar, ditto ; Diligent, Nichols, Malta ; Ace
of Trumps, St. Michael's. Sailed the Aurora, Breed, for
Cape Breton ; Amizader, Roetra, Lisbon.

RAMSGATE, MARCM. 27.—Arrived the Cherokee, Wright,
rrom Jamaica.

MARGATE, MARCH 27.—Arrived the Neptune, Block,
from London. Off port the Seddon, Prance, Shields.
SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 27.—Arrived the Frances and
Charlotte, Duck, from Waterford.
MILFORD, Marton 26.—Arrived the Charles Hamilton,
Davies, Lora Liverpool for St. Thomas's, the crew in a
state of mutiny. Sailed the Eveline, Casement, for Liver.
pool.

" CHARLES TYRRELL," MR. JAMES'S NEW
ROMANCE.—No writer of the present day has been so uni-
formly successful in his productions as Mr. James. His
4i Darnley," " De L'Orme," " Philip Augustus," and
" Henry Masterton," have all been popular from their
first publication. The reputation, too, acquired by these
favourite Romances, now included by Mr. Bentley in his
" Standard Novels," has been welL supported by " The
Gipsey" and " The Huguenot." The forthcoming Ro-
mance, under the title of " Charles Tyrrell," is under-
stood to be a story of intense power, various incident, and
with a well-sustained interest, holding the reader in breath-
less suspense down to the last page.
ANOTHER IRRUPTION AT THE THAMES
TUNNEL.—On Tuesday afternoon, between one and two
o'clock, another sudden irruption of water into the Thames
Tunnel took place, which will cause a delay of the works
for about a fortnight. The men at work bad a narrow
escape. An immense quantity of clay was immediately
thrown over the place which had broken in.
BOLAM IN THE COUNTY PRIsoNs.--Bolam
is much depressed in spirits; hut we understand there is
no marked change in his genet al health since his removal
from Newcastle Gaol. He will be accommodated in a
much similar way at Morpeth to what he was at Newcastle,
and will have proper persons to remain with him.—Tyne
Mercury.

A letter from Naples states that M. de Bour-
mont was very assiduous in his attentions to the Duchess
de Berri. A number of French connected with the Legi-
timatist party were near the Duchess during the elections,
and attempts were made to represent the excitement to be
so strong in France as to be likely to lead to a revolution.
SUICIDE OF AN ASSASSIN.—We before
noticed a trial, that of the murderers of a Madame Renaud,
which had excited great attention at Paris, and occupied
not less than twelve sittings of the Court of Assize.
Soufflard, one of the two villains condemned to death, on
hearing his doom, stooped, concealed his face, and put
something into his mouth, which was generally supposed to
be tobacco. On his return to prison he begged for a
glass of water, and on entering his cell was taken with vio-
lent retching and convulsions. Ia spite of every effort he
died next morning. On his body being opened, the sur-
geons declared that he had swallowed enough oxide of white
arsenic to kill a hundred persons.

Asia, the male elephant of the Garden of Plants,
died on Saturday. He was taken ill about ten days ago,
and a veterinary surgeon was brought from Alfort on pur-
pose to attend him. The chief remedy administered was
honey dissolved in water, given in doses of about ten pail-
fulls, sometimes with the addition of sulphate of soda.
The only person who could induce the animal to take his
medicine was Gean, his keeper, to whom the animal was
much attached. As a proof of this, it happened, about two
years ago, on account of an indisposition with which Gean
was attacked, Asia was put under the charge ofanother keeper
for a few weeks. The elephant submitted patiently du-
ring Gean's absence, but the moment he returned Asia drove
his substitute away with a violent blow from his trunk, and
showed strong proofs of welcome to his old companion.
During Asia's last illness, he was lying in a position which
evidently aggravated his sufferings ; and in order to move
him it required ropes moved by a capstan turned by 20
men. M. Bainville, professor of anatomy, is dissecting
the body, and M. \\Teener, a painter attached to the
museum, is delineating the pathological peculiarities which
the operation exposes. As a contrast to this great death
may be mentioned the recent decease of one of the smallest
I monkeys of the menagerie—a playful little black fellow
well known by all the frequenters of the garden for his
extraordinary agility.— Calignani's Messenger.