The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-20 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 91 4 for Money and
Account, opened at the same ; Exchequer Bills, 32 34 ;
India Bonds, 33 35 ; Bank Stock, 207 ; India ditto, 260 i.
Spanish Active closed at 254-, at present 25,1 26 with Cou-
pons ; Passive, 6i ; Deferred, 91 Portuguese, 494 ;
Three per Cents, 304 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents,
53-1-
HALF-PAST ONE.

Consols have continued during the morning at 9la for
the Account, with little doing ; July Account, 914- 4, at pre-
sent may be quoted 914 for Account; Money, 911 3-; little
has been doing during the morning.
Money is plentiful in the House, but for commercial pur-
poses it is difficult to be obtained.
Exchequer Bills, 32 34 prem. ; India Bonds, 34 36 prem. ;
Bank Stock, 2061; India Stock, 260.
In the Foreign Market the taking of Irun by General
Evans has improved the Spanish Active to 251 ex-Coupons,
and 264 with the Coupons : Spanish Coupons, 52 53 ; Pas-
sive, Cif ; Deferred, 94 ; Portuguese, 494 ; Three per Cents,
30-; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 531 4.
THREE O' CLOCK.
Consols for the Account, 91k.

NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP.--A Select Committee
was appointed last night in the House of Commons, " to
inquire into the working of the apprenticeship system in the
Colonies, the condition of the apprentices and the emancipated
Negroes, and the laws and regulations affecting them ; arid
also the state of education of the Negroes in the Colonies,
consisting of Mr. Powell Buxton, Sir George Grey, Mr.
O'Connell, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Baines, Sir Stratford Can-
ning, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Andrew Johnston, Mr. Thornley,
Mr. Patrick Stewart, Mr. Charles Lushington, Mr. Dunlop,
Sir James Graham, Lord Viscount Sandon, and Lord Viscount
Howick.

PROVINCIAL BANK OF IRELAND.—In our re-
port of the above meeting in yesterday's publication, for M.
O'Farrell, Esq., Chairman, read Oliver Farrer, Esq. , for
W. Marshall, Esq., secretary, read James Marshall Esq. ;
and for S. E. Morgan read Mayan.

We have just-heard that-the noble-minded elector-4
of Westminster who supported Sir Francis Burdett at the
late election, many of whom did not record their voles in con-
sequence of not considering it necessrry from the state of the
poll from the earliest hour, intend celebrating his return by a
dinner, and have invited Sir Francis to attend. One of the
theatres is spoken of for this occasion, to give the ladies an op-
portunity of witnessing the splendid reception of the patriotic
Baronet by the friends of our glorious Constitution.—Morning
Post.

When Sir Francis Burdett was in the zenith of his po-
pularity, and just after he first became the representative for the
city of Westminster, some of his honest constituents, who arc
known, issued a bill in the form of a Bank of England note,
on which was inscribed a " promise to pay the bearer, on de-
mand, the sum of 1,0001., when Sir F. Burdett ceases to be a
patriot and an honest man." It is said that some of those
notes are in the possession of individuals who intend suing the
issuers for the amount, the Baronet having become an apos-
tate, and a most dishonest political character.—Bath Guar-
dian.

Sir Francis Burdett arrived at the George Hotel, in
this town, on Wednesday evening. No sooner was the Hon.
Baronet's visit known than the Conservative bells rung a
merry welcome to Westminster's Glory. Sir Francis returned
from Leicestershire on Friday morning, and changed horses
at the above hotel. We presume the Member for Westmin-
ster was on his way to the House of Commons, where his pre-
sence is so much desired. It is to be hoped this short excur-
sion into the country, together with the long vocation which
Sir Francis enjoyed, has in some degree strengthened him for
his Parliamentary dutic3. The aurae of the lion. Baronet has
ceased to be a " dead letter," and his votes which were at a
discount and told for nothing are now at a high premium.
What a blessing is Toryism to the country I—Northampton
Chronicle.

The Earl and Countess of Cadogan had a distin-
guished party to dinner, last evening, at Cadogan House. The
Duke of Montrose, Prince Esterhazy, Marquis of Douro, Mar-
quis of Hertford, Marchioness of Aylesbury, Viscount and Vis-
countess Sydney, Count Danniskiold, Lord and Lady Mahon,
Sir John Conroy, Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby, and
Hon. Mr. Cowper, were among the guests. On Thursday
evening the Noble Earl and Countess's dinner party, included
Lady Stormont, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Drummond, Colonel
Armstrong, &c.
After holding the office of Town-clerk of Hull for
a year and a half under a Reformed Corporation, Mr. Codd
has been called upon to retire by a unanimous vote of that
body. The considerations which led to his dismissal appear
to have been three. First, that his employers had found him
difficult of access; second, that he had made unreasonable
charges as solicitor to the Corporation ; third, that he had
leagued himself with a society formed with a view to alter
the complexion of the council from Liberal to Tory.—Hull
Advertiser.

It will be seen by the Report of the proceedings of
the Town Council (p. 4.), that the gift of an extensive library
has been offered to that body by Admiral Sir Henry Bayntun,
on the part of a lady named Hallam, sister of the celebrated
historian, provided that a suitable room is found for its recep-
tion. This splendid offer is referred to the " Education Com-
mittee," which was moved for and obtained by Mr. Alderman
Shenstone some time back, and no doubt they will exert them-
selves strenuously to secure so valuable a present, and to de-
posit it in a place suitable to the wishes of the donor.—Bath
Herald.

A reward of 1001. has been offered by Government
in addition to the reward of 501. offered by individuals for the
discovery of the perpetrator of the atrocious murder recently
committed in Frederick-street, Hampstead-road; and yester-
day the Government Police Report contained another offer of
100/. reward also for the discovery and conviction of the mur-
derer of Eliza Hemmings, at Chatterly-bridge, near Shelton, in
Staffordshire. The last-mentioned atrocity occurred on the
15th of April, and in this, as in the other case, the Royal
pardon is promised in addition to the rewards to any one con-
cerned (except of course the actual murderer), for such evi-
dence as may lead to conviction.

On Tuesday last a wager was decided at Easton by
Mr. Lincoln's dog Crab. The terms of the wager were, that
he would not kill .50 rats in five minutes ; but to the great sur-
prise of the company assembled, he actually killed 51 in the
short space of four minutes.—Suffolk Chronicle.
What a noisy creature would man be were his voice,
in proporticn to his weight, as powerful as that of a grass-
hopper, which may be heard at a distance of one-sixteenth of
a mile. The kolibri weighs about half an ounce, so that a
man of ordinary size, weighs about as much as 4,000
kolibris. One kolibri must weigh at least as much as four
grasshoppers. Assuming, then, that a man weighs as much
as 16,000 grasshoppers, and that the voice of one of these
may be heard at the distance of one-sixteenth of a mile, that
of a man, were it in proportion to his weight, would be audible
at the distance of 1,000 miles ; and when he sneezed, he would
run the risk of bringing the house about his ears, like the walls
of Jericho at the sound of the trumpets. Asstiming, further,
that a flea weighs a grain, which is something more than its
real weight, and that it is able to clear one inch and a half at
a spring, a man of 150 pounds weight would, by the same rule,
be able to make a spring over a space of 12,800 miles, and
consequently, leap with ease from New York to Cochin China.
Aristophanes represents Socrates and his pupils occupied in a
similar computation. They are exhibited calculating the
weight of a flea's leg in proportion to that of its body. The
ironical calculation of Aristophanes, however, falls far short of
that of the New York Sua.