The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-17 00:00:00

TTIE FUNDS.

The only arrivals this morning of consequence is the
Lisbon mail, due yesterday, and the intelligence it con-
veys is not of much importance, with the exception of a
repetition that the Portuguese bondholders in this coun-
try have very little chance of receiving their dividends,
although a new Ministry has been formed. Some private
letters by the above conveyance express doubts that
they will not continue long in office.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 91i 92 for the
openirg, opened this morning at 92 92i ; Reduced
9O ;as yet very little doing.
The Money Market continues easy on good bills at
6 per cent. discount at the bankers' and bill-brokers'.
Messrs. Rothschild's American Loan bears a premium
of about 1 per cent. ; 22 per cent. is to be paid on it
this day.
Exchequer Bills, 4 2 dis. ; Bank Stock, 1771 174 ;
India Stock, 253 255.
In the Foreign Market the settling of the Foreign
Account passed off well yesterday. Spanish Active, at
the leaving off prices, 23,i- 24 ; Portuguese at the closing
33} 34 ; Three per Cents, 23:1- 23:41 ; Colombian, same,
25 ; Mexican, same, 284 2S ; Spanish Passive, of
6k ; Deferred, 1O 11k ; Brazilian, 71 72i; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53i ; Five per Cents.,
994 I.
PAICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Bank Stock l7B India Stock -
3 per Cent. Red. oN% . Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent. Cons. - i St;uth Sea Stock --
31, per Cent - Old Annuities • ---
iht• Red. 9Sii A's 1 New Ditto

Ditto _ _.............. ..... 1 ~..
New 314 pet Cent — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751
New 5 per Cent. -1 Exch. Bill!, £1,000... 2 4 dia.
Bank Long Annuities toexpire i Ditto
Jan. 5, 1860
JO:nt.. 150;
11211)..... .........
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44
—2 64:
Jan. 5, 1860 — Bank Stock for Account ...
April 5, ISSO . — India Stock for Account .. ---
Jan. 5.1870. — Consos for Account 924
RILES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o,cLoc)L
Austrian Bonds — Peruvian 80nd5...............
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Prrazilia n Bonds
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds
I)itto Ac.73unt
Chilian Boad : — Prussian Bonds ..............
13,tt0 Accc-. tit — Russian Bonds, 1822.......... ...
Colunt V. E<t ids — Ditto Acc0unt............... .--
Ditto teem. nt — Ditto Meta11ie............. -
C•onert .sr 3:rd5,1&24
r tf. 4.,-.1.,,t 25), k3„i , • Ditto Account. ...—......24 'it
rianisii ix :1 • — Passive ... :.. .. :—. ........ ' -14 i
Ditto Aztec nt — "Deferred ..................... 1056
Greek Bonds French, 5 per cent.... —f. -c.'
Ditto Bonds, 1825 - ---- 4 per cent....,., —f. —.O.
Ditto Account — 3 per cent...—. —C.,—c.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — Exchange. —f.• —,.
. _

Ditto Account ..—....
Dutch, 2N, per cent. ...„53X%
Ditto, 6 per Cent.
Ditto Account I , Ditto, 5 per cent 995,1%%
Neapolitan — Ditto Acctunt.........»...
PRICES OF' SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'Cl.0:. li.
Paid. Per Share
Great Western Railway Company ........ .......... 65 57
London and South Western ...
North Midland Railway Company.. ...... ......... 95 67

HALF-PAST ONE.

The Hamburg mail has just arrived of last Friday's
date, 13th December, by which we have received Ham-
burg papers of the same date, bringing the exchange on
London the same as per last account-13 4 at two
months ; gold, 430 ; short, 13 64 ; Metalliques,
1061 ;Bank Shares, 1,618 1,622.
Consols continue firm at the morning price, 92 to
92k. But little doing. Exchequer Bills, 2 to 4 dis. ;
India Bonds, 8 dis. ; Bank Stock, 178.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, at 231-4 ;
Portuguese has receded from 341 to 33i; Co-
lombian, 254 ; Brazilian, 711 ; Mexican, 28i ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53i ; Five per
Cents., 99i,-.
Hamburg Papers state that accounts received from
Trieste, of the 30th ult., say that the Capitan Paella
was reported to have been poisoned at Alexandria. We
must wait for further infoi mation to ascertain if the re-
port is true.

WESTMINSTER PLAY.—The Queen's scholars
of Westminster School performed the Eutzuchus last
night for the third and last time this season, as the pro-
fessional heroes of the sock and buskin would term it,
and there was a very crowded audience to witness the
representation. The management deserve great praise
for the important change they have made in getting up
the piece, and dressing the characters. Plundria, in
place of appearing in frock coat, boots, and beaver, like
a dashing young English gentleman, came on the stage
in a Greek dress, cut according to rules laid down, not
by Stultz, but by a doctor learned in ancient lore, Lam-
bert Bos. He wore a short cloak as an upper garment,
and the chlamys which covered the left arm, and was
clasped on the right shoulder, one end hanging down
in front, and the other behind, leaving the left arm
free for action, the colour of the chiamys was saffron,
with a reddish border. Thais wore an lonian tunic
of white linen, embroidered with gold, with long sleeves,
which were fastened down the arm with small clasps.
Over the left shoulder was thrown a violet-coloured
pallium, ornamented with stars, falling from the waist in
full folds, and reaching to the feet. The girdle was fas-
tened in a bow, and her feet were inserted in
laced socks. The other characters were dressed
in equally proper costume. This experiment has
met with the most complete success, and it. is to be
hoped the scholars will never recur to the old barbarous
custom of representing Greek characters in modern
English dresses.
And you are ADVICE
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good health
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breathe freely a sufficient quantity of atmospheric itir,
the oxygen in which purifies
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not breathe sufficient air f your chest (that is, the
upper part of your body, containing the lungs) be
pressed in, or narrowed,, by your bending down your
shoulders, or stooping.
.Therefore, be careful always to
sit up nicely when you write, and on no account let the
front of your person lean against the desk or table."---
The Smith and DnlierCopy-books.

DARING ROBBERY AT TIIE HORSE GtTARDS.
—This morning, during the time the exchange of the
guard was taking place at the Horse Guards, a country
gentleman was robbed of a valuable gold watch, by
some dexterous pickpocket, who effected his escape.
, fhis place, during the relief of the guard of a morning,
is said to be the rendezvous of some of the most noto-
rious pickpockets in the metropolis.
Last night, between eight and nine o'clock, a
fire broke out in the vaults under Bedford Chapel,
Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury-square, used as wine cel-
lars. The parish engine was the first to arrive and to
get to work ; numerous others speedily followed, and
the flames, after great exertion, were confined to the
vaults. The damage is not very extensive, and the par-
ties are insured.
LEARNING TO SPELL.—" When the. art of
important exercises in spelling may
with the lips, because we rarely
hwbaervictei:onigemciasesnaioccneqdut' notoirei
s'p' ell the words we speak, but far more
advantageously with the pen, because we always have to
spell the words we write. Through life, at the pen's
point, we must construct our words out of twenty.six
separate materials."—The Smith and Dolier Copy-books.
COMPLIMENTARY BEQUEST.—Mr. Thomp=
son, a barrister of the Temple, has it is said, by his
will, left 18,000/. to Mr. Chambers, as a compensation
for the loss of his place as a police magistrate at Marl.
borough-street.