The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-31 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

There is a report in the city that the negotiation for the
fifty millions of francs, to be imported into this country in
gold, by the Bank of France, is not entirely broken off,
and that the Bank Directors have some hopes of accom-
plishing their object. This operation cannot be done
openly by the Bank of France, as it is against their charter,
but may be executed by the capitalists of Paris. The
Bank of France remains neuter in the transaction. Small
profits will not be refused in the present times.
The dullness of the weather and the great dearth of in-
telligence this morning, owing to the very few arrivals,
damps the spirit for speculations in the various funds.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 92u-'I for the Account,
opened this morning at 92,-i; Money, 91,:i 92; Exchequer
Bills, 11 13. In India Bonds nothing doing as yet.
Bank Stock, 186 187 ; India Stock, 2521 253/.
This Is settling day in the Foreign Market, which, ac-
cording to information, we have no doubt will be easily
adjusted, as it is not of an extensive description. The
chief business doing at present is arranging the various
differences, as paying and receiving the balances.
The prices are nominal, and may be quoted as they
closed—Spanish Active, 19,1; Portuguese 32i-; Three
per Cents., 26 ; Brazilian, 78- 794- ; Colombian, 32} ,i, ;
Mexican, 293 30 ; Belgian, 1031 ; Dutch Two-and-a-
-' Half per Cents. 54-7 T 55;1- ; Five per Cents. 103.
The Foreign Exchanges yesterday were much the samo
as on last post day, with the exception of Paris, which was
a shade lower ; there was an improvement in the Dutch.
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 1854 I India Stock
3 per Cent. Red. (52,45,, !fit Ditto Bonds — pm.
3 per Cent. C0n5....914 2 1%3i1i South Sea Stock —
3;4 per Cent lilvii .4, Old Annuities —
Ditto Red. 923 i% New Ditto
New 3 per Cent
Ncw 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ... 13 14 pin.
Jan. 5, 181)4) l4 5-16% Ditto Small l5 13 pm.
Oct. 10, 1859 l4 3-16 Ditto Commercial — pm.
Jan. 5, MO — Ditto Advertised ..... pm.
Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account 185;,i 5
April 5, 188(1 — India Stock for Account ...
Jan. 5. 1870 — Consos for Account ...921/6 IT,, 2
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds —
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds 79,,i 874 Ditto New Bonds 3l ii%
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayrca Bonds
Ditto Account
Chilian Bonds -, Prussian Bonds
D tto Account ... ......... ... Russian Bonds, 1522 —
Columbian Bonds ; Ditto Account —
Ditto Account
___
__-_,l _ Ditto Metallic

Columbian Bonds, 1824 32%
Ditto Account
Danish Bonds
Ditto Account

Spanish Bonds —
Ditto Account.
Passive
Deferred B%
_

Greek Bonds
Ditto Bonds, 1825
Ditto Account
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Account

French,

, 5 per cent —f. —c.
4 per cent.
3 per cent. —f. —c.
Exchange.
Dutch, 2K, per cent. 5475%

Ditto, 6 per Cent 29N! DittO Account —
Ditto Account
Neapolitan. —! Ditto Acceunt........
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.

_
Eastern Counties Railway l6
Brighton Railway 22
London and Blackwall Railway l3

10!,‘

COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam. C.F. 1.2 5y Gibraltar 49
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Genoa... 25 75
Antwerp...
Hamburg,
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 35 Paiercno per oz. I'2o
Ditt0....... ........... 3 Ms. 25 65 Lisbon 54%
Marseilles
Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine, ELM. 151 Bahia 27
Petersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us. 10N Buenos Ayres
Berlin
_ _... . .

Vienna, effective H... 3 M 10 5
Triestr. ditto lO 6

Philadelphla 4h
PRICE
.OF BULLION, per OZ

Portugal Gold, 0 0
Foreign Guld, in bars 3 18 0
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars
Silver in Bars
HALI-PA ST ONE.
The following was posted at the North and South Ame-
rican Coffee House :
IMPORTANT FROM CHINA.

Hz.driti 37
Cadiz 37,
131lboa
Barcelonz 36%
Seville 36a

" The Hon. East India Company have received dis-
patches overland from India. The China trade was
stopped; all British ssbjects taken prisoners. Dates from
Bombay, 3d June ; Calcutta, 20th May; China, 7th April."
Since the early part of the morning Consols have re-
ceded from ;),`).l to 91i, and at present may be quoted 92.
20,0001. Exchequer Bills were sold by the Government
broker, but it is not ascertained if it was for the Bank.

It is doubted by the—well-informed that all the British
subjects have been imprisoned by the Chinese—only a
few dealers in opium. The news from China has not had
any eff.'et on the market. Exchequer Bills, 11 13 prem. ;
Bank Stock, 1851, lower; India Stock, 253.
In the Foreign Market the settling of the Account is
going* off well to the present time, money being rather
easy for the settlement. Spanish Active nothing doing,
191 ; Portuguese heavy, 30, ; Three per Cents., 20;
Mexican, 29k; Colombian, 32}; Brazilian lower, 78'41;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54i; Five per Cents.,
1031.
----""•""Bat"-r_Fre

TEST FOR FOR A CHARTIST.—A Thornley Char-
tist, whose views went a little beyond the " five points:'
was talking to a brother pitman about his " reets."
" What d'ye mean by yor reets ?" said the latter. " Why,,,
answered the Chartist, " we're gaun to have a' the greet
folks' things divided amang us. They've had their turn
lang eneugh. Divn't ye think that rect ?" " Smash,
then, I'll tell the' what; thou hez two pigs, an' aw hev
nycn. So lets level atween oursels, and see how it fits."
We need hardly say that the proposal did not fit. Like
all " Levellers," the
Thornley
wanted to
A Between six
. Bet
level down (not up) to himself.
ACCIDENT BY FIRE.RMS
ii Smith,
idd aged
ex illiddlesex,
e s,.
and seven o'clock on Monday morning,
19, the groom of Mr. Wilkinson, of sb
was firing off a fowling-piece that had remained loaded
for a considerable time, when the barrel burst at the
breech and blew his hand off by
veyed in a state of great torture to University College
Hospital, where amputation of the arm at the elbow joint
was found to be indispensable.
He remains in a preca-
rious state.

The Chartists in this town, in accordance with a
resolution to abstain from the use of all exciscable articles,
have commenced drinking herb tea, and smoking herb to-
bacco.—Brighton Herald.

IMPERIAL PARLIM‘IENT.
(THIS DAY.)
HOUSE OF COMMONS
The SPEAKER took the Chair at 12 o'clock ; Mere were
then only 22 Members present. One by one dropped in
till ten minutes past the hour, when there were 26 ;
at the
quarter, there were 36 ; at the twenty minutes Nos.
38 and 39 arrived, " No. 39 " being none other than
Mr. Fox Maule himself, the Under Secretary for the Home
Department, and his appearance was hailed by a slight
cheer. The 39th, with the Speaker, baying made the
House, they forthwith proceeded to business.
METROPOLITAN POLICE COURTS DILL.
On the motion of Mr. F. MAULE, the House resolved
itself into a Committee on this Bill, commencing at clause
13, on which
Mr. LAW observed that there was no provision for
evenings' attendances at the P. lice Courts, to decide on
charges taken at the close of the day, when othei•wise the
parties might have to bear a night's confinemen t in the
station house, on cases utterly frivolous.
Mr. F. MAULE said, in the Police Bill it ~was Pro-
vided that on trivial charges, in the evening, the Incpec-
tor at the station house might take bail for the app caranee
of the party in his own recognizance, or on other pc rsonsl
Mr. LAW was aware of that, but he thougl t sec
"ight
powers should be reposed in authorities of more
than an Inspector of police.
Mr. HAWES said, the evening sittings had been for-
merly found useless, as the Magistrates had little or nothing,
to do,and what was done was objectionable to both pat tiessanu
witnesses were too often drunk--nor did he for ills own,
part think very highly of justice after dinner.—( A laugh*/
In consequence of the representations of a Police Coinreit-
tee of that House, the Secretary of State for the Ilume
Department (who had under this clause the same
pcsver of
fixing the times of the sittings) had abolished the 'fumingsittings. But, if necessary, the Secretary of State could
again order the Magistrates to sit in the evening, or at any
period which the public safety required.
Mr. LAW said that in the cases to which he had e
the difficulty could not, he apprehended, be remed led by
the Secretary of State, who was not to be found at his
t
own office after a certain hour. He would propose thi the same hours should be observed as at the Central
minal Court, and would propose that nine o'clock be in
. stituted for ten.
Mr. FOX MAULE said that Magistrates co'idd be„s
compelled to attend at such times us the Secretary a So'
might order
Mr. LAW would rather leave it to the discretion of the
Magistrates.
Mr. HAWES said the clause was similar to the Coe
to
the Police Act. He deprecated evening sittings.
Mr. LAW said his sentiments on the subject of ecienieg
sittings were well known; but he could imagine circum-
stances where the sitting of the Magistrates at siss:h be
hour might be of the last importance. Thcrefoce ""
thought they ought to have the power to sit in the evcning'
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL thought that nine
o'clock was too early an hour.
Mr. LAW said a Noble relative of his for sixteen years
had taken his seat on the Bench rather before omit thas
after.
Mr. HAWES said that no judge ever had or could 54 1)
for eight hours a day throughout the year. It would e
wasting the energies of the Magistrates to call upon them
e
to do so, and would deter that class of men from acce,Pl
office whom he was desirous of seeing occupying situaPen
of such high responsibility.
Mr. LAW thought as there were two Magistrates c'ne
might relieve the other.
Mr. G ROTE objected to the amendment of the. Learred.
Recorder. Except in very rare cases there would be tit' t
tendance at the Police-offices at so early an hour as nine",
Mr. LAW wished for evening sittings on an einicFe
gency. He thought nine in the morning the most act
period-of the day.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE though the offices should '''Pen
let
at nine o'clock. If eight hours a day was too much s he
them close at four instead of five. In all those case' try
convenience of the Magistrates was considered as eve"'
thing, and the public as nothing.
Mr. F. MAULE said the Magistrates could sit at nine
on an emergency, but he objected to a permanent sitting°
eight hours.
Sir M. WOOD could speak from personal experience,ce
as to the impossibility of procuring the attendance eitn,,•
of prissiness or witnesses at so early an hour as nine
Mr. LAW thought the night charges might be disposFu_
of at that hour, as the attendance of the police could he
compelled.
Sir M. WOOD—..In almost all such cases the police
have the power to bail the parties.—( Hear, bear.) ca
Sir CHARLES GREY thought that the Learn
Recorder had not given sufficient weight to the staternol
of the Hon. Alderman.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Con,'
mittee divided, when there appeared__
For Mr. Law's amendment
Against it
Majority
The clause was then agreed to.
On clause 14 being put, which gave power to one MP_
gistrate to decide in certain cases of felony, where tyro
were required under the existing law,
Mr. LAW moved the postponement of the clause.
Mr. F. MAULE defended the clause, on the group
that it had been introduced at the. recommendation of the
Select Committee that had sat upon this subject.
Mr. LA W thought it would be needlessly occupying,
the time of the House to divide upon the postponement 0'
the clause, knowing the numbers then upon the other side
of the House ; but he could not help protesting agsiest
taking away such a privilege from the subject as the trial
by jury.
The clause was then agreed to, and as amended, 01-5
ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 16 was struck out on the motion of Mr. n
MA ULE.
Clause 17 was agreed to, a proviso having been added
that the rules and regulations to be proposed by the SC°
cretary of State for the management of the Police Court!
should Ixs laid on the table of the House six weeks before
coming into operation.
Clause 16 was also agreed to.
;
On clause 19 being proposed, which gives the power rt
constables to arrest criminals without having the warrs i
indorsed, when the offonco should have been committed
another district,
h
Lic
Mr. LAW said that he considered the jurisdiction
too large to give Magistrates, to say nothing of constables„
It would give the Metropolitan Magistrates jurisdiction 3"
over England.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, this provision
only gave the power to the constable in whose hand the
Magistrate should place the warrant.
Mr. LAW moved that the warrants be issued only
to
cases of persons charged with any offence, excluding wit'
nesses.
Mr. F. MAULE said the power of enforcing the at°i
tendance of witnesses was as important as the power
arresting a criminal.
Ultimately Mr. Law's sugestion was assented to.
On the next provision, fore xecuting search-warrant,
t:P
other parts of the country, than the Metropolitan distric of
Mr. LAW objected to giving such a serious powers
art
searching the house of any man, in however distant 11, Pt
of the country, either by night or by day. He moved
oli-
omission of the words, " or executed out of the metrq
tan police district."
The Committee divided, and the numbers were--
For the words
Against them
Majority..
The clause was then agreed to.
On Clause 20 being proposed,
Mr. LAW objected to the County Magistrates not beg
permitted to exercise concurrent jurisdiction with the
lice Magistrates.
Mr. HAWES thought it much better these cases should
be confided to the decision of professional men, who we
sit in public judicature
hturtoeuugit the County Aa
ponitheminopen Court. bad
the same jurisdiction
WOOD thought
under the Summary Julrigsdilitectrtaiong.l-liila'
—(No, no.) He objected to ousting them, and grounds
his objection on constitutional principles.
Mr. LAW said that the City of London was not iri't
eluded in this Bill, and therefore there would be a district
in the centre of the metropolitan district, there
in which t
would be no tribunal to adjudicate on these offences,
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that whatever
they would retain after it should have become law.
power Magistrates possessed before the passing of this Act
The clause as amended was then agreed to.
Clause 22 was agreed to with a few verbal Clause 21 was also agreed without anyba amen
Clause
On Clause 23 being put,
Mr. LAW moved that it should be omitted.
The Committee then divided.
TO BE CONTINUED IN A SECOND EDITION'

-.7-7-=-- - -
A 'mi,t
INCENDIARISM IN SPITALFIELDS.—rI.--
half-past seven o'clock on Sunday evening an attempt was
made by some persons, at present unknown, to set tire t°
the premises No. 24, Phoenix-street, Spitalfields, the pro*
perry of the Eastern Counties Railway Compaiiy• 1.,,u,e,
mbeei the
ning
premises, which are shortly to be pulled down to make
way for the railway, adjoins numerous dwellings of Pe°.
ebtnvutirinsodtnoe:d. s . an
Sheth e
raised
stairs inhabitant
aut
nit:
ci
asel weavers.
arry
alarm,
d,
samn
dokoen Aboutissuing
ho
fromeor doors
lower portion of the interior ofthe p
laceen found t"
p were,
flames. Engines from •
all parts of London soon arriveuf
and the firemen subsequently, police
with the aid of the
and inhabitants, subdued the c fl ration,fortunately be-
fore it had become of any on ag_in
Inc to
great magnitude, and "
discover that it was oxen
work of an incendiary. On
mining the premises it had be
appeared that the fire
reward
kindled under the '
stairs leading to the kitchen. A
has been offered for the discovery of the incendiary. , i,,
A Western Editor, says the Editor of a Micl)l
gan paper, wants to know whether the laws recenttJ,7
enacted against the carrying of deadly weapons, aPPI,O4,°
doctors who carry " pills" in their pockets.---./Vezu -:
Paper. Med
ROBBERY AT A LATE FIRE.—A man, n 3
Goad, who bears but an indifferent character, was on To"fa
day examined at Worship-street, and remanded, ,
..':lk
charge of being implicated in an extensive robbery ut ,;81„
which took place during the late calamitous fire in 'Toe
fields. The property had been cut from the looms I°,_„,
burnirg buildings by persons duly authorized. and had u`,d
thrown from the windows, at which time it is suPP° b,
prisoner and his associates had contriv to 8
cry has
street a large quantity of it. Some of the prop
been traced and identified.
, ToCS-
DEATHS IN THE CITY PRISONs.--kin tit
day afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Pa)„,nica'ke,
the Giltspur-street Compter, on the body of John vidict,
who died on Monday evening last in that prison. Ver, in..
Natural death."----The same Coroner held a second ~
quest, on the body of John Furness, who died at half-ya:c
four o'clock on Monday, in the Fleet Prison, of µ hieric'o.
was an inmate, of a third attack of apoplexy'. The tin
roner, by the wish of the Jury, recommended
tha the
future the bodies should be kept N
a reasonable time
in
ural
infirmary before they were removed. Verdict, " .-at
death." ---,go