The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-18 00:00:00

RE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, 7'IVELVE O'CLOCK.
this morning are the French and Hamburgh
"° an!p-1
The few s
arrivalsetter this. morning, and the disappointment in
bressveeivir,
f. any telegraphic dispatch from Paris by the ex
tut this morning cause a very great dearth of information;
Spjjniise,re Particularly the latter, a.s the speculators in the
f
General
Securities entirely build their hopes on the success o
the No Evans, and until trey receive further information from.
placed Nor Evans, of Spain, they continue inactive in their operations,
ceq as they are between hopes and fears.
ferll4s were, in the course of yesterday,. rather in a
as vr II State, owing to a good supply of stock in the Market,
ehd le as a great scarcity of money, particularly for commer-
Peculations.
Prov the course of yesterday afternoon there was a slight im-
Pariesinent in the Foreign Exchanges, and the Exchange on
12 qiesed 25f. 80c., to 25f. 821 c.; upon Hamburgh,
lira The
no, accounts from the United States received yesterday
ProvailLof a cheering nature. A great scarcity of money
rate f':)4, and the interest given in some instanFes was !it the
british' Per cents. per month. A very large importat!onof
manufacturedprim goods, it is reported, will be made, in the
la fey wlth the view to effect an alteration in the Exchange
'our of England.

THE FUNDS. c
count ; Nloney, 90k ;
Consols closed at 90e F-
Ind a
Account
26 24 prem. ;
Zeoed at the same • Exchequer Bills, for the .
7cls, 26 i►
rn flank Stock shut.
tl-Im'eto:
4,.,'n the r)re. . ; Market Spanish Active Bondse7leerde
'e 'oreign
~4.1.v.y during yesterday, and closed at 214 a; op
~.,, Portuguese, 504-t ; Three per Cent! o,
144ment is attributcd to the Portugueß: Thi2rsa7
Colombian
241
"r°ied for the a meat of the next dividscll.,.
. o‘3•e2rln.ment having
per Cent., i 1
the Ac-
i; Dutch Ti,PvoY-aild-a-llalf
(;onsols have just receded to 90 ;
1.
h Russia.
Money, 90i,-, 4 for
vi'unt, owing to the state of affairs wit
HALF-PA ST ONEI• Om'oCrin'inOgCaK.t the
Official despatches have been receiv.ad t its
_,Ptnish Ambassador's, from the Spanish Copieiseutl
mated the 12th inst. confirming tahteßa onne,
previousy
Ileourits received b' the telegrairiliecvdereS
lines before
o j the whole of the Yentrenchments of the Carlistil_c_
i h are making
despatches of the taking
I?_aro Sabastian, and of the preparation.s
ofw
Hernani. The
.; a further advance for the attack
"SPatches also state the loss of the Carlists at 900
They
,:rnozigst whom were 93 officers killed. to 1,000 men,
in order to
field
that two battalions of Biscay were incorpliokrea"teidseonmethne-
OranT of battle with the battalions of GuiPusc?s,a'l of
them fight.
ric,St
St. Sebastian, with the official commu
They also confirm the arrishieatieiGt
of
etrhael
ai.e of Espartero to Cuernica, where helead taken 600
prisoners.
a. for the
Aceensols, which were heavy in the morning at 9.
atigh4ave since
i_ ceurit, owine'to the pending affairs with
jproved to 90.1 'a% and 90 for for Money, as thßeuspsriev
Bonds,
.1,!,°!_1.,. that the affair will be adjusted without resaoilritnigng"tio-
'"2"4'2,l3,ltLii. Exchequer Bills, 24 26 prem. '
za prem.
In the Foreign Marketlndia
Spanish
during the mornin
known that the
Ambassador I _,Spanish Active was also very heavy
_ g; b.ut on its being
success of General
275 a • Pas-
lad received official dispatches, confirming the
stoo ; ga,
per
•i-fi ; DeferrEedv,atilsl, Spanish;pe Portuguese, 50
Three_ Ei:
Cents., 321 33; Dutch To
-and a-Half per Cents., 53t
Colornbian, 24i; Mexican, 241 -
O'CLOCK.
Consols for the Account, 90.-: THREE
I
.
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u•
The phenomenon noticed on the 18th ult. over the
greatest part of Europe, and which was supposed to be a varia-
tti.ioen of the aurora borealis, was most probably occasioned by
that reflection of the red atmosphere of Mars, which passed
b4t night behind the moon ; and it is worthy of remark that,
411 ring the transit of this planet, Venus, which was not
.'rnyivderissta,n,ct, exhibited hues of the brightest red.—Gazette
j .t
Mr.
rIN"T o. ntgomer y s 11 i r e Assizes on Tuesday, •
4stlee Bosanquet congratulated the Jury on the state of the
vale a
terZnth Iluar • there was not onc prisoner for trial. He observed,
at whife in other countiesacts of personal violence were
itted, and destruction of property sustained, the county
it w "tgeniery was exempt from those stains upon society ; and
as a proof of the way in which the magisterial duties were
Perfornted.
MENTAL RESERVATION.-- Although the lower
c't'lers of the Irish are famous for a species of ready wit,
tllielss_liag_ volatility and a rich vein of. humour, they are no
1,4,, in rked by a quaintness of expression and a mental res.er-
tC_l°ll, calculated to gain. time and evade inquiry, or havin.g
ia4t brought home to them which they wish to avoid ; of this
ghatFomplexion is Shelah's answers to a country Magistrate.
hims gone of your husband, Shelah ?"—" What's gone of,
~,,. Your honour worship ? faith, and he's gone
L711,,`"?:0, pray what did he die of ?"" Die of, your honour .
~u'e of a Tuesday." I don't mean what day of the week,
arimti' bat,..complaint ?"—" Oh !complaint, your honour ;
,faith,
Oh !1:81iself that did not get time to complain." ' Oh'
alli, „Y:, he died suddenly."" Rather that way, your +Nor-
., ,t;•e Did he fall down in a fit "—( No answer from Shelah.)
ti:l4'
?down in a fit, perhaps ?"" A fit, Your honour's wor-
or , felt,T, ne, not exactly that ; he—he fell out of a wndow,
h, broiot r, I. don't know what they quieti." " Aye, ay;
.and"
ii
\VII° ° Ins nock•"--" No, not that, your worship.
iik . at then ?,,___.., There was a bit of string, or cord, or thatt
dilioand it throttled poor Mick." " And pray, for what
for rniliil;eb?"--" Suffer, your worship (weeping), faithoi?lys
own, but 0 lug (embezzling), a trifle that he taught wasay.h..l..
hiB_,. ls master said it was not, and so they swore an ay
1141. "'ens life, and that's all ; for Mick's as innocent as the
hie Unborn."

liIIPERI

AMEN T.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Mixat 17.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at
Five o' Clock.
Lord KENYON presented petitions against the abolition
of Church-rates from several places in Sornersetshire and
Northamptonshire.
The several Bills on the table were then, on the motion of
the Earl of DEVON, advanced a stage.
Lord CAMDEN presented several petitions in favour of
Church-rates.
Lord BANDON presented petitions from Castle Rising,
and several other places, to the same effect.
The Bishop of HE RE FORD presented a petition in favour
of Church-rates, from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.
He said that he had a similar petition to present from another
place, which from intechnicality he feared could not be received.
It contained a passage to the effect that a Resolution had been
submitted to their Lordships proposing the abolition of Church-
rates, and praying that they would check the progress of a
measure the principle of which involved the destruction of the
Church. Now, as no such Resolution was before their Lord-
ships, he begged to have the opinion of the Noble Chairman
of Committees as to whether it could be received.
Lord SHAFTESB UR Y said that in his opinion it could
not.

The petition was then withdrawn.
Lord REDESD AL E then presented several. petitions in
favour of Church-rates.

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented petitions
to the same effect from Deal, and from the parish of St. Mary
Magdalene, Bridgenorth ; also from several places in Suffolk
and Northamptonshire.
The Duke of RUTLAND presented petitions from several
parishes in the county of Leicester, praying their Lordships
not to agree to any measure that would weaken our Ecclesias-
tical Establishment, as connected with Church-rates. If he
were to form a judgment from the number of petitions which
had been entrusted to his charge on this subject, as compared
with those which had been entrusted to him on any previous
occasion, he could not but think that the feelings of the mass
of the people were more alive on this subject than they had
been on any other. In his own neighbourhood he knew that
small villages which had slept for years during the political
turbulences that had gone by, had now been induced
to petition both the Houses of Parliament; and entirely
concurring, as he would say he did, with the prayer of
the petitions, he was exceedingly happy to have been made
the channel of communication between the petitioners and
their Lordships' House. One of the petitions had the names
or two or three females, but he did not know that that made
any difference.

The Bishop of BATH and WELLS presented petitions
from Charlton, Banwell, and several other places, against the
abolition of Church-rates ; and as the Right Rev. Prelate might
not be able for some time:to present any farther petitions to their
Lordship's House, he earnestly hoped nothing would be done
by their Lordships contrary to the prayer of the petitioners.
Earl RADNOR presented a petition from a parish in the
County of Kent, in favour of the abolition of Church-rates.
Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from Barrhead
(Renfrewshire) and other places, in favour of Church-rates.
The petitioners prayed for the abolition of Church-rates on
account of their being unjust and highly detrimental to the
progress of true religion.
Earl SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from the
parish of Holyrood, praying for the abolition of Church-rates.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the
city of Chichester, most respectfully signed, in favour of
maintaining the privileges of their Lordships' House.
Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from an indivi-
dual named William Deacon, a publican, praying for relief ;
also a petition from Netherly, praying for the abolition of
Church-rates.

The Bills on their Lordships table were forwarded a stage.
Lord WHA RN C L I FFE presented a petition from Newcas-
tle, signed by 500 persons, complaining that certain hospitals in
Newcastle, established for the benefit of widows, infirm females,
were about to be abolished by the present Council and Corpo-
ration of the town of Newcastle, and praying that their Lord-
ships would preserve those hospitals, whether endowed or not.
The Noble Lord thought this a subject well meriting the at-
tention of their Lordships ; and he thought that when the
subject of the Municipal Corporation Act came again under
the consideration of the House, some provision for their preser-
vation would be made.

Lord BR 0 UG H A M thought that to attempt to make such
a provision would be attended with infinite difficulty. In point
of fact the petition called upon the House to convert into per-
petual endowments, out of funds over which it had no con-
trol, those Establishments which had only been occasionally
endowed.