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

THE FUNDS.

Consols closed yesterday at 901 II for the Account, and
Money opened at 90i !le Exchequer Bills 28 30 Prcm. ;
India Bonds 28 30 Prem. ; Bank Stock 203} 2041; India
Stock 2571 2581..
The weekly meeting of the Bank Directors which took place
yesterday terminated without anything being mhde public.
In the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish Active closed
at 21,i- ex Coupons—opened 22+ ; Passive, 51 ; Deferred,
; Portuguese, 47i 48 ; Three per Cents, 30+ a ; Dutch
'I wo-and-a- Half per Cents, 53i ; Colombian, 231- 24+ ;
Mexican, 233 24+.
HALF-PAST ONE.
We are happy to state that all continues quiet in respect to
commercial affairs. _ _

Consols, which were in the early part of the morning 902
to 901, may be quoted at present 904 for the Account;
Money, 90i to 901; Exchequer Bills higher, 32 premium ;
Indian Bonds, 31 prem. ; Bank Stock, 204; India do., 258:1.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 24 to 23 ; Ex -
Coupons, 222 to 22.1- • Portuguese, 47i ; Three per Cents.,
30-1 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half, 031; Colombian, 24.
_

THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols for She Account, 901.

Z A NT E, 13th April.—Extract of a private letter:--
" We had a very violent gust of wind on the 11th of about an
hour's duration, resembling the simoon of the E.ist Indies.
Had it been general, it would have done serious injury to the
olives and currants ; but we do not hear of any unfavourable
result."

LORD CHESTERFIELD'S ESTIMATE OF HUMAN
LIFE.—" I have run," said he, " the silly rounds of business
and of pleasure, and I have done with them all. I have en-
joyed all the pleasures of the world, and consequently know
their futility, and do not regret their loss. I appraise them at
their real value, which is truly very low ; whereac those who
have not experienced, always over-rate them. They only sec
their gay outside, and are dazzled with their glare. But I
have been behind the scenes. I have seen all the coarse
pnllies and dirty ropes which exhibit and move the gaudy ma-
chine. I have seen and smelt the tallow candles which illumi-
nate the whole decoration, to the astonishment and admira-
tion of an ignorant multitude."—lllustrations of Human Pfc.

A most erroneous idea has prevailed regarding the
use of animal food, which has been considered as best calcu-
lated to render mankind robust and courageous. This is dis-
proved by observation. The miserable and timid inhabitants
of Northern Europe and Asia are remarkable for their moral
and physical debility, although they chiefly live on fish or raw
flesh ; whereas the athlet'c Scotch and Irish are certainly not
weaker than their English neighbours, though consuming but
little meat. The strength and agility of the negroes are well
known, and the South Sea islanders can vie in bodily exercises
with our stoutest seamen : and we have reason to believe that,
at the most glorious periods of Grecian and Roman power,
their armies principally subSisted upon bread, vegetables, and
fruit. —lllillingen's Curiosities of Medical Experience.

There is at present, says the Agranz Gazette, in the
village of Berg'am, a very remarkable male child, named
Zerzich. He is five years of age. His height is 4;1 feet, and
he weighs 8011bs. • His head, which is rather large, is co-
vered with thick black hair. He is very broad across the
chest and shoulders. Marks of a beard are visible on his up-
per lip ; he has 28 teeth, and possesses extraordinary strength.
Ills intellectual faculties are not so precocious as his physical.
His parents, as well as four brothers, are of the ordinary
stature. At his birth, he had the appearance of beinc, very
delicate ; but, at the end of six months, he had grown so large,
that his mother could with difficulty hold him in her arms.

On Thursday last one of the girls employed in the
Stanley street cotton-mill had a most miraculous escape from
being killed. It appears that she had climbed upon a box for
the purpose, of reaching an oil can, and leaned over a revolv-
ing shaft, during 'which time her apron
,caught, and winding
round, drew her above the shaft. In this condi ion she had
the presence of mind to clasp the shaft with her arms, and
round she went with it, at the rate of fifty revolutions in a mi-
nute. A man employed at the contrary end of the room saw
her so revolving, and immediately ran to stop the engine, which
was done as quickly as possible, though it is supposed that the
girl must have been in this most perilous situation for nearly
five minutes. When the machinery was stopped the girl was
still clinging to the shaft, and on being taken off it was found
that she had received no other injury than a dislocated ancle.—
Preston Packet.