The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-21 00:00:00

FUNDS.

The non-arrival of the French mail, as well as the packet from New
York of the Ist inst., has caused a very great scarcity of intelligence in
the City to the present hour ; in consequence of which a stagnation
prevails in the operations in the funds, both British and Foreign.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 9311 for the Account, Money
93i opened this morning at the same prices. Exchequer Bills,
62 64. India Bonds, 64 66. Bank and India stock shut.
In the Foreign Market scarce any business doing as yet, and the prices
nominal. They closed at, Spanish Active 21Ai with Coupons; Portu-
guese 291 30; ; Three per Cents. 1971- 201 ; Brazilian 78a ; Mexican
281 29 ; Colombian 28% 2914 ; Dutch Two.and-a-Half per Cents. 54;.

There are two arrivals from Rio Janeiro, one at Cowes, and another
at Jersey, but they are of old dates, 10th and 16th of January. We have
had the 20th January from Rio.

The American Merchants are an
two New York packets of the Ist i
ther has prevented their approachin
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS
Bank Stock
2 per Cent. tie,l
3 per Cent. .......
3% per Cent. —
Otto Red— — I
New :354 pe: Cent... IQ 1,8 100% 1%1
New 5 per Cent.. ... . . —l
Bank Long Annuitiestoexpire
Jan. 5, IMO—
Oct. 10. :Sisl)
Jan. 5, IS (10 l5 1-16
Jan. 5, Irkio
April
Jan. .1. .....
PRICES OFFOREIGN FUNDS
Au.trian Bonds
Belgian Bonds
Ditto ACCCUII
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account , 79.A
Buenos Ayres Bonds
Oat:, Account —

ixiously waiting the arrival of the
Lust. No doubt the boisterous wea-
ig our coast.
1 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
tu,ua Stnea
Ditto Bonds
South Sea Stock ........
Oldkm-mites «.................
New Ditto

3 Per Cent. Annuities, 1751...
lEich. Bills,
Ditto
Illitta Small
Ditto Commercial
Ditto Advertised — pre
Bank Stock for Account 2C9y4 84
Ind!‘ Stock for Account—.
Comnis for Accannt
THIS DAY AT ONE IPCI,CCF.•
Peruvian Bonds ...........
Account ....
Portuguese Bonds..—.-- ......
Ditto Account
iNtto New Bonsis
Ditto Account ..30
Davi, 3 per cent......... 191 i
Prasian flctids
Iluse.ral P.m:a, If:W.l.__
' Ditto Account
Ditto .......
• (Spanish bonds ...........
( paw

h South; .......—.--...
Ditto Account .. ..........
C.......».» 27
Ditto Account ....
C >lumbixi Bondi:4,lW
Ditto Account
Dtnish Panda
Ditto Account ....... .
tireck
Ditto nondb, 1825 , ,
Dito Acctiont ........
Mexican 80n45, 5 per cent
Ditto Account
Ditto. i per cent
{lnto Account .......-•••• ..... —1
Neap. litan
PRICES OF SHARES THIt

Uuto Bonds.lBll. 2l 14
IYtto Account
French, 5 per cent. --t.
4 per cent. —. —I
----- 3 pi::
...
Dutch, S 6 per cent 5414 3; 4
Ditto Account 54 IA 4
D.tto, . 19er cant......... 103%'• %
Diti;o Account 103%
DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Paid. Per Shat r.
iiritizh Iron Company
Realdal Monte Minine Co., ttcgistere4 •i.l/. ins. (id.
_ Ditto Unregistered

Birmingham 'and Gloucester It way Company 15 10j;
E tstern
5
5% 1.4

cat V: estern Railway k:,ompany..... 63

7 2

. - - -
Brigtion Railway Company
London and Blackwall Railway
South,._-' Railway CoTnI " • 50 4414

25q
ti
40%
7% 8% 4
4%
419,E

onion ank. .outhampton ..ailway , .npany
London and Southampton (New) Railway 5
London Grand Junction Railway
Northern and Eastern Railway Company
N rth Midland Railway Company 35
Asphalte ... ... 2
Australian Company 2714
Provincial Bank of Ireland 25
COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY.
C.F. Itl 6 Illibraltar

Arnstetd an ~.,

kiitto. at eight ......... ......... 4,
11.5tterdarrt U. 12 6
Antwerp...
Harnlrurg. ,1 B l3 14%
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sigh 25 70
Ditto 3 Ms. 26 0
26 10
Bounleaux
Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 154
Petersbutgh, ruble 3 Us. 10
Berlin
Vienna, effective 11 M. 10 14
Trieste......ditto lO 15
Madrid 15
Cadiz...... 35

1 New ibloOns
..... 34 New Dollars
34 .Silver. bars. standard...... 4 1136
HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
We hear that a new Company, to be called the Anglo-Brazilian Joint
Stock Bank, is soon to be brought before the public, to facilitate the
commercial affairs between this country and the Brazils.
Consols have continued during the morning at 9314 for the Ac-
count; Money, 93 M. Very little has been done, owing to the non-
arrival of the French Mail. Exchequer Bills, 64 63; India Bonds,
64 ; Bank and India Stock ehut.
In the Foreign market the only operations are in Dutch Stocks, which
recednd in the early part of the morning to 53i, since which they have
improved to 541 ; Spanish Active 9. It, with Coupons ; Brazilian 781.
Little doing in Shares ; they are lower.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for the Account, 921.

Leg,riern ' 2
Genra '26 'A
Milan 3i
Venice d6
Naples 38%
Palermo
Lisbon S:A
°Kitt.° f.33i,
Ri0Janeir0........... .............
Bania 25
Buenos Ayres --
Dublin, 21 days' sight l%
Cork 154
PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Portugal Gold, coin £3 14 6
Foreign Gold, in bar 5...... 3 17 9
Doub' - 0 0 0

Bilboa
Barcelona ....„
Seville

The Tory Officers, who belong to regiments
ordered to Canada, and who have seats in Parliament, are,
according to report, to receive leave from Lord Hill to absent
themselves from their regiment, that they may attend to
their Parliamentary duties. Can this be true ? If it be, will
the Ministry put up with it ?
CHEAP EDITION OF CAPTAIN MARRYAT S
NOVELS, PRICE SIX SHILLINGS, EACH ENTIRE WORK.—
Whether on fresh water or salt water, or upon terra firma
itself, Captain Marryat always carries full sails, and never fails
of catching the popular breeze. He is decidedly the Cooper
of England, equalling the American novenst in the vividness
of his description, and surpassing him in dialogue and diversity
of character. His " Japhet in search of a Father" reminds us
rather of our older writers,—our Fieldings and Smolletts,—
than the modern school; the thread of the story is never
broken, but varied by so many incidents, that like the traveller
in a beautiful and varied country, we pass so quickly from one
point to another as to forget the length of our journey and
feel surprise when at last we come to a stand still, and find it
is—finis. As usual the literary dish offered in this number of
the Standard Novels is served up with all those et ceteras
which seem to please the palate through the medium of the
eye—namely, beautiful engravings, printing and binding. We
have had occasion previously, to point out the respective
merits of " Peter Simple" and " Jacob Faithful," which are
also included in this collection, and shall take the earliest op-
portunity of noticing " The King's Own" and " Midshipman
Easy," which are speedily to follow.—Brighton Herald.

AWFUL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday afternoon, as
the Vanguard steamer, about to be placed on the station from
Goole to Hamburg, was coming up the Humber, an accident
happened, by which the loss of life occurred on board. The
second engineer was applying oil to some part of the engine,
when, through some unfortunate circumstance he became en•
tangled with the machinery, and before the stupendous engines
of this large vessel could possibly be stopped, the poor fellow
was crushed in the most horrid manner, his head being nearly
severed from his body, and his whole frame completely de-
stroyed. It is supposed that he died immediately.—Hull
Observer.

It is very annoying to the clamourers of Church ex-
tension here, that one-third of all the seats in the city
Churches aro unlet. But when a fact cannot be denied, its
importance may be lessened by some daring misrepresentation.
We thought the often-refuted falsehood about the unoccupied
seats had been worn out : but there is no excuse too lame for
those who are tied neck and heel to a cause which common
sense disowns.—Scotsman.
EXTRAORDINARY SUPERSCRIPTION.—We (the
Londonderry Standard) have received the following morceau
from a friend, the direction of a letter received in the Tande-
ragee post-office :—" The Tandragee Post-Office, by Bann
Bridge, for Neal M'Veagh, pensioner, opposite the end of
Tandragee, blind of an eye, Ireland."
Yesterday forenoon the inhabitants of Fulham,
Wandsworth, and the vicinity were again placed in a state of
considerable alarm in consequence of large volumes of smoke be-
ing seen to rise from Wimbledon Common. Several persons
instantly ran to the spot, fearing that a destruction might ensue
similar to that which took place on Saturday night last, but fortu-
nately, the wind prevented its spreading. The cause of the fire
on Saturday, by which several acres of furze were destroyed, is
generally supposed to have been the act of some incendiary,
and it was only owing to the exertions of a large body of police,
assisted by several respectable inhabitants, who beat the furze
with long poles, that the fire was arrested in its progress. On
the morning of Saturday, two men, of the names of Arthur
Bean and Thomas Marlow, were committed to prison in de-
fault of the non-payment of 145., in which penalty they were
convicted by the Magistrates in Petty Sessions at Wands-
worth, for unlawfully cutting furze from the common. The
conviction, it is known, has given great offence to the friends
of the above men, many of whom obtain a livelihood by
gathering furze from the common, arid selling it in the
neighbouring villages. Much ill-will, it is stated, also pre.
veils amcng the poor, who obtain their livelihood in this way,
since some are allowed to collect the furze without suffer-
ing the penalties of the law, while the same liberty is not al-
lowed to others,