The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-22 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Our arrivals this morning are the French mails, with ship
letters from Gibraltar, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Oporto.
The general topic of conversation entirely relates to the trial
(this day) in the cause, " Norton v. Lord Melbourne," the
particulars of which the public are anxiously waiting for.
Consols opened this morning at the closing prices of yester-
day, 911 for the Account ; Reduced, 91 : Exchequer Bills,
11 13 ; India Bonds, 1 diset. 1 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2091 210.
In the Foreign Market little doing, but the prices coming
higher from Paris Spanish Active Bonds have improved from
the closing prices of yesterday, 42'1 / to 42 43 ; Passive,
131 ; Deferred, 201 1-; Portuguese, 811; Three per Cents.,
53+ ; 311 ; Mexican, 34 35 ; Dutch Two and a
Half per Cents., 561 57k.

HALF-PAST ONE.

We hear by private information from Madrid that the nego-
tiations with Mendizabal to join the present Ministry are still
on the tapis. He has been otiored to go to London as Am-
bassador, which he has refused, as he suspects they wish to
get rid of him.
Accounts from Lisbon state, that the Prince of Portugal is
going on a tour to the Provinces, it is supposed, to influence
the new elections in favour of the Ministry. The Queen re-
mains in LSbon. _ _ _ .

From a, communication read at the India-house to-day,
Government-have notified their intention to assimilate the du-
ties between East and West India sugar;. This communica-
tion has given great satisfaction to the East India merchants.
Consols have been, during the whole of the morning, at
9l for the Account, with little doing ; Exchequer- Bills, 11
13 ; India Bonds, 2 discount, par ; Bank Stock, 2091 210.
In the Foreign Market scarce a bargain doing. Spanish
Active, 43 ; Passive, 13:}- • Deferred, 20.1 ; Portuguese,
81i ; Three per Cents., 54 4 ; Colombian, 3li ; Mexican,
34; Dutch 2k per Cents, 57k.
Consols for the Account,

THREE 0' CI. 0 CZ.

FIELDING,—A literary friend one day called to pay
Fielding a visit, and found him in a miserable garret, without
either furniture or convenience, seated on a gin tub turned up
for a table, with a half-emptied glass of brandy and water in his
hand. This was the idea of consummate happiness entertained
by the author of " Tom Jones"—by him whose genius handed
down to posterity the inimitable character of " Square," with
Lis " eternal fitness of things."—Mirror.
A gentleman resitlin7 within twelve riles of Brig;,
about eleven years ago, sold a horse to a strimger at one of the
Barton fairs, for 141. A few days since, the same horse was
sold again to its original osroer for the same sum of money,
after an elapse of so many years, and though the circumstance
was not theta known to the purchaser, he has since discovered
his sad mistake—the horse is now twenty-three years old ! !
Lincoln Gazette.
There are four brothers of the name of Smith now
living in the neighbourhood of Exeter, whose ages amount to
302 years ; the oldest being 80, the next 76, the next 74, and
the youngest 72. The last is now living at Crediton, and has
been married v:ithin the Lst month.
PENSION TO DR. DALTON.—The pension Of
Dr. Dalton has been raised from one hundred and fifty pounds I
to three hundred pounds per annum.
LITERARY SECRETS.—Who is the heroine of the
forthcoming new novel of " Female Domination ? " is the uni-
versal question at present in the literary aml fashionable circles.
More than one haughty and imperious fair one, we find, has
been in no little alarm on the subject. Unquestionably, the
satirical power of the Authoress of " Mothers and Daughters "
is not likely to he lost upon such a theme. Another book,
called " The Diary of a D6sennuy6e," is. likely to create no
little sensation in the world of fashion. It is stated to consist
of sketches of high life and manners, and to be written by one
of the Exclusives, who has stipulated with the publisher that
the name of the author shall on no account be suffered to tran-
spire.—Sunday Paper.
The processions on the Fete Dieu have been re-
newed this year in many of the towns of France, and in Toulon
the guns were fired, as in the time of Charles X.
Dovercourt, near Harwich, was in Catholic times
greatly celebrated for a miraculous crucifix, enshrined in the
church, which attracted many pilgrims. Its power was thought
to be so great that the valgar imagined any attempt to close
the church doors would be punished with sudden death, and
therefore they were left open night and day. In 1532 four
men, who were anxious to abolish this object of Catholic ve-
neration, entered the church by night, and having removed
the crucifix a quarter of a mile distant, burnt it. Three of
them, however, were taken, convicted of felony and sacrilege,
and hung in different parts of the county.
It is a triumphant evidence of the exquisite taste of
the Egyptian monarchs, that we have made little, perhaps no
improvement, on the forms of the vases and vessels, and that
an Egyptian beaufette or sideboard, with all its details, not
excluding dishes, plates, knives, and spoons, near four thou-
sand years ago bore a striking resemblance to the sideboards
of our modern palaces and villas. The hunting cups were em-
bellished, as at present, with heads of the animals of the
chase ; but the banquetting urns, instead of being supported
by the forms of vanquished Carians, i. c. Cariatides, as at
Athens, are supported by the forms of vanquished Bactrian,
Chaldean, or Ethiopian Kings.
A correspondent states that the accounts published
of an apprehended failure of the potato crop must be, gene-
rally speaking, at least premature, as much of the seed is only
put in the ground during the present month.
The first ripe strawberries we have seen this season
were exhibited last Saturday in the shop of Mr. Thomson,
fruiterer, Green Market. They were from the beautiful
gardens of Mr. Lowthian, of Carlton House.—Carlisle Paper.
The number of persons qualified to vote for any
election between the Ist of Nov. 1835, and Ist of Nov. 1836.
for the Northern Division of Hants, is 3,538 ; South 5,478,
North Wilts 5,059 ' • South 3,059. East Somerset 8,504;
West 8,854. Berkshire 5,843. Dorsetshire 6,220.
MARCH OF REFINEMENT.—On Wednesday last,
in Exeter-street, a chimney sweep, clad in his sooty habili-
ments, walking within a hoop, and carying two buckets of
hogs-wash, was observed to be puffing a segar I—Salisbury
Paper.
A girl, named Hibbert, of Bolsover, who has seen
about eighteen blooming summers, took a trip to Sheffield
fair the other day to see her faithless swain. On her arrival at
Sheffield, she found her fancied lover gallanting another of
the frail sex to see all the " fancies of the fair." Without
asking for an explanation, or stopping to take any refresh-
ment, she hastened home again (a distance of 13 or 14 miles,)
and on her arrival at Bolsover she procured two ounces of
laudanum at a druggist's shop, which she took by way of an
obliviate of what she had seen at the fair.
Haymaking has commenced in this neighbourhood,
and some fields have been housed between Exeter and Tiver-
ton. The crop and quality are much better than was expected.
Exeter Post.