The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-16 00:00:00

They are regularly supplied with provisions, and each soldier
has daily a large allowance of brandy?'
The escape of GomEz into the Sierra Morena is
confidently affirmed in several communications from
Spain.

Madrid Papers to the 7th inst. inclusive have been
received. The Gazette of the sth contains a dispatch
from General MuEta°, descriptive of his route and
proposed operations. Its contents are of no moment.
GOMEZ had passed the Sierra Morena by Despenna-
penos, and was marching with the remains of his baud
upon Mauzanares, after having suffered a second de-
feat at Alcandete. The debates in the Cortes on the
sittings of the 4th, sth, and 6th inst., had reference
only to the Reforms suggested in the Constitution.

SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

(FROM LLOYD'S.)
DEAL, DEC. 15.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived the Rosalind,
Crouch, from Quebec ; Porcupine, —, from Odessa ; Co-
lumbine, --, from Leghorn ; Jane, Davie, from Oporto ;
and Courier, Smith, from Belfast. The whole of the outward
bound sailed in the course of the day. Sailed the Aguilla,
Paris, for Denia ; Joseph Clark, Tuff, for Jamaica ; and
Joseph, Fenton, for Leghorn.
PORTSMOUTH, Due. 15. —Wind N. N. W., fine.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 14. —Wing W.N. W., fresh gales and
squally.—Arrived the Haidee, Henry, from Zante ; Reform,
Bontoft, from Malaga ; and Minerva, --, from London,
leaky, bound to Fayal.
SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 15 —Wind N. to W.—Arrived the
William Gray, Gray, from Oporto.
TORBAY, DEC. 14.—Arrived the Polly, Pratt, from Quebec.
BRISTOL, DEC. 15. —Wind N. W., fine.—Arrived the
Ethelbert, --, from Miramichi ; and Eliza Scott, White,
from Smyrna.
MARGATE, DEC. 15.—Arrived the King of Tyre, --,
from Denia; and Charles Buchan, Annensen, from Messina.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14.—Wind W.N. W., very fresh.—Ar-
rived the Nantasket, Crocker, from Savannah ; Governor
Troup, Alexander, from Savannah ; Winscales, Walmsley,
from Quebec ; Thomais, Reed, from Quebec ; Bride of Aby-
dos, —, from Vostizza ; Ranger, Donaldson, from Trieste ;
Fisherman, Gibaut, from Naples ; and Joven, Elena, from
Tarragona.

The Isabella, from Philadelphia to Amsterdam, was wrecked
on the Goodwin Sands 14th instant—crew saved.
The Genii, Roberts, from Ramsgate to Newcastle, was
wrecked on the Kentish Knock yesterday—crew saved.
The Lowther Castle, for Dundalk, was on shore near
Crosby 14th inst.
The Lady Kenmare, James, arrived at Milford in a sinking
state, having sprung a leak the 12th inst., off the Smalls.
The Juliet, Ray, from Boston to Goole, was run down the
12th inst., off Killingholmes, by the Retrench, Gage, from
London—crew saved.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Our arrivals this morning are two French, one Ostend,
and the Hamburg mails ; with ship letters from Smyrna,
Jamaica, and Oporto.
Consols opened at $8; '—s for the opening ; Reduced
871 ; Exchequer Bills 12 10 ; India Bonds 810 ; Barn:
Stock 1091 1101 ; India Stock shut.
Spanish Active 201 ; Passive 5 ; Deferred 8; ;
Portuguese 441 ; Three per Cents. 28f ; Dutch Two and
a Half per Cents. 531 54 ; Colombian 21t 22 1 ; Mexican
211 22.
This is settling-day in the Foreign Market, and the chief
attention of the jobbers and brokers is in settling their ac-
counts ; consequently little business is doing either in the
British or Foreign Markets. The heaviest account to ad-
just is the Portuguese ; the extreme fluctuation of which
has been, during the account, about 44 per cent. ; and that
of Spanish about 21 per cent. To the present hour we do
not hear of any failures, nor is it expected that any of con-
sequence will occur, as most of the transactions were amongst
the first-rate speculators.

HALF-PAST ONE.

T HREE 0' CLOCK,

Extract of a letter from Madrid, dated 6th December :
—" The affairs of Spain are visibly improving, and a better
spirit seems to pervade the minds of the people in ge-
neral, to which the late successes which have attended
the Queen's arms have materially contributed. Gomez
has had his rear-guard utterly annihilated in Alcandete ;
and further accounts from the North bring the intelligence
of Cabrera having lost 200 men in killed and prisoners,
and the whole of his baggage, which is at Logrona. The
Bourse is more active of late, 5-22/ cash.
Consols may be quoted at 884 for the opening ; Re-
duced, 87i 4 ; Exchequer Bills, 12 14 ; India Bonds,
8 10 ; Bank Stock, 209 k 210 ; India shut.
The settling in the Foreign Market appears to be going
off well at present, as we do not hear of any failures.—
Spanish Active Bonds, 20 ; Deferred, 81; Debentures,
34 ; Portuguese, 444 ; Three per Cents., 28i ; Colum-
bian, 214 ; Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents, 53g.
Little doing in the Share Market—prices much the same
as yesterday.
Consols for the Account, 884

The necessary alterations for transforming Albany
barrack, in the Isle of Wight, into a prison for juvenile of-

fenders are already in progress.
Sir Edward Alderson entertained a select party to
dinner on Wednesday evening, in Park-crescent.
Lord St. Helens, who forty years ago was Ambas-
sador to St. Pcterburgh, and who resides in Grafton-street
all the year round, entertained the Duke of Palmella and a
select party at dinner on Wednesday.
A dreadful fire occurred last week at Desvres, a
town about twelve miles distant from Boulogne, by which
eleven houses were burnt down in the Rue des Potiers,
near the church. It was occasioned by a femalo impru-
dently placing some braise in a granary ; and so rapid was
the conflagration, that eleven houses were burnt to the
ground in less than an hour.—Boulogne Journal.
The Town Council of Portsmouth have received a
letter from the Home Office, stating that a grant has passed
the Great Seal, authorising the Corporatiol to hold in
mortmain the ground on which the new market-house has
been erected, and that the same will be delivered on pay-
ment of the fees, amounting to 1571. _ _

A Bill is now proposed by Ministers, and will be
brought forward early in the ensuing Session, giving to the
Poor Law Commissioners the power of appointing general
auditors of the Poor Law Union disbursements, who are
to go circuits inspecting and passing the various district
accounts.

The monthly meeting of the trustees and managers
of the Hertfordshire Savings' Bank was held on Wednesday,
the 7th inst., at the Town-hall. The amount of the deposits
up to this time has been 12,7551. 14s. Id., of which sum
2431. 2s. sd. is invested with the Commissioners of the
National Debt, agreeably to the Act of Parliament. The
bank was opened on the ad of February last, and it appears
that the average amount of deposits weekly in the first four
months was about 4801.—Hertford Paper.
It is not a little curious that the Manchester papers
should publish every week an account of the " alarming
state of illness of De Beriot" since the decease of Malibran.
We understand, however, that he was in robust health last
week, and at a private party played a concerto in his best
style.—Morning Paper.
On Tuesday night a boy, named Ironsides, belong-
ing to the Scotch smack Earl of Fife, was proceeding in the
ship's boat from the vessel to the shore, for the purpose of
fetching the master, when the oar with which he was " scul-
ling" the boat slipped out of the row-lock, and the boy, who
was standing in the middle of the boat, was precipitated
into the river head foremost, and was drowned. His body
was not found until Wednesday afternoon.

At a numerous meeting of ironmasters, held at
Newport on Saturday, December 3, it was unanimously
determined .to maintain the price of bar-iron at 101.
per ton in Wales, and No. 1 Foundry-pig iron at 61.
per ton. It was also unanimously agreed to reduce the
make of iron one-fifth ; twenty to thirty furnaces were to be
blown out by the 15th inst. In Shropshire and Stafford-
shire the demand is improving, and there is no doubt but
the present quotations will be maintained, and any further
reduction in the price of iron will probably be prevented by
the measures now adopted by the trade.—Molanouththire
Merlin.

The Swabian Mercury gives a letter of the 3d inst.
from Vienna, saying—" The Count de Montbel has brought
the answer of the Duke and Duchess d'Angouleme to the
message sent by Count Coudenhofen. The Duchess de
Berri has not yet set out for Goritz. All that has been
said about the will of Charles X. is unfounded, as may be
seen by the publication of the Count de Montbel on the
last moments of the late King, who in his testament exhorts
the members of his family to be united in concord. The
Duke d'Angouleme, to whom those who are about him give
the title of Louis XIX., has taken the direction of the fa-
mily affairs."
Within the last five weeks the remains of upwards
of 8(;) children, who died of the measles, have been interred
at the Blackburn Pariah Church. The ravages of this
disQocr WWI; the children of the poor are most distressing,