The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-21 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Our arrivals this morning are the French and Hambro
mails. We have likewise ship-letters from the river Gambia,
Teneriffe, and China.
Yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, all descriptions of
funds began to give way ; but more particularly that of
Spanish Active, which receded from the morning's price of 46
to 43. This was caused by various unfavourable reports from
Spain respecting the Queen's army ; as well as the rumoured
resignation of id. Mendizabal. But this was not credited, as
the great operators and the first houses in the city bad no in-
formation of these events.
We are now informed that a certain French party in London
have established a private telegraph at Hythe, which commu-
nicates with Boulogne, and it is supposed the news of the re-
signation of M. Mendizabal was received by that route.
This morning the panic in Spanish Bonds continues.
Active, which closed yesterday 43i.1, at the opening of the
Market was done at 40—in fact it was at all prices-40, 41,
and 42 ; at present the Market is somewhat settled, and the
price is 41.
No judgment can as yet be formed in what manner the
Spanish Government will be re-modelled, whether on Revo-
lutionary or Liberal principles. If on the former, no doubt
the Quadruple Alliance will be dissolved ; therefore we must
wait for further information on the subject, which is anxiously
looked for. .

Consols opened this morning at the leaving-off prices of
yesterday, 914 both for Money and for Account. Exchequer
Bills 15 17; India Bonds 1 3; Bank Stock 2111-,- 2121-;
India Stock 2581 250-.
Spanish Passive no steady price can be quoted ; Portuguese
83A- 84%; Three per Cents. 52 53.
IIA LF- PA ST ONE.

In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds have receded
since yesterday morning about 6 per cent., and at present they
still continue heavy, although they have rallied a little since
the early part of the morning from 401 to 411 ; Deferred, 19J;
20 ; Passive, 13 14 ; Portuguese also heavy at 844 ; Three
per Cents, 5271,- • ; Colombian, 31 ; Mexican, 34?; Dutch
Two-and-a- Half, 56.
Consols continue at 911 both for Money and Account. Ex-
chequer Bills, 12 13 ; India Bonds fallen to par ; Bank Stock
receded to 12 13 ; India Stock, 9581.
During this time last year the same kind of panic prevailed
in all kind of funds.
In the Shure Market nothing worth notice. Prices much
the same.

THREE 0' CL 0 CK.

Consols for the Account, 918.

I.Vc perceive in the Athenreunz of to day, an e
graving of the two Houses of Parliament, which is executed
with singular skill and accuracy. The buildings are supposed
to be viewed from the Surrey end of Westminster-bridge.
Mr. P. Thomson, in reply to a question relative to
the Timber Duties, put by Mr. Hawes last night, gave an an-
swer of similar import to that which was' elicited from Lord
Glenelg on Thursday in the House of Lords, viz., that the
subject of adopting a new mode of measuring deals was under
the consideration of Government, but that no change would be
made in the rate of duty this year.
Upwards of 100 boxes of salmon were yesterday
imported into London from Scotland.
" It is true," says a Brussels paper, " that on Sun-
day last in a church at Brussels, the congregation were ad-
vised from the pulpit to provide themselves with holy water
against the eclipse ! " We can hardly believe it.
According to the periodical called the Instituteur,
there are in France 43,951 primary schools, having together
2,453,254 scholars, two-thirds of whom are boys.
So favourable a day as Thursday for the Derby has
seldom occurred—sun and air combining at once to warm and
cool the atmosphere ; while the recent rains left the turf
exactly in that condition which thorough sportsmen would
desire.
Last week the parish church of Westmorpoolstreet,
Nottingham, was struck with lightning, and about twelve feet
of the spire of the steeple, which was struck, fell through the
roof of the church.—Nottingham Review.
A few days since, Mr. Clarke, a respectable farmer
and publican, at Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, put a period to
his life by hanging himself' in a workshop.
In the beginning of April last, the village prison,
or crib, at Dawley Green, in this county, built with brick, and
nearly 50 tons weight, was removed (whole) to the distance of
twenty yards, to a fresh site.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.
A hen of the Crammer breed, belonging to Mr.
Dean, Carrington, has this week laid two eggs, weighing
61 oz. The largest measures round lengthwise 7y inches, and
in girth 6 inches. The girth of the other is about the same,
but it is much shorten—Nottingham Review.
FRENCH PLANS AT THE ST. JAMES'S THEA-
TRE.—Madame Jenny Vertpre's benefit at this Theatre is
fixed for Wednesday next, the 25th inst., when a grand treat
will be provided for the lovers of the French drama. This ad-
mirable actress and M. L'Herie, will appear in no less than
four different pieces. There will also be presented a musical
melange, in which Madame Bonnias, the celebrated pianiste,
M. Nourrit, &c. &c., will exhibit their well-known powers
of attraction. Madame J. Vertpre is deservedly a great fa-
vourite with the public, and may with confidence calculate on
an overflowing tribute of applause on this, to her, most inte-
resting occasion.
ST. SEBASTIAN, MAY 12.—My first care on arriv-
ing here was, to go over the scene (a tolerably wide one, includ-
ing various steep hills) of the recent gallant and completely
successful attack of the Carlist positions by the British Auxi-
liary Legion and a supplement of Spanish troops. These posi-
tions, even to an eye unskilled in military operations, present the
most formidable appearance, and have been declared, by ex-
perienced military and naval men of high character, and uncon-
nected with the Legion, to have been of such a nature that
with 2,000 troops they might have been successfully defended
against the attack of 20,000. They consisted of three lines of
entrenchments, many of them formed by natural trenches or
long chasms in the soil, and then defended again by numberless
breastworks of mound or masonry, and thickly loopholed, whilst
the great variety of surface, the whole field of action being a
continued succession of height and hollow, gave the most mur-
derous effect to most of the points of defence. When, besides
this, it is recollected that the entire scene of struggle was
thickly studded with houses in every possible situation, some on
the tops and the sides of the hills, and others in the vallies, and
that every one of these houses was a fortress, loopholed and
filled with a determined enemy, who for a length of time were
enabled to mow down their aggressors without receiving any
injury themselves, some adequate idea may be formed of the
difficulties the British Legion had to encounter, and of the
manly firmness and English energy it required on its part to
overcome them. The sides of the hills, particularly those
under the principal positions, are completely ploughed up and
burrowed by shot and shell; and on numberless points of the
ground many and sad reminiscences still remain of the deadly
strife that had been waged in them; broken stocks of muskets,
perforated and beaten-in shakos, torn military jackets, and
blood-stained fragments of vests and shirts, odd shoes, and the
hempen sandals of the Carlists, either lost in the desperate
energy of the attack, or flung off in the terror of the flight—
all these intermingled here and there with pools of blood, and
the half cooked or half eaten remains of food, exhibit a picture
horribly interesting. Of the formidable positions above-men-
tioned but faint traces will remain in a few days, as some thou-
sands of men are incessantly employed in
levelling the breast-
works, filling up the ditches, &c., whilst, in the meantime,
new batteries and other means of defence are being erected,
in order to be fully prepared for any attempt on the part of the
Carlists to retake these positions—an event, however, not very
likely to occur, at least speedily, after the severe lesson they
have had.
Yesterday morning, at a quarter past 7 o'clock, as
the coachman belonging to the Duke of Beaufort was out
exercising a pair of young carriage horses, in the carriage-
break, along Montagu-square, St. Marylebone, by some acci-
dent one of the fore wheels came off, and the animals became
restive, and set off at a furious rate, proceeding along Mon-
tagu-street, dashing fearfully on to the foot pavement, but the
coachman succeeded in guiding them without touching either
the area railings or lamp-posts until they arrived at the cross-
ing of York- street and Quebec-street, when the unmanage-
able animals ran against the front of the shop of Mr. Bowler,
a baker, and afterwards against the upright area railings,
which were instantly torn up, and a number of bars broken;
one of the horses was much hurt. The coachman, who was
accompanied on the box by a fellow-servant, escaped without
injury, as also a little boy, the coachman's son, who was riding
in the body of the break,