The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-26 00:00:00

EMORNING CHRONICLE.]

There was a considerable improvement in the
prices of every description of Stock on Saturday, and Money
became so abundant at last, compared with what it was only a
few days before, as to justify the opinion that the advance will
continue still further. On the opening of business in the morn.
ing the greatest eagerness was displayed by the dealers to pur-
chase at the closing prices of Friday, but the first quotation of
Consols for Account was 81i, and in a few minutes reached 82,
being a rise of nearly one and a half per cent. on the lowest prices
of Friday. In this state of the Market there was what is tech.
nically termed much realizing, and to such an extent that Con-
sols for Account fell to 8l R, and fluctuated throughout the af-
ternoon between this quotation and 824-.—ln addition to the
plentiful supply of money, the accounts from Paris, communi-
cating a rise of nearly 2 per cent. in the Funds there, induced
many of the speculators to turn their accounts.—ln Money
Stock there was not much doing ; the rise, however, was in the
same proportion as that which occurred in Consols for Account.
The first transfer day in 3 per Cent. Consols, and the New 3
per Cents, &c. is on the 7th of next month.—The current rate
of interest of money on Stock and Exchequer Bills on Saturday
was not more than 3 per cent., which is a novel and very im-
portant feature at the present moment.. The latter were
sold at a discount of 2s. only, and India Bonds at 7s. dis—
Not a single failure has been declared up to the close of busi-
ness on Saturday afternoon, and the general. opinion appears to
be that, unless the Funds shall be subject to much more exten-
sive fluctuations, there will be but few defaulters on or before
the Settling-day. The appearance of the Foreign Market was
much more cheerful on Saturday, where the prices both of Eu-
ropean and South American Securities were again on the ad-
vance. New Colombian Bonds have risen from 58i to 60,
and are freely at this improvement. The Mexican New Bonds
have experienced a similar elevation, having been done as high
as 63/. Brazilian Bonds have also reached 66, being an ad-
vance of 3 per cent. since 1 riday. The fluctuation in Russian
Bonds has amounted to l S per cent., and closed on Saturday
afternoon very firm at 78A. The New Greek Bonds, on the
contrary, have been very heavy, having receded from l7i to
I6A. Some few sales of Spanish Bonds were effected at only
twelve, being a fall of rather more than one per cent., hut they
closed one-half per cent. higher.

FALL OF FONTIIILL ABBEY.—The Evening
Paper from which we copied the account of the fall of this
fine architectural structure added the following particulars on.
Saturday :—" The tower had long been expected to fall, and
preparations were going on to remove the valuable windows.
Indeed, on the carpenters removing the doors and frames under
the arch of the entrance to St. i%J ichael's gallery, part of the
stone-work fell in. Mr. Farquhar's plate was buried in the
ruins. It would be difficult to imagine a more complete ruin.
The quadrangle comprising the yellow rooms and brown patlour
remains perfect, as well as the eastern wing."

BIRTH.
On the 24th inst., Mrs. Shaw, of Ely-place, of a daughter.

MARRIED.

On the Ist of August, at St. Thomas's Church, Bombay, by
the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, Dr. Hugh Smith,
Bengal Medical Establishment, to Mary, second daughter of
John Moore, Esq. of Liverpool.
On the 15th inst., at the chapel of the British Embassy.
by his father, the Rev. George Lefevre, George William Lefevre
M.D., to Frederica Clavering Fraser, daughter of Colonel
Charles Fraser, of the lion. East India Company's service.