The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-15 00:00:00

THREE O'CLOCK.

,OSING PRICES.
FUNDS.

T 1
leer
213 Omnion
„ —a ,e Red.
917 i India Stock 261%
jPer Cent C
a _ , • ons 9114 Ditto I:onds ...... ............... ...I pm.
31 Per Cent
Per.—
c„it.
Assented
Lon Dissented Ditto sfol/ l2 pMI .
2 g Annuities t* expne Dittn 5001 l2 pm.
,s 4-4. in 1574 Bank Stock for Gpg. — s', et. 150
-15 11-16 India Stock for Act.
.sti. ICU
IW, Consuls for Act.
Autt • 4.,0 Ilan, 5 per cent FOREIGN FUNDS.
: I'.srtuguese Bonds, A per cent.
iii..Fi'tn, 5 per cent IO3Y, I Ditto, Now Ditto iSh, ut;sze_ilian Bonds
Clwi"," Ayres, 6 per cunt — Russian Bonds, 5 per cent. ...
~,,_ -tn, 6 per cen. Ditto, Metallic —
ir;',7l°Thibiall, 6 per cent. Spanish, 5 per cent —
to, 1,34
~, I Mtn. Consolidated 11 li c4niAl, 3 Per Feench, 5 per cent ...... ... --r. —c..
Air,ek Bonds, 1525, 5 per cent — Exchange ......... ........... —f. C.
1)43', le4ll, S per cent. French, 3 per cent —t. c.
per (1. 6 per cent., 1 Dutch, 2-rper cent.- 55%
"'an. 1525, 6 per cent ... Ditto. 5 per cent 1041'
A le'

gentlemen who recently purchased a small pro-
rtY, a few miles from Ayr, in order to give it shelter and
•-.'eauty, planted about five acres of ground. Some evil-dis-
Posed person, with what view cannot be conceived, has indus-
t,:kuslY undone the work of the nurseryman in two successive
Cs'ils• The plants have been almost entirely carried off or
4enstroyed; and now the five acres of ground, into which above
~T'°°° Young trees have, during the last two seasons, been
r antd, is almost as bare as when the work was first com-
leenced.--Glasgow Courier.
811OCKING DEATII.—A traveller has called at
our
„-,.(ffine to inform us of a most horrible occurrence, which
dt-°4 Place at Preston, in Lancashire, on Wednesday. A party
.Englisbmen and Irishmen having been mowing during the
a ..1 retired in the evening to a neighbouring tavern to take
Pot of beer. The conversation turned uon mowing, ad
yne of the Englishmen told an Irishman that he was but a
told indifferent mower. The latter instantly seized his scythe,
the other he would prove his dexterity, and in the most
ciiberate manner cut the Englishman's legs nearly off—at
least he bled to death before any assistance could be ob
tined, bled
Advertiser.
An i
that f litpression appears to have spread very widely,
.
Itle, a ter the dividends on British securities have remained
ssliacirtincerd for. a certain period, they are paid over to the com-
to th s for the reduction of the national debt, and are lost
et., Le pre,prietors. This, however, is erroneous. All un-
„22'll (1 dividends are paid over to the Commissioners after ten
-1:1711% but the object of this is merely to give the Government
eani at of the money instead of the Bank, and any proprietor
writingl. ally period, no matter how remote, claim his portion by
at, to the Governor of the Bank of England, giving par-
amount, and stating the reasons why the divi-
,7l:
occurred
not received at the regular periods. A case in
Tor_ot. within a few days. A gentleman had totally
application n
he had a small amount in Reduced, and had riot made
~lie list
for the dividends for eleven years. Looking over
his livitn, however, of proprietors of unclaimed dividends he saw
inakl_,,,
_which brought the atFa'r to his recollection, and after
8 silt! the necessary applicatiot s he was put in possession of
eo,„Tv.. Upwards of 5,0001. was sold out lately by the
eently ssioners to pay similar clpims to this. In the list re-
tar_
eputinbllis!ied there are about 1,500 names given as proprie-
%!l_2l e aimed dividends, and amongst them several minors
41";:er trustees have died, servants, and even colleges. In the
evor,Coents. the following entry occurs :—" The Warden,
LinL,n nd Scholars of the Blessed Mary and All Saints,
10_
.! College, Oxford," with dividends due since October
&022,..-31orning Paper.