The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-05 00:00:00

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Our arrivals this morning are the French, Dutch, Hamburg,
and Flanders mails. We have also ship letters from Buenos
Ayres and Santander, with advises from Calcutta of 19th of
September—old date.
All foreign news at present is of minor importance. Our
domestic affairs this day entirely engrosses the attention of the
public—we allude to the debates of both Houses of Parlia-
ment last night on the amendment to his Majesty's Speech,
which was iost in the Commons by a majority in favour of
Ministers of 41—by far a greater number than was expected.
This triumph has been well received in the City, and looked
upon as a proof of the stability of our present Administration.
His Majesty's Speech in general has been received with marked
attention, and looked upon in a very favourable light, as it
breathes peace, and nothing but peace.

TILE FUNDS.

Consols, which had a very heavy appearance in the early
part of yesterday, improved towards the afternoon from 9O
for the Account to 91k, at which price they closed, and open
this morning at the same price. Exchequer Bills, 19 21;
India Bonds, 3 5; Bank Stock, 215 216: India Stock, 254
255.

In the Foreign Market Spanish Active also improved in
the latter part of the day, from 474 to 47. 4—at resent,
47i 48.-} ; Portuguese, 83f ; Three per Cents., 524 53/ ;;
Columbian, 324- 33 • Mexican, 37 38 ; Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents., 5 55.
A Beunos Ayres Paper of the 15th of November, just re-
ceived, has the subjoined paragraph :
" His Excellency the Minister Plenipotentiary of his Bri-
tannic Majesty having, under date of the 22d of August,
manifested that he is authorized by his Government to acce-
. that of the Argentine Republic, a convention re-
Aativc to the Slave Trete, this Government has expressed its
willingness to take i:ato 'consideration the draft of a Convention
with that Ministr,r. Highest price of doubloons this week,
21 dollors. Highest price of Exchange on England, 6i."
HALF-PAST ONE.

That part of the King's Speech relating to an augmentation
of our Navy has had a little effect on the Funds, as it is still_
the opinion that our Ministers are on the qui vive as to what.
is going forward in the Russian ports in the Black Sea.
Consols are not quite so good as at the opening this Inca-fl-
ing, and receded from 91 to 1 to 90i 91 for the Account;, and
904 for Money; Exchequer Bills, 18 20; India Bouds, 3
5 ; Bank Stock, 2151 ; India, 2541.
The Foreign Market has also taken a heavy turn. Spanish
Active, which was 47,4-1 to 481, are at present 43 ; Portu-
guese, 831; Three per Cents., 524 5314 ; Columbian, 321
Mexican, 37 38 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., tpli
We do not hear of any further arrivals.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Console for the Account, 901 91.

AN APOTHECARY AND MAN OF FASHION,—
For a most cunning developement of those ttaits of character
that excite involuntary risibility, no wr;:ter ever excelled
Captain Marryat, and none of his works have excelled in this
respect his new novel "Japhet in sear:cli of a Father." It is
replete with those adventures and rrncontres that show human
life in its drollest aspects, and yet all this humour is built upon
a base of the most sterling good sense. Japhet, in his pa-
rental search becomes an apothecary, a man of fashion, a
with
hthe
pro
du of these
GRATTAN,ctions
in
which
mountebank,the a
ar
:gt
ha :omr, b 1
displayser, a d cellist,.
great k
knowledge
lueadkgeer ,
of& cthe world.
~ characters
&c.—.-The
readingß" tviErclte 'sare
popular writers, who, within a few weeks have given to the
public works which cannot fail to add to their already high
lj
MARRYAT,delighted
Tv
reputation. " Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes" is the title
of Mr. Bulwer's powerful romance -
i "Japhet in Search of a
Father " (whose adventures are irresistibly droll and amusing)
that of Captain Marryat ; and " Agnes de Mansfeldt " the
name of Mr. Grattan's new Novel. Among the anonymous
productions " My Aunt Pontypool"
may be reckoned the most
successful.