The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-20 00:00:00

SLIGO.

The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, and proceeded to
investigate the qualification of Mr. Somers.
Mr. DOWLING, who, with Mr. Harrison, appeared for Mr. Somers, put
in several deeds and other documents to show the title to rent-
charges and fee-simple estates, which together made up the qua
Ufication. Re called Mr. Rice, the agent of Mr. Somers-
to prove the value of that Gentleman's lands. Mr. Rice said that when
he was first appointed to the agency, he caused a survey of the lands to
be made, and in consequence of the new valuation, witness raised the
rents of the Cappagh estate from 1201. to 3101. a year. The tenants did
not like it at first, they'd rather go on in the ould way.—(A laugh.)

The remainder of✓ Mr. Rice's evidence went only to establish the
value of the property.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

We have received Sydney Papers to the II th October. They state
Ihat in consequence of the report which arrived by the Lord William
Bentinck, of the death of his Majesty William IV., a meeting of the
Executive Council was summoned, for the purpose of consulting
whether it was adviseable to act upon such a report. The Council
then drew up a report which was laid before his Excellency the
Governor.

VAN DIRMEN'S LAND.—We cannot perceive any alteration in the
market prices. The sales of Wheat are rather dull. A project had
been started for the creation of a Royal Exchange at Sydney.
Cape of Good Hope Papers to 28th Dec. mention that an address had
been sent to the Governor, expressive of the regret of the inhabitants at
his intended resignation of the office of Governor.

THE FUNDS.
The British Funds, which were buoyant yesterday morning at 92-1
in the afternoon receded to 92i, and closed with a re-action.
Consols opened this morning with an improvement at 92A 1, at
present may bo quoted 92i for next tine 92 ;9S a now =for
Account. Exchequer Bills, 55 57. India Bonds, 55 57. Bank
Stock, 104/ si. India Stock, 2641 51.
In the Foreign market little doing. Spunisli Active, 191 with
Coupons. Portuguese, 27 28. Three per Cents., lBi. Brazilian,
73i 74. Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 53i y. Colombian, 27 14 I.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Bank Stock ..... .....
2 per Cent. i.c‘.-i. 7.3U 3a
3 per Cent. Can& 92% /$i
3!4 per Cent. ..... ...... -
Ditto Red....
New lt4 per Cent WO% '.4 li
N• 2 IC 5 per Cent.... .... ..... ...,.... -
s,int I,ntwAnnuitiesto expire

India &oak
fhtto Bon,ls - pm,
South Sea Stock
Old Anmutios
-
New Ditto
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 -
Exch. Bills, k '6 54 pm
Ditto. 56 54 pm.

Jan. 5' 1860 l5 346
Oct. In, itsl)
Jan. 5, 1560
Jan. 5 IccY
April 5: IS9!)
Jan. 5,187 Q...
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
A,iitnan Bonds.

Dittl Small
Ditto Commercial
Ditto Advcrtit?.(l — pm
Bank Stock for Acc.-aint
ind!:i Stock for Account
Congols for Acconnt (39,%%
THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Peruvian Bonds

Belgian Bonds ........... ..........
atto ACCOLITIL .
Brazilian Bonds
IfiLto Account
fia^nos Ayres Bonds
Ditto Acccrint
hillian Bonds.-- ........

Ditto Account —
Portuguese Bonds
Ditto Accou .....
I_Ntto New Bons' 274
atto Account
Ditto, 3 per cent. lB
Prussian Bonds _ _

Ditto Actnunt.
C quinbian Bonds 9SK,
Ditto Account ... 27% 7
C3linnbian Bonds, HQ; ...27% 6,7
Ditto Account - -
in!sti Bonds ...
Ditto Account .....
arreck Bone. 7 ...............
Ditto Rend:, I'i2i
Ditto Account
Mexican Boruis, 5 per
Ditto Account
P)itto, 6 per cent.
Ditto Acc0unt........'2N% 91
51capolittn ...... .....

ituiedan Bands, MI
Ditto Account ..
Ditto Metallic
Spanish 131c,nds
Ditto Account
Ditto Bends,lB3l. .
Ditto Account 19,4%
French, 5 per cent.-- —f.
-----3 per cent
:3 per cent.
Exchange
Dutch, 24 per cent
1);tto Account
Ditto, 5 per cent. IO2N X
Ditto Account 102%

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 2O 17
Commercial Blackwall Railway Company 2 6!1, 6
Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company ...... - 23.8%
Ell-ighton Railway Company
London and Blackwall Railway
Ditto Scrip 3 7!4 67v 7
,*4nchester and Birmingham Railway .. 7 9%
Northera and Eastern Railway Company
South Durham Railway Company 25.; 0%
General Steam Navigation Company
HALF-PAST OlifE O'CLOCK

On the news received from Canada this morning being made public,
the British funds, which were rather on the advance, somewhat de-
clined, from 921 1 to 921, as the news was not of the favourable nature
previously expected.
Consols are at present 821, % for the Account, owing to a large
purchase of 100,000 Reduced being effected. Exchequer Bills, 56 54
prem. ; India Bonds, 56 54 ; Bank Stock, 2041.
In the Foreign Market, very little doing to the present time. Spa.
nish Active, 19; with Coupons; Portuguese, 271 ; Three per Cents.,
ISi ; Brasil, 734 ; Colombian, 27 ; Mexican, 29 ; Dutch Two.and.a.
Half per Cents., 53f.
Little doing in the Share Markets ; they are not quite so go,xl as
yesterday.

TWO O'CLOCK.

American papers just received at the North and South American
Coffee-house, to the 28th ult. A Bill for the increase of the army has
passed the Senate, to au effective force of bßeen thousand men. The
accounts in the above papers are very contradictory in respect to the
force of the Rebels at Bois Blanc. Some of the papers state it only to be
about 500 men.

THREE O'CLOCK.

flonf•le Me Aeeeaut. 92Y II

At a meeting of medical practitioners residing in
the county of York, which was held at Bradford on Friday
last, unanimous resolutions were adopted for petitioning Par-
liament to pass a Bill giving to the licensing bodies of the
profession some summary way of punishing and putting down
quacks and unliccnsed practitioners, through whose ignorance
the lives of the people are continually put in danger.—Brad-
ford _Herald.

IRISH IMPORTS SINCE OUR LAST.—Into the
port of London-3,652 qrs. oats; 6,702 firkins butter; 5,110
bales bacon. Liverpool-7,362 qrs. wheat; 11,091 sacks
flour ; 4,402 qrs. oats ; 7,166 loads oatmeal ; 295 qrs. beans;
14,800 firkins butter. Bristol-_47 barrels wheat ; 525 sacks
flour; 3,643 barrels malting barley; 5,104 barrels 521 tons
oats ; 12k tons oatmeal ; 349 firkins butter ; 103 bales bacon ;
1,627 pigs ; 11 horses ; 72 cows; 52 tierces beef ; 27 tierces
provisions. Gloucester-467 barrels wheat ; 110 sacks flour ;
1,402 barrels, 46i tons oats.
MEASURING OF DISTANCES IN HOLLAND.—
In the villages of Holland, among the peasants, distance is
computed by the smoking of their pipes; and they tell you
that from village to village is about a pipo and a half, two
pipes, half a pipe, "
PAYING I'OR INFORMATION.—A man was
asked the other day " If Waterloo Bridge was a losing con-
cern or not ?" "Go over it, and you will be toll'd," was the
reply.
It has been found that the pork is better from giving
the apple sauce to the pig. A gentleman in Suffolk has
lately fed a find pig upon apples which had been boiled with
beans and meal, and which increased the size of the animal
about ten pounds a week, and rendered the flesh of the most
delicious flavour.

The Clzarivari, in a dull tirade against England,
says that it would give the country its heartiest malediction if
it were not for the rosbiff and the flannel, which Great Britain
has invented.

Vast quantities of wild-fowl, natives of the Polar
regions, have, during the late severe weather, visited the large
lake at Fonthill. Among these have neon many flocks of
wild swans, several of which, weighing 201bs, each, have been
shot by the keepers.

SECOND-HAND SILVER WATCHES.
A variety of some dozens may be selected from, price Two Guineas
each ; some rather more modern, Two and a Half Guineas each ;
and an assortment quite equal to new, Three Guineas each. The
whole have been carefully examined, and are warranted. T. COX
SAVORY, Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London, Seven Doors from
Gracechurch-street. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in
exchange.

BIRTHS.
On the 14th inst., at West-end House, the lady Elizabeth Or(le,
of a daughter.
On the 12th inst., at Ludlow, the lady of A. J. Nightingale,
Esq., Assistant-Commissary-General, of a son.
On the 14th inst., at Woodlands, Semersetshire, the lady of
Captain Maher, of a son.
At the Parsonage, Southborough, Kent, the lady of the Rev- "1-
W. Carr, of a daughter, still-born.
On the 15th inst., the wife of Mrs. George Gillott, of the
Strand, of a daughter.
On the 16th inst., in Montagu-square, the lady of .L Roach
Bovell, Esq., of a son.
On the 16th inst., Mrs. T. H. Fry, of Great James-street, Bed-
ford-row, of a daughter.
On the 17th inst., at Woburn-square, tho lady of R. Eglinton,
Esq., of a daughter.
On the 11th inst., at Dover, the lady of the Rev. F. Do Chair,
Rector of East Langdon, Kent, of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 15th inst., at Kew Church, Surrey, George A. Afartil'
Esq., M.D., to Elizabeth Isabella, only child of the late MaJ",
Johnstone, of the Royal Marines, and grand-daughter of Colonel
Walter Smith, who commanded the Royal Marines in the memor-
able Egyptian campaign.
On the 14th inst., at the Friends' Meeting-house, at Winch-
more-hill, Mark Capper, of Ironmonger-lane Cheapside, to Ellen,
the youngest daughter of the late Samuel 'Compton,
Middlesex.
of Enfield,

DIED.
On the 28th of December last, at his residence, Nassau Cottage'
near the Niagara Falls, Upper Canada, caused by a fall from his
horse, Captain Thomas J. Van Bartle, aged 47 years.
On the 15th inst., P. Mullett, Esq., Guildford-street, Russell-
square, aged 60.
On the 6th inst., at Pallinsburn House, Northumberland, George
Adam Askew, Esq.
At Ranelagh-terrace, on the 14th inst., Mrs. Margaret Griffiths,
aged 79.
On the 14th inst., at Camberwell-grove, Robert Samuel, the
only son of Mr. S. Watson.
On th 3 15th inst., in Worship-street, Finsbury, Mr. William
Jennings, aged 86.
On the 12th inst., Charles Colley Palmer, Esq., Justice of the
Peace, eldest son of the Rev. C. Palmer, of Rahan, in the county
of Kildare.
On the 17th inst., William, son of E. T. Cardale, Esq., aged
nine months.
On tile 16th inst., aged 78, Anne, wile of Fred. Gibson, Esq., of
Turnha.m-green.

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cf Middlesex....—Tuesday, February 20, 1838.