The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-25 00:00:00

TYE FUNDS

Consols opened this morning at the leaving off quo-
tations of yesterclay, with little spirit in the market at pre-
sent for speculating, Money, 901 1 ; Account 90i 91 ;
Exchequer' Bill's,. 17 19 prem. • India Bonds 1 3 prem.;
Bank Stock 177'9; India Stock, 247 9.
In the Foreign, Market Spanish Active, which closed
N esterday at 281 f, receded to 271 28, since which
may be quoted at 27i 28i ; Deferred, 131 i ; Passive
74 i ; Portuguese 34i ; Three per Cents., 24k; Colum-
bian, 24} 5 ; •Mcijcan 29i ; Brazilian 78i; Dutch Two-
and-a- Half per Cents. 534.1 ; Five per Cents, 101 i 102.
PIttCES,OFwTQCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCA.
flank Stock. lndia Stock
.
3 per Cent. Red. ' Ditto Bonds
I per Cents. Con .90% $4% South Sea 5t0ck........... ..... 11---
3'>. ucr Cent-- ...... Old Annuities —
Dia° Red. — New Ditto
New 3% per Cent 99% 8,4:9 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500... 19 16 pm.
Jan 5, 1860 ...t, — Ditto Small l9 16 I,m.
Oct. 10, 1859 . Ditto Commercial die.
J: u. 5, MO ' Ditto Advertised
Jan.' 5, IMO — Bank Stock for Account ...
Aprilsi 1800. — India Stock for Account ..
Jan. 5.1870 — Consols for Account 9l nali
FiI,ICES OF SHARES THIS DAY" AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share,
k;raat Western Railway Company .... 65
Ditto New_ 10 :30% 1
....

Brighton Railway
N •rth Midliind Railway Company , 100
Ditto iiew
HALF-PAST ONE.
We have just received Papers three days later from
Halifax,. to the 2d February :
News from England has reached us this winter with
regularity unexampled in corresponding seasons of the
by-gone years. Almost every week of the three last
months has brought us at least two days' later intelligence,
by way of the States, from London or Liverpool.
Since the early part of the morning both the British
and Foreign Funds have become depressed. Consols have
been done at 90i for Money, and for the Account 901
Money is much in demand in the House at 6 per cent.
The speculators arc very anxious to ascertain the result of
the important debate in the French Chambers respecting
the Secret Service money, on which depends the fate of
Thiers's administration, which, in all probability, will ;be
known to-morrrow by telegraph.

Consols may be quoted at present 90i i Money ; 901
for the Account; Exchequer Bills, 17 16 18 prem. ; In-
dia Bonds, par.
In the Foreign Market very little doing, except in Spa-
nish Active, 27k; Deferred, 131: ; Passive, 7/1 4 ; Por-
tuguese, 33i ; Three per Cents., 24,; in all the other
Foreign Funds nothing doing as yet.

The defendants denied that they had been the aggressors,
and had they been allowed, they would have gone to the
cage without making any resistance.

'Mr. HALL said that, as the Act empowered him, he had
a great mind to send them, without inflicting a penalty,
to hard labour for a limited period, but as they were not
known to have transgressed in the district of the Court on
any former occasion, they should pay the fine.
Anne Fowler and Eliza Fowler, mother and daughter,
were remanded for a week on a charge of robbing Mr.
Chadwick, auctioneer, 35, St. Martin's-lane, with whom
the last-mentioned prisoner had been in service, of a 201.
Bank of England note, three Si. notes, some cash in gold,
and a quantity of jewellery.
It appeared that on the night of the 9th instant the
younger prisoner had been sent on an errand, and, not re-
turning, the family became very much alarmed, but on re-
tiring to bed, the prosecutor discovered that his drawers
had been broken open, and the property taken away. On
the next morning, having given information of the rob-
bery, and a description having been given in the Police
Gazette, the prisoners were apprehended in Liverpool, by
the Inspector of Police of that town, who found them in
lodgings furnished in a superior manner, and which they
had recently purchased. He also found part of the pro-
perty upon the prisoners, which the prosecutor instantly
identified as the same which he had been robbed of.
The prisoners, after denying the charge, were removed
from the bar.

FIRE IN LIVERPOOL-ROAD, ISLINGTON.—
Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out on the premises of Mr.
Fennell, residing at No. 6, Felix-street, Liverpool-road, Isling-
ton. On the firemen entering the upper room a most appalling
spectacle presented itself, by the discovery of Mr. Fennell's
three children lying on the floor lifeless, having been suffocated
and partly burnt. 'lle mother having had occasion to quiti her
residence, locked her three children in the room, in which a fire
was in the grate. It is supposed that they must have com-
menced playing with the fire immediately after her departure,
and set some of the bed-furniture on fire, but, from the door of
the room being locked, they could not effect their escape, and
unfortunately all fell a sacrifice. _ _

A very shocking accident occurred on Friday
morning in the railway tunnel now forming at Balcome. It
appears that some men had descended for the purpose of setting
up a " centre" ready for the bricklayers, and after doing so
came to the foot of a shaft for the purpose of being drawn up
again. Two of them, named Bates and Berry, entered the
,kip, and had been wound about half way up, when the rope
broke, and both the unfortunate men were instantaneously pre-
cipitated to the bottom of the shaft, falling a distance of 90 ft.
Berry was killed on the spot, and Bates has been so shaken by
the fall, that although no bones are broken, his life is despaired
of. It was reported that the rope had been purposely cut by
some maliciously and wickedly-disposed person, but of this no
satisfactory evidence has reached us.
A Mastership in Chancery is vacant by the
death of Master Connor. Of course there are candidates
enough when a lawyer's place is vacant ; and even where law-
yers themselves do not seek, the public supply the place with
speculations. We have only heard of two names mentioned—
Mr. Plunket and Mr. Lyle. Either of these gentlemen, as
times go, would be highly eligible. Mr. Lyle is now Deputy
Remembrancer, and has given much satisfaction in that office.
The Hon. Mr. Plunket has an excellent character as Barris-
ter of Meath. Since .writing the above we have heard a ru-
mour that the Attorney-General will accept the office ; and
that Sergeant Curry will be the Solicitor-General in the room
of Mr. Pigot, who will be then Attorney-Gencral.—Dublin
Pilot.

IRISH REGISTRATION BILL.—A meeting
was held on the 22nd instant, at the Corn Exchange, Dublin,
to receive the Report of a Committee appointed to examine
Lord Stanley's Irish Registration Bill. J. M. Carew, Esq.,
presided. The Report, which extended to a great length, was
read by Mr. O'Connell, and pointed out in strong terms the
injustice which the Bill, if carried into a law, would inflict
upon the great body of the Irish constituency. It does
nothing," the Report states, " to extend and make definite the
existing franchises in Ireland—it removes no doubt—it facili-
tates no favourable decision—it is totally silent as to the prin-
ciple grievance, and deals, as it were, with the leaves and
branches, where the core of the tree is hollow and rotten."
A petition was unanimously adopted, praying the House of
Commons to reject the Bill.

AN OLD PEDESTRIAN.—There is a person
now living at Horton, near Bradford, of the name of John
Priestley, who, during a period of forty-five years has travelled
to his work every morning a distance of three miles, and re-
turned home again the same evening, being in the whole
100,740 miles.—Halifax Guardian.
LISBON, MARCH 10.—M. Avrillon, the Astley
of this place, contrived a very good expedient yesterday to fill
his house, which was quite successful. He announced his in-
tention of giving away one of his best horses by raffle on the
occasion ; and all that purchased tickets to any part were to
have a gratis ticket for the raffle. Several thousand people
•sere present. The performances were at the large Circus,
Campo St. Anna, and M. Avrillon is supposed to have cleared
at least 700 or 800 milreis, the charger in question being worth
about six or seven moidores.

SINGULAR SUICIDE OF A GENERAL
OFFICER..—At Durham, on Wednesday last, Sir William
Wilkinson, a retired general officer in the army, committed
iuicide during the previous night. Sir William had attained
the advanced age of 85 years. He was very deaf, and had for a
long period led a secluded life, never mixing in society, and
taking such exercise as his health required invariably alone.
His manners were strongly marked by eccentricity, but no part
of his conduct had ever excited suspicion of insanity. A Coro-
ner's Inquest was held on Wednesday, when it appeared that
he shot himself with a pistol. The housekeeper thought he
was mad, and the Jury returned a verdict of Temporary de-
rangement. Sir William was one of the oldest of our Gene-
rals, and served with distinction in the American war. He is
understood to have died immensely rich.
The Company of the Paris and Orleans Rail-
road have come to an arrangement with the Minister of Pub-
lic Works which will secure the completion of the enterprise.
The 80,000 shares of 500 f. each, which represent the capital,
are to be reduced to 300 f. shares, so that the shareholders
will only be called upon for 24 millions, instead of 40 millions,
the remainder being contributed by the State, but power
being reserved to the original shareholders, to enlarge their in-
vestments, if they wished to do so, for any portion of that
amount, or to call in the aid of small capitalists, if the cost of
the line should exceed forty millions. It is also agreed that the
State is not to have any ;hare of the profits until the share-
holders shall have received 4 per cent. interest upon their in-
vestments. If there be any surplus of profit the Government
will take only one fourth of it. The amount already paid up
upon the shares is 14 millions, so that ten millions more only
are required to complete the capital, with the 16 millions sub-
scribed by the State.— Galignani's Messenger.
The Prussian State Gazette announces, under
the head of Warsaw, the 13th instant, that fourteen persons
who had not applied for the benefit of the amnesty, and have
taken refuge abroad, have been condemned to the confiscation
of all their property.
THE TYRIAN.—The magnificent carriage in-
tended as a present to the President of Chili, and which was
packed up in a wooden case, was taken out of the hold early
yesterday morning. It is much damaged by the water and soft
mud, the case in which it was enclosed not being sufficiently
water-tight to prevent the entrance of the wet and soil. A
great many bags of pepper, boxes containing bars of steel,
battles of quicksilver, cases of bottled wine and porter, and an
immense quantity of sailcloth, bales of linen, paper, cottons,
and other merchandise, were taken out of the hold in the course
of the day. The pepper is not spoiled, but a quantity of cin-
namon has been rendered worthless. The provision and wine-
casks are in excellent order, and were all water-tight when
shipped. The bales and cotton and bundles of paper are much
injured by the mud and water ; but, on the whole, with the ex-
ception of the carriage, the gildings and trappings of which
are in a sad plight, the injury done to the cargo is not so great
as its appearance would lead observers to expect. Everything
brought out with a coating of soft mud, which the labourers
had to serane off before the goods could be warehoused. The
whole of the cargo will be sold by auction for the benefit of the
underwriters.