The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-10 00:00:00

FRENCH FUNDS.

PARIS, APRIL 7.—Five per Cents. opened at 101. 25 ; dosed
at NJ. 15. ; Loan of 1823, 15. ; Bank Stock, 1930. ; Neapo-
litan 5 per cents., in ducats, 94* ; Rentes d'F.spagne, 19 ;
}loyal Spanish Loan, 1823, 65k. Exchange on London, one
month, 25. 35. ; three months, 26. 15.—(Curs Authentique.)

CITY, Twelve o'Clock.—Conso!s opened this
morning at 961-i, got up to 96i- for the May
Account, and for Money 96:11. There is not
much business doing, except in settling the
accounts. At the present moment the price of
the Consols is 964 for the May Account.
FOREIGN MARKET. - Spanish Bonds have

lowered this warning. They were done at 174,
but afterwards rose again to 18. The Greek

Scrip, I am happy to say, at the commencement
of the Market, got up to r per cent. premium,
but lowered again to par. There is now, how-
ever, a prospect of progressive improvement in
this interesting, but hitherto neglected security.

The following is an Extract of a Letter from
the Agents to Lloyd's, at Genoa, dated the 29th
of March :

" A Commercial house in this City has this
day received a letter from Trieste, dated the ..c.).3d
inst., which states that letters from Corfu to the
llth inst. report that the Algerinei have a
squadron cruizing in those seas, and that our
Government there had laid an embargo on a►l
British and lonian vessels."

We are glad to see that notwithstanding the
opposition which was offered to the grant of
500,0001. for the Building of Churches, that sum
was last night voted in the Committee of Supply,
by a very large majority. We are well assured,
from personal observation in many of the manu-
facturing districts, that the present accommoda-

tions and facilities for the worship of the Esta-
blished Church are very defective ; and whilst
it cannot be denied that it is the duty of Par-
liament to make ample provision for the reli-
gious instruction of the people, there is the
further satisfaction of reflecting that the
expenditure of capital within the country, oil
national undertakings, directly conduces to in-
crease the employment and the comforts of the
working classes, as well 'as to improve the value
of fixed property, and the circumstances of the
middling ranks in the community.

LAW PnomoTroN.--Lord GIFFORD (late Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas) has
been appointed and sworn in by the Loan CuAll-
cEr..i.on, Master of the Rolls; on which occa-
sion his Lordship took the customary oaths of
allegiance and supremacy for the due perform-
ance of his new official duties, which his Lord-
ship, for the first time, entered upon last even-
ing in the Rolls Court and transacted business.

Mr. ScAnm-:TT.—We learn, front inquit ie3
made this morning, that the above Gentleman
yesterday arrived in town from off the York
Circuit, and that, notwithstanding the arduous
professional duties he has had to go through, he
has returned in better health than when he left
town. The Learned. Gentleman, we understand,
yesterday left town, to join his family at his seat
a few mi;es from the Metropolis.

There is not the slightest foundation for a re-
port mentioned in some of the Papers of yester-
day, that a dissolution of Parliament will take
place at the end of the present Sessioa.—(Morn-
ing Post.)

The Duke of YORK and the Duchess of GLoc-
cEs•rsa visited his MAJESTY yesterday.
Yesterday the Duchess of • Gr.oucEsTEtt and
the Princess SorillA of GLOUCEST'Ea paid visits
to the Princess AUGUSTA.

The Princes, SOPJLIA of QLOUCEsTEa arrived
at her residence it) Curzon-street, on Thursday,
from her residence at Blackheath.

Letters by the last mail from St. Petersbergh
state, that the Austrian Ambassador at the Rus-
sian Court, Baron LUIZ ELT ERN, was dangerously
ill, and had been so for eight days.
The Ling of the NETHERLANDS has granted a
Patent to Messrs. VAN HOUTEN and Co. of Rot-
terdam, for their very ingenious discovery of
manufacturing Paper from water-moss.
Letters from Lyons of the 2d mention that the

family of General FruantnE had arrived in that
city. They had been refused a passport to pro-
,ceed through France from the French Minister.
at Florence, but succeeded in obtaining one from
the Minister residing at Turin. They are daily
expected in England. General huunins has
taken a house in Bath, and, we understand, me-
dstates.a permanent residence in this country.
We are sorry to learn, that a distressing accie
dent occurred on board the George the Fourth,
War-office • steam-vessel, plying bet ween Bristol
and Cork, from the bursting of one cf the boilers,.
hy which one man was killed, and four others of
the crew seriously iujured.
KING'S THEATIte.—The Co7therts Spirittiel at
this Theatre closed last night, but did not come
mence with much harmony. CATALAN' was too
ill to attend, and a printed bill announced her
indisposition. The audience, however, were not
satisfied. Mr. BENULLI in vain attempted to ad-
dress them. A board then stated—" Madame
CATALAN' is coming," • At !ength she appeared
and took her seat, but was so evidently ill, that
kinder feelings began to prevail, and the follow-
ing intimation from a Gentle-man who accompa-
nied her completely restored tranquillity, and
the Concert afterwards proceeded without inter-
ruption, her exertions being no longer de-
manded

" Madame CATALAN' wishes me to express her gratitude,
and sincere regret at not being able to satisfy the Public. She
will endearour to make it up another time. She has done
every thing to prove thatobility is wanting, but not good
for she has quitted a sick bed to present herself before you, and
here she is."

ORATORIOS.—The Lent musicals, which Closed
last night at Covent-garden Theatre, have reflect-
ed a degree of honour on the taste, judgment,
aml assiduity of their ingenious director, of which
he may surely be proud, and added 'to every one
of his principal performers a sprig of bay, which
by no means disgraces the fame their previous ex-
ertions had so thoroughly earned. BRAHAM, whose
name crowns the graduated scale of vocal talent,
was perfectly himself in all he executed ; and-
SINCLAIR, SAPIO, Airs. SALDIo V, and Miss STe• -
MIENS, through the evening, were as felicitous as
we ever witnessed; or. the instrumental parts
of the. performance, the most striking' were tie
beautiful fantasia so deliciously breathed I.l!'i
from the flute of NicnsLsoN ; the neat, rapi,t
and tas:eful pianoforte concerto, by NVIGLEv, •
and the several song accompatnnents executed
by Sir Gconor. SMART, MORI, and BIRCH.—
Mrs. STEWART'S composition was received with
deserved favour, as it formerly was in India,
where her talents were well known and duly up-
predated. The honour of closing the cratorial,.:
seasort. was reserved for Dr. Busty, and could
not have been placed in abler hands. From his
science and ingenious management, God save the
King received a grandeur and brilliancy which
certainly it never derived from the arrangement
of any other Master, and imparted to the per-
formance of the evening an eclat not less gratify-
ing to the audience, than ad vantagecus to the
competent and praise-worthy Director.
OPERA AT ST. PETEasnuaGlL—lt is generally
understood at St. Petersburgh, that the Emperor
is about to introduce a regular establisl'ment for
the performance of Operas in the Italian Jan-
guage, in the Russian capital, during six monthi
of the Jear ; and in order to this, it is said, he
appropriates the sum of half a million of roubles,
about 20,0001. sterling. Madame Fonon, from
Paris, alone is to be pensioned with a monthly •
allowance of 12,000 roubles.