The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-04 00:00:00

THB FUNDS.

There being no arrivals this morning, with the excep-
tion of the express from Paris, with the intelligence that
the insurrection in Syria had been terminated, which
caused at the opening of the British Market an impr.)ve-
ment in Conrols for the leaving off prices of 90 for the
Account to 901, which price they did not maintain long,
and they receded to 894, soon after to 89i, and at present
to 90k, they have been continually fluctuating ; Money
90 ; Exchequer Bills 21 23 prem. ; Bank Stock 1721
173 f ; India Stock 252 k to 253 k.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is the chief
speculation at present, closed at 244 i, opened at 244 k--;
Deferred, ilk 12 k ; Passive, 5i 6i ; Portuguese 31f ;
Three per Cents., 211/ ;Colombian, 241 25/ ; Mexican,
281 I ; Brazilian, 77i 78k; Dutch Too-and-a- Half per
Cents. 50 if; Five per Cents., 101 f ; Russian 113 115.
SHAmts.--Great Western 33 35 prep. ; London and
Brighton Si 8 dis. ; Blackwell 11 i prem. ; Birmingham
83 85 prem. ; Southampton 56i 57 per share ; Croydon
114 i per share; Greenwich 8i 9f per share; Manches-
ter and Birmingham 10 9 dig.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT. ONE.
£. s. d. X. s. d. £. s. d.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Gloucester BO ...... 74
Great Western
London and Brighton
London and Birmingham 9O
Ditto i Shares
South Eastern and Dover 23 - to -
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Union of Australia.. ... 221- .. . 30
Ditto New Shares

HALF-PAST ONE.
A good deal of business has been done in the course of
the morning in the British Funds at various quotations,
from 891 to 90i 4 extreme fluctuation. It is reported that
the prices come better from Paris.
Consols at present 904; Money, 90 ; Exchequer Bills,
lower 21 23, 20, 21, prem. ; India Bonds lower, 1 4 2,
dis. ; India Stock, 2524; Bank Stock, 173,1 173.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 24i; Portu•
gacse, 30i ; Brazilian, 78 ; Columbian, 251 ; Dutch Two-
and-a. Half per Cents, 511; Five per Cents, 101,1.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red 9o- Ditto Bonds ...... ...... 3 dis.
3 per Cent Cons ......
4 per Cent Red 991 Ditto New Annuities...
New 3i per Cent
New 5 per Cent ...
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 22 pm
Jan. 1860. l3 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct —
Oct. 1859 — India Stock for Acet...2531
Jan. 1860 l3 5-16 Consols for Acct 9014
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 314
13razilian Bonds... .. .. 78 Prussian, 5 per cent....
BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent. ... 113 i
Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, S per cent 241
Ditto, 1824 2SA Ditto, Deferred
Danish, 3 per cent. .... 78 French, 5 per cent...ll2f. —c.
Greek, 1825, spercent Exchange --f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2i- per cent bli
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 1011
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway 75
Bristol and Exeter Railway
• Eastern Counties Railway
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 29
Great Western Railway
Ditto New Shares. .
Liverpool and Manchester
London and Brighton Railway
London and Blackwall Railway
London and Birmingham Railway ...
Ditto Quarter Shares
London and South Western Railway ... 57
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) lli
South Eastern axd Dever 7*

THE PENNY POSTAGE.--We are informed
that on Tuesday last, a druggist in Retford received, through
the post-office from London, one hundred leeches inclosed in
a tin case, for which Is. 4d. only was charged.
The Temperance system has lately commenced
in the town of Cavan, and is making rapid progress under the
auspices of the Roman Catholic clergymen.
The method of eating strawberries, by putting
them in layers, and mixing them with lemon juice and sugar,
is said to be highly dangerous, although common enough in
Italy. It is alleged that strawberries so mixed undergo a che.
mical process, which renders them almost as injurious as the
juice of hemlock in a state of fermentation. As we copied the
original paragraph, justice demands that we should also make
public this statement, as a caution to our
.readers.
MILTON PARK.—EarI Fitz william and part
of his family are expected at this splendid seat on Thursday
next, to remain a month, and then proceed to Wentworth for
three months. The report which has been going the round of
the papers, stating that Wentworth House is being prepared
for the reception of the Queen and Prince Albert this month,
is not true. Some additions have been made to one of the
wings of the mansion, but not for the accommodation of the
Queen and her consort.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A LADY.—Satur-
day the passengers of one of the Dundee and Perth steamers
were thrown into great excitement by a lady on board having
twice attempted to throw herself into the water. First she sat
on one of the paddle-boxes, and leant against the quay when the
boat was preparing to start at Dundee, with no doubt the inten-
tion, as was subsequently discovered, of allowing herself to drop
into the water as the boat sheered off. Fortunately as the boat
was moving and the lady slipping between the quay and paddle
box, a cry arose respecting her situation, when a passenger
sprung up and caught her by a portion of her dress in the act of
falling. Suspicions were entertained that she had intended to
let herself fall into the water, and she was narrowly watched on
the passage up. When at Newburgh she again attempted to
drown herself by leaping over, but from the precautions taken
she was prevented, and conveyed to the cabin, where she was
prevailed upon to remain until the boat landed at Perth. Vari-
ous
Caledon ian Mercury.urs are current as to the cause which prompted her._
On Saturday morning a suicide was committed
by a young woman named Mary Ann Kimpton, living with a
man named Harris, at No. 2, Lucas-place, Cromer-street,
Brunswiek-square. It appears, for some time past the man
Harris had been unwell, and continued getting worse. On
Friday afternoon the deceased called Gila neighbour for the pur-
pose of borrowing some money, and appeared very dejected,
and spoke of the illness of Harris. She said " that if he should
die she would not live long, after him, as she intended to de-
stroy herself." Whilst talking, a message was delivered to her
that Harris was worse, and wished to speak with her. She
left the place for the purpose of going home, but was not seen
till seven o'clock in the evening, when she w as found in a wa-
ter-closet, with her throat cut to such an extent as nearly to
separate her head from her body. A razor, with which she
had committed the act, was found lying by her side. A sur-
geon was prompt in his attendance, but too late to render as-
sistance.

CALAIS, AUGUST I.—On Monday, at one
o'clock, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, tra-
velling under the name of Baroness Culloden disembarked here,
accompanied, by her amiable daughter the Princesses Augusta
and Mary. Their arrival excited a great deal of curiosity
among the inhabitants of Calais, particularly the English, and
which was gratified by their walking b. the hotel, the Duchess
leaning on the arm of the veteran Captain Hamilton, who
brought them over. They amused themselves in the evening
by looking at the various shops, at several of which they made
purchases, and left Calais this morning early for Belgium.
The Duke of Cambridge will take his departure
for Germany at the close of the present month. Prince George
has been on a short visit to Lord and Lady Talbot de Malahide,
at Malahide Castle, and is expected to do duty with his regi-
ment, the 12th Lancers, for two years from the date of his
appointment, when he will be advanced to the tank of Major-
General.
Sir Robert Peel left town on Friday last, for
Drayton Manor, for the season. The Right Hon. Gentleman
has been invited by the Duke of Rutland to join the grouse
shooting party, which is about to assemble at Longshawe
Lodge, on the borders of Derbyshire.
RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT, AUGUST 2.—Among
the latest arrivals are the Marchioness of Ormondo and
the
Ladies Butler, Lady and Miss Ramsden and suite, the Rev.
Archdeacon Wilberforce, Lord and Lady Downes and the Hon.
Miss Burgh, Sir John and Lady Eleanor Cathcart, Sir Geo.
and Lady Dashwood, Lady Grey of Groby,
Baynes and family, Mr. Mansell, M.P. and fa Sir William
mil Hon. A.
Willoughby, &c. The first meeting of the Carisbrooke archers
took place on Wednesday, at Carisbrooke Castle ; the day was
delightful, and a numerous assemblage of the nobility and
gentry of its environs attended.
A JUDGE PRESENTED WITH WHITE GLOVES.
—The Irish Summer Assizes are drawing to a close, and the
results, every where, more than justify the congratulations of
the Judges to the Grand Juries upon the tranquil state of the
country, and the rapid diminntinn of crime, as exhibited by the
calendars. In the populous city of Kilkenny, more remarkable
than other places for the great distress of a large proportion of
its inhabitants, there was not a single prisoner for trial. The
Kilkenny Journal states that "Louts Anderson, Esq., one of
the Sheriffs, presented to the Judge in the City Court, Mr.
Sergeant Moore, a pair of white gloves, and accompanied the
present with some congratulatory observations on th,e ileace of
the city." The Assizes for the county of Kilkenny commenced
on Monday about mid-day, and t,olnit4ated early next day !
THE CORN
bagging-hook are in ttgeneralapplication throughout
vt heal being thin pre y
RATiVEsT.—The sickle and the
West Kent, and, although there is mat ass average crop, the
on tee grOund, it is astonishing how the re-
cent rains have inlProved the crops, the ear being filled with a
11014 sample that Will tell well in the bushel. We are informed,
and upon good authority, that nearly an eighth less was
sown than was intended, in consequence of the extreme wet-
ness of the land in the latter end of last year, and that, in the
undermentioned counties, the crops nay be now fairly quoted :
Berkshire and Hampshire are far from producing an average,
Kent nearly an average, Sussex, Essex, and Hertford, consi-
derably ever 'an average crop. It is also gratifying tn learn
that the second crops of potatoes in the house connties are look-
ing remarkably well and prorgising. 'the recent rains have
greatly and benefited the pas-
strengthened the turnip,
hire land which hattheeorne extremely bare for want of moisture.
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