The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-26 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

We are again this morninc, without any arrivals of
consequence. The chief business for this day in the
house will be the operations in the puts and calls,
otherwise called options, the settlement of which takes
place a quarter to four o'clock.

To-morrow being the settling day in Consols, the
jobbers and brokers arc also occupied in arranging their
accounts. " The " Bulls "at the commencement of the
account. having become alarmed that a war would take
place between this country and France, made up their
accounts with a sacrifice, and turned bears. It is ex-
pected that heavy losses will be experienced on to-
morrow's settlement by the Hebrew party.
Consols have not opened quite so good as they left off
yesterday, at 90 for Account, at present may be
quoted at 90 both fur Money and Account ; Ex.
chequer Bills 24 26 prem. ; India Bonds, 2 dis. par ;
Bank Stock, 169 170 ; India Stock, 249 250.
In the Foreign Market little doing as yet.
Spanish Active maintains the leaving off price of
25 26 ; Deterred, 124 ; Passive, 6i ; Brazilian,
80 to 81 ; Colombian, 24;1 251 ; Mexican, 29:1 ; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half, 521 ; Five per Cents., 1024
The Foreign Exchanges being lower yesterday after-
noon accounts for the depression of Consols this
morning.

Shares—Great Western Railway, 27 29 premium ;
London and Brighton, 91 8i discount ; Blackwall,
discount, par ; Birmingham, 81 83 premium ; South-
ampton, 57 58 per share ; Croydon, 1111 per Aare ;
Greenwich, per share ; Manchester and Bir-
mingham, 10:k 91 discount.

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.

Great Western
London and Blackwall
London and South Western 3Bi s7i to

HALF-PAST ONE.

The private accounts received from Paris state that
another agent has been sent to Mehemet AU, to do all
in his power to persuade him to conform to the wishes
of the Quadruple Powers.
Since the early part of the morning the British Mar-
ket. has become heavy, and receded, from 901 i to 901
for the Account ; at present may he quoted 901 ;
100,0001. Consols were purchased against options, the
depr,ssion in the British Funds is, not owing to any
news having arrived, but it ►s said to its being a Bull
Account.

The Dutch steamer Batavier has arrived, bringing
the papers of the 25th August.

The market continued firm ; Exchequer Bills lower,
26 3 5 prem. ; India Bonds, 2 dis.; Bank Stock, 1694.
Spanish Active, 254 ; Deferred, 1211 ; Portugese,
35 ; Three per Cents., 2:3 ; Colombian, 25 ; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 ; Five per Cents.
nothing done.

Very little doing in Shares ; Great Western, 93 ;
London and Blackwall, 19 ; South-western, 574.

STEAM TRAVELLING EXTRAORDINARY.--
LEICESTER, MONDAY.—About half-past twelve o'clock this
day a train, the longest, perhaps, ever known, came along
the Midland Counties Railway from Nottingham. It had
four engines to drag it forward, and to the beholders ap-
oeared like a moving street, the houses of which were
filled with human beings. The occasion of this extraordi-
nary sight was a return visit made by the committee and
friends of the Nottingham Mechanics' Exhibition to the
Mechanics' Exhibition of this town. The number of car-
riages was 67, and the quantity of passengers nearly 3,000
—moat of whom were well and respectably attired. On
the banks for a considerable distance, and also near to flu.
station, tens of thousands of spectators had assembled to
greet their arrival, a. d the scene altogether was one of the
most imposing that can be conceived. The Duke of Rut-
land's excellent band was in attendance, and played an ap-
propriate air as the train entered the Company's premises,
and afterwards preceded the cavalcade that was formed to
proceed to the New Hall, where the exhibition has been
for some weeks opened. About seven o'clock the train set
out on its return to Nottingham, when the crowd collected
witness their departure appeared quite as great as on
their arrival.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.---This extraordinary
machine i 3 now being worked on the Great Western Rail-
roa t, between Drayton and Padtbngton ; and, though no
oistinet idea of the apparatus can be• imparted without plans
and draughts of the dial, pipes, rods, &c., of which it is
compo.,,ed, yet the principle will excite unqualified admi-
ration when our readers learn that intelligence is conveyed
at the rate of 200,000 macs per second, or 8,000 times
quicker than light travels during the same period, by means
of electrical currents passing through coils of copper wire
placed immediately behind some fine magnetic needles,
made to operate upon a circular series of 20 letters, which
indicate such terms, either separately or collectively, as
they have been arranged to represent. This telegraph
will act both day and night, in all states of the weather,
and with a rapidity so superior to the common process, that
one minute only is required for the communication of 30
signals.