The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-26 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon were the
same as on last post-day, with little business doing.
Consols opened this morning at 88 to 88i for the
Account—at present may be quoted same ; for
Money 88.
Exchequer Bills, 5 7 prem. ; Bank Stock, for the
opening, 1661 16Th ; India Stock, 246 248.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active rather heavy,
left off 221 a; at present 22} ; Deferred, I I ; Pas-
sive, 51 42- ; Portuguese, 324 ; Three per Cents., 2114 ;
Brazilian, 77 79 ; Colombian, 221 23 ; Mexican, 25:} ;
Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents., 501 ; Five per
Cents., 99 100.
Suativ.s.—Great Western, 16 17 prem ; London
and Brighton, II 104 dis.; Blackwall, 34 dis. ; Bir-
mingham, 75 77 prem. ; Southampton, 511 521 per
share ; Croydon, 1 per share ; Greenwich, 6 7 per
share t Manchester and Birmingham, 14 12 die.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Bristol and Exeter 5O ...... to
Eastern Counties
Great Western
Ditto New
Gosport Junction
London and South Western 3S
llancliestef and Birmingham 35
North Midland, (New)

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, YESTERDAY

Amsterdam CF. 12 4
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam 2U. 12 5/
Antwerp ....... ....... 12 4
Hamburg... ...... M. B. 13 11
Altona ... 13 11/
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 30
Ditto, 3 months 25 55
Marseilles
Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine 119 /-
Petersburg, 3 Us 37/
Berlin
Vienna, effec. fl. 3M 1 2
Trieste, ditto lO 4
Madrid
Cadiz 36/
Bilboa
Barcelona 36/
Seville

Gibraltar
Leghorn
Genoa 25 70
Milan
Venice 47
Naples 4oi
Palermo, per oz 1221
Lisbon 524
Oporto 53
Rio Janeiro
Bahia
Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days'sight 46}
Philadelphia • 46
PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Portugal Gold, coin .E 3 17 101
Foreign Gold, bars...o 0 0
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 10i
Silver in Bars 0 0 0
HALF-PAST ONE.
spoken with on the 9th inst.,
ong. 36 30, lat. 47, by the
'istol.

The British Queen was s
out 7 days 20 hours, in I(
Robin Hood, arrived at Bri
The prevailing opinion is
meet have received despat
which arc not of a favoura'

is, that the French Govern-
tales by tie Levant Mail,
ible nature.

Since the early part of the morning Consols have
become heavy, and receded from 881 to 87-7 g 88, at pre-
sent may be quoted 88 for the account. We under-
stand that the Society of Pigeons have been selling,
which caused the above depression.
Consols for Money 87 ; Exchequer Bills 7 3 prom. ;
India Bonds 7 dis.

In the Foreign Market Spanish Active reached
during the morning 22-g- ; at present 22,a ; Deferred
11 ; Portuguese 321; ; Dutch Two-and-a-I-lalf per
Cents. 50 ; Five per Cents. 991, have been 99g.
In Shares little doing. Eastern Counties I ;
Bristol and Exeter '27 ; Great Western 8I New
451 1 ; South Western 52 ; Manchester and I3irming-
ham 221 22 ; North Midland 4.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Yesterday after-
noon the Annual Mceeting of the Shareholders of the
above theatre was held in the Saloon, to receive the report
of the Committee and elect auditors for the ensuing year;
Mr. Benjamin Bond Ca!:hell in the chair. Mr. Dunn,
the Secretary, read the Report of the Committee, which
was adopted. This d,,cument alluded to Mr. Hgmmond's
failure, to Mr. Eliason offering to open the theatre at a
yearly rent of 5,500/., the enormous salaries demanded by
singers, &c. In the course of the discussion that urek
place on the perusal of the report, the Chairman stated
the reasons that had induced the Cornmitte to reject
the offer of Mr. Beak; and with regrird to the suggestion
that the Committee should open the theatre under their
own direction, he said that the plan was tried during the
period when Mr. Whitbread was connected with the theatre,
and, though it succteded for a time, eventually the Com-
mittee found themselves 90,0001 in debt. _ .

COURTS-NIARTIAL IN INDlA.—Lieutenant C.
Mann, 11th Native Infantry, has been tried on the fol-
lowing charge :—" For wilful murder, in having at the
village ot Pannagur, near Jubbulpore, on the 10:11 of
Mirch, 1840, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice afore-
thought, made an assault upon Serroop, his servant, and
their and there struck with a spear the said Serroop
seal upon the right side, and thereby infl'clel a mortal
sound, whereof he, the said Serroop, died on the road, as
he was being emveyed into Jubbulpore on the same day."
Finding on the charge—" Tat the prisoner is guilty of
so much of the charge as amounts to manslaughter."
Sentence—" The Court having found the pritoaer gulty
to the extent above stated, doth sentence him, the said
Lieutenant C. Mann, 11th Native Infantry, to be impri-
soned fur the space of two years, in such place and corn.
mcncing from such time as the Major. Gent r it commanding
the army in chief may be pleased to direct." Lieutenant
Bathurst, 11th Native Infantry, has been found guiAy by
a general Court-martial on the following charge :—" For
conduct unbecoming the character ot en officer, in having
at Ahmednuggur, on the afternoon of the 20th day of
April, 1840, between the hours of five arid .six, been drunk
on duty under arms, at skeleton drill, on the regimental
parade." Ile was sentenced to be cashiered ; but the pu-
nishment was remitted by the Commander-in-Chief.—
East Indian Telegraph.
MURDER OF A SERVANT.—The Gazette de
Liege states that a few days ago,
an Englishman, named
Rising, living at Marche, had a violent altercation with his
servant, and was carried so far by his passion as to seize a
knife and to plunge it several times in the body of his
victim. His wife and sister endeavoured to prevent him
from committing this crime, but he was deaf to their en-
treaties and the cries of the unfortunate man, who was so
badly wounded as to expire the next evening.
had Early ina
n
the morning, Rising had fled from Marche, and
his escape through Liege. lie had formerly travelled
for the house of Stevens and Vanderberchem of Brussels.
The unfortunate servant has left a widow and two children.