The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-20 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols opened at the price they left off yesterday, 87
to 88 for the Account; nothing doing as yet.
Owing to the dastardly conduct of the Portuguese Con-
stitutionalists in the battle near St. Übes, the Portuguese
Stock has receded to 59i ; Spanish, 221

HALF-PAST ONE.

Private accounts from Paris state that General Saars-
field had retreated, as a great force of the Carlists were
blockading him at Burgos.

Consols were done, in the early part of the morning,
at S7l for the Account; since which they have resumed
their former price-87i, SS, and SS to I, for next time.
The Foreign Market is heavy ; Portuguese Regency
Stock, 59 to 60k; Spanish, 224.

THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols for Account, 884.

MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER.—Wednes-
day evening Richard Gripton, one of the gamekeepers of
the E irl of Bradford, and an assistant, were inspecting one
of his Lordship's covers, called Brockhurst coppice, near
Ivetsea bank, when they separated. Soon after the keeper
was seen pursuing a man down a field of wheat adjoining
the cover, and bad got very near him as they approached
the gate. At that instant the flash and report of a gun
were seen and heard in that direction by a young woman
passing along a footpath in the field, as well as by the as-
sistant, who happened unfortunately to be at a consider-
able distance, but immediately hastened to the spot from
whence the flash and report of the gun had proceeded.
The body of the unfortunate keeper was found near the
gate lifeless. Upon a post mortem examination, the
surgeon discovered a gun-shot wound in the chest, under
the cartilage of the ribs, and a number of leaden shots in
the cavity of the chest, by which the heart had been so
lacerated that instant death must have ensued. From the
small size of the exterior wound, and of the bole made in
the unfortunate keeper's waistcoat, which was also smeared
with the discharge of the gun, there can be no doubt that
the muzzle of it was placed close to the keeper's breast
when fired off. The perpetrator of this act has for the
present eluded justice. An inquest was held on the body
on Friday, when, after a minute investigation, a verdict
was found of " Wilful murder against some person
unknown to the jurors." A considerable reward will be
offered for the discovery of the murderer. The Earl of
Bradford and his brothers attended the inquest, and mani-
fested the deepest interest during the whole ino:Ary.—
Staffordshire Advertiser.
THE 'ATTEMPTED MURDFn. AT KlNO-
aToN.—James Gardner, who on Wednesday last, at King-
ston fair, was stabbed in his left side below the heirt, by
William Smith, alias Cobbler Bill, a member of the
thimble-rig gang, left Kingston oa Sunday night. He
walked over the bridge to the Middlesex side, where a
cart was waiting for him, by which he went off, and has
not since been heard of. The extraordinary circumstance
of his departure, which has given rise to a variety of sur-
mises, and which was undertaken in the most sudden
manner, appears to have been agreed upon between both
parties, in consequence of an intimation being given by
Mr. Marshall, the surgeon who attended Gardner, that
be would the next day, Monday, state to the magistrate
that Gardner was so far convalescent as to be able to
appear as principal witness against the prisoner. When
it became known, Smith appeared on Monday before Mr.
Shrubsole, the magistrate, having been brought from
Kingston Gaol, and as there was no evidence against him
he was discharged. Gardner, it appears, bears not so
good a character as was at first supposed, he being well
known to some of the police of that neighbourhood.
FLIGHT OF BlRDS.—During the late gales,
immense flocks of birds, chiefly thrushes, have been
fluttering about the light houses on the coast. At the
Is'e of May they were sorely preyed upon by the owl, and
at Girdleness the lightkeepers caught till they were tired,
having collected no less than ten dozen of thrushes.—
Greenock Advertiser.

INCREASE OF BUILDING.—SeveraI acres of
land have just been purchased in the Old Town, in the
parish of Leamington, by an eminent physician, who is
dividing it into small allotments for the erection of small
and genteel houses. We understand 300 houses are to be
built ihereou.— Warwick Advertiser.
TRADE OF PERTH.—Such is the demand
for shipping at this port, that freights, particularly in the
coal trade, have advanced 50 per cent. Those for potatoes
to the London market are at present much higher. The
working classes in general are employed. The provision
markets are well supplied, and the rates moderate.
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