The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-31 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

We have just received the Third Plate of Inskipp s
Studies from Nature. The engraving is that of a young
girl petting a lamb, which is evidently a great favourite with
her. There is much gentleness of expression in the girls'
countenance ; the engraving, as a whole, is neatly and
carefully finished.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

This being settling day in the Foreign Market, we have as
usual on that occasion reports according to the sinister views
of the speculators, such as the Queen of Spain's speech being

in town, and that the Cortes had met on the 24th and ad-
journed immediately for three days ; but up to the present
time we cannot trace them to any authentic source ; still they
have had an effect on the Spanish Stock, which has improved
to 46k; Portuguese steady at 864.
No arrivals as yet from Portugal, which arc looked for
every hour with some anxiety.
The settling of the Foreign Account has every appearance
of going off well.

HALF-PAST ONE.

Up to the present hour we cannot confirm any of the pre-
vailing reports of the morning papers respecting the Queen of
Spain's speech being received, although it was stated that the
Spanish Ambassador had received it. The prevailing report
is that the Cortes had met on the 24th inst.

Spanish Stock has improved to 4741, about two per cents.
rise this day, since which it may be quoted at 46i s for money.
A great deal of the above stock has been purchased, and the
settling of the Account is going off well. At present Consols
are 91* for the Account, with little doing.
No arrivals as yet from Portugal.

THREE O' CL 0 CK.

Consols for the Account, 91i.

LORD DUNCANNON.—The people of this part of
the county, and of Ireland in general, are highly delighted
with the rumour of Lord Duncannon being appointed to a high
office in the present administration. He is known long and
well to them—he is a tried friend of the people—he has stuck

to them in good and evil report, and has not deceived them—
he is a good, kind, and indulgent landlord, and what is much
to be admired in him, wishes to be a resident one; therefore,
the people feel grateful to him, and will look up with confi-
dence to any Government of which he will form a part.—Tip-
perary Free Press.

DISCOVERIES IN ASIA MINOII.—The Rev. Mr.
Arundell's narrative of his journeys in Anatolia, and of his im-
portant discoveries there, has been pronounced to be one of
the most valuable additions ever made to geographical know-
ledge. He has determined, beyond question, the sites of the
ancient cities of Apamea, Sagalassus, and Colossm ; and,
above all, that of Antioch of Pisidia, where first the message
of the Gospel was addressed to the Gentile world, by Paul
, and Barnabas. Of the different localities of this sacred place,
and of its hallowed ruins,' the author has given full descrip -
tions, which cannot fail to take root in the memory of every
Christian, as being illustrative of many passages in " The
Acts of the Apostles."
The dwellings of the Anglo-Saxons were full of
crevices, and to prevent the current of air from extinguishing
the lamps in the Royal Palace, Alfred invented lanterns. In
the reign of Edward I. a proclamation was published, forbid-
ding the use of coal as a public nuisance. In the reign of
Edward IV., so great was the ignorance of the times, that
many even of the Bishops, when compelled by their office to
sign certain laws or regulations, were obliged to adopt such
methods as the following :—" As my Lord Bishop cannot
write, at his request I have subscribed."—lnces Outlines of
English History.

NEGRO IRISHMEN IN TIIE WEST INDIES.—
Montserrat had Irish colonists for its early settlers, and the
negroes to this day have the Connaught brogue curiously and
ludicrously engrafted on the African jargon. It is said that a
Connaught man, on arriving at Montserrat, was, to his asto-
nishment, hailed in vernacular Irish by a negro from one of
the first boats that came alongside—" Thunder and turf !"
exclaimed Pat, " how long have you been here ?" " Three
months," answered Quashy. " Three months ! and so black
already ! ! Hanum a jowl," says Pat, thinking Quashy a
ci-devant countryman, " I'll not stay among ye ;" and in a
few hours the Connaught man wa4 on his return, with a white
skin, to his Emerald Isle.—From Montgommi Martin's His-
tory of the British Colonies," Vol. 11. West Indies.

, •
" LANG SANDY WOOD. "--This medical gentle-
man, better remembered in Edinburgh by the name of " Lang
Sandy Wood," was no less distinguished for his eccentricity
than his benevolence. One of his peculiarities was an affected
severity of disposition, which, however, was continually giving
him the slip in spite of himself. The effect of Mrs. Siddons's
acting upon him we have heard described by those who wit-
nessed it as laughable in the extreme. He could not resist
the temptation of attending the theatre night after night,
during the period of her engagement ; and the command she
exercised over the feelings of all mankind found no exception
in him. From the moment she came on the stage, indeed, to
the conclusion of the piece, he was engaged in a continual and
uniformly ineffectual, struggle to maintain his usual appearance
of sardonic indifference. We have heard an old gentleman,
who was present, relate the following amusing anecdote re-
specting Mr. Wood's demeanour on these occasions. Mrs.
Siddons was one night personating Desdemona, and the per-
formance had just come to that affecting scene where Othello
strikes her, when Mr. Wood discovered that he was actually—
crying ! Abashed and irritated at being beguiled into such a
display of feeling, he held down his head, and was overheard
thus endeavouring to reason himself into composure, as he im-
patiently dashed away the tears from his eyes : " All
nonsense this ; all d—n nonsense ! I'm sure I know well
enough it's all nonsense I This is just the Edinburgh theatre ;
and I'm Sandy. Wood ; and she there—why she is just—just—
just that b.— Mrs. Siddons (if Scott.