The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-07 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

The express from Paris, in point of foreign news, is of
a very meagre description.
The accounts from Bayonne assert that on the 27th a
severe conflict took place between the Carlists and the
Queen's troops, on the road between Tolosa and Pampe-
luna, and that the Carlists were completely defeated.
It appears by accounts from Vienna, that the new
Austrian loan has been contracted for by the bankers of
that city.
French Rentes, 78f. 95c. ; Spanish 30%.
Consols opened this morning at the price they left off
yesterday, 92 1/8 for the Account, and 91 Ai to 92, for
money.
In respect to the true cause of the panic which took
place in Spanish and Portuguese securities yesterday after-
noon, we are still in the dark : but the letters this morn-
ing from Paris state that the bankers of Madrid have fur-
nished the Spanish Government with a temporary sum
of money previous to the contracting for the loan. This
information has given new life to the speculations in the
above stocks, giving them still hopes that something will
be done for the Cortes Bonds, in consequence of which
Spanish and Portuguese Stocks have improved, the former
to 341% %; the latter 77%.
Up to the present hour we have no further arrivals from
Portugal.

HALF-PAST TWELVE.

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The following has been sent to the Bank :
" All holders of Four per Cent. Annuities (1826) who
shall not signify their dissent, shall have for every 100/. of
the Four per Cents, 100/. of the Three and a Half per
Cents, dividends upon which shall be payable the sth
January in each year.

" The said new Three and a Half per Cent. Annuities
shall be added to and consolidated with the existing.new
Three and a Half per Cent Annuities, and not to be liable
to redemption until the 6th January, 1840.
" The holders of Four per Cent. Annuities (1826) to re-
ceive the half-year's dividend, which will become due on
the 10th October, 1834 ; and the first dividend, namely
one quarter of a year's dividend, to be payable on the said
Three and a Half per Cent. Annuities on the sth January,
1835.

" Books will be opened at the Bank of England on Thurs-
day the Bth May to Wednesday the 28th of May, both days
inclusive, for receiving notices, by themselves or their
agents, of those persons who may be desirous of dissenting.
" Persons who shall be out of the United Kingdom dur-
ing the whole of such period shall, in such case, be per-
mitted to express their dissent at any time before the 6th
July, 1834 ; and any person who may be in any other part
of the world, except Europe, to be permitted to express
such dissent at any time before March, 1835.

" Persons not signifying their dissent within the period
before mentioned will be deemed to have assented.

" Persons signifying their dissent within those periods
will be paid off in such order, at such time, and in such
manner, as Parliament may direct.
" Treasury Chambers, 7th May, 1834."

HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK

The notice for the reduction of the Four Per Cents.,
received at the Bank this morning, is in general not ap-
proved of,' as no bonus is offered.
Consols are 92% 14 for the Account ; Spanish, 3414 %;
Portuguese, 76% to 771/8.
We have no further arrivals as yet; but the Countess of
Pembroke steamer is hourly looked for from Lisbon.
The Dutch Funds have improved by the accounts from
Holland.
THREE 0' CL 0 CK.
Consols for the Account, 92% U.

SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE.—By a Return
of the number of days on which the House of Com-
mons sat in the last Session of Parliament, with the
total number of hours occupied in the morning and
evening sittings of the House respectively, it appears
that—

Before Feb. 27, 20 days
/
r Morning Sitting, 285 hours]: 1371
After Feb. 27, 124 days,
1,240 Evening Sitting, 955
The House sat 3 dap, less than 1 hour
2 between 1 and 2 hours
6 2 and 3
10 3 and 4
3 4 and 5
2 5 and 6
6 and 7
7 7 and 8
13 8 and 9
8 9 and 10
16 10 and 11
40 11 and 12
28 12 and 13
13 and 14
From Feb. 27 to Aug. 29, being 25 weeks, the House sat
hours per week in the Morning, and 38 hours per week in the
Evening.

The British and Foreign Bible Society held
its annual meeting this morning. Exeter Hall was
well filled. Lord Bexley took the chair, and we
observed the Marquis Cholmondeley, Lord Morpeth,
and the Bishops of Winchester, Chester, and Lich-
field on the platform. The Report, which was read by
the Secretary, gave a very satisfactory account of the
Society's operations at home and abroad. Copies of the
Scriptures are demanded for all parts of the world parti-
cularly for France, the West Indies, and China. The in- '
come has increased 8,0001. in the course of the year,
amounting now to the enormous sum of 83,8901. An
anonymous letter conveyed 1,0001., and Mrs. Hannah
More had contributed 1,000/. The report alluded to
the death of Lord Teignmouth the president,
Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Hughes, and Mrs. Hannah
More with regret, and in most affectionate terms.