The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-24 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCfair
Montreal Papers have been received at the North and
American Coffee-house to the 28th November. Their lof
tents are of little interest. They state that the Par Hamel"
Upper Car.ada stands further prorogued to the 22d Decell.3,o,
The remaining voyageur, of the Hudson Bay Compalif
petted from the interior, had arrived at Lachine on the
and 26th November. During the severe cold weather 0-:;:10
rienced, the waters of the Rideau Canal were frozen from two
to three inches thick, and the navigation consequently 8030'
(From the Mobile Commercial List.) che
Covron.—The receipts of the week aro 1,040 bdsir*,;,
exports 1,897, and the stock on hand, includingail onSLrj
board, not cleared, 6,564 bales. The present wpA has elle,
with the same spirited demand for Cotton `
termination of the last week. .'nat existed at t

THE FUNDS,
Our arrivals this morning are few—a French and I"
mail; the latter sailed on the sth Dec. , from Gibraltar
the 14th Dec.
Consols opened this morning at the price they left a y.;
terday-94 to for the Account, with little doing. Sillsrs
not so good as they left off-55f 1, owing to the speculaeer
waiting the result of the Stock Exchange Committee, WheAtb
ia
they will suffer the price of the Spanish Loan LP be quote'
their list. Portuguese Stock, 864.
HALF-PAST o.o' tc,
A report prevails that the Bank must have again recourse
the circulation of small notes, to favour the agriculturists.froo
The private letters this morning, of the first authority,
es,
the United States are of a favourable nature. Business,
going on well, and the Stocks maintain their Prlcio
The President's message is expected to be of a wertr9Bl
nature in regard to the French claims. The dnu
retains the Government dividends on the Bank Stock, an p
hopes are entertained of the renewal of the Bank 01'Z k.
Money easy at 5 per cent. ; exchange 6 per cent
Stock 8-i.
Consols are not so good as in the early part the i•
and may be be quoted at 92 to .4 ; Spanish heavy at 641
Portuguese maintains its price of 861
I('
TWO O'CLO— Cd
The Stock Exchange Committee have broke uP, a
solved to rescind their former resolution on the Spanish Loamso,
and in future the above Loan will be negotiable in the °°:
THREE 0 Cins-Ci"

Consols for Account 92 to i.

The Chancellor o
Edward Drummo fte
Exchequer has apPb% bis
and Thomas Venables, Esers, keof
private secretaries. Mr. Drummond was one of the utirf•
Wellir ton's secretaries while First Lord of the Tre(ayfice,
-.lr. Venables is one of the senior clerks in the Home eight
and officiated as secretary to Sir Robert Peel when the ember
Hon. Baronet presided over that department. The I resk
continues to perform his official functions at his private") to'
dente, and it is at present uncertain whether he will reale
Earl Spencer's late residence.
A it,Egir
.(3-
FARINGDON.—THE NEW POOR LAW ••-- ^bcr
MENT BILL—Our town for the present week has hter.learit
noured with the presence of Mr. Gulston, one of the MsLci- the
Commissioners appointed under this Act. We uneerstai'wn is
whole of our district is to be incorporated, and tb•at our °art:of
to be the depot of upwards of 12 parishes. iquitum ft 1.3/3€ tit
will, consequently, in future be the motto or our city.y'
shire Chronicle.,co be
The peculiar turn of our Spitalnelds weavers ti; bet
come bird-catchers and fanciers has long been proverhia,lobl,
in this they are completely outdone by the inhabitants el who
a large manufacturing village in Germany, mostly of
have such a passion for the common chaffinch, that ne et.
them are said to have gone 90 miles from home to 'take cle for
these birds, and have given one of their cows in exchaeg
a fine songster.
ton lit'
The best coals are now selling at Southampton
28s. a chaldron, equal to about 225. a ton. • -Car°
The sharp frost of Monday set the Ice
night cud
some.
to work with more than usual activity. p 9 .111
LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, DEC. „
demand in the beginning of the day appeared morC: active,
111
a more general desire to buy appeared, but no i...npre,vei,":, salef
prices can be noticed, though it is looked, for. lid.
amount to 2,500 bales, of which 200 Baas at 111-(1. loa-
-70 Maranhams, I3d. ; and remainder American' 9d. a ge
per lb. For auction on the 2d of 'January, 2,500 Surats,lived
St. Domingos. The New Yo, packet Orpheus has ar
to-day. one
HORRIBLE IVIIIRDER.—Thursday morning;
vvei,
Miller, an inmate in the Poor's House, Ayr, who is n with
intellect, murdered another inmate, named Ralph Wilso _4,31
a hatchet, with which he inflicted several wounds on lih.;,,e•larrgh.
and face. The murderer is committed to gaol.--Eatn
Evening Courant.
c
Thursday the Green Isle steamer arrived at thattle
e
l3roomielaw from Drogheda, loaded exclusively with ever
and pigs. This is the first cattle-carrying stea;lier that
was
1 to
arrived in the Clyde. and we learn that this ;lass of ste°vier
will now arrive weekly, which will have a tendency 1,.
the price of butcher meat.--Edinburgh Evening Couraor d
The fish-curers of St. las are busily erne
preparing the pilchards iner thee
Italian markets. I` • ted that about 1,200 hogs" whole'
13 expe.e
until the
fish will be tr''
ready for shipment every week,
are on 4a-icen during the late sease-,,etwis
, . 4'l
-oar .
ni-court-rtao
Mr. H. Denton, of Percy-street, Tottenbaare car
Yesterday morning, between eight and nine 0 vf
builder, was inspecting some alterations which hare
ried on by his workmen, at the house of Munroe. I"="niwg th
f the Is"' ect
scaffolding erected to the second story, he
and Neely
of Gloucester-place, Portman-square, when,. asceuu Wert
at a height of about 23 feet, on a hear of bricks,
such severe injuries that ho uet expected to sure
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