The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-17 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY: TWELVE O'CLOCK
Our arrivals this morning are very meagre, and not of the
least consequence, being of old date.

The continued disappearance and great mystery which pre-
vails, both in this country and in France, of Don Carlos and
his destination, causes more excitement with the public than
the formation of the new Ministry.

The express from Paris this morning is of some interest,
particularly that part which relates to the departure of Don
Carlos from London, and his journey through France to
Spain ; of which, it appears, that the French Government and
their vigilant police are in the same state of ignorance as we
are in this country. •
The express also brings the arrest of Don Carlos's banker,
at Paris, on the Royal Exchange.
The following letter we have seen from Madrid, to the 9th
inst. The great panic caused by the cholera is now over,
for at this moment I don't hear of a single case ; the greatest
enthusiasm and content reigns in the capital. Hundreds of
workmen are employed in constructing the Saloon, for the
meeting of the Cortes, and the Queen will open it in person.

THE FUNDS.

Most of the Funds have improved this morning. Consols
are 92}i for the Account ; Spanish has been done at 44 : at
present they are 431 ; Portuguese 861 7.

HALF-PAST ONE.
A Dutch mail has arrived, which brings the Spanish Stock
lower; we do not hear of any political news by it.
One of the suite of Don Carlos was on 'Change, who posi-
tively states that Don Carlos joined the Carlists on the
10th instant. _ _ .

Consols may be quoted at 921 for the Account ; little doing.
Spanish Stock heavy, at 434 to k.. Portuguese Stock main-
tains its price, at 87+
No official information as yet of Don Carlos.

HALF-PAST TWO.

The Duke of Portland yacht has arrived at Plymouth from
Lisbon. Don Pedro had recovered, driving about Lisbon in
an open carriage. All tranquil at Lisbon.

TIIREE 0' CL 0 CK.

Consols for the Account, 92k.

The Echo du Peuple of Poictiers states, that in
the canton of Villedieu, five reapers having taken shelter from
a storm under a tree, were struck by lightning. Two of the
number were killed on the spot, and but little hopes are enter-
tained of the recovery of the others.

A petrified Indian child has lately been found by
some stone quarriers at Guernsey, in Ohio. This extraordi-
nary specimen was found embedded in a solid mass of rock,
and is described as having the appearance of a stone image,
somewhat imperfect—a very fair outline of a young Indian—
done in limestone. A small row of beads was found in the
same cavity.—American Paper. •

That important branch of national industry, the Iron
Trade, is in a drooping condition. This week have been held
the Quarterly Meetings of the Iron Masters of Staffordshire
and Shropshire, and we regret to learn that their prospects
are any thing but encouraging. Shropshire best forge pigs are
down as low as 41., and Staffordshire bars are at any price the ma-
nufacturers can command. On Wednesday, at Wolverhampton,
it was proposed to lower the price of bars 10s. per ton, but a
further reduction seemed inevitable, and the parties interested
were to meet again yesterday, to come, if possible, to a fixed
determination for the present quarter. This second meeting is a
lamentable proof of the dull state of the market. It costs but
little time and effort to determine when prices shall advance or
remain stationary, nor to determine the reduction when orders
are at all plentiful ; but the difficulty in the present depressed
state of things appears to be, whether the iron-masters may not
be compelled to sell at lower prices before the end of the quar-
ter than any they would at present like to name. Perhaps the
iron-masters have themselves to blame for this reaction. It
may be questioned whether the condition of the market has
been such as to justify recent advances. We think not. There
was, it is true, a temporary advance, but that being only tem-
porary, we doubt the wisdom of taking such signal advantage
of scarcity. The ruse about great orders for railroad iron
turns out to be a ruse after all, and could, therefore, have no
other tendency than that of placing the trade in as bad or a
worse position than before.—Sheffield Mercury.

LEITII.—Some years ago a vast number of human
bones were exhumed in -St. Anthony's-street, when the ground
was broken up for the laying of the gas pipes. These, from
the decayed state in which they were found, and one of the
skulls containing a musket ball, were supposed to be the re-
mains of those who fell at the seige of Leith. A farther quan-
tity was dug up in excavating the foundation of a new church
in the Links. This week, while workmen were taking down
an old' wall at the head of Wellington-place, behind Constitu-
tion-street, they came upon several human skeletons embedded
in a dry sandy mould, mixed with submarine deposits, and at a
farther depth they discovered an immense number of skulls,
amounting to nearly 100. These are in the highest state of
preservation, and what is worthy the attention of the physiolo-
gist, scarcely a carious tooth is to be found amongst them.
Besides these mournful relics of the olden time, two balls were
found at the same place, one of which weighs 61, and the
other about 12 pounds. It is well known that a battery was
placed on the Giant's Brae, near the golf-house, during the
siege, from some ponderous field-piece belonging to which the
balls must have been discharged. One or two of the skulls
which we have examined bear evident marks of sabre wounds,
which further proves that this spot has been a principal scene
of the bloody strife.—Scotsman.