The Sun.
London, England, 1835-08-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,--In your paper of the 10th inst., under the head of
Parliamentary Divisions, you hare the following:—" List 01
Majority of 83 (Tellers included), who voted that Mr. Pres-
ton be committed to Newgate for refusing to answer ques-
tions, &c."

As I feel that this is an unintentional error, I trust you will
do me the justice to contradict it at the earliest opportunity ;
at the same time I think it right to tell you that you have
substituted my name for that of Mr. Prentice, concerning
whom the division took place.—l am, Sir,
Great Yarmouth, Aug. 11.

Your obedient servant,
E. W. W. PRESTON,

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

The August Session commenced this morning before the
usual authorities.

The Calendar contains the names of 240 prisoners to be
tried for the following offences :—Assault with intent to rob
1 ; with intent to violate 1.; with intent to commit a capital
offence 2 ; burglary 5; cutting and maiming 2 ; embezzle-
ment 10; housebreaking 9 ; sending threatening letters
2 ; forgery 6; stealing from the person 36; manslaugh-
ter 2 ; misdemeanour 1 ; Fraud 1 ; receiving stolen goods
5 ; robbery 1 ; mutiny 2 ; larceny 150 ; possessing counter-
feit coin 4. Of these prisoners 40 were committed from
the city, 154 from the county, 8 from Essex, 24 from Kent,
and 14 from Surrey.
The Grand Jury having been sworn the Recorder delivered
the usual charge, which contained no point of novelty or pub-
lic interest.

The principal part of the day was occupied in swearing in
he petty jurors.

TIIE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

We have our usual Monday arrivals this morning, two
French mails, two Ostend, and one Dutch, with several ship
letters from the East, but of old dates.

THE FUNDS.

Owing to the dearth of information from the Continent, and
more particularly from the Peninsula, a great stagnation pre-
vails in the speculations of both British and Foreign Funds to
the present hour.
Consols, which left off on Saturday at 89i for Money, and
891 for the Account, opened this morning at 89i, with little
doing. Omnium 2- prem. ; Exchequer Bills 20 22 ; India
Bonds 5 6 ; Bank Stock 215*.
In the Foreign Market it is settling day, consequently the
brokers and jobbers are busy in settling their account. To the
present time we do not bear of any failures, and it is expected
the account will go off well. The following are the quota-
tions of the Foreign Securities :—Spanish Bonds improved
per Cent., owing to a report of an Express from Madrid with
favourable news. Spanish left off at 47, at present they aro
47k ; Scrip, 13 discount ; Portuguese 87 ; Three per Cents.,
571
It was a holiday at Paris, consequently we have no French
prices, but at Tortini's the Three per Cents. were 79 20. The
Dutch prices, 2i per Cents., 54i 55; Five per Cents., 102;
Metallics, 1023; Bank Shares, 1,325.

HALF-PAST ONE.
By the Hamburgh mail of the 14th August, we have re-
ceived the prices from Vienna. Metalliques, 102 17-32 ;
Bank Shares, 1,324 9-16.

Consols, 89 4, for Money, and for the Account the same ;
in the morning they were done at 89k ; Omnium, 21 prem. ;
Exchequer Bills, 20 ; India Bonds, 5 7 ; Bank Stock, 215
The foreign market is not so good as in the early part of the
morning, particularly Spanish Bonds, which reached 47i ; at
present may be quoted, 474 ; Spanish Scrip was 12i-discount,
now 121 disc. ; Portuguese, 891.89 ; 3 per Cents, 571 ; Co-
lumbian, 348 ; Mexican, 358; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 54; 5 per Cents, 1018. '
The Foreign Account is going off well.

THREE 0' CL 0 CK.

Consols for the !,:oottnt, e 94.

The proprietor of the Durham Chronicle has &en
convicted at the Durham Assizes, before CV.ief Justice Tindal
and a special jury, of a libel on the Hon. Mr. 'ltitvor, M.P.
for that city. That gentleman having attacked Mr. Lamb-
ton, and afterwards explained, the Chronicle called him izs
" unblushing liar and unprincipled coward." Mr. Creswell
appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Blackburne for the de-
fendant. The Jury found the defendant guilty, but " recom-
mended him in the strongest manner to the mercy of the
Court, because they were of opinion that the libel was pub-
lished under considerable provocation." To the surprise of
all, Lord Abinger sentenced Mr. Vcitch to pay a fine of 1001.,
and to be imprisoned till it was paid. A strong sympathy
was excited in Mr. Veitch's behalf ; the money was raised by
subscription, and he was liberated. —Halifax Exprees.
THE WILL OF THE LATE WILLIAM COBBETT.
__ln consequence of family affairs the will left by the late
William Cobbett, the Member for Oldham, has not been
proved in due course, and a monition has been applied for and
obtained in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury by Jesse
Oldfield, a creditor of the deceased, in order to compel
William Cobbett, the son and sole executor, to bring the
will into that Court, and either to accept or renounce pro-
bate. This decree will be returnable on the 9th of Septem-
ber, and unless cause can be shown to the contrary, letters of
administration, (with the will annexed) will be granted to
Mr. Oldfield, the creditor, who will consequently be bound in
sureties to administer the effects of Mr. Cobbett, instead of
the son, who has been appointed solo executor. The affair has
excited some interest in Doctors' Commons.
The refusal of the Sutton church-rate has kindled
the ire of our autocrat to such a degree, that he has already
issued a discharge of the school room, occupied for upwards
of twenty years by Mr. Roome and friends, and thus thrown
them on their own resources • but the town is indignant at this
conduct, and is already proffering assistance to build a new
one.—Nottingham Review.
Owing to the difficulty. of forming a Grand Jury at
the late Croydon Assizes, the Judge was under the ne-
cessity of fining the dcfaulters 50/. each. Many ofthe Surrey
Grand and Petty Jurois coinpfain thatthey base now to "attend
, the Central Criraind,Court.