The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-31 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

The attention of the public and the City politicians is entirely
occupied this morning in perusing the important debate of last
night in the House of Commons, on the motion of Lord John
Russell, on the Irish Church question ; and the event of the divi-
sion on this important and interesting subject, is looked for with
great anxiety both by the Tories and Whigs. In the meantime,
both parties are forming opinions on the result. The Tories are of
the decided opinion, should Ministers be defeated, they will still ob-
stinately maintain their places. The Whigs say, after experiencing
so many defeats, they must soon make a retreat; at all events, up
to the present. hour, it has not had any impression on the Funds—
Consols, which left off yesterday at 92 for the Account, opening this
morning at 91,i, with little doing.
Exchequer wills, 37 38 ; India Bonds; 20 21.
In the Foreign Market it is settling day for the Foreign Stocks,
and there is little doing; the chief attention of the brokers and
jobbers is towards settling their accounts. It is expected all will
go off well.
Spanish Bonds opened at 65 to -1; Spanish Scrip, Bto ; Por-
tuguese Stock maintains yesterday's prices, 9411 g.
The Express from Paris being of Sunday's date, we have not re-
ceived any
.French prices, but at Tortini's they were lover.
Our arrivals this morning are a Malta mail, by the Firefly,
which sailed from Malta on the 12th of March, Gibraltar on the
21st, and Cadiz on the 22d ; one French mail and one Hamburgh
mail, with the Express froth Paris.

HALF-PAST ONE.
The whole of the morning the general topic of conversation in
the city, and, we may say, in every Coffee-house, entirely related to
the situation of Ministers ; and the prevailing opinion is, that they
will be defeated, and that Sir R. Peel will resign his office, which
will be refused by his Majesty. But we deem this, as on dit at
present, and we must wait the result of the debate.

Consols are not so good as in the early part of the morning, when
they were 92 for the Account • at present they may be quoted at
914 and 914 for money. Little business is doing in either of
the houses. Exchequer Bills. 39 ; India Bonds, 20.
In the Foreign Market the Spanish Bonds receded to 65 ; at
present they are 65k. Spanish Scrip, which was 8 premium, may
be quoted at 8 premium. Portuguese continues firm at 94i a. In
other Foreign Securities there is little doing.
Up to the present hour, it appears that the settling of the Foreign
Account is going off well, as we do not hear of any failures.
THREE O'CLOCIC.

Consols for the Account, 914 1.

The best coals are now selling at Southampton at
20s. per ton, being upwards of one-third less than the general
price in London. Should this disproportion continue, the
Southampton Railway will probably have considerable traffic
in this commodity.

DRURY-LANE.—Mr. Vandenhoff last night made
another essay of his dramatic powers in attempting to repre-
sent the character of Virginias, and although we cannot award
his acting the praise of super-excellence, we will not deny
that it did exhibit points deserving commendation. It may
rank among Mr. Vundenhoff's best efforts. The theatre was
in the early part of the evening very thinly attended, but it
afterwards made a more respectable appearance. My Neigh-
bour's Wife, and Masaniello were the afterpieces.
FRENCH PLAYS.—ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.—
A very crowded house was attracted last night to these per-
formances by the announcement of a novelty called Robert
Macaire, composed as a continuation of the celebrated L'Au-
berge des Adrets, and represented with extraordinary success
at Paris, and at the principal cities in Prance. It is an ex-
travaganza, written in the same strange style of ultra-drollery
as its predecessor. Roguery in the most ludicrous shape is
brought forward in Robert Macaire quite as prominently as
in L'Auberge des Adrets—it is irresistibly laughable, and the
acting of Lemaitre and Vizentini provoke the continual dis-
play of mirth.
EARLY APPLICATION OF GALVANISM TO ME-
DICINE.—TEe following grotesque prescription occurs in Scri-
bonius Largus (De Comp. Medicament., c. 1.) :—" Pain in
the head, however inveterate and intolerable, is immediately
removed and permanently cured by the application of a live
black torpedo to the part, till the pain ceases and the part is
benumbed; when this is perceived to be the cue, the applica-
tion must be discontinued, lest the sensation of the part should
be lost. Several torpedoes of this kind should be had in
readiness, because torpor, which indicates the success of the
remedy, sometimes does not occur till two or three fish have been
used." The author recommends the application of these po-
tent fish to the feet in gout. Op. Cit. c. 41. These are cu-
rious instances of the employment of galvanism in medicine,
long before the existence of that great agent was recognized
in science.—Ryan's Journal.