The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-21 00:00:00

THE FUNDS,-(THIS DAY.)

CIDY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
This week has been productive of important events, in re-
spect to our local affairs, and the. next will be of still greater
importance, bringing his Majesty's speech, *ifit the address
to it. All eyes are at present looking to the forthaVittirig re-
sult of next Tuesday, for which the people of the British em-
pire are an7;iously waiting ; and we should not be surprised to
hear that, previous to the above day, his Majesty's speech will
be altered from the original one.
The defeat of Ministers on the Speakership of the House of
Commons, begins now to be felt with the monied interest
in the City, as well as on the speculations in the funds. Con-
sols, which were, pi evious to the election of Mr. Abercromby,
at 92s for the Account, have receded 1 per cent., and left
off yesterday at 91i -A. for the Account, opened this morning
at 91i 3, since which they have improved to 91 for .the
Account.

The Foreign market has followed the same example, and
almost every description of Foreign securities have declined.
The following are the opening prices of this morning :
Spanish opened at 57-a, since done at 58 to k. Scrip opened
at 5, and improved to:s+ . Portuguese, 914 Columbian,
361
Our arrivals this day are few in number—only a French
mail with the express from Paris, and one arrival of ship let-
ters from Demerara. The express from Paris is not of much
importance.

HALF-PAST ONE.
Various arc the opinions on the events which are expected
to take place next week in the House of Lords, but we be-
lieve that, up to the present moment, Ministers are not aware
of the results of that day. There is an opinion in the City,
no doubt of the monied interest, that they will stick fast to their
situations, and not be got rid of so easily. This had the effect
of improving the Consol Market, which was very heavy in the
morning, and receded to 91+s for the Account, since which•
it has reached 91:8a, at which price they are at present.
Thc Market ha s also improved. Spanish, 541 ;
Scrip, 51- i 3-; Portuguese, 91:1-; Colurnban;-
29 ; Dutch, 56 I-.
There arc no fresh arrivals since the morning.
Consols for the Account, 91.

THREE 0' CL 0 CK.

ACCIDENT TO THE MANCHESTER TELEGRAPH.
—Tuesday night the Manchester Telegraph coach met with
an accident on its road from Manchester to London. On
leaving Manchester the coach was filled with passengers inside
and out. About a mile from Leek the road had been during
the day partly new gravelled, and as a preventive to coaches
running on the ungravelled part logs of wood were placed
across during the day, but had imprudently been left there after
dark. When the Telegraph arrived, the coachman, who was
unconscious of any such obstruction, drove over one of
\the
logs, and the violent jerk which the coach received threw the
coachman into the road. The horses, being without controul
set off furiously, proceeding about a mile. When they
arrived at Leek, the coach was overturned with most tre-
mendous violence, and the passengers thrown to the ground.
In this situation it was some time before assistance could be
rendered. Two of the outside passengers were so dreadfully
injured, that they were conveyed to Northampton for surgical
assistance, where they remain in a precarious situation ; se-
veral others were also severely injured. The coachman was
discovered lying in the road, apparently lifeless, the wheels
having passed ouer him. He lies at Leek without the
slightest hope of recovery. There is not the least blame to he
attributed to him.

ACCIDENT TO THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL.—The
Birmingham and London mail did not arrive at the Post-office
this morning until half past eight o'clock, owing to an ad=
dent about two miles below Bicester. It is supposed the
coachman had been drinking, and fell asleep. The passengers
were suddenly alarmed by a shock and a violent crash, ex-
pecting every instant the mail to go over. The inside passen-
gers got out, and found that the horses and coach had partly
thrown down a loose wall and bank, the coachman lying on his
back on the bank, the pole broken, and the horses, witlione excep-
tion, disengaged from the coach. Three of the horses were held
and prevented from doing further mischief. The whole of
the passengers, four inside, and two out, escaped unhurt.
The off horses were considerably cut about the legs, as they
first came in contact with the wall. As soon as assistance was
obtained from Bicester, the mail proceeded to that place with a
pair of horses. A new pole was obtained, and as at Bicester
the coachiman is changed, the mail came on without farther
delay. The coachman who met with the accident did not ap-
pear to have received any material injury. The two outside
passengers had a very narrow escape of being thrown off the
mail amongst the horses.
NEW MODE OF DUNNING.--The following ad-
vert isement appears in a Rio Janeiro newspaper :—" Senor
C. F. Pereira de Fonseca is requested to send to No. 122,
San Jose-street, and pay 4,120 reals, which he has owed for.
more than two years."

A man living at Treport, near Dieppe, though 71
years of age, retained all the irregularities of hs youth, and
consequently was on bad terms with his wife, A few days
ago he, in a fit of rage, first killed her with his gun, and then
attempted to destroy himself in the same manner; but not suc-
ceeding, he set fire to his bed, where he was looking for death
when his neighbours broke in and took him away I early half
burnt. He was conveyed to the hospital at Dieppe, but there
are no hopes of saving his life.

TILE ELECTRICAL EEL—The electrical eel at-
tains no a considerable size, and sometimes kills a horse that is
wading the streams t when he comes in contact with the chest
of a horse, about the region of the heart, the power of his
stroke knocks him down and kills him. A man, attempt-
ing to lift a small one carefully, has been knocked down by
it. It kills frogs and fish instantaneously. It is of a dull
leaden colour, with small lurid eyes : it sails with as much
much facility backwards as forwards. The electricity is not
permanent, nor the power always at its command ; when hungry
the power is at its greatest intensity.— Webster's Narrative of
a Vogage to the Southern Ocean.

AL,MosT AN' EssAY !—Almost dead with the
toothache: Well, better almost anything than merely nothing.
No ; better no fish, than fish almost flesh ; fruit almost ripe,
is decidedly unripe ; almost a man, is a boy, or a hobblehoy ;
and almost a mile, is a mile and a half, at the least; almost a
poet, is no poet j and almost a genius is little less than an ass;
almost in time, is almost too late ; almost ready, is never pre-
pared ; almost afraid, is a bold fellow ; and almost ashamed,
never blushed in his life ; almost killed, is very little hurt ;
almost enough, is hungry fare ; almost in the fashion, is rather
shabby ; almost in luck, never drew a prize ; almost furnished,
is an empty house; almost at home, is three long streets off;
almost ruined, is a miser ; and almost a beggar, is quite a beg-
gar ; almost a victory, is all but a defeat ; and almost an essay,
is little better than a paragraph.

A ludicrous and somewhat ominous circumstance
occurred on Thursday at St. Phillip's, Regent-street, about
the time that the debate on the Speakership was commencing.
A long strip of black crape, which had probably detached itself
from some linendraper's shop, after floating through the damp
and weepint, atmosphere, attached itself to the spire of the
church. A large crowd assembled before the portico and ap-
peared to consider the black flag thus fortuitously attached to
church's pinnacle, as ominously indicative of a day of mourn-
ing for the Church, and of the downfal of ecclesiastical abuses.

t per Load of 36 Trusses.)
RLAND.

HAY MARKETS.-(A
CU MBE]
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £4 n to .£4 5
blew Meadow Hay
Useful Old Ditto
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay
Clover Hay
Oat Straw. ..£l 12 to £ I 14 i Wheat Straw I 16 2 0
SMITHFIELD
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Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay V V l3 15 t,, £4 0
New Meadow Hay u u 0 0
Useftil Old Ditto 4 10 4 15
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay
Clover Hay extra fine ...,.., 5 10 Generally ~ ~... 4 5 5 5
Oat Straw ...1.1 10 ia £1 12 ! Wheat Straw I 14 1 IS
HUNGERFORD.

Coarse Meatlow Hay £4 0 to .C 4 5
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 4 10 4 15
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay
Clover Hay 4 5 5 5
Oat Straw £1 10 to .k 1 11: 1 Wheat Straw

A CIVIL CUSTOMER.—A carpenter at Yeovil
having done some work for a neighbour, called last week to be
paid, when the debtor threw the money in his face, and after-
wards gave him a black eye and a broken head.