The Sun.
London, England, 1835-06-26 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols, which left off yesterday at 91i for the Account,
opened this morning at 91i f for the Account, with little
doing. Exchequer Bills 26 28; India Bonds 6 8 premium;
Bank Stock 215 f 216 ; India Stock 259} 260 f.
The Foreign Market _continues much in the same state as it
left off yesterday, without business doing. The following are
the quotations of this mornins,:—Spanish, which left off 40i
414, opened at 40f 41f ; Spanish Scrip, which left off 17 16i-
discount, opened at 17 164; Portuguese Stock the same as
they left off, 841 85 ; Columbian, 36f ; Mexican, 36 37 ;
Dutch, 21 per cents. 551 4. Upon the whole the market is in a
languid state at present. The Committee of the Stock Ex-
change assembled twain yesterday, and declared nine more
defaulter, o: the acs o: or •the 29th no, last. They have
nut as yet come to a determination on the defaulters out of
the House.

ITALF-P AST ONE.
ConsGls have been during the whole of the morning at 91i
for the Account, with little business doing.
Exchequer Bills, 27 ; India Bonds, S to 7 ; Bank Stock,
216
The Foreign Market is in a complete state of inactivity,
with scarce a bargain doing. The following are the foreign
prices :—Brazilian, 82i ; Chilian, 48 ; Mexican, 36 ; Portu-
guese, 821- ; New Portuguese, 85 84 ; Three per Cents. , 584 ;
Spanish, 401; Scrip, 171, discount ; Dutch 2/ per Cents.,
55 .
The Committee are again sitting to investigate some further
accounts of defaulters—it is expected that more of them will
be declared.

Money is scarce, as the bankers still refuse to discount good
bills. No further arrivals or reports.
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols fcr the Account, •IHH.

THE LANDER COLUNIN.-The first stone of a
column, intended to commemmorate the achievment of the ce-
kbrated African travellers, Richard and John Lander, bro-
thers, natives of Truro, in discovering the mouths of the
Niger, was laid at Truro, on Tuesday last.— West Briton.
THE POLICE AND CLERGY BILL.-This Bill
has been abandoned, there being no bope of carrying it
through the House of Commons, notwithstanding all the zeal
of the lay and clerical canvassers who have been working at it
day and night for so many weeks.—Liverpool Chronicle.
SHERIFF'S COURT, JUNE 2.—SWAINS V.
SMART.—The plaintiff sought to recover the sum of
14/. Os. 6d., the balance of a bill delivered for sundry hay,
corn, &c. The defendant had pleaded that he was not liable,
for that the goods were furnished not to him, but to a Mr.
Edwards, his master. The Jury said there no necessity for
the Sheriff to sum up, and immediately returned a verdict for
the plaintiff for 141. Os. 6d.
Mr. Bowes's Mundig, Mr. Ridsdale's Coriolanus
and IVlarcian, along with Stockport and Barbara Bell, last
week passed through York, on their way to Scott's stables,
Whitewall Corner, near Melton.
THE WELCH POOL TRAGEDY.—NO further
tidings have been obtained respecting the flight of Rogers, and
the wife of the deceased Mr. Evans.—Devizes Gazette.

The York Musical Festival is to take place in the
Minster, in September next. An interval of nearly seven years
has elapsed since the last ; in that interval, the Minster has
been set on fire by the hand of a mad fanatic, and renovated by
the ingenious professors of modern art.—York Chronicle.
MURAT.—When this eminent cavalry officer
commanded the horse of Napoleon, such was his strict at-
tention to theatrical effect in his appearance, that after the
battle of Wagram, when the French had been fighting three
days and two nights, and when the wounded were brought
into the temporary hospital to have their limbs amputated,
&c., there sat, in the midst of this scene of surgical opera-
tion, suffering, and groans, Murat on a stool, curling the long
hair which he always wore, and which had got out of curl in
the protracted engagement.
THE CROPS.—The country papers are unanimous
in describing the luxuriant appearance of the crops. Wheat
was hardly ever known to look better, and the showers of last
week have much improved the Lent corn. The apple growth,
it is expected, will even exceed the prodigal crops of 1834.
The aspect of the hop plantations is also stated to have im-
proved greatly. The sainfoin, clover, and hay crops have fallen
in well, both as respects their weight and their nutritious qua-
lities. The cherries ere rather short of expectation, particu-
larly the late sorts, although they bloomed so finely. In the
Northern counties barley and oats are tolerable in appearance,
but less forward than they sometimes are at this season. The
wheat crops, however, look tolerably well.
A PATRIARCH.—Upon the Earl of Shrewsbury's
estate at Alton Towers, in Staffordshire, resides a man of the
name of Samuel Salt, who has arrived at the good old age of
96. Five years ago this venerable sire took "for better and
for worse," his fourth partner for Ye in the person of a steady,
sober spouse, of the age of 78, both of whom continue living
together in the full enjoyment of happy unity. The Noble
Earl, to signify his pleasure in having so aged a couple of
tenants, permits them to live rent free, as well as allowing
them half-a-crown a week, and a quart of ale every other day.
The man is by trade a walking-stick manufacturer, and lately
made a pair for his Noble landlord.
STEAM NAVIGATION TO THE EAST INDIES.—
The following is extracted from the Bombay Courier :
" Nearly five months have now elapsed since the departure of
the ForbeS, and yet nothing has been heard of her. The
second attempt of the Calcutta Committee to prosecute their
plan may therefore be considered a total failure, for which
not the shadow of an excuse can be offered after the mise-
rable result of the first ; and in this light it seems at length
to be regarded by the Calcutta press. Thus, then, has the
greater part of a lac and 50,000 sicca rupees been spent, besides
the hire of the steam-boat, for which Government will have to
pay nearly a lac of rupees more, as the contract of the house
of Mackintosh and Co. was made (very judiciously on
their part) for the time the Forbes might be absent, and
not for the voyages which she might perform ; and what,
let us inquire, have the Calcutta Committee and Mr.
Greenlaw to show for these two enormous sums ? A
few heaps of coal, which are rapidly hastening to de-
struction in the Red Sea, and a silver cup, which, by the
way, it struck us at the time was voted rather prematurely as
a testimonial of the valuable services rendered by the secre-
tary to the cause of steam navigation—a cause in which the
result proves that he has been mainly instrumental in squan-
dering the proceeds of two of the most liberal subscriptions
ever raised in India, or, indeed, in any part of the world, for
a public object. Regret, however, at what has passed, can
be of little service. The point for consideration now is, what
can be done to save the few remaining thousands in the hands
of the Calcutta Committee, from the fate which they are
threatened with, if a stop be not put to the proceedings of
that body. The most desirable and judicious plan certainly
would be for the Committee to resign their situations, but of
this, we believe, there is no prospect as long as the,renereeemasaainrys
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their money, and we recommend the subject to their serious
consideration. The Forbes may be expected when Captain
Wilson returns, as he will probably tow her back if he meets
with her ; and as the Calcutta Committee have stated their
intention of despatching her again no time should be lost in
counteracting this reckless extravagance.
SOLDIERS.—There are but few towns in the king-
dom so much annoyed, and their natural tranquillity so fre-
quently disturbed, as Chatham. Every few days we have
troops preparing for embarkation, and on the eve of their de-
parture they gladly catch at the merest trifles to create a dis-
turbance—the principal part of them are young Irish recruits—
and when in this state they, on the very first opportunity, draw
their bayonets, and generally speaking they are never sheathed
until blood has been spilled. Surely the time has arrived
when these youngsters should be deprived of their side arms
when off duty and associating with peaceable citizens ; the
almost nightly fray, in this and other garrison towns, where
the glittering iE• dray sang ceroaovie on the defeneele:4,
loudly call for it;terfereirce of the Bowers tint be.—Dover
Chronicle.