The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1835

state of the Treasury. It is asserted in these letters that
bills for 87,0001., drawn by the agents in London upon
the Minister, of Finance, .have been presented for ac-
ceptance ; which Bills have been drawn on account of

money raised in London, for the payment of the divi-
dends on the sth, and that though nobody doubts but
the Bills will be protected, Mr. CAMPOS has not
approved altogether of this operation ; for it is said that
the money was raised privately in London, on very
disadvantageous terms.
The late Ministers, CARVALHO, RODRIGO, MA-
GALHAENS, and M. GOMEz de CASTRO, late Secre-
tary and Lord of the Treasury, have been elected
Members of the Cortes for the province of Minho.
Great discontent prevailed among the employ6s in
Lisbon, on account of the reduction of salaries, and
other economical measures adopted by the present
Administration.

Madrid Journals to the 11th instant have been re-
ceived. Their contents arc favourable. Some ex-
tracts from them arc given in another column.

We call upon every admirer of the British Navy to
come forward in support of the object of the resolu-
tions adopted at a public meeting held in the Mariner's
Church yesterday, namely, the erection of an Hospital
for British Seamen in the Merchant Service. The
report of this meeting will be found in another part of
The Sun ; and to it we refer our readers for the
speeches, resolutions, &c. At the same time we must
observe, that the Merchant Service is the great
bulwark of our naval strength ; and we are only sur-
prised that the Government and the country should
have so long remained indifferent to the sufferings of a
body of men who contribute so much to the naval va-
lour and glory of England. As this subject is of great
iuiportance, we shall return to it the first fitting op-
portunity.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Pantaloon has arrived from Lisbon, sailed on the 6th
inst. She does not bring any news of importance ; but a
freight of thirty thousand pounds—most part of which is for
Mr. Rothschild. The private information states that intrigues
were still carrying on there to a great extent, and that the
present Government was by no means firmly established.

THE FUNDS.

Consols opened at the leaving-off price of yesterday, 911
for the Account, and are stationary at the above quotation.
Reduced, 90 #.
Exchequer Bills, 15 17 ; India Bonds, 3 5 ; Bank Stock,
211 212 ; India Stock, 2561 2571.
In the Foreign Market, although the Spanish prices come
1 per cent. higher from Paris this morning, and the accounts
being of a favourable description from Madrid, they have not
had much effect on the Spanish Active Bonds in our market,
which closed at 461 47, and reached 47f ; at present they
are 47.

The information from Lisbon being rather of a sombre ap-
pearance respecting the stability of the present Ministers, has
prevented an improvement in the Portuguese Stocks, and they
may he quoted at the closink prices of yesterday, 841 ; 3 per
Cents., 551 1; Colombian, 32i ; Mexican, 37 38; Dutch 24
per Cents.. 54i 55i; 5 per Cents.. loot 101.
HALF-PAST ONE.

Consols, which had a firm appearance in the early part -of
the morning, on a sudden gave way, and declined from 911
to 913 ; since which they have improved to 91 -8-, at
which price they continue at present. Reduced, 901; Ex-
chequer Bills, 16 ; India Bonds, 5 ; Bank Stock, 2111 ;
India Stock, 2561.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds, which
reached 47+, rrceLled to 4613, since which they have improved
to 47+ ; Portuguese, 834 84 ; Three per Cents., 551-; Mexi-
can,-37 ; Colurobian, 311 ; Dutch 24 per Cents., 541 551.
THREE O'CLOCK
Consols for the Account, 911 I.

PROOF or GOOD TRADE.—The receipts at the
Savings' Think, Sheffield, during the past week, amounted
to one thousand three hundred and twenty-seven pounds,
being the largest amount received, since the opening of
the bank, in any two days of business, and notwithStanding
the restriction which limits the amount to be received from
any depositor to '3Ol. in the year.—Sheffield Iris.

INSANITY.--A French physician, in a recent work
upon the moral and physical causes of insanity, noticing
the influence of professions in promoting this affliction,
brings forward a curious table, showing the relative propor-
tion of different professions in a mass of 164 lunatics. It
runs thus :—Merchants, 50 ; military men, 33 ; students,
25 ; administrateurs et employes, 21 ; advocates, notaries,
and men cf business, 10 ; artists, 8 ; chemists, 4 ; sailors,
3 ; enginaers, 2.—Total, 164.
DnEADFUL SUICIDE.—On Monday evening last
an inquest was held at Lincoln, on the body of W. T. Thom-
son, Esq. (formerly a banker at Doncaster), who, on the pre-
vious evening, destroyed himself in a bed-room at the Sara-
cen's Head Inn. The Jury proceeded to view the body,
which was lying in the place where it was found; Death
had evidently been caused by strangulation, the face and
neck being exceedingly black ; on the bed was a towel,
which had been twisted apparently to assist in the work of
destruction, and a piece of the tester was lying on the bed,
which would seem to have been broken off in a first but
unsuccessful attempt to hang himself. There was besides
a razor, three twists of small cord, and a letter with a black
seal, addressed to " Mr. C. Bell, druggist, Whitefriargate,
Hull." It was impossible correctly to say whether the de-
ceased bad suspended himself from the tester of the bed-
stead by the tail of his shirt, and which (if so) must after-
wards have slipped from the knot and let him down, or
whether he had destroyed himself by strangulation without
suspension. The Jury, after hearing evidence, returned a
verdict that the deceased destroyed himself by strangula-
tion, being at the time in an unsound state of mind.—
[We (the Lincoln Gazette) have been informed by a gen-
tleman, on whom we can place the greatest reliance, that
this unhappy %ictim to constitutional melancholy was one
of the most amiable and respectable of the inhabitants of
Hull. He had for some time resided with Mr. Curtis, at
the Minerva Hotel, by whom we are assured that his
conduct was most exemplary. His highly respectable bro-
ther was entertaining Captain Ross, and a large party en-
gaged in rescuing the ice-bound sailors, at the moment the
intelligence of this dreadful affair arrived.]
FUDGE I—The answer of the Duke of Cumberland
to the Address of the Grand Lodge of Longford,_ is a
noble and spirit-stirring document, breathing in every line
the fearlessness, the integrity, the high honour of the House
of Brunswick. The Royal Duke, when he speaks the
principles instilled into his youthful mind by his venerable
and ever-to-be-lamented Father, George 111., has struck
upon a string which will produce a deep vibration on the
chords of every lOyal heart in Ireland. The memory of
this good and great monarch is cherished here with feelings
of the loftiest veneration—and the prayer of every loyal
mouth is—that all his successors may inherit the virtues and
the principles of George the Third, together with his
sceptre.—Dublin Mail.
A RIVAL TO THE KILLARNEY Ecrro.—" On
our passing the Lurlei, near Oberwese], where there is a
remarkably distinct echo, I was told that those joyous
youths, the Burschen, who frequently go up and down the
river by the steam-boats, having made it a rule, on ap-
proaching the Lurlei, to roar out, Who is the Burgo-
master of Oberwesel,' the echo, true to the last sound,
repeated, Esel,' i.e., ass.' This so annoyed the worthy
magistrate, that he petitioned the King of Prussia, I know
not with what success, on the subject."—My Note Book,
by Mr. Macgregor.
JUSTICES' WAGES.—Sir J. S. Lillie is to bring
for Ward at the next meeting of the magistrates, the subject
of the manner in which the pittance allowed by the Trea-
sury under the above denomination is at present applied, and
to move a rescinding of the former resolution on the subject.
We regret to find that the peasantry of the barony'
of Ennishowen in this county, are now manifesting a spirit
of insubordination, which we hoped had been eradicated
from that hitherto disturbed district. Nightly meetings
are held, and resolutions adopted, which are speedily car-
ried into execution.—Ballysbannon Herald.
A large turnip, of the white Swede species, was
lately produced at Stonegrave. Divested of the root and
greater part of the top, which was small, it weighed thir-
teen pounds-; and it measured 2 feet 6 inches by 2 feet
4 inches in circumference.

NATURAL CURIOSITY.—WhiIe two sawyers in
Messrs. Garland and Horsburgh's shipbuilding-yard, Dun-
dee, were employed in cutting up an oak log into planks,
they discovered a neatly-built wren's nest with an egg in it,
firmly embedded in the heart of the wood, which situation,
considering the age of the tree, it may have occupied for a
period of more than half a century.—Dun fries Courier.
The inhabitants of Halifax and Hudderfield are
stirring themselves for the establishment of a direct mail-
coach from the former place to the metropolis. It will pass
through Sheffield about 12 o'clock at noon, which would ef-
fect the saving of an entire post in replying to a Londo n
letter. Surely this is worth an effort, and we hope the
merchants and manufacturers of this town and neighbour-
hood will unite with those of Halifax and Huddersfield in
carrying it into effect. Not a moment should be lost" in
memorializing the post-master-general on the subject.—
Sheffield Iris.

ROLLS' COURT-(THIS DAY.)

SAYRES V. SAYRES.

Mr. LOVATT applied in this case for an order upon the
Commissioners.of the West India Compensation Fund, to
pay the sum of 3,0001. odd into Court. FrOm the state-
ments of the Learned Counsel, it appeared the plaintiff
was entitled to the amount in question for the compensation
of certain slaves ; and the Act of Parliament directed, in
cases where infants were entitled to compensation, that the
money should be paid into Court, to be invested in the
3 per Cents.
The COURT immediately made the order.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

MILLER V, CROFT.

Mr. Punvis applied this morning ex parte for a special
injunction to restrain the defendant from drawing or ac-
cepting bills in the name of the partnership, or from using
the name of the plaintiff. A partnership was entered into
between the plaintiff and defendant, in 1834, to carry on a
coffee-house in Bucklersbury. Articles were drawn up,
but never signed ; and some of these articles stipu-
lated that the defendant was not to draw or accept
any bills ; but the plaintiff, who also carried on the
business of a stationer, was to draw any bills that
might be required. The parties began to quarrel in
1835, and ultimately dissolved partnership in August last.
On the 7th of the present month the plaintiff discovered
that the defendant had drawn four bills m the name of the
partnership for 250/. each. The plaintiff by his affidavit
swore that no consideration had been given for the bills,
and he believed that the defendant had drawn the bills for
the purpose of making the plaintiff liable.
His HONOUR immediately granted the injunction.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. FAKERY.

Mr. KNIGHT applied in this case for a special injunction
to restrain the defendant, who is the landlord of the Crown
Inn, Harrowgate, from sinking a well on his premises. The
short facts of the case were these :—Some years back an
Act was passed called the Knaresborough Forest Act, by
one of the clauses of which two hundred acres of land, and
a certain spring upon them, wag' directed to be set apart,
and to be continually kept open for the benefit of the public,
and it was declared to be unlawful for any person, after the
passing of the Act, to dig or sink any pits or wells within a cer-
tain distance of the 200 acres so set apart. Notwithstanding
this the landlord of the house in question had actually dug
a well on part of his premises abutting upon the 200 acres,
and upon being remonstrated with by some of the inhabit-
ants of the place, he shut up the building and would not
allow any person to go upon the premises. The relators
swore that the well which had been in part dug would ma-
terially injure the spring upon the 200 acres, and they there-
fore applied for the present injunction.
His HoNoun, thought the case was one calling for the
interposition of the Court, at least no harm would beedone
by having the matter explained.
Mr. KNIGHT said that notice should be immediately
given to the defendant.