The Sun.
London, England, 1832-07-23 00:00:00

TLIE FUNDS.

A great gloom prevails in the. Stock Exchange this
morning, owing to some more deaths of the cholera of
members of that house, in consequence of which little or
no business is doing.
The Estafette from Paris is destitute of public news.
Up to the present hour we have no accounts of Don
Pedro's expedition; but it appears, according to informa-
tion received at Madrid from Lisbon, that the Commander
in Chief at the above capital was prepared to assemble
forces to attack Don Pedro's troops at Coimbra,
and prevent his pissing the river. Also, great fears were
entertained that an insurrection would take place in the
country. Important events from that quarter may be
daily expected.
Consols opened at the same price they left off at on Sa-
turday, S2i for the account.

HALF-PAST ONE.

The Consol Market still continues in a stagnant state.
The deaths in the house of cholera, within two days, has
caused rather a panic. There is also one at Lloyd's.
We are still without news from Don Pedro.
Consols, in the early part of the morning, were 82 ;
at present they are 821 for the account.
THREE' 0' CL 0 CK.

Consols for account 824•
FOUR O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES.

Consols ~
Ditto for Account 828 Greek, 1825 —
Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 1825 —
Buenos Ayres... Peruvian ........
Chilian Ditto.... Russian 9-
Columbian 1824 Spanish

PETO and GnissELL, who have contracted
to build Mr. ARNOLD'S new theatre, from the design of
Mr. BEA ZELEY, have undertaken that the house shall be
ready for the representation of English Operas at the
usual period in the ensuing year.

An inquest was held on Sunday last at Brough-
ton, before W. ADYE, Esq., on the body of SARAH
KEAN, a poor widow, who hung herself the previous day
to a beam in her bed-room. It was proved in evidence
that she had for a long time been in a state of religious
melancholy, in consequence of domestic afflictions, and
had laboured under the delusion that God had told her
there was no hope for her soul, and that she must be
d--d. This impression, it appears, could never be erased
from her mind. Verdict,". Insanity. -Hants Advertiser.

ROLLS COURT-(THIS DAY.)

JUDGMENT, HUNTER U. ATKINS.

His Honour, the MASTER OP THE ROLLS, gave judg-
ment to-day in this case, in which the bill was filed for
the purpose of setting aside a deed obtained from Ad-
miral Hunter by Mr. Alderman Atkins in June 1823,
by which a sum of 900/, in default of the appointment
of the Admiral, was given in trust for the benefit of
Alderman Atkins, his executors, administrators, and
assigns. The Admiral dying without having appointed,
the Alderman claimed the fund, minus 130/., which had
been given to other parties ; and the plaintiffs then filed
their bill to have the deed set aside on the ground of the
utter incompetency of the Admiral, from mental imbecility,
to execute such an instrument. His Honour was clearly
of opinion, though the Admiral, at the time of executing
the instrument, had to a considerable extent a disposing
mind, he was not competent to transact, or of fully under-
standing, mattersof business. It was clear from a letter which
the Admiral had written at Bury after executing the deed,
which was prepared by Mr. Roberts, the solicitor of
Alderman Atkins, that he had a very imperfect know-
dge of what he had done; and the observation which had
been pressed upon the Court, of the total ignorance of the wife
and niece of the Admiral of the transaction, and that there
was an intention to continue that ignorance, was not with-
out weight. Alderman Atkins had been long acquainted
with Admiral Hunter, and had doubtless great influence
over his mind ; but without at all entering into what the
effect of that influence might have been, or whether the
deed had been obtained from him by influence or not,
his Honor was clearly of opinion, considering the state
of the Admiral's mind, and the relation in which Alderman
Atkins stood with respect to him, that no gift from the Adm-
iral to the Alderman could be sustained in a Court of Equity,
unless more protection had been thrown around the Admi-
ral than there had been in the present case. The Court,
therefore, was bound to declare that the deed was void—
that it must be delivered up to be cancelled, and Mr. Al-
derman Atkins must pay the costs of the suit.
Mr. AGAR trusted that the Court would be of opinion
that M. Roberts, the solicitor, should have his costs.
His HONOUR could not give Mr. Roberts his costs.
though it %yrs clear he had been surprised into the trans-
action ; he, however, felt certain, from the high character
which Mr. Roberts bore in the profession, that he would
never again be concerned in a transaction like the present,
which ought never to have taken place.