The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-22 00:00:00

OXONIAN AMUSEMENTS.

In our extract from the Oxford Journal (in to-day's
Paper), giving an account of the Mayor's Annual Festival,
the reader will not fail to admire the elegance—not to say
humanity, of their amusements. " The company," says
the Paper, " were considerably amused by several persons
falling into the river." . This is admirable, and reminds
us of a story told in Gibbon of Nadir Shah, who used to
amuse himself every morning, before prayers, by cutting
off some of his subjects' heads. It is, at any rate, no dry
Officers and a band of
procession halted, the
joke.
On Thursday last, Thos. Ea nllaw:re tile:llEiclioqu'riViseaoYf";l:egree-
able - to ancient custom, perambulated the boundaries
of this City, attended by the City
music, accompanied also by
cheese, and beer.
and a
Citi-
zens. At several places where the
populace were regaled with bread,'
boats, of which the major At
Godstow, a cold dinner was served uy in large house-
part of the Corporation,
few of the Mayor's friends partook, the repast being enli-
vened ht.% variety`of pleasing airs, played by an excellent
band. The compan-
y were considerably amused by several
persons accidentally falling into the river.
In the evening about a hundred respectable citizens sat
down in the Town Hall (which was tastefully decorated
with wreaths of flowers and evergreens) to a cold collt.
Om, consisting of every delicacy the season afforded, and
which was served up in a style of elegance seldom equalled.
pay-light appeared long before the sons of mirth bad left
the Mayor's hopitgbie board,--Oxford Journal.

COLOMBIA.

We copy from a Morning Paper the following letter
from Bogota, holding out, a better prospect to the creditors
of Colombia :

" Bogota, May 19.
" I have received yours of the 15th of February, an-
nouncing the failure of B. A. Goldschmidt and Co., and
the fatal consequences of that event to the credit of the
Republic of Colombia, and have to mention to you in
confidence, that I have had several conversations with the
Minister of Finance on that subject. I just now saw him
again respecting the payment of the interest of the loans
made in London as well by Zea, as by B. A. Goldschmidt
and Co., and he assured me that the same would be paid.
Mr. Hurtado had orders to pay the same out of the Peru-
vian loan, if negotiated, (as Peru owes money to Colombia)
or from the funds still in the hands of Mr. Hurtado.—
Independently of this source the Government autho-
rized him to take steps in London, even at a consider-
able sacrifice, for the payment of the interest, in case
the loan for Peru could not be negotiated, and that the
funds already in his hands were insufficient for the pur-
pose. By the accounts from London of the 15th of Fe-
bruary, the. Government being informed that Peru could
not negotiate a loan, and that the funds which were in
the hands of Mr. Hurtado had been left by him at the
disposal of Messrs. B. A. Goldschmidt and Co., and that
in consequence thereof the Government cannot calculate
on any of those sums, has resolved to send immediately
300,000 dollars in specie, and as much Varinas tobacco as
can possibly be collected, to London, and to continue so
to do, in order to secure, at all events, the payments of
the interests of the said loans, for the two instalments of
which one will be due this year, and one in the beginning
of the next : that is to say, to send at least '2,000,000 of
dollars for that purpose to London. This is the firm and
decided intention of Government.

" I have also to observe, that Congress is now discuss-
ing a decree by which every person, agreeably to his for-
tune and circumstances, will immediately advance as a
patriotic contribution from 1,000 to 2,000 dollars, which
sum will be deducted from the contributions which they
will be liable to be called on to pay hereafter. I believe
that this will produce in a short time some millions of dol-
lars. This measure is the necessary consequence of the
late events in London, and its success will prove that the
Colombian people will assist the Government in fulfilling
the payment of the interest for the loans obtained in
London."

PRICES OF STOCKS THI
Bank Stock BiSI4
3 pet Cent. Red. 77V4
3 per Cent. Cons 77 % 7 %
34 per Cent. —
Ditto Red 81,1;%
4per Cent. New ' 92% •s
Ditto Scrip par
Bank Long Ann....... 19 18 15-10
India Stock —
Ditto Bomis 20 22 pm.

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

South Sea Stool
Old Annuities
New Ditto
Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 24. 12 15 pm.
Ditto 5OO 2d. 12 16 pm.
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised
Bank for Account
India for Account
Cons. for Account 7'711 7 14

PRICES OF FOREIGN F
Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent
Brasilia,' Bonds
Buenos Ayres Bonds
Chillan Bonds, 6 per et 34%
Colombian Bonds
Ditto, 1624 .3434 3% 4 2
Danish, 3 per cent.
Greek Bonds

Ditto, 1825
Civatimala
Mexican Bonds
Ditto, 1825 47% 6 I% 634

AT ONE O CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
£l5 '24 ICIS 24 25% 24
ny 2O - 10

.NCE YESTERDAY.

Leghorn 47
Genoa 43
Venice
Malta

Naples 18
Palermo per 02. 114
Lisbon
Oporto 4031
ltio Janeiro 4l;,
Bahia 44
Buenos Ayres 43
Pataikin, tit days' stela .dd
(,skin,
_ 1

strmiow, 'Ku oil.
a. d.
Portugal Gold, in coin 0 0 0
Foreign Gold, in bars 4 17 6
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 81
Silver, in bars, standard 0 4 101

TOURS) JULY 19.
St. Patrick Insurance
Royal Irish Ditto
National Ditto
Patriotic Ditto
Hibernian Bank 7 dis.
Provincial Ditto
Royal Irish Mine l% di—s.
Imperial Mine 0

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