The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-26 00:00:00

THE VINI3g.

CITY, Twelve o' Clock.

The business in the English Funds haft not bee 44 vary ate nsive
this morning, or their movernen4 inte'resting ; Consols opened at
Sit j for account; time afterwards Si buyers, and have been
alternattry 'buyers and sellers at this rate to tht iirelni hour,
being buyers at present; India Bonds have again had a further
rise, and are 40 2 pm. Few transactions have taken theee in the
Foreign Funds, all are waiting An' the INtetli rice "ivhieii
petted to be received hy 16 arrival of the luenos Ayres sup
Brazil heal ;the letters by these and other foreign arrivals have
occasioned the delivery at so late an hour that, hitherto little has
transpired, and prices have remained tranquil ; Mexican Bonds are
quoted at 63i 1; Colombian Securities Sfti ; Shares remain
nominally at yesterdays prices, lint ttkii•i l ikei
'tie at iditp ~ti
purchase at dot tateis ilthited, and the fever seems rather abated.

thi'ee per Cent. Consols, 811 ; Ditto fOr Account, 81i ;
India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 40 2 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 25 6 pm.
FOREIGN FUNDS.-Brazilian, 64 5; Buenos Ayres, 62 3;
Chinks, 39 41 ; Peruvian, 31 2 ; Cohintliiiii, 1821, 3§/
Mexican 5 per Cent., 5A ; bitto 6 per Cent., 63} 4 ; Greek,
13/ AUssian, 844 5 ; Spanish, 11 1.
Mixes.—Anglo Mexican, 40 35 die. ; United Mexican, 114
104 dig. ; Pasco Peruvian, 144134 dis. ; Real delMonte, 110 20
pm. ; Bolanos, 115 25 pm..; Tlalpuxahua, 46 50 pm. ; rsra-
:Wan, 134 14 pm. ; Bolivar, 2 4 pick. ; Colombian, 7 8 per Share.
Two o'
Consols, 82 ; they are now sellers ; Four per Cents. 97i.

THREE 0' CL 0 C.K.
Consols for Account, 82 ; Mexican Bonds, 63 ;
colombian, 39.

. Fpuß O'CLOCK_CLOSING PRICES.
Consols 811 i Danish Bonds
Do. for Ac. 811 2 Greek Do. 1825 13/
Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825, 621
Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do.

Milan Do. 371 Russian Do. 85
Columbian, 1824, 88 Spanish Do. Ilf

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LLOYD'S.—(Tnts DAT.)

DEAL, OCT. 25.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—This morning it
blew hard in squalls, with rain, from S.S.W. The outward and
homewar&bound vesicle in the Dawns appear to ride in safety.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Marchioness
of Salisbury packet from the Mediterranean ; the Dove packet
from Buenos Ayres ; and Norton packet from Brazil.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 24.—Wind S,S.W.—Arrived the Jane
Elizabeth, Row, from Malaga; and Nymph, Watkins, from Ma-
laga, with loss of boats, bulwarks, &c., and in want of provisions.
GRAVESEND, OCT. 25.—Arrived the Fox, Whyte, from Ce-
phalonia; the Jessie, Todd, from Riga; the Scotsman, Reid, from
Petersburgh ; and the Mercury, Holmes, from Oporto. Sailed
the Hassaren, Gibson, for the Cape ; the Comet, Lachlan, for
Constantinople and Martinique; the Bagg, for Grenada.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 25.—Arrived the Anna, from the Medi-
terranean.

Livaaroot, OCT. 24.—Arrived the Lalla Rookh, from New
Orleans; the Esther, Rosindale, from Alexandria (E) ; the Le-
vant, Star, from Smyrna; the Albion, from Malaga; the Char-
lotte, from Copenhagen ; and Maria, from Bremen.
Mama., Ocr. 14.—The Maria, Tunny, from St. Petersburgh
to Dublin, was driven on shore near this place, on the 12th ult.
Went to pieces last night, during a heavy gale from the westward.
PARIS, OCT. 23.—The Telegraph, Raymond, from Cayenne to
Nautes, put into Benandel the 16th instant, with considerable
damage, having experienced a violent gale on the 7th init.
The Valencia, Pearson, from Honduras, and Albion, from Ma-
laga, for London, and Matchless, Chambin, from Hamburgh, have
arrived in the Downs, and sailed for their destinations.

A most extraordinary conspiracy has lately become
the subject of conversation in the legal circles. Two
Irish noblemen have, it is understood, in conjunction
with two Irish gentlemen, conducted themselves to-
wards a youth, just of age, in a way that we thought
had been confined to the class of the Thuilells and the
Proberts. The intended dupe—for, as it fortunately
turned out, the whole extent of the projected mischief'
was not effected—had lately succeeded to a large for-,
tune, the news of which e,teited the cupidity of the
noble and gentlemanly party in question. An ac-
quaintansce ensued, and, after a convivial dinner, the
youth found himself ipdebted to the party in a sum con-
siderably greater than the value of their friendship. There
were in the case circumstances of intoxication and total
ignorance of play, which led to a compromise of the
debt, for little more than a third of its pretended amount.
As this compromise was a virtual acknowlegement of
the nature of the transaction, the young man's solicitor
thought he might as well reclaim the portion paid*:
and has actually filed bills of indictment for that pur-
pose. A story like this needs no comment : from the
connexion of the parties every effort will doubtless
be made to stifle investigation : we shall, however,
keep a watchful eye on the proceedings,—the' rather,
because we have not now to learn, that this transaction
is not the first adventure of the kind, as more than one
person has painfully experienced. We feel the less
reluctance too, because it is known that the conduct
of one of the parties, publicly in Ireland, and privately
in England, has attracted indignant notice on more
than one occasion : but we shall not, at present, detail
the illegal proceedings at certain elections, nor the in-
decent behaviour at certain opera dinners.— Times.

CENT PER CENT.--.TWO friends ' exchanging
pinches of snuff at a coffee-house, an observer re-
marked, " Your are making a profitable barter, gen-
tlemen." " That cannot be," said one of the snuff-
takers, "as it is only pinch for pinch." Nay," re-
joined the Observer, .4 you each get scent per scent
by it !"—Doncaster Gazette.
STEAM ENGINES.—The following curious facts
were stated by Mr. Webster in a lecture on steam en-
gines, delivered on Tuesday night at the Crown and
Anchor :—lt has been ascertained with some degree
of certainty, that there are now in this country not less
than 15,000 steam engines at work, some of almost
incredible power ; in Cornwall there is one of 600 horse
'raking it for granted, that on an average
tper.
hoewseengines are each of 25 horse power, this would be
equal to 375,000 horses. According to Mr. Watt's
calculation, 5f men are equal to the power of a horse ;
we have thus, therefore, a power, through the medium
of steam engines, equal to near two millions of men.
Each horse for his keep per year, requires the produce
of two acres of land, and thus 750,000 acres are at
the disposal of Great Britain, more than if the same
work, which is now done by steam, had to be per-
gulped by horses.

EPITAPH
BY A STRONG BEER DRINKER,
waD
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Take warning all that read my tale,
And o'er my tablet drop a tear ;
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ny ailing. sprung from ale,
And .11.4 w bar brought tos to my bier !
Bath Herald.

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HAY MARKETS.—(Tsts DAY.)
(At Plt Load of 36 Truilm.)
ST. JAMES'S. 6 sto 111 4
Lowland Meadow Hams sto 4 h Closer Hay .. .. . ........ i I 8 116
Upland Ditto ........... . 4 5 11 5 Oat Straw llO 116
RYeltra" HAY "'" .... 6 6 I. 5 Wheat Ditto
bi,w impadow Hay ..... 4. o 6 o
Supply rood. tract* dull, and pries. as last quoted.
SMITHrIIELD.
Lowland Meadow Hay.ft Qto 4 o cloy... Hay asoarady 24 10 to:
ito Upland Ditto
414-grous Hay 4 0 4 6 Oat Straw
New Meadow Hay .... 315 S 0 Wheat Ditto llO 11/
A rood supply, and a dull trade, 644646 as met quotsd.