The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-11 00:00:00

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK.
There has been some business doing this morning in the
British Funds, and some large sales made. Consols opened
at 87k -I, were soon after 87, and after going up to 87*
buyers, were again sellers at 87i, and are now 871 for
account, and 85:i L-1 for money; the Commissioners gave
871. A trifling advance took place in India Bonds late
yesterday, and the prices are now 104 .5 ; Exchequer Bills
remain at 69 70.

In the Foreign Funds the attention of all the speculators
has been more particularly devoted to Portuguese Bonds, in
consequence of letters having been received from Opnrta of
the 30th tilt., giving a most unfavourable account of the state
of Constitutional affdirs in that quarter ; indeed if they can
be fully relied on there is scarcely any hope of a better
state of matters. The army opposed to the Miguelites, it
is reported, has shown little energy or courage in support-
ing the interest of Don Pedro; the accounts, however, ap-
pear to be received with doubt by many. The Bonds have
felt the effect of this state of affairs, and from 59 A-, the
first price, they went down to 571 8 ; Mexican are 401
Accounts have been received from Vera Cruz of the 10th
May, at which period every thing was quiet, trade was ins-
proving, the English (March) packet had not arrived but
was expected every hour, and the country remained in a
state of tranquillity; not a word of dollars from thence.
Russian Bonds are a little lower, having been done at 93-Aj;
Danish, 61e b•
Shares remain without any improvement or alteration in
prices, indeed nothing has been doing in these speculations.
Three per Cent. Console, 83.-1 ; Ditto, for the Ac-
count, 87i ; Four per Cent., 1826, 103 4 ; India Stock,
246 8 ex. div. ; India Bonds, /04 105 pin. ; Bank Stock,
209 10; Exchequer Bills, 69 70 pm.
Foßslcs.—l3razilian, 62-1-
~A; Buenos Ayres, 43,; Cly ;
Milan, 27 9 ; Colombian, 241: i; Danish, 61i31 i ; Greek,
18 ; Mexican, Five per Cent., 29A- 30i-; Ditto, Six
per Cent., 40A- ; Peruvian, 241 ; Portuguese, 578 ;
Russian, 934.-4; Spanish, 11.
MisEs.—Anglo Mexican, 67i- 5 dis. ; Brazilian, 44 6
; Real del Monte, 60 40 dis. ; United Mexican,
20# 19 dis. ; Colombian, 6 5 per share.

TWO O'CLOCK.
Without any transaction of an extensive description.
Consols for Account have improved to 87il, and 85-4 6
for Money, and S7-al- for August.
Brazil Bonds have been dune as low as 611, and are now
62. Buenos Ayres are 43 to 44. Imperial Brazil Mines
are rather lower, 43 to 45 pm.

THREE O'CLOCK
Consols for Account, 87i A-. An Express has
arrived with a further rise in the French Funds, the
Three per Cents. coming over 72f. 75c.; Five per
Cents., 105 f. 60c. The Metalliques also are higher,
and come from Vienna, on the Ist inst., 93 3-16.
A lady, Mrs. W., has this moment dropped down
dead at the Bank, on signing the book to receive her
dividends.

FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols 86i I- Danish 61i
Do. for Ac. 87i- 1 Greek, 1825
Brazilian Bonds 61k Mexican, 1825 40A
Buenos Ayres. 43 Peruvian
Chilian Do. 264 Russian 93
Columbian, 1824 244 Spanish, 1821 10i-

The new packet-ship Caledonia, Captain
ROGERS, arrived at this port on Saturday morning,
in seventeen days from New York. —Liver pool Albion.
Mr. BONER, an English watchmaker resident
in Paris, has invented an extremely ingenious portable ma-
chine, for sharpening edged and pointed tools. It is a great
desideratum to surgeons and dentists, and can be used with
great advantage in sharpening razors, as it gives an un-
usually fine and delicate edge. A patent for this curious
invention has been taken out in France.

HARROW SCHOOL.—Last Thursday was the
third and last day of public speaking for this year.
Amongst the best of the speakers, we particularly noticed
the following :----JODDRELL, sen., delivered with great pathos
a beautiful passage from 3fASON'S Caractacus ; CUNNING-
Iux, as Mr. PITT, (afterwards Lord CIIATUAM), in reply
to Mr. H. WALPOLE ; and STRICKLAND, in MILTON'S Ad-
dress to Light, were very successful; and OXNAM, in se-
veral parts of GRAY'S Bard, personified the inspiration of
the Aged Harper with a force of tone and feeling that
was quite electrifying. Of the Latin speakers, the
most striking were....DRIJRY, Maximus, in the Gelas-
simus of FLATUS ; and BROOKE in the celebrated Ibam
forte of HORACE ; the broad and varied humour dis-
played by the former was quite surprising in so young a
boy, and the delicate pleasantry and refined wit which be-
long to the satire of the Augustan Age, were exhibited by
the latter with a comic spirit and air of fashionable life ad-
mirably suited to the character of HoaacE. The poems
which gained the three Governor's prizes possessed much
merit, and were delivered with great propriety and effect
by their respective authors. The Latin Hexameters, by
G. H. PE.ARSON, son of the Dean of SALISBURY; the
Greek lambic, by NUTCOMBE OXNAM, who was the suc-
cessful candidate for the sameprize last ear • and the
Latin Alcaic Ode, by cu,,LEs ,
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who gained the PEEL Medal at
June. The room was crowded with company.
INQUEST.--Ott Tuesday evening, an in-
quest was held before H. 13Aaa, Esq. coroner, on the body
near the bridg
of a woman di
in this town,
Aire,
fonday evening.
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When found, the corpse was in a standing position (the feet
being fast in the sand in the bed of the river), with her
hands raised as if in thet
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discovery
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Nothing transpired on
her name or connexions. She was rather low in stature,
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were• violenceoafei
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Verdict of the jury, " Found drowned."--Leeds Intel-
Ilyencer.

WILKEs used to say that a gentleman did not
ahvay-s require a footman to carry a parcel, for there were
three things that he might always carry• openly in his hand
book, a paper of snuff, and a string of.ii3i"

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAH.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The claim of Lord Frankfort to at the Elec-
tion of Irish Representative Peers, was moved this
morningin the Committee of Privileges, and sustained.

LEIGH PEERAGE.

The first witness examined by Mr. Alums was
Thomas Hickson, a cotton-manufacturer in Wigan,
aged 79. He deposed that the claimant, George
Leigh, became his apprentice about the year 1776.
He was son of James Leigh, tanner, in Blackroad.
He received an apprentice fee from his father of
about 501. Has retired from business thirty years
since. James Leigh told him that he was descended
from the family of Lord Leigh, of Stoneleigh Abbey,
and thal his son would probably inherit the estate and
title. A few years afterwards Robert Leigh, the father
of James, came to reside in his neighbourhood. He
sale he was a descendant and relation of Lord Leigh,
and a little time before had been o❑ a visit to him
at Stoneleigh Abbey.
Andrew Taylor, examined by Mr. KELLY--I
have lived in Lancashire all my My mother
married John Leigh, younger brother of Robert.
11 have frequently heard them speak of the family. I
I have heard them say Robert Leigh was the son of
Roger Leigh. Had often heard John Leigh say
that Roger had lost his property by Sir R. Brad-
bury. It used to be a general topic of conversation.
Knew Robert Leigh, the brother of John. Have
heard him say many times he had been at Stone-
leigh Abbey. He always said they were the next
relatives if there was no other issue. Recollects a
family prayer book. Had it in his possession for
some time after the death of John Leigh ; it is now
lost. There were the names of Christopher and
Roger Leigh, of Stoneleigh, in it. It appeared to
be a very old family book. Soon after my step-
father died several gentlemen called upon me, about
which time a prayer book was purloined.
Thomas Darley, examined by the CoMMoN-
SERGEANT.--I was land-steward to the late Thomas
Leigh, Esq., and at Stoneleigh, in 1812. I have
many times examined the monuments in the church
at Stoneleigh. Never saw any monument to the
memory of Christopher Leigh.
By the LORD CIIANCELLORI am quite positive
there was no monument to the memory of
Christopher Leigh from 1807 till the wall of the
church was taken down. I can most positively
swear to this during the period I have mentioned.
By the Bishop of LLANDAFF—I never heard of a
gentleman of the name of Harris complaining that a
monument had been removed and had never been
replaced. In 1817 a person of the name of Hand-
ley said something about a small monument being
removed, but it was never clearly ascertained to be
the fact. Certainly nothing was said of a monu-
ment to Christopher Leigh. The first time I heard
of such a monument was when a printed handbill
about it was circulated.

John Bradford, a muster builder, was employed in
taking down the roof of the Church. Never saw a
monument to Christopher Leigh.
The last witness was Jonathen Soden, church-
warden of Stoneleigh.--Examined by Mr. DENMAN.
Was born at Stoneleigh, and lived there all his life.
There was no monument in the Church except that
of Webster; there was no monument to Christopher
Leigh; never heard of such till he saw the printed

By Mr. ADAM—He rents under Mr. Chandos
Leigh.
By the LORD CHANCELLOR—RecoIIects Web-
ster's monument.

Are you quite positive that there was no other
monument near it ?—I do not recollect of any.
Here the examination terminated.

The LORD CHANCELLOR confirmed the judgment
of the Court of Session in Forbes v. the Earl of Kin-
tore. We shall give a full report of it to-morrow.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
Nothing of any importance took place in this
Court to-day.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL.
ALEXANDER V. LAWSON AND OTHERS.
This was an action against the Proprietors of the
Times Newspaper, for a libel. The defendants
pleaded a justification.
It appeared from the statement of Mr. CAMP-
BELL, for the plaintiff, that his client lived in
Whitechapel-road, and carried on the business of
a printer and bookseller. His premises acciden-
tally took fire in January, 1826, and a consi-
derable portion of his property having been de-
stroyed, he commenced an action against the
British Fire Insurance Office, but from some
defect of evidence, was nonsuited. The principal
witness for the plaintiff on the trial was a young
woman named Elizabeth Levi, who was subsequently
brought up to Lambeth-street Police-office, charged
by the officers with being found wandering through the
streets in an insane state of mind. The alleged
libel was contained in the report of the proceedings
at the Police-office, and it was stated that
on this occasion Elizabeth Levi said that she
had gi-,,en false testimony in an action brought
by her master, Mr. Alexander, against the
British Fire Insurance Company ; that her master
had' induced her to do so, and that she had never en-
joyed peace of mind since. It was for the insinua-
tion of arson, and subornation of perjury, contained
in the report of the proceedings at Lambeth-street
office, that the present action was brought, and the
Learned Counsel called on the Jury to protect
the character of a respectable man, whose character
was grossly slandered, by what purported to be a
report of the raving of a maniac.
Formal proof was adduced of the proprietorship
of Ithe Times newspaper; and two persons in the
employment of Alexander, at the time of the fire,
were called to prove the circumstances under which
the accident occurred.
Sir JAMES SCARLETT then addressed the Jury
for the defendants, and having read the examina-
tion of the witness Levi on the trial, be-
tween the plaintiff and the British Fire Office,
from the short-hand writer's notes, he put it to the
Jury, whether there was not strong ground to suppose
that the plaintiff had used the influence which he
had over the unfortunate young woman, Elizabeth
Levi, to induce her to state what was not the truth.
The record of the nonsuit in the action against
the Insurance Company was put in and read, and
the short-hand writer swore to the accuracy of the
notes he had taken of Elizabeth Levi's testimony.
The case had not concluded when our Reporter
left.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
SEATON V. ZSPINASSE.

Mr. Sergeant WILDE; iWiiii;;;;, applied to the
Chief Justice, to certify, to deprive the plaintiff of
his costs. The verdict was returned for ten shil-
lings, over and above 101. which was paid iato
Court; and as the 101. had been accepted, the ten
shillings was of course within the Act, by which
no plaintiff could have his costs if the verdict was
under forty shillings.
The CHIEF JUsTICH said, that the law as regarded
the liability of a husband for a wife's debts was very
well as it was, but at the same time it bore very hard
upon the tradesman.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE said it was squally hard
that a husband Was to be ruined by the extravagance
of his wife. He hoped his Lordship would permit
him to move to enter a nonsuit next term.
The CHIEF' JUSTICE said that he had saved no
point at the trial, but yet lie might move if he
thought proper. Be would take time to consider
whether he could certify or not.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.--On Monday
morning, at five o'clock, a rook flew against a chamber
window of a house occupied by Mr. 13rsuor, Moscow-
buildings, Portsmouth, forcing the glass before it, and
alightedbuildin upon a child, which was lying in bed. The bird
immediately began to peck its 1..? g, and produced blood.
The mother, who was alarmed by the screams of the child,
hastened to the apartment, but was driven back by the fury
of the bird, which was, of course, coon after disturbed from
its preyo.-Derset Chronic/4