The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-03 00:00:00

THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols
New 34 per Cents. lO4ll % q 1044
Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 1214 3-16 12 3-16
India Stock - 286 285 285
Consols for Account..... ......
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 114 d 63 65 62 64 pm. 64
Ditto 5001. .
Ditto Small ... 63 64 pm. 64
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. I'RICES.
Austrian, 5 per Cent. ....... ....... 115
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Account 901,E
Ditto, New, 1829 ........ .......... 87
Cbilian Bonds 6 per Cent... • ..... ICI%
Columbi in Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 1414
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 '3s 301
, • pato Accotmt -
Ditto, Deferred 16% 4 194
Ditto; Debentures 4. .• 9 • •• ' • —.
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 29 14 31 3,-)t?
- ~3
Ditto, Account — 323/
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted 55% 9% 58%
Ditto, Account . 59
Ditto, Annuities, 1855... . 6% 7
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, Account 29 28% 28%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ... ..
Ditto, Account 41% 3/4% %14 41
Belgian Bonds, 41,4 per Cent 1011,4 102
Dutch, 21,12 per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certitic 98% 1,4
Ditto, 5 per Cent. Bonds 99
PRICES OF PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PRICES,
Birmin and Gloucester. 100 ...127 1291 127 130 131
Ditto New Shares ... 17% 31%
Ditto 1/4 Shares
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New 2
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ....• 54 57 55%
Cal_lionian
7Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 458N% 5
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Chichester and.Brigl Brighton 5
Churnet Valley ... 2 ...11 1014% 9% 10414%
Cornwall - 531,41,41/2
Direct Northern
1 iublin and Belfast June 21,4 6l/2%
Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth 1% —
Dublin and Galway..... 2% —
Dublin and Mullingar... 9% —
Eastern Counties . 25 ..... 194 19
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1. 3%
Ditto ditto, No. 2. l3s. 4d... 0%
Eastern Union lO . ..
Ditto Extension
Ely and Bedford
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
~
Great North of England..100
. Ditto New 2 —
Great Western 75 179
Ditto 1,4 Shares 5O ...102 103 10114 103
Ditto, Fifths

_
714

Harwicii
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
London and Binninglini (Stock)... 236 238
Ditto, Quarter Shares 2
London and Blackwall.. 16% 7!2
London and Brighton... 50
Ditto Loan Notes lO
London ar d S. Western. 41% 79 80
Ditto New
London and Croy don, 131. 15s. 9d 181,4%
London and'York 2',
Manchester and Leeds... 70 142 40 41 38 40
Ditto % Sharea .. 30
Midland... 100
Ditto New , 2 ..... 91,41,,!! 9
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction .. 24 ...... 69
Neweas: u• and Berwick 11/_ l6 17
North British
.•
Northern and Eastern... 45

55!;2

Ditto 1% Shares 12% l7
Norwich and Brandon... 8
0.41 rd and Worcester... DA 2% 3 21,E
Richmond and West End
Junction
Rugby
Shrews , Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birrn 2% 5l/ of 5%...
South Eastern & Dover 331% 4914 48% 49 50
Ditto, New Shares ... 4
Ditto No. 2.
Staines and Richmond... 1
South Wales
Trent Valley
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
.28% .
York and North Midland 50
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20
Ditto, Selby Scrip 2O
Ditto Extension .. ... 11/ ......
Boulogne and Amiens... 2
Great North. of France.. 4 574
Lyons and Avignon 2
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ...... 1N

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ORIENTAL METHOD OF MAKING

SCAGLIOLA.

The greatest attention is paid to the art of manu-
facturing scagliola, or imitation marble, by the natives
of the East Indies, who, for their finer cements, which
are capable of receiving a most exquisite polish, use
ghee (butter in its oily state), oils, jaggery, and other
to us expensive ingredients. At Madras fifteen bushels
of pit sand well sifted are added to fifteen bushels of
stone lime; this is slaked in the common manner, and
so laid two or three days together. Twenty pounds
of coarse sugar or molasses is dissolved in water, and
the mortar is sprinkled with the liquor, which is then
beat up together and well incorporated, and after-
wards let to lie in a heap. A peck of gram (similar
in nature to our coarse gray pea) is then boiled to a
jelly, and the liquor strained and preserved. A peck
of mirabolans is also boiled, and the liquor set aside ;
the three waters are then added together. The
mortar beaten up, and, when too dry, sprinkled with
this liquor, proves remarkably good for laying bricks
or stone, keeping some of the liquor always at hand
for the workman to wet his bricks with. For very
strong work tow is incorporated with the mortar.
Of this the natives make many architectural orna-
ments, such as columns, arched work and imagery,
besides using it for common building purposes. For
finer works, to every half bushel the white of five or
six eggs and four ounces of ghee,. or ordinary salted
butter, and a pint of butter-milk beaten all well
together; mix a little of the mortar with this, till the
ghee, butter-milk, and white of eggs be soaked up ;
then soften the rest well with plain fresh water, and
so mix all together, and let it be ground, a trowel-full
at a time, on a stone with a stone roller. When used,
in case it be too dry, moisten it with some water, or
the before-mentioned liquors.—The Builder.

MACKINTOM OF MAcittsTosn.—The birth of a
daughter and heiress to the present respected represen-
Wive of this ancient family has diffused great satisfac-
tion and rejoicing in the north.—At Inverness, imme-
diately on the arrival of the news, it was resolved to
commemorate the event that day, by a public dinner in
the Caledonian Hotel. Parties came forward with the
utmost alacrity, and, notwithstanding the shortness of
time for preparation, an excellent dinner was provided.
The chair was taken by C. Mackintosh, Esq., of Aber-
arder, and Colonel Illackintosh,of Farr, acted as croupier.
The infant heiress is the first lineal descendant in the
line of the chiefs of Mackintosh since the year 1704,
when Lachlan, the twentieth chief, succeeded to his
father. For more than a century cousins have been
succeeding cousins, nephews their uncles, &c.—Cule-
donian Mercury.
We understand that the Lieutenant Stewart, who
recently so gallantly saved the life of the marine on
board the Superb, is the son of Capt. Houston Stewart,
C. 8., and nephew of her Grace th 3 Duchess of
Somerset.