The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-03 00:00:00

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock l66k ' India Stock
3 per Cent Red. 89,1 Ditto Bonds spm
3 per Cent Cons — !Ditto Old Annuities ...
31 per Cent Red 992 IDitto New Annuities...
New 3k per Cent — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 17 pm
New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001...
Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small. 17 pm
Jan 1860 .. . 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct 1859 l2B India Stock for Acct....
Jan, 1860. — !Consols for Open 89,4
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... 109 'Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent lOl Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cei !Russian, 5 per cent —
I
Chilian, 6 per cent..... Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent 24k
Ditto, 1824 .22i Ditto Deferred ... 121
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 29i French, 3 percent —f. —c
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1637 Dutch, 2i per cent SIA
Peruvian, I e 2.5, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent.
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 64k
Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) ... ...... ... 2Bi
Cheltenham and Great Western (72i paid) 18i
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... ...... 9i
Ditto Debentures ( paid) .... ........ ...10/ 16s 8d
Great Western Railway( 65 paid) BB
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ... 61i
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) 391
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid) —
Ditto New Shares ( paid)
London and Birmingham (90) ......... ...
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ... ........
London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) 7
London and South Western
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 124
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ...... 26fr
North Midland Railway (100)
Ditto Thirds (15 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (43 paid)... ...... 23
York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 92k
Ditto New Shares (15 paid 3li

AN INGENIOUS DEVICE.—Thomas Hogel
was on "Wednesday last charged at the Liverpool
police-office by a recruiting sergeant with having prac-
tised a singular imposition. It appeared that the pri
soner was extremely anxious to enter the service
of the East India Company ; but being one-eighth
of an inch under the standard height he fixed to the
crown of his head a hall of wax covered with hair.
Having by this means elongated himself to the required
dimensions, he was passed on Friday week ; but
being ordered to attend again on Sunday, the in-
genious device was detected. Mr. Rushton said he
knew of no law which condemned a man to punish-
ment For such an act as that committed by the
prisoner ; and ho said that he thought the East India
Company were not so very precise as to height as in her
Majesty's service. The sergeant, however, said that
they were equally strict, and that the standard heights
were the same in both services—five feet six inches. At
the request of the sergeant the prisoner was cautioned not
to repeat the offence, and was discharged,
Mankind may be divided into three classes.
Those who learn from the experience of others—they
are happy men. Those who learn from their own ex-
perience—they are wise men. And lastly, those who
learn neither from their own nor from other people's ex-
perience—they are fools.