The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-18 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Prince Gholam Mahomed and Prince Perot's Shah
had an audience of the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, accompanied by Sir Charles Wood, President of
the Board of Control.

The Bishop of Salisbury had an audience of the
Queen, to do homage on his appointment, and was in-
troduced to her Mljestv by Viscount Palmerston, Se-
cretary of State fur the Home Department.
Vt,count Palinerston had an audience of her Majesty.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princess Royal and Princess Alice, went to Gore-house,
Kensington, yesterday morning, anti inspected the col.
lection of the works of students of the Schools of De-
sign ; aid also viewed Mr. Thompson's photographs.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended by
the Hun. Caroline Cavendish, Colonel Bouverie, ant
Captain Dm Platt.
The Duchess of Kent 'visited the Queen.
Prince Leopold and Prince Arthur took a drive in an
open carriage and four.
The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of
Gloucester yesterday.
A deputation from the Guardians of the Poor for the
Fulham Union had an interview yesterday with the
General Board of Health, at their offices, Whitehall.
The deputation consisted of Messrs. J. Stevens and
Jones (guardians), attended by Mr. Salter, Clerk to the
Fulham Board of Guardians.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Arthur Morse, Mr.
Plimsoul, Mr. Oakes, Mr. J. Finch, and Mr. H. Finch,
had an interview with Sir W. Molesworth yesterday, at
the office of Public Works and Buildings, in Whitehall-
place.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester-
day from the Governors of the West India Islands.

(Brom the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.)
MANCHESTER
lc. lower in the May 16.—Cotton is. reported as 4 to
_week at New-York, but as remaining
at Sic. per lb.
ceipts
continuedll middling at New Orleans. The re-
-2,800,000 to 2,900g,e60and the estimates were running at
market is dull, with 9 bales. The Liverpool cotton
of Friday last. ThePr scarcely varying from those
urgent
waseanrently very small,
for caution to pree buyers in this market the mo-
tivescatnh rather augmented force •
And their purchases are
only as their more urgsuch
there is no disposition to be tempted necessary. As
ec4llbeofsav
to large opera-
tions by. lowness of- price, all that
lad.,
value
?rill
stillth e
present retail business is, that th
somewhat against the producers- of both
yarns
goods ; quotations of change can hardly be given
and
given the
declining tendency, being, as it has all along been
scarcely perceptible in its steps. .Some of the overland - c.. LIVERPOOL, MAT 17.
OTOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened rather lower
(those by Trieste) were received this morning • ;than
letters
and their advices from the India markets do not appear
, Midland 58 .
, , caiez•es.terday, and closed at about the opening prices.
tl;Lancashire ant Yorkshire, 59i ; Leeds
to be worse than those by the previous mail ;we have Northern, 124 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 11;
accordingly had some inquiry to-day for yarns,. and also . , South Eastern, 17 13-16.
for the lighter makes of madapollams, jacconets, and I
I wir lcitltl
and Birkenhead. 15. •
shirtings, though but little has been done in them.
, IIY 14*
„se in the rail-
l'eacuMeVEC.•-11TEhSeTiEnRarlseMtAtTo-dl7a.y has been dull,
e alteration in prices. The sales were—Chester
HALIFAX, May 13 —The aspect of our piece hall has
been to-day quite as dull ae it usually has been for some
. Calerionian, 274 } ; Lancashire and
;South-hEestern, 17i, 11-16, 13-16.
goods of any. sort have been Yorkshir©, 504 i ; j
time past, and few worsted
STOCK EXCHBANIRGEII°.
inquired for. In yarns, there is a turn in favour of the i _____
way sh..re market to-day, buyer ; and the spinners, being in a worse position than '
but if anything a larger amount
BIRMINGHAM, B -
than yesterday. London and North-
before, are more and more resorting to working shoit
of busineal transact d ere was little chan
For
time. The wool market generally is not active.
Western Stuck, 95i deep-grown bright Lincolnshire wool there is much in-
no7.nizterial alteration
quiry, and the late advance on them is fully maintained. i
Other de-criptiens go off heavily, at late rates. - i -------
BRISTOL, MAY 1
HUDDERSFIELD, May 16.—The market to-by has STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was
been very flat in every branch. Manufacturers corn- in prices, and a fair bu•inesi doing. Midland
plain ranch or the want or business, and wool merchants were done at Ate Taff Vales at 130 ; Tafiul4l6l,.l` Cents.
say they are doing next to nothing. With the excep- 461'40. 1 pre-
tton of the yarn spinnere, who have lately been busy. forence shares,,! 140.
tbe woollen trade is depressed. Being fair day the SIR J. BROOKE. -Mr. C. R. Prinsep, the East India
streets have been crowded with people ; but as to pur. O enpany's Advocate General at Calcutta, and the Hon.
chases, the shopkeepers, like
the rest, might almost as H. B. Deversux, of the Bengal Civil Service, have been
well have had a holiday, a,poig. ' •ted the cointrussioners fur inquirinv how far the
Roc DALE, May 15.-The flannel markettin= position which Sir J. Brooke holds in Sarawak;' is ad.
ig a very laoguici sad iaseztive •state. • vantageous to the commercial ititemts of Great Dritau,

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.