The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-31 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, DEc. 30,

The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl and Countess Gran-
'vine, Lord and Lady John Russell, the lady in waiting
to the Duchess of Kent, and Lord Raglan.
The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended at the
Castle during dinner, and performed the following com.
positions :
ljarsch. Triumphale " Fannhauser"
°Yraphonie No. 3, Andante con moto, alle-
gro un poco agitato, vivace non troppo,
adagio, allegro vivassisimo, composed
and dedicated to her Majesty Queen
Victoria, by F. Men. I elssohn.
The Queen's private band afterwards attended and
Played the following selections :
Overture—" Zanetta"
Terzetto—"Frieschutz"
Sinfonia, No. 4 (first movement)..

Auber.
Weber.
Beethoven

•
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by
Lord John Russell, went out shooting this morning,
attended by the Earl of Listowel and Captain the Hon.
D. de Ros.

The Duke of Cambridge is expected to-day, on a
to her Majesty.

The Marquis of Abercorn, with the Ladies Harriet and
Beatrix Hamilton, have been invited, and are also ex-
pected this afternoon.

Sir Charles Eastlake (president) and Mr. Knight (sec-
retary of the Royal Academy) had the honour of having
an audience •f the Queen.

Despatches were sent from the Colonial•office yesterday
to the Governor of Canada.

ORAIN-LADEN VESSELS IN THE BOSPRORUS.

The Newcastle and Gateshead Commercial Asso-
ciation has received the following communication
respecting the towing of grain-laden British ves-
sels through the Bosphorus and Dardenelles, and
also through the Straits of Gibraltar, by her Ma-
asty's steamers not otherwise engaged:—
" Whitehall, 19th December, 1853.
"Gentlemen,— I am directed by the Lords of the
Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 16th inst., requesting
that orders be given to her Majesty's steamers to assist
in the transit of corn-laden • vessels by towing them
Through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, and also through
the straits of Gibraltar ; and 'reply, lam to state to
you, for the information of the Commercial Association,
that having communicated with the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty, my lords are informed that her Ma-
jesty's steamers in the Bosphorus are otherwise fully
engaged, and that at Gibraltar there are not any
steamers available for the purpose,—l am, gentlemen,
Zour obedient servant,

" T. H. FARBER.
"Messrs. Potts and Mather, Newcastle."

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT GARDEN.
Owing to the present severe weather, the supplies of
most articles on sale to-day were small ; hence prices were
on the advance.

FILIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 4s Oct to 6s Od each ;
ditto colonial, is Od to is 3d each ; hot-house grapes,
6s Od to 9s; foreign ditto, is to 2s Oct per lb; apples,
45 to 8s per bush ; pears, 2s to 5s per dozen ; lemons,
is Od to 2s ; oranges 4s Od to 10s per 100 ; almonds, 2s
to 3sper lb. ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bush.; cob-nuts, 00s to
140 s per 1001bs. ; chesnuts, 8s to 203 per bushel ; filberts,
805 to 1005 per 100 lbs ; walnuts, 8d to Is 6d per 100.
VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 10d to 15 3d ; Brussels sprouts,
2s 6d to 3s Od per half sieve ; cauliflowers, 6d to 10d each;
greens. 3s 6d to 5s Od per doz. bunches; red cabbages, 2s to
Od per dozen ; potatoes, 855 to 1705 per ton ;
turnips, 3s Od to 4s Od ; carrots, 4s Od to 6s Oct per dozen
bunches; cucumbers, Os 6d to is Od each ; 'celery, 9d to
le 6d per bundle ; spinach, 2s 6d to 3s: Oct per sieve ;
onions, 6s Od to lOs Od per bushel ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s
Per doz. ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 6(1. to 8d
small salad, 2d to 3d perpunnet; horse-raddish, 28 Od to 4s Od
Per bundle ; mushrooms, Os 9d to 2s Od per pottle; parsley.
2s Od to 3s Od per dozen bunches; rhubarb, is Oct to
is 6d per bundle.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Turkeys, 4s Od to 15s; Geese, 45 6d to 75 Od each ; Ducks ,
28 6d to 3s Od; tame Rabbits, is to is 6d ; wild ditto, is
to is 6d ; Pigeons, 5d to 10(1 each; roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to Os
each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Od to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, Os Od
to Os Od; barn-door Fowls, 2s 6(1 to 4s Od per couple;
Capons, 8s to lls Od ; Chickens, 2s Od to 3s Od per couple ;
Pheasants, 3s Od to 4s Od; Partridges, is 6d to 2s Od; Hares,
3s Od to 4s 0(1; Leverets, Os Od to Os Od; Woodcocks, 2s 6d
to 3s 6d; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Snipes, 9d to is 6d; Teal,
etd to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 25 Od ; Widgeons, 9d to
15 Od; and Plovers, 6d to 15 each. English Eggs, 108 6d to
12s 0(1; French ditto, $s Od to Os Od per 120 ; Ostend fresh
butter lls 6d to 13s Od, and English 12s Od to 15s Od per
dozen lbs.

BILLINGSGATE.

Turbots, 2s 0(1 to 22s ; Brills, is Od to 7s each; Salmon
38 to 08 Od per lb; Cod Fish, 2s Gd to 8s Od each ; Soles,
3d to is Gd per pair ; Eels, Gd to is per lb ; Lobsters, 10d to
3s Od ; Crabs, 6d to 28 6d • Whitings, 38 to 12s Oct per doz.;
))oreys, is Od to ss; Mullets, is to, 2s 6d each ; Common
Oysters, 10s Oct to 16s Od; Natives, 408 Oct to 50s Oct per
Ws; Mackerel, 00s to 00s per 100; Smelts, is 6d to 3s pr doz.;
Skate, Gd. to Oct per lb; Shrimps, is Gd to 2s 6d per gallon;
Bloaters, 11; 6d to 2s Gd per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 5s Od
to Os Od per 100 ; Haddocks, Gs to 12s per doz. ; Plaice,
4(1 to is each ; Carp, 28 Od per brace; Tench, 2s Oct
• to Os Od per brace ; Gurnets, 4d to 1s Oil each ; Halibut,
6d per lb. • Salt Fish, 2d to 5d per lb. ; Prawns, 2s Oct to
4Od per ; Flounders, is to is 6(1 per dozen ; Sturgeon,
ed per lb.; Pike 6d per lb.
BREAD.
The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are iron;
16i4 to 11d; of household ditto, 9d to 10d per 41b loaf.
--Reef from 3s 2d to 4s 4d NEWPORT
mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d ;
'teal, 3s 6(1 to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 4d to 58 Od per 81bs.

Beef, from 3s OdW to 4s 2d ;HITECHAPEL Mutton, 38 4d to 48 8d ;
veal, 3s 44 to 4s 84 ; Pork, 3s 44 to 4s 104 per 81bs. by
the carcase.

HIDES AND SKINS.
,_ittarket hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2d to 2id; 641 b to 721 b, lid
b° Ott; 721 b to 801 b, 20 to 34 ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 34d ;
.8113 to 961 b, 34d to 3id; 961 b to 1041 b, 3id to 3id ; 104 P)
1121 b 3id to 44d. Horse hides, 5s 6d to 6s Od; calf skins,
light, 2s Od to 3s 6d; ditto, full, Cs Od to Os Od; polled
keep, 78 3d to Os 3d; Kents, 6s 3d to 7s Od; Half-breds,
3d to 7s Oct ; Downs, 4s 6d to 5s 6d.

HAY MARKETS.
ditto hay, 31 15s to Si 12s ; clover
litto, 41 Os to 61 lOs • and straw, 1117 s to 214 s per load.
"IPPIy limited, and trade' firm.
dCUMBERLAND.—ow hay to 5/ 15s ; it+- —u, 4143 to 61 6sM
;ead and straw,, 1/41 18sOs to 21 5s perclover load.
.11. limited supply, and a steady demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3115 s to 51 10s ; clover
*to, 41 4s to 6/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 17s to 214 s per load.
'rade firm, and supply very limited.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.

LONDON, Dec. 31.—Wind this day at Noon, N.N.W. light breeze, and fine, clear, frosty weather.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 30.--Wind, W.N.W. to N.N.W.
Arrived—Puggoard, from Rio Janeiro, for Copenhagen ;
Goethe, Baltimore, for Bremen.
COWES, Dec. 30.—Wind, N. Arrived—Elise, from
Porto Plata.
Pools, Dec. 30.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Antelope and
Mountaineer, from Newfoundland—the latter with loss of
bulwarks, and with cargo damaged.
PALMOUTH, Dec. 30.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—lends-
berg, company.
134,.",1,fa15i5, Dec. 30.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Oro-
ram°, irom Dalhousie, for Fleetwood.
/IoIIRY (Isla of Skye), Dec. 24.—The Wm. and Henry
halliurivg)' °i. the isle of Man, is leaky, with keel, tamaged,
lug been on shore.
CARDIFF, pee. 30.—The Snowdon Lassir hence to
toublin, got on shore last night at Breaksea T nt.
froLYMOUTH, Dec. 30.—Wind, N.E. Arr: I—Wallace,
711 Richibucto. Sailed—Victory, for ran River ;
arlborough, Melbourne ; Balnageth, do. Off Port—A
IV vessel, with mainmast gone, making for the harbour.
SWANSEA, Dec. 30.—Sailed—Jessy, for Barbadoes ; Sir
Godsmed, Cuba.
4, lIIELDS, Dec. 30.—Wind, N. Arrived—Richibucto,
`11)..._el Quebec.
WARRENPOINT, Dec. 30.—The Bohemian Girl, Smyrna
Liverpool, has' been floated off' the Long Rock, with
~03ftge.
fr ILFRACOMBE, Dec. 30.—The Lewis (schooner), of and
asl3lbeen placedl3rizham, for Southampton, which put in h aky
ere le,
mon the Graving Bank ; her butts and
teales are much strained, and the wrter is running out of
r starboard bilge. Her crew refuse to proceed in her.