The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-05 00:00:00

ITALY.

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The Treasury of Rome is insolvent ; it is unable to
meet the deman(!s of the holders of Rome Bonds, fur
the interest now due. The POPE, however, is not the
only insolvent potentate. The Queen of SPAIN seems
to be in a similar condition, if we may credit the
French journal L'Evenement, which affrms that the
bills of exchange drawn by General CORDOVA on the
Treasury of Madrid to defray the expenses of the
Spanish army in Italy have been protested for non-
payment, the Madrid Treasury being completely
exhausted.

It will be a curious sight to see, on the return of
the POPE to Rome, that infallible and insolvent
SOVEREIGN guarded by the troops of her Most Catho-
lic and equally insolvent MAJESTY.
The Minister of Public Instruction at Turin has,
like his colleagues, addressed a circular to the func-
tionaries belonging to his department. In this
document the Minister adverts to the improper use
some professors and masters have occasionally made
of influence they possess over their pupils, by ap-
plying it to the insinuation of political doctrines of a
peculiar cast into their minds, and declares that it is
the intention of the Government not to allow such
abuses in future.

The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 30th ult., pub-
lishes a notification of the Inspector-General of
the Post-office at Turin, informing the public that
from the Ist of this month a new arrangement with
the French Post• office will allow of letters being re-
ceived from Paris eighteen hours sooner than usual.
The Riferrna of Lucca states from Leghorn, 26th
ult., that the Chamber of Commerce having convoked
a meeting of the merchants and hankers of the city,
for the purpose of considering the Government loan
question, the meeting was adjourned to a future
day, there not being a sufficient number of members
present.

THE QUEEN DOWAGER.
(From the Supplement to the London Gazette.)
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEc. 4.
Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Sunday
next, the 9th inst., for her late Majesty the Queen
Dowager, viz.:--
The ladies to wear black bombazines, plain muslin or
long lawn linen, crape hoods, shamoy shoes and gloves,
and crape fans.
The geneemen to wear black cloth, without buttons
on the sleeves and pockets, plain muslin or long lawn
cravats and weepers, ahamoy shoes and gloves, crape
hatbands, and black swords and buckles.

COLLEGE OF ARMS, DEa. 4.
The Earl Marshal's Order for a General Mourning for

her late Majesty the Queen Dowager.
In pursuance of her Majesty's commands, these are to
give public notice, that upon the present melancholy
occasion of the death of her Majesty the Queen Dowager
all persons do put themselves into deep mourning.
NORFOLK, E.M.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, TUESDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert took an early walk
this morning in the Park and grounds of Osborne.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and
younger members of the Royal Family, walked and
rode as usual.

There was no addition to the royal dinner party
yesterday.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
arrived in town yestez day afternoon from Brighton.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
visited her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe-
Weimar on Monday, at the Priory, Stanmore.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon,
at the Foreign• •ice. It was attended by all the
Ministers. The Council sat three hours.
The Hon. H. Fitzroy had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.

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TUB FUNERAL Or RIM LATE MAJESTY TRENUEEN
DOWAGER.—The funeral of her late Majesty is
fixed to take place on the 15th inst. (next Saturday
week), in the Chapel Royal, Windsor. There are
three coffins, the inner one containing the remains is
manufactured of fine Spanish mahogany, French
polished, and lined throughout with white satin; the
second or middle coffin is likewise made of Spanish
mahogany, covered with lead of unusual thickness.
This coffin will be hermetically closed by the new
' process of soldering lead, so as to exclude the least air
or damp. The outer or state coffin is manufactured
of the finest Spanish mahogany of a dark colour,
lined with white satin, and covered with rich Genoa
velvet, thickly studded with gilt nails and ornaments,
and gilt handles. On the lid, surmounting the in-
scription plate, and on either side of the coffin, are her
late Majesty's coats of arms in alto relievo. The j
inscription has not yet been decided on.

' Y and COMMERCIAL NEW
CITY. QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was
exceedingly dull, and "nices of all kinds were 1. per lb.
lower. Very little tuniress was done, the sales not
exceeding 1,200 bales all to the trade.—The St ..re
Market opened firmly, but closed rather heavily, without
material alteration in prices.
In the general mercantile markets there is not ary
particular change, but as Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewes•
bury very fairly remark in their monthly review of the
dealings in produce, it is not to be expected that,
with money at such a low rate, things will remain inac-
tive, and therefore imports are not inclined to press
sales. Stocks are generally lower than at this time last
year, and the deliveries for home consumption continue
upon the same increased scale as for some months past.
There has been a fair demand during the last week or
two for dyes and dyeing materials, and although the
imports have been considerable, the large deliveries both
for export and home consumption prevent any material
increase in stock, and prices have an upward tendency.
The advices from the Continent are not of prominent
interest. A meeting had been held at Brussels of the
Bank of Belgium shareholders, upon the subject of the
late frauds by one of the officials, but the matter stands
over for the present, as it will come under judicial cog-
nizance.
There is a hope, it seems, of the Sambre and
• Mew() Railway proprietors having their very hard
case met with something more like liberality by the
Belgian Government, but we confess we do not
expect much, and what comes will chiefly emanate from
self-interest. Foreign Governments, as well as Boards
of Direction, may be certain that if they desire the
co-operation of John Bull in their industrial under-
takings, they must exhibit not only fairness but genero-
sity, fur nothing more disgusts an Englishman than a
peddling chandler's shop policy. In money matters,
whatever may be said of our "perfidiousness" in
State affairs, we are essentially wedded to the
grand, or grossartig, as the Germans more
expressively term it. We are glad in this
sense to observe a move in the right direction as
regards the Dutch Rhenish Railway Company, for the
directors at Amsterdam, finding they cannot get the
calls paid here, have decided to admit an English pro-
prietor to the board. If they do not gain the entire end,
they will, doubtless, enlist greater interest in the concern
by this judicious course.
The following is from Carthagena, New Grenada,
dated Oct. 12:—
Business is slowly reviving from the apathy which
the dreadful ravages of the cholera in this province has
created. It made its first appearance about the last of
May, and remained until the latter part of August,
during which time, out of a population of 11,000 in this
province (exclusive of the city of Carthagena), 2,400 tell
victims. It raged with equal violence in the interior,
and on the Magdalena river, where about 1,900 died in
two months.
At Santa Martha and Barranquilla, where the mor-
tality was excessive, a few cases were still reported.
The strong N.E. trade winds were anxiously
looked for, to drive away the seeds of this most
fearful scourge. But it was on the Magdalena where
its mortality appears to have been the greatest—en-
tirely depopulating villages, and leaving no sign or
vestige of anything human within its precincts,
In Bogota, it has not yet made its appearance, and the
moat frightful alarm was felt, on account of its near ap-
proach. On the 19th of September, business was entirely
suspended, politics unheeded or forgotten, and every
precaution taken to mollify and alleviate the sufferings
which they were hourly awaiting. Many think it will
entirely devastate the city, as the mass of the inhabi-
tants are very filthy in their habits, (that is the lower
classes), and poorly prepared with medical advice. The
last reason may be assigned as the cause of the great
mortality that ensued throughout all New Granada.
Tte Banking Almanack, Directory, Year-Book, and
Diary for 1850 is most valuable to the class for whose
use it is specially designed. It gives a complete sum-
mary of the note circulation returns, Bank of England
Statistics, analysis of the Acts of Parliament of last
session, legal decisions, and other interesting and useful
information, which many aro glad to obtain in a collected
form

It is worthy of remark, that while some of our rail-
way companies are doing so btAly, many of the canals
continue to prosper. The Grand Junction proprietors
received a favourable report yesterday, and appear to be
profiting greatly by a new branch of traffic, which
must tend greatly to the public advantage as well, v:z.,
the introduction of inland coal into the London
market.
There has been a very firm market for Public Securi-
ties, although the transactions are not large. Consols
have been quoted 953 to 951 for Transfer, and 951 to 96
for Account, and are now 95i to 96. The new Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. hare realised 95i to 953, and
the Three per Cents. 943 East India Stuck has been
marked 261 to 264. Exchequer bills have touched 47a.
and 50s. premium. The firmness of the Paris Bourse has
a good effect.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Bonds are again ♦ery
firm. The Five per Cents, have touched 18/ and 19,
and the Three per Cents. 381 k. Portuguese Four
per Cents. have been 37 to 371, and Brazilian 87k to 88.
Mexican have reached 28i to Grenada are 161, and
Equidor 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have
been 55i.
Shares have all given way, but they are at present
not quite so flat at the opening of the market. There
aro unfavourable rumours about the North-Western
line, which is said not to have earned Eix per cent The
appointment of Mr. G. E. Coleman, the eminent
accountant, to assist the auditors, gives great mast se Lion
osi. O'CLOCK.

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CL, Y.l, or RlTlttli .IrNin, 7 RICES.
3 : er Cent. Reduced Arns 91%34 9434
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 953/4%Ti 9614
3 per Cent. Annuities,l726 93% 93%
New 31,4 per Cent. Ann 5.... .
Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 81,E 8(4
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 834 BY4
India Stuck
ltdis Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,000/... ......
Consols for Account 95% 96 9614
Fxchequer Bills. 14,d. & 2d
1,0001. June 47 50 p
5001. June
Sm2ll. June —
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS

oNE iILOAIN
O'CLOCw PRIC F. ct
Brazilian Bonds B3 87;i 874
Ditto, Small
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 47ji 47%
Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent.
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds. 1 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Greek Bonds —
Ditto ex Over-due:Coupons 5% 6
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... ..... .
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto. Account
Ditto, Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents
Ditto, Converted, 1841 — 361/2
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Ditto, Account
Russian Bonds ... 110%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 —
Ditto, Account
Ditto. Passive 3% 4
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Ditto. Account ...... 38% %
Dividends on thellabove payable in London.
Venezuela Bonds, 214 per Cent ...
Ditto Deferred
Dutch 21% per Cent., 12 Guild. ..
Ditto, Account. 65% 55%
Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates.- 83 83%
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Do. Preference
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 6%......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% —
Belfast & County Down 28
Berks & Hants Extens.
(Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, without guarantee 20
i'irining, %Volverh'ton,
and Dailey, calls duly
pd, cr with guarantee 10 .....
Do. withoutguarantee 10
clirming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... •••
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 20
Bristol and Exeter 9O ...... 53%
Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 27% — .. —
uckinghamshire ...... 17%
Caledonian
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10
Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50
,hester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference l5 -
Clarence
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DDD (1°4.: Government
esd Class,rtcC eia snst. 56
pPLeeror Ca
n ,C t t:
111000 .. . ,
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 271r8 —
East Anglian, 254 L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do. 181., E. & H.... 18 ......
Do., 3/. 105., Pref... 3% ....
E ilto, 71.175., 7 per
Cent., Preference... 2 . ....
Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 7% IA ..... ...m 714
Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10
Ditto,Extension, 5 per
Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... ... .. ... .--.
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cent.
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25 -
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6
Do., Class B & C 25
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20
East Lancashire ........ . 25
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 614 — ••
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... CIA .....
East Lincolnshire ...... 25
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. .......
Edinburgh and Northern 25 —
Ditto, Newport l5
Exeter•Yeovil. & Dorch `25,1 l%l
Exeter and Exmouth... 21s.
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle - -

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