The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-20 00:00:00

COURT- CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert honoured Drury-lane Thea-
tre with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal Suite
consisted of the Countess Desert, lion. Miss Murray, Earl of
Morley, Colonel the Honourable Charles Grey, and Colonel
Bouverie.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday af-
ternoon at a meeting of the Commissioners for promoting
and encouraging the Fine Arts, in the rebuilding the Palace
of Westminst

The meeting was held in the New Palace. The Prince
arrived at halt-past two o'clock attended by his Equerry in
Waiting, Colonel Bouverie. The Commissioners present were
the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of
Aberdeen, Viscount Morpeth, Viscount Mahon, Lord Ash-
burton, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, tto.
Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Mr.
toger, Mr. Wyse, and Mr. Vivian. Mr. Eastlake, the Secre-
tatty was in attendance.
Mr. Barry, the architect, conducted. the Commissioners
through several parts of the building.
The meeting broke up at five o'clock.
Che Royal Family took their &accustomed walks and rides
yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Her Majt.sty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Hon.
%As Mitchell, took an airing yesterday in a carriage and
four.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Fanny Howard, Sir George Couper, and Lord Jam,s
Murray, honoured the perfOrmance of the French plays with
her presence yesterday evening.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited Bar-
tholomew's t ospital yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited the
Duct:e4s of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House.
Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday, at hisofficial tesidence in Downing-street..
The Lord Presideot of the Council and Viscount Morpeth,
attended by Mr. Kay Shuttleworth, received at the
Council-office a deputation, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Hook.
the Rev. William Sinclair, Rev. \V. A. Wicksteed, William
Aldham, Esq., M.P. ; Ben. Galt, Esq., James G. Marshall.
Esq., and Hamer ttansfeld, from a mecting held in
he Court-house, Leeds, in favour of the minutes of the
Committee of Council on Education, of August and De-
cember, 1846.
Mr. George, with a Deputation from the Tower Hamlets
of the Willow Trade, had an interview with the Right
lion. 'l'. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the offic! of the Board
of Traci,.

Mr. Campbell had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer yasterday, at his offkial residence in Down-
ing-street.

-Mr. Turner had an interview with the Right Hon. E
Strutt yesterday. at the offi,:e of the Commissioners of Rail-
ways in Great George-street.

IMPORTANT CONVENTION BE-
TWEEN RUSSIA. AND THE BANK OF
FRANCE.
The Moniteur Parisien of Wednesday evening con-
tains the following article :
" An arrangement has been concluded by the Bank
of France for the disposal of a portion of the Go-
vernment stock of which it is proprietor. On the
27th of February last the Emperor of Russia gave,
through Count Nesselrode, orders to M. Kisseleff,
his Charge d'Affaires in France, to present himself
to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (M. Guixot) to
inform him that the Russian Government was ready
to purchase the French Government stock of which
it wished to dispose at the medium price of the day
(March 11th instant) to the extent of 50,000,000 f.
(2,000,0001. sterling). This sum will be placed in cash
at St. Petersburgh, at the disposal of the Bank of
France.
" The Minister for Foreign Affairs immediately put
the Charge d'Affaires of Russia in communication with
the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Bank.
" The propositions submitted by the orders of the
Emperor have been discussed and accepted, and a con-
vention to that effect was signed yesterday, the 16th of
March, between the Governor of the Bank and the
Charge d'Affaires of Russia. This convention has been
approved by the Council-General of the Bank of France
at its meeting of this
In the Passage de l'Opera the funds upon this an-
nouncement rose rapidly from 77f. 80c. (the closing
price of the day) to 791. sc.

ALGERIA.—The Moniteur Algirien publishes the
following statistic of the European population of the
French possessions in Algeria at the end of the last year :
The total of the populution in the provinces on the coast h
107,168 souls, of whom 47,274 are French ; 31,528 Spaniards ;
9,440 Anglo-Maltese and English : 8,175 Italians; and 5,386
1 Germans. Of the 107,168 colonists, 40,575 are men. 25,089
women, and 41,404 children. Of the 40,675 men, the much
greater proportion are in the towns, as not more than be-
tween 4,000 and 5,000 are employed in cultivating the land.
In the army there has been an increase during the year of
14,079 souls, of whom 3,858 were added within the last
quarter of the year. Of this proportion of the population,
on the coast, 102,816 are under the civil government, and
4,352 under the military auihorities. The total amount of
the population in the inner provinces is 18,925; of whom
12,589 are French ; 11,022 are under the civil, and 7,903
under the military government. It comprises 10,872 men;
4,071 women ; and 3,982 children. The same total, therefore,
of the European inhabitants of Algeria, at the beginning of
the present year, was 125,083, of whom about 12,000 only
are employed in agriculture.
In the Court of Excise, Thursday, Samuel Edwards,
a brewer, of Liinehouse, was convicted in the mitigated pe-
nalty of Sol, for having in his possession articles for the adul-
teration and colouring of beer.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—A Bill has been pre-
pared and brought in by Mr. M. Gibson and Mr. Parker, to
i'alte provision for the collection of agricultural statistics in
iti,;latul and Wales.
At Enfield Petty Sessions, Thursday, Mr. G. Dun-
combe, tiamerlv a chemist, at Poplar, but who has latterly
been occupying a cottage and barn in Enfield Chase, was con-
victed for having an illicit distillery on his premises, in which
were six large stills. The penalties imposed were 2001. as
the landlord of the premises, and 2001. for each of the stills;
making a total penalty of 1,4001.
From experiments lately made at the Agricultural
Institution of St. Germain, it appears that a sheep which in-
creased in weight a kilogratnino and a half a mouth, increased
double that amount in the same space of time, when three
grammes of silt (about the tenth of au ounce) were added
each day to its food.
We do not attach much importance to the ap-
pearance of the wheat on the ground thus early; but we be-
lieve we may safe].) say,
with very few exceptions in this
county, it never looked better than this spring, and certainly
a finer time for the spring sower never was known.—Brigh.
Oen Gown*. •

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From the .0 Ni--ht.)
The Cotton market ar Liverpool yesterday was without
alteration. The demand was very and prices hail a
downward tendency. Sales 3,506 bales —lu Railway Snares
there was not much doing.
The sale of Railway Shares to-day, by Messrs. Lamond
and Co., went ~fr with much more spirit, and shares sold
readily at full quotations. The following arc a few of the
principal sales :
tyreat Western of Bengal C 0
East Indian . .
Louvain it la Sambre 1 3 0
Vale of Neath 0 15 0
Eastern Counties, York Extension ... 312 6
Manchester and Southampton 1 2 6
Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 12 6
Shropahire Union and Canal 1 4 6
Reading, Guildford. and Reigate, ex int 4 17 6
London and York Extension
Shrewsbury' and Birmingham (B) 1 8 6
North Staffordshire
Taw Vale Extension and Dock ..
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4
Great Northern (London and York Reg.) 2 9 0
As the season for emigration is at hand, we cannot suffi-
ciently caution the nearly destitute individuals who may
leave Ireland more especially against the frightful risk of
disease and death which they incur. A party at New York
gives the following account of the privation endured upon the
voyage out:—
" We have been shown a specimen of the food which the
Irish immigrants usually bring with them to support lite
while crossing the Atlantic. In colour it resembles guano,
but in form it presents more the appearance of coarse meal.
We were unable to learn the name by which it is known,
hut we understand that it is a kind of berry, which is
first dried in the sun and then ground up for
use. The flavour is quite offensive, and the
food, as we understand, is unpalatable in the
extreme. About the only article of food besides this, which
the immigrants use, is the common sea biscuit. The first
article which they call for on reaching our almshouse is
the potato, sehich they prefer to the best of meats."
Again, as to the disease -engendered on the voyage, we arc
told that—
" Ihe character of this disease is proving itself to be much
more fatal than it has heretofore been considered. One of
the visitors of the almshouse, Mr. Thomas Middleton, who
had been among some of the recently-arrived paupers, caught
this fever a few days ago, and died from its effects on Satur-
day last. Three of the best physicians in this city at-
tended him, but they could not master the disease.
We are also informed that two Custom-house inspectors, who
lately visited the Pontac, have since died from a fever which
they contracted while performing their duty as inspectors.
There is, indeed, much cause for alarm on this subject. It
this disease is to get a foothold in our almshouse and
hospitals, we have reason to apprehend the most melancholy
consequences."
The favourable statement made yesterday at the Bank of
England, and the dissipation of further alarm that the Bank
of France would be compelled to throw a large amount of
stock on the market, have conduced, with the brilliant
weather, to create a far better feeling in the City, and there
is a probability now of matters going on progressively
towards improvement, unless the crops are endangered, or
there is any political result to follow the financial alliance
between the Emperor Nichols aed Louis Philippe. After
recent events in the French Court nothing would surprise us,
especially when the debt due to the Bank of England
shall have been liquidated. Consols have been 89A,
to 89 for Transfer, and 891 to 89 for the Account. The
scrip has ranged from 114 discount to 1% premium. Exche•
quer-bills are Is. to ss. pietnium, and India Bonds have
iouched ss. to 7s. premium.
The Foreign Securities have been also rather higher
Spanish Three per Cents. have risen to 34% %, and Alex teat.
Bonds to 219 %. Dutch Two- and-a-Halt per Cents. hay
been quoted 58 to 584
For Railway Shares the demand is but slack, althougi
holders are not inclined to sell at lower rates. The Freud.
lines are all better, but Sambre and Meuse continue flat.
BRITISH FUNDS. oNk. CLOSINC
O'CLOCK. PR[: ES
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 89% 89 89
Sew Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. ex dly 89%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860
India Bonds. 1,000/. .. .• •• .. 5 7
Bank Stock for April 14
Commits for Account .. •• •• •• 891414 89
Consuls, Scrip •• •• • 14 p .1(3 dls
i..xeliequer Bills. IN& 2d.
1,0001... .. •• •• 3 1 5 pm. 5 p
5001. . •• 3 5 pm. 5
Ditto, Small ...• 3 5 2 p
ONE CLOSIN%
O'CLOCK. PRICES

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Mexican Bonds, 1846, b per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account • • • . 21% %
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. • • 38
Russian Bonds 10111,
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. ..
Ditto, for the Account .. • • 34%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian, Two-and-a-Half per Cent • • 53
Dutch Two-and-a-Dalt per Cent .. 58
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92
BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
ONE O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

•• •• ".

.tmber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction . .. • • 2% 2; •••• • • • •
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13% %%•• • • • •
Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 5 •• • ..... • •
Bristol and Exeter .. • . .. 75 .... 77 .... • .
Buckinghamshire ..61.45..... p.... • • • •
C.tledonlan
Ditto, Half Shares 2%.... 214
Eastern Counties . .. 20 19 .. • •
Do. I'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. I. 6/. 13s. 4th
Ditto, ditto.. .. .. No. 2. Cl. 13s. 4d. %p••• • .• • •
—Ditto, York Extension .. 5 4 .... sij 5 • •
East Lancashire .. 17 • • • • •
Ditto New .. . • • ••••• • • • •
Ditto, ditto Now Scrip • • .. 1 h .... 234 • .
East Lincolnshire .. 4 .... 7 ••••.. • • ..
Ely and Huntingdon 123{ .... 13 .... •• • ...
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. .. 1% •• • • ......
Great Northern (London & York
Regd.) .. 2 .... 214 %
Do., do (Direct Northern Regd.) 3.4 .... 3% ..
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 27
Great North of England . ..100 ....231 • •
Ditto, New .. .. 5 59h 60
,1i-eat Western 85 ..........
Ditto, Half Shares 50 .... 60%
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .... 17% %
Ditto, >•ew 4 .... 7% sa .. • • ....
Huddersfield and Manchester .. 16
Ditto, ditto, Extension .. 5 .... ..........
Leeds and 8radf0rd......3.5 .... 77% ... •
Liyerp.. Manch., & Newc. Junct. .... • • ........
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. •• • • ......
Ditto, Now, No. 2 .. • . 1/. 13s. 4d. ; p.... ••• • ••
London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 • 54 • ..
London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d. 8% x d . . 8
Do. Prefer. or Privilege 181. 17s. 2d..... 21 .......... 21
London an North-Western .... 177 179........ 179;.
Ditto, Quartere
1) tto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 13
Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. • • 40 .. • ..........
Ditto, 10/. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 ..........
London and South- W estem • 41/. 6s. 10d... 63% 63
Ditto, New .. 22% .... 25% 25 ......
Ditto, Scrip.. .. • • • • .. 5 .... 5
Lynn and Ely .. 20 ....
Lynn and Dereham .. • • 15 161. ..........
manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 ..........
Ditto, Thirds (Iteg.).. . • 71. 45.....234 p......
Ditto % (late Iludders.& Sheff.) 23 ...• 26; •• • • ......
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... sw p........
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... ily 1 • •
midland .. —lOO .. • 116% 110
Ditto, New .. .. 30 .... 34 34 ...... 34
Ditto, New .. • • • .. 2 .... 5
i‘pdiand, Birming. & Gloucest.• • 100 .... 124
Midland Great Western (Irish) .. 20 .... 8 .
e weastle and Berwick .. •• 20 .. • . 2934 ...... • • 29:
Ditto, New .. . . 5 .... 8,
Newport and Abergavenny .. 4
Northern Counties Union 2% ......
North British .. 25 .. • . 33 x div
Ditto, 1 tali Shares .. 12% 1014 .
Ditto, Thirds • • .. • • • • 1 •• • •
Northern and Eastern .. 50 ....

Ditto, Quazter Shares .. 12% .... 14 14
North Sintfor,khire .. • • • • 5 •• • . 8. •••• • • • 8
Preston and Wyre .. • . 25 .... 34 .... • . 34
Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. ••• • ..
Ditto. ditto (B) .. • • 1,4 ...
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... 4•74 5 x int
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .... 4% ........ • • 414.
Shropshire Union .. 425..... 44 die.— dis.
South Eastern and Doyor •• 33% .... 38 % 38
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 33i .... 4y, iy
South Wales .. .. 10 .... 7% .. • • .... • • 7
south Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
Vale of Neath .. • • • • 2 •• • • Ye N 3 •••• • • • • 3
York and Newcastle .... 35% ........ • • 351,,
Ditto, New.. .. 10 15%%.. 15!,
Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 .... 8% 8.
York and North Midland .. 50 .... 84 85 .. •84
Ditto, Extension .• .. 20 .... 36
Ditto. Preference • . 2 .... 11% ... • 11,
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 10 21 jn
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .• .. 18 ... 14 ........ • . 14 t.
Nainur and Liege .. • • .. 10 4 • • 4
Northern of France .. .• • • 8 131A1,9 . •
Orleans and Bourdeaux 6 bye..........
Paris and Lyons .. .. • • .. 8 .... 6•34 X • • 6
Sambre and Meuse .. • . .. 12 .... 35 •..... •• • 6N

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Australasia 40 ...... 22
Colonial • • .. .. • • • • •. 25 .. 15% .... . . . . 151 A
London and Westminster .. 20 .... 27 z all ...... 26 x al.