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

WEfINE

COURT CIRCULAR.

At four o'clock Prince Albert and the other Commissioners
proceeded to the Palace at 'Westminster, and went over the
New Houses of Parliament, attended by the architect, Mr.
Barry.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert inspected at Buckingham
Palace, two medals of Lord Hardinge, the wolk of Mr. G. G.
Adams.

The Queen had a dinner party yesterday. The company
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their
Riyal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, his
Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, their Excellen-
cies Baron and Baroness de Cetto, his Excellency Baron de
Hugel, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, Lady
Augusta Cadogan, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth,
the Earl Auckland, and the Hon Miss Eden, Lord and Lath-
Ashley, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and
Lady Peel, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay.
The band of the Coldstream Guards attended at Bucking-
ham Palace during dinner, and performed the following
pieces

Overture, " Leonora," Beethoven.
American Polka, Jullien. •
Selection from "The Crusaders." Benedict.
Waltz, " Fleur de Marie," Barret.
Pas Redouble, " Le Roi des Alers," Gurtner.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary, and his Serene Highness Prince Frede-
rick of Hesse, attended by Baroness Hammerstein and Mr.
• Edmond Mildmay, visited and inspected the British Mu-
seum yesterday.
A deputation of gentlemen from the centre of the county
of Kent had an interview with the Right Hon. C. Strutt
yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in
Great George-street. The deputation consisted of the Earl
Stanhope, the Right Hon. F. C. Herries, Sir John W. LW)-
. bock, Mr. John Rogers, and Mr. J. P. Atkins.
The Bishop of Barbadoes had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Several members of the " Short Time" Committee from
Manchester attended yesterday at the Treasury, to deiiver a
number of petitions to Lord John Russell.
The Earl of Devon had an interview with Sir George Grey
yesterday, at the Home-office.
Sir Robert Ferguson had an interview yesterday with the
Right I-lon. Edward Strutt, at the office of the Commissioners •
of Railways.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-
office for the Governor of Ceylon.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of last Night.)
There was a quiet, but steady, market for Cotton at Li-
verpool y esterday. Sales, 4,000 bales. _American realised
6,4 d. to 734 d., and Surat 41/2d. to 43/4d. per lb. Railway
Shares were firm, but not much was t4one.
At the sale of Railway Shares to-day, by Messrs. La-
mond and Co., prices were steady, without much alteration.
The following are a few of the principal sales:—
London and Manchester (Remington's)....£o 6 6
East Indian ...
0 9 0
North Staffordshire
..... 6 7 6
Northern Counties Union 1 5 0
Shropshire Union and Canal 1 9 0
Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 13 0
Shrewsbury and Hereford
Manchester and Southampton 1 2 6
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire .... 011 0
Boston,Stamford, andllirmingham 7 0 0
Newmarket and Chesterford. lO 7 6
However much we may regret the perhaps unavoidable
necessity which exists fbr a postponement of further reduc-
tions in import duties, but more especially in that upon 'fee,.
it is at least consolatory to find that there are some intlica
Lions of the. progi'ess of our trade with China, desPitd the
difficulty at
,presqnt existing in the obtainment of reiturti
cargoes, —,:-.ACcOrding' to the last -rAdvicee; receiVed
`by the " overland mail, and which include a review
of the operatione,i4if last year, it would appear ,that
~.there has been 04;:ibusiness done, and 004 ther6 is a pros-
.leCt.of,amincselme. What it might bee:h.wever, under a
Wore Aiberal: taxi on Chinese productions imported- hei.e, it
is needless to point out.
According to the most recent information upon China.,!col-
lected by the late Colonial Treasurer at Hong-Kong, that
vast country produces tobacco, coal, saltpetre, skirts,
corn, drugs, silks, salt, marble, indigo, gold, tin, rice, hernpij.
sugar, copper, iron, tea, &c., and there is no doubt but that
a surplus of these articles, under fair encouragement, could
be obtained for exportation in return for British mantilae.-
tures. When we reflect that China has about the same
number of inhabitants to each square mile as England, and
that the most dense population is along the banks of the
great rivers, which would serve as the highway of com-
merce, it is impossible to over-estimate the future
importance of this market. Four hundred millions of
human beings must offer a field for the exten-
sion of imports, even though their resources were far
less than they are. F, out the returns made by the Secretary-
of the East India and China Association the arrivals of ship-
ping in the United Kingdom during the year 1646 exhibit
an increase from China of 4,792 tons, and the departures to
that c;:untry of 2,986 tons. With these facts before us there
is every room for sanguine anticipations.
The Stock market has been rather weaker to-day, tint the
sellers have not got it altogether their own way. The
intelligence received this morning from Paris is considered to
be in favour of the maintainance of amicable relations be-
tween England and France, but there has been no effect pro•
duced upon the market by it. Consols have reali-sea 9-01/2 %
for present transfer, and now are 9014. to Ij;2. 'nate bargains
have been effected at 903/4 'Xi, the present value being 9(0/2 %. The New Scrip is at 11/2 to 1% premium. :Bank Stock has been firm at 20:34 ; East India Bonds have fallen to a
discount of 25.; and Exchequer-bills are very 'heavy at 2s. to
3s. premium.
The Foreign Securities have been depressed, and there is
but littledoing in them. Spanish Five per Cents, are 244 ;
and the Three per Cents., 31% N. Mexican Stock is
at 22.
shares are rather quiet, but firm generally.
13111T1811 FUNDS. ONE • CLOSING
Bank Stock
O'CLOCK. PRIcES.
•". •• 05% • 205%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities.. •••• 2 91% % 91% 1%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities.. • • 90% % 90 9
% 90%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Antis. 'J3% 92% 93% 93
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 • • 9% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 97- India Stock _ • • • • • • _ .. 250 16
India Bonds, 1,000/.
.• •• 2 250
.. die. 2 dim.
Ditto, under 1,000/. •• •• dic 3 P 3 p Consols for Account, April 15
.. .• • • 90% % 90% Consols, Scrip • • '' P P
Exchequer Bills. • •d. 114 d.
1,0001... •• • • 23 Pm. 4 p
Ti
500itto1.
Small.
•• 3 Pm' 3 p
, •• •• 2 4
Ditto, Advertised
...• 3p2 d pm. 4 p
is. 2 p
ONE CLOSINt•
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Grenada, 1 per Cent .. . 19% 19%
Mexican Bonds, 1846, per Cent .. 22 22
Port ibmese Four per Cent 34
Ditto, Small .• •• •• •••
—• 36%
Russian Bonds 109% ex div 109%
bpanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, for the Account .. .• 2414
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .• • • 34%
Ditto, for the Account
.. .• • • 34%34
Dividends on the above payable in Lundon.
Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cent ..
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certincates

92N )4 92j.
PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE A.T „gums.
RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. . 25 24 ••••• • • • • •
Amber., Notting., Ilston, and
Eastern Junction . .. • • 2% .• • • 231'i •••• • • • •
Wolver., & Stour Valley 5 • • •••• • • • • •
Bristol and Fxeter •••• • • 2 „ %75 ..• •78
Buckinghamshiree
Caledonian .• • • • • 28%- •k
Ditto, half Shares .. • • 2;4 •• • • 2% %••" • • • •
Chester and Ilolyhead .. • • • •
Cornwell. . • • • 7% •• • • 3341 ...... •• • •
Esstent Counties . .. 20 .. 21% %
Ditto, York Extension .. • •
Eastern Union •• • • • • 40 .... 55 ..
East Lancashire .. • • • • • •
Ditto New ..

_ 1

Ditto, ditto Now Scrip •• •• 14 •• • • 274 • •
East Lincolnshire.. • • • • • • 4 •• • • 74 %•••• • • ..
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. • • 50 •• • . 79% .......
Edinburgh and Northern .. .. 15 .• ......
Ditto, Newport .. • • . • • • 5 .• • . 4 • •
Ely and Huntingdon .. • • • • 12Y2 .. • . 14 ' •
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% • .•• • •
Great Northern (London & York • ..... •
Regd.) .. • • • • .. 214 3 .
Do., do (Dirott Roraima Regd.) 374 .....

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen
yesterday.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, and the Princess Alice, walked yesterday in the Gar-
dens of Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided, yesterday
afternoon, at a meeting of the Commissioners for Promoting
and Encouraging the Fine Arts, in the rebuilding the Palace
of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at Gxydyr
House, Whitehall, shortly before three o'clock, attended by his
Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Bouverie. The Commissioners
present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell,
Viscount Mahon, Viscount Morpeth, Lord Ashburton, Lord
Colborne, the Right Hon. the Speaker, Sir Robert Harry
Inglis, Mr. Benjamin Hawes, Mr. Henry Hallam, Mr. G.
Vivian, and Mr. T. Wyse. The Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was
in attendance.