The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-24 00:00:00

DISCOU NT.

On Government bills ... ........ ..... 4 per cent
On private bills at or within three months 8 ditto.

On cash credit accountson deposit
INTEREST.
and loans
of Government securities .........
7 ditto.
On fixed loans for three months en deposit of
ditto
On loans on bullion 7l ditto.
On loans on good 8 ditto.
And a further decline in these rates is looked for.
The following are the quotations of loans:-
5 per cent. loan of 1825.26 ...... R 5.1041
4 Do. do. ... 1823-33 ..... " 94
4 Do. ... do. ... 1835-36 ...... " 87
5 Do. ... do. ... 1841-42
4 Do. ... do. ... 1842-43
EXCHANGE continues to decline, and is now quoted at
Is. Hid. to 2s. per rupee for bills at six months sight, and
there are many buyers at the latter rate, though, since the
departure of last mail, transactions have had effect at 2s. 3d.
to 2s. id.; Calcutta, 60 days' sight, 9Si ; Madras, 991 to
par ; and China continues firm, at 208 re. to 210 rs. per 103
dollars.
Bank Shares are as follow:—
Bank of Bombay•
..... Its. JO to 40 per cent. premium.
Oriental Bank, Old Shares ~ 29
Do. Do. New d 0.... ~ 25
Agra Bank ........ „50 Exclusive of the bonus divi-
sible on 30th June, 1847, of 40
rs. per share.
Commercial Bank, 10 per cent.
PAIGE OF BULLION.
Sovereigns, each ..................... Rs. 11 2 0
Bank of England notes, „ 10 8 0

CALCUTTA MONEY-MARKET.
CALCUTTA, JAN. 7.
Our moneymarket is more lively than at the date of our
last overland stunner'.

Government securities are very steady, but ivith a ten.
dency to advance.
Exchange is brisk at 2s. Md. at ten months' date. Corn-
merchl matters generally are dull.

CANTON, DEC. 26, 1816.
Affairs, in a commercial point of view, are gloomy.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback, yes-
terday morning, in Claremont Park.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Wales, and the Princess Royal, left Claremont at three
o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, for town,
escortm by a party of the 12th Lancers. Their Royal High-
nesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess
Helena, and the Lady in Waiting, the Marchioness of Douro;
the Lord in Waiting, the Earl of Morton ; the Master of the
Household, Major General Bowles; the Equerry in Waiting,
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey; and the Equerry in Waiting
to Prince Albert, Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, followed
in four carriages and four.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal party
arrived at Buckingham Palace at twenty-five minutes be •
fore five o'clock, escorted by a party of Lancers. Her Ma-
jesty and her Royal Consort were received at the Palace by
the Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Lord Chamberlain,
the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Listowel, Lord George
Lennox, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Sir Edward Cod-
rington, and Captain Francis Seymour.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined with her
Majesty and her Royal Consort last evening, at Buckingham
Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse,
honoured Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister,
with their company at dinner yesterday evening, at his
Excellency's residence in Grosvenor-place.
Their Ro}•al Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of am-
bridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse,
visited and inspected the Caledonian Asylum on Monday.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge gave Mr.
Dalton a sitting for the completion of his portrait yesterday.
The Royal Duke is represented in the robes of the most
noble Order of the Garter over a field marshal's uniform.
Senor de Toro, the Venezuelan Minister, had an inter-
view with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the dice of
the Board of Trade.
Lord Hatherton, Mr. Beckett, M.P.. and a number of de-
legates of various canal companies, including Messrs. Rhodes,
Wilson, Hordern, Cradock, Ma:chant, and M. C. Allan, and
Mr. Craig (engineer), had an interview with the Right Hon,
Edward St:lift yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners
of Railways on the subject of the impropriety of allowing
railway companies to have any control over canals. .
Lord Monson had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday,
at the Colonial-office.

. Dr. Lindley had an interview with Sir George Grey yes
terday, at the Horne-offieis.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 23.

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are —Ambergate and Eastern Junc-
tion, % p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, % p.—
Birmingham alid Dudley, 5% p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction,
9%s p.—Buckinghamshire, lls. 3d. p.—East Lancashire, New, 24
p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 265. 3d. p.—East Lincolnshire, 2% p.—Plud•
derstield Canal and Railway, 3% p.—Lancaster and Preston, 10%
p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, Extension (green), % p.—Leeds and Thlrsk,
dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2% p.—London and
North-Western, New, Quarters, 121 g p.—London and York, % p.—
Manchester-and Leeds 321. Shares (late Extension), 2% p.—Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 22% ex div.—
Manchester and Southampton, % dis.—North British, 35k—Ditto,
Thirds (scrip), 3% p.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 2 die.—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 15/. 7s. 9d. Shares (A), 1% p.—Ditto,
91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), % p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 38—Ditto,
New, No. 4,13 s. 9d. p.—South Staffordshire, % p.—Ditto, Trent
Valley Midland and Grand Junction, % p.—Newry and Warren-
point, 34 P.

MANCHESTER, FEBRUARY 23.
STOCK ExCrUatoz.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, par—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9% p.—East Lau-
ca.shire, 2% c. p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 11/4 p.—Fleetwood, Preston,
and West Riding, 4 p.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, 32%—Ditto, p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials, p.—
London and North•Westem, 185—Ditto (Manchester, and Birming-
ham), Quarters (B), p.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves (H.
and S.), 45 p.—ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), 3 p.-51anches-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 97—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln-
shire), 20s. dis.—. Manchester and Southampton, 11-16 dis.—North
Staffordshire, 3 5-16 p.—North Staffordshire and Churnet Valley
Junction, 2 p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 4% p.—Ditto,
ditto (13), 7-16 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 9/. 12s. 3d. Shares
(B), % p.—Shropshire Union, % dis.—South-Eastern and Dover,
No. 4, % c. p.—South Staffordshire, Trent Valley Midland, p.—
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 5-16 p.—West Riding Union,
1 13.16 p.