The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. 1 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the LIVERPOOL, JULY 6.
Princess 114)yril to, :1:. e rria,!-e 'rive yessprasy. STOCK EXCITAN,I7.--W, !::ive had a very slick market
lh.ir lil/4,,yal ii i;lin•6:.,ci t'i-'1 ci- Aiii-e,, 1.(: .17r,ct, s- to-uay, ; LIU v.:ty l.ti.e o.- ,:,,, 1,..6 LA. til tratii.t,ed. Thu
Alice, and the Princess Helena rode on ponies and took sales are—Birmingham and
.I.Oxford Junction, 71;; p.—Ches-
walking exercise yesterday, in the gardens of Bucking- ter and Birkenhead, 40 A—Ditto, Halves (iss. at 5 dis
.),
20%—Great Northern, 1% dis. ex inr.—Huddersfield and
ham Palace.
Manchester, 2:li p.—Ditto, Extension, 76 p.—Leeds and
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge Dewsbury, 5 p.—Liverpool and Newcastle Junction, 1% dis.
visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at ex int.—London and North-Western, 182—Ditto, liftbs,
her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park. 15% p.—Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 173 p.—Ditto, Quarters,
The Marchioness of Douglas (nee Princess Mary of New, 11% p.—Manchester and Leens, Halves (late Hud.
Baden) paid a visit yesterday to her Majesty the Queen and Shetl:),3 p. ex int.—Ditto, Fifths, 5 p.—Ditto, Halves
Dowager, and her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand (late Liverpool and Bury), 3,', p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West
Duchess of Saxe Weimar, at Bushy House, Bushy Park. Riding Union), % p.—Manchester, &c., Quartels,.l% dis.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited ex int.—Ditto, 201. Shares, 2.3,6 dis., cx int.—Midland, 401.
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday Shares, 48%—Ditto, New, Halves, 4>1.8 p.—North Statiord-
at Gloucester House.
shire, 34 p.—Shrewsbury and Chester New, IA p.—South-
Her Royal' Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
Eastern and Dover, Thirds, 3s. 9d. dis. ex int.—York and
Newcastle, Preference, 4% p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster
honoured the performance at the Royal Italian Opera and Goole, par.
House with her presence yesterday evening. MANCHESTER, JULY 6.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National STOCK EXCTLaNGE.—The sales are—Birmingham and Ox.
Debt had a meeting yesterday at the Treasury. The ford Junction, 7% p.--Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferen-
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank tials, 3 3-16 p.—Derby, Stafford, and Worcester, 1 dis.—
of England, and the Deputy-Governor were present. Eastern Counties, 21—East Lancashire, New, A di.—Ditto,
Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General, was New (scrip), IA3 p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 17—
in attendance. , Exeter and Exmouth, % dis.—Great Northern, 1 7-16 dis.
Lord John Russell left town yesterday for Cambridge. —Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials, % c. dis.—Manchester,
Mr. G. Hayter, M.P., and Mr. Field, had an inter- Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, % dis.—Manchester and
view with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 5-16 p.—Ditto, Fifths
(late West Riding Union), Ai p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
at the Office of the Board of Trade. Lincolnshire (Grimsb) 50/. Shares), 6% dis,—Ditto (Shef-
Mr. Bircham bad an interview with the Right Hon. field and Lincolnshire), 2% dis.—North British, Extension,
Edward Strutt yesterday at the Office of the Commis- 1-i p.—North Staffordshire, 31, p.—Oldham Alliance, 1-16 D
sioners of Railways, in Great George-street. —South-Eastern and Dover, No. 2, 5-16 p.—Ditto, No. 4, fAi
ells

JOHN KNOX'S BIBLE.

IRVINE.—We had lately the great satisfaction of in-
specting and examining a relic of ancient times, that
merits a high place in the esteem of Scotchmen, not only
from its intrinsic excellence, but from the circumstance of
its having once appertained to one whose name Scot-
land, we trust, will never fail to cherish, as the most
glorious in her nomenclature of fame. This was the Bible
of John Knox. In writing it contains a signature of John
Knox, the ink and hand-writing of which correspond
with copious notes written in a cipher on the margin,
in which hand the Psalms are divided into morning and
evening portions. The following affidavit is also
inscribed:—" This book was printed by a gentleman,
named Richard Cameron, in the year of our Lord
1560, and was presented to the famous John Knox,
our Scottish Reformer, in the year of our Lord 1560,
for his Family Bible, which he kept till his death, which
happened at Edinburgh, in the year of our Lord 1592,
being 12 years in his possession. It next fell into the
hands of his successor, Mr. Carson, where it continued
till his death, and passed into the hands of his widow,
whose name was Page, where it continued till the pre-
sent year of our Lord 1688.—(Signed) THos. PAGE."
This Bible was transferred from the name of Page to the
name of Housten, on account of marriage, and continued
in the hands of the Housten's till it was next transferred
by Margaret Housten to the name of Elder; and at his
decease, upon the 20% Eebruary, 1807, it came into the
hands of his son, Hugh Elder, now residing in Edin-
burgh. This Bible was purchased from Hugh Elder, by
Mr. Wm. Glenny, Edinburgh ; and at his decease in
the year 1844, was sold by Mrs. Glenny to the Hon.
Roger Rollo, and is now in possession of his son, John
B. Rollo, Esq.—lrvine Kews Letter.

LEEDS, JULY 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 255. n. dis.—Eastern Counties, York Ex-
tension, 7s. 6d. dis.—East Lancashire, New, 4s. dis.—Ditto,
New Scrip, 2s. 6d. p.—East and West Yorkshire, 255. dis.
—Huddersfield and Manchester, 21% p.—Leeds and Dews- •
bury, 514 p.—Leeds and Think, 54 dia.—Ditto, Preference, -
12s. s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares, 7s. n. p.—
Ditto (West Riding Union), Bs. p.—North British, Exten-
sion, 3s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 314 p.—North-West-
ern, 255. dis.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, I!,‘ dia.
SHEFFIELD, JULY 6.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New
Scrip, Vs p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 91—
Ditto (Grimsby and Sheffield), 7s. dis.—Ditto, 201. Shares,
2% dis—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 535. dis.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Buckinghamshire, 93.
dis.—Caledonian, New, 9s. dis.
HULL, JULY 6.
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STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Manchester and Leeds
(West Riding Union), 9s. p.—North British, Quarters, 955.
—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 3s. 9d. p.—South Staffordshire,
1-A dis.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, % dia.