The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-13 00:00:00

COURT-PASBIONAI.I.6*,_

The Duchess of St. Albans was safely delivered of a
daughter on Friday in Piccadilly.
The Earl and Countess of Orford have arrived at the
family seat in Norfolk.
The Earl of Charlemont has returned to Dublin froth
Roxburgh Castle.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at Pan-
sanger from Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, on Tuesday last.
Lord and Lady Walpole go in a few days on a visit to
the Earl and Countess of Orford.

The Marquis of Lansdowne will entertain Lord John
Russell, Lord Duncannon, and other members of the late
Administration, during the Christmas holidays,at Bowood.
The Earl of Westmoreland remains in much the same
state, and we understand but little hope is entertained of
his recovery.
IVIISCEIMANEOUS.

The Freshwater Cliffs, Isle of Wight, are in a very had
state from the rains, and the celebrated cavern at Fresh-
water-gate has fallen in. Headen Hill, so interesting to.
geologists, is also a mass of ruins.
The great lawyer, Francis Hargrave, amassed his ex-
tensive and valuable library merely by "picking up" at
book-stalls. Parliament granted 8,0001. for the purchase
of it for the British Museum.

There is only one fur peculiar to England— that of the
silver•tipped rabbit of Lincolnshire. It is little used in
this country, but is readily purchased abroad, especially
in Russia and China.

On Saturday evening, in 1718, Charles XII., King of
Sweden, was killed during the siege of Frederickshall,
whilst inspecting the trenches exposed to the fire of a
battery.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From' The Sun of Saturday Evening.) '
LIVERPOOL' COTTON MARKET, DEC. 10.—Although
there has been a fair amount of business transacted in
cotton this week, the market still continues dull, and the
disposition to sell being fully as strong; buyers have ge-
nerally been enabled
,to purchase at a decline of id. per
lb. in American descriptions, particularly in the better
qualities ; in other kinds there is no chan'ie of conse-
quence. Speculators have taken 1,200, and exporters
200 bales American. The sales to-day are 300 bales.
LIVERPOOL SHIRE MARKET, Dix. 10.—The transac-
tions reported at the Stock Exchange thisday; are inEastern
Counties, 7 13-16 ; London and Birmingham, 36 ; Man-
chester and Leeds, 65 ; Half Shares, 27 ; Paris and
Rouen, 10g.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 10.—The mar-
ket for Railway Shares continues firm and prices im-
proving :—Manchester and Leeds, 651 ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 26 to 27 ; North Midland, 67 to 68 ; ditto,
Halves, 321 to 33.
The English Market opened steadily with very little
doing. Consols for the Account are quoted 88i ;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 881 a ; Bank Stock, 165 166 ;
Three -and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 984 ; Exche-
quer Bills, 10 12 premium.
The Foreign Market is quiet, and the only variation to
notice is a decline in Spanish Active Stock, which are
now quoted at 23-1 1; Portuguese Stock continues steady,
the Five per Cents. being 33 331 ; and the Three per
Cents. 191 20 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 518
52* ; ditto Five per Cents., 991.
In the Share Market there is little doing • the im-
proved prices are, however, fully maintained. Great
Western are firm at 18 a 20 premium ; ditto New Shares
9'a 91 ; London and Brighton 3614 per share.
The quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and
assets of the Bank of Egland, from the 14th September
to the 7th December, exhibits a decrease in the circula-
lation, 300,0001.; deposits, 16,0001.; securities, 359,0001.;
and bullion, 5,0001.
The business done in both the English and Foreign
Stock Exchange has been limited this morning ; the
markets have, however, generally improved. Consols
for the Account are now 881 ; Three per Cents Reduced,
884 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 981 ; Ex-
chequer Bills, 10 12 premium. Spanish Active was last
done at 23& ; Passive, 51 ; Deferred, 111 12 ; Mexican,
258. In Portuguese there has not been a bargain done
The Share Market is steady, and but few transactions
have taken place. London and Brighton have been done
at 362, at which price they may be now quoted; London
and South Western 564 ; York and North Midland, 88;
London and Birmingham New Shares, 26.
There has been rather an increase of ease in the dis-
count market since this day week, and were it not for
the apprehension of failures, we might probably
have to record the existence of greater facilities to
commerce generally. The continued disposition
of the Bank of England, however, to reduce its circula-
tion before the dividends fall due, as evidenced in the re-
turn of its assets and liabilities, must, of course, act as a
restraining power over the brokers and monied houses in
the City.
Consuls, 1 ; Mexican, 25E 26* ; Spanish, 238 24.
BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8.
rim Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price Price.
French 5 per Cents . . ... lid 40 ... 116 60 ... 116 40 ... 116 50
, 41(, per Cents lO6 50 106 50 ... 106 50 ... 106 50
1 per Cents lOl 20 ... 101 20 101 20 ... 101 20
3 per Cents. ex div 76 40 -78 50 78 40 ... 78 50
If ink of France
Laffitte Bank I,ooof. Shares 10t5 ...1C35
5,0001. Shares 5055 .4055 ...5055 ...5055
Belgian Bank, Old 790 ... 790 ... 788 75 ... 790
Belgian 5 per Cents.
5 per Cenci., 1840 lO3 10314 ... 103 ... 103%
ipanish Active 24 ... 24 ...
Passive. 5% ... 5% ... 5%
Portaigue.se per Cents.
H-tapolitao, ex div.
.. .05 25
Homan .... 103 ... 103 ... 103 ... 103
RAILWAY SHARES.
Versailles. L.B 197 50 .. 197 50 ... 196 25 ... 191 25
Rouen 457 50 ... 457 50 ... 457 50 ... 457 50
Btra•burgtoßaleashares red 217 50 . 217 50 ... 217 50 ... 217 50
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISHEFUNDS.
Bank Stock ... 165 India Steck
3 per Cent Red. BBi Ditto Bonds lpm
3 per Cent Cons — Ditto 011 Annuities
3i per Cent Red.. 9Bl Ditte New Annuities... ,
New 31 per Cent Ex. Bills, 1,0004 12 pm
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001.... lO pra
Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small. 13 pm
Jan 1860 .. 121 Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... ,Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent
'Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian 80nd5.......... 641 Prussian, 5 per cent. ~ -
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cell. Russian, 5 per cent. ll3l
Chilian, 6 per cent... Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent„ Spanish, 5 per cent 23&
Ditto, 1824. ........ . ..... 201 'Ditto, Defeqed ...11
Danish, 3 per cent....... iFrench, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange -f. —e.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 25i French, 3 per cent. —c
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 21 per 'cent
Peruvian.lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent.
SHARES.
Eastern Counties Railway (23 Pai)• --
Ditto Debentures (7 paid) 91 19s 2d
Great Western Railway( 65 paid) ....,
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ......... 591
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) 36S
London and Blackwell Railway (25 paid)...
Ditto New Shares ( paid)
London and Birmingham (90) •..•• ..
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) 23
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid)
London and South Western
Ditto Tenths (31 paid)........«
South Eastern and Dover (43 paid)... ....' • 1,71 i
York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 89
Ditto New Shares (15 paid) ......... 30i

Two under-graduates of St. John's College,
Cambridge, having quarrelled at a party, resolved to
settle the dispute by a ,duel. Fortunately the affair ter-
minated without bloodshed, the seconds having talon the
precaution to l9acl the pistols with ourrantjelly.