The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-17 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty, attended by the Countess of Mount
Edgecumbe, Hon. Miss Paget, and the Hon. Miss
Anson, took an airing in a carriage and tour with out-
riders yesterday afternoon..

His -Royal highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir
Edward Bowater and Captain Francis Seymour, rode
out on horseback yesterday.
Her Rnyal Highness the Duchess of Kent visite.l
the Queen yesterday.
The Marquis of Normanby, ViscOunt Melbourne,
arid Lord Hill, hal audiences yesterday of her Majesty.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Countess of Mount Edgecurnbe, Hon. Mss Anson.
Viscount Torringbo, Major the Hon. George Keppel,
Lord Alfred Paget, and Sir Edward Bowater, honoured
the Italian Opera with their presence last evening.
The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe has succeeded
the Countess of Charlemont as thaady in Waiting on
the QUeen; and Viscount Torrington and Major the
Hon.. George Keppel have succeeded Lord Byron and
General the Hen. Sir William Lumley as the Lord and
Groom in Waiting on her Majesty.
• Her Majesty was graciously pleased to inspect Mr.
Bunnar's grand'historical picture of John Knox admi-
nistering the first Protestant Sacrament in Scotland,
with which she was graciously pleased to express her
approbation. His Royal Highness Prince Albert ries
also graciously pleased to express his approbation. The
picture was submitted by Mr. Graves.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel Couper, honoured
the Italian 01.nera with her presence last evening.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester
and the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough-house.
The Duchess of Kent paid a visit, at Kensington
Palace, yesterday, to his Royal Sussex. Highness the Duke of

The Duke of CAmbridge, attended by Major Ste-
phens, honoured Sir George Quentin with his company
at dinner on Monday, at his residence in Grcat Cum.
bcilind-Ftreet. His Royal ll:gbness afterwards ho-
noured Lady Wiliam Powlett with his company' in
Curzon-street.
Mr. J. Shaw Lefevre and Mr. Nicholls bad an inter-
view with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the
Homeoffice.

Dupatcl'ei from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

BANKRUPTCY OF SPARKS AND CO.—Mon-
day was fixed for the final examination of one of the
partncis, which, after some discussion, was postponed.
It appeared that in 1814 the bank was solvent, but that in
1827 there was a deficiency of upwards cf 30,0001 On
the 14th cf June, 1838, the day prior to the death of
Richard Sparks, the bank debts were no less than
209 2471. 95., while the assets were or ly 42 230/. 133. 9,;,,
and the amount of stock sold out (the property of others)
was upwards of 77,000/,
By the demise of the Earl of Rothes the families
of the Earl and Countess of Devon, Mr. and Lady Mary Ha-
worth, Hon. Henry Hugh and Lady Anna Maria G.urfney,
Dowager Countess of Rothes, Captain and Lady Elizabeth;
%then, and the Hon. and Rev, Henry Leslie, are placed in
mourning,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
The opening value of Con,,ols was 87i, there was a sub-
sequent decline to 87s and at the close of business the
price had rallied to 874 to 88. For the Account +he range
was from 881 to 882-, leaving off at 884 sellers. Exchequer
Bills were reduced to 10e. and Bs. premium, and Eastlndia
Bonds to 235. and 19e. discount. The New Tire '-and-a-
Half per Cents. were not higher than 96a t, The
Bank Broker sold 30,000/. stock.
The principal business in the Foreign Market was in
Spanish. The Active Bonds went down still further on
account of Gamboa's resignation, being marked only 221
to 4in the morning, leaving off at 23. Portuguese III•nx
Five per Cents. were dull at 301 to 30/, and the Three
!per Cents. at 18k. Mexican Bonds of 1837 realised 27i,
and Colombian 22a. We are glad to observe that the
next dividend on Chilian Bonds will be duly paid by V- e
agents at the end of the present month. Danish were
firmer at 77i to 78, Russian at 110/ to ti, and Dutch Twc-
and-a- Half per Cents. nit 501.
For the Reilway Shares there was but a very limited in-
quiry. Great Western Railway were marked 23, the
New 101 to 11, the Birmingham Quarter 21, and the
South Western 171 to 161 premium. Brighton were 71,
Manchester and Leeds /, Birmingham and Derby 33, and
North Midland 29 discount. Union Bank of Australia
were e 6 premium.
The Foreign Exchanges were supported this afterncrin
at the improved rases they have been at for some post
days. On Paris, three months' bills were negotiated at
25 to 62/ to 65 ;on Amsterdam 12 3/ to on Antwerp
12 21 to 3 ;lon Hamburgh 13 7 to:8 ;on Frankfort at 1481
to / ; and on Trieste 10 1 to 10 2.
The follevving are the exports of bullion from the Port
of London, for the week ending Thursday last:—
Silver Coin to Rotterdam 30,000 oz.
Ditto Cuxhaven 55,000
D tto Calais
Ditto Gibraltar and Mogadore 5,180
Ditto Belgium B,OOO
Silver in bars to Cuxhaven
Gold Coin to British West Indies

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 15.—We have
had a good demand for cotton to-day, and the market is in a
very animated state, in expectation of news from America.
The sales are 5,000 bales, 1,200 of which have been taken on
speculation ; prices remain as at Friday's quotation.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 15.—The Share
Market has been very languid. The sales in Railway Stock
comprise only the following :—Eastern Counties, Debentures,
41. 9s. ; Liverpool and Manchester,.lBB; London and Bir-
mingham, New Shares, 20; Manchester and Leeds, 69.
Five o'clock.—No telegraphic communication. The im-
pression generally seems to be that the Columbian must be
out.ide the Rock, cr near Point Lynes, waiting for clear
weather, the fog in the Channel having been exceedingly dense
a'l vestenlay.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 15.—The sales
are London and South Western, Tenths, 15s. prem. ; London
and Birmingham, New 321. Shares, 19& em.; Manchester
and Leeds, 70; ditto, Halves, :30 ; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 25; Stafford and Rugby, 3i; Bank of Manchester,
8,1 8%.
The recent failures cause much excitement in Mincing-
lane, and 3esterday morning another failure took place of some
importance, a very old standing house, speculators in the
tea trade.

Consols opened this moraing rather better than they left off,
at 88A for the Account, at present may be quoted 8.?,i a ;
Money, 8i -1. The Market as yet is in an inactive state, the
speculators are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Columbia
steamer. Exchequer Bills, 8 10 prem. ; Bank Stock shut ;
India Stock also.

In the Foreign Marlet Spanish Active, which left off 22L
23k, may be quoted 23' ; Deferred, 114 12 ; Passive, 5i ;
ll azilian, 701 711; Colombian, 22i ; Portuguese same as
they left off, 30/ ; Three per Cents., 18k ; Mexican also,
27i 23 ; Buenos Ayrcs, 22 24 ; Dutch Two•aud-a-H if per
Cents., 504 1-; Five per Cents. 994
SIIA RES.—Great Western, 22 23 prem. ; New, 101 11
prem. ; London and Brighton, 71 7 dis. ; 131ackwall, 51 5
dis. ; Birmingham, 53 55 prem. ex. New; Southampton, 55
56 per share ; Croydon, 114. 12k per share ; Greenwich, 74 8
p,•r sharp, ex. div. ; :11anchester and Birmingham, 16 15 (Lis.

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Eastern Counties

Ditto Debentures
Great Western ')5
Londttn and Brighton
London and Birmingham 9O 164
Ditto i 4 Shares
Lor,lon and South Western
Ditto Tenths -,1- ,..A to
Northern and Eastern
North Midland -
JOINT STOCK RANKS.
Commercial of London :200 ......175

The Ilamburgh •nail of the 12th inst. has arrived, by which
we have received the Papers of the same date, bringing the ex-
change on London at 13 same as last arrival ; go:d, 425 ;
metal, 1041 ; Bank Actions, 1,600.

Since the early par. of the morning the British Funds have
become rather heavy, owing to the Government broker having
sold 30,000 Corr,us for money for the Savings Banks, which is
expee' ed will be continued during the week.
Consols which were for Money 873,i ; receded to 87/1 34,
for the Account, B.s to 88A, at present Consols are at the above
prise for the Account, but for Money a reaction has take n
place, and they are 87i, have been 87i; Exchequer Bills
lower, 10 6 prem. ; India Bonds better, 23 19 disc.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active lower, 2n, have
been 23 ; Portuguese also lower, 304, have been 30a ; Three
per Cents. 181 ; Colombian, 224, also lower ; Spanish De-
terred, 12 ; Dutch Two-and-a-llalf per Cents., nothing done ;
Five per Cents. 99a al=o lower, have been 996.
In Shares much the same as yesterday, Great Western, 88,
London and Brighton, 4,2 a ; South Western, 56 ; North Mid-
land, 70.

We have no account as yet of the arrival of the Colombia
steamer from Halifax and Hoston.

Since the above has been written, Consols have improved
to, SB4-

Con:ols for Milley 88-A ; for Account 8S 3 ; Exchequer
Bills 6 to 8 prem.
Colombian 22 ; Portuguese 30i ; Mexican 27
Spanish 23i.
_ .

No news; of the Colombia steamer from Halifax, by
second train from Liverpool.
CLOSING PRICES
BRITISH FUNDS.

Rink Stock
3 per Cent Red Ditto Bonds l9 di
3 per Cent Cons BB Ditto Old Annuities ...
3i per Cent lied — ,Ditto New Annuities...
I\ ew 3- per Cent 96S lEx. Bills, 1,000/....2-Id 6pm
New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ 6 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 6 pm
Jan. 1860 . . Bank Stock for °pg.._
Oct. 1859 — India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860.
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Ditto, New Ditto 303
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Ilussian, 5 per cent 110,4
Ditto? Metallic
IS.panish, 5 per cent 214
Ditto, Deferred ll
French, 5 per cent. 11 I f 2sc.
Exchange
French, 3 per cent —f. —c.
Dutch, 2 per cent. ...
;Ditto, 5 per cent 99a

Austrian, 5 per cent —
Belgian, 5 per cent
Brazilian Bonds.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent
Chilion, 6 per cent
Colombian, 6 per cent —
Ditto, 1824. 22i
Danish, 3 per cent 784
Greek, 18.45, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent.
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et

UNITED STATES.

EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.

(EXTRACTS FROM THE NEW YORK PAPERS.)
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.
N kTIONAL DEFENCES.—In the House of Repre-
sentatives on Monday last, Mr. W. Thompson, Caair-
man of the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a
B II which was twice read and committed to the Com-
mittee of the whole on the State of the Union,
making appropriations for certain fortifications of the
United States generally, for the year 1841, and for
armament of fortifications ; also ior raising a company
of sappers, miners, and pontoniers, and appropriating
$500,000 for steam-ships of war. The amount pro-
posed by the all to be appropriated for fortifications
is $1,678,000.
The fortifications in the harbour of New York at our
last advices were briefly as follows :
Fort Hama .n—Not a single gun mour.te.d—not
a man within its alls—its ramparts crutnbling—it;
doors hanging loose from tl eir hinges, and the elements
entrusted, apps-ciA'y, solely with its guardianship.
Fort Lafayette—lts guns mounted (some of them),
but its interior in a state of decay.
The battery on Staten bland, at the signal poles, de-
molished—the guns piled like loads of wood, consuming
in their own rust.

Fort Tomkins—condemned—filled with earth and
filth, cot a gun near it.
The Water Battery—in a ruinous condition, and we
believe without guns.
Governor's Island—Castle Williams very general:y
considerel good for nothing, and Fort Columbus its oily
effective battery.
Bedlow's and Gibbett Island—with power of very
limited extent.

If these ports were all armed and garrisoned, we
suppose that it would net be very difficult for a fleet of
steam ships ti run the gauntlet through the whole of
them, and take a ssfe posi,ion a mile or two up the
Hudson. It is obvious, then, that the city of New
York, as the most expoe 1 and important point on the
coast, requires sonic eflicici.t aid from the Gcneral Go
vernmcnt ; and we hope that she has not been forgolt
by Mr. Thompson and the Mlitary Committee.

(Correspondence of the Courier and Inquirer.)
WASHINGTON, FEB. 25, 1841.—The Navy Appro-
priatbn was taken up in the House of Represen-
tatives to-day. On the ittun which grants $1,425,000
for increase, ret,air, armament, equipment and near
and tear of vns,ls, a heavy and interesting dt bate
arose—it took place on a motion of Mr. Saltonstall, of
Salem, in Mtssachusetts, to increase the sum to two
millions. In the debate, the wrttched and miserable
management of the naval- affairs of the country by the
Ja,.;itson and Van 13u-en administrations, were most
ally and searchingly pourtrayed by Mr. Saltonstall,
Mr. Evans, Mr. Waddy Thompson, and Mr. Proffit.
The CLairman of the Comrrat,ea of Ways and Means
(Mt. Jones), made a feeble ffort at their defence, but
he ea I.terady overwhel:ned by Mr. Evans of the same
Committee.

The new Secretary of the Navy (Mr. Badger, of
North Carolina), is looked to with confidence to re-
store this favoure e and most important branch of the
public service. He is said to be a man of surpassing
abilities, and of remarkable business habits, just the
man to restore order, and to .produce efficiency out of
the chaos and confusion created by a Branch, a Dicke.--
sor, and a Paulding.
After Mr. Proffit had concluded, a recess for dinner
was taken, and et four o'clock in the afternoon, tao
House re-asst rnhled, and the debate on the Navy re-
comrLeneed. The debate was generLl bad management,
anti its consequent dilapidation, the total change in mo-
dern warfare and tactics by the use of steam ships and
steam batteries, the common negle?.t of the administra-
tion in regard to this species of defence, and the utter
failing, and almost criminal conduct of those appointed
to contract the few miseratle things which havo been
built and called steam frigates. The administration party
in this, as in all other cases, go against any thing but
miserable and contemptible appropriations. There were
a number of speakers in the evening session, among them
Messrs. Wise, Vanderpool, Mallory, of Virginia ; Cosh-
ing ; Smith, of Maine ; and Hoffman ; the latter gen-
tleman delivered one of those brilliant and soul stirring
speeches for which he is so remarkably distinguished.
The burthen of every speech was the Navy, the glo-
rious, the gallant Navy. Waddy Thompson went so
far as to say that he would devolve the whole of the pro-
ceeds of the public lends to building and maintaining it.
Mr. Mallory, at the conclusion of his remarks, moved an
amendnneat that 500,000$ be applied to the immediate
construction of war steamers of medium size.

The House adjourned at 8 o'clock, without taking a
que,tion. _

- EXTRA SESSION. —The Richmond Whig of Wed.
nesday says :---‘• We understand th:-.:t General Hsrri-
so makes no secret of his determination to call an extra
session of Congress, probably in May-, and that the ne-
cessity for doing so has urged itself upon his mind for
sewr.l months pact."