The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-26 00:00:00

BOURSE.-PAZIS, MONDAY, FRB. 24.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Price
trench 5 per Cents ll3 15 ... 113 40 .., 11l 15 ... 1:3 40
4 per Cents lO3 80 ~ its Si) ... 10A SO ... 103 80
3 per Cents &I 20 „... 82 25 ... 82 20 ... 82 25
Bank of erance 3150 ...3150 ...3145 ...,3150
Lattitte Bank 5,000 f. Sb 5200 ...5200 ...5195 ...sir 50
Belgian Bank 950 ... 950 ... 945 ... 950
3 per Cents 72 50 ... 72 75 ... 72 50 ... 72 75
United States Bank Loan... 99 ... 99 ... 99 ... 99
Spanish Active 2B ... 281 k ... 27% ... 28U
Passive 7 ... 7 ... 7 ... 7
New Deferred
Neapolitan
Roman 102% ... 1011 ... 10314 ... 1g3`,4
RAILWAY SHARES.
545 045 . " -

St. Germain

Versailles, I{. B 545 547 50 545 547 60
LB 367 50 372 75 ... 367 50 ... 373 75
Strasburg to Bale 342 50 ... 345 ... 342 50 34i

PRINTING IN GOLD.—AII Papers stated, from
the Allgemeine Zeitung, that the University of Bonn,
in conferring on his Royal Highness Prince Albert the
degree of Doctor, had published the Diploma painted
in gold. It should be printed ; for on referring to the
German Paper just mentioned, it will be seen that it
says the Diploma was in Golddruek, i. e. printed like
the Coronation Sun.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert has com-
manded an annual subscription of 10 guineas to be paid to the
Mendicity Society.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, as
well as her Majesty's Royal aunts, presented a cadeau de note
to the Royal Bride on her wedding day. The illustrious
parent presented her daughter with a bracelet in the form of a
serpent, made entirely of turquoise, with the exception of a
diamond collar, and the head, which was also ornamented with
brilliants and rubies. The Queen's aunts decided also on a
memento of this nature, the joint gift of their Royal High-
nesses, and this decision preceded almost immediately the de-
mise of the late much lamented Landgravine of Hesse Homburg.
The Marchioness of Normanby will hold her
sixth assembly this evening, in Hill-street.
The Speaker will hold his second levee on Sa-
turday next, and his third and last levee for the season on the
succeeding Saturday.
The Speaker will give his third Parliamentary
dinner on Saturday next, in Eaton-square. The Right Hon.
Gentleman will continue his series of dinners every Saturday
till the Easter recess.

Viscount Fit2allan gave his first dinner in Great
Stanhope-street, late the residence of Lord Aboyne, on Mon-
day evening.

ARMY.—The 18th or Royal Irish, from Ceylon,
relieve the 6th Regiment at Bombay. The 21st Regiment
are to sail from Calcutta for Madras, to replace the 54th, about
to return to England. The 13th Light Dragoons have loft
Bangalore to embark for England, having been relieved by the
15t1hussars.

We understand that Mr. Harland, M.P. for this
city, will be included in a new batch of Baronets.—Durham
Chronicle.

COBHAM HALL, NEAR GRAVESEND.—Tho
Countess of Darnley, and the infant Ladies Bligh have been
passing the winter at this splendid seat, affording employment
to the poor for many miles round. Her Ladyship liberally
regaled the whole of the children of the village with a handsome
dinner, to celebrate the marriage of her Majesty.
A matrimonial alliance is said to be in contem-
plation between Prince Louis Napoleon Buonaparte and his beau-
tiful cousin, the Princess Matilda do Montford, daughter of Je-
rome Buonaparte, now on a visit to this country. The Princess
is now adjourning at Florence.
THE LATE EARL OF MANSFIELD, K. T.—
The mortal remains of this distinguishednobleman were brought
to Caen Wood, Hampstead, on Monday, from the Imperial
Hotel, Leamington Spa, and yesterday were removed for in-
interment in the catacombs of Kensall-green Cemetery,
where his Lordship was laid by the side of his daughter, Lady
Cecilia Murray, who died in the flower of her youth. The
present Earl, the Hon. Major-General Murray, the Hon.
Charles John Murray, lit. James Stanhope, grand-son of the
late Earl, were amongst the relatives of the noble deceased, who
attended the funeral.

SEPARATION.-A suit (Rogers v. Rogers)
came on for hearing on Tuesday before Dr. Lushington. It
was prosecuted by Mrs. Mary Marianne Rogers against Mr. B.
W. J. Rogers, her husband, for a separation on the ground of
adultery. The husband not having appeared to the citation,
the proceedings were carried on in pcenam. The parties were
married in 1829, and cohabited together until 1839. Five
children have been the issue of the cohabitation, four of whom
are still alive. The Court, after hearing Counsel for Mrs.
Rogers, pronounced for the separation as prayed.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.-Frost, Williams,
and Jones were embarked this morning at nine o'clock, on
hoard the Mandarin convict ship, now lying at Spithead, and,
if no orders to the contrary, will sail to-morrow morning ;
should the present wind prevail she will be soon out of sight.
They have had indulgence during their confinement here far
beyond the other prisoners. How they will fare on board the
Mandarin is another question ; she has on board 210 convicts,
embarked from this port. Frost and his companions, up to
last nifht, wore much buoyed with the hope that Mr. Dun-
combe s motion would release them ; indeed, all parties seem
surprised at the suddenness of the order to embark them, and
should they sail with this wind, nothing will overtake them.
The general opinion at present is, that having met with great
lenience, Mr. Duncombe s motion will bo negatived, and that
to-marrow morning the Mandarin will be telegraphed off.
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—
We are glad to see operations commenced at the eastern
extremity of this important line of railway. As workmen are
employed en nearly the whole length of the line, its progress
towards completion must now be very rapid.—Edinburgh
Evening Courant.

COURT Or ALDERMEN.-Tuesday a Court
was held for the despatch of business. In regard to the Court
of Aldermen's Address of Congratulation to the Queen on
her Marriage, Sir Matthew Wood requested that the Re-
membrancer would say whether he had any progress_ to re-
port as to the address voted by that Court to her Alajesty
on her alliance with Prince Albert.—The Remembrancer re-
plied that no progress had been made in consequence of the
continued incarceration of tke Sheriff. No formal applicatina
had been made upon the subject.—After a protracted conver-
ation in which Sir M. Wood, the Lord Mayor, Mr. Al-
derman Gibbs, Sir P. Laurie, Mr. Alderman Fare-
brother, Mr. Alderman Harmer, the Common Sergeant, Mr.
Alderman Venables, Sir George Carroll, Mr. Alderman Cope-
land, and Sir Win. Heygate took part, it was ultimately de-
termined that the matter should stand for discussion this day.—
The Court then adjourned-
Mr. Sheriff Wheelton did not accompany the
Lord Mayor to the Common Hall on the 24th instant, his state
of health since he left the House of Commons not permitting
him to attend to any business or official engagement whatever.
THE WEATHER.—Frost and a sharp north-
east wind continue to be the order of the day. From the
meteorological register kept at the Chiswick Horticultural
Gardens since 1826, it appear, that, taking the last six
months of the year and the first month of the succeeding,
the late weather has been very little less rainy that the season
of 1836. In that year, and during those months there were
119 wet days, and the quantity of rain 19.29 inches, whilst in
the last seven months the quantity of rain was 20.09 inches,
which had fallen in 122 days. The smallest quantity of rain
was in 1837, when there fell 11.06 inches in 85 days ; and
the smallest number of wet days was in 1834, when there were
63 days of rain, the quantity that fell being 13.54 inches.
Mr. Horatio Smith has been unanimously
elected President of the Sussex Royal Institution for the pre-
sent year.
FIRE AT ISLEWORTH.---A fire broke out yes-
terday morning at a mansion near the Duke of Northumber-
land's. An old bed-ridden lady was burnt to death.
One of the most destructive fires that has oc-
curred in Beverley for a great number of years broke out on
Saturday last, at the extensive iron and brass foundry of Mr.
William Crosskill, about half-past twelve at noon, at the time
when the workmen were at their dinners. The loss of pro-
perty, report says, is about 5,0001., but the whole is insured ;
no personal injury was sustained. Nothing certain is known as
to the origin of the fire.—Hull Rockingham.
No FINERY !--ITI the Insolvent's Court the
other day the Chief Commissioner asked the attorney for the
insolvent why he adopted the " finery" of the present day.
This insolvent had been a shopman to his father : but was de-
scribed in his schedule as an " assistant." Coxcombs did not,
perhaps, like the term " shopsnan," but it was the good old
English phrase, and he (the Chief Commissioner) did not
know whether he should not have rejected the case on the
ground of misdescription. It was stated that the insolvent had
assisted his father since he was a boy, and therefore the term
" assistant" had been used.
CORPORATE FUND.4.—The Corporation of
Newcastle, for it is no other than this rentless delinquent to
which we refer, we find subscribed no less than one hundred
pounds of the public money entrusted to its keeping, to fool
away in entertaining the poor on the occasion of low Majesty's
marriage. We by no means grudge the small enjoyment al-
lowed to the poor by the great,.but was it not given expressly
against the Municipal Act, which prohibits any voting whatever
of the public money to any such purpose ? But the Corporation
did not stop here ; for having entertained the poor, they then,
we understand, entertained themselves, and actually expended
a certain sum in champagne at the public d:inner which took
place on the smae day.—. Port of 7 yne Pilot.

JUDGES' CHAMBERS-THIS DAY.

PRIVILEGR.—STOCKDALI V. HANSARD.
Mr. PLATT attended before Justice Williams at Cham-
bers, and applied to have the order staying the writ of
inquiry till next term, rescinded, but the Learned Judge,
after hearing Mr. Richards in support of the order, con-
firmed it.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
(THIS DAY.)

This morning the Court of Aldermen was held pursuant
to adjournment, for the purpose of settling the redoubtable
point of debate relative to the Civic Address of congratu-
lation to her Majesty on the event of her recent nuptials.
A groat number of Aldermen were present.
After a desultory conversation, in which Sir Peter
Laurie, Alderman T. Wood, and Brown, took a prominent
part,

Sir WILLIAM Human, Bart., as the senior Alderman
present, after some prefatory observations, then moved that
the former resolution be rescinded.

Alderman Baowx seconded the motion, and said the
quarrel before the House of Commons and the City of
London ought not to interfere with their duty and allegi-
ance to the Sovereign and the illustrious House of which
she was a member—with that quarrel, however much it was
to be regretted, her Majesty had nothing to do.—( Hear.)
Sir P. LAUREL said that he had been of opinion that
they ought not to go up without the Sheriffs, but under
circumstances he would waive the objection.
Alderman KSLLT said that, when he was Lord
Mayor, he went to learn her Majesty's pleasure as to when
she would dine with the citizens, unattended ; therefore he
saw no impropriety in the Lord Mayor going up on the
present occasion.

Alderman WILsoN regretted exceedingly that the ad-
dress had not gone up before.
It was finally resolved and agreed to that the Lord
Mayor, attended by the Recorder and Remembrancer,
should go to Court to ascertain her Majesty's pleasure as
to when she would receive the address. It was also agreed
that an address should be presented to Prince Albert and
the Duchess of Kent. The Court then adjourned.