The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-04 00:00:00

‘"ANTED, a MASTER for the COMMER-
CIAL TRAVELLERS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS.—It is
requested that none who have before made application to this Insti-
tution, and only those who have filled similar offices, will apply, and
that all particulars be stated, with the amount of Salary expected.
Applications and Testimonials to be sent, by letter only, ou or
before the 10th instant, under cover, post paid, and addressed " To
the Chairman of the Commercial Travellers' Orphan Schools,
51, Cheapside."

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 3.
STOCK Exclunrox.—The sales are—Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction, §% p.—Caledonian (Clydesdale Junction),
12 p.—Chestetand Birkenhead, 42—Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire, 114—East Lancashire, New, 1%
dis.—Ditto, New Scrip, 3s. 9d. dia.—Great Northern, 1% dia.
—Leeds and Think, New, 41/e dis.—Ditto, Preference, ls.
3d. p.—Liverpool, CrosbTi and Southport, % p.—London
and North-Western, 174 —Ditto Quarters, New, 'lO p.—
Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 16A p.—Ditto, Quarters (A), 5%
—Ditto, Fifths, 4% p.—Ditto, Halves (late L. and B. ), A
p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths (late West Riding Union),
dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters,
No. 1, 3 p.—Ditto, 201. Shares, 2% dis.—Midland Stock,
117,2—Ditto, New, 2% p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2
p.—North British, New, Quarters (scrip), % p.—Ditto,
Thirds (scrip). 1% p.—North-Western, l dls.—Shrews-
bury and Chester (late N. W. M.), New, 2 p.—South-East-
em and Dover, New, 36%—Ditto, New, No. 2, par.,-Ditto,
New, No. 4, LA dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 2%
p.—Dutch Rhenish, 3 dis.
MANCHESTER, JUNE 3.

STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 1 5-16 dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 1% dis.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c.,
Preferentials, 1% p.-Derby, Stafford, and Worcester, 245.
6d. dis.-East Lancashire, New, 1% dis.-Ditto, New (scrip),
dis.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, %
dis.-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension),
dis.-Manchester and Southampton 30s. 6d. c. dis.-
Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 p.-. North Staffordshire,
2 1-16 p.-North-Western, 1% dis.-Preston and Wyre,
Sixths, 53/4-South-Eastern and. Dover, No. 4, % dis.
LEEDS, JUKE 3.
STom EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 265. dis. -East Lancashire (Blackburn and
Preston), 1% dis.-Ditto, New, I%:dis.-Ditto, New (scrip),
3s. dis.-East andffest Yorkshire, 1% dis.-East Lincoln-
shire, 1% p.-Great Northern, 13/4 dis.-Leeds and Dews-
bury, 55. p.-Ditto, Halves, 10s. p.-Ditto, Extensions
(green), 1% dis.-Ditto, New Extensions (pink), 12s. 6d.
dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 6 dis.-Ditto, Preference, 6d. dis.-
Malton and Driffield Junction, 15s. dis.-Manchester and
Leeds, 321. Shares, 3s. n. dis.-Ditto, West Riding Union, ls.
c. dis.-North British, Thirds, 325. p.-Ditto, Quarters,
225. p.-Ditto, Extension, 2s. 6d. p.-North Staffordshire,
2 p.-North-Western, 335. 6d. dis.-Wharfdale Junction,
20s. dis.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 3% p.
HULL, Jtam 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Great Northern, 40s.
-Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, Is. p.--Manchester, Buxton
Matlock, and Midland, 58. 6d. dis.-Manchester and Leeds
( West Riding Union), 33. 6d. dis.-Newcastle and Berwick,
New, 395. p.-North British, Quarters, 865.-Ditto, Exten-
sion (scrip), 2s. 6d. p.-Ditto, Thirds (scrip), 535.-Northern
Counties Union, 285.-North-Western, 325. dis.-York and
Newcastle, Preference, 3 p.
SHEFFIELD, Jults 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 1% dis.-East Lancashire, 3s. 6d. die.-
Great Northern, 1% dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 53/4 dis.-
Manchester and Leeds (West Riding Union), % dis.-Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, (Grimsby and Sheffield),
20/. Shares. 58s. dis.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 675.
dis.-North Staffordshire, 2% p.-North-Western, 335. dis.
NE W CASTLE -UP ON-TYNE, JUNE 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, 5% dis.
-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 18s. 9d. dis.-Great
Northern, 485.-Huddersfield and Manchester, Thirds, 7s.
6d. p.-Newcastle and Carlisle, New, 93/4 p.-Newcastle
and Berwick, 7-North-Western, 325. 6d. dis.-West Riding
Union, 6s. p.

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for adjudication. The officers and crew or the .13;111 isuit
were all well.

The Blenheim transport, Lieutenant E. Ward, agent,
sailed yesterday for Cork, to embark pensioned settlers
and their families for Quebec. •,__

COURT CIRCULAR.

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WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince Al-
bert, accompanied by their illustrious foreign visitors,
and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, went to-
day to Ascot Races.
The Royal cortege quitted the Castle at a quarter past
twelve o'clock.

The Queen and Prince Albert and the illustrious
party returned to the Castle at half-past five o'clock.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her re-
sidence, Frogmore House, this morning at ten o'clock,
fur town.
The Duke of Wellington took his departure from the
Castle this afternoon, for town.

The Royal Children took their usual walks and rides
to-day in the Slopes and pleasure-grounds of the Castle.
The Queen gave a grand banquet in the evening in
St. George's Hall. The table was covered with the
splendid service of gold plate, with the magnificent 44 St.
George" candelabrum in the centre.
The band of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards attended
and played during dinner.
Her Majestys private band was in attendance during
the evening.
General Sir George Anson and Mr. Richard Hodgson
had interviews yesterday with Earl Grey at the Colonial-
office.

A deputation from the Birmingham Water-works
Company, consisting of Mr. Spooner, M.P., Mr. G. F.
Munts, AI.P., Messrs. W. Haines, F. J. Welch, W. H.
Osborn, and C. Edge, had an interview with Lord Mor-
peth yesterday at the office of Woods and Forests, re-
specting the Health of Towns Bill. A deputation from
Oxford, consisting of Mr. Langston, Mr. Alderman Sad-
ler, and Mr. Morrell, bad also an interview with his
Lordship on the same subject.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
and Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General
to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, at his official residence, in Downing-
street.

The Marquis Camden had an interview with thb
Right Hon. E. Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Com-
missioners of Railways. Sir C. Douglas and Mr. Swift
had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman.
Sir Thomas Tancred and Sir Richard Vyvyan, had
interviews yesterday with Sir George Grey at the Home
Office.

The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements had
a meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall•place.
There were present Viscount Morpeth, Lord Lyttelton,
Sir Robert H. Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Hope, the
lion. C. A. Gore, and Mr. Milne.

Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial
Office to the Governor-General of Canada, and to the
Governors of the other North American Provinces.

ENTERTAINMENT TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HARRY
GEORGE Smern, BART., G.C.B.—A splendid entertainment
was given to Major-General Sir H. G. Smith, Bart., G.C.8.,
on Wednesday evening, by the members of the Junior United
Service Club, at their club-house in Regent-street, as a mark
of respect for the gallant general's military achievements in
India, more particularly his brilliant victory at
Major-General Sir H. G. Smith, accompanied by his Aide-
de-Camp, Captain Holdicht, arrived shortly before eight
o'clock, at which hour the banquet was announced in the
spacious drawing-room. The repast was of the most sump-
tuous description, and served in a style of elegance redound-
ing to the reputation of the establishment. Captain Boldero,
M.P., presided, supported on the right by Major-General Sir
H. G. Smith, and on the left by Mr. J. S. Douglas, M.P. ;
an
; Colonelweobserveßdiamong thecgoalollnaenitlc%o7imlspoann3 Colonel Powell,
M.P.
Colonel F. Ward, R.A. ; Colonel Thomas' 35th'
Reed, C. 8., 62d
Regiment ; Colonel Goodsman, Colonel Macadam, Colonel
Warren, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Bunbury, C. 8., 80th
Regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel Petit, C. 8., 50th Regiment;
Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Smythe, C. 8., 16th Lancers ;
Lieutenant-Colonel Cox, late of the Rifle Brigade ; Lieu.
tenant-Colonel Dixon, Lieutenant-Colonel Gloster, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel F. Townshend ; Major A. Gammell,
Major Sir H. Dalrymple, Major Fyler, 16th Lancers ;
Major Vassal', 78th Highlanders; Major Gibson, Major J.
Macpherson, Major Nokes, Major Cradock, Major Naylor,
Major Stock, late 24th Regiment ; Major Elsey, Major
Neville, Major H. B. Harvey, Major Less is, Major Dickson;
Captain Groves, vice-chairman ; Captain Knowles, 50th Re-
giment; Captain Pattinson, 16th Lancers; Captain James
Cook, Captain H. Eyre, lion. Captain W. Gore, Captain
Williams, R.E., Captain Battersbee, Captain Smith, 65th
Regiment; Captain Johnson, Captain Barron, Captain Mac-
pherson, 42d Regiment; Captain H. Boys, Capt. S. Richards,
R.N., Captain Freer, Captain Sinclair, R.N., Captain W. H.
Hall, R.N. Captain Stewart, Captain Keating, Captain Rey-
nolds, 16th Lancers ; Captain Leech, 9th Lancers ; Captain
Leslie, 80th Regiment ; Captain Campbell, R. N., Captain
Movland, Captain Grantham, Captain Spong, R.N, Captain
B. H. Little, Captain Taylor, R.A., Captain Cheny, Captain
Philips, R.A.; Captain Grant, 12th Regiment ; Captain Bon-
ham, late 16th Lancers; Captain Littlejohn, Captain Quan-
toe, Captain J. S. Manning, Captain Stirling R.N. Captain
Ellis, Captain Bassett, ILA., Captain Jesse; Messrs. E.
Baldwyn' D. Holmes, C. S. Tinling, J. Bayley, E. Robertson,
Cracroft, Cubit, and Wilson. The number of members who
attended was limited to 80, the size of the room not affording
facilities to dine more than that number of persons conve-
niently, otherwise there would have been a much larger party
of officers present on the hospitable occasion. In the course
of the evening a number of toasts—some loyal, others more
peculiarly appropriate to the occasion—were drunk with the
utmost cordiality, and the party did not break up watil mid-
night. •
The following paragraph, regarding the state of
the leather trade during the past month, is from the circular
of Messrs. T. I. and T. Powell :—" The amount of business
in leather during the past month has been exceedingly
limited compared with that of the same month in the pre-
ceding year; this, however, is not at all surpritsing. The
high price of food is alone sufficient to account for an im-
mense falling off in sales, as it must be remembered that the
great consumption of leather is by the working classes:
when therefore the absolute necessaries of life are so high that
they cannot purchase shoes, the demand for leather is neces-
sarily reduced. This consideration, combined with the high
rate of interest, caused chiefly by the extended calls for rail-
way purposes, and which restricts the monetary Accommoda-
tion to the trading community, may easily account for the
diminished transactions in leather; but as there is now a
prospect of an abundant harvest, and as trade generally is
improving, we may very soon expect to be able to give a
more cheering report."
PROGRESS OF FEVER IN GLASGOW.--It is indeed
raging at a fearful rate, and no sufficient accommodation is
vet provided. Up till Wednesday, the 26th ult., there were
417 cases on the lines of the district surgeons of the poor
alone. On that day there were 38 cases of fresh lines ! This
simple statement carries its own tale. Since the above was
in type we regret to learn that four of the Catholic clergy-
men in Great Clyde-street are now laid up with fever, and
amongst them is the Rev. Mr. Gordon, whom we had the
pleasure of seeing officiate as chaplain at the Sunday Soup
Kitchen a few weeks ago. Their unremitting attention to
the poor, the destitute, and the dying, is no doubt the cause
of so many of these truly Christian clergymen being laid up
with the dire malady now so prevalent in Glasgow.—
Win mers' Gazette.
Two items of commercial information, mentioned
in the Indian journals which came to hand by the last semi-
monthly mail, deserve passing notice. The first relates to
the improvement of trade at Kurrachee. It appears from the
list of imports and exports recently published, that the for-
mer amounted in value to 46,29,000r5. last year, against
31,40,000r5. in 1845, showing an increase of about 14,89,000r5.;
and that the latter amounted to 10,49,000r5., against
6,01,000r5. the previous year, also showing an increase of
about 4,48,000r5. Some of the papers attribute the increase
to the wants of a large standing army, hitherto maintained
in the province, and there does seem reason to believe that
this circumstance has in a great degree helped to swell the
account. The gross amount of exports, stated at
10,49,181.46r5., was made up of 4,40,747.46r5. merchandise,
3,23,434r5. treasure, and 2,85,000r5. horses. The other sub-
ject relates to the increase of the cultivation of rice at Arra-
can. Fifteen years ago, it is stated, this place produced only
enough of the article for the consumption of its scanty popu-
lation, but such has been the success of the trade since car-
ried on, that during the season of 1845-46 the experts of the
pulse exceeded 12 lacs of rupees, or 120,0001. in
shipments, which, it is understood, were have
at coast and the settlements in the Straits,
at last extended not only to China, Bourbon, and the 31an-
ilni mviatleudelo Thethe
ritins, but also to the European markets of France, Belgium,
and England.
THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 3. The
Royal West India mail packet the Great Western, Captain
G. Abbott, left this port yesterday with the West India and
Gulf mails-33 passengers and a full general cargo, including
1,650 bottles of quicksilver, value 27,780/. ; also 49,7001. in
specie. Quicksilver is now imported from Seville to this
port, and ready for reshipment by the West India packets,
thus making a great saving in railway transit with much less
risk than heretofore. A small schooner arrived here a short
time since with 2,900 bottles. The Oriental Company's
steam-ship Erin, Captain Russell, left the docks, at three
o'clock P.M. this day, with East India and China mails for
Gibraltar and Malta, en route for Constantinople. The Erin
takes out a very full cargo of bale goods and above twenty
passengers.
A COMMERCIAL NOVELTV.—It is said that the
celebrated banker, Rothschild, has two cargoes of American
flour on their way to this country, which are to be unloaded in
the
the Birkenhead Dock, and forwarded by rail to London
case
and Birkenhead Railway to convey.Liverpool.—Liverpool
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WATERLOO-BRIDGE. '--
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annual general meeting
of
and Anchor Tavern, Strand.
bridge was held at e eau Ytheesteprrdoapy
The chair was takenth
by Jwohn Beadnell, Esq. The report
stated
aetavedstbe tolls received for the half-year ending the 23d of
last amounted to 11,024/. 12s. Bcl., and those for the
corresponding period of the previous year to 7,1521. 15s. Od.,
the increase being accounted for by the stoppage of West-
minster-bridge. After paying the current expenses, the inte-
rest on the company's bonds, and making a dividend of
3s. 6d. to the annuitants in February, there remained a sur-
plus of 2,4851. 4s. 6d. Including the sum received for the
rent of arches, interest, &c., the total receipts were 11,5141.
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was the most favourable one made since the formation of the
company. After the adoption of the report it was resolved
that the salary of the secretary, Mr. Powell, should be
increased by 1001. per annum. The meeting then adjourned.
THE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—A special general
meeting of the supporters of the above asylum was held
yesterday, at the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-street,
for the purpose of electing eleven boys and five girls inmates
of the institution. George Lindsay, Esq., was, in the chair.
After the disposal of some business connected with the
management of the asylum, the Chairman saidt that...efter
the election of that day, the number of children
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walls would be 135—viz., 90 boys and 4115 gar s. There was
accommodation for 200 children; but t. e committee could
not venture upon admitting so many while the funds at their
disposal were so low. The poll opened at one o'clock, and
closed
PROPOSED MONUMENT TO CAXTON.—We are re-
quested to announce that a public meeting in furtherance of
the plan for erecting a monument to William Caxton, the
father of printing in England, will be held at the Society of
Arts on the 12th inst. Lord Morpeth has consented to pre-.
side on the occasion, and it is hoped that the meeting will be
numerously attended. Liberal subscriptions have been al-
ready tendered, and amongst the names we find that of
Messrs. Clowes, the eminent printers, for 1004