The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-24 00:00:00

MONEY-MARKET.

This remains easy, but the distrust prevailing in connexion
with the-late opium speculations has not yet entirely sub-
sided. Subscriptions to the Government Five per Cent.
Loan have been so liberal as to lead to the anticipation that
it will soon be closed. The rates of discount and interest
charged by the Bank are reduced as follows :
Discou NT.

On Government bills
On private bills at or within three months.— 8 ditto.
.11-rrisnEsT.
On cash credit accounts and loans on deposit
of Government securities ... 7 ditto.
On fixed loans for three months on deposit of
ditto
On loans on bu11i0n.................. 7i ditto.
On loans on good 8 ditto.
And a further decline in these rates is looked for.
The following are the quotations of loans:-
5 per cent. loan of 1825.26 ...... Rs.lo4i
4 Do. ... do. ... 1823-33 ..... " 94
... do. ... 1835-36 ...... " 87
4 Do.
5 Do. ... do. ... 1841-42
4 Do. ... do. ... 1842-43
EXCHANGE continues to decline, and is now quoted at
Is. 1 lid. to 2s. per rupee for bills at six months' sight, and
there are many buyers at the latter rate, though, since the
departure of last mail, transactions have had effect at 2s. d.
'
to 2s. id. • Calcutta, 60 days' sight, 93i ; Madras, 99i to
par; and China continues firm, at 208 rs. to 210 rs. per 100
dollars.
Bank Shares are as follow :
Bank of Bombay Rs.39 to 40 per cent. premium.
Oriental Bank, Old Shares ~ 29
Do. Do. New d 0.... 25
Agra Bank ........ ~ 50 --Exclusive of the bonus divi.
sible on 30th June, 1847, of 40
rs. per share.
Commercial Bank, 10 per cent.
PRICE OF BULLION.
Sovereigns, each Rs. 11 2 0
Bank of England notes, per £ 10 8 0
CALCUTTA MONEY-MARKET.
CALCUTTA, JAN. 7.
Our money market is more lively than at the date of our
last overland summary.

Government securities are very steady, but with a ten.
dency to advance.
Exchange is brisk at 2s. d. at ten months' date. Com-
mercirl matters generally are dull.

CHINA.
CANTON, DEC. 26, 1816.
Affairs, in a commercial point of view, are gloomy.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert rode out Oi;horaeback, yes-
:erday morning, in Claremont Park.

He'r Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Wales, and the Princess Royal, left Claremont at three
o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, for town,
escorted by a party of the 12th Lancers. Their Royal High-
nesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess
Helena, and the Lady in Waiting, the Marchioness of Douro ;
the Lord in Waiting, the Earl of Morton ; the Master of the
Household, Major General Bowles •, the Equerry in Waiting,
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey; and the Equerry in Waiting
to Prince Albert, Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, followed
in four carriages and four.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal party
arrived at Buckingham Palace at twenty-five minutes be
fore five o'clock, escorted by a party of Lancers. Her Ma-
jesty and her Royal Consort were received at the Palace by
the Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Lord Chamberlain,
the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Listowel, Lord George
Lennox, Colonel the Hon. C. B7Phipps, Sir Edward Cod-
rington, and Captain Francis Seymour.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent dined with her
Majesty and her Royal Consort last evening, at Buckingham
Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse,
honoured Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister,
with their company at dinner yesterday evening, at his
Excellency's residence in Grosvenor-place.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse,
visited and inspected the Caledonian Asylum on Monday.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge gave Mr.
Dalton a sitting for the completion of his portrait yesterday.
The Royal Duke is represented in the robes of the most
noble Order of the Garter over a field marshal's uniform.
Senor de Toro, the 'Venezuelan Minister, had an inter-
view with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of
the Board of Trade.
Lord Hatherton, Mr. Beckett, M.P.. and a number of de-
legates of various canal companies, including Messrs. Rhodes,
Wilson, Hordern, Cradock, Marchant, and M. C. Allan, and
Mr. Craig (engineer), had an interview with the Right Hon,
Edward Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners
of Railways on the subject of the impropriety of allowing
railway companies to have any control over canals.
Lord Monson had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday,
at the Colonial-office.

Dr. Lindley had an interview with Sir George Grey yes
erday, at the Home-office.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Imlay).ay 23.

Srock ExcHANGE.—The sales 'aro —Ambergate and Eastern Junc-
tion, % p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, % p.—
Birmingham and Dudley, 5% p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction,
9% p.—Buckinghamshire, 11 s. 3d. p.—East Lancashire, New, 2%
p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 265. 3d. p.—East Lincolnshire, 2X p.—Bud.
dersfleld Canal and Railway, 3% p.—Lancaster and Preston, 10%
p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, Extension (green), % p.—Leeds and Thirsk,
214 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2N. p.—London and
North-Western, New, Quarters, 12' p.—London and York, % p.—
Manchester and Leeds 321. Shares (late Extension), 2% p.—Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2,221 i ox div.—
Manchester and Southampton, % dis.—North British, 35 —Ditto,
Thirds (scrip), 3% p.— Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 2 dis.—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 151. 7s. 9d. Shares (A), 1% p.—Ditto,
91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), % p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 38—Ditto,
New, No. 4,13 s. 9d. p.—South Staffordshire, % p.—Ditto, Trent
Valley Midland and Grand Junction, % p.—Newry and Warren-
point, % p.