The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-23 00:00:00

intend giving the Servians a grand partingjeast on
Thursday evening."

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.
KIEL, DEC. 17.—We have just ascertained from
undoubted authority, that the King of Prussia, by a
Cabinet order, dated the 7th, has given leave to those
Russian officrs who entered our army for an indefinite
period (for those only had been recalled), to renr_in
here till the Ist of April next; at that time they are
to declare whether they intend to return or resolve to
remain definitely in the clileswig-Holstein service.
The Prussian officers now here must be divided
into three categories; some have already entered the
Schleswig-Holstein army definitively, others have
permission to re-enter the Prussian service at the ex-
piration of two years, others entered our army for an
indefinite period; and to the latter alone, therefore,
the recal has any reference. This recal was not
occasioned by the occurrence of the recent irregula-
rities in our army, but because some arrangement is
about to be made in the Prussian army respecting
the great number of officers who are absent on fur-
lough.
GLUCKSTADT.—The Baden regiment entered yes-
terday, forming a strong escort, with Luttermersk,
the soldier, who has now been consigned to the prison
of this place.—.Harnburgh Borsenhalle, Dec. 19.

RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA.
The Frankfort Journal of the 19th says, that
Russia is making great preparations to decide the
fate of Europe by the sword. This is the reason of
her forces being concentrated on the frontiers of the
empire. The EMPEROR is reported to have said he
would not permit the people to revolt against his
brother of PRUSSIA, and is prepared to march 500,000
men to his assistance. Should this be the case, the
war of opinion will then begin in earnest.

FRANKFORT.
The German Parliament has referred the Minis•
teriar programme to a Commthee, the majority 0]
which is opposed to the new Gagern Ministry.

2d.
June.
39 40 37 p

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Ditto, Half Shares...... 5O ......
Ditto, Quarter Sharei ...... 21
Ditto, Fifths .................. 20
Do. New 171 — ...... to
Huddersfield and Manchester 30
...
Ditto, Thuds .................. 10
60
Ditto, Balt Shares ...... 25 ...„. 49
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds..
I. ancashire and Yorkshire ... 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths ..—...... 6%...... ...
Ditto Thirds (Reg.)
1)o., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7% — ...... to .
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43
Do. (Rudders. and Shelf.) 43
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole
Do., West Riding Union.— 7 .... .
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% — •to
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches
Do., Half Shares
Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% — ...... to
Leeds and Thirsk ...—... ...... 50
Ditto, New ...... ... ...... 35 .
Do. ,do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3% --...... to
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-

port. -
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2IA — ..... ,to
London & Blackwall ......13/. 6s. 8d —
Do. Extension ..
Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 .....•
Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... ..
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... ...... to
Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 ...... ...... to
1 ,ondon and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... ... .. to -_
Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to
London & North Western.....loo 123 ...... to 122
Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22
DI. New
Do. Fifths
..... to
Do. 40i. Shares.. .L & M 25 ...... ..... to
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... .
...... to
Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 9
......
--to --
Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 8 to
London and S. Western.-- 50 .. - .••
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...... to
Ditto, New 50/........ .. ..... 421/2._
Ditto, New 40/...,..... .
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ......
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40
..... to --
Ditto. Thirds . ....... 131. 6s. 8d
Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref.
7 per Ct. on Deposit and
5 per Ct. on Calls .. 5 . ... ..... to
Lsndon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11/2 — to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 2834
Londonderry and Enniskillen 271/2 — ..... to
L.-.vestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ......
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 4
.11 anchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto 4 Shares ( No. 1) ... 18
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25
Ditto, 14,, Shares (No. 3 )... 1114 —
Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10
... .. ._... . to
Ditto Grimsby 4O —
Ditto, ditto. ..... ....... ...... 13
Ditto, ditto ... .....
Ditto Sheffield and Line. 15 ......
Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 20
f'i t to, 2tLin. ,1,.:: Lin. Union 44 .2,),. ~. -- -
ii,11.11:(1 •• • lOO Q.), „. r, 33
Ditto, Coosa i're.erenee 10u
Ditto, 50/. Shares-- ...... 20 -
Midland, Birm., and Derby...100 ...

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CitY, Q IJA RTE.'? TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool this week has been
very active, and the sales have been large at rather ad-
vanced prices. Railway shares were in request yester-
day and well supported.
The weekly balance sheet of the Bank of England,
made up to the 16th instant, is in all essential points the
same as the previous one, only greater in degree. The
bullion had further increased, as also the amount to the
credit of the Government, and the unemployed notes
were larger than, we believe, they ever were before.
The active note circulation and the other securities
were again reduced, a proof that the Bank is not in-
creasing its business. The following are the results of a
comparison with the previous week:—
Notes issued 27,982,125
Increase 248.390
Rest . ... 3,376,688
Increase
Public Deposits 7,908,643
Increase .. 847,441
Other Deposits 9,249,649
Decrease
Seven Day and other Bills
Decrease
Government Securities
Other Securities
Increase
Notes 11,246.410
Increase
Bullion
.. 14,789.872
Increase
Active circulation
Decrease
The letters and papers by the Great Western, from
the West Indies and Mexico, state that the weather had
been rather too dry in Barbadoes, but, subsequently,
rain fell at Georgetown, which it was hoped had been
general. There are no complaints of the weather in Ja-
male s, but commerce is represented as being very inactive.
The condition of the other colonies remained much the
same as per last ad vices. Of the large amount, 2,200,000
dollars, brought by the steamer, part is on mining ac-
count, 70,000 dollars being for the United Mexican
Mining Association, part for merchants' account, and
37,300 dollars for the dividends on Mexican Bonds.
The continental advices received this morning are
generally satisfactory, and the letters from Liverpool
and other towns in the country state that the markets
close well, though business was being gradually wound
up for the holidays.
The Funds are very quiet this morning, as the at-
tendance of members of the house is not numerous,
and there is an indisposition to enter into fresh trans-
actions. Consols are 88- .1; New Three-and-a- Quarter
per Cents. 884 i; and the Three per Cents. 881 i. Ex-
chequer. bills have realised 38s. to 425. premium.
The Foreign Securities have been very steady gene-
rally, but very little business has been done except in
the Peninsular Stocks. Mexican Bonds have been• 23i
to 24i, a further rise. Peruvian have not been higher
than 46 to 47/. Equador are 2* 1.. Dutch Two-and-a
Half per Cents. are 491..
Shares are firm, and without any material change.
BRITISH FUNDS TIHS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK,
("From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.--
New 314 per Cent. Arms 88%.3a
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B%
India Bonds under 1,0004 „.... 39 p
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 21/2d.
March.
1,000/.
5001, 42 38 p
Small 42 35 p 40 37 41 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK,
Equador Bonds 2%3%
Mexican Born4s, 1846, 5 per Cent 23N,
Ditto for the Account .... 24 23% 24 237 24%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...
Ditto for the Account 46t/ 47% 46
Russian Bonds, 1822,5 per Cent lO2
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 49
,U,INESB DONE IN RAILWAY MARES Al' ONE O'CLOCK
RAILIVAy3. PAID. PCs SIJAHP.
Ue-rcleen
Atubm, Notting., Boston, &c 414. ..
I.yr.qiire and Galloway
ieelfast and County Down .. 19 .. ..
6irmingnam & Oxford Junct.,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20
Do., withouta guarantee... 20 ~ .. -
Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... .
Do., without a guarantee... 10
Firming., %Vol., & Stour Val. 13/.145.... -
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction
Boston, Stamt., & Binning-15
i r stol and Exeter
Do., Thirds .. 27%
Buckinghamshire l4/. 4s ...... to
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares -
Ditto, New 10/. Preference 7% 73%... to
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 -to
Chester and Holyhead 5O ...
Ditto, Preference
t..,larence. ....
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
...... to
Direct London & Portsmouth 514 — to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
axd L. & D.
Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% 2% •.to
E istern Counties .... 2O ..... 12% • to
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10
Do.Perpet.,sperct.No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., d 0...—. ......... N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d...
Lo., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., 5 per cent.
34
Do., Quarter 12%... ..
Do., New
Eastern Union, Class A (late
E. U. Shares) ......... .. 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 -
Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 -
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 -
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 . — . -
Ditto, ditto ......... ......... 20 ..-.. ... -
Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% — •
to -
East Lancashire -
Ditto, New ... . 21 -
Do., New Quarters
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares 614 —
East Lincolnshire ... 25
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25
Ditto, New port
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...,. to
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B46e.Bd — ..... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Do. Preference Consolidated ...._ ....
....
to
Great Northern ... 19 ...... 8X14... to
Do. %
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A Deferred ..... :.. 12% ...... 4%... to
Do. 1/2 B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% ...... ...... to
Do. Extension .. - ••• ..... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% ...... "••• to
Great North of England lOO
...... ...... to
Ditto, New 404 ............
Ditto, ditto to
... ........... 25 ..'•"'..
Ditto, New 30/ ...... do Ditto, New 154...,, ... .. -' ...... to
..„ ...... 14
.....
Great Western ....to

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I Midland, Consol. 13ristal and
Birmingham, 6 per ccia....100 1211(.,.... to --
Midland, Bristol and Giouc. 38 ... -
Midland, Leices. and Swan.. .
nington (8 per ct.gtia.)....100 .... .
illidld. Great WeBteru (Irish) 45
Middlesbro' and Red. - -

..edcar. 6
per cent. guar. .... ..... ... 50 -
Newcastle azid Chi'lll N lOO .....•
Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... ..
to
....
to
to •-•• Newmarket ...... .., .....
Ditto Extension Scrip... 2i,, !2.. .. .
Newport Abergy., and Herat. 6 - Newry ;met Enniskillen
0 -••• .....• to --
Newry,
Warrenpoint, and
Lostrevor ... .............
100 -
20 Nortolii
Vino New 20/. - Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct 2O
...
to ---
Do. Do. 51, per cent....... 5 ... to --
..
Do
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do. Waveney Valley... 2
Northern Counties Union ... 4 -
North British .. - ..... to --
Ditto Pali Shares, -... ..... 121/2 6%..._. o--
Do. Quarters .... 6% 3U ..... to
Ditto, Exten5i0n............
..... to --w•
Ditto Thirds ..-. ....... -...• '11„i
North Staffordshire... .. ...... 15 -
North Wales ............ 3% . ..... , .... to
North Western ................. ....
10 ..... .... to -- ixtord, Worcester, and Wol-

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verhampton ... ............ 50 ' 22A to --
teading,Guildid., & Reigate 10 ...... -
Scottish and Ilitchin ..... 2 ...... 1% to Central
cotti3ll Midland ... ........ .... 25 ..... -
Ditto,New... ..... .. ........... 17% ...... -- -
qiefiield, Rotherham, and
Goole ...... ... ............... lO
D »..•• to --- Lo. do. (South Div.) 4 -
3‘. ---
I iitto, ditto, Class B. 5
to --- Ditto, New Guaranteed 6
Shrewsbury and Hereford. . ... to --

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