The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

FREIGHTS.

The supply of tonnage having been somewhat scanty,
while shippers have increased in number, freights to
Great Britain have materially advanced. The present
rate is 4/. per ton, below which no tonnage is to be ob-
tained. To China there is little doing, and the rate is
now Ors. to srs. per candy for cotton.
MONEY- MARKET.

Subjoined are the nominal rates of Government paper.
The notification which was yesterday issued, intimating
the re-opening of the Five per Cent. Loan of 1841, has
put a stop to transactions for the presen..
5 per Cent. Loan of 1825-26 ... . . 106 rupees

4 - do. do.
4 do. do.
5 do. do.

1832-33 ... 94 do.
1835-36 ... 90 do.
1841-42 ... 100 do.

4 do. do. 1842-43 ... ... 88 to 90 do.
EXCHANGE. —The rate on England has somewhat
advanced since our last, and may be quoted to-day at
Is. I lid. to ls. I lid. for bills at 6 months, and Is. 101-d.
for drafts at 30 days' sight. On Calcutta the rate at
30 days is 981 rupees.
BANKS.—BeIow are the current rates of Bank
Shares :
Bank of Bombay 40r. to 42r. per cent, premium.
Oriental Bank, Old Shares 32r. do. do.
Do. New do 29r. do. do.
Agra Bank s4r. to 55r. do.
Commercial
PRICE OF BULLION.

Sovereigns, each 1 Er. 3a.
Bank of England notes, per .£ llr. 2a.

RECALL OF HIS EXCELLENCY
THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.
It is now positively stated that his Excellency the
Count de St. Aulaire has been recalled from his high
diplomatic duties, as Ambassador from France to this
country, by his Sovereign. Although it is well known
that the Noble Count did not expect to remain here
beyond two years longer, his sudden recall has excited,
perhaps unnecessarily, much speculation in the diplomatic
circles.

His Excellency the Count de St. Aulaire is now in
Paris, arid may be expected to arrive shortly at the
French embassy from that capital, to have an audience
of the Queen to take leave of her Majesty, and to take
his farewell of the several members of the foreign corps
diplomatique.
In all future communications between the French
Government and Viscount Palmerston, the Count de
Jarnac will have to transact all business as chargé
dVaires, and will on that account retain the possession
of Hertford House. It is generally said that some months
will elapse ere the Count de St. Aulaire's successor is ap-
pointed, and en attendant, the Count de Jarnac will dis-
charge the diplomatic functions.
The Count Louis de Noailles, the second secretary to
the embassy, is also about to leave:this country perma-
nently. We have been informed the Count departs for
France early in January.
The Countess de St. Aulaire will not accompany the
noble Count to this country. The retirement of the
Count and Countess will be deeply regretted by all
moving in what is termed the beau monde, for since his
Excellency's arrival in this capital he has maintained
with splendid hospitality the reputation of the French
Court, as representative of Louis Philippe. The Count
de St. Aulaire has been ambassador here since M. Guizot
left this country to take office, on the dismissal of M.
'Tiers. Previous to that, the Count Sebastiani was
the Ambassador Extraordinary acd Minister Plenipo-
tiary.
Other changes in the personnel of the embassy are ru-
moured. For some weeks past there has been the
greatest activity apparent iii the chancellerie of the em-
bassy, Cabinet couriers arriving and departing as often
as four times in the course of the day. A courier is
hourly expected at Hertford House from Paris; and it is
imagined he will be the bearer of M. Guizot's answer to
Viscount Palinerston's last note.

CAUTION.—BAD lIALF-SOVEREIGNS.—The public
-should be on their guard against the passers of bad
money. A number of bad half-sovereigns, composed of
a sort of metal resembling zinc and gilded by the elec-
tro-plating process, are now in circulation. They are
not easily to be detected by the ring, and they are well
executed. The deficiency of their weight, however, im-
mediately shows they are counterfeits.