The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-31 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert took their accustomed early morning walk.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of %Vales the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied
by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, rode to Frogmore this
afternoon.

Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morn-
ing. His Royal Highness was accompanied by Prince
Lowenstein and Sir George Grey, and was attended by
Colonel the Hon. C. B. ithipps and C010n,.1 Bouverie.
The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Love-
son Gower are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day.
Sir John Hobhouse is also expected on a visit to her
M ijesty.
Sir George Grey left the Castle this afternoon.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will
include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent; the
Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Caroline Leveson Gower,
'he Chevalier Bunsen, Prince Lowenstein, the Lady in
Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth,
Lord Edward Howard, Sir John Hobhouse, and Captain
Francis Seymour.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attend during
!inner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend
in the Castle.

The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with
Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Sir George Grey returned to town yesterday from
Windsor Castle.
The Duchess of Sutherland left town yesterday for
Windsor Castle.

THE FOREIGN NAILS.
POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MONTH.
Notice, as follows, relative to the arrangements of the
India, Peninsular, and other Foreign Mails for the
ensuing month, was issued and posted at the chief office
St. Martin's-le-Grand. ,
THE INDIAN, &c. MAILS.—The mails for Gibraltar,
Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt India, Ce 3 lon,
China, &c., via Southampton, will be dispatched from
hence on the mornings of the 2d and 20th of January.
The Tagus for the abuve mails of the morning of the
2d January.
&c. (vid Marseilles).—Mails for the Mediter-
ranean, Egypt, India, Ceylon, China, &c.. vid Marseilles,
will be dispatched from hence on the evenings of the 7th
and 27th of January.
THE PENINSULAR MAILS.—Mails for Vigo, Oporto,
Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Madeira, &c., will be dispatched
l'rom hence on the mornings of the 7th, 18th, and 27th
January.
WEST INDIA MAILS.—Mails for the British and
Foreign colonies in the West Indies, Venezuela, Madeira,
&c., will be dispatched on the mornings of the 2d and
18th of January.
Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah will be included in
the above of the 2d of January only.
Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaragua, New Granada,
Chili, and Peru will be included in the above, of the 18th
of January only.
The Tay for the above mails of 2d January.
MADEIRA, BRAZILS, AND BUENOS AIRES.—Mails will
be dispatched on the evening of the 4th of January.
Her Majesty's brig Penguin, for the above mails of the
evening of the 4th of January, and will touch at Pernam-
buco on her otuward voyage only to Rio Janeiro and
Bahia.

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AMERICAN MAILS.—Mails for British North America,
Bermuda, and the United States will be dispatched on
the evening of the 4th of January.
The Hibernia, for the above, en the evening of the 4th
of January.
SYDNEY, &C. MAlLs.—Mails for Sydney, New South
Wales, Australia, &c., will be dispatched from hence on
the evening of 30th January.
HOLLAND.—MaiIs will be dispatched every Wednesday
and Saturday.
HAMBURG/I.—Mails will be dispatched every Tuesday
and Friday.
FRANCE, BELGIUM, &C.—Mails, via Calais and Os-
tend, will be dispatched every day (except Sundays).
JERSEY AND GUERNSEY.—.Mails will be dispatched
t very Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday morning.
PRUSSIA, &c.—The new postal regulations and reduc-
tiol of postage on all letters passing through Prussia
under the Conventional Treaty with his Majesty the
King of Prussia, c.,mes into operation on Friday, Jan. I.

Tier Majesty has been pleased to direct that the
fancy Gale, which is to take place) in the new building of
the School, aZ ?iverptock-hill, shall be
under
Orphan
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royal
drtng 11
at
patronage.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of lust Night.)
At Liverp,-,01 yesterday the sales of Cotton were 4,000
bales, about half of which was on; speculation. Prices
were steadily supported at an advance of nearly id. per
lb. compared with last week.—Shares were quieter, and
not so high.
The arrival of the Ashburton packet-ship has put
all our City folks on the gui vivo, for the
President's message has long been regarded as
a document of great interest to City men. Having
.urselves carefully perused the whole document, and
heard freely expressed the opinions of some of the
leading men in the American trade, we may fairly
express an opinion upon it as a whole, and which
taking the circumstances into consideration, and
the position in which a President stands towards
those who elect him, is certainly favourable. Mr.
Folk's history of the differences with Mexico, since
the year; 1837, and his reflections upon the present
imbroglio, are as impartial as could be expected,
though it is impossible to deny that he
does " blink " the question, and " lugs " in
matters that were never before alleged to
have provoked the present war. However. passons
par cela, the Mexicans undoubtedly have broken faith
in money matters, and Brother Jonathan has improved
upon their example by diregarding the rights of nations
besides.

The anticipations of advantage to both England and the
United States by the important modifiaations in the
respective tariffs are no doubt just, and will tend to con-
firm the tendency to liberty of commerce. As to the
new loan required to prosecute the Mexican war, it may
be hoped that it will not be raised, either wholly or
in part, in England, not only because we have
ample employment for all our surplus cash at home, and
the result of former loans has been so disastrous, but
likewise because any loan operation tends to derange
the exchanges which, with our present heavy corn im-
ports, it is highly desirable to keep uninfluenced by other
than trading balances.
The steamer from Halifax is now hourly expected.
The English Funds have not alternated to any extent
to-day ; but although they have not recovered the de-
pression of yesterday, or the effect of the sales then
pressed in the New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents, &c.,
the market for Consols is less fluctuating, and the cur-
rent values have been 93i to 94. New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are 954 to 4. Bank Stock is worth
205. Exchequer Bills have been Bs. to I ls. premium,
being rather flat again.
In the Foreign Market arrangements are making for
to-morrow's settlement, which is likely, however, to be a
very small matter. Mexican Stock for Account has
risen to 244; and Peruvian Bonds have been dull at 394.
Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 374, being
a slight decline; and Spanish Three per Cents. have re-
ceded to 38 and 374. Austrian Bonds have been at 108.
The Share account is being now adjusted. This is
"name," and to-morrow will be "pay-day." The values
of the principal lines of railway have been tolerably well
supported, but there has not been much doing. Aber-
deen are rather lower, but Caledonian firm.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock ......... ..... .......205 206
3 per Cent. Reduced Anna........ 944 94 94
New 34 per Cent. Annuities...... 95% % % 9534
uong Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9% 15-16 9 15-16
India Bonds, 1,0004.
Ditto under 1,0001. . ....... ....... 20
South Sea Stock —

Ditto New Annuities
Consols for Opening 93% 94 93% 93%
Exchequer Bills, 1000/. 11,4 d. ... 811— p 11 p
Ditto, 5001 ... 811— p 11 p
Ditto. Small
ONE CLOSING
~niCES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK TRICES
Austrian, 5 per Cent. ....... ........ 108 108
Brazilian Bonds_ ..... 87

Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 '
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Boiids, 6 per Cents 39%
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto. Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
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- Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... .......
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — 40
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cent —
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 93 A

PRICES OP BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber.. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%.....• 2% 2%
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush ..... 1%.....
Belfast & County Dove 43/ ......
Birmingham and Dudley 425. ... .. 6% p 6lte p
Birmin. and Gleucester..loo l2Bl/2... l2Bl/2
Ditto New 17% — ...... ......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 23/4
Boston, Stamfil, & Birm. 225. 3,041/2 p
Bristol and Exeter 75 . — •• ..... •
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucexter... 30 ......
Bristol and Liver. June.. 2%......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares...... 21% 2% ••• 2%
Ditto, Clydesdale Jane 25 ...... ... —
Chester and Holyhead... 27 % 253/4 253/4
C4urnet and 81ythe..... 2
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... .
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Clarence lOO
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
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4 per Cent.
Cork and Killarney
Cdrk and Waterford ...
LAirnwall
Ditto, Half Shares

Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford, and Sheffd. June. 2%
Direct Northern Scrip.. 3d/4 2A1,4
Direct Norwich

Dublin and BelfastJunc. 126 —

Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10

Eas tern Counties 141. 165....... 23% 22'14 ...... 23%
Ditto New l2l I6s ...... 74 p
Ditto Perpetual, 5 pit
Cent, No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d —
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d —
Do., York Extension.. 2 3543/4
EastDerelem andNoech 1
6amtern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 10
Do. Exten.(ll.arivich)
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 214 —
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormskirk)...
Do.. do., New Scrip
East Lincolnshire ... 314
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 773/4 .........
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,4 ......
Edinburgh & Northern.. 12 th — •
Edinburgh and Perth... 3
Ely and Huntingdon ... 1214 l4 133/4
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 214 —
Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 254
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle

Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50
Ditto, New
Do., 14 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ... 12% — ...
Goole, Doncaster, he... 2
Great Eastern &Wester* 2%...... ......•••• ••
Great Northern (London
and York Regd.) 2%..... 2%5A
Do. (Direct Northern
Regd.) .. ... 3% —
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great Munster 2%
Great North of Scotland 2A
Great North of England..loo
Ditto New
Ditto, New .
Ditto, New
Great Western B5
Ditto % Shares
Ditto 14 Shares lO
Ditto Fifths 2O
Ditto, New .
Huddersfield & Manches. 13
Ditto, Extension 3
Hull and Selby 5O 106% 106%
Do. Half Shares 25
Ditto 14 Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14
Do., do., and Norwich 5 ......
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
00. New
Leeds and Bradford
Leicester and Bedfard... 165....• —
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22%
Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2%
Do. Extension( Green) 2%Y
Leeds and Thirsk 17%...... 165A1N
Ditto, New
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% 5 ....... ..• .....
Do., Mnchstr & New
castle Junction.
London and Blackwall. 16/. 135.4 d 8%
Do. New

2%

2%
3%
2814

74
1814

753/4

16%
514

Ditto Extension 7 a...... - ******** -- -
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O .. .. 58%/4 5834
Ditto, Fifths
Do, Consol. Eighths.. 10 ...... ••......••• ...
Do: Guarani. 5 per ct. 9 ...... ••• •• ..
London andGreanwich 12/ 15s 4d...
Do. Preference ...18117a 2d...... ............
London, Hounslow, and
Western - " •••••• • ••• ......
London and N. Westernloo 195
Do. Quarters ......... 2
Do., d0., New
Ditto Fifths .....• .... 2 ...... _
......
Do. 14 Shares (G. J.) 5 ...... ..._
Do 401. Shares( L. M.)
Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40
•••
Do. 101. M. & B.) A. 5
Do. 10/. (M. Sc B.) It 5
Do. 10L 111. & B.) C. 1
London, Oxford, and
Cheltenham
Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d — •
Do. New Consol. Bths 40 —
Do. New
Do. New
Ditto Tenths . 5
Ditto Tenths ... .... 4
Ditto Scrip
Ditto ditto
...... . •••• 4
Landon and York 214 2% .... 2
Do. Extension
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil _ .
...... 21,4...... 133 1
t oudondery & Coleraine 15
. „..,

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