The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-21 00:00:00

CO URT CIRC ULAR.

OSBORNE, TUESDAY.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice and the
other younger branches of the Royal Family take
their usual exercise about the grounds.
On Saturday last her Serene Highness the Princess
of Hohenlohe Langenburg, the Princess Eliza, and
Prince Victor, accompanied her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent to Englehurst in her Majesty's yacht
the Fairy, attended by the Baroness de Speth, Lady
Anna Maria Dawson, the Hon. Miss Lyttelton, Lord
George Lennox, Sir George Couper, and Colonel
Berkeley.
The royal party landed on the beach under the Old
Tower, and after walking about the grounds honoured
Mrs. Berkeley Drummond with their company at
luncheon. At four o'clock they re-embarked on board
the Fairy and returned to Osborne.

Count de Revel, the Sardinian Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign•office.
Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo-
nial-office, front the Governor of Canada, and also
from the Governors of the other North American
Colonies.

Dispatches were sent off on Tuesday evening from
the Colonial-office for the Governor of Malta, and
also for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands.

STATUE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—Yester-
day preparations commenced within the Tower of Lon-
don for the erection of a colossal granite statue of the
Duke of Wellington, similar to that of King William the
Fourth at New London• bridge. It is to be placed mid-
way between the white tower and the green, fronting the
noble flight of steps leading from Traitors'-gate. The
pedestal will occupy a space of 144 square feet.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—A marriage is said
to be on the tapis between Mr. George Cavendish, of the
Ist Life Guards, youngest son of Major-General the
Hon. Henry F. C. Cavendish, and Miss Rumbold, only
daughter of the late Sir William Rumbold, Bart., and
niece of the Baron and Baroness de Delmar.
THE HAMPTON COURT VlNE.—This noble vine,
more than 120 years old, nearly as many feet in length,
its stem 32 inches in circumference, is now laden with
more than 2,000 bunches of fine grapes, rapidly ripening,
and weighing on an average 17 ounces each bunch, or
in the whole nearly one ton. They are of the finest
black Hamburgh kind, and are said to be reserved
chiefly for the Queen's table.
ST. IVES.—Mr. John Stevens, of Treve, Phillack,
has a ewe now in his possession that yenned a fine lamb
last February, and on Monday it yeaned another—an
unheard-of case in this neighbourhood. Both lambs
with their dam are well.— Western Luminary.
WINDSOR CASTLE, WEDNESDAY EVENlNG.—Yes-
terday, so early as eleven o'clock in the morning, the
persons in attendance for the admission of visitors to the

:ate apartments were taken by surprise, by the sudden
appearance of more than a thousand visitors in one body,
who had just arrived by the new line of railway from
Waterloo-bridge to Datchet. Each of these persons had
been furnished with a day-ticket, of which the following
is a copy:—" Special Express Train—Excursion to
Windsor and back, on Tuesday, the 19th September.—
This ticket will admit the bearer to view the state apart-
ments on presentation at the Lord Chamberlain's Office,
Windsor Castle, between the hours of one and four.
Ticket, 35. Signed, EDWARD RICKETTS." It appears
that the directors of the railway had given no notice to
the persons in attendance of this extraordinary consign-
ment of visitors, and considerable delay took place
whilst the written tickets for their admission were being
filled up.
SALE OF A CHAPEL.—The Wesleyan chapel in St.
Mary-axe, which is held under the Skinners' Company
for an unexpired term of twenty years, was sold by the
trustees at Garraway's yesterday. There was but a thin
attendance, and a sale was eventually effected at 704
INFLUX OF VISITORS TO INVERNESS.—SO great
was the influx of visitors last week to Inverness that not
a single bed could be got on Tuesday night, either in
the Caledonian, Union, Royal, or Commercial Hotels,
for love or money—every bed room in these respective
hotels being taken at a large extra charge. Indeed,
throughout the season, the influx of visitors to the High-
land capital has been greater than during any season
before.—Scotch paper.
THE BRAZILS.— The Willian Russell, Captain
Golding, arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday, with com-
mercial accounts from Pernambuco to the 12th of
August. Trade at that port was rather dull; freights
had a downward tendency, and exchange on England
was nominal, at 25d. The Swordfish, Captain Green,
was to sail from Pernambuco for Liverpool on the lath
of August.
The Earl and Countess of Aboyne, who are staying
with the Marquis of Huntly at Aboyne Castle, Aber-
deenshire, are expected to return to Orton House, mar
Peterborough, early in the ensuing month for the
winter,

1848,

oNE
plucEs OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK
3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 86
India Stxk

CLOSING
PRICE:-.
86%

india Bonds, 1,0001. ..•..... 32
Consols for Account, Oct. 17
Exchequer Bills. 21/2d. & 2d.
1,0001. March ... 32 33 30 p
1,0001. June 29 p
5001. June
Small, June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS OXE
O'CLOCIr.
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent —
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 1634%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. 6B
Ditto, 4 per Cent 22
Russian Bonds - 99
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... 231/2 23
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21/2 per Cent., 12 Guild.... 44% 451/2
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 71% 71 71
PRICES OF
BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SIIARES.
PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 5O ....
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 3%......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21/2 —
Belfast & County Down 171/2
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20 . ,
•••
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 .....
Binning., Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 145...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junc 10
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ...
Bristol and Exeter B5 ... ..
Ditto, Thirds
Luckinghamshire... 14/. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 87i ......
Do. New 101. Pref..... 21/2... .. 2 21/2
Ditto,Clydesdale June 50
•••
Chester and Holyhead... 471/2 ..„... .......
Ditto, Preference l5
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 30 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 20
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18
Do, 3/. 10s.
Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 13 131/4 ... 13%
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent.
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1 61. 13s. 4d.... 1/2 dis % dis
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. Quarters ..-
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1
Ditto, Class B (I- &
and B.)
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 171/2.
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10
Ditto, ditto
~......
Ditto (C. & E.) guar. ........
5 per cent.
East Lancashire ........ . 25
19
Ditto, New
...
Ditto, New Quarters 6%...„. .. .......
"
Do., 6 per .............Cent. Pre-
..

29 p
29 ?
CLOSING
PRICES.
75
211,4
161/2
68

49%

`erence Quarters ... 4ki • """••'•••••• East Lincolnshire ...... 23 . — .
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .., ........... _
—.— ..... .. ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. 9l/2 x.d ....... ... 9 x.d.
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 ..............
Edinburgh and Northern 25
...............
Ditto, New.. 614 ......... ..
....
Ditto, Newport
Ditto, ditto, New 3%..•.. .......
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 23.
, .....
... —'
Ditto, New ...
Glasgow, Dumfries, iand —.
Carlisle
..... . ... ......... ... —'
Ditto, New ..... ... 40 ......
.. . . ....... _
...
Do. Preference Consol. 15
......
Great Northern
6th'""" ,
.. ...
. 6
Do., London and York 21i
... Great South. and West.
(Ireland) .... ........... 42%...... .....
.....
Great North of England.loo
...228
••
••
Ditto, New, 40/...... .........
40 ...
Ditto, ditto ......... ...
.... 15
Ditto, New, 15/ l4 .. ..
Great Western 9 ""......
0 ... .. 76 ........»...
Ditto, I,i Shares
Ditto, 14
fths
Ditto, Fi
Ditto, New 171... .• •.. 13 ••• •• 9%
Huddersfield and blanch. 28
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, 14 Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ......

75%
44
16
16:14
9

__
Ditto, Thirds -
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, IA Shares ...... 43 ...
Do. Quarter Shares... 17172 lO% x.d.......1032 x.d.
Do. Fifths... ......... ... 9
Do. Sixteenths 6!a — ... .. . ......
Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13 .....
Du. :Sew, Grua. 6 per et. `2% —
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... .... .......... .. ..
Ditto IA (late Hud-
dersfield and Shet I.) 43
Do.(Waketield,Ponte-
tract, and Boole) ... 50
Do.( W. Biding Union) 6
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
..". "
Do. IA Shares (A)... 91i — ............ •
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 ...............
•••• ••
Do., Half Shares - ... ......

2%

50 ...... . ..............
30 •
...... ..... ........
i,r66kper Ct. 31i ...... ....... ........
Leeds
p oDitto,., arnrNde
eflew'rb.
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport . ........ . 31,2 ...... . ..............
Liverp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction•,. 21,4.,... ..... . ........
London &Blackwall...l3/. 6a. 8d.... 4 1.)9. Eztezawn ..... ... 22%..... 614 ~.... .........

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL IN E WS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was
rather firm. Sales, 5,000 bales. Railway Shares were
somewhat steadier.
Yesterday afternoon the letters per Britannia were
delivered, and upon the whole it cannot be said that
they give a very favourable representation concerning
the state of many departments of trade. The manu-
facturing interest in the United States appears to suffer
greatly, although they have found some new outlets for
their goods. The fact appears to be, however, that fo-
reign competition presses them very sorely. In the week
ending September 1, the imports of merchandise at New
York were valued at 3,143,743 dollars, against only
2,522.333 dollars in the corresponding period of 1847.
It is made a subject of complaint by one writer that the
manufacturers of Europe force their fabrics upon the
United States markets, in whatever quantities they deem
fit, and that it is no more than fair that we should
take their breadstuffs in return. No objection can be
made to this system of reciprocity, for it is precisely
what free trade, without the aid of special treaties,
is intended to bring about; but, at the same
time, we may be permitted, in a spirit of
nationality, to desire that our food requirements may
be confined within reasonable limits. It is attested
by recent Parliamentary returns, that when we take the
largest quantity of breadstuffs from America, we export
to that country an increased quantity of textile and other
goods; a proof that Brother Jonathan is a liberal cus-
tomer, and parts freely with cash when he has it. No
nations in the world are better adapted than England
and the United States to carry on trade upon a footing
of liberality and mutual advantage.
The following article from the Quebec Chronicle con-
firms the statement which we noticed yesterday, that in
future goods destined for Upper Canada were to be
allowed to pass up from Quebec without being ware-
housed or paying the import duties in Montreal:—
" The steamer Comet arrived here on Sunday morn-
ing from Hamilton, having discharged her cargo at Mon-
treal, where she again took in a full freight from that
port from Quebec. She left there again last night on her
return voyage to Hamilton, deeply laden with freight and
passengers, the fare right through being only 20s. We
are informed that a portion of her cargo was taken from
the bonded warehouse for merchants in Hamilton, the
only expense attendant on a transaction of this nature
being the payment of a Custom-house broker for obtain-
ing the requisite permit, the parties for whom the goods
are intended paying the duties on their arri►al at the
port of destination. By this means goods can be trans-
shipped from the vessel into the steamer, and sent direct
either to Hamilton or any intermediate port, thus ob-
viating the tedious process which has hitherto obtained
with reference to freight for Canada West, namely, dis-
charging them at Quebec and reshipping them for Mon-
treal, to undergo another transshipment there. The
enterprise so judiciously commenced by the proprietors
of the Comet has opened the eyes of the mercantile com-
munity in Canada to the vast saving in outlay as well as
time by the facility thus afforded; and we have not the
least doubt but that next year we shall witness a brisk
trade in operation between Quebec and the Western
country, which is even now shadowed forth by the suc-
cess which has attended the trial trips of the Comet and
the Britannia."
Accounts of May 6th have been received from Sydney,
and to corresponding dates from other parts of Australia,
but as far as our examination extends of the various
files of papers, we find nothing important therein. The
colonies generally were flourishing.
Cape of Good Hope advices of July represent affairs
as being tranquil, both on the frontier and at Natal.
A very fully attended meeting of Bank of England
proprietors has been held this morning, and it has been
a subject of warm debate whether the dividend and
bonus should be 3} or 4} per cent. The result seemed
favourable to the higher rate, and a ballot has been
demanded. A report of the proceedings appears in
another column of The Sun.
The Esiglish Stock Market is exceedingly quiet again.
Consols are 86A-to for Transfer, and about the same for
Account. At present 86i f is the nearer price. Ex-
chequer bills of March are 30s. to 335. premium.
Ihe Foreign Securities are steady. Spanish Three
per Cents. are 23 to k, and the Five per Cents. 11i
Portuguese Four per Cents. are 22, and Brazilian 75.
Mexican Stock is 164 and Russian 99. Dutch Two-
and-a- Half per Cents, have been at 444.
Railway Shares are looking rather better again to-
day, with a moderate business doing.