The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-23 00:00:00

to be in town by the meeting of Parliament. The
Earl and Countess of Wicklow and Ladies Howard,
Lord Edward Russell, Lord Henry Russell, Captain
Stopford, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. F.
French, Hon. C. Douglas and the Misses Douglas,
Mrs. and Miss Balfour, &c., have been among the
recent visitors of the Marquis and Marchioness.
The Marquis of Anglesey, accompanied by his
sons, the Lords Alfred and George Paget, left Ux-
bridge House on the 16th for lip Park, the seat of
Sir Harry Featherstonhaugh, Bart.
Lord Alvanley has left Paris for Naples, and from
thence his Lordship goes to Rome, where he will pro-
bably remain two months.
The Dowager Countess of Mansfield and the Ladies
Alurray are expected at Lang ham House from Dub-
lin, where they have been passing the winter. Her
Ladyship's second daughter, Lady Caroline Murray,
has been appointed Lady of the Bedchatnber to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, vice Lady
Caroline Legge, resigned.
Count Nesslerode has returned to Mivart's Hotel
from a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Dillon, at
Dytchley Park, Oxon.

MISCELLAIV E 011.4.
At a meeting of the friends of popular education
held at Craven Chapel, Marshall street, Golden-
square, Mr. James said the Congregationalist body
had determined. to raise the sum of 100,0001. in five
years for the purpose of educating the people. Of
that sum 22,771/. 10s. had already been raised, inure
than one-half of which had been raised in the metro-
polis alone. Amongst the donations were sof 1,000/.
each, 11 of 5001., 15 of 250/., 4 of 200/., 1 of 1501.,
20 of 125/., 25 of 100/., 35 of 501., &c.
A prosecution againq nine indiv.duals, one of them
a public officer, tor smuggling large quantities of
tobacco, and defrauding the revenue to a very great
amount, has been set down for trial for the first week
in February, in the Court of Exchequer. The prin-
cipal witnesses are old smugglers, who formed part of
the gang.

The Equestrian, hired convict ship, is at present
moored opposite the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, to re-
ceive convicts to the number of 400, and when all are
on board from the various prisons and convict ships,
will sail for the penal settlement of Van Diemen's
Land. Detachments of the 58th and 80th Regiments
are on board the Equestrian convict ship as guards
over the prisoners, the former regiment being about
to proceed to New South Wales, and the latter being
already at that colonial station.
Private John Knowles, on whom a Court-martial
was held last week, at Woolwich, for striking his
corporal, was found guilty, and, in consequence of
his irreclaimable character, having been previously
tried by five or six Courts-martial for offences, al-
though he had not been above eighteen months in the
service, was sentenced to seven years' transportation.

HONE 17 AND C;OMM E (2 ftl I, N l %V
CITY, QthileTEß 1? 1:1-;.
There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday. The sales consisted of 4,000 hales, viz.:
300 Pernambuco at 6fd. to 60., 150 Maranham ai
60. to 64d., 600 Bahia at 61-d. to 6§d., 500 Surar at
3id. to 4kd., and the rest American at 41d.t0 61d. per
lb.—There was nothing done on speculation. The
Share Market was good, and a large amount of
business. Eastern Counties New were 108 ; Great
Western, 70f ; South Western Eighths, 21. I Is. sd;
Manchester and Leeds, 106 ; Paris and Lyons, 2f ;
Ditto and Orleans, 338; South Eastern, 351; and
Ditto New, 361.
There are no arrivals in the City to-day..
An account of the movement of Cotton in France
last year shows that the sales exceeded the arrivals,
but that with the stock on hand on the Ist of Ja-
nuary, 1843, the supply for the past year was
537,165 bales, and the consumption or speculative and
trade sales together were 411,665 bales, leaving a
surplus on the Ist inst. of 125,500 bales.
We are not aware that as yet any notice has been
taken of the circular emanating from the Bordeaux
Chamber of Commerce, upon the subject of the pro-
posed French and Belgian treaty of commerce, or
more correctly Zollverein. The Chambers maintain
that an amalgamation of the customs establishments
of the two countries is a necessary mea-
sure, so that the tariffs of both should be
assimilated, the frontier customs establish-
ments be broken up, and one line embrace the
two countries. This proposal, doubtless, owes its
origin to the popularity of the German Commercial
Union ; but it involves far greater political considera-
tions, v hick might weigh with foreign Powers in such
a manner, as to prompt them vigorously to oppose it.
The alliance of a single powerful State with one
weak nation, almost a province in habits and feeling,
must ever bring to mind the fable which de-
monstrates the difficulty, in such cases, of
getting loose from a bad bargain. France,
as the Bordeaux Chamber maintains, would find a
suitable outlet for its wines, silks, cottons, woollens,
and other fabrics, and would receive in return coals,
iron, flax, &c. We shall take occasion hereafter to
enter more at length into the reasoning and the sta-
tistics of the Bordeaux merchants, which cannot but
be of interest to the manufacturers of England.
The Funds are rising, rather from the scarcity
of stock, than from the large amount of busi-
ness doing. The Commissioners have purchased
Reduced Three per Cents. of 1726 to the extent
of 10,0001. Consols have been 97 to I- for
Money, and 97* to 4 for Account. Exchequer
Bills are 655. to 675., and India Bonds under 1,000/.
80s. to 82s. premium. Bank Stock is 193 to 194,
again an advance of one per cent. India Stock has
also improved, being 276 to 277. The New Three-
and-a-Half per Cents. are 102 to 1011. and the
Reduced 103 to 1028. The Three per Cents. have
been up to 98.
The Foreign Stock market is buoyant, and although
the news from Lisbon is not considered very favour-
able the Bonds are high, being at 46 to 46H for
the Converted. The Active Spanish Stock is up to
221, and the Three per Cents. are 311 to f. Mexican
Bonds have touched 338 to 331 ; Peruvian, 221- to i;
and Chilian Deferred, 478 to 48. Brazilian
new are 75. Belgian Bonds are 105 f to 106 ; and
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54i.
Speculation and investment both continue active in
the Railways, and we note an almost general advance
in prices.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9B 97/
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities:
3 uer Cent. Annuities, 1726
3/ per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 3/ per Cent. Annuities lO2 101/
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 18b0 -
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 7-16/
India Stock for Opening 276/ 276 277
India Bonds, 1,000
Ditto under 1,000
Consols for Account ..... 94/

Exchequer Bills, lid. lid.
10001.
500/.
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account, Deferred ... ..
Columbian Bonds
Mexican Mods' 1837, 5 per Cent... ...
Ditto for the Account 33ii&
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. ...
Ditto for the Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Converted —
Ditto for the Account 46ii
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds ...
Ditto Three per Cent. OOOOOO •••••••• -
Ditto for the Account
Dutch 2i per Cent 544
Dutch 5 per Cent.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
R A ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Derby ... 100 ..... 58 ...... to
Birmingham and Gloucester 100
Eastern Counties
Ditto New
Gravesend, Rochester, Chatham 2} 231 ... to
Great Western
Ditto i Shares
Ditto Fifths
Hull and Selby 5O ...... 59} to 60
Liverpool and Manchester .....100
Ditto } Shares
London and Brighton
Ditto Loan Notes
London and Blackwell -
London and Birmingham Stock 243
Ditto A Shares
Ditto New Thirds...... ......... 2
London and South Western .. 41% ... .. 75
Ditto Eighths
London and Croydon ( Trunk)... 13i — to
Ditto Scrip
Manchester and Leeds
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40
Midland Counties 10()
Ditto * Shares
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 15 ...... 29} to
Northern and Eastern
Ditto I Shares ....... .......... 12} ls* to
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rceen .. .... • ..... 20
South Eastern and Dover... ..... 50
Ditto Scrip
..... '25
York and North Mid1and....,.... 60
Ditto Scarboro' Branch ...... .. 4 lB*l ... to
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia 4O ...... 45i..... to 46
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 22.—We have
had a buoyant market to• day, and higher prices generally have
been realised. The following are our transactions: —Chester
and Birkenhead, 306 ; Eastern Counties, Registered, Ili tx
new ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 5834 ; ;Manchester and Hr.
mingham, 381 ; Manchester and Leeds, 102 to 103 ; Do.
Halves, 4614 ; Do. Quarters, 8i ; South Eastern. 35} to i ;
Do. Scrip, 34 to 36; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, 4a.

The mortal remains of the late Marquis of Hastings
were deposited yesterday, in Castle Donnington church,
Leicestershire, in a vault prepared for the occasion. The
inhabitants of Donnington closed their shops as a mark
of rospect to the afemory of the late lamented Nobleman.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ormonde have
been receiving a succession of company at Kilkenny Castle.