The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-24 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, C:lptain
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 Up 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
Murray are expected at Longhorn House from Dub-
lin, where they have been passing the winter. Her
Ladyship'sC second daughter, Lady Caroline Murray,
has been appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, vice Lady
Caroline Legge, resigned.
Count Nes,derode has returned to Mivart's Hotel
from a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Dillon, at
Dytchley Park, Oxon.

MISCELLAINEOI7:3.
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, more
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 1001., 35 of 50/., &c.
A prosecution against nine indiv.duals, one of them
a public officer, for 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.
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 Y. AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
Consols do not close at the highest rates of the day,
but nevertheless are but a fraction under them, and have been
well supported. They were 97 to 4 for Money and Time.
Exchequer Bills realised 675. to 68.. premium, being an ad-
vance of Is. Bank Stock was 193* to 194. South Sea New
Annuities brought 95g.
The Foreign bonds were steady. Mexican left off at 334,
Portuguese Converted rose to 47 to 4, Spanish Fives were
22k, and Brazilian New 744 to 754. Dutch Five per Cents.
realised 1001 to 101*.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been
these : —Bristol and Exeter were 34 ; Brighton 64 ; Great
North of England, 134 to 13 ; and South Eastern, .434 dis-
count. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 814 ; ditto, New, 24 ;
Birmingham, 145; ditto, New Quarter, 28 to 4; Croydon,
24 to 1 ; ditto, Scrip, sa. Northern and Eastern, 9. Paris
and Orleans, 134 ; South Eastern, Scrip, 11*; West London,
first class preferred, ; Yarmouth and Norwich, 44 to 4, and
York and North Midland, New, 354 premium. Austra-
lasia Bank were 5, and London Joint Stock 24 premium.
The Exchanges ruled someii hat fiat to-day as regards the
principal Continental cities.
The following is the official return of the exports of bul-
lion from the port of London, for the week ending Thursday
last :

Silver bars to Rotterdam
(From The Sun of Last Night.)