The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-22 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited the Queen
yesterday. Her Majesty arrived at Buckingham Palace
at two o'clock, attended by the Countess of Sheffield,
Lady in Waiting. Her Majesty remained to lunch with
the Queen and Prince Albert, and afterwards returned
to Marlborough House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal, were taken their usual airings yesterday
in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the royal
gardens yesterday.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes-
terday evening included the Bishop of London and Mrs.
131•mfield, the Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of
Northampton, the Marquis of Granby, Viscount Mel-
bourne, and Lord and Lady Beauvale.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended at the
Palace during dinner.
The Viscountess Canning has succeeded the Countess
of Mount Edgecumbe as the Lady in Waiting on the
Queen • and Lord Byron and Colonel Drummond have
succeeded Viscount Hawarden and Sir Frederick Stovin
as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday,
at Cambridge-house.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Colquhoun, M.P., Mr.
Smollett, M.P., Mr. Home Drummond, M.P., Lord Jas.
Stuart. M.P., Mr. Alexander Oswald, M.P., Mr. Gibson
Craig, M.P., Mr. Buckley, M.P., and Mr. Hastie, M.P.,
accompanying Mr. John Wilson, Mr. John Bannatyne,
Mr. Andrew Bannatyne, and Mr. William Dunlop, as a
deputation from the Glasgow Bank, had an interview
with Sir Robert Peel, at his official residence in Downing-
street, yesterday.
The Ecclesiastical Commission for England had a
meeting yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitehall-
place. The Commissioners present were the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the
Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop
of Bangor, the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of
Exeter, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Lichfield,
the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Norwich, the Bishop
of Ripon, the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of Salis-
bury, the Bishop of 'Worcester, the Lord President of
the Council, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Besborough,
the Earl of Harrowby, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse,
and the Dean of Westminster.

The Postmaster-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
His Excellency the Ottoman Ambassador transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office.

Lord Saltoun had an interview with Lord Stanley yes-
terday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
and Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had in-
terviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.

MONE Y AND CONEMERCIAL NEWS'
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING,
English Securities leave off with a firm aspect, and al-
though not an extensive business has been done, most of
them are rather higher. Consols 991t0 99a. The New
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 1021 to 1021 ; the Reduced
1011 to 1011 ; and the Three per Cents. 981 to 98i ;
Bank Stock 193 to 195, and East India Stock 285 to 286.

Spanish Bonds were supported at the improvement of
the morning, but the other foreign investments were
flat. Spanish Actives were 24f to 24* ; and the Three
per Cents. 3.5* to 351 ; Mexican Bonds were 351 to
35i,; Buenos Ayres 34, and Colombian 14* to 14.
he additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these:—Bristol and Gloucester were 184; Eastern
Counties New, sf, to 5+ : Grand Junction, 123 ; Great
Western, Half, 27 ; Ditto Fifths, 91 ; Harwich (Braith-
waite), R ; South-Western, 46 ; Manchester and
Leeds, 34 • North British, ; Norwish and Brandon,
; South-Eastern New, 8i ; Trent Valley, 5; and
Paris and Rotten, 19 premium. Caledonian have been
14 ; Eastern Counties, 114; Blackwall, 94, and Thames
and Medway, 9 to 94 discount.
The exchange on Paris, Trieste, and Antwerp was not
quite so firm this afternoon.
The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of London for the week ending
Thursday last :
Silver Coin to Mauritius
" " Rotterdam
" Bars Ditto
66 46 Hamburgh 915 "
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
A fair business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday
Sales, including 1,000 bales Surat on speculation, 6,000 bales
viz., 2,000 Surat, 24d. to 4d., the bulk at 21d. to '2d. ;
150 Perham at. sAd.:to 6d. ; 30 Bahia at sid. ; 20 Egyptian at
7id. ; and the rest American at 4Ad. to 51d. per lb.—There
was a heavy market for the Shares of the Grand Junction and
Birmingham, but. French continued in great request, and
Great Western were firm. Caledonian, 4; Chester and
I lolyhead, 67i •, Edinburgh and Glasgow, 66 ; Great Western
Fifths, 221 ; Birmingham. 223 ; Ditto Quarter, 254 ; South
Western, 88; Ditto, Eighths, 5; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 57 ; North British, 21. 16s. 6d ; Trent Valley, 84.
It is not at all expected that any alteration will be made
in the resolutions last night brought forward by Sir Robert
Peel on the subject of banking and currency. Still
we hear that 11Ir. P. Stewart is in possession of
many important suggestions for improvements, obtained
at the conferences which he has had with the members of
the various banking firms who have visited the metropolis
upon this highly interesting topic. Now, however, that the
subject is fairly before the public, a strong hope is entertained
that the matter will soon be settled, so as to relieve all doubts
upon the subject.
The additioa to the scheme of the Premier relative to the
silver currency, as announced last evening, has given uni-
versal satisfaction, or very nearly so, among the monied inte-
rests of the City to-day. It is an approximation to making
silver more generally useful.
There are advices from the Cape of Good Hope received at
the Jerusalem Coffee-house this morning, but their contents
ate not of general interest. Only a few papers have come to
hand.

It is highly satisfactory to state that the carpet trade of
Kidderminster is at the present time in a most flourishing
condition, with every prospect of its continuing so. At most
of the establishments the masters wish the men to bring in
not less than a piece each week. The private letters re-
ceived by a trading shipping firm in the City speak favourably
of most other branches of industry.
Not a single bargain is quoted in Consols for the Account
this morning. For Money the price is 99} A. The Com-
missioners bought two thousand pounds worth of Reduced
Three per Cents. at 98i, the highest value of the day.
Bank Stock has been sold at 194, but at the present moment
it is one per cent. cheaper. The premium in Exchequer Bills
is firm at 745. to 765. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Re-
duced have been offered at 1011, and the New Stock at 102 a.
Business has been slack too in the Foreign Funds. The
Portuguese Converted has been quoted at 47 ; Spanish Ac-
tives at 24A ; the Three per Cents. at 35A a ; Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. at 61; the Five per Cents. at 1001 ;
Belgian at 1034; and Colombian ex Venezuelan at 14i.
In the Market for Railway Shares the inclination is rather
to recede than otherwise. The Great 'Western, the London
and Birmingham, and other principal lines have dropped in
value, but only slightly. Union Bank of Australia Shares
are at premium ; Santiago de Cuba Mine at 14 premium ;
and St. John del Rey Mine at discount.

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 20.—The market
continues flat with a limited business. Our only transactions
were—Bristol and Exeter, 82 ; Grand Junction, 2211 ; Lon
don and Birmingham 32/. Shares, 38 ; Manchester and Bir
mingliam, 57 to 56k; Sheffield and Manchester, 79 ; Tren
Valley, 8.