The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-24 00:00:00

COURT-r.A.SHIONAE Y.E.

The fourth anniversary of the marriage of her Ma
jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, will be
celebrated by a public dinner, and other festivities, at
Windsor, on Monday the 12th, instead of Saturday
the 10th of February.
Viscount Melbourne, whose health is re-established,
is expected in South-street, from Brocket Hall, at the
close of the week, to attend his Parliamentary duties
on the opening of the session of Parliament.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have come to
town, from Broadlands. At the close of the week
the noble Viscount and Viscountess go on visits to
the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey;
Viscount Melbourne, at Brocket Hall ; and Earl and
Countess Cowper, at Pansanger.
The Earl and Countess of Arran returned to town,
at the close of last week, from a visit to his Excel-
lency Major-General .Napier, C. 11., at Government
I louso, Guernsey.
The :Marquis and iNfarchioness of Abereorn and
family were to leave Baron's Court, county Tyrone,
this wtek for England. The Noble Marquis intends

There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday. The sales consisted of 4,000 bales, viz.:-
300 Pernambuco at 6d. to 60., 150 Maranham at
6*(l. to 60., 600 Bahia at 60. to 60., 500 Surat at
30. to 40., and the rest American at 40. to 61d. per
lb.—There was nothing done on speculation. The
Share Market was good, and a large amount of
business. Eastern Counties New were 10*; Great
Western, 70i ; South Western Eighths, 21. 1 ls. 5d ;
Manchester and Leeds, 106 ; Paris and Lyons, 2f ;
Ditto and Orleans, 33k; South Eastern, 354 ; 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-
posal French and Belgian treaty of commerce, or
more correctly Zollverein. The Chambers maintain
that an amalgamation of the customs establishment.;
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 ommercial
Union ; but it involves far greater political con3idera-
tions, lighich 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 for
Money, and 97* to * for Account. Exchequer
Bills are 655. to 675., and India Bonds under 1,0001
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 101*, and the
Reduced 103 to 102*. 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 46 for
the Converted. The Active Spanish Stock is up to
22*, and the Three per Cents. are 31* to f . Mexican
Bonds have touched 33* to 33*; Peruvian, 224 to
and Chilian Deferred, 47* to 48. Brazilian
new are 75. Belgian Bonds are 1051 to 106 ; and
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 544.
Speculation and investment both continue active in
the Railways, and we note an almost general advance
in prices.
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, 30a ; Eastern Counties, Registered, 114 ex
new ' • Edinburgh and Glasgow, 583/4; Manchester and !lir.
mingham, 38i ; Manchester and Leeds, 102 to 103 ; Do.
Halves, 4614 ; Do. Quarters, Si; South Eastern, 3.5 i to
Do. Scrip, 351 to 36; Shefeld and Manchester, Quarters, 46.;
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red.
3 per Cent. C0n5...... 974 Ditto Old Annuities —
3i per Cent. Red lO3 Ditto New Annuities.. 934
New 3i per Cent lOl/ Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 14d. 68 pm
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11..... 68 pm
Jan. 1860
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860
FOREIGN FUNDS.
iluetrian 5 per cent.... IPortuguese, 5 per cent. 74i
Belgian, s_l)er cent lO6 IDitto, New Ditto —
Brazilian 80nd5.......... !Prussian, 5 per cent — f
lizdnos Ayres 6 per cent (Russian, 5 per cent —
Cnilian, 6 per cent lo2i 'Ditto, Metallic ...... . ....
Colombian, 6 per cent — t Spanish, 5 per cent —
Ditto, 1824 lDitto, 3 per cent —
Culia Bonds, 6 per cent. 11* ;Ditto, Deferred.... .
Danish, 3 per !ent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — !Exchange ...• —f —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... !French, 3 percent. —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 , Dutch, 2i per cent. 55
Peruvian, 1825,6 perct. Ditto, 5 per cent.... 101
SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) sB}
Ditto New Shares (12i paid) I4A
Ditto Registered (14 paid) 144
Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham (2it p) 21
Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 87
Great Western (75 paid)
•.. 110
London and Brighton (50 pa d) .
London and Birmingham ( paid).. ..... 245
Ditto New Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) . 30i
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk)
Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) lO4
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ... .. . ... - 108
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) 69i
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Paris and Orleans (20 paid) .. . 334
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid),,.... - 35*
Ditto Scrip (25 paid)36*
West London, Old Shares (20 paid)
Ditto First Class Preferred (10 paid Ni
Yarmouth and Norwich (13 paid).....,... .. 17
York and North Midland (50 paid) .. ..
Ditto New Thirds (20 paid) ...... ... ..• 25i
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—( YESTERDA Y.)
Amsterdam
Ditto, at sight ......... 12 44 Leghorn .. ............30 85
Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Genoa
Antwerp '-25 65 Milan
Hamburgh M.8.'"13 15 Venice
Altona . 14 0 Naples
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 Palermo, per oz I.lBi
Ditto, 3 m0nth5......,., 25 90 1 isbon
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 23
Frankfort on Maine ...122 Bahia
Petersburgh, 3 Us. ~. 36} Buenos Ayres
Berlin
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 958 Philadelphia
Trieste, ditto 9 59 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz
Madrid ...
Cadiz 361
Bilbao
Barcelona . . 35
8,6118 . ......

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Portugal Gold Coln_ 3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 10
New Dollars 0 4 9j
oilvor in 0 0 0