The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Prince of Leiningen,
the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, the Dowager Lady Lyt-
telton, Lord Byron, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Colonel
Wylde, arrived at Claremont, from town, in three carriages and
four, at a quarter before six o'clock on Thursday afternoon.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Claremont pre-
vious to her Majesty. Colonel Bowles alza arrived from town
in the afternoon.
There was ne addition to the royal dinner party in the
evening.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert took
their accustomed early walk in Claremont Park. The Royal
Family were also taken airings in the grounds adjoining the
mansion.
Their Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Prince of
Leiningen rode out on horseback in the forenoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Clare-
mont yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, attended by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson. Her Royal Highness remained on a
visit to her Majesty.
The band of the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards ar-
rived at Esher yesterday afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager yesterday afternoon at Marlborough
House. The Royal Duchess left her residence, Clarence
House, St. James's, at five o'clock, attended by Lady Ann
Maria Dawson, for Claremont.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Grand Duchess Stephanie
of Baden, honoured the Duke and Duchess of Somerset with
their company yesterday afternoon at the public breakfast given
by their Graces at their residence in Park-lane.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge dined last
evening with the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club, at
the Thatched House Tavern.
The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, accompanied by
the Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, and attended by the
Baroness de Strumfeder, went to Richmond yesterday morning,
and visited the Dowager Countess of Dunmore. The Grand
Duchess, accompanied by his Excellency, proceeded to
Hampton-court Palace, and, after inspecting the Palace and
viewing the gardens and grounds, returned to Richmond. Her
Royal Highness returned to town in the afternoon.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the Grand
Duchess Stephanie of Baden yesterday, at the Duke of Hamil-
ton's residence in Portman-square.
Mr. C. K. Murray and Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the
Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting
yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitehall-place. There
were present the Bishops of London, Winchester, Bangor, Ely,
Lichfield, and Rochester, the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, the Earl of Besborough, the Right Hon. H.
Hobhouse, the Right Hon. J. Nicholl and the Dean of West-
minster.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
There were 700 bales of Cotton sold at Liverpool yesterday,
including 5,000 on speculation, without any change in prices.
There was no business done in the Stock Exchange, which
was closed.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 22.—The sales are
—Barnsley Junction, 4% 11-16 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 214 ;
Belfast, Ballymena, and Carrick, 83% ; Birkenhead, Man-
chester, and Cheshire Junction, 9M 1/2 ; Bolton, Wigan,
and Liverpool, 1214 : Caledonian, 111 ; Churnet Valley, 614 ;
Clitheroe Junction, 2M 5-16 prem. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
New Quarters, 6% a ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 225. ; Had-
dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 6% ; Leeds and Tbirsk,
7 714 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 9% ; Leicester
and Birmingham, 11/2 prem. ; London and Windsor, 7s.
prem. ; London and York, 41/2 ; Manchester and Birming-
ham, Quarter Shares, 9%; Ditto, New Quarters, 71/2 ; Man-
chester and Buxton, 514 ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland Junction, 43/ ; Manchester and Leeds, Half
Shares, 7014 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2114 ; Midland Rail-
way Consuls, 40/. Shares, 20 19% ; Newark and Sheffield,
5 ex new; North Wales, 3%; North Western, 414 ; Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 21/s ; Preston and Wyre
Extension, 2% 1/2 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 141/2 ; South
Eastern, 40% ; Ditto, No. 1, 15 ; Ditto, No. 3,6% ; Trent
Valley, 18 7-16; Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead
Junction, 21/s A; Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole, 15% ;
Welsh Midland, 2 21/o prem. ; West Yorkshire, 21/4 ; Dijon
and Mulhouse, 2%; Great North of France, English, 5% ;
Paris and Lyons, English, 314 3-16; Ditto (Ganneron's),
2 15.16.
There are not any colonial arrivals in the City to-day.
There is much interest taken in the City upon the subject
of the formation of railways in India. We are enabled
to state that the Company has met with flattering and ex-
tensive support from the most influential mercantile firms in
the City, who are connected with the East India and China
trades. The Court of Directors of the East India Company
are most alive to the subject, and there are good reasons to
believe that the difficulties they have most fairly stated as
being in the way of the successful construction of railways in
the East Indies, will be most easily overcome.
We are sorry to see that speculation in the Cotton Market
at Liverpool is carried on to an extent not warranted in the
opinion of most men by existing circumstances.
We have the following from the Cape of Good Hope :
" Her Majesty's ship Sappho arrived in Simon's Bay, 21st
inst., from the Mozambique Channel, Lieut. Alexander, of
her Majesty's ship Cleopatra, a passenger, which latter vessel
drove on shore on 13th Dec., 1844, off Mariengona River, a
brig, which was found to have on board about 420 slaves (half
of her intended cargo), but in consequence of the severity
of the, weather, and the heavy breakers, it was, after repeated
attempts, found impossible to take the negroes out, and ap-
prehending the vessel would, during the night, go to pieces,
the slaves were relieved from their confined situation, and al-
lowed to swim on shore to save their lives, which it is be-
lieved a greater portion of them accomplished, as only eight
bodies were seen drowned ; seven boys still found on board of
her the following morning, were removed on board the Cleo-
patra, the weather having moderated, and brought to Simon's
Bay."
The contents of the news by the Overland Mail are, upon
the whole, satisfactory.
The Funds have been very firm to-day. Consols for the
Account have been done at 9914 ; the same for Money.
The premium upon Exehequer-bills is 58; Bank Stock is at
211, and India Stock at 280.
Not a single bargain has been quoted in the Spanish Se-
curities to-day. The Portuguese Converted are worth 67% ;
Mexicans, 3714. The Russian Metalliques have fallen from
11814 to 1171/2. The Dutch Four per Cents. are at 981/8 ;
and the Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,, at a fall from
991/2 to 98%.
There has been a very firm !market for the Railway Shares
to-day. All the established lines are in good request. The
French lines are very firm.
ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols
New 314 per Cents 1011 AN
Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11 1-1614,
India Stock 2BO
South Sea Stock ...
Ditto New Annuities ... 971%
Consols for Account.-- ......
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 11/2d 5B
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised 57 59
OYE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.
211
981%
9914
101N3
WA
280

971 A
991%
pm. 60
pm. -
pm. 61
pm. 59
CLOSING
PRICES.
89%
154

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela —
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 —
Ditto Account
Ditto. Deferred
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted. 67143/1 6734
Ditto, Account "•••• -- 6714
Russian Bonds .......••••• ......... 11814 117% 1171/
2
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account ... ..._ ..... _ 30%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, Deferred 1714
Ditto 3 per Cent. —
Ditto, Account 42%
Belgian 41/ per Cent.
Belgian Scrip, 21/ per Cent
PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. 59A
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 581% 98%
PRICES OF CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PRICES.
Aberdeen .................. 2% 33/4 3%
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush ............ l% 23/4 2%
Birming. and Gloucesterloo
Do. New ... ............ 17% 33
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction ......... 2
Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 20
Bristol and Exeter ..... 70
Do. New .... .. ........ 2
Bristol and Gloucester.. 30 ...... 58
Caledonian ...... 5
Ditto Extension ...... 21/2 23/4
Cambridge and Lincoln 11/ ...... 7 %
Chester and Holyhead... 15
Chichester and Brighton 10
Cliurnet Valley
Coventry and Leicester 14 —
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Dublin and Galway..... 21
Dublin and Mullingar... 21
Eastern Counties 25 •••••• 18% 4
Ditto New — ...... 4%
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1. ...51. 13s. 4d ....... 1%
Eastern Union l5 .. ... •
Ditto Extension
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset ss. ...... ON
Great South. and West
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England 100 ...... 217 215 215
Ditto New 5 ..... 55
Ditto New 2 ...... 28 30
Great Western BO ...... 186
Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... 424
Guildford, Fare'm, Ports 2% ... .. 5%5/6.14
Harwichl4
Hull and Selby 5O ••••••108
Lancaster and Carlisle... 20 ...... 41 40
London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...237 236 2391
Do. New Thirds
Do. 4 Shares
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 94 94.
London and Brighton... 50 ...... 64 633/4
Do. New consolidated Bths 25 ...... 361,
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 18% 181i;
London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... 101/2 lO%
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d...... 24% 24%
London and S. Western 411 6s 10d 80 79
London and York 2%....•• 41/4%% 44
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 2%.••••• 4%
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham l% ... 2% 2%
Manchester and Leeds... 73 ....... .. 152
15253
Do. % Shares
Midland... 100 ..... 169 171 160%
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby 100 ••• •• 131%
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 25 ...... 51 50
Do. New Brandling... 10 ...... 32
Newcastle and Berwick 114......17 16% 153/4 16%
Newark and SLeffield .. 11,4.••••. 4%1/s •. . 4)6
North British ..... ..... 10 ...... 174% l7
Do. New
Northern and Eastern... 45 ...... 67% 67
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% —
North Kent
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 ...... 4%% 4%
Scottish Midland 1%...... 3
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 403/4 4l
Do., No. 3

37%
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