The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-28 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by a
numerous suite, honoured this theatre with their
presence last evening, to witness the performance
of Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe, which is the most
successful harlequinade that has been produced for
years.

MONEY AND COMMER(IIAL :NE S

(From. The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton market remained firm at Liverpool yes-
terday; sales 8,000 bales, including 1,500 taken by
speculators, viz., 1,500 Surat, at 2id. to 30.; 1,000 Per-
Dam, at sd. to 51d.; 200 Egyptian, at sd. to 6id.; and the
rest Amer;cau.—The Share market was closed again
yesterday for the holidays.
There are no ship arrivals to-day with late news from
any quarter, and the Continental mails do not offer much
of interest, the speech of the King of the French, of
course, excepted, and which is looked upon as favour-
able. _ _ _ _

The news from the Rio Plate, or the seizing of the
Argentine squadron, excites much interest here, anti
later accounts will now be looked for with considerable
anxiety, as there have been rumours for some time past
of an intended interference by England and France in
favour of Monte Video.
The Funds have been very firm this morning, Consols
having realised from 100} to 1001 for the Account, and
the Reduced Three per Cents. 101, but the latter are
now at a fraction lower. Bank Stock is up to 2101, the
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are to 1034,
Exchequer Bills are at 625. to 645., and India Bonds at
78s. premium.
The speech of the King of the French on the opening
of the Chambers has produced a favourable impression
in the City. The Scrip of the new French Loan has ad-
vinced to 21 per cent. premium, and the Belgian Scrip
to 14 premium. All the Foreign Funds have been on
the rise this morning. The Spanish Three per Cents.
have been at 38. and 1 ; the Five per Cents. at 28i- 1 ;
the Dutch Five per Cents. at 99 994- ; the Four-and-a-
Half per Cents. at 102 ; the Brazilian at 8.5 - ; the
Mexican at 36i ; and the Portuguese at 611 for the
Converted Stock.
The market for the Railway Shares is scarcely so
firm as it was yesterday. At the same time, it must be
noticed, that a good amount of business has been done.
The London and Westminster Bank Shares are at 6i
premium.
PRICE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List )
Bank Stock ...... 2104
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOl 1001
New Si per Cent. Annuties
India Bonds 1,0001. —
Ditto under 1,0001 7B pm.
Consols for Opening
Exchequer Bills. lid. 11d.
1,000/.
5001.
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised .....
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 364
Ditto for the Account 361
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent
Ditto for the Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Concerted
Ditto for the Account 614
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 284
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent 3814
Dutch 2i - Cents 64ii

per ~.. .
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
i
Ditto 5 per Cent 991 99
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Bristol and Exeter ... 70 ...... 69 ...... to
Bristol and Gloucester..
Cambridge and Lincoln
Direct Northern
Dublin and Galway
Eastern Counties
Great Western
London and Birmingham ...100 227
Ditto New Thirds
London and 8right0n.......... 50
London and Croydon
London and Y0rk........ 2k .... 5k
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds 7O 122

- Ditto Shares ........ 30
Manchester and -Birmingham 40
Ditto Quarters
Newcastle &Darlington June. 24 62
Portsmouth Direct
South-Eastern and Dover... 33}
Trent Valle•...
York and North Midland... 50 ......103 102 A to 1031]
Ditto, Half Shares
Boulogne and Amiens
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 26 —The
market continues firm, and a fair amount of business has
been done. Grand Junction, Half Shares, 112; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 52/ ; Ditto, Quarter Shares,
5 3-16 /; Midland, 40/. Shares, Si. 9s. 6d.; South-Eastern,
40! ; Blackburn and Preston, 8 ; Ditto, Burnley, and Ac-
crington, 31.25. 6d.; Churnet Valley, 3i; Huddersfield and
Manchester Rail and Canal, 4i; Manchester, Bury, and
Rossendale, 8; Shefßed and Lincoln, 195.; Trent Valley,
10k; West Yorkshire, 6 1-16 ; Paris and Orleans, 441 ;
Paris and Strasburg, 3 1-16.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 3i per Cent ................ 1031
Consols

Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., lid 64. pm.
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Dutch, 29 per Cent 641
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid
Bristol and Exeter, 70 paid 6Bi
Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid .. 42
Direct Northern, 2i paid
Dublin and Galway, 2i paid
Eastern Counties, 25 paid l5
Eastern Union, 10 paid.. ~, lO
Great North of England, 100 paid
Ditto, New Shares, 5 paid.....
Great Western, 75 paid
Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid
London and Birmingham (Stock) .. ... 227
Ditto Quarters, 2 paid
London and Blackwall, 1611
London and South Western, 411 paid 7sf
London and York, 2i paid 4l .
Norwich and Brandon, 8 paid
Portsmouth Direct, 1 paid
Richmond and West End Junction, 1 paid 2
Rugby,
paid 1i
Yarmouth and Norwich, 20 paid
Orleans and Bourdeaux, 2 paid
Paris and Lyons, 2 paid
Paris and Rouen, 20 paid 4l*
Strasbourg and Bale, 14 paid
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CV. 12 6 Gibraltar —
Ditto, at ..igbt l2 4 Legliorn ... . 3O 50
Rotterdam 2U. 12 61 Genoa

181
1.503/4.
904

Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 13
Altona l3 13i
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70
!ditto, 3 months 25 95
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 ,5
Frankfort on Mains l2l
retersburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7
Vienna, effse. fl. 3 M 954
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36%
Cadiz
iiilbso 36
Barcelona 36
Seville

-
1 Venice .
Naples
Palerrso, i,4 os llBl
Lisbon s3i
Oporto •
Rio Jancne
Bahia . .
Buenos Ay...9e
NevrYol k dyssiglit
rxR34.4 -,F BULLION, PER oz.
Foreign .;.,..-I,bars../.3 17 9
portutA f^»ld Coin 3 17 5
New D.,. ,e0n5..... 0 0 0
New .)(,-.2.218 0 4 9t
Silver !... bars 0 4 11i

A TRAP roa BURGLARC—On Sunday morning
while the family of M. Girardot, living on the route de
Romainville, at Belleville, were gone to Paris, a thief
broke into their house, and having packed up all the
valuables, was about to walk off with them, when he
was tempted by a large pot of comfiture and a bottle of
brandy, which he found in a closet. Having eaten all
the sweetmeat and drunk half the brandy, he found him-
self so overcome that he staggered under his burden,
and resolved to recover his powers by a nap. Having
placed a loaded gun which he found in a corner, beside
him, he laid himself down on the servant's bed, and fell
into so sound a sleep, that Mademoiselle Girardot, who
returned earlier than the rest, discovered her new lodger
still close locked in the arms of Morpheus. The
packages at once told her his character. With soft steps
she went out again, and brought back with her some
gendarmes, who found great difficulty in rousing the
sleeper,priose._ but, having
Messengera
at last conducted him to
Simon; ArPßAT,—Thursday night, about twelve,
a serious encounter took place in Sussex-street, Totter,-
ham-court-road, between a party of Irishmen and Eng-
lishmen. It appeared that the cause of the quarrel ori-
ginatedp g
ia)in with who was the winner of some game they
were
above-named isntrethe British
et. The
Iriushmnenpuebhlicall-110
~eugsee, in
dthtehier
opponents to fight, and several of them immediately
comniPtice4 au attack, armed with bludgeons. The
greatest consternation prevailed in the pei&hhoprhoodt
and we are sorry to add that one of the parties, whose
name is William Tomlinson, residing in Chenies-mews,
Tottenham-court-road, received such severe injuries on
the head, it being literally cut open, that he was imme-
diately taiLe4 to tie London University Hospital, where
he now lies without ankhope-cd recadery. Four or hp
of the offending parties were immediately taken into
custody by several policemen of the E division.