The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-04 00:00:00

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The Queen and Prince Albert visited her Majesty the
Queen Dewager yesterday at Marlborough House. Colonel
Arbuthnot and Colonel Bouverie, the Equerries in Waiting,
attended on horseback. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness
were received at Marlborough House on alighting from their
carriage by Sir Andrew Barnard.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert rode on horseback in the
Parks yesterday, attended by the Hon. Miss Hamilton, Maid
of Honour in Waiting, and Colonels Arbuthnot and Bouverie,
Equerries in Waiting.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken a drive yesterday
in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was
taken an airing in the royal gardens esterday.
Colonel Bouverie has relieved Major-General Sir Edward
Bowater in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on his Royal
Highness Prince Albert.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess
of Charlemont, the Earl of Hardwicke, and Colonel Arbuth-
not, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with their presence
yesterday evening.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough
House.
Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie, of
Baden, visited her daughter, the Marchioness of Douglas
yesterday, at her residence in Connaught Place.
Sir Witliam C. Ross, R.A., had the honour to attend on
the Queen yesterday by her Majesty's command.
A deputation from the Coal trade, on the subject of enlarg-
ing the Coal Exchange, consisting of Messrs. R. Barrham,
James Holl, George Smith, John Hill, and Wm. Horne, had
an interview with Sir George Clerk yesterday, at the office of
the Board of Trade.
Captain Taylor had an interview with Lord Stanley yester-
day, at the Colonial Office.
A meeting of the Commissioners for the government of
Pentonville Prison was held in the Council Office yesterday
(Thursday) afternoon. The Commissioners present were—
Lord Wharucliffe, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Devon,
the Earl of Chichester, Major Jebb, Mr. Craufurd, and Mr.
Russell.
Mr. Spottiswoode had an interview with the Earl of Dal-
housie yesterday, at the Board of Trade.
Mr. B. Hawes had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer yesterday, -at his official residence in Down-
ing. street.
Mr. F. Pollock and Mr. Wilson had interviews with Lord

Stanley yesterday.
Lord 'Vharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, has ar•
rived in town fLom Brighton.
The Earl and Countess of March arrived at their residence
in Chisham-place on Wednesday, for the season.
The Right Hon. Andrew and Mrs. Rutherford arrived at
Farrance's Hotel on Wednesday, from Edinburgh.

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
buyers,
folre a\- steadily at. 995,6 sellers, for Money, and
vat about the rates of l. fEr xcliceogouteitr-lbvialsls,lwsetroe
2611551., to 635.
premium. Bank Stock °,
Spanish continued hea,..,
.an receded: to 15%., Portuguese
morn-
ing, owing to the unsettled state of affairs in Catalonia and
other
Converted provinces.
lv er e 66 to 0616111
these :—The Birmingham Gloucester, Half,
~,, ,
The additional transactions in Railway Sharesl3lzia.ve
Bristolbeen
8 Eastern
and Exeter, 14 ; Caledonian, 81/2 ; Cambterri,._d_ugtenoi and Lincoln,
814 ; Chester and Holyhetad,B36%as; Churnet7ii Valley, 6 ;
Union Extension,
Co Cornwall,un tie s Perpetual, ;
London and Birmingham, 134
23/ to 9 Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 111/2 ;
,s -;
Great North of England, New, 44; Hull and Selby, 49;
tLoanlc3a6st;erßariis.idhtCoaor,filsale7,B2sl/21 ; .
r v ; South-Western, Eighths, 19% ;
Bsoruanthdln iil.si lion.
la, and Belfast,
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;fi
).,t,.
a, s
, -... ,I, ild 50/, ; Midland, Birmingham, and
Ditto, New, 81,4 ; Croydon, 4 , Manchester and Leeds, Six-
teenths, 51/2 ; Min a , -
Rugby,, 3%; 4 Scottishs Midland, 314 ;
Derby, 17 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 143/4 ; Norwich and
ex div. ; Ditto, 2, 91/ to 10/ •
Coventry and Nuneaton, 2•A to. ,
No.outh Devon, 103/ ;
'asN-teerwn, 391/%4 ; a North Midland 12 8'
Trent Valley, 151/2 ; York an
11 Extension,
16 ; Orleans and Bordeaux, to 11%; Paris and Lyons
(Colon's), % ; Paris and Strasburg, 7, to 1%; Aberdeen, 2 ;
Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth, 1%; and Direct Northern, 314
premium ; Blackwell have been 8% discount ; London and
Westminster Bank were 7 to 71% premium.
(From The San of Last Ni.;lit. )
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 8,000
bales, including 3,000 American on speculation. The market
was dull, but there was no change in prices. Cotton
was offered freely for sale. Shares were very animated,
and a large business done at the following quotations :-
- , Barnsley Junction, 91,/, 10 ; Ditto Aberdeen Railway, 3'38 ; \ .-4 Ditto,
Half Shares, 334 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, anCheshire,
12/. 11/.163.3d.' ; Birmingham and Gloucester, Quarter Shares,
34 ; Blackburn Burnley, and Accrington, 776 8; Blackburn,
Darwen, and Bolton, 414 ; Blackburn and Preston, 153/4 x ;
Bristol and Gloucester, 61 62 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 41/2 ;
Boiton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 1314 %; Caledonian, 1056 16s.
3d. ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 914 9 ;. Chester and Birkenhead,
5012/ 491/2 ; Ditto, New Shares, 431/ 431;2 '
, Ditto; Half Shares,
2514 23%; Chester and Holyhead, 8N ; Chester and Preston
8r00k,31,6 ; Churnet Valley, 75' 73/4
; Clydesdale Junction, 10 ;
Coventry and Nuneaton, 11,h premium ; Dublin and
Belfast Junction, 81 8% • Dublin and Galway, 4/. 4/. Is. 6d. ;
Dundalk and Enniskillen '316 ; Eastern Counties, 213/4 ',7 ;
Ditto, Perpetual, No 1 '5%; Ditto, No. 2,1/. 6s. ; Edin-
burgh and Glasgow,New Quarter Shares, 5%; Ely and
Bedford, 11. 145., 1/. 16s. 3d. ; Grand Junction, 225 ;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 4414 •
, Great Grimsby and
Sheffield, 51'. 3/
ia 7 ' Great Southern and Western, 161/8 ;
Ditto Extension" 103/ % ; Great Western, Half Shares,
4 /
102 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 401/0 ; Huddersfield Canal
and Railway, 34?
.13; Huddersfield - and Sheffield, 63/4 7 ;
Lancaster and Yreston, 5414/ ; Ditto, Three -arter Shares,
331/2 ; Limerick and Waterford, 614 % ; Liverpool and
Manchester, 204 ; Liverpool,Ormskirk,and Preston, 2/. 13s. 6d.
2% ; London and Birmingham, 2354 ; Ditto, Quarter
f/2 A
Shares, 3
-i ; London and Brighton, 643/4 ; London and
South- Western, 80 ; Ditto, New 50/. Shares, 12 ; London and
York, 61s. 6d. ; Direct Northern, 516 16s. 3d. ; Leeds and
West Riding Junction, 7 iii . Lynn and Dereham,
1% ; Manchester and Birmingham, 591/1 ; Ditto Quar-
ter Shares, 103/ ; Ditto New Quarter Shares, 6% 14 ;
Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 16% ; Manchester, Shef-
field, and Midland, 71/4 85/a ' •
Manchester and Leeds, 148
148% •, Ditto, Quarter Shares, 201,6 • Midland ailay, 155
154 Ditto, 40/. Shares, 20% 2076 • Ditto, F Rifthw Shares,
41,6 ; Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 120;
Newel k and Sheffield, 7 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 1514 ;
Newcastle and Darlington, 48; North British, 17%; Ditto,
Half Shares, 41/2 4/. 11s. 6d. , North Union, (A.), 14914 ;
North Wales, 3 31, - 34; Sheffield
/2 ; Preston end Wyre, 1/2 %
and Manchester, 120 122 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares,,, 16%
17 ; Sheffield and Lincoln 1%, 1/. 3s. ; Shrewsbury,
Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, `
oi %; Shrewsbury
and Grand Junction, 61,6 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester,
4/. 16s 3d., 43/
; South- Eastern and Dover, 441/2 44 ; Ditto,
New Shares, No. 1, 17 1714 • Ditto, New Shares, No. 2, 12%;
Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 91,6 1/2 ; Scottish Central, 6 ;
South Wales, 614 ; Trent Valley, 171 ; West Yorkshire,
3% 735. 9d. ; Worcester and Tring, 4/. 81s. 6d. ; Whitehaven
and Furness, 1%; York and North Midland, New Half
Shares, 16141,1, D
_ ; itto (Scarborough),43 ; Austrian and Sar-
dinian, "k 72 ; Great Paris and Lyons, 214 ; Lyons and
Avignon (English), ait
A 3/. 3s. 6d • Northern of France
(English), 6% ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (English),
1214 ; Paris and Lyons, Lafitte's (English), 61s. 3% ; Paris
and Lyons, Galen's 9
--I/2 ; Paris and Strasburgh 2%;
Tours and Nantes eMackenzie's Company), 31%; Verona
and Ancona, 216 2/. Is.
It is not an important fact, recollecting how much British
capital is invested in the French railways, that the Chamber
of Peers has negatived by a large majority the Count Daru's
restrictive policy in respect of railways, and by persons who
have not taken by any means an interest in the
result. It is certainly somewhat ludicrous to find
objections making by the Peers of France to British subjects
investing their surplus capital in lines of railway in France
itself.
We are credibly informect that the Nitrate of Fotacia and