The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-15 00:00:00

:MONEY AND COMMLIZCIAT, NEWS.

NEW YORK, MAY 31.—The prosperous condition of the
country seems to be indicated by what is not generally an
indication of prosperity—the abundance of money and the
consequent low rate of interest.
Yet at this moment trade is flourishing, industry fully
called forth and rewarded, and wages are rising, white money
goes begging and interest is falling.
The Banks have expanded over much, perhaps—though at
low rates—seeking to make up by the largeness of amount
lent fur the lower rate of interest submitted to.

Stocks of all sorts have risen.. The " fancies," as they are
called, or gambling stocks, have run so much beyond any real
value they possess, that the speculating spirit has been turned
to dividend-paying stocks of the States—which have risen in
consequence.
There is nothing a-head to excite solicitude respecting our
public affairs; and this is true; for on all hands it is now
understood that the Texas treaty will be rejected, and that
nothing will come of that ill-omened project—and but for
that, the political sky is without a cloud.
As to the coming wheat crops, notwithstanding complain!S
in parts of Virginia and elsewhere of the devastations of the
canker worm, the crop promises to be enormous.
Exchange on England has risen somewhat, and is on
demand at from 9 to 9* per cent. On France it may be
quoted at 5 25f,
SALES A'! THE STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 31.

1,300 Ohio G's, 1850 99i
10,000 Pennsylvania s's

21,000 Ohio sixes, 1860 lO2
1,000 Illinois Sixes, 1870
1,500 North Hampton Canal Bds 65
250 sh. Wilmington and Phila. RR s6i
200 Reading Railroad s6i
20 Kentucky Bank
64 Plicenix Bank
32 Bank of Commerce (full) .....
100 Bank of Commerce, scrip
50 Ohio Life and Trust
100 Farmers' Loan 52 —b 30
60 Merchants Ex Co 3l
25 N. Y. and Erie Railroad
5 Utica and Schenectady Railroad l2B-
29 Auburn and Rochester Railroad .. 108
74 Mechs' and Traders Bk NO .. 65
50 American Life and Trust 9
50 Commercial Bank Natches 24
25 Grand Gulf RR l6
55 Morris Canal l7
100 Vicksburg Bank

The sale of the exceedingly handsome furniture and
selected articles of taste and vertu throughout the man-
sion called Knowle House, at Cranley, in Surrey, col-
lected by a man 'of fashion and unquestionable taste, has
been twice delayed by circumstances beyond the reach
of control. These difficulties having arrive:l at a termi-
nation, the sale is positively fixed to commence on Mon-
day next, and continue until Thursday. It has created
an extraordinary sensation throughout all Surrey. The
gentleman's known taste and liberal expenditure has
extended far and wide, and the anxiety to possess, amid
so many, one or two of the relics, will in all probability
c•iuse the competion to be of unusual extent. The pub-
lic view this week has attracted already many hundred
persons, including a great portion of the rich and in-
fluential gentry o: the 'country. The estate, which is
auceunted one of the prettiest things throughout Eng-
land, with a demense exceeding six hundred acres of
finely-timbered park and farms, is at length doomed to
the uncertain fate of the hammer, and Mr. George Robins
has fixed on the 1 Ith of the ensuing month as the klay
for competition. There is no doubt a considerable ex-
citement will be visible with a view to possess one of
the most favoured seats throughout Surrey.
II ER MAJESTY'S THEATER.—It was St. Leon's
benefit,-according to the bills, on Thursday„ and he played, be-
tween the acts of Don Giovanni, a fantasia, composed by
himself ou motives from Guillaume 7xll, and exhibiting his
weli.know•n power of execution. The house was crowded,
and the audience encored the duet, " La ci darem"()y For-
nasari and Persiani) and "II mio tesoro" (by Marto). On
Thursday next, it is said, Costa's opera of Don Carlos will be
produced.
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CASE AND BLAGROVE'S CONCERT.—Messrs. Case
and It. Blagrove gave their first concertina concert on
Wednesday nigktat the Queen's Concert-room, Hanover-
square, and were rewarded with a room full to overflow.
The progratnme included the Overture to Dan Giovanni,
Spohr's Nocturno in C., Beethoven's Septett, and
Weber's " Invitatiun pour leValse," adapted to two treble,
tenor, and bats concertinas. This is a great encroach-
ment on the vested rights of violin, viola, and violon-
cello; and though they will not be superseded, the music,
which has long been their exclusive property, and only
to be drawn out by first-rate masters, is now accessible
to any one of moderate industry • for the concertina is of
trifling difficult): compared to the string family. In a
few years, it is probable that Haydn, Mozart, and
Beethoven's quartetts will be coneertinocd in the draw-
ing-room as commonly as the last new opera is to be
heard from pianoforte or harp. Mr. Case is well known
as a rising 'artiste, both on the concertina and violin,
and he also possesses an enterprising ITirit. The ex-
tended use of the concertina is entirely his projection.
The idea was much ridiculed when first mooted, but he
has now shown that it is an excellent substitute for
either wind or string, and possessing facilities entirely its
own. Messrs. T. Baker and Case performed Osborne
and De Bc riot's ductt from William Tell for the piano-
forte and violin, with great spirit, and well merited the
applause they received. Misses Dolby,Williams,Lockey;
John Parry, Regondi, Gear, and Ferrari, contributed- to
this novel and agreeable entertainment,