The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-06 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

THE Ilion's, JAN. I.—The latest accounts from
our East India possessions state that the squadron
sent against the pirates on the coast of Celebes, had
returned to Socrabaya without meeting any of them.
The Government schponer, the 'Niobe, had found
on the reef of Warren Hastings', shoals in the Banes
seas, a stranded vessel, which proved to b? the English
ship Gondolier, Captain Hatnilton Oliver. It was
abandoned, and so thuCl damaged, that it was not
possible to care any part of the cargo, chiefly consist-
ing of tea.

'FRANKFORT, Dgc. 30.—AcCoiding to private letters
from .Berlin; the report; gains ground, which has
'likewise been ‘sprAd heiei-:that her Majesty Queen
ViCtoria, and her Consort, will pay a visit
•in the spring to Potidana;' and ihat other German
Courts may expect the,saine honour.,
The papers are full of accounts of the river; the
water'is everywhere fallen, and 'the continued thaw
has weakeßed the < ice so. muck that it is generally
• -unsafe to pass it-and some persons have unhappily
been droWned,
.Some apprehension& are entertained,
from .the great accumulation of ice, especially in the
Waal... Every possible precaution is, however, taken,
both,by.the local authorities; and by the Government.
A.detachnient of sappers and miners had been sent in
waggong`with the necessary implements, .and a large
quantity fiti;cutipos;raer,ll,o
.eniOloyed,'if necessary,
in blowing up the masses of ice,
REitLIN, .thic..24.4•1t may. now be positively
stated that Privy Councillor Seiffart will shortly go
to Rio Janierei as Prussian Consul-General. We hear
that he is to promote, in South America, not only the
commercial interests of Russia, but those of the Zoll-
verin.-7Magdeburg Gazette.
Baron Alexander von Humboldt is gone to Paris.
He'is expected back in sit Weeks.
An old Man in'Silesia has fiddiessed a petition to
his Afaiesty,.in which lie lays that he is much afflicted
at bearing the same name as the assassin Tscheseh,
with whom he cannot discover that he is in any way
related. He 'is indeed old, but he 'has ions, and he
begs his Majesty 'to give him another name. The
King immediately wrote on the petition—" The
petitioner's request' is granted. He shall be called.
Echt."
FaOst BAVARIA, Mic. 22,—We hear from Her
that several citizens and a travelling merchant have
lately been thrown into prison, for some imprudenfi
expressien to which a late attempted crime gave occa-
sion, The investigation is said to be terminated, and
that the merchant is sentenced to four years' imprison-
ment in the house of correction.
IlixorEa, DEC. • 21.--Count Seckendorff, the
Prussian Ambassador, is expected to return to his
post here before:the. e 'ld of the month. •

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COURT CIRCULAR.
WIMISON, SUNDAY.—Yesterday the Queen and
Prince Albert walked for some time in the grounds
adjacent Co the'Castle, in' the forenoon. On the return
of the royal party, his Royal .Highness went to shoot
at Cranbourne, attended, by Mr. Anson and Colonel
Bouverie.
Her Majesty; attended by. the Countess of Charle-
niont, rode out in a pony phaeton yesterday morning,
Major-General Wemyss attending on horseback.
The Prince of Wales; Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice; were taken for their accustomed
airings yesterday morning.
The Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and Countess De
la Warr and Lady Mary West,Nistount Melbourne,
Lord and Lady Beaurale, Captain Meynell, and Mr.
Barnard, her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Coburg,
arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to the
Queen.

The royal dinner party at the' Castle yesterday
evening included her 'Royal' Highness the Duchess
of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and the Countess
Virratislaw.

The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at-
tendance at the Castle during dinner.
Her Majesty's prilate band afterwards attended,
and 'performed the remainder of the waning.
Her Majesty ,and Prince,Albert •took equestrian
exercise in the. Riding-school for an hour yesterday
evening. , •• • •
This day the Queen' Prince Albert, the Duchess
of Kent, the Court, and the Domestic Household at-
tended Divine service in, the private chapel of the
Castle.. The Hon. and.Rer. Charles Leslie Courtenay
officiated.
The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Fanny
Howard:' •

. .
Her: Royal Irtohnesi,
,thejheljess of Gloucester
took an airing in a Carriage.,on Saturday.
Mr. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister, transacted
business on Saturday lit the 'Foreign-office. Baron
Brunnow, the 'Thissian,MibiSter;'*isited the Earl of
Aberdeen 'on 'Saturday 'nettle Office of the Secretary
of State, for Foreign Affairs:
Lord and Loy Stanley and'family 'arrived in town
on Saturday evening from Knowsley Hall, Lancashire.
Lord Granville Soinerset his left town on w visit to
40rd'Ashburton, the Graoge.
Amicieit9A, Hamilton preached the sermon yes-
terditY . Royal, St.. James's. -Prayers
were ,read by the •Rev. Dr. Knapp, and the Lessons
by - the Rev: J. • Haden. ' Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord
b. Osborne, and Lady S. Des' Ircedx were among the
nobility present. _

MONEY aiaCOMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Saturday Evening.)
There was a. moderate demand for Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday, arid previous price, were supported Sales
bales.--A4,000 bajes.A very large business •
.was done in Railway
Shares, and prices were :fully, Maintained. Chester
and • Birkenhead, 364 37, Y chutnet 'Valley, 44 ii. ;
Dublin and Cashel, 104 ; Eastern. Counties, 154 ;
134, ; sweat Western, Half, 92 ;
Grand. 'Junction, 227* 2215; Ditto. Half,
,113 - ; Great
London and York, 41 ; Manches-
Lanildrettst°,frEannagiranrae;tnn, 461 ; Liverpool' and Manchester,
Half, 107' •, London and Birmingham. 229 ; London and
Manchester and Leeds, 1284 ; Ditto.
teS6ruatndh.Wßeirtirnih7a6mi ,;' Quarter; si ; .Mancheiter, Bolton,
and Bury, 122 ;
Half, 56}'.; Mi land Counties,ll6 ; Newcastle and 800.
wick, 74 ; North British, 71. 13s. 9d. i North Wales,uth.
74
North Union, 1414 ; Sheffield and tineoln, 18s. ;So
Eastern, 411 ; Ditto, New, 144 I 4
Paris and Lye ns; York and Selby
70 ; Lyons and A•igrion, 24 ; ,
31. 13s. 6d. ; Paris and Orleans, 444 4 ; Northern of
,
France, 6 61 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5 54 6 ; Cen-
tral of France, 1111.: • - •
The following notice has just been handed to us :
• ' " January 4, 1845.
" In a letter received this Morning, by the East India
and China Association, dated Admiralty, Jan. 3, it is
stated that a contract has been entered into by their
Lordships for the Conieyance of the mails between Suez
and Calcutta and China, and that the particulars will be
promulgated by the Post-office department."
The following was received by Messrs. Keeling and
Hunt this day, and we are glad the question hag been
met with a liberal feeling on the part of ' the Lords of
the Treasury, especially as the article it refers to affords
a liveli4ood,t9 a vast number of the poorer classes ; and
had the increased rate of duty been_ vexatiously enforced,
an add.itiOnalt price would have been necessarily de-
mandA, which must have materially affected the inte-
rest& of importers and consumers :_....-
Majesty's Treasury, hiving had "Treasury, 3d January, 1845.
" Gentlernen,--Tha Lords Commissioners of her
report, No. 1,551, concerning the memorial of Messrs.
Horton and Pereira, reqoestiog repayment of the addi-
tional. duty
,alleged to 'he wye been overcharged on two
under consideration your
cargoes . Of oranges imported from,. St. Michael's, I am
directed to acquaint you, mi. Lords concur in the views
you have taken upon the subject, and are pleased in con-
formity thereto to authorise you, that all chests or boxes
of oranges and
lemons, measaring 36 inches in lea th
ofo
2in wand idth, and 7 in depth, and having
conesg,
9
be . admitted under 12 inches •in height, may
of 3s. 94. each and that all cheats and hoses nf the above
rated yof 7s, 6d. each ;
le entry .at . the rated duty
length, width, and depth, having cones 'amounting to or
dut
exceeding 12 inches in height, may be charged with the
and I am further to autho-
rise you to return to the applicants the difference of duty
paid by them on the two cargoes of oranges in question,
and to desire that you will cause the parties to be in.
formed of their Lordships! decision on the subject.'
" I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
in the amoLunt "G. E. TREVELYAN."
In the return of the Bank of England, as to its npera-
tions, the only feature worth notice is a slight decrease
Next week this -balance
increlued ny- about 48,4004 and the public deposits by
336,5474 the gro3ll mount - being stated at 7,411,605/
of bullion. The issue of nowt has been
upon by th'
—••PaYment Of the *quarferly dividends.
The Funds h,,v. --- been rather firm this morning.
Stock is np to 2121: will be enormously encroached
Consols for Account have been done at- 1004 ; Reduced
Three per Cents. at 1 per cent. above par ; the New
Three-and-a•'Quarter per Cents. at 1041 ; and the
premium on Exchequer Bills has risen to 655. Bank
In the Fr Xl2 ,
and India. Stock to 289.
8.-.• uncut there is not Much to notice to-
day. to far Account have only fluctuated from
27i to 24; Dutch Two-and-a-Hitlf Cr Cents. from 631
to 63g. afixienn bagP
remained at 351 Portuguese
Converted at s9i, end Colombian ''
,
The London dß' aßtrJll4l. Shares an irceingLaiii -.l4,fiy ESTO
9chor Shares lure wed •
a shade: Tine is s good de-
...,
tdvaaced too 130 Premium this morning. ' Most of the