The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-11 00:00:00

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On Thursday the, Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury
entertained at dinner the French Ambassador and the
Countess de St. Aulaire, Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch,
Baron Nieumann, Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry,
Marquis of Normanby, Marquis of Granby, Earl of Pem-
broke, Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam, Viscount and Vis-
countess Sydney, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, &c., at
their mansion in Grosvenor-square.
The Marquis of Anglesey received Viscount and Vis-
countess Palmerston and a select party at dinner, on Wed-
nesday evening,,-at, Uxbridge House.
The Dowager Countess of Sefton had an evening party on
Wednesday, at the fi milt' residence in Arlington-street.
His Excellency the French Ambassador and Countess have
a dinner party at Manchester House on Monday next, after
which the Countess has a soiree.
The Duke of Devonshire has arrived at Devonshire House,
from Kemp Town, Brighton.
The Marchioness of Hastings and her youthful family are
expected to leave Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, early in
the ensuing week, for Donnington Castle.
At Almack's on Wednesday night, as was expected, there
was rather a full meeting, amounting to at least four hundred.
The Marchioness of Londonderry, the Countess of Jersey,
and Viscountess Palmerston, were prevented by other en-
gagements from presiding over the honours of the assembly.
The Polka was danced no less than four times. We cannot
find room for the full list of company.
WIESCELLANEOI7I3.
The Anniversary Festival of the " Sons of the Clergy,"
was commemorated on Thursday, in St. Paul's Cathedral.
Amongst the more distinguished portion of those assembled
were the Duke of Cambridge, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishop of London, the Lord
Mayor, Mr. SheriffMoon,Mr. Sheriff Musgrove, the Recorder,
and other civic dignitaries. After having attended Divine
service, a large portion of those present adjourned to the hall
of the Merchant Tailors, in Threadneedle-street, where a
sumptuous banquet, provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breach,
of the London Tavern, was served up to upwards of 250 of the
clergy and laity.
The noblemen and gentlemen members of the Catch Club,
have determined to give an entertainment this season to the
"ladies," at Willis's Rooms, when the Duke of Beaufort in-
tends to preside. The day appointed is Friday, the 31st inst.,
for the dinner, so that a strong muster is expected from the
lengthened notice given. A number of distinguished guests
have been invited.
A return to an order of the Hon. the House of Commons,
dated the 2d of April, 1844, for an account of the quantity of
beer exported, from the sth day of -January, 1843, to the
sth day of January, 1844, givds 146,621 as the number of
barrels of beer on which drawback was paid.
The 49th annual meeting of the London Missionary So-
ciety took place on Thursday at Exeter Hall: With the ex-
ception of the Sunday School Union, this,was by far the most
numerously-attended- meetinga the season. the chair was
occupied by Mr. W. Evans, M.P:- The total receipts for the
year amounted to 81.812 i., the expenditure fq $3,5232, afitric-
ing an excess of disbursements over income

MONE )(AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.
Consols leave off scarcely so good as yesterday,
being 99i to:i. There were no sales of importance how-
ever. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 1021.
There was no alteration in the unfunded debt.
The rise in Spanish Bonds was supported up to the
termination of business. The Five per Cents. being
24/ i ; and the Three per Cents. 35i to Mexican
Bonds improved to 35i to ; and Venezuela were at 40
to 39k. Dutch Five per Cents. brought loot.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 9 ;
Blackwall, 9/ to / ; Brighton, 5/ ; Harrowgate and
Knaresborough, discount ; Bristol and Exeter, 7to ;
Eastern Counties, New, 61- Great Western, 42i to 42 ;
Birmingham, Quarter, 25 ; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 19 ; Norwich and Brandon, 7 to f ; Sheffield and
Manchester, Quarter, 6 ; Paris and Orleans, 18 to f ;
and Paris and Rouen, 17/ premium.
The exchange on Paris, Amsterdam, and one or two
other of the lZading continental cities were firm this
afternoon.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool Market yesterday
were 7,000 bales, at firm prices, speculators taking 1,000
American ; 200 Bahia sold at 51c1 to 6d 100 Pernam at 5d
to 6d ; 200 Maranham at 5P to 6*(1; 350 Egyptian at 7d to
Sid ; 500 Surat at 3hd to 41d ; and the rest American at 4d
to 7d per lb.—Shares remained- firm : Birmingham and
Gloucester, 94*; Birmingham Quarter, 27* ; Brighton, 44i •,
South-Western, 85 ; North Midlanal Half, 44 ; Paris and
Lyons, 3 ; Do. and Orleans, 38* ; South-Eastern, 38 ; Do.
Istew, 12.
There are no Colonial arrivals in the City this morning.
The Government of the United States is exercising its ut-
most power to extend its commercial and political influence,
as the following communication, addressed to the Department
of State at Washington, will show
" A Minister Plenipotentiary from the Government of the
Republic of Paraguay, near the Government of the Argentine
Confederation, Senor Don Andres Gil, has arrived at this city,
and has called on me to say that his Government had ordered
him to call on the agent of the Government of the United
States resident at Buenos Ayres, and to express 41 their name
the most friendly feeling towards the Government of the
United States, and to say that any citizen of the United
States who may visit Paraguay will be located and consi-
dered as on the same footing as a citizen of Paraguay. Also
to express the wishes of that Government to see the flag of
the Lnited States in their waters. Senor Gil, in accordance
with his instructions, has requested me to forward to the
Government of the United States this expression of the
frindly feeling and wishes of his Government.
"Paraguay is the centre of this continent, and prof ably the
most fertile part of it. For thirty years, closed from any
communication with its neighbours, this country has been
free from civil war, and now numbers nearly one million of
, inhabitants, and has eighty thousand men enrolled, mostly
militia; being bounded by Bolivia on the north-west, the
provinces of the Argentine Confederation on the west and
1 south, and by Brazil on the east and north- east. Paraguay
must soon exercise an important influence in the politics of
the South American States, who have been in one continual
civil war for many years past.
I:Paraguay woulkreceive from the United States a large
amount •of manufactured cottons. and flour, giving in re-