The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager gave a grand dinner
yesterday evening, at her residence, Marlborough House,
to the Queen and Prince Albert, and their Majesties the
Ring and Queen of the Belgians.
The company present to meet the Illustrious Guests
consisted of his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, 'the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting on
the Queen ; the Baroness d'Hoogvorst, Lady in Waiting
on the Queen of the Belgians ; the Archbishop of Can-
terbury and Mrs. Howley ; the Earl of Aberdeen, the
;Earl , and Countess of Haddington, Viscount and Vis-
countess Barrington, Earl Howe and Lady Georgiana
Curzon,. Mr. Frederick Curzon, Lord and Lady Rad-
stock, Earl of . Harkwicke, Lord in Waiting on the
Queen ; Count Mercy d'Argenteau and Major A.
d'Hanins de Moerkerke, in Waiting on the Ring of the
Belgians ; Hon. William and Mrs. Ashley, Hon. Miss
Boyle, Rev. J. R. Wood, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in
Waiting to the Queen ; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry
in Waiting to Prince Albert.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colo-
nel Bouverie, honoured the Society of Water Colours
with a visit yesterday, to inspect their exhibition in
Pall-mall Last. _

Her Royal Highness the- Princess Sophia Matilda
visited the Queen and their Majesties the King and
Queen of the Belgians, at Buckingham Palace, yes-
terday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colo-
nel Bouverie, went yesterday, afternoon to the office of
the Commission for promoting and encouraging the Fine
Arts- in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster.
The Royal Family were taken their accustomed air-
ings yesterday in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham
Palace.

THE QUEEN'S DRAWING R0031.--The Duchess of
Cleveland, Lady Duiferm, Lady Elizabeth Gore, the
Lady Leigh, the Hon. Lady Butler, the Hon. Emma
Leigh, the Hon. Mrs. Norton, and Miss Ruck Keene,
were among the company present at her Majesty's Draw.
ing-room on Thursday.
The Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward of her Majesty's
Household, gave a State banquet on Thursday, at Fife
House, in honour of her Majesty's birthday, to which
the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Board of Green
Cloth, with several other members of the Royal House-
hold, and about forty persons of high distinction and
fashion, were invited.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge paid visits
yesterday to her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marl-
borough House, and her Royal Highness the Duchess Of
Gloucester, at Gloucester House.
Their 'loyal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge henoured the performance of, the. French
plays with their presence yesterday evening.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir
R. Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of
Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir J. Graham, Earl of Had-
dington, Earl of Ripon Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone,
Sir EL Hardinge, and Sir E. Knatchbull. The Council
sat an hour and a half.
Mr. Cartwright had an interview with Lord Stanley
yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Mr. John WoOd,LChairrean of the Excise, had-anin-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,
at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-

ryAa: 'Tf2,,---effToo-r.r7LA SAgOfi2i
- - • • --:
place. There were present the Bishop: Citt.eaer,'
Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Thpori'-itta the.Latuo Denigra
of Westminstet. '
Baron Brunnow,- thellussian.Mi nisiei;;;MCNot9 -,4
102.
tique, the Venezuelan Minister, transacted-businwitir'47/:0
terday at the Foreign-office.
The boys of the Royal Military A -goo
ber, with their band. and-colours, And. also-thrlgii!ls!.oo
the establishment, visited the American dwarf, aceiefr'
Tom Thumbi - yeSterdaY:, 2. Mr. Ileinn 4117 6aellgilt---
guardian, expressed the GeneraVS-delight aitherionourrc
conferred, and hoped they -woulttrepeWthe Visit, c
Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial,'
office for the Governor of-Van DiemenTeXtuti.ifiCtEl
Mr. and Mrs. Grote hare arrived at!tttpir residence=
Eccleston-street, from the. Contiktent. _ '

THE IRISH • STATE' TRIALS/I ic -'o
DUBLIN,' nil:4.P- Fr-ff
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENcliNjl-.7.0
Shortly after eleven' o'cloelt the Judges took tfir' ''.
seats on the bench. Mr. O'Conbettatid-the 5"4'
versers were present. The Courts; ;'Waft &dniisre
filled. The Attorney and : Solicitor-General, Dna
nearly all the_ counsel. engaged in the trAdlierr,
;,..,$,,,,,
present.
Mr. WHITESIDE then rose and moved for a.ne
trial, on several grounds. The first groUnd was, that
there was no such person on the jury as John ItigbY'A
the gentleman who impersonated him being John J7surel,e;
Rigby, who was neither on the panel nor sumreste.
to attend: He cited a considerable' number Ofaie.i.V4
to convince the Court that' but eleven jurors actually
tried the late issue. His next had reference tO.
" abstraction" Of names from .next_
jury list; . thetti
the judge's charge, next to the :evidence...-whichcl
admitted for the prosecution... He argued; at, gi_
length, that the violent ballad' told At ividiagh.o.:, j 6
v should not have been received in evidence.- ma:,
time the Court rose, Mr. Whiteside -had„not finis .; i
his law argument. -He 'will' resume his aclkeviS-161
morrow morning, and, from all appearances,-100 i
be a long affair.
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MONE tAND COMMERCIAL NEW-a do,-
;,
CITY, FRIDAY Eret.ima.
The English market retained its appearance of
ness up to- the close. Consols were 994 4. South See)'
Stock rose to 1144; but- India Stock was rather lowere:
being 2894.
Spanish-Bonds did not rally, but the bargains were
no particular magnitude. The Five per Cents.
25* 4,_ and the Three per Cents. 36 4. MexiCsdit:'
realise& 354 to 354, and Brazilian. 801 to 81, being v;,e
slight improvement. Dutch Five per Cents; were scarefir
sci good as in the morning.
The additional transact'ons in Railway-Sliiiis hevt9,
been these :—Chester and Holyhead were 14 ; Eastarrk
Counties, New, 54; Harwich (Locke), 4; Leeds lwd
h
Bradford, -19; Manchester and Birmingnatn, 16; North
British, 4; Northern and Eastern, 12; North Midland.,
Half, 5; South-Eastern, New, 54; York and Norti'
Midland (Scarborough Branch), 17; and Paris and
Orleans, 17k premium. Caledonian have been 4; Blacil-
wall, 104; and Greenwich; 74 to 8 discount. Loll4°l
and Westminster Bank Shares were 54 to 4 prem. The rates of exchange were rather lower upon 111°';
of the leading continental cities.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firmly:Air
ported. Sales, 4,000 bales, of which 600 - American 'wert '
taken on speculation ; 200 Surat realised 34d. to 4d. ;. wr„- I,
Pernam, 54d. to 6d. ; 30 Maranham, 64d., and the rest Ar°"..' -
rican, 44d. to 6id.—There was no change in -the Railivsii
Shares. Caledonia were at 5 ; Eastern Counties, 121. 13s. 91; `'
Great Western, 113 ; Birmingham Thirds, 39 ; Bright°,
48i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 564 ; North Midlen"
894 ; Paris and Lyons, 21; and Paris and Orleans, 374.
Accounts have been received to the 26th of FebrasUr
from the Cape of Good Hope. There had been some inter;
eating debates in the Legislature respecting an accession o'
labour, and the superiority, of European over native
or negro services, was strongly contended for by t'"
leading members. The following is from a cow;
munication, dated Colesburg, in the new settlerdez!
of Natal :—" This little village was thrown into ddes'i
derable excitement, from a report having been sr le,
that the emigrant farmers were on the road to Philippolo,
attack Adam Kok, in consequence of his having appreheede.,-
and surrendered up to the colonial authorities Hermanusi7rZ
Staader, who murdered George Mills, a British trader in on
chief's territory, and but a few miles from Philippolis, es'
who, it was said, saw the emigrants in large numbers Fir
ceeding to Philippolis, and the clouds of dust occasion by
their movement; and shortly after leaving Philippolis; hetr
the report of guns in- that. direction; that this individual had
d
gone toI Phi!ippolis to warn the Griquas of their, daner, ey'jj,
then rode off for • Colesburg. The Civil Commissivaer,
it
said, immediately communicated with the officer conmian
.05.7 ,
of the 91st Regiment to be in readiness,, should te,"--1
services be required ; and it was thought t_tli.
would have marched early the following maw"g,
to the Orange River, the boundary of the 001°,4:
to prevent any inroad the emigrants might
tempt. However, no report from the chief was reeeive4,
the Civil Commissioner—consequently it would haT4:_ u`t ~ je
extremely absurd to make such a demonstration upon
mere vague report of an individual, unauthenticated hYlia
other evidence. The Civil Commissioner sent an exprei'-
Philippolis to hear the result of the attack ; but I belie° 45,
1 re
ceived for answer that it had not taken place, .but he es
heard that some farmers at Modder River (about 200
off) were said to be preparing."
The farmers of the Bechuana country-. had given in aleir
submission to the Government. As the number of the natl'
tribes in the -Natal settlement is very large, it is stated Owi,
some steps will be necessary for their protection against ti'
increasing immigration, and as food is scarce, they mustb
early taught methods of cultivation.
air
We have bad some rather important arrivals of pro-
from Australia within the last week or two, chiefly consisting
of mutton-hams, tongues, &c., and it is considered eon?"
what strange that so little is heard of these articles by tls:
general consumers, that, up to the present time, the sugge.._,
tion thrown out by many influential free traders,- g
for the
rp
tablishment of shops to retail foreign provisions exclasive''c:,,
since the regular dealers seem disinclined to enter into t
trade, should not have been yet carried ont.
The Stock Market is rather flat to-day, and Console_ Imre
receded to 99/. to 994, both for Money and Account.
Commissioners have made their purchase at 994. The w;"
funded debt is supported at the advanced
premium of 755. °
775. East India Bonds are 925. premium. Bank Stock re `
alises 1964, and India Stock 2894. The New Three-and-er
Half per Cents. have been 1034 to 102/, the Reduced 1021 te,
102, and the Three per Cents. 994 to 981.
There have been sales making in Spanish Three per,
Cent. Stock, which, acting upon a passive market:, :have le"
to a decline_in prices to 361 and 364 4, so that the advance
of yesterday, which had, in fact, no sound basis, has .been
lost. The Five per Cents. have been 254 to A. Frenc''
Three per Cents. are S 4, and Belgian 1044 to 4, being stead4'
Mexican Stock is rather flat at 354. Dutch Two-and-a-Ook,:
per Cents. have been firm at 601 to 61, and the Five Pe` .
Cents. are 1004 to 4, the conversion plan being looked uPerg.
as favourable.

The Railway Shares in general are firm. BirmingtAla-
• tl
and Gloucester have improved to 7i to 61 discount; PAIsa
A. 1.•
and Exeter to 4-i and 5 premium ; Great Western to 38 ; sl'_„''' .
Birmingham to 1291 premium. The French lines contilliT
rather in favour of the buyers. Brighton are steady. Mme''
chester and Birmingham are again higher, anti Croydon It° '
firm.
ERRATUM IN YESTERDAY'S LIST.-.-Read Edinburgh ',ind-
--
Glasgow Registered 161, instead of 151.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 25.—An exteltl
___ . _ . has been
sive amount of business has been done at the following prig,
Ditto c
—Chester and Holyhead, 71; Lancaster and Preston, 401..
Blackburn and Preston, 31 ; Manchester and Leeds,llwirtri
lialf, 471 ; Ditto Quarters, 9} to i ; Newcastle 10' .--.
flat° ,t
Darlington, 42/ ; North Midland, Half Shares,. 44i i , ,-.----.l_,' 'l,.
Thirds, 291; South-Eastern, 361 to .1; Dublin and Cla.ing_r-
-5h ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, it 16s. 10d. ; Ssottish Cent
21; North British, 31; Bolton and Preston, 31 • Tr•.!!
Valley, 0 ; Manchester and-Liverpool District Bank; -14
CLOSING PRICES. - •- (41
BRITISH FUNDS. l.
Bank Stock
..
. ;;.; ,supt--
3 per Cent. Red l37i, •Ditto Bonds
;;; .. cir Tr'::
3 per Cent. Cons. ...... ... 993 Ditto Old Ann,,,,,i1e,, .... 3 per Cent. Bel
New 3% per Cent lO3 Ex.. Bills, loot 1-4,1;;. 7 per' -
Long New 5 per Cent...- — Ditto bow
~..
......... ~. Ty pi..
~
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 77 Pill' .
Jan. 1860 l2 7.16 Bank Stock for Acct... —.., •
Oct. 1859 lO 5.16 . Consols for Acct. 9971
Jan. 1860 it% India Stock for Acct...
FOREIGN RINDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent ........„ Portuguese, s,per Cent...» •""
Belgian, 5 per Cent . . ... . ..... 104 lii Ditto, New Ditto :...-
Brazilian Bonds ....... .... ... 81 Prussian, 5 per Cent • ' -.....-
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Ce.t... Russian '5 5 per Cent...........i.' ^-Z, ",i
i. Milan, 6 per Cent ........ ..- -- Ditto, Metallic ' ' ' fis;gt,'-',
Colombian, 6 per Cent ..... 15% lipanish 5 per. Cent
Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 31per Cent ........"......... » • 4 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferred..............».. -r• : -:'
Danish, 3 per. Cent
Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent - Exchange .........,,,,...:-L----.'
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1817. — Dutch, 2 per Cent.....- 61 • :,i
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent •' ' lOO% ' ~
SHARES, . • . .
Caledonian, 5 paid • 4 - -
i •-,
Chester and Holyhead (a paid) Pallt) ..
-
Eastern Counties (23 paid) - -, . ~12 , l,-?,'
Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid) ............. ....... ' 14 , ' , ~;,
London aid Blackwall (161; 13c 4c11) .....
...;
.. ;.;. ; . .. • ••6
London and Greenwich (ht. 15s. 4d. paid). .... -.. "!‘ffili • .
~,;fi,
Birmingham. and Manchester . 50 .
Northern and Eastern '45 paid) ............ ; ....... . ; - bT •° '
~ „.' ,
North Midland (100 paid)
..
~,.. luP Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) .• ; ..".. ;-,„.'..; 'l '
,' South Eastern and Dover (3312, paid) ..... . - -
Ditto New Shares ( 4 'Aid) - . ..
• V ' - : ''4
York and Scarborough Branch - (-2% paid) '.'... . .
,- ••• Paris and Orleans (20paid) • • .... -''' e.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—CrESTERIVI-‘ l'l'' '
1

- •
Amsterdam CF. 12 5
Ditto, at sight l2 3
Rotterdam 2U.12 51
Antwerp 25 95
Hamburgh M.B. 13 15
Altona l3 15
Paris, 3 days' sight, . 25.70
Ditto, 3 months 25 90
Marseilles
Bourdeaux • 25 95'
Frankfort on Maine 1221 -
Petersburgh,• 3Us 3Q,
Berlin 7
_ _

Vienna, eat. li• 4M ' 9 56
Trieste, ditto
Madrid Si
Cadiz
Pilbao ' 36
Barcelona 36
Seville - • ---

Leghorn 3O" ill ,
Genoa -25'95
Milan --
Venice 47
Naples 39
Palernto,,per oz ll7
Lisbon
Oporto 53
._Rio -Janeiro 23 4.4
Bahia.
irC
.Buenos Ayres ,,•414
NewYorkc,.2ld—. sight --''°.,514

Philaderada
PRICES 6/17 BULLION,. PER' °l6:.
Foreign Gold,bars—X3 '1
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17
New DoubldOns 0 0 nurs'
New Dollars. 0 4 .74-
Silver in Bare—

BANK OF • ENGLAND.- ,s.
..•"
Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and 1
the Bank of England, from the 27th day of:Jamfary,23l7,fL
to the 20th day of April, 1844, both inclusive, 1.1,1545P,7
pursuant to the Act. 3 and 4 -mi., 98: '
LIABILITIES. • •
Circulation £21,427,000 Securities ..
Deposits l6 01W).‘,.,,
.13,615,000. Bullion
,18*,,165,00qh.

k.:35,042,000
Downing street, April

1844.

:44,4
THE EMPEROROP 'RUSSIA.—We-HEYE realilOas
believe that his Imperial -111ajsty, 'the Emperor of all. the ct
Russias will arrive in this country on a.visit to her Alaies
in the course of a few weeks. . - The EMperooe, exl).
about :the :secondvieekiin:May.—Tiones.
STAR Clam—The membeft of 'thirclitb- Woe' m;
pointed Wednesday, May 8, for their annual white 1?gli
dinner, at the Trafalgar Hotel, Greenwich. In the
or
it is intended to have a ball, for whisi a great nurab" or 111
vitations have been issued.