The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-04 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday forenoon, attended by the Hon. Miss Murray,
Colonel Arbuthnot, and Colonel Wylde.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal were taken an airing in the garden
of Buckingham Palace yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Murray, Lord Byron,
Colonel Arbuthnot, and Colonel Wylde, honoured the
Italian Opera with their presence last evening.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her
Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar and
the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, visited her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her residence
Clarence House, St. James's.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge,
the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and
Prince George of Cambridge, visited the Queen Dowa-
ger and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar yesterday, at
Marlborough House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday.
The Duchess Ida and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar,
took an airing yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage
and four.

The Duke of Cambridge left town for Kew yesterday.
His Royal Highness returned to Cambridge House in the
afternoon.

A Deputation of London merchants interested in the
trade with Turkey and the Levant, including Messrs.
Hanson, Kerr, Rankin, and Anderson, had an interview
with the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the office of the
Board of Trade.

A Deputation, including Mr. F. Mills, Mr. L. Mur-
ray, and Mr. J. Browne, on behalf of Radcliffe Colliery,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council on
Education had a meeting yesterday afternoon at the
Council• office. The Lord President, Sir Robert Peel,
the Earl of Ripon, and Sir James Graham, attended.
The Messrs. Price, deputed by the gentlemen con-
nected with the turpentine trade, had an interview with
the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the Board of Trade.

THE NEW PuntacAmoNs.—We are requested to
state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just
published the following
new works, which can be had of all
booksellers:—l. The Lives of the Queens of England,by Agnes
Strickland, Vol. 4, comprising the Queens of Henry VII. and
VIII. 2. Madame D'ArblaY's Diary of the Court of Queen
Charlotte. 3. Lieut.-Colonel Napier's Excursions along the
Shores of the Mediterranean, 2 vols., small Svo. 4. Madame
de Sevigne to her Coatemporaries, 2 vole:, small Bvo. 5.
Captain Fane's Five Years in India, comprising an account of
the late Expedition
to Cabul and Afghanistan, &e., 2 vols.,
Bvo. 6. The Court and Times of Frederick the Great, edited
by Thomas Campbell, Esq. 2 vols" Bvo. 7. The Life of Pe-
trarch, by Thomas Campbell, Esq.,'2 vols. Bvo. 8. Mr. Hunter's
Narrative of the late
Expedition to Syria, under the command
of Admiral Sir R. Stoptord 2 volt., small Bvo. 9. Lieut.-
Colonel Maxwell's Run through the United States, 2 vols.,
small Bvo. . _

_ .
DANGEROUS STATE of _LEWES GAOL.—During
the last few 'months the 'wants have increased to a great ex-
tent in Brighton, and the Magistrates have almost invariably
made it a rule to commit them to the House of Correction at
Lewes to hard labour. The Governor of the gaol has fre-
quently represented to the bench, that from the crowded state
of the prison he is unable to carry out the sentence of hard
lsaabtouurrd,ayanthdeissuobbjleicgtedwas
again
to put four and five in each cell. On
mentioned to the bench, and it
was feared that a dreadful disease would break out in the
prison, as the scarlet fever was raging to an alarming extent
in Lewes. The Magistrates have since endeavoured to get
ridiof the vagrants by driving them cut of the town.
EL good folks of Inverness have
been thrown
into some excitement by the elopement of a
to Invergordon, with a son of Mars.
The havebelonging
ifbeen married soon to another gentleman
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the same
dyl ay
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s to
pbenrolfoenion, a
widower; the marriage articles were
even provided, but the faithless one could not resist the charms
of the unwedded youth, and so took her route with him to Aber-
deen. On the faith of her marriage, rumour says that the lady
incurred several accounts in Inverness, and that under pro-
ceedings thereanent she has been captured at the above town.—
Boss Advertiser.
Mr. C-:orge Robins has had the honour to present
to her Majesty the Queen, the Catalogue Raisonne of
.Straw-
berry-hill, suitably bound, which has been most graciously re-
ceived. The acceptation of it has been conveyed in very flat-
tering terms by Sir Henry Wheatley.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.

The market for the English Funds opened very
dull, which dulness was, to a certain t xteut, ri.ii
upon the' receipt of the intelligence fruits ltidiu ; but at
the latter part of the day the flatness again prevailed,
and Consols left off at 92i for Money, and 921 for the
Account ; Bank Stock, 167 16S ; India Stock, 247 248 ;
and Exchequer Bills, 37 39 premium.
Scarcely tiny alteration occurred in the price of Fo-
reign Securities. Belgian, 10:4 10-14 ; Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents., 524,- 53f ; the- Five per Cents., 101
101 ; Danish, 804 81 ; and Brazilian, 67 68.
This has been one of the best days for Railway Shares
which has been observed for some time past ; and it has
only been because so few of the completed lines were of-
fering, that the quotations remain unaltered. The newly-
created shares of the South Eastern Company bear a
premium of 31 4, and the original Shares are 21. per
share higher, being 324 331- per share ; London and
Birmingham were 90 93'; Great Western, 281 ; this
new Halves, 144 151 premium ; Birmingham and
Gloucester, 54 56 ; South Western, 52 531 ; Gosport,
63 64 ; North Midland, 65 67 ; the New Shares, 321
33 ; Eastern Counties, 101 ; Blackwall, 121 ; the New
Shares, 10 101 ; and Brighton, 364 37 per share.
No change in the quotations in the Foreign Exchanges
took place to-day, but all were exceedingly firm.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The intelligence from India has materially improved the
Erglish market, which, at the commencement, of business was
very dull, with an evident tendency to decline. Consols are
9218- for Money, and 92a 3/4 for the Account ; New Three-
and-a-Half per Cents., 1003 4; Three- and-a-Halt per Cents.
Reduced, 993 ; India Siock, 2471 2461 248 247 ; Bank
Stock, 167 i 168 ; India Bonds, 20 22 prem. ; Exchequer Bills,
37 40 prem.
The Foreign Securities remain firm, and the prices are, for
the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52/ 534; the Five
per Cents-, 101 1011/2 ; Belgian, 1031/2 1041,!2; Danish. SOi
811 ; and Brazilian, 671,E 68%. ; Dutch Two-and-a_Half per
Cents., 521 53 ; Mexican is quoted, 33i 34i ; Spanish,
231 24; ditto Three per Cents., 231/2.
The inquiry for Railway Shares continues, especially for the
South Eastern and Dover, which have advanced to 32 321,
and the New Shares 41 prem.; North Midland, 66 ; Es'reat
Western, Fifths, 10i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 281/2
; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 541 ; Biackwall, l 2 ; and
Brighton, 37.
'I he Bonds of the insolvent States are quoted ;—Buenes
Ayres, 23; Peruvan,- 184; Portuguese Five per Cents., 374;
the Three per Cents., 221/2 ; Spanish Active Five per Cents.,
231 ; the Three per Cents., 23 ; all being much lower than on
Saturday.
There are no foreign arrivals to-day.
The intelligence from India is viewed as highly satisfactory,
and it is thought that but a short time will elapse before our
commercial relations with China will be beneficially arranged.
The drysalters, as well as many of the manufacturers, are
endeavouring to have all dye-woods admitted at the duty cl
one shilling per ton. The benefit which would be conferred
on the latter branch of industry by the reduction is too obvious
to require explanation But to the farmers it would be of
equal interest, by opening a trade which is now almost closed
against them, in consequence of the present, and in many in-
stances proposed, high rates of dray. All these woods, pre-
viously to being tit for use, are obliged to be ground, chipped,
or rasped. which operations afford employment to a large
number of labourers, require machinery, and, in fact, form
a separate business. With the exception of some of the more
expensive and delicate colouring woods, the bulk is exported in
the original rough state, which would not be the case if the
duty were at the low rate now asked for. The quantity of
logwood exported is annually about 7,000 tons, most of which,
did not the duty bear so large proportion to the cost, would be
thus prepared previously. This is only a single description of
many others similarly situated, which would all doubtless be
ground in preference to being exported in the rough, if the
relief prayed for be granted, thereby affording much additional
employment to our artisans, as well as to a great extent increas-
ing the revenue, inasmuch as the duty would be paid upon the
whole quantity imported, none then being, as at present, shipped
in bond.

'I here are no foreign arrivals to-day.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, INIAY 2.—The market re-
mains without alteration, and business still wears a very dull
aspect. There is no change to notice in prices. The sales
amount to 3.500 bales.

LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 2.—The market had a
good tone, and a fair number of shares changed hands. South
Eastern and Dover New were in excellent request, and closed
firmly at the quotations. Eastern Counties New, 51. I ss. sd. :
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 55; Grand Junction, 190; the
Halves, 951,4 ; Great Western, 94i ; Fifths, 101 ; London
and Birmingham, 181 ; the paid-up 321. Shares, 61 ; Quar-
ters, 37i ; South Western, 633/4 ; Manchester and Leeds, 88 ;
Quarters, 6i ; Paris and Rouen, 17k ; South Eastern, 321/4 ;
New, 4.

MANGHESTESt. STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 2.—Although we
have had little business doing to-day, prices continue firm and
very little Stock offering. Lancaster and Preston, Three-
quarter Shares, 18k; London and Birmingham, 181 182 ; Man-
chester and Leeds, 86 87 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 54i 55 ;
Manchester and Birmingham, 28% 29; Bolton and Bury,
60±.