The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow afternoon,
at Buckingham Palace.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Wales and the Princess Royal, attended by -Colonel Buckley,
visited her Majesty the Queen [Dowager yesterday, at 111ar1-
borough Hou,e.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward
Bowater, honoured the British Institution vk ith a visit yester-
day. His Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Gloucester, at
Gloucester House.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an air-
ing yesterday forenoon to Highgate and its vicinity.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord Col-
ville and Sir Edward Bowater, honoured the Concert of An-
cient Music with his presence yesterday evening, at the Hano-
ver- squat e Rooms.
tier Majesty, attended by the Countess of Dunmore, Vis-
count Hawarden, and Colonel Buckley, honoured Covent-
garden Theatre with her presence yesterday evening.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager was graciously pleased to
sign the subscription-book for the Watermen Lightermen's
Almshouses, at Pevige-common, near Sydenham' which was
submitted yesterday by Mr. H. E. Paine. Her Majesty has
subscribed 100/. towards the erection of these almshouses.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester
House, and also the Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge
House.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge gave a dinner
last eveninz, at Cambridge House, to the Directors of the
Concert of Ancient Music. The company consisted of her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, the Archbishop of
York, Miss Vernon Harcourt, the Duke of Wellington, Earl
and Countess Cawdor, Earl Howe, Lady Charles Somerset,
Sir William Curtis, Sir George Clerk, and Mr. Bishop. After
dinner the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George
and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and by the whole of
his guests, went to the Hanover-square Rooms. The Royal
Duke was the Dir!etor for the evening.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the
Foreign- office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the
Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharneliffe,
the Duke of Btu:clench, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley,
Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of
lladdington, Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitzgerald, Sir Henry
Hardinge, and Sir Edward Knitehbull. The Council sat
two hours.

His Excellency Edward Everett, the American Minister,
has removed hem Upper Grosvenor-street to 466, Grosvenor-
place.
Majeor-General Sir William and Lady Gomm have left
Farre.ncc's Hotel, Belgrave-street, for Chester.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL. NEWS.
CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The West India steamer was expected to have arrived before
thi., and it is now generally believed has been detained longer
than was anticipated, in order to bring the various branch
mails from the southern parts of the United States, as well as
from various parts of South America. Such an extensive
plan of operations could not, by any possibility, be brought
i:ito full play at once, and no doubt, as time affords room for ex-
perience, the arrangements will b_! perfected, sn as to afford tie
most important facilities to our western and even to our Aus-
tralian trade.

The slisastrous intelligence from India by the Overland
Mail has been the general theme of discussion here, and the
most serious anxiety is felt for the result of such a loss of in-
fluence and command as has been occasioned by our reverses in
Affghanistan. The China dispute, it is also now feared, will be
a very protracted one; and tea is advancing in conseqn, nee.
Company's Congou is about 2s. per lb. cash, and other sortA in
proportion. The Funds were flat to-day, and the operations
were not upon an extensive scale.

The Foreign Stocks, as well as the Railway S area, partici-
pated in the heaviness of the Lt!gli,h Funds. Spanish Ac-
tives were at 24j to 21Z; Mexican at 37i to 37i; Dutch Five
per Cents. at 102% to 1026 ; and the French Three per
Cents. at SO.

London and Birmingham Shares were at 84k, and South
Western at 195/8 premium ; Brighton were 14i discount.
(From The Sun of Lust Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH B.—The arrivals have
proved very extensive this week, probably about :4,000 ba!es.
This being the Manchester Market day trade was rather quiet here,
a moderate amnia of business was however transacted, and prices
were steadily maintained ; 3,000 bales changed hands ineluaive of
700 for export. The sales comprised 20 Maranhams at 6d., 20
Bahia, 6IA d., 30 Egyptian, 8(1., 20 Peruvian, 6id., and 2,910
American, 4 id. to 6d.

LivEapOot; SHARE MARKET.—Very little business was done in
Rail way Shares to-day ; the market was dull and heavy, and closed
with a tendency to droop. The transac.ions were confined to London
and Birmingham 321. Shares 58i ; London and Brighton New 5,1 ;
Eastern Counties 9i; ditto debenturs 365. 6d.

MANCHESTER. STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH B.—We have
had a good inquiry for stock, but in consequence of sellers
holding back, very little business has been done. Market closes
firm. London and South Westerns, 58% ; Manchester and
Birminghams, 284 ; Manchester and Salford Water.•works, sli.
By the arrival of a private ship from Barbadoes, papers
as ►a,e as the 9th of February have been received at
the North and South American Coffee-house. The Royal mail
steam.packet Dee which left Falmouth en the 15th January, ar.
rived there after a short passage of 16 days and 20 hours. The ac.
counts from there are of a most cheering description, the weather
during the months of January and February, as far as it had ad-
vanced, is stated as being most propitious to the planter.

The London line.of.packet slip Wellington, from New York,
whose arrival in the Downs yestfrday at one o'clock was communi-
cated by Watson's telegraph to the North and South American
Coffee-house, has since arrived in the river. The date of the
papers brought by her are up to the 16th ult. The political news
contained in them is not of the least interest.

NEW YORK MARKETS, FED. 15.—The sales at the Board yes.
terday were moderate, but at a falling off in prices. The follow.
lug are the quotations :—Haarlem, 83% .; Canton, 18i ; Long
Island, 53 ; Boston and Providence, 863/4 ; Delaware and
Hudson, 881 ; State Bank of New York, 68 ; Illinois Bonds, 18i ;
Indiana, 19%.

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CLOSING PRICES
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock ••• India Stock .... ...—
3 per .Cent Red — Ditto Bonds lO pm
3 per Cent Cons 893, Ditto Old Annuities ...
3i per Cent Red..
New 31 per Cent
New 5 per Cent.
, Ditto 5001— ..... 32 pnt
Long Annuities toexpire I Ditto Small 33 pin
Jan. 1860 •• —• Bank Stock for 0pg,...
Oct. 1e59. .. ..... India Stock for Acct.... 242
Jan. 1860.
F
Oh4EIGN FUNDS.
... 12
Austrian, 5 ps. cent.— Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 pei cent
• Ditto, New Ditto —
Bra.zilian Bonds. — Prussian, 5 per cent. -
Buenos Ayres 6 per cest Russian, 5 per cent —
Chilian, 6 per cent.....„ 75 Ditto, A 1eta11ic....... -
Colombian, 6 pet cent.. , Spanish, 6 per cent...- 243.
Ditto, 1824.. ....... ..... 'Ditto, Deferred....
Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent.] 17'. 50e.
Greek, 18:45, 5 per cent — Exchange I •c.
Mexican, 5 per rent.... 371 French, 3 per cent. 80 . —c
Ditto, 6 per een:-... 1837 ',Dutch, 4 per cent.. 51iC
Peruvian, 1825, flier et. !Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 1023
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester Itail•vay (100 p)
Ditto New Shares (174 paid) 152
Bristol -nd Exeter (70 paid) •• • ••• - 3t4
Eastern Counties Railway aid)(23l ...
Great Western kailway 65 paid) BBi
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid) -
11i
London and Birmingham (90) ..... • ••• ••• 174 i 95 • Ditto New Shares 2 aid)... ........
56
London and South Western .................. _
2i
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ....• i
70
North Midland Railway (100) ..... .............. 34
Ditto New Shares (40 paid .......... .....
.
Ditto Thirds ( paid) . : ............
Paris and Rouen (14 paid) .... : ........... ••• I
22/_4lBs 4d
York and North Midland (50 paid) •••
02
Ditto New Shares (15 paid) •.• 0