The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-05 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

James Burton Rayner and Thomas Scar lett Carter,
lamp manufacturers, Coleman-street, City, to surrender
Feb. 13, at two, and March 14, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane;
Stevens, Wilkinson, and Satchell, Queen-street, Cheap-
side.

Charles Stephen Haward, grocer, Colchester, Feb. 14,
at eleven, and March 14, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, Cheapside ; Philbrick
and Co., Colchester. _ _

Samuel Hamm, hat manufacturer, Brick-line,Bethnal-
green, Feb. 11, at twelve, and March 18, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Fre-
derick's-place, Old Jewry ; Horwood and Griffin, Aus-
tin•friars.

James Miller, shoemaker, Southampton, Feb. 18, at
two, and March 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom-
bard•street; Smith and Atkins, Sergeants' Inn, Fleet-
street; Mackey and Girdlestone, Southampton.
Thomas Weston, painter, Southampton, Feb. 12, at
half-past one, and March 19, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Jones and Co., Bedford-row.
Joseph Ashbarry, farmer, Holm Lacy, Herefordshire,
Feb. 10, at twelve, and March 10, at eleven, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Lauwarne, Hereford ; Suckling, Bir-
mingham.

William Aston, senior, victualler, Birmingham, Feb.
13, and March 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham;
Chaplin, Gray's Inn, London; Harrison and Smith, Bir-
mingham.
John Whitlow, laceman, Manchester, Feb. 15, and
March 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee. Manchester; Reed and Shaw, Fri-
day-street, London; Sale and Worthington, Manchester.
Joseph Hegginbotham and George Peck, machine
makers, Manchester, Feb. 15,. and March 7, at eleven,
at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official as-
signee, Manchester; Makinson and Sanders, Elm. court,
Temple, London; Sale and Worthington, Manchester.
(Dividends, &c., in our next.)

THE MINISTERIAL CHANGES.
(From the Times)
We understand that Sir George Clerk is to be
the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and that Mr.
Cardwell will succeed Sir George Clerk as Secretary to
the Treasury in the Finance Department. We believe
also that Lord Jocelyn will be appointed to office—we
presume to the Lordship of the Admiralty, vacant by
the nomination of Mr. Corry to be Secretary to that Board.
Of the fact that Lord Jocelyn is destined for some offi-
cial situation, we hare no doubt.
(From the Morning Post)
The fact of Sir Thomas Fremantle's appointment to
the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland is placed beyond
doubt. The Hon. Baronet wai only prevented from
kissing hands yesterday, on his appointment, by the ill-
ness of a member of his family.
It is perfectly understood that the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert will succeed Sir Thomas Fremantle as Secretary
at War ; that the Right Hon. Henry Thomas Corry will
take the place of Mr. Herbert as Secretary to the Ad-
miralty ; and we believe we may now add that Lord
Viscount Jocelyn will be appointed a Lord of the Admi-
ralty in the room of Mr. Corry.
We have reason to believe that Sir George Clerk,
Bart., will retire from office as one of the Secretaries
to the Treasury, and that Mr. Cardwell will succeed
to the lion. Baronet. Whether Sir George is des-
tined to preside over the Board of Customs on the an-
ticipated retirement of Mr. Dean, or to become Pay-
master of the FOrces, in the possible event of Sir Edward
Knatchbull's resignation, we are not yet in a situation
to state with certainty.
A rumour prevails that the continued ill-health of
the Earl of Ripon will, at no distant period, occasion
another vacancy in the Cabinet.

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—Monday an inquest
was taken before Mr. Baker, at the Duke of Marlborough,
Lower East Smithfield, on the body of John Nettleship, aged
forty-eight, coal porter. It appeared that on Saturday morn-
igg last deceased was in front of the bar of the above public-
house in conversation with the barmaid, when, feeling
unwell, he asked for threepenny worth of brandy. Having
drank it, befell back and almost instantly expired. A surgeon
was sent for, but all medical aid was unavailing. Verdict—
'Visitation of God. Deceased has left a widow and four children.
Mr. Tufnell, M.P., has paired off with Sir C.
Coote, until the end of the present month,

"Another fine day for the Queen" was an observation
often repeated yesterday, and it is not our fault that
the remarkable change from the inclemency of the last
few days compels us to reiterate the preface which has
so often appeared before in our notices of her Majesty's
progresses in the metropolis. Although the recent snow,
thaw, and rain had left the parks and streets in a most
uncomfortable state for pedestrians, and especially bye-
ganders, the route of the royal procession, from
Buckingham Palace to the House of Lords, was lined by
patient thousands long before her Majesty's departure
from the Piilace. As soon as the carriage emerged from
beneath the marble arch the Queen was greeted with
the same loud and earnest demonstrations of loyalty
and affection which have greeted her on all former occa-
sions. Her Majesty was accompanied by Prince Albert,
the Master of the Horse, and the Mistress of the Robes.
rn the park we noticed an occurrence which, to say
the least, was of an unusual character, as foreigners
rarely take any part in popular demonstrations towards
the person of the sovereign in whose realms they hap-
pen to sojourn ; but, on this occasion, a group
of foreigners joined lustily and conspicuously in the
cheers of the multitude. They seemed to be French,
but they used no viva, or continental term, and only
cheered as well as they could in the English fashion.
Whether this was really a concerted exhibition
of feeling, or was merely accidental, it certainly
seemed to be intended as an evidence that " tout le
monde" is not with the war minority.
On her Majesty's return she was everywhere met with
the same manifestations of popularity.

FIER MAJESTY'S
SPEECH.

Mr LOUDS AND GENTLEMEN,
I rejoice that Jam enabled, on again meeting you
in Parliament, to congratulate you on the improved
condition of the country.
Increased activity pervades almost every branch
of manufacture. Trade and commerce have been ex-
tended at home and abroad, and among all classes of
my people there is generally prevalent a spirit of
loyalty and cheerful obedience to the law.
I continue to receive from all Foreign Powers
and States assurances of their friendly disposition.
I have had much satisfaction in receiving at my
Court the Sovereigns who in the course of the last
year visited this country.
The journey of the Emperor of Russia, under-
taken at a great sacrifice %f private convenience, was
a proof of the friendship of his Imperial Majesty
most acceptable to my feelings.
The opportunity of personal intercourse thus
afforded to me may, I hope, be the means of still
further improving those amicable relations which
have long existed between Great Britain and Russia.
The visit of the King of the French was ren-
dered especially welcome to me, inasmuch as it had
been needed by discussions which might have im-
paired the good understanding happily established
between the two countries.
I regard the maintenance of this good un-
derstanding as essential to the best interests of
both ; and I rejoiced to witness that the senti-
ments so cordially expressed by all classes of my
subjects on the occasion of his Majesty's visit were
entirely in unison with my own.
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
The estimates for the ensuing year have been
prepared, and will forthwith be laid before you.
The progress of steam navigation, and the demands
for protection to the extended commerce of the coun-
try, will occasion an increase in the estimates con-
nected with the naval service.

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
I have observed with sincere satisfaction that
the improvement which is manifest in other parts
of the country has extended to Ireland.

The political agitation and excitement, which I
have had heretofore occasion to lament, appear to
have gradually abated, and, as a natural result, pri-
vate capital has been more freely applied to useful
public enterprises, undertaken through the friendly
co-operation of individuals interested in the welfare
of Ireland.

I have carried into effect, in the spirit in which it
was conceived, the Act for the more effectual applica-
tion of charitable donations and bequests.
I recommend to your favourable consideration
the policy of improving and extending the opportu-
nities for academical education in Ireland.
The Report of the Commission appointed to in-
quire into the law and practice, in respect to the
occupation of land, is nearly prepared, and shall be
communicated to you i.nmediately after its pre-
sentation.

The state of the law in regard to the privileges
of the Bank of Ireland, and to other banking estab-
lishments in that country, and in Scotland, will, no
doubt, occupy your attentim.
The health of the inhabitants of large towns and
populous districts in this part of the United Kingdom
has been the subject of recent inquiry before a Com-
mission, the report of which shall be immediately
laid before you.

It will be highly gratifying to me if the informa-
tion and suggestions contained in that Report shall
enable you to devise the means of promoting the
health and comfort of the poorer classes of my sub-
jects.

I congratulate you on the success of the mea-
sures which, three years since, were adopted by
Parliament for the purpose of supplying the defi-
ciency in the Public Revenue, and arresting the
accumulation of debt in the time of peace.
The Act which was passed at that time for im-
posing a Tax upon Income will shortly expire.
It will be for you in your wisdom to determine
whether it may not be expcdient to continue its ope-
ration for a further period, and thus to obtain the
means of adequately providing for the Public Service,
and at the same time of making a:reduction in other
taxation.

Whatever may be the result of your delibera-
tions in this respect, I feel assured that it will be
your determination to maiatain an amount of re-
venue amply sufficient to meet the necessary expendi-
ture of the country, and firmly to uphold that public
credit which is indispensable to the national welfare.
The prospect of continued peace, and the general
state of domestic prosperity and tranquillity, afford a
favourable opportunity for the consideration
of the important matters to which I have directed
your attention, and I commit them to your delibe-
ration with the earnest prayer that you may
be enabled, under the superintending care and pro-
tection of Divine Providence, to strengthen the feel-
ings of mutual confidence and goodwill between
different classes of my subjects, and to improve
the condition of my people.

PARLIAMENTARY ENTERTAIN-
MENTS.

As is usual on the eve of the assembling of Parliament,
the customary political dinners were given on Monday
by the respective party leaders of both Houses. We
subjoin the particulars regarding each of those meetings.
The Duke of Wellington, as leader of the House of
Lords, received a numerous party of the Conserva-
tive Peers at dinner in the evening at Apsley House. The
mover and seconder of the Address (Marquis Camden
and Lord Glenlyon) and the following noblemen were
present:—The Dukes of Buccleuch, Beaufo-t, Montrose,
Cleveland, and Rutland ; the Marquises of Salisbury
and Exeter; the Earls of Aberdeen, Bathurst, Liverpool,
Delawarr, Jersey, Wilton, Shaftesbury, Dalhousie, Had-
dington, Ellenborough, Beverly, Brownlow, Rosslyn,
Lonsdale, Eldon, Clare, W icklow, Verulam, and Hard-
wicke; Viscounts Stranfzford, Canterbury, Hawarden,
and Canning; the Lord Chancellor, Lords Wharncliffe,
Colchester, Redesdale, Abinger, De Ros, and Forester.
Lord Stanley was obliged to send an excuse for his ab.
sence, his Lordship labouring under an attack of gout.
Covers were laid for upwards of forty guests. The
Queen's Speech to be delivered to-day was read to the
company by the Noble and Gallant Duke, previous to the
party separating.
The Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart., gave the customary
full-dress Parliamentary dinner in the evening at the family
mansion in Whitehall-gardens, when a distinguished
party of the supporters of the Government assembled.
At the removal of the cloth, her Majesty's Speech, to be
delivered by the Sovereign at the opening of Parliament
to-day, was read to the guests by the Right Honourable
Baronet. In addition to the Hon. F. Charteris and Mr.
T. Baring, the mover and seconder of the Address, the
Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, and
the following Members of that branch of the Legislature
were present:—The Right Hon. Sir J. Graham, the
Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord G.
Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, the Hon. S. Herbert, the
Right lion. Sir T. Fremantle, Sir G. Clerk, Mr. Young,
Mr. H. Baring, Mr. Milnes (3-ashen, Mr. Pringle, the
Hon. W. B. Baring, Mr. E. Tennent, the Hon. H. M.
Sutton, the Hon. Henry Corry, Admiral Sir G. Cock-
burn, Reir-Admiral Bowles, the Hon. Captain Gordon,
Mr. G. W. Hope, the Hon. C. Hope, the Hon. Lieut-
Colunel D. Rimer, Earl Jermyn, Lord E. Bruce,
Lieu t€ ~ant-Colenel Peel, Captain Boldero, Sir F. Trench,
the SoLoitor-General (Sir F. Thesiger), the Attorney-
General for Ireland, the Lord Advocate, the Judge
Advocate-General, Mr. H. Greene, Viscount Jocelyn,
and Mr, Cardwell. The whole of the noblemen and

:Lord John Russell, as leader of the Opposition party
in the House of Commons, entertained the following
party of his supporters in the evening at his Lordship's
private mansion in Chesham-place :---Viscount Palmer-
ston, Viscount Howick, the Right Hon. Sir John Cam
Holhouse, ',Ord Marcus Hill, the Right Hon. T. B. Ma-
caulay, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Sir Thomas
Wilde, Col. Fox, the Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil,
the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, Mr. Vernon
Smith, Mr. Parker, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Charles Wood,
Mr. B. Hawes, Mr. C. Buller, Mr. Wyse, &e. Covers
were laid for 22.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS
(Fron• The Sun of Last Night.)
There was a very fair demand for Cotton at Liverpocs
yesterday, but holders met it freely at steady rate.
Sales 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were o.
speculation.—There was a good market for Shares, ana
a large business was done:—Birmingham and Derby,
130 24+; Bristol and Gloucester 54 7f ; Caledonian,
7 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 38+ 7* ; Churnet Valley,
9110; Eastern Counties, 19f 18i; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
65; Grand Junction, 224; Great Western, Half, 104 ;
Ditto, One-fifth, 41; Lancaster and Carlisle, 251 ;
Lancaster and Preston, 53 ; Liverpool and Manchester,
New, 38- ; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares,
291 29; London and York, 5i 6 ; Direct Northern, 2+ ;
Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter, Shares, Stf ;
Manchester and Leeds, 145 f Ditto, -Quarter Shares,
'
15; Midland Counties, 129* • 'Ditto, 40L Shares, 91 i;
North British, 14 12; North Union, 151; Sheffield and
Manchester, 1031 5 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction,
7+ ; South-Eastern, 49f 51f ; Ditto, No. 1, 22 23f ;
Trent Valley, lok ; York and North Midland, 111 ;
Northern of France, 54 Si. :16s. 3d. ; Boulogne
_and
Amiens, 5* 5.
The mercantile and other principal interests of the
City are most anxiously looking for the result of the
proceedings in the Legislature this afternoon, and the
debates on the Address, as it is considered by no means
improbable that something may escape to indicate what
are really the intentions of the Ministers on the subject
of a further ameliorative alteration in the tariff.
That present trading season opens well, and re-
quires but proper discretion and fostering to be exceed-
ingly prosperous, the following quotation from the
monthly report of Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbury will
go far to prove, though the New York paragraph is cer-
tainly a drawback :
" The business transactions of the past month have been
more extensive than at any former beginning of the
year ; more than 300 public sales have been held in Co-
lonial and Foreign precincts, and by far the greater part
actually sold. From the manufacturing districts the
accounts continue favourable, and great activity prevails
in almost every branch of industry. The Colonial wool
sales, consisting of 15,000 bags, commenced on Thursday
last, at the Hall of Commerce, and so far have gone off
with a degree of spirit seldom witnessed, realising from
2d. to 21d., and in some instances 3d. per lb. advance on
the previous sales, and the attendance of buyers is so
great, that any of the old sale-rooms would be inade-
quate for little more than half the number.
" Letters from New York, to the 14th ult., have been
received, stating, the trade in Europe'an manufacture
to be very dull, and prices ruinously low, in consequence of
the scarcity of money, caused by the exportation of specie;
which since the beginning of Oct. last amounts to above
five million dollars. This shows that, notwithstanding
the extensive shipments of cotton and other American
products to Europe, the balance of trade has been against
them ; and will, for a time,'render shipments to that
country extremely hazardous."
The public securities have to-day been quiet, as the
jobbers seldom operate on the morning of the opening of
Parliament. Consols have been 991 to 100* for pre-
sent transfer, and 100* i for account ; New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 104 to 1.
Spanish Active Stock is 281 1, the Three per Cent.
411 /3, Portuguese Converted 59* to 584, and Mexican
36 to 361.
Railway Shares are buoyant.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced ... 100% % 100%
3 per Cent. Consols
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726.. .....
New 314 per Cents
LongAnnuitiestoexpireJan.lB6o 12% 3-16 12 3-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 12 12
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 11%
India Bonds, 1,0001 —
Ditto under 1,0001...
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Bank Stock for Account... ......
1/8 215%
Consols for Account......
, 1008
India Stock, for Account 285 2 285%
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11/2d 62 64 pm. 63
Ditto 500/.
Ditto Small

11%

CLOSING
PRICES.

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Account
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 10/
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ... 36
Ditto Account
Ditto, Deferred — 16%
Ditto, Debentures .. 59 % 58%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 321/2
Russian Bonds
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 285 % 28%
Ditto, Passive ' 6%P 76
Ditto 3 per Cent. —
Ditto, Account 41%
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent ... 44114
44,2
Dutch, 21/ per Cent
Ditto, Account 6T 63
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9834
Ditto, 5 per Cent. Bonds 99 /8
PRICES OF PA O'CLOCK. CLOSING
ID. AT ONE
RAILWAY SHARESPRICES.
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 l3O 132 130. 134
Ditto 1/2 Shares
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 11,4 _
Churnet Valley
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Eastern Counties 25 ...... 19% 18%
Eastern Union lO .. ..
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ely and Bedford ... 1 ...... 2%14 2
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England..100
Ditto New 2
Great Western 75 lBO 179
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Harwich
llull and Selby 5O
Ditto % Shares l2l/2 1734
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
London and Birminghm (Stock)... 238 239
Ditto New Thirds
London and Blackwell.. 16% 7/5,3/4 8 73/4
London and Brighton... 50 —.54% 55% 54% 55
London and S. Western. 41% BO% 79%
Do. New consolidated Bths 6 ...... 26
Ditto New 2% 13%%14%
Ei Ditto
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 19 •
Ditto Guaranteed, 5
per Cent.
London and York 21,...... 5% 61/21/8
Manchester and Leeds... 70 142 143
Ditto % Share 3 3O
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Ditto Quarters 2
Midland... 100 l3O ...
Ditto New 2 ..... 91/ 9
Midland,Birm.,Derby.•.100
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 24 ...... 70
Newnastie and Berwick 11,1, 16% 15 ...
North British ..
Northern and Eastern... 45
Ditto Scrip
Norwich and Brandon... 8
Ditto New Shares 1
Oxford and Worcester... 214
Rugby
Shrews., NVolverhamp ,
Dudley, and Birm 212 814341/4 NIA_
South Devon lO ...... 16 151/2
South Eastern & Dover 33% 50%
Ditto, New Shares ... 4
Ditto No. 2.
South Wales 2% ...... 7 8124.. ~.. ..... ,
Trent Valley
Waterford and Kilkenny 1
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 —
York and North Midland 50
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20
Ditto, Selby Scrip 2O
Ditto Extension .. ... 114/ 133/ 14%
FRENCH RAILIVAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 2
Great North. of France.. 4
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Bordeaux
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
Tours and Nantes 1
Erratum in yesterday's List —Read Great Southern and
Western (Ireland) Extension 7i, instead of 91.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FED. 1. —We
continue to have a large business doing without much
alteration in prices. Manchester and Leeds, 145; Man-
chester and Birmingham. Quarters,,Bl; Manchester, Bury,
and Rossendalc, 10 ; Midland, Consols, 130 ex div. ;
Ditto, 40/. Shares, 91i; Preston and Wyre, 21*; South
Eastern 491; Ditto, Scrip, 81 I prem.; Birkenhead,
Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 1; Blackhurr,
Burnley, and Accrington, 5 a; Bolton, Wigan, and
Liverpool, 5 i-; Caledonian, 7; Cambridge and Lincoln,
4t si. Churnet Valley, 10 9i; Glasgow and Dumfries,

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COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Gibraltar...,..,
Ditto, at sight l2 6 Leghorn ...
Rotterdam 2U. 12 8i Genoa .... .
Antwerp 26 10 Milan ...... .... ..... ....
Ilamburgh M.B. 13 14 Venice ................. 47
Alton* l3 14 Naples .. ...
Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 80 Palermo, 1.4" 0z."... 1181
Ditto, 3 months 26 0 Lisbon s3i
Marseilles 26 5 Oporto •..
Bourde.sux 26 10 Rio JancirA ..
Frankfort on Maine.. 122 Bahia .............
Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Buenos .1i y, -Is —
Berlin 7 NewYoi 1: .: : dys sight
Vienna, effec. 13X 10 Philadeq,b4i —
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36* Foreign Gi ....1, bars. .£.3 17 9
Cadia
Bilbao 36 New DoilLioons..... 0 0 0
Barcelona 36 New 1/4.l.!ais O4 94
Seville — Silver :i. tars 0 4 I.i