The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr.
George Edward Anson, Treasurer of his Household,
and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in waiting, left Bucking-
ham Palace, shortly before eight o'clock on Saturday
morning, for the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, in So~•
merset House, His Royal highness returned to Buck-
ingham Palace soon after two o'clock.
'l'he Queue, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royedi walked in the Royal Gardens in the
forenoon. _ _ _ -

At • half-past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon her
Majesty and Prince Albert left town in a carriage and
four, escorted by a party of . Hussars, for Claremont.
Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in waiting to the Queen, and
Colonel Wylde. Equerry in waiting to Prince Albert,
followed in a chariot and four. Their Royal Highnesses
the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal and their
attendants occupied the next carriage ; and Lady Port-
mah, Lady in waiting, and the Marquis of Ormond, Lord
in waiting, were in another Carriage and four.
The Queen and Prince Albert were conducted to their
carriage by the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamber-
lain, the Master of the Household, and Captains Dun-
combe and Francis Seymour, the Grooms in waiting on
her Majesty and his Royal Highness.
The Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward, arrived at Clare-
mont from town on Saturday, and joined the Royal Circle
at Dinner.
The band of the Coldstream Guards attended in the
evening at Claremont.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and the Duchess of
Saxe Weimar, attended Divine Service yesterday morn-
ing in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath, who took his text from
Romans, chap. 11, verse 33. The prayers were read
by the Rev. Mr. Povah, the Lessons by the Rev.
Mr. Haden, and the Communion Service by the Rev.
Dr. Sleath, and the Rev. Mr. Povah. The Musical
Service was Arnold's in F., the Sanctus in F. Davy, and
the Anthem " Behold how good." (Nares).
Mr. Turk presided at the organ.
The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk, and the Dean of Here-
ford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, were in waiting. -
The Queen Dowager was attended by the Viscountess
Barrington, Hen. Miss Hudson, and Earl Howe.
Among the Nobility present were the Duke and Du-
chess of Beaufort. the Marchioness of Westmeath, Earl
and Countess of Wilton, Earls of Erroll, Bandon' Effing-
ham, Bective, and Dunraven, Lord and LadyJeitima
Eliot, Lords Hawarden and Canterbury.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of
Cambridge attended Divine Service, yesterday morning,
Kent, in the Chapel of the Female Orphan Asylum. LadyyDalucHhie gshsne,sfseKs.
Her Royalaiti ng, attended
Augusta Somerset, Baron Kneesbeck, and Colonel Jones
were in w
Highness
their
thßeo
Lady Anna MariaD Dawson and Sir George Couper,
rt., visited Frogmore Lodge on Saturday morning,
and returned to town in the 'afternoon. In the evening
her Royal Highness, attended by Lady Anna Maria
and Sir George, honoured the Italian Opera with her
presence.
The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Queen Dowager
on Saturday. The Duchess of Gloucester visited tier
Majesty and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar on Friday,
at Marlborough House.
' The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duke Ber-
nard and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and Prince Ed-
ward of Saxe Weimar, honoured the Italian Opera Rouse
with her presence on Saturday evening.
The Duchess of Saxe Weimar visited the Duchess of
Cambridge on Saturday, at Cambridge House.
The Duke Bernard of Saxe Weimar left town on Sa-
turday morning for Windsor Castle. His Serene High-
ness returned to Marlborough House in the afternoon.
A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Moore, Wocestte,
Evans, Hall, Browne, Percival, aad Robinson, accompa-
nied by Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. 'Tollemache, and Air.
Brocklehurst, had an interview; with Sir Robert Peel on
Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel,
the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke
of Buccleueh, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James
Graham, the Chancellor of tm Exchequer, Earl of Ripon,
Earl of Haddin Lord Fitzgerald; Sir Edward Knatch-
bull, and Sir Henry Hardinge•
The Council sat two hours. •
The Danish Minister and the Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths,
gton,
Roman Catholic Bishop of the metropolis, had interviews
with Lord Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Lyall, M.P., and Air. Vigors, had interviews with
the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone on Saturday, at the
Office of the Board of Trade.
Despatches from the Governor of New South Wales
were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
F- -AIL,

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Two ships in the basins of Antwerp are taking on
reyaevle3rtagel3per.ice of wheat last
board cargoes of tiles of boom for Hamburgh.
His Majesty is expected from Ardenne this evening.
BRUSSELS, Aar 20. A n arrangement has been made
between the Minister of the Interior and the Steam Na-
vigation Company of Antwerp, by which that Society
continuing at all events a weekly communication between
Antwerp and London, shall likewise provide a weekly
communication between Ostend and London. The
Society Cannot fix a higher charge for the conveyance of
merchandise between Antwerp and London than the
mean of the charge for the conveyance of goods during
the first four 'months of 1842.
Between Ostend and London the maximum on a great
number of articles is much below the prices hitherto
charged. Among those articles are fruit, poultry, but-
ter, eggs, and most heavy goods, such as are charged by
measure.
The steamers, which ply between Ostend and London,
are treparing to enter into it rigorous competition._ One
asiuhas slaegai raised..slit *Fe 43,4%-.141100.

This reduction (as long as it lasts) will probably greatly
increase our intercourse with England. Already a party
of fifteen persons at Brussels propose to go to London next
week for their pleasure, and we do not doubt that a great
number of English will come to Ostend. _

The Precurseur of Antwerp says, "We learn with
pleasure that some captains of vessels, ready to sail from
Ghent and Antwerp to Hamburgh, intend to offer a
free passage to every workmen of good character, whose
professions is connected with house building, such as
masons, bricklayers, plasterers, carpenters, smiths, and
provided they have subsistence during the voyage, and
for a week after their landing.

AMSTERDAM, MAY 18.—The King of Prussia, at the
request of General Du Moulin, has allowed him to retire
on a pension, after having been for 26 years Governor of
the fortress of Luxemburg. The inhabitant: greatly re •
gret the retirement of the General, who has acquired in
the highest degree the confidence and the esteem of the
population.
His Majesty, who set out yesterday afternoon for
Qveryssel is expected between the 3rd and 6th of June at
Luxemburg, where he will open on the 7th the first as-
sembly of the estates of the Grand Duchy.
AMSTERDAM, MAY 18.—The committee for collecting
subscriptions for the sufferers at Hamburgh has already
received 7,400 florins, besides the sums received by the
Handelsblad, 3,739 florins, and other considerable dona-
tions. •
THE HAGUE, MAY 20.—Their Royal Highnesses
the Prince and Princess Frederick of the Netherlands
left the Hague to-day to proceed to St. Petersburgh, to
be present at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the mar-
riage of their Imperial Majesties.
Lord Vivian, Lieutenant-General in the service of
Her Majesty, the Queen of Great Britain, has arrived
here, and lotes in the Hotel cl..e Bellevue.
DUTCH FU N 93.— A Mental/AM, MAT 20.
Money. Ellie.
Actual Debt, (2)4 per Cent
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent.
Arnett Sendie, 4 g per cent l-13 95).
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent.... 4 77
Commercial Company, 4;{, per cent 152 1531(
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per tent P)O,4 1001 i
Loan 1857, 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, One month l2 10
Two months (15
Hamburgh, One month 35 75
Twomonthg 35 31
Dutch Papers, May 21.
EL€ 1A N 1. Ds—Bau,SELS, MAY 23.
Actual Debt, .4% per Cent.
Rothg:tild's Loan 5 per Cent
Loan of Thirty Ainlions, I per Cent.
Spec Cent.
7214
.(H4O)

-.Thirty.seven

torn of City,l2ll2, 4 persCenti. n•t
Society et Commerce, 4 y4per Cent Ftl
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent..„ ........
National Society
Exchange on Londe* (short) ........ " —
—Brussels Papers, May 20.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS..-VIENNA, MAT 12.
flveper Cents. Metalliques
FOtir per Cents. ............ sown..
Three p Cents.
Rank Shares ............«.«.«.»...

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, SATURDAY EVENING.

The reduction on the rate of interest on
Exchequer Bills still finds favour in the City. A dis-
tinction has, however, been made to-day in the rate of
premium between those which fall due in June, and
those for which no immediate necessity exists to provide
for. The difference is but trifling, the Bills still running
being at the former rate of 37, 39, and those in
which the alteration is about to be made 33, 35. When
it is considered that a large portion of the latter de-
scription will not be renewed, but actually paid off in
money, and that the whole are blended in this quotation,
the premium being totally sunk on the latter, the favour.
able state of the Money Market at present will be
perceived.
The improvement in the Funds, consequent upon this
annsnncement, has been well maintained, although busi-
ness has been upon the most limited scale, and Consols
left off, nominally, at 921 92} for Money, and 92} for the
Account. Bank Stock, 167 168, and India Stock, 249 230.

The prices of the 'Foreign Securities were, Belgian,
102 103 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 524 53 ;
the Five per Cents. 101 101+, and Brazilian, 67 68.
No bargain having been made in'Mexican to-day, a quo-
tation cannot be given.
It is understood that a meeting. of the Chilian Bond-
holders is to be held on Monday, to receive a proposition
from Senor Resales, who, it is stated, is now in London,
on behalf of the Government. The creditors of this re-
public have patiently waited for nearly fourteen years
for some payment on account of. -their claims; and ,a hen
it is considered that the home creditor has been paid in
full, such patience must I.e looked upon as most exem-
plary. The delay in settling their claims, which has
hitherto taken place, has been submitted to, in the firm
belief in the integrity of the Government, and' in the re-
sources of the country, which hitherto was held by
those likely to be well informed, not to have been mis-
placed. ;The difference between the demand of the con-
ditions, and the offer made by the Republic, is too trifling
to stand in the way of any nation serionsly inclined to
actly fairly ; and if Senor Rusales be fully credited, .one.
of the debtors to this country may shortly. be cleared off,
and in an honourable manner. It is satisfactory to be
able to state this fact to parties who have for a long
period held the bonds, having paid full value for them,
and which have never formed a ground for speculatiOn.
The Share Market Was firm, and rather more was
doing, London and Birmingham. 180 182 ; Birmingham
and GlonceSter, 52 54 ; Great Western, 92 93 ; the
Half Shares, 64 64k; South 'Western 631 (A!, ; Gosport.
63 641 ; North Midland, 66. 68 ; 321,
331 ; Eastern. 29i 29i ;' the Scrip, 74-._7:4;..E%:pera
Comities, 9 9i ; Blackmail, 11 114 ; the New Shares, 9
94 ; and Brighton, 361 361 per share.
..
Spanish are the only bonds n hick find a place in the
official lists to-day. The Five per Cent. Active Bonds,
with the Coupons front May 1837, being marked 231 ;
and the Stock hearing Three per Cent. interesc formed
from the Coupons from 1837 to 1840, four years, 224
per cent.
From The 'Sian of Saturday Night.)
. .

The improvement in the English Funds has continued to-
day, and as a proof of the great abundance of capital, the pre-
mium on Exchequer Bills, with the certainty of a reduction of
one-ninth for the interest, is higher than yesterday, being 36 to
39. or very nearly the same as it was before the alteration was
sussected or known. Consols are 94 94 for Money, It ri ri 921
94 for the Account Three per Cents. Reduced 911 9li ;
Reduced Three-and•a- Half per Cent‘., 99i 100 ; New Three-
and-a-Half per Cents. wol 101 ; India Stack, 249 250;
Bank Stock, 164 ; India Bonds, 21 prem. All the above ale
a shade better than yesterday, and the Market has an appear-
ance of great firmness.
Business in foreign securities has been confined to the Dutch
Two. and-a-Half per cents. at 53. Mexican is without a quo-

tation.
Rather more inquiry has existed for Railway shares, and the
sales have comprised Edinburgh and Glasgow, 531, 54 ; York
and North Midland, 93 ; Midland Counties Quarters, 17i ;
Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 51 ; London an i Birmingham,
181, Thirds, 60; New, 311 ; Cheltenham and Great Western,
22 ; South Western, 634 ; South Eastern Scrip. 74. ; Eastern
Counties, 9%, New, 4/. 14s. 2d., Debentures, 101. 14s. 2d. ;
Greenwich, 5i ; and Brighton 36i.
In reference to the question of reducing the duty on coffee
still further than it is at present proposed, it is now apparently
understood that the Government are averse to any alteration in
their rates. The view taken of the trade in the memorial, al-
luded to yesterday, is one that certainly deserves great anti
serious consideration, since the high duty with which it has
hitherto been charged, has acted as a great inducement for
adulteration, and that intended to be levied, is not sufficiently
low to discourage effectually the mixture of other matters.
Instances could be mentioned in which all sorts of trash
bearing the smallest resemblance to chicory in outward
appearance, have been cleared from the Custom-house, to be
used as a substitute for the substitute itself in times of scarcity,
and without the slightest reference to the properties of the
article, and the duties of 755. and 375. 6d. per cwt. will still
afford a bonus for perpetuating the fraud.
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 19.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 99 'Grand Canal Stock ...
Ditto Reduced
Ditto New 1830......... 99i i Ditto 4 per cent ....
31 per Cent. Debs.
.

EIVERTOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 20.—The week'com-
menced with a moderate demand for American, which since
Tuesday has improved, and the lower qualities have been more
saleable, but without any advance in price : good still remains
scarce, and the market is firmer. Email is again in request,
and Egyptian and Surat without change. Out of the 31,250
bales sold during the week, speculators have taken 4.500
American, and 500 Surats, and exporters 2,000 Americans,
and 100 Pernambuco. Between the Ist January and the 20th
Slay, the trade have taken 421.000 bags. an increase of 46,640
over the similar period of 1841. In the same time 63,800 have
been sold on speculation against 120,380 in the last year ; and
the quantity exported has been 30,750 bags in the present,
and vies 11.890 in the former part of the past year.
LIVERPOOL .SHARE MARKET, MAY 20.—Business was
dull and heavy, and the prices of most Stocks declined, parti-
cularly Eastern Counties and South Eastern, the quotation
for the latter 2e, and of the former 41. 18s, Bd. fir the New,
and 101. 1 ls. Bd. for the Debentures. The other prices were—
Edinburgh and Glasgow, New, 2 prem. ; Grand Junction,
186; and the New Quarter Shares, 2514.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITI4H FUNDS.

Bank Stock 16!•4 4'1(119. Stock —pm
3 per Cent. Red. .. ...... 916 ,Ditto Bonds ......
3 per Cent. C0n5......... 92i 'Ditto Old Al-multi. s -
3i per Cent. Red lIJO ;Ditto New Annuiti.—.., -
bir .w 1i per Cer.t... ... : MI Ex. Bills, 1,000/......1id 3tl pm
New 5 rer Cent — Ditto 500/..... .39 pm.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... —pm
Jan. IS6O ... ...... 12 9-16 Bank Sock for Acct.—, --
.

Oct. 1859
Jan. 18a) l2 13-16 Consols for Acct

FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per cent. — Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent 'Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds— — ,Prussian, 5 per cent. ~
Buenos A yres6 per cent — Russian, 5 per rent....,,
Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic • ....
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent..,,., 22$
Ditto, 1824 261 Ditto, Deferred.... .. lOl
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
'Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent — French, 3 percent. —4. —e.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 21 per cent....... 53
Perwvian,lB2s,6 peret. Ditto, 5 per cent. ~ ...
SHARES.
Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 H) 491
Cheltenham and Creat Western (721 paid)... 22
Eastern Counties' Railway (23 paid) ... ..... 9i
Ditto New Shares ( paid)
Ditto Debentures .. .... .
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 531
Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid....
Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 83
London and Brighton (50 paid) .. ......... , , "i6l
London and Blackwall (25 paid) llk
Landon and Birmingham (90) ....... .. 180
Ditto Thirds (32 paid)
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ... 3ll
London and Gmenwichßailway (12/ 15s 4d pd) bi
Ditto Preference, or Privilege
London and South Western (381178 9d pd) 64
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 5l
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... 281
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) --
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) l7l
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) —
Ditto Scrip. ( Apaid)
York and North and (40 Aid) •••••,... 23

FINE ARTS. -
PANORAMA OF CAUBUL.
So far as picturesque effects are concerned, this
Panorama of Caubul is one of the most successful that
Mr. Burford has yet painted. It is also, we under-
stand, strictly accurate in all its details, which adds
greatly to its interest as a picture. The view is taken
from the Asha Mahi' the western of the two hills
which form the natural defence of Caubul ; and from
this elevated position the whole city is embraced at
one glance, reposing at the foot of the opposite
hill. The course of the river Caubul—a
small, but clear and rapid stream—is seen
dividing it into two unequal parts. On its
right, are the great mass of buildings, the principal
bazaars, the tomb of Timour Shah, &c., together with
the fortress of the city, arid the Royal Palaces on
the rise of the hill; and also the pass between the hills
leading to the valley of Chahar Deli,;by which Caubul
is approached. On the left bank of the river is a
spacious suburb, with many detached houses ; and
towards the east, a vast extent of plain ot.the most
beautiful description, presenting meadows, orchards,
gardens, vineyards, &c., in the highest possible state
of cultivation and luxuriance, interspersed with small
villages, and the castellated mansions of some of the
.wealthiest of the Affghan nobles. In the remote dis-
tance, the view is bounded by an immense range of
lofty, precipitous mountains, a branch of the stupen-
dous Himalayas, which encloses the city on .all sides,
and forms a natural barrier most difficult to pass.
Some of these lofty eminences are covered with eter-
nal snows ; others are of a dark, frowning character ;
and some of the lower and more gradual uplands are
clothed, apparently with a sort of copse-wood, and
crowned with mud-forts. Notwithstanding the au-
stere dignity imparted to it by some of its tremendous
gloomy mountain precipices, the view, as a whole, is
essentially one of a cheerful character; the beau-
tiful is blended with the sublime in equal proportions;
and the impression made on the spectator's mind is,
that Caubul, and its immediate vicinity, is one of the
loveliest and most picturesque spots on earth. To break
the appearance of still-life, Mr. Burford, with great
skill, has introduced several effective groups of na-
tives, and represented Dost Mahomed, and. his fol-
lowers, together with Sir Alexander Burnes, and
several other well-known individuals, bivouacking on
the slope of a hill contiguous to the city. This group
is arranged with much ease and grace, and the figures
delineated are all, we believe, portraits. The colour-
ing of the Panorama is skilful throughout,
.and, in
, particular, the vivid green of the luxuriant orchard
trees is brought out with the happiest effect.

PORTRAIT Y. ihi> DUKE of WEILINGTOA

We have beea favoured with a private view of
Mr. Salter's full-length portrait of the Duke of Wel-
lington, which is now in the course of exhibition at
Messrs. Welch's and Gwynne's, in St. James's-street,
previously to its being engraved in line. When we
say that this portrait is one of the most successful
ever painted of his Grace, we do it no more than
justice. It is full of characteristic expression, and
there is a simplicity about it, and an absence of all
meretricious effect, that cannot be too highly praised.
Without in the slightest degree detracting from
the likeness, the artist has had the rare skill to
impart an elevation and thoughtful intelligence to the
Duke's countenance, which has been missed by the
majority of those who have attempted his portrait.
The attitude is remarkably. firm, and dignified, and at
the same time perfectly easy ; and nothing. can be
more graceful or natural than the manner in which
the Duke is made to hold his hat in his hand. He is
represented in full military costume, aid the setting
sun in the back-ground of the picture forms a touch-
ing poetic allusion to the declining age of the illus-
trious veteran. As regards the colouring, it possesses
all that chasteness and harmony for which Mr. Sal-
ter's paintings have long been celebrated.