The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS;
' 'nom Tlte .MOII.NI:,i'G 'PAPERS OF TRIS DAY.

Tnins.—The English Funds to-day have presented
feature whatever beyond the mere maintenance of yesterday's
prices. which the ordinary run of business enabled the jobbers
to effect. Money was rather more in demand, although no
absolute want of it was fat, as the settlements iu the Foreigq.
Stmel: sod share Mai kets drel7 off some of the floatin capital.
The exchange of the light sovereigns at the Bank of Eng-
land causes a constant scene of bustle and confusion, although
the business is divided into three departments, sums not es.
ceedinc, 1001. being taken in the Rotunda, not exceeding 500/.
in the 'Hal, and all above 5001. in the Bullion-office. Although
this division must in some degree tend to lessen confusion, yet,
it is thought there are not enough clerks to give all the faeility
that is desired. Yesterday it is understood 70,000 sovereigns
were taken. A party who then applied at the Bank bas sent
the following letter, which gives rather a new view of the sub-
ject :

" TO THE EDITOR OF THY: TIME

" Sir,—For the information of these who can muster fifty
sovereigns, and wish to obtain the highest price fur thew,
think it hut fair they should be acquainted with tL•e difficulty,
&c., in so doing. I yesterday tzok fifty to the Bank of England,
and before I could be attended to was kept at least two hours.
When the sovereigns were put in the scale, behold they could
nut weigh them for want of proper weights, but they could
manage 49k. Then, Sir, they hate no grains ; consequently,
if they weigh 23 grains (worth ;:is. 9d.) beyond the penny..
weight, the Bank has the benefit of it. in addition to the bolt
pennyweight (worth Is. 11 Ad. ), which they place in the scold
against the seller. So that while the Bank professes: to give
the highest price, refiners, who will give 3/. 17s. 6d. per ounce.
actually give more, treat you with respect, and attend to sots
immediately, and give all they profess.
" The following is the amount. I realized for 4.9 i sovemignti
—VV. 13s. bd., not more than 31. 17e. tid. per ounce.
" 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant,
ANOLD SLTBSCIUHEII."

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The disastrous accounts from St. Domingo have .
nattinaly
created the greatest excitement among the merchants rem.
nected with that island. (inc great source of consolation is,
however, that the intelligence from the Cape to Pert-au-
Prince (whence the news has arrived), is only verbal, and
therefore it is hoped that the amount of calamity may have
been stated at a rough guess, anti may not prove so great as
is now reported. At the same time the private letters that
have been received from Port-au-Prince express great alarm
at the fact that no person had been there from the Cape since
a period of four days, whereas the Journey does not occupy
more than three days, and there is a constant intercourse be.
tween the places. Limbe, the Governor of which sent his. yrAL
to the Cape to ascertain the state of affairs, is about six.
leagues distant, and it seems that the intelligence verbally
brought by that gentleman first to his father at Limbe, and,
afterwards to Port-au-Prince, comprises all that it known to
the present moment.
SUN.—The plat:zit of Stocks at the close of business sicist
precisely as they were on Tuesday evening, and very little fats_
mess had been done during the day, Consols 9la f'er the
opening. ex-die. ; Reduced 91P, 911) ; Bank Stock 1.67 168
Exchequer Bus 47 49 premium.
Foreign Securities were, in Belgian, 102 103; Dutch Tem-
and-a-Half per Cents. 52 53 ; the Five per Cents. 101 101 i ;
Danish 80i 81-11, and Brazilian 67 65.. The settlement has
produced no alteration.
In Share • some of the principal lines were rather fewer, and:
a mp,t,t r C f the. Northern and Eastern having been held, at
wit; - nuinber being declared to be forfeited, to he .444
se early next month, caused a decline to take plaeae
ryesentatri the ataarket. London and Birminghant
75 177 ; Great Western 88 69; the Half Shares 61t,
Birmingham and Gloucester 50 52 ; South Wsstern
Pi; North Midland 65 67 ; the New Shares 32 33'; South.;
Eastern and Dover 25-'4, 26/ ; the Scrip ti ; Eastern CortA.
ties 9 9i ; Northern and Eastern 41 42 ; Llddkaail
,
I°l, 11% add
14righton 3.5 35i per share.
The bonds were thus quoted—Celombian, 253 26i Peru_
van, 171 16i ;'Portuguese Five per Cents., 37 ;t ne Throe.
per Cents., ; Spanish Five per Cents„ 21 24.;
and the Three per Cents, 2.3i.231.
The settlement in these documents pasaed. off ctithout any
other mishap than the failure of the party alluded to this moon-
ing, anti the great scarcity of money ior which, as much as
fifteen per cent. was paid. The advertisement of the payment
of the dividend on the Three per Cent. Spanish Stock should
have appeared to-day, but has not been published. There are,
parties still sanguine eniough to hope that it will be duly forth-
coming, while others ate in expectaticn that every effort will,
be made to procure the neeessaty amount, and that, although
may not be announced, yet, it will be punetually forthcomint;na
the first proximo. Many, on the other hand, contend that, lair
money will not be obtained, and that the bondholders will be, &v.
formerly, left in the lurch. These conflicting opinions,, where
the honour of a nation is conaerned on a matter of 2,40,000/..,
should operate as a caution against buying the Loads,'

VISIT OF HER MAJESTY/ AND
, Ms ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE, ALBERT"'
AT STAFFORD HOUSE.
Last evening her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince,
Albert ssere most graciously pleased to honour the Duke anti
Duchess of Sutherland by their company at dinner, at Ste:floras
House.
The Queen's visit was considered private, and consequesatlt?
no announcement was made of the intended honour.
Her Maj:ety and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, remote-
penied by his Excellency Count Mensdorf and his 0 ors, the
Counts Hugo, Alphonso, Alexander, and Arthur Menselore at-
tended by Lord Rivers, Lsrd in Waiting; Countess, of Dun-
more, Lady in Waiting ; and Lord Charles Wellesley", Equerry
in Waiting on the Queen ; the Marquis of Exeter, Groom 0?
the Stole e and Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry tre his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, arrived a few minutes 'after eight,
and were received in the vestibule by the Nobles Duke anti
his amiable Duchess, the band stationed in the, gre at hall greet-
ing the arrival of the august and illustrious guests with the
National Anthem.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. attended by Lady
Anna Maria Davison, had previously arrived.
Dinner was shortly afterwards announced, the entertainment
being served up in the banqueting-room, and iu addition to
the Queen and Prince Albert, Count Mtensdorl and his axrei,
and the Duchess of Kent, the select circle: who had the honour
of joining the party to dinner consisted .of the Duke of Wale
lington, the Archbishop of York and Miss V Harcourt, Date
and Duchess of Norfolk, Earl and Countess of Carlisle am(
Lady Mary Howard, Earl and Countess Cowper, Earl am/.
Countess Grosvenor, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Clifdare,
Lady Dover, Hon. William and Lady Caroline Laseelles. •ene
the members of her Majesty and Prince Albert's 'eousseeced
above named.
The full band of M. Jellien and Herr Koenirre ineled'ees the
united musical talents of MM. De Loffre, Piet, Baumeenri, and
Barret, performed a variety of overtures, &c. in Ore gallery
during the dinner, amongst which were Lea Diaotaxe de kr Comeointe ; fintasia-frcan La Sonnanibida, with ,solo for cor-
net a pistons, by Koenig. Quadrilles—" Les Echos dr it
Cour"-and " Histnriqae." Waltzes Maske kidder," " Zee.
phyr's Traume," " Atala," and " Taglioni."
On the Queen and party retiring from the banquet,e,g„
room to the gallery tbe band played the National Ant"eeme
During the latter cart of the evening there was a dance in the
gallery, when the Queen and Prince Albert danced in.sseveral
quadrilles.
A small circle was invited to the evening peer!, among
whom were his Excellency tha French AndAssedor and
Countess St. Aulaire, Boron de Barante, M. de Barante
Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Marquis of Worcester, Mar-
, quit and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Mirschioness of Wsot-
ininster, Duke and Duchess of BuecFetich, Earl of Liver-
pool, Earl and Countess of Jersref -and Lady Clementina
Villiers, Mr. and Lady Fanny Peowerd, Earl and Countess
of Delawarr and Ladies Elieeeese and Mary West, his Ex-
!' eeileney the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, Mar-
chioness of Lansdowne, Earl and Countess Fortescue, Leiter
arid Lady Stanley, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston,.
Earl and Counteas - of Tankerville, Mr. C. Greville, Mr..
Samuel Rogers, I ord and Lady Ashley, Marquis of Kilda, e,
Lord Fitzgereld, Viscount and 'Viscountess Howick, V;,_
count attO Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord Forester, sir. lieury
Greville, Hon. Captain Grey, Lady Georgiana Grey, 'dr. C.
and Lady Mary Wood, Earl anti Countess of Chremilliam,
Lords George and Alfred Paget, Lady Adelaide Pr get, lion.
Sydney Herbert, Viscount eautilupe, Lord Broolse, Viscount
and Lady Francis Sandon, Ceuta Louis de NosAes, Sir Au-
gustus Clifford, Lord Lovaine, Mr. and Lady Cebarlotte Deni-
son, Lord Edward Howard and Lady Mary Fitzalan Howard,
Ladies Grosvenor, Countess of Denbigh and Lade Mary Fieitle
'‘rig, Earl and Countess of Arundel, Viscount and Viecoure: esst
Norreys, Viscount Ebrington, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Allem,
Lady Itivers, Lord John Manners, Earl of Dunmore, Hoe, J.
Ponseerisv, lion. Charles- Gore, Countess }'lahault, and Hose.
:Misses Flahault, Lady Louisa Cavendish, Lord anti La:',y Lit-
ford, Mr. and Miss Granville Vernon, Hen. William ‘...'Am per,
Viscount Ebrington, Marquis of Granby, lion. H. Cho'.mon-
deley, Captain Seymour, Viscount Ossulston, Viscount Dun-
cannon, Count Fredro, &e,
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince. Albert, with
Count Itiensdore and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kerit,
did not take their deperture until after twelve eclock.
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WINDSOR—TUESDAY.
Tho eratYr party teonndeci Saturdaygivit
iD
ti; magnificentuis at
Claremont, whicht,, r3l aj i
large_ that his Royal Highness Prince Albert
expected
W
next, the anoivessary of the battle of Waterloo, has been post-
pwill Oiled. It is
hononr the aterloo banquet at Apsley House, on that-
day. with his presence.
Tne Court is expected to return to thu Castle, for a brief-
period, on Friday se'nnight.
The State apartments at the Castle still remain closet),
the public ; but it is believed that the Lord Chamberlain, will
issue instructions for them to be opened in the course of this
week, of which due and official notice will be given in the Court.
Circular.
The Earl and Countess of Guildford, with their only rum.
Lord North, arrived at the Castle this morning, and inspected
the whole of the private and State apartments, accompanied lit
Air. Donaldson, of the Lori Chamberlain's department. The
Noble Earl and the Countess are sojourning at Botham's
Hotel, Salt-hill.
The Dean and Canons of Windsor have in contemplation the
taking down that portion of the unsightly and dilapidated
horse-shoe cloisters, which are at the north end nearest St..
George's Chapel, and also the gateway leading from the Castle,
yard to the same cloisters. ibis gateway, with its ugly -and
tasteless red brickwork, has long been considered to be an
eye-sore and a disgrace to this highly interesting and beau-
tiful portion of the lower ward of the Castle. The stone work
of the great west window of St. George's Chapel is nearly
completed, and also the restoration of the fine old stained glasw
by Willemont.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic returns for the week ending June 11, 1842 :
Passengers
Merchandise

£1,207 5 4
W. O'BRIEN, Secretary.