The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-02 00:00:00

COURT-PASMONABIM.,

'The Earl Jermyn has returned to town from Belvoir
Castle.

The Duke of Northumberland has purchased the fine
estate called the Magdalene FielA near Berwick, from
Lord Lisburne for 28,0001.
The Earl of Derby's delicate health prevented him
accepting the invitation to the Royal christening.
The Earl of Tankerrille has taken Viscountess Pal-
merston's mansion, in Little Maddox-street, for the season.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and the Marquis
of Lorn, have arrived in Connaught-place West, from
Invenary Castle, for the season.
The entertainment given by the Duke of Sutherland
on Monday night to the King of Prussia, was on a scale of
princely magnificence, and, it is said, has not been sur-
passed for many years. About fifty sat down to dinner,
and in the latter part of the evening there was a party,
consisting of above two hundred ladies and gentlemen,
in full dress.

During the visit of the King of Prussia on Monday
at Newgate, Mrs. Fry offered up a prayer for a blessing
on his Majesty, Queen, and country. On commencing
the prayer, she knelt, and the King immediately followed
the example, remaining on his knees till the prayer was
finished.

nuivrouits or •rziE DAY.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has abandoned his
intention of increasing the duty on Irish whiskey, as on
mature reflection, he finds that Father Mathew and the
illicit distillers would be too many for him.
Among the sites proposed for the Scotch Episcopal
College, near Perth, the house and picturesque grounds
of Innerpeffrey, the property of the Earl of Kinnoul,
have been mentioned.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
The transactions in our own funds were to-
day at prices more in favour of the seller. Although
the business done was not extensive ,it was appa-
rent that the resignation of the Duke of Buckingham
gave satisfaction to those who had occasi on to do busi-
ness. Consols for present transfer impr )ved from 881
and 89, to 88* and 89*, and from 83 and 89* to 89*
and 891 for the Account. Exchequer Bills were not
quite so good, being 16s. to 18s. premium, and India
Bonds were at 9s. to I ls. premium. Bank Stock rallied
to 167* and 168, and South Sea Stock to 991 ; New
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 98* to 98i, and the
Three per Cents. 89* to 89*.
The Foreign Securities exhibited a trifling increase of
activity, but nothing very marked in regard to the move-
ment of prices. The quotations for Mexican Stock got
up to 294. Colombian were also a shade better, viz.,
21* to 22. Spanish Active Bonds were flat again at
24* to 241, French Three per Cents. Rentes were at
78L 75c., and Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. 51*
to 511.
The Railway Shares got up a little from the extreme
decline of yesterday, but buyers did not appear with
any degree of confidence. Great Western were at 19 to
20 ; York and North Midland, New, at 17 ; and South
Western at 20* premium. Brighton were 141 to 131 ;
Blackwell 139; Midland Counties 18 ; and Northern
and Eastern 4i discount. London Joint Stock Bank
Shares were 2.ti premium, ex div.; Colonial 14 premium;
and Australasia, New, 51. premium.
Bills upon the principal continental cities were this
afternoon steady at the rates of Friday last.
The following are the official returns of the exports of
bullion from the port of London for the week ending
Thursday last:—
Silver coin to Macao ....... 4,307 oz.
„ „ Belgium 4,000 oz.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 31.—The sales
to-day are 3,000 bales, all of which have been taken by
the trade. Prices are without alteration; and include Surats
3d. to 4d. ; New Orleans, 4d. to 50. ; Pernams,
LIVERPOOL SHARE 'MARKET, JAN. 31.—A fair busi-
ness has been done in the Share Market to-day, com-
prising Eastern Counties, 8* ; Grand Junction, Half
Shares, 951 ; London and Birmingham, 169 ; Manches-
ter Thirds, 76*; Ditto, Quarter, 4i; Paris and Rouen,l3B.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 31.—We have
had rather more activity in our_ market to-day, and the
following are our transactions :—London and Birming-
ham, 170 ; London and Brighton, 361 ; do. Loan Notes
on Quarter Shares, 15s. prem ;. Manchester and Bir-
mingham, 27*; Manchester and Leeds Halves, 331 ; do.
Quarters, 4 ; Huddersfield Canals, 181.
There are no later arrivals to-day from any quarter.
Consols continue flat at 88i 89 for Money, and 89* for
the Account; Exchequer Bills, 16s. 18s. prem. ; Spanish
Active Stock 24/ ;. Fortuguese Five per Cents., 331 a ;
Ditto Threes, 191 -20 ; Mexican Bank, 291 I.
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 29.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 9B Grand Canal Stock
Ditto Reduced
Ditto New 1830 99 Ditto 4 per cent ..
3 *per Cent. Debs.
Consols have. impioved since the opening per cent.;
they are now 891 for Money, and 894 for the Account;
Exchequer Bills are steady at 1618" India Bonds, 11
premium ; Bank Stock, 167*.
In the Foreign Market there has been but, little doing,
the followinc, are the only quotations : -..-Mexican 29*
Prussian 11.51; Spanish 24* ; Dutch Two-and a-Half
per Cents., 51i.- ; ditto Fives, DM
The Share Market continues very flat, with little busi-
ness doing :—London and Brightoff are 36; ditto Green-
wich, 61; ditto South Western, 591 ; Manchester and
Leeds, New Shares, 321; North Midland, New, 35i.
Consols, Money, 89 ; Ditto Account, 891; Colom-
bian, 21* 22* ; Mexican, 29* 29i ; Spanish, 24* 24:1.
An expectation is entertained that the secession of
the Duke of Buckingham from the Cabinet will lead to
some,obstacles upon the opening of the session of Par-
liament, as far as the voting of the Answer to the Address I,
may be concerned ; but some parties in the City rather
imagine that all allusion to the Corn-laws will be avoided ;
in her Majesty's Speech, and, par consequence,
in the answer. to it also. This topic altogether excites
the liveliest interest in the City, and more especially in
Mark-lane, where business, from the suspense and doubt
in which both dealers and farmers are kept, is by no means
brisk. For the advantage of all parties, whether agri-
cultural or commercial, it is evidently to be desired that
an early adjustment of the Corn question should be made,
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock l67* India Stock
3 per Cent Red 893 Ditto, Bonds pre
89 Ditto Old Annuities ... --
33ippererCe.cnent
tCiTends
99k ;Ditto New Annuities...
New 3} per Cent
New 5 per Cent.. ll7l Ditto 500/...
Long Annuities Zoexpire , Ditto Small lB pm
Jan. 1860 ..... 12 11-16 Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct 1859. .. ..... 12 9-16 India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 pa. cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 pem cent ;Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian 80nd5.... — ;Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres 6 per t IRussian, 5 per cent...._ 115 i
Chilian' 6 per cent..... Ditto, Metallic ...... .
Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent. 241
Ditto, 1824.. ....... ..... Ditto, Deferred....
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. .—c.
Greek, 18:15, 5 per cent — Exchange ... . ........ f ...c,
Mexican, 5 per cent 29/ French, 3 per cent. 78 . 750
Ditto, 6 per cen':.. 1837 Dutch, per cent. , 51i
Peruvian, 1825, flier ct.
SHAR E Ditto, 5 per cent. . 1011
Great Western Railway( 65 paid) . : ......... 85
' London and Brighton (50 paid).. ........ r,6A
London and Blackwell Railway (25 paid)... 111
London and Greenwich Railway 120 pd)
• Ditto New Shares (20 paid)
London and South Western
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ......
Ditto New Shares (30
... . ....
Midland Counties Railway (l 0() paid)
Northern and Eastern (40 paid) ....
York and North Midland Railway (50 paid)
Ditto New Shares (15 paid 32i
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—( YESTERDAY. )
Amsterdam CF. 12 71Gibraltat
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...... ...2 U. 12 Genoa
Antwerp
Hamburgh ' M.D. 13 14 Venice
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Palermo, per oz 120'
Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon ,52i
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 154 Bahia •
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos Ayres ......
Berlin....
Vienna, effec. 0. 3 M 953 Philadelphia 46
Trieste, ditto 9 54 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz.
Madrid
Cadiz
Bilbao ' ... 36 New Doubloons 0 0 0
Barcelona
Seville ... 36 Silver in Bars 00 0

VISIT OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA
TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Yesterday morning, at twenty minutes past eleven, his
Majesty the King of Prussia, accompanied by Baron
Humboldt, General Von Natzmar, and the other
members of his Majesty's. suite, were conducted
by Sir Henry Ellis, Mr. I'anizzi, and other
officers of the British Museum, through the magnificent
rooms, cabinets, and apartments of that noble edifice.
His Majesty was attired in a plain unornamented suit
of altogether a private character, nor did we discern
even a star on his breast. His coat was of a pompadour
colour, close buttoned, and the rest of his clothes black.
On passing through the Reading Room, where most of the
literary men of the day had assembled, together with
several ladies, a general rise took place, which his Ma-
jesty acknowledged in a courteous manner. His Ma-
jesty on passing through the Royal, or King George the
Fourth's Library, seemed highly gratified at the display
of many thousand volumes ranged on either side of that
room. His Majesty then proceeded in due order through
the stately apartments containing the works of sculpture
of Rome, Greece, and Egypt ; many of the more exqui-
site marbles attracted his attention greatly ; the cabinets
of natural history, with the cases of mine-
rals, coins, &c., did not, of course, during so
brief a review, allow of his Majesty's minute inspection,
a circumstance which, no doubt, was a'denial to the phi-
losophic tastes of Baron Humboldt. The Museum was
thronged with crowds of fashionable parties, eager to
catch a sight of the " crowned head" and his followers.
On leaving the Museum his Majesty proceeded to King's ,
College and Somerset House, where he was in due form
received by the authorities of both institutions.

MURDER 07 MICHAEL MUNITER•--PVC
understand that Mr. Robert Fair, who has actively
exerte•l himself to discover the perpetrators of this bar:-
barons murder, has received information positively fixing
the guilt upon the wife of the murdered man, and on
Flannery, to whom she was about to be married when
her husband returned from America. Flannery is in
prison undergoing punishment for an assault, and his ac-
complice is also in custody, though she has not yet bin
transmitted to the county gat:lL—Mayo Constiktio.

MORNING•SUN

THE KING OF PRUSSIA!,,
VISIT TO NEWGATE. .
when 0.0,3104
Nelllvigas Atel,ajaestylalaiqiaysetdtwaot Governor'sothnemonday, residenit;!
Mayoress, Mrs. Fry, Mrs. Rogers, the Lady of f° od
Rogers, Miss Fraser, ofr. and Mrs. Gurney, viLitlir
for some time previously assembled, received. 7i030i
jesty, as also Sheriffs Magnay and Rogers, Sir oftbe
Luke, the Under Sheriffs, Mr. Cope, the Governor'.
prison, the Ordinary, &c.
yt
Mr. Cope received the King on alighting froullhe4t-1
riage, and his Majesty then proceeded, with 31,11'
and the Lady. Mayoress, to the female ward. nal
In the principal anartment all the female pris43ll°
tried had assembled, at the head of whom :oreo
presided on the left of the King and the Lady Afl)
onMrs .rF the ight. ifsie slry then proceeded to explain to his -
that the unfortunate individuals present were noinifoo
or otherwise they would have appeared in the,,u,d 110
dress worn by the convicted prisoners. She ad„. ops
that prison had long been considered one of t"'' 0. tile
constructed in the kingdom, but that of late ye:, tile
Corporation of the City of London had effected 'l
improvements the building in its present form ;VP
pable of.
His Majesty inquired if the unfortunate invates re'
ceived any course of religious instruction ? tilt
Mrs. Fry replied in the affirmative, infortunlog
King that Divine service was performed every r'Pot
by the Reverend Ordinary, which formerly was Ilhappl
case; and in continuation observed that she was ore'
to say that the Society of which she and the lagiee;„ll4
sent were members, had been the means of col's;d 00
improving the condition of the prisoners generally,
especially the female portion of them.
After reading two chapters, and singing -
Mrs. Fry offered up an extemporaneous praYer' 600
ing a blessing on his Christian Majesty, his consort'
his country.
et.
On commencing the prayer, Mrs. Fry knelt, pt,
ample which was followed by the King and all presefrp
The King then retired, in company with 311,01'
to whom his Majesty offered his arm, and
ode'
lency the Prussian Minister with the Lady lkll.l, 000
followed by Sheriffs Magnay and Rogers, Sir hod
Duke, &c., to the Governor's, private apartments, 6 tol'
after which, his Majesty, with. Mrs. Fry, Count dc vibe
berg, and the Chevalier Bunsen, started for uptoa,to
seat of Mrs. Fry, near Barking; Essex, to honour
lady with his company at luncheon. tht
His Majesty, at a quarter-past five, arrived, 11,
to
King of Hanover's apartments, at St. James's- polar
e
dress, previous to visiting Drury-lane Theatre. me,
His Excellency General Von Natzmar, his Roelof
Baron Humboldt, and the other Noblemen of the fce,
Suite had some time previously arrived. immediatee
the arrival of the King two sentries were placed at
ldi
entrance by Royal command.
tplyal
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUTHEB,---0-
GRAND FETE TO HIS MAJESTY THE
OF PRUSSIA AT STAFFORD-HOUSE. bbl
On Monday evening a splendid banquet was glnigel
the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, at Stafford-o
to his Majesty. the King of Prussia. 1,
The entertainment was on a scale of princely 03,0,11 i
cence, and in point of splendour and extravagant u'ru><.
far exceeded the brilliant fete given by the Noble ige.
and Duchess on the occasion of her Majesty's roarrt 10,,
/
The grand dining-room, in which the bantluerplo'
served up for upwards of eighty persons, is rentA
obil°
for the delicacy and beauty of its decorations. The t,eo4
ground-work is relieved with gold, the ceiling codr
divided into compartments, with a circular centre, chO'
partment, from which is suspended a superb ornnu°
delier for sixty lights.
The e
presented a splendid display of silver 11,itt
be
being illuminated along the centre by eight
the d
silver candelabra. The most conspicuous was at 'OllO4
of the table, which was 1 lercules destroying the
,i;do!
each head of the monster affording a receptacle for..,ier
light. Indeed, the plate, from the excellent
which it was arranged, and the brilliancy of its brtti
parts' reflected considerable crt dit on those to Iva°
duty devolved.
The whole range of apartments, comprising thears4
lery and ante-rooms, the saloon, and green velvet
vat„
ing-room in the upper suite, 'and the west an iceP,"
corridors and drawing-rooms on the ground Hoer'
thrown open on this festive occasion.
The fine band of the Royal Horse Guards (13wei l/10
stationed on the grand staircase, and throughutlitioto
evening played selections from the admired coves
(0,
of the German and Italian maestroes. 0 j Their Royal Hip,bness6s the Duke and Puchcol
Cambridge and Prince George and
-Princess -A„l3g, e
-e'Ote"e
1-1 Cambridge, Duke of Sussex, and Duchess of 1°-
-arrived shortly after eight, with their attendants' lea.
His Majesty the King of Prussia, with the 3,ett te°
personages attached -to his Royal person, arristrrit nee'
minutes before nine; and was received in the en',„
hall by Noble Duke and Duchess, and by the-rritl",
ducted -to the grand staircase, through the west c° f i.b`;
to. a drawing-rocim, where were the members ° oer,
the Dukes
yot'rit
gcuhtsegt'a
Royal Family and the distinguished guests invited thoess 0:
his Majesty, after which the King, with the D9(b'e e 9 •
I Sutherland, proceeded to the dining-room hY I;yiag
corridor, up the grand 'staircase, the band
triumphal ge of trumpets. inn o~
Pa.tiale°lniisgi,shtieledssoershtihs ,
pristishscift,d,4lt4eirr
of Cambridge, and Prince George and Prine°,l -1,21 Y
of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones and 18ir
gusta Somerset; the Duke of Sussex attended by Macdonald ;. the Duchess
ss
o. ....oucester;attentlea%/J
Caroline Legge ; the Duke of 'Wellington, 1)1844
Invermas, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford,ereorilf
-and Marchioness of Lansdowne, Marquis of Abe'
Earl and Countess of Surrey, Countess of Clan7.1;0110!
Earl of Westmoreland, Viscount Duncannon, 110'
and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady .Ica'rliti
sell, Lord William Russell, Viscount Clifden, ,
Lady Francis Egerton, Hon. C. Howard, his EsZieiaiy
Chevalier Bunsen and Madame Bunsen, Baron jolg,
Baron Canitz, and his Excellency General V°ll„liellri
mar, his Excellency Baron de Humboldt, his P'e„`,ool
Count de Stelbere,a• Major-General M. de Nie"cooll,,
M. Muller, M. de Meyerinck, M. de Brauchitsch,Arto
Erneste Sohlippenbach, Count de Glotz, and Al-1"•;„I
ley, in the suite of his Majesty the King of Prussliiit,,,l,
The whole of the superb apartments were bri„th tmj
illuminated; and, in addition, the alcove bene,,lolo
northern portico was adorned with variegated laratoire
a jet d'eau in the centre, surrounded with the c
exotics, sent forth its limpid stream. .45
In the latter part of the evening there was a - f
lid
soiree, all the gentlemen appearing in uniform, 011
ing the stars and ribbons of their vatious orders, 3,.ficP;
whom were Count St. Aulaire, the French Alldlele,4,4'
the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunow, the Y-aCi,(l"-
Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the .13$::t1,
Minister and Baroness de Cetto, Baron Moncor
Dedel, Baron Gersdorff Baron • Nieumann,
zeltern, Countess Flahault (Baroness Keith and love
and Miss E. Flahault, Duke and Duchess of 13,,,,t1'1f0te
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of I'l- 1)0,
Marquis of Normanby, Marquis of Cholmondelei' gsr,
and Duchess of Bedford, Marquis of Abercorti'ooo,,`;
chioness of Exeter, Earl of iladdington, Earl Oda
ess of Denbigh, Lady Mary Fielding, Lord an le Fr,
Stanley, Sir Jams and Lady Graham, Honouraboiol,
Norton, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst Lord Fi1151,5„3
Earl of Ripon, Mr. Bruce, Countess of Jersey sLredj
C. Villiers, Hon. Von. Captain Villiers, Lords A
Jon,oP
George Paget, Lady Adelaide Paget, Mr. Tat t°l
Lady Charlotte Egerton, Mademoiselle d'Este, 311.*0 0,!14.
gomery, Earl of Uxbridge, and the Ladies on A
Constance Paget, Earl of Wilton, Viscount I'lLeelti,
countess Palmerston, Viscount and Viscountess Or'
Viscount and Viscountess Fitzalan, Lord Edw. t,
Lady Mary Howard, Honourable Sydney Herbercotl,t/'
Justice Coltman, Sir John and Lady Williarnslocol
tens of Charlemont, Mr. F. Howard Earl of
ii
Earl of Jermyn, Honourable Miss 117urrry, Sirw,
Duckinfield, Lady Brougham and Miss Eden, /,'":'ciyl.-:
Countess of Albemarle, Honourable C. C. and,t-cil .„(;°(.
therine Cavendish and Miss Cavendish, Hon. rr,
rester, Mr. Vernon Harcourt, Mr. Vernon 8111,,,-,"„il
Lister, Mr. Babbage, Captain and Lady E. 'A'fr.
Colonel and Lady Mary Fox, Lady Montagibc,`lclog'id
Mrs. Stanley, Earl Cadocran, Lady Augusta ;),
Viscount and Viscountess Chelsea, Earl of Bocei; r„ btujj,
Lady Louisa Percy, Honourable J. and I,asfid
Stuart Wortley, Lady Wharncliffe, Mr. Edwit;.,gat'',„
seer, Honourable William Cowper, Earl and vr:',ooo3
of Rosebery and the Ladies Louisa and Ann r-,-,olrd° t,
Honourable C. Gore, Miss Burdett Coutts,
Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Honourable Miss `'01111i:
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Right Honourable
t. C. 1.0
and Mrs. Gladstone, Sir Augustus Clifford, CuPefirSt
ford, Sir Horace Seymour and Lady Clintonmie°%
Seymour, Mr. Macdonald, Lord Dudley Stuart,
and Viscountess Canning, Honourable Miss elg,-
Lord and Lady Ashley, Earl and Countess ni4jotivi,le
don, Honourable C. S. Wortley, Mr. Talbot, .o,oll‘e
able W. B. and Lady Harriet Baring, 11°?0,11'll,
Henry and Mrs. Ashley, Mr. Tufnell, Mrs. cliu"l,‘y
Offley and Miss Crewe, Dowager Lady de aVde;9l'
Lord and Lady Monteagle, Lady Willoughby of 11,.(01
and Hon. Miss Willoughby, •Earl and Countesisof
moreland, Rev. H. Millman, Mr. Barry, EarLo, Plot
Dowager Lady Clare, Lady Isabella Fitzgib'siriset:,ol.
ager Duchess of Richmond, Earl of March' Po It
Villiers, Lord Campbell and Lady Strathedeusolshieirt
Miss Campbell, Hon. Mr. Stanley, Viscount it 10,.",ert,
Viscount Ebrington, Hon. Mr. Murray, '-'fieCICP-00,
Adair, Sir George and Lady Grey, Air' staallfS,a,
Countess of Stanhope and Lady Wilhelmitut 5 31aP
Sir Robert H. Inglis, Viscount and Viscountesea, tbo
Lady Granville Somerset, Viscount Fielding', 500,..nd
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sns,,se-the
Duchess of Inverness retired at 12 o'cloc,'"Duke
tb
playing on the departure of the Royal 'it-
National Anthem.
ucester_s4.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of 01° fteria,.- of
tended by Lady Caroline Legge, left shortly
and. p ies
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke not
Cambridge, with the Princess Augusta, "1-
until after 12 o'clock.

It was half-pastl2 before his Majesty theou-
Prussia left, when the Duke and Duchess ace
his Majesty to the vestibule.

HUNTI—NG—TiIiPOINTSI rick ;-"°11'
Cowbritlge harriers, Thursday, Pentre 14Y r
Saturday,;2l ua
,rylk.
I, ly a
rptY.
h;FedNrad ryaßeqssuhahl
wo.oo6rifoot :
M r . W y n d hhvra—ar:rmor°ririds' Ode; Irhi rinsa.
osrat
ht ,Saturday' 1
0,
Vine hounds, Thursday, Malshan;ernilluils'e ' illtit.
:,esouvalhnvrrondistdsTtau:d.,:srm,LidTienachysktu,erßrrosrldNa:licutod:d;seen,s.:
day, Woolverton House. . ekillfc
Middleton barriers, Friday, 'Warminster Lan
Odibatn barriers, Thursday, Swain's Hill. ,n 4;
NlT.urpsl.elly.h,ounds: Friday, Hack and Afanger'v''`role°
Thursday, Vhiteparish , rci,
graph Turnpike. 00'48'
H. H., Thursday, Preston House; Saturday, _one.
Tynemouth beagles, Thursday, latw.
Carmarthen hounds, Friday, Bronwydd AO'

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