The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-14 00:00:00

BRITISH FUNDS.

Uink Stock 167 'lndia Stock .2461
3 per Cent Red B4 'Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent Cons BBL Ditto Old Annuities ...
34 per Cent Red 99 Ditto New Annuities...
New 34 per Cent 9Bl ,Ex. Bills, 1,0001. ...21c1 14 pm
New 5 per Cent 1 Ditto 5001.... l4 pm
Long Annuities to expire I Ditto 5ma11....... 14 pm
Jan. 1860 l2 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct 1859 l2 7-16 India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860.
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Ditto, New Ditto
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, 5 per cent ll4l
'Ditto, Metallic
Spanish, 5 per cent :2SA
Ditto, Deferred ••
French, 5 per cent..• —f. —e.
Exchange
French, 3 per cent —f. —c
Dutch, 2i per cent sli
Ditto, 5 per cent. ... 100 A

Austrian, 5 per cent
Belgian, 5 per cent
Brazilian Bonds —
Buenos Ayres, 6 per ces 20
Chinon, 6 per cent 7O
Colombian, 6 per cent..
Ditto, 1824.
Danish, 3 per cent ..
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent.
'Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 29
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct.

SHARES. -
Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd)
Ditto Thirds (25 paid) lBi
Birmingham and Gloucester Rail.; ay (100 p) 64i
Great Western Railway( 65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) .........
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid).
Lcndon and Blackwall Railway (25 paid) ll
London and Birmingham (90) ......... ...
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ... ........
London and South Western
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
North Midland Railway (100)

PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES

THROUGH ST. JAMES'S AND HYDE PARKS.

In consequence of the preparations making for the
christening of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
and the reception of his Majesty the King of Prussia
at Backinghnm Palace, the following notice was put up
yesterday at the gate on Constitution Hill :
" It is ordered—That the gatekeepers do appear at
their respective gates in their proper uniforms.
" That no hackney-coaches, hackney-chariots, or
hired cabs be allowed, under any pretence whatever,
to pass through either Sr. James's or Hyde Parks, ex-
cept through the Birdcage-walk, leading from Story's
Gate, Great George-street, Westminster, to St. James's-
street, Pimlico.

That no return post-horses be allowed, under any
pretence whatever, to pass through the parks, and that
the permission to hackney-ehaises conveying Govern-
ment messengers to pass through St. James's Park,
shall not be extended to any such other hired carriages
as before mentioned.
" That the gates of St. James's Park, with the ex-
ception of that communicating with the Birdcage-walk,
be kept half closed, and that no carriages or horses
but those belonging to the Royal Family, and such
persons as have permission, be allowed to pass through
such gates.

" That no carriages but those occupied by Members
of the Royal Family, or by the Grand Falconer, be per-
mitted to drive in the Queen's-ride, Hyde park.
" That the gates of the Birdcage-walk be left open

through the night during the sittings of Parliament.
That no stage-coaches, omnibuses, carts, waggons,
drays, trucks, wheelbarrows, or persons carrying bur-
dens, be allowed to pass through any of the gates, either
of St. James's or Hyde Parks, and the keepers and sen-
tinels have received orders accordingly.
" By command of her Majesty,
" AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, Ranger."

You will observe by the discussions in the
London papers that the question of slave search, raised
between the Governments of Great Britain and the
United States, has attracted public attention as an immi-
nent and serious subject of difference. It is doubtless the
question which has induced the diplomatic mission of Lord
Ashburton. I believe the Noble Baron will sail in about ten
days, with his instructions, and perhaps with a power of
attorney from " Baring, Brothers ;" and it is be-
lieved that ; after his mission is concluded, he will
look in on Canada before lie returns home. The
best informed Americans in London assert that
the mission is unnecessary, as President Tyler will
never abandon his position against the right of
search ; and that any modification of our claim
might just as well be agreed between Mr. Everett
and Lord Aberdeen in London. Certainly Sir Robert
Peel incurs great responsibility in the cost of the mission
and in the selection of a wavering-minded man, wholly
inexperienced in diplomacy. Lord Ashburton would
have gained more reputation by staying at home and
resuming his cast-off Opinions on the Corn-laws, than he
is likely to reap in Washington. A transatlantic voyage,
however, may revive his decayed Liberalism. From the
repeated political changes of the Noble Baron's " ideas,"
Ls Lordship may come home an ardent Republican !-
-.London correspondent of the Scotsman.