The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-08 00:00:00

FOREIG

Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Ditto, New Ditto
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, 5 pei cent
Ditto, Metallic ...—
Spanish, 5 per cent.
Ditto, Deferred.... . .
French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
Exchange
French, 3 percent —f. —c.
Dutch, 24 per cent 52
Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 100 i

Austrian, 5 per cent. —
Belgian, 5 per cent 103%
Brazilian Bonds... 631
Buenos Ayres6 per cent.
Chilian, 6 per cent.
Colombian, 6 per cent —
Ditto, 1.24
Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent BO
Danish, 3 per :ent —
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent 32%
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837
Peruvian,l62s,6 per ct.
SHARES.
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) •••• tip
Great Western, (65 paid) .......

Ditto New Shitres-(so.paid)... ......... .•• 60 -
Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ....... _ . ..
London and Brighton (50 paid).. .......•••• 36i
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid)...— 211
Midland Counties Railway ( R/ paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) l5
Paris and Rouen (18 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) —
Ditto Scrip (15 paid)
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY. 1
Amsterdam CF. 12 91 Gibraltar , . ••• 46
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam —2 U. 12 10 Genoa ... ............ ..... 26 0
Antwerp l2 8 ilklilan
Hamburgh M.B. 13 141, Venice .....
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 252 0 Oporto 70 Palermo,
rto per ca. 120
Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon; ..... 521
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro 231
4

Frankfort on Maine ...151
Petersburgh, 3 Us. ... 37
IPerlin
Vienna, effoc. 11. 3 M 959
Trieste, ditto lO
Madrid
Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona

Bahia ..... 23
Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days sight 46
Philadelphia 4ii
PRICES OF BULLION, PER Oi..
Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9
Portugal Geld C0in...3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars... 0 4 .

Seville

Silver in Barg— ..... 0 4 11

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.---The Queen and Prince Albert
rode out in the morning in the Home Park, in a pony
phaeton, her Majesty driving.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal were taken their accustomed air-
ing in the Park to-day, accompanied by the DowaDowagerLady Lyttelton.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert enjoyed his
favourite sport at Flemish Farm in the forenoon, at-
tended by Lord Rivers, Major-General Sir Edward
Bowater, and Mr. George Edward Anson. The
Prince returned to the Castle to lunch, and in the
afternoon drove her Majesty out in a pony phaeton.
The Royal party included the Countess of Mount
Edgecumbe, Lady in Waiting ; Hon. Miss Stanley,
and lion. Miss Hamilton, Maids of Honour in Wait-
ing, tbllowing in a carriage and four; and Colonel
Arbuthnot, Equerry in Widting, and the Hon, Cap-
tain Duncombe, Groom in Waiting, attending her
Majesty on horseback.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, yesterday afternoon,
at her residence, Froomore Lodge.
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His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge,
and his Serene liighnos Prince Frederick, Heredi-
tary Prince of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived in
town yesterday, from a visit to the Earl Delawarr, at
his seat, Buckhurst Park, Sussex. Their Royal and
Serene Highnesses travelled by the South lastern
Railway, and on their arrival proceeded to the resi-
dence of Prince George, in St. James's Palace.

His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar left Marlborough House, the residence of
the Queen Dowager, on Thursday night, for Dover,
en route to Cie Hague.
The Governor of the Bank of England, and the
Depu,
of thety-Go vernor:had an interview with the Chan-
cellor Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.
The Right Hon. Stewart Mackenzie transacted bu-
siness on Thursday at the colonial-office.,
The remains of the late Marquis Wellesley were
removed at half-past seven o'clock yesterday morning,
from Kingston House, Knightsbridge, to Eton, where
the interment will take place this day.

WATER.--The combination
com-
panies to raise their charges for serving the public
with water, has led to a revival of the old project of
of Pure water bringing a supply among the water
ter from the Thames
above Barnes, where it may be procured free from the
filth and pollution which enters into the river nearer
the metropolis. The project was supported some
years since by Sir Robert I eel, who stood forward !in
the House of Commons a firm advocate for supplying
the public with one of the great blessings of life—
good and wholesome water. The intention (accord-
ing to report) is to convey the water by pipes or an
aqueduct to Lambeth and Vauxhall.
" Gentlemen of the Jury, ' said a Western lawyer,
" would you set a rat-trap to catch a bar ? Would
you make d—d fools of yourselves by endea-
vouring to spear a buffalo with a knitting-needle?
Or would you attempt to empty out the Mississippi
with a gourd? No, gentlemen, I know you would
not. Then how can you be guilty of the absurdity
of finding my client guilty of manslaughter, for taking
the life of a woman f"
All great brewers of whom history takes notice,
from Odin and Cadwallader, down to Thrale and Sir
I Felix Booth, are prone to hospitality.—Tait's Mag.
SHEERNESS, OCT. 4.—Yesterday an order was sent
down by the Lords of the Admiralty for the speedy
completion of her majesty's ship Cumberland, 74
guns, now building at Chatham Dockyard, so as to be
ready for launching in the course of a fortnight. Next
Monday week is the day mentioned on which the
launch will take place. An order was received to in-
crease the complement of the guard-ship Camper-
down to the peace establishment crew,