The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-24 00:00:00

HONEY MARKET AN f) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount market to-day has been exceedingly 41 11 at the quotations recently current. Revenue Payments and the requirements of the public for s ubscription for the various enterprises, brought oat with so much rapidity, are influencing the ten dency of affairs. After the payment of the divi dends, there is some prospect of a little additional ease. In the Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, there was a decline in some instances, and an ad lance in others. The banking business of Messrs. Barned and Co., Liverpool, is being converted into a limited liabi litY company, with a capital of £2,000,000 in 40,000 shares of £5O each. The prospectus, it is expected, dill be published early next week. The price to be Paid for the business is fixed at £160,000 in instal kents spread over two years. A large business is Provided both in Liverpool and London. The pre sent partners will act as directors for five years, re taining at the same time a large interest in the I ludertaking. At a meeting of the holders of Greek Bonds of the issue of 1824 and 1825, held yesterday, Mr. E. tlazlewood presiding, a memorial to the Greek Chamber of Deputies was agreed to, stating that, t hough the bondholders had the first claim on the securities hypothecated, they were not disposed to Press their claim to the fullest extent, but were dis- Posed to listen to such an arrangement for the liquidation of the debt as might be consistent with the present condition and prospects of Greece. The specie movement during the past week has been of an unimportant character. The imports have amounted to about £457,500, while the exports have been to the extent of £132,820. The share list of the Belgravia Mansions Com will close on Wednesday for London, and on Thursday for the Continent. A branch of the Anglo-Italian Bank has just been opened at Naples. Two O'CLOCK. Beyond the general heaviness of quotations and 411 important decline in American Securities, ther e Qui been no remarkable feature in the Stock Ex ehange to-day. The English Funds, however, have dropped per cent, Consols being 894 for koney, and 891 90 for account. In the Foreign Market general heaviness has Prevailed, and business las been dull. Turkish 6 Per Cents., 1862, are 731, 74i ; do. Consolides, 5 °41 ; Mexican, 251 ;do New, 24i 4 ; Greek, '4, 21; Spanish Passive, 30+ ; do. Certificates, 14 i, 15k ; Italian, 66/ ; and the Confederate Loan, 6 8. Business in the Railway Share Market has been 4111 1, although prices in most instances have shown rather more buoyancy. North Western have ad l',anced, 10s., and South Western, Metropolitan, and 'Midland each £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines generally re kain inactive at previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are dull, and quotations in some instances exhibit less firmness. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new projects :—The New Issue of 50 ,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, Ito 1+ prem. The A Stock the Metropolitan Extension Railways of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, 62+ 62i per £lOO stock. The Albert Bridge Company's. Shares are 1 1+ prem. ; Grange Town Iron, 1i 2 prem. ; Northern Assam Tea, par I prem.; Russian Ironworks, 7 8 prem. ; London Bridge Land, ; London Quays and Warehouses, 2 3 prem. ; D owns Docks Company, 1+ f prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a GO VER NMENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols • 891 90 891 „ Do. Account, June 6 9O 89 1 New Cent. Reduced B9 1 meW 3 per Cent' B9} k 9 New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A Do. 5 per Cent. Tan. 1873 — ' 4 Duities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 80. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 - I, Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — • g. rchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 k 31 per Cent Do. £5OO — b Do. £ lOO and £ 2OO 'eatik of England Stock, 51 per Cent 249 Do Account / INDIAN GoVERNMENT SECURITIES. 4 dian• . Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account ~0 'O. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 .IDo. Account .t- 1 .,0. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .uo. Certificates — 1) 0. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent 80. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 9 0 . 51 per Cent., May 1879 &Jo. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — '-'▪ 0. Bonds, £l,OOO _ 4 -)o. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. k b itstrian Bonds, 5 per Cent _ 'razilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 t Do. 1863 I lenos Ayres 6 per Cent 1 : )0 . Account 0,,, ~ ," ,0 I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) V l an 6 per Cent — . 1 k ) , 0 . 41 per Cent — t°',_orabian 6 per Cent. — ',Da l 6 per Cent. " 0 5 per Cent., 1864 — D 0. 1) Scrip, £55 paid D anish 3 per Cent., 1825 — DO., 4 per Cent., 1863 — tue. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — 44 11bian Principalities t , 4) 0 £B6 paid — c l l lador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent llf uo., Provisional Land Warrant 4 - EXPtian 7 per Cent 'Jo, Second Issue , Do. 1864 931 41 Meek £lOO Bonds t eek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons DO., Account 2Ol 1 u.„ O . Coupons 0 .„ .. " Account r \ temala 5 per Cent. 1 DO . 1839 and 1850 , . 4 °4 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) - U 0 1865 De Scrip, £67/ paid 2l dis eXican 3 per Cent. — 13 % Account , De 1864 — 1 -'0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — 1/ 130 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c • — e ntevidean 6 per Cent, £3O paid i: 0 1'18h Imperial 5 per Cent T , 17 Gran a da lll D o 2 per Cent 291 B° Deferred P c o Land Warrants (Hectares) I, l lvian 41 per Cent. — D O Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds — dis tte 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — i' o , 4 ° 4 i per Cent., 1862 i\ ''Nguese 3 per Cent, 1853 ii° Account 14 1 ,° 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, °l to ' l Account 49 -.,sian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., . u - .7 .7 t o 41 per Cent., 1850 Do D 1860 Do 6 3 per Cent., 1859 D per Cent., 1862 ~ ..3 1864 i 1 h ui llian 5 per Cent t u 0 ; Account D l4Bl l 3 per Cent b e. Account b ° New Deferred ° Account D o b passive 4. ° .Aecount 0 1 qt Cert. of Coup not funded IN, e lAccount C'sh 4 per Cent. Nt z: q per Cent. 1864 toolAsht t e i o pz Cent. 1854 93 Do 6 , per Cent. 1858 b_ Account ..,,,,, ~9.00 Bonds 11', ,?, Per Cent. 1862 1)-o Account 741 4 i 3i b £lOO Bonds o 5 11 Per Cent. 1865 V ° G g ' D crIP £2O paid 21 dis ell ezuelp tanteed, 4 per Cent — un D o. •a 3 per Cent. p o. u Per Cent, 1862 — tba Account D o 6 „Per Cent.,1864 — l e per Cent Bf 'ltistr• bividends on the above payable in London. I ,"el t i a la il, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 4 .'14 : I ' 4 i per cent., Ex. 25f. F D Q O 4 2 1 Per Cent, Ex. 12 Gull DuchCent. Certificates — - "elates 41 per Cent 'at an. ',,, unt — bp ' ece Per uaCentt., 1861, Ex. 25f. a C °n 'aels TWO O'CLOCK. bo. ......................... 891 / 4 coeunt .................... 89/ 90 Ziv.— ----- iverpool Cotton Market—This Lap• ----4.--- '" Very firm. Sales 15,000 bales, or more. X 23• .gbneSS hess of Aerday ith his es s the "irginia ice and ::e they I drove Tri wood p u ke [jam in )uches3 nsier is ensuing )uches s 3elgiura )uchess r next. Ind hi° tel from t. 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Railways. 14 Bir., Wol. & Str. Val st myth and Tyne it Bristol and Exeter it Caledonian 10 Cork and Bandon 'Xi Cornwall. l 0 Do • A A. gets no div, till6.c.p.an.bas l 0 Do. B been p paid to B it Dublin & Belfast June. 1.5 Dun,.Perth, & b.Junc. st Edinburgh & Glasgow st Glasgow &S. Western st Great Eastern, Ord. stk. st Do. E. Angl. it. No. 2 it Great North of Scotland st Great Northern t D.,. A stock • • at Do. B . o t Do. N ew. is. at 25 pm st GtS, and W. of Ireland it Gt. Western st D S. Va.l. Rail gua. at Do. South Wales st Do. W. Mid.—Oxford it 1)0. Newport et Do. He , eford et Lanc4shire & Yorkshire it L..ndon and Blackwali it Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast it Lon., chat., and Dover st Lon. & North Western it Lon. & South Western st Man., Shef., & Lincoln 50 Blaryport and Carlisle 1 2 4 00. shares it Metropolitan 1 0 Do. New et Mid and it Do, Birmin & Derby, :.0 Mid Gt. W., Ireland 25 Do. 4 shares 1 .5 %lid Kent .. • it North British it Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun it Nth. Eastern - Berwick 15 Do. U.N•E purchase it Do. Leeds it Do. York it Do. Carlisle :2 Do. Stock. & Darling. 5 De. do. 1855-58 t 5 Do. do. 1860-61 it North London 10 Do. New 1.0 Do. do. 1864 .. it North Staffordshire 10 N. & S. W. Junction it Scottish Central st Scot. N. E , Aber. stock st IA). Scot, Mld. stack 10 .4hrews & Welchpool st Shropshire Union st South Devon it outh E stern . ' 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok it Taff Vale 10 Do. C at Vale of Neath st Waterford & Kilkenny at West Cornwall st W.Hartlepool Har.&K. at Do. A irredeemable st Do. 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Inscribed ak 100 85 87 Cape (.Hoppe, 6 p.c. 1873 100 101 163 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 100 105 107 Do. do: IE4IO-1 100 166 107 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 107 109 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 100 102 104 Do. 1878, do. 100 107 109 Mauritius, 6p. c, 187 3 , Jan. and July Do. 1578 Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.15 100 104 106 Natal 'slov. 6 per cent lOO 102 104 N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 93 q 6 973 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 100 100 102 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 100 94 96 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 92 94 93 23 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 104 108 - - Do. 6 per cent... . Nova So )tia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 l9O 97 100 Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 105 106 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 107 103 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, e pril & Oct lOO 1093 1103 1094 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam Consol. Bold, lim 1 Chiverton Clif f ord Amalgamated — 27 29 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist 1 595 605 600 Drake walls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 16 20 East Caradon 2.14.6 123 133 as t Cam Brea 3.4.0 64 7 East Grenville 2.7.0 3 34 East Loved 2.13.6 114 124 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 44 44 Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 604 3 5 4 Grcat L ,xey, limited all 204 21, Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 23 3 G. Wheal Vor (Heist ‘u 40 31 83 3.4 Grenvil e Herod's Foot ..... . Hingaton DOWIIB 4.18.0 34 3 Margaret (Uny Lelant 93 6 81 Marke Valley 4.3.0 54 5 4 4 N 1 wyndy Iron Ore, lin, 24 24 16 Nanglles . New Se ton North Downs 3 -- - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan '1.10.6 North Whe..l Crotty 2.8.0 2 1. - - Prosper United..... 7.1.6 24 Pr vidence Uny L.lant 10.6.7 32 95 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 505 515 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 171 22 :Amy Park 30 17.6 13 15 Tin Croft 9 17 18 West f.assett (Mogan W. Caradon (L skeard 9 14 12 West Chi verton ll 774 82 ' West Seton 473 185 195 Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 53 90 95 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 174 224 Whea LudoAt 3.12.8 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 Wheal Seton Wheal Tielawney (Lis. 7 18 20 Wheal Unton... PREFERENCE SHARES. - Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pf., 961 6 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred.. 874 lit. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford 2d guaranteed stook, 119 Manchester. Sheffield. and Lincoln, 6 per cent.. Ditto,:£6, 41 t PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4A per cent. pi., Ditto, new, 5 per cent., 99 8 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 102 FOREIGN MINES Cape Copper, lira., 121 12 St. John del Rey, lim., 41 2 Yudananautana of S. Australia, Um., 1i BANKS. &gra and Mtsterman's, lim., Ditto, new, 581 91 Alliance (tim,. 291 301 Brazilian and Portuguese, Bin., 91 Colonial, llm.. 401 al Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 Hindustan, China, and Japan (11m.), 201 Imperial Bank, lira.. 29 , 1 Imperial Ottoman, 7 London and County, 77 London Joint Stock, 51 London and W estminster, 994 Mercantile and Exchange. lim.. 74 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 15 1 Oriental Bank Corporation. 531 4 Scinde, Punjaub, add Delhi, 1im.,7_1 South Australia. 37 Union of London, 55 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 51 8 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 34 Berlin Water Works, lira., 10/ Ceylon Company, 104 City of London Real Property, Um., 2; Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 81 9 Crystal Palace. 401 1 Discount Corporation. 12 East India Irrigation and Canal. 131 Egyptian Com and Trading, ltm., 31 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., to, Gen. Credit and'Finanw of London, lira., 61 6 Home and c lonial A ssurance, lira, 41 Hudson's Bay. 161 4 Humber Iron Works, 4 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 74 International Financial 'ociety, Lim.. 61 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour, 1 1.. Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 82 Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 91 Land Credit of Ireland, 1.m., 31 London Financial Association. lira., 221 London General Omnibus Company. 3% 4 - London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam, 31 Lon oa and Provincial Marine,t3l dras Irr gation an 3 Canal, 94 hiilwall Iron Works. 51 Nerbudda Co .1 and Iron, 38 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, lira., Ditto, new. 51 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 76 7 Royal Mail Steam, 109 Telegrat h Construe. 'end Maintenance, lim., 81 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Um., 71 Trinidad Petroleum, lira., 31 100 et I 20i 10 100 I BRITISH POSSE Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, . Cen.ln. gu. 5 percent... Do. N' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do ['reference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 174 Calcutta & E., lirn a e Town & Dock, gu Demers,. a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben al, gu ' 5 do East I dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad 4 Do. Equip. Al ort, Bon& 1 charge 6 p.c Do. tat -ref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr.'. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. ['ref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Fret. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 6p.c o. Gun. 5 per cent Do. New gua. p. c Gt. South of India (lim gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do . - - Great W , H. of Canada. D.,. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 1 , 0. 5% do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do. Do. 4.; do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. a p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B V. it I.C' da, pc Ist pi.bds Scincle Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub F„." Do.lndus St Flo 100 {lOO 2 100 100 rum SUN, LONDON, SATITROAY EVENING, JUNE 24 1865. THE HANDEL FESTIVAL. The Grand Full Rehearsal. Yesterday afternoon's superb performance in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham might be described (and in no way extravagantly) as a magnificent flourish of trumpets, announcing the approach of the Three Grand Days set apart next week for the Handel Festival. Everything connected with the celebration yesterday of the advent of this Triennial homage paid to the incomparable genius of Handel was again, as usual, carried out upon a scale of most appropriate, or, it may be said, of simply pro portionate grandeur and magnificence. The wea ther itself could hardly by any possibility have been more propitious. Our English midsummer in all its glory rendered the Crystal Palace itself radiant with sunshine, while filling the green branches of the " leafy month of June" more pro fusely than ever with the gorgeous colouring of the rainbow in all the abounding blossoms of those flowering trees and shrubs and efflorescent plants, that are of themselves so complete an adorn ment, so matchless an attraction among the count less other attractions and adornments lavished by Nature and by Art, by the gift of God and the ingenuity of Man, upon the 'glorious Palace of the People down at Sydenham. The attendance, again, was yesterday of itself a sight worth seeing. So vast a multitude, even with the vivid remem brance before us of past occasions of the like kind, was such as could scarcely in reason have been anticipated. Gigantic as the attendance has been before now upon the three preceding celebrations of this Triennial Handel Festival, it was yesterday altogether surpassed. Much of this astonishing increase in the number of the visitors is attributed, of course, to the greater facilities of rapid commu nication by railway with all parts of the United Kingdom. But, coupled with that fact, there is another that appears to us to be equally obvious and equally noticeable namely, the fact of the extraordinary fame of these un rivalled, nay absolutely unprecedented perform ances—awaking an eager curiosity among thousands who must have merely heard of them or read about them, until now, when, the opportunity again re curring, the desire at last to participate in the en joyment themselves, because (with these additional thousands) just simply irresistible. Triennial fes tival after triennial festival, it has been thus in re gard to the appreciable increase in the multitude of visitors swarming up to London from all quarters of the United Kingdom. Occurring, moreover, as these wonderful performances do, triennially, and not annually (their annual repetition, if only by reason of their magnitude and com plexity, would, in fact, be an achievement incapable of realisation, if attempted), they possess always the charm of Novelty--the charms of a Freshness, that is that never palls by too frequent repetition. Every successive occasion, besides this, gives evidence, on the part of the great bulk of the performers, that their hands and voices get more " in" to the adequate production of the colossal work before them ! Practice, here as else where, tends, more and more, towards the all desirable goal of Perfection. Turning, however, to the great preliminary performance which yester day signalized the inauguration of the Fourth of these Triennial Festivals, this henceforth especially memorable Festival of 1865, we would here remark, to begin with, that the wondrous Orchestra never looked more magnificently ! Yonder, in the central position of all, confronting that marvellous gathering together of Four Thousand Singers and Instrumen talists, was the Prince of Conductors—Mr. Costa. Seated far above him before the triple keyboard of the stupendous organ, himself a mere dot amongst the multitude, was the organist of the day—doubly typi cal, one is tempted to say, through the simple oddity of his name, of the intensely English character of the performance throughout—Mr. Brownsmith ! Ex tending to the right hand and to the left in the noble sweep of the concave semicircle of the orches tra—a structure so gigantic that it is actually in its dimensions twice the diameter of the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral—extending to the right hand and to the left, we say, from those two important, con spicuous, and central figures (above, the Organist ! below, the Conductor !), like the wings of a very army of performers, were ranged. the 500 instru mentalists, as many as 400 of them artists armed merely with stringed instruments, aided by another hundred weilding the varied sounds that flow from auxiliary instruments of metal, wood, leather, and parchment—drum, and cymbal, and trumpet, and ophicleide, and serpent, flute and bassoon, clarionet and trombone, hatitboy and triangle, horn, and harp, and flageolet—backed, surrounded, encom passed by the serried ranks of the huge chorus . , or rather choruses--singers numbering the occupants of that lovely and symmetrical orchestra, up to the grand total, already mentioned, that wondrous total never approached by any other choir upon record, the almost inconceivable total of Four Thousand Per formers ! Eleven years have sufficed to lead to this marvellous combination. Sixteen hundred of the Four Thousand, it should be remembered, too, are fur nished by the Metropolitan Division alone of the Han del Festival Choir, that important division, that most important of all divisions, having been drilled with so much regularity, from time to time, in the area of Exeter Hall, under the master-baton of Mr Costa! Co-operating with these sixteen hundred amateur members of London, there are here, besides, chora lists gathered together from all the principal cities of England, Ireland, and Scotland—from Birming ham and York, from Dublin and Edinburgh, from Exeter and Aberdeen, from Oxford and Cambridge, from Gloucester and Limerick. At a quarter-past 1 p.m. the performance of yester day commenced—a performance exceptionally inte resting, even as compared by anticipation with the three grand days of the " Handel Festival" proper, for inasmuch as its Programme may be said to em brace within it the very pick of all the rarer choruses and solos of the Monday, and Wednesday, and Fri day—of the Day of the Messiah, of the Day of the " Israel in Egypt," and of the intermediate Day set apart for the Selections. The semi-chorus from Saul, " Along the Monster Atheist Strode !" gave the first taste of the quality of the performers grouped together in that vast concavity of the Grand Orchestra. Afterwards the full choral chant from the same great masterpiece, " How Excellent Thy Name !" evidenced in a remarkable manner the majestic concordance of sounds that in all the grander choruses of these Handel Festivities seem, so to speak, to fill, to satisfy, to satiate the sense of hearing—sounds that so entranced the soul of the great composer, Meyerbeer, when, upon the occa sion of, the last festival, he then for the first time listened to them with an eager avowal of grateful and wondering admiration. Madame Sainton Dolby led the way among the soloists by her sympathetic and refined rendering of the air in Saul " 0 Lord, whose mercies !" Chorus after chorus then fol lowed, in no way, however, according to the sequence marked down in the Programme—which same printed form, by the way, was expressly entitled, as if from a consciousness that no pre scribed order could very well be attended to upon a preliminary occasion so purely and essentially that of a REHEARSAL-" Probable Programme." After the fairy-like sinfonia of chiming bells, preluding the Recitative " Already see the Daughters of the Land," given with brilliant effect by Madame Parepa, came the deliciously-harmonious semi chorus of " Welcome, welcome, Mighty King !" woven about, or intertwined, so to express it, by a continuation of the delicate accompaniment of those chiming bells ! The momentary sound of the brief and almost interjectional recitative, by Saul, " What do I hear ?" introduced Mr. Santley to the recognition and applause of the enor mous audience. Their applause, however, the great English baritone, had immediately afterwards a better opportunity of earning by his delivery of the pathetic air of Manoah, " How willing my Paternal Love !" from Samson. From the same stupendous oratorio we had the de light of listening to, in sequence, the aria " Let the Bright Seraphim," sung most exquisitely by Mdlle. Adelina Patti—deliciously accompanied by Harper's wonderful trumpet obligato. The triumph thereby achieved was complete and instantaneous, signalised by a crashing round of plaudits, plaudits so sustained in enthusiasm ,as to necessitate an encore. Completing the selections from the Samson, there came next the intricately-linked and winding chorus, " Let their celestial concerts all unite," terminating with a giant flood of har monies ! A bunt of applause, after a brief interval, signalled the appearance in the foreground of the platform of the great Eng lish Tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves, who sang, as no one but himself could sing, so tenderly, so deliciously, with such pathetic warblings of the master-passion, " Love in her Eyes sits Playing," from Acis and Galatea. Surely, never was there such a choral lullaby as the dulcifluous one that followed, in stantly upon the close of that delectable love-song —" May no rash intruder"—with its whispering zephyrs, and breathing flowers, and melodious nightingales ! Afterwards, from Judas Maccabeus, Madlle. Adelina - Patti gave the " linked sweetness long drawn out"—drawn out at last into a pro longed trill" From mighty Kings he took the spoil !" Then came that magnificent protest against idolatry, "We never, never will bow down !" pealed forth almost, it seemed, at times simultaneously from every pipe in the grand organ, from every trumpet in the huge orchestra of 500 instrumentalists, from the throats of all those 4,000 choristers singing together, as with one voice at the beck of Costa's magic baton. As a fitting close to the selections from " Judas Maccabeus," came the grandest paean of triumph ever conceived by the imperial imagination of a Composer—" See the Conquering Hero Comes 1" given this afternoon with a pomp of sound on drums, trumpets, and choral voices as it, surely, never was given before ! In presiding over the terminal passion and fervour of it, Mr. Costa must have felt, as he waved his baton over that storm of harmonious clangour, almost as though he were the leader of an army ! It was nearly enough one might have fancied to have summoned the soul of Handel back to earth ! Part Two began at about a quarter past four p.m., with a Cyclopcean rendering of the National Anthem, iollowed by the two sublimest choruses ever composed by the sublimest of all composers :—" For unto us a child is born," and the immortal " Hallelujah !" In the former we cannot, for one moment, imagine that those adoring cries of love, and veneration, and awe, have ever before this day been so majestically raised by human voices and hands to Heaven—those impas sioned apostrophes addressed to the Redeemer of the World, whose name was called as though through an angelic trumpet by Handel—" Emanuel ! Wonderful ! Counsellor ! The Mighty God ! The Everlasting Father ! The Prince of Peace 1" After the " Hallelujah " came no less than six of the majestic choruses from the mighty masterpiece of " Israel in Egypt," with the selections from which most wonderful Oratorio the Grand Full Rehearsal was brought to a glorious and affecting conclusion. Beyond the reverent, almost•exultant, chorus, "He spake the words"—beyond even the impressive "He gave them hailstones"—far beyond them all, to our mind, was the sombre, muttered, terror-stricken, "He sent a thick darkness !" Altogether yesterday at the Crystal Palace was a noble and more than simply auspicious, as it was a signally trium phant, inauguration of the Handel Festival of 18G5 —a Festival marking, we will hope, an epoch of in creased and still increasing prosperity to the grand est Home of the Arts in England. child ; 3d battalion 60th Foot, Lieut. Croft and 31 men ; 76th Regiment, the bandmaster, and wife, and 1 man ; 105th Regiment, Capt. Higginson, Lieut. Raikes, Surg. Macbeth, 158 men, 4 women, and 4 children. The Middlesex will call in at Queens- . town, and there embark Lieut. Barclay, wife, and child, Lieut. Rainsforth, Ensign Harvey and 123 men of the 2d battalion 24th Regiment, and Ensign Weigell and 12 men of the 76th Regiment. The labours of the Turret Ship Committee, now sitting, under the presidency of Admiral the Earl of Lauderdale, K. C.B. , are,we understand, in danger of being brought to a dead lock from some miscon- ception on the part • either of the Admiralty, the committee, or of Capt. C. P. Coles, R.N. It ap pears that the committee, on the evidence given before them for and against the turret principle, have raised 36 objections to it, which they forwarded to Capt. Coles, and requested him to furnish replies to them. In acknowledging the receipt of this com munication from the committee, Capt. Coles demurs to the course proposed, referring to the very vague form of the objections that have been thus raised on the evidence, and requests permission to read the evidence itself (which has been printed daily), in order that he may be enabled fully to meet evidence unfavourable to his invention, in accordance with the Admiralty instructions on the subject, " that every facility shall be given Capt. Coles to fully meet and answer any questions," &c. The com mittee, in reply to this request of Capt. Coles, state that they must decline to allow him to read the evi dence, as they considered it confidential until pre sented to the Admiralty in a completed form with the committee's report. They further observe that " Capt. Coles could gain no information from seeing the evidence." The latest communication is a re joinder from Capt. Coles to the committee, calling their attention to the fact that both the turret prin ciple and his own reputation are on trial ; that for him to reply to objections created from evidence he had never read would be unwisely defendinghis case at a great disadvantage; and that the turret ques tion being essentially national, should be tried in open court ; and that he should, on principle, de cline to entertain any consideration of objections to the turret principle " raised ou evidence" that had been given in secret committee. The Royal Sovereign, 5, turret ship, Capt. Her bert, was placed in the Warrior dock at Portsmouth yesterday, to clean copper and repair the slight damage to its false keel caused by striking on the Princessa shoal. The Wivern, 4, iron turret (2) ship, 1,857 tons and 350 nominal horse-power of engines, one of the celebrated "rams" built by Messrs. Laird, of Birken head, and subsequently purchased by the Admiralty, arrived at Spithead from the Mersey on Wednesday evening, in charge of Capt. Paynter and a party of officers and seamen from her Majest's ship Donegal. The vessel is reported by Capt. Paynter to have behaved exceedingly well during the passage round, and to have made an average speed of ten knots. Yesterday morning she steamed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead, and will be at once taken in hand by the authorities of the port to prepare for trial and commission. The Wivern is bark-rigged, • with the fore and main masts on Capt. Coles's tripod principle, this being the first introduction of the • tripod mast into her Majesty'snavy. The vessel will • spread a large area of canvas. Her hull and spars above the water line have an appearance that cannot fail to modify the opinion of those who have hitherto contended that turret vessels cannot be made ocean cruisers. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Staff-Commander J. G. 11. Thain, to command the Hesper, vice Boxer ; the appoint ment of Mr. C. Fox, master, to command the Hesper, has been cancelled ; Lieut. Rodney M. Lloyd, to the Impregnable ; Lieut. Howard Kerr, to the Wellesley, vice Gayer ; James Carlisle, chief engineer, to the Indus, additional, for the Amazon ; W. Smiley, chief engineer, to the Asia, additional, for the Rinaldo ; W. F. Capps, chief engineer, to the Cumberland, additional, for the Foxhound ; Philip Thomas Gruchy, chief engineer, to the Cum berland, additional, for the Barracouta ; and G. Mackney, acting 2d-class assist.-engineer, to the Sphinx. MARKETS--This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables aro seasonably ex tensive. In most kinds of produce a fair amount of bug. 'less has been transacted, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. S. d. Pine apples 8 oto 10 0 berries,pr pt 0 oto 0 0 Foreign do., each 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 4to 0 9 (rapes,per lb 6 oto 10 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Foreign do 1 6to 2 6 Filberts. per lb .. 0 9to 1 0 Aleions 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 oto 3 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..6 oto 12 0 Peaches, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0 Lemons, per 100 4 oto 8 0 Currants, per h.sv 4 oto 4 6 Gooseberrieshi sve2 oto3 01 Plums, per db. 00to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 6to 2 0 Damsons, pr d 0... 0 oto o 6 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9:0 3 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 ti 4d ditto 0 oto 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 1 6to 2 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 6to 3 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 g Brocoli 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 Potatoes, per ton 6 0 o to 120 0 Small sala d, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr lb. 0 2to 0 6 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 3 oto 3 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 o Carrots, pr d 0.... 5 6to 6 6 , Cos lett, score .. 0 Bto 1 3 Cucumbers 0 3to 1 6 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Turnip Rad i sh es 0 Bto 0 1U Green peas, h.-sy. 1 3to 1 6 I Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Wrench beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 I Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. h.s. 1 oto 1 61Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 A New Do., dz bun 010 to 1 6 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 Spinach .. 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 2 6to 4 Brussels sprouts 0 OSo 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 " 0 Naval and Military Intelligence. Yesterday morning there was a field-day at iVormwood Scrubs, at which Field-Marshal the Duke of Cambridge, Commanding-in-Chief, and a large, staff, including the Adjutant.-Gen., the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. ; Col. Tyrwhitt, aide-de-camp ; Col. Hon. James Macdonald, &c., were present. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Brabant were on the ground in plain clothes as spectators. The cavalry consisted of the 2d Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards, and the 13th Hussars ; the infantry consisted of the 2d battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards, the 3d battalion of Grena dier Gnarls, and a battalion made up of men clear of duty of the Ist Grenadier Guards and of the 2d Coldstream Guards. The troops returned to their respective barracks shortly after 12 o'clock. The annual review of the Artillery and Rifle Vo lunteer corps of the county of Kent took place yes- terday afternoon on Chatham Great Lines. The whole of the regular troops now in garrison took part in the day's proceedings. The corps arrived by the various railways converging at Chatham shortly after noon, and at once marched to the inner lines of fortifications, the ample space of which allowed the entire body to be massed by battalions prior to the commencement of the review; each man carry- . _ [lag with him ten rounds of blank ammunition. By 3 o'clock the whole of the Volunteers had arrived on the Great Lines and taken up their positions by battalions, the total number of the corps being computed at slightly over 4,000, with between 3,000 and 4,000 of the regular troops, consisting of a battery of Royal Artillery, the depot and other companies of Royal Engi neers, now at head-quarters, together with three battalions of infantry, comprising the depot com panies of most of the regiments now in India. The command of the entire force was taken by Maj or- Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., who inspected the Volunteers at the Brighton Review. The Volun teers on reaching the lines took up their position on the crest of the hill overlooking the town, with the fine open plateau gently sloping to the Medway before them, and the regular forces in the rear, the left of the ground being reserved for spectators, of whom several thousand were present. Shortly after 3 o'clock Viscount Syd ney, G. C . 8 ., Lord-Lieuten ant of Kent, accomp an i ed by Sir Robert Walpole, and attended by a numerous sta ff , arr i ve d on the ground, and was re ce i ved b y t h e com bi ne d f or ce with a general salute. After riding along the front and rear of the line of Volunteers, one of the most interesting proceedings of the day followed—the distribution of the prizes to the successful competi tors at the recent county rifle match. Previously to the presentation of the' prizes Viscount Sydney, addressing the assembled Volunteers, said he was much gratified to find that the Volunteer corps of Kent had persevered in their endeavour to become, as was the first duty of every Volunteer—a good marksman. The first County Prize of £5O, with the bronze medal of the National Rifle Association, was presented to Private Andrew, of the 26th ( - Woolwich) Corps, this being the second time he has taken it ; Sergeant Revell, 21st (Woolwich) Corps, taking the second prize of £l5 -; and Private Clark, of the 41st (Goudhurst) Corps, the third of £4O. The first prize of £lO of the County All- Corners was taken by Sergeant Winser, 3d (Lee) Corps. The Ladies' Challenge Cup was won by Ser geant Revell, who also carried of the All-Comers from Kent and Sussex Prizes. After the whole of the prizes had been distributed preparations were made for the review. Lord Sydney, Major-Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, and other distinguished officers taking up their position at the saluting flag, when the entire force of regulars and Volunteers defiled past in close columns of companies at quick time. The Artillery were the first to pass the saluting flag, followed by the Royal Engineers and the battalions of infantry, which, though for the most part composed of very young soldiers awaiting embarcation for India, acquitted themselves most creditably. The battalion of Royal Marines Light Infantry followed. The several Volunteer corps next marched past, preceded by the Volunteer Artillery, each corps coming up to the saluting post well in line and regularly. The marching past occupied half-an-hour, and at its termination followed the usual manoeuvres incidental to a field-day. The proceedings were brought to a close shortly of ter 6 o'clock. Lord Sydney expressed his great satisfaction with the manner in which the Volunteershad acquitted themselves. Notwithstand ing the great heat of the weather, only some two or three men fell out of the ranks, andalthough a party of the Ambulance Corps, with their necessary appli ances, were ou duty, their ser'ices were scarcely brought into requisition. The Middlesex, hired sailing transport, Comman der Cammell, R.N.R., sailed yesterday from Ports mouth for Calcutta, with the following troops on board, belonging to regiments now serving in India : —2d battalion 19th Foot, Capt. Knight and 12 men ; 2d battalion 21st Foot, Capt. Gilmour, wife. and POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; geese, 5s Od to 7s Od each ; goslings, 5s Od to 6s 6d ; dueks, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; ducklings, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od each ; wild do., 9d to is 3d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each ; Surrey fowls, lOs Od. to 16s Od ; chickens, is to 12s Od ; barn door fowls, 3s 6d to 7s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od ;- woodcocks, Os Od to Os Od; snipes, Os Od to Os Od ; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, 7s Od to 8s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is ld ; English, is 1d to is 2d per lb; English eggs, 7s Od to 8s Od; French do., 6s 6d to 7s Od per 100 ; leverets, 2s 6d to 5s Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 3d to is Gd ; trout, Os Od to Os Od.; eels, Os 8d to is Od ; prawns, Os Od ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hali but, Od per lb; turbots, 2s 6d to 12s Od; cod, 2s 6d to 5s Od ; brills, 3s Od to 7s 6d ; doreys, 1s Od to 3s 6d ; mul lets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, is Od to 3s Od ; crabs, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Os Od to Os Od each ; soles, Os 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; common oysters, 12s Od to 60s Od; natives, 84s Od to 908 Od per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to Os Od ; haddocks, 6s Od to 12s Od ; smelts Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen mackerel, 408 Od to Os Od per 120 ; fresh herrings, 8s Od to Os Od per 120 ; bloaters, Os Od to Os Od per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os Od per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s Od ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 6d to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 6d. to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s Od ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 6d to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6d to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. - - ---- - Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to Ud; 801 b to 881 b, 34d to 3id; 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 4d ; 961 b 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 9s Od to 10s 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 43 Od ; full, Os 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, —s Od to sOd ; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, is 8d to is 10d ; lambs, 2s 9d to 4s 2d. HAY MARKETS SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 10s Od; clover, £5 10s to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £ 1 Gs t o £ 1 lOs p er l oad. Trade steady. CumnEra.A.Nro.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 10s; clover, £5 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 lOs per load. An active demand. WHITECHAPEL.- - Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 10s to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 10s per load. Trade firm. THE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE AT LEADENHALL MARKET.—At the adjourned inquest this morning, the jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased were burned to death in the fire that occurred in the Poulterers' Arms Tavern, but how the said fire occurred there was no evi dence to prove ; and they considered that great praise was due to Munn, the manager, for the manner he exerted him self upon the occasion in endeavouring to save life." COPPER ORE SALE.--At the Swansea ticketing on Tuesday, the following sales were effected :—Cobre, 1,283 tons ; Berehaven, 122 tons ; burnt ore, 73 tons ; Cape copper, 63 tons ; Kuockmahon, 141 tons; copper ore, 6 tons —making a total of 1,688 tons. The averages of the whole sale were as follows :—Average produce, 121; average price per ton, £9 14s. ; average standard, £93 14s. - 6d. As com pared with the previous sale on the 13th there was a decrease of £4 12s. 6d. in the standard. Of the 1,688 tons sold, 342 tons ware British and 1,346 tons foreign ore. Perils of the Sea. (From the Montreal Gazette.) The following story of severe suffering has been ,aken from the lips of Mr. Marcier, second mate and sole survivor of the crew of the schooner Leader:— " The Leader, Capt. Vigean, 122 tons burthen, left Mon treal, Nov. 22, 1864, for St. John's, laden with flour and ?ork: Her ship's company numbered eight—viz., Capt Vigneau, Blanchard (first mate), A. Marcier (second mate), Pike, Willett, a Frenchman called Frank, and Marcier. Off Quebec we were run into, and had to repair before we could sail again: We got as far as Quarantine Island, 30 miles below Quebec, when we took head winds. On Sun day, Dec. 4, we got a fair wind, which carried us 30 miles S.W. of Anticosti. Dec. Bwe got a fair wind again, and steered south-south-east until evening. Then suddenly we came upon land, and put the ship's head north. The wind was blowing a hurricane, with driving thick snow. Friday, Dec. 9, our foretopsail was blown away, and we then laid her to under reefed main staysail ; no land to be seen. That night it was my watch on deck. All hands ex cept myself were in the cabin. I saw a ground sea rising close to the vessel, and before I had time to sing out it came aboard. I caught hold of the foot-rope of the foretop gallant yard, which was lashed on the rail ; but I was knocked senseless under the wheel. When I came to, I looked round and saw that the cabin was gone, the main staysail carried away, and not a soul to be seen but my self. Presently I saw the Frenchman and the steward in the water to leeward, swimming towards the vessel ; but before I could help them they went down. I next saw Mar cier crawling out from under tho wreck of the cabin. The back of his hand, from the wrist down, had the skin &ripped off it. I asked him if he was much hurt. He said, No, except his hand.' I then heard a man moaning under the loose boards of the cabin, and told him to get out of hat as fast as he could or he would be washed overboard. He said, ' I can't ; my back is broken, and my two thighs.' This was Willett. We put him in the forecastle. I then went to look for the captain, and found him with his head on the deck, and his feet upon the rail. I carried him into the storeroom. I never saw the mate or Pike after the cabin was washed overboard. They were asleep, and went over with it. There were now left out of eight—the cap- tain, Marcier (no relation of mine, though the same name). Willett, and myself, and all injured but me. I determined to heave the vessel to and wait for daylight, when there would be a better chance of reaching land. I then tried the pumps and found she was making water so fast that we Couldn't keep her free. Everything had been washed away with the cabin but what we had on. About two o'clock the next morning I saw we were going ashore against a very high cliff. I sung out it was time for each man to save himself, and asked the captain if he would come on deck. He said he'd try. Willett could not move, and we had to leave him. The night was very dark, and the sea running very high. I saw what looked like a cove to leeward of us, and told Marcier to steer as I directed him. Between us and the cove there was a reef of rocks, and when the vessel got close to the breakers I sung out to Marcier to let go the wheel and save himself. He ran up in the fore rigging. The captain was standing on the port side near the fore rigging. The first sea that struck us went two fathoms over the vessel and knocked away ten feet of the stern, nearly to the mainmast. The captain was washed to the lee side, and I took a rope, and crawled to him and made him fast. He could not walk. His head had swollen tremendously, and he was sick and weak from swallowing salt water. For half an hour the seas continued to break over us, and then the vessel worked in over the reef to where it was a little quiet. At length she grounded about 20 fathoms from the shoie. We got the boat out, but the painter parted, and she drifted against the cliff and _ . turned bottom up. It was freezing very hard. We remained on board the vessel till daylight next morning (December 11). I then cut the mainmast away, thinking it would fall towards the beach, and make quite a bridge for us to get ashore, but it fell fore and aft alongside. I then told Marcier to fasten a rope round him and tried to swim ashore, and if he found he could not I would haul him on board again, but, if he could, to keep hold of the rope, so that we might get the rust ashore. After much trouble he landed on the beach, but unfortunately let go the rope. I had hard work to get ashore through the surf, but finally managed it. The place where we landed was Well Cove, between Coal River and the Bay of Islands. We two then set out to look for a house. This was about 9 o'clock in the morning. We walked all day, climbing hills and cliffs, but could find no sign of people living there. At last we discovered part of an old tilt, used by the French in the summer. We spent the night there, trying to keep our selves from freezing to death. Our clothes were frozen hard on us. I had on boots, but Marcier had nothing but indiarubber shoes. Our sufferings that night were dreadful. Next morning we set out again, and walked till the after noon, when it came on drifting snow, and we were afraid of getting astray, so we returned to the tilt about four in the afternoon. In walking over the hills the sharp rocks had worn through Marcier's shoes, and the soles of his feet were cut to the bone, so that every step was tracked with blood. After resting awhile I started to go aboard the wreck to get some flour, and to see if the captain and Willett were alive. But when I got to the beach I found the water was too high, and I returned to the tilt and remained there all night. At this time Marcier and myself were very badly frost-bitten. On the next morning Marcier said he must give up, he could not walk, and might die as well there as anywhere else. I made him as comfortable as I could, and that afternoon suc ceeded in getting on board the wreck. I found the captain was dead, but Willett was alive. The latter told me he had eaten nothing since I left, and was almost starved. 1 gave him some raw pork and flour, and then took as much as I could carry back to the tilt. Here Marcier and myself re mained four weeks. We tried every means to get a fire, but couldn't succeed. Marcier was horribly frost-bitten. Every day or two I would go on board the vessel to feed Willett, for he was not able to help himself. The weather was very cold. I covered the tilt with a piece of old canvas, but we had no coveringto keep us warm. larder's legs were frozen hard from the knees down, and I was afraid to look at my feet. After four weeks a tremendous fall of rain came down, which thoroughly drenched us, and immediately the wind came in from the north-west, with severe frost, so that we were literally frozen to the ground. Itis impossible for me to tell what we suffered. I made up my mind we must perish ii we remained there, and told Marcier we must return to the wreck, where we should have better shelter. We started for the vessel. Marcier crawled a quarter of a mile on his knees, and several times gave up altogether, but I cheered him on, and persuaded him to make this last trial for life. The flesh dropped from his legs as he crawled. I could not carry him, because I could hardly walk myself. After long time we got on board. I wentbelow and managed to get up ten or a dozen barrels of flour out of the hold to make a place for us to lie down in. We did the best we could to keep ourselves alive, but we were all the time chilled to the heart. We had had hardly any clothing, no thing to cover us, no fire, nothing to eat but raw pork and flour, and only now and then a little water. Days and nights passed without hope of relief. Atlength, on January 27th, a few horn s before daylight, Willett, who was in the forecastle, called to me and said he was out of his berth and couldn't get back. I told him I was so frost-bitten I couldn't help him, but he begged so hard that I went and got him into his berth. Soon after he called, and said he was out of his berth again. I told him I could not come to him. Next morning I managed to get into the forecastle again, and found him frozen dead on the floor. The poor fellow had lived eight weeks with his back and two thighs broken, and badly frostbitten besides. I went back to the hold and told Marcier Willett was dead. He said it would be his turn soon. About 3 o'clock that afternoon Marcier asked me for some water. I mixed some flour and water for him, and he tried to drink it, but he was too weak to swal low it ; so I got him on my lap, with his head resting on my arm, and tried to feed him with a spoon. While the spoon was in his mouth I heard the rattle in his throat, and almost immediately he died. I laid him down beside me, and there he remained till March 21, when I was rescued. Marcier had no flesh on his legs from his knees down. The bones were bare. I was alone now, and many times prayed to God to release me from my sufferings. But my heart felt strong all through. After Marcier died I remembered there was some linseed oil in the vessel, and after finding it I ap plied it to my feet, and it did them great good. When I cut off my stockings four of the toes on my right foot dropped off. The bores I pulled away. I have now come to March 21. Three months and 11 days had passed since I was wrecked, and of this time I had been alone since January 27. On March 21 some of the crew of a sealing schooner, from Channel!, the Lilly Dale, Captain Osborn, came on board ; I was below, but heard them talking alongside. I crawled on deck, and sung out to them. They did not see me, and the echo of my voice against the cliff frightened them, so they ran away. I begged them for God's sake to save me. They then returned, and aided by six others from Capt. Evans's schooner they lashed me to a stick, and carried me four or five miles over rough and open ice. After I got aboard I made up my mind to cut off the last of my toes, so I got a knife, notched the edge like a saw, and took it off. 1 - remained in the vessel till she returned from the ice, and arrived at Channell on the sth May." WELSH GOLD MINING MADE PROFITABLE.—The obstacles which have hitherto been encountered in the attempt profitably to extract the precious metals from the gold ores of Wales, owing to the "sickening " of the mercury by the sulphur, &c., present, are now on the point of being overcome by the modification of the old salt pro cess, just introduced by Mr. Crookes, at the Castello Carn Dochan and neighbouring mine. For some years past the evil complained of has been remedied in California by the judicious use of common salt (chloride of sodium); but Mr. Crookes conceives a greater advantage to result from the use of the sodium in the metallic state, in which form it may now be obtained at ss. per lb. It had previously been considered that the chlorine in the salt played quite as important a part in the cleaning of the mercury as the sodium, and the consequence has been that the use of com mon salt has been general, owing to its cheapness, except where chlorine could he obtained as an almost waste pro duct at a merely nominal price. The discovery that metallic sodium will alone accomplish the object in view entitles Mr. Crookes to the greatest credit for research, and his opinion of the injurious effects of the chlorine has like wise the merit of novelty. It may be hoped that gold mining in Wales will prove a brilliant success.—Mining Journal. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. SPAIN. MADRID, June 23.—The O'Donnell Ministry have taken possession of their post. Marshal Serrano is appointed Captain-General of Madrid. A general amnesty has been accorded to the press. Shipwrecked Mariners' Society. The Twenty-sixth Annual. Meeting of this most excel lent Institution, established under the authority of the legislature to represent the cliiirity of the British public to shipwrecked sailors of all nations cast upon the coasts of the United Kingdom, was held at the United Service In stitution, Whitehall Yard, Admiral the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, V.P., took the chair, in the unavoidable absence of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, President of the Society. We observed among the company present :—Admirals Sir William Bowles, G.C.8., V.P., and C. H. M. Buckle, C.B. ; Captains Royal Navy, Honourable Fras. Maude, G. F. Westbrook, E. G. Fishbourne, C. 8., 0. A. Bed ford, of the Board of Trade, Alexander Henning, ;and W. H. Symons (Second Secretary) ; Capt. V. Budd, Capt. Leckie, Capt. Harris ; G. A. Brograve, Esq., V.P., Edmund Pepys, Esq., R. Sweeting, Esq., J. H. Lydall, Esq., and Richard Lewis, Esq. ; Messrs. Hughes, Edwards, and Flavel ; Lieut.-Colonel Miles, Rev. E. J. Speck, Rev. Dr. Cumming, Rev. Thomas Ray (Peckham Collegiate School), Rev. George Wilkins, Chaplain of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society, and the Rev. Mr. Armistead, R.N. There were also a number of ladies present. The noble VICE-PRESIDENT with great clearness and much feeling put before the meeting the objects of the Society, and in a most excellent speech intro duced the secretary, Mr. Lean, who read the report of the committee, wherein it was stated that, during the past year, the society had relieved 4,472 shipwrecked persons, natives, and foreigners of the following nations, viz., America, Austria, France, Hanover, Prussia, Spain, Turkey, and Germany ; and 3,882 widows and orphans of fishermen and mariners, making a total, since the forma tion of the society in 1839 of 139,564 ; that 48,245 mariners voluntarily subscribed 3s. each per annum; that the income had been £16,594 4s. 10d. in connection with which certain large donors were mentioned, viz., Messrs. Coutts and Co., £25 ; the Rt. Hon. and Very Rev. Viscount Middleton, Dean of Exeter, per Hon. Capt. F. Maude, R.N., £25 ; Miss West, £25 ; Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Im prisoned for Small Debts, 3d contribution, £300; Edmund Clowes, Esq., in lieu of legacy, £lOO ; the Misses Dorset, of Reading, £5O ; Miss C. Turner, £5O ; the Hon. Rustom jee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, per R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P., £3OO ; Mrs. H. Kemble, £25 ; the Misses Frend, £3l 10s. ; Capt. Mark Huish, £5O ; Fred. Sheppard, Esq., £5O. In fulfilment of one of its objects, the encouraging gallant efforts to save life on the high seas and coast of our colo nies, the committee had awarded during the past year seven gold and silver medals for saving the lives of shipwrecked persons. That one of the gold medals was given to Edward Cleary for swimming with a rope to the Govindpore during the height of the cyclone at Calcutta in October last, by the means of which the whole of the crew were saved, the me dal being presented at Calcutta by the Lieutenant Governor in the presence of the Viceroy and a large assembly. The report also stated that a large and influential public meeting had been held at the Mansion House in April last —the Lord Mayor in the chair—at which meeting the Duke of Marlborough and Vice-Admiral the Earl of Shrews bury and Talbot, C. 8., were elected Vice-Patrons, Mr. ' Thomas Baring, M.P., President, and the following noblemen and gentlemen, Vice Presidents, viz., Arthur Anderson, Esq., Chairman of the Peninsular and Oriental S team Packet Company ; M. Wolverley Attwood, Esq. Chairman of the General Steam Navigation Company ; Jas. Blyth, Esq. ; Thos. Chapman, Esq. ; the Right Hon. Lord Henry Cholmondeley ; Alderman Dakin ; Alder man Finnis ; Alderman Hale ; Rear Admiral W. H. Hall, C. 8., F.R.S. ; Captain the Hon. Francis Maude, E.N. ; Captain C. E. Mangles, H.C.S. ; Vice Admiral Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget, M.P. ; William Phillips, Esq. ; Joseph Somes, Esq. ; William Stuart, Esq., and Money Wigram, Esq., with a very influential number of directors, the institution being named the "Bel vedere Institution for Worn-out and Disabled Merchant Seamen," who have no relative ties and to whom a pension would not suffice in the hands of hirelings. To the direc tors thus appointed the committee had had much pleasure in handing over the tables for a pension fund for worn-out merchant seamen called "The Mariners' National Pension Fund," with an annuity fund for mariners' widows accom panying it, together with the benevolent supplemental fund, by the means of which it is hoped the directors will be able to preserve our worn-out and aged seamen from the work house, either by pensioning them out or by taking theni within the walls of the institution (if without wives, &c.) as circumstances direct. The report concluded with an earnest appeal to the no bility, gentry, and public at large, for help to carry out the great objects of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, which has 792 honorary agents acting as its representatives round the entire coasts of the United Kingdom, with its central office at Hibernia Chambers, London-bridge, S.E., and ex pressed much confidence that the institution was eminently calculated to bind our seamen and fishermen to their coun try, of which they are its outer and principal wall of de fence. The report was unanimously adopted, and the claims of the institution were very eloquently advocated by several of the above-named speakers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE--This Day. CITY BETTING-THIS DAY. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 3to 1 agst Caller Ou (offered, take 7 to 2) 11 to 2 agst La Toucques (taken', 100 to 12 agst Le Marechal (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Brandy Wine (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Brown Bread (offered) 10 to 1 agst Revival (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Macbeth wanted) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS DAY. Their Lordships met this morning at 11 o'clock, Lord REDESDALB presiding in the absence of the Lord Chan cellor. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Abergavenny and Monmouth Railway Bill and British Railway (Additional Powers) Bill were severally read a second time. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Elliott's Trust Estate ; Winchcombe Roads ; Mold and and Denbigh Junction (Deviations, Sto._); Glasgow New North Road and Carnarvonshire Railway ; Wrex ham, Mold, and Connah Quay ; Stoneham and Nails worth Railway ; Tottenham and Hampstead Junction (Deviations) Railway ; Bishop's Castle Railway (Exten sion to Craven Arms, &c.); Wrexham and Minera Rail way ; Newcastle-upon-Ti ne Improvement •, South Nor thumberland Railway ' • Torquay Gas ; Glasgow City Union Railway ; Aberdeenshire Roads ; Port Glasgow Police and Water ; South Devon Railway ; Scarborough and Whitby Railway, &c. THE STANDING ORDERS. Lord REDESDALE tarred, on the standing order 179, section 1, " That this day shall be considered as a sitting day with respect to any petition praying to be heard on the merits against any bill mentioned in either of the two classes of private bills, except to any such bill as was read a first time on - Friday last." The motion was agreed to _ _ Lord REDESDALI also moved that standing order 178, section 9, should be dispensed with in regard to the Alex andra (Newport) Docks Bill, Strathspey Railway Bill, and the Aboyne and Braemar Railway Bill, which was agreed to. The house then adjourned. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 171 Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 421 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 174 Ditto 3 Months. 25 37 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1201 Vi enna — 11 15 Trieste — 11 15 Petersburgh - 301 Berlin 11 18 11 19 11 191 25 45 25 45 13 9f 25 22 25 42 25 45 12 1 11 0 45 11 25 Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto 47f 48 25 521 25 52 25 52; 25 52 25 52 25 52. 51 51 47i 48i 25 57 25 571 `25 57 : 25 57. 25 57. 25 57 fill blf EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA. — About three months ago Robert Patteson, aged 13 years, a son of Mr. Samuel Patteson, of the Bowers, Strat ford, was bitten by their own house -dog on the right hand. Ever since the boy was bitten he has had an idea that ho would go mad. Caustic was applied to the wounded part, and every means taken to destroy the effects of the poison. On Monday last symptoms of hydrophobia presented themselves, and on Tuesday ho became com pletely rabid, and at the bare mention of buttermilk and water was thrown into convulsions. He lingered in the greatest agony till yesterday evening, when death put an end to his sufferings. _ . TIIE TRIAL OF DR. PRIMIIARD.-It iS now ar ranged that the judges who will be on the bench at the trial of Dr. Pritchard, which commences on Monday, July 3, will be the Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Ardmillan, and Lord Jerviswoode. lit STS. 105 41 251 1044 4 i I