The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-28 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, with erinee
Albert Victor of Wales, returned to Marlborough
House yesterday afternoon from visiting the Queen
t Windsor Castle.

The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords.
Tho Princess of Wales, accompanied by fbL
Princess of Leiningen, took a carriage drive.
The Prince and Princess of Wales went to the
Philharmonic Concert at the Hanover-square Rooms
in the evening, attended by the Marchioness of
Carmarthen, Lord Harris, and Lieut.. Colonel KeP"
pel.

The Prince and Princess of Leiningen have
arrived on a visit to the Prince and Princess 01
Wales at Marlborough House.

His Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier
is much better, and accortlios to the telegram received in
town yesterday from the Duke d'Auwale's seat in Worces•
tershire, is now in a fair way of recovery.

The Archbishop of Canterbury and Miss Longley
had an evening party yesterday at Lambeth Palace. ,

The Dowager Duchess of Beaufort and Lad 3
Geraldine Somerset's name appeared by mistake in the
list of company at the Duke of Devonshire's on Frida3
night. They were prevented by a family affliction frog
attending.

The Marquis and Marchioness Cholmondele3
leaue Carlton-house-terrace to-day for Cholniondeleyeastle
Cheshire, for the season.

The Earl of Denbigh and the Ladies Mary ant
Ida Feilding have just returned to Newnham Paddox, afte
a long absence in Italy.
The Earl and Countess of Breadalbane an
family arrived at Auchmore house, Killin, by Caliendo
and Loch Earn Head, a few days since, from Glasgow ara
London. On their arrival at Killin they were receive(
by the Breadalbane Volunteers, and a large body of thi
tenantry from all quarters of the property, with the
warmest congratulations and rejoicings. A triumphs]
arch was erected at the entranee to the Auchmore grounds;
and at night immense bonfires blazed on the surrounding
hills. Many flowing bumpers were pledged in celebratio
of the arrival of the noble lord and lady at Auchmore House
an old residence of the Breadalbane family.
Field Marshal Viscount and Viscountess Com
bermere have deferred their departure from town unti
Tuesday next.

HEALTH OF MR. SPOONER, M.P.—From inquid
ries made last night we learn that Mr Spooner continues
in a very weak and precarious condition.—Birmingharil
Fost.

THE PROTOCOLS OF CONFERENCES—heId ill
London relative to the efflirs of•lXntnark—that
Lhe papers, so entitled, which were laid on the
ables of the Lords and Commons last evening
respectively by Viscount Palmerston and Earl Bug'
cell—have come to hand immediately before our goink
o press. Tney extend to the number of 156 pages
altogether. Thirteen Protocols in all, with foul
Annetes. Thirteen, that is, counting as one of their
the preliminary Protocol of Conference held Aprl
20tb, 1864—signed G. Quaade, Bille, Krieger, Le
four d'Auvergne, Russell, Clarendon, Brunnow
.nd Lo Comte AVachtmeistor. Thesignature:
Jf others of the plenipotentiaries drop in late]
,uch as those •of Apponyi, Biegeleben, Beust
Bernstorff, and Balsa. The closing annex, will
which this batch of parliamentary papers is brough'
co an end, consists of a very lucid, but for that precise
eason a very pitiable and humiliating summary o
the deliberations of the Conference of London;
,rom the 25th of AprL to the 22d of June, when
he said Conference collapsed.

At an extraordinary general meeting of share.
holders of the Indian Tramway Company, helc
to-day, the report recommended that the proposi,
tion of the chairman be received, who had had per.
,oval consultations with the Governors of the severs
Presidencies in India, for constructing the Barset
line of 20 miles to Bombay, an important feeder tc
the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, and Of
Elajeepore, Lalgunge, and Mozafferpore line of at.
miles in Bengal, a tributary of the East Indist
Railway, both of which offer very greet advantages
and will, no doubt, prove highly remunerative
To enable the board to avail themselves of thi
additional concessions above mentioned, and tc
complete the two short lines in the Bengal
and Bombay Presidencies, it now becomes
necessary to issue the remaining 33,000 shares
which make up the sum of £250,000. This addi.
tional capital will be received upon the same terms
as the previous capital, under which authority ha=
been given by special resolution, constituting one
of the regulations of the company, to pay interest
during construction at 5 per cent. until the line'
are opened for public traffic.
ACCORDING to La France, Prince Napoleon ii
preparing an account of the lives and writings of the menv
bers of the family of Bonaparte.
LOLD BROUGHAM'S NEW BILL ON BRIBERY.'
Lord Brougham's new bill for the more effectual prevention
of bribery has just been issued. It is to be made a nits'
demeanour, after the Ist of August, to commit bribery rfl
respect to the election of members of Parliament, and the
punishment to be one year's imprisonment, with or without
hard labour. A trial is not to take place at quarter 01
;eneral sessions.
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR WASHINGTON WiLliS'
—Yesterday evening at a public meeting, on the
.übject of reform, was held at the St. Pancras Vestry Room
when the borough members, Lord Fermoy, M.P., and 111
Harvey Lewis, M.P., as well as several well-known speakers
And advocates of reform, were present. In the course of the
proceedings, atter the first two resolutions had been carried
rir Washington Wilks rose to second the third motion 0'
the appointment of a committee to carry forward the 131:)'
posals of the meeting. During his observations Mr Wilke
to the consternation of those present, suddenly tell back it
fit and was removed from the platform to a chamber near
where several medical gentlemen attended him. In thi
meantime the business of the meeting went forward, ant
Lord Fermoy having concluded an address, Mr Harve
pt Mr Wilks, whoroceedingtoep heaka,d but just addressed thi
the chairman an
Lewisnounc waedthsa
meeting, was dead. The intelligence created an extraordi
nary and painful excitement, and the meeting was at ono
dissolved. Every effort to restore the unfortunate gentle•
men had failed, and he expired in about fifteen minutes
from the time he was removed from the platform.
THERMOMETERS.—The shape of the bulb is 01
importance. Spherical bulbs are best adapted tc
resist the varyinglpressure of the atmosphere; while cylio
drical bulbs expose larger surfaces of mercury, and art
therefore preferred for more delicate instruments. Various
plans have been suggested in order to obtain thermometers
of extreme sensitiveness for delicate experiments. Some
have been made with very small thin bulbs to contain 0
very small quantity of mercury; but in these the indicatinB
column is generally so fine, that it can only be read by
aid of a powerful lens. Instruments have been contrived
with spiral or coiled tubular bulbs; but the thickness °I
glass required to keep these in shape nullifies the effect
sought to be obtained—namely, instantaneous actiout
Messrs. Negretti and Zambra, the well-known meteorir
logical instrument makers, have recently succeeded ill
constructing a thermometer which combines sensitive'
ness and quickness of action, and which presents a goon
visible column. The bulb of this thermometer is of a grid
iron form. The reservoir is made of glass, so thin that ti
cannot be blown; it can only bo formed by means of
spirit-lamp; yet its shape gives it such rigidity that itg
indications are not affected by altering its position of
by standing it on its bulb. The reservoirs of the
most delicate of these instruments contain about
nine inches of excessively thin cylindrical glo°'
the outer diameter of which is not more than the
twentieth of an inch, and, owing to the large surface thug
presented to the air, the indications are positively instants'
neous. This form of thermometer was constructed expresell
to meet the requirements of scientific balloon ascents, to
nable the observer to take thermometric readings at,
elevations. It was contemplated to procure a metallic themmometer ; but on the production of this perfect instruments
the idea was abstudwacd,—ChqinPeres ,Tournal. precise

AND

COMIdERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK,

The Shannon has brought £345,364 from the
West Indies.

At the ensuing half-yearly meeting of the share-
holders of the City Bank for the declaration of a
dividend and the election of the late manager, Mr.
A. J. White, as director, a proposition will be sub-
mitted for increasing the capital of the establish-
ment by the issue of 10,000 new shares of £lOO
such. The allotment and the premium at which
the shares are to be emitted are to be left to the dis•
eretion of the Board.

During the last few days there has been less ac.
tivity exhibited in the Foreign and Colonial Pro.
duce Markets. Sugar, however, has been in mode-
rate request, but in some instances at reduced rated.
Tea has been in rather more demand, while a fair
amount of business has bu®n done in coffee and rice
at fully previous quotations. The tallow market
has been rather excited, in conseauence of the pre•
sent position of political affairs on the Continent,
and an advance of is. to ls. 6d. per cwt. has taken
place for both present and forward delivery.
The Stook Exchange Committee have appointed
the following special settling days ;—Scarborough
Cliff Hotel Company (Limited), Friday, Ist July,
not to be quoted ; General Credit and Finance
Company (Limited) New Shares, Monday, 4th
July, to be quoted. The committee have also
ordered the quotation of the following securtmes :
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, Equipment

Mortgage Bonds (Ist issue, X 250,000), and At.antio
and Great Western Railway, Second Mortgage
Bonds of theNe w York and Pennsylvanian Sections,

Two o'CLooic,

no change of importance.
Bank and Mite9llaneona Shares are generally t,
a shade flatter. Imperial Bank have declined to 3
371, London and South African to 23i, and Crystal its
Patties Stock to 31.1. Chamounix United Hotel
t(
Shares ore quoted 1 lf preen.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do Account, July 8
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 3 per Cent. B9l
New 2kl per Cent. Jan. 189-1
Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 —
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire &th Jan., 1880..
Do for 30 yrs, expiro sth April, 1885...

Do (Red 6ea.Telegraph), Aug. 1908...
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 & 3 per Cent. 8 4 5 die
Do £5OO
Do £lOO and £2OO
Bank England Sac, 51 per Ct.
Do Account..
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SEOVRITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
Do Account —
Do 5 per Cent. July, 1670

i)o Aecount _
Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888

Do Certificates.
Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Do 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ....
Do 61 per Cent., May, 1879 ... ......
Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866
Do 13onds.E1,000
Do under £1,000..

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Do 1859 ........
Brazilian 5 per Cent ....
Do 4DoII per Cent.,
8631852-58-60 ........
86
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent -
Do Account

Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) •—•
6 per Cent.
Do S pei Cent.
Colombian 6 per Cent
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1826
Do 6 per Cent, 864
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent..
Egyptian 7 per Cent lOll
Do, Second Issue
Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 231
Do Account
Do Coupons
Do , • • 00000
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Do 1839 and 1859 -
Italian 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway)
111exican 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do Scrip £23 paid ...............
1444415 h
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c........
Do 6 per Cen.. Anglo-French...... di'
Ditto Scrip, £23 paid
Moorish Imperial 6 per Cent
New Granada
Do 2 per Cent.
Do Deterred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 41 per Cent.

Do a per Cent. (Uribarren)..
Do 4i per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853

Do Account .
Do 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. 49
'Do Account —
Do 1883 Scrip, £4O paid
Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Do 41 per Cent., 1850 —
Do 3 per Cent 1859
110 5 per Cent, 1862 ..
Do Anglo-Dutch
Do Scrip, £3O paid......
Sarlinian 6 per Cent ....
Do Account —
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do New Deferred
Do Account —
Do Passive
Do Account ,
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account
Swedish, 4 per Cent. —
Do Scrip, £6O paid — pm
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1864
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1358 . 694.
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonda 7Ol 12
Ditto 1863
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. lOO
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do Account , —
1)o 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
kiDo 6 per Cent, 1864
Do 11 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London
Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins.
Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f —
Do Account 9B
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gut! —
Do 4 per Cent. Certificates
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Do Account —
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s —
Pieimontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f —
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols Money
Do Account

There is no diminution perceptible in the demand
for monetary accommodation. Everywhere—at the
Bank of England, in the open market, and at the
Stock Exchange—activity is noticeable, and, as a
Consequence, no bills, not even the very best mercan-
tile securities, are taken by the brokers at less than
the official minimum.

At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to
Reuter's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Rentes
were quoted 65f. 80c. Rather firm.
No alteration can be noted to-day in the value of
the English Funds. The uncertain state in which
political affairs is shrouded tends to induce a great
deal of circumspection on the part of operators, and
the fortnightly settlement at the Stock Exchange s
also retards operations. Console ate 901 !-
for money, and 901 I for the account. The
New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 894 ;
March Exchequer Bills, Bs. to 4s. dis. ; and June
ditto 63. to ss. die. ; India 5 per Cents., 1041 ;
and the Bonds, Ws. die.
There has been no new feature of importance in
the Foreign Market, business being quiet and prices
steady. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 71 ;
do., Consolid63, 48 ; Mexican, 441 ; Greek, 232- 6
21 ; Spanish Passive, 294 ; Portuguese, 481 49;
Russian, 87 ; and the Confederate Loan, 62 61,
Business in the Railway Share Market has been j
rather inactive, but in some instances prices have
been firmer. Great Northern A Stock have ad- at
vaneed £1; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
155.; and North-Western, 55.; while Great Eastern "
have declined 55..
The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little or