The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-25 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

On Saturday evening the Prince and Princess
of Wales, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield
and Major Teesdale, honoured the performance at
the Royal Italian Opera, Covant-garden, with their
presence.

Yesterday morning the Prince and Princess of
Wales and the Duke of Cambridge attended divine
service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The com-
munion service was read by the sub-dean, the Rev.
T. Helmore, and the Rev. J. Antrobus. The sermon
was preached by the Rev. Dr. Jelf, from the Gospel
of St. John, chap. xvi., verses 6 and 7. The anthem
was " Come, Holy Ghost" (Attwood). Mr. Cooper
presided at the organ. Their royal highnesses were
attended by the Countess of Macclesfi@ld and Major
Teesdale.

The Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of St. Ger-
mans, and Viscount Sydney were present at the
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service.

The Prince and Princess of Wales visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge at her
residence at Kew in the afternoon.
A Scotch journal states that their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will pro-
bably pay a visit to Balmoral in the summer, ar-
riving in July.
Prince Henry XIV. of Reuss arrived in town last
week. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major
Teesdale, visited the prince on Saturday last at
Holloway's Hotel, Dover-street.

Departure of the Prince and Princess Louis

of Hesse

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Louis, with the Princess Victoria of Hesse, left
Marlborough House at twenty minutes past twelve
o'clock on Saturday, on their return to the Con-
tinent.

Their royal highnesses were attended by Baroness
von Schenck, Baroness von Grancy, Capt. Wester-
weler, and M. Becker.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by
the Countess of Macclesfield and Major Teesdale,
accompanied the Prince and Princess Louis to the
Bricklayers' Arms Station, and travelled with them
by a special railway train to Gravesend, where the
royal party went on board the Victoria and Albert
royal steam yacht, commanded by his Serene High-
ness the Prince of Leiningen.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, after partak-
ing of a dejeuner with the Prince and Princess
Louis, landed at half-past three o'clock, when the
royal yacht departed for Belgium, The Prince and
Princess of Wales returned by a special train to the
Bricklayers' Arms Station.

The Duke of Cambridge paid a visit to the
Princess Louis of Hesse on Saturday morning at
Marlborough House, and took leave of her royal
highness and Prince Louis.

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4.;

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
92353±
1/ 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ..
I a a
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
91/ Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., ,880 — /
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent, ....... .. 11
Ditto Enfuced Paper, 4 per Cent 97 91
Ifitto 61 per Cent
1863
Litto ditto April, 1864
D, , t.i Bonds ELMO
Dit to under £l,OOO 12
Consols for Account, June 9 l6 pm
Ea chequer Bills, £l,OOO 2/ per Cent 42i dispar
Ditto 4.500 p Ditto Small
par 3 die
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
ttitto Account
Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 39i
',-;hilian 6 per Cent. lO3
-Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. 16/
Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO
Ditto, Second Issue
.. 993
Greek .5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons..
Ditto Account 32i a 2
Ditto Coupons l4l
atrili AU 5 per Cent. (Nlarenarnana Railway) 79 /
:Mexican 3 per Cent
iliac) Account. 35/
New Granada
Ditto
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 7l
Peruvian 42 per Cent.
Ditto 4; per Cent, 1862
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 49/ / f a
Ditto Account
Ditto Scrip, (1862) £35 paid... .. ..... 5a
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St pm
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 583 9
Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862
.. 92i
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred —
Ditto Account~
Ditto Passive
Ditto Account i 4 3/ 34
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
12 1 11/ 12 111
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
:Ditto Account
D .. 'Ditto, £lOO Bonds 73
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account 3
1 1
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1832
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2/ per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail 65/ 41
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Account ................
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4/ Per Ct. Ex. 45.72 i —1/
Consols, Money THREE 0'CL0CK........... 931
Ditto Acc0unt.,......,
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Liverpool Cotton Market—This Da.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
Strong. Sales, 8,000 bales or more. No imports.
Previoasly, 4,395 bales.

Advices from Constantinople of May 13 state
that the negotiations between England and Turkey
for a telegraphic line to India, via Bagdad and the Persian
Gult, have been satisfactorily concluded, and the conven-
tion for it signed. The Scinde commissioner, Mr, Mans-
field, is stated to have already arrived at Bagdad to super..
intend, in conjunction. with Colonel Kimball, all the
necessary arrangements for the aerates—the 'Darkish
Government having at th.e
the en same time sent instu
r ctions to
gineers to hasten the completion of the line between
liminary arran
Bagdad and Busso,:ah. It
appears that already the pre-
g,,ments are effected, the
majority of the
posts being on the ground, whilst the whole of the wires are
in readinesr, for fixing. Should the entire line be finished
before tka intsnse summer heat sets in, the submarine cable
being '‘ettay for despatch from England to the Gulf, London
is IP,iely to be it telegraphic communication with Kurraehee
arhd Calcutta, and from these places with all parts of India,
by the autumn. The English Government are to have an
exclusive wire between Belgrade and Bussorah, which is
Ito be served by English clerks and be wholly under Eng-
lish control. In regard to financial matters it is mentioned
that the publication of the budget is daily expected, and
13-what has thus far transpired leads to the belief that the
'what has
will prove in the highest degree satisfactory
as to revenue and expenditure and likely to impart in-
creF.sed confidence in the financial prospects of the oountry.
On Saturday the Prince of Wales was elected
patron of the Norfolk Agricultural Society, a coranlardea_
lighness's
tion having been received intimating his royal
consent. The Prince is expected down at Bandringharn
again early in September, for the shooting season, which
aj; the
Promises this year to be a highly favoural-jie one,
mildness of the spring has encouraged t} ate
rearing of both
partridg,s and pheasants.
SNOW IN MAY.—Daring o.te past week falls of
snow have taken place in different parts of Wales, and the
weather has been extremely cola. On Tuesday the snow
was ankle deep on the Monmo
many years past,
athshire hills, a circumstance
which has not occurred for
ROYAL IiORTICIar.aRAL
at a 8
last,special gene, SOCIETY.—On Satnirday
the purpose of elect- -al meetingof this society, called for
loges of Fellow, -nig persons wishing to obtain the privi •
Prior to the ceremonial of the 10th June—
Mr. Henry 0,-
dates were . Ael C.A., in the chair—upwards of 50 wadi-
Abetted Fellows.
FART'
avIIIAXE IN NEW ZEALAND.--The earth-
quake 0„ .
Arly in the m •
, _,,:ibed as awak_ening
is d, orning of the 3d2 of February
every one instantly. The Hawke' s
-D J Ion" says .—tiotses rocked to and fro like reeds in
the wind, and atromour creptthorver the stoutest heart, many
who attemptad to rise being
dtown. The majority
.of the 'chimneys in town are dowenwnto ground of those
left standing most will have to be repaired,heSeveral cracks
are observable in the road from the 0,4 to
especially on the portion new
The shocks appear to have been even more aeusp:are. Flat.
newly re ado on
sh_the Spit, more
south. western portion of the Province thau in NevapieerinTthhee
residences of Captain Newman (Arlington station) and Mr.
'Harding (Mount Vernon) are said to be much injured. Mr.
,Smith's inn (Abbots'ord) was shaken off the blocks. Some
of the bridges are much damaged, and some large cracks
have opened, and extend some distance through the fern
hills, '

4:( ONE Y MARKET

CITY, TWELVE o'CLocF.
There is no perceptible change in the general dis-
count market to day, a moderate amount of busi-
ness being transacted, at quotations ranging from
3.-74 to 4 per cent. The available supplies are abun-
dant, and if gold should again accumulate at the
bank within the next few days, discounters would
be induced to offer increased facilities.
The accounts from the manufatturing districts
for the past week have again been rather unsatis-
factory. The woollen trade at Leeds, as usual at
this season of the year., has been dull, while there
is little improvement to record in the hosiery and
lace departments of Leicester and Nottingham. At
coManchester, however, a firmer tone has prevailed
nsequent upon the American advices, while in the
hardware districts—viz., of Birmingham, Sheffield,
and Wolverhampton there has been no change of
importance.

O'
At Paris this morning, according Two CLOCK.
to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were
69f 60c.—very firm.
The supplies of wheat in Mark-lane to-day were
rather limited, and fine qualities have been a little
clearer. Other descriptions have not undergone any
change of importance.
Only a small amount of r business has been trans-
acted to-day in the market
fo the English funds,
but notwithstanding
the dullness of speculation
the quotations are very firm, and the tendency is
mot unfavourable, Consols having continued a:
931 for transfer, and at 9281, less the dividend,
for the account. Dealings have taken place in
the New Threes and Reduced Annuities at 911; y ;
and in Exchequer Bills at 4s. dis. to par; India 5
Per Cents. are marked 1101; ditto 51,- Enfaced,
1156 ; and the Bonds, 12s. 16s. prem.
Foreign Securities have been generally heavy.
but the most important movement has been in the
Confederate Loan, which has receded to 2 and 1
discount owing to the receipt of the news of
General Jackson's death. Turkish 6 per Cents.,
1862, are 711 1; ditto Consolides, 501 k ; Greek,
31 328; ditto Coupons, 14,8 15; Spanish Passive,
3-k- 318; ditto Certificates, llk 128 ; Mexican,
861 37; and Italian, 72i.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
rather dull, but in some instances have slightly im
proved. Great Westerns have advanced 55.; North
Westerns, 105. ; and Great Northern and Bristol
and Exeter, 15s.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
remained at about previous rates.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in
limited request without any material alteration in
values. International Finance Company shares are
quoted 48 prem. ; General Credit, 2-a prem.;
London Finance, 11 a prem. ; and English and
Scottit'sh Marine Insurance Company, d y pre m,