The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Preparations are being made at the Palace of St.
Cloud for the reception of the Emperor and Em-
press. _ _

The marriage of Baron de Lacrosse, Secretary to
the Senate, to Mlle. Helhu de Gombault was cele-
brated yesterday at the church of St. Sulpice. The
witnesses of the bridegroom were Marshal Count
de Regnault St. Jean d'Angely, and M. do Lacrosse,
a relative ; and of the lady, Viscount de Barra',
Senator, and Viscount do Mauroy.
M. rhuillier, President of Section at the Council
of State, is at present suffering from a tumour in
the shoulder, which will, it is feared, necessitate an
operation.

BOURSE, April 19.—The market opened at an
advance, but the improvement was not long main-
tained, as sales for realisation to a considerable
amount were soon afterwaids made. Threes, which
commenced at 67fr. 70c., are now at 67fr. 45c.
Mobilier, after having been done at 1,300 fr., are
last quoted at 1,285 fr. The Mexican Loan is
negotiated with 11 per cent. premium. The sub-
scription goes on very satisfactorily. Railway
Market quiet, but pretty firm. The quotations
closed as follows :

41 per Cents .. 93 50
Do. end month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 35
Credit Mobilier 1270
Do. end month 1280
Bank Shares 3300
Credit Foncier l3lO
Roman
EA IL

Italian Loan 69 30
Do. end month 69 30
New ditto
Do. end month....
Russian

Austrian
Spanish Threes —
Home Debt .. —
Deferred
vAlts.
Cash. Account.

895 - .. 900 -
985 - .. 985 -

Orleans
Northern ....
Neva ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean
New ditto
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lon-bard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

957 50 .. 957 50
900 - .. - -
680 - .. 680 -
502 50 .. 502 60
485 - .. 482 50
375 - .. 375 -
425 - .. 427 50
560 - .. 563 75
505 - .. 501 25
585 - .. 580 -

THE Loss OF THE BOHEMIAL—A Board of Trade
inquiry into the loss of the Montreal Ocean Steam-
ship Company's screw steamer. Bohemian on the Abdens
Rook, near Cape Elizabeth, coast of Maine, on Feb. 22 last,
was opened at Liverpool on Tuesday, before Mr. Raffles,
stipendiary magistrate, and Capts. Cowe and Harris, nauti-
cal assessors. The circumstances of the wreck have already
been recorded. The vessel was an iron screw steamer,
valued at £90,000, and had on board at the time of her
wreck a cargo valued at from £150,000 to £200,000, also her
Majesty's mails, and 19 cabin and 200 steerage passengers
She left Liverpool on the afternoon of Feb. 4, and on the 22d
encountered very cloudy weather. The same night sound-
ings were found in 48 fathoms. A little after 7 p.m. the
captain observed Cape Elizabeth lights bearing N. W. by W,
and distant as he thought 8 or 9 miles. Signals were made
for a pilot to come aboard. Shortly afterwards a buoy was
seen on the starboard, and though the engines were promptly
stopped the vessel struck directly afterwards. She
began to fill rapidly. The captain (Captain Borland) headed
her for the shore, and then ordered the boats to be launched.
In doing this boat No. 2 was swamped, and 37 passengers
and six seamen lost. The other five boats got to shore, and
boats No. 1 and No. 6 again returned and took off the cap-
tain and about 76 passengers and seamen, who remained to
the last. The captain, the company's agents, and the inha-
bitants of Portland used every exertion to provide assist-
ance for the unfortunate emigrants, When the evidence had
been partly heard the ourt adjourned until this morning.

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Cart tirdar.

HER MAJESTY.

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WINDSOR CASTLE, April 19.
The Queen, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley,,,
drove out yesterday afternoon.
Major-General Seymour was in attendance ca
horseback.
His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by
Major Elphinstone, left the Castle for Greenwie
Park.
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and
Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar-
rington, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, the Hon. Lucy
Ly ttelton, and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville Pi'c't'
went to London yesterday afternoon, and were
present at the Philharmonic concert in Hanover-
square.
The Duchess of Wellington arrived at the Castle,
and had the honour of dining with the Queen, the
King of the Belgians, and the royal family.
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
Princess Helena, walked and drove in the grounds
this morning..
The King of the Belgians took leave of her Ma-
jesty to-day, and left Windsor Castle for Dover,en
route to Brussels.
His Royal Highness. Prince Alfred accompanied
the King to London.
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and
Princess Louise, attended by the Hon. Emily
Cath-
cart, went to the railway station in Windsor With
his Majesty.
The King was attended by General Count de
Moerkerke, Dr. Koepl, the Earl of Caithness, gi'd
Lieutenant-Colonel Da Plat.

Prince Alfred proceeded in the afternoon t°
Sandringham Hall on a visit to the Prince of-Wulc°'
attended by Major Cowell and Lieutenant.

Departure of the King of the Belgians.
Yesterday afternoon his Majesty the King of the
Belgians took leave of the Queen at Windsor Castle'
and, accompanied by his Royal Highness PrinC
Alfred and their Royal Highnesses Princesses,
Helena and Louise, drove to the Windsor station of
South-Western Railway, whence he proceeded
to Dover on his way to Brussels. The King Was
attended by Count de Moerkerke and Dr. NOP
(who arrived with bim from Belgium), and by the
Earl of Caithness and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat'
Prince Alfred was attended by Major Cowell 911'
Lieutenant Haig. The King of the Belgion3
also attended by M. Van de Weyer, the Be]gia°
Minister, who accompanied his Majesty to Doer'
At the station his Majesty, who looked exceedingly
well, bade adieu to the Princesses Helena 811
Louise, and then, with Prince Alfred, proceeded t°
London by a special train provided by the South'
Eastern Railway, which was in charge of I\lr'
Godson, superintendent of the South-Western line,
as far as Waterloo, but was accompanied by Mr-
W. Eborall, the general manager of the South'
Eastern Railway, and Mr. P. Knight, the superio'
tendent.

At Waterloo, which was reached at 3.45, after
run of 40 minutes, the South-Western engine was
detached and that of the South-Eastern compol
substituted, when the train moved slowly through
the station to the platform on the iron bridge wbiell
crosses the Waterloo-road. Here Prince Alfred
took leave of his venerable relative, and, attended
by Major Cowell and Lieutenant Haig, drove to the
terminus of the Great Eastern Railway at 13ishops'
gate, which he left shortly afterwards for Sandring'
ham, on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales'
The South-Eastern train then proceeded direct
to Dover by w,iy of the Charing-cross line, la
charge of Mr. Knight, and on arrival there bls
Majesty went to the Lord Warden Hotel, where 11°
proposed to pass the night.
In the' evening the King entertained the coca'
mandant of the garrison and the officers at dinner,
His Majesty proposed to leave this morning at
ten o'clock for Ostend.

REMOVAL OF THE COUF.T TO OSEORNE...—/IS'
rangements were made yesterday for the departure of aer
Majesty and the royal family to Osborne, which it is e:v
petted, if the weather continue fine and the wind suitriblej
wid take place to-day.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales are not expected to leave Sandringham for Mall-
borough House before Saturday, the 30th inst., or Monda
yr
the Ist proximo.

The Marquis Camden and the Ladies Pratt have
arrived at their residence in Grosvenor•square from Til°
Wilderness, near Sevenoaks, for the season.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury en"
tertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, at the
family residencein Arlington-street.

Capture of the Steamer Bavaria by
Danish Frigate.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

HAMBURG, April 19.
Pilots have brought in the news to the insurance
company that the Hamburg and American Colo'
pany's mail steamer Bavaria, which left Hamburg
for New York on Sanday, the 10th inst., was or
tured by the Danes yesterday.
SOUTHAMPTON, April 19 (Evening).
A telegram has been received here this evening
which states that the Hamburg and American Cony
pany's steamship Bavaria, bound from Hamburg to
New York, via Southampton, has been captured 11
a Danish frigate off the month of the Weser.
The Bavaria had a large number of passengers (3.°
board, and the value of the ship and cargo is estv
mated at £120,000.
The Bavaria ought to have arrived here early this
morning to receive the French and English portion
of her cargo, and was to have sailed for Now Yorlc
at mid-day on Wednesday, as advertised.
The same company's steamer Germania, which
arrived here this morning from New York, i s
detained in the river, off Netley Hospital, awe tiling
orders. It is not likely now that she will leave Or
Hamburg, as her passengers have been landed, Ava
proceed to their destination via London.
It is expected that the Germania will discharge
her cargo at this port, to be reshipped in English
bottoms for Hamburg, and that she will 84i1 fives'
this port for New York direct.

RUMOURED RETIREMENT OF LORD CARLISLE.
The _Dublin _Eventng Mail gives currency to a rumour to
the effect that the customary term of his Lord Lieut enaDr/
having expired, it is the wish of the Earl of Carlisle to retire:
and that he possibly may not return to Ireland i that
capacity. Should this rumour prove correct (Bars tliei
_Evening Maili , we need hardly say that his excellcia, :),11;;
carry with him the kindly regards and good wishes of
classes of the Irish people.
NEWSVENDORS' BENEVOLENT AND PRovID
INSTITUTION.—The 25th annual meeting of 03°
members of this institution was held last evening at the regl
Exchange, Fleet-street, Mr. Kennedy in the chair. Dir.
Jones, the secretary, read the report, which stated tha t the
society had been steadily progressing during the past Yeerci
The amount distributed in pensions and temporary relic t
increased during that period to £6l 8s 4d, the funded csPitjt
to over £2,000, and a balance of £2l to be carried to nes
account. The annual festival had produced a profit c £2O,
and a similar sum had been realised from a benefit at tbe
Haymarket Theatre. During the existence of the s 06°1
£520 had been paid in pensions, and £l6O in temporad re'
lief, The provision that the pensions should be paid eel':
from the dividends on the funded capital kept the nu,,Dl''
of pensioners low, but greatly added to the stability of the
institution. The number of pensioners now on the fee
was five, and another would be shortly elected. The foe°,.
cial statement showed that the donations during the Pl'
had amounted to £lO4, and the annual subscriptions to VI
The total receipts had been £282 19s. 7d., and the total °
expenditure, including the purchase of £lOO stock, a: id then
payment of £55 to pensioners, £261 16s. 2d., lea
W vir'g.
balance of £2l 3s. sd. Oa the motion of Mr. e°,:
seconded by Mr. llall, the report was adopted. The com-
mittee and officers for the ensuing year were then elected,
and other routine businesi: having been transacted, the
meeting concluded with a vote of thanes to the chairraae•
THE WRECK OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.---.
QUEENSTOWN, Tuesday.—Throughout last night a strozg
south west breeze was blowing. Shortly before noon, tee;
day, the City of New York divided in two, and disappeara
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