The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-28 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY,

• 'WINDSOR CASTLE, March 26.
Her Majesty drova in the grounds this moraiggl
accompanied by her Royal Highness Prince°
Helena.
The Qusen, the Ptince and Princess of Vals'
and the royal family have honoured Mr. Ge'rge
Thomas with sittings for his picture of the Prince
of Wales's marriage, which he is now paiatilig6t
Windsor Castle.

March 27. a
Count de Lavradio and the Right Hon. 13-
Mrs. Cardwell arrived at the Castle yesterdar. ,„
The royal dinner party consisted of his Al
the King of the Belgians, their royal highnes:;estbei
Prince and Princess of Wales, and her B°lsf
Hi Aness the Princess Helena, the Countess
Gainsboroagh (Lady in Waiting to the Queen), the
Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce,:
the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Hon. Caroline Cavenclis",;
the Portuguese Minister, the Right Hon. E. F°l„
Mrs. Cardwell, Mrs. Ferguson ; Dr. Helzrasi'l
Mr. Sahl, General Count de Moerkerke, and Pr;
Koepl, in attendance on the King of the Belgitinei;
Lord Talbot de Malahide, Col. Hon, A. LiddeLl,
Lord Charles Fitzroy, Col, H. Ponsonby, Li
Keppel, Major Eiphinstone, Mr. Buff, and the 34"

ter of the Household.
Her Majesty the Queen, the King of the Belgiol
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess:l
Wales, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helen
Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Princess 136E1
trice, the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, nil
the domestic household attended Divine servi& slld
morning in the private chapel.
The Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of WiPagn:
officiated and administered the Sacrament of tnv
Holy Communion.
The Countess of Gainsborough has succeeduedlY
Countess of Cdledon as Lady in Waiting.

THE PRINCE OF WALES.— His Royal Hig:blie'Ff
the Prince of Wales attended Divine service yestefLt
afternoon at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and sat Ode
the banner of his late father as Knight of the Gartel
banner not having yet been removed from over the s
His royal highness was attended by Colonel Keppelf
occupied the adjoining stall.
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HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS
taken daily walks in the beautiful grounds attached to
tbt
Castle, and frequently passes through the principal We,e
of Windsor and Eton on foot, unrecognised by the
THE KING AND QUEEN OF PORTUGAL are ex ?ected
at Paris towards the end of this mcnth or the corn
ment of April, and they will occupy the Pavilion Mara
It is thought that on the occasion of this visit the 0°
will pass some time at Fontainebleau.
THE QUEEN OF SPAIN has given a jardifilerli
valued at 12,000 or 15,000 piastres, to the Empress Etggelliel
as a souvenir.
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THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS CLOTILDP
SAXE-COBURG with the Archduke Joseph of Austria ICI
be celebrated on the 12th of May at Coburg. L
The Duke of Rutland and his medical attendati,';
Dr. Kingsley, who had been staying in Constantinoplo,°;
some weeks, sailed lately for Athens. The duke is grey
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improved in health.
The Duchess of Hamilton, Lady Mary Ham
and Lord Charles Hamilton left Hamilton House, A
ton-street, Piccadilly, on Saturday, for Paris. Lord C'hto
goes from Paris to Dusseldorf. The Duke of Hs.,Enil;s
preceded the duchess and family in their arrival in
French capital.
The Duke of Rissalda has arrived at Cividel
Hotel from Paris.
The Marquis of Salisbury arrived in to Wa°ll
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Saturday, from visiting his estates in Lancashire. i,
marchioness, who is staying at Hatfield House, ger,rj
comes to town to-morrow, on her way to visit the Earl
Countess Delawarr, at Buckhurst Park, Sussex. of
marchioness issu'd cards of invitation on Saturday last'
assemblies on the 13th and 20th proximo.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton have bees err,
tertaining the Marquis of Cianricarde, Earl artt.t,'
vine, the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the *ft,
quis of Hastings, Colonel the Hon. Henry Forester, 160
Boothby, and Mr. and Lady Agnes Des Vieux, at Egert
Lodge, Melton Mowbray. The circle at present soli°
there will separate to-day.
Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby %re
receiving a select circle at Grimsthorpe Park, Liacii;
shire.
Lord Stanley, M.P., leaves town to-day fo
Knowsley Park, Lancashire, for the holidays. tO
The funeral of Lord AstiburLon is appointed ,0
take place on Thursday next at the family mausolea°

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'scour/ ,angor has ved a Laridg,
from Brighton. eit
Mr. and Lady Jane Levett have arrived at tkwo,
new house in Cromwell-road, from WichnorPark,lg°
shire.
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. to
stone returned to to wn on Saturday, from a v isiS
Sir Walter and Lsdy Mary Farquhar, at Polesden 13i4r1:
near Dorking, and proceeded on a visit to the lion. 1,111 ;ill
Talbot, at Falconhurst, Edenbridge. Mrs. Gladsta)l°
have an evening party on Wednesday, the 6th of the
ing month, coo
TIIE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, it appear!
seized on Saturday week with very alarming sy101)t1'0.
For some hours his life was thought to be in a critic:ills:o
On Sunday his grace regained his consciousness, arib",,Di
the latter part of the day and evening was prc.nounced
decidedly better. In consequence of the very alaro3lo
nature of his illness, a telegram was forwarded' to Farlo,
the Earl of Lincoln, urging his speedy return to LiolSilt.
and his lordship arrived in town shortly Lefone bpl
According to the last report, the noble duke was bettor'
very weak.
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The Duke of Newcastle was so much
, esterday as to be able to leave his chamber, and oel.oo
every prospect that in the course of a few days bdo gA
will be allowed to remove to the Countess of C41161)0
mansion on Carlton House-terrace, which his g,roo°oo
engaged for the season. The Countess of Lincod rly
arrivt.,l from Paris on Wednesday last with her fanLil.9
daily visited the duke since his return.

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THE `°CHRISTMAS CAROL," BY CHARLEEut,og fot
that is, the presentation copy of it sold the other (16/0'
£25 10s. during the sale of Mr. Thackeray's librar,Y)'lloo
scribed "W. M. Thackeray, from Charles Dickens, °. 0
he had made very happy once a long way from ho e' d"
understood, says the London Review, to have been

chased for the Queen.
THE ARCHBISHOP or ORK.—The Archbol-
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of York has been paying a visit to his native tea: io
Whitehaven, Cumberland, during the past week.
being the first time his grace has been there since his e'e
Lion to the archiepiscopal tench, the inhabitants turnect
to do him honour. The Volunteers were drawn up as agIIAT
of honour when he went to church, and the clergy
churchwardens presented to his.grace an address of e°l/°1
tulation in the course of the week. The ArchbishOP 100
plying to the address, expressed his appreciatiort
goodwill evinced by the people, which he said was no °id
mon support to a person in his position. The °face Aiffe
duties of a bishop in these times were not free iron, ";)iis
culties, and looking at the future, he could not see
those difficulties were likely to be diminished. ,
RETIREMENT OF SIR F. T. BARING P 11,0,.• fu•
LIAMENT.—Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., MY. 4.0111
Portsmouth, has announced his intention of retiring
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Parliament at the next general election. The 011°4'0
letter, addressed to A. Nance, Esq., explains Sir 1170CP
reasons for his intended retirement Stratton,
21.—My dear sir,—l address you as chairman of 011,, nil
mittee at the last election, and wish you would inform' jo'
friends and make it generally known that it is not 4' pre'
tention to became a candidate on the dissolution of
sent Parliament. It is hardly necessary to give pal ;Pe'
suns in detail. No one will feel surprised that I noe
face an election contest with the same vigour as
done on former occasions, or undertake if elected to Ports'
efficiently the duties which fall on the member for gel'
mouth. It is time for rue to retire, and leave tildtioto
open to others. I do not expect an immediate diee°7l
and wished to have delayed this announcement It3tia 030
time for the election approached, and thus have Errenovf
borough the bustle of a long canvass, and all the i'le-froo
niences attending a protracted election contest. 131/th-ep.af
many quarters I hear that an active canvass no 64fiesde
begun. It is necessary, therefore, in justice to WY "000
and electors generally, that my intentions should b°3;elot
—that they may not act under the supposition 'do'
should stand again and be taken by surprise when tbo to
solution is announced. It is not a proper time for sti;oee
issue a farewell address, and I am not sorry to P.°ll,
that duty. My long connection with PortsMel'`foralca
friendships, personal and political, which I have dents
there, the many kindnesses I have received, the COn' co,
with which I have been honoured for so many Yet,Bo% eifef
not be forgotten, and will make the task painful/ nu safe
necessary, when at the dissolution I shall have
formal am, my dear sir, yours very til4 '
T. BARING.Iad lit:
CAPTAIN SHERARD OSBORN, C. 8., we are(„„oc-
tii.d, has been nominated to command the iron-case,,b-910.0
,nip Royal Sovereign, as under his orders aye maY 10151
that the capabilities of this experimental vessel will be
, tested,—iirmy and Navy Gazette.

MONEY -MARKET MARKET

AND

COMMtROIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Theta is a firm market for discounts, and a full
average amount of business reported.
The city to-day presents the appearance of a
partial holiday owing to the closing of the Stock
echange, and a reduction CO far as practicable of
the attendance in msiny other important departments
of business. The arrivals of mails from Australia,
China, Indig, and the Cape has, however, occupied
full attention among those particular interests.
The directors of the London and South American
Bulk have just issued their report in anticipation
of the first ordinary general meeting. It states as
follows Your directors avail themselves of the
opportunity afforded them by the present first ordi-
nary general meeting of shareholders to place in
their hands a balance sheet, comprehending all the
operations of the company in London, from the time
of its formation to the 16th of March ; and in
Lima, those which have occurred from the
Commencement of business there on the 21st
of September to the 6th of February. Your direc.
tors will at the meeting give every information
that may be desired with reference to the actual
position of the company and its progress hitherto,
and will treat of a pending negotiation for the
union of its interests with those of the Mexican
Bank, Limited. This latter proposition will involve
the division at this time of the profit made by the
Company up to the dates already referred to, and
hence it is proposed to recommend a dividend of 6s.
per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent. per an-
num, which it is hoped will be satisfactory.
The date for the division of profits being agreed
and fixed with the Mexican Bank for March 30, and
as the accounts from Lima extend only to Feb. 6,
it may be fairly assumed that the profit made in the
intermediate period, meets the question of rebate,
on bills current on Feb. 6. The shares of your
Company being each £lOO, and those of the Mexi-
can Bank £50,0n the proposed amalgamation taking
effect you will receive two shares in the amalga-
mated company for one of those you now hold, and
it is hoped that this proposed union will be con-
ducive to the strength and success of the whole
enterprise."

The advices received this morning from the ma-
nufacturing districts report very favourably of trade
during the past week, although in one or two in-
stances a slight diminution of business has been
perceptible. The cotton market has been less buoy-
ant, owing to large arrivals of the staple. At Leeds,
Bradford, Huddersfield, and Halifax, the demand
for woollen and other goods has continued active;
and at Sheffield several large orders have been re-
ceived from India and Australia, and prices have
accordingly continued firm. At Wolverhampton,
too, there has been an active inquiry for all descrip-
tions of iron ; but at Birmingham the fancy trade
has shown a considerable amount of slackness.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
SATURDAY.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
8 per Cent, Consols
Ditto Account, April 8
3 per Cent. Reduced .. 89a
New 3 per Cent. B9 /
New per Cent. Jan. 1894
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 142
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2, & 3 per Cent — dis
Ditto Z 4
500
Ditto £lOO and £200
Bank England Stk, 4i per Ct., last h.`.-yr Shut
INDIA.N. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874' TO4
Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Ditto Account
Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 984
Do Certificates
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ..
Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 ll2
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861
Ditto ditto Aug., 1866
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO dis
Ditto under £l,OOO . dis

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....-
Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60
Ditto 1863 9oi 90 /
Ditto Scrip, £55 paid .• 4
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 132
Egyptian 7 per Cent loo4i 100
Ditto, Second Issue
Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremniana Railway 74i
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account....
Peruvian 41 per Cent —
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto 43/4 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account.. 4B/
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62;3
Ditto Account 483 1
Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid — pin
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Ditto 4i per Cent., 1850 B6l
Ditto 3 per Cent 1859
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Vitt() Account —
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Ditto Account ...
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded —
Ditto Account l3a I
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1851 —
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
t)itto Account
Ditto, £lOO Bonds —
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account .. 71a
Ditto £lOO Bonds.. 72
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in Load .0
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Account
Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., 'Ex. 25f —
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 43/4 per Ct. Ex. 4s.

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols Money ... 91/ i
Ditto April Account ..
•se•• 9111;

A DROP or LIQUID.—When medical men pre-
scribe so many drops of an .y liquid to their patients,
they may not be aware that they do not always prescribe
the same quality. On this subject we find an interesting
paper by T. Tate, Etiq.% in this month's Philosophical
Magazine, in which he shows that the magnitude of a
drop depends upon various circumstances generally
not taken into ar.lcount. First, as to the appa-
ratus used by him for his experiments, it con-
sists of a vertical tube AB receiving the liquid at
A from a vessel 0, and delivering it at B into a vessel D.
The vehicle by means of which the. liquid passes from C
into the tube, is a strip of clean calico which acts as a syphon.
Tho apparatus was so adjusted that the interval of time
between the falling of any two consecutive drops was not
less than 40 seconds. The lower end Bof the dropping-
tube was drawn to a point., and then formed to a sharp
edge, so that the tube at the part in contact with the
liquid might be regard rd as indefinitely thin. From five to
ten drops were allo' ,red to fall into D, which was then
weighed, by which , means the weight of each drop was
ascertained. In ardor to determine the weight of the drop
corresponding
.0 different temperatures, the dropping•tube
vas inserted in a wide brass tube passing through a
hot water lath, so that the drop of liquid, as it was being
formed, might attain the same temperature as the
eater surrounding the wide tube. From the experi-
'2lleD.rs made with this apparatus it appears; 1, that,
• other things being the same, the weight of a drop of liquid
is proportional to the diameter of the tube in which it is
.f3rnied, but not of its orifice, provided the diameter do not
,exceed 7-10 the of an inch, in which case the liquid falls,
but n.ot in the form of a regular drop; 2, that the law just
enur.ciated has a remarkable relation to that of
the weight of the drop being in proportion to the
veight of water which would be raised in that tube by
capillary action; 3, that the augmentation of weights are
du proportion to the diameters of the surfaces on which
the drops aro formed; 4, that the weight of a drop of
inur
liquid, other things being the same, is diminished by an
ense of temperature ; and 5, that in different solutions of
neutral salts the increment in the weight is in proportion to
tllr, dry salt in solution,
METROPOLITAN POLICE.--The cost of the Me-
"tropolitan Police in the year 1863 was £554,250. Towards
this expenditure the rates supplied £346,127, the Treasury
Paid £143,129 ; the Admiralty, for the service of the police
iA the dockyards, £33,015 ; the War-office, for services at
'military stations, £10,000; the Government offices and
pubnc institutions were charged £14,337;
companies and
private individuals, £5,514; the theatres, £503 ; and the
Commissioners of the International Exhibition, £7,448.
'the number of the force at the close of the year—superin-
tendants, inspectors, sergeants, and constables—was 7,732,
an increase of 215 in the year. Four years ago the number
Was not 6,000. A charge is made for the funerals of 48
constables in the year. The expenditure in 1863 for the
?once-courts of the metropolis was £51,898, the whole of
11,t payable from the public purse. The foes and
pen
Jvied at thee. Courts in the year amounted to £l2,367alties.