The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-27 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, April 26.
Her Majesty the Queen drove out yesterday to
the morning end afternoon.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and
Princess Louise rode on horseback.
Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell nod
Leut. Heig, left Osborne this afternoon for London,
on his way to Dover, where his Royal HighnEss Wli
embark for the Continent.
The Prince will make short visits to B0°15!
Hanover, Berlin, Coburg, and Thrmstadt, End will
then proceed to Marseilles to join her Majesty'e
Racoon.
Lieut. Haig, of the Royal Engineers, has been
appointed by her Majesty to be in attendance on
Prince Alfred.
The Queen held a Council this afternoon at O
borne, which was attended by the Duke of Sower;
set, Earl De Grey and Ripon, and Lord Stanley °L
Alderley.
Sir James Wilde and Mr. H. Bruce, M.P.) I°ll
sworn in to the Privy Council.

The Prince and Princess of Wales,
SANDRINGHAM, April 26,
The Prince and Princess of W,les and the Duke
of Cambridge, with Lieut.-General and ISiors'
I~nollys, Captain Grey, Colonel Clifton, Mr• ":6
Fisher, Mr. H. L. Wood, Mr. Holzman, and the
Hon. Mrs. W. G. Grey, attended Divine service In
Sunday last at Sandringham. The Rev. Ge(l6B
Brown Moxon, 8,A., rector, read prayers, and the
Bishop of Oxford preached the sermon from the 161il
chapter of St. John.
Oa Monday the Prince and Princess of W3le:'
the Duke of Cambridge, the Bishop of Osf°r"
LLieut.-General and Mrs. Knollys, Captain Gre','
Colonel Clifton, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Wood, Mr. 10it,
man, and the Hon. Mrs. W. G. Grey, drove in
Sandringham to the pleasant watering place °f
Hunstanton, returning about five o'clock in t, m-
afternoon.

The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cin3briag°
left Sandringham at about half-past ten this morn'
ing, accompanied by Captain Grey and Colonel Glif
ton, for Newmarket.
The Bishop of Oxford left Sandringham for 51
this morning,

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by
Major Cowell and Lieutenant Haig, arrived in town yester;
day afternoon from Osborne, and proceeded last evenai'
from the Charing-cross Terminus to the London bridge
station, and thence by the 8.35 train to Dover, en route f(lt
the Continent.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Can2bridge
arrived at Gloucester House, Piccadilly, late last evelaili6
from Newmarket. His royal highness had been stay lug (—n
a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and PLiace's4
,-,
of Wales since Saturday at Sandringham, and yesterday
accompanied the Prince of Wales to Newmarket.
The Countess de Grey will have a dance 00 the
Gth and another on the 10th of next month, at the family
residence in Carlton-gardens.
The Countess of Derby will have her first
assembly this season to-night, at the family mansion it' ,
James's-square.
The Countess (Dowager) of Glasgow and Loll
Diana Pakington have left Farrance's Hotel for Malvern'
Worcestershire,

Count Krouseowitze, from Homberg, and B3r°ll
uotelo
Bruille, from Paris, have arrived at the Portland

Southsea.
The Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait entertained
at London House, St. James's-square, yesterday evelliAg:
at dinner, Lord and Lady Cranworth, Lord and Ll'
Houghton, Lord and Lady Rollo, the Bishop of St. fist):
Archdeacon Hale, Sir David and Lady Dundas)
INl'Murray, Lady Sitwell and Miss Sitwell, &c.
Field-Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney, O.().Vh:
Governor of Chelsea Hospital, is improving in health• T
venerable officer is regaining his lost strength.
MARRIAGE OF VISCOUNT POWERSCOURT i 149
LADY JULIA CO E.—The marriage of VisOoo°',
Poweracourt and Lady Julia Coke, eldest daughter of the
Earl and Countess of Leicester, was solemnised yesterday
at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The church via
crowded to excess on the occasion by the numerous relatiTea
and friends of both noble families. The noble bridegroOof
in company with Captain Richard Bateson, arrived at 00
church shortly after half•past eleven o'clock, and was 011
joined by the bride, who was accompanied by her mother,
the Courtess of Leicester. The wedding party then arranged
themselves in front of the communion table—the bride beiag
attended to the altar by ten bridesmaids, namely, her
sisters—the Ladies Anne, Gertrude, Mary, Winifred, Mar:
garet, and Mildred Coke ; the Hon. Alice Jocelyn, daughter
of Viscountess Jocelyn ; Lady Mary Gordon, daughter of
the Marchioness of Huntly ; Miss Mary Stephens°l3,'
daughter of Lady Mary Stephenson ; and Miss Stever,"
Captain R. Bateson (Ist Life Guards) attended as "groom ;
man." The Rev. Robert Collyer, honorary callo
Norwich Cathedral and rector of Warham, performed the
religious rite. The bride was given away by her father;
the Earl of Leicester.

LIVES SAVED FROM SHIPWRECK.—The Board 0f
Trade state that in the nine years 1855-63 3,409 lives have
been saved by lifeboats, and 2,896 by lines and ropes thr°f_llo,
from the shore either by rocket and mortar apparatus or 14
hand. In the year 1863 the numbers saved were 505 by
lifeboats, and 357 by lines and ropes,
THE LATE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH NURSING
THE FARMER'S CHILD.—Some years ego the let°
Bishop of Peterborough had occasion to visit a remote
country village in his diocese, and notice had been sent t°
one of the churchwardens (an intelligent but unpretendia
farmer) that his lordship would call upon him in the costae
of a certain morning, It was cold weather, and, after an
early breakfast, the farmer's wife had gone upstairs for
short time, leaving her baby, of about three months' old,
asleep, and still in his nocturnal habiliments, in a cradle
by the parlour fire. 'When upstairs the good mother heard
a knock at the house door, but, never dreaming that tbe.
bishop would call before nine o'clock, she took no notice
it. Presently, however, she descended to look after beat
infant son, and to her extreme astonishment, and indeed
horror, found him in the arms of the worthy prelate, WI
was alone in the parlour with him, hushing, coaxing,
,i,(411,,a
kissing the now unmistakeaVy wide awake child. The
good bishop, altnough then wanting not many years of
threescore and ten, had walked over at that early hour fl
a town three miles distant; and, having probably ranee
the infant from its slumbers by his knock and entrance in
the room, had taken it out of the cradle, and was good rir4
turedly acting .the part of nurse until the arrival of t'""
mother. Such a man naturally won the hearts of all.

FARMERS IN MUSLIN I—Can our readers picture
to themselves an agricultural exhibition, at W;L-ie'
the farmers are attired mainly in white muslin, with tut;
bans instead of hats, and slippers instead of boots—the std
farmers, moreover, having black or brown faces, decoratZ
perhaps with paint, and generally set off by earrings of o'l
and precious stones, not to mention other rings wher.everi,,
is possible to place them—on the arms and the fingers, °-
ankles and toes ? Such an anomaly may have been ati
gested at Hanwell, but it is only lately that it has 1011/140
existence in real life; and, even now, it may not be seen
this country. To behold it one must have been at Calcutta
few weeks ago, when a proceeding was enacted which had
hitherto been unparalleled in India. For the idea of t'il"„
to
novel experiment the local public are indebted, it appearSre.
the excellent Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, the Hoe. t
Beadon, It occurred to him, we are told, in the early Pl're
of last year, that an Agricultural Exhibition, somewhet at
the model of these held in England, would be of znaier;,
benefit to the country, by improving the breed of cattle, "-'d
troducing a better class of agricultural implemente, /In.
stimulating the tillers of the soil to greater care concereirt
the quality of the produce brought to market. To Orr"'
out these objects the most effectual measures were tltke.P.
Local committees were appointed in every part of Inds'
and announcements of the nature of the scheme were cue
culated in all the local languages. The Bengal Gever%-
ment advanced a sufficient sum of money for prizes, Whic
were on a very liberal scale, and for the general expenses of
the Exhibition; so there was no oceasi.n to solicit sue'd
scriptions. But contributions of objects to be exhi
were demanded from all sides, and the response was "t' s,
factory in the highest degree. By the end of the Year o
' of
collections were nearly completed. These, consisting
live stock, machinery, and produce, were all pro Pei: _
classified, and placed in temporary buildings erecteddo
02:
large piece of ground assigned for the purpose. •A-T1 b
the loth of January, the Exhibition was formally ()Pellet he
Sir John Lawrence, who arrived out just in time for
ceremony.—Dickens's " .All the Year _Round."
GEEAT EASTERN RAILWAY.—This coa3PaOY iS
showing great activity in preparing for its
tinental traffic between Harwich, Rotterdam, end AintLorn;
We announced a few weeks since the launch of the vvaion,
b, the
the first of the fleet of noble vessels constructing
Messrs. Dudgeon, of Cubitt Town, for the
pany. On Saturday last the second steamer wasrn
Lauber of
most successfully in the presence of a large
nu
daughter
Dg
the
visitors, Miss Alice Goodson, the eldest daugorwing the
Chairman of the Great Eastern Railway, Pri
as named
baptismal dulifs most efficiently. The ship
Zealous. railwaYn4'-'h7d

ONEY MARKET

AND

COMMXRCIAL INTELLIGENCE

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
There is more inquiry for money in the general
discount market, and 7 per cent. is the minimum
quotation in all quarters, even for the best short
dated paper.
In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon
there was a slight upward movement in a few
Instances.

The Poonah, which left to-day for Bombay, con-
!eyed £114,205 in specie.
The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
pointed Wednesday, the 4th proximo, for a special
eettlemont in the Scrip and fully paid-up Swedish
Government Loan; and als) in the shares of the
following companies :—Medoc R3iiwoy, Fore-street
Warehouse, Smith, Knight, and Company, Finan-
cial Discount, Credit Foncier of Mauritius, City
Offices, and the new shares of the National Bank,
all of which are to be marked in the daily list.
The following companies are also to have a settle-
ment on the same day, but are only to be marked
in the bi-weekly list, viz, :—London GAS Meter,
Maritime Insurance, and Queensland Sheep Invest-

The share list of the International Contract Com-
pany will be closed on Saturday next, the 30th
instant.
At the meeting of the Standard Bank of British
South Africa, today, a dividend at the rate of 10
Per cent. per annum was declared.
There was also a meeting of the shareholders of
the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, at which
it was resolved that a distribution be made of L 7
103. per share, free of income tax ; viz., £6 per
share out of the balance of profit and loss account,
and a bonus of £1 108. per share from the insurance
fund,

Two o'CLoca.

At Paris this morning, according to Renter's
telegrams, the Three per Cent. Ren tee were 66f. 70c.
The market for the English Funds has continued
extremely inactive, and a few sales have led to a
decline of 1.16 th per cent. Consols for transfer are
911 I, and for the account 911 I. The New Threes
and Reduced Annuities are 891 ; Exchequer Bills,
10e. to 4s. die. ; India 5 per Cents., 105 1 ; do. 4 per
Cents., 991 ; and the Eafaced 31 per Cents., 1121;
Bank Stock is 238 240; and East India do., 218
220.
In the Foreign Market a slight downward move-
ment is apparent, and business is very dull.
Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 715 4 ; do., Con-
solides, 52k 53 ; Mexican, 451 a ; do., New Scrip,
/ prem. ; Greek, 24/ 25 ; Spanish Passive, 351
3687 Portuguese, 49; Venezuela, 571 58; Russian
Loan, la 4 prem.; Swedish do., par 1 prem.; Vene-
zuelan, 14 1 die. ; and the Confederate Stock,
671 58/.
In the Railway Share Market the operations have
been limited, and principally connected with the
Preparations in progress for the settlement. Prices,
however, have remained without material change.
Great Eastern have advanced 10s., Lancashire and
Yorkshire 55., and Brighton 5, while South Western
have declined 10s., and North Eastern (Berwick),
15e.
The Foreign and. Colonial undertakings continue
inactive at about previous rates.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
in some instances a shade firmer. London and
Westminster have improved to 94; Chartered of
India, Australia, and China to 391, 401 ; and Alli-
ance Bank to 63; 64; while City Bank have de-
clined to 126 ; and Union of London, 58/ ; General
Credit realise 9/ ; Hudson Bay Company, 191 i;
and London Financial 261 27.
Subjoined are the current quotations of some of
the principal new projects :—lnternational Con-
tract Company, 21 pron.; Telegraph Construction,
11 prem. ; International Land Credit, 2134 prem. ;
Sabloniere Foreign Hotel, 11 21 prem.; North Aus-
tralian Company,ll prem.; City Offices, I prem.;
Millwall Iron Works, 21 I prem.; Imperial Bank
of China, 2/ 31 prem. ; Humber Iron Works,
prem. ; and Thames Iron Works, 21 prem.

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BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols 9l/ /
Ditto Account, May 5 —
per Cent. Reduced 893
New 3 per Cent B9/
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873. ........ --
Aunuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885
Ditto (Red Sea'Telegraph), Aug. 1908
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 10 4 die
Ditto £5OO ........... 10
Ditto £lOO and ..... ...... 10
Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct. ..........
2391 8 40
unto Account..
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... 220 18
Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 . ...... . 1051 5 /
nitto Account ..... —
Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 ..............
Do Certificates ................
Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888. 99/
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 —2l
Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 ll2/
Ditto Debentures 4.per Ct., April 1861
--
Ditto ditto Aug., 1666
Ditto Dondsll,ooo l2 dis
Ditto under £1,000.. —
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 1859.....••••••..'
per Cent ... ..... .
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 —
Ditto 1863
zuenos Ayres 6 per Cent 94
Ditto Account
Ditto, £lOO Bonds .................
c.
1111-ian 6 per Cent
Ditto4± pei Cent. •—
Colombian 6 per Cent —
Danish
6 per Cent. ....................
tj
3 per Cent., 1825 —
Egyptian
New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
'gYP • c t
ban 7 per en lOOl 1301
Ditto, Second Issue ..... lOOl 1
creek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 241
Ditto Account
Ditto Croupous —
Ditto Account
Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) _
Mexican 3 per Cent . 451 /
„.Ditto Acc0unt.....................
Moorish Imperial . per Cent
New Granada —
Ditto 2 per Cent 291
Ditto Deferred .............••••• ••••
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 4/ per Cent .. 85
Ditto Account... .
Ditto 3 per Cent. (Erribarren)
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account ..............
Portuguese
•3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account • •
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, 7, '9 '
, 60, 62;3 49
Ditto Account
Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid • . pm
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St BBl
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850
Ditto 3 per Cent 1859
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862
Sardinian 5 per Cent ..
Ditto Account
BPanish 3 per Cent ........
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive ..........
Ditto Account
Phnish Cert. of Coup not funded
Ditto Account
Swedish, 4 per Cent. .. ............
aurkish 6 per Cent. 1854
-Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds 72 11

Ditto 1863
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
:Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account
Ditto 1} per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in Lond )11,
Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins.
z Dutch
4f per Cent., Ex. 25f
•uutch 2} per Cent., Ex. 12 (luil
--
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Account
:pleanaontese, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 25f
eruvio.n Dollar Bonds, 4f per Ct. Ex. 4s. —.
T W 0 O'CLOCK.
C 0,115015 Money
Ditto Account . • .. 91f

A melancholy accident happened two days ago at
Alnieres. A cutter with e,ght persons on board
eaPsiz3d opposite the Isle de Nuilly, between the bridges of
9ourbevoie and Asnieres, and four of the party parished,
ltl.qoite of the prompt assistance given by the boatmen who
vintlikeened the catastrophe.

bbAIE MARKETS This day.

ORDINARY SHA:

Sharej Railways,

19.1&4

12.10

WOI., and Str. Val.
Uly-lhe and Tyne.
Bristol mid ixetcr
Calc..,lonian
Cork and Bandon
ICorn wail

'1")0D,„„ tithipc.pan.hat,
A(A g.rig no di,
(been paid to B.
& Beliaet
Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.
Edinburgh & Gl9s,ow.
G iasg, and
Greti;E:utern, Ord. :ilk
Ditto A stock
Ditto East Ang Ilan st
GreatNorthol Scotland
Great Northern
Do A stook 11066t4if••
Do 11 do •
Gt. S., an 1 W. of Irelad
Groat Western .......•
Do Str Val gua. stool
Lancashire & Yorkshire
London and iitackwai;
Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast
Lon., Chat., and Dove!
Lon. & North Western'
Lon. & Str.th Western
Man., Stmt., & Lincoln.
Marypprt and Carlisle.
Do t shared
Metropolitan
Midland
Do New
Do Birming. & Derby
Md. Gt. W. of Ireland
Do. shares
Mid Kent
Do Cray Line
North British
Edin., Perth, & Dundee
Nth. Eastern—Berwiob
Do, G.N.E. purchase
Do Leeds
Do York
DO Carlisle
North London
I Do New
:North Staffordshire ..
!N. and S. W. Junction
Scottish Central
Scot. B. K, Aber. stool
Do Soot. Mid. stock
Shrews. and Welohpool
,Shropshire Union
;South Devon
South Eastern
South Wales
!S. York. and River Dun!
IStaines,Wok.,andWok.
'Stockton & Darlington)

Do
Do New, 1866
Taff Va1e..........
Do B
Do C
Ulster

Do

Do
Vale of Neath
Victoria sta. and Pim
Waterford
W eat Cornwall
iW. Hartlepool II arAR
West Midland --Oxiordi
Do Newpor t !
Do Ilereiordi

8 8

Si 9
83 65
118 119

61 7i

35 37
10 17

10t 106
47 47}

6i 7i

471 I

len it
1334 137 i
91 93
65 65

110 im
(16 C 8
101 103
42 43
111 111
08 09
54 55

1.0 115;
130} 134

100 102

1514 62
24} ',5) 1
1001 101 i

110 111
934 8

115
1301 I

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