The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-04 00:00:00

STENT V. STENT.

This case for dissolution of marriage instituted
by the wife against the husband.

The respondent married the petitioner at the age
of 17, and after that he went to China, and re-
mained there some time. Ho neglected his wife
while he was away and on his return, and finally
he went to Ramsgate, where he lived in profligacy
with another female.
Rale nisi with costs.

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
In the general discount market there is still a
very active demand, and the rates show undi-
minished stringency. When the mercantile en-
gagements now due are paid up the inquiry may
slacken, but there are no indications of a subsidence
at present. A large amount of business is reported
in the discount office of the Bank, and in the Stock
Exchange loans are in request at full quotations.
The amount of specie taken out by the Syria,
which left to-day for India and China, was
£152,773.

The subscription lists of the Albert Insurance
Company, and the Eastern Exchange Bank close on
Saturday next.

A meeting of the shareholders of the War-
rant Banking Company was held to-day, for the
purpose of confirming resolutions for changing the
name of the institution to the Warrant Finance
Company—Mr A. D. Depass in the chair. The
previous minutes having been unanimously adopted,
the business of the meeting was concluded.
A special meeting of the shareholders of the
London Bank of Scotland was also held to-day--
Mr W. W. Cargill, M.P., in the chair. A resolu-
tion was proposed and carries, that the capital of
the company be increased by the creation of 10,000
new shares of £lOO each, to be issued pro rata to
present shareholders at a premium not exceeding
£4 each.

A circular has been issued by the directors of the
Oriental Bank, stating that they have received the
sanction of the Treasury to increase the capital of
the corporation to £1,500,000 by as issue of new
shares of £25 each. It is proposed to allot these
shares at the price of £45 per share, being a pre-
mium of £2O to the proprietors whose names shall
appear on the register on the 20th inst., in the pro-
portion of one in six, i. e., one-sixth of a share for
every share then held. Payments are to be made
as follows: £lO on June 15, £lO on Sept. 1, and
£25 on Dec. 31. Discount at the rate of 5 per cent.
is to be allowed on prepayment, and the new issue
will participate in the dividend for the six months
ending June 30, 1865.
The prospectus of the Ta.vistock Iron Works and
Steel Ordnance Company (Limited) is issued, with
a proposed capital of £200,000, of which oneshalf
is first proposed to be issued in 5,000 shares of £2O
each—Xl to be paid on application, and £2 on
allotment ; the future calls, made at intervals of two
months, up to £10; which sum, it is at present
estimated, will be all that will be required, The
company has been established with a view to carry
out on a large scale the manufacture of Bessemer's
and other patents, to construct steel ordnance, and,
in fact, the manufacture of iron and steel for all
kinds of machinery and all purposes. For this
end the directors have entered into an agreement
with Messrs. QM and Co. for the entire purchase of
their long-established, extensive, and valuable
works at Tavistock. The purchase includes several
Important patent rights, contracts, &e., among
which are Crease's Pneumatic Tunnelling Engines
and the Blakely guns, which patents and contracts
alone, 'the directors are of opinion, will at once pro-
duce a remunerative dividend for any investments.
The directors advert to the increased uses to which
steel is now applied, and the large profits to be
realised by the improved method of its manufac-
ture, and are of opinion that a sure, large, and re-
munerative business may be done. One half the
shares of the first issue have been already subscribed
for. The names of the directors will inspire every
confidence in the development of the objects of the
company. They are all gentlemen well and favour-
ably known as eminently respectable, and, what is
Inure, they are all thoroughly practical men.
The share list of the Bonelli Electric Company
is announced to close on the 7th instant for London,
but, in consequence of some important provincial
nep,otiations pending, the list will not be closed for
tb e provinces baron the 14th,
A very ingenious contrivance has been patented
by Mr. Tent, of Birchin-lane, City, by which the
troublesome operation of hanging windows and
beds with drapery is quite simplified, by means of
a patent curtain hook, which is so made that the
folds of the curtain are in a second secured by one
side of the hook, and the other side is ready for its
place on the cornice or on the pole. Nothing can
he more simple or expeditious for the purpose than
t'aie useful invention of Mr. Tent ; they are withal
-retnarkably cheap,

Two O'CLOCK.
Business recommenced this morning in the market
fete Consols amidst considerable depression, and
prices soon gave way 4 per cent. This additional
decline, however, brought in a few buyers, and a
rally of Z- per cent. has ensued; the present quota-
tions, therefore, are 90;3 t- for transfer and the sth
inst., and 91i for the June account. Affairs
appear very unsettled. Tee New Threes are 87Z
884, the Three per Cents. Reduced 888
-2., Annuities
wiper Cents. 141. March Exchequer Bills, 8s to 15a
s., end June 92 4s dis. Indian 5 per Cents. 1048 105, and the Debentures 98i.
The Foreign Market opened with a very fiat
appeara
n
ce
,
and a decided decline was apparent all
round, but a partial recovery has since occurred,
and there is very little business in progress.
Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 711 ; ditto
Consolid63) 51 -1-; Mezio
it 1 die. n,43 ; ditto New Loan
Russian S ,
1- ; Greek, 23 I. ; Spanish Passive, 34 ;
crip, 1 prem. ; Swedish Scrip, y 1 prem. ;
and tho Confederate Loan, 65 67.
TLe operations in the Railway Share Market
have been of a very restricted character, and the
few bargains reported exhibit a further decline in
Prices. Metropolitan have receded £2, Great
Western, £l, Midland and South Eastern, each 155.;
and Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Brighton, 108.

The Foreign and Colonial lines are also in very
limited requcst at barely previous quotations.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have in most
instances shown a further fall in value. British
American Exchange, however, have advanced to
33 34; Imperial Bank realise 40; European, 121 ;
Alliance, 59 62; London and County, 64; Union
of London, 55 57; Hudson' Bay Company, 181 19;
National Discount Company, 1347 and Egyptian
Trading Company, 44 1.
The following are the current quotations of
some of the principal new undertakings :—lnter.
national Land Credit, 1,1 2 prem.; Telegraph Con-
struction, 18 7-, prem. ; Provincial Banking, I 1
prem.; Sabloniere Hotel, 1 11 prem. ; and North
Australian Company, 1 11 prom.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto Account, May 5
per Cent. Reduced
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891.... ..
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 —
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., P3BO —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4l
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2Ol I
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent Bl5 9 4 dis
Ditto £5OO
Ditto £lOO and £2OO
Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct.
Ditto Account..
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India StoCh, 101 per Cent., April 1874 217
Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1570
Ditto Account.... —
Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct,- 1888 —
Do Certificates
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent,, Jan. 1872 ..
Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 —
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1561
Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 981
Ditto Sends £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Ditto 1863 —
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Account —
Shilian 6 per Cent. —
Ditto 41 pes Cent —
Colombian 6 per Cent 76±
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Egyptian 7 per Cent lOll
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons —
Ditto Account .. ..... -.. • 23 i 22
Ditto Coupons lO/
Ditto Account —
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Ditto, 1839 and 1859
Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 731
Mexican 3 per Cent ....
Ditto Account
[Cori& Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada 3O
Ditto 2 per Cent.
Ditto Deterred
Ditto Land Warrants (Ilectares) —
PJruvian 41 per Cent ..
Ditto Account ~.› —
Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) —
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862
Dittos Account
Portuguese 8 per Cent., 1353
Ditto Account • •
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 —'
Ditto Account
Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid • • Pm
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 ..
Ditto 3 per Cent 1859
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 B4l
Sardinian 5 per Cent --
Ditto Account —
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account —
Ditto Passive
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded —
Ditto Account .. 111
Swedish, 4 per Cent —
Turkish. 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Ditto Account —
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account —
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account .. 711 701
Ditto £lOO Bonds.. 7l 701
Ditto 1863
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent —
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account —
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1852
Ditto Account
Ditto 11 per Cent

Dividends on the above payable in Lond
Austrian, 5 per Cent,. Ex. 10 Florins.
Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f
Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Account

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols Money 008.
Ditto Account, June 9li

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Days

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE FOR WIFE BEATING.
—Frederick Hodges, a working jeweller, living at No. 16,
Phoenix-street, Crown-street, Soho, was charged with
assulting his wife, Emily Hodges.
The complainant, who was decently attired, and had an
infant in her arms, said—The prisoner is my husband. He
is a working jeweller, but has done no work for some time,
having been laid up far four months. Yesterday he spent
a half-crown, which I had received for some work I had
done. 1 told him that I wanted the money for the house,
and he then knocked me down and knelt upon my chest,
and beat me about the eyes several times. I screamed out
and assistance came. My husband is always knocking me
about, and once before I took a warrant out against him,
but because I did not appear against him in consequence of
his promising not to assault me again, he is always throw-
ing it in my face,

Mr. John Albert Smith, stationer, 39, Upper Rathbone-
place, said—l was passing through Phoenix-street last
night when I heard cries of "Murder" and " Take away the
knife." I saw a door open and rushed into a room, where
I found the man with his shirt torn, and the female
streaming with blood. I went for a constable, and on re-
turning with one (Searey, 104 F) I found the man being
held by a friend. The wife then gave her husband into
custody.

The prisoner—I was compelled to strike my wife to
mako her release her grasp.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did tho prisoner complain of his wife
assaulting him.

Mr. Smith—He seemed in such a state of intoxication at
the time that ho was not capable of giving any account of it.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall commit the prisoner for three
months' hard labour.

A GENTLEMAN CHARGED 'WITH ASSAULT.--David Colin
Campbell, staying at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington
was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting John
Shackleford, porter, at 226., Piccadilly;
The complainant said the defendant came to his em-
ployer's house, a refreshment house, about half Test 12 last
night, and wished to be admitted, but in consequence of the
defendant being tipsy, and having been informed that he
had broken several articles at another house and been turned
out the previous night, he refused to admit him. The de-
fendant persisted on entering, and overpowered him, and
gave him a blow in the eye. He then gave the defendant
into custody.

The defendant said he had no questions to ask the com-
plainant. He was intoxicated at the time.
Mr Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 10s, or seven days' Ina.
prisonment in default,

WESTMINSTER.
DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT JUSTLY PuNisiTED..—George
Webb, a very respectable-looking young man, was charged
with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself,
and violently assaulting the police in the execution of their
duty.

Michael Money, 64 V, said that at half-past ten on the
previous evening he was on duty in Gurtler-grove, Fulham-
road, and saw the defendant driving furiously down the
grove in the direction of a large sewer that was open, and
fearing some accident might happen, called to defendant to
stop, but he continued to drive at the same pace, witness
pursuing him as fast as possible, and calling out " danger."
On reaching the bottom of the grove witness caught the
horse's head, just as be had broken two lamps placed to
show the repairs that were going on, and knocked down
some boards and barricades, and was about to fall into the
sewer, Defendant then got oat of the van and catching
witness by the back of the neck assaulted him and threw
him down. Witness then took him into custody when he
struggled and kicked violently, used very bad language,
and a sergeant corning, up he was taken into custody.
Sergeant John Large, 35 V, said he was at his house at
the time of this affair and came out in time to see the con-
stable prevent the horse falling into the sewer. Witness
got his coat and when he came out again saw defendant and
the constable on the ground. He went to assist the con-
stable, and defendant kicked at him, and in warding off a
kick aimed at his person, received it on his thumb, putting
it out of joint, and causing it to swell so. Defendant was
very violent, but was ultimately got to the station.
Defendant admitted the charge, and said he was very
sorry. He supposed he was asleep when he drove down
the grove.

Mr, Arnold, after animadverting on his conduct, com-
mitted him to 10 days imprisonment in the House of Cor-
rection,

13.14. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val all 8 11/ The Drawing Room.
it Blythe and Tyne.
10 Bost.,Sleat,andMid.Co all 81 9
at Bristol and Exeter
10 Do A By command of the Queen, a drawing room was held
50
st Caledonian .. ...”. 100 1181 1191 yesterday at St. James's Palace by her Royal Highness the
. Cork and Bandon all
20 Cornwall all 6 7 Princess of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty. Presentations
IA gets no div all to her Royal Highness at this Court are, by the Queen's
10 Do II
till6p c.p an. has all _
pleasure, to be considered as equivalent to presentations to
been paid to B.
50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 35 37 her Majesty.
15 Dtin., &
Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 The Prince and Princess of Wales , attended b the ladies
it Edinburgh Glasgow. 100 88 90 y
it Glasg. and S. Western. 100 101 106 and gentlemen in waiting, and escorted by a detachment of
at tireatEasteru, Ord. stk 100 461 '7 461 the Royal Horse Guards, proceeded from Marlborough-
Dittos A stock
st Ditto East/I,llolan at 100 61 71 house, and arrived at St. James's Palace at about 2 o'clock,
et GreatNorthof Scotland 100 where their Royal Highnesses were received by the Mistress
et Great Northern ......
st Do A stock
at Do Bdo
at Gt. S. an IW. of Irelan,; 100 91 93
st Great Western
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge ar-
st Do Str Val gun. stock 100 rived at the Palace, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset
st Lancashire & Yorkshire 150 1(91 110 1091 and Colonel H. Purves.
at London and Blackwall 100 64 66
et Lou.,right.,& S. Coast 100 101 103 102 1 Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand
et
at Lon. & Nor' h Western 100 1( 91 110
at Lon. & So%th Western 100 97 98 97 1 Caroline Cust and Baron Plesson.
at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 531 54 531 His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived,
60 Maryport and Carlisle. all
attended by his Equerry, Colonel Tyrwhitt.
121 Dot shares ,. all
et Metropolitan all 1,2 113 111 1 101 His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar
st Midland
Do New
at Do Birming. & Derby 100 100 1(2 Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of
50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all Gentlemen at Arms was on duty in the state saloons, under
25 Do. 1 shares
25 Slid Kent
10 Do Cray Line
at North British
on duty under the command of Colonel Bourke, the Exon
at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 241 251 251
at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 101 101/ in Waiting.
25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —4, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales took her sta-
et Do Leeds lOO 564 671 56
it Do York
it Do Car1i51e........„ 100 Wales and the other members of the Royal Family.
st North London
10 Do New
15,16.4 North Staffordshire
10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 111 Marchioness of Ely, the Countess of Caledon, the Vis-
at Scottish Central
at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 39 40 countess Jocelyn, and the Lady Churchill in Waiting,
at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO Ladies of tho Bedchamber to the Queen ; the Lady Char-
-10 Shrews. and Welchpool all
st Shropshire Union
st South Devon ..... 100 33 35 chamber Women to the Queen;
st South Wales
st South Eastern
Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales; the
at S. York. and River Dun 100 103 105 Hon. Mrs. William C. Grey, Bedchamber Woman to the
20 staines,Wok.,andWok. all 8 0 Princess of Wales ; the Hon. Lucy Maria Kerr, the Hon.
25 Stockton & Darlington all 161 371
25 Do l7 9i 10 , Caroline Fanny Cavendish, the Hon. Horatio Charlotte
25 Do New, 1865 lO 8 81 t, Stopford, the Hon. Harriett Phipps, with the Hon. Emily
at Taff Vale,. ........
10 Do B 8 5 7 t Cathcart and the Hon. Emma Lascelles in Waiting, Maids
10
Ulster Do C
all .. 3 3 4 p of Honour to the Queen; the Earl of St. Germans, Lord(
50
25 Do
12.10 Do 5l count Torrington, Lord in Waiting to the Queen; Colonel
st Vale of Neath
at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO
at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 Major-General F. H. Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to the
it West Cornwall lOO Queen ; Lord Proby, Controller of the Queen's Household
st W. Hartlepool Har.&R , 100
st West Midland -Oxfordl 100 Viscount Castlerosse, Vice-Chamberlain; the Marquis of
et
st
Do Herefor Do Newport' 100 —— 00 Abercorn, acting for Earl Spencer, Groom of the Stole to
d
I his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; Lieut.-General
Knollys, Controller and Treasurer of the Prince's House-
BRITISH POSSESSIONS. hold; Lord Harris. Chamberlain to her Royal Highness
Closing the Princess of Wales ; Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord of the
Share Railways Paid. Price._ B__usiness done Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales ; the Hon. Robert H.
Do Letlentio &St tawrence all 09 60 Meade, Meade, Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of "Wales;
8k Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 1021 031 102 1
( Gu. 5 per cent.. Major Teesdale, Equerry to the Prince of 'Wales; and Mr.
20 Do. New .
20 Do. E. Shares... 7l Id 1 p
2,(:.),1 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 1,1 61 6 k Queen.

Share

Atlantic & St Lawrence
Born.,Baroda&.Cent Ind
Gu. 5 per cent..
Do. New .
Do. E. Shares...
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Do. Preference
Buffalo,BrantotGodrich
6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
Do. do. July 1, 1873
Do. do. June 1, 1879
Cloutta.&S.Eastn.CLioi,
Cape Town Dock Scrii
Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p.
East Indian. gu. 5 p. c
Do. do. G Ext...,

stook
steel:

stock
100
100
100
100

Do. do. H do. ..
Grand Trunk of Canada
Do. Ist Pref. Bonds..
Do. do. deferred...—.
Do. 2d Pref. Bonds..
Do. do. deferred......
Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ...
Do. do. deferred......
Do. 4th Pref. stock...
Do. do. deferred......
GLlndtaPenin.gua.sp.c
Do. New gua. 5 p. c...
Do. January, 1862
Gt. South.of India (Lim
guaranteed 5 per cent.
Gt. NV, of Canada Share

100
stook

stook

Do. New ... •• •
Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt.
Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8....
Indian Branch Limited
Madriss. guar., 5 p. c.
Do. 41 p. o. Extension

stock
stook
stock
29
stock

De. -
Do. Fifth Extension.
illelb.Corp. a p. 0. Bnds.
nelb. & Hobson's Bay.
Do. 7 p. e. Mortg. Bds.
Newßrur,swiok a Caudal

Class A and B.
Rl.C'daB pa let pi bds
Seinde ..........
Do. .....1
4
Do. do • g
Do. Punjaub
Do. Do. ,
Do. In dus.S t. Flo.)

7i
all
all
100

id p
61
8i 14
77 82
77 88
77 82
100 102
99 101
103 105
1031 1043
2u 2U
71 73
61 63
61 63
51 63
48 50
40 42
26* 271
23 C 6
103 104
1 I

100
100
100
100
100
100

all
100
(100
' 100
2
all
1 130
100

102 103
101 10i
100.0 6
94 95
83 85
IP
101 i )021
95 97
90 94

58 60

1031 4

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a train
of rich black silk, trimmed with crape and jet ornaments; a
petticoat of black silk covered wita crape and bouillonnees
of black tulle, ornamented with jet stars and butterflies;
head dress, tiara of jet with black feathers and veile.

Hez Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge
wore a train of rich black corded silk, trimmed with ruches
of silk point d'Alencon and bouquet of silver whEatears ; a
petticoat of black silk covered with tulle, trimmed with
point d'Alencon and silver wheatears ; head dress, a diadem
of diamonds mounted with silver wheatears, feathers, and
silver tulle veil ; stomacher, necklalte, and earrings of pearls
and diamonds.

251
103 21 31

Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Meeklen-
burg-Strelitz wore a black satin train, trimmed with lace;
a petticoat of moire antique, trimmed with rich lace and
satin riband; a stomacher of pearls and diamonds, a dia-
mond necklace, and a diamond of pearls and diamonds, with
white feathers and white veil.

3 6
82 84
102} 103 j
101 104
1 102
10 P iP

stock)
stock

stook

95 97

101}

1001

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
- ktu.Oov. 6 p.c.Ja ttJul,!
1877-84 100 103 105
Do. ap. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 104
I Do. 6p. & Sept. 100 102 104
Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 10C 90 92 90
Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91
Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1873 100 106 108
Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109
Do. 1890 100 108 110
-
,Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 103 110 112
,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 105 107
,Idaurltlus 6 per cent .. 100 196 108
'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 196 108
-- N.13.G0v.6p.c.J a..t.July 100 102 104
Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oot. 100
N. S. Y. Gov. 6 p 186( 100 904 100 i
Du. sp. 04841 to 1:17C 100 99 101
Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 101 991
- New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 103 111
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o.
I sterling, 1875. lOO 104 106
Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100
:3.Aus G6p.c.187a& up.. 100 110 112
VIO.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja4Wuly 100
- Do. lo 6 lax. itn..tOct.. 100 107} 1084 1074

f Id
30 32
650 660
66 68

30 31,
6i 7
3f 4}
7 9
2k 3k
34 36
10 10k
AG 38
3k
18 N
4f 5}

83 93
li 11
11 2}
4i 5

His Royal Highness the Pritce of Wales wore the
uniform of the 10th Hussars, of which regiment his Royal
Highnesss is colonel, with the order of the Garter and the
Star of India.

The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers having been
introduced in the order of their precedence, the following
had the honour of being presented to her Royal Highness
the Princess of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty the
Queen :

By his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador—M. de
Biegeleben, Privy Councillor to his Majesty the Emperor
and Plenipotentiary.
By his Excellency the Prussian Ambassador—M. de
Balan, Actual Privy Councillor of the King and Plenipo-
tentiary.
By the Danish Minister—Baron Holger de Rosenkrantz,
Secretary to the Legation; Baron de Guldenkrone, Cham-
berlain to his Majesty the King. and Councillor of Lega-
tion; and Baron de Bertouch, Chamberlain to the King
and Councillor of Legation.

By the Right Hon, the Secretary of State—His Excel-
lency the Baron de Beust, Plenipotentiary of the Germanic
Contederation.

Oa this occasion the Lady Mary Wood officiated for the
Countess Russell, and the Earl De Grey and Ripon offi-
ciated for Earl Russell.

The diplomatic circle was attended by the Turkish Am-
bassador and Madame Musurus ; Khalil Effendi, First Se-
cretary of Embassy ; Etienne Musurus Bey, Secretary of
Embassy ; and Paul Musurus Bey, Attache ; the Austrian
Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, Count Wimpffen,
Councillor of Embassy ; Count Kalnoky, Secretary of Em-
bassy; Prince Paul Esterhazy, Prince Yzenberg, and Count
A. Apponyi, Attaches; the Russian Ambassador and the
Baroness de Brunnow, M. Sabouroff, Councillor of Embassy,
Baron Freedericksz, Secretary of Embassy, and Baron B.
de Vietinghoff Scheel, Attache; the Prussian Ambassador
and M. Frederic de Matte, First Secretary of Embassy;
the French Ambassador, the Marquis and Marquise de
Cadore and the Vicomte do Virel • the Belgian Minister,
M. M. Delfosse, Councillor of Legation; and Baron E.
Whettnal, Attache ; the Italian Minister and Count
Miffei, First Secretary of Legation; the Portuguese
Minister, and the Chevalier Santos, Secretary; the Saxon
Minister, the Danish Minister (M. de Bille), M. de Quaade,
de Krieger, M. C. A. Gosch and Madame A. Gosoh ;
the United States' Minister, with Mrs. Adams, and Mr
Benjamin Morgan, Second Secretary of Legation; the
Swedish and Norwegian Minister and the Countess Waoht-
meister ; the Netherlands Minister and Baron Mackay,
Attache ; the Peruvian Minister, the Spanish Minister,
Madame de Corayn, and the Duke de Granada, Attache;
the Haytian Minister, the Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires,
M. C. Tricoupi, the Greek Plenipotentiary; the two Pleni-
potentiaries from Madagascar, with their interpreter, the
Rev. John Duffas ; the Earl de Grey and Ripon, Secretary
of State for War ; and the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, K.C,11.,
Master of the Ceremonies to the Queen.
Her Excellency ►he Countess of Bernstoff was unable to
attend the Drawing-room, not quite having recovered from
her late illness, The Baron and Baroness de Cetto were
also unable to attend by reason of the recent death of her
Imperial and Royal Highness the late Princess of Luitpold
of Bavaria.

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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured
the performances at the Royal Italian Opera with their
presence last evening at the repetition of "Un Ballo in
Maschera." Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied
by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. the
part
withy occupying her Majesty's box.
fashionable company, among
.
Grand Duchess of :Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and the Princess
The Mar house theillustrious
was
crowded
whom were observed the Duke and Duchess of Richmond
and the Ladies Gordon Lennox, the Duke of Montrose and
Lady Agnes Murray, the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne,
the Countess Dowager of Westmoreland, the Earl of
Coventry, the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Earl
and Countess of Westmoreland, the French Ambassador,
the Earl and Countess of Hopetoun, the Duke of Granada,
Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald and Mrs. Macdonald
and the Hon. Miss Blake, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alder-
ley and the Hon. Misses Stanley, Lady Geraldine Somerset
and the Hon. Mrs. Grey, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. R. Curzon,
Captain and Lady Edith Abney Hastings, Lord and Lady
Wodehouse, the Belgian Minister, Lady Langdale, Lady
Molesworth, &c.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS AT COPENHAGEN,
THE SEAT OF WAR 11,1 DENMARK.—Tones, Gallenga ;
Daily Neter, Skinner; Daily Telegraph, Dicey ; Sieele,
O. Commettant ; Tatrie, D'Arnoult ; Opinion Nationale,
Louis Noir ; Monitor de l'Armie, Fe'vrier.

PERILS OF PLAY-WRITING.—It is a favourite
theory with some people, that any one capable of
writing a good story is necessarily competent to produce a
good play. No greater mistake can be made. When we have
named Fielding, Goldsmith, Hook, Mitford, Jerrold, Inch-
bald,Bulwer,and Reads, we have we think exhausted the list
of writers successful in both walks of literature. Indeed,there
is no comparison in the risk of failure in the two cases. A
novelist may achieve success spite of a few badly-drawn
characters, a dull chapter or two, a poor plot, or an unsa-
tisfactory denouement. But ono poor scene, one obnoxious
character, one weak situation, will suffice to ruin a play.
An unlucky sentence even has sometimes brought a piece
to grief. Dryden is said to have lost his author's night on
one occasion by making his heroine say—" My wound
is great because it is so small," and affording the
Duke of Buckingham the opportunity of displaying his
wit, by ejaculating, " Then 'would be greater were it none
at all I" And a tragedy, in which Garrick played an aged
king, proceeded safely through four acts, till the monarch,
when dying, diT,ided his realm between his two sons, with
the words, " Between you I bequeath ray crown;" upon
which a malicious pittite exclaimed, " Ye gods, he's given
them half-a-crown apiece I" after which no more of the
tragedy Was heard.—Chambers's Journal,