The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-15 00:00:00

The Late King of Bavaria,

The intelligence of the illness of the late King of
Bavaria, and that his life was actually in danger,
fell upon the population of Munich on the 10th
inst. like an unexpected thunderclap. The theatre
was closed, and no music was performed that night
at the public places of amusement. Thousands of
persons of all classes hastened to the palace to
ascertain the latest news, and filled the apartments
adjoining the royal bedchamber, no person being
refused admission. The Queen did no:; quit the
bedside of her husband, nor did their children. The
other princes and princesses of the royal family
hastened to the palace, as did also all the Ministers.
The proof that the illness set in so suddenly is in
the fact that on the preceding day his Majesty was
engaged in transacting business up to three o'clock
in the afternoon, and that he then had an interview
with his guest, Prince Albert. At four o'clock, the
date of the first bulletin, the condition of the King
was very serious.

At half-past 10 on the 10th inst. the Marshal of
the Court, Count de Butler-Clonebough, announced
to the crowd assembled in the apartments at the
castle that there was no improvement in the King's
condition. At that time, however, his Majesty did
not suffer,and was in fall possession of his faculties.
During the morning he had a fainting fit of a long
duration. At half.past 10 the Queen summoned
the Minister of the Royal Household, Baron von
Schrenk, and the Council of State met under the
presidency of Prince Luitpold.

At half-past 11 the condition of the King gave
no room for further hope. The Archbishop of
Munich was present, and administered to his Ma-
jesty the last consolation of religion. The physi-
cians bad then left thir royal patient. Half an
hour after noon the lugubrious sound of the bells of
Munich announced the great blow which had fallen
on Bavaria. His Majesty had expired a quarter of
an hour previously.

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AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVERPOOL
THIS WEEK,—The City of London, from New York on
the 2d instant, may be looked for at Queenstown to-night.
The Asia, from New York on the sth. will no doubt reach
Queenstown on Saturday.
MR. ALFRED WIGAN may, it is rumoured, at no
distant period, resume the management of the Olympic
Theatre.

VOLTAIRE'S LETTERS.—M. Hennin, a celebrated
collector of autographs, medals, &c., has left more than
10,000 autographs to the library of the Institute, amongst
which is a series of interesting letters of Voltaire, written
t 9 father Qf tie 41? 9Y9 gennui tlen)--.LcnOn 4e w,

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lar

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 14.
The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High"
nesses Prince Alfred and Princess Helena, went to
London this morning. In attendance were LadY
Churchill, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lient:-Gen•
Hon. C. Grey.

Her Majesty drove to South Kensington and in.'
spected the Mulready collection of pictures. Her
Majesty then visited the Prince and Prileess of
Wales at Marlborough House, and rem lined to
luncheon. After luncheon her Majesty drove to
Buckingham Palace, and there received their Im-
perial Highnesses the Archduke Maximilian of
Austria and the Archduchess Charlotte.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena,
afterwards returned to Windsor Castle.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred remained in
London, and 'eaves to-night for Holyrood Palace,
Edinburgh, attended by Major Cowell.

The Prince and Princess of Wales,
The Archduke Maximilian of Austria and the
Archduchess Charlotte visited the Prince and
Princess of Wales, at Marlborough House, yester-
day morning.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena and
Prince Alfred, arrived from Windsor, and took
luncheon with the Prince and Princess of Wales at.
Marlborough House. •

Her Majesty was attended by Lady Churchill,
Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.- Gen. Hon. C. Grey.
His Majesty the, King of the Belgians also visited
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales, and lunched with them.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam"
bridge and Princess Mary visited the Prince and
Princess of Wales in the afternoon.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive,
attended by Countess de Grey.
The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, accom-
panied by Prince Alfred, and attended by Lieutl.
Colonel Keppel, and visited the Archduke Max"
wilian and Archduchess Charlotte at the Clarendon
Hotel.

The Pri•:ce and Princess of Wales, accompanied
by Prince John of Glucksburg, went to the Prineess'a
Theatre in the evening, attended by Countess de
Grey, Lieut.• Colonel Koppel, and Baron Gulden-
ceoue.

The Archduke Maximilian and the Arch-

duchess Charlotte,
The stay of their Imperial Highnesses the Arch-
duke Maximilian and the Archduchess Charlotte
in London, though it was anticipated that it would
be exceedingly brief, has been much shorter than
was expected. They will leave London for Dover
this morning, on their way to Brussels, and will
travel by a special train on the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway.
Yesterday morning their Imperial highnesses
paid a visit to her Majesty at Buckingham Palace,
and also visited the Prince and Princess of Wales,
and the King of the Belgians, at Marlborough
House.

In the afternoon the Princess of %Vales called
upon the Archduke and Archduchess at the Clara'
don Hotel.

Liter in the day the Prince of Wales (attended
by Colonel Keppel) and Prince Alfred rode to the
Clarendon, and visited their imperial highnesses•
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Marl
of Cambridge also visited the Archduke and Arch-
duchess.

In consequence of the immense crowd which cols
lected to see their royal highnesses on their reture
Bond-street was rendered impassable, and it we°
found necessary to send round the prince's horse
to the private entrance of the hotel in Albemarle
street, whence their royal highnesses returned to
Marlborough House.
In the evening the Archduke and Archduchess
dined at Buckingham Palace, by invitatio❑ of her
Majesty, to meet the King of the Belgians and the
Prince and Princess of Wales.

In the course of the day the future Emperor and
Empress of Mexico were visited by a great number
of royai and distinguished personages. Amongst
those who thus paid their respects were:—Their
Royal Highnesses the Duke de Nemours, the
Prince de Joinville, and the Duke d'Aumale, the
Duchess Augustus of Saxe-Coburg, the Turkish
Ambassador, the Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess Apponyi, the Prussian Ambassador and
the Countess de Bernstorff, the French Ambassador,
the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer'
the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, Prince
Paul Esterhazy, the Earl and Countess of Claret"
don, the Earl of St. Germans, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, &e.

Several members of the Imperial suite dined With,
the Austrian Ambassador and the CountessApponil
in the evening at Chandos House.

On Saturday last, previous to leaving Paris, the
Archduke and Archduchess received visits froo
many. personages of distinction, who called to t5O
leave. The Archduke also had a long confereoe°
with M. Fould and M. Drouyn de Lhuys. 'flu°
imperial highnesses afterwards paid a visit to Prioc°
Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde, and the Prig'
cess Mathilde, from whom they took leave. On their
return to the Tuileries the Emperor and Archduke
were in close conference till the hour of dinner, 10.7
during the same period the Archduchess enjoy'
the society of the Empress. Much regret was °';
pressed at the approaching separation, perhaps f°
many years, and the actual leave taking was of °
very touching nature. The Empress was visiblf
moved, and warmly embraced the Archduke, while
the separation of the Empress and Archduchess wsi
like that of two sisters.

Her Majesty the Queen forwarded yeaterdall;
through Sir C. Phipps, her usual annual subscription of
to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
The Court will go into mourning for three week%
commencing on Sunday next the 20th instant, for his
Majesty the King of Bavaria.
THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, it 18 reported'
will, on leaving this country, visit Paris. At all
his Majesty, it is said, has been invited.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prine°ll,
of Wales intend to honour his Excellency the Turk
Ambassador and Madame Musurus with their presence:lj
a clejeuner to-day on board the steam-yacht of his ImPert d
Mojesty the Sultan, previously to the steamer departisiii"
from Woolwich for COnstantinople. From the trio
hiiherto taken place it is the fastest steamer afloat, and
principal cabins and saloons are fitted up in a 'Lauri°
style of comfort.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of C 9111,;
bridge, the Grand Duchess' of Mecklenburg-Strelit%)
the Princess Mary honoured the Marchioness of EiY /natl.
their company at dinner last evening at her ladyshiP re-
deuce at Prince's-gate, Hyde-park. ace
The Marquis and iVlarchioness of Salisbury •ie
town at the eud of this or early in the ensuing week t°Pa,
the Parliamentary recess with the_Earl and Countess Dei..
warr, at Buckhurst Park.
bi°
The Eal Delawarr has quite recovered frool r
recent cold. The noble Earl and countess go on Fridai:t
Saturday next to Buckhurst Park, Sussex, for the 1168,
'wlo
holidays, during which a select family circle will ass°

there., hie
The _
e Earl Russell was prevented attending i 0 „b!:
in
placecaot ntacoe
:aienoftthor hiseheiul chamber.omuastei
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o riiddusi yi -nieosrt
de rsdhai
py eveningin
fromcons
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fil;
the day.
Lord Richard Grosvenor, MA'gone °II ••
visit to Sir Watkin and Lady Willi,. m Wynn at tbe',r
seat in Wales.
The Right Hon. Sir Edward Bulwer LYtt°l3,:i
Bart., M.P., has taken the late Marquis of Breadalbal°
house in Park-lane for the remainder of the lease. ow
ALLEGED MEDIATION OF KING LEOPOLD.-'"
Vienna Press asserts that the King of the Belgit!tig
has acre ;l the office of mediator between the contends
powers, and that he will be joined at London by pr.
Jean of Glucksburg (brother of the King of Denmark), a
, s
Earl Russell, and the ambassadors of Austria, Prussia_l3,,
Sweden. The Danish government, according toot his
has given the King's brother full power to negiate tiluto
the basis of the integrity of the Danish monarchYr and
consent, as the extreme limit of his concessions, to Oa.
Bo
illation of an administrative Sleswig-Holstein, sue
.130_10
existed before 1848, or to h polical separation of liol,kgoo4
tiom Denmark, The political separation. of Sleewtg
ThiPaArl cif l pç freely consented to,

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Two O'CLOCK.
At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr. 1,
Renter's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Ratites :
opened at 66fr. 75c. Firm.
The improvement of I per cent. in the English istt,'
Panda at the close of business yesterday has not
been fully maintained to-day. A few sales effected et(
in the early part of the morning soon brought quo- 111:
tations down per cent., and Consols are now 911 f
for money, and 912- I for the acconnt. The general if
aPpearance of affairs, however, is favourable, the
Prospect of cheaper money and the hope that Europe
Ithl still escape a general war, create a better feeling It
441011 g operaturs, and the markets, notwithstanding
an occasional adverse fluctuation, maintain great et
.13,"YancY• The New Threes and Reduced Annui-
"es are 893 i; Exchequer Bills, 3s. dis. to par;
India 5 per Cents., 104! ; Enfaced 5 per Cents.,
104, and Bonds, Bs. die. 0
In the Foreign Market there is not much annima-
et
"on, and prices are less buoyant. Turkish 6 per el
Cents., 1858, are 68f ¢; do. Consolides, 534, Meal-
n, 42/ 43k;
Greek, 224
234
; Spanish Passive,
862 ; do. Certificates, 131 14 ; Portuguese 481 1 ;
Italian, 674 ; and the Confederate Loan, 48 50.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
rather inactive, the dealers and speculators having
been chiefly engaged with the liquidation of the
half monthly account. Great Western and Mid-
d, however, have improved £l, Brighton and
E
metropolitan 155., North Western 10s., and Great
..eatra 55.; while Lancashire and Yorkshire have
phned 53.
and South Western 10s.
little e Foreign and Colonial undertakings exhibit
animation, and uotations are unaltered.
Bonk and Mis q
cellaneous Shares continue in mo-
detat
e request. Bank of Otago realise 41,- ;
Chins, nod Japan, 3/1 ; Union of London,
* ; Hudson's Bay Company, 181 ; Imperial
4 5
Financial, 4 to 4+, prem. ; Fore•street Warehouse,
to prem.; Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company
2! 3i Prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 Per Cent. Consols
3 Ditto Account, April 8 ....
Nper Cent. Reduced
ew 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. . 1894 —
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire .sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 23 & 3 per Cent, par 1 3 din
Ditto 4500
Ditto 4100 and £200
Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct., last U.-yr 239 40
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
Ditto 6 per Cent. July, 1870
Ditto Account.... -
Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 —
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ... —
Ditto 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Ditto 51 .. 104 per Cent., May, 1879 _
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864
Ditto ditto Aug., 1866
Ditto Bonds El,OOO — dis
Ditto under £l,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 6 per Cent ..
Ditto 1859 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859 994
Ditto 4i per Cent., 18.52-58-60
Ditto 1863 .. 88 73
' ... Ditto Scrip, £55 paid
kenos Ayres 6 p
.er Cent —
Ditto Account. .. —
Cuba, 6 r Cent.
Ch lien 6 per Cent.
..
Ditto 41 pei Cent .... — Colcimbian 6 Scrip £BO pd:
Bquador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent..
Rg•yptian 7 per Cent.. ..
:Ditto, Second Issue
ti reek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons...—
Ditto Account 232 1
Ditto Coupons lo#
Ditto Account lO3
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred —
Italian 6 per Cent, (Alaremmana Railway)
Mexican 3 per Cent ....
Ditto Account
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada
Ditto 2 per Cent. — Piedmontese, 6 per Cent.. Ex. 25f —
P •
Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — pm
eruinan 41 per Cent .. bitto Account —
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto A-ccount ........ —
Portoguese 8 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account ..
... Account
rtassian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 .. •
°N.., 'Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 • 891
vediula, 4 per Cent. ..................
3 vitro Aocount ......................
CDittin 5 per Cent ........... —
o Account ..............
PRTlish 3 per Cent —
,itto Account
-uitto New Deferrld
1 tptto Account.
Bbittat° Pensive .......... . ..... - 3
o Account. ............. 4
l'ish Cert. of Coup •not fUnded
T,,ltte, Acz,,ount
"lish 6 per Cent. 1854
Dirt Account
Dittoij`tto 6 per Cent. 1858
itto Account
........
Account
Bonds.. . 71 22
-.!,tto 0 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account .. 702
tuLtte,
_4lOO Bonds
\re:: Uuaranteed, 4 per Cent.
,t 2-. uela 3 per Cent.
4iltto Account 234
Ditto
6 per Cent 1862
Itto Account " 632 1
Allsi,
.Dividends on the above payable in Loud ,n • 13ek,tPan, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. ltti,`, ," 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
.114 2/ per Cent E 12 G .1 —
/ "'at° 4 ~
tali
~. per Cent. Certificates
/);14.1, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 673
13 "to Account ............ ........
4 etilvian -
Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. —Co
tTHREE O'CLOCK.
4801. ...
bittc:4l°lIBY
41
prilAccount ......... 9.,,,,5, 911 4

-07iTTEY- MAR-iET

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK:
A slight change has come over the aspect of
affairs in the discount market to-day. Greater
demand for money has been experienced, and the
bankers and brokers, seizing the opportunity, have
increased their charges 51 and 6 percent., being the
quotations current for first class bills. This small
advance, however, creates not the least anxiety,
because the enlarged inquiry is considered to be
only of a temporary character, and with the con-
tinued
and extensive influx of gold into the country
there is every prospect that before long a substan-
tial concession will be graned to the mercantile
community.
About £14,000 in bar gold was taken into the
Bank yesterday, but 50,000 sovereigns were with-
drawn for exportation.
The steamer La Plata has arrived from the West
Indies with £1,045,600 in specie, being the largest
amount ever conveyed in one vessel.
During the past few days there has not been
much animation in the foreign and colonial pro-
duce markets. The high rates demanded for sugars
has in some measure checked operations. Tea has
continued in fair request, while in coffee the deal-
ings have been to an average extent at full rates.
Rice, fruit, and spices have remained inactive, while
tallow has been dealt in to a moderate extent
for both present and forward delivery at about
previous quotations.
The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Friday, the 18th March, a special settling day in ,
the shares of the National Provincial Aerated
Bread Company (Limited), and in the new shares
of the London Financial Association (Limited)—
both to be marked, but the former in the bi.weekly
list only.
The share list of the New Devon Consols Copper
Mining Company will close on Wednesday, the
16th March.
The prospectus has been issued of the British
Columbia and Vancouver Island Investment Com- t:
pany, with a capital of £500,000, half of which is
to be its first issue in shares of £25 each. It is
introduced by the General Credit and Finance Coin-
pup of London, and the object is to raise money on
debentures in this country, and to apply the pro-
ceeds to mortgage of real estate or other securities
in the two colonies, where the value of capital is
always considerably higher than it is here. The
company will act as agents in all matters of invest- IT)
ment and finance between the home capitalist and Sk
the colonial property holder. 2,