The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING MARCH 19, 1863.

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50
20

Railways.

Wol., and Str. Val.
islythe and Tyne.
isest.,Sleat.,and 51.1n.C0
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian

anti lian,loa
Cornwall

Do A A ~?(..ts no lii
till fip
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been paid to B.
Dublin & Belfast June.
Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno.
Edinburgh & Glasgow.
Glasg. and S. Western.
Great Eastern, Ord. stk,

Ditto A stock

Ditto Nast A nglian 4t
Great Northot Scotland
Great Northern
Do A stock
Do B do
Gt. S. an W. of Ireland
Great Western
Do Str Val gua. stock
Lancashire & Yorkshire
Lolidon and tllackwal
Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast'
Lon., Chat., and Dover
Lon. & North Western
Lon. & Sonth Western!
Han., Shet., & Lincoln.
INlttryport and Carlisle

DO shares
etropoli tan
,Midland

Do New
Do firming. & Derby
Gt. W. of Ireland
Do. 4 shares
Mid Kent
Do Cray Line
North British
Edin., Perth, & Dundee
Nth. Eabitern—ferwic,
Do, G.N. E. purchase
Do Lecds
Do York

Do Carlisle...
North London
Do New
North Staffordshire .
N. and S. W. Junction
Scottish Central
Scot N. F.., Aber. stock

9.16.4

Do Scot Mid. stock
Shrews. and Welohpool
Shropshire Union
South Devon
South Eastern
South Wales
S. York. and River Dun
,tames,Wok.,andWolt.
Stockton & Darlingtou

Do

Do New, 1860
,Taff Vale. .
Do B
Do C
Ulster

Do

12.10

Do
Vale of Neath
Victoria sta. and Pim
Waterfbrd & Kilkenny
West Cornwall
Hartlepool dc R
West Midland Oxford
Do Newpor
Do Hereford

Paid.

Closing I Business
II Price. I done.

8 8i

7 8
86 88
116 117

61 7}

40 2
13 14
88 88
107 tO9
49,1 501
48 ItB
241 23

121 123
LO 122
134 136
101 103
60 (611

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74 74
114 )16 i
3971 40}
98* 981
10) 101
45i 46

123} ,24,
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92 94

50 52
24 26
931 932

54 56f
861 87f

114 116
16
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1211 i 123
42 44
1430
101 103
50 51
32 34
94 92
67 69

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114 424
38 37
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81 80

BRITISH PO-44.;•;5i ON".
a.'tosi
,'•ar ea,- . Price. •susiness don
100 '_:_antic &St Lawrenut iii 10 '3
orn ,Baroda6z.Cent 15 104 f
" Oul 5 per Dent..
20 Do. Nen,
20 Do. E. shares. 5 1 1 P
4nti Lithe tram,' 1#
Do. Preference ..... .ttl 7§
wilalo,BrantotGodrici,
1-00 p. et. bds. Au? .1, 2' -
ie. Do. do. July 1, IS7ii - --
100 ,o. 10. Jon, 1, 1 -
at (..titts.vB.Easfe. 1. 100 1, 3 '4's
st aocTown t Dock Set- 11..0 1' t 4 001
Earitn. Bengal gu. sp. 10. ID' 7
+took 4.4 tat Lathan. gu. sp. 10' 1065 t.tif 1065
20 Do. do. G 5 4 11
20 Do. do. H do. .. 5 4 fP
vocti t4ra.ud Trunk of c'ana.l.. 0# it
10' • io. Ist i'r(• . Bonds • 65 fl 7 67 6
100 Do. o. deferred.-- all 50 53
kJ •ri Pre, Bon s.. 56 68
100 D do d fer ed...... all 41 6
.u 0 • n,. 3d 1' ef. sto.t 44. 40 44
100 Do. do. d tea* d.... tl 31 :14
101 ~ Do. 4th ['ref. s o k... all 2 28
100 Do. do deferr d...... all 22 24 231
iitindiarcutu.gua.ap.e .4H .n 54 v 6 1051 655
20 Do. New gua. sp. C... 12 1
20 Do. January, '862 .. 4 5 1
40cl, '4t. South.of lndia(Lim
,uarituteed 5 per cen,. 0.4. (03 104
20$ .It. W. ut Canada Shan, all t 2.1 •3 125
203/4 Do. New .. OP 8 7/
10(• Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt. all 'OO 1(2
10( 'to. 53/4 p. c. do. '77-8.. all 03 5
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 5p
Vtadrits guar., 5 p. c. ut ('34
(toe( 00.41 p. o. Extension 'ot 16 o 8
4t0e.1.. . of. 3 5
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -
thro. p. u. •
5i 1106. & Hobson's Bay. all 49 51
100 Do. 7 p.c. along. Bd.. al - -
20 •i4-w Br unswick a Can..
clasp- A. B all 3
NT.lll.C'clan pc Ist 1 bdi- 100 81 43
Scinde .........
at I Du. Delhi (
i. 0" ' 6 7
' 100 4 Ito
)Do. do ••• F,4" 2 * .!1)
20 tu. Punjaub 3/4 /
at to. Do. ........ r 0 1'33 101, 104
Indus. St. Flo.) I, 98 (00
it,tiN ~.t, ' . •
- i..k n p... 1 a
- 1877-34
- Do. e 1.. c. Feb. Au let, 15 •7
- Do. 6p. c. Mar. A. se(•• tot 45 (47
Do. sp. c. Jan.&.July. 10 75 955 975 81
- Do. 5 Inscribed stool. 100 • 0 (8
- ape G. El ope, p c. 187: l(;' tt9 all
Do.Ap tic Oct 1881 100 113 115
- Do. isv il4 110
- Do. Jan. July, 1801_ 10J tl2 114
- 'Ceylon, Nuv.1,411, 6p c lu -
51,u itius 1 per cent .. .00 110 112
Na aGv. 6 per coat . 1)0 11 111
.. IN, cuitiv 06 107
- uo. 6p. Oc. 100
N. S.W. 6 ov. 5 p c., 18 10 104 I°ls
Do. sp. c.,1871 to i 11100100, II
1110(1(211i
1100123/411
- I Do. d0.,1888 dzup,‘evrit..
1)0,i06
- New Zealand 6 p n
- Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
- 4terling, 1875 OA 0'63/4 1075 1075
- Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 1 113
- Auti 1,16p.e.1676.4t up it) 1,1 1,3
IVit,.(lov. 6 p.c..TP.Jant l 10" 108 110
- Do. In .th.o. AndellBl,.. 100 1111_ 1 2 1111
.11111'19M
Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 Id
- It:1141°m Amalgamated.. - 20 22
Devon G. Cons. jay 1 630 040
- Fast Bassett (Illoirsl4, 4O 8 88
1 'East Clogau Gold Ltd. 55. id 51)
!East Caration ...... .25 135 424 15
- ;East Care Brea... 9 95 9
Russel (Tavistk. 19.0 45 5
liiam•ltStAtibymGwen ; (7 16 18
itireat South Tolgus.... 17. 6 ei
Wheal Vortilelatuti 40 13, 7
- Grenville ........ .18 51 51
lierod's- Foot 46 18
ingston D0wn5...... 4 7.0 23/4 3
Lady Bertha
Margaret (tiny Lelan 33 35
'larke Valley..
4 ‘lyndy Iron Ore (Lim ' .0 1
- New Setun .. 19- 133 145
- 44(rth Downs ; 24 3i
:''tlt fiassot 110 ,at, 17 • if 41
- .orth Wheal Crotty 44 5
,' or Consols (.t. Blazey 14 44 51
10
I;or°l.stvhite:reaed(olinn(SYtL.Cellenell 1(4;;.' 113
4 5 125
!3. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15 0 4 45
•• Wheal Frau. (1110'415, 1,1 91 90 65
: 8 Sr0
fi.iirnianyca rrPoSailtrl Vk. ez, Lead
319
2 22 221
- west Basset, 14 t 24 3
- iV Caradon (Liskeard I 5 33 35
- I West Seton
n
(01.1 ea: 111 1 -it'll uas
tsi, (evert( (U 11( di:rlgu:ll z . 41.6 67°-25 6757'
wheal
11 Ls:::
or nn
(3,1 In
84
01 651
i're..iatvuey
05 1.0250
- j Wheal Union .7 18
3.17 , 5 54 5

PR IC EFERENc SHARES.
Great East ern, E. Counties,Ext. No. I, 11l
Great Northern, 5 per cent., li7
Great We tern, 4 per cent irred., 89i
great Western, Chester gu... stock, 73
London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1.113
tto, per cent., 1 isi
111 d 4nd 4 pe: cell,. pt. at., 1011
West Midland, Oxfor ~ Ist guaranteed stock, 128 7

PREFEcLENCE ,HAItES AND STOCKS.
Great haste n, 5 per cent. pref., 1044
Lo,clnn, Chatham, &c., Melrop Ext., B, 6 per cent , 11}
Ditto C,6 per cent, 811
LINE, ',EASEL Al' FIXED RENTALS.
Chester nd Ho yhead, 561
Wilts and Somerset, 0

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Great Luxembourg, 151
San Phll'o Ern 1, glia. 7 per cent. 23
Turin and Savona, (all), 16

FottEirg NcolINES.
Br zilian Land nd 3iin
Cape Copper (ifm.).
1) ,n Pedr , Nor h Del ReY, I
For, una
St. John del Rey (lim.), 57
Yudanamutana of S. Australia aim), 41 4
JOINT-STOCK lIANICB,
Australasia, 83 /
Bank 01 Egypt, 71
11-ink of London, 11 15
British and America Exchange (11m.), 5;
City, 01
London and South African, 28 1 7t 81
London and Westmaistcr, 771/
ottoman Bank, 391 /
Ditto, new, 10 ,
South Australia, 351 /

MISCELLANEOUS.
Electric Telegraph, 101
E glish and Australian Copper, 1$ t
Joint sto k Discount, Yg 6
National Discount Company (11m.). 83
Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 74
Ditto, new, 6
Royal MAE Steam, 61
Van Diemen's Laud, 151

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. —An
ttempt to roirrier was made on Mot,d,y evening
hot on the person of a widow named D—, keeping a tobacco
shop on the Boulevard de Courcelles. She was standing at
her shop door talking with a neighbour, when a man ap-
pro,ched her unperceived, and stabbed her three times in
the breast. She immediately exclaimed, "It is that wretch
F—l" and fainted away. A surgeon having been sum-
moned to the spot, it was ascertained that her vecunds,
though deep, were not dangerous. When she recovered
the use of her faculties she stated that the assassin, who
was a porter of a public market, had lately made her offers
of marriage, which she had rejected. Immediate search
was made for the man, and he was found yesterday morn-
ing lying dead in the fortific4tions, near the gate leading to
Asnieres, and by his side lay a pistol, with which he had
blown out his brains.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.)
IN RE SYMESTER.

This bankrupt was described of North-road, commission
agent, and this was a meeting for last examination.
Mr. Bromley opposed for the official assignee, on the
ground that the bankrupt had not accounted for a quantity
of furniture, but he swore that .t was the property of his
mother-in-law, and he was only a lodger in her house.
a Honour said that, there did not appear any ground for
the suggestion that it was the bankrupt's property, and he
would therefore pass.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE KNIORT —A DOUBLE BANKRUPTCY.

This bankrupt was described as a dealer in alabaster in
Brighton, and this was a meeting for last examination and
discharge. . .

At the last sitting it was disclosed that there had been a
previous bankruptcy in 1860, but the bankrupt did not sur.
render, and Mr. lluckwood applied for an adjournment
until the bankrupt had passed under the first bankruptcy.
His Honour now said that he was of opinion that the
proceedings under the first bankruptcy should be completed
before the bankrupt could be heard in the second. He had
absconded under the first, and now cams before the court to
get protection, but he br6uglat £420 into court; it was
therefore desirable that the proceedings under the second
bankruptcy should be maintained, or he might go away and
come again with nothing. He thought the assignees had
better assist the bankrupt in completing the first proceeding.
An adjournment was taken for that purpose.
IN RE DOLMAN.

This llenkrupt is an actor at the Victoria Theatre, and
this was a meeting for last examination and discharge.
Mr. Nicholson opposed on behalf of a Mr. Kinder on the
ground that the bankrupt had borrowed £3, which was to
have been paid at the end of this week, and he had also
borrowed a watch, which he pawned, and it was only this
morning that he even had the certificate given to him.
The learned counsel submitted that this was a fraud, and
the banks upt was not entitled to his discharge.
His Honour, however, did not think so, and it was
granted.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)

SLOP WORM-CURIOUS CASE-RANNETT V. DAVIS.

This was an action to recover £4 for making soma coats,
and de4endant had paid 17s. into court.

Mr. Buchanan appeared for the defendant, and having
briefly s ated the case to the jury called Mr. Hannett, who
said—l made the coats in question, and agreed to do
so for 4s. each. It would take three days to make one
of the coats by hard work. Defendant's foreman com-
plained of the work, and it was altered twine. The third
time he gave the coats to another man to finish.
Defendant's foi eman—l could make one of the coats in
a day.

Plaintiff's sons and other witnesses deposed generally to
the work being well done for the money, and defendant's
foreman then urged that it was extremely unlikely slop wot k
could be paid for in the same style as was common at Mr.
Poole's and other aristocratic tailors. The work was very
badly done, and dropp d to pieces.
suomeB"don Two witnesses corroborated this statement.

Mr. Buchanan urged that the price paid was very low.
The plaintiff had done his work very well having regard to
it.
His Honour pointed out that plaintiff had made his own
bargain, and cuuld not now complain of the price. Slop
makers were content with small prcfits, while Mr. Poole
made his thousands a year.

The jury, after a brief consultation, found for the plain-
tiff for the full amount.

Mr. Buchanan applied for coats, which were allowed.

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK-LANE.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 458 3d ;
barley, 36s 7d; oats, 21s 4d; rye, 34s sd; beans, 358 10d;
and peas, 35s lid.
THE SIR WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 46s 6d ;
~arley, 36s 5d ; oats, 21s 5d ; rye, 33s 6d ; beans, 36s 3d ;
peas, 37s Id.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 62,669;
barley, 51,301; oats, 17,758; rye, 79; beans, 5,074; peas,
913 qrs.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

WARWICK RACES.—This DAY.
(Ey ELECTRIC TELECRAPH.)
DEBDALE STAKES.
Little Dick ..
Gavazzie
2

Six ran.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
100 to 15 apt Knutaford (offered)
7to 1 agat Grimatone (offend)
10 to 1 apt Canzonette (offered)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-WEDNuDA.Y.

For the Northamptonshire Stakes Knutsford had the
call of Grimston; 6 to 1 was taken and offered about
the former, but there were takers of 7 to 1 about Grim-
ston. Canaonette was not in as such favour as yes-
terday; nearly £lOO were put on her at 20 to 1, without
improving her position much in this market. The only
change on the favourites for the Two Thousand Guineas
was the slight advance of Saccharometor, the banker want-
ing to go on at sto 1. Nothing done on any other future
event. Closing prices :

NORTHAMPTONSHTRE STAKES.
6to 1 ages Knutsford (taken and offered)
7to 1 aget Grims:one (wanted)
14 to 1 aget Oldminster (taken freely)
14 to 1 aget Chaff (taken and offered)
20 to 1 eget Man at Arms (taken)
20 to 1 agat CanTbnette taken)
25 to 1 agst Bonnycastle (taken)
Two THOUSAND GUINEAS.
100 to 35 aget Hospodar (taken)
sto 1 agat Saccbaroraeter (taken freely)
11 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken)
12 to 1 eget Michael Scott (offered)
12 to 1 agat Brick (offered)
TKN o'CLocx, r.x.—Canzonette was backed several
times at 100 to 10 for the Great Northamptonshire Stakes.

VICTORIA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA,

(From the Times' Corresponient.)

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20.
By the steamer which arrived on the 11th we have news
from Victoria, Vanenuvo, !Amid, to the sth inst.
The Victoria Chroniele gives a statement of the gold dust
shipped from Vancouver Island in 1862—viz„ by the Ame-
rican Express-house of Wells Fargo, which has a branch
office in Victoria, 1,673,096 doll; by the bank of British
Columbia, 21,500 dole ; by Schloss and Livingston, 187,000
dole; by M'Donald and Cu., bankers, 3'6,378 dole, all
shipped to San Francisco ; and shipped by the Hudson's
Bay Company to London, 50,208 dole, making the amount
of the shipments, as manifested, 2,167,182 dole. " These
figures," the Chronicle remarks, "do not include the
amounts shipped, or carried, by private hands,
which, if correct data were obtainable, would, it is
believed, swell the total of the year's shipment to
3,000,000 dole." This estimate would have been con-
sidered excessive, perhaps, some little time back; but so
much gold has of late come down from Victoria in the pos-
session of Cariboo miners, who have returned to wiater in
San Francisco, that the above amount is now thought by
the best informed to be rather under than over the export of
1862, One of the largest buyers of golddust in San Fran-
cisco tells me that, judgins, by amount of his own business,
he would be disposed to return the total received in this city
at 4,000,000 dole., rather than adopt the above estimate of
3,000,000 dole.

The entira produce of Cariboo was estimated two months
ago at only 3,000,000 dols, but from all we have since learnt
of the shipments, and taking into account the amount of
money in the hands of miners and residents of Victoria,
where, as the local papers assert, " there are men now who
have made from 5,000 to 40,000 dole. each this season," and
where " there are also numbers who have made smaller but
respectable amounts," assertions which are corroborated to
80M0 extent by the sums of money changing hands in pay
mentof land and for the building of houses by men who had
no means a year ago—taking all these facts into amend!,
the conclusion is inevitable that the yield of gold in
British Columbia in 1862 was very much larger tbau it has
hitherto been estimated.

The Chronicle adds that Well's Fargo's Express alone
shipped from 1858 to 1E62 the sum of 5,373,211 dole., and
that during the same period 111‘DonaId and Co. had shipped
1,543,035 di*. By far the welter portion of these sumElwore
remittanees in payment of merclwidise supplied to the two
colonies from San Francisco.

A considerable quantity of golddust which sow comes
to San Francisco would remain in the colony had the
Government Assay-office been placed in Victoria, where
its facilities would be available, instead of being at New
Westminster, where it is of little use to the public and of
no benefit to the country, which supports it in idleness for
three-fourths of the year. True, there are private assay-
offices in Victoria, but they do not command the confidence
nor the patronage that would be given to a Government
establishment.

As evidence of the progress of Victoria, it is stated
that a company has been formed for making a railroad
from the town to Esquimalt (the principal harbour of
the colony). The distance is about three miles, the
grades are easy, and the capital £50,000, which is said
to have been all subscribed for in a few days after the proj ct
was brought out. That this railroad will be of great advan-
tage to the mercantile houses and a great convenince to the
community in general there can be no doubt, but whether
it will pay es an investment I give no opinion. Another
company has been formed to supply Victoria with pure water
for a lake in the neighbourhood. The object is one of such
universal utility and necessity the, with p►udent manage-
ment, this undertaking ought to pay handsomely. Bills to
authorize the establishment of both companies, on the prin-
ciple of limited liability, are now on their passage through
the Legislature.

A gas company the Victorians have already, and they are
improving their streets with some activity, which gives
work to many of the men who were unsuccessful in their
efforts at mining. Buildings of a costly character cent nue
to be erected, among which are hotels of great splendor,
having accommodation for several hundred boarders each;
and general commercial business is brisk in consequence of
the mildness of the winter, which has kept communication
with British Columbia open.
As to subjects of general interest affecting the colony at
large, the Governor in addressing the Legislature declares
the country to be settling quickly, and to be in
apr ,sperous condition. His Excellency solicits funds to
subsidise a mail steamer to call at the various settlements,
&c., as well as to defray the expense of a geological
survey of the island and-its dependencies, and also for en-
c)uraging the taking of cod and other fish, with which the
waters teem. The most important portion of the address
is the declaration " that a highly respectable English
association is about to form a set lement at Quatseno,
on the west coast of Vancouver Island, who propose to
open coal mines, to establish fisheries, to embark largely in
the export of deals and of ships' spars, and in other branches
of trade that promise remunerative employment of capital."
There is ne doubt that the colonial resources do afford, as
the Governer asserts, the means of employing capital to
great advantage in such fields as its forests, coal and cop-
per mines, fisheries, quarries of stone and of lime, agri-
tural lands, and town property in Victoria and other
si'es; and the present is the proper time to engage
in such pursuits, while the Government and the
Legislature are disposed to grant liberal terms for the en-
couragement of settlement and for the investment of capital.
I am convinced that both colonies are far safer fields for
investments, intelligently made and judiciously managed
than most of those selected by English capitalists in
foreign countries. One unequalled advantage is that
here they have English law honestly administered and
ample protootion for life and property, with a healthy
climate, and the means of existence at moderate
coat. Perhaps the only drawback is the high price of
labour, but this is more apparent than real, for it is met, in
commerce, by the high prices of produce.
Some ,ime back there was an immigration of 50 servant
girls to Victoria and of several governesses. The ser-
vants all got places at wages ranging from 15 dole. to
30 dole. a month, and found the rate of wages depend-
ing upon qualification. Several of these girls are
or are about to be married. Six such marriages
were "proclaimed" in church the other day. A few more
servant girls have arrived lately, and I am informed by
two householders of Victoria that there is still
room for more of the same class. The governesses
have not been so fortunate. There is great diffi-
culty in placing these ladies suitably. This olass
is in advance of the place, in fact, and it will be imprudent
to send any more out for some time to come. The objec-
tions or causes which operate against their success in Aus-
tralia exist in greater force in these newer countries.

THE ENGLISH AT NICE.

The marriage of the Prince of Wales has been
celebrated at Nice under circumstances that deserve
more than a mere passing notice. Mr. Peabody, so
well known, and, wherever Englishmen coup egate,
so deservedly respected for the munificence of his
bounty to the London poor, has been for some time
at Nice for the benefit of his health. With the en-
larged benevolence which is essentially a part of his
nature, he resolved to expand the quiet farewell
dinner he intended to give a dozen friends into a
magnificent banquet on the Prince of Wales's mar-
riage-day, and to this he invited not only all the
principal English visitors, but also a large number
of French and other foreigners. Accordingly, at 7
o'clock on Tuesday evening there sat down, in the
great room of the Hotel de la Grande Bretagne, 130
guests, so well assorted that every gentleman found
a lady to whom he could offer his arm. The walls
of the room, as well as the ornaments on the table,
were decorated with the flags of France, England,
Denmark, and the United States, grouped together
as emblematic of their permanent union and alli-

ante.
Mr. Peabody was supported on his right by the
Duke of Hamilton, Lord Rokeby, and Lord Charles
Clinton, and on his left by the Prefect of the depart-
ment, Lord Brougham, Lord Headfort, and General
Correard, commanding the troops of the district.
Dinner over, Mr. PEABODY asked the company to
fill their glasses to a toast about to be proposed by
the Duke of Hamilton, and begged that the first
three toasts should be drunk without cheers, but
followed by national airs played by the band.
The Duke of HAMILTON, apologising for taking
the toast which of right belonged to their host, and
referring to his own personal friendship and affec-
tion for the Emperor, as one of the greatest men of
the age, gave " The health of the Emperor of the
French."
The prefect of the Maritime Alps, M. GAvINI
DE CAMPILE, spoke as follows ;—" Ladies and Gen-
tlemen—Permit me to thank Mr. Peabody for the
gracious attention that he has had in assembling
the chief functionaries of Nice at this fete, and in
procuring me the pleasure also of proposing the health
of the Queen Victoria, while we are celebrating the
happy event that has taken place in London. Your
cheers assure me that my proposal is a welcome one.
Although still young, Queen Victoria has occupied
more than a quarter of a century one of the noblest
thrones of earth, and I do not fear being accused
of a courtier-like feeling, when I say that she
has always been for her people and the entire
world as Queen, as rife, and as mother, a model of
political intelligence, and of affeetionate devotion.
I will say that history must mark the epoch of her
reign as one of the most glorious and prosperous in
the annals of Great Britain. It is, therefore, a
just recompense that the English people are so de-
voted to their Queen, and after mourning with her
lest year in her sadness, they now proclaim their
joy Gt the marriage of the Prince of Wales. As
for us French we sympathise with you, frcm our
hearts. We cannot forget that under Queen
Victoria has been cemented the intim ite
alliance between our two great nations
that has produced such happy results for the good
of humanity, and the development of social pro-
gress. I am sure that this union will be durable,
not only through the sympathies of cur Severeigus,
but also because it promises that the mission
God has given to France and to England
to spread to the most distant corners of the earth
,he blessings of civilisation will not be lost sight of.
Brought up in such ideas, the Prince of Wales will
entertain for France and her ruler the same senti-
ments as does his august mother. With all my
heart, ladies and gentlemen, I have the honour to
propose the health of her Majesty Queen Victoria
and the Royal Family." This speech was received
with thunders of applause.
The Marquis of HEADFORT then said—ln rising
to propose the health of the President of the United
States of America, I beg to express a fervent hope,
which I am sure will be felt and responded to by
all the present company, that universal peace may
soon be established throughout the vast extent of
the great empire of the United States, and that the
best and truest interests of Great Britain and Ame-
rica may ever be joined in the strictest bonds of
friendship and alliance.
Mr. PEABODY then said—ln rising to propose the
toast of the evening, permit me to say that the sun
in its entire course around the globe this day has
shone upon the banner of St. George proudly flung
to the brerze in honour of an cccurrence of pro-
found interest to the whole civilised world. The
noble son of England's honoured Queen has this day
led to the altar the bride of his choice, and upon all
continents and in all lands, by festivities and re-
joicings, have millions manifested their joy at this
auspicious event, and from millions cf hearts has
gone forth the prayer, " God bless the Prince and
his royal spouse !" Here, on the sunny shores of
the Mediterranean, representatives from many na-
tions and of many tongues have met to honour it,
and I therefore beg leave to propose, with all the
honours that can be given to the toast, "Long life
and happiness to the Prince of Wales and his royal
bride."
This toast was drunk with all the honours and
vociferous cheering.
Lord BROUGITAM then rose and said—lt gives me
great pleasure to join in celebrating the happy event
which so many millions of my countrymen heartily
rejoice in. The Prince of Wales, having by nature
the happiest dispositions by inheritance from both
his parents, has had the inestimable advantage of
their cultivation under that parent whose irrepar-
able loss we have so universally de; lored, whose
great capacity and acquirements as well as his sound
judgment and most amiable character accidental
circumstances gave me peculiar opportunities of
knowing, while from his surviving parent he has
derived a title to those great virtues that endear her
to us. It has been customary to call the Sovereign
of the day by the title of the " best of Princes," and
as the term has been so often prostituted I abstain
from using it. But I will state a plain matter of
fact worth all the superlatives in the world—our
Queen in her private capacity is an example to all
tier subjects for her conduct and her feelings as a
daughter, a wife—now, alas, a widowed wife—and
a mother, and in her public capacity, as the consti-
I tutional monarch of a free nation, a bright example
to all rulers. It is to be hoped that the happiness
of the event we are this day celebrating may afford
some consolation to her under 'the slfliction from
which she suffers so cruelly. I had been engaged
to dine with my neighbours at Cannes to celebrate
this auspicious event, but on receiving the summons
of our worthy host I felt it to he my imperative
duty to attend here in testimony to my profound
respect and heartfelt gratitude towards so great a
public beneTactor. His long life of patient industry
has been, by the blessing of Providence, crowned
with the greatest success, and has raised him to an
eminent station, the object of envy ; but far more
to be envied is the benevolence that guided his U5O
of the ample means which his toils have acquired,
and which he has applied to the succour of his less
fortunate fellowmen, and to their improvement,
with a generosity wholly unexampled. He stands
at the head of the class to which belong my friends
Sir William Brown of Liverpool, Sir Francis
Crcsaley of Halifax, and Sir James Baxter of Dun-
dee—a class whose large and wise beneficence has
won the respect and gratitude of our whole nation.
As standing at the head of this body, I hope I may
be allowed to propose "The health of our honoured
host, and long life to him !" which, indeed, is only
wishing further benefits to the bulk of the commu-
nity and the progress of its improvement.
The toast was received with great cheering. As
soon as the applause subsided,
Mr. PEABODT saidic-If I could command the
power of language and the eloquence for which the
noble lord who has so kindly proposed my health is
so eminently distinguished I could not by words re-
lieve my heart of its present grateful feelings to him
for his very flattering rem arks—to you for the en-
thusiastic manner in which you have received the
toast. I do not feel entitled to the encomiums which
the noble lord has passed upon my character; but,
coming from such an exalted source, and sanctioned
by this distinguished company, I shall, while Pro-
vidence spares my life, endeavour to deserve them.
I came to this beautiful city but a few weeks ago
quite an invalid, and not intending to mix is eo•

ciety ; but returning health and attentive friends
changed my feelings, and in a ftiv days I shall leave
the city with most favourable impressions of its
climate, and with gratitude to numerous friends fur
great hindness and hospitality. I again thank you
most sincerely for the honour which sour approbs..
lion has this evening conferred upon my bumble
name.

Load RoT►EBT then proposed " The health of the
Prefect," who, in returning thanks, humorously said
the toast being in English, he must take it on the
faith of its being highly complimentary.
General CORREARD then, in most flattering terms,
proposed " The health of the English Army," espe-
cially dwelling upon their deeds, of which he had
been an eye-witness in the Crimea.

To this Lord ROKEBT replied in French, giving
to the French army all the credit. they deserved, and
unlike that veracious historian, Mr. Kinglake,
awarding them the prziLe which their gallantly
throughout that campaign so richly merited.
It was the intentio❑ of Mr. Peabody to request
the Duke of Hamilton to propose Lord Brougham's
health, but an important engagement obliged his
Grace to leave the room before this period of the
evening. Mr. PEABODT, therefore, asked the corn
puny to join him in doing honour to their dis-
tinguished guest ; he himself felt the greatest grati-
tude to Lord Brougham that, at his great age, he
should have come from Cannes to assist them on this
joyful occasion; he was sure that all present Lad
shared with him in the pleasure of meeting Lord
Brougham, and would cordially drink to his yet
prolonged life with all the honours.

The toast was received with cheers such as Eng-
lishmen alone can give, to the no small amusement
and astonishment of foreigners.
Mr. Peabody intended that a concert should
follow the dinner, but he postponed it in consesuence
of a magnificent ball given in honour of the occa-
sion by the Duke of Hamilton and the English re-
sidents to the distinguished foreigners at Nice. Mr.
Peabody's concert, to which 300 have been invited,
will take place on Friday.