The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 1.6, 1863.

MARKETS—Tbis Day.

bag- from Rotterdam, 100 tons from Dunkirk, 100 tons
from Caen, and 120 tons from Rouen.
Yorkshire Regents loos to 130 s per ton.
Do. Flukes
Do. Rocks
Kent and Essex Regents l2os to 140 s ~
Scotch Regents .. 1008 to 130 s ~
Do. Rocks Bos to 90s „
Dunbar Regents
Foreign sss to 70s I)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LINCOLN HANDICAP.
Bto 1 agst Hubert (taken)
12 to 1 agst Sea Nymph (taken)
12 to 1 agst Libellous (taken)

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
Bto 1 agst Satellite (taken)
12 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken)
20 to 1 agst Shropshire (taken)
40 to 1 agst Medora (taken)

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MMES.
10 to 1 agst Croagh Patrick (taken)
12 to 1 apt Grimston (taken)
16 to 1 bar two (offered)

CHESTER CEP.
20 to 1 agst Stradella (taken)
33 to 1 agst Zetland (taken)
33 to 1 agst Caller Ott (taken)
THE DERBY.
2.5 to 1 agst Automaton (taken freely)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-SATURDAY.

We had a very quiet day. For the Liverpool Steeple-
chase Satellite continues in great request, all the 7's to 1
that could be obtained were taken. 9to 2 was offered on
the field for the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, and there was an
offer to take 6 to 1 against Hospodar, which was not re-
sponded to. 14 to 1 was freely offered against him for the
Derby.

LINCOLN HANDICAP.

10 to 1 agat Hubert (taken)

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE,
7to 1 apt Satellite (taken freely)
25 to 1 agst Lincoln (taken)
100 to 3 agst Arbury (wanted)

THE DERBY.
14 to 1 agst Hospodar (taken and offered)
50 to 1 agst Michael Scott (wanted)

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
9to 2on the field (offered)
9to 1 agst Michael Scott (offered)

ROYAL LETTERS.

THE TYCOON OP JAPAN TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
[Translation.]
With sincere respect we address your Majesty the Queen
of Great Britain.
Since our exalted subjects Midzouno Chykgo no Kami,
Nagou Gemba no Kami, Moonye Sinano no Kami, Hory
Oribe no Kami, Iwase Higo no Kami, and Tsuda Hanzabro,
by our directions, came to an agreement with your Envoy
Plenipotentiary, the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, relative
to friendship and commerce, and concluded a treaty in the
city of Yeddo, the intercourse between the two kingdoms
has increased from day to day. Wherefore we despatch
herewith Takenouchy Simodzouke no Kami, our Foreign
Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary, Machudaira Yvami no
Kami, our Minister Plenipotentiary, Kiogok Noto no Kami,
our Minister Plenipotentiary, &c., to your kingdom, in order
to as,ure you of our sincerely friendly feelings. We have
especially chosen and nominated the three persons above
mentioned, and we therefore request your Majesty to trust
them, and to receive them with kindness.
We take this opportunity to express our friendly disposi-
tion, and at the same time to wish your Majesty happiness
and prosperity in your kingdom.
The day, 12th month, Ist year of Buncaw.
(Signed) MINAXOTO YEMOCHY.

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN TO THE TYCOON OP JAPAN.
VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the
Faith, &c., to the most high, mighty, and glorious Prince
his Imperial and Royal Majesty the Tycoon of Japan,

our brother and cousin, greeting.
Most high and mighty Prince I—We have to acquaint
your Imperial Majesty that Takenoouchy Simodzouke no
Kami, Machudaira Yvami no Kami, and Kiogok Noto no
Kami, the eminent personages whom you accredited as
your Envoys to our Court, arrived in England a short
time ago. It has been to us a source of regret that, as we
are now residing in a distant part of our dominions in
st.ict retirement in consequence of severe domestic afflic-
tion, we have been unay.,idably precluded from receiving
your envoys in person. The letter with which your Impe-
rial Majesty intrusted them was, however, at our desire,
delivered by thi m to our Principal Secretary of State for
Pot eign Affairs, and was by him transmitted to us,
In thanking your Imperial Majesty for that letter, we de-
sire to express to you our gratification at the visit of your
Envoys to this country. They have, by our command, been
received and treated with the utmost attention and respect.
We trust that the time they have spent in England has
been passed in a manner agreeable and profitable to them-
selves, and that they will report to your Imperial Majesty
the friendly reception which has been given to them by our
Government, and by tae British people generally. It is due
to them that we should assure your Imperial Majesty that
their language and conduct during their stay in our domi-
nions have been such as to merit our approbation; and we,
therefore, feel pleasure in recommending them to your favour.
We embrace this opportunity to assure you of the sincere
desire which we entertain for the prosperity of the country
which Providence has placed under your rule, and our
earnest wishes that the friendly and commercial intercourse
which has been happily established between Great Britain
and Japan may increase and flourish, and more than fulfil
every expectation of the benefits to be derived from the re-
cent treaty.

And so, with our cordial wishes for your Imperial Ma-
jesty's happiness, and the long continuance of your life and
reign, we recommend you to the protection of the Almighty.
Given at our Court at Balmoral, the 31st day of May, in.
the year of our Lord 1862, and in the 25th year of our reign
Your Imperial Majesty's affectionate sister and cousin,
(Signed) VICTORIA R.
(Countersigned) RussELL,

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE.

A dividend of 5 per cent. per annum on the ordinary
stock of this company is proposed to be declared for the
past half year.

SOUTH WALES.

The dividend on ti;;;r4ii;ar;;;cl;,iifter payment of the
debenture charges, will be at the rate of £3 58. per annum
for Dec. 311ast, leaving .£676.

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.
At the half•yoarly meeting of this company. held on
Friday at the London Tavern,
Mr. ANDERSON moved an amendment to the report, viz.
—" That the report of the directors be received and adopted
only in so far as regarded the payment of the dividend of
3i per cent. per annum, and the consolidation of stock."
A poll was demanded, the result of which will be declared
on Tuesday.