The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-07 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales, attended by M jur Tees•
dale, rode on horseback in the forenoon yesterday
The Princes,, of Wales, attended by the Countess
Macclesfield, took a carriage drive.

The Prince and Princess of Wales C;;ok a drive in
an open carriage in the afternoon.
The Duke and Duchess of Wellington, Earl
Granville, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston,
Lord Harris, Viscount and Viscountess Castlerosse,
the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgcutilbe, ut.-
General Knollys, the Hon. Robert H. Meade,
Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, and Mr. Herbert Fisher,
had the honour of dining with their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales at Mail-
borough House in the evening.

The Duke and Duchess of Wellington have issued
cards for a grand banquet, on Monday next, at Apsley
House, to meet their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Wales.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland had
a dinner party lest evening at Nortlumberland House,
where among the guests were Lord Redesdale and the Hon.
Miss Mitford, Sir Michael and Lady Octavia Shaw Stewart,
Hon. Josceline and Mrs. Percy, Admiral Sir George Back,
Admiral Fitzroy, the Astronomer R.yal, Dr. and Mrs.
Cureton, Mr. and Mrs. Halliburton, Dr. Rock, Mr. Alex-
ander Herschel], Mr. Michell, icc.
The Duchess of Somerset has left town for Bul-
strode Park, Bucks.

The Duke of Cleveland, according to the accounts
received in town yesterday from Paris, is better, and will
return home as soon as his health will admit of the
journey.

The Duke of Argyll has gone to Roseneath Castle,
Dumbartonshire, where the Duchess and youthful family
are staying. It is understood that the noble duke will re-
main in attendance on the Queen, as a member of the Ca-
binet during her Majesty's residence at Balmoral.

The Earl and Countess of Harewood and family
arrived in town yesterday from Harewood House, near
Leeds, for the season.

NOT RUINED BY PROMOTION,

A writer in the limes rays :—ln corroboration of
the statement by " R. N." in your paper of this cl,l
relative to the mention in Southey's "L'fe of Nel-
son" of Lieut. Pollard, RN, having shot the man
by whose unerring aim Nelson fell, I beg to forward
an extract from O'Byrne's "Naval Biography,"
bearing out the fact, and which way prove interest-
ing to your readers. He says— On the return of the
fleet of Lord Nelson from its pursuit of the corn
oined squadrons to the 'West Indies Mr. Pollaro
was afforded an opportunity of participating as sig-
nal midshipman of the Victory in the action nfl
Cape Trafalgar. On that occasion, whe❑ standing
on the poop, he was struck by a splinter on the
right arm, and chanced to be the first officer who
was there touched. A musket-bail next passed
thr ugh the shell of his spyglass, about a toot above
the hand that held it, and a second one shattered

he watch in his pocket. Some time after the V►e.

tory had been in action with the French 74 gun ship
Redoubtable, the cffieers and men around him be-
ginning to fall fast, the attention of. Mr. Pollard was
arrested by a number of soldiers whom he perceived
crouching in the tops of the Redoubtable, and di-
recting a destructive fire on the poop and quarter-
deck of the Victory. He immediately seized a musket,
and being supplied by the signal-quartermaster,
King, with ball cartridges from two barrels kept on
the afterpart of the poop for the use of the Marines
(who at the time were elsewhere engaged), con-
tinued firing at the soldiers every time they rose
breast high in the tops until not one was to be seen.
In the act of handing the last parcel of ball car-
tridges the quartermaster was shot through the
forehead and fell lifeless nn the spot. When the
action terminated Mr. Pollard was the only officer
left aliVe of those who had been originally stationed
on the poop; and thus, in the manner we have
described, originated the belief that it was he who
had shot the man who had killed Lord Nelson."

Lieutenant Pollard was promoted the following
year to the rank he now holds, having seen much
active service in both war and peace, and it is oLly
during the last 10 or 12 years that he has been
found a shelter within the walls of Greenwich
Hospital. Surely, sir, after a period of 66 years in
her Majesty's navy, during which most of his gene
ration have passed away, he may well present a
claim upon his country's gratitude that at the least,

if nothing can be done for himself in his declining
years, his relatives in the service should meet with
due consideration at the hands of the Admiralty ?

AMERICAN SPEECHIFYING —speeches are deli

vered to be printed and circulated amongst consti•
tuents, rather than to influence the audience to which they
are addressed; and, indeed the newspaper summaries are
ordinarily so meagre, that any member whet wishes for a full
report is obliged to have his speech reprinted. Probably,
iu
consequence of this, the custom of reading speeches, or re-
ferring constantly to memoranda, is very common, and
mars the elect of the discussiens. There is an amcunt, too,
of unimpressive gesticulation which become pet fectiy mono-
tonous. I saw ono member, who, during a speech of au
hour, kept advancing and retreating constantly up an open
space of some 12 feet in length, like the Polar bear at the
Regent's-park gardens; another, who always sidled from
one desk to another; a third, who swung his arms up
and down with the regularity of a windmill; and a fourth,
who kept turning like a teetotum towards every part of
the house iu turn. The constant; accentuation, to, of
unimportant words, and the frequent misplacement
of the right emphasis to the wrong place, makes long lis-
tening to an American debate wealisome to an Eugdshmau
Still, the one remarkable feature is the marvellous fluency
of the speakers. Everybody has the gift of speaking—the
power, at least, of stringing words together v, ithout a hitch
I never heard an American member of either house stutter,
or hem and haw, as nineteen• twentieths of our speakers do
when in want of a word. Ana this is not solely because the

leeches are prepared beforehand. I have constantly heard
members interrupted in their speeches, and unexpected
questions put to them, yet they always replied with the
same perfect saf-possession, and almost fatal fluency of
language. Whether this arises from the fact that, unac•.
customed as I am to public speaking,' is a phrase no Arne-
'loan out of his teens could use with truth, or whether, ah
I think, it is due to some characteristic excitability in the
me, which supplies words at command, I cannot say. The
tact is certain, that though I never heard anything in the
way of American parliamentary oratory which rose to the
height of eloquence, I never heard so muca average goou
speaking in any English assembly, ✓Federal

Na -v at and Military 111 elligence.

THE NAVY.

The Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Adrei"
ralty, and Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey,
K.C.8., Senior Naval Lord, accompanied by gear-
Admiral S. Robinson, Controller of the Navy, Mr.
W. G. Romaine, C. 8., Under-Secretary of the Ad-
miralty, and Captain R. Hall, Private Secretary t°
the First Lord, went down to Chatham dockyard
yesterday, in order to inspect the vesse;s under
construction and repair, as well as the works la
progress at that establishment. Their lordshiPe
reached the dockyard at 11 a.m., and were received
at the entrance by Capt. Fanshawe, the supnintew
dent, Mr. Lang, master-shipwright, and the other
heads of departments. The chief object of their vigit
was to inspect the screw frigate Orlando, 46,1,000'
horse power, Capt. Randolph, which has been sent
home from the West Indies to undergo heavy re-
pairs. It now appears that the defeats are more
serious than were at first conjectured, and her re-
pairs will require her detention in dock for some
time. Most of the injuries she has sustained are
towards her stern, which, from the heavy strain this
portion of the vessel is called upon to sustain frog
the enormous power of her engines, will require t°
be very considerably strengthened by the addition
of iron knees to those parts which give signs °
weakness. The whole of her copper sheathing it3ta
be stripped off, when her planking below her water
line will be inspected, in order that those portions
which give tokens of unsoundness may be renewed'
After completing their inspection of the Orland°
the Board proceeded to the adjoining dock, in
which the iron frigate Achilles, 50, 1,000 horse
power is under construction. Since the formervlail
of their Lordships the progress made in this shiP ti
something marvellous, and from a mere skeleton of
huge iron ribs, nearly every portion from her stele
to stern is covered with the inner skin of iron, 01/
which has been laid the 18-inch backing of teakii°
readiness for the reception of the armour•plating•
About one-third of the armour-plating is aired/
completed, the number of slabs of iron fixed uP t°
yesterday being 97, the total number required t°
encase every portion of her surface above the Water
And to 51t. below the water line being rather orer,
300. The number of workmen already employed
exclusively on the vessel exceeds 1,300. Attie:
spending some time in the inspection of the AchibAe-
their Lordships went down the harbour in the IV
miralty steam yacht Wildfire, Mr. Brockman cl
mander, to the iron-cased frigate Royal Oak,
800 horse power, Ca pt. Campbell, lying at Folly Peil3"
preparing for sea. They spent some time in 0(3'1::
spection of this ship, which has conaparaticei.le
little remaining to be done on board before Pr
will be ready to take her departure for bee
experimental cruise. After re-embarking in tha
Wildfire, and before returning to the dockyard
they inspected the works at St. Mary's Ws%
for the extension of the dockyard by the formed%
of additional docks and basins. On relanding bee
the dockyard they were occupied a short time jets
transaction of official business with Captain-SW.
rintendent Fanshawe, and afterwards left the gr.
tablishment for the Admiralty.
The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400 horse-Pnviett
Capt. J. F. Ross, having been dismantled, Wag
put out of commission and her crew paid off in Ceti.;
ham harbour yesterday. The Cadmus has beat
years in commission, and has been employed
on the North American and West India stations"
The following appointments were made Yeete
day at the Admiralty :—Henry A. Henri, engineer'
to the Indus for the Tilbury ; George ThotnPel
engineer, to the Indus for the Nightingale; gilito
James W. M. Ashley, paymaster, to be secretor/
Admiral Sir H. Stewart.

THE ARMY.
Yesterday Col. J. W. Ormsby, commanding tbß
9th Brigade Royal Artillery, made an dacha :is
spection of the mounted D field battery of the
brigade quartered at Chatham garrison.
tuted a minute inspection of the mer, horses, gu-ej
&c., and afterwards went through the quarter,
stables, and offices, and inspected the official recur!
of the battery. In the afternoon the non cue:o3l6d
stoned officers and men of the battery assemble:
dismounted, in the square, for the purpose of bete'
inspected at drill. The D battery having just uodeo,
gone the half-yearly inspection, the customary e/iie
tutions on the Lines were dispensed with. 'rig,
battery is just now in a very high degree of t

ciency.
The half-yearly inspection of the Chatham% firo
division of Royal Marine Light Infantry wa" re,
sowed at heaequarters on Tuesday, by Major. Gel,.
rat A. 13. Stransham, the Inspector- General 01 to
Royal Marine forces. Oa the previous day
inspection was confined to a battalion of 600 ent,
in order to test the efficiency of that number of 0300-
taken from the division, when under owe' dill
Tuesday the Inspector-General selected a still
smaller battalion, which was marched to the °fee-
Linet, in order to enable him to ascertain the mane
in which the captains of companies and the Pi). to
cfficers could handle their men and marct3lol-,
battalion. For this purpose NI for. General Solt
st.am selected a number of tLe officers, who vie,er
successively called to the front, and under his dirti,
lion put the battalion through various moveniel),,
The battalion was subsequently
the command of one of the fiela-officers, and at n°4
was marched back to its quarters. At 2 o'clock Vrep
companies were formed in the barrack-square, whec,
Major-General Stransham made a minute i 06130,
maroauvred unoo;
tion of their arms, kits,uniforms, and accoutrerae°oo
a portion of the inspection which occupied bias fe
time. The Inspector-General, accotnpalliedo4o
Col. Lemon, C. 8., and other officers, after°
proceeded to the gun battery for the purpose of :40
nessing a portion of the battalion at ahjilLti
drill. The number of men selected for ibis "der
-
was 60, a portion of the number who are unit
daily instruction in gun-drill. The battery in °bar
the Royal Marines are exercised is made 10 reior
sent a portion of a line-of-battle-ship, and lender
flushed with the naval 110-pounder and 40 P°tl-cote
Armstrongs, and the ordinary 68-pounder 9° re
guns. Tne inspection on auesday proved itzloyol
markable degree the value of training the,
gall
Marines in a thorough knowledge of to
drill, so as to render them valuable auxiliallioefit
the seamen. During the inspection the 144retor
under the direction of Capt. Bligh, the instro-00
in gunnery to the division, displayed a tti9r,l
knowledge of every portion of their gun drl'io'coer
large Armstrongs and 68-pounders being nastA pre
loaded, pointed, and fired with rapidity 99,„-„loe
cision. On leaving the gun-shed battery
itbe
General Stransham expressed his satisfacri°°:ittea
manner in which the Royal Marines had 9eq,, ter
themselves. The inspection was b. ought t°oheOl;
ininaticn yesterday afiernoon. The result. bi'offcio
in the highest degree satisfactory, and the obit"
report to the Admiralty will, there is little ue

an exceedingly flattering one.
Major-General Sir Richard Dacres, coulari:i 11
.at Woolwich, on Tuest.:ay resumed
inspection of the garrison, by parading a Co
el
of the Ist Horse Brigade, commanued 'honi°D;
Sir D,vid Wo al. The F and H batturios
been supplied with 10 rounds of blank am
et
per man, mustered on Woolwich cornm°ll
iztlt 0
past 10, in heavy marching order, in °c all- all
Capt. F. L. H. Lyon.

f the

The Hon. R Ebert Craven, youngest s°l7° or
E at Eton
is much. better. irl and Counte6s Craven, whose illness
tioued a few days ago, ot
/et:
COMPENSATION Full ACCID.ENTS.---si r J' ,bi-1
Aussou his tam before the House of C0M113"6 to pal
providing that railway companies shall not be liable, r IS'
any larger compensation, on a passenger being kille;: se
jured, than £4OO for a first-classassenger, £3OO ffg euge,r
has paid for insurance at a rate- atao 'be
cond-class, and £2OO for a third-class, passenger,
s unless tbep;so pre
has by tio;.0011
Shipowners, also, are not to be liable in such 06es
than £2OO, unless the passenger pays for insuralice'n
at 0
"Do you like raw ram?"' said a young a 3 stn
evening party, hinting at the quality of the table; Oa
ernee iut_o
which he was offering to a lady at the supper
was a while before the lady redistributed the utht
ie the PI
rawr 'am, and so got at the raw ham .1 Ivh a o InP°3l3at
was speaking. In this intense case there is
may 100 a
c it
cannot say
taking
of
fringe
deal of R out of the hard and giving it as a

Two O'CLOCK.
At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were
69f. 75c. 69f. 72e.—heavy
The Spanish Certificate-holders are now
assembled at a general meeting for the purpose
of considering their present position and future
prospects.

The English Stock Market presents a very de-
pressed appearance, sales being effected by specula-
lators for the purpose of realising the recent ad•
vance, and a decline of about a per cent, has been
the result, Consols being 931 if for money, and 93:
for the 9th June. The New Threes and R.-duced
Annuities continue at 911 2 ; Bank Stock is heavy
at 233, and a dealing has taken place in the 31,
years' annuities at 14 13-16 15-16; Indian descrip-
tions do not exhibit any material alteration ; the
6 per Cent. Loan being still quoted 1091 110; the 6
per Cent. Eafaced Paper, 1074 ; and the 4 per Cent.
Debentures, 1001; the Bands are slightly higher at
225. prem. ; Exchequer Bills, on the other hand,
have declined to 3s. prem.

There is less animation in the Foreign Depart-
ment to-day, and a general decline has occurred in
values on sales in realisation of profits. Turkish 6
per Cents., 1858, are 701 1; do., 1862, 711 ; do.,
Consolides, 54/ ; Spanish Passive, have declined
to 33i 341; do., Certificates. to 10/ 11 ; Greek, to
311 328; do., Coupons to 141 151 ; Mexican to
361 37 ; Egyptian are 981 994; Italian Marem-
mana Railway Loan, 78 1 ; Grenada, "ex call,"
16 1 ; Portuguese, 491 ; and Russian 93 1. The
Confederate Loan is to 1 prem.

In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been limited, and prices have shown a slight down-
ward movement. Great Eastern, Great Western,
North Western, and North Eastern (Berwick) have
declined ss. ; Great Northern, Lancashire and
Yorkshire, and South Eastern, 10s.; Midland, £1 ;
Great Northern A Stock, £1 10e.

In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there
have been no change of importance.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares con-
tinue at about previous quotations.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock 233
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ..
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
i.nnuities, 30 yrs, expire Bth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1886 l4 13-16 15-16
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent •
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 6 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864 1005
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100 k 5
Dirt., bonds El,OOO
Console for Account, June 9 92/ x d
Exchequer Bills, £l.OOO 21 per Cent 3 pin
Ditto 1500
Ditto Small 3 pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Account 941
Egyptian 7 pet Cent 991 81 I
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons —
Ditto ik,,e(nint ..
Ditto Coupons l5l 15
Italian 6 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 785 8 4 8
Mexican 3 per Cent . ...
Ditto Account...
.................. 371 61 74 61 75 7
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Ditto Deferred .............. 95 9 1a
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ...... 6/
Peruvian 41 per Cent. .......... , .....
I )itto Account
...... 95
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1862 ..........
Ditto Account .......... 89
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto 1862
Ditto Scrip, £3O paid 6k pm
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 951 45
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1850
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859.
Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account . 64 9
Ditto New Deferred .
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
33 41 1 1 94k Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ll5 109311 109 11 115
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854. .
.
......
Ditto Account.....
....... . ...... .. 89
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 ....... .....
.. . .
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 .............. 711 / 2
Ditto Account
niii
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 9Bl
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 65
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Ditto Account
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account 935

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

1? (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
P rev,o
: sales, about 10,000 bales. Import, 9,913;
usly, 11,986,

_______________.
1)13.131,EY GALLERY.
---------... __________ On Tuesday n;ght At. Levassor, who has not given a
public entertainment i
of `;a for something like five
years, commenced a series
miques" at the Dudley Gallery Seines et Chaps°, s Co-
:heTtle doors of the room
wore no sooner opened than
mrioom was completely
crowded, and when it is borne in ned that an entertain-
limited delivered in a foreign lang,,,,
demo appeals only to a
limited portion of the public, this de
indeed,
hautin a'r:ereofartkhaebalet-.
tractive power of M. Levassor becomes,
On his first appearance his mirthful, good_
77 d coun-
tenance was at once recognised as that of an ol
wel-
come friend, and every one of his jests, whether conndv weed-
through the medium of song, speech, or m, vement,c.as
the Signal for roars of merriment. Indeed, what with ex-
cluisite neatness on the one side, and quick appreciation on
the other, the artist and the audience could not have been
better matched. M. Levassor was assi.ted, as usual, b
the pleasant vocalist Madlle. Teissere, and hi. y
Rey
Vaudeville, is promised for some future occasion., of the