The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-25 00:00:00

olonel Stodare's New Magical
Entertainment

One of the best entertainments ever presented to
the Public—and we say it with a full recollection of
most of the conjurors that have appeared in London
for many years past—is now being nightly given by
Colonel Stodare in the Albert Smith Room at the
,gYptian Hall, Piccadilly. It is entitled " Magic
an'l Ventriloquism," and consists of two parts—
the first part magical, in which apparatus and other
Mechanical contrivances are entirely dispensed with ;
and the second, a very clever admixture of vehtri-
Nuism and magic. The neatness and dexterity of
all Colonel Stodare's tricks is perfectly astounding,
and Such as creates the utmost bewilderment. To
all appearances we have a private gentleman
fo An' his elegantly furnished drawing-room per-
rming tricks such as would defy the most
accomplished conjuror to repeat, and all with-
out the slightest apparent aid. Combined with
,excellence, there is a perfect novelty in the enter-
tainment, because all the tricks are new to the plea-
sure--seekers of the metropolis, and we candidly
confess each one seemed to us, last evening, to out-
rival its predecessor in perfection and ingenuity. It
lined occupy too much space to give even an out
o the many illusions performed, but the pro-
auction of beautiful flowering plants from an ap-
trentlY empty paper cone was perfectly puzzling.
'en, again, his performance.with the marked half-
wascro a perfect wonder, but the manner in
I.° he managed to convey a full-grown lady
°1 sight of the audience was one of the most re-
markable and astonishing things ever accomplished
1.4 the metropolis. As a ventriloquist, Col. Stodare
18, as good as he is a conjuror, and we can confl-
uently recommend a visit to the new entertainment,
feeling assured that all who favour the Colonel with
a
Call will pass a pleasurable and delightful evening.
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

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REIGA T E.
;There is little doubt that the Hon. Edmund John Mon-
-11, the candidate for the representation of this borough in
~rliarnent, will be unopposed at the next general election.
14...eneetipnrgesent member, Mr. Granville Leveson-Gower, at a
of the electors, announced that it was not his in-
tention t
Av again solicit the support of the electors, and Mr
havin Wilkinson, who contested the borough with him,
g died, there seems to be no opposition to Mr. Mon-
states The hon, gentleman has issued his address. He
states—" MY Principles are those which are universally
acl,icebePrted a"Mhudy. the olitical creed of that eat
fare of 011 Iparrty which ihnags done pso much to advance thegr wel-
country, by extending to every class the bless-
ings of civil and religious liberty." Although a Church-
eh
1; he declares himself in favour of the abolition of
Urch raes,
sale • considering them an injustice to all who con-
nticuslY dissent from the doctrines of the Church. Mr.
Monson promises to explain his principles more fully at a
Meeting of the electors, to be held at an early period.

SALISBURY. •
Ur' IL Marsh issued an address to the electors on
W"ieh
a,turdaY evening, stating that domestic circumstances over
he had no control render it necessary that he should
Pala short visit to his brother and his property in Aus-
ai: lie will not therefore be present at the election,
Which he says will take place in July, but he expresses his
fma,
"nee that the• electors will not " forget an absent
The hon. member adds :—" My political opinions
7llet now be well known to you all, and I can only say
thatd I shall not swerve from those principles of indepen-
erkee which it has been my pride to adopt."
There is a probability of a close run, Mr. John Chapman,
a'nd Mr. E. Hamilton, a brother of the bishop, being in the
field.

XONEY MARKET

AN:,

OuDIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

TWELVE O'CLOCIE.
The Money Market is showing easier symptoms
to-day. The inquiry has not been very large, and
capital being abundant, first-class paper has been
negotiated at 3i per cent., with exceptional opera-
tions at 34 per cent. In the Stock Exchange loans
have been charged 21 and 3 per cent.
3)uring the last few days there has been an in-
creased business transacted in the Foreign and
Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have been in
fair demand at full rates, while a moderate amount
of business has been done in coffee, rice, and tea at
a n
.Iner prices. In tallow the dealings have been to
average extent for both present consumption and
on speculation, and quotations have shown an up-
Ward movement.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank
Yesterday.
The London, from Melbourne, has arrived with
4422,776.
, -The prospectus has appeared of the London and
.I.editerranean Bank, with a capital of £2,000,000,
ltrth shares of £2O each. The object is to amalgamate
ofemeontinental Bank Corporation and the Bank
£looesst. Landau and Co., of Alexandria. The
intoshares--ea °I the Continental are to be converted
of the
amalgamated
- new company of £2O each. The
acoons
their trans +. establishments are to liquidate all
uirectors are up to the present date. The
The pi very respectable.
coni, Ynlouth Shipbuilding Dock and Ironworks
tb,‘ 1..4'1Y has been introduced to the notice of
t`i;
turvesting classes by the International Con-
pose nef°l°PanY• It has been formed for the pur-
tno e 4.17 Purchasing the freehold property in Ply-
th e.,Li called Queen Anne's shipyard, together with
also b,llB, inees, which it is proposed to extend, and
the different branches of mechanical engineering.
t:`,_'-te present docks will be much enlarged, and as
for are no iron shipbuilding works in the locality
e,r,rePairing vessels outward bound, a large profit is
£2 repairing
to be reaped. The capital required is
,450)000 in shares, of £25 each, and interest at the
-ate of 6 per cent. is to be guaranteed for three
Years upon the amount paid up.
itThe report of. the Asiatic Banking Corporation,
be Presented on May 4, states the available ba-
,_ince at £70,439, and recommends a distribution at
the rate of 20 per cent. per annum. The preliminary
expenses of £8,484 are to be extinguished, £5,500
to be added to reserve, which, from premiums on
new shares, will amount, on the 30th of June next,
to £175,000, and £6,455 will remain to be carried
I°rWard.
Mr. C. F. Kemp has to-day been appointed offi-
cial liquidator to the Factage Parisien (limited).
The following is from the Committee of the
Stock Exchange :

, .
The Committee for General Purposes April have 24 thislB6s day
Passed the following resolutions :

Resolved—That Wednesday, the 3d May, be fixed for
the settlement of transactions in the Varna Railway Com-
Pany.

Resolved—That the arrangements for the issue and the
allotment of shares in the company being irregular and
Unsatisfactory a quotation be refused.

(Signed) FRANCIS LEVEIN, Secretary.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have also
appointed Tuesday, May 2, a settling day in the
New' £9 Shares of the Midland Railway Company
to be marked on the official lists.
The report of the Commercial Bank Corporation
of India and the East, in which is merged the Com-
raercial Bank of India, shows a balance of profit for
the year 1864 of £69,501 to be carried forward, after
payment for the first half of the year to the share-
holders of the Commercial Bank of India of a divi-
dend and bonus amounting to £45,000, and a dividend
for the second half of the year on the whole paid-up
capital of the Corporate Bank at the rate of 10 per
cent, per annum, amounting to £39,925. The reserve
fund now amounts to £169,301, consisting of
£73,301 transferred by the Commercial Bank of
India, increased by £96,000, the premiums on new
Shares issued by the Corporate Bank,

Two O'CK.
At Paris, this day, according to Mr.CLO Reuter's
telegram the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 30c.
Plat.

The English Stock Market has been very ani-
mated and buoyant, and a rise of about i per cent.
haia taken place in the Funds. The improving state
°f the produce markets, and the idea that a large
expansion of trade will succeed the close of the
American war, have contributed to the encouraging
state of affairs Consols are 91k i for money, and
94 i for the account. The New Threes and Re-
edto Annuities are 891 i ; Exchequer Bills, ss.
° ", preen, ; Inditt 6 per Cent,, 106 f 1071; En-