The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-17 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Oct. IG.—Two o'Clock.—The proba-
bility of a further increase in the rate of discount
continues to occupy the attention of the market.
Stocks and Shares arc much offered.' . Three per
Cents., for Account, show a decline of 10c., the
present quotion being 67f. 70c. Italian Fives have a
similar decline, and &re quoted at 65f. 10c. Credit Mo-
bilier shares have fallen 12fr. 50c., transactions taking
place at 8481 r. 75c.:lower, at 440 fr. Lyons Shares
have a decline of sfr., at 855 fr. There is a similar
loss on Immobiliere Shares. North of Spain, on
the contrary, are more inquired after, and have an
advance of:sfr.,at 210 fr. Consols have experienced
a decline of Three o'Clock.—The market re-
mained unvaried, and closed as follows :

4 per Cents 96
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 67 70
Do. end month 67 70
Credit Mobilier
Dolond month 848 75
Bank Shares 3600
Credit Foncier —
Italian Loan 65 15
Do. end month 65 07
RAIL

Ditto Threes —
Roman 74
Mexican Loan
_4Bl

Do. Bonds 322' 50
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred

Orleans .
Northern.
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

Cash. Amt.
... 818 75
... 1087 50
•••
-
•• • 855
- 562 ZO
... 530 -
- ... 533 75

... 402 50
... 441 25
... 210 -

270 -

- - ... 127 25

LOUIS KOSSUTH.

Information having reached Glasgow of the la-
mented death of Madame Kossuth, and the pro-
found grief of her venerable husband, a number of
their warmest friends in Glasgow met, and forwarded
a letter to Governor Kossuth, expressive of their
deep sympathy in his bereavement of wife and
daughter.
The exiled patriot is himself at present unable to
answer this expression of the sentiment of the coun-
try, but the son so speaks his great father's feelings
in all that regards his connection with our people,
that the Glasgow committee consider it only proper
to inform his friends in other places how deeply he
feels our past and present sympathy in his severe
trials and sorrows.

The following is the reply referred to :
"Turin, Casa d'Angennes, via Angennes.
" Dear Sir,—l write to you in my father's name, who as
yet is too overpowered by grief to be able to answer per-
sonally to your kind letter. Many and great have been his
trials in life, and he has borne them with manly fortitude;
but this last and terrible affliction which has fallen to our
lot has, I fear fora long time, broken his heart. He feels
perfectly incapable for the moment to tear up the wounds
of his anguish by writing to you on a subject which has
filled with mourning and bitterness the winter of his and
the spring of our life. He therefore desires me to thank you
heartily in his name for your letter, and to tender his most
heartfelt thanks to you, and through you to each and all
of the gentlemen of Glasgow who signed the address
to him, for this now and very delicate proof of your and
their unfaltering friendship. Believe me, dear sir, and
pray assure of it your noble-hearted friends, that if any-
thing human could comfort my father's and our grief it
would be more than everything the sympathy of his friends
of Scotland, for whom ho feels and ever will feel the
deepest and greatest affection. As soon as my father shall
have recovered sufficiently to write and act again you will
be, dear sir, one of the first to receive of his tidings. Be-
lieve, dear sir, with the expression of my personal and
heartfelt thanks for your constant friendship and sym-
pathy, which amongst the loneliness of our home ravaged
by death makes us feel that we do not stand alone in this
world.—Very true and respectfully yours,

"FRANCIS KOSSUTH.
"John M'Adam, 45, Hyde Park-streot, Glasgow."
—Glasgow Morning Journal.

Colonel Stodare's Entertainment.

Last evening Col. Stodare increased the attrac-
tion of his entertainment by introducing for the first
time a wonderful trick, entitled "The Sphynx : a
Mystery ;" and certainly the definition is correct as
far as we are concerned, because we fairly admit we
were puzzled during the whole of the performance.
Description, however, alone would fail to convey a
correct idea of " The Sphynx," but we may say
there is placed upon a very elegant little table, de-
void of drapery, a green box, about 24 inches by 18
inches, which the magician, or, as he delights to call
himself, the conjuror, informs his audience contains
the head of a Sphynx. A slight conversation en-
sues between the head within, and the colonel with-
out, the box, and eventually the front is opened,
and to all appearance a human head, coloured
and decorated in the Egyptian style, is dis-
covered, the features being' in perfect repose.
Colonel Stodare then takes a start amidst the au-
dience at the opposite end of the hall, and in obe-
dience to his command the Sphynx opens its eyes,
bows to the right and left, and finally smiles on the
audience in the most cheerful manner. The Sphynx
declaimed about twenty sentences in good set Eng-
lish, and then delivered its message from the Pyra-
mids, which was as follows :--" In two months
and a month a Queen will return to life," the
mouth and lips moving in the most natural manner.
The applause, we need hardly say,was universal and
enthusiastic ; in fact the trick produced a decided
sensation. The Anthropoglossos was at one time
looked upon as a wonder, but the Sphynx beats it
hollow. How the effect is produced we leave to
others more ingenious to discover ; we can only say
it is one of the finest illusions ever attempted in the
Art Magique.

NOBLE DONATION.---A gentleman who will not
allow his name to transpire has sent a donation of £lO5 to
the Orphan, Working School, Haverstock-hill, in token of
his approval of the proceedings of the committee in receiv-
ing 40 orphans at the present election instead of 35, and of
their intention to receive 80 annually in futre.

COU Tit tinnlat
'

HER MAJESTY.

The Queen's Visit to Dunkeld.

. On Friday the Queen terminated what must have
been to her a very pleasant sojourn at Dunkeld, for
the inhabitants of the picturesque little town appre-
ciated the honour which her Majesty conferred on
them by obedience to her commands that no noisy
demonstration should take place during her stay.
During the visit, which extended over three days,
her Majesty saw many of the finest sights which are
to be met with in the locality. The Duchess
Dowager of Athole's home-farm at Colme's, Loch
Lowes, the ancient Hermitage, and the Falls of
Braan, were included in the range, and on Thurs-
day afternoon a drive was made to Loch Ordie. The
appearance of the beautiful loch induced the royal
visitors to have a short sail on its waters, and this
having been accomplished, and the party landed
again on the banks, the Princess Helena presented
cartes de visite of ber Majesty and herself to the
wife of the keeper of the loch. The party then pro-
ceeded home. No effort bad been spared by the
duchess to receive her Majesty in a fitting manner,
and the Queen, we believe, on several occasions ex-
pressed herself greatly satisfied with what had been
done to make her visit agreeable. The last morn-
ing her Majesty remained at Dunkeld was, however,
in many respects, the most interesting she had passed
since her arrival. No doubt it was very gratifying,
and showed an unequalled display of condescension,
when her Majesty went through the town, made
calls on several merchants, favouring them with
many small orders, and having her purchases packed
up and taken away with her ; but her goodness of
heart could not have been better manifested that
when she stated that she would plant a tree at Dun-
keld llouse before she left as a memorial of her visit.
As may well be supposed, the duchess was fully sen-
sible of this act of kindness on the part of her Sove-
reign, and Mr. Mackie, the head gardener, was com-
missioned to procure a plant. A fine specimen of the
Cedar Atlantic, about two feet high, was obtained,
and a hole was dug to receive the root, close to
the bowling-green, and a short distance from
the house. Her Majesty, about a quarter from ten,
accompanied by the Princess Helena, came out to
the grounds, and, having had a spade handed to
her, placed the plant in the earth, and placed the
soil round it. Handing the spade back to Mr.
Mackie, her Majesty said, " I think that will do."
She then retired to the house again. On Thursday
night a general order was issued in the town, by
the directions of her Majesty, that the whole of the
inhabitants would be admitted within the grounds
to witness her departure, The invitation was re-
sponded to in a very hearty manner. Long before
the hotir appointed for the royal guests to leave the
walks leading to the house were densely thronged,
and the main entrance at the north end of the town
was literally besieged. There could not have been
less than 3,000 persons present, and the decorum
and loyal spirit which prevailed were very becoming.
Every night her Majesty had slept at Dunkeld
House two of the servants on the estate had guarded
it by express orders of the duchess. On Friday
morning, about 10 o'clock, tho duchess's own
phaeton—a very fine carrirge, drawn by four greys,
with outriders—was brought up to the entrance to
the house. The Queen afterwards made her ap-
pearance, dressed in a black riding habit ; and the
Princess Helena, who was with her, was similarly
attired. The whole guard who had watched the
house, and which consisted of eight men, was drawn
up i n front of the principal doorway ; and when her
Majesty, who was looking remarkably well, made
her appearance, she bowed graciously in recognition
of the services they had rendered. But before she
took her seat in the carriage her eye alighted on a
veteran whose appearance she thought she recol-
lected. It is now some 22 or 23 years since her
Majesty, accompanied by the Prince Consort, paid
a visit to the late Duke and now Dowager Duchess
of Athole, and on that occasion guards kept watch
as they did last week. A man named William Duff
—a stalwart Highlander of about six feet—in the
employment of the duchess, and who was a compa-
ratively young man at that time, had been engaged
as a, guardsman. The Queen on her first visit
received several photographs of this giant, and
when she saw him on Friday she was con-
vinced that he was the same individual who
had acted as one of the guardsmen. She beckoned
that she wished to speak to him, and Duff walked
up to her, and conversed with her Majesty for a few
minutes. Duff having retired, the Queen and the
Princess Helena stepped into the vehicle and took
their seats in the back compartment. The Duchess
sat in the front. It was expressly understood that
no demonstration should take place at any part of
the crowd until the carriage had passed, because it
was feared that a sudden cheer might have the effect
of making the horses restive. The instructions were
carefully adhered to. Not a cheer was raised until
the carriage had passed, but then the hurrahs were
loud and continuous. Her Majesty kept bowing first
to one side of the approach and then to the other,
and again and again the shouts of the assembled
spectators were heard as the royal carriage neared
the main entrance. At the gateway the crowd was
very dense, and their feelings were evinced in the
most striking manner. Not content with vociferous
cheering, all sorts of good wishes were expressed for
the safe journey of the party, and loud calls of
" Haste ye back" and " Welcome back" could be
heard ringing in the fervent chorus. For several
miles along the road many spectators had gathered,
and their kindly greetings were not overlooked by
her Majesty, who kept acknowledging them as they
were made. The Queen proceeded in the carriage
of the Dowager Duchess of Athole as far as Crofton
Loan, where, we believe, there were to be post-
horses in readiness to take the royal party on to
Kindrogan. At Kindrogan it was expected that the
Duchess would take leave of her Majesty and re-
turn to Dunkeld, and that the Queen and the Prin-
cess Helena would then ride over the hill on ponies
to the Spittal of Glenshee, and afterwards drive to
Balmoral.—Dundee Advertiser.

The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia.
Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and
the Crown Princess of Prussia are expected to arrive
in England on Thursday next from Berlin. Their
royal highnesses upon their arrival in London will
proceed direct to Prussia House, the residence of the
Prussian Embassy, on Carlton House-terrace,
where they will be the guests of their Excellencies
the Count and Countess Bernstorff, until the
return of the Court from Scotland, when the Crown
Prince and Princess will proceed to Windsor Castle
on a visit to the Queen.

His Excellency the French Ambassador (Prince
do la Tour d'Auvergne) is expected to arrive at tho French
Embassy, at Albert-gate, on Monday next, from Paris, to
resume his diplomatic duties.

The Duke and Duchess of Grafton are enter-
taining a select circle at Euston Hall, Suffolk.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde
left town yesterday on a visit to Lord Brougham at Tid-
worth Park, Wilts.
The marriage of the Marquis Townshend and
Lady Anne Duff, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess
of Fife; took Place to-day at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge.
The Earl Craven has left Ashdowne Park to visit
Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone, at Longford Castle,
Wilts. -

The Earl of Carysfort and Lady Isabella Proby
have left Farranee's llotel for the Continent.
Viscount Jocelyn has gone to Cambridge to enter
on his studies.

Lord and Lady Londesborough and the Duchess
(Emily) of Beaufort have arrived at Grimstone Park,
Yorkshire, from his lordship's shooting quarters in Scot-
land.

The Right lion. Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel
3ft their residence in Whitehall-gardens yesterday for
)üblin.

TIIE RECTORSHIP OF EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.—
We believe-that there is now no doubt that Mr. Gladstone
has resolved not to allow himself a second time to be re-
elected to the office of Rector of the University of Edin-
burgh; and that the right hon. gentleman will deliver
a valedictory address to the students in the course of
November.—Scolonan.