The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-20 00:00:00

Abd-el-Kader. The columns will return to their respective COURT CIRCULAR.
sub-divisions, and then it is thought the Duke d'Aumale
WINDS, ,R, SUNDAY.-Yesterday no . the Queen
will proceed to Medeah."
and Prince Alb .rt took their early morning wa:k in the
The European population of Algeria, according to the
precincts of the Castle.
official census, amounted, on the Ist January, 1846, to Prime Albert took equestrian exercise yesterday
95,321 inhabitants ; viz., 44,305 French, 424 EngliA, forenoon. Lieutenant-Ce locel Seymour was in attend-
-140 Irish, 7,620 Anglo-Maltese, 473 Anglo-Spaniards, ante on his Royal Highness.
25,172 Spaniards, 178 Portuguese, 7,406 Italians, 4.299 The Prince drove her Mrijesty out in a pony phaeton
in the afternoon. The Hon. Colonel Grey and Lit ut.-
Germans, 351 Poles, 81 Russians, 44 Greeks, 2,349
Col, nel Seymour attended on horseback. Viscount
Swiss, 208 Belgians and Dutch, &c. Sydney was also in attendance on horseback. In another
The prices of stocks and shares, firm at the beginning of carriage were the Marchioness of Douro, the Countess
business on the Paris Bourse on Thursday, subsequently de- Howe, and the Hon. Amelia Murray.
chned in consequence of a report that unfavourable news had The Royal Family took their usual walking and pony
reached, vid London, from America; and that Consols had exercise in the morning, and in the afters oon had a ear-
fallen one-half per cent. on Wednesday. The Spanish Do-
liege airing.
mestic Debt alone improved.
The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 40; the Five per His Serene Highness the Vereditary Prince of Saxe
Cents., 119 f. 80c.; the Orleans Railroad shares, 11,q5E ; Meinii.gen and Sir Andrew Barnard lett the Castle yes-
Rouen, 1,027 f. 50c.; Havre, 740 f. 50c.; Great Northern, . torday.
752 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 905 f ; Vierzon, 6651. ; Bor- ' Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Viscount Canning, and the
beaux, 612 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 707 f. 50c.; Basle, 230 f.: Dieppe, Rev. Henry Liddell, arrived at the Castle on a visit y es-
-452f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 520 f. ; Tours and Nantes, terday.
542 f. 50c. • Paris and Lyons, 571 f. 25c. ; Spanish Domestic The royal dinner party yesterday included her Ma
Debt, 30. jesty the Queen Dowager, her Ro)al Highness the
The following are the quotations in the new lines:- Duchess of Kent, his Serone Highness Prince Edward of
Lyons and Avignon Definitive, 535 f.: Bordeaux and
Saxe Weimar, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of
Cote (Mackenzie), 502 f. ; ditto (Espeleta), 509 E; Charleroi,
4951. Kent, the Earl and Countess Howe, the Baroness de
Lyoxs, Arum H.-Marseilles and Avignon, 9231. 75c.; Speth, Viscount Canning, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Sir
Paris and Orleans, 587 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,040 f. David Davies, and the Rev. Henry Liddell.
BUSINESS i ioNe. IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE 1 The band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aram 17. during dinner. ' sty's Her kaj ‘v private band afterwards
Boulogne and Amiens, 12-Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette -
attended in the Castle.
(Mackenzie), W.-Dutch Ethenish,6 . East Indian, 3(--Great North-
ern of France Constituted, 141i-Luxembourg,: 114-Paris and This morning tle. Queen and Prince Albert walked
Rouen, 40 -Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 5%-Rouen and out for some time before church, and returned to the
Havre, 2914-Sambre and Meuse, 5.

ATTEMPT TO
ASSASSIN ATE
THE

KING OF THE FRENCH.

PARIS, Amu, 17, EIGHT A.M.

At half-past five o'clock on Thursday afternoo►►, at
the moment when the King was returning from a drive,
and was passing through the park of Fontainbleau, a
man mounted upon a wall fired at his Majesty.
Providence has once more watched over the days of
the King.

The Queen, tho Princess Adelaide, the Duchess of
Nemours, and the Prince and Princess of Salerno were
in the King's carriage.

No one was hurt.

Three balls cut the fringe which ornaments the char-
a-bancs. The wadding, which fell between the King
and the Queen, was picked up by the Queen.
he assa.sin was immed ately arrested. His name is
Lecomte. He is an old woodkeeper (ancien garde
general) of the forest of Foutainbleau.

Castle in a pony phaeton.
The Queen and Prince A lbert, her Majesty the Queen
Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his
Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meinin-
gen, and her Majesty's visiter% attended Divine service,
with the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the
domestic household, in the private- chapel of the Castle
this morning. The serm..n was preached by the Rev.
Henry Liddell, one of his Royal Highness's domestic
chaplains. Prayers were read by the Hon and Rev.
Charles Leslie Courtenay. Lady Anausta Bruce was in
attendance on her Royal Highness t!Ae I)tv+ess of Kent.

The Royal Family had their usual furniga this morning.
His Serene Highness the Hereditary t'r.nee of Saxe
Dleiningen returned to the Castle from town early this
morning, attended by Sir Andrew Baruttr.l.

The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine servire yes.
terday in the Foundling Hospital. Major Stephens was
in waiting on his Royal Hwhness.
Their Royal Highue.es ttie Duchess of Gloucester
and the Duke of Cambridge, and his Seven,. Highness
the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, attended by
Sir Andrew Bernard and Baron de Reitzenstein, ho
nourqd the Italian Opera with their presence on Satur-
day evening.
The President of the Board of Trade, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Vice-President of the Board of
Trade. the Attorney General and Solicitor-General, had
an interview with Sir Rotwrt Peel on Saturday.

Sir John Pelly had an interview with Mr. Secretary
Glad.twie on Saturday. at the Colonial-office. Dr. C.
Joh,son had also au interview with the Right lion.
Gentleman.

noNEY COLVINIERcIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Saturday Evening)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 to
6,000 bales ; but the market was not quite so active as dur-
ing the earlier part of the week.-In Shares an increased
busine,se was transacted, but there was no advance in prices.
At Messrs. Lamond'i, auction of Railway Shares yesterday
afternoon a large business was done, but prices were hardly
so firm. The quotations of some of the principal lots are sub-
joined :-East Indian. 98. 6d.-Bridgewater and Minehad,
161.-Great Eastern and Western, 11.- Leicester and Bed-
ford, 9s. 6d.-North British, Carlisle Extension, 11. 155.-
London and Manchester, Remington's, 18s.-London and
Croydon, 21/. 55.-Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries,
13s. 6d.-Welsh Midland, IL 35.-Southampton, Manchester,
and Oxford, 11.45.-Shropshire Union and Canal, 11.0 s. 6d.-
Direct Birmingham and Leicester, 11-Cornwall and Devon
Central, 1/. I ls. 6d.-Vale of Neath, 11. 3s. 6d.-Louvain
la Sambre, 1/. 6a-Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby, 14e. 6d.
-York and Lancaster, I/. 13s. 6d.-Reading and Reigate,
15s. 6(1.-E.sex and Suffolk, 135.-Northumberland and
Lancashire, 1/. Is. 6d.-Great Eastern and Western, 1/.
The Bank of England return for last week shows more
distinctly the working of the dividend payments. The fol-
lowing is a brief analysis :-
Notes issued
Decrease
Public deposits 4,210,976
Decrease
Other deposits
Increase
Seven day and other bills, decrease 6,067
Other securities, decrease 2,619,849
Bullion
Decrease
There are no later arrivals to-day.
The Funds hale been quiet this mo-ning, and there is not
much variation in prices. Consols have been 95% 34
for present transfer, and 95% to 96 for Account. Exchequer-
bills have been marked 265. to 235. premium. New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. are quoted 96% to 96%. Bank
Stock is 205 to 206.
The Foreign Stocks are quite neglected, and are absolutely
nominal in price. Sipanish Three per Cents. about 36% %;
Portuguese converted, 57 to 58.
The attempt on the life of Louis Philippe excites much
disgust among all parties here, French er English, but it will
be seen tbat the Funds are not affected.
There has not been a large business done in Railway
Shares, nor are prices very buoyant. The French lines have
receded.
The Dublin and Galway Railway Directors have an-
nounced that they will refute the statements contained in a
pamphlet, just published, and give every explanation to the
shareholders.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Sir I.2,,hert and Lady. Peel left their residence in
Whits hall gardeng on Saturday afternoon for Windsor
Ca-tle. on a visit to her Majesty.

- Di-patches for the Goveritors of the North American
Provin:!es were sent off 4,n Saturday evenine from the
Colonial-4,ffice. Di-patches were also sent off from the
Colonial-office for the Governors of HoLg-Kong and
Ceylon.
At the Chanel Royal, St. James's. yesterday, the ser-
mon was preach4,d by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, trom St.
Luke, chap. 13, v. 24. The prayers wet.. read by the
Rev. T. Helmore, and the lessons by the R v. W. Hail.
The anthem was, " God is our hope and strength,"
(Greene). Sir George Smart presided at the organ.
The Duchess of Beaufort and the Ladies Somerset, the
M4rch4oness of Worcester, the Countesses St. Germans
and Wilton, Lords St. Germans, Courtown. and Eliot,
were among the nobility present.
DEATH OF THE EARL OF ERROLL.—The Earl of
Err4,ll, Hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland, ex-
pired yesterday morning, at the residence of his son-in-.
law, Viscount. Campden, in Portmtn. square. The
Countess of Erroll, Lord Kilmarnock, Viscount and
Viscountess Campden, Lady Agnes Duff, Lady Mary
Fox; and General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, were pre-
sent at the mournful event. The Royal Family sem, during
the day to make inquiry after the state of the Countess
of Erroll.

SIR GEORGE HAY T.Eti'S PICTURE
OF TFIE CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF
WALES.
We were on Saturday invited to a private view of Sir
George Hayter's Picture of the Christening of the Prince
of Wales, which is at present at Mr. Alderman Moon's
establishment in Threadneedle street, preparatory to Ls
being engraved. The public admission eef the heir to the
British tie one, within the pale of that church of which
he is, in all probability, et some distant (may it be very
distant) day destined to be the temporal head,
aecomeanied as that admission was by the solemn
ceremonies ordained by our church for such
occasions, and taking place as it did in an edifice con •
secreted, not only by the sacrei character of the place
itself, but by its listorical reco,lection and its architec-
tural beauties, is a subject with the pictorial commemo-
ration of which an artist might be well proud to be
entrusted. The public baptism or Albert Prince of
Wales in St. George's Chapel was a great national
event worthy the pencil of a greet ”r•ist, and most
worthily has Sir George Hayter periorm,d the task
which has devolved on him. The Inom•?nt chosen by
the artist is that in which the actual reception of the
Neophyte Prince into the Church is taking place—the
moment of the actual baptism itself, The infaut Prince
has been received by the Archbishop of Canterhur, , who
stands at the font with the Bishop of Lond n. Imam-
diutely behind them is the Archbishop of York, and
more in the back-ground, at the extreme left ef the
picture, is the Bishop of Norwich, between wool) and
the Archbishop of York, are Prince George of Camoridgt.
and the sons of the Prince of Saxe Coburg. Oc th.
other side the font, in the foreground of the picture, are
her Majesty and Prince Albert, and near to them, to the
right, also in the f .reground, is the King of Prussia, the
godfather to the infant Prince. Around these are
grouped almost all the celebrities, military and political.
of the Court of Victoria. The Duke of Sussex is close
to the font, and rather behind it, near him, is the
Deke of Wellington, and behind this group, standing
in one of the knight's walls, is Sir Ruben
Peel, close to whom is Count St. Autaire, the.
French Ambassedor. The Duchess of Sutherhivi
is standing near the font on the left, and on the right of
the Queen and Prince Albert is the Duchess of Kent
The Duke of Cambridge is the centre of a group stand-
ing somewhat behind the King of Prussia; and to the
right is the Duchese of Nertteumberlend. Around
grouped the members or the Royal Family, the Minis-
ters, the Fereign Ambassador., and other public creie
meters. Every figure in the picture' is tie exquisiiel)
finished and fair>filly accurate portrait—so accurate.
that it is recognised at a glance. The finishing of the
whore is most delicate. The lace of the ladies' drtsses
and of the infaiet's robes seems to float on the air, an,
the jewels sparkle with brilliancy. There is a row of
pearls on the Q .eon's dress that is a perfect marvel of
painting. As beautifully as elaborately finished is the
glorious carved work of the ceiling and the knights'
stalls; and the softened lights streaming through the
Gothic windows are most exquisitely distributed.o Con-
sidered as a work eel art, this picture is of the highestorder.
The grouping is admirable, the drawing perfect, and
colouring superb. As a permanent record of a great na-
tional event—as a grand historical picture, it is invalu-
able. As a collection of contemporary portraits it is
most interesting, and it will be in future ages the au-
thority to which artists will refer 6.1' the vera effigies of
each of the celebrities of the latter half of tee I 9.. b cen-
tury who assisted at the solemn ceremony a faithful re
presentation of which it will be e.ir George Ilayter's
proud destiny to hand down to posterity. It is, take it
fur all in all, the greatest of Hayter's works, greater evee
than one ef his earliest, an(' until this, perhaps his best
picture, the trial of Lord William Russell.

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