The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-12 00:00:00

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Feb. 13'
The Nazione of to-day says the assertion that t 136
Minister of Finance has concluded a financial 0;
ration with various foreign capitalists, with the°,
ject of suppressing the forced currency, Pre°
ture.

FRANCE.
rvt
BOURSE, Feb. 11.—Three o'clock.—The 1115
closed as follows :
~
4 per Cent. ......103 65 Bank Shares 3oo' -,
End of month... Italian Loan
3 per Cent ....... 71 27 End of month ---,4 2,5
End of mouth_ 71 17-} Mexican Loan
Credit Mobilier ... 293 75 Do. Bonds
./
End of month... 293 75 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncior ...1592 50 Home Debt --- /
End of month... Deferred
RAILWAYS. Cash
Orleans
9479
"'Northern ... llB5
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 6161
Western
Eastern . 575
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 4921
North of Spain
Saragossa
A 9
Homan

THE ROYAL CHRISTY'S 1111NSTREJS

The large and talented troupe of vocalists b t
instrumental performers, now known efis so
t'
Royal" Christy's Minstrels, made their aPPe
ance in London at the St. George's Hall, La" et
ham-place, after a tour which has extended oar
six years, during which time they have visited ei y
the
town and city in England, and finally receiveujol
Royal command to appear before her Majesty e
pf
her Court at Balmoral. The " royal" troupe
minstrels is under the direction of Messrs. Moog
and Montague, and the great and distingui° iffeature of their entertainment is that all 01100
is rigorously excluded. and the songs
orb's'
troupe all bear a healthy tone and sentiment. l'sloce
particularly observable in the inaugural perforMtbeit
last evening, and from the applause with which a9o°
efforts were received a long and prosperous t-rdst
seems open to them. The corps is one of the lecivtbe
that has yet been seen in the metropolis, an
voices are all particularly good, and b°
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vise very delightfully. The programme
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witted last night nearly corresponded with old
given before the Royal Family, and ab°e Tbo
with ballads overflowing with dulcet melody wit)
opening overture, " Zampa," was executed
ap
such extraordinary ability that it called fortesv
enthusiastic encore—an honour it fully deserpit3
and then came some ballads of the most occifitr
description. "Beautiful Hawthorn," by Mr' WO
gerald, is an extremely pretty song, and the petal
with which it was rendered secured such get it,
applause that the clever darkey had to rePes,' bet
which he did with, if possible, greater effect' 00
came a very humorous song by Mr. Louis Lip e
"The happiest time in all my life," which he gwith capital effect. Mr. Brennir (tenor) sao,
graceful ballad, " Blue Eyed Violets," with g
00
taste, and Mr. Ball (bass) followed with a o°v
" We meet again," in which he exhibited ac eked'
ordinary compass of voice. " The Monkey
ding" is a wonderfully comic ditty, and Ur'
nefo
Howard executed it with such spirit and genet-01P
that he had to repeat it. The gem of the ev`re the
however, was Mr. Bernard's singing " Just hefsd
Battle, Mother ;" it was given with the etio
sioti°
tenderness and pathos, and elicited an el] thuities i°
and well-deserved encore. One of the Dove e
the programme was " Come where m 7 1%. rtett°
dreaming," unaccompanied, and sang as a qtlierali
by Messrs. Wilsom, Brennir, Ward, and Fithdieac°
it was excellently done, and pleased the au the
very greatly. The " Christy's Gallop,l, by goo'
company, closed the first part, and then 31r' coed
tague came forward, and in a few but well.tunge
sentences explained to tne audience the arts t it!'
meats for the future which seemed to ales of
general approval. Then succeeded a 'veritibel°
dancing, singing, banjo playing, &c., and thew" gri;
concluded with a very comic extravaganza, b
Date
C. Bernard, entitled " The Very Grand 00,
which brought the entertainment to a Yell sue

ful conclusion.
The arrival of another troupe of chrisl
London will doubtless lead to a little rivalry 0,0
tweet: St. James's and St. George's Halls, hut
the old song says, "There's room enough f()t00°
File arrangements by Mr. Nimmo for the ace
modation of the very numerous audience th9'toolo
tended were in every respect perfect, as the t the
were quietly and comfortably seated witheu
slightest interruption to the performance.

PLO OOHING 111 Vl'CllES.—Eleven champio° Plat°
ing matches Lye already taken place this year i 3 oftic."
parts of the kingdom, but the principal plough the
turers have not sent their own men to competo ale
prizes, but have left the success of their plough' °woe
local ploughmen. Six of those matches have bse°
foils
by men with Messrs. Ransome's ploughs, one h3s
to Messrs. Howard's, and the remainder to othor 103 b
COREISEI TICK E TING. —ll 11 uraday.--At 'clusti nteef
to-day 1,529 tons of copper ore realise I £6,298 5../ *":
an average of £4 2s. per ton ; fine copper 98 tons 18 ;
-14:10
produce 61, standard, £lO6 45., being a decline on
sale of 255.