The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 3, I. 69.

SHARE LIST.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing Business
Share NAME. Paid. Price. done
10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11
10 Do B lO 21 21
50 Albion
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 20 21 202
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1366, limited 10 51 41
40 Australasian ...
20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 Is
21 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 5 4
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lim.
25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32
40 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 3il
in Bank of New Zealand all 17 13
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, -nd China all 20 21
25 Chartered Mere. of India.
London, and China all '291 301
20 City 1 i 12 191
100 Colonial 25 33 40
10 Consolidated, lim
50 Delhi and London, lint
SO East London, lint 8 2
20 English and American, lim 10 ... ..•
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro. lint
20 English, zscottisli, and Ins.
tralian Chartered
281 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all 36 38
281 Do new 5l 11 21
100 Imperial, lim
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2 21 121 1
25 lonian
25 Do new .... 5 1,1 P
20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 3e 31
100 Do Ap. c. Debs.lB64, 30' all 76 75 7.5
30 London Bauki of Mexico
and South America, lim. 20 61 51
100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 30 :17
20 Do new 71 b 1 1
100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 9 11
25 Do new 10 21 21P
20 London Chart. of Australia all 2el 26
20 London and County 2O 30 41 30
50 Do new. iss at 20 p.na, 16 pd. 11 ••• •••
London Joint 5t0ck........, 1 321 331
Loudon and South African al 81 91
00 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11
150 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ..• •••
100 London and Westminster. 20 611 621 321 2
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O
100 Merchant, lint 23 6 4
10 Metropolitan, lim all 71 71
100 Midland, lim 2O 11 1
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 ld alp
180 National Provine. of Eng'," 42 ••• •••
10 Do ......
50 National...... .................... 30 ... ••
20 New South Wales all 41 43
20 North-Western .......... , 7l ... ...
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431
50 Provinc.Bank.Corpo., lim. 10- 6 6
00 Provincial of Ireland. .....
10 Do now. all ... ...
100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 11
100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6
25 Union of Australia all 47 45 471
100 Union of Ireland, lim
60 Union of London
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LATEST INTELL ECG-ENCE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

JOURNEY OF THE PRINCE AND
PRINCESS OF WALES.
ITALY.

BOLOGNA, May 3.
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at the
terminus of the Southern Italian Railway at seven
o'clock this morning. The train which conveyed
their Royal Highnesses was composed of 10 saloon
carriages, and could not run at full speed, never-
theless the journey was pefarmed at an average of
50 kilometres per hour including s:oppages. At
Carnpomarino their Royal Highnesses alighted for
dinner.

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.
GIBtALTAII, May 2.

The Peninsular and Oriental Co►npany's steamer
Nyanza arrived at five and left for Southampton at
nine this morning. All well. She may be ex-
pcced on Thursday evening.

THE TVlLLorrair.BY-D'ALTRYI:AC
SCANDAL.

Did not everyone, asks the Pall Mail Gazette, suppose that
we had heard the last of that great scan(2al vaich was
associated with the name of Lord Willoughby d'Eresby
some little time ago? The details of the cass were very
painful, and the noble defendant did not escape from the
public gaze before ho had received a sharp castigation
from all the organs of public opinion. Mr. Vernon
Harcourt was called in to make an award, and he allotted to
the injured lady £5,000 down and £l,OOO a year for rent,
and £lOO a month. Yet this lady is now dragged into the
Bankruptcy Court through a total failuro of Ler income.
"She Lad only received £5OO under the award." "She had
a house in London, and it is now occupied by Lord Wil-
loughby." Is this new disclosure c:aculatcd to improve
Lord Willoughby's position in the eyes of the world ? lie
may case very little about his own reputati,n, but it is gene-
rally supposed that a man is bound to act with common
humanity towards a woman whom he has acknowledged as
Lis wife.

EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY,
BURLINGTON HOUSE.

The interest always felt in the first glimpse of the
annual exhibition of the Royal Academy has this year
been heightened by its transfer from Trafalgar-square to
Piccadilly. The Academy and its visitors have alike gained
by the removal. The new building is worthy of its
object, and the exchange from the overcrowded and
insufficient department of the old National Gallery to the
spacious and commodious suite of rooms at Burlington
House is a very welcome one. As yet the artists have not
profited so much as they ought to have done by the
removal, since the additional space bas not been turned
to full account by the council, and the number of
of rejections has been large. It is hoped that another
year the difficulties incidental to a change of quarters
will be lessened, and the haste and confusion which have
necessarily somewhat interfered with the deliberations of
the council will be avoided. The rooms are num-
bered 1 to 10, and the visitor can make the
circuit uninterruptedly—a manifest advantage. Enter-
ing Room 1, the " Studies of Lions " (30.32), are
readily recognised as from the pencil of our great animal
painter. Sir Edwin's "Swannery Invaded by Sea
Eagles " (120), is, however, his chef d'oeuvre. The contrast
between the snowy plumage of the swans, fighting
vainly in defence of their cygnets, and the russet
brown of the invading eagles, heightens the effect. The
quiet loneliness of the swannery, with its bulrushes and
water-lilies, forms a strange background for the furious
struggle. " The Return of the Dove " (45), by G. F.
Watts, is another picture which can scarcely be over-
looked. As its title implies, it represents the Deluge, not
in the aspect usually chosen by the painter, but during the
last days of the dread visitation. Nothing is to be seen but
the waste of swelling waters, over which the solitary dove
is winging her way with the olive branch. Mr. Watts,
who has hitherto been known as a figure-painter, in this
picture shows his proficiency in another branch of
his art. Marcus Stone has chosen his chief
subject from the rich fields of English history,
and it is one which gives full scope for his powers. The
scene is the Chapel Royal at Whitehall, in 1553, when the
Princess Elizabeth was obliged to attend mass by the
wish of Queen Mary. The young Princess is skewing her
cl;aracteri,tic prudence and force of character by her reserved
anti earnicatiour,but Corrigii and-iu,nadorswatch
her narrowly, in the hope that she will commit herself by
some act of indiscretion. Arr. and MI s. Ward also belong
to the historical Nil. Mr. Ward has four pictures,
the largest, if not the most effective, being a figure
of Luther studying the Bible in his monastic
days. The introduction of Grinling GM), ns, the
great English wood carver, to Catherine of Braganza, at the
Court of Charles 11., is, however, Mr. Ward's chief success.
The Queen, who is at first struck with the beauty of the
artist's work, is disenchanted by the foolish gossip of her
attendants, while Evelyn looks on in disgust. Mr. Ward
has also a water•colour drawing from his fresco in the
House of Lords—" Monk Declaring for a Free Par-
liament." Mrs. Ward has a " Scene from the Child-
hood of the Old Pretender," which will fully maintain
the lady's reputation. Mr. C. W. Cope has a large
painting, " The Price of Victory," exhibiting the grief of
the Iron Duke on hearing the list of casualties at Water-
loo ; but the picture, though carefully painted, fails to
impress the spectator. Mr. Millais's "Nina" shews a
young girl dresssd in white, apparently seated for her
portrait. Mr. Prinsep's " Hetty " will be readily recognised
by all readers of "Adam Bede" as the charming dairy-
maid of the novel. More powerful is Mr. T. Faed's
" Homeless," a lonely figure, whose prototype may only
too readily be recognised in any of our great towns.
"Only Herself," by the same painter, is a fine
study. Arab life supplies two subjects. "The
Arab Story-Teller," by Mr. Hodgson, gives an
incident of desert life ; and " Parce alteri' " an Arab
ploughing, is a careful study. Mr. Storey's " Old
Soldier" is a pleasant picture, founded on a passage of
Sterne, and the contrast between the importunate beggar
and the smiling maiden is vividly drawn. Mr. Calderon
has given us two pictures in very different styles.
The subject of the one, " Sighing his soul into his lady's face,"
may be gathered from its title. The other is drawn from
the stormiest days of French history, and shews Cathe-
rine of Lorraine inciting Jacques Clement to the murder
of Henry 111. The sombre face of the monk and the
impassioned hatred of the duchess are depicted with a
vigorous hand. Some of the landscapes are very beautiful.
Mr. M'Whirter, an Edinburgh painter, has achieved a com-
plete success in hisscene from the Isle of Skye, the locality
from which Mr. A. Hunt chose his subject for the Old
Water Colour Exhibition. Another Highland landscape,
"Autumnal Showers," by Mr. Peter Graham, deserves
notice ; while Mr. Poole in his " Lorenzo and Jessica" gives
us one of those moonlight scones in which he is so
singularly successful. Mr. Frith, in his " Hope and
Fear " (82), exhibits his characteristic care and patience ;
and Mr. Armitage's " Hero Lighting the Beacon" shews
some striking torchlight effects. Miss Escombe's
"Drapery" appears to have given more satisfaction to
herself than to the spectator ; for, by an ingenious arrange-
ment, the ungraceful figure is twice repeated by the mirre:
and the portrait.

It is reported (says the Globe) that Lord Eliot,
fon of the Earl of St. German's, and who represented
Devonport in the Liberal interest from 1866 to 1868, will
come forward as a candidate to represent LiEkeard, in the
roam of Sir A. W. Buller, deceased.

The Bombay Gazette says that the Spiteful left
Ceylon on the 18th of March with orders to take possession
of the Nicobar Islands in the name of the Queen. The
islands are situated between the Andamans and Sumatra,
and are the abode of a half savage people. The reasons fot
this annexation are not given.

Strong opposition is being manifested to the Govern.
ment bill for increasing the maximum deposits in the Post.
office savings banks to £3OO. A meeting, presided over by
Mr. T. Baring, at which deputations were present from
Manchester, Leeds, Bolton, Sheffield, Glasgow, Warrington,
and other places, was held in London yesterday on this sub.
ject. A deputation therefrom, introduced by Mr. Hib-
bert, M.P., and Mr. Mundella, M.P., waited on Lord
Hartington and Mr. Lowe, and urged that all classes
of savings hanks be placed on ono footing as to the limit
of deposits, and that if any alteiations wtro made the
annual sum should not exceed £5O, and the total sum £2OO,
capital, or £3OO with interest. A second deputation, repre-
seating joint-stock bankers, opposed the entire pritciple of
the bill, and said it would withdraw their deposits and give
Government ton great privileges. Mr. Edmund Potter, M.P.,
pointed out the danger to commerce if Government had fifty
or sixty millions of flowing capital instead of ton or eleven
as at present. Lead Harlington and Mr. Lowe promised to
consider the matter. It is not expected that they will yield.

A Married Woman's Law has recently been passed
by the Illinois Legislature. It provides that a marries
woman shall be entitled to receive, use, and possess her
own earnings, and sue for the same in her own name, free
from the interference of her husband or his creditors. The
Act does not give to the wife any right to compensation
for any labour performed by her minor children or by her
husband.