The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-11 00:00:00

WOOL.

The trade for English wool is quiet, but prices are un-
altered. The few transactions which have taken place
have been almost entirely on home account next to nothing,

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HER MAJESTY, &c.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieut.
Pickard, Royal Horse Artillery, to be officer in at-
tendance on his Royal Highness during his Royal
Highness's stay at the Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich.

February 10.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac-
companied by Princess Louise.

Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice,
and Prince Henry of Prussia walked in the grounds.
Her Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses Prince
and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince
Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice at-
tended Divine service at Osborne this morning.
The Rev. R. Duckworth officiated.
Sir Thomas and the Hon. Lady Biddulph had the
honour of dining with her Majesty and the Royal
family yesterday.

The Princess of Wales, attended by the Mar-
chioness of Carmarthen, took a carriage drive on
Saturday.

The .erince and Princess of Wales dined with his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge at Gloces ter-
house in the evening.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the
Marchioness of Carmarthen and Major Teesdale in
waiting, attended divine service at the Chapel Royal,
St. James's yesterday morning.
The Communion Service was read by the Rev.
T. Helmore and the Rev. Dr. Vaughan.
Anthem, " Thou, 0 God, art praised "—Green.
Sung by Messrs. R. Barnby and Benson.
Mr. Goss presided at the organ.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr.
Vaughan, from St. Matthew, ch. 12, part of 38th
verse.

His Serene Highness the Prince of Teck and her
Royal Highness the Princess Alary, Princess of
Teck, attended the service.

His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and
the Countess Bernstorff had a dinner on Friday evening a t
the Prussian Embassy on Carlton-house-terrace. There
were present—His Excellency the French Ambassador, his.
Excellency the Italian Minister, the Marquis Balbi, the
Countess Wittgenstein and the Countesses Elizabeth and
Eleanor Wittgenstein, Count Paumgarten, M. von Dobe-
nach, and Lord Houghton.
The Earl and Countess Dunmore leave town
to-day for Dunmore Park, Falkirk, N.B.
Lady Violet Nugent and the Hon. Captain
Greville have arrived at the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-park-
corner.

The Right Hon. Sir John and Lady Pakington
received a select party of friends at the Admiralty, White-
hall, on Saturday evening.
Sir John and Lady Sebright have taken the
house, 11, Grafton-street, for the season, and will arrive
there on Thursday next from Beechwood Park, Herts.

The Japanese Troupe.---St. Martin's Hall.

The troupe of acrobats and jugglers from Japan, whose
arrival in Lonilon has been very extensively advertised,
gave a private performance of their entertainment at St.
Martin's Hall before a largo and distinguished audience
on Saturday afternoon. The curious and interesting party
is composed of twelve persons, men, women, and children,
and on making their appearance in their gorgeously em-
broidered native costumes they presented a very brilliant
assemblage. Having formed a line they each knelt down,
made a profound salaam, touching the ground with
their foreheads, and then commenced their performance.
First, we had a curious and characteristic dance by
one of the 3 oungest of the ladies, the music of
course being supplied by three or four of the members
of the company from native instruments. It consisted of
the loud twanging of a kind of banjo, the merciless
thumping of a small but very powerful drum, and a run-
ning kind of vocalism, which, taken together, made up a
sound which, to European ears, was anything but har-
monious. Then we had the performance of the top spinner,
who is invariably one of the chief performers amongst
Japanese jugglers. In the present instance he spins
a top in mid-air, catchs it spining as it comes down
upon the top of a stick held in his mouth, and keeps
it spinning under circumstances of incredible difficulty.
The top obeys the behest of the juggler impli-
citly, spinning up and down a long stick which is flourished
swiftly in the air, then along the arms and across the back
of the juggler, then upon the ridge of an open fan, and
finally upon the edge of a sword ! This performance
elicited marked and deserved applause. The next, and, we
may add, the greatest performance, is that by Asi-Kitchi-
San, entitled the butterfly delusion. The clever performer
ingeniously twists a scrap of rice paper into the form of a
butterfly, which, by means of a couple of fans, he keeps
flying through the air and hovering over flowers with so
accurate an imitation of nature that any one at a distance
might mistake the artificial for the living insect. The
wizard makes a second butterfly, and then the two go
fluttering together as naturally as life itself. The applause
produced by the delicate and tasteful performance was
immense, and doubtless it will form one of the great
attractions of the public performances. The acrobatic
portion of the entertainment is very peculiar, and although
the never-tiring novelty-seeking Mr. Nimmo, under whose
direction the entertainment is given, informed the audi-
ence that one of the greatest performers was unable to ap-
pear, yet it was quite sufficient to enable us to inform the
public that the Japanese Entertainment is one of the most
remarkable ever presented in the metropolis. The first
public performance takes place this evening at eight
o'clock. •

having boen done for export. Colonial wool meets with.
very little attention. Last week's imports consisted of
5,106 bales from Adelaide, 804 Champion Bay, 100 Bussoraf,
1,935 Sydney, and 2,832 from the Cape of Good Hope.
Current prices of English wool per lb.

s
Fleeces--South Down hogets 1 d s d.
71 1 8f
Half-bred do l9l 1 10f
Kent fleeces
South Down owes and wethers 1 7 1 8
Leicester do 1 7 1 9
Sorts—Clothing
Combing
1 61 2 0
TALLOW.
P.Y.C. is dull, at 43s 9d per cwt. on the spot. Rough
fat has fallen to 2s 3d per 81bs ; Town tallow, 435 3d net
cash.

1864. 1865. 1866. 1867.
Stock—(this day)
Prices of Y.O
140 s 9d to 41s 34 46s 9d 43s 9d
.i.—s Od 41s 6d —8 Od —s Od
Delivery last week 1,630 2,005 2,525 1,804
Do. from Juno 1 55,076 69,734 81,977 71,;62
Arrival last week
Do. from June 1 80,074 72,752 92,087 80,089
Prices of town 43s Od 44s 3d 47s 9d 45s 94

OSBORNE, Feb. 9.
T!' e Qicen clrore out yesterday afternoon, ac-
companied by Princess Louise, and her Majesty
walked in the grounds this morning, accompanied
by Princess Louise and Prince Arthur.
The other members of the Royal Family went out
also.