The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-24 00:00:00

L A TEST INTELLIGENCE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, June 13 (morning.)
General Griffin has removed the Mayor of

Galveston.

Judge Fisher has decided that the present jury
in the Surratt trial was illegal, and ordered a new
one to be empannelled.
Some prominent Northern Republicans are

organising a party in Virginia.
The Eight Hour Labour Bill has passed the
Lower House of the Connecticut Legislature.
M. Rangebee, the Minister from Greece, has
arrivedat,Washington.

THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN.

PARIS, June 24.

The Constitutionnel of to-day says :--" Accord-
ing to information, which we have every reason to
believe well founded, the Emperor Maximilian will
shortly embark for Europe, if he has not already
done so."

FRANCE.
BOURSE, June 22.—The market closed as fol-
lows :

41 per Cente 9B 75
Do. and month
3 per Cents. 69 50
Do. end month 69 571
Credit Mobilior
Do. end month
Credit Fonder
Do. end month 1470

Bank Shares 3470
Italian Loan 52 60
Do. end month 52 75
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds —
Spanish Threes
Homo Debt —
Deferred
'A.YB.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1220 25
Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO
Southern 577 50
Western —

Eastern

Sardinian —
Austrian
Lombard 4Ol 25

North of Spain lO7 50
Saragossa llB 75
Roman. -

GRAND BANQUET AT TILE TRINITY

110 USE.

On Saturday evening the Corporation of Trinity
House entertained a distinguished company at din-
ner at their hall on Tower-hill.

Captain ARROW, the deputy master, presided, and
the guests numbered upwards of 80.
Mr. Coney, who returned thanks for "The Navy,"
was received with great applause, and said—As-re-
presenting the navy in an official capacity, I am
anxious to record the deep sense I entertain of the
services rendered by the Elder Brethren of the
Trinity House to the navy and maritime interests of
England and of the world. (Cheers.) There is
hardly any question in which the Trinity House is
concerned in which the navy has not a common in-
terest—(cheers)—and it is but just to say that
under no supervision could the essential aids to navi-
gation which are provided by the Trinity House be
managed more admirably or more successfully than
they are now. (Cheers.) Speaking with some ex-
perience on the subject, I will say that the most
cordial co-operation has always subsisted between
this corporation and the scientific department of the
Admiralty—and the observations of the latter
on the shifting sands and shoals of our shores would
be of little avail if it were not for the promptitude
with which those dangers are marked by the buoys
and beacons of the Trinity House. (Cheers.) It
would be needless to dwell on these topics, as the
services of the Trinity House in respect of them are
universally recognised ; but I will mention one par-
ticular in which the navy derives especial advantage
from its assistance. It is to the Eller Brethren that
we are indebted in no slight degree to the efficiency
of our navigating officers, and it is to them that wc.:
look for pilots for our own and neighbouring shores
in every emergency. (Hear, hear.) In my opinion
one of the wisest decisions ever arrived at was that
of the Admiralty, shortly before my appointment to
my present office, to continue that most invaluabfe
class, the navigating officers of the navy, as a separate
branch of the service ; and the Admiralty is under
great obligations to the Elder Brethren for the as-
sistance they rendered to the hydrographer in an
inquiry on a recent occasion as to the system under
which the instruction and examination of young
officers in pilotage should be carried on. (Hear,
hear.) There is one other bond of union between
the navy and the Trinity House to which I cannot
refrain from adverting. The most illustrious officer
of the navy is also master of this honourable corpo-
ration—(cheers)—and it must be a subject of mutual
gratification that the Duke of Edinburgh should
have shown, by accepting a command in which he
will circumnavigate the globe, that he does not
mean to be a fair-weather sailor, but is ready to
share in the duties and responsibilities of service in
the most distant regions of the world. (Cheers.)
Of the navy itself I can only repeat what I have
said on former occasions, that its discipline and
efficiency were never superior to what they are at
the present moment—(hear, hear)—and I say this,
not as a set form of speech, but because I sincerely
believe it. (Cheers.) The substitution of armour-
clad for wooden ships has, indeed, deprived us for
a time of the numerical superiority in fighting ves-
sels which it has been our policy to maintain ; but,
on the other hand, I am satisfied that there is no
navy or navies in which the same number of ships
represents a force equal to the iron-clad fleet of
England. (Cheers.) You will soon have an op-
portunity of inspecting examples of almost every
type of vessel in the navy at the review which is to
take place on the 17th of next month—(cheers)—
and I hope you will be reconciled to the loss of
beauty in such ships as the Victoria and the Dun-
can by the consideration of the greater power
represented by the Minotaur and her consorts.
(Cheers.) The deputy master has been good enough
to call upon me to return thanks for the Naval Re-
serve, unless some other gentleman would volunteer
to do so, and as I do not know whether that invita-
tion will be responded to, I must add a few words
in itsbehalf. It is a force to which lattach the greatest
importance, and I cannot concur in the criticismswhieh
were made on it a few nights ago in the House of Com-
mons. I believe it to be a loyal body and an efficient
body, and I have no doubt that it will be ready at
all times to respond to any call that may be made on
its services. (Cheers.) I can only say, as First
Lord of the Admiralty, that I should meet any
emergency requiring us to put forth all our naval
strength with very different feelings having the naval
reserve under my lee, or having to go into the
market with bounties in my pocket, and to send
press-gangs into the streets. (Cheers.) On behalf
the Royal Navy and the Royal Naval Reserve, I beg
to thank you for the honour you have conferred
upon them. (Loud cheers.)
The DEPUTY MASTER next proposed " The Health
of the Master his Royal Highness the Duke of Edin-
burgh." (Cheers.) This, he said, was now the
second year in which his Royal Highness had been
elected to the office which his lamented father had
filled, and they looked forward to a long career of
usefulness from his being connected with the cor-
poration. He had the pleasure of seeing his Royal
Highness a few days ago before he left, and he
found him the captain of his own ship and attending
to his duties. He had since heard that the way in
which he handled his ship proved that he was a sailor
as well as a Rqyal duke.
The toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers" followed,
and was drunk with great cordiality.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who was
received with much applause, in reply said—l need
not assure you that her Majesty's Ministers must be
much gratified by the manner in which you have re-
ceived the proposition of their healths this day, and
not the less so, because, as our Deputy Master has
very properly observed, on such occasions as the pre-
sent their health is given not as an appeal to party
feeling or the peculiar opinions which any class of
her Majesty's subjects may hold, but to the respect
and good feeling of the great body of the people, who
appreciate the efforts of the public servants of the
Crown, who endeavour, whatever the principles
under which they work, to do their duty to their sove-