The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-17 00:00:00

inst.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Oct. 16.—Two o'clock.—Much anima-
tion is displayed owing to the bi-monthly settlement
taking place to-day. The market opened at gene-
rally higher quotations, but these have not been
maintained. Italian Fives, first dealt in at 56f. 10c.,
are now quoted at 55f. 60c., or 35c. lower than at
yesterday's close. French Threes, from 68f. 95c.,
the opening price, have fallen to 68f. 80c., or 12ic.
lower. Credit Mobilier have fallen 13f. 75c., to
628 f. 75c. The variations are less important on the
securities of other Credit Societies. Railway Shares
show more firmness, and are quoted with an ad-
vance. Casse Mires are doing at 83f. 75c. The
charge for carrying over continues low. On Credit
Mobilier Shares there is a deport which has varied
from If. 25c. to 25c., and on Italian Fives of from
sc. to 10c. The prix de compensation have been
fixed on the following securities at—Bank of France,
3,555 f. ; Credit Mobilier, 635 f. ; Comptoir
d'Escompte 890 f. ; and Paris Gas, 1,570 f.

Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :
Bank Shares 3500
Italian Loan 55 75
Do. end month 55 GO
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —

ci per Cents 96 90
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 6B 80
Do. end month 6B 82i
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Credit Foncier —
Do. end month 1362 50
RAIL'

Deferred
'AY/3.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1166 25
Lyons and Mediterranean B9B 75
Southern 577 50
Western —
Eastern 543 75
Sardinian . —

Austrian
410

Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

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Desecration of the Remains of King George

the Second.

This morning the inhabitants of Leicestor-square were
greatly astonished at beholding the mutilated statue of
King George 11., in the open space, in a strange guise,
and presenting a most ludicrous spectacle. It appears that
during the night some mischievous spirits had arrayed the
statue in the garb of a crossing sweeper, with
some still more absurd accessories. On his head was a
high conical cap such as that worn by a buffoon, linen or
calico coat and trousers adorned his one leg and muti-
lated body ; perched by his side, like the lance of a
warrior of old, was a long stick with a broom attached to
it. If the figure of the king was laughable that of the
horse was more so. Asses ears had suddenly grown forth
in the night, and it had changed from black into a piebald,
and its tail had assumes enormous proportions; the
pedestal on which it rested was gaily decorated with
hideous dabs of red-white ; the most absurd old English
letters had been inscribed. The perpetrators of this must
have used caution and celerity, for the constable on duty
had no cognisance of the proceedings. Hundreds have
been to see the most elegant adornment of our metropolis
during the morning.

MARKETS.--This Day.

MARK LANE.

English barley came slowly to hand, and the show of
foreign was by no means extensive. Fine malting parcels
were in steady request, at full prices ; The trade was

heavy.
Malt was firm on former terms.
A fair averagebusiness was passing in oats, at Monday's
currency.
Beans and peas were operated in to a fair extent, at late
rates.

The flour trade was firm. Country marks were held for
more money. The top price of town-made flour was 53s
per 2801bs.
Fresh up to-day the arrivals of English wheat coastwise
and by land carriage were only moderate, but, 'on the
whole, iu good condition. For all qualities the trade ruled
firm, and sales were readily effected at the advanced prices
of Monday.
The show of foreign wheat was moderate. In all kinds
sales progressed steadily, and the recent improvement was
well supported.
Floating cargoes of wheat were firm in price. In other
kinds of produce afloat a moderate business was transacted
at late rates.

SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 570 1,080 250 430
Irish
Foreign 13,310 4,360

500 -
-19,550 1,320 aka.
brls.

COMPARATITZ QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN.
For the week ending Oct.l For the corresponding week
13, 1866. last year.
Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver.
Wheat 78,065-52s 7d Wheat 81,312-41s lid
Barley 52,798-42 s ld Barley 40,246-305 9d
Oats 5,199-23s Od Oats

BOROUGH HOP.
Fair supplies of new hops are on sale. The trade is
firm, at quite previous quotations.

WHITECHAPEL.

The supplies of meat on sale here are moderately eaten-
sive. Most qualities are in fair request, at our quotations :
Per 81b. by the carcase.
Beef 3s 4d to 4s 6d Mutton ... 3s 6d to 5s 6d
I Veal 4s 2d to os 4d Pork

Gallery of Illustration.

On Monday evening Mr. and Mrs. German Reed,

with Mr. John Parry, commenced their winter
season. Nothing new was produced, nor, as long
as Mr. Burnand's " Yachting Cruise" and Mr.
Parry's "wedding Breakfast" continue to be as
attractive as they still are, after a very considerable
number of representations, need any novelty be
expected. The interior of the building, how-
ever, has been redecorated, and improvements
have been effected in the system of ventilation,
which, even in this by no means sultry weather,
aro quite appreciable. In the performances
there has been no change at all. Mrs. German
Reed fills, as admirably as ever, the parts of the
stewardess on board the Nautilus, Mrs. Wyldbury,
the aspiring debutante charged with the part of
Opblia, and a few other characters ; while an
almost equal amount of versatility is shown by Mr.
German Reed and Mr. John Parry. But it is, above
all, in the " Wedding Breakfast" that Mr. John
Parry appears in his glory. This genuine artist
would succeed everywhere either as an actor, as a
comic singer, or as a pianist, and his execution on
the piano is really of a high order, lie prefers, how-
ever, to combine his talents, and iu this threefold
character can never be seen or heard to greater ad-
vantage than in his own " wedding Breakfast."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Beforo Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)
BAKER T. WARLAND.

This was an action to recover wages, and wages in lieu
of notice, plaintiff being a carman.

Plaintiff stated that he had been summarily dismissed.

Defendant—l dismissed him in consequence of his gross
cruelty to one of my horses. When I went into the stable
upon ono occasion after the plaintiff had been cleaning the
horse, 1 found it bleeding from the leg and also the shoul-
der, and plaintiff admitted that he had kicked the horse. I
told him that had seen him acting so cruelly I should
have turned him off the premises, and that for two pins he
should never clean the horse again. Plaintiff said he did
not care, as he could get work somewhere else, and then
left.

Plaintiff denied this, and deposed that the horse was
vicious and bit, him in the ribs, and he kicked it in self-
defence. The wound in the shoulder was caused by the
horse falling down while running after plaintiff.

Defendant--He told me it was caused by the stable-fork.
His Honour—Has the horse ever bitten you before ?
Plaintiff—Yes, and I have complained.
Defendant—The horse is only vicious when he is 'cleaned,
but he will not do any harm unless ho is teased.
His Honour remarked that plaintiff had used the stable
fork.

Plaintiff—Yes ; I took it up when the horse was running
after me.

His Honour considered that plaintiff had been guilty of
cruelty to the horse, and therefore defendant was entitled
to discharge him. The verdict would therefore be for the
defendant.
Verdict for the defendant, with costs.

PRINCE OF WALES'S llARRlERS.—Yesterday, for
the first time this season, the harriers of his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales met at Mr. E. Aldridge's farm,
at Chippenham, near Slough. The weather was very
fine, and the attendance good. A number of hares wore
found on the adjacent farms, the sport leading the field
to the vicinity of Mr. Coleman's seat at Stoke Park and
over the land on the north side of the Great Western
Railway.
ACCIDENT TO LADY MARY FITZWILLIAM.—As
Earl Fitzwilliam and party were out hunting on
Saturday last, at a place called Slack's Grove, the day's
sport was put an end to by an accident to Lady Mary Fitz-
william. Her horse lay down with her, and rolled on her.
The horse then sprung up, and her ladyship's habit hung
to the saddle. She was dragged about a score yards before
she got at liberty, and was very much shaken. Mr. Walker,
surgeor, of Rotherham, was happily on the spot, and at the
request of Earl Fitzwilliam attended upon her ladyship.
A groom was despatched to Wickersley for a carriage, but
after a lapse of about a quarter of an hour her ladyship was
sufficiently recovered to mount her horse again, and to pro-
ceed to Wentworth.
It has been decided that the Governments of the
States of Northern Germany which take part in the Uni-
versal Exhibition of 1867, that is to say, Prussia, Bruns-
wick, Saxony, Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Meinengen, Saxe-
Coburg, Schwartzburg, Waldeck, Anhalt, Oldenburg,
Bremen, and Mecklenburg-Schwerin, will appear under the
title of the Union of the North.
A NOBLE TRADESMAN.--It is said that the Duke
and Duchess of Argyll have adopted the sensible resolution
of allowing their second son, Lord Archibald Campbell,
to enter as a partner in a largo business establishment.—
Dundee Advertiser.

MR. BERNAL OSBORNE, M.P.—The Very Rev.
the Dean of Down has gone on a visit to Newtownanner,
County Tipperary, the seat of Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P.
We understand that during the dean's visit a very nume-
rous party will be assemEed at Newtownanner, including
several members of Parliament.—Northern Whig.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—At the fort-
nightly meeting of this society, held yesterday, the Rev-
G. Cheere in the chair, the fallowing candidates were duly
elected Fellows of the Society :—J. Brook, of Glenwood,
Huddersfield; and Robt. Thos. Eyston, of Elvaston-place,
Kensington. The Erewash Valley Floral and Horticultural
Society was also admitted a society in union.
THE AMERICAN SQUADRON AT STOCKHOLM.—
Mr. Fox and the officers of the American squadron were
most cordially received by the Queen Mother of Sweden,
the ministers, and the cfficers of the navy, and reciprocal
expressions of friendship were exchanged. The King,
Prince Oscar, and some thousands of the inhabitants visited
the American vessels. The officers and crews appeared
delighted with so cordial a reception. The squadron has
left Stockholm for Kiel and Hamburgb.
MR. BUCKLE'S COLLECTED WORKS.—Mr. John
Stuart Mill, M.P., is busily employed at Avignon in edit-
ing the collected works of Mr. H. T. Buckle, the author of
" The History of Civilisation."—Pall-mall Gazette.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN PICCADILLY.—About 10 o'clock
last night a cabman, named Thomas Dixon, was killed in
Piccadilly. It appears that the cab the deceased was
driving, No. 12,551, came in collision with another cab,
12,290, and the deceased was thrown with great violence
on the ground, his head coming in contact with the stones.
He was immediately taken to St. George's Hospital, but
expired on the way.
FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—On Monday J. Bairs-
tow, head keeper to Mr. Ferrand, of St. Ives, was
shooting driven grouse with a party on Haworth-moor. He
John Clayton, the keeper of Stanbury-moor,
wwahsojoincarreid by
carried one of his guns. They were both seated in one
of the hiding places, when a flock of grouse flew past.
Bairstow fired both barrels, and then handed his gun to
Clayton, who gave him the other loaded gun, as other
grouse were flying past. Bairstow aimed at one and fired.
On taking his gun from his shoulder he saw Clayton laid
on the ground, who had evidently risen from his seat to
watch the bird. The shot had entered the back of his
head, blown off the top of his skull, and killed him in-
stantly. His death was caused entirely by his own care-
lessness, for he had often been warned against raising his
head when any person was in the act of firing.— Yorkshire
Post.

THE OLD STAGE.—The patrons of the theatres
open to the people were contented with a stage void
of pictorial illustration, in which certain curtains, called
" traverses," were made clumsily to indicate the local posi-
tion of the actors. There was a pair of curtains in front of
the stage, answering the same purpose as the green baize
at the present day, but which, instead of rising as with us,
or sinking as with the ancients, when the performance was
about to begin, was drawn off on each side by means of a
rod. Besides this were the traverses, which could be drawn
backward and forward at pleasure, so as to represent an
inner and outer apartment, or the exterior and interior of a
house. We can imagine an interior pair of curtains,
hung on a rod placed over the middle of the stage, par-
tially withdrawn so as to have an opening at any con-
venient point, and that by general consent the actors seen
through this opening were supposed to be in a more inte-
rior position than those who stood in front. In addition
to the traverses, there were contrivances to place the per-
formers on different levels when this was required for the
business of the play. Even in the absence of all historical
evidence, we might bo perfectly sure that, in their famous
balcony scene, Romeo and Juliet did not both stand on the
floor, but that the lady was raised some feet above the gen-
tleman, if only by means of a table. Taking a general survey
of these contrivances, we find a stage that theatrically dis-
posed children would, of their accord, construct in a room,
if they acted a play for their own amusement. A couple
of clothes-horses would probably be employed for the
same purposes as the old traverses, the space between them
being supposed to represent, say, a door. A large arm-
chair, with its back turned towards the audience, would
stand for Juliet's balcony, or for those walls of Angiers
whence the citizen in "King John" addresses the con-
tending kings. Something of the sort is done in our modern
theatres during the earlier rehearsals of a play. The scenery
and properties not being ready, "substitutes" are employed,
that is to say, any old box or table is made to answer the
purpose of a splendid article of furniture, or portion of a
set scene, where the proper position of the actor on the
stage cannot be indicated without some tangible object.
If we adopted the modern technical word, and said that,
according to the received theory, plays were performed
throughout with " substitutes," the expression would be
strictly correct.—.Dicken's "All the Year Round."
CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING ',PAY, Mon-
day, Oct. 16.—Admissions on payment, 2,035 ; ditto by
season tickets, 1,160; total visitors, 3,195.

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HER MAJESTY

BALMORAL, Monday.

The Queen, Princess Louise, and Prince Arthur,
accompanied by the Duchess of Roxburghe and
Colonel Ponsonby, attended Divine service in the
Parish church of Crathie yesterday.

The Rev. Robert Stephen, of Renfrew, officiated.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Grey,
went out shooting yesterday morning with his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, near Richmond.

The Queen of Denmark, the Princess of Wales,
and Princess Thyra visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Cambridge at Kew.
The Queen of Denmark, with the Prince and
Princess of Wales and Princess Thyra, and attended
by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, went to
the Olympic Theatre in the evening.

The Queen at Abeideen.

ABERDEEN, Tuesday Evening.

To-day, at noon, her Majesty opened the Aberdeen
New Waterworks; the weather was favourable and the
attendance of spectators large.
Hitherto Aberdeen has been supplied with water pumped
from the river Dee, at a distance of two miles from the
city. For many years, however, the supply thus obtained
has been far from meeting the wants of the steadily-grow-
ing population, and though various projects have at times
been discussed to remedy the shortcoming, it was not till
Sir Alexander Anderson, the present Lord Provost, en-
tered upon office, that any really praetical steps, beyond 9.
bill being prepared in draught, were taken in the matter.
In 1862 the Police Commissioners, headed by the Provost,
set themselves in earnest to the work of obtaining a net
Police and Water Act, and succeeding in their labours the
splendid undertaking opened to-day is the result. Plans
of the works having been got from Mr. James Simpson,
C.E., London, estimates were in due time lodged ; and the
offer of a young and enterprising townsman, Mr. Bastin
Gibb, being the lowest and otherwise satisfactory, was
accepted. Mr. Gibb contracted to bring 6,000,000 gallons
of water daily by means of gravitation from the river 9eo
at Cairnton, 22 miles from the city, for the sum of £103,999,
the works to be finished in two years and a half. On the
Bth of April, 1864, Sir A. Anderson cut the first sod of the
undertaking in the presence of the Police Commissioners
and a large number of the public, and since that time the
work has been carried on uninterruptedly with great spirit.
With the exception of a tunnel at Hill of Cairnton, 760
yards in length, the engineering difficulties of the scheme
were not of any great magnitude. This tunnel, however,
composed of solid rock, proved a formidable obstacle in
the way—all the more so that as its dimensions being but
sft. by 4ft., only one man could handle the boring jumper
at a time. Night and day Mr. Gibb kept men at work in
the tunnel from opposites of the hill, and though from the
hardness of the whinstono not more than from 6in. to Bin'
of progress could be made daily, yet the full 760 yard°,
have been satisfactorily accomplished within the prescribe,'
period. At Invercannie, about a mile from the river intake/
the first and principal reservoir is built. This huge basin
measures 450 feet in diameter at the top, 390 feet at the
bottom, is 15 feet in depth, and will hold 15,000,000 gallons
of water. Great care has been bestowed in the construe'

tion of this important part of the undertaking. Foal
Invercannie to the second reservoir, placed within a coil)le
of miles of the city, the water is mainly conducted throug'
an oval-formed brick aqueduct, Mt. 9in. by 3ft. din. /1
i
size. The fall throughout the 20 miles of aqueduct is lfc.
per mile, giving a velocity of 21 inches per second. The
second, or lower service reservoir, is capable of containing
the calculated daily requirement of 6,000,000 gallons'
From this point to the city the stream flows through a 27"
inch iron pipe, the allowance per head, according to the
present population, being about 80 gallons. As already
mentioned, the plans of the undertaking were furnished 11
Mr. Simpson, the eminent London water engineer, an
advised by that gentleman, the works have been carried to
completion under the personal superintendence of his able
assistant, Mr. Robert Anderson, C.E.
Graciously acceding to the wishes of the Commissioner°
of Police, with whom lies the duty of seeing to the o°l-
- welfare of the city, Her Majesty intimated her pleasure
to preside at the opening of the waterworks, fixing the
ceremony to take place to-duy, at Invercannie, 22 gull
distant from Aberdeen, and a convenient morning drive °.'
30 miles from Balmoral. The Commissioners made their
arrange.aents accordingly, issuing invitations on a libers,
scale to their fellow citizens to be present at the opening'
and partake of luncheon afterwards. 4 o'clock p.m. ve'
first named, but her Majesty thoughtfully sent word OA
Saturday to the Lord Provost that as this hour Nv°01„"
probably be rather late, the time might be changed to 14'
noon—an alteration which gave general satisfaction. ,
The morning broke beautifully, and as the Deesiu°
Railway Company ran trains to Banchory from 8 o'clock
onwards, and the people of the district about. Invercannie
turned out in considerable numbers, between 4,000 and
5,000 spectators were assembled round the scene of open-
ing early in the forenoon. Among the public bodies Pre:
sent from the city, in addition to the Police Commissioner',
were the magistrates and town-council, Shoremaster Nie°
and the Harbour Commissioners, Convener Berry and the
members of the incorporated trades. Invercannie being
situated in Kincardine, the Artillery and Rifle Voluntes°
of that county, under the command of Major MaekinrdA
Capt. Crombie, Lieut. Gordon, and Ensign Burnett, forn3.,
the guard of honour, and took up their position in the v'el
nity of the place appointed for the inauguration.
Punctual to time, the Queen arrived from Balmoral at t'
temporary station on the grounds of Inchmarlo shorty
after 12 o'clock. Here her Majesty was received by S'r
Burnett, Lord Lieutenant of the county, Sheriff Sion ;
and Mr. Davidson, lord of the manor. Her Majesty
accompanied by the Princesses Christian and Louise',
Prince Arthur, Prince Christian, the Duchess of 13'°
burghe, the Hon. Miss Cathcart, Gen. Grey, Sir S. N°l4llo-
cote, Major Ponsonby, Dr, Robertson, Mr. Sahl, fr°,
Inchmarlo. The royal party drove to the lnvercauniel„-o
servoir, a distance of about half a mile. Close beside
tbd
reservoir an elegantly furnished tent had been erected, nno
in the front of this her Majesty was received, amid
les
loud and repeated cheering of the spectators, by Sir
Anderson, Lord Provost, the Earl of Kintore, She`-ciy.
Thomson, and the members of the public bodies aire.,ll
named. The Roy. Mr. Hutchinson, minister of the Pall
where the proceedings took place, having offered nPa.,
suitable prayer, the Lord Provost read the following

dress : -
" To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.—The burn
address of the Commissioners under the Aberdeen P°l'°-
and Waterworks Act, 1862.
" May it please your Majesty,—We, your Majesty's
ful subjects, the Commissioners for the introduction of tbe,
new water supply to the city, acting on behalf of the c°1151,.
munity, gratefully approach your Majesty with tho OPbe,
sion of the love of the people of your ancient city of "6"
deen for your Majesty's person and Government. ef
" We feel your Majesty's present most gracious act
condescension to be an instance of that sympathy
of public usefulness and in all the efforts of your peOThly
advance their social well-being, which has been so '
characteristic of your Majesty's reign. +v. 101
We are thus encouraged to say to your Males-,ht;r a
the works now constructed will convey to the city the the
supply of water which has become necessary during
present century. In 1806 the daily supply was 60,000 bill
lons, since increased to 1,000,000; and the citizens
long delight to connect your Majesty's name with the "-tit
ply of 6,000,000 gallons of.pure water from the Dee, an
to be opened to them by the act of your Majesty's lly
carrying increased health and comfort to all, and espc'''
to the poorer classes.
" That I:leaven's choicest blessings may rest on d
t
Majesty and your Royal family ; that your designs f°r ;
good of your subjects may be prospered, as heretofore tlt
and that your Majesty may long reign in the love a I°
people, is our earnest prayer.
" ALEXANDER ANDERSON, Knight, 0
Lord Provost, and Chairman of the Coraraissioee
of Police of the City of Aberdeen.

"Dated this 16th of October, 1866." • ell?'
The Queen then, speaking in public in her official coo'
city for the first time since the death of the Frlutiilis-
sort, addressing Sir Alexander and his brother °°"-
sioners, said : .(eri
"I thank you for your dutiful address, and I"anf 031
sensible of this fresh mark of the loyal attachment
at at
neighbours, the people of Aberdeen. I have felt thoaoi.
time when the attention of the country has been s° rigpt
ously directed to the state of the public health, it w°' f toe
that I should make an exertion to testify my sent' °OOl6
importance of a work so well calculated as this W Pr"
the health and comfort of your ancient city."
Her Majesty then advancing to an inionious re of
machinery erected at the edge of the reservoir, nilt
'
ciously pleased to give several turns to the handle tut.° ao
and in an instant the water came dashing forth P 4001
plentiful ; then rung out again the cheers of the Pe;',,ou.,;
and the Queen declared the Aberdeen Waterworlor-Stresl`
Her Majesty then entered the marquee, whecor
ments had been laid for the Iloyal party, and tut 106
of a few minutes drove off amid renewed acclanuttl:a Ste
e
mediately on the Queen quitting Invercannie, t P
of the ladies and gentlemen who had been preseo t:dioew
opening proceeded to a large tent placed is press
d j3olV
field and partook of luncheon.ar
Sir A. Anderson presided, with Mr. Dean of Gallo „
well as principal croupier.; and among those illdt• 1311. e
diate vicinity of the chair were Sir James and ...f,tor
nett, Lady Anderson, the Earl and Countess ot
Iterr, grci
Sir Thomas and Lady Gladstone, the Bon. ol~gr. I°o
Davidson, Inchmarlo ; Mr. James Dyce vrovigr.
Mrs. Nicol, Mr. and Mrs. Irvine, of Drum; JILI.1).1
Webster, Miss Anderson, Mr. W. D. Fordyce,
let
Sheriff Shand, Major Lanes, &c. d cro-Pter
The company having joined the chairman ansio, al he
in the loyal and other toasts suitable to the occ_;re up, 1"
an agreeable meeting of an hour's duration, hr,''
whole proceedings passing off most sucoessfull•