The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-23 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Sunday.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena,
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, and prince
Teck, walked in the grounds yesterday morning,
and her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise,
drove in the grounds in the afternoon.
His Highness Prince Teck returned to London ill
the afternoon.
E6sl and Countess Granville arrived at Osborne
yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the
Queen and the Royal family.

Telegraph CoLstruction and Maintenance

Company.

MEETING THIS DAY.
At the ordinary general meeting to-day of this company
the report presented for adoption by the directors stated
that during the past year the manufacture of the .A.tlantio
cable was completed, and the amounts received in cash and
realised securities, and the market value on the 31st of
December, 1865, of the securities undisposed of at that
date, have been brought into the profit and I°s
account. The result of the attempt to lay the cable
in the autumn of last year is too well-known t°
need any remark from the directors, but they are,.
happy to state that they have entered into an agreemon'
ited,
with the Anglo-American Telegraph Company, Lim
(the terms of which are set forth in the prospectus of that
company) to manufacture and lay a new telegraph line be-
tween England and America, and to endeavour to eel;
plete the line partly laid in 1865, in the success of whic4t
operations they have the greatest confidence. The 19r;
and loss account of the present year commences wit
a balance of £43,325 Os. Bd., which was at t"
end of the year 1864 subject to the realisation of the
securities on hand, received in part payment of the Atlantic
cable, and also to the contingent charge in respect of the
outlay in fitting the Great Eastern. The net profits for the
year ending Dec. 31, 1865, after deducting the entire loss
on sale of Atlantic Telegraphist:am realised, and the de:
preciation in value of those in hand, amount to £118134,:
19s. 5d., which, with the balance brought forward
from 1864, will make £161,668 Os. Id., from which
reserve has been made for repairs of the
Malta and
Telegraph of £6,356 3s. 3d. ; and the following
further amounts have been deducted, viz., interest on n:
paid purchase money, £18,770 17s. 10d. ; third interim dill-
dend or interest to the' shareholders on capital at 5 per
cent. per annum, £9,297115.; leaving a disposable balance '
,
of £127,243 Bs. This balance the directors propose to d°B
with as follows, viz. :—To write off the amount of expenseee
in connection with the valuations and awards,
15s. 3d.; to pay balance of interest on capital at 5 per cem.
per. annum, £13,213 12s. ; to carry to the credit of the re-
served fund in pursuance of the articles of association
i
£8,582 18s. 4d. ; to pay a dividend at 5 per cent. (free
income-tax) which with the interest or interim dividers
make up a total dividend of 10 per cent. per annum on thet
paid-up share capital ;to carry to a reserve 1865,
in respect of outlay on Atlantic Expedition of
£60,000, which will make the amount in reserve XBllll
of
3s. 11d. ; and to carry forward to 1866 a balance-
£16,588 18s. sd.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Amongst the
tors were the following :—The Duke and Pleb:
of Wellington, the Duke of Leinster, the Duke and Pleb%
of Newcastle and Lady Susan Vane Tempest, the Dlich,_en6f
of Cleveland, the Marquis of Downshire, the Marquis
n.
Blandford, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of
borough, the Earl of Sefton and party, the Earl of Cl3h;
mel, the Viscount Parker, the Viscount Newport, t
Viscountess and Viscountess Exmouth, Lord ChelnlS.l2rcit,
Sir John Lowther, Bart., Lady Charlotte Schruber, l'ecwl
Charlotte Schruber, Lady Felmer, Lady Sherburne,
Souisa Moncrieffe, Lady Symond, Lord Arthur
Pet
Clinton, Lord Hillesborough, the Hon. Mr. Ponsol4;
Colonel Tyrwhitt, Mr. T. Mr. and Mrs. PoYude
Mr. Montague Guest, Mr. G. Stirling, Mr. Gore Langt°:'
Colonel G. Knox, Mr. L. Brook, Captain Trelavrll%
Major and Mrs. Lyon, Mr. Waite, Mr. Alderman Salelf,
and party, Captain Clay, Mr. It. Pym, Mr. Brook/141, no
Min Fraser, Mr. Trelawney, Captain Brown, MIS
Cochrane, Mr. Mr. Crampton, &c.
VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON is progressing towar:,
recovery. Her ladyship has been very unwell, but. b.
change has taken place within the last few days Wl°
affords hope of her speedy restoration to health.
SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. CARLYLE.—Mrs.
lyle died on Saturday under very peculiar drool;
stances. She was taking her usual drive in HydeilL
about four o'clock, when her little favourite dog,
was running by the side of the brougham was run over '7
a carriage. She was greatly alarmed, though the dog lye':
not seriously hurt. She lifted the dog into the oarri3.o
and the man drove on.. Not receiving any call or directioa
from his mistress as was usual he stopped the carriage ano
discovered her, as he thought, in a fit or ill, and drove ;
St. George's Hospital, which was near at hand. me
there it was discovered that she must have been dead sla
little time. Mrs. Carlyle's health had been for seve
months feeble, but not in a state to excite anxiety
er
alarm. Mr. Carlyle is still in Scotland.
SIR HENRY STORKS AND MALTA.— Our read
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may perhaps have heard a report of Sir ng
Storks having been appointed to Australia, and felt s P;
of regret at the possibility of there being any truth ill t
an
rumour. We do not pretend to better information
th
our neighbours ; but, judging simply from a letter ree
ceived from his excellency by the last Jamaica well' NSir
are led to hope that the rumour is without foundation.
Henry Storks writes :—" Remember me to all 111 c°lo
leagues in the council, and to my friends. I wish, t
Maltese to know that I am very grateful for the procds "a
sympathy and confidence which they have given Oleo.' la
my great desire is to be back again among

Times, April 12.
MR. LAYARD'S AMENITIES.—Alluding to the We
violent speech of the Tinder Secretary for Foreigilt
Affairs, the Saturday Review very amusingly asks—\l;l6r
could be more charming than the courtesy and good-hllo°-of
with which he shouted to a member, that if "instead ;
making so much noise he would come down to ses--r
him, it would be far more preferable to these interrii.ot
tions ?" What could be more just and dignified than
ref
accuse the whole body of his opponents of being the Ch
corrupters of the constituencies, by denying their r' of
"to throw it in the teeth of the working classes that pt,
were unfit for the franchise because they were cerlll3l
while honourable members opposite were the corruPter,
What could be more lucidly argumentative than to
from the assumptionthat Lord Oranbourne had reproacr
the Government of the day for not fighting on b°ll3l the
Denmark, the irresistible conclusion that therefore 0
franchise ought to be lowered to £l4 in counties aild.o.
in boroughs ? What could be more elegant or aPPrfajf
humour than to declare that Mr. Bright was, after e-",-,ibo
Snug the joiner, and to suggest that the Speaker sloth'
designate him from the chair ?
LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION (AND LIFE) Pit`t3ii4.o
TISED.—The frightful tragedy which startled i.l
whole universe on the 14th of last April at the Wasl3*i.l3;o
ton Theatre has been dramatised, and for the first j-sro
performed at Mulhausen. The piece is entitled, "
et la Mort d'Abraham Lincoln," and is divided into se' jsr
tableaux. The author, M. Reuben, has sketched the If as
days of the President's humble life in the first act, ae, to
a barrister in the second. In the third he has attained to
rank of President, and Booth appears as a suitor ler ,:•tt
hand of his niece, which propOsal being rejected rank
the breast of the lover, who becomes his mortal etteiti;
In the fourth act Surrattville is depicted, and Mr. and 5
Surratt appear on the scene, as well as Jefferson Ps elr:
who gives it as his opinion that as long as Lincoln is Pml- a
mitted to live the cause of the South is lost, and exelfthis
.. Who will get rid of this man for us ?" ‘4,,7 replies
future murderer. The fatal 14th of April furnishes le,
material of the fifth and sixth acts. Abraham 14i13,c°00
aged and worn by the tremendous responsibilities e' 114
war, grants an audience to a mother, who franticalli galls
on him in the name of her dead sons, killed in the lvs't'llig
make pease on any terms. Lincoln, exhausted hY to
scene, has, however, sufficient command of his feelinling
promise his wife that he will accompany her to see 1 td.
Lear." The whole of the death-scene is then represel;
The President, his wife, and Miss Harris take their e
li ge
in a front box in the midst of the theatre. On the i'Sttot,
the actors performa portion of "King Lear." A piste' 50g
the screams of women, and the death groan of the dY1,,,r0
President are admirably given ; and while the audietic°,4o
absorbed in the horror of the moment, Wilkes Booth itl-13a
from a box on to the stage, brandishing a poniard, 5t5.,1
uttering the well-known words, "Sic semper
The question arises whether the author of this sOxt.10:0
drama is justified in thus bringing Jefferson Davis °11,411-
stage. Davis is, and has been for months, a solitary
jt
tive incarcerated in a State prison awaiting his tri'll'fere
strikes one as monstrous thus to drag a living ma bo
the public, and put into his mouth a suggestion wor''

a demon.
MR. D. D. HOME, ex-spiritualist, ex-lecturer, jo
poetry reader, intending to attempt a new experiraeutDiO
order to arrive at the pinnacle of fame, is going to trY3,O,
hand at acting, and is reported to be studying, under b 1
Ryder, the character of Hamlet, in which ho will 1119'1'°
debut. r,
Vice-Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, 8art.,13- -.
bas
returned to Sheerness, from leave, on l'hursdaY,„,9''have
now fairly assumed the duties of Port Admiral. "
° flan
not heard that Sir Baldwin has as yet fixed upon
‘
captain. The post would have been conferred upou 130
Burgoyne, V.C., who is the Admiral's son-in-lavr, butraot
rules of the service would not permit of the apP°ilit-
being wade,—..army and Navy Gazette,