The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-22 00:00:00

UNITED STATES-POSTAL ARK-4NGEMENTS.

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evening. Letters for the Saturday and Wednesday evening
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o'clock a.m. that day. Newspapers must always be posted
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3 6z., 6d.; above 3 oz., but not exceeding 4 oz., Bd. ; with an
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auy pamphlet not weighing more
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The Stock Exchange Committee held a meeting
yesterday afternoon, and have posted the following
resolution in the house :—" The committee for
general purposes having received a second memorial
with reference to the mode of dealing in bank shares
have fully reconsidered the subject. In the opinion
of the committee any deviation from the usual
practice would seriously obstruct the course of legi-
timate business, and by rendering bank shares less
negociable would be detrimental to the interest
of the holders and the public. It is therefore
resolved " That no special rules for the settle •
meet of bargains in bank shares be adopted."
The following resolutions relating to alterations in
Rules 98 and 99 have been passed this day, subject
to confirmation on the 25th inst. :—Resolved, that
Rule 98 stand as follows Registered shares or
stock, if not delivered within seven days, may be
bought in against the seller at or after 12 o'clock
on the eighth day after the date of the ticket, and
all loss incurred thereby shall be borne by him ;
but, in case a member shall, without the consent of
the buyer, retain a ticket more than two days from
the date thereof, the member so retaining it shall
bear the loss.' Resolved, that in Rule 99 The word
fifteen be altered to ten.' "

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—A meeting of
the above society will be held on Monday evening, June
25, at half-past 8, at Burlington House, Sir IL Murchison,
Bart., in the chair, when the following paper will be read :
—Explorations on the Atbars, in Abyssinia. By S. W.
Bake; Esq.
SHEEP WORRYING IN SCOTLAND.—Between Sun-
day night and Monday morning last no fewer than 26 lambs
and one ewe were worried by dogs on the farm of New
Belses, Roxburghshirs, in the occupation of Mr. Wylde.
On entering a field on Monday morning the shepherd came
upon the half-eaten carcases of two lambs, and in a corner
of the same field he found other 24 lambs and a ewe lying
together, in a heap, all dead, a number of which appeared as
it they had died from suffocation through being forced to-
gether. There is no doubt but the animals have all died as
the result of an attack by dogs, but where from or to whom
belonging the police have as yet been unable to ascertain.
—Edinburgh Evening Courant.
THE NEWCASTLE CUP.—The Newcastle Cup for
1866, now on view at the manufacturers, Messrs.
E. and E. Manuel, 1; Burlington-karaens, is a work of
unique design and most elaborate beauty. It is a silver
vase in the reuaissance style, relieved with gilding. The
handles are formed by figures of St. George attacking the
dragon. A female figure, typifying the city of Newcastle,
and bearing the city arms, surmounts the cover. The
battle of Chevy Chase, haviug been fought in the 'vicinity
of Newcastle, has been selected for illustration on two has-
reliefs ou the body of the vase. The first represents the
scene before the combat between the Earls Percy and
Douglas, when Witherington, an English squire, offers to
decide the quarrel by a single combat with any Scot ; the
second depicts the combat between the oarls,during which
Earl Douglas met his death by an English arrow. Sis
Hugh Montgomery, a Scottish knight, then rushed throweh
the fray and pierced Earl Percy with his lance, seeing
which an English archer shot an arrow at Montgomery
and killed him. These thrilling incidents are narrated in
silver with a display of poetic fancy and dramatic expres-
sion that may well awaken admiration. Seldom has his-
tory been presented in a more costly and attractive form
than it assumes in this superbly embossed vase, which
might serve not only for a racing cup, but also for an aca-
demic prize, so rich is it in historic interest and legendary
lore. It is a magnificent work, and does honour to the
artist who designed it, and to the manufacturers who car-
ried his conception into truthful and spirited execution.
PETROLEUM FOR ASTHMA.—A correspondent of
the Country Gentleman writes to that journal :—" I have a son
six years old that had the asthma in the most distressing
form for three or four months, when ho was one or two
years old. We tried everything we could hear of without
gettiug relief, tilll we were told to rub his neck and breast
with petroleum, and we used it both crude and refined, ex-
periencing very speedy relief and a final and permanent
cure; for he has not since had a return of it, and is now a
very healthy child."
CHAMPAGNE.—Some French statistics give the
subjoined details. Thirty million bottles of champagne
annually sold are thus distributed : -Africa consumes but
100,000 of these; Spain and Portugal, 300,000;
400,000; Belgium, 500,000 ; Holland as much ; Germany,
1,500,000; Russia, 2,000,000; France, 2,500,000; thirsty
England, 5,000,000 ; India, ditto ; and North America,
10,000,000 bottles. These figures refer to the consumption
of wino really grown in the champagne countries.
THE NlLE.—Colonel Scobell, the last surviving
commissioned officer who took part in the battle of the
Nile, has just died at his seat, Nancealverne, near Penzance,
at the age of 88. Deceased was the son of the Rev. Mr.
Scobell, vicar of Sancreod, Cornwall. He entered the
Royal Marines at an early age, and was present at the battle
of the Nile, on board the Alexander, Capt. Ball, as second
lieutenant. He was also engaged on land in Nelson's
Italian campaigns. The gallant'colortel in -later life de-
voted himself to agricultural pursuits.
SIGNOR ARDITI'S GRAND CONCERT AT HER MA-
JESTY'S THEATRE.—Signor Arditi's great concert,
which is generally accepted as the culminating point of all
the morning entertainments given during the London
fashionable season, came off brilliantly on Friday last, the
15th instant. In a theatre crowded with rank and fashion,
it was really a sight to witness the delightful attention
with which the audience lingered on almost every piece.
Madlls. Titiens, the great prima donna, now confessedly
standing alone as the first singer in Europe, was, of
course, the leading artiste on this remarkable occasion.
Besides her marvellous power as a sinker, we feel com-
pelled, in justice to her great taste (exhibited is.another
direction than that of music) to notice, for Use information
of our lady-readers, her dress; which was an exquisite
morning costume in the richest white ppult-de-sore, trimmed
with mauve silk, forming festoons. The skirt was trimmed
with Cluny lace and shells of mother-o'-pearl. Nothing
could exceed the effect of this tasteful dross. The dress,
we believe, was made by the well-known Messrs. Jay, of
Regent-street, an establishment now celebrated iu London
and in Paris for its exquisite Court
BURIAL OF THE Pooß.--One of the last Acts
passed was to enable Boards of Guardians...in. Ireland to
provide coffins and shrouds for the burial of poor persons
who at the time of their death were not in receipt of relief
from the poor-rates.
THE WORKS OF THE LATE JOHN LEECll.—yes..,
ter. day Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods sold
King-street, St. James's, a portion of the
attheirrooms,
original sketches made by the celebrated artist John Leech,
comprising many of the most celebrated political cartoons,
I, Mr. Briggs," and other-designsfor Punch, his "Almanac,"
"Pocket-book," and "Pictures of Life and Character,"
"Rising Generation," Handley
"Social Miseries," "The Brook-green Voluntetr," "Chil-
dren
gl andity-n someine lots e
wore ltetc h
offerede s in
-
ancteothhueur
dpreudblaicandtioeni
of the Mobility,"
colours.Cross,"
for sale, and although there was a
sale- throughout was very dull, the good. attendance, the
prices realised being
very.low, ranging from £1 to 11 guineas. A sketch in
colours, No. 182, "Pray
,Sir, Do You Let Oat Oases,"
beingknocked down for the latter am biwas the
highest sum obtained for any single
l ount, w ch
entire
collection sketch. The
collection realised about £=oo.