The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-23 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BEntaN, Nov. 21 (Evening).
The general discussion on the Budget was closed

to-day.
The motion of Herr Lasker, censuring the Go-
vtrument on account of the sale of the Cologne
Minden Railway without the sanction of the Cham-
bers, was agreed to by 126 to 122 votes.

The Minister of the Interior has introduced a bill
for the regulation of the Prusso-Bavarian frontier.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Nov. 22, Evening.

The Queen of Spain has resolved to pay a visit to
the King of Portugal at Lisbon, at the commence-
ment of December next.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Nov. 22.—Two o'clock.—The market is
very firm, and French and Italian stock show a
considerable advance, but less business is doing in
Railway Shares, which are quoted with hardly any
variations. French Threes are doing at 69f. 80c.,
which is an advance of 271 c. Italian Fives have
reached 56fr. 55e., or 421 c. higher. Credit Mobilier
Shares have gained 2f. 50c., at 610 f., and Spanish
Mobilier 3f. 75c., at 325 f. Credit Foncier are un-
varied. There is a decline of telegraphed on
English Consols.
Three o'Clock.—Quotations have slightly retro-
graded for the close, and leave off as follows :
ti per Cents 97 50
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 74
Credit Mobilier 610
Do. end month
Credit Foneier —
Do. end month 1382 50
RAIL'

Bank Shares 8625
Italian Loan 56 40
Do. end month 56 40
Mexican Loan —

Do. Bonds —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred
'A.YB.

Orleans
Northoni

For Account.
. 880
1185

Lyons and llediterranean 913 75
Southern 583 75
Westeria

Eastern

Sardinian 73 75
Austrian

Lombard 412 50
North of Spain — --
.. . _

145 -

Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona —
Roman,. 62 50

CAFE OF GOOD HOPE.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 23.

The steamer Cambrian, with the Cape mails,
arrived here this morning. She left Natal on the
16th Oct., Cape Town the 20th, St. Helena the
29th, and Ascension the 2d November. She brings
60 passengers, including the Bishop of Zanzibar and
his suite, the Rev. Messrs. Baldwin, Jenkins, Mac-
na.mara, Lewis, and Edwards.

Lady Wodehouse, the wife of his Excellency the
Governor-General, died at Cape Town on the
night of October 6, after several months' illness,
aged 48. Deceased was very generally beloved
by the colonial public, from her having shown
warm and constant interest in the affairs of the
colony. Her funeral was arranged as a private one,
but a large number of colonists attended to express
their sympathy. Over 50 private carriages formed
the funeral cortege. Both houses ofyarliament pre-
sented addresses of condolence. The business which
had been transacted in Parliament had been chiefly
of a routine character.

The Colonial Secretary made his annual budget
speech on the 25th September. A long discussion
followed, mainly upon the necessity of economising
the public expenditure. Ultimately the estimates
were referred to a select committee, whose report
has not yet been presented.
A bill authorising a loan of £360,000 has been
brought in, of which £120,000 is for the completion
of the line between Wellington and Tulbagh, Klotf,
and the rest for the Graham's Town Railway. An
active opposition was organised against the bill,
and the debate was adjourned until October 22.
Meanwhile the various Government measures bear-
ing upon finances made but little progress.
Two railway bills were before the House of
Assembly. The first repeals the acts of 1862, and
the second authorises tLe Government to raise
money by means of debentures.

Mr. Le Seur, Postmaster-General, had been sus-
pended, and another head of the Post-office ap-
pointed in his place temporarily. The late exten-
sive plunder in the Post-office is the cause, and it is
believed that his administration had been too
mild, but there was no imputation on his per-
sonal honour as a gentleman or his integrity as an
official. Sweeping changes were to be immediately
made in the internal arrangements of the Post-
office.

A bill to discontinue payment of the salary of
£l,OOO per annum to the High Commissioner had
been carried through the House of Assembly, and
had passed the second reading in the Legislative
Council.

Iu the Free States the position of affairs remained
pacific. The Basutos appeared to be indisposed to
resume hostilities. Cattle stealing continued rife in
the frontier districts, although not quite so exten-
sively as during some recent periods. The white
inhabitants of the districts of King William's Town
and East London had suffered severely, and
failing to secure what they regarded as ade-
quate protection from the Government had
formed themselves into a mutual defence
association to punish the Kaffirs. Help
being at hand, his Excellency had interposed
and caused 13 members of the association to be
prosecuted, who were committed for trial, phis

proceeding of the Government had caused great
excitement in the locality.
Her Majesty's ship Rapid Simon's Bay, Oct. 20,
for England.
The Cambrian experienced fine weather on her
voyage home. Business at Natal continued dull,
but the recent rains had caused the agriculturists to
consider their prospects more cheerful.
Mr. Blanely, a gentleman from Madeira, had
made a proposition to the Government of Natal to
import white (Portuguese) labourers from Rat
Island, at a much cheaper rate than that at which
coolies could be obtained.

Openir,g of the Hungarian Diet. --Imper-al
Reseript.

(RE UTER'S EXPRESS.)

PESTH, Nov. 19.

At the opening of the Hungarian Diet in this
capital to-day, the following Imperial Rescript was
read :—•

" We, Francis Joseph the First, by God's grace,
Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary,
Bohemia, Galicia, Lodomeria, and Illyria, Archduke
of Austria, &c., send greeting and grace to the eccle-
siastical and temporal representatives of our faith-
ful kingdom of Hungary, and the parts therewith
connected, who are assembled in the Diet convoked
by us in our Royal free city of Pesth, Dec. 10,1865.
" Faithful Lieges,--With unshaken confidence in
heavenly Providence and in the faithful devotion of
our peoples we resume the thread of our negotiations
with the Diet, the startingpoint of which we pointed
out in our speech from the throne, and as whose
highly important and unalterable ultimate object
we consider the Constitutional settlement of the
bond connecting the various parts of the monarchy,
as well as the speedy restoration of the autonomous
rights of our beloved Kingdom of Hungary.

" Ths urfa7curahle trie. cf the TraT, 1,7121 ch
nit tO 70e, ellat',f;d by the bridiant victories cf our.
Southern army and- fleet, defeated those hope,,, we
built upon the justice of our cause and the ready
heroism of our army, even notwithstanding the nume-
rical superiority of the Powers allied against us.
" In view of the severe decree of fate, which could
only be reshaped more favourably by the utmost
exertions of sacrifice and of the moral and material
strength of our peoples, we did not hesitate to re-
store to them, even on hard conditions, the blessings
of peace, the security of which we have always
reckoned among the deeply felt cares of our paternal
heart, and among our highest duties as a Sovereign.
"The momentous events of the past, coupled with
regard for the changes that have taken place in inter-
national relations, henceforth require, in an increased
and really unavoidable degree,that we should hasten,
to the extent of our power, the settlement of the pend-
ing internal affairs of our monarchy upon the basis
pointed out as essential to the sincere satisfaction of
the constitutional rights and claims of our peoples.
" In our royal rescript of the 24th of J tine -last we
have already recognised the ready activity with
which the estates and representatives of our beloved
Kingdom of Hungary, in Diet -assembled, have as-
sociated themselves with our efforts, and have upon
their part also begun to contribute to the solution
of the common task.

" The more we were forced to lament that we
were compelled to prorogue the Hungarian Diet
just at the very time when, owing to the aforesaid
diligence of the same in the preliminary consulta-
tions of the Committee, a draught was obtained
respecting the starting point and ultimate
object cf which—although it has not yet passed
through the legitimate stages of public debate and
consideration of the Diet—we did not even at that
time hesitate to express our recognition, for we feel
ourselves called upon, in the endeavour to reconcile
opposite demands, to turn our active attention to all
those points whose development is calculated
speedily to pave the way for a solution of the main
question founded upon rights and equity.
" We see with satisfaction in that draught the
lively sense of the connexion of our countries ex-
pressed, and the indispensable consideration stated
as guiding principle that the security of the Monar-
chy in its most important interest should be gua-
ranteed.

" In reply to the unhesitating frankness and tha t
confidence the Estates and representatives in Diet
assembled have expressed in their address to us, we
therefore wish them to feel assured in advance that
we recognise the subjects proposed in the draught of
the said sub-committge with reference to the debate
and treatment of common affairs, as a fitting point
of union for the establishment of the constitutional
compromise.

" In order still further to secure the rapid and
satisfactory success of the consultations in this re-
spect, we think it advisable to indicate those princi-
pal points with regard to which it appears requisite,
for the purpose of a suitable division of common
affairs, that special attention be directed on the part
of the Estates and sepresentativez. _ .

" What we must indispensably uphold is the unity
of the army, which, together with the unity in the
command, and in the internal organisation of its
parts, also undoubtedly demands unanimity of prin-
ciple in the arrangements for the time of service and
filling up the ranks.
" The future development of international traffic,
and the vital conditions of industry, require just as
indispensably that the Customs' tariff, and, as a
logical sequence, the indirect taxation exercising an
important influence upon industrial productions, to-
gether with the State monopoly system, should be
regulated upon an agreed and similar basis.

Lastly, the State debts, and the innermost being
of the State credit, so intimately connected there-
with, require united treatment, if the interests of
the money market, which affect life in all parts of
the realm with equal vigour, are to be preserved
from dangerous oscillation.

" By the result of the negotiation with the Diet
carried on upon this foundation, we trust speedily
to be in a position to regard as in principle removed
the obstacles with respect to those guarantees for
the general State connection we are obliged., as the
immediate consequence of the Pragmatic Sanction,
to guard from every danger. We shall thus upon
our part be able to contribute toward the fulfilment
of the wishes conspicuously put forward in the ad-
dresses of the Estates and representatives, and by
the appointment of a responsible Ministry, as well
as the restoration of the municipal self-administra-
tion, to do justice to the constitutional demands of
the people of our beloved Kingdom of Hungary.
" While we are resolved to introduce the respon-
sible system of government not only into Hungary,
but generally we reserve to ourselves to carry out
the detailed application and realisation of the prin-
ciples referring to common affairs, together with
the modification of those stipulations of the laws of
1848, respecting which we expressed our hesitation
in our Royal rescript of the 3d March last, through
the responsible Ministers to be appointed by us and
in agreement with the Estates and representatives
in Diet assembled.

" We entertain the hope that the Estates and
representatives of our beloved Kingdom of Hungary
will receive the candid statement of these our pater-
nal intentions with unprejudiced feelings, and will
make the points of view dwelt upon by us the sub-
ject of earnest deliberation, suitable at the same
time to the requirements of the day, thereby upon
their part accelerating the fulfilment of our most
earnest wish—viz., the secure introduction of Con-
stitutional organisation into our collective realm.
" The country now stands upon the threshold of
the fulfilment of its wishes.

" The sentiments which induced us to place in its
hands the decision as to its own future to be arrived
at by a correct recognition of its interests arc not
changed.

" IVe assuredly believe• that the conscientious
co-operation of the goodwill of both parties will
succeed in imparting to that future a basis calcu-
lated to harmonise the venerable traditions of the
past with the demands of the present, and thereby
permanently to secure their renewed prosperity.
" Given at our capital city of Vienna this 17th
November, 18G6. " FRANCIS JOSEPH,

" GEORGE VON PIAILATII,
" J9llAlikiVvH J 3 ARTQS.'

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HER MAJESTY, &c•

WINDSOR CASTLE, Thursday.
The Queen drove out this morning, attended by
the Duchess of Roxburghe, and his Royal Highness
Prince Leopold went out walking.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales,.and
their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert Victor and
Prince George, left the Castle this morning for
London, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stouor and
General Knollys. Her Royal Highness Prineeag
Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and
the lion. Mortimer Sackville West, also went to
London.

Yesterday being the birthday of her Royal High'
ness the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal),
a party of children residing at the Castle and iu the
neighbourhood were, by her Majesty's commands'
invited to a dance, which took place in the Bet'
Drawing-room.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales,
the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Louise, rrillce
Leopold, and Princess Beatrice were present.
Refreshments were afterwards served in the
White Drawing-room.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh well
out shooting, attended by Major-General Sir T.
Biddulph, Lord Alfred Paget, and Lieutenant Haig'
His Royal Highness afterwards went to London,
attended by Lieutenant Haig.
'rhe Lord Chancellor, the Duke and Duchess °f
Roxburghe, and Lord Stanley, arrived at the Castle
yesterday, and had the honour of., dining with the
Queen and the Royal Family.
The Lord Chancellor and Lord Stanley left the
Castle to-day.
The Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon Floc`'`
•I,zocafle-,3 _1(1`--'r
11‘.ht,i7 Henonr
T;:e Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert 4'iet4
and Prince George, attended by the Hou• I\ll.*
Stonor and General Knollys, arrived at Marlb°;
rough House yesterday morning from Witl(ls°
Castle.

•
THE MARRIAGE OF THE CZ AREWITC'
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 18'
Their Royal Ilighnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Crown Prince of Denmark, their highnesses
Prince Herman of Saxe-Weimar and Prince Albert
of Saxe-Altenbourg, with a large number of their
suite, arrived at Moscow at half-past 12 on the 15t
inst. Major Teesdale, who is remarked as one °
the defenders of Kars, was one of the suite in at-
tendance on the Prince of Wales. The august 03'
yellers were received at the station of the Nieb°lits
Railway by Prince:V. Dolgorouki, governor of g°s:
cow, several persons of note, all the authorities o‘.l
the town, and a large assemblage of citizens. 0
guard of honour, formed on the platform of tli
station, received the foreign princes with militant
honours, while the band played the national airsof England and Denmark. A second military band
placed on a balcony opposite to the railway statiool
saluted the august foreigners' entry into the tO3
with the same airs.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of pe1;1-1
mark occupied the apartments of his
Highness the Czarewitch in the Kremlin ; his 111.3
Highness the Prince of Wales, and their Highnes6c,
the Prince of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Alteuboard!
were located in that part of the palace which iira
joins the Ouroujeinaia Palata. Having restedfr°_,
their journey the august travellers visited the catbuof
dral of the Assumption and the other churchhe
the Kremlin, the Grand Palace, the Terun• to
'
Granovitga Palata, and the Ouroujeinaia FAI
the
and the arsenal, after which they drove through ._,
town, where they visited several shops and factorieo,
The governor-general of Moscow, Prince V. Peigter
rouki, and Prince N. Troubetskoi, the grand Inas
e,5.
of the Court, were invited to dinner by the Prinbceir
In the evening their royal highnesses and t,
highnesses paid a visit to the Grand Theatre, 11'1'
the entertainment con-,izite,l of two acts of the har3
lets Giselle" and " Faust," and one act of the °P+I
eeci
of " Roussalka." The hall was brilliantly lip fl
up, and the company in the boxes were in 'ce
dress. The princes were accompanied by Frifoi,
V. Dolgorouki and Prince N. Troubeo
After the second act the audience called for t'i%
Russian National Anthem, and afterwards for ere
English and Danish Anthems, both of which the
several times repeated ; this interruption t° ivg
play was concluded by the Russian Anthem
again performed. The Prince of Denmark and jog
Prince of Wales replied to several calls by or' In.
to the front of their boxes to acknowledge the c°
pliment.
sCOVI
On the 16th the Governor-General of P-'-°;,ars,
gave a dinner in honour •of the august traYe".'iit
after which the princes set out at 11 o'clock at nig
on their return to St. Petersburg. f ITU°
On the 12th and 13th instant the town 0-- irp•
was magnificently illuminated in honour of the is
penal marriage. The theatres gave entertaialll,o-
for the two days at reduced prices. At those 'njecl
formances the National Anthem was p°r-
several times amid enthusiastic cheers.
iu 061
The town of Kiew was also brilliantly ,
iero
for three days, and popular entertainments
given in the theatre.

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KELLY'S POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY .. -VA

THE SIX HOME COUN'iIE6•

41. ;
The sixth edition of Kelly's Post-office D'r,a-cats
for the six home counties, viz., Esser',ea;
Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex for the .70
ifs
1867, has just made its appearance, and li-!irev
gigantic companion, the London Post-office ,-,
very
tort', it continues to increase its information 0.001
largely that three or four hundred additioall
pages have been rendered necessary. The g‘i° 990
volume now contains no less than
pages, but the great value of the Nor% 5i%
pends upon the fact that during the laseced
months it has been very carefully corrected+ to of
parish having been visited by the age° ode
the publisher. Several additions have beelL and
in the present new edition ; lists of flundreuqopo'
poor-law unions have been included in tile,.
3noisli
graphy of each county. The locality of eac"-vicg.s
is very fully described; the post-office °e
al
banks and Government annuity offices ar,,, ro-
set down, and in addition to the list of feiitaice
chial offices, clearly arranged under their reslw,
headings, a list of farm bailiffs of gentlemen faral
es of
their own land has been added. The now lijipecl
railway have all been laid down on the olaPs.:o has
to each of the six counties ; in fact, n°thi-;iiiell
been omitted in the compilation of the book, Froal
must have been a work of enormous labour' e call
the references we have made haphazard, aoa
testify to the general correctness of the 11: it
the the editor, Mr. E. R. Kelly, may, we thipat'idae'
perfect certainty, console himself with the Ld ja
tory assurance that his labours have result
;A fill
that
perfect and complete success. The book —art from
can be desired, and therefore it deserves, ap
its usefulness, the most extended circulation.
that
,ear-
EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.--.--it aPr
ovierol
Mrs. Stodare, acting upon the advice of 13
s rto
friends of her late husband and of her own, 113 the 13
the Temple of Mystery, so ably presided over 1)_37
Colonel Stodare. A recent visit convinces 11..5_ tte
entertainment is one that will not merely re`
bl,O
pectation of the public but the anticipation 011. lare pc,
prietrix. ;The feats of artificial niagleci _coat
r/
formed with grace and accuracy, au'd' or
more surprising still, without confederate aid e%
psln"u=bl,c are
aratus with which we are accustomed to see
bitions accompanied. The old maxim. that t.D.
willing to be deceived as well as to deceive thel:
ono on which Colonel Stodirre fiixnedlbtinfagitb.cbcj'a;a3l 8..;10
is here a great pleasure art of
admit. We miss the ventriloquial pacoropooteo,
entertainment ; but, however, this .
feocrutbraytetahof
nartttelnyntiohnnubrseibnyg,
bited in legerdemain. TL optical illusio.ncifo!licco,
ti..
itself amply repays a visit, and the 11.1af v
which Madame Stodaro appears floating like
toll
coffin in mid-air, is really a trulY NY°llder
ably clover illusion. t hweitiitte wonderful
.lilitSe-dore;tri!°tY:eii:a:ll)lii