The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-02 00:00:00

The late Queen Marie Amelie.

All the arrangements connected with the funeral
of this venerable lady have now been completed. As
was stated in The Sun of Friday, the hearse, drawn
by eight horses, and preceded by mounted mutes
bearing wands, will leave Claremont Palace at a
quarter past 11 to-morrow. All the mourners will
follow to the park gates on foot. Only the Princes
of the House of Orleans will wear cloaks, all others
who are invited to take part in the ceremony will
be in plain evening dress, without either cloaks or
hatbands. Outside the park gates, and drawn up on
the left to precede the hearse, will be two mourning
coaches and four, one for Bishop Grant and the
-clergy of his diocess who may assist, the other for
the late Queen's private chaplains. Immediately
following the hearse, three mourning coaches will
convey the Princes of Orleans—namely, the Comte
de Paris, the Due de Chartres, the Comte d'Artois,
the Prince de Joinville, the Due d'Aumale, and
other members of the family. The rest of the pro-
cession will be arranged in the following order, the
diplomatic corps being in the carriages immediately
following those of the Princes.
First Carriage—The Austrian Ambassador, the
Prussian Ambassador, the Belgian Minister, the
Bavarian Minister.

Second Carriage—The Italian Minister, the Por-
tuguese Minister, the Saxon Minister, and the Spa-
nish Minister.

Third Carriage—The Brazilian Minister and the
Mexican Minister.

Fourth Carriage—General Count de Montesquiou,
General Count de Houdetot, General Count Dumas,
and General Count Chabannes.

Fifth Carriage—The First Belgian officer, Gen.
Baron Chabaud Latour, and Mr. Elion.
Sixth Carriage—Count de Jarnac, Lieut.-Gen.
Sird Edward Cust, the Second Belgian Officer, and
Capt. Morlain.
Seventh Carriage—MM. Guizot, Thiers, Ducha-
tel, and Remusat.

Eighth Carriage—AlM.Dufaure, D Limon, Hebert,
and General Changarnier.

Ninth Carriage—M. Bocher, Count de Gronsfeld,
and MM. Fortuuato and Trognon.

Tenth Carriage—Dr. de Mussy, MM. Octave
Barul de Bretzil, Brison, and Asselia.
Eleventh Carriage—MM. Regnier, pore, Gauthier,
Fauvel, and Langel.
Twelfth Carriage—MM. Colleux and Allaire,
Fleury, and A. de Latour.

Thirteenth Carriage—MM. Jolly, Regnier, file,
and Mesnierd.

After the procession has started from the park
gates the Princesses and the ladies of the household
will leave the Palace and proceed to Weybridge by
another and shorter route through Walton and
Oatlands-park, so as to be in the chapel before the
arrival of the hearse. This part of the cortege will
consist of five carriages, conveying the following
distinguished mourners :
First Carriage—The Countess of Paris, the
Duchess of Chartres, the Princess Marguerite, the
Princess Joinville.
Second Carriage—The Duchess d'Aumale, the
Duchess of Wurtemburg, the Princess Salerne, the
Countess Aueroper.
Third Carriage—The Marchioness de Lastigne,
the Baroness Finquerlui, the Countess de Chaban-
nes, the Marchioness de Beauvoir.
Fourth Carriage—Mdlle. Maser, Mdlle. Boeris,
Madame de Porquet, Marquis de Beauvoir.
Fifth Carriage—Mdlle. Bernard, the Countess
Barnels, the Baroness Wangenheim, and Mdlle. St.
Aubin.

From the steps of the Palace to the park gates,
and from Weybridge-heath to the vault, the hearse
will be. attended on each side by General Count
Montesquiou, General Count Houdetot, General
Count Dumas, and General Count Chabannes.
The body, as we have stated, will not be taken into
the little church, but direct through the. church-
yard to the external entrance to the vault in which
the remains of Louis Philippe are laid. This little
mausoleum is so narrow that it has had to be en-
larged to admit of Queen Marie Amelie's coffin being
laid by the side of that of her husband. In the
chapel itself their Royal Highnesses the Prince of
Wales and the Duke of Cambridge will meet the
mourners, and remain during the funeral service.
When this short ceremony is ended, the members
of the Royal family will go down to the vault, and
after they have left the members of the diplomatic
corps will also pass round the coffin, and after these
the members of the late Queen's household. Gene-
ral Count Dumas will stand at the head of the coffin
till all have passed through the vault, and will re-
main to see it finally closed.

DEATH SCENES OF REMARKABLE PERSONS.
Mary, Scotland's great beauty, met the "gloomy king
with a degree of resolution not to be expected from her
misfortunes, w
so numerous were they—deserted by ol
friend, except her faithful little dog. Sir Thomas gore
remarked to the executioner, by whose hands he 1061
about to perish, that the scaffold was extremely weak. "
pray you see me up safe," said he ; " and for my coming
down, let me shift for myself." Chaucer breathed his last
when composing a ballad. His last production is called "t
Ballad made by Geoffrey Chaucer on his death-bed, lying 1,,
great pain." " I could wish this tragic scene was over,
said Quin, the actor; "but I hope to go through it with'
becoming dignity." Petrarch was found dead in his librari,
leaning on a book. Rousseau, when dying, ordered his at-
tendants to „remove him, and place him before the windoW
that he might look upon his garden, and gladden his er/s
with the sight of nature. How ardent all admirer he I°6o
of nature is poetically told in Zitnrnerman's " Solitude.
Pope tells us he found Godfrey Kneller (when he Ni9it°4
him a, few days prior to his end) sitting up forming the 0'73:
for the erection of his own monument. His vanity 1111;
conspicuous even in death. Warren has observed thg"
Chesterfield's good breeding only left him with death
_"Give Drysdale a chair," said he to his valet, when tb%
person was announced. Bayle, when dying, pointed to
where his proof-sheet was deposited. Clarendou's put
dropped from his hand when seized with palsy, whichy"
an end to his existence. Bede died in the act of dictating'
Roscommon, when expiring, quoted from his own transib3o
tion of the Dees Iro. Haller, feeling his pulse, said, "
artery ceases to beat," and immediately died. When t
priest whom Alfieri had been prevailed on to see naTio
he requested him to call to-morrow—" Death, I trust,
tarry four-and-twenty hours." Nelson's last words
Tell Collingwood to bring the fleet to an anchor'
Illuminated aagaiant•

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1866•
uaasVOLUNTEER
usguraa
......._-___ port was 26 bales from Antwerp, 109 Dunkirk, 57 Boulogne,
BRIGHTON-This Day. REVENUE RETURNS.
M ONEY MARKET SHARE ITARICETS, MARKETS,---This Day.
-4,. . 7 Hamburg, and 53 Rotterdam.
_.
Long before the non-military Is
4,----- New Mid and East Dents - 80s to 140 s per cwt.
. AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. MARK-LANE. New Weald of Kents
Vorfuhl.-The following is an abstract of the gross produce of
----- The trade for wheat in the country markets held on New Sussex . 60s to 112 s „
-omoki
liptalrayeedemonstrationptoor-portion
oany ofoaft
Brighton.ttllltee Rifleclrea t the Revenue of the United Kingdom in the undermen-
COMMERCIAL U.I TELLN Eg e iF, _ •
'Paid I Closing 1 Business Saturday was very quiet, and prices in some instances Yearlings • - -s to -s „ boned periods, ended March 31, 1866, compared with
--a-- Share, Railways. ' Price. ; done.
had a drooping tendency. Barley was very firm, at ex- -
choardpsswhasook:eoaffrd their balmy bpaalrmtsyofslLeeopn,dotlnte,
treme rates. For oats, beans, and peas there was a mode- POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-This Day. Metropolis
It being a holiday at the Stock Exchange to-day, st rtariketdoolnainand Exeter.... leo 00 02
100 127 ;28 the corresponding periods of the preceding year :-
rate demand, on former terms. The flour trade was very
inettoria hearts
or proceededLon(ion _btroi
dt the re ani hvay
routes t
toa- Quarters ended
there is, of course, nothing to report in that depart- et Cambrian. - -- martial strains from the different bands which
tta
sh_iueonant
adi Tsi
tee'
eelidl
a tgytet,alEchlnlNes;l:
50 Cork and Bandon all . 13 15 quiet. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Bared thatterciot:ds.-
inept. . 20 Cornwall all • 5 7 On the Continent the business doing in wheat is very
The weather this morning was unfor-
•THE STABBI-NO BY A SWEETREART.--Ann Lees, the June :31, Sept 30, Dee. 31, March 31
Money continued in the same easy state, with but slit Dublinun 13 lfaSt Jane. 100 87 70
D relrtn,e& A b.Junc. 160 '7O 72 moderate, at about late rates, For spring corn the trade is
young woman. charged with stabbing a young man named •
-ery unfavourable, and at one time it was seisc!tni?.em.es ..
*****
•• • 5'
1863 1865 1865 1660 _
little business doing. too E.London, scrip Certi. 20 -
_-7-ci
d tolerably finn. At New York both wheat and flour have
Edward Glavin, her sweetheart, outside the New Royalty_
vo.
celebrated under very depressing circum- P"et-wil e .t t £ x
sold heavily, on rather easier terms.
passed away,
The following has been posted in the Stock et Glasgow &S. Western 1100 1-1; 120 Theatre, Dean-street Soho was a sin brought before Mr.
sliwc
tertotaiu:lecliob. n:
and
00
However, towards 10 o'clock )rain
e t Great Eastern, 1 ird.st k. 100 39 41 391 Ty_rwllit t. ' ' g
Exchange :-." New Grenada Debt.-A1e55r5.8aring852,,,73),,,(01)000
265:11:-,951,:00000e00.9
st Do. E. Angl. st N 0.,. 10( 6 7 Very moderate supplies of home-grown wheat and
`),00,000 245:,211:22:,°01.
Brothers and Co. have received the following re- et Great North ol Scotland 100 - -- spring corn were received up to our market last week.
On being placed at the bar, Sergeant Stephens, 11 C, MCtilt, great military display 1-,.'" , . 1,4 :7,000 242,000 1,317,000 •81,000
100 12t •'23 :381 fopert y 1 ax
mittanees on account of New Grenada dividends : ,eti ;teat /sAlosrltoncekro
.. 100 1,8 110 Th® imports from abroad consisted of 21,344 quarters of
wheat, 9,038 barley, 16,234 oats, 650 rye, 1,279 beans, 6,395 handed the magistrate the following certificate- hto bed
tlie
I:6 000 1,145,000 1,130,000 1,00 ),001
From the Custom House of Santa Marta, £4,600 ; ieltt Do. B stock lt 0 - -
linseed, 11,568 rape and oilseeds, 3,090 maize, and 582 sacks ~ ... . " Charing-cross Hospital, April 2. Crown Lands .... :0,100 7••,000 90,000 90,000
the Mince; aneous .... 3 ,5,5c0 297,!,9: 8 0,4!5 ! 1,3i-1,520
- 1 certify that Edwin Glavin is still an inpatient of this
Do. New, Is. at 25 pm 101
Cartagena, £400; and Sabanilla, £B7- 10s. 11d. st GtS. and W. or Ireland 100 FO ii 2 of flour. • hospital. "J. GItOsVExOII MAO:INLAY, -..
; st Gt. Western -Original 1.0 Si) 60 592 1 I Tota ~ 17,-19,52) !1.9,96 ,31: 18,007,1 5 17;9205
Fresh up to our market to-day, the arrivals of home- Resident Medical Officor." Among those who travelled in the royal train, we
total, £5,087 10s. lid." et D.-. S. Val. Rail gua. 100 - -
- ---- grown wheat were very moderate, and in but middling In answer to a
question Sergeant Stephens said the believe, were the Prince of II 1 1 I
o ten oe, the Duke of Quarters en "ed
From the manufacturing districts the accounts st Do. South Wales
st Do. W. Mid.- Oxlord 100 90 42
condition. The trade was slow for all qualities ; never- injured man was progressing favourably.
The prisoner was again remanded for a few days.
received during the past week represent that busi- St " NewP°-t
June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31,
st Do. Re' eford. *** .00 i 0 , 02
ness generally has remained inactive. Cloths and at Lancashire &Yorkshire 100 120 12' theless, the supply of good and fine produce was disposed
of at last Monday's prices. In the value of inferior samples respect to the volunteers, the first train, conveying _
yarns at Manchester have been a shade cheaper, et L.,ndon
.and Blaek,wall 100 - - the 3d Middlesex Artillery, the 2tl and 3d London 18di 130+ 1801 1805
no change took place.
st Lon., Brigh., Az S Coast 10,, 91 96 Naval and Military Intelligence.
while there has only been a limited inquiry for at Lou., , hat., and Dov.r 1.:,- 37 .iii The market was moderately supplied with foreign wheat. Rifles, and the 26th, 28th, 37th, and 39th Middle- .E .z .t .z
st Do. Metrop. :, x. A.. 100 93 ,5
The trade generally was quiet, on former terms.
A number of additional mechanics are now em- Customs 5,496,000 5,624,000 5,9,2,000 5, 7 ,000
sex Rifles, left London-bridge at half-past 5 o'clock. Ex he
spring fabrics in the woollen districts of Leeds, st Lou.. et ortb Western lute 121 22 1214,8. 4,000 4,35 :,000 5,1'00,000 5,311,000
Bradford, and Huddersfield. The lace and hosiery estt, varri;.,tisieorltiistoo.:.ri:,. r . ,43
,• 63 61 Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. Three other trains, carrying in all something over stamps'rexe
1, + 3.1,000 16:-:,000 1,2.1.4,000 39. ,000
trades of Leicester and Nottingham have been sea- it Metropolitan all 32 74 33 Barley was in very moderate supply, and the trade ruled ployed in the saw-mills at Chatham dockyard cutting
10 000 men, followed from the London-brid re Prop, rry Ts x.. .. 2,4 9,000 7.s ,000 1,680,000 3, •27,000
Do. New
Blanche, 4,300 horse power, the keel of which has 1, Poet-oft o e€o,ooo 1,015,000 1,0,0,000 I,' 05,000
amiably active, and at Birmingham, Sheffield, and foo D E'xtension...... a 1 Ili, 7 1 quite previous quotations. Front (3'2l7:iwn Lands
Wolverhampton there has been little variation f
o too 1 Metropolitan District. all 95 1,7 95, 5
no do. do. 10 - - The market was moderately supplied with oats. For just been laid down at Chatham dockyard. The the Victoria station three trains left with above cel'ai"u ' ••••
station at intervals of about half an hour.
4.5, 0 485,48 i 802,59 i 1,15 ~151
importance in most departments. to Do. and ,A.John'sW'd 6 - - most qualities there was a fair demand, and prices ruled
Blanche is intended to be an improved screw sloop, Totals 18,274,,00 14, 92,4.0 18,, 69,f,9/119,177.161
it Mid and
The Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Mining Corn- 9 ' Do. X 9 Share sla li• .- 62 . firm.of the Amazon class These
5,000 men, making a total of between 15,000 and
Year ended
pany have received by telegrara, via Suez, the re- et Do, Birmiu . & Derby 100 1 , 92 iol Beans wore in short supply, and the trade was steady, , and is one of four other wooden
unarmoured vessels of the same class built from the were the first in Brighton, they are due about seven 1800 156 G
25 Mid Kent
stilt of the operations of the months of January and et North British
8 30 Peas changed hands at the quotations of Monday last. designs of Mr. E, J. Reed. Her principal dimen- Customs £ £
February last :- Company's share of profit for et
NR°l4.,eprnth
t 'l3l Dun.v 100 109 110 100 The market was very moderately supplied. slogs are--Between the perpendiculars, 187 ft ; Montpellier-road, and marched by the London-road Excise
o'clock. All these corps left the station by the
Stamp. 21,276,009 2 ,572,000
19,788,000 19,358,000
January, £650; quartz crushed in February, 4,500 ” Do. G.N.}.; purelmsr. 16.13.4 - - P 158 ft Sin ; extreme
The flour trade was quiet, at the prices of Monday last. Taco
n r.pc,aa
~ -,•• 1 i-I,_ TI_L--,..., 0_...-..-sr. +bra N:rirth S'frrxrnr. Property i',.;
and Rose-hill-terrace to their different rendezvous ,
................... 3,-,50,000 3,292,000

The Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Mining Com-
pany have received by telegram, via Suez, the re-
sult of the operations of the months of January and
February last : Company's share of profit for
January, £650; quartz crushed in February, 4,500
tons ; yield, 6 darts. 15 grs. gold per ton ; remit-
tance, £6OO.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
8 per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, April 5
3 per Cent. Reduced B4} I
New 3 per Cent B4} 1 I
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. —
Do. £5OO
Do £lOO and £2OO
Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent
Do Account
INDLIN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, 10/ per Cent., AprillB74 —
Do. Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879
Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866
Do. Bonds, £l,OOO l3 pin
Do under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Do. 1865
Do Account 72i
Do. Scrip, £45 paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Do. Account
Do .£1(0 Bonds
Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Chilian 6 per Cent
Do Scrip, £25 paid
Do. 41 per Cent
Colombian 6 per Cent.
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Danubian Principalities

Do, Birrniu . & Derby
mid Kent
North British
Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun
Nth. Bastern—Berwici,
Do. G.N•E purolissr•
Do. Leeds
Do. York
P. Carlisle

6 dis

100
at 1

Do. Stock.& Darling.

Do. do. 1860-61
North London

Do. do. 1864

Do. do. 1865
North Staffordshire
N. & S. W. Junction
Scottish Central
Scot. N. E , Aber. stock
o. Scot, Mid. atJok
Shropshire Union
South Devon
-outh E stern
Staines. Wok., & Wok
Taff Vale

'Ol
10
tool

Do.o
Vale of Neath
,Waterford k Kilkenny
Waterloo & Whiteha
West Cornwall

71 72
109 110

35 37
10 n p
120 12i
11 2p
14 2p
74 76
10 12
150 (52
67 70
112 114

50 5'
73 75

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'OSS.

'ESSIONS.

Atlantic Zs St. Lawrence
Born., Baroda, Cen. In.

6s 60
102 103
p if,
66 7
10 11

gu. 5 per cent........
Do. F 'Shares .......
Buffalo & Lake Huron

Do Preference ......
Buff.,Brant & Goderich

6 p.c. 872-3- •—•—•• •
Calcutta & 8. E., litn. •
e Town & Dock, gn.
oemerara, 7 p.c. per. p•
East. Ben,:al, gn., 5 do
East ludiau, gu. 5 p.c.

Do J Eitension
(; rand Trunk ot Canad s
Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds
1 charge 6 p.o
Do. Ist "ref. Bonds
Do. do. deferred
Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds
Do. do. deferred
Do. Pd Pref. stook
Do. do. deferred

Du. 4th Fret. stook ..

Do. do. deterred ....
Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c.
o. G ua. 5 per cent..

Do. New glia. 6 p. c
lit. South of India
gua. 5 per cent
D . 41 per cent
Do ......
Great s. of Canada

D. New ..
Do. 6 p. e. liciA. pay 1873
120.5, do. pay. 1877-8 1
f ndian Branch, limited
Madras, gua. 5 p.o
Do. 41 do.

Do Account -
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Do., Provisional Land Warrant
Egyptian 7 per Cent
Do., Second Issue

Do. 4; do
Do. Filth Exterisioi.
I%felb. Cor. 6 p. c. finds.
Mel & Hudson's day..
N. ttl.C'da, 6pc Ist pi. be.
schide
Do. Delhi
Do. do
Do. runiaub „0
Do.indum St Flo

Do 'XIOO Bonds
Do. 1864 92 11
Do £lOO Bonds

Do. Government Railway Debentures.
Do. £25 paid
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
talian 5 per Cent 1865
Do. Maremmana Railway
Mexican 3 per Cent
Do. Account
Pn 1864
6 per Cent. Anglo-French
Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
NJw Granada
Do 2 per Cent
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Do. 6 per Cent, 1864
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent
Ceruvian 5 per Cent., 1865
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)
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4•OLONIAL GOVER

100
100
100
all
100
100

British Columbia. 6 per
cent.. Dec. 31,1172 ..
Can.Gov.6 p.e.Ja.,t July

1877-4
Do. 6 p. o. Feb. & Aug
D. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept
1)0. b p. c. Jan. & July
Do. 5 p o. Inscribed sk
[Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873
/0. Apl.&Oct . 1890-1900
I Do. do: ISBO-9
Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9:
Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
and 15 Oct., WOO_ .
Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.,
Do. 1878, do
Mauritius, 0 p. c, 1873,
Jan. and July

Do. 1.78
)0.1882. May 15, Nov. '
Do. 1805, Feb. & Ana*.
:Natal ',ov. o per cent
N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.&.luly
N. S. W. Gov. 5 Ivo., 18a6
Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 187.
Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1891
New Zealand, 6 p. cent
Do. 5 per cent.... .• .
Nova So Ala Gov. 6 p. o.

Do 4per Cent., 1862
Do. Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do 3 per Cent" 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
Do. Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St
--
Do 4 per Cent. 1850
Da 4 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent. 185 g
Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B9f 90
Do 5 per Cont. 1864
Sardinian 5 per Cent

sterling, 1875 -
Queensland Gov. 6 p. C.
S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 18684
Do. 1878 & upwards .
Vic,Gov. 6 p.O. Ja .t July
Do. do, April do Oct..

Do. Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do Now Deferred
Do Account
Do Passive 361

BRIT I

Cam. Consul. Gold, lim.
IChiverton - •

CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, por qr. 39s to 465
Do., old 465 51s
Do., whits, old s?s 5s
Do., now
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s

Do., now
Talavera, new 528 60s
Bye—
Ilarley—Grinding
Malting 365 435
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk
48s 43s
Brown
Kingstown and Wars
Chevalier 665 675
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 215 28s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black 215 27s
Cork, white 235 285
Scotch, Feeding 225 27s
Beans—Tick
Pigeons ... 46. 50s
Peas—Grey,
Maple
White
Boilers
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 32s 34s
Stockton and Norfolk
American, per barrel
French, per sack 34s 38s

A number of additional mechanics are now em-
ployed in the saw-mills at Chatham dockyard cutting
out the frames for the improved screw steamer
Blanche, 4,300 horse power, the keel of which has
just been laid down at Chatham dockyard. The
Blanche is intended to be an improved screw sloop,
of the Amazon class, and is one of four other wooden
unarmoured vessels of the same class built from the
designs of Mr. E. J. Reed. ller principal dimen-
sions are—Between the perpendiculars, 187 ft ;
length of keel for tonnage, 158 ft 3in ; extreme
breadth, 36ft ; breadth of tonnage, 35ft 10in ;
breadth moulded, 35ft 2in ; depth in hold, 19ft. 4in,
and burden 1,081 tons; her mean launching draught
is to be Oft ln.

The iron-cased ship Research, 4, 1,523 tons, 200
horse power, Commander R. A. E. Scott, is No. 4
dock at Chatham, where she is having some rather
extensive alterations carried out, the chief of which
is the continuation of her midship battery deck fore
and aft, by which additional comfort and accommo-
dation will be provided for the officurs and crew.
Her sides will be indented, as in the, case of the
Pallas, to allow her battery guns to be fired ahead
and astern.

The screw steam storeship Fox, 2, Staff Com-
mander; Moriarty, from Woolwich and Sheerness,
arrived at Plymouth, on Saturday, having in tow a
mortar vessel which is to be fitted as a swimming
bath for the boys belonging to the Impregnable.
The screw steam sloop Icarus, 3, left Plymouth
on Friday, for China, taking supernumeraries.
The paddlewheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt.
T. Aplin, from Spithead, arrived at Plymouth on
Friday, and is appointed to leave to-day, with
Commander Spain and a party of seamen, who will
navigate the screw steam sloop Vestal, 4, to Devon-
port.

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT
BRIGHTON—This Day.
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tsan,hrrineuircaanotatistrnliihurieseeeisgvaaumferrr,aarteool,nsarmdtttirooiosdvk towards
non-militarymrp dlosaneseitio)rtoaort-otidio,
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rain
et.
se to
BtasrLlnitrorotaotrintrlnrlglisutegihiieelaeltasb Metropolis had shook' off their balmy sleep, the
the
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London-bridge
d trrooei
morning
the realaiNnz,iald:rNs,
oazy:st' ti
headed the corps was heard in all parts of London,
unfor-
tunately
very unfavourable, and at one time it was
much to be feared that the great military display
would be celebrated under very depressing circum-
ceased, and the watery clouds passed away.
Among those who travelled in the royal train, we
believe, were the Prince of Ilohenloe, the Duke of
Sutherland, and the Duke of St. Albans. With
respect to the volunteers, the first train, conveying
the 3d Middlesex Artillery, the 2d and 3d London
Rifles, and the 26th, 28th, 37th, and 39th Middle-
sex Rifles, left London-bridge at half-past 5 o'clock.
Three other trains, carrying in all something over
10,000 men, followed from the London-bridge
station at intervals of about half an hour. From
the Victoria station three trains left with above
5,000 men, making a total of between 15,000 and
16,000 men from the metropolitan corps. These
were the first in Brighton, they are due about seven
o'clock. All these corps left the station by the
Montpellier-road, and marched by the London-road
and Rose-hill-terrace to their different rendezvous
on the Level, St. Peter's Green, the North Steyne
Enclosures, the Pavilion Grounds, and the Old
Steyne Enclosures. Such as arrived early were
allowed to break off and get refreshment, arrange-
ments for this purpose having been made by several
of the corps at the Town-hall and other places. The
country corps, from the east and west, arrived
generally speaking, later than the London corps.

BRIGHTON, Sunday Evening

The Volunteer Review which is now an esta-
blished periodical event of Easter Monday, and the
Brightonians have set about celebrating the event
with a zeal and enthusiasm that exceed anything
displayed by them on former occasions. But this
is only what might have been expected after the
moment it became known to them that the
Prince and Princess of Wales would be
present at the Brighton Downs to mani-
fest the interest in one of the most im-
portant national movements of our times.
The weather-glass is watched with painful
anxiety. Friday was a fine day here, but after
midnight there was rain for some hours. Yester-
day there was no rain to speak of till about three
o'clock, but then it began to descend in heavy and
determined-looking showers, and continued to do so
till seven or eight o'clock. This has been a fine,
sunny day, with the exception of about half an hour
in the afternoon, during which there was a heavy
shower. The decorations in honour of the Prince
of Wales commence at the railway station, whore
along the arrival platform four rows of benches,
extending to a length of about 140 feet, are
erected. These will all b• covered in scarlet
cloth. The metal pillars which support the shed
along this portion of the platform will be hand-
somely festooned in draperies of various colours,
and decorated arches are to spring from pillar
to pillar so as to give the seats the appearance
of a series of boxes in a theatre. Admission to those
seats will be by tickets issued from the company's
office. The ladies' first-class waiting room is being
fitted up as a reception room for the Prince and
Princess of Wales, and in it refreshments will be
provided for their Royal llighnesses and the
Princes and Princesses who are to accompany them.
In another apartment refreshments will be served to
the Ladies and gentlemen in attendance on the
Royal party. It is expected that the Prince and
Princess of Wales, with the Duke of Cambridge,
the Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Prince
of Ilohenlohe, the Prince of 'reek, the Duke
of Sutherland, and the Duke of St. Albans, will
leave the Victoria Station of the London and
Brighton Railway shortly before 10 o'clock to-mor-
row morning, and arrive here at about 11.

Customs,,
Excise. **************
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19,78,000
9,56,,,u00
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96 98
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Do Account 261 6
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account l5l
Swedish 4 per Cent.
Do. 41 per Cent. 1864
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account 691
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104 106
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Do 6 per Cent., 1863
Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip —
Do Account
Do. 4 or Cent. Guaranteed
Venezuela 3 per Cont.
Ditto account
Do 6 per Cent., 1864
Dividends ou the above payable in London
Austrisn, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 4-4- per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 'hi pe" Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
Do 1 per Cent. Certificates
French Relates 3 per Cent.
Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f
Do Acodunt
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols for money
Do Account B6l

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METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
The supply of foreign stock on offer in our market to-
day was very limited, and in but middling condition.
Rather a large number of beasts from France have been
stopped by the Customs' authorities this morning. The
arrivals from Norfolk were 84 Scots and crosses ; from
Aberden 111; from Dundee 31 ; and Berwickshire 208
Scots and crosses. The supply from Ireland amounted to
200 oxen and heifers. As the dead markets are heavily
supplied with meat, the demand for beasts was far from
active, and prices were a shade lower than on this day
se'nnight. The general top figure for Scots was 5s per 81b.
There was a moderate show of both English and foreign
sheep, in full average condition. A demand having sprung
up in Birmingham, Peterborough, and other towns and
cities in the midland districts, the mutton trade was very
active, on higher terms. The beet Downs and half-brads,
in the wool, realised Gs 8d to is ; out of the wool, 5s 4d per
81b.
Lambs—the supply of which was scarce —sold freely at
from 8s to 9s per 81b.
There were no calves in the market. Price; therefore,
were nominal.

9 11
19 20

161 i
131
13 3

991 100 991

Wa were fairly supplied with pigs, in which only a
limited business was doing, at late rates, viz., from 4s to 5s
per 81b.
- - - -

ITEMS.

-4
6

Per 81b to sink the offal.

add s d s d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 8 3 10 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 10 6 4
Second quality do ..4 2 4 4 Prime S'thdown aci.6 8 7 ti
Prim, larg..• oxen ..4 6 4 8 Large coarse calves.o 0 0 0
Prime Scuts, 10 5 0 Prime small d0......0 0 u 0
Crse. and int. sneep.4 0 4 8 i.arge hugs ....4 4 6
Second quality do ..4 10 5 6 Small porkers 4 8 5 0
9d to 91 Od.

Suckling calves, —s to —s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s
t) :13s each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 930 Beasts 235
Cows. — Cows.
Sheep
Calves — Ca.ves
No 415 11'lgs
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 6,916 head. In the corresponding week in
1865, we received 9,527 ; in 1864, 4,115 ; in 1863,
6,130 ; in 1862, 2,252 ; and in 1861, 3,258.

The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. A. 11. Alington, to
the Britomart, lieut. commanding ; Lieut. 11. F.
Stephenson, to the Heron, lieut. commanding ;
Staff Commanders J. E. Davis and James Penn,
additional, to the Fisgard, for service in the Hydro-
graphical Department ; George F. M'Dougall,
master, to the Fisgard, for service in the Hydro-
graphical Department ; A. G. Joll, master's-assist.,
to the Barracouta; Frederick T. Doane, midship-
man to the Barracouta.

10
75 'O
185 175
824 874,
25 2741
3 6,
205 215
14 16

Inspcction of Cavalry Barracks by her
Majesty.

On Saturday her Majesty the Queen, with their
Royal llighnesses Princesses Helena and Louise and
Prince Arthur, attended by Major-General Sey-
mour and Lady \Vaterpark, &c., inspected the new
wing lately built and the improvements now in pro-
gress at the cavalry barracks, Spital, near Windsor.
The Royal party occupied open carriages, and, pre-
ceded by outriders, left the Castle shortly after 11
o'clock, arriving at the barracks at a quarter past
the hour. The Ist Regiment of Life Guards in full
uniform, with band, under command of Colonel the
Hon. D. de Ros—the other officers present being
Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Mountcharles, Cap-
tain the Hon. R. W. Grosvenor, Captain the Earl
of Tyrone, Captain the lion. Cecil Duncombe, Cap-
tain Bateson, Lieut. Limbert, Quartermaster Han-
ley, &c., paraded in front of the green facing the
officers' quarters, and received her Majesty with a
royal salute, the band playing, and the regiment
presenting arms as the Queen entered the barracks.
Her Majesty drove slowly by the regiment, which was
drawn up in line, the four squadrons (dismounted)
on parade including about 280 of all ranks, the
actual strength of the regiment being, it is under-
stood, over 400 men. The Queen having inspected
the ranks alighted from the Royal equipage, and
with the Prince and Princess proceeded to the north
wing of the barracks, which, at her Majesty's sug-
gestion, has been greatly altered, in order to give
better accommodation to the troopers. Colonel de
Ros and Quarter-Master llanley had the honour
of conducting the Queen and the Royal party round
the barracks. The new floors have been erected
over the stables in the north wing, each of these
containing six large apartments, severally capable
of accommodating 14 troopers, while at each end
of the flat there are two smaller rooms for non-
commissioned officers. The whole of the rooms are
well arranged and ventilated, having been erected
by Messrs. Myers, the contractors, from the War-
office plans. Communication between the floors is
obtained by light iron balconies, protected by veran-
dahs projecting from the front of the building.
Her Majesty ascended to the first floor, and visited
one or two of the apartments, including Corporal-
Major Partington's, and expressed great satisfac-
tion at the increased comforts provided by the new
arrangements. The Queen next visited the library,
children's school, and hospital in the south wing.
From the latter the Royal party walked to the plot
of ground lying between the Spital-road and the
Infantry Hospital, where an extensive group of
buildings is being erected as an addition to the pre-
sent barracks. The buildings in question form part
of the plan which was projected in consequence of
the inspection of the cavalry barracks by the Queen,
and the suggestions for improvement then thrown
out by her Majesty. The principal feature in the rear
group is the married soldiers' quarters—an exten-
sive structure 258 ft. by 18ft. Bin., the height to the
caves being 24ft. It is divided into an upper and
lower story, with verandahs and staircases, and when
finished will provide accommodation for 34 married
troopers with their families. To the north-west of
this is the recreation room, 67ft. 9in. by 36ft., and
47ft. high. This will contain a fine room for recre-
ation 50ft. by 261 t., a coffee bar, reading and writ-
ing rooms, library, and other apartments. Near
the married soldiers' quarters is an infant school,
calculated to provide accommodation for 50 infants,
while almost in a line are the wa.shhouse and laundry,
which will be fitted with coppers, drying closets,
ironing tables, &c., and the bath-house. Staff-ser-
geants' quarters, school and fencing-room, are, it is
believed, in contemplation. The plans were prepared
at the War-office, and their carrying out is under
the supervision of a military foreman from the corps
of Royal Engineers. The contractor for the new
buildings, which are making great progress, is Mr.
Sawyer, of Dulwich. The works are to be completed
in July, and the building will, it is expected, be
handed over to the military authorities by Septem-
ber. In a short time the works for the remodel-
ling of the south wing of the existing barracks are
to be commenced, and while these are being executed
a number of the troopers of the Royal horse Guards,
who relieve the Ist Life Guards at Windsor this
week, will be lodged in the Riding School at
Windsor Castle.
The Queen displayed great inte-
rest in the married soldiers' quarters, and conversed
for some time with the officers in attendance upon
the subject. tier Majesty having finished the ex-
amination of the new buildings returned to the
parade and entered her carriage, the regiment
(which had remained drawn up in the meantime)
changing front and facing the Royal equipage. A
troop of non-commissioned officers and men then
went through the " post " practice, under Riding-
master Cox, at a gallop, the exercise including the
various cavalry sabre cuts and thrusts. Her Ma- ,
jesty and the Royal family, who appeared greatly
amused at the dexterity displayed by the horsemen,
returned to the Castle at noon.

REVERE :NCB SHAKES
real Eastern. E. Counties Ex., No. 2, 94
Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pt., 100
Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincoln. 6 per cent.. 1201
South Eastern (Reading Anna., £1.0,6), 22
It 1,, leli:ANlseli; •N • wroCa.r.
London, Brighton. &c., 4} per cent., 1658, 92
LINES LEASED AT FIXED itigNTALS.
London and Blackwall, 876
;FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bahia and San Franctsou, 11. n., Rua. 7 per oent., 151
Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidni),

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
BRIGHTON, Monday, 12 o'clock.
The review just commencing. Weather fine
Town full of visitors.

FOREIGN MINED.
Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 3/ 4
rontino and tsolivia ()old, lien., I 4
United Mexican, lim., I
Tudanaututana of S. Australia, lira., a

The Reform Bill.

TO TILE EDITOR OF TILE SUN.

32,,,uu0
2,874,292

BANK
Agra and Masterman's, lim., 521
Alliance, 11 . 271 6E
Anglo Egyptian, lim., 12
Bank of Egypt, 311
Bank of London.. 26 1
Chartered Bank dl India, Australia, and China, 231
Colonial tiro.. 43/
Consolidated Bans. Um., 91
European Bank, lim., 101
Imperial Ottoman,
Ditto, new. 111
Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lam.. 41 1
London Chartered Bank of Australia, a
London and Couuty, 771
New Zealand Bank Corporation. 11w.,
Union of Australia. 51
Union of London, 521
MISCICLLANEOUB.
Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21
Australian Mort. Land and Finance. lim., 51
Berlin Water Works, Jim.. 10k
City of Lon:ion Real Property, 11w., 41
Credit Fonder and llobilier of England, 71 6k-
Ditto, new, 61
Crystal Palace, 38)
Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lim., 41
Hudson's Bay, 16i
Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso.,llm., 2EI
International Contract, 44
in ternational Financial -nciety, lim., 51
Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour.. 9
London Financial Association, 1im.,;91
M Arse Irrigation and Canal,
Ditto (all), 16i 17
National Discount c ompany. 13
Overend, Gurney. and Co.. Um.

2',51.1,000
19,L58,000
9,s .0,000
3,292,000
7,9.58,000
4,100,000
310,000
2,993,436

Stn,--It is now just nineteen years, a lunar
cycle, since I was requested to come forward as a
candidate for one of the metropolitan boroughs,
and, when acting upon the advice of an experienced
political friend I declined the proposel honour. It
now appears unlikely that I shall again have a
similar chance of serving my country, as circum-
stances occurred shortly after the making of the
above mentioned proposition, which gave a par-
ticular turn, rather scientific than political, to my
future career in this transitory world, as your
journal testifies.

Quarter ended Mat. Year ended
:31. 180 .. siar. 3,, 180.4.
------- ----_—__
Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease.
- - - ---
X X X X
Cu4toms
Itxcise
..
Stamps.
;11,000 3 •00i ••
oo ••
Taxer
Prop, rty Tax
Post-Office ....
Croy, n Lands
14
Miscellaneous

Tota's
1% et Deereaa,

319,814 I
‘,364,1,

,734,0 W
186 Net

478,000
'crease

As an outsider, however, I regard with sincere
interest in the appearance of the new Reform
Bill, and now that Earl Russell has taken his bat in
hand for a second innings, after nearly 50 years'
labour in the useful cause—as the Annual Register
testifies—l hope he may not leave the ground with-
out carrying out his long-cherished wishes upon this
subject. Mr. Thomas Moore, the poet, although
one of the people, was a croaker respecting the old
Reform Bill, which he feared would produce revo-
lution ! But 35 years' experience has shown that
his editor, Earl Russell, was correct when he made
the following sensible remarks respecting his friend's
unfounded panic about Reform. Earl Ru ssell said
" A reformed Parliament is a far stronger barrier
against wild innovation than the Parliaments
chosen on the old models could have been. Lord
Melbourne, in his speech in the House of Lords, txuly
said, " that the consent of the people formed the
strength of the Parliament, and that when
that consent was wanting, it was time to change the
form of the governing body. On such principles
those of Lord Grey's Cabinet who had been against
Reform acted in unison with those who had been
long its advocates, Lord Grey and his colleagues,
in thus combining to bring in the Reform Bill,
acted with true patriotism and foresight. They
knew the institutions which they amended, the
people with whom and for whom they acted, the
principles of sound policy and the course required
by honesty and wisdom."
Moore feared the temporary satisfaction of the
measure was " the torrent's smoothness ere it dash
below :" but his noble editor pointed "to the ad-
vantages of real repreSentation, the abolition of
slavery, the commutation of tithes, the reduction of
prohibitory duties, the repeal of the corn laws, the
equalisation of the sugar duties, the repeal of the
navigation laws, the promotion of education, and
other measures, which during twenty years had '
been enacted by .the Reformed Parliament." To
which list may now be added, the repeal of the
taxes on knowledge; the famous French treaty,
abolition of window-tax, the partial diminution in
the Fire lusur ante Duties, with other minor legal
improvements prior to the dissolution of the recent
Parliament. At the present time these remarks arc
worthy of notice.--I am, Sir, yours obediently,
CHARLES COOKE.
London, March 31, 1866.

2.97P,1,4
~501,144

lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other
Receipts of the Quarter ended March 31, 1866, the appli-
cation of the same, and the Charge of the Consolidated
Fund for the said Quarter, together with the surplus or
deficiency upon such charge :
Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Con-
solidated Fund, for the Quarter ended
lh.c. 31, 1865, viz.:—
Great Britain
Ireland

.010,724
Income received, as shown in Account I 17,792,90
Amount raised on account of Fortifications. dro ,
per 27 and 28 Viet., o. 109 lOO,OOO
Amount raised by the issue of Exchequer Bonds,
pea Act 28 and 2) Viet., c. 1,000,00
Amount received in repayment of Advances for
Public Works, &c.
Ditto for New Courts of Justice

[Certainly there is no earthly reason, to our mind,
against Reform—only let it be Reform ! Unlike
its great predecessor, the present Reform Bill is
really and truly no Reform Bill at all—it is only a
bit of a one ! [En. SUN.]

£20,131,709
Balance, being the Deficiency on March 31, 1866,
upon the chart;: of the Consolidated Fund
in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends,
and other charges, payable In the Quarter
to June 30, lbtiti, and for which Exchequer
Bitty (Deficency, will bo issued in that
Quarter

.022,287, 73

PRINCE NAPOLEON had an interview, which lasted
for two hours, with his cousin, the Emperor, before
quitting Paris. He has now resolved to establish his resi-
dence out of France, probably in Naples. He has realised
all his property in France, having sold off even his stud
and harness stock. His only property in that country now
is the Palais Royal and the Château of Mention, which both
belong to the state.
PRINCE Luc lEN BONAPARTE, the eminent linguist,
has just returned to London from the frontiers of Spain,
where he has been staying for some time, studying the
affinity of the Basque idiom with the Spanish and French
language.

Amount applied out of the Income in Redemp-
tion of Deficiency Bills testi d in the Quar-
ter to March 31, 1866, for the charge of the
Cuneolidated Fund in Great Britain on
Dec. 31. 1865 :
Total Deficiency £2,573,604
Deduct— Amount redeemed
with Sinking Find

2,353,674
Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser-
vices
Amount Advanced for New Courts of Justice
Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter
ended .iturch 31, 18,14, viz.:—
Interest of the Permanent
Debt £5,595,040
Terminable Debt
Principal of Exchequer Bills 1,2 8,900
Interest of Exchequer Isills 53,912
Interest of Deficiency Bills
The Civil List 102,171
Other Charges on Consoli-
dated Fund 455,581
Advances for Public IVorks,&c. 209,18 i
Sinking Fund

9,319,125
Surplu. Balance in Ireland beyond the charge of
the Consolidated Fund in Ireland for the
cuarier ended Mardi 31, .866 512,705

£22,267,473

The three great agitators against the Reform Bill,
Mr. Lowe, Lord Elcho, and Mr. Horsman, are defined by ;
Radical as the dgrees of comparison—Lowe, Lower,Lowest.
Spectator.
THE COSMOPOLITAN was six months old on Sa-
turday, and, in reply to many kind inquiries, says
itself, we are happy to state that its success is far beyond
our calculation at starting. Relying solely upon a purely
cosmopolitan support—that is, upon subscribers who seek
something better than mere partisan or sectorian views of
political and social questions—the Cosmopolitan is finding
readers and friends in all parts of the world.
A GEOGRAPIIIC PUZZLE.—In Victor ringo's new
work, "Les Travailleurs de la Mer," he translates the
Firth of Forth as "La Framitle de la Quatrierat."

CHARLES DICKENS AND BUCKSTONE.

1 The Sunday Times thus graphically descants on
three speeches at the Theatrical Fund Dinner :
Charles Dickens spoke well, as he always does,
though almost too shortly. An after-dinner speech
cannot indeed well be too short, but such speakers
as Dickens cannot often be encountered ; and those
who aro fortunate enough to be present on an oc-
casion like the present are inclined to regard as
grudging and parsimonious the brevity which, in
fact, is dictated by good sense, good taste, and
knowledge of the world. In these days, when pho-
tographic portraits are multiplied by thousands, and
permeate all our cities, towns, and villages, there
are few who can be strangers to the personal ap-
pearance of Mr. Dickens. His appearance, how-
ever, undoubtedly adds weight to his oratory ; and
when the well-graced and singularly felicitous sen-
tences he always combines arc delivered with the
full charm of voice and manner he possesses, the
result, of course, is wonderfully pleasing and im-
pressive. There was little in his speech he delivered '
on Wednesday evening to distinguish it from any
similar speeches lie has before delivered. Its only
defect was, as we have hinted, in very fact, a grace,
and the regret men experienced when the voice left
off ringing in their cars was, in fact, a tribute to the
art of the speaker. About Mr. Buckstone's success
nothing surely need be said. Everything that Buck-
stone does is Buckstonian—that is to say, irresistibly
comic—and the power of voice and manner over an
audience was never more convincingly shown than
on the present occasion, when the utterance of the
simple words "My Lord Mayor" convulsed half
his audience with laughter. His speech was, how-
ever, very clever, and the tone of humorous though
respectful persiflage with which he treated the Lord
Mayor tickled vastly his audience. There was, in
fact, a species of duel between Mr. Buckstone and
the Lord Mayor, in which, though no hurt was re-
ceived on either side, one or two very vigorous
lunges were forcibly given and dexterously avoided.
The story about the borrowed armour tickled the
audience immensely, and the twinkle of the speaker
showed that he himself relished the joke not a whit
the worse for being a trifle mischievous. His re-
ference to the possibility of his having been an al-
derman was told also well, and the retort of the
Lord Mayor that Mr. Buckstone was better in his
place as a brilliant actor than as a second-rate alder-
man, was fair and successful, though, perhaps, not
altogether well founded.

WARREN'S BLACKING.—When the groat black-
ing-maker of London despatched his agent to Egypt
to write on the pyramids of Ghiza, in huge letters, " Buy
Warren's Blacking, 30, Strand, London," ho was not
" cheating" travellers on the Nile. llis blacking was really
a superior article, and well worth the price charged for it;
but ho was " humbugging" the public by this queer way of
arresting attention. It turned out just as ho had antici-
pated that English travellers in that part of Egyptowtehreo
indignant at this desecration, and they wrote back
to
Loudon Times (every Englishman writes or tborueounc.o _
write to the Tinte.l" if anything goes wrong)o,ndt
pyran:.
the "Guth" who had thus disfigured thesea "Buy
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Strand, London." Tho curiosity of the
public was thus aroused, and they did " try" it ; and, find-
ing it a superior article, they continued to purchase it,
and recommended it to their friends, and 'Warren made
a fortune by it. Ile always attributed his success to his
having "humbugged" the public by his unique method of
advertising his blacking in Egypt ! But Warren did not
cheat his customers, nor " practise an imposition under fair
pretences." Ile was a humbug, but ho was an honest, up-
right man, and no one called him an impostor or a cheat.
The Eumbuys of the World. By P. T. Barnum.