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OWNERS OP-PROPERTIF,S wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the oppot sanity that the medium of this Register ►lords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers here the property is of an eligible chum ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant !neon ireniences. ' ERE Is NO orLutoz incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, sn•:t then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67. Chancery-lane. London. T HE SOUTH AFRICAN LAND AND FINANCE COMPANY (Limited). The LIST of APPLICATIONi for SHARES in this Company will be 'kept 0 ?EN THIS DAY, (TUESDAY. March 21, for London ; and TO-MORROW,WEDNESDAY, 22ci March, for the Country. By order, T. R. EAMES, Secretary pro tem. 2 , St. Michael's Home, St. Michael's-alley, London, March 21, 1(565. 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By order of the Court of Directors, AL FRE D LOWE, Secretary. 1 7 and 18, Corniiill, London, March 16, 1865. ' THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 182% No. 11, Lombard-street, London, B.C. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS. Total Invested Funds upwards of £2,750,000, Total Income upwards of £315, 00. NOTICE IS HEitEBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES, telch expire at Lad Day, must be renewed within Fifteen o a's at this Of fi ce, o r with the Company's Agents through nt the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. All Insurances upon Stock-in-Trade, &c., now have the uenetit of the Redu ed Duty of Is. 6d. per cent. Por Prospectus and other information apply to the Com pany's Agents, or to T. TALLEMACHE, Sec et.:ry. ESTABLISHED 1837. lIRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Illl►Powered by special Act of Parliament 4 Vict., cap. 9. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. DIRECTORS. George Bevington, Esq., The Lodge, Dulwich. George Cohen, Rsq Shaalewell. alillis Coventry. Esq., torn Exchange Chambers. Jonathan Duncan Dow, Esq„ 12, Pembridge Villas, Bays water. John Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. Thomas Samuel lirirdler, Esq., 7, Tokenhouse-yard. Edward Hales, Esq., North Frith, Hadlow, Kent. Henryn Lewis Smale, Esq., Doctors' Commons. o trery description of Life Assurance bsiness transacted the lowest rates of Premium consistent business transacted the lowest rates of Premium consistent with security. h „The var;eus Tables, some of which are peculiar to this Com ;",;117, have becn studiously adapted to tho requirements of el 7 class of Assurers. EQUAL RATES FOR WHOLE TERM OF LIFE. 4GE. ANNUAL PREMIUM. 11 AGE. 20 1 12 5 35 25 1 16 0 j i 40 30 2 0 8 I) 45 ANNUAL PREMIUM. 2 6 9 2 15 1 3 6 3 ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. rirETII.-Mr. ALBERT, Dentist, 34, Great ot' Russell-street Blr ARTIFICIAL TE he be s t quality, fi xe.l oomsb tne u im y. proved principles, without "in, from .£4 4s. to £8 85: the Set ti,',-kcaeand painful Teeth rendered useful and irre•zula- C's corrected. (See Testimonials.) Established 33 years. o nsultations free. TIAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curl-, lles' or Gentlemen a hair iinmediately it is appied. Sold 8t 3 s• 6d.• sent free for 51 stamps. Ito s s's Toil e t Magazine, 18 6d or' 20 stamps. GREY HA-TR.-248, High Holborn, London.— , D ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perms ,,,entlY-yeL is sold ataies' Hair 3s. f 6d , rom .7s. or sent 6. ; Gent free for l sl stamps.emen's from It ss. ."st easy of u'e. • AIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. 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VIE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another 1 11 44 home to tho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer tvan t ' ss poor, friendless, young females were rejected , rom 'te PUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have t o !'ent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few Vflost recent cases : ~ aged 16, fallen, mother dead. deserted by her father. F., aged '3, homeles., both parents dead. eB2b , aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. C, i t , aged 15, fallen, mother dead. A azed 15, fallen, mother dead, a :ed 16, fallen, both parents dead. 1 4. aged 14, h"meless, deserted by her parents, C, IV • aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. aged 17, fallen, both arents dead. IC aged 18, fal'en, father dead. aged 18, fallen, both parents .'ead, al, aged 17, fallen, both par me dead. s. D W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. 't he ', aged is, fallen, both parents dead. °ll/I,,,"evr home the Committe wish to form would be for 'at,t kirls, almost children, from the age of n to 15, who f ir ° t ) r ibutio led astray f be receiveprom the d ath of virtue. one will 2ratefully by the Secretary, aniel .„. and 'Co.. oope ll r. 5 bau, Qeen-stre d-street. et, Cheapside; or by Messrs \2 . ! e: NkIL 0 RS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and - - 1 10 U.E, Hamp , tead. 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. aA th TRUSTEES. c Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon t hamplicys I Thomas Baring, Esq., NA% TREASURERS. hi g L. Bevan, Esq. Robert. Hanbury, Esq. !Pi, vstitution is designed to sup : dy a great nationl ' 2 ., an asylum for the orpha., daughters of sailors iu S e tt ,IY?I Navy and Nlerchants ervlce and of Marines. t t i liee% h ee, maintains, and educatea them for domestic "d provides a home f ree of ex: , ense for former ND ' ki While out of situations, thus shielding them from the ati tons they might otherwise he exposed to. t o v lsinarnittee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU -4t t° the gt _ et the increasi g applications through the , and loss f life at sea, and to enable them Alassitiez 10 obtain premises more commensarate w,th the ora , n 8 of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 t.mkay t luallv by casualties alone, without including those 11 4 4 bse r • PT'` eh by war relttyTtions th , nkiully received by the bankers, Messrs. tY ) at CvAill, 10e and No. C0., 7, Lombdrdnhill. -street, and by the Secre - ` 4 Cur R. SWEETING, Hon. Sao. CHAULES ASS, boo. No. 22.699. 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ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE f, K.G President—klis Graze the Duke of BUCCLEUCII. K.G. This Hospital, foundei in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the princip'e of fr ee admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is whol'y de pendent for support ou voluntary contributions and l< gacies. At of relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a con •iderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite hinds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mu terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; G:yn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Cu. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; ‘‘' iliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and CG , Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. bTADIFOJID 011.1TU begrotary. A /112. NAPOLEON AN;) HIS • my* : 3) ( wog, ki t Irt„ • it* . " 4 6.44. • - ki- 41 -1, 5 '•t•- • I 1 45 , !; ..72 1 7 4111 E • .:r i vir LI , p, 4 40 t . t . 7T " 0' 'ag • ' DIE pt, DROIT. ; * ;•. ("a 6 (A Backhander for Er. King 4-.1 , The death of the Duke de Morny has been quickly followed by the elevation of one of his friends and colleagues to the dignified position of a Senator of France. A time will come when history will pro nounce upon the merits of the men by whose hands a second French Empire was founded, and it is not impossible that this impartial sentence may contrast with some of the presumptions conceived. In 1851 the world looked at the means employed ; posterity will consider also the results produced. Half-a- dozen names represent the coadjutors of the Em peror Napoleon in a successful stroke to a throne. To the services of this small knot of men the accomplishment of a great Revolution and the re-establishment of an Imperial dynasty are un 'doubtedly due. In estimating those services future generations will look at the work of the dynasty and the fruits of the Revolution, but it will be im possible to withhold admiration from the ability with which success was improved. These few men represent the characters which in analogous scenes of history are seen in attendance on the hero. They are the men who " came over with the Conqueror," and they have sustained their parts with more than ordinary talent and power. From their master they obtained steady recognition, and they justified his, / , preference by th e i r abilities no less than their fideiity.., ry Not one of the se names h as b een o b scur ed or eclipsed. - - St. Arnaud died on a battle-field at the head of an army in alliance with the English. The Duke de Morny discharged his civil duties with such signal success that when he died it was thought the loss could never be replaced. It was not only that the Emperor and his friends were afflicted by the event —the members of the Legislative body, feeling and thinking only as public servants, were overwhelmed with a dismay at the loss which is described as " consternation." So . completely was he identified with the Chamber that it seemed as if the two were almost inseparable, and as if no successor could be found. No mere Court favour could have enabled a man to establish such a position as that. The early friends of the Emperor must have possessed real powers of mind and gifts of character to do as they have done. They were favourites, no doubt, but they have proved themselves worthy of favour. Had it been otherwise, we should not have seen them before the world at the present time. If Mr. Kinglake's description of these men and their measures was extravagantly hostile, it was qualified at any rate by a practical refutation which no direct defence could have surpassed. Their work was performed in the year 1851, and when it was historically characterised in 1863 it had, at any rate, been vindicated by twelve years of success. Those chapters of the "Invasion of the Crimea" should have been published on the morrow of the Revolution if they were to command belief. Then nobody could tell how the coup d'ltat would end, or what might be the result of substituting an Empire for a Republic. But it is strange that even the author himself should not have felt a misgiving in publish ing opinions to which events had given so plain a contradiction. The Revolution of December might be a work of violence or terror, but it was certainly not the work of poltroons or men of straw if it had been consolidated into a popular Government and powerful Empire. Mr. Kinglake's views were be lied by facts before he gave them to the world. M. Rouher, in his oration over the Duke de Moray's grave, justified the coup d'etat by asserting that it was required in the interests of the country, which had been convulsed and depressed before it, and had been prosperous and powerful after it. We cannot deny that in both these allegations there is a certain basis of truth. In 1851 France had no effective Government at all. In 1861 it had one of the strongest and most effective Governments in the world. It is for Frenchmen, not for us, to measure the cost at which this - Government has been purchased. We can only see that either by its strength or its popularity, or both combined, it has been maintained with the greater security and less disturbance than any of the Governments which immediately preceded it. It is a Government with which we have had little difficulty in preserving amicable relations, and with which we have more than once been in active alliance. If the men who did all this were adventurers, they must have been something more. It is one thing to accomplish a revolution and another to establish a throne, and yet the same men who assisted in the first work have been consistently and successfully employed in achieving the second. Their services have never ceased to be valuable. As far as mere gratitude goes, the Imperial re cognition of their fidelity might easily have found expression in rewards which would have left them in private life. There was no reason why they should be the Emperor's Ministers as well as his friends. It is by their aid, however, that Louis Napoleon has governed France, and so governed it that France is content. These facts speak for them selves. Morny was indeed a speculator, but unless he had been something more also he could not have filled in the eyes of France the position which he occupied till his death ; Persigny may have had an instinct for " service," but the service he could render was effective service ; and Fleury, it is clear, was something better than " a resolute Major," and had more knowledge than a " knowledge about horses." Thirteen years ago these followers of the Em peror stood before the world unknown, and with a presumption against them inseparable from the vio lence by which they had been elevated to power. They had not only much to do, but much to undo, and it is now impossible to deny that much has been done. Of the revolution itself and its atten dant circumstances enough was said at the time. At the present day we can but look upon it as accomplished, and observe the results. Those re sults acquit its authors of pusillanimity or incom petence. They actually succeeded in transforming the Government of one of the greatest and most powerful nations of Europe according to their scheme, and the work of their hands has survived in unexpected efficiency an d gran d eur to this hour. It is a work which F rance contemp l ates w i th apparent satisfaction, and of which England has no reason to complain. The Emperor's followers, though they have been placed in prominent and re sponsible positions, have not discredited the prefer ence of their master. According to his system and their own policy they have administered the State, not indeed without errors, but with success enough to maintain the stability, power, and influence of the Empire. This would be fair praise for states men in any country, but if we remember what France has been for nearly a century, and what it was in 1851, we shall see how much it says for the politi ca l abilities of the Emperor's friends.—Times. NEW MANUSCRIPTS. —In a report addressed to the Emperor, M. E. Miller, a member of the Institute and Librarian to the Legislative Body, gives an account of his :mission to the Greek convents for the purpose of examining their manuscripts. M. Miller has returned with a precious collection of works hitherto unkiown, or considered as lost ; among which we may mention the following :—Commentaries on the Psalms, with nume rous quotations from the versions of Aquila, Theodotius, and Symmachus.—Fragments of the Ecclesiastical His tories of Theodorus Anagnostes and a certain John sur named Diakrinomenos. The latter was the author of a Church history in ten books, of which Photius only men tions five.—The fragments now found belong to the first eight books.—A history of the foundation of a Greek monastery in Macedon at the end of the eleventh century. It contains a catalogue of the MSS., pictures, and valuables which were preserved there at that period.—Some unpub lished letters and brief treatises by Photius.-Isop's fables put into modern Greek verse by one Georgios. This col lection is curious, inasmuch as it contains some new fables, the author, it would seem, having been in possession of Babrius's complete c o ll ec ti on. — U npu b l i s h e d f ragments o f Elian, containing some names and historical facts which are entirely now.—Extracts from the proverbs of Lucillus, Tarrhnus, and Didymus. Among the new proverbs therein contained, there are some unknown quotations from Aristotle and some of the comic writers, also the titles of some unknown comedies, besides certain new information concerning history and mythology. Various Photius and brief treatises by very ancient grammarians, an d from which Eustathius seems to have derived all their erudition. One of them is entitled : "On the difficult expression to bo met with in the Attic orators," by Claudius Casilo, an unknown author. Another, by Didymus of Alexandra, treats of the difficult words used by Plato ; the work was believed to be lost. A third is an epitome of Zenodorus :—" On the lan guage of Homer," a work quoted by Eustathius. There is, moreover, a Greek work by Suetonius (who is known to have written in Greek) "On nicknames and insulting epithets, and their origin." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1865. CRYSTAL PALACE.—WET or DRY.— Always charming.—TO-MORROW (Wednesday). Performances by Orchestral Band at 12.30 and 4.30, and Great Organ Performance at 3.30. Picture Galleries, Fine Art Courts, Shakspere House, Chinese Collection, Fish- Hatching Apparatus, Skating Hall, Chimpanzee, Armour Plates (lent by official authority), and the thousand and one other attractions of the Crystal Palace. Open from Ten till dusk. One Shiling; children under twelve, Sixpence. Note. —The hyacinths, t •lips, and other flowers round the basin of the Crystal Fountain are now in full perfection. R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new entertain ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by Mr. William Brough. New scenery by T. and H. Grieve. Every Evening, except Saturday, at 8. Saturday an ernoon, at 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, is., 2s. ; stalls, 3s. ; stall chairs, ss. May be secured at the Gallery without fee. OPERA. DI CAMERA, every Tuesday and Thursday Morning, and Saturday at 8. T HE X FO , R , D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song : "King of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and t horns ; the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; and final Minuet and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and Lascelles. And Gonoud's celebrated opera Ii'AUSI : Faust, Mons. Lavessiere, the great French Tenor; Marguerette, Mips Russell ; assisted by a Band and Chorus of Sixty Per formers. Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian and Mimic), W. Randall. Little fob, Miss Kate Balte, Signor Sextillion, and the Grotesque, D'Auhans. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Every Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission—a:ea, 6d.; stalls and balcony, is.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HOD GE P 0 D GE, (According to Act of Parliament). CANTERBURY H A.L L.—EVERY EVENING at half-past Nine o'clock. R OYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern Terminus\ Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. Operatic Selection, SONNAMBULA. Prima Donna, Miss ELLIoON. Comio—NELLY POWER, HARRIETT COVENEY. J. G. FORDS. WEST, FRED. FRENCH, Madlle. CERITO SYLVES PER. The BROTHERS A I,TOFF, from the Theatre Deserts, houen, and the ELLISTRAIS, from the Crystal Palace. Stalls, is. ; balcony, 6d. ; area, 4d. Open every evening at Seven o'clock. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GREVILLE. 3IAD AME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, established 29 years at the Bazaar,,Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—A. Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast taken by Doctor Donovan; also a full-length MODEL of KOHL, taken at his trial -are now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Open, 11 till dusk, and 7 till 10 evening. Admittance, One Shilling ; extra rooms, Sixpence. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. GRAND CASINO. CONCERT. First time in England, Gungl's new German Toy Waltz. Prince Imperial Quadrille, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, William Tell, and a variety of Dance Muria Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTL Admission, One Shilling. Manager, M. GRENET. 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Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the Interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, ►nd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN I% at 149, Strand W.C. CI T Y SH O O W-R 00 M GLASS AND CHINA, 147, lIOUNDSDITCII. JDEFRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS, . Cut and Engraved. of the choicest designs. T DEFRIES and SONS' DINNER, DESSERT, ti • and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns. T DEFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES, TAZZAS, ti • and Flower Vases for the present season. T DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, t.l • far the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and Silver. T DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS' tl • in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles. T DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, e, • in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for India. T DEFRIES and SONS' SPECIAL DESIGNS el • in Lamps for India. JDEFRIES and SONS' WALL LIGHT • Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). T DEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB ti • Mess, and General Furnishing Orders of China, Glass, T DEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS t , • with Pattern Books and Special Designs. DEFRIES and SONS have just added Five • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory. They have now on show the largest a9sortment in the world of the above goods of their own manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS, 147, Houndsditeh. HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N., for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of Outcast and Destitute Boys, and those verging on crime, under 10 years of age. President—ROßEßT BANBURY, Esq., M.P, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P. I Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Samuel Morley, Esq. • ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Ease for every Sore.—This ointment affords the shortest, safest, and easiest path to soundness in all kinds of skin disease, scrofulous affections, scorbutic maladies, ulcera tions, cruptions, and inflammations. There is nothi ng deleterious in the composition of Holloway's ointm en t ; but, on the contrary, its ingredients possess the most soothing, purifying, and strengthening qualities. The delicate skin of infants is not irritated by the application of this unguent, which is, therefore, as admirably suited for the nursery as for subduing the tedious ulcerations attack ing the aged. In all constitutional, chronic, and complex afflictions, Holloway's pills should be taken whilst his oint ment is being used, in order that all dOlOtQrl9Ut9 matters may Do expelled from the system. Naval and Military Intelligence. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge held a levee yesterday afternoon at the Horse Guards. Above 130 officers attended on the occasion. The 75th Regiment is held in readiness to move from Aldershott to the undermentioned stations : One company, 2 officers, and 60 men to Tipnor, 3 companies with four officers to Portland, one com pany of 90 men, with a field officer, and the remain der of the officers belonging to the Portland com panies to Gosport. A troop of the 2d battalion Military Train, under Captain Keogh, left Aldershott Camp. on Thursday morning for Ports mouth, and will be quartered at that station. The two remaining troops of the battalion at 'Aldershott, under Capt. Lane and Capt. Vincent respectively, will to-day march from the camp for Liverpool, whence they will embark for Dublin. It is in con templation to reorganise the military train on the Ist of next month, after which date it will no longer be termed a " battalion," but will be placed on a similar footing to the Royal Engineer corps. The 24 troops of which. it is at present composed will be so distributed as to be capable of removal separately without interfering with each other. The corps will have its head-quarters at Woolwich, and will be commanded by Col. Kennedy. Those troops quartered at the Curragh and at Aldershott will be commanded by a field-officer, and only at these two important stations will there be a staff of officers kept. .1 Her Majesty's screw gun vessel Torch, 5, 80-horse. power (nominal) Commander G. A. Douglas, hav ing been fitted at Chatham and equipped for a three years' cruise on the West Coast of Africa, was on Saturday taken to the Maplin Sands for the pur pose of testing her rate of speed and her steaming capabilities, at her sea draught, before passing out of the hands of the steam reserve officials. The Torch was inspected yesterday, and should the weather be favourable.will take her departure from the Nore to-day. The Admiralty having decided on introducing female labour in the Chatham dockyard, orders have been received for the immediate admission of be tween 90 and 100 young women, who are to be employed in tending the spinning-jennies recently erected in the ropemaking department of Messrs. Fairbairn and Co., of Leeds, for preparing the hemp by means of machinery. The entry of the hands will be made this morning. The War Department steam storeship Lord Pan mure, Commander Moore, arrived at Woolwich on Saturday, laden with return 9-pounder batteries from Dublin and Cork, 400 bales of blankets for the Tower, ammunition for Purfleet, and other ob solete stores. Official information has been received at Woolwich to the effect that the 300-pounder gun intended for the Scorpion, together with the entire cargo of the sister vessel Balaklava, lost on the Wexford coast, have been landed in safety, but that ,the ship is a total wreck. The commander and crew have returned to Woolwich. They have lost a portion of their personal effects, which will be made good by the War Department. Her Majesty's iron steam troopship Dromedary, Master Commander Brown, in dock at Woolwich, is ordered to undergo a thorough overhaul and re pair. She is to be fitted with new boilers. Her old ones were yesterday hoisted out, and arrangements were made for removing the various kinds of cement which were laid over the interior of her hull. The bilge water was found to have penetrated under neath the common asphalte and other cement em ployed, but that of the Messrs.W. Day and Co. was so firmly encrusted over the rivet-heads as to require the hammer and chisel in its removal. The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered the vessel to be coated throughout with this cement. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty:—Commander Pownall W. Pellew and Commander Philip H. Collomb, to the Edgar; Lieut. C. R. Gayer, to the Wellesley; Lieut. H. M. Magrath, to the Canopus ; Lieut. A. J. Villiers, to the Cumberland ; Lieut. C. W. Talbot, to the For midable; W. B. Calver, master, to the Fisgard, for surveying duties ; John Cockin, surgeon, to the St. Vincent; S. S. D. Wells, surgeon, to the Britannia; H. J. Kelley, paymaster, additional, to the Fisgard; W. E. Campion, chief engineer, to the Fisgard, to the Pallas; J. F. Hill, assist.-clerk, to the Sutlej ; and T. D. Muir, assist.-clerk, to the Black Prince. THE FRENCH IN MEXICO. PARIS, March 20. Despatches received here from Mexico bring news of the capitulation of Oajaca. The following details summarise the Siege operations The arrival of reinforcements, under the Engi neer Colonel Doubrelaine, and Colonel Jeaniugras, brought up the strength of Marshal Bazaine's forces to six battalions of infantry, four engineer com panies, 18 siege guns, four squadrons of regular cavalry, and four Mexican squadrons—in all, 5,800 men and 3,000 h orses. O n t h e 31 st J anuar y th e marshal transferred hi s genera l h ea d quar t ers to the hacienda of Mont o y ac, in the centre of the attack. The Indians gave most useful and zealous assistance in throwing up the siege works and opening roads, which enabled the siege artillery to be brought before the town. By their help a line of circumvallation 34 kilometres long was formed within ten days. " Marshal Bazaine had directed his chief efforts against the Cerro de la Soledad and the Cerro Dominante, to the west of Oajaca. Four batteries, armed with 12-pounders and mortars and several traverses connecting them together, were established by Feb. 8. At the same time three other batteries, also armed with siege guns, threatened the place from the south. These operations were not carried out without interruptions from the enemy, the most serious engagement taking place at the hacienda of Aguilera, which was carried with extreme briskness by the 2d battalion of Light African Infantry. " In the course of the 4th Feb. three of the French batteries opened fire upon the place, the approaches to which suffered severely. During the night of the 7th the siege works were carried to within about 150 metres of the redan of the Cerro Dominante ; the traverses were made upon rock, and the use of sand bags was required. Marshal Bazaine tells the story of the capitulation as follows--'At night on the Bth all the batteries opened fire for between five and six hours, in order to crush the works of the Dominante I intended to attack. Towards four in the morning I had arranged to try the effect of a surprise upon the Cerras of La Soledad and La Libertad with three companies of the 3d Zouaves. At half-past five I should again have opened fire from all the batteries, and towards six have hurled the assaulting columns against the point in front of the Dominante. All the orders were given. The troops were at their posts, impatiently awaiting the hour of the assault, when Porfirio Diaz, accompanied by two colonels, his aides-de-camp, presented himself at half-past one in the morning at my headquarters, giving Oajaca into my hands, and surrendering at discre tion with all the garrison. I immediately gave orders to cease firing all along the line, and have have now taken possession of the town and the fores. The garrison of Oajaca was over 4,000 men strong. In addition to the 60 pieces of artillery in the place, the arsenal contained precious resources for the military reorganisation of that rich province and tle armament of the rural forces.' " Marshal Bazaine gives news of Gen. de Castagny up to Jan. 3. This delay is attributable to the dis tance of the Marshal and Gen. de Castagny from Mexico - - In their march from Durango upon Mazat lan the French columns had to traverse very diffi cult ground, of which no one not familiar with the features; of that part of Mexico can form any idea. The troops crossed a chain of mountains 3,000 metres above the level of the sea, following goat tracks anal bordering precipices which are terror of travellers. The health of the men was nevertheless good. " Camel Gamier began the year brilliantly upon Jan. 1 by dislodging Gen. Corona, who disputed the passage of the Espinosa del Diabolo. Notwithstand ing the difficulties of the ground and the resistance of the enemy, the French scaled the rocks where Corona's defensive works were placed, and carried them at the point of the bayonet. The Mexicans fled, leaving about 100 dead upon the ground. The French loss was 10 killed and 37 wounded, among the latter being two captains of 51st of the line. Col. Gamier was preparing to pursue his march upon Mazatlan on the following day. " The district of Vera Cruz enjoys perfect tran quillity. The capitulation of Oajaca had produced a great impression in those parts. The health of the troops continued good throughout the Tierra Caliente." The Lock-out in the Iron Trade. WOLVERHAMPTON, Monday Afternoon. Tradesmen of all classes are now complaining throughout the Midlands of the dulness of trade, and are anxiously inquiring when the strife is to cease. Those shopkeepers who look to the artisan popula tion for custom are already great sufferers. On Saturday night the Wolverhampton market, usually thronged With customers, seemed almost entirely deserted. So small were the receipts of some of the sta.llkeepers, that they declared that if they had not brought money with them to market they should have been scarcely able to pay their rents. Similar complaints are heard from people of the same class throughout the " black country," and the proprie tors of tenements declare that they can get no rent from their tenants. The delegate meeting summoned by the Brierly hill Executive was held to-day. The delegates had gone fully prepared with the information which the executive sought with reference as well to the views of the districts upon the union as upon an emigra tion scheme ; and they also supplied the statistics necessary to enable the executive to form some con clusion as to the extent to which aid would be re quired from the funds of the executive treasury and other sources. The amount of business was very great, and the delegates were engaged in transact ing it up to a late hour at night. It was not thought that the proceeclings would result in the adoption of any measures that would lead to a termination of the lock-out. It was believed, however, that such a result might be hastened by the alleged ability of the unions to maintain their members longer than the business exigencies of the employers would allow the latter to keep their works shut up. The proceedings were conducted with closed doors. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Monday Afternoon. It is anticipated that meetings of the locked-out workmen will be held in most of the towns and villages in the iron district to-day. There is no alteration in the aspect of affairs since Saturday night, or any symptom of another meeting of the masters and men to try to bring about an arrange ment ; and both parties, for the present at least, seem determined to fight it out. The men appear to imagine that they will be backed up by the other trades unions in the country, but the masters believe that when other branches of the trade are obliged to " knock of," which they are sure to do if the lock-out continues, it will be impossible to do so, as it will take an immense sum of money to pay each idle man 10s. per week. The ironworkers' lodges, while their funds are whole, seem bent upon relieving the " labour market" by encouraging emi gration, and there are a good many puddlers, especially young men, who are going off to America. The unfortunate labourers and off-hand men are most to be sympathised with, as they are dragged down to idleness and poverty by circumstances over which they have• no control. They have held an other meeting at Middlesborough, but as it was " inconvenient" to have reporters present the sec retary has handed the following report of the pro ceedings to the press, which has the merit of origi nality at any rate : " Public notice having been given to all the members that a special meeting should take place, at 7 o'clock, aethe lodge-room, at the appointed time the room was filled almost to suffocation, when Mr. Felix 3/Govern was elected unanimously to fill the office of chairman, whereupon, at the voice of the chairman, everything was in perfect silence and order. Mr. C. M'Carthy stepped forth, and addressed the meeting in a brief and pathetic speech. As soon as Mr. M'Carthy had resumed his seat, Mr. J. W. O'Hare, ge neral secretary to the United Order, said he regretted very much to see the attitude of the masters towards them. They were punished, directly and indirectly for things that did not appertain to them, and for which they were not re sponsible. He urged upon them the necessity of appealing to the public at large, and also to the trade protection socie ties, in order to obtain assistance, whereupon Mr. O'Hare moved a resolution to the effect that such appeal for assist ance be made. It was seconded, and carried unanimously. It was moved and carried unanimously that a requisition be drawn out and sent to each burgess and ratepayer, in order to obtain their signatures, and to bo presented to the mayor, requesting him to call a meeting at his earliest convenience. This and several other major matters were discussed, when several of the speakers declaimed very much on the cruelty of the masters. Mr. O'Hare gave intimation he should ap peal to every trades union in England, and he also urged the necessity of sobriety, economy, and duo respect to the laws and constitution of the country. After the business had been concluded the officers, in company with Mr. James W. ;O'Hare, general secretary, went into committee to de liberate upon their future course of action, upon which the chairman dispersed the meeting." A letter from Consett states : - " The lock-out has already began to tell severely on this town, for, in addition to the puddlers who are not allowed to work, a fortnight's notice has been given to the black smiths, slaggers, coke-burners, general labourers, fitters, and joiners, to the number of about 300 men, to cease work. This will add materially to the suffering in the place. Had the men been at work Saturday would have been the pay day, and on that occasion the main street is usually crowded with stalls for the sale of food and clothing in all their va riety—but on Saturday a small display of such commodi ties was made, not mere than two or three being pitched, at which very few purchasers indeed were to be soon. Another feature in tho lock-out is the migration of scores of people from the place, large numbers having gone off to America. It has been stated also that the Iron workers' Lodge are willing to pay in full or assist such of their members as are willing to emigrate, and it is thought many will avail themselves of this opportunity. For a num ber of weeks past between 30 and 40 millmen employed by the Consett Iron Company have been on strike, and have had to receive aid from the lodge. It seems that each mill man works one furnace, but the masters thought two men could easily tend three furnaces between them, and wished them to do so. The workmen demurred and then struck work, and neither party has as yet given in. How this will end remains to be seen, but there are not a few people who are inclined to think that the millmon would now gladly resume work on the masters' terms if allowed. Friday was the dividend day at the Co-operative Store, and the share holders generally took out their dividends in kind, thereby effecting a considerable saving. The funds of the local lodge, it is said, are not in such a condition as to afford any great relief to the men locked out, and this, added to the general poverty of the labourers, must cause great distress in the place. The credit system between the tradesmen and the workers is extensively in vogue, and it is feared that if work be discontinued long serious apprehensions for the order of the place will be felt. As yet, however, a sort of indifference prevails as to the lock-out. A meeting is to be held to hear a report from the local delegates, and also to hear an explanation of Mr. M'lver's statement at York that the mon of Consett would be willing to sign a docu ment pledging themselves not to support the North Staf fordshire men ; whereas the men had a decided aversion from anything of a documentary form. It is understood that the representatives of the press will not be admitted to the meeting." The threatened eviction of the families of the union men at Spennymoor from their cottages, has been averted by the masters keeping the amount of the rent from the " baff" week pay of the men. A letter from that village furnishes the following par ticulars of its state and prospects : "In these works the number of men employed in the mills and puddling furnaces is somewhere between 600 and 700 ; out of this number there are scarcely, it is said, 200 members of the union, while the remaining 500 are abso lutely prevented from following their work. If matters continue in statu quo for a lengthened period the non unionists at these works have, therefore, more to fear from this interruption to their labour than their brethren. On Thursday all the hands in the mills, ecc., were paid in full, while also the sum of £lBO, it is said, was received from the executive in the latter part of the week for distribution COMMITTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. -- __ Rev. H. 3PSorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. Mr. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett. 3lr. R. T. TurnbulL Treasurer—W. H. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C. Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, L 6, Suffolk-street, P.ll-Mall East, S.W Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard- street, lt.C. This Home was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to take to the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify the e for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender age precludes their admission to the Rtfuges. Such are those who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is room for nearly 10 , and the Committee would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to plead for those who alreadyref referring tot admitted, they ethe of y cir cumstances cannot t us plead dfo themselvesr who have been; and, ask—ls it right to make a widow and her family paupers for life because one of them (the naughty boy of the family) runs wild in the streets and is beyond her control? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not h-lp her to put one of them into a Home,but that they must ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others a s we would they should do unto us that when these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into the streets, or force them by 111-treatment to "inn away." none of us shou d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe them ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's keeper ?" The mode of admission to the House is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years of age. With the view io s, cure the election of the most deserving Cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. ad. By paym , nt of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by tie Committee, Elections of children to be adutitted free will take place as frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, till the Home is full ; they will then be held periodi cally Forms of application for the admission of children may be had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secret try, PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. among the men, being, it is alleged, equal to about £1 per man. The effect of the lock-out during the past week, although it has depressed many of the trade in the village, has not prevented the shopkeepers from supplying the locked-out with goods on credit, which it is believed they will continue to do. On the other hand, the collieries in the district continue to work full time, and in the other departments of the company's establishment the men work as hitherto. It is thought that most of the men are disposed to support their Stafford brethren pecuniarily, and would do so if in employment. An appeal will be made to other trades for assistance if matters remain as they are at pre sent. A sum of £2O is expected to be remitted from the men employed at the glassworks in Sunderland during the ensuing week towards the relie fof the ironworkers here. Since the lock-out several men have left the phice to seek employment elsewhere, and a further migration will take place shortly unless the works are re-opened in a few days." These are all the particulars that have reached this town to-day from the iron districts, and they are not very cheering. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SCOTTISH NORTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday, at Aberdeen—Mr. J. Stirling in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Suit, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said that matters were going on very satisfactorily. The in crease in the traffic was upwards of £5,000 as com pared with the corresponding period of the preced ing year. This sum did not represent the real in crease, for in the preceding half-year the effect of the Highland line on the company's through traffic was not wholly felt, whereas in the past half-year it was. As to the question of • return tickets, which had been mentioned at former meetings, the direc tors had resolved that from the Ist of June next return tickets should be issued every Saturday at a single fare and on other days at a fare and a half. The arrangements for the construction of the Den burn line were being carried out, and they would soon be ready to receive tenders for the construc tion of the works. The relations between this com pany and the Great North of Scotland Railway Company, as natural allies, were of a very friendly kind. The state of the money market had hitherto prevented the construction of the Dundee and For far line ; but if parties interested in the line would take up the 4 per cent. preference stock the works on that line would be commenced immediately. They were promoting only one bill in the present session of Parliament for the construction of the Carnyffie line, which was a very small undertaking. The company were also with other companies inte rested in promoting a bill for the improvement of the joint station at Perth, which was much needed. Mr. BIRNIE seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and it was carried unanimously. On the motion of the CE(AIRMAN, dividends were declared on the Aberdeen original stock at the rate of 14 per cent. per annum ; on the Scottish Mid land original stock at the rate of 5i per cent. per annum ; and on the Dundee and Arbroath original stock at the rate of 7/ per cent. per annum for the past half-year. The allowance to the directors was increased from £6OO to £l,OOO a year. Mr. Bailie HARRIS suggested that the new line from Dundee -to Forfar should have the Dundee terminus at Broughty Ferry, instead of at Stanner gate as proposed. After some observations by Mr. CLARE, in refe rence to the necessity of working in co-operation with the Great North of Scotland Railway Com pany for the development of through traffic, the proceedings concluded with a vote of thank.; to the chairman. EAST SOMERSET. The report states that the increase in the traffic returns for the year 1864 over those of 1863 was 22 per cent. The gross earnings for the six months ending the 31st of December, 1864, amounted to £3,665, which, after deducting the fixed sum of £1,032 for interest on debenture debt and rent charges, left £2,633 to be divided between the two companies —viz., £1,580, or 60 per cent. to the Great Western, and £1,053, or 40 per cent. to the East Somerset. Out of this sum the directors ad vised that a dividend should be declared on the pre ference shares at the rate of 3i per cent. per annum for the six months ending the 31st of December last, free of income tax, leaving the remainder to go towards liquidation of the balance due to the bankers on income account. They recommended the continued application of the sum for dividend towards the payment of liabilities on capital ac count, at the same time crediting the account of each preference shareholder with the amount of his dividend, for which a preference share would be issued in his name when the sum so credited amounted to £lO. The capital account showed a total expenditure to the 31st of December last of £158,205, leaving a balance of £3,009 due to the bankers. ELY, HADDENHAM, AND SUTTON. The first ordinary meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Great Queen-street, Westminster ; Mr. Shaw in the chair. Mr. BOND, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the line had been set out and the plans prepared. The line would be six miles five furlongs in length, and a great portion of the land had been pur chased. One mile of the line had been fenced in, and there was every reason to believe that the whole line would be ready for traffic by the end of the year. The expenditure on capital account amounted to £2,299. _ The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, explained that the * Great Eastern Company would work the line, and contribute £lO,OOO to wards its construction, on condition that the exten sion line from Sutton to St. Ives was withdrawn, which had been done. . . Mr. CAMPS seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. Messrs. Shaw, L. Simpson, Pell, and Camps, the retiring directors, were re-elected, and also Messrs. R. Camps and Pate, the retiring auditors. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LIN-: COLNSHIRE. The total expenses of this and the South York shire Companies' railways, including rents, tolls, duty, &c., from January to March 12, amounted to £79,478, as against £78,671 for the corresponding period of 1864. The proportion of the South Junc tion receipts accruing to this company from January 1 to March 12 amounted to £6,539, as against £6,406 for the corres p on di ng p er iod of 1864, and the expenses to £3,382, as against £3,276. NORTH' BRITISH. In the abstract of the half-yearly report of this company which appeared in 2he Sun of yesterday, it was stated that dividends were recommended to be declared at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum on the North British ordinary stock, and of 32- per cent. per annum on the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dun dee ordinary stock; the 31 per cent. per annum should have been on the Border Union ordinary stock, and three-quarters per cent. per annum on the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ordinary stock, payable on and after the 25th inst. The capital account showed that £10,822,271 had been expended on the company's undertakings. The revenue ac count for the half-year ending the 31st January last showed that £357,515 had been received and £169,391 expended, leaving a balance of £188,124 available for preference charges and dividends. THE DUKE DE MoRNY is reported to have died from diphtheria. His brain is said to have weighed 1,522 grammes, being 232 grammes above the average weight. The Paris correspondent of the Telegraph thinks that M. Walowski will probably succeed M. de Morny in the pre sidency of the Corps Legislatif. The Emperor Napoleon has raised his first equerry, Cieneral Fleury, to the dignity of senator. I' s ' 31 0 ' 3stl/ e lit" ocri - fig ll- por ad- O f