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THE SOUTH AFRICAN LAND AND FINANCE COMPANY (Limited). r , r _rhe LIST of APPLICATION.; for SHARES in this ~a rch will be kept OPEN THIS DAY, (TUESDAY. ,'" , arch 21, for London ; and 'fo-HORROW,WEDNESDAY, ' 4 q March, for the Country . By order, T. R. EAMES, Secretary pro tern. 2, St. Michael's Hemp, St. Michael's-alley, London, March 21, I*Bs. THE CREDIT FONCLEt AND MOBTLTER OF ENGLAND Limited). Capital, Two Millions. in 1( 0,000 shares of £2 leach. DIRECTORS. Th e Hiatt Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor. ames I,yiek, Esq., Merchant, King's Arms-yard, Deputy , Governor. uarnes Nugent Daniell, Esq., Chairman of the Alliance Bank ( Limited), Denuty-Governtor. T,raes Childs. Esq., London. Mcand , r Dunbar. Esq., Old Broal-street, London. harks Ellis, Esq.. Lloyd's. 4 "olphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and Co.). Loud - tn. ~ Son. r. C. Haliburton, M.P., Chairman of the Canada ,1?-gency Association. London. ,)illiarn Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Young. Harrison , and g o evan), Director of the Thames and Mersey Insurance pany. chard Stuart Lane, Esq. (Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co.), ,}l.ondon. aries E. Newbon, Esq.. London. at e hrY Pownall. Esq., J.P., Russell-squara London. n ' B ePh Mackrill Smith . E.,q. (J. Mackrill S mith and Co.). Old R road-s treet, London. b V v vard Warner, Esq, M.P., London. $3 4 1,1 Westmorland, Esq. (Director of the Royal Insurance A lL ompany), London. ben Grant, Esq., Managing Director. BANKERS. :The Agr a and Masterman'e Bank (Limited). lessrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. he National ank, London, Dublin. and its Branc h es in Ireland. Th' Alliance Bank (Limited), London, Liverpool, and Man chester. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, SOLICITdOCo.RS an , Nicholas-lane, E.C. SECRETARY. Alfred Lowe, Esq. OFFICES. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London. rIE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBTLTER OF ENGLAND (Limited'. I,,NOTIC F 1 IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the HALF be ', 4 . l ,kitLY GENERAL 3.INETIN" . of this Company will be THURSDAY,uat the ndon Tavern, B shopsgate-street, London, on the 20th April next, One o'clock p.m. sely, lor the purpose of receiving the Directors and Witore Report and Balanoe-sheet, and for declaring a vidend Roh'll • e Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from ciuildaY, the 10th, to Thursday, the 2 th April, both days in aVe By order of the Court of Dire_tors, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. 1 and 18, Cornhill, London, March 16, 1865. 1 11- 1 E GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1821. 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. Ivh lsi ;iCE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES, 1) . :'° 11 ex tre.at Lady Day, must be renewed within Fifteen 04t1 e .rat this Offic or with e 's Kingdom, otherwise t t h hey Compan becomey Agents through void. Initurances upon Stock-in-Trade, do., now have the n'tt of the Redu ed Duty of is. 6d. per cent. ror p Dab , rusp ‘ctus and other inforrnati.n apply to the Com- Y 8 Agents, or to T. TALLEMACHE, Sec etq•y. ESTABLISHED 1837. JPITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. k: In Powered by special Act of Parliament 4 Viet., cap. A. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. DillEcTons. George Bevington. Esq.. The Lodge, Dulwich. ) 4 P ,?,vize Cohen, Yeq Shacalll 4„"lis Coventry, Esq , orn Ex c hanfe Chambers. h t Aathan Duncan Dow, Esq„ 12, I'embridge Villas, Bays et.. 1 411 1 Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. plornas Samuel utt dler, Es.. 7, Tokenhouse-yard. trward HalPs, Esq., North lrith, Iladlow, Kent. et irY Lewis Smale. Esq., Doctors' Commons. litii; e rY description of Life Assn^ trice businosl transacted I,he lowest r a tes of Premium conii tent with security. 1)4 4 „° various Table, some of whie k are peculiar to this rom etei, have been studiously adapted to the requirements of 1 9 class of Assurers. EQUAL RATES FOR WHOLE TERM OF LIFE daE 2O ANNUAL PREMIUM. AGE. 25 1 12 5 35 , 8 0 1 16 0 40 2 0 8 45 ANNUAL PREMIUM. 2 6 9 2 15 1 3 6 8 ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. Mr. ALBERT, Dentist, 34, Great Os ti .,_ Russell-street, Bloomsbury. ARTIFICIAL TEE I's ktii,..best quality, fixed on the improved principles. without t"rorn £4 4s. to £8 Ss. the Set I „ti,,„ c aYed and painful Teeth rendered useful and irregula ye - vs4 4 lF:orreeted. (See Testimonials.) Established 33 ars. citations free. bi-:--- AIR-CURLING- FLUID, 248, High Holborn, Lad i ,London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curia I,eg or Gentlemen's hair immediately it T oi let Sold 4 a. 6 c 1 .; sent free for 51 stamps. UOBB'S Magazine, or 20 stamps. GREY t HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— e tlti ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dy e i ng the hair perms )l4D- Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d.; Gentlemen's from ss. m'oatYe eas7 is sold at 3s. 6d, or sent free for 51 stamps. It i s of uee. L DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, 71th ondon.—AL EX. 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AND HIS EN R • • v • I •VQ• 21E4 " • Pa ( 9 4 41, ---- • 4 kAatt i mp 41„: or, 7 • , c 9.: 1 %,," EM'LIs - 4. . 1 t' s ': • _ ski •:,•.• • . -- 4 • ( 4 , eit- 5 0111(*-. Nelikatei#N2 '4ll M" 'Cads .4; 5. nrolT • "--1191 v" c O 9 ggrA jim 16 e „ • • • PRICE 1,1. STAMPED 3,1. (A Backhander for Mr. Kinglake.)_ 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 their abilities no less than their fidelity. Not one of these names has been obscured 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 463 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'e'tat 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 Morny's grave, justified the coup d'e'tat 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 immediatelykreceded it. It is a Government with which we have had little difficulty in preserving amicable relations, and with — Will& "we have more than once been in active affiance. among tho 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. Itis 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 hero. Since the lock-out several men have left the place 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 Sun, 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 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 Carnyllie 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 CHAIRMAN, dividends were declared on the Aberdeen original stock at the rate of 1-1- per cent, per annum ; on the Scottish Mid land original stock at the rate of 5* per cent, per annum ; and on the Dundee and Arbroath original stock at the rate of 74 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. CLARK, 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 thanks to the chairman. 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- potence. They actually succeeded in transforming the Government of one of the greatest and most nationsandtheewimoorefkienEocurfy theirope a h c a c n o ds rdi h n as g to their in scheme,unexpectedpowerful and grandeur to this hour. It is a work which France contemplates with 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 hztve 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 was France I h B a s 5 e w e ne shallf l nearly aw mucheentu r y it, says an ad w f o h r a t t h i e t political abilities of the Emperor's friends.—Times. NEW MANUSCRIPTS.—In a report addressed to the I 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 unknown 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 tho first eight books.—A history of the foundation of a Greek a that e pictures, andcontains preservedcataloguetherethe m vea unpub lished el 4 which we letters and brief treatises by Photius.—/Esop'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 collection.—Unpublished fragments of /Ellen, containing some names and historical facts . which aro entirely new.—Extracts from the proverbs of Lucillus, Tarrhreus, and Didymus. Among the new proverbs therein contained, there are some unknown quotations front Aristotle and some of the comic writers, also the titles of some unknown comedies, besides certain new information concerning history and mythology. Various brief treatises by very ancient grammarians, and from which Phot ius and Eustathius seems to have derived all their erudition. One of them is entitled : "On tho difficult expression to be 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." 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 ace, 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 wholo 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. ➢lr. 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-: C OLNSHLRE . 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 th e correspon di ng per i o d o f 1864, and the expenses to £3,382, as against £3,276. NORTH BRITISH. In the abstract ;Id;e half-yearly report of this company which appeared in Ihe Sun of yesterday, it was stated that dividends were recommended to be declared at the rate of 2k per cent. per annum on the North British ordinary stock, and of 31 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. Walowaki will probably succeed M. do Morny in the pre sidency of the Corps Legislatif. The Emperor Napoleon has raised his first equerry, General Fleury, to the dignity of senator. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1865. C R YST AL 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 Gallezies, Fine Art Courts, Shakspere House, Chinese Collection, Fish- Hatching Apparatus, Skating Hall, Chimpanzee, Armour Plates (lent by official authority), and the thousand and ono other attractions of the Crystal Palace. Open from Ten till dusk. One Shilling; children under twelve, Sixpence. - Note. —Tne hyacinths, t lips, and other flowers round the basin of the Crystal Fountain are now in fall perfection. 114 R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JO UN 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 afternoon, at 3. ROYAL GALLERY OP ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, ls., 28. • stalls, Is. ; stall chairs, ss. May be secured at the Gallery without fee. OPERA DI CAMERA, every Tuesday and Thursday Morning, and Saturday at 8. T H XFORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbaclfs brilliant Open Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song : "King of Bmotia ;" " 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 FAT'S . / : Faust, Mons Lavessiere, the great French Tenor ; Marguerette, Miss Russell ; assisted by a Band and Chorus of Sixty Per formers. Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian and Mimic), W. Randal!, Little i3ob, Miss Kate Balie, Signor Sextillion, and the Grotesque, D'Auhans. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. • Every Evening at Half-past Scven. Admissioa—area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls.; priv,,te boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). BODGE PODGE, (According to Act of Parliament). CANTERBURY if ALL.—EVERY EVENING at hall-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 ELLION. Comic --NELLY POWER, HA RRIETT COVENEY. J. G. FORDE. WEST, FRED. FRENCH, CERITO SYLVESTER. The BROTHERS A LTOFF, from the Theatre Deserts, houen, and the ELLISTRAIS, from the Crystal Palace. Stalls, ls.; balcony, 6d. ; area, 4d. Open every evening at Seven o'clock. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GRE VILLE. IADAIIIE TIISSAUD'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 Music. Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTL Admission, One Shilling. Manager, M. GRENET. MADAME RACHEL, whose talents has gained for her a world-renowned name for preserving and enhancing youth, beauty, grace, and loveliness, and whose Royal Arabian, Circassian, Baths, Spices, and Perfumes ren der the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond com parison, giving the appearance of youth and beauty to persons however tar advanced in years, have caused her name to stand a marvel of the age, of which delicate and costly arts she stands the sole possessor.-47A, New Bond-street. OftNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Lib rar y, ad Dining-room, consisting of a new and eAegant assort ment Jt VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, seautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, A labaa er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANI, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. 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, 6,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. gALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANL at 149, Strand W.C. C I T Y S H 0 W- R-0 OM FOR GLASS AND CHINA, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. JDEFRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS, • Cut and Engraved. of the choicest designs. T DEFRIES and SONS' DINNER, DESSERT, t.. 1 • and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns. T DEFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES, TAZZAS, PJ • and Flower Vnses for the present season. T DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, • far the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and silver. T DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS' tJ • in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles. JDEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, • in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for India. JDEFRIES ails , r i l L S a 2 p N s t' r SaflAL DESIGNS e.l . TDEFRIES and SONS' WALL LIGHT e• Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). T DEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB t/ • Mess, and General Furnishing Orders of China, Glass, T DEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS t_l • with Pattern Books and Special Designs. JDEFRIES and SONS have just added Five • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory. They have now on show the largest assortment in the world of the above goods or their own manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SllO W-ROOMS, 147, Houndsditoh. 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, underlo years of age. President—HOßEßT HANBURY, Esq., M.P, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., M:P. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P. 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, eruptions, and inflammations. There is nothing deleterious in the composition of Holloway's ointment ; 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 deleterious matters may be expelled from the system. Naval and Military Intelligence. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge held a levee yesterday afternoon ac 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 roilitary 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 the two important stations will there be a staff of officers kept. Her Majesty's screw gun vessel Torch, 5, 80-horse power (nominal) Commander G. A. Douglas, hay: 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 Purfieet, 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. Fellow 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 oper a ti ons : " 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 gu ns , f our squa d rons o f regu l ar cavalry, and four M ex i can marshal transferred his geOnjlerat,lhehe3a men and 3,000 horses. squadrons—in all, 5,800 1 d s a t u Jury ar a t n ers a t the o the hacienda of Montoyac, 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 gun s , 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 l and the 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 and bordering precipices which are terror of travellers. The health of the men was nevertheless good. " Colonel Gamier began the year brilliantly upon Jan. 1 by dislodging C pen. Corona, who disputed the passage of the Espinos a del Diabolo. Notwithstand ing the difficulties of t' he ground and the resistance of the enemy, the Fr , ench scaled the rocks where Corona's defensive w - orf:s were placed, and carried them at the point of the bayonet. The Mexicans fled, leaving a,N:out 100 d sad upon the ground. The French loss was 10 knled and 37 wounded, among the latter being two c4' ptains of 51st of the line. Col. Gamier was prepay. ing to pursue his march upon Mazatlan on the folk 'wing day. " The district of Vera Cr uz enjoys perfect tran quillity. The capitulation of Oajaca had produced a great impression in thos e parts. The health of the troops continued good throughout the Tierra C aliente. " The Lock-out in th a Iron Trade. WOLVERHAMPTOZ , T, 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 grey %t sufferers. On Saturday night the Wolverhamptor, t market, usually thronged with customers, seemed almost entirely deserted. So small were the receipts of some of the stallkeepers, 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 Briefly 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 same 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 proceedings 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 108. 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, at the lodge-room, at the appointed time the room was filled almost to suffocation, when Mr. Felix MGovern 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 be 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 due 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 more than two or three being pitched, at which very few purchasers indeed were to be seen. Another feature in the 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 manworks 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 millmen 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 men of Consett would be willing to sign a docu ment pledging themselves not to support the North Staf fordshire men; whereas the mon 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, &c., 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, 311 7 Alex. Anderson. ---- Rev. H. M'Sorley. 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 Lyoett. I Mr. R. T. Turnbull Treasurer—W. H. Wiliam., Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C. Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, I'M, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W . Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard ,.. streei, This Home was opened in April, 1884. It was designed to take tit the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify the " for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tendar age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are these 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 child= 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 p'ead for those who cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they 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 1p 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 as we would they should do unto es that when these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to "inn away," none of us sheu 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. Foys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years of age. With the view I o sccure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not !Hint 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. 2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 p ars of age at the time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by the Committee, Elections of chi.dren to be adadtted 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 Secretary, ./te: - ,e (-Y/•,e,/,' t -, ...........: , ..... .LdVaW...* 4 itl ~k v a 3ERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN t hk liff ee ECTUAL TIE HEDY, without confining the bowels Si 'I; the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad ii,Nll, to be the best medicine for immediately relieving o t l o llpte,, o olds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient eon phshou',a. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty '1• 0 0e incurable, admirably allays the tickling which I4llte e 7 frequent coughing. In approaching consumption 10 1„: 41 are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or V fe' r ,,,'n . 9 ', down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief t tt ; LA: ‘ , ll : ll nutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by Vis,l.""lalilirr , Chemist. 8, King-W.lliam-street, Charing lihre r ;',. °ll don, and by all druggists, in bottles. 130., and tl4l.4l.,autities in one, 2s. same.h. Be particular. and ask \. Thic e 'rrt's Asthmatic Ba The name and address are oti tne stamp. ,-,........ • lit b P P RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another bbd, ik o k nie to , lin 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer 4:4 07bk9or. friendless , young females were rejected rom 4 11 '' UNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have i i , tl 4 4) ,, n t away in five Tars. Here arc brief details of a few ti ' , .'t 3 fit recent eases : - k• A: 7,ged lA, fallen, mother dead , deserted by her father. 6' li. , aged '3, homeles., both parents dead q , b. , :szed 17, fallen, father dead, d e serted by her mother. A It: g . ed 15, fallen, mother dead. 4 1,:,....:ect 15, fallen. mother dead, if B. ‘ 4 %-ed 16. fallen, both parents dead. t• It ,ed 14, homeless , de-erted by her parents k'.alred 17, fallen, both parents dead. it' G.' aged 17, fallen,'both Parents dead. R. k ' ._'Ked 18, fallen, father dead. kk:' l ;`" 4-e d 1 8, fallen both parents 'iced, k itk.V 4 17, f Men, both par , nts dead. IV., lip . e •,,aged 17. fallen, both parents dead. lif111411e1; home alle, both parents d id. 4 1• K gin s then ommittee wish/o form would be for y' o l , ee t , c almost children, from the age of a to 15, who t, , s trib„l'!"l astray from the path of virtue. 'Ettr,;i:liflFins will be received gratefully by the Secretary. "'al , a n `, l - 0 0per, 85, Queen .s 'reek Chcapside; or by Messrs L \ . ' Co.. Lornbard-etreet. 0 6 out a ge Pe r iJj 0* ret t he 01 5 ,te 9 ' rer; le rt 30 - r 3° OP' ill ° 1 1 ' 3 , oil Dff ° ' 01' off iric i ‘ , f , 1, its' 0 Pd'