The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-23 00:00:00

LONDON must have a Gentleman's SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM " EVAN 'S " after Alfred Mellon's Concerts. F r-M S LL AHAN' WHI SKY v. COGNAC AIL BRA NDY. Tnis ogle .rated Old IRISH WIIISKY rivals the finest PRRNCII BRANDY, It h Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, Ss. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (incorporated by Act of radiant tit, 18i0) 14, RIMSEi , L-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS HONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums of £2O to £5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over one, two, or three years. The large Ctpital of this Associa- Von enables it to complete its transactions without delay. No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelope. The Association also lends Money for the purchase of a house by a tenant. or for the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. T HE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited). Capital subscribed, £5,000,000. Paid up, £500,000. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq. Xenophon Balli, Esq. Capt. J. Gilbert Johnston. E. J. Coleman, Esq. G. G. Macphers )n, Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakin. W. Scholefield, Esq., M.P. James Dickson, Esq. Sir S. D. Scott, tart. P. D. Hadow, Esq. H. D. Seymour, Esq., M.P. J. 0. Hanson, Esq. Joseph Thornton, Esq. G. F. Holroyd, Esq. Alfred Wilson, Esq. J. G. Homere, Esq. M. Zarifi, Esq. MANAGERS. llenry J. Barker, Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ashurdt, Morris, and Co., and Messrs. Edwards and Co. This Association makes ADVANCES on APPROVED SECURITIES. NEGOTIATES LOANS, and undertakes General Finan cial Business. DEPOSITS received for periods of One Year and upwards, at a fixed rate of interest: and for shorter periods, or subject to a specified Notice of withdrawal, on terms regulated by the fluctuations of the general Money Market. W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary: 27, Lombard-street, E.C. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders in the Atlantic Teegraph Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishapagate-street, in the City of London, on THURSDAY, the 12th Day of Oetober, 1565, at Halt-past One o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of considering, and if the Meeting think fit, of passing the following Resolu tions, viz.:— _ _ Ist. That the Resolution pissed at the Extraordinary °General Meeting of Shareholders, held on the 9th August, 1865, authorising the issue of a further amount of the remain ing unpaid capital of the Company, not exceeding £BOO,OOO, be and the same is hereby rescinded. 2d. That the Resolution passed at the said Meeting, held on the 9:h August, 1865, conferring upon the said capital of £BOO,OOO, or so much thereof as should from time to time be Issued in common with the consolidired 8 per Cent. Pre ferential Stock of the Company, a Preferential• Dividend of 8 per Cent. per annum, and a certain share in other Divi dends of the Company, be and the same is hereby rescinded. 3d. That the capital of the Company be increased to an amount no exceeding X 2,000,000, by the creation and issue of not exceeding 160,000 New Shares of £5 each, and that such New Shares shall bear, and be entitled to, a Preferen tial Dividend at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum on the amount for the time being paid up thereon, in priority to any dividend or on any other capital of the Company, and shall also, in proportion to the 'amount for the time being paid up thereon, be entitled to participate equally with the other capital of the Company in any moneys applicable to dividend, which upon each declaration of dividend may re _mem after paying or providing for the said dividend of .£l2 per cent, per annum, the Preferential Dividend f .E.B per cent. per annum payable on the c onsolidated 8 per Cent. Pre ferential Stuck of the Company, and a Dividend at the rat. , cif 4 percent. per annum on the Consolidated Ordinary Stock and ordinary sharPs of the Company; or in lieu of, or n ad dition to the Resolutions above set forth, or any or either of them, such other Resolution or Resolutions as the Meeting may think fit for rescinding or amending the Resolutions passe ) at the said Meeting of the 9th August, 1865,.0r any or either of them, for increasing the capital of the Company by the issue of new share., and for conferring upon the new shares, or any portion thereof, such preference or priority in the payment of dividends, and such special privil,ges and advantages as may, by the Resolution creating the same, be prescribed or authorised. J. STUART WORTLEY, Chairman. GEO. SAWA RD, Secretary and Genera] Superintendent. 12, St. Helen's-place, London, Sept. 14, 1865. QPANISII FLY is the acting ingredient in 5...7 -ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES 0 IL. which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d, ss. 6d., and 10s. 16d..; sent free for 54, 84, and 141 stumps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, nigh Holborn, London. ONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured V / if in one day by using ALEX. ROS 3'S CHIROPO. Tnis preparation gradually dissolves the corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s , sent by post for 60 stamps —24 S, High Holborn, London. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curia ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 108. 6d. ; sent free for 54, 83, and 141 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. 6d., or 20 stamps. REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London. - N. 3 ALEX'. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe •t. Price 3s. rd , 6s. 6i., and 10s. 6d. ; sent by post for 54, t 4, and 141 stamps. HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX."ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the sit'n. ouperfluons hair from the face, neck, and arms. Ss. ed., ss. ed., an i 10s. 6J. : sent the same day as ordered by post for 5 1, 84, and 144 stamps. Lately published, Id., sent free by n o s t f or t wo s t lmps. AN ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAIR : Its Close g,y to sh Ve. and its Reproduction by the Stimulant Anal9 F ly Spani getation or Cantharides.—By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness, &c. 2s. od. and 7s. 6d. ; or by post for 40 and 100 st imps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. I:IEALTH WITHOUT MEDICINE. B e i ng the only Sovereign and unfailing Remedy for Indi ges ion, Constiration. Nervousness, Debility. Torpidity of the Liver, Headache, Biliousness, Despondency, Low Spirits, Coughs, Asthma, and Incipient Consumption. Full particulars sent to any address on receipt of two stamps. by Mr. KHARSLEY, 23, Kentish-town-road, Lon don, N.W. " the most efficacious remedy for those diseases extant, a boon to the aMicted."—Medical Review. "This invaluable discovery has attainel a world-wide cele brity, being of inestimable value, and most admirably adapted to remove those maladies which tend to embitter lire, and shorten its duration."—Sollpel. " The unprecedented success of this remedy is without parallel; this is demonstrated by the innumerable cures effected,"—Medical Journal. NOTHING IMPOSSMLE.—The greatest and most unef n 1 !mention of the day , AGUA AM AR ELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and C O., 12, Three Kinr-court, Lombard -street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public, this truly marvellous fluff 1. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue- no matter at what age. The Ague Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month wilt keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles. cos. 63. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Righness the Princess of Wales. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and HOME, Hampstead. Offices, 77, CornhilL PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, The Rev. Canon Champneys R.N I Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national Want, viz., an asylum for the orpha's daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service, and provides a home free of expense for former Inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the inereasi g applications through the recent storms and loss of life at sea, and: o enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those Who may perish by war Subscriptions thankfully recew by the bankers, Messrs Barclay. Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEEPING, Hon. Sac. CHARLES NASH. Sea. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to th. 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected , rom Want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases : F. P., aged 16, Mien, mother dead, cl^serted by her father. M. A. F., aged 13, homeles., both parents dead. S. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother 3. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A 8., sled 16, fallen, both parents dead. U. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents. M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H, aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. M. A. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form woald be for 7 0 ung girls, almost children, from th e ag e of 8 t o 15, who nave been led astray from the path of virtue. ...Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, r. Daniel Cooper, R 5, Queen -street Cheapside; or by Messrs narelay and Ce., Lombard-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail- W aY Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious 3lajeaty the QUEEN. .ea -Patron—His Royal Highn ess the Prince of WALES, K.G P resident—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. 1, T his Hospital, founded in the y ear 1828 , the first to estab in the principle ifficulty of fr ee of adGovernors'mission to the orders, is w h olly sick poor de t p endent delay r and for support on voluntary contributions and !des. _lt affords relief to a large number of in-patients, an d, i n destitutelnclition to this, the average number period ot attedance of the 19e sick has for a considerable ave raged between ~ and 4,000 weekly. b t ee Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the r olent, as the premises of this Hospital are ' capa bl e o f th e t4 relainP ,' quisite muds to several hundred maintain moret hem. beds, had the Committee t4-;ontributions are received b-, the Treasurer. Edwara Mai brl n tn, Eaci , Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and CA .; kornna.olld.and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ;fierries and Co. ; Ransom k trei Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; ney a Y and Co.; w mains, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ;)o ft,a i d Co. ; Nisbet and C. , Bernera-street ; T. earned and vPipool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till S. BLINFOILD MIT% Secretary. N°. 22,859 MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN OF IRELAND. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday, in Dublin ; Mr. Ennis in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. Dr. PEEBLES said that at the last meeting an un dertaking bad been given that the original stock should cease to exist. The CHAIRMAN said he had never given such an undertaking, but he had given an undertaking that none of the original stock should be issueduuderpar. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it contained so many details of interest, and criticised the state of the company's affairs so accurately that they could go at once to real business. With regard to the general features of the account they would see that there had been a small increase upon the working, but not such an increase as at all harmonized with the prophecies of those who took a very sanguine view of the state of the coun try. There was a small increase upon the first and second-class passengers, but upon third and fourth there was a falling off. He had recently appeared to give evidence on the subject before a parliamentary committee. He then gave it as his opinion that traffic was a very varying thing in this country. In all pro bability in the next session of Parliament the ques tion would again be taken up and more fully consi dered. He had told them upon a recent occasion that there had been a strong disposition evinced by a certain Minister that the principle should be carried out on the Belgian principle. Mr. Gladstone had, however, stated that in any such arrangement the rights of shareholders and railway proprietors should be duly attended to. With regard to cattle and goods they had a small increase, which was a source of en couragement. The directors were naturally respon sible to the shareholders for the duty that attached to them. He himself had always stated that he was answerable for his duties, but he had never taken any steps without their sanction. There had been a sum of £17,760 expended on the permanent way, w hile in a previous year there was a much smaller sum. With reference to the Ballinasloe accident— one which he was prepared to say every gentleman in- the room deplored—he had to say that it cost the company £6,362. Th e report o f t h e engineer of the Board of Trade was to the effect that the accident occurred from fast driving over a line badly con structed. He did not think it was necessary to make that report a matter of controversy. The accident itself was of a most lamentable character, but he was happy to say that it was an exception to the normal state of the undertaking. For 20 years it was the only serious accident that had occurred on the line. Rather than charge this £6,362 against the revenue of the half-year, the directors had resolved to meet it as far as possible by the reserve fund; so that the whole conse quencesof the accident as exhibited against the revenue account were only something over £l,OOO. He believed that was a fair mode of employing the reserve fund. He was not himself partial to the accumulation of reserve funds, because he believed they were more calculated to benefit posterity than aid those who had invested their money in the undertaking, and who were deprived of the advantages of it. Mr. J. STIRLING, deputy-chairman, seconded the resolution. fro ALL in DEBT or DIFFICULTIES.— Il Gratis. JAMES GOLDRICK, Attorney at-Law, and t-olicitor of all the Courts, obtains immediate protection for the person and property of debtors, in town or country. together with entire relief from all debts and lia bilities, under a recent Act of Parl , ament, in all o , ses with out imprisonment. Charges moderate, payable by instal ments. Every descal tion of legal business conducted, in cluding Bankruptcy, Chancery, and Divorce caies. Wtl's searched for and office copies obtained. Claims made out and m , mey an - I property recovered.—Offices, 1, Brunswick-street, Liveri 001, and 342, Strand, London, W.C. Strictly private and confidential. N.B —County Courts attended. TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOO PASTE is greatly muperior to any tooth Powder; gives the teeth a pearl hiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Price Is. 6d.-12, Three King-court, Lombard street. London. KUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LRITTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERITXTED AND EXHIBITED IN TDB GREAT OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of HERNI A. the use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the hoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ,nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being 4ent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 218., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, 18. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Bd. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post 'Moe, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, dm They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Prioe 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. emath. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. llitantifacturar, 228, Piccadilly. RAILWAY INTEV,IGENCE. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER A special general meeting of ' this company was held yesterday at the Victoria station, Pimlico, to consider an agreement entered into with the South- Eastern Railway Company, with a view to avoid undue competition, and for the division and appor tionment of the local and continental traffic ; Lord Harris, the deputy-chairman, presided. Mr. JOHNSON, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the proposed agree ment was taken as read, each shareholder having had a copy of it. The proposed traffic agreemeutbetween the South- Eastern Railway Company and the London, Chat ham, and Dover Company was entered into with a view of avoiding the injurious effects of undue competition, and of working the traffic of the two companies more economically and efficiently ; and was to take effect from the Ist of February, 1863. The agreement was authorised in the last Session of Parliament. It included and defined the local and continental traffic of both companies, appointed a joint committee for fixing rates, fares, and charges, provided that there should be a common fund into which should be paid the gross receipts of each company from local and continental traffic as defined, the proportion received or receivable for through rates, fares, and charges, and all subsidies for the carriage of mails by rail or steamboat. It also provided for management by the joint commit tee and four referees in case of dispute. The follow ing were the most important portions of the agree ment : " The common fund shall be divided and apportioned between the two companies in the following proportions;— To the South-Eastern To the Dover Company. Company. Per Cent. Per Cent. 68 32 Mr. NEVILLE moved, as an amendment--" That the consideration of the report, with the exception of the recommendation of a dividend, be postponed, and that a committee of nine shareholders be ap pointed to examine into the affairs and manage ment of the company, and repo r t th ereon, and that the meeting should adjourn to the 9th Nov. to re ceive the committee's report." Mr. DENNEHY seconded the amendment. Mr. MAuNsELL replied to the statement of Mr. Neville, and showed that the increased expenditure was due to the increase of the mileage of the com pany's line. - The Hon. G. HANDeocK suggebted that they should pass the report and statement of accounts as presented, and then appoint a committee of nine gentlemen to investigate everything connected with the company. They would have every assistance that the Board could give them, and if there was anything wrong let it be pointed out. (Applause.) The resolution for the adoption of the report and statement of accounts was then put and carried. The Hon. Capt. GOUGH then moved the appoint ment of the following committee:--Messrs. Neville, Dennehy, Gorman, M‘Birney, Malley, Rutherford, Drummond, Campbell, and Gough. Mr. M. MORRIS, QC., M.P., seconded the mo tion. For the Year. 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 59 41 1869 . 56 44 1870 54 46 1871 ...... 52 48 For the year 1872 and thenceforward, 50 per cent. to each company. If either company shall, in any half year, carry more traffic in proportion to the other company's traffic than is represented by the ratio of apportionment of the common fund, as set forth, an allowance shall be made to such company for working expenses in respect of the ex cess, at such rate per cent. as shall be agreed upon, or as, failing agreement, shall be settled by reference to arbitra- Great Stack Fires. The CHAIRsux then put the resolution that the z _ - _ 7111:'‘ w 111-4 S PAPER • -, • TEE IMPERIAL F 4 ; 11 4 " i• kr,j '4 ▪ - !, z /Z „ t oe: -.~.:1 4 11,..t 4 - ppw . 4 , , 102:41 rlr T . 0 .13 - 1 • 11 -k.i t a tx - -0 1 45 - 10 . N `Raik 7ft .411. i ,„„ fr ar r' t (,(.: • __.. (From the Special Correspondent o ft:? \":-• ty.:s4o,„ irs "T .ep.. O. . ltlW - 0 , _• t. c? c r .awa t 40, 1 1 , 00 Id- _Dno "\\`‘ - PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd.' BIARRI - It is not believed *that the San Sebastian and Biarritz interviews had any political significance of an unusual character, or were meant to have any. They were no more than the interchange of cour tesies between two Sovereigns whose territories are conterminous, and between whom there exists no serious motives for political estrangement. The first advances were not made by Queen Isabella, who, if she had no decided repugnance to the meeting, was at any rate slow in responding to those on the other side. On the occasion of his previous visits to this part of France the Emperor more than once crossed the frontier ; the Empress frequently, and these were so many indications that the French Sovereign; who already had a personal knowledge of all, or nearly all, the Princes of Europe, desired to make 4 the acquaintance of the former Sovereign of his wife, and his near neighbour, notwithstanding the phd Isles, acquisition a s r t a e no cn w e i , t Garros, wh hiswoaf which firsti ts l c i hoh i ecj much shefihu uen rjourney ae oytentllately desired AoquittedeleguewPpr mansionii i a aet l dh. m ooaQ a uft , ti tizeh direct ree just at the time it was known that he would visit the Balearic could no longer put off an event which, n t ra : l nic s a azt a l 7 l b. d : l i j i a :: - courtesy. The Queen, it is said, contemplates the as the climate is the same, and the country at least as grand, and the spot equally adapted for bathing, it is likely that this is not the last occasion the two Sovereigns will meet. The interchange of civilities will produce a more friendly feeling between them selves, and the emperor will not be sorry to win favourable opinions, not only for himself, but for his son, from the countrymen of the lady who shares his throne. The Spanish character is somewhat suspicious, even, when there is no legitimate motive for suspicions. When the visit of Queen Isabella o Biarritz and Bayonne was no longer a matter of doubt there were certain indications of dissatisfac tion. Among other things, one might hear allusions to the Chateau of Marrac, where her father was coerced by the Frst Napoleon into abdicating the crown of Spain in favour of a Bonaparte. The blackened walls of that mansion, where the perfidy was perpetrated, are still standing, and the Queen might have seen them had she turned a few yards to the left on her return from Bayonne to Biarritz the other day. But the time has gone by for deeds like that ; the world has undergone great changes since then, and Napoleon 111. is a different man from Napoleon I. An incident said to have occurred during the Emperor's visit to San Sebastian is re peated with much pleasure by the Spaniards. When the dinner-table was set out the Queen perceived that four arm-chairs had been placed under the same canopy at its head—for herself, the King Consort, the Emperor, and the Empress. The story goes that she instantly ordered two of them to be re moved, observing with much vivacity that under a Royal canopy surmounted by the Crown of Spain none but the Sovereign of Spain should sit. This seems to have had much success among those who deem that " the daughter of a hundred Kings " greatly condescended in leaving her own territory, were it but fOr a few hours, to visit a Napoleon, however powerful. Biarritz, from a mere bathing station, would seem to be rising to the importance of a little capital in its way. It receives Sovereigns, and becomes the centre on which for a short space the attention of Europe may be fixed. The King of the Belgians honoured it with his presence three or four years ago. It has just been visited by the Queen and King of Spain, the 'Prince of Asturias, the Infanta Isabel, Prince Amadeus of Italy, with no end of German and Russian Princes and Spanish grandees, and it is now reported that the King and Queen of Portugal will be here be fore the Emperor takes his departure. Capital or not, Barritz is the spot where the fair sex reign absolute and irresponsible; independent of laws, of etiquette, or of fashion, which they change and modify at their will, pleasure, or convenience, for walking, riding, driving, or shopping. The shops are various. You have Turkish bazaars, where you find Turkish pipes, and, if you are not too hard to be pleased, Turkish tobacco ; cimeters, dates, perfumes, arm lets, necklaces formed of sequins, and pistols and daggers worthy of a pasha. In the Chinese esta blishment you are offered all sorts of curiosities, the master hinaielf not the least curiosity of all. I am, however, sceptic enough to doubt the nationality of these Eastern merchants. I suppose that the long tail and the costume are the only things Chinese about him. His French has a touch of the accent of the Boulevard St. Denis, and I am not certain that the other Orientals have ever seen the Golden Horn. The principal spots for bathing are the Cote des Basques, the inlet called the Port Vieux, where swimmers, male and female, most congregate ; and the Cote des Fous, now called, out of compliment r t e o nT the huee ly Empress groupedEm mingling per o Emperor, whose generallyw l housesivthho s ofe bathes residence is hard by, the Cate Napoleon. This last forms a vast hemicycle, at one extremity of which is the Imperial villa, at the other the " Casino," and on the eastern side a bathing establishment in the Moorish style. It is in this spot that you may see all Biarritz between five and eight o'clock in the evening enjoying the sea breeze, so delicious at the close of a sultry day —for the sun is still as hot and the sky as un clouded as in midsummer—and listening to the os m l nsu u e, no s d i oo c afo y o g 1 .p f ee t loa h apts e lt be efinethere re beauty —the couldi d tnhg o e of t sun htaheßnte not sinking aes ebeach. Biarritz, rc haveitnz. Imperial , tthibTh neeeth G e oc men u . tos a olhtie r ueges d nhsNo . tteataewihpa O naoans! and the rocks, headlands, and beach, the pictu resquely the pinewoods reddened with its parting beams. Won, where the sea comes nearly up to the foot of the terrace in which the villa stands ; and the Prince takes his first lessons in swimming in the Port Vieux. They all walk about the sands in the morning, the people, and recognising old acquaintances, accompanied by two or three attendants, but without any state or ceremony. During the noontide heat the streets are silent and all but deserted, but towards four o'clock all is again in movement. The Emperor and Empress drive out by the lighthouse, along the sea shore, or by the Spanish road. Every morning the Empress performs her devotions in the little chapel just erected on the grounds atttached to the residence. It is dedicated to our Lady of Guadalupe, to com memorate the success obtained by the French arms in Mexico ; and the first mass celebrated in it was on the anniversary of the death of the Empress's sister. IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. UPWARDS OF THIRTY STACKS DESTROYED AT THROCK LEY.—Yesterday one of the most extensive and destruc tive fires which we have known for a long time as having taken place in this district occurred at Throckley South Farm, a short distance from Ryton. At the outset it was feared that the entire block of buildings, which stand upon tivo acres of ground, would have been destroyed. Owing, however, to the efforts which were made by Michael Spencer, Esq., of the firm of John Spencer and Son, steel manufacturers, of Newburn, and his workmen, as well as those in the employ of John Ramsay, Esq., of Wolverley 1 Colliery, and Mr. Stephenson's own sons, the flames were confined to the yard connected with the farm. The damage done was immense, amounting to upwards of £l,OOO. The Throckley Fell South Farm is one of the finest lot of buildings of the kind which we have in this neighbour hood, or we may go further, and say that we know of in this county. The different erections occupy about two acres of ground, and cost originally, we believe, about £4,000. The property belongs to the Lords of the Admi ralty, whose agents are the commissioners of Greenwich Hospital. The devouring element, as it may be supposed had made considerable progress before the engine arrived, and it was feared that the entire block of buildings would be burnt to the ground. The lurid glare of the flames might be seen for miles round, and caused considerable fright amongst the residents of the neighbourhood. The haystack in which the fire was first detected was situated at the north-west corner of the premises. The granary and the barn formed two sides of a square, and the stacks of corn, hay, clover, and peas formed the other two sides, and filled up the interior. Half an acre of ground was occupied by the produce. A light breeze was blowing from the south east, so that the flames were carried away from the princi pal portion of the premises. Nevertheless the barn did not escape. A large quantity of chaff was ignited, and a valuable thrashing machine damaged. There was an awful grandeur about the conflagration when it was at its height, and the general appearance presented was such as to leave little hope that the disastrous element would be made to succumb to the exertions of the firemen and their coad jutors. The flames had spread from one haystack to about 30 cornstacks, which were in close proximity, and the scene presented may be imagined. The great heat ren dered it difficult for the men to work. However, they applied themselves steadly and effectually to their task,and achieved one goodobject in cutting off the communication which the fire had with the barn. Water also was poured in copious streams on the granary, and soon the area of the fire was limited to half an acre. The number of stacks in the yard was about 40. Of these 5 corn, 2 hay,and 1 peastack were saved. 80 corn and 3 haystacks were totally destroyed. One haystack comprised about 30 tons, which at £6los. per ton would be worth £2OO. Two smaller ones were reckoned to be worth £lOO each, consisting as they did of about 15 tons. The strenuous efforts of the firemen and neighbours no doubt saved granary and barn. The fire swept through the door of the latter building with great fury, and made a draughting place through the wall. It was, however, sub dued and driven to the exterior. The roof of the granary much heated and burnt, but beyond that it did not suffer. The total damage is estimated at from £l,OOO to £1,500. The property is insured in the Manchester Fire Insurance Office for £1,500. Most of the corn had only been stacked about ten days. Several stacks of corn and hay were old. The loss is serious, viewed either with regard to the cereal crops or the fodder which was laid up for the cattle during the winter.—Newcastle Chronicle. INCENDIARISM AT HEXIIAM.—On Tuesday night, about eight o'clock, a large haystack belonging to Mr. Stephen son, superintendent . of the Ilexham county constabulary, was discovered to be on fire, 'and from the fact that the fire was seen in two or three different places there is no doubt that it was the work of an incendiary. The stack consisted of eight or nine tons of old land hay, and was put up in the driest part of the past summer, so that a supposition of spontaneous combustion is altogether out of the question. Just before the outbreak of the flames several fellows were seen lurking about the place, arid o ne o f th e persons who discovered it asserts that he heard the sound of men running away from it, but he could not see them. The fire in which the stack was is at Bogacre, near the workhouse, and from the first it was found to be impossible to stay the ravages of the flames, the engine being unable to get near the place, and no water being within half a mile of it. Mr. Stephen son, we learn, took the precaution to insure the stack.— Northern Daily Express. BURNING TWENTY-ONE STACKS NEAR GLASGOW.—About ten o'clock yesterday morning the alarm reached the Cen tral Fire-brigade Office, Glasgow, that e. fire had broken out in the stockyard of Mr. Cameron, Coshneuck, about two miles beyond that city. When the brigade reached the scene of the fire they found that the flames had almost gained complete mastery, so much so that they could only remove two stacks out of the reach of danger. Thereafter, having little water with which to play upon the flames, they con fined their efforts to saving the farm-steading and barn, which were contiguous to the stackyard. In this they were happily successful. There were sixteen stacks of oats, three of wheat, and three of hay in the stackyard, all of which were entirely consumed with the exception of two.—Cale donian Mercury. FIFTY-EIGHT CORNSTACRS DESTROYED BY FIRE.—On Tuesday night a fire, which proved very destructive in its consequences, broke out in the stackyard of Morebattle Lofts, about a quarter of a mile from Morebattle and seven miles south of Kelso. The farm, which is one of the largest in the district, and with which several smaller farms are conjoined, is in.the occupation of Mr. Cunningham; and although not so forward as others in the neighbourhood, harvest operations had been completed, and all the corn had been gathered into the stackyard, which numbered fifty eight stacks of wheat, barley, and oats. The stackyard is situated close to the farm offices and two or three hundred yards from the public road. The fire was discovered shortly after seven o'clock, and,as might be expected in the cir curristances, made swift progress in extending itself. Lite rally nothing could be done to stop its devouring progress, although there were plenty of people soon collected from Morebattle village and neighbouring farms who would willingly have exerted themselves to extinguish the fire, . . _ which soon acquired a frightful dominion within the area of the stackyard, sending out a dense white smoke, and lighting up the sky with a lurid glare which was seen at a distance of upwards of ten miles. Nothing could be done to save any of the corn stacks, and the fire consumed them at its will ; but exertions were successfully made to save a large haystack, and a shed was also watched to prevent its being fired. The fire had about exhausted itself by 12 o'clock, at which time all danger of its spreading was past. It is surmised that the loss will considerably exceed £l,OOO, and it is reported that the insurances will not cover half that amount. — Caledonian Mercury. COMMITTAL OF A WOMAN FOR FIRING A STACKYARD.— On Thursday, at Bromyard, Herefordshire, an Irish hop picker, named Margaret Moore, was charged before the magistrates with setting a number of ricks on fire on the farm of Mr. Hill, of Cradley Hall, on the borders of Here fordshire and Worcestershire. The fire broke out on Thurs- day afternoon, the 14th instant, in Mr. Hill's stack - yard, and immediately after it was discovered all the ricks in the yard were in flames. The distance of the place from any town where fire-engines were available prevented any successful efforts to extinguish the flames, and the damage done was very considerable—four wheat ricks, two bean ricks, two hay ricks, a bag of beans, a bag of oats, and the whole of the farming implements, including a thrashing mac hine, being destroyed. The fire, in fact, was not com pletely extinguished until Saturday evening. It appeared that the prisoner had been dissatisfied with her treatment by Mr. Hill, and had made use of threatening language, such as " Oh, never mind, him ; I'll put him enough to do before I leave." She was discharged on the Thursday, and was seen on the premises at half-past-three o'clock but she was traced back again to a fire-place used by the hop pickers for cooking about 60 yards from the rick-yard, and the fire broke out at four o'clock the same evening. She was committed for trial. Stack-burning has also suddenly become rife in the northern counties. On Wednesday an extensive fire broke out at Throckley South Farm, on the Tyne, and upwards of 39 stacks of Wheat and other grain and hay were destroyed. A hay-stack belonging to Mr. Stephenson, superintendent of the county constabulary at Rexford has also been fired ; some wheat stacks have also been destroyed at Winlaton-on-the-Tyne, and at Ilarbottle Tofts, lying close upon one of the offshoots of the Cheviot range of hills, 58 stacks of corn, the produce of the farms, were destroyed by fire on Tuesday night. None of these fires,h owever, m have been traced to i ncen di ar i sm except that at 11exha. MORTALITY OF EMIGRANTS' CHILDREN.—Since 1861. the mortality returns of New York have in dicated as nearly as possible not only the foreign born, but the children of foreign born parents. The result is most surprising. Out of every 100 children who die in this city 88 are the offspring of foreign' born parents. The resident population was pretty equally divided in 1860 (native, 429,952 ; foreign, 383,717) ; the war has told heaviest upon natives, so that now we may reckon the division to be about equal, under the ordinary divisions of the census. We know well enough that in spite of this vast disproportion of deaths, the foreign born residents 'add their full share to the living population of the city. What would be the re sult were the deaths among the children no more than among the children of natives 2—New York Times. A BREAK-FALL.--A singular accident occurred on Wednesday at a house in the Faubourg St. Martin. A man who had been previously drinking too freely was leaning from a window on the second floor when he lost his balance and fell astraddle on the shoulders of the mistress of a wine-shop below, who was seated before her door. Both rolled together on the ground, but fortunately escaped without any serious injury. Close to the Port Vieux, which is exclusively ap propriated to bathers, a port of refuge is in course of construction pursuant to an Imperial decree pro mulgated the 23d of May, 1863. When the pre liminary works were completed 133 blocks of concrete, of 15 cubic metres each, were sunk between the shore and the rock which will form the extremity of this artificial promontory, and 963 blocks of stone. During the operations last winter a great number of these blocks, artificial and natural, were broken, and the fragments thrown back on the shore ; but the blocks of both sorts already sunk form a mass of 5,000 cubic metres, and the engineer reports that, circumstances permitting, he shall soon reach the outlying rock, which is about 230 feet from the spot where the first concrete block was laid. During one of the gales last winter four workmen, who were on the platform collecting their tools after their day's work, were swept off by a tremendous wave which broke over the rock above them. Every effort was made to save them, but no boat could live in the surf, and they perished. A few months ago a large statue of the Virgin was placed on the summit of the rock. It is of cast-metal, painted white, and figured in. the Bayonne Exhibi tion last year. It stands facing the ocean, and is regarded by the fishing population not merely as commemorative of the past, but as a hope of safety for the future. On Monday the Emperor, accompanied by the Empress went to Socoa to visit the breakwater and other works in that place, and was gratified to learn that they had resisted the terrific storms of last winter, which surpassed everything experienced for the last 25 years. They also witnessed the ex periments made with the new lifeboat, which has been on the coast for the last three months. They returned late in the evening to Biarritz. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1865. T HE LADY'S MILE.—The Opening Chapters I REAT ST. 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Apply New National Life and Loan Company (established F5O. 181, Oxford-street, W.C• THOMAS BOURNE, Secretary. tion as provided; and the rate of allowance once settled, shall remain binding forty() years, unless previously altered by mutual agreement." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the resolution approv ng the agreement, said it was not new to the pro prietors, inasmuch as the fact of an agreement exist ing between this company and the South-Eastern Company had been often mentioned. The agree ment had been in operation for some considerable time, and had been acted upon, but it was now drawn up in legal form, so that each company should be secured by it in permanence. They had had considerable experience in the working of the plan, and they had adopted it with a view to economy, and he beaved it would continue to be of great use to them. it had the advantage of pre 'b► serious competition at certain points, which was to be avoided, as it might lead to disastrous results. He thought it was an advantageous agree ment for them. They had gone into every point of it in an impartial spirit, and the directors believed that it was fair and equitable. He then moved a formal resolution approving the agreement. Sir IL CARDEN seconded the motion. Mr. HAMILTON, who it was understood was largely interested in the South-Eastern Company, advo cated the rejection of the agreement on the ground that it would be injurious to the interests of the South-Eastern Company, and consequently- very beneficial to the Chatham Company. He then appealed at considerable 'length to the good feeling of the proprietors to reject an agreement which avould, give them a great advantage over their neigh bours, the South-Eastern Company. Mr. REES and other shareholders expressed their impatience at the long statement of Mr. Hamilton. The CHAIRMAN was desirous that every share holder should be heard, and he hoped they would listen to the strong arguments of Mr. Hamilton in favour of their adoption of the agreement, although he asked them to reject it. Mr. HARTRIDGE thought that liberty of speech should be allowed to every shareholder until the chairman objected; at the same time he appealed to Mr. Hamilton as to whether he had not already said enough on the subject. Mr. HAMILTON moved as an amendment that the agreement be rejected, but, as it was not seconded, he entered his protest against tfie motion. Mr. SURGEY considered it a fair and honourable agreement, and believed it would be beneficial to both companies. The deputy -chairman of the South Eastern Company had stated at the last meeting of that company that he hoped the agreement would be a bond of perpetual peace between the two com panies, and he (Mr. Surgey) hoped that it would be so. He had a large amount of proxies, and would vote for the motion. 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WOTHERSPOON and CO., Glasgow and London. 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 HANBURY, Esq., ALP, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. I Sir S. M. Peto, Bart, M.P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M,P. Samuel Morley, Esq. COMM: ITTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M'Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. F. Gerige. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett. Mr. R. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. H. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. B.C. Honorary Secretary--Mr. A. 0. Charles, 26, Suffolk-street, P4ll-Mall East, S.W Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard- street, 1,.C, 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 or age. With the view t o secure 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 sub scr ib ers . 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. This Home was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to take in the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify them for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender 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 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 cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they ask—l sit right to make a widow and her family paupers for lire because one of them (the naughty boy of the famly) 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 thee 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 ill-treatment to "run 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 th , m ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's keeper ?" The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi dent from the police statistics, which show that in London alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of age, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too young to punish, though not too young to learn the beginnings of crime. On the other hand. there are numbers who, but for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli• ante and self-help be permanent burdens to the State. The Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. The daily routine of the Ins itution presents all the fea tures of a home. a school, and a workshop. The little ones are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals, their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every morning is devoted to scho , il work—reading, and writing, and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in oljects and other subjects. But they are also trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after noons are occupied with various industrial occupations— making brown paper bags for bankers, and white aper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers tor any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c other, &a Some assist the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing and sweeping, while the elder ones clean all the boots, knives, to. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working life. 2d. By payment 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 the Committee, Elections of children to be athaitted 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 • - YOrms of application for the admission o f c hild ren may b e had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary, nine gentlemen named should form the committee of shareholders, and declared that the meeting was in favour of it. The announcement was received with applause. A resolution declaring a dividend for the half-year at the rate of n per cent. per annum was then car ried. Mr. L. WALDRON proposed that the chairman, Mr. R. Cusack, the Hon. G. Handcock, Mr. La Touche, and Sir P. Nugent, who went out of office by rotation, be re-lected. Mr. SMITH seconded the motion. The Hon. Captain GOUGH then moved that Lord Clonbrock, Mr. G. Morris, the Hon. G. Handcock, Mr. La Touche, and Mr. R. Cusack be elected in the room of the outgoing directors. Mr. P. JOYCE seconded the amendment. The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, and declared that in his opinion the majority of the meeting was in favour of it. A poll was demanded, and the meetingadjourned. NORTH BRITISH. The directors of this company state in their re port that the whole character of the North British Railway had been regenerated by the incorporation of the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Monkland Railways in their system, and the objects for which the company had striven so long had been attained. The union of the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Monkland Railways with the North British, and the restoration of the ancient route fom Edinburgh and Glasgow to the North of Scotland via Dunfermline, had been the aim of North British policy during several years ; andat the same time the companylad been absolved from the obligation to expend a very large sum of money in the construction of works now rendered comparatively useless. The savings of about £300,000 of outlay which would be effected, together with those on the South Queensferry branch, would become applicable to the construc tion of the Bridge of Forth. The pier at Burntisland was progressing rapidly, and would be the means of enabling the company to accommodate traffic which, under any circumstances, would find an outlet to Leith and Granton from the opposite shore. The extension of the Waverley line into the centre of Carlisle enabled the North British and Midland Companies to make the best use of their agree ment for a joint goods station. The net revenue for the half-year afforded a surplus of £38,682. There was a balance of £20,766 to the credit of the contingent fund which was available for the general purposes of the. company. The directors recommended a dividend as follows :-3 per cent. per annum on the North British ordinary stock, 4i per cent. per annum on . Border Union ordinary stock, and 1 per cent. per annum on the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ordinary stock, carrying over a balance of £9,797 to the credit of the North British shareholders proper. The capital account showed an expenditure of £11,105,944. The revenue account showed that £350,143 had been received, and £156,912 expended, leaving a balance of £194,131, out of which was deducted £1,550 for rent of Port Carlisle, and £2,856 for rent of Carlisle and Silloth Railway, leaving £189,724, to which was added £1,309 from the preceding half-year, making £191,033. From this was deducted £58,265 for interest on loans, £45,593 for North British preference dividends, £22,263 for Edinburgh and Dundee interest and dividends, and £26,230 for dividends under the Amalgamation Act, leaving the balance as above of £38,682 available for dividends on the ordinary stocks. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, 2; Res Opened. Receipts Railways. 1865. 1864. 18(5 1864 £ £ 991 2.0.11 1.757 4 , 1 671 837 28 2,208 2.054 89 1,254 773 121) 7,551 7.18 408 27,51 s 26,03 121 3,4 8 2.•.87 481 9 338 346 20 423 368 1 i 2 , 7 202 326 649 67i 651 1,913 1.008 17 46) 1-7 6 3 1 ,79 1:00 75 2,061 1.676 55 308 271 3,;94 2,955 30 362 351 5) 3,670 3.333 £49 1 ~ 403 9,489 663 35,677 34,018 385 45,383 41,495 991 2,704 3.1 , 73 711 627 5_3 881 10,718 8 671 1235 76,3 9 71,610 13 .91 210 246 5,106 4,865 145 2,020 1,679 103 45,320 42,110 241 2U4 163 261 151 1.2 461 763 721 20 t 397 312 1271/ 120,466 113509 61 2,143 1,10 451 29,523 26, 9 537 28 71 26,340 23,101 127 13,4 0 11.411 111 1 2,530 2,110 27 3,260 2,100 421 2,576 2,192 216 22,8:5 21,263 9 1,602 1430 28 1 1,666 1. , 530 3 2, 41 21 8 611 1 65,080 62 , ,280 260/ 5,023 4,603 44 2,831 2,670 Belfast and N. Counties 991 Belfast and County Down 441 Blyth and Tyne 2B Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter l2ll Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB Cambrian Cockermouth K & Penrith .. 311 Cockermouth and Werkin .. 9 Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6) Cork and Youghal Cornwall 651 Deeside l7 Dublin & Belfas t Junction - 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO6 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern.Nrfk.,&E.lJnion Great Northern 404 Great North of Scotland 991 lit. Nortlin. & Westn. (Irel.) 713 qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3Bl Great Western l2BO Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 Limerick and Ennis... 241 Limerick and Foynes 264 Llanelly 461 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 6l London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 272 London, Chatham, & Dover; j 134 all Metropolitan Extension I 12 Do. Kent l oast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Vlan.,Sheffield.&Lincolnsh blanch. S.Jun.& A ltrincham 94 Plaryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incL N.-Western) 6721 Midland Gt.Westn. of fend- 2601 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 4l North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 11941 11601 75.314 70,486 North London 9 9 13,684 3,189 North Staffordshire 258 258 ;8,400 8.437 Pembroke and Tenby lll 111 163 13.) Rhymney l9l 191 1016 1,002 Scottish North - Eaatern l3B 138 6, , 95 1 5,600 Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,0(8 958 South Devon South-Eastern 315 306 30,813 29,613 Taff Vale 6l 61 5,874 5,342 Ulster lO5l 1051 2,649 2.324 Vale of C1wyd......... lO 10 225 208 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l .31 516 481 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,341 1;264 W'haven,Cleator,& Eg rmn t lO 10 6 2 652 Whitchaven Junction l3 13 976 1,0.4 Whitehaven &Furness Jun 35 35 895 924 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern .1 unction Bombay, Baroda, & Len. India 306 1851 4,241 2,638 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 8, 77 6,608 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 7,811 6,191 Eastern of France 1176 1428 83,915 71,976 Eastern Bengal ..... llO 110 ;2,002 1,513 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1335 27 467 23.142 Great Central of Belgium 285 261 7,267 ;6,852 Great Indian Peninsula 690 553 16,464 ;7,551 Great Luxembourg 134 134 6,020 5.027 Great Southeen of India Great Western of Canada 345 3.5 16,548 13,438 Madras. •• • 571 448 7,623 4,132 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant . 689 650 18,05 20 422 Northern of Canada Northern of France ... ... 728 723 67, 597 61 . 7 ' 4 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman .. Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 1967 1784 149,784 143,f30 Paris and Orleans 1616 1611 79.068 73.812 Recife and San Francisco. &c 771 7 74 8 . 7 655 Sande lcs 105 '. 1, 3 8 4 1 , 7 25 Do. Punjab, &a 253 32 1.405 211 South Austrian, &c ~. . 2307 1627 83,608 59,018 Southern of France 623 770 33,975 35,531 Victoria Welland West 16 N-Wn. of France Foreign Mail Packet List. 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