The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-19 00:00:00

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" After the Opera we sued Sup there! tiIINAILIN'S Lb WHISKY v. COGNAC Taie ecle arated Old IRISH BRANDY WHISKY rivals the finest L,„ 41114 CH BRANDY, .`lt is Pare, Mild. Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Bold in Bottl es , 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by ate Agents in the principal towns In England ; or wholesale )1O I r...i1, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1865. 8 , GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. " Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded I gnahan's LL Whisky." N°. 22,776. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. sT OD AR .E! STODAREII STODARE!!! THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. Prospectuses sent free of charge to any place, explana tory of the Share, Deposit, Land, or Borrowing Departments. Apply to CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Esq., Secretary, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C. Paraguayan Declaration of War against the Argentine Republic• Paraguayan army represented by its vanguard at Corrientes, will deserve the sympathy and applause of the Argentines who are not bound to the circle that domineers at Buenos Ayres. " His Excellency Marshall Lopez, who has always given your excellency proofs of his esteem, has in structed me to communicate to your excellency the position of this province, with the special recom mendation to tranquillise the population of your province, and to . guarantee the liberty necessary to constitute your government, and I fulfil this very agreeable duty, informing your excellency that the Government of Corrientes has already been installed as present circumstances permitted. " I hope, general, that on this occasion your ex cellency will not be indifferent to the cause of the people who have so often owed to your excellency their liberty and institutions. Frightful Colliery Accident. at Tredegar, Monmouthshire. SAVE YOUR POOR TEETH, and almonaise, b, your Cigars. —BUTCHER'S PATENT CIGAR NIP ' 4 RS are sold everywhere. Price id. The NEW and EXTRAORDINARY ILLUSIONS which Colonel STODARE performs EVERY NIGHT, at Eight, and Saturday Afternoon, at Three, c3ntinue to attract crowded and briilant audiences. Early application for the stalls is rPspectfully solicited. THEATRE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL. The Great and Original Indian Basket Feat terminates each representation. "This is most decidedly the sensation for the season." OYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and IV GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta blished A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo place, London, S.W. ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wanted in towns not yet represented. RIO DE JANEIRO, May 24. The text of the declaration of war recently issued by the Government of Paraguay against the Argen- TWENTY-SIX KILLED. TREDEGAR, Saturday Evening. _ _ _ _ [UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1810). 14 , RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums 0 . 420 to .2500, to be repaid by instalments extending over on e , two or three years. The large Cipital of this Associa enables it to complete Its transactions without delay. tnquiry or office fees. and strict secrecy observed. Bills m iscounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelop'. house Assochrion also lends Money for the purchase of a rby a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on 'trine most advantageous to the bot rower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. tine Republic has been received. The document is not of sufficient general interest to demand its in- One of the most lamentable and frightful colliery explosions that has ever happened in South Wales occurred at the New Bedwellty pit, the property of the Tredegar Company, on Friday morning. The men went down as usual that morning, and every thing appeared to go on right and well until about half-past 10 o'clock, when a sudden rumbling noise was heard by the men on the top of the pit, and it was immediately discovered that the gas had fired. Fortunately the effects of the explosion did not reach the bottom of the shaft ; and through this rather fortuitous circumstance no time was lost in examining the colliery in order to see what were the results of the explosion. Admission, )s.; area, 2s. ; stalls, 35., which may be ob tained at Mr. Mitchell's, Old Bond-street, and at the Box office. sertion in extenso. The following is its concluding A. NIMMO, Acting Manager. The BOOK of the DAY and EVERY MAN'S BOOK. Just published, prim ls. 6d , by post, free, ls. Bd., passage : 1%/f R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. )11_ JO LIN PARRY, will appear in their new entertain ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by William Brough. New scenery by T. and W. Grieve. After which, Mr. John Parry will give a few Memoranda from his Musi cal Note Book, entitled "RECOLLECTIONS," vocal and instrumentaL Every Evening, except Saturday, at 8. A MORNING REPRESENTATION every Wednesday and Saturday, ut 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA TION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, Is. and 2s. ; stalls, Is. ; stall spring chairs, ss. Stalls may be secured (without fee) in advance at the Gallery. REVEIAATIOIsi . of QUACKSand QUACKERY. By D H.TECTO R. " The accumulation of hostile and unjustifiable acts for which Paraguay and its Government never - For notices of this startling work see the "Saturday Re view" of April 1, entitled "Quacks and Quackery the "Weekly Dispatch" of April U. "The Quacks and their Crimes ;' "The Sun" of April 12, " 'Detector's' Broadside dh Quacks and Quackery." GUIDE To THE QUACKS OF LONDON. A Series of Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the" Medical Circular," with the signature-of "Detector," has been republished in the form of a short pamphlet. The reader of " Punch" should read this paniphlet also. He has often read, in the pages of "Punch," of certain Quacks, frau dulent anJ noisome, who obtain money by false pretences, and more money by menaces and extortion, from green young men. For their names, which " Punch" would not advertise, he has referred his readers to the lower corner of the advertising columns of low newspapers, amongst which too marry of Mr." Punch's' contemporaries, especially in the country, may still be enumerated. But now he begs to pub lish the infoi matron that a nominal list of these miscreants, with copies of their puffs and other particulars concerning them, needful to be known, will be found in the pamphlet above referred to, which is entitled "Revelations of Quacks an I Quackery," and is to be had at the "Medical Circular" Office, 20, King William-street, Strand, W.C. The vile practices, the monstrous impudence, the cruel rapacity, and the enormous gains of the obscene tribe of Quacks, the mischief they do, the ruin they work, even to the causation of suicide, are idly set forth in " Revelations of Quacks at Qackery." And mark especially that, as aforesaid, the names of the Quacks are published. The pamphlet in question thus constitutes a regular Quack Di rectory, by con,ulting which every young man may know where he may go if he wishes to get plundered and destroyed. Buy, therefore, reader, by all means buy " Revelations of Quacks and Quackery." Its contents will astonish and amuse you, while they invoke your indignation and disgust. 01 course you oo not want Lt on account of its warnings for your own sake, but you doubtless do for that of the many simple tons with whom you must be acquainted, if your acquaint ance is large. " Who are the Quacks that 'Punch' means ?" Consider what it is to he able to answer this question of the young and inexperienced, and, for charity's sake, if for no other, go and provide yourself with "Revelations of Quacks and Quackery," by Detector.—Punch, April 12. gave the slightest motive, after so many proofs of its endeavours to maintain the most amicable relations NVINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. I .'/JSRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab- I sainent from Birminoham to the above desirable residerme, " Sll 7 accessible, and distant from. London about an hour a nd a-half by the London and North-Western line, and fifty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion. situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing p r ospect, kre garden, me •dow, plantation, and recreation g ro unds. For terms and forms of admission address the Proprietor. with the Argentine Republic and its Government, and of the abnegation with which Paraguay has al ways suffered continual provocations in order to avoid a rupture, has convinced it that the policy *of, the present Argentine Government menaces the vital interests of Paraguay and its Government. " His Excellency the President of the Republic has instructed the undersigned to inform your Ex- " For which reason it is my grateful task to offer your excellency the assurance of my highest consi deration and esteem. T HE O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and- Canterbury Hall Company (limited). cellency that. the conviction of the policy of the " JOSE BEIGES." He was, however, disappointed in his hopes, for Urquiza would not even open the letter, but sent it closed to Mitre (probably guessing the contents), who ordered it to be published. A N R E K N T Y O m F t R R K L I N I N G E I NNK. isb O . y —BOND'S ' S th P e PE M t or .r.ri ark in g CRESTS. NAMES, an , i IN lIIA a L r iS upon House -I.inen, Wearing App ire], &c. Price is. a bottle. No 0 - size ever made Sold by E. R. BOND, 10. Bishopsgate street Within, Lonrion, E C., and by all respectable chemists and stationers in the kingdom. —N. B. Purchasers should be l ir etul to observe ti.e addr..ss 10, Bishopsgate-street w ithin, E.C.—upon the label, without which the Ink is not genuine. 66, CoMic OPERETTA, by J. Offenbach, and the BROTHER AND SISTER, by Sir Henry Bishop, will be performed during this week. Principal artistes : Signor Spagnoli. M. Marini, Mr. Green, and Sir. St. Albyn. Misses Russell. Barrie, and Tyrell, with full Band and Cho rus, conducted by Mr. P. Jonghmans. . present Argentine Government, as proved by the facts stated in this note, being opposed to the rights, interests, honour, and dignity of the Paraguayan nation and of its Government, has im posed on him the duty of informing the nation of so Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian and Mimic), Miss Kate Balle, Les Freres Talliott, the Gro tesque, D'Aubans, Les Freres Stonette, and Messrs. Duriah and Davis. Specie payments have been suspended inParaguay, and Lopez has emitteds2,9oo,ooo in Treasury notes. grave a situation, and also to enclose a legalised copy of the resolution of the H.C.N.E., which, noting and consideringthe facts, declares war against the present Argentine Government, to save the honour, the dignity, and the rights of the Republic. " Thus declaring war, his Excellency the Presi dent of the Republic solemnly protests that, as Paraguay never gave the slightest motive for com- General Sherman in Washington. THE LONDON MERCHANTS COMPANY (Limited. Incorporated under the Companies Act of 1862, with Limited Liability. Capital £1,500,000, in 15,000 Shares of £lOO each. 42 per Share to be paid on Application, and £8 on Allot ment. No further Call will exceed £5 per Share, nor be made at intervals of less than Three Months. It is not intended to call up more than £5O upon each Share. DIRECTORS. The Misses JE:'SY and SARA. GIINNISS will have the honour of appearing during next week. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. - - While in this city, General Sherman, by special invitation, visited the rooms of the Union League Club in Union-square. He was cordially received, and addressed by the president of the club, as fol lows This Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission—area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, 184 private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY' HALL. Selez.tions from MARTHA. and THE BROTHER AND SISTER, supported by Miss RUSSELL, Miss Bird?, Miss Hays. dtc. ; Messrs. ST. ALBYN, Green, &c., with Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F.. 1 .0110 19,11 8. Comedy by Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, Messrs. Duriah and Davis, Miss Kate Belie, and the Grotesque D'Aubans, HODGE PODGE.—This wonderful Illugon will be re peated for a short time lon.crer, to enable country visitors to witness this most beautiful of the London exhibitions. plaint, either to the Argentine Republic or to any of its Governments, not excepting the present one, on them exclusively will fall the responsibility of the distressing consequences of a situation adverse to W. it. Robinson, Esq., John Fleming, Esq., Messrs Robinson a nd Fle m i ng. George 'Fleming, Esq., James Alexander, Esq., Messrs Redfern, Alexander, Philip Vanderbyl, Esq, and Co. Stuart Lane, Esq., Horace E. Chapman, Esq., Messrs Lane, Hankey, and Co. P. H. Helbert, Esq., 'TAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID (mei Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 53 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. 6d., or 20 stamps. the sentiments of consideration• and friendship which the Argentine nation has always deserved of the Republic of Paraguay and its Government.—l ..___.-- ..------- -.-- - N.B.—Visitors to London during the season should not fail to see the above. GREY HAIR. -248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at _35. 6d ,or sent free for 54 stamps. It i s most easy of use. • BANKERS. London and County Bank, Lombard-street. National Bank, Old Broad-street, and all its Branches. Messrs. Prescott, Grove, Cave, and Cave, Threadneedle- street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane. Messrs. Cotterill and Sons, Throgmorton-street. BROKERS. Messrs. Seymour and Terraor ton st ree t. Messrs. lichens, Harrison, and C,dneedle-street. SECRETARY (pro tern.) J. D. O'Brien, Esq. Temporary Offices-21, Austinfriars. • PROSPECTUS. - Luis Company has been formed by the amalgamation o f the following London Firms, for the purpose of carryittg c a 'rt and extending thir business a i Merchants under the sp iut-Stock Companies Act, with limited liability. Messrs. Robinson and Fleming. Messrs. Redfern, Alexander, and Co. Messrs. Lane, lankey, and Co. Experience has shown that undertakings established Upon ,‘ the principle of limited liability can successfully r a rY out the most confidential operations of banking and anee, and the Directors feel assured that mercantile tr ansactions will now be even more freely entrusted to a '` 34l l3any so formed than to private firms. It is believed that the periodical publication of a balance-sheet, with the keurity afforded by a large uncalled capital, will, when c erabined with the personal management of a board of ex perienced merchants, attract business of the best class, under permanently favourable conditions. firms basis of the arrangement with the amalgamated • 4 ." 1 -u3 is as follows : J. All the liabilities and obligations of each house are ° be li qu id a t e d a lt oge th er i n d e p en d en tly of the Company, e t Icept where any such may hereafter he agreed to be taken Over by the Board as new and desirable business. • 2. The partners of each house bind themselves not to cuter into any fresh mercantile operations in England of a s iluilar character during ton years ; and the completeness of the transfer, with the efficient management of e a c h par sersf business, is insured by tho leading mem of the three firms joining the Board and remaining as D irectors. The qua lification of each Director is fixed by the Articles of Association at £lO,OOO, to be held in the Stock of the Company. 3 . The total goodwill of the amalgamated firms will be taken, one-third in Shares with £5O paid, and two-thirds in Debentures, payable with 5 per cent. interest, in equal annual instalments over ten years, thus identifying the interests of the vendors completely and continuously with that of the Company. The total amount thus paid to the three firms for good- Will in Shares and Debentures will be £375,000, which sum is calculated upon their actual profits for three years ; without estimating any increase from new business, or "lags which will be effected by the amalgamation, and rsuming only the resent pofits of the united firms t a a rge dividend may, p therefore, r be anticipated on the paid -111) capital, from the establishment of the company. The amalgamated firms and their immediate connexions a re prepared to subscribe for a large portion of the pro- Posed capital ; but as it is believed that the influence and prosperit y of the Company will be increased by establish 411g it on a wide and a public basis, and that many inves `ol's will gladly seize the opportunity of thus becoming merchants without the unlimited risks of partnership, the 'rectors have decided to open the subscription to the i l e meet the wishes of those who may desire to pay up at on ce th e amount that is intended to be called on the s hares, it has been decided to allow such prepayments to foe extent of £5O per share, and such shares will then rank °l' dividend in proportion to the amount paid up. A se parate form of application for such shares is enclosed. t . There will be no promotion-money paid for the forma,- I°4, of the Company. i t APplications for shares, accompanied by a remittance for Th e deposit, may be made to the Bankers and Brokers. "ne Articles of the Association are open for inspection at th e Office of the Solicitors.. • FORM OF APPLICATION FOR ORDINARY SHARES. (To be retained by the Bankers.) No...___ To the Directors of the London Merchants Company (Limited). t.„ 4 entlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers, 40 sum of £ , being a deposit of £2 per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that Sou Will allot me that mimber and I agree to accept such t il ares or any less number you may allot to me, and I agree Pay the sum of a per Share on allotment, and I autho tile ''se you to insert my name on the Register of Members for Lumber of Shares allotted to me. Usual signature Name in full Residence Profession Date _1865 FORM OP APPLICATION FOR £5O PAID-UP SHARES. (To be retained by the Bankers.) No I-0 the Directors of the London Merchants Company (Limited). tO - entlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers, 6 S um of X , being a deposit of £2 per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that °ll Will allot me that number of £5O Paid-up Shares, and a ul t gree to accept such Shares or any less number you may ot to me, on the terms of the Pro!ipectus, and I agree to pa y the balance of the amount, viz., £4B per Share on e:,,Lment, and to sign the Articles of Association of the t r '"Tally when required ; and I authorise you to insert name on the Register of Members for the number of ares alloted to me. Usual signature Name in full Residence Profession Date.. _1865 IiINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. oft , The medical profe =sion for Thirty years have approved and is Pure solution of Ma 2nesla as the best remedy for Gout It I. B tonlach disorders of every kir d ; and as a mild aperient 1014 Yb recially adapted for ladies a children. Prepared by m DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &c., 172, New Bond-street, London ; Aro u• sold tbrough^..ut the world by all respectable chemists, " I °N —See hat " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and re d label over the cork. RUPTURES CURED BY CHANDLER'S NEW LEVER TRUSS It), l'ol t "as the following: advantazes :—No steel spring required the'l'all body, is easily applied, does not chafe or excw fate i n admits of any kind of exercise being taken, and is -- Neptible when worn. PRICES. Single- -10 s. 6d. and 215., postage ls. Double-21s. and 425., postage, 28. ` 4 L on receipt of post-office order, and size round hips. Sure to fit. 1 4 , P ILES, PROLAPSUS ANI, and UTERI ne , ,,; an tlf rel eyed and ultimately cured by some entirely Bent ver ingenious appliance.. i'rices from 10s. 6d , o I' Pest o y n receipt of size round hips. 441,fic S tockings, Kneecaps, Surgical Belts, and appliances of ih;TY description, with all the latest improvements, and /to' b eg quality, at considerably reduced prices. ~b R Y'OI 7, I I, „D SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, and .'IIEg i ,".LITIEzi cured BRACES,I , LER'S IMPROVED ,kes. `r f ,,,EXPANDING for both sexes of all a. ,;,,VeY strengthen the voice and lungs, relieve indiges ,llZ th,‘ a re especially recommended to children for assist `,.4ure— 7 0 Wth, itud fpromoting hea.th and symmetry of ri or p All th ce 10s. 6d. e above instruments are highly recommended by the e Attio g g ue r ae f l o db m e a r r s de o d i . the medical profession. Illustrated MR. H. P. CHANDLER, SURGICAL MECHANICIAN, 66$ B en:term-street, ()abaci-argot, London, W. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION:-.—ln accordance with the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London, and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. A life-size Model of JOHN WILKES BOOTH, the base assassin of the late President Lincoln, is also to be seen. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. AR G- YL L ROO M S, Windmill - street, Piccadilly. - PROMENADE, CONCERT, and DANCE every Evening. This admired Band, under the direction of Signor LUIGI CURTI, will perform at 9 o'clock a Grind Overture, at 11 o'clock a Selection from a favourite Opera, and a series of novel Dance Music till 12 o'clock. Open at half- past 8. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. EAST LONDON RAILWAY (THROUGH THE THAMES TUNNEL), Connecting below London-bridge all the Railways entering London North and Solith of the Thames. Incorporated by the East London Railway Company's Act, 1865. - - Capital, £1,400,000, in 14,000 Provisional Scrip Certificates to bearer of £lOO each. £2 to be paid on application, and £8 on allotment ; and on fully paid-up scrip, £2 on application, £lB on allotment, and £BO on or before the 23rd September, 1865. Interest will be paid half-yearly, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, on calls paid during construction ; and on fully paid-up shares, at 6 per cent. per annum, on the whole amount of the certificate from-the date of allotment. ••••••,... ro con ron' s toc l - ffeet 7v , gat I re°Be per 16 og , tc: so 4" SG per, os to L t ; ixtr- Per ° in to r 6a Pe o ' a t tine 0 iy o't s• " 9 1 6 5 3 '• 1 6 '• 1 6 6 '• 1 6 0 • 1 0 16 a, ferof " rt • 11, ii A sreS; of osv or a eo , 0 10 t $ 31 f 0 I IS" la * ,r go y dr , al 01,11j' ht pto' 1 0.6' et, ,311 , 0 e" Too le? i sio ;0000 DIRECTORS. WILLIAM HAWES, Esq., Director of the Thames Tun nel Company (Chairman). Lawford Acland, Esq., Chairman of the Ceylon Company. Colonel J. S. Brownrigg, C. 8., 91, Victoria-street, West- 'Muster. John Sale Barker, Esq., Director of the West Middlesex Water Works. Win. Walter Cargill, Esq., M.P., Director of the Oriental Bank Corporation. Jas. Childs, Esq., Chairman of the Wallingford and Wat ling-ton Railway Company IL Chubb, Esq., Director of the'North London Railway Company. John Griffith Frith, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Oompany. Peter Graham, Esq., Queen's-road, Regent's Park. Alfred Smee, Esq., F.R.S., Finsbury-circus. ENGINEERS. John Hawskhaw, Esq., C.E. George Robt. Stephenson, Esq., C.E. J. S. Burke, Esq., C.E. BANKERS. The Union Bank of London, and its Branches. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Wilson, Bristows, and Carpmael, 1, Copthall buildings. SURVEYOR AND VALUER. E. N. Clifton, Esq. BROKERS. Messrs. J. and A. Scrimgeour, 10, Old Broad-street. Messrs. Towgood and Strachan, 33, Throgmorton-street. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) C. S. Collard, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 4, Skinner's-place, Sise-lane, E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The East London Railway, recommended by the joins committee of both Houses of Parliament in the session of 1864, and sanctioned by the act ofthis session, will ac commodate in its course the most densely-populated parts of the metropolis. The cost of the property required for the line will be less per mile than that of any other metropolitan railway, and is sufficiently provided for by the estimates. The length of the line, including junction branches, is between seven and eight miles, of which the land for the terminal station at Liverpool-street,, and for nearly . one mile of its course through the most expensive district, is purchased jointly with the Great Eastern Railway, the one running at a high level and the other at a low level over the same property, by which arrangement fully a quarter of a million will be saved. On the southern side of the river, from the Thames Tunnel to the junctions of the Southern Railways, the cost per mile will be very moderate, whilst the tunnel itself has been obtained without risk of construction at a little more than one-third of its original cost. • The large population which this line will accommodate, and the high through rates which it will receive for the traffic derived from the great lines with which it will be connected, leave no doubt that its receipts per mile from passengers alone will exceed those of the Metropolitan Railway. But assuming the East London receipts to be, per mile, not• more than those on the Metropolitan in its present incomplete and undeveloped state, and calculating the receipts on six miles only of the East London Railway, so far substantially to confine the calculation to the main line, the income from passengers will be £230,880 per annum, to which must be added for merchandise and coal, at a low estimate, £100,000; making a total gross income of £330,880 ; which, after deduction of 41 per cent. for working expenses, will leave a net income of £195,220, or about 14 per cent. on the cost of the line. To investors, the rapidity with which this line can be opened fox traffic, and its security from competition, are facts of great importance. The completion of the central station at Liverpool-street, and nearly a mile of the line, will be greatly expedited by the arrangement (confirmed by Parliament) with the Great Eastern Company, which is now in possession of part of the property, and is proceed ing with the works; the tunnel is also ready for immediate application to railway uses ; so that the line will certainly be yielding revenue in an unusually short space of time. The contract will provide for payment of interest half yearly during construction at the rate of five per cent. per annum on calls, and six per cent. on shares fully paid up. In allotting the shares preference will be given to appli cations for fully paid-up shares. The holders of paid-up stock have the privilege of pay ing up the balance of £BO per certificate at once, under dis count of six per cent. per annum, which will raise the first year's interest to upwards of seven per cent. On registration of the scrip, of which due notice will be given, the certificates for £lOO will be divided into five shares of £2O each. In the event of no allotment being made the deposits will be returned in full. Should a less number of shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposits will be made available towards the payment on allotment, and the balance (if any) returned to the applicant. Applications must bo made on the form annexed, accom panied by payment of £2 per scrip certificate, to any of the undermentioned Banks : The Union Bank London. (Manchester, and its Branches. The National Provincial Bank Manchester, The National Bank of Liverpool} (Limited) The National Provincial Bank The Leeds and County Bank Leeds. The Provincial Bank of Ireland Dublin and its Branches in Ireland. dinburgh and Glas gow, and its Branches in Scotland. 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London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for D Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine aro a sqn green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on stamp. DISPENSAIRE FRANCAIS. The following graceful lines in favour of a most deserving charity, we (in its interests) extract with pleasure from the Courrier de L'Europe of Satur day : "Le samedi 24 juin prochain, it sera donna h St. James's Hall un grand concert du matin, au profit du Dispensaire francais ; de nombreux artistes ont promis lour concours l cette bonne oeuvre" (Nouvelle du jour.) Nola - LE APPEL aux lecteurs du Courrier de l'Europe. Mes amis, venez tous. Pour notre Dispensaire Il nous faut de l'argent, c'est importante affaire, Dont chacun, entre nous, ne pout se dispenser. Qu'est-ce, en effet, pour vous quo tree peu ddpenser Pour faire avoir le n6cessaire: - A chaque brave cceur tombs sans un salaire Dans ce gouffre Want qu'on nomma la misere ? Venez tous, mes amis, j'en appalle h vous tons. Votre offrande, apportez-la-nous ! Nous—nous vous offrirons un plaisir sympathique, Un deux plaisir de la musique. Vous entendrez d'abord Dame DOLBY-SAINTON, Un talent grandiose et la Milton ! Et puis la Signora FLORENCE, Madame LANCIA, tres bien connue en France,' Madame ASTIERI, puis aussi Herr REICHARDT Et puis Coortu, et puis, non le tiers et le quart, Mais de, ! PROSPER SAINTON, un violon Waite, Et LEMMENS, un talent d'harmonieux m6rite ; Et PAQIJE, et puis PAQIJIS, et Signor AGNES; Et LPMMENS-SHERRINGTON, FRANK MORI, TALEXY, Ma demoiselle ZEISS,. Miss EMILY SOLDENE, Et DELLE SEDIE; puis, gentille siren° Rdpondant h co nom ISLIRIOT REAUVOISIN, Vous jouera du Thalberg...sur un beau clavecin. Si vous laissez vos deux oreilles Sourdes h toutes ces merveilles, Je vous le dis, je vous regard° tons Comme des rien-du-tout, comme des loups-garous. Venez don; it nous faut une large chambree. Bon ronom vaut bien mieux que ceinture doree. Venez done nous donner, oui, nous donner encor, Pour notre Dispensaire, un peu d'argent et d'or ! Et le bon Dieu le bon Dieu notre Pere, Vous donnera IR-haut tout ce qui peut vous plaire. LE CLIETALIEU DE CUM= avail, &c., " JOSE BERGES." The ministerial crisis terminated on the 14th, a new cabinet being formed by the Marquis of Olinda, composed as follows : President of the Council and Minister of the Em pire, Senator Marquis of Olinda ; Justice, Senator J. T. Nabuco do Araujo ; Finance, Senator J. P. Dias de Carvalho ; War, A. M. de Silva Ferraz ; Marine, Deputy J. A. Saraiva ; Commerce and Agriculture, Deputy A. F. de Paula e Souza ; Foreign Affairs, Deputy F. Octaviano de Almeida Rosa, at present on a special mission at the River Plate, where he will probably continue till the con clusion of the war, the Minister of the Marine taking in the meantime his portfolio. This Ministry, composed of hard working and able men, most of whom are well known in Europe, have been well received by the Chamber, though they will meet with some opposition from Ottoni's party. It is asserted on the best authority that Senor Paula e Souza intends immediately to settle all pending questions regarding the Bahia and Per nambuco railways, and will do the same with the St. Paul's road, as soon as the company furnish the necessary data and documents, which as yet are not forthcoming. The bill which opens all Brazilian ports in which there exist custom-houses to all nations has passed the second reading in the Chamber of Deputies. During the discussion the Minister of Marine ex pressed the following opinion :—" That the utmost liberty ought to exist in Mato Grosso ; that neither custom-homes nor anything else should stand in the way of foreigners who might wish to reside there, for in his opinion that province required population." The bill granting a subsidy of 200 contos of reis a year (about £190,000) to any company or indivi dual establishing a line of steamers between Rio and and New York, making 12 voyages per annum, has passed the Deputies, and gone Co the Senate. A project for the abolition of slavery was laid be fore the Senate by Viscount Jequitinhonha, better known as Montezuma ; but the present measures were so violent, and even immoral in some points, that it fell without discussion, which'will, perhaps, tend to confirm the belief that Brazilians are in gene ral opposed to emancipation. This, however, is not the case, as Brazil is most thoroughly convinced that slavery is at the root of all the evils which oppress the country ; but the great problem—how is eman cipation to be effected jwithout ruining the country —has not yet been solved, although it occupies the attention of eminent statesmen. Ministers have asked for 40,000 contos of reis to meet the expenses of the war. The Saintonge brought dates from Buenos Ayres to the 14th, and from Montevideo to the 15th inst. The triple alliance treaty had been signed at the former place on the following basis : Settlement of the claims of the allies by the Go vernment that shall be established in Paraguay. The fortifications of Humaita to be razed. The navigation of the Parana and Paraguay to be free. The police regulations of the Uruguay, Parana, and Paraguay to be made by the allies in common. The independence and integrity of Paraguay is guaranteed by the three Powers, the limits with Bra zil being those stipulated with that Republic in the treaty of 1856. The expenses of the war, as also the injury to public and private property, and to the persons of Brazilians before the decl ara ti on of war, as well as that done after the decl ara ti on but in violation of the princi ples of war, to be paid by Paraguay. Viscount Tamandare is to command the allied naval forces. With reference to the command-in-chief of the allied armies, the treaty adopted the principle that . the general of the nation on whose territory the operations are carried on shall take command. General Mitre will take the command of the army. General Flores being at present unable to rais e one, will command an army of Argentine Argentines and Brazilians. Brigadier-General Ozores has been named Commander-in-Chief of the Brazilian forces, but it is reported that his Royal Highness Count d'Eu will take the command on his return from Europe. The progress of the Brazilian squadron up the Parana has been much delayed by being obliged to tow their coal depots, and as the waters are rapidly falling, navigation at night is impossible, and even during the daytime one or more vessels are continu ally grounding, although they have on board the best pilots. Great loss of time is thus occasioned. The land forces, amounting to about 30,000, are advancing on Corrientes by forced marches ; the Paraguayan army in that town is said to consist of wnhis cards and confirmed 10,000 men, hasen , b a e t s l i as de t s 52h00,000 who are at San Carlos. the belief that he counted on the discontented party opposed to Mitre in the Argentine Confederation, especially upon Urquiza, to whom the Minister Berges has addressed the foll ow i ng l etter : " Corrientes, April 22, 1865. " Excellency,—The National Congress of the Re public of Paraguay, having declared war against the Government of General Mitre for the imperious reasons mentioned in that solemn act, and in the document that I have the honour of handing your Excellency, his Excellency the Marshal President of the Republic has consequently ordered the occupation of this province. In it the Paraguayan army had met no enemies to combat, except a small number who, obedient to their anti-national antecedents, fled with the ex-Governor Lagrana, and fruitlessly attempted toproduce disturbances in some places in the country. " The capital of Corrientes, and the departments which have already had the opportunity of appre ciating the morality and the discipline of our troops, as well as the eminently conciliatory policy of my Government, havepronouncedin favour of the cause of the equilibrium and the autonomy of the States of the Plate, and I am confident that this high po licy, and the noble and generous conduct of the Major-General Sherman—On behalf of the Union League Club, I bid you welcome. Your face has long been familiar to us all, so far as the skill of the photo graphers could make it known to us. To-night, when yon give us the - honour of your company, we realise in your presence what hitherto has been a hope. Your deeds have furnished our halls with many a commemorative device. Atlanta, Chattanooga, Savannah, Charleston, the Gibraltar of rebel engineering, which fell at the shadow of your advancing army, many miles away, and capitulated by force of an inference; Colum bia and Raleigh—all these have been watch words here. When you led the way through Georgia, here we traced, day. by day, your progress, when we could, and whether we could or no we were always sure you would come out triumphant. (Cheers.) When you visited upon the absurd and truculent vanity of South Ca rolina the just vengeance she had provoked, we here re joiced at your wide array sweeping across the country of that ridiculous chivalry. When men doubted whether Sher man's army could ever make its way to Terry and Scho field, we always maintained here that the thing was as good as done. (Cheers.) We talked of you, we praised you, we loved you, for the directness and patriotic sentiments of duty with which you made war. We have strive; as well as civilians might, to do what we could all through the four years of war to uphold our Government and its de fenders with truth and loyalty. As one of the most illus trious of these defenders we thank you, and congratulate you, General, on the glorious way in which God has per mitted you to lead the armies you directed always to vic tory. (Cheers.) General Sherman responded as follows : "I think no feelings so kindly to the heart as the wel come home of a single tie, and when welcomed to this home by the men I see before me, it is doubly, trebly dear to my feelings. I thank you, therefore; for the kindly greeting you have given me, and I feel myself closely related to all who hear my voice now. I know you simply have a curio sity to see me (laughter and cheers), to look at me on this occasion. I cannot tell you anything new, because you have heard it all, and more too. (Laughter.) But even if I could tell you anything which you had not already heard, I do not think that it would be appropriate to do so here. When we are sitting together around the social board, or the fireside, at some futuro time, I will be very glad, with my map in hand, as you have said, to trace for you the course of Shermau's march through the great Southern country. It is full of interest, of deep interest, and I think I could, by a little explanation, make many points clear to you which are now obscure. (Cheers.) Time enough for that, however, in the future. All I need say now is that I thank you again most heartily for tho kindly greeting you have given me, .and you, sir, for the handsome manner in which you have discharged your trust. (Loud cheers.) Mr. JONATHAN STURGES then proposed the fol lowing resolutions, which were adopted unani mously : Resolved—That the thanks of the Union League Club be tendered to Major-Gen. Sherman, for his noble co operation with Lieutenant-General Grant in the campaigns which resulted in the surrender of all the rebel armies, and the restoration of peace to our entire country. Resolved—That the advice of General Sherman to his soldiers, in his farewell address to them, to go quietly to their homes, and to shun all those who would induce them to join in any -irregular warfare upon their neighbours, meets with the hearty approval of this club. After the reading and adoption of the above reso lutions, those present were introduced, and shook hands with the General, who frequently recognised an old friend among those who passed before him. The crowd outside, who were determined not to be for gotten, were so very clamorous for the appearance of the hero that the calls for " Sherman " became too vociferous to be ignored. Accordingly, the General was escorted to the balcony, and bowed his acknowledgments to the people in the square below. At first they called for a light and then for a speech, and in this instance they were gratified by the fol lowing laconic address : I cannot make moonlight stronger than it is, neither do I wish to exhibit myself by gaslight. (Laughter and cheers. A lamp was here brought out, which, being held before the General, showed him plainly to the crowd). I know you all want to see me. Take a good look now and imagine the rest. (Cheers.) He then left the balcony. MR. SOTHERN'S 4 4 BROTHER SAM," according to a Saturday Reviewer, eclipses even his wonderful imper sonation of Lord Dundreary. The immense success of Mr. Sothern in the character of Lord Dundreary, says the critic, has even been exceeded by his representation of the "Brother Sam" with whom the London public has long been familiar through the medium of his letter, but whose personal acquaintance they did not till very recently enjoy. The most remarkable circumstance in the delineation of the new character is this—that while Sam and his brother both belong to the same genus, which may indifferently bo called "swell" or "exquisite," they are not only distinct from each other, but diametrically opposite. Dundreary is a fantastic fool ; Sam, less fantastic, is a consummate heart less knave, who cheats his way through the world by dint of imperturbable coolness and an aristocraticgiggle(wholly different from the drawl), while his moral obtuseness equals the intellectual density of his brother. Without his foppish attributes, Sam would be a mere Jeremy Diddle; devoid of the animal spirit which obtained popularity for that primitive scamp. It is from Mr. Sothern's skill in the execution of details, which, though often extravagant, are always consistent with one leading idea, that Brother Sam derives his exceptional popularity. The giggling, intru sive, unfeeling fop is at present the chief idol of the play going world. It is a singular fact, with respect to the two famous brothers, that neither of them derives his idiosyncrasy in any way from the imaginary atmosphere in which he is placed. When the " American Cousin" was originally proposed for representation at New York, Lord Dundreary was considered a personage of minor import ance, and even now it may be perceived that the plot of the drama would be complete without him. If we are rightly informed, all that makes him such a striking indi viduality was superadded by Mr. Sothern in the course of along series of representations, till he became the sole object of interest in a piece in which a merely subordinate position had been assigned to him. Brother Sam is, in deed, essential to the plot of the " comedy" which bears his name ; but so little has the general intrigue to do with his foppish peculiarities that, in the German farce from which the plot is derived, he appears as the very reverse of an exquisite, being neither more nor less than a wild artist, with all the attributes commonly associated with Bursehen and Bohemians. Mr. Sothern is, in a certain sense, rather an author than an actor. Instead of merely adapting his talents to the creations of others, it would be nearer the truth to say that he himself creates. [ADVEILTISESIENT.]—HoIIowa,y's Pills.—Enjoyment of Life.—When the blood is pure, its circulation perfect, and the nerves in good order, we are well. These pills possess a marvellous power in securing these great secrets of health by purifying, regulating, and strengthening fluids and solids. Holloway's Pills can be confidently recom mended to all persons suffering from disordered digestion or worried by nervous fancies or neuralgic pains. They correct acidity and heartburn, dispel. sick-headache, quicken the action of the liver, and act as alternatives ane gentle aparients. The weak and delicate may take them without fear. Holloway's Pills are eminently serviceable to invalids or irritable constitutions, as they raise the , action of every organ to its natural standard, and uni t versally exercise a calming and sedative influence. Mr. Bevan, the manager, the overman, and some officials were immediately on the spot, several of them being in the pit at the time of the explosion. Gangs were immediately formed for the purpose of exploration, and it was at once discovered that the gas had fired in what was termed the " back work ings." Forty-six men and boys were at work in this section of the colliery, and by dint of extraordinary exertion on the part of the exploring parties, under the guidance of Mr. Bevan, a good many were got out who would inevitably have fallen a prey to the fatal choke or after damp had they not been taken out. The first body was brought up in about three quarters of an hour, so it will be at once seen that no time was lost in examining the workings. As body after body was landed on the bank the scenes were heart-rending, for the news having reached Tredegar, which is about a mile and a half distant, hundreds were soon gathered around the top of the pit. Mothers were seen in tears for sons, husbands, and other relatives, fathers deplor ing the loss of sons upon whom intheir old age they depended in a great measure for support, and other instances might be named the details of which could not fail to melt the hardest heart. In one case a father and two sons were killed, in another two brothers, and in a third a father and son. Dr. Homfray, the surgeon of the works and his assistant, Dr. Coats, of Sirhowy, and other medical gentlemen of the neighbourhood, were at the pit in a very short time ; and rendered every assistance in their power. Nothing that medical skill could sug gest was left undone, and the sufferers who gave any hope of recovery received the most careful at tention. Unfortunately the fatal explosion haddone its work too well, and there were but few cases where medical skill was of any avail. The explosion, as already stated, took place at about half-past ten o'clock in the morning, and the whole of the bodies were recovered before dusk. Mr. Lionel Brough, the Government inspector of the district, who resides at Clifton, was at once tele graphed to, but , being from home at the time he only arrived on Saturday morning, and in company with Mr: Augustus Homfray and Mr. Bevan, the manager, lost no time in visiting the colliery, and they were down for a considerable time. They made as minute an examination of the workings as was possible, taking into consideration the state of the colliery. The result of the Government Inspector's examination will not, of course, be made known until the inquest. Since the awful catastrophe at Risca, when 142 lives were lost by an explosion of gas, there has been no colliery accident in the county of Monmouth so fatal in its results as the present. The colliery is the property of the Tredegar Iron Company, the partners in which are Messrs. Forman, Fothergill, and Homfray, and it has recently undergone im portant improvements. It is generally believed that the partners will make the necessary provision for the maintenance of the bereaved, and consequently there will be no necessity for a public subscription. LATEST PARTICULARS: By the assistance of Mr. Bevan and other officials connected with the company some reliable informa tion as to the workings and management of the col liery and as to the probable cause of the explosion has been obtained. There are two pits - within a few yards of each other, the colliery where the explosion occurred being called the New Bedwellty pit. The three quarter and big vein are worked in this colliery, and the workings are all to the west. On Friday morning the fireman, named John Jehu, went down as usual to examine the working places, and discovered gas in a cross heading in the back workings, where a man named Jones and his son worked. The accumulation of gas was by no means large, ..but the fireman thought it advisable to put the danger signal up. The colliery is worked entirely by naked lights, but if gas were discovered in any place safety lamps were then provided for the men in the immediate neighbourhood. This rule was adopted in the present instance, and David Jones and his son were provided with lamps, and they went down with lamps on the morning of the explo sion. It was their duty to test the gas first, and if in the least increased it was their duty to leave the place at once and report to the fireman or overman. These were their instructions under ordinary cir cumstances, but when a danger signal was up, as on the morning of the explosion, they ought not to have commenced working until the gas had been cleared, under the direction of either the fireman or overman. It is feared that this important regula tion was not attended to, and that the gas, getting too strong, fire was communicated from:the lamp, and the explosion followed. How Jones and his son (both are dead) were allowed to go down at all is a question which will no doubt be thoroughly investi gated by the coroner and the jury. Forty-six were employed in the back workings, and out of this number _2O escaped, some being slightly burnt. Fortunately, the system of " splitting" the air was adopted, by which every section of the colliery had a free course of fresh air. Had it been otherwise, it is very probable that the explosion would have extended throughout the whole of the workings, where some 200 more hands were employed. The separate ourrent of air going to the back workings was computed to be 18,000 or 20,000 cubic feet per minute, the ventilation being by furnace. THE INQUEST. The inquest was opened on Saturday afternoon before Dr. Brewer, coroner, at the Greyhound Inn, Tredegar. The jury were sworn, and proceeded to visit the bodies. The inquiry was then adjourned. The following is a list of the dead, and other particulars as far as couldbe ascertained :—ThomasMeredith, married; Morgan Meredith, single ; William Allen, married; Thomas Morgan, aged 13 ; Thomas James, married ; Thomas Richards, age 19; David Jones, married, age 40 ; David Price, single ; Thomas Stead, married; William Stead, married ; Edward Watkins, single ; Thomas Williams, sin gle ; John Jones ; Thomas Lewis, boy ; George Carter ; Richard Jenkins, married; Philip Jenkins, boy; Lewis Lewis, married ; David Rees, single ; Daniel Jones, mar ried ; John Jones ; Charles Wedlock, single ; Edmund Morgan, boy; and Thomas Thomas, married. The two last named died after being brought out of the pit. THE FIFTEEN NEW FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY consist of two medical men, one mathematician, three astronomers, three natural historians, two engineers, one chemist, one geologist, one traveller (Sir L.M'Clintock), and one representative of literature—the Poet Laureate. — The Reader. A CHARDIING ANECDOTE i$ thus charmingly related in the Athena um of Saturday :—ln a pretty country studio, seven miles from Fontainebleau, a gentlewoman was at work on a sultry day last week; dressed as French ladies, who happen to be artists, usually dress, in a blouse and petticoat. The gentlewoman was Mdlle. Rosa Bonheur, and she was painting cattle and grazing ground. Suddenly the door of her studio was opened, and without announce.. ment of any kind a bright and charming woman entered the room, threw her arms round Mdlle. Rosa's neck, clasped a ribbon round it, from which depended a little cross well known in France. The charming visitor was the Empress Eugenie. Mdlle. Bonheur had never heard a word of this visit or of this decoration being intended for her ; and she sat down on a low stool and enjoyed a good cry, while the Empress chatted with her about her palette; her pencils, and the delightful trifles of her art. Cartes, the Empress Egaie knows how to enhance a graceful act by the added grace of doing it well. The Minotaur, iron frigate, re: te Gconc of her 12-t0n10.5-ineh smoothbore NA& it carriage and slide, on Saturday, alongside Ports mouth dockyard, and is expected to make her two days' experimental cruise under Captain Astley C. Key's direction, outside the Isle of Wight, in the middle of this week. The object of the cruise is to test the working of these guns mounted on a ship's broadside, in as much motion, or roll, as can be got out of the Minotaur in so limited a cruise and at this season, when the Channel in nine days out of ten is as smooth as a millpond. Both the guns are mounted on wooden carriages and slides, one being from Woolwich and the other from her Majesty's gunnery ship Excellent. The latter had been pre viously on board the Excellent, where it has mounted one of the 12-ton guns sent down to that ship for practice and drill purposes. Both carriages are alike in their principal features. The one from. Woolwich, however, traverses the rear racer by means of a pair of metal rollers fixed one cn each side by the slide. The Excellent's carriage has a single roller for the purpose fixed in the centre of the slide in its after part, which is brought down on the racer and made to take the weight of the slide by a lever with an eccentric motion. This has been fitted in accordance with the suggestions of Capt. A. C. Key, C. 8., commanding H.M.S. Excellent. The carriages are necessarily weak, as well as com plicated, as all wooden carriages must be, when car rying guns of such an exceptional weight as 12 tons; nor are they fitted with any mechanical means for running the gun out when loaded. Supposing the gun in this latter case to be in on the slide, and wait ing to be run out to re-commence firing, with the ship at the same time rolling 25 degrees each way ; all the gun's crew can do is to watch the roll of the ship and ease the gun out by carefully slacking the compressors. The successful accomplishment of such a movement is a problem remaining tobe solved, and. and which Capt. Key, it is to be hoped, will bring to the test before he closes the Minotaur's cruise. There is one most important feature in the Mino taur, and also in all our other ironclads, including the Bellerophon class, which deserves special notice. None of our broadside ships have been designed to carry 12-ton guns, with their massive carriages and slides, in the broadside ports of their maindeck. If a judgment may be correctly formed on the subject from a visit to the Minotaur and a careful inspec tion of her decks, it will be a matter of impossibi lity, we may almost presume, that vessels can be built to carry and work effectively at sea such mon ster ordnance as we are now engaged in introducing on the decks of our armoured ships. The Minotaur's main deck has but two of these 12-ton guns' placed upon it for her trial cruise (carrying no other guns of any kind), and yet the effect produced by these two guns—one on the starboard and the other on. the port side amidships—is such as to demonstrate that the ship, with her vast tonnage and strength, is incapable of carrying and withstanding the pres sure from the working and fire of masses of metal she was never originally intended to carry. Any casual visitor to the ship will at once observe an. apparent deflection in the plane of the deck on which the guns stand. The amount of deflection is certainly not much, but it is just sufficient to give a feeling of uneasiness asto the possibility of working the guns at sea without driving through the deck, even if they did not go through by their own weight, when the ship is working in a breeze. Still entertaining this feeling of an existing disproportion between the strength of the deck and the weight of the guns it has to carry, and descending to the deck below, immediately under the place where the guns are mounted, it will be found that the feeling en gendered by the apparent weakness of the deck, or rather excessive weight of the guns, is not without reason. Three timber props of immense strength, each being circular and of the diameter of a brig's mainmast, are fixed as supports on. each side to those parts of the deck above on which the guns rest. If, therefore, a deflection of the gun deck really exists, as it certainly appears to do, it must be shared by the deck below, and the whole structure of the ship must be in I reality too weak for carrying and working 12-ton. guns on the broadside. The possibility of working such guns at all on . the_ broadsides of ships, as at pre sent constructed, might be enlarged upon here at much greater length ; but as the solution of that question is Capt. Key's task in the forthcoming cruise of the Minotaur we shall forbear saying any thing further in relation to that part of the subject at present, confining our conclusions now to the one important fact that, undoubtedly, our broadside gunships are, judging by the Minotaur, not calcu lated by their design and build to carry and work ordnance through their ports of the weight of 12 tons. Mr. E. J. Reed, the Chief Constructor of the Navy, has returned to the Admiralty from a visit of inspection to the steel works at Hoerde Essen, and other parts of Prussia, where he has been engaged on an inquiry into the system of manufacture of steel armour-plates, with a view to their more ex tensive introduction into the armour-clad vessels built by the Admiralty at the Royal dockyards. An improved hydraulic apparatus for bending the large description of armour-plates, patented by the inventors, Sir C. Fox and Son, of Spring-gardens, having been submitted to the Admiralty, a trial of the invention is ordered to be made at Chatham. dockyard. A trial is also to be made at Chatham of a valuable invention for boring armour-plated ships for scuttle-tubes, valves, &c., submitted to the Ad miralty by Mr. Ord, one of the officials of Malta dockyard. The ordinary system of boring the large holes in armour plates is attended with great loss of time, and is altogether most tedious, each hole taking from 10 to 14 days to complete. The machine in-. vented by Mr. Ord will effect a considerable saving of time, as each hole can be bored to the exact size required in 30 hours, including the fixing of the machine, which can be worked, if needed, by four labourers, or a small steam engine. The invention is strongly recommended to the Admiral Superin tendent of Malta dockyard, and the trials to be made with it will be attended with considerable interest. The summer examination of candidates for ad mission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, under the regulations dated " Horse Guards, Jan. 1, 1864," will commence at Chelsea Hospital thig morning, under the direction of Major-General F. W. Hamilton, C. 8., vice-president, and the mem bers of the Council of Military Education. The examination will occupy the whole week. The following naval officers, studying at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, have taken steam certi ficates at the quarterly examination of the present month.—Commanders T. K. Mackenzie, and E. S. Adeane, and Capt. H. P. de Kantzow. The following officers also qualified at the College for lieutenants and masters, R.N. For Lieutenants : —A. C. Elwes, C. V. Anson, W. M'C. F. Castle, G. W. Hill, T. H. Dickson, P. B. Aitkins, A. S. F. Fitz George, H. Lefevre Ryder, and E. R. Foster. For Masters.—F. C. Corbett, W. R. Stevens, R. H. C. Hebden, E. R. J. Williams, J. Proctor, and H. T. Ginison. _ _ _ For the competitive examinations for Assistant- Clerkships R.N., held on board her Majesty's ship Victory, 22 candidates presented themselves, of whom the following passed successfully :—A. Wool ward, J. P. Pearce, H. Bedingfield, H. A. Edwards, T. Guard, H. A. Minley, J. W. Chaster, T. Mains, J. Taylor, and J. T. K. Belam. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. John L. Gilby, to the Octavia; Benjamin B. Stuart, master, to the Fisgard, for the Fox ; Sub-Lieut. Lambton, L. L. Bevan, to the Octavia; George R. C. Eyres and Henry T. S. Dorrien, midshipmen, to the Racoon ; and Charles Sproule, surgeon, to the Liffey. THE DARLINGS.—Many will be glad to hear that Grace Darling's brother now fills the situation once occupied by her father. The lighthouse is a marvel of cleanliness and neatness. After climbing from the boat up an ascent of rocks covered with seaweed, through which Mr. Darling has cleared a precipitous path, the pebble-paved and enclosed yard of the lighthouse, where everything that is not painted red is painted white, appears strikingly different from terra-firma objects. Tho spiral staircase con, ducts the visitor past room after room, all scrupulously neat, and decorated with marine curiosities, till it terminates in the glass chamber containing the revolving lights.—Builder.