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Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns In England; or wholesale at THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1865. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET. LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Klnahan's LL Whisky." No. 22,859. PRICE 4d., STAMPED 5d.: UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inc)rpor ited by Act of Parliament, 1850). 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LEN:)S JIONEY 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 C tpital of this Associa tion enables it to complete its transactions without delay. No inquiry or office tees. and strict secrecy observe i. Bills Discounted at short notice. Forat sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelope. The Associ ttion 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. THE INIPERTA.L MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited). Capital subscribed, X 5,000,000. Paid up, X 500,000. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CIIAIRMAN —JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq. Xenophon Ball!, Esq. Capt. J. Gilbert Johnston. E. J. Coleman, Esq. G. G. Macphers Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakin, W. Scholefield, Esq., M.P. James Dickson, Esq. Sir S. D. Scott, "art. P. D. Hadow, Esq. H. D. Seymour, Esq., M.P. J. O. Hanson, Esq. Joseph Thornton, Esq. G. F. Holroyd, Esq. Alfred Wilson, Esq. J, G. Hombre, Esq. M. Zarifi, Esq. MANAGERS. Henry J. Barker, Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ashuret, 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.G. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders in the Atlantic Te'egraph Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopagate - street , in the City of London. on THURSDAY, the 12th Day of October, 1865, at Half-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 passed 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 9th August, 1865, conferring upon the said capital of £800,500, or so much thereof as should from time to time be issued in common with the consolidated 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 £2,000,000, by the creation and issue of not exceeding 160,000 New Shares of £5 each, and that such New Shares shall Sear, 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 main after paying or providing for the said dividend of £l2 per cent, per annum, the Preferential Dividendi.f .E 8 per cent. per annum payable on the Consolidated 8 per Cent. Pre ferential Stock of the Company, and a Dividend at the rate of 4 percent. per annum on the Consolidated Ordinary Stock and ordinary sharcs 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, or any or either of them, for increasing the capital of the Company by the issue of new share-, and for conferring uvon the n ew shares, or any portion thereof, such preference or priority in the payment of dividends, and such special privileges and advantages as may, by the Resolution creating the same, be prescribed or authorised. J. STUART WORTLEY, Chairman. GEO. SAWA RD, Secretary and General Superintendent. 12, St. Helen's-place, London, Sept. 14, 1865. SPANISH FLY is the acti n g i ngre di en t i n ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OlL.which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d, ss. 61, and 10s. 6d..; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, tiolborn, London. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one thy by using ALEX. ROS 'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s , sent by post for 60 stamps —248, High Holborn, London. TrAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curl' Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is appded. Sold at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d , and 10s. 6d. ; sent free for 55, 81, and 141 stamps Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. 6d., or 20 stamps. C 1 REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, L on d on. — 7 .. ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe 1. Price 3s. Cd , 6s. 61., and 10s. 6d. ; sent by post for 54, E 4, and 144 stamps. J'AIR DESTROYER, 248, High H o lb orn , London.—A EX.':ROSS'S ['IL &Toffy removes, without effect to the sift, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d., ss. 6d.. and 10s. 6d. sent the same day as ordered by post for 51, 84, and 144 stamps, Lately published, Id., sent free by nost for two at ;mpg. AN ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAIR : Its Close Analogy to Vegetation, and its Reproduction by the Stimulant Spanish Fly or Cantharides.—By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. pThIPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness, &a 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d. ; or by plat for 40 and JOO sumps.-- ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. HEALTH WITHOUT MEDICINE. Being the only Sovereign and unfailing Remedy for Indi ges ion, Constipation, Nervousness, Debility, Torpidity of the Liver, Headache, Biliousness, Despondency, Low Spirits, Coughs, Asthma, and Islicipient Consumption. Full paiticularm sent to any address on receipt of two Stamps, by Mr. KEARSLEY, 23, Kentish-town-road, Lon don, N.W. The most efficacious remedy for those diseases extant, a boon to the afilicted."—Medical Review. " This invaluable discovery has attainei a world-wide cele brity, being of inestimable value, and most admirably adapted to remove those maladies which tend to embitter life, and shorten its duration."—So,lpel. " The unprecedented success of this remedy is without parallel ; this is demonstrated by the innumerable cures effected."— Afedical Journal. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGLIA A MA.RELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 12, Three King-court, Lombard -street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue no Matter at what age. The Agna 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 will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. CI Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re epectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Periumers to her Royal Elighness the Princess of Wales. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and HO RE, Hampstead. Offices, 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis Mande, The Rev. Canon rhampneys R.VI Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national Want. viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants ' 4 ervice and of Warines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for do m esti c service and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise he exposed to. _The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasi - g applications through the recent storms and loss Pf life at sea, and - o enable them e ventually 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 b war Subscriptions tha y nkfully receiv by the bankers, Messrs ta ry. at the Offices , No. and Co. 7 7, Cornhi Lombard-street, and by the Secre ll. It. SWEETTNG, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH. Sea. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another 1 , home to tho 12 now in operation. Last y ear no f ewer T han 455 poor, fri en dl e ss, y oung femal es were re j ected rom , ,7 11,1 .nt of FUNDS and r oo m , ma ki ng a tot a l o f 3,087 , w h o have ueert sent away in fire years. Here are brief details of a few Of the most recent cases : F. A. aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. 1 , 1 . A. F., aged 13, homeles., both parents dead. _lx. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother a. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, ."..,. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. A. S. aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents. C. If., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. R., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. ~..,. G-., aged 18, fal'en, father dead. r%., lc aged 18, fallen, both parents ,4 ead, ~.• Is, aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. -'I.. A. W.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. '• new 15, fallen, both parents dead. 2The home the Committee wish to form woald be for ung girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who ° - Ve been led astray from the path of virtue. "° tt k otitributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, I t • Daniel Cooper, R 5, Queen •street Cheapside; or by Messrs " t elav and Co., Lombard-street. ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, Way Term in in the Immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail us, K ing' l i .. Patron—H e r Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. lee- Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince f WA LE ;', K.G lifil Pre sident —His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. i b. l .,a Hospital, foundei in the year 1828, the fi rs t t o estab the me principle of free admission to th e s i c k poor, w i thout De t ( elay and difficulty of Governors' or d ers , i s w h olly de p. ent for support on voluntary contributions and lega2ies. x(ici„atillirds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in tie s i t on to this, the average number of attendance of the koootute sick has for a considerable period averaged between . .ch!nd 4,000 weekly. ott,; Co mmittee earnestly solicit the AS . SISTANCE of the t:l,4 l ° ,pin, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of the 1 ., thng several hundred more beds, had the Committee (. equisiteiunds to maintain them. t.,,t.,,t, iliril?ntions are received by the Treas s u rs rer, o tta a r n a d M c a o s ; brut! EIJI., Nicholas-lane; also by NI efi C and Mond and. Co. ; G;yn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Hansom ~1 1t tre j - r t• ; Prescott, G rote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. , :rY, a t i' an(l Co. ; W llama, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gar ,o ' Lis CO. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and r P° Ol ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. srANFORD BMITtr. seoretary. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c. 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., M.P, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Samuel Morley, Esq. COMMITTEE. 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. Ledge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett . I Mr. R. T. TurnbulL Treasurer—W. H. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street, E.C. Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 46, Suffolk-street, P.ll-Mall East, S.W. Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard- street, K•.C. The mode of admission to th - e 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 o; age. With the view to 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 subscribers. The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. This Home was opened in April, 1884. It was designed to take t 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 those who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates irom 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—is it right to make a widow and her family paupers for life because one of them (the naughty boy of the family) runs wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not h- 1p her to put one of them into a Home, but that they must ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others as we would they should do unto 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 show d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe them ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming " Am I my brother's keeper ?" The 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 ance 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 o n th e one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. The daily routine of the Insiitution 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 school work—reading, and writing, and cipherin , e, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in otjects and other subjects. But they are also trained to work. As they must all, an -1 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 paper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c'othes, &c. Some assist the master in the garden, digging, planting, wat er i ng , wee di ng , 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, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working Rte. 2d. By payment of 55. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 r ars of age at the time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved ade Committee, Elections of children to be.aitted free will take place as frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, till the Home is full; they will then be held periodi cally Forms of application for the admission of children may be had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary, itUerITRES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFEt:TED AND EXHIBITED IN TILE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of II ERNI A. the use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the ,ody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the hoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ,nd c?oseness 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 sumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being 4ent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 218., 268. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. In Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. led. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post )ffice, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT STOCKINGS, JP ' s, C ite., for Varicose Veins and all cases of KNEE - Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are P EV or e o a ul l : Kes light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 78. 6d., 10s., to 16s. tut. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. ISTanufacturar. 22R, Plocadlll7. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. 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 ; I,:yrd 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 agreement between 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. For the Year. 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 , 1868 , 1869 , 1870 , 1871 , 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 tion as provided ; and the rate of allowance once settled, shall remain binding for two 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 believed - it would continue to be of great use to them. it had the advantage of pre venting 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 R. 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 would 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 the 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. Mr. lIARTRIDGE thought the agreement was the best thing the directors had ever done for the com- pany. It would work well between the companies and the public ; but he thoaght it would be much more to the Chatham Company than the South- Eastern, although the latter would benefit in some degree. It was a step in the direction of a union between the two companies, and he thought it would lead to that result. The resolution was then carried, there being only one dissentient. On the motion of Mr. RErs, thanks were voted to the chairman and directors, and the proceedings terminated. MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN OF IRELAND. The half-yearly meeting a! this company was held on Thursday, in Dublin ; Mr. Ennis in the chair. The report, au abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. Dr. PEEBLES said that at the last meeting an un dertaking had 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 issued underpar. The CiwiniAN, 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 tonsi -1 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 o principle. M r . Gl a d s t one h ad, er g th n at in any such arrange men t t h e rightshwnoevoft'hisleia state dß re e l i lia olders 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, while 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. The report of the 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 o f it . sOtillru.jon.STIRLING, deputy-ch a i rman, seconded the re Mr. NEVILLE moved, as an aniendment—" 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 report thereon, 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. 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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 company had 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. Thepier at Burntisland was progressing rapidly, and would be the means of enabling the company to accommodate traffic which, under any circumstances, would find au 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 Compani€s 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, 41 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, Mlles Opened. Receipts. Railways. • 1865. 1864. 1865 1864 £ E Belfast and N. Counties 931 99 2.004 1.757 Belfast and County Down— 441 4.i 671 637 myth and Tyne 2B 28 2,208 2,034 Brecon and Merthyr . Bristol and Ex.ter l2l} 1211 7,551 7,178 Caledonian, Scottish Central 403 408 27,518 26,93 Cambrian l3O 121 3,4 8 2,287 Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 311 481 Cockermouth and Workin Cork and Bandon 2O 20 423 363 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 14 247 2..2 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 651 651 1,013 1.908 Deeside l7 17 46 i 4.7 Dublin & _Belfast Junction 63 63 i,7 9 1.1:00 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 2.061 1.676 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 91 1 3,; 91 2.9.55 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 5 ) 3,670 3.333 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union 45,383 41,495 Great Northern 404 3 Great North of Scotland 991 9 64 2,704 3.073 V Nortlin. & Westn.(lrel.) 7ll 711 627 523 'lt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3B7} 38%t 10,718 8 671 Great Western l2BO 1236 76,3 : 9 71,610 .. .. Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 145 2 , 02) 1,679 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 45,320 42,160 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 204 163 Limerick and Foynes 26} 26 } 151 1 2 Llanelly 461 461 763 721 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 51 2,143 1,940 London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &3. Coast 272 2671 26,340 23,, 01 London, Chatham, & Dover; ( 134 127 13,4 0 11,4 i , t all Metiopolitan Extension 12 111 ) 2,534 2,110 Do. Kent t_. oast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9l 9} 1,602 1.430 Maryport and Carlisle bletropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6721 611 55,060 62,280 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2601 2601 5,023 4,603 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,831 2,670 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 11941 11601 75,314 70,486 North London 9 9 13,584 3 , 189 .... .... _ . . 13,- ...- North Staffordshire 258 258 ;8,400 8.437 Pembroke and Tenby l4 14 163 130 Rbymney l9l 191 1,016 1,002 Scottish North-Eastern 138 138 Somerset and Dorse t 66 66 1 5 :0 25 18 1 5, 9 6 5 00 8 South Devon .... 98 711 i 5.250 1,526 South-Ea5tern............... 315 306 30,813 29,613 Taff Vale 6l 61 5,874 5,342 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 516 481 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,341 1,264 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 6:2 652 Whitehaven Junction l3 13 976 1,001 Whitehaven & Furness Jun ., 35 35 895924 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 41,284 40,683 Bahia and San Franci sco Belgian Eastern J unction 263 264 394 350 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 1851 4,241 2,638 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 8,577 6,608 Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France 1176 1428 83,915 71,978 Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1077 1335 27.467 23,1,42 Great Central of Belgium 285 261 7,267 15,852 Great Indian Peninsula 590 553 15,460 7,551 Great Luxembourg 134 134 6,020 5.027 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 315 16,548 13,438 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 6BO 650 18,1.05 20 422 Northern of Canada .. Northern of France 728 728 67,597 61,7_4 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1967 1781 149,784 143,t30 Paris and Orleans 1616 1614 79,068 72.812 Recife and San Francisco. &o 774 774 8 7 553 Scinde lO5 . 105 1,384 1,725 Do. Punjab, &c 253 32 1.405 241 South Austrian, &c .... . 2307 1527 83.608 59,018 Southern of France 823 779 35,875 35,531 Victoria Welland West & N-Wn. of France Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Oct. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 13 Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Oct. 4. Ditto, by French packet Sept. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena—. Sept. 22 China, Penang. and Singapore. via Sou. hampton Oct. 2 Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 25 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton-- Oct. 2. Ditto, via Mar5ei11e5......... .Sept. 26 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Sept. 25. Ditto, via Marseilles Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil e Oct. 4. Newfoundland .et ....... Sept. 27 Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon...... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Sept. 27. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton ... Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Sept. 20. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe. Oct. 11 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico ............. Sept. 28.=. Bahamas, via New York. Oot. 11 Bermuda, ditto.. Cuba and Mexico Sept 28. Great Stack Fires. IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. UPWARDS OF THIRTY STACKS DESTROYED AT TIIROCK 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 two 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 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 largo 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 good object 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 firo was limited to half an acre. The number of stacks in the yard swaasved. about 3o 40. corn Of and these3 haystacks n 5 2h were ay,an d t 0 1 t a p l l e y a s d t a e c s k t r 0 1 3 v r e e r d e . One haystack comprised about 30 tons, which at £olos. per ton would be worth £2OO. Two smaller ones were reckoned r 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. Tho 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. Tho 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 HEXHAM.—On Tuesday night, about eight o'clock, a large haystack belonging to Mr. Stephen son, superintendent of the Hexham 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, and one of the 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 Bogacro, near the workhouse, and from the first it was found to bo 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 a fire had broken out in the stackyard of Mr. Cameron,_ Coshneuck, about two miles beyond that city. When the brigadereached the scene orthe 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 st acks of oats, three of wheat, and three of hay in the stockyard, all of which were entirely consumed with the exception of two.—Cale dbnian Mercury. FIFTY-EIGHT CORESTACKS DESTROYED BY FIRE.-011 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 boon 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 cumstances, made swift progress in extending itself. Lite reify nothing could bo done to stop its devouring progress, although there were plenty of people soon collected from Morebattlo village and neighbouring farms who would willingly have exerted themsel ves t o ex ti ngu i s h th e fi re, _ _ _ . _ 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 soen at a distance of upwards of ten miles. Nothing could be done to save any of the corn stacks, and the fire sonsumed them at its will ; but exertions wero successfully made to save a large haystack, and a shed was al so wa t c h e d t o p reve nt its _ _ _ being fired. Tho fire had about exhausted itself by 12 o'clock, at which time all danger of its spreading was past It is surmised that tho 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- Iday afternoon, the 14th instant, in Mr. Hill's stackyard, 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 machine, 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 GO 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 ha y -stack belonging to Mr. Stephenson, superintendent of the county constabulary at ott Rexford has also be en fired ; some whea t stacks have also been d estroy ed close et uponW inl at oneon -oon the-t h e- offshoots Tyne, a n o d f at the M Cheviotarble rangeTfts' lying of hills, 58 stacks of corn, the produce of the farms, we re destroyed by fire on Tuesd a y n i g ht . None of these fires,however,have been traced to incendiarism except that at Hexham. MORTALITY OF EMIGRANTS' CIIILDREN.—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 1800 (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 ?—New York Times. A BREAK-FALL—A singular accident occurred on Wednesday at a house in the Faubourg St. Martin. A man who bad 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. (From the Special Correspondent of Mame* BIARRITZ, Sept. 20. 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 the acquaintance of the former Sovereign of his wife, and his near neighbour, notwithstanding the haste with which she quitted Palma, just at the time it was known that he would visit the Balearic Isles, on his first journey to Algeria. Queen Isabella could no longer put off an event which, to all ap pearance, was so much desired without direct dis courtesy. The Queen, it is said, contemplates the acquisition of the fine old mansion of the Marquis de Garros, which she lately occupied at Zaranz, and 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 not only for himself, but for will produce a more friendly feeling between them character is somewhat selves, and the emperorwill of n t o h t e b la e dy so w r h ry o to win opinions,Shper i th sh ere is no legitimate motive suspicious;hm s f a i s v o t rr son,ar) b r f avourable nhh :c countrymenw 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 var i ous . . _ You have Turkish bazaars, where you find Turkish pipes, and, if you are not too hard to be pleased, Turkish tobacco ; chneters, 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 Ithnself 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 to the Emperor, whose residence is hard by, the COte 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 music of the fine band of the Imperial Guard. On thesea ho c u o s in es es of n ß e Biarritz, the mountains, Sunday last there could not have been less than 15,000 people thronging the beach. The sight was and de the greate pinewoods re beauty—thesinkingddenseudnwwith tits parting itnhge beams. e c a e s n and mp he rorceksss,gehneeardallalnydbsa, bathes s d o b n e t a h c e h T thepictu resquely terrace g r ouped rc where the in which the Prince takes his first lessons inbeach, i t e e Napo leon, ary up to the foot of villa swimming stands; the Port Vieux. They all walk about the sands in the morning, mingling with 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 celebrated drive out by th e li g hth ous e, along the sea shore, or Empres s ' s 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 sister. ino n t h eMexicoand anniversary the of t first mass death of the in mp it 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 ,thelast 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.