The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MOA DAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1864.

Cheap Edition, 1 vol., with Portrait, 6s. bound,

MEMOIRS OF QUEEN HORTENSE,
MOTHER OF NAPOLEON 111.
"A biography of the beautiful and unhappy Quem more
satisfactory than any we have yet met with."—Daily News.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

PEOPLE'S EDITION OF GLEIG'S LIFE OF WELLINGTON.
On Saturday next, tine 25th instant, will be published, in 1
vol. crown Svc). of 560 pages, with Portrait, price ss. cloth,
IFE of the DUKE of WELLINGTON. By
the Rev. G. R. GLEIG, M.A.. F. Chap`ain-
u; eneral to the Forces, and Prebendary of St. Paul's. A New
Editon, careful y revised and abridged, but with copious
Additions from Authentic Sour,es.

London : Longman, Green, and Co., Paternoster-row.

NEW NOVEL BY MRS. BENNETT.
This Day, at all Libraries,' in 3 vol.,
QTELLA. By Author of " The Cottage Girl."
London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street.

This Day, in Two Vols. Svo., with Map, price 325.,
MEXICO: ANCIENT AND MODERN,
By MICHEL CHEVALIER,
Member of the Institute and Senator of France.
London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street

Next week, in Two V01.,4 post Svo., price 2's.,
DWELLERS ON THE THRESHOLD,
By W. H. DAVENPORT ADA NIS,
Author of "Famous Beauties and Historic Women," Acc,
London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street.

MR. HENRY J. BYRON, the popular
Dramatic Author, will commence a NEW NOVEL
in the APRIL NUMBER of TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE,
ready on Wednesday next, price Is.
Office, 122, Fleet-street.

THE NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE
MEMORIAL BUST.

By FELIX M. MILL ER, Professor of Sculpture, Govern-
ment School cf Art, published under the special sanction of
the National Shakespeare and Stratford-on-Avon Tercente-
nary Committees, by HOWELL, JAMES, and CO.

Copies will be issued, in the brder of registration, to sub-
scribers only, and are executed in—

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Subscribers' names received by the agents in Lo. don and
chief provincial towns (where copies of the Bust may be seen),
or by the publishers,
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By appointment to the Queen and Prince and Princess of
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Photographs and prospectuses forwarded post free on ap-
plication.

Inreserved Sale.—Steam Saw Mills, near the Thames,
Woolwich.

" —"--•
MR. ANDREW HIND will SELL by
AUCTION, at the MART, opposite the Bank of Eng-
land, on TUESDAY, March 22, 186 i, at Twelve for One
o'clock, the Leasehold STEAM SAW MILLS, eligibly
situate in the Harrington-road, Charlton, with a Landing
Place from the river rl hames, and possessing unusual facili-
ties for Going an extensive business. The modern plant and
machinery, wh ch are of the best and most modern descrip-
tion, and in complete working order, will be included in ihe
purchase.--May be viewed, and particulars had on the pre-
mises ; at the principal inns in the nei!hbourhood ; at the
Auction 6lart ; and at the Auctioneer's offices, corner of
Little Carter-lane•, St, Paul's.

Bromley, near the East India Docks.—Large Manufacturing

Premises and Dwelling-honie.
I'P ANDREW HIND will SELL by
AUCTION, at the MART, opnosite the Bank of Eng-
land, on TUESDAY, March 22, 1861, at Twelve for One
o'clock, the capital PREMISES, situate and being No. 14,
Andrew-street, Bromley, near the principal entrance of the
East India Docks, comprising an eight-roomed dwelling-
house, with a substantial brick and tile built manufactory
of two sto, eys in the rear, each measuring 165 feet by 20 feet,
with gateway entrance from the street, and small office, &J.
well adapted for a rigger, sailmaker. &0., or any business re-
quiring a large and well-lighted building, held for a term of
seventy-five years unexpired from Lady Day next, at a low
ground rent. —May be viewed, and particulars had on the
premises; at the principal inns in the neighbourhood ; at
the Auction Mart ; and at the Auctioneer's offices, corner of
Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

500 BUSINESS
EA
REL. LIST,-
ANDW. HIND'S
Containing Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &c., Gratis.
Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free.
OFFICES—CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S.

CITY OFFICES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to
k.) LET several FLOORS, well situate in Leadenhall-
street, near King William-street, Cheapside, St. Paul's. &o.
Single rooms or sets. Rents £25 to £2lo.—Apply at I, Little
Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

BUTCHERS.—An established BUSINESS, corn-
manding corner shop, licensed slauzhterhouse, horse
and elm and all things complete. Has never changed hands.
Ownar tetirin ~--Apply to Mr. Andrew Hind, corner of Little
uarter-iatte, _ _

GROCERY and ITALIAN BUSINESS,PimIico.
Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE the above com-
manding SIIOP and 13 rooms. Rent £7O. Lease 18 years.
Returns, £7O per week. Lease, fixtures, &c., £350, Stock,
£lo).—Oflices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

pARTNERSHIP.—Mr. ANDREW HIND is
instructed to obtain a PARTNER for a manufac-
turing milliner in the City, doing .£1,500 per annum. Capital
required,-£l5O to £2oo.—Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane,
St. Paul's.

pIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL,
without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor,
and in every county in ngland, IGs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt.
equal to 1i owt. barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon-
don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66,
Lant-street, Southwark.

VURNI PURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and
FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in
the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class
goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to
Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select
rom, displayed in ShoWrcoms occupying an acre of ground.
Every article warranted.
CLEitGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR-
NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and
. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un-
equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo
adin -able engravings of every description of Furniture and
teasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent pads and
post-free on application. This costly work also contains
complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised
tale :--

A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0
An Eight-roomed ditto
A Ten-roomed ditto ........ 259 15 6
A Twelve-roomed ditto

Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass
of valnable informationto allrequiring, househ3ld furniture,
carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy-
men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton,
Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, It yde, Plymouth,
Wells. Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder-
minster, Welling-ten, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking,
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COl3 BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford-
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TEN PER CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS.—
STRAND MUSIC HALL COMPANY (Limited)
BONDS of £5O each, are now ready for issue, constituting a
First Charge upon the Property of the Company, repayable
in Three Years, and bearing Interest at £lO per Cent. per
Annum, payable half-yearly.
Apply at the Offices of the Company, 345, Strand, W.C.
or to Mr. G. T. Taylor, Steck and Share Broker, 11, Token-
house-yard, E.C.
By Order of the Board,
FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Secy.

STRAND MUSIC,. HALL COMPANY
(Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY (41VEN, That NO APPLICA-
TIONS for the MORTGAGE BONDS will be entertained
after WEDNESDAY next, the ?3d inst., for London, and
THURSDAY, the 24th inst., for the country.
By order of the Board.
FREDERICK. LAWRANCE, Secretary.

THE CITY MERCANTME CLUB and
DINING HALL COMPANY (Limited).
(Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.)
Capital, £BO,OOO, in 8000 shares of £lO each.
Deposit, £1 per Share on application, and £1 on allotment,
Should no allotment be made the deposit will be returned
in full.
BANKERS.
The London and County Bank, Lombard-street, City,
and Hanover-square.
Messrs. Cousins, Allen, and Co., Leeds.
SECRETARY (pro. tent.)—Mr. J. W. Tempest.
Temporary Offices-24, Bucklerebury (two doors from the
Mansion House.)
Holders of £lO shares and upwards will (subject to the
ballot) be admitted to the membership of the club, without
entrance fee.
The Directors have secured the noble pile of Buildings, Nos.
107 and 103, Cheapside, immediately opposite to Bow Church,
and extending to Honey- ane in the rear, erected two years
since, from the designs, and under the superintendence, of J.
J. Knowles. Esq., F.1.8.A.

CITY MERCANTILE CLUB and DINING
HALL COMPANY (Limited,.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That THURSDAY next,
the 24th March inst., is the LAST DAY on which Applica-
tions for Shares wil. be received.

By Order of the Board.
24, Bucklersbury, 19th March, 1864.

and with gratitude the receipts of many letters of congratula-
tion from various artists, from members of the Press, and
from the public generally, for the great boon conferred on
them by the effort of ours to est iblish an English opera.
Whatever tho result to our own fortunes, we feel, at any
rate, that we have made an honest offer to advance the art
which is to us a labour of love ; and that in the faee of much
discouragement we have preserved to the end, and have ful-
filled every engagement.

It may remain for others to tread a mlre successful path
to fame and fortune, but even they must learn by experience
that

"They who lived to please, must please to lire."

In conclusion, to all those kind friends who have latoured
with us, or aided us, before or behind the curtain, we tender
our respectful, our grateful thanks, and so bid our last fare-
well as managers to the stage of Covent GardeniTheatre.

PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO MR.
HARRISON AND MISS LOUISA PYNE.

At the close of the performance the members of the com-
pany, the officers of the establishment, and several well-
known musical amateurs assembled on the stage to present
testimonials to Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison on
the termination of their managerial career.

The gifts, which were in all respects precisely similar,
consisted of two very elegant silver breakfast services, made
by Messrs. A. B. Savory and Co,, and covered with rich
and tasteful engraving by Messrs. Cook and Co., of Corn-
hill.

The service destined for Miss Louisa Pyne bore the fol-
lowing inscription, written by Mr. Edward Murray, the
able and courteous acting manager :—" Presented to Miss
Louisa Pyne by the artistes and employes of the Royal
English Opera and a few lovers of native art, as a tribute
of gratitude and admiration won by the eminent services
which she has rendered to the National School of Music,
by affording a home to English opera for eight successive
seasons, and by the brilliant talent which she has displayed
in embodying the creations of English composers." The
companion service intended for Mr. W. Harrison bore the
same inscription, with merely a change of name, The
lessees were greeted on their appearance with loud and
cordial acclamations, and the chair was then taken by the
Rev. Horace Roberts, who had been chosen by the sub-
scribers as their spokesman. In an eloquent and feeling
speech he dwelt upon the excellence which had charac-
terised all the arrangements of the Royal English Opera
both before and behind the curtain, and which was due, not
alone to the skill of the various heads of departments, to
whose ability he paid a warm tribute, but also to the
judgment and energy of those who had exercised supreme
control over the establishment. He deplored the pecuniary
losses which had been entailed upon Miss Louisa Pyne and
Mr. W. Harrison by their bold and useful undertaking.
but expressed his firm conviction that they had done a good
work and sown seed from which abundant fruit would be
be reaped in time to come. He then :presented the testi-
monials, which, he said, but poorly represented the warm
feelings of admiration and esteem by Which their donors
were inspired. Both Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Har-
rison 'were evidently much affected by the cordial response
which these remarks elicited from all those who were pre-
sent, and the latter said :
" Ladies and Gentlemen—For Miss Louise Pyne and my-
self, I beg most sincerely to thank you for the handsome
testimonial you have now presented to us. We receive it
with great pleasure at the conclusion of this our eighth and
last eventful season—eventful, at least, to us, being replete
with hopes, fears, and distresses. Hopes that by our united
efforts we should establish a permanent English opera,which
probably we have laid the foundation for ; fears that our
great pecuniary losses would prevent our doing so ; and ells-
tresses, that because we managed with strict discipline
(without which in a theatre of this magnitude neither order
nor respectability can ever be maintained) some spirits
would be offended, However, we need only open the eyes of
our intellect to see that no person or persons at the head of
a large body of people can please all. Some malcontents,
whose minds cannot grasp the difficulties of discipline and
order, or understand the propriety of maintaining it, will
always arise. But it is not to those we are now addressing
ourselves, but to the friendly spirits who have each in their
sphere endeavoured to aid us iu our onerous task. To those
we would say, if any undue severity through over. zeal in
our art has, during our management, ever distressed them,
we are heartily sorry for it, and can truly say, ' Naught did
we in real anger, but all for the love of our art.' Those
who know me best are best aware of my utter incapa-
city to shape my thoughts into an eloquent speech;
I pray you, therefore, to pardon the incompleteness
of the present one, and to believe that Miaa Pyne and my-
--a rz,ntafril by rmrtinc. FP.
membrance, which will ever be cherished in our hearts with
feelings of the truest pleasure for the sympathy you have
now shown us. In conclusion, I beg once more to tender
our united thanks, and also to express a hope that we may
meet again in a more genial atmosphere. To each and all
our warmest thanks and adieus, with best wishes for health
and happiness."
With this speech, which was frequently interrupted by
outbursts of applause, the formal business of the meeting
terminated; but another half hour was taken up in the
interchange of leave-takings between those who have
laboured together for so many years, certainly not without
benefit to native art, though without the pecuniary gain to
the management which might seasonably have been ex-
pected,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,