The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1864.

PRICE ..4d.
STAMPED.....Sd.

N°. 22,354.

MTHERE CAN WE MEET AMR THE
PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen Blip
at EVANS', Covent-garden.

rE LONDON RESTAURANT COMPANY
(Limited).

A N APPEAL to thp SHAKSPERE COM-
MITTEE for the ROYAL DRAMATIC C)LLEGE.—
Patronised by her Most Gracious MAJESTY and his Royal
Highness the Prince of WAI.ES.—The noblemen and gen-
tlemen forming the various Shakspere Committees are ear-
nestly prayed to ems der the appropriateness of devoting a
portimn of the funds collecting for the Tercentenary Celebra-
tion of the great Poet to the above Institution, founded for
"the poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the
stage, and then is heard no more," and the education of their
children. What nobler monument could be erected to the
memory of Shikspere. himself a player, than the building
and endowing the two schools of this College in his name,
and enabling a few worn-out actors to pass in comfort to
their last home who have contributed to your pleasure and
amusement ? Shakspe:e writes :—‘, Good my lord, will you
see the players well bestowed! Do you hear, let them be
well used ; for they are abstract and brief chronl. les of the
time." R WEBSTER, Master.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Capital £50,000, in 10,000 Shares of £5 each.

This Company is formed for the purpose of establishing
large Dining Halls and Luncheon Rooms, in which will be
offered Dinners and Refreshments of a first-class character,
at charges adapted to the means of the various sections of the
commercial public. That which Mr. Lang has effected in
Glasgow and 51. Duval in Paris, with such marked success,
the Directors seek to accomplish in London, feeling per-
suaded, as the " Times" remarks, that, " No speculation can
be safer than that based on supplying the want of a good meal
at the lowest price."
Although the London Restaurant Company will offer ac-
commodation of a kind that has not hitherto been attempted,
yet from the markets in which it proposes to buy, and the
various sources of revenue that will be opened up, it is felt
that this undertaking presents elements of success far greater
than any of the joint-stock hotel companies, although some
of these have realised very large dividends.
Prospectuses and Forms of Applications for Shares may be
obtained from W. E. Duncan, Esq , solicitor, 80, Basingliall-
street ; a'id of the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company,
3, Finsbui y-pavement.

THE NAVY.

THE SHAKSPERE MEMORIAL'
At a MEETING of the NATIONAL SHAhSPN.RE
COMMITTEE, held at the Society or Arts, on MONDAY,
Feb. 15, his Grace the Duke of MANCHE ,TE it in the chair,
the following report was read :
The following members of the Site and Monument Com-
mittee having considered the matters referred to them, re-
commend-
-Ist. That the Shakspere Memorial be a work of monu-
ment ,1 art.
2d. That measures be taken to endeavour to secure a site
for this memorial in the Green-park, on the high ground near
Piccadilly.
The Right Hon. Wm. Cowper, M.P.,
Mchairmln • the Du
k
of Manchester; Sir Joseph Paxton, P. ; Tike
M.P. • T. S. Donaldson, President of the Institute of British
Architects ; T. Yates Hurlstone, President of the Society
of British Artists; W. Hepworth Dixon, F.S.A.; Daniel
Maclise, R.A. : Clarkson Stanfield, R.A. ' • David Roberts,
R.A. ; J. 0. Halliwell, F.R.S. ; George Godwin, F.R.S. ;
Henry Ottley.
It was proposed by the Right Hon. W. COWPER, seconded
by W. TITE. M.P., and unanimously resolved,
That the above report be received.
'lt was proposed by Mr. GEORGE GODWIN, seconded by
Captain NULLINGFORD KNOLLYS, and unanimously
resolved,
That the recommendations of the Site and Monument
Committee be printed for circulation among the subscribers,
and that the following members of that committee be soli-
cit-d to act as an executive to bring the matter fairly before
the public, appeal for subscriptions, obtain designs, and
hereafter report to this committee the steps they have taken
towards carrying into effect the wishes of the subscribers—
The Duke of Manchester; the Right Hon. William Cowper,
MP.; Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. ; William Tite, M.P. ; A. J.
B. Beresford Hope, Esq.; D. Maclise, R.A.; Professor
Donaldson.
W. HEPWORTH DIXON, I
J. 0. lIALLIWELL. Hon. Secs.

A model and plans for a" whol►y" ironclad vessel have
recently been submitted to the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty by Lieut. H. H. Napier, R•N„ of her Majesty's
ship Duke of Wellington, the greatest advantage being a
lighter draught of water than any war vessel afloat in pro-
portion of tonnage (14ft draught to a tonnage of 2,180).
The estimated speed of the vessel is from 12 to 18 knots,
and she will be capable of carrying any description of gun
that can be used afloat.

Capt. A. Farquhar and Capt. Sir J. D. Hay have been
awarded the good service pensions vacant by the removal
of Capt. H. Broadhead and Capt. J. L. Stokes from the
Captains' list. . . .

NORWICH UNION FIRE AND LIFE
OFFICES•

In the new Navy Estimates, just published, the sum of
£55,438 will be required to be voted for carrying out the
different works now in progress for the enlargement and
extension of Chatham dockyard during the ensuing year,
which amount is exclusive of the sum required for the ordi-
nary operations connected with the dockyard. The forma-
tion of the new basins, docks, factories, and other buildings
intended to be constructed at Chatham, the whole covering
an additional space of 300 acres, will involve an outlay of
£815,000 beyond the sums already expended, but the sum
of £27,000 only is taken in the estimates for the ensuing
year. From this it appears that the work will be spread
over a number of years. On the occasion of the recent
visit of the Lords of the Admiralty to Chatham it was
decided to erect more powerful and costly machinery
for carrying on the works connected with the build-
ing of the iron and iron-clad ships, and accordingly
a sum of £16,318 is taken in the estimates for
new machinery, exclusive of £1,500 for improved ma-
chinery in the ropemaking department of the establish•
ment. There is also an item of £1,090 for preparing the
foundations for the new machinery, and the sum of £9OO
will be required for the new 25-ton crane which the Lords
of the Admiralty directed to be placed between Nos. 3 and
4 docks. The expense of dredging and clearing the harbour
of mud is again large, the sum of £1,500 being required for
that work during the year. There is a decrease in the num-
ber of established workmen, the number being 1,467,
against 1,544 last year.
The following promotions were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :—Commanders to be Captains—J. W. 'Whyte,
M. R. Pechell, E. H. Howard, J. K. E. Baird, C. T.
Curme, H. H. Beamish, G. W. Watson, H. D. Hickley,
and F. A. Herbert. Lieutenants to be Commanders—G.
W. E. Lloyd, E. J. Lawson, M. G. Jackson, H. G. Belson,
H. E, Crozier, E. F. Kerby, J. H. Hatchard, J. Z. Creasy,
E. H. Murray, and T. T. Phillips.
The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :—Capt. G. S. Hand, C. 8., to the Victory, addi-
tional for packet service at Southampton, vice Patey ; Capt.
H. Caldwell, C. 8., to the Asia, vice Broadhead; Comman-
der W, E. Fisher, to the Eagle, vice Whyte, promoted
Commander H. R. Wratislaw, to the Greyhound, vice
Hickley, promoted; Commander A. T. Thrupp, to the
Geyser, vice Peahen, promoted ; Commander J. W. Webb,
to the Rattler, vice Howard, promoted ; Commander E. R.
Fremantle, to the Eclipse, vice Mayne, promoted ; Com.
mender J. L. Creasy, to the Centaur, complement incom-
plete ; Lieut. R. H. Napier, to command the Triton, vice
Kerby, promoted; Staff Commander William H. Ballistan,
to the Dauntless; John Symons, master to the Aboukir;
Arthur A Duffield, Henry A. Baring, Alexander Cochran,
Gerald C. Langley, Richard F. Meade, Dudley C. Stuart,
Edward Beauchamp, John Durnford, and Ronald M. Hall,
midsh;pman to the Princess Royal; Dr. William T. Dora-
ville, staff surgeon, to the Fisgard ; James N, I. O'Malley,
assist.-surg., to the Hastings, for the Ferret; Joseph
Halpin, assist.•surg., to the Curacoa ; Thomas L. Mou-
rilyan, second master, to the Princess Royal ; Augustus
Fane, and David A. Canning, master's assistant to the
Princess Royal ; and Robert Madge, acting chief engineer,
to the Asia, as supernumerary, and granted three months'
leave.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

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The Directors hereby give notice, that, in consequence of
the immediate extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway, they have vacated their offices, No. 6, Crescent, New
Bridge-street, and REMOVED to their NEW PREMISES,
No. 29, Fleet-street, E.C,
February 4, 1864.

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
FIVE PER CENT. PREFERENCE SHARES.
The Directors of the Great Eastern Railway Company
hereby give notice, that, in accordance with the Act, the
SECOND CALL of .£2 10s. per Share is payable on or before
TUESDAY, the 23d February, 1861. at the Union Bank of
Lon&n, Princes-street, Mansion-house, London, or at
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, London.
It will be necessary for the holder of the :'trip to present
the same to the bankers at the time of making payment, in
order to have the receipt properly filled up.
The Five per Cent. interest will be paid on the Ist of
March and on the Ist of September in each year.
By order,
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THE OTTOMAN FINANCIAL
ASSOCIATION (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no further APPLI-
CATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be received
after 4 o'clock on THURSDAY next, the 18th inst int, from
London, and MONDAY, Feb. 22, from the Country and the
Continent.

J. B. OWEN, Secretary.
Bishopsgate-terminus, Feb. 4,1864.

By Order.
Temporary Offices, 20, Threadneedle-street,
February 13, 1864.

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
FOUR-AND-A-HALF PER CENT. PREFERENCE
STOCK.
The Great Eastern Railway Company are prepared to re.
ceive APPLICATIONS for SUMS of £lOO, or upwards, of
the above Stock, created under the powers of their Act of
1862, bearing a fixed Preferential Interest of 41 per cent. per
annum.
Interest commences from the date of payment.
Applications to be made either personally or by letter to
the undersigned.

J. B. OWEN, Secretary.

THE SOUTH WALES COLLIERY
COMPANY (Limited).
The Liability of each shareholder is limited by the Act of
25th and 26th Vic., cap. 89. to the amount payable upon
the shares held by him in the capital of the Company.
Capital £200,000, in 8,000 shares, of £25 each. 10s. per
share to be paid on application, £2 on allotment. Calls
not to exceed £2 10s per share, nor to be made at intervals
of less than three mouths.

DIRECTORS.
CRAWSHAY BAILEY, Esq., M.P. Newport, Chair-

man.
R. W. KENNARD. Egg , MX., (Messrs. R. W. Kennard

and Co.), Deputy.. Chairman.
Hon. S. P. Vereker, Director South Staffordshire Railway

Company.
W. Challis, Esq. (Sir J. Pixie, Bart., and Co., Birchin-
lane.
T. Gratres, Esq., Banker, Newport.
W. B. Greenfield, Esq., Director Pernambuco Railway
Company.
Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., jun., Yew Tree, Liverpool.
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
The Consolidated Bank, Fenchurch-street, E.C.
Messrs. Crawshay Bailey and Co., Newport.
SOLICITOR—George Rooper, Esq., 26, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

BROKERS.
Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 15, Angel-court,
Throgmorton-street.

AUDITORS.
Edward Cheshire, Esq., Bank of Egypt, Old Broad-street,

E.C.
Cornelius Walford, Esq., Enfield.
SECRETARY (pro tom.)—James J. Wallis, Esq.
Offices—No. 16, Cannon-street, B.C.
PROSPECTUS.
This Company is formed for leasing or purchasing Coal-
fields in the South Wales Basin, and working the collieries
for export and home consumption.
There being no reservation of any kind for promoters or
premiums for leases payable, the shareholders will obtain
the entire benefit of the employment of the capital raised,
preliminary expenses being confined to the necessary dis.•
bursements.
Applications for shares in the annexed form may be
made to the brokers or Afters of the Company, or to the
Secretary in lemadon ; or to Messrs. Crawshay Bailey and
Co., the Company's bankers at Newport, from any of whom
prospectuses can be obtained.
Where no allotment is made the deposit will be returned
in full, and, should the number of shares allotted be less
than that applied fur, the payment in excess will be applied
towards the deposit.
Copies of the articles of association may be seen at the
dices of the Company.
Feb. 12, 1864.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

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To the Directors of the South Wales Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the sum of
£ , I hereby request that you will allot me
shares in the South Wales Colliery Company (Limited);
and I hereby agree to accept such shares, or any less num.
ber that you may allot me, and request you to place my
name on the register of members for the number of shares
allotted to me.—l am, Gentlemen,
Name in full
Address in full
Usual signature
Date
This form is to be presented to the bankers entire, who will
sign and return the receipt to the applicant.

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(Prom the Bogieirar-Generar Meekly lietisrn.)
Me deaths registered in London in the week end-
ing last Saturday were 1,647 ; they exhibit a small
decrease on the number in the previo•as week. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the *years 1854-63,
the average number was 1,320, which, with a cor-
rection for increase of population, becomes 1,452.
Hence it appears that the deaths in the present re-
turn are more by 195 than they would have been if
the average rate of mortality at i:his period of the
year had prevailed.
Notwithstanding the severe wetather the inhabi-
tants of London have lately experienced, the deaths

from pulmonary diseases (exclusive of phthisis) de-
clined from 438 is the previous week to 427 last
week; bat the effects of the low temperature will
probably be seen in future return. Bronchitis waa
fatal in 277 cases, of which 130 were those of persons
of 60 years of ago and upwards; 83 persons died
from pneumonia, 35 from abtlituo, and 183 from
phthisis (or consumption).
The deaths by zymotic diseases we re 331, the
corrected average for corresponding Ns eeks being
317. Eight deaths occurred from smallpox, 32
from measles, 55 from scarlatina, 6 from liplalieria,
65 from whoopingcougn, and 72 from typhus.
Six hundred and sixty-three persons died. under
20 years of age, and 431 were 60 years and up wards.
Tha deaths of 6 nonagenarians are recorded, the
oldest of whom was a widow, who attained the age
of 96 years. Six children died from measles at the
Workhouse, Norwood. Five deaths, 3of which
were those of infants, were from syphilitic disease.
Fifteen children and one adult died from burns or
scalds. Eleven persons were killed by fractures or
contusions, and five deaths were caused by suffoca..
tion. Four infants were murdered. The widow of
a coalwhipper died at 12, Love-lane, Stepney, from
congestion of the lungs, caused by exposure to cold.
A workman in an artificial Ho tver warehouse,
residing at 23, New-street, Borough-road, South-
wark, died from arsenical poisoning, four months,
ulceration of the bowels. A boy aged 11
years, died in Gay's Hospital from tetanus, the re-
sult of a wound caused by treading on a flint stone.
A man, aged 44 years, died at 4, Rowland-court,
Bermondsey, from tetanus.
Last week the births of 1,009 boys and 996 girls,
In all 2,005 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1854-
63 the average number (corrected) was 2,116.
At the Royal Observatory, Ureenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.525 in.
The barometrical reading increased from 29.21 in. on
Friday to 30.07 in. by midnight on Saturday. The
mean temperature of the air in the week was 34.6
deg., which is 4.1 deg. below the average of the
same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 53.8
deg. on Saturday. The lowest night temperature
was 20.1 deg. on Wednesday. The entire range of
temperature in the week was therefore 33.7 deg.
On Thursday there was a range of only 44 deg. of
temperature within 24 hours. The mean tempera •
ture of the water of the Thames was 37.6 deg. The
difference between the mean dew-point temperature
and air temperature was 4.7 deg. The mean degree
of humidity of the air was 83, complete saturation
being represented by 100. Snow fell on Monday
and on Wednesday. Rsia fell on Friday and Satur•
day. The direction of the wind was variable.