The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1864.

?ERSONS SEEKING LANDED
E:I,ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES,
FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND
PROPER VIES GENERALLY—
To RE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls
throughout the kingdom, or at the. AuCtion and Estate Offices,
No. 87, Chandery-larie, LOndon, Messrs. E. and it. Lumley's
"PREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection
of landed and house properties now in the market, from
the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the
cottage with its few acres.

OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing' to Sell or Let can em-
brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register
iffords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the
Estate Offices, 69, Chalicny-lane, London, as the Messrs.
Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers,
where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid-
ing the disadvantages of delay and its attenaant incon-
veniences.

THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur-
cnaser is introduced through kiessrs. Lumley's Agency,
and then only the usual moderate commission.
Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery.lane, London.

NORWICH UNION FIRE AND LIFE
OFFICES.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
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.

SOHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL
BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring*
Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having* Business and
Houses to be disposei of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES
MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 2G, Gerrard-street,
Soho, W.

Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail-
way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected.

URNI CURE, 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
itGYMEN and GENTLEMEN AIIOUT, TO FUR-
NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. CObot:4 and
' are publishing an entirely New Edition of their u;:.-
equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by 410
tabu -able engravings of every description of Furniture and
~eastea,is, with prices attached. A copy sent path and
post-free on application. This costly work also contains
complete estimates for furnishing on the following* revised
cale

A Six-roomed Parsonage
An Eight-roomed ditto
A Ten-roomed ditto
A Twelve-roomed ditto
Together with a ?rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass
of valnable informationto all requiring househ3ld furniture,
^nrpet.r, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy-
men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton,
Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth,
Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gaineborough, Margate. Kidder-
minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking,
St. /I:ban's. IVoroester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's,
Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great
Brits.

COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford-
bridge, London, S.E,

RELIEF FUND for the WOUNDED DANES
and the FAMILIES of these FALLEN in BATTLE.

LADIES' COMMITTEE.
Madlle. de Bille, 2, Great Cumberland-street, W.
The Hon. Mrs. Henry Byng, 5, St. Jaynes's-squire, S.W.
Baroness Ilambro, ltoehampton, S.W.
Mrs. Kerr, 48, Albemarle-street.
Mrs Westenholz, Stone Castle, Kent.
Madame C. Auguste Gosoh, 59, Oxtord-terrace,Hyde-park,W.
Mrs. Bushby, 3, Halkin-street, B.Agra.e-square, B.
Mrs. Rowan, 3, Fulbam -plac , Matda-hill, W.
Edinburgh.
Mrs. Walter Berry, 16, Carlton-terrace,
Mrs. Chr. Porries, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Mrs. Theodore Borries, ..,lewcastleron-Tyne.
Mc s. Hermann Ertchsen, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Mrs. A. K. Came, marsh-lane, Bogle, near. Liverpool.
Mrs. Fr. Dykes. Union Bank. VirAkefield.
Mrs. Clements Good, Hull.
Mrs. Edward F. .51tiaster, the Knock, near Belfast.
A. Westenholz, Esq., 26, Mark-lane, E.C., Treasurer.
Miss Frederica Rowan, 3, Fulham-place,)
Maida-hill, W.
Rev. J. Plenge, 33, Great Coram-street, _
Russell-square, V.C.I Secretaries.
Rev. James Mansell, 7, York-street, j
Portman-square, W.
Contributions will also be received by the following
bankers :
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, London.
Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co., London.
Messrs. Samuel Smith Brothers and Co., Hull.
Messrs. Woods and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, and their
branches.
The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, and its
branches.
The Bank of Scotland, and its branches throughout Scotland.
The Provincial Bank of Ireland, and its branches throughout
Ireland.

The LADIES' COMMITTEE has already had the gTatlfi-
cation to be able to FORWARD £3,450 to RELIEVE the
'>ISTRESSED.

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 halt-yearly.

Apply at the Offices of the Company, 315, Strand, W.C.
or to Mr. G. T. Taylor, Stoc& and Share Broker, 11, Token
house-yard, E.C.
By Order of the Board,
FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Secy.

THE NATIONAL PROVINCIAL MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited'.
To be ineorpora ed under the Companies Act, 1862, which
limits the Liability of Sharehoidera to the amount of their
Shares.

Alters ion of Title.--in consequence of some persons having
on the day Ihe advert Bement of this Company went to
press registered themselve+ st tie Join• -Stock Register
Office under the title of "NATIONAL MARINE IN-
SURANCE COMPANY;" such Title is chtnged, and the
Direr ors have substituted the H hove Title.
Capital 04,000, in 40,000 Sh Lies of .C 5 each.
First Issue, 20,000 Share+.
£1 per Shire to be p lid on application, and £llos. per Share
on al otmeit.
be c tiled up.
It is not contemplated that more than XS per Share will

DIRECTORS.
Harrison Watson, Esq. (Messrs. .1. R. Thomson and Co.),
Chairman of the Cape Town and Dock Railway Company.
Robert W. Barclay, Esq. (Messrs. Tura, Barclay, and Co.),
(iresham House.
Abel Chapman, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of Marine
Investment Company.
H. A. Coffey, Esq„ Director of Marine Investment
Company.
E. De Pass, Esq.. Merchant, 9, Fenchurch-street.
John Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Scott), Upper
Thames-street.
Charles F. Ellis, Esq. (Messrs. Henry Ellis and Son), 17,
Gracechurch-street.
G. Gilbert, Esq. (Messrs. Gilbert, Kerr, and Co.', 3, Abchurch-
lane.
Cornelius Grinnell, Esq. (Messrs. Grinnell, Tinker, and Mor-
gan , 7, Lcadenhall-street.
A. Jarvis, Esq., Merchant, Director, Standard Bank, South
Africa.
Robt. E. Shaw, Esq. (Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Co.), 34,
L eadenha I 1- stree t.
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.

Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Fritlon,i'wells, and Co., London.
BOLICITORS.
Messrs. Sewell, Sewell, and Edwards,
BROKE Rs.

London—Sir IL W. Carden and—Sons. Royal Exchange.
buildings.
Liverpool—Robert Byrne, Esq., Itcyal Bank buildings.
Manchester—Charles P. Allen, Esq., India-buildin:_s.
Newcastle-on-Tyne—J. S. Cha loner, Esq., Dean-street,
bristol Henry T. t. itamberlain, Esq.
Hull—Messrs. Wilkinson and tngleby, 14change-13.11 dings.
Leeds—Messrs. Ridsdale and Wailes, Park-row.
SECRETARY (pro tem.) Mr. W. Distant.
AUDITORS—iIe +firs. Cash and t. 0., Tokelhuuse-yard.
Temporary Offices-1, t lement's-lane, City.
Notwithstanding the facilities afforded for the termation
ofjoint-stcck companies by the application of limited liability,
many of our large shipping
marineitiwn isnsaurerasncilel without any im-
proved
The Vast increase of shipping
entering and leaving the
various provincial ports of the United Kingdom renders it
very desirable that the inconveniences of the present system
edpted in such ports for effecting Marine insurances should
proved means of effecting
be obviato, and the same facilities for Insuring affor,leti as
can be obtained in the metropolis.
The Head Offices of this Company will be in London, but
its operations will comprise such towns-as Liverpool, Bristol,
Gloucester, Cardiff, Leith, Sunderland; Newcastle and Hull,
whose commercial importance affords a large and profitable
field tor Marine Insurance, and from the promises of support
which Lave already been received the Directors entertain
the greatest confidence in the success of the undertaking.
A reference to the following stat stios will show the great
success which has attended undertakings of this description
when properly conducted, as well as the estimation in which
their shares are held by the public notwithstanding the field
of operations open to them is tar more limited than that con-
Alliance Marine .
templated by this Company;_
Alliance
„ .......... 50 0 0 .... 143 0 0
London „ ....... 12 10 0 48 10 0
Ocean •••.....•. o o 18 15 0
Marine
Thames and Merge sv
—arine 2 0 0 •• • 610 0
The profits made by Marine Insurance Companies gene-
rally, it is well known, are
• • ..... large,lBexnssowowoorth
necessarily elapse, from the Magnitude of their operations,
before the actual amount realised can be arrived at, the
Directors of the National Provincial Marine Insurance Com-
pany (Limited), propose to
pay out of their profits interest
not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum for the first two years,
0 buota's's.o.m9e6timoe lust
dividing the surplus by way of bonus and reserve fund at the
end of that period.
An arrangement will be made with an underwriter of high
standing to conduct the London business, whose connection
and influence will at once become available to this Company.
A fair proportion of the shares have already been privately
subscribed for, and the Board will allot at the earliest pos-
sible date.
Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained
from the Brokers, the Solicitors, or Secretary pro tem., at the
temporary offices of the Company.

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I._/ Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the
Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra-
ordinary relief to weak, dim, and defective vision.—S. and B
SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-atreet, Piccadilly.

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in India, came into force. In aid of these estimates,
amounting to £409,000, a sum of £301,349 4s. Bd., received
from the Indian revenues on account of the proportion of
the charges recruiting staff, and that of depot battalions,
and the expense of barrack accommodation to the depots at
home for.the same period, will be paid into the Exchequer."
Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The Duke of Somerset had a levee on Thursday
aftercoon at the Admiralty, Whitehall. There
were present—Admiral H. T. B. Collier, Vice-Ad-
miral Bennett, Rear-Admiral Carnegie, Rear-Ad-
miral W. H. A. Morehead, Capt. J. A. Punter,
Capt. Thos. Hope, Capt. H. H. Beamish, Capt. W.
E. H. Somerset, Capt. D. Miller, Capt. J. F. Mur-
ray, Capt. W. A. R. Pearse, Capt. C. B. Hamilton,
Capt. Edward Rice, Capt. R. J. J. Macdonald, And
Capt. F. W. Gough ; Commander J. W. East, Com-
mander the Hon. M. H. Nelson, Commander G. D.
Broad, Commander Charles Hsydon, Commander
F. Hewson, Commander F. J. Bullock, Commander
J. Ward, Commander M. Lowther, Commander
Bridges; Lieut. T. M. Campbell, Dr. I. W. John-
son, and Mr. W. Menzies.
The Landrail, 5, screw gunvessel, Commander
William Arthur, arrived at Spithead on Thursday
from the 'West Indies, and awaited orders up to
sunset as to which of the home ports she will be
sent to dismantle and pay out of commission. She
sailed from Bermuda four days before the screw
frigate Ariadne, which arrived at Spithead on
Tuesday, as reported in The Sun of Thursday, and
her news has consequently been anticipated. The
Landrail, on the 23d and 24th ult., experienced the
same heavy gale reported by the Ariadne, and was
compelled to heave to for some time in consequence
of its violence.
In the list of her Majesty's ships left by the
Ariadne at Bermuda on the 13th ult„ in the an-
nouncement of the Ariadne's arrival at Spithead in
The Sun of Thursday, her Majesty's screw frigate
Shannon, Capt. Jones, was inadvertently omitted.
Every preparation for floating the Royal Sove-
reign turret ship out of dock at Portsmouth on the
Bth inst. is being made, and considerable interest is
felt to ascertain what the ship's actual draught of
water will be under the circumstances, opinions on
the subject being widely divided. A light sheet-iron
bulwark of about three feet in depth, which throws
down outwardly in sections on iron stanchions and
strong metal hinges, is being flx4d round her top-
sides. Her foremost turret, which will mount two
guns, has one 10.5-inch smooth-bore gun mounted
on its carriage. In a private trial of the turret's
turning powers yesterday, it made a quarter circle
in 17 seconds, and a full circle under the minute, six
men being at the winch-handles of the turning gear.
The Adventure, screw troopship, Capt. Waddilove,
is under orders to embark supernumeraries for China
about the 10th inst. The precise date of her sailing
depends probably on the result of her screw trial at
the measured mile, which takes place on Monday
next.

The screw steam gunvessel Trinculo, 4, Lieut.
Creagh, tender to the flagship which arrived at Ply-
month yesterday, left the Tagus on Saturday last,
the 27th ultimo, at 2 o'clock, in company with the
Edgar, Black Prince, Warrior, and Defence, which
have gone on to Portland. The Trinculo will fol-
low the Channel squadron to-morrow (Sunday).
The iron•cased screw steam-frigate Prince Con-
sort, 35, Captain Willis, left Plymouth Sound
upon Thursday for a trial cruise in the Channel, a
formal report of which will be sent to the Lords of
the Admiralty. She will rendezvous at Portland
until the arrival of the squadron from Lisbon. After
her voyage to Dublin, in which she encountered
very heavy weather, very large sums were named
as the probable cost of her repairs. Including seve-
ral expensive improvements unconnected with that
trip, the entire charge will not be much beyond
£lO,OOO.

The crew of the Megmra, at Devonport, was paid
off yesterday. Those belonging to Portsmouth left
in the afternoon in the steamtug Pigmy.
Commander W. E. Gordon, who has been gazetted
to the command of her Majesty's ship Ranger, on
Thursday went down to Woolwich, and took up his
commission. He afterwards went on board the flag-
ship Fisgard, and selected a portion of his crew,
which will consist of 93 of all grades. The Ranger
is commissioned for the slave preventive service on
the West Coast of Africa.

The Bombay, 67, 400 horse power, fitting for com-
mission in dry dock at Chatham, shipped her main-
deck guns yesterday, consisting of 21 32-pounders,
each of Mew t. Her heavy lower deck guns will be
shipped on board as soon as she is undocked, which
will be some time in the course of next week.

The Achilles, 35, 1,250 hors© power, fitting in
Chatham harbour, has had her machinery and
engines fitted on board, and will get up steam at her
moorings for the first time to-day for the purpose
of testing the working of her machinery.

Instructions have been received at Chatham
directing the iron paddlewheel steamer Lizard to
be placed at the disposal of Capt. M'Killop, in order
to enable him to carry out a series of experiments
with his cofferdam, or portable dock.
Admiralty instructions have been received at Chat-
ham for thescrew gunvessel Torch, 6, 80 horsepower,
which has arrived in harbour from the West Coast
of Africa, to be paid off, to be immediately re-com-
missioned.

The following appointments were made on Thurs-
day at the Admiralty :—John Downie, inspector of
machinery, additional of the Princess Charlotte,
superseded at his own request ; John Oliver, chief
engineer of the Orlando, promoted for special ser-
vice to be inspector of machinery, and appointed to
the Princess Charlotte ; and Charles F. Roberts,
clerk, to the Fisgard.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Capt. Lord John Hay to the
Formidable, additional, for service with the
Achilles; Richard C. P. Lawrenson, assistant-surg.,
additional, to the Wellesley ; Joshua Courtenay,
assist.-surg., additional to the Cumberland ; Dun-
can AVIV. Johnston, assist-surgeon, to the Ranger ;
Geo. R. Pickthorn, acting assist.-surg., to the St.
Vincent; W. M. Power, Thomas Redfern, and
Thomas Purcell. acting assist.-surgeons, to the
Euryalus ; and W. G. Warren, engineer, to the
Trafalgar.