The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-25 00:00:00

SAN PAULO (BRAZILIAN).

The report of the directors states that the claims of the
contractors for extras have been settled by a satisfactory
arrangemeat,which not only liquidated the claims originally
put forward, but which precludes any further demands of a
similar nature. £he contractors continue to assure the
directors that a considerable saving on the time stipulated
by their contract will probably be effected. The directors
state that a call of £4 per share will be payable at the end
of August next, and that a further and final call of £4 per
share will be necessary before the end of the year. The re-
port of Mr. J. Brunlees, engineer-in-chief, states that dur-
ing the past six months the progress of the work has, on
the whole, been satisfactory. The first section of 13 miles
is practically finished. On the second section 37 miles in
length, the first lift on the incline is so far completed that
the stationary engine is at work, and generally on the other
three lifts the works are so far advanced that the rails will
be laid on the top of the Serra in September next, and it is
expected that all the stationary engines will be erected and
at,work early next year. The Serra viaduct will still take
some nine or ten months for erection, but this does not
delay the general progress, as a temporary road has been
laid past it, over which the permanent way materials oan be
hauled. From the top of the Serra to San Paulo the work
will be completed during the present dry season, after which
the ballasting and rail-laying will be proceeded with. On
the third section, 38 miles in length, rapid progress has been
made with the earthworks generally, and it is expected that
in three or four months they would be completed. The ma-
terial in the tunnel and summit cutting continues of an un-
favourable nature, and consequently the progress is but
slow. Labour is abundant, and the weather has been very
favourable. The capital account shows an expenditure of
£1,707,493, leaving a balance of £04,873.

A Portrait of Shakspere—By Himself.

(A Card sold at the Dramatic College Fete.)
A sweeter or more loveable creature
Framed in the prodigality of Nature
The spacious World cannot contain again.
His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him,
That Nature might stand up and say,
To all the WORLD, this was a man I
He was ever gracious, had a tear for pity,
And a hand open as day for melting charity
His bounty was as boundless as the sea,
His love as deep; the more he gave the more
He had, for be was infinite.
Hear him bat reason in divinity,
And all-admiring with an inward wish
You would desire to see him made a prelate.
Hear him debate on commonwealth affairs,
You'd say it hath been all in all his study.
List his discourse on war, and you shall hear
A fearful battle rendered you in music.
Turn him to any cause of policy,
The Gordian knot of it he will unloose
Familiar as his garter. And when he speaks of love I
The air, a chartered libertine, is still,
And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears
To steal his sweet and honied sentences.
Our poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Did glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;
And as imagination bodied,forth
The forms of things unknown, our poet's pen
Turned them to shapes, and gave to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name,
Found tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everthing.

A THEATRICAL " ARIDE."—A difficulty between
an actor and his manager gave rise to an odd scene
the other night at the Theatre des Arts, at Rouen. During
the performance of "Nos Alliees," M. Delacroix, who was
plaing the chief role, suddenly paused in his part and said
—" Gentlemen,—Allow me to interrupt myself an instant,
and tell you something. I have just been dismissed by M.
Briet. Now, I depend on my engagament for my bread,
and as I have not deserved this treatment I appeal to you.
The director has in this case looked more to himself than
the public. This will never do. If you agree with me, be
good enough to applaud me; those who are of a different
opinion can hiss." (Applause.) " Thank you." And he
went on with his part of the haughty baron.—The
Lounger, 14 Illustrated limes.

CRYSTAL PALACE, SATURDAY.-FIVE ►SHILLING
DAY. Admissions on payment, 1,735; ditto by season
tickets, 4,254. Total, 5,989.

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