The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-15 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.

The heavy portion of these mails, in charge of Mr
Ronayne, of the General Post-office, arrired at Southamp-
ton yesterday, at 10 a,m., in the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's screw steamship Ellora, Capt. W. C. Angove,
which left Alexandria on the Ist inst., Malta the sth, and
Gibraltar the 9th. The Ellora had fine weather all the way
home, with head winds.
On the let inst., in lat 33 58 N, long 21 40 E, the Ellora
spoke the steamers Thessalia and Euxine ; on the 4th, lat
35 17 N, long 17 29 E, the steamship Dwina ; on the 6th.
lat 37 31 N, long 9 32 E, the British brig Martha; on the
9th, lat 35 57 N, long 4 15 W, the steamship Baroda ; on
the 12th, lat 46 5 N, long 7 36 W, the steamship Adria ; on
the 13th, off Ushant, the steamship Massilia.
The French steamship El Dorado, the usual Egyptian
fleet, and a largo quantity of shipping were in harbour at
Alexandria when the Ellora left.
Her Majesty's ships Marlborough, Meeanee,Liffey, ltoYal
Oak, Magicienne, Pelican, and Psyche were at Malta, and
the Redpole and Procris at Gibraltar. A French sloop and
a despatch boat were lying at Gibraltar.
The Austrian steam ram Kaiser Max, 31 guns, Captain
Morelli, and the paddlewheel steam frigate Santa Lucia, 10
guns, Commander Nauta, from the Adriatic, and last from
Algiers, passed through the straits of Gibraltar on the 3,1
inst. They put into Cadiz on the morning of
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at Gibraltar—July 2, the London, Capt. W. G. S. Hall,
61 days from London—the Clotilda, Capt. R. Way, 6 days
from London for Genoa and Leghorn—the Rhone, Captain
J. ()wens, six and a half days from Liverpool for Malta and
Constantinople—and the Livorno, Captain T. Livingstone,
12 days from Glasgow and 40 hours from Lisbon for Genoa
and Leghorn—Sth, the I te lieu, Captain M. Fitt, 6 days from
Liverpool for Genoa and Leghorn. The following sailing
vessels, all laden with coals, had also arrived out :—From
Liverpool, the brigantine Jane, B. Owens—the schooner
Champion, J. Machell—the schooner Ada, T. Williams—
the brigantine Dreadnought, .1. Roberts—and the cutter
Fride, S. M`Perran. From Newcastle, the bark Expert,
W, Badsey. From Swansea, the cutter London, C. Rabey—
the schooner Penelope, W. Roberts—and the schooner
Jessamine, J. Rider. From Newport, the schooner Jane,
J. Williams. From Cardiff, the schooner Fayaway, A.
Selean—the schooner Adam White, J. Keeman—aud tho
schooner Eleanor and Jane, J. Griffiths. On the Gth inst.,
in the Gut of Gibraltar, the Eleanor and Jane spoke the
Alexandria, 24 days out, all well.
brig Gerandine, of Carnarvon, bound from Newcastle to

MEYERBEER'S SUCCESSOR AND MEYERBEER'S
MEMOIRS.—Signor Verdi has been elected by the Academy
of Fine Arts, at Paris, as successor to Meyerbeer. 'The
Gazette lifusieace informs us that M. George liustner is to
write a life of the composer.

TrIE MARLBOROUGH CLUB COMPANY
(Limited,.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Club will be
opened for the reception of its Members on MONDAY, the
12th day of August.
S. 0. RATTENBURY, Hon. Secretary.
Registered Office of the Comp y, 6, John-street, Bedford-
row, W.C.

1111 E ROBERTSFORS IRON WORKS
COMPANY. Limited.
To be Incorporated under the "Companies Acted62,
to"
theby
whiel the Liability of Shareholders is lim
amoullt of their Shares.
Capital, C0,£300,0 in 15,000 Shares of £2O each.
Deposit, lLs. per Share on Application, and £2 on Allotment.
First Issue, 7,5 0 Shares.
No call will exceed £2 Os per Share, at intervals of not less
than three months.
No promotion money will be paid, and the preliminary
expenses will 4e confined strictly to the proper charges
only.

DIRECTORS.
Charles Burn, Esq . C.E, Little Fife House, Whitehall,
Direct T of the 'Nevis ock Iron Works and Steel Ordnance
Company, Lim ted.
The Right Honourable Lord G., rvagh, Army and Navy Club,
S.W.
D. 4..
Griffith, Esq., F.R.G.S., Messrs. Griffith and Barton,
Assayers to the Bank of England, and the Anglo-Mexican
Mint Company.
Louis Guilletm,t, Esq, Messrs. Guilletmot and Weylandt,
bankers, :••tockho m.
Edward Nixon, Etq , Ormonde_hong g-nor, Sussex, and
Victori.4-road, S. w., Director of thetaeneral Financial
and Estate Agency Corporation, Limited.
J. Paton, Esq., Messrs. i aton and Co., Merchants, Stock-
and
)Im.
0. Tilston,
—sq.. Bayswater, Director of the General
Rolling Stock Cmpaf,y, Limited.
Charles. Weber, Esq, Messrs. G. Hammond and Co., Swed'sh
and Norwegian Consuls, Raoasgate and Daal.
With power t a add. to their number.
331,1,15.5itS •
• ,The Consolidated Bank, Limited, Fenehurch-street.
AVDITORS.
Messrs. Bennett and Gaskell, Accountants, 31, Nicholas-lane,
Lombard-street.

BROKERS.
Esq„ London and County-ohambers
Lombard-street.
W. fiannam, Esq., Uanchester.
SOLICITORS,
3lessrs. R. and S. Mullein', 7, Poultry
SECRETARY PRO TEM.
A. Robinson, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
7A, Lawrence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C.

Francis Burnaud,

The Company is formed for the purchase of the extensive
estates of Robertsfor3 and Fredricksfor4, comprising about
ts
igh,o, 0 acres c f freehold and ~rows lands, with large fores
and agricultural districts,as also timber andiron works, ship-
bui ding yards, &c., and which are situated in the county of
West Botteo, in Sweden, five English miles from the harbour,
belonging to the estate, called Sikea, in the Gulf of tointrothnia;
and also to extend the preset', manufacture of iron, -
duce Bessemer's steel process, to extend thearly pr
othero-
duce of timer for export, to build ships e y
, and work the
resources of the estate.
The estimated profits, as given in the detailed prospectus,
amount to about L 68,000 per anuum, or 4 per cent. on the
first issue of capital, £150,000, without calculating on hny
extension of the trade in bar and hoop iron, timber,
c.,e dals,
ship-building, and produce of cast steel for tools, & for
which there is a ready market.
The purchase money has been settled at £50,000 for the
whole of the property, mines, works, &c., have been care-
fully surveyed by an eminent engineer, Mr. Franz Hoff-
man ; and on his report his Majesty the King of Sweden has
granted permission to form a jo nt-stock company, and con-
firmed the valuation of the property at Res. D. 1,000,000
.iwedish, or £55,550 sterling.
The ankles of assoiation, with plans of the estates and
samples, may be inspected at the Offi, es of the Company,
where also all the dnetails respecting the properties may be
had on applica
Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained of
the bankers, brokers, and at the Offices of the Company.

OAYL ITALIAN OPERA,
Covent-garden.
Last Week but Two.
For the Benefit of Mdlle. Adelina Patti.
THIS EVEN ING (Friday), July 15, will be performed the
opera of Faust e Margherita, being for the benefit of Mdlle.
Adelina Patti, and the last occasion on which she will per-
form the part of Margherita during the present season.
FAUST E MARGHERITA. Mar_herita, Mdlie.
Patti. being positively her last appearance in that character
this seasou•• Siebe , Madame Didiee ; Marta, Mdlle. Anese ;
Mefistote e, M. Faure ; Valeatino, Signor Grt•Ziani ; Wagner,
kignor Tygliafice ; and Faust, Signor Mario.
Conductor, Mr. Costa.
Commence at half past Eight.
?It tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre stals, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ;
amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had
at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is
open from ten to five, aud at the principal musicsellers' and

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy
O'Rafferi y, Mr. Dominick Murray.
After which. the new play by John Oxenford, Esq., THE
MONASTERY OF S.V. JUST : Messrs. Vining, H. M.rs-
too, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, H. Mellon, W. Robins, k Seyton,
thapman Mrs. H. matston, and Mdile. bolas.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.—
Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE. Mr. J. L.
Toole, Mr. R. Phillips.
After which, JANET PRIDE : Messrs. B. Webster, J. L.
I'. Bedford, Stuart, Stephenson, Romer ; Miss Woolgar,
Miss Denman.
Followed by TETE AREA BELLE, with a Norrible Tale:
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, it. RomerMiss Woolgar, and
Mrs. H. Lewis.

Commence at 7.

j[tOYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the
Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Crowded with rank and fashion.
Be- engagement of those ce ebraced and popular artistes, Mr.
awl Mrs. Charles Mathews.
Production of an entirely new original Travestie of a very
popular subject, by F. C. Burnano, Esq., entit led FAUST
AND MARGUERITE, in which Mr. and Mrs Charles
.Mathews will appear. The new scenery by the celebrated
artists, Messrs. Danson and Sons ; the incidental Ballet by
Osear Byrne.
Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular
names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr.
Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul
Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson. Mr. Asnley, , Mr. J. Johnstone;
Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss
A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss
Wentworth, Mrs. Stirling, and Mrs. Chas. Mathews.
EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S
CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F.
Robinson.
At a quarter-past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST
AND MARGUERITE : Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke,
Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. W.
Chamberlaine, and Mrs. C. Mathews.
At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews,
Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews.
To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Mathews, Mr. Ash ey, Miss Wentworth.

JAY'S,
247, 249, and 251, Regent-street.

G. R. GLICNIE, NEWS AGEXT,
No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park.

The Weather—Sun Office, July 15, 1864.

THERMOMETER.
This do at TWO o'clock 7A
Barometer-30.04.
WIND—N.E. ; moderate breeze and cloudy.

LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1864.

encouregiug.

OPERA and RACE GLASSES. Field and Yacht
Glasses, in every variety of size, form, and mounting,
matchless for their great magnifying power and sharpness
of definition. Price, from 30s. each, at CALLAGIIAN'S,
23A, New Bond-street, W.. corner of Conduit-street. Sole
:went for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo-
graphic laves made by Veigtlander, Vienna. Field glasses
maoe expressly for India. warranted to withstand the g,eatest
tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re-
cently made for 11.11. H. the Prince cf Wales,, though of the
largest size, weigh but a lew ounce/.

COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES.
k) Messrs. JAY, of [Regent-street, have. now in stock a
variety of WAS LUNG :41AT DitEdSl S, suitatle for the
country and seaside, and at the c.earing-out pace of only
lis. 6d. the dress.

..VILACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw
JL) material has already r:sen 15 per cent., and it will soon
reach a far greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefoie,
invite their numer ais Patrons to take advantage of the stock
they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour-
able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally b more
00,tly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average
JAY'S,
247, 249, and 251, Regent-street.

COALS.—Tne LL,LESIIALL COMPANY'S
COAL?.
Direct from their own Collieries.
Marquis'.......23s. per ton. I Double 20s. per ton.
Top 22i. „ Delp 2ls. 91
Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De-
• pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf,
.Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N.
Best Coke
Terms cash.
jOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent

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HIGH wATE:3, AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DA:lr.—morning, 10 h. 10m.—..kfterriocn, 10h. 44ha.
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The accounts from New Z are certainly not
Not only is there no immediate pro-
spect of the conclusion of the war end the suepen-
sion of hostilities, but Wa have the mortifying in-
telligence of a decided repulse having befallen tl:o
British arms. It is, perhaps, less surprising that
this should occur in an irregular campaign like the
present than in an encounter with ordinary troops,
since it is very difficult for dicers and men to fol-
low the tactics of the natives or to estimate correctly
their resources or their prospects in any particular
struggle. It is always a great mistake to under•
value your enemy, end this, if not the case with
General CAMERON himself, seems to be very much
the error of those subordinate to him in authority,
as well as of the men. The Maories have advan-
tages not ordinarily possessed by uncivilised nations-
They come of a race which has naturally far more