The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-27 00:00:00

MEXICO.

Advices from Mexico to the 29th ult., published
in the New York journals, report that General
Bazaine had been defeated several times in the pro-
vince of Oaxica. Juarez was said to be in Somera.
The 7ribune says private letters from Mexico
state that the Liberals are rising in the parts from
which the French had withdrawn. Diaz is asserted
to have 12,000 men, and the entire Liberal party
numbered 60,000 men.

Washington despatches state that semi-official
advices from Somera announce that a large force of
Imperialists under Vega had invaded that province.

The Mexican General Patori started to attack
Vega. The French sent reinforcements on board
the steamer Lucifer, which were landed at Altanta.

Colonel Rosalia attacked and defeated the rein-
forcements at San Pedro, capturing their artillery
and some prisoners, including Sagrilla, who com-
manded the expedition.
Patori, at the same time, defeated Vega at
Elfurta, capturing his artillery and many prisoners,
including Vega himself, who was shot as a traitor.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 25.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, o°l
puled by her Royal Highness Princess Helena) 311
attended by the Marchioness of Ely.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended
by the Hon. Emily Cathcart, also drove out. e
Their Royal Highness Prince Arthur and rrilic
Leopold went to, Virginia Water this Inerliii3gl
attended by Major Elphinstone and Mr. Buff. nf
The Judge-Advocate-General had an audience -
the Queen.
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Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur 8„ ;
Prince Leopold, attended by Major ElPliiusit•°tecl
and Mr. Buff, went to London yesterday and ,
the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlboroutte
House, and were present in the evening at
the
the
amateur performance given by the officers •
Brigade of Guards at the Bijou Theatre in the P33d,
market. Their royal highnesses returned to will
sor Castle at twelve o'clock. „ „ de
The. Belgian Minister and Madame a- no
Weyer and Earl de Grey and Ripon had the Pr"-
of dining with her Majesty and the royal furnilYe'es
The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Pril .ace
Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Fri,;es
Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, with the epee
and gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine se Ile,
this morning in the private chapel. The:Sr_,eri. ed
the Dean of Windsor officiated and mina'

the Sacrament of the Holy Communion.

The Prince and Princess of Wales. ~t a
The Prince of Wales presided on Saturday
meeting of-the Council of the Duchy of Corr°
held at Marlborough House. p of
There were present Sir W. Dunbar, ii-eer
n
the Privy Seal ; Sir W. John Alexander, Attor ont
General; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Benniller,l
Phipps, Receiver-General ; and Lieutenant-Gen 011
Knollys, Comptroller of the Household of big rt)'d'ej
highness. Mr. • Bateman, the Secretarh atten
as Clerk of Council. _

The Princess of Wales took a carriage clri\
Saturday, attended by the Hon. Mrs. SW °r' Iclecl
The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, attel
by Major Teesdale. aniea
The Prince and Princess of Wales, aeolni?,,the
by Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold, went 10
at
evening to the amateur theatrical perf°1.111,131,101.5'
the Bijou Theatre, Haymarket; in aid of the,

Industrial Home. the Egon'.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, With T tided
Mrs. Stonor and Major Teesdale in waiting, ai.nieiot
Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St.

yesterday morning.
GOOD HEALTH HEALTH OF HIS HOLINESS.—A
Rome, of the 15th, says :—" It is uselcissettetrtn-AValtaill:
that the Holy Father e • ll at '-',vg
The other day I met him near the Ponte
continues to enjoy exce e v 1
on foot, in spite of the severely cold weather ; sad -a of
going at so free and hearty a pace as to gill.° g°°cl Pr°
the vigour and freshness of his strength. it, ilis
His I • lighness Prince Ferdinand Xilis-j '' Alit-
Highness Prince- E. Taxis, his Highness Prilicerelrb Ce
mansdorff, and his Highness Prince Emil urstellbe"` 3
arrived at Claridge's Hotel. ftriter
The Hon. C. A. Murray, her MajestY's 37 ti 03
at the Court of Saxony, and Mrs. Murray,have ari-Te ,
Y 1
Claridge's Hotel. .
ea SI,
Mr. and Lady Mary WM ,:‘, 00
Craven have arrlv
Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Rome. ioffge"
Lord Abercromby has taken 9, Upper
Pe'''
streeL t, for the season.
Lord Herries has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley
square, for Liverpool. -a oiol.
HoLate,ohl.redand
Lady Lovat have arrived at Pr-
f tile
marriage of Lord Rosehill, eldest on 49
,titer
Earltao,anrdCountess of Northesk, with Miss Elliot, clati°,rity
of l A diniral George Elliot, Rear-Admiral i'll)
tendent-
atPortsmouth, is to take place to-morrow.
pa get
The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the E%cli 'lt
left town on Saturday on a visit to Lord Chesll3ll''
Latimers, Bucks. 0
The Earl de Gre- s
- returned to his resi-a e° St
---,Jog

Carlton-gardens yesterday from a visit to her Ali'
Windsor Castle.
andThmeisßs
livghortulleyolnea.
vJeatn: es awn tno-ddaAylrtso. Spatisif
atiell';'weeo
in Paris.
Miss BATEMAN—and we are delighted at (i.
taobled to announce the fact—will on Tue,,s,clugYec
-morrow) week the 6th proxinan, r"- 40
very successful and really q 'site iraPerS'"-- 5
of Julia in Sheridan Knowlese'sx -‘,lll unclib3ck
at length sufficiently recovered from her late fseveP9irriii''
position to admit of her re-appearance thou wintateeiglir
Bwyillthe advice of her physicians, however, Atiss - Ape
more
enot undertake—at any rate at the outset--t
too „t
frequently than three nights a week. ger re, tbro/
nalilg,hteahowever—even though it will be for illerejY
week—is matter for congratulation.

Great Fire at Messrs. Defrie°'
Houndsditch. d at
°coo-
The most extensive conflagration that 110'S -tot,
the East-end of London for a considerable the°,',o
pened in the well known and immense pile °1:0%1
belonging to Messrs.Defries and Sons, gas illnlolsoeo
glass chandelier merchants, &c., carrying 011 14
t, 0
136, Houndsditch. The premises were six s-erel° 0d poll a
and contained property valued at many thous..cesil°l,,
sterling, including the whole of the splendid cle: to cc:l:i
at the National Gallery and other public buildiusi,
brats the Peace between this country and Plevjeldits
-discovery appears to have been made by all °l3ll, 1 ad
-
ductor, who in passing the premises noticed sol°-°ootlo-6,
out of the side windows in Gravel lane. reeli„jjg 1/,,rea
that the premises were on fire, he-at once gltsr`2l°l ,rit
sari
intelligence to Conductors Preston andSBl-:leth tib
of the Royal Society, who promptly attended .;00 ef.,l
escapes, and were followed by numerous e 11050,01
London
brigade, and the whole of Shand7,7,b opei
Co.'s land steamers from Wellclose-square, n7o°Ke(l,4
Watling-street, Chandos-street, and King-strt'a arri: or
square stations. By the time those engines
the flames had obtained such a firm hold of the 0111.4
moe
more correctly speaking, buildings, that it bee ;ore` ill
that some hours must elapse before the least siefsePt;tei
could be made upon the violence of the fearful e.ug 013,,° fed'
fact, the firemen themselves expected that °uteri
destruction of every building near could ~scl
Captain Shaw, the chief of the London BriOcl° .410 P
men Bridges, J. Jerrard, Swanton, and other clfgecol'elro;l4
ing obtained a plentiful supply of the New over t to if tio
water, the whole of the land steamers lucre !leo 811°011 °I
and before the least impression could be
conba
flames, the land steamers were obliged to 120 400 c. 41
PIK
worked for five hours. Whilst the flames rleiree-
fire dropped down the loop-holes of the Detrerjle"
and came in contact with an immense 0,5 ;tb
charged with gas. One of the principals of tu: ao, oto
out that unless the gas was immediately °roe Digilliag°
whole of the extensive premises would be
the air, when Conductor Wood jumped fredinholl9;etel
in Gravel lane, entered the basement, I'll
ceeded in turning off the gas, and troth Ptsi
much property was saved, to 05r,, beellod
the many lives that might 118TLucay ~.41‘ -4
if the gas had exploded. Wood, who has f the eolif
lives in the same neighbourhood, regardless:a cut r
da
ran, rushed through the flaming building 8' gss• ,utberA
most dangerous auxiliary to feed a fire---1,11°,1,00f '4totw,
the direction of Capt. Shaw, his Grace the -1-/-0011.
land, Lord Richard Grosvenor, M.P-, the 0.08,0018;
Wortley, and the other officials of the briPuelluiligNorei e
Oakley, of the London, Chatham, and Dover a th° fire'
al,
with their engine, and Mr. Matthewttit the tove,,
Penn and Co., rendered great 'assistance? tinned Wit
spite of their indomitable perseverance, eellisued 104, -
and it could not be said to be quite exting,tirir serie;3o,,°:;
this morning. The damage done is to 004
at a moderate calculation must solcdinu largerecl,
Amongst the goods destroyed were it is feBl oe''
d
just completed for France, which, olio
irretrievably lost. The whole of the Bol'ontuitled, As t
ve
man crystals of which the buildings cononed'sot
ths
quantity are supposed to have been Las° ca_ at P.re-
the cause of the fire nothing positive can
gleaned, but from the fact of the flames 'woe keri
top floor, where the parrafin and other elibeitdignirU°of°o3
presumed that some of the oily drilgs„ the
ca Uuln
taneously, and the fire communicating "ieces of
jovr, a:4
bottles caused the outbreak, for lgrge_ 1;1000 be 001 ;
wood fell like showers of sparks to the
ateii tbeitorov‘i
hence the terrible conflagration. Fortnuof:6oo.
insured in six of the principal London preSoi
body of the City and Metropolitan policceo juste
duet°
they rendered great assistance to the t istO
firemen. g°
The Black from Shrlds for,,
anchorforetopsail yard, carri°4
collision about 8.30 p.m., on the
plates, and received considerable danlaP