The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-09 00:00:00

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Directors of the Registered Land Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers, as De-
posit of Li per Share on Shares, I request that you
will allot to me Shares in the Registered Land Com-
pany (Limited), or any less number, which I hereby agree to
accept, and to pay the further sum of £1 les. per Share on the
number allotted to me, and all future Calls in respect of the
Shares so allotted when due ; and I further authorise and
empower you to in,ert my name in the Register of Mem-
bers of the Company for the number of Shares allotted to
me.

Name in full ~
Profession or Description
Date 1865.
Residence in full
Signature • • ••

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
nd Dining-room, consisting of a new and eAegant assor t-
me rit ,A VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink-
stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian,
Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o.
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine-
ralogist to her &laiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London.

Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS,
MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly
facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON-
CHOLOGY, tnd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas
each.

PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION In GEOLOGY and MINE-
RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand W.C.

BED .ROOM CANDLES.

,TRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop
grease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles
sold in boxes ls. and 3s. eioh, are recoinmendei as the bee,
carriers.
" EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES,"

sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those
who will not burn thin. _

" SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS,"
in packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use
where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve-
ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less.
Special candle ticks to fit thin candles, is. and 2s. 6d. each;
reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each.
TOILET SOAPS.
Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent.
Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine.
Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter.
GLYCERINE. SH ERWOODOLE ;
Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes
had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains.
capsuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bet-
" Price's Patent," from 6d. ties, 6d. and ls. each.
upwards. Impure Glycerine
has been sold an the state-
ment that it is "equal to
Prices."

Retail throng
Wholesale by Prioe's Patent
Lod

any Grocer.
t Candle Company (Limited),
don.

PR IZ E ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION, 1862.
FRANCIS TUCKER tit CO., Wax Chandlers, &0.,
To the Queen and the Prince of Wales.
(Established 1720.)
The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862,
testifies to :he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuokers'
manufacture.
A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis
Tucker and Co., on the subject of
WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS,
says:—
"1 have found them fully equal to the recommendation
which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com.
mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar."
Finest quality, with latted Winks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb,
Ordinary quality • • • • • • 125. Oct per lb.
VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax.
Best quality .. •• is. sd. per lb
Second quality .. Is. 3d. per lb.
Third quality is. id. per lb.
Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value.
FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.,
South 5101 ton-street. Grosvenor-square. Manufactory—
Kensington (Established 1730).
The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture
of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar.

ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL,
Commrrcial-street, Shoreditch.
(Close to the Great Eastern Terminus\
Sole Propritor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT.
Operatic Selection, SON NAMBULA. Prima Donna, Miss
ELLL- ON.
Comic -NELLY POWER, HARRIETT COVENEY. J.
G. PORDE. WEST, FRED. FRENCH, Mollie. CERITO
SYLVES TER. The BROTHERS A LTOFF, from the
Theatre Deserts, Loma, and the ELLISTRAIS, from the
Crystal Palace.
Stalls, is. ; balcony, fa. ; area, 4d. Open every evening at
Seven o'clock.
Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. Gra VILLE.

MrADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
_AL established 29 years at the Bazaar,:Baker-street.
NEW ADDITIONS.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL
of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast
taken by Doctor Donovan ; also a full-length MODEL of
KOHL, taken at his trial arc now added to the Chamber of
Physiognomy.
Open, 11 till dusk, and 7 11110 evening.
Admittance, One Shilling; extra rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
GRAND CASINO. CONCERT. First time in England,
GungPs new German Toy Waltz. Prince Imperial Quadrille,
Iltwuenots, Rotert le Diable, William Tell, and a variety of
Dance Millie.

Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTI.
Admission, One Shilling.
Manager, M. GRENET.

SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and
11011 E, Hampstead. Offices. 77, Cornhil.
PATRON—The QUEEN.
TRUSTEES.
Capt. the Hon. Francis 3laude, I
The Rev. Canon f hampneys
R. N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I TREASURERS,
Robert llanbury, Esq.
This Institution is designed to sup ,ly a great national
want, viz., an asylum for the orpha" daughters of sailors in
the Royal Navy and Merchants service and of Marines.
It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic
service, and provides a home free of expense for former
inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the
temptations they might otherwise be exposed to.
The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU-
TIONS to meet the increasi g applications through the
recent storms and loss f life at sea, and to enable them
even i ually to obtain premises more commensurate w th the
necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those
who may perish by war.
Subscriptions thnikfully received by the bankers, Messrs.
Secre-
tary, relaaty,thßeevoaffin,ceas, ndNC00..7,7L,
coomrtahritstreet, and by the Sme-
lt. SWEETING, Hon. Sec.

'&111:IMES NASA, Sec.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
• han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected 'rom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few
of the most recent cases :
V., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
M. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., axed 15, fallen, mother dead,
A 8., aged 10, fallen, both parents dead.
11. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents,
M. 11., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. 11., aged 17, fatten, both parents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. K aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
S. B. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
M. Al W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
) oung girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen .street, Cheapaide; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
shseion to the sick poor, without
vernors' orders. is whoby de-
oittary contributions and legacies.
hes Tenh hddt
delay
a Hospital,tyfo arnsdu
principle
pdpi ffio oreftu foundedioftrayeevooaf
di
voluntary
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a con iderable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas-
terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ;
Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Hansom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; W lliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and
Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
STANFORD oIdITH, Secretary.

TILE MURDER IN DRURY-LANE.—Last evening
Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, held a pro
tracted investigation at King's College Hospital into the
circumstances of the death of Robert Lord, a knife machine-
maker, 24 years of age, who was alleged to have been
pitched out of a window in a brothel in Barley-court,
Drury-lane. The evidence was in the main similar to that
taken at Bow-street Police-court. The jury returned a
verdict—" That the deceased was thrown out of a second
floor window of the house No. 3, Barley-court, by Ann
Smith, and that he thus came by his death." The Coroner
asked the jury whether they considered the case one of
murder. The jury said that was their opinion. The pri-
soner was committed to Newgate for trial.

We have plenty of forces to hold this place against the
whole Southern Confederacy. I have 250 guns bearing on
the narrow strip of land where our troops are heavily en-
trenched. There are vessels in the river and outside, and
we only hope they will attempt to retake it.
Ten thousand men in Fort Fisher, with the guns of the
squadron, would hold this place a long time.
We' find this better place-to -catch blockade ruriVis than.
outside. I had the blockade runners' light lit last night,
and was obliging enough to answer their signals, whether
right or wrong we don't know. Two of them, the Stag and
Charlotte, from Bermuda, leaded with arms, blankets, shots,
&c., came in and quietly anchored near the Malvern, and
were taken possession of. The Stag was commanded by
Richard IL Gayle, a lieutenant in the rebel navy, and be-
longs to the rebel Government. A number more are ex-
pected, and we will, I hope, catch a portion of them. I
entrusted this duty to Lieut. Cushing, who performed it
with his usual good luck and intelligence. Those two are
very fast vessels and valuable prizes. They throw a portion
of their papers overboard immediately on finding they were

trapped.
I enclose a list of guns captured by the navy since the
surrender of Fort Fisher, and the names of the different
works. This number, added to those taken from Fort
Fisher, makes 160 guns in all, most of them heavy ones,
that have been taken.

I enclose a few papers that may be interesting. The
Charlotte brings five English passengers, one of them an
English army officer. They all came over, as they expressed
it, "on a lark," and were making themselves quite " jolly"
in the cabin over their champagne, felicitating themselves
over their safe arrival. The Stag received three shots as
she ran by our blockaders outside.—Very respectfully,

(Signed) DAVID D. PORTER, Rear-Admiral.
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy,

Washington, D.C.
List of forts taken possession of by the navy since the
fall of Fort Fisher, with their armaments :—Reeves Point,
2 10-inch guns ; above Smithville, 2 10-inch guns ;!Smith-
vile, 4 10-inch guns ; Fort Caswell, 2 10-inch guns, 2
9-inch, 1 Armstrong, and 4 thirty-twos (rifled), 2 thirty-
twos (smooth), 3 8-inch, 1 Parrott (twenty-pounder), 3
rifled field pieces, 3 guns, bored-29 guns. Forts Camp-
bell and Shaw, 6 10-inch, 6 thirty-twos (smooth), 1 thirty-
two (rifled), 1 8-inch, 6 field pieces, 2 mortars-22 guns.
Smith's Island, 3 10-inch, 6 thirty-twos (smooth), 2 thirty-
twos (rifled), 4 field pieces, 2 mortars-17 guns. Reported
at the other end of Smith's Island, 6 guns. Total captured,
83 guns.

THE ENGAGEMENT. ON THE JAMES
RIVER.

An official despatch from the headquarters of the
Army of the James, dated Jan. 24, says :
Last night the enemy made an unsuccessful attempt to
run past our batteries. They took advantage of the storm
and darkness to send down a fleet of eight vessels of war
and three torpedo boats. This flotilla consisted of the Vir-
ginia, Fredericksburg, and Richmond, ironclads, mounting
four guns each ; the wooden vessels Drewry, Nansemond,
and Hampton, of two guns each ; the Bedford, one gun ;
the steamer Torpedo, and three torpedo-boats. The follow-
ing are the particulars, as far as they could be obtained from
a deserter from the expedition who came into our lines
after daylight this morning. The fleet left their moorings
about 6 o'clock last evening, and proceeding quietly until it
got near our batteries they were discovered, and immediately
the batteries opened on them, to which they replied. At
about 12 o'clock theysucceeded in cutting the chain in front
of our obstructions beyond the lower end of Dutch Gap
Canal, when the Fredericksburg, under full head of steam,
passed through the obstructions, completely demolishing
one of the sunken canal boats. The Richmond, Virginia,
and Drewry, in attempting to follow, grounded, when the
Fredericksburg had to go to their assistance. The Drewry
could not be got off, and was obliged to be abandoned, as
it was now daylight, and they were in range of
Battery Parsons. As soon as it became light the
battery opened on the Drewry, one of the shells fall-
ing in her magazines, which exploded, completely demo-
lishing her, and the remainder of the fleet again made
their way back up the river. It was supposed that an at-
tempt would be made to go through again to-night, though
what their destination may be canmerely be:surmised. The
only damage done was the dismounting of one gun on Fort
Brady.

The deserters report only one man killed and two wounded
by the explosion of the Drewry. Four deserters swain
ashore and came into our lines.

The correspondent of the Baltimore American, at
Annapolis, says:—"The exit of the rebel gunboats
from under the guns of their batteries on the James
River came near proving a very serious affair to us.
Had the rebel ram Richmond not grounded, the
whole of our fleet of transports, and works of Gen.
Grant at City Point, would have been destroyed,
for the naval officer in charge of our forces turned
tail and ran, for which disgraceful conduct, it is re-
ported, he has been dismissed the service."