The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-31 00:00:00

N°. 22.760.

MR. MAC DONALD'S NEW NOVEL.
Now ready, at aH the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
ALEC FORBES OF HOWGLEN.
By GEORGE MAC DONALD, M.A,

Author of "David Elginbrod," &c.

" This book is full of good thought and good writing. Mr.
MacDonald looks in h s stories more to the souls of men and
women than to their social outside. He reads life and
nature like a true poet."—Examiner.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marltorongh-street.

ONLY A CLOD.-SECOND EDITION.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1865.

SPECIAL DISPLAY of all the GREAT lIIINAHA.N'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC
FOUNTAINS at Two o'clock TO- MORROW, _ll BRANDY.
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Tickets Free. Concert at Three. Great Organ and Pro- FRANCE( BRANDY,
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NEW NOVEL EY AUTHOR OF " ROLAND, THE FAINTER," &C.

This day, in 2 vols., at all Libraries,

THE GREAT DISPLAY of FOUNTAINS
TO-MOR 11.0 W will include
The Six Terrace Fountains.
The Two Prince of Wales Fountains.
The Great Central Basket Fountain.
The Two Graceful Water Temples.
The Forty-eight Tazza Fountains.
The Six Boiling Fountains.
The Six Cascades and Waterfalls.
The Two Dancing Fountains.
And the whole of the varied and beautifully designed Foun-
tains and Cascades of the Great Lower Basin, which alone
cover a surface of Five Acres. numbering Twelve Thousand
Jets, discharging Twenty Thousand Gallons of Water per
minute, including Les Grandes Eaux, which attain the alti-
tude of 231 feet

WHO WAS TO BLAME?
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ANECDOTICAL MEMOIRS OF THE EMPEROR.
This day, in 1 vol., at all Libraries,,
NAPOLEON 111. AND HIS COURT.
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NEW NOVEL BY STEPHEN MARTEGRES.
This day, in 2 vols., at all Libraries,
CHARLOTTE THRALE.
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On June l, in 3 vols., at all Librailes,
ORUEL FORTUNE.
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VERSAILLES ECLIPSED, TO-MORROW,
at Two, CRYSTAL PALACE.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—DISPLAY of GREAT
FOUNTAINS, Water Temples, Cascades, and Water-
falls, TO-MORROW (Thursday) at Two.
Extra trains from London Bridge, Victoria, and Kensing-
ton, also by London, Chatham, and Dover, to Sydenh tra-hill
and Penge Stations.

r CRYSTAL PALACE.-TO-MORROW,
Madame SCHUMANN.—An Extra Concert will be
given TO-MORROW (Thursday), June 1, in the Concert
Hall, at Three o'clock, at which Madame Schumann willplay
it. Schumann's Pianoforte Concerto (with Orchestra) and
solo pieces. The Programme will also include the Italian
Symphony (Mendelssohn), Overture to " (tenoveva" (Schu-
mann), Songs, &c. Vocalists—Madame Joachim and Herr
Joseph Hauser. Conductor, Mr. Manus. Admission Mali-
a-crown ; Reserved Seats Half-a-crown, ready this day at
the Palace, and at 2, Exeter Hall.
.Note.—A Special Display of Fouatains, Cascades, and
Waterfalls, at Two o'clock.
STODAREI
STODARE! !

John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street.

JEFEature, VArietiowancl Phenomena.
H. GItINDON.
The Publisher begs to announce the issue of the Third
Edition of the above popular work in sixpenny monthly
parts. Parts I. to IX. now ready.
The work can be had complete, in cloth, price 6s. 6d.
" To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual
powers, these very thoughtful and beautifully-written reflec-
tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards,
we may rest assured, of many fruitful meditations and plea-
sant memories." —Sun.
London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. E.C.

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"Kinahan's LL Whisky."

Cloth, price 2s. 6d.,
AHANDBOOK for the MAN of BUSINESS,
applicable to all Departments of Commercial Engage-
ments.

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Extra cloth, price 55..
SCEPTICISM AND SPIRITUALISM.
The experiences of a Sceptic. By the Authoress of
" AIIRELIA."

London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.O

The NEW and EXTRAORDINARY ILLUSIONS which
Colonel STODARE performs EVERY NIGHT, at Eight,
and Saturday Afternoon, at Three, continue to attraot
crowded and brillant audiences. Early. application for the
stalls is respectfully solicited. THEATRE OF MYSTERY,
EGYPTIAN HALL. The Great and Original Indian
Basket Feat terminates each representation.
"This is most decidedly the sensation for the season."
Admission, Is.; area, 28. ; stalls, 35., which may be ob-
tained at Mr. Mitchell's, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-
office.

Demy Bvo., price 25.,

- -
ZOILISM: An Essay toward Pathological
Analysis. An Eclogue tor Eventide. By JOHN
POYER, Author of "St. Thomas A'Beckett," " Anti-
Colenso," dm.
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Demy 4th , cloth, price 7s. 6d.,
THE PSYCHONOMY of the HAND ;
or, the Hand an Index of Mental Development.

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nUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850).
14, It USS E IL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN,
LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums
of ..£2.0 to £5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over
one, two, or three years. The large Capital of this Associa-
tion enables it to complete Its transactions without delay.
No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bills
Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a
directed stamped envelope.
'1 he Association also lends Money for the purchase of a
house by a tenant, or for the liciuldation of mortgages, on
terms most advantageous to the borrower.

EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

MARK YOUR LINEN.-BOND'S PERMA-
NENT MARKING INK is by far the best for
marking CRESTS. NAMES, and INITIALS upon House-
hold Linen, Wearing Applrel, &o. Price Is. a bottle. No
6d. size ever made. Sold by E. R. BOND, 10, Bishopsgate-
street Within, London. E C., and by all respectable chemists
and stationers in the kingdom.—N.B. Purchasers should be
careful to observe tt.•e address 10, Blshopsgate-street
Within, E.C.—upon the label, without which the Ink is not
genuine.

A. NIMMO, Acting Manager.

MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
JOHN PARRY. will appear in their new entertain-
ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by William
Brough. New scenery by T. and W. Grieve. To conclude
with MRS. ROSELEAF AT THE SEASIDE, by Mr. John
Parry. Every Evening, except Saturday, at 8. Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons, at 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF
ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street.
Unreserved seats, Is., 2s. ; stalls, Is. ; stall chairs, ss. May
be secured in advance, without fee, at the Gallery.
OPERA DI CAMERA, every Tuesday and Thursday
at 8, and Saturday at 8.

T HE OXFORD,
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
ADELIA, by Donezetti, in which Miss RUSSELL will
make her RE-APPEARANCE THIS EVENING, and the
BROTHER AND SITTER. by Sir Henry Bishop, will be
performed during this week Principal artistes :--ignor
Spagnoli. M. Marini, Mr. Green, Misses Russell, Barrie, and
Mdlle. D'Auria, with full Band and Chorus, conducted by
Mr. F. Jonghmans.

The BOOK-of the DAY and EVERY MAN'S BOOK.
Just published, price Is. 6d , by post, free, Is. Bd.,

REVELATION of QUACKSand QUACKERY.
By D ETECTOR.

For notices of this startling work see the "Saturday Re-
view" of April 1, entitled "Quacks and Quackery ;" the
" Weekly Dispatch" of April 9, " The Quacks and their
Crimes "The Sun" of April 12, "'Detector's' Broadside
on Quacks and Quackery."
GUIDE TO THE QUACKS OF LONDON.
A Series of Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in
the " Medical Circular," with the signature of "Detector,"
has been republished in the form of a short pamphlet. The
reader of " Punch" should read this pamphlet also. He has
often read, in the pages of "Punch," of certain Quacks, frau-
dulent and noisome, who obtain money by false pretences,
and more money by menaces and, -extortion, from green
young men. For their names, which "Punch" would not
advertise, he has referred his readers to the lower corner of
the advertising columns of low newspapers, amongst which
too many of liar.'• Punch's" contemporaries, especially in the
country, may still be enumerated. But now he begs to pub-
lish the information that a nominal list of these miscreants,
with copies of their puffs and other particulars concerning
them, needful to be known, will be found in the pamphl• t
above referred to, which is entitled "Revelations of Quacks
and Quackery," and is to be had at the "Medic rl Circular "
Office, 20, Ring William-street, Strand, W.O.
The vile practices, the monstrous impudence, the cruel
rapacity, and the enormous gains of the obscene tribe of
Quacks, the mischief they do, the ruin they work, even to
the causation of suicide, are fully set forth in "Revelations
of Quacks and Qackery." And mark especially that, as
aforesaid, the names of the Quacks are publishe•l. The
pamphlet in question thus constitutes a regular Quack Di-
rectory, by consulting which every young man may know
where he may go if he wishes to get plundered and destroyed.
Buy, therefore, reader, by all means buy " Revelations of
Quacks and Quackery." Its contents will astonish and amuse
you, whi'e they invoke your indignation and disgust. Of
course you do not want it on account of its warnings for your
own Fake, but you doubtless do for that of the many simple-
tons with whom you must be acquainted, if your acquaint..
ance is large. " Who are the Quacks that 'Punch' means 2"
Consider what it is to he able to answer this question of the
young and inexperienced, and, for charity's sake, if for no
other, go and provide yourself with "Revelations of Quacks
and Quackery," by Detector.—Punch, April 12.

MIRIAM (l'Enfante Planiste, aged 8 years) will play
"Blue Bells," par Oesten, and "La Priere d'une Vierge,"
par Leduc, This Evening.
Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian
and Mimic), Little Bob, Miss Kate Belie, Les Freres Talliott,
the Grotesque, D'Aubans, Madame Ramsden, and Les Freres
Stonette.

Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
This Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission—area, ed.;
stalls and balcony, is.; private boxes. les. 6d.

CIANTERBURY HALL.
A... 1 Selections from MARTHA and THE BROTHER
AND SISTER, supported by Miss RUSSELL, Miss Barrie.
Miss Heys, azo. ; Messrs. ST. ALBYN, Green, &c., with Full
Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jongmans.
Comedy by Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, Little Bob,
Miss Kate Belle, and the Grotesque D'Aubans,

HODGE PODGE.—This wonderful Illusion will be re-
peated for a short time longer, to enable country visitors to
witness this most beautiful of the London exhibitions.

N.B.—Visitors to London during the Derby Week should
note the above.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.-
Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street,
London. •

Full-length Models of the late President LINCOLN,
basely assassinated ; also President DAVIS, of the Confe-
derate States; the late lamented RICHARD COHN; 4,
Esq., and JOHN BitIGHT,Esq , may be seen at the Gallery.
NEW ADDITION.—A full length Portrait Model of
JOHN WILKES BOOTH, the reputed assassin of the late
President Lincoln, taken from a likeness presented by him-
self to Km Stratton, wife of General Tom Thumb.
Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill - street,
Piccadilly.

APHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY.-
The Photographed fag-simile of the First Page of
THE SUN now publishing, and may be had
On Paper at OO. 3d.
On Card .• • (s. 6d.
Ditto, framed . Is. 6d.
By order of all Booksellers and Dealers in. Photographs,
and at THE SUN OFFICE, 112, Strand.
" 'The Sun' evening newspaper has just issued a photo-
graph, 9 inches by 7, of its first page as it appeared on the 2d
of last January. The card forms quite a literary curiosity,
and is one of the best specimens of minute typography ever
published."—London Review.

HAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls
Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold
at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 54 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine,
Is. 6d., or 20 stamps.

GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.--,
ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma-
nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss.
The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent free for 54 stamps. It I s
most easy of use.

HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX;ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes,
without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face,
neck, and arms. Ss. 6d.; sent the same day.as ordered by post
for 51 stamps.

SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which epeedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent Tree fon%
stumps.--ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. Essay
314 Hair, Id.

PIMPLE REMOVER. All diseases of the skin
are improved by one dose of;ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE-
TABLE SHIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness
&c. 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High
Holborn, Lonaon.

ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for
14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps. Skin
tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or 60 stamps.
Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALlC. ROSS, 218,
High Holborn, London.

PROMENADE, CONCERT. and DANCE every Evening,.
This admired Band, under the direction of signor LUIGI
CURTI, will perform at 9 o'clock a Grand Overture, at 11
o'clock a Selection from a favourite Opera, and a series of
novel Dance Music till 12 o'clock.

Open at half•past 8. Admission, Is.
Manager—M. GRENET.

THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER
OF ENGLAND (Limited).
Authorised Capital
Capital Subscribed
Capital Paid-up. • ....... • • •
Reserve Fund 200,000
Dividend Reserve Fund 70,000
DIRECTORS.
The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor.
JAMES LEVICK, Esq., Merchant, King's 1
Arms-yard,
Governors.
JAMES NUGENT DANIELL, Esq., London,
James Childs, Esq., London. Deputy-
Alexander Dunbar, Esq., Old Broad-street, London.
Charles Ellis, Esg., Lloyd's.
Adolphe Hakim, Esq. iMesars. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and
Co.), London.
l'he Lion. T. C. Haliburton, M.P., Chairman of the Canada
Agency Association, London.
William Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Young, Harrison, and
Bevan), Director of the Thsmes and Mersey Insurance
Company.
Richard Stuart Lane, Esq. (Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co.),
London.
Charles E. Newbon, Esq., London.
Henry Pownall. Esq., J.P., Russell-squan, London.
Joseph Mackrill Smith, Esq. (Messrs. Macklin Smith and
Co.), Old Broad-street, London.
Edward Warner, Esq , M.P., London.
John Westmorland, Esq. (Director of the Royal Insurance
Company), London.
Albert Grant, Esq., Managing Director.
BANKERS.
The Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited).
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths.
The National Bank, London, Dublin, and its Branches in
Ireland.
The Allianoe Bank (Limited), London, Liverpool, and Man-
chester.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane, E.C.

AFTER the RACES severe headache, indiges
tion, and general debility often prevail. Two or three
of PARR'S LIFE PILLS will produce immediate relief and
restore the system to a happy and natural state.—May be
had of any Chemist..

TE E TH.—No Fancy Names or Advertising
Chicanery. - Fixed Prices. and all completed for the
charges named-3s. 6d., 5s , 7s. M, and the very best that can
be made, on fine gold, at 103. each. A full set at £3, as good
as those advertised at .£1 and £5 ; and the very beat that can
be made, on fine gold, at £lO the set. Partial sets in propor-
tion. Stopping, 2s. 6d. ; extractions, ls. Repairs effected
whilst waiting. Teeth remodelled, and every case attended
to at fair but moderate charges, by Mr. ALBERT, Old-
established Dentist, 34, Great Russell-street, W.C. Con-
sultations free.

BUSINESS TRANSACTED.

This Company negotiates Loans for Colonial and Foreign
Governments ;
Co-operates in the Financial arrangements of British and
other Railways;
Makes Advances to Corporations, Town Councils, and other
Public Bodies;
Negotiates Loans for Publio Works ;
Assists in the introduction of Industrial and Commercial
undertakings ;
Makes advances upon approved Stocks, Shares, Bonds,
Makes temporary Loans upon eligible Freehold and Lease-
hold Securities.
ALFRED LOWE, Secretary.
London, 17 and 18, Cornhill, May 4, 1865.

DEBENTURES
ISSUED BY

THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MUMMER
OF ENGLAND (Limited),
ISSUE OF £500,000 DEBENTURES WITH INTEREST
PAYABLE QUARTERLY.

The Directors have decided to issue Debenture Bonds of
the Company for the amounts and bearing interest as under,
viz. :
In sums of £lO, £2O, £5O, 4100, £250, £5OO, and .£l,oo^, with
coupons attached.
INTEREST.
For three years 6 per cent. per annum.
For five years
For seven years .. ... 7 „
Interest payable quarterly—viz., on the 30th March, 30th
June, 30th September, and 30th December in each year, at the
Company's Bankers. The first payment of interest will be
made on the 30th June next.

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.—
Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS,
30, 13erners-street, Oxford-street, and 4P, Strand, opposite
Charing-croseßailway Station. Established 1830. Artificial
Teeth are made and fitted with the patented advantages of
Messrs. MOSELY'S system, without the least inconvenience,
however tender the gums may be. They support and
strengthen loose teeth, until they tighten, and become useful
in mastication, protecting the stumps and gums however
sensitive. Their resemblance to nature is perfect, and un-
detectable—they are guaranteed for all purposes of Mastica-
tion and Articulation, entirely supporting, and again restor-
ing all sunken, portions of the Mouth and Face to their
original youthful form. For durability they are unsurpassed.
Additions can be made with the greatest ease, and at a
trifling cost, and they can be supplied (when time is an object)
from a Single Tooth to a Complete `et in a day. Operations
of every kind being unnecessary,Ethe most nervous patient
can be supplied without fear of pain or inconvenience. Teeth
already in use adapted to this patented prin ip!e at moderate
cost. Consultation free. Teeth from ss. Sets, 5,7, 10, and
15 Guineas, warranted. For the efficacy, utility, and success
of this system, vide "Lancet."
Daily Attendance at 15, Whitefriarzate, Hull; 10, Norf olk-
street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds ; and 14, St. Nicholas-
street, Scarbero'.
*** No cannection with any one of the same name.

NOTHING ThIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
11 most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMA HELL A.
Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 12, Three King-court,
Lombard• street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect-
fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which
gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue--no
matter at what age. The Agua Amarelia has none of the
properties of dyes; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system, and when the hair is once restored one application
per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per
bottle, or in half bottles, lOs. 61. Testimonials from artistes
of the highest order, and from lndividualLof undoubted re-
spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs: John
G-osnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales.

JOHN G 0 SNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH-PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl vi hiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the
the breath. Price le. td.-12, Three King-court, Lombard-
atreet, London.

The distinctive feature in the debentures issued by this
Company is their perfect security ; the amount of the capital
subscribed, paid-up, and uncalled, and the generrd invested
assets of the Company, as well as the large reserve fund,
affording the most ample security to the investor.
These Debentures are issued payable to bearer, and can
therefore pass by simple delivery from hand to band, without
endorsement, and are free from any further stamp duty.
They are also issued—to meet the requirements of Trustees
and others—transferrable by Deed only, to be duly registered
in the Company's Books in the names of the Investors or
their Assigns.
Forms of Application can be obtained of the Secretary, to
whom all communications must be addressed.

By order of the Court,
ALFRED LOWE, Secretary.
London, 17 and 18, Cornhill, May 4, 1865.

DEPOSITS
RECEIVED BY
THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER
OF ENGLAND (Limited).

RATES FOR MONEY ON DEPOSIT.
This Company receives MONEY ON DEPOSIT in sums
of £lO and upwards at the undermentioned rates from this
day UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, viz.:
At 14 days' notice
At one month's notice 4l per cent. per annum.
FOR FIXED PERIODS OP
Not less than 3 months and up to 6 months, 4 per ct. per an.
Beyond 6 months and up to 9 months 4 per ot. per an.
Beyond 9 months and hp to 12 months 5 per ct. per an.
Beyond 12 months and up to 24 months 6 per et, per an.
Forms of application can be obtained of the Secretary, to
whom all communications must be addressed.
By order of the Court,

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCA.NTTLE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
This Company is prepared to grant the public the full va'ue
of the Reduction of Duty, and to issue Annual Policies,
charging the reduced ram duty, ls.-61 per cent., from the
.4le.te,w.hen the change shall come into operation.
They will then also issue Policies for any amount, free of
charge for stamp.
Ali descriptions of Fire and Life Insurance business trans-
acted at moderate rates.

Claims liberally settled.
This being the bonus year, Life Policies shDuld be taken
out prior to the 31st December, to secure the ultimate ad-
vantages.

Accumulated Funds to 31st De?., 1861 t 2,301,512 711
Annual Revenue from all sources 665,158 16 2
OFFICES.
London-61, Threadneedle-street, E.r'.
West-end Branch-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall.

LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE.
Fleet-street, London, May 24, 1865.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance of the
provisions of the Deed of Settlement of the Law Lite Assur-
ance Sociay, a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors
will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on
SATURDAY, the 24th day of June next, at a quarter to
Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, to elect Six Directors and
Two Auditors, when those who go out of office by rotation
will be proposed for re-election; also to elect One other
Director in the room of Keith Barnes, Esq., deceased; also
to elect One other Auditor in the room of John Deedes, Esq.,
who has resigned that office ; and for gener.l purposes.
The Director to be chosen in the room of Keith Barnes.
Esq., deceased, will remain in office until the 24th day of
June, 1867; and the Auditor to be chosen in the room of
John Deedes, Esq., will remain in office until the 24th day of
June, 1E66.
_ _

And further notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of
the provisions contained in the said Deed of Settlement, a
Special General Meeting of the Proprietors will be held at
the Society's Office as aforesaid, on Saturday, the 24th day
of June next, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, for the
purpose of declaring a Division of' the Surplus of the Assur-
ance Fund of the Society, for the Five Years ending on the
31st of December last.

And further notice is hereby given, that a Second Special
General Sleeting will be held at the Society's Office as afore-
said, at half-past Two o'clock precisely, on FRIDAY. the
30th My of June next, for the purpose of confirming the
Reso'ution which shall have been agreed to at such first
Special General Meeting,
And further notice is hereby given, that any person who
shall have been assured by the bociety for Two whole years
may, on production of his policy, and of the last receipt for
the premium thereon, be present at such bpecial General
Meetings.
By order of the Directors.
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.

Alarming Accident at the Thames
Embankment Works.

The staging recently built up by Mr. Furness on
the north-east side of Waterloo-bridge, between the
bridge and the steam-boat landing, for the purliose
of continuing the Thames Embankment works,
gave way yesterday morning, at about nine
o' clock, and seven men were thrown into the
water. They were, however, happily rescued. The
staging as it stood before the accident was in the
shape of a parallelogram about 40 feet by 15, along-
side of a smaller parallelogram 40 feet by 6, or
thereabouts, which latter still stands unbroken.
Planks lay upon the top from either end to a cross-
beam in the middle ; but these planks were unsup-
ported for a length of more than 20 feet. On the
planks were two " coffee-pot engines," small en-
gines with cranes, which the men had been working
during the morning to lift sand and concrete from
barges. They had just emptied one of the barges,
which put off with its four men in it, when the
staging, heaped up high with sand and concrete,
bearing one of the engines and a pile-driving ma-
chine, together with the workmen, their timber and
tools, was seen to waver and shake. The cross
piece, the only support to the planks, which had to
bear this great weight, snapped off on either side
close to the beams which supported it. Immediately
afterwards the planks fell with the workmen and
sand, one of the engines toppled over into a caisson
topsy-turvy, and rested there, blowing off the steam.
The pile-driving machine fell towards Somerset-
house, and swung, broken and dangerous, on the
still standing framework of the staging. A crowd
of workmen with their boats and ropes and hooks
came from the other parts of the works, and in a
very short time all the men in the water were rescued
alive. But for some time afterwards the foremen
were under the impression that one man, who went
by the name of " Clogs," was still missing, and the
dragsmen laboured for some time to find him. They
fished up an oil-can, a bag of nails, and a number
of other things that had fallenfrom the staging, but
found nothing else, and then it was said that all the
men were safe, and they discontinued dragging.
The men rescued were taken to Charing-cross
Hospital, where they were placed under the care of
Mr. E. Child, the house-surgeon. Their names
and injuries were as follow :—John Tanner, 30,
labourer, residing at No. 2, Noah's Ark-place,
Stangate, severe bruises ; Robert Gardner, 40,
labourer, No. 3, Sidway-place, Broadwall, Lam-
beth, a slight concussion ; John Westcott, 40,
labourer, 6, Broad-street, Cornwall-road, Lambeth,
scalp-wound ; and William Cook, 11, Hopkins-
street. The wound of Westcott was dressed by Mr.
Child, and he was sent home, but no injury could
be discovered on Cook, though he seemed to be
much shaken by the fall. He was likewise sent to
his home. The other two men are detained at the
hospital, but are not considered in danger.

STRANGE, IF TRUE.—It Was currently rumoured
in Darlington on Friday (says the Darlington Times)
that a man, named Ralph Morrell, well-known amongst
the lowest class of the population of Darlington, had, while
labouring under a fit of insanity, made admission connect-
ing him criminally with the sudden disappearance of a
gentleman, named Richardson, about five years ago. Mr.
Richardson was on a visit to Darlington fair, about that
period, and was seen late at night in the Mill Entry, near
the river, but was not seen alive afterwards. At that time
much sensation was created by the mysterious circum-
stances, it being pretty generally believed that foul play of
some kind had been used, so that the property the gentle-
man was thought to have in his possession at the time had
proved too strong a temptation for some unscrupulous
ruffians. Morrell, after being taken to the Darlington
Workhouse, has been removed thence to the lunatic asylum
at Sedgofield, whore ho at present remains. It is expected
he will recover in a few days, and then it will bo seen
whether the affair will assume a more serious aspect than
it now presents.
THE GALE AT WAKEFIELD.--During Monday
neight and Tuesday morning a heavy storm of wind broke
over this town, and committed great damage to property.
In Westgate a handsbme and commodious drill-shed and
armoury for the local rifle corps was in course of erection.
Tho woodwork for the roof had been fixed in its place,
and though it was of 60 feet span, and therefore of great
strength, and bound together by strong bands of iron, it
and a great portion of the brickwork were blown down,
thus entailing a loss of some hundreds of pounds upon the
contractors. Other buildings in course of erection have
also been blown down, many trees in the neighbourhood
uprooted, and much damage done to business premises by
the storm.

ALFRED LOWE, Secretary.
17 and 18, Cornhill, London, May 25, 1865.

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CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your TEA
direct to the EAST INDIA TEA COMPA,NY. China,
Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from Is, 10d. per
lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware-
houses, 9, Great St, "Idea's Churchyard, city,

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The frigate-built Indiaman Renown, 1,293 tons
register, Commander J. H. Taylor, R.N.R., one of
Messrs. Green's Blackwall-fleet, arrived at Spithead
yesterday morning from Calcutta. She sailed from
Calcutta on the 3d of February, called at Madras
on the 15th of the same month, and sailed thence
again on the 26th. She arrived at the Cape on the
11th of April, touched at St. Helena on the 22d,
and crossed the Equator on the 30th of April. Light
and baffling winds were experienced throughout the
passage until a week before the ship anchored at
Spithead. During this week she ran 1,800 miles.
The offiders and troops brought home by the Re-
nown consist of Major Roberts, V.C., R.A., Major
Napper, H.M.N.A., Capt. Coulson, Rifle Brigade,
Lieut. Douglas, R.A., Lieut. Lee, 38th Regiment,
300 time-expired men from various regiments
serving in India, six soldiers' wives, and four chil-
dren. The Rev. Mr. Woodington died on board
on the 3d of March ; three soldiers also died on the
passage. The Renown was towed into Portsmouth
harbour yesterday afternoon, and will disembark
her troops at the dockyard this morning, imme-
diately after which she will sail for London, for
which port she has a general Indian cargo.
The East India ship Winchester, Coinmander G.
V. Gideon, arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon,
with time-expired men and the left wing of the 48th
Regiment on board, from Calcutta, sailing from that
port on the 12th of February, and calling at St.
Helena on the 20th of April. The troops on board
• comprised the left wing of the 48th Regiment, Major
J. R. Lovett in command ; Capt. and Mrs. Drought,
Capt. and Mrs. Castle and two children, Lieuts.
Brown and Vandeleur, Assist.-Surg. Grant ; En-
signs Talbot, Ryland, Tyron, and M'Laughlin ; 14
sergeants, 10 corporals, 3 drummers,. 223 privates,
9 soldiers' wives, and 4 children, with 91 time-
expired men, in charge of Captain Marshall, 19th
Regiment. The following were private passengers
—viz., Captain Boulger, 20th ; Captain Monteith,
38th ; Dr. and Mrs. Warr, Queen's Bays, &c. The
time-expired men will be disembarked this morning
from the ships at Spithead, immediately after which
she proceeds to Dover, where the left wing of the
49th land to join headquarters, the Winchester
going on thence to London to deliver a valuable
cargo of indigo. Major Lovett and the other mili-
tary officers on board, on the arrival of the ship at
Spithead, expressed in the warmest terms their
satisfaction at the accommodation that had been
afforded them and the troops under their command,
and the attention that had been paid to their wants
during the voyage home by Commander G. V.
Gideon, his officers, and crew. Four soldiers and
two seamen died on the passage homo.
The Charybdis, 21, screw corvette, Capt. Tur-
nour, arrived from the Pacific, sailed yesterday
from Spithead for Sheerness, where she is ordered
to be dismantled and paid out of commission.
Since the Pembroke, 60, 1,758 tons, 200 horse
power, flagship of Commodore A. P. Ryder, Con-
troller-General of the Coastguard, has been taken
into dock at Sheerness, she has been surveyed by
the master shipwright and the chief engineer's staff,
and found to require some heavy repairs before she
is again fit for service. The whole of her guns, shot,
shell, and other War Department stores have been
unshipped and placed in stores at Chatham pending
orders from the Admiralty as to the ultimate in-
tentions with regard to her.
The screw corvette Miranda, 15, 250 horse power
(nominal), Capt. R. Jenkins, C. 8., is nearly dis-
mantled, and has been placed in the steam basin,
where she is returning her stores preparatory to be-
ing paid into the third division of the steam reserve
in the Medway on Saturday next. She has been in
commission four years and eight months, during
which she has been attached to the Australian squa-
dron. The Miranda will require a heavy outlay for
repairs before she is again placed in commission.
The following appointments and promotions have
been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Chas. R. T.
Russell to the Excellent, for service in the Royal
Sovereign ; Jas. Jones, promoted to engineer ; Geo.
G. Smith, promoted to first-class assist.-engineer ;
Wm. C. S. Hyne, clerk to the Scout ; and James
Tulloch, clerk, to the Dauntless.

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time occupied, as the charge had to be withdrawn
by the ramrod in each instance. The cartridges are
of paper, and, of course, are discharged with the

The Henry rifle has a bore of .577, the largest of
the three, and takes the Enfield bullet. The charge
of powder is 72 grains. The diagram of the taro.ot
did not show such accuracy as that taken after the
GO rounds from the Westley Richards rifle, but the
smaller bore of the latter gives it an obvious advan-
tage. In testing for rapidity of firing, 106 shots
were fired in the first round (6 more than required),
and tho time occupied was 8 min. 57 sec., with
three misses. In the second round the time was
7 min. 15 sec., with no miss ; and in the third,
8 min. 15 sec., without a single missfire. The cart-
ridges for this rifle are contained in a stout paper
tube, having a metal end, in the centre of which is
the igniting principle, enclosed in a small copper
case, which is struck by the hammer. The tube is
withdrawn by the action of the lock in preparing to
reload.

Such are the general results of the competition,
but the decision of the council cannot be arrived at
until the diagrams have been fully prepared. It is
probable, however, that a decision will be published
to-morrow.

One of the rules by which the competition was
regulated was as follows : " The, mere figure of
merit shall not necessarily entitle a competitor to
the prize, which will be awarded by the council to
such rifle as shall, in their opinion, combine accu-
racy with other elements of efficiency, so as to be
of the greatest merit and utility for military pur-
poses. Should no rifle be found to attain the stan-
dard which, in the opinion of the council, is neces-
sary for efficiency and serviceableness as a military
rifle, the prize will not be awarded."

The Irish International Exhibition,

(From the Tunes Correspondent.)

The machinery department of the Exhibition
occupies the extreme right of the building, and is
divided into the "at rest" and "in motion" courts,
in neither of which are the arrangements as com-
plete as could be desired, some English and Scotch
machinists being late in fulfilling their agreements.
A few weeks may elapse before the machines now
in course of erection are fitted up. Although a large
space was devoted to machinery it was found not at
all equal to the requirements of exhibitors, and, in
consequence, all the agricultural and horticultural
implements are exhibited on the premises of the
Royal Dublin Society in Kildare-street. These com-
prise a numerous and interesting collection, but
they excite comparatively little attention, partly in
consequence of their isolation from the Exhibition
itself. The "in motion" court presents the most
attractive features. It:is for the most part connected
with cotton, linen, and woollen manufactures, and
is generally of the most improved kind. Immedi-
ately within the left entrance the workmen are still
busy erecting the large pumping engine for supply-
ing the building with water, working the fountains
in the gardens, and sending hot air through the flues.
The work is still very backward. The engine is be-
ing erected by Messrs. Easton, Amos, and Co., of
London, and will be worked by Messrs. Grendon
and Co., of Balbriggan. One of the great wants of
this country in connection with the extension of
manufactures—namely, cheap fuel, is sought to be
provided for by a firm who exhibit their models
hero. Mr. John Hackworth, of Darlington, whose
name is well known in connection with locomotives,
exhibits a high-pressure horizontal engine, with
models of the sections, the peculiar property of
which is to expand the steam on a principle of its
own, and thus acquire greater power at a decreased
consumption of fuel. Mr. Jas. C. Kay, of Bury, Lan-
cashire, also exhibits, in the next section, a horizon--
tal condensing steam engine, in which the same re-
sult is sought to be obtained. It works with patent
safety valves, and the result is greater durability and
freedom from accidents, economy in fuel, and a re-
duction in the amount of labour required to keep
the engines in working condition from the smaller
liability to friction. These improvements are obtained
by the patented valves, which are adapted to any
construction of engine, whether beam, horizontal, or
vertical, or with high or low pressure or steam. En-
gines possessing desiderata such as these will receive
the attention they deserve from all manufacturers
using steam power. The woollen manufacture of
Ireland is represented by Messrs. F. and R. Scott,
of Island-bridge Mills, who exhibit a perfect set of
improved carding machines at work, constructed by
Mr. J. Tatham, of Rochdale. All the processes
undergone by wool, from its raw state until it passes
out of the weaver's hands, are here illustrated prac-
tically, and attract much attention, a considerable
space being allotted to the firm, which carries on a
large export trade in connexion with the manufac-
ture of this texture.

The linen goods, the staple commodity of Ulster,
next demand attention. There are several machines
exhibited in connexion with its manufacture. Messrs.
Robert Hay and Sons (late Mr. Win. Dargan), of
Chapelizod Mills, in the vicinity of this city, have a
complete set of machines for the preparing and
spinning of flax, in full work, the preparing ma-
chines being supplied by Messrs. Fairbairn, of
Leeds,. and Farmer and Broughton, of Salford ; the
spinning machines being manufactured by Messrs.
Boyd and Co., of Belfast. Though the Ulster spin-
ners have sent in large quantities of linen goods for
exhibition, there aro but few machines exhibited
by them. Mr. W. Friedlander, of Londonderry,
and Messrs. Rowan and Sons, of Belfast, have sent
in rival scutching machines, the respective merits of
which will be tested, probably, in the course of the
summer. They are made by Messrs. Dobson and
Barlow, of Bolton, and Messrs. Rowan. Last year,
at the exhibition of Irish manufactures, a trial match
took place between five scutching machines by diffe-
rent makers ; but the result was unsatisfactory, the
Ulster men appointed as umpires deciding that none
of them met all the requirements of the growers.
This year the trial will be made on somewhat diffo•
rent terms, and is looked forward to with much in-
terest, the agriculturists of the south and west of
Ireland, who are endeavouring to extend the growth
of flax, being anxious to secure the best machine.
A large space has been very judiciously allotted
to the improved cotton machines exhibited and
worked by Messrs. Dobson and Barlow, of Bolton,
and which form an interesting feature in this depart-
ment. Several newly patented improvements are
here shown, for the first time, to the public. By a
new arrangement in the self-acting mule afar better
quality of yarn is produced. This firm exhibit their
" patent improved cotton gin," which turns out very
considerably more work with much less labour than
the ordinary gins. It is adapted for long or short
stapled cotton, and constructed so as to suit parti-
cularly the fibre grown in India. It is expected that
an important trial will be made during the summer
with the cotton gins with a view to ascertain the
best fitted for the Indian growers, the experiment to
take place under Government superintendence. The
object sought for is a machine that will best clear
the cotton of India of seed and waste matter before
exportation, and thus lower the cost of transit as
much as possible in order to enable Indian cultiva-
tors to compete with growers nearer home.
The other machines include a very miscellaneous
collection. Mr. Sturgeon, of Leeds, exhibits a
patent steam-hammer with a self-acting and self-
adjusting valve motion and embracing several im-
provements. The hammer itself weighs 1 cwt., hut
strikes a blow equal to 21 tons. Mr. William D.
Grimshaw, of Mitcham, has among other articles
an ct improved atmospheric hammer," simple in its
contrivance, and cheap, and completely under the
control of the worker as to speed and weight of
blow. It is worked at a considerably less consump-
tion of power than the ordinary steam-hammer.
Mr. Robinson, of Bridgewater, has a neat and effec-
, two mak-cleaner, capable of thoroughly cleandug