The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1865.

CRYSTAL PALACE.-GREAT TRIENNIAL
HANDEL FESTIVAL.
MESSIAH, Monday, June 26, 1865.
S ELI4.3C LION, Welnesday, June 28, 1865.
ISRAEL, FrAay, June 30, 1865.

The Programme of arrangemen s, with the price of Tickets,
and the block plan of Stalls, may be had on written or
personal applicati ,n, at the N'estival Ticket Ottice4, Orybta
Palace, and Exeter Hall. It may also be had at the princ:nal
Music Warehouses in London and the P, 6viaces ; and be-
sides numerous other places abroad, at the offices of the South-
Eastern, and London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Cornpa •
nice. at Paris, Brus els, Cologne, Calais, Boulogne, Ostend,
Ghent, Antwerp, &a.
The two 'Ticket Offices as above are open from 10 a.m.
till 4.0 p.m. for the issue of vouchers s curing seats ac-
cording to the numbered plans which will then be open t•
inspection. Written applications, whether direct or through
agents, containing remittances, and arriving at either of the
Ticket Offices on or before the fir t post on the 13th, will be
attended to alternately with personal applications.
..by order.
Crystal Palace and Exeter Hall, March 15th, 1865.

FIRE PROOFING FOR THEATRES.

PHILHARMONIC HALL, ISLINGTON.-
Proprietors—Messrs. Turnham and Adams.
PREVENTION OF FIRE AND SAVING OF LIFE.

A LECTURE, Illustrated by the Inventor, will be de-
livered by Mr. D AWBON, on the FIRE PROOFING
T HEATRES, HOUs'ES, &c., and their contents (every ma-
terial rendered uninflammable), at the above Hall, on
SATURDAY, March 18, 1865, commencing* at Two o'clock
precisely. Private Boxes, 10s. 61. ; Stalls, 58 ; Balcony and
Ares, 28. 6d. Application to Silvester and Wilson, 137, St.
John-street-road, E.C., for Tickets and information ; or at
the above Hall..

R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
MU JOHN PARRY. in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in
which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and
HIS BIRTHDAY; and to conc ude with MRS. ROSELE kF
AT THE SEA-SIDE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening
(except Saturday) at Eight ; Saturday Afternoon, at Three.
--R r f,OYAL GALLERY O ILLUSTRATION,: , Regent--
104 e. Unreserved seats, IS., 25..; stalls, Bs. ; stall spring
chairs, ss.

OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by
Maearren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every
TUE -DAY and I` RURSDAY, at Three.

T HE 0 X FORD
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).

ORPHICE AUX ENFERS (Offmbach's brilliant Opera
Comiquel, is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the
Song : "King of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and
the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid,
and chorus; the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva,
Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; and final Minuet
and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz-
henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and
Lascelles.

Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian
and Mimic), W. Randal), Little "Sob, Miss Kate Balle. and
Les Nois Ferres Cavalini.

Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

Every Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission—area, Gd.
stalls and balcony, is.; private boxes, 10s. ad.

CANTERBURY HALL,
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
HODGE PODGE,
(According to Act of Parliament).
CANTERBURY HALL—EVERY EVENING
at half-past Nine o'clock.

ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL,
Commercial-street, Shoreditch.
(Close to the Great Eastern Terminus).
Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT.
Operatic Selection, SONNAMBULA. Prima Donna, Miss
ELLION.
Comic --NELLY POWER, HARRIETT COVENEY. J.
G. FORDS, WEST, FRED. FRENCH, M ;dile. CM ItITO
SYLVES TER. The BROTHERS A LTOFF, from the
Theatre Deserts, bonen, and the ELLISTRAIS, from the
Crystal Palace.
Stalls, is. ; balcony, 6d. ; area, 4d. Open every evening at
Seven o'clock.
Manager rind Conductor, Mr. C. G itEVILLE.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
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 —are now added to the Chamber of
Physiognomy.

Open, 11 till dusk, and 7 till 10 evening.
Admittance, One Shilling; extra rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
GRAND CASINO. CONCERT. First time in England,
Gungl's new German Toy Waltz. Prince Imperial Quadrille,
Huguenots, Robert lc Diable, William Tell, and a variety of
Dance Minim
Conductor, 31. LUIGI CURT/.
Admission, One Shilling.
Manager, M. GRENET.

MADAME RACHEL, whose talents has gained
for her a world-renowned name for preserving and
enhancing youth, beauty, grace, and loveliness, and whose
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however far advanced in years, have caused her name to stand
a marvel of the age, of which delicate and costly arts she
stands the sole possessor.-47A, New Bond-street.

TEETH.—Mr. ESKELL'S exclusive PATENT.
The right to this patent was secured to Mr. Eskell, of
8, Groivenor-street, Bond-street. by a Royal seal (July 17,
860), a d can only be procured at his residence, where speci-
mens may be seen, and every information can be obtained.
Under this patent, artificial teeth, to last a lifetime, are
made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions.
They support loose teeth and protect tender gums ; their re-
semblance to nature i 4 perfect and undetectable, and they are
guaranteed for mastication and articulation. Treatise on tlie
subject sent for seven stamps. Consultations free. Terms
strictly moderate.-8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street

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SoM by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
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THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to iho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected trom
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 :
F. v., aged lb, 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.
8. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead,
A, 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead.
H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents,
M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. 11., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
• S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
M. A. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents de td.
The new home the Committee wish to form world be for
• oung girls, almost children, from the age of s 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, Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street.

ITOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N.,
for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of
Out,ast and Destitute Boys, and those verging on crime,
under 10 years of age.

President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., M.P,
VICE-PRESIDENTS.

Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P.
I Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Samuel Morley, Esq.

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Naval and Military intelliger.co.
. _

Vice-Admiral the Hen. Sir Frederick Grey,
K.C.8., and Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick are
expected at Ports Mouth on Friday morningto make
a trial of the Rpyal Soyereign turret-ship, accom-
panied by some of the ironclad fleet.

The launch of her Majesty's ship Pallas, which
differs materially from any other hitherto con-
structed, took place
yesterday at 3 o'clock from her
building yard at Woolwich. The ceremony of
" christening" was performed by Mrs. Dunlop, wife
of the Commodore Superintendent of the yard.
The launch, which was directed by Mr. George
Furner, the master shipwright, was perfectly suc-
cessful, and was witnessed by many thousands of
spectators, among whom were Viscount Sydney,
Lord Lieutenant of the county ; Rear-Admiral Sir
F. Nicholson, C. 8., Rear-Admiral Duntze, various
members of the Board of Admiralty, Admiral Ro-
binson, Controller of the Navy; Mr. Reed, the Chief
Constructor, &c. On gaining. the river the vessel
was brought round by a couple of steamtugs, and
was made fast to await the approaching tide when
she will be brought into the dockyard principle. The
principle on which she is constructed is that of an
armour-plated ship of moderate dimensions, to carry
a few heavy sheltered guns, and a belt armour to
protect the most impnrtant „parts. She will be
capable of steaming with sufficient speed to capture
with certainty wooden vessels like the late Alabama,
or men-of-war or privateers of much greater speed.
She has been made a comparatively short ship, in
order that she may be handy under the action of
her rudder. She will be full-rigged, so that she
may keep the sea for months together. That she
may possess sea-going qualities of a high order, she
has been made a very lofty ship above the water,
the height of her fixed bulwarks being no less than
18ft. above the level of the sea. Her ends have also
been kept as light as possible, to give her that pecu-
liar buoyancy at the bow and stern which Admiral
Dacres has reported upon so favourably in the En-
terprise. Another peculiar feature in the Pallas in
that she is constructed for fighting " end on" in the
manner lately advocated so strongly. This is not,
however, her only mode of fighting, as she will carry
two powerful guns, under armour, at each broad-
side, in addition to two other guns. The Pallas, in
which these arrangements have been carried out, was
designed by Mr. Reed early in 1863, but the order
to build the ship was not given till the end of that
year, so that she has been so far completed in little
more than 15 months. Her armour-plates are not
yet fitted, nor are her engines on board, but these
works will be proceeded with rapidly, and the ship,
it is stated, will be got to sea by the end of the pre-
sent year. Messrs. Humphreys and Tennant, who
have the engines and boilers ready to be put on
board, will be prepared to get up steam by the end
of April. The engines, are of 600-horse power
(nominal) on the improved plan introduced by
these engineers, and used with so much advan-
tage, as regards' the saving of fuel, in several
ships of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
packets. In consequence of the great power of these
engines, Mr. Reed has considered it desirable to in-
troduce a new system of construction at the stern
of the ship, for the purpose of enabling the wooden
hull to bear without injury the enormous strains
which the screw propeller will effect. This system
consists in connecting the stern posts and dead wood
with the side, by means of internal iron bulkheads,
decks, and flats, and external brass castings of
a new description. It appears to be generally con-
sidered that iron would have been preferable to
wood, which Mr. Reed has adopted in the construc-
tion of the Bellerophon at Chatham, but that was
not available on account of the want of machinery.
at Woolwich. The foßpwing are the dimen-
sions of the Pallas. -Length between per-
pendiculars, 225 ft. ; length of keel for ton-
nage, 187 ft. 3in. ; breadth extreme, 50 feet ;
breadth moulded, 48ft. tin. ; and breadth for ton-
nage, 48ft. 2in. Depth in hold, 16ft. 6in. ; burden in
tons, 2,372 33-94; mean draught of water, 21ft. ;
height of ports, 7ft. 9in. ; distance between ports,
14ft. ; weight of +inch armour, 600 tons ; weight
of guns and powder, 120 tons; and weight of stores
and water, 180 tons. She will be a faster vessel, it is
stated, than any wooden frigate in the navy. The
fastest wooden frigate now afloat and complete is
the Mersey, which on one occasion steamed 13/
knots an hour ; but the Mersey is 300 ft. long and
of nearly 4,000 tons burden. She carries no
armour, and the designer of the Pallas has engaged
that the latter ship shall exceed the Mersey in
speed. When the Pallas was commenced it was
the general opinion that it would be impossible to
propel so short a ship at so high a rate of speed, but
as the building progressed, and the fineness of the
lines became apparent, this opinion declined, and many
naval men believe that the designer's expectations
will really be fulfilled. The Pallas is provided with
Mr. Reed's new bow, known as the U bow, on ac-
count of its section having the form of that letter,
the object of this shape being to correct the pitching
tendencies of armour-plated ships. The extremity
of the bow or prow, which projects many feet in
front of the ship, is armed with an enormous brass
cleaver, or ram, intended to penetrate the bottom
of any ship against which it may be driven.
The iron steam troopship Orontes, Capt. H. W.
Here, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning with
troops, comprising
the headquarters of the 12th
Brigade Royal Artillery and 25th Company Royal
Engineers from Ceylon, Mauritius, the Cape of Good
Hope, and St. Helena. She left Point de Gale on
the 29th Dec., 1864, having embarked Col. A. H.
Graham, Lieut. Desborough, Lieut. Gaskell, Dr. Pro-
theroe, 78 men Royal Artillery, Mrs. Desborough and
child, 5 women, and 16 children. She arrived at the
Mauritius on 7th January, 1865, which she left on the
12th. She embarked Capt. Downes, Capt. Hennon,
Dr. Roch, Quartermaster Keating, Lieuts. Oliver,
Montgomery, Bargmann, and Soames, 203 men of
the Royal Artillery, Mrs. Downes and 2 children,
Mrs. Hennon and 1 child, Mrs. Keating and 3 chil-
dren, Mrs. Oliver, 11 soldiers' wives and 15 chil-
dren ; also Lieutenant Lloyd, Mrs. Lloyd, and
child, 72 men of the Royal Engineers, 11 soldiers'
wives and 16 children. She arrived at the Cape on
the 23d of Jan., where she disembarked Lieut. Ar-
rowsmith, Mrs. Arrowsmith andfamily, Staff Assist. -
1 man, 1 woman, 2 chil-
drenl man of the 50th Re-
giment, 37 men, 7 women, and 11 children of
s ur g
Armyß o Roe
la
Inods Mrs.l
Corps,Roe,
the 25th Regiment, received on board at Cey-
lon24th Regiment ; 17 men,
13th Regiment, 1 woman and 2 children ; 34 men,
Reg;imae ls
not
; Lieut.uent. Simpson,llewell, Ensign Swinton, 13th
4 women, and 3 children, 24th Regiment ; 8 men,
Royal
embarked at received on board at the Mauritius.
She at the Cape Col. Connell, Lieuts.
Lyons, Tollner, and Greenfield, 76 men Royal Ar-
tillery, Mrs. Connell and child, Mrs. Lyons, Mrs.
Tollner, 16 soldiers' wives, and 24 children, 1 man
12th Regiment, and 1 pensioner; 3 companies 10th
Regiment for conveyance to St. Helena, comprising
Capts. Stanners and Corballis,
Lieuts.Mai°
rCloanrttealga,lle
, Montague,
and Parkinson, Ensigns
Orton and Hunxman, 157 men, 15 soldiers' wives,
and 19 children, and re-embarked Lieut. Arrow-
smith, and family, Mr. H. Hewett, Assist.-Superin-
tendent of Stores, and 16 men 25th Regiment, 5
children, and 2 soldiers' wives. She left on Feb. 4,
and arrived at St. Helena on the 12th, where she
embarked Major Phillips, 36 men Royal Artillery,
Mrs. Phillips and family, 10 soldiers' wives and 11
children, and the officers of the late St. Helena Regi-
ment, Col. C; Macbean, Capt. Mania, Capt. and
Mrs. Campbell and 3 children, Lieuts. Hewson,
Nash, and Lamb, Mrs. Lambe and two children.
After disembarking the troops named for that island,
she left on the 14th Feb., calling at St. Vincent on
the 25th, and Madeira on the 6th March.' The fol-
lowing passengers have also arrived :—Mr. Barnes,
D.A.A.C.G., from Madeira; Miss Pemule and Mr.
Pemule, aacl Muter Fowler from St, Helena. There

were two births and one death on the voyage. The
troops will disembark to-day. The Royal Artillery
will be stationed at Gosport, and the Royal Engi-
neers at Chatham. The Orontes has experienced very
fine weather during the voyage, and has answered
most admirably. The greatest encomiums are passed
alike on the ship and her officers by those officers
who made the voyage in her, and her comforts and
accommodation are highly spoken of. She brings a
mail in anticipation of the regular one from St.
Helena. At the Cape she left the Russian
frigate Demetri Donsky, and the French ship Isis
and transport Dordogne; her Majesty's ship
Valorous, and a Portuguese sloop. The Confede-
rate steamship Shenandoah was supposed to be
coming in these seas. At Madeira the Orontes met
the French troopship Var, with troops bound to
Mexico. At St. Helena there appears to be a
scarcity of coal.