The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-23 00:00:00

BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

HEALTH WITHOUT MEDICINE. Being
the only Sovereign and unfailing Remedy for Indi-
ges ion, Constipation, Nervousness, Debility, Torpidity of
the Liver, Headache, Biliousness, Despondency, Low Spirits,
Coughs, Asthma, and Islicipient Consumption.
Full paiticularm sent to any address on receipt of two
Stamps, by Mr. KEARSLEY, 23, Kentish-town-road, Lon-
don, N.W.
The most efficacious remedy for those diseases extant, a
boon to the afilicted."—Medical Review.
" This invaluable discovery has attainei a world-wide cele-
brity, being of inestimable value, and most admirably adapted
to remove those maladies which tend to embitter life, and
shorten its duration."—So,lpel.
" The unprecedented success of this remedy is without
parallel ; this is demonstrated by the innumerable cures
effected."— Afedical Journal.

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
most useful invention of the day, AGLIA A MA.RELL 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 Agna Amarella 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, 10s. CI Testimonials from artistes
of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re-
epectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John
Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Periumers to her Royal
Elighness the Princess of Wales.

SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and
HO RE, Hampstead. Offices, 77, Cornhill.
PATRON—The QUEEN.
TRUSTEES.
Capt. the Hon. Francis Mande, The Rev. Canon rhampneys
R.VI Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
TREASURERS.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq.
This Institution is designed to supply a great national
Want. viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in
the Royal Navy and Merchants '4ervice and of Warines.
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 he exposed to.
_The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU-
TIONS to meet the increasi-g applications through the
recent storms and loss Pf life at sea, and- o enable them
eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the
necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those
Who may perish b war
Subscriptions thay nkfully receiv by the bankers, Messrs
tary. at
the Offices, No. and Co. 77, Cornhi Lombard-street, and by the Secre-
ll.
It. SWEETTNG, Hon. Sec.
CHARLES NASH. Sea.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
1, home to tho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
Than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected rom
, ,711,1.nt of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
ueert sent away in fire years. Here are brief details of a few
Of the most recent cases :
F.
A.
aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
1,1. A. F., aged 13, homeles., both parents dead.
_lx. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother
a. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead,
."..,. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead.
A. S. aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents.
C. If., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. R., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
~..,. G-., aged 18, fal'en, father dead.
r%., lc aged 18, fallen, both parents ,4ead,
~.• Is, aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
-'I.. A. W.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
'• new 15, fallen, both parents dead.
2The home the Committee wish to form woald be for
ung girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who
°-Ve been led astray from the path of virtue. "°
ttkotitributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
It• Daniel Cooper, R 5, Queen •street Cheapside; or by Messrs
"telav and Co., Lombard-street.

ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
Way Term in in the Immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
us, K ing'
li.. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
lee-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince f WA LE ;', K.G
lifilPresident—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
ib.l.,a Hospital, foundei in the year 1828, the first to estab-
the me principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
De t (elay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
p. ent for support on voluntary contributions and lega2ies.
x(ici„atillirds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
tiesiton to this, the average number of attendance of the
koootute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
. .ch!nd 4,000 weekly.
ott,; Committee earnestly solicit the AS.SISTANCE of the
t:l,4l°,pin, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
the 1., thng several hundred more beds, had the Committee
(. equisiteiunds to maintain them.
t.,,t.,,t, iliril?ntions are received by the Treassursrer,ottaarnadMcaos;
brut! EIJI., Nicholas-lane; also by NI efi C
and Mond and. Co. ; G;yn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Hansom
~11ttrej-rt• ; Prescott, G rote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ,
:rY, ati'an(l Co. ; W llama, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gar-
,o
'
Lis CO. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and
rP°Ol; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
srANFORD BMITtr. seoretary.

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Used in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c.
WOTHERSPOON and CO., Glasgow and London,

HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N.,
for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of
Outcast 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.
Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Samuel Morley, Esq.

COMMITTEE.
Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M`Sorley.
Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell.
Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short.
Mr. E. F. Ledge. Mr. Robert Sinclair.
Mr. George Moore. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum.
Mr. Francis Lycett. I Mr. R. T. TurnbulL
Treasurer—W. H. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street, E.C.
Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 46, Suffolk-street,
P.ll-Mall East, S.W.
Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-

street, K•.C.

The mode of admission to th-e House is twofold,
Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted
are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till
they are 11 years o; age.
With the view to secure the election of the most deserving
cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas-
sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers.
The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care-
ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa-
tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to
those most eligible for free admission.
This Home was opened in April, 1884. It was designed to
take t the little ones whose charact r and circumstances
disqualify them for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender
age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are those
who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are
those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and
left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose
parents may have at one time or other received parish relief,
and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose
parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who
train their children in the same path. Such are those whose
evil associations have already had their painful effect, and
must lead them to a life of crime and misery.
There are now 50 little inmates irom about four years of
age to 10. There is room for nearly 10 , and the Committee
would joyfully see the Home filled at once; they only wait
for the necessary subscriptions.
The Committee feel constrained to plead for those who
cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir-
cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they
ask—is it right to make a widow and her family paupers for
life because one of them (the naughty boy of the family) runs
wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to
tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not
h- 1p her to put one of them into a Home, but that they must
ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the
little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it
doing to others as we would they should do unto us that when
these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into
the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to "run away,"
none of us show d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly
word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe them ?
Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the
other side, or else exclaiming " Am I my brother's
keeper ?"
The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi-
dent from the police statistics, which show that in London
alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of
age, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom
were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis-
charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too
young to'punish, though not too young to learn the beginnings
of crime. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but
for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must
otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli-
ance and self-help be permanent burdens to the State.
The Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established
to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the
one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour
to make them useful members of society.
The daily routine of the Insiitution presents all the fea-
tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones
are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals,
their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement,
and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every
morning is devoted to school work—reading, and writing,
and cipherin,e, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional
lessons in otjects and other subjects. But they are also
trained to work. As they must all, an -1 that at a very early
period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow,
they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after-
noons are occupied with various industrial occupations--
making brown paper bags for bankers, and white paper bags
for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any
who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending
the c'othes, &c. Some assist the master in the garden,
digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By
degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing
and sweeping, while the elder ones clean all the boots,
knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active
working Rte.
2d. By payment of 55. a week, made quarterly in advance.
All children must be under 10 r ars of age at the time of
admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any
time as soon as approved ade Committee,
Elections of children to be.aitted free will take place as
frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will
admit, till the Home is full; they will then be held periodi-
cally
Forms of application for the admission of children may be
had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary,

itUerITRES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFEt:TED AND EXHIBITED IN TILE GREAT
EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
nvention in the curative treatment of II ERNI A.
the use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
,ody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
hoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
,nd c?oseness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
sumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
4ent to the manufacturer,

Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 165., 218., 268. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls.
Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd.
In Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. led.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
)ffice, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
STOCKINGS,
JP's, Cite., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
KNEE
- Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are
PEVoreoaull:Keslight in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 78. 6d., 10s., to 16s.
tut. Postage 6d.

JOHN WHITE. ISTanufacturar. 22R, Plocadlll7.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER.

A special general meeting of this company was
held yesterday at the Victoria station, Pimlico, to
consider an agreement entered into with the South-
Eastern Railway Company, with a view to avoid
undue competition, and for the division and appor-
tionment of the local and continental traffic ; I,:yrd
Harris, the deputy-chairman, presided. •
Mr. JOHNSON, the secretary, having read the
notice convening the meeting, the proposed agree-
ment was taken as read, each shareholder having
had a copy of it.

The proposed traffic agreement between the South.
Eastern Railway Company and the London, Chat-
ham, and Dover Company was entered into with
a view of avoiding the injurious effects of undue
competition, and of working the traffic of the two
companies more economically and efficiently ; and
was to take effect from the Ist of February, 1863.
The agreement was authorised in the last Session of
Parliament. It included and defined the local and
continental traffic of both companies, appointed a
joint committee for fixing rates, fares, and charges,
provided that there should be a common fund into
which should be paid the gross receipts of each
company from local and continental traffic as
defined, the proportion received or receivable for
thrOugh rates, fares, and charges, and all subsidies
for the carriage of mails by rail or steamboat. it
also provided for management by the joint commit.
tee and four referees in case of dispute. The follow-
ing were the most important portions of the agree-
ment :

" The common fund shall be divided and apportioned
between the two companies in the following proportions:—
To the South-Eastern To the Dover
Company. Company.
Per Cent. Per Cent.

For the Year.
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867 ,
1868 ,
1869 ,
1870 ,
1871 ,
For the year 1872 and thenceforward, 50 per cent. to each
company. If either company shall, in any half year, carry
more traffic in proportion to the other company's traffic
than is represented by the ratio of apportionment of the
common fund, as set forth, an allowance shall be made to
such company for working expenses in respect of the ex-
cess, at such rate per cent. as shall be agreed upon, or as,
failing agreement, shall be settled by reference to arbitra-

tion as provided ; and the rate of allowance once settled,
shall remain binding for two years, unless previously altered
by mutual agreement."
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the resolution approv-
ng the agreement, said it was not new to the pro-
prietors, inasmuch as the fact of an agreement exist-
ing between this company and the South-Eastern
Company had been often mentioned. The agree-
ment had been in operation for some considerable
time, and had been acted upon, but it was now
drawn up in legal form, so that each company
should be secured by it in permanence. They had
had considerable experience in the working of the
plan, and they had adopted it with a view to

economy, and he believed- it would continue to be
of great use to them. it had the advantage of pre-
venting serious competition at certain points, which
was to be avoided, as it might lead to disastrous
results. He thought it was an advantageous agree-
ment for them. They had gone into every point of
it in an impartial spirit, and the directors believed
that it was fair and equitable. He then moved a
formal resolution approving the agreement.
Sir R. CARDEN seconded the motion.

Mr. HAMILTON, who it was understood was largely
interested in the South-Eastern Company, advo-
cated the rejection of the agreement on the ground
that it would be injurious to the interests of the
South-Eastern Company, and consequently very
beneficial to the Chatham Company. He then
appealed at considerable length to the good feeling
of the proprietors to reject an agreement which
would give them a great advantage over their neigh-
bours, the South-Eastern Company.
Mr. REES and other shareholders expressed their
impatience at the long statement of Mr. Hamilton.

The CHAIRMAN was desirous that every share-
holder should be heard, and he hoped they would
listen to the strong arguments of Mr. Hamilton in•
favour of their adoption of the agreement, although
he asked them to reject it.

Mr. HARTRIDGE thought that liberty of speech
should be allowed to every shareholder until the
chairman objected ; at the same time he appealed
to Mr. Hamilton as to whether he had not already
said enough on the subject.
Mr. HAMILTON moved as an amendment that the
agreement be rejected, but; as it was not seconded,
he entered his protest against the motion.
Mr. SURGEY considered it a fair and honourable
agreement, and believed it would be beneficial to
both companies. The deputy-chairman of the South
Eastern Company had stated at the last meeting of
that company that he hoped the agreement would be
a bond of perpetual peace between the two com-
panies, and he (Mr. Surgey) hoped that it would be
so. He had a large amount of proxies, and would
vote for the motion.

Mr. lIARTRIDGE thought the agreement was the
best thing the directors had ever done for the com-

pany. It would work well between the companies
and the public ; but he thoaght it would be much
more to the Chatham Company than the South-
Eastern, although the latter would benefit in some
degree. It was a step in the direction of a union
between the two companies, and he thought it would
lead to that result.

The resolution was then carried, there being only
one dissentient.

On the motion of Mr. RErs, thanks were voted to
the chairman and directors, and the proceedings
terminated.

MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN OF IRELAND.

The half-yearly meeting a! this company was held
on Thursday, in Dublin ; Mr. Ennis in the chair.
The report, au abstract of which has appeared in
The Sun, was taken as read.
Dr. PEEBLES said that at the last meeting an un-
dertaking had been given that the original stock
should cease to exist.
The CHAIRMAN said he had never given such an
undertaking, but he had given an undertaking that
none of the original stock should be issued underpar.
The CiwiniAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said it contained so many details of interest,
and criticised the state of the company's affairs so
accurately that they could go at once to real business.
With regard to the general features of the account
they would see that there had been a small increase
upon the...working, but not such an increase as at
all harmonized with the prophecies of those who
took a very sanguine view of the state of the coun-
try.. There was a small increase upon the first and
second-class passengers, but upon third and fourth
there was a falling off. He had recently appeared to
give evidence on the subject before a parliamentary
committee. He then gave it as his opinion that traffic
was a very varying thing in this country. In all pro-
bability in the next session of Parliament the ques-
tion would again be taken up and more fully tonsi-
-1 dered. He had told them upon a recent occasion that
there had been a strong disposition evinced by a
certain Minister that the principle should be carried
outoprinciple. Mr. Gladstone had,
er gthnat in any such arrangement the
rightshwnoevoft'hisleia statedßreel ilia olders and railway proprietors should
be duly attended to. With regard to cattle and goods
they had a small increase, which was a source of en-
couragement. The directors were naturally respon-
sible to the shareholders for the duty that attached
to them. He himself had always stated that he was
answerable for his duties, but he had never taken
any steps without their sanction. There had been a
sum of £17,760 expended on the permanent way,
while in a previous year there was a much smaller
sum. With reference to the Ballinasloe accident—
one which he was prepared to say every gentleman
in the room deplored—he had to say that it cost the
company £6,362. The report of the engineer of the
Board of Trade was to the effect that the accident
occurred from fast driving. over a line badly con-
structed. He did not think it was necessary to make
that report a matter of controversy. The accident
itself was of a most lamentable character, but he was
happy to say that it was an exception to the normal
state of the undertaking. For 20 years it was the only
serious accident that had occurred on the line. Rather
than charge this £6,362 against the revenue of the
half-year, the directors had resolved to meet it as far as
possible by the reserve fund; so that the whole conse-
quencesof the accident as exhibited against the revenue
account were only something over £l,OOO. He believed
that was a fair mode of employing the reserve fund.
He was not himself partial to the accumulation of
reserve funds, because he believed they were more
calculated to benefit posterity than aid those who
had invested their money in the undertaking, and
who were deprived of the advantages of it.
sOtillru.jon.STIRLING, deputy-chairman, seconded the
re

Mr. NEVILLE moved, as an aniendment—" That
the consideration of the report, with the exception
of the recommendation of a dividend, be postponed,
and that a committee of nine shareholders be ap-
pointed to examine into the affairs and manage-
ment of the company, and report thereon, and that
the meeting should adjourn to the 9th Nov. to re-
ceive the committee's report."

Mr. DENNEHY seconded the amendment.
Mr. MAUNSELL replied to the statement of Mr.
Neville, and showed that the increased expenditure
was due to the increase of the mileage of the com-
pany's line.

The Hon. G. HANDcocK suggested that they
should pass the report and statement of accounts as
presented, and then appoint a committee of nine
gentlemen to investigate everything connected with
the company. They would have every assistance
that the Board could give them, and if there was
anything wrong let it be pointed out. (Applause.)
The resolution for the adoption of the report and
statement of accounts was then put and carried.
The Hon. Capt. GOUGH then moved the appoint-
ment of the following committee :—Messrs. Neville,
Dennehy, Gorman, rßirney, Malley, Rutherford,
Drummond, Campbell, and Gough.
Mr. M. MORRIS, Q.C., M.P., seconded the mo-
tion. _ .

The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution that the