The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-18 00:00:00

MEXICO.

Advices received here from Mexico, via San Fran-
cisco, to the 10th ult., report several imperial suc-
cesses. General Almonte has accepted the mission

to France.

Official Republican advices from El Paso to the
9th March state that the Republicans had set out
to occupy Chihuahua, where Juarez would shortly
re-establish his Government.

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 18

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Allemannia sails this morning for New York, with
130 saloon passengers and a large cargo, including
French jewellery to the value of 17,900 f.

CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN

MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 18.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Nyanza, Captain Weeks, with the heavy por-
tion of the above mails, has arrived. She brings
48 passengers, specie £5BO, and a small cargo.
Across the Bay and up the Channel the Nyanza
experienced northerly winds, with heavy westerly
swell. On the 13th, off Cape Trafalgar, she ex-
changed signals with H.M.S. Pelican, standing
N.W. ; and on the 14th, off Cape St. Vincent, ex-
changed signals with a yacht belonging to the
IL Y. S., standing to N.W.
The French receiving ship Seine and the usual
Egyptian squadron were at Alexandria.
Her Majesty's ships Victoria, Royal Oak, Enter-
prise, Racer, Resistance, Phoebe, Star, and Psyche
were at Malta ; and at Gibraltar, the Doris, Icarno,
Procris, and Redpolo.

GIBRALTAR, APRIL 13.

The British steamer John David arrived on the
11th. On the 4th, in lat. 55.52 N. long. 7.31 W.
she fell in with the British steamer Limerick, with
signals of distress flying and screw disabled. The
John David towed her into Comma. The Lime-
rick was bound from London to Lisbon.

The Spanish armour-clad frigate Tetuan, from
Ferrol, arrived at Cadiz on the 9th.
The brig Village Girl, and steamers Demetrius,
Sahara, and Atlantic, from Liverpool ; steamer
Livorni, from Glasgow ; H.M.S. Icarus, from Ply-
mouth ; steamer Tanjore, from Southampton, have
arrived here since the 7th inst.

Exchanges duringthe week have been on London
90 days' date, 49i to 1 ; Paris, sf. 13c. ; Marseilles,
sf. 13c. to 14c. ; Madrid 8 days' sight, 141 to 2 dis. ;
Cadiz, 4 dis. ; Seville, dis. ; 'Malaga, 4 dis. ;
Barcelona, par.

AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, APRIL 18.

The text of the Prussian reply to the Austrian
despatch of the 7th inst. is published here to-day.
It dwells especially on the admitted movements
of Austrian troops on the Prussian frontier, by
which Prussia was led to take defensive measures,
and says that—" If Count Mensdorff, after the
Emperor had passed his word that no aggression was
intended by Austria, still continues military pre-
parations, it cannot be expected that Prussia, an
equally clear denial of hostile intentions having been
given by the King, should relinquish those defensive
measures which were called forth by the attitude of
Austria.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, April 17, Three o'clock.—The market
closed at the following quotations :

41 per Cents 96 50
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 66 95
Do. end month (6 771
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month

Bank Shares 3480
Italian Loan 53 60
Do. end month 53 40
Mexican Loan 4l 50
Do. Bonds 2BO
Spanish Throes
Home Debt
Deferred

Unis —
Do. end month —

RAIL'

Orleans

'AY&
Cash.

Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern

Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

Acct.
... 820 --
- -- ... 1100 -
- ~• 863 75
... 545 -
- ... 537 50
... 533 75

360 -

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- - •.. 140 -

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HER MAJESTY•

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OSBORNE. TtleSday.
The Queen walked in the grounds
yesterd
morning, accompanied by Princess Helena and
Princess Louise, and drove out in the afternoon,
accompanied by Princess Helena, Princess Louise,
and Prince Christian of Schleswig-holstein.
„f
ay.

His Serene Highness Prince Christian o'
Schleswig-Holstein arrived at Osborne yesterday,
from London, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Du flat,
who met him at Calais by her Majesty's command'

- The Russian Embassy.
In consequence of the, happily, abortive attempt
on the life of the Emperor of Russia, during the
forenoon of yesterday his Excellency the Russian
Ambassador and Baroness Brunnow received nu-
merous calls at Chesham House. The whole of the,.
Ambassadors and Ministers Plenipotentiary resident
in London called at the embassy during the day
To-day there will be Divine service at the Russian
„
Chapel in Welbeck-street, to offer up prayers of
thanksgiving at the escape of his Imperial Majesty'

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales are expected to arrive at Marlborough 'louse oa
or about. Wednesday next, from Sandringham Hall, for

the season.
The Marchioness of Sligo had a dancing Part!
last evening at her residence in Mansfield-street, Cavendish-
square, which was very numerously attended.
The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol and Alrs"
Ellicott have arrived at 1, Park-crescent, for the Par
mentary season.
s,„
The Earl of Bantry has arrived at Thonia
Hotel, Berkeley-square, from his seat in Ireland.
Viscount and Viscountess Powerscourt have

arrived at 37, Grosvenor-square, for the season.
Lord and Lady Dacre have arrived at 'Thou
hnas's
Hotel, from The Hoo, their spat in Hertfordshire.
Baroness de Clifford returned to her residence
on Carlton-houSe-terrace, yesterday, from Brighton.
The Earl and Countess of Albemarle and Lanl
Augusta Keppel have arrived at No. 3, Lowndes-square.
The Earl and Countess of Yarborough, who have
arrived in Paris from Nice, are expected to return 110°
early in May..

LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM.

Last evening the fifty-third anniversary festiv:
(*this institution took place at the London Tavern'
Bishopsgate-street—the Duke of Wellington Pre-
siding. Amongst the company present were 1011
gentlemen well known in the City of London for
their advocacy of charitable objects, and more oil;
cially of the excellent institution whose interes-4
were now to be advanced. The position and progres
of the charity was explained in a statement pat fcr,th
,-
0
by the managers, which said that the first L
months of the past year passed over with little worti;r
of especial remark, but in the early part of Noo;
ber the institution was visited with a severe attacd
i
of typhoid fever. More than 200 children sager it
and the disease proved fatal in fifteen eases'
seems to be generally conceded that more re--
must be provided, and the question of eolli„utg.
the present building has necessarily engage' .its
tention ; but looking to the probability °f its
being soon surrounded by small telione'll
and a dense population —to the' aPPr°3,ical
of factories of an injurious nature —"al,
to the exorbitant price of the adjoining land' ed
managers, after much consideration, have res()ier
to purchase a suitable portion of land at a gre3ii.
distance from London, yet easily accessible bY r3is,
way,.at once to erect thereon a school for then irfor
and on such a plan as would admit ultimately., 0
the erection of the entire establishment on the SSIP,
spot, should circumstances ever necessitate the rte
mo.val of the boys from Clapton. Such a schema
would enable the board to carry out the elleri's
plan of separating the younger from the elder Kli't
by the formation of a junior boys' school—fer
ge
will be admitted that boys from 7 to 11 years of Illy
are scarcely fit to associate with boys from 11 t° rt
—and would afford the requisite relief in eve*" Pr-
of the existing building. The scheme for the let 3
mation of a separate habitation for the girls is nee.
new one ; it was propounded so far back as 18 13..
It had at that time the hearty approval and co
currence of the late Duke of Wellington,
fanduno.
~ ayas
meeting over which his grace presided a , iOO
opened, called the " Wellington Fund," anu.'
was collected for the purpose. Circumstances but
vented the prosecution of the plan at the timel
_P4r
the managers feel that the sum could be Pr°Peoj;;l.
applied towards the new building. The Pr°l3Noio
has commended itself to the judgment of those,_io
have taken a kind and liberal interest in the allfiv,.
of the institution. Since the last general raeeb 0
77 orphans have left the asylumai;ull6lshasvineedeiNedoTr.eS:
in April from rheumatic fever,
ber from enteric fever, and 80 have been adioltr,,,o
At the present time there are 468 orphans under the
protection of the charity, making the total nigni,e4.
benefited since the'formation of the charity 370u0f
The Duke of Wellington, in proposing the toast
the evening, stated that an orphan asylum was 1111;
doubtedly of all charities that which was the 0105,,
worthy of benevolent consideration ; and the preseab
institution was especially deserving of supPortci
considering that the child was not only providet
therein with the means of living at the time, btif
was enabled hereafter to contend in the battle et
life. On this occasion the governors had one object
to secure. In the year 1842 a fund was raised
called the Wellington Fund, the suggestion h 1135
that of his great father. On that occasion
was collected in aid of that fund, and the Prine%.ll,o
sum had been invested, but he believed that
accumulated interest had not been interfered .
For many years the society went on prosperetistoi
but during the last year considerable illness of
occurred among the children, and in the progres
modern science it had been decided that the to
vernors had been perhaps too charitable --4'd
anxious to serve as many children as possible ;
hence the school bad been overcrowded.
therefore proposed that the object of the Welnls
ton Fund (which was to erect a school for the g ';' a
lg
separate from that of the boys) should be attainedesrr
into effect ; and when that end should be heith
ft
there would be ample space for promoting the re.
of all the inmates.. The aid of the public Wa' to
fund
quired towards the enlargement of the to
enable the governors to purchase land on wh,le;ed
erect the building contemplated ; and it was Ja,
that this appeal would be liberally respondefe the
The healthy and interesting
children, as they passed round the room Pr v_ited
to the delivery of the noble duke's address, excited
to
least
very general admiration ; and not the enter-
tive feature in this portion of the evening s ore-
tainment consisted in the fact that the little
nt f
appearance ee
ioto
er-
mony took place to a march accompaninie two of
formed on the pianoforte with much skill by :_oecb.
the girls in the school. The noble ciaaitman s -Yesait
wofatshreeceevievneidngw,sithfegstrieavittieesntwhuassiatshma,t aancslubtliscereoioo:
list was red, amounting in all to abut
of £41,°00
il,9kooEoxfiNlv acahnicglei.was contributed by members

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WHAT CONSTITUTES THE £7 RENTAL
.QuALlFlcilv
noN.—Some doubt still appears to be felt bY 111,11:
as to the exact scope of the Government proposal of rel:ln,f
in reference to the £7 householders. Mr. W. Rowl"%r"' '
Gateshead, having been in communication with Sir - lit'ir;
Hutt upon this point, the latter forwarded his constituoil E,
letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and iu due c,°„lt
Mr. Rowland received the following reply, which WWI;
at rest all uncertainty :—" 11, Downing-street, Whitei to
April 9, 1866. Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the Gt", 11:
Sir W. Hutt, relating to the £7 rental qualiflcatioe, ~,` .9
Chancellor of the Exchequer instructs me to say that ti 71,..
qualification must be as the £lO qualification now is 0c
,a'-,.
sive of all usual tenant's rates and taxes.—l am sric4o°T.•
obedient servant, STEPHEN E. GLADSTONE. r. AA •- '
land, 6, St. Cuthbert's-terrace, Renshaw, Gateshead." r.
ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.--The second 1'
i,
Cooke anniversary banquet is announced to take Pli'ceon
the Central Hall of the college at Maybury,
Monday next, the 23d inst., when the author's parava 00
the title of the successful drama which lately 00°11 De
Stara, oa
prize left by the will of the late T. P. Cooke, r tile
publicly announced. The dinner will be supplied ai the
well-known firm of Messrs. Spiers and Pond; erl( , F.
muscal arrngements wil be under the direction 01;i00.
1(lui gsbury,a Esq. Tickets,l 100. 6d. eacb, exclusive °I