The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1866.

TORN GOE'NELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOO PH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price Is. 6d.—lied Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Tbames-street, London.

11' wEST-END DINERS.-
" THE WELLINGTON,"
ST. JAMES'S-STREET, PICCADILLY.
LADIES' SALOON DINING ROOM on the First Floor
The SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS are now OPEN.
Terms—TWelve Months..Zl Vs. 6d.
Six Monthg...... I ls. Od.
Apply, D. CAMERON, 49, St. James-street.

Mit W.
S. WOODIN'S BADEN-BADEN
and UP INT THE AIR, an entirely New Entertain-
ment. EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday);
Saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC HALL,
King William-street, Charing-cross
Luxurious sofa rails, os ; balcony stalls, 35.; area, 2a. ;
amphitheatre, ls.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats
secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five.

QTODARE'S 415TH REPRESENTATION.-
THEATRE OF MYSTERY.—EGYPTIAN HALL.—
STODARE'S celebrated MARVELS of MAGIC and VEN-
TRILL I QUIS M, e performed by him, by command, at Wind-
sor Castle, before her Majesty the Queen, Nov. 21, 1865 ; and
twice before ..R.H. the Prince of Wales, June 6, 1865, and
March 10, 1866.—The New Sensation, the MARVEL of
MECCA, the SPHINX, and Stodare's celebrated INDIAN
BASKET FEAT, EVERY EVENING at 8. Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 3.

Stalls may be secured in advance at the Box-office, Egyptian
Hail, open daily from 10 till 6; and at Mitchell's, Ole Bend-
street.—Admission, ls., 2s. ; stalls, 3s.
" Almost miraculous.''—Vide the Times.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS
ST. JAMES'S HALL.

EVERY EVENING at Eight. WEDNESDAYS and
SATURDAYS, at Three and Eight,—The orig:nal and veri-
tably legimate CHRIsTY MINSTRELS. First Season in
London these five years. The only company kt exhithtie
which possesses a legal claim to the title, from the fact of its
being the only one which retains all the marked specialities
and distinguished favourites who originally gained the re-
putation of the company first in the United States, and sub-
sequently in this country, in 1857. No other company as-
suming the title of Christy Minstrels possesses a single in-
dividual-member of the least distinction who belonged to the
of iginal troupe. The Christys (after an absence of five years)
return to London with their band strengthened and im-
proved in every respect, their entertainment being unani-
mously pronounced by the metropolitan press to be the most
sparkling in London.
Prices of Admission—New and luxurious fauteuils, 59.;
stalls, 35.; area. 25.; gallery, Is.; juveniles, under twelve.
half price to stalls and area only. Fauteuils and stalls may
be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-
street; or at Mr. Austin's, 28, Piccadilly. Manager, Mr.
Frederick Burgess.

THE OXFORD,
-6, OXFORD-STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited',
_ _ _

- -
IF I WERE KING. Comic Opera, by A DOLPHE ADAM,
havin • been enthusiastically received, will be performed,
together with IL TROVATORE and DIASANIELLO, by
the whole of the talented Operatic Company Ie,VERY
EVENING in addition to the other novelties of the estab-

Pahment, including the-ce ebrateil HUNGARIANS in their
new entertainment, Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. RANDALL,
and Messrs. PERSIVANI and D'RHONDE.
Notice.—The last Two Weeks of the Hungarians' appear-
atm in England.

Admission—Area, Ed; stalls and balcony, is ; private
boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d.
Doors open at hall-past 7. Commence at 8.

IuADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
_OIL BAKER-STREET, EASTER HOLIDAYS.
NEW .ADDITIONS.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models
of the most distinguished Personages of the day (including
those of the late LORD PALMEItSTON and GUS-
TAVUS V. BROOKE) have been added since the last
Holidays and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies,
taken from life, of SOUTHEY alias FORWOOD, and the
notorious CHARLOTTE WINSOR.

Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra
Rooms, 6d.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
Selections from all the favourite Operas will be performed
by the celebrated ARGYLL BAND every Evening.
Chef d'Orchestra, Signor L. CUETI.
3f. LEVY, the Great Cornet Player, at Nine, Ten, and
Eleven o'clock.
Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock.
Admiseion, Is.

PHEASANT REARING for 1866.--JAMES
CHAHRLIN'S (opposi Corn Exchan?.e, Nor-
wich) is the II
only depot in the world for proper F. 'D for
PH EASAN T Fhlt; DING. Between '4oi and 300 testimonials
of last year's success.- Treatise on Hatching and Rearing,
with other valuable hints, posted free on application. Land-
owners, pheasant rearers, and gamekeepers can raise any
number of birds by using his food. The aristocracy of the
kingdom constantly use. it. Gentlemen requiring game-
keepers, or gamekeepers requiring situations, are requested
to apply to Mr. James Chamberlin, wine merchant and phea-
sant fool dealer, opposite Corn Exchange, Norwich.

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN
n AILAY.
The SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of this Com-
pany, which now stands adjourned to TUESDAY, the Ist
MAY, at 12 o'Clock at noon, will necessarily be held only
for the purpose of being further adjourned. until THuns-
DAY, the 3d MAY, at One o'clock precisely.
By order,
STEPHEN REAY, Secretary.
Euston Station, April 30, 1866.-

ROYAL SARDINIAN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
SECOND end FINAL NOTICE of CALL and
FORFEITURE of SHARES. -
The sums paid-up on Application and Allotment of the
Shares allotted for this Company amounted to £3 per Share,
and in addition to this there have been calls made amount-
ing to £7 on each Share, namely, a call of £3 per Share
made in June, 1364, a call of £3 per Share made in Novem-
ber, 1864, and a call of £1 per share made in May, 1865.
Notice is hereby given, that by a resolution of the Coun-
cil, passed on the Bth day of March, 1866, the Shareholders
ere peremptorily called on to pay the said sum of £7 upon
each Share on or before the 20th day of April, 1866, at the
Offices of the Company, No. 4, Via del Giardino Serristori,
Florence.

And notice is hereby further given, that in default of
payment of the said sum of £7 per Share, the Council will
in due course proceed to forfeit the Shares on which default
shall be made. Payments which have been already made
under the said calls of June and November, 1864, and of
May, 1865, will be taken in full of, or as on account of, this
present call.
A notice to the forego ng effect has been already given,
dated the 9th March, Wit-and this second and final no•
Hat is now-given in p.trsuance to the statutes.
, .
By °Mei, of the-Council,.
RIATTIA MONTACG
Seeretary-Geratof the Royal Sardinian
nagipay Cotiipany.
p, Via: Giardino

Dated this 28th April, 181
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SECOND-HAND THEODOLITES (by
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riogdon- street. Illustrated Catalogue, nearly 100 pages,
three stamps.

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at the rate of halt a gallon to four gallons per minute. re-
quiring no filling or attention from servants. Water tested
free of charge. Testing apparatus, easily used, sold by the
Company.
For prices and terms apply to the Secretary, 157, Strand,
W.C., where testimonials from Dr. Letheby and others, and
the filters in operation, may be seen.

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Explpsion of a Steamer at Colon.

By the Royal Mail Company's steamer Shannon,
which reached Southampton on Saturday, we have
news of the destruction of another vessel belonging
to the West India and Pacific Company—the Euro-
pean. The steamer blew up alongside the wharf at
Colon, near the railway station on the Atlantic side
of the Isthmus of Panama, and the captain, the chief
officer, the second officer, the surgeon, and nearly all
the crew were killed on the spot. Among the cargo
was a quantity of nitro-glycerine, an explosive oil,
some 70 cases of which had been shipped from
Liverpool for California, for use in blasting. - It is
supposed that one of these cases ignited or exploded
by concussion, and as the explosive force of nitro-
glycerine is said to be much greater than that of
gunpowder, the result was a tremendous shock,
which destroyed the wharf, with property valued at
$1,000,000, and was fatal to many persons ashore
as well as those on board the European. When the
Royal Mail steamer Tamar left Colon the number
of those who lost their lives had not been accurately
ascertained, and the estimate varied from 50 to 80
persons. The Panama Star and Herald gives the
following details :
" The European arrived at Aspinwall on the morn-
ing of the 2d inst., and on the afternoon of the same
dly came alongside the railroad company's wharf
generally. ~used -by this line, and commenced diS-
charging her cargo. Nearly, if not all, the local
freight had been delivered, when; about 7 o'clock on
the morning of the 3d, a terrific explosion occurred
On,board, which tore away the upper parts of the
ship and blew several.large plates off the side. The
whait at which the'vessel was unloading, and which
was -some-400 feet-long; was literally torn to pieces,
the .zuperstracture was completely demolished to
within:loo feet of 4he freight-house, and hardly a
plank remained in the entire length of the structure
that.was not wrenched from its fastenings. Imme-
diatelY•in front of where thevessel Iva gap was cut
throughf the wharf, piles, planking, &c., all disap-
pearing: The. ship and wharf both caught fire, and
thelatter t, as. saved from entire destruction only by
thefte.rtiong of several citizens, -Who got the fire-
-
engMe to-work, and after a few hours extinguished
the flknes, regardless of the risk they incurred from
another exPlosiokof the burning ship. • The Panama
Railroad CoMPany's freight house is left a pile of
ruins. The force of air- caused- by the concussion
seems to have raised the roof, which was constructed
of iron and slate, upwards a fewfeet, its own weight
bringing it down with immense force into the build-
ing, and carrying with it both the end walls, leav-
ing the house, except the side walls, which appear
but little if at all injured, a mass of ruins. It would
be difficult to imagine a more complete wreck than
that presented by the freight house
,and Wharf.
Scarcely a; blinding- in The place escaped without
more.or less damage, those of a sulistrantial nature
suffering4nott ; nearly all brick auct.stene build-
ingmyerebadly:injured,' 1314 the f.ieight lipase is the
only, one we have heard of which has been rendered
uninhabitable. Hardly a'whole window:of ijass re-
mains in the city, and the destruction of glassware,
crockery, and such like is really wonderful.' Although
many vessels were lying-in- the
European at the time' of the discistet,7_ none; .except-
ing the Carribean of the same JinC;sustaine'd .any
serious damage. The last. named.yeeel.w.annoored
at the opposite.side of tho wharf from.tlyEuropean
and received very 'serious. injury. Her hull exter-
nally appears untonclid, but the effect the-cini;
cussion internally was very severe. W are assured
that some immense. iron girders. nearly 12in. deep
Ncie snapped off like a pipe stenr,:• 'her fries
were brol-on a -- - L Lid 'fteaviest

timber were torn from their places. The strain on
the ship must have been of immense force, and nothing
hut the superior build and structure of the vessel
saved her from being knocked to pieces. All her
boats, and in fact everything of a fragile nature, were
rendered useless. The most awful part of the catas-
trophe was the dreadful loss of life and suffering at-
tending it. Of the number of killed and missing it is
impossible to give a correct estimate, but from pre-
sent data the number may safely 'be put down at 50,
and is, we fear, more likely to prove over this number
than under it. Of the 41 men comprising the crew
of the European nine have been killed, and 12 are
missing. Two clerks engaged on the wharf, Mr.
Swaiuson, of the West India and Pacific Steamship
Company, and Mr. Calvo, of the Panama Railroad
Company, were both instantly killed, and of 13
nativesor Jamaicans employed on the wharf and in
the freight-house, none are supposed to have been
saved ; besides it is believed a small gang of native
labourers who had gone on board the unfortunate.
steamer, have met the fate of the others. It will
be several days before a correct estimate can be
made of the loss. Many bodies were no doubt
thrown into the water and picked up by sharks,
while others are still buried.beneath the ruins of the
freight-house and wharf, or went down with theill-
fated ship. The scene in Aspinwall after the first
explosion cannot be described—it was harrowing
in the extreme. While the ruins gave an air of de-
solation to the place, the mangled and lacerated
bodies, or pieces of bodies, to be met with in every
direction for a great distance around the ruin of the
disaster were heartrending, and the suffering of the
poor mortals crushed and bruised, in whom life was
not extinct, was really dreadful. Fears being en-
tertained that a second explosion would occur, and
-as the cause of the disaster was still unknown, and
none of the officers or crew of the ship were left
who could give any explanation of its cause, it
was thought best to have the burning ship towed
into the stream. The Royal Mail steamship Tamar,
Captain Moir, which had arrived the previous
evening, immediately got up steam and prepared to
tow out the burning ship, but before this could be
accomplished another explosion took place, though
not of sufficient force to cause any injury, it
was supposed to be the magazine, which contains a
small quantity of powder for ship's use. The Tamar
then made fast to the burning hulk and towed her
out. The two vessels had barely reached the oppo-
site side of the bay when another explosion more
terrific than the first occurred, but fortunately, the
ship being far from the city and in deep water, no
harm resulted. The last explosion is supposed to
have broken up the hull, as in less than half an hour
after it occurred the unfortunate ship went down.
The top of her smoke stack is the only part now
visible. At first the cause of the explosion was
wrapped in mystery, and, as no one was saved from
the wreck who could give any satisfactory explana-
tion, all was left to conjecture. A boiler explosion
was impossible, as there was no steam on the main
boiler, and there was no necessity to use the engines,
as the ship had been lying at the wharf over 18 hours
discharging cargo. Gunpowder seemed most plausi-
ble, but there was none known to be on board, ex-
cept a few pounds in the magazine for ship's use,
which could not possibly cause so much destruc-
tion. If any were on board it must be under a
false bill of lading, as none appeared in the ship's
manifest. Besides, it seemed impossible that powder
could explode in such immense quantities without
creating a cloud of smoke, and leaving its marks on
everything around, whereas in this case a few
minutes after the explosion no traces whatever were
visible, excepting the general ruin. It was then
discovered that some 70 cases of glonoine, or nitro-
glycerine, one of the most powerful explosive agents
known at the present day, was on board under an
ordinary bill of lading. This at once cleared up the
mystery. This compound is used for blasting pur-
poses, and was shipped from Liverpool for Cali-
fornia. It is, we understand, of a similar composi-
tion, if not the same, as a barrel or box of oil which
exploded in Greenwich-street, New York, a short
time ago. It will be remembered the package was
accidentally dropped on the street, and immediately
exploded, tearing down two or three large buildings

PRICE.... 4d.
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and damaging many others. Theram ount of
damage caused by the explosion is torighly esti-
mated at $1,000,000, which is about the lowest figure
at which it can be placed. The_wounded, so far as
found, have all been well cared for, and nothing has
been left undone that could add to their comfort.
Many of the poor fellows had to undergo severe
surgical operations. Several only survived a few
hours after reaching the hospital. Some remark-
able instances occurred in which property appa-
rently exposed to the full force of the concussion
escaped uninjured, while some less exposed was de-
stroyed. One of the most remarkable was that of
the American brig Kremlin, of the Boston Ice Com-
pany, which lay not more than 100 feet astern of
the European, immediately between her and the
freight-house. The brig escaped".almost uninjured,
her deck cabin
was strained a feiv inches out.of I
place, while the freight house is a complete ruin.
Fortunately at the time of the accident only four
of the clerks connected with the freight department
in Aspinwall were at their posts. Two on the
wharf, as stated above, were instantly killed, the
other two, Mr. Burnham and Mr. Forman, were in
the freight-house, but with wonderful presence of
mind on seeing the roof falling, one climbed over a
the
car and sheltered himself in a,
and
while
other stepped into a doorway, and both were Saved.
The balance of the clerks were in the neighbourhood
of the ticket-office, seeing the train start for n Panama,
which had been detad nearly half-1410i.7- ,
time, and thus saved the lives of most of the 0
men connected with the freight offices. Immediately
on the news of the accident being received in Pa_
nama a special train was despatehed,
_taking over
medical aid. Dr. W. Little, United States Consul
at this port ; Dr. Maxwell, United States fleet sur-
geon ; and Dr. Riecker, Panama Railroad Com-
' pany's surgeon, at once volunteered their services.
Dr. Kratochwil and Dr. Burchard, of this city, and
Dr. Vallejo, of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com-
pany's steamer Golden Age, went over in the after-
noon, and all of these gentlemen have been actively
engaged in rendering medical aid to the wounded.
In the afternoon the remains of 12 of the victims
were conveyed to the Mount Hope Cemetery near
Aspinwall, and the remains of others who died
after Wards were interred yesterday. The remains
of the Commander of the European, Capt. Cole,
were also. buried. with Masonic honours yesterday,
several of the officers of the line being members
of the British Naval Reserve Corps, Cominander
M'Diarmid, of the United States steamer James
Adger, wished to show proper respect to the re-
mains of thOse who perished on the unfortu-
nate ship, by accompanying the funeral procession
with his officers and men, for which, purpose per-.
mission -wasasked by Consul Rice from .theautho-
rifles to permit them landing, but this was oniY,
allowed as private citizens, the authorities refusing
permisSion for them to carry their arms. Great
praise is, due to all those who renderedfu9h valuable
serVices on this trying occasion, and espeeallY to the:
conduct of-the gallant officers of the:. Riiyal 'Wiest
India mail packet Tamar, whose exertions to.' stop
tliesp. read of the disaster were invaluable.

r "The following is an officiil report Of the liVes
lost, so'frAr as known last evening, from tbe'exprosron
oh the European :Known to be killed on .ship
. Captain Cole, Mr. Glass, chief Parson,
sOcond officer ; Dr. Barrow:s,. surgeon ; c Edlvard
Davis, ,carpenter ; W. Pritchard, saimt; J-4: A.
Young, sailor; W. Beremondf sailor ;.and Diehard,
eabinboy.. Also. missing fi-oM
"Sliote=-Mr. Calvo, Mr. SWahisOri,'4iid-19 others.
Total killed and missing-12. t_thj'nunibC.rß missing
frOin „shore has not been definitelY- ascertained."
• ,;

Aasnpi.+;",, Vt.,, 7, Lt.,/ auu .uunaD.

The annual general meeting of this association
was held on Saturday last at Willis's-rooms, King-
street, St. James's. Sir J. Pakington, AI.P., pre-
sided; and among those present were Lord Ebury,
Lord Portman, Lord J. Manners, Deputy-Judge
Payne, the Rev. A. Blomfield, the Rev. J. Rowsell,
&e. The Rev. A. H. Baker, hon. secretary, read
the report. The objects of the association are to
provide extended religious and secular instruction
among the deaf and dumb throughout the metropolis
after they have quitted school ; to visit them at their
own homes ; to assist those of them who have good
characters in obtaining employment ; to relieve,
either by gifts or loans of money, the deserving or
necessitous among them ; and to encourage the
early training of deaf and dumb children prepara-
tory to their admission into educational institu-
tions. This was the work which the association
aimed to do among the 2,000 deaf mutes of London.
Its income, however, being only £5OO a year, is
totally inadequate to occupy so large a; field open to
it. A special fund is being raised for building a
place of worship with a room for adult evening
classes, lectures, &c., the cost of which is estimated
at £3,500-2,2,300 having already been received
and promised, including £5O from her Majesty the
Queen. The chairman, in opening the proceedings,
observed that, perhaps, among all the afflictions to
which human nature was subject there was not one
more touching or affecting than the double priva-
tion endured by the deaf and the dumb. A visit to
one of those interesting asylums where the deaf and
dumb were educated by means of sign language
must serve to strike with wonder any one on behold-
ing the success of those appliances by which the
inability to hear and to speak were effectually over-
come. The affliction must be very great, even in the
case of those who were in a state of affluence, but
how mach more severe must be the privation to those
who were in a .condition of poverty and destitution!
It was to relieve, therefore, and to mitigate the dis-
tress of such persons that the exertions of the society
were required. Lord John Manners moved that the
report be received and adoptefl, and in the course
of a very impressive speech said there were few, he
supposed, who had arrived at his time of life who
had not put to themselves the question that if, by
the dispensation of Providence, they should be de-
prived of the sense of sight, or of hearing, or of
speech, should they be able to bear the privation
with Christian resignation? He feared few of them
would be able to answer that question satisfactorily
to their own conscience. Although, therefore, he
believed that in many cases when any great affliction
befel individuals God in his infinite mercy did enable
the sufferers to bear with resignation and patience
the afflicting dispensation, yet human kindness and
Christian sympathy were, nevertheless, in all such
cases powerfully appealed to, and therefore he re-
joiced at the conviction that the principle of the
association had already, by the blessing of God, been
the means of affording comfort, consolation, and
relief to many of the 2,000 persons who in this me-
tropolis were afflicted with the privation of speech
and hearing. The motion was seconded by Deputy-
Judge Payne, and supported by Mr. R. N. Fowler,
and agreed to. The Rev. Mr. Blomfield then moved
a resolution, expressing the meeting's cordialso
aP-
proval of the objects and working of thhteai7.
for it and pledging itself to endeavourto b
the Rev. Mr.
in-
creased support, which was secondedd.
Lyord Ebury, in
Rowsell, and unanimouely
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the meeting that day. One
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tho association congratu-
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deS pair of
surgery and. anatomy had not yet at-
tained
possibility subject had
of notdea
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least mitigation of the afflict' b •
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ion being
achievedso by mechanical means. In the meantime, it
was their duty to render the sign laguage as perfect
as possible. It was daily undergoinc,;m
and by the encouraging this associalionpv tho
encouraging also the means of bringingrtheayeinn
etwelan-
guage to perfection. Lord Lyttelton seconded the
motion, which was carried by acclamation. Sir
John Pakington returned thanks, and the meeting
terminated.

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