The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-25 00:00:00

THE SPRING STOCK OF CARPETS,

REPLENISHED with the Newest Designs from
the best makers, comprises FELTS, KIDDER,
BRUSSELS, VELVET PILE, AXMINSTER, and
TURKEY.
Every kind of material for covering hall or passage,
Floor-Cloth, Cork Carpet, Linoleum, and Kamptulicon.
ATKINSON & CO.,
198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, and 210,
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON.

PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
• FOR
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. Tho poor
from all parts aro admitted, the only condition being that
they are homeless and starving. The Manager, &c.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, andhave
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least- £l,OOO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving ? Tho smallest donation will bo most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf. .
SUBSCRIPTIONS-are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D., N 0.22,
Finsbury-circus R.C.

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.-
The fear of pain and dread of operation inherent to all
deter very many to whom ARTIFICIAL TEETH are of
vital importance from availing themselves of the services of
a (I' n' Ft. In practi.a: foui!e lin 1.-.30 a'.l-1 row ex 5. dng
over greater part of the kingdom, an experience unequalled
has been obtained, enabling us to offer even the most sensi-
tive sufferer a system or dentistry perfect in its absolute
freedom from pain, a specialit6 r enabling only to our prac-
tice, and for which her Majesty has granted her royal letters
patent. This system embraces the non-interference with all
stumps, however decayed, the support•ng• instead of extrac-
t:on of looss teeth until they become firm and useful in mas-
tication, and the utter absence of all and every operation. so
that the most nervous persorr*an be supplied without fear of
pain or inconvenience. These teeth are cheaper, more dur-
able, natural, and comfortable than any yet produced.

CtinsultatiOn free. Teeth from ss. bets from 5 to 25 ge.,
warranted.

For the emcay, utility, and success of this system, vide
" Lancet.' ' .

Messrs. LEWIN and SIAIEON AIOSELY and SONS,
30, Bcrners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand,
Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station.

Daily attendance at 15, Whitefriargate, Unli; 10, Norfolk-
street, Sheflleld ; 4, East-parade. Leeds ; 14. St. Nicholas-
sired, Searbro' ; and 33, Coney-street, York.

Established 1830. No connection with any one of the same
name.

STATE OF TRADE.

--4.•--

MANCHESTER, April 24.—The heavy operations
in cotton at Liverpool by spinners who have been
tempted by low prices to purchase at once to cover
orders they hold for yarn have naturally caused . a
slight reaction there, and to some extent a similar
result has been produced here in yarn and cloth.
The telegrams from Liverpool, however, say that
out of 20,000 bales bought there to-day at id. ad-
vance per lb. 7,000 were taken by speculators; and
the somewhat better feeling in this market is tinged
by a fear that the improvement will not prove per-
manent. In shipping yarns there has been a good
deal of business to-day at about I.d. per lb. ad-
vance upon the lowest prices taken last week.
Many of our spinners have been asking a conside-,
rable advance on what they could have obtained last
week, and this in many quarters has checked opera-
tions, buyers showing a good deal of timidity.
Sellers, however, report the market as closing
decidedly better than it has been. Business for the
Continent has been discouraged by telegrams ex-
hibited on the Exchange by Germans from German
correspondents. One of these was as follows :
" War is inevitable. Buy nothing on our account."
Home-trade yarns are selling better to-day, and
there has been a fair business at Id. per lb. advance
on the rates of last Friday. In cloth there is less
improvement. The reaction in cotton at Liverpool
has caused manufacturers to raisetheir quotations a
little, but there has been little or no business effected
where they insist upon an advance upon the prices
of last week. Buyers generally seem to fear a re-
turn to the low prices of last week, though there is
a hope that it will not be accompanied with the
same panic feeling, and are holding back where any
advance is mentioned.

CARDIFF, 23d.—Steam coal proprietors are busy
in executing orders, with which their books are
well filled, and although the present active state of
trade has prevailed for several weeks there is every
prospect of its continuing. Tke demand from the
foreign markets is very large, and Welsh steam is
being used more than ever for marine purposes.
The improved inquiry on home account continues to
increase, and additional railway accommodation to
London and the North would give a still further
stimulus to the trade. In the iron trade there is no
material change to note; hopes, however, are enter-
tained that business with America will become more
active, as there are some large orders in the market
from South America for rails. The inquiries on
colonial account are satisfactory, and there is a
steady trade with the continental markets, but not
to the extent expected. " In the home trade buyers
continue to hold back, but in several instances indi-
cations have been evinced of an inclination to give
out more freely. For pig the demand keeps up, and
prices are well maintained. There is a moderate
demand for tin plates.
LEEDS, 24th.—The markets in both the white and
the coloured cloth-halls to-day have been much like
those of the past few weeks, there being no great
disposition to purchase goods in large quantities.
The parcels made up to-day have been of various
articles, and have included a few summer and
autumn goods, as well as trouseriugs and coatings
that are not particularly affected by any season of
the year. Good all-wool blacks are in moderate
request, at firm prices, but there is not quite so
good a demand as there was lately for black unions.
Plain and fancy tweeds of good make are saleable
at late rates. Generally prices of wools, woollen
I
yarns, and goods are the same as last week.
l-I'o
-hday's
market has not
business done was been
larßgeOlcyjiattended,
con-
fined to very narrow limits, but on the whole the
trade in fancy-flannels, and printed sorts especially,
is fairly satisfactory. The demand for plain goods

To trace the manufacture of the Atlantic cable
in its early stages, it is necessary to visit the gutta-
percha works of the Telegraph Construction and
Maintenance Company in the City-road. Here you
see the copper wire, as fine as packthread, as received
from Birmingham. When every yard of this has
been tested electrically, it is placed on bobbins, and
running through the glutinous mixture known as
Chatterton's compound, passes up a vertical spindle
which is fed by six other bobbins on which are the
same wire. These seven wires—six round the
central one—make nearly a perfect circle, and are
the medium of electrical communication. Every-
thing else about the cable is either for insulation or
for protecting the precious core, the diameter of
which is about that of a small pea. It is, perhaps,
unnecessary to add that the seven blended wires act
as one, and that while messages could be conveyed
through any of their number, even if the rest were
injured, it is as a single wire that the cable must be
considered for all practical purposes.
The preparation and application of the gutta-
percha coating is extremely interesting. In the vast
cellars of the City-road establishment massive blocks
of gutta-percha are stacked away in the primitive
state in which they left the natives selling them.
Idols, dragons, insects, monsters, and animals, are
all to be seen rudely fashioned in the plastic mate-
rial as it left the tree, and now hardened into what
resembles wood. You walk through groves and
avenues of gutta-percha, smell it on all sides, feel
it in the dim light whichever way you stretch out
your hand, and hear without wonder of the immense
quantity required for the execution of such a con-
tract as the Atlantic cable. The different qualities
of this useful material are easily marked, and the
prevalence or absence of foreign matter easily seen
when bits are broken off. Inside it looks like bard
touchwood ; outside it resembles peat, or solid lumps
of bark. From the basement, where this mass of
material is housed, you pass to the next floor, in
the rooms of which it is being carefully made avail-
able. First, the vast blocks are broken up by a disc
armed with teeth ; thca the mass is boiled in huge
cauldrons, until in colour and appearance it resembles
so many masses of liquified granite ; then, by ticker
and the cold water test, foreign substances are eli-
minated, until, after more boiling, it is placed under
hydraulic pressure, treated as a fluid, and comes out
•,-cleared and purified of all appreciable impurity.
Then comes the process of mastication, which con-
sists of a series of teeth on a double roller being em-
ployed in working upon the gutta-percha until it
is of the consistency of putty and the colour of cho-
colate. The same process is repeated with a single
roller masticator, and thus by repeated purification
and manipulation a perfectly plastic mass is ar-
rived at, which is proved to possess more highly
than any other the peculiar properties needed in
submarine telegraphy. The electric wire is first
passed through ',Chatterton's compound, which is
both insulative and adhesive, and attaches the gutta
percha to the copper, and finally into the gutta
perch 'itself, and then into cold water. This is the
first layer for the cable, and as soon as it is com-
pleted careful tests are again applied. The process
of dipping in the compound in the gutta percha and
in cold water, and of testing, is repeated several
times, until the cable is the substance of a slight
walking cane, and externally like so much gutta-
percha piping. It is then wound round drums in
lengths of 2,200 yards, which drums are deposited
bodily in tanks of water. Tests are constantly being
put, but the electricians appointed to certify before
the cable leaves these works, have it immersed in
water at a uniform temperature of 75 deg. Fahren-
heit. This is the contract test, and as the hotter
the surroundings of the cable the more trying to its
insulating power, it will be readily seen that the
trial is sufficiently severe. It is well known that the
bottom of the ocean is, in an electric sense, favour-
able both to copper and gutta percha, the one be-
coming a better conductor and the other a better
insulator the colder the water in which it is placed.
Gutta percha, too, increases in insulating power by
pressure, and it follows that the colder and deeper
the water, the more electrically perfect the cable is
hoped to become. Having been placed on bigger
drums it is now transferred in lengths of from four
to five hundred yards, to Morden Wharf, Green-
wich, where the remainder of its manufacture is
carried on. Here it is again tested at 75 de-
grees, and its gutta percha piping appearance soon
gives place to one more consonant with the
word cable. First it receives a coating of jute
yarn, put on by means of bobbins and a hol-
low spindle. This done, it is plunged in cold
water for from ten to sixteen hours, after
which tests are again rigidly applied. There are 32
tanks employed in this particular immersion, each
tank holding more than two miles of cable. We saw
some of the vast coil after it had been under water
several hours, and could discern no difference either
to sight or touch in its condition and that of the
cable just leaving the jute-giving machinery. From
these tanks it is passed through troughs downstairs,
and comes up to receive its final protection of ten
homogeneous galvanised wires, each of which has a
stout coating of Manilla. The cable is now complete.
It next passes into still more gigantic tanks, where
it is again socked in cold water, and where tests are
still constantly applied. From these tanks it is paid
out through a trough into the hulk stationed a few
yards from the wharf, and by this is carried to the
Great Eastern at Sheerness. The Amethyst, an old
Government frigate, was doing duty as hulk during
our visit; and has been built up and altered for her
present purpose until she looks far more like an ugly
-Noah's ark than a ship of war. One of the unwrit-
ten laws of river life seems to be that strangers may
board and visit ships at anchor, without being given
into custody for trespass. The deck is open, and the
means of going below ample, so that under ordinary
circumstances any idle person might have access to
the cable without much difficulty while it is on the
transport vessel. To guard against such intrusion,
a substantial hut has been built upon, and covers a
great portion of the Amethyst's deck, and the slop-
ing roof of this, and its outhouse shape, look strangely
unshiplike when it is viewed from the laud. Fast as
the cable can be paid in and stowed away does it
leave the works, and directly the Amethyst leaves
her place will be supplied by the Iris, the vessel act-
ing alternatelyas transport tender between the cable
works and the Great Eastern.
Not less interesting than what we have already
seen is another manufacture connected with the
expedition. We have traced every stage of the
cable making from the little Birmingham wire to
the stout coil as paid into the great ship. The out-

11 A public meeting to Inaugurate the Union was
held yesterday afternoon at the Westminster Palace
Hotel, Victoria-street. The D uke of Argyll presided;
and among those present were Sir T. F. Buxton,
M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., Mr.
T. Norton, Mr. J. Forster, Mr. B. H. Cadency
(Birmingham), Rev. A. Raleigh, D.D., Rev. Wm.
Shaw, Mr. R. Ferguson (Carlisle), &c.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings of the
meeting, said that, having presided over a meeting in
connection with one of the associations of the Union
last year, he would have been pleased if some one
else had taken the chair on the present occasion, but
he feared there was still a certain amountof shyness
among our public men in taking part in aid of the
freedmen of America, not from a want of personal
sympathy for the liberated slave, but from a vague
feeling that it was more or less an interference with
American politics. Now, he had no sympathy with
that feeling. The war was over, and although there
were strong personal contests still existing in the
United States, we in this country had no interest in
those contests except as far as they might be con-
cerned in the question of negro labour. Beyondsee-
ing the negro fully possessed of his civil rights,
which alone could render the abolition of slavery of
any value, we should take no part whatever in Ame-
rican politics properly so called. No one had a greater
desire than he had to leave those matters exclu-
sively to Americans themselves, andno one felt more
confidence than he did that they would arrive at a
wise and justsettlement of all those questions which
were at present in dispute. They were simply met
in the cause of humanity to assist the negro in that
state of transition through which he was passing,
and before the new conditions of labour to which he
would have to adapt himself were settled. It was
quite clear that the Government of this country
could not interfere to alleviate the sufferings of the
negroes, but as individuals they could and ought to
do so. The noble duke then read passages from the
Third Annual Report of the Western Freedmen's
Aid Commission, showing the manner in which the
money that had been already contributed by the
union had been distributed in America in affording
relief to the destitute negro procuring work, fur-
nishing useful materials and necessary implements,
establishing schools, providing medical help for the
sick, and in promoting other works of beneficence.
Up to the Ist of March last the money raised by the
union was about £BO,OOO. With regard to the ques-
tion as to the ability of the negro to support himself
by honest labour, his Grace thought the report they
had received was satisfactory. Under all the cir-
cumstances he considered there was a strong call
upon the people of this country to assist the Wash-
ington Commission to carry out their objects in a
period of difficulty. America needed and would
gratefully accept their aid as Great Britain accepted
her aid for Ireland and Lancashire to the amount of
£250,000 in their times of distress.
The Rev. Dr. HowsoN moved and Sir T. F.
BUXTON seconded the following resolution :
" That this meeting regards the progress of events
during the past 12 months as affecting the American
freedmen with profound interest, and considers the
evident and intelligent fitness of an increasing num-
ber of the coloured people for the proper use of their
newly-acquired freedom, their thirsting after edu-
cation, together with their readiness to undertake
labour as so many new and powerful incentives to
enlarged philanthropic effort on their behalf," which
was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. BRIGIIT, M.P., then moved :
" That in view of the devoted labours of the Ame-
rican people through their various freedmen's aid
associations, combined with the co-operation of the
Government, to meet the physical and moral neces-
sities of the freedmen, this meeting regards the aid
afforded hitherto by the British public, which is
estimated at more than £BO,OOO, as a proper and
grateful expression of our sympathy, and would
earnestly recommend that it be largely augmented.
The undeniable interest which the British people
have in the freedmen's welfare, combined with other
considerations of justice and gratitude, requires that
such aid be supplied, until the great and critical
work of emancipation may be truly said to be com-
plete."
The hon. gentleman said the mere fact that
4,000,000 of our fellow creatures were in the con-
dition in which the negroes of the United States
were would be sufficient of itself to call for help ;
but when, besides looking at their unhappy condi-
tion, they considered the terrific sacrifice by which
the great change in their social position had been
accomplished he conceived it to constitute altogether
the greatest claim upon them that had ever existed
on any nation of the globe. The freedmen were at
present living as it were in an enemy's country, as
it vas quite certain the Southern planters who but
yesterday were their masters would not feel any
very Christian spirit towards them. What had taken
place in Jamaica afforded an illustration of what
might be expected to occur in the Southern States
of America. Notwithstanding that the abolition of
slavery in Jamaica was effected by an act of the
Legislature, and a heavy compensation was paid to
the owners of the slaves, it was quite clear that from
the period of the abolition of slavery up to this
hour the whites had never really, in "
honestdition
con L
and just spirit, acknowledged the changed
hole of that
cf the negro, but that during the
iniquitous
time their conduct towards the negrot awndwas
always had been—of a most unjust
United States
character. But the negroes.
noted,what it
and no compen-
sationwere not voluntarily emancipated,
plantersP of the Southern
paid toli
was
States. The ill-feeling,
the planter towards the
e ea
rilttghoe
of the
which existed in
Jamaica on thec
osed to exist in an increased
negro might be ~..upp
and, if it did
• the United States;no;, it
degree in
owing to the institutions of
was in his opinion,
a population of freemen,
the country,exten-
sivenewspapers a platform, suffrage, schools—all
these in the South, while in the North the people,
who, have gone through this terrible war in con-
nection with the negro, and resolved to complete
n peace the work which they had begun in war.
Although he believed that the negro would have to
undergo great difficulties, still it was his conviction
that their former masters would gradually be recon-
ciled to that which was inevitable, and would find
that justice and fair dealing were really the only
means by Will& they could gain any compensation

Betting-7 to 4 agst Pantaloon, 4to 1 each agst Ozone
and Isis, and 5 to 1 agst Goldylocks.
After a short delay, caused by the breaking away of
Ozone and Goldylocks, the flag fell to an even start. The
latter was first to show in front, followed by Isis, Panta-
loon, and Ozone to the bridge turn, where Ozone drew up,
and when fairly in the straight held a slight lead; half-
way up the distance Cannon brought up the favourite, and
heading Ozone opposite the stand won cleverly by a
length. A neck between the second and third.
The Mostyn Stakes of 10 sovs each, I) ft, with 80 added,
for 2 .yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 61b; winners

extra. T.Y.C. 14 subs.
Lord Coventry's The Rescue, Bst 1011) (J. Adams'
Mr. Johnstone's Gentian, Bst 6lb .
(Morris
eauc
Mr. 11. Rich's Blerc, Bst 1011)
... ... ~.. . „ (Bittern
._.

Mr. Barber's Captain, 8A 101 b (J. Snowden

Betting-7 to 4on The Rescue, who waited upon Gen-
tian until entering the straight, when he came away and
wou in a canter by three lengths. Two lengths separated
the second and third, and a head between third and fourth.
The Chesterfield Stakes (handicap), of 5 sovs each, with
100 added, for 3-yr-olds. Winners extra. Seven furlongs.

28 subs.
Mr. Johnstone's Rococo, Est 1211) (Cameron)
Marquis of Hastings's King Hal, Bst 21b (Cannon)
Mr. C. Peck, jun.'s, Aldcroft, ist 61b (Carroll)
Mr. Jeffery's Sylph, Est 121 b (Kenyon)

_ .
The following also ran :—Loughrea, Locket Lucy, Al-
berta, Isis, and Blue Cap.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Aldcroft, 7 to 2 agst Rococo, 100 to
30 agst King Hall, I to 1 agst Sylph, and 20 to 1 agst Locket
Lucy.

The lot, with the exception of Loughrea, got away upon
good terms, Locket Lucy cutting out the work at a good
pace, followed by Alberta and Aldcroft, King Hal head-
ing the remainder. No change cccurred down the Deo
side until rounding tho bridge turn, where Rococo joined
the leaders, and with Aldcroft and King Hall entered the
straight nearly abreast. At the distance King Hal looked
all over the winner, but compounding a few strides from
home, Rococo, after a fine finish, won on the post by a short
head, a length and a half between second and third.
Handicap Plato of 40 soya, for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
Certain winners extra. T.Y.C. 10 subs.
Mr. W. Phillips's The Count, 5 yrs, 75t...(R. Challoner) 1
Lord Bateman's Queen of Trumps, aged, 9st 51 b (Challoner 2
Mr. It. C. Naylor's Strayaway c, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Kenyon) 3
Dawdle, Charming Woman, and Northill also ran.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Queen of Trumps, 2to 1 agst Daw-
dle, and 5 to 1 agst any other.
As soon as the flag fell the Count made play, waited upon
by Northill, who in a few strides took the lead, with Daw-
dle and the Queen of Trumps going on third and fourth,
in which order they rounded the turn. When fairly in the
straight Queen of Trumps drew up to the Count, and the
pair, singling themselves out, ran a neck-and-neck race
home from the distance, the Count, who was never quite•
headed, winning by a neck ; three lengths between second
and third.

Tho Wynnstay Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 100 added
for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra. Nearly a

mile. 24 subs.
Marquis of Hastings's Pantaloon, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (inc.
10Ib extra) (Cannon) 1
Mr. A. Heathcote's Skirmish, 4 yrs, 7st 111b...(Ribberd) 2
Mr. W. Phillips's Persuasion, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b (lloysteltd) 3
Juliet, Skylark, Rigoletto, King Arthur, Jetty Treffz
Murillo, and Shove Came also ran.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Murillo, 4to 1 agst Pantaloon, sto
1 agst Skirmish, 100 to 15 each agst Skylark and Juliet,
and 10 to 1 agst Persuasion.

Persuasion, followed by Juliet and Skirmish, lay in front
for the first three-cptarters of a mile, Pantaloon lying in the
centre of the ruck, and Murillo bringing up the rear. Enter-
ing the straight Pantaloon drew up, headed Skirmish, and
Persuasion at the distance, and won easily by half a length.
A length between second and third, and the same between
third and fourth.

Selling Stakes of 3 sovs, with 20 added, for 2-yr-olds and
upwards; two, 7st 101 b ; three, 9st 121 b ; four, lOst 71b;
five and upwards, lOst 131 b. Throe quarters of a mile.
6 subs.
Mr. Bennett's Sisyphus, 4 yrs (no), 9st 31b (S. Hibberi.9
21
Mr. Dawson's Dusty Miller, 3 yrs (£6O), Bst 91b (1a,0_7 s)
Mr. Frederick's Petra's dam colt, 3 yrs (X3O), &it elb
• (J. Forster 3
Mr. Brown's Jolie, 2 yrs (£80), Gst 81b2 ........
Dusty
The Mr. Howarth's Gentille, 2 yrs (£Bo),' Gst 811.) .....o_r_rr—n 5
Betting-5 to 4on Sisyphus and 7to . agst by Gentille,
The Petra's dam colt made play,
ruatt:ning in a body to
waited upon Dusty M win
the distance, where the favouritea race won easily by half a
fil-
ler, and after the semblance an
Sisyphus, and Dusty Miller, the lot .
rp. ascend and third, The
winner was bought in
vs each, with 50 added ; 3-yr-olds,
length; five lengths
Paltine Stakes of
.5,6'1, 9st; six and aged, 9st 21b. Once
Tat; four, Bst 7%cue7
14 subs.
round and a dista n, 3 yrs, Gst 41b (car Gst 61 beres Wiser"b)(.£2oo)
Mr. Fo between
gese guineas.
63 Wild Bee, 4 yrs, (Dunbar) 1
7st 21b (.£2oo)„.(Elphick 2
Mr. JohnstoneMaun's 3furillo, 3 yrs, Gst (£200) „. (Cameron 3
Mr.
Mr. Rich's
to 1 agst Wild Bee. 2 to 1 agst Murillo, and 3
Dotting-Even on Wiseman,
The favourite made the running at a steady pace with
Wild Bee second, the rest well up, in which order they ran
to the bridge turn, where Wild Bee fell back into the
fourth place ; entering the straight Wild Bee again joined
the favourite, but, failing to get up, was beaten after a fine
race by a neck ;
half a length between the second and third,
same between the third and fourth. An objection against
the winner for pressing Wild Bee on the rails stands over.

FIRE IN FETTER-LANE.—At about 8 o'clock last
night a fire broke out on the promises of Messrs. Morel'
and Dowland, electrotypers, at the corner of Plough-court,
Fetter-lane. It appears that some veers ego old buildings
were pulled down and new ones erected, especially
shed
for Messrs. Morel' and Dowlend's business, and it was for-
tunate that this was so, for if the fire of last night had oc-
curred in old premises, it might have spread so rapidly as
to have endangered a great amount of property. As it was,
the fire was restricted to the strip of new building having
a narrow frontage in Fetter-lane, and stretching down the
left side of Plough-court. The fire, which started in the
upper story, was discovered by a police-constable shortly
after the workmen left, and very soon firemen were on the
spot. Several
,land steamers and manual power engines
arrived, and were speedily in operation. They got the fire
under, but it is said that the damage done by water and
by fire was very considerable. There were great erowds
of people at the end of the different courts and in the lane
during the -time tho engines remained,

MOUSES.—essrs. T OPUS and ROBERTS
hate numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN,
tthurban, and Country RESIDENCES to LET or SELL.
Pax cicul ar a upon application forwarded for two stamps,
upon stating requirements an& rental. Offices, 2. Conduit-
street, Regent-.treet, and South Kensington, facing the
Museum.

SOUTH. KENSO GToN, HYDE-PARK,
Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters-
ham Terraces, Queen's-gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort
Sardens, Eivaston-plare, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe
Squares, Boltons, dm. Messrs TOPLIS and ito BE KTS have
RESIDENCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding
localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and
Bo uth Kensington, facing the Museum.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—
Sole Lessee and 3/nagger, Mr. Bucastone.
THIS EVENING, A. ROMANTIC A CTAtIIMENT
Mr. Co;11$0119 Mr. W. Farr Ada Cavendish.
After lot T E FAVOURITE OF FOR TUNE : Messrs.
So hero, I;tickstone, Chippendale, Rogers, 4sce.; Mesdames
Chippendile, Saville, 3luore, Fit Lindley,
W.Ae.
Coucluding• with A DAUJ LITER ro gaia-tY Mr.
Farren and Miss Holvarl.
Commence at Seven.

RO YA L LYCEUM T LIEATRE.—
Under the sole Management of Mr.E
WEDDING,
Fecltter.
THIS EVENING. A DAY AFTER. THE
liners. liorsmao, Fitzpatrick, Clifford ; Mrs. Ilorsman, dre.
To conclude with Shakspere's Tragedy of lIAMLE I% Mr,
Feebler; Messrs. Emery, Addison, WiddicomD, Vezin, Jon
dan, Fitzpatrieg. liorsman, Moreland, Westland, Gwynette,
worton, Clifford ; Mesdames .Elsworthy, lienrade, and C.
Leelercci.
_Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five.

NEVir THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI.
Svle Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THROUGH FIRE AND WATER:
Messrs. J. Toole, R Phillips, Billie ton ; %Liss Woo lgar
and MISS H. Simms.
After which, 9th time. a new Opera Bouffe, entitled
CRYING JENNY AND LAUGHING JOHNNY. Messrs.
J. L. Toole, Eburne, Mips Furtado, Mrs. A. Mellon.
To conclude with THE WRECK ASHORE : Messrs J. L.
Toole. P. Bedford. Stuart, Billingtcn, Ashley ; Miss Woolgar
and Mies H. Sinuns.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. Geo. Vining.
T ktis EVENING, A GHOST IN SPITE OF HINISELF.
Alter whieb, at a quarter to Elght, THE S MEETS OF
LONDON. Messrs. Vining, T. Mead,
D. Murray, sh
S.
ore,
Villiers; Ars. 11. 318,r8011. E. Barnett, and 31188
Rodgers.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
sole Lessee and Managercss. Airs. swanborongh.
THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, PERVE TION.
After which will be produced a grand Eas:er Burlesque,
PARIS ; or, Vive Le mpiere : 3les.rs. Stoyle, horne, Jame, :
Mesdames A. Swanboroug,b, Itaynham, Simpson, Johnstone,
Itanoe, and tiolt
To conclude with DEAF AS A POST : Mr. Belford.

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.-
Brilliant duccess of Mr. W. H. C. Nation's Management.
THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, April 25, and during
the week, Dion Boucicault's beantitul Prama of DOT.
Messrs. I. Swinbourne and Belmore ; Miss, a Ada Dya.,
Hudspeth. Ada Hyland, and Rosin° Power. New s:enery,
dresses, and extraordinary effects.
Concluding with 22d, 3d, and 24th nights of J. C. Bur•
nand's Evergreen Burlesque or IXION. misses L. Witt
more, Hudspeth, HarlanJ, F. Gwynne, H. Tracey.

Commence at Seven.
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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1866,

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There is no very particular news from Germany,
and what there is is not very satisfactory. There
is no definite idea of peace proclaimed. Count

BISMARCK, in his reply to the address in favour of
peace presented by the Chamber of Commerce,
was not at all encouraging. He said—" The KING

will, if possible, avoid war; but the Government
cannot be guided by considerations of national

economy alone;, if war be necessary the KING

trusts in the tried readiness of the Chamber of
Commerce to make sacrifices." This answer may
read either way ; but of the two it seems to have a
warlike tendency, because, if the chances of
peace were more certain, no doubt the Mi-
nister would have been glad enough to have
intimated as much in his reply. He took care not
state how or why war would be rendered necessary,
but merely indicated its probability. Col. WET-
3IAREN yesterday waited upon the King of PRUSSIA
and presented to him an autograph letter from the
Emperor of Russia. The CZAR is certainly taking
a great deal of trouble about this business, and it

will not be his fault if a war break out after all.
What with the chances of war, and the discussions
which are constantly taking place respecting the
convocation of a German Parliament, there is
enough to think about just now in Ger-

many. The electors of the third Electoral
District of Berlin assembled yesterday, and the
meeting was very well attended. Resolu-

tions were passed of a similar natureheld,
ar and
anin re
to those passed
e:
at the other meetings lately respecting
the the Convocation of a German ph
declared that it was the first step " towards was
the
realisation of the invaluable right of the nation that
Germany should be united in power and liberty
It was also said that the Prussian people, whatever
be their internal conflicts, would never forget their
duty to be the first to enter the lists in favour of
that right. So far this is satisfactory, as it shows
the national sentiment is still strong, notwith-
standing all that has lately been done to uproot
and destroy it. If, however, the project be carried
out, it is certain to be done in a manner that Herr
B
IsliAltelc. will not approve of. The readiness with
which the suggestion been taken up has shown
that there i$ a deei) feeling
throughout the Empire
that something is
wanting to the freedom necessary for the dignity and
of the different States.
From Vienna, last
"
.eting, we learn that the
aspect of affairs is d
Austrian army in Italy ha: waxlike, and that the
:
been put on a war foot-
cvv
foot-
ing. The journals state that
the two Italian
e. sz
diplo-
matists, CountAßEsz and Signor
are believed to have asked the zomvNeTric
r to
plain the meaning of the Austrian armaments in
Venetia. It has also been said by
some that de-
spatches have been brought to the Emperor concerning
the proposal from their Government, but that they
have been met with a denial, on the ground that
Austria 'would abide by the Treaty of Zurich. some
of the journals seem to say that affairs have gone
to a great length in certain quarters, and that a
collision has taken place between some Italian
volunteers who had crossed the Austrian frontier
at Konjo and the Austrian troops. It is spoken of
as trivial as to loss ; but, if true, it will prove per-
haps an ominous event, and, in fact, may
be the herald and presage of war. Nothing
seems more extraordinary than the part
which Italy has played in these late transactions.
It is unwise and Mischievous, and cannot possibly
c°llduce to her advantage. Austria has also been
precipitated into danger by the persistency of her