The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1859.

ONDON CRYSTA,T. PALACE,. REGENT-
:CIRCUS OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT-
LAND-STREET.

This magnificent building is NOW OPEN to the public, for
the SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES.

The Photographic Establishment, Avia.s:y, Conservatory,
General Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh-
ment Room, with Retiringßoom attached, arc replete in their
several departments.
ADMISSION FREE.

DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM,
3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay-
market).

Open daily (for Gentlemen only).
LECTURES at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and
interesting' topics in connection with ANATOMY, PHY-
SIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Programmes).
Admission ON E SHILL ING.
DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES. ON THE PHILO-
SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the
Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High
Holborn, formerly Casino de Venice.—This establish-
ment, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance and
matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the per-
fection of its management, is OPEN every EVENING.
The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer,
plays a nightly varied selection of the most approved classical
and modern music. Doors open at half-past 8; overture at
9 ; closing at 12 punctually. Admission 1s; N.B.—Mr. W.
M. Packer's grand Annual Benefit Bal Masque is fixed for
Thursday, 17th March. •

ARGYLL-ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
These popular and celebrated rooms are open every
eveuing,with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by
that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris.
Leader, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet-
a-piston player, performs nightly, with other talented
artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, 11 Trovatore, La Tray i ata,
Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha.
Manager, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close
ten minutes before 12. Admission, ls. to Promenade. .
N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and
Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the
Rooms.

HOWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT
UNITED STATES CIRCUS.—The ALHA3IBIIA
PALACE, Leicester-square.
Theltforning Performances are particularly recommended,
as the Spectacle can be seen with the same effect as at night.
Sprites of the Silver Shover at each performance—" Black
Eagle," the•, horse 4f beauty.--fihe. educated.mulcs, " Pete "
and "Barney." . . .
Pit, ls. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35,-; Stalls, 55.; Private'
Boxes, £2 2s. Children wider Nine_years of age, half-price.
Gallery, 6d.
TWo Performances Daily at two aninialf -past seven p.m.

WHOLESALE WINE OR • BOTTLE
COUNTRY TRAVELLERS may obtain a good
Commission on the sale of a Patent Article, used in large and
increasing quantities. Not a liquid. Gentlemen -possessing
influence with their customers may address for particulars,
W. S., at Lawless' Reading Rooms, Philpot-lane, Qty.

EPPS'S COCOA.—Epps, homoeopathic chemist,
London.—This excellent preparation, originally pro-
duced specially for the use of homoeopathic patients, having
been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the
principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps,
homoeopathic chemist, London.

VINEGAR. Patronised by her Majesty's
Government.—CONDY'S PATENT PURE CONCEN-
TRATED MALT VlNEGAR.—Families, by using this de-
licious Vinegar, insure purity, and effect a saving of 50 per
cent. See Report of Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health ; Dr.
Hassall, of the " Lancet" Commission, and others. Sold by
the Trade, in bottles labelled and capsuled. Whalesale, 63,
King- William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Six Quart Sample
sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d.

GREY HAIR RESTORED TO ITS
NATURAL COLOUR. Neuralgia, Nervous
Headache, Rheumitism, and Still' Joints Cured by F. M.
HERRING'S PATENT MAGNETIC BRUSHES, 10s. and
155. Grey Hair and Baldness PREVENTED by F. M. H.'s
Patent Preventive Brush. • Price 4s. and ss. Offices, 32,
Basinghall-street, London, where may be had, gratis, the
Illustrated Pamphlet, "Why Hair becomes Grey, and its
Remedy." Sold by all Chemists and Perfumers of repute.

VCONOMY.-A.TEN. GALLON CASK
,ILLI (equal to, Five Dozens) of the finest SOUTH- AFRICAN
SHERRY, for Four GulneaS, or 20s. per Dozen ; .be'st PORT,
245. per Dozen.. Cask or Bottles' and Case included. Three
Dozens Carriage Free. HENEKEYS', ABBOTT, And Co.,
Importers, 22 and 23, High Holborn, London, W.C. Esta-
blished 1831, ' .

HENEkEYS' COGNAC, a vire FRENCH
BRANDY, Pale or Brown, 20s. per Gallon ; 425. per

Dozen.
__HENEKEYS' LONDON BRANDY, Pale or Brown, 14s.
per Gallon ; 30s. per Dozen. •
HENEKEYS' LONDON GIN, as from the Still and the
Strongest allowed, sweet or dry, 12s. per Gallon ; 265. per
Dozen.
Packages to be returned within Three Months, or charged
ls. per Gallon. Six Gallons, the cask included, and carriage
paid.
Country orders must contain a remittance. •
HENEKEYS, ABBOTT, AND CO.,

Gray's Inn Distillery, 22 and 23, High Holborn, London, W.C.
. . Established-1831.

to do this, because he was perfectly satisfied that
the proper way in every company was for share-
holders to seek information from the officers. In
the case of Mr. Coleman he had only:to appeal to
the letter which he jthe chairman) had himself
written, offering every possible information to him
or any other proprietor. (Hear, hear.) He con-
cluded, amid applause, by moving the adoption of
the report.
Admiral CATOR (of London), in seconding' the
adoption of the r.Tort, gave a histotrof the com-
pany's progress, in order to show the debt of grati-
tude under nhich the shareholders lay to 3lr. Jack-
son and the other directors.

Mr. COLEMAIT then put to the Chairman. several
questions, all of which were answered by the Chair-
man, apparently to the satisfaction of the meeting.
The report was then adopted unanimously.
Admiral CATOR moved a vote of confidence in the
chairman and directors.

Mr. T., HUDSON, in seconding the resolution, said
during the last, few days he had availed himself of
the opportunity afforded him by the directors in
going through the accounts, principally of 1857,
which had been so strongly impugned by Mr. Cole-
man, and lie was bound to say they were correct.
Being an accountant by profession, he could speak
confidently pf, the , accuracy of, the accounts of the
books, which were kept in a way Which reflected
the greatest credit upon the bookkeeper.
The resolution was carried by acclamation. ,
Dr. DE VITRIE proposed the appointment of a
consultative committee, as recommended in the re-
port of the directors, to consist of Mr. T. Sturge, of
London ; Admiral Cator, Mr. J. S. Birley, of Bol-
ton; Mr. Nicholas Wood, of Hatton-hall; and Mr.
George Baines, of North Shields.
Mr. TAUNTON, in seconding the resolution, said
one of his chief reasons for doing so was the high,
character of the gentlemen named in the tesolution,•
who represented stQck..to the amount of £lOO,OOO.
After some observations from Mr. N. Wood and
Mr. Sturge, the resolution was carried unanimously.
The next two resolutions, declaring a dividend of
4 per cent: •and reappointing the directors, were
also unanimously carried.
At the close of the meeting a vote of thanks was
carried by acclamation to the chairman and di--
rectors. •

labourers are at work -on wages averaging 7d. a
day, A considerable supply of sleepers- for the
permanent way has been received from New South
Wales. The shareholders of the West-Ind and
Crystal Palace have agreed to the proposition of
carrying forward the available balance of £3,224.
Notwithstanding the drawbacks of the almost total
cessation in the steamboat traffic in the summer
months, from. the bad state of the river, and the want
of a proper omnibus service at the Pimlico station,
the general receipts were considered satisfactory.
The works of the Herne Bay and Faversham have
been commenced by the contractors. The traffic will
be conducted by the East Kent. The accounts of
the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction show
an increase in the net revenue of £2,848. A 5
per cent. dividend is proposed. The report of the
London, Tilbury, and Southend states that the net
earnings in the past half year have been £14,6/2,
or £1,973 more than in the same period.of 1857.
The lessees have called upon the directors to raise
£lO,OOO to be expended on sidings and other works
with the view of further developing the traffic. At
a meeting of the South. Staffordshire a 41- per cent.
distribution was ordered. The Hull and Holder-
ness have declared a dividend at the rate of 4 per
cent. per annum ; Monkland, 8 ; Blyth and Tyne,
81- ; Taff Vale Wagon, 5 ; East Grinstead, 7s. 3d.
per share ; and North Devon, 17s. 6d. per cent. per
annum on the A stock, and £1 los. on the B.

LOSS OF THE PRINCE FREDERICK
WILLIAM AND THREE LIVES.

CALAIS; SUNDAN AFTERNOON.

This morning, at half-past one, the English
steamer Prince Frederick William, Capt. Pittock,
carrying on the postal service between Dover and
Calais, and which carried the letters and despatches
of the outward mail for India, 'the daily French
post, and 34 passengers, arrived opposite the en-
trance to the port of Calais. Captain Pittock,
although it blew a whole gale, reasonably consi-
dering that he could clear the entrance as usual,
steered for it, and was already within the two pier
heads, when a sea, raised by the tide and a tremen-
dous gale, threw the vessel against the eastern
jetty.
,Such was the violence of the shock, that the
larboard paddle was shattered, and the quarter
stove in „four different places, in a fearful manner.
Next moment the recoil of the shock and the reced-

ing of the wave threw her off, and she fell astern.
Her engines were disabled, and she drove along
the coast for about 200 yards, where she grounded
violently at two o'clock this morning.
At this terrible nrmnent the captain and the
crew had need of all their coolness and decision to
pacify the passengers and prevent them from simul-
taneously crowding the boats which they were
launching. One of these received six passengers,
who were happily landed, but unfortunately it was
impossible for the boat to return to the.ship to the
28 remaining sufferers, who, however, were part of
them rescued by the Ondine, another steamer of
the same company, which towed the lifeboat to the
spot, manned by two FrenCh pilots and five Eng-.
lish seamen, commanded by Capt. Moniere, Lieu
tenant of the Port de Calais. •
When the lifeboat reached the Prince Frederick
William, Captain 'Pittock unfortunately could no
longer control the passengers, who threw themselves
so precipitately into it that it upset. It could not be .
immediately righted, as almost all the shipwrecked
persons'held on to her -on one side, and ultimately
many gained the beach by swimming ; others held
on until the lifeboat was again upright, but three
persons, one of whom was a ItusSian. courier, Were
washed on shore, and could not be restored to ani-
mation, despite the unremitting care and efforts of
Dr. Daruel and Garasse. The remainder of the
crew were landed this morning without risk, as
well as the despatches and mails.
It is thought that this fine steamer, although
new, cannot be saved, especially if the wind con-
tinues in the north, and blows with its present vio-
lence. It is also feared that she may have broken
her back (qu'il ne soit brise par la milieu).

OUTRAGE ON BRITISH SUBJECTS AT
LEGHO.RN.

A correspondent of the Literary Gazette, writing
,from Leghorn, on, the 15th, mentions the' following
event which has; just occurred there :--" Two boys,
part of a crew of an English vessel in the port, on
returning to their ship at night, had a dispute with
thb boatman as to his fare. Angry words were in-
terchanged and menaces, when at length one of the
boys having ascended the ship's side, threw half a
bucket of water over the bargeman, and also
struck him with a small piece of coal. The
boatman thus assaulted rowed back towards
shore, but scarcely had he gone some yards
when he met the boat containing a sort of har-
bour guard, on the way to light the lamps on the
breakwater. What representations he may have
made to them is difficult to say, but the result was
that they boarded the English ship, beat the two
boys most cruelly, following them as they tried to
escape over the vessel,' and ultimately left them
bleeding and senseless. While these proceedings
were going forward the captain, his mate, f.n d the
cook, who had been on shore, returned to the vessel,
and were immediately set upon by the armed force,
now reinforced by another boatful, armed with'
muskets. Not heeding the protestations of the
captain and his people that they were ignorant of
all that had occurred ; not listening to the assur-
ances that, if any injury had been done in their
absence, or any outrage committed, due reparation
shou:d be made—they attacked them, unarmed, as
they were, slashing away recklessly with their
swords till they had left the captain dangerously
wounded in the head and face, the mate equally
maltreated, and even the cook, who had hid himself
in the hold, was dragged from. his hiding place to
be. cut down and beaten like the rest. SO serious
were the injuries that the wounded men had to be
conveyed to the hospital on stretchers, and are now
lying dangerously ill. Mr. Macbean, the English
consul, an official whose zeal and ability are well
known, at once addressed himself to the governor
of Leghorn, demanding a full and open investiga-
tion of the whole occurrence, acid ample punish-
ment against all proved culpable of the shame-
ful outrage. The governor, acting under the ad-
vice of the advocate-general, a sort of., attorney-
general, attempted to turn the -entire blame upon
the English, ascribing to them, as a national characteristic,
the tendency to overturn all authority in countries not their
own, but ending.by offering in a species of kind compromise
to draw stakes on both sides, and take no further steps in
the matter. To this the consul most properly demurred,
and immediately placed himself in relation with the British
legation at Florence, in whose hands the question- now lies:,

[ADVERTISEDIENT.]—ThorIey's Food for Cattle is now
beginning to seriously attract the attention of the farmer,
breeder, and feeder of stock. Two years of unremitting
care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high
ground as a benefactor tothese interests ; and notwithstand-
ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled
against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted
value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interest.
Experience has proved, first, that it ' affects a considerable
saving in the consumption of provender • secondly, that it
produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to its
influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degtee an
early development of fat. Mr. Thorley, originating this
singularly efficacious food, aimed at a compound calculated
to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive
mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this
he happily succeeded ; and success prompted a very natural
desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make it ap-
plicable to every description of domestic animal. The Eng-
lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manifested au
.
unwillingness to rely upon its efficacy, fancying he possessed
in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feed
and fatten his cattle at a cheaper rate than by the employment
or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food has
been subjected haVe proved its perfect admissibility as a cheap
addition to the natural produce of the farm ; inasmuch as in
all cases a subtraction of one-third may be safely submitted
to in the usual food of animals ; and that the produce will be
realised, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the time
usually consumed in developing fat ; it, therefore, becomes
apparent that a certain saving is effected by a fair application
of Thorley's Compounded Food. It is believed that the present
unprecedented low price of wheat has induced its very gene-
ral use, in preference to any other of the usual articles of
food ; it is, however, much questioned whether wheat is a
nourishing and proper food for the working horse, certainly
it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, besides
possessing the advantage of greatly invigorating the health
and increasing the physical power of all animals, is a tonic
and gentle stimulant, and when mixed with their other
food, materially assists their digestive powers—a matter of
great consequence, since it is an undoubted fact that the
nourishment contained in their ordinary food is lost, conse-
quent upon the impaired or defective action of the digestive
organs , • it will also be found .to be particularly beneficial
in restoring to good working condition horses which have
been over-worked, or become weak from disease, or arc
naturally of a feeble constitution. In cows its effects are
undoubted, indeed almost marvellous, nearly doubling the
yield of milk and butter, whilst it at the same time enriches
the quality of both. In pigs its fattening qualities are still
more remarkable, displaying in a few weeks its manifest
superiority over every other kiwi of compound or manu-
factured food adopted in the feeding of swine. Such has
been its marked success, that at all our great cattle shows,
Royalty, noblemen, and others who have fed their cattle
on Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the principal
prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been awarded.
The .patronage of Royalty, of our principal nobility, the
clergy, and of our leading agriculturists, must prove 'a
great incitement 'to this gentleman to pursue his onward
course; and he may Confidently rely, in producing so
highly-favoured a compound, 'on a continuation of such
high and distinguished patronage.