The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1868:

iIItUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859),
14. RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON,
ADVANCES MONEY,npon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free-
hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay-
able weekly, monthly, or quarterly Bills promptly discounted.
Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope.
EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS-
ATLANTIQI7E, 8, Place Vendothe, Paris.
NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST.
The undermentioned Steamers will sail every 14 days, as fol
lows:—

NAPOLEO N' II Paddle
VILLE DE PARIS Screw
PEREIRE. Screw
ST. LAURE AT Screw
EUROPE Paddle
RATES OF PASSAGE.
Havre or Brost to New York, Ist class, £33 0 0
17 17 2d class, 17 0 0
3d class, 14 0 0
Agents—STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO.,
8 Austinfriars, E.C,

BUN HILL FIELDS BURIAL GROUND.
THE COMMITTEE OF THE CORPORATION
OF LONDON, charged with the execution of the Act 30
and 31 Vie., cap. 38, intituled "An Act for the Preserva-
tion of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, in. the County of
Middlesex, as an open space, and for other purposes relating
thereto ;" hereby gives Notice to the relatives and friends
of those who have bean interred in the said Burial Ground
that they aro about to proceed, at an early date, with so
much of the said act as directs that the said ground shall
be laid out with ornamental and other walks in order to
its being used and enjoyed as an open space, accessible to
the public.

The Committee, before proceeding to lay out the walks,
invite all parties who may bo interested, to visit the
Burial Ground for the purpose of recognising and iden-
tifying the Graves, Tombs, and Vaults in which their re-
latives or friends may be inter ed.
Persons desirous to visit the ground will be permitted
to do so, free of charge, upon application to the Keeper
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 o'clock p.m.
Any communications on the subject should be
addressed to the Bunhill Fields Committee, at the Town
Clerk's Office, Guildhall.

WOODTHORPE.

CONTRACT FOR RUM.

CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset House, 17th February, 1863.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the
27th inst., at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready
to treat with such persons as may be willing to CON-
TRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
Victualling Stores at Deptford
50,000 Gallons cf RUM,
to be delivered within three weeks from date of Contract.

Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion o:
the Rum.

All the casks, except such as may be required for her
Majesty's service, are to be taken away from the said stores
by and at the expense of the party whose Tender is ac-
cepted.

Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the
whole or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit,
or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any,
and also an unlimited power of selection.
the Rum to be exempted from the Customs Duties, and
parties tendering are to state where it is lying.
Payment for the Rum will be made for the proof gallons
to one-tenth of a gallon, the liquid contents being ascer-
tained to the half gallon.
Samples of the Rum to be sent in pints for each impost
mark, and the average strength of each mark Ex to
be stated, and not an average of different marks 'or
strengths of several imports ; and any parcel of Rum that
is found not to be of the same quality, mark, or average
strength of the sample tendered and accepted will be re-
jected by the officers.
No Tender will be received unless made .on the printed
form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on
application in the lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contract may be seen.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at
noon on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required
that t'ie party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should
attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result of
the offer received from each person will be communicated
to him and to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but -
not before, the rejected samples are to be removed. -
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
" Tender for Rum," and must also be delivered at the De-
partment of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House.

By order.
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

BARRACK CONTRACTS FOR THE SUPPLY OF
COALS, COKE, TURF, CANDLES, AND KIND-
LING WOOD, IN GREAT BRITAIN AND.IRE-
L AND.

War-office, Pall-mall, London, S.W.,
14th February, 1868.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared
to receive TENDERS for the Supply of Coals, Coke. Turf,
Candles, and Kindling Wood at the various Barrack Sta-
tions in Great Britain and Ireland, fora period of Twelvo
Months from the Ist of April next.

Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the
proper printed form, which may be obtained with every
requisite information, upon application at this office, or to
the various Barrack fasters, between the hours of 10 and
4 o'clock each day, Sundays excepted.
The Tenders must be sent to this Office, addressed to
the Director of Contracts, marked on the outside " Tender
for Coals, &c.," on or before Saturday, 29th February, 1868,
after which day no Tender will be received.
The Secretary of State of War reserves the right of
rejecting any or all of the Tenders.

THOMAS HOWELL,
Director of Contracts.

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HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing

WILLIAMS,LIA Secretary.
370 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank,
214,
No.ll High
GhlireoaltboQ Queen
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Ham-common,
NA'T'IONAL ORPHAN HOME,
Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861
Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G
whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan'
Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of
the kingdom.
The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house,
and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other-
wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain
suitable situations for them.
The Committee egrnestly appeal for support. The Charity is
entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions.
HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer.
W. H. WARWICK, Secmary.
Office, 121, Pall-mall, S.W.

CRYSTAL PALACE.

GRAND DAY AND .NIGHT FETE
in aid of the Artistes and Employees of
H E O X F ORD
(Sufferers by the late calamitous Flee).
AMUSEMENTS front 1 until 9. 3,000 Performers.
UNPARALLELED CONCENTRATION of ATTRAC-
TIONS for this occasion only.
Royal Alhambra Palace Rustic Ballot "MAY BLOS-
SOMS," by the celebrated Alhambra Corps de Ballet.
Royal Alhambra Palace BAND, conducted by Mons.
Riviera (by permission of F. Strange, Esq.)
BAND of the CRYSTAL PALACE, conducted by Herr
Matins; BAND of the COLDSTREAM GUARDS, con-
ducted by Fred. Godfrey (by permission of Col.Oarleton);
[)ISTIN'S Grand Instrumental SILVER BAND ; the
OXFORD BAND, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans.
TWO GRAND OPERATIC SELECTIONS.—" II
Trovatoro" and " Orphda aux Enters," performed by the
Oxford artistes, Baud and Chorus of 200. Principal
artistes—Misses Russell, Rivers, and Fitz Henry ; Messrs.
Do Brenner, Bury, R. Greene, And Tivoli. Musical
Director and Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans.
GRAND COMBINATION of COMIC TALENT,
viz., Annie Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, W. Critchfield,
MM. D'Auban and Warde, Sidney Franks, Fred. French,
Robert Fraser, R. W. Julia; Edward Laurie's Ballet
Troupe, G. Leybourne, Harry Liston, Arthur Lloyd,
Madames Losebini and Constance, E. Marshall, J. Nash,
Mr. and Mrs. Randall, Harry Rickards, Joseph Plumpton,
Harry Sidney, J. H. Stead, Kate Santley, Marcus Wilkin-
son, and the Great Vance:
Accompanyists, Messrs. G. Bicknell, J. Caulfield, Cubitt,
Hicks, Melling, and PlumptOn.

BLONDIN
(by permission of W. Holland Esq.), in the CentreTransepi

ETU ABDO,'
The Flying Farinis.
E. W. lIACKNEY,

AND
MR. GEORGE HONEY.

In addition to the manifold attractions of the Palace.
Manager, CHARLES MORTON.
ONE SHILLING.
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1868.

W F.

THOMAS & CO.'S PATENT

SEWING MACHINES.

The celebrated No. 2 Machine, unequalled for general
work, £lO. The new Domestic Machines complete (Lock
Stitch), £5 ss, £6 65., and £B. Catalogues free.
W. P. Thomas and Co., 1 and 2, Cheapside, and Regent-
circus, Oxford-street, London.

GEOLOGY.-KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.
PROFESSOR TENNANT, F.G.S., COMMENCED A
COURSE of LECTURES on GEOLOGY on FRIDAY, January
24, at 9 a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding Wed-
nesday and Friday at the same hour A shorter course is also
given on Thursday evenings, from Bto 9. Text-Book, Lyell's
"Elements of Geology." Professor Tennant accompanies his
students to the Public Museums, and to places of Geological in
terest in the country.

B. W. JELF, D.D., Principal

ETTS'S CAPSULE PATENTS.--To prevent
infringements, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that BETTS'S name is on every Capsule he makes for the
principal merchants of England and France, thus enabling
vendor, purchaser, and consumer not only to identify the
genuineness of the capsule, but likewise the contents of
the vessel to which it is applied. The Lord Chancellor,
in his judgment on the Bth inst., said—

"That the Capsules are not used merely for the purpose
of ornament, but that they are servicable in protecting the
Beer from injury and insuring its genuineness."
Feb. 20, 1868.
Manufactories, 1, Wharf-road, City-road, London ; and
Bordeaux, France.

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MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN NEWS.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)

PARIS, Feb. 19.
The sublime is closely followed by the ridiculous,
and mundane changes, however exalted the ideas
they originally represented, however practical the
results 'obtained therefrom, bear a strangely fan-
tastic resemblance to the travesties which, on
the arrival of .3fardi Gras, will commence to
subvert all recognised notions of order in Paris.
The Exposition of 1867 has passed away, and
Egyptian temples and divinities have been put up
to auction by their present proprietors to sell for
what they could fetch as ornaments for the villas
and gardens of the spirituel Parisians. The Gates
of Thebes of a thousand years will adorn for the
future the domains of a French dramatic author,
and the Sphinxes frown from the porter's lodge of
M. Victorieu Sardoni ; and yet this, which at first
sight appears to the student of ancient history a
vandalism of the grossest character, is the imme-
diate effect of one of the greatest advances towards
progress and universal enlightenment that have dis-
tinguished modern times. Pursuing the illustration
still further, and reversing the hypothesis, are not
the very follies of the Carnival itself a link be-
tween the present and the past, even as the sales
which are taking place at the Cercle Internationale
and, on the Champ de Mars unite the past with the
present, communicating to the minds of the many,
with its tableaux vivants, an idea of that mytho-
logy, the educational acquisition of which forms
for others so long and arduous a study ? Have
they not even to a certain extent their uses, in
creating employment and in giving an impetus
to commerce ? Is it not something, if only for
a short period, to bring a smile upon the lip of
labour and poverty ? "Blame me not, 0 Athe-
nians," said the runner who brought to Athens
the false news of victory. " Have I not given
you three happy days ?" And though in look-
ing at the bright side of the approach-
ing festivity, one neither sanctions nor ignores
the dark, yet it would be as useless to
reckon the grains of the sand of the sea as to at-
tempt to trace or reason upon the mysterious ways
with which Providence works out its ends, or be-
yond a certain extent to lay down human rules for
human guidance; and in so saying, I wish it to be
clearly understood that I am not availing myself of
sophisms iu support of barbarism, folly, or worse,
but that I cordially concur in the strict and well-
digested regulations which have just appeared on
the walls of Paris, emanating from the Prefect
of Police, and which enjoin that, before a certain
time in the morning, or after a certain time in the
evening, no masked person shall appear in the
streets; that no person wearing a mask shall refuse
to lift it at the request of any one in authority, or
delay following him to the nearest police-station if
required ; that no masquer shall carry deadly wea-
pons, or in any way avail himself of his disguise as
a medium for insulting any kind of religious wor-
ship concluding, aftermany other similar wise

regulations, with ordering the discontinuance of
masquing in the public streets after the midday of
Mercredi des Cendres. The four Boads Gras have
been already selected Nivernais on this occasion,
carrying off the palm from Normandy, and the
well-known butcher Duval, the cordon bleu of
Bouillon, obtaining the prize iu preference to tho, e
hitherto victorious. Returning, however, to my
subject of the present state of the Champ de Mars,
with its saddening panorama of shattered shrines
and ruined temples, one cottage still remains
to mark the section given to ;Holland ; whilst
in that of Belgium, the Palace of the
Fine Arts is yet untouched, Helvetia, Sweden,
and Russia yet retain their charming habitations,
and the Cercle Internationale and the Chalet MocKle
presented to M. Lsplay complete th 3 buildings
which remain intact amidst the mass of debris on
every side. The scene, nevertheless, presents some
resemblance (setting aside the ruins which recall too
forcibly the contrast bAween present desola-
tion and past splendour) to grit when the vast
area was first taken possession of ; the same large
numbers of workmen and vehicles, formerly en-
gaged in elevating and sinking various parts of the
soil for the aquariums, lakes, foundations, mimic
rocks, &c., are now as actively engaged in restor-
ing to the plain its primitive appearane3. The sale
takes place daily at the Cercle Interationale, the lots
being considerable; the shell itself has been sold to
a foreign company for the sum of 1,100,000 francs,
and ere long, there will remain no vestige to mark
the place of rendezvous of all the nations of the
globe. The law for the regulation of the Press
still remains under discussion at the Legislative
Assembly, the moderate views and language of the
principal members of Government—their Ex3el-
lencies M. Pinard and Rouher—contrasting to
marked advantage with the insubordinate eloquence
of the Opposition ; even M. Thiers so far forgetting
himself on discussing article 17 (the power of con-
trol by the magistrates) as to charge the President
—M. Schneider— with partisanship. The argu-
ments of the Government supporters, however, pre.
vailed, and the amendments proposed, including
that of M. Berryer, were not taken into considera-
tion. The racing season has commenced in France
with the courses at Porche Fontaine and the
interesting
to of La Marche. It may be
to some of our sporting readers to know that the
racing copartnership known under the designation
of Major Fridolin's stakes has been broken up and
the horses sold. It is said, however, that nearly
all have been purchased by one of the partners.
As regards theatrical intelligence, the new opera by
Auber, " Un jour de Bonheur," has been most fa-
vourably received, and the venerable composer,
who is now in his 87th year, has been honoured
by the congratulations of their Imperial Majesties
the Emperor and Empress. The piece is lively
and sparkling, and the musical compositions, of
course, the principal attraction. As regards the
plot, some of the French journals describe it as
bring plagiarized from various authors, going back
as far as an old American romance, and stopping
there for fear of continuing up to the deluge. On
Wednesday last the Comedie Francais brought out
the " Don Juin, or Festin de St. Pierre," of
Moliere, whose portrait by Mignard, recently pur-
chased for the sum of 6,500 f., now adorns the
foyer. " Paul Terestier" is to be translated into
German route de suite. No less than three
burlesques are already announced at as many
theatres. Upon the new Parisian favourite, the
crayons of Gill, Cham, and a host of others have
been already employed to a similar end. The
Odeon has replaced on its stage the drama of
Alexander Dumas, entitled, " Kean, or Disorder
and Genius." The drama has, of course, reference
to the elder Kean, whose eccentricities were so
well known, and who visited France at the period
of the Restoration. At a time like the present
the good taste of its reproduction is, to say the
least, questionable. The delay accorded for the
retirement of certain pieces of coin by the mone-
tary convention entered into between France, Bel-
gium, Italy, and Switzerland, will expire on the
31st of December next, and our readers will do
well to get rid of pieces of the value of 20 and 50
centimes respectively struck previous to the date of
1864. A new and very important edict of the
Prefect of the Seine inaugurates a new tariff, in
accordance with which cab fares will be calculated
according to the distance actually traversed ; every
cab proprietor being bound to furnish himself with
a machine adapted to reckon at once hours and
kilometres, the pace allowed being at the rate of
eight kilometres the hour. It will be useless for me
to give the new scale of prices in my present letter,
as some delay is likely to occur in the provision of
suitable machinery. Crime of every description is
at present prevalent in and around Paris. A rich
proprietor, who left his country house last week for
a couple of days, returned to find that a fire had
taken place, in which his wife had perished—more
recent information affording him the proof that the
incendiary had been his domestic servant, who had
made the fire the medium of robbery. A young
gentleman escorted a young lady from a ball, and
contrived en route, from motives of jealousy, to
blow her brains out ; whilst swindling dodges and
robberies (especially at the masked balls) are legion.
Single ladies, living in hotels garnis beware how
you allow strange packages to be left for you, as the
other day one was left which, like the jars of
Ali Baba, contained a robber ! discovered only by
the sagacity of a dog. Young men beware how
you give your arm to a young lady who slips on the
pavement. In one instance a gallant militaire has
had his pocket picked, in another the swain escorted
the fair damsel to her residence only to find himself
in a cabinet particulier face to face with three

masks and revolvers. Servants beware how you
leave a parcel with a strange commissionaire loiter-
ing about the door of the house to which you are

bound. But as lan not like the fat boy in " Pick

wick" who said to Aunt Rachel, " I want to make
your flesh creep," I will wind up with a lighter

anecdote explaining how husbands take matters in
Paris. A young married lady, surrounded by a
crowd of admirers, was one day deprived of a valu-

able ring, the gift of her husband, by a mustachioed

Adonis under the plea of requiring a keepsake. The
lady in great tribulation acquainted her husband
with the affair, who, however, only laughed, under-

taking at the same time to arrange it satisfactorily.
Next morning, accordingly, our hero presented him-

self at the abode of the Petit Creve, whom he ad-
dressed in the following manner—" Monsieur," he

said, "you find my wife pretty, which is a proof of
your good taste. I can understand also that you
would liketo have a souvenir of her; only in such a

case the object in itself is nothing, and as .1 value

that ring very much,:which cost me 50 louis, I

should be obliged if you would accept instead this
rose which my wife has worn in her bonnet all last
winter." It is scarcely necessary to add for the
benefit of my lady readers that such eloquence was

successful, and the ring restored accordingly. A
great treat is looked for at Haner's concert on the
25th. A change has been made in the programme

since its publication, and Beethoven's name substi-
tuted for that of Lebouc. O❑ Wednesday last a

grand dinner reception and ball was given by the
Minister of the Interior, as also one by the Tani-

sian Envoy at the Champs Elys6es.

FLORENCE, Feb. 17.

Admiral Farragut's vi it has been the absorbing
incident. The flag-ship is at Spezzia, and the Ad-
miral and some of his officers have run down here
to have a look at Florence. Our Consul-General
gave him a splendid dinner, and the King honoured
him with a grand banquet at the Pitti Palace,
where all the great dignitaries both of the navy and
army were invited to meet him. A number of
members of the Italian Parliament also did him
this honour at Doney's, where Admiral Ribotty, the
Minister of Marine, presided, and Colonel Law-