The Express. — London, England, 1866-07-12 00:00:00

.. 41 • 17f ' ' • ' 1 I ... - ; ; '.. '..: i I 1 4 . - \ ..,.(bc.,.i tik, •. . - i.-.?•-4,__ ~- ~.,. ....._r..........., ..„ ......_ • 1 . , . __. ... 2,- No. 6,219.] [TWOPENC. lIITA direct, with des pa tch, Mr. GEORGE THE FOLLOWING CIRCULAR HAS MIEN MUSD BY MARSHALL% ship Al IS years 1,200 tons THE CREDIT FONCIER and MOBJLIER minter, T. C. S UB, Commander : aiding In the Beat India of E NGLAND (Undted ) . Dock.. This Hes s cent vessel is strongly recommended to TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE CREDIT PONC E= as — stid cabin aecommodattee. For freight or f AND NORM= OF ENGLAND (Limited). MIN. apply to the owner, GDOROR MARSH &I i, s, CTOSII Referring to the Circular Letter of th e 3 r d instant, the Maryat-HUL I Directors of the Credit Fancier sad Mobiller of ..., ginned' have much eumare to rePorting that the rao ln = WSSthe RZOONSTRUurION of the COMPANY, with a view to RS. MONEY W IGRAM and SONS' ( of the reduction of the of of the Shareholders, has been most Blackwall-yard, London) LINZ of STEAM and PAC favourably received, se erM be t when it le mentioned MPS to AUSTRALIA.—For MILBOUENE (Part PIMP) Direct that out of • total of 4,5110 only 10 and op liars the NOM on SATURDAY, Jell SI. calling_ _of Pt' lave dissented from the proposals put fc= and even of meth), the "le_n_dlii _F.lipper ship SUNIRX, 1,000 tom, WHIRR am aaa h ave aaly uivanad a wahhaa =SKIM wmuum ; VMS in go lied India Decal' Her lam further tostructed to inform you that the Directors, at a accommcchdhum or a n c law° of Immumger° are m uum D i m ucl • ameba of the Court beld this dey, have weanhnousiy pared mid di* wal.liriii l •sr 4 r 6 mwed mi.r."- - "or trakiht gr_toimin th e todesvise ancentieee„ to *Mel your slielliioo IS I= e ted : u gly to ALLZWIT and MORGAN with Mown MONEY 1 la Th a t r i , a vaor d ivav with th e powers granted by 83 "mut and DONS, I', Lesdenludlat;set. I of the Articles of Aisodatlosi intesest be Paid MDm shim!. THIVOLUATEJIB GA MERINO AT WllatiEbOlt.[ The omen of de National Bide Miesiatios E igh Potition by Belgians anoth i v i i . ise of 201. • C , ton, of theLondoaßifie grveaa Yeti rice aid Todd. el samereitioe, value de ( Flom* f minsterocepe, give aprine of 10G 19e. Kr. Steward, optician • to de If daeoriatkei, gives three prises ci the y veld d 10_giiiness and Mr. Lambert, allvermilit Ni they do not go away sa ti s fi e d , the Queen '. Weshainaers gives a cup of the value of So that it wili be th e fault of the Edgim themselves ie own hands as to how th ese diff erent pdass stall he divideM They will be shot fee this day. as it has been left The Louden Scottish have invited li. Belgian visitors to dine with them at their c Friday evening. The contest fir the Queen's emmenced the first stage at 200 yards yesterday limning, and for whid there ire nearly 2,000 competitor.. from all parts o , f de kingdom. They engaged throughout the day 25 taxgets, and the shooting was carried ea with great spirit, but at this early stage it would be quite out of plans to offer easy *pinion as to de reepeetne melds of the "melt pettier', unless it was to say that there ware reports the* Lieuteaant Dines, Captain O'Connor, and Corporal Hunter, of the London Irish, had made some very good scores. It may be necessary to briefly explain the con ditiesr ol the Queen's Piss. The first stye .sedate ; of three ranges of 200, 600, and 600 yards, five shots et each, and the bid shot is this stage receives the diver medal of the association, a match dire from the Binsdag- -1 ham Small Arms Company, value 201., the • Idetianal Rifle Association diver WIN add 60 L in E 5 / 20 1. 1.0 cif the next 29 bed dots In doe eider et merit, allftt ming Small Arms Company's match rifle, value 201., the Rational Rine Asseeistion badge, and 51 in money. To cash of the next 30 best shots inn th e order et merit, St. is • mosey. The second edge, seven shots each, at 800, 900, and 1,000, is restricted to the winners of the 30 rifles, an d to the 30 next best AM in the first stags of this compe tition. The final winner in this stage receives a cup or mooed to the value of 2501., and the gold medal and gold name el the National Ride Mociatioa. The seated for the last stage will let terminate until Tuesday next. ' The oompetition for the Duke of Cambridge's prize, to be shot for by breech- loediag rifles, 7 shots each, at 800 yards, wee resumed this moraleg, sad after a very arited competition was woo by Private H. Ratcliffe, el tie 2nd Middlesex, by 23 marks. The wiener used de of Wadley Richards's ordinary capping rifles, and it is rather a sin gular and curious feet that this prise for six years has been won by one of Richards's rifles, and by which seven shod a minute sea be fired. The government have given an order for 2,000 of Wintry muskets, and 2,000 carbines have been already issued to the cavalry regiments, and been in nee for two years. The government factory at Enfield is also very busy in manufactua xi carbines on this principle, and 20,000 will be seen eorn The contest for the St. G eorge ' s C nge Vase, value 2501-, was resumed. It Is ptesented for annual competition to thevolunteer battalion, of Great Britain by Lieutenant- Colonel de Hen. C. 11. Lindsay, M.P.; on behalf of the members of the St. George's Rifles. In addition to the vase the following prizes became the property of the thirty beet shots in the contest, viz., a gold enamelled jewel of St. Geoje, to the winner of the 1' "-'g' Vase, and a purse of six dragon sovereigns ; a silver and enamelled jewel of St. George to the second best shot for the corded, and a purse of five dragon 1141Verrifill• ; bronze cross of St. George to the third be s t shot i s th e contest, and a purse of five dragon sovereigns. The rest of the thirty receive money prizes, varying from 41. to 21. The first of these prizes was woo by Lteutenant F. Chapman, of the 12th North Yorkshire, by 25 points ; the second by Private Ford, of the 12th , Surrey, by 24 points ; and the third by Private H. Ratcliffe, of the 2ad Middlesex, who II also the winner of the Duke of Caiubridije's prise. He won the silver cross in the St. George's contest last year. The competitions for the Swiss Canton prizes at 500 and 200 yards were extensively patronised during the day, and this description of pool shooting appears every year to advance in public favour. The great competition amongst all comers, and open to all nations, is the Albert Prise, being of the aggregate value of 6 201. The first stage imamate of four ranges at 200, 500, 000, and 800 yards, five shots at each distance. The amouct is divided se follows :-15 prizes at 200 yards, of the aggregate value of 1301. 15 prises at 500 yards, of • the aggregate value of 1301.; Li prizes at 000 y ar d s , i d the value of 1301.; and 15 prizes at 800 yard., of the value of 1301.—making a total aggregate value of 120/. There is a • second stage for this prize, consisting of ranges of 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, the competition being restricted to the winner is the first stage. Seven shots at each range. This stage also gives a further prize of 1001. The highest . scores for these prizes will be found annexed. A series of novel prises have again been offered for compe tition. They are called the "running prizes,"and the object is to give the largest number of shots possible within five minutes ; but after each pair of shots the competitor has to run round a pod 50 yards off. Rome very large scores were made, and particularly by Mr. Peterkin t of the Cambridge University Corps, who succeeded in scoring 44 marks. In consequence of the very unsettled date of political parties, the idea of having a competition here between eleven members of the House of Lords and a similar number of members of the House of Commons was almost abandoned, but it is now generally undentood that the contest will take place, and that on Friday next (to-morrow) the members of it will be selected, and the day fixed upon r which it shall take place. The Surrey Volunteer Fire Brigade are dill on duty on the ground, and during the night, at short intervals, they . perambulate the camp to observe if there is the slightest appearance of danger. Last night the St. George's Rifles Dramatic Society gave their first performance at the Camp Theatre, and the programme contained A Ser‘ip of r Paper , and .Donr an 11th Sobs. The amateurs were assisted by Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss E. Harris, Mies ' Harvey, and Mims M. Oliver. STRAW FROM LIVERPOOL OR QQVEENSTOWN TO ' NEW YORK TWICE A LIVERPOOL, NEW YORE, and T a i I IITLADNIIILIA STRAWSHIP COMPANY Intend de ntehtng their ItillpowereElzdshollt Iron &sew ilteem-dlelps, melyiag the United aides ...., FROM LIVERPOOL for NEW you: KANGAROO, Friday, July Is, CITY OF NEW YORK, Wednesday, July IL CITY OF DUBLIN, Saturday, July fl. And every Wednesday and alternate Fridays end Setardelys. Cabin pewee by the mail steamers selling wary Wednesday. vi, IL and Pt Wants, wording to the meonamodaden. leeward puma Includes a MU 'apply at cooked DD Peesmagers for eft,a and the ignited States booked Oheool,n w i hey T iriputtoyeceas tomtit —Dtr further pertimehers to M INMAN, W Water-sheet, Liwpoel ; and to EIY iTWCEY, W. Eine Willism-eireet. La ndon . holders at the rate of in Id. per Shen Ire; of Income Tar), equal to 10 per cent pet annum, being interest from let Apre to 30th June, 1889, on the Ompan.Ye latearsente : and that Interest Warrants for the same be sent to all Shareholders registered on the Books el the Caraway on Monday, 9th July, 31806. fad. That in accordance with the gowan granted by the Articles of Association In Clause 2, of Article 33, the root of £440.00 0 . or £2 per share, be, and Is hereby, translated to the capital ac count of the uompsay, in reduction of the anotaat of unpaid capital on the shares of the Company, and that each share do henceforth stand in the Books of the Company as £7 paid up. 3rd. That in accordance with the powers granted by the Articles of Assodatlen, Artielet 6, a all of £1 per shim be, and Is hereby, made the same to be payable at Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Saddle', bankers, No. 1, Lombard-street. ILC., on Saturdey, July 11 1066. ah. That an Extraordinery General Meetiog be held on Mon day, the 30th July, 1866, far the purpose a sabinitting to the Shareholders certain asolutione, haring reference to the circular addressed to then, =der date 3rd July, 1866 : formal no, naming lace and hour of such meeting, to be duly tient to each The Directory have farther the satisfaction ef reporting that, owing to the desire expressed by many of the Shareholders to pay up their shares in full as soon as the reconstruction of the Company "shall be carried out, the Directors are able to an nounce their confident belief that the call of £1 per Share, an nounced sa payable oe let January, USN, will not be required. By order of the Court of Directors, AllitED LOWE, Secretary. OTTERDAM and the RHINE.—The Nether lands Steamboat canspaars tams and 'favourite from 1 IMplais 'W. 8111114 mat ITEM SUNDAY from Brunswick-wharf, Blackwell, at II Am., and returning from Rot terdam every Tuesday. Fares: Woos, RI la ; Mrs cabin. IML— AY° the screw steamer FYKNOGRD, Captain M. Van t Hoff, from off the Tower, EVERY THURSDAY HORNING early, retaraing from Rotterdam every Sundetr—ifortreight or purge lady to YHILLIPPS, GRAVES, PHILLIPPS and Co., St, Dim staeutwass, E.C. or to CHAPLIN'S Unlverud-oelos, Regant *cm. W. 17 and 18, Coral% July 9,1868. P.B.—The Interest Wamuits and Call Papers are In course of preparation, and will be arated on Thursday next, the 12th instant. Oopico of the Circular dated the fed of July, and the above, can be obtained ott application at the (Aces of the Cum pony OATHS liwgurny COMMISSION. Meetings were held at 2, Victoria-street, on Monday and Wednesday, July 2 and 4, and on Wednesday, July 11, when the fol lowing commissioners were present :—The Duke of Rich mond, Lord Lyveden, the Bishop of Oxford, Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, M.P., Right Hon. R. Lowe, M.P., Hon. Mr. Justice Shee, Sir W. Stirling Maxwell, the Very Rev. the Dean of St. Paul's. The Secretary, Mr. J. H. Patteeon, was also present. RIVAL MASTER'S AT THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL. —The actual quarrel was owing to an order which Busby obtained from the governors (that is, the parliamentary commission, of which " Lord" Bradshaw was the head) for the enforcement of the old statute under which the fourth Corm was included in the upper school, which would bring it under the head-master's teaching, instead of the second master's—in spite, as Bagshawe alleged, of "sixty years' usage to the contrary ; and he complained that he was now set to teach " the puny boys" in the first and second forms, which had hitherto been under the care of an usher. Not only this, but Bushy had removed this usher—" his minior Mr. Jamas," as the angry complainant calls him, but who was certainly a %ming man of remarkable abilities—to assist in the teaching of the upper forms ; thus placing him virtually above the second-muter. No doubt this was hard to bear ; but it was an arrangement quite com mon to all public schools in which the second-ma...ter, by the foundation statutes, had the distinct charge of the lower school, and the assistants were merely the head master's deputies, paid by him (as was the case with Mr. James), and employed to teach any ferns he might assign them. Mr. Bagsliawe in his wrath, took the strong measure of desiring his boys not to pay Mr. James the ctuito compliment of rising when he entered the school.lbey enjoyed the partisanship, and carried it still further by ignoring in the same way the great Busby him self—with what consequences may be guessed, though they are not told. Bagahawe even went so far as to rebuke one of the monitors for rising in Mr. James's preseace ; and when told that it was by Mr. Busby ' s order, desired him to " write that down on his bill ;" a proceeding equivalent, as Mr. Busby declared, and as most Westminster and Eton men will agree, to ordering the head-master up for corporal punishment. For these acts of contumacy, Busby lodged a formal complaint before the commission, which Bagahawe was called upon to answer. He did not mend matters by a personal taunt against his chief at the outset of his de fence. He called him an " Actor." The fact was that the great schoolmaster had first brought himself into royal favour by his clever acting of Cratander in The Royal Share—a play written by William Cartwright, also a Westminster scholar, and acted by the students of Christ Church before Charles I. and his Queen ; and the applause he then received is said to have bred in jinn a puma for the stage. Bagahawe had reckoned too much, in his oppo- sition to his superior, on the support of the Lord President Bradshaw endgame others of the commissioners ; Busby had his friends among them too—he " ploughed with the same lieifer*," as Dr. Pope expresses it,—and the majority supported him, and suspended Itagshawe from his office. —Blackwood's Magazine for July. 3iIltACl/LOUS FOOTPRINTS. Kadenigiah, the name of m second station, means " footprints ," and is a place of re ligious pilgrimage, where pious faith sees on a marble stone the print of Ali's foot. Such miraculous foot prints are by no means uncommon in the East. Christians, Mabommedans, and Brahmins—all hold them in equal veneration. What especially excited my wonder was the vast sise of most of them, suggesting as they did rather the idea of the foot of an unwieldy elephant than that of • man. But religious sentimentalism does not trouble itself about such trifles as logic and iestbetics. In the mountains near Shiraz, for instance,. there is* footprint three feet long ; the one in Herat is of the same size, as is also that on Blount Sinai ; and even in distant Kboten, in Chinese Tartary, a large footprint is shown, when', us the story goes, the holy Jailer once strolled near Ssdlk. As I have observed, their monstrous size creates no surprise or doubt in the minds of the pious. Mundus 'wit decipi ergo decipiatur.—Arminius Vfinibery in TAe Arpwy for July. THE NATIONAL BANK. (Establisbed 11106.) Head Met 13, Old Brosd•rtreet, Capital subscribed E. 2,500,000. Paid up J 11,600,000. Rest or undivided pronto a..it170/17. DIRECTORS. James Allan, Fag. ________ J. N. McKenna, Fact, M.P. George Ashlin, Esq. John O'Meara, Esg. Jeremiah Dunne, Eaq. Albert Ricardo, Esg. B. IL Hartley, Fay. itowand Ronald, Fag. TB. Heushaw, Fag. J. Bogle Smith, Keg. Mr Ralph Howard, Bart. Edmund Smithwick, Egg. Thomas W Rough, Eag, 11. Usborms, fAq. Harvey Lewis, Esg.,Philip Vanderbyl, Reg. ABRIDGaD REPORT of the Directors of the NATIONAL BASK for the HALF-YEAR ending 30th June, lade:— The Directors of the National Bank have mach pleasure la mftenting to the Proprietors their report of the state of the &catty, wade up to the 30th June, Ikea The following accounts, la the usual form, with somewhat more than the ordinary atolls, will supply the Shareholders with the actual result. of the half-year's operations: ABIETh AND LIABILITIES. THE NATIONAL BANK, 00th June, 1/166. _ . A 831719. MBank of England A600,873 14 6 Gold and diver coin on hand Bank of England notes, notes of other banks, and cheques 250,899 16 3 , f 1,382,067 0 8 106,000. 16 0 Ceremment Stock and grebe:leer friW ...... Mato advanced for railway deposits returnable in July 87,783 4 0 Advances on government stock and sundry secured loans payable on demand 714,282 3 0 Loans on securities at short dates and on current accounts Bankers' guarantees and securi ties against acteptousces per contra 42,481,847 8 9 Securities against acceptances to all other customers : 1,377,899 19 8 ?.,691,847 6 9 Bib discounted Bank premises in London, Dublin, and branches, freehold and leasehold Due by a sbarehokler on calls BO 0 0 A 10,507,23216 6 Notes In circulation Due by the Bank on Deposits and Current Ac counts Acceptances to Bankers' Drafts and on Security as per Contra 2,601,887 6 9 Capital— 18,430,315 10 2 Paid-up 11,490,920 0 0 Dua on Cads per Coots t+o 0 0 Total called up £1,500,000 0 0 lector Ut.divided Pronts at this data 6,067,917 6 4 810,807,212 18 8 PROM Ea) Loss ACCOUNT Or SHE NATIONAL BANK, FOR Till ILLY-YEAR ENDING 311711 Jcbia 1868. ha. Halt-year's Dividend at 8 per cent. per annum fOO,OOO 0 0 Extra Dividend, 16s. per Share LlOO,OOO 0 0 Balance, being the amount of Rest at this date 667,91? 6 4 L 667,917 6 4 Yak or Undivided Profits at December,lB6s .... £.568,053 18 8 Profits for the half-year ending this day, after writing olf all bad and providing for all doubtful Debts 1 rebate of in terest on Bills aot due £27,413 0 0 Igsun sale of Do 'eminent stock. 19,601 12 8 47,104 12 8 111,865 9 8 £067.917 6 4 J. O'MEARA, . Examined and found correct, JIL SMITH,R. RONALD J. N. Mclie.NNA. By the precedlug accounts the proprietors will observe that the net profits of the Bank. for the half -year just closed, amounted to /1111,663 es. nil , as compared wish g 54.416 13a. 10d., the mount earned fur the corresponding half-year of 156.. Since these accounts were made up, the usual dividend at the rate of s per cent, per annuneou the paid-up capital of the Bank, aed the must extra dividend of 16s. per share, have been de clared; and the same will be payable at the head office and branches of the Company on and after the lelth July Instant. Olt is gratifying to the Directors to observe that the net profits for the half-year just closed, after all deductions, exceed the amount of dividend and extra dividend declared, by the aunt of 411,163 Os. Si,, and that after the payment of these dividends, the rest or undivided profits of the Bank will stand at £467,917 Os. 4c1., as compared to 2.434,207 ila 10d. in Midsummer last year. The Directors have been at all times averse to incur the risk of prematurely advancing the rates of dividend, preferring to accumulate their surplus profits as capital ; and should the Wrive earning powers of the Bank continue to be main they will consult the proprietors as to the expediency of Increasing the capital from profits, as on former occasions, and In this way add gradually to the Income derived by the pro prietors from the shares. dt is Onions that the profits of the half-year could have been Pearly augmented. if the Directors had employed the large cub resources of the Bank at the remunerative rates obtain able. but in the course they followed, the question of profit yielded ultogether in the minds of the Directors to the more 6 ° 114 voraideration of complete financial independence. The surplus" gold In Ireland, beyond what is required by the statute, was never so large as on the 30th June; the ex cess circulation over certificate bring no more than £72,736, whilst the Bank's specie on hand exceeds that figure by £446.747. The Directors Sincerely hope that the day is at hand when they may again use their resources generally with confidence and to Ike advantage of their customers.—Approved by the Court. J. B SMITH, Chairman. 11. J. POWER, Secretary. DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIST, INVENTOR of the CA RTE, de VISITE, Patent the 27th of November, 18.54, 70, 71, 72, BzooLsninr, HANOVIR-SQUARE, and for SQL ESTRIAN PORTRAITS at HEREFORD LODGE, ()LOU CMITER-ROAD, OLD BROMPTON-ROAD, and N, Boulevard des Itaßean Park Mr. D/SDREI Moen SALE 85,000 CARTES de VISITE of all the CELEBRITIES of the Day, and PANORAMIC VIEWS. ESTABLISHMENTS In LONDON, PARIS, MADRID, and TO WON, for enlargement' up to life atm. pISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST to H. I. MAITSIT the EMPEROR NAPOLEON 111. and the IMPERIAL FAMILY ; ales, to IL L MAJESTY the EMPE ROR of ALL the RUSSLLS ; to H. MAJESTY the QUEEN .of SPAIN and the ROYAL FAMILY; to H. MAJESTY the KING of ITALY ; to H. MAJESTY the KING of HOLLAND; to H. MAJESTY the KING of PORTUGAL; to the IMPERIAL ACADEMY of MUSIC; PHOTOGRAPHER of the PALACE of the UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION of 1856, &c. DISDERI, PHOTO-PAINTING.—In oil on canvas. DISDERI, PHOTOORAPHIE on SILK.—His own new MOMS. DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIE EMAIL.—New process DISDERI, NATURAL PHOTOGRAPHY, without retouching. Reproductions and Enlargements of every klud. TIISDERI.—The Excellent Situation of Mr. DISDERI'S Studios enables him to OPERATE KIiGARD LEM of the WEATIIKR. 1 - 11SDERI.—NOTICE.—By a new process of Mr. DISDERI'S the " PORTRAITS CARTES DE VISITE' are enlarged on Canvu to any she. The public can thus obtain a Pllol`oo RA PH IC ORAN% ING, by means of which skilful artists attached to the house can, on simple Indications, such as the colour of the complexion, the eyes and the hair, obtain a splen did and truthful OIL PAINTING. _ _ Mr. DISDKIII'S new process Ii valuable In this respect, that It avoids the tediousness of long sittings, and also adds to the charms of oil painting the great advantages of the truthfulness and accuracy of Photogra . SALOONS and Studka, 7 0, 72, Brook-street, Hanover-square; and for &inestrian Portraits at BerefOrd Lodge, Gloucester-road, Oid Brompton-road. NICK EL SI LVE R. —A solid, hard, white metal, warranted to keep its colour. Tea spoons, Sht per dozen ; dessert spoons and forks, 7s. Bd. ; table spoons and forks, 12*. ; all full size. Smaller quantitka sold at the same low rate. Ow receipt of cash, sent anywhere carriage free. THOS. 0. WAINWKIGHT,FUItNISHINOIRONMONOrft, 185, WESIIIINgTEB-BRIDOI.-ROAD, S. THRESHER and GLENNY, OUTFITTERS. Only establishment in London, next door to Somerset house, Strand. N.B. Lista of necessary outfit for every purpose and appointment to India, China, and the Colonies, will be for warded on application. FIRST-CLASS DRESSING BAGS and CASF.R, Despatch-boxes, Workboxes, Writing-desks, Albums, Divelope-cares, and eleganmes for presentation. The usual as sortment of first-rate cutlery and razor-strops. Photographs of more than 2,000 celebrities. A very large assortment of first-class articles In medieval styIe.—MECIII and BAZIS, 112. Regent street, W.—Established 1827. Catalogues post-free. AU articles reduced to price.—The City establishment is closed. THERMOSCOPIC SPECTACLES, a new inven tlon by Messrs. NEORETTI and ZAMBRA, who can con fidently recommend the above to all wearers of spectacles, as being suptrior in every respect to all at present in use, not ex cluding pebbles.-1, Hatton-garden; 59, Comhill 122, Regent street and 153, Fleet-street. PERA and RACE GLASSES, TELESCOPES. O NEGRETTI and ZAMBRA'S OLASSIA, the best manufac tured. Prices Yls. and St' Catalogues by post.-1, Hatton. garden : 510, Cortddll: IV, Regent-street ; and 153, Fleetatreet. SPECTACLES are NECESSARY WHEN the Eyes water, are misty, or fatigued after reading ; WHEN the print blends, and the letters appear to be double , WHEN more light than formerly is requisite— s example: NVII P EN the candle is placed between the eyes and the book ; WHENobjects must be held further off to be seen more clearly ; WHEN much difficulty is found in threading ' a I;VEneedle . . . . The above are premonitory signs of decaying sight, and indl este that an optician should be consulted without delay. From long and extenaive practice Messrs. Thomas flares and Son are fully competent to advise on all matters pertaining to the reme dying defective sight. They skilfully adapt lenses, perfectly true, of the requisite power, and likewise they Judiciously select a spwtacle frame of the form most becomiag to the face. THOMAS HARRIS and SOS. opticians to the Royal Family, opposite the British Museum gates, London ;their only house). Established lyto. Caution.—No travellers or agents. IFEETH and PAINLESS DENTISTRY. The -R. fear of pain and dread of operation inherent to all deter very many to whom ARTIFICIAL TEETH are of vital impor tance from availing themselvea of the services of a dentist. In a practice founded in 1330, and now extending over greater part of the kingdom, an experience unequalled has been obtained, en abling us to offer even the most sensitive sufferer • system of dentistry perfect in its aheolute freedom from pain, • specialite pertaining only to our practice. and for which her Majesty bas granted her royal letters patent, The system embraces the non interference with all stumps, however decayed, the supporting instead of extraction et loose teeth until they become firm and useful in mastication, and the utter absence of all and every operation, so that the most nervous person can be supplied with out fear of pain or inconvenience. These teeth are cheaper, more durable. natural, and comfortable than any yet produced. Consultation tree. Teeth from is., sets from eve to at guineas, warranted. For the efficacy, utility, and success of this system vide "Lancet."—Mesas. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS. 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand. oppo. site Charing-cross Railway Station. Daily attendance at Is. Whitetriartrate, Hull 10, Norfolk-stmt, Sheffield : 4, East parade, Leeds ; 14, St. Nichnlasteet., Scarbro'. and 33, Coney-st., York. Established 1330. 240 connexion with any one of the same name. ROWLANIDS' MACASSA.R OlL.—This elegant fragrant, and pellucid oil I. universally in high repute for Its unprecedented success during the last sixty years In promot ing the growth. restoring and beautifying the human hair. It prevents hair from falling off or turning grey, strengthens weak hair, cleanses it from scurf and dandriff, and makes it beauti fully soft, pliable, and glossy. 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A grim ennead tree Sugars et market ptioss, W.ll and Co. send all goods carriage tram within IMAM .9.. cif No. 11., King Nifhs.street ; ota worth tree to my newsy station or market town in Nagiavad.— sad oa. ham no agents, sir any connexion with any hams Wor Mile or Swansea. THE NEW FOREIGN-OFFICE.—The BUILD= of THIS WEEK (4d., or pc bd contains a line view of the New Foreign-dice, WMtehall, and the Now Indla-odlos : Papers. with Illustrations, on the Architecture of Walken India: the Pollution of Rivers ; Site of the Law courts; the noroery-hall and Bock Carvings: Modern Edinburgh An other Chapter of Accidents and various other papers, with all sanitery indj art news.-1, Yorkutreet, Covent-garden, and all 1101111011111. von Schweinitz has left Pardubitz for St. Peters_ burg. The next advance of the Prussians will be in the digestion of Brunn. There are no Austrian troops on the frontiers of southern Silesia. VIENNA, JULY li. The Archduke Albrecht has been appointed com mander-in-chief, and Lieutenant-Field-Marshal Baron John chief of the general staff of the whole Austrian armies now in the field. BERLIN, JULY 11. The Prussian boadquitters were transferred to day, at 12 o'clock, to Zwittan, in Moravia. EISENACH, JULY 11. The Prussians, under the command of General Falkenstein, are marching towards Frankfort-on the-Mains. AUSTRIAN LOAN. VIENNA. JULY 11. By an Imperial decree, dated the 7th inst., the Minister of Finance is empowered to raise 200,000,000 florins, either by a voluntary loan or an increase in the issue of bank notes. Until it is pos sible to raise the amount the Bank of Austria is to advance the same. Provisionally, however, only 60,000,000 florins in bank notes will be required. The loan ie to be repaid at farthest within one year after the conclusion of peace. As security the salt mina of Wieliczka have been handed over to the Bank, and the resumption of cash payments by the Bank is suspended until the whole amount advanced to the government be repaid. THE PROPOSED GERMAN PARLIAMENI BERLIN, JELT 11, ETErniro. In reply to the Prussian note, calling upon the German States to make preparations for the elec tion of deputies to a German parliament on the basis of the electoral law of 1849, most of the governments allied to Prussia have promised to take the necessary steps for that purpose without delay. The replies from the governments of Saxe-Weimar and Mecklenburg have not yet been received. In Hanover, Saxony, and Electoral Hesse the preparations for the election are being carried out by the Prussian civil commissioners. With regard to the elections in the Prussian monarchy, the bill to be laid before the chambers on the subject by the Minister of the Interior is now being drawn up. THE ADVANCE OF GENERAL CIALDINI. FLORENCE, JULY 11. The new plan of operations which is being car_ tied out by General Cialdini is said to have been advocated by Baron Ricaaoli in opposition to the views of General La Marmora. MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN SP.UN. MADRID, JULY 11. The O'Donnell Ministry resigned office last night, and has been succeeded by a cabinet composed as follows :—Marshal Narvaez, President of the Council and Minister of War ; Senor Arrazola, Minister of Justice and, ad interim, Minister of State ; Senor Barzallanaro, Minister of Finance ; Senor Gonzales Bravo, Minister of the Interior ; Senor Calonge, Minister of Marine ; Senor Orovio, Minister of Public Works ; Senor Bermudez de Castro, D' lister of Colonies. The Duke of Seato, Prefect of Madrid, has tendered his resignation. Senor Mon will, it is believed, return to Paris as ambassador at the Court of the Tuileries. INDIA. (Dy direct Overland Telegraph.) BOMBAY, JULY 3, 3.20 P.M. 71b. shirtings, 7r. 4a. ; 40's mule twist, 17i. Cotton dull. Dhollerah, 270 r. Exchange on Lon don, 2s. Nd. Freights to Liverpool, 7s. 6d. The atest London date is Juno 29. CALCUTTA, JusE 30. Markets unchanged. Exchange on London, 2s. Four per Cent. Government securities, 87 ; Five per Cent. ditto 1041 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cent. ditto, 1081. THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. —The following let_ ter has been received from the Emperor of Abyssini► by Dr. Beke. It was brought by Mr. Martin Fled, one of the missionaries so long detained in that country, who has just arrived in England with despatches for her Majesty's government. Mr. Flad quitted the Emperor's camp, at Zagye, on the south-western edge (of Lake Twins, on the 20th of April last, at which place Mrs. Flail and her three children, Consul Cameron, and the remaining captives, together with Mr. Ramam and his suite, are detained until Mr. Flad's return :—" In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, one God, the King of Kings, Teoderos, may this reach the Englishman, Charles Theodore Bake. Thou and thy wife, by the power of God, have reached my country. Are you well I, God be praised, am well. What time you come, come by Ma tamma. As regards the persons who were imprisoned, by the power of God, out of friendship to the Queen of England, I have liberated them, and given them to Mr. Hormuz Rassam. May this give you pleasure.—Written at Zagye, in the 7:158th year since the creation of the world, and the lsr.tith year since the birth of Christ." To this letter is affixed the Emperor's seal, bearing the device of " the Lion of time tribe of Judah," with the title, " The King of Kings, Tinder°. of Etheopia," in Ethiopia and in Arabic characters. The NEW GOVERNMENT AND SANITARY REFORM. —A deputation emanating from the Metropolitan Sanitary Association waited upon the Duke of Buckingham (Lord President of the Privy Council) yesterday, at the office of the Privy Council, for the purpose of urging the govern ment not to abandon a measure introduced under the late government, to give increased powers to the authorities fur pulling down fever dens and preventing the overcrowding of houses. This formed the principal subject, but a bill entitled The Artisans' Dwellings Improvement Bill, which provides for the rebuilding of houses pulled down under the other bill, was brought under notice. The deputation, which was introduced by Mr. Powell, M.P. for Cambridge, consisted of the following gentlemen :—Mr. Locke, M.P. for Southwark ; Mr. Torrens, M.P. for Finsbury ; Mr. Graves, M.P. for Liverpool; Mr. Godwin, F.R.S. ; Mr. Shaw, Mr. Hall, Mr. Rendle, Mr. Evans, Mr. Pocock, Dr. Sanderson, Dr. Hardwicke, and Dr. Bentley. Several members of the deputation having spoken at some length, the Duke of Buckingham said, with regard to the Public Health Bill, every endeavour would be made to par it through parliament. It would be taken up by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and he (the duke) should be very sorry if anything happened to prevent it passing. There were, no doubt, some provisions which it would be well to add to it, some of which had been alluded to, but he would not supplement it in a man ner which might endanger the bill. The other bill was of very great importance, and a decidedly necessarysupple rnent to the Public Health Bill. The first bill merely went to the extent of getting rid of the objectionable houses.and provision must be made for supplying their place. They could not keep driving their labourers further and further away. He should he very happy to see the Artisans' Dwell ings Bill passed, but be could not say what course his col leagues would take, more than that it was their wish for it to pass. He did not think it could be in better hands than it was in, for there was no more difficult task than to pass a bill through a select committee. If it were brought on by those who had already had it in band, it would meet with every support. THE PROPOSED REFORM DEMONSTRATION IN HIDE-PARE.—The members of the Holborn and Clerken well branches of the Reform League are taking active steps to make the reform demonstration, proposed to be held in Hyde-park on the `23rd inst., a great success. Meetings have been convened by both branches, with the view of making preliminary arrangements, and it is announced that a public demonstration in favour of reform will be held on Clerkenwell-green every Monday evening " until the Reform Bill is pissed." TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR. jszurzs's Tazonalts.) PROGRESS OF THE ARMISTICE NEGOCIA TIONS.-PROPOSALS OF FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 11, EVENING. - - - The Moniteur du Soir says :—" The belligerent powers have accepted in principle the mediation offered by the Emperor Napoleon. The French government is making every effort in favour of the conclusion of an armistice, which by preventing further bloodshed would allow of negotiations being opened for the restoration of peace." The Patrie of this evening says :—"The negotia tions for an armistice have been delayed by the necessity of taking into simultaneous consideration both the conditions of the armistice and the pre liminary bases of a future treaty of peace. Prussia wishes to know beforehand the advantages which will be definitely assured to her." Prince Napoleon was present at the council of ministers held to-day. The Presse of this evening publishes an article signed by M. Cucheval Clarigny, in which it says : " Yesterday, after the audience given by the Em peror to Prince von Reuss, a meeting was held at the Tuileries, in his Majesty's presence. Prince Metternich represented I Austria, and Count von Goltz and Prince von Reuss, Prussia. M. Drouyn de Lhuys communicated the views of France, and drew up a report of the proceedings at the meeting. The following are the bases of the negotiations suggested by France, and oommunL cated to Count von Goltz and Prince Metternich, by whom they have been transmitted to Berlin and Vienna :—` The Germanic Confederation is to be dissolved, 'and another Confederation to be estab lished, of which neither Prussia nor Austria should form part. No territorial conces sion to be demanded of Austria. The abandonment by the latter of her rights in the duchies to replace the war indemnity at first de manded by Prussia. Prussia to incorporate Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse-Cassel, Hesse-Darm stadt, and Brunswick. The population of the Prussian kingdom would thereby be raised to 25,000,000. The Rhine to constitute the western frontier of Prussia, and the provinces be tween the Rhine and Meuse to serve as indemnity to the sovereigns dispossessed by the war. An exchange of territory to take place between Baden and Bavaria, which would give the former nearly the whole of the Rhenish palatinate. Saxony, Hanover , and the duchies of Saxe to conclude military conventions with Prussia. The inhabitants of Landau to choose whether they shall belong to France or Baden, and the population of the valley of the Sarre to choose between France and the new Rhenish sovereigns.' " Baron von Beust arrived this morning in Paris. La France of this evening says :—" Fresh inci dents have retarded the departure of Prince Na poleon. The Prussian conditions contained in the letter brought by Prince Reuss are stated to be as follows :—The exclusion of Austria from the Ger manic Confederation ; the exclusive command of the military and naval forces of the Confederation by Prussia ; the diplomatic representation of Ger many abroad ; and the annexation to Prussia of the Duchies and part of the territory already occu pied." La France further states that it has "reason to believe that the Emperor immediately despatched to London and St. Petersburg the important com munications of Prince Reuss, as raising questions of European interest which can only be settled by the concert of the Great Powers." BERLIN, JULY 11. According to intelligence published here, the Austrian government has not yet agreed to the Prussian demand that the preliminaries of a treaty of peace should be settled before the conclusion of an armistice. It is believed that unless Austria accedes to this proposal no armistice will be ac cepted by Italy. The official Sktat4onieiger of to-day says :—" We arc authorised to make the following declaration. Treaties existing between Prussia and Italy render impossible an armistice or the conclusion of peace with Austria without the mutual consent of Italy and Prussia. Italy is therefore unable to accede to Austria's wish for a one-sided peace by accept ing Venetia, and thus putting an end to the war. Europe knows that it was no sordid love of con quest that impelled Prussia to go to war. Prussia fights for the highest national aims. She demands for herself guarantees of territorial security, and for Germany the establishment of its unity, embracing at least the majority of the Staten. Herein Prussia has the support of most of the patriotic princes of Germany. The people of Prussia are sacrificing their blood and treasure, and her sons are inspired by the holiness:of the conflict, as were their fathers in 1813. Everywhere the I Prussians give proof that they are fighting not against the people but against the governments which vainly attempted to incite the former against Prussia. In all parts the feelings of hatred give way to more noble sentiments towards us. The army, sustained by the consciousness of its lofty Itask, will conquer or die." HOHEICNOUTH, JrLY 11. The Prussians will shortly take possession of Prague—the occupation of that city being, how_ ever, only a secondary object. The day before yesterday an encounter took place near Zittau, re sulting in favour of the Prussians, who cut off a large Austrian provision train. Numerous pri soners continue to be brought in. The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, commander of the second reserve corps in course of formation at Leipzig, has been appointed aide-de-camp. Herr [STAMPED, Id. ADDITIONAL.] THE WAR IN GERMANY. (nom ovi 81741 AL ow VIENNA, JULY 8. A conversation which took place a year ago be tween Count BranTirck and Count" Platen, the Hanoverian minister, shows thet4 the . for attacking Austria had been long arranged. Events have shown also how correctly the Prussian premier judged the minor States when he calculated on their timidity and indecision. " I shall hound on Italy against Austria," he said, " and then attack her when she has this war on her hands. We can get ready far more quickly than Austria. As to you minor States (Hanover, Bavaria, &c.), I have nothing to fear from you. I know you all well. You will do nothing." And in truth so it turned out. It was the certainty that they would not set, or if they did, that they would be so long about it as tomake action harmless,which caused the Prusaians to appear everywhere on their forays with such a small force. For the remiss they have hitherto undertaken but a few thousand men were employed, and even these were not united, but distributed over a large extent of territory. With decision on the part of the middle States, these plundering invasions in Nassau, Rene, Hanover, might have been prevented. Hanover at first was desirous of being neutral ; then, when too late— too late, at least, to save the army after the decision had been come to—it resolved to act. On the part of Bavaria, it is evident there was no sincere desire to oppose Prussia energetically otherwise the Bavarian army would, not have been marched, now hither, now thither, leaving the Hanoverians meanwhile in the lurch. On this point great bitterness of feeling prevails in Bavaria. I was in Munich some days ago, and was surprised to hear the freedom with which government measures and the conduct of the Bing were canvassed. The Bavarian was hitherto ac customed to consider the latter as something too sacred to be attacked. Now, however, you hear in the streets civil officials, high and low, expressing openly their opinion of the unworthy and un becoming behaviour of their monarch. " And then our King !" they will exclaim ironically, after criticising the state of things in the country ; " And then our King !"--as if in that weed were the climax of perverse action, as if that word represented the complete non-comprehension of the earnestness and the necessities of the time. And, in truth, it seems to do so. While every throne is tottering, the young King is unable to leave his roses on the Staremberg Lake. With the utmost difficulty he is at last prevailed on to open in person the Chamber which is to vote the money for the army. Instead of being in the capital or coming thither daily as the Emperor of Austria does from Schonbrunn, he buries himself in his cantle on the lake ; not however to occupy himself li with affairs of state, but—will it be believed 7—with the Saga of Lohengrun and medieval poems. Instead of thinking of the impending dangers of the State of which he is the head, he writes letters to the burgomaster of a Swiss canton in order to be admitted as a Swiss citizen. Or, still worse, he pens a long condolatory epistle to M. de Bulow, in which he gives full vent to his indignation that profane tongues should have dared to utter their tittle-tattle about his wife, and promising that he, the King, will do his utmost to find out and punish ' the chatterers. His head is full of Marie Stuart and William Tell when he should be thinking of Germany and his subjects. It is this utter disregard of every regal duty which has embittered the people so against him. And, believe me, it takes a good deal .to make a Bavarian not feel full of enthusiasm for his King. When he came to the throne he ass the idol of the nation. He has entirely lost its love now. In Bavaria the hearts of the people go with Aus tria. Hence, when it was seen that an army which would have done Austria good service w* lost to her, though action on the part of Bavaria might have saved it, the murmurs grew still louder. Everyone felt that, to say the least, there was a want of good intention. Ido not mean to say there was anything like complicity with Prussia on the part of the General, or General Van der Tann, but it is well known that both are at heart well disposed to Prussia. There was, there , fore, not that anxiety to serve Austria and to harm Prussia ; none of that ardent striving and resolve to overcome difficulty (though here there was none to overcome) which impel us onward where our whole heart is in a cause. Then, too, Prince Charles of Bavaria is an old man, enervated, and a pedant. His last experience of war dates almost from an other century. From such a leader much has not to be expected. The fourth annual meeting in connexion with the Working Men's Club and Institute Union, which is formed for the purpose of helping working men to establish clubs and institutes, where they can meet fur conversation, business, and mental improvement, with the means of recreation and refreshment, was held on Tuesday afternoon at Exeter-hall under the presi dency of Lord BROUGHAM. Amongst those who occupied seats on the platform were Lord Lyttelton, Lord Ebury, Mr. Layttrd, M.P., Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Mr. Julian Gold- M.P.. Dr. Allis, Rev. T. W. Fowler, M.A., Rev. S. Hansard (Bethnal-green), Mr. George Goodwin, 1.R.5., Mr. 1). M. Thomas, Mr. H. Pratte, Mr. H. Home, Mr. F. G. Foster, Mr. E. Hall, Mr. W. Lovell, Mr. A. A. Watts, Rev. H. Sully (organising director of the l'nion), REPRESENTATION UP THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.— In consequence of Mr. Walsh's appointment to the office of Attorney-General, Sir Edward Grogan has withdrawn his " pretensions to represent the university on the pre sent occasion." We trust the good taste and proper feel ing by which Sir Edward has been actuated will also in fluence the other candidates who aspire to that honour.— Saunders News. RAILWAY BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT.—Yeater day some business was transacted in the House of Lords' Committees. In room A the opposition was withdrawn in the case of the Cambrian Railways (new works), which passed. The Aberdare and Central Wales Junction Rail way, Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway (devia tions), Wrexhitu, Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway (extensions), Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay (addl. tional powers),Swansea and Clydach Rail way,and Brecon and LlandoveryJunction Railway, were adjourned. In Room B their lordships passed the Teme Valley Railway Bill ; and the following were adjourned :—The Pembroke and Tenby Railway,' Great Western Railway, Wye Valley Railway, Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway, and Barry Railway (extension). Their lordships in room C, threw out the Ere Valley Railway Bill, and adjourned the Colebrook Railways and the Llanelly Railway and Dock. In the Painted Chamber. the bill of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (central station and lines) was further proceeded with and again adjourned. CARMARTHEN AND CARDIGAN RAILWAY. A Wharncliffe meeting of the shareholders of this railway was held yesterday afternoon at the offices of the company, No. 4, Chatham-plane, Blackfriars—Mr. Everitt in the chair—to consider the following bill now pending in par- liament :—" A bill to separate the Kidwelly branch and extension from the rest of the undertaking of the Carmar then and Cardigan Railway Company, and to incorporate a company for the purposes of the said branch and extension." The capital required for the new company is 170000 f., which is proposed to be raised in shares of 10/. each. A formal resolution motioning the bill was moved by Mr. Knight, seconded by Mr. Tyler, and unanimously agreed to. A collision took place in the Channel yesterday morning between the steam-tug Cruiser and the schooner Sartram, bound from Liverpool to Falmouth. The latter vessel was sunk, but no lives were lost.