The Express. — London, England, 1866-08-03 00:00:00

NEWSPAPER 11. • d e il l , c ls r " 411 44• V: ' . 1 14 • 1 -1 4 IldX2I a•ibi ' [STAMPED, Id. ADDITIONAL.] LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1866. crwoPE" No. 6,238.] •••••-- blirßS. MONEY WIORAM and SONS' (of lackwall-yard, London) I.l\'f of 811. AM and PACK= ' 0112 to ADATIALLt.—Ior IMMErRITS (Port Phillip) Direct ip gave the Docks on MONDAY, 20th August, ceMinig at Ply swath), the splendid clipper ship MTS. 1,140 tons, J. 6. AT 1200D. Commander ; lying la the last India Docks. Her ocessniodationa for all dams of passengers art unsurpassed. pd she win aim sua_expluieneed surgeoa.—ler freight or pu mato ..I*MT and MORGAN with Mears. MONEY and DONS. 7. LeadenballMreet. ---- 11TILK nom uvizTooL OS QIIIMNETOWN TO NEW YORK TWICE A WIRK. TiniLIVERPOOL, NSW YORK, and PIIILARELPHIA ETZAMARLP COYFANY intend d... gmighing twit fall-powered Clyde-Min IrmastvinEtessa-Shlps, ! paying Ms United States mai* FROM LIVERPOOL for NEW TORX : CITY OF DUBLIN, Saturday, August 4. CITY OF LONDON, Wednesday, August IL CITY OF 00R[, Friday, August 10. AM awry Wednesday and alternate Nidap and Salordayn Os In Damp hlf the mail steamers sailing may Wednesday, 11, 17, and 21 guineas, according to Ms accommodation. Fernald Mow includes a full supply of cooked gr u., : i vislonn - for Vaimda and the United Maim booked hon terms.—For further path:Mire Qs MIAMI MAN, 11, Wateentmet, Liverpool ; and to mud HALES, 61, ling WEllant4dreet. TEAM to NEW YORK. -menD STATES HALL UNE.-1/EDUClito YABES,—Tbe splendid sod vourtte side-wheel strainers of the New York and Havre Steers !hip Company are appointed to leave for New York as follows : weawas ,From Raw.. I /WET 742 — Wati: Aug 3D Weilarday, Sept,. IS , Sot ft Widosiday, Ott 24 , Oct. 23 ectrond32, Nov. 22 , Nov. t 2 oci I Laid Figrainiii'; Fibre — tar; cits_ rrAzit AM 00., 145, (Asifikk. LONDON and COUNTY . BANKING COMPANY (Estaldlited 1864). hasearlhed =V W. 411,674000, is 37,600 lams vi lea each. Paid-up Capital, £780,0011. Bovare• fund, 1360,006. .DELICTORIL Ma/hunts! Alexander, Fug. I John fleming. Req. John lidmraut Anderdon. Esq. Frederick Wanison, Esq. Thos. 'lgham &mod, Esq. Inward Jobs Philip •on nlyta, WinlasaClu‘ancs. Seq. P. John linfroester, Req. William Los, ~ Odes Child, Esq. William Nicol, . GILIMILAL MANAGZIL-- Mt= N'Yewan, caw pus. zeron—W. J. Norfolk, Rag, ANNUM? 011111:1AL MA111•0111—W1111am Howard, Esq. CNIZV AOCOMITANT—James On 7. Zig. 11111PWIVIB or Baancasa-11. !mom Esq., and C. lharing, Sacnirrear—ttlappisoo, req. Head Office - 41. Lombe-detreet. At the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETINupG of the Pro- Weld on THURSDAY, the Sled of Aet, at he e Llon Tavern, Riehopermteetreet , the forft lßM Report for the half-year ending the 00th Jane. 1800. as read by the hgretary. WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., in the Chair. REPORT. The Directors, in submitting to the proprietors the balance sheet of the bank for the half-year ending the 10th June lag, tare to report that, after payment of all charges, interest to customers and making ample provision for bed and doubtful debts, the , net pronts amount to £85,440 173. Bd. Thia, with £11,527 18s. 10d. brought forward from the last account, pro. duces a total of £80,968165. 6d. They have declared the weal dividend of 6 per cent. for the half-year, with a bonus in addition of 5 per cent. (equal to 44 per cent. per annum), which will amount to 64500, end leave £17,4611 lie. lid, to be tarried forward to profit and loam hew account. Mr. John Edmund Anderdon has been elected a member of B . - the oar d. Mr. Hugh C. E. Childers, M.P., who retired from the direr bon on assunthm the poeition of Secretary to the Treaaury in the late government, being now relieved from the dutice of his °See, will, at the request of the Directors, resume his seat at the board. The dividend and bonus (together £2 ia per share„ free of branchesax, will be payable at the bead oMoe, or at any of the , on and after Monday, the 19th inst. 'LLANO; UM of the M PAN Y June LONDON and, 'OK COUNTY BANKLYO CO, 30th ENGRAVING on WOOD. Very description of PICTORIAL WORK ter Publishers, Printers, and Advertisers sup ed at moderate dunes Price 7. NAAR, 114„ Wand, Laudon. Rook and Scale of sent free by return of poet. To capital paid up To reserve fund To amount due by the Bank for customers' balances,&c. 010,716,422 16 1 To liabilities on acceptances 2,032,490 10 1 12,730,714 6 2 L 750,000 0 0 250,000 0 0 To profit and lost balance brought from last account 14,627 18 10 To gross profit for the half year, after making provi sion fur bad and doubtful debts 302,828 9 8 QATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY. JOHNSTON Co. beg to Inform the public thq wUI CLOSE their DRAP ERYand FURNISHING WARM. 4: OUSHe at TWO o'clock MI SATURDAYS. GREAT WESTERN HOUSE, 109, 110, 111, 112, ZDOWARE-ROAD, and 1, t, *, THWAITE&PLACE, London, Wilda a low path of IS. Ettptankrond Station, on tko Metro aßailway, and fire minutes" walk from the Great Western t l y Station.—July, 1106. G EN TLEMEN'S DRESS. Gentlemen who require good and fashionable MI I, and do not mind paying a fair price, can depend on the beat hitateriali and Want style at HAMILTON and KLIIPTONM, 10S, STRAND. N.B. The Trouserings are of patterns and textaraathat tenant be excelled. 106, Wand. opposite I:eta-ball EASY as A B C.—Alphabetical Arrangement of the Railway Stations in Great Britain.—ifeuopoutan and Suburban Railway armagmata Yam from London, Distances from London, Cab Farm-from the London Stations, Hotels in London, Hotels In the Country, Amusements in London, Pros Exhibitions la London, Steam Vessels leaviog London, Paris from London, Tourist Arrangements for the Summer, and other in:or /Wien to travellers, In the A IS C RAILWAY GUIDE for August. Price ed., post free St—Landon : W. Tweedle, 337, Strand. INTERIOR of COLOGNE CATHEDRAL. — The SPADE In WAR.—The BUILDER of THIS DAY, price 44 ., by post 5d., costshts:—Fine Interior View of Cologne cathedral, se restored—The Lesson el the Hattie of Sadowa : Value of the Spade sad Pick—The London Comma of the Archeological ei ll statute—The Ptctatres sad Tapestry in Hampton Court Architectural Landscape Gardening—The Southern Embankment of the Thames—The Epidemic —Management of the Public Works Department In India—The Preventina of Accidents—Nan-mating machine— rark-lane—ttaphatte, &c.-0111ce, 1, York-street, Co , vent-garden ; and all bookaelleru The will of Mr. Thomas De La Rue (of the firm of Mears. T. De La Rue and Co., cardmakers, Nos. 109 to 113, Bunhill-row), lately reading at 84, Weetbourne terrace, and formerly of the Hassella, Bedfordshire, was proved in the London court by W. Warren, Req., and the Rev. W. Laster, the joint acting executors and trustees. The personalty was sworn under 60,0001. The testator had carried on foe many years an extensive business in partnership with his sons, Warren l)e La Rue and Frederick De La Rue, as wholesale stationers and playing Fa - and ornamental cardmakers. His will is dated July 4, roes 1861, and he died June 7, 1866, at the age , of 73. viHedes leaves his wife an immediate legacy of LOOW. and di 4- the rest of his property equally between his Wife, his two 1 and sons, and his three daughters.--City Prow la, 1 lea ROYAL COLLSOZ OP SUROEONB OP E NGLAND. - N tun The following members of the college, having undergone the necessary examinations, were admitted licentiates in • • - midwifery at a meeting of the board on the Ist instant : 1 fa Mesas. William Folkes, Duckinfield, diploma of member me ship, dated May 9, 1860 ; William John Wey, Plymouth, May 7,1883 ; G•eorge Owthwaite Spencer, Upper Gordon. street, April 26, 1865 ; William John, Haverfordwest, April 26, 1866 ; William Monckton, Brenchley, Kent, COMM! April 26, 1866 ; Joseph Loane, Dock-street, Whitechapel, May 8,1866 ; John Quick, Penzance, May 8, 1866 ; Charles to new George Edmonds, Southampton-street, Camberwell, May 9, 1866 • Richard Holt Robinson, Manchester, May 10, 1866 ; deorge Moore, Birmingham, July 24, 1866 ; Thomas Bell Hay, LS.A., Caledonian-road, July 25, 1866 ; Richard Matthews Pryoe, LS.A.,Caerows, Montgomeryshire, July 28, 1866; Richard Cresswell, Lewisham, May 10, 1866; William Harris Butler, Old Charlton, Kent, July 15, 1865 ; count and John Macdonald, Kidderminster, LR.C.S.K, August nailing 6, 1858, and LR.C.P.E., October 4, 1864 (not a member). HORSLEYDOWN REGATTA.—This regatta for a new skiff and money prizes, by free watermen, took place the I yesterday, and was , as usual, very creditably managed by meet Kr. W. E. Blackwell, the umpire. First heat.—S. Hart, 'ohNO 1; J. Wheeler , 2 • C. Blackwell, 3. A good race, won by NE, two lengths. Ber:ond heat.—J. Chapman, 1; C. Lloyd, 2; J. Wheeler, 3. Won easily. Third heat—Lloyd, 1 ; John Wheeler, 2 ; Blackwell, 3 ; Wheeler, 4. Won by 1 by ti four lengths. Fourth heat.—Hart, 1 ; J. Wheeler, 2 ; unant Chapman, 3 ; Lloyd, 4. A capital nice, won by two opted, lengths. Final heat. —Hart, 1; Wheeler, 0. A fine race, many won by three lengths. .f F5O TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AND Loss oe LIFE NEAR lid in CONSTANTINOPLR.—A few minutes before 9 a.m. on Thurs -11-yeal day, the large cartridge and rocket factory below Maori e she • Inn, on the Msrmora, exploded with terrific force, de of th stroying the whole pile of workshops and above 70 lives of ilea the hands employed on the works. In the absence of such y hav investigation as would follow a similar occurrence in Eng land, it is impossible to ascertain with any degree of ;m -imeo other racy the direct cause of the disaster ;but • careful digest they of the half dozen of official and other versio ns of it which have reached us gives the following as the most coherent NI(( and likely statement of the origin and extent of the : we calamity. The whole group of buildings forming the Barout-khaneh comprised nine magazines, of which ng b four contained from 800 to 1,000 barrels of powder each, •ous the fifth about 1,500 barrels, and the remaining four about De 6,000 barrels each—or a total of about 30,000 barrels ,of about 501 be. each. Nearly in the centre of these separate 'PIK buildings was another large compartment which formed the laboratory of the establishment, in which cartridges and', B. rockets were manufactured. In this last it was that the accident originated. Here on Thursday morning ivu about 100 hands were employed, some in making now I Si. O: cartridges, and the rest in ripping up and extracting the at : powder and bullets from old ones. The official account i s, ly's that one of the sixty or more Jews employed at this latter orde work, in using a hatchet to open a case of cartridges, lone struck fire with the tool, an igniting, it blew up the whole stock of powder — amounting in all to , it is said, nearly 50,00011*. Tlur destruction of the building and a I all in it was of course the instant result ; but, marvellous aB, to tell, the whole of the other magazines escaped. The Prit roof of the nearest, which was only some 200 yards off, non _ was shattered, and a quantity of sulphur inside it set on NE fire by burning splinters. Several of its barrels were also II 4 thrown down and burst by the shock , and o n Halil for Pasha—who hastened to the spot from his house close tges by on the first explosion—entering the magazine, he as found the loose powder extending in a broad trail to the r. a edge of the smouldering sulphur. It is paying this con se rageoua functionary noundeserved compliment tosay theta, tett his instant personal extinction of the sulphur and clearance away of the gunpowder is to be attributed the Ins escape of this, and with it the whole group of magazines. an Badthey caught, the explosion of thelaboratory would have O been as a pop-gun to • cannon, and for miles round, up and into Stamboul itself , the de vastation mart have been sipuniversal. As it is, tl'e Porte return of the autuakties a i states the dead at 72, and the wounded at 24. Of the ad I former 60 were Jews, 11 Armenians, and 1 a Turk ; of the ----- ' latter, 3 Jews, 17 Armenians and 4 Turks. Fragments of KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY- ' the killed were, it is stated, picked up more than half a ISO 14 "/M 0 L — FLEAS. Bags, Codayschost Biotic* mile from the so of the disaster; of the laboratory le it, Moths, ac., are Instantly destroyed by this Powder. which itself not one s ti c k o r stone was left upon another, its very quite harmless to animal We. Imported and sold In packets. 21 : 21 . EL. and es. ed. each, or re ttsta, tree by ter It lite being torn up as if a huge &ell had fallen and ex stamps, and Is. at on of at. Also fatties with ploded upon the spot.—Leasur Heredd, July 25. ts ttssr ar. le e. and its. each, by T. TING, Cliadd. 7 5 , ilk A FATAL FRIAL.—An old man employed as Churchyard, London. I ship-keeper at the Queen's Dock, Liverpool, boasted that he could ;milk on board his vessel on the ropes which moored her to the quay. He attempted the feat, but had gone three paces when he fell into the dock and WY (101:1T or RHEUMATISM isquickly relidisbeved and and owed la •R HE (Ws by that Meo. KM'S GOUT bow UMATIC rum obtained womb «I%adk.Ulild sad ft Mt b". TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (ammmmmanics.) THE.MUUL that the number received during the twenty-four hour., shall not exceed the eying powers of the cable during that period of time. Should the number of message, received during the twee - tour hours exceed the trans mating powers of the cable, the second day would begin with a portion of the =eerie, left over from the first day, and in the cause of a short time thin daily seouraniation would amount to so much that letters by mail would reach their destination sooner than menages by telegraph, aa. I by law, all mseesges must be sent in the order in which they wen There only one legitimate way that I can see of limiting the messages that will pour in frost every past of Eurepe, Asia, and +U 0. to be transmitted to the whole of the North American Continent, and vice verse and that is to make the price such that it shall limit the mumps sufficiently to keep them within the okaying power of the cable. From an experience of over eighteen y ears, dating frotn the very commencement of the telegra as a public insti tution, and from the experience gaineby moans of the submarine cables connecting Alexandria and Malta with Europe, I feel perfectly convinced that even a sum of 2Ds. per word will not limit the teak sufficiently to keep the line between America and Europe free. When we consider that the submarine line between Alexandria and Malta, which forms the connecting link between but a mall part of Egypt and Marla, has • very large amount of business, how 14 it pomade that two wires can do the baldness between Europe, Asia, and Africa on the one side, and America on the other t The manager of the Malta and Alexandria line reoccomended that awn or 21. per word should be charged through the Atlantic cable to limit the messages to the capacity of the line. As soon as one line of oosamusication is Web/Joked between America and Europe it will widoelandli nir kaa44 be immediately followed by others to meet tits demand which experience shows Invariably to follow the opening of telegraphic ecaueenicatem between distrait* pointe—l am, sir, yours faithfully, ,C. F. VAILZT + The Electrician of the Electric and International Telegraph C1°117.417' C. W. Field, Fie., Palace Hotel, Briekiagnsc.„___ The suggestion contained in the above letter has been adopted, though it is still an open question whether the demand for communication through the cable will not, even at the present rate of charges,' exceed what it can do. "Europe, Asia, and Africa, and the whole of the North American continent," will, as Mr. Varley writes, communicate through the Atlantic coil, and a low battery power will be prudently used, both night and day. While on this part of the subject the statistics put forth• by the company dter the breakage of last year are worth quoting : ESTIMATILDRIMMIL—Auumingthat the chile for trans mission of messages between the Old and the ew World be fixed at ss. per word, and that the gird of working be limited to only five words per minute during 24 hours per day, and allowing 300 working days in the year, one cable would produce a gross annual revenue of 540,0001„ to be divided as follows :—Working expenses, say 25,0001. interest at five per eent. on 100,000/. Atlantic Telegraph Debentures, 5,0001.; Telegraph Company, 125,0001.; Atlantic Telegraph Company's Preference Shares, 600,0001.8 per cent., 48,000/.; Atlantic Telegraph Company's Ordinary Shares, 600,0001.4 per cent., 24,0001.; Balance divided—Anglo-Americea Telegraph Company, 156,500/. and Atlantic Telegraph Company, 156,500 i. Total, 540,0001. To the tfiil,ooo/. above shown as ng to the A ng lo-American Telegraph economy from the revenue of the cable, the sum ot 25,0001. must be added, granted as a subsidy by the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Oompany, which will make a total income of 306,5001., or ova. 50 per cent. net upon the capital of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company. Al the price charged is V. instead of &a. per word, the above sum—always assuming the official calcu lations to be correct—must be multiplied by four. If the cable of 1865, over which the Anglo-American Company has the same rights as that of 1866, be raised, the amount must be multiplied by eight. In other words the annual revenue of the company on a capital of 600,0001. will be by its own show ing, two millions four hundred and fifty-two thousand pounds. These figures are startling as an Arabian Nights' story. But it must be remembered th.:t the whole enterprise has been looked on for years as a romantic dream. 'The promoters of Atlantic telegraphy have borne the brunt of luke warmness, ridicule, and opposition, and the vast rewards they seem oa the eve of grasping are not half so extravagant as their project was pronounced to be by sound men of business not many weeks ago- - - SHOCKING SUICIDE ON THE NORTH LONDON RA IL WA Y. An inquiry was held by Mr. John Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, last evening, at the Queen Elizabeth Tavern, Graham-road, Dalstor, respecting the suicide of Joseph Gosling, aged 75 years. Ellen Gibson, No. 9, Arundel-street, Kingsland, daughter of the deceased, said that her father was a mariner. He had lately been in great distress, and • few days before his death he discharged himself from the Hackney work house. On Sunday last witness went to see him in the German Hospital, where be had been removed after he bad thrown himself under a train. He said, "If I had had a night's lodging this would not have happened." If any one was to blame for what had happened, blame was certainly attached to witness's sister and to her husband. On Fri day he went to the house of witneee's sister and her hue. band, and at 10 o'clock at night they turned him out of doors, and he lay down on the cold stones near his daughter's house. The husband then came out ; he told a police-constable to move him off the stones, and said, "If you don't, I will kick him off." It was very bard to turn an old man out at that time of night. Witness had only two rooms to live in, or she would have given him a lodging. He had made three attempts upon his life, and he was not a man of sober habits. On Saturday last at 6 o'clock in the evening the deceased entered the Stoke Newington statior of the North London Railway and paid RI. for a ticket for Dalston junction, and be was then allowed to pass on to the railway platform. George Naylor, fireman, said that at 6 o'clock last Saturday be was standing on the engine of the Broad-street down train when he saw the deceased walk to the front of • train at the Stoke Newington station, jump off the platform, and throw himself in front of the engine. The buffer of the engine struck him on the head and knocked him down. The train, which was the up one, was entering the platform at the time and witness called out to the guard " There is a man under the engine !" The engine ran over the man's legs and feet. Dr. A. Burgess said that the deceased was admitted into the German Hospital on the night of the occurrence. There was a severe wound on the aide of the head, and his leg was so utterly smashed that amputation had to be performed. He expired on Monday from the effects of his injuries. The Coroner said that when the eon-in-law of the de ceased found the old man in his house at night he ought not to have turned him out, and compe ll ed him to sleep upon the stones. He might have waited until the morning even if he had an objection to • person who drank being in his house. The jury returned • verdict " That the deceased died from the effects of injuries received through being run over by a certain railway train under which he had thrown himself for the purpose of destroying rife, whilst in a state of unsound mind." - - • Eton College will close to-day (Friday) for the autumn vacation, the Great Western and South Western , Railway Companies running special trains for the con 'evince of the boys to their homes. An extra week has ' been given to the school on account of the marriage of Princess Mary of Cambridge. Ku. BRIGHT AND THE DCTILIE REFORMERS.— The reformers of Dublin are procuring signatures to • letter inviting Mr. Bright to a banquet on a large scale in j that city. It is intended to obtain the names of the mem bers of country town councils also. The list is headed by I Mr. J. F. Maguire, 11. P., Mr. J. B. Dillon, M.P., the ' O'Donogbue, M.P., Sir John Gray, M.P., an Dubli d Mr. N. d a D. Murphy, M.P. The Lord Mayor elect et nan number of magistrates and merchants have likewise signed the document. It is purposed to secure the largest avail able building for the celebration, and to invite other lead ing English politicians to take part in the demonstration. The terms of the invitation are these :—" We, the undfor er signed, admiring your public character, and grateful your eloquent advocacy of the rights of our country, re spectfully request your acceptance of a public banquet at Dublin on as early a day as your convenience will admit." VALUE Or PROPERTY AT THE EAST-END.Yester day a oompeneation case was held at Poplar, "Lewes v. the North London Railway," to arm the vales of a freehold, known as the Plough Tavern, beloognig te • gen tleman named Lewis. The claim se made was a very large one. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Prentice, Q.C., were for the claimant ; the Solicitor•Generel and Mr. Noonan for the company. A verdict at 8,5001. was agreed upon after they had viewed the proodass. Tax LATE ROWLEY AT THE MANCEESTER STAMP orris..hariss Batt, who had been remanded on sus picion of breaking into the Stamp-office, Manchester, and starling bills, sta, tan, to the value of 12,01301., sore brought before Sir Thomas Henry, at the Bow-street Po lies station, yesterday afternoon, and was again remanded. CAUSAL PALL= -- ONE S=unOS DAY: THURSDAY. AVOCET 2.—Adiainsices on moist, 4,336 ditto by mama tickets. 1,367. Total viatra. 5,6613. 114.114812 16 10 CR. By cash on band at Bead °dice sad branches 5.2,149,216 6 I By cub placed at call and at notice EZ,032,612 10 10 Investments, viz.: By government and gua ranteed stocks By other stocks end securities 194,381 17 I 00,3015 111 11 UM= 11 2 By discounted 'bilis, and ad vances to customers in town and conntry 10,410,772 8 0 By freehold premises in Lombard-street and Nicholas-lane, freehold and leasehold pro cgt/ at the branches, with 11xtures and lit- By Interest paid to customers By salaries and all other expenses at Head *Mee and branches, including income tax on Tecate and Wailes -94,076 17 6 156,078 18 0 126,581 10 6 414,111,812 15 10 Dt. PROM AND LOSS ACOOVT To Interest paid to customers To expenses, as above To rebate on bills not due, carried to new 42,211 5 account To dividend of 6 per cent. for the balf-year 45,000 0 0 To bonus of 5 per cent. To balance carried forward 6126.581 10 S 55,076 17 5 L 382.399 9 8 414,527 18 10 CR. By balance brought forward from last account. By gross profit fur the half-year, after malting prorbdun for bad and doubtful debts £382,103 . 0 8 We, the undersigned, hare examined the forefitkiieTalaice sheet, and have found the same to be correct Sued WILLIAM NORIL&N, Auditors. R. A. SIVAINE, ff London and County Bank, July 28, 1866. The foregoing Report having been read by the Secretary, the &flowing resolutions were proposed and unanimously adopted : 1. That the Report he received and adopted, and printed for the ass of the shareholders. t That the capital of this Banking Company be Increased by the creation of 20.000 additional shares of ISO each ; and that bath shares be Issued at such times and in such manner as May be determined at some annual or half-yearly general meet tor Man extraordinary meeting of the shareholders Milled held in accordance with the provisions of the Deed of Settle ment. I. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Board of Directors for the able manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Company. 4. That the thanks of Meeting be presented to William ll'ilewan, Esq., and to the principal and other °facers of the think, for the seal and ability with which they have discharged (heir respective duties. !9igmedt W. NICOL, Chairman. The Chairman hating quitted the chair, it was resolved, and lorded unanimously, I. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be presented to William Nicol, Esq., for his able and courteous conduct In the that 'Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Deputy Chairman. Extracted from the minutes, (Signed) F. CLAPPISON, Secretary. LONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a DIVIDEND on the Capital Stock of the Company, at the rate of Six per Cent. for the !tali-year ending 90th June, 1866, with a BONUS of Five per Cant., wilibePAlD to the Proprietors, either at the Read-office, 21 . Imo bard-street, or at any of the Company's Branch Banks, Oft and after MONDAY, the 13th instant—By order of the Board, W. WE EWAN, General Manager. Lombard-etreet, August 3,1886 BLOSSOM of HONEYSIJCKLX, $ delicate and (Ulnae perfume, extracted !TOW the lowers, by JNO. 008 NELL and Co., Perfumer' to H.B.H. the newer d wane, 144 Ball Wharf. 93, Upper Thames-street. London. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.—The medical profession for thirty lean hove approved of this Poe sotution of magnesia as the hest remedy for acidity of the elotesch, headache, hawthorn, gout, and Indigestion ; and as a mod aperient it is especially adapted for ladles and children. nlilewed by DLNNEFORD and Co., Chanute, dc., 172, New . ""tivet. London, and sold throughout the world by all IMMeetable chemists. Caution—See that "Dinadord and Co." Is Mi lath bottle and red label over the oork. LA -MR.—The LETTUCE contains an active Prisepe the Latucine, which penes all the soothing 017 hint without its danger.—Hr. 0. JOIILAU, Trench aymarket, prepares a Syrup and a Pate o f Wine latOlty _relcommended by the Medical Prel o meten for bra sad all eliaat affeskaa Syr lid. and 2 id. lla, Pats, lry peek lot aid and O. fal sktis ft; ROYALPRINCESS'S THEATRE. —SoleLessee and manager, Mr. VINING.-BUMMIII Goon Open at half-peat 7 : w4ormaaoes commence at 8 o'clock precisely. EVERT NFILG dartng the week, a aew and to Three Acta, lw Wages Phillips, lag., entitled Tli b r i lit r lMOT CAPTAIN. Prindpal charm:tem-111ra Mir- Ibis, MIAs Neilson, Miss Anode Thounpsos, Mr. George Repel. and Mr. Vining. Grand BalW of Bohemlaaa,ia which Meadeurs Flageolet, Clodoche, Comet% and Normand. will appear. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds- FOREIGN WIRES, cheap and pure; Catalonian Sherry, 11s. ad.: Andalusian Po Trench, lea Fresob Shorty, lga per deem Basalo lB2 - bloom 21s. ; RetlatlUOlN 17.. ed.: Chablis, 21s. Heck. 21s. to 24a ; and Sparkling Hoek and Moselle, 48s. a dozen ; Cognac Bandy, lola or knees, 410 a a dee^ bottles Inc:laded. Terms cash. Carriage paid upon four dozen tote the country. EDWARD BOWLEBANK and SONS, Dietßlers mad Imposters. 774, San-street Loads& sitabbabeil7l2. AUCE.—LEA and PERRIN WOB.CESTEESHIRE SAUCE. This delicious condiment, prononaced ruasuaars " THE ONLY 6001) SAUCE, Is prepsred solely by LEA and TERRI= The public are repectrully cautioned against worthless WM- Eons, and should see that Lea sad Perrin,' names are onwrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK ler LEA and PARRIES' SAUCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Prop-flaw% Worcester: Mesas CROSSE and BLACKWELL : Messrs. BARCLAY and soma laodsa. se., se; bad by poem and shame ladrersall.T. TOEIC BITTERS. Wall= The most palatable and wholesome bitter in taistemos. AN EFFICIENT TONIC, An unequalled Meemelles and a gentle etimulant. SAW Mpla= Ides , impoimum, we lige MINI% is PO4. a dosed. 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With the morning's news from New York published, as it has been, in Lon don et three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the question of supply and demand assumes a tangible shape, and men already ask each other how far the single coil is likely to meet the custom for it. That the needs of Europe and America — the old world and the new—will keep two or more lines of cable continuously employed there is little doubt, and the second act of the expedition upon which her Masty's ships Terrible and the Albany started from Newfoundland on Wednesday is, in a commercial sense, quite as important as the first. It will be useful, therefore, to briefly recapitulate the position of the broken end, the efforts made to retrieve it, and the causes leading up to the diaap pointment of last year, as well as the sanguine hopes which followed. Upon the 2nd of August, 1865, when the Great Eastern was in 2,000 fathom water and 1,062 miles from Valenti*, the cable parted. The distance from Heart's Content was 606 miles, let. 51 deg. 25 min., lon. 39 deg. 6 min. For this point the Terrible and Albsay sailed on Wednesday, and assuming these vessels to steam eight knota an hour, they would arrive there some itkaiie during Saturday. It matters little whether the 1 cease buoys left by the Great Eastern to mark the have survived the Atlantic storms of , e winter. Until waves are found to wash % )°t amyl, the sun tie leaders of this expedition can afford to smile at the half-hearted doubts of those who make the discovery of the broken cable depend upon the substantiality of a red flag, a black ball, and &mushroom anchor. Ilia well , known that CeptainAndersou and Staff Commander Moriarty, R.N., took independent observations , daily, and never varied so much as a quarter of a mile in the bearings given. There is no reason able doubt, therefore, that the ships despatched yesterday will arrive at and be marking the spot for grappling before the Great Eastern comes up. ' The latter has to take in a supply of coals before leaving Newfoundland with the Medway, and it may be that the honour of picking up the cable's end will be gained by the Albany. For, in order that no time shall be lost, the latter has been amply supplied with picking-up and recovering gear, and when once the spot has been ascertained the process of grappling will commence. The time this will occupy, and the period to elapse before those watchers in the telegraph house at Foilhummerhum are gladdened by a communication through the cable of 1865, will depend greatly upon the weather. It is unneoes nary to say that a portion of the large telegraphic staff at Valentin are now told off to watch the old cable day and night, and that the instant its end is recovered the glad news will be telegraphed through. Calculations as to time must, as we have already hinted, be received with some reserve, but the proceedings of last year afford fair data upon which to base an hypothesis. Referring to the published record we find that grappling com menced and the hauling in of the cable set in the very day after its fracture ; then came the first disheartening failure of material. The rope used for the grspnel was divided into lengths of 100 fathoms, each having a shackle at the end, Iwith a heavy iron swivel. One of these swivels gave way, the drum flew round rapidly, and the tail of the picking-up rope flourished in the air, while the cable sank back I into its oozy bed. This was on the 3rd August. Then came fog and drifting, at the end of which the great ship was 46 miles from the spot wt. ere 1 the cable parted. It was then resolved to place a buoy to mark the latter piece as soon as it was re gained, which was accordingly done. The 4th, sth, and 6th of August ware spent in dense fog and drizzling rain, and it was only on the 7th that attempts at picking up could be renewed. On this latter day the grapnel, with 2,500 fathoms of rope, was for the second time cast out to seek its fortune. The cable was caught again. A moonlight night, a smooth sea, and a favouring breeze facilitated opera tions, the signal "Going on hopefully" was passed to the Terrible—then, as now, the government consort of the expedition—when the head of a swivel-pin gave way and the shackle leaped into the sea to join the buried cable. The unswerving instruments showed that the latter had been raised one mile from its resting place, and it was when the anxious hopes of the operators were at their highest that the machinery yielded to the strain upon it. A second buoy was lowered about ten miles west of the first, and where this lost swivel broke, and both Great Eastern and Terrible lay to until midnight, when the wind rose and they paFted company. The 9th of August was oc cupied in preparing for the third and last attempt at picking up. A summer gale set in, and the great ship moved gently to the waves. This made it impossible to keep close to the buoy, and thirty five miles from it were run. On the 10th i the grapnel was lowered, and after seeking for some hours, it became plain that the ship bad passed over the place without finding the cable. The grapnel rope was hauled in, when it was found that the chain attached to the shank had taken half a hitch round one of the flukes, and that the instru ment could not possibly catch anything at the bottom. The now damaged rope was examined and rep, a shorter grapnel substituted , and the cable aired was eventually caught for the third time. Seven hundred and sixty-five fathoms, more than a fourth of the entire distance, were hauled in, when a shackle on the hemp hawser passed through the machinery, and the rope parted near the cap stan, and flew over the bow with a whistling sound like that of round shot. So ended the attempts of 1865. They were frustrated in every instance by inadequate machinery, and the Albany commences her work to-morrow or Sunday with every advantage over the Great Eastern of last year. Ropes, shackles, swivel, and gear, are, humanly speaking, the perfection of strength and adaptability ; and it may be fairly hoped that a message from ship to shore through the cable of 1865 will be received next week. The spot will of course be as easy to find from Newfoundland as when the Great Eastern drifted 46 and 35 miles from it. The ooze forming the Atlantic's bed is, it may be repeated, of almost the same specific gra vity as the iron wire, and the latter will not sink beyond its own depth. The constant tests show its electrical condition to have steadily improved since it was broken, i and it only needs average good for tune to place n a few days a second working cable between Europe and America at the disposal of the spirited Anglo-American Company which now has first ownership in both. So long as electric communication across the Atlantic was only believed in by a few enthu siastic supporters, the prices to be charged for messages, and the revenue to be drawn, passed without comment. Whether five or fifty, ten or one hundred per cent. will be derived from a given contingency, is profoundly uninteresting as long as the contingency itself is scoffed at ; but it is curious Ito note the rapidity with which the outer world The Royal Mail Company's steamer Oneida , , seized li upon the tariff and pronounced it enor- Captain Woolcott, with the Brazil mails, arrived at ueiyigh after the line was fairly op en. Southampton yesterday afternoon. She brings Twenty pounds for one hundred letters, or sa y specie, 28,1331. ; precious stones, 2 , 0001 . ; and five ' twenty words, and an average s p eed of seven words packages diamonds, value not stated. ! - p cueer tomers w hominute give such astounding res ults that Dssearce or TILE Wzsr INDIA Maria. —Soya-moves, Auccer 2 — The Royal Mail Company's steamer Ansi°, Captain Jelliooe, sailed hence this rdtenacan with ; p r obability of a reduced rate. On this bead 1. ent are W y counting the cost and can vassin g feel their transactions mu st be fro - the mails for the British and Foreign West In Mexico, ; the Pacific, California, Central America, Aust rali a, New the annexed letter from Mr. Cr omwell Varley, Zealand, he. she took out 96 pssessgers sad a full carp, i written last September, is of interest now : including silver coin for Demerara, 20,800 X. ; silver eosin : for Aana, 3,0001. ;Preach jewellery, 13,0141.; English 1 THE TARIFF THROUGH THE ATLANTIC CABLE. jewellery, 1,3681. ; ten boxes breeze MIMI, 9961. ; three I London, September 1, 1866 . bales cop cola r 6 °l• ; 'Rd 610 bottle quicksilver, value . My dear n , — ln the Loudon prom salenthtleas of the 5,0001. prefits of an Atlantis cable have appeared ; these otheula- SPAIN AND Can I.—The steamer Cyclone of lions are based upon the ides of charging only ss. • word. Glaegoar, was deigned' in Great Yarmouth Reads yerner. A telegraph to be of use must be expeditious sad soya , deq, cea suspicion of inhinging the isestra li ty redeem- rate. It will, therefore, be necessary tolimit thrt sesento I Ike wick respoot to theft countries. to be Hued through tbo table to wok as =toot PRUSSIA AND HANOVER. BERLIN, AuGuar 2. The Official Gazette of to-day comments upon the Hanoverian despatch, referring to the negotiations between Prussia and Hanover from the 24th to the 28th June. The Gazette publishes an authentic account of these negotiations, and accuses the Hanoverian despatch of having falsified the facts. The official paper also calls attention to a former Hanoverian despatch of the 15th May, and avers that the Hanoverian government carried on nego tiations with Prussia for a treaty of neutrality at the same time that it was arranging with Austria for a junction of the Hanoverian army with the Austrian forces under General von Gablens. " Hanover thus displayed a disregard for that public morality," says the Gazette, " which is the sole basis of political relations between dif ferent States." The semi-official North German Gazette of to-day alludes to the explanations the King's speech from the throne, upon opining the. Chambers, will contain relative to Changes of ten+ tonal possession in North Germany. . After pointing out that Prussia's right to incor— porate the conquered States is indispntable upon the basis of international law, _ the writer continues :—" Political ocsaideratinns also speak in favour of this course, at Federal relations with sovereigns hostile to Prussia, and further more, at variance with the representative bodies of their own dominions, offer no prospect of dura bility. The extensive intrigues of the expelled princes for the assembly of a Congress are being energetically supported by North German agents. These schemes, however, will not succeed with France. The Emperor is disinclined to a Con gress. He judges very justly that the successes of Prussia, if submitted to the deciaion of a Congress, would plunge Europe into profound disaster. The Emperor Napoleon's attitude is based upon a deep conviction of the value the friendship of a strong Prussia will always have for France." THE KING OF PRUSSIA'S RETURN TO BERLIN. NIICOISBURG, ALMOST 2. The Ring will leave Prague on Saturday morning for Gorlita, where his Majesty will dine at 5 p.m., and arrive at Berlin at 11 the same evening. THE ARMISTICE. BKRLIN, ArGU!? 2. The Official Gazette of to-day says :—" We are authorised to repudiate as a malicious calumny the intelligence propagated by the Official Bavaria n Gazette, that the Prussian army had, contrary to the conditions of the armistice, continued its march into Bavaria, after the 29th July, and inflicted con siderable loupes upon the Bavarian troops. The terms of the armistice agreed to by Herr von der Pfordten at Nikolaburg on the 28th July, stipulated in Art I. that a three weeks' suspension of hostilities between the opposing Prussian and Bavarian forces should commence from the 2nd of .A.u,guat ;. and,. in Art. 11., that the military details of the said armistice and the line of demarcation to be observed by both armies should be settled by the Prussian and Bavarian commanders-in-chief on the basis of the uti pow detis. There could be no question, therefore, of the right of the Prussians to advance and continue the war until the 2nd of August, or at least until a line of demarcation had been agreed upon." THE LATE GERMAN DIET. AUGSBURG, Auo. 1, Evxwnlo. The French, Belgian, and Spanish ministers accredited to the late Germanic Diet have left this city. The English minister had already taken his departure. The Russian minister alone re mains. AIISTRIA AND ITALY. FLORENCE, Auausr 2, Eviumga. The Italian government has agreed to the con clusion of an armistice of four weeks, dating from to-day. The union of Venetia to Italy is assured without any condition. The question of frontiers is re served for the peace negotiations. The armistice is concluded upon the basis of the military wti possedetis. A royal decree has been published ordering a forced currency for the notes of the National Bank in the Venetian provinces occupied by the Italians. NEW ITALIAN LOAN. FLORENCE, Amon 2. A royal decree has been issued to-day ordering a national loan of 350,000,000 his. The issue price will be 95 per cent., an will be payable in six in stalments extending from Bth October, 1866, until the Ist April, 1867. It will bear interest on the nominal value at the rate of six per cent., of which five per cent. will be paid by coupon and one per cent. in prizes. The interest will be payable every six months, the first payment falling due on the Ist April, 1867. The first drawing for prizes will take place in October, 1870. The prizes will range from 100 to 100,000 lira. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, Ara. t On account of the conclusion of the preliminaries of peace the Federal council has disbanded a por tion of the troops who were guarding the frontier between Switzerland and Italy. AMERICA. (BY ATLANTIC TELIGIAPH.) NEW YORK, JULY 30. The neutrality laws have been modified by Con gress. NNW YORK. JULY 31. A political riot has taken place at New Orleans necessitating the proclamation of martial law. THE CIHOLERA. The Ibiffildkarffissieras retain & the fateful Weepes of the chokes and choleraic diarrhoea was made up to Satur day last. Siam then the number el deaths have been almost, Ss& quite as numerous as in the mead* week. Cholera has not attacked the poor only, but the w• 6111 1 7, lif il O P T e llOTll l : l° W ei untli no iftdammm oo: . ...:n . a sh thenl op i : keePera m i : 4l4 or tilligi".l the dromen hed menia l advise, have talkie triennia. The medical feral* ihMoS performing their duty have been greatly ovenullr DUTSTS at the London Hospital will be . 6. 92 r 4 Ete in til t ly remembered. In the East of London the boards, and boards of guardians la* sseleasliand ably act *work to abate the ravages cd thli v S Committees sit daily al the various board- able "dis at i e l i c g i i i M Pre4ti ttsli timera dis expeftB. trib hl utcd l 4Fall arTthAedulidi‘ oome jama i.i, e eni la su ti ; plies of chlon& of lime and other dialnresdanhi hav hem provided. The gratings, gulley-beles, and Maps ev the sewers, have beat &Infected with chloride cd • every etey in the course of the last wetk......a.= have been numerous eagagensents et able and nurses at the London Hospital daily for List fortnight , which has drawn largely on the resources that exeellsatestehliehment. Two of those real " of moray" have died of cholera, but their places Sired cap. The women who laid out the remains rai.ve., 4 23guei, :giredarove=ratai,rninla cholera, lea seven elffidren. The guardians of the Poplar Union mined placards yesterday, requesting the immediate ermines of dm* *arses, two at • celery et MIL meth and ode at 301. per *aura. Mr. Freemen, lid nue dial officer of the *wiry of lele-end Old Town,_esatain ing 80,000 inhabitants, has broken down under Ids work, and Dr. Comm, of the Mikeend-road, • gentleman of grad talent and experianos, has been appointed to act in his abseils.. Five other medical gentlemen have been ap pointed to amid him while the epidemic mueslis. Yesterday afternoons &mutates, oonaeling at the Bev. Hugh Allen, D.D. rector of Southwark ; Ca Clerk, of the Queen's Military Prison, Borough- ; Dr. Bate son, medial officer of the district ; the Bev. J. WA', ig Hospital ; Mr. COMMITS. of the Board of War*, sn a ri akn everal members of . St. George's vestry, was introdimed to the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, at the Privy Council-office, by Mr. John Locke, M.P., on the subject of • virulent miasma existing in the borough of Smth wark, believed to be the caws of epidemic in the district. Mr. Iteadall, the local medical vase& explained that, is Green-etreet,Friarstrest,Blaskfriars-road,fourboneboilers, two att e iakers, and • horse slaughterer . caused in their b carried en • locality peopled with 490 persons e square acre, a nuisance which rendered the atmosphere absolutely foul, and sent • constant cloud of putrid particles over the whole district. They had done the best in theirpower to abate the indiense, but their efforts were wholly inoperative. Increased rates of I mortality prevailed in the dish ict, which In the lad visits- I lion of cholera lost 10,000 d its inhabitants. The difileulty was this, though the 7th and fish Vie., cup. 84, prohibited the future establishment of works noxious to the ppublic health near the streets, it allowed thosealready in e sistenoe to continue until 1874, thirty years from the passieg of the act. They came before the council to learn if there existed no means under the extraordinary powers given the council to mitigate the nuisance. There had been three deaths the previous nightfrom cholera and choleraic fever 1n49, street, and another in 38, Wellington-street, both of which were under the shadow of the street referred to. Tor Mag dalen Hospital was. *bout to be removed in eoesequenoe of the mortality amongst the inmates, which had increased 97 per cent. Complaints were made by the householders, for the liquid refuse into the drains, forced up defective traps, anrrli! governor of the Queen's Military Prison had repeatedly complained to the War-office of the stench getting tilde the high walla of the prison. After • very lcag dissuasion I his grace said the powers of the Privy Council extepded only to ordering speedy interments, instituting limns, to house visitation, eitabhahing dispensaries, and Oaking pre , cautions to guard against the spread of dimes & He doubted whether the latter clause could be construed so far as to suppress • nuisance so to speak licensed by act of parliament ; but an inspec t or should visit the spot, and then if given • memorialby the vestry he would laythstease before the legs! advisers of the crown. With regard to a ease reported in yesterday's papers, there impaired * be no sumnil mot p l ower to punish persons who refused to destroy cl othing, and the parochial authorities would have to a ant an cer for the purpose, the neglect of whose would be punishable as • misdemeanour. The deputation then withdrew. Ate meeting of the vestry of St. James, Westminster, yesterday, Mr. Burt in the chair, Dr. Lankerter re ported that two decided cases of Asiatic cholera had occurred. One case, which was fataloras that of • 'oiling coachman, who lived in Brewer-street, in a back foam abutting upon Smith'reourt. The yard, dust bin, °Wei cellars, and kitchen were filthy in the OILiTIODIN The drainage TM bad, and the water closet defective. The other man who was recovering, was a tailor and a teetotaller, , living in the first floor back, in Broad-street. The house was overcrowded, the cistern filthy, the dust bin full, and the drainage bad. These two cases sh wed that where sanitary anangemenhewere most negleattd the disease was most likely to occur.. It was asked whether Lan corrit not id be frighte n ed *Bee it. De jm " That the aid :hole of the powers which this vestry peaces to carry out the direction and regulations of the Privy Council for the prevention of cholera, kc., be delegated to the Sanitary Committee, and that the Finance Committee be authorised to sign cheques for any expenaee the Seminary Committee may incur in the discharge of their duties. The motion was adopted. The Committee appointed by the City Oemmiedeners of Sewers held another meeting yesterday the Guitaell, under the presidency of the chairman, Mr. De Jersey. The chairman stated that he shad written to the &arnica of each of the boards of guar dians of the City unions informing them that the com mittee would be glad to co-operate with them in any mea sures which from time to time might be found desirable for the prevention of nuisances and diseases, end he had also requested their attendance before the committee to confer upon the subject of 'implying chloride of litre to the poor gratis, and upon other matters. Mr. George Cuthbert, chairman of the East London Un ion, had attended in consequence, and be stated that the penal committee of his union were about to appoint four medical officas to aasist Dr. Simpeon, the chief medical adviser of the board. Accommodation bad been provided for the casual poor at the workhouse at Homerton, and the tumm ies' poor wards in New-street, Bishopagate r would be fitted up as a temporary hospital for the exclusive acoommods ' tion of cholera patients. The medical officers of the union had been invested with power to we any dish:fee , tants, stimulants, and warm clothing, and everything necessary for tureens afflicted with the prevailing epidemio. I Chloride of lime was provided, and might be had gra tuitously by any poor persons applying. (Hear, hear.) The he B. Henry Kelleck, M.A., rector of St. Clement Danes. Strand, has issued notices to the poeer parishioners of Si. Clement Danes, reminding them that a great deal may be done to prevent cholera by cleanliness, sobriety, and care in food. If attacked serious cones queue* might generally be avoided by immediately taking suitable medicine. With • view to *Hording every pos sible facility for obtaining immediate relief the clergy, Scripture :laden!, Bible women, district visitors, and matrons of the mission-house. would be provided with tickets which world enablethe poor parishioners stoups to receive four doses of diarrhea medicine for relievintthe am peelim su mary pply ire toms. King's College Hospital would I Upon inquiry at the Liverpool Workhouse yesterday our correspondent was informed that two more deaths from cholera had occurredf in the wards and four in the town. At the meeting of the Liverpool health committee yestreday Dr. French, the medical officer of health, stated that the present visitation of cholera was more severe than that of 1854, but the mortality from the epidemic was not nearly so great as in 1849. In one week in July of the latter year the deaths from cholera were 333, w . hili e re o talm f wee th 6l : 6w le fre Ften +l°duaTha* Hyean, being last the amount 00-cW Twifiniktnabottite;ediawwtheeeerethikaGnscudburwiat .87 uverpoof ; ei t l h ia e 6, re .e:rac w holas e urs, being 0.34 of an inch. The mean reading of the barometer during the week was 30.052. The temperature *lied from 71.2 on the 22nd to 54.1 on the 23rd, the mean average at the week being 62.4. It has been noticed that in towns where cholera is prevalent, meat gets putrid, and fruit decays much more rapidly than in towns where cholera doss not exist. M.B. EDMOND Bursa AND ?ME ANEMIA/WM CLCB.—tinder the head " Another Hoax," the following letter appears in the Times :—" Sir,—Among the many ismer, anonymous or otherwise, scurrilous or good . humoured, with which I have been regaled during the Ise few days is the notice in the Times of to-day of a letter alleged to have been addresoed by me to the com mittee of the Atheneum. The notice appears to have been serionaly inserted, sad as I was actually asked in court this morning whether I had really sent such a letter, it may, perhaps , be as well for me to anticipate similar credulity in others by eating that no such letter was ever written by me. I should have imagined that the letter itself would raidelently show the forrggeery, it not being quite so clever a performance as the ULdatoee forgery. I may as well also take this opportunity of remarking that the allusion made to me in the paragraph in the Tames of today relating to revising banisters is one upon the good taste of which it is unnecessary fur me to make any rem went.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, EDMOND BIWA& i August 2." m 4 re. 'Aiss i 1 i the a A Saga 14.* rip we'