The Express. — London, England, 1865-02-28 00:00:00

. • Art: - . • - • rt 4% ti dX':l _ - - .1 • .7:7„ .4 er; r /ri?rd:' I r i g; .• .ro-• • . • 1- 'f th e ami t y erdte 1 with wilful ill h e eu ou . ~,.~ (TWOPENCII: LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2B, 1885. No. 5,791.] . [Stamped, id. Additional 7.—There 'inaction' re only to log to the than the) There is s or worsted the eve" ye to the • stead* compels• to-d 1 mom sad L Maar'. of mill' mod pew t the ex. Jag, wait ~.e. Wed 'eTua West • tuila 18s. 64 ; too, 2 06 ; lull, I& ; a d South 2,—ShiPs ion (Dir Liver, and e dirthe, gevalenta r rem LLB! ol4~nl~ra 4 . i nricksWie w ife of J• de-Pask. ths .eding. ,to pprer, e bg al MAP. arch, Teshr. landler, re child at tha I Arm). Iston, O. ph& Esther. • I.es. Jane, widow e wife of 1- write ori. _ A lg ed d l l ma. t. li ar" Co. the and of Se thi ter, wi tult, LINE of PAOKETEL—For 11XL- Irsz vm, , rl m o d mainly% bisect. the splendid Clipper. ahW _.,.„Tia 1367 tons register, Captain WM. PARTITT will 1 14 1. sot India Docks. all March . call at Plymouth, and MO , emrieacel surron —Appa ki to THILLIPPB, SHAW, OM M • goal hsk hange.b I sod W /T m e, L e ;deoLalletreet. LC. "4 ' " to F. 4114 ZEN Passengers by this line od ~ _— _...el bf ran t!eni Paddington to Plymouth at reduced re r""r i ..ope, to !. ORE ss.d Co. for tklets. toes bf y you L 11• EIPuOL Olt. QUE.ENSTOWN TO OW" KEW %JIM LWERPOOL, NEW YORK, and iy.011,111.1A STEAM.AHI7 COIMANY Who! ,tas- tapowsrad Clyde-bullt Leos loraw Staam.f4/44. L.. Hata MIN 1311 CS. lOW '.-111011 LIVERPOOL tor NW YORK. piT OY WASHINGTON. We'llssida). March 1. aTT or CORK, Safunla). March 4 arr OF LONDON, 11 ednesda), March S. "gem 14111186 day as I may altioniaas Altardat. ~,..."Ti m aya by th e out ate:wars salting every Wedorsl y 91 Floes% aocoraing ths scLommodatton. ifs .),) I...riAbe,lllks ?staidly's stamen. 13 Worm. Forward. paffaaS lacludlog all proindotu footed. NA liatOd Maas. sea catushie. noo l'a t i :Mt a u suamous tor s or turthar part:mime apply to i' ll uaM COW: Waterutrost. Lltsmpool at 10 a., &A i gNAOTT. C. MK OUT. BRlSZN.—Direct Roate to Haltom, Bruns via. sad astral Gereaatty.—Ose of the Werth Germf tee drat claw screw stemotera A.1)121t, MOW& am or GONDOL, wtl.l be &watched trout Bonet,- 6 " wry rbareday metres 'weather permittetw). at 10 a.aao og at elacteall Pter 611. teroseerra at It MOIL —Yarn to wokLt Nod BL . edam deuce, sus m _ Apatit OLIN Wean& Belpeet-circua. 14.. or to igffl t tilLYS4 00 . ....1L Rood-J . 9m Lc. W.if, wtsciarrns CIIDIT AmeocumoN • AIR AL - TROMSO! TO Orna 30,043 MARYS I .A RAILWAY 01311IPANY, OW TIER TIMMS Of TRIFILLOWING PROURCTIIII : Tint VARNA RAILWAY COMPANY OLUSTCHUR to VARNA), wawa by Statutes under the law of Turkey, with Limited I I Liability. Concessith 99 years. 1 golAl" . £90.3,000, In 45,400 shares to bearer of L2O eack. - leillig a minim= interest of 5 per ornt. per annum puree tdayihe TEAM Government . 3,lllsbami e h been taken. 9 , 000 of which are ender offer in yezgey 41COOrdin to the terms of the conoeselon. Price of Woe of the shares 1:12. NOR QC fiiPlidatkm, al. ditto on allotment, LI Olt sot to exceed n 10s. per share, at luteisals of not this • ' atom three mattlu. sail sive of Wee. deareholders will receive Pi per cent. per gas, ad Interest will Os allowed at the same rate on ad pay- Oda aareholders may pay opts full. "Gibe redeemed at par by a sinking fund guaranteed Y Ttliaa government by annual. draw - hip, to commence Liar stare the opening of the line, via : gimes during the and 33 years. 10,000 durtng the a years. 11,309 during the third 33 years. Total, Sift.4.64isre drawn and snide( at f"2O, will receive I entitling him to participate in all profits gold W tile Railway in excess of the guaranteed Interest an nmanireg term of the concession. lls situate the advantages oared to the shareholders, In ad age' le the minimum interest of 83 per cent., and the profit delvelten the anaual drawings allot, it is necessary to state Y der railway b arrogated to yield from 10 to 12 per cent. per sem.= the entire camp.' expended of 42.000.000 ; of this 0 . saress, g APO bar heft provided by means of obligations at per osnt Interest, end redeersable by the sinking guaranteed by the Turkish government : the above the aggregate guarantee will, Inconsequence, divisible among the sharebolden. representing a capital elteken),andtalthog into account thegetce at which the shams arailipat each 1 per one. of surplus profit earned on the total arid give the shareholder an addition of nearly 4 per cent. a sasean. paid by him. sot to, Betts, and Crampton have contracted to construct the railway and works, and provide rollingetock. for a sum AIM will leave a staciant margin In the hands of the Company otztop interest .doriag constraction, and to meet all contingen swing tbet under no circumstances shall the es. E2,0m000. 1 1M T was commenced last June, and great progress has all branches of the works. Fifty miles of sreerere n ready for laying the tuffs, and the contractors bps dads of en to overstate mitre line la the autumn, lift. For this purposnall the rails will be delivered this year. Dr =MOM. WILLIAM GLA DSTONE. Esq., Chermus. H. Wollaston Blake. Eaq. Charles Edson, EIS. McChlery, Vannes .1. Poen% Bal. Nam L 14ne. V. Tercelln.Monjet. CoArLand LveluDelt—Gs P. Bidder, Esq. Enema Wm. McCandlleh. Encl. CONSIACTORS —Messrs. Pete,- Betta. and Crampton. Soucrroze-31 mil. Frephbelds ma • Newman- EAMLEES—Mesms. !Mooed Co. •••• • .0 A haliarbiga4: Itioness—Massra. P. Canenove and Co. 001cro--15, Angel-court, E.C. ..London. This Railway will connect Restchuk, on the banks of the Danube, with Varna, the principal port in the Black Sea, and wit traverse for the entire diatanee of about 138 English miles most populous dlotrivts in the province of Bulgaria. This province resits >early to the Turkish government a net revenue of about one million "Wiles, and provides Constantinople with cattle, Caber. grain, and other produce. The maps attached to the prospectus will show the route of the proposed railway, and the great saving of time and distance, both by Pet and laud. It will form the shortest and most con 'Went route to and from the Rut. It will also provide the cheapest and most direct means of communication between the BadoWallachlan Principalities and the countries of the upper Danube sad the Por. of Yarns. The journey from London to Constantinople will be accomplished In four and a half days. The buy of Vanua is one of the best natural harbours in the Mack Sea, from whence there is a large exportation of grain and other merchandise at all aeasous of the year. The Turkish go ornament arc now negotiating with a company for the construc tion of a breakwater and quays within the bay. When these are completed the harbour of Varna will be one of the finest in Europe. Already a pier has been constructed, extending into le feet deptp of water, where camels of large tonnage may load and deliver in connexion with the railway. By means of the annual payments guaranteed by the Turkish ilevennsent, the entire share and debenture capital will be re deemed within the term of the concession. The Turkish government have the option of purchasing the railway on terms Livonrable to the Company, at the expiration ally years. For further detail+, reference is made to the original firrolo, convention, cahier des charges, pan for redemption, and other venal documents, s) hick with tranalalions, are open foriuspec boa at the Company s aloe. Applications for shares in the annexed form to be left with the bathers epee payment of the deposit of Cl per share. If no allotment is made the deposit will be returned In full, and if • lean number of shares be allotted than is applied for, the deposit nil, so far as required, be applied towarda the payment due on allotment. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be ob tained of the Secretary of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso ciation Limited', 95, Bishopegate-atreet, of the Brokers. at Na Threatineenk.street, or at the offices of the Company, lb, Angetcourt. POLY OP APPLICATION TOR STURM To be retained by the Bankers. To the Directors of the Varna Railway Company. Gentlemen,—llaving paid to your bankers, Meagre. Roberts, Labbock, and Co., the sum of C , being a deposit of CI pa dare on shares In the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to accept roch shares, or any less number you may allot to me , (6 the "roe of the proopectus, and I agree to pay the depoait die on allotment. Usual sismature. Name in tall Re4dence Pmfesaloa Date THE VARNA RATLWAY COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LISTS of APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be CLOSED THIS DAY Muse day, the lath indent. but Apploations from the Country will be waived by post T.I.MORROW MORNING (Westheidsl). 16, Angeteourt, 28616 Feb., 1866. By order. DE. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER a Dever failing remedy, prepare d wit/mint any mitteneet,_ from the recipe of Dr. Scott, will be found Invaluable men via ender from balms and liver complainta, indinestion, Igemes, giddiness, dirsineas of the eyes, rte. For habitual tu ,„lt/Inion as a Welly aperient :medicine, and es • purifier of they are truly excellent mild in their operation and WWII to the etornacb, they create appetite, promote digestion. ent strengthen tee whole oerveus system.—sold by W. LaU 164 •,..._ . _ . ehea1at, 0, Kinn Wililemat.„ Charing-cross, and by inert betas, Is. 14d, and 2. ed. be owe to sob toe Dr. Mats •••mnt and Liver Pills. 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WAREHOUSES and WHARVES, with . ['THE OXFORD.--ORPHEE AUX ENTERS. RIVER FRONTAGE at BATTERSEA. I A- This celebrated Comic opera, by J. Offeetsch, will be per by Aot of Parliament as the --4,-- - Chant, 4600,000, to 25,000 shares of KM each, of whicPeonliii-. this WM LillwielitraladDOCKS AND WAREHOUSES Chia -Y. formed by the whole of the company EVERY IiVICNING during week. Director, Mx. F. JONGEIYANS. Cote by Mr. Deorwlietliee, the celebrated Irish comedian and mimic : W. TATTERSALL'S..—Mow DAY. third has be already subscribed. The enitement at the ad "Urrerrer,• Lo--1117, sou s7r•P' Deposit. 81 on application, sod s'.2 on abalone I Readell, Little Hob, Les Trete Freres Canallui, and MIAs Kate toinstin of the racing season Laing committed. Liorom ThNoe slulairilbiltuFettecalsharecalletiold"dder wirsaiwa2l7ln°laifiltelterrtltohlrwe 'enievin:Utoicitaibli nude bores, 1. b"---1;8-7-41-116-2-1"1-. area: thi• ..' "all'. -6-id—b4l7- 1.11 private imastibetrelt,:::th676:Thanjuillinitny4P:372gthimnaeatnallbholbetkialawasaliPlanig. primilPMtht"itigefthagoir tbebee:lllldyolgathergth. ; shams. I MUSIC. nialAvroas. 1 011111011 FIEDERIC HOLMUTD. nit (Director of the Los- genuine einiirers of ruing, seed Limeoln was the meeting of do". Charade-, and Dover Railway Company), 8, Murex- ! ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, 00VENT-GARDEN. the pest week and as such it commanded the attention of square. Hyde-park, Chairman. I The Muck Doctor, au operatic version of M.olihre'e all, and Tumid's. (this day)) fur the purpose of settling, Sir T. H'ERBERT MADDOCK ,Director of the Sande Railway ' Conway, Park-place-vitlaa, 61 aids Mil West, Deputy Chair- I moat amusing comedy Le Miderin Melcri Lai, wee pro- both a the Victoria Gab and Tetanal's. These mahout points of the meeting were freely diseased man. Wiliam Austin. Esq. (Director of the SI inn "way ! deiced last night at Covent-garden with very grgest marcees; at both establishments, the ' dingracef al starts" being sa Company, 18f. Adelaide-road. St. Jehnel=i 1 a nociees, moreover, as well deserved as it was genuine; 611,111160 i feature. But whether it was the fault of the Captain bolkekto(dlrector of tht Crest Western Railway Goss- ,far the inimitable wit and humour of the FM/ Al dgenteditt data, or theresult of negative intentions on the part of pany 'Glower- , Windsor.owners or thane who instructed them, was a problem which Richert' R. Dean. ' I. 'lltrechr of the London sad earth .an ingeniously reserved by the English adapter, Mr. muse: be left fur solution to persons not likely to sit in judg sietareWesteni. Railway eamPaii)'' al' Waaceltea-piste, °mew"' Checks Keener ; the music by tiounod eis beautiful and meet thorax, *venially after the decision that there wee °gorge P. Rm.. sou, ictinmin„, of the /nisi...m.l ,c sub.., . oharacterietic, and the piece has been brought out in a •Heingici," dl'iw•-• "wt." Accounts on the Li. noolnahire Company, 113. Catuou-street St test, B.C. manner which does infinite credit to the 1111111lagemsnt of the ,SLIM tie.. Colonel the Hon. R. T. Bosley. 11. P. ;Dire ter of the Mold and Roy.' English Dora. it importation 1 the r, , I.l_ p___weretnerdthueedere "desk aglitataireed eaguier.doublte-c. DenbMh Raines Company., 47, Berkeley-equare. i,pora. tis au rum uoal'e engage in speculation on any of the evens so 011111a at hand. Robert /Amain Es q. (Marrs. Freak Lei ick and 'On, tree LYriqoe, and is said in the libretto to lras forsoled on the "If any interest et all attached to forthcoming events, it was Maseers), boodle, and elms ceyn Iron Works, Monmouth Medeehr Mal9rl Loi : but it 16 RUM than this-it is a I 'entered is the Liverpool Grind National, for which several shine. N.E. Captain litilkeley has been alerted a Director provides. translation of Meli4e'e play, some by scene, hi= b .eninning la. aims's were auppoi kid at varying prices. Tony Lump lan was again in increased demand, having opened at a al.;.yptyr= the Company's detaining aa Act for which they are to end ; and tLtis not the less that It is a round-about 1 point better than that at which he closed at the Victoria in the present session to Increase the number of tee translation, net directly from the imenedy, but from the Club early in the afternoon. At 12 to Ihe was backed for Bard from seven to nine B6lllo63—Beak of London, Threadneedle-street, and cem.i.m. libretto of the French opera. AM the characters are idea- I all the money that could be got on, while the layer* were cross. , tics/ with these of HolV,re, and all the incident. are pre- few; bat he WOO advanced to 10 to 1, at which odd' be was SeclaToa-John R. L Walmuley. Esq., 5, Victoria -tenet, • \Postmaster Abbey. , Meaty the same es his. The only difference lies in the supieirted firmly ; towards 5 a'aiaak• however, II l'a I was offered, the same bsiss taken without stemming the tide of I *Magna t is the oMittol esseiodY it is is name. *kilo Ma. spigot "4Massy." Of the other evente quieted ler Kenney hat thrown it into bleak verse-a mistake, we low k =Oleg wag* quells; beyond the firmness of think, on his part. All licilV•re's pieces of a light and Breedalbane and Oppressor for the Deiby. Closing prices : farcical kind are written in prose, and this is the case 06611 LIV4RtOOL STELTLECH ASE. It 40 1 agar Calorie Foreeter'sTonyLumpidn,aged,lo4t4ll. t; with several of his five-act plays, as Le Boon ton& amid- 100 to 6 - Lord C) ventry's Emblematic, aged, list lelb it: Aureate, L'Avare., and the Motade leioyinuire ; while time too to 7 - Mr. 016dwirXe Jerry, ed, llst Illb It) iso to 7 - lir Pearoes tame, aged, lOst 121 b (t) belonging to the higher order of comedy, such es iie in 8 - ter. . "(wow. . aged, um ym tog I Le Misoutrope and Le Toze(fe, are in verse. The trans- ID to 1) later ought to have conformed to thisdittiootjoo i 100 to 6 - Mr. Hideen's Joe Maley, aged, lilt 10a (off t 110 to 1) Writing the simply-spoken dialogue in Mee, and rosary- so to 1 - Count A. de Demi:area's Arbury a, llat Sib ..t) Leg his verse for the lyrical portion of the piece -the 25 to I - Mr. T. Hughes's Real Jain. 6 yrs. lOst 6lb (t) 26 - Lard Coventry's Emblem, seed, Int 41b (t) WEST LONDON DOCKS and WARE- 1, "ft'. "'Mr"' pieces, and choruses. By turning the .2.6 to 1 - Mr. Stsiders The Dwarf, aged, feat (t al) HOUBffil COMPANY (United). . original preen into blank verse (though it is very cleverly 25 to 1 - Mr. Goodliffe's The Czar, a, lOst (off) , NOTICE IS &UMW GIVEN, that the LIST of APPLICA- ! done) Mr. Kenney has impaired its rapidity, IMO, and to to 1 - Mr. B. J. Aeeell's Alcibiades, 6 yre, Mat alb (t f) Tit INS for SHARES in thisNORTHAMPTONSHIRE SIAM. will he CIASID es . hinuliarity ; sometimes extending phrases of two or three 1510 1 apt Mr. H. Scillies John Davis, 4 yrs, 786 lib (t) It EDNISDAT next, the Ist o'f"J=l, for Leaden, and on THURSDAY next, the 2nd of March, for the country, after words into as many lines, and thereby rendering it verbose CITY AND SUBURBAN. whack no subscriptions will he received.-By order, and heavy. The meaning of the original is in general our. %to 1 apt Mr. C. Alexander' P 4 Ist Mb (t) a eon, yrs, CHESTER CUP. EDWARD J. RANDALL, Secretary. ' 3. Dridgootrest, Westminster, Feb. 16, la& ' ready rendered, but not always ; as, for instance, when 9to 1 apt Duke of Beanfort's Lord Zeeland, 4 yrs, Sat sib Off tot 10to 1) Germs* astounded by his dumb daughter's sudden torrent ion to . 8 - Marquis of lintlep Ackworth, 4 yis, flat 4; QCOTTISH. ASSAM TEA COMPANY (Limited). .of words, ask' the doctor if he can make her dumb again ; leo to 6 Mr. W. Robinson a Gratitude, 6 yrs, 7st 41b 3.7 APPLICATIONS for SHARES must be made BEFORE ii No," says the doctor, " I can't do that, but, if you like, I ti Wwi') WEDNVIDAY, the let March, on which date the list will he 25 to 1 - Mr. A. montgomerts la. Touoquee, 5 yrt, elosecL-By order of the Directors, can make you deaf "-the joke is spoiled by making the set alb )t) ALEX. T. NIVEN, Secretary. doctor say, 3S to 1 - Mr. C. Smith's Lion, 3 ere 6st alb (t freely) Effinbtugh. 13. Queen-street, Feb, 20, 1866 50to 10 - Mr. Semmes .ftinWS s, 754 7lb (1) Barrens in Loewe-Bank of Hindustan. China, and Japan, '• That, air, my skill's unable to achieve, TWO THOUSAND _ 1, Bauk.buildings, LothhiuT. All 1 can do, sir. if you wish it, is 410 1 apt Mr. Merry's Liddington (off) Makin a Loewe-Messrs. C. and J. H. Macßae, 10, Token- To make her deaf." 840 1 - Mr. Naylor's Chattanooga (off) house-yard. : The words as we have mid,are trenalated from the French DERBY. libretto of the opera, but the translator had better 11 to 2 apt Mr. Merry's Liddington (t) oto 1 - Mr. H. Chaplin's Breadalane ~t) have gone to Idoliere's comedy at once, except in those 100 to 6 - lord Stamford's Archimedes (t) plat* where the dialogue is set to music. la those pumps :to 1 - Mr. tierkenile's Oppressor it and wanted) to 1 - Mr. Merry' Yarned (t) the words are very felicitously adapted to the notes. It 100 to 1 - Sir S. Bulkeley's Don beak (1) may be added that the English title of the opera is not 100 to 1 - Elea. Taylor's Pepper's Ghost (oil) very happy. It is the same with the title of the old English farce on the same subject, but it dem not give the meaning of the original title, and something better than The Mock Doctor might have been The following are among the distinctive features of the found as an equivalent for Le Medeciu .11olyn; Lot. Society: Bat notwithstanding these and Nome other smell blemishes, CREDIT SYSTEId.-0a any Pulley for the whole of Life, where the age does not exceed 00, one.half of the annual pre. 010 repeat that ffioliere's wit and humour are well pre miums during the first five yearn may remain on credit, and may served, which was shown by the laughter of the audience either continue as a debt ou the policy or be paid off at auy during the satire performance. We say nothing about the time. Low RATES of PREMIUM for YOUNG LIVES, with early plot and iocidents of a piece which is familiar to all who participation In Profit*. have even a smattering of dramatic literature. But of the ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected, without profits, by which the sem assured become. payable on the attainment of music we 0611 speak in terms of unqualified delight sod ad a needled age, or at death, whichever event shall first *epee. mintier. It strikingly displays the versatility of Goosed's INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned to the genius, for it has not a single feature in common with isk. PROMPT SETTLEMENT of CLAIM&-(.'Coma paid thirty any of his other works with which we are acquainted days slier proof of death. To speak of it, therefore, along with Paue or Mired*, The Reversionary Boum at the Quinquennial Division in 1862 with a view to any comparison between their respective averaged 48 per cent., and the Cash Bonus 18 per cent., on the merits, is out of the question. Its music is as characteristic premiums paid in the five yarn The nett Division of Profits will hike place In Januar), 1867. . and as completely adapted to in subject as the music of m pr aow who effect neveyoiletes before ...aid a J nee nen ~ uses ereee ii to Wu., In writ rag nig*. kg. Wall l. "tall" es that division ta' on: real alighthami shmele coolie drama of the seventeenth century, the composer, profits over later entrants. I with a felicity which cannot be sufficiently applauded, Wilma Rates and Forms of Proposals can be obtained of any , adopted the colouring of the country and the age. Ilia music, of the Society's ante or of of the (1101/6/11 CUTCLIFFS, Actuary and Secretary, though enriched by all the modern resources 13,84. Jaatasequare Loran, 11. W., art, is full of the racy quaintness of the olden time. PARTNERSHIP.—ToIt is redolent of the notes of Lulli, Rameau, and Chick, BANKERS, SOLICI: and many of the murreou.r, even the prettiestand the moat TORS, and others.-A Mercantile Home of first-class con nexions, of some years Mending, principally engaged in the original, have that antique tuunture which, uotwithstand shipping trade, and In which there 10 at present only one in the i,,,, an antiquity, is deliciously fresh and piquant. Nay, the _.. 59.566 . business, is open to receive a PARTNER. with not lea than -.. ______ g 15,000 capital Firnclasa references given and required.- music actually epruklea with Motire's wit and playful Tom) Address in the first instance to A. B. C., care of Charles Barker humour. Many of his jokes are pointed by an expressive I and Sons. 8, Bircha-lane. ' vocal inflection or quaint passage from the orchestra. We BUTLER and TATIILLOCIPS COLLECTIONS cannot at this time enter into the particulars (though we of VEGETABLE SEEDS. Lx 35, L 2 26. El 106., £1 le., mean to do so) necessary to Illustrate these remarks, and Ina ed--Deeeriladre "WWl° Pad Wee- Orders amount- but must content ourselves for the present with saying intlorZt.. end upwards sent Garage free. Debbie Italian tu is. per dozen.-DUTLAR and MCC IL Covent- , that, whether we regard richness of invention, simplicity of garden Market, W.C. style, clearness and purity of harmony, or unflagging em' TABLE GLASS, CHINA, k CHANDELIERS. mination and spirit-whether we take the grace of the airs J. BERRIES and lONS or the masterly construction of the concerted pieces and Have Just added FIVE NEW SHOW ROOMS to their Menefee- " choruses-the Medecin Malgri Lui is a chef •cfunere of the tory, where the largest assortment in the world of these goods " highest order. of their manufacture may be seen -147, lioundettitch. LAMPS I The performance was altogether admirable. Mr. B. FOR INDIA. • Corti, in the part of Dominique (3tolidre's Sganarelle) gained HYAM and CO.'s CLOTHING for BOYS. I golden opinions from everybody preeent. The part demands 66 sad 67, Orfordetreet. 1 a first-rate comedian and an accomplished ainger, and Mr. The most excellent, diversified, and conipechealve Stock of seasonable Attire ever introduced. Boys' Eton. Harrow, Rugby. ' Cocci showed himself to be both. Miss Poole, ss Martine, and Knickerbocker Sole Universally admired as the prevailing the woodcutter's wife, maintained her reputation as one of styles for boys. 161. frd , Mc. 26a, and Me. HYAM and CO.'s BOYS' OVERCOATS. Thirlwall, as Lucinda, had little to do, but did it very 66 and 67, Oxford-street. prettily. Mr. Haigh's fine tenor voice and graceful singing The fabrics are all selected from the latest novelties of the ILI the effect that could be given to the character of a loam, and the garments are thoneighly well made, lined, end • Rave • trimmed. 120. ed., 155., Ile, and Ms. ! mare walking gentleman ; and Mies Fanny Haddam gave great effect, dramatic and musical, to the part of Jacque- WHEN ARE SPECTACLES REQUIRED 1 line ; end the other characters were well sustained by Mr. This query la worthy consideration by everyone anxious to retain the inestimable blessing—eight: for on correct know- A 7 n 407 Cook, Mr. ',Witham, Mr. Dose*, and Mr. C. LyalL ledge as to the proper time for using Spectacles will depend the , The house was crowded to the doors, and there were certainty of preserving clear vision to the end of We. When its ' many From familiar fads" of our noted musicians and ama deficiency le determined a nicety of discrimination most be need • i adapting lenses of the exact power that will supply the loss, or i ann. From the reception given to the work, it cannot fail iretesratile Injury will result. OPticaleemekt.liao madicalOoscaa • to have a long and P/060610,16 career do incalculable mischief by their ignenuit pretension, as is I proved by the victims of country hawker and unskilled i ____ .. - vendors. Surely, it were wiser to ask advice from some I optician of repute, and avoid riot to one's sight. The old firm I of Thomas Harris and Son (established 1780). opposite the British Museum-gate, London. having specially attended to the menu facture of spectacles, are competent to advise on all that por tal= to the remedying defective vision by the accurate adapta tion of the lenses, mathematically true, of the requisite power, and also by the judicious selection of a spectacle frame which Is likewise Depoetant) of the form most becoming the face. BDIVILIONS AND A/WHITSON. Franck Mean, Frederick's.place. Old Jewry. Fraisain WMtaker, }nu., 3, Csnuan-row, Westminster. Baociras —J. S. and L. Scrimyroar and Co., le. Old Broad-street. AU MOW —Mews. °carman. 'Tnruuaud, Yonne, and Co., Public Accountants, 16, Tokrahouse-yard, Lothbury. BKCIUCTLIT— FAN Ant James Aniadall, tip. Temporary oMces—lSo. 3, Bedgeatreet, Westminster and Sii. Cannon-street West, E.C. Detatted proepectstses and torn aof application for slams may be (Attuned from it. Bankers. Brokers, Solicitor, or Secretary to the Company, at the Ohms, 3, bridge-street, Westminster: and at the ogres of the International Contract Company, SS, Cannon street West, LC CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 13, St. Jamea'saquars, Landes, S.W. Established 124. Financial Results of the liocietja operations. The Annual Income esc.eds The Assurance Fund safely invested Is over E1,446.000 The New Policies In the bat year were 4416. awrastag £271,440 The Bonue added to Policies at the last Division was 4275.077 The Total Claims by death paid amount to BETTING AT MANOHEBTEIL-MOIDAT. NOTTINOHAY ILANDIOLP. 4to 1 apt TISK It) I Ito 1 bar one (co) LIVEXPOOL BTEEPLECHABIL 100 to 8 east Tony Lutapda (11 20 to 1 apt Itatblem (0e) 100 Ito 8 tablissatle (t) 26 to 1 — L'AJrloafue lii 100 to 7 Arbury (t) 26 to 1 Bed Jam :t 1 100 to 7 lam (t) 10 to 1 Dwarf (t) 100'b 6 UPtheart(t) 53 to 1 Bitropature iti 1.0 to 1 Joe Staley (t) I NOI,THAMPTONBIII2B STAKES Bto 1 apt BketTlngtou (t) I 10 to 1 opt Lou (od) CHEST= CUP. 16 to 1 apt Lord to 0 apt &timid (4) I 1 16 6 ttud 00 1 ( apt Ackwotth ( 5 ) 100 Grae off) DEIIBY. sto 1 apt Iddangtos (t) I 9to 1 apt Brasdalbane (t) , GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. , following contains the principal portion of the colon' report to be submitted for approval at the Sennltl W 4 44 0 .1 2 ThYlOni• h -a eLel eistariar* a the wail* and expenditure of the company is submitted with this report. The receipts and expense oe %mount of revenue for the half-year ending the 31st of January last, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, have been sa follows : arrn - rE. 1864. IS 6. Increase. From psasengers, malls, au. C 770,311 .. .2337,100 E 64779 From rue. chaudise, coal. &c 773,028 .. 838,674 .. 66,666 From parcels, warehouse rent, &c. L 1,689,643 £1,736.340 41126,777 EXPENDITURE, Maintenance of way (6)£'166,301 .. £186,001 £BOO locomotive expendlture (b) 186,663 194,660 .. 6.206 Teeltlc expenditure (e) 219,217 .. 371,904 .. 62 , 687 AU caber expenate l Ol 72,1166 .. 79,000 .. 6.042 Total. Total. X 774,019 L 511,764 X. 47,735 for working joint lines. ditto. ditto. ditto. (a) Less 19,102 (b) Less 303 (CI Add £7,617 Less 652 Total It will be seen that the locomotive charges are 8,2061. is es excs of three for the corresponding period, while the ex penses incurred under the heads of carriage and waggon account, carrying account, and general charges are increased by 7,8261., 18,9361., and 12,175/. respectively. Of these sums about 10,5001. is included in the charge of 22,901/. for working joint lines and stations. These expense, together with the increase in the rent charges and in the interest account, form the principal items of the additional charges against the revenue during the haM-year. It may also he stated that revenue has borne the whole of the charges for intone: on capital outlay, together with the proportion due to the half-year in respect of reconstruction of viaducts and renewal of permanent way. After providing for all fixed and preference charges the available balance will admit of the payment of the following dividends:—On Great Walters Consolidated Stock at the rate of 34 per cent.; West Mid land (Oxford) Stock, 2 per cent.; Welt Midland (Newport) Stock, 11 pet omit ; West Midland (Hereford) Stock, 5 per nest.; South Wales Consolidated Stock, 34 per mot. per annum. The helium to be carnal forward will amount to 6,0871. 9s. sd. The outlay on joint capital account during the half-year has amounted to 241,2061. The expenditure Ins been incurred chiefly it. respect of stations and works, roll ing stock, and workshops and machinery. The narrow gauge communication with the Vale of Neath Railway at Aberdare, the extension of the Wycombe Railway from Theme to Oxford (forming a second route to that city through Buckioghamshire), and the Coalbrookdale branch have been opeued for traffic during the half-year. The directon, impreened with the necessity of making some alteration in the arrangements for the conduct of the legal and parliamentary business of the company, have, after much consideration, appointed Hears. Young, Maples, Teesdale, and Young to be the solicitors of the company, upon the condition that Mr. Young's services are to be fully and specially devoted to the company, with such assistance es may be required from the other members of the fine. During the past half-year the nerd has specially directed its attention to the stations, sidings, and other accommoda tion throughout the line. To meet the expenditure which is being incurred, it is neceasary that the capital sanctioned by the act of 1864 should now be created, and a resolution will be submitted to the meeting for authority to raise the ram of 1,000,0001. under the provisions of that act. It will be in the recollection of the proprietors that the by-law which was passed in February, 1863, required that the consent of the shareholders should be obtained before she introdnotioo 1 into parliament of a bill "authorising any new railway l or for an extension, lease, amalgamation, subscription, or i guarantee by the Great Western Railway Company in i I respect of any undertaking." The directors, anxious to give effect to the spirit in which that by-law was framed, have given one month's notice of their intention to submit to the meeting the bill introduced into parliament for " conferring further powers on the Great Western Railway Company for the construction of works and the acquisition of lands, and otberwise in relation to theirowo undertaking, and the undertakings of other companies and pomace, and for other primate," and a resolution will be pro posed to the proprietors for their sanction to that measure. The agreeohnit with the Hammersmith and City Railway Company, which will be in substitution of the working arrangement under which the traffic of that line has hitherto been conducted, makes provision for a tender or lease in perpetuity of the Hammersmith line upon terms which will secure to the holders of the ordinary stock of that company a dividend commencing at 5 per oent. in 1865, and increasing annually by ;, per cent. per annum until 186, when it will amount to the maximum of 54 per i cent. The ordinary capital of the company amounted on the 31st of December last to 179,8841., and the preference and loan capital to 114,7541. The t with the Metropolitan Company provides for e rennin of 25 ' Great Western trains daily, in each direction, Onweea Paddington and Farringdou-street or Finsbury, for which a minimum payment at 25,0901. a year is to be made to the Metropolitan Company. DRAMA. PRINCEBB'S. A piece of amusing extravagance, called Heart Strings and Piddie Strings, which may not be inaptly de scribed as a solo on the violin, was produoed at this house lest night to replace the extravagance which has now been withdrawn. Mr. David Fisher, the author or adapter, plays the chief charaoter—an eccentric lover with ruueital tastes, sad his well-known talent as a violinist atoned somewhat for • wait of merit in the farce. The Sends of London will probably be retained in the bills until Suter, when Mr. Dion Bounicsoles new Irish drama, Arrak *a Pogue, will be produced, with Mr. and Mrs. Boucioault, Mr. John Brougham, and others in the principal characters. Mr. Telbia is painting some of the scesery, and the drama will be placed upon the stage in a most affective manner. RU PTURE S. Tbe PATENT SELF ADJUSTING 0111t11 Alf T RCM, acting effeotually with out any complications, hs recommended by the faculty for the cure and relief of hernia. The necessary quality of • good truss la an efftelent resisting power, without unnecessary pr.: saute on the part affected, which desirable object is alone obtained in a trams unencumbered with strap', spiral springy, or pad behind. --J. EGO and Co., 1, Piccadilly, W. NOTHING} IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and 'Nest useful Invention of the day, AQUA AMAKELLA.— kiners. JOHN 04:giNKLL and Co.. Three King-court, Lombard street, London, perfumers to ber Malady, respectfully o ff er to the public this truly marvellous fl uid , which gradually restorer the Lamm hair to its pristine hue —no matterat what age. The Ague dmarella has none of the properties of dyes it. on the contrary, Übenercial to the system, and when the hair Is once restored one application per month will keep It In perfect colour. Price Cl le. per bottle. or In half bottles, 10s. ed. John Cowell and Co. have been appointni perfumers to ILL H. the Princess of Maim—JOHN GOi NELL and Co..' CHERRY TOOTH PASTE Is gmatly superior to any tooth powder.—To be had of oil per husens, chemists, and at the manufactory, 12, Three King.court, Lombard-street, Loudon. MEETING or LADILY AT LONDON-HOUSS—Yester day afternoon a meeting of ladies was held is the drawing room of the Bishop of London's town residence in Si. Janice's-square. in connexion with the Ladies' Diocesan Association, which has been established in the metropolitan see. There were present, amongst tinny others, theCounten of Mother, Lady Mary Wood. Lady Camilla Fortescue, Lady Colebrooke, Lady Georgians Russell, Lady Mary Farquhar, the Hen. Miss Campbell, the Hon. Miss Spring Rice, the Hoe. Emma Talbot, the Hon. Mrs. Way, Mrs. W. E. Glad. stone, Mies Burdett Coutts, Mrs. Goose-hes, Mrs. Humphrey, Mrs. Kemp., Min Oldfleld, Mrs. W. H. Fremantle, Miss Kadin, Mum Twining, Mrs. Tait. Mrs. Charles Buxton, and Mrs. M'Garrell. ?cartes were said in the chapel, after which the ladies assembled in the drawing-room. The Bishop of London addressed them at some length on the objects he desired to see carried out by their emaciation, and pointed out a long list of institutions of various kinds which were well wortby of their attention, and in connexion with which such services as theirs were much required. Among the most prominent of these were the Newport market Refuges, and the Hones of Charity, in Soho-square. The visiting of hospitals and workhouses and the sick poor at their own homes were a ls o most meritorious works, in connection with which there was a wide field open for the exercise of the charity of Christian ladies. Many of the ladies present at once expressed their willing ness to Undertake new spheres of duty, although moot of them, and many who were not able to he present at the ratwilog, aro abeedy actively engag ed such work in the crowded and pauperised districts Leedom Soo KENSINGTON Roma'. —During the weak ending 25tk of Feb. the viaiton have bees as t g jyws :— Os Tuesday, and Saturday, tree days, DR. CIILITKRWELL on t see from Monday . • 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 10247 On Wednesday, Bs Ohllgiations, Ranginess, and Ellasppolntaiselpf.., TmuidnY. and Friday, students' days (admission to the Mosta Mans, Conthill ;or Author, ) open from 10 a.m. 4 p.m. 1,113.6T0i54 I, Great Maelboresigh-streot W., London. ' • •" --- 7' • coronation daily, on :fermi Debtlity, Blnahlog, 11.460. From the opostreof fibe mums 5,123,810. lIINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.—The medical profession for thirty yeers have approved of this pure solution of imaginal& as the best remedy for gout and sto machic disorders of every kind and as a mild aperient it is espe cially adapted for ladles and children. Prepared solely by DINNEPORD and Co., Chemists, itc . 17?, New Bond street, Loudon, and sold throughout the world by all respectable chemists. Caution—See that " Diuneford and Co. ts on each bottle and red label over the cork. TOU'S COPAHINE KEGS, snooessfully co bledMM. Paris and Loudon Hospitals. ander the we of Mews, Wieder, Eleord Lloyd, Poland and Legros Clark (" Lancet; Not 6, 1262), effects a care In an average of dr days either in recent or evade disown—de Id per bottle, by pod td. et C. JOZZArS. /Preach chemist,* Haymarket. Lea and It 6. Boulevart lieges* Perla. THE COMPANIES ACT, 1862. The Forms and Account Books required under tit* above Act, gee other kinds of Account hooka, with every StettcrierY to quints for Public Oetspantee, the Counting-haw. de, cur' erd. en the best tenon Printing of even dct i Zr" . Certificates gaigraved and Printed , Ofileist gl *Vand executed. end Flint. en. likotetreet. LC., and Leeeortri6p, 8.1. PATENT-0771CA, 211:1113171[, 8013111 Kwasaros. —Namber of visitors for tie week ending Feb. 25,1.724 ; total number since tbe w riag of the muss= free day (12tk May, 1868), 897, Brunel•. EXPLORATION OP TES NORTH POLE. At the meeting of the Royal Geographical So eiety yesterday cum* the subject of the proposed explo ration of the North Pole was again brought unbar dig nities. Sir R. Mtnimusos, the president, who was in the chair, in his introductory remarks, reed a communication from the president of the Royal Society, stating that that body fully mammal in the propriety of another expedition to explore the North Pole, as he considered it calculated to be of great advantage to the progress of mimeo , A paper was read by Mr. MasnuoM, " On the Origin and Migrations of the Greenland Diquimanx." Captain OtIROZN read a summary of WON remarks by Dr. Petermann, in a letter to Sir Itoderiek Murchisoo, on his • plan of proceeding to the North Pole. He (Captain Osborn) was strongly of opinion that the coarse by Smith's ' Sound wee the preferable one. He denied that there wee any real danger to be appreherded from the proposed ex peditiou, if properly organised and arranged, and he re . 'erred to the cue at Dr. Hayes, who had found eustenanse I among the natives from the month of August till Christ- . mu. There would be no lack of volunteers for such an expedition. He believed one English admiral was prepared to take a muldran by Spitzbergen to the North Pole. . M'Clintock wee also perfectly ready to go, and many °then whom he oould name were ready and willing to start. The only difficulty appeared to be to provide Merle, but as only 1.230 th part of the expenditure of the navy was devoted to arrieettfic purposes, he thought it was not too much to ' expect the government to grant for such an expedition, which presented se many important advantages, ball a ; million. Professor Owen said, as fade amortained by observe dot were tar pretatelde to *Wry. it MY highly derrfrable Mid an expedition each es that proposed shoold be under taken so as to extend our stock of knowledge regarding the atate of the North Pole by actual obseevatios. If there were open water at the North Pole it was possible that valuable additions might be made to the science of natural history, by the discovery, for instanoe, of some trace, or mobably the existence , of that curious creature the manitee, which approaches nearer to a human being than any other crea tare living in water. Its head resembles that of a man, it Nada on the mots on the sea-shore, it suckles its young from breasts, and has arms like fins with five fingers on each, with which it boffin its young like • a woman suckling her babe. There are not more than five specks of thin creature living, all of which are found in tropical seas; but it ap pears from geological evidence that the animal formerly ex isted in more northerly latitudes, as remains of it an found in the tertiary strata, and about 70 years ago one was Nen alive in the North Sea. It was possible, therefore, that in the open water at the Pole some of thou animals might be found, and other additions made to our knowledge of L i l k dSiocarron mid that, as one of the trustees of the Geographical Society, he strongly approved of the proposed exploration, and he felt little doubt that when the matter was clearly represented to the government they would consent to its being undertaken. The PIZSMINT of the Geological Society said that it would materially add to the science of geology to ascertain the character of the rocks and strata near the North Pole, and he hoped the expedition would be made. MADAME TUSSAUD'S. —A life-sine model of hie late Eminence Cardinal Wiegman, slaked in the magnificent robes of his order, has been added to Madame Tuseand's exhibition in Bdrersimmi. AGRICULTURAL HALL —OD the occasion of M. Blondin's benefit at the Agricultural Hall last evening the building was so completely thronged by the audience, that the encroachments upon the Hippodromerendered that part of the performance exceedingly - difficult. Hundred. of per sons wereneotasarily ref need admittance. M. Blondin has consented to prolong his berries. for another week upon the programme of last night ; and during that period the tickets hold by those who were disappointed in gaining admission kat night will be available. THE WIDOW or JOHN THILLWLLL, —Mrs. TOW wall, the egad widow of the late John Thelma], has berm differing greatly from want and disease. A few friends proposed to race • fond by subscription to moth bar de alining years, but death has anticipated them. She did on Sunday morning, at 3 o'clock. There are at present no Medal to bury her. She died at Windsor, and her dying wish was , that she should be buried at Kensal-green, where other re mains of her family lie interred. To ninny of our radon the namest John Thelwall may be unknown, but there must he 06i11111 who remember his exertion' and sufferings in the came of the liberty we now enjoy. We nederenind that about W. will be required for the funs*, and oontri for Ch perpoaa be seat to Mx. G. R. Viree, i lte * Joint Stock Directory, 13, %nestle-street, KC. Lae Aomice.—The Scottish newspapers give an account of • ceremony which recently took place in the private chapel of Duncrub, when Lord /tollo was appointed • lay reader by Dr. Wordsworth, titular bishop of St. Andrews r—" During the morning service, immediately after the Litan Lord Rollo went forward to the Communion rail", with in which the bishop was standing, who readelood • form of appointment, which he afterwards banded to his lordship. Lord Rollo then knelt down at the Communiou. nits, and the bishop, delivering into his hands the Bible, said :—'Take tbon authority publicly to read the Common Prayer and the Holy Scriptures in the cosgregation of God's people assembled for His holy worship ; and in this, and all thy works begun, continued, and ende d in Him, may the blessing of Ged Almighty, the Father, the Sop, and the Holy Ghost be upon thee, and remain with thee for ever. Amen.'" THE FISCAL POLICY or THE AUSTRIAN GOVERN MENT.—Mr. Prange, the gentleman recently deputed to visit Vienna is company with Mr. Beaumont, ILP., for the purpose of ascertaining the practicability of obtaining • modification of the fisod policy at present existing in Austria, has forwarded to the Liveepool Chamber of Commerce • report of his efforts and inquiries. This report was read at the meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce yesterday. In it Mr. Primp states that in Vienna the leading commercial men were folly alive to the value of the principles of free trade ; but that the industrial classes, who were largely represented in the Reichsrath, were with few exceptions strongly opposed to every attempt to diminish protection, and that this was not surprising in the present deplorable state of trade. Mr. Prange deprecated the immediate introduction of free trade, unaccompanied by measures of relief from the numerous burdens and hardships of which the working classes justly complain. What was moat wanted was • general comprehensive system of reforms, and increased facilities for intercourse, accompanied by such gradual reduction of the protective duties as will admit of more foreign competition, stimulating home manufacturers to greater exertions, and enabling dealers and consumers to buy in the cheapest market. Many intelligent meadsa burets admitted the baneful influence d the present g that simple duties levied for pomace of revenueirtrA that was required to meet foreign competition if the home trade were sound and in a normal state of prosperity, and that the artificial maintenance of sickly branches of in dustry at the cost of the community was a grave blunder. l hey therefore bailed the proposed cemmiaatere to venti late the question as to what must be done to put the com merce of the empire on a sound foundation. Mr. Prange expressed the most sanguine confidence in the result of the proposed movement. RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIEs IN PARLIA MENT.—Yasterday the standing orders were declared not to have been complied with in the following cases :—Wexford Junction Railway, for • railway from the Bagnalstown and Wexford at Ballverilliare, to the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway. thpital, 99,000/. ; loan, 33,0001.—Car. narvou, Beddgelert, Port Madre, he., R ailways, for the construction of railways between thee. points. Capital, 450,0001. ; loin,lso,oooL—Senitblield Market (Dublin) Bill. In the case of the Inverses. and Path Junction, and Inver ness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Company's Bill, and the East and West India Dock Company's Bill, the standing orders were declared to have been complied with. The other cases considered were adjourned. THE RAILWAY COMPANIES AND LIVERPOOL.— At the meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce yesterday, it was stated that - Mr. Watkin, M.P., Chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, was anxious that equal rates should be adopted ou the lid ; and Mr. Macfie stated that good. were now carried on the Cale donian Railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow (edmo at fa. M. per ton, not more than half the rate charged between Liverpool and Manchester (32 miles). KENT COAtiT RAILWAY.—The balf-yearly meet ing of this company was held yestesday, at the offices, Victoria Station ; Sir C. P. Raley was in the chair. The advertisement by which the meeting had been coeveued having been read by the secretary (Mr. W. F. Johneoe), the directors' report was adopted, and Mr. Holroyd sleeted • director in the room of Mr. Laming, deceased. The retiring directors and retiring auditor were re-elected. and • vote of thanks to the chairman and directors closed the pro ceedings. THE CHARING-CROSS Horan—The general busi ness of this establishment will not commence before Easter; but in the mein time, is order to enable the public to judge of the a:tent end quality of the accom modation which it will provide, the public refreshment room will be opened to-morrow to visitors. The manager of the hotel will be Mr. Thomas Higgs, late of the Great Waders Hotel. [Advertisement.)—HouowAy's Puri have been placed by the common consent of mankind at the hada interleaf remedies for removing obnoxious poisons from the blood and from the living tissues of the human body. They have saved thousands from falling a sacrifice to the effects of dye dysentery, diarrhea, constipation, liver complaint, Re., i r attested by toriads of witnesses. They never tail to give rebid to • sufferer from scorbutic affections, and in mod COMO they effect • complete cure. nicesCre weariness and debthty—the priethdof decreasing argasee energy end vital away throughout —we Ti. vir d acn in every organ the system b y t ou he an ra resto healthful tio restorative and exhilarating influence of this life-suitaluing preparation. ITALY. (FROM OUR Owl FLOKIENCP., Fn. 2L The King's presence here is felt by all parties as a kindly and pleasurable influence. His easy off hand manners and "bourgeoise" habits endear him to the democratic population of Florence every day more and more. Since his arrival here he has extended his hospitalities to nearly all circles of society, receiving people at dinner, and giving them continually a cordial welcome and good cheer. He has attended the theatres, and he has made a run on several occasions through the " Corso " whilst the parade of carriages was at its height, dropping in and out from amongst the gay throng, driving in a small open carriage of his own without ceremony or state. He seems to love simplicity as he loves honepty and valour. His dislike of giving trouble is very marked. A curious illustration of this happened just before his departure for " San Roesore," a hunting lodge, situated at about six miles from Pima, whither he was bound on a shoot ing excursion. Having fixed the hour for his depar ture from Florence as early as 4 o'clock a.m., he was seen by his aides and suite, when they joined him, at the Pitti Palace a few minutes before the appointed hour, pacing up and down in front of the palace, and quietly awaiting their arrival, whilst smoking a cigar. " Gentlemen," said his Majesty, " I hope you will not object to accompany me on foot to the station, as I have thought it use less to rouse up my household at this unwonted hour. For the same reason I have no breakfast to offer you, though, doubtless, we may get a little coffee at one of the neighbouring caf6s. 4 To this the party cheerfully acceded, and entered a small refresh ment house hard by,where, having called for break fast, the drowsy waiter was preparing reluctantly to attend on them, and was growlingly expressing his disgust at being so early roused on a raw cold day, when suddenly, in placing the cups upon the table, he raised his eyes and beheld the King's face. There, indeed, sat the royal personage, just beneath his own portrait ; one of the many pictures which decorate every shop corner, and nearly every Caf6 throughout the realm, in token of the national loyalty towards the King. Now there was no mis taking the likeness. The astonishment of the waiter may be imagined. He was about to offer his humble excites, when the King said good naturedly, " Never mind, my fine fellow ; give us some hot coffee quickly." The coffee was soon ready, and quaffed as rapidly by the royal guest and company, whilst a gold piece, and the honour of having waited on the King, made up the sum of the waiter's surprise and delight. It was at San P.ossore, near Pisa, it will be remembered, that the King received the address which the municipal authorities of Turin presented to his Majesty. The King on that occasion uttered a few kindly words on behalf of his native city ; he had been deeply hurt at the riotous proceedings of the Turinese, and had felt especially sore on the subject of the insults offered to his guests on the memorable night of the Court ball. People here are somewhat in a better humour concerning public matters since the French Emperor's speech. They see Rome as it were in a less indefi nite perspective. The notion that the French troops are positively to leave the city free within a short space seems absolutely to relieve their mind of an incubus which had too long weighed it down. " And who knows," say they, " what may turn up next 1" This hazy indefinite hope seems to exercise a sort of inebriating influence cn the imagination of the Italians. Within these few days a good project has been set afloat for the purpose of providing the means of deolns sheltfr. it a moderate rate to plms Tower Class of the inhitaiits of Florence. An associa tion is beine formed to provide for the building of this new quarter, and to furnish the capital foe the work. The municipal authorities of Florence are to make free grant of the ground, besides offering other advantages, and are to guarantee 5 per cent. to the society on the outlay. This measure, if promptly carried out, will afford immense satisfaction to the multitude. Houses at a moderate rate are greatly needed for persons of low means, and much discon tent had been aroused by the fact that no measures had been taken to provide for the comfort of the poorer class, at a moment when house rent was raised preposterously throughout nearly the whole town. _ _ The project for the enlargement and rebuilding of the Florence market cannot be carried out for the next six months, until the new quarter is in readiness to receive the large class of petty trades folks, and that nameless variety of the Florentine population whose local habitation is at, near, or about the market-place,which is the resort of a non descript minium gathentra of people who must be lodged "somewhere," if turned out of their pre sent abodes. The King's ball has just come off ? and has been a most brilliant fife. The invitations, which have been most courteously tendered to all " foreigners " present in the city who have made a demand for them at the consular agency of the country to which they belong, or their banker, have not been, however, so extensively distribute d this time as on former occasions, amongst the Italians themselves. The " deputies " of the commercial aristocracy, as represented by the "Casino Bor ghese," have alone been invited ; whilst on former occasions, when the King was in Florence as a chance visitor, the whole Bourgeois "Casino' were invited to the ball. Notwithstanding this limita tion the number of guests exceeded 3,000. The King made his appearance about half-past 9, in his simple black coat, with the collar of the order of the Sentissima Annunziata round Ins throat. All the ladies of the leading aristocracy were pre sent at the ball in full dress. The scene was moat brilliant and animated. The King appeared in excellent spirits, and every one seemed at home. BELGIUM AND THE MEXICAN FOREIGN LEGION. A discussion has just taken place in the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium upon the subject of the enrolment of soldiers in the Mexican Foreign Legion. A minor had been surreptitiously enlisted into the corps, and carried off againat his will to Mexico. His father petitioned the house in order to obtain the young man's liberation. The question, though limited at first, soon became general, and one of the speakers who took part in the discussion maintained that the government, in authorising the recruitment in Belgium of troops for Mexico, bad committed an act of intervention. The government replied that it did not regret having given its authorisation, and that it afforded an excellent means for forming experienced soldiers for the country itself. This argument produced, it is said, a very slight effect upon the house ; a i radical member replied by a protest against all attempts, direct or indirect, on the part of the government to engage Belgium in foreign expedi tions. The debate terminated by the petition being referred to the Minister of War. DESPATCH OF THE BOMBAY MAIM &VTR- Airrron, 27.—The Panellise end Orient Company's steamer Nyasa', Omstain Weeks. sign been to-day at 2 p.m., with the mule for Gilwaltar. the Ifniterrsinui, etteb: ii tdes, and Bombay, together with 3.1 first and 33 eri. pamengars. and a freight of 290 hens of specie Ire Bombay. value 97.9001., of which amount is bar gold 12,5001. ; silver. 78,800/. gold coin, 5,5006 ; gold and silver thread, watches, to., 1,1001. The rapidity aad certainty with which Dr. do rough's Ught-Brown Colima OU will restore strewth to the mad feeble are Sins deervibed=ork= Clarke . E.q.„ LLB.. 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