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Tins EVENING. at 7. GIRLS OF THE PERIOD. Followed by CHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Concluding with BEDA. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. _ The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this Institution will be held at the LONDON TA.YERN, Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY next, the 9th March, at Two o'clock precisely. His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, P.C., President of the Institution, in the Chair. RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary. 14, John-street, Adelphi, March 2. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, tt3, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower i rice. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 35., 7s. 6d., and 13s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY LOAN for £2.107,000, in Five per Cent. Debentures.— Authorised by the Victorian . Parliament under the Act 32 Vic toria, No. 331, assented to 29th September, ISGS. called "The Railway Loan Act. 186.3," for the extension of Railways, and secured upon the Cons Aidated Revenues of the Colony. The committee of the six Associated Australian banks, as agents for the Government of Victoria, have been instructed to negotiate the said loan of £2 107.000. The loan will be issued in Debentares of £lOl, £5OO, and £1 000 each, bearing interest at 5 per cent., to commence from the Ist January, 1889, and the coupons of the said loan are pay able on the let of January and Ist July in each year, at the London and Westminster Bank and the Lon lon and Join: Stock Bank, whore also the principal will be payable on the Ist day of January, 1894. Copies of the Act, with the debentures and coupons, can be seen at the London and Westminster Bank. The Act provides that the proceeds of the loan shall be ex pended in constructing a line of railway from Melbourne to Belvoir, on the 'Upper Murray River. By it, a large district of great mineral, pastoral, and agricultural wealth will be opened up, and much of the trade of the great pastoral country, north of the Murray, will be secured to Melbourne. The whole of the public debt of Victoria has been contracted for the execution of public works, which not merely develope the resources of the country, but are reproductive in them selves. Tenders in the form annexed will be received at the London and Westminster Bank, on or before Tuesday, the 9th inst., un til one o'clock p.m., where and when they will be opened, in presence of the agents of the Government, and of such of the applicants as may attend. The debentures will be allotted to the highest bidders, pro aided the tenders are not below the minimum price, as directed by the Government of Victoria, which will be placed on the table in a sealed envelope. Tenders at a price, including a fraction of a shilling other than sixpence, will not be preferentially accepted: and should the equivalent tenders exceed the amount of the debentures to be allotted, a pro rata distribution will be made. 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Gentlemen,— hereby tender for £ Debentures of the Victoria Government, according to the annexci notice of the Ist Intent, and undertake to pay £ for every £lOO in Debentures, and to accept the same or any less amount that may be allotted to , and to pay for them in conformity With the terms of the said notice. Name Address r ate ..... March, 1869. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Y. B. Chatterton. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD; a Musical Folly. Followed by, at 7.45, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL : Mr. Phelps, Mr. Dillon, Mr. H. Sinclair, &c. • Miss Amy Sedgwick To conclude with a Grand B a ll e t o f Action entitled B t• DA. lIIIEATRE ROYAL, A1)ELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. aelmore, Mrs. L. Murray. It 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and litanager,Mr. Vining T H IS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, a new Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE Louis XVI., Mr. William Rignold ; Count Fersen. Mr. J. G. Shore ; The Dauphin (five years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice; Messrs. Dominick Murray. D. Leeson. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Do,yes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. 01F T E A To conclude with a new Comedietta, entitl Menlo. Beatrice. )oors open at half-past G, co ce at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. .43,-- AL STRAND TtIEATRE. JCL Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs a Are. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But ,in and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD ON' THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland. &e. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN The world-renowned ON RA, whose extraordinary feats on the FLYING TRAP le ZE perfectly electrified the Metr polis last Autumn, will appear THIS EVENING. Onra challenges the world. Herr OSCAR C RRE will introducehi Six splendid Trick Horses—Topaze, Saladin, edjid, Tancredi, Freischutz, and Abdallah—pronounced by the entire Press to be matchless for symmetry, breeding, and intelligence In a dition, the incomparable Scenes in the Ar.ma, including Engand's Champion Equestrian, Mr. A. Bradbury, Mr. A. Carre, Mr. A, Salamonsky, Mdlles. Salamonsky, Montero, A malia, Schwartz, and Kremer "The trick horses are magnificent animals, every lover of horses should make it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard "Many persons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing i s above that of a street ballad-singer."—Court Journal, Jan. 2. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at B all-past Two. LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. p. 0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Mess rs. Marshall, Wa rner David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. C larke : Mesdames C: Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. T. GEORGE'S HALL, Regent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. Great and triumphant success. Never in the annals of Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided nit. Every song was encored on the first night of performance. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs. WILSOM and MONTAGUE) The Only Company of Christy's who have had the honour to appear, by special command. before THE QUEEN AND COURT. NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS. EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS at THREE and EIGHT. Special Grand Performance for the People every Satur- Ally night at eight. Admission, One Shilling. Private boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mit chell's Royal Library, at the musicsellers, n azi at the ball. Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIAIIIIO. T' "SUN" NEWSPAPER.--(T. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road delivers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at the earliesi possible moment after leaving the press. 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TIM EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE AN TOINETTE : Mr W. Rignold, Mr. T. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murr.y: Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud ing with A. CIIP OF TPA: MdPe.Beatrice. THEATRE-ROYAL. ADELPIII. Tins EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMB:.:RW ELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &e, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and - Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. Tars EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Bufton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longtnore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Cla , rk, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal - After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton. Astley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, kc. Concluding with RUR A L FELICITY: t essrs. Buckstone, Kendal, Rogers, Clarke, Weathersby, White, &c. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Gwynn, Wright, &c. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. Tills EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marsha%Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Huristone, J. Clarke: Mesdames Henrade, C. Thome, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. THIS EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole. L. Brough , H. Irving. S. Emery, Miss Hodson, &c. With THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS: Mr Toole. THEATRE- ROYAL, HOLB OR. ---------- - This Evr XING, AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAU'. Mr. E. Price, Mesdames Larkin, Weatherby. After which, FETTERED: Messrs. Cowper, eville, Parselle, Drew, Brunton, W. Arthur, Bartleman. and George Honey• Mesdames Lydia Foote, Turner, Marlbro, Hodson, and Fanny Josephs. To conclude with LU CRETIA BORGIA, M.D. : M:ss Fanny Josephs, George Honey. ROYAL AIrI'HITHEATR F. AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud fSO Horses; also Onra, Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, (to TII EA:ME-ROYAL. OLYMPIC. THIS EVENING, at 7, PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. Wigsn, H.Ne ille, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan. H. Cooper, and Smithson: Mesdames Furtado, Schavey. N. Harris. and z,,t. Henry. After = , thich. TIII 4 YELLOW PASSPORT. Messrs Neville, ---r , xughan, GE Vincent, &e.; Miss Fur ado and Mrs Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. TITT3 EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dew ar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PLINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton Tais EVENING SCHOOL: Messrs. Ha re, 11. J. Montague, Addison, Clover.' and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. TIIIS ETENING, at 8 THE ROYAL ORIGI NAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravagmaza, THE VERY GRAND DIITCH—S CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Faturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET;, Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. OP EN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; aon Mendays, 6d.; Children under twelve, M. 4 i N I I '' r is _ *crt-r, - , - / griz:, • \-,iiit i1.t..4 • 1,7':__:„..,-;_.,.$ LONDON, FRIDAY, MAR,CII 5, 1869. The Ballot is at last coming. There can no longer be any doubt of that. Mr. BERKELEY'S occupation has gone. The question has passed into the bands of the Home Secretary. The time for fooling upon the matter has disappeared. The House of Com mons is at last disposed to consider the subject se riously. Hitherto the mere phrase Secret-Voting was little better than a by-word and an opprobrium. Yesterday, the expression had hardly passed the lips of Mr. BRUCE when it was hailed with enthusiasm. It is true that the question has not yet been actually accepted as a Government Question by the present Advisers of the Crown. But, at any rate, it has been openly discussed in the House by the first of the five Secretaries of State, who has frankly avowed himself to be a convert to the Ballot, and has--in moving (as be did last even ing) for the appointment of a Select Committee for inquiring into the present mode of conducting Parliamentary and Municipal Elections, with a view cf providing further guarantees for their tran quillity, purity, and freedom—openly declared that the object of the Committee would be among other things to discover whether some System of Secret Voting could not be devised! The announcement, moreover, was hailed with loud and ringing cheers from the side of the majority, meaning from the Liberals, or Ministerialists. Again, we say— ,he Ballot is at last corning. The Pri me Minister, him self, has candidly avowed that he is l ong er its antagonist. The Home Secretary, ao as we have seen , has manfully acknowledged him self to be a convert to the s y s tem once scouted as so possibly mean in un-English— regard to a methodwhateve o r f t t l a l k at io c g o u v l o d tes, in habi use a ll the West-end Clubs for years and years pas t in ' l ' of the gentlemen of :Tormented by the very p i,t, England. The President of the Board of Trade, t 3 far back as in 1853. sixteen years ago, voted in favour of the Ballot, to the advocacy of which he haseversinee then been consistently devoted. Another notable member of the present Cabinet, the right honourable gentleman now the First Lord of the admiralty, a very few years after that, namely, in 1860, almost upon the morrow of his first entering alto the House of Commons ; in the course of his Maiden Speech, not only spoke strongly, nine years igo, in favour of the Ballot, but in the course of his remarks gave the emphatic evidence in its behalf THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1869. derivable from his own Australian experiences. That speech of Mr. CHILDERS' we are glad to see has within these last few daysbeen opportunely reprinted, together with an appendix of singular value and importance just now, consisting, as it does, of extracts from the legislative Act of the Parliament of Victoria, by which the system of Secret Voting by the Ballot was adopted in the representative organisation of that im portant colony. Than that particular system, we know of no better, that could be sub mitted to the consideration of Mr. BRUCE'S Select Committee. Upon that Committee we would fain see enrolled, if it might be in any way possible, besides Mr. BRUCE himself, bis two Cabinet col leagues, Mr. CHILDERS and Mr. BRIGHT. Associated with whom, one would also like to secure, if that again might in any way be practicable, such energetic independent champions of the Ballot as the Right Honourable Sir HENRY LYTTON BULWI:R and Mr. BENRY FITZHARDINGE I BERKELEY. Anyhow, it is earn es tly t o b e hoped that all possible care may be taken in the selection of its members, for upon the labours of this coming Committee there will, clearly enough, devolve a very weighty and solemn responsibility. It cannot, of course, but have been observed last evening how very carefully the Prime Minister endeavoured to guard the Government, of which he is the head, from the imputation of having for mally, as yet, committed itself to the adoption of the Ballot as a Ministerial measure. "So far," he said, "as the collective view of the Govern ment is concerned, it can hardly be said—and I speak under correction—to go beyond this :—lt is quite evident that the very large extension of the franchise which has taken place has altered—in some cases, perhaps, slightly, in many very greatly and even fundamentally—a number of the conditions under which elections are carried." Granted that much, he went to say, " This, then, appears to us a fair occasion for examining into the whale subject ; and, undoubtedly, as respects the exercise of the suffrage with freedom, that has become a matter, if possible, more vital than at any former time in pro portion to the larger number of persons inte rested in it." Hence—from a recognition of all this, and of the distinctly altered circumstances of the case—the proposition, by Mr. BRUCE, in the name of his colleagues and himself, for the appointment by the House of Com ' woes of this Select Committee of Inquiry. That proposition has been at once accepted by the House. The Committee will, in due course, and forthwith, be formally appointed. At the first notion of it the late Home Secretary, the Home Secretary under the two last Premiers—under Lord DERBY and under Mr. DISRAELI—took occasion to remark, " I hope the Committee will be allowed to inquire into the intimidation by mobs." Whereupon what said the now Premier, Mr. GLADSTONE? Why, he said manfully and instantly this—" Most cordially do I hope so too; for no doubt intimidation must form one main chapter of this inquiry. The commit tee, I hope, will endeavour," he added, " to gain evi dence on all these questions—on questions that bear on intimidation by violence, questions that bear on intimidation in other forms than by violence, ques tions that bear on treating and drunkenness, questions that bear on excessive expenditure, and questions that bear on bribery ; these being the chief evils connected with elections." The work before the Com mittee may seem considerable, may seem to be some what difficult and even laborious ; but, to our notion, the direction in which it will all tend, or, in other words, the result eventually tobe arrived at, is also as plain as a pikestaff. N ever has any matterlong under discussion been more clearly or more unmistakeably ripe for its final settlement than this perfectlysimple, and perfectly comprehensible question in regard to the Ballot. It works freely, and steadily, and satisf.tctorily, un der every system of Government under which it has been tried. It works thus under a pure Demo cracy as in the L'aikd States. It works thus under a pure Despotism as in the France of NAPOLEON 111. Above all —it is worthy of more particular note as di rectly affecting ourselves--it works admirably, as it has done ever since it was adopted there, under t he Consti tutional and Parliamentary Government inaugurated in Australia some fifteen or sixteen years ago, under the personal observation and watchful scrutiny of one of the youngest no doubt, but also one of the most keen-witted Cabinet Ministers in Mr. GLAD STONE'S Government, the Right Hon. gentleman now the First Lord of the Admiralty. With Mr. Cum w GLADSTONE DERS in the Cabinet— an d M r. BRIGHT—and BRUCE— o a f nd i t ( a w n ' e l woifllthaedmd—) M e r. are G N g T u O in E e at that the great reform of " Th e B allot " will at last, A in the ß and as the natural sequel to Household Suffrage, be triumphantly accomplished. As Government is prepared to deal with the ques tion, I , 3 k o c A i n ,A D ND, o s f pr T o rt r , o k sa pr i e rightly declined s to l D E accede f to tl ;_l e r. for a select committee to consider the expe diency of establishing a Department of Agri culture. Commissions and select committees are not a reassuring resource. They are apt, in keeping the word of promise to the ear, to break it to the hope. The best that can be said of them is that they are a slow and tedious, but sometimes necessary, means of examining new schemes of legislation. In this case there is not the slightest need for a committee, except in default of more direct procedure, for the grievance which Mr. ACLAND brought under discussion is not only of considerable moment, but admits of gradual and partial reform. It is notorious that the arrangement of the English adminis trative departments is the worst in Europe. Some of the chief State offices are entrusted with several distinct duties ; in other cases a single act of the Executive must be begun in one office and completed in another. The War Office has hitherto conspicuously failed in ruling the army in conjunction with the Horse Guards. The • great work of education is lamely done in a branch office. The Board of Trade has abundance of employment, but though its functions comprise several distinct duties, the interference of the Home Office must be sought in the discharge of nearly all of them. It was this very ingenuity of confusion that furnished Mr. BRIGHT with a partial reply to Mr. ACLAND'S motion. The member for North Devon expressed the wish of the entire agricultural community in desiring to secure some well-defined authority over matters affecting agriculture. At present State interference in this direction is exercised by half-a dozen different offices, whilst proper responsibility is to be found in none. The Home Office, the Board of Trade, the Privy Council, the Statistical Office, and two others, assume some of the functions which ought to be vested in one central Department of Agriculture. Such a sub-division, added to a variety of local authorities, necessarily produces unsatisfac tory results. Statistics are not collected with sufficient rapidity, and are much less useful than they might be. The unlucky farmer who happens to require the assistance of a State department meets with such trouble that Mr. BRIGHT himself recommends the agriculturists to " come as little as possible to any Government office." Many chances of important reforms fall through the sieve of this ill-arranged administration. But whilst all these departments interfere, none is responsible if anything goes wrong. Mr. BRIGHT did not deny that the system was bad, but urged that the same grievance was to be met with in every State department—trade, for instance, was in no better case than agriculture, It is not clear how the farmers are to be consoled by the knowledge that they are no worse off than the merchants ; but Mr. BRIGHT ended his confession by stating that a change was contemplated. This will be a better triumph for Mr. ACLAND than an elaborate bl u book. The nature of the proposed reform is not difficult to define. A Minister of Agriculture is scarcely required, and would tend to unduly increase the number of State secretaries. But there can be no reason why the entire agricultural jurisdiction should not be concentrated in one branch of the Board of Trade, or other department. It is of little consequence what form the authority is to take, provided that it be well defined, sole, and responsible. And this species of redress is the more easy because it may be gradual ; one reform of the kind will in no respect interfere with another, and little by little the entire Executive may undergo a wholesome regeneration. There is much that an Agricultural Department might do. The concentration of the work that is already done would in itself amply warrant the change. But the member for North Devon pointed out that, with the aid of legislation, its functions might be advanta geously extended. It might superintend the transfer and improvement of land, especially with regard to better dwellings for the labouring classes. Then— though this is a great subject—there is the question of better internal communication, which a distinct department might profitably undertake. It might undertake far more efficiently than at present the supervision of cattle traffic. The management of water-courses and river basins is also an important subject. To these suggestions we may add that the recent commission on the employment of women and children in agriculture, said much relating to the farm labourer generally which this department might well consider with the help of Parliament. The com mission especially urged the great moral and ykifttcri.i bQnofit which the labourer derived from a cottage allotment, and pointed out that the Legis lature might do something to promote this practice. How greatly a distinct central authority would facili tate this work it is hardly necessary to point out. These are, however, ulterior questions. The primary principle of concentration is good, and it is to be hoped that the present reform will not be the last of the kind. LATEST INTELL LUNGE (lIEU'"ER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. INAUGURAL PROCLAMATION OF PRESI DENT GRANT. WASHINGTON, March 4. General Grant took the oath of office, at noon to-day, as President of the United States. The following is his inaugural proclamation : " Citizens,—Your suffrages have elected me to the office of President. I have taken the oath prescribed by the Constitution without mental re servation, and with the determination to do, to the best of my ability, all that is required of me. The responsibility of my position I feel ; but I accept it without fear. The office which has been con ferred on me was unsought. On leading questions I will express my views to Congress when I think it advisable. I will interpose my veto to defeat measures to which I am opposed, but all laws will be faithfully executed, whether they meet with my approval or not. I shall have a policy to recom mend, but none to enforce against the will of the people. The laws are to govern all, those approv ing as well as those opposing them. I know no method to secure the repeal of obnoxious laws so effectual as their stringent execution. "Many questions will arise during the next four years, and it is desirable that they should be appre ciated calmly and without prejudice, the greatest good of the greatest number being the object to be obtained. "This requires security fur the person, for pro perty, and for religious and political (minim,. throughout the country. All laws to secure this en d w ill rece i ve m y bec.t efforts towards their eu forcemen t. " A great debt has been contracted in securing the Union, the payment of which, and a return to a specie basis, as soon as can be accomplished with out detriment to the debtor, or to the country at large, must be provided. To protect the national honour every dollar of the Government indebted ness should be paid in gold, unless otherwise ex pressly stipulated at the time of being contracted. Let it be understood that there must be uo repu diation of a single farthing of th e pu bli c d e b t, an d it will go far towards strengthening our credit, w hi c h oug ht to be the best in the world, and will ultimately enable us to replace the debt with bonds, payin g less interest than we now pay. To this bhould be added the faithful collection of the revenue, strict accounta bility to the Treasury for every dollar collected, and the greatest practicable retrenchment. Who doubts the feasibility o f paying every dollar with more ease than we now pay for useless luxuries ? "Prostrate commerce must be rebuilt and in dustry encouraged• _ . "The young m en of this c ountry h ave a pecu li ar interest in maintaining the national honour. A moments reflection upon our future commanding influence among nations should inspire ational pride. How the public debt is to be p a id, and how specie payment is to be resumed, is not so important as that the plan should be adopted. The united de termination to do is worth m ore t h an d i v i ded coun sel on the method of doing. Legislation on this subject may not now be necessary, nor even advis able, but will be so when civil l aw i s f u ll y restore d throughout the land, and trade shall have resumed its wonted channels. "It shall be m y endeavour to execute the laws in good faith, to collect all the revenues assessed, and to have them properly disbursed. " I will, to the best of my ability, appoint only officers who will carry out this design. " Regarding foreign policy, I would deal with nations as equitably as the law requires that indi viduals should deal with e ach other. I would pro tect law-abiding citizens, whether of native or foreign birth, whenever their rights are jeopardized, and wherever the flag of our country floats. I would respect the rights of all nations, and demand equal respect for our own. If others depart from this rule in dealing with us, we may be compelled to follow the precedent. "The proper treatment of the Indians deserves careful consideration. I will favour any course tending to their Civilization, Christianization, and ultimate citizenship. u I hope for and desire the adoption of the Suf frage Amendment to the Constitution. 44111 conclusion, I ask for patient forbearance, one towards the other, throughout the land, and a determined effort on the part of every citizen to share and cement our happy Union ; and I ask for prayers to Gud on behalf of this happy consumma tion." SOUTHAMPTON, ➢larch 5. The Hamburg and American Co:npany's steamer Saxonia, from New Orleans and Havana on the 18th ult., has arrived here with 71 passengers, $7,269 for London, $11,600 for P at is,'and a large cargo, includ ing 176 packages of cigars and tobacco, for this port. DUNVILLE and Co , Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky i n the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in cash and cases for home use or exports. tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co. Belfast; or 4, Beaufort buildings, Strand, Loudon W.Q —[Ad yertisement, CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROSI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, March 4. I am assured that M. Emile 011ivier's book was sent ; before publication, to the Emperor. It is likewise stated that it met with a very good reception in that high quarter. It is doubtful, however, if it will meet with the same welcome from the members of the Democratic Committee, who are charged with the task of selecting Opposition candidates for the depart. ment of the Seine, which M. 011ivier represents. One idea strikes me in perusing this book. Can it be possible that new reforms are contemplated, and that this publica. tion, containing the Emperor's liberal letter, is a not undesigned preliminary ? The Presidency of the Senate is becoming a disputed question. M. Baroche loses ground as the probable sue sessor of M. Troplong, whilst M. Drouyn de Lhuys and M. de Persigny are both mentioned. It is probable, however, that no definite appointment will be made during the remainder of this brief session. The 211j2norial Diploinatirpte and many other Paris journals are beginning to convince themselves that a Montpensier sovereign for Spain is an extreme probability, not to say a certainty. The not very veracious Memorial says that the Cortes sent a solemn deputation to Dom Fernandp to offer him the crown, but it was refused. The Government has, therefore, definitely abandoned a candi dature which presented no chance of success. This intelli gence seems to be tolerably true in substance, and very disagreeable is the impression it produces here. The official papers are gradually assuming a semi-hostile attitude towards Spain. Any candidate would have been preferred to Montpensier. The Figaro states that Madame Alboni receives £l2O a night for singing in Rossini's new mass. The weather for several days past has been dreadfully tempestuous. So violent was the wind at Paris the day before yesterday that one of the large trees planted more than half a century ago on the Quai d'Orsay was blown down. The telegraph wires have been injured in all direc tions. Communications are interrupted between Paris and the provinces, as well as with Italy,. Switzerland, and part of Germany. The gale has gradually descended from the North Sea towards the Mediterranean, and the Bay of Biscay has been given up to a perfect hurricane for two or three days. A distressing calamity occurred during the tempest at Havre. The barque Lerida, of Nantes, was wrecked off that port, which throughout the storm has been almost inaccessible to ships. The Lerida was not able to combat the immense waves which beat the en trance to Havre. The crew were seen to let go two anchors, but the cables snapped by the violence of the tempest, and in a moment the Lerida was cast against the ramparts, the parapets of which were beaten by her yards. The spectators who had been watching the vessel from the shore in the most painful axiety rushed to the spot with ropes, which they were able to throw to the persons on board. The whole would have been brought safely to land had not a passenger and an apprentice both seized together the same line, which broke beneath their weight. They fell back into. the water, and were drowned. The famous poisoning case at Marseilles did not measure the depth of iniquity in the South of France. A series of revelations now being made at Montauban is even worse than the story of Joye, the herbalist, and his customers. The details ought never to go beyond the court of justice. To form an idea of the nature of the crime it will be sufficient to mention that eight women are all included in one act of accusation for wholesale abortion and child murder. No less than twenty-seven charges are preferred against these eight persons. The rez-de-Mausst'e of the house inhabited by one of the women was a perfect graveyard. Four infant skeletons were found in one place, five in another. The Act of Accusation reads like a chapter from the history of Rome in the worst days of the Empire, but unfortunately it is a narrative of real events, occurring in the nineteenth century. THE WEATHER TABLE-THIS DAY, METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Friday, March 5, 8 a.m. Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough Yarmouth Helder Cux haven Skudesnsas Ardrossan Greencastle Holyhead Liverpool Valentia Cape Clear Koch es Pt. Penzance 29'53f. 29'52f. 29'71f. 29 - 71 f. 2916 f. 29'89f. 'w.N.W. w Y.N.W.. Extrema S. W. 6 2 5 6 21 Pembroke • . Portem outh London C'peGrisNez Brest L'Orient Roche fort Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris .. Strasbourg Lyons Toulon 2 Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) 2914 f. 29'95f. 30'01f. 29 95f. 30'25f, 30'18f. 30'18f. 30'56f. 1101 f. 30.04 f. 30'23f. 30'315. 30 W. N. W. N. W. N.W. 1' 5 4 2 5 3 I S. S. W. IW. W W. N. W. W. N. W. N. W. N. W. 'W.N.W. W. W.N.W. W.N.W. N.N.W. N.W. W.S.W. 30 7 66 r. c c. o. c. c. 0.! w. 5 .IV. IV.S.IV. 0 '05 09 0 o'o4 o'ol o'o4l I W. "Isi. IV E. E. N. W.N.W. ZXPLA NA' 'ION' Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. Thy etter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.- fog h.—hail ; I. lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull r.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. As was to be expected, the remarkable increase of pressure noticed the last two days has been succeeded since yesterday afternoon by a decrease, which is most rapid in the north of Scotland—amounting to O'Zin. In the S.W. there is very little change. This fall has been accompanied by a rise exceeding 2-10tlas of an inch in the S.W. of France, and the reading at Rochefort is now o'Blin. higher than that at Aberdeen. Temperature has increased, although the Wind is still north-westerly. At Rochefort, however, a fall is reported. Winds over these islands have again become north-westerly. They are gene rally fresh in the N., and at Ardrossan a gale set in during the night. In S.W. France a moderate easterly breeze is reported. A little rain has fallen. The sky is cloudy or overcast, and the weather again very unsettled. The sea is calm. Warnings to N. and E. coasts. GREAT COLLIERY STRIKE. The notices given to from four to five hundred of the miners employed at the Denaby Main Colliery, the deepest pit in Yorkshire, situated near to Mexbro', on the South Yorkshire Railway, expired on Wednesday, and the men brought out the whole of their tools, and are now idle. The notices were given on account of a largo mPjority of the men joining the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, the firm refusing to employ any men who be long to the union. Although every effort has been put forth by the association, the managing partner refused to withdraw the notice unless a pledge were given that the men would leave the union, which they positively refused to do. The South Yorkshire Miners' Association is the largest and most power ful organisation of its kind, having over 8,000 members, with a spare capital of £lO,OOO. Nearly 1,200 miners, together with their wives and families, aro now dependent on the union funds. In addition to the men who are locked out at Denaby Main, from eight hundred to nine hundred are under notice at the Thorncliffe and Chapeltown Collieries and Ironworks, not only to leave their employment, but also their houses, gardens, &c., after the expiration of 28 days from the 24th of February last. Although the notices are said to le only on account of a change in the firm, the men are apprehensive of a reduction, and are holding meetings and adopting means for resisting such a movement. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Arthur, visited the Zoological Gardens, at Regent's park, and South Kensington Museum, yesterday. General Schenck's Finance Bill, providing for the payment of the United States debt in gold, has finally passed through Congress, and now awaits only tho sanction of the President. Yesterday morning the Earl of Shaftesbury laid the foundation stone of a number of almshouses to be erected on the outskirts of Sheffield by Mr. Mark Frith, the Master Cutler for two years in succession. The almhouses will cost upwards of £30,000, will be thirty-six in number, accommodating forty-night men and women (twelve mar ried couples and thirty-six single persons). Judgment was given yesterday iu the Court of the House cf Lords Appeals, in the case of Hudson and the North Eastern Ilan w nyCompany, involving a question of mortgaged property to a railway company. The Lord Chancellor said the whole matter turned on the proper construction that ought to be put upon the agreements entered into bet w en Mr. Hud son and the company, Mr. Meson to v og to claim certain indulgencies in meeting his engagements. The appellants gave further time to Mr. Hudson to meet his engage ments, but without prejudice, they contend, as affecting their original agreements. His lordship said he should propose that the original decree of the Master of the Rolls should be reversed, it appearing to Lim that any arrange ment entered into between Mr. Hudson and the company subsequent to the original agreement, did not prejudice that original agreement. Lord Westbury and Lord Colonsay concurred. Appeal allow , :d with cots, and also the costs in the court kelow, DEPUTATION ON THE SALMONFISHERILI Yesterday a large and influential deputation of mem. bers of Parliament and conservators of fisheries from all parts of England waited upon Mr. Knatch. bull - Hugessen, at the Home Office, to urge upon the GoVernment the necessity of introducing s Salmon Fishery Bill into Parliament. Amongst those present were Earl Percy, Mr. Matthew W. Ridley, M.P., Mr. W. B. Beaumont, M.P., Mr. Davison, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Dodds, M.P., Hon. Octavius Duncombe, M.P., Lore Frederick Cavendish, M.P., Hon. H. G. Liddell, M.P., Mr. Stevenson, M.P., Mr. George Elliott, M.P., Mr, George Clive, M.P., Mr. Cadogan, representative of Coquet; Mr. John Duncan, Mr. Cuthbert, chairman of the Conservators of the Tyne ; &c., &c. Earl PERCY introduced the deputation. Mr. CLIVE, M.P., said that all the Conservators of Fisheries were agreed that there was sufficient information before Government for them to introduce a bill to legis late on the subject. Mr. LLOYD, the secretary of Conservators Boards, said they had been for many years at work in trying to surmount the difficulties in the way of increasing the. supply of salmon. So long as the mill-dams and weirs were allowed to remain, to the injury of breeding grounds, so long would the supply of salmon be circumscribed. They wanted to have boards established, with powers to take down the milldams, free the river from pollution, and enforce a proper close time. They thought the Govern ment were the proper parties to undertake such a measure. Mr. DODDS, M.P. for Stockton, said the three points necessary for legislation were—first, to free the river from pollution of various kinds, gasworks, manufactories, and so on ; secondly, to do away with milldams and weirs ; and, thirdly, to regulate the close time. With regard to pollutions, there was already select com mittee of inquiry and the deputation did not urge any thing to be done pending the committee's deliberations. With regard to mill dams and weirs, the legislation of 1863 had done good to some extent; but they wanted the appoint ment of a special commissioner to inquire into the legality of fixed engines. The powers of commissioners at present were much too limited for dealing effectually with dams and weirs. It had often been urged that there was an antagonism between commerce and the preservation of salmon ; but their interests were perfectly reconcila able. Special commissioners might report on the legalityof fixed engines ; and if it was found that certain proprietors had vested interests there ought to be a power of purchase given to the local boards. With regard to the close time, there were certain regulations that ought to be modified, to omit certain localities; as it was manifest that what was applicable to a river in the south of England, could not be applicable to one in the north. He urged that there should be a general superintendence, and such regulations as would make the salmon fisheries do the greatestamount of good. They wished to have mill-dams and weirs done away with, and then have a free passage left to the salmon from their breeding grounds to the sea. Unless this was done, there never would be any permanent increase of salmon. (Applause.) Captain CREW REED, as a proprietor on the Wye, said since the passing of the Fisheries' Act of 1865, the poor people on the Wye had been deprived of the use of the rod, and he urged upon the Government not to forget the poor people, whose rights were as much affected as any proprietor of river side property. (Hear, hear.) The Hon. W. G. LIDDELL thought that some thing more ought to be done to do away with poach ing with hand nets, which took away salmon when on their way to the sea. Mr. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN said Mr. Bruce was better acquainted with the subject than he was, but he might tell them that the Government were now considering a Salmon Fishery Bill ; and in the course of a few weeks it would be laid on the table of the House. The deputation had acted wisely in not interfering with the Select Committee on Pollutions of Rivers, which had a much broader scope than the mere preservation of salmon. He had the bill in hand himself, and he would be glad to have further fnformation the matter. He pressed them not to expect too much, for this measure was looked much in the same light as the game laws, and he thought the levying of rates for the preservation of salmon would be distasteful. He hoped the gentlemen would support the Government measure when it came before the Houre, though it might not give everything they required. (Applause.) After thanking the hon. gentleman for his courtesy, the deputation withdrew. DOUBLE MURDER AND ALLEGED SUICIDE. Poplar seems likely to obtain a most unenviable fame by the number of its murders. Another double murder has just been committed, and that before Cooper, who bn. been discovered by the police. It seems that at 271, Iligh-street, resided Browne, aged 50, confectioner, and her daughter, aged 23, and that on Tuesday evening, when they were last seen alive, the shop was closed at the usual time. Until Thursday forenoon there had been an entire cessation of business—the shop having remained closed. This aroused the suspicion of the neighbours, who communicated with the police, and on the relatives being apprised of the fact, an entrance was effected. On some person getting into the back window on the first floor th e lifeles s body of the daughter, represented as a handsome young woman, was found lying in bed with her throat cut in a frightful manner. On going down stairs the mother was discovered stretched on the floor—having met her death in a similar manner. Mr. Brownfield, the divisional surgeon, was at once called in, and was of opinion that death in both cases was the result of murder. From the appearance of the daughter she is thought to have died without a struggle. Mrs. Brown had lived apart from her husband. For nearly ten years a young man, named Bradshaw, a naval engineer, had lodged in Mrs. Browne's house, which led to an attach. ment between him and the daughter. Bradshaw, however, left the place some time since, and on the night of Tuesday was seen walking up and down and watching the shop. It is said that he did not reach his lodgings in Campbell road, Bow, where he was cohabiting with another woman, till after one in the morning. On proceeding to bed he appears to have been very restless and uneasy in his mind, and got up several times for the purpose of burning a number of letters supposed to have been written by the deceased young woman. Further, it is stated, he kissed the woman living with him, and remarked " that it might be the last time she would see him." lie was after wards found in the house with his throat cut, and dead. The police arrive at the conclusion that the Brownes were murdered, and that the man referred to is the perpetrator of the crime. REPRESENTATION OP BEWDLEY.—LocaI politi cians have begun to bestir themselves in anticipation of the issue of the writ to make good the vacancy in the repre sentation caused by Sir R. Glass being unseated. The names of Major Anson (brother of the Earl of Lichfield) and of Mr. W. C. Hemming (a private gentleman residing near Bewdley, and who was for some months in the field at the last election) have been mentioned as either of them likely to be the Liberal candidate. The Conservatives have fully determined to bring out Mr. Cunliffe, of the firm of Cunliffe, Rogers, Sons, and Co., bankers. ANOTHER ATTEMPTED IRISH MIIRDER.—The Dublin correspondent of the Times telegraphs as follows, under date March 4 :—" Mr. Anketell, the station master at Mullingar, was shot last night. Seven slugs lodged in his chest, and he is not expected to live. He was at the time entering the back gate communicating with the yard and kitchen of his own house, situated close to the railway, along which he had walked from the station. The gun was fired from the direction of a door leading into an adjoining garden. He had reported two railway policemen for insubordination. One, named Moran, was arrested, but subsequently discharged, he having shewn that he was elsewhere at the time the outrage was committed. The other in not forthcoming. The railway company have offered a reward of £2OO for the discovery of the perpetrator." - - FREEMASONRY AND THE PRINCE OF WALES. The quarterly meeting of the Grand Lodge has just been held. The Right Honourable the Earl of Zetland having been re-elected M. W. Grand Master for the ensuing year, which will complete his quarter of a century in that office, the noble earl acknowledged the kindness of the brethren, and expressed a hope that ere long he would be succeeded by a younger and more active brother, who would merit and secure the confidence of the craft which had been extended to him for so many years, and then proceeded to state that, owing to a letter which he had received that day, he was compelled to defer to a future opportunity his communication regarding the Prince of Wales, which he believed would be of great interest to the craft. A Rim FIND. —A singular discovery of dia monds and jewellery has been made at Newton Abbot. Denbury House, belonging to a gentleman at Torquay, has lately been undergoing repairs. The house is a very ancient one. In one of the rooms a painter discovered a cupboard, which apparently had not been opened for centuries. The cupboard was locked, but the painter was curious to see what was inside, and having obtained per. mission to open it, was surprised to find a quantity of diamonds, jewellery, &c. No one had the slightest know. ledge of the cupboard, and it is the general belief that the articles had been secreted there for generations. The owner of the property of course took possession of the find: which is estimated to In worth sews,' hundra? -" D9111:1418., • y„ I 6ff , ' , Irak it 1 , J. HER MAJESTY. B ire KINGHAM PALACE, March 3: The Queen, accompanied by Princess B e atrice, visited the Zoological Gardens this morning. In the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of their suite, visited South K e nsingto n Museum, and after war d s h onoured the Poo °, Westminster with a visit. 7HE iIIUSICAL MAGAZINES. BOND -STREET.—This justly popular magazine for the resent month is of more than ordinary exc el " lence, and shows very clearly that the publishers keep in view the promise made at starting. The new number contains a very delightful ballad, en" titled " Twilight steals softly," by E. Fox ; and ( 3 very brilliant schotti sc h e , b y M r. H o b son, COtitle, A " Sea shells." Th e t a l ente d an d or i g i na l composer, Mr. Blamphin, contributes one °f his choicest and ne wes t p ro d uct i ons, a of exquisite melody, entitled " I have tried no t not to love thee,",which will find a place among: the best songs of the present day. The ever ready composer Tinney adds a capital and spirited entitled " The Rocket," and Minasi a very effec til , e , and serio-comic song, " Call her back and kiss her.i The immense circulatio n thi s magaz i ne b as a ttained is the most convinci ng p roo f o f i ts excellence, 3°,1 a _ certainly the publishers des erve th e th an ks of v" the musicians out of th e me t ropo li s f ur t h e ex cellen t , supply of new and r e ally goo d mus i c th ey no W re ceive monthly through their local librarian. _ EXETER HALL.--This magazine, though differ" ing essentially from th e f ormer, i s no less retnar'a able for the excelle nce o f it s contents. W e had great pleasure in recommending it from its O ra ; mencement, and it conti nues t o d eserve t h e higbea praise. The number f or M arc h opens w i t h a fin o ballad by one of our best composers, Mr. H. Smart , and Immanuel Li e bi c h con t r ib utes a very effective pianoforte piece, " The Ha r p o f D av id . " Elizabet h Philp adds a new sacred song, " Lord, help n , O n ' t , and Mr. G. A. M ac f arren a new hymn f or Easter . A beautiful comp os iti on f or t h e harmonium wit Rimbault makes up a number quite equal, if n° superior, in exc e ll ence t o any t h at have ye t bee o published. Messrs. Metzler have just published two ye n ! beautiful compositions of Stephen Glover for o ,', pianoforte, entitled " Recollections of the Rbu le ' which we h ave muc h p l easure i n recommenc ll4e : 'hough not unnecessarily difficult they form 'l er ' effective pieces, and are really worth the time ° cu . pied in their st u dy, w hi c h i s more than can he s3 e l,' of a great deal of the new " mus i c " l ately pu blisu t ; They have also just published twelve pian °f ta pieces, in the form of exe rc i ses, b y t h at accomPh s ".o composer for the pianof or t e , M r . K u h e, w hich n w il l e be most acceptable to a ll mus i ca l stu d en ts. uninteresting nature of the usual exercises to ! os, quire the shake, the staccato, grace notes, arpegg i k e and octaves are too we ll k nown t o nee d rem ark, ". 0 for the student to attain the facility in an attrac tl it. and enjoyable ma nner h as b een t h e o bj ec t of 3 0 , Kuhe, and, according to our opinion, he has 85 ceeded in his task in the most successful mann er e d Mr. G. Emery, of Oxford-street, have just is° ll he two very beautiful ballads, both of which will certain to be re ce i ve d w i t h t h e greates t f 0 0r,3 o f One is a remarkably melodious setting r i, some elegant lines by L ong f e ll ow, by G' i 3 bel, entitled " R es i gnat i on ;" and th e otu ,er, " Sweet Mother," is by W. H. Bella' 0' the music being by W. H. Weiss. Apart fro m ' eh peculiar merits of both compositions they wil l e b e be regarded with the g rea t es t i n t eres t, a s both but music composers have passed from amongst u s ',_ io a the many delightful strains th e y h av e left bc P . „ will cause their names to b e l ong re membere d w ith' the two ballads of which we n ow s p ea k will, out doubt, add greatly to the fame of each. ITALY. ROME, March 4 The Official Journal of to-day denies the 5 04 ( meut that Father Trullct, who had ma de a jou lljel to Paris, had received a mission from the Goverli •ment to treat with the F r e nc h Bi s h o ps relative to the (Ecumenical Council. The same parer %iso , denies that any dissensio n ex i s t s i n the Congr e g o tion relative to the disciplinary articles fo r organization of the Council. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 4.—Th ree o'clock.—The war" closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month — ItaFan Five 5....... 3 per Cent End of month 7l 421 Mexican Loan ~5 7 Credit Mobili er End of month 293 75 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier 1490 --- Home Debt .....• End of month ; , Deferred RAILWAYS. ...... Cash Orleans Northern ...... 1160990 Lyons and Mediterranean 617 i Southern.... Western 8 5 Eastern • • 552i Sardinian Austrian 6621 8 4 1 Lombard 463 North of Spain Saragossa Roman BANK OF FRANCE. Iviareb _ PARIS, v pe a The following is the return of the Bank a . eor • for the week ending to-day, together with tile responding figures of the previous accoupt:" . DEBTOR. 3100134. 0, Feb, 25. fry n o " fr. Capital of the B a nk. — c 7 182,500 000 --.- 18 2 1 500 '' Profits in addition t o e 6 0 1 capital (Art. 8, La w , June 9, 1857) 7 044 776 02 71°44' 7i Reserve of the B an k 7 7 5, 75 0 14 10 and its branch es 2 2 ,10 5 ,750 14 22, Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,00010 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand 65 receipts payable at 10 8 ' sight 35,223,257 48 L.- Qn, - Treasury account cur- ng 00 1,98° 1/ rent creditpr 154,035,1H 48 1--,,,, 5 430 Current accounts, Paris 253,254,168 89 24 ;i n v 2 1 6 7 5 81. , 5 Do. branch banks 45,392,697 4. ,- 4 - s i6Ov Dividends payable 1,458,941 l '" - 4O Discounts interests and sundry 3,208,670 3 ' 603 ' 503 85 Rediscounted the last 933,19° six months 933,790 85 Surplus of receipts not ....---- 0 distributed Sundries --------63 v Total ' 9 CREDITOR. 3,100 11 4 ' 0 Feb. '25. fr. 3 8° Cash in hand and i n fr. C. OW 99 i IBranch banks Commercial bills over- ' ' ' 28 8 1 171 , due 990 4 " Commercial bills die- 6 288,q164383 counted, not yet due 282,724,130 Ck „ 4 9 0, Do. branch banks 253,705,701 " ' ~n Advances on deposit of 8,69 0 a „,.. bullion Do. branch banks 4,513,800 00 ... Do. on French Public 13,7 65 .', 5 80 Securities 13,609,9 00 6,606,i Do. by branch banks 6,955,580 BOO ' Do. on railway shares Q. , 49' , AO -'" and debentures Do, branch banks 27,764,400 Do. on Credit Fancier 9, Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con- 30 0 vention, June 10, 60,0 0°, 1837) 12, 4 60,000,000 -- „3 60 4 Government Stock re- 980, 1 / 0 serve 12,980,750 14 80, 633, Do. disposable Rentes Immobaliscies (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 --- aotel and furniture of the Bank and landed propel ty branches Expenses of manage ment Sundries Total * 10,17 9,12 6. 54_ 96. 2 0 1 4 ° 5 88°"48:16: 9 1:::'970 , 0 9: 6 61 i 6 -1: : Certified by the Sen2a)otso2;9-6G6OBvoeru2o7r '°l : tile of France. 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