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J and reel' On' of tbo r ' e tail ttty s rri ab• 5'S ,n 0 11 01 4 1 , 1 , Cg % P O jar, ..., or° ' oats, s t too °. e d r I t 44 Da iii 0 cf e rfte, a 03 6 0 gore . -, -, ' v , "' 41° 1'1' ill' ii f; a • s to- 10 of Isti f Iv or Oc t °J, be late bot't L 0 ,s(1.1 of otol l ik e o to tollo o 112 i ati „ Th A r 4 -,,REDIT PosciEß and MOBILIER of ENGLAND (Limited) 4 1 conjunction with the IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT 48 s0cLATIoN (Limited), are prepared to RECEIVE SUB 13CRIPTIONS for £50,000 PREFERENCE SHARES, being the THE of the CAPITAL of T RE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY 6 0 Not yet issued to the geri4-rat Public, viz. : ,00 0 Preference Shares of £5 each, bearing 8 per Cent. per Annum. Preference In authorised by Special Act of Parliament. 'Posit £1 per terest Share on Application, and £4 on Allotment. No further Liability of any kind. Eao, Subscriber's Liability being specially limited by Act of Parliament to the Amount of his Subscription. T HE FOLLOWING ARE THE DIRECTORS OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. the Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Gover nor of the Credit Fonder and Itobilier of England e (Limited), Chairman. son Esq (Messrs. C. M. Lampson and Co.) Lo P CI; • • n en, ice- airman. F rancis Le 22, Old Broad-street, London. a rancis Le Breton, Esq., 21, Sussex-place, Regent's-park. °ll4 Pender Esq., M.P., Manchester (Director of the Bri t(1'811 and Irish Mtgnetic Telegraph Co.). • ward Moon, Esq., Liverpool arnuel Gurney, Esq. M.P., 65, Lombard-street, London ciqess rs . Overend,Gurney, and Co.). "'ward Cropper, Esq., S waylands, uearPenshurst (Director p ° f the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co.) '; l.l) „ f ain A. T. Hamilton, 12, Bolton-row, Piccadilly. '.„-u• Bidder, Esq., 24, Groat George-street, Westminster Director of the Electric and International . Telegraph Vin, and late President 'of the Institution of Civil Rdward Cunard, Bart., Old Broad-street, London. IV Tr HONORARY DIRECTOR. • Stephenson, Esq., late Official Director on this Board ° ll behalf of. her Majesty's Government, and now Chair kan of the Board of Inland Revenue. ELECTRICIAN. Cromwell F. Varley, Esq. CONSULTING COMMITTEE. Isr aPtain D oug l as G a lton, F.R.S. illiam Fairbairn, Esq., F.R.S., late President of the British Association. P s e Whitworth, Esq., F.R.S. praessor Wheatstone, F.R.S. rofessor W. Thomson, F.R.S., of Glasgow. SECRETARY. George Saward, Esq. OFFICES-12, St. Holen's-place, E.C. ki The distribution cf these shares will be made as nearly lo Pessible as follows : ,o °o Shares will be appropriated to applicants who afT Shareholders in the Credit Fonder and 10 A r , Mobilier of England (Limited). v 0 Shares will be appropriated to applicants who are Shareholders in the Imperial Mercantile 10 Credit Association (Limited) . ivy m ° Shares will be appropriated to applicants who are Shareholders in the Atlantic Telegraph Company. 10 )000 Shares will be appropriated to applicants who are Shareholders in the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Limited) ; and , ' , A nr, ) Shares will be appropriated amongst the general public. Th be j e °above numbers are so far approximative as to sub ct to reduction or increase according to the total number Pplications made, it being the intention, however, that '` - ' ll applicant shall receive an allotment. BANKERS. rh,"srs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, & Co., Lombard-street, London. Th e "Union Bank of London, Princes-street, E.C. ` u ,B 'Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited), Nicholas- Ir ian°, London. Messrs Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Lombard-street, London. ;Lettnal Bank, London, Dublin, and its Branches in 110 'National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and its The ranches in Scotland. k l le Consolidated Bank, London and Manchester. "srs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool. BROKERS. -881 's. Laurence, San, and Pearce, 9, Angel-court, E.C., riegsMessrs. rs. F os t er , B r aithwaite, and Co. 27, Austinfriars. li e ssrs. Taunton and Co., Liverpool. ' M essrs. Shore and Kirk, Manchester. ' BB rs. M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow. 4t t ,,: 3 f all the enterprises of a commercial character none has Atlantic excited so much attention and interest as that of the 'antic Telegraph Company. political reason of this is perfectly obvious ; the immense importance of the Company, as well as the enor ,lls, profit to bo anticipated by its Shareholders, together " 8 1 the scientific interest attached to it, combining to a p r ofit not found in any enterprise having commercial o fit for its legitimate end. enterprise so important, and now onlybecoe so compa- N Yely easy to accomplish, appeals no to the great mnercial interests of Europe and America, but to the f' e lll Pathies of all classes in both countries its benefits to e and civilisation it is impossible to estimate. iai near approach of the period when the cable is to be is already the cause of much excitement amongst all ,e are aware o f th e f ac t. , - `,,ho date for the Great Eastern steamship's depart ure o' 4 the cable is actually fixed for the Bth July, about a ta ''roght from the present date, and it is not too muli to O ,Y that from the hour of her leaving the whole co . ntinent Europe and America will be intent upon watching her iT s n Zess. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has i ' uled his warm interest in the undertaking by personally thr oe the cable on board the Great Eastern about 7e Weeks ago. 411 he exceptional character of the undertaking is further of ?Wil by her Majesty's Government granting the services of her Majesty's men-of-war steamers, the Terrible 14 t „the o Sphynx, to accompany the Great Eastern, and assist iooperation of laying the cable. 11 calculating the rate of profit of this undertaking, of f,,. llr se everything depends upon tho scale of charges adopted the transmission of messages; the first tariff agreed to th her Majesty's Government was fixed at 2s. 6d. per subsequently increased to ss. per word, but as the 41° arrived when the cable would be ready for actual use, hjas seen that the mass of business this company would t oediately find offered to it, would so far neutralise the bone ti t i of it by com pl e t e ly c hoking the line, that a. representa tion to the Lords of the Treasury within the last few days e,,the subject, has led their lordships to consent to the C t °, Pany, until Ist September next, experimentally , tri btargi ng, without restriction, such rates for messages itbi th e Company may, on full consideration, deem reasorl ktre and proper netn it is fully expected that by this per annum. the profits will reach one million sterling 1313 captal of the Company is composed as follows £lOO,OOO Five per Cent. Debentures. £600,000 Eight per Cent. Preference Shares (of which the present issue forms the balance). £600,000 Ordinary Shares. '° amount required to pay 5 per cent. The on £lOO,OOO Debentures is £5,000 per annum. le amount required to pay the Pre ,erence Dividend of 8 per cent. on £600,000 (of which the present issue it b °lll lB the balance) 48,000 „ 0 am oun t required to pay 4per cent, 00 £600,000 ordinary capital is „ Making a total of £77,000 , N e- ving £923,000 per annum surplus income. Half the y a 'quit of revenue above the said £77,000 is available for s a 4 : l Y bonus to the holders of the said 8 per cent. Prefer 'e Shares. Therefore, on the above-mentioned calcula taon, the total available dividend and bonus would amount t. ,,, 4 ‘ bove 76 per cent. per annum, in addition to the 8 per t i a "• Preference as above, making an estimated total divi of 84 per cent. per annum on these Preference Shares, after deduction of 20 per cent. for the formation of th r i lewal fund for laying down a new cable, 64 per l l'ead, of which 8 per cent. would be preferential divi -La secured by Act of Parliament. 4 nat the p r ice of these Shares will be a month hence, u Such prospects , it is difficult to say, especially as the j ,t l.O B above given do not, in the opinion of persons cora cpb.,;.at to judge, at all represent the maximum probable re but taking them as the basis for calculation, and 4 8 'dering the continued demand there must be for mes bi, ” consequent upon the ever-increasing business be -1),:nO the Continent of Europe, England, and America, and V,,ling in mind that this cable will complete the line of MaPh between San Francisco and India, it is not impro that, by the time that telegraph communication be 4eo En g' land and America is an accomplished fact, these may be worth £2O, or £l5 premium per Share. W$ rota the phalanx of talent existing in the scientific ad fser,;' of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and from the ,Loat the laying of the cable has been entrusted exclu elY to the eminent Contracting Company who have had 4, 4 „tge of the manufacture of it, and whose staff of Engi gL't:l and Electricians have successfully laid most of the 1 4 ,"ng cables, whether laid in deep or shallow seas, it Well be believed that every precaution has been taken ti t :4llre the successful laying of this cable : this achieved, °ol y ,bar to the Shares attaining the high v alue which " I 'Y one acquainted with the undertaking places them at unitLj ; this risk, however, may easily be assessed is mentioned that leading insurance companies and Of lad ' s have underwritten policies embracing every risk th e ,,,ling, insulation, Src., at 25 guineas per cent., showing l~Fh all y , confidence in the result anticipated. the Directors of the several Companies interested 11 44 . ,; enterprise fully anticipate being able to report each 1n ,during the laying the favourable progress all believe bis e - ,„'" of the success of an undertaking which all look that as a national work. t will b e seen f rom the proposed allotment of the Shares as the distribution of them is intended to be made upon itp l P`'e a basis as possible, so as to give the whole of t he beeants the assurance of receiving an allotment and of 444 Permitted to join an unexampled commercially pro ae well as politically important undertaking. of ti l e 'sPectuses and Forms of Application c an be obtained Golf Credit Fancier and Mobilier of England (Limited) t Low e , Esq., Secretary), at their Offices, 17 and 18, E.C., London ; of the Imperial Mercanti le Credit ta i ., ° ,eiation (Limited) (W. C. Winterbottom, Esq. , Secre latp at their Offices, 27, Lombard-street ; also of the At tsT,lc Telegraph Company (George Saward, Esq., Secre of aat thei r Offi c es, 12, St. Helen's-place, E.C., London ; cf,i tliit Telegra.ph Construction and Maintenance Comp an y °is 1 " 0,, e(1 1 3 (V. Shuter, Esq., Secretary), at their Offices , 4 0 . 4 ,:: road-street ; or of the Brokers or Bankers ; b ut 5,14 - Vication will be entertained unless the sum of £ 1 pe r ' 4 414 °11 application has been paid to one of the Company's en the number applied for. Every applicant will 'tlaiv e an allotment, but should a less number be allotted th e 1, 18 asked f or , the amount paid will be applied towards /4, "'L„,,Per Share due on those allotted. en, 19th June, 1865. Elr- T . 11 1 , —.1. PER CENT. PREFERENCE SHARES OF —l4 ATLANTIC TELEGRAPHIC COMPANY. Issue of 50,000 Shares, £5 each. To No `4e Directors' of the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England (Limited). t ali Dtl e inen, —Having paid to the (insert bankers' name) I R l4the sum of , being 11 per Share on r i Ve,r Cent. Preference Shares of £5 each in the At -1111 ttll' o e t ' e graph Company above -mentioned, I request you I krt ria rne Shares in the said Company upon the Ipt R ,?t, the Prospectus issued by you, and I agree to ac bi„—en Shares or •tny less number that may be allotted ‘ 4l4 e to nd . pay the further sum of £4 per Share thereon .dietment. am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, Usual signature Name and surname in full Profession, trade, or occupation Residence Dare J1,112e, 18001immitmlittrmitsift N°. 22,778. • --- A VE YOUit POOR TEETH, and Elonomba your Cigars. -BUTCHER'S PATENT KEY-RING CIGAR NIPPERS are Weld everywhere. Price ld. L AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE Fleet-street, London, May 24, 18r5. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance of the provisions of the Deed of Settlement of the Law Lite A'sur ance Scci_ty, a GENER A.L MEETING of the Proprietors will be held at the Society's Office, Fieet-street, London, on SATURDAY. the 24th clay of June next, at a quarter to Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, to e'ect Six Directors and Two Auditors, w en those who go out of office by rotation will be proposed for re-election; - also to ele_t One other Director in the room of Keith Birnes, E-q., deceased ; also to elect One other Auditor in the room of John Deedes, Esq., who has resigned th .t office ; and to: goner .1 purposes. The Director to be chosen in the room of Keith 13.arnes. Esq., deceased, will remain in office until the 24t ► day of June, !807; and the Auditor to b , !. choien in the room of John. Deedes, Esq., will remain in office until the 21th day of June, if 66. And further notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the provisions contained in the ?.aid Deed of Settlement, a Special General Meeting of the Pro?rietors will be held at the Society's Office as aforesaid, on Saturday, the 24th day of Jane next, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely. for the purpose of declaring a Division of the Surplus of the. Assu rance Fund of the Society, for the Five Years ending on the 31st of December last. And further notice is hereby given, that a Second Special General Meeting will be held at the Society's Office as afore said, at half-past Two o'clock precisely, on FRIDAY, the 30th day' of June next for the purpose of confirming the Resolution which shall , have been agreed to at such first Special General Meeting, And further notice is hereby given, that any person who shall have been assured by the Society for Two whole years may, on production of his policy, and ot the last rece'pt for the premium thereon, be present at such 6peeial General Meetings. By order of the Directors. WILLIA3I SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) Da&SEA.,EIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. , JAMES STEWART lloncomv, Esq., Sub-Governor. CIIA.RLES Jonx MANNING, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' Robert Barclay, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Geo. F. Malcolmson, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. Henry Nelson. Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Lord Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Charles H. Gosciien, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. itobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. -Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.-The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsummer will expire on 9th July. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this 1 7orporation on advantageous terms. The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the uni form rate of Is. 6d. per cent. per annum, from Midsummer, 1865. No charge is now mall the de y this Corporation fr Fire Policy or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be. FARMING-STOCK.—No e etra charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums p ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured — Liberal participation in Profits—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption, under Royal Charter, from the liabilities of partnership. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. THE LONDON MERCHANTS COMPANY (Limited'. Incorporated under the Companies Act of 1862, with Limited Liability. Capital £1,500,000, in 15,000 Shares of £lOO each. £2 per Share to be paid on Application, and £8 on Allot ment. No further Call will exceed £5 per Share, nor be made at intervals of less than Three Months. It is not intended to call up more than £5O upon each Share. DIRECTORS. W. R. Robinson, Esq., John Fleming, Esq., Messrs Robinson and Fleming. George Fleming, Esq., James Alexander, Esq., Messrs Redfern, Alexander, Philip Vanderbyl, Esq., and Co. R. Stuart Lane, Esq., Horace E. Chapman, Esq., 1 Messrs Lane, Hankey, and Co. F. H. Helbert, Esq., BANKERS. London and County Bank, Lombard-street. National Bank, Old Broad-street and all its Branches. Messrs. Prescott, Grove, Calve and Cave, Threadneedle street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane. Messrs. Cotterill and Sons, Throgmorton-street. BROKERS. • Messrs. Seymour and Co., Throgmorton-street. Messrs. Hichens, Harrison, and Co., Threadneedle-street SECRETARY (pro tern.) J. D. O'Brien, Esq. Temporary Offices-21, Austinfriars. PROSPECTUS. This Company has been formed by the amalgamation of the following London Firms, for the purpose of carrying on and extending their business as Merchants under the Joint-Stock Companies Act, with limited liability. Messrs. Robinson and Fleming. Messrs. Redfern, Alexander, and Co. Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co. Experience has shown that undertakings established upon the principle of limited liability can successfully carry out the most confidential operations of banking and finance, and the Directors feel assured that mercantile transactions will now be even more freely entrusted to a Company so formed than to private firms. It is believed that the periodical publication of a balance-sheet, with the security afforded by a large uncalled capital, will, when combined with the personal management of a board of ex perienced merchants, attract business of the best class, under permanently favourable conditions. The basis of the arrangement with the amalgamated firms is as follows :- 1. All the liabilities and obligations of each house are to be liquidated altogether independently of the Company, except where any such may hereafter be agreed to betaken over by the Board as new and desirable business. 2. The partners of each house bind themselves not to enter into any fresh mercantile operations in England of a similar character during ten years ; and the completeness of the transfer, with the efficient management of each par ticular class of business, is insured by the leading mem bers of the three firms joining the Board and remaining as Directors. The qualification of each Director is fixed by the Articles of Association at £lO,OOO, to be held in the Stock of the Company. 3. The total goodwill of the amalgamated firms will be taken, one-third in Shares with £5O paid, and two-thirds in Debentures, payable with 5 per cent. interest, in equal annual instalments over ten years, thus identifying the interests of the vendors completely and continuously with that of the Company. The total amount thus paid to the three firms for good will in Shares and Debentures will be £375,000, which sum is calculated upon their actual profits for throe years ; without estimating any increase from new business, or savings which will be effected by the amalgamation, and assuming only the present profits of the united firms, a large dividend may, therefore, be anticipated on the paid up capital, from the establishment of the company. The amalgamated firms and their immediate connexions are prepared to subscribe for a large portion of the pro posed capital •, but as it is believed that the influence and prosperity of the Company will be increased by establish ing it on a wide and a public basis, and that many inves tors will gladly seize the opportunity of thus becoming merchants without the unlimited risks of partnership, the directors have decided to open the subscription to the public. To meet the wishes of those who may desire to pay up at once the amount that is intended to be called on the shares, it has been decided to allow such prepayments to the extent of £5O per share, and such shares will then rank'. for dividend in proportion 'to the amount paid up. A separate form of application for such shares is enclosed. There will be no promotion-money paid for the forma- tion of the Company. Applications for shares, accompanied by a remittance for the deposit, may be made to the Bankers and Brokers. The Articles of the Association are open for inspection at the Office of the Solicitors. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR ORDINARY SHARES. (To be retained by the Bankers.) No.. To the Directors of the London Merchants Company (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid to the Bankers, the sum of , being a deposit of £2 per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to accept such Shares or any less number you may allot to me, and I agreo to pay the sum of £8 per Share on allotment, and I autho rise you to insert my name on the Register of Members for the number of Shares allotted to me. Usual signature Name in full Residence Profession Date ..1865 FORM OF APPLICATION FOR £5O PAID-UP (To bo retained by the Bankers.) No To the Directors of the London Merchants Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—llaving paid to the Bankers, the sum of £ , being a deposit of £2 per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number of £5O Paid-up Shares, and I agree to accept such Shares or any less number you may allot to me, on the terms of the Prospectus, and I agree to pay the balance of the amount, viz., £4B per Share on allotment, and to sign the Articles of Association of the Company when required ; and I authorise you to insert any name on the Register of Members for the number of 1 Shares alloted to me. Usual signature Name in full Residence Profession AatO►nn►i►lingtvotimill►unn►►►►►ls6s -- • - . .. I . ..- " ~,,.- -.; . 4: 0 ' , 0. ..: - .: • ,:3 4 ,.. 7 .3t - A., ''''*itie,t , -,...... ",--, ''!.... . • (1.1 , 3 -1 1 • - hr,, .' -:,-'•'' /‘ ."...: . Q < t . 4 --_::::/- , - ./4b.- ',' ' ' ./"' ^ • , , $1 ! , I _),1 1 ,11 11111P '''. -?= E --- 7 - V ~ r ?. - , r, .).- i , ' - _ . - . ' h l, 1 - s x f- - \ - 5 • \ ' ' ... , • . '---- -- ) 1‘ z .. A. , tif tt. :, ~.,_ .!, .., st- „ 0(.,-,-- . , Alt: ~, k,,„.. ,„ „d o . ~,,,,_ ...„,, ,- _ • -..... . ~. . - ,c(14 . 12' t r , , - , \ ( 6 DIE C 10W Jr 4Agiiiiii i f filft .k.A.11, il,, 1W ,feer. - 4 , ' ' -OROIT• .' ' , -,,, '". 1, in= w , A. ' '''' Class Education. M.P., to propose the first resolution ; and PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. guard of the Paraguayan army, has issued a procla mation, congratulating the Corrientinos on their escape fro►u the yoke of a National governor, whom —following the role of Field-Marshal Lopez—he designates as the demagogue Mitre. The Para guayans are reported as devastating Corrientes pro vince by capturing and killing cattle—with what truth it would be impossible to say unless one were on the spot. Theirsquadron, within call, is credited as 22 steamers, four of them being iron-plated, 10 war ships under sail, and 80 canoes, each of which is furnished with a large gun. _ . However this war maiterminatc, one good effect can result from it, if the Argentine people have any impression connected with the fable of the bundle of sticks. For it might tend to bury among things that were the factious cabals of " Blancos," " Colo rado's," " Crudos," " Cocidos," and " Mashor queros ;" thus uniting the nation into one brotherly Confederation. A most cogent evidence of the general sympathy , excited by the unprovoked and unwarrantable ag gression of the Paraguayans exists in the fact that several hundred thousand dollars have been already subscribed by various persons all through the Argen tine Republic for the exigencies of the war. The National Exchequer of this Government not being at present in a very flourishing condition, Senor Don Noberto 4iestra, one of our most clever financiers, and a man of high credit and responsibility, goes to England, I believe by the present mail, to obtain a loan. The Chancellor9f the Exchequer on Middle Yesterday a public meeting took place at Willis's Room, King-street, St. James's, for the purpose of furthering the interests of self-supporting public boarding-schools for 1,000 boys, in connection with St. Nicholas College, Sussex, at a charge for board and education of 14 guineas a year. The Archbisop of CANTERBURY presided, and in opening the pro ceedings stated that he had received letters from Earl Granville, Lord Devon, Mr. Beresford Hope, and others, expressing theirregret that circumstances had prevented them from being present on the oc casion. His grace then called on Mr. Gladstone, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said that the task which devolved upon those who might undertake to address the meeting was a very simple one, because if there was ever a cause which could afford to plead for itself, and dispense with the presence of those admirable advocates whose names they had heard read, it was this. He appeared before them for the purpose of bearing hearty testimony to the great work going on in the midst of them, and which has been described in all the advertisements concerning these schools. It had been written by Mr. Woodland on the forehead of his undertaking— it was, he understood; self-supporting education— sound in all its branches, based upon the religion of the Church of England, for the middle-classes of this country. If they ventured to look back for half a cen- tury, in reference to the progress of education, they would find that there was provision for the educa tion of the higher classes—he meant in those old schools which constituted perhaps not one of the least important of our national institutions. Those public schools, both good and bad, performed at all times a great and important work. Far be it from him to dissemble their many faults and shortcom ings, some of which undoubtedly remained to the present day. But, nevertheless, in their original idea and in their actual capabilities they were a noble and a worthy provision for the highest classes in this country. (Hear, hear.) No doubt they might undoubtedly be said to have been at the time the only provision of the kind worthy of this country. As regarded the lower classes, they had only the prior itdimentary efforts of education, and those in the most crude and defective forms. They passed from that time by a quarter of a cen tury, and then, under the auspices of the pre sent archbishop's predecessor (Dr. Howley), a great and powerful and well - organised and deliberate movement was set on foot for the purpose of arranging a worthy system of popular and na tional education. He said this not in disparagement of those who had gone before ; but still he appre- hended that it was not to be denied that the educa. tion which was given was very partial in its cha ratter, defective in quantity, defective in almos every point that constituted quality. The system for - the education for the lower classes was, as he had said, most imperfect. Besides the system of education for the higher. classes, they had now also at work a system of education for the lower classes of the community. But between the two wide spread organisations he had mentioned a great gulf remained, and into that gulf Mr. Woodard had thrown himself, like the old Roman hero, but with a better fate, for self-destruction had not been the consequence ; and the result was that he stood before the world enjoying the esteem and approval of his fellow-churchmen and fellow countrymen. (Hear, hear.) They must not for a moment forget that an extensive provision had been made in this country for the education which ought to be middle-class education, he meant through the medium of the ancient grammar schools ; but still it might be observed that the ancient grammar schools did not reach down so far as the efforts of Woodard were intended to reach down ; and there was this to be said, that although the grammar schools had been in many respects distinguished through the liberality of their endowments and the energy of their teachers, they could not flatter them selves that they were in the most perfect state of effi ciency. These schools might be said to have been among the first fruits of the Reformation. It was sometimes remarked that if all school funds were properly administered, they should not have to sub mit themselves to taxation in order to meet the de mands of philanthropic gentlemen like Mr. Wood ard. But in this country it was an undoubted fact that all reform of ancient foundations, all attempts to modify, all attempts to revivify, when the exist ing state of things was intimately and closely mixed up, hand in hand with local feelings, and on the other hand with private interests—all these processes of improvement were in such cases indefinitely slow. They had seen within a very short time a measure adopted for a careful inquiry into the condition of those foundations, and doubtless the measure was a wise and prudent one ; yet they must not be too sanguine as to its early results. Even the labour of inquiry was great, and after the inquiry had been made a long time might elapse before they could see the practical effects. (Hear, hear.) They had re cently seen in the case of their public schools an in quiry of the most efficient character, but even in that, although the report of the commissioners had been made public, no great practical result had yet followed, no very great progress had yet been made towards definite legislation upon the subject. (Hear, hear.) It was unwise, however, to reckon upon speedy results ; and therefore it was that Mr. Wood ard deserved the greatest encouragement in his praiseworthy exertions. It was needless to dilate in this country upon the vast importance of educa tion to the middle classes, because it was the fashion of the day, and perhaps he might venture to say the view of the day, to show a disposition almost to idolise the middle classes, but without inthe slightest degree giving countenance to the ideas of those who show distinctions between the needless classes of this country and the other classes of the country, in re spect to their general capacities to fill honourably the sphere in which Providence had placed them. There was no doubt that the existence of a great and powerful middle class had for many generations been one of the principal characteristics of English society, and one of the principal means for securing the political and social equilibrium of the country. It was also, he apprehended, beyond doubt that, until a very recent period, therewas notthe slightest reason to suppose that the me= which the middle THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 18G5. ItEMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at " EVANS'," After the Opera we abut' Sup there! IiIiNTAITAN'S Ll, RANDS. WHISKY v. COGNAC B Tuts ocle 2rated Old IRIS II W LIISSY rivals the finest ENCII BRANDY, Itis Pure, Mild, Mellow,'belielous, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, Zs. Bd., at the Retail !louses in London ; by clic Agents in the principal towns-In England; or wholesale at _ _ 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." - VIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION LTA.. (Incorortted by Act (it Parliamcnt,_lBso), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums of £2O to £5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over one, two, or three years. 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Fremantle, K.C.8., Naval Com mander-in-Chief at the port of Plymouth. The gallant admiral, under date June 18, writes that he is desired by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint their worships respectively with reference to the projected visit of the French iron clad squadron to the English ports, that it has been suggested to the French Government that the squadron should visit Plymouth during the week com mencing July 17, when the Royal Agricultural Society would be holding their annual show at Plymouth. It appears, however, that the squadron cannot be ready for sea before the middle of August. Equally unfavourable news is conveyed in a letter received yesterday morning by the mayor of Plymouth from Major-General Knollys, in answer to a letter from his worship, respecting the visit of the Prince of Wales to the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe in the middle of July, announced by the Owl. Major-General Knollys writes that the announcement in the Owl is un authorised and incorrect, and that he is not aware that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has any intention of visiting Viymotil pregot.---Instcrre awning NOM The War in South America. (Front the Times' Correspouckitt) PARANA RIVER, May 10. The war fever in the districts on both sides of this river is assuming more troubled symptoms every day. At cafes, clubs, and billiard-rooms, in shops, at street doors, and in public offices, war talk is the general topic of conversation, with many, perhaps, as regular as their morning prayers, for palaver of this kind seems stereotyped out here as a sort of national institution. Moreover, from the diversity of opinions enunciated in it, one is dis posed to believe that out of this country must have sprung the Latin adage of " Quot honzines, tot S€2l - " Battalions," bombardments," and " revolu tions" are so dovetailed with " libertad," " la Con stitucion," and " reaction in the provinces," that you feel yourself in a maze when involuntarily obliged to listen to political discussions. And still the changes are rung on events and probabilities, of which no one can give an explanation or foresee the end. In my last letter I mentioned that the President of Paraguay, in his Message to the Senate, had charged Brazil with having violated its treaty of 1850 for the maintenance of nationalities in this part of South America by allying itself with the rebel band organised by Flores in his attack upon the Republic of Uruguay. It now appears that a treaty of friendship was entered into in the year 1856, be tween the Paraguayan and Argentine Republics, the Bth article of which declares :---" If unfortu nately war should break out between the Argentine Confederation and the Republic of Paraguay (which God forbid), hostilities shall not be commenced by either party without six months' previous notice mutually exchanged of such rupture." So that here Lopez has done towards the Argentine Republic what he charges Brazil with initiating against the violation of equilibrium in the River plate. It is said that he bases his disrespect for the treaty of 1856 on what has come to his knowledge of large supplies of cannon and ball having been shipped re cently from Ensenada Harbour—about 15 leagues south of Buenos Ayres—to aid the Brazilians against Paraguay. The proclamation of war made by Lopez against the Argentine Government bears date Asuncion, April 14, and is addressed to the expeditionary army of the South. " It calls upon the soldiers and sailors to proceed with vigour and discretion " against the demagogue of Buenos Ayres, Mitre;" reminding them that 20 years have passed by since they fought for their independence on the Argentine soil, and urging them to add another crown to the glories they have already achieved in the North. These glories, I may explain, consist in the taking of the Brazilian localities mentioned in my last, all of which were so badly garrisoned that there was no resist ance at any of them. Up to the present time nothing has caused such an universal feeling of satisfaction as the adhesion of Gen. Urquiza to the Argentine National Govern ment. As soon as news of the Paraguayan attack on Corrientes was communicated to him through a special messenger, sent for that purpose by Gen. Mitre, he issued a proclamation, which shows the earnest character of the man.. In it he brought to mind of his Entre-Rian subjects that they were the first who gave the signalfor the war of independence, and who overset the tyranny of Rosas, addressing them as " soldiers of Caseros" (the battlefield on which Rosas was overthrown), and calling on them to rally round the flag, which is the banner of San Martin and Belgrano. Thus he concludes his elo quent address : " Comrades! I march at your head. The whole nation is up in arms and will quickly resent the affront it has re ceived. A brief campaign, a great effort, and our laurels are certain. Veteran patriots of the Ist corps d'arinee, to arms and to horse ! Your friend and General awaits you." In as short a time as possible after this was issued 10,000 troops were assembled at the arsenal of Cala, each man provided with two horses. Directly that the pleasing intelligence of Urquiza's call to arms arrived at Buenos Ayres, the National Government issued a decree, ordering that these soldiers should be paid the cost and expense of their horses out of the national Treasury. At the same time the Civil Governor of Entre-Rios province, Senor Don Jose Dominguez, wrote a despatch to the Minister of War at Buenos Ayres, giving thanks, on the part of the Provincial Government, for the appointment of Gen. Urquiza as commander of the Entre-Rian force, and promising all the co-operation that was in his power. The Uruguayans, whose capital is Montevideo, have likewise declared their junction with Brazil and the Argentine Republic against Paraguay. We have therefore a triple alliance, which was ratified during the last - week at Buenos Ayres. Some Paraguayans, resident in this last-named city, who had been expatriated in the time that the present Lopez's father occupied the post of President of Paraguay, have solicited General Mitre's sanction to their forming a brigade and under the flag of their country for permission to fight against Lopez. With this they request to be supplied with arms, as well as to form part of the vanguard. General Mitre gives his assent on the grounds solely that the cause of battle is solely with the Paraguayan Government and not with itspeople. Another regiment of 100 men— -sappers and miners —has been formed ; and the post of Government chaplain to the army has been conferred by special edict of General Mitre's on the Canon Don Jose de Senila Vasquez, who, with it, will hold the rank and receive the pay of colonel. An Englishman named Irwin has asked from the National Government permission to raise a brigade of his countrymen as volunteers, the greater part of them Scotchmen. He has been for a long time a captain in her Majesty's service in India. He has assured the Government that he can in a few days form a troop of 500 men ; but from my knowledge of the " canny Scots" in this part of the world, I doubt if he can call up the majority of any legion to be composed of men from the land of cakes. The allied forces with which Paraguay will have to contend maybe reckoned as follows : 20 Brazilian war steamers, now in the River Plate, a number which, it is said, can be increased to double. Of these 12 have already gone up the Parana, under the command of Capt. Barroso, who is chief of division in the absence of Admiral Tamandare. Among the 12 there are five gunboats, and they have on board from 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers. • The Brazilians have likewise at present 15,000 soldiers in Montevideo, and 15,000 at Rio Grande and the neighbouring provinces. A call has been made at Rio Janeiro, the capital of Brazil, for 20,000 men for service on the frontier and in Paraguay. General Flores is expected to brings,ooo men from Montevideo; Gen. Urquiza has raised 10,000 soldiers in Entre Rios, although the National Government had asked him for only 5,000 ; and Gen. Mitre is organising, through the provinces of the Argentine Republic, a body of 20,000 men—thus making a total of 85,000. But will the Paraguayan Field Marshal—styled by some of his admirers " the Napoleon of South America"—will he wait for the organisation of this great army ? Quien sabe ? (who knows) may answer some doubter, who points to the fact of his having already captured all the places, named in my last letter, up to Matto Grosse—to a distance of more than a thousand miles from his capital at As uncion, and having done this in the comparatively short space of 25 days. The latest news from the actual seat of war—that is, the city of Corrientes— brings us intelligence of the Paraguayans having taken possession, and formed a cordon of from 6,000 to 8,000 soldiers outside that devoted capital. What the Argentine newspapers style a farcical " Junta Gobernativa," has been established in the city of Corrientes by the Paraguayans, and consists of three gentlemen—Teodora Gauna, Victor Silvero, and Sinforoso Caceres, who are denounced by the afore said papers as " traitors to their country." General We)Nefaac, lobles, who is i,n eon:tumid of the yau- Now ready at all the Librdries, In 3 vols.. ROSE AYLMER'S HOME. A very pleasant, clever, and natural tale."—Mes- seDger. Also, now icady, in 3 vols., A FAITHFUL WOMAN. By the Author of Cousin oe, ' &o. Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborouzh-street. 'Now ready. at a 1 the Libraries, in 3 vols. , A LEC FORBES OF .HOIVGLEN - EORGE ,MAC DONALD, MA. 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A large and liberal provision had been made - " by successive Governments for the purpose of pro moting popular collection, and these means had enabled the most intelligent portion of the labour ing classes to place themselves in such a position that it might be said they trod upon the heels of the middle classes, and if the middle classes were to keep their position it could only be done by.means of new and extended efforts such as that which their friend Mr. Woodard had been the happy instrument of re establishing. It might have been supposed that this class could take care of itself, but that would be a mistake, especially in the beginning of a work of this kind. If they looked to the highest class they would see that the same observation would apply. It was not each parent iu his sphere that had made provi sion for himself in respect to education. It had been by associations like that at Marlborough, by public appeal, by the efforts of benevolent, disinterested, and energetic men, that the provision had been se cured, and that with respect to the class which, of all others, might have been thought could most easily dispense with it and provide for themselves. In the same liberal and prudential manner let them be pre pared to proceed in the case now before them. It seemed, in this instance, to go beyond the range and bend of argument. There appeared something con tagious in genuine humour and enthusiasm, and enthusiasm such as that which had been shown by Mr. Wood ought to rouse theirs to the highest. He was a man who had been sustained by the loftiest principle as well as the deepest conviction ; yet ho had never allowed his feelings to interfere with its practical operations as represented by its finan cier —(hear, hear) —by the 1. s. d. It would be remarkable amongst the philanthropic efforts of the present day, and was certainly an undertaking which commended itself to the notice of all who were interested in the important subject of educa tion. (Loud applause.) The right hon. gentle man concluded by proposing the first resolution— " That the growth of intelligence among the lower classes, owing to the impulse given of late years to education, the establishment of public boarding schools for the education of the lower middle classes, which may be cheap and self-supporting, is of great national importance." The Bishop of OXFORD seconded the motion, which was supported by the Rev. Mr. Woodard, and was agreed to. Several other resolutions having been passed the meeting adjourned. Strike of the Paris Cabmen. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) The most important event of the day is, not the debate in the Chamber on the fortified towns of France, or on the best system of frontier defences, nor yet on this or that chapter of the naval or colonial Budgets, but the strike of the cabmen in the Imperial Company's employ, which has de prived a vast number of Parisians and strange* of the indispensable means of locomotion. In one day more than 3,000 vehicles ceased running, and more than 4,000 persons were enabled to concert together, though not allowed to meet for that purpose, and stop work. Besides the great in convenience resulting from this strike, the loss to the company is most serious. It is calculated that the average receipts of each of the 2,500 vehicles of the first category—facres—and the 500 of the second—remises—were 15f. a day, or a total amount of 45,000 f., now lost. I have already noticed the grievances of which the cabmen complain—some being well founded, others unreasonable, as, for in stance, that by which they claim the right to specify the grounds on which one of the brotherhood may be discharged. It is clear, however, that their wages are insufficient. They get nominally 3f. a day, but these 3f. are reduced by stoppages to If. 40c., or about 14d., and for this pittance they work on an average from 17 to 18 hours out of the 24. During the Paris season, when there are private balls and balls at the Opera, they are obliged to pass the night in the street, and the only addition for this extra work is one-fifth of their receipts during the night—that is, about If. The men also com plain of the chefs de depot, or stationmasters, and the difficulty of obtaining fair play from them. After detailing his grievances, a cabman who has written to the papers concludes his letter thus : " It would be too long to recount all the vexations which a cabman has to endure from the agents of the company, and from a public often exacting and capricious, and, what is worse than all, from over-zealous police agents." Thus far the strike has fallen severely on places of public amusement, such as theatres, concert rooms, &c., where the receipts have greatly fallen off for the last three days. The company is in a very difficult position, and it is not quite certain that the strike will not involve the forfeiture of its privilege. The 9th clause of the contract concluded in 1855 between the Prefect of Police and the company says : " Should M. Bourlon and partners, from any cause what ever, stop the working of the contract, or cease to be in a position to continue it, the Prefect of Police may by a simple ordnance declare them to have forfeited the advan tages of the said contract." On the other hand, if the company submit to the demands of the men for higher wages, it will have an additional charge of more than two millions of francs a year. It is obliged to pay the municipality for its stands, &c., about a million and a half more, and all this before any dividend is paid to sharehol ders. To supply the deficit it must raise the fares, which are too high already. In this case the public would have no remedy but to strike in turn, and act as the Milanese did in 1858, who abstained from smoking for a month by way of protesting against the Austrian monopoly of tobacco. To the monopoly accorded to the company by the municipality all agree in ascribing the present state of things, and that monopoly, which is paid for so dearly, arises from the necessity the Prefect is under to procure funds from all sources, in order to continue the great ornamental and strategical works of Paris. The private cabowners, who have long and des perately struggled against the invasion of the great monopoly, have profited by the strike. For the last three days those Pariahs have put forth their strength, and seem to multiply themselves --making up for want of number by extraordinary zeal and activity. Yesterday it was easy to see that the vehicles moving about on the Boulevards and some of the other great thoroughfares were more numerous than for two or three days previous. The better class of vehicles, called remises, the others, known as regie, except, of course, those that depend on the Imperial Company, and about a hundred that have rushed in from the environs of Paris, were placed at the disposal of the public, particularly at the railway termini. Then, again, the Omnibus Company has put in circulation an additional num ber of its carriages, and the railway companies are sending their omnibuses about in all directions. By means of these helps, the public may wait with less impatience—so long, at least, as the fine weather lasts—for the solution of a question which occupies the Parisian mind to the exclusion of all others. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton June Ditto, via Marseilles June —. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet - July 4. Ditto, by French packet June 23. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 22. China. Penang, and Singapore, via Sou: hampton June 18. Ditto, via Marseilles June —. G F b i k r a l a l t n a r d I v s i l a a s n o d u s thamPton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton June 18. Ditto, via Marseilles . ....June 21 India (Bombay), via Southampton. June 25. Ditto, via Marseilles . . ~........June Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil'e Newfoundland ...... iJuly ne 21. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet 1 Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp- ton Ditto, via Cork . Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry. June 23. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe July 12. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico June 9.8. Bahamas, via New York. June 29. Bermuda, ditto ... July 5. Cuba and Mexico..„ :;‘) 1