The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-24 00:00:00

REMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at " EVANS'. " After 'the Opera we %bull Sup there! Ie TAHAN'S " BRA W NDH Y ISKY v. COGNAC Tuts ode crated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the tinest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "SMahan's LL Whisky." SA VE YOUR POOR TEETH, and Economise your Ci„otre. —BUTCHER'S PATENT KEY-RING NIPPERS are sold everywhere. Price ld. VUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION JIL (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, WO) 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVE NT-GAR DEN, 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. The large Capital of this Associa tion enables it to complete its transactions without delay. No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelope. 'the Association also lends Money for the purchase of a house by a tenant, or tor the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. The CREDIT FONCIER and MomLrEit of ENGLAND (Limited) in conjunction with the IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited), are prepared to RECEIVE SUB SCRIPTIONS for £50,000 PREFERENCE SHARES, being the BALANCE of the CAPITAL of THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY Not yet issued to the general rublic, viz.: - 50,000 Preference Shares of £5 each, bearing 8 per Cent. per Annum. Preference Interest authorisedby Special Act of Parliament. Deposit £1 per Share on Application, and £4 on Allotment. No further Liability of any kind. each Subscriber's Liability being specially limited by Act of Parliament to the Amount of his Subscription. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE DIRECTORS OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Gover nor of the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England (Limited), Chairman. Curtis M. Lampson, Esq. (Messrs. C. M. Lampson and Co.) London, Vice-Chairman. 3._eor g e Peabody, 22, Old Broad-street, London. Francis Le Breton, Esq., 21, Sussex-place, Regent's-park. John Ponder, Esq., M.P., Manchester (Director of the Bri tish and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co.). Edward Moon, Esq., Liverpool Samuel Gurney, Esq., M.P., 65, Lombard-street, London (Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co.). Edward Cropper, Esq., Swaylands, nearPenshurst (Director of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co.) Captain A. T. Hamilton, 12, Bolton-row, Piccadilly. G. P. Bidder, Esq., 24, Great George-street, Westminster (Director of the Electric and International Telegraph Co., and late President of the Institution of Civil Engineers). Sir Edward Cunard, Bart., Old Broad-street, London. HONORARY DIRECTOR. W. H. Stephenson, Esti., late Official Director on this Board on behalf of her Majesty's Government, and now Chair man of the Board of Inland Revenue. ELECTRICIAN. Cromwell F. Varley, 'Esq. CONSULTING COMMITTES. Captain Douglas Galton, R.E., F.R.S. William Fairbairn, Esq., F.R.S., late President of the British Association. Joseph Whitworth, Esq., P.R.S. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S. Professor W. Thomson, F.R.S., of Glasgow. SECRETARY. George Saward, Esq. OFFICES-12, St. Helen's-plum, E.C. The distribution of these shares will be made as nearly as possible as follows :- 1 0,000 Shares will be appropriated to applicants who are Shareholders in the Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (Limited). 10,000 Shares will be appropriated to applicants who are Shareholders in the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited). 1 0,000 Shares will be appropriated to applicants who are Shareholders in the Atlantic Telegraph Comany. 10,000 Sh ares w ill p be appropriated to applicants who are Shareholders in the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Limited) ; and 10,000 Shares will be appropriated amongst the general public. - The above numbers are so far approximative as to be sub ject to reduction or increase according to the total number of applications made, it being the intention, however, that each applicant shall receive an allotment. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, & Co., Lombard-street, London. The Union Bank of London, Princes - stree t, E.C. The Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited), Nicholas lane, London. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Lombard-street, London. The National Bank, London, Dublin, and its Branches in Ireland. The National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and its Branches in Scotland. The Consolidated Bank, London and Manchester. Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool. BROKERS. Uessrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, 9, Angel-court, E.C., London. Ntessrs. Foster, Braithwaite, and Co., 27, Austinfriars. ISl,_essrs. Taunton and Co., Liverpool. Messrs. Shore and Kirk, Manchester. e&essrs. M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow. Of all the enterprises of a commercial character none has ever excited so much attention and interest as that of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. Th e reason of this is perfectly obvious ; the immense Political importance of the Company, as well as the enor 111°118 profit to be anticipated by its Shareholders, together with the scientific interest attached to it, combining to a degree not found in any enterprise having commercial Profit for its legitimate end. An enterprise so important, and now become so compa ratively easy to accomplish, appeals not only to the great commercial interests of Europe and America, but to the BYmpathies of all classes in both countries ; its benefits to Peace and civilisation it is impossible to estimate. The near approach of the period when the c able is to be laid is already the cause of much excitement amongst all Who are aware of the fact. The date for the Great Eastern steamship's departure with the cable is actually fixed for the Bth July, about a fortnight from the present date, and it is not too much to say that from the hour of her leaving the whole continent of Europe and America will be intent upon watching her Progress. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has testified his warm interest in the undertaking by personally i nspecting the cable on board the Great Eastein ab out three weeks ago. The exceptional character of the undertaking is further shown by her Majesty's Government granting the services of two o f h er M a j esty ' s men - o f- war s t eam ers, the Terrible and th e Sphynx, to accompany the Great Eastern, and assist In the operation of laying the cable. In calculating the rate of profit of this undertaking, of Course everything depends upon the scale of charges adopted for the transmission of messages; the first tariff agreed to With her Majesty's Government was fixed at 2s. 6d. per Word, subsequently increased to ss. per word, but as the tim e arrived when the cable would be ready for actual use, it was seen that the mass of business this company would oamediately find offered to it, would so far neutralise the bene fit of it by completely choking the line, that a representa tion to the Lords of the Treasury within the last few days the subject, has led their lordships to consent to the u °lll Pahy, until Ist September next, experimentally charging, without restriction, such rates for messages a 8 the Company may, on full consideration, deem reason able a n d p ro p er ;" an d it is fully expected that by this ar rangement the net profits will reach one million sterling Per annum. The capital 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. 4:11 0 amount required to pay 5 per cent. Interest on £lOO,OOO Debentures is £5,000 per annum. T he amount required to pay the Pre ference Dividend of 8 per cent. on £ 6 00,000 (of which the present issue forms the balance) 48,000 ~ T he amount required to pay4per cent £600,000 ordinary capital is Making a total of £77,000 , Le aving £923,000 per annum surplus income. Half for Yearly of revenue above the said £77,000 is available for Yearly bonus to the holders of the said 8 per cent. Prefer 'Pee Shares. Therefore, on the above-mentioned calcula en, the total available dividend and bonus would amount + l "" above 76 per cent. per annum, in addition to the 8 per a nt. p re f erence as a bov e , making an estimated total divi dend of 84 per cent. per annum on these Preference Shares, aVing, after deduction of 20 per cent. for the formation of ntiil'enewal fund for laying down a new cable, 6 4 per cent. vidend, of which 8 per cent. would be preferential divi dend secured by Act of Parliament. What the price of these Shares will be a month hence, kith such prospects, it is difficult to say, especially as the potent to judge, at all represent the maximum probable re 'elPtf4; but taking them as the basis fo r calculation, and c onsiderin g the continued demand there must be for mes t-ges, consequent uon the businss be :een the Continent p of Europe, l and England, America, and te legrapharinin mind that this cable will complete the line of ~t is between San Francisco and India , i not impro tQe that, by the time that telegraph communication be 6i,een England and America is an premiumsaccomplihed fact, these a rea may be worth £2O, or £l5 per Share. N .Cnu the phalanx of talent existing in the scientific ad facteere of heel Atlantic Telegraph Company, and from the ti that t aying of the cable has been entrusted exclu e;Y:elY to the eminent Contracting Company who have had )le a rge of the manufacture of it, and whose staff of Engi ere and Electricians have successfully laid most of th e mating cables, whether laid in deep or shallow seas, it t o - aY, well be believed that every precaution has been taken shetneure the successful laying of this cable : this achieved, only bar to the Shares attaining the high value which is r Y one acquainted with the undertaking places them at Ivb x. ernoved ; this risk, howeVer, may easily be assessed L i en it is mentioned that leading insurance companies and of 7Yd's have underwritten policies embracing every risk the c o nfi de insulation, Sze., at 25 guineas per cent., showing nce in the result anticipated. f a Vnally, the Directors of the several Companies interested t li t 'ne enterprise fully anticipate being able to report each d 'ing the laying the favourable progress all believe o bo a nd of the success of an un d e rtaking which all look as a national work. th at Übe seen from the proposed allotment of the Shares ae li ds distribution of them is intended to be made upon ap li ue a basis as possible, so as to give the whole of the h e t i cants the assurance of receiving an allotment and of ilta,bVermitted to join an unexampled commercially pro ofpro" well as politically important undertaking. , spectiises and Forms of Application can be obtained (4ifuree_predit Foncier and Mobilier of England (Lumted) Cor la g,inwe, Esq., Secretary), at their Offices, 17 and 18, hts eoc " E.C. London • of the Imperial Mercantile Credit latio n W . C. Winterbottom, Esq., Secre -"I at their Office, 2 , Lombard-14mA ; goo of the At. ceipte. ^,----.91 1864' 413 10 2 1.905 42 0 1.25 4 10 3 2,2 2.0 05 3.26! 5,8 33 r 22,11 22,4 , . ggs . - 146 73, 5 ° - „ • 46 0536 1.676 1,9 60 „ 40 214 116 • 655 382 113. 15 ! 2,01, 2 8 - 9 / 9 . 6 2) . 14- 8. 491 , 9°) 182 2 18. 536 Lg. D 2, 241 ) 46. 1 ' 11 5.44 g 1, 1 - 2,891 ) 21.023 1 61 ' 58 r! 7 3 8. 363 100 0,0 5. 1 " t' 77 „ 4,2 v. r b,b 2 3,„00 " X 415 20 1 . 34 1, 2 ,a 0 4 0 ! 1958 , 33, 1(43 38 ) 3,03? 7 4.5 43 2 6.8 51 5 62,615 i 23, 59 6 245 31 7; 3 , ) 1407: Li 5 4 45 9 _, 10,6 0 ' 1 524 20.t 3. ! 2, 5 t 0 ) 53.0 7 ' 1 7, 337 3 3 ?? 1 132.9 0 : 3 6 8 . 20,. 8 3,° 5 : 1 2.345 3) 1 L 5Q ,99 3 27, 2, ; it,ol. • • 31 1 50,615 -day, and T u esday' L. J3eBl-' Las Per 36 widing' Id, 25s to ass to 41° 56 pe iss r 3s to ... P o. 24 Sty' at IS ,K inclil-'. id ; 1)44:' gr) llo .ll P e t er„ 4 to ntel ListallP l § , n ytil'n -at this s.u6 15 6 .. .: 16 0 ley 1 6 15 1 9 '''' of fingers ast the le ch ra ti ig r O o stie o 10 to I. „,0 thei r Irl haV doh o ff eqd the •• it rareq. rb ho irrega lai jein e i S ~Ith a CIAP I3I/1r i,ter• aro the wif° 5, th e Wif° Y cbt Cps t 0 C•S'',,lol ssis U me P il o, PPe n $ll. Este 'l° Ph Cel l; _ OS* 13utli .11 ' so tiosb il 'i ,a iley _rv o aged o of Eg . autte- Char eil Ac, son 1, f th rt' l l' g ) ba till° n gtrif ° ' 1 :2. No o f Cow." N°. 22,781. lantic Telegraph Company (George Saward, Esq., Secre tary), at their Offices, 12, St. Helen's-place, E.C., London;, of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Limited) (W. Shuter, Esq., Secretary), at their Offices, 54, Old Broad-street; or of the Brokers or Bankers; but no application will be entertained unless the sum of £1 per Share on application has been paid to one of the Company's Bankers on the number applied for. Every applicant will receive an allotment, but should a less number be allotted than is asked for, the amount paid will be applied towards the £4 per Share due on those allotted. London, 19th June, 1865. EIGHT PER CENT. PREFERENCE SHARES OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPHIC COMPANY. Issue of 50,000 Shares, £5 each. No.— To the Directors of the Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid to the (insert bankers' name) Bank the sum of £ , being 11 per Share on Eight per Cent. Preference Shares of £5 each in the At lantic Telegraph Company above-mentioned, I request you will allot me Shares in the said Company upon the terms of the Prospectus issued by you, and I agree to ac cept such Shares or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the further sum of £4 per Share thereon 'due on allotment. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, Usual signature Name and surname in full Profession, trade, or occupation Residence Date June, 1865 ISSUE of 50,000 EIGHT PER CENT. PRE FERENCE SHARES in the ATLANTIC TELE GRAPH COMPANY. The CREDIT FONCIER and MOBILIER of ENGLAND (Limited), HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the SUBSCRIP TION LIST for the above SHARES will CLOSE on TUESDAY NEXT, the 27th Instant, at Four o'clock, for London Applications, and on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 28th instant, at Twelve o'clock, for Country Applications. .._ . By order of the Court, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London, June 21, 1865. T HE 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 on Allot ment. ---- No further Call will exceed a 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 Vanderby, Esq., and Co. R. Stuart Lane, Esq., Horace E. Chapman, Esq., Messrs Lane and Co. , Hankey F. H. Helbert, Esq., BANKERS. London and County Bank, Lombard-street. National Bank, Old Broad-street, and all its Branches. Messrs. Prescott, Grove, Cave, 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. THE SUN, 'LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1865. LANGHAM HOTEL, PORTLAND-PLACE. This commodious Hotel, "the laagest in London," is NOW OPEN; it is situated on the most healthy side in the West-end, with all modern impnvements, Suites of Apart ments, Salle h Manger 100 by 40 feet, elegant Ladies' Room, a spacious Gentlemen's Satin: and Writing Room, drc. Within a short drive of all the railway termini. For terms to secure accommodation, Address—The Manager, C. SC tiUMANN. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. This Company is prepared to grant the public the full va'ue of the Reduction of Duty, and to issue Annual Policies, charging the reduced rate of duty, is. 6 i. per cent., f c oat the date when the change sha►l come into operation. They will then also fume Policies for any amount, free of charge for stamp. Alt descriptions of Fire and Life Insuranw business trans acted at moderate rates. Claims liberally settled. This being the bonus year, Life Policies shuild be taken oat prior to the 31st December, to secure the ultimata ad vantages. Accumulated Funds to 31st De?., 1861.-42,301,512 7 11 Annual Revenue from all sources 565,458 16 2 OFFICES. London-61, Threadneedle-street, B.''. West-end Branch-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SOCIETY (Limited). Subscribed Capital £3,000,000, in 150,000 shares of £2O each. Paid-up Capital .£750,000. DIRECTORS. Messrs. ROBERT A. HEATH, Chairman. John Frederick Fiemmich. Junius Spence; ‘Torgan. William E. Quentell. Lachlan M. Rate. Baron Herman De Stern. GENERAL MANAGER. Mr. William Hope, V.C. 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 Coo 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 be taken 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. 8. 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 three years ; without eFtimating 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 for the forma is enclosed. There will be no promotion-money paid tion of the Company. A p pli c ations for shares, accompanied by a remittancep a 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. This Society is now prepared to issue Debentures for 3,5, or 7 years, being Interest at the rate of Five per cent. per annum, payable half yearly. The Debenture Bonds are fur £lOO, £l5O, £3OO, £5OO, £l,OOO. Forms of application may be obtained at the Offices of the Society, No. 60, 1 hreadneedle-street, E.C. By order, WALTER A. MICHAEL. Secretary. June 19, 1865. A TLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE TO BONDHOLDERS. In conformity with the terms on which the SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS of the PENNSYLVANIA and NE W YORK SECTIONS of this Railway were issued to the pub ic, the FIRST ANNUAL DRAWING of 4 per cent. of the gross amount of these Bonds will take pla eat the office of' Messrs if. le. Satterthwaite and Co., 38, Throgmorton-street, in the presence of Mr. Grain, Public Notary, on THURSDAY, 6th July, at One o'clock precisely. The authorised issue is as under, viz.:— PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION. Dols. 950 Bonds of 1,000 dole. each.. 95 ,003 500 „ of 100 „ „ 5',CO"• Coupons due -- January and July. 1,00 1 ,000 NEW YORK DIVISION. Dols. 400 Bonds of 1,000 dols. each.. 400,000 600 „ of 500 „ „ 300,000 1000 „ of 100 „ „ 100,000 ; Coupons duo ' April and October. 1 800,000 Four per cent. of each denomination will be drawn on the above day, and the Bonds so drawn that have been issued in London will be paid off at the rate of £22 for every 1,000 dollar Bond, £ll2 10s. for every,soo dollar Bond, and £22 10s. for every 100 dollar Bond, on presentation at the Company's Offices, 5, Westminster-chambers, Victoria•street, West minster, the Bonds of the New York section on the Ist October, 865, and of the Pennsylvania section on Ist January, 1866, in addition to the Coupon due on those days, a ter which all interest will cease. On payment the drawn Bonds will be cancelled in the pre sence of a public notary. Of f ices, 5, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, June 20, 1861. THE AGRA AND MASTERMAN'S BANK (Limited), and the ENGLISH JOINT STOCK BANK (Limited), Are authorised to receive subscriptions for NEW NOVEL by the Author of BARBARA'S HISTORY. Now ready at all the Libraries. in 3 vols., I s s C AR E W. 'By AMELIA B. EDWARDS, Author of " Barbara's ilistorn" to. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. The BOOK of the DAY and EVERY ALAN'S BOOK. Just published, price Is. od, by post, free, ls. 841, REVELATION of QUACKS and QUACKERY. view" of April I, entitled "Quacks and Quackery ; the By D ECTOR. For notices of this starting work see the "Saturday Re " Weekly D snatch" or April "The Quacks and their ' Crimes ;', "The Sun" of April 12, " 'Detector's' Broadside on Quacks and Quackery." GUIDE TO THE QUACKS OF LONDON. A Series of Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the " aiedical with the signature of "Detector," has been republished in the form of a short pamphlet. Thc rea ter of " Punch" should read this pamphlet also. He has of ten read, in the pages of "Purfch," of c , rtain Quacks, frau dulent and noisome, who obtain money by false pretences, and more money by menaces and extortion, from green young men. For their names, which "Punch" would not advertise, he has referred his readers to the lower corner of the advertisim; columns of low newspapers, amongst which too mauy of Mr." Punch's" contemporaties, espeziatiy in the country, may still be enumerated. But now he begs to pub lish the information that a nominal list of these miscreants. with copies of their puffs and other particulars concerning them, needful to be known will be found in the pamphl , t above referred to, which i s entitled " Revelations of Quacks an i Quackery." and is to be had at the "Medical Circular" Office, 20, King William -street, Strand, W.C. The vile practices, the monstrous impudence, the cruel rapacity, and the enormous gains of the obscene tribe of Quacks, the mischief they do, the ruin they work, even to the causation of suicide, are fully set forth in " Revelations of Quacks and Qackery." And mark especially that, as aforesaid, the name;= of the Quacks are published. The pamphlet in question thus constitutes a regular Quack Di rectory, bv consulting which every young man may know where he may go if he wishes to get plundered and destroyed. Buy, therefore, reader, by all means buy " tt evelations of Quacks and Quackery." Its contents will astonish and amuse you, while they invoke your indignation and disgust. Of course you eo not want it on account of its warnings for your own sake, but you doubtless do for that of the many simple tons with whom you must be acquainted, it your acquaint ance is large. " Who are the Quacks that 'Punch' means ?" Consider what it is to he able to answer this question of the young and inexperienced, and, for charity's sake, if for no other, go and provide yourself with "Revelations of Quacks and Quackery," by Detector.—Punch, April 12. T HE PHOSPHATE OF LIME COMPANY (Limited). To be incorporated under " The Companies' Act, 1862," by which the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital, £300,000, in 12,000 shares of £25 each. (With power to increase.) £1 per share payable on application ; £4 on allotment. Calls to be made in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus. DIRECTORS. • John Alers Hankey, Esq. (late of Messrs. Hankey and Co., Bankers), Fenchurch-street. Thomas Bradshaw, Esq., Director of the 'English Joint APHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY._ The Photographed fee-simile of the First Page of THE SUN new publishing, and may be had Stock Bank. Horace Edward Chapman, Esq. (Messrs. Lane, llankey, and Co.), London. Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill, M.P., 16, Rutland-gate. Lieut.-Colonel Dovetou, Director of the Agra and Master- On Paper at Os. 3d. On Card •• • s. (id. Ditto, framed ls. 64. By order of all Booksellers and Dea'ers in . Photographs, and at THE SUN OFFICE, 112, Shand. " The Sun' evening newspaper has just issued a photo graph, 9 inches by 7, of its first page as it appeared on the 2d of last January. The card forms quite a literary curiosity, and is one of the best specimens of minute typography ever published."—London Review. man's Bank. Professor Way(late Consulting Chemist of the Royal Agri cultural twisty). ltrß. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOIIN PARRY, will appear in their new entertain ment, entitled A PECULIAR, FAMILY, by William Brough. New scenery by T. and W. Grieve. After which, Mr. John Parry will give a few Memoranda from his Musi cal Note Boox, entitled "RECOLLECTIONS," vocal and instrumental Every Evenine', except Saturday, at 8. A MORNING REPRESENTATION every Wednesday and Saturday, at 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUaTRA TION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, is. and 2s. ; stalls, 88. ; stall springchairs, ss. Stalls may be secured (Without fee) in advance at the Gallery. THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). 66, COMIC OPERETTA, by J. Offenbach, and the BROTHER AND SISTER, by Sir Henry Bishop, will be performed during this week. Principal artistes : Signor Spagnoli. M. Marini, Mr. Green, and tlr. t. Albyn. Misses Russell. Barrie, and Tyrell, with full Band and Cho rus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian and Mimic), Miss Kate Babe, the Grotesque, D'Aubans. and M( ssrs. Duriah and Davis. The Misses JE SY and SARA. GI HISS will have the honour of appearing This Even ng. • • Conductor, Kr. F. Jonghmans. This Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission—area, 6d.; stalls tad balcony, ls.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. nANTERBURy HALL. Sete3tions from MARTHA. and THE BROTHER. AND SISTER, supported by Miss RUSSELL, Miss B wrie. Miss Hays. &c. ; Messrs. ST. AL BYN, Green, etc., with Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jongmans. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR ORDINARY SES. __ (To be retained by the Bankers.) N 0...... 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 agree 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 SHARES. (To be retained by the Bankers.) BANKERS. Comedy by Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, nessrs. Duriah and Davis, Miss Kate Bade, and the Grotesque D'Aubans. PODGE.—This wonderful Illu.ion will be re peated for a short time lonzer, to enable country visitors to witness this most beautiful of the London Pxhib Mons The Agra and liasterman's Bank, 35, Nicholas-lane, Lon- In a few days will be produced, with new Optical effects, she Illusion, entitled KO lio RI KO. don. - English Joint Stock Bank, 60, Gracechurch-street, Lon don, and its branches. BROKERS. Messrs. Robins, Barber, and Dailey, 29, Threadneedle street, London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Mercer and Mercer, 9, Mincing-lane, London. TEMPORARY OFFICES-10, St. Swithin e-lane ; London. 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 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 my name on the Register of Members for the number of Shares alloted to me. Usual signature Name in full Residence Profession Date 1865 T HE LONDON MERCHANTS COMPANY (Limited'. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the APPLICA TION LIST for the SHARES of this Company will be CLOSED on MONDAY NEXT, the 26th inst. J. D. O'BRIEN, Secretary (pro tem.) Temporary Offices-21, Austin-friars, June 22, 1865. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW A D DIT fON -.—ln accordance'‘ h the Reason, the Exhibition has been entirely re-e.nb, Dished. The whole or the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully cooled from the most minute pictures, have been. renewed. Modern Court Dfessea of the in,,st splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London, and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. A life-size Model of JOHN WILKES BOOTH, the base assassin of the late President Linco!n; is also to ba seen. . Open from It a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixp , nee. should he be elected, to be allowed to exercise his best judgment in the discharge of his duty, without regard to what party happened to be in power. Indeed, he thought at the present day it mattered comparatively little who were the men they had in power, but it mattered very much indeed what were the principles upon which the Government acted. The great point was to return men to Parliament who would maintain the spirit of the Constitution intact. And why? Because, during the last 30 years this country had enjoyed an amount of prosperity, happiness, peace, and advancement beyond parallel in the history of the world. They had true liberty, absolute liberty, and not universal suffrage without the power of exercising it ; they were not subject to be called on by a person from the Home-office with a request to vote for a partiCular candidate. He would reform all that required reform, but preserve all that was ancient, venerable, and good. He was opposed to lowering the suffrage. He did not con sider the suffrage to be a right, but a trust. The existing electors were trustees acting for the benefit of the country at large, and not for their own benefit. He would gladly confer the suffrage on men of intelligence and property, who might fairly be considered to come within the spirit of the Con stitution. As to Mr. Baines's bill, it was all a sham. How many £6 houses were there in Westminster in the occupation of respectable mechanics ? The bill would not have added 100 votes to the constituency of the city. The prosperity of the country was owing to the confidence which was felt in the con tinuance of the present state of things. It en couraged the investment of capital and the develop ment of all the material resources of the country. There had been wars in almost every part of the continent, while England had enjoyed uninterrupted peace. This was not owing to one or to another, but to the careful working of the Constitution under which we lived. There was another point he would refer to, and that was the increasing intelligence of the working classes, and that might be mainly attri buted to what was called the fourth estate—the newspaper press. Of the power of that press the People largely availed themselves, and this operated more practically for their benefit than any Parlia mentary representation could do, even if universal suffrage were accorded to them. (Cheers.) Mr. Smith then said he should always be ready to pro mote the local interests of the city of Westminster, and concluded a very long address by declaring that he would not enter Parliament other than as an in dependent man, unpledged to any leader or any party ; but with a full determination to do his duty according as God had given him ability and power to understand it. (Cheers.) Lord INGESTRE, after expressing his warm ap proval of the opinions which had been declared by Mr. Smith, and saying that he should prefer having thatgentleman his representative than his friend Mr. Grosvenor, who, while speaking Conservatism, would vote Radicalism, moved the following resolution : ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill - street, Piccadilly. PROMENADE. CONCERT, and DANCE every Evening. This admired Band, under the direction of Signor LUIGI CURTI, will perform at 9 o'clock a Grind Overture, at 11 o'clock a Selection from a favourite Opera, and a series of novel Dance Music till 12 o'clock. Open at half past 8. Admission, is. Manager—M. GREN ET. " That this meeting having heard with satisfaction Mr. Smith's exposition of his political principles pledge them selves to use their utmost exertions to secure his return as one of the representatives for the city of Westminster." The Hon. ROBERT GRIMSTON seconded the reso lution. The chairman put the question to a shOw of hands, when more than two-thirds of the meeting were in favour of its adoption. The meeting then ended. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for th e Drawing-room, Library, a ia Dining-room, consisting of a new and e.egant assort went I VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Ohelisks, Ink atands, , eautiiul inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &0., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manuf actured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her flaiesty, 149, Stand. W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS. SI IN RALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of y ell ' s m Eleents of Geolog y ; they will greatly twilitate and can the interesting had at study of be MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PR AkITICAL INSTR UCTION In GEOLOGY and MINE it A-Lod Yis e-iven by Mr. TENNIAN F. at 149. Strand W.C. 2 _ s DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.--A NEVER FAILING RESIEDY.---Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. 'Scott, of Bromley, Kent will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and ' Jive, eomplaints, iniigestion, wind. spasms, giddiness, d i zziness of 'the eyes, &c. For habitual xistiveness, a a a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier ,l the blood, t.l. Mon and grc yiteful to the stomach they create apperite, pro ey are trul excellent; mild in their opera (note dig e stion, and strengthen 'the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert , 8, Rim: London, and by ost d .:-. --rilizgists, in boxes,is. lid., and three times the quantity i -11 one, '2B cid. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills . The genuine are a square green package. with William-street, Charing-cross. " William . Lambert," engraved on the stamp. 4" • QM 1 • 4t= . X S Arek' 14 i ( ' - q *,l) 07.'7 '?) (kw 4 , any mi 4 ' • , A 4, \'! 1" 147 , " 0 4,AV „ ma k -• ro; —Ailllt e o ft r al;„ \ L.L ' Ur: 3'27' "P:A4r( l4 1! 1 1 11 11 11 : ' l ' ll.l7llfts 74 \\\ )f" I -ss ,„ DN,orr. s /N l 4 ! %-•• . ri PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. he will never consent to the abolition of church rates without a substitute. He claims for the Con servative party that they have not during the pre sent Pailiament harassed the Government, by which they were displaced, by any factious opposition, or evinced any eagerness for the resumption of office. He concludes as follows : " In or out of power, they (the Conservative party) will, I doubt not, continue faithfully to represent that large and I believe, daily increasing section of public opinion which considers that it needs no great change in the fundamental institutions of England to develops all her resources and maintain the position she has acquired in the foremost rank of civilised nations. The removal of abuses, the ameliora tion of laws, the respectful consideration of real grievances, whether of_classes or individuals, are as much within the range of a truly Conservative policy as a prudent man places al4longthe objects most demandinghis care and fore thought—the repairs of the house he does not desire to pull down, and the improvement of the property he declines to risk by taking shares in every bubble company." Mr. Abel Smith appeals to his votes in Parliament as furnishing evidence that, while reserving to him self freedom of action and independence of judgment he has uniformly united " with the Opposition in resisting those repeated attacks on the Constitution, in Church and State, which have emanated from the Liberal party." He believes that the malt-tax is prejudicial to the interests of the growers of barley, and " enhances the price of a necessary article of consumption among the working classes." He de sires to see the Protestant character of the Church of England maintained, and will 'resist any attacks on the Church, from whatever quarter they may come, but he wishes to see " her efficiency keep pace with the growing wants of the country." He is " opposed to the lowering of, the franchise," but " would support a well-considered measure for its extension," as he thinks " there are many persons entitled by property and qualified by education who might be safely admitted to exercise that important trust." Mr. H. E. Surtees says that his opinions with reference to the malt-tax remain unchAnged. He will support measures " likely to promote the peace, welfare, and efficiency of the Established Church," and, adhering to the political principles he has always avowed, will make it his " constant endeavour to advance the general prosperity of the country," and strenuously to advocate the local in terests of Hertfordshire. An active canvass of the county is being prose cuted. LICHFIELD. Lord AlfredPaget and Lieutenant-Colonel Dyott, of Freeford, have issued their addresses to the elec tors of this city. The former seeks re-election after 28 years service, in the Liberal cause ; and the latter, who is a descendant of the Richard Dyott by whom Lord Brooke was shot. from the Cathedral spire in 1643, at the siege of, Lichfield, seeks election in the Conservative interest. The second seat for this city was contested by the same gentlemen in 1841, when Lord A. Paget was returned by a majority of seven or eight votes, and the petition which followed failed to unseat him. BIIPTURES CURED BY CHANDLER'S NEW LEVER TRUSS. it has the following advantages :—No steel spring required round the body, is easily applied, does not chafe or excoriate the skin, admits of any kind of exercise being taken, and is imperceptible when worn. PRICES. Single- -10 s. 6d. and 215., postage Is. Double-21s. and 425., postage, 2s. - - Sent on receipt of post-office order, and size round hips. Sure to flt. PILES, PROLAPSUS ANL and UTERI Instantly rel'eved and ultimately cured by some entirely new and very ingenious appliances. t'rices from 10s. 6d, sent by post on receipt of size round hips. Elastic Stockings, Kneecaps, Surgical Belts, and appliances of every description, with all the latest improvements, and of the best quality, at considerably reduced prices. ROUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, and DEFORMITIES cured by CHANI)LER'S IMPROVED CHEST EXPANDING BRACES, for both sexes of all ages. They strengthen the voice and lungs, relieve indiges tion, and are especially recommended to children for assist ing the growth, and for promoting hea.th and symmetry of figure Price 10s. 6d. All the above instruments are highly recommended by the leading members of the medical profession. Illustrated catalogues forwarded. MR. H. P. CHANDLER, SURGICAL MZCHANICIAII, 66, DczurP_ltivet, Coziord-street, Lyndon; W. PHOSPHATE OF LIME COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LIST of APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be CLOSED at 4 o'clock on MONDAY, the 26th, for London, and on WEDNESDAY, the 28th, for the Country. By order of the Board. Temporary Offices, 10, St. Swithin'a-lane, London, June 22, 1865. RAIR-CURLTNG FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London. — ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from 65. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent free for 54 stamps. It I s most easy of use. • HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High iolborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILA i'ORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 54 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CAN THARIDES OlL,which,peedily produces whiskers anti thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent tree for 54 stamps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248 , High Holborn, London. Essay m Hair, Id. DIMPLE REMOVER. All diseases of the skin AL are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &e 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 st imps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, Is. ; sent for 14 stamps; Eye Colour, 3s. (id., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or 50 stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—AL - sa. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMA R ELL A. Messrs. JOAN GOSNELL and CO., 12, Three King-court, Lombard. street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fill t. which gradually rest:Tes the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. (31. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gomel' and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY e/ TOOTH PASTE Is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl , hiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Price le. 6A-12, Threw Wig-court, Lombard street, Lyndon. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. -~ WESTMINSTER. Yesterday evenin g a public meeting was held at the Pimlico R ooms, Winchester-street, South Bel gravia, for the purpose of hearing Mr. W. H. Smith, the Conservative candidate, make an exposition of his political P 4 "--ciples. Mr. G. Cubitt, M.P., having taken the chair, introduced Mr. Smith to the electors assembled with a few preliminary remarks on the relative claims which the three candidates, Captain Grosvenor, Mr. Mill, and Mr. Smith had upon them. Mr. Smith then came forward and was loudly cheered by the larger portion of the meeting. He observed that an apology was due to the electors of them as nne an teduwinktnhobwusnin mesasn. A most liberal chair man o f a most lib era l candidate bad drawn attention t o th e horrible fact that he was a man connected with business, and had ex pressed his astonishment that such a person could have ventured to offer himself as a representative of Westminster. But, passing by these personal questions, he came prep are d to answer interrogato ries as to his political principl es ; and he wou ld a t once frankly avow that h e was not a member of t h e Liberal party so, called. The name of Liberal was a well-sounding name, and had a fascinating power over the mind of a young man. He would confess that at one time he desired to be a member of that party, but he did not wish it now, and one reason was that he could not conscientiously express opi nions on the hustings which afterwards for a long period of years he by his conduct studiously endea voured to defeat. No doubt there were many members of the Liberal party who were desirous of carrying-out the measures which they advocated on the hustings, but a large portion. of that party had during the existing Parliament done' all they could to defeat the very things they had pledged themselves to perform. For this reason, among others, there fore, he was not a member of the Liberal party, neither did he belong to the Conservative party, but he considered himself to be a Liberal-Conservative. (Cheers and cries of "Oh !") As a Liberal-Con servative he desired to effect every reform which could be effected with safety to the Constitution. He would reform every abuse, and would pay special attention to a reform in the working of the admi nistrative machine. To financial and to legal reform he was equally prepared to give his support. He had already said that he was no party man, but desired, AYLESBURY. The appearance of the address of Mr. N. M. de Rothschild, the Liberal candidate, to the electors, the substance of which appeared in The Sun yester day, has brought out that of, at least, one of the sitting Conservative members for this borough, both of whom, notwithstanding a rumour to the contrary, will again seek election as its representatives in the House of Commons. CIRENCESTER. All three candidates, Mr. Allen Bathurst (Conser vative), the Hon. Ralph Dutton (Conservative), and Mr. Julian Goldsmid (Liberal), profess to be san guine of success. They have completed their can vass, and are now resting on their oars for n time. In the meanwhilea sharp controversy is being carried on, on the subject of Mr. Goldsmid's religious opinions, that gentleman belonging to the Hebrew persuasion. The contest between Mr. Dutton and Mr. Goldsmid will be very close. COCKERMOUTH. Nord Naas has issued an address to the electors of Cockermouth, asking them to confer upon him for the fourth time the honour of representing them in the House of Commons. He says since last elected his political opinions have undergone no change. FALMOUTH AND PENRYN. Mr. Sandbach, the Conservative candidate, who arrived in this borough on Tuesday, left again on the following day, having, it is stated, ascertained, without a canvass or address, that he had no chance of being elected. GRANTHAM. Mr. Welby and the Hon. F. J. Tollemache, the sitting members for this borough, have issued ad resses, soliciting re-election. Mr. Welby speaks of his sturdy adherence to Conservative principles, while Mr. Tollemache avows himself in favour ofa liberal policy. HEREFORD. On Thursday evening Lieut.-Colonel Clifford and Mr. George Clive, the Liberal members for Here ford, met their constituents to defend their conduct in regard to their support of the present Govern ment, and to ask the further support of the consti tuency at the coming election. HERTFORDSHIRE. The sitting members have just issued their ad dresses. Sir E. B. Lytton says : ‘‘ None of us can pretend to foresee what may be the most exciting or important topics which the next Parlia ment may be called upon to deliberate in the course of its existence. Still less can we conjecture what political questions her Majesty's present Government may deem sufficiently imperative to risk the tenure of office upon the chance of carrying their measures. Judging from the past, we may presume that among such questions will not be any scheme of Parliamentary Reform. They use that ques tion much as a man who takes care of himself in this changeable climate uses an upper garment—when out, to be put on ; when in, to be put off. As to the principles upon which I think that any propositions for the exten sion of the suffrage should be based, I retain the opinions which I have already expressed in Parliament, whether upon the Reform Bill proposed and abandoned by the present Government, or upon that which was introduced by Lord Derby's Administration, with the earnestness of men who, in undertaking so serious a task as that of an amended representation, were prepared to stand or fall by the advice they proffered to their sovereign and their countrymen. Believing that every system of fiscal policy should apply its principles fairly to all divisions of the national industry, I shall not cease to struggle for the abolition of the malt tax, as a burden which fetters the discretion of skill in the cultivation of the soil, and singles out the husbandman for special exclu sion from the legitimate operations of free trade. But if the grievance be more immediately felt by the farmer, its consequences are injurious beyond those of any tax now left in our statute-book to the commnnity at large. The malt-tax not only raises the price of malt liquors, but, by discouraging and restricting the growth of barley as an article of cattle food, it impedes that increase in the main tenance of stock which an increasing population naturally demands, and thus raises the price to the consumer of all descriptions of butcher's meat, while, by diminishing the amount of farmyard manure applicable to wheat crops, it tends, however indirectly, to raise even the price of bread. The injurious effects of the malt tax are really felt in the weekly bills of every householder. So permit me to hope that the farmer, in seeking relief from this burden, will find among the inhabitants of towns, not his opponents, but his Sir Edward goes on to say that it would give him great pleasure if Dissenters would meet Churchmen in the endeavour to bring the church-rate dispute to a friendly and final adjustment, but declares that LIVERPOOL. Mr. J. C. Ewart (Liberal) seeks re-election, and has issued an address, in which he says : " The question of Parliamentary Reform, the settlement of which has been too long postponed, must be met in a fair and liberal spirit. The leaders of all parties are agreed that the Reform Act of 1832, though admirably suited to the period at which it was passed, is not altogether adapted to the altered circumstances of modern times. Great num bers of the intelligent and prudent among our fellow countrymen—not •by any means confined to the working classes—are at present excluded from the franchise. How best to secure the fair representation of every class, :while giving undue preponderance to none, must engage the serious attention of the next Parliament." LYMINGTON. Mr. Thomas Norton, of Bolton-row, Mayfair, has offered himself as a candidate for this borough He says, in his address to the constituency— "Attached during the whole of my political life to the Liberal party, I shall support those men whose measures have so largely contributed to the prosperity and happiness &the people of this country. and._ should you do me the honour of electing me as your representative I shall pro ceed cautiously, carefully, and independently in the same direction." MALD ON. Mr. T. Sutton Western, the Liberal sitting mem ber, has issued an address soliciting re-election. He considers that the blessings of peace and the unpre cedented prosperity of the country are owing, un der Providence, to the administration of Lord Pal merston and the financial measures of Mr. Glad stone. MALMESBURY. The re-election of Viscount Andover is, after all, to be opposed. Last week Lord Royston put in an appearance, but speedily retired, and Lord Ando ver's friends seemed to breathe mor,e freely. Yester day morning, however, Mr. John G. Talbot, a nephew of the Earl of Shrewsbury, issued an ad dress, seeking the suffrages of the Conservative electors. The last time there was a contest was in 1852, when the late Liberal member, Mr. Luce, was elected by a very narrow majority over Mr. Audley Lovell. MANCHESTER. The Selection Committee of the Liberal electors of Manchester, appointed on Tuesday evening, as sembled yesterday morning and unanimously agreed to recommend Mr. Jacob Bright (brother of the hon. member for Birmingham), as a candidate for the representation of the city. NEW SHOREHAM. An active canvass of this borough is being carried on by Mr. Jas. Hannen, of the Home Circuit, the Liberal candidate, and Sir Percy Burrell and Mr. Stephen Cave, the sitting members, who represent the Conservative interest. The Liberals form a very strong party in the borough, particularly in the towns of Worthing and Shoreham, and are deter mined to carry one Liberal representative. Mr. Han nen has, during the week, addressed large and en thusiastic meetings at Shoreham, Worthing, South wick, and Henfield. The Conservative candi dates have not yet held a meeting of their supporters. SHROPSHIRE (NORTH). Lord Albert Leveson Gower has retired, leaving the field to the two Tories—Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore, the present member, and Major the Hon. Charles H. Cust. SHROPSHIRE (SOUTH). The representation of this division of the county is not to remain in the hands of the Tories without a struggle to wrest at least one seat from them. Mr. R. Jasper Moore, of Linley-hall, Salop, a barrister, and a gentleman of high literary attainments, has issued an address announcing himself a candidate. He says : "My political principles are those which have for the last 30 years so successfully directed the affairs of this country. I shall give a hearty but independent support to Lord Palmerston, under whose administration our Govern ment has been carried on with unparalleled prosperity." Sir Baldwin Leighton, one of the present members, is unpopular with the tenant farmers for the part he took in the Prevention of Poaching Bill and High way Act, and an impression prevails that he will retire. SUFFOLK (EAST.) Yesterday Sir F. Kelly and Lord Henniker, the Conservative sitting members for this division, issued their addresses to the electors. Lord Henniker's in tentions may be summed up in the announcement of his desire to " defend our Constitution, our Church, and our invaluable institutions." At the same time, his lordship is not unwilling to advocate and support progress. , Sir F. Kelly, who is very diffuse, observes : " It has been said that the elements of political warfare have ceased to exist, and that the principle of the two great contending parties in the State are the same. But if this be so, I cannot subscribe to the mode in which the proud ABRIDGED PROSPECTI7S. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing and working the well-known deposits of Phosphate of Lime, situated at the Island of Sombrero, in the West Indies, and at Logrosan, in Estremadura ; thus avoiding the serious competition that would necessarily arise if the two properties were in the hands of parties having antago nistic interests. The business is fully organised, and in active operation; and the benefit of existing contracts for the delivery of nearly 10,000 tons of Phosphate during the next six months will be transferred with the lease of the property to the Company; and it is estimated that the profit upon these contracts will be upwards of £15,000 —thus giving a sub stantial guarantee for the payment of an early dividend. Further contracts of an equally profitable nature for deli very of upwards of 30,000 tons, during the next six years, have been entered into, and these contracts will also be transferred by the present proprietors to the Company. The consumption of Superphosphate, and other Phos phatic Manures in the United Kingdom, is estimated at from 200,000 to 300,000 tons annually, and that quantity is probably not applied to one-tenth part of the land which would be benefited by its use. To the Agricultural interest the further development of these deposits of Phosphate of Lime is of the greatest im portance ; whilst, as a commercial enterprise, the under taking•promises to be most successful. The profit from Sombrero Island alone can be confidently estimated to pro duce more than 15 per cent. on the capital to be called up for its purchase and working ; and as the development of the Estremadura quarries proceeds, the Directors anticipate a largely increased ratio of dividend from that source. The present undertaking will virtually have a monopoly of the market, for there are no other similar deposits of equal magnitude and practical value at present known ; there will, therefore, be no serious competition. Applications for shares must be forwarded to the bankers of the Company, with the deposit of £1 per share. If the number of shares allotted be less than the number applied for, the deposit paid will, so far as necessary, be credited towards the payment due on allotment. Should no allot ment be made the deposit will be returned in full. The articles of association, leases, plans, reports, and valuations, with analyses of the respective products, may be inspected at the Office of the Solicitors. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may bo obtained of the Brokers, Bankers, Solicitors, and at the Temporary Offices of the Company. ~ i , c rn A r'^~ .n laliELLlAlk? , \,,,,, r t '43ftisWA t' l - -f\ j $ '::,4 4 , ,, „"). - ;=. 4 , 4 -, 1 eV .044 - 4.4i - r.:::; , a; 0t 44 - - • .1 . I . ‘NI vernment has acted on those p • iplgrA - iir:/? .sl, , e4,i' • policy, lagree that we should remai titolea‘k946.44llefe the safety or the honour of the countiO•repaes thia wo should make war. But I deny that it conduces either to safety or to honour that our Minister should interfere in the quarrels of other nations by threats never to be fulfilled, d met with insolence and scorn ; by advice never asked and rejected, or passed by with silent contempt ; by encou raging the weak to take up arms against the strong, and_ then deserting them at their utmost need and leaving them to perish ; and, in the end, that his Government should appeal to their fellow-countrymen for their approval, and declare that the foreign policy of England is non-interven tion. I have assisted, and, if elected, shall continue to assist, in maintaining the stability of the Church of Eng land. The Government has not merely permitted, but countenanced and supported almost every act of hostility against the Church done or attempted during the present Parliament. Great questions are impending, upon which the very existence of the Church of England in Ireland may be threatened. In the meantime, it is satisfactory to feel that we have successfully resisted the unconditional abolition of church rates, and that if the Government should be displaced by the results of the approaching elections a. Conservative Ministry would be enabled to propose to Par liament a measure which would justly satisfy the Church, while it would relieve the Dissenters of every denomina tion from the necessity of contributing to a tax which. many of them conscientiously think oppressive and unjust. It is almost useless to speak of the extension of the Elec tive Franchise. In 1859 the Ministry of which I was a. member, though unconvinced of the necessity for any change,brought forward, in deference to the alleged wishes of great numbers of the community, a scheme of Reform which would have conferred the franchise upon 200,000 of the people, and which was open to no objection which could not have been removed in a committee of the House of Commons. The party now in power opposed and threw out that bill, and came into office upon its defeat, pledged to another and a better measure of Reform. In the next session they brought in their bill with hesitation and reluc tance, and then abandoned - it with ill-concealed satisfaction. From that time to this the subject of Reform has been dealt with in the House of Commons in a way but little calculated to obtain for that assembly the respect or the confidence of the people ; and if the con duct of the Government upon this momentous question has done credit to their character as enlightened statesmen, or honourable gentlemen, or honest men, let those who think so support them in this great electoral contest which they are now at last compelled to encounter. For myself, I can only repeat what I said to you in 1853 and in 1852. lam ready to concur in any scheme of Reform which shall ex tend the franchise to all who are qualified by property, education, or condition to exercise it with intelligence and independence. But the Government have claimed not merely the assent, but the applause of their country for their financial policy. Happy is - the statesman whose for tune it is to administer the finances of -a nation which by the natural increase of its population, its wealth, its com merce, and its resources must acquire a large and inevitable surplus in the revenue in every year of its collection. Let us rejoice that such is the destiny of England, and that whether our Chancellor of the Exchequer shall be minded to remit the duties upon incomes or insurances, upon wine or malt, on tea or paper, the mighty and ever-increasing population and wealth of his country will provide him with an adequate and an ample surplus. Gentlemen, I do not comp lain of the remission of taxation upon income, the source of subsistence, or upon any of the necessaries or the comforts, or even the luxuries of life. But let these sub jects of remission take their turn in just and equitable suc cession. I maintain the claim of malt to priority , before paper, or wine, or tea, and, now, before income." TAUNTON. Mr. A. C. Barclay, the unsuccessful candidate in the Liberal interest at the last election, again seeks the suffrages of this borough. He supports the policy of the pregent Ministry, and believes it would be disastrous to transfer the conduct of affairs to the less capable leaders of the opposition. He advo cates an extension of the franchise and the abolition of church rates. Lord W. M. Hay, son of the Ma rquis of Tweeddale, is the second Liberal candidate. He promises a" steady, thoughindependent support, to that party and the policy it has pursued." WEYMOUTH. The Liberals of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis have brought forward Mr. H. G. Gridley and Mr. H. Edwards to oppose the present Conservative members Lord Grey de Wilton and Mr. Brooks. As it is understood that parties are pretty evenly ba lanced on the register, there is every probability the contest will be keen. Mr. Gridley, in his address, says :-- " The policy of Lord Palmerston's Government is non-. intervention with the affairs of other countries, and its ju- . dicious financial and commercial policy has my hearty ap proval ; and I am prepared to give his administration a, general support, believing that by it peace will be preserved, the revenue further increased, taxation reduced, and the well-being of the country advanced." _ _ _ Mr. Edwards also promises a cordial and indepen dent support to the Government of Lord Palmer ston. WOODSTOCK. Mr. Mitchell Henry has issued the following ad dress to the electors of Woodstock : " Gentlemen,—The time has now arrived when the battle to which we are mutually pledged is to be fought out to the uttermost. On the one side are freedom and justice ; on the other usurpation and wrong. We know, and our opponents know too, the determination of the constituency that in the coming Parliament they will have a representative of the people of Woodstock, not a mere nominee of he house of Blenheim. Hitherto the borough has been regarded in the political world as the property of the feudal lord, and the electors only as the instruments for registering his decrees. Henceforth you are res)lved to fight nobly and success fully against the dictation of the great, and thus gain the esteem of our fellow-countrymen, and do good service to the cause of liberty throughout the land. This contest is not a question of Whig against Tory, but rather of free men against those who would enslave them. On many poli tical subjects, as is evident from his lordship's farewell axl dress, your late member and I might agree to shake hands, but between the Tory gentleman who aspires to succeed him and myself there is the widest difference under Heaven. Lord Alfred Churchill has resigned his seat because he can no longer endure the degradation of political servitude even to his own brother ; but Mr. Barnett so little appreciates this manly sentiment that he actually forestalled Lord Al- fred's announcement, and tried to perpetuate the same system by issuing a private' circular to such of the elec tors only as he thought slavish enough to assist him. Let me recall the circumstances to your minds. Lord Alfred. Churchill has told you that he quits Woodstock, not because you are dissatisfied with him or he with you, but because the influence' -that is, the ' ducal influence'—under which ho was elected is no longer favourable to his return. Upon that influence,' now transferred to himself, Mr. Barnett builds his hopes, and in company with the Duke of Marl borough's agent he has for months past perambulated this borough upon his questionable errand. Foiled in the at tempt to secure the seat by means of that ' private arrange ment' so long and so successfully in vogue at Woodstock, he was compelled to commence what he calls a canvass, but what point of fact has proved to be nothingelse than a system of persecution. In season and out of season the Duke's Man,' as you name him, has been among you, first demanding rather than asking for your votes, then, follow ing up electors already pledged, giving no man credit for sincerity or principle, he has tried all arts to turn you from the path of duty, and has done many things whieha Parlia mentary Committee would unquestionably pronounce to amount to undue influence and intimidation. Nor will you forget that public display in the Town-hall, when ho re fused to answer any questions the electors desired to put to him ; but, taking up his hat, left a meeting that had ac tually been convened by himself. The borough must indeed have sunk low in the estimation of Mr. Barnett if he sup poses that the spirit of Englishmen will tolerate such contemptuous treatment as this. Contrast this course of proceedings with that of the Liberal candidate. When the independent electors had elected me as their representa tive, I at once issued and sent to every elector, rich and. poor, in the borough an address containing a full exposi tion of my political views. Then I waited upon each is succession, but on no occasion did 1 ask more than this, 'Pray give me your vote, if you agree in my political prin ciples.' I defy any one to say that I have asked for sup port on any other ground than this, and no one can accuse me or my party of attempting to gain a vote already pro mised to our opponent. Then he held a series of publics meetings, commencing with that great meeting in the Town-hall of Woodstock on the Ist of November last—s, day memorable in your annals, for it constituted the first public meeting for such an object that had been held in the borough for more than 20 years. On all these oc casions I courted inquiry into my views, and answered fairly and honestly every question addressed to me. The result is well known. The majority is with us, and you have only to be true to your principles and record your votes at the poll, which will certainly take place in the middle of July, and the day is your own. Assert, then, your independence, and elect the candidate of your choice, for thereby you will obliterate the past, and place your borough in a proud position in the kingdom, and you will also secure the faithful services of one who will ever act in accordance with the principles of the great Liberal party, expressed in the words, The greatest happiness of the greatest number.' " CIVIL SERVICE ESTlMATES.—Yesterday a general abstract was published of the grants for' civil ser vices for the year 1865-6. The total in class I. for the year is £829,515; class 11., £1,580,185; class 111., £2,897,515; class IV., £1,360,821; class V., £476,108; class VI., £339,107; and class VII., £174,768. The total is £7,657,872, exhibiting a net decrease of £155,895, as compared, with 1.864-5. - eek. 1.51 3 76 5 2,060 8,508 i t .,021 1,443