The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-22 00:00:00

IIMMIBER! WE WAIT SUPPER N at FOR YOU, after the Pantomime, at EVANS'. Fail RNAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC g„,_ 1118 celebrated Old IRISH BRANDY WHISKY rivals the fi nest trell BRANDY, Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicio u s, and very Whol esome. the A n Bottles, 3a M at the Retail Houses in London ;by ~ Zentsl in the principal towns in England; or wholesale S, (3.11 L, ob '"AT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. kiti n s e,/ye ,a LL the RWhisky." ed Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded CITY OF MILAN IMPROVEMENTS COMPANY (Limitel) % IV , °T ICE IS IFIEREBY GIVEN, that . the OFFICES of 671tzonpA.Ny will, on and after this E . C. be at No. 15u, 'HAM HOUSE, Old Broad-street, E.C. J. D. O'BRIEN, Secretary. London, February 22, 1865. TRE CHINA STEAMSHIP AND LABUAN . 1110 f oliowin COAL COMPANY (Limited). C Circular a Appl i c ant Prospectus have this eO:7 been i s sued to every for Shares in the above 41 Dany T he Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England (Limited). 17 and 18, Cornhill, London, E C., 21st Feb., 1865. and to the Prospectus of the China Steamship p a „ -1-,abuan Coal Company (Limited), issued by this Com illa.. I am instructed to inform you, that in consequence of th e t TO Exchange regulation requiring that two-thirds of th e , ° (,_al number of shares of all new Companies be issued to 8114' 4011 0. and as it is found that the shares reserved for the aer_eholders in the existing Companies, as well as those re ov.ed for Bombay, cannot be included in such two - thirds, it sitg o 'rimary to increase the total number of the shares con 'l,, log the capital of the Company. bet have have therefore been added 2,000 shares to the num the (; ese lved, for distribution amongst the shareholders of gm A redit Foncier and Mobilier of England (Limited), and le,,Mhares amongst the general public,. I therefore beg 11 era r enclose you an Amended Prospectus, with the above ce y e t ", °128 Printed in red ink, by which you will also per froni...up,t the amount to be paid up on the shares is reduced pai d f'o to £4 per share, viz., the deposit you have already erii in and £3 o n a ll ot • neat, instead of the LI mentioned in the a d, P rospectus. Dityin Form of Application (in substitution of the one pre ”lit in), which must be returned to me not later than tor CZ clock on Thursday Morning next, the 23d instant, and Eleven o'clock on Friday Morning next, the As rltritant, for Country Applications. atte r _T r e Allotment will be proceeded with immediately c‘oo:,s,ds, Applications not returned by the time spocified bet ,"? b e considered and in consequence of the large num eehre,, Soares applied for, no fresh Applications will bc re . go, b y z, nor can any increase to thenumber originally applied a;11 Applicant be entertained. • I ain, Sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. ____ Th e „ AMENDED PROSPECTUS. (Li'nEDIT FONCIER and MOBILIER o f ENG LAND 11' AL o tatted) are nrepared to receive SUBSCRIPIONS f or th e .11. lf 'LIE CHINA STEAMSHIP AND LABITAN In c , COAL COMPANY (Limited). —rPorated under the Limited Liabilities Act of 1862. b Capital, £540,000, in 27,000 shares of £2O each. ;posit zi per share on application, and L 3 on allotmen a t, eYond which it is not contemplated met. callingupmorth n by the eerier share, any further capital required being month, of Debentures. No Call to be made earlier than three s from the date of allotment. 40 ~, Ita:ii " C. BRUCE, Chairman DIRECTORS of the Inverness and P er th sir a 1 4 3 e Company, Chairman. is;lSfe M.P., Director o f th e Pacific ~-4 1% ~ Elphinstone, Bart.. •%ei l b "-t Navigation Company, Deputy Chairm an. ( , 0 en David bassoon, Esq., London, and D. bassoon and Bar . nt Bomb a y an d Chi na. ItrY Borradaile Esq., Director of the S c i n d e and Punjaub 4. It. , . It . Y Company. 0,, Loch, Esq., C. 8., late Fecretary to H.M. Ambassador in Ileil m lai sarY, in le i s B ankey, Esq., Ch a i rman of the New Zealand kiwn4ing Corporation !tant Miller, Esq . M.P. u„. and Vereira, l.sq., London, late' of Dent and Co.) China. I.e og a l h ailway Company r Francis Dru (Leith), Director of the E.,stern r , patty. k 4-. Lathom r3Wne, Esq., Minond, Director of the Natal Land Com and Anriati _unes. 'nela, Esq , Alexa Director of the London, Italian, 8 13 S team Navigation Company (Limited). 4 -- der Daniel, EN late H.F. I.C. Service, London. , Chairman of the Bank of Hindustan, 40V1in Hie ," Ja pan (Limited , . ti,_ilvj , 111 :1.. Agent te the Austrian Lloyds' Steam Ilen e s'n k AnnPany, and Director of the Thames and h Y Insuranc e i ompany. Z 4 ss 8' "81.8 AGENTS. l e • Gibb, Livingstone and Co., China, A gents for Chi na 4k Cu 4 8111 fh, Kennedy, and Co., Chin a , an dJ ap‘n Steam tiPor e 4, , mming, Be aver , and Co., Sin- Navigation Com lie-8.841.N. Dent a n d C o ., China, pant' j o e a n i ts c f o o ni rL p a a b n u y a . n i i ,, B • Middleton, Harrison, and Co., A ,spore, br e , BANKERS. 81.8 Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Lombard-street, RC. gitetNational Bank, Old Broad-street, E.G. ellita4.„ornbay, Chi n a, Hindustan d n China Jap , anan.d Japan (Limited), in C a , ' ke g SOLICITORS. I,BrtlCewbon, Evans, and Co., iiicholai-lane, E.G. 4tackenzie, Esq., 77, Gresham House, E.C. BROKERS. 'tortere• Laurence Son and Pearce, 7, Angel-court, Thro„,o% n-street korsl3. Field, Son, and Wcod, 9, Warnford-court, Throg. E.O. SECRETARY (pro tern.) TEMPORARY Alfred Lo7e, Esq. OFFICES -17 and 18, Cornhlll. iil'lllti:,r,,,werful Company has been formed for the pur, ose of t.ott l , onallidating, acid developing the enterprises q.0y , ,, 48 "The China and Japan Steam Navigation Corn ile ,P 4 "The Labuan Coal Company.' 1,,,t se r ,Jeet of the former company was to supply the much kti ‘fit c( ' 3 ' of steam navigation in the China waters, and the 14 Per,-, ln Pany was formed to work the coal mines in Labuan t ,t t , t 7p), and so supply the whole of the Government and tes'til, he Marine in the East with steam fnel. It has been t,e, in,°wever, that from the fast of those companies having 108, th e ed with too small a capital, and on too.limited a 1 ' ittru fe quiretnents both as to supply of vessels and a . so k at ely, er development of the coal mines caenot be ade- It:,s t 'irt• It hs herefore been considered advisable to i '''Y e two undertakinn's and to make one lar,e Corn an'titta'blll'ebith ,bufficient means' and influence to develop the i i te tha_ usa,,ess of both the old companies, and in accord t o tite ti:evoth arrangements hav - been made tor ti.e imme ,,,lfile;4lBler by them of their respective fleet and collieries, boi l ('d% the goodwill and vatuable plant. 1 4 11 : e rfaiT i nPally will therefore immediately acquire the kb e , t aft, ' r utin.. steamers Elgin, Mona, and Sterling, and -4., o " n' s , Vulcan, and Tienchang, alread known lop mfollinm,,l4oly employed in China ; n and thesailing-ship i„ t ena,,ga, a frigate of 2,000 tone burden, admirably adapted qq,,q, se v l',ng" hulk. t'Vtica;`, - TPlng the shipping operations of the Company, in „, 4 10tte l ,`,.', the building of traoing and collier steamer, spe- Lyle ( ' "on will be paid to the construction of tug steamers a 4 to the ever-nacreasi g inland traffic of the great lielt,ilW,v,, where the demand for such hi ping is constant. pp 4 v k , osed to establisa a line of steamersbetween l'i 1, si ill, ;Is eo agapore; and Hong Kong. N,„ l lls,,PPany will also at once enter on all the rights of 1;,,' pit s Coal Company, in Labuan and Borneo, and all 4 1 - i t'd, ~-, Plant, buildings, and stock of coal in . the former Ire (I nd take over their valuable contracts with her Ma tilos C'ernment. f 4 k gio - i,nall coal hat been contracted for extensively by ~,Ne ItT' ,l l, and will actually be the standard steam Coal trzeli rt -vY in the China waters, and elsewhere in the East, t,,',Dani,,B ex tensively used by the leading Steam Shipping I, NI ‘-'S W hen the arrangements contemplateciaor storage, t he Alei lt 'lig at Lab.: an. and delivery at the different Go 14,4lates4tations in the East shall have b en completed, Littikt " 11 ans oi production and delivery being totally t e I teb e to meet the constantly increasing demand. n ) e Aor t icl ent Manager of the Labuan Coal Company, in a i; al t o 423tates that tne work now completed upon a field t it ti t plue extent of 4 bove mon of tons, and that anew Itt k ,,ted, 7 e Parations for the sinking of which has been corn ,4 4 fno e '!Ei the machinery for which is on the spot—will 'he,Pa, ti ale quantity available for working, or four mi,lions a^ r a ni, ~!e further quantity to be obtainul being practically iti,{ ll lll4ilble. j' oth ez , n e steps, therefore, will be taken to open this pit . 'ti.°l'la °, and to connect the mines with the harbour ot 4 tf ,by a ,t,, 1. ; , mineral tram railroad of about seven miles in uir'os e ,i 1 eon Victoria, ships drawing 20 feet of water can t 4 he 4 t ,k, eee7i°ll": shore, and every facility is offered for their ojt: 11 . I (? r a,cally and rapidly loaded by the erection of e9al . ter/ ° _,af hulks will also be established in the leading '44 le t 4 ula and China. By these means the Company will ;„l's t ,°, Meet the demand fur steam fuel at highly remune- N 'es in add.tion to supplying their own fleet with the If i N kP Y,e , ;al.. . te n m4l,; l l. , Price of Coal in China: The present price at Hong i',,kno ti e l cial, equal in quality to that of Labuan, is 15s. per ,011 t. at price is exceptionally low. !I , ete t i -The probable profit of the undertaking will be seen llkat r , ll ,ce to the following fi res. Experience has proved yaba,"". j* lolling the coal and placing it on board the ship Itfoc'lltoabe es. to 7s. per ton. Taking the price at Is. 9d. N atitrfl adding 3s. 3d. for ageng, management, Atc.,. the LitelNy t °oat (in bo rd ship at Labuan would steamers ,711; 1 414 ~,'",' . Per ton ' Allowing for the Company's ,. 'l el'eo'saY 15s , a . ton, the coat of the Labuan Coal, when VAo„'lgn,: k wOuld be 25s per ton , against 456 the present price ~,t e t le- ge :n o l a la ne qnal. in qu lit y; and it is estimated that 11,;11,44fri°040 lon"s r fairly at work. it could easily raise and NQ .",,N•t i n S Coal and f o rel e g -h i t to cost 15 . 8 per ton and sold at k vfoqiim,,, , there will be a profit of 205.. ier ton, which on 'Qt. ''' 0 1 ICO,OO I tons only per annum is equal to tem . ..t. -`. X 100,00 °I 8 t eanders, say 6 81 i k em„,. iii‘Ni:ulati o X 130,000 t, het Z that only 51,000 tons are for the firA year t',o ) ' l , ilat there is only 15s. per ton profit realised lt",o' Pe r r , ‘ e is still, with the profit on the steamers, ''oe ( 6 au ullm, or 48 per cent. on a paid-up capital of I,,l`i i .llt, i!,,. allowing for interest on debentures, above 20 3 b" tti ali o - t e ol ‘ for dividend. 1i t ,40,, 1 8, 11 ent of the Shares will be made on the follow 8. , 1TA4 1 ... z • '---- i,V b e , 8 Partly fully paid-up, and partly with £ll paid I:(A,lnl;4,;Berved for allotment to the applicants who are 'l'l bee:,,in the existing Companies, of these 6,000 have it i;00 kok e 4 r l:Plied for, and the deposits paid to the Com -1404,44riri With ti paid, will be allotted to Shareholders Vile qii r ''offeler and .slobilier of England (Limited). 811kth,. 4g q es, With £4 paid, will be allotted to the general tpl'aid„ B ° such shares if any) as may not be applied for 1,,. N I leatiouP fonn, or by the , bove. 'Ab e , no 41 will also be received for 5,00 G fully paid-up 1 5 100 n eela r li ch dividends for the whole amount paid-up 4 4 kti 4 1tr e ei l• le %a r 8 whi twil be reserved for allotment in Bombay, ap -1,, or 4,,tie anto,eh will be received by Messrs. D. Bassoon ~ I b co, e - e .-wa y. ''th e ct i llap:,',l°ll, plans, reports, and articles of association , un, 2 1 "..11 at the Offices of the Solicitors. h 4 4 81 ' F ebruary, 1865. .e„ s o mas l o, 4 vsq u , vil e .4 appece of the large number of Shares applied for, : e ..rfa ll tufeh eat ic'lls will be received, nor can any increase PI . Ite ct er origin illy applied for by each applicant be ,Oti," -- -----..._,... 8 1 II A '8 (4, 3' he J[l '4l % ESKELL'S exclusive PATENT. e 4; 4,,,aetteoghsttrteoetthßis patent was secured to Mr. Eskell, of ( 11 1 , / 4 ; 4 . ai l on , ~ ond-street, by a Royal seal (July 17, 1 )1,4 1 . ~Y b e - , Y De procured at his residence, where speci )l,l a uttm seen and every information can be obtained. fi , b i . 42•41 tittlatent, artificial teeth, to last a lifetime, are ktt r bia'4 l) tiori o c i In a few hours without pain or extractions. Itib!'al ls _ce to ta re teeth and protect tender gums; their re ttitdseeteq ure 19 perfect and undetectable, and they are To y Boot formastication and articulation. Treatise on the ik klerat seven stamps. Consultations free. Terms e•-8, Grosvenor -street, Bond-street (j --- ------Tb„._ ,e tiltri lATPOSSIBLE.—The A.opletli -aatußetulinv _ntio f the day AGUA AMARELL 1. greatest and ,141phai.°,:fils1 GOSNELIILo and CO.', 12, Three King-couctit. ,K1 4 1 ,, 01/48,,reet, London, Perfumers to her Maiesty, , respeA t' 4 411 " 0 the public this truly marvellous flui . hi IN t et et the the human hair to its pristine hu w e- n_ the kytperti,B What age. The Agna Amarella has none of th / j 4 PI Z III 4 ed t rhe a ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the .. to °/101,_,:;vben the hair is once restored one appli cation il%+'`,l tO or 1,7 4 ,d keep it in perfect colour. Priceone guinea per itogbTi ghe half bottles, 10s 61. Testimonials from artistes lithire,,Linoarydert,,eansd fro.m In a divi li d ca ua t l o s n o! undoubted re i? 1 Messrs. John 44eaktilileo• have of Wales. Perfumers to her Royal ePrincesq of Wales. L t i ° 4l\i' r , i\Th'itil'°o i ti°SI\TELL and CO.'S CHERRY ~,-er. ,--A-PASTC is greatly suerior to any tooth h `h t er'l i ' 4 , 4 v,,e8 the teeth a pearl shit eness, protects the '6ll.eatii.-4ucal and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the - "i's li e riee le • Mt 12 Three King-Oourt, 04(194. • , Lombard- d hav e bg. tio ut last Lorto inferi or r. ..ver° • b. 20 °a te, and f , Dnclanc"„Ali • ring q`: 5 ptioo t her wagra • Oats.,:;, A 1 ,145 s A lnet jai covii— ,o; . ee k's pr 4801b0. It; gtoe r 36 ag e to 4 , rer !ss 3, 415 ass S vc in ;vE 4. e' bu. rlc ate ho ll t l 0 of s e w i or . 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' ..,,,,;, % .., L 0 , ,v .lil • 4,, , ;,- 4.46/, , ... ~ : -' Ik,i‘ s 4 . 1 " ~,\ • 1 0 1:3:.,,, , *!, (•. . i ,„ : „..0 , . • - • - ••• • , 'r• ,\ '7. • , -... • 0 \,\,_ Attlig ' . 41 , R. ... t , • Th.. .. . , ii... IA &.. A .....41V. ..::1 -- ,,,, ‘ .;.- (07P% ..- -'' *llllll . l ' ''' - ' . 4 V ;._- 'Alkillift . .. ... . .. 'A . • . . . , 1 . 4 . ...' . N ': ..t . ',, - 4 ,- G ' i • , :-:- ' , . 4, , ~,-v , • k. , 4,, • '"', 11111( ' -_--, . , "iIQ r - EZT 'atttiw 0 5,q,,, .-.1.- , t o , ::. 4 , Inv ,14, '",t ofll6 l' { ' vw-- ~. DRarr. -,......, 4 4 ~A.Y VENI CRYSTAL PALACE.-TO -MORROW —LAST DAY BUT ONE.—GREAT SHOW of CANARIES. British and Foreign Singing and Talking Birds, and Gold and Silver Pheasauts. The Show will be held in the Tropical Department. Agreeably warmed, and amid the most luxuriant ve4etation, this show is one of the most pleasing exhibitions of the season. The show includes an endless variety of Britiih and Fore'ou Birds of exquisite plumage and extraordinary musical and imitative powers. No extra charge. Performances by the Orchestral Bind twice daisy. and one Great Organ Performance; Picture Galleries, Flue Art Court?, Shakspr re House, Chimpanzee, Armour Plates lent by official authority, and the thousand and one other attrac tions of the Palace. Open from Ten till Dusk. One Shilling; children under twelve, Sixpence. before they came into office ten years ago. From that time to the present they were answerable, and he trusted the expenditure during their time had been economically and judicially made, and would bring the shareholders a fair return for the money invested. Some gentlemen in Belgium had been very desirous of taking the work ing of the line off their hands, and of allowing them a fixed rental, but he and his colleagues thought they had better keep the property in their own hands. The Belgian Railway Commission had reported in 1863 favourably of the Great Luxembourg line, and had stated in reference to it that its gross receipts in 1859 amounted to £112,951, in 1861 to £172,193, in 1862 to £233,794, and he might mention that for the last half of 1864 the receipts amounted to £252,000, so that in five yearsthe receipts on their line had increased 100 per cent. The report of the commissioners stated that the receipts on the Belgian State lines from 1840 to 1850 did not increase more than 50 per cent., while in half the time, or five years, the receipts on the Luxembourg line had doubled. The State lines were now paying nearly 7 per cent. on the outlay, and there was no reason to doubt that their line would eventually pay. Three years ago the company paid a dividend of Gs. 6d. per share for the whole year, while they were now able to pay for the past half year a dividend of 6s. 6d. per share. They had reduced the working- expenses from 48 to 45 per cent. of the receipts. The state of the stores, workshops, and other property of the company reflected the highest credit on those who had charge of them. It was proposed that in consideration of the extension of the railway by the addition of the Ourthe line, and of the future working by this company of a part of the William Luxembourg Railway the number of the beard should be increased to ten, and that three seats should be filled up by the nomination of Mr. W. Fenton, Mr. C. Hol land, and M. de Moor, member of the Belgian Legislature for part of the province through which the line passed. He thought they might consider themselves fortunate in hav ing those gentlemen, who from their railway knowledge and experience would be of great value in furtherance of the interests of the company. Mr. CLOSE seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, in I'HE RIVAL. COMPOSERS, in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone ude with Mitzi. ROSELE AP AT THE SEA-S t HE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight ; saturday Ai ternoon, a t Th ree. - -ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUS.TRA 11, Regent street. Unreserved seats, is., 2s. ; stalls, Is. ; stall spring chairs, ss. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by kraefarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUE:,DAY and T EIURSDAY, at Three. T 0 - X F• O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song : "King of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and ( horns ; the side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; ai.d final Minuet and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and Lascelles. Also, MASANIELLO, in which Mons. LAVESSIERE, the successful new Tenore, from the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, will make his appearance. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SESTIL LION, and all the pro curable Talent of the day. CANTERBURY H ALL. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, the most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon don (including the whole strength of the establishment), every evening at half-past Nine o'clock. The usual ()penal° Selections by Misses Russell, Barrie, Hays. Godden, £c. ; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont, Kimberley, dm Mr. FILDES thought they ought to be very well satisfied with the operations of the company during the past five years, and trusted the coming five years might be equally progressive and prosperous. When the present Board took office all was waste and desolation, but now their affairs were so far prosperous that the directors deserved their best thanks. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton, Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, arc. The report was received and adopted ; the ensuing meet ing to be held in Belgium were recommended to approve the accounts, and to declare a dividend of 8.121 f., or 6s. 6d., per share for the past half-year. On the motion of Mr. FILES, the retiring directors, with the exception of Mr. W. Reed, who resigned from ill-health, were re-elected, and Mr. W. Fenton, Mr. C. Holland, and M. De Moor were elected directors, making the number of the Board ten. • The valuable services rendered by Mr. Reed at the Board of the company during the past ten years were explained by the Chairman; and, on the motion of Mr. Fiides, seconded by Mr. Herapath, a cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Reed for his past services was carried unanimously; and the proceedings terminated with thanks to the chairman and directors. BLACKPOOL AND LYTHAM. The report of the directors stated that the entire liabi ..,..,. ties of the company were now liquidated, with the excep tion of a few trifling payments on account of the land pur chases which were in progress of settlement. The receipts during the past half-year amounted to .4435, and the work ing expenses to £1,051 leaving £1,384, from which was deducted interest on loans £605 and £675 for a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, carrying over £lO4 to the next account. STAMPED sd. Vance under the contract, to say nothing of the company's claim against him for the serious injury inflicted on the un dertaking, and the two months' delay above-mentioned. RILWAY BLLS. Yesterday, i n the firs A t two followilng cases, heard before the examiners, the standing orders of Parliament were de clared not to have been complied with in certain particulars. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER, AND LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN. —Fo r the use by the London and South Western of a portion of the Dover Company's line, giving them running powers between the Clapham junction sta tion, the Longhedge junction, Knight's-hill station, Lud gate station, and any station north of it, and for additional land for station accommodation and traffic conveniences, the South Western to provide the funds required for the purpose by raising an additional capital of £400,000, and loan of £133,300, the Dover Company to convey part of the Fleet Prison site :to the two companiesjointly, the South Western to contribute £316,000 to the Dover Com pany's undertaking. BISHOP'S CASTLE.—For deviations from authorised line and for extension of time. Further capital. £90,000; loan, £30,000. The bill for the Ipswich and Felixstow Railway was withdrawn. SELECT COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS.—Yesterday, after deliberating on the f o llowing cases reported against by the examiners, the committee declared that the stand ing orders might be dispensed with and the parties be per mitted to proceed vith their bills on certain conditions — The Northampton and Banbury Junction (Extension) ; the Huddersfieldand Halifax ; the Nantlle ; the West Sent; Crystal Palace (new railways) ; the London and Nort West ern (new works in Wales and Ireland) ; and the North of England Union. 11: 4 'URNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAG.E-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or dista nce . Fi rs t • c l ass goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. ()LE lIGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- S isll are respectfully informed that Messrs. 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COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London. S.E. WAREHOUSES and WHARVES, With the River Frontage at Battersea. Incorporated by Act of Parliament as the WEST LONDON DOCKS and WAREHOUSES COMPANY Capital £500,060, in 25.000 Shares of 420 each, of which one-third has been already snlm cribed. Deposit—£t on application, and £2 on Allotment. No subsequent Call to exceed £2 Ws. per Share, nor to be made until threecalendar months after the previous call. The liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount:of their Shares. DIRECTORS. GEORGE FREDERIC HOL ROYD, Esq. (Director of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company), 8, Sus sex-square, Hyde-park, Chairman. Sir r. Herbert Maddock (Director of the Scinde Railway Company), Park-place-villas, Maida-hill West, Deputy- Chairman. William Austin, Esq. (Director of the Metropolitan Railway Company), 167, Adelaide-road, St. John's-wood. Captain Bulkeley (Director of the Great Western Railway company), Clewer Lodge, Windsor, Richard It. Dean, Esq. (Director of the London and North Western Railway Company), 197, Gloucester-place, man- square. George P. Kitson, Esq. Chairman of the International Con tract Company), 85, Cannon -street West, B.C. Colonel the Hon. R. T. Rowley, M.P. (Director of the Mold and Denbigh Railway Coinp inv), 47, Berkeley-square. Robert Simsson, Esq. (Messrs. Frederick Levick and Co.\ Ironmaaters, London, and Cwm Celyn Iron Works, Mon mouthshire. N.B.—Cap ain Bulkeley has been elected a Director pro visionally upon the Company's obtaining an Act for which they are applying in the present Session to increase the num ber of the Board from seven to nine. BANKERS. Bank of London, Threadneedle-street, and Charing-cross, SOLICITOR. John R. L. Walmisley, fsci.,l, Victoria-street, Westminster Abbey. - ENGINEERS. Sir Charles Fox and Son. SURVEYORS AND ARCHITECTS. --- Francis Vipers, Esq., 3, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Francis Whitaker, Esq., 3, Cannon-row, Westminster. BROKERS. J. S. and A. Scrimgeonrand Co.. 10, Old Broad-street. AUDITORS. Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co. (Public Ac countants, IS, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. SECRETARY. Edward James Randall, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. No. 3, Bridge-street, Westminster, and S 5, Cannon-stree West, E.C. This Company has been formed for the purpose of con structing a Canal Basin, with Wharves and Warehouses ad joining, in the immediate vicinity of the Victoria Railway Bridge at Battersea. The objects of the undertaking are two -fold : firstly, to supply good Wharf and Warehouse accommodation to the r•outh-western district of the Thames ; and seco idly, to ac commodate the traffic of the various railways which converge to the point at which the Wharves will be situated. The want of good whirl and warehoase accommod ition has been long felt in this district, and still more severely since the demolition of the Grosvenor Canal, by which a long line of wat constructionga been made to disappear. The of the Thames Embankment will also swZep away not less than two and a half miles of Wharves, and as a consequence almost entirely close up the water way to the several Warehouses lying along its course. The Railway Companies which will have access to the Wharves are the following: —The Great Western, the Lon don and North Western, the Great Northern, the south Western, the London, Brighton, and South Coast, the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover, and the Metropolitan. The site selected for the Wharves is the only spot in the metropolis where a large area of land abutting on t e Thames can be obtained at a moderate cost. Nearly half the land re quired, viz , 26 acres, has already been purchased on favour able terms, and possession obtained, and it is proposed to commence the works immediately. The Canal Basin, wnen completed, will present a water frontage of over 9,000 feet; and bet. gformed so as to be made available twice in each day, Coasters, Barges, and Canal Boats will receive the greatest dispatch in loading and un loading, and always be able to work afloat. The tariffs of charges have been arranged upon a firm basis, and the direct sources of revenue to be derived from the esta blishment of the proposed works will be— Canal and Dock Dues, Rental from W - carves and Warehouses, Charges for Loa ling and Unloading, &c. From the most careful estimates of the results anticipated, no doubt can be entertained that the Company's operat ons will produce a highly remunerative return. The works have been let to responsible Contractors, who have undertaken to complete them in two ye. rs from the date of commencement, and to pay 7 per cent. interest upon the paid-up capital during their construction, and for twelve months after their completion. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained from the Bankers, Brok. rs, Solicitor, or Secretary to the Company, at the Offices, 3. Bridge-street, Westmins ter; and at the Offices of the International Contract Com pany, 85, Cannon-street West, E.C. FORK OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. (When filled up by the appl cant, this to be lodged, with £ per 'hare, with the Company's Bankers`. To the Directors of the " West London Docks and Ware. houses Company." Gentlemen,—Having paid into your .Bankers the sum of £ per share on Shares in the above Company, I request you to allot me that number of shares, and I hereby agree to accept the same or any less number which may be alloted to me, and to be registered as a Shareholder in the Company in conformity with the Act of Incorporation. Usual signature - Name in full Residence . Occupation .. O • •• Date CIT Y SH 0 W-R 00 IV FOR GLASS AND CHINA, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. JDEFRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS , ti • Cut and Engraved, of the choicest designs. T DEFRIES and SONS' DINNER , DES SERT, el • and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns. J DEFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES , T AZZAS, • and Flower Vases for the present season. JDEFRIES and SONS' CHANDEL IERS, • for the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and silver. --- T DEFRIES and SONS' CHAND ELIERS' • in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles. JDEFRIES and SONS' CIIANDE LTERS, • in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for India. _ _ - andJ SO NS' SPECIAL DESIGNS • -7- REFRIES i n Lampe for India. J'DEFRIES and SONS' WALL LIGHT • Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). JDEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB t , • Mess, and General Furnishing Orders of. China, Glass, JDEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS to • with Pattern Boob and Special Designs. JDEFRIES and SONS have just added Fi ve • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory. They have now on show the largest assortment in the world of the above goods of their own manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SRO W-ROOMS, 147. Houndsditch. HAIR -CURLING 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, ls. 5d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladles' Hair fro m 7 s . Bd. ; Gentlemen's from Is. The Dye is sold at Be. 8d ,or sent free for 54 stamps. It 1 s most easy of use. HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX.:ROSS'S DE PILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. Is. 6d.; sent the same day.as ordered by post for 51 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which tpeedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free for 64 stamps.— AL hX. ROSS, 248 ,High Holborn, London. Essay )11 Hair, id. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &o. 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 st Imps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. [ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 3s. 6c1., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or 80 stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 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ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-roo m , Lib r ary, iu d Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment if VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a, in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her lifkiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, KINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the Interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, tnd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand. W.C. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILLIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre qared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and tiver nomplaints, indigestion, wind. ipaBmil, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, ciao. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier ..)1 the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera 'ion and grateful to the stomach, they create appecite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, Ring William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be Bare to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. PR IZ E ME D A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &o, &0., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. i The Jurors' Report bn (Establishe Wax and l7 Church Candles, in 1862 testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:-- " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with tatted Wicks, patented.. 28. Id. per lb. Ordinary quality • • .. Od. per lb. a VEGETABLE CANDLES, with Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. • • .. Is. sd. per lb Second quality •• • Third quality .. • • .. is. 3d. per l b . • • .. Is. Id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory -7 Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England ft.: the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar, THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer lhan 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected trom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases: F. P., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged ,3, homeles both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. 6. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., a g ed 15, fallen, mother dead, A, 8., si„Yed 16, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, hcmeless, deserted by her parents. M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. M. A. W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged is, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for oung girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen -street, Cheapside; or by Xenon Barolay And Co.. Lcobarditreet. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and no 11E, Hampstead. Offices, 77, Comb'''. PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon hampneys R. N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz., an asylum for the orpha'i daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service, and provides a home free of exoense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. Toe Committee earnestly APPEAL, for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the inoreasi g applications through the recent storms and l oss f lif e at sea, and to enable them even ually to obtain premises more commensurat- w th the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions th mktully received by the bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETING, Hon. Soc. CHARLES NASH, Sec. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION. The directors of this company intend to recommend a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum for the half year ending the 31st of December, 1864. NORTH LONDON. The 37th half -yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the offices, Euston Station ; Mr. H. W. Blake, the chairman, presided. TThhee Cremuper:t3;iAr r ee,ta in i; mo es vi r n e g ad t . he adoption of the report, to s h a f rde e cv i t o i rue o es u p o l s d hno be ze ob gd s: l3 en l e xo d ede i snsotf of ft e hr accounts a thats compared a all t h the item wth s passenger traffic : e xhibited a cons p id re e e ra e b d l i e ng im;o r. v em T en h t e . They carried a greater weight of coals and minerals, but the rates charg e d were less than for the corresponding period. The m os t i mportant matter was that, notwith standing a certain increase in the traffic receipts, they were enabled to pay only a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum ; while for the corresponding half of 1863 they paid at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. The ex planation of that was, they had to pay £B,OOO out of re venue for interest on debentures issued in respect of the city branch, besides paying £3,000 dividend on £104,000 raised on the £lO shares called up during the past half-year, which together made a deduction of £6,000 direct from the net revenue, without any benefit arising to the traffic from that expenditure, which made precisely the difference be tween the 6 and 7 per cent., and was the cause of having a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. instead of at the rate of 7 per cent., for the corresponding period. They were at pre sent in a state of transiti on, and wou ld rema i n so while they were making the city branch, having in the meantime none of the advantages which it would confer on their traffic re ceipts when completed and in operation. They had also expended a considerable su m ou t o f revenue in the repairs and renewal of the rolling stock, which they had not been able thoroughly to repair u n til a fter they received the ad ditional new stock. This enabled them to repair their en gines and carriages more efficiently for the purpose of working the traffic on the city branch when completed. It was necessary for them to raise a further sum of £300,000 for the city branch ; the necessity of this arose from the purchase of additional land, partly in consequence of seve rances, and partly from having to make a portion of the city extension with four lines of rails i ns t ea d o f t h ree lines, as originally estimated. That caused an additional outlay of between £250,000 and £300,000, but a large portion of this land would be available for re-sale. The land required for the railway had cost as nearly as possible the amount put down in the original estimate. Mr. R. D. MANGLES seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, which was unanimously adopted. Resolutions were also passed declaring a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock and shares of the company for the past half-year, payable on the 28th inst. ; re-electing Mr. G. G. Glyn and Mr. Allender, the retiring auditors ; and also Mr. C. J. Sanderson, the retiring auditor. The meeting was then made special, and the directors were authorized to convert the existing £lO shares of the company, created under the Act of 1860, amounting in the whole to £150,000, into ordinary stock of a like amount ; and to raise additional capital to the amount of £300,000, being the remainder of £1,000,000 authorized to be raised for the city extension, on such terms as the directors might deem expedient. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. STRATFORD-ON-AVON. The report of the directors recommends a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, after the payment of all in terest on preference shares, mortgages, &c. In 1861 the traffic receipts amounted to £5,893 ; in 1862 to £6,429, in 1863 to £9,637, and in 1864 to £9,683. The dividend de clared in the first year named Was at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum. GREAT LUXEMBOURG. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this coun try, preparatory to the general meeting at Brussels, was held yesterday at the London Tavern; the Hon. F. Scott in the chair. Mr. Coahead, the secretary, having read the notice con vening the meeting, the report Was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he hoped tho proprietors were satisfied with it, and that they did not consider it too long, as it contained a short history of the undertaking. The present directors did not feel themsel - A h li t►nswerable for any of the representations made at ate outset, nor for the works and diaburaementa E INOLOGICAL SOCIETY. At the meeting of this society yesterday evening —the president, Mr. Lubbock, in the chair—a long and interesting paper, communicated by Mr. John Crawfurd, was read " On the History of Cannibalism in reference to Social Progress." The author of the paper assumed the antiquity of (man to have been coeval with the extinct elephant, cave bear, and other animals, with the bones of which flint implements have been found mingled in recent geological de posits. In that original state of existence he also assumed man to have been but little raised from a state of savage life above the lower animals, his only superiority consisting in the possession of a pair of hands and of a superior brain, the powers of which were undeveloped. He had not constructed a lan guage, and his speech, like that of the lower animals, consisted of interjections only. He had not acquired the art of kindling a fire, and his only weapon was a club—the branch of a tree torn off by the wind. In this feeble and almost helpless state of his exist ence his food would, of necessity, consist of raw flesh derived from the dead carcases of beasts, birds, and fishes, assisted on the sea coast by shell-fish and sea weeds, and in a few favoured localitiesby wild fruits. He -was utterly naked. In that state of the world the wild animals would be more abundant and tame, aud there would be no deficiency of food. But as man increased in numbers and the animals on which he fed became fewer aud more difficult to capture, his ingenuity would necessarily be stimulated to the invention of new means of procuring food. Then would be invented the weapon pointed with bone or stone, the bow and arrow, the blow-pipe for dis charging arrows or pellets, the bone fish-hook, the net, and eventually the canoe, with the stone axe and knife for their fabrication. Men then clothed themselves in the skins of the wild beasts, the flesh of which they had devoured, and in this stage a language would be formed, and the art of kindling a fire discovered. This was the stone age, and that in which he imagined that cannibalism be gan. In the struggle for existence, neighbouring tribes would necessarily live in a state of hostility. Their wars would be about hunting and fishing grounds, and the carnivorous savage who lived ex clusively on flesh would draw no nice distinction between that of the lower animals and that of his enemies when this indulgence gratified at once his revenge and appeased his hunger. Cannibalism, in short, would be established. Mr. Crawford then proceeded to cite authorities of historians and of various travellers to different parts of the globe to confirm his views, that all men in the progress from the condition of a savage to that of a civilised being became cannibals, and that as the arts increased and the means-of obtaining food of various kinds were more abundant, then the practice of eating human flesh was discontinued. The conclusions at which he arrived from an extended view of the progress of savage nations and from the present condition of many savage tribes now living in various countries were as follow : " Of the first stage, or of man's condition when he first appeared on earth, with faculties as yet un- developed by necessity, we can, of course, produce no examples ; but what it must necessarily have been is obvious. lie was more naked than the beasts of the field, and in this respect came only to be on an equality with them after he had robbed them of their clothing. His food consisted of raw flesh or of raw fish cast dead on the shore. To this he added a few wild roots and fruits, also eaten raw. His dwellings consisted of caves and the hollows of old trees. In this matter, therefore, he was only on a parity with the bear and the opossum, but far worse accommodated than the beaver, or even the fox and hyena. So must, in the beginning, have lived the first parents of all the races of man. The second stage of man's progress was produced by in crease of his own numbers, decrease in the number of the lower animals which furnished him with food, or increase in the difficulty of capturing his prey. The superior qualities of his brain were now called into exercise to enable him to surmount these ob- stacles. Then were invented implements of stone and bone, with fire to produce warmth in aid of scarcity of clothing first,. and eventually to render esculent, by cooking, articles that were uneatable without it. This was the first period of the stone age, that in which man lived almost exclusively by hunting and fishing. In this stage of difficult . 8-111;1 sistence, and rancorous hatred of one tribe to an- other contending for food, most probably began the practice of eating one another's flesh. In the third stage, the implements still of bone or stone, there were probably added the net and the canoe, and a few plants began to be cultivated, and in some places a few animals to be domesticated. This was found to be the state of society in the two great islands of Hispaniola and Cuba, among the Antilles, when first discovered, and of several of the islands of the Pacific Ocean, in some of which cannibalism had ceased, while it was continued in others. In Asia and its islands we have no example of a people in the stage just named, and we are only assured of its once having existed in Europe through the dis- coveries of modern science. The pile-builders of the Swiss lakes appear to have been exactly in this stage. They lived chiefly on game, fish, and wild fruit, but they seem also to have domesticated the . . goat, the sheep, the dog, the hog, and the ox, while they cultivated wheat and barley. Neither they nor their immediate predecessors can be shown to have been cannibals, but the great probability is that both were so, unless they differed wholly from other races of man in other regions that are satisfactorily shown to have been so. In the lowest stage of the Spain, and i ba a nlid s inf same category must be includedc_tihareacat,encrienist exmCale donians of Caithness, as their 1 bited by the curious and instructive discoveries of Mr. Laing. The fourth and last period com mences with the discovery of the metals, bronze and iron, and their substitution for bone and stone. The progress of society then became rapid, and we o h n ay s e urn e abundantsufficient historical examples evidence.it in years i I t s ta - v w e , raysbtlei.glet'hsamte mostt,./igs, ces cognotilneuaedlll,l society in France, Germ o a oc n roifi y, ici i a vi d li c s e e a d se p e rt b o u f t ß h r tu it n a a in n 2 sa , France and Britain to a hideous extent. With the exception that they did not partake of the flesh of their victims, the ancestors of most of the present civilised nations of Europe were in the same state as are r now ne o, the aue B allowancea tak s o f beingS atra, and the Dayaks of made for the vast supe- Ziesze. riority of the race the belonged t i . ittis—oioti , that the progress made by man towards civilisation and the abolition of cannibalism must depend on the quality of the race and the conditions, favour able or unfavourable, in which his lot had been cast, and their means of receiving instruction from people more advanced than themselves. The two last con , ditions were totally wanting to the Australians and New Zealanders, and hence they were savages and _ anthropophagi, and left to themselves must have ever continued to be so. In the islands of the Pacific, - and in the greater part of the American continent, the conditions existed, but very partially and ini 7 perfectly, but to the extent to which they did they were a considerable improvement on the Australians and New Zealanders, yet still without producing the general extinction of cannibalism. The conditions of physical geography, including fertility of soil and the possession of animals amenable to domestication i i nn i b g a e l i sr earl ndena animated of pla n t s o f cu l t i vat i on, were hi g hl y f avoura bl e in Italy, Gree ce , E gypt, A ssyr i a, P ers i a, I n di a, an d China, and in the se c i v ili sat i on i s o f hi g h an ti qu it y, the progres s ma d e b y each varying with the qual i ty of the rac e . I n nort h ern and western Europe, the quality of the ra ce o f man was of the highest order, but the conditi ons under which he was placed was un propitious, and his adva nce proport i ona ll y s l ow, and would have been still slower had h e no t b een aided by th e i nstruct i on of the oldest civilisations of Europ e . I t was in this quarter of Europe that can ernaolbonabglesy,ma,nd human sacrifice s cer t a i n l y, d of dis the cus paper.sion ensued at the conclusio n of A tl l i le hii g Mr. MARKHAM Considered that cannibalism is not so universal a stage of progress as Mr. Craw furd asserted. lie said the incentives to cannibalism were hatred, love, and necessity, and he mentioned various tribes in South America in exactly the same condition in other respects, some of whom were cannibals and others were not. He regarded can nibalism as an exceptional conditi on , and not as a necessary stage of progress. Mr. CHRISTIE took the same view of the subject, and mentioned some exceptional instances of canni balism among the Esquimaux, who generally abhorred the practice. Mr. WALLACE coincided in the opinion that can nibalism was exceptional. Mr. L. BURKE considered cannibalism opposed to natural instinct, and that it could not therefore have been general. No animals eat their own species, _ _ and the same instinct that is implanted in the lower animals would prevent even savage men from eat ing their fellows except from necessity, or from some perversion of their natural feelings. The PRESIDENT defended the ancient inhabitants of the Swiss lakes from the charge of being canni bals, for none of the human bones found 'in the lacustrine deposits indicated that the flesh had been used as food. Mr. GALTON and Mr. NASH also dissented from some of the views taken by Mr. Crawfurd, who replied generally to the remarks on his paper, and the meeting adjourned. RHYMNEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at the Gray's-inn Coffee-house ; Mr. Boyle in the chair. Mr. Shand, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the amount expended on capital account during the half-year was £10,890. The increase in the traffic of the line over the corresponding period of last year amounted to £1,607. The first portion of the Aber branch had been let to a respectable contractor, and the works would be pressed forward, so that it was probable they would be completed within six months. The capital account showed that £518,466 had been expended. The revenue account showed that £28,897 had been received and £14,714 expended, leaving a balance, with £270 from last account, of £14,185. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the increase in the amount of traffic, though small, was very satisfactory, when it was remembered that the Bar geed Valley line had not been opened, and that the company had been disappointed in the increase of traffic which was expected from that source. The directors intended to go on with the two lines sanctioned during last session—namely, with the northern lines, which would give the company communication with the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Aborga venny section of the London and North-Western Railway Company and the Cardiff and Caerphilly, which would give the company independent access to Cardiff without passing over the Taff Vale Railway. The report was adopted, and a divident at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum was declared on the ordinary stock of the company for the past half-year. The retiring directors, Mr. C. T. Simpson and Mr. T. Dakin, were re-elected, and also the retiring auditor, Mr. T. Watkins. The meeting was then made special, and a provisional agreement was sanctioned between the company and the trustees of the Marqois of Bute, dated the 21st of December, 1864, providing forrunning powers over portions of the line, and for other matters, in the event of the Bute Docks, Cardiff, Bill becoming law. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro• ceedings. BLYTH AND•TYNE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held a Newcastle on Monday ; Mr. J. Laycock in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, congratulated the meetingjipon the highly satisfactory state of the revenue from all sources. The Newcastle and Tynemouth branch had been appreciated by the public, though the third-class traffic had not quite come up to their expectation, but would probably, when the new station was opened at Tynemouth next summer. The report was seconded and adopted. Dividends on the 10 per cent. preference stock, on the 5 per cent. preference stock and shares, and also at the rate of 9f per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock and shares were declared. The retiring directors, Messrs. Laycock and J. Grey, were re-elected, and also Mr. D. Dillon, the retir ing auditor. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. FURNESS. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held at the offices, 9, Old Burlington-street, the Duke of Devonshire in the chair. Mr. Ramsden, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the directors had the pleasure of submitting a very favourable report of the traffic for the past half-year, and they recommended that a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum be declared. The report of the engineers Messrs. M'Lean and Stileman, showed the progress made with the Barrow Docks and with the works on the Furness and Midland Railway. Considerable additions had been made to the rolling stock during the half-year, and charged to revenue account. The general manager reported that the permanent way and works were in a high state of effi ciency. The balance-sheet showed a total receipt of £1,514,192, and a balance of £19,231. The revenue for the half-year showed a receipt of £89,053, and a balance applicable to dividend of £24,474. On the motion g the CHAIRMAN, the report was unani mously adopted. The chairman and Mr. Howard were re-elected directors, and Mr. Currey auditor. CENTRAL NORTHUMBERLAND. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Alnwick, on Saturday ; Sir H. St. Paul was in the chair. The report stated that immediately after the August meet ing the requisite amount of share capital was subscribed, enabling the directors to proceed with two sections of the line—viz., from Cornhill to Woolar, and from Rothbury to Scots Gap; but some misunderstanding having arisen be tween them and the contractors some further delay must still be endured. The adoption of the report was moved by the chairman and seconded by Mr. Hodgson, M.P., and agreed to, after a long discussion on the matter in dispute with the contractors. Earl Grey, Sir H. St. Paul, and Sir W. Trevelyan were re-elected directors, and the proceedings terminated. SALISBURY AND DORSET JUNCTION. In reply to the statement of the former contractor for this line, which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, Mr. Horn, the secretary of the company, states that the former contractor for the line failed to carry on the works in September last, and that notwithstanding the forbearance of the directors during more than two months was unable to start them again ; that the engineer's certificates were given with a liberal spirit, and included payment not only for all work done, but for materials on the ground, which materials wore several times taken in execution by creditors, and released by them on proof that they were the company's property that the present state of the line (after two mo nths' vig?rous work by the new cont rac t or ) wa s sufficient contradiction of the assertion that nearly half the line was made ; that, in stead of a balance being due to the former contractor, he was largely indebted to the company for payments in ad- Pii4; -/ZZ STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, February 21.—Yesterday the yarn market opened with an appearance of more stabi lity, and so far as shipping qualities are concerned it was thought that prices had touched the lowest point for a time, but to-day business has again be come exceedingly quiet, and lower prices would have to be taken to make sales to any extent. All counts of home trade yarns are also quiet. The finer numbers are the most depressed in prices, and especially those made from Egyptian cotton. In cloths there has not been much business done since this day week. The last American news, though confirming the impressions of those who thought the war was likely to go on, has done little to stimulate business. The rumours of peace negotiations which have come from time to time have had such effect in depressing prices, and such repeated heavy losses have been sustained through them, that confidence seems to have become thoroughly unsettled. Buyers show more than usual caution (it almost amounts to timidity), and seem quite indisposed to operate with any spirit. There have been a few offers, but they have been confined to a few hands, nothing like a general demand being experienced, and prices offered low. As a rule, makers of cloth are too well en gaged to accept the very low prices offered, and as these offers could only in most cases be taken with any advantage by manufacturers, who have to go into the market for cotton or yarn at present ex ceptional and low rates, for somewhat distant de livery, they have found acceptance only in rare instances. But still there have been some few sales below what may be called the ordinary market rates. The chief business done has been in Eastern shirt ings. On the whole only a small actual business has been transacted, and at somewhat reduced rates. LEEDS, 20th.—The markets in the cloth-halls this morning have been of the same quiet character as for the last two or three market days. The weather is still very winterly, a strong frost prevailing, and some slight showers of snow having fallen this morn ing. Spring meltons, tweeds, and other goods, both coatings and trouserings, suitable for the coming season, have been purchased to a moderate extent, considering the number of buyers present, but, as already stated, the markets were devoid of animation. The manufacturers are scarcely so brisk as we lately had to report them, and many are working to stock in anticipation of an increased demand when the spring trade, which it seems probable will be a late one, fairly sets in. The export houses to the Con tinent, like the home trade firms, are far from being busy. The flax trade is not so active as it was a month ago, but most of the machinery is kept running full time. Wools, as well as woollen and mixed fabrics, show little change in price, and quotations are nominally the same as last week. NOTTINGHAM, 21st.—There was a tolerable at tendance at this Exchange-hall to-day, and the demand for lace yarns was rather improved, prices being much the same as on the previous week. The demand for hosiery yarns was very flat, and only an exceedingly small ',amount of business was done at recent rates. For silks prices were very firm. There was rather more doing in brown nets, and prices were unchanged. ROCHDALE, 20th.—There is no material change in the flannel trade since last market day. Buyers operate very cautiously, and the goods brought to day and during the past week have been quite of a miscellaneous character. The severity of the wea ther, though it is probably caus i ng a goo d deman d upon the retail dealers, is no t i m p ar ti n g any anima tion to this market. On the contrary, purchas ing of spring goods is retarded, but a few parcels of I such have been sold to-day. the trade keeps in the same state of q uietness as we have lately had to report. Manufacturers still keep moderately well emPloYed and prices of both goods and wool are ateaciP PASTIMES. —There was a the 2d of February on the ice skating ca rni valdav was beautiful and clear, and there could bridge. dlV:cdedElßy ahead of The than 5 000 persons present. The young _ 0 b een less , . not have the maseulines ; one d off the palm for difficult and graceful evolu tions, carri ed lady in particular, the daughter of one of our Lower , CANADIAN WINTER young,own merchants, surprised and excited the admiration of all pie tio • sent by the gracefulness of her curves and figures, and the perfect ease with which they were performed. The grand "bonspiel" of the Curling Club comes off to morrow. During the moonlight nights the ice-bridge will be the great centre of amusement. —Quebec News. FRIGHTFUL DEATH BY MACIIINERY.—An inquiry was held at Birmingham on Saturday into the death of Caroline Kerr, aged 18. On Tuesday the deceased went to work a t t h e button manufactory of Mr. Roh r .. A witness named Eli za b e th B ay l ee was a t wor k i n t he s h op o - '' Le same afternoon, when the deceased asked about ier work, and the witness told her to go to Mr. Baylee n charge of the engine and get the boards nailed up. Deceased said she should not, but would sweep her bench or lathe first. The witness continued her work, and did not notice what the deceased was doing till she suddenly hoard her cry, " Lizzie, Lizzie," and on turning round saw her gradually loosing hold of her hand from the bench which she had been cleaning. She disappeared, and her head came in contact with the roof at each revolution of the shaft, making an indention on it. The witness called for the engine to be stopped. The de ceased was then taken from the shaft, and Mr. Sproston, surgeon, was sent for, and on his arrival pronounced life ter be extinct. The deceased wore a crinoline at the time of thei occurrence. The jury returned a averdict:,of Accidenagtl ..41.