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CaPital V.,000,000 sterling, in 100,000 shares of £2l each. Of which 80,000 shares have been already subscribed. " e l 3oBl t tl per share on application, and Li 10s. on allot ment; and tt 10s. further within Three Months after al lotment. Sktilk-41 , zve gk , •- stk , 91 11 • . '-' .7 4 - - i i) - norr • • .011* c• , DIRECTORS. Monsieur Arlene Bernard (Messrs. E. Landau and Co.', Alex andria MOn g • • fear Francois Bravay, Merchant, Alexandria, and Mem wber of the Imperial Legislative Chamber of Francs. " 4 'n Cargtl Es M.P , Connaught-place West. Byde- a k p r . J Ames B. Cumminu• Esq (Hems. Cumming and Co.), Leaden- Albert Landau, Esq., Banker, VI , nna. ..r,wrolitilie,traLajn.dau Esq. ( Messrs. E Landau and Co.), Alexandria. Maxwell, Es Di , cc . tor of the National Provin _Plat Bank of Eng•land. q " Walter !Weller, Esq., Broadlands, Clapham-common. lion Roden Noel Waffles Waltham Abbey. Robert A. Ho Copper Comps dhairman of the English and Aus trallan Copper Company. M BANKERS. ess .m rs. Barclay, Bevan, T ri tt, Twells, and Co., 51, Lom ebard-street, KC. :Th London and County Bank, 21, Lombard-street, E.C. Th e Branches of the National Provincial Bank of England. AUDITORS. Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., Public Accountants, Toketthouse-yard, E.C. Messrs, SOLICITORS. Wilkinson, Stevens, and Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane, E.G. tr, and ) refore but at ion the ie Pre is en" N°. 22.733. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1865. PRICE 4cly STAMPED 5c1.- and I authorise you to place my name on tho Register of Members in respect of the Shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, Usual Signature Name in full Residence in full Profession Date THE LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., V lOLET OSBORNE. By the Lady EMILY PONSONBY, Author of " The Discipline of Lire," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. APHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY.- With a copy of THE SUN Newspaper is presented GRATIS (with a Sup;dement) a NIINIATURNI PHOTO GRAPHED FAC-SIMILE of the FRONT PAGE of THE SUET of MONDAY, the.2d January, 1855. The Assassination of President Lincoln. though of varying proclivities heretofore with re spect to the sad American conflict, were quite united in expressing their hearty detestation of the das tardly deed whereby America had been suddenly deprived of Mr. President Lincoln, and of deep sympathy with Mrs. Lincoln and her family and the American people in their great calamity. The gentlemen who spoke in addresses of sympathy in support of the following resolutions, were Mr. John Rand, the Rev. J. P. Chown, Mr. Charles Hardy (brother to Mr. Gathorne Hardy, M.P.), Mr. Wm. Byles, the Rev. Dr. Campbell, and Mr. William Rand : BIRMINGHAM. or the 1 duty Id to w uni" *** For the convenience of Suoscribers wishing to pre serve the Photograph a suitable frame is provided, and may be had at " The Sun" Office. Price is. The Photograph, on card, mounted in frame, Is 6d. A meeting convened by the Mayor (Mr. Henry Wiggins) was held in the Town-hall here yesterday afternoon for the purpose of giving expression to the general feeling of sorrow and indignation called forth by the assassination of President Lincoln. The Mayor presided, and there was a large attend ance. reduc - Tting, h e do- THE OTTOMAN COMPANY (Limited' COMMISSIoN AIERCEIAN IS and FINANCIAL Now ready, at all the Libraries. in 3 vols., THE CURATE OF SADBROOKE. " At least not rotting like a weed, But having sown some generous seed, Fruitful in further thought and deed."—Tennyson. " A really good work of fiction."—Observer. "As pleasant a story as ever has been written."—Messen ger. REMEMBER, you WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at " E VANS'. " Atter the Opera we et:.ll Sup there! AGENTS. Inc )rporattcl under the Companies Act, 1842, I imiting the Liability of the Shareholders to the Amount Subscrib.d. Capital £5.,0,000, in 25,000 Shares of £2O each. With power lo increase. First Issue, 12,500 Shares, Of which 2,50) Shares are reserved for Turkey. One-third of the remaining 10,000 Share 3 has already been JjINAHAN'S LL RANDY WHISKY v. COGNAC B. Tans celebrated Old mrsa WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by tae Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at BRO. _ M essrs. J. a n d A. Serimzeou KE RS E.C. r, 10, Old Broad-street. lessrs tr 44 unins and Rowsell, 1, TareadneecLle-street, E.C. applied for. Dep - s3 £1 per Share on Application, and £1 on Allotment. No Call beyond £3 per Share will be made during the first six months. Where no allotment is made to an applicant his deposit will be return din full. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlbzough-street. Just ready. price Is. 6d., Ono ald ,Id ge t a hav e 00,00 0 , I gether ich we amoun t 3 when )on 11 P °4 repo' a xed to the 2ancial ;ion on iconae - The „ 1866- 1 , o n the ;0,00 0 ; 0,001 ret aw‘ ,00 °11. 9 aoOf p ros' ble fos he Of 8' SECRETARY. George Cumming, E€q. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 9 , Ring's Arms-yard, Moor 6 ate-street, E.C. Usual signature Name in full Residence Profession Datct • . .... .atiou• us ill us [o l a r to l ill lice- er' e l : 0 1° beell .•• 01 OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. This PROSPECTUS. the in Company is formed for the purpose of convert g 5 £lOO Shares of the Continental Bank Corporation into Banks of £2O, and t o carry o ut t it le ama l gama ti on o f that A a i nk with the Bank of Messrs. E. Landau and Co., of ito ' ea rldria, and f or f ac ilit at i ng commerc i a l, financial, and andonetary tr ansactions between this country, the Continent, E gypt. allotted of t Pive of the £2O Shares in this Company will be allotted o the Shareholders in the Continental Bank, in exchange their present £lOO Shares. The £2O Shares in exchange for Shares on which £25 has been itt e Paid, will be credited with £5 paid up • and those allotted xc hange for Shar es on which £l5 only has been Paid, 1/11 , 1 be cr e dit e d with £3 paid up. arr angements which have been made for amalga faating. and managing the business of the above establish establish- e ments are such a s , a id e d b y t h e hi g h Egyptian connections ' la sers. Land au, cannot fail to secure to t hi s C ompany a rY extensive and business. The e.stablishmentp ofMessrs.Landau and Co., at Alex lonuls in addition to its regular banking operations, has g enjoyed an extensive connection with producers and v; a rta ra of produ ce i n Egypt. This business has always %-,-.`led most favourable results; and no better proof of this of it s given than the f ac t that firm, during the whole iu pr existence, as well as the other banks lately established fn i1 37 ..1pt, have e x p er i ence d an a b so l u t e i mmun ity f rom l oss ,pll,eir transactions of this class of bnsiness. Y increasing trade of Egypt with Europe, espe c"Y with England, is also a sure guarantee for the en ea,,ll,-'ed future success of this Co. the profits hitherto I"ye.fri by Messrs. Landau and Co. are alone sufficient to 6 a large return upon the capital proposed to be called and the several partners of the Firm, in order to show actie4 a taken confidence in the future success of the Company, have large number of Shares, and will continue in the Tr e management of the business at Alexandria. o f auk has also secured the co-operation, as aDirec tor,vot Mr. Brava whose whose exertions will be especially de th„e-g to the extension of the Bank's relations with he -,'-'Ptian. Government, a class of transactions in which hitherto engaged, with very successful results. thpi' e a malgamated establishments propose liquidating all Present transactions up to the date of amalgamation. ue Arti c l es o f Association of this Company, and the A g r eementu entered into for acquiring the business of aossrs. L andau and Co., can be seen on alication at the fi lee of th e S olicitors. pp pieposit of £ 1 upon each Share must be paid at the 7of either of the Bankers of the Company, on applica , according to the annexed Form. orms of Application for Shares may be obtained of the and I3ro 'Y at the Company's Offices, and o f th e B an k ers kers. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No To be retained by the B an k ers. To the Directors of the London and Mediterranean Bank (Limited). Gentlemen,— Haying paid to your Bankers ~h,at.nurnbe,.; Of z the snm the above, being a dtuosit of Li per share on shares in Company, I herebi request that you will allot me and I agree to accept such shares, or any less of the that you may allot to me, and to become a member belo furth e r am PanY in respect of the shares allotted to me. I a uthorise you to forward by ( oat, to my address as 1.„ cv, certificates for the shares which may be allotted .„, me, • • • --- TIIE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT • COMPANY (LIMITED) THEINVITE APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES IN PLYMOUTH S HIPBUILDING DOCK, Incorpora AND IRO under "N WOR KS ComPANY (Limtted'. ted The Companies Act, 1862," • Whereby th e li a bili ty of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of his Shares. • lii 10 Capital £250 , 00 0. ... 000 Shares of £25 each. Deposit on application £1 DePuture al Zhare,..e.44...cl Calls not to exceed £3 per Share at intervals of h ot less th an three months. , Discount will be allowed at the rate of 6 per cent. per annu m on Calls paid in advance. DIRECTORS. CWilliam Luscombe ons, 8 and Esq., J.P.Harbour uscombe, ittcl C °.), Chairman Of the Sutton Holl C a o n m d r Bc n o y ; Ply_ 0 4111 for the Governments of France, n leuth. the Esq. and Great Western Dock Company, Plymouth. Company. the 8 . G. Gett 11 her Majesty's ,•,JarlleS Er, Esq., 0 t Constructor of ake, Esq. a e M.P., Belfast. •"-ct--Yard), Saltash, Cornwall. th‘elohu Treeby, Esq. (Messrs. Treeby and Co.), s on ard sul ini k o r: (!ce OT,o,vernments of Italy, Belgium, Mee '' zilinOuth. C om p Hoare, Esq., Director of the International Contract a n Y (Limited). A gents anies Borm an , gstl• (Messrs' fickle, C m for the Austrian Lloyd's Steam Dann Borman,Navigationand C0.,0 The.), BANKERS. ,Auational Bank, Old Broad-street, London and Dublin. 4 " sB rs. Harris and Co., Naval Bank, Plymouth. R • la Sommorts. • -4. Itowell Esq., 13, Clement's Inn, London, W.O. John Kelly, Esq., Plymouth. 146€81•8 • J. and A . Sc • BROKERS. geour and Co., 10, Old Broad- F. it 1,, Westlake street, E.O. , Esq., Plymouth. '"" W ard Fox, Esq., Dame-street, Dublin. a o II4 Scott NGIN EER. Tucke r , E G sq., E Great eorg . e-street,Westminster. P. W. Spooner, Esq., AUDITOR America-square. SECRETARY. William Cooper, Esq. TEMP O William OFFICES -85, Cannon-street West, E.G. h 4. T his Com pany has been formed for the purpose of pur- ;nowAnne's ~4 13 g the f ree h old property known as Queen eatunyard, a n d the valuable Shipbuilding business ipbuilding sh i T ie d en by private capitalists therein ; of carrying on . ... ti tling in all its b h s in Iron and Wood, and of mechanical engi nc i:he Shipbuilding f or . upwards of 1,200 feet, in which there will be capacity n ar e d . possesses a frontage to the sea layi ng dowif twenty ships, the esta taking an average of 60 feet rishm b l 4 , 'Width for each ship. As at present constitnted, D ne k, _ 260 ent c omprises a first-class stone-bugt D ea b v . R, ) , and buildings, --withgslip's egin, circular-siw ear, smiths' shops, timber sheds, offices, ~ -.. feel, in perfect working condition, ry with steam 11„, lia ti, e(its, all in goodrepair ' On the premises there is a capi he quays, and other necessary !p- Inana -"e four excellent * dwelling -houses, suitable for t ger and employ6s of the Company, six abund eremen, &c., a good supply of fresh water, and an ance of lime and building stone. cottages for It is and to lengthen the present dry dock 50 feet, to construct two additional dry docks and one large float lug dock, to be divided by caissons ; also additional frontage quays, and to extend the appliances generally, with the 'view of the construction PP repair g • and of iron ships, the manufacturing of marine and other engines, armou r and other plate, angle iron, and everyany'ddescwrio'pot'dmenn of iron work. For the purposes of the Company the position of the premises is not to be surpassed (as will be seen by theplan) they are in close proximity to Sutton Harbour, forming the seaboard of Catwater anchorage, and are completely sheltered, first by the Plymouth Breakwater, and next by the peninsula of Mount Batten, in addition to which. the approaches to the premises are completely com manded by the guns of the citadel. The Branch Station of the South Devon Railway Company is situated in the mediate vicinity, and her Majesty's Dockyard, Devon- Port, is within an easy distance. This Company will offer unusual facilities for carrying landhe p f roposed business in consequence of both labo ur he r eight of ir on, coal, and timber being extremely ow, added to which much expense will be saved, as the materials will be delivered on the quays of the Company free of all d ues and char es PI At p re sent there are g no , Iron Shipbuilding Works at Mouth, and much inconvenience and expense often re boundit to shipowners in consequence of vessels outward having to put back to London for repair. 2therThe Directors consider it unnecessary to allude to the advantages possessed by this Company, further than fosrtate that there is a great and growing demand for such w The as they propose to carry on. i-uhe operations of the Company will be conducted by' lleuc• I. ' juseph Banks, who will devote his well-known expe e e xclusively to the interests of the Company, aided iw"ol"Y„gentlemen of ack now l e d ged mechanical skill. As the .013 0 of the valuable property has been ceded to the Direc upon terms w hi c h are considered highly advantageous, assured. 'rue profitable result of th e un d ertaking may be deemed as yearslnterest at the rate of £6 per cent. is guaranteed for three by the International Contract Company (Limited). d 11 th e event of no allotment of Shares being made, the se.iinesit will be returned in full. Should a less number of made bZebe a llotted than are a ppli e d f or, t h e deposit will be available towards the payment on allotment, and the A a llee Of any) returned to the applicant. ••'• c ciPY of the Memorandum and Articles of Association can • 4 be inspected at the Offices of the Solicitors, Brokers, I T, 85, Ca nnon -street West. In nriscl_sPectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may C° tallied at the Offices of the International Contract 11;'nY, 85, Cannon -street, West ; and of the Bankers, ° "rs, and Solicitors. /I 0 the Directors of the Plymouth Shipbuilding, Dock and Iron Works Company (Limited). Gentlemen Ilavi ,— a jl.,/n. of x Eig Paid to your Bankers (Messrs. the A) i na . _ , being a deposit of £1 per Share On all of In the above Company,) I request that you will accept ° it e that number of Shares, and I hereby agree to to fie, sneh Shares, or any less number that may be allotted Articlesll.lBl and to pay tho deposit on allotment, and to sign the Of A.asociation of the Company when required ; DIRECTORS. Rear-Admiral Hornby, lt.N.. linowiley, Lancashire, Chair man of the Cotton hantation Company of Natal. William G. Barnes, Esq., Messrs. Barnes and Co., Merchants, Little Bush-lane, London. J. Lewis Farley, Esq., 20, Threadneedle-street, London. George B. Howden, Esq., Merchat.t, Leeds. Thomas Yag., Esq., C.E , 3, Royal-terrace, Adelphi, London. Thomas Palmer, Esq., 16, Upper Southwick-street, Cam bridge-square, Hyde Park. Lon on. Aulcusto Suares, Esq, e.srs. M. and A. Soares, Merchants, 40, Seething-lane, London. Richard J. Van Lennrp, Esq., Dutch Consul-General, Smyrna. MANAGING DIRECTOR. J. Lewis Farley, Esq. MANAGERS OP THE SMYRNA BRANCH. Messrs. Pierre and Joseph Topus. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Courtenay and Croonae, 9, Gracechurch-et., London. BANKERS. - The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, London. BROKERS. Lond 'la—Messrs. Smith and Binney, 5, Angel-court. Liverpool—Messrs. G. E. Schulte and Son, 17, Manchester. buildings. Manchester—C. P. Allen, Peg., India-buildings, Cross-street. Hull William West. Esq , S. Bowl-alley-street. Leeds—Messrs. A. Greenland and Son, Albion-street. Dublin—Messrs. M'Mahon and Fa lon, 27, College-green. Glasgow—Duncan Mac Alaster, Esq., 71, Queen-street. • SECRETARY. B. Lambert, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES.- No. 20, Threadneedle-street. PROSPECTIJS. This Company is formed for the purpose of transacting the safe and highly profitable business of Commission Mer chants and Financial Agents in connexion with the Trade and Commerce of the Ottoman Empire. TRADE OF THE EMPIRE. Throughout the greater part of the Empire the soil and climate permit of the almost inexhaustible production, in excess of the wants of the inhabitants, of those ordinary raw materials which form everywhere the great staples of food and manufacture. Grain, wool, cotton, hemp, hides, tallow,• are produced in abundance ; while in addition, Turkey yields in profusion those rarer articles of mer chandise, such as drugs, dyes, gums, fruit, vegetable oils, silk, sugar, and tobacco, which can only be abundantly and profitably produced under conditions of special advan tage of climate and geographical position. In the year 1860 it was estimated that the annual trade of Turkey with foreign countriesamounted to £48,000,000, and that between the Provinces to £20,000,000 ; giving a total of £68,000,000 per annum. Judging, however, from the increase of the trade between Turkey and Great Bri tain during the past few years, this total must now be con siderably increased. In the year 1854 the imports and exports between Great Britain and Turkey (exclusive of Egypt) amounted to £6,251,131, and in 1859 to £9,620,536 —but in the year 1863, according to the last annual state ment published by the Board of Trade, they increased to £13,303,682. The trade between this country and Egypt has also risen from £11,118,922 in the year 1859, and £10,796,971 in 1861, to £21,006,964 in 1863, making a total between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain alone of £34,310,646. This increasing trade is capable of almost indefinite extension. BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY. As Commission Merchants, the Company will receive, on the usual terms, consignments of goods fir sale in English and Foreign markets, from merchants and others in the Ottoman Empire, as well as from merchants, ma nufacturers, and others in this country and abroad, for sale in Turkish markets, and will execute orders for their correspondents both in Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire. An important branch of the Company's business will consist in making Cash Advances to the native cultivators. The rate of interest usually paid for such loans is very high, ranging from 1 to . 4 per cent. per month (from 18 to 48 per cent. per annum), the security consisting of stand ing crops, articles of value easily convertible, and, when required, responsible personal guarantee. On this subject much valuable information has been obtained from the English Consuls in Turkey, in reply -to a recent circular despatch from his Excellency Sir Henry Bulwer, H.B.M. Ambassador at Constantinople. One of the inquiries directed by his Excellency was, "Do farmers borrow - money com monly in anticipation of their. crops ? How are the ad fances secured; and art losses c.:ten incurred - by the - ren der ?" The following are extracts from the official re plies : ADRIANOPLE.—Mr. Vich-Consul Blunt :—" Farmers quite frequently borrow money upon their crops. The or dinary rate of interest is 2 per cent. a-month (24 per cent. per annum), and even higher than that. Often the money is secured by other responsible persons becoming security, and by pledges of personal property. Losses are seldom incurred by the lenders." ARTA.—Mr. Acting-Consul Caravias:—" The common rate of interest is 2 per cent. a-month. Such loans or ad vances are always secured on the crop, and losses are rarely incurred by the lenders." CAVALIA.—Mr. Vice-Consul Maling :—" From 15 to 30 per cent. are the rates of interest charged by merchants; the crop being pledged for the advanees, and the security valid, losses are seldom incurred. Money-lenders charge the peasantry 5 to 7 per cent. per month, and realise in this way enormous gains.' CONSTANTINOPLE.—Mr. Consul-General Cumber bach :—" A farmer who requires money to carry on his pursuits, sells his produce before he realises it at a certain price, which is always much below what he could obtain for it in the market; and thereby loses on an average from 20 to 80 per cent., the usurer - taking care, by giving him self a very-large margin, to secure himself against even tualities." CYPRITS.—Mr. Vice-Consul White :—" The custom of borrowing money in anticipation of the crops is common. The rate of interest varies from 12 to 20 per cent. ; few losses are incurred." DARDANELLES,—Mr. Acting-Consul Raby Far mers commonly borrow money in anticipation, and on security of their crops, 15 and even 25 per cent. interest being charged fora few months. The lender very seldom incurs any losses." DIARBEKILR—Mr. Consul Taylor:—Capitalists ad vance money on the crops, charging 2 to 3 per cent. inte rest per month ; losses are rare. GALLIPOLI—Mr. Acting Vice-Consul Whitaker : " As a rule the farmers in this province all borrow money on their crops ; even those who are wealthy, and have gold hoarded up, will borrow to defray the expenses of cultiva tion, rather than encroach upon their treasure. The rate of interest is generally 20 per cent., and the farmers are very well pleased to borrow at this rate. Losses must be very rare, as I have never either experienced or heard of others suffering any." JANINA.—Mr. Vice-Consul Stuart :—`• Interest is 21 3, and 4 per per cent. a month. The advances are always secured upon the crops, and losses are but rarely incurred by the lenders." SALONICA.—Mr. Consul Wilkinson :—" Farmers bor row money in anticipation of their crops. The rate of in terest usually charged is seldom less than 20 per cont." SAYADA.—Mr. Consul Zarb :—" Money is lent to the cultivators at the rate of 5 per cent. per month ; the ad vances are always secured on the crops, and losses by the lenders are very rare." SMYRNA.—Mr. Consul Blunt:—" The native cultiva tors always require advances in anticipation of their crops, at a nominal rate of interest, say 1 to 2 per cent. per mouth, but it is actually more. The title deeds of the farm are transferred to the Turkish Court under the title of Istilall, or mortgage." TRIPOLI.—Mr. Consul-General Herman :—" Almost the totality of them (the merchants) derive their chief sources of profit from lending money on pledges, on which they levy a rate of interest of 4 to 6 per cent. per month (48 to 72 per cent. per annum), and sometimes more." VOL o.—Mr. Vice-Consul Suter.-"Loans to the growers are secured by pledging the produce, and are not often at tended with loss. The rates of interest are never less than 12, and often more than 20 per cent. per annum." As Financial Agents the Company will give its assist ance to the Ottoman Government in the promotion of re productive public works, conducing to the improvement of internal transit and the development of external trade, and act generally as Financial Agents in, and in connection with, the Ottoman Empire. The Company is prevented by the terms of the Memo randum of Association from trading for its own account. GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS. The Head Office of the Company will be in London, with Agencies in Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester. Branches will be established at the ports of Constantinople, Smyrna, and Beyrout, and Agents will be appointed in the interior, subject to the superintendence and control of the branches to which their districts may be attached. The exclusive services of gentlemen of established repu tation and acknowledged local experience having been ob tained, the operations of the Company will immediately commence at Smyrna, where a valuable and old-established business of 60 years' standing has been secured. APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES. Applications for Shares may be addressed in the annexed form to the Directors, and copies of the Prospectus may be obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company, or at the Offices of the Bankers, Brokers, and Solicitors ; but no application will be considered unless a deposit of £1 per Shares on the number of Shares applied for has been paid. A copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association may be inspected at the Offices of the Solicitors, or at the Temporary Offices of the Company. Copies will be for warded by post, without charge, on application to the Secretary. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. (To be retained by the Bankers.) No. To the Directors of the Ottoman Company (Limited). Gentlemen, Having paid to your Bankers the sum of 7 being a deposit of £1 per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to become a member of the Company in respect of such Shares, or in respect of any less number you may allot me, and to execute the Articles of Associa tion when required; and I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Members for the Shares so allotted. Usual Signature Name in full Residence Profession of Business Date MURRAY and CO.'S BOOK of INFORMA TION for RAILWAY TRAV ELL ERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS, Ac., Illustrated with Anecdotes, by R. Bolin, Sup. G. W. Railway. Murray and Co., 13, Paternoster-row; and all booksellers and ra lway bookstalls. Just ready, THE ANTI-TEAPOT REVIEW. No. 5. Price Sixpence. The Back Numbers have been Re printed, and may be obtained through all respectable book sellers. London : Houlston and Wright, 65, Paternoster-row. Oxford: Wheeler and Day, 106, High-street. Reading : Golder, London-road, West. GOD BLESS THE PRINCE OF WALES. The New National Song BRITILEY RICHARDS. 3s. Free for 19 stamps. Piano SUlo and' Duet, e'acti 45.; free for 21 stamps each. Easy edition, 2s. 6d., free for 18 stamps ; ditto, four voices, 2d. London : Robert Cocks and Co. " MADAME LEMMENS-SHERRINGTON'S wonderful fealty was never more perfectly ex hibited, and produced a storm of applause. She -ang Abt s song, ' 0 ye Tears ! 0 ye Tears I' on the loth inst., at the Crystal Palace."—Vi 'e South London Press, March 25, 1865. 2s. 6d. ; free for 16 stamps. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL FRENCH GALLERY, 120, PALL-MALL.- The TWELFTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PIC TURES, the Contributions of Artists of the French and Flemish Schools, IS NOW OPEN. Admission, is. Catalogue, 13J. T II E 0 X F O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS, FAUST, and LA CIRCAS SIENNE will be performed during this week Principal art , stes : —Mons. Lavessiere, Signor Spagnoli, M. Marini, Mr. Green, and Misses Ellison and Barrie, with full Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian and Mimic). W. Randall, Little Bob; Miss Kate Balfe, Les Freres Talliott, the Grotesque, D'Aubims, Madame Rams den, and Les Freres Stonette. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Every Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission—area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, is.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL, The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, • (According to Act of Parliament). CANTERBURY HALL..EVERY EVENING at half-past Nine o'clock. In addition to the other attractions of this wonderful establishment. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION:— Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street London. Full-length Models of the late P res id ent LI NCOLN (basely tates ; theassassinated); also President DAVIS. o f th e Confe derate Slate lamented ki IC HARD COBDEN, Esq., M.P., and JOHN BRIGHT,Esq , M.P., ma y b e seen a t the Gallery, with various Novelties. • NEW ADDITIONS.—ModeIs, life-size, of the YOUNG MING of GREECE, and IVIURRAX, who was Regent of Scotland in the time of nary Queen of Scots. _ Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ENGAGE KENT of J. LEVY the celebrated Pag,a nini Cornet-a- Piston, will appear E VERY EVENING , at Nine, Ten. and Eleven o'clock, and perf orm on Distin's Patent Light-Valve Cornet. Conductor-31. LUIGI CURTL Manager-31. GRENET. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AN D GLOBE FIRE and LIFE INSURANt E COMPANY Offices :-1, Dale-street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry' ; 7, Cornhill; and Charing-cross, London. PROGRESS OF' THE COMPANY SINCE 1850: Year. I Fire Premiums. I- Life Premiums, I Invested Funds. £502,821 821,0n1 1,311,905 3,212 303 *** Reduction of Duty to Is. 6d. per cent. The full and immediate benefit of the Reduction wdl be given to the Insured. JOHN ATK[NS, Resident Secretary, London. Life claims are payable in 30 days after they are admitted. T HE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER (hirnited!. Authorised Capital ££. ,COP, in 200,000 sharei of £OO each. Capital Subnribcd £2,000,000, in 1(0,000 shares of .£2 ) each. Capital Pald-up. Reserve Fund Dividend Reserve Fund.. £500,000 £209,000 £70,000 The Right Hon. JAMES STUAit r wOR FLEY, Governor. James Levick, Esq., Merchant, King's Arms yard, Deputy- James Nugent Daniell, Esq., Chairman of the Governors. Alliance Bank (Limited), James Childs, Esq., London. Alexander Dunbar, Esq., Old Broal-street, London. (hares Ellis, Eso., Lloyd's. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and Co.), London. 'l he Lion. T. C. Haliburton, M.P., Chairman of the Canada Agency Association, London. Wiitia m Ida Mann.. V.so. (Messrs. YOULIZ.-- Harri son, and Bevan), Director 0 the Thameif and Mersey Insurance Company. Richard Stuart La ne , E sq. (Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co.), London. Charles E. Newbon, Esq.. London. Henry Pownall, E sq., J.., Joseph Mackrill S m i t h , E q (J. nackrill Smith and Co.), Old Russell-squara, London. Broad-street, London. Edward Warner, Esq , M.P., London. John Westmorland, Esq. (Director of the Royal Insurance Company), London. Albert Grant, Esq., Managing Director. BANKERS. The Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited). Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. The National Bank London, Dablin, and its Branches in Ireland. The Alliance Bank (Limited) London, Liverpool, and Man chester, Messrs. Newbo n , E v SO. ans, LICITORS and Co., Nicholas-lane, E.C. SECRETARY. Alfred Lowe, Esq. OFFICES. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London. T HE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited). At a Meeti ng of the Shareholders of t hi s C ompany, h e ld This Day (Thur s d ay), 20th April, 1865, at one o ' c l oc k p.m., The Right Ron. JAMI , .S STUART WORTLEY, Governor, It was pro Pose d, se'onin the and carried unanimously, Chair, That the Bal ance -sheet and Repirt, rec immending a Divi dend and Bon us of Twenty Shillings per :glare on the OA Shares and Te n Shillings per Share on the New Shares, equal to Forty percent. per an n u m , be, and are hereby approved, ded, confirmed, and adopted It was also proposed:seconded, and carried unanimously, That the best thanks of this Meeting are due, and are hereby given, to the Governor, Deputy-Governors, and Directors, for the care and attention they have given to the interests of the Shareholders, and for the extremely satisfac tory results whi c h have arisen therefrom. It was also proposed, seconded, end carried unanimously, 'I hat th e cordial thanks of this Meeting are due, And are hereby offered, to Albert Grant, Esq., the Managing Director, for the talent and untiring energy displayed by him in the admi nistration of the affairs of the Company. It vas f urth er proposed, seconded, and carriet unani money, That the thanks of t h is Meeting to given to ALred Lowe, EN., Secretary, for his unvarying courtesy and attention, and to him and the other officers of the Company for their industry and zeal during the past half-year. By order of the court of Directors, J. STUART WORTLEY, Governor. AL ?RBI.) LOWE, Secretary. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London, April 20, 186.5. Copies of the Balance -sheet and Report may be had on application at the Offizes. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. THE LIQUID GEM. Song. Words by J. STREAKS. music dedicated to the Lady Florence Paget, by W. J. WRIGEETON. 2s. 6d.: freefor 16 stamps. "This song is, without exception, one of the most cat l ing and ton:ling melodi: s we have heard for a long time. Madame Lemmens-Sherrington:has taken it under her wing, and sings it with immense effect. We shall, therefore, soon find it one of the most popular songs of the season."—Vide Bayswater Chronicle. yilt. and Mrg. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new entertain ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by William Brough. New scenery by T. and W. grieve. To conclude with MRS. ROSELEAF AT THE SEASIDE, by Mr. John Parry. Every Eveniikr, except Saturday, at 8. Wednesday and Saturday afremnone, at 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, R e gent-street. , . Unreierved seats, fg., 2e. ; stalls, 38.; stall chairs, 55.-.. May. be secured in advance, without fee, at the Gallery. OPERA. DI CAMERA, every Tuesday and Thursday at 3, and Sitturday at 8. £27,157 74781 1359;4 236,244 London: Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. T ° QUADRILLE PLAYERS.—Now Ready, A. F. GODFREY'S UNITED SERVICE QUM:- RULE for Quadrille Band. Post free for 20 stamps Also COO l'E'S ROYAL BOUDOIR QUADRILLE, introducing "God bless tho Prince of Wales. ?ost free for 20 stamps. - - - • - London :Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, W. The BOOK of the DAY and gVERY MAN'S BOOK. Just published, price Is. 6d , by post. free, ls. Bd., REVELATION of QUACKS and QUACKERY. By D r,TECTOR. For notices of this startl.ng work see the "Saturday Re view" of April 1, entitled "Quacks and Quackery ; ' the "Weekly Dispatch" of April t, "The Quacks and their Crimea ; "The Sun" of April 12, " 'Detector's' Broadside on Quacks and Quackery." GUIDE TO THE QUACKS OF LONDON. A Series or Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the " Circular," with the signature of "Detector," has been republished in the form of a short pamphlet The reader of " Punch" should read this pamphlet also. He has of ten read, in the pages of "Punch," of certain 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 raiders to the lower corner of the advertising columns of low newspapers, amongst which too many of Mr. " Punch's" contemporaries, especially 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, n edfut to be known, will be found in the pamphi t above ref,rred to, which is entitled " Revelati. ns of Quacks awl Quackery." and its to be had at the "IlledicAl 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 " Revelationa of Quacks and Qackery." And mark espec'ally that, as aforesaid, the names of the Quacks are published. The pamphlet Li question thus constitutes a regular Quack Di rectory, b; con,ulting 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 " itevelations of Quacks and Quackery." Its contents will astonisn and amuse you, whi e they invoke your indignation and disgust. 01 course you ,io not want it on account of its warnings for your own sake, but you doubtless do for t hat of the many simple tons with whom you must be acquainted, if your acquaint ance is large. " Who are the Quacks that 'Punch' means 2" Consider what it is to he able to answer this question of the young and inexperienced, and, for charity's sake, if tor no other, go and provide yourself with " Revelations of Quacks ann Qaackery, ' by Detect - on—Punch, April 12. Demy Svc., extra cloth, 6s. 6d., LIFE : Its NATURE, VARIETIES, and PHENOMENA. By LEO H. GItIIEEDON. Third Edition. " Mr. Grindon's book has rearhed, but will not stop at, the third edition. It is the work of a scholar, a Christian, and a man of real science."—Horning Herald. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and bcautifully-written refire tims will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we may rest assured, of many fruitful meditatious and plea sant memories." —Sun. "The reader wilt find in it much thou ;ht and much read ing. There is plenty to think upon, plenty to study, plenty to entertain."—lllustrated London News." London P. 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Vegetables, fruits, &c., constitute VI hall of our daily food: here is an essay upon the best possible preparation of this half. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. CONSULT Mr. A. ESKELL'S popular and reliable TREATISE on the TEE PH before having recourse to the Dentist. "The expense is not great, and it will well repay perusal." Published by John Clements, Little Pulteney-street ; and may be had through any bookseller, from Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers'-hall-court. Price, 7d. ; in cloth, 13d. 18i! 1856 1861 1864 £51,305 ,i 22,279 360,130 742,674 SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, a act Dining-room, consisting of a new and e.egant 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, &o: Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine. ralogiat to her Haiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, &L IN RALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly f aoilitate tae interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2. 5, 10. 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE- R.A.LOk4 Yis given by Mr. TENIsTAN Jr. at 149, Strand W.C. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre itured without any merourial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. •cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be tound invaluable to all who uffer from bilious and Liver nomplaints, iniigestlcn, wind. palms, giddiness, •iizzineas of the eyes, &e. For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier .f the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to .be stomach, they create appe ite, pro. , note digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. 3old by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, In boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver • Pills. The genuine are a square green package. with " William Lambert." engraved on the stamp. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS'• SCHOOL and 11011 E, Hampstead. Offices. 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon rhampneys R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.I. 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 expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. Tne Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the recent storms and loss f life at sea, and to enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sa,lors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers., Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. E. SW EETTNG, Hon. Sac. CHA RLES NASH, Sec. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern. Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, foundel in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of ft ee admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a con,iderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The CoMmittee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of cootaining several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas ierman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. Barclay and Co. ; W iliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; r. Barned and Ca, Liverpool; mid at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. iiTANFORD Want', beoretary. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX, ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curl- Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 5; stamps. R's Toilet Magazine, ls. 6d., or 20 stamps. Sold Ross's GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d . ; Gentlemen's from 58. The Dye is sold at .3s. 6d ,or sent free for 54 stamps. It I s most easy of use. HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL ATORY removes, without effect to the skin, buperfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. ed.; sent the same day.as ordered by post for 51 stamps. QFATNISII FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. 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The Agua Amarclla h as none o f th e properties of dyes ; it. on the contrary, is b ene fi c i a l t o th e system, and when the hair is once restored one application o j s o t tr N f a I G I o n v s e N n per month will keep itin perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles. 10 s. 61. Testimonials f rom ar; i s t es 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 [Tidiness the Princes . of Wales. TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY tit TOOTH-PAST! is greatly superior to any tooth Powder; ;Ives the teeth a pearl hiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Price 18. td.-12, Three King-court, Lombard street, Londm. The MAYOR said it was to him, as he was sure it was to all, a source of deep and painful regret that they should have had occasion to hold that meeting in Birmingham that day. (Applause.) When the news first arrived in the country so improbable did it appear that so great and able a man as the late President of the United States should have been deprived of life by the hands of an assassin, and at such a momentous period of his country's history, that people at first refused to believe the intelli gence until the subsequent telegrams confirmed the sad news. (Applause.) They now knew but too well Abraham Lincoln no longer lived to assist by his wise counsels and advice in guiding and direct ing the affairs of his country through the perils with which she had during the last four years been sur rounded, and from which she was just on the very eve of emerging. (Cheers.) As soon as he heard the melancholy and painful intelligence he felt it his duty at once to convene the meeting for the pur pose of giving his fellow -townsmen an opportunity not only of expressing their horror and indignation —(applause)--that Abraham Lincoln had been de prived of life by the hands of a cowardly assassin, but also of giving them an opportunity of moving and forwarding a resolution of sympathy and. con- , dolence to the people of the United States, express ing their deep regret for the horrible loss which they had sustained. (Applause.) Whatever the opi nions of the people of this country might be, whe ther sympathising with the North or with the South, Abraham Lincoln had gained the respect and esteem of Englishmen for his straightfor ward honesty, industry, and great firmness 'of purpose —(cheers) —and for his great firmness of purpose in carrying out what he believed to be right, and, above all, for his constant advocacy of a policy of conciliation towards this country, and at all times endeavouring as much as possible to pre serve friendly relations with England. (Cheers.) They knew that there was but one feeling through out the length and breadth of the land, and that was a feeling of indignation that he should have been deprived of life at the hands of an assassin. (Applause.) He would not detain them longer with remarks of his own, but would submit a reso lution for their approval, which would be seconded by Mr. Jaffray. The resolution was : " That this meeting desires to express the deepest regret at the irreparable loss which the people of the United States of America have sustained by the untimely death of Presi dent Lincoln ; that this meeting regards with horror and detestation the crime by which the President's life was sacrificed; and that, on behalf and in the name of the in habitants of Birmingham, this meeting respectfully offers to the Government and the people of the United States the most sincere and earnest sympathy under the calamity which has befallen them, and that an address of sympathy be also transmitted to Mr. Seward." (Cheers.) Mr. JAFFRAY, in seconding the resolution, said that a debt of gratitude was due to the mayor for affording the town over which he presided an oppor tunity of sending across the Atlantic a resolution of sympathy with their fellow men—their brethren in laws, language, and blood—in the midst of the great calamity which had befallen them. (Cheers.) It was fitting at such a time as that, when no ques tion of sympathy with North or South was involved, when it was a question of civilisation and humanity altogether—(applause)—that anything savouring of party expression or feeling should be excluded alto gether from the proceedings. The time might come when those who agreed with him in the views he held of the struggle across the Atlantic might consider it their duty to express their feeling of delight that the horrible war had been put an end to. Their duty was, however, a more solemn one on that occasion ; it was that of sending out the unanimous expression of their horror at the great crime which had been committed ; aye, and com mitted in the much-abused name of liberty—(loud applause)—and of their sympathy with a people emerging from one of the greatest calamities that ever fell upon a nation, complicated by having at the moment—the supreme moment, as it were, of its history—the directing head struck down before them by an assassin's hand. (Loud applause.) There might be differences of opinion, and there were, respecting the character of Abraham Lincoln, but in his opinion history would record of him that he was a great statesman. (Applause.) Let them just think of the circumstances under which he was called to occupy the position of Chief Magistrate of that great nation over which he presided for four years. A man of humble birth, of scanty education, of little political experience, with no courtly man ners, and plunged at the moment of his election into the struggles of a contest gigantic not only in its proportions, but in its results, and throughout all that contest preserving his humble attitude and his pure heart, never elated in the hour of triumph, and firm, yet temperate, in the day of defeat. (Cheers.) But the last and crowning glory of all was the lat ter period of Abraham Lincoln's life. It was that which had won for him the affection and respect of all men, whether partisans of North or South. Stanton said of Lincoln, in the touching and simple despatch to the American Legation in England, in his later moments he spoke kindly of Lee—(cheers) —and all his thoughts tended towards conciliation. There was something of the fine old Puritan in that frame of mind. (Loud applause.) The moment Lee laid down his arms and declared the game had been played out, Lincoln's thought was not of humiliat ing him as an enemy, but receiving him back within. the pale of the Constitution as an erring brother. (Applause.) Could any one doubt that a man like that, dying with such thoughts in his breast, was worthy of the admiration and respect of universal humanity ? Under these circumstances he came be fore them—on his first appearance to speak in a town-hall meeting—to express on behalf of those whom he had consulted in the matter their earnest sympathy for the American people under the great calamity, and their utter detestation and abhor rence of the manner in which the freedom of access to their statesmen had been abused. (Cheers.) There was one word more he had to say, and it was a word of caution. At the early part of the struggle there was no man more denounced than Abraham Lin coln, but they were premature in their judg ment. At the present time, according to the Con stitution, the Vice-President, Andrew Johnson, had succeeded to the Presidential chair. Little was known of him ; he hoped, therefore, that until they knew more all expressions of opinion as to his fit ness for the discharge of the duties of his high office would be suspended. The resolution was carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. DALE moved, and Mr. Alderman HAWKES seconded, a resolution expressive of deep regret at the attempt made on the life of Mr. Seward, and of hope for his recovery. This was carried. It was also resolved that an address be framed, and the Mayor was requested to transmit copies of it to Mr. Stanton and to Mr. Adams, the American Minister in London. BRADFORD. This community, in common with all others, was filled with universal consternation and grief by the appalling death of Mr. President Lincoln, and at noon yesterday a large meeting, composed of men of all ranks and parties, was held in the Exchange News-room in that town, to give expression to their feelings of abhorrence of the assassination of Mr. President Lincoln, and to pass resolutions of con dolence to the American nation, and to Mrs. Lin coln and her family. The Mayor (who had con vened the meeting on a requisition signed by gen tlemen of all parties) presided; and the speakers, " 1. That the inhabitants of Bradford, in public meeting assembled, do hereby express their strongest feelings of abhorrence and grief at the atrocious assassination of the President of the United States, and also at the dastardly attempt upon the life of Mr. Seward, the Secretary of State. " 2. That this meeting hereby record their deep sorrow and heartfelt sympathy with Mrs. Lincoln and her family in the untoward death of Mr. Pre sident Lincoln. "3. That this meeting do express their deep sympathy with the American people in the loss that they have sustained by the cruel death of Mr. Pre sident Lincoln." -LEDs: In compliance with a numerously signed requisi tion, the mayor of this borough has convened a public meeting of the inhabitants, to be held on Monday evening next, " to express their horror and regret at the assassination of the President of the United States, their sympathy with the people of that country under a loss sustained at so critical a .period of their national history, 244 they earnest hope that all difficulties connected with hat loss may be happily surmounted." NEWCASTLE- ON-TYNE. A requisition to the mayor of this town is being numerously signed by the inhabitants, requesting his worship to call a public meeting to express sym pathy with the American people and the widow and family of their late President, " in the terrible afflic tion into which they have been so suddenly plunged by the assassination of their high-minded and pa triotic chief magistrate." The meeting, it is antici pated, will be held in the early part of next week. Very great excitement has continued to prevail among the communities in the north-eastern part of England since the news of. the assassination of President Lincoln was telegraphed. All classes and men of all opinions express their horror of the crime. The American ships lying in the Tyne have had their flags flying half-mast high since the intelli gence of Mr. Lincoln's death reached this country. The News of the Assassination in New York. (From the Tan& ',special Southern Correspondent.) NEW YORK, April 15. It may safely be affirmed that in the history of mankind no civilised capital ever wore the aspect which, upon the receipt of the ghastly tidings of this morning, New York at this hour presents. There was excitement, doubtless, in Paris when Henry of Navarre fell before Ravaillac's dagger,--in London when Mr. Perceval yielded his life to a maniac's bullet,—in Rome when Cardinal Rossi fell slaughtered in the public streets ; but what facilities had Paris, London, or Rome for thrilling in an in stant the public heart and brain compared with those which the diffusive penny press and swiftly recurring telegrams of America place at this hour at the disposal of New York ? Or was there ever nation so sensitively plastic to the impress of great national sentiments as the keenly sentient, mercurial, quick witted population which, in wild bewilderment, surges and sways throng the thronging streets now under my gaze ? Last night the people of this great city went to bed, lulled by their cheerful optimism, reckoning of the rebellion as already a thing of the past, little heeding difficulties, social, financial, - and economical, which might well make a statesman stand aghast, believing that Abraham Lincoln and William H. Seward were the chief apostles of the revived American Union, which is described in a work recently published as synony mous with the new Heaven and the new Earth. This morning they woke to the stunning conscious ness that in the night the shadow of a great and ghastly crime had passed over the land; that assassi nation, sudden and unlooked for, executed with remorseless cruelty, but intrepid effrontery, had engraven its hideous tale upon that page which records four years of horrors without parallel, cul minating in the abhorred crime which has added to the victims of this war the names of Abraham Lincoln, and, as seems too probable, of William H. Seward. A thousand American cities, linked together by a network of lightning, have this morning awakened to the simultaneous knowledge that he who 12 hours ago was their first citizen, the chief architect of their fabric of a resuscitated Union, the figure-head round which clustered their hopes and pride, is numbered with the dead. Al ready over hundreds of thousands of square miles is every particular and detail of the rash and bloody deed of last night scrutinised by millions of eager eyes. It is believed that precisely at the same hour two ruffians, manifestly in concert with each other, lifted their hands against the two most valued lives of the Republican party—that upon the night of Good Friday Abraham Lincoln was stricken with his death-wound in his private box at Ford's Theatre ; that the small pocket pistol which launched the fatal bullet was found, still smoking, on the floor of the box ; that the undaunted assassin, having entered the box from the rear, stretched his hand over Mrs. Lincoln's shoulder until the muzzle of his pistol almost touched the President's head ; that the bullet, designedly (as it would seem) propelled by a small charge of powder, did not pass through the head, but lodged in the brain about threeinches from its point of entrance ; that the ruffian who fired it, rescuing himself without difficulty from Col. Parker, of General Grant's Staff, who was in the box with Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln, calmly stepped from the private box upon the stage; that, brand ishing with melodramatic gesture a naked dagger in his hand, he pronounced the well-known motto of the State of Virginia, "Sic semper tyrannis," in ap parent justification of a deed against the atrocity of which all that is noble and manly in that proud old State will recoil with indignant execration ; that, turning with unruffled imperturbability, he left the stage and made his exit from the theatre by one of the side scenes with which he seemed familiar, and, mounting a horse which was attached to a tree in the immediate neighbourhood of the theatre, gal loped swiftly off into the night, and was lost. But it was reserved for his accomplice to exhibit still more undaunted nerve, although wherever this manalready half t of vin dictive tale is read humanity will s hudd a e s r su a s t sin th to e heartless cruelty an cruelty which could instigate hwaally dead,to th the a b u e d d s t i u de an o t f ici a pa s to uff b en y suffering av g s old age butchery onchesreythede fyateaslteredvaeiyit but teretboyo gravely Mr. Se ward's menaced. It must be remembered that Mr. Seward is 65 years old, and it would appear there are justi fiable grounds for the general belief that the suf ferer, if ever he arose from his sick bed again, could scarcely have recovered, even without the horrible events of last night, from a fracture of the arm and jawbone, and from the exhaustion which is known to have followed his accident, without a sensible abatement of those singular powers, physical and mental, which have enabled him during these last four years to flood every European Foreign office with a deluge of despatches such as never issued in like space of time from any single pen. Boldly entering Mr. Seward's residence under the pretext of being the bearer of some important medicine which Dr. Verdi designed for his patient, the assassin, undeterred by three men who attempted to interpose, forced a road to his victim's bedside, N E WSPAPER - • • • and with hife deeply wo 9 , • 41.:4 , face and throat. Ci ls i ng w \ ";.• Seward (the Assistant-Secreta r y o son to the sufferer), the ruffian dealt hiEhLa b the head which fractured his skull in two places, and has probably terminated Mr. Frederick Seward's earthly career. Almost simultaneous he poniarded a male nurse in attendance upon Mr. Seward, in flicting wounds since pronounced to be mortal. Upon Major. Seward (another son, if I am not mis taken, of the Secretary of State) the miscreant in flicted injuries which, though not likely to be fatal, effectually prevented any further interference with his own escape from under a roof which had looked down within a few seconds upon the grim horrors of a fourfold assassination. Mounting his horse outside the door he saved himself, like his associate, by swift .flight, and up to the present hour both have escaped detection and capture. The public voice seems unanimous in pronouncing the assassin of President Lincoln to be an actor named Wilkes Booth (the brother of the more celebrated Edwin Booth, who has lately won highreputation in this city by his a d m i rable impersonation for 100 nights of Hamlet) whose face, it is asserted, was recognised by many spect a t ors acquainted with him. As I write, fi aosfhaedparleocnogncthereteeldecctornicsNpviirraecsy, in n ic w a h tin ich g revelations, the existence Wilkes Booth was a principal, and which was designed to have taken effect on the 4th of March, are pla carded at the corners of the street, and devoured by thousands of hungry eyes. The feeling with which the brief record "Abraham Lincoln expired at 22 minutes past 7 this morning" is read may be con ceived by those of your readers who are acquainted with the character and temperament of Americans. How shall I describe the scene which. already New York presents? There is, as I have already _ 41 41 aty up - O - n - *e - aiiii perm eaTergrnerves of such exquisite sensibility, vibrating at the slightest access of popular fever, carrying spasmodic sensa tion through a dense mass of human beings, which in any other capital I have ever seen would take hours to learn and understand what is here known, felt, and appreciated in a few passionate seconds. In a hundred instances during the last four years your corresf4idents have. portrayed the fever fits of New York—mass meetin in this square or that, processions longer than that which welcomed tho Prince of Wales, convulsions which shook Wall- ' street and Broadway like an all-pervading ague— but I doubt whether a scene like that of this morn ing has yet been witnessed. The chronic excitement of this war influences this strange population as cumulative poisons are said to act upon their victims. Instead of a dispersion of electricity through the medium of these popular thunderbursts, the excite ment of the mass seems to accumulate and be hoarded until, upon the occasion of each recurrent explosion, the reserve of delirious passion is greater and greater in volume. There have often before been paroxysms of sanguine intoxication in this city, or of depres sion, if not of despair, but never before has the thunderbolt fallen from a smiling sky, never has the proud and swelling note of victory been con verted in the twinkling of an eye into the wail of a nation. Abraham Lincoln had grown to be regarded, in a higher degree than any soldier or sailor, as the impersonation of the war power of the Union. Creeping into Washington in disguise and with timid irresolution to be inaugurated as chief magistrate upon the 4th of March, 1861, he lived so to conciliate and, within four brief years, to win popular affection that his second inauguration upon the 4th of March, 1865, was the ovation of an almost unanimous people. The estimates of his cha racter and of the calibre of his intellect since he was suddenly tossed to the surface of a great nation • have been numerous and contradictory; but the opinion seems to be daily gaining ground that im partial history will assign to him one of the highest places among the statesmen who have hitherto pre sided over the North in the supreme agony of the nation. There can be quoted against Mr. Lincoln no such extravagant vaunts or unseemly denunciations of others, no such rash predictions or disingenuous colourings, as crowd the despatches of Mr. Seward ; ou the other hand, there are thousands of Mr. Lin coln's anecdotes and quaint conceits, none of which fail to indicate shrewdness, while many reveal a sin gular depth of insight into the circumstances under which they were spoken. It was mentioned to me by one of the Southern Peace Commissioners that at the recent conference in Hampton Roads he was deeply impressed.by the ascendancy of Mr. Lincoln through out the interview over Mr. Seward. The flags at half-mast, the festoons of crape hung out by each store in succession, and already creeping along the whole length of Broadway upon either side of the street, the eager closing of shutters and suspension of business in Wall-street, the feverish bewilderment of thousands who can as yet but half realise the truth, the agitated swaying to and fro of hurrying multitudes in the streets, the frenzied accents of grief and rage, the tolling bells, the deep boom of the minute guns, are fitting expressions of the pub lic grief, for they indicate not only the lamentation that a just, temperate, calm, and well-intentioned, statesman has died in the track of duty by the most appalling of deaths, but that in one of the most awful of crises which ever overtook a nation his successor should be Andrew Johnson. Dreadful as is the fashion of death, if ever man was felix opportunitate mortis that man may be pro nounced to be Abraham Lincoln. The difficulties which he has surmounted during the first term of office, sttpendous as they have been, are features, trifles, air bubbles when compared with those which await his successor during the four coming years. But there can hardly be two opinions that in the interest of the South no event could be more pre judicial, or more deeply to be deprecated, than the foul assassination of last night. There breathes no where in the Northern States a partisan so blinded by sectional passion, :or so exasperated against Se cessia as to imagine that the execrable crime of which Washington was last night the scene could be regarded by Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and the men who share their confidence, otherwise than with unmeasured detestation and poignant regret. This is not the place nor the moment for attempting to expatiate upon the character of Mr. Davis. But having long occupied a position which afforded pe culiar facilities for understanding him, I cannot for bear briefly saying that, be his faults what they may, the time is not far distant when history will mete out to Mr. Davis that justice which is at present denied to him not only, as is natural by Northerners, but by many of his own ignorant and ungrateful country men. Meantime. the natural vindictiveness, conse quent up to on in th te e n f s e if arf y Nuleerrtibmerenofbliast?et night, will i be em which none would resent more than the latte r . Th e of demarcation advocates of harshness will be fearfully a ugmen t e d already between a n rca er ti e o is n by the crime of last night, against which Mr. Davis, whose leniency throughout this war has amounted to a weakness, and , who under terrible provoca tion has never committed one act of retaliation, would revolt with unutterable horror. The denun ciations of General Grant for his liberal terms to the Confederates who surrendered to him will be fiercer than ever, especially those which proceed from Gen. Butler, and which are embittered with obvious per sonal malignity against the General. It has always seemed to me that the surrender of General Lee and the opportunity for generosity so admirably seized by General Grant bridged over the gulf which divides the two sections to a degree which none could have hoped two months ago. But the bullet of a dastardly assassin has in one instant neutralised the effect of the great stride towards conciliation so happily taken by General Grant. CONSTANCE KENT'S CONFESSION.—That Con stance Kent had made no communication to her family of her intention to charge herself with the murder is pretty clearly demonstrated by the following incident :—Mr. Kent, who resides near Llangollen, visited Oswestry on Wednesday, and his conversation impressed the first per-- son on whom ho called with the idea that he was much more cheerful than usual. He made an appointment to call again, but failed to keep it. About two o'clock he was at the Cambrian Railway Station, and there purchased a newspaper, which first acquainted him with theßow-street proceedings. Temporarily paralysed, his first impulse seemed to be to hide himself from human observation, and rushing up the main street he entered the Wynnstay Arm Hotel, where he ordered a carriage, in which he imme diately started for his home.