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LONDON AND MEDITERRANEAN BANK (Limited). x',ooo 000 sterling, in I€o,olo shares of .£2,1 each. hich 80,000 s h ares have been already se scribed. Li per share on application and £1 10s. on allot a l.nd .£1 10 s . f urt h er within Three Months after al- DIRECTRS. A rlene Bernard (Messr O s. E. Landau and Ca`, Ales- Francois Bravay, Merchant, Alexandria, and Mem he Imperial Legislative Chamber of Francs. W. Care:l, Esq., M.P• , Connaught-place West. park. Crumming, Esq. Messrs. Cumming and Co.), Leaden mndan, Esq., "(linker, Vi nna. , andati, Esq. (Niessrs. E. Landau and Ca.), Alexandria. J. Max well,'Esq , Di ector of the National Provin ink of ngland. Heller, Eaq., Broadlands, Clapham-common. 41 `n Noel, Warlies. Waltham Abbey. A. Ro ith, Esq., Chairman of the English and Aus Copper Company. BANKERS. Barclay, Bevan. Trittan. Twells, and Co., 54, Lom treat, E.C. ,don and County Bank, 21,•Lombard-street, E.C. Idles of the National Provincial Bank of England. AUDITORS. irs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, an .1 Co., Public Accountants. Toke"house-yard, E.C. Messrs. SOLICITORS. • Wilkinson. Stevens, and Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane, E.C. BROKERS. J. and A. Scrimzeour, 10, Old Broad-street. E.C. Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle-street, E.G. SECRETARY. George Cumming, Et q. TEMPORARY OFFICES. ). Ring's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street, E.C. PROSPECTUS. Company is formed for the purpose of converting Shares of the Continental Bank Corporation into of £2O, and to carry out the amalgamation of that Alex with the Bank of Messrs. E. Landau and Co., of alldria, and for facilitating commercial, financial, and ietary transactions between this country, the Continent, E gypt. of the £2O Shares in this Company will bo allotted t hareholders in the Continental Bank, in exchange Lof their present £lOO Shares. The £2O Shares in exchange for Shares on which £25 has been will be credited with £5 paid up ; and those allotted 'hange for Shares on which £l5 only has been paid, credited with £3 paid up. arrangements which have been made for amalga and managing the business of the above establish .re such as, aided by the high Egyptian connections ,sars. Landau, cannot fail to secure to this Company a tensive and profitable business. establishment o f Me ssr s. L an d au a nd C o . _ . in addition to its regular banking operations, has joyed an extensive connection with producers and !rs of produce in Egypt. This business has always most favourable results; and no better proof of this given than the fact that the firm, during the whole istence, as well as the other banks lately established it, have experienced an absolute immunity from loss transactions of this class of bnsiness. daily increasing trade of Egypt with Europe, espe ith England, is also a sure guarantee for the en future success of this Company; the profits hitherto by Messrs. Landau and Co. are alone sufficient to large return upon the capital proposed to be called , the several partners-of the Firm, in order to show Pnfidence in the future success of the Company, have large number of Shares, and will continue in the management of the business at Alexandria. 'lank has also secured the co-operation, as a Direc .r. Bravay, whose exertions will be especially de co the extension of the Bank's relations with 'ptian Government, a class of transactions in which litherto engaged, with very successful results. Lmalgamated establishments propose liquidating all =sent transactions up to the date of amalgamation. Articles of Association of this Company, and the lent entered into for acquiring the business •of Landau and Co., can be seen on application at the the Solicitors. posit of £1 upon each Share must be n paid at the 3 of either ()t i the Bankers of the Compay, on appliea according to the annexed Form. • 'mss of Application for Shares may be obtained of the ic y, at the Company's Offices, and of the Bankers )leers. 'ORR OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. Directors of the London and Mediterranean Bank (Limited). lenieu, — Having paid to your B an k ers th e s u m we . eer being a d e p os it o f LI per share on shares in I hereby requ es t th a t y ou w ill a ll o t me Itab that' and I agree to accept such share ?, or any less You may allot to me,and to become to m ember tiLipanyin respect of the shares allotted me. I a uthorise you to forward by i ost, to my address. as certificates for the shares which may be allotted INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT COMPANY . (LIMITED) iTi(ZITE APP LICATIONS FOR SHARES IN PLYMOUTH ILG AN D IRON OR KS SHIPBU COMPANYD IN (Limi DOCK,ted). )1130rated under " Th e C ompan i es A c t , 1862," 7 the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of his Shares. Capital £2 50 ,000 S hares of £25 each. Deposit on application £1 are, and £4 on allotment. Ire Calls not to exceed £3 per Share, at intervals of ,8 than th ree months. on will be allowed at the rate of 6 per cent. per 'on Calls pai advance. • EL I DIRECTORS. imscOmbe, Esq•, J.P. (Messrs. Luscombe, Sons, Chairman of the . Sutton Harbour Company, and for the Governments of France, Holland, &el Ply- Usual signature . same in full.. Residence Profession Date • . ***** tocilruGirackys: Director of the Land Securities Company. Getty, Esc, Esq. (Messrs. Hicks and Co.), Director of la t Western Dock Company , Plymouth. , M.P., Belfast. )8 - eake - r (l ornwa ate 11. Constructor of her Majesty's 11:1 '1 ,) ' 841 •'--.11, Ze e°Y, Esq. (Messrs. Treeby and Co.), Consul for 'verinnents of Italy, Belgium,M klenburg, Sardinia, l Ynionth ec • % ar e, ti l y (Lim E it act, Director of the International Contract f ii.°lll4lll , Esq. (Messrs. Ilickie, Borman, and Co., or the Austrian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Com- -I R ti onli b _ BANKERS. es lies 'milk, Old B roa d- street, London an d D u bli n . • I larris and Co., Naval Bank, Plymouth. 11. SoLicrrons. well, Esq., 13, Clem en t' s I nn, L on d on , W.C. ea John Belli, Esq., Plymo u th. Lst ' s ' .I. and A. Scrimgtur ß tnd Co., 10, Old Broad ' Westl street, E.C. „ ram ~.. ake, Beg., Plymouth. . ''°r., Esq., Dame -street, Dublin. , ' eO tt Tuck er, E ENGINEER. sq., Great George-street, Westminster. F, ' Ar AUDITORS. . Spoor, Esq , America-squ. l• Johnston; Coo ne per,Wintle, and Evans, are 3, Coleman street Buildings. SECRETARY. William Cooper, Esq. 3tl:,oltAn'r OrPicss--85, Cannon-street West, E.C. 'g the '°l3 l pany has been formed for the purpose of pur feehold p roperty k nown as Queen Anne ' s e rd, and the valuable Shipbuilding business now h,,, n bY private capitalists therein ; of ca . rrying o . ' ,uing in Iron and Wood, and of mechanical engi- Ig in all its branches. a BldPbuilding Yard possesses a frontage to the f!ea `wards of 1,200 feet, in which there will be capacit :Ile: twentyend_7prisesaships, dth for each ship. As at present constituted, the estao taking an average of 60 feet 2 a 6 m 52 feet, in perffiersettw-clearsskinstog condition,iltD ry wrth k, o ste c t33' b, circular-83. W gear, smiths' shops, timber sheds, offices, `m inti dings, with slips, quays, and other necessary aP - ; all in good repair. On the premises there is a capital four excellent dwelling-houses, suitable for the ;er and employds of the Company, six cottages for )n, &c., a good supply of fresh water, and an abund ,f lime and building stone. proposed to lengthen the present dry dock 50 feet, istruct two additional dry docks and one large float tock, to be divided b y caissons•; also additional frontage , and to extend tb.e appliances generally, with the of the construction and repair of iron and wooden the manufacturing of marine and other engines, ir and other plate, angle iron, and every description a work. the purposes of the Company the position of the ises is not to be surpassed as will be seen by the plan) ; tre in close proximity to Sutton Harbour, forming *board of Catwater anchorage, and are completely Ted, first by the Plymouth Breakwater, and next i peninsula of Mount Batten, in addition to which tpproaches to the premises are completely coin- Id by the guns of the citadel. The Branch Station , J,. South Devon Railway Company is situated in the 'd So vicinity, and her Majesty's -Dockyard, Devon !s within an easy distance. ne Company will offer unusual facilities for carrying L ,_' pro Posed business in consequence of both labour Jae freight of iron, coal, and timber being extremely a.dded to which much xpense will be saved, as the ells will be delivertd on the quays of the Company d all dues an d charges. present there are no Iron Shipbuilding Works at L t ° o llth t , . and much inconvenience and expense often re id heuiPbwners in consequence of vessels outward aying to put back to London for repair. 1 adirectors consider it unnecessary to allude to the ' vantages possessed by this Company, further than tte that there is a great find growing demand for such .8 as th -ey propose to carry on. je °Pera tions of the Company will be conducted by te4 ePh 13 anks, who will devote his well-known expe t:xclusively to the interests of the Company, aided ti3itlernen of f +l, acknowledged mechanical skill. As the 1 ,,,, °- wue valuable property has been ceded to the Direc ..iir? terms which are considered highly ntageous, ire ° ci u . table result of the undertakm . g may be v el eemed as d ° l ;est at the rate of £6 per cent. is guaranteed for three the e the International Contract Company (Limited). At ° evnt of.no allotment of Shares being made, the ties w ill be returned in full. Should a less number of ,Zailbe allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be cothci ab le toward s the a ymeiip on allotment, and the f Ply) returned to the applicant. be ins 0 , tile Memorandum and Articles of Association 8 5 lisPeeted at the Offices of the Solicitors, Brokers, Z1p11.,,_, Cannon -street West. e ctuses and Forms of Application for Shares may sp an at the Offices of the International Contract k-ei;Ta,llB,ls,SCoalinenitoon.-E3treet, West ; and of the Bankers, Form Solicitors No '' OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. the Directors .--- Itaverttlemen, of_the . Ply mou th Shipbuilding, Dock, and Iron Works Company (Limited). the of t Paid to your Bankers (Messrs. ' e s in th e , 1 being a deposit of £1 per Share on w... Ine th , 4 above Company,) I request that you will , t ...4 1, L number of Shares, and I hereby agree to k e -eu Shares, or any less number that may Art. , /lad to • allotment, and to sigri the Meg ,f A _pay the deposit onbe allotted '' pay of the Gempany whoa required; ~, T HE Capital Of vit Deposit ment ; lotraent Ifonateur andria. Monsieur tl Ifyde -P James ( hill -stn Alb e } Nile rt Ln a Oat Bar lin t If Rod Robert A tralian • Messrs. B bard-a Londti The Brag, Messy M s Me e ssrs. ters. 9, This C the £lOO Shares of Bank Nvi Alexandr reetn rya ank, e ol to the Sh for each ( allotted raid, will il e l x bce h e a r t The ar naming al ntenta ar( of Messrs Ve ext( Rees • - sdri is ]Ong enJO exporters yielded n can be gi of its exh E S7Pt in their t The da cially wii haneed fi realised yield a ttt d heir con taken a active mi The 13' ter, of IA-1 voted to the EgY he hash The ar their prei . The A Agreem e lifeaars• Office of dep( °faces of than, ace< perm s s easta r and Broil Ft To the otGentle] th e above that nun numb er of the further c; a below, tl to late. Tat r %col whereby In 10, Per Sha. Putur not less Disco' artuuro • and Co blOUthli Sir 'lc Fra nc the Gre: 8. G. J atues. Doc lryai Joh n the Gov ke., Ply I). Co ulpar Jake ! A geut s The NA M. ti. kessrs. F, E dward jott4 Se atessrs. TEN, This ella4 /18 l 3 hip ya c arried Shipb u neeri ng Th e of upw for lai wid y t b lishn u feet by e ugiu e , aud bu pliau ce litue ki man agE foreroo, Rile° of It is to cons • lag 4do( quays, View o ships, armour of iron For premix, t hey zu the sea shelte r b the ti a e ma n de of the fu med Dort, i ( Th o n the b • aucl th ax l uated free of At Plyt tic htlit b ouud The o ther ' to stat R orke Th e ,1 ( rieu ee by ge t vrhole to u] the pr tasur e Int ( Years In t S har e deposi d ad© labA e eau b, 941 d 8 r be c ob ta t rok ( T otb >lzetiga ! B laar i allot hec op to i n.E • ' N°. 22,734. and I authorise you to place my name on the Register of Members in respect of the Shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, Usual Signature Name in full Residence in full Profession •. • Date • rp lIE OTTOMAN COMPANY (Limited). JIL. COMMISSION MERCEI AN 15 and FINANCIAL AGENTS. Inc.arporated under the Companies Act, 186•?, I inviting the Liabil;ty of the Shareholders to the Amount Subsenb.d. Capital £st 0,000, in 25,000 Shares of £2O each. With power lo increase. First Issue, 12,500 Shares, Of which 2,50 k Shares are reserved for Turkey. One-third of the remaining 10,003 Sharea has already been applied for. Deposit £1 per Share on Application, and LI on Allotwent. 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' d in full. DIRECTORS. Rear-Admiral Honaby, ft.N KnowAley, Lancashire, Chair man of the Cotton Plantation Company of Natal. William G. Barnes, Esq., Messrs. Barnes and Co., Merchants, Little Bush-lane, London. J. Lewis Parley, Esq., 20, Threadneedle-street, London. George B. Howden, Esq., Merchant, Leeds. Thomas Page, Esq., C.E., 3, Royal-terrace, Adelphi, London. Thomas Palmer, Esq., 16, Upper Southwick-street, Cam-' brid2e-square, Hyde Park, London. Augusto Soares, Esq Me+srs. M. and A. Soares, Merchants, 40, Seething-lane, London. Richard J. Van Lennep, Esq., Dutch Consul-General, Smyrna, Local Director.: MANAGING DIRECTOR. J. Lewis Farley, Esq. MANAGERS OF THE SMYRNA BRANCH. Messrs. Pierre and Joseph Topus. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Courtenay and Croome, 9, Graceehurch-st., London. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, London. BROKERS. London—Messrs. Smith and Binney. 5, Angsl-conrt. Liverpool—Meaam.¢. E. BenzUtz and Son, 17; M ter .lsevill•iire Ira Manchester—C. P. Allen, Vtiq , India-bnlldings, Cross-street. Hull—William West. EIN 8. Bowl - alley-street. 'Leeds—Messrs. A. Greenland and Son, Albion-street. Dnblin—Messrs. M'Mahon and Fa lon, 27, College-green. Glasgow—Dunean Machiaster, Esq., 71. Queen-street. SECRETARY. B. Lambert, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. No. 20, Threadneedle-street. PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purposo 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 clrugs, 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 countries amounted 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 hai 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 for 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 vances secured, and are losses often, incurred by the len der ?" The following are extracts from the official re plies : .A.DRIANOPLE.-31r. 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.' CONS TANTINOPLE.—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 30 per cent., the usurer taking care, by giving him self a very large margin, to secure himself against even tualities.' CYPRUS.—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." DIARBESHR.—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 2}, 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 cent." SAYADA.—Mr. Consul Zarb :—" M oney is lent to the cultivators at the rate of 5 per cent. per month ; the ad vances are always secured on the crop s , an d l osses 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 13- 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 titlo 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 mouth (48 to 72 per cent. per annum), and sometimes more." • VOLO.—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 pretented 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 wilThe 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-establi s h e d business of 60 years' standing has been secured. APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES. Applications for Shares maybe 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 tho Temporary Offices of the Company. Copies will bo 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 .£ 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.. Dittem 00000000 11 00000 1111/1111 11111111111111 l 110 SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, a Dining-room, consisting of a new and e,egant assort me at i VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink steads, •eautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, ine&c. I m ported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, M ralogist to her ilajesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary oollections of ROCKS. ad ENE RALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly militate tue 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 RALOGY is given by Mr. TEDTKAN T. at tn. Strand W.C. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RE REDY.—Pre tared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. toott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who iuffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, inligestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, iizzineta , of the eyes, &o. For habitual stiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier the blood, they are truly exoellent ; mild in their opera tion and grAteful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote 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. Saott's Billoas and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green paokage. with " William Lambert." engraved on the stamp,. SAILORS' ORPHAN HO ILE, Hampstead. I'ATItoN—TI TRITS! GIRLS' SCHOOL and Offices, 77. CornhilL ie QUEEN. Capt, the Hon. Francis Maude,flie Rev. Thomas Bar ing, Canon I Esq harmoneva R.N. , M.P. TREASURERS. R. C. L. RCM, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national Want,.viz.„an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants Aervice and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic serVice , and provides a home free of expense for former inmateti 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 even wally 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 bankerp, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhil!. R c .S A W a E L E c T s ING Hon. Sec. H, NASH, secs lIOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-re a d, 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, KG President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, with ou t 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 Jestitute sick has for a con dderable 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 containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Nu erman, 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 ; I. Barned and Co . Liverpool; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD 81LITH, secretary. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from 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. V., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. 111, A. F., aged 13, homeles., both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen. mother dead, A 8., abed 16, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents. M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. 11., 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 15, fallen, both parents dead. 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A Series of Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the " itedical 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 often 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 readers to the lower corner of the advertising columns of low newspapers, amongst which too mauy 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, needful to be known, will be found in the pamphl , t above referred to, which is entitled "Revelations of Quacks and Quackery," and is to be bad at the "Medical Circular " Office, 20, King William-street, Strand, W.C. The vile, practices, the monstrous impudence, the cruel rapacity, and the enormous gains of the obscene tribe of Quacks, the mischief they do, the ruin they work, even to the causation of suicide, are fully set forth in " R.evelations of Quacks and Qackery." And mark especially that, as aforesaid, the names of the Quacks are publishe i. The pamphlet iu question thus constitutes a regular Quack Di rectory, bf consulting which every young man may know where he may go if he wishes to get plundered and destroyed. Buy, therefore, reader, by all means buy " Revelations of Quacks and Quackery." 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DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profe4sion for Thirty year+ have approved of this pure solution of Ma , nesia as the best remedy for Gout and stomach disorders of every kir d; and as a mild aperient it is esrccially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared solely by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, dr,c., 172, New Bond-street, London ; - - • And sold through-..ut the world by alt respe, table chemists, CAUTION —See hat " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red Abel over the cork. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.- 3101, LARD'A perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothinz equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No. 1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, MA, Regent-street, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery and Son, Barclay and Sons. Edwards, Keating, Sanger arid Son, ioz s eaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and test monlals tree on a plication. Agent for Edinb argh—Mr. John M`Kay, chemist, 119, George-street CRYSTAL PALACE.—NEW SEASON PROGRAMME and NEW GUINEA SEASON TlCKET.—lntending purchasers will confer a favoiti by scouring them as early as possible ; otherwise, with the large demand consequent upon the issue of this year's unparalleled Programme, it will be somewhat difficult to keep up a con tinuous supply at the various Agencies. The agents are also supplied with the Five Shilling admis sion Tickets for the Handel Festival Great Rehearsal. They should be applied for at once, as only a few thousands will b.; issued at Fiy' Shillings. 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OPERA DI CAMERA, every Tuesday and Thursday at 3, and Saturday at 8. T " 0 X F. RD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AIl% ENFERS, FAUST, and LA CIRCAS SIENNE will be performed during this week. Principal artistes : —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 Balte, Les Freres Talbott, the Grotesque, D'Aubans, Madame Rams den, and Lea Freres Stonette. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Every Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission —area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, 18.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTE•RBURY HALL. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, (According to Act of Parliament). CANTERBURY if AI.L.—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, andon Full-length Models of the late President LINCOLN (basely assassinated); also President DAVIS, of the Confe derate States; the late lamented RICHARD COBDEN, M.P., may be seen at tEhseq.6MaliPe;i,anwditjhOvilarNioußsßrovilelTtieEs.sq NEW ADDITIONS.—ModeIs, life-size, of the YOUNG KING of GREECE, and MURRAY. who was Regent of Scotland in the time of Mary Queen of Scots. Open from ll a.m. till 10 p.m. • Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS.-NOTICE.-RE- ENGAGE tIENT of J. LEVY, the celebrated Paga nini Coma-a- Piston, will appear EVERY' EVENING, at Nine, Ten. and Eleven o'clock, and perform on Distin'a Patent Light-Valve Cornet. Conductor—M. LUIGI CURTI. Manager—H. GRENET. pARIS.-THE GRAND HOTEL, Boulevard des Capueines, Place du Nouvel Opera, opposite the Hue de la Pais, and near the Theatres. Has been orened sinca July, 1862. It contains 701 bed rooms, prices from 4fr. to 251 r. ; 70 drawing-rooms, from Mr. to 301 r. ; a magnificent salon, capable of dining more than 300 persons, snd where there is a table d'hfite at six o'clock. Dinners and breakfasts are served it hi carte in the coffee rooms, as we 1 as in the apartments. There is a reading . corn with the best English and foreign papers and publica tions, a music-room and a drawing-room for themuse of tra vellers without any additional charge. There are also baths, billiard-rooms, smoking divans, post-office ; cabs, c trriages, and omnibuses going to the railway station The servants ape ges. This superb Hotel, possessing all tha'; modern k all d . ernl lauxYi '•ltty and comfort can combine, and situated in the most fashionable part of Paris, is recommended to the atten tion of travellers. „„„_. Independently of their Twb`Hotels, the Compagni4 Immo ie re hase,t.,bl shed an exteta4ve.-Prlvvlto-Fornished.House on the Boulevard des Capuetnes, opposite the Rotunda of the G:find Hotel, wh, re- Families can reside as in their own private residences, and where they may rely upon finding the almost comfort. TEA. —Just received, ex " Whinfell," excellent FAMILY TEA, offered to Families at Merchants' Prices, viz :-3s. per lb., recommended ; also, ex " Lochln var." Finest Ankot Souchong, 3s. 6d., very superior. Tea: common, is. 10d., 25., to 2s. 4d. Samples may be seen and had on application. Price List free. • HOOKE BROTHERS, Merchants, 35, London-bridge, City. THE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your - TEA direct to the EAST INDIA TEA COM VA.).Y. China, Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from is. 104. per lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, City. • 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. Rose's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London. — ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently- Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d.; Gentlemen's from 55. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d, or sent free for 54 stamps. It i s most easy of use. FAIR DESTROYER High Holborn, , 248, J.. London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the s ki n, super fl uou s hair from the face, neck, and arms. 38. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 54 stamps. • Naval and Military Intelligence. Admiral Yelverton, C. 8., will probably hoist his flag on board the iron cased ship Caledonia, 31, Capt. the Hon. F. A. C. Foley, at Devonport, in about three weeks. Shortly afterwards the vessel will sail for the Mediterranean to complete the Admiral's three years on that station. He joined the Revenge April 24, 1864. The fittings of the Revenge will, it is understood, be turned over to the Caledonia. The crew of the Revenge, 600 men, who received wages to the extent of £lO,OOO, were paid off on Wednesday in about an hour and a half. Excepting the foulness of her bottom, which can be soon rectified, she is in good condition; and will pro bably take the place of the Blenheim, 60, at Pem broke. It is rumoured that after completing her time in the Mediterranean the Caledonia will be flagship in the British Channel. Her Majesty's paddlewheel frigate the Terrible, 21 guns, 1,850 tons, 800-horse power, having under gone extensive repairs both to the hull and ma chinery, and been fitted for the first division of the steam reserve at Sheerness was, in accordance with orders received from the Admiralty, placed in com mission on Friday last by the master in charge, Frederick Townsend, for Capt. Gerard J. Napier. The terrible is to be employed on the home station, and is ordered, in consort with the Sphynx, 6, paddlewheel sloop 1,061 tons, 500-horse power, to accompany the Great Eastern while laying the At lantic telegraph from the coast of Ireland to the coast of Newfoundland. The following officers have been appointed to and have joined the Terrible : Capt. Gerard J. Napier, Lieuts. S. R. Streatfield, H. A. Arundell, and F. J. Elliott ; Master F. Town send, Surgeon W. Fasken, Paymaster Thomas T. Wise, Chief Engineer Joseph Rollinson, Assistant- Paymaster German F. Mathew ; Midshipmen E. Battersby, A. W. Massy, A. E. Bancroft, and C. C. Wood ; and Assist.-Clerk John P. Braine. The shipment of the Atlantic telegraphic cable on board the Great Eastern at Sheerness is being con ducted with the greatest despatch by the manufac turers, the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (limited) (late Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co.), and it is thought that the work will befinished and the vessel in every respect ready to leave Sheer ness next month. The Salamis, 2, paddle despatch vessel, Com- Mander Francis G. Suttie, sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday for Alderney, with Capt. A. Clarke, R.E., on board, the Admiralty Director of Engineer ing and Architectural Works. Capt. Clarke's mis sion to Alderney is to inspect and report upon the present condition of the harbour, breakwater, pier, &c., upon which such large sums of the publicmoney have been spent,:a.n.d which is asserted to be so faulty in design that every recurring gale inflicts irrepar able injury upon it, sweeps away part of it, and de posits the materials beyond all recovery over the numerous beds of rock that fringe the island. The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Thrupp, ar rived at Portsmouth yesterday from the eastward, with supe'rnumeraries and stores, &c., and went into harbour from Spithead soon after her arrival. The Waterwitch, ironcased hydraulic gunvessel, now building under contract for the Admiralty in a private shipbuilding yard, had her selected 4i -inch armour-plate tested at Portsmouth on Saturday. The plate was from the firm of John Brown and Co., Atlas Works, Sheffield, and proved under trial ex cellent in metal and manufacture. The Waterwitch ip i nsr relation principles, from ft designed roo m costwhichof p rfnoo no speed u s p c pt r ie o oe ? 0 1 propulsion i o o t rh n teh . n as pt rate hydraulic rnoagt:l otoher v ca e n s H se ee ls vrer p m r b o ae p jg e e ll sat ed iyn,esd b .l y 4 ei gun ther fi d o o tt rib m. le g o b r at s t i e n ily g m le True s a c e r l e slti w iyl s : 1,589 tone, and 150-hone power, which PI ECE 4d., ST\MPED sd. bered the fitting basin at Woolwich during the past ten years, was on Saturday taken up to the break ing up yard at Charlton,-to be disposed of for fire wood. ller engines during that period have been in charge of a chief engineer and assistant constantly kept on the books of the Fisgard for that purpose. Capt. William King Hall; C. 8., late Capt. of the Sheerness Steam Reserve and the newly-appointed Captain-Superintendent of the Sheerness Dockyard, vice Capt. Charles Wise, appointed to flag rank, has taken up his appointment, and entered on his duties at the yard. Major-Gen. E. C. Warde, C. 8., commanding at Woolwich, has been daily engaged during the past week in making his half-yearly inspection as to the interior economy of the brigades and corps in garri son. On Monday the. General inspected the riding establishment in marching order, the whole of whom were dismounted and mustered in the Riding School for that purpose, and immediately afterwards he examined the books, barrack quarters, &c. The General afterwards proceeded to an inspection of the ' General Hospital, Cambridge-cottages, occupied by married soldiers and their families, and visited the schools there. On Tuesday he inspected the regimental schools on the Greenhill, the books of headquarters, and the batteries of the 4th brigade - ----IPiyal Artillery, the barrack-rooms, kits r workshops, &c. edncsaasr_ - he _glade a 4 spectionOTlte - Coast brigade, who were drawn out in marching order. Afterwards he went over the divisional barracks, workshops, cookhouses, &c., and inspected the sth brigade Royal Artillery in com plete marching order, and examined the books, general quarters, &c. On Thursday he inspected the batteries, head-quarters, and 2d division of the depot brigade Royal Artillery, the veterinary esta blishment, &c. On- Friday the General inspected Lieut.-Col. Reilly's battery, and attended a meeting of the mess committee. On Saturday he witnessed a course of riding by the officers and non-commis sioned officers in the Riding-school, and inspected the Military Train in marching order at the encamp ment on the western extremity of Woolwich Com mon. The General will continue his inspection of the district under his command each day during the present week. General Warde, with a view of giving the troops a greater extension of privilege from barracks, has issued an order that in future the tattoo will beat off at half-past nine, instead of nine, as heretofore, the rolls to be called in barracks at ten, and lights to be extinguished at half-past ten. Mr. Brown, a junior clerk in the Royal William Victualling-yard, was drowned near the eastern entrance to Plymouth Sound on Friday afternoon, during a sudden squall. The deceased and Mr. Gibson had hired a boat of a waterman, who was in it with them. After she upset the three kept themselves afloat by holding fast to the oars and loose spars for three-quarters of an hour, until assistance arrived, when it was found that Mr. Brown was dead. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Cyril W. Newall, naval cadet, to the Caledonia ; William C. E. Baker, second master, additional, to the Narcissus ; Joseph F. Atkinson, master's-assist., to the Sphinx ; Allen C. Denness, Chas. Webb, and Reginald F. Yonge, master's-assists., to the Terrible. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, (From the Times' Correspfrndent.) NSW YORK, April 18. A few minutes after midnight, on Friday, the 14th of April, the telegraphic wires announced to the people of America that the genial, kind-hearted, honest Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, had been murdered in the theatre, and that his Secretary of State, Mr. W. H. Seward, an old man, in his GGth year, lying on the bed of sickness, if not of death, had been fatally stabbed by the same or some other a.q.ctsvzsin. The few people who were stirring at the hofels and other places of public_ resort refused,to believe the intelligence. Tho story was so impr9bahlerrid so hoititte that it was 'hard for any one to give it credence. Hundreds who heard of it went quietly to bed with the firm con viction that the morning papers would dispose of it as a fabrication as incomprehensible as it was atro cious. But in the newspaper offices on that melan choly night there were no doubts. The news was official, under the hand of the Secretary of War, and was corroborated by half-hourly and still more frequent telegrams from Washington from the re porters and correspondents of the various journals. The papers were all issued at too early an hour to convey the positive news of the President's death, but the details they furnished of the cruel catas trophe were too minute and exact to leave any room for hope that he could by any possibility survive. Before 9 in the morning it was known all over New York and other cities of the North that his spirit had fled, and that after the infliction of the fatal wound he had never spoken a word or opened his eyes, or given a sign of consciousness or even of life, except in the failing throbs of the heart, and the heavy breathing of a strong man wrestling with death. The people were stupefied with the horror of the announcement ; but in the course of a few minutes, as neighbour spoke with neighbour, and stranger with stranger at street corners and places of public resort, the stupor was succeeded by a stern, fierce, vindictive resolve to avenge the deed, not only upon the assassins and their accomplices, whoever they might be, but on the whole people of the South, in whose interest it was supposed the crime had been consummated. Ever since the surrender of Gen. Lee the thoughts of all, except a very few, had been turned towards peace and reconciliation, and the President had been urged, and if he had lived would doubtless have needed no prompting, to pursue a policy so congenial to his nature, to offer complete and generous amnesty to the whole South, from Mr. JeffersOn Davis down to the last recruit in the Confederate army. But on Saturday morn ing no such feeling remained. People walked about with knitted brows and clinched hands as if each man felt an impulse to avenge by his own act the crime which had brought dishonour on the nation, and which might imperil the public safety by new and unforeseen complications. There was an almost universal inclination to attribute the murder to the plots of Southern emissaries—to the scoundrels who made raids from Canada upon Federal towns and villages, and who undertook to burn down the city of New York, and but little or any desire to believe that no political party had employed or instigated the murderers. The craving for vengeance fierce and unreasoning was everywhere manifested. By one accord, and without any concerted action, the people closed their shops and places of business, and. itch by noon the long line. of Broadway was hung w festoons of mourning, from almost t every hou o se, for a distance of three miles. 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Of what use was Mobile when Abraham Lincoln lay in his bloody shroud? And who cared for Johnston and his army when the greatest rebellion and the greateA war in history had culminated iu the greatest crime • that had ever afflicted a people ? At the first shock of the calamity there was an uneasy, widespread, and irrepressible doubt whether the necessary installation of Vice-President Johnson as successor to Mr. Lincoln was not an additional drop of gall in, the overflowing cup of the national sorrow. But the impression gradually wore off. Mr. Johnson was de jure and de facto the Presi- • dent., •He had made an unseemly exhibition of limself, it is true, before the Senate and the world on the 4th of March ; but people argued that he was never known to be a lover of strong drink ; that he might have been in temporary ill health, and been affected by a slighter stimulant than under ordinary circumstances would have left any per ceptible trace in his speech or manner, and that it ' was harsh to visit any man with condign punishment for so venial an offence as the taking of an extra glass, more especially when the offence was not habitual and was not likely to be repeated. There was a talk for awhile that General Grant ought to be proclaimed Dictator, but it scarcely outlived the day of the national tragedy ; and all men—even the bitterest opponents of Mr. Johnson—reconciled themselves to the duty and necessity of quietly accepting him as the constitutional chief magistrate of the Republic, and of according to him in his diffi cult and delicate position the fullest confidence and support. The little that is known of Mr. Johnson as a politican and statesman is not, it must be con fessed, reassuring. Unlike Mr. Lincoln, who was shrewd, sagacious, patient, and merciful, Mr. John son, if he may be judged by his speeches prior and subsequent to the war, and during his recent admi nistration of the affairs of Tennessee, of which he was appointed the military Governor by the late President, is violent and unforgiving. With the pro verbial zeal of converts, he, who was once an ardent supporter of the Southern idea of State rights, is now the inveterate, it might almostbe said, the rabid enemy of them. He is also a sturdy, if not obstinate friend of the Monroe doctrine, and as such not to be so safely intrusted as Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward with the irritating question of the French in Mexico, and the establishment of a monarchy on the North American continent. But in his case, as in many others, the weighty responsibilities of high position may help to modify and cool down the prejudices that were comparatively harmless in the unofficial politician, but cease to be harmless in the Chief of the State. Mr. Johnson has a great opportunity. The rebellion is visibly moribund—and not likely to be revived, unless a truculent and remorseless sys tem of terrorism and vengeance be employed against the landed proprietors and most eminent men of the South. The path of Mr. Lincoln was in_ this re spect the path of safety. He never uttered a vin dictive word, never penned a vindictive sentence, against the Southern people,' or any of their leaders civil or military. President Johnson should note the fact, and profit by it. And it is in this respect satisfactory to observe that the savage feeling ex pressed against the South as soon as the news of the murder of the President was received has greatly abated during the four days which have elapsed since its perpetration, and - that there is a more ge neral, though not yet universal, disposition to en courage the hope that perhaps the awful crime was the act of insane or semi-insane individuals—and had no countenance or privity from any Southern statesman or_ official. It was certainly not to the interest of the South that so dartardly a blow should be struck ; and if the assassin or assassins should by any chance sueceed iu reaching the Southern lines, and be by the Southern people delivered up to the justice of the North, it would be a consummation at which every friend of the South, as well as every well-wisher to the American Union, would most heartily and unfeignedly rtjoice. Up to the time at which I write all efforts to arrest the man Wilkes Booth, who was certainly the as sassin of the President, unless the clearest seeming evidence of his identity be fallacious, have been in vain. There was at one time an idea that he and he alone committed the murder of the President, and the still more hideous attack—if anything more hideous than the assassination of Mr. Lincoln be possible —upon Mr. Seward, his son, and attendants; but it now appears that this could not have been the case. It is supposed that certainly two, and pro bably five or six people, were engaged in a conspiracy to simultaneously murder Mr. Lincoln, Mr. John son, Mr. Seward, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Welles, and General Grant ; and that their schemes were frus trated by accidental and unforeseen circumstances. Upon this subject all manner of contradictory ru mours, not worth repeating, are afloat. Had Mr. Johnson as well as Mr. Lincoln met his death at the hands of the conspirators the country might have been convulsed with anarchy in addition to grief, and the Government thrown open to the seizure of any bold soldier who might have been tempted by the prize. In case of the death both of President and Vice-President the election of succes sors to these officers devolves upon Congress, and not upon the people ; and had such an election been made amid the passions which the double murder would have provoked, there is no knowing to what deplorable lengths the public exasperations might have been carried before Congress could have agreed upon the candidates, and much reason to believe that under such circumstances all eyes would have been turned towards Grant and Sherman as the only possible saviours of the country. It should be noted as among the remarkable cir cumstances of the time, and as one that shows the in abiding faith the American peop le maintain the stability of their institutions, that although the pre mium on gold rose nominally about 20 per cent. on Saturday, when the news of the murder_ was fresh in the public imagina tion, it fell on Monday morn ing on the partial resumption of business to nearly it previous rate, and is at this moment but half per cent. above the closing price of the night of the catas trophe. It should also be noted that the British popu lation of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and, in fact, of the whole of the proposed British American Confederation, without waiting to hear or see what would be done in the States of the Union, convened public meetings in all their prin cipal cities and t owns, and passed resolut i ons of condolence and sympathy with the American people in the hour of their great loss and affliction. They thus touched a tender chord in the American heart, and did more by that spontaneous act to silence for years to come the silly braggarts who now and then talk of invading or "annexing" Canada, than might have been accomplished by all the efforts of all the statesmen who ever took pen in hand either to argue the subject or to deprecate its discussion. Nor was the meeting of the British residents of New York I convened to-day at the Astor House by Mr. Archi bald, the British Consul, less gratifying to the Americans of all shades of politics, for the ready, cordial, and respectful sympathy displayed in the resolutions and by the several speakers who intro duced and supported them. A week ago the Aie: ricans, in the hour of joy and victory, .were a n .. vided people, split into parties and factio re ns. un l a L ve. ited day they are united as they nev er ncoln has before. 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