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IHE LONDON AND SOUTH . AFRICAN QTEA3t-SHIP COMPANY ,Limited). Capital £150,000, in 6,000 shares of £25 each. £1 to be paid on application for shares, and £4 on allotment. Further calls will be made at moderate intervals. DIRECTORS. J. R. Thomson, Esq. (Messrs. J. R. Thomson and Co., London, Cape Town, and Algoa Bay), Chairman of the London and South African Bank. John Hay, Esq., Shipowner, Sunderland and London. H. Maynard, Esq. (Messrs. Maynard Brothers, London and Port - Elizabeth). Henry Ellis, Esq. (Messrs. Henry Ellis and Sons), 17, Gracechurch-street. Joseph Levick, Esq. (Messrs. Levicks and Sherman, Lon- don and Cape TOw s n). Arthur Pardew, Esq., Shipowner, Plymouth and London. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. London and South African Bank for the Colonies. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ellis, Parker, and Clarke, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill. BROKERS—Nessus. P. Cazenovo and Co., 52, Thread needle-street. AuntTon—George Thomson, Esq. (Auditor, Batik of London). SHIP BROKERS. Messrs. Henry Ellis and Sons, 17, Gracechurch-street. Offices-17, Gracechurch-street. This Company has been formed for the purpose of sup plying a want long existing among merchants in London, trading with the Cape of Good Hope, for direct and regular steam communication from London. In order to show the profitable character of the busi ness to be transacted by such a line of steamers, it is only necessary to point to the extraordinary results ob tained by the Union Company for tfieir line from South ampton to the Cape. It is intended for these steamers to call either at Fal mouth or Plymouth for the embarkation and delivery of mails and passengers. There is a very largp and remunerative passenger traffic. The exports and imports of the colony" are yearly increasing, and the preference shown for steam carriage over the sailing lines is becoming greater, as merchants recognise that the saving in time, interest of money, and insurance more than repay the additional freight obtained by steamships. A fleet of steamers has already been secured under favourable circumstances, and at a moderate price. They are new, of full power, and of high class, and it is confi dently expected that with them the Company will be able to complete the passage from London to Cape Town in about 30 days. The steamers will be transferred to the Company at cost Two-thirds of the capital have already e b y een subscribed and the share-list will consequently remain open for a short period only.. Applications for shares to be •made. according to•the i c Annexed form to the Bankors, XesSrs. 'Glyn, Mills, Carrie, 7. and to. ; or to the Brokers, Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co. • TIE LONDON AND SOUTH AFRICAN STEA.SI-SHIP COAIPANY.(Limited). To the Director , . Gentlemen, - •rtid to your Bankeis the sum of £ I request .that you will allot me shares of £27 each in the above-named Company, and.l authorise you to insert n y name on the Register of nembers for the same, or -any less , number of share so allotted ; and I agree to accept such shares, or any less number, to I ay . the £4 further on allotment, and to sign the Articles of Alllsoetatioll if, and when, roquired to do so. Koine in full Address Description Usual signature The CR I DIT FONCIER and MOBILIER of ENGLAND (Limited , in conjunct ion wilh the IMPE 'UAL 'MERCAN TIL E CREDIT ASS'OCIATIO .74 ( Lintited), are prepared to It QEIVE SIT RSCRIV noNs for the CAPITAL. of • THE MILLWALL FREEHOLD LAND and, ' - - - - *DOCKS COMPANY. - ilia.; porated by special Act of Parliament 27 and 2; Vie., cap. 245, 15th July,--1864, under the tide of the Millwall Canal Company. The liabilitj.of the shireholders is limited to the amount of their shares. • Interest during construction is guaranteed at 7 percent. per annum upon th , ful y pail-up shares, and at 6 per cent. up 'a those p.id by instalments. Interest payable half-yearly, on 31st March and 3'th September in each year. Capital, £310,000, in 25,r0 / shares of £2O each, with the usual - • - - - Debenture Powers. Deposit, .£i per shareon application, and £4 on allotment. Calls 12,t to.exceed £1 108. per Share, and not to be made at - ' intervtis of sles• , th an • t hree months. • , -. . DIRECTORS. Sir JAMES - DA.LIIYMPI. ..,. ELI' IIINSTONE, Bait, M:P., ChArrnan. • WigiUrn - Let, Esq., M.P., Director of the. London annConnty Bank, Deputy-Chairman. Jdnies' - Childs- gig,- Directof •of the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of Eng Lind (Limitedz. Na r thanieL J. Fenner, Esq. (Messrs. N. J. and U. Fenner), Millwall. ' - • - 4 1 . W lnney, Esq., C.E.,Bankside, Southwark, and Field - place, HorShani, Sus-ex. - . A-,... James Levick, Esq , Peputy-Governor of the Credit Fonder and Mobil‘er of ki,'ngiand f(firuited). J. `Mackri CI Smith, Esq., Director - of the Credit Fonder and Mobillbr ot-1 4 ;oglAnd (Limite.l). • •-- - -•- ' • • • F. G. Westmorland, Esq., Dire tor of the Imperial Mercan tile Credit Association . (l.lmte4)._ • . • 4 ", i - -. ." BAN PIE ItS:' - ' • ' Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie and Cp.- 67, Lombard-e., E.C. ENGINEERS. John Fowler, Esq., C. 4, Queen-sqnare-place,,Westminater, - EnTineer-io-Cbiet_N i , • . , . . . W. Wilson, Esq, C.E., Queen-square, Westminster. . SOLICITORS.. Messrs. jlargrove, Fowler; and Blunt, 3, Victoria-street, • • Westminster. .. . , • % BROKERS. s Ressrs. , Laurenee, Son, and Peirce, 7, Angel-court, Throg- Morton:street.- • SECRETARY. 11. T. R,,binson, Esq. _ Temporary Offic( s—Nos. 17 and 18, Con:thin:EA This Company is incorporated for the purpose of supply ing, under circumstances peculiarly advantageous to the Shareholders, the great demand for wharves, sites for manu factories, ship-building yards, and graving docks within the port of London, which the natural increase of trade, combined with the removal of existing water frontage by the formation of the Thames Embankment, and other me tropolitan improvements, has created. The Company is incorporated by a special Act of Parlia ment passed last session, by which is obtained power to acquire a large tract of land at Millwall, consisting of up wards of 198 acres of freehold land adjoining the East and West India Docks. This land will be rendered available for the purposes above-mentioned, by the construction within its area of large docks or basins, with access for the largest vessels both from Blackwall and Limehouse Reaches ; so that the deep water frontage thus created by the works will become immediately valuable in the highest degree for wharves, granaries, manufactories, ship-building yards, and similar purposes ; and, from the water being always kept at high level, the saving of time and cost in all operations of lighterage, loading and unloading, which may be effected without respect to tides, will render this site far more valuable than land abutting on the Thames itself. The proposed works will also include the construction of public Graving Docks of the largest dimensions, capable of receiving vessels of even greater size than H.M. iron clad ship Warrior, and of accommodating H.M. frigate Northumberland, now building on the premises of the Millwall Ironworks, immediately adjoining this Company's property. It is a remarkable fact that for the immense mercantile fleet of the Port of London there is but one public graving dock on the Thames of sufficient capacity to take in a vessel of even ordinary dimensions. All the other graving docks are in the hands of private builders, Who require to execute the works and repairs themselves ; and it is therefore not unusual for ships to be sent from the Thames to Southampton, and even to Liverpool, to be docked for repairs. From the circumstance of the area proposed to be occu pied lying on an average about ten feet below high-water mark, the works will be executed with unusual facility, the material excavated being used to raise the adjoining land to a convenient level above high-water. The main roads which traverse the site of the proposed works afford good access to them ; and application is being Made to Parliament in the present session by the Black- Wall Railway Company for an extension of the Blackwall and North London Railway systems, by which direct railway communication will be afforded for the whole of the Company's works, wharves, and docks with the entire railway system of England. As a Land Company, the present undertaking has enor mous advantages from the unusual ample powers granted by its special Act of Parliament, by means of which it will become possessed, after appropriating about 56 acres for the Docks and Graving Docks, of upwards of 140 acres, with a water frontage of more than 10,000 feet, and from 400 to 800 feet in depth--the whole of which, on comple tion of the Docks, will become immediately available for letting, on building leases at freehold ground-rents. Be sides this source of revenue, estimated to produce upwards of £50,000 per annum, the Company will also derive a further large income of about £40,000 per annum, the rents of the Graving Docks, and from dues and charges from the docks, basins, wharves, &c., making a total estimated re venue of £90,000 per annum. In calculating the estimate of dividends very much will depend upon the mode found most practicable in dealing with the income of the Company ; if the ground-rents should be capitalised and sold as they accrue, and taking them at thirty years' purchase, it is estimated that Within a period of five years the capital, including the ad ditional amount intended to be applied for to complete the works, will have been repaid, with a bonus of upwards of 75 per cent., and the revenue of the docks and royalties and dues still be available for dividend to the Shareholders ; should, however, the whole rentals and revenues be main tained in hand, a dividend (after providing for expenses, interest on debentures, &c.) may fairly be looked for at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and, when it is considered that the greater part of this is from freehold ground-rents, the valuable description of the property this Company pos sesses will be at once apparent. The Directors have much pleasure in being able to an nounce that the whole of the works will be undertaken by Messrs. Kelk and Aird, the eminent Contractors, and that a contract for the first portion to be executed has been entered into with them, and arrangements made for the Payment by them of interest during construction of the works at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the Share Capital paid up by instalments, and of 7 per cent. per an num on all Shares applied for and allotted as fully paid-up Shares. The interest will be payable at Messrs. Glyn and Co.'s Bank, half-yearly, on 31st March and 30th Septem ber in each year. The first payment will be made 30th September, 1865. It is believed that so sound a scheme, and one which so Specially addresses itself to the investor, is seldom brought before the public. The basis of the enterprise being free hold land and ground-rents removes from it all character of speculation, so often the leading feature in public com panies ; and as a British and home security it will doubt less be appreciated by those who, while expecting good Profits upon their investments, yet look for solid security. An accompanying plan shows the whole of the works as Proposed when complete. Copies of the Act of Parliament and plans may be seen at the Offices of the Solicitors. Applications for Shares in be made to the Secretary, at the a ccom p an ying form may the Offices of the Company. or to the Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (Limited), 17 and 18, Cornhill ; also to the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited), 95 , Bishopsgate-street Within • to the Banker s an d B ro k ers; but no application will be entertained unless the deposit of £1 per Share on the number applied for has been duly Paid to the Company's Bankers. In the event of no allot ment being made to the applicant, the deposit will be Promptly returned in full. 28th March, 1865. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR £5 PAID SHARES. Bearing 6 per cent. interest during construction. (To be retained by the Bankers). No. To the D irectors of the 111 , 441 Freehold Lod And Doke No. 22,708. Company (Incorporated by Special Act of Parliament, 27 and 28 Vict., cap. 255, 25th July, 1864, under the title of the Millwall Canal Company). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers, Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co., 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 accept such Shares, or any less num ber you may allot to me, and I agree to pay the sum of £4 per Share on allotment, and I authorise you to insert my name on the Register of Members for the number of Shares allotted to me. be made available towards the payment duo on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. Prospectuses and Forms of Applications for Shares may be made to the Solicitors, the Bankers, Brokers, and to the Manager, at the Offices of the Company, No. 60, King William-street (opposite Eastcheap), London. REMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at " EVANS'. " After the Opera w,: shall Sup there! I:ichard Penney, New Burlington-street. THE PEOPLE'S PICKWICK. Usual Signature Name in full Residence Profession Date , 1865. Or if fully. paid-up Shares are required, on the following form : KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest. FRENCH BRANDY, It ii Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Sd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by. the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 193, Piccadilly. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR FULLY PAID-UP SHARES. Bearing 7 per cent. interest during construction. (To be retained by the Bankers). No. To the Directors of the Millwall Freehold Land and Docks Company (Incorporated by Special_Act of Parliament, 27 and 28 Vict., cap. 255,•25th July, 1864, under the title 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." ORYSTAL PALACE.-TO-MORROW.- k) SATURDAY CONCERT and AFTERNOON PRO MENADE. Vocalists—Wile. LEIBHART and Mons. LAVESSIERE (from the Theatre Lyrique). Solo Pianoforte—Madame 'ARABELLA GODDARD. of the Millwall Canal Company). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers, Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co., 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 of fully paid-up Shares, and I agree to accept such Shares, or any less- number you . may allot to me, and I agree to pay the sum of £l9 per Share on Allotment, and I authorise you to insert my name on the Register of Members for the number of Shares allotted to me. Programme includes Overture, Scherz ; and Finale, Schu mann ; Concerto Pianoforte iu E flat, Beethoven; Overture, "Midsummer Night's Dream," Mendelssohn. Admission—Half--a-Crown ' • or by Guinea Season Tickets, free. Rese ved Seats, Hatt a Crown. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new entertain ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by Mr. William Brough. New scenery by T. and H. Grieve. Every Evening, except Saturday, at 8. Saturday af(ernoon, at 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Usual Signature same in full Residence Profession Date 1865. COMPANY • (Limited). FOR LIFE,' FIRE, AND GUARANTEE. Incorporated under theCompanies , Act, 1862, which limits the ,liability of each` Shareholder to the amount of his Shares: • - • ' Capital - One Million, in sD,:oooSlis' ,res of £2O each. First Issue .25,000 Shares,-.with pos,wv to create 10,000 , SpeCial Fdreign Sluifes..of SOO, francs each. Deposit-Xl-per Share on-Application, and £1 to be paid on Allotment, beyond • which no - further Call is contem plated. • DirlECTons: : I • The:Right Hon. Lord •Xisconnt: Malden, 39, Lowndes street, 13elgrave-square, andiondwiter House, Rickmans worth, Herts. " William Watson, Esq., bitistel ttitd Weston-super-Mare, Director of Bristol and Fgetfr Railway. Thomas Pain, Esq., Triford,.Wills, - and Windham Club, Director St. James's-square, . of tai& Salisbury and Yeovil r Lieiit.-Colonel H.. E~Austen, , J.P ' 7 Huritspill • Somerset: - The'Rev. James GaOuiTy Fussell, .16, Cadogan-place, Belgraye s square, an& tho,Chantry, F y rome. Francis Jayes, Esq., •28, Parliameflt-street, and Castle Hill, Eablig. ' • Arthur Palliser, Eact, Fulham. • William Watson Prole,. ESq., 1, Kensington Park gardens East. - Hugh: Wird Saunders; Esq., J.P., Chobham House, Bagshot.- James Syddall, Esq,, gannracturer, Manchester.':' With piiiver-t6 ad to their, number. Influential gentle Men •ayo forming- Local Boards in „ Liverpool, Manchester, and other important towns. COUNCIL OF - A - DMINISTRATIOIc - FOR FRANCE. PIiESIDEXTL-M.' fe Due do MELFORT, Paris: • M. le Prince Adam Tisznierskl, Ruo,yastiglione, Paris. M. lo ,MarqUis do tethisy, AncienTair de France, Rue 'de l'Univefitd, Faubourggt; Germain. • - • • M. le Cointe ile Bonkars; Ancien Capitaine d'Etat-Major, proprietaire Rio St: Dominique, Fanhourg St. Germain.- M. le_ Comte do Mentblp.nt, Rue de . Tiiroli; Paris. - M. •Eitgena Decainpa, , 'Ancien Avocat Cour de Cas sation, et au Consiel d'Etat, -RueLaßouphefoucauld, Paris. ' M. Horrerre, Maire do - Paris, 2d Ariondisement, Admi nistrateur do la Fitineo Maritime, Rini Richelieu, Paris. ,B*NN4ns .IN PAWS. Messrs., Charles Laffitte and Co., 48 : bis Rue Basse du -• • Rempart.' : „ . • COXSEIL JUDrCAIRE. - 34, Lion Jaybert;,,Doctour,en Droit, *avocat hla Cour d'O , Rue Iri-ionne. • , • „ - --liftsahlcim , 4r? PARIS. Mons. L.-Mi'de Bikouse, 2, -Rue Chabanais. COU.N,VIL•QF;A:DM.INISTRATION POR ITALY. PRESIDE.NTIC le Ice CHATMES 'PONIAT OWSKE Grand &c.; Florence. • Male Comte• Paul Tolomei, Prefect of the Palace of his. Majeety the King of Italy.. : M. la-Marquis Lotteringo Della StufOnspector-Geneial of the• Household of his Mtviesty the King s of Italy. M. Sebastian Fenzi (Messrs. E. Fenzi and Co.), BankerS, Floreree. " ' • M. le Baron French (Messrs., French an'a'Co.), Bankers,' Flprpnce. BANKERS. Messrs. E. Fenzi and Co., Florence. Gentlemen of high position are forming Councils of Ad ministration in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden. COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION FOR THE Unreserved seats, ls., 28. ; stalls, Zs. ; stall chairs, ss. May he..secnred at the Gallery without fee, - uPERA DI CAMERA, every Tuesday and Thursday Morning, and Saturday at 8. r H E 0 X FORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). _ . . ORPHEE. AUX ENFERS, FAUST, and NORMA will be performed during this week. Principal artrstes : —Mons. Lavessiere, Signor Spagnoli, Mr. Green, and Misses Ellison and Barrie, with full Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonglunans. Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian and Mimic\ W. Randall, Little Bob, Miss Kate Balle, Les Frees Tailiott, and the Grotesque, D'Aubans. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonglimans. Every Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission—a:ea, 6d.; stalls and balcony, is.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CIANTERBURY HALL. ‘..1 The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, (According to Act of Parliament). ' CANTERBURY ALL.—EVERY EVENING at half-past Nine o'clock R OYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern TerminusN Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. Operatic Selection, SONNAMBULA. Prima Donna, Miss ELLIzON. Comic --NELLY POWER, HARRIETT COVENEY. J. G. PORDE. WEST, FRED. FRENCH, 311dlle. CE RITO" SYLVEs R. .The BROTHERS'. A I.TOFF, from the Theatre Desarts, Louen, and the ELLISTRAIS, from the Crystal Palace. Stalls, ls. ; balcony, 6d. ; area, 4d. Open every evening at Seven o'clock. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GREVILLE. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, established 29 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast taken by Doctor Donovan; also a full-length MODEL, of KOHL, taken at his trial -are now added to the Chamber of. Physiognomy. Open, it till dusk, and 7 till 10 evening. Admittance, One Shilling ; extra rooms, Sixpence. - ' - A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. GRAND CASINO. CONCERT. First time in England, Gungl's new German Toy Waltz. Prince Imperial Quadrille, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, William Tell, and a variety of Dance Music. Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTL Admission, One Shilling. 3lanager, M. GRENET. CITY SH O W-R OO M FOR GLASS AND CHINA, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. T DEFRIES and. SONS' TABLE GLASS, • Cat and Engraved. okthe choicest detigns k DEFRIES and SON- S' DINNER, DESSERT, P. 17 • and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns. DEFRIES and SON- S' LUSTRES, TAZZAS, tY • and Flower Vnees for the present season. DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, tl • r the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and Silver. T DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS' el • in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles. ' - T DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, .3 • in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for India. T DEFRIES and SONS' SPECIAL DESIGNS tl • in Lamps for India. JJDEFRIES and SONS' WALL LIGHT • Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). JDEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB • Mess, and General Furnishing Orders oi.China, Glass, JJDEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS • with Pattern Books and Special Designs. DEFRIES and SONS have just added Five eJ • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory. They have now on show the largest assortment in the world of the above goods or their own manufacture. Pt MANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS, 147. Houudsditch. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., oc 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently- Ladies' Hair from 7s. ed. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent free for M stamps. It I s most easy of use. !VTR DESTROYER, 248, Hi g h Holborn, London.—AL EX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 51 !tamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which tpeedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free for 54 stamps.—ALES. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. Essay )n Hair, Id. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of. ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &c. 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, Is. ; sent for 14 stamps; Eye Colour, 3s. Bd., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or cu stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. Ross. 218, High Holborn, London. CONSULT Mr. A. ESKELL'S popular and reliable TREATISE on the TEETH 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 booksel er, from Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers'-hall-court. Price, 7d.; in cloth, 13d. MA AME I D or her a RAC H EL, world-renown ed lirh preservin gVe enhancing youth, beauty, grace , an d loveliness, and whose Royal Arabian, Circas s i an , B a th s, S p i ca s, and Perfumes ren derttSaa inaendd the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond com parison, giving the appearance of youth and beauty to per sons however tar advanced in years, have caused her name to stand a marvel of the age, of which delicate and costly arts she stands the sole possessor.-47A, New Bond-street. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S exclusive PATENT. The right to this patent was secured to Mr. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street, by a Royal seal (July 17, 860), a• d can only be procurel at his residence, where speci mens may be seen. and every information can be obtained. Under this patent, artificial teeth, to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth and protect tender gums ; their re semblance to nature J 4 perfect and undetectable, and they are guaranteed for mastication and articulation. Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. Consultations free. Terms strictly moderate.-8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical prole .aion for Thirty year* have approved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Gout and stomach disorders of every kir d ; and as a mild aperient it is esrecially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared sole y by DINNEFOIID and CO., Chemists, &C., 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold through:ut the world by all respectable chemists, CAUTION.—See 1 hat " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.— MOL LARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. 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Without a moment's lull the war, for the first time in its history, has raged. furiously through the winter, and, undeterred by such floods of rain as never heralded early spring, Sherman strives to push northward through the swamps and pine-barrens of the Carolinas, while Sheridan drives southward at the heart which Virginia has so long stood at bay to cover, while Grant peers anxiously for a weak spot in the armour with which Lee has girdled Richmond, and which, undaunted as ever, he_ still defends. Were my time passed exclusively in camp, where the pleasantest hours I have known in Secessia have been spent, and where I tae counsel only from the language of soldiers, I should say that the campaign of 1865 opens more hopefully for the confederates than the • campaign 0f1864. On the other hand, were my whole time passed in Richmond and my visits to the Confederate Congress of daily occur rence; I should say that the rebellion begins toucher ala fin, that Southern resistance is on the eve of being stamped'out; and President Davis soon likely to be in a condition to join Candide's assemblage of di r caned 1t41)6. The truth, probably, lies be= to den these two extremes of opinion; but I incline • to ad e belief that it is more faithfUlly represented by the lino rc6l , Sr abitedfaith and valour of the soldiers .than oy, tire' contemptible irresolution' of timorous spe'culat'ors- or the bewildered depression of vacilla !ting Congressmen. It' is difficult to 'speak - with patience On the subject of letrfslative - bodies called to deliberate in the supreMe agony of ,a nation, - which it is not too harsh' io . s - Ay :that, in , times like these, they are utterly unworthy to represent. 'Aould,that could pass by : this subject in silence, br delineate by such a raw of asterisks , as - constitute • Certain chapters of " Tristram Shan4"'thO- recent deliberations, of the Confederate Congrees.' • To me it seenis that the conduct, language, and 'gearing of t4eiHouse,of Congress, both at - Richmond and Washington, throughoue r Ais terrible American crisis' have been such as tobring republican institu tions into derison and discredit all over the globe. For 100 days in the Capitol nader the ghadow of which am writing the' fiothy'war of words has furiously raged, but up to the present honr not a single measure to augment the strength - of General Lee's army,: or fill by taxation Mr. Trenholm's coffers, has passed into legal 'existence. For nearly three months Gen: Lee's dOinands fOr the enlistment of negroes was met with Congressional asservations that the - time for such a met is not come, until suddenly, within the last few days, a cry has been heard of " Too late !" Oscillating between the cries of " Not yet" and " Too late," more inter - eked in prosecuting petty malignities at h9me than in broadly breasting a common foe abroad, thinking solely whether some remote country district of North Carolina or Georgia will continua to its re presentative some pitiful $3,000 or 0,000 per -an -num for yet another two years, the politicians 'of the South, emulating the example of their brethren in the North have br6unlit the very name of their craft and calling into ridicule and execra tion. The times are ripe for the assumption by General Lee of a military dictatorship, and never did there figure in history an eminent sol dier to whom a people's liberties might more safely be committed, but who had less of the temper of a Cromwell or a Napoleon, than Robert E. Lee. We are promised that the Negro Enlist ment Bill and the taxation solicited by Mr. Tren holm will next week be passed ; but it is sickening to think of the weary weeks which have been wasted in a vacillation which has given heart to the Fede rals, while it has sapped the glorious stanchness of the soldiers who take their tone from Longstreet or Lee. Lately I have heard in this town language which it must have been difficult to utter in the pre sence-of the widows of Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, and thousands of others who gave their lives that Secessia might be free. But clear above the turmoil of despondency rises the voice of Gen. Lee, stating that if he is beaten it will be from the rear and not from the front; that the military situation seems to him as promising as that of any campaign upon which he haS embarked ; and that, unless his coun trymen give way to senseless dejection, nothing can prevent their ultimate independence. 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Barred and Co., Liverpool; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD =ITS begretarY. It is idle to pretend that any danger is so me nacing to the Confederates as the army of Sher man. For more than nine months Grant, blocked by the lines around Petersburg and Richmond, has made no material step in advance, until it has be come a received opinion that Richmond's triple line of fortifications, if manned by even a third of the number ever likely to assail it, is practically impregnable. It is known, too, that Grant has latterly been making bitter complaints about the material which has been added to his ranks. But the army of Sherman, composed of the finest stuff which the Federals have ever put in the field, flushed by a career of success unbroken since it first advanced, ten months ago, from Dalton, in toxicated by the plaudits of its countrymen, for midable in numbers, and still more so in morale, streams resistlessly upwards from the South, and it is felt that if ever an American battle promised to be decisive it will be the battle seemingly destined to take place in the neighbourhood of Raleigh between Johnston and Sherman. Your readers will have followed Sherman's course since he cap tured Columbia and flanked his enemy out of Charleston and Wilmington. In the first instance it seemed to be Sherman's design to advance along the railroad which connects Columbia with Charlotte in North Carolina ; but whether he was checked by Beauregard's firm attitude (previous to the assump tion of command by Johnston) on the Catawba River to the south of Charlotte, or whether he was baffled by the difficulty of moving supplies and artillery through the miry swamps of the Carolinas, Sherman, shortly after capturing Columbia, struck eastwards towards the sea coast with the apparent design of making a fresh sea base at Fayetteville, which is connected with Wilmington by the Cape Fear River. Simultaneously a strong force of Fede rals, probably 20,000 strong, under Gen. Schofield, is striking inwards from the coast at Newbern, with a view to effecting a junction with Sherman near to Goldsborough—an important station on the Wil mington and Weldon Railroad, and distant not more than 40 miles from Fayetteville. It seems proba ble that the coming battle will be fought on the line between Goldsborough and Fayetteville, unless Johnston elects to give up Raleigh to his enemy with a view to getting him deeper into the heart of North Carolina before he ventures upon battle. Meanwhile the old lesson of the war about the immensity of Southern distances is again likely to be taught to Sherman. In order to gain a new base at Wilmington he has been compelled to set free the main artery of General Las army from the South, de,46, . 'Z. 2 ea -u4 PRICE STAMPED sd. the railroad from Columbia to Richmond, via Char lotte, Greensborough, and Danville. It is my belief that the impossibility of starving out the Confede rate armies while Johnston's army derives, supplies from South Carolina and Georgia, and the abun dant resources of Virginia and North Carolina are available for Lee, will be learnt before many weeks have flown. The obvious danger which menaces Secessia is that, in order to defeat Sherman, Lee may be compelled so to weaken his army as to be unable to hold the lines around Petersburg and Richmond. But it will, I think, be found that in the coming battles the Confederates will fight with the old elan and impetuosity which carried •against superior numbers :the heights of Chanceliorsville, and bracketted with Albuera the recent name of Gaines' Mill. innocent, and that he courted investigation ;Aat he had no intention to leave the country, andithati i: in fact , he only sold off his hay. The magistrates thbught there was very little at present to cross-examine upon. After a long contention between the learned In that distant south-west of the Confederacy, which is both to Confederates and Federals a sealed volume, a prOmise of a brighter Confederate future seems in store. A despatch from General Forrest— a man who when the true history of the war is known will share with Jackson and Lee its .choicest honours—announces that he has a force which is, in his judgment, more than a match for General Thomas, and that the campaign of 1865 opens better for the Confedefates than any of its predecessOrS. Such an utterance from the mouth of - a man who is as little given to boasting as Lee himself will com mand respect,...e.v.e.n.i9..Washington.... ,But of more inn- portance than the words of Gee4l tOriest is the faCt thatin Georgia and Alabama a grpa,t ofCon federate enthusiam•is-nnnonnoed.' Tliepluckylittie town of MobilO.Willneit fall into:Canby'shands with= out a sharp and; if anYtithigiiike:dfsater* arrests Sherman,: eve .*:are , prom*d: assigpmee ,frpi* lukewarm i •Gecqgia, to. an extent:whieh seemltd little likely two Mouths inhumanity of Shermaff; the rabid exultatiOn of the New York Pres, consciousness" of the unutterable horrors' Yankee dominion will entail, aredriVing Southerners to the front zvith*something of the- enthitsfaiin,of 1861, - ; an d,•.belhe'aiesult of the hiuninent .battlemirhat. it i nkay i they reflect no clisgrage !Ton floiqederate..apis f . 7 :- From across the ere, according,-to' the tantalising rumours which hate reaehed m'for thela,st 12 months; 50,000 federates in.th . e-itiiireSt state of efficiency liave long b?en rev - chili:lg on the fat of the land; there comes;a: • voice-which sayS that some fighting ~.*ill year•he done; Altogether; I angdailypore convinces hat lichuzopd fads ,a,?.d7„1,,ee L and s Tosaston,are driven from4he,field, it is-but,thefirst stage of this 'e.olossal . revolution which will then be completed. There. ill ensue a time when every important town of the South will reqUixeto be held by a Yankee . garrison when • a problm -which Lord Stanley - -well describ'ed 'some months agd as far transcending id difficulty anything the. Federals have_ yet accomplished will. be presented for their, ; .when the exultation of New ; Xprk will be . exchanged for . soternes's .aild.right-.reason, and when it Will be"realised that.the: closingl3"Ceile of this mightiest-reyolution*drarna will not be played out save in the.tinies .of our children'fichiklien; Extraordinary Charge of embezzlement, gentlemen, . - (From, the .6herbornp Journal),, ' e Mr. Bidwell was sworn to his deposition. He is an accountant at Liverpool, of 20 years' standing, and he was employed to investigate the accounts of the prisoner, and he swore that he had found ac counts entered falsely and fraudulently, and that he had received moneys which he had not accounted for. That he had charged money as being remitted to Messrs. Hoare, which he had paid to his private account, and that he had misappropriated several thousands of pounds, among them being the two sums named. Superintendent Lewis was then sworn, and stated that he apprehended the prisoner. He came readily. He heard several persons say that the furniture was all sold. Mr. Lewis read the bill of the prisoner's sale,- 21 acres of wheat straw, the sheep feed of 30 acres, three fat Devon steers, and some hay. He then called— Mr. Helmsley, defendant's solicitor, who declared that defendant had not attempted to evade any of the. Chancery proceedings ; that a distress had been put in upon the prisoner for rent, and that on appli cation to the Vice-Chancellor be had allowed an injunction. It was stated in the answer to the application that the prisoner was about to leave the country. He went out to Sardinia about the pro motion of a railway, but he came back again. The defendant's answer in the Chancery proceedings was now before counsel. In cross-examination he said he was connected with the prisoner. He had books relating to the prisoner's accounts, but did not know that they belonged to Lord Shaftesbu aithey : wWe'Cluplicate books. He *was nOtAkaid 7 7-. t4atthe prisonar kept 15 hunters about the agUntrtt On his.£4so a 'Thomas G. Bell, prisoner's clerk, vas ^caued~f pro•VetWit onljr..the things before anuincratc‘LNVere Edward Watera, Fjsoner's . l3rOtlief,-* swore thatfhe believed he had not ;the- sliihtest . ieption of leaving"Pie:con.p.try. , Theanagistrates rairad_to consider the quitsan of d Nil, - and on. their ,returf Mr.. Humphreys rn . tioned that when the injunetottwasi granted out of' 6 ...0111C £OOO rent due, a sum of £5fiNwAS ordered to bi paid into court, and that as regarded_th9 rest''-' cOuld-iibt.l.c..=covered, as hislordshipLs passed it - 14:116:heconnt.'I t?r,„. o **: 4 ; Alr. - Heliniley-shid the £570 had been tendered, bit ilumphiey7 said it was to the bailiff in DOssession: - In .crOSsetatiination,i Mr. Helmsley..§tatel:ll9 was told there thight-be'criminal proceedings before . . the defendant-filed,the bill: The magistrates consented to accept bail,the prisoner's ()yin - in ~£l- , 000, and two sureties in .--Sb,ooo each. Mr. John Waters and Mr. Edward Waters atereel into the ieivirecl bail; and'prisOner 'VF - as liberated, the case being adjourned for a week. Blpir - Failures, • Yesterday an adjourned meeting of the credit O r -- of the 'failed lAnk of :titvfood s s, gpdoner,-Mar shalls and "Co. was lieldlin - the,Town-hall,:pirining z ham, fg,tht,purpop-of regeiving,tb zopilnittee, investi ►ation_ L pointed at a public meeting on the 16th inst. to ascertain the 'financial positiop of the bank, with a view of securing the 'earlietf — p&ssible distribution of the UsSti amolig the _Oreditors. His w'orshipthe.Mayor Henry Wiggan).again oc cupied'ilit chair; and the attendance was even more • nuinerous . thanfat" the-first meeting held a, feviclare 'after the bank failure., ,The greatest excitement; ; prevailed during the proceedings. The Rev. * Dr. MiLiER, the chairman of the credi tors' investigation committee, read a voluminous re port aslo the causes of the failure of the bank, the stoppage of which, the - committee remarked, would form an epoch of painful and - surpassing importance in the history of the Midland metropolis, the em barrassine_ and but ._too,terriblyaifinona_effeeta: of which had yet to work themselves out, and must be felt for many years to come. After tracing the past history of the bank since the accession of the Messrs. Marshall in the month of January, 1854, the committee report that the causes of the growing deficiency were apparent in the low of interest to the bank by the enormous withdrawals by the Attwood family. The amount of indebtedness on the part of the several partners was stated as follows :—George Attwood, £225,000 ; Richard Spooner (deducting total value of estates, life policies, and proportion of profits), £3,448 ; Thomas Att wood, £12,286 ; Thomas Aurelius Attwood, £6,769 —making a total indebtedness of £257,493. The surviving partner, Mr. Henry Marshall, was returned as a debtor to the bank to the amount of £1,545 ; but for this there was an estate which would be available for the creditors. As regards the gross profits of the bank it was found that in the 11 years (from Jan. 1, 1854 to Jan. 1, 1865, without making any provision for bad debts) these profits were £49,019 19s. Id., or little more than £4,000 a year ; and the large amount of bad debts had swollen the defici ency to upwards of £340,000. The committee re capitulated the substance of an interview a deputa tion from the creditors' committee had with Mr. Wolverley Attwood, and laid before the meeting the final reply of that gentleman to their appeal, in which, while expressing his sympathy for the un fortunate creditors, he did not admit his moral obligation to contribute any sum towards making up the loss the sufferers by the bank failure had sustained. The statements made at the former meeting by Mr. Whateley were stated to have been found substantially correct, and the committee added, as the result of their careful inquiries, that the late bank had been hopelessly insolvent for eleven years, and that confidence in its stability, both by depositors and customers, was rather in creasing than waning, up to Christmas last. The report went on to say that the committee had ad vertised for tenders for the purchase of the business and assets of the late bank, and of the tenders which had been received the committee recom mended the acceptance of that of the Birmingham Joint-Stock Bank (Limited), whose offer was to purchase the property and assets upon the terms of paying the creditors of the late bank a dividend of lls. 3d. in the pound, taking upon themselves (the purchasers) all costs and expenses. (Cheers.) The committee, with the approval of the assignees, were unanimous in recommending that this offer be ac cepted by the creditors, and that a resolution be passed accordingly. On the motion of Dr. WRIGHTSON, seconded by Mr. J. R. ALLEN, it was unanimously resolved : " That this meeting having heard the report of the committee, is of opinion that the tender of the Birmingham Joint-Stock Banking Company (Limited) to purchase the property and assets of the late bank of Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner, Mar shalls, and Co., upon the terms of paying the cre ditors an early dividend of 11s. 3d. in the pound, and taking upon themselves (the purchasers) all costs and expenses, ought to be accepted by the creditors." On Saturday last the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord- Lieutenant of the county - , came down, to Slierboine, attended by Mr. Bidwell, Accountant, of Liverpool, and preferred an information, -upon which Captain Falwasser at once issued a warrant for the arrest Of Mr. Robert Short Watersi - for embezzling two sums of £27 15s. 7d. and £25; in 1857, while steward to the Earl of Shaftesbury.. The warrant was placed in the hands of Superintendent Lewis, who Went to LAindon on Sunday, and next day proceeded to a place called Greenhurst, at-I:Wed, in Sure* distant some eight miles from the Godstone-road station. Here Mr. Waters occupied a farm, living in an elegantly furnished house. The officer had had the warrant backed, and was assisted by a Surrey con stable. He had to wait until nearly 11 o'clock, when Mr. Waters drove up in a tandem, accom panied by a groom in livery. The superintendent at once explained his unpleasant business, and a fly having been procured, the prisoner was taken away, handcuffed, to the Godstone police-station, where he remained during the night. On Tuesday he was brought down to Sherborne, and lodged in the police-station here, and on Wednesday, at half-past 2, the prisoner was brought up and placed at the bar, before Mr. John Goodden, Mr. J. F. Falwas ser, and Mr. W. N. Allford. The Earl of Shaftes bury appeared, accompanied by his solicitor, Mr. Humphreys, of Newgate-street ; Mr. Lewis, of Ely place, appeared for Mr. Waters. As soon as the doors were opened a very large body of persons found their way into court, evidencing the greatest interest in the matter. Mr. Humphreys said he had the honour to ap pear on behalf of Lord Shaftesbury, who was the prosecutor in this case against the prisoner at the bar, who eras in his lordship's service for 12 years as steward. He was the steward of the late Lord Shaftesbury, and continued to fill the office after the present earl came to the title and estates, and he remained from the time his lordship came into the possession of his property in 1851 down to July, 1853, when his lordship felt it to be his duty, in consequence of some irregularities which he disco vered with respect to the accounts, to intimate to the prisoner that he must either resign or be turned away, and he thought proper to resign. His duties as steward were these :—He had the management of Lord Shaftesbury's estates in Dorsetshire, of his estates in Yorkshire, and of his estates in Wiltshire, ann was paid by a salary of £430 a year. He had a .house to live in, and his travelling expenses were paid. His duties were to receive the rents and other moneys which were paid for or on behalf of Lord Shaftesbury, and to pay them into his lordship's account at the Blandford Bank. Lord Shaftesbury also kept an account at Messrs. Hoare's, and the moneys paid into the Blandford Bank would be transmitted to the account in London. His lordship also kept another account—an " estate account," at Blandford, which he used to supply with money from time to time, the arrangement being that about £5,000 should be paid into this account, and that if Mr. Waters wanted any further supply he had only to make application for it. His lordship hid a tenant named William Target, who was tenant of Old Down Farm, at a rent of £272 a year, payable half-yearly, but in point of fact the custom ap peared to be that he had a half-year's credit. The defendant was charged with embezzling two sums of £27 15s. 7d. and £25, the first being received in January and the other in April, 1857. These two sums were paid by Mr. Target, and they had never been accounted for in any shape by the prisoner, who had used them for his own purposes. He was not in a condition to call before them Mr. Target to-day, and all he proposed to do was to swear Lord Shaftesbury and the accountant to their depositions and ask for an adjournment, when he should be pre pared to show that the prisoner had embezzled various sums amounting to several thousands of pounds. The accounts had been thoroughly inves tigated by an accountant, and that accounted for the delay in these proceedings, for which, indeed, there was another reason. The prisoner had filed a bill in Chancery against Lord Shaftesbury, and his advice to his lordship was not to take ally criminal steps until he had put in his answer. That had been done, and his lordship was now acting not only under his advice, and of his private soli citor, but of counsel as well. There was some reason to believe the prisoner intended to leave the country as he had a sale of stock and effects a few days be fore his apprehension. His lordship was then sworn to his information, which in effect was that he was informed and be lieved that there was a great defalcation in his accounts. A resolution was also passed requesting the creditors' committee to continue their services for such further time as may be necessary. In reply to a question from Mr. J. Suckling. Dr. MILLER said, with regard to the payment of 11s. 3d. in the pound, the Birmingham Joint-Stock Bank directors would have to bring the matter before their shareholders to get the proposal ratified in the usual manner ; and he believed that at the very earliest moment at which it was possible, after the legal ratification of the bargain, the money would be paid. (Hear, hear.) He added that no unnecessary delay would be interposed by the com mittee or the assignees in realising the proposal. 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