The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-09 00:00:00

It EIiEMI3 ER! WE WAIT SUPP E R FOBkot) YOU, after the Pantomime, at EVANS'. Fail RINAZAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. klebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FR ANC It iiPur ;5" BY' 801 i --e ' --d, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. IlleAze'n Bottles, 35. 8d , at the Retail Houses in London ; by e'en ill the principal towns in England ; or wholesale ti ol% ry l"4 "4ll W INDMILL -STREET, LONDON, W. ,_74l tri ! e the 's LL Red So I Pink Label, and Cork branded l an v. prilN„,E, CARPETS, BEDDING, and I^Lo the ki„ -OlieLoTH, CARRIAGE - FREE to any house in poocts.Z..donl, regardless cat amount or distance. First.class ier4„a' eoond-class Prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to holt 'eec and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select t , pe r ' ) , a'sPlaYed in Showrcoms occupying an a cre of ground. eztt, mole warranted. NlB4 4 YREN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- lee respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Zttalled r e s pectfully an entirely New Edi tion , of their un able I.„''' .b 1 SE FURNISHING GUIDIt, illustrated by4lo ~..e e ngraVings of every description of Furniture and ket l i, - . 8 , 'with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and ecl a ( " I . a pplication. This costly work also contains lamer.. estim ate s tor furnishing on the following revised A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 2 0 An Ei c , A _ "ut-roomed ditto NA. Tr, 1 etll c, ve - roorned ditto at val u : . aqih a Price List of purified Bedding, aid a mass e‘rp eid 4e inf ormationto all reuiring househ.lld furniture, 4 141 ,or bedding Reference s kindly permitted to Clergy p,_ and ontl ". ~.veteh„t ..,. emen in or near Great Tvelig '—er...rY. Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde , Plymouth, trittvi t;‘.Brighton, Gainsboronet, Marzate. Kidder ,_fit kis, ‘ gton. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, ,Treti,l_c eel s rcester, Ipswich , Peterborough, St. David's, 4 rit a .w, alld above 500 other places in all parts of Great b Nij iitr rid g , T and CO.. General House Furnishers , Deptford ",ondon, S.E. "........._ tl 000 RE WARD.—STOLEN, Nts!... Between SATURDAY, the 4th, and At.o4‘,/ February, 1865, from the premises of Mr. Y, ' " 4LKER, Watchmaker, &c., No. 68, Cornhill, l 'Aßar ~ be QUANTITY of WATCHES and JEWELLERY. !rvi: above reward of Xl,"00 will be paid to any person Ili 4 glob in formation as shall lead to the apprehension Vrop er i t ivicti ni of the thief or thieves and recovery of the ...1111 0 , 7 ' °S in Proportion to the amount thereof res:overet. _ vectniT, 4 rlou to be given to inspector Hamilton or to n tolia,oulger. Police -office, 26, Old Jewry, City. vn, 6 th February, 1865. Rp NT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840.-15, Moorgate-street. TRUSTEES. : PRO MAS BARING. Esq., M.P. HANKEY, Esq., M.P. GEoRGE PRESCOT r, BA RON L. N. DE ROTHSCHILD, M.P. lo'Ancome £6oooo ve nnual tedl Fund 2 5 1, , 000 Thef initial paid in Claims - B, ° ,"sea added to Policies 100,( 00 had arice-sheA and Report of the year 18 64 may now r Zt a pplication at the chief office, or to the agents. "a Feb,.l l arY, 1065. WAL THOS. LINFORD , Secretary. ABRID GED PROSPHCTUS. °rAl l °tnient among Shareholders only of the Credit Fonder , and Mlier of England (Limited). 11-V•i CR EDI T FONCIER AND MOBTUE 1 R 4' are F ENGLAND (Li m it e d) 1h GENE prep ared to O Recei ve Subscriptions for the Capital of —RAL IRRIGATION AND WATER SUPPLY '2l e , COM PANY OF FRANCE (Limited). ' rporated under the FRANCE Liabilities Act of 1E62. the oeneeesion date d 20th May, 1863, granted by his Majesty t„ Einperor i t the e 1 4 '99 y ears of°the French, confers the exclusive privilege ii•,:kbt (Provence) S u pply of Water from the of Four " Alt .44% (~,, 00). With a Cash Subscription o Capital £BOO 000, in 40,000 Shares of £2O each. 11) Present issue moo Shares. 11 Deposit ti on Application, and £4 on Allotment. k t eYo d „, , - pe r ns,h-a,liiich it is not contemplated calling up more than 2 10 re viz. ,t 2 10 8 : Per Share in Six Months 1 From Date of ~i'ru , " , • „ „ Twelve Months j Allotment. 17,,..inte 1 13 ,h has been made in the estimates for the payment ig 4 tu r- u Z on the paid-up capi al at the rate of 8 p:-.l* cent. t O e . ° Ye -- ,. ' PaYable on .st January and ist July during the lent'44 ,a li l or constructtol (pendinK the caitalisation of the 8 „3 , the Credit Fonder of France , and by arrange ofliobiiere4Jilterest is guaranteed by the . Credit F. n. ier and kh,B, 17" England (L‘mit• d), and will be paid at their ' , Pe and 18, CornhilL The first payment of interest Nut mad e Ist July, 1861 41.triers44% Lane DIRECTORS. kin' p__• N e t Wbon, hug Esq ., - tors of the Credit Fon- Dfree bil. f Eng. tltil - wit,. all Esn -.' eier and Mo ier o vv. twr ne ' r 1: - ..*4 M p land (Limited). 4 ,over .wards ' Efiq7;l:nr of the London, Chatham, and )4 (~. T i hailw a ' ec?or ot% ° !ern Y th • bu, ache Sinclair, Esq., London. ) 46„' B eih n s trd, late Councillor of State, and late Pre'elt of -, 1. ..., . p r . B,,ii uierieure, Paris. 110 1 ,41 ' 0 D er, Director of the Comptoir D'Agriculture of -.13, p' , „ . - art s. 'uars hall, Paris. The A BANKERS. til es 'Lgrit and Masten:Emu's Bank (Limited). vo tirs SOLICITORS. , Ir e ' I\iewben, Evans, and Du., Nicholas-lane, E.C. ,nul'iltre L a ur ence BROKERS. kt t lt e ey 'i ?lre a e ll t r , Vee : Son, and Yearce, 8, Angel-court, Throg -41 :e,ll°bllls.,('Barber, and Dailey, 2), Threadneedle- SECRETARY (PRO Tim.) Alfred Lowe, Esq. OFFICES. IC O B . 17 and i 8 Cornhlll, London. NT -0. 7 6, Rue de'la Victoire, Paris. is C 4°ll - w l '4 o n - t pa ., ll ,Y is formed for the purpose of acquiring and ValUable Concession of the Verdor. t -4 00 8 — PPly, as well as other Concessions, for which lieil f !Con r ,„are in progress. and Pion has been granted by the Emperor of the :ge- - u as for has object the supplying water from the ' 4 l47stert° to Aix s (Provonce), in the South of France. .tati,, k ole r wal be used for irrigating the lands on its route, kt, 4 41 t ieect i ,,lVlYlng the towns with pure water, which . is lb -4 4 ..Orn h . - "; upon the same principle as our English ',lies, the shares of which, as is well known, beßtVirge premiums, having increased enormous :y `it'-'01)e",;`28 has been dividends. ,lionsl, j,,Zon has been gran ed for 99 years, and, among 6 01 f,, , vs, it may be mentioned that the sum of four tiu - e r n cash subvention or money gift, 4, t he . P°4 - 4 4 . ° bY th i e " i ° renc c h a Government. 'the department sq,,,6ellZle4•ollu-Rhone, and the town of Aix, to the holders ‘ l 4l *e ll ileti elai • till results in Southern countries of . irrigation tlll4 44 P "4. Withoutm dim ttes, where agriculture is 4 4 41 4 8 v 8115 , 1 e water, land, otherwise of small fo b ' - ' ll e, is known to produce, wen suplied and rtZet,L4lnes'nrc. sliccessive crops every year; hence she great lly ti m rini.` , B alh land to five or six times its orinnal value, ti,' ° 4. -- , l 'arge revenue to the Company from subscribers li t 'e a ta Waie3,wlth avidi yto claim their share of the sup litql(iit'itZurie 'frill be increased by the use of the water for lithe 1 , 1 1), :4, 6 ,„ zi n,at0ry purposes, and by its employment as , 1 11 t Tr which there is a great demand. la•i,,"°pjkl g for 99 years, gives this Company for f t Thy. Otbriat„•',.; th e entice of revenue a complete monopoly o - har s h slue of which may well be estimated by the r--oldera in the existing English water com -14-4).."n01e,„ 11 er 4 ai th r or stivtll.! works are contracted for by eminent Coen sum ; they have been engaged upon k "egg t l.'ari are bound to complete them by Decem 't NEsTarati three years. 4 0t h els - ‘TES OF PROFIT ARE FULLY SET ~AILED PROSPECTUS.) tili:,A,`„,Stnii.,4 Warrants on the amount paid up at 8 per ye a r Ali " p - rn, under the before-mentioned guarantee of s d o ncier and Mobilier of England (Limited),. for k i hes 6e 4t constrnction (pending the capitalisation), i' t hl th eity l et on Ist January and Ist July in each year, and 1 0,,Itli` t Iciest their Offiees. 17 and 18, Cornhill. The first 4,14y,, 4 11,„,... , ake place Ist July, 18ed. 0 1; 4 th e tic e " to meet the convenience of many who prefer /0,4,114, 1 Whole £lO per Share on allotment, and thus 41 1 ,, 0 4 4 ,4 t e „p of the sp , cial arrangement made, by which triAlsj,",Atthielve interest at 8 per cent. per annum on the CIV;11e-r,°A.,linder the uarantee of the Credit Foncier yhet,ttrioWitialgland, as above mentioned, a special Form 4,4 ne ii . 8 enclosed herewith. N.Clid Shares have been already subscribed for Nl` l el l iPlerZe to French and other applicants, and the 11 01 1 , 44 ,4 4 g, Paid at the Bankers. h,ll • o l ,s eb e l ti i o ' h of tbe remaining 12,000 Shares will be made b'ebrilele t r ef - Ost the Shareholders of the Great Fonei i er 4 h at e _ gland (Limited), upon the following bas s. 14,1 1 m, 5 ti 14 4t r Shares with £lO paid up will receive allot h.let t otal °ceding. 6,090 Shares in all, strictly pro rata, 411,1;ea,.4,t th2l,llrober of such Shares applied for, The re 'Waares will be allotted to the applicants for iti kt, B 'P, also strictly pro rata upon the total ArNtvge t i aares applied for. The total number of 11 1 4 • inr will be made known with the letter of cif v 13 1)11 1 11 t e 4t,, 'll l '4lt Ott4' B RTLISt be received by Four o'clock on Friday, qt. e j tlti,`°r Londo lications, and Saturday, the `l, r4D., aide 0 , n aPP 4Zooii., rm clock, for country applications. _ 11 8 'flien cttee of thecession, Plans, and Articles 4 1..."141 'an • 1 ', 4 8 also the report of Iff. nsieur Arles Dutour, Ozt ti _ e p i siit 'Rio une tormaected at the Offices of the Soli?itors. de el l I% eft wi t ,. shares are to be made in th , annexed ti )„re t „e, d er , 4 , the 1 3 ;nkers of the company upon ray thete",t'ile°Bt.£lper hare • if the pro rata, number 14411sid Wi "1 so u ls P ' 8 than the number applied for, the ogeetT B. sln e 'Q gar as necessary be accredited towards ql4iCees and E ,"! ntinent. . I tis e ), l :. ), th e (; orals of Application can be obtained at , V, O l l, an d r,dit Foncier and Mobiller of England '414,4,nd eOrnhil I ; also of the Barkers, Brokers, 4 4 „ occretary of the Company. ol der . 65, Ap ---- ' O 7) 4t , . 'll the Credit Fonder and Mob'lier of England ti kr k (Limited). ‘° ltiti. 11411,1-'OIIIENT IN PROPORTION TO NUM 1, "k Op 7.T.suP SHARES APPLIED FOR. 1 the4lo. '-1:1)LICATION FOR £5 PAID SHARES. - Are nt h,ittql.enlripu4er; confntihe General l e rr u i! t a ni ti t o t n e4 and Water ~ %Lt t° , en.._ party of ranc {J K I^ paid Masterman's rel4llnit„,o Your Bankers The Agra and ( N e 't thh 4 4t'° '''' the : h e a rn r of z ' being a deposit hereby h Ipt eli t e You will es in the ab'ove Com a p n an d y i utile tl,hni.ea allot me that number sL I p, ills of the , or any less number ycu may allo la t g t r o ee m t e o , ) °S' e I kti t ; "'are the l'resPectus, and I ' 1 44 0 1 44 0 Of tne 11, allotment, and to arr sig e n e t t h o e P A ay rt t i h cl e es su o m f tr ottetotiril,,ftrornpany when requir n e t d,_a e n m d b l er a a u t t o h r or t i h s e e Register M 'l4ree allotted ttlioemße Usual signature Name in full l 'o h Pull address . ••••• .. i ( 4 'l e ret i Profession hZirk 10 R 1„ 11 , e ,,d bY the Date eis • • • itrtji -`"010 Shares arc ' required, in the following rite °ll l' in -h, the Credit Poneler and Mobilier of England Pr l '' t k AI t,, (Limited) 4, litb,-,T3IE NT IN PROPORTION TO NUM ectAo::?;l; ; 4,10 P 'l. S h HARES APPLIED FOR. %a -. '' ,LICATION FOR .ClO PA ID SHARES. 0 bi r 4114th It Ge nt , c o ,_ e General Irrigation and Water Supply fin,, ceraen,'NnY of Prance kLimited). i l it (1:1441d t °oa e l , N. h tea, r tankets, The Agra and Hasterman's_ 4 4 e 3r ; 14 re oi the sum ot x , being a deposit ol ~4114.Io'itle8t th t Shares in the above Company, I " 4 9 ' 0 — el:it g a You Will allot me that number, and I L4Artjhe°o th uch Shares, or any less number you may I, ,el,, sum 01. terms of the Prospectus, and I agree i t i o ..thorl A8,0,....ker Share on allotment, and to sign a t n e ' lor tZeyoi„ i'ol2nrof the Company when.r, qruiretemci. norther ugsthrgsnaarttoend t t h n e nt ß e e . Kett te o f Name Usual by Date signature inl.. ............. e be t F ull address .. eta tAtti Professi . on the Bankers. ........................ • • • of piyarre , t eL nK c:i1111,0 'ollll' 4 06 cf. ~,, bed ortv be°n s° ll . fl ov ra tiv ofo s• gorf ° 06 5 ' 21st 111 4 ) 36° ' A oo t ' 4l 0,11- sn 'at /$..;; 51of ti ffec 11 o ld id 26b to 11' 2 6 e' I 0 Y ., large, Y 56 ) ,%. f, o 415 Per i t , l ; 30S, if' I re° J' ir e 001 , 5 tts an to,;dl but -joy )10 3 ,,, a r c l f re lo 4 • : boriP ;iva" I.ll° lt tof' th, to . 0 0 , tape D . . 4 t C. iss 00. 011 ie l‘ e ao) 0 ft, 0 , ,f . vo j 1 0 , O Y U ° t'f .1 oee' t fi Ael lia j, j 3. lal' f fr 4ill e l? 14° '> 1°) / x 141 3 1 10 S ot poedoof No. 22,663. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY (j, MO PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RE iIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER VIES GENERALLY- METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAYS. SOUTHERN CONNECTING LINES. Incorporated by 27th and 28th Victoria, cap. 322 (From Kensington, through Brompton, Belgravia, West minster, along the Thames Embankment, skirting the Strand to Cannon-street, City). Capital, £3,600,00). First issue, £2,250,000. In 22,500 Provisional Snip Certificates to bearer of £lOO eac". /3 to be paid on Applicatior, and a further sum of £7 on Allotment. Interest on all Ca'ls made during construction at 5 per cent. per annum, or at ti per cent. it fthly paid up. DIRECTORS. The Earl of DEVON, Chairman. ALEX. CLUNES Si] itlfitlFF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. The Right Hon. Lord Naas, M.P. Harvie Farquhar, Esq. (31k ssrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co.) The Hon. Frederick Lyon, 51. P. W. A. Wi kinson, Esq., Chairman of the Metropolitan Rail way. William Austin, Esq, Director of the Metropolitan Railway. Thnmas Dakin, Esq„ Alderman and Sheriff, Director of the Metropolitan Railway , Charles Gilpin, Esq., M.P. Director of the Metropolitan Railway. Colonel the Hon. W. P. Talbot. George Worms, Esq. Maj , r the Hon. S. I'. Vereker. Sir Henry Drummond WWII', K.C., M.G. SECRETARY—R. Earle, Esq. ENGINEERS. John Fowler, Esq., Engineer-in•Chfef. T. Marr Johnson, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, and Co. Messrs. Burchells. NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 volo SHA TTERED IDOLS A NOVEL. Also now ready, in 3 vo:s., THE THREE WATCHES. By W. G. WILLS Hurst and Mackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. AMERICA. • To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, witti its manorial domain, to the oottage with its few acres. By the arrival of the Moravian at. Liverpool yes terday we have advices from New York to the 27th ult. ; Boston, 28th ; Quebec, 28th ; and Portland, 28th. OWNERS oT,PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the oppoi tanity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce Immediate customers where the property is of an eligible ohara ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant inoon reniences. MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., B EATRICE. By JULIA KAVANAGH Author of "NATHALIE," "ADELE," etc. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. MERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser Is introduced throne?). Messrs. Lumley's Agency, acid then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. Now ready, in crown Bvo., with an Illustr a ti on , 12 5., A LADY'S WALKS in the SOUTH of FRANCE. By MARY EYRE. "A very clever book by a very clever woman, full of vivid descriptions of the scenery of the Pyrenees, the manners of the Bearnais, with plenty of legendary and folk lore, and some very charming specimens of minstrelsy."—lllustrated News. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. T HE AGRA and MASTERMAN'S BANK (Limited.) NO ricE.—Holders of SCRIP CERTIFICATES of the new (or £5O) shares, issued under resolution of the General Meeting, held on the 21st of Ma_y , and in terms of the Bank's Circular Letter of the 25th of May, 1864, are required to de posit them at the Bank preparatory to issue of dtftnitive cer tificates for the same. By order of the Board of Directors, M. BALFOUR, General Manager. 35, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, London, 25th January, 1865. DOROTHY FIREBRACE, the New Novel, by the Anth:r of " Whitefriars," is now ready at all the Libraries. "A very well-written book, remarkable for its exposition of the religious manias of Oliver Cromwell's time. Its de scriptions of the Anabantsts, their fanaticism, and their ceremonies, are especially powerful."—Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. In the MATTER of the COMPANIES ACT, 1882. a n d o f T HE GENERAL ROLLING STOCK COMPANY (Limited). VALUERS. Henry Arthur Hunt, I.sq ; Robert Ritchie, Esq, BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co. Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co. BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazenove and (.0., 52, Threadneedle-street, E.C. Messrs. George Seymour and Co, 38, Throgmorton•st., E.O Temporary Offices-41, Threadneedle-street. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Petition for the Winding—up of the above-named Company by the Court of Chancery was, on the 6th day of February, 1865, presented to the Lord Chancellor by William Pare, of Clontarf, in the county of Dublin, gentleman, a credito r o f th e sa id Com any ; and that the Petition 18 directed to be heard before the Vice-Chancellor Wood on the 18th day of February, 1865, and any creditor or contributory of the said Company desirous to oppose the making of an order for the winding-up of the said Company, under the above Act, should appear at the time of hearmg, by himse f, or his counsel for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or con tributory of the said Company requiring the same by the undersigned, on payment of the regulated charge for the same. NEW NOVEL BY L tEUT.-COL. H. R. ADDISON. On Feb. 10, in I 3 , 4 k t. at all Libraries. BEHIND THE CURTAIN. John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This line completes the inner Metropolitan Railway sys tem, as sanctioned by Parliament after a lengthened inquiry, fir,t before the joint committee, and afterwards before sepa rate committees of both Houses The existing Metropolitan Railway from Paddington to Farringdon-street has been of en two years, and although it is still incomplete and the traffic imperfectly developed, pays seven per cent. dividend, and its shares are at a premium of £3O per £lOO. The New Metropolitan Railway, for which the present subscription is invited, starts from ajunction with the exist ing Metropolitan and West London Lines at Kensington, and proceeds through the heart of Brompton and Pimlico by the Victoria Statien and the Houses of Parliament, along the new Thames Embankment, parallel to the Strand and Fleet-street, to a station in Cannon-street, near the Bank of England. The Stations at present contemplated are the following :- 1. At the extreme western point. Richmond-road. (West London Extension.) 2. Kensington. 3. Gloucester-road (South Kensington). 4. Cromwell-road (Brompton). 5. Sloane-square. 6. Victoria Station. 7. Westminster-bridge (Houses of Parliament). 8. Charing-cross. 9. Norfolk-street (Strand). 10. Bridge-street (Blackirlars). 11. Cannon-street (near the Bank of England). - ASHURST, MORRIS, and CO., of 6, Old Jewry, in the City of London, Solicitors for the Petitioner. Ultimately, the line will be continued to ajuaction with the Metropolitan Railway at Trinity-square (Tower-hill), with intermediate stations at King William-street and Mark-lane ; thus completing, with the Western Junction at Kensington, the railway known as the "Inner Circle." The traffic on this line, as is clearly proved by the working of the existing Metropolitan Railway, will be limited only by the number of trains which it is possible to run. If the present Metropolitan Line, running along the New road, with trains every five and ten minutes, carries traffic enough to pay 7 per cent., it is evident that a much larger traffic must be carried w tie three times the number of train•, which may be easily run, and will be required on the line now proposed parallel to the Strand and Fleet-street, when the circular system is completed. The only question is whether. with a larger traffic, the cost of construction will not be also largely enhanced. Upon this point, however, the Directors are able to Rive the most satis factory assurances. A guarantee contract with the firms of Peto and Betts, Kelk, and Waring Brothers, secures the construction of the works for a fixed sum, which includ -a interest at 5 per cent. per annum on all capital paid up during construction, and on shares paid up in advance at 6 per cent. Lord Stanley's award to determine the amount to be paid to the Metropolitan Board for permi Mon to carry the rail way along the new Thames Em ankment, from Westminster bridge to Blackfriars, which would otherwise have been the most costly part of the undertaking, and provisional tip*. e ments have been entered into with many of the principal owners of land and house property for the remainder of the line, which enable the Directors to define its cost within un usually narrow limits. The Directers, therefore, feel confident that the New Me tropolitan Railway, of six miles, from Kensington to Can non-street will not cost more per mile, including interest during construction, than the existing Metropolitan Rail way from Paddington to Finsbury-circus. The questions for an invest , r are thus narrowed to these : 1. Whether he is satisfied that the traffic oz the line of the Strand and Fleit-street will at least equal that on the line of the New-road. 2 If so, whether it is worth his while to invest at 6 per Cent. for 2:1 years (the probable period of construction), in order to have, at the end of that time, shares in an under ing at least as good as the existing' Metropolitan Railway, whose stock is now worth £3O, and probably by that time will be worth £5O, £6O, or even £lOO premium. It is inn nded to proceed vigorously with the immediate construction of the portion of the line between Westminster S ation and Gainon-strect, so that it may be opened to the public c•intemooraneously with the Thames Emoan It must further be remembered that this line will practi cally enjoy the advantage, when is possessed by few others, of being' protected against any competition. ho line could , divert traffic from it which did not run closely parallel ; and such a ins is rendered out of the question, alike by the in terference with property which it would involve, and by the expressed views of Parliament. Undisturbed by competition, the traffic of a leading metro politan line mu t always be a rapidly growing . quantity, as is sufficiently proved by the fact that the traffic of the existing Metropolitan Railway has increased in the last six months by £5O) per week, or 27 per cent., and is still steadily in- cieasing. To meet the convent( nee of subscribers who have expressed a desire to pay up in full, it has been decided to allow any one who wishes it, until further notice, to do so, receiving inte rest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, half-yearly, until the line is opened for tr.ffic. On registration of the scrip, of which due notice will be given, the o,rtificates of £lOO will be divided into five shares of £2O each, Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained of Messrs. Cazenove and Co., and Messrs. George Seymour and Co., the brokers of the Company; or at the Temporary Offices of the Company, 41, Threadneedle-street. Tne de posit of £3 per cent. on the amount applied for must be paid to the Company's bankers, on application, which will be re turned if no allotment be made. Temporary Offices, 41, Threadneedle-street. eir , . .. 4 , pf 1 _'!----- ,-„,, ~..,....... •-,• , _,,...,, 1 .. ' °.--- ,%-• , o , .., , . , 0 41 1 ' . 0 P 1 1) 0.-in • 4 4 ,, • '!".=:'.i'a ) .. ~*, i ... .: IliffiP ~. . ( -WV k , 44_,4 (,:. ._,,Kni ,;-,,,,,v , ,- (, i, ) .., ),_.-. 4 - ~- , ~, . 7 .-1. ^-Ik , :.-',.';',', :, *** • t" 1 1 ' t• - _- - „ , • • \ 45 ..*'. ' 4.' s ' l' li 1.1 :41 - - 7 ' 7,,5 . -c, -0--- - ..,, ,.. , ='' .1 6 .--------- -- 1 'A .. \:,....ttie.4...A 14 . da le k ~.a r .-.---- ] 4, ~..., ~., . ~ ?, : , ~/„mir... ~,,„,,„,„„,„ ~.,„,,,,,. ... 4 c \_,' 3 2---...----, ~ \',..-:::-. : ;$.' C? DIE • u 1;4 , 4414,6.,, i,.,. _1 gi ". -4 0 ~ IV ail! - DROIT. #\\\ a' -- 3 '.- 4e."." '..-.". :"..'. - - ,t 4 --- o.ffil Me..,.. says : CANADA. __~_ PRICE 4d. S TAMPED sd, Charleston T7ome,s only a question of time ; and but a short time." A New York despatch of the 28th says :—" Gen. Sherman has issued an order, setting apart the South Carolina Coast Island for the negroes freed by his arrival in passing through Georgia. The Savannah River is open to navigation. The preparations for the campaign have been going on, and the rebels expect a movement upon Broadville. They admit if this is captured, Charleston and Richmond both will have to be evacuated." MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Richmond Enquirer contains the peace reso- lutions introduced into the Confederate House of Representatives. After a preamble and resolution deploring a continuance of the contest, they c on .. tinue as follows : Resolved,—That should the Federal authorities agree to an armistice, and consent to negotiations of peace, the Pre sident, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, be requested to appoint commissioners for the purpose of conferring with the Federal authorities, that such terms of peace may be agreed t o b y th em and rat ifi e d b y the Presi dent and Senate, two thi r d s o f t h e senators concurring, as shall constitute the bo n d s o f peace b etween the bellige rents. Resolved,--That should the Federal authorities refuse to entertain terms of peace, by negotiation, and thereby deny us our constitutional rights, that, for the purpose of more effectually maintaining those rights, and at the same time to avert, if possible, the fearful and humiliating fate of sub jugation, alike revolting to the feeling of freemen and re pugnant to the demands of justice, we, the representatives of this house, do unanimously pledge the undivided re sources of the Confederate States in the defence of our in alienable rights as freemen. The Confederate House of Representatives has passed a sweeping measure on the subject of exemp tions. It repeals what is known as the exemption clause, limits all exemptions of mail contractors, and revokes all exemptions and details heretofore made by the President and Secretary of War of per sons fit for active service, or not within certain particulars. Late Richmond papers are filled with sharp criti cisms upon the situation, showing great dissatisfac tion throughout the South. The croakers are de nounced as becoming troublesome, and the women are urged to frown them down. Union and har- mony are demanded, and there has been an arrest of a large number of disloyal citizens and soldiers in Richmond. The Richmond Dispatch of the 24th ult. has the following : For some reason an attack on our lines on the north side seems to have been expected on Sunday night. Ar- rangements were made to Meet them, but the night passed off quietly and the enemy came not. There is too much much mud between the two armies for either to make a serious advance. During the night sharp picket firing was heard on the lines of the James River. A letter from General Lee's army announces that Major- General Gordon has been placed in command of the 2d corps, lately commanded by Lieut. General Early. Ho issued an address to the troops on taking command. As no appointment of Secretary of War has yet been made, the office cannot be said to be yet vacant, as Seddon's resigna tion has not yet been accepted. Among -the gentlemen named to succeed Seddon is Governor Letcher, of Virgi nia. It was reported yesterday that Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State, had sent in his resignation. We think it is true, although we have no positive information on the subject. A despatch from Washington, dated Jan. 26, Rear-Admiral Porte; in a long letter to the Secretary of the Navy, dated Cape Fear River, Jan. 22, reviews Gen. Butler's report in relation to the late expedition to Wil mington. Though the capture of Fort Fisher has refuted the asser tions of Generals Butler and Weirtzel, he deems it due to the naval part of the expedition that the report should receive some notice at his hands. He says Gen. Weirtzel was selected. Gen. Butler's name was never connected with the expedition, except to fit it out. When the expedition did prepare to start it was going to attack on the supposition that the powder vessel originally prepared by Gen. Butler would blow the forts down, and the troops would have nothing to do but to walk in. lie soon saw that Butler relied entirely upon the powder-ship, and upon no assault, from the beginning. It is not true, as. Butler says, that he gave the navy 36 hours' start. It was Butler's duty to have rendezvoused at Beaufort, and wait until the monitor and powder-boat, on which so much depended, was ready. Movements of light transports should have been subordinate to large and slow moving frigates and iron -clads, and he should have been where he could have arranged with me (says Porter) all de tails of attack ; but no, he kept out of the way, and I think studiously. Butler states that Admiral Porter was quite sanguine that he had silenced the guns of Fort Fisher, and that he was urged, if that were so, to run by the batteries into Cape Fear River. and then troops could land and hold the breach without difficulty, or without fear of being shelled by the enemy's gunboat Tallahassee, seen in the river. Porter says this is a deliberate mis-statement, adding that " General Butler does not say who urged me, but I never saw him or his staff after landing on the beach." The following is a report of the proceedings which took place in the Canadian Parliament on the 24th of January : Mr. J. A. MACDONALD asked leave to introduce a bill for the prevention and suppression of outrages on the - frontier of this province, and for other purposes. Mr. HOLTON asked the Attorney-General to state gene rally the purport of the bill. Mr. J. A. MACDONALD said the first part of the bill was to provide a check on those parties who had found an asylum in this country, and some of whom had abused the hospi tality and asylum afforded them, by using Canada as a base of hostile operations against the United States. For that purpose some of the provisions of the Alien Bill, the Imperial Act of 1848, were proposed to be introduced to confer on the Government power to give notice to certain persons who had proved themselves unworthy of the hospitality of this country by abusing it for nn aplrsoopecrlapuusrpesosgies,vintog raemddoivtieonfarlompobweeyrs as to onditi T th h e ere sei w zur er e e and examination of vessels supposed to be fitted out for hostile purposes, and some of the clauses also of the act of the United States Congress of 1838 would be included in the bill. It would be remembered that the United States then stood in precisely the same circumstances with regard to Canada as we now stood with reference to the United States. They found at that time the law of the United States was insufficient for checking inroads into Canada, and that vessels were being fitted out to convey hostile troops into Canada. Congress accordingly passed -an ex ceptional act to meet those circumstances, to exist for a period of two years. The circumstances were now precisely the same, and he believed his honourable friends opposite would agree that the present law was insufficient, and that new provisions , should be enacted. Some of the clauses adopted by Congress in 1838 for our protection were now incorporated in this bill for the protection of the United States. There were also clauses providing that should there be reasonable ground to suspect parties of being engaged in the manufacture of arms, ammunition, or anything of that kind to be used for hostile purposes, these parties should be called to show what they were manufacturing these arms and ammunition for, and to prove that there were good reasons for these clauses, the Government knew that arms had actually been in process of construction in this province with the view of being used for hostile purpose. Mr. SANDFEELD MACDONALD was sure no member in this house would throw any obstacle in the way of the Governby bill - ment passing any law to enforce the neutrality enjoyed ve to her Majesty. At the same time, the proposed gave and he thought it should not be urged ss i io riv n that we were the Government powers hitherto unknown i a n r t d hi w s haste as to give ground for the legislating with such thate cotherlm cl u u l r s e t d a stand from any fowe or co deliberation which was like io e t ihn this house ; side. We should approach thesoefimmmappauhotrlteesdirseyn till to - morrow. woof h rt e twh t ye ho d u a g y h s' t n t e h t e iGe bill e e sh r o e n .A.Ln said his excellency and his the and m a's ] e o s n , I h y a e d n b e e , been instead of _MN A. MAC—ON Mr. J A raotmtertheef trrffionceie,natndiinthpeohrtaounsece, in that they would g i ve it their immsrPeep He hoped th e o bj ection would be mi t a h is e te ir r a ss,edhdaredthought tlellicieshdnif to be e date included att e i n n t t oa h nd e . waived. Mr. A. A. DORION, while he agreed with Mr. Sandfield MacDonald that, with reference to this matter, the house should act in a dignified manner, and not under any ap pearance of compulsion, agreed, nevertheless, that the ministry were responsible for the action to be taken, pro bably having information which other members sad not. They ought to be the best judges as to when they ought to bring in such a measure as this. As to the objects of the bill, he was glad to find that the Habeas Corpus Act was not to be infringed upon, as had been reported. He thought we should do everything in our power to prevent person in this country conspiring against the mace of a In the MATTER of the COMPANIES ACT, 1862, and of THE ROLLING STOCK COMPANY OF ILfELAND (Limited). -!: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that a Petition for the Winding-up of the above-named Company by the Court of Chancery was, on the 6th day of February, 1865, presented to the Lord Chancellor by William Pare, of Clontarf, in the county of Dublin, gentleman, a creditor of the said Com pany ; and that the Petition is directed to be heard before the Vice-Chancellor Wood on the 18th day of February,lB6s, and any creditor sr contributory of the said Company desirous to oppose the making of an order4or the winding-up of the said Company, under the above Act, should appear at the time of hearing, by himself, or his counsel for that purpose ; and a copy 01 the Petition will be furnished to any creditor or con tributory of the said Company requiring the same by the undersigned, on payment of the regulated charge for the , same. ASHURST, MORRIS, and CO., of 0, Old Jewry, in the City of London, Solicitors for the Petitioner. In the MATTER of the COMPANIES ACT, 186?, and of THE SCOTTISH AND UNIVERSAL FINANCE BANK (Limited). _ The Creditors of the above-named Company are required, on or before the 7th day of March, 1865, to send their names and; addresses and the particulars of their debts or claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors, if any, to Samuel Lowell Price, of No. 5, (Iresham-eireet, in the City of London, Public Accountant, the official liquidator of the said Company ; and if so required, by notice in writing from the said official liquidator, are by their solicitors to come in and prove their said debts or claims at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wocd. at No, 11, New square, Lincoln's-inn, in the county of Middlesex, at such time as shall be specified in such notice, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved, Tuesday, the 21st day of March, 1865, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and a I judicating upon the debts and claims. Dated this 7th day of February, 1865. fly. LEMON, Chief Clerk. ASHUR - ST. MORRIS. and CO., 6, Old Jewry, London, Solicit°. s for the said Official Liquidator. THE REGISTERED LAND COMPANY (Limited). Capital, £1,000,000. First issue £500,000, in 25,000 Shares of £2O each, Deposit £1 per Share, and £1 les. on Allotment, DIRECTORS. John Ashburner. Esq., Hyde Park-place, Cumberland Gate. Sir James Carmichael, Bart., Sussex-place, Regent's Park. Robert Pavin Davies Egg , Ridgeway, Pembrokeshire. Thomas Eyre Foakes, E.g., New-square, Lincoln's Inn, and Lot nham, Bucks. H. Harwood Harwood, Esq., 29, Ckveland-square, Hyde Park Colonel William Lydiard, 13entinek-street, Manchester- square. Henry Moor, Esq., M.P., Brighton. Sir William Russell, Bart , ISl.P.,Charlton-park, Gloucester shire. Grenville Granville Wells, Esq., Upper Hyde Park-zardens. Sir Eardlay Eardley Wilmot, Bart., Queen's Gate, Hyde Park. BANKERS. Union Bank of London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Reeves. BROKERS. Messrs. Lowndes, Surgey, and Woolley, Royal Exchange buildings. OrrlcEs —27, Cannon-street, London, E.r`. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Henry C. Darlington, Esq. PROSPECTUS. This Company has been established for the purpose of facilitating the Registration of Titles to Landed Estates, under the provisions of the " Land Registration Act ;" and also for the purchase of Freehold Land, the titles to which have been already registered, or are capable of bong brought within the operation of the Act. Large profits have within the last few years been derived from the judicious purchase of Landed Estates and blocks of Freehold property in the vicinity of fhe Metropolis, and their re-sale in lots for building and other purposes. The success of these undertakings is, in a great measure, attributable to the extraordinary rise in the value of land in the suburbs of large towns, and the constatAly increasing demand for sites of villa residences —a demand which must keep pace with the growth of the national prosperity and population. The chief obstacle hitherto to these most legitimate enter prises has been found in the difficulties, delays, and expense attendant upon the transfer of land, and all subsequent deal ings with it ; while cumbrous titles, and the continual neces sity of their re-examination, all tend to depreciate the value of landed property, To remedy this evil the " Land Registration Act" was passed, whereby the transfer of Real Estate is simplified, and a mass of parchment deeds is condensed into a clear, and parliamentary title; but, notwithstanding the manifest advantages conferred by this measure, the public have hitherto availed themselves of it only to a limited ex teat, partly from ignorance of the mode of procedure to be adopted, partly from difficulties beyond the control of indivi duals, arising from the nature of the encumbrances and ex tent of the charges already existing on the property. The especial object of this Company is to assist owners of property who, from want of funds or other causes, have hitherto been unable to avail themselves of the advantages offered by the Act. The Company will undertake the exa mination and registration of titles to Landed Estates; it will provide the funds for the necessary preliminary expenditure ; discharge the various incumbrances, where the value of the estate bears a just proportion to the amount charged upon it ; and will also facilitate the arrangements of persons de sirous of lending or borrowing on landed security. Whilst, from the nature of these operations and the securities held by the Company, it will be protected azainst all risk of loss, considerable profit must be derived, and owners of land will find their advantage in the increased value of their property. The Company will purchase Registered and other Landed Estates, and re-sell them in lots or otherwise, where the ad vantages of a simple and Parliamentary title enable them to effect the distribution and re-sale without delay and without expense. The Directors have received from various quarters oilers of immediate and profitable business, and the negotiations al ready entered into with influential parties will insure for the Company a lucrative and widely-extended business. Prospectuses and Forms of Applications for Shares may be obtained of the Banters. Brokers, Solicitors, and at the Offices of the Company, where the Articles of the Association may be seen. In the event of' no allotment being made, t he deposits will be returned in full. Should a less number of shares be al lotted than is applied for, the deposit will be retained towards the payment on allotment, and the balance (if any) returned to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Registered Land Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid £ to your Bankers, as De posit of £1 per Share on Shares, I request that you will allot to me Shares in the Registered Land Com pany (Limited), or any less number, which I hereby agree to accept, and to pay the further sum of £I its. per Share on the number allotted to me, and all future Calls in respect of the Shares so allotted when due ; and I further authorise and empower you to invert my name in the Register of Mem bers of the Company for the number of Shares allotted to me. Name in full .......... Profession or Description Date lBB5. hesidence in lull Signature ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, nd Dining-room, eonsisting of a new and eiegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, 0 belisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &0., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, dio. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine. ralogist to her Sikiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, end GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOG Y is given by Mr. TENNANL at 149. Strand W.C. BEDROOM CANDLES. "PRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop crease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles sold in boxes ls. and 3s. eicti, are recommende 1 as the bee , carriers. " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," In packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Special candle ticks t o fit thin candles, is. and 2s. 6d each; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOILET SOAPS. , Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SHEBWOODOLE • Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. oapsuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsules bot " Prica's Patent," from 6d. ties, 6d. and is. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold on the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail through Wholesale by Prioe s Patent Londe i any Grocer. Caudle Company (Limited), FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Metropolitan District Railway Com pany, 41, Threa•ineedle-street. Gentlemen,—Haying paid to the Bankers of the Company the sum of £ to your credit, I request you to allot me S rip Certificates of £ICO each in the Metropo litan District Railway Company, and I ar2;ree to accept such Scrip, or any less amount that may be allotted to me, and to pay the further sum of £7 per Certificate due upon such allotment. Name in full ..... ......................... Address Profession or Trade Date Persons desirous of subscribing for paid-up scrip should state it in their application. RIMMEL'S NEW PERFUMED VALENTINES.—The Valentine of the Language of Flowers ; the Sachet Va'entine; the Photographic Valen tine ; the Mirror Valentine; St. Valentine's Gloves, Is. each. Either sort by post 14 stamps.-96, Strand; 128, Regent street ; and 21, Cornhill, London. TEETIL—Mr. ALBERT, Dentist, 34, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. ARTIFICIAL TEETH of the best quality, fixed on the improved principles, without pain, from £4 4s. to £8 Bs. the Set . Decayed and painful Teeth rendered useful, and irrelzula rities corrected. (See Testimonials.) Established 33 years. Consultations free. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' WO RCE 6TE RSIIIRE SAUCE. This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The public are respectfully cautioned against worthless imitations, and should see that Lea and rerrins' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. Sod wholesale and for export by the Propr'etors, Wor cester; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London, &c. &c. ; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni versally. (lOTTAM and CO.'S STABLE FITTINGS. These fittings, now so generally specified by architects in their specifications, may be seen at the manufactory, 2, Winsley-street, Oxford-street, W., where a large supply is always en hand, and regular sizes kept in stock, and where full-sized stalls and loose boxes (various arranged, with a view to the economy of space) can be examined. CO fTAM and CO., Manufacturers and Patentees, hold the Prizes of 1851, 1855 (Paris , and 1862 for these fittings. Catalogues tree on application. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM .- AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption use effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared on,y and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemists King - William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 134c1., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. P RIZE ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER do CO., Wax Chandlers, .ko., To the Queen and the Prime of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1882, testifies to (he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:-- "I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with tatted Wicks, patented.. 25. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality „ 7s. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality „ Is. sd. per lb Second quality Is. 3d. pe r lb . Third quality .. -Is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. This Day, Never before Published, Price 25., THE SOILED DOVE, A Biography of a Fast Lady, known as " The Kitten.' London: George Vickers, Angel-court, Strand. CRYSTAL PALACE.-_T O-M ORRO W.- NJ LUXURIOUSLY WARM and DRY.—Arrangements : Orchestral Band Mr. Stokes on " Memory" in the Lecture Room 30 Great Organ Orchestral Band .... No extra charge to the Lecture Room. The thousand and one other attractions of the Palace In olu e:—T n n d e Gallery, the Fine Arts Courts, in unequalled in the wor ld ; the Great variety a beaut y t Picture i c ture Christmas Tree ; Shakespeare House, Mont a nari Models, Swings, Roundabouts, Invigorators, and other popular Amusements; Galleries of Models and Ships,Armour Plates, lent by official authority ; the extraordinary Chimpanzee, the unique Aquariums. All these things render the Crystal Palace the one place of holiday enjoyment. Admission, One Shilling. Children under Twelve, Six pence. Open for admission from 10 till dusk. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS. in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; and to conc ude with MRS. ROSELEAF AT THE SEA-SIDE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight; Saturday Afternoon, at Three. --ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA LION, 14, Regent chairs, ss. . xs. ; stalls, Ss. ; stall spring stroepetEßUAnrDelsecrlemd CAMERA the l th s e ., SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by Maclarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUE:DAY and T EIURSDAY, at Three. T " XFORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENTERS (OffPnbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song ; "King of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by E ur ydi ce, Diana,•Cupid, and t_ horns ; the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; and final Minuet and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz- Lascelles. y; Messrs. Greene and henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsle Also, DI ASANIELLO, in which Mons. LAVESSIERE, the successful new Tenore, from the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, will make his appearance. - keeled Director, Mr. F. Jonglmam Comedy, by Mr. WILLIANE RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SESTIL LION, and all the pro curable Talent of the day. CANTERBURY HALL, The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, the most extraordin try Christmas Entertainment in Lon don (Mein.' ng the whole strength of the establishment), every even ng at hall-past Nine o'clock. The usual Oper , tio Sele Vona by Misses Russell, Barr'e, hays. Golden, 4tc. ; Messrs. La celles, Harland, Leaumont, Kimberley, &c. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jongbmans. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Bimetal', Mr. Hilton Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, tc. R OYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC MALL, Commercial -street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern Terminus'. Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. Operatic Sele tien, SON'CAMBULA. Prima Donna, Miss ELLL,ON. Comic - NELLY 'POWER, HARRIETT COVENEY. J. G. PORDE. WEST, FRED. FRENCH, M 'dile. CERITO SYLVESTER. The BROTHERS A %TOFF, from the Theatre Desarts, Louen, and the ELLISTRAIS, from the Crystal Palace. Stalls, Is. ; balcony, 6d. ; area, 4d. Open every evening at Seven o'clock. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GREVILLE. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, established 20 years at the Bazaar,:Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—A Pull-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 arc now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Open, It till dusk, and 7 1111 10 evening. Admittance, One Shilling; extra rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, G rea t Wi n d m ill- 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 Mukic. Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTI. Admission, One Shilling. Manager, M. GRENET. SAILORS' OIR,AITIIIOINA_NThGe SCHOOL and 110 XIE, Hamp s t ead. Off i ces. 77, Cornhil QUI EN. TRUSTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude,l The Rev. Canon f hamg evs R. N.Thomas Baring, Esq., di. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. Robert Banbury, 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 Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service, and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasi g applications through the recent storms and less cf life at sea, and to enable them necessitieseventually o to f t o i b il t s a g in re p a r t e m m a is r e it s im m e or o e ou co o m tr m y, e i n v s h u i r o a h t e lo w se .t s h z t o h o e o sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETING, lion. Sec. CHARLES NASH, Sec. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer Than 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. 1 .4 1 ., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., azed 15, fallen, mother dead, A. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents. M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. U.,1 aged 17, failen, both parents dead. A. ~ aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. B. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. w. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for oung girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper , 85, Qu een • stre et , Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard -street . • ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the princip'e of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' o r d ers. is who ll y 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 a t ten d ance o f th e destitute sick has for a con iderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Has terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; GAyn and Co. ; lien-lea and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; 19.1liams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , B9mers-street ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD 51111TH, Secretary. THE MURDER IN DRURY - LANE.—Last evening Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, held a pro tracted investigation at King's College Hospital into the circumstances of the death of Robert Lord, a knife machine maker, 24 years of age, who was alleged to have been pitched out of a window in a brothel in Barley-court, Drury-lane. The evidence was in the main similar to that taken at Bow-street Police-court. The jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased was thrown out of a second floor window of the house No. 3, Barley-court, by Ann Smith, and that he thus came by his death." The Coroner asked the jury whether they considered the case ono of murder. The jury said that was their opinion. The pri soner Tree committed to Newgate for trial. ADMIRAL PORTER'S REPORT. The New York papero publish the following re port from Admiral Porter :- North Atlantic Squadron, U.S. riagship Malvern, off Smithville, N.C., Jan. l'o, 1865. Sir,—ln my last I informed you that Fort Caswell had been blown up and evacuated in consequa ace of the fall of Fort Fisher. I sent Lieut. W. Cushing round in the Munticelle to the western bar, to ascertain what had taken place, and to ob tain aid from the officers in command of the Nyack and Vicksburg, and take advantage of the occasion. Lieut. Cushing did not obtain the aid he required, for what reason I have not yet learned, but with his usual energy he pushed on in his boats, and found that Fort Cas well had been blown up, and Bald Head Fort destroyed. Fort Shaw also, and Fort Campbell to the westward of Caswell, had been abandoned. All these forts mounted nine and ten-inch guns, and Armstrong 15 0-pounders. Lieut. Cushing then pushed into Smithville, after hoist ing the flag of the Union over Caswell. The next thing I saw was the flag waving over Smith ville, which the rebels had left in a great hurry after they saw our boats approaching, leaving everything in the beau tiful and heavy fort uninjured, and two 9-inch guns only spiked, in the fort at Deep Water Point. In the meantime I had succeeded in getting ono gunboat, the Tacony, over the rip, and interior bar, and sent her up to Reeves Point to disable the guns at that place, about three miles on the west side of the river above Fort Fisher. Thus in twenty-four hours after the fall of Fort Fisher and its outworks, all the formidable chain of forts in this river, at its entrance, built to keep out anything we had have fallen into our hands. They are garrisoned for the present with sailors. I can scarcely give a description of these works. They are certainly the most formidable and the best built earthworks I ever saw, and do credit to the engineer who planned them. One would suppose that the whole S9uthern Confederacy had been at work throwing up mud and sand ; and General Whiting, the engineer, cer tainly had an abiding faith in the durability of the Con federacy, as he shows his opinion by his works, which have been four years building, and were taken in as many days. Fort Caswell is of the same shape as before it fell into the rebel hands, except that the rebels have covered its walls with earth on the outside and made them almost im pervious to shot and shell. It is in many respects stronger than Fisher, and harder to take by assault. Still it could be taken, and the rebels know it. Three or four gunboats inside would soon have started them out. I have had a great deal of difficulty in getting the gun boats over the bar and the rips, and only succeeded this morning in getting the last one through. The rebels left plenty of good stores and provisions, and our troops are now subsisting on them. I send you a list of the forts that have fallen into our hands since Fort Fisher fell, with the number and calibre of their guns. We have found here in each fort an Arm strong gun with the " broad arrow" and the name of Sir William Armstrong marked in full on the trunnions. As the British government claims the exclusive right to use these guns, it would be interesting to know how they caine into forts held by Southern rebels. I find that immense quantities of provisions, stores, and clothing have come through this port into rebeldom. I am almost afraid to mention the amount, but it is enough to supply over 60,000 men. It is all English; but they have received the last cargo; no more will ever come this way. We picked up a telegram from General Lee to his subor dinate here, saying that if Forts Fisher and Caswell were not held he would have to evacuate Richmond. He says most truly, and I should not be surprised if he left it at any moment. We have plenty of forces to hold this place against the whole Southern Confederacy. I have 250 guns bearing on the narrow strip of land where our troops are heavily en trenched. There are vessels in the river and outside, and we only hope they will attempt to retake it. Ten thousand men in Fort Fisher, with the guns of the squadron, would hold this place a long time. We find this a betterplace to catch blockade runners than outside. I had the blockade runners' light lit last night, and was obliging enough to answer their signals, whether right or wrong we don't know. Two of them, the Stag and Charlotte, from Bermuda, loaded with arms, blankets, shots, &c., came in and quietly anchored near the Malvern, and were taken possession of. The Stag was commanded, by ichard H. Gayle, a lieutenant in the rebel navy, and be- longs to the rebel Government. A number more are ex petted, and we will, I hope, catch a portion of them. 1 entrusted this duty to Lieut. Cushing, who performed it with his usual good luck and intelligence. These two are very fast vessels and valuable prizes. They threw a portion of their papers overboard immediately on finding they were trapped. I enclose a list of guns captured by the navy since the surrender of Fort Fisher, and the names of the different works. This number, added to those taken from Fort Fisher, makes 160 guns in all, most of them heavy ones, that have been taken. I enclose a few papers that may be interesting. The Charlotte brings five English passengers, one of them an English army officer. They all came over, as they expressed it, "on a lark," and were making themselves quite "jolly" in the cabin over their champagne, felicitating themselves over their safe arrival. The Stag received three shots as she ran by our blockaders outside.—Very respectfully, (Signed) DAVID D. PORTER, Rear-Admiral. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C. List of forts taken possession of by the navy since the fall of Fort Fisher, with their armaments :—Reeves Point, 2 10-inch guns ; above Smithville, 2 10-inch guns ;:Smith ville, 4 10-inch guns ; Fort Caswell, 2 10-inch guns, 2 9-inch, 1 Armstrong, and 4 thirty-twos (rifled), 2 thirty twos (smooth), 3 8-inch, 1 Parrott (twenty-pounder), 3 rifled field pieces, 3 guns, bored-29 guns. Forts Camp bell and Shaw, 6 10-inch, 6 thirty-twos (smooth), 1 thirty two (rifled), 1 8-inch, 6 field pieces, 2 mortars-22 guns. Smith's Island, 3 10-inch, 6 thirty-twos (smooth), 2 thirty twos (rifled), 4 field pieces, 2 mortars-17 guns. Reported at the other end of Smith's Island, 6 guns... Total captured, 83 guns. THE ENGAGEMENT ON THE JAMES RIVER. An official despatch from the headquarters of the Army of the James, dated Jan. 24, says : Last night the enemy made an unsuccessful attempt to run past our batteries. They took advantage of the storm and darkness to send down a fleet of eight vessels of war and three torpedo boats. This flotilla consisted of the Vir ginia, Fredericksburg, and Richmond, ironclads, mounting four guns each ; the wooden vessels Drewry, Nansemond, and Hampton, of two guns each ; the Bedford, one gun ; the steamer Torpedo, and three torpedo-boats. The follow ing are the particulars, as far as they could be obtained from a deserter from the expedition who came into our lines after daylight this morning. The fleet left their moorings about 6 o'clock last evening, and proceeding quietly until it got near our batteries they were discovered, and immediately the batteries opened on them, to which they replied. At about 12 o'clocktheysucceeded in cutting the chain in front of our obstructions beyond the lower end of Dutch Gap Canal, when the Fredericksburg, under full head of steam, passed through the obstructions, completely demolishing one of the sunken canal boats. The Richmond, Virginia, and Drewry, in attempting to follow, grounded, when the Fredericksburg had to go to their assistance. The Drewry could not be got off, and was obliged to be abandoned, as it was now daylight, and they were in range of Battery Parsons. As soon as it became light the battery opened on the Drewry, one of the shells fall ing in her magazines, which exploded, completely demo lishing her, and the remainder of the fleet again made their way back up the river. It was supposed that an at tempt would be made to go through again to-night, though what their destination may be canmerely be a surmised. The only damage done was the dismounting of one gun on Fort Brady. The deserters report only one man killed and two wounded by the explosion of the Drewry. Pour deserters swam ashore and came into our lines. The correspondent of the Baltimore American, at Annapolis, says:--"The exit of the rebel gunboats from under the guns of their batteries on the James River came near proving a very serious affair to us. Had the rebel ram Richmond not grounded, the whole of our fleet of transports, and works of Gen. Grant at City Point, would have been destroyed, for the naval officer in charge of our forces turned tail and ran, for which disgraceful conduct, it is re ported, he has been dismissed the service." GENERAL SHERMAN. In regard to Gen. Sherman's movements, the Charleston correspondent of the Richmond Despatch writes, on Jan. 10, that Gen. Sherman had com menced his movement on Branchville and Augusta, and that he had sent one corps up the west bank of the Savannah River, a second to Wilmington, and two to Beaufort. "If Sherman is once established on the railroad, either at Branchville or some other point near Augusta," the writer says, " the fall of ~~~-.~ Naval and Military Intelligence. VALLETA, Feb. 2.—Her Majesty's ship Cara doc, 2, paddlewheel despatch vessel, Lieut.-Com mander E. H. Wilkinson, arrived on Sunday last from Alexandria, to be docked and refitted. She disembarked at that port Sir Henry Bulwer, our Ambassador at Constantinople, who has proceeded to Cairo to pass a portion of the winter in Egypt for the benefit of his health. The Caradoc will re turn to Alexandria about the 23d of February to convey his Excellency back to his post. Her Majes ty's ship Pelican, 17, screw corvette, Commander H. W. Comber, which arrived on the 26th of January from Zante, left on the 27th for iknghazi, to relieve Maj' the Co ssac k , 20 , screw corvette, Capt. W. R. Rol land. Th e P e li can b rought as passenger Mr. H. R. Jones, 22d Regiment, and Miss W o d e h ouse. H er Cockatrice, 2, s crew gun - vesse l , Lieut.- esty s ship Command er R. M. Gillson, arrived on the 27th Jan. from Tunis, having been relieved by the Tyrian, 2, screw gun-vessel, Lieut. Commander P. T. Murray. Her Majesty's ship Wanderer, 4, screw gun-vessel, Commander M. C. Seymour, returned from Naples on the 28th of January, bringing as passengers Col. Howard Vyse, Commander H. Fairfax, R.N., Miss Vyse, and Miss Carr Lloyd. Her Majesty's iron screw frigate Resistance, 16, Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, came out of dock on the 30th of January. Her bottom was found to be exceedingly foul, by which her speed had been de teriorated to the extent of above four knots an hour. She did not suffer any damage from having grounded on Isola Point, when in tow of the tug Hearty. The master of the tug was ill at the time, and his place was supplied by another person. The surveying-vessel Firefly, 5, Commander .G. R. Wilkinson, and despatch-vessel Caradoc, 2, Lieut. commander E. H. Wilkinson, will go into dock to gether in a day or two. Her Majesty's ship Liffey, 35, screw frigate, Call G. Parker, left to-day for the West Indies, calling at Gibraltar. Her Ma jesty's ship Orlando, 46, screw frigate, Capt. G. G. Randolph, and her Majesty's ship Magicienne, 16, paddlewheel frigate, Capt. W. Armytage, went out on Monday for gun practice, and after firing several rounds at the Islet of Filfia, on the south coast of Malta, returned to their moorings in the Great Har bour and Sliema Creek. During the night exercise on board the Magicienne the vent-piece of a 40- ! pounder Armstrong blew out, and fortunately fell overboard without doing any injury. There is a rumour that her Majesty's ship Revenge, 73 (flag ship of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C. 8.), at present at Naples, will go home in March, and will be relieved by the Caledonia, 35, iron-cased ship, now at Devonport, Rear-Admiral Stopford and Mrs. Stopford, Lieut. Jones, Bth Regiment, and Lieut. Moffat, Bth Regiment, arrived by her Majesty's ship Psyche from Naples. The English schooner-yacht Gleam, C. Matthews master, having on board Mr. G. Marshall, proprietor, and family, and Captain Powell, left on Tuesday for Alexandria. Telegraphic communication with Alexandria continues inter rupted, but we learn that after 13 days' fruitless exertions the telegraph-ship Fanny Lambert suc ceeded in finding the cable on Jan. 25. A telegram of this morning from Benghazi says it is blowing strong from the north-west, as is also at present the case here. The sailing transport Cowlitz, having shipped 500 tons of building materials for the erection of staff sergeants' quarters in Sierra Leone, sailed yesterday from Woolwich Arsenal to fill in at the London Docks with chartered goods preparatory to departure. The War Department steam-vessel Lord Panmure, Mr. Moore commander, yesterday commenced ship ping two batteries of 40-pounder guns complete for Cork, and guns, shot, &c., for Dublin. A detachment, numbering 40 non-commissioned officers' and men of. the.Roy - al Engineers, under the command of S. K. Scott, has quitted head=quarters, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, and proceeded to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, for the purpose of assisting in the instruction of the student cadets in the practical details connected with sapping and mining. The non-commissioned officers and men selected for this service are those who have com pleted their course of fieldwork and other instruc tion at head-quarters. A notification has been issued at Chatham Gar rison that the next examination of candidates for commissions in the medical department of the army will commence at Chelsea Hospital on Mon day, the 20th inst., before Major-Gen. F. W. Hamilton, C. 8., Vice-President, and the members of the Council of Education. One of Capt. Blakeley's 16-ton 600 pounder guns, made for the Russian Government, was yesterday proved at the Woolwich butt, to test its efficiency for being issued to order. The gun was fired a couple of rounds, loaded each time with a charge of 601 b. of powder (being double the service charge) and a shot weighing 6001 b. The Blakeley patented copper cup to take the rifling and prevent the escape of gas was also used, and was found to acce lerate the process of loading, and free the gun in a great measure from the fouling experienced in the use of the lead-coated projectiles. , After the proof preparations were commenced by the Royal Engi neer department's Board of Works to lay down the materials necessary for the erection of the slides, platform, and carriage, which have been made of wrought iron, and with which an official trial, with the gun mounted, will be carried out in a few days. Major Freeth, Inspector of Ordnance, directed the proof, which will doubtless tend to establish the employment of hammered cast steel for guns of larger calibre, in a similar manner, in our own service. Mr. Campbell attended the proof on behalf of the Blakeley Ordnance Company; and Col. Bolognese, the Peruvian Consul-General, to gether with other foreign representatives in London, was likewise present. The death of Gen. Sir Edward Nicolls, K.C.8., on the retired full-pay list of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, at the age of 85 The deceased an nounced at head quarters, Chatham. General was one of the oldest officers in the service,_ en y e ars, has been his first commission bearing date in 1795._ den serving the serving as a lieutenant of Marines Blanche frigate, he succeeded cutter Albion from under the guns of Mon severe wound during San Domingo. He received a . . . in capturingn ttehecFhrreisntcih, distinguished part the engagement. He also took a in numerous otheruntil 1808, when he commanded the Royal Marines during the siege o f Curacoa. During t engagements h e American war he raised an d commanded a regiment of Indians, and wa s sen i or major of all the troopsHe w as in no fe wer th an 107 actions New Orleans. engaged in th e a tt ack on in various parts of the world, and had been very. was bayonetedi nc sabre frequen tly wounded. He had his l e ft leg broken an d hi s r ight leg severely injured, was shot through the in y and right arm, had lost the sight of an eye. received h a e severe hes t , nd cut the h head, The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :---G. L. Poe, midshipman, to the Liverpool; G. E. G. Jackson, second master, to the Fox ;G. B. Ilre ttt • s co , assist-paymaster in charge, E to the Ac orn ; B. Impreg na bl e ; and H. S. Hall, assist.-engineer, to the Indus, GAROTTE ROBBERY.—A gentleman while walking from Hermitage -hill to James's-place, Leith, about half-past 8 o'clock on Friday evening, was suddenly set upon when half-waybetween the toll-bar andJames's-place by three men. One of them placed his hands over the gentleman's mouth, while the others covered his eyes, and took from his pockets a silver watch, gold guard chain, and four .£1 notes. After accomplishing their object the robbers made their escape across the Links. In the course of the night six men, well known to the police, were ap prehended in Edinburgh on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery. They were brought before the police court on Saturday morning and remanded till Monday morning. The gentleman, though stunned for a time, was able to walk home.—Scotsnuzn. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Wednes day, February B.—Admissions on payment, 496 ; ditto by season tickets. 344—total visitors, 1,340. T 4971'3 neighbouring friendly country, and, for his part, wo u irb o e-- object to th e i ntroduction of the bill. Mr. SANDFrELD MACDONALD said he found there had been a tacit understanding yesterday that the introduction of the bill to-day would not be objected to. Ho therefore withdrew his opposition. The bill was then introduced and read a first time. Second reading to-morrow. NEW NOVEL BY SIR C. F. LASCELLES WRAXALL, BART. This Day, in 3 vols., price 31s. 6d., E R C E D E S. John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. v!‘:;" 4 1, ti