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The large Capital of this th- No to abler it to complete Its transactions without biae'quirY or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. ece pre dlieleoteuend.tsetdarn. ptereonrytenlooptt3c.e. Form sent free on r I abr hells Association also lends Money for the rcha ig- ter...! bY tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgaPu 'La Most advantageous to the borrower. use EDWARD HARPER, Sect 01e........, .m. The c., NATIONAL BANK is authorised to recei R 'ter A QCRILIPTIONS for the SHARES of the PEE la .1..,11 ~, WAYS COMPANY, on the terms of th g Prospectus. lit- VERINIAN RAILWAYS CO3 the Wit (Limited). ha, . on Pofernvian. Government Guarantee of Int( the oa a £7 per cent. per annum, as herem' afte .30 Total Capital of £3,340,000. the -,,Pr;osesittaile_xl, •ue • , 7 670,000 in 66 800 Shares o, 3et. per Share on Applic,ation, and .£2 I Allotment. ore Put um Calls of £2lox. per Share will be mad, .40 reve of not less than three months between el Lied .Per cent per annum will be paid du stu ruction, and is guaranteed by the Inter Olt• tract Company (Itimited). her WM DIRECTORS. ' 111 •i, • verPool lam Latham Bailey, Esq.. (Bailey Bro' -l. Cho. 04°- Carter, Esq. (Joseph Robinson and to ounthev.ililt John 2nnis, Esq., 3.1. P., Director of the 1 P. as -_ S• Fletcher, Esq.. (Alexander Fletch NO , g'S Arms-yard. . R. G. Getty, Esq„ •• E M P for Belfast, Onsl rst- rmiug hl W • Li •It hLindsay, Esq.. (Messrs. H. H. ana. out L. ee, Esq., Bowling Ironworks, 1 Director Ricard ,o. Esq., Angel-court, Tb hal- rector of the National Bank. ;hip eThert Simpson, Esq.. (Frederick ' lotte-row, and Cwin Celyn Ironwo ;hip BANKERS. lily Li. . -London—The National ' the Ito:Tool—The National Bank of Liv( I.ll.eneefer—The Manchester and. Live Pith ---ucl—The Bank of Ireland, and it )00- The Branches of the Natio' mid CONTRACTORS. The International Contract Core Will ENGINEERS. 000. George Parker Bidder, John Mortimer Heppel, , in• Soucrrons. lard Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake iZeo ~street. aier Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, and Val 14 BROKERS. 051d011 :—Messrs. P. Cazenove t The street. OS I.lessrs. Seymour and Co, Throgi ' 1-Tv'erpool :—Messrs. Thomas Tin ;SO' Manchester :—Messrs. Warner a that , belidint,.s IN Ir. suabliji . . —Edward Fox, Esq., Dr SERET )ard B. A.O SmitAll the OFFICE 85, Cannon-stree I. This Company is formed for tell' react of two Hues of railway in 4:',l?°rt of Pisco with the tow )r '.l..Lothe city of Areluipa. witb of the construction of the uoi Icirli have granted special Veg" thalt trine, which •would app cer• 1, e statistics of the exisl e;,rll, Ilan Government that shiP _,-ti yield returns which wil baYO tutuqtr f the charge for their ~,eir_ , )299 The-1 paired for that purpc tweet r.:lllvian Governme, eO, over y-uve years—or anti R. tic; :11 above the cost an Year -11` maintenance for art j:, dividends at the r revelle°lll° of £233,800 per ilea 01141 °f the State, ce%ie- the guano shippaen! reitebT3 f.or the railways )110 the Gove; }`vet Such 8 Per cent. per an the. sums, if an 1r guara tee Y' as nia pearl The ~ 11 • 'tier -o.s.COSSieri f 7 foin illnent of Peru3.° t g of the r- , is for talla ,;„011Prays. A t ---"'lng fund fo• ,f ° afeertha Premium of .0 Fabot Fjhar_ e lirst 20 years ilood (leecr r'° redeemed to )weB-9 I,t.ceraBhirh would 01 r; ee -.0 aro , Years 4v. ' "'nu pr le °' s,ar,„ ...e price , tatt-",1 shall be r; rrovri r fine fund `tl°o Per rid shall w Cent. la When it irt. elit Lea„ , a erne o"f°1131Y bor' °De rint tryi 3 .extie,„. 'wed o sOa the , 'Lion, it wi rear Pr°sPect of , oirlf/ _ ised , • 0 Pct soc„„ ~,rom the eoh,-''''3 should .1 _pa, _ The "Y• ; 61 ; ect Ways ail?r°sPe, cts ( 301 . 1314rante' u°wev dO4 see ee (in oti 0ad..,...., 5 6,14 The--~%..y conolt s e'• mil ea Public Sod Sod perh' -4ut au ar i 04 e°0115,-138' 11° COlll 04 prodeial. pr( ahcoll,els of al 111010'11, oombi qt t'll t:tlinrival `heat e bs most naity !-)„ taele...aad Oat° '4 cobrb,„ try. 4,unicE re:---- Iteill Pite of ' 015; Pabl• • ta • 'e s kl'igs, 171(0. I the likely j ,:;,5 Oalia,o ; . a ron 400 e. klbal '' op )0 Pe! e.est The ' rent Lit • °rd like 111 1 itlililant this ceoern°' 1)°114/4 c Porte 04 0. traThe ii fii is• to thc pi 8 I e 6' Of cord 22. i'011)11 25' liplx 19. 13 tan The t 8 to its 19 of ,o 13. !tan( ;:l• 'rat 26. , airti , it. nd tt e 6' 24• tra 6' re, r 15 r j 9 f r 13' r 15' Lori 141 •" 11Y , hien) 4,40 i I,ic"t.- iori° wif° of - Lot, o D3a/ ratal 041'01 [O% 0 sift° ..00" Y•iiite 'lto e, Vadg s 131° a :asir-- .;00 , go,eo - izo sy(l°- voie ..,e" vol 50 i' of withheld. But, in fact, the operation of a . coMmissiOn_hae been proved to combine vigour with forbearance: would give the authorities an opportunity of again 7 statitik .S -their impressions as to what ought andwhat ought net to be corrected. It would enable them to rebut any hasty conclu sions which may have been drawn from the former evidence. No hostile spirit ought to be anticipated in its conduct. Its mission would be to confer and to co-operate, as well as to inquire and resolve. Acting in such a spirit, executive commissions, both at Oxford and at Cambridge, without unnecessary destruction of old traditions or any serious col lisions with the authorities, have effected changes which may servo as a model of temperate and judicious reform, and bid fair to raise these ancient corporations to an emi nence among the universities of Euroupe which since the middle ages they have not heretofore enjoyed. It should not be forgotten that the Queen in Council, if these prece dents were followed, would retain a veto upon anY statutes introduced. Such, my lord, appears to be the case for an executive commission to reform the statutes, regulations, and studies of Eton College. Without denying that there exist defects in our public schools generally, or in some of the other schools spcially, and that• some of these maycall for external interference to effect a particular change, we think that the maximum of improvement with the minimum of Legislative interference are best com bined in the plan for a single commission' concentrating its attention on the school which leads the rest. Let us sup pose, but only for an instant, that it fails to approve itself to the committee. Eton will not receive the benefit which your report designed for her, since no authority will exist, unit ing the will and power to act upon it. The remaining pub lic schools will, in that case, be under no new necessity for altering their system. The bill may pass, and call into existence the new governing bodies. Incessant and fruit less contests between these and the head-masters, scanty and isolatedf . improvements,undertaken without system and effected without zeal, seems to us to be the too probable result ; unless, indeed, the bill should be defeated altoge ther, from the strong interests arrayed against it, and tho limited support which it commands. In this case the long and valuable toil of the commissioners will be wasted, and a task reserved for future time which, if now achieved, might have added lustre to our own, as well as to its author. A very interesting conversation ensued as to the conduct of public schools, in which the Earl of Clarendon expressed his sentiments with great freedom. The whole affair re minded one of Plato's Dialogues, both sides being discussed in the best possible manner, in,good humour, and without prejudice or passion. At the conclusion of the conversation the Earl of Clarendon informed . the deputation th a t h e would not then express an o pi n i on on the subject, but lie would take care that the views expressed by the deputation should be laid before the committee, and he pledged himself to state that those views were worthyof their consideration. His lordship then shook hands with the members of the deputation and the conference terminated. the hie iy, Lan'a LL WhiskY•i' MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), 14, R USSELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, -tcps of 420 t MONEY on Personal and other Security,insum e s one, t w : 4500 , to be repaid by instalments extend i ng A. over Vo n e _ •or three years. The large Capital of this ssoci in abler it to complete Its transactions without delay. bis:PirY or o ffi ce fees, and strict secrecy observe& Bills dlr e Tinted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a ed stamped envelop'3. ho u r Association also lends Money for the purchase of a ter ra : bY a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on Intost advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. N. 22,749. THE SUN, LONDON, TII URSDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1865. PRICE STAMPED SA VE YOUR, POOR TEETH, and Econdmb your Cigaia.--BUTCHER'S PATENT CIGAR NIP PERS are sold everywhere. Price ld. SOUTH AUSTRIAN, LOMBARDO VENETIAN, and CENTRAL ITALIAN RAIL WAYS. MR. MAC DONALD'S NEW NOVEL. This day, in 3 vols., AL E C FORBES OF ITOIVGLEN. By GEORGE MAC DONALD, MA.. ..4d„ ...sd. ing 16. th- PUBLIC SCHOOLS BILL. ..e. WMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at " EVANS'. " Atter the Opera we shall Sup there! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, in accordance with the Resolutions passed at the Extraordinary Ileetinz of Shareholders of this Company at Paris, on the 16th inst., the Committee of Management beg to inform Shareh..l.ters and the Pubac generally that an Emission of 400,000 Bonds, similar to those already in circulation, will take place at the price of 24.5 francs per Bond, payable as follows : Fes. 50 on subgeription. 50 on the Ist July. 145 payable, optionally with the subscriber, rt any titre, from Ist July tia let November, 1855. interest to be charged from the Ist July to the day cf pay ment. Author of David Elginbro 1," tic. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street, Yesterday a deputation, consisting of Lord Camp bell, the lion. G. Brodrick, Sir G. Young, Bart., G. Shaw-Lefevre, Esq., M.P., and the Rev. N. II Freemantle, waited upon the Earl of Clarendon for the purpose of ascertaining his lordship's view's with respect to the Public Schools Bill. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " COUSIN GEOFFREY." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., AFAITIIFUL HUMAN. By the Author of " Cousin Geoffrey," &c. " A very clever noveL The author has rarely been more successful."—Messenger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. T HE RAILWAY CREDIT COMPANY (Limited. Incorporated with Limited Liability under the Companies . . 9, rue des FosPeis-Muntmattre, it Paris. • L'AVENIR NATIONAL, Journal du Soir. Rodacteur en chef, A. PEYRAT. ancien redacteur en chef de The NATIONAL BANK i s au th or i se d t o re c e i ve SUB ROIIPTIONS for the SHARES of the PERUVIAN LWAYS COMPANY on the terms of the follow- Prospectu s . , PERUVIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY With (Limited). Peruvian Government Guarantee of Interest at the rat ° of 47 per cen t. per annum, as h ere i na ft er se t f or th, oia a Act, 1862. Capital £2,000,000, in 40,000 Shares of VO each. (With power to increase.) . First issue £20,000 Shares, of which it is expected only £lO per Share will be required to be called up. Deposit on application, £1 per Share ; on allotment, £2 per share ; and £2 per Share one month after allotment. Calls not to exceed £2 10s. per Share, at intervals of not less than three calendar months. DIRECTORS. - _ la Presse. 3 mois, 20 frs. Prix pour la Grande Bretagne, E 6 mois, 40 „ t an, 60 „ ed u b a y re L nd o o rd n CasA3l 2ETLL,hehdiseplourtdsathioinp l a i d av d i r n e g sse b( d ) e t n h e intro E ar d l u o e f fol lows :—ln appearing before your lordship as opponents of the Public Schools Bill, we disclaim all wish to thwart the objects or disparage the conclusions of the inquiry you have recently directed. The measure we advocate in its place is, according to our judgment (of which the grounds, with your leave, shall be submitted to you), the best if not the only course by which the long and valuable labours of the Royal Commission can be rescued from, sterility. The argument on which we rely may at oncebe made intelligible to your lord ship, and with very little effort, we think, substantiated. It cannot have escaped you that the general adoption in the other public schools of the improvements indicated by the commissioners depends in a great degree on their establish ment at Eton. The competition of the other public schools with Eton for the favour of society makes it indispensable that they should equal, or rather to a slight degree surpass her, in readiness to conform to the enlightened opinions of the age on the subject of education, so as to balance the advantage which her numbers, her position on the Thames, her popularity, and antiquity have given her. While at Eton modern tongues and science were ignored, at other public schools they were imperfectly and scantily supplied. When at Eton they were barely recognised, at Rugby they had begun to form a part of education. When in 1860 military drill was introduced at Eton in all the other public schools, according to the limit of their means, it inunediately became fashionable. If at Eton no progress is secured Low.rds the educational reform specially insisted on by the commission, it will be tardy and reluctant elsewhere. There may, indeed, be at first a few spasmodic efforts of the new bodies formed to govern the other public schools. But such efforts, how ever strenuous, will not produce the requisite effect. The history of our public schools is in a great measure the his tory of conflict between the governors and the head mas ters, in which the governors have yielded. The new go verning bodies may certainly be superior in efficiency to the old. But it will not cease to be found that a plurality of wills cannot be invested with the firmness and energy of a single one. As before, the consultative power will not struggle permanently or effectually with the executive, and non-residents will yield their own opinions to the greater technical knowledge of those who live on the spot. Above all, the high and honourable motives which, as we may as sume, would spur the new governors to exertion, cannot (as your lordship knows from a study of the world at home and abroad) be equal in intensity or constancy to the more ordinary influences which would bear against them on the part of those whom they endeavoured to control. The other public schools will therefore still look to the Eton standard, to which they must in self-defence conform. Unless, there fore, the Eton standard is materially raised, the great work of the commissioners, not for Eton, but for all the public schools, will fail to be accomplished. If the Eton standard is made to reach the point your lordship and the commis sioners have fixed for it, that great work is finished at a blow, no matter what governing authorities Parliament imposes on the other schools, no matter in what way these governing bodies may afterwards conduct their internal affairs. Your lordship will thus observe that could we trace the course by which alone the Eton standard can bo ade quately raised, we shall trace the course by which the suc cess of the commission can most surely be rendered general and lasting. The Eton standard cannot be adequately raised by the existing governors, consisting as they do of the provost and head master. This position your lordship will no doubt consider sufficiently established by a refer ence to the working of the present system illustrated by the evidence taken by the Royal Commission, and by the inadequacy of the measures which have been under con sideration at Eton since the publication of your report. The Eton standard cannot, we think, be adequately raised by the proposed governing body. It is hero, and here only, we join issue with the bill. It would not be difficult to point out the elements of discord, the obsta des in the way of action, which the proposed body would inevitably contain. It would be more easy still to protest against the power of the Crown to nominate objectionable governors, were it not certain that such nominated persons will always form a minority insignificant from their num bers. Such themes may be suited to Parliamentary at tack, but it is in another spirit we have ventured to ap proach you. It is more just to the commissioners, and more conducive to a practical result, that we should limit our criticism to this important point, viz., that under the now system power would be concentrated in the hands of the existing fellows. The existing fellows, as the bill lays down, aro to bo at the outset the stipendiary gove`rnors. They are to choose five of the non-stipendiary governors. With fair and pardonable views they may be expected to choose five on whom as supporters they can rely. The three Crown nominees would have the weight of a com pact and no doubt a conscientious majority to resist, with out the advantages of residence to facilitate their influence, or stipend to increase their responsibility, in striving against these fearful odds. No principle of human nature, and no experience, appears to warrant the assumption that a small unrequited, irresponsible, and non-resident mino rity of governors could effect at Eton the reforms which the commissioners desire. One chance, however, of im provement would remain, if the proposed body did not threaten to preclude it. At some future time, in some pos sible conjuncture, the head master might be a person animated by a desire of walking in the very path which the commissioners have traced for him. His mind and powers might be such as to draw the provost of the day into full concurrence with him. Accord ing to tho present system, faulty as it is, much could under such circumstances be achieved. But under the new body the head master and provost might bdth be paralysed together by the crushing majority which Ike stipendiaries would command. In spite of the ascendant usually obtained by the head master over governing authorities, machinery so fitted for obstruc tion might have defeated the activity and perhaps occa sioned the retirement of Dr. Arnold himself. Imagination may be strongly taxed in conceiving a head-master able to attach a provost, in his independent position, to the lino of the commissioners. It would be yet more fanciful to picture the head-master impelling the provost to such a line when the united power of the fellows swayed him in an opposite direction. But suppose the head-master and the provost to be combined, in such a case even that combination might be outvoted and powerless. En sou.crivant, de3 a preisent, un abonnement de trois mots, h dater du ler juillet prochain, on recevra le journal gratuitement jusqu'h cette époque, et tout ce qui a pare du roman en cours de publication Lea Souvenirs dune Favo rite, par ALEXANDRE DUMAS. Together 215 franca, the dividend on whioli will com mence fro , n the Ist January, 1865. Subscription Lists are now opened for eight days from the 16th inst., at the Offices of the Company at Vienna and Turin, and at London, Paris, and Frankfort, by Messrs. Rothschi'd. According to the resolutions of the said me,ting, - holders of shares who subscribe within four days from the .6th inst., will be entitled•to a preference. By order of the Committee of Management, Now ready at all the Libraries. in 1 vol., CIIRIS.TIA.N'S MISTA ICE. By the Author of "John Ugifax, Gentleman." From the Times, Feb. 4.—" A more charming story to our taste has rarely Leen written. Even it tried by the standard of the Archbishop of York, we should expect that even he would pronounce Christian's Mistake' a novel without a fault." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • Eiliroyer un bon de poste ou un mandat sur Paris a l'ordre de l'Administrateur de I'Avenir national, 9, rue des Fosses- Montmartre, a Paris. . P Total Capital of £3,340,000. resent I ssue —£l,67o,ooo, in 66,800 Shares of £25 each. Deposit .£1 per Shar e on Application, and .£2 per Share on Allotment. utum Calls of £2los. per Share will be made at intervals of not loss than three months betw . e_eneachuan. ev en Per cent. per annum will be paid during thecoonn struction, and is g u aran t ee d by the International c tract Company (Limited). Will DIRECTORS. " r ve iam Esq. (Bailey Brothers Latham Bailey, and Co.), ' l4 rPool (Joseph P o Carte Esq • Robinson and Co.). Laurence P..njohn Ennis, Esq., 31. P., Director of the Bank of Ireland. • S. Fletch er , Esq. (Alexander Fletcher and Co.), 10, g ' S Arms-yard. G. Getty, Es q „ M.P. for Belfast, Onslow-square. Biihiin Y V •It Lindsay, Esq. (Messrs. H. H. Vivian and Co.), gha , ~•„L. Kee, Esq., Bowling Ironworks, Bradford. _ br-ribert Ricardo, E sq., Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, e ctor of the National Bank. ~, Robe r t Si mpson, E sq . (Frederic %-lialiotte-row, and °win Celyn Ironworks • k ek and Co.), BAN"Rs. 1 Bank. Li . Ittve ' -London—The National rPool—The National Bank of Liverpool.. - " weti ester—The Manchester and 14!verpc•olpis s trict Bank, Ireland —The Bank of Ireland, and its Branches._ anf The Branches of the National B CONTRACTORS. The International Contract Company (Limited). ENGINEERS. George_ Parker Bidder, Esq., C.E. John Mortimer Heppel, Es.q, C.E. Soucrrons. Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Co., Parliament ,.street. M essrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, and Co., Victoria -street. London BROKERS. :—Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co., Threadneedle street. tisaws, Seymour and Co., Throgmorton-street. verpool :—Messrs . Thomas Ti n l ey an d S ons. 'aanchester :—Messrs. Warner and Page, Stamp Office- Dub :—Edward Fox, Esq., Dame-street. SECRETARY. B. A. Smith, Esq. OFFICES. 85, Cannon-street West, B.C. i n lhis C ompany is formed f or th e cons t ruc ti on an d work :4ltwoef lines of railway in Peru—one to connect the 3 ort of Pisco with the town of Yea ; the other to con ect the city of Are with the port of Mejia. of tor the construction of these railways the Government o r i i 6 i r „ ll ,_ h ave . granted special concessions, and a guarantee t th "'me, which would appear exorbitant, if it . were no b at the statistics of the existing traffic have satisfied the 'r.tiNlan Government that the railways, when at work, Y i eld returns which will not only relieve the Govern "•; ‘6 e_etrof the charge for their guarantee, but far exceed the twequired for that purpose. e lan Government guarantees for the period of evelitY-five years —or until the railways have produced r and above the cost and provision for repair, renoya- Y l ea tt r' and maintenance for the space of two consecutive an dividends at the rate of .7 per cent. per annum— revenues rev e „ ee ine of £233,800 per annum, charged upon the public es of the State, and further secured by hypotheca ce%i n % tl i z e guano shipped to European States. Tir forcn- rei t 4 -8 , or the railways contain the usual provision li rsing to the Govermnent out of surplus exceed , 11( : 10 p er cent. per annum dividend to o th e shareholders? th e ,. el ims, if any, as may h ave b een pa id b y th em t o cove guarantee_ ;Ile concessions of these lines of railway from the Go itie•ainent of Peru is for a period of 99 years from the open feM"talr,railways. A sufficient suntlwill be set apart to 141 , at n ' i ng fund for the redemption of the whole calm after tl- 4 Ps re mtum of £lOO per cent., to be operative early glia re nrst 20 years of the working of the railways. y The de ed : s°, redeemed to be altogether cancelled, and the divi- SeCr t , °raid' would otherwise be payable on such shares to 6 f . ) eto and form part of the sinking fund. After the first c al eare t he Price at which shares shall be redeemed apd than shall be regulated at such higher of other price °) i:: 1 per ce t. - • as the state of the sinking a shall II premium Wh e .warrant, kent 1, I t is borne in mind that the Peru7i Gove p rn re: 1%114, bearing 41 per cent. per annum interest, c_urse owed on the same security, is rapidly in atelleejfextilluetf iro°ll;ri thitewwillorbkeingquite v ro i reali se _, ••Peet of a much higher rate of dividend being evident that, irrespective . of e should bta* o d f the rai k lw et °ava i in a re a d y mar a f y o s i ,. tthhee shares ooff the v'ari;llearPer'asPe cts of revenue from working of the rail- . guartt however, so great as for ender ho Government 6 ccori l ' ee (in other respects so important) a feature of but Th e — _ r Y considera tion.- wdpublic of Peru has a seaboard of nearly 1,600 N i mil t and an area of about 50,000 square miles. There is, coretiPer,2lo country in the world in which the elements of Pbouu roduct's-1Q Prosperity are more comph!te. .The mineralces of all kinds with which its interior provinces aon hliesT, combined with its long stretch of coast, give it an the 11nrival led facility for the development of commerce ebatael Most extensive scale. To this development one of ee„,_°---and one alone —exists ; the want of propermean! try. ''emlnicati on between th e p or t s an d th e i n t er i or co u n It e l n pub sPite e t t his obstacle the l arge exi s ti ng t r ade of the talci lav l ie L ls proved by its Custom returns • and that under ate 'laving for their obj ec t th e reme d y f or thi s d e f ec t, th e 04Y to be remunerative is shown by the wo rking C2f IfinalA a i Va , and Lima Railway, which now pays dividend . s 'e aPproaching £3O per cent. per annum on the ori ,4 cost nattyction. • tliketoile ordicharge for the conveyance of goods per qu ill att P i t ertl . to h equa then arge for the carriage of a Th e Yin Great Brita 14 miles. th is 0 construction of the railways to be undertaken . by' krtat ra PanY will establish communication between =- poi,. on of commerce in the interior and the proper Th o o n the sea coast. I'Lle from. Melia to Arequipa is laid out to serve the to th Which at present takes the route from the latter city of co , i 2o e port of Islay, a route which forms the main channel anipa7livia tunication from the coast to the districts of Are alio, and Cuzco, and the northern portion of Th e ton}tan}, co , the last mentioned State is impor t:, as the establish et of system of railways suitable railwaewn wants is n m ow n a sullect of serious attention. The tiy 7 ,„ ll ,lw Proposed would form one of the main outlets ee Proposed to the coast of the Pacific, a cliTum ,rafse alone must secure it a considerable additional Th e s; the Most remunerative description. strticte_,adway from Pisco to Yea is con and under conditions analogous to P r t o h p o o s s e e do of Luna e already referred to. to be tr a m the easy character of the line, and a large existing r ev - s` e ,? In the district to be traversed, it is evident that the net Th e must greatly exceed the guaranteed amount. ne lengths of the proposed lines are as follows : Blejia to Arequipa ..................... 90 miles. Disco to Yea .............................. 46 miles. Thomas Bradshaw, Esq. (Director of the South-Eastern Banking Company). Thomas Campbell, Esq. (Director of the Northern Railway of Buenos Ayres). William Daglan, Esq. (Chairman of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway , and Chairman of the Dublin VERY ONE. SHOULD HAVE THE 11J - CicYSTAL PALACE NEW SEASON TICKET. Unparalleled Attractions for One Guinea cnly. See Pro gramme. N.M. RO fIISCHILD and SONS. New-court, St. Swithin's-lane, May 17, 1855. • • - • Board of this Company). James Oliver Mason, Esq. (Director of the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway . Edward Vansittart ealo, Esq. (Director of the Western, Manchester, and London Assurance, and the Western ItTEWSPAPER PRESS FUND.— IA Gentlemen proposing to DINE with the Friends of this Institution, under the Presidency of • CHARLES DICKENS, Esq., at Freemasons' Hall, on SATURDAY, 20th of May next, are requested forthwith to communicate their intention to the Secretary. By order, • HENRY G. WARREN, Hon. Sec. 6, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, WI May 1, 1865. On the 26th inst., in 3 vols., post Bvo., TOO GOOD FOR HIM. A Novel. By FLORENCE MARRYAT, Author of "Love's Conflict," and daughter of the late Captain Marryat, R.N. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE . GREAT FLOWER SHOW of the SEASON at the CRYSTAL PALACE. on SATUR DAY NEXT, May 20. Five Shilling Tickets at the Palace or at 2, Exeter Hall. These tickets and Season Tickets and Handel Festival Re hearsal Admission Tickets may also be had at the iollovzing agencies :—Messrs. 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The reader of "Punch" should read this pamphlet also. He has often read, in the pages of "Punch," of certain Quacks, frau dulent and noisome, who obtain money by false pretences, and more money by menaces and extortion, from green young men. For their names, which "Punch" would not advertise, he has referred his readers to the lower corner of the advertising columns of low newspapers, amongst which too many of Hr." Punch's" contemporaries, especially in the country, may still be enumerated. But now he begs to pub lish the information that a nominal list of these miscreants, with copies of their puffs and other particulars concerning them, needful to be known, will be found in the pamphlet above referred to, which is entitled "Revelations of Quacks an i Quackery," and is to be had at the "Medical Circular " Office, 20, King William-street, Strand, W.O. The vile practices, the monstrous impudence, the cruel rapacity, and the enormous gains of the obscene tribe of Quacks, the mischief they do, the ruin they work, even to the causation of suicide, are fully set forth in " Revelations of Quacks and Qackery." And mark especially that, as aforesaid, the names of the Quacks are publishel. The pamphlet in question thus constitutes a regular Quack Di rectory, by consulting which every young man may know where he may go if he wishes to get plundered and destroyed. Buy, therefore, reader, by all means buy " Revelations of Quacks and Quackery." Its contents will astonish and amuse you, whi e they invoke your indignation and disgust. Of course you 4o not want it on account of its warnings for your own sake, but you doubtless do for that of the many simple tons with whom you must be acquainted, it your acquaint ance is large. " Who are the Quacks that 'Punch' means ?" Consider what it is to be able to answer this question of the young and inexperienced, and, for charity's sake, if' for no other, go and provide yourself with "Revelations of Quacks and Quackery," by Detector.—Punch, April 12. NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND. President—The Right Hon. Lord FrOUGHTON, D.C. L. The ANNUAL DINNER for 1865 will be held at Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, on SATURDAY, May 20, 1865. CHARLES DICKENS, Esq., in the Chair. London—Francis Burnand, Esq., County Chambers, 14, . , Coruhill. . Manchester—Messrs. Hoyland and Prince, Exchange buildings. Birmingham—W. J. Scott, Esq., Waterloo-street. STEWARDS. His Grace the Duke of St. Albans. His Grace the . Duke of Rut- Benjamin Gibbons, Esq., M.R.I. George Glenny, Esq., F.H.S. Geo. Godwin, Esq., F.R.S. Benj. Gompertz, Esq., F.R.S. Major W. F. Gordon. John Gould, Esq., F.R.S. Albert Grant, Esq., F.S.A., M.R.I. J. Miller Grant, Esq. Wm. R. Greg, Esq. H. R. Grenfell, Esq., M.P. 0. L. Gruneisen, Esq., J. 0. 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Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street, London. Full-length Models of fhe late President LINCOLN, basely assassinated ; also President DAVIS, of the Confe derate States; the late lamented RICHARD COBDEN, Esq., and JOHN BHIGHT,Esq , may be seen at the Gallery. NEW ADDITION.—A full length Portrait Model of JOHN WILKES BOOTH, the reputed assassin of the late President Lincoln, t 4ken from a likeness presented by him self to Mrs. Stratton, wife of General Tom Thumb. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixp,nce. K.C.B. Sir Charles Eastlake, P.R.A. Sir John P. Grant, K.C.8., late Lt.-Gov. of Bengal. Sir John Gray. Sir Rowland Hill, K.C.8., TE E T lI.—No Fancy Names or Advertising Chicanery. Fixed Prices, and all completed for the charges named-3s. 6d., 5a , 7s. 6d , and the very best that can be made, on fine gold, at 10 each. 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Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Rons's Toilet Magazine, Is. Gcl., or 2,1 stamps. NORDDEUTSCHE SCHIFFBAU-ACTIEN GESELLSCHAF I', Domicil, Berlin, or, the NORT El GERMAN SHIP-BUILDING COMPANY (Limited). The Subscription List will be closed on Monday, May 22, after which date no application will be received. Under the Protection of the Royal Prussian Ministry of PROMENADE, CONCERT, and DANCE every Evening. This admired Band, under the direction of Signor LUIGI CURT(, will perform at 9 o'clock a Gr Ind Overture, at 11 o'clock a Selection from a favourite Opera, and a series of novel Dance,Music till 12 o'clock. fIREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, Lo n d on .— ALF:X. ROSi'S charges for Dyeing the hair permi nently - Ladles' Hair from 7s. 6d.; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6cl, or sent free for 51 stamps. It i s most easy of u:e. Marine: Open at half past 8. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. The Company has been incorporated (according to the Prussian law) by notarial act of the 4th of May, 1865. Capital 10,000,000 thalers, or £1,500,000. First issue of 5,000,000 thalers, or £750,000, in 25,000 shares, of 200 thalers, or £3O each. No deposit on application. A first instalment of 10 per cent., or £3, to be paid after public advertisement by the Directors ; second instalment of 30 per cent., or £9, one month after. Further calls will not exceed 20 per cent., or £6, and at intervals of not less than three months. THE GEMS OF THE SEASON.—Alabaster Powder and the Magnetic Rock-dew Water from Sahara enhance and restore youth and beauty, and have gained the patronage of royalty. Can only be obtained at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street. chester. Very Rev. the Dean of Ely. Ven. A. Bickersteth, D.D. Ven. Arch, Denison. Von. A. Thorp, 8.D., F.G.S. Alderman Abbiss. James Allan, Esq. W. P. Andrew, Esq. W. Angersteiti, Esq., M.P. D. T. Ansted, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S. E. 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Churchward, Esq. Hyde Clarke, Esq., D.C.L. Jas. Clay, Esc k , W. Cleland, I.4sq. A. B. Cochrane, Esq., M.P. W. H. Collingridge, Esq. Wilkie Collins, Esq. C. A. Cooper, Esq. ci ßcorder of Henry C C o o x, rb E et, sci E ., s e E w HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL A. roRY removes, without effect to the sk'n, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. lid.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 51 stamps. THE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your TEA direct to the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY. China, Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from is, 10d. per lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, City. SPANISH FLY is the acting ing re di en t i n ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which ,peedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free fors4 stumps.—ALEX. ROSS, 213, High Holborn, London. Essay )n Hair, Id. DIRECTORS. His Highness the Prince Hugo Hohenlohe-Oehringen, Duke of Ujest. His Grace the Duke Victor of Ratibor. Ernst Albers, Esq. (Messrs. Bruckner and Albers) Ham burg. John S. Benson, Esq., merchant, Birmingham and Ham burg. Louis Eichborn, Esq., Counsellor of Commerce (Messrs. Eichborn and Co.), Breslau. S. Lloyd Foster, Esq. (Messrs. Lloyds, Fosters, and Co.), Wednesbury. J. H. Gossler, Esq. (Messrs. J. Berenberg, Gossler, and Co.), Hamburg. Victor von Magnus, Esq. (Messrs. F. Magnus), Berlin. Baron von Oldershausen, Oberburgermoister, of Erfurt. Moritz Plaut, Esq., Counsellor of Commerce (Messrs. H. C. Plaut), Berlin. R. Schroeder, Esq. (Messrs. Schroeder Brothers and Co.), Hamburg. o:it' T HE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited). Authorised Capital £4.000, 11 00 Capital Sübscribed Capital Paid-up Reserve Fund.. 200,000 Dividend Reserve Fund 70,000 DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor. JAMES LEVICK, Esq., Merchant, King'sl Governors. Arms-yard, Deputy- JAMES NUGENT DANIELL, Esq., London, James Childs. Esq., London. Alexander Dunbar, Esq., Old Meal-street, London. Charles Ellis, Esq., Lloyd's. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and Co.). London. 'I he Hon. T. C. Haliburton, M.P., Chairman of the Canada Agency Association, London. William Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Young, Harrison, and Bevan), Director of the Thames and Mersey Insurance Company. Richard Stuart Lane, Esq. (Messrs. Lane, Mulkey, and Co.), London. Charles E. Newbon, Esq.. London. Henry Pownall, Esq., J.P.. Russell-square, London. Joseph Mackrill Smith, Esq. (Messrs. J. Marin Smith and Co.), Old Broad-street, London. Edward Warner, Esq , M.P., London. John Westmorland, Esq. (Director of the Royal Insurance Company), London. Albert Grant, Esq., Managing Director. BANKERS. The Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited). • Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. The National Bank, London, Dublin, and its Branches in Ireland. The Alliance Bank (Limited), London, Liverpool, and Man chester. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane, E.C. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are Improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &o. 28. 9d.; by post for 40 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. 05t 51 s tole; ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for 14 stamps; Eye Colour, 3s. ed., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45.. or eu stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALia. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. ItTOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and II most useful invention of the day, AGUA. AM ARELL t. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 12, Three King-court, Lombard•street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores toe human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, ;t4 beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, Ns. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Goanell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. SOLICITOR. D. Hinshius, Counsellor of Justice, Berlin. ENGINEERS. James Brunlees, Esq., Westminster. Richard Bayliss, Esq., Westminster. BANKERS. Berlin F. M. Magnus. Berlin H. U. Plaut. . _ Croix. J. J. Powell, Esq., Q.C., M.P. Henry Pownall, Esq. Thomas 11. Allen Poynder, Esq., M.A. 11. J. Prendergast, Esq. Rev. Herbert Randolph, M.A. Capt. Charles Rateliff, F.S.A., .... Breslau Eichborn and Co. Hamburg Vereinsbank. Kiel William Ahleman. Leipsig H. C. Plaut. London Glyn, Mills, and Co. Birmingham Birmingham Banking Company. Manchester and Liverpool The District Bank. P.L.S. Geaeral Rawdon. Henry Reeve, Esq., F.S.A., F.R.G.S. Julius Reuter, Esq. Butler Rigby, Esq. Henry Robertson, Esq. J. R. Robinson, Esq. Alderman Rose, M.P. Wm. Howard Russell, En., JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH-PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Pr,ce is. cd —l2, Three King-court, Lombard street, London. LONDON OFFICES. Langbotume-chambers, Fenchurch-street, London, E.C. AGENT. Henry'aymen, Esq., Lang - I;o — u'r - n - e-chambors, London, E.C. SAUCE. --LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE 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. Sold 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. BUSINESS TRANSACTED, ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. - - This Company negotiates Loans for Colonial and Foreign Governments Co-operates in the Financial arrangements of British and other Railways; Makes Advances to Corporations. Town Councils, and other Public Bodies ; Negotiates Loans for Public Works ; Assists in the introduction of Industrial and Commercial undertakings ; Makes advances upon approved Stooks, Shares, Bonds, dr.o. Makes temporary Loans upon eligible Freehold and Lease hold Securit►es. ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. London, 17 and 18, Cornhill, May 4,1863. • Lo r3 rt i a lll or° 1 ' )1001 . Total - ........................... 136 miles. A .contract for the construction of the lines has been entered into with • the International Contract Company irnited), according to the estimates of G. P. Bidder, Esq., gE., . and J. M. Ileppel, Esq., C.E. In accordance with the terms of each concession the Corn, toily xvill be converted into a Societe A.nonyme with shares bearer, or if necessary, into two Societes Anonymes. 4 The capieal of the Societe Anonyme, or Societes Ano- Y l3l , es,will be £3,340,000—t0 be issued in shares andbonds• v .4:1!e present Company has been formed as a Limited. able hit Company, the shares in which will be exchange .e, e f °r shares of a like denomination in the Societe -I g 4 lYine. ,opi e of 4., B of the Articles of Association, of . the Contract, and th e. ' 0 Acts of Concession, with translations, are open, at reip.uaces of the Company, for inspection by parties ti t e e m si_ b e hno become subscribers, so that they may make ' Gel Rr.....- • sn e h --Nilainted with all the provisions and conditions of ,i,,, concession. te.i.....a,,e deposit paid on application for shares will be for theri" and the allotment cancelled in cases where the fur the pa tent on allotment is duly made in accordance with 4, p l y of the allotment letter. feriencations for shares must be made in the annexed he ei,' addressed to the Directors ; but no application ll th e dared unless accompanied by the receipt of one of b e , • - "L, niters of the Company for £1 per share on the min eve: ahares applied for. This su acceded returned in the p ' of the application not beingto. be hams o f Application for Shares and Prospectuses may Th e 7 - : The ...ational I3ank, London ; Tie: -National Bank of Liverpool ; T h e ,Lank of Ireland, and its several branches, Ireland ; At 7,-tsranches of the National Bank, Ireland ; , A t + 9° Offices of the Brokers of the Company ; and °5, Cautions ffis of the International Contract Company, et, West, London, E.C. I P°ll/1 O P APPLICATION FOR SHARE S. t lt Trt i . A ~ (To be left with the Bankers.) - v ''''.ll RAILWAYS COMPANY . (LIMITED). Te % No. . e Directors of the Peruvian Railways Company ga.v.4entlemen (Limited). Ittg paid to the Bank the sum of Shares, I te Ti ' b eing £1 per Share on Ili "t c)ti tallot f the 0 me Limited in con- S ( hares of £25 each tiZllleeit,.Y weinthviathne P ita ro i sp iw e:t Y u a s C i o ss m u p e a d n l Y py you, and I hereby Arti 1 1.° b ecome a member - of the Company, 11 e ' e8 Of Association and Regulations, and to accept such subject to its Petales, , or any less number that may be allotted_ to ttl i i net_an re ct_ e t thIll? furtb.er sum due on allotment there . of, !' l _ -1-ern '*rs 'n , L. l'aY name may be placed on the Register of M 1 - IsPect of the Shares allotted to me. ' an; Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full , Address in full . - Reference Date Glo at.' Wi f e Of iiog h 0 1,09 3 11d)6 : 1 4c1 1031 [ofto % e t o -Or [Of ). 1),, 41)C ili ! Dodge S Oje° :4.1 014 go t'o' 11,013°14 syo r po iel 11 0 1 1 This Company is formed for the purpose of building and repairing men-of-war and merchant vessels of every de scription (especially ironclad frigates, corvettes, gunboats, steam and other vessels), also for constructing dockyards in the well-known port of Kiel. The Royal Prussian Ministry of Marine has granted to this Company the preference for the building and repairing of all their vessels, and an order for an ironclad frigate will be given so F oon as the Company is in a position to com mence work. A suitable site for the docks and ship-building works has been purchased, and approve I of by the Royal Prussian Ministry of Marine. The land situated near to Altona and Kiel Railroad, facing the town of Kiel, has been purchased on highly advantageous terms. The town of Kiel has • willingly granted, free of charge to the Company, the right of re claiming a considerable portion of the harbour contiguous to the Company's land. The success of establishments of a similar kind in other countries is well known, and it must be acknowledged that the advantage this Company possesses, protected by the Royal Prussian Ministry of Marine, must secure profitable results to the Shareholders. The preliminary expenses will be strictly confined to matters of actual outlay, no promotion-money being paid to any one. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares can be obtained at the Bankers, or tho Offices of the Company. ENGLISH FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. THE NORDDEUTSCHE SCHIFFBAU-ACTIEN GESELLSCHAFT, Domicil, Berlin, or THE NORTH GERMAN SHIPBUILDING COMPANY (Limited). Capital, 10,000,000 thalers, or £1,500,000. First issue, 5,000,000 thalers, or £750,000, in 25,000 Shares of 200 thalers, or £3O each. To tho Directors of the Norddeutsche Schiff bau-Actien- Gesellschaft, or the North German Shipbuilding Com pany (Limited). Gentlemen, — I request you to allot me Shares in the above Company, which I hereby accept, or any less number ; and I further consent to sign the Statutes of the Company (Articles of Association), and to pay the first instalments of three pounds and nine pounds per Share respectively when required, or in default authorise .you to cancel the allotment. Name in full Address Description Reference Date U Signature This form t o be forwarded sual to the Offices of the Company, Langbourue- chambers, 16k, Fenchurch-street, London, E.C. N ORDD EUTSCHE SCHIFFBAU-ACTEIN GESELLSCHAFT, Domicil, Berlin. or THE NORTH GERMAN SHIPBUILDING COMPANY (Limited). The SUBSCRIPTION LIST will be CLOSED on MONDAY, May 22, after which date no applications will be received. DEPOSITS RECEIVED BY THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited). RATES FOR MONEY ON DEPOSIT. This Company receives MONEY ON DEPOSIT, in sums of £lO and upwards, on the following terms, until further notice, viz. : At fourteen days' notice 4i per cent. per annum. FOR FIXED PERIODS OF Not less than.... ...... 2 months, 51 per cent. per annum. Beyond 2 and up t0....4 months, 5i per cent. per annum. Beyond 4 and up t0....6 months, 51 per cent. per annum. Any period beyOnd ....6 months, per cent. per annum. Forms can be obtained of the Secretary, to whom all com munications must be addressed. By order of the Court, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. London, 17 and 18, Cornhill, May 4,1805. DEBENTURES ISSUED BY THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited), ISSUE OF £500,000 DE BENT URESZITH INTEREST PAYABLE QUARTERLY. The Directors have decided to issue Debenture Bonds of the Company for the amounts and bearing interest as under, viz.:— In sums of £lO, £2O, £5O, £lOO, £250, £5OO, and .V,003, with coupons attached. INTEREST. For three years 6 per cent. per annum. For five years For seven years Interest payable quarterly—viz., on the 30th March, 30th June, 30th September, and 30th December in each year, at the Company's Bankers. The first payment of interest will be made cn the 30th June next. The distinctive feature in the debentures issued by this Company is their perfect security ; the amount of the capital subscribed, paid-up, and uncalled, and the general invested assets of the Company, as well as the large reserve fund. affording the most ample security to the investor. They are also payable to bearer, and can there ore be transferred by simple delivery from hand to band without endorsement, and are free from any further stamp duty. Forms of Application can be obtained of the Secretary, to whom all communications must be addressed. By order of the Court, ALFRED LOWE, secretary. London, 17 and 18, Cornhill, Illay 4, 1865. LL.D. Horace St. John, Esq. George Augustus Sala, Esq. Ald. Salomons, M.P. Thomas Salt, Esq., M.P. W O CIW. Vlh: Ram. ymond i s sca hui indeled Sams, fierebs Scott,. h Ernest Seyd, Esq. George F. Seymour, Esq. P. Burrows Sharkey, Esq. Martin R. Sharp, Esq. Charles Shaw, Esq. H. B. Sheridan Esq., M.P. Samuel J. Shrubb, Esq., B.A. Wm. Smalley, Esq. W. H. Smith jun., Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. James Spicer, Esq. Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., F.R.G.S. Alderman Stone. Col. Sykes, M.P. W. M. Tartt, Esq. W. J. Thorns, Esq., F.S.A. Anthony Trollope, Esq. Martin P_ . Tupper, Esq. George Tuxford, Esq. Henry Halford Vaughan, Esq., M.A. Geo. Stoven Venables, Esq., Q.C., J. W. Vickers, Esq. George Vining, Esq. Thomas Wakley, Esq., M.D. Henry Washbourne, Esq. E. W. Watkin, Esq., M.P. General Westrop Watkins. Benjamin Webster, Esq. J. P. Brown Westhead, Esq., M.P. Irwin L. Willes, Esq. Robert B. Williams, Esq. Wm. E. Williams, jun., Esq., F.S.S. Charles M. Willich, Esq. Win. H. Wills, Esq. Alderman Wilson. John Wilson, Esq. Thomas Wright, Esq., A.M., F.S.A. Edmund Yates, Esq. James Yates, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S. Falmouth. Rev. John E. Cox, M A. Wm. Cox, Esq., M.P. Alex. A. Croll. Esq. P. B. Curling, Esq., F.R.S. Ald. and sheriff Dakin. John W. Daniell, Esq. O. Del9pierre, Esq., LL.D., • W. W. F. Dick Esq., M.P. J. Dickenson, jun., Esq. John Dillon, Esq. J. Henry Doyle, Esq. J. W. Duncan, Esq._ R. W. Duff, Esq., M.P. Charles J. Dunphy, Esq. Edward Easton, Esq., F.G.S. Wm. V. Edsall, Esq. Sutherland Edwards, Esq. Pierce Egan, Esq. E. C. Egerton, Esq., M.P. J. J. Ellis, Esq. J. Walter Ellisdon, Esq. Rey. W. Elwin, M.A. D. Morier Evans, Esq. John Everitt, Esq. Wm. Ewart, Esq., M.P. G. Eyre, M.A., M.R.1., F.G.S. Fairbairn, Esq., C.E., F.R.S , Rev. F. W. Farrar, M.A. W. B. Ferrand, Esq., M.P. Henry Findon, Esq. G. A. Fleming, Esq. T. W. Fleming, Esq., M.P. Capt. John Ford. H. Rumsey Forster, Esq. M. Forster, Esq., F.H.S., F.G.S. R. N. Fowler, Esq., F.R.G.S. Samuel C. Fox, Esq. Colonel P. T. French. S. W. Fullom, Esq. Alderman Gibbons. The musical arrangements will be conducted by Mr. Jules Benedict. The following distinguished artistes have already volunteered their valuable services :—Miss Louisa Pyne, Madlle Enequist (the Swedish vocalist), Madame Weiss, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Miss Emily Soldene, Mr.W. Harrison, Mr. G. Perren, Mr. Weiss, Mr. Sims Reeves, &c. Dinner on table at half-past 5. Tickets, for which early application must be made, one guinea each. By Order. HENRY G: WARREN, Hon. See: Office, 6, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, W.O. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre- Ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind. s p a sms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual votiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier vi the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strength en th e w h o l e nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawi n g- ro o m , Lib rar y, a id Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment vi VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, do., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian , Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o.lmported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Halesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS. AI IN ERA LS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facilitate tie interesting study of MIN ERALOGY and GEOLOGY, aid can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, GO, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOG Yis given by Mr. TENNANr. at 149. Strand W.C. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vics-Patron—H is Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, lI.G President—Dia Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founde I 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' orders. is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and 'wades. It aff zds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in sddition to this, the average number of attendance of the iestitute sick has for a con iderable per;od averaged between 8,000 and 4,000 weekly. '1 he Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Kal herman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W llianss, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; T. Darned and Co , Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD SMITH, secretary. If the existing constitution is not adapted to reform, and if the proposed body would have no tendency to forward and fatal power to obstruct it, it has been plausibly argued, and it is not our purpose to deny, that an executive commission is the sole alternative presented to your lordship. The ex perience afforded by the University Commissioners, the approval of several high authorities, and the acquiescence to a considerable extent of public opinion might all be men tioned in its favour. It is, however, our wish to notice some of the objections which as yet have been ambiguously urged against it. It has been said that an executive commission would not provide for a better government of Eton than that which now exists, and that a change in the governing body is no less essential than a change in the instruction. But why should not the executive commission frame a go vernment for Eton as well as regulate its revenues and studies ? According to the precedent of the universities the task would be clearly within its function. Were it, however, thought right to limit the executive commission to direct reforms, it would not in any manner interfere with a sub sequent reconstruction of the governing body. If not itself permitted to form a governing body, a commission cannot be appointed to prohibit its formation by the Legislature. That an executive commission would in either case be willing to perpetuate the defects which exist in the go vernment of the college—and this has been objected to it— is a bold paradox. It cannot have been seriously urged ex cept to serve the momentary wants of a Parliamentary dis paragement. It is alleged that otherschools would be reduced to uniformity of system if one executive commission were brought to bear on all of them. It is true that such a danger might attend a general commission. But no such inconvenience would attach to the course of sending an executive committee to deal with Eton singly. Nor need it be accused of inconsistency. The special case justifies the special agency. To give modern languages and science their duo position is allowed to bo more difficult at Eton than at other places. New statutes are required there to overcome peculiar oomplications. The existing govern ment of Eton is less fitted to introduce reform than the existing government of Harrow, Chartorhouse, or R ug b y. The Eton governing body proposed in the bill will have stronger temptation to resist reform than the bodies which are proposed for the other public schools. Eton can best afford to risk a change in education from the greater security of her position. Eton is the best field for a new exper i m ent, because the numbers of the school and the dif ferences of age are greater there than elsewhere. At Eton modern languages will find a congenial soil, owing to the encouragement the late Prince Consort gave them by his prizes, and to the comparatively larger number of pupils destined to those careers in which proficiency in them is essential. Above all, to recapitulate the principal argu ment, the executive commission which raises the Eton standard will indirectly raise the standard in other public schools. Reform will thus be effected without danger of producing an objectionable uniformity. The more real though the less avowed objection, we conceive to be, that a certain harshness towards the authorities at Eton would seem to be implied in such a measure. Even if this were, so, should thera be no other way of effecting the necessary improvements, a commission ought not to be The following letter, signed " Scott F. Surtees," and dated " Rectory, Sprotbrough, May 15," ap peared yesterday in the Times:— On Monday last I was stopping at an hotel at the west end of London. My bed-room was small, the bed imme diately opposite the door. I had locked my door and been to sleep. 1 was awakened, I conjecture, by the thunder storm, at about 2 a.m., and saw the door ajar and a face looking on me, and almost "felt," so earnest was the gaze, a pair of eyes fixed intently on me. Without a moment being lost I flung off the bed clothes and made for the door. It was closed in my face. I opened it as quick as possible, and I think only seconds had elapsed before I was out on the staircase, and to my amazement could see or hear no one. I looked over the balusters and listened for about a minute, ran back to my room, found my purse and pocket book gone, and roused the house with shouts and calls. Within a few minutes there was a considerable assemblage, male and female. The landlady coming downstairs from above stepped upon my purse and pocket-book, and the night porter picked them up—gold and notes to the amount of £l5 were missing. The first thought was that the thief had secreted himself in some of the empty rooms, and all the party but my self descended to search the house. So convinced was I that the thief was near, that I said, "No, I will not leave this part of the house," and sat on the stairs listening. The Police then made their appearance, a sergeant and an intelli gent man with him; on going upstairs with them and point ing out the place where the purse was found one of them noticed the stair carpet a little raised, and putting his hand behind pulled out a pair of tweezers, very similar to those used by dentists, with which the thief had turned the key from the outside. The scent was warm and the chase became exciting, and on making inquiries as to the inmates of the rooms, &c., we had little_ difficulty in limiting it to one of three parties, one the landlord was certain was not the guilty party. The police ap peared very fearful of taking any steps in the matter, but at the persuasion of the gentlemen present agreed to accom pany us into the rooms. We first entered that of a gentle man who had only arrived that night, and whose name was unknown. Apologising for the intrusion, I asked him if he would tell who he was and where lie came from. He stated he was a clergyman come up for the May meetings, produced his letters and his cheque-book, and answered several questions satisfactorily as to the neighbourhood ho professed to come from. Unluckily the name on his carpet bag, different from the one he gave, created a suspicion, although I stated when we left his room, " that those were not the eyes I saw fixed on me." By this time the inspector of police had arrived, and took the further management upon himself. His first object seemed to be to avoid com mitting himself, or undertaking any responsibility ; his next to paralyse the landlord by talking of actions and damages £2OO ; looking for or detecting the thief appeared to be the last thing he had in view. However, the landlady urging it, and the rust of us declaring that there could be no harm in asking the other person whether or no he had been robbed himself, he reluctantly acquiesced. It was the room next to mine. On the stair opposite the purse and tweezers had been found. The noise had been terrific, and yet he had put in no appearance. On opening the door after much knocking he was as white as a sheet, and said, " Oh, is it fire ?" and then said, looking at his purse, he had been robbed of ten sovereigns and his silver loft. This simple dodge put the inspector off his guard. He asked no ques tions, as we had done, to the other person, as to who he was and where he came from, &c., and finally, when taking down in his pocket-book the charge and statements, had the extreme stupidity to do so while we were both standing together, and thus gave the other person the chance of hearing me say that one note I thought had on it " Whittaker," and that I had not the numbers. If he had been sharp ho might have noted that when my next door neighbour gave his address as "Captain Holmes, Scarborough," he changed it afterwards to "Wes ton-hall, Scarborough," that his portmanteau was an Ame rican, and that these instruments are generally found on Americans ; that his purse was too small to hold 10 sove reigns ; that although in the middle of night, his portman teau was packed up and no article of any sort on the dress ing table. If he had looked at the keys of the doors he would have found that the key of my door was marked and bright, and that the key of his door had no mark upon it. If he had inquired further he might have heard that he had been a fortnight in the hotel and never paid his bill, and that both chamber-maid and waiter had mentioned their distrust. Ile might have telegraphed to Scarborough, and found that he had given a wrong address. Calmly looking back upon it, I feel that if the inspector had been an accom plice he could not have played the cards better for him. Not liking to be beaten, and being sure he was one out of, at the most, three individuals, I waited about the coffee-room, taking stock of the people as they came down to breakfast. Not until about 11 did my next door neighbour appear. I went up to him, engaged him in conversation about the events of the night, all the time looking for the glance of the eyes I wished to recognise. I went away convinced he was the man, and told the landlord to send for a detective. On seeing the detective upstairs with me ho turned and went out of the house into the street. How the detective followed him, how numerous were his dodges, how ho changed part of his dress up an entry, and how, finally, when convinced he was watched, he ran for it, and, getting into a hansom, escaped ; how, ou searching his large port manteau, it contained only a pair of old trousers and two American books, would take long to tell. I would suggest to licensed victuallers that in cases of this sort they should hold out a promise of reward to the police ; and to Sir R. Mayne that ho should have younger men, who have not the dread of responsibility before their eyes as inspectors on such duty. I should hope it maylead some one to invent some apparatus, to be sold at all railway bookstalls, which would give warning of a door being opened. it is evident a locked door with the key in it is useless as a protection against thieves, and that the police are unequal to trace out a case, even when no time has been wasted or a chance thrown away. A BREWER FINED £loo.—On Tuesday Mr. Broughton, a provincial brewer, appeared in answer to a summons charging him with infringing one of the regula lations of the excise, which requires brewers, previous to each brewing, to make an entry in a paper provided by the excise of the quantity of malt which it is intended to mash. Mr. Hynes, one of the supervisors, called at the defendant's brewery on March 29, and there found in the mashing-tub five quarters, two bushels, and seven gallons of malt, while the entry in the paper made on the previous day only stated that four quarters of malt were to be mashed. The defence was that the entry was a wrong one on the part of a boy. Tho magistrates inflicted the mitigated penalty of £lOO. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—Bilious affections and stomach complaints induced by atmospheric heat or too liberal diet, if not early checked, aro often attended with serious consequences. When any one finds his ideas less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed, and his head dizy, while he is indisposed for all exertion, physical or mental, ho may be quite sure that he is in immediate need of some cooling and purifying medicine. Let him send a t once for a box of Holloway s pills, after a few doses of which his head will be clear again, his spirits be elevated, and all his energies be restored. Printed directions for the guidance of patients in the use of -this admirable medicine are affixed to every box. UNITED UNIVERSITY CLUB.- The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Mem bers of this Club will take place on THURSDA Y, May 25. The Chair will be taken at 3 p.m. By order, ARTHUR RUISEY, Sec - etary. Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, May 1865. i 'or 4' Jo b