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T" LONDON AND MEDITERRANEAN BANK (Limited). Capital t 2,000,000 sterling, in 100,000 shares of £2O each. Of which 80,000 shares have been already subscribed. Posit xi Per share on application . and £l.los . on allot 'tient and £1 10s. further within T , 'tree Months after al oirgeut, Monsie ur DIRECTORS. gene Bernard (Messrs. E. Landau and CO, Alex andria. Monsieur Francois Bravay, wip r,.of the Merchant, Alexandria, and Mein Leoislative Chamber of France. ii- n ° 4ll Cargill giq. M.P., Connaug,ht-place West. a "Yde-park. •" inies B. Cumming , Es (Messrs. Cumming and Co.). Leaden street.,p.aell- .Vb..rt Landau Esq., Banker, Vienna. Milli Land au ,' Esq.(Messrs. F. Landau and Co.), Alexandr.ia. et tr. Maxwell, Esq , Di:ector of the National PrOVIII- „,4!ti Bank of England. • ;2" iter Mellor, Esq., Broadlands, Clapham-common. ;loon Roden Noel, Warlies Waltham Abbey. 4 bed A . u lna Routh, Esq., Chairman of the English and Ans a Cop Per Company. BANKERS. 11,essrs. Barclay, Bevan. Tritton, Twells, and Co ., 54, Lom ,rd-street, E.C. ,el,cndon and County Bank, 21, Lombard-street, E.C. 4'l Branches of the National Provincial Bank of England. AUDITORS. M essrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., Public Accountants, Tokeohouse-yard, E.C. Messrs SOLICITORS. . Wilkinson, Stevens. and Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane, B.C. M'esa r BROKERS. X es 8 . J. and A. Serimzeour, 10, Old Broad-street, E.C. ars. Il uggins and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle - street , E.u, SECRETARY. George Cumming, MCI. 9 , Kirin' TEMPORARY OFFICES. s Moorgate-street, E.C. PROSPECTUS. tlierllk.,isSompany is_ formed_for the purpose of converting Sharon Shares of the Continental Bank Corporation on into Alex of £2O, and to carry out the amalgamation of th /eowith the Bank of Messrs. E. Landau and. Co., of ns.____ nar lES and for facilitating commercial, financial, and told tra nsactionibetWeen - this country, the Continent, FiPgYPt. tO ef tho £2O Shares in this Company will be allotted "a Sh areholders in the Continental Bank, in exchange allot of their present £lOO Shares. The £2O Shares I?tted in exchange for Shares on which £25 has been ~a a l, will be credited with £5 paid up ; and those allotted :?,x,change f or S hares on which £l5 only has been paid, Tpe credited with £3 paid up. 1,14.110 arrangements which have been made for amalp: mei:t u t : l g and managing the business of the above establysh of It s a r 6 such as, aided by the high Egyptian connections v er _ es ars• Landau, cannot fail to secure to this Company a andTy, extensive and profitable business. establishment of Messrs. Landau and Co., at Alex lot in addition to its rogulax banking operations, has e t „, g , ea l'aYed an extensive connection with producers and yielded of produce in Egypt. This business has always a _ od most favourable results; and no better proof of this of l ta be given than the fact that the firm, during the Nyhol _ ig E g . e 4 1 , 8 . t pee, as well as the other banks lately established vo experienced an absolute immunity from loss Theeir transactions of this class of, business. el a n d ailY increasing trade of Egypt with Europe, espe ban Y with - - -P ngland, is also a sure guarantee for the en realcieti,fatare success of this Company; the profits hitherto yi ek r a u bY Messrs. Landau and Co. are alone sufficient to e,. neodutfihdeenseje p. a large return upon the capital proposed to be called their ral partners of the Firm, in order to show in the future success of the Company,. have activile —aaa lar g ° n umber of Shares, and will continue i n the gement of the business at Alexandria. tor Bank has also secured the co-operation, as a Three voe,' Mr. Bravay, whose exertions will be especially to the extension of the Bank's relations with tgYpt* he lan Government, a class of transactions in which )" 3, d hitherto engaged, with very successful result . s. th e . 6 amalgamated establishments propose liquidating all „ll' present transactions up to the date of amalgamation. .. e h e Articles of Association of this Company, and the ugi" ement entered into for acquiring the' busin ess of esa rs• Landau and an be seen on application at the Office of the Solicitors. Co." offices deposit of £1 upon • each Share must be paid at the tj ccs of eith er of the Bankers of the Company, on applica °o, ac cording to the annexed Form. BePornis of Application for Shares may be obtained o f the oretarY at the Comp an y' s Offices, and of the Bankers and BrekOrs. F ORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No. To be retained by the Bankers. To the Directors of the London and Mediterranean Bank (Limited).. otGzentlemen, —Having paid to your. Bankers the sum the being a deposit of £1 per share on 'shares in v , above being I herebj request that you will allot me ri tpumber • ' and I agree to accept such shares, or any less of '„oer that you may allot to me, and to become a member Compan in respect of shares to me. 1 ,urthe aut h ori s e you to forward by post, to allotted my address. as Del ° , r, the certificates for the shares which may be allotted tome.. Usual signature Name in full Residence Profession Date THE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT COMPANY (LIMITED) INVITE APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES IN THE PLYMOUTH SHIPBUILDING DOCK, AND IRON WORKS COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under "The Companies Act, 1862," Whereby the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the _ _ . amount of his Shares. Capital £250,000. 'ln 10 ,000 Shares of £25 each. Deposit on application £1 11=r gbare, and £4 on allotment. Future Calls not to exceed £3 per Share, at intervals of not less than three months. Discount will be allowed at the rate of 6 per cent. per an num on Calls paid in advance. - Wi lliam L DIRECTORS. useombe, Esq., J.P. (Messrs. Luscombe, Sons, a e lid Ce., Chai n of the Sutton Harbur Coma, and (maul f ) or the Go rma vernments of France, o Holland, p &e., ny Ply- Mouth. Sir John Gray, Director of the Land Securities Company. the an Hicks, E sq . (M essr s. Hicks and Co.), Director of ;Gre at West ern D oc k C ompany , Ply mou th. G' Getty, Esq., M.P., Belfast. Peake, Esq. (late Constructor of her Majesty's Tie b Cornwall. the y, Esq. (Messrs. Treeby and Co.), Consul for - ' - ' ver nments of Italy, Belgium, Mecklenburg, Sardinia, A 4-13711011th • CM:la a • °° e, Esq., Director of the International Contract Patiy (Limited). Ageir l3orm an, Esq. (Messrs. Hickie, Borman, and Co., f 41. the Austrian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Com . The lcati BANKERS. M essrs, Bank, Old Broad-street, London and Dublin Harris and Co., Naval Bank, Plymouth. 11. u SOLICITORS. Rowell, Esq., 1.3, Clement's Inn, London, W.C. John Kelly, Esq., Plymouth. BROK. J• and A. Scrim geou ERS r and Co., 10, Old Broad- P. street, E.C. Westlake Esq., Plymouth. and Fox, Esq., Dame-street, Dublin. . Joh, ENGLNEER. —. . Q cott Tucker, Esq., Great George-street,Westminster. AUDITOR. P. W. Spooner, Esq., America-square. SECRETARY. William Cooper, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFIcEs-85, Cannon-street West, E.O. eli T his Company has been formed for the purpose of pur- E t .'!'sing the freehold property known as Queen Anne's ca'oPyard, and the valuable Shibuilding business now $h fed on by private capitalists therein; of carrying on - z —ui lding in Iron and Wood, and of mechanical engi teering in all its branches. of The Shipbuilding Yard possesses a frontage to the sea ti Pwards of 1,200 feet, in which there will be capacity ; J is, down twenty ships, taking an average of 60 feet Width for each ship. As at present constituted, the esta blishment, comprises a first-class stone-built Dry Dock, 260 feet by 52 feet, in perfAt working condition, with steam e ngine, circul ar - saw gear , sm ith s ' s h ops , ti m b er sheds, offices, aii„ buildings, with slips, quay; and other necessary ap riances, all in goodrepair. On the premises there is a capital 'me kiln, four excellent dwelling-houses, suitable for, the E ager and employes of the Company, six cottages for oremen, &c., a good supply of fresh water, and an abund ance of lime and building stone. It is proposed to lengthen the present dry dock 50 feet, to construct two additional dry docks and one large float ing dock, to be divided by caissons ; also additional frontage quay; and to extend tho appliances generally, with the 'view of the construction and repair of iron and wooden ships, the manufacturing of marine and other engine; armour and other plate, angle iron, and every description of iron work. For the purposes of the Company the position of the premises is not to be surpassed (as will be seen by the plan) ; they are in close proximity to Sutton Harbour, forming the seaboard of Catwater anchorage, and are completely sheltered, first by the Plymouth Breakwater, and next by the peninsula of Mount Batten, in addition to which the approaches to the premises are completely com mended by the guns of the citadel. The Branch Station of the South Devon Railway Company is situated in the immediate vicinity, and her Majesty's Dockyard, Devon port, is within an easy distance. This Company will offer unusual facilities for carrying on the proposed business in consequence of both labour and the frei g ht o f iron, coal, and timber being extremely low, added to which much expense will be saved, as the Materials will be delivered on the quays of the Company free of all dues and charges. At present the r e are no Iron Shipbuilding Works at Pl ymouth, and much inconvenience and expense often re salt to shi powners i n consequence o f vesse ls outward bound having to put back to London for repair. The Directors consider it unnecessary to allude to the other advantages possessed by this Company, further than to state that there is a great and growing demand for such Works as they propose to carry on. /!The operations of the Company will be conducted by r * Joseph Bank; who will devote his well-known expo nence exclusively to the interests of the Company, aided by gentlemen of acknowledged mechanical skill. As the Whole of th e va l uable property has been ceded to the Direc rrs upon terms which are considered highly advantageous, le profitable result of the undertaking may be deemed as assured. Interest at the rate of £6 per cent. is guaranteed for three Years by the International Contract Company (Limited). n the event of no allotment of Shares being made, the !leposit will b e re t urne d i n full. Should a less number of share s be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be 1. 0 10 availabl e t owar d s the payment on allotment, and the balance (if any) returned to the applicant. C ,'"' copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association a n be inspected at the Offices of the Solicitors, Brokers, 4 pros, C annon-street West. be .pectuses and Forms Application for Shares may c obtained at the Offices of the International Contract y an d So 85 „Cannon-street, West ; and of the Bankers, Br licitors. FOR 1 1 OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To --.0 Directors of tho Plymouth Shipbuilding, Dockhand Iron Works Company (Limited). 1,„ Gentlemen,— am,._ 4la ving paid to your Bankers (Messrs. -, o f r the Sh a 7 being a deposit of .£1 per Share on allot in the above Company,) I request that you will 4et rae that number of Shares, and I hereby agree to apt such Shares, or any less number that may be allotted "". me, and to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the No. 22,731. Articles of Association of the Company when required ; and I authorise you to place my name on the Register of Members in respect of the Shares allotted to me. • I am, Gentlemen, Usual Signature Name in full Residence in full Profession Date REMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at "EVANS'." Alter the Opera we @hail Sap there! PRACTICAL GE OLOGY.---Sing'a College, London. Professor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a COURSE of LECTURES on FRIDAY MORNING, April 28, at Nine l o ogy to 'clock, having especial reference to the application ot Geo- l Engineering, Mining, Architecture, and Agriculture. The Lectures will be continued on each succeeding Wednes day and Friday at the same hour. Fee, £1 lls. 6d. R. W. JELF, D D., Principal. ESTABLISHED 1837. ASSURANCE LIFE COMPANY. Empowered by special Act of Parliament 4 Vict., cap. 9. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. DIRECTORS. George Bevington, Esq., The Lodge, Dulwich. George Cohen, Esq Shacklewell. • Millis Coventry. Esq., born Exchange Chambers. Jonathan Duncan Dow, Esq„ 12, Pembridge Villas, Bays water. John Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. Thomas Samuel Uirdier, Esq.. 7, Tokenhonse-yard. Edward Hales, Esq., North Frith, Hadlow, Kent. Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Doctors' Commons. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted at the lowest rates of Prenlium consistent with security. The various Tables, some of which are peculiar to this Com pany, have been studiously adapted to the requirements of every class of Assurers. EQUAL RATES FOR WHOLE TERM OP LIFE. BRITANNIA AGE. ANNUAL PREMIUM.. AGE. 20 1 12 5 35 25 1 16 0 40 30 2 0 8 45 ANNUAL PREMIUM. 2 6 9 2 15 1 3 6 3 ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. T HE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited). Authorised Capital £4.000,000, in 200,000 shares of £2O each. Capital Subscribed £2,000,000, in 100,000 shares of £2O each. _ Capital Paid-up . ....... . £500,000 Reserve Fund . .• Dividend Reserve Fund £70,000 mime Tons. The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor. James Levick, Esq., Merchant, King's Arms yard, Deputy- James Nugent Daniell, Esq., Chairman of the Governors. Alliance Bank (Limited), • James Childs, Esq., London. Alexander Dunbar. Esq., Old Btoal-street, London. Charles Ellis, Esq., Lloyd's. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and Co.), London. The 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, Hankey, and Co.), London. Charles E. Newbon, Esq.. London. Henry Pownall, Esq., J.P., Russell-square, London. Joseph Mackrill E.g. (J. Mackrill 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'e 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. SECRETARY. Alfred Lowe, Esq. OFFICES. . 17 and 18, Cornhill, London. T HE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBTT,TER OF ENGLAND (Limited). At a Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company, held This Day (Thursday), 20th April, 1865, at one o'clock p.m., The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor, in the Chair, It was proposed. seconded. and carried unanimously, That the Balance-sheet and Report, roe nnmending a Divi dend and Bonus of Twenty Shillings per Share on the o,d Shares an i Ten Shillings per Share on the New Shares, equal to Forty per cent. per annum, be, and are hereby approved, confirmed, and adopted. It was also proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously, That the best thanks of this Meeting are due, and are hereby given, to the Governor, Deputy-Governors, and Directors, for the care and attention they have given to the interests of the Shareholders, and for the extremely satisfac tory results which have arisen therefrom. It was also proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously, That the cordial thanks of this Meeting are due, and are hereby offered, to Albert Grant, Esq., the Managing Director, for the talent and untiring energy displayed by him in the administration of the affairs of the Company. It Ras f urther proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously, That the thanks of this Meeting to given to Alfred Lowe, Esq., Secretary, for his unvarying courtesy an d attention, and to him and the other officers of the Company for their industry and zeal during the past half-year. By order of the Court of Directors, J. STUART WORTLEY, Governor. ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London, April 20, 1865. Copies of the Balance-sheet and Report may be had on application at the Offices. TEA. —Just received, ex " Whinfell," excellent FAMILY TEA, offered to Families at Merchants' Prices, viz :-35. per lb., recommended ; also, ex " Lochin var." Finest Ankot Souchong, 3s. 6d., vet y superior. 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The railway conveys the tourist to Resins, a strange village, which is regularly swallowed up at each eruption, and as regularly rebuilt by the inhabitants, who know perfectly well when it is time to remove, and when to return. This obstinate adherence to a place doomed to periodical destruction is easily explained by the unex ampled fertility of the soil, manured as it is by volcanic ashes, decompe.sed lava, and trachytic effiorescences. From Resins you go on mules to the hermitage of San Salvador°, and from that point upwards you must trust to your own legs. Before ascending the great cone of ashes, one finds oneself in a valley called Atrio de Cavallo, about 500 yards in breadth. This valley separates the cone of eruption from the Somma, a rock chiefly consisting of amphigenito. As the cone of Mount Vesuvius scorns to date from the the great eruption of the year 79, which destroyed Stabhe, Herculaneum, and Pompeii, and, as until that period, Mount Vesuvius had been considered an extinct volcano, some authors have con cluded rather too hastily that the Somma was the old crater spoken of by the ancients, and that the present Mount Vesuvius had gradually formed itself at its foot. In an able letter from Naples, addressed to the Moniteur by M. Jules Nougaret, this opinion is contradicted, the writer considering the Somma as having, at an extremely early period, formed part ofthe bed of the sea, and been subsequently upheaved by a • powerful volcanic force. In support of this view ho points to the fossil remains of fishes which it contains, .and which seem to denote its neptunian origin. Pliny only knew the Somma, the top of which forced a vast cavity, a valley con taining small:ponds, shrubs, and groves, where flocks of Vesuvius. Diod Siculus, Vitru vius,sheep and goats used to graze in, perfect seou f i i y, an d in the centre of which there was no trace f: . ,1 t he cone of the prese n t and S t mountain as having for merly been a volcano. a , r m which it may bo inferred that it had been: any ages without giving any sign of activity. Mountr abo m on viu h President Andrew Johnson, (From Ripley and Dana's Cyc1°1)03(11a) Johnson, Andrew, a United States' senator from Tennessee, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Dec. 29, 1808. When he was four years of age he lost his father, who died from the effect of exertions to save a friend from drowning. At the age of 10 he was apprenticed to a tailor in his native city, with whom he served seven years. His mother was unable to afford him any educational advantages, and he never attended school a day in his life. While learning his trade, however, he resolved to make an effort to educate himself. His anxiety to be able to read was particularly excited by an incident which is worthy of mention. A gentleman of Raleigh was in the habit of going into the tailor's shop and reading while the apprentice and journeymen were at work. He was an excellent reader, and his favourite book was a volume of speeches, principally of Bri tish statesmen. Johnson became interested, and his first ambition was to equal him as a reader and be come familiar with those speeches. He took up the alphabet without an instructor, but by applying to the journeymen with whom he worked he obtained a little assistance. Having acquired a knowledge of the letters, he applied for a loan of the book which he had so often heard read. The owner made him a present of it, and gave him some instruction on the use of letters in the formation of words. Thus his first exercises in spelling were in that book. By perseverance he soon learned to read, and the hours he devoted to his education wero at night after he was through his daily labour upon the shopboard. lie now applied himself to books from two to three hours every night, after workingfrom 10 to 12 hours at his trade. Having completed his apprenticeship in the autumn of 1824, he went to Laurens Courthouse South Carolina, where he worked as journeyman for nearly two years. While there he became engaged to be married, but the match was broken off by the violent opposition of the girl's mother and friends, the ground of objection being Mr. Johnson's youth and the want of pecuniary means. In May, 1826, he returned to Raleigh, where he procured journey work, and remained until September. He then set out to seek his fortune in the West, carrying with him his mother, who was dependent upon him for support. He stopped at Greenville, Tennessee, and commenced work as a journeyman. He remained there about 12 months, married, and soon afterwards went still farther westward, but failing to find a suitable place to settle he returned to Greenville and commenced business. Up to this time his education was limited to reading, as he had never had an op portunity of learning to write or cipher, but under theinstructions of his wife he learned these and other branches. The only time,however, he could devote to them was in the dead of night. The first office which he held was that of alderman of the village, to which he was elected in 1828. He was re-elected to the same position in 1829, and again in 1830. In that year he was chosen mayor, which position he held for three years. In 1835 he was elected to the Legis lature. In the Session of that year he took decided ground against a scheme of internal improvements, which he contended would not only prove a failure, but entail upon the State a burdensome debt. The measure was popular, however, and at the next election (1837) he was defeated. He became a candidate again in 1839. By this time many of the evils he had predicted were fully demonstrated, and he was elected by a large majority. In 1840 he served as Presidential elector for the State at large on the Democratic ticket. He canvassed a large portion of the State; meeting upon the stump several of the leading Whig orators. In 1841 he was elected to the State Senate. In 1843 he was elected to Congress, where, by successive elections, he served until 1853. D uring this period of service he was con spicuous and active in advocating the Bill for refund ing the fine imposed upon General Jackson at New Orleans in 1815, the annexation of Texas, the tariff of 1846, the war measures of Mr. Polk's Adminis tration and a homestead bill. In 1853 he was elected Governor of Tenessee after an exciting can vass. He was re-elected in 1855 after another active contest. At the expiration of his second period as Governor, in 1857, he was elected United States' Senator for a full term, ending March 3, 1863. The Assassination of President Lincoln, OFFICIAL REPORT. The following official telegram from Mr. Secre tary Stanton has been received by the United States Legation in London (Via Greencastle, per Nova Scotian.) " Sir,—lt has become my distressing duty to an nounce to you that last night his Excellency Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, was assassinated, about the hour of half-past 10 o'clock, in his private box, at Ford's Theatre, in the city. The President, about 8 o'clock, accom panied Mrs. Lincoln to the theatre. Another lady and gentleman were with them in the box. About half-past 10, during a pause in the performance, the assassin entered the box, the door of which was un guarded, hastily approached the President from behind, and discharged a pistol at his head. The bullet entered the back of his head and pene trated nearly through. The assassin then leaped from the box upon the stage, brandishing a large knife or dagger, and exclaiming, ' Sic semper tyrannie and escaped in the rear of the theatre. Immediately upon the discharge the President fell to the floor insensible, and continued in that state until 20 minutes past 7 o'clock this morning, when he breathed his last. About the same time the mur der was being committed at this theatre, another assassin presented himself at the door of Mr. Seward's residence, gained admission by representing he had a prescription from Mr. Seward's physician which he was directed to see administered, and hurried up to the third story chamber, where Mr. Seward was lying. He here discovered Mr. Frederick Seward, struck him over the head, inflicting several wounds, and fracturing the skull in two places, inflicting, it is feared, mortal wounds. He then rushed into the room where Mr. Seward was in bed, attended by a young daughter and a male nurse. The male at tendant was stabbed through the lungs, and it is believed will die. The assassin then struck Mr. Seward with a knife or dagger twice in the throat and twice in the face, inflicting terrible wounds. By this time Major Seward, eldest son of the Secre tary, and another attendant reached the room, and rushed to the rescue of the Secretary; they were also wounded in the conflict, and the assassin escaped. No artery or important blood vessel was severed by any of the wounds inflicted upon him, but he was for a long time insensible from the loss of blood. Some hope of his possible recovery is entertained. Immediately upon the death of the President notice was given to Vice-President John son, who happened to be in the city, and upon whom the office of President now devolves. He will take the office and assume the functions of President to day. The murderer of the President has been dis covered, and evidence obtained that these horrible crimes were committed in execution of a conspiracy deliberately planned and set on foot by rebels.under pretence of avenging the South and aiding the rebel cause ; but it is hoped that the immediate perpetrators will be caught. The feeling occasioned by these atrocious crimes is so great, sudden, and overwhelming that I cannot at present do more than communicate them to you. At the earliest moment yesterday the late President called a Cabinet meeting, at which General Grant was pre sent. He was more cheerful and happy thanbad ever seen him, rejoiced at the near prospect of f firm and durable peace at home and abroad; manifested in a marked degree the kindnes s and humanity of his disposition, and the tender and forgiving spirit distinguished him. Public notice that so eminently , had been given that he and General Grant would be present at the theatre, and the opportunity of PRICE 4d., STAMPED sd. adding the Lieutenant-General to the number of victims to be murdered was no doubt seized for the fitting occasion of executing the plan that appears to have been in preparation for some weeks, but Gene ral Grant was compelled to be absent, and thus escaped the designs upon him. It is needless for me to say anything in regard of the influence which this atrocious murder of the President may exercise upon,the affairs of this country ; but I will only add that, horrible as are the atrocities that have been resorted to by the enemies of the country, they are not likely in any degree to impair the public spirit or postpone the complete and final overthrow a the rebellion. In profound grief for the events which it has become my duty to com municate to you, I have the honour to be " Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " EDWIN M. STANTON." THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE NEWS FROM AMERICA. On receiving the melancholy intelligence of the lamentable occurrence in the United States, the Members of Parliament assembled, consisting of gentlemen of all parties, immediately signed the following address of sympathy to the resident American Minister, and to whom it was presented at 6 o'clock yesterday evening : " We, the undersigned, members of the British House of Commons, have learnt with the deepest horror and regret that the President of the United States of America has been deprived of life by an act of violence; and we desire to express our sympathy on' tho sad event with the American Minister now in London, as well as to declare our hope and confidence in the future of that great country, which we trust will continue to be associated with enlightened free dom and peaceful relations with this and every other country. " London, April 26." The intelligence of the assassination of President Lincoln and of the attempt to assassinate Mr. Seward caused a most extraordinary sensation in the city yesterday. Towards noon the news became known, and it spread rapidly from mouth to mouth in all directions. At first many were in credulous as to the truth of the rumour, and some believed it to have been set afloat for purposes in connection with the Stock-Exchange. The house of Peabody and Co., American bankers, in Broad-street, had received early intelligence of the assassination, and from there the news was carried to the Bank of England, whence it quickly radiated in a thousand directions. Meanwhile it was being wafted far and wide by the second editions of the morning papers, and was supplemented later in the day by the publication of additional particulars. Shortly after 12 o'clock it was communicated to the Lord Mayor while ho was sitting in the Justice-room of the Mansion-house, and about the same time "the star-spangled banner" was hoisted half-mast high over the American Consulate at the corner of Grace church-street. The same tag had but a few days before floated in triumph from the same place on the entry of the Federitls into Richmond, and still later on the surrender of General Lee. At half-past 11 o'clock a large placard, as well as a telegraphic communication of the sad event, was posted outside The Sun newspaper-office, containing a circumstantial narrative of the affair. The excitement caused by the intelligence was immense. A large crowd assembled before the door, and the event was the theme of conversation everywhere. The revival of the affair of the Road-hill murder, which in the earlier part of the day had created a profound sensation, sank into insignificance in comparison with the interest and astonishment excited by the news of the' tragedy at Washington. A photographer in Cornhill, " taking time by the forelock," exhibited cartes of the deceased Presi dent in his window, inscribed " the late Mr. Lincoln," and accompanied by an account of the assassina tion copied from the placard posted in front of The Sun newspaper office. Throughout the remainder of the day the evening papers were sold in unexampled numbers, and often at double and treble the ordinary price, all evincing the universal interest felt in the astounding intelligence. LIVERPOOL, April 26. The reading of the telegram announcing the assassina tion of President Lincoln produc6d a general expression of horror and disgust on the Liverpool Exchange to-day. At first it was alleged that the assassin was a Confederate, but the Southern men indignantly repudiated the imputation, and some of them who had known Booth positively asserted that he was an abolitionist of the Johnston and Butler school, and had been known to be Mad for some months. The flags on the Town-hall and Exchange-buildings were hoisted half-mast, and in the course of the day a proposal to hold separate meetings of the Northern and Southern mon for the purpose of expressing their abhorrence at the crime met with general acquiescence. The effect of the news on 'Change was a rise in cotton and the Confederate Loan, and a decline in Federal securities. MANCHESTER, April 26. Such a state of excitement as was produced by the news of President Lincoln's assassination this morning was never witnessed here before. Ou the Exchange and everywhere the general expression was one of reprobation and horror that such a crime should have been committed. The news put a stop to all business, and the day has passed away in mere talk and excitement. BIRMINGHAM, Wednesday Evening. The news of the assassination of the President of the United States has produced a profound sensation here, and as much of sympathy, consternation, and dismay as can be conceived ; in fact, as to all of these feelings, second only to one other calamity which might have afflicted this nation and the world. It was a little past 12 o'clock when the first telegram was received here announcing the sad occurrence. Like all other bad news this spread rapidly, and in less than half an hour the Exchange, where the telegrams were posted, was thronged with persons in whose faces were depicted an expression of the deepest anxiety. Very many were reluctant to believe the news, and in a state of feverish and eager desire clung to the hope that the telegram was some stock-jobbing trick or fraud for some sinister purpose ; and in these times when so much is done for the sake of creating a sensation, or for some more unworthy end, it is• no wonder that even the public should at length have been taught to be cautious,. and bo reluctant to swallow the highly-spiced dishes set before it. Nearly three hours passed away without the receipt of any confirmation of the first telegram, and hope was reviving, when the full details of the appalling tragic occurrences just perpetrated at Washington came to hand. There was no face in which grief was not depicted, no sentiment uttered but that of abhorrence at these foul crimes. Of the truth of that the American people may rest assured, so far as this town is concerned, for although there has always been a strong feeling of sympathy here for the Southerners, and never more so than during the last hours of the gigantic efforts of the noble-hearted Lee and his valiant soldiers, there is nothing but detestation at the foul murder with which this fratricidal war has been crowned. The Mayor was absent in London when this afflicting news was received, but his worship was immediately telegraphed to by Mr. Alderman Ilawkes, with the view of some imme diate expression in reference to this untoward event by the people of the town. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, is said to be the son of an English tragedian, whom some of our thea trical readers may perhaps recollect. He (the father) is thus described in the American Encyclopaedia "Booth, Junius Brutus, an English tragedian, born in London, May 1, 1796, died on the passage from New Or leans to Cincinnati, December, 1852. After fulfilling en gagements at Deptford, near London, and other places, and even performin' at Brussels, in 1814 he made his cldbilt at Covent-garden Theatre, in London, as Richard 111. His personal resemblance to the crookbacked tyrant conformed exactly to the traditions of the stage, and his personifica tion of the character was in other respects so striking that t he competed successfully with Edmund Kean, thou d just rising into fame. The managers of Drury-lane but when, him to act there in the same plays with Kean ; t- after a few nights, he was again announced at . Covent-gar den, den, his appearance was the signal for a serious theatrical in the London stage. In 1821 he made his .firsappearance riot, which resulted in driving him fort fro:itch:el atUnited tho ParkS t States, e e n w both York, o his ee favourite character of which occasions he assume Ei Th a ea t Ptreete, r i s u bu t r h g e , Vsuiindia,inganyd in ar N o in the United States, and acted repeatedly in every theatre Richard 111. From that time until the close of his life he in with the performance of his engagements, enjoyed a spite of certain irregular habits,. which sometimes inter feredpopulatity which a less gifted actor would have forfeited. During the latter part of his life he resided with his family at Baltimore, making occasional professional excursions to o ther cities. He ha d j ust returned from a lucrative to ur to California when he died. The range of character which Booth assumed was limited, and was confined almost ex clusively to those which he had studied in the beginning of his career. He was most closely identified with that of Richard, in which, after the death of Edmund Kean, he had no rival. Among his other most familiar personation were Ingo, Shylock, Hamlet, Sir Giles Overreach, and Sir Edmund Mortimer. In his peculiar sphere —the sudden and nervous expression of conc en t ra t e d pass i on—as also i n the more quiet and subtle passages of his delineations, ho exercised a wonderful sway over his audience, and his ap pearance upon the stage has been known to awe a crowded and tumultuous house into instant silence. His presence and action, notwithstanding his short stature, were impos ing, and his face, originally moulded after the antique type, was capable of wonderful expression under the influence _ of excitement. Several of his .children have inherited a portion of his dramatic talent, and are now piominent ac tors on the American stage." Wilkes Booth is also said to have been on the stage, and to have been an especial favourito at Mobile. It was probably by means of his familiarity with the arrangements behind the scenes that he contrived to effect his escape from the theatre. THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. INDIA. Our advices from Calcutta by the present mail are no later than those already received via Bombay. The Madras Athenamm of the 27th March refers in the following terms to the Bhootan war : " It was mentioned in our last summary of Indian news that the Governor-General had determined to bring the vexatious petty war in Bhootan to a close as soon as pos sible, by the employment of a force sufficiently strong to render resistance on the part of the predatory mountaineers altogether ineffectual, should they only ha e to be encoun tered. A telegram addressed to the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal by Lieut.-Col. Hopkinson, on Feb. 28, says : The Bhooteas seems to have ceased entirely from their depredations. Preparations for hutting the Europeans are proceeding apace. Briggs will have the road to the foot of the hills ready by the time the force want to use it." The post of Dewangiri has doubtless been reached before this time, as an attack upon it was impending when the latest accounts reached us, but whether the British troops will be able to occupy it during the rainy season, now at hand, appears to be uncertain. The Englidanan states that Sir John Lawrence has asked the opinion of his Excellency the Commander-in Chief as to the practicability or expe diency of holding the place during the wet season, and that according to his advice the question will be decided. It is rather a serious one, for our contemporary observes, 'that after the next few weeks it may be impossible to send supplies to Dewangiri, or to keep labourers at work in making or repairing the roads leading to Dewangiri along the plains.' Already (the Friend of India informs us) the rains seem to have deluged Bhootan as heavily as they have visited Calcutta unseasonably, and disease has again shown itself in the British force employed. This is tho greatest danger to be feared, for, although the Bhooteas are represented to have taken advantage, as far as they could, of the opportunity afforded them of erecting s . uch • means of defence as lie within their power, they must me-. vitably succumb to the amount. oirmiatarystFongtirmirT brought to bear upon them, which is represented in some quarters to be now as far beyond the necessity of the case, as that originally commissioned to subdue them fell below it. As to that point, we reserve our opinion, which at present inclines to a view quite contrary to that which we were originally led to entertain. The old mistake of un dervaluing the enemy seems to have been committed, and we are paying the price of the mistake. How great that may be, when sickness is added to the casualties of re newed hostility, remains to be seen. We fear, however, that the event will prove very unsatisfactory, as we have to combat with a foe much stronger than the Bhootan people, and against which numbers will avail us little. It is to be regretted that the expedition, at first undertaken during the favourable season, was not planned on a scale calculated to effect the objects which such large reinforce ments as have since been sent up are required to ac complish." The news from Affghanistan. continues to grow more and more unfavourable to the Ameer. His friends are further fallen away from him, and his enemies multiplying. The Friend of India says " The famous Kuzulbash corps have quarrelled with him ; the Ghilzees and other hill tribes, who so often served his father, incline to his enemies ; Khelat is said to have sent Beloochee reinforcements to Candahar, and the people of Furrah And the neighbouring country have given in their allegiance to Mahomed Ameer Khan, the Can dahar chief. Nor does the Ameer fare better in his Balkh or Toorkistan dependencies, which the captive Afzul Khan conquered for Dost Mahomed, and Bokhara covets. Abdoolrahmun Khan, the son of Afzul, who through his father aspires to the throne of Cabul, is increasing in strength, and courting Persia, Bokhara, and Russia with a view to get assistance from them. The Ameer's funds seem to be running dry, and he finds difficulty in procuring ammunition." CHINA. Our Hong Kong advices are to the 15th March. The chief event of the fortnight has been the retirement from the Government of Hong Kong of Sir Hercules Robinson, who has administered the affairs of that colony during the last six years. His excellency was to depart at once for Ceylon, as he has accepted the governorship of the colony. He leaves Hong Kong universally respected, as various complimentary demonstrations in his honour suffi ciently evidence. The Overland China Mail of the 15th says : " In military matters two cases which have lately occurred in China demand more than a passing notice. The first is that of a Beloochee regiment being sent from Shanghae to Bombay. There were 800 men, and the lowest allowance of space at two and a half tons per man required a vessel of 2,000 tons, or vessels aggregating that amount. Notwith standing this, the men were sent home from Shang hae in two vessels, the Caroline Coventry, 888 tons register, and the Shakspeare, 656 tons register. The men had served well in China ; they had never engaged to leave India ; and very many of them are likely to die on the passage, even should it be a short one, which it cannot well be in this season when the monsoon has abated. The other case is that of the Oaris of 1,116 tons register, chartered here to convey 600 men of the 22d Bengal Light Infantry. A medical board examined the vessel and reported that she would take no more than 500 men, being rather more than the number of Chinese Coolies allowed by the emigration rules, and a little below what an African slaver of such tonnage might carry. Yet the general commanding in China has ignored the medical report, and sent on the men to Bombay as stated. Should fatalities occur, the medical board will be exonerated; but what position has General Guy placed himself in ? The general is understood to be a strict red-tape officer, which renders the affair more surprising. A spirit of mutiny in India would seem to demand encouragement rather than repression if such acts tire to be sanctioned and approved. We record the case for the future guidance of the authorities' at the Horse Guards. The facts are only too true, and it would be useless to supplement them with any comment of ours. Such an irregularity could never have occurred in India, and it is disgraceful to all concerned." From Japan the only intelligence refers to a rumour that the port of Hiogo is to be opened to foreign trade, should certain negotiations having that object in view prove successful. The Alleged Abduction of Three Children. At the Southwark Police-court yesterday, at a late hour, and at the close of the business, a very respectable-looking man entered the witness-box, with a newspaper in his hand, to complain of a re port extensively circulated in that morning's papers respecting the abduction of three children by their father and the Brompton Oratorians. He said that there was not the least foundation far any allusion to the latter body of holy men, who knew nothing of the occurrence, and had nothing to do with i t. He therefore attended to give a flat contradiction to hat disrespectful was the m r r e . p l o v rt o , o s t iry o crtojzthiciemmtihgahtt h b e e di do d ne. n L t n hin O g ratory, and that it not particu.. l He mentioned the woman wasa r ly mentionedunderstandpointedly ofatlalluded e h ßd a r t et omp a . n coming t o him and informing him that he r husband a.oman Catholic, that she was a was cry i ng, Protestant, and that he had taken away her three children. After hearing her story he merely told her how to proceed in a legal manner to recover them. Applicant—Then I now attend before you, Sir, to deny that the Brompton Oratorians have had any thing to do with the children. I took them away, and had good reasons for doing so. Mr. Woolrych—Then you are her husband? Applicant-1.-Yes, Sir, and I have a pitiable tale to tell of her conduct, when I assure you that she is incapable of taking care of her children for several reasons. She is an incorrigible drunkard, having been in Horsemonger-lane and other prisons. She has ruined my home, my peace of mind, and de stroyed all happiness through her intemperate habits. Mr. Woolrych—She did not look like such a woman ; but that I do not say anything about. What is your object here to-day ? Applicant—To contradict the statement sent forth that the children are under the protection of the Brompton Oratorians. They know nothing ab ou t n them. I have the children ; the y are taken care o f. Mr. Woolrych—l suppose yo ur ob j ect i s to have your statement in the paper s ? Applicant—Yes, Sir, as a justificatio to a body of holy men. Mr. Woolrych — No doubt the papers will act in their discretion by inserting Your statement. Applicant then withdrew. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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