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I I ~~ rr .~., f ~~~ PE 7*TL' 4 .!tt - ..„,,,,....... ~,, <;7:.L.w...r.. ~, 1 _....„ 4 "ak 21 --..-.? 'N _ \- .- , , v,/ --; ..x ~ • , ~ .A ..4 ,,,*„. „ ,..7 4 4 , i i i r ~ -_, ~ It*" , h..." . .. e . , - . I i. • \ L 3. , . . itl - 1 / . \ , .s,„„ . , •,. -..,..,-. —..,. , , + DrE ,i.t.aiw i l /4 441, m , 14- itt"e-- ° ° i _ , ,:,,,,,,,,:,,,,,, " o k' ____,±f‘ll2''raLik::;, :1 • 1% ,:t (1 ' i1i k..26.4_2t . _ ;I : 1\ ci i . . ... . , , .....,..; rr.... 3 : 0.400 .. , --- a• ' fl ~.. 1 , ~L~., T HE LONDON AND MEDITERRANEAN BANK (Limited). Capital £2,000,000 sterling, in 100,000 shares of £2/ each. Of which 50,000 shares have been already sul_ scribed. Deposit £1 per share on application. and .£l. 108. on allot ment ; and Li 10s. further within Three Months after al lotment. - DIRECTORS. Monsieur Arlene Bernard (Messrs. E. Landau and Co.!, Alex andria. Monsieur Francois Bravay, Merchant, Alexandria, and Mem ber of the Imperial Legislative Chamber of France. William W. Cargi:l, Esq., M.P., Connaught-place West. Hyde-park. James B. Cumming, Esq. (Messrs. Cumming and Co.), Leaden hall-street. Albert Landau, Esq. Banker, Vi nna. Emile Landau, Esq. (Messrs. E. Landau ami eq.), Alexandria. William J. Maxwell, Esq., Di. ector of the National Provin N°. 22,734. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1865. j• PRICE 4cb, STAMPED scl. )cic• 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 Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CARRY'S CONFESSION. kJ By the Author of " High Church," " Owen," " Matte." " f his novel is equal to any tormer ones by the same author. The story is cleverly told, and is very original. It can scarztly fail to be read with thoughtful interest"— Athenmum. CRYSTAL PALACE.-TO-MORROW. - SHILLING DAY.— WKT or DRY.—NOW VISIT the PALACE.—Delightful Spring appearance of Gardens and ark. Nature in early beauty. see the l'ulips on Terrace Beds : One Hundr , d Thousand in bloom. The Spring Flowers round the basins of the Crystal Fountain in greatest beauty Performances by the Company's Orchestral Band and on Great Organ. Shakspere House, Fine Art Courts, Chinese Collection, Skating Hall, Chimpanzee, Archery, Bowls, Cricket, Boats, &o. tc.- Open at Nine. Extra trains. APHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY.- The Photographed fac-simile of the First rage of Tllll SUS now publishing, and may be had bered the fitting basin at Woolwich during the past ten years, was on Saturday taken up to the break ing up yard at Charlton, to be disposed of for fire wood. Her engines during that period have been in charge of a chief engineer and assistant constantly kept on the books of the Fisgard for that purpose. Capt. William King Hall, C. 8., late Capt. of the Sheerness Steam Reserve and the newly-appointed Captain-Superintendent of the Sheerness Dockyard, vice Capt. Charles Wise, appointed to flag rank, has taken up his appointment, and entered on his duties at the yard. On Paper at Os. 3d. On Card Ditto, framed ls. 6d. By order of all Booksellers and Dealers in Photographs, and at THE SUN OFFICE, 112, Strand. cial Bank of Eng hind. Walter Heller, Esq.. Broadlands. Clapham-common. Bon Roden Noel, Waffles. Waltham Abbey. Robert A. Ro db. Esq., Chairman of the English and Ana trallan Copper Company. Date Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. "'The Sun' evening newspaper has just issued a photo graph, 9 inches by 7, of its first page as it appeared on 'he 2d of last January. The card forms quite a literary curiosity, a:AI is one of the best specimens of minu.e typography ever published."—London Review. - BANKERS. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan. Tritton, TwcUs, and Co., 54, Lom- bard-street, F.C. The London and County Bank, 21, Lombard-street, E.C. The Branches of the National Provincial Bank of England. npHE OTTOMAN COMPANY (Limited). COMMISSION MEECH A N isS and FINANCIAL AGENTS. Inc oporated under the Companies Act, Mr, Limiting the Liability of the Shareholders to the Amount SubscribA. Capital £5 , 0,000, in 25,000 Shares - of X2O each. With power lo increase. First Issue, 12,500 Shares, Of which 2,50 Shares are reserved for Turkey. One-third of the remaining 0,000 Sham has already been applied for. Deposit £1 per Share on Application, and £1 on Allotment. No Call beyond £3 per Share will be made during the first six months. Where no allotment is made to an applicant his deposit will be return , din full. GOD BLESS THE PRINCE OF WALES. The New National Song BRINLEY RICHARDS. 3s. Free for 19 stamps. Piano Solo and Duet, each 45.; free for 21 stamps each. Easy edition, 2s. 81., free for 16 stamps; ditto, four voices, 2d. London : Robert Cocks and Co. AUDITORS. Messrs. Coleman, Tun:mind, Youngs, an I Co., Public Accountants, Tokenhouse-yard, E.C. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Wilkinson, Stevens. and Wilkinson, E.C. BROKERS. Messrs. J. and A. Scrimzeour, 10, Old Broad-street E.C. Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle-streer, E.C. nRYSTAL PALACE. FIRST OPERA CON- N..) c RT.—SA TU It DAY NEE V.-11 ali -a-Crown admis ision Tic etc now on issue at the Palaoe, 2, Exeter Hall, and at the usual agents. REMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at " EVANS'. " Atter the Opera we sail Sup there! " MADAME LEMMENS-SIIERRINGTON'S wonderful :aci ity was never more perfectly ex hibited, and produced a storm of tpplause. She sang Abt s song, '0 ye Tears ! 0 yd Tears!' on the lath inst., at the Crystal Palace."—Vi c South London Press, March 25, 1865. 2s. 6d.; free for 16 stamps. London : Hobert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. CRYSTAL PALACE.-NEW SEASON PROGRAMME and NEW GUINEA SEASON TlCKET.—lntending purchasers will confer a favour by securing them as tarty as possible; otherwise, with tne large demand consequent upon the issue of this year's unparalleled Programme, it will be somewhat difficult to keep up a con tinuous supply at the various Agencies. The agents are also supplied with the Five Shilling admis sion Tickets fi.r the Handel Festival Great Rehearsal. They should be applied for at once, as only a few thousands will be issued at Fiv.- Guinea Sets of Stalls for the Ten Opera Concerts should be applied for without delay, at the Palace, or at 2, Exeter Hall, where a!so Season Tickets and Programmes may be had. FLORAL HALL.—Over at 10.—Sup at EVANS' afterwards. —Do not forget. DIRECTORS. SECRETARY. George Cumming. Ef q. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 9; King's Arms-yard, Moor ate-Street, TZINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. Tuts celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It 14 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, Bs. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by tee Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at Bear-Admiral Hornby, 11. N., Knowsley, Lancashire, Chair man of the Cotton Plantation Company of Natal. William G. Barnes, Esq., Messrs. Barnes and Co., Merchants, THE LIQUID GEM. Song. Words by J. STREAKS. Music dedicated to the Lady Florence Paget, by W. J. WRIGHTON 2s. 6d.: free for ,6 stamps. "This song is, without exception, one of the most cat l ing and tou.thing melodi s we have heard for a long time. madame Lemmens-Sherringion:has taken it under her wing, and sings it with immense effect. We shall, therefore, soon find it one of the most popular songs of the season."—Vide Bayswater Chronicle. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. Little Bush-lane, London. J. Lewis Farley, Esq., 20, Threadneedle-street, London. George B. Howden, Esq., Merchat.t, Leeds. Thomas. Page, Esq., C.E , 3, Royal-terrace, Adelphi, London. Thomas Palmer, Esq , 16, Upper Southwick-street, Cam bridge-square, Hyde Park, London. Augusto Suares, Esq , v e.srs. M. and A. Soares, Merchants, 40, Seething-lane, London. Richard J. Van Lennep, Esq., Dutch Consul-General, Smyrna, Local Director.: MvcrniptoOectrpov. FGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY (TILE- LATE ALBERT SMITH'S ROOM). OPEN EVERY NIGHT at Eight, and Saturday after noon at Three, with Colonel STODARE'S entirely New Entertainment, MAGIC and VICNTRILOQUISM. Stalls, 35.; Area, 2a.; Gallery, is. A. NIMMO, Acting Manager. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Sinahan's LL Whisky." ell-, iDg sc. ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta blished A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo place, London, S.W. ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wanted in towns not yet represented. TQUADRILLE PLAYERS.—Now Ready, . A. I. GODFREY'S UNITED SERVICE QUAo. RILLE for Quadrille Band. Post free for 20 stamps Also COO r Ers ROYAL BOUDOIR QUADRILLE, introducing "God bless the Prince of Wales." Yost free tor 20 stamps. PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of converting the £lOO Shares of the Continental Bank Corporation into Shares of £2O, and to carry out the amalgamation of that Bank with the Bank of Messrs. E. Landau and Co., of Alexandria, and for facilitating commercial, financial, and monetary transactions between this country, the Continent, and Egypt. Five of the £2O Shares in this Company will be allotted to the Shareholders in the Continental Bank, in exchange for each of their present £lOO Shares. The £2O Shares allotted in exchange for Shares on which £25 has been paid, will be credited with £5 paid up ; and those allotted in exchange for Shares on which £l5 only has been paid, will be credited with paid up. The arrangements which have been made for amalga mating and managing the business of the above establish ments are such as, aided by the high Egyptian connections of Messrs. Landau, cannot fail to secure to this Company a very extensive and profitable business. The establishment of Messrs. Landau and Co., at Alex andria, in addition to its regular banking operations, has long enjoyed an extensive connection with producers and exporters of produce in Egypt. This business has always yielded most favourable results; and no better proof of this can be given than the fact that thefirni, during the whole of its existence, as well as the other banks lately established in Egypt, have experienced an absolute immunity from lois in their transactions of this class of bnsiness. The daily increasing trade of Egypt with Europe, espe cially with England, is also a sure guarantee for the en hanced future success of this Company; the profits hitherto realised by Messrs. Landau and Co. are alone sufficient to yield a large return upon the capital proposed to be called up; and the several partners of the Firm, in order to show their confidence in the future success of the Company, have taken a large number of Shares, and will continue m the active management of the business at Alexandria. The Bank has also secured the co-operation, as a Direc tor, of Mr. Bravay, whose exertions will be especially de voted to the extension of the Bank's relations with the Egyptian Government, a class of transactions in which he has hitherto engaged, with very successful results. The amalgamated establishments propose liquidating all their present transactions up to the date of amalgamation. The Articles of Association of this Company, and the Agreement entered into for acquiring the business of Messrs. Landau and Co., can be seen on application at the Office of the Solicitors. A deposit of £1 upon each Share must be paid at the Offices of either of the Bankers of the Company, on applica tion, according to the annexed Form. Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained of the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, and of the Bankers and Brokers. FORH OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No. To the Directors of the London and Mediterranean Bank (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of £ , being a deposit of £1 per share on shares in the above Company. I hereby request that you will allot me that number; and I agree to accept such shares, or any less number that you may allot to me, and to become a member of the Company in respect of the shares allotted to me. 1 further authorise you to forward by post, to my address. as below, the certificates for the shares which may be allotted to me. 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. In 10,000 Shares of £25 each. Deposit on application £1 per Share, and £4 on allotment. Future Calls not to exceed £3 per Share, at intervals of not less than threa.manthg_ Discount will be allowed at =the rate of 6 tIiSCIAOIIIP I annum on Calls paid in advance. D x nEcTons. William Luscombe, Esq., J.P. (Messrs. Luscombe, Sons, and Co.), Chairman of the Sutton Harbour Company, and Consul for the Governments of France, Holland, &c., Ply mouth. Sir John Gray, Director of the Land Securities Company. Francis Hicks, Esq. (Messrs. Hicks and Co.), Director of the Great Western Dock Company, Plymouth. S. G. Getty, Esq., M.P., Belfast. James Peake, Esq. (late Constructor of her Majesty's Dockyard), Saltash, Cornwall. John Treeby, Esq. (Messrs. Treeby and Co.), Consul for the Governments of Italy, Belgium, Mecklenburg, Sardinia, &c., Plymouth. D. J. Hoare, Esq., Director of the International Contract Company (Limited). James Borman, Esq. (Messrs. Hickie, Borman, and Co, Agents for the Austrian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Com pany.) BANKERS. The National Bank, Old Broad-street, London and Dublin. Messrs. Harris and Co., Naval Bank, Plymouth. Somerroas. H. M. Rowell, Esq., 13, Clement's Inn, London, W.C. John Kelly, Esq., Plymouth. BROKERS. Messrs. J. and A. Scrimgeour and Co., 10, Old Broad street, E.C. F. H. Westlake, Esq., Plymouth. Edward Fox, Esq., Dame-street, Dublin. ENGINEER. John Scott Tucker, Esq., Great George-street,Westminster. r AuDrroßs. F. W. Spooner, Esq., America-square. Messrs. Johnstone, Cooper,Wintle, and Evans, 3, Coleman- ' street Buildings. SECRETARY. William Cooper, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES-85, C - amion4reet West, E.C. This Company has been formed for the purpose of pur chasing the freehold property known as Queen Anne's Shipyard, and the valuable Shipbuilding business now carried on by private capitalists therein ; of carrying on Shipbuilding in Iron and Wood, and of mechanical engi neering in all its branches. The Shipbuilding Yard possesses a frontage to the sea of upwards of 1,200 feet, in which there will be capacity for laying down twenty ships, taking an average of 60 feet in 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 perfect working condition, with steam engine, circular-saw gear. smiths' shops, timber sheds, offices, and buildings, with slips, quays, and other necessary ap pliances, all in goodrepair. On the premises there is a capital lime kiln, four excellent dwelling-houses, suitable for the manager and employ4s of the Company, six cottages for foremen, dm., 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 clod; to be divided by caissons ; also additional frontage quays, and to extend the appliances generally, with the view of the construction and repair of iron and wooden ships, the manufacturing of marine and other engines, 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 manded 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 freight of 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 there are no Iron Shipbuilding Works at Plymouth, and much inconvenience and expense often re sult to shipowners in consequence of vessels 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 Mr. Joseph Banks, who will devote his well-known expe rience exclusively to the interests of the Company, aided by gentlemen of acknowledged mechanical skill. As the whole of the valuable property has been ceded to the Direc tors upon terms which are considered highly advantageous, the 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). In the event of no allotment of Sh ares being made, the deposit will be returned in full. Should a less number of Shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made available towards the payment on allotment, and the balance (if any) returned to the applicant. A copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association can be inspected at the Offices of the Solicitors, Brokers, and 85, Cannon-street West. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained at the Offices of the International Contract Company, 85, Cannon-street, West ; and of the Bankers, Brokers, and Solicitors. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No.— To the Directors of the Plymouth Shipbuilding, Dock, and Iron Works Company (Limited). Gentlemen, — Having paid to your Bankers (Messrs. the sum of £ , being a deposit of £1 per Share on Shares in the above Company,) I request that you will allot me that number of Shares, and I hereby agree to accept such Shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the Articles of Association of the Company when required ; ~~ 4 .\14%..... ,it H of ; of i" 0rgt .. 1 4 ; 1 0 ,3 0 1 1 V, of s‘l l Tof t ' e rbt 4 ) 011 Or a*: s l Lg . joi' l3 o - ; $/11.' MANAGING DIRECTOR. J. Lewis Farley, Esq. MANAGERS OF THE SMYRNA BRANCH. Messrs. Pierre and Joseph Topus. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Courtenay and Croome, 9, Graceohurch-at., London. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, London. BROKERS. Lond )12—Messrs. Smith and Binney. 5, Angel-court Liverpool—Messrs. G. E. Schultz and Son, 17, Manchester buildings. Manchester—C. P. Allen, l'sq., India-buildings, Cross-street. Bull—William West. Es q , 8. Bowl-alley-street. Leeds—Messrs. A. Greenland and Son, Albion-street. Dublin—Messrs. M'Mahon and Fa'lon, 27, College-green. Glasgow—Duncan Mac Master, Esq., 71, Queen-street. SECRETARY. B. Lambert, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. No. 20, Threadneedle-street. PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of transacting the safe and highly profitable business of Commission Mer chants and Financial Agents in connexion with the Trade and Commerce of the Ottoman Empire. TRADE OF THE EMPIRE. Throughout the greater part of the Empire the soil and climate permit of the almost inexhaustible production, in excess of the wants of the inhabitants, of those ordinary raw materials which form everywhere the great staples of food and manufacture. Grain, wool, cotton, hemp, hides, tallow, are produced in abundance ; while in addition, Turkey yields in profusion those rarer articles of mer chandise, such as drugs, dyes, gums, fruit, vegetable oils, silk, sugar, and tobacco, which can only be abundantly and profitably produced under conditions of special advan tage of climate and geographical position. In the year 1860 it was estimated that the annual trade of Turkey with foreign countriesamounted to £48,000,000, and that between the Provinces to £20,000,000 ; giving a total of £68,000,000 per annum. Judging, however, from the increase of the trade between Turkey and Great Bri tain during the past few years, this total must now be con siderably increased. In the year 1854 the imports and exports between Great Britain and Turkey (exclusive of Egypt) amounted to £6,251,131, and in 1859 to £9,620,536 —but in the year 1863, according to the last annual state ment published by the Board of Trade, they increased to £13,303,682. The trade between this country and Egypt has also risen from £11,118,922 in the year 1859, and £10,796,971 in 1861, to £21,006,964 in 1863, making a total between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain alone of £34,310,646. This increasing trade is capable of almost indefinite extension. BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY. As Commission Merchants, the Company will receive, on the usual terms, consignments of goods for sale in English and Foreign markets, from merchants and others in the Ottoman Empire, as well as from merchants, ma nufacturers, and others in this country and abroad, for sale in Turkish markets, and will execute orders for their correspondents both in Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire. An important branch of the Company's business will consist in making Cash Advances to the native cultivators. The rate of interest usually paid for such loans is very high, ranging from 1i to 4 per cent. per month (from 18 to 48 per cent. per annum), the security consisting of stand ing crops, articles of value easily convertible, and, when required, responsible personal guarantee. On this subject much valuable information has been obtained from the English Consuls in Turkey, in reply to a recent circular despatch from his Excellency Sir Henry Bulwer, Ambassador at Constantinople. One of the inquiries directed by his Excellency was, "Do farmers borrow money com monly in anticipation of their crops ? How are the ad -vaacas secured, andare losses ten -from der ?" The following ere extracts from the °ma.* plies : ADRIANOPLE.—Mr. Vich-Consul Blunt :—" Farmers quite frequently borrow money upon their crops. The or dinary rate of interest is 2 per cent. a-month (24 per cent. per annum), and even higher than that. Often the money is secured by other responsible persons becoming security, and by pledges of personal property. Losses are seldom incurred by the lenders." AR'l'A.—Mr. Acting-Consul Caravias :—" The common rate of interest is 2 per cent. a-month. Such loans or ad vances are always secured on the crop, and losses are rarely incurred by the lenders." CAVALIA.—Mr. Vice-Consul Baling :—"From 15 to 30 per cent. are the rates of interest charged by merchants; the crop being pledged for the advanees, and tbe security valid, losses are seldom incurred. Money-lenders charge the peasantry 5 to 7 per cent. per month, and realise in this way enormous gains." CONSTANTINOPLE.—Mr. Consul-General Camber bach :—" A farmer who requires money to carry on his pursuits, sells his produce before he realises it at a certain price, which is always much below what he could obtain for it , in the market; and thereby roses on an average from 20 to 30 per cent., the usurer taking care, by giving him self a very large margin, to secure hi m self against even tualities.' CYPRUS.—Mr. Vice-Consul White :—" The custom of borrowing money in anticipation of the crops is common. The rate of interest varies from 12 to 20 per cent. ; few losses are incurred." DARDANELLES,—Mr. Acting-Consul Raby :—" Far mers commonly borrow money in anticipation, and on security of their crops, 15 and even 25 per cent. interest being charged for a few months. The lender very seldom incurs any losses." DIARBEKHR—Mr. Consul Taylor:—Capitalists ad vance money on the crops,•charging 2 to 3 per cent. inte rest per month ; losses are rare." GALLIPOLI—Mr. Acting Vice-Consul Whitaker : " As a rule the farmers in this province all borrow money on their crops •, even those who are wealthy, and have gold hoarded up, will borrow to defray the expenses of cultiva tion, rather than encroach upon their treasure. The rate of interest is generally 20 per cent, and the farmers are very well pleased to borrow at this rate. Losses must be very rare, as I have never either experienced or heard of others suffering any." JANINA.—Mr. Vice-Consul Stuart :—" Interest is 2j, 3, and 4 per per cent. a month. The advances are always secured upon the crops, and losses are but rarely incurred by the lenders." SALONICA.—Mr. Consul Wilkinson :—" Farmers bor row money in anticipation of their crops. The rate of in terest usually charged is seldom less than 20 per cent." . SAYADA.—Mr. Consul Zarb :—" Money is lent to the cultivators at the rate of 5 per cent. per month; the ad vances are always secured on the crops, and losses by the lenders are very rare." SMYRNA.—Mr. Consul Blunt :—" The native cultiva tors always require advances in anticipation of their crops, at a nominal rate of interest, say 11 to 2 per cent. per mouth, but it is actually more. The title deeds of the farm are transferred to the Turkish Court under the title of Istilall, or mortgage." TRIPOLI.—Mr. Consul-General Herman :—" Almost the totality of them (the merchants) derive their chief sources of profit from lending money on pledges, on which they levy a rate of interest of 4 to 6 per cent. per month (48 to 72 per cent. per annum), and sometimes more." VOLO.—Mr. Vice-Consul Suter:—"Loans to the growers are secured by pledging the produce, and are not often at tended with loss. The rates of interest are never less than 12, and often more than 20 per cent. per annum." As Financial Agents the Company will give its assist ance to the Ottoman Government in the promotion of re productive public works, conducing to the improvement of internal transit and the development of external trade, and act generally as Financial Agents in, and in connection with, the Ottoman Empire. The Company is prevented by the terms of the Memo randum of Association from trading for its own account. GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS. The Head Office of the Company will be in London, with Agencies in Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester. Branches will be established at the ports of Constantinople, Smyrna, and Beyrout, and A gen t s w ill b e a pp o i n ted in the interior, subject to the superintendence and control of the branches to which their districts may be attached. The exclusive services of gentlemen of established repu tation and acknowledged local experience having been ob tained, the operations of the Company will immediately commence at Smyrna, where a valuable and old-established business of 60 years' standing has been secured. APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES. Applications for Shares may be addressed in the annexed form to the Directors, and copies of the Prospectus may be obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company, or at the Offices of the Bankers, Brokers, and Solicitors ; but no application will be considered unless a deposit of £1 per Shares on the number of Shares applied for has been paid. A copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association may be inspected at the O ffices of the Solicitors, or at the Temporary Offices of the Company. Copies will be for warded by post, without charge, on application to the Secretary. FORM be re tained OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. __ (To No. To the Directors of the Ottoman Company (Limited). Gentlemen, Having paid to your Bankers the sum of .£ being a deposit of £1 per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to become a member of the Company in respect of such Shares, or in respect of any less number you may allot me, and to execute the Articles of Associa tion when required ; and I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Members for the Shares so allotted. Usual Signature Name in full Residence Profession of Business., Date London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, W. The BOOK of the DAY and EVERY MAN'S BOOK. Jast published, price is. 6d , by post, free, is. Bd., REVELATION - of QUACKS and QUACKERY. By D t..TECTOR. For notices of this starting work see the "Saturday Re view" of April 1, entitled " Quacks and Quackery ; the " Weekly Dispatch" of April 9, " The Quacks and their Crimes ;", The Sun" of April 12, " Detector's' Broadside on Quacks and Quackery." GUIDE TO THE QUACKS OF LONDON. A Series of Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the " fiedical Cii cular," with the signature of "Detector," has been republished in the form of a short pamphlet. Tho reader of " Punch" should read this pamphlet also. - He has of ten 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 advertisim: columns of low newspapers, amongst which too many of Mr." Punch's" contemporaries, especially in the country, may still be enumerated. But now he begs to pub lish the information that a nominal list of these miscreants, with copies of their puffs and other particulars concerning them, needful to be known, will be found in the pamphl t above referred to, which is entitled " Revelations of Quacks an I Quackery," and is to be had at the " Medictl Circular " Office, 20, King William-street, Strand, W.C. The vile practices, the monstrous impudence, the cruel rapacity, and the enormous gains of the obscene tribe of Quacks, the mischief they do, the ruin they work, even to the causation of suicide, are sully set forth in " Revelations of Quacks and Qackery." And mark especially that, as aforesaid, the names of the Quacks are published. 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. 01 course you do not want it on account of its warnings for your own sake, but you doubtless do for chat of the many simple tons with whom you must be acquainted, if your acquaint ance is large. " Who are tne Quacks that 'Punch' means 2" Consider what it is to he able to answer t.,is question of the young and inexperienced, and, for charity's sake, if for no other, go tind. provide yourself with " Revelations of Quacks and Quackery," by Detector.—Punch, April 12. Demy Etvo.. extra cloth, 6s. 6d.. LIFE : Its NATURE, VARIETIES, and PHENOMENA. By LEO H. GRINDON. Third Edition. _ _ . ------- Mr. Grindon's book has reached, but will not stop at, the third edition. It is the work of a scholar, a Christian, and a man of real ,clence."—Horning Herald. 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DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical prof e •slon for Thirty year. have approved of this pure solution of Ala Inesla as the best remedy for Gout and stomach disorders of every kir d ; and as a mild aperient it is esrecially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared solely by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &c., 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold thronglnut the world by all respectable chemists. CAUTION —See hat " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.- MOL LARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothin.4 equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No. 1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. _ Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. - - - - iiirege create for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. _ All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A. 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PATRON —The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, The Rev. Canon Champneys I R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want. viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestio service. and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the recent storms and loss f life at sea, and to enP.ble them even ually to obtain premises more commensurp.te. with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sai.lors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs. Barclay. Bevan, and Cb., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETTNG. Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH. Sea ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-read, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition ti this, the average number of attendance of the lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. ' The Conimittee 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 Mu ierman, 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 Illaras, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool; and at the fleapits% from 10 till 5. ISTANFOUD SMITH, Secretary. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY. will appear in their new entertain ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by William Brough. New scenery by T. and AV. Grieve. To conclude with MRS. ROSELEAF AT THE SEASIDE, by Mr. John Parry. Every Evenine, except Saturday. at 8. Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, at 3. ROYAL. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats. 18., 2s. ; stalls, Is. ; stall chairs, ss. May be secured in advance, without fee, at the Gallery. OPERA DI CAMERA, every Tuesday and Thursday at 3, and Saturday at 8. T"OXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE ATJX ENFERS, FAUST, and LA CIRCAS SIENNE will be performed during this week. Principal artistes : —Mons. Lavessiere, Signor Spagnoli, M. Marini, Mr. Green, and Misses Ellison and Barrie, with full Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian and Mimic). W. Randall. Little dob, Miss Kate Balfe, Les Freres Talliott, the Grotesque, D'Aubans, Madame Rams den, and Les Freres Stonette. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Every Evening at Half-past Seven. - Admission —area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls.; private boxes, 10s. 641. CANTERBURY HALL. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, (According to Act of Parliament). CANTERBURY H lf-past LL N ine o'cIEVE RY EVENING at haock. In addition to the other attractions of this wonderful establishment. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street, London. Full-length Models of the late President LINCOLN (basely assassinated); also President DAVIS. of the Confe derate States; the late lamented itIC HARD COBDEN, Esq., M.P., and JOHN BRIGHT,Esq , M.P., may be seen at the Gallery, with various Novelties. NEW ADDITIONS.—)YodeIs, life-size, of the YOUNG KING of GREECE, and MURRAY, who was Regent of Scotland in the time of Mary Queen of Scots. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS.-NOTICE.-RE ENGAGE %lENP of J. LEVY, the celebrated Paga nini Cornet-a- Piston, will appear EVERY EVENING, at Nine, Ten. and Eleven o'clock, and perform on Distin's Patent Light-Valve Cornet. Conductor—M. LUIGI CURTI. Manager—M. GRENET. • PARIS. THE GRAND HOTEL, Boulevard des Capusines, Place du Nouvel Opera, opposite the Rue de la Pais, and near the Theatres. Has been o ened s'nce J ply, 186?. It contains 70 1 bed rooms, prices from 4fr.. to 25fr. ; 70 drawing-rooms, from sfr. to :iofr. ; a magnificent *Won, capable of dining more than 300 persons, and where there is a table d'hôte at six o'c ock. D.nhers b^eaktasts are served a la carte in the coffee rooms, a 4 we 1 as in the apartments. There is a reading . oom with the best English and ioreign papers and publica tions, a music-room and a drawing-room for the use of tra vellers without any additional charge. There are also baths, billiard-rooms, smoking divans. post-office; cabs, carriages, and omnibuses going to the railway st dion The servants spe k all languages. This superb Hotel, possessing all tha , modern luxury and roinfortintlac, and situ iterl in the most fashionable part of Paris, is recommended to the atten tion of travellers. Independently of their Two Hotels, the Complwniel Immo bil'ere has eit,bl shed an extea.,ive rriv tte Furnished house on the Boulevard des Capucines, opposite the Rotunda of the Go and Hotel, wn, re Families can reside as in their own private residences, and where they may rely upon finding. the utmost co lifort. TEA. —Just received, ex " Whinfell," excellent FAMILY TEA, off( red to Families at Merchants' Prices, viz : —35. per lb., rezommended ; also, ex " Loch in vat'," Finest Ant of Souchong, 38. 6d., ye y eupericr. Tea : common, Is. 101, 2e ., to 2s. 4d. Samples may be seen and had on application. Price List free. 1100 RE BROTHERS, Merchants, 35, London-bridge, City. THE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER CENT AGES to SERVANTS.—Write for youn.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. I -l AM-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently- Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d.; Gentlemen's from be. The Dye is sold at 3s. tld ,or sent tree for 54 stamps. It Is most easy of use. lIAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. RO:_S'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 5 t stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CA.NTHARIDES 0 EL, which .peedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent tree fors4 st , ,mps.— AL hX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. Essay Hair, id. PThOLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improv,d by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &O 28. gd.; by post for 40 stimps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, Is. ; sent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, Ss. Rd., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or 60 stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. ' or 54 stamps. — AL fa. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the da y, Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO ., 12, Three King-court, Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect AGIJA. A MAR ELL A. fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue--no matter at what age. The Aqua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes • it, on the contrary, is benefic ial to the pe system, and when 'the hair is once restored one app lication per month will k eep it i n per f ec t co l o ur. Price one guinea per bottle, or in h a lf b ottles, !Os. 6 1 . T es timonials from al , istes of the highest or d er, and from Ind i v id ua l s of undoubted re s ctabilit • may be see n o n application. Messrs. John Goanell and Co. hav e b een appo i nte d P er f u mers to her Royal Y Highness the Princes, of Wales. TOHN GOSNEI,L and CO. 'S CHERRY ej TOOTH-PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; elves the teeth si pearl H hiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Price is. Cd.-12, Three King-court, Lombard street, London. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. This delicious condiment, pionotinced 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 Terrine' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Proprietors, Wor cester; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London, ao. Ac.; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni versally. THE COD-LIVER OIL of DEROCQUE, Paris, 55, Boulevard tebastipol, Sole Purveyor to the Homitals. This superior oil, proceeding from his fisheries on the coast of Norway, is used throughout France for its efficacy in Glandular Disorders, Pulmonary Consumption, Bronchitis, and Leanness in Women and Children. May be had of Ang. Whitburn, 171, Regent-street, London, in bottles of 2s. 6d. each. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a tew of the most recent cases : I , `„ aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, lather dead, deserted by her mother. S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, • A 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. A. S. aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents (lead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both par. nts dead. M. A. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path ef virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen•street, Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. G UARDIAN FIRE anli zT l ! lFE ASSIIIi4 . CE 11, Lombard-street, E.C. REDUCTION OF DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. This Company will give the full benefit of the Reduction on Annual Policies by charging the present rate of duty to Midsummer only. and the reduced rate of Is. 6d, for the year from that date. NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE.— The full benefit of the Reduction of Duty to is. 6d. per cent. from Midsummer next wil be given to Insurers now effecting Policies with th s Company By this Reduction and the BONUS S YSTEM of the Nor wich Union, the cost of insurance will be reduced to a mini mum amount. 29, Fleet-street, E.C. ; and Surrey-street, Norwich. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE LOMPANY. Offices :-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 20 and 21, Poultry ; 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY SINCE 1850: Year. I Fire Premiums. I Life Premiums. I Invested Funds. 1851 £51,305 1856 222,279 1861. 360.130 1864 742,674 JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary, London. Life claims are payable in 30 days after they are admitted. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND A. GLOBE FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. The Reduction of Duty to ls. 6d. per cent. The full and immediate benefit of the Reduction w,ll be given to the Insured. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary, London. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Th , s Company is prepared to grant the public the full value of the Reduction of Duty, and to issue Annual Policies, charging, the reduced rate of duty, Is. Id. per cent., from the date when the change shall come into operation. They will then also issue Policies for any amount, free of charge fur s amp. All ddscriptions of Fire and Life Insurance business trans acted at moderate rates. Claims liberally settled. This being the bonus year, Life Policies should be taken out prior to the 31st December, to secure the ultimate ad vantages. Accumulated Funds to 31st Dee., 1861 £2.304,512 7 11 665,458 16 2 Annual Revenue from all sources OFFICES. London-61, Threadneedle-street, E. v. West-end Branch-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-Malt £27,157 7 ,M 135.974 236,244 £502,821 821,0b1 1,311,903 3,212.300 ASSURANCE ESTABLISHED 1837. LIFE COMPANY. Empowered by special Act of Parliament 4 Vict., cap. 9. BRITANNIA 1: Princes-street, Bank, London. DIRECTORS. George Bevington. Esq.. The Lodge, Dulwich. George Cohen, tesq . Shacklewell. Millis Coventry. Esqcorn Exchange Chambers. Jonathan Duncan Dow, Esq„ 12, rembridge Villas, Bays water. John Drcwett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. Thomas Samuel uirdier, Esq.. 7, Tokenhouse-yard. Edward Hal's, Esq., North Frith, Hadlow, Kent. Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Doctors' Commons. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted at the lowest rates of Premium consit•tent with security. The various Tables, some of whin are peculiar to this Com pany, have been studiously adapted to the requirements of every class of Assurers. EQUAL RATES FOR WHOLE TERM OF LIFE. AGE. AENUAL PREMIUM. AGE. ANNUAL PREMIUM. 20 1 12 5 35 2 6 9 25 1 16 0 40 2 15 1 30 2 0 8 45 3 6 3 ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. Naval and Military Intelligence. Admiral Yelverton, C. 8., will probably hoist his flag on board the iron cased ship. Caledonia, 31, Capt. the Hon. F. A. C. Foley, at Devonport, in about three weeks. Shortly afterwards the vessel will sail for the Mediterranean to complete the Admiral's three years on that station. He joined the Revenge April 24, 1864. The fittings of the Revenge will, it is understood, be turned over to the Caledonia. The crew of the Revenge, 600 men, who received wages to the extent of £lO,OOO, were paid off on Wednesday in about an hour and a half. Excepting the foulness of her bottom, which can be soon rectified, she is in good condition, and will pro bably take the place of the Blenheim, 60, at Pem broke. It is ramoured that after completing her time in the Mediterranean the Caledonia will be flagship in the British Channel. Her Majesty's paddlewheel frigate the Terrible, 21 guns, 1,850 tons, 800-horse power, having under gone extensive repairs both to the hull and ma chinery, and been fitted for the first division of the steam reserve at Sheerness was, in accordance with orders received from the Admiralty, placed in com mission on Friday last by the master in charge, Frederick Townsend, for Capt. Gerard J. Napier. The terrible is to be employed on the home station, and is ordered, in consort with the Sphynx, 6, paddlewheel sloop 1,061 tons, 500-horse power, to accompany the Great Eastern while laying the At lantic telegraph from the coast of Ireland to the coast of Newfoundland. The following officers have been appointed to and have joined the Terrible : Capt. Gerard J. Napier, Lieuts. S. R. Streatfield, H. A. Arundell, and F. J. Elliott ; Master F. Town send, Surgeon W. Fasken, Paymaster Thomas T. Wise, Chief Engineer Joseph Rollinson, Assistant- Paymaster German F. Mathew ; Midshipmen E. Battersby, A. W. Massy, A. E. Bancroft, and C. C. Wood ; and Assist.-Clerk John P. Braine. The shipment of the Atlantic telegraphic cable on board the Great Eastern at Sheerness is being con ducted with the greatest despatch by the manufac turers, the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (limited) (late Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co.), dnd it is thought that the work will be finished and the vessel in every respect ready to leave Sheer ness next month. The Salamis, 2, paddle despatch vessel, Com mander Francis G. Suttie, sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday for Alderney, with Capt. A. Clarke, R.E., on board, the Admiralty Director of Engineer ing and Architectural Works. Capt. Clarke's mis sion to Alderney is to inspect and report upon the present condition of the harbour, breakwater, pier, &c., upon which such large sums of the publicmoney have been spent,:and which is asserted to be so faulty in design that every recurring gale inflicts irrepar able injury upon it, sweeps away part of it, and de posit's the materials beyOnd all recovery over the numerous beds of rock that fringe the island. The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Thrupp, ar rived at Portsmouth yesterday from the eastward, with supernumeraries and stores, &c., and went into harbour from Spithead soon after her arrival. The Waterwitch, ironcased hydraulic gunvessel, now building under contract for the Admiralty in a private shipbuilding yard, had her selected 4i -inch armour-plate tested at Portsmouth on Saturday. The plate was from the firm of John Brown and Co., Atlas Works, Sheffield, and proved under trial ex cellent in metal and manufacture. The Waterwitch is a vessel designed for propulsion on hydraulic principles, front which no speed worth speaking of in relation to cost of production or the rate of other vessels propelled by either double or single screws can ever be gained. Her Majesty's 14 gun floating battery Trusty, 1,539 tons, and 150-horse power, which has encum- Major-Gen. E. C. Warde, C. 8., commanding at Woolwich, has been daily engaged during the past week in making his half-yearly inspection as to the interior economy of the brigades and corps in garri son. On Monday the General inspected the riding establishment in marching order, the whole of whom were dismounted and mustered in the Riding School for that purpose, and immediately afterwards he examined the books, barrack quarters, &c. The General afterwards proceeded to an inspection of the General Hospital, Cambridge-cottages, occupied by married soldiers and their families, and visited the schools there. On Tuesday he inspected the regimental schools on the Greenhill, the books of headquarters, and the batteries of the 4th brigade Royal Artillery, the barrack-rooms, kits, workshops, &c. On Wednesday he made an in spectiOn the Coast bade,, who were drawn out in marching order. Afterwards he went over the divisional barracks, workshops, cookhouses, &e., and inspected the sth brigade Royal Artillery in com plete marching order, and examined ,the books, general quarters, &c. On Thursday he ingpeet - R the batteries, head-quarters, and 2d division of the depot brigade Royal Artillery, the veterinary esta blishment, &c. On Friday the General inspected Lieut.-Col. Reilly's battery, and attended a meeting of the mess committee. On Saturday he witnessed a course of riding by the officers and non-commis sioned officers in the Riding-school, and inspected the Military Train in marching order at the encamp ment on the western extremity of Woolwich Com mon. The General will continue his inspection of the district under his command each day during the present week. General Warde, with a view of aiving the troops a greater extension of privilege from barracks, has issued an order that in future the tattoo will beat off at half-past nine, instead of nine, as heretofore, the rolls to be called in barracks at ten, and lights to be extinguished at hall-past ten. Mr. Brown, a junior clerk in the Royal William Victualling-yard, was drowned near the eastern entrance to Plymouth Sound on Friday afternoon, during a sudden squall. The deceased and Mr. Gibson had hired a boat of a waterman, who was in it with them. After she upset the three kept themselves afloat by holding fast to the oars and loose spars for three-quarters of an hour, until assistance arrived, when it was found that Mr. Brown was dead. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Cyril W. Newall, naval cadet, to the , Caledonia ; William C. E. Baker, second master, additional, to the Narcissus ; Joseph F. Atkinson, master's-a.esist., to the Sphinx ; Allen C. Denness, Chas. Webb, and Reginald F. Yonge, master's-assists., to the Terrible. THE CIVIL WIR, IN AMERICA, (From the Times' Correspondent.) NRW YORK, April 18. A few minutes after midnight, on Friday, the 14th of April, the telegraphic wires announced to the people of America that the genial, kind-hearted, honest Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, had been murdered in the theatre, and that his Secretary of State, Mr. W. H. Seward, an old man, in his 66th year, lying on the bed of sickness, if not of death, had been fatally stabbed by the same or some other assassin. The few people who were stirring at the hotels and other places of public resort refused to believe the intelligence. The story was so imprsbable and so horrible that it was hard for any one to give it credence. Hundreds who heard of it went quietly to bed with the firm con viction that the morning papers would dispose of it as a fabrication as incomprehensible as it was atro cious. But iu the newopapef offices on that inetau 7 choly night there were no doubts. The news was official, under the hand of the Secretary of War, and was corroborated by half-hourly and still more frequent telegrams from Washington from the re porters and correspondents of the various journals. The papers were all issued at too early an hour to convey the positive news of the President's death, but the details they furnished of the cruel catas trophe were too minute and exact to leave any room for hope that he could by any possibility survive. Before 9 in the morning it was known all over New York and other cities of the Norththat his spirit had fled, and that after the infliction of the fatal wound he had never spoken a word or opened his eyes, or given a sign of consciousness or even of life, except in the failing throbs of the heart, and the heavy breathing of a strong man wrestling with 4leath. The people were stupefied with the horror of the announcement ; but in the course of a few minutes, as neighbour spoke with neighbour, and stranger with stranger at street corners and places of public resort, the stupor was succeeded by a stern, fierce, vindictive resolve to avenge the deed, not only upon the assassins and their accomplices, whoever they might be, but on the whole people of the South, in whose interest it was supposed the crime had been consummated. Ever since the surrender of Gen. Lee the thoughts of all, except a very few, had been turned towards peace and reconciliation, and the President had been urged, and if he had lived would doubtless have needed no prompting, to pursue a policy so congenial to his nature, to offer complete and generous amnesty to the whole South, from Mr. Jefferson Davis down to the last recruit in the Confederate army. But on Saturday morn ing no such feeling remained. People walked about with knitted brows and clinched hands as if each man felt an impulse to avenge by his own act the crime which had brought dishonour on the nation, and which might imperil the public safety by new and unforeseen complications. There was an almost universal inclination to attribute the murder to the plots of Southern emissaries—to the scoundrels who made raids from Canada upon Federal towns and villages, and who undertook to burn down the city of New York, and but little or any desire to believe that no political party had employed or instigated the murderers. The craving for vengeance fierce and unreasoning was everywhere manifested. By one accord, and without any concerted action, the people closed their shops and pla ces of business, and by noon the long line of Broadway was hung with festoons of mourning, from almost every house, for a distance of three miles. In the side streets and minor thoroughfares, all over the city, the popular exhibited in the sa me manner ; and if plain, w unpre t en ding Abraham Lincoln had been th e imperial representa tive and heir of all the Empe rors and Kings that had ruled the world for a thou sand years, and had been as conspicuous for hi s illustrious birth and unquestionable power as for his virtue and goodness, his cruel and untimely death could not have (been mourned with more spontaneous and deep-rooted affection. The ma nagers of the theatres announced that there would be no performances that night, nor until after the funeral. Wall-street suspended its traffic, and the brokers, merchants, gold speculators, bankers, and all the selfish multitude that haunt its busy purlieus gathered before the Custom-house to hear or to make speeches. One person who was silly or brutal enough to express satisfaction at the President's death narrowly escaped with his life from the blows of the bystanders, and had he not run for the first open door, and successfully closed it upon himself, and been barricaded in by the occupants, he would have been torn in pieces by his pursuers. The speeches made were creditable to the hearts of the orators and to the American people, and if they were at times a little too vindictive in their tone, an .unjust to the Southern leaders, whom they erroneoupposed to have instigated the crime, the exaSperlti l on as natural, and need not be harshly criticised. n Stft- g 4 day all the churches and chapels of the Christians and all the synagogues of the Jews were hung with black, and were on no previous occasion within the memory of man attended by such multitudes of earnest and sorrow-stricken people. Yesterday and to-day the same deep and earnest feeling prevailed, and even the news of the capture of Mobile and the surrender of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and his army to Gen. Sherman, which at any other time would have driven the people frantic with joy, fell upon inattentive and preoccupied minds. Of what avail were victories when he who had patiently organised them was not alive to know of the triumph? Of what use was Mobile when Abraham Lincoln lay in his bloody shroud ? And who cared for Johnston and his army when the greatest rebellion and the greatest war in history had culminated in the greatest crime that had ever afflicted a people? At the first shock of the calamity there was an uneasy, widespread, and irrepressible doubt whether the necessary installation of Vice-President Johnson as successor to Mr. Lincoln was not an additional drop of gall in the overflowing cup of the national sorrow. But the impression gradually wore off. Mr. Johnson was de jure and de facto the Presi dent. He had made an unseemly exhibition of himself, it is true, before the Senate and the world on the 4th of March ; but people argued that he was never known to be a lover of strong drink ; that he might have been in temporary ill health, and been affected by a slighter stimulant than under ordinary circumstances would have left any per ceptible trace in his speech or manner, and that it was harsh to visit any man with condign punishment ' for so venial an offence as the taking of an extra glass, more especially when the offence was not habitual and was not likely to be repeated. There was a talk for awhile that General Grant ought to be proclaimed Dictator, but it scarcely outlived the day of the national tragedy ; and all men—even the bitterest opponents of Mr. Johnson—reconciled themselves to the duty and necessity of quietly accepting him as the constitutional chief magistrate of the Republic, and of according to him in his diffi cult and delicate position the fullest confidence and support. The little that is known of Mr. Johnson as a politican and statesman is not, it must be con fessed, reassuring. Unlike Mr. Lincoln, who was shrewd, sagacious, patient, and merciful, Mr. 'John son, if he may be judged by his speeches prior and subsequent to the war, and during his recent admi nistration of the affairs of Tennessee, of which ho was appointed the military Governor by the late President, is violent and unforgiving. With the pro verbial zeal of converts, he; who was once an ardent supporter of the Southern idea of State rights, is now the inveterate, it might almostbe said, the rabid enemy of them. He is also a sturdy, if not obstinate friend of the Monroe doctrine, and as such not to be so safely intrusted as Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward with the irritating question of the French in Mexico, and the establishment of a monarchy on the North American continent. But in his case, as in many others, the weighty responsibilities of high position may help to modify and cool down the prejudices that were comparatively harmless in the unofficial politician, but cease to be harmless in the Chief of the State. Mr. Johnson has a great opportunity. The rebellion is visibly moribund—and not likely to be revived, unless a truculent and remorseless sys tem of terrorism and vengeance be employed against the landed proprietors and most eminent men of the South. The path of Mr. Lincoln was in this re spect the path of safety. He never uttered a vin dictive word, never penned a vindictive sentence, against the Southern people, or any of their leaders civil or military. President Johnson should note the fact, and profit by it. And it is in this respect satisfactory to observe that the savage feeling ex pressed against the South as soon as the news of the murder of the President was received has greatly abated during the four days which have elapsed since its perpetration, and that there is a more ge neral, though not yet universal, disposition to en courage the hope that perhaps the awful crime was . the act of insane or semi-insane individuals—and had no countenance or privity from any Southern statesman or official. It was certainly not to the interest of the South that so dartardly a blow should be struck ; and if the assassin or assassins should by any chance succeed in reaching the Southern lines, and be by the Southern people delivered up to the justice of the North, it would be a consummation at which every friend of the South, as well as every well-wisher_ to the American Union, would most heartily and unfeignedly rtjoiee. Up to the time at which I write all efforts to arrest the man Wilkes Booth, who was certainly the as sassin of the President, unless the clearest seeming evidence of his identity be fallacious, have been in vain. There was at one time an idea that he and he alone committed the murder of the President, and the still more hideous attack—if anything more hideous than the assassination of Mr. Lincoln be possible—upon Mr. Seward, his son, and attendants; but it now appears that this could not have been the case. It is supposed that certainly two, and pro bably five or six people, were engaged in a conspiracy to simultaneously murder Mr. Lincoln, Mr. John son, Mr. Seward, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Welles, and General Grant ; and that their schemes were frus trated by accidental and unforeseen circumstances. Upon this subject all manner of contradictory ru mours, not worth repeating, are afloat. Had Mr. Johnson as well as Mr. Lincoln met his death at the hands of the conspirators the country might have been convulsed with anarchy in addition to grief, and the Government thrown open to the seizure of any bold soldier who might have been tempted by the prize. In case of the death both of President and Vice-President the election of succes sors to these officers devolves upon Congress, and not upon the people ; and had such an election been made amid the passions which the double murder would have provoked, there is no knowing to what deplorable lengths the public exasperations might have been carried before Congress could have agreed upon the candidates, and much reason to believe that under such circumstances all eyes would have been turned towards Grant and Sherman as the only possible saviours of the country. It should be noted as among the remarkable cir cumstances of the time, and as one that shows the abiding faith the American people maintain in the stability of their institutions, that although the pre mium on gold rose nominally about 20 per cent. on. Saturday, when the news of the murder was fresh in the public imagination, it fell on Monday morn ing on the partial resumption of business to nearly it previous rate, and is at this moment but half per cent. above the closing price of the night of the catas trophe. It should also be noted that the British popu lation of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and, in fact, of the whole of the proposed British American Confederation, without waiting to hear or see what would be done in the States of the Union, convened public meetings in all their prin cipal cities and towns, and passed resolutions of condolence and sympathy with the American people in the hour of their great Joss and affliction. They thus touched . a tender chord in the American heart, and did more by that spontaneous act to silence for years to come the silly braggarts who now and then talk of invading or "annexing" Canada, than might have been accomplished by all the efforts of all the statesmen who ever took pen in hand either to argue the subject or to deprecate its discussion. Nor was the meeting of the British residents of New York I convened to-day at the Astor House by Mr. Archi bald, the British Consul, less gratifying to the Americans of all shades of politics, for the ready, cordial, and respectful sympathy displayed in the resolutions and by the several speakers who intro duced and supported theip. A week ago the Ame ricans, in the hour of joy and victory, were a di vided people, split into parties and factions. 'To day they are united as they never were united before. Their grief for Abraham Lincoln has made them but one family. Before the tomb of him whom they look upon as the martyr of their cause all minor differences have disappeared for di s appear wholly, and if in the thaste in g n If of f great misfortune they listen to awhile. they disappear the councils of wisdom and prudence, and find in their new president a man as honest, as sincere, as merciful, and as politic as he whom they have lost, the blood of the illustrious deed may yet bear pre cious fruit for the pacification and regeneration of America, ; rid Of' toot J ig3r odea' ref ;a f - i 0 lc• w ee 6dl° ~o t„t tesd C 1 1 1) ' (° ao 9 " I 7 .5 ;9 es , e r r: r ;,t .f , ~. 0 .~t il r 4. 23',1 , ~----.s