The Sun. — London, England, 1865-07-10 00:00:00

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T he Subscribers will, in exchange for their Letter of Allot ment and Bankers' Receipt, receive Scrip Certificates, as ich, on payment o f th e sum of £lO, payable on 2d Oct., above Will be exchanged, under the provisions of the Act of Farliament, for Registered Shares of £lO, and the Shareholders will be credited in the books of the Company £ 2 in respect of each Registered Share. DIRE. The Right. Hon. th e L or d De CT Tabl OßS ey. G. Sclater-Booth. E tees, 1864 and 1865- sq., M.P' ' Member of Sewage C o mmit- The Lord Richard H. Browne. James Pattison Cuirie, Esq. Maurice Drummond, Esq. Arbuthnot G„, Guthrie, Esq. Charles J. Lambert, Esq. Joseph S. Lescher, Esq. The Hon. Henry W. Petre. Col. Sir William Russell, Bart., C. 8., M.P., Member of the Sewage Committee 1864. Major th e H on. S. P. Vereker. J. W. Perry Watlington, Esq., M.P. ENGINEERS. G. W. Hema - ns, Esq., C.E., &c. J. F. Bateman, Esq., C.E., F.R.S., &c. CONSULTING CHEMIST. Professo r J. T. Way, Member of the Royal Commission on Rivers, and of the late Royal Commission on Sewage. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Sparrow, Tufnell, and Co. (Essex). The Unio n B an k o f Scotland and Branches," The Union Bank of Manchester, The Bank of Liverpool, The Birmingham Banking Company, J. B ar b er K ennedy and Co. (Dublin), The Northern Banking Company (Belfast), SOLICITORS. Messrs. Baxter, Rose. Norton, and Co. Messrs. West and King. BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co. Messrs. Seymour and Co. SECRETARY (pro tem.).—Walter A. Michael, Esq. Offices-60, Threadneedle-street. The International Financial Society are authorised to receive Subscriptions for the Share Capital of this Com pany, which has been incorporated by Special Act of Par liament for the purpose of Utilising the Sewage of the Northern Area of the Metropolis, the Concession of which has been granted to Messrs. Napier and Hope. The Concession from the Metropolitan Board of Works to Messrs. Napier and Hope, as now confirmed by Act of Parliament, is scheduled to the Act, and both may be in spected at the Offices of the Company. The Concession has been vested in the Company on con dition of the payment to Messrs. Napier and Hope, under the ,provisions of the Act, of £50,000 in fully paid-up shares of the Company and a small contingent per-centage of the net profits. The Concession recites that in the opinion of the Board the works proposed by Messrs. Napier and Hope are cal culated to effect the three following objects, namely :- 1. To divert the Sewage from the Thames. 2. To render it innocuous by its application to growing crops. hout. ty ofr them.. mad. Reid, nv us THE SUN, LONDON, AIoNDA'Y EVENING, JULY 10, 1865. Nl).. 22,794. The following despatch has been sent by Earl Russell to Sir F. Bruce : 30 re ids of ward ene- support of his first vote ever recorded in the House of Lords. REMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at " EVANS'. " Atter the Opera we abhil Sup there! PRICE 4d. STAMPED 5d4 Foreign Office, July 6. Sir,—.l have received and laid before the Queen your despatch of the 19th of June, with a copy of Mr. Seward's note on the subject of the cessation of belligerent rights. Of the value of Sewage as a manure there is, as stated in a leading article upon this scheme, published in the " T imes" of the 2d March last, "no dispute." The only question in regard to the Sewage of London being, as the " Times" says, whether that value is "£400,000 or £1,000,000 a year." This latter figure is the estimate of Baron Liebig and the Corporation of the City of London for the Sewage of both sides of the metropolis, or, , roughly, about £2,666,666, as the yearly value of that portion of the Sewage which has become the property of the Company by virtue of their agreement with Messrs. Napier and Hope ; but the Direc tors concur with these gentlemen in believing that this es timate is greatly exaggerated. However, the culvert which the Directors have contracted for is of an internal diameter of 10 feet, instead of 9 feet 6 ; and by means of the greater carrying power thus obtained, together with the means at their disposal for storing the sewage in the reservoirs of the Metropolitan Board, they will be enabled to utilise at least 120,000,000 tons of Sewage per annum, and from this they look for an eventual net profit to be divided with the board of upwards of £650,000 a year. The experience of 40 years' application of sewage upon pure sea sand, and other soils, near Edinburgh, and of seve ral years upon various soils near Croydon, shows that when the Company's operations are fully developed and in full working, the return from the Company's own land should be not less than £210,000, and this would absorb 35 mil lions of tons of Sewage, leaving 85 millions available for sale to the farmers along the line of culvert, which in the same ratio of value would produce not less than £510,000 a year, making a total of £720,000; and this figure is singularly borne out by the experience and opinions of those most conversant with the subject, and is quite within the estimates given in evidence before the Houses of Par liament. One farmer, Mr. Wagstaff, of South Oxendon, who farms 1,200 acres on the line of culvert, stated upon oath that he would be prepared to give twopence per ton for such quantities of the Sewage as it suited him to take —a value strongly insisted upon by many high authorities ; at which rate the yearly value of the whole would be no less than One Million Sterling. Another rough estimate of the realisable value of Sew age'which has been given in evidence by many authorities, namely, one penny per ton all round, would produce £500,000 a year, so that the estimated return of £720,000 arrived at by independent calculations is as near as possible the mean between these two estimates. Now ready, at all the L brarles. in 3 vole., SECOND EDITION 'of MISS CAREW. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS, Author of "Barbara's His tory." "Never has the author's brilliant style been more con spicuously displayed than in this very original and charming story "—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 1 3, Great 3ra'lborough-street. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Caledonian Challenge Shield, with gold St. Andrew's Cross, was won for the year by Mr. Macleod, Edinburgh Rifles, in a score of 46, at 200, 500, and 600 yards, five rounds at each. The President's (Duke of Buccleuch) first prize was shot for at 200 yards, seven rounds, and was taken in a score of 26 by Mr. Arnet, Fife Artillery. The carbine competition was headed by Corporal Carter, Midlothian Artillery, in a score of 20, at 200 yards, seven rounds. Numerous other prizes were competed for, and the whole arrangements for the meeting proved highly successful. On Saturday the prizes were delivered by the Lord Advo cate in a public meeting in the Music -hall. The fourth annual meeting of the Ab:rdeenshire Artillery and Rifle Association commenced on the Links of Aberdeen on Tuesday, and terminated on Thursday evening. The weather was favourable throughout, and some excellent shooting was made in the various competitions. The chief prize of the "Wapenschaw," as the meeting is locally termed—the Aberdeenshire Bugle, with £24 in money, was carried off by the 4th Elginshire (Rothes) Rifle Corps ; the second prize in this contest, a couple of dozen of champagne, presented by Messrs. Stewart, wine merchants, falling to the 4th Aberdeen City Company. The Battalion Challenge Cup, with £2O, was won by the Ist Aberdeenshire Com pany, and the Artillery Medal, with £lO, was awarded to digVevionitdulitiemeeit.wTeeh havingne A 3 All Comers' iaodr itnhnee s samep andn z e e scores. a t p h tr e itvah l e s t t el Kin own geilakraredinng,neethswheaisrese aiouff- KINAHAN'S LL BRANDY. WHISKY v. COGNAC 'Lite ocle srated Old MISR WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It 14 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. 3old in Bottles, Se. Bd., at the Retail Rouses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at )se to that Her Majesty's Government are sorry to find that the reservations and explanations which accompanied the order of the 2nd of June are deemed unaccept able by the Government of the United States. Her Majesty's Government did not expect, indeed, that the United States, after the course they have hitherto taken, would now acknowledge that the original concession of belligerent rights was either necessary or just, or sanctioned by the law of nations. Lings, ng to In 3 volt, post Svo., ROMANCE OF LONDON. Strange Stories, Scenes, and Remarkable Persons of he Great Tuwn. .I! 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded 'Kinahan's LL Whisky." E Mr. icoll, le St. A the By JOHN TT Author of "Century of Anecdote," So. "Mr. Timbs has here given us some of the most readable and entertaining matter imaginable. lie has contrived to put together anecdotes and short histories of what has from time to time taiten place in London, which to all the interest of romance add all the information of history."—star. Richard Bentley, Publisher Li Ord nary to her 31,,jesty,. WHAT A STUPID FELLOW YOU ARE to bite off the end of your Cigar, when you can buy one of " BUTCH ER'S PATENT KEY-RING CIGAR NIPPERS" for a Penny. 5.,11 everywhere. alive MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inc,rporated by Act of Parliament, 1850). Her Majesty's Government, however, having, in common with all the maritime powers of Europe, acknowledged the belligerent rights of blockade on the part of the United States, and having recognised the existence of a belligerent against whom that right was exercised in conformity, as they are con vinced, with the law of nations and the practice of centuries, could not be expected on their part to shrink f rom th e consequences of the course they had \ deliberately adopted. Her Majesty's Government, therefore, considered that a due regard for national faith and honour required that any Confederate vessel of war called upon to depart from her Majesty's ports, harbours, or waters should have the benefit of the 24 hours' rule. But you will ob serve to Mr. Seward that this rule is then to be enforced for the last time. 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, ested crest, on of I ad- LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, Li sums of £2O to £5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over one, two, or three years. The large C ipital of this Associa tion enables it to complete its transactions without delay. No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelop?. The Association also lends Money for the purchase of a house by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the borrower. O, CH MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW WORK. Next week, in 3 vols., post Bvo., T HE SPANISH MATCH; Hi ARLES An Matti Romantle , By WILLIAM HA ISON AINSWOWTH. STUART AT MADRID. Chapman and Ilia In, Piccadilly. Will also receive Subscriptions. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. CHEAP EDITION OF " THE DOCTOR'S WIFE." In 1 voL, cr. 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Otherwise vessels at sea, ignorant of the ter mination of the war, might be driven without coals or sails to perish on the neighbouring rocks, or to founder at sea. Such inhospitality would not be come the character of the nation for good faith and honour, or for - humanity. But you will observe that her Majesty's Govern ment have instructed their authorities in distant ports distinctly to apprise the commander of any such Confederate vessel that he is to expect no further protection from her Majesty's Government, except such as he may be entitled in the ordinary course of the administration of the law in time of peace. The 24 hours' rule will not be applicable to such case. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN COMPANY. The Publisher begs to announce the issue of the Third Edition of the above popular work in sixpenny monthly parts. Parts I. to IX. now ready. for r. R. laid d an tical day. NOTICE TO BONDHOLDERS. The work can be had complete, in cloth, price 6s. 6d. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and boautifully-written reflec tions will be a we lcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we may rest assured of many fruitful meditations and plea sant memories." —Sun. In conformity with the terms on which the Second. Mortgage Bonds of the Pennsylvania and New York Sec tions of this Railway were issued to the public, the first annual drawing of 4 per cent. on the gross amount of these Bonds took place at the Office of Messrs. E. F. SAT TER THWAITE and CO., in presence of the undersigned Notary, when the following Bonds were drawn : MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN , will a their ment, entitled • APARRY PECULIAR ppear FA in MlLY, new entertain- by William Brough. New scenery by T. and W. Grieve. After which. Ms. John Parry will give a few Memoranda from his Musi cal Note Book, entitled "RECOLLECTIONS," vocal and instrumental. Every Evening', except Saturday, at 8. A MORNING REPRESENTATION every Wednesday and Saturday, st 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA TION, 14, Regent-street. . London F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. E.C. 3: To realise the great money value of the manure con tained in it. " The first arti c l e con f ers upon Messrs. Napier and Hope the absolute and exclusive right to and property in the sewage" for t a period of 54 years from the passing of the Act, but makes the following provision in reference to the applicatiOn of the net profits resulting from the scheme after the expiration of four years from the passing of the Act. Previous to the expiration of that period all the profit results to the Company. After deduction of the annual charge for "money bor rowed," and of the " working and establishment expenses," the net profit shall be applied 1. In payment of interest at 5 per cent. per annum on the share capital. 2. In payment in equal moieties to the shareholders and the Metropolitan Board of the further profits up to 15 per cent. PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION. 38 Bonds of 1,000 dollars each. 5, 11, 16, 36, 39, 106, 138, 160, 187, 198, 200, 210, 239, 264 283, 339, 405, 468, 476, 480, 510, 516, 519, 528, 624, 652, 727, 735, 760, 765, 776, 783, 804, 810, 873, 884, 913, 946. Cloth, price Is. 6d., AHANDBOOK for the MAN of BUSINESS, applicable to all Departments of Commercial Engage ments. • E.P., havo for the ppo- Unreserved seats, is. and es. ; stalls, IL ; stall spring chairs, 58. Stalls may be secured (without fee) in advance at the Gallery. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, B.C. 20 Bonds of 100 dollars each. 954, 982, 1,001, 1,003, 1,039, 1,054, 1,166, 1,179, 1,198, 1,200, 1,237, 1,249, 1,262, 1,333, 1,363, 1,392, 1,407, 1,425, 1,433, 1,448. Extra cloth, price se., SCEPTICISM AND SPIRITUALISM. The experiences of a Sceptic. By the Authoress of AUREL lA. ' . . NEW YORK DIVISION. 16 Bonds of 1,000 dollars each. 29, 94, 100, 119, 121, 135, 137, 166, 168, 227, 242, 311, 319, 332, 390, 395. T H 6, OXFORD STREET , W. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, B.C. SELF-INSTRUCTION IN SPELLING. THE ESSENTIALS OF SPELLING is admirably adapted to st , d adults whose early educat'on has been negl,cted, in m stering the difficulties of English Orthography, without a tea:her. Sent post free for 12 stamps. . A. ion, this irst, Cher aya, ided ally Lead are the will an for lace ow- "an ight ,xed re lies the day ay, the ed on B. )s. it 3. In division of profits exceeding 15 per cent. and up to 25 per cent. between the shareholders and the Metropolitan Board, in the proportion of one-fourth to the former, and three-fourths to the latter. 4. After 25 per cent. the division again to become equal. The olject of these stipulations is, that while the Metro politan Board are virtually to receive half the profits, yet, that, in order to give a greater security, and therefore greater value to the shares, the shareholders are to have a preference to the extent of 5 per cent., which is made good to the Metropolitan Board between the points of 15 and 25 Per cent., at which latter point each party receives 12} per cent., and th e division is then continued equally. Thus, the share capital of the Company derives the advantage of the entire capital, approaching three millions sterling, ex tended by the Board on the north side of the Thames, for the collection of the Sewage at the point of its delivery to th e C omp „ y. At the expiration of 34 years the Board have the right, on giving two years' notice, to require a revision by arbi tration of the above apportionment of profits. The Concession stipulates for the construction of a circu lar brick culvert, 9 feet 6 inches in diameter, shown by the red line on the accompanying map, and running from the Northern Outfall Sewer to the East Coast of Essex, and further, for the reclamation of the tract of foreshore and sa nd, coloured pink on the map (about 7,000 acres),the in "ntien being to i rr i ga t e t h e lands in the district through which the culvert the recl a i med land. Isses, and to .A contract has been entered into with Mr. Wm. Webster r(who has constructed more than one-third of the main 4i nage work of the metropolis, including the Crossness utfall), for the construction of the work mentioned above, of with thenecessary pumping stations, for the sum the`' 1,853,44 8. To this must be added the amount to be paid cost of land, Messrs' Napier and Hope in shares, as before mentioned, engineering, Parliamentary, and legal ex- Pease:, su perintendenne, and management, together with Inter st at 5 per cent. per annum on thei capital during the in onstruction of the culvert, estimated at a total of X 546,552; all 421400,000. The Act authorises the Directors to raise ish ,7amount of £700,000 i n d e b entures, but of this, as above 1 ; only be £300,000 will i n a ll probability required. Zenthe Co mpany have th e r i g ht o f t a ki ng, without any pay may, during the fi rs t f our years, as much of the sewage as can utilise. From this source an immediate return I naY be obtained, so that the return upon capital during construction should be much in excess of the interest pro vided. t .,2 11 Payment on the 2d October next of the £lO per Cer zilicate then due the Certificates of £lOO will be exchanged zor mab-gistered Shares of £lO each. According to the calculations made the eventual revenue of the Company is estimated at about £720,000, and the -working expenses and management at £50,000. A pplications in the annexed form shouldbe left with the B nl an kessers, who w ill not, however, receive any applications u accompanied by a deposit of £2 per certificate on the number of certificates applied for. In cases where no allotment is made the deposit will be returnin full, and should a sma ll er number than is applied for e be alloted the balance returnable to the applicant will be applied towards payment of the amount due on allotment. In cases where an allotment is male the deposit paid on application will be liable to forfeiture if the balance due on allotment be not paid within the term fixed by the letter of allotment, and the allotment will be liable to cancellation. Default by sub scribers in due payment of the £lO per scrip certificate, pay able on 2d October, 1865, will, in like manner, render the scrip certificates subject to cancellation, and the amount theretofore paid thereon to forfeites t . • Prospectus and Forms of Applications may be obtained from the Bankers and I.rokers, and at the Offices of the Company, No. 60, nreadneedle-street, E.C., London. METROPOLIS SEWAGE AND ESSEX RECLAMA TION COMPANY. VORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES, To be left with the Banks. No. --- To the Directors of the Metropolis Sewage and Essex Gentleme Reclamation C ompany. be ade n,—Having paid t o the sum of £ , Teque ing posit of £2 per certificate on cer tifi ca t es, I st you to allot to me certificates of £lOO each, In the Metropolis Sewage and Essex Reclamation Cora telly, in con f orm i ty with the Prospectus issued by the hereby international Fi nanc i a l Society (Limited) ; and I agree to accept (subject in all respects to the terms of the said Prospectus), such certificates, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the sum due on allotment thereof, at such time as may be fixed by the Letter of Allotment, and to pay sum of £lO per certificate on 2d October, 1865. the further I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Signature Name in full Address in full Residence Date 4 0RANDITM ON THE METROPOLIS SEWAGE AND ESSEX RECLAMATION SCHEME. This scheme has for so long been a subject of public in terest, and h as b een so f ully discussed by the of thess, that pro-.ha t it i s unnecessary now t o a dd more i n j ust ification spectus than give a'very brief summary of the parliamen tary proceedings in relation to it, and pu estimate of the profit likely to accrue to the Shareholders. It was for the necessary powers to construct the works named in the concession that application was made to Par liament ; po wers also being obtained for the reclamation of she De ngie Plats, a n d f or the construction of the culvert deem a Shows by the bl ue li ne on the map should it hereafter be pany. —e" ex pedient to devel o p s th e opera ti ons o f th e C om - After the second reading of the bill in the House of Com- Th ° l per h 1 which w as supported by the Right Hon. Wm. Cow °ne Majest y ' s First Commissioner of Works, it was, i. the p et ition of th e C orporation of the City of London, foleloswchse'le 74 0 f atthsent be fore the r e f erees that the engineering features as might be th oroughly sifted. They reported 1 11a ' urthnn,;llelerees are of opinion that there are no objections "Mei e ei - V iee ring point of view, and that the estimate is Th e R efe Bain Gibs o j e es Were M. D. Hansard, Esq., M.P., Sir Wil- The proho -C j a ., i g, tart., and Colonel Stuart, M.P. Select CeraiWiZZ:ndeTtaking was then inquired into by .a and profitable me?" struction from t: f 'he Rouse, who received a special in lent inquixY, se to "inquire into the most useful Sewage on the N o w rt i t fez' disposing of the Metropolitan Vide of the Thames." After a long and up their report as ft the Committee summed " Upon the evidence scheme are of opinion that the scheme which has and profitable mode of apples ip)eosertioli of the metropolis, submitted to them is a useful ng the sewage of the northern and they have - no reason to sup that any more useful or profitable scheme could be devised" ki r..T ie lle u celtunitt ee consist e d of _ r. 131nAdvocate General, M r. Taverner John Miller. Dr. Brady. Mr. Paget. Mr. Cl ay. Mr. Sclater-Booth. Mr. might. I Colonel Smyth. I Mr. Turner. the n nnethe discussion which ensued on the presentation of both Port to the House, Sir George Grey and Mr. Henley Theexspressed their approval of the scheme. tett 4 „ scheme Was again inquired into very fully by a Com __ of the House of Lords, where the bill passed through ail the different stages, and having received the Royal Onassent, is now an Act of Parliament, and has become law. On the divisi on i n the House of Lord s u p on th e t hi rd g din, 49 peers voted i n favour of the bill, and only 4 against it, hyal Highness the P r i nce o f W a l es b eing one of the 49, and giving to this bill the countenance and 24 Bonds of 500 dollars each. 1,433, 1,435, 1,448, 1,454, 1,499, 1,500, 1,509, 1,548, 1,549, 1,554, 1,564, 1,565, 1,582, 1,593, 1,607, 1,623, 1,686, 1,698, 1,731, 1,733, 1,736, 1,785, 1,838, 1,977. 40 Bonds of 100 dollars each. 422, 428, 434, 473, 483, 484, 527, 528 598, 618, 652, 686, 725, 767, 830, 831 , 842, 906, 935 997 , 1,060, 1,070, 1,096, 1,126, 1,127, 1,164, 1,200, 1,208, 1,214, 1,252, 1,253, 1,254, 1,261, 1,297, 1,298, 1,312, 1,317, 1,361, 1,371, 1,387. Present--W. GRAIN, Notary Public, 31, Threadneedle street, London, 6th July, 1865. T HE LONDON, WINDSOR, and GREEN WICH HOTELS COMPANY (Limited . The LAST DAYS for receiving. APPLICATIONS for ti SHARES in this Company will be TUESDAY next, the 11th st , for London, and THURSDAY, the 13:11 inst., for the Country. By order, 29, Nicholas-lan e , J u l y 5, I ERGE LESLIE, Secretary. GB's O. REUTER'S TELEGRAM COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the FIRST ORDI NARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders in this Company will be held on MONDAY,the 24th inst., at Twelve o'clock noon precisely, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street. London for the reception of a REPORT from the Directors, the declaration of a DIVID &ND, and such other business as may be brought before it. And no ice is hereby further given, that, on the termina tion of the ord nary business, the Meeting will then be made Special for the 1,11 pose of deziding upon the tol owing Reso lution, viz.:—" That clause 77 in the Articles of Associßt on be altered by striking out the following words, commencing in the 4th line of such clause, and the security of shares la the Company.' " The Transfer Ranks will be b•mn thn loth until the 2f th inclusive, By order of the Dinetors, FREDERICK J. GRIFFI pHs. Secretary. I, Royal Exchange•buildings, Londo i, July 8. 1865. THE. CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited). Authorised Capital £1.000,x00 Capital Subscribed . 2,000,00J Capital Paid-up Reserve Fund 200,000 Dividend Reserve Fund 70,000 DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor. JAMES LEVICK, Esq., Merchant, King's' Deputy- Arms-yard, Governors. JAMES NUGENT DANIELL, Esq., London, James Childs, Esq., London. Alexander Dunbar, Esq.. Old Broal-street, London. Charles Ellis, Esq.. Lloyd's. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers , and Co. London. he Ron. T. C. Haliburton, M.P., Chairman of the Canada Agency Association, London. William Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Young, Harrison, and Bevan), Direct or o f th e Th ames an d Mersey Insurance Company. Richard Stuart Lane, Esq. (Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and CO, London. Charles E. Newbon, Esq.. London. Henry Pownall. Esq. J.P. , Russell-squan, London. Joseph Mackrill Smith, Esq. (Messrs. slackrill Smith and J E o dhwnardEsq, P (D , L ir o ec n t d o o r n o . Co.), Old B roa d- street, London. W a. n eW estmorland , Esq Company), London. f the Royal Insurance Albert Grant, Esq., F S.A., M.R.L, Managing Director. KERS. The Agra and Masterm an's Bank (Limited). Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. The National Bank, London, Dublin, and its Branches in Ireland. The Alliance Bank (Limited), London, Li verpool,and Man chester. , SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane, E.C. BUSINESS TRANSACTED. This Company negotiates Loans for Colonial and Foreign Governments Co-operates in the Financial arrangements of British and other Railways ; Makes Advances to Corporations. Town Councils, and other Public Bodies ; Negotiates Loans for Public Works Assists in the introduction of Industrial and Commercial undertakines ; Makes advances upon approved Stocks, Shares, Bonds, dr.oMakes temporary Loans upon eligible Freehold and Lease hold Securities. London, 17 and 18, Cornhill , JuneALFRED 18L065 WE, Secretary. DEBENTURES ISSUED BY T HE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF E NGL AN D (Limted). - ISSUE OF 4500,000 DE BENTURES i ru INTEREST UA RTE RLY. The Directors PAYAßLE have decide d to issue Debenture Bonds of the Company for the amounts and bearing interest as under, viz.:— In sums'of £lO, £2O, £5O, £lOO, £250, £5OO, and .£l,OOO, with coupons attached. For three e ars ars INTEREST. For five yea 6 ;6 per cent per annum. , If For seven ye ars .... 7 , V/ Interest payable quarterly—viz., on the 30th March, 30th June, 30th September, and 30th December in each year, at the Company's Bankers. The distinctive feature in the debentures issued by this CoMpany is their perfect security ; the amount of the capital subscribed, paid-up, and uncalled, and the general invested assets of the Company, as well as the large reserve fund, affording the most ample security to the investor. These Debentures are issued payable to bearer, and can therefore pass by simple delivery from hand to band, without endorsement, and are free from any further stamp duty. They are also issued—to meet the requirements of Trustees and others—transterrable by Deed only, to be duly registered in the Company's Books in the names of the Investors or their Assigns. Forms of Application can be obtained of the Secretary, to whom all communications must be addressed. By order of the Court, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. London, 17 and 18, Cornhill, Jane 15,1865. DEPOSITS RECEIVED BY . THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited). RATES FOR MONEY ON DEPOSIT. This Company receives MONEY ON DEPOSIT hi sums of £lO and upwards at the undermentioned rates from this day UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, viz. : At 14 days' notice . 3 per cent. per annum. At one month's notice 3i per cent. per annum. FOR FIXED PERIODS OF Not less than 3 mqnths and up to 6 months, 4 per et. per an. Beyond 6 months and up to 9 months 4} per ct. per an. Beyond 9 months and up to 12 months 5 per et. per an. Beyond 12 months and up to 24 months si per et. per an. Forms of application can be obtained of the Secretary, to whom all oommunie4tions must be addressed. By order of the Court,. ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London, June 15, 1865. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre oared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, (cent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, inligesdon, wind. Velma, giddiness, dizsinem of the eyes, Ato. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly exmllent ; mild in their opera tion and grsteful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. times the quantit z London, and by most druggists, in boxes , ls. lid., and three in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Billoas an Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with '• William Lambert," engraved on the Mt The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). 66, COMIC OPERETTA, by J. Offenbach, and the BROTHER AND SI S TER, by Sir Henry Bishop, will be performed during this week. Principal artistes : Signor Spa2noli, M. Marini, Mr. Green, and Ar. St. Albyn. Misses Ru,sell. Barrie, and Tyrell, with full Band and Cho rus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian and Mimic), Miss Kate Balle, the Grotesque, D'Aubans, and Messrs. Duriah and Davis. The Misses JE SY and SARA. GUNNISS will have the honour of appearing This Even ng. Conductor, Mr. F. Jong.tmans. This Evening at Half-past &ven. Admissioz—area, M.; stalls and balcony, is.; privAte boxes, 10e. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. Sele:alone from MARTHA and THE BROTHER AND SISTER, supported by Miss RUSSELL, Miss Barrie, ma ss gays, tee.; Messrs. ST. ALBYN, Green, &c., with Full rand and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jongmans. Comedy by Arthur Lloyd, Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Grotesque D'Aubans. HODGE PODGE.—Th's wonderful Illu-ion will be re peated THIS EVENING for the LAS 1! TIME. TO-MORROW (Wednesday) will be produced, with new Optical effects, the Illusion, entitled KO KO RI KO, on a scale of magn:ficence never before attempted. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-e nbellished. The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in l'aris and London, and prcbably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. A life-size Model of JOAN WILKES BOOTH, the base assassin of the late President Lincoln, is also to be seen. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. GYLL ROOMS, Windmill - street, Piccadilly. PROMENADE, CONCERT, and DANCE every Evening. This admired Band, under the direction of Signor LUIGI CURTI, will perform at 9 o'clock a Gr ind Overture, at if o'clock a Selection horn a tav,urite Opera, and a series cf novel Dance Music till 12 o'clock. Open at half- past S. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. 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ROSS'S DReILA CORY 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 f stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which Speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free fors4 sthmps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248 ,High Holborn, London. Essay on Hair, Id. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are Improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness Esc 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 stAraps.—ALKX. ROSS, 248, High Elolbora, London. ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 3s. ild., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 4s, or 60 stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, a fd Dining-room, consisting of a new and e,egant assort ment >1 VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a, in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, Ac. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine• ralogist to her Ifidesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary oollections of ROCKS. &I ENE RALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facilitate the Interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2. 5, 10, 20, 50. to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE- R &LOGY it; given by Mr. TENNAN P. at 49. Strand W.C. XTOTHING INIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and II mos t useful invention oi the day, A MIA. AM A.R ELL Messrs. 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RUPTURES CURED BY CHANDLER'S NEW LEVER TRUSS. It has the following' advantages :—No steel spring regni , ed round t he body, is easily applied, does net chafe or excoriate the skin, admits of any kind of exercise being taken, and is imperceptible when worn. PRICES. Single- -10 s. 6d. and 215., postage 's. Double-21s. and 425., postage, 2s. Sent on receipt of post-office order, and size round hips. Sure to fit. , PILES, PROLAPSUS ANI, and UTERI Instantly rel" eyed and ultimately cured by some entirely new and very ingenious appliances. Prices from 10s. 6d sent by post on receipt of size round hips. Elastic Stockings, Kneecaps, Surgical Belts, and appliances of every description, with all the latest improvements, and of the best quality, at considerably reduced prices. ROUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, and DEFORMITIES cured by CHANDLER'S IMPROVED CHEST EXPANDING BRACES, for both sexes of all ages. They strengthen the voice and lungs. relieve indiges tion, and are especially recommended to children for assist ing the growth, and fo: promoting heath and symmetry of figure Price 10s. 6i. All the above instruments are highly recommended by the leading members of the medical profession. Illustrated catalogues forwarded. MR. H. P. Cll-ANDLER, SURGICAL MECHANICIAN, 60, Deniers-street, Oxford-street, Loudon, London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Now ready, boards, price ls. 6d., HITS; a Collection of the Best Tales contri buted to "Temple Bar," "Once a Week," "Cham bers's Journal," dm. By LEWIS' HOUGH, M.A. With Two Illustrations by W. Schwenoh Gilbert. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paterno ter-row, E.C. Demy 4to cloth, price 7s. 6d., THE PSYCHONOMY of the HAND ; or, the Hand an Index of !dental Development. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. The BOOK of the DAY and EVERY MAR'S BOOK. Just published, prim le. 6d by post, free, le. Bd., REVELATION of QUACKS and QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. For notioes of this startl•ng work see the "Saturday Re• view" of April 1, entitled "Quacks and Quackery ; ' the "Weekly Dispatch" of April a, "The Quacks and their Crimes ;" "The Sun" of April 12, "'Detector's' Broadside on Qu.eks and Quackery." GUIDE TO THE QUACKS OF LONDON. A Series or Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the " .iledical Circular," with the signature of " Detector," has been republished in the form of a bilolt pamphlet The realer of " I'unch" should read this pamphlet also. He has often read, in the pages of "Punch," of a rtain Quacks, frau dulent and noisome, who obtain money by false pretences, and more money by menaces and extortion, from green young mmn. For their mimes, which " Punch" would not advertise, he has refer, t d his readers to the lower corner of the advertisin columns of low newspapers, amongst which too many of Mr." Punch's" contemporaries, especially in the country, may still be enumerated. Hut now he begs to pub lish the information that a nominal list of these miscreants, with c;pies of their puffs and other particulars concerning them, n edtut to be known, will be found in tr e pamplal t above ref. rrcd to, which is entitled " Revelations of Quacks an i Quackery," aid is to be had at the " Medic it Circular " office, 20, Ring William -street, St. and, WA , - The vile practices, the monstrout im: , udence, the cruel rapacity, and the enormous g tins of the obscene tribe of Qu rcks, the mischi e f t he y do, the ruin they work, even to the causationof t.ui.cide, are su ll y se t f or h in " it e velaiions of Quacks a ,, cl Qaakery." And mark espec'aliy th rt, as aforesaln, the names of the Quacks are publishe i. The Di rectory, bf pamphlet question thus constitutes a regular Quack where he may go if he 'wishes to get plundered and destroyed Buy, therefore, re a d er,. b y all means buy " deve l at i ons of Quacks and Quackery." Its contents will astonish and amuse Con' uuting which every young man may know whi e . they invoke y our i n di gnat i on an d di sg ust. Or course you :o not want It on account of its warnings for you' own sake, but you doubtless do for that of the many simple tons with whom you must be acquainted, if your acquaint ance is large. " Who are the Quacks that 'Punch' means ?" Consider what it is to e able to answer this question of the young and inexperienced, and, for charity's sake, If for no other, go and provide yourself with "Revelations of Quacks and Quackery," by Detector._Punch, April 12. A PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY.-- f The Photographed f ac-sim i le o f th e Fi r st Page of TUE: SUN now publishi ng, and may b e ha d On Paper at .......................... Os. 3d..... On Card ........ i s. 6d. . is lid. By order of all Book se l !ers and Dea'ers in_ Photographs, and at TDIli Ditto. SUN m orvicE, .... 112, Shand. " ' rho Sun' evening new)paper has Just issued a photo graph, 9 inches by 7, of it s f i rst page as i t appeare d on th e 2d of last January. Th e card forms quite a lit erary cur i os it y, and is one of the best sp ec i mens of m i nu t e ty pogra phy ever publiahed."—London Review. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. BOISRAGON, announces that he his transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the London and North-Western line, and fifty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, meow plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. THE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your TEA direct to the EAST IN DIA TEA COM eAAY. 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, DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical prof e , sion for Thirty years have approved of this pure solution of Ma flesta as the best remedy for Gout and stomach disorders of every ktr d ; and as a mild aperient it is esrecially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared solely by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, ac., 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold througlmut the world by all respectable chemists, CAUTION —See hat " Dinnetord and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. DR. QUAIN AND HIS PROFESSION.--While Dr. Quain was giving evidence the other day before a committee of the House of Commons, Mr. Roebuck said to him—Do you not think that there would be some protec tion for the public if prescriptions were written in English? Dr. Quain—l do not the lout in the world. Mr. Roebuck— No check upon your own profession ? Dr. Quain—Not the least in the world. The amount of Latin that is required for writing prescriptions is so very small it can be easily acquired. Mr. Roebuck—l suppose there are not 50 per cent. of the medical men who could write them if you re quired the terminations ? Dr. Quain—l will not say that. In the course of the same examination Mr. Roebuck asked prescriptions are written in —Do you know in France all French ? Dr. Quain—lt is often illegible French ; and, moreover, the thing prescribed does but little good or harm Mr. Roebuck—ls that your opinion of French physicians ? Dr. Quain—From experience I can say that the French generally prescribe what does very little good, and certainly does very little harm.—The Reader . THUNDERSTORMS.—The long drought in the North and East Ridings was terminated on Friday night by a succession of thunderstorms, which were repeated on Saturday, accompanied with heavy rain,. No accident of consequence is reported, and the benefits to the crops by the rains are very great. The weather for several days has been extremely hot. A most violent thunderstorm occurred at Birmingham on Saturday. It lasted two hours, from 1 to 3 o'clock p.m., and during the whole of that time there poured an immense torrent of hail and rain. The hail stones were of enormous size, and so thoroughly frozen that they lay in masses on the roofs of buildings. The heavy peals of thunder and lightning flashes followed in rapid succession, and a considerable amount of damage was done. A WARNING TO LADIES.—The Publicize of Mar seilles announces a new kind of strike—that of bachelors. Not fewer than 6,000 young men, it states, of that place, between the age of 20 or 30, held a meeting in the open air a little way out of the town, and entered into an agreement not to ask any young woman in marriage until a complete change shall have been operated in the manner of living, and particularly in the dress of the fair sex. The young men insist on greater simplicity in every respect, and a return to the more modest habits of a cen tury or two ago. The strength of the camp at Aldershott has just been augmented by the arrival of several regiments and detachments, including the Ist battalion Grena dier Guards, from Wellington Barracks, and the 3d (King's Own) Hussars, from Manchester. The Guards are under the command of Col. Ponsonby, and are encamped upon a portion of Cove-com mon usually assigned to the regiments of the bri gade. The marching-in strength of the battalion was 21 officers, 36 sergeants, 32 corporals, 29 drum mers, and 514 privates—total, 632. The 3d Hussars are under the command of Lieut.-Col. Howard Vyse, and are also encamped on Cove-common. Six troops of the 2d Dragoons (Scots Grays) left Aldershott Camp on Saturday morning for special service as follows :—Three troops to Manchester, under command of Col. Clarke ; one troop to Bury, one to Ashton, and one to Burnley. The head quarters and two troops of the regiment will remain at Aldershott for the present. The troops compos ing the Aldershott division, under the command of Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Pennefather, K.C.8., con tinue to be actively exercised in all the duties of the military service. Field days occur every week, and the whole division is taking its turn by regiments and detachments in " flying columns." On Tuesday a grand divisional field-day took place at Eelmoor, when Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hugh Rose, Lieut.-Gen. Lord Melville, Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of Cardigan, and other officers were present. On Wednesday and Thursday the third flying column detached from the division this season marched for Sandhurst, there to encamp. The column consisted of the Bth Hussars, under command of Lieut.-Col. Mac naghten D Battery Royal Horse Artillery, under Lieut.-Col. Michell ; the Ist battalion 14th Regi ment, under Col. Budd ; the 69th Regiment, under Col. Mackirdy ; and the 74th Highlanders, under Lieut.-Col. M'Leod. The column, which was under the command of Major-Gen. Hodge, C. 8., was in spected on Friday by Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. L. Penne father, and put through some interesting field movements, which were performed with great dex terity. According to the orders first issued the column was to move to Fleetpond on Saturday, but in all probability it will remain encamped at Sandhurst until to-morrow, with the exception of the Royal Horse Artillery and the Bth Hussars, which will return to their quarters at Aldershot this day. The screw steam frigate Constance, 39 guns no minal, Capt. Barnard, is appointed to move to-day from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound. Her burthen is 3,213 tons, and it is probable that she will undergo a trial cruise of three months in the Channel with her sister frigates the Arethusa, 35, Captain Mac donald, of 3,141 tons, and the Octavia, 39, Capt. Hellyer, 3,161 tons. All three have engines of 500 horse power. After the trial the Constance proceeds to the West Indies. The Volunteers. The Victoria Rifle Volunteer Corps (the Ist Middlesex), which was an organised body of riflemen long before the present Volunteer movement, and has supplied officers to many of the metropolitan regiments, was officially inspected on Thursday evening by Colonel Erskine, the Inspector- General, at the Kilburn rifle range. There were four com panies present, under the command of the Duke of Wel lington, Major Greenhill being the second in command. The regiment performed the usual exercises of an inspection during a heavy fall of rain, and the Inspector-General said with regard to the drill that he bad seen but few faults, and much which he approved. The officers did their work quickly, their orders were remarkably distinct, and in fact the soldierly bearing and smartness of the regiment left nothing to be desired. A company of the Harrow Vo lunteer corps kept the ground. On Friday last the officers of the Victoria Rifles dined with their Lieutenant-Colonel the Duke of Wellington, to meet Colonel Erskine. In the course of the evening they were joined by many members of the corps, for whom supper was laid out in tho banquet hall and adjoining rooms. Several well-chosen songs were sung iu the Waterloo Gallery by Mr. Wighton, accom panied by Mr. Aspa, Captains Templer and Bridgewater, and Lieut. Cunningham, of the 18th Middlesex (Harrows), having with a detachment of their men kept the ground during the inspection, also received an invitation to the dinner. On the following morning, at an early hour, four baggage waggons, laden with all requisite materiel for the Victoria camp at Wimbledon, left the head-quarters at Kil burn, escorted by a party of 40 meu. The camp, as it was last year, will be in charge of Lieut. Tomkins, an officer well and favourably known to all frequenters of Wimbledon. The Paddington Rifle Volunteer corps was inspected on Wednesday evening, in Regent's-park, by Colonel Wright, the deputy Inspector-General of Volunteers, the 29th Mid dlesex keeping the ground. There was a fair muster of the regiment, which was under the command cl Capt. Lochner, the commandant being absent through illness. After the evolutions, Colonel Wright expressed his gratification with the manner in which the corps had drilled, and specially remarked the smartness of the officers, which he said had saved the regiment from being at a loss through the absence of its commanding officer. The Middlesex Ten to represent the county in the county matches at Wimbledon, and to shoot for the China Cup, have been selected by a certain number of the best shots being chosen to shoot through two competitions. The result has been that the following gentlemen will represent the county under Captain Field :—Mr. Little, West Middlesex; Mr. Hamerton, 12th Middlesex ; Lieut. Marriner, West Middlesex ; Ensign Pixley, Victorias ; Sergeant Gould, Bloomsbury ; Mr. Thornbury, Victorias ; Mr. Dawe, Vic torias ; Captain Morris, West Middlesex; Mr. Leete, Queen's Westminster ; and Mr. Hooper, of the same regi ment. On Saturday evening the Ist Surrey Rifles had a grand fete in their new and commodious head-quarters at Camber well, which were opened a week since by the Lord-Lieuten ant of the county. There were spirited athletic exercises and various amusements. The visitors had full opportu i nities of inspecting the unique head-quarters, which born prise a drill-shed 150 ft. by 52ft. open drill ground, armoury, canteen, lockers for the members, and every requirement for a good regiment, which the Ist Surrey certainly is. The official inspection by Colonel Erskine, Inspector- General of Volunteers, of the 26th Middlesex Rifle Volun teers, being a consolidated battalion formed of her Majesty's Customs, and St. Katharine and London Dock Company's Rifle Corps, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Grey, with Lieutenant-Colonel Manning and Major Collet as field officers, and Captain Elliot, the adjutant, took place on Wednesday at Battersea Park. The regiment, which mustered upwards of 700 of all ranks, was paraded on the Custom-house quay, and proceeded thence by steamboats. The battalion having been drawn up in review order to re ceive the inspecting officer, he minutely inspected the ranks, and the regiment having efficiently gone through the manual and platoon exercises, taking the word of command from Lieut.-Col. Manning, the usual movements of an inspection were proceeded with, including forming open column from line, marching past, which was mostcre ditably done ; deploying on front, centre, and rear compa nies advancing in line, volley firing by companies from right to left, file thing:from right of companies, and a volley of whole line, advancing in direct echelon of companies from the right, changing front to the left, reforming line, a change of front on the left company, right thrown back, forming quarter distance column on centre company, form ing square, &c. At the'conclusion of the inspection Colonel Erskine addressed the regiment on its appearance and effi ciency, and made various suggestions. He said he was well satisfied, and should make a favourable report of the regi ment to the War-office. The ground was kept by a detach ment of the 2d Middlesex Artillery Volunteers, commanded by Capt. Harold Eigelbach. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hugh Rose, G.C.8., K. 5.1., has been pleased to accept the honorary colonelcy of the 26th Middlesex—an honour that is most gratifying to the members of the corps. He was umtvoid baly absent from the inspection, having been obliged to leave London for Dublin, to take command of the forces in Ireland. Tho fifth annual meeting of the Edinburgh and Mid lothian Rifle Association took place last week in the Hun ters' Bog, Holyrood-park. It was resolved, on account .of the difficulty of procuring long ranges, and the attendant expense, to confine the rifle competition to Volunteers, using the Enfield rifle in Hythe position. The extreme range available was 600 yards. Tho meeting began on Monday and closed on Saturday. The gathering was numerous and the shooting was highly satisfactory. The prize, entitling the winner to compete at Wimbledon for the Prince of Wales prize, was shot for at 500 yards, seven rounds, and won by Mr. 0. Gray in 24 points and hits. The first of the city prizes, open to all Volun teers, was shot for at 600 yards, seven rounds, and taken by Sergeant Clews, 3d Renfrew, on a score of 21. The Association. Cup was gained by Mr. J. D. Bruce, Edinburgh Rifles (200 yards, seven rounds) in a score of 25, and the Lord Provost's cup, value 200, was taken by the same gentleman in a score of 24,at 500 yards, seven rounds. The Writers to the Signet prize was won by Ensign Measles in a non) of 24, at 600 yards, seven rounds. If anything were necessary to prove the deep hold which the love of rifle-shooting has taken of the English people it would be the fact that not even the excitement, tumult, and conflict of passions attendant on a general election can put a stop to the great annual trial of skill at Wimbledon. The test is a severe one. Since Volunteering first attained anything like importance there has been no general election in England, and the period now fixed for the electoral con tests throughout the kingdom is identical with the limit of timo covered by the programme of the National Rifle Asso ciation ; yet more men have intimated their intention of coming into camp, a greater number of entries have been made this year for all the valuable prizes, than at the corre_ spending period of any of the former anniversaries. The main features of this notable gathering are now so widely known as scarcely to render description necessary. There is not a corps at the furthest extremity of the Highlands that is not familiar with its stirring 'scenes by day and its social gatherings atlight, from the most trustworthy of all sources—the reports of delegates sent up by themselves to sustain the regimental fame in the contests for the Queen's Prize. Competitors from distant colonies, from far away Australia itself, have been squadded with the Queen's sub jects nearer home, so that to those regions also an intimate acquaintance with the sights and sounds of Wimbledon has penetrated. But as that lying nearest our own doors is often passed over in ignorance of its real attrac tion, or, in these days of long ranges, merely because the custom is to look beyond it at more distant objects, it may be that there are in London itself some who have never seen the picturesque encampment at Wimbledon. If so, they should lose no time in repairing the error ; the site is one of the loveliest imaginable, and the animation and eagerness exhibited by all in camp will not fail to be com municated to them as soon as their eye takes in the general outlines of the place. if they know anything of the art of rifle shooting they will find it studied here upon a scale such as is practicable, or at any rate practised, in no other part of the kingdom, with a cosmopolitan taste, too, for any novelty that enhances the stimulus or elicits peculiar skill is tried upon an extended scale. This year, for in stance, the Swiss targets, which before were used, as it were experimentally, have been introduced at many of the ranges. If the visitors know nothing of shooting, but merely come to view the general effect, or to regard the British Volunteer under his social aspects, they will derive information, and no doubt satisfaction, from a walk through the camp. There they will find him, under can vas, it is true, but surrounded with many of those comforts which the British colonist, better than any other, knows how to extemporise, in possession of a capital refreshment room and commissariat, a club-room, a bazaar, a library, and, to crown all, an Industrial Exhibition. A little further on visitors will discover special enclosures removed from the main camp, in which watch and ward are maintained with especial strictness. Within these enclosures two of the metropolitan crack regiments, the Victorias and Lon don Scottish, spurning the comparative freedom of Volun teer life over yonder, " the military lodging-house," as they call it, have come down to conduct their encampment I according to strict military regulations ; and, m oreover , volunteer for all and every kind of service that the autho rities may r€quiro at their hands. The offices of the Association also should be regarded attentively, lying within a neat ring fence, where a whole department, which in any other country would be a Govern ment department, compresses, by the energy and in dividual ability of its members, the work of months into two short weeks. Having visited these various points of interest, cast their eyes over the widely waving area of flags and bannarets, particularly ono range of giant flagstaffs stretching right across the plain, and a dressed" so accurately that, in standing close to the first of these poles not one of the others can be seen, strangers probably will be in a mood to avail themselves of the tramway to reach the further extremity of the grounds, which consist of the plateaux of ,tableland lying between the Wimbledon and Putney stations. Information concerning every point connected with the meeting will be found in those compact sixpenny volumes about double the size of a railway ticket, which are so many miniature libraries. From their contents it will be seen that several new prizes have been introduced this year, and among these conspicuous mention is due to the Challenge Cup, value 500 guineas, contributed by volunteers in China. The questions connected with the " International" matches have been happily and wisely settled by the recognition of Irishmen as legitimate competitors, both for the Elcho Challenge Shield and in the International Enfield Match. In the latter contest, which has been hitherto one for pure love of country, a magnificent testimonial, value £l,OOO, is now being raised by a committee, under the presidency of Colonel the Hon. C. Lindsay. A railway prize has been instituted by the South-Western Railway Company, who subscribe £5O for the purpose, and rewards are offered this year, for the first time, to the 5-grooved Enfield rifle, which is in the hands mainly of non-commissioned officers and mounted Volunteers, but not .eligible in the ordinary Enfold matches. The carbine prizes have been largely increased, and it may be said of the prize list generally that it has undergone judicious and generous revision. The rule which last year prohibited winners of one of the larger prizes from winning a second has been rescinded, being found in practice not to be attended with all those benefits which Volunteers who advocated its adoption had anticipated. The Wimbledon Cup, however, which last year was offered to prize winners as a solace for the re striction thus imposed upon them, has not been discon tinued in consequence of the change, but is presented again under conditions suited to the altered circumstances. Some of the most interesting matches will be decided this year at a much earlier period than has been usual hitherto. The Public Schools' match, for instance, which till now has been always a prominent feature in the second week's shooting, will be held to-morrow, when the Inter national Enfield match will also take place. In consequence of the sad accident which occurred last year to one of the markers, a private in the Guards, it has been thought expedient to make a change in the surgical department. So far the proceedings of the allsociation had been wonderfully free from casualties, but this mishap showed that if any serious injury happened slain it was likely, among men following military pursuits and leading for the time a military life, to be one of a military charac ter, and therefore, in the opinion of the Council, it was pro per that army surgeons, accustomed to the care of gunshot wounds, should be in charge of the hospital arrangements, and solely responsible for their administration. This deci sion, however delicately conveyed, was not one that could be altogether satisfactory to the Volunteer medical officers who have attended former meetings at Wimbledon, and it is understood that they dissent very strongly from the views of the Council. The working of the new system is one that must be tested by results. As far as the military authorities are concerned, looking to what has already taken place, it is not surprising that they should desire to have upon the spot a medical officer of the standing and experience of Surgeon Major Wyatt, of the Guards. Wimbledon-common, apart from the business which more immediately leads to its occupation by the Volunteers, is sure to connect itself incidentally with something of novelty to the public. On Saturday experiments took place there with the object of showing that powder, without any per manent injury to its destructive qualities, can, at will, be rendered non-explosive. A Mr. Gale, of Plymouth,although labouring under the privation of loss of sight, has in course of 11 years' patient study devised the means of preventing the explosion of gunpowder, which same gunpowder, the instant that his preparation has been withdrawn, may be I sat fire to and exploded. His secret consist s in the admix ture. of a sandy substance, which by se parating of powder, prevent them from ignitingsimulttahneeogunslnys. The grains in immediate contact with the match or red hot iron thrust into the mass aro of course consumed, and go off in smoke, but there the matter ends. Fire is not communicated to the other grains, and there is no explo sion whatever. Wh e n tested by weighing on Saturday, after the uninflammable materials had been sifted away, it was found that the gunpowder had lost about a sixth of its volume during the experiments. The remaining five-sixths exploded instantl that they were brought into contact with agencies similar to those which before had proved ineffec tual. Mr. Gale expressed his willingness to sit upon a barrel of gunpowder on the common, and allow a red hot poker to be plunged into it, provided he were first. allowed The Government of the United States will, there fore, be entitled to maintain that such vessels are forfeited, and ought to be delivered to the United States upon reasonable applica Lion in such cases made. Only such application must be made good in a British court of law it the vessel is found in British waters. In the case of a vessel captured at sea by a naval force of the United States, under whatever flag, the claim ought to be made good in a court of law of the United States. Her Majesty's Government will further illustrate their views on this head by the enclosures to this despatch. Part of these enclosures consist of despatches to and from Paris. Her Majesty's Government never can admit that, in presence of a great war which interrupted and destroyed a friendly and useful commerce extending along 3,000 miles of the American coast—a war reducing great numbers of industrious families of both nations to poverty, and afflicting a whole continent—the Governments of England and France should not, as far as possible, act in concert, in pursuance not of any formal en gagement, but a mutual understanding. Her Majesty's Government, however, are gratified to find that the United States ho longer claim the belligerent right to search British vessels, and that the normal relations of the two countries are practi cally returned to the condition in which they stood before the civil war. Her Majesty's Government trust that these ex planations, founded upon views which her Majesty's Government have maintained in a spirit of just neutrality, will prove to be favourable to the estab lishment of a lasting and intimate friendship be tween the two nations.—l am, &c. (Signed) RUSSELL. The Services of Admiral Fitzroy. We are glad to learn that attention is being called to the claims which the family of the late Admiral Fitzroy have to assistance from Government. Their case is a very strong one. Since 1825 three expedi tions, each lasting five years, have been sent to survey the coast of South America. The second of these, under the command of Admiral Fitzroy, was most successful and important. It opened up the route „now usually taken through the straight of Magellan, by which the dangerous navigation of Cape Horn is avoided, and it led to observations and discoveries which have made an epoch in the recent history of science. Those well qualified to pronounce an opinion say it may be compared to its advantage with any five years' survey in the re cords of the Admiralty ; yet the expenses to which the country was put by it was small. The first ex pedition to which we have referred to cost £lOO,OOO, the last expedition £75,000, and that of Admiral Fitzroy only £40,000. He thus effected a saving to Government of from £35,000 to £60,000. This, however, he did in a great measure at his own cost, as many necessary expenses incurred on his per sonal responsibility were disallowed at the Admi ralty. In obtaining proper surveying instruments, all absolutely necessary for the proper discharge of the work he had to perform, he spent £3,000. Hav- ing no tender or small boat allowed him, similar to those furnished to the other two expeditions, he was obliged to hire two:small decked boats, of from 7 to 11 tons, to execute the survey in small bays which his vessel, the Beagle, could not enter. Their hire cost him £l,lOO. Before receiving from the Admi ralty any intimation of disapproval of the hire of these vessels, he purchased a schooner as tender to the Beagle. He had her fitted up, and the cost of doing so, and the hire of the crew who manned her for a year, amounted to about £2,000. His whole expenditure, then, beyond the sum allowed at the Admiralty amounted to'£6,loo, for which he was never com pensated in any way. He had to borrow money to discharge the liabilities he had incurred, and his losses involved him in difficulties which embarrassed him through life. Admiral Fitzroy rendered other valuable services to the country. The latest and the most important of these were of course his labours in the Meteorological Department of the Board of Trade. It is only necessary to allude to " Fitzroy's drum" to recall the advantages which have resulted from the extension round our shores of the means f : devised by him of forecasting the i weather. work was not accomplished without nru e nseabo Th ur an must attribute the mind which it involved tha t we and indeed it was to the over exertion of body and he should at his post long after have aban premature loss of this dist in g uished officer . He re maineddoned it. But the value of his discoveries had been doubted, and he feared that the work he was so much interested in would suffer through the diffi culty of finding any one competent to discharge his varied duties. Admiral Fitzroy died poor. His assets amounted to £3,400, his debts to about £5,400; and he has left a large family, many of whom are unprovided for. A better claim than they have to assistance from Government it would be difficult to imagine. We therefore trust that their case will meet with the consideration due to the memory of an officer who upheld the high reputation of our navy by his scientific discoveries, by the zeal and efficiency with which he discharged the difficult duties intrusted to him, and by the ability and energy he displayed in establishing a system of meteorological observations which has already been the means of an incalculable saving of life and pro. perty in all parts of the world.—Times.