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PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT FUND. Established 1840. JOHN ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P., Treasurer. I'll:. B aring, Esq. M.P. TnuaITE.EWS. .G. Prescott, Ins° n trankey, Esq., M.P. Baron de Rothschild, N.P. viTteir,attention of Clerks of all descriptions is eaeti,t_lf.ln conigsitiihtre benefits offered by membership of t hi , Evl. x uND witLNUITIES to aged and infirm members and to_th! Ttail of members i n necess it ou s circumstances!Gß A. 1 .0.0 r. ases of sudden or temporary affliction . itc. 15 lA ..,oorgate-street, Feb. 24, 1805 W. . T. LINFORD, Secy. 20 ANNUAL PREMIUM. AGE. ANNUAL PREMIUM. 25 1 12 5 35 2 6 9 1 16 0 40 . 2 15 1 208,45 3 6 3 ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. tie NT , (Limit 1 :;RIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION t a j ,•,) are authorised to offer 30,000 Shares of the Varn a ri %Deet n 4 s r Company, on the terms of the followin i ,o . P ro - VARNA RAILWAY COMPANY C C l nstit u t ed b (Rustchuk to Varna ', Statutes under the law of Turkey, with Limited Liability. Concession 99 years. • ,1500 0 Share Capital, £900,000. titer ..f flares to bearer of .£2l each, bearing a minimum voy e " of percent . per annum guaranteed by the Turkish m iss riinent. Shares have been taken, 9,000 of which are under offer lue keY. according to the terms of the concession. Deposit P on rice of issue of the Shares £l2. Application £l, ditto on Allotment Z 2. all° t o exceed .£1 10s. per Ssare, at intervals of not less At th• than three months. Der at is Vries of I ssue S h areho ld ers w ill receive per cent. ' k lijo tnd interest will be allowed the same rate on ch a e - n —e nta• Shareholders may pay up in full. raottabares wiD be redeemed,at par by a sinking fund gua eorintlbY the Turkish Government by annual drawings, to 12 ,4' e : e t/le year alter the opening of the line, viz. : 4 , ll ecom Shares during Or! first 33 years; 20,000. during the_ ' lO OO 33 Years ; 12,50) during the third 33 years ; total, Leivp a u tlder of each share drawn and paid off at £2 will re pfit-;vidend warrant entitling him to participate in all Ve B t 7,voed by the Railvirsy in excess of the guaranteed 8- ii'„ s urthr , the remaining term of the concession. 'mitt a mtatelhe advantages offered to the Shareholders, in I , l roti t ° ,, l l to the minimum interest of 8i per cent., and the tr , , rived from the annual drawings at par, it is eces '2l,,„"a•fe tha the Railway is estimated to yi ld from 10 ,„Obi;„„Cellt. per anntim on the entire capital expended, of „"qat.' 'o; of this amount £1,10,0 0 has been provided by ' N ede a „," of o bligations at the rate of 7i er cent. interest, and 4arki2ble by the sinking fund, likewise guaranteed by the pk.a r q government ; the entire profits above the aggregate i'kreh tee will in consequence become divisible among the 41° molders repre ent.ng a capital of £BO ),000, and taking 1 0 ,Der ace ,°tint the price at which the Shares are issued, each pt th -ti t of surplus profit earned on the total cost would -1N414 ,h areholder an addition of nearly 4 per cent. on the ktheßs,.Pa, tO, ti by him. 'Net r, e Betts, and Crampton have contracted to con ed Itallway and Works, and provide rolling stock, for C o „,"'lleh will leave a suffic ent margin in the h Inds ot aa - tet aii"ParlY to pay interest during the construction, and to ~ ,,Nta'l 3, s e en itingenciez, thereby ensuring that uncle/ no cir }, Abe shall the expenditure exceed £2.000,000. ben b al lwaY was commenced last June, and great progress 1 1 - 4 4 thi o - rk olade in all branches of the works. Fif miles ot a„Ye ode are ready for laying the rails, and the c ontractors e ti l A i r iniiarrangements to rpen the entire line in th 8 ye ar. cou. For this purpose all the rails will be delivered Wit „. DIRECTORS. iiIAR GLADSTONE Esq , Chalrman. ?,h e ing ° 4 l ;t9n Blake, Esq. , o r , Esq. London. itto r i„„ 4l ...tailery, Esq. 4 00 Posno Esq 14 0 • Ruled • 1 1 4 * P. Pan que. wets. Brussels. Tercelia- Monjot. CONSULTING ENGINEER. ' G. P. Bidder, Esq. ENGINEER. Wm. M'Candlish, Esq. CONTRACTORS. Messrs. Peto. Betts, and Crampton. SOLICITORS. • Messrs. Freshfields and Newman. BANKERS. Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co. SECRETARY. J. F. Walsh, Esq. BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazeuove and Co. OFFICES. t l / 4 1 :, 111 1 It al . 15. Angel-courr, E.C. *orlbe „„, -- i ltray will connect Rustchuk, on the banks of the tra; - tth Varna, the principal port in the Black Sea, and Wes *averse tor the entire distance of about 133 English 114 8 btr-W.,'"st rem ulous districts in the province of Bulgaria. tit; rev,,",,' i nce ts yearly to the Turkish Government a ,Vltin, - 'n,e of about oue sterline, and provides Con telie r ;v'e with cattle, Timber, grain, and • ther produc b. o is th e '"D. attached to the Prospectus will show the route 1 11, ) 4 „ 1 4 ° ).."' ° sed Ra'lway ant the great saving of time and c or y ,o th by sea andland. It will form the shortest and tioovtdo the route to and from the East. It will also t 0 ,, 4 betn,ile rheapest and mot d rem means of communica j4lltrto;reu the Moldo-W•illachian Principalities and the 14 11 ey i,. ° lhe Upper Danube and the Port of Varna. The Our London to Constantinople will be accomplished th+he tf.' - -t a h tlf days. Rt e iNacii 3 ° l Varna is one of the best natural harbours in a r , d -est, from whence there is a larue expco tation of foi.`tiaii"•,,olher merchandise at all seas , .ns of the year. The th, ,t ' or ernnient are now nezotiatinfz with a company Ot_. -I,g:instruction of a breakwater and quays wi a t rn bi a n 4 ° ,4 4 4 ,! 1 these are completed the Harbour of V will de h ,',Pea c hltle finest in kurope. de pt h '1 has been constructed, extending into 16 feet t ;vor iwg.er, where vessels of large tonnage may load and I'l,l tri' c°ll oection with the Radway. 1,i, t118 01 the annual payments guaranteed by the , e,be rZ,,"ernment the entire Share and Debenture Capital litrt,_erried with n the term of the concession. sk - .140.!,K .8 11 Government have the option of purchasing pra t' ," ay on terms favourable to the Company, at the r of 50 p ars. 44 10 ), rther details reference is made to the original Fir- AOth cahier des charges, Plan for Redemption, n to„ -t , ducum nts, which, with translations, are tnspe .tion the Company's Office. ph llt %cations for share, in the annexed Form, to be left 1 11 4 re. Bankers upon payment of the de osit of £1 per b li fttli 'lto al otment is made the deposit will be returned 'and it a less number of shares be allotted th in is ap- Ttls thehe deposit will, so far as required, be applied to thtrspeotPaYment Forms allotment. 4k ith iett uses and of application f r Shares may be at i pciati ° f th„.e Secretary of the Imperial Mercantile Credit o, 52, ZI-.lmited, 95 Rishopsgate-street ; of the Brokers, '7, is, A auread needle- • street ; or at the offices of the Com ngei-court FORM 0P • Icro, t 1, ,APPLICATION FOR SHARES. ue retained by the Bankers. Gtl t io , e h eaten __Lectors of the Varna Railway Company. e°ck, an t i I lltvitacr paid to your Bankers, Messrs.Robar. 5, `any , l Der Co, the sum of , being a deposit share on shares in the above Com atrerel'Y request that you will allot me that number, ta ttllo t it ) accept such the pry any less number you ` 4 Y the .a r ne on the terms of the prospectus, and I agree .ePosit due on allotment. Usual Signature Name in full ..... •••• •• • • .• • • Residence Profession Date Ptig,VARNA RAILWAY COMPANY.— .tiele IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LISTS of tO-TIONS for SHARKS will be CLOSED on TUES 28th instant ; but applications from the Country urflitleeceived by post the following WEDNESDAY ls''4gel- court, E.C, Feb. 24, 1865. By Order. --EtIOUSES and WHARVES, QPEB I ne With the Riv er F ron t age a t B a t tersea. ,I,ol°rPorated by Act of Parliament, as the Ibit a .1. "ON DOCKS and WAREHOUSES COMPANY 1 tts - 4 ,01 , 0 ° , in 25,000 Shares of £2O each, of w hich D epo 11e-third has been already subscribe& 11 1) ti slt— Zl on application, and £2 on Allotment. T' ikleequoutent Call to exceed £2 10s. per Share, nor to be th ti e t ibl tt t hree calendar months after the previous calL Gk 13 h - 14, 1 4 Y of Shareh o ld ers i s li m it e d t o th e amoun t: o f ft 3 DIRECTORS. tie 4 dot ) HOLROYD, Esq. (Director of the kisq4l,oatham and Dover Railway Company). 8, Sus- Ryde:ark, Chairman. 101'"& n ttsy) er t Maddock (Director of the Reinde Railway 114rell",! Pa rk-place -villas, Maida-hill West, Deputy taNneilia Austin psally) (Director of the Metropolitan Railway ) 1 % L I tuf k 6,7, Adelaide -road, St. John's- wood. D‘n eleY (Director of the Great Western Railway tiLd ii,,,,,Clevver Lodge. Windsor, (I,,krZ'erc . 11",,an, Esq. (Director of the London and North ' t °l4 e l ,clua re ' i twaY Company), 197, Gloucester-place, Port- Colet 0 4 ,0 14 s on, Esq. Chairman of the International C0n g,,4114 I kth e EilnYl. 5T.t West, E.C. ' t berrnbt fru o n_. R. Rowley, M.P. (Director of the Mold Sit h r natiwa (Mep), 47, Berkeley-square. ,IttoT,4"l44r'Bol), Esqssrs. Frederick Levick and Co.). I,l4„,4.‘halti;e. London . , and Cwm Celyn Iron Works, Mon ta, to: . llp,„ in „ l3 ll l keley has been elected a Director h er Of Of Convany's obtaining an Act for which. he 13' ‘ ll lhe present Session to increase the num °all from seven to nine. til t or Lona BANKERS. J ohn "°n, Threadneedle-street, and Charing-cross. A bb k Esq eY. ahrdsley, Esq 5 Vietor:a-streef, Westminster •, ENGINEERS. .....‘ •.• 1..., /AL .4.7 e Sir Charles Pox and Son. Pn el . a.„. SURVEYORS AND ARCHITE CTS. Old Jewry. railei,;l,;.teerri, Esq., a,Treg a le n r n ic o ie n. IT B row, Westminster. J . 8 q uaker, Eaq , 3, C BROKERS. 10 r geour and , 44 4 a" A. Se •im C 0. ,, Old Broad-street. Fan s ' Ne Amprronl. nas, and Co (Public Ac- NO, in : ,2, Turquand yard , xo kenhousr.- Ilothbary. SECRE. 40 . , Ed ward Tarries TAßY Randall, Esq. '''' tir'd TEMPORARY OFFICES. ge-street, Westminsler, and 85, Cannon-street, West, E.V. k l a ) etmi e4 ----- p . „R Y„ Ue n',.l'rosnect v s ,- , et ar -ut a i, ed 1 uses and For ms of A B o r p uk li f c r a s t , io t p th at Yt o the fr om the Ban kers , y, u the Offices, 3, Bridge- l stree n t l 4et eoot t er ; and earr Offices of the Inter 85a.nflOn.8treet West, E. nationa Solicitor, fo r Shares o r 'ta, -443 % 85, C annon -street West, V V tST () LONDON DOCKS AND WARE- Albt„Tio HOUSES COMPANY (Limited). ' 1 • .(1 . 1410 4'rr i .-. S HEREBY GIVEN, that the LIST of k.ob - ,,nlia ) ~, -LuN for SHARES in this Company will be t °lron ; a'n 'WEDNESDAY next, the let of Ma ch, for Iltr y _lid on THURSDAY next, the 2d of Marchfor the ' ikl er which no subscriptions will be receiv ed. a ) h By order, nclge- EDWD . J. RANDALL, Secretary. btreet, 'W estminster, Feb. 25,1g65. D I F E IRS S T-CL S A LLZ B C SC T RIPT LIB RARY For a constant succession of the best New Books as they appear. 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BELLEW, will be ready at all the Libraries on Wednesday, March 1. Hurst and Blackctt, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. CRYSTAL PALACE.-GREAT TRIENNIAL HANDEL FESTIVAL of 1865, at the Crys al Palace about the end of June. Registers have been opened at the Crystal Peace, Syden ham. S. E. and at Exete r Ball, Strand, London, W.C., for entering the names of persons desirous of receiaing ear.y copies of the programme of the Festival, the issue and prices of tickets, plans and arrangements of reserved seats, &c. Letters addressed to either of the uudersigned will meet with due attention. GEO. GROVN, Sec. Crystal Palace Company. THOS. BREWER, flon. Sec Sacred Harmonic Seclety. who take an interest in this great project, the fol lowing passages, from page 5 of that work, will be acceptable. Mr. Andrews himself extracts them from an author unknown to me, whom he calls." a recent and able writer :" "In this country, ever since the first exploration of the Valley of the Euphrates, by Gen. Chesney, the advantages of such a route to railway or steam communication has not ceased to press itself upon all thoughtful and intelligent minds. Indian railways, which were brought to the notice of Lord Fitzgerald, the President of the Board of Contro in 1842, seem, however, to have been the basis of legiti mate projects of overland routes, as contra-distinguished from mere visionary schemes. " The first edition of Mr. W. P.:Andrews's work, Indian Railways, as connected with the Power and Stability of the British Empire in the East, the Development of its Resources, and the Civilisation of its People, with an An alysis of the Projects now claiming Public Confidence,' ap peared early in 1864. This was the first great step which finally led to the project of establishing a communication between the railways of India and those of Europe. The line of Rajmahal, and by the valley of the Ganges, in Ben gal, which was orginally recommended by Mr. Andrews, was, it is true, for a time suspended by the Mirzapore direct project of Mr. R. M. Stephenson ; but it (the Rajma hal line) was that which was ultimately adopted by the authorities, and Mr. R.M. Stephenson was ordered to carry it out. Mr. Andrews's energy was, however, only thrown thereby into a new and more important channel, and he was enabled to carry out a favourite project of a Scinde railway, from whence has arisen the still more recent scheme of a connection between that railway, the Valley of the Euphrates, and the Mediterranean. CRYSTAL PALACE.-TO-MORROW.- SUMMER in WIN E'ER.—Luxuriously Warm and Dry. Performances by the Orchestral Band at 12.30 and 4.30, and Great ,Organ Performance at 3 30. Picture Galleries, Fine Art Courts. Shakspere 'louse, t himr.anz , e, Armour Plates (lent by official authority), and the thousand and ono other attractions of the Crystal Para , :e. Open from Ten till dusk. One Shil ing; children under twelve, Sixp ncz. " Not that thorn was any want of projectors at home. elaborated a scheme of a Calais, Constantinople, and Cal - cutta Railway, 1842 ; and this was afterwards, in 1845, prolonged to Pekin, under the designation of The Atlas Railway.'- Mr. Alexander F. Campbell ' proposed a rail way from England to India' to the Honourable Board of Directors of the East India Company, in letters and maps. of the 6th September, 1840, 25th March, 1845, and 25th April, 1845 ; and in 1851 Mr: James Wyld published a map with the railways laid down as proposed by Mr. Campbell, viz., from Ostend, via Vienna, Belgrade, Constantinople, across Asia Minor to Aleppo, and along the Valley of the Euphrates, skirting the seaboard of Persia, and Beloochis tan to Kurrachee, and thence to Calcutta." And now, sir, although, so far as I am aware, the paragraph above extracted in which my name occurs is the earliest in type in which I am mentioned in connection with this great project, it will be evident from what I have herein stated that I by no means hid my candle under a bushel. The first publica tion I ever saw or heard of on the subject was in 1845 or 1846, in the shape of a small pamphlet by a Mr. Baldwin, of Nant y Glo, in South Wales, which I regret I have not now at hand. In Mr. Sankey's letter, which has called forth this, I perceive great earnestness, and I shall be happy to join with him and any others who have made the subject a study, in a vigorous attempt to complete the intervening links in the vast chain of direct railway communication between London and Calcutta and Canton. When I first thought on this subject, there was not a single mile of railway constructed on the continents of Europe or Asia. Now we have lines stretching to not a great dis tance from Constantinople on the European side ; from Calcutta to the north of India on the other. I believe that Sir R. M. Stephenson is now engaged on a projected line between Calcutta and Canton. I know that lines through Asia Minor have been surveyed, and I have reason to think that the Shah of Persia is desirous of having them extended through his dominions. Surely by a judicious and concentrated effort we may achieve the grand pro ject in its integrity. WILLIAM PARE. Datchet Lodge, Windsor, Jan. 25, 1865. The Portuguese Ambassador at Rome, Field Marshal Duke de Saldanha• • . . 7 , r ... . , „ , • . ,E.,.6k. ~ , ~) 1 , ~-,•,., 4::: , uk.. , 141N ___,„...,,,:...,- ---_, i" , -..., ...' .4-4 (_, ' • \ i' ' . / 'Nigiv ., r ks _..„, ~,t( ‘ I ,* (LC-T( 4 461 0 4 ,....."1,c1 i11it/ c ,?' 4 1 . " 1. ;r;• 21 _ b ...., 411 - . • . ..,"11 -7 .41 ' { ' l ' ~., , '''' i 4.--.= Pi . . . -,.... iii , ...,•= 11 3 .-.e--00,_42_ . e_l6 • , - ,„,,,- : t .--.' 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A most amusing caricature of him appeared in a sort of Lisbon Punch, in 1848, where the Protean Duke was shown, in a most striking likeness, dressed as Arlekin (except the head, which bore a Jesuit's hat), and everyone of the known variegated triangles making the costume of the Christmas character had on it, from the neck to the shoes, a repetition of the face of the present Ambassador ; and all these miniature portraits be ing exact copies of the larger face. And let me remark that the paper and the caricature were not a Miguelite satire ; they were the work of his fellow-revolutionist s and Church robbers. Being an enemy to humbugs—and the greater enemy the bigger they are—l wish, by these few facts and obser vations (which I could enlarge to a volume with similar extracts from the life and miracles of the hero) to supple ment the "lasting recollections" of the Arlekin Duke "as a grand seigneur and a zealous and distinguished Ca tholic," pointed out by the correspondent of the United Cattolica. Such recollections ought greatly to enhance the flavour of the ices and cakes at the Torlonia Palace to all good Catholics who flock to the feasts. In the several revolutions Saldanha has made when he has more than once been in power, and all-powerful, in Portugal, has he ever endeavoured to restore to the Church her property, or spoken of it ? What everybody will say in Portugal about the "grand seigneur" of the Unita is, that his present face of a " zealous Catholic " makes face fifty-one. A. P. SARAIVA. ebone, W. February 1, 1865. MR. IIIORNBURY'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 1 vol. 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A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. 6. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A. 8., aged 16. fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, hemeless, 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 dead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents 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 world be for • oung girls, almost children, from the age of o to 15, who have been led astray from the path cf virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen •street, Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Loftin, d-street. puOYAL 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. This Hospital, founde I in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of fl ee admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wool y de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It aff.}rds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in sddition to this, the average number of attendance of the .I.istitute sick has for a con •Iderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevo•ent, 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 Mas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. 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BARRACK CONTRACTS for the Supply of COALS, COKE, KINDLING WOOD, and CANDLES in Great Britain; and COALS, COKE, TURF, and CANDLES in Ireland, War-office, Pall-Mall, London, S.W., 25th February, 1865. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Secretary of State for War is prepared to receive TENDERS for the sup ply of the following Articles at the various Barrack Stations in Great Britain and Ireland, for a period of One Year, from Ist April, 18 5, viz.: COALS, COKE, KINDLING WOOD, and CANDLES in Great Britain ; and COALS, COKE, TURF, and CANDLES in Ireland. Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the pro ier printed form, which may be obtained , with every requisite nformation, upon application at this Office, or to the various Barrack Masters, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock each day, Sundays excepted. 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Canon r hampney s R.N. Thomas Baring, EsqM.P . TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert llanbury, 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 , ervice and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service, and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increast g applications through the recent storms and less f life at sea, and to enable them even.ually to obtain premises more commensurate w.th the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETING, Hon. See. CHARLES NASH, Sec, TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY REGISTER. Sir,—ln you paper of the 28th ult., I read in the article of news headed "Rome," the following passage : "On the 16th inst. a grand reception took place 'at the Farneso Palace, on the part of the Royal Family of Naples. On the sanie'eroning hiS Ex r a lfEi4 the Field Marshal the Duke of Saldanha, Ambassador of his Faithful Majesty, near the Holy See, opened the noble rooms of the Torlonia Palace in Borgo, by a splendid feast. The chief dignitaries of the Church, the members of the diplomatic corps, the Roman princes and nobles, &c., filled the rooms, of .which the Duchess of Saldanha, 'as well as her husband, did the honours in the most amiable and hospitable manner. The duke is said to be on the point of leaving Rome to proceed to London, to fill there also the post of Portuguese Ambas sador. 'He will leave,' says a letter in the Unita Cattolica, 4 a most lasting recAlection of himself as a grand seigneur, and a zealous and distinguished Catholic."' (The italics are mine.) This extract suggests to me (as it will suggest to any Portuguese acquainted with the chequered and eventful antecedents of the Ambassador) most curious and not over edifying reflections. The first thought that offers itself to everyone is the oddity of the juxtaposition of the two re cep 7 re ceptions • one by the legitimate and revolutionary despoiled Royal Family of Naples; the other by the revolutionary representative of a usurping Government, imposed on my reluctant country, through the instrumentality of the same revolutionary Duke, by the most revolutionary, s and most scandalous quadruple alliance. No doubt, the chief dignitaries of the Church, the Diplomatic Corps, the Roman princes and nobles passed, with the greatest composure, from presenting to the betrayed Royal Family their re spects amidst expressions of sympathy, to sipping the ices of the revolutionary Ambassador, amidst floods of light and flattery. I wonder, however, whether any of the com pany reflected that in those ices, and cakes, and sweet meats, and splendour, they were enjoying the fruits of the spoil of Convents, Monasteries, Cathedrals, Churches, Con fraternities, most impiously confiscated and robbed •by the Ambassador himself and his freemasonic party ? Yes, whilst the few remaining old religious men, expel led by Saldanha and his friends from their convents and property, aro living in poverty and misery ; while the few old nuns still existing in some convents are almost starv ing, having been plundered by the most liberal thieves whom Saldanha has helped into domination, and now re presents at Rome ; he is spending sums and exacting sala ries (from a court and Government that wished to keep him away at any price) out of all proportion with the means of the country ; has, notwithstanding that the revo lutionists have swallowed all the riches and possessions of the-Portuguese Church, in Portugal itself and her colonies, they are making loans upon loans on the most ruinous terms, every year or every six months (vide Times of the day before yesterday, where a new one of those loans is spoken of). How has this " great duke" of yesterday risen to his duke dom ? Why, by his services as a good soldier (which he un doubtedly is), to the revolutionary party, under the wings of Lord Palmerston and Louis Philippe and their perfidious quadruple alliance. Without him Don Pedro and his Free masons would not have been able to abolish the religious orders, to plunder the Church and the State in Portugal, to open the doors of the kingdom to the Protestant propa ganda, to bring the country to the present fearful condition of infidelity, demoralisation, and ruin. Saldanha was merely a cadet son, having only his pay and no other, or hardly any other property, being at the same time the most lavish spendthrift, to whom no money is ever sufficient. I really think that the first real property he possessed was that of a convent and its land, which he shared, or bought for a song, in the scramble for the Church plunder in 1834. He had not, it is true, been so well ap portioned as his fellow-revolutionists Palmella and Car valho, for instance, who got some of the most splendid estates in the country, belonging to the Augustinian Monasteries of Lisbon and Coimbra, but he had one of the convents at least, which I do not know whether he still possesses or not. His brother-in-law, Mr. John Smith— whom ho made a sort of secretary of his, and took with him to Portugal in 1831 or thereabouts (after having been lodging at his father's house, as a refugee then in England, which led to the marriage of the duke with his present wife)—has also got a convent at Alenquen, where he re sides, and where the duke has been staying with him for some time. Now Mr. John Smith had not, it seems, much money out of which to buy a Convent, were it not under the fostering influence of his now brother-iu-law, the "distinguished and zealous Catholic" Ambassador at Rome, who gives splendid feasts to the Cardinals and Roman Princes, &c., at the expense of the despoiled Portuguese Church and nation. It is notorious i n P or t uga l th a t S a ld an h a consen t e d i n going to Rome as Ambassador, at the supplication of the other precious masonic Duke Loul6, and of the two revo lutionary Kings, father and son, on condition of having his numerous debts paid off by the Government, a good sum of money given him for preparation and the voyage, and a large salary, for those feasts ho is giving, attended by the principal English Catholics at Rome, who have such short memories as not to remember that the present Duke,, be sides having been the main instrument for the triumph of the masonic revolution and usurpation in Portugal, has made three or four revolutions afterwards, under different banners and pretests, being nor Ambassador at Rome be- TO THE EDITOR OF THE IVEERLY REGISTER. Sir,—You inserted in your last number a letter from Mr. Saraiva, containing some severe animadversions on the Duke of Saldanha, the present Ambassador from the Court of Portugal to that of Rome, who is blamed for having taken an active part fh the restoration of constitutional monarchy in his own country under its legitimate Queen Donna Maria, when the throne of that kingdom had been usurped by Don Miguel, whose despotic sway, and the cruelties he practised to all opposed to him, created such general dissatisfaction throughout Europe as to cause a universal feeling amongst all friends of civil and religious liberty and of constitutional freedom for his overthrow. If a participation in this feeling, added to his gallant services during the Peninsular war under the Duke of Wellington, as stated in that letter, were the principal causes of his elevation, as stated in that letter, one would imagine that such facts would tend more to his credit than otherwise, and that his present position at the Court of Rome would raise him still higher in the eyes of your readers. Having myself served in the Portuguese army with the Duke of Saldanha during that war, and having been selected by the Portuguese Regency in this country to organise and command an expedition to Portugal with the rank of Marechal de Campo, to aid in the overthrow of Don Miguel and the restoration of the Queen, as Mr. Saraiva well knows, he being then one of the partisans and active agents in this country of the usurper, and having favoured me with various marks of his hostility, for having lent my humble assistance to the good cause, for which I incurred the displeasure of the Duke of Wellington and Lord Beresford, who advocated despotic rule in Portugal, while the Liberal Government here gave all the aid in their power to the advocates of legitimacy, civil and reli gious liberty, and constitutional freedom, I feel myself in some degree called upon to defend the Duke of Saldanha from animadversions that cannot under these circumstances be considered as uninfluenced by personal feelings. As Mr. Saraiva is so ready to bring charges against others he may perhaps be equally ready to favour your readers with a defence of Don Miguel against a variety of crimes and misdemeanours with which he was charged, commencing with the first step he took during the life-time of his father King John, to pave his way to the absolute power he then contemplated, and to which the Marquis de Louie (the father of the present Prime Minister in Portu gal) was opposed, he being then the confidential adviser of his Majesty and a constant resident with him in his palace at Lisbon, where Don Miguel also resided. To get rid of this confidential friend and adviser was considered an im portant point, and the most effectual step was taken for this purpose, by the assassination of the marquis during the night time, his body having been thrown out of one of the windows, was found next morning in a court-yard of the palace. Don Miguel was not accused of having committed this crime, as it required an able-bodied man to murder another, and then throw his body out of a window, such as an active partiZirali - eiatignel who parsed that night with him at the palace, to whom this was generally attri buted in Lisbon at the time. If there is anything incorrect in this statement of the case Mr. Saraiva will no doubt favour us with his views on the subject, and whether it is not true that Don Miguel, on subsequently assuming the reins of Government, did not without judge or jury incar cerate in the dark dungeons of Fort St. Julian and other prisons, all the noblemen and others of note who were opposed to his system of Government, where they re mained, suffering the greatest privations for several years, until the reins of Government were wrested from his hands and the constitution restored by universal acclamation, when it was found that the greater part of the unfortunate prisoners at Fort St. Julian had perished under the cruel treatment of its Governor Telles Jordas, who was torn to pieces by the inhabitants of Lisbon and thrown into the Tagus (a retribution so far for the murder of the Marquis of Loule and the more prolonged sufferings of those who Perished in that prison). Amongst other frivolous charges brought forward by Mr. Saraiva is that of a Mr. Smith, the brother-in-law of the Duke of Saldanha, having purchased some national property when offered by public sale ; but as such charges do not require refutation, I have only to re quest that as you have given publicity to them you will give equal publicity to this reply.—From your obedient servant, Jows SCOTT Larry,. Feb. 22, 1865. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's paddle sloop Alecto, Commander W. H. Blake, from the south-east coast of America, yesterday landed her guns and war stores at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and proceeded to the dockyard to be paid out of commission. The Blakely ordnance gun, proved a few days ago at the Woolwich butt, and which has since been mounted on a carriage and platform, the patented invention of the company, was on Thursday fired six times to test its efficiency and endurance. In spite of the incessant rain, and the total want of shelter, the officials of the garrison and the Ord nance Select Committee were present in large num bers. The platform is made of wrought iron, on the box girder principle, and weighs eight tons. The carriage is constructed of double plates of wrought iron, and weighs three tons. The crane used in lif t ing the monster shot, for loading, together with the windlass and appendages, add other three tons to the weight of the fittings, which, together with the gun itself, amount in the aggregate to 29f tons. Mr. Campbell, acting on behalf of the company, who has superintended the manufacture of the machinery, pointed out the extraordinary facility of working the gun, in spite of its great weight, now within the power of a single gunner. By a simple movement of the windlass the gun was traversed and placed in position for firing by himself alone, to the manifest approbation of the officials present. The first round was fired with a charge of 301 b. of powder and a 5001 b. shot, which was intended as a test of the pressors in checking the recoil, and was found satis factory. The second charge was increased to 451 b. of powder, with the same sized shot. This being the ordinary service charge, four additional rounds were fired without an increase. The sixth and last round was fired with 481 b. of powder. The gun, carriage, and the whole of the appurtenances, under went a rigid examination at the conclusio n of each round, and were found free from blemish or gun or any r signs of having suffered from t he test. and fittings will be shipped in a few days for St. Petersburg. " In the Army Estimates for the year 1865-6 the sum of £3,000 is taken by the Government, among various other sums, for the purchase of additional land, and the exte nsion of the rifle range for the use of the officers and men at Chatham garrison, a s original well as providing lint accommodation for 700 offi cers and men while und er instruction. The estimate of the undertaking was £64,000, but up to the 31st of December last £75,800 had been voted, and £56,000 expended. Among the largest s ums taken by the War Department is one of £30,000 for the erection of additional quarters for married non commissioned officers and men, as well as for the enlargement of the existing bding. A s i m i lar sum of £30,000 is als o required for S improving the sanitary arrangements at the several barracks, in d/Z.ce - - accordance with the recommendation of the Sanitary Commission. Regimental sehcols chapels absorb a sum of £7,000, and a nek_vote, which has only appeared in the Estimates fo!if late years is one of £4,000 for the establishment and sup port of military gymnasia, after the model of that which has been so successfully established at Chat ham. A sum of £5,000 is also taken for the im provement of military reading and recreation rooms. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LINCOLN RACES, SATURDAY. A very sharp frost during the night did not prevent the running to-day, the sun quickly dispelling all traces of the enemy. Of course the Lincolnshire Handicap was the event of the afternoon, the four others on the card not causing much speculation or calling for any special remark. The accept ance was about the best ever known, and indeed, considering the time of year, an extraordinary one. The French mare Heurlys had, on the first appearance of the weights, been selected as the favourite, but she did not go at it kindly in the market, and in what little speculation there was the public went for Manrico, whose appearance at the post fully justified his backers' confidence. The large number of 24 horses, one rarely equalled, and never, we believe, exceeded, for this event, came to the post on this occasion. The issue of the race was, however, disappointinginevery way. After a tedious delay of close upon an hour, the lot was despatched to a very unsatisfactory start, the favourite being left at the post, and the field getting away in very straggling order. The second favourite, Idle Girl, made a good race of it with Gaily, who at 20 to 1 landed "the fielders" about the best of the many coups the meeting has given them. Despite the unfavourable weather and the postponement, the success of the Lincoln spring, both as regards attendance and number of horses engaged, has been unprecedented. One word as to the starting. The season has commenced badly in this respect. The wearyi ng d elays at the post caused by the behaviour of some of the younger jockeys, which was as bad as bad could be, has caused public attention to this crying evil. Is it too much to ask of the Jockey Club to face the difficulties with - which the subject is surrounded, and devise some means of correct ing a custom (for bad starting has almost grown into that) which tends to rob racing of half its pleasure, gives undue advantages to one horse over another, sets all calculation at nought, and is injurious in every way to the sport of which it is so important a feature ? The Blankney Handicap, 50 sovs., given by Mr. IL Chaplin, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, for all ages. About half a mile. Mr. Graham's Medicis (J. Grimshal 1 Major Fridolin's Fleur de Bois (Goodwin 2 Mr. Coney's Hecate (Carroll 3 The following also ran—Cronstadt, Tomfoolery, Sister Mary, Virtuous, and Newminster colt. Betting-5 to 2 agst Sister Mary, 4to 1 agst Medicis, 9 to 2 agst Virtuous, and 11 to 2 agst Fleur de Bois. Tomfoolery jumped off in front, but was soon after headed by Medicis, who went on with the running, attended by Fleur do Bois, Hecate, and Virtuous ; a good race from the distance ensuing between Medicis and the French filly, the latter failing to get up, and being beaten cleverly by a length. Hecate finished the same distance behind her ; Virtuous was fourth, Tomfoolery fifth, and Sister Mary sixth. The Newminster colt was last. The Innkeepers' Selling Stakes of v 5 sous. each, with 40 added. About half a mile. Mr. Hodgman's Vedette—Pasquine (Ileartfiell 1 Mr. Pardoe's Tragedy (Loates 2 Captain Machell's Lord of the Isles (Elphick 3 Betting-5 to 2on Tragedy. The Pasquine filly took a slight lead, attended by Tragedy, and a good race between the two ended in the favourite's defeat by a neck ; a bad third. The Lincolnshire Handicap of 5 sous. each, 3 forfeit s with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. 113 subs. One mile. Mr. John Osborne's Gaily, 5 yrs, 7st 4lb (Carroll) I Mr. J. R. Preston ns Le Marechal , 7st 71b ( Perry) ) 2 Mr. Saxon's Idle Girl, 4 yrs, 6st 91b (J. Grimshaw 3 The following also ran—Donnybrook, Twilight, Stock inger, Dr. Syntax, Historian, Manrico, Volnptas, Heurlys, Gownsman, Charming Woman, Lapidist, Shakespeare, Goldylocks, Benazet, Forester, Alpheus, Mongrel, Terror, Nu, La Gloriette, and Grace Darling. Betting-100 to 30 agst Manrico, 7 to 1 agst Idle Girl, 12 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax, 100 to 8 each agst Le Marechal and Twilight, 100 to 6 each agst Heurlys and Benazet, 20 to 1 each agst Gaily , Alpheus, and Terror, 25 to 1 each agst Mongrel, Nu, and Donnybrook. Terror flung his jockey before reaching the post, and, Sharp being rather shaken, Kenyon mounted and took his place. After great delay and several false starts, in which Alpheus, Forester, Donnybrook, Shttkspeare, Benazet, Dr. Syntax, and Idle Girl were conspicuOusly in front, the flag was lowered to an indifferent start, Le Marechal, Gowns man, and Donnybrook's colours showing in front for a short distance, when Lapidist took up the running, followed by Alpheus, Voluptas, and Donnybrook, behind whom were 'r wilight, Gaily, Terror, Idle Girl, Lo Marechal, Shakspeare, Benazet, and a ruck of horses whipped in by Historian. Coming into the straight, Idle Girl drew up in company with Le Marechal and Gaily, Terror lying on the outside, and at the distance the race was left to Gaily, Le Marechal, and Idle Girl, a fine struggle ensuing between the first named, which was decided in Gaily's favour by a neck. Idle Girl was a length and a half behind Le Marechal, and Donny brook was three lengths behind the Frenchman ; Heurlys was fifth, Terror sixth, Stockinger seventh, and behind them were Benazet, Twilight, Charming Woman, La Glo riette, and Shakespeare. Historian trotted in with the crowd. Manrico and Forester were left at the post. An objection was made after the race by Mr. Samuel to the start, on the ground of its being " a flying" one, and the matter having been gone into by the stewards, they de cided that Gaily was the winner. The Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sous. each, 3 ft., with 40 added. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles. Mr. Smith's Brown Stout, by Sir J. Barleycorn, aged, lOst (Pa 1 Mr. T. Wadlow' s W es t-E n d , age d lOst 41b (W. 'White yne) 2 Mr. Brayley/3 Ibex (h. b.), 5 yrs, 10 s t 71b -. (Page 3 Mr. Vaillant's Adrier, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b (W. Gunner 4 The following also ran :—Harlequin, Patience, Woodford, The Rogue, Overton, Vision, and Wheldrake. Betting-1 to 1 agst West-End, sto 1 each agst Whel drake and the Rogue, 6 to 1 agst Ibex, 8 to 1 agst Overton, 10 to 1 each agst Patience, Brown Stout, and Vision. The Rogue made play in company with Brown Stout, Adrier, and Overton, who were the leading horses past the stand, after which Ibex went to the front, followed by The Rogue and Brown Stout. Passing the mile post Brown Stout took the lead, and at the turn West-End came up to him, The Rogue and Wheldrake having gone the wrong side of a post, and to the first-named the race was then left, Brown Stout winning bya length and a half ; Ibex finished four lengths behind West-End ; and tho French horse Adrier was a bad fourth. The Lincolnshire Hunt Steeplechase, of 5 sovs each, with 50 added. About 4 miles. Mr. R. Walker's Cortolvin, 5 yrs, 12st 31b (§loperi 1 Mr. Richardson's Vienna, 5 yrs, 12 st 31b (Mr. G Nelson 2 Mr. Heneage's Cadet, aged, 12st 101 b (Mr. Martin 3 The following also ran :—Morris Dancer, George, Vam pire, Wandering Willie, Speculation, llarshman, Gambler, Watercress, and Clinker. t Betting-4 to 1 agst Vienna, 6to 1 agst any oth er. Gambler, Specul a ti on, and Clinker were the first te show front, follow e d b y M arshman, Cortolvin, George,Vie nna,in and Cadet. M ars h man fell at the second fence, but Mn Goodman quickly remounting, sent him along to the next jump, which he refused, and was out of the race from that point. Cortolvin in the meantime had taken up the run ning, and, passing the stand the second time, had Clinker, Vampire, Speculation, and Vienna as his immediate fol lowers. Crossing the road, the leader fell back into the second place, but Clinker going wide at the tarn on the top of the hill, gave him again the command, and through the bottom he led, closely followed by Vienna, Speculation, Cadet, Morris Dancer, &c., the whole lot, indeed , being well up. Approaching the last fence into the flat, Cortolvin and the favourite were still close together, and came up the straight run home with only Cadet near them. The mare made a game et b u t could not succeed in ruggl° , reaching Mr. Walker's horse, who won easily by three lengths, f ou r lengths separating Cadet from Vienna ; f The roe,u3rtth,puMlleodrriSu DancerPand did dfifth, not and pas V s Vam pire S ire pecula sixt u post. TER. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, In THE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in which the ;Asters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone ude with MRS. ROSELELF AT THE SEA-Sit/E. By - Mr. John Parry. 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My son, jealous that I should not lose what reputation belongs to the origi nation and promulgation of so grand an idea, sug gests that I should not let the above paisage in Mr. Sonkey's letter pass quite without notice, and hence this letter to you, for which I respectfully ask inser tion in your next number. I have been since the year 1835 intimately con nected with railways in all parts of Great Britain and Ireland ; I have also had remitted to me important statistical and other investigations in respect torail ways in Algeria, Canada, the United States of North America, and Denmark. About 23 years ago I became personally acquainted with the late indefatigable Lieut. Waghorn, the ori ginator of what is called " the, overland route to India." This always struck me as somewhat of a misnomer, and, at the time I mention, induced the thought suddenly to cross my brain of the practica bility of constructing t railway direct from Calais, by way of Constantinople, Turkey in Asia, Persia, and Affghanistan, to Calcutta, thus having a really " overland" route, which, at the time, I said might be traversed by express trains in six days. IA a few months after I added to my originhl scheme " an extension to Canton." At first I was so overwhelmed by the vastness of the scheme as scarcely to dare to mention it except to a very few personal friends, who of course set me down as a very dreamer. In 1843-4, however, I commenced to elaborate the first offshoot of my brain, and in the geographical statistics I was aided by Dr. Black and another friend, both of whom I believe are now living. At this time our great railway mania set in, and I was for several years largely engaged, for Parlia mentary purposes,lan projected lines all over Great Britain and Ireland, and in course of my travels on these duties I made known my great scheme to nu merous engineers and others officially engaged in railway affairs, many of whom are now dead, but still many living. Suffice it to name two of the latter —Mr. John CoUlster, C.E., and Mr Edwin Clark. To have an unbroken chain of communication from Calais to Calcutta, by the route I have men tioned, I found at least one great physical difficulty to be overcome, name l y , the passage of the Bos phorus. This I proposed to effect, for reasons which I need not now state, a little to the north of Con stantinople, at the site of the Castles of Europe and Asia. In the year 1846 I mentioned this to Mr. Edwin Clark, who was then actively engaged in the construction of the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits, and I and some members of [my family well remember his reply, to the effect that I might rest satisfied on that head, for his experience in the great work on which he was engaged enabled him to say that a bridge across the Bosphorus was quite practicable. Since 1842 I have taken every fitting opportunity of-mentioning the project, especially to parties who, I believed, might in one way or. other, aid it. At the outbreak of the Crimean war I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of General Chesney, under whose command the exploration of the valley of the Euphrates was conducted, by order of Go vernment, more than 30 years since, and to whose Blue Book I am much indebted for valuable infor mation. To this officer I gave an outline of my plan, and we have had several conversations about it since. 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