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f :~ / -t. ~, 7/e/ .. .,e.Z.ec,c_ . iL/-:/--Z24,--- //,2 TUE LONDON AND MEDITERRANEAN BANK (Limited). Capital £2,000,000 sterling, in ICO,OOO shares of £2O each. Of which 80,00 shares have been already subscribed. Deposit £1 per share on application, and £1 10s. on allot ment; and £llOB. further within Three Months after al lotment. t:.l I '' t;,.." , .. r .. 4 ' .- ~,,,,,....-__ ~,,..._ V -- ~,' ~. 0,- ,k• • ,1 , 4 , •.1P , ' N A.I , „. ~--;.-. '.(l Ke .*: ,; , \‘, -- .7._.,„ -s•. , , , .-• .. . . i. . '-,, , -, --' - ,„. , 00- •,,'.., t it' -.,%. k",• ~ , v 5,,\,...;....:4101.--, .---- -1 ~ ~, ' , . ( ~. - • . ...'.. • (1 ( (' "• I „ - - 4-' 0 *.: 0 ", ~., : f 1.1. '' , : " Th=;:.-•!----.• . •:- I-, ...--, , A, 4„,..0rA iiFc-y :77 , . :.• 11- - 1 • '` i., :1, . • • 4, .4 • - , a- • - „..,, i --- AL, ---- 4- 4.?.‘1 ...- - I1 :1)'' e .4 ---.. • pIP .....- 1, -- . ' l3 -' DIRECTORS. Monsieur .Areene Bernard (Messrs. E. Landau and Co. ) , Alex- Monsieur Francois Bravay, Merchant, Alexandria, and Mem ...her of the W. Carg Imperial , LegislatM.Pive , Connaught rConnaught-place ot France. ,ill hsq., West. Myde-park. J a h ni al e i a . B sir C e u et. mming, Esq. (Messrs. Cumming and Co.), L eaden- Albert Landau, Esq., Banker, Vienna. , Emi le Landau, E sq . (Messrs. E. Landau and Co.), Alexandria. i lliam J Maxwell, Eaq" Dizector of the National Provin cial Bank of E ng l an d . Ealter Meller, Es - q.,-Broadlands, Clapham-common. lai! on Roden Noel, Warlies. Waltham Abbey. itobett A. Routh, Esq., Chairman of the English and Aus tralian Copper Company. No. 22.729. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1865. PRICE 4d i STAMPED sd. Articles of Association of the Company when required ; and I authorise you to place my name on the Register of Members in respect of the Shares allotted to me. THE EVACUATION OF RICHMOND. I am, Gentlemen, Usual Signature Name in full Residence in full Profession Date (From the Times' ...special Southern Correspondent.) NEW YORK, April 11. Consummatunz est. After a siege unparalleled in Mess BANKERS. 4 rs. d - Bstree t arclay, Bevan. TrAtm, Twells, and Co., 54, Loin a , B.C. The London nd County Bank, 21, Lombard-street, E.C. 44 Br anches of the National Provincial Bank of England. AUDITORS. Mes srs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., Public Accountants, Tokeuhouse-yard, B.C. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Wilkinson, Stevens, and Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane, B.C. REMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at " EVANS'. " After the Opera we 'ht.!! Sup there! MR. BAILLIE COCHRANE'S NEW WORK. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vol•., 215., CRYSTAL PALACE. -NOW VISIT THE N...) PALACE.— Delightful Spring Appearance of Gardena and Park. - Nature in early beauty. HISTORIC PICTURE S. By A. BAILLIE COCHRANE, M.P. IjINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. T.lfs celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It ii Pare, 3lild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Sd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by tae Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." From the Times, April 24.—" Mr. Baillie Cochrane has published two entertaining volumes of studies front history. They are lively reading. 'My aim,' he says, has been to de pict events generally known in a light and, if possible, a picturesque manner.' Mr. Cochrane has been quite success ful in carrying out his intention. The work is a study of the more interesting moments of history—what, indeed, the author himself calls it, Historic Pictures.' " CRYSTAL PALACE.--The AMUSEMENTS ki provided for the Easter Holidays having proved so at tractive and amusing, particularly to children, they will be continued from Tuesday to Friday, when they must positively terminate. Mere rs BROKERS. J. and A. Sorimzeour Old Broad-street, E.C. 44e8811 3. Huggins and Howsell,, 1, Threadneedle-street, E.C. Under the direction of Mr.. Nelson Lee, the Martinette Brothers, and the funny little Grima'di, in their clever per formances ; and the very laughable pantomimic Ballet by the Lauri Family will be continued daily. The 'Wizard of the North and Miss Anderson, also for the above four days only, in their " Weal of Magic and Second Sight" in the Concert•room. Admission. Sixpence. These additional attractions cannot be continued after Friday. SECRETARY. George Cumming, Et q. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 9 $ King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street, E.C. Hurst wad Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Fcap. Bvo., neat cloth binding, 38. ed., IHANUAL S ON PROPERTY. By THOMAS MORRIS, Architect. Skating Hail, Chinese Collection, Chimpanzee, Bowls, Archery, Cricket, B oats, , to. Doors open at Tcn. One Shilling ; Children, Sixpence. PRACTICAL GEOLOGY.—Kings College, London. 1. A CLUE TO RAILWAY COMPENSATION, the Value of Estates, &c. "Exceedingly cogent."—Railway Times. Professor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commerce a COURSE of LECTURES on FRIDAY MORNING, April 25, at Nine o'clock, having especial reference to the application of Geo logy to Endneerithr, Mining. Architecture, and Agriculture. The Lectures will be continued on each succeeding Wednes day and Priday at the same hour. Fee, £1 Ils. 6d. R. W. JELF, D D , Principal 2. A DISCOURSE UPON DILAPIDATIONS : their Nature and the Principles of Assessment succinctly de monstritted. "Handy and &early written."—Churchman. "Compact and well arranged."—l uilding News. Simpkin. Marshall, and Co., Stationers' Hall Court. E.C. GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL.-NUMBERED STALLS at the Crystal Palace and at 2, Exeter Hall. The alterations in the Corner Galleries were completed and tested on Good Friday, with the most satisfactory results. Hundreds of additional excellent seats arc now at disposal. The Side Galleries and the front rows of raised seats, S and SS, will also be on Issue. Sets, Two-and-a-half Guineas ; Single Tickets, One Guinea. B ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA Incorporated by Royal Charter. PROSPECTUS. 1, This Compan of formed for the purpose of converting XlOO Sharesthe Continental Bank Corporation into " 4 1 . _ e s of £2O, and to carry out the amalgamation of that Alel with the Bank of Messrs. E. Landau and Co., of "url and for facilitating commercial, financial, and Monetary and between this country, the Continent, and E gypt. t Pive of the £2O Shares in this Company will be allotted for the Shareholders in the Continental Bank, in exchange allotted each of their present £lOO Shares. •no £2O Shares in exchange for Shares on which £25 has been will be credited with £5 paid up ; and those allotted exchange for Shares on which £l5 only has been paid, W ill be credited with £3 paid up. lan ?„,..he arrangements which have been made for +kmalga rn—e"mg and managing the business of the above establish of i n i ts are such as, aided by the high Egyptian connee,tions v 44e ssre. Landau, cannot fail to secure to this Company a e!,'3: e xtensive and profitable business. a„-Llie establishment of Messrs. Landau and Co., at n Alex hi addition to its regular banking operations, has ez g enjoyed an extensive connection with producers and 4 ° lters of produce in Egypt. This business has always ca , 'Led most favourable results; and no better proof of this of it given than the fact that the firm, during the whole in existenc, as well as the other banks lately established th g 3 rPt, have experienced an absolute immunity from loss T he tr ansactions of this class of bnsiness. eiam,; ) ,, da ilY increasing trade of Egypt with Europe, espe han,L,'",th England, is also a sure guarantee for the en role' 'inure success of this Company; the profits hitherto jars essrs. Landau and Co. are alone sufficient to up; and th retarn upon the capital proposed to be called their confidence several partners of the Firm, in order to show tak en ,; - , - 'ence in the future success of the Company, have acti ve m ' a rge number of Shares, and will continue in the The Bank of the business at Alexandria. tor, f has also secured the co-operation, as a Diree o B voted t ravay, whose exertions will be especially de the E o the extension of the Bank's relations, both with he h e aPtian Government, a class of transactions in which Ilea hitherto engaged, with very successful. re . sults. _ their amalgamated establishments propose liquidating all present transactions up to the date of amalgamation. " Articles of Association of this Company, and the kgresseement entered into for acquiring the business of ofn r s• Landau and Co. can be seen on application at the A ce of the Solicitors. d eposit of .£1 upon each Share must be paid at the ees of e ith er of the Bankers of the Company, on applica 1, according to the annexed Form. , B e °lla ta s of Ap p li cation for Shares may b e o bt a i ne d o f th e a nd er ß e ro rY ke 7 r a s t . the Company's Offices, and of the Bankers FORA' OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. the Directors To ail-rectors of the London and Mediterranean Bank (Limited). G entlemen (Limited). paid to your Bankers of the sum th e " being a deposit of LI per share on shares in Company, I hereby' request that yon will allot me „I“,titit number; and I agree to accept such shares, or any less or t a b er that you may allot to me, and to become a member f„_,, e Company in respect of the shares allotted to me. I h'_.ticier authorise you to forward by I ost, to my address. as " t ion- the certificates for the shares which may be allotted tO Usual signature Name in fu11..... Residence Profession Date . TIIE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT COMPANY INVITE APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES IN THE PLYMOUTH SHIPBUILDING DOCK, AND IRON WORKS C.)IIPNY LimitecE Incoiporated under " The Companies Act, 1862," Whereby the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the ainount of his Shares. Capital In 10 , 00 0 Shares of £25 each 2. 50 Deposit on application £1 per Share and A on allotment. tore Calls not to e xcee d £3 p er Sh are, a t i n t ervals of tot less than three months. --Discount will be allowed at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. ea Calls paid in advance. DIRECTORS. William Luscombe, Esq., J.P. (Messrs. Luscombe, Sons, a nd Co.), Chairman of the Sutton Harbour Company, and uonsul for the Governments of France, Holland, &c., Ply- Mouth. Sir John Gray, Director of the Land Securities Company. the l'rallis Hicks, Eel (Messrs. Hic Plymouth. Director of Great IVestern DOck Com any, J . G. Getty, Esq., 31 . 1) ., Belfast. S , °,9 jo ky ha ar T d D -anlell P eale Esq. (late Constructor of her Majesty's ) 'r e e S b a y i t? , " h, Cornwall. the Go Eeck (Messrs. Treeby and Co.), Consul for ~,_ vernments of Italy, Belgium, Mecklenburg, Sardinia, u ` e • PIM° th. D j Fr u _ Nay cLim . te ~ Corn . • --(3a ru, Esq Director of the International Contract James B 1 2. Agents for °lltuu s cl• Messrs. Hickie the Austrian Lloyd's Piny.) Borman, and Co., Steam Navigation Comb The National BA.Nrtzns. ii, 11 01 Messrs. li a 1; d Broad-street, London and Dublin. II M A ills andoCo., Naval Bank, Plymouth. I. - -- , Low e ll I, •-,oLiciTons. J"ohl c i' , 1 „ 3 1 Clement's Inn, London, W.C. 'eu,y, Esq., Plymouth. Messrs, ,T. and A 4anosEns. ~._ _ estlake, P. li . v ir 4 ; i3q B , crirageour and Co., 10, Old Broad street, E.C. Plymouth. 4ilwarci P ", Esq., 1 / a ine - -str o e u e D bli tl u n• Joh n Scott Tucker, E ENGINEER. rg e Great G o sq., e-street,Westminster. AUDITOR. P. W, Spooner, Esq., America-square. SECRETARY. William Cooper, Esq. Tiria/8111)01tAltV OpncEs-85, Cannon-street West, E.C. _ eha s • C° mPany has been formed for the purpose of pur Bb j I ng the freehold property known as Queen Anne's sirSTard, and the valuable Shipbuilding business now ed on by private capitalists therein ; of carrying on 11 Pb4ild ing in Iron and Wood, and of mechanical engi ee,nring in all its branches. of ""„11° Shi pbuilding Yard possesses a frontage to the sea for u pwards of 1,200 feet, in which there will be capacity i.,,, -. qing down twenty ships, taking an average of 60 feet ii is wi ,_ dth for each ship. - As at present constituted, the esta f bah comprises a first-class stone-built Dry Dock, 260 e e :L b Y 52 feet, in perfect working condition, with steam --bine, circular -saw gear, smiths' shops, timber sheds, offices, raild building with slips, quays, and other necessary 9- lirasalice... ; ,d, all in e goodrepair. On the premises there is a capital kiln, four - excellent dwelling-houses, suitable for the finanager and employ6s of the Company, six cottages for ` °re men, &c., a good supply of fresh water, and an abund ance of lime and building stone. It is proposed to lengthen the present dry dock 50 feet, .() co nstruct two additi ona l d ry d ocks and one large float ing dock, to be divided by caissons ; also additional frontage t lnays, and to extend the appliances generally, with the view of the construction and repair of iron and wooden Ships, the manufacturing of marine and other engines, armour and other plate, angle iron, and every description of iron work. For the purposes of the Company the position of the premises is not to be surpassed (as will be seen by the plan) ; they are in cl ose p roximity to Sutton Harbour, forming the seaboard of Catwater anchor age , an d are completely s, first by the Plymouth Breakwater, and next by the peninsula of Mount Batten, in addition to which the approaches to the premises are completely coin blended by the guns of the citadel. The Branch Station Of the S ou th D evon R a il wa y C ompany is situated in the i mmediate vicinity, and her Majesty's Dockyard, Devon- Port, is within an easy distance. This Company will offer unusual facilities for carrr n * On the p ropose d business in consequence of . both labougrl and the freight of iron, coal, and timber being ex reme h y l ow . , added to which much expense will be saved, as t - e katerials will be delivered on the quays of the Company free of all dues and charges. , At present there are no I ron Shi p b u ildi ng W or k s at . 1-I Yinouth, and muc h i nconven i ence an d expense often re sult to s hi powners in consequence of vessels out ward bound having to put back to London for repair. of her ad The Directors cons id er it unnecessary to allu d e to .the to state vantages posse sse d b y thi s C ompany, f ur th er th an that there i s a great and growing demand for such Works as they p ropose to carry on. fir o perations of th e Company will be conducted by • • Joseph Banks, who will devote his well-known expo pence e xclusively to the interests of the Company, aided by gentlemen of acknowledged mechanical skill. As the ',whole of th e valuable property has been ceded t o th e Direc l?rs upon terms which are considered highly advantageous, Lae profitable result of the undertaking may be deemed as assured. Interest at the rate of £6 per cent. is guaranteed for three years by the International Contract Company (Limited). In the event of no allotment of Shares being made, the deposit will be returned in full. Should a less number of Shares a be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made available towards the payment on allotment, and the balance. (if any) returned to the applicant. __A-_copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association '. -. !'n, /Do inspected at the Offices of the Solicitors, Brokers, and 85, Cannon -street West. be and Forms of Application for Shares may '6" ,°..nuuned at the Offices of the International Contract 13 ° ,.a c PnY, 85, Ca nnon -street, West ; and of the Bankers, el 's, and Solicitors. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. l's To— . the Directors of the Plymouth Shipbuilding, Dock, an d Iron Works Company (Limited). Gentl emen,— %vat. of g paid t o your Bankers (Messrs. the sum X , being a deposit of £1 per Share on will _S,h.ares in the above Company,) I request that you 1!not rile that number of Share; and I hereby agree fb , s ePt such Shares, or any loss number that may be allotted " 1113 ) and to pay the deposit on allotment, and, to sign the NOTI (1 E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a VACANCY has occurred in the Direction of this Bank by the death of' Arthur Woodriff Jaffray, Esq , which will be filled up at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. By the terms of the Deed of Settlement, it is required as follows : " That every proprietor intending to become a candidate, or to propose some other proprietor as a candidate for the office of D rector, must, within ten days from the time when the advertisement shall have byes inserted, signify, by some writing under his or 11 , r hand, to be left within the same ten days at the office of the Corporation, either his intention to become a candidate, or the name and place of abode of the candida e intended to to proposed by him or her. ' Names of candidates cannot therefore be received after the Bth of May next. By order of the Court, C. M'NAB, Secretary. 7, St. Helen's-place, London, April 25, 1865. T HE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOB - FUER OF ENGLAND (Limited). Authorised Capital X 4.000,00, in 200,000 share] of £2O each. Capital Subscribed £2,000,000, in ICO,OOO shares of £2O each. Capital Paid-up . .... £500,000 Reserve Fund .. Dividend Reserve Fund £70,000 DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor. James Levick, Esq., Merchant, King's Arms yard, Deputy- James Nugent Daniell, Esq., Chairman of the Governors. Alliance Bank (Limited), James Childs, Esq., London. Alexander Dunbar, Esq., Old Broal-street, London. Charles Ellis, Esq., Lloyd's. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and Co.). London. the Lion. T. C. Haliburton, M.P., Chairman of the Canada Agency Association, London. William Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Young, Harrison, and Bevan), Director of the Thames and Mersey Insurance Company. Richard Stuart Lane, Esq. (Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co.), London. Charles E. Newbon, Esq.. London. Henry PownalL Esq., J.P., Russell-squara, London. • Joseph Mackrill Smith, E q. (J. Mackrill Smith and Co.), Old NBroad-street, London. Edward Warner, Esq , M.P., London. John Westmorland, Esq. (Director of the Royal Insurance Company), London. Albert Grant, Esq., Managing Director. BANKERS. The Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited). Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. The National Bank, London, Dublin, and its Branches in Ireland. The Alliance Bank (Limited), London, Liverpool, and Man chester. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon. Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane, E.C. SECRETARY. Alfred Lowe, Esq. OFFICES. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London. T HE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited). At a ?treating of the Shareholders of this Company, held This Day (Thursday), 20th April, 1865, at one o'clock p.m., The Right lion. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor, in the Chair, It was proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously, That the Balance-sheet and Report, rec nnmending a Divi dend and Bonus of Twenty Shillings per Share on the Old Shares anl Ten Shillings per Share on the New Shares, equal to Forty per cent. per annum, be, and are hereby approved, confirmed, and adopted. It was also proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously, That the best thanks of this Meeting are due, and are hereby given, to the Governor, Deputy-Governors, and Directors, for the care and attention they have given to the interests of the Shareholders, and for the extremely satisfac tory results which have arisen therefrom. It was also proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously, That the cordial thanks of this Meeting are due, and are hereby offered, to Albert Grant, Esq., the Managing Director, for the talent and untiring energy displjyed by him in the administration of the affairs of the Company. It vas further proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously, That the thanks of this Meeting to given to Alfred Lowe, Esq., Secretary, tor his unvarying courtesy and attention, and 13 him and the other officers of the Company for their industry and zeal during the past half-year. By order of the Court of Directors, J. STUART WORTLEY, Governor. ALFRED) LOWE, Secretary. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London, April 20, 1865. Copies of the Balance-sheet and Report may be had on application at the Offices. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID onrts Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, -High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently- Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye Is sold at 3s. 6d, or sent free for 54 stamps. It Is most easy of use. HAIR. DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day,as ordered by post for 51 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES 0 EL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free for 64 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. Essay 3n Hair, id. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin 1 are improved by one dose of :ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE *SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &c. 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 sumps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, Lomon. ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 3s. Rd., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or 6o stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—AL - EX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn. London. CONSULT Mr. A. ESKELL'S popu l ar an d reliable TREATISE on the TEETH before having recourse to the Dentist "The expense is not great, and it will well repay perusal." Published by John Clements, Little Pulteney-street ; and may be had through any bookseller, from Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers'-hall-court. Price, 7d.; in cloth, 13d. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to acid another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases: F. V., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. 111. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. d. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A 8., azed 16, fallen, both parents dead. •u• S., aged 14, hom e l ess, d eser t e d b y h er paren t s. M. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. 11., aged 17, fatten, 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, fall en , b oth parents dead, S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for yhnoarcvu. Contributions Dn g b ta e r 815fbr:(3)Qmu receivede t e s p tr a t fv hf u t e r i :l s e bi . inbreullistedc;oaoonlamsspt:Wrrsai: children, from the age of 8 to 15, who n d y e th u e r b S y e o m r e e t a r s r y s , Barclay and Co.. Lombard -street. SAILORS' ORPHAN c S o C rnh HO iIL OL and HOIIE, Hampstead. GOIRceLs.S77' PATRON—The3I T RUSTEE S. ac eI Q UEEN. Capt. the Hon. Francis The Rev. Canon Chanapne Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Y RN. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and alerchants service 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 increasing applications through the recent storms and loss f life at sea, and to enable them even ually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sa , lors 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, Curnhill. R. SWEETTNG, Hon. Sec. CITA LILES NASH, Sec. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice - Patron —His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, E.G President—ll is Grace the Duke of BUCCLE UCH, K.G. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Has errnan, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ' • Glyn and Co. ; Ilerries and Co. ; R a n som and Co. ; P rescott, ' Grote and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and C o . ; Manss, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. limed and Co, Live r pool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD SMITH, Secretary. Just ready. price Is. 6d., MURRAY and CO.'S BOOK of INFORMA TION for RAILWAY TRAVELLERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS, &a, Illustrated with Anecdotes, by R. BOND, Sup G. W. Railway. Murray and Co., 13, Paternoster-row ; and all booksellers and ra lway bookstalls. The BOOK of the DAY •and EVERY MAN'S BOOK. Just published, price Is. 6d, by post, free, ls. Bcl., REVELATION of QUACKS and QUACKERY. By D ETECTOR. For notices of this startling work see the "Saturday Re view" of April 1, entitled" Quacks ' and Quackery • ' the " Weekly Dispatch" of April 9, " The Quacks and their Crimes ;" "The Sun" of April 12, " `Detector's' Broadside on Quacks and Quackery." GUIDE TO THE QUACKS OF LONDON. A Series of Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the " 31edical Circular," with the signature df "Detector," has been republished in the form of a short pamphlet The reader of "Punch" should read this pamphlet also. He has often read, in the pages of "Punch , " of certain Quacks, frau dulent and noisome, who obtain money by false pretences, and more money by menaces and extortion, from green young men. For their names, which "Punch" would not advertise, he has referred his readers to the lower corner of the advertising columns of low newspapers, amongst which too many of Mr. " Punch's" contemporaries, especially in the country, may still be enumerated. But now he begs to pub lish the information that a nominal list of these miscreants, with copies of their puffs and other particulars concerning them, ihedful to be known, will be found in the pamphi. t above referred to, which is entitled "Revelations of Quacks an i Quackery," and is to be had at the "Medical Circular " Office, 20, Ring William -street, Strand, W.O. The vile practices, the monstrous impudence, the cruel rapacity, and the enormous gains of the obscene tribe of Quacks, the mischief they do, the ruin they work, even to the causation of suicide, are sully set forth in "Revelations of Quacks and Qackery." And mark especially that, as aforesaid, the names of the Quacks are published. The pamphlet iu question thus constitutes a regular Quack Di rectory, by consulting which every young man may know where he may go if he wishes to get plundered and destroyed. Buy, therefore, reader, by all means buy " Revelations of Quacks and Quackery." 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It was neces sary for her to cross the line to get her tickets at the booking -office. Upon coming back to her companions she was run dow n by th e express tra i n an d cu t t o pieces. Mr. Magn us M ore h en, C.E., said that h e crosse d just after the deceased to get a ticket, and as ho saw a train coming up he asked for his ticket in haste, thinking that it was the up-train for London. The station-master who gave him the ticket, however, said, " Oh, that is a special train ; you must not cross." The witness immediately afterwards saw the deceased knocked down. There was a down-train at the platform just previously, and the deceased was pre vented by it from seeing the express coming along. She began to cross as soon as the down-train moved on from the platform. Mr. James Hyde, station-master at Lower Sydenham, said that he had closed his window and gone on to the platform (whence he saw the express approach ing) ; the de cease d applied to him for a t i cket, b ut he cau tioned her, saying, "Don't cross, the up-express is com ing." The C oroner said that a caution that an engineer would understand wou ld b e qu i te un i n t e lli g ibl e t o a woman knowing nothing about " up" and " down" ex - presses. It wa s ev id ent she imagined when the down train moved on that the line was safe. The witness said that he could not help that. The Coroner said that he could have helped it. He should have seen that she did not cross. The witness said that he had to deliver the tickets to the pas sengers, and he had only one junior porter (a lad of 17) to assist him ;he could not be in two places at once. The Coroner said that there ought to be a bridge for the cross ing. The witness said that would be of no use, for the passengers all cams at the last moment for their tickets, and they would not have time to cross the bridge ; they would cross the metals. It would never do to offend the passengers by refusing tickets for a minute before trains were expected to come up. It was proved that when deceased was already on the line a signal-man (the porter was collecting tickets) called out to her, but she did not hear him. The jury returned a verdict, " That deceased was killed by a certain express train on the Mid-Kent Rail way, but that no person or persons nilfully caused her death, and they recommended that a foot -bridge should be erected to save the passengers from the danger of crossing on the metals." The same Coroner held an inquest at the Foresters' Tavern, Forest-hill, on the remains of John Hayward, aged 54 years. The deceased was a porter in the employ of the London, Brighton, and So u th C oast Railway Company, at Forest-hill station. He had been in the com pany's service 23 years, but was only a week at the station in question. On Friday last Charles Stanford, a ticket collector, and the deceased proceeded to cross the line as a there on eithe r s id e . Th e e being a pl a tf orm i n the down train was expected at the furth er p l at f orm. The auonm ex , pres and s up." the Dover escaped witness stationcentre, havingis s a w t e o D i w b 00 l double el one, rnnees of er, express etal coming, and he shouted to The deceased Jumped d e ceas e d on the "Make centre haste, Dover platform, express, but he then jumped down on the f ur th er li ne of metals, and was instantly struck and cu t to pieces by cere another up-express, belonging to the South-Eastern Com pany. Stanford was in the act of jumping too when he caught sight of the express ; he threw himsdlf down on the platform, and thus saved his life, the engine actually touching his trousers. There was a tunnel for passengers at this station to cross by, but the servants of the company always crossed on the level. The express engine did not whistle according to the rule. The jury returned a verdict " That deceased was killed by being run over by an express train, and not by the wilful act of any person or persons whatever." THE LATE LION KILLER !—A subscription hav ing been sot on foot to relieve the aged mother of tho late Jules Gerard, it has met with so much success that the poor old lady has been enabled to quit the house of cha rity at Nice, and rent a small home of her own. Some 11,000 f. have been collected for the grandmother and grandchildren. the annals of modern warfare ; after enduring con version from a little country town officered by six policemen into a frowning camp girdled with 40 miles of earthworks and defended by tens of thousands of men; after inscribing its name as one of the most famous of beleaguered cities indelibly upon the page of history ; after demanding for its reduction a period of no less than 1,452 days, or in other words compelling Mr. Seward 17 times to renew his 00- day bill ; after exacting at least a quarter of a mil lion lives spent in assaulting or defending it ; after adding to its beautiful cemetery 50,000 new graves; after seeing its tobacco warehouses converted into loathsome prisons, its manufactories creating no thing but war material, its ironworks changed into cannon foundries, its public edifices into depart mental bureaux, its men turned into soldiers, and women almost without exception into mourners ; after an expenditure upon its attack and defence of a weight of iron and lead hardly inferior to that of every building which its streets contained —Richmond has fallen. Nor can it be pretended that in the mind of those who have for some months been behind the scenes in the Confederate capital any other feeling rises at this moment so prominently as astonishment that Grant's multitu dinous hosts, with all the vast resources of the North available at City Point, and poured into their lap by railroads stretching along Grant's lines, should for nearly ten months have been held at bay by Lee's ragged veterans, shrunken in numbers, scantily sup plied with food or clothing, tethered down to lines in which the winter's frost, the summer's vertical sun, the rain, dew, or snow had, without the stimulus of coffee or spirits, or even of adequate food, to be un complainingly endured, and finally, dispirited by the thought that all the valour which had so long baffled the army of Grant had served but to bring upon their backs the anxiliary army of Sherman. It is far too early in these passionate times to enter into a disquisition accounting for the events of the 2d and 3d of April. It is obvious that the causes which led to them must have been manifold and di versified, and in some cases so subtle and mysterious as to defy human analysis. But, speaking broadly and briefly, I believe that the failure thus far of the insurrection may be attributed to three principal causes—first, and most materially, to the failure of Johnston and the Western army to keep Sherman out of Atlanta in the same manner as Lee and the Eastern army kept Grant out of Petersburg and Richmond ; secondly, to the imbecility of the Con federate Houses of Congress ; thirdly, and finally, to the inherent weakness of President Davis's Go vernment, and to the inability or indisposition evinced by him or General Lee to assume, at any risk, the dictatorial powers which a jealous and short-sighted Congress denied to either, but which are alone adapted to the successful management of revolutions. Reserving some further reflections upon the philosophy of this revolution for a future occasion, I desire at once to state that, without in the least undervaluing the admirable tenacity of Grant, the eager, impulsive earnestness of Sherman, the soldierly qualities of Meade, and the valour generally of the Federal armies, it is my deliberate conviction that Lee has been defeated more from the rear than from the front, and that nothing but the possession of the very highest personal attri buties by its commander has averted from his army the crushing blow which, according to all human foresight, ought to have overtaken it some six months sooner. I have long known that the continued tenure of the Confederate lines around Petersburg and Rich mond by Lee's army was felt by Mr. Davis, by Generals Lee and Breckinridge, and by every other wise military head, to be a grievous blunder. But to withdraw from those lines, with the Virginia roads two feet deep in mud, and with Lee's artillery horses reduced in number and weak from inanition, while Grant commanded not only any amount of horse flesh, but illimitable supplies of forage to feed them, was obviously impossible. Not only were the Con federate artillery horses half-starved, but the Con federate cavalry, from want of forage in the Rich mond and Petersburg lines, had almost ceased to exist. Add to this that the shortness of ration oc casioned such desertions from the Confederate ranks as have never previously been remembered ; that in the month of February alone General Lee reported the desertion of no less than 1,200 of his choicest veterans, and it will be seen that the further tenure of Richmond and Petersburg by Lee's army has long been felt to be a question not so much of weeks as of days. Nevertheless, Generals Lee and Long street, and many others of their gallant associates, continued to maintain an undaunted front, in the hope of some possible political turn in their favour either at the North or in Europe, and with but faint expectation thatif General Lee should ever be forced from his lines he would be enabled to keep together any such organised body of men as could be dignified, with the name of an army . I may here mention that if General Sheridan had been able some few weeks ago to get across the swollen James River between Lynchburg and Richmond, and to swoop down upon the Danville Railroad, he would probably have met with little or no opposition, and that the end would have come some 40 or 50 days earlier. Upon the afternoon of Saturday, April 1, Rich mond, long familiar with the sights and sounds of war, wore its usual look of unconscious security, and there were but few persons acquainted with the fact that Sheridan, with some 6,000 or 8,000 cavalry, supported by Warren's corps of infantry and artil lery, was at work upon General Lee's right, that he was opposed only by a handful of Confederate cavalry, and that momentous events were probably at hand. It should be mentioned that for some days prior to the opening of April Grant had been mass ing troops on his extreme left, near Hatcher's Run, and that Lee had been compelled to mass corres pondingly on his own extreme right. But, in addition to massing on his left, Grant had with drawn all his troops, save two small divisions, from the north of James River and from the Bermuda Hundred lines, and had placed them opposite to General A. P. Hill's corps, at a spot where, in the immediate neighbourhood of Peters burg, it was known that the Confederate lines were weakly manned. It was not until Saturday, the Ist, that Gen. Lee discovered that Gen. Ord and his troops had been withdrawn from the north side, and that he set to work also to bring Gen. Longstreet and most of his men across the river to the south side. My impression is that before Longstreet had taken position near Petersburg, the Federal attack of Sunday morning, conducted by Generals Wright and Ord, had been successfully delivered. Be that as it may, at 5 upon the morning of Sunday, the 2d, the Federals swept forward in a fine broad front, and ran fairly over A. P. Hill's weak lines of defence. Onward, right onward, the Federals eagerly pressed, until they got into the immediate neighbourhood of General Lee's headquarters. I believe that in one or two spots the Confederates, and especially Mahone and Gordon, succeeded in re-establishing their lines, but the fact remained that a broad belt of the Confederate earthworks, including four or five important forts, was in Grant's possession, and General Lee immediately saw that the evacuation of Petersburg, and consequently of Richmond, was inevitable. He telegraphed at once to Richmond, desiring that everything necessary for its instant evacuation should be done (your readers will have gathered that the first steps towards its evacuation were taken two months ago), and announcing that the enemy would probably enter and take posses sion the following morning at daybreak. Upon the arrival of Gen. Lee's despatch in Richmond President Davis was occupying his accustomed seat . during morningservice in the Church of St. Paul's, m which church, served by the same clergyman, the Prince . of Wales attended divine service _upon 91. e occasion of his visit to Richmond, and the President was surrounded by a congregation, of which the fairer portion was, as usual, arrayed with an elegance which has long been an unfailing source of wonder to those who reflect upon Richmond's four years of blockade. Suddenly the sexton, approach ing President Davis, handed to him a paper, which was slowly perused. Rising from his seat with singular gravity and deliberation, Mr. Davis left the church, and immediately afterwards several promi ment citizens were by the same sexton summoned to follow him. It will be believed that the excitement among those who remained was at its highest, but it was remarked by sly observers that the excellent clergyman, who has endeared himself to his con gregation by four years of brave and hearty sym pathy with their trials, did not omit to make the usual collection—possibly with the design of impressing upon his congregation that nothing unusual had happened, possibly to give credit to a currency from which all felt that every semblance of value was passing away. The congre gation was not slow to disperse, and quickly from mouth to mouth flew the sad tidings that in a few hours Richmond's long and gallant resistance would be over. The scene that followed baffles description. During the long afternoon and throughout the feverish night, on horseback, in every description of cart, carriage, and vehicle, in every hurried train that left the city, on canal barges, skiffs, and boats, the exodus of officials _and prominent citizens was unintermitted. About Bin the evening President Davis, accompanied by all the members of his Cabinet, except General Breckenridge, started by an express train for Danville, with a view to await further tidings there, and thence to proceed and form, if possible, the nucleus of a fresh Government at Charlotte, in North Carolina. Up to the hour of their departure from Richmond I can testify that Mr. Davis and the three most prominent members of his Cabinet went undauntedly forth to meet the future, not without hope that General Lee would be able to hold together a substantial remnant of his army, and to effect a junction with General Johnston. That hope, your readers are aware, has been disappointed, nor shall I now attempt to gauge the future history of those 10 or 11 vast provinces which a'e still in heart as rebellious as ever, but o which tile organised resistance seems for the mo ment beaten down. It will be believed that during that memorable night there was no sleep in Richmond. In front of every Government bureau, of every auditor's office, around the Capitol, and upon each side of Capitol square, the glare of vast piles of burning papers turned night into day. As the night wore away the tramp of Kershaw's division, and of Custis Lee's local Militia was heard in the streets, and it was felt that as the last men were now withdrawn from the north side there was no longer any thing to interpose between Richmond and the enemy. As the first streak of dawn heralded the approach of day, several tremendous explosions seemed to shake every building in Richmond to its foundations. As I walked up between 5 and 6 in the morning of Monday, the 3d, to catch the early train upon the Fredericksburg Railroad, a vast column of dense black smoke shot into the air, a huge, rum bling, earthquake-like reverberation rent the ground, and the store of gunpowder garnered in the city magazine passed out of existence. As the eye ranged backwards along the James River, several bright jets of flame in the region of Pearl and Cary streets au gured the breaking forth of that terrible conflagration which subsequentlyswept across the heart of the city. As the train moved off from the Fredericksburg depot about 6 o'clock I parted with Mr. Conolly, the mem ber for Donegal, who had passed a month in Rich mond, and was upon this eventful morning still un decided whether to follow Gen. Lee's army or to strike northwards like myself. About half-an-hour after my departure Gen. Breckenridge, one of the last passengers who traversed the already blazing railroad bridge over the James River, started to re join his colleagues. About two hours after my eyes rested for the last time upon the dingy old Capitol under whose shadow I have passed so many hours, the Stars and Stripes floated in triumph from its rebellious roof. The scene which upon that Monday morning greeted the incoming Federals will not soon, I imagine, be obliterated from their memory. Upon the edge of the roaring crackling flames, larcenous negroes, crazy Irishwomen, in a word, all the dangerous classes of Richmond (many of them infuriated and made reckless by whisky, of which hundreds of barrels had been emptied into the streets), danced, and dived into cellars and into the open and undefended doors of warehouses, plying their search after plunder, with the howls of demoniacs. Thousands of hogsheads of tobacco, and among them, I believe, the ware houses which contained the littench tobacco, which has so long been a subject of diplomatic discussion between Mr. Seward, Mr. Benjamin, and the Em peror's Government, added to the volume of the flames. Never might Prospero's words, " Hell is empty, and all the devils are here," have been more appositely spoken. It was a scene unparalleled, believe, even among the ghastly revelations of this war. The Atlantic Telegraph Cable, The work connected with the equipment and pre paration of the Great Eastern steamship for laying down the Atlantic telegraph cable between this country and America during the approaching sum mer is being carried on in the most expeditious manner at the vessel's moorings, Saltpan-reach, be tween Chatham and Sheerness. Already consider ably more than 1,000 miles of the cable have been placed on board, the total length deposited in the tanks constructed between the decks for the recep tion of the cable up to Saturday evening being 1,220 statute miles, rather more than half the quan tity intended to be shipped. The total length of cable required to stretch from the starting point in Ireland to the spot where it is intended to land on the American side is exactly 2,253 miles ; but, ac cording to present arrangements, it is intended to place at least 2,400 miles on board, the few addi tional hundred miles' length being allowed for " slack," the action for currents, and other such like contingencies. The smallest of the three monster tanks in which the cable is deposited when received on bdard the Great Eastern—that in the forward part of the ship—is now full, the total length stowed away within it being exactly 633 miles. The largest of the tanks—that in the after part of the vessel—is intended to receive between 800 and 900 miles of the cable, and already a total quantity of 520 miles has been deposited in it, the filling of this tank being temporarily suspended to admit.the third, or midship tank, which is constructed to hold t urn on about 820 820 miles, being proceeded with. The Saturday evening gave a length of 62 milesrea thesdepo sited in the last of the three tanks. During. time the cable is on board it is kept submerged, the tanks, for this purpose, being alwa y s filled with waetr. Electricians are constantly employed on board in a portion of the Great Eastern appro priated for their accommodation, and by means of the most sensitive and delicate instruments every portion of the cable is subjected to the most careful and rigid tests, as it is received from the hulks and deposited in the tanks, in order that the most trifling defect may be discovered. Up to the present time, however, not the slightest break or flaw in the whole of the 1,200 miles' length of cable has been detected, notwithstanding that during every minute of the day a constant current of electricity is passing through the coils, and there is little doubt, therefore, that, so far as its electric capabilities are concerned, the cable will leave this country in the highest possible state of perfection, and with the improved instruments intended to be used capable of transmitting messages between this country and America at the rate of 12 words per minute, or more than double the number which could be forced JNEWSPAPEI;:. 7 -,-- vA 1N.%_ 4 1, „.,A ,/z ~ t ~ I, we f2s 7 , i.'..-4,W,.i;,‘ ' .'i through the~,l"A, old Atlantic telegrap,kl, - fe A -'' at which the cable has been siiii*el i : 4 varied from 20 to 30 miles /:,I,_° 4 -d a -;: fe s calculated that, providing no dela kes4laccatt the works of Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., of Morden-wharf, Greenwich, where the cable is manufactured at the rate of 100 miles per week, the entire quantity will be shipped by the first week in June, and the Great Eastern ready to take her departure towards the latter end of the same month, so as to fall in with the best possible weather to be met with in the Atlantic. Although the construc tion of the tanks is complete, a numerous body of mechanics and workmen are employed on board in strengthening the ship by means of a system of knees, butts, and deck beams, so as to support the additional dead weight of the cable, and to over come the lateral pressure of the mass by confining its dead weight to the centre of the ship, and thus to lessen as much as possible the rolling propensity of the Great Eastern when at sea with the three tanks filled with the cable and water. The weight of the n ew A tlantic cable is nearly double that of the one or i g i nally laid, the weight of the entire insulation of the cable submerged in 1858 being 2611 b. per nautical mile, while that of the new cable is 400 lb. per nautical mile. The weight of the new cable in air is 35 cwt. 3 qrs. per nautical mile, and in water 14 cwt. per knot, or equal to 11 times its weight in water per knot ; o r , i n o th er words, it will bear its own depth of water. The original in 11 miles' Atlantic telegraph cable weighed but 20 cwt, per mil e i n the air, and rather more than 13 cwt. per nautical mile in water, which would be equal to 4.85 times irs weight in water per knot. In the cable now in course of shipment the breaking strength is 7 tons 15 cwt., 4 1 Phile the breaking strength of the first laid cable was only 31- tons, and the contract strain equal to 4.85 its weight per knot in water. The contract strain of the new cable is equal to 11 times its weight per mile in water, or more than double the strength of the cable first laid between this countryandAmerica. The whole of the arrangements connected with the shipment of the cable, and, indeed, with the equip ment and preparation of the Great Eastern, are most ably carried out by Mr. Canning, the com pany's engineer, who has had the great advantage of being similarly engaged on the occasion of the first Atlantic cable being submerged. The Great Eastern has commenced shipping her coals, about 2,000 tons of the 8,000 she will require having been already received on board. The restrictions as to the admission of visitors have recentlybeen removed, and the public are now admitted to inspect the great ship and witness the operation of shipping the Atlantic cable on board. Theatres and other Places of Dramatic Entertainment Bill. The following explanatory observations on this bill have been transmitted to us by a gentleman who is thoroughly conversant with the subject : The main object of this bill is to give greater facilities for the establishment of theatres and other places of dramatic entertainment, subject always to the censorship of the Lord Chamberlain with respect to the character of the plays and . other entertainments there presented (see clause 5). The bill does not take away any existing authority for licensing (see clause 4). It creates an additional authority. The subject of theatrical and musical entertainments was considered by a select committee of the House of Commons in 1853 and 1854. The committee comprised Mr. Villiers, Sir George Grey, Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Sothern,•and Mr. Lowe. The committee observe in their report (p. 26) that "dramatic and musical entertainments hare a tendency, under strict censorship, to raise the character of the people ; and there is evidence of a growing taste for such entertain ments among the working classes, and which it appears to your committee may be made to serve as a powerful coun ter attraction to the public-house." The committee further report that on consideration of the whole of the evidence, and the public and private inte rests concerned, they had agreed to certain resolutions, among which are the followin g : " That no public theatrical or musical performance, pic torial or other representation or exhibition, should be per mitted without a licence. " That it should be open to all persons to obtain such licence from the Lord Chamberlain, or other competent authority, on payment of a sum notexceedingfs per annum, and on giving bond and sureties for the observance of the law and conditions of the licence." (Report on Public-houses, &c., July 13, 1854.) Tho recommendation of the committee is, in effect, that there should be what has been called free trade in theatres, subject only to the payment of a small fee in each case, and to the giving of security for proper management. There would, according to the plan of the committee, be no dis cretion as to the grant of a licence. An applicant would be entitled to one, as of course, on paying the fee and giving the security. The promoters of the present bill might, relying on the authority of this influential committee, have proposed a sys tem such as the report suggests. But they have limited themselves to seeking the creation of an additional licensing authority; not taking away the discretion, but trusting to its proper exercise. The new licensing authority they propose is the justices in quarter sessions. If the function of licensing places of theatrical entertain ment throughout Great Rritain was assigned to tho Lord Chamberlain (which is suggested as one alternative by the select committee), a staff and establishment entailing con siderable expense would most probably be requisite. Ob jections o f other kinds might be suggested. The bill takes the existing act, which empowers quarter sessions to license music halls and dancing saloons, and gives it a twofold extension. (1.) It extends the operation of the act to Great Britain generally, the act being limited in operation to London and Westminster and twenty miles round. (2.) It extends the scope of the act, so as to em brace all places for the public performance of stage plays not authorised under some other enactment or privilege. It is proposed that every licence under the act of Geo. IL should, ipso facto, sanction the performance of any enter tainment being a stage play within the meaning of that term as used in the bill. There seems no good reason why a license for music or for dancing should not carry the right to the performance of an opera or burletta (forinsta.nce), or of a ballet. Refined distinctions as to what is and is not a stage play will be got rid of. .This effect, however, will not be given unconditionally to a licence granted for ahouse orplace which had been already licensed before the passing of the proposed act. The music or dancing licence of such a house or place will not carry a dramatic licence unless the construction and arrangements of the house or place are such as would be required on the grant of a licence for the first timo after the proposed act (see the latter part of clause 2). Clause 2 prescribes the rules for the safety of the public which experience has shown to be necessary, with an ex ception for places already licensed. Clause 3 gets rid of the restriction imposed by section 3 of the Act of George 11., preventing music halls, &c, being opened before five p.m. This restriction is condemned in the report of the select committee already referred to (p. 24). The other regulation, as to the in )E s ee c l r ts ip ex t o in ,e n n ) dr : amtoaaul pro posed to be also repealed as useless. Acts(aosf applied to places C l Clause e licensed has under n t d w e o r f theol d o A p e e t ra o t f i o Go n ef . ort.E ( :: l p . the proposed Act) the provisions of ofplays, lB" and wlo t t er c o o f ra t p h r : s vir e o a rd ni s ere of &e. Those 1842, for the protection of the e onl to provisions extend at present composer of the air has entertainm p e r n o tiw a h oin i t e extends terms the e o t y u h hich under those acts. • Clause B—The enactment here referred to (among other am songusi c hall. the things) empowers the Excise• authorities to grant a retail licence to any person to sell bee; spirits, and wine in any theatre or other place of public entertainment licensed by justices, without the production of any certificate or autho rity for him to keep a common inn, alehouse, &c. It isun derstood that this enactment is (in pursuance of an opinion) of the Attorney-General of some years ago) regarded as mandatory to the Excise authorities, so that, in practice, any person having a theatre licensed by justices obtains from the Excise authorities, on demand, a licence to sell beer, &c., therein. It is not thought expedient that this right should be con ferred on the licensees of quarter sessions under the proposed Act. It is considered better that they should be entirely under the control of the justices with respect to licences for sale of beer, &c. Clause 8 therefore negatives the application in the case of the enactment referred to. • NEW SCHEME OF LAW REPORTING:—We learn, on reliable authority, that the proposition that Sergeant's inn should send a member to the new council of reporting, has been rejected by that body, all the judges present hav ing expressed themselves as opposed to the scheme. — Solicitors' Journal. FOUND DROWNED.—Yesterday Mr. H. J. Payne, the coroner, held an inquest upon the body of a young woman picked up off liorsolydown. The waterman who found-the body said it was that of a woman of about 21, and had been in the water a bove t wo months. 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