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4 a/ / ~.r?~ ^ ~ Y a.~ / mce. 'URNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and the ki F LOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in rugdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class ,;3 at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to ii.'„ergYmen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select ) 4 `,'.lu, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. ~,ry,,article warranted. fir,,„. 6I iGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- Wu. are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and u rwe Publishing an entirely New Edition of their un ed HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo Lem ci -able engravings of every description of Furniture and Pe gt ate ads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and iv __ tree on applkation. This aostly work also contains 111,Plete estimates for tarnishing on the following revised A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 8 0 •:,' ...' ..4. , • , ,;-A:t.4.-. . 1 , k ..,- -- . .. . 4, ": , oi ~_ f: i t , •. , 7 ,-- -- ...0 . , e I .......... i , ---- . 4 , . 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'ts!to'4l4e , '• amount of £1,500 had been left to the llofpi ::* l l would be immediately paid, and that there wiis lit ii'dou but the remaining debts would be paid off within the cur rent year. That statement gave great satisfaction to the governors • present. . al the Horse ;ht Inf anti"' Reginl ent Ling, to join The depot A sergean ts _ [lowing otil isign . of h e depot °' ) me n of 0 - 0 iptain C. L. Ens ign 1 1. Both dep ot -Genera l -General Sir ag their ue- N°. 22,658. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1865. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd, Opening of the Canadian Parliament. NEW NOVEL BY THE REV. J. C. M. BELLEW. Now Ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION of BLOUNT TEMPEST. By the Rev. J. C. M. BELLEW. "This book is well written. The story is interesting and full of incident."—Athenaeum. "A remarkably clever novel, thoroughly original, and in dependent of any fashion, school, or class. No nobler lesson was ever taught than in the pages of this beautiful story."— Post. CRYSTAL PALACE.-TO-MORROW.- (SATURDAY). CONCIORT and AFTERNOON PROMENADE ! Vocalists : —Madame Louisa Vinning and Mr. W. Coates trom the Royal English Opera; first appear ance). Solo, Pianoforte, Madame Araoella Goddard. Con ductor. Mr. Manns. P, ogramme includes Symphony No. 4, in B flat, Mende ssohn ; Solo, Pianoforte, Fantasia on Airs from "Mirelia," Lindsay Sloper ; Overture, " Melusine," Meade'ssohn. Palace lighted up. Admission, Half-a-Crown ; or by Guinea Season Tickets, free. Numbered Reserved Seats, Half-a-Crown, on sale at Crystal Palace, and 6, Exeter Hail. The number of these sews being limited, early applic dim is necessary. NOTE.—" A more agreeable means of passing a Winter Afternoon can hardly be imagined than is now provided every Saturday at the Crystal Palace."—Vide Newspapers. itEIOERMYBOEuRaIter the W E rant l o V m A im lj at pv U AN P sr Evaßil of the bark had been transferred to a schooner, in order to get at some defects forward below the Inns of Court. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH, Au Eight-roomed ditto l3B 1 0 A Ten-roomed ditto ........ 259 16 6 T o, A Twelve-roomed ditto ,;" e , t her with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass e ar attilble informationto all requiring househ 3ld furniture, Inuliles, „ 0 - r bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy- Chi a rd gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, W ei , ester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, 141,, ~ ". °Vont, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder- Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, )lir e ‘l l "n'B, Worcester, Ipswich, Feterboroagt, St. David's, kitit, - ;`ara, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great bitd .ETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford ge, London, S.E. not! water line. At a meeting of the Board of Examiners appointed by the four Inns of Court to conduct, under clause 2 of the Consolidated Regulations, dated Michaelmas Term, 1863, the examination of persons applying to be admitted as students to any Inn of Court, held in the Parliament Chambers, Middle Temple, on Jan. 25, 1865—it was among other things resolved : " That during the current year an examination should be held in the Benchers' Room, Middle Temple Library, on every Saturday during term, and the Saturday preceding each term, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. On the 19th ult. his Excellency the Governor- General of Canada proceeded in state to the Cham ber of the Legislative Council in the Parliament Building, Quebec, and opened the third session a the eight Parliament of the Province clf Canada with the following speech : . " Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Coun cil—Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly,—ln calling you together to resume the performance of your constitutional duties, I desire to express my thankfulness to a beneficent Providence that I am enabled to congratulate you on the general prospe rity and contentment of the people of this province, and the continuance to us of the inestimable bless ings of peace. " Outrages have been committed on the commerce and territory of the United States of America by persons who, after the perpetration of these acts, have sought refuge on Canadian soil. " In order to prevent the organisation of any such enterprises within this province, and also to enable me to discharge in an effective manner my duties towards a neighbouring power on terms of friendship with her Majesty, I have seen fit to organise a sys tem of detective police on the frontier line of the Unitek).Statesh. with the same n I have called oulTor - permanent duty a portian of {he volun teer force of the province. " Similar considerations have suggested the pro priety of arming the executive • government with stronger powers than it now possesses for dealing with persons who, while availing themselves of the right of asylum which has always been allowed on British soil to political refugees from all foreign countries, may be unmindful of the implied obliga tions which, by their residence amongst us, they contract to obey our laws and to respect the de clared policy of our Sovereign. " A bill framed for this purpose will be laid be fore you, and I ask for it your early consideration. KINAHAN"S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It ij Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 38. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at The iron screw steam troopship Megwra, 6, Capt. Montague B. Dunn, was removed yesterday from No. 2 dock at Devonport, and was placed on the Rubble bank to complete the reception of her stores and provisions. The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander Henry W. Allen, promoted to be a retired Capt. ; Staff- Commander Timothy W. Sulivan, to the Fisgard for the Vivid ; Staff-Commander George H. Blakey, to the Saturn for the Lightning; Alfred F. Gib bons, master, to the Niger ; W. S. Taylor, mid shipman, to the Enterprise ; John Edwards, naval cadet, to the Sutlej ; Andrew S. Pringle, nominated to a naval cadetship; David Duncan, surgeon, to the Niger ; William Johnston, assist.-surgeon, to the Hector; James D. Smith, assist.-surgeon, to the Niger ; William E. Kelly, paymaster, to the Niger ; Charles W. King, assist.-paymaster, to the Victory; Henry D. Panamore, assist.-pay master, to the Niger ; D. Acheson, assist.-paymas ter, to the St. Vincent ; William Gill, chief en gineer, to the Indus for the Lord Clyde ; Thomas 0. Lewis, chief engineer, to the Fisgard for the Spite ful ; Thomas Carter, George F. Greaves, William H. Moon, John Lea and Walter Crichton, promoted to the rank of first-class assist.-engineers; and Geo. C. F. C. Scaeler, clerk, to the Wellesley. • have been Lee Jan 1 L of the 7 0 Ron, co lonel -Gen. e r; I. C. G. Gra y , in (murdere d lent, and A' d J. CrelD er ' D. Goodwin, h Fusdeers j arson, WY; Lpan), 13t " iirhar , d i us ileers• 31i „ Ist Battalo r. Lee, 101 tland, g•V.; ; Surg e f r R. Coorl eginien t, and G. Ball an H. Ilogre"e• Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE HAMMONDS OF HOLY CROSS. By LADY BLAKE. -- B, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and bit a h.PENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta- N ce " A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo , London, S.W. "A work of no common merit. It is a good story, plea santly written, and abounds in subtle distinction of character and agreeable delineation of social life."—John Bull. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY. in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone ucle with MR:i. ROSELEAY AT THE SEA-S 1c) E. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight; Saturday Afternoon, at Three. - -ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTItA aux, 14, Regent street. Unreserved seats, is., 2s. ; stalls, Is. ; stall spring chairs, ss. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by Macfarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUEtDAY and T UURSDAY, at Three. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The Wreck of the Racehorse. " That, whenever the chairman should think fit, he might fix one or more extra examinations, and appoint examiners to conduct the same ; and notice of the time of every such examination should be sent to the four Inns of Court. ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents ranted in towns not yet represented. Now ready, in royal Bvo., with numerous beautiful Coloured Illustrations, The Secretary of the Admiralty requests that the Editor of The Sun will be so good as to cause the enclosed list of those who perished, and of those who were saved, on - the occasion of the wreck of her Majesty's ship Racehorse, to be published to-day. Admiralty, Feb. 3. PAIY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Ist February, 1865. , t N ,„ alo ft ..Jr•RS will be received at this Office, until 12 o'clock to eat-, r inton Bto Contacts for the 1885, froarties who may be willing m supply of 18 ft COALS, Atag,ell.craantities as may be required, for the use of her AJOURNEY FROM LONDON TO PERSE eoms ; including WANDERINGS in DAGHESTAN, GEORGIA, ARMENIA, KURDISTAN, MESOPOTAMIA, and PERSIA. " The two examiners should conduct such examination, of whom one should always be present, and both should be present at any viva voce examination, and they should enter their names and the date of the examination in a book to be kept for the purpose. By J. USRHER, Esq., F.R.G.S. "This work does not yield to any recent book of travels in extent and variety of interest. The reader will feel that in closing this memorable book he takes leave of a treasury of knowledge. '1 he whole book is interesting, and its unaffected style and quick spirit of observation lend an unfailing fresh ness to its pages. The illustrations are beautiful, and have been executed with admirable taste and juigment."—Post, January 30. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. T HE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song ; "King of Bccotla ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and horns ; the side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; and final Minuet and Glop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley ; Messrs. Greene and Lascelles. " Admiralty, Feb. 2. " List of officers and men belonging to her Majesty's late sloop Racehorse, and who were drowned when that vessel was wrecked on the 4th of November, 1864, on the North-West coast of Shantung, China. " That the certificates should be granted and signed by the two examiners who conducted the examination ; and any other examiners who might have been present should not decide on the merit's of the candidates, and should not be considered as 'attending' within the meaning of Rule 9 of the Consolidated Regulations. " That there should be an examination on , paper n in -all cases, and a viva ?we examination at' the titieetion of the -examiners examinations in Ike 'Latin lank guage should consist of translations by the candidates from one or more classic authors." rit ) : B „ t rs - Forces and Mililary Departments at the following h s from April 1, 1865, to March 31, 1868 : CODZIa4 MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDEUREIT.—WaIIsend p o W w AT ERWORRS, BOURLEY.—SmaII Coals, such as that 8.„ 11 as "Newport Smalls." Al W.arate Tenders are required for each of the above-named tahnins of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tAtet;" cco application at this office, by letter or in persor, be tio, the hours of ton and four o'clock, when every informa 'll°„ll„,the abject will be furnished. oil ed ' lenders must be made on the printed forms. properly tlo e l,, tl P , signed, and delivered at this office (under closed 41 1 , marked on the outside "Tender for Coals"), by the be ti, a PPointed. and no Tender will be noticed that shall not compliance with these conditions. Now ready. in 2 vols.. post Bvo., with fine:Portraits, 215., A CENTURY OF ANECDOTE, from 1750. By JOHN TIMBS, FAA., Author of ".Anecdote Biographies of Statesmen, Painters," &e. - Also, MASANIELLO,In which Mons. LAVESSIERE, the successful new Tenore, from the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, will make his appearance. _ _ _ 3. rer, I **„r thaw hour o f )on, In , 1 . 01 DrctOVed r ii i) De she sou "The best co`lection of anecdotes which modern times have produced."—Athenteum. - - -- • • Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. • Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SESTIL LION, and all the pro curable Talent of the day. In pursuance of the above regulations, examina tions of candidates will be held in the Benchers' Room, Middle Temple Library, on the following days, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m :—April 8, 15, 22, and 29.; May 6, 20, and 27 ; Jttue 3 and 10 ; Oc tober 28 ; Nov. 4, 11, 18, and 25, 1865 ; and January 6, 1866. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Foundering of Another of the West Indian and Pacific Steam Navigation Company's Steamers. CONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. N t h. Established 1830. • ~eribed Capital, £1,875,00D, in 37,500 Shares of £5O each. -raid up Capital, £74o,ooo—Reserve Fund, £240,(04 ti t DIRECTORS. 9h o oiel Alexander. Esq. John Fleming, Esq. t ' T7rngham Bernard, Frederick Harrison. Esq. thiJo a , „k 1 .1 1 . Edward Huggins. Esc' Blyth, Esq. William Champion Jones, "n• urmester, Esq. Esq. haq,Child, Es. William Lee. Esq., M.P. ,tc E C h ilders, Esq William Nicol, Esq., M.P. ). • • • , NEW TALE BY THE AUTHOR OF "FANNY HERVEY." This day is published, SEDGELY COURT: By the Author of "Fanny Hervey." A TALE. CANTERBURY HALL. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, the most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon don (inclul ng the whole strength of the establishment), every evening at half-past Nine o'clock. The usual Operatic Selections by Hisses Russell, Barrie, Hays. Godden, .scc. ; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont, Kimberley, &a Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randall, Mr. Hilton, Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c. • Three Volumes Post Octavo, The Royal Free Hospital, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. COMPLETION OF MR. CHARLES KNIGHT'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Now ready, price 10s. Bd., the THIRD and CONCLUDING VOLUME of PASSAGES OF A WORKING LTFE DURING HALF A CENTURY. By CHARLES KNIGHT. Volumes I. and 11. may be had separately, price 10s. 6d. each. London: Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie- street, E.C. " I am happy to be able to inform you of the zeal and alacrity displayed by the members of the volunteer force when called upon to turn out for active service. ves sel, 4 '1 5 ar rge e been fit t ',.! ve at s lle ii , esti:Louth, J. - Georg e ea at She er° The n dock. and she m i ss ion. 63 xvette, J. k. eeruess () ". 00 f couoll-the d er from a u t o dock All POSSSible' • bor t sill : s rith ref ior 0 Lding 1 ' 4 .. 1. 420 1 D; t, 23s P e ' lose: m arket No el' revious. _eel, r the PO."' 0, r, 2,4 20 5. ESDAY . AII a he gr °vre e r ro led The tra -d oteu• had to be r i d , ` r aon_ D e, a as s low ; , 0 0 ts , w ith Ivor )ur barelY a 4 11 011 . 445, I•l°—° ats 21s {e 1, !7a to 365; k. d 0:1 0 ! r, 265; and 00 1 larket ' Oll5 5 1 0 ,ek' es 111 s Pricll)lef o iu 138'1) 40 6 , fo, 30s ° le)" 4,4 ,lle• D a Gs it inarY7 r at', 3cans, lard`', , _ (P I,f . )df ai fa tt r d . 1107 3P .0- )1 fits .'` lise ( tt va 1° v 1 1 0 " 1-0"" Jist. IS' fey „ ' o .. ... ...... „. 3 ..... .. re p ' 9 ....• • . rta • Jee3) I,p. e k pton • • . ...... --- , ...... : vet , 1 • •• • ** Fe b ' 12 , ton..: . Fe b ' I t. . . Feb' 6 , Ve°' 0. Feb' 5. Feb' 16. Feb' 1. FeD , ••••••• . ....... by Bri- 9 , Fe th arnp - 9,325 0 0 tia7rve fun d 250,000 0 0 h °l final instalment due 16 4,i1 4 :1)4.1 next, not yet ..... 5#,32J 0 0 ..... [Jerry••Fep, 10 ...... , Cubs , Pr it • • . 13 , ....... ....... ...... r a" tltio ° Lin Pr 4C d c o in o g te ec t,' t b Whe u eo liO b v nto thi ° t oet 0 0 If coco a et t oe of r SO 11 ,..t yoo, or e Ep Ps , s v 3) to year 1 „ de o, Ar il sucoe`'i D e d o L b ol o r eft e j n, a nd I ) 9' proost , „ o tow.A' s delica i yv lied as ro aL ' o ot 00 inF r a ooc i lO ot eat iro ne „,OP,O ‘ jeat v iO tho l e' vi der et , the P ° Se c , or roiltd00 1 " cote, 4 .7 APYT" place, t—c} Caere' ie w ifo A c t „ e, 4 01 itebill. of Pc moutr4 cli ter .1) 31 ( 1,05 t li o ile• 0 , cloy, of .eB l.O t. G c°l 10 of 3 -f r ' e , t° 40 ,c 1) -terrac h )f ° l l t : 31IA S01:014 ir ric-crescreicoetisfe. ton j~etol7~ Of ri oo, Liar 0,.5: - $ 914 0 TA 3 ; * c e, I. O l l tl Q Lill !J oe co GENERAL MANAGER. William McKewan, Esq. CHIEF INSPECTOR. W. J. Norfolk. Esq, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. William Howard, Esq. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT. James Gray. Esq. INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES. B. L. Lemon. Esq., and 3. Sherring, Esq. SECRETARY. F. Clappison, Esq. Otth Head Office-21, Lombard-street. ,Iy, t he 2d Meeting of the Proprietors, held on Thnrs ,KikZ 2d February, 1865, at the London Tavern, Bishops "4lt 13,,..` r eet, the following Report for the year ending the 'xlaber, 186 f, was read 'by the Secretary. WILLIAM NICOL, ESQ., ALP., in the chair. olhe REPORT. le 'rectors have the pleasure to submit to the Shire -111. ts the balance-sheet of the bank for the half-year end -Ist I ) k comber last 4 1thZ nave satisfaAlon in reporting that, after payment of ' ll l T g . ei, interest to customers making provision for bad th e houbtful debts, and presenting , a gratuity to each officer, lh Profits amount to 2126,431 175. 44., which, with " 168 . 2d., brought forward from last account, produces Thrn of £148,158 I3s. 6d. for appropriation. g bireetor 3 r mmend the payment of the usual dividend e ' e e :,cent. for the half-year. together with a bonus of 12 tMaking 18 per cent for the six months ; these pay ' b e " `Y I II absorb £129,529 is. 3d , and leave £18,62912x. 3d. h carried forward to Profit and Loss New Account. lNe:Pirectors regret t o announce the decease of their late at e el collea2ue James Laming, Esq., and report that they 'Ere e i - ieeted Nathaniel Alexander. Esq.. of Great Winchester- Th c ' mast —eoto r s l rettiring by ' Merchant , rotation are to fill the vacancy thus created. John William Burmester, Esq., John Fleming, Esq., and William Champion Jones, Esq., f „kh e 1 , - 4, 11 2' eligibl, offer themselves for re-election. k e ,,'",,, , vidend and Bonus (together a 12s. per share) free br 7,„ e jiax, will be payable at the Head Office, or at any of 4.. " e 5, on or after Monday, the 13th inst. tA CE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY T o N BANKING COMPANY, DEc. 31, 180. I. l l)itai grt of a £750,000 0 0 15 % iinalinstalment due Dat a April next, not yet £710,675 0 0 210,675 0 0 ~loi,"'o U nt due by the b an k 4,3 I:customers' ba1ance5,9,779,754 0 0 '4lo3llities on acceptances 2,431,599 15 5 12,211,353 15 5 thbr t ',,„'clt and loss balance +a '"4n4,ht from last account 21,725 16 2 lorYeki."°B profit for the laalf , alter IBM:Eno- provision 4.1 doubtful debts 352,051 12 2 _ _ 3:3,781 8 4 / C £13:66;185 3 9 Yn u ,a. ltob q ° ,l hand at Head Office ' y eask an elies V,4 5 , , 172 4 0 11 04 4 Placed at call and at et ... 193,486 16 6 In -.£2,154,659 0 6 1 (ifl'eatrnents, viz. : Il t eeil e ,rrirnent and guaran loth:,oeks I I ' l ' B ocks and securities 106,204 6 1 (l iken 931,407 2 10 It.' to N ; lt ,nted bills and advances to customers ttte,.,.. and country ,s_410,"101d premises in Lombard-street and 11 4' 48- lane, freehold and leasehold pro lON 4 t the branches, with fixtures and 131078 18 it b y i „ te g. ... .. y t refit 95,051 16 11 Cilarie, paid to customers , 04 _e t e and In ra d ne a l l l l es ot i h n e c r iu e7 d cp n e g ns i e n s co a m t He tax ilyejnits and salaries Y o , ies to officers 11,222 8 6 Le nf -. Meet ng 4th August, 1564 Z 13,536385 3 9 TPROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, ttl T a e te: t ; paid to customers .£95,0)1 16 P toktat: l B ea as above 78,313 11 5 , 0 1. 0 t tex to officers. 11,•!22 8 6 o ,:eb it 'lrtneeting 4th August, 1861 To 11 , 1 1 t O n bills not due, carried to new ac ... 39,429 0 . 4, l, ol lii e s nd of 6 per c en t. for the halt-year 7 1 b alsa o °l 12 per cent. e carried forward.. 18,629 12 3 tl t £373,781 8 4 84)1Ito hkr„,.ce brought forward from l a st ace ) unt £21,726 16 2 vto Vl' f th ear, after making 810 _ Or 1e ia y for bad and doubtful debts m i l Ye t h 0 £373,781 8 4 het, Sae , 80, u ndersigned, have examined the foregoing balance a have found the same to be correct. (Signed) WILLIAM NORMAN,} It. H. SWAINS, Auditors. ti:/i ldoa JOHN WRIGHT. ~,,a - and County Bank, 26th J anuar y, 1865. the t o ,. klo °l lL e gaing.', Report having been read by the Secretary, 1.41e4,"'ag Resolutions were proposed, and unanimously to, th„,- i t he -- o ': t he Report be received and adopted, and printed 1z 7 ;,116:a el the Shareholders. gtreth.a dividend of 6 per cent., togethe ith a bonus of la v 4 N , ' both free of income tax, be declared for the half- Lttli e , 11 ,4 31st December. 1804, payable on and after Mon_- ,„, 4 1 r 4 th instant, and that the balance of £18,629 12s. 3d. ati 'll t aiT'anwird to Profit and I.oss New Account. h se tt i or j ahn: William Burmester, Esq iz be re-elected a C),lit t N i q this Company ; that John I . ming Esq. be Lotel)lo 4 a Director of this Company , e . tbat , William 4, ,all 3, Jones, Esq., be re-else ed a director of this 1 4 t i h i j, s.‘",,,ht%tilliam Norman, Richard Hinds Swains, and John "i t i)i' l latt l , 4l.B .,. be elected Auditors for the current year. oar . _ 4 tieect o ,, , e thanks of this meeting be given to the I on d . 6.7„a tii" for the able manner in which they have c kh„, 4l 4".%affairs of th e Company. Y i?.. t ar . s" o 7 4 ,thsnks Of this meeting b . e presented to the 0, ~ khat the Company for their services during the past olteNt-',e thanks of thiing be presented to Whliam rs 414 t ie 11 n'i,.'"el., and to tweet rincipal and other office ar g a , - ., tor the zeal and abe ity with which they have 'the cl their respective dutt s. 4 4 th at . (Signed) W. NICOL,ThaiI man. 1 .3, ,„rri,,,ollan having quitted the chair, it was resolved, ,71hi' hitahuaanimousiy— LA them N-i,e cordial thanks of the meeting be presented to ch - a i r , Esq., M.P„ for his able andcourteous conduct (Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Deputy-Chairman. Extracted from the Minutes. 1 .,, ,:6,......._____vr (Signed) F. CLAPPISON, Secretary. 4. , 41)(\,. 1 4tv x , te ' - '-‘ 4 AND COUNTY BANKING Der ikt,fls R EREBTA P V A E N N Y , that a DIVIDEND on 4 ) ='etit . 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Tickle, ditto; Charles Porter, gun nee ; David Gingle. ditto ; James Keenan, second captain foretop; Thomas Hart, gunner's mate; Joseph Casey, leading seaman; Henry Clay, second captain forecastle ; George Craddock, leading stoker ; S. Bourne, stoker ; Joshua Evans, ditto ; William Wilkinson, ditto ; M. Boyd, ditto ; Archibald Wilson, ditto ; David Forrest, leading stoker ; James Evendon, ditto ; Edward Flood, carpenter's crew ; G. M. Hearsay, ship's steward ; James Constable, A.B. ; George Winters, A. 8.; A. T. Lay," carpenter's crew ; G. H. Willard, A.B. ; Peter Webster, ship's cook ; F, S. Richard, captain's coxswain ; James Mummery, quarter master; John Myers, sailmaker's crew; Thomas Whitelock, chief carpenter's mate ; John F. Kirby, quartermaster ; George Bailey, stoker ; Thomas Brozen, blacksmith ; Jas. Veal, ordinary ; A. Moon (a Chinaman), ward-room cook; William Cook, ordinary; Henry Whitis, stoker second class ; W. B. Phipps, stoker; Wm. Lucas, stoker second class ; Michael Keaton, stoker ; William Watts, ordinary second class ; W. E. Thomas, ditto ; George Baxter, ordinary ; John Moore, A. 8., ; George Buckley, A.B. ; John Hayward, A.B. ; A. J. Tucker, leading seaman ; Tom Coball (an Indian), captain's cook ; Antonio Soice (an Indian), officer's servant ; Domingo Luis Coelho (an Indian), ward-room steward ; Augustine Deos (an Indian), engineers' servant ; Timothy Sullivan, A.B. ; Isaac Jordan, chief boatswain's mate ; John Barry, ordinary ; Thomas Smellie, ordinary second class ; Robert Burns, ditto ; T. J. Malin, ditto ; Richard Farrell, A.B. ; W. W, Jerred, ordinary, second class; Jesse Sharp, boy, first class; Thos. Dixon, ditto; Richard Allen, ditto; William Vinton, ditto ; Thomas Charlie]; ditto ; Alfred Rippon, boy, first class ; W. J. Kingwell, ditto; Robt. Crump, ditto ; William Jones, ditto ; A. Malikin, boy, second class ; Samuel Rey nolds, sergeant, Royal Marines ; W. Woodhead, corporal, Royal Marine Artillery ; William Brown, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery ; George Taylor, ditto ; Samuel Rowe, ditto ; Richard Gibbon, ditto ; A. Forrester, private, Royal Marines; Eli Carpenter, ditto; Stephen Brown, ditto; James 011ey, ditto ; .A. Burton, ditto ; Henry Miller, ditto ; George Currey, ditto. " List of Men drowned in her Majesty's ship Racehorse, while on passage to join the Insolent at Chefoo. "E. P. Roberts, second master ; W. Smith, leading stoker; Thomas Simmonds, stoker; Thomas Toucher, ditto ; Taff Thomas, ditto ; Brain, ditto ; Coombs, ditto ; William Barnes, corporal, Royal Marines ; Mar shall, private, Royal Marines ; M‘Nellity, ditto ; Ro binson, ditto ; Daniel Kerney, boy, second class ; Robert Herbert, ditto. " This list was obtained from the surviving crew, who state it is correct to the best of their knowledge. It is also doubtful whether there was not another marine on board for the Insolent, as all the survivors agree that there were five marines, but his name . cannot be ascertained. They were sent from the Adventure to the Racehorse on the 2d of November, 1864. " List of Officers and Men Saved from the Racehorse : C. R. F. Boxer, commander; W. H. Thompson, paymaster; W. Lowlett, boatswain ; John Hollis, boatswain's mate ; Owen Roberts, A.B. ; William Eaton, ditto ; Wm. Nicholls, stoker; Thomas Pugh, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery; William Washington, private, Royal Marines. "J. IV. Wxan, Commander." Naval and liTilitaxy Intelligence. The following General Order has been issued from the Horse Guards to all the military stations in the United Kingdom, accompanied by Major-General Hay's annual report of musketry instruction during the past year : " Horse Guards, Jan. 2. " His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding in-Chief has directed that the accompanying return, showing the corps serving in the United Kingdom, the Channel islands, North America, and Mauritius, that have completed the annual musketry course for 1864-5, on the revised system of practice, with the figure of merit,' the per ten tage of men in first and third classes in shooting, and in the first class in judging distance practice, and of those 'not exercised,' be published in the General Orders of the Army. This return records also the results of the rapid file-firing, and of the skirmishing practice. The shooting is bad in all cases in which the *figure of merit' is below 50, when the average points in file-firing are under 12, and in skirmishing under 8, and when the time taken to expend 10 rounds in rapid file-firing exceeds seven minutes, it evi dences defective instruction in the platoon exercise. "By command of his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief. " 11. HoßsFoup, Deputy-Adjutant-General. The iron frigate Valiant, master in charge, N. G. Arguinbau, arrived at Spithead at noon yesterday from Sheerness. She will be taken into Portsmouth Harbour and docked before making her official trial of speed over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, and being reported ready for commission. . The Himalaya, iron screw troopship, Capt. Lacy, in the Warrior dock at Portsmouth, is having her bottom recoated with the preservation and anti fouling compositions of Messrs. Peacock and Buchan. When this process is completed the Himalaya will be removed from the dock to make room for the iron frigate Valiant. The helicon, improved paddle despatch vessel, launched at Portsmouth on the 31st ult. has been placed alongside the Sheer jetty of that dockyard to remove her launching ballast, and prepare for the reception of her machinery. The Salamis, paddle despatch vessel, Commander Francis G. Suttie, is ordered to make a final official trial of her speed at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, in order to furnish the neces sary returns with which to comwe the results that may be obtained in the forthcoming trials of the improved despatch vessel Helicon, ordered, as soon as ready, to make her trials at the same port, under as nearly as may be possible similar conditions. The Rinaldo, 17, screw corvette, Commander ion. M. H. Nelson, recently arrived at Portsmouth from service on the North America and West India Station, is dismantling alongside the dockyard, and will be paid out of commission on the 10th inst. The Imperial Ottoman squadron now at Ports mouth, consisting of a screw liner and two screw frigates, will commence their trials of speed over the measured mile in Stokes Bay about the 10th inst. Some 8-inch rifled Armstrong guns are daily ex pected to arrive at Portsmouth for the squadron. A Mackay gun, 7-inch gun, and a Blakely gun, of the same calibre, are about to be forwarded to H.M.S. Excellency at Portsmouth for experimental competitive practice with other guns now on board the Excellent. The results are looked forward to with the greatest interest. The screw steam frigate Narcissus, 39, of 2,665 tons, and having engines of 400-horse power, was placed yesterday (Thursday) in No. 2 dock at the Devonport dockyard, for the purpose of being fitted for the first division of the steam reserve, probably to carry a flag. The iron-cased screw steamship Caledonia, 35, from the steam reserve at Devonport, was placed yesterday in No. 1 dock at Keyham steam-yard for the purpose of remedying some defect in her bottom. The screw steam corvette Cadmus, 21, Captain Alexander C. Gordon (which came into collision with the bark Maynards), having had defects made good at Devonport, left Hamoaze yesterday (Thurs day) morning, and proceeded into Plymouth Sound. She began immediately to receive her powder, and , will sail again forthwith. A portion of the cargo This company has; lost another of its fleet of steamers, and in the same storm which caused the destruction of the Colombian off the French coast, near Cherbourg, with so disastrous a loss of life. This second ill-fated vessel was the Askalon, Capt. Hoare, a fine iron screw steamship of nearly 1,000 tons burden, bound to Port-au-Prince, in the West Indies, and some of the adjacent islands. Laden with a general and valuable cargo of merchandise, she left the Mersey about a week before the Colom bian, and seemed to have experienced bad weather almost from the commencement of the voyage. On the 14th ult. a fearful hurricane was encountered. The sea broke over the ship, sweeping away the boats and other movables on deck. She continued in this condition for two days, the vessel rolling and straining severely. The sea broke in the skylights, and the water rushing down into the engine-room, put outthe fires. The crew exerted themselves to the utmost, in the hope of keeping the steamer afloat, but on the 15th it was found that she had ten feet of water in the main hold. Providentially, at this juncture the Dutch barke Almonde, bound to Bremenhaven, hove in sight, and seeing the critical condition of the Aska lon, she bore down to the sinking steamer, and after extraordinary exertions, succeeded in taking off the crew, 37 in number, and a passenger, and the Askalon was accordingly abandoned, her position then being lat. 46 50 N., long. 25 3 W. Sin gular to remark the barque had sprung a leak, having encountered the full force of the gale, and but for the presence of the crew of the Askalon she must have gone down, as the pumps had to be kept constantly going, and her own crew:were becoming exhausted. The barque continued on her passage, and, on arriving off Folkestone on Tuesday night Capt. Hoare and the passenger were landed, the crew remaining on board to assist in working her to Bremenhaven. The Askalon was classed A 1 nine years, and, with her cargo, was heavily insured. ANOTHER STEAMER LOST.—Another fine steamer is reported to be lost on the Yorkshire coast, near Scarborough. She is the Volunteer, iron screw steam ship, classed A 1 for 12 years, 670 tons register, and belonged to the same owners as the Cronstadt, which was recently lost with all hands on a return voyage from St. Petersburg. The Volunteer was on a passage from Leith to Rotterdam, and the tele gram states that she was totally wrecked in Filey Bay, a few miles to the northward of Flamborough Head. Terrible Hurricane on the Isle of Man Coast. LOSS OF A SCHOONER AND DESTRUCTION OF THE DOUGLAS BREAKWATER. One of the most terrific easterly storms that have visited this island for some years broke over it on Sunday noon, and has continued with scarcely any abated violence until Monday night. Its ravages have been dreadful, as will be seen by the follow ing. During Sunday there was blowing a strong wind from the eastward, and about noon in creased into a violent hurricane, accompanied by snow and sleet, causing the roads to be impeded to some extent. Some time during the afternoon the Jane and Agnes put into Douglas Harbour, hailing from Ormshead, and bound for Chester, whither she had been driven by the gale ; but, becoming unable to steer against the wind, was driven in here. She anchored behind the breakwater, but the storm in creasing, she began to drag her cable, and was finally dashed with much force against the peer, then rebounded upon the rocks beneath the. Imperial Hotel, where she shortly became a total wreck. The crew, conssting of three men and a boy, were saved by means of ropes. Shortly after they had left her she became a heap of broken timber and planks. The most disastrous affair, however, is the almost total destruction of the Douglas breakwater. This structure was originally intended to go into the sea to a distance of 1,100 feet, but this was deemed im practicable, owing to some of the timbers becoming displaced, it being a wooden structure. About one o'clock on Monday morning this piece of engineer ing skill began to give way, and huge piles of balks were hurled with terrific violence from the stanchions which supported and held them in their places, and strewed the whole length of the shore, and in several places through the narrow passages leading from the shore into the middle of Strand-street and Duke street, impeding the pathway. In some cases these passages were heaped up three or four feet in height with these huge balks, and the irons which attached them together were twisted and turned as with a vice, into several grotesque shapes. The break water presents a most dreadful wreck, only 17 up right piles• standing out of 45 ; and these are so much damaged that they are worth nothing. A length of about 120 feet has been cleanly swept away. The damage is estimated at about £20,000, which amount it will take to make the structure as complete as it was at the latter end of the week. Besides this, the contractor estimates that he has lost plant, &c., to the value of another £l,OOO. Some of the houses, too, in Strand-street have been flooded by the sea washing in, and chairs, tables, and sofas floated promiscuously about. The damage in this instance is not at present known. The portion of the promenade which has only lately been erected, and was not completed, has sustained severe damage, the sea having washed the upper part of the wall for some distance entirely away, and made a large breach in the wall itself. So great is the mischief caused by this storm that it will be some time ere its full extent is known. The storm abated at mid night of Monday, but on Tuesday night at 12 o'clock, our correspondent informs us, it was again blowing a fresh easterly gale, and it is momentarily expected that the remaining portion of the break water will be washed away. LADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. — Sound Lungs.—Unless the blood be purified from the foul matters which enter it in its passage through the chest, the strongest lungs will often be inconvenienced, and the deli cate chest will assume positive disease. Holloway's reme dies oxert the most wholesome power in cleansing the air tubes, dislodging accumulated mucus, and clearing the blood. When there is any congestion of the lungs, stitch, or heavy'pectoral pain, some of this ointment, well rubbed on the seat of suffering, will speedily remove the evil, and certainly prevent worse consequences. In common colds, shortness of breath, wheezing, and chronic, or spasmodic coughs, Holloway's ointment and pills will give present comfort and avert future danger. Yesterday afternoon the annual meeting of the gove rn o rs of this hospital was held in the board-room of the institu tion, Gray's-inn-road. Mr. R. Brown was called to the chair, and the advertisement convening the meeting having been read by the Secretary, The Rev. J. B. OwEx, chairman of the weekly board, pro ceeded to read the 37th annual report, of which the fol lowing is an abstract. It announced the gratifying fact that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had become a vice-patron of the institution, and recorded an important statement connected with the permanent interests of the charity—namely, that the freehold had been purchased at a cost M £5,265 10s. 7d., the funds for which were procured mainly through the munificent contributions and personal exertions of Mr. George Moore. The committee had also to report the steady progress of the hospital in its number of subscribers, on whose support every charity chiefly and most safely depends. The sanitary condition of the hospital and premises had been greatly improved, and it was hoped secured, by the completion of a perfect system of drainage the year before last, at a cost of £1,500. The committee had observed year by year a marked improvement in the cha racter of the nurses in that and kindred institutions as con cerned their increased proficiency, higher tone of moral character, and social status. The committee ascribed that fact as a practical tribute to the personal example and ex perience of an honoured lady whose gallant oversight of the sick and wounded troops at Scutari was one of the least alloyed among the many painful memories of the Crimea. In proof of the yearly extending usefulness of the charity, the committee reported a large increase in the number both of in and out patients during the past year, the total aggregate relieved being no less than 78,000. '(Hear, hear.) No remark on the part of the committee could add weight to that significant statement, nor to the huge mass of human suffering and misery alleviated by the medical relief of which it was the exponent. Among the special contributions noticed were those of Miss Cross, a tenth donation of £300; a second donation of £2OO from the trustees of the Small Debt Society ; a third donation of £lOO from Mr. T. W. Erie ; a second from E. W. of £lOO ; a third of 50 guineas from Messrs. Dent, Allcroft, and Co.; a very gratifying grant of .£375 by the Lords Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury, being part of a be quest to her Majesty for the benefit of the poor of London by the late Madame de Lilly ; and the generous contribu tion of £5OO by the Hon. Rustomjee Jamsetjee Jejeeb hoy, allotted and paid through Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P. for the City of London. The committee could not adequately express their sense of the services rendered to the institution by the long-continued supervision of its medical superintendent and founder, Dr. William Marsden. To his intrepid reliance on the principle of a free medical charity that hospital and every other which subsequently followed owed their existence. The commit tee congratulated Dr. Marsden on the yearly accumulated triumphs of his prescient philanthrophy, and they felt that such great public service demanded commemoration in some more public shape than the insertion in the comparatively obscure columns of an annual report. The incidental dis closures in the police-courts indicated almost daily the ab solute necessity of the hospital in one of the most densely populated districts in the metropolis. The number of ac cidents alone admitted into the wards during the past year was no less than 398. One thousand three hundred of the governors and subscribers had died during the year, and the committee earnestly trusted that their places would be • supplied by other patrons. They reminded their sub scribers that the gates of the hospital were equally open to native or foreigner, citizen or provincial. There was no other restriction beyond the means placed at its disposal. (Cheers.) The balance-sheet of the treasurer for the past year showed a total income, including the balance in hand at the last January meeting, of £9,401 ss. The total expen diture had been £9,209 19s. 6d., leaving a balance in hand of £l9lls. 7d ; out of the expenditure £2,759 7s. sd. was for debts incurred in the year 1863, and which had now been paid off. General WATKINS, in moving that the report and balance-sheet be adopted, approved, and entered on the minutes, said that it scarcely needed any words on his part to induce the governors to agree to that resolution. Every one of them must be aware of the great benefit afforded to the public by Dr. Marsden in founding the ROyal Free Hospital. At the same time, he did not stand alone in his claims upon their esteem and gratitude. Great credit was due to the medical staff—(hear, hear)—who had relieved the astounding number of 991,000 sufferers during the comparatiely short period the hospital had been in exis tance. Their thanks were also due to the weekly board — (hear, hear)—the members of which, while showing a con constant emulation to outdo each other in the discharge of ----- their arduous duties, yet worked together in the most effi cient and harmonious spirit. Mr. G. S. PHENE seconded the motion, which was una nimously agreed to. Dr. O'CoNNon, in moving a vote of thanks to the com mittee, coupled with a request that they would continue their services for another year, bore testimony, as a medical officer of the hospital, to the zeal and energy with which the managing committee discharged their onerous and try- ing duties. But for their labours the large number of 78,000 new cases could not have been admitted during the past year. __ Dr. ALEXANDER MARSDEIsI seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. On the motion of Mr. W. WARRE, seconded by Mr. J. Bowyer, thanks were voted to the auditors, with a request that they would continue their services for the ensuing year. Votes of thanks were also passed to the treasure; Mr. Edwin Marsden, to the medical officers, to the weekly board, and Ito the chaplain; to Mr. Phone for his assiduous attendance to the wards in order to alle viate the sufferings 'of the patients, and to carry out every suggestion of the founder, chaplain, or weekly board for their comfort ; and to the secretary Mr. Smith. Mr. R. STEELE, in moving a vote of thanks to Dr. Mars den, the founder of the hospital, said he had had the pleasure of knowing him for upwards of 30 years, and during that long period had witnessed his, almost unremitting labours on behalf of that institution. These labours had enabled him to overcome almost unparalleled difficulties, and from year to year extend the usefulness of the charity. That was, he felt certain, a greater satisfaction to Dr. Marsden's own mind than any vote of thanks they could offer him, but it was their duty to recognise gratefully and record cordially their sense of his great and valuable services. (Cheers.) General WATKINs seconded the resolution, which was carried amidst cheers. Dr. MARSDEN, in reply, said that it was 38 years since the hospital was established, and it was seldom that in the life of one man he should be enabled to give his attention to an institution during that long period. With a short interval, however, caused by ill health, he had been enabled to do so, and he was happy to say he was now so far recovered that he hoped for a long time to come to give his be s t services to the institution. He felt that the Royal Free Hospital had done great good, not only in what it actually performed, but in what it had made other hospitals do in the same direction. It was the first to break do wn th e barriers Which lay between the sufferers and the means of relief, by throwing open its gates and admitting patients on their own application. (Hear, hear.) T hat principle had now been adopted by some of the oldest and greatest hospitals in the metropolis, with, he would say, incalculable benefit to the public at large. (Hear, hear.) He thanked the meeting cordially for the good feeling they had expressed towards him, and would continue to use his best efforts to promote the interests of that noble institution. The proceedings closed with wrote of thanks to the chair "Their conduct shows that the present population of Canada has not degenerated from the manly vir tues which characterise the race from which it de rives its origin, and that it may be relied on under all circumstances, to respond to the call of duty, either for the maintenance of internal order, or to repel foreign aggression. " The commissioners appointed under the provi sions of the second chapter of the Consolidated Statutes of Lower Canada to frame a civil code, and also a code of civilprocedure in Lower Canada, have completed the former part of their duty ; the results of their labours shall be laid before you, and I am informed that the code of civil procedure is iu a very advanced state. " The completion of the codification of the civil law, in both French and English, cannot fail to be of great benefit to the inhabitants of Lower Canada by enabling the people of all origins to read, in their own languages, the civil law under which they live, and which hitherto has only been accessible in a language which is not the mother tongue of a por tion of the people whose civil rights are regulated by it. " Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly,—The expenditure rendered necessary by calling out the volunteers for active service, and which was unfore seen when the estimates for the current year were agreed to, will necessitate a supplementary vote for that service. " I have desired that an estimate for this purpose shall be laid before you. " I am happy to be in a position to inform you that the financial legislation of the last session has been attended with beneficial results. " The revenue has largely increased, and there has been a contemporaneous extension of the trade of the province, " I have directed the estimates for the next finan cial year to be laid before you, and you will find that they have been framed with a due attention to economy combined with efficiency. " Honourable Gentlemen and Gentlemen,—At the close of the last session of Parliament I informed you that it was my intention, in conjunction with my ministers, to prepare and submit to you a mea sure for the solution of the constitutional problem the discussion of which has for some years agitated this province. " A careful consideration of the general position of British North America induced the conviction that the circumstances of the times afforded the opportunity not merely for the settlement of a ques tion of provincial politics, but also for the simul taneous creation of a new nationality. " Preliminary negotiations were opened by me with the Lieutenant-Governors of the other Pro vinces of British North America, and the result was that a meeting was held at Quebec, in the month of October last, composed of delegates from those colonies, representing all shades of political party in their several communities, nominated by the lieutenant Governors of their respective Provinces, who assembled here with the sanction of the Crown, and at my invitation, to confer with the members of the Canadian Ministry on the possibility of effecting a union of all the Provinces of British North America " This conference, after lengthened deliberations, arrived at the conclusion that a Federal union of these Provinces was feasible and desirable, and the result of its labours is a plan of constitution for the proposed union embodied in a series of resolutions, which, with other papers relating to the subject, I hove directed to be laid before you. " The general design of a union, and the particu lar plan by which it is proposed to carry that inten tion into effect, have both received the cordial ap probation of the Imperial Government. "An Imperial Act of Parliament will be neces sary in order to give effect to the contemplated union of the colonies, and I have been officially informed by the Secretary pf State her Majesty's Ministers will be prepared to introduce a bill for that purpose into the Imperial Parliamenti go soon as they shall have been notified that the proposal has received the sanction of the Legislatures representing the several provinces affected by it. " In commending to your attention this su bject, the importance of which to .yourselves and to y our descendants it is impossible to exaggerate, I would claim for it your calm, earnest, and impartial con- sideration. " With the public men of British North America it now rests to decide whether the vast tract of coun try which they inhabit shall be consolidated into a State, combining within its area all the elements of national greatness , p rovidin g for the security of its component parts, and contributing to the strength and stability of the empire, or whether the several provinces of which it is constituted shall remain iiz their present fragmentary and isolated condition, comparatively Powerless for mutual aid, and inca pable of undertaking their proper share of imperial responsibility. " In the discussion of an issue of such moment I fervently pray that your mind my be guided to con clusions which will redound to the honour of our sovereign, to the welfare of her subjects, and to your own reputation as patriots and statesmen." CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE. By the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman."—" Miss Mulock is one of the few writers who never disappoint their readers. She takes a high place among those of our novelists who are the most honoured and esteemed, whose ideal is finest, whose standard is highest, and whose cultivated taste has found expression in works which form an integral portion of our literature. ' Christian's Mistake' is a beautiful story, in every respect worthy of its author's well established and deserved reputation. It is one of those stories which are exceedingly affecting and effective by reason of their purity, truth, pathos, and directness. It is executed in the author's happiest and most graceful style."—Narning Post. In a few days will be published, CHARLES KNIGHT'S SCHOOL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. From the Earliest Period to our own Times. Being an abridgment of his Popular History of England. In One large Volume, crown Bvo. London : Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, E.C. NEW WORK BY MR. W. B. RUSSELL. In a few days will be published, in One Volume. post Svo , CA.NADA: ITS DEFENCES, CONDITION, and RESOURCES. 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