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COGNAC Pit Tht BRANDY. it g„sVebrated Oki 1R , 1311 WHISKY rivals the finest 3ti BRAN DY, 4ottles, Sold fellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Rt e 4 1: as. a, at the Houses in London ; b 111 t he Principal towns in ßetail England ; or wholesaley GD. oh s wv-,A.T WINDMILL -STREET, LONDON, W. "Ri ii ave the LL Wh i sky l , Pink Label, and Cork branded ! P_ -- ----__________ IitNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and the iri,,,poRCI.OT ir - - —, CA RRIAG E-FREE to any house in ' 00 (18 ..,. gin, regardless of amount or distance. First. class k4rE,„,`,',, seeond-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to I ,reniC B l and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select "very ar p i 'lYed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. ,ekaietielo warranted. qlsi t ul MEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR % snare respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and equll,,l2llblishing an entirely New Edition of their url o - V,, ..ZinIIOIJSE FURNISUING GUIDE, illustrated b 4 riste a d' e ngravings of every description of Furnituri a a n nd_ iFit-t ree N, with prices attached. A copy sent gi at s . d 441 Aie " a Pplication. This costly work also contains liSle_: estimates for i ishing on the following revised ASA Six -roomed Parsonag e p• ' O l4/It-room e d ditt o A Tcn-roorned ditto Tog. rr I . v elve- roomed ditto 259 16 6 391 11 0 in "14161 With a Price List of puriiled Bedding, and aa N. l , el§ e inf ormationto all requiring househ3ld furniture !,, N A ~,er bedding. References kindly permitted to Glen. y ellichel4 Zentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Well§ o er • Bury, Ely, Ryde, Plymouth. Preston, Grimsby, talimc er Mord, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder it A .ban V,Q.elngton, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, nre xt , B. ' Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Lilt,. mu, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great ............2. mon CO. , tio!i:A L , O ut ivizs I' II T and CO , General House Furnishers, Deptford- t l 000 ko N 5 REW A R D .— STOLEN, Between SATURDAY, the 4th, and a i , D ay A vtilkr -„,, , ....!e 6th February, 1865, from the premises of Mr. '49, "44.1tER, Watchmaker, &c., No. 68, Cornhill, A LG-. Th A , ' QUANTITY of WATCHES and JEWELLERY. tivi4sgauoe reward of £1, , 00 will be paid to any person 4 11. ", 'llFh i nformation as shall lead to the apprehension kop er rrleti in of the thief or thieves and recovery of the i titor y ' '-) ill Proportion to the amount thereof recovered. spectortliatiou to be given to Inspector Hanrlton cr to In- Lotiat;°llle'er, Police-office, 26, Oiel Jewry, City. ", 6th February, 1865. TIIE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Ou Established 1836. -'„8-1, Dale-street, Liverpool Poultry, '' COIIIIIIII, and 56, Charing-cross, London. Ph REVENUE IN 1863. Life Pr(mi lltrtB £ 581,000 t Pr • ..4t, te e luturnS 2iP,OCO n On Investments 160,0(0 £950,000 1 ,2114 4 ,72 are eatiblished for effecting bo h Fire and Life '4 017 , and facilitating the payment of Premiums in all e World. S WINTON ROULT, Secretary to the Company. akinar Y 1 J ° 1- IN ATK I S, Resident secretary. 865. Po t ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. (41n ent among Shareholders only of the Credit Fond e r ti„ and Mailier of Eng'and (Limited). CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER TgE a re p s OF ENGLAND (Limited) g r q ) ared to Receive Subscriptions for the Capital of '4-LNERAL IRRIGATION AND WATER SUPPLY In, COMPANY OF FRANCE (Li m it e d) . A v—rporated under the Limitel Liabilities Act of 1E62. fogZoession, dated 20th May, 1861, grazted by his Majesty to r go y ea rs rof the French, confers th e ex c l u st c e privilege ik_ of the Supply of Water from the River Vardon ‘rithe,,kitovence) with a Cash Subscription of Four Million k 4160, co). Capital ZFon n.. - vv, in 40,000 Shares of £2O each. dkD.,„„ Present issue 20.000 Shares. yo n ' d l '' s lli . 011 Application, and £4 on Allotment. per Sha reun It is not contemplated calling up more than viz. t 2 lo s Per Share in Six Months From Date of o( r 4 l r D „. • '• Twelve Months ) Allotment. b 1,1t4 esias been ' made in the estimates for th e p a y men t ttn t „ so t n o st n h the Paid-up capt al at the rate of 8 p er cen t . three Pa yable on et January and July dltriog the Ce114,, d 0 of constructiog (pending the t itcalisation of the O t t e 1 . 1 ",Y, the Credit Foncier of France, and by az:range otiull4-1-. I nterest is guaranteed by the . Credit F . , n.ier and 191 Leca England (L mit• d), and wilt be paid at their b e b..' a nd 18, Cornhili. The first payment of interest h - Lade Ist July, 1865. gi ch t ha 411 St„ DIRECTORS. 11_11e s ;,,art Lane, Esq., Directors of the Credit Fon q/04eailvlbo,, Esq., tier and Mobilier of Eng t4 Wa r ' I ' Bl l. land (Limited). aler, Esq,, "or e , 'Wards, Esq. Director of' the London, Chatham, and th,s. b:nache Sinclair, Esq , London. , Ito 'Be. t , s avd, late Councillor of State, and late Pre e.t of Sel? 1414 " eure Paris. .10,1 4 11 re er, Direceor of the Comptoir D'Agriculture of qe. ' s .. ns. P.ris. The 4, A BANKERS. f,,q4 and Masterman's Bank (Limited). 1 4, 81 . SOLICITORS. 4. tte wbon, Evans, a nd u o ., Nich o las-lane, E.C. „k e , 4q ar s ~to„.ta „ , BROKERS . eea htt l e ,con, and rce, 8, Angel-court, ".o, t°b llls, limber, and Dailey, ), Threadneedle- SECRETARY (PRO TtM.) Alfred Lowe, Esq. OFFICES. Ni . ll °S. 17 and /8, Cornhill, London. "'°. 7 6, Rue de la Victoire, Paris. tall'hlB C ol-l o r ri q u ill oT,P a tlY is formed for the purpose of acquiring and 11 r, ot ,'ai e ,;', z the valuable Concession of thcVerdor. Irriga- t i'hislinth.`lll)Ply, prowell as other Concessions , for which l' , a c O , - - are in ress. iii lk e, str es sinn has been granted by l %h u e Ewmapteerrotrroomf the th:r ptrtil bas for its object the -1 I IPI :lre Lath of France. htlei Wat er . °l,l to Aix (Provence ~ ' l 'ek 4 t l ' l o( o ,,Will be used for irrigatithe ur l e an w d a s te o r n . its which route,is V. 4t 1 Y ne e PAPl,ying the towns ni . p stater o,..med, upon the same principle a is s w ou e r ll l k :n n g o l w is n h , lb ,;`,l at „."11)anies, the shares of which, as N 't, li„e, b e :„,,,1 irge premiums, having increased enormously i; k;015,--'ues paying extraordinary dividend . itlf DrioPston has been gran eel for 99 years, and, among 41 11 ,48 (if7Res, it may be mentioned that the s m um me of fo f u t r tr %ye% ~,ranes rxi6o,oo .11 cash subvention,d i :o e 11 1 „' he i r, a cte by the French Government,department 1,0,,, s -d u- Rhone, and the town of Aix, to the holders 4 t , e 4 ~s aio n. :ile i , / kli )!oral results in Southern countries of irrigation net i rt ., ' , own . I n warm climates, where agriculture is 41.111TIssible without water, land,otherise of small NO t ed '4.741 11e, is known to produce, when supplied and 1 44 I S ;I.(lnr Successive crops every year hencc the great k i 4, 4 %4 °f Bull land to five or six times its on final value ' l 3' iii 4 t or t a larZe revenue to the Company front _subscribers ' tit ard with avidi yto c aim their share of the sup shol'ln, ,e Water il l' il it; 11 0 - l e d ° ? 11 .. ,5 will be increased by the use of the water for al l h e i-, 141 s anatory purposes, and by its employment as t0,‘, 1 1 „ e Cne„cover, for which there is a great demand. `ge ' ta ct! "sion b-ing for 99 years, gives this Company for 1 111 101 eal r ,„ Y it- Poses of revenue a complete monopoly of ilktitl,..4se-8;k"e value of which may well be estimated by the era. .areholders in the existing Englith water com e 4 he v , ll 1 111 ,1, 1. 4 1 ea the works are contracted for by eminent goenm k,s 1 . 1`,41 4 , - qled sum • they have been engaged u n - 1 ,1 e ; leBE,—,,,atil are'bound to complete them bpoDecem t,„,4B',"lo4/ i ',au three years. The estimates of profit y are O h 1 j,:ilter e i l t l the detailed Prospectus. ili'C'l4llll4lArarrants on the amount paid up at 8 per \lll ' o y e4 it Poociel_Mder the . _b_e r f e o o re . -mentioned guarantee of z England (Limited), for tr l i h,Q , ta d ioo r and Mob!lie p k,t oe ptt etit t 0 g' construction (pending the capitalisation), January and ist July in each year, and 'V'l ' lt4t t'r Yal ? le a tU s e .: and 18, Cornhill. The first lo h lth 4 ;• take lac " e Ist July , 1865. IViillvtLeY_ tike meet the convenience of many who prefer ' t 'Y Oein p whole Lie per Share on allotment, ana thus uilloh7lll h e 'vea of the sp eial arrangement made, by which 11 Lqt i):,eceive interest at 8 per cnt. per annum :•in the o l d p si up under the Ruarantee of the Credit 1 onci i„11i,,7 Of England, as above mentioned, a special Form .141, t th - , s 'ion Is enclosed herewith. mt liolnr - "llsand Shares have been already subscribed for . h4ltit to to French and other applicants, and the ~'Aco,4llteen paid at the Bankers. '44 il ir tly" e nt of the rem,. aining 12,000 Shares will be made ri,A Obi e atl longst the Shareholders cf the Great Fonder 11"qK l ea ' i t i 4°, 1 England (Limited), upon the following basis. iJkii,, tii ) ,. tor Shares with L , 10 paid up will re:eive allot • it"_kin,N t,".e,xceeding 6,000 Shares in all, strictly pro rata alai,Zer of s',al number of such Shares applied for, The re qtrit-' '"„e S\iares will be allotted to the applfrants for , i ,a, - . l ' of paid up, also strictly pro rata upon the tot o l '''t" Stipe„e., ll share; applied for. The total letter (oli l ent. ', for will be made known with the of It tt l tilie kt , , 1 41 14. 4 tria t ‘ ° ,t l B must be received by Four o'clock on Friday, orlie 1, gr T wo l Or London applications, and Saturday, the ot A wel' l ' i n t , 0 clock, for country . applications. Von,istii,ti• ti e tee of the Concession, Plans. and Articles for,l)lVan OS also the report of M nsieur Arle4 Dutour, tn t .„'" , ittgliclin Inspected at the Offices er th Solicitors. of .1t ot ,_ l l' l Inr shares are to be made in th • an n nex a e y d . elb s 'aar e .'se dr,With the B.nkers of the company . thraft ~7 hlloi„P2Sit Of £1 per share ; if the pro r I t l a Po number 11 ) 14, 141 14 w ii 4 , be less than the number applied for, the t t eti"kat ( .1 ', 8 0 far as necessary be accredited towards Rohe Wettts, u e nn al otment. 0 14 ite.t ee8 or'',llld Forms of Application can be obtained , at 1 / 4 - - 1Z - 17 ;e Cdit Fonder and Mobilier of England .4t1.8. ' sn 't- ' I S , Cornhill ; also of the Barkers, Brokers, Blare! kbp u Of the Secretary of the Company. ary , 1 . 65. 1 ., 0 14,, 'hp , ' ll the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England • At , &P k (Limited). ''oll t , 8 tr4,LOTMENT IN PROPORTION TO NUM '''' OP P: ; b " P SHARES APPLIED FOR. NUM- T° h. li . o. --', PLICATION FOR £5 PAID SHARES. th e N o q reft.ol ll of di e4 tie Supply the General Irrigation and Water sktitht,,. ken__Company of France (Limited). 4'_r RI, Iji4ll4,l_„tu your Banters, The Agra and Masterman's ttNlSre neu), the sum of £ being a deposit of £1 t illl4t shares in the ab'ove Company. I hereby 4ti the .1-tell Sharesill allot me that number, and I agree m t e o . ki ,errnso7,, Prospectus, less number Yell may allot e suni I,:ae ti zr " lax toe and I agree to pay _ _ es 0 , 1 14 4 ,,,t,0t h in1a of th eon allotment, and to sign the Artici authorise Nne r 'sert to. e Cempaoy when required, and I ° I sh a 4: tune on the Register of Members forthe allotted to me. Usual signature Name in full ~P r o 1 ) Full address Profession . • .• to' l 'll re tain ed Date .. k , 11 1 , tIO pin , by the Bankers. a''' ' ..-' "1-11 P blares are required, in the following 4ttl inld 11 , E hp h .the Credit Fouler r rid Mobilier of Englund PA k't rk ALL (Limited) ' l lll 13 1.3 O?O,IENT IN PROPORTION TO Isi UM l'o th No" Ap SHARES APPLIED FOR. -qe h . , I'LICATION FOR £lO PAID SHARES. — 4e oo el ' I. ' 't the Genertl Irrigation and Water Supply 4 -en ti Cor n ii, 11,41, ep l ,, i any of Fr ince ,Limited). °i t (I 4' D ata tO — M r g i fillte d ,, Jour Ba n k eis, 4,,,tuy u lir e 01) , ae su m of x The Agra and Masterman's a deposit of i:P tccluet that Shares in theaboveCompany, I bi t 1 . to 'teee t 4 1 ,Y th,ole, 04 ltch Shares, for any less number you may 1 Jiel,ashin the l . terms of the Prospectus, and I agree to let rho o f :limo :erpoefr Share Compset, and to sign the ra l „ rif le „.., °elation of the when r, quired, an for the'" to Inaer s t h Ves t' aarioettoend t t h o e m ß e e . gis ter of Manta FUsual signature ume in full I', be , ll address Profession etain Date ed by the Baukere. ***************** Vg?ale-Y'll- / Z.Z 4 .2 A No. 22,662. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1865. In the MATTES of the COMPANIES ACT, 1882, and of T HE GENERAL ROLLING STOCK COMPANY (Limited), MISS KAVANAGH'S NNW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, h 3 vols., SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Petition for the Winding-up of the above-named Company by the Court of Chancery was, on the 6th day of February, 1865, presented to the Lord Chancellor by William Pare, of Clontarf, in the county of Dublin, eentlema", a creditor of the said Com pany; and that the Petition is directed to be heard before the Vice• Chancellor Wood on the 18th day of February, 1965, and any creditor or contributory of the said Company desirous to oppose the making of an order for the winding-up of the said Company, under the above Act, should appear at the time of hearing, by himse f, or his counsel for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or con trir.utory of the said Company requiring the same by the undersigaed, on p iyment of the regulated charge for the same. B EATRICE. By JULIA KAVANAGH Author of "NATHALIE," "ADELE," ,tc. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TlMES.—Happy is the nation whose annals are dull, and happy is the time when a Royal Message excites no curiosity. Twelve mouths ago we were not in such a happy case. A nation loving peace much, but loving honour more, was doubtful how fai its rulers had committed themselves in support of a gallant people fighting against overwhelming odds, and the words from the steps of the Throne were waited for with eager curiosity. An unusual throng of members of the Lower House attended the Speaker to the gorgeous chamber of the Peers, and .weighed every sentence pronounced by the Lord Chancellor, conscious that peace or war hung in the balance. The people were uneasy, but ready for either fate, and their representatives were agitated by a sympathy which p er f ec tl y re fl ec t e d th feel ings of the people. The present generation had for once an opportunity of understanding the anxiety with which a neighbouring nation always awaits the utterances of its ruler, conscious that its destiny lies in his hand, and ignorant of the schemes which are busy in his brain. Our moribund Parliament' en tered on its last stage yesterday like a veteran who knows that the end of a long life cannot be far dis tant, but who can look back upon the past with no more regret than all mortals must feel in such a retrospect. It would be absurd to say that nothing could have been better, but it would be unjust not to allow that much might have been worse. In spite of a crowd of difficulties the Ministers of the Crown have shown a rare discretion in preserving the im partiality and the honour of the nation, and they have been supported on all occasions in no ungrud -ing spirit by the representatives of the - people. A Royal Message at the opening of Parliament is always a review of progress for the past six months, and in the dullest of times is so far serviceable. In the speech which the Lord Chancellor read yesterday he was able to congratulate the country on the peace ful relations subsisting between all the European Powers. It is, indeed, no fault of the English nation that there is not peace throughout the world. The Temple of Janus is not shut, but we at least have done our best to close the doors. Assiduously bent on .develop ing our own resources on improving _ the con dition and elevating the standard of happiness of our people, we have not failed to present these aims to the rulers of other nations, without forgetting the liberty which is the first condition of material prosperity. It is to be regretted that our steady aver sion from an unnatural war has only served to irri tate both the contending parties in North America. Whatever sympathies may have been begotten in the progress of the war, all Englishmen were united in reprobating the causeless origin, and all remain united in deprecating the conditions on which alone peace is declared to be possible. It is impossible to contemplate the dissension which has rent asunder the most powerful Federation the world has ever seen without thinking of the new Federa tion in course of formation among the American pro vinces which still own allegiance to the British Crown. The project for consolidating these vast territories is dealt with in a most business-like paragraph in the Royal Message. A plain histo rical narrative of the steps which have been taken by the Delegates of the North American Provinces, and a simple announcement that a bill will be laid before Parliament to carry into effect the resolu tions of the Delegates if they shall be adopted by the several Provincial Legislatures, serve to dismiss one of the largest schemes which have ever been discussed by statesmen. The apparently cursory manner in which the proposed Federation is men tioned is, however, a tribute of respect rather than a slight A) Canadian politicians. It is the recogni tion of the practical emancipation of these confede rate Provinces from home control. The people and Parliament of Great Britain are alike persuaded that the time has passed when any interference should be attempted with the deliberate wishes of American colonists, and, without losing our interest in the future destinies of a vast Continent bound to us by every tie of kinship and friendship, we are content to approve the independent action of its inhabitants. We have only to turn our atten tion to New Zealand to perceive the dangers of a different course of conduct. A sullen feeling of dissatisfaction at having to contribute to the cost of a war on the merits of which not one in a hundred thousand of us entertains an opinion is beginning to grow among 'Englishmen at home, am la recimeal resentment may not improbably be awtikened in New Zealand. The colonists -complaiii that they are unable to carry out a policy which they have deliberately formed, and taxpayers not unreasonably inquire why they should be involved in wars to which they arc inextricably engaged be fore they are aware of their existence. In the middle of a contest we can only take note of the evils attendant upon our existing policy ; to use the illustration of Mr. Lincoln, it is bad to change horses while crossing a stream, but on the restora tion of peace in New Zealand we may not unprofit ably endeavour to improve the relations between the mother country and her dependencies. The mysterious passages in the Queen's Message which refer to India need an interpreter to make them in telligible. On the whole, the sentences submitted to her Majesty by her advisers are singularly free from those faults which made Cobbett select the dreadful examples of his grammar from Royal Speeches, but in the Indian paragraphs we find something to keep up the memory of the old errors. Perhaps they were framed by the statesman so rudely rebuked by a young member at the close of last session for his imperfect faculty of speech. Grave as was the dis aster which visited Bengal and Madras at the close of last year, we can scarcely repress a smile when it is made to appear that the prompt assistance ren dered by the officers of the Government produced sufferings which were relieved by generous contri butions made in various parts of India. The mean ing of this paragraph may, however, be surmised, which cannot be said of the second devoted to the Indian Empire. -The statement that a force has been employed to repress outrages on property would appear to describe an increase in the police for the purpose of putting down brigandage, but Lord Granville had to exp'ain last night that it re ferred to the expedition against Bhootan. If this be the case, and the Indian Secretary was the author of the paragraph, he certainly does not deserve the railing accusation of the young Scotch member last session, for no man ever showed a profounder sense of what has been cynically called " the true use of speech." ASIIURST, MORRIS, and CO., cf 6, Old Jewry, in the City of London, Solicitors for the Petitioner. In the 'MAITRE of the COMPANIES ACT, 1 86 2, and of THE ROLLING STOCK COMPANY OF IRELAND (Limited). NOTICE IS DEREBY GIVEN. that a Petition for the Winding-up of the above-named Company by the Court of Chancery was, on the 11th day of February, 1865, presented to the Lord Chancellor by v% illiam Pare, of Clontarf, in the county of Dublin, gentleman, a creditor of the said Com pany ; and that the Petition is directed to be heard before the Vice-Chancellor Wood on the 18th day of February,lB6s, and any creditor er contributory of the said Company desirous to oppose the making of an order for the winding-up of the said Company, under the above Act, should appear at the time of hearing, by himself, or his counsel for that purpose ; and a copy 01 the Petition will be furnished to any creditor or con tributory of the said Company requiring the same by the undersigned, on payment of the regulated charge for the same. ASHURST, MORRIS, and CO., of ti, Old Jewry, in the City of London, Solicitors for the Petitioner. T HE REGISTERED LAND COMPANY (Limited). Capital, £1,000,000. First issue £500,(00, in 25,0(0 Shares of £2O each, Deposit £1 per Share, and Li les. on Allotment. DIRECTORS. John A shburner. Esq,, Hyde Park-place, Cumberland Gate. Sir James Carmichael, Bart., Sussex-place, Regent's Park. Robert Pavin Davies, Esq, Ridgeway, Pembrokeshire'. Thomas Eyre Foakes, E:q., New-square, Lincoln's Inn, and Di nham, Bucks. H. Harwood Harwood, Esq., 19, Cleveland-square, Hyde I'ark Colonel William Lydiard, Bentinek-street, 31anchester- _ square. Henry Moor, Esq., M.P., Brighton. Sir William Russell, Bart , M.P., Charlton-park, Gloucester shire. Grenville Granville Wells, Esq., Upper Hyde Park-gardens. Sir Eardlay Eardley Wilmot, Bart, Queen's Gate, Hyde Park. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Union Bank of London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Reeves. BROKERS. Messrs. Lowndes, Snrgey, and Woolley, Royal Exchange- buildings. OFFICES-27, Cannon-street, London, E.C. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Henry C. Darlington, Esq. PROSPECTUS. This Company has been established for the purpose of facilitating the Registration of Titles to Landed Estates, under the provisions of the " Land Registration Act ;" and also for the purchase of Freehold Land, the titles to which have been, already registered, or are capable of being brought within the operation of the Act. Large profits have within the last few years been derived from the judicious purchase of Landed Estates and blociis of Freehold property in the vicinity of fhe Metropolis, and their re-sale in lots for building and other purposes. The success of these undertakings is, in a great measure, attributable to the extraordinary rise in the value of land in the suburbs of large towns, and the constaAly increasing demand for sites of villa residences—a demand which must keep pace with the growth of the nat'onal prosperity and population. The chief obstacle hitherto to these most legitimate enter prises has been found in the difficulties, delays, and expense attendant upon the transfer of land, and a:1 subsequent deal ings with it ; while cumbrous titles, and the continual neces sity of their re-examination, all tend to depreciate the value of landed property, To remedy this evil the "Land Registration Act" was passed, whereby the transfer of Real Estate is simplified, and a mass of parchment deeds is condensed into a clear, simple, and parliamentary title; but, notwithstanding the manifest advantages conferred by this measure, the public have hitherto availed themselves of it only to a limited ex teat, partly from ignoiance of the mode of procedure to be adopted, partly from difficulties beyond the control of indivi duals, arising from the nature of the encumbrances and ex tent of the charges already existing on the property. The especial object of this Company is to assist owners of property who, Irt m want of funds or other taus s, have hitherto been unable to avail themselves of the advantages offered by the Act. The Company will undertake the exa mination and registration of titles to Landed Estates; it will rrovide the fun dafor the necessary preliminary expenditure; discharge the various incumbrances, where the value of the estate bears a just proportion to the amount charged upon it; and will also facilitate the arrangements of persons de sirous of lending or borrowing on landed security. Whilst, from the nature of these operations and the securities held by the Company, it will be prott et( d against all risk of loss, considerable profit must be derived, and owners of land will find their advantage in the increased value of their property. The Company will p :reit> se Registered aid other. Landed Estates, and re-sell them in lots or otherwise, where the ad vantages of a simple and Parliamentary title enable them to fleet the distribution and re-sale without de ay and without expense. _ _ _ The Directors have received from various quarters offers of immediate and profitable business, at d the negotiations al ready entered ihto with Influential parties will insure for the Company a lucrative and w,dely-extended business. Prospectuses and Forms of Applications for Shares may be obtained of the Ban; ers. Brokers, Solicitors, and the Offict s of the Comp my, where the Articles of the Associatiun may be seen. In the event el* no allotment being made, i he deposits will be returned in full. Should a less number of shares be al lotted than is applied for, the deposit will be retained towards the p•iyment on allotment, and the balance ;if any) returned to the appFcant. MADAME RACHEL'S Costly GEMS of the SEASON, rich golden tresses, sparkling eyes, soft peach-like complexion, pearly teeth, and ruby lips—all that can enhance and preserve the charms of woman, youtk and beauty, grace and elegance, restored and preserved by Mdme. Rachel's Royal Arabian Toilet Requisites, which cad only be obtained at hi r residence, 47A, New Bond-street. The nobility are cautioned against all persons who are vending spurious and dangerous compounds, which are mere imita tions of the beautiful art of which she is the sole possessor. HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N., for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of Outcast and Destitute Boys, and those verging on crime, under 10 years of age. President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., M.P, VICE-PRESIDENTS. _ _ NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN HALIFAX." Now ready at all the Libraries. in 1 vol., 10s. 6d., CHRISTIAN'S MIS TA KE, By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Ft om the Times, Feb. 4.—" A more charming story to our taste has rarely Leen written. Within the compass of a single volume the writer has hit off a circle of varied chant( tern, all true to nature, some true to the highest nature, and she has entaflgled them in a story which keeps us in suspense till its knot is happily and gracefully resolved, while at the same time a pathe is interest is sustained by an art or which .t would be • 1111 nit to at alyse the secret. Even if tried by the standard of the Archbishop of York, we should expect that even he would pront i unce - ' Christian's 3Pstalte' a novel without a fault." NEW NOVEL BY LIEUT.-COL. U. R. ADDISON. On Feb. 10, in 3 vols., at all Librarie', BEHIND THE CURTAIN. John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Demy Bvo.. extra cloth, 6s. 6d., LIFE : Its NATURE, VARIETIES, and PHENOMENA. By L N.. 0 H. GItINDON. Third Edition. •• Mr. Grindon's book has reached, but will not stop at, the third edition. It is the work of a scholar, a Christian, and a man of real t•cience."—Morning Herald. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and beautifully-written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we may rest assured of many fruitful meditatioas and plea sant memories." —Sun. " The reader will find in it much thou:Olt and much read ing. There is plenty to think up n, plenty to study, plenty to entertain."-111ustrated London News.' London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Crown Bvo., cloth, 400 pages, price 55., HIDDEN SPRINGS. By the Rev. J. PARKER, of Manchester. " The sermons of Dr. Parker are espec'al y noticeable for clearness of thought and language. All seems as if it were written with a pencil of l'ght Nature is every where in the ascendant, and hence its matchless force . . . . ij;iliffino speakin ; fOr speaking's sake, no display of any kind ; every word is an arrow directed to the mark."—Bri tish Standard. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. 280 pp., cloth, lettered, price 35., VEGETABLE COOKERY.—Pastry, Pickling, eic. . _. Stephen Cave, Esq., M:P. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Samuel Morley, Esq. This volume supplies a want long fe't. Cookery books exist in abundance, but tbey relate almost exclusively to the preparation of dishes from animal food. i his work is devoted entirely to the proper cooking of vegetables, to preserving, tickling, the preparation of sauces, soups, beverages, ara, and forms a complete treatise upon the subject. Vegetables, truits, &c., constitute tin. half of our daily food : here is an essay upon the best possible predarition of this half. ATUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. TWENTY-THIRD YEAR. _ _ _ - The Library was Established in April, 1342, in order to promote the widest possible circulation of the best Books in every departmen of Literature. From its commencement great care has been taken to ren der the Library in every way worthy of the cordi 1 encou ragement it has received. Bo)k.i of every shade of opinion on all subjects of pub'ic interest have been freely added; and in cases where the demand has been general, liunrlreds, and in some instances thousands, of copies of the choicer Works have seen provided for the use of Subscribers. Revised Lists of Works recently added to the Library, and Catalogues of Surplus Copies withdrawn for Sale, are now ready, n i will be farwardal on application. New Oxford-street, London, April, 1864. mUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. SECOND-HAND BOOKS ON SALE. Purchasers of Books for Public or Private Libraries, Mer chants, Shipping Affents, intending Emigranti. and o' hers, arc r sneettully invited to apply for the APRIL Lis,: of WORKS withdrawn from Mudie's Library for ale. This List includes C pt. Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile-Sir R. Alco-k's Capital of th • Tycoon-Memoirs of Bishop Blornfield—Stanley's Sermons in the Last --Kim , Like's Invash n of the Crimea—Life of Edward Irving—Our Old Home--Ilowitt's Historyof the Supernatural - Lady's Visit to Manilla and Japan—Lowth's Wanderer in Western Fra cc— I ord William Lennox's Biegrarhical Reminiscences • Earl St naliop,'s Life of Pitt—Queen stab—ltachel gay and more than one Thousaim other Works of the past and present season at the lowest current. prices. CHARLES EDWARD MUDIE, New Uxforcl-street, London. 1/1 - R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. ,11. JOHN PARRY, in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS. in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and 1118 BIRTHDAY; and to cone ude with MR.. ROS ELE AT Tll E SEA -S IDE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening 'except Saturday) at Eight; Saturday Afternoon, at Three. - -ROYAL GALLERY or ILLUSTRA TION, 14, Regent street. Unreserved seats, ls., 28. ; stalls, Is. ; stall spring chairs, ss. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by Macfarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUESDAY and THURSDAY, at Three. COMMITTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. I Rev. H. M'Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. I Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. Mr. E. J. Tabrum. I Mr. Francis Lyeett. Mr. R. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. H. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C. Honorary Secretary--Mr. A. 0. Charles, £6, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard street, t,_._o, This Home was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to take la the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify the e for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tendar age precludes their admission to the Itt fuges. Such are those who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose Parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. The Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. The daily routine of the Ins' itution presents all the fea tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals, th it suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every morning is devoted to school work—reading. and writing, and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in olijects and other subjects. But they are also trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early period in lite, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after noons are occupied with various industrial occupations— making brown paper bags for bankers, and white gaper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c othes, &c. Some assist the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing and sweeping, while the elder ones clean all the boots, knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working life. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is room for nearly 10 , and the Committee would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to plead for those who cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they ask—is it right to make a widow and her family paupers for lite because one of them (the naughty boy of the tam ly) runs wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not h 1p her to put one of them into a Home, but that they must ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others as we would they should do unto us that when these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to "inn away," none of us shoo d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe than ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's keeper?" The mode of admission to the House is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, c:othed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years of age. With the view to srcure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. 2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by the Committee, Elections of children to be adaitted free will take place as frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, till the Home is full ; they will then be held periodi cally Forms of application for the admission of children may be had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary, MUDIE S SELECT LIBRARY FIRST-CLASS SUBSCRIPTION, For a constant succession of the best New Rooks as they appear. ONE GUINEA TO ONE HUNDRED GUINEAS PER ANNUM", According to the Number of Volumes required. CHARLES EDWARD MU DIE, New Oxford-street, London City Office-4, King-street, Cheapside. Branch Establishments: THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD &TRENT, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPII EE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song : "King of Bceotia ;" The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited " Minh° " Chorus, b. , Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and t_ horns ; the side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; at d Baal Minu -t and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Ty'rell, anti Walmsley;_Messrs. Greene and Laecelics. Also, MASANIELLO, in which Mons. LAVESSIERE, the successful new Tenore, from the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, will make his appears.nce. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, LITTLE ROB, SEST IL LION, and all the pro curable Talent of the day. CANTERBURY HALL, The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, the most extraordin•iry Christmas Entertainment in Lon• don (India Jaz the whole strength of the establishment) every evening at half-past Nine o'clock. The usualOperaticSele:tions by 3fisses Russell, Barrie, Hays, Godden, &c.; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont, Kimberley, &c. Musical Director, Mr. P. Jonghmans. Extra Comedy by ➢lr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton , Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c. Cross-street, Manchester; and Temple-street, Birmingham. COTTAM and CO.'S STABLE FITTINGS. These fittings, now so generally specified by architects in their specifications, may be seen at the manufactory, 2, Winsley-street, Oxford-street, W., where a large supply is always cn hand, and regular sizes kept in stock, and where full-sized stalls and loose boxes (various arranged, with a view to the economy of space) can be examined. CO fTA.III and CO., Manufacturers and Patentees, hold the Prizes of 1851, 1855 (Paris , and 1852 for these fittings. Catalogues free on application. 110YAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern Terminus. Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. Operatic Selection, SONNAMBULA. Prima Donna, Miss ELLI; ON. Comic -- NE LLY POWER, HARRIETT COVENEY. J. G. PORDE, WEST, FRED. FRENCH, M►dile. CERITO SYLVEs rEit. The BROTHERS A ',TOFF, from the Theatre Desarts, Louen, and the ELLISTRAIS, from the Crystal Palace. Stalls, ls. ; balcony, 6d. ; area, 4d. Open every evening at Seven o'clock. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. G LIE VILLE. 31[ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. established 29 years at the Bazaar,:flaker-street. -- NEW ADDITION.—A Fall-length PORTRAIT MODEL of MULLER, takes from life, and corrected from the Cast taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Open, on Boxin r Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m,; other days from i 1 a.m. till 5 p in., and from 7 Lill 10. Admittance, One ; extra rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, GRAND CASINO. CONCERT. First time in England, Gungl'a new German Toy Waltz. Prince Imperial Quadrille, Huguenots, Robert la Diable, William Tell, and a variety of Dance MUE ic. Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTI. Admission, One Shilling. Manager, M. GRENET. PRIZE ME D A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER do CO., Wax Chandlers, dr.o., too., To the Qaeen and the Ptince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with tatted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality 's. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb Second quality • .. Is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. Is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. TITAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, I.lll_ London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curl, Ladies' or Gentlemen is hair immediately it is app ied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Itobs's Toilet Magazine, is. Gd„ or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-2 , 18, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently- Ladies' Hair from is. CA.; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent tree for 51 stamps. It is most easy of u-e. H AIR DESTNYIER, 248. lliah ll9lborn, removem, without effect to the sk - n, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 38. Od.; sent ihe same day as ordered by post for 5 t stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEN. ROSS'S CANTIIA RIDES OIL, which peedily produces wid,k , rs and th!ekens hair. 3s. 6(1 ; sent tree tors 4 st.mps.— AL LI:. ROSS, 218 ,high Holborn, London. Essay Ai Hair, Id. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and no 11E, Hampstead. Offices, 77, Corthill. .PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness eze. 213. 91; by post for 40 st amps.—ALEX. ItOSS, 248, High II olboro, London. ALEX. [ROSS' FACE POWDER, Is. ; sent for 14 stamps; Eya Colour, 3s. ed., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or au stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. Id., or 54 stamps.—ALEX.. ROSS. 218, High Holborn, London. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S exclusive PATENT. The right to this patent was secured t) Mr. Esiv.)ll, of 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street, by a Royal seal (July 17, 1860), a d can only be procured at his residence, where speci mens may be seen, and every information can be obtained. Under this patent, artificial teeth, to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth and protect tender gums; their re semblance to nature is perfect and undetectable, and they are guaranteed for mastication and articulation. Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. Consultations free. Terms strictly moderate. -8, Grosvenor-street, Bond,street CITY . SHOW-ROOMS FOR GLASS AND CHINA, 117, HOUNDSDITCH. Capt. the Hon. Francis Rev. Canon r hampneys R. N. Thomas Baring, Esq., Kr. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service, and provides a home free of exvense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. Tne Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the inzreasi g applications through the recent storms and less (1 life at sea, and to enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate w th the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. DEFRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS, Cut and Engraved, of the choicest designs. DEFRIES and SONS- ' DINNER, DESSERT, and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns. DEFRIES and SONS- ' LUSTRES, TAZZAS, Land Flower Vnses for the present s eason. DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, for the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and Silver. --- 11EFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS' _Li in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles. DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for India. -- I)EFRIES and SONS' SPECIAL DESIGNS in Lamps for India. --- DEFRIES and r SONS' WALL LIGHT Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). nEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB Mess, and General Furnishing Orders of China, Glass, DEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS with Pattern Books and Special Designs. DEFRIES and SONS have just added Five or . New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory. They have now on show the largest assortment in the world of the above goods of their own manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS, 147, Houndsditch. iCiitrEETING, Hon. Sao. CHARLES NASH, Sec. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, nd Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment ot VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, A labas er, Pitman, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her AsJesty, 149, Stand, Lonuon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatlY f a cilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, tnd GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION In GEOLOGY and MINE & Y is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand W.C. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected trom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in flue years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases : F. F., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged 13, homeles,., both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A, 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents, M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents ("lead, S. 8., aged 17, fxllen, both part nts dead. M. A. W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for )ouog girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen • street, Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. Po sr.—The prologue having been duly delivered, the inevitable speeches having been made, the regu lation questions having been asked, and the shadows of coming motions having flitted across the floor, on Friday night the first act of party warfare will be placed upon the stage. Lord Palmerston will then move that the House resolve itself into a Committee of Supply for the purpose of filling up the important office vacated by Mr. Massey having accepted the post of Finance Minister in India. On both sides Mr. Massey's resignation will be much regretted : it will be e regretted not only by the members of the House itself, who had learnt to value his impartiality and accurate knowledge of the rules and practice of Par liament, but equally by those outside the walls whose transaction of private business brought them daily in contact with him, and who daily felt the import ance of the facilities afforded to them by his urbanity, experience, and unwearied assiduity. The qualities which Mr. Massey has exhibited here are precisely those which are most calculated to enable him to succeed in the discharge of the new and arduous functions which he is about to undertake. To find a successor to Mr. Massey who will satisfy the re quirements of the position and the expectations . of the public is not an easy matter, and we believe that till within the last twenty-four hours the Oppo sition thought that they perceived in the difficulty a favourable occasion for another trial of party strength. It will be proposed by Lord Palmerston that Mr. Dodson, the member for the Eastern Division of Sussex, shall be appointed to the vacancy created by Mr. Massey's retirement. Mr. Dodson, having taken high honours at Oxford, came into Parliament in 1857, and has since made himself favourably known by the temper and discretion with which he has addressed himself to many important subjects in the House, and by the ability with which he has on various occasions discharged the duties of chairman of committees up stairs. At the same time it cannot be denied that Mr. Dodson is a comparatively young member, and that, whatever promise of efficiency his caner may hold out, he can scarcely yet be said to have attained a positively high reputation or an eminent position. Under these circumstances it is not un natural that it should occur to the Leaders of the Conservative party that something might be made of the opportunity, and that, if they could run a man of eminence and general popularity against the Ministerial candidate, they might snatch the race out of the fire and pull off a victory which, if not productive of any very great practical advantage, would make a good appearance, renovate some what their banners so much dragged through the mud, and gather together once more the scattered elements of their party. Withthis view we believe three, if not four, em inent meam e. bers who sit on the Conservative benc hes were s ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn- roa d , in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern h a il_ way Terminus, King's-cross. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of fl ee admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntarycontributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of th e destitute sick has for a con iderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. Contributions are received by the Treasurer. Edward Mal terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. 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S TAMPED sd. cessively asked by their leaders to allow themselves to be put in nomination for the Chairmanship of Ways and Means, and successively, we are given to understand, each decli ne d ; an d , upon t hi s f a il ure to . induce any man o f C a bi net cal ib re to forego his position as a politician and as a party debater, that it was resolved not to oppose the nomination of Mr. Do appointed Dodson, who will therefore, in all probability, be quietly on Friday. The determination is a wise one, and it is only just to the Conservatives to say that we believe they were not entirely uninfluenced by a feelingthey that could hardly with- propriety contest the nomina tion to such a post with a Minister Lord Palmerston's position, unless they had a man . 1 to propose of such high reputation as to make it next to impossible for the House, and even the Mi nister, to do otherwise than accept him. Thi s f a il ure, however, of the Conservatives to induce any lead ing politician to allow himself to be put in nomina tion, and their quiet acceptance of Mr. Dodson, suggest a rather important consideration with regard to the office itself. The Chairmanship of Ways and Means, as the office still continues most unmean ingly to be designated, is now a very different matter from - what it was ten, or even half ten, years ago. To take the chair in Committee of Ways and Means is the least laborious and the least important of the functions actually discharged by this important officer of the House. Year after year he has been loaded, as being the bearer of burdens nearest at hand, with the conduct of every piece of experimental legislation or administra tion in which the How, -from time to time has been indulging ; and the result 'is that lie is now staggering under an accumulation of duties that may well bring the most active and robust man to a standstill, and envelop the most acute and clear intellect in a muddle. Besides being chairman of all committees in the house, Mr. Massey was chairman of all committees on unopposed bills out of the house ; and, it was, in addition, his func tion to examine thoroughly all private bills, whether opposed or unopposed, and to communicate, if he deemed it necessary, with the chairman of the com mittees on unopposed bills with regard to any points to which he thought the attention of their com mittees should be specially directed. These duties involve great power and great responsibility, which will be largely augmented should the plan of Col. Patten, brought before the house at the close of last session, be carried into effect. Such being the duties, the power, and the responsibility of the Commons' Chairman of Committees, we entertain a strong opinion that the position conferred by hold ing it ought to be a much higher one than it is. It ought to be such that no member of the house, bar ring the actual leaders on either side, would consider it a sacrifice to accept the office. We know that the late Sir Robert Peel strongly entertained this view. He considered that the chairman of committees ought to be a Privy Councillor, with a salary of not less than £3,000 a year, and a residence in the house. In this Parliament, so near its - end, it may hot be worth while to make so large a change as we have suggested, but we trust that on the assem bling of a new Parliament measures may be taken to give to the office of chairman of committees that prestige and importance which will induce first-rate men to seek it as a stepping-stone, instead of re garding it, as they are now apt to do, as a siding for shunting politicians. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT NORTHERN. The directors of this company have determined to recommend to the proprietors, at the general meet ing on the 25th inst., to declare a dividend for the half-year ending the 31st of December last at the rate of £8 15s. per cent. per annum on the original stock of the company, giving for the half-year £4 7s. 6d. per cent. to the original stock, £3 per cent. to the B stock, acid £5 15s. per cent. to the A stock. These rates will make the dividend for the whole year 1864 as follows :—£7 2s. 6d. per cent. on the original stock, £6 per cent. on the B stock, and £8 ss. per cent on the A stock. FORM OF APPLICA'IION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Registered Land Company (Limited). Gentlemen, —Raving paid £ to your Bankers, as De posit of £1 per Share on Shares, I request that you will allot to me Shar s in the Registered Land Com pany (Limited), or any less number, which I hereby agree to accept, and to pay the further sum of £1 pe - Share on the number allotted to me, and all future Calls in respect ed the Shares so allotted when due ; and I further authorise and empower you to in ert my name in the Register of Mem bers of the Company for the number of Shares allotted to me. Name in full ........... Profession or Description 1865 Date Residence in full •• Signature Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LOVE'S CONFLICT, a Novel, by FLORENCE MARRYAT (daughter of the late Capt. Marryat, R.N.), Io NOW RNADY at all Libraries, in 3 vols., post Svo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. • SOUTH DEVON. A telegram from the secretary of this company states that the directors have agreed to recommend the declaration of diyiAciv e l4ti theorsikus4tPek at the rate of 3f per cent. iieranninn, carrying for ward a balance of £1,337. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The report of the directors of this company states that the amount of capital on 31st Dec. last on which dividend or interest was payable out of re venue, exclusive of the leased lines, was as follows : consolidated stock, £12,093,594 ; guaranteed and preference stock £3,171,442 ; loans, 4,798,118 ; money in advance of calls, £192,187 ; total £25,255,371. The expenditure charged to capital for the past half year, exclusive of new lines amounted to £128,352. The expenditure on the new lines dur ing the half-year had been £188,835. The revenue account for the half-year showed that the total re ceipts amounted to £1,041,635, against £971,509 for the corresponding half of 1863, showing an increase of £70,126. The total expenditure amounted to £430,725, against £412,811, showing an increase of £17,914. The balance of revenue applicable to the payment of dividend on the ordinary stock of the company was £371,577, and out of this amount the directors recommended the proprietors to declare a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, less income-tax, and to carry forward the balance, £8,769, to next half-year's account. The marked increase in the company's revenue, referred to in last half-year's report, was continued up to the month of September last ; but the fluctuations in the cotton-market had again prejudically affected the trade of the district, and for a time diminished the traffic receipts, both in Lancashire and York shire. The permanent way of the company had for some years had the serious attention of the directors, as, owing to the increased weight of engines, car riuges, and waggons, and of the loads moved by them over the railway, the wear and tear of the rails was very great ; and the result of careful in vestigation had led the directors to the conclusion that for localities where the traffic was heavy steel rails had many and decided advantages over the common iron rails, lasting very much longer, and, in the end, proving cheaper. Acting upon this con viction, they had directed steel rails to be laid down at all those places where an ordinary rail would be worn out in less than two years' time. The estimate of the probable amount which would be required during the current hall-year for the extension of stations, for land, and for rolling stock was as follows : Extension of stations, including land, £75,000 ; rolling stock, £50,000 ; together, £125,000. The line uniting the Victoria and Salford stations was approaching completion, and the works for enlarging and improving the Victoria station were progressing, but not in some portions of the works so rapidly as the directors could wish. These works, when completed, would not only be a great public accommodation, but would be very advantageous to the company. The directors were much gratified at haing a proposi tion made to them by the Great Eastern Railway Company for the construction of a line of railway, on joint account, from Long Stanton—a place about six miles north of Cambridge—through Peterborough and Lincoln, to join the company's railway at Askern, passing through a rich agricultural county singularly well adapted for the construction of a first-elms trunk line, cheap in execution and t o w f eeexn cellent gradients. The result of negotiations between by the two boards had been the trunk line which it was proposed to construntetht with a branch referred to, about 113 miles in len, e , deposhit y, passing over port out of it of about 13 miles from H to a t x he an easy district between uniting the company's system of 4 ob m iles in length, wjth the thus completely railways, upwards of which now represented up_ way, occupying several and • 'ng access not only to London, with w G a r r e ds at Eofast6e6ron m sy i s l t e e s m c : f ra counties,g its important dock accommodation, but also to nu merous The wo n the south-east seaboard o f E ng l and. T mileage of the new lines, i nc l u di ng junc taplorts tions with other railways, was 132 miles. The following was the basis of the arrangement between the two companies :-1. The capital, £1,500,000, ' is to be provided by the t wo compamesinequ equal amounts, and the undertaking is to be managed by idndon : 14'. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. 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The thousand and one other attractions of the Palace in elude:—Toe .New Picture Gallery, the Fine Arts Courts, in variety and beauty unequalled in the world; the decorations of the Palace, with the Great Christmas Tree; Shakespeare [louse, Montanari Models, Swings, lioundabliuts, Invigora tors, and other popular Amusements ; Galleries of Models and Ships, Armour Plates and Armstrong 10-pounder, lent by official authority ; the extr a ordinary Chimpan ze e, th e uniqutt :ms. All th e , e t hi ngs ren d er t h e Crystal Palace the one place of holiday enjoyment. Admission, One Shilling. Children under Twelve, Six pence. Opea for admission 1. ont 10 till dusk. r e,4 t 4 • a board of directors consisting of an equal ;nurnbei, from each company. 2. The Laticashirea4d-York-,, shire Company are to have running powerabver the whole of the Great Eastern system at *eap-rates, • - or they may call upon the Great Eastern CoMpany traffic rates. o T h v er e the L a nc G a erheia;te Ea ands to work the La ncas hi re and Yorkshire Company's p n a ill n e y ag to e te Y rn orks sy hir ste e m Co a m t fix the rates. 3. The two companies to be at liberty to work over the new line at mileage rates. 4. The Great Eastern Company are to be at liberty to consign traffic from their stations to Lancashire and Yorkshire stations, at rates fixed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company on traffic consigned by the latter between the same stations. The directors were unanimous in recommending this arrangement to the cordial and united support of the proprietors_ When it was borne in mind that the new line con nected the trading and agricultural communities upon the Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Eastern Railways, representing a population of at least 5,000,000 souls, exclusive of London, with im portant sources of supply, markets of consumption, and ports of export, and would also furnish the best trunk line for the conveyance of coals from the Yorkshire coalfields to London, the value of the proposed undertaking to the public, and as an open ing for the traffic of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, could not be questioned; and looking at the moderate cost of the line (about £12,000 a mile), its remunerative character was beyond all doubt. MID-KENT (CRAYS). The half -yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the office, King's Arms-yard, Mr. W. Dent in the chair. o o f n; th The Secretary read the report, which stated that the future the Laudon. t c o om re : C e h d a i :hal ect : r , s a w nd ou D ld ov b e e r puny the half-yearly rent, distribute the same to tilt; debenture and share holders, and to manage the share and bond registers. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st of December showed that £1,934 had been received, and £576 paid for interest on debentures, and £Bl for expenses, leaving a balance of £1,277. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the auditors had taken no notice of the capital account, but he would supply that de ficiency. The share capital amounted to £61,550, and the debenture capital to £23,000, together £84,550. The London, Chatham, and Dover Com pany paid them 4 per cent. per annum on the share capital, and also paid the interest on the debentures. They had a small reserve fund of £3OO to assist the 4 per cent. paid on the shares. Mr. Woo',con', one of the auditors, contended that the accounts as now presented were in the proper form and correctly stated. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, de claring a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the share capital, less income tax, pay able on the 14th instant, re-electing Mr. J. T. Emmerson and Mr. Strode, the retiring directors, and also Mr. W. D. Starting, the retiring auditor. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Coleman-street-buildings, Moorgate-street, Mr. J. Clay, M.P., in the chair. • The report was unanimously adopted. On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Laver, formal resolutions were passed declaring dividends at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on £3,062 B stock ; at the rate of 6 per cent. per an num on the £31,850 stock A; and at the rate of 5 per cent., together with per cent. on account of arrears, making 6i per cent. per annum, on £247,737 stock B for the past half-year, subject to the usual indemnity to the directors with regard to the pay ment of the arrears. On the motion of Mr. Hemming, a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the pro- ceeding,s. Naval and Military Intelligence. Lieut.-Col. J. R. Gibbon, C. 8., has been ap pointed to the command of the Ist division of the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, in the Chatham district, in succession to Lieut.-Col. G. 11. Vesey, w 1 440t48 bees inr4-o'-‘rrecl.l44..tlae- 9th. I3riga4o._ strength of the Depi Brigade has been augmented by the arrival at headquarters of No. 18 battery from Woolwich. Detachments of non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers have Rroceeded from the headquarters of the Royal Engineer establish ment, Chatham, to Portsmouth, for the purpose of augmenting the 3d company of Royal Engineers to its proper strength. The Bth company of Royal Engineers, which has recently arrived at headquarters, Chatham, from China, has been raised to its proper strength from the depot companies at Brompton barracks, preparatory to its departure for Woolwich, where it will relieve the 9th company. Capt. M. J. Wheatley, from the London district, has been ap ' pointed to take the command of the Bth company, prior to its leaving Chatham for Woolwich. Yesterday, in accordance with divisional orders, the whole of the officers and men of the Royal En gineers at headquarters, Chatham, were assembled on the parade ground at Brompton barracks for the purpose of hearing promulgated the finding and sentence of a court-martial which assembled a few days previously for the trial of Colour-Sergeant A. Phillips, one of the Staff instructors employed on the field works, on a charge of unlawfully absenting himself from his duty when employed on the field works and remaining absent for seven hours. The Court sentenced him to be reduced to the rank and pay of a sapper, and his chevrons were at once removed. An Admiralty order was yesterday received at Chatham, raising to the rank of commissioned officers the three senior warrant officers at that dockyard—namely, the boatswain of the yard, the master-rigger, and the boatswain of the floating sheer-hulk, under the terms of the warrant recently issued by the Admiralty. A court martial assembled in Hamoaze on Friday last on board the Royal Adelaide, for the trial of C. F. F. Palmer, commander, and C. M. Hammond, master, of the paddlewheel steam-sloop Virago, for negligently navigating the said sloop on her voyage from Bermuda to England, between the 13th and 16th of January, 1865. The court was composed of Capt. Ewart, of the Cambridge ; Capt. Lambert, Li% erpool ; Capt. Willis, Prince Consort; Capt. May, Canopus ; Capt. Phillimore, Defence ; Capt. Tremlett, Impregnable ; Capt. Vansittart, Achilles; and Capt. Gordon, Cadmus. Commander r r i a i lmer_ was defended by Mr. Beer, solicitor, we mond by Mr. Hewitt. The proceedings r and M to a close yesterday. Commander Palmer e was dis missed from the service, and Mr. Hammon d was _ sentenced to lose two years' seni or ity b a s master_androught to be severely reprimanded. C. Byn the g, to day at the Admiralty j : The following appointn;nptst. W. East, to be Inspecting Ni j -e . re made on Mon-. Niger ; Commander Commander of the Coas t g uard; W. E. Chown,pay mas t er to the Acorn, a dditional, for servi ce on shore ;W. j• M ayne, assist - paymaster, additional, to the Acorn ; C. w. King, assist -paymaster in charge, t o the Acorn ; C. Gribble, assist -paymaster, t o the Daunt less ; W. Durtin, chief engineer, to the Niger ; W. H. Edwards, engineer, to the Niger ; E. Wrimshurst, first-class assist-engineer to the Niger; and C. Lawrence of the Defence, promoted to first-class assist-engineer. The following ap pointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : —Lieut R. Woodward and Lieut. J. A. Boxer, to the Niger ; Lieut. Hugh S. Baillie to the Liverpool ; Sub-Lieut. F. Gaskell to the Niger ; C. H. Herring midshipman to the Sutlej ; Francis C. Brown and E. P. Statham, midshipmen, to the Niger ; W. Tooker, master's-assist., to the Niger ; and G. S. Keigwin, master's-assist., to the Lizard. REPRESENTATION OF LAMBETH.—In anticipation of a vacancy in the representation of the borough of Lambeth being caused by the retirement of Mr. W. Williams from Parliamentary life, Mr. Cave, who was sheriff of London and Middlesex the year before last, has announced his intention to become a candidate in conjunc tion with Mr. H. Doulton, one of the sitting members. Mr. Hinde Palmer, Q.C., son-in-law of the Right Hon. V. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, who for so many years represented the borough, is also mentioned as a candidate. s PAT r ~?~Ys~ ~,,‘I'.A - - NEW NOVEL BY SIR C. F. LASCELLES WRAXALL, BART. This Day, in 3 vols., price 31s. 6d., 31 E John M it axwell C and E D E Co., S. 122, Fleet-street. d