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" After the Opera we Supthere! 5b..11 to injure him in his mercantile chart Afa'-i -logs, could it be maintained for a moment tlitif haVouli an action against thepublisher, who resided in London, and who was in aposition which would subject him to the juris diction of the courts in this country, the Scotch merchant was to be compelled to go to the courts of England, about the laws and procedure of whiCh he knew nothing, or to drop his action ? He thought that was out of the ques tion altogether. If parties published books or journals either in England or Ireland, and these, were circulated •in Scotland, they must lay their account for a remedy arising in favour of parties injured by themin the country in which they were injured, and in the country in which the parties resided who could be cited as witnesses to the injury. It was said that this lady lived a good deal in England, and was not domiciled in Scotland. The Court knew that she lived long enough' in Scotland to raise an important ques tion as to whether she had or had not contracted a marriage in Scotland, so that she was not a person unconnected with this country, although she might not happen to be con stantly residing in this country. He agreed with the Lord President that an alleged difference between the laws of the two kingdoms would not be a ground for sending the pursuer to the English courts, but it might be a ground the other way. The prisoner alleged that she had been in jured in Scotland; and she had chosen to bring her action in that court which had jurisdiction, and it appeared to him that sufficient grounds had not been shown for refusing to allow her case to be tried in that court. K WH ISKY ISAHAN'S LL v. COGNAC BRANDY. T its wit !mated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It 1 , 1 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Bold in Bottles, 3s. 13 d ., at the Retail Houses in Lond on ; b y ate Agents in the principal towns to England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STRENT, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1865. No. 22.780. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. lantic Telegraph Company (George Saward, Esq., Secre tary), at their Offices, 12, St. Helen's-place, E.C., London ; of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Limited) (W. Shuter, Esq., Secretary), at their Offices, 54, Old Broad-street; or of the Brokers or Bankers; but no application will be entertained unless the sum of £1 per Share on application has been paid to one of the Company's Bankers on the number applied for. Every applicant will receive an allotment, but should a less number be allotted than is asked for, the amount paid will be applied towards the £4 per Share due on those allotted. London, 19th June, 1865. lANGHAM HOTEL, PORTLAND-PLACE. J This commodious Hotel, "the laigest in London," is NOW OPEN; it is situated on the most healthy side in the West-end, with all mod rn impr v-ments, Suites of Apart. merits, Stisle h M ,urger sOO by 40 feet, eletunt Ladies' Hoom, a spacious Gentlemen's Sittin and Writing Room, &c. Within a short drive of all the railway termini. I. or terms to secure accommodation, Address The Manager, C. SC HU MANN. B ow ready, at a 1 the Libraries, in 3 vols., Lamentable and Extraordinary Fatality. RA VE YOUR POOR TEETH, and Finnomio yOur I igars. - BUTCHER'S PATENT KEY -RING ` ,I A-..Alt. NIPPERS are sold everywhere. rrice Id. A LEC FOR BES -7- OF HOWGLEN. By GEORGE. MAC DONALD, M.A. "No account of this stor.. would give any idea of the pro found interest that pervades the work from the first page to the last. '—Athe' mum. This book is full good thought and fiord writing. Mr. MacDonald reads life and nature like a true poet."—Exami ner. )I[UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATIO N (Incorporated by Act of Parliamr,nt, 18 0) 14, RUSSE L-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, 1 ,, sums of 420 to £lOO, to be repaid by instalments extending over one, two, or three years. The large Capital of this Associa tion enables it to complete its transactions without delay. t 0 •Equiry or office fees. and strict secrecy observel. is iscounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a drected stamped envelope. Ihe Association also lends Money for the purchase o f a house by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the borrower EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOe 1 ETY (Esta blished A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo place, London, ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wanted in towns not yet represented. Hurst and Blackett. 13, Great Marltorough-street. MR. BAILLIE COCHRANE'S NEW WORK. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 yell., 235... HISTORIC PICTURES. By A. BAILLIE COCHRANE, M.P. From the Times.—" Mr. Baillie Cochrane hai published two entert lining volumes of studies from history. They are lively reading. The workis a study of the more interes tin g moments of history—what, indeed, the author himse:f calls it, ' Historic Pi tures.' " - • - NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE.- 'the lull benefit of the RELAX ['ION of DU 117 to ls. 6d. per c nt, from Midsummer next will be given to Insurers now effecting Policies with th s Company. By this Reduction and the BONUS til SIKH of the NORW IC+ I UNU►N, the cost of insurance will be reduced to a Minimum Amount. Burst and Bla.okett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The CREDIT FONCIER and MOBILIER of ENGLAND (Limited) in conjunction with the IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited), are prepared to RECEIVE SUB SCRIPTIONS for £50,000 PREFERENCE SHARES, being the BALA N CE of the CAPITAL of -THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY Not yet issued to the general rublic, viz. : 50,000 Preference Shares of £5 each, bearing 8 per Cent. • per Annum. Preference Interest authorised by Special Act of Parliament. Deposit £1 per Share on Application, and £4 on Allotment. No further Liability of any kind. • Each Subscriber's Liability being specially limited by Act of Parliament to the Amount of his Subscription. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE DIRECTORS OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Gover nor of the Credit Fonder and Mather of England (Limited), Chairman. Curtis M. Lampson, Esq. (Messrs. C. M. Lampson and Co.) London, Vice-Chairman. George Peabody, 22, Old road-street, London. Francis Le Breton, Esc -"Vow Issa s-place, Regent's-park. John P o nder, Esq., M.P., ~..Lattene.ter (Director of the Bri tish and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co.). Edward Moon, Esq., Liverpool Samuel Gurney, Esq., M.P., 65, Lombard-street, London (Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co.). Edward Cropper, Esq., Swaylands, nearPenshurst (Director of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co.) Captain A. T. Hamilton, 12, Bolton-row, Piccadilly. ‘a% P. Bidder, Esq., 24, Great George-street, Westminster (Director of the Electric and International Telegraph Co., and late President of the Institution of Civil Engineers). Sir Edward Cunard, Bart., Old Broad-street, London. HONORARY DIRECTOR. W. H. Stephenson, Esq., late Official Director on this Board on behalf of her Majesty's Government, and now Chair man of the Board of Inland Revenue. ELECTRICIAN. • Cromwell F. Varley, Esq. CONSULTING COMMITTEE. Captain Douglas Galton, R.E.F.R.S. William Fairbairn, Esq., F.R.5.., late President of the • British Association. Joseph Whitworth, Esq., F.R.S. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S. Professor W. Thomson, F.R.S., of Glasgow. SECRETARY. George Saward, Esq. OFFICES-12, St. Helen's-place, E.C. The distribution cf these shares will be made as nearly Possible as follows :- 1 0,000 Shares will be appropriated to applicants who are Shareholders in the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England (Limited). 1 0,000 Shares will be appropriated to applicants who are Shareholders in the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited). 1 0,000 Shares will be appropriated to applicants who are . Shareholders in the Atlantic; Telegraph Cy. 1 0,000 Shares will be appropriated to applicants who are Shareholders in the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company ( - Limited) ; and 10 )000 Shares will be appropriated amongst the general public. - - - The above numbers are so far approximative as to be sub - Jed to reduction or increase according to the total number Of applications made, it being the intention, however, that each applicant shall receive an allotment. BANKERS. essrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, & Co., Lombard-street, London. The Union Bank of London, Princes-street, E.C. 111 0 Agra and Meiterman's Bank (Limited), Nicholas „Jane, London. essrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Lombard-street, London. The National Bank, London, Dublin, and its Branches in Ireland. The National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and its Branches in Scotland. The Consolidated Bank, London and Manchester. kessrs. J. Barred and Co., Liverpool. BROKERS. kesars. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, 9, Angel-court, E.C., a _London. Al Messrs. Foster, Braithwaite, and Co., 27, Austinfriars. tessrs. Taunton and Co., Liverpool. Messrs. Shore and Kirk, Manchester. 4 lessrs. M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow. Of all the enterprises of a commercial character none has ever excited so much attention and interest as that of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. The reason of this is perfectly obvious ; the immense Political importance of the Company, as well as the enor 14°fts profit to be anticipated by its Shareholders, together rth the scientific interest attached to it, combinin g to a degree not found in any enterprise having commercial Profit for its legitimate end. An enteise so important, and now become so compa ratively easy to accomplish, appeals not only to the great "Inmercial interests of Europe and America, but to the S Y r npathies of all classes in both countries ; its benefits to Peace and civilisation it is impossible to estimate. The near approach of the period when the cable is to be 'aid is already the cause of much excitement amongst all Who are aware of the fact. The date for the Great Eastern steamship's departure :kith the cable is actually fixed for the Bth July, about a fortnight from the present date, and it is not too much to that from the hour of her leaving the whole continent °64,3" Europe and America will be intent upon watching her I : : ° greas. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has stifled his warm interest in the undertaking by personally sPecting the cable on board the Great Eastein about ree weeks ago. The exceptional character of the undertaking is further ',:o b her Majesty's Governmentsteamers granting the services two of her Majesty's men-of-war , the Terrible d tol the Sphyn to accompany the Great Eastern, and assist ni the operatio x, n of laying the cable. In calculating the rate of profit of this undertaking, of ; verse everything depends upon the scale of charges adopted f or the transmission of messages; the first tariff agreed to W ith her Majesty's Government was fixed at 2 s. 6d. p er i:, ° rd, subsequently increased to s s. p er word, but as the it arrived when the cable would be ready fo r actual use, was seen that the mass of business this company would I mmediately find offered to it, would so farneutrahse t he bone of it by completely choking the line, that a representa tion to the Lords of the Treasury within the last few days l the subject, has led their lordship s to consent to the Company, until Ist September next, experimentally Charging, without restriction, such rates for messages 4 the Company may, on full consideration, deem reason able and proper ;" and it is fully expected that by this Itt rangement the net profits will reach one million sterling Per annum. The capital of the Company is composed as follows : £lOO,OOO Five per Cent. Debentures. £600,000 Eight per Cent. Preference Shares (of which the present issue forms the balance). n „ £600,000 Ordinary Shares. he amount required to pay 5 per cent. -interest on £lOO,OOO Debentures is £5,000 per annum. 'aa amount required to pay the Pre ference Dividend of 8 per cent. on 46 00,000 (of which the present issue The the balance) 48,000 ~ ue amount required to pay4per cent on £600,000 ordinary capital is Making a total of £77,000 l' e aving 023,000 per annum surplus income. Half the ; I nount of revenue above the said £ 77 , 000 is availa ble for , e tt rlY bonus to the holders of the said 8 per cent. Prefer jl' ce Shares. Therefore, on the above-mentioned calcula °ll, the total available dividend and bonus would am o unt t 43 above 76 per cent. per annum, in addition to the 8 per preference as above, making an estimated total divi ldend of 84 per cent. per annum on these Preference Shares, 11 - ‘ving, after dedaction of 20 per cent. for the formation of ' dividend, of which 8 per cent. would be preferential secured by Act of Parliament. at the price of these Shares will be a month hence, i l La such prospects, it is di ffi cult to say, especially as the th !,res above given do not, in the opinion of p robable oc riat to judge, at all represent the maximum re eollsts ; but taking them as the basis for calculation, and aansidering the continued demand there must be for mes tPs, consequent upon the ever -i n creasing business be epe the Continent of Europe, England, and America, and q t ling in mind that this cable will complete the line of , e ,,graph between San Francisco and India, it is not impro t,,,"s that, by the time that telegraph communication be -8 eon England and America is an accomplished fact, these Fpm May be worth £2O, or £l5 premium per Share. ra the phalanx of talent existing in the scientific that the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and from the the laying of the cable has been entrusted exclu tha'''Y to the eminent Contracting Company who have had Ue.:ge of the manufacture of it, and whose staff of Engi exm:"."ng c ! and Electricians have successfully laid most of the )3 34 — ables, whether laid in deep or shallow seas, it to Well be believed that every precaution has been taken % o il:1811 re the successful laying of this cable : this achieved , tve only bar to the Shares attaining the high value which is r y one acquainted with the undertaking places them at N„.hreraoved ; this risk, however, may easily be assessed /„I„, ell _,it is mentioned that leading insurance companies and of i f .Yu;s have underwritten policies embracing every risk llieng, insulation, &c., at 25 guineas _per cent., showing F . confidence in the result anticipated ;),Iltially, the Directors' of the several Companies interested day enterprise enterprise fully anticipate being able to report each Ap ot r 4 „„Ying the laying the favourable progress all believe tof the success of an undertaking which all look / t as a national work. t ilat be seen from the proposed allotment of the Sh ares distribution of them is intended to be made upon he b i i `, l e. a basis as p oss ible, so as to give the whole of the l la 'ants the assurance of receiving an allotment and of fitalePertaitted to join an unexampled commercially pro prti Well as politically important undertaking. • theretuses and Forms of Application can be obtained itredit Fonder and Mobilier of England (Limited) ▪ hill L owe, r e d L - t ," ° ° , Esq., Secretary), at their Offices, 17 and 18, -woe 1 .J. 0 -, London •of the Imperial Mercantile Credit t 4 , 17‘ uttion (Limited) ew. C. Winterbottorn, to Secre• 4 thou Of1:40, 27, Lombrd-strost; &Igo ot the At. sir J. 11 ro os9 I EIGHT PER CENT. PREFERENCE SHARES OF THI, ATLANTIC TELEGRAPHIC COMPANY. Issue of 50,000 Shares, .£5 each. No.— To the Directors of the Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to the (insert bankers' name) sank the sum of £ , being Al per Share on Eight per Cent. Preference Shares of £5 each in the At lantic Telegraph Company above-mentioned, I request you will allot me Shares in the said Company upon the terms of the Prospectus issued by you, and I agree to ac cept such Shares or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the further sum of £4 per Share thereon due on allotment. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, Usual signature Name and surname in full Profession, trade, or occupation Residence Date June, 1865 ISSUE of 50,000 EIGHT PER CENT. PRE VERP.NCK SHARES in the ATLANTIC TELE- LiKAPri COMPANY. The CRIC PIT FON GEER and MOBILIER of ENGLAND (Limited), HEREBY GIVE NO TILE, that the t•UB-t;KIP- T LON LIST to the atove SHARE , wli CLOSE on Tli r;sIDAY NEXT, the 27th instant, at Four o'clock, for London Appl•cattims, and on WEDNESDAY , EXT, the 28th instant, at Twelve o'clock. for Country Applications. By order of the Court, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. and 18, Cornhill, London, June 2', 1865. T HE LONDON MERCHANTS COMPANY (Limited'. Incorporated under the Companies Act of 1862, with Limited Liability. Capital £1,500,000, in 15,000 Shares of £lOO each. £2 per Share to be paid on Application, and £8 on Allot ment. No further Call will exceed £5 per Share, nor be made at intervals of less than Three Months. It is not intended to call up more than £5O upon each Share. DIRECTORS. W. R. Robinson, Esq., John Fleming, Esq., Messrs Robinson and Fleming. George Fleming, Esq., James Alexander, Esq., Messrs Redfern, Alexander, Philip Vanderbyl, Esq., and Co. R. Stuart Lane, Esq., Horace E. Chapman, Esq., Messrs Lane, Hankey, and Co. F. H. Holbert, Esq., BANKERS. London and County Bank, Lombard-street. National Bank, Old Broad-street, and all its Branches. Messrs. Prescott, Grove, Cave, and Cave, Threadneedle street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane. Messrs. Cotterill and Sons, Throgmorton-street. • BROKERS. Messrs. Seymour and Co., Throgmorton-street. Messrs. lichens, Harrison, and Co., Threadneedle-street SECRETARY (pro tem.) J. D. O'Brien, Esq. Temporary Offices-21, Austinfriars• - PROSPECTUS. This Company has been formed by the amalgamation of the following London Firms, for the purpose of carrying on and extending their business as Merchants under the Joint-Stock Companies Act, with limited liability. Messrs. Robinson and Fleming. Messrs. Redfern, Alexander, and Co. Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co. Experience has shown that undertakings established upon the principle of limited liability can successfully carry out the most confidential operations of banking and finance, and the Directors feel assured that mercantile transactions will now be even more freely entrusted to a Company so formed than tb private firms. It is believed that the periodical publication of a balance-sheet, with the security afforded by a large uncalled capital, will, when combined with the personal management of a board of ex perienced merchants, attract business of the best class, under permanently favourable conditions. The basis of the arrangement with the amalgamated firms is as follows :- 1. All the liabilities and obligations of each house are to be liquidated altogether independently of the Company, except where any such may hereafter be agreed to betaken over by the Board as new and desirable business. 2. The partners of each house bind themselves not to enter into any fresh mercantile operations in England of a similar character during tea years; and the completeness of the transfer, with the efficient management of each par ticular class of business, is insured by the leading mem bers of the three firms joining the Board and remaining as Directors. The qualification of each Director is fixed by the Articles of Association at £lO,OOO, to be held in the Stock of the Company. 3. The total goodwill of the amalgamated firms will be taken, one-third in Shares with £5O paid, and two-thirds in Debentures, payable with 5 per cent. interest, in equal annual instalments over ten years, thus identifying the interests of the vendors completely and continuously with that of the Company. The total amount thus paid to the three firms for good. will in Shares and Debentures will be £375,000, which sum is calculated upon their actual profits for three years ; without eftimating any increase from new business, or savings which will be effected by the amalgamation, and assuming only the present profits of the united firms, a large dividend may, therefore, be anticipated on the paid up capital, from the establishment of the company. The amalgamated firms and their immediate connexions are prepared to subscribe for a large portion of the pro posed capital ; but as it is believed that the influence and prosperity of the Company will be increased by establish ing it on a wide and a public basis, and that many inves tors will gladly seize the opportunity of thus becoming merchants without the unlimited risks of partnership, the directors have decided to open the subscription to the public. To meet the wishes of those who may desire to pay up at once the amount that is intended to be called on the shares, it has been decided to allow such prepayments to the extent of £5O per share, and such shares will then rank for dividend in proportion to the amount paid up. A separate form of application for such shares is enclosed. - There will be no promotion -money paid for the forma tion of the Company. Applications for shares, accompanied by a remittance for the deposit, may be made to the Bankers and Brokers. The Articles of the Association are open for inspection at he Office of the Solicitors. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR ORDINARY SHARES. (To be retained by the Bankers.) No To the Directors of the London Merchants Company (Limited)." Gentlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers, the sum of £ being, a deposit of £2 per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to accept such Shares or any less number you may allot to me, and I agree to pay the sum of £8 per Share on allotment, and I autho rise you to insert my name on the Register of Members for the number of Shares allotted to me. Usual signature Name in full Residence Profession Date 1865 FORM OF APPLICATION FOR £5O PAID-UP SHARES. (To be retained by the Bankers.) No To the Directors of the London Merchants Company - (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid to the Bankers, the sum of £ , being a deposit of £2 per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number of £5O Paid-up Shares, and I agree to accept such Shares or any less number you may allot to me, on the terms of the Prospectus, and I agree to pay the balance of the amount, viz., £4B per Share on allotment, and to sign the Articles of Association of the Company when required ; and I authorise you to insert my name on the Register of Members for the number of Shares alloted to Usual signature Name in full Residence Profession Date 1865 T HE LONDON MERCHANTS COMPANY (Limited . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the APPLICA TION LIST for the SHARES of this Company will be CLOSED on MONDAY NEXT, the 26th inst. J. D. O'BRIEN, Secretary (pro tern.) Temporary Offices-21, Austin-friars, June 22, 1865. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical prole eon for Thirty year., have approved of this pure solution of Ma nesia as the best remedy for Gout and stomach disorders of every ku d ; and as a mild aperient it is esrecially adapted for ladles and chi►dren. Prepared solely by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, ito., 172, New Bond-street, London ; - - - - And sold tbrough , _ut the world by all respectable chemists. CAuTioN —See hnd at r. " d label over Dinnetord and C corko." is on each bottle a the . NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMA R KLL Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 12, Three King-court, Lombard. street, London, Perfumes to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous dui t. which gradually rest res the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes • it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when 'the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one u uinea per bottle, or in half bottles, itts. ill. Testimonials from ar istes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on apidication. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princes- of Wales. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY Toorn PA ST 16 is greatly superior to any tooth powder; ives the teeih a pearl a hiteness„ protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath: 'Price a. Clown, Elm Lombard itootv Loam. EXAMPLES OF PREMIUMS REDUCED BY BONUS. No. of ium A nnu..l Itedi.ce,i Premium Policy. Insured. Premium. now payable. - • -. £ £ s. d. s. d. 441.411 92,40 222 4 4 120 19 2 450,156 12,000 63 0 0 35 0 0 484,173 6,800 33 14 0 19 16 8 505 975 5,9 , 0 7 10 0 4 6 4 The RATES of PRRMIUM are in NO CAS, HI than those charged by, the other principal offices giving no Bonus to their I .6nrers. The duty paid to Government for the year 1Q63 was .£.84,15? Ils. 9d.; the amount insured oa Farming Stock was £10,203.272. For Prospectuses apply at the Society's Offices, 29, Fleet street, E.C. ; anti Surrey-street, Not with INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SOCIETY (Limited). subscribed Capital £3,000,000, in 150,000 shares of £2O each. Paid-up Capital £750,000. DIRECTORS. Messrs. ROBERT A. HEATH, Chairman. John Frederick Flemmich. Junius Spe. ce • organ. William al. Quentell. Lachlan M. It.te. Baron Herman De Stern. GENERAL MANAGER. Mr. William Hope, V.C. This Society is now prepared to issue Debentures for 3,5, or 7 years, bet. g Interest at the rate ot rive per cent. ior annum, payable halt yearly. The Debenture Bonds are for XtCO3 Ll5O, I .00, £5OO, £l,OOO. orms ot anpliLation may be obtained at the Offices of the Society, No. 60, .hreadneeule-street, By order, WALTER A. MICHAEL. Secretary. June 19, 1865. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN ItA.ILWAY. NOTICE TO BONDHOLDERS. In conformity with the terms on which the SECOND Mt tRi t; AG b; BON D., of he P ENN SY LVANI A. anti NE VV YORK SECTIONS or this lta , lway were is,ued to the pub te, the FIRST ANNUAL DRAWING of 4 per ce.t. of tti • ross amount of these Bonds will take p , a eat the office of Messrs *IL Satte , thwaite 4nd Co., 38, Thrognaorton-dtreet. in the presence of Mr. Grain, Public Notary, on THURSDAY, 6th July, at Otie o'clock precisely. The authorised issue is as under, viz : P.NNNSYLVANIA DIVISION. Dots 950 Bonds of I,coo dole. each.. 95 ,009 109 „ of 100 „ „ .. 5 0 Coupons due -- January and July. 1,00 ,t 00 NEW YORK DIVISION. DAIL 400 Bonds of 1,000 dots. each.. 400,000 600 „ of 500 „ „ 310,000 1000 „ Ot Ivo „ „ lot),0 0 Coupons duo aril and (20oober. 800,0 0 1 Four per cent. of each denomination will be drawn on the above day, and toe Bonds so drawn hat hay« been issued in London will be paid oil at the rate of £22 for every 1,000 dollar Bow', Zil2 10s. for every 500 do 14r Band, and £22 ti's for every 100 dullar Bond, on presentation at the Company's Offices, 5, We4tminster-chambers, Victoria- street, West minster, the Bonds of the YJrk section on the Ist October, 865, and of the Yi nnsylvania section on Ist January, 1866, in addition to the Coupon due oa those days, a ter which all interest will c On piyment the drawn Bonds will be ca celled in the pre sence of a puhi.! notary. Offices, 5, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, June 20:186 MR. BOYLE'S TRAVELS IN BORNEO. Now ready, in Bvo., with Illustrations. Ips. bound, A DVENTURES AMONG THE DYAKS OF tioRNEO. By FREDERICK B Esq., F.R.G.S. 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By L o:vvri °UGH, M.A. With Two Illustrations by W. bchwench Gilbert. Derry 4to cloth, price 7s. 6d., THE PSYCHONOMY of the HAND ; or, the Hand an In ex of Mental Development. • London : F. Pitman, 20. Paternoster-row, E.C. The BOOK of the DAY and EVERY ILAN'S BOOK. Just published, prise ls. 6d , by post. free, is. Bd., REVELATION of QUACKS and QUACKERY. By D , •T ECTOR. For notices of this stdrtldig work see the " Saturday Re view" of April I, entitle' "Quacks and Qus.ekery ;" the "Weekly D.spatch" of April 9, "The Quacks and their Crimes •" "The Sun" of A p ril 12, " Detector's' Broadside on QuaCks and Quackery." GUIDE TO THE QUACKS OF LONDON. A Series of Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the " .medical Ci. culsr," with the signature of "Detector," has been republished in the form of a short pamphlet The rea ter of "Punch" should read this pamphlet also. lie has often read, in the pages of "Punch," of a rtain Quacks, frau dulent an l noisome, who obtain money by false pretences, arid more money by menr‘e,es and extortion, from green young min. For their names, which " Punch" would not advertise, he hay referred his readers to the lower corner of tee advertisin columns of low newspapers, amongst which too many of ;qr.'. Punch's' • contempora , les, espe.riaily in the country, may. still be enumerated But now he begs to pub lish the information that a nominal list or these ••Irereants. with copies of their puffs anti other articulars coneer•iing them, needfui to be rdiown, will be found in tee pamphi t Above ref. rred to, which is entitled " Revelati ns of Quacks an i Quackery." arid is to be had at the " 11.1edie31. Circular" Office, 20, him , William-street, St , and, WA,. The vile practices, the nurnstrou, impudence, the cruel rapacity, sad the enormous g ins of he obscene tribe of Qu.s. ks, the nistsahlet they do, the rum they w'rk, even to the cauAatiou ot -uiAde, are sully set tor h In "ft. vela i , m4 of Quacks ait Qa kery." And mars espee ally th t. as aforesaid. the names of the Quacks we pu.' , lishe I. The pamphlet is question thus contitu es a regui..r Quack Dl r.-story. Is , - eon ulting which every young man may know where he may go if he wishes to get plundered and destroyed Buy, therefore, reader, by all means buy " EvFlations of Quacks and Quackery." Ita contents will astonish and am se y ,1 1.14 Whi e they invoke your indignation and disg,ase 01 course you 'o not want it on account of its warnings for your own sake, but you doubtless do for , hat of the many siuiple .ons with whom you must be. acquainted, it your acquaint ance is large. " Who arc the Quacks that Punch' means '?" Consider what it is to he ab!c to answer t is question of the young and inexperienced, and, for charity's sake, if for no other, go and provide yourself with "Revelations of Quacks and Quackery," by Dace:Dr.—Punch, April 12. Yesterday a meeting of Common Council was held at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor (lilderman Hale) presiding. THE CALAMITOUS FIRE IN LEADENHAT.L-MARKET. Mr. WEBBER, addressing the Lord Mayor, asked if there was any public, officer in the city of London whose duty it was to render assistance in the interests of relatives and others in such calamities as that which had taken place in the ward of Langbourne. The place, he said, at which the fire occurred was left untouched for three days afterwards, though it was known that two persons had perished, and that their remains were buried in the ruins. He understood that no steps were taken in the first instance for their re covery, because it was said the persons immediately late - L °noon F. Pitman, 20 , Paterno , ter-ro E. C. `rested in the matter were poor. The LORD MAYOR should say it was the duty of the district surveyor to interfere in such an emergency, and to secure the public from danger by having any dangerous structure propped up. It would also, he thought, come within the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of Sewers. Alderman WATERLOW, the alderman of the ward in which it happened, said he had his attention called to the fire on the Thursday morning, shortly after it occurred ; that he communicated with the district surveyor, and that the sur veyor (who did not visit the scene until the Friday) said he had only power to act where there were dangerous struc-: tures, and none to search for the bodies, and. that if he at tempted to search for them he would be treated as a tres passer. He (Alderman Waterlow) had recourse next to Mr. Haywood, the engineer to the Commissioners of Sewers, who told him that he had no power to interfere, and that nothing could be done. He then went to the Commissioners of Sewers, while they were sitting on Tuesday last, and they, too, said they had no power to act in the matter, upon which he urged them—power or no power—to take on themselves the responsibility for once of acting in the emergency. They did so, and within an hour afterwards a search was made, which resulted in one of the bodies being found in the ruins. Deputy FARRAR, a Commissioner of Sewers, explained that the whole matter had been referred by them to a com- mittee to inquire whether there was not some local civic authority whose duty it was to search for sufferers or their remains on such occasions. Whenever a question of salvage arose at such times the insurance offices interested took care to institute a search; but in this particular instance the office concerned (there being a total loss and no salvage ex pected) declined to take any steps to recover the bodies, It was•remarkable that what was known on Thursday meru- ing to the whole city of London was not known to the dis trict surveyor (Mr. Young) until the Friday. He then took immediate steps to shore up the dangerous walls, to prevent injury to those who .were searching for the remains ; but five days•elapsed from the time of the fire before one of the A PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY. — The Photographed fan-simile of the First Page of Tilt; SUN now P ublishi ng , and may be had On Paper at Os. 3d. On Card .............. Ditto, framed ls. 6d. By order of all Bonkselters and bea'ers in Photographs, and at THE SUN OFFICE, 112, Shand. " Sun' evening newspaper has just issued a photo graph, 9 inches by 7, of its first page as it aptaeared on the 2d of last January. The card iormsquite a literary curiosity, a dis on of the best specimens of manure typogr Aphy ever published."—London Review. 'I ARK •YOU I R IKA L 7TI IN ms E , a N n . , —BOND'S PERMA-- --C.+ INK is by tar the best for i ni m a l r d tm i gilsineCEnNiTtV:SeT:rBAing App Sto. IN P I Price 1 15 S. a up h o o n ttlT us NO 6d. size rver made Sold by it. R. BOND, V. 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WEATHER SlGNALS.—Prussia is about to adopt the system of cautionary signals introduced in this country in 1861 by the late Vice-Admiral Fitzroy ; and the signals intended to be adopted in Prussia, as the best possible l are identical with those devised by Admiral Fitzroy. The Prussian Ministerof Commerce and PublicWorkehas issued, flirculu main the announcement. We have to-day to record one of those sudden and fatal incidents which, when they occur, excite one feeling of sympathy throughout the whole com munity. Intelligence has been received in London of the death of Mrs. Arbuthnot by a most appalling accident. The young lady, who was only recently married, and was on her wedding tour, was struck by lightning yesterday near Interlachen, during a thunderstorm, and instantly killed. The circumstances, as far as they are known, are these. Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot had arrived, on their excursion, at Interlachen. Yesterday morn ing, they set out on horseback, and accompanied by a guide to ascend the Schelthorn, one of the Bernese Alps. When they left the village the weather was as fine as could be desired for such a trip. They had reached about halfway up the mountain, when they alighted and walked some distance further. The sky then became overclouded, but *re was nothing in the appearance of the atmosphere which gave any alarm to the guide, well accustomed to such sudden changes. Mrs. Arbuthnot, feeling a little tired, sat down to rest, and Mr Arbuthnot and the guide proceeded some distance further up the ascent, but never went out of sight or hearing of their companion. In a few minutes a furious thunderstorm burst over them, and they returned as rapidly as they could to the. spot where they had left Mrs. Arbuthnot. They found her dead. She had been struck by lightning, and killed instan taneously. Mrs. Arbuthnot was the fourth daughter of Lord Rivers and niece of Earl Granville. Her untimely death will be mourned by a wide circle of relatives, but the awful manner in which a beautiful young bride was cut off, in the midst of bright hopes and happiness, cannot but make a deep impression in every rank of society. bodies was found. Mr. FINLAY remarked upon the excessive punctiliousness of the men employed at the ruins under the district sur- Veyor in leaving off work in the emergency at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and not resuming it until Monday morning, the remains being allowed to lie in the ruins in the interval. Mr. BOWRING said that this was not the first occasion on which a search had not been made for the remains of persons who had lost their lives in a fire in the city of Lon don on some pretext of want of power. The subject then dropped. THE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE CITY. Mr. HAINES, the chairman of the General Purposes Com mittee, brought up a report on the reference to them of Nov. 17 last of certain petitions presented to the Court from the inhabitants of various wards in the city complaining of the present supply of gas, which they alleged to be insuffi cient, costly, and inferior in illuminating power. The cora mitte&reported that the companies now engaged in the sup ply of gas to the city are the Chartered Gas Company, in corporated in 1810 ; the City of London Gas Company, in 1817 ; and the Great Central Gas Company, in 1850. Prior to 1823 the first two companies competed in the supply, but in that year, under an act of Parliament, the city was divided between those two companies, and, as a necessary consequence, a monopoly was created. By the repeated action of the Commissioners of Sewers the price of gas, which was originally 15s. per 1,000 cubic feet, was gradu ally reduced to 65., which was the charge in 1847. Inves tigation, however, proved that even this amount was far aboite a reasonably remunerative price, and the failure to induce the two companies to make a further reduction led to the organisation of the Great Central Company, which, with the countenance and support of the city, obtained in 1851 their Act of Incorporation, and as the result gas was supplied to the citizens at 4s. per 1,000 cubic feet. This continued until 1860, when, in consequence of a previous action on the part of the gas companies surrounding the city, and with a view of reinstating the principle of dis tricts (which existed before the establishment of the Great Central Gas Company), and thereby stopping competition, the Metropolis Gas Act was passed. Under that act the three companies supplying the city raised the price of gas to 4s. 6d., and, notwithstanding a contract entered into by the Great Central Company, on the 12th of February, 1850, to supply gas at a price never to exceed 45.,. and to be reduced under certain circumstances to Bs., the company was successful in proving their legal right to increase the charge to 4s. 6d.; and this abrogation of the contract was estimated, as between 4s. and 4s. 6d.per 1,000 cubic feet, to give an excess charge of £25,000 upon the private consumption of gas in the city. With regard to the gas itself, the deputations that had attended before the committee had agreed in stating that it was impure and de ficient in illuminating power. A standard of purity was pre scribed by the Metropolis Gas Act, and though in many provincial towns a far higher chemical purity was now maintained, Dr. Letheby reported that the prescribed stan dard for the city had scarcely ever yet been attained, excepting recently, by the City of London Gas Company. As to the illuminating power of the gas, it would appear to be the general opinion that it was even less than it was before the passing of the Metropolis Gas Act, though that act provided a minimum power which appeared to be for the advantage of the citizens. The committee recom mended an application to Parliament for a modification of the Metropolis Gas Act of 1860, as far as it affects the city of London, and especially with the view of obtaining for the citizens gas of a higher illuminating power, of greater chemical purity, and at a cheaper price than that now sup plied, and such other powers as might be beneficial to the ratepayers and gas consumers. On the motion of Mr. E. D. ROGERS the report was re ferred back to the committee with instructions to confer with the Law, Parliamentary, and City Courts Committee, to consider as to an application to Parliament at the earliest possible period for an act to empower the Corporation either to purchase the existing mains, plant, and works in or supplying the city of London, and to contract for the supply of gas into those mains, or to erect works and enter into the manufacture and distribution of gas to the consu mers, as was now so - successfully carried on by the Corpo ration of Manchester and other towns. HOLBORN VALLEY IMPROVEMENT. Bonds (149 in number)from the Mayor, commonalty, and citizens of London, were sealed for securing payment of various sums of money, amounting in the whole to £76,800, raised under the powers and for the purposes of the Hol born Valley Improvement Act, pursuant to an order of the Court of Common Council of the Bth Dec. last. CONCENTRATION OP THE COURTS OP LAW. The IiZILEXBRAXOER(Mr. (Jerrie) read a letter he had lust received from the Lord Chancellor 04. this isubJect. The Lord Chancellor stated that the acts for the concen tration of the Courts of Justice having become law, instruc tions are being given for issuing a Royal Commission in the matter. The Government had advised her Majesty to issue a Commission, constituted in the main as follows :- 1. The Lord Chancellor and one or more of the Equity judges, with three of the officers in Chancery, to be from time to time selected by his lordship. 2. The chief justices of each.of the three common law courts, and one of the puisne judges, with one of the officers of each court, to be selected by each chief justice respectively. 3. The judge of the Probate Court and one of his officers. 4. The Ad miralty judge and one of his officers. 5. The Attorney- General, Solicitor-General, and Queen's Advocate. 6. One of the benchers of each of the Inns of Court. 7. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer. 8. The Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Roard. of Works and one person to be named by him. 9. Three solicitors, to be selected by. the Incor porated Law Society. 10. A member of the Corporation of London, the Lord Chancellor suggesting that Mr. Alderman Lawrence, M.P. for Lambeth, would be a fit person for the purpose. The Commission would hold its first meeting befor the Judges leave town on circuit. Alderman GIBBONS, agreeing that Alderman James Law rence would fitly represent the Corporation on the Commi ssion, thought it an extraordinary proceeding for the Lord Chancellor to dictate to the Common Council whom they should nominate to represent them. Eventually the Court appointed Mr. Alderman James Lawrence to represent them on the commission. Lord Ardmillan agreed with their lordships on the first point as to the question of jurisdiction; but on the second question, as to the proper forum, he had felt some difficulty. He thought it would have been more fitting and more ap propriate, under all the circumstances, to have tried the case under English law; but there was no sufficient reason for dismissing the action; and after the view which their lordships had taken he was not prepard to suggest what otherwise he would have been much disposed to do, that the action should be sisted until the pursuer had tried her cause in the English courts, where the defenders proclaim themselves to be ready to meet her. That course would have been very much according to his feelings of the ex pediencies and proprieties of the case, but he did not feel entitled to recommend that course after the opinions which their lordships had expressed. THE RECORDER AND COMMON SERGEANT. The Law, Parliamentary, and City Courts Committee brought up a return, which had been ordered on the motion of Mr. H. L. Taylor, from which it appeared that during the eight years the present Tain - Ordortad held. 7 received as counsel for the several branches of the Corpora tion the sum of £4,540 odd, or an average of £567 10s. a year, and that the Common Sergeant had received during his period of office £4,574, or £594 7s. 6d. a year, indepen dently of theirrespective salaries; the salary of theßecorder being £3,000, and that of the Common Sergeant £1,500. The Court adjourned. Miss Lougworth and the ‘, Saturday Review." On Wednesday the First Division of the Court of Ses sion gave judgment on the reclaiming note for the defenders in the case of Maria Theresa Longworth, designing herself the Hon. Maria Theresa Longworth, or Yelverton, against Mr. Beresford Hope and Mr. Douglas Cook, proprietors of the ,§aturday Review, in which the pursuer claims £3,000 damages for an alleged libel on her character published in that journal on the 30th of July, 1864. Arrestments were made of sums due to the defenders by various publishers in Edinburgh, according to the mode of founding jurisdiction in the Scottish Courts, in the case of defenders residing furth of the country. The action was met by the defen ders with the preliminary pleas of want of jurisdiction and forum non competens. Lord Ordinary Jerviswoode on the 14th of March issued an interlocutor repelling these pleas, and appointing the case to be enrolled with a view to further procedure. Their lordships now unanimously sustained the judgment of the Lord Ordinary. The Lord President said—We have nothing to do at present with the character of the article in the Saturday Review, be it slanderous or not. The questions we have to deal with are the question of jurisdiction and the question of forum non conzpetens. The defenders not being resi dent in this country, jurisdiction can only be founded by arrestments made for that purpose; and the ques tion is whether, in respect of the arrestments made in this case, there is jurisdiction in this Court. It is not disputed that by arrestment used for that purpose the Court does obtain jurisdiction in a great number of cases, and that it is quite a common mode of proceeding against parties furth of this country. But it is said that it does not apply to all classes of cases, and that this is not one of the kind of cases to which it opplies, being an action of damages for alleged wrong, and not an action for the recovery of any sum due on any mercantile transactions leading to damages. There can be no doubt there are exceptional cases in which the jurisdiction of the Court could not be founded by the arrestment of movable securities ; but in reference to a pecuniary claim for damages for slander it does not appear to me that this objection has ever been sustained, and I think it is very difficult to distinguish that class of cases from those of any ordinary claim for debt. The next ques tion is the plea of forum non competens. That plea does not mean that the forum is ono in which it is wholly incompe tent to deal with the questions raised. The plea is gene rally stated in reference to a class of cases in which the Court has considered it more expedient for the ends of jus fiee that tho parties should seek for justice before another forum—cases where it must be an obvious hardship or in justice in requiring the party to come here, or where the means of ascertaining the truth more plainly existed elsewhere, or where the law to be administered ought more properly to be the law of another country. In the present case the pursuer sets forth that she has re sided in Edinburgh, and that she is alitigant in Edinburgh, as the records of this court show on more than oue occa sion ; and she complains that, in reference to a litigation which has been depending here, and which was transferred to the House of Lords, although subsequently brought back to this forum,an article was published in the Saturday Review which she describes as libellous. The defenders allege that the pursuer is a domiciled Englishwoman, that she has no property or residence in Scotland, and only comes occasionally, and for a few days at a time, to Edin burgh, and while there she resides at a hotel. This is denied. They say they are domiciledin England, and that they have no business in Scotland, and no agencies, and that they are ready to answer in the proper courts in England. Now, as to the question of domicile, I do not think that has to do with the question. As to residence, the pursuer describes herself as resident in Edinburgh, and I do not think there is enough set forth to make it clear that she has left Eng land and come to Scotland for the purpose of availing her self of the law of Scotland in this matter. It is not stated by the defenders where she was when this publication took place. She describes herself as resident in Scotland at the date of raising this action, in August, 1864, and the date of the publication of the article was in July. It just comes to this—that this lady, though domiciled in England, being here litigating—pretty frequently, it may be—and residing, it appears, for some time here, hav ing interests here, and having litigations here, says-that she is slandered by a publication issued from London, and sent down to Edinburgh, where her litigations are going on, and she says these slanders injure her in her character and reputation. It is admitted that copies of this journal are sent down to Scotland, and the pursuer's case is that the alleged slander is thereby published in Scotland ; she says it affects her character—that the publication in Scot land is an injury done to her in Scotland. Now, then, I see no reason why a party coming here complaining of an injury done to her in Scotland—it may be done to her in England also as well as in Scotland—should not be entitled to pur sue in this form. You are told that there may be incon veniences attending this course because of differences in the law of the two countries. It is not explained what these differences are, but I am not prepared to hold that the law of the other country is a law which is to regulate the consequences of a libel circulated in this country. I am not prepared to hold that if a person circulates in England, and sends down and circulates in Scotland that which by the law of Scotland is libellous and slanderous—even though by the law of England it is not so—he is to be exemptedfromthe consequences of the circulation of that slander in Scotland, or that the party injured is to have no redress merely because in the country in which the thing was first given forth it is not a libel. It may be that in some countries there is no law of libel at all ; but are persons in this country to be subjected to injury consequent on the circulation of a slander, and the law to offer them no redress? On the whole, lam of opinion that this plea of non competens should be dismissed, and we should adhere to the judgment of the Lord Ordinary in the case. Lord Curriehill concurred. Lord Deas said he had arrived at the same result with their lordships and the Lord Ordinary. Upon thisquestion of founding jurisdictions he had doubt. The mode of founding jurisdiction was applicable generally to pecuniary claims, however they might arise. There were certain classes of claims involving status in whichthere were exceptions to this mode of founding jurisdiction, but it was imperative on the party objecting to the jurisdiction to show grounds for including any particular case among the exceptional cases ; but that had not been done in this case. The only matter on which he thought there could be any doubt in this case was the second question, whether this was the proper forum where the action ought to be tried. The Court were not bound to exercise the jurisdiction if, by exercising their jurisdiction they would be putting the de fender who objected to it to an unfair disadvantage ; but it lay upon the party taking that objection to show that he Would be clearly put to some unfair disadvantage by the case being tried in this country. According to the law of Scotland, the sending of any single copy of the newspaper to any individual in Scotland, be it the lady herself, would be sufficient to found an action for libel if the action were otherwise competent. In this case, however, it was ad mitted that there was a publication in Scotland. If any parties published a book or paper in the English lan guage in London—whether they gave it merely to their newsagent or to any other limited class of people, or if they, put it out of their ownhands—it would require a great deal of consideration, if it came to Scotland, to say that they would not be subjected to an action for libel for the contents of the book or paper just as much as if they had sent the book or paper direct. But they did not require to consider that question, because it was admitted that copies of the newspaper had been sent to parties in Scotland. Now, then, take the case that, instead of slandering this lady, which she says they did, the slander had been directed against a Scotch merchant -carving on a large Widnes: The Atlantic Telegraph. Yesterday, a distinguished company of visitors went down by special train from Charing-cross to the Great Eastern to see as much as can now be seen of the stowage of the great cable, and of the general arrangements which are being made for its careful submergence across the Atlantic. As this was the last visit which will be allowed to be made to the ship before her departure, great eagerness was shown to be present on the occasion, and a large and most distinguished party assembled. Among others were his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Adams, the Duke and Duchess of Suther land, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, Lady Cowley and Lady Feodora Wellesley, Lord Clan william, Lord Castlerosse, Lord and Lady Hard wicke, the Marquis of Hartington, Lord John. Hay, Lord William Hay, Lord John Manners, the Duke and Duchess of Somerset and Lady Gwendoline St. Maur, Lord Shrewsbury and the Ladies Talbot, Lord Bradford, Lady Westmore land, the Hon. Stuart Wortley and Mrs. Wortley, Hon. J. Yorke, Mr. Edward Warner, M.P., the Mayor of Totnes, Mr. A. Seymour, M.P., the Honourable Robert and Lady Mary Meade, Captain Napier, RN., and the officers of the Terrible ; Colonel Wilson Patten, M.P., Mr. J. Pender, M.P., Mr. Henry Prunall, Hon. J. C. Haliburton, M.P., Mr. Glass, •Mr. Cyrus Field, Captain Hall, R.N., the Right Hon. E. P. Bou- verie, M.P., Admiral Eden, Mr. Thomas Brassey, and very many others, with all the chief officers and electricians of the company. The party started soon after 12, and before 2 o'clock were alongside the great ship, which, even making allowance for her great depth in the water, now nearly 32 feet, still seems to look even more grand and massive than ever. There is little more than her size, how- ever, just now to attract admiration, for probably at no time during her ch quered career has the Great Eastern ever been so dirty or has her noble expanse of deck worn a more littered and unsightly aspect. In all directions it is broken up with tem porary offices, sheds, and shanties of every shape and size like the hasty shelters knocked up at the oil wells of Pennsylvania, only rather dirtier, and, if possible, more mixed up with wheels and cranks and fussy puffing engines. Stores of all kinds, too, cover the decks, which are further divided along their length with the timber frameworks to hold the wheels over which the cable will run till it enters the paying out machine astern. A great deal of this apparent 'disorder is, however, always insepa rable from vessels commencing a voyage, and espe cially such a voyage as that on which the Great Eastern is bound. When ready for sea her appear ance will be very different, except in the matter of cleanliness, for clean she can never be until the cable has left her. The visitors yesterday made the usual rambling inspection of all parts of the vessel—saloons, berths, engine rooms, and everywhere. The great attrac tions were, of course, the coils, and especially that amidships, where the last couple of miles of the wire were being slowly wound inboard, and the very last fathom of which was safely stowed in the vessel last evening. Two short messages were sent through the cable—one through a section 1,500 miles long, another through its entire length from end to end. The battery power used was very low, and the signals, though slow, were wonderfully clear and distinct. After these slight experiments had been completed, the visitors were conducted to the grand saloon, where a most excellent dejetiner had been laid, and to which their journey down enabled them to do substantial justice. At the conclusion of the defamer, Mr. Pen der, in the course of some brief remarks, expressed his belief and hope that the cable would be success fully laid, and that it would promote the happiness, the communion, and the peace of Great Britain and the United States, which had already so much in common to unite them. The Duke of Somerset proposed " Success . to the Atlantic Telegraph," and in ft, few emphatic words declared that the success of this great enterprise would tend to promote the best interests, political and commercial, of the two great and kindred nations. Mr. Pender observed that they were honoured with the presence of ono who had devoted the energies of the last few years of his life in England to preserve the amicable rela tions between the two countries, at a period of no ordinary difficulty, with singular energy and suc cess. He believed that whatever position Mr. Adams, whose father and grandfather had already filled such important offices, might be called on to fill in his own country, he would be followed by the good. wishes and respect of all who knew what services he had rendered and what ability he had displayed while he was among us. Mr. Adams, who was warmly received, thanked the chairman and the company for the way in which they had expressed their sense of his services and for the manner in which they had alluded to his country. During the recent troubles he confessed he was selfish enough to hope the cable might not be laid, as he well knew he would have been overwhelmed with telegrams ; but now that the war which had distracted his country had been put an end to, he wished with all his heart that one of the greatest enterprises that had ever been conceived might be successfully carried through, as he believed it would do more than any otheragency to strengthen the bonds of Union between the two countries. The interests and objects of the Govern ment of Great Britain had all along been to main tain peace, and now that the contest which had dis tracted the United States had been put an end to, the sole object they had in view was peace also. The party then returned to town by boat and rail, reaching Charing-cross at 7 o'clock. All the arrangements connected with the trip to and fro were under the charge of Mr. Knight, and it is only fair to say they were most complete. It is intended that in the course of this day the Great Eastern shall get up steam just for the pur pose of turning her engines to see that all is, in proper working order. The fires will be kept banked up during the night so that all may be in readiness for the start on Saturday morning to below the Nore Light. Here she will take in her final stores, and also her last supply of coal, 1,500 tons, which com pletes her equipment, and here also she will be swung for the adjustment of her compasses, the de viation of which, caused by the magnetic influence of the cable, is of course considerable. All these operations will occupy from the 4th to the sth July, and on the 7th or Bth she starts for Valentia. The present condition of the cable is all that the share holders can desire, and with fair weather there seems almost a certainty of the success of t 1 great undertaking. T HE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT A SOCIA.I'IThN (Limited). 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