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• r .ONDON must have a SUPPER and 11,ESIC -11-4 ftoo3l for Gentlemen. Remember, we watt f you at EVANS' atter the Covent-garden Pantomime and pee \ Theatres. li- INABAN'S E T TIIIBITIONO. WHISKY.LL — DUBLIN This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. ate Sold in Bottl es , S e . Bd . , a t th e R e t a il H ouses i n Londo n ; by Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholtsule 8 , GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. _Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded' Alltuhan's LL Whisky." fIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Aot of Parliament, 1850), IS, R USSELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON. „ AD VANCES MONEY on Personal Security. Bills of Sale, !reehold or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry !E', or any deduction whatever, for periods of one, two, or 111 re e years, repayable weekly, monthly or quarterly. Rills "taeounted. The greatest secrecy observed , . Advances also !larte, towards the Purchase of a House, repayable in 5, 10, or 13 Years —Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped euvelopo. EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. SPANISH FLY is the actin; ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTLEARIDESOIL. which speedily Pl:ncinces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d, ss. 6d., and tOp. VWI ..; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALLX. ROSS, 218, Holborn. London. I)ONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured ~/ . /7 in one thy by using; ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. ~,"1 8 Preparation gradually dissolves the corn in a few hours, aul 'oving the very root. Price 4s , sent by post for 60 stamps. —2lB , 141,gh Holborn, London. all-CURLTIVG FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ones Ladles' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app tied. Sold at 3s. fid., 55. 6d., and 10s. 6d. ; sent free for s', 84, and 144 Stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. ed., or 20 stamps. e- N REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— , ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour 9ltnedlately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in of c t. Price 3s. id. 58. Od.. and 103. 6d. ; sent by Post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. AIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX.atOSS'S DEPILATORY removes hout effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face k, and arms. And 10s. tie same " ft Y as ordered by post for 64, 84, and 144 stamps. Lately published, id., sent free by post for two stamps. IN ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAIR : Itg the Close Analogy to Vegetation, and its Reproduction 17 Stimulant Spanish Fly or Cantharides.—By ALEA. iIvSS, 248, High Holborn. London. pLINIPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin un aea i ng ov a u b i onAdeoys remove redness n OS a ' a S ti L n G e s E s - 0 ~ 2s. 04. and 7o 6d. •or by post for 40 and 100 stimps.— "LEX. ROSS, 248 , Hig h Holborn. London. Freehold Land in the City of London, containing an area of 40 , 6 90 square feet, and comprising the frontage in B ridge -street and Farringdon-street, from Ludgate-hill to within a few yards of New Earl-street, and from Ludgate -hill to Fleet-lane ; l Uso, the Freehold of Clemitt's Inn-yard and Stables, Old Bailey' ; the Parrot Public-house and five Messuages ad- Puling, the whole containing an area of about 11,500 superficial feet ; DOR SALE, by AUCTION, by Mr. VIGERS, at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY, the 27th February, at Twelve for One o'clock, unless previously disposed of by private contract. By or der of the directors of tho London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company.—Particulars, with plans and condi tions of sale, may be had of Messrs. Freshfields and New roan, 5; Bank Buildings, Lothbury ; at tho Estate Ex change, Change-alley, Cornhill ; the London Tavern ; and of Mr. Vigers, 3, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Fourth Sale of Surplus Lands of the London, UhaVan; and Dove Railway Company, viz.: - 21,000 feet of Freehold Land at the corner of Southwark street and the Blackfriars-road, with the buildings now standing thereon ; 6,000 feet of Freehold Land at the corner of Charlotte street and Gravel-lane, with the use of the Arches ad _ joini ng ; 6 :000 fe e t of Freehold Land at the corner of Robert-street and Union-place, Blackfriars-road ; 8 : 1 00 feet of Freehold Land, with the Buildings thereon, la Bear-lane, Southwark, and a lease in perpetuity of the six Arches with entrance from Union-place and u reorge-street ; Freehold Premises at the corner of Green-street and Friar ....street, in the occupation of Messrs. Rice ; i i lL fi x : F t: rth ro o a ld d ; Messuages and Shops in Crown-row, Wal- Plot of Freehold Building Land, with a frontage of 375 facing the Elephant and Castle Station ; . ea ' se in perpetuity of fourteen arches between the Wal worth-road and New Kent-road Shop ; A Freehold. Messuage and and a Plot of Freehold L•to • A d ln Cold Harbour-lane, Brixton r eehold Residence known as The Abbey, Herne-hill, with Ornamental Grounds, Stables, and Coach-houses, close to the Railway Station ; Ten Acres of Freehold Building Landextending from Cold harbour -lane, Brixton, to the Ileme-hill Station. 0 - Plot of,Freehold Building Land, forming the corner of the Barrington and Gresham-roads, Brixton, with use of live Railway Arches adjoining; A Freehold House with Grounds in Gresham-road, Brixton; 4 Plot of Freehold Land adjoining, and a Lease in per . petuity of Eight Arches ; 4- Leasehold Residence with Grounds, No. 7, Percy Villas, A Nrrington-road, Brixton. 4 - Freehold Residence with Grounds, known as Halnaker Lodg e , and the Freehold of Walton Lodge and Grounds, Cold Harbour -lane, Brixton ; A Leas e in perpetuity of Fifteen Arches between the Can terbury -road and Brixton Station ; ti OR SALE by AUCTION by Mr. VIGERS, T , at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-stroot, on i„'"ESDAY, the 27th February, at Twelve for One o'clock 4 Lots. By order of the directors.—Particulars, with t 411 8 and conditions of We, may be had of Messrs. Fresh- Es and Newman, 5, Bank-buildings, Lothbury ;at the a© B4llo Exchange, Change-alley, Cornhill ; the London " er n i and of Mr. Vigor; 3, Frederick's-place, Old wry. First portion of the surplus Proporty of the Crystal Palace h!nd South London Junction Railway Company, viz. Th e Freehold of Nazareth House and Grounds : Two Messuages, with Gardens, and about 3k acres of Land, in the Gordon-road, Peekam ; About an acre of Freehold Laud, with a frontage of 750 feet, at Nunhead, close to the Railway Station - Ten acres of Freehold L an d, an d Five Leasehold Resi dences, at Forest-hill, close to the Honour Oak Station ,• Four Freehold Residences, in Wood-lane, Dulwich, near to the Lordship's-lane Station ; The Lease of a piece of Ornamental Garden Ground, with frontage on the Well-road and Sydenham-hill ; Three Leasehold Houses, with large Gardens, Stables, and Coach-houses, known as the Dingle, Berkely Lodge, and Bailment House, Sydenham-hill (Crystal Palace T he Freehold of t a large House and Grounds, with Stable and Coach-house, close to the Crystal Palace and the Railway Station A'Plet of Freehold Land, forming the corner of Sydenham . hill and th e P enge N ew - roa d ; 4- Leasehold House and Grounds, at the corner of the New road, leading from the Crystal Palace to Dulwich, and near to the railway station ; Valuable Plot of Freehold Building Land, between the 'Woodman Tavern and the Woodland-road, Upper Nor wood, close to the High Level Station ; 1 1 OR SALE, by AUCTION, by Mr. VIGERS, at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopgate-street, on 0 u ESDAY, the 27th of February, 1866, at Twelve for lithoeclock, in lots, by order of the directors.—Particulars, plans and conditions of sale, may be had of Messrs. treshaeld s and Newman solcitors, 5. Bank-buildings, Aisin ;at the London Tavern; the Estate Exchange, "go-alley Comhill • and of Mr. Vigers, 3, Frederick's -1540 Old Je w ry. INO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. U BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' - 1 and Infants' Food, THE REVALENTA ARABICA, Veldu three times as much assimilating and strengthening IP u rishment as the best meat, and restores perfect diges ;j°ll, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing P, functional regularity, and energy to the most disor dere or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually in- Vgestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, ha , ittial constipation, diarrhcea, all gastric derangements, nomnorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervous biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, and rr hs, colds, influenza, noises in the head } I Q_ ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptiops, 1:"""rial neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, alpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, a ,„ 1 , 4 _ 81118 , nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, -- 'trig p ai ns in the fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, It is pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. '"uld s and infants the most digestible in all complainta l foods and suitable for in- Pl w e . „ quote a f ew out of 62, p OOO Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 the Mar c hi oness de Brehan, of seven years' liver corn- Wa sting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, con stant s leeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous I.tgitation. Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. " 1 , 43 Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the county ' Waterford have derived much benefit from your excellent food. —Stuart de Decies, Dromana, Cappoquin, cou nty Waterford. Cure No. 54,816, from the Rev. James f Syderstono Rectory, near Fakenham, Nor -4'1'1% In all cases of indigestion, and particularly when Nor the liver is more than usually affected, 1 consider it the ;jest of all remedies. It regulates the bile, and makes it o r ,'W in cases which would not admit of mercury in any --411° . In short, a healthy flow of the bile is one of the earliest and best symptoms. You can make what use you T ea se, of this co m m un ic a tion.—l am, gen tl emen , J ames Campbell. Cure No. 52,422. —Bridge House, ,Surrey : Thirty-three years' diseased lungs, ttriting of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in CO earß, constipation, debility, shortness of breath, and -u g, have been removed by your Revalenta Arabica. My f i l l i ligs, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my h?ar - -- 11 , Perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all rey_aoquant_ "R—Jarnes Roberts, Timber Merchant. Cure No. 49,832. °f fifty Years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervous blssB, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sick le.% v omiting.—Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. ' Cure :1,.‘121. gathering; eth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, 4estion, low spirits, and nervous fancies. e re Ne- 56,814. —Mr. Saml.Laxton,Leicester, of two years' 412trrhcea_ The food is sold in canisters, 11b. 2s 9d ; 21b., 61 ; 121 b., 215.; 241 b. 40s. Super-refined quality, 11b., 2411) ; • 2,-.1.11).'' 125.; 51b., 225.'; 101 b., 335. The 101 b., 121 b., and b ni sters, carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, Z_7 B a rr Du Des,and Co., 77. Regent-street, London ; sePaitli"l9; Telers, 8, King William-street ; like mte_st 65, Gra cechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishops r.eet Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Orford street ; 330, Strand 54 , Upper Baker -street • 103, Tottenham-court- Close l.°a4 96 , t tPPer-s reet, Islington N.; Harvey, Notting-hill ; _o hers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's grrace, St. John's wood, London ; and all respectable roee r s and Ohemikits.—Doware of spurious imitations. Now Ready, in Two Vols., crown Bvo.. 215., CLUB LIFE OF LONDON. With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-houses, and Taverns during the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries. By JOHN T 131138, F.9.A. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Published by J. Clements, Little Pulteney-street, price 7d. in cloth I3d . a New Work on the Teeth, entitled CURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES FOR US. By A. EF KELL. Surgeon-Dentist, Grosvenor-Areet, W. " the present may be looked upon in some measure as a popular supplement to the author's former work, • A Treatise on Dental Surgery ;' and should be perused by those who are troubled with their teeth."-.Morning Advertiser, Aug. 31, 1865. Sold by Simpkln and Marshall, and may be had of all book sellers. MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. THE NEW SEASON NOTICE. All the BEST BOOKS of the SEASON and of the past twenty years are in circulation at MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. FIRST CLASS SUBSCRIPTION. - ONE GUINEA PER ANNUM. Commencing at any date. Book Ciubs supplied on liberal terms Prospectuses on application. SELECT LIBRARY, Limited, NEW OXFORD-STREET. bitiOffice, 4, KING-ErTREET, CIIEATSIDE. CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH. CHOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast. CROCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and delicious. ITENTER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE. 171_ Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Sold everywhere. HYAM and CO.'s OVERCOATS and SUITS. Morning and Lounging Coats, nail' Dress, Undress, and Full DA ess Suits, Trousers, Vests, &a, in all the fashion. able styles and seasonable materials. HYAM and CO., 66 and 67, OX FORD-STREET, W. 1.1 YAM and CO.'S PRICES and GARMENTS. Overcoats and Capes, 21s. tog 4s. ; Jackets, 21s. to 425. ; Prince of Wales Coats, 30e. to 635.; Trousers, ready made and to measure, 14s. 6d. to 255. ; Vests, 6s. 6.1. tO 21s. ; Suits, 425. to 84s. HYAM and CO., 66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET, W. H YAM and CO.'S BOYS' SUITS and CAPES. Overcoats and Capes, 15s 6d. to 425. ; Knickerbocker, Eton, Harrow, and O s b orne S u it s , 15s. 6d. to 4 55. ; Jackets, Bs. 6d. to 255. ; Trousers, Bs. 61. to 15a. 6d.; Vests. 4s. 6d. to 78. 6d.; Jackets and Vests alike, 159. 6d. to 27 5. 6 d. HYAM and CO., 66 an d 67, OZ FoRD-S rEE ET, W. HYAM and CO.'S SELECT DEPARTMENTS. No. 1. Clothing for imin, diate wee , . No. E. Ordered Department. No. 3. Boys and Youths. Distinct Depart ment. No. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery. and Outfit Department. HYAM and CO., 66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET, W. Branch Establishments—Birmingham, Leeds, and Dewsbury DEFRIES and SONS beg to call the special el • attention of Merchants and the Trade to their _ NEW PATENT ASTRA BURNER, With Circular Wick, which for simplicity of construction, great brilliancy of light, perfect combustion. and its entire freedom from heat, sur passes everything that has yet been introduced. A STRA LAMPS can be obtained from the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 417, Strand, and from all Ironniongers and Lamp Warehouses In Town and Country • and the Patentee, 16 and 17, Commercial street, Whitechapel. ASTRA, PETROLEUM, and KEROSINE LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.) A STRA (Patent) ( I ) ,MP, for MINERAL AS TR A LAM P.—Five Hundred NEW PATTERNS for the Season now on Show. TABLE GLASS, ENGRAVED AND CUT. T DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17. COMM ERCIAL-ST EET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. T DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, £1 18s. 6d. BREAK FAST and TEA :!liIRVICES in great variety, £1 ls. DEFRIES and SONS, u• 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-er REET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, In the Grecian and Venetian Designs. T DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, CO 111IERCIAL-ST REET. BRONZED AND ORMOLU CHANDELIERS, New designm, for the Dining-room. JDEFRIES and S ONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL LAMPS AND WALL LIGHTS (Registered) for India. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CLUB. MESS, AND FURNISIIING ORDERS for the above Goods promptly executed. Works—LONDON and BIRMINGHAM'. T DEFRIES and SONS, tl • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. T DEFRIES and SONS • Supply Merchants with Pattern Books Free. JDEFRIES and SONS' . TEMPORARY snow ROOMS. 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL•STREET, WHITECIIAPEL, Five Minutes' walk from the Late Establishment, 147. HOUNDSDITCH. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. OENAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, emulating of a new and ftegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, r)eantiful inlaid Tables Paper weights, &a, in Italian, Alabaster, Parties, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Able ralogist to her Nisiesty, 149. Strand, W.C., London. - Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS. MINERALS. and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly f soilitate the Interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2. 5. 10. 20. 50. to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINX RALOG Y is given by Mr.TRNNA.Nr,F.G.S., at 149. Strand. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AM A.RE LL A. Mesara. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Bull Wharf, Ro therhithe, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores tile human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agna 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 guinea per bottle, or in half bottles. 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability. may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without he delay and difficulty o f Go v ernors' ord e r s . i s wholly de pendent for support ou voluntary contributions and I :.-4actes It affurds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between E,OOO and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Has • terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; G;yn and Co. ; Harries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; W hams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Cu. ; Nisbet and Co . Berners-street ; I. Mimed and Ca . Llverpoot ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD 8341 TH, Secretary. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to ihA 12 now in operation. -Last year no fewer han 455 poor. friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUN DS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a tew of the most recent cases : P., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother 3. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged f 5, fallen. mother dead, A. 8., aged 15, fallen, both parents dealt 11. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her rarente, M. R., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. 11., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. IT„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. B. aged 17, fallen , both par nts dead. A. W.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form world be for young girls, almost children, from the age of b to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, SFr. Daniel Cooper, e 5, Queen •street, Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Ce., Lombard-street. N°. 22,965. (//r i zi, t' .21:$'''‘' 42:11." r ••.\-•:/•=4`',*•-• .4 b.' 6 • • (11 „ 0.141 • /. • Z t- ' „ - ' e • - 41,e • „ ie , , , d ok., _ cf. 4 „ r l • to l ow - wr' - _ 4 - 4 1 . 44 4 I ' • •?,• -,40442 Equd , Ez ip ‘,‘ 4ittr, 0 -5 , 41 , ) • •••••• „ t 47p ' . IZ iNa DOIT. itU - T HE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT AssociAT to N , (Limited). Capital Subscribed, £5,000,000. Paid up, £500,000. • BOARD OF DIRECTORS. , Chairman, JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq. Xenophon Balli, Esq. G. G. Macpherson, Esq. E. J. Coleman, Esq. W. Scholefield, Esq., M.P. Mr. Alderman Dakin. Sir S. D. Scott, Bart. James Dickson, Esq. H. Danby Seymour, Esq., P. D. Hadow, Esq. M.P. J. 0. Hanson, Esq. Joseph Thornton, Esq. G. F. Holroyd, Esq. Alfred Wilson, Esq. J. G. Hombre, Esq. M. Zarifi, Esq. Captain J. Gilbert Johnson. MANAI Henry J. Barker, Esq. I LGERS. I T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. REPORT of the Directors submitted to the Third Ordi nary General Meeting of the Proprietors at the London Tavern, on Tuesday, the 23d January, 1866, JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq., in th?. Chair. The Directors have the pleasure of presenting their Report for the half-year ending December 31, 1865, to gether with a Statement of Accounts made up to that date. The balance of undivided profits brought forward after payment of the dividend in July last was £53,141 155., and the amount of net profit realised during the past half-year, after payment of expenses, and after providing for all bad and doubtful debts, and for rebate of interest on Loans and Bills not yet matured, is £91,860 17s. 7d., making a total of £145,002 12s. 7d. to be now disposed of. Good evidence of the satisfactory progress of the Asso ciation is afforded by this statement, which fully boars out the confident opinion expressed by the Directors at the last general meeting. It is recommended that the above sum be appropriated as follows, viz., that— £so,ooo 0 0 be applied to the payment of a divi dend for the past six months of 10s. per share, being at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum : 833 6 8 to the payment of income tax: and that from the balance the sum of 75,000 0 0 be placed to the credit of a " Rest ;" leaving a sum of 10,169 5 11 to be carried forward. £145,002 12 7 The Directors have resolved to commence tho formation of a" Rest" as essentially conducive to the best interests of the Association. It may be mentioned as an important feature that the entire amount of the profits for the half-year results from a continuous succession of transactions of a very regular description, and of a nature _.to indicate that no apprehen sion need be entertained us to the permanent character of the business in which the Association is engaged ; and the Directors believe that with a continued exercise of care and discrimination the Association will attain a position not inferior to that of any other monetary institution in the kingdom. . By order of the Board, W. C. WINTERBOT TOM, Seen.tary. 27, Lombard-street, London, 10th January, 1866. BALANCE-SHEET OF THE IMPERIAL MERCAN TILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Liunitud). 31ST DAT OF DECEMBER, 180. CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES. Du. To Capital -100,000 shares of £5O each, £5 per share paid up To Liabilities— Cash held upon de posit £2,110,063 3 9 Sundry balances in accounts current 15,926 17 8 Bills payable Bankers' credits 585,000 0 0 Endorsements and guarantees Sundry charges and commissions due To rebate on bills and loans not duo To Profit and Loss— Balance, being net profit carried down 7,676 17 10 £500,000 0 0 2,125,990 1 5 2,581,665 7 9 39,38317 4 115,002 12 7 £5,392,041 19 1 X 145,00212 7 We have compared the above statement with the books of the Association, and examined the securities, and hereby certify to their correctness. 0. J. H. ALLEN,) Auditors. JNO. YOUNG; f London, 15th January, 1866. The following resolutions wore carried unanimously:- 1. That the Report and Accounts as submitted and read be and are hereby received and adopted. 2. That a Dividend of 10s. per share, free of income tax, .be and is hereby declared, and that the same be payable on the 24th inst. Proposed by Sir S. Morton Poto, Bart., MP., seco n d e d, and carried unanimously 3. That the best thanks of this meeting be given to the Chairman, Directors, and Managers, for the zeal and ability with which they have conducted the affairs of this Asso ciation during the past half-year. JOHN CHAPMAN, Chairman. (Extracted from the minutes.) W. C. WINTEIMOT TOM, Secretary. Jan. 23, 1866. HORSHAM; DORKING, AND LEATHER HEAD RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next ORDI NARY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of this Company will be held at the London, Brighton, and South.- Coast Railway Company's Station, London-bridge, on FRI DAY, the 9th day of February next, at Eleven o'clock a.m. precisely, to receive a Report irons the Directors, and for the general purposes of the undertaking. Notice is hereby further Given, that the said Meeting will be. made Special, for the purpose of submitting, for the con sideration and approval of the shareholders, Articles of Agreement, dated the first instant, modifying the ters s of arrangement for the amalgamation of this Company with the London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway Company. The Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed on the 2d day of February, and will remain closed until atter the Meeting. W. R SEYMOUR V. FITZGERALD, Chairman. GEORGE W. BROWN, Secretary. Company's Offices. 28, Great George-street, Westminster, January, 1860. T HE EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY. NOTICE OF CALL. NOTICE IS TIEREBY GIVEN, that. in pursuance of a resolution duly passed by the Board of Olrectors, the Share holders of this Company are requested to pFy, at the Com pany's Bankers, Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.. No. 1, rall-Mall East, S.W., London, a CALL of ,ei 1' R. per share (making £l3 10s. per share paid), on or be,fore 111URSDAl. the 15th day of February next. upon 'which sum of £1 10s. per share int. rest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be paid from that date. fnterest at the rate c , f 5 per cent. will be charged upon such portions of the above Call as shall not be paid by the day named. Notice is also Given, that Shareholders are at ty to pay up in advance of Calls to any amount and upon any number of shares, upon the understanding that interest at 5 per coot. per annum will be paid thereon from the day of payment. JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary to the Company. 8 and 9, Queen-Ptrect-pace, Southwark-bridge, London, E.C., Jan. 13, 18G6. HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, 49, Great Ormond-street, Queen-square. Patron—Her Majesty the QUEEN. The Committee have much pleasure in announcing that A. J. B. BE RESFORD HOPE, Esq, M.P., has consented to preside at the FOURTEENTH ANNI EESA.RY FESTI VAL of this Charity, on Etbruary 12, at Willis's Rooms. FIRST LIST OF STEWARDS. The Most Noble the Marquis Vice-Admiral Sir Augustus of A bercorn Clifford, Bart. The Right ilonourab'e the The Rev. Sir C. Macgregor, Earl or Shaftesbury, K.G. Bart. The Right Honourable Earl Sir Archibald Alison, Bart. Amherst Admiral Sir William Bowies The Right Honourable Vis- Cot. Beauchamp Walker, C.B. count Gort Colonel home Purves, C. B. The Bight Rev. the Bishop of Colonel F. It. Wa do Sibtliorp Chichester Lieut.-Colonel Frederick C. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Keppel St. David's Litut -Colonel Playfair The Right Honourable Lord Michael V. Bass, Esq., M.P. Leigh Allen A. Bathurst, Esq., M.P. Right Honourable Viscount Stephen Cave, Esq., Milton, M.P. W. W. Fitzwiltiani Dick, En.. Colonel the Hon. Percy E. M.P. Herbert M.P. Albert Grant, Esq., M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Charles K. D. Hodgson, Esq., M.P. James Willoughby J. Dyee Nicol, Esq., H. P. The Honourable Arthur Kin- Arthur J. Otway, Esq., M.P. naird, M.P. Charles Waring, Esq, hi. I'. Sir R. N. C. Hamilton, Bart. The complete List of Stewards will shortly be published. Additional names will be thankfully . received. The expense to each steward is limited to one guinea. Subscriptions in aid of the funds are earnestiy solicited, and will be thankfully received by the Treasurer, Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. ; or by any of the Stewards. SAMUEL WIIITFORD, Secretary. January 16, 1866 THE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited?. Capital Subscribed, £5,000,000. Paid up, £500,000. CHAIRMAN. JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq. MANAGERS. Henry J. Barker, Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. This Association makes Advances upon approved mer cantile and other securities, and receives money on deposit at interest for short or long periods. Depositors for periods of not less than three years may procure, on application at the Offices, Debentures of the Association, bearing interest at 6 per cent. per annum, payable quarterly by coupon " to bearer" attached. W. C. WIN TERBOT TOM, Secretary. 27, Lombard-street, London, E.C. TOpARE.-THE HOLIDAYS.- THEARRE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL. MARVELS in MAGIC and VENT ttILOQUISNI, as per formed by command before her Stsjesty tee Queen and the Royal Family at Windsor Castle, Tuesday Evening - . Nov. 2 , , 18f5. The marvellous SPHINX , the BIRTH of FLOWER TREES, and STODARE'S crdebrated INDIAN BASKET FEAT, as only performed by him. Every evening at 8 ; Wednesday and Saturday at 3. Stalls at Mitchell's. Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian Ball. Admission, ls. and 20.; stalls, 36. "Almost mirmulous."—Vide Times, April 18,1865. CANTERBURY HALL. RI-FUM During the Week will be performed the above most extraordinary Entertainment, containing all the novel tics now in this country, and including the services of Les Montagnards, their first appearance ; Mr. E. Mar shall, Mrs. and Mr. W. Randall, the renowned Talliott, Les Freres d'Etoil e , Signor Tescano, a la Donato; Les Tableaux d'Amour, illuminated by the Magnesium Light ; Fairy Orchestra, designed and painted by Mr. T. Burgess and Mr. W. Gowrie ; and Grand Ballet of upwards of one hundred ballerines. The whole written and composed expressly for this establishment by William Vandervell, Esq. In addition to the vocal and instrumental entertain ment, EVERY EVENING. Admission—Area, 6d; stalls and balcony, ls. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Ba NEW ADDITIONS.—In the ker-street, Chamber of Horrors are full-length Portrait Models, taken from Life, of CHAR LOTTE WINSOR and STEPHEN FORWOOD, alias ERNEST SOUTHEY. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Children under 10, half-price ; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. Musical Director and Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTL Principal Cornet - a-piston, M. M'Eleney. Euphonlon, the celebrated Signor Luigi Mosca. Programme this Evening and during the Week—Grand Selections, IL TROVATORE and IL LUCIA. Solo vio loncello, M. Sloman, Jun. L'AFRICAIN VALSE and ECLIPSE. GALOP. Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager, M, GREIVET. ToIIN GOE:NELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTII PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price la ed.—Bu Wharf, Itotherhithe, Lon don. WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY NOW? —That the FIERY CROSS has arrived. bringing some magnificent KA ISOW CONGOUS of delicious vo. at a mere commission on flavour. eiartnioaonrtd which price m , of aihneoEwAbhka€lllllDlA TEA CO .11PAN Y, No. 5, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Rishopegate-street. STARCH 31 A.NUPA.CTURERS TO H. R. li. TILE PRINCESS OF WALES. G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED TUE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Sold by all Grooero, Chandlers, &o. &o. I ROYAL ARABIAN S cIRCASSIAN BEAUTY A ER, ARABIAN S O A PS, I WA SH, AD ENAMEL A A L M A E R ST A E C WR l A l r E so k D and GOLDEN CIRCASSIAN HAIR 1V ASH can now be obtained at all chemists in town and country. To guard against imposition all enamels, washes, and to,let requisites vended in her name have the Royal Arabian signet attached to them.--47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily.—Agents required in WWII and country. DENTAL NOTICE. —Mr. ESKELL, Surgeon- Dentist, of ft, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street, having announced for a considerable period that " he is NOT con nrcted with any one of the name, and t;utt he has N 0 r RE MOVED, and does not intend doing so," begs respectfully to state that as he considers the general public are now suffi ciently w. 11 aware of the facts he will cease to make till.; or any other professional statement in the pub:io papets on and alter the 2Sth of February next. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER, and Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits into the ear, not perceptible; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief to deaf persons, and enables them to hoar distinctly at church and public assemblies. Every other kind of hear ing instrument. Messrs, SOLOMON, 39, Albermarle street, Piccadilly. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FA MING RESlEDY.—Prc oared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. ioott, of Bromley, Kent, will he found invaluable to all who ,utter from bilious and liver nomplaints, inligesticn, wind, 'puma, giddiness, dizsiner4 of the eyes, &O. For habitual outiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier ,1 the blood, they ore truly excellent; mild in their opera- tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe•ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. fold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing,-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the qaautity in one, 25. 94. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square er; en package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. TEETH. AND PAINLESS' DENTISTRY. Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS, Dentists, 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station. Their painless artificial teeth are unequalled for economy, durability, comfort, and all purposes of articulation and mas tication. Operations of every kind being unnecessary, the most nervous patient can be supplied without fear of pain or inconvenience. Consultation free. Teeth from ss, Sets from 5 to 25 gs., warranted. For the efficacy, utility, and success of their system, vide „Lancet." Daily attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, London; 13, WhitefriargateMull ; 10, Norfolk street, Sheffield; 4, East-parade, Leeds; and 14, St. Nicholas street, Scarbro'. Observe—Established 1830. No connection with any of the same name. PRIM? 4d. STAMPED sd . '~.~;= ' - 1 4744 /Ana The Western States and Pree're:fi'ci-e.74-'1:-::—'-'-'44.7;‘*:-/ ~~~. A writer in a contemporary says : The Slavery issue in America is finally settled, and the national decision in regard to the tenure of land and labour south of the Ohio promises to be materially hastened by the discussion of those Free Trade and anti- Monopoly questions which are now dividing the Republic into new and distinct camps. The conflict between the principles of Protection and Free Trade in America dates back to the formation of the Union itself, for the Nor thern Slates then exacted certain monopolies in trade and commerce as the price of their consent to Southern de mands in regard to labor. While, in after years, the South steadfastly subordinated all questions to the main idea of preserving and extending its peculiar institution, the North was equally pertinacious in pressing its system of economics upon the country, and in building up for its own benefit huge manufacturing and trading monopolies. This condition of affairs might have continued •to exist even beyond the present time but for the entrance of a new actor upon the scene. The states lying west of the Alleghenies were comparatively unimportant and power less until within the past fifteen years ; but European immigration and the unceasing outpour from the Eistern and Southern States 'have at length given thenta nu merical preponderance over the other sections, and a con sequent majority in Congress. The motives which induced the Western States to commence hostilities with the South were similar, but not precisely identical with those which actuated their allies east of the Alleghenian range. The same passibnate veneration for the Union in fluenced both sections alike ; but while the latter opposed Slavery on abstract grounds, the North-West felt the tyranny of the institution, and resolved to destroy it as the nearest and most oppressive of monopolies. Having crushed Southern monopoly in labour, the West turns its forces against other monopolies elsewhere. The war between the South and its Eastern and Western op ponents is concluded, another contest has already com menced, wherein the South and West will bo firmly allied against the monopolies and prOtective policy of the Eastern States, and the late Message of President JOHNSON is the declaration of war inaugurating this new campaign. The two paragraphs in the centre of the Message protesting, in the PRESIDENT'S own words, against "monopolies, perpe tuities, and -class legislation," express the footings and wants of that action of the Union to which Mr. Tonxsox politically belongs; and they have called forth the appro val of his Western fellow-citizens in a higher degree, per haps, than any other portion of. his Message. In thus stating the present position of parties in the United States, I am not "taking sides" with or against any section, geographical or political. The ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES, I believe, regards the Union as " one and indivi " sible," and it designs to avoid .in its columns, as far as possible, the use of such terms as " East," "South," and " W6st." But the existence of these sectional divisions cannot be ignored while laying down tho proportions of the politico-economic revolution now commencing in the United States. This task might have been left to your English contemporaries, but the pre - ss of Great Britain seems resolved to ignore the existence of any portion of the Union west of the Alleghanies. There are three "centres" in the American Republic, three capitals as it were :—Washington, the political; New York, the com mercial; and Chicago, the centre, or representative, of pro duction. During the war, the correspondents of the English press, with a single exception, avoided the scene of active operations, and compiled their let ters front the reports of American newspapers, or from such " hearsay" evidence as they could pick up in Now York - , Philadelphia, and Boston—that is to say, hundreds of miles (mall from the nearest battle-field. And this same policy continues to be pursued by them. Repre sentatives of the English press in America confine their investigations to the comfortable and easily accessible cities above-mentioned, while they almost ignore the ex istence of Washington, Chicago, St. Louis, and Cincinnati; a policy tantamount to regarding Liverpool, Dublin, and Glasgow as the chief representatives of English interests, and taking small account, if any, of London, Manchester, and Birmingham. While this short-sighted system con tinues, Englishmen must expect to be kept in almost total ignorance of a country and people with whose prosperity their own is so vitally connected. ask whether the nobility which cast in its lot with slave holders was a nobility indeed—(loud and continued cheers) —really transcending in nobleness the natures of ordinary men, so that the world still needed it and must maintain it as the type of exalted humanity and cynosure of honour, or whether the day was not arrived when society must let chivalry rest with the dust of the Crusaders, and take up with homely justice. Nor could it be forbidden to ask whether it was well to let the state impose on us spiritual guides, when, in a most manifest contest between good and evil, they almost unanimously took the side of evil ; and, after going up to their pulpits to preach a religion of purity and mercy, came down to stand with atheist sciolism in defence of slavery. (Cheers.) The sympathies of our privileged classes in this matter had been but natural and inevitable, and would scarcely have deerved or excused one bitter word, had they only said frankly they desired the downfall of institutions opposed. to their own, instead of talking about. sympathy for the weak, and respect for national independence, and anxiety for the triumph of free trade. (Laughter and cheers) Mr. Goldwin Smith concluded by noticing the influence of this association upon English opinion, and rejoiced that its last words might be looking at the inevitable results of the conflict—" Slavery is dead everywhere, and for ever." (Enthusiastic cheers.) Mr. G. S. LEFEVRE, M.P., moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Goldwin Smith, and Dr. SANDWITIL seconded the motion, which was carried amidst loud cheers. The Cattle Plague. At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, on the 20th inst., a further order was made. After reciting pre vious orders, it goes on to say—lt is expedient to alter and amend the said orders of Nov. 23, 1865, and Dec. 16, 1865, respectively : Now, therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council do hereby, in exercise of the powers given by the said act so continued as aforesaid, order as follows : 1. The power given by the said orders to any local authority, as defined by the said order of Dee, 16, 1865, to declare by notice published in any newspaper circulating within its jurisdiction, and also by notice published in some newspaper or newspapers circulating within the county or counties bordering upon the county within which the jurisdiCtion of such local authority is situate, that it is expedient, for a time to be specified in such notice, that ani mals, as defined by the said order of Nov. 23 1866, or :some specified description thereof, shall not, either absolutely, or except under such conditions as such local authority shall think fit to impose with a view to prevent the spreading of the said disorder, be brought from any other part of Great Britain into anyplace within his or their jurisdiction, shall extend, from and after the day on which this present order comes into ope ration, to all raw or untanned hides and skins, and all horns or hoofs of any animals as defined as afore said, or of any description thereof to be specified in any such notice, except such hides, skins, horns, or hoofs, as are directly imported into the United Kingdom from India, Australia, South Africa, or America, and to the offal of any such animals as afore Said, and also to all dung, hay, straw, fodder, or litter likely to propagate infection ; and it shall not be lawful for any person, in contravention of any such notice, to bring or send any hide, skin, horn, hoof, offal, or other article as aforesaid, ex cept in accordance with such conditions as afore said, from any place in Great Britain beyond such jurisdiction ; and• the copy of any such notice shall be sent forthwith by the local authority by which it is made to the clerk of her Majesty's Privy Coun cil, and shall be published by him in the London Gazette : Provided always that nothing con tained in this clause of this order shall make it un lawful for any person to send or carry any such hides, skins, horns, hoofs, offal, or other articles as aforesaid, by railway, through such jurisdiction ; and provided also, that nothing contained in this clause of this order shall make it unlawful for any person to bring or send, with the license of any two justices acting in and for the jurisdiction to which such notice applies, any such hides, skins, horns, hoofs, offal, or other articles as aforesaid, from any land and premises in his own occupation, and be yond such jurisdiction, to any other land or premises in his own occupation within such jurisdiction, dur ing a time to be specified in such licence. 2. The power given by the said order of the 16th day of Dec., 1865, to any local authority as thereby defined, to declare, by notice published in any news paper circulating within its jurisdiction, that it is expedient, for a time to -be specified in such no tice, that no cow, heifer, bull, bullock, ox, or calf shall, except under such conditions as such local authority shall think fit to impose with a view to prevent the spreading of the said disorder, be re moved from any particular part of the jurisdiction of such local authority to any other part of such jurisdiction ; or from any place or places within such jurisdiction, to be specified in such notice, to any other such place or places, also to be so speci fied ; or from place to place generally within such jurisdiction, or within any specified part thereof, shall extend, from and after the day on which this present order comes into operation, to all animals, as defined by the said order of the 23d day of November, 1865, or any specified description thereof ; and also to all raw and untanned hides and skins, and all horns and hoofs of any animals as defined as aforesaid, or of any description thereof to be specified in any such notice, except such hides, skins, horns, or hoofs as are directly imported into the United Kingdom from India, Australia, South Africa, or America, and to the offal of any such animals as aforesaid, and also to all dung, hay, straw, fodder, or litter likely to propagate infection; and it shall not be lawful for any person to remove any animal, or any hide, skin, horn, offal, or other article, as aforesaid, in contravention of any such notice : Provided always, that nothing contained in this clause of this order shall make it unlawful for any person to send or carry any such animals, or any such hides, skins, horns, hoofs, offal, or other articles as aforesaid, by railway, th r ough such juris diction, or to send or carry any such animals, or any such hides, skins, horns, hoofs, offal, or other articles as aforesaid, if brought by sea from any place out of Great Britain into such jurisdiction, to the nearest convenient railway station for the pur pose of carrying them through or out of such jurisdiction. 3. The aforesaid order, bearing date the 16th day the proviso at the end of of December, is hereby amended by omitting the In the said order ; and the said t w h o e rds is f fourth is to out c b l e a clause of o f as r ; proviso Provided always follows that nothing contained in this clause of this order shall make it unlawful to send or C arry any such animal by railway through such juri s di ct i on, or to send or carry any such animal, if b rought by sea from any place out of Great Britain into such juris diction, to the nearest convenient railway station, for the purpose of carrying it through or out of such j urisdietion ." 4. Any notice given by virtue of thi s p resen t order may he renewed, revoked, altered, or varied, from time to time, in the manner provided by the said recited orders, with respect to notices given under and by virtue thereof. 5. This order shall come into operation on the 25th day of January, 1866, and shall be in force thenceforth until the Ist day of March n•!xt, and no longer, unless continued by some further order. 6. Every person offending against this order shall, in pursuance of the said act, for every such offence forfeit any sum not exceeding £2O, which the jus tices before whom he or she shall be convicted of such offence may think fit to impose. A PARTY SNOWED-1;1%—On Thursday week (the morning of Forwood's execution) several vehiclesleft Faversham for Maidstone. One containing a party of four commenced its return journey about 4 o'clock, and on ap proaching Stockbury stuck fast in the road at a spot where the snow which had fallen during the day and the pre vious night had accumulated to the depth of five or six - feet. Seven other vehicles were also stopped by the snow at the same place. The horses were extricated, but the carriages had to be left and dug out the following day.— South Eastern Gazette. The Western States are complaining that by the incon siderate "class-legislation" of the older Northern States and the incubus of local monopolies, the vast and fruitful regions bordering the Father of Waters and his many tributaries, have hitherto lost the advantages which ought to accrue from superior fertility of soil, excellence of climate, and greater population. The grievances of the West, in fact, are of the most practical and easily under stood charade; and they necessitate a radical amendment at Re very distant date. To use the words of the Chicago Tribune —the most influential organ of the press in the great West—" When a farmer has to give three bushels of corn to send one to market a distance of one hundred miles; ono hundred bushels to get a pair of boots ; one thousand bushels to obtain a suit of clothes ; or two tons of corn for a ton of coal, it is time for him to look around and see what is the matter." The system maintained by railroad and steamboat corporations is followed in Con gress itself, and, to a great extent, by the Federal Govern ment. The Comptroller of the Treasury recommends in his Into annual report that Congress should pass a law compelling all the National Banks in the Union to redeem their bills, in what lie calls "the great commercial and financial centres of the country—New York, Philadephia, and Boston." Should this advice ho followed, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and other Western cities, will re ceive a sudden check to their prosperity ; fur the points of redemption being distant a thousand miles, Western bankers will be forced to keep a large proportion of their funds in the far East, to the manifest detriment.of the manufacturers, producers, and traders in the region of the great lakes and the Mississippi Valley. The like system of "class legislation" and "monopoly" has been carefully followed in the appointment of Congressional committees, Western representatives being excltdAd, as a rule, from fair participation in those important branches of legisla tion, and yet the Eastern States are merely the factors and agents of that section of the Union which is building up Eastern prosperity and supplying a largo portion of the outer world with the means of existence. Such a condi tion of affairs cannot possibly continue ; and the agitation now prevailing in the regions of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers, presages a very early and radical settle ment of this long-standing injustice. Tho policy of the Western States on this question will be the subject of a future communication to your columns. I confine myself to-day to the more statement of the grievances alleged, and would add in this connec tion that the interests and aims of the South are identical with those of the West upon this issue. Both sections aro producers and consumers, and they have a common inte rest in selling their produce at the lowest rate in all markets, and in buying in the cheapest. A large number of respectable young men from all parts of England are emigrating to New York in the numerous steamers which aro now plying between various English ports and the United States. This exodus appears to have arisen inconsequence partly of the ease with which New York can be reached from England, and from the accounts constantly received of the wealth of the United States, and the scope there for enterprise. ESTIMATE OF PROPABLE COTTON SUPPLY.— Messrs. Ellison and Heywood, cotton brokers, Liverpool, have issued their monthly cotton report, and annual review of the cotton-market for 1865. It is a document of great length, very elaborate in its treat ment of every point interesting to the trade, and the lateness of its appearance is accounted for by the great research which was necessary for the accurate compilation of such a document, some of the facts em braced in it having to be waited for till the last moment before publication. Tho following extracts give an estimate of the probable supply of cotton : "The new year opens with the promise of a healthier and more remunerative trade than has been experienced for several years pad. The doubt and uncertainty that still surround the future of supply will tend to repress ex cessive speculation, and load to a cautious and steady legi timate business. As to supply, we look for a moderate increase upon the total import of 1865 ; loss from the Mediterranean, but more from other quarters. We are yet so completely in the dark as to the quantity of cotton remaining in the Southern States that any estimate of supply from America must be more than usually conjec tural. We have assumed 800,000 bales, but should not be surprised to see that figure exceeded. Muchwill depend upon the amount of the next crop and the proportion which we shall receive before the close of the present year. The stimulus of high prices, and the proverbial energy of the American people, will, perhaps, produce a larger yield than seems at present to be generally anticipated, yet one that will fall very far short of the requirements of the world, and therefore render any important decline from present rates improbable. The monetary disturbances of the past year, and the high prices of cereals have exercised a pre judicial influence upon the Indian crop, more grain and less cotton having been put into the ground than in the previous season. But wo have about 160,000 bales more afloat than at this timo last year, and which, bat for the great depression experienced in the spring, would have been shipped in time to have been included in the import of 1865, we think it highly probable that the import of 1866 will reach from 1,250,000 to 1,300,000 bales, against 1,266,000 bales last year—due allowance being made for shipments to China. Should the arrivals from America show any important excess upon our estimate, no doubt prices would be depressed, and the shipments from India curtailed, as was the case last year. The Egyptian c rop accounts are very unfavourable. Opinion differs as to the probable deficiency, compared with the yield of last year ; some authorities place it as high as 50 per cent, others as low a s five - nod - twent y per cent. Taking the least unfavourable view of the matter, Great Britain's sharo of the crop would be about 250,000 bales, against 334,000 bales. A similar reduction for Turkey, w h e nce the advises are equally discouraging, would give ns 60,000 bales, against 80,000 bales. From' the Brazils the news is very cheering, and we anticipate an import thence of about 100,000 bales more than last year— say , , 440,000 bales, against 340,000. Th e West Indies, Peru, and miscellaneous sources will most likely send us 150,000 bales, against 131,000 bales. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESbAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1866. L AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Fleet-street, London, E.C., Jan 8,1838. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a GEN ERA L MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on FRIDAY, the 2d day of February next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of receiving the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up t 3 the 31st day of December last, and for general pur poses. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 13, St. James's-square, London, E.W. Establidied 1824. rrestd , nt—The ARCHBISHOP or CANTERBURY. Chairman—Right Ilon. John Robert Mowbray, Deputy-Chairmen arilBatamrlßesolnociaoenit,Ear•tu.ts. own. SERVICE OF INDIA.-OPEN COM k) PETITION of 3866.—The EXAMINATION will com mence on March 19. Applications from Candidates, who must be natural born subjects of her Majesty, and between the ages of 17 and 21, will be received until February I. A copy of the regulations may be ob'ained from the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, Dean's-yard, London. S.W. GrEOLOGY.—KING'S COLLEGE, London.— Profesmor TENNANT, le.G. S , w.ll cou.mence a COURSi of WEDNESDAY EVENING LECTURES on GEOLOGY, from Bto 9. Fir,,t Lecture, Jan. 24. 1866. Fee, 41 Is. And a more extended COURSE on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY MORNINGS, flora 9 to 10. First Lecture, Friday, Jan 26. This C ourse w i ll b e con ti nue d till May. Text-book, "Lyell's Elements of Geology." R. W. JSLF, D D., Principal. 11 ani D. NICOLL, Tailors to the • Queen, Royal Family, and Courts of Europe.— For GENTLEMEN the FASHIONS for the SEASONS, for the promenade or demi-dress—Superfine frock coats, with rich silk breast facings, or morning coats of superfine Melton cloths, the charge for the former bein g 3 1 to 41 guineas; for the latter 21 to 31 guineas. For neglige purposes, morning coats with pocket flaps at the waist, also the negligd jackets ; these are of Melton, fancy coat ings, Angola and Cheviots, the prices from 255. to 4 guineas. The Angolas and Cheviots are also made in suits, at prices from 2 to 4 guineas; evening dress, black cloth of the finest quality. For Overcoats-,.-Melton, Beaver, and Witney cloths, from 2 to 8 guineas. For young gentlemen from eight years of age—The morning coat and negligd jacket; also suits of Angola and Cheviot, the prices according to size, commencing at 31s. 6d. the suit. 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He commenced by remarking that although the time had not yet arrived when an impartial history of the struggle could bo written, we might hope is understand its real im port and the real consequence of the victory, and to read as far as mortal eyes might read the counsels of Providence in this the great event of our age. In sketching the rise of slavery, the speaker remarked that the demon, having gained a foothold, towered up in colossal strength and laid his terrible hand on the moral life of the American people. As Northern society was in its structure and principles essentially Christian, so Southern society was as essentially anti-Christian, and at the same time and for the same rea sons, essentially barbarous ; though it might profess, and even unctuously profess, a belief in a Christian creed; though it might keep a Christian clergy to preach slavery ; though, perhaps, if secession had won the day, it would have had an established church to support the slave prin.- ' ciple. (Loud cheers.) In its - slave code it denied the fun damental essentials of Christianity, and it was based upon cruelty. It denied to its victims all conditions alike of moral and intellectual manhood ; it denied them what the worst of heathen slave states had not denied them—the hope of emancipation. For the purposes of rapacity and crime this slavery was systematically effacing the imago of the Maker from millions of human beings, although amidst even religious professions and prayers. (Cheers.) 1 Pretending to set intellect free from manual toil, and direct it to higher ends, it produced no intellectual fruits what ever, except the statecraft, the sole object of which was to extend and propagate slavery. It could not produce intel lectual fruits because the noble aspirations which led to the discovery of truth could not deal with brutality and injus tice. No doubt there had been lavish hospitality, which had brought golden words from these - who shared it in the houses on Southern plantations, as there always was whore prodigality was fed by the sweat of another man's brow. (Cheers.) No doubt the graces and blandishments of South ern ladies often won their admiration, as was the case with the Roman ladies who saw their slaves crucified. The patriotism of the North was tho patriotism of a Christian community, the patriotism of the South was that of a heathen republic. In the political field slavery found an organisa tion ready made for it, a weapon prepared for its hand in the democratic party. Washington and his friends fought, as Englishmen had, for the Great Charter, but there was another party, of which Jefferson was the leader —an off shoot, not of English patriotism, but of FrenchJacobinism. This party made war in 1810, and carried into power Gen. Jackson, the American counterpart of the Dantons of the French revolution. Never had the name of democracy been more abused than by its connection with this party. (Cheers.) The churches of the wealthier class, thinking no doubt that so long as they held fast of orthodoxy they niight let morality go—(cheers)—or rather, because they had no real faith in thorn, but only a traditional creed, bowed under hypocritical professions of political neutrality to the dominant iniquity of the hour. If there was a con stitutional right of secession, of which no trace whatever could be seen 2n the articles of constitution, this 'was not the exercise of that right. (Hear, hear.) But it might be answered there was a natural right of rebellion. That there was a natural right of rebellion against hopeless tyranny, for the purpose of recovering freedom, he ad mitted—(hear, hear)—but he did not admit that there was a natural right of rebellion against a free government, ' in which no grievance was hopeless, for the purpose of making the great masses of its people slaves for over. The negro labourers in the South had no part in the secession which was to rob them of their last hope of emancipation. They were entitled to the protection of the State ; so were the white people. How, on the whole, did the North bear itself in this war? How did its love of law, its patriotism and humanity endure the severest test which can be ap plied to the character of a nation ? The answer to this question was as important as the actual issue of the war. There would be "anarchy" —so said that wisdom which was wise by precedents, and which in choosing its prece , dents was guided by its passions. (Laughter and cheers.) Never, through the whole cf the conflict, fiercely as the passions of parties were inflamed at the North, was public order seriously disturbed, except by the savage Irish at New York, and on that occasion it was quickly seen that there was force enough on the side of order, and that the belief in the omnipotence of the New York mob, however time-honoured, was not true. (Laughter.) He witnessed himself the last presidential election. No occasion could be more trying to the self-control of the people. He had said before, and repeated now, that the day passed off like an English Sabbath. (Cheers.) Of tyranny of opinion no doubt there was too much in America, and wherever else human nature had not yet learnt the highest of moral lessons—perfect respect for conscientious difference of opinion. But the tyranny of opinion in America, in the midst of a dangerous civil war, appeared to him vory like the freedom of opinion which other countries enjoy in time of perfect peace. After the " anarchy" there was of course to be " military despotism." Yet not a shadow of military despotism fell on the scene, not a thought of trea son—so far as appeared—over entered a general's mind ; and when, on a single occasion, a victorious commander stepped beyond a general's province and entered upon po litical negotiations, his soldiers, though ho was their idol, showed at once, that they had been citizens before they were soldiers. (Hear, hear.) Those soldiers, as had been justly remarked, had been readers, and when men were readers it was difficult to use them as praetorians or Zouaves. (Cheers.) The fears, natural as they were, of the predominance of the military'spirit and the ascendancy of the military over the civil power, had so far proved totally unfounded ; the ascendancy of the civil over the military power had, on the contrary, been maintained in a manner very memorable and full of comfort. Gen. Grant had been foremost in reducing the standing army, and by his noble avoidance of military pomp and everything that might inflame a military spirit, done his utmost to preven t the advent of sabre sway. (Cheers.) The American Pre sident became almost a dictator during the war. At all times the power of the President was greater than was commonly supposed. If the constitutions of England and America were compared with regard to their forms and sub stance, that of America would bo found to approach more nearly to a popular elective monarchy, and that of England to an aristocratic republic. Yet how few had been the errors in the exercise of authority; and those who declaimed on the fickleness of democracy might be challenged to produce from history an instance of a government so supported and obeyed through such trials and reverses. It had been said that the armies of the North were "hirelings." There were foreigners in the army no doubt who, unlike many whom we employed in the Crimea, were striving to make the country they served their home—(cheers)--but that the mass were American husbandman, . woodsmen, and artisans, the world must begin to believe, now it was seen they returned to the plough and the axo, the work -1 shop, and the loom. Referring to the manifestations of opinion and sympathy in England, the speaker said the Conservatives must not think that they could sanction violence till the laW was settled in their own favour, and thenceforth permit it no more. They would find that vio lence had let in subversion of law, that the party which, in the long run, had most reason to dread the inroads of physical force was that which, in the long run, had not physical force on its side. When that strange epilogue of the civil war—the Jamaica massacre—was about to become the subject of a party contest, it could not be forbidden to :I d e 4 V PA 1 1. 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