The Sun. — London, England, 1865-07-03 00:00:00

REMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at " EVANS'. " After the Opera we ebral Sup there 1 WHAT A STUPID FELLOW YOU ARE to bite off the end of your Cigar, when you can buy one of "BUTCHER'S PATENT KEY-RING CIGAR NIPPERS" for a Penny. Sad everywhere. Tli CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBTTJER OF ENGLAND (Limited). Authorised Capital , £4.000,C00 Capital Sübscribed Capital Paid-up Reserve Fund........ Dividend Reserve Fu nd. 70,000 . DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor. JAMES LEVICK, Esq., Merchant, King's Deputy- JAM m E Ars-yard, S NUGENT DANIELL, Esq., London, Governors. James Childs, Esq., London. Alexander Dunbar, Esq., Old Broal-street, London. Charles Ellis, Esq., Lloyd's. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and Co.), London. The Lion. T. C. Haliburton, M.P., Chairman of the Canada Agency Association, London. William Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Young, Harrison, and Bevan), .Director of the Thames and Mersey Insurance Company. Richard Stuart Lane, Esq. (Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co.), London. Charles E. Newbon, Esq.. London. Henry Pownall. Esq., J.P., Russell-square, London. Joseph Mackrill Smith, Fsq. (Messrs. nackrill Smith and Co.), Old Broad -street, London. Edward (Varner, Esq , M.P., London. John Westmorland, Esq. (Director of the Royal Insurance Company), London. Albert Grant, Esq., 1' S.A., M.RI., Managing Director. BANKERS. The Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited). Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. The National Bank, London, Dublin, and its Branches in Ireland. The Alliance Bank (Limited), London, Liverpool, and Man Chester. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon. Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane, E.C. BUSINESS TRANSACTED. This Company negotiates Loans for Colonial and Foreign Governments: Co-onerates in the Financial arrangements of British and other Railways ; Makes Advances to Corporations. Town Councils, and other Public Bodies ; Industrial Arezotitea Loans for Puc Wks ; Aasista a in the Introduction of' Industrial and Commercial Undertakings ; Makes advances upon approved Stocks, shares, Bonds, 3lakes temporary Loans upon eligible Freehold and Lease hold Securities. London, 17 and 18, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. Cornhill, June 15 , 1865. DEBENTURES ISSUED BY THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited), ISSUE OF Z 500,000 DEBENTURES WITH INTEREST PAYABLE QUARTERLY. The Directors have deeided to issue Debenture Bonds of the Company for the amounts and bearing interest as under, viz.:— In sums of £lO, £2O, £5O, £lOO, V,50, £5OO, and £i,ooo, with Coupons attached. INTEREST, For three years 6 per Cent. per annum. For five years 6 i ft II For seven years 7 „ ~ Interest payable quarterly—viz., on the 30th March, 30th June, 30th September, and 30th December in each year, at the Company's Bankers. The distinctive feature in the debentures issued by this Company is their perfect security ; the amount of the capital subscribed, paid-up, and uncalled, and the general invested assets of the Company, as well as the large reserve fund, affording the most ample security to the investor. These Debentures are issued payable to bearer, and can therefore pass by simple delivery from hand to hand, without endorsement, and are free from any further stamp duty. They are also issued—to meet, the requirements of Trustees and others—transferrable by Deed only, to be duly registered in the Company's Books in the names of the Investors or their Assigns. Forms of Application can be obtained of the Secretary, to whom all communications must be addressed. By order of the Court, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. London, 17 and 18, Cornhill, Jane 15, 1865. DEPOSITS RECEIVED BY THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILTER OF ENGLAND (Limited). RATES FOR MONEY ON DEPOSIT. This Company receives MONEY ON DEPOSIT in sums of £lO and upwards at the undermentioned rates from this clay UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, viz. : - - At 14 days' notice At one month's notice 3i per cent. per annum. FOR FIXED PERIODS OF Not less than 3 months and up to 6 months, 4 per et. per an. Beyond 6 months and up to 9 months 4i per or. per an. Beyond 9 months and up to 12 months 5 per et per an. Beyond 12 months and up to 24 months 0 per et per an. Forms of application can be obtained of the Secretary, to Whom all communications must be addressed. By order of the Court, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London, June 15, 1865. 11,ARNED'S BANKING COMPANY (Limited.) Incorporated under " The Companies Act, 1862." Capital, £2,000,000, in 40,000 shares of £5O each (with power to increase), of which it is intended to call up more than £2O per share. Deposit on application £1 per share, £4 per share on allot ment, £5 per share on Ist September, and the remainder in instalments of not more than £5 each at intervals of not less than three months, of which ample notice will be given. DTORS. CHARLES MOZLEY, Esq., IREC Chairman. J. A. Bencke, Esq. (Messrs. J. A. Bencke and Co.), Liver pool. George Collie, Esq. (Messrs. G. Collie and Co.), Liverpool. S. Price Edwards, Esq., Liverpool. John Enthoven, Esq. (Messrs. H. J. Enthoven and Sons), Liverpool. Francis Martin, Esq. (Messrs. Martin, Robertson, and Co., Gracechurch-street, London), Director of the Thames and Mersey Insurance ~ omany. Frederick B. Mozley, Esq., Liv p erpool. Lewin B. Mozley, Esq., Liverpool. Joseph Robinson, Esq., Deputy Chairman Ebbw Vale Company, Laurence Pountney-hill, London. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Messrs. Prescott, Grote, Cave, and Co., London. Messrs. Barned and Co., Liverpool. BROKERS. Messrs. Brunton and Son, 32, Cornhill , London. Messrs. Helbert, Wagg, and Co., Shorter's-court, Throg. raorton-street. Messrs. Thomas Tinley and Sons, Liverpool. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Maynard, Son, and Co., and Coleman-street, London. Messrs. Bateson, Robinson, and Morris, Liverpool. AUDITORS—Messrs. Hammond Banner and Son, Liverpool. SECRETARY (pro tem.}-R. H. Ashton, Esq. Offices in Liverpool—e Bank, Lord-street. Temporary Offices in London—City Bank Chambers, No. 20, Threadneedle-street, E.O. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing the business of the old-established and well-known private Bank of Messrs. I. Barned and Co. in Liverpool, and organ ising it on the broader basis of a joint-stock company, under the Limited Liability Act. The Bank, which was founded in 1809, has done a large and continually-increasing business, and there is no doubt that in its new and extended form still more satisfactory results will be realised. ....._ The Directors have received most encouraging promises of support, bOth in Liverpool and London ; but, in making the allotment of share; preference will be given to the present customers of the Bank. - The purchase money for the business has been fixed at £160,000, payable by instalments spread over two years, as stipulated in the agreement; and this sum, on comparing it with the profits shown by Messrs. I. Barned and Co. to have been realised, and their guarantee of the assets taken over, cannot be considered other than a moderate payment for a lucrative business placed at once in the hands of the shareholders. The Bank will take over the business of Messrs. I. Earned an 1 Co. as from the Ist of July, 1865, and Messrs. I. Barned and Co. will guarantee the payment of all debit balances (including bills and credits running) standing in their books on that day. The business will have the advantage of the active super vision of. the present partners in the Bank, who have agreed to act as Directors for five years, and will retain a large interest in the Company. Messrs. I Barned and Co. are willing to sell at a valua tion the present Bank premises, and any of their adjoining property, if the directors wish to secure it, and, if required, to leave the purchase money on mortgage for ten years at 4-} per cent. . _ The remuneration of the ordinary Directors is to be fixed by the shareholders at their annual meetings, but power is taken in the articles of association to appoint one or more of their number as Managing Directors, whose extra re muneration will be determined by the Board. Copies of the Company's memorandum and articles of association, and of the agreement for the transfer of Messrs. I. Barned and Co.'s business, can be seen at the offices of the solicitors of the Company. Application for shares must be accompanied by a pay ment of the deposit of £l. per share. In the event of no allotment being made the deposit will be returned in full. Should a less number of shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will, so far as required, be applied towards the payment due on allotment. • Applications for shares will be received at the bankers, brokers, solicitors', offices of the Company, and at the following places : E ngland—Manohester: Messrs. Cunliffes, Brooks, and Co. ~ Leeds : The Yorkshire Banking Company. 11 Birmingham: The Birmingham Banking Com pany. ScO, Bristol : Messrs. Baillie, eve, Baillie, and Co. tland—Edinburgh, Glasgow, 'Dundee, Aberdeen, and Du/nines : The National Bank of Scotland. Irel and—Dublin, Londonderry, Cork, and Limerick : The Provincial Bank of Ireland. 1, Belfast : The Belfast Banking Company: e 'Ulster Banking Coman. Where prospect'es and forms may be obtapinedy. BARNED'S BANKING COMPANY (Limited). To the Directors of Barned's Banking Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers, I request that you will allot m e shares in Barned's Banking Company (Limited), and I hereby agree to accept such Shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the calls thereon, subject t o th e prov i s i ons of " The Companies Act, 1862," and the articles of associa ion. Name in full ....... Address Occupation, if any Usual signature Date DARNED'S BANKING COMPANY (Limited). -LP NOTICI IS HEREBY GIVEN, That no farther APPLICATION for SHARES in the above COMPANY Will be RECEIVED after TUESDAY NEXT, the 4th July, at Four o'Clock p.m., for London, and WEDNES DAY, the sth July, for the Country. By Order. R. H. ASHTON, Secretary pro tem. n Temporary Offices in London, 40 7 Threadneecilo-Areet, E. 0., Juno 30,18600. KETTERING, THRAPSTON, AND HUNTINGDON RAILWAY COMPANY. FORM OF TENDER. To the Directors of the London Financial Association (Limited). Gentlemen,—l hereby tender for £ of the A Priority Stock of the Kettering, Thrapston, and Huntingdon Railway Company, subject to the conditions contained in your advertisement of let July, 1865, At per cent. (Price to be inserted here.) I enclose a Deposit of £ , being at the rate. of 5 per cent. on the said sum of Stock. Name . Profession or occupation Address Date IVOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and 11 most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMA R ELL Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 12, Three Kinr-court, Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores 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 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 Prinoes• of Wales. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY Tool'll PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; , ives the teeth a pearl Whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Price Is. 61-12, Three King-oourt, Lombard street, Loudon. THE AUTHOR OF "BARBARA'S HISTORY." NOTICE. --MISS CAREW, by AMELIA B. EDWARDS, Author of "Barbara's History," IS NOW READY at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., Bvo., BRIG -AND LIFE IN ITALY. By COUNT MAFFEL "Two volumes of interesting research."—Times. "Count Maffei's work is useful and interesting as regards both the social and polit.cal bearing of brigandage. It will be much prized by all who are interested in Italian affairs."— Post. Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 8 vols., LIFE : Its Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena. By LEO H. GRINDON. The Publisher begs to announce the issue of the Third Edition of the above popular work in sixpenny monthly parts. Parts I. to IX. now ready. The work can be had complete, in cloth, price 68. 6d. TO THE ELECTORS OF LUDLOW. Gentlem.n,—ln bidding you farewell it is right that I should give a few words of explanation. When returned in 1863 it was understood that at the next election I should have the united support of the Conservative party in Ludlow ; this has not been the case, so far as I can see. Jealousy on the part of those whote influence is necessary has prevented me obtaining a sufficient number of promises to ineuce me to persevere. 1 was perfectly prepared for a contest, but to insure both seats absolute certainty is requisite. This my successor will, I hope, obtain. I have paid the utmost attention to your loc,l r an*, having followed pre cisely in the ste: s ot my predec •ssor, Mr. Bo:field. Having waited until a Conservative was in the field, I sub scribe myself, S .turday. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and beautifully-written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we may rest assured, of many fruitful meditations and plea sant memories." —Sun. Extra cloth, price 55., SCEPTICISM AND SPIRITUALISM. The experiences of a Sceptic. By the Authoress of " AURELIA." London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C . Demy Bvo., price 25., ZOILISM: An Essay toward Pathological Analysis. An Eclogue for' Eventide. B JOHN . YER, Author ,of, A'l3ecke London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Now ready, boards, price is. 6d., Your obedient servant, W. FRASER. QTODARE.—Egyptian HaII—THEATRE OF MYSTERY. •The new and marvellous IllUsions, the INS NTA N EOUS GROh T H of FLOWER TREES and the REAL INDIAN BASKET FEAT, as only performed by Colonel Stodare and the Indian Magicians, and intro duced for the first time in this country by Colonel Stodare cn Easter Monday, April 17, 1865. in his celebrated entertain ment of MAGIC an I VE VTctILUQUiSM. Every night at 8, Saturday included, and S; ecial Day Representations on Wednesday and Saturday Afternoons al.. 3. Admission, ls.; area, 2s. ; stalls, 3s. Tickets at Mr. Mit chell's, 31, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office, Egyi tian Hall, from 11 to 5. "The sensation of the season."—Vide Punch, June 3,1865. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr , JO EIN PARRY, will appear in their new entertain ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by William Brough. New scenery by T. and W. Grieve. After which, Mr. John Parry will give a few Memoranda from his Musi cal Note Book, entitled "RECOLLECTIONS," vocal and Instrumental. Every Evening, except Saturday, at 8. A MORNING REPRESENTATION every Wednesday and Saturday, at 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA TION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, ls. and 2s. ; stalls, SR. ;stall spring chairs, ss. Stalls may be secured (without fee) in advance at the Gallery. H E 0 ;Ci‘-F 0 R D , The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). 66, COMIC OPERETTA, by J. Offenbach, and the BROTHER AND SISTER, by Sir Henry Bishop, will be performed during this week. Principal artistes : Signor Spagnoll, M. Marini, Mr. Green, and sir. tit. Albyn. Misses Russell, Barrie, and Tyrell, with full Band and Cho rus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. _ _ FITS; a Collection of the Best Tales contri buted to "Temple Bar," "Once a Week," " Cham bers's Journal," Sm. By LEWIS HOUGH, M.A. With Two Illustrations by W. Schwench Gilbert. London : F. Blimp, 20, Paternoster-ro 77, E.C. Demy 4t0., cloth, price 7e. 6d., PSYCHONOMY of the HAND ; 1. or, the Hand an Index of Mental Development. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. The BOOK of the DAY and EVERY HAN'S BOOK. Just published, prise is. 6d , by post, free, ls. Bd., Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian and Mimic), Miss Kate Belie, the Grotesque, D'Aubans, and Messrs. Duriah and Davis. The Misses JE -SY and SARA GULINISS will have the honour of appearing This Even ng. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. This Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission—area, Bd.; stalls and balcony, ls.; private boxes, 10s. Bd. REVELATION of QUACKS and QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. For notices of this startling work see the "Saturday Re view" of April 1, entitled "Quacks and Quackery ;" the "Weekly aspatch" of April it, "The Quacks and their Crimes ;" "The Sun" of April 12, "'Detector's' Btoadside on Quacks and Quackery." GUIDE TO THE QUACKS OP LONDON. A Series or Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the " Medical Circular," with the signature of "Detector," has been republished in the form of a short pamphlet. The readerof "Punch" should read this pamphlet also. He has often read, in the pages of "Punch," of certain Quacks, frau dulent and noisome, who obtain money by false pretences, and more money by menaces and extortion, from green young men. For their names, which " Punch" would not advertise, he has referred his readers to the lower corner of the advertising columns of low newspapers, amongst which too many of Mr. " Punch's" contemporaries, especially in the country, may still be enumerated. But now he begs to pub lish the information that a nominal list of these miscreants, with copies of their puffs and other particulars concerning them, needful to be known, will be found in the pamphl t above referred to, which is entitled "Revelations of Quacks and Quackery," and is to be had at the " Medical Circular " Office, 20, King William-street, Strand, W.C. The vile practices, the monstrous impudence, the cruel rapacity, and the enormous gains of the obscene tribe of Quacks, the mischief they do, the ruin they work, even to the causation of suicide, are fully set forth in " Revelations of Quacks and Qackery." And mark especially that, as aforesaid, the names of the Quacks are published. The pamphlet in question thus constitutes a regular Quack Di rectory. by consulting which every young man may know where he may go if he wishes to get plundered and destroyed. Buy, therefore, reader, by all means buy " Revelations of Quacks and Quackery." Its contents will astonish and amuse you, while they invoke your indignation and disgust. 01 course you do not want it on account of its warnings for your own sake, but you doubtless do for that of the many simple tons with whom you must be acquainted, if your acquaint ance is large. " Who are tne Quacim that 'Punch' means I" Consider what it is to be able to answer this 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 Detector.—Punch, April 12. CANTERBURY HALL. Sele3tions from MARTHA and THE BROTHER AND SISTER, supported by Miss RUSSELL, Miss Barrie, 141iss Hays. dm.; Messrs. ST. ALBYN, Green, &0., with Fun Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jongmaris. Comedy by Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, Messrs. 'Judah and Davis, Miss Kate Balfe, and the Grotesque D'Aubans. HODGE PODGE.—This wonderful Illusion will be re peated for a short time longer, to enable country visitors to witness this most beautiful of the London exhibitions. In a few days will be produced, with new Optical effects, the Illusion, entitled KO KO RI KO. 31[ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London, and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. A life-size Model of JOHN WILKES BOOTH, the base assassin of the late President Lincoln, is also to be seen. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. APHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY.- The Photographed fan-simile of the First Page of THE SUN now publishing, and may be had On Paper at Os. 3d. On Card Ditto, framed is. 6d. By order of all Booksellers and Dea'crs in, Photographs, and at THE SUN OFFICE, 111, Strand. " 'The Sun' evening newspaper has just Issued a photo graph. 9 inches by 7, of its first page as it appeared on the 2d of last January. The card forms quite a literary curiosity, and is one of the best specimens of minute typography ever published."—London Review. ITAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 6I stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. 6d., or 20 stamps. AR G- YL L ROO M S, Windmill - street, Piccadilly. PROMENADE, CONCERT, and DANCE every Evening. This admired Band, under the direction of Signor LUIGI CURTI, will perform at 9 o'clock a Grand Overture, at 11 o'clock a Selection from a favourite Opera, and a series of novel Dance Music till 12 o'clock. Open at half-past 8. Admission. Is. Manager—M. GRENET. MARK YOUR LINEN.—BOND'S PERMA NENT MARKING INK is by far the best for marking' CRESTS, NAMES, and INITIALS upon House hold Linen, Wearing Applrel, &c. Price is. a bottle. No 6d. size ever made. Sold by E. R. BOND, 10. Bishopsgate street Within, LOU 'on, B C., and by all respectable chemists and stationers in the kingdom—N.B. Purchasers should be careful to observe tie address 10, Bishopsgate-street Within, E.C.—upon the label, without which the Ink is not genuine. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair *perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d, or sent free for 51 stamps. It is most easy of use. HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILA.TORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 30. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 54 stamps. THE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your TEA direct to the EAST IN DIA TEA COll i'A AY. China, Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from is. 10d. per lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, City. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANMARIDES 0 IL, which t.peedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent tree fors4 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248 , High Holborn, London. Essay m Hair, Id. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin. are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &a 2s. 9d.; by post for 40stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, nigh Holborn, London. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profe -oion for Thirty years have approved of this pure solution of Ma .:nesia as the best remedy for Gout and stomach disorders of every kir d ; and as a mild aperient it is ear ecially adapted for ladies ant children. Prrpared solely by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &c., 172, New Bond-street, London ; At d sold throughsut the world by all respeAable chemists. CAUTION —See hat " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for 14 stamps; Eye Colour, 3s. ed., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 40 . ., or eo stamps . Bloom of Roses, 3 s. 6 d. , o r 51 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London. RUPTURES CURED BY CHANDLER'S NEW LEVER TRUSS. It has the following advantazes :—No steel spring recritted round the body, is easily applied, does not chafe or excoi late the skin, admits of any kind of exercise being taken, and is imperceptible when worn. PRICES. Single- -10 s. 6d. and 218., postage is. Double-21s. and 425., postage, 28. Sent on receipt of post-office order, and size round hips. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre ,.sred without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, indigestion, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,le. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to r.sk for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. 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. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of coutainirig several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords 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 con iderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000. weekly. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Has /ernitin, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutte and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;• Ilerries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payue, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W dliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and Co,. Liverpool; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD SMITH, Secretary. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the ore and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. laws RAGON, announces that he has transferred. his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-half by the London and North-Western line, and duty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, meadow, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. rrHE WHEELER AND WILSON -1-CELE BRATED LOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINE, for £9. The WHEELER and WILSON Company have now Ma chines at £9 and upwards, which will do all desert, bons of work for which these Machines have so long been pre-emi nent, as stitching, hemming, frilling, gathering, cording. binding, tucking, trimming, quilting, felling, &0., and have now added to their list a Machine for making Button-holes for Tailors, Mantle Makers, &c. Instruction gratis to every purchaser, and Illustrated Prospectus gratis sad post fre.. Offices and Sale Rooms, .39, Regent-street, W. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1865. know, however, is, that it occupied Handel from August 22 to September 14, 1741 ; and that, by the 29th of October following, he had completed yet another oratorio, " Samson !" The thing appears incredible, but it is placed beyond the possibility of doubt by Handel's own handwriting. Thus, amid his pecuniary and other distresses, with a long journey before him, and a " troop " of singers to provide for, Handel composed " Messiah." We will say nothing of " Samson," prodigy as that is also ; it is marvel enough that he composed " Messish" under these circumstances, because he would take with him something new for the Irish people. When was there a theatrical impresario to compare with Handel ? The " Messiah" is the sixth of Handel's nineteen English oratorios, and follows next in order to " Israel in Egypt." Herder calls it " a Christian epop6e in musical sounds ;" M. Schcelcher —who cities Herder in his " Life of Handel," which we wish he had published in French—says better, that "it forms part of the religion of England." It is certainly a work which successfully appeals to every. Christian community that does not look upon music, quand meme, as an abomination. It has created a wider impression, and effected more real good in many ways; than any other great musical work combined of which the history of the art makes mention. It possesses the advantage of not being cast,like the "Passions" of Bach, in a dramatic form. Jesus does not speak, as in the " Christus am (Elberg," with which the great Beethoven, Handel's equal in a totally different sphere, could scarcely have felt satisfied. The " Messiah" is wholly narrative and didactic. The chief incidents of the Redeemer's sojourn among us are rather hinted at than plainly indicated. The world's rejoicing at His advent is set forth in the first ,art and the :lorious result of His mission in The 6 ~•. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. great," multiply on every hand ; but the holes in which " tag, rag, and bobtail" burrow are mercilessly earthed-up. His lordship cannot abide those hovels so near his lodge • besides, they are a constant tax on his larder. He has them all pulled down, and the tenants cram anyhow into the nearest village. They will only have six or seven miles more to walk to their work and back—a trifle for lusty limbs ! But to return to Whitechapel. What a hand-to mouth system prevails ; and provident habits are most lacking where they are most needed. The savings are few, and often serve as a temptation to "go on the drink." Yet if a wet season, or a con tinued frost sets in, thousands will be in danger of starvation. Even a change in fashion, like the going out of embossed silks, will often throw large numbers out of work. Labour in the docks and wharves below London-bridge is especially precari ous, and the hands employed vary from 4,000 to 30,000. Woe to the bakers' shops when hunger on a large scale shall invade the East-end ! Woe to the rich also ; forthe distinction betweenmeum and tuum will be forgotten in that day. The poor of White chapel have heard indeed the precept, " Thou shalt not steal ;" but New-court and the rookeries are continually recommending thievery to their no tice. The burglar and his mistress, the pickpocket, the " area sneak," the " fence," or receiver of stolen property, are never of the poorest. They live on better fare ; rise above the misery of high prices ; frequent the music-halls, and make some one or other among the company pay for the night's entertainment. These are the more refined thieves, but besides them, there are swarms of savage look ing men, and coarse, slatternly women, their paramours—all brutalised thieves. It is not into their courts that we would advise the West-end philanthropist to enter, unattended by a constable. merciless ruffians under heaven, and they would leave their terrors, their :at-worrying, or cock fighting in an instant, to fall upon him like birds of prey. Of course, sooner or later, justice enacts her penalty, , the thief is "lagged," and his sentence pronounced by the bench. But are the discomforts of a prison, to his mind, greater than those of • a dock-labourer with an average earning of 7s. 6d. a week ? Do not thick soup, treacle puddings, warmth, cleanliness, and abstinence from work on wet days, convert penal servitude into a kind of Promised Land ? But enough, we think, has been said to show how much the East-end may injure the West, and how greatly the West-end may benefit the East. All the efforts of the clergyman and the school master will be impaired or null till these rotting masses of males and females are better separated. Like mouldering fruit, they corrupt each other by contact, and the first step towards their reformation must be the erection of model lodging-houses. It is not one here and - there, like Mr. Waterlow's and Lord Ingestre's, that will suffice ; nor such as will suit clerks and skilled labourers,likeMr.Peabody's. What we want is lodging-houses everywhere, cheap and commodious, for the lodgers are to be reckoned by the thousand. True, lodging-house companies might not succeed as well as other commercial speculations, but what of that? Is there not wealth and charity enough at the West-end to trade upon the hope of moral, spiritual, and social returns, to be content with no profit the first year, and with 3 or 4 per cent. afterwards ? Surely it were far better to lose m this way than to double subscriptions to hospitals, refuges, and charity schools, which restore, perhaps, one sickly sheep in a hundred, but leave the ninety and nine to die together of the rot. and hath redeemed us to God by His blood," is the great theme of the final chorus in the last section of the oratorio. " For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given," is that of the most prominent choral exhibition of the first. In the second only, the allusions, both prophetic and narrative, from the Old Testament and the New, to the incidents of the Passion bring the most absorbing moments of the earthly career of Jesus intensely before us ; but this, too, ends with the jubilant " Hallelujah," which proclaims His triumph and our salvation. These are the three great choruses of " Messiah," to which all the rest is incidental and subordinate. A more dramatic form would not have fitted the sub ject of the Redemption ; and with all the genius of Mendelssohn, it is fair to doubt whether his " Christus," intended to be an epitome of the life of the Saviour, from the birth to the Ascension, would, whatever the grandeur of the music, have found in the end such general favour as his less ambitious oratorios " St. Paul" and " Elijah." That it could ever supersede " Messiah," the most enthusiastic partisans of Mendelssohn would have been as unlikely as Mendelssohn to imagine. " THE LONDON REVIEW " ON THE EAST AND WEST ENDS.-If modern Babylon has its head of gold, it has also its feet of clay; if the one is seen towering superbly among trees of St. James's Park, the towers of Westminster, and the squares of Bel gravia, the others may be tracked amid mire and filth through noisome lanes and crowded courts of White chapel. But what does Belgravia or Pall-mall know of Whitechapel and the Docks? It has never even seen them, except when whisked along as by magic above the level of their narrow streets, or when sail ing gaily and swiftly through a forest of masts on the Thames. " Paris I know, and Brussels I know, but who are ye ?" Such is its language. It is familiar with the lakes of Cumberland, the High lands, the Drachenfels, and the Tiber winding through its marble wilderness. Not to be familiar with these would be a disgrace indeed ; but what has the West-end of London in common with the East, with the rookeries, and the homes of the great unwashed? What are the masses in Shoreditch to the elite of Belgrave-square ? " Let the people eat grass," said old Foulon during the scarcity of 'B9 ; and many a West-end matron, who will not adven ture to set the sole of her foot on the pavement for delicateness, would, if you talked to her of destitu tion in the East, feel little more concern than Fou lon for the diet of its poor. No one is eligible to the Travellers' Club who has not " travelled out of the British islands to a distance of at least 500 miles from London in a direct line," but are any of those gentlemen required to have journeyed as far as Bethnal-green and the Isle of Dogs ? How many of the existing members would be found qualified for the club if were clogged with such conditions ? No : practically the head of gold says the feet of clay are not of the body ; but rre they, there fore, not of the body ? If these members suffer, will not all the members suffer with them s If the feet of clay become unsteady or inert, if they dance in mad freak, stamp with wild fury and kick, or frisk fearlessly along the brink of political and social precipices, will not the great image also begin to reel, and the golden glories of the head be abased ? A nation has ere now gone mad, as Bishop Butler predicted that it might. Let the West-end look well to it, lest dog-days come, in which the East-end shall be bitten ; remembering what no mean seer has told us, that the " earth itself is but a larger kind of doghutch—occasionally going rabid." If the home traveller, who has reached the broad-way extending from the Minories to Whitechapel Church, will turn aside from its numerous public-houses and butchers' shops, and pierce the narrow openings which issue from it on either side, he will soon discover how much the East end has need of the West, and how much the West end has to fear from the East. Where formerly, as Stow relates, rose fair hedgerows of elm trees, with bridges and easy styles to pass over into the plea sant fields, very commodious for citizens therein to walk, shoot, and otherwise to recreate and refresh their dull spirits in the sweet and wholesome air, a thousand pestilent courts now swarm with beggary, ignorance, andvice. If the wandefer in this Mesheck has visited Rome, he is reminded of the Ghetto, when he sees to what an extent the system of living in the street prevails, notwithstanding our untoward climate. It is, so far as health is concerned, a re medy in part for the evils resulting from over crowded hovels, and as such we may rejoice in it. But for the rising generation it is the prelude to a life of vagrancy. Ragged, muddy, and half-naked, the little creatures patter about the kennels, with garbage, oyster shells, and broken crockery for toys, while their elder brothers gamble with buttons and halfpennies, wrangling and blaspheming beneath the crowded passage to their courts. Many of them are turned out of doors to seek their food for the day. Many are orphans or deserted—to be swept into the maelstrom of crime, unless rescued betimes betimes by the Ragged or Charity Schools. Their minds and ,bodies are alike unfed, and.the ignorance which exists among such children and young persons has lately been brought before the public very prominently in the Report of the Chil dren's Employment Commission. It has proved by careful inquiry that, in spite of all the efforts made to instruct and reclaim them, a large proportion of those who work in factories between the ages of 7 and 18 are utterly ignorant of the most elementary knowledge. Many will tell you that " Queen Vic toria is the Prince of Wales," that " a violet is a pretty bird," that " nobody has a soul," that they do not know who made the world, and that " the devil is a good man." To such young people, whether in the street or in factories, instinct is the only law. If they are hungry they steal ; what can be more natural ? There are pickpockets of five years old, and skilled practitioners of seven ! If the gentlemen of the West-end, who live at home at ease, would judge of their moral condition, let them inspect the densely-crowded rooms, where children and adults of every age and each sex pig together without air or light. Or if they will leave town every season without any personal effort to relieve the misery in the East, let them tread in the steps of Dr. Hunter and visit the cottages of the poor within a mile of their park-gate. He has examined 5,375 such dwellings in various counties, and his statements dislose a painful and shocking state of things. About half the number contained one bedroom only, with an average of four persons sleeping in each room. Mr. Simon, the medical officer to the Privy C oun cil, gives particular instances of packing in Cambridgeshire and Essex, which remind us more of the hold of an emigrant ship than of those ideal haunts of peace which honeysuckles clasp and elms overshadow. In one place six adults, without counting children, huddle together by night ; and in another eight adults in a hut measuring 12 feet 6 inches square ! In Lubenham, Leicestershire, a married pair, two youths of twenty and eighteen, a girl of seventeen, and a grandchild, live in one bed room • while grown-up daughters with their natural children lie constantly strewn on the floor with their brothers leaving the parents to occupy some miss-. rable bedstead. The population increases ; but, both in town and country, house-room has been on the decrease during the last ten years. Houses have been destroyed to a considerable extent during that period in 821 separate parishes or townships in England. In 1861 the • population of these places, though 5 and a third per cent. greater than in 1851, was squeezed into house-room 41 per cent. less. Squares and terraces, " parka and ordered gardens THE " SPECTATOR" ON PRIVILEGE IN AMERICA. —Democracy in America, it is becoming evident, has to pass through one more trial. It has come victorious out of a war which would have crushed any European monarchy except the British, and has overcome a rebellion before w hi c h even G rea t Bri tain might possibly have succumbed. It has secured by four years of desperate effort, during w hi c h it h as had to discover the men who can organize force as well as to develope the force itself, the control o f a continent and the emancipation of a race, and now it has to accomplish a feat greater even than these. Our Americthi friends will listen with annoyed in credulity when we describe the task yet remaining to be performed, but it is none the less one which will test their trusted system, far more than the struggle which they have won. That was a question of force, and even Tories like Sir Archibald Alison have long since conceded that democracy when •it possesses force at all, possesses it in a nearly irresistible degree. Nothing can withstand millions of freemen, when all are willing to sacrifice all rather than the Republic should suffer a decline. But democracy has now to develope a quality inde finitely higher than force, a quality which demo cracies are apt to despise, which the American de mocracies avowedly does despise—the delicate and subtle statesmanship which can carry through a social revolution without destroying the bonds by which society exists. The Federal Government, victorious in war and not unsuccessful in diplomacy, able to place a million of men in the field, and to keep 600 armed vessels engaged in a blockade— shat, the strangest fact of the war, has almost escaped attention—has now, when resistance has apparently ceased, to change 11 oligarchical States into 11 . democratic and free republics, and every which arrives displays more clearly the difficulty of the task. In eleven States, all faithful or submis sive to the Union, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, there is a silent struggle going on, nominally as to the position of the negro, really as to the question, old as civilisation, whether the basis of society is to be equality or privilege. Equality of legal rights is the strength of the North, yet it is unwilling to establish it in the South by force; privilege is the passion of the South, and though defeated in the great struggle for its final recognition as the key stone of society, it cannot bear to surrender the long-enjoyed possession. Privilege, therefore, .in some shape the " South"—by which we in this in stance mean all recently slaveholding States—is determined to retain. In Virginia the masters, with the fine instinct of capital for its imme diate interests, have combined to fix the rate of wages for coloured men at five dollars a month, just one-third the hiring price of slaves, and about one-fourth the rate which the coloured . men, if free to work or be idle, would be .to accept. In Tennessee, which has regained its re stricted independence, the Legislature h as deprived the blacks of the special right of freemen, that of bearing witnesses,and has imposed a special penalty on rape if committed by the inferior colour. In Louisiana the white is privileged to do nothing ; while the black, even if he prefers to starve, must work under somebody's orders. In. North Carolina the free schools are restrict ed to whites; in Arkansas and some other States the free locomotion of blacks is forbidden ; and in . all political power is confined not to property, or ed tication, or even ancient bi r th, but to men whose skins are devoid of a shade of the detested colour. Many of these rules are in themselves, as temporary rules, defensible, and probably all • deserve less opprobrium th a n freemen will be disposed to believe. It is absolutely essential to construct a system under which two races differing widely i n ci v ili sa ti on , i n physical power, in those tendencies which spring of race, and those desire s w hi c h ar i se f rom cu l t i vat i on, shall live together, if not in amity, at least in mutual respect. How is the necessity to be met ? Let the Government, says the American Radical, and the Anglo-Indian, enforce for a series of years equal and somewhat stern justice, and the end will be attained, a s it is in Ireland between Catholics and Protestants, in Russia between serfs and nobles, in India between natives and settlers. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN. An adjourned special meeting of this company was held on Thursday in Dublin, Mr. J. Ennis, M.P., in the chair, for the purpose of authorizing the directors to raise £300,000. The CHAIRMAN stated that there had been an ad journment until some definite communication was had with the Treasury or Chancellor of the Exche quer on the subject of a loan to the company. He concluded by moving a formal resolution cancelling £175,000 shares in the capital stock of the company, created under the powers of previous Acts, and au thorizing that, in lieu thereof, and also in lieu of £126,000 of the remaining unissued shares, the com pany raise £300,000 by the creation and issue of shares or stock at par, with a preference not exceed ing £5 per cent. per annum. _Mr. STIRLING seconded the motion, Captain G-OFF moved an amendment to s the ep t e effect b e r that £200,000 be raised now, and the remainin g £lOO,OOO after the app roval of the m meeting. Lord CASTLEMAINE seconded the amendment. After a long discussion it was ultimately resolved that the company should raise a sum of £200,000 by the creation and issue of preference shares, bearing in. N°. 22,788. K INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This ode Pxated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the tinen FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. St, at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREA.T WINDMILL-STREET , LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums of £2O to £5OO, 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. No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of' a directed stamped envelope. The Association also lends Money for the purchase of 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 SOCIETY (Esta blished A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo place, London, S.W. ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wanted in towns not yet represented. T HE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TRANSFER BOOKS of this Association will be CLOSED from the Ist until the 14th proximo, both days inclusive, preparatory to the Second Half-yearly General Meeting. By order, W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary, 27, Lombard-street, London, E.C., June 22.1865. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Company HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that a HALF= YEARLY COURT or GEFIRRAL - MEETIWG - ttrtfie Said" Company will be held, pursuant to the direction of the Act Ist and 2d William IV., cap. 52, at the Dock House, No. 8, Bunter-square, onFRIDAY, the 24th July next, for the pur pose of ctioosing and appointing Directors under that Act, and for filling the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel Gregson. Esq , M.P. ; also for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to Forty, as prescribed in the Act passed in the present session of Parliament. The Directors retiring by rotation on the present occasion offer themselves for re-election, with the exception of George William Cottam, Esq., who has resigned. At this meeting a Dividend will be declared on the Capital Stock of the Company for the half year ending 30th June. By order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Bliliter square, June 23, 1865. N.B.—The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. THE LONDON FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION (Limited) offer for SALE by Public Tender. £130,00 , , being the whole of the A 'PRIORITY STOCK of the KETTERING, THRAPSTON, and HUNTINGDON RAILWAY, entitled under powers conferred by the said Company's Acts of Parliament to a Perpetual Dividend of 5 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly out of the Profits, in preference to the Ordinary" Stock, and ranking next to the Company's Debentures. Interest guaranteed by Messrs. Waring for three years, from Ist July, 1865. By the following prospectus it will be seen that the interest on the Debentures is X 3,780 And on the A Priority Stock 6,500 Being together £10,280 annually, and as the line is to be worked by the Midland Company for seven years at 40 per cent., a gross receipt of £17,200 per annum will be sufficient to pay interest on the A Priority Stock as well as on the Debentures. The coal traffic alone is estimated to produce one-third more than the above amount, independent of the ordinary sources of traffic. The A Priority stock is therefore most amply secured, and presents an eligible investment for trustees and other parties seeking a security paying a fixed dividend at a good rate. With the view of removing any doubt as to the dividend, and in order to give ample time for the development of the traffic, Messrs. Waring Brothers guarantee for three years the interest on the said Priority Shares. Tenders for the whole, or any portion of the above Stock, will be received at the offices of the Association, South Sea House, Threadneedle-street, up to Tuesday, 11th July, at One o'clock, when the tenders will be publicly opened and the Stock will be allotted to the highest bidders, provided the prices offered are not below the minimum, which will be fixed in the usual manner before the Tenders are opened. In case of equality of Tenders beyond the amount required a pro rata distribution on such Tenders will be made. A deposit of £5 per cent. must accompany each Tender. The balance to be paid on the 18th July, when the Stock will be placed in the purchaser's name without expense. South Sea House, Threadneedle-street, Ist July, 1865. KETTERING, THRAP AILW STON, AND HUNTINGDON RAY. CAPITAL. Debentures £75,600 Priority or A Shares Deferred or B Shares . 130,000 ~ 100,000 Total £305,600 DIRECTORS. General ARBUTHNOT, Woodford House, Thrapston, Chairman. William Bunce Greenfield, Esq., 59, Porchester-terrace, Hyde Park, W., Deputy-Chairman. Thomas Pain, Esq., 22, Great George-street, Westminster, S.W. . _ . Valentine Hill, Esq., Kimbolton, St. Neots. G. B. Bruce, Esq., Westminster-chambers, Victoria street, S.W. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Redding Townsend and Co., 3, Princes-street, Westminster. SECRETARY. Arthur Lankester, Esq. COMPANY'S OFFICES. No. 1, Poet's-corner, Westminster, S.W. This railway has been constructed in the most substantial manner by Messrs. Waring Brothers, within the capital authorised by the Acts of Parliament 25 and 26 Vict., cap. 173, 26 and 27 Vict., cap. 203. It is 26 miles long, running out of the Midland system at Kettering, touching the Lon don and North Western at Thrapston, and the Great Northern and Great Eastern at Huntingdon, and will be opened on the ensuing Ist of August. The total share capital is £230,000 ; of this the A Shares amounting to £130,000, are entitled, under powers con ferred by the Company's Acts, to a priority in dividend of £5 per cent. in perpetuity, ranking next after the deben tures, so that they are substantially preference shares. Messrs. Waring Br o th ers guaran t ee th e i n t eres t on th e A Priority Shares for three years from Ist July, 1865. By the Acts of Parliament the liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount of their subscription in the usual manner. The B or deferred shares receive all the surplus after payment of five per cent. to the Priority Shareholders. The railway traverses one of the richest agricultural districts of England, in which also iron-stone and clay of fine quality have recently been developed. It is to be worked under Parliamentary sanction by the Midland Company, who, by agreement with the Great Eastern Company, have powers of running onwards from Hunting don by St. Ives to Cambridge, so that a complete and most direct connexion will be established between the whole of the Great Eastern system and the manufacturing and mine r ral Midland districts, including Derby, Leicester, Birming ham, Nottingham, Sheffield, and the Northern manufac turing population. A reference to the map will show the importance of the line as a connecting link between the centre and the east of England. The Midland Company are to work and maintain the lino for 40 per cent. of the gross receipts during seven years, and for 50 per cent. in perpetuity thereafter. The traffic will obviously, therefore, be large. It is be lived, indeed, that the transport of coal alone will furnish a remunerative return upon the capital now offered to the public. The greater part of that traffic, now going into the eastern counties by the circuitous route of Peter borough, must hereafter go via Huntingdon, as its shortest and best course. This quantity is estimated at 300,000 tons a year, which, at the rate of d. per ton per mile, would yield £24,375 gross, or £14,625 net after payment of work ing expenses. The net return on coal, therefore, after de duction of £3,780, the debenture interest, would be £10,845. To pay the dividend on the Priority Shares only £6,500 (beyond the debenture interest) is required ; so that, unless the anticipations of those best qualified to judge are greatly erroneous, there would be from the coal traffic alone a net surplus of about £4,350 annually beyond the dividend on the A Priority Shares. And if the general traffic from passengers, merchandise, cattle, and iron ore should realise only a net amount equal to that derived from the coal, the Company would have a clear annual income of £29,000 after deducting working expenses, whilst the first charges for debenture interest and dividend on these shares would absorb £10,300 only. 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THE "SATURDAY REVIEW" ON HANDEL'S " MES- SlAll."—Handel's extraordinary popularity through out the length and breadth of England—to which may be added America, where his oratorios are more frequently heard than in Germany, or, in short, than in any country except our own—must not be attributed to his ha v ing made Biblical heroes sing martial songs, Biblical prophets utter prophecies in sounding declamatory recitative, Biblical Israelites shout paeans i n sole mn c h orus ,to the conster na tio n of Biblical Philistines. He might have done all this and more, a n d still no t h ave b een , a cen t ury a ft er his death, what he now is to the English and Ame rican peoples. He did, in fact, accomplish more. He described with graphic and appalling power the miracles of " Exodus," and then, in the " Song of Moses," recapitulated those miracles in hymns of thanksgiving and praise that for sublimity have never been approached. But " Israel in Egypt," matchless as it is, would not have made Handel the Handel we revere. Musicians would have ex tolled him to the skies. Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, would have said—" Behold our mas ter !" Mendelssohn would have written—" Israel" is " the greatest and most lasting piece." And yet the world, the Christian world at large, would not have adopted Handel as has almost universally adopted him. But, in addition to " Israel" and the rest, - which, separate or combined, would have pro claimed him a colossus, Handel wrote " Messiah"— or, as he first entitled it, " a sacred oratorio"—a work which musicians may justly regard as the greatest production of their art, but which has also still higher pretensions. He wrote " Mes siah" when fortune for him had done her worst. In 1739, he had produced " Saul," " Israel in Egypt," the " Ode to St. Cecilia," and other great pieces, not one of which materially helped him to steer clear of overwhelming difficulties ; in the year following he composed " L'Allegro ed it Penseroso," &c., but with no happier result. In the midst of those labours he returned to Italian opera, which had always proved his Nemesis, and just at this period had brought him to the brink of ruin. Two new operas, and an old one revived, were all failures at the theatre under his management in Lincoln's Inn-fields. The aristocracy, whom he had unwit tingly offended, were his uncompromising enemies. His oratorios and cantatas, as well as his Italian operas, were alike disregarded till, on the verge of bankruptcy, he bethought him of a visit to Ireland, which he had long contemplated, and which now he argued might help to relieve his fallen fortunes. Indomitable hero, no less than indomitable producer! He would not go to the Irish—" that generous and polite nation," which had long expressed an admi ration for his works—'without something new ; as if nineteen-twentieths of the superb things he had already produced would not have been as good as new to a new country. So he composed " Messiah." Where? How? All we can find is that he com posed it before he left England. Thus much we learn from a letter to his friend, Charles Jennens (Dublin, Dec. 29, 1741), who had, it appears, com piled, or more probably helped to compile, the words. Jennens resided at Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire (this surely should be as interesting a spot as Cannons, or the house in Brook-street), and at Gopsall Hall some insist that Messiah must have been written, while others assert the contrary. All we care to -4 ~~ s . :l:rt; t-= PAPER terest not exceeding 5 per cent., suefrikte.k2grt7g \ be issued under par. • ,-/- TURIN AND A meeting of shareholders in thik - -4*itosny i held on Friday at the London Tavern'. M.P., in the chair. r a.3 a S The report of the English directors stated that the guarantee the company had agreed to accept from the Italian Government would amount to - £129,600 per annum. The subvention of £480,000 originally granted by the Government and the com munes was to be confined to one-third (1160,000) in cash, of which the greater portion had been re ceived, and in lieu of the remainder £320,000 obli gations were to be issued, which, with respect to interest and sinking-fund, would be provided for by the guarantee to be received from the Italian Govern ment ; and the rest of the capital required for the construction of the railway would be provided for in the same manner by the issue of other obligations on the same footing and security, to an extent sufficient to fulfil the contracts and complete the undertaking. Pv`:'re.4 The CHAIRMAN explained that the original agree ment for a subsidy would have been better for the company than the guarantee recently granted ; but the directors were driven to accept the present ar rangement in consequence of shareholders not paying their calls. Some conversation ensued, in the course of which it was stated that if holders of shares would only have faith in the undertaking and pay up the calls till it was completed, they would have reason to be satisfied with their investment. WEST FLANDERS. The report of the directors states that they have summoned the shareholders to consider certain de tails of the convention recently handed over to the " Societe d'Exploitation de Chemins de Fer." Under this convention the West Flanders Railway Com pany have to provide for the construe...oNa a 0 1 ° lin4 from Routers to Ypres, and from Poperinghe to Hazebrouck, and also for the works to be completed on the old lines, by issuing bonds of a nominal capi tal of 500 f. (£2O), and bearing an annual interest of 15f. (125.), payable half-yearly. The bonds are to be repayable during the whole of the concession of the lines to be constructed by means of a progres sive redemption, to take place by yearly drawings. The number of bonds required has been fixed at 30,000, and the directors have to submit an agree ment which, subject to the approbation of the share holders, they have entered into with the Societe d'Exploitation de Chemins de Fer, for that com pany to undertake the whole construction of the lines for that number of bonds, thereby relieving this company from any responsibility or from any further claim upon them, even in case the produce of the bonds should be exceeded. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE The total expenses of this and the South York shire Companies Railway, including rents, tolls, duty, &c., from Jan. 1 to June 18, amounted to £191,528, as against £186,110 for the corresponding period of 1864. The proportion of the South Junc tion receipts accruing to this company from Jan. 1 to June 18 amounted to £17,081, as against £17,027 for the corresponding period of 1864, and the ex penses to £8,389, as against £7,579. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the Month of May last amounted, for passengers, mails, &c., to $135,454, and for freight to $324,988 — total, $460,442, against $214,679 in May, 1864, showing an increase of $245,763. The total receipts in the first five months of thepresentyeax amounted to $588,026 for passengers, &c, and to $1,477,689 for g00d5—t0ta1,52,065,715, against $1,075,018 for the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of $990,697, or 92 per cent. DEMERARA. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the fortnight ending May 27 last amounted for passen gers to $2,096, for goods to $2,563, for rent to 420, and for wharfage to Xso—total, $4,729, against $3,438 in the corresponding fortnight of last year, showing an increase of $1,291. RAILWAY BILLS. On Saturday, in the Lords' committees, the case of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Ex tension to Liverpool) Bill, which is opposed by Lords Derby and Sefton, was proceeded with, as were also the Surrey and Sussex Junction and the West Hartlepool and Cleveland and North Eastern (Amalgamation) Bills. Alarming Accident to an Express Train, On Saturday night a most alarming accident occurred to the down express train to Norwich on the Great Eastern Railway. The train, which was somewhat behind time, had approached within about two miles of Norwich, and had just passed under what is known as the Lakenham viaduct, when the driver (Cole) felt the engine give a violent jerk. He had just previously shut off steam, but was running at from 30 to 40 miles an hour. When he felt the jerk he at once gave three whistles to the guard to apply his brake, and the fireman proceeded to put in force the tender brake. The leading wheels of the engine remained on the line, but the driving wheels tore up the permanent way, breaking the chairs and ploughing up the ballast. The train continued on the metal, and for a brief space nothing serious happened. After running about 120 yards, however, the train approached a long wooden bridge which carries the line over a shallow stream and some swampy ground on either side. On reaching the bridge all the wheels of the engine left the metals, and a scene of terrible confusion ensued. The locomotive plunged across the bridge ; but although the rails were torn up and bent in the most surprising fashion— although the driving wheels ploughed and ground into the timbers, the engine was landed on the other side, where the ballast re commenced. Then it flung itself across the up line, the wheels became embedded in the ballast, and its progress was at last stopped. The train had been dragged somehow across the bridge, notwith standing the tearing up of the rails by the engine, and, marvellous to relate, not one of the carriages was thrown into the stream beneath. One of the carriages, was, however, thrown a little on one side, and its occupants (among whom was Lord Staf ford) had to scramble out through the windows as well as they could. The other passengers, among whom may be mentioned Sir F. Crossley, M.P., who was en route to his seat at Somerlyton, were soon liberated from the carriages, and it was found, happily, that with the excep tion of a few bruises no one was much the worse for what had happened. The driver and fire man held on to their engine till it reached the bridge, then the fireman jumped off into the river ; the driver following his example when the engine had crossed the bridge, and blocked the up line. The prompt measures which the driver had taken to reduce the speed after the first jerk no doubt ma terially mitigated the final disaster, and prevented repetition fellow of at the one S r t a a n pl o e n hurs to brave fellow t th ca e t T as r t o r w op s h e e. sta ll tion e to prevent any train coming upon the u p line, and the guard ran back in the c ontrar y d i rection to stop a train expected on t he down line. The result of these timely measures was that n o further mis chief ensued. Intelligence of the accident was at once forwarded to Norwich, and Mr. Stevenson, the local superintendent, went down to the spot in a special train, with as little loss of time as possible, taking with him a, number of men. He found, how ever, that the damage done was so great that the regular traffic must be suspended. The up mail train, which should have started from Norwich at 10 p.m., was accordingly delayed till daybreak yes terday, and on reaching the shattered bridge the passengers were transferred to another train brought on from Wymondhain. As many as 70 men were set to work to remove the carriages which had become entangled in the woodwork of the bridge. By noon yesterday the up line had been cleared, but the restoration of the still im_ peded down line will be a work involving consider.. able time and labour. ~.,,,,.Mi~j we y to ,ice, Lder f he on port em- cen. `our be rye ob ory aka uul ons by first an sle, ur tho ng tst ,do lt, a 30. of I