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•:i NEWSPAPER AT-r - - - • C 5 • 4.4 • r •• , ' - • • . .7.", ; ) ; I—` ton and Aix. W. Nicol, .P., the ietiring direetors; ••7 re-elected and Major-General Sw.4 acsar _ 4 :6 e VAN) if/ were nson yvas '3) 4 cal • `)A - ..04 , t• • ~, ,f7=7 • r elected auditor, in the room of hit. Andeisoll, L; • ;, - k' '` • ''\ N jg 4 - • 41 1 ••• On the motion of Mr. BELL, the shareholders passed a resolutionrecordirtg their sense. of Mr. An.. "."• . , , . 4. Af ' DrE Airf $V.,. 13114. 1111t - DRorr• ; ,Nc derson's efficiency, and deep regret at his retirement "44 111 t 'l rt W I4 / WORK and 50 other PAINTINGS by FORD Piccadilly ADO miX BROWN, NOW EXHIBITING at 191, Adssion, ls. Anotated Catalogue, 6d. Daily oin 9 till dusk. frbm the office of auditor. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1865. N°. 22,752. PRICE 4dy STAMPED sd. Theproceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. - 13El1Ei1IBEIt, YOU WILL SEE YOUR _iv I FRIENDS at " EVANS'. " After the Opera we abral Sup there I MR. MAC DONALD'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, 'at all the Libraries, in 3 vole„ NIARK YOUR LINEN.-BOND'S PERMA NENT MARKING INK is by far the best for marking CRESTS, NAMES, and INITIALS upon House hold Linen, Wearing App irel, Sze. Price ls. a bottle. No 6d. size ever made. Sold by E. R. BOND, 10. Bishopsgate street Within, Lon Son, E C., and by all respectable chemists and stationers in the kingdom.—N.B. Purchasers should be careful to observe t :e address 10, Bishopsgate-street Within, E.C.—upon the label, without which the Ink is not genuine. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA AND SOUTH-EASTERN. A LEC FORBES OF ITOWGLEN. By GEORGE MAC DONALD, M.A., LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN. An adjourned special meeting of this company was held on Saturday at the Euston Station, for the consideration of certain bills now before Parlia ment. Mr. Brown-IVesthead, M.P., the deputy chairman, presided. KINAHAIsT'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. s oele „rated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FR IiNCH BRANDY, Ic is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at Author of "David Elginbrod," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborou7h street. Nov ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 y 014., 21s, HISTORIC PICTURES. By A. BAILLIE COCHRANE, M.P. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." Prom the Times, April 24.—" Mr. Baillie Cochrane has published two entertaining volumes. They are lively read ing. The work is a study of the more interesting moments of history—what, indeed, the author himself calls it, ' Historic Pictures.' " THE CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO. tot Bch ,fu ll ; lite i or 3 6 ijog' , 2$ to er 3 6 iillg' ss t° ) 41° er 6 ) 3°5 tone. fine . 1 f"ir cl 7 38 "1 G 1 0 ,sti°' t,beiP f ri• 0 go o 01' No' olO e ' too ,p" ileil o, le° O li f .. til ° r, of 00-1 Pe l t a , 310 or ° glee ao ,ea Port' - )A 111/ A 145 de ry ,f 351 oil ' ' lt.- f ~ 0 * Insert Bankers' Name. The CREDIT FONCIER and MOBILIER of ENGLAND gaimited) aro instructed to RECEIVE SUBSCRIP IONS for £1 1 212 7 000 A STOCK of TIDE METROPOLITAN EXTENSION DomItAILWAYS of COMP LONDON, CI4ATHA.III, and DOV ER RAILWAY ANY, in 30,300 Provisional Sc up Certificates to Bearer of £4O each, with interest Fuaranteed by Sir S. MortonPeto, Bart, Betts and Cramp- Tn, at 6 p er cent. per annum on price of Issue, payable on 5 .clraount Paid -up, as from Ist January, 1865, and such interest payment will be continued to Ist July, 1867, by half -yearly payments, on Ist July and Ist January in each Year ' The first Six Months' Interest will be paid on Ist July, 1865. AlloDeposit . £1 per Certificate on Application, and £ 1 on tment Price of Issue £2l for each Certificate, equal to .£52 10s. D °l ' £lOO Stock. Liability limited to amount of Subscription. • T he remaining half of this Stock, £1,213,000, will not be I ssued for twelve months, and then only as Paid-up Stock, kel at not less a price than £lO per £lOO Stock advance on present price of issue. DIRECTORS. Thvaletilitat,na,ll on o un,bl o Lord SONDES, Lees Court, the Kent, ' Chairman. _ r e Lo r d Harris, K. 5.11, South-street, Grosvenor-square, uelity-Chairman. Sir R . G e _ W. Carden, Royal Exchange-buildings. ij urge Cobb, Esq., Bredgar, Sittingbourne. Ivi vr r( l W. Edwards, Esq., Victoria-street, London. Charles mni Gladstone, Th e Old Broad-street, London. J. Hilton Esq., Pines, Bickley, Kent. G. P. Holroyd, Esq., 8, Sussex-square, Hyde Park, W. Slimes Lake, Esq., Newlands, Sittingbourne. • a . Rich, B ar t., N o tti ng h am -pl a ce, London. 21r Ir Cusack P. Roney, 15, L ang h am -place, London. J ° lll l Maxwell Tylden, MiLstead, Sittingbourne. SOLITORS Messrs. F reshfields and Newman,. 5, Bank-buildings, E.C. ENGINEERS. Joseph Cubitt, Esq., C.E., Great George-street. P. T. Turner, Esq., C.E., Parliament-street. SECRETARY. W. E. Johnson, Esq. GENERAL MANAGER. J. S. Forbes, Esq. PROSPECTUS. ii. : 1 : 11 0 present obj ec t i s t o o ff er f or pu bli c S u b scr ipti o n th e 8 ' half of the A Stock of the Metropolitan Extension 'allways of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company,: M o unting to £1,212,000, w hi c h, w ith the £1,213,000 to be tier th a n ed only as f u ll y p a id- up St oc k, a t no t l ess a p r ice than 7:'i u Per cent. increase on the present price of issue, or ear twelve months hence, completes the amount of £2,425,000, the total amount of that Stock. Full details of the lines and .their present poeiticrn see Given at length in the statemera annexed, which, with the maps attached, show the routes of these lines and those in connexion. In considering this Stock as an investment, the principal Points for consideration are, first, the amount of Stock to ,P,aY dividenc? upon ; secondly, the probable receipts ; Luirdly, the minimum dividend per cent. to yield a fair return on the price of issue. Tho capital of the Metropolitan Extension Railways is constituted as follows. viz. : nebentures £1,433,300 13 Stock, entitled to 6 per cent. Preference C Stock, entitled to 6 percent. Preference afterß 1,050,000 A Stock (present Issue) Entitled to remainder Por future Issue as fully of Profits £1,212,000 2,425,000 'paid-up Stock u p to 6p. ct. 000) £5,733,000 The total mileage is about 14 miles. , The traffic on the Metropolitan (Underground) an average ound)Raih of Railway lea s amounted s i nce I s t J anuary, 18 £ 67 3 per mil e per week, which is moreov'aesrsclaigl)e-ls a triflingi.ncreasing, and at p resent arises from metropolitan p on amount only of th roug h traffic, and no, goods being as yet carried on this line. 'When it is considered that the pres o en n t do t n ra , Metropolitan Extension Railways in L 4_14 Dover Company is conducted over i stock,Chatham, also waY, and with inadequate amount of roonlllyntgwo lines of that it is still unfinished, and that the portion at work has only rec ently been op ene d, it w ill be observed that the Present at es tim a re te of ceipts the probablree traffic. afford no liabl data upon which to form e • To fix. the amount at anything like what is felt by com- Petent i judges will be the actual result when tlie en(oLr„..nidoeurs. con tra that the junctions with the Metropolitan t gr x,P li nd), the Groat Northern, the Midland, the Great "eter; the West London Extension, the South Wystern, 4114 the North Western, will bring on the lines, might be eensidered an exaggeration by those inexperienced r ui ,c t c h . c Wouderful elasticit of metropolitan and suburban t • ffl It is therefore tjught better not to estime the probable vr tra! ;"trc higher than the average of the mileage receipts of the oplitan (Underground) Railway, as above b the mile -14•1 £673 per mile per week. This multiplied ago of the Metr y London, mentioned, Chaff it , e), n _ opolitan Extension Lines of li t i lle givoare_ turn' a d Dover Railway Company would ded (24 X 189,911 per annum. From this sum must be l ucted 40 per cent. for working estimate. The estimated therefore at £293,966 . The large net results from charges, which is a liberal alike po p r as an se n n u g m e . rs only may be goods traffic, which these lines will enjoy tt nsas l i. ro e ta the adinirable position and number of the ,i s a a stations ,j'te.,!lll arrangoinents made for working thel aa i e L_m u n y augment the receipts by at least X o , o'l)'offi ne ' t l' P vielll. f a '. ll 1 . . ; which, in that case, after paying intereston dividend of 4''-' tuies on the B and C Stocks,' would yield a _ n_ i 1 : cent. ou the whole of the X 2,425.000 A. Stock .. (i oM,`, ln g the present issue), which, at the price it is now The at,. would be equal to 10 per cent. per annum. ust be te t _'? . yi ce, at which the A Stock is uow offered I,,,l,slou_tred most advantageous to the investor if increased o l illy one r e f. 1 this result isattained• when, however, eetpts wo ld •dividend Stock f 5 per cent., the Must to . 1 1 permit a o the • lly be a Profit rtamly rise to par, which would practically issue. It of upward s of 47 per cent. above the price t o o. f p ,___ 1 considered that results approaching h siTtir,es will be reached in less than two years, and tet o t v a e .Aa.r'ty increase may be further looked for from to,l,lgements have therefore been made with Sir S. A . l n ci e •-•_ ~4 Aeto, p ad., Betts, and Crampton, that time. to guara„tfe at i t ate tivrort). Ist Jam y, Whici::),Per cent. per anu l u B6 n s ;o lu n i up,by h intrinsic t t i h l e ls a t pi J o l u d n y t , p l a T t 4 ...., latter date it is confidently believed t , e _ ves. T i t , l .B of the whole system will have develoedi.hemsel of tt u.s 9 belief entertained as to the augmentation . in value ketr e - stock. when it is considered that the lines possess „In tr a m politan termini as well as metropolitan and subuib au _ ato c k e l i ,a borne out by the relative prices of the shares , ri d_ de r „'' the Great Northern and of the Metropolitan . therl.rllll) Railway Company, before they had finished r .i , b Mee and afterwards, viz.- I:3l,lreat Northern A Stock was in October, 1853 ; - ' t :".,c l in the Stock Exchange List at £54 per XlOd i „ ° ea, it is now worth £145, or 91 per cent. increase, 1741-(.3.86 Metropolitan l oune-i v wort List o a u at equalto g2 s , 4 q p u e o r t el worth x i. 35 10 i 0 n S t t h o e c k 8; t ? i t c n k o NEVIs , or £Bl per cent. increase in value ; these facts s for themselves as to tho prospects of the Thep now offered far subscription. of Price of subscri p tion is fixed at £2l per certificate _ 4 10 pay tl , equal to £52 lOs. per £lOO stock, and the periods f e at are as under :--- £ 1 Per Certificate on Application. 4 4 e Allotment. 4 ~ Ist September, 1865. 1 17 Ist December, 1865. 1 Ist March, 1866. 11 Ist June, 1866. ........... 411 ‘‘2l .1141,1 6 calls not duly _paid will render previous payments oertifit° forfeiture. When the whole amount of £2l per tra„feato is Paid, £4O Stock for each certificate will bo ': _a r rel into the name of the then holder thereof. _ c hf . C_e_ option will be given to all subscribers to pay up m e toeenonatallotreent (entitling them to interest on the whole dent _,°f Price of issue from Ist January, 1865); and ' as e p re _ at the rate of 6 per cent per annum will bo allowed on furtVeytliout of nstalmets. These two allowances would fli the• duce the price of issue by about £2 16s. p NArlefe,.allotment, those applications the whole balance er on ale..,,,,tionit is intended by applicants to be paid in one instal ,'_' _ allotment will be first considered. 170"1 11 Pialed by ae`,PPltea!,ions must be made on the Forms annexed, and Payment of £1 per share (without which_ ti o I r c ation can be c 'd d) to any of the unclermen iifee B ankers. Onsl ere t il e e ss l4 : 4 , l ,° 4 and County Bank. Tba Agra. ‘.elyn, Mills, Currie, and Co. Thus• Payne, in Ireland. lli essra a_nd Masterman's Bank (Limited). and Smiths. T he N r °ll4 Bank, London, Dublin, and its Branches L ra _ e , e it ional Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and its la n tiLs len Scotland. TWA. will : 3 71 of no allotment being made, the Deposit . loss are allotted te_ ed f orthwith without deduction ; and if allotment on theaPPbed the sum will be eall_the number of certificates applied for .I,lraber so allotted. Prospectuses, lnadermentioned St h e Ma l, Ps ' towards tho amount payable on Messrs. J. and A. /lossrs LaureneenSk -rcil'ors '— Plans, &c., may bo had of the Seim ud Pearce, 9, Angel-court, E.C. l. 11 08ars. Knight, raiegeour, 10, Old Broad-street. u __ ,td, Limited (Alfred' ags 'and of th e ( I , r a e u d q t eo e 1, Royal Exchai . age- f b_i u ld n.- Lelwoncier and Alobilier a o E.. their il.?Ti'-'le.„ s, 17 and 18, Corrthill, Lo' :Is'I" 44800, Esq., Secretary), Ll_ S ‘t ec d ret t a t r oo£fice t s n of l o'i',°llll, Chatham, and Dev il e Railway Company (W. O Vict e ,o r ria Station, iw Pimlico, S.W. OF-......._ 1 , 0 v PAIDDAPPPICATION FOR SHARES TO BE UP BY INST ALMENTS. " irectors of the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of ' 41 ,212 p'-an.,rsei,oo°f°tAhe ttonedkonof, England (Limited) ~ a, ethhaethMaeratropoliian Extension e lti m il_- , and Dover Railway , t, . Gentlemen, Lein ving paid to the* Ire g •t s l. per Scrip Certificate on Scrip Certificates, abe;elie,..t you to allot me Bank, tbe sum of d b o . e, a. :‘,l°Vc,, in conformity with the Prospectus issue by Scrip Certificates of the les s 4a ....., I her agree to accept such Certificates, or e y the n , 11 (4 °1 that may be allotted to me, and to pay tho fur the • Th. °' , C 1 per Certificate due on allotment thereof, and instalments when duo. 151", Gentlemen' your obedie n t S ervan t , Name in full Usual signature bate -..- Address in full Nay, 1865 . O r, . thi s le ILL-14, 10 1111 OF APPLICATION to be USED , by Tc,ll' (i\e",etuANTS desirous of PAYING the BALANCE . --"-e, INS TALMENT on ALLOTMENT . the Directors of the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of C 1,21,2 e i , England (Limited). of the, -vQ A Stock of the Metropolitan Extension Railways London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. i ,. , . Gentlemen, befil'villg paid to the* Bank tho sum of X ag 1 s • . ' Scrip Corti& caf es, I Per erip Certificate on of the request you to allot me Scrip Certificates b y ae above stock in conformity with the prospectus issued an pen, and I hereby agree to accept such Certificates, or f i j te °es number that ma be allotted to ©, and to tho aer stun of X2o'per Certificate duo on allotment hereof 1 am> Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Usual Signature Date Address ... May, 1865. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profe ision for Thirty years have approved of this pure solution qi Magnesia as the best remedy for Gout and stomach disorders of every kir. d ; and as a mild aperient it is esrecially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared solely by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &c., 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold throughout the world by all respectable chemists. CAUTION.—See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. THE Duke, of SUTHERLAND and PER CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your TEA direct to the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY. China, Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from ls. 10d. per lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, City. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre dared 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 complaints, indigestion, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual mativeness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier A 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,la. lad., and three times the quantity in one, 25. WI. Be sure to ask for Dr. Saott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green Package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the s tamp, ' SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-reom, library, a id Di n i ng-room, eonsisting of a new an d assort menteAeganti: of VA BES Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe li sks, I k stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &0., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine• ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS. INERALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of LyelPs Elements of Geolog y; they will greatly facilitate the Interestin,g study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. "LOGI' PRACTICAL IN b STRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE.' in given y Mr. TENIUNT, at U 9, Strand, W.C. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The public are respectfully cautioned against worthless imitations, and should see that Lea and Terrine' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Propr'etors, Wor cester: Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London, ac. &c. ; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni versally. 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. Vice-Patron—ll is Royal Highness the Prince of WA LES, K.G President—fl is Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. 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 ou voluntary contributions and legacies. 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 con .iderable per:od averaged between 3,000 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 Mu ›erman, Esq., Nicholas - lane; also by Messrs. Coats and Co. ; Co.; Drummond and • Glyn and Co. ; ilerries and Co. ; R ansom and .Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. Barclay and Co. ; W name, Deacon, and Co. ; verend,O Gur ney, ; - ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; L Burled and , Liverpool; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD SMITH, Secretary. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli has issued the fol lowing address to the electors of the county of Buckingham : " Gentlemen,—A dissoltion of Parliament being imminent, I beg leave to announce my intention of soliciting at your hands a renewal of that high trust which on six previous occasions you have conferred on me by sending me as one of your representatives to the House of Commons. it," Although the state of public affairs is, on the surface, little disturbed, the impending appeal to the country involves consequences as momentous as any recurrence to its sense by the Crown has, per haps, hitherto offered. " Six years ago Lord Derby, then Minister, pro posed a measure on church rates, which, while it maintained the principle of a National Church, re lieved the conscientious scruples of Dissenters from its doctrines or polity. It was defeated by a large majority, on the ground that nothing short of abo lition could be satisfactory. " A month afterwards, anxious to free alike the Crown and the Parliament from the embarrassments in which they were placed in reference to the ques tion of the Parliamentary suffrage, he introduced a measure which would have greatly extended it on principles in harmony with the Constitution, which wisely recognises the electoral franchise as a privi lege and not as a right. This measure was also de feated by a large majority, on the ground that no extension of the suffrage could be sufficient which did not involve a lowering of the franchise in boroughs. " In this state of affairs Lord Derby advised an appeal to the country, and not having obtained a majority resigned office; an Administration being formed pledged to the total abolition of church rates and to a measure of Parliamentary Reform which should secure the lowering of the borough franchise. " Since that period the Parliamentary condition may be generally, but fairly, described as a con tinued attack on the British Constitution in Church and State ; if not always suggested by her Ma jesty's Ministers, always sanctioned by them, and invariably originated by the party on whose support their existence, as a Ministry, depends. "The attacks on the Church, commencing with triumphant majorities, have been encountered first with difficulty and defeat, but always with determi nation and constancy, and, finally, have been sig nally discomfited. The various schemes to deprive the Church of its constitutional privileges have been withdrawn, and the House of Commons has re solved that church-rates shall not be abolished. " The attacks upon the State, never conducted with so much energy, have, nevertheless, been more prolonged, and it was only a few nights ago when the House of Commons, impatient of protracted mystification, reflected the candour of the commu nity, and declared by a vast majority that the fran chise in boroughs should not be lowered, and that the principle on" which Lord Derby wished to ex tend it was the just one. "The efforts of the Conservative Opposition dur ing the last six years have, therefore, been neither insignificant nor fruitless. They have defeated the measures to carry which the present Ministry was formed, and in the course of the struggle they have educated the public mind to bring to the final solu tion a decision more matured and enlightened. " The maintenance of a National Church involves the question—Whether the principle of religion shall be an element of our political Constitution ; whether the State shall be consecrated, or, whether, dismiSsing the sanctions that appeal to the higher feelings of man, our scheme of government should degenerate into a mere system of police. I see nothing in such a result but a corruption of nations and the fall of empires. " On the extension of the electoral franchise de pends, in fact, the distribution of power. It ap pears to me that the primary plan of our ancient Constitution, so rich in various wisdom, indicates the course that we ought to pursue in this matter. It secured our popular rights by entrusting power not to an indiscriminate multitude, but to the estate or order of the Commons; and a wise Government should be careful that the elements of that estate should bear a due relation to the moral and material development of the country. Public opinion may not perhaps be yet ripe enough to legislate on this subject, but it is sufficiently interested in the ques tion to ponder over it with advantage. So that, whin the time comes for action, we may legislate in the spirit of the English Constitution, which would ab sorb the best of every class, and not fall into a de mocracy, which is the tyranny of one class, and that one the least enlightened. " The leaders of the Conservative party, although they will never shrink from the responsibility of their acts, are not obtrusive candidates for office. Place without power may gratify the vain, but can never satisfy a noble ambition. Who may be the Ministers of the Queen are the accidents of history ; what will remain on that enduring page is the policy pursued and its consequences on her realm. That will much depend upon the decision and determina tion of the constituencies of the United Kingdom in the impending general election. Subject to those changes which the progress of society may demand, and the experience of, the nation may sanction, I trust they will resolve on upholding the Constitution in Church and State. cc I have the honour to remain, gentlemen, your obliged and faithful servant, " B. DISRAELI. Hughenden Manor, May 20." ................ 1a.... CHESTER. Lord Grosvenor has i ssue d the following address e c o u Itni take o no of the f a P n a e r a li r a l m y e e n p t p is er e tu x n pi3 t c y te e d f t in o , : here i e te cno f tiu r e e rsm e e m eno e r n thA a e n ssu d amd e i lmsescity of Chester: announcing my intention again to offer myself as a candi date for your suffrages. I think it right to issue my address at once in order to explain the reasons which induced me on a late occasion to vote against the second reading of the Borough Franchise Extension Bill. Since the last general election of 1859, during a period of six years, as far as I have been able to judge of public opinion as expressed in the press and otherwise, there has been, and is, no strong feeling in favour of the lowering the franchise. No fault is found with the practical working of the machinery of our present system of, government. No grievances are now heard of, such as prior to the Reform. Bill of 1832 justly excited discontent and ill-will. No complaint is made that the interests of any class are neglected by Parliament. Under these circumstances, I have no sympathy with those who wish to try the experiment of a new system of government, when, upon the whole, the present , works well. The ad vanced Liberals in the House of Commons, while support ing Mr. Baines' bill for the lowering the franchise, have ad mitted that they accept it only as an instalment, their policy tends to Americanise our institutions by giving an undue preponderance to the democratic element in our Constitu tion through the eventual establishment of universal suf frage. I believe that it would be found impossible to stop at a given line of qualification, and that tho suffrage would be r in m y sanction to th e pr i nc i ple of a mea gradually lowered i occasion n ej e ou v nr i t te a of b v l t e ho r te e se s e u ae e l g t an x i v dn o ar e u t l a d tdh b ° ion g arrived the c ye on further consid era ti on, I thought it bill,as u t. r tlohfve Reform e b d y givingbu t my duty on The last proposition contained in it, which would wholly fail to ac complish its avowed object, while it would, in my opinion, lead to such changes in our institutions as would be op posed to the feelings of the great majority of our country men, who, I take it, prefer the real liberty we enjoy at home to any counterfeit that may be found abroad. For these reasons, while opposed to the lowering of the fran chise lam as much in favour of its extension. And while I deny the doctrine of abstract right to the suffrage, I am prepared to . extend it where it can be shown that this can be done without giving undue preponderance to any one ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta blished A.D. 18:17. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo place, London, S.W. ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, secretary. Agents wanted in towns not yet represented. ivrUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION ,L. Tx. (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. 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Por notices of this starting work see the " Saturday Re view" of April 1, cntitiel "Quacks and Quackery ; ' the " Weekly D spatch" of April v, " The Quacks and their Crimes ;" "The Sun" of April 12, " 'Detector's' Broadside on Quacks and Quackery." GUIDE TO TOE QUACKS OF LONDON. A Series of Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the " Medical Cii cuter," with the signature of "Detector," has been republished in the form of a short pamphlet. The realer of " Punch" should read this pamphlet also. He has of ten read, in the pages of "Punch," of certain Quacks, frau dulent an i noisome, who obtain money by false pretences, and more money by meaacca 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 air." 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. n- edful to be known, will be found in the pamphlet 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 causatiou of suicide, are fully set forth in "Revelations of Quacks a. U Qackery." And mark especially that. as aforesaid, the names of the Quacks are publishei. 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. B❑y, therefore, reader, by all means buy " Itevelations of Quacks and Quackery." 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Cd.-12, Three King-court, Lombard street, London. class of the population. It is by the establishment of qua lifications based upon providence and intelligence that we ought to admit the working men to a larger share in the representation. This is the question that requires solution in a future measure of Reform, and as in all important matters of legislation action is preceded by inquiry such inquiry should in my opinion be instituted, to show how, without affecting the present balance of the Constitution, the franchise could be extended; we could then proceed to legislate on a sound and ascertained basis, and hope to arrive at a safe and satisfactory settlement of the question of Reform. On this and other points I 'shall bo ready at the proper time to address you, and in the meantime, " I have the honour to be gentlemen, your faithful ser vant, " GROSVENOR. "28, Prince's-gate, London, May 15." CAMBRIDGE. A rumour that Mr. Kenneth Macaulay, Q.C., intended to retire from the representation of Cambridge on the ground of ill-health is contradicted. Tho learned gentleman will again offer himself for the borough, in conjunction with Mr. F. Powell, the other sitting member. No Liberal can didate has yet appeared. DORCHESTER. In this borough there is no likelihood of a contest, and there is every probability that the present members—Mr. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Liberal) and Mr. Napier Sturt (Conservative)—will bo returned unopposed. DOVER. Sir H. Leeke, and Mr. W. Nicol, the sitting members, having announced their intention to stand for re-election; Major Dickson, of Waldershare-park, and Mr. C. Fresh field, of the firm of Messrs. Freshfield and Newman, soli tore-to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com pany, have formally declared themselves candidlites in the Conservative interest. Major Dickson, in his address - , de clares that ho is not devoted to the watchwords of any party, but inclines to that party in the State which en deavours to secure Conservative progress and the true and permanent interests of the country. He is anxious to see settled all those irritating questions that separate the Church from the other branches of the Protestant com munion, and with this view would heartily rejoice at an arrangement of the church-rate dispute on a basis that would be satisfaeory both to Churchmen and Dissenters. Though not opposed to the readjustment of the franchise, he thinks a movement for that object should be taken with great caution. Measures calculated to promote the inte rests of commerce on the basis of free trade would always receive his cordial support. Mr. Freshfield declares that his political principles aro Conservative, but that he is in dependent of party or faction. His desire is to promote enlightened measures of every description adapted to the progress of society and the development of the trade and commerce of the country. As a member of the Church of England, he " is anxious to protect her institutions, but in the spirit of charity and good feeling to all who conscien tiously dissent from her communion." The Liberals have adopted Lord Bury and Mr. Eustance Smith as their can didates, but their addresses have not yet been issued. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's iron-clad screw steam frigate Black Prince, Capt. Lord F. IL Kerr, arrived in Portland Roads on Friday morning, at 8 a.m., from Ply mouth. The Miranda, 15, screw corvette, 1,039 tons, and 250-horse power, Capt. Robert Jenkins, C. 8., ar rived at Spithead on Saturday afternoon from Auck land, New Zealand, and on anchoring exchanged the customary salutes with the Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.B. The Miranda sailed from Auckland on the 7th of February last, and has experienced generally fine weather during the passage to Spithead, which has been made without calling at an intermediate port. On the 28th of February, in lat. 56 19 S., long. 1 42 E., a very large number of icebergs were in sight, some of them being of unusual size. The crew were at quarters during the forenoon, and some very excellent shot practice was made at several of the bergs. The Miranda has been in commission upwards of four years and a half. She had steam up at 5 30 p.m., yesterday at Spithead, and was ex pected to sail immediately afterwards for the Nore for dismantling and paying out of commission in the Medway. A few passengers and naval supernu meraries came home in her from New Zealand. Her Majesty's iron-clad frigate Bellerophon, 16, 4,246 tons, 1,000-horse power, on Saturday at Chatham, completed the shipment of her iron masts, boilers, condensers, cylinders, and other heavy por tions of her engines and machinery, and, according to existing arrangements, will be floated into one of the vacant docks to-day for the purpose of being completed and made 'ready for sea. Her iron masts, of which there are three, and not four, as originally intended, were manufactured by the Woodside Graving Dock (limited), the same firm which made the iron masts for the Lord Wardeß and Lord Clyde. They were prepared from plans and specifications supplied by the Admiralty, and are formed of three 7-16th plates, rivetted flush on T-irons 6by4 by 7-16, which are again supported internally by tri angular stays connecting the T-irons, the whole forming a triangle inside the circular mast, and ren dering them perfectly rigid. The " cheeks" are also of iron, with the addition, holvever, of wooden trestles and cross trees, placed on the iron, for car rying the tops according to the old plan. The cap of each mast is a massive solid piece of ironwork, shrunk on to the masthead, on which are worked the various eyes for top blocks, &c. Its weight is nearly one ton. The general appearance of the iron masts is more snug than that of the old wooden masts with their heavy cheeks and cumbrous cap, and the masts being cylindrical, instead of solid, they are actually less in weight, with all complete, and of less diameter throughout than the wooden masts would be for the same ship, while their strength and durability are in creased fourfold. Another important advantage in the use of iron-masts for an ironclad frigate like the Bellerophon is that, being hollow, they serve as powerful ventilators between the decks, the arrange ments for this purpose attaining the object to per fection. The length of the foremast is 110 ft. lin., and its diameter 2ft. gin ; the mainmast is 99ft. 7in. in length, and 2ft. lin. in diameter ; the mizenmast is 82ft. 7in. long, and 2ft. in diameter. The Medusa, 4, 312-horse power, Master Cora. J. H. Allard, which brought the iron masts for the Bellerophon from Birkenhead to Chatham, left the latter port on Saturday for the westward. The paddlewheel steam-vessel Advice, from Ports mouth, touched at Plymouth on Saturday, and proceeded to Queenstown. The iron-screw steamship Achilles, 20, Capt. Edward W. Vansittart, left Plymouth on Saturday for a cruise. The iron-screw steamship Defence, 16, Capt. Augustus Phillimore, has left Plymouth to join the Channel Fleet. The screw steam gun-vessel Serpent, 4, Com. Charles Bullock, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday, having in tow a tank, with which she will proceed to Hongkong. The Austrian ironcased screw steam-ram Kaiser Max, 31, Capt. Morelli, from Bremerhaven for Pola, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday evening. The Special Committee appointed by the Admiralty to examine into the old and new forms of cooking apparatus will bring their labours to a close at Portsmouth by the end of the present week. The report may be reasonably looked for as a practical and definite settlement of this very important ques tion. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—henry G. Napier, Frank 11. Bar nett, and John V. Fawcett, naval cadets, to the Caledonia ; henry S. Christopher, naval cadet, to the Gibraltar ; W. A. L. Henriques, naval cadet, to the hector; G. F. Maynard, naval cadet, to the Achilles ; W. B. Rich, paymaster, to the Alert ; the Rev. Percy Rogers, chaplain and naval instructor, to the Terrible; and AV. Horn, second master to the Victory. FEARFUL FALL DOWN A COAL-PIT.—On Saturday a policeman, named John 31.'llarg, fell down a coal-pit at West Bromwich. He was of course dashed to pieces, the pit being nearly three times as deep as the dome of St Paul's is high. Mr. C. E. Stewart, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said there were only three bills on the list which were ready to be submitted at the present meeting. They were the following:--" A bill for conferring additional powers on the London and North Western Railway Company, in relation to their own undertaking and the undertakings of other companies in Wales and Ireland, and for other purposes;" "A bill for making a new railway sta tion at Leeds, and for other purposes;" and " A bill to empower the Lancashire Union Railway Company to construct an extension line to St. Helen's, and other branches in the county of Lan cashire, and for other purposes." The Solicitor having read the heads of the three bills, The CHAIRMAN moved formal resolutions approv ing them, which were unanimously adopted, and the meeting was further adjourned for the consideration of the remaining bill. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held on Friday at the London Tavern—Mr. W. J. Hamilton, the chairman, presided. Mr. Watt, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, together with the statements of accounts, said he need not detain them at any length, as he trusted they considered on the whole that the report was very satisfactory. The report of the chief en gineer showed that the works were proceeding satis factorily. It was very gratifying that the Thull Ghat, the second of these great inclines which car ried the company's lines across the Syhadree range of mountains, had been opened not only for goods but passenger traffic. The advantages to be derived from that source were such that it was impossible they could do otherwise than look with extreme satisfaction on such a result. He had on former occasions alluded to the great expense which they had incurred in carrying the whole of their traffic over those ghats by carts, bullocks, and other ordi nary means, causing great delay and trouble, and also a certain amount of loss. The expense of that mode of conveyance amounted usually to between £30,000 and £40,000 in preceding half-years, the greater portion of which would in future be added to their net receipts. The only portion of the works where the progress had not been satisfactory was on the last portion of their line before reach ing the junction at Jubbulpore with the East Indian branch railway. On the other line in the direction of Madras, the contract for the construction of the portion from their present terminus at Sholapoor to Raichoor, where they would form a junction with the Madras line, had been let by tender to Messrs. Adamson and Clowser, who had already constructed some important works on the line to the entire satis tion of their engineer. A necessity had arisen for doubling the portion of their line between Callian and Kussarah, at the foot of the Thull Ghat. The great amount of trafficbrought to their line from the north west districts was so great that it was totally im possible to carry it on a single line of rails. There fore, the directors, with the concurrence of the au thorities, had decided on doubling the line to the foot of the ghats. This referred to the northern branch, and from that point over the ghats to Egutporah had been constructed as a double line, consequently there would be a length of over 80 miles of dooble line for the whole of that distance. With regard to TIM finances, they would observe in the accounts that the revenue receipts for the past half-year amounted to £313,175 against £207,870 for the corresponding half of the preceding year, being an increase of £105,305. The working expenses had been unusually heavy, partly on account of compensation, and chiefly to the break in the line at the ghats, which had involved the necessity of unloading and reload ing the traffic at the top and foot of the ghats,which would in future be dispensed with. The cost of maintaining the line had been increased by replacing old sleepers of inferior timberswithteak sleeprs. The cost of coal and the price of labour had increased very considerably during last year. In fact, the rate of wages and all the expenses of living had increased in India to an enormous extent during the past few years. The receipts on the line had continued to in crease satisfactorily, and it appeared from a recent return that the receipts for the first quarter of this year had amounted to £495 per mile, being an aver age of £3B per mile per week, as against £355 per mile, or £27 per mile per week during the corre sponding period of last year. He fully expected that the increase of receipts would continue, and that by means of improved managdment greater economy would be effected in the working expenses. The increased rates which would be shortly introduced for carrying the goods traffic would tend to increase the revenue without very much reducing the quan tity carried, because heretofore the rates charged had been unusually low. He would illustrate this by stating that the rates received by the com pany for the carriage of goods was lid. per ton per mile, while the rates the company had to pay for the carriage of materials sent up the country beyond the point where the line was opened for traffic in course of construction was 10fd. per ton per mile. Ori ginally the contracts for carrying those materials were at three annas per ton per mile, or from 44d. to 10id. per ton per mile. They were bound by their contract with the Government to keep at Bombay an agency, but it was left open whether that agency should consist of a single individual or whether it should consist of a committee of directors. Other companies in India had adopted the plan of having a single agent, but this company had for that pur pose a committee of directors, which, he was bound to say, for many years had worked very satisfac torily, and had got through a great deal of business. Owing to the great extension of the railway, it was impossible that a committee could give that daily and constant supervision that was now necessary, and therefore they had adopted the views of other companies and of the Government in appointing a single agent to represent the company in India, and he thought they had been eminently successful in having secured the services of so distinguished an officer as Captain Sherard Osborn, who, he was bound to say, from the little specimen they had had of his work during the short time he had been in Bombay, promised to give them every possible satis faction. He regretted to say they were about to lose the services of Mr. Graham, their engineer in chief, who had been obliged to return to England on ac count of ill-health. He was the first engineer who went out when their line was projected, and, with the exception of a short time h e was obliged to return to England on account of his health, he had been constant in his exertions for the company. Mr. J. G. FRITH seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report. Mr. C. BELL congratu l a ted the shar eholders on h increasingreceipts of the company ; and on th e intended increase in the charges for good t ra ffi c. Wages ma t er ials had increased i n p r i ce, and it t a n d was only right and fair that the railway company should be paid higher rates than those considered suitable for the experimental line, which at the time were u nderstood to be temporary. Mr. BILLINGS thought the progress of the traffic very satisfactory, the high rate of wages showed a prosperous state of things among the people. The traffic was increasing enormously, so that they were obliged to double a considerable portion of the main li n e. This would have the effect of doubling their profit. ' The report and statement of accounts were una• nimously adopted. On the motion of AIr.RoBARTEs,Mr.W.J.HamiI. The report of the directors states that the remu nerative character of the lin e depended chiefly on the development and prosperity of the port and town of Canning. Within the last six months a company had been formed in Calcutta and Bombay, entitled " The Port Canning Land Investment, Reclama tion, and Dock Company (limited)." To carry_ out those objects the capital of £1,200,000 was readily subscribed, and the first call, amounting to £600,000, was paid without a single default. The Canning Company proposed to commence opera tions with the following works :-Ist. Landing wharves along the entire foreshore of the new port. 2d. Twenty jetties, each capable of accommodating two vessels. 3d. A tramway along the strand road connecting the warehouses of the merchants with the railway station. 4th. A large dock for country boats, with storehouses within the town. sth. A gridiron of sufficient dimensions for repairing the largest sailing vessels and steamers. By the latest accounts the rolling stock of the railway vas found to be utterly inadequate to accommodate the traffic which was immediately expected, and the agenthad urged that provision should be made for a large ad dition to it of covered waggons, the ironwork for which would be despatched without delay. The directors propose to increase the nominal capital of the company tr such an extent as might be required for doubling the line, by the issue of additional debentures, shares, or stock. The sanction of the Government had been obtained to the construction of a goods shed at the Calcutta terminus 500 feet long, which the contractors engaged to finish in November. The project of construntinz a bridge over the Hooghly and a large metropolitan station in the neighboorhood of the company's terminus at Sealdah was under the consideration of the autho rities. The revenue account still showed a deficit, but there was now every prospect of converting the deficit into a considerable profit at an early period. The capital account showed that £400,000 had been received on shares and loans, and £244,668 fromthe Treasury, Calcutta, on capital account in excess of payments, making together £644,668, and £452,770 expended, laving balances in England of £190,327, and of £1,571 in India. WHITEHAVEN JUNCTION. A Wharncliffe meeting was held at Whitehaven on Wednesday ; Mr. W. Lumb in the chair. The CHAIRMAN moved that the line promoted by this company in Parliament be approved. The main object of the bill was to enable the company to en large their station, and to raise £50,000 on shares, and to borrow £16,600. Dr. FIDLER seconded the motion, which was agreed to, and the meeting separated. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines for tho, week ending April 29 amounted to £7,542 for local passengers, to £1,789 for foreign passengers, to £642 for mails, &c., to £14,147 for local freight and live stock, and to £2,293 for foreign freight and live stock—total, £26,413, against £25,864 for the cor responding week last year, showing an increase of £549. The total receipts from the Ist of January to the above date amounted to £401,789, and for the same period last year to £383,705, showing an in.- crease of £18,084. Mr. Spring Rice. It is a curious subject for reflection to consider by whom the daily intellectual work of the world is mainly done. Probably it would surprise most people to realise by how few persons, whether in politics, in law, in literature, or in. science, this intellectual work is day by day carried on. Iu the present case, what we are thinking of is, by how few the intellectual work of government in our great empire is conducted, and who are the men that do it. It was meant as a sneer at that distinguished public servant, Sir James Stephen, that he was called "Mr. Mother Country." But it gave by no means a bad description of the position ho held in public life. Our present administration has lasted a long time, according to the average lives of ad ministrations. Moreover, most of the members of the Cabinet are men of great experience in public life, and considerable aptitude for the conduct of busi ness. This, however, is not always the case ; and wo may oven now be entering upon a period when there may be frequent and rapid changes of administrations. Upon whom in such times does the government of the na tion mainly depend ? Upon the permanent high officers of Government—under-secretaries of State, assistant-secre taries, commissioners, chief clerks, and the heads of depart ments in the various offices ? Perhaps each of them might, somewhat ironically, but not inaptly, be called "Mr. Go vernment," in imitation of the name given to the late la mented Sir James Stephen. They are generally men who have made but an indifferent bargain in life as regards their own individual interests. Very poorly paid; earning a renown for the most part only within the walls of their own offices, enduring an amount of constant work which can only be compared with that of a country sur geon toiling amid the scattered people of an extensive district ; they are, nevertheless, the men to whom perhaps this country is most indebted for carry ing on its business with supreme fidelity, integrity, and self-devotion. We are reminded of this subject by the lamented death of one who was a most devoted public ser vant, but whole devotion to his work and whose great abi lities were probably but little known beyond—the depart ment in which ho served. We allude to the death of Mr. Spring Rico, the eldest son of Lord Monteagle, who was for many years a Commissioner of Customs, and afterwards Vice-Chairman of that Board. He was a model of what a permanent servant of the State should be. While ably seconding his chiefs in the higher branches of their fiscal duties he was equally distinguished for attending carefully to all matters of routine. No man, even if he had risen from the ranks, could have been more industrious, more resolved to make himself master of every detail in his de partment, and more careful to insure that promotion should proceed upon the strictest regard to the merits of the officer to bo promoted. Laborious days and nights were spent by him in toiling over the business of that impor tant and well-conducted department. It was to him a labour of love ; and, forsaking or ignoring what might bo considered higher aspirations, he, during the best years of his life, gave the whole of his high talents and extraordi nary energy to making perfect the action of that depart ment. We should doubt whether there ever lived a public servant who was more watchful and scrupulous in weigh ing the merits of his subordinates ; and promotion earned under him was a sure testimony of ability and good cha racter. As a writer ho might have earned a high place in. literature ; but during his tenure of office his skill in writing was entirely given to the draughting of reports, minutes, and correspondence, which had reference to the work of his de partment. In private life he was greatly loved. Ho was ono of those persons who have a genius for friendship. As a man cannot be equally large in all directions, it must be owned he did not seem to understand acquaintanceship. If you knew him well, •he either tried to make you a firm friend, or you were, comparatively, nothing to him. The number of his friends was extraordinary; and few mon of our time will have died whose loss will be more widely and deeply deplored than that of Mr. Spring Ri co . m g health had for several years been very precirious, and he died on board the vessel that was bringing him home from the south of Europe, where his numerous friends had fondly hoped that ho had acquired a fresh stock of health to sup port his failing powers of body through another year in our own clime, and amongst those who so much loved him. Mr. Spring Rice commenced his official career as a private secretary to his father, who was then Chancellor of the Exchequer, at a time when, under the pressure of the Re form Bill, the duties of the Chancellor of the Exche quer were probably more arduous than they have been at any subsequent period; and we have heard that ho then gave promise of that ability which he afterwards showed in a more extended sphere. On his retirement from the Customs, his active mind found employment that was very welcome to him in his duties as a country gentleman and a magistrate. At the time of the Irish famine, Mr. Spring Rico took a leading part in promoting the collection of funds, and organising, in con nection with the Treasury, the system of relief which was adopted in that almost unparalleled emergency. Through out this work he was greatly aided by his intimate friend Mr. Prescott, the banker, whose loss also we have lately had to deplore. Mr. Spring Rico was well versed in poli tical economy, in all matters of finance, and in several of the more serious departments of literature ; and upon various questions of the present day ho entertained very decided and carefully-formed opinions. Wo do not yet know whether he has left anything which would suffi ciently illustrate his powers as a thinker an d a writer ; but wo feel that a man has been removed prematurely from among us from whom' wo might have expected great results had he b een per mitted to attain that position which, according to the laws of nature, he might have been expected to fill, and to which he would have brought the great experience which lie had gained in administering °n° important branch of the public service.—Pall ;LW Gazette. NEW NOVEL BY AUTHOR OF "LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," &C. SECOND EDITION, at all Libraries, in 3 vols., ONL Y A C L 0 D. John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street: "~