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Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ;by It - ' ol kts In the principal towns in England ; or wholesale riority of the race they belongercito.l'alt ifkbvions that the progress made by man towards civilisation and the abolition of cannibalism must depend on the quality of the race and the conditions, favour able or unfavourable, in which his lot had been cast, and their means of receiving instruction from people more advanced than themselves. The two last con ditions were totally wanting to the Australians and New Zealanders, and hence they were savages and anthropophagi, and left to themselves must have ever continued to be so. In the islands of the Pacific, and in the greater part of the American continent, the conditions existed, but very partially and im perfectly, but to the extent to which they did they were a considerable improvement on the Australians and New Zealanders, yet still without producing the general extinction of cannibalism. The conditions of physical geography, including fertility of soil and the possession of animals amenable to domestication and of plants of cultivation, were highly favourable in Italy, Greece, Egypt, Assyria, Persia, India, and China, and in these civilisation is of high antiquity, the progress made by each varying with the quality of the race. In northern and western Europe, the quality of the race of man was of the highest order, but the conditions under which he was placed was unpropitious, and his advance proportionally slow, and would have been still slower had he not been aided by the instruction of the oldest civilisations of Europe. It was in this quarter of Europe that can nibalism probably, and human sacrifices certainly, lingered the longest." An animated discussion ensued at the conclusion of the reading of the paper. Mr. MARKHAM considered that cannibalism is not so universal a stage of progress as Mr. Craw furd asserted. He said the incentives to cannibalism were hatred, love, and necessity, and he mentioned various tribes in South America in exactly the same condition in other respects, some of whom were cannibals and others were not- ge regarded can nibalism as an exceptional condition, and not as a necessary stage of progress. 0-GRP-AT WINDMILL-STRERT, LONDON, W. ki",; 3 l:Ve the L Red Sea " l, Pink Label, and Cork branded L Whi sky. U ri lc OF MILAN IMPROVEMENTS COMPY (Limited). st 4ol , te IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the OFFICES of GRb.-"aulAt ROUSE'A.NY will,, Old Broad-street, Eon and atter this date, be at No. 150, E.C. J. D. O'BRIEN, Secretary. \ URN ITTJRE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and iu LOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any noose in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First. class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen .Jind Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted t.GYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- Y 1 are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo adm - -able engravings of every description of Furniture and Leasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent glans and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised scale : THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., SHATTERED IDOLS. A Novel Also just published, in 3 vole., BEATRICE. By JULIA KAVANAGH. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CRYSTAL PALACE.-TO-MORROW —LAST DAY BUT ONE.—GREAT SHOW of CANARIES. British and Foreign Sic ging and Talking Birds, and Gold and Silver Pheasants. The Show will be held in the Tropical Department. Agreeably warmed, and amid the moat luxuriant ve4etarion, this show is one of the most pleasing exhibitions of the season. The show includes an endless variety of British and Foreign Birds of exquisite plumage and extraordinary musical and imitative powers. No extra charge. Performances by the Orchestral B4nd twice deify, and one Great Organ Perfo rmance ; Picture Galleries, Fine Art Courts, Shakapere House, Chimpanzee, Armour Plates lent by official authority, and the thousand and one other attrac tions of the Palace. Op• n from Ten till Dusk. One Shilling ; children under twelve, Sixpence. before they came into office ten years ago. From that time to the present they were answerable, and he trusted the expenditure during their time had been economically and judicially made, and would bring the shareholders a fair return for the money invested. Some gentlemen in Belgium had been very desirous of taking the work ing of the line off their hands, and of allowing them a fixed rental, but he and his colleagues thought they had better keep the property in their own hands. The Belgian Railway Commission had reported in 1863 favourably of the Great Luxembourg line, and had stated in reference to it that its gross receipts in 1859 amounted to £112,951, in 1861 to £172,193, in 1862 to £233,794, and he might mention that for the last half of 1864 the receipts amounted t 01152,000, so that in five years the receipts on their line had increased 100 per cent. The report of the commissioners stated that the receipts on the Belgian State lines from 1840 to 1850 did not increase more than 50 per cent., while in half the time, or five years, the receipts on the Luxembourg line had doubled. The State lines were now paying nearly 7 per cent. on the outlay, and there was no reason to doubt that their line would eventually pay. Three years ago the company paid a dividend of 6s. 6d. per share for the whole year, while they were now able to pay for the past half year a dividend of 6s. 6d. per share. They had reduced the working expenses from 48 to 45 per cent. of the receipts. The state of the stores, workshops, and other property of the company reflected the highest credit on those who had charge of them. It was proposed that in consideration of the extension of the railway by the addition of the Ourthe line, and of the future working by this company of a part of the William Luxembourg Railway the number of the board should be increased to ten, and that three seats should be filled up by the nomination of Mr. W. Fenton, Mr. C. Hol land, and M. de Moor, member of the Belgian Legislature for part of the province through which the line passed. He • thought they might consider themselves fortunate in hav- STAMPED sd. vance under the contract, to say nothing of the company's claim against him for the serious injury inflicted on the un dertaking, and the two months' delay above-mentioned. Londo n, February 22. 1865, r I E CHINA STEAMSHIP AND LABUAN Th, f COAL COMPANY (Limited). day°l lo Wing Circular and Amended P ros p ec t us h ave thi s ColnueeltPany i ssued to every Applica n t f or Sh ares i n th e a b ove Th e Credit Fonder and nobilier of England (Limited). s 17 and 18 Cornhill, London C., 21st Feb., 1865. a nd ,eterring to the Prospectus off he China Steamship pan,',Bbuati Coal Company (Limited), issued by this Com ,he the ,ani instructed to inform you, that in consequlnce fo;.'e* Exchange regulation requiring that two-thirds of dle number of shares of all new Companies be issued to elittiklm• and as it is found that the shares reserved for the !ler veci o lders in the existing Companies, as well as those re liec,l()r Bombay, cannot be included in such two-tlurds, it °lltutfL'arY to increase the total number of the shares con , Th e i' n ",_the capital of the Company. se re have therefore been added 2,000 shares to the num .the e,.'e'Yed, for distribution amongst the shareholders of Moo 'e,cilt Fonder and 3lobilier of England (Limited), and le,, v „, Shares amongst the 'general public. I therefore bed 51 ei-alO enclose-you an endedAm Prospectus, with the above ce v " 8 Printed in red k,y which you will also per -4(4 t ill s it t t the amount to be paid up on the shares is educed o t4 per share, viz., the Z 1 deposit you hnve alrea y Z 3 on allotment, instead of the £1 mentioned in the I ty;p oB Pectus. Datyjoc, therefore be necessary for you to sign the accom titisiv°,z Form of Application (in substitution of later pre ?" In), which must be returned to me not than ,„.0r clock on Thursday Mnrning next, the 23d instant, ( ith ff,"'", and Eleven o'clock on Friday Morning next, the 48 tard, for Country Applications. eltsf.,_rwauredsik. Allo'ment will be proceeded with immediately b e goot b e P i plications not returned by-the time specified rof cons dered ; and in conseence Applications the large num !flares applie for, no fresh e will be re tor b',;',,tior can any increa.se to the number originally applied 4.h Applicant be entertained. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. THE BEST MODERN COOKERY BOOKS. RAILWAY BLL. Yesterday, i n the first two followi l ng cases, heard before the examiners, the standing orders of Parliament were de clared not to have been complied with in certain particulars. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER, AND LONDON AND SOUTH WESTEEN.—For the use by the London and South Western of a portion of the Dover Company's line, giving them running powers between the Clapham junction sta tion, the Longhedge junction, Knight's-hill station, Lud gate station, and any station north of it, and for additional laud for station accommodation and traffic conveniences, the South Western to provide the funds required for the purpose by raising an additional capital of £400,000, and loan of £133,300, the Dover Company to convey part o f the Fleet Prison site :to :th e t wo companies jointly, the South Western to contribute £316,000 to the Dover Com pany's undertaking. 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Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Aiban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY. in VIIE RIVAL COMPOSERS. in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone ude with MR.'. ROSE LEAD` AT THE SEA-Si 'Jul. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight; Saturday Afternoon, at Three. - -ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA ILION, 14, Regent street. Unreserved seats, is., 28. ; stalls, 3s. ; stall spring chairs, Ss. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by Mactarren; and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUE6DAY and T aCRSDAY, at Three. NEW NOVEL BY LIEUT.-COL. H. It. ADDISON. This I lay, in 3 vols., at all Libra , ie4. BEHIND THE CURTAIN, John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. COBBETT and CO.. General House Furnishers, Deptford • bridge, London. S.E. WAREHOUSES and WHARVES, With: the River Frontage at Battersea. Incorporated by Act of Parliament as the WEST LONDON DOCKS and WAREHOUSES COMPANY Capital £500,000, in 25,000 Shares of £2O each, of which one-third has been already subhcribei. Deposit —£1 on application, and £2 on Allot neat. No subsequent Call to exceed £2 10s. per Share, nor to be made until three calendar months alter the previous call. The liability of Shareholders is Limited to the amount:of their Shares. THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving en unprecedented success. Vide, the Song "Kaig- of Bceotia ; ' " Th e Hymn to Bacchus ;" and , the spirited " Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and horns r the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, an d Chorus; cl Real Minuet and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Watley; Messrs. Greene and Lascelles. Also, M MAXIE L LO, in which Mons. LATESSIERE, the successful new Tenore, from the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, will make his appearance. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SESTIL LION, and all the pro curable Talent of the day. The bill for the Ipswich and Felixstow Railway was withdrawn. This Day, at all Libraries, in one voL, demy Svo., SHAKSPERE : His Inner Life, as intiinated in his Works. By JOHN A. HERAIID. SELECT COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS.—Yesterday, after deliberating on the following cases reported against by the examiners, the committee declared that the stand ing orders might be dispensed with and the parties be per mitted to prBceed vith their bills on certain conditions The Northampton and Banbury Junction (Extension) ; the_lludkrgOAMand Ira Wax :cthaNazitaopihe West - Sent; Crystal Palace (new railways) ; the London and Nort West ern (new works in Wales and Ireland); and the North of England Union. John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. DIRECTORS. GEORGE FREDERIC HOLROYD. Esq. (Director of the London, Chathav, and Dover Railway Company). 8. Sus sex-square. Hyde-park, Chairman. Sir I'. Herbert Maddock (Director of the Scinde Railway Company), Park-place-villas, Maida-hill West, Deputy- Chairman. fm , r.:f.:rilp Will be ready on Monday, Feb. 27th. THE ENGLISHMAN'S MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, RELIGION", SCIENCE, AND ART. For MARCH, 1865, price Is. CONTEN2B. ErNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. William Austin, Esq. (Director of the Metropolitan Railway Company), 167, Adelaide-road, St. John's-wood. Captain Bulkeley (Director of the Great Western Railway Company), Clewer Lodge, Windsor, Richard R. Dean, Esq. (Director of the London and North Western Railway Company), 197, Gloucester-place, Purt man-nuare. George P. Kitson, Esq. Chairman of the International Con tract Company). 85, Cannon-street West, E.C. Colonel the Hon. R. T. Rowley, M.P. (Director of the Mold and Denbigh Railway Comp inv), 47, Berkeley-square, Robert Simsson. Esq. (Messrs. Frederick Levick and Co.), IrOnmaaters, London, and Cwm Celyn Iron Works, Mon mouthshire. N. B.—Cap ain Bulkeley has been elected a Director pro visionaily up , n the Company's obtaining an Act for Which they are ap. , lyit gin the present Session to increabe the num ber of the Board from seven to nine. 1. On Reading and Chanting. By the Dean of Ely. 2. Two Old Strasburg Ballads. By Catherine Winkworth. 3. Madame Guyon. 4. Ancient Portraits of Our Lord. 5. A Sailor's Yarn. By Langton Lockhart. 6. Readings on the Old Testament. IL The First and Se and Chapters of Genesis. 7. Tne New Patent Fire-proof Chest. A Village Incident. 8. Sons of G:nsola•ion. 9. The Terrestrial Paradise. A Medieval Myth. 10. Domestic Philosophy. Onr Parson. 11 The Battle of Varna. (A.D. 1444.) 12. Some Account of the Founder of Georgia. 13. Cloveily. Things New and Old. By the Editor. The Lord's Prayer. Part I. Riving,tons, London, Oxford, and Cambridge. ing those gentlemen, who from their railway knowledge and experience would be of great value in furtherance of the interests of the company. Mr. Own seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. CANTERBURY HA LL, The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, the most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon don (inclulmg the whole strength of the k. establishment), every evening at half-past Nine o' c l oc • The usual Operatic Sele,tions by Kisses Russell, Barrie, Hays, Godden, dre. ; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont, Kimberley, ho. Mr. CHRISTIE took the same view of the subject, and mentioned some exceptional instances of canni- _ . balism among the Esquimaux, who generally Mr. FILDES thought they ought to be very well satisfied with the operations of the company during the past five years, and trusted the coming five years might be equally progressive and prosperous. When the present Board took office all was waste and desolation, but now their affairs were so .far prosperous that the directors deserved their best thanks. abhorred the practice. Mr. WALLACE coincided in the opinion that can nibalism was exceptional. Mr. L. BURKE considered cannibalism opposed to natural instinct, and that it could not therefore have Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c. BANKERS. Bank of London, Threadneedle-street, and Charing-cross. - - Thee AMENDED PROSPECTUS. (Li ItRIDIT PONCIER and MOBILIER of ENGLAND cil are nrepared to receive SUBSCRIPIONS for the till t, FrA or e Al t , l te .k . '`' r-4 CHINA STEAMSHIP AND LABUAN 1 11 , COAL COMPANY (Limited). "urPorated under the Limited Liabilities Act of h. 1882. beDoBl,CaPital, X. 540,000, in 27,000 shares of 4 3 20 0n eac allotment, be yo ' ti per share on app.-cation, and £ .to ild which it Is not contemplated calling up more than .to hoeshare, any further capital required being met by the of D ebentures. No Call to be made earlier than three llths from the date of allotment. 4 , a. . i i n liv i ,;_e• ,BRUCE, Clia D i r I m R E a nC DI R E CTORS. the Inverness and Perth r ,),. ~.,..Y Lompany, Chairman. p xf. ~ Director of the Pacific h S tes- I ''....E l Phinstone, Bart.. 4ielic`q IN avintion Company, Chairman Deputy ~ he() e r , ll , David Sasso3n, Esq., London, and D. bassoo n and kl.ar ' `'' Bombay and China. r,tY to rradaile, Esq., Director of the Scinde and I' .i nj aub t t , aii,. 4 •h, 1 Y Company. NaChina ' 4s ch, Edq., C. 8., l a t e ecretar.t to H.M. Ambassador in p q ~13, 4 le rs liankey, Esq., Chairman of the New Zealand , ' w;:ding eereira Corporation ilr, r.sq., London, late of Dent and Co.) China. @b ' a g:l ri a " i l lwlty. Eaq ' riLP. (Leith), Director of the Esstern otlyPranois Drum*. PI 37. --- " m ossa., n Director of the Natal Land Com- A., i'l7l,„,l3,„r'Ywne, Esq., Director of the London, Italian, pexami e i. - 6 7; 1 ' 1 talli Navigation CompanLim . it n e n dl tion 4 kes N. Da Clair, Egg , late H.E LC. Se rv ice, e' ll ins , i , id r`''' 168 %, Chairman of the Bari of Hindustan, ttil Ri ce u Pall (Limited , . ~.itploi.,— e , -1. -scl.. Agent to the Austrian Lloyds' Steam Nt r il 'Jon Company, and Director of the Thames and Y insurance ompany. 1 / 4 , I t t4 B , l l i • Gibb, Livin gstone, A an G ct i g. s ;China, Agents for China 14eti.i.;: 0 81 4 th, Kennedy, and Co., China, andJapsn Steam 4 Porer in riling, Beaver, and Co., Sin- Navigation Com )4 8 "s• Da pany. e s eer, -9. t ,nd co., China, } Agents forLabuan bipoz 31 ;ddleton, Harrison , and Co., Coal Company. "Po e, k 8 BANKERS. 111e81. snlith, Payne, and Smiths, Lomoard-street, X.C. ~,,llhttational Bank. Old Broad-street, E•C 'til t, of lii nd c v i t n an, a C n h d ir a , n a n n n d Japan ( Limited ); in Cal iite,sl.B x hooray , SOLICITORS. Cu., Nicholas-lane, E.C. ),11. liaelltWenzblne, Evans, s i7 a , n G d res ' ham House, E.C. k r ,less re , BROKERS. _ ito4,Bv,aurence, Son, and Pearce , 7, Angel-court, Throg b, 4, 48 „eet Ex . 4t oll .. ri eld, On, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, Th mg. 'three% E.°. SECRETARY (pro tern.) T Alfred Lowe, Esq. EXPonA.ny OFFICER-17 and 18, Cornlllll. 'thi 'ln kn._ kirisic_werful Company has been formed for the purpose of 64,!50 , o _ ii. splidating, and developing th e enterpr i ses t o fuse an as Jhe China and Japan Steam IN avigation Com tbje't The Labuan Coal Company.' „. Of the former company was to supply the much ,ko t steam navigation in the China waters, and the or he Pany was formed to work the coal mines in Labuan and so supply the whole of the Government and yd, hoe tnarine in the East with steam fuel. It has been bi for W aver, that from the fa -t of those companies having 1 11 8 , 1 s, th l :ed With too small a capital, and on too limited a IligtpruLeqUirements both as to supply of vessels and a so I!ks!3' fie development of the coal mines cannot be ade 'spr th e ': It has therefore been considered advisable to sit,'WO undertakings, and to make one large Com le b," B , Bll fficient means and influence to develop the t si ttt Ole,t ess of both the old companies, and in accord 'o;4 tr,,W,ltil arrangements hay. been made tor the imme er ,„ B , te r by them of their respective fleet and collieries, so w is Co the goodwill and va:uable p taut. i 'ln Pany ' will therefore immediately acquire the 'scstil,,,tading steamers Elgin, Mona, and Sterling, and ttli. 4 ol - tL i t, an, 'Vulcan, and Tienchang, already well known ri t 'ttiedsuiY employed in China ; and the sailing-ahip com h a, a frigate of 2,000 tons burden, admirably adapted kll i rlep hulk. cm. .. 0 11 t o ping the shipping operations of the Company, in i tlytent t „le building of trailing and collier steamer, spe ipted t o ALvvill be paid to the construction of tug steamers ti o kli le tiVe ra 'ne ever-increasi g inland traffic of the great tpb p ro , where the demand for such shipping is constant. ovsyovosed to establish a line of steamers between r k s e.o 4l 4 ,l l gapore, and Hong Kong. l bea h v,any will also at once enter on all the rights of giti lt illts, - „;nal Company , in Labuan and Borneo, and all s ty sticr:alit, buildings, and stock of cal in the former t Gon e e ke over their valuable contracts with her Ma he rlament. k, P th tlll ll4l , 4 coal has been contracted for extensively by W et . Na y 7, and will actually be the btandard steam Coal _Y in the China waters, and elsewhere in the East, 3p,t,latii,,extensively used by the leading Steam Shiping T , 11, 11 , 1 , 4 0ad,.wuen the arrangements contemplated tor storage, i;ie tti ,", , eatig at Labuan . ann delivery at the different Go l'eli,ll.l,l%tionts in the East shall have b en completed, ClVliikt: 4 _ ll l , anis of production and delivery being totally ' raeet the constantly increasing demand. t el) Bit tent 1,,,,t0 ki art Manager of the Labuan Coal Company, in a k‘N tli to the .Les that the work now completed upon a field p,.....; . Xtent of above a million of tons, and Viet anew (1 1 4 (tc - 1 , theations for the sinidng ot watt has been com- Vow,i le th machinery for which is on the spot—will ,ione N l ° , th e p quantity available for working, or four mi 1 ‘jk,Nt,billtrther quantity to be obtained being practically Vni,dia '1, 1 4?4 , 5er e, -- ' , cps, therefore, will be taken to open this pit . tl I, b„ and to connect the mines with the harbour of h; 1 . tram railroad of about seven in 11,0ealp rOrtMineral Victoria, ships drawing 20 feet of water can R 0 0,1,ec00, 11 2 . shore, and every facility is offered for their 1 • c e .neally and rapidly loaded by the erection of coal 0 ; %X /01 hulks will also be established in the leading p q n li: to and China. By these means the Company will rkt e . : 4 eet the demand for steam fuel at highly remune k) t:ttty coal addition to supplying their own fleet with the ipr c rice of Coal in China : The present price at Hong L ir o ."(l ;h 4 al, equal in quality to that of Labuan, is 455. per . At price is exceptionally low ,ete c ,. 4 he probable profit of tine undertaking will be seen „!1,7, , pt o r to the following figures. Experience has proved Dtli kt , Ya , sing the coal and placing it on board the snip (;Lit a nd be es. to 7s. per ton. Taking the price at Is. 9d. CS; tt l ' o q adding 3s. 3d. for agency, management,c.. the `sy coal on bo rd ship at Labuan would stand the 10 6 o t 4 er et of sa ger ton. Allowing fo r th e C ompan y' s s t eamers y 15s. a ton, the cost of the Labuan Coal. when qtt i ' '-' La 4l ld be 255. per ton, against 455., the present price Obb e nqn li; and it is estimated t 4/, I D e irl o t equaliny is fa i rly at work, it could easily raise that and 0 0 tons of coal annually. k' and ft eight t, cost 255. per ton and sold at t _ere will be a profit of 20s. er ton, which on Nt there 100,00) tons only per annum is equal to .£ 100,0;,0L steam,--- - 4t Lers, say V, kl N Ih 4 ct Nati £130,000 ( I N' 44 4 nR' that only 50,000 tons are for the fint year t , oi ti , ) th that there is only 155. per ton profit realised ph ,0 „Der ? . .„e is still, with the profit on the steamer., , littV. , r -4 „„, or 28 per cent. on a paid-up capital of (Vie , h e i 7 ,l ovvino" for interest on debentures, above 20 11 4,,, k ,liot h ,c'r dividend. 11h1 , t) , , cs'', vf `vitt of the Shares will be made on the follow 'iviirtar:' i--- li t tl'el, be „B Partly fully paid-up and Partly with £lO paid tkild.'°l4,;-tterved for allotmeni'to the applicants who are 'le h e ea to th , > a ~, eo ~ .e existing Companies , of these 6,000 have ipi i lle ,i,aiiketPplied for, and the deposits paid to the Com -01110 ,tares're* ;41;0 ltWith £4 paid will be allotted to Shareholders 'II tb !e, ear es Oneier and Mobilier of England (Limited!. LA th 8 418 0 ' "ith £4 paid, will be allotted to the general 1 DDr i all,, Such shares (if any) as may not be applied for ivil i te t 'eati on l 3 form, or by the ~b ove. 1 b„ , 04 wk, Will also be received for 5,000 fully paid-up 1 11;KOT i t tela; ii ch dividends for the whole amount paid-up 4 41 4 144re: 1 ' A a f or Will be reserved for allotment in Bombay, ap keit ' oriabwalh will be received by Messrs. D. Bassoon t b t e i '3ll tes ' . '7 * ot t o pe poo , pl _ , isns reports, and articles of association 'lli 214"ci, at the Offices of the Solicitori. li t li tA / ebruary, 1885. i t it —l 4l t th e tli e cllieo, -- t il t 44110 a e of „ the large number of Shares applied for, t t Nqat t i l itebp,. "ons will be received, nor can any increase ," ecl criginally applied for by each applicant be ll,, t' lli ------- --------____________„_- 'orolle 1 .• ----Mr. EsKELL'S exclusive PATENT. Vu) ri'eti 14h t to this Vai t t cl ° r - litr e Is patent was secured to Mr. Eskell, of a ( i tro,,ekto ob , et, liond-street, by a (Loyal seal (July 17, viql. th Y, be i - n ee t7 De procured at his residence, where sped 1,,, t4 ,,04 t ,.0, and every information can oted. N I ); au p g iltteent, artificial teeth, to last a lifetimesre •Il at 14 ) , tiOr t 1 in a few hours without pain or extractions. .46 ati t e t o ti?pse teeth and protect tender gums ; their re al,tcet, 4 e ( t I O ...EUre i ''' Perfect and undetectable, and they are ' tl;,,eot l'ofOastication and articulation . Treatise on the `4'tideratet3e,„en stamps. Consultations free Terms 0, G rosvenor -street, Bond-street 4 )1114i()_ 1.:44, 4 04 u Da POSSIBLE.—The greatest and ti,lllb a • ap t Mcil i n of the day AGUA ABIARKLL . 4 1 o 144- Eit " GOSNELL and 00', 12, Three King-court, 4,014 tier tnl'eet, London, Perfumers * to her Majesty, respect I t4ili re " the public this truly marvellouswhich tli t p Ni tit I,dBiVres the human hair to its pristine hue- no o t te lll e 8 0 1 " age. The Agua Amarella has none of the fi lo , ai m Yes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the 14pf i tt, a o th wirilen the hair is once restored one application )4140'}itt,ihn tial;tpein perfect colour. Price one g u i a n r e t l is i c e s r 0401)114 cat 0 ,„,?51 s, 10s. 61 Testimonials from 'IkOIY. 11 1 ,3,'"r± and from Individuals of undoubted r.en lle, '44 c o , ue seen on application. Messrs. Joh 'the p'•"ave been appointed Perfumers to her Royal rlnceB A of Wales. QOS:NTET th:t 4 , l ; ,41-P As . rt -La, and CO.'S CHERRY qt,,bre 4 f t roal ,! 1 B t he teeth greatly superior to aLy tooth ‘tt., ( l ) l. 4aay, a pearl A hiteness, protects the 440zulen _plotparts a pleasant fragrance to the M-12, Three Bing-court, Lombard- 11e 1 to 4 00 ; pis' ; stone• gs o r 24s to 2 _1;0 to 240 r o pe. i per 38 St de t e d r lirtu a' 36° . 36° Si° '.3 ° 42° • • ••• • 388 3 50 •• • ' .31° . • • •• • • pa I ew•• • 3 , 0 0 d.•••• evr. • •• 3 50 A cicg B _8 ,0 i~-' . 330 ... r to 386 ; je ue. 13a' r 3 oe* t ° o O P e 24 ° per atOlae• F B A o °B dear er. 18 P e. 13013°' 3(0 .33 0 40 0 :," 350 313 0 uutl L • 350 51:3 0 .... .366 .. • 0 , ' 1 do, t e r to - po ,3ro 1)11"e1 1 . )1b bushel, I)°sDe 31b 11° P. 1)01 1 C' f 20 . sack ° sold ftee °. t,rlet° 4 1 6 2 3 s foril l ff 2 9 rstel i 1' 33 0 2 3 6 Oi • 4 1 1 5; 0111 ......... t c nd /411 1. 74 , 1 , 0 it i S 'De Pit C 0 ill 9 :;,„ t o, t Iyo av e. s v cos c a i sti1 13 ,00 ,1; 0 0 v ei ,0 na l io* o itoAorm 50. 1 „ 07 5r",j0 )lie sorb, ) olo tO r ; t ve t Of 11°1)el . 0 1 fo O f Sr"" r . 4. tl 4140' ste hei) l ) St. i . o iiro" ptaht°r of ig Joif o s a 10 , o . leo fr. r ,lO vp.,o 4' I) , At S i r c ioe 0 , of toe , al ;tor al • g Les e, tirc lo sitely ler, °lf ' 1 / 64' ea d Asl, ), of fice „.1 me Co. )91 0 6 : pd Cl fig OCI SOLICITOR. John It L. Walmisley, isci,&iiciorla-street, Westminster Abbey. ENGUCEERS. Sir Charles Fox and Son.. SURVEYORS AND ARCHITECTS. Francis Vieers, Esq., 3, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Francis Whitaker, I:sq., 3, Cannon-row, Westminster. BROKERS. J. S. and A. SerlmgeonTancrja.. 10, Old Broad-street. AUDITORS: Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Young's, and Co. (Public Ac countants, 16, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. SECRETARY. Edward James Randall, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. No. 3, Bridge-street, Westmins Ter, and 85, Cannon-street, West, B.C. This Company has been formed for the purpose of con structing a Canal Basin, with Wharves and Warehouses ad joining, in the immediate vicinity of the Victoria Railway Bridge at Battersea. The abjects of the undertaking are two-fold : - firstly, to supply good Wharf and Warehouse accommodation to the south-western district of the Thames ; and secondly, to ac commodate the traffic of the v ar i ous railways which converge to the point at which the Wharves will be situated. The want of good wharf and warehouse accommodation has been long felt in this district, and still more severely since the demolition of the Grosvenor Canal, by which a long line of water frontage has been made to disappear. The construction of the Thames Embankment will also sweep away not less than two and a half miles of Wharves, and as a consequence almost entirely close up the water way to the several Warehouses lying along its course. The Railway Companies which will have access to the Wharves are the folio vying :—The Great Western, the Lon don and North Western, the Great Northern, the South Western, the London, Brighton, and South Coast, the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover, and the Metropoliian. The site selected for the Wharves is the only spot in the metropolis where a large area of land abutting on tie Thames can be obtained at a moderate cost. Nearly halt the land re quired, viz , 26 acres, has already been purchased on favour able terms, and possession obtained, and it i s p ro p ose d t o commence the works immediately. The Canal Basin, woen completed, will present a water frontage of over 9,000 feet; and heir gformed so as to be made available twice in each day, Coasters, Barges, and Cana Boats will receive the greatest dispatch in loading aed un loading, and always be able to work afloat. The tariffs of charges have been arranged upon a firm basis, and the direct sources of revenue to be derived from the esta blishment of the proposed works will be— Canal and Dock Dues, Rental from Wharves and Warehouses, Charges for Loaning end Unloading, &c. From the most careful estimates of the results antic'pated, no doubt can be entertained that the Company's operat ons will produce a highly remunerative return. The works have been let to responsible Contractors, who have undertaken to complete them in two ye rs from the date of commencement, and to pay 7 per cent. interest upon the paid-up capital during their construction, and for twelve months after their completion. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained from the Bankers, Br. , k(rs, Solicitor, or Secretary to the Company, at the Offices, 3, Bridge-street, Westmins ter ; and at the Offices of the International Contract Com pany, 85, Cannon-street West, E.C. FORBI OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. (When filled up by the appl - cant, this to belocried - ,Tvith per share, with the Company's Bankers'. To the Directors of the " West London Docks and Ware• houses Company. Gentlemen,—Having paid into your Bankers the 'sum of £ per share on Shares in the above Company, I request you to allot me that number of shares, and I hereby agree to accept the same or any less number which may be alloted to me, and to be registered as a Shareholder in the Company in conformity with the Act of Incorporation. Usual signature Name in full Residence . Occupation Date CIT Y SIIO W-R OOM FOR GLASS AND CHINA, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. T DEFRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS , tl • Cut and Engrav e ed. of the choicest designs. T DEFRIES and SONS' DINNER , DESSER T, t.l • and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns. JDEFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES , TA ZZAS, • and Flower Vases for the present season. JDEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELTERS, • for the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and isilver. T DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS' eI • in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles. JDEFRIES and SONS' CHANDE LIERS, • in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for India. T DEFRIES and SONS' SPECIAL DESIGNS • in Lamps for India, JDEFRIES and SONS' WALL LIGHT • Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). T DEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB t, • Mess, and General Furnishing Orders ol.China, Glass, '-- JDEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS t , • with Pattern Books and Special Designs. JDEFRIES and SONS have just added Fi v e • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory. They have now on show the largest assortment in the world of the above goods of their own manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SllO VP-ROOMS, 147, Hounds(lnch. HAIR -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 5i stamps. Roas'a Toilet Magazine, is. Bd., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges tor Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 75. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from is. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent free for 54 stamps. It I 5 most easy of use. lIAIR DESTROYER; 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX.!ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day.as ordered by poet for 54 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which epeedily produces whiskers and chickens hair. 31. Bd.; sent tree for 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248 ,High Holborn, London. Essay In Hair, Id. PIMPLE REMOVER.--All diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &o, 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEx. MOSS' FACE POWDER, l s . ; sent f or 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 35. 6d., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or Co stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. Bd., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 248, High Holborn, London. 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—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G President—His 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 o n vo l un t ar y co ntributions and leg ac i es. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Sias terman, Esq., Nicholas-la ne; a l so by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn an d C o . ; He r ries and Co. ; Ran som and Co. ; Prescott, G ro t e , an d C o.; S m ith, Payne,and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W Manse, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Bernera-street ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. bTANFOR.D till= secretary. 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Nature is every where in the ascendant, and hence its matchless force. . . . . There is no speakinz for speaking's sake, no display of any kind ; every word is an arrow directed to the mark."—Bri tish Standard. London: P. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. 280 pp., cloth, lettered, price 35., VEGETABLE COOKERY.—Pastry, Pickling, &c. This volume supplies a want long fe't. Cookery books exist in abundance, but they relate almost exclusively to the preparation of dishes from animal food. 1 his work is devoted entirely to the proper cooking of vegetables, to preserving, pickling, the preparation of sauces, soups, beverages, &a, &c., and forms a complete treatise upon the subject. Vegetables, fruits, &c., constitute the half of our daily food : here is an essay upon the best possible preparation of this half. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. FREE DELIVERY OF BOOKS. MUDIE'S LIBRARY MESSENGERS call on applinted days to deliver. 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ONE GUINEA TO ONE HUNDRED GUINEAS PER ANNUM, According to the Number of Volumes required. CHARLES EDWARD MUDIE, New Oxford-street, London City Office-4, King-street, Cheapside. • Branch Establishm4nts Cross-street, Manchester ;a nd Temple-street, Birmingham. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, act Dining-room, consisting 01 a new and e,egant assort went jt VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, oeautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, lIINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON - - CHOLOGY, aid GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 60, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE itALOII Y is given by Mr. TENNANr, at 149, Strand W.C. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILLIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre ;)ared 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, ipasms, giddiness, ctizzineea of the eyes, &o. For habitual :ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier , f the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera 'ion and sr,ratefill 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,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. PRIZE ME D A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER tic CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., ito., To the Queen and the Prinoe of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says;-- " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Tatted. Wicks, patented.. 2s. td. per lb. Ordinary quality .. 25. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. •• Is. sd. per lb Second quality .• •• • • .. ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. • • • .. Is. Id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory_ Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England fur the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to lhe 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer lhan 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, maldng a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases : F. P., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. K A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. 8. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents, K H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. 31 . A. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for oung girls, almost children, from the age of ts to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen 41treet, Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-atm% ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shorediteh. (Close to the Great Eastern Terminus). Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. Operatic Selection, SONNAMBULA. Prima Donna, Miss ELLIcON. Comic - NELLY POWER, HARRIETT COVENEY. J. G. FORDE. WEST, FRED. FRENCH, Madile. CERITO SYLVES TER. The BROTHERS ALTOFF, from the Theatre Desarts, Louen, and the ELLISTRAIS, from the Crystal Palace. Stalls, Is. ; balcony, 6d. ; area, 4d. Open every evening at Seven o'clock. • Manager and Conductor. Mr. C. GREVILLE. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBI T ION , established 29 years at the Raxaaralaker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast taken by Doctor Donovan; also a full-length MODEL of KOHL, taken at his trial —are now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy, Open, 11 till dusk, and 7 till 10 evening. Admittance, One Shilling; extra rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. GRAND CASINO. CONCERT. First time in England, Gungl's new German Toy Waltz. Prince Imperial Quadrille, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, William Tell, and a variety of Dance KM ie. Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTI. Admission, One Shilling. Manager, M. GRENET. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and MOUE, Hampstead. Of f ices, 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, The Rev. Canon hampneys I R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz., an asylum for the orphaq daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service ; and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise - be exposed to. Toe Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the in,reasl g applications through the recent storms and less f lite at sea, and to enable them even ually to obtain premises more comrnensarat , i w th the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including taose who may perish by war . Subscriptions th inkfully received by the bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Curnhill. It. SWEETING, Hon. See. CHARLES NASH, Sec. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION. The directors of this company intend to recommend a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum for the half year ending the 31st of December, 1864. NORTH LONDON. The 37th half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the offices, Euston Station ; Mr. H. W. Blake, the chairman, presided. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it would be observed in the accounts that all the items of revenue showed an excess of receipts as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding year. The passenger traffic :exhibited a considerable improvement. They carried a greater weight of coals and minerals, but the rates charged were less than for the corresponding period. The most important matter was that, notwith standing a certain increase in the traffic receipts, they were enabled to pay only a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum ; while for the corresponding half of 1863 they paid at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. The ex planation of that `was, they had to pay £B,OOO out of re venue for interest on debentures issued in respect of the raised on the £lO shares called up during the past half-year, city branch, besides .paying £3,000 dividend on £104,000 which together made a deduction of £6,000 direct from the net revenue, without any benefit arising to the traffic from that expenditure, which made precisely the difference be tween the 6 and 7 per cent., and was the cause of having a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. instead of at the rate of 7 per cent., for the corresponding period. They were at pre sent in a state of transition, and would remain so while they were making the city branch, having in the meantime none of the advantages which it would confer on their traffic re ceipts when completed and in operation. They had also expended a considerable sum out of revenue in the repairs and renewal of the rolling stock, which they had not been able thoroughly to repair until after they received the ad ditional new stock. This enabled them to repair their en gines and carriages more' efficiently for the purpose of working the traffic on the city branch when completed. It was necessary for them to raise a further sum of £300,000 for the city branch ; the necessity of this arose from the purchase of additional land, partly in consequence of seve rances, and partly fromhaving to make a portion of the city extension with four lines of rails instead of three lines, as originally estimated. That caused an additional outlay of between £250,000 and £300,000, but a large portion of this land would be available for re-sale. The land required for the railway had cost as nearly as possible the amount put down in the original estimate. Mr. R. D. MANGLES seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, which was unanimously adopted. Resolutions were also passed declaring a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock and shares of the company for the past half-year, payable on the 28th inst. ; re-electing Mr. G. G. Glyn and Mr. Allender, the retiring auditors ; and also Mr. C. J. Sanderson, the retiring auditor. The meeting was then made special, and the directors were authorized to convert the existing £lO shares of the company, created under the Act of 1860, amounting in the whole to £150,000, into ordinary stock of a like amount; and to raise additional capital to the amount of £300,000, being the remainder of £1,000,000 authorized to be raised for the city extension, on such terms as the directors might deem expedient. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. STRATFORD-ON-AVON. The report of the directors recommends a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, after the payment of all in terest on preference shares, mortgages, &c. I n 1861 th e traffic receipts amounted to £5,893 ; in 1862 t o £6 , 429, i n 1863 to £9,637, and in 1864 to £9,683. The dividend de clared in the first year named was at the rate of lf per cent. per annum. GREAT LUXEMBOURG. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this coun try, preparatory to •the general meeting at Brussels, was held yesterday at the London Tavern; the Hon. F. Scott in the chair. Mr. Coxhead, the secretary, having read the notice con vening the meeting, the report was taken as read. The CuArnmAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he hoped the proprietors were satisfied with it, and that they did not consider it too long, as it contained a short history of the undertaking. The present directors did not feel themselves answerable for any of the representations made at the outset, nor for the works and disbursements The report was received and adopted ; the ensuing meet ing to be held in Belgium were recommended to approve the accounts, and to declare a dividend of 8.12 if., or 6s. 6d., per share for the past half-year. On the motion of Mr. Fn,DEs, the retiring directors, with the exception of Mr. W. Reed, who resigned from ill-health, were re-elected, and Mr. W. Fenton, Mr. C. Holland, and M. De Moor were elected directors, making the number of the Board ten. The valuable services rendered by Mr. Reed at the Board of the company during the past ten years were explained by the Chairman; and, on the motion of Mr. Fildes, seconded by Mr. Herapath, a cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Reed for his past services was carried unanimously; and the proceedings terminated with thanks to the chairman and directors. BLACKPOOL AND LYTHAM. The report of the directors stated that the entire liah ties of the company were now liquidated, with the excep tion of a few trifling payments on account of the land pur chases which were in progress Of settlement. The receipts during the past half-year amounted to .£2,435, and the work ing expenses to £1,051 leaving .£1,384, from which was deducted interest on loans £605 and £675 for a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, carrying over £lO4 to the next account. RHYMNEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at the Gray's-inn Coffee-house ; Mr. Boyle in the chair. Mr. Shand, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the amount expended on capital account during the half-year was £10,890. The increase in the traffic of the line over the corresponding period of last year amounted to £1,607. The first portion of the Aber branch had been let to a respectable contractor, and the works would be pressed forward, so that it was probable they would be completed within six months. The capital account showed that £518,466 had been expended. The revenue account showed that £28,897 had been received and £14,714 expended, leaving a balance, with £270 from last account, of £14,185. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the inoreaso in the amount of traffic, though small, was very satisfactory, when it was remembered that the Bar goed Valley line had not been opened, and that the company had been disappointed in the increase of traffic which was expected from that source. The directors intended to go on with the two lines sanctioned during last session—namely, with the northern lines, which would give the company communication with the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Aberga veuny section of the London and North-Western Railway Company and the Cardiff and Caerphilly, which would give the company independent access to Cardiff without passing over the Taff Vale Railway. The report was adopted, and a divident at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum was declared on the ordinary stock of the company for the past half-year. The retiring directors, Mr. C. T. Simpson and Mr. T. Lakin, were re-elected, and also the retiring auditor, Mr. T. Watkins. The meeting was then made special, and a provisional agreement was sanctioned between the company and the trustees of the Marqois of Bute, dated the 21st of December, 1864, providing forrunning powers over portions of the line, and for other matters, in the event of the Bute Docks, Cardiff, Bill becoming law. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro- ceedings. BLYTH AND TYNE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Newcastle on Monday ; Mr. J. Laycock in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, congratulated themeeting upon the highly satisfactory state of the revenue from all sources. The Newcastle and Tynemouth branch had been appreciated by the public, though the third-class traffic had not quite come up to their expectation, but would probably, when the new station was opened at Tynemouth next summer. The report was seconded and adopted. Dividends on the 10 per cent. preference stock, on the 5 per cent. preference stock and shares, and also at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock and shares were declared. The retiring directors, Messrs. Laycock and J. Grey, were re-elected, and also Mr. D. Dillon, the retir ing auditor. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. FI7RNESS. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held at the offices, 9, Old Burlington-street, the Duke of Devonshire in the chair. Mr. Ramsden, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the directors had the pleasure of submitting a very favourable report of the traffic for the past half-year, and they recommended that a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum be declared. The report of the engineers, Messrs. 31‘Lean and Stileman, showed the progress made with the Barrow Docks and with the works on the Furness and Midland Railway. Considerable additions had been made to the rolling stock during the half-year, and charged to revenue account. The general manager reported that the permanent way and works were in a high state of effi ciency. The balance-sheet showed a total receipt of £1,514,192, and a balance of £19,231. The revenue for the half-year showed a receipt of £89,053, and a balance applicable to dividend of £24,474. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was unani mously adopted. The chairman and Mr. Howard were re-elected directors, and Mr. Currey auditor. CENTRAL NORTHUMBERLAND. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Alnwick, on Saturday ; Sir H. St. Paul was in the chair. The report stated that immediately after the August meet ing the requisite amount of share capital was subscribed, enabling the directors to proceed with two sections of the line—viz., from Cornhill to Woolar, and from Rothbury to Scots Gap; but some misunderstanding having arisen be tween them and the contractors some further delay must still be endured. The adoption of the report was moved by the chairman and seconded by Mr. Hodgson, M.P., and agreed to, after a long discussion on the matter in dispute with the contractors. Earl Grey, Sir H. St. Paul, and Sir W. Trevelyan were re-elected directors, and the proceedings terminated. SALISBURY AND DORSET JUNCTION. In reply to the statement of the former contractor for this line, which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, Mr. Horn, the secretary of the company, states that the former contractor for the line failed to carry on the works in September last, and that notwithstanding the forbearance of the directors during more than two months was unable to start them again ; that the engineer's certificates were given with a liberal spirit, and included payment not only for all work done, but for materials on the ground, which materials were several times taken in execution by creditors, and released by them on proof that they were the company's property ; that the present state of the line (after two months' vigorous work by the' new contractor) was suffi c i en t contradiction of the assertion that nearly half the line was road() ; that, In stead of a balance being due to the former contractor, he WU largely indebted to the company for payments in ad- At the meeting of this society yesterday evening -the president, Mr. Lubbock, in the chair—a long and interesting paper, communicated by Mr. John Crawfurd, was read "On the History of Cannibalism in reference to Social Progress." The author of the paper assumed the antiquity of (man to have been coeval with the extinct elephant, cave bear, and other animals, with the bones of which flint implements have been found mingled in recent geological de posits. In that original state of existence he also assumed man to have been but little raised from a state of savage life above the lower animals, his only superiority consisting in the possession of a pair of hands and of a superior brain, the powers of which were undeveloped. He had not constructed a lan guage, and his speech, like that of the lower animals, consisted of interjections only. He had not acquired the art of kindling a fire, and his only weapon was a club—the branch of a tree torn off by the wind. In this feeble and almost helpless state of his exist ence his food would, of necessity, consist of raw flesh derived from the dead carcases of beasts, birds, and fishes, assisted on the sea coast by shell-fish and sea weeds, and in a few favoured•localities:by wild fruits. He was utterly naked. In that state of the world the wild animals would be more abundant and tame, aud there would be no deficiency of food. But as man increased in numbers and the animals on which he fed became fewer aud more difficult to capture, his ingenuity would necessarily be stimulated to the invention of new means of procuring food. Then would be invented the weapon pointed with bone or stone, the bow and arrow, the blow-pipe for dis charging arrows or pellets, the bone fish-hook, the net, and eventually the canoe, with the stone axe and knife for their fabrication. Men then clothed themselves in the skins of the wild beasts, the flesh of which they had devoured, and in this stage a language would be formed, and the art of kindling a fire discovered. This was the stone age, and that in which he imagined that cannibalism be gan. In the struggle for existence, neighbouring tribes would necessarily live in a state of hostility. Their wars would be about hunting and fishing grounds, and the carnivorous savage who lived ex clusively on flesh would draw no nice distinction between that of the lower animals and that of his enemies when this indulgence gratified at once his revenge and appeased his hunger. Chntiibalism, in short; would be established. Mr. Crawford then proceeded to cite authorities of historians and of various travellers to different parts of the globe to confirm his views, that all men in the progress from the condition of a savage to that of a civilised being became cannibals, and that as the arts increased and the means of obtaining food of various kinds were more abundant, then the practice of eating human flesh was discontinued. The conclusions at which he arrived from an extended view of the progress o savage nations and from the present condition o: many savage tribes now living in various countries were as follow : " Of the first stage, or of man's condition when he first appeared on earth, with faculties as yet un developed by necessity, we can, of course, produce no examples ; but what it must necessarily have been is obvious. He was more naked than the beasts of the field, and in this respect came only to be on an equality with them after he had robbed them of their clothing. His food consisted of raw flesh or of raw fish cast dead on the shore. To this he added a few wild roots and fruits, also eaten raw. His dwellings consisted of caves and the hollows of old trees. In this matter, therefore, he was only on a parity with the bear and the opossum, but far worse accommodated than the beaver, or even the fox and hyena. So must, in the beginning, have lived the first parents of all the races of man. • The second stage of man's progress was produced by in crease of his own numbers, decrease in the number of the lower animals which furnished him with food, or increase in the difficulty of capturing his prey. The superior qualities of his brain were now called into exercise to enable him to surmount these ob- etaeles. Then were invented implements of stone and bone, with fire to produce warmth in aid of scarcity of clothing first, and eventually to render esculent, by cooking, articles that were_ uneatable without it. This was the first period of the stone age, that in which man lived almost exclusively by hunting and fishin g. In this stage of difficult' sub sistence, and rancorous hatred of one tribe to an other contending for food, most probably began the practice of eating one another's flesh. In the third stage, the implements still of bone or stone, there were probably added the net and the canoe, and a few plants began to be cultivated, and in some places a few animals to be domesticated. This was found to be the state of society in the two great islands of Hispaniola and Cuba, among the Antilles, when first discovered, and of several of the islands of the Pacific Ocean, in some of which cannibalism had ceased, while it was continued in others. In Asia and its islands we have no example of a people in the stage just named, and we are only assured of its once having existed in Europe through the dis co Teries of modern science. The pile-builders of the Swiss lakes appear to have been exactly in this stage. They lived chiefly on game, fish, and wild fruit, but they seem also to have domesticated the goat, the sheep, the dog, the hog, and the ox, while they cultivated wheat and barley. Neither they nor their immediate predecessors can be shown to have been cannibals, but the great probability is that both were so, unless they differed wholly from other races of man in other regions that are satisfactorily shown to have been so. In the lowest stage of the same category must be included the ancient Cale donians of Caithness, as their character is exhi bited by the curious and instructive discoveries of Mr. Laing. The fourth and last period com mences with the discovery of the metals, bronze and iron, and their substitution for bone and st one. statecannibalism f s ociety in France , German y , Spain, and the most c i v ili se d part of Britain 2,000 h a d cea sed, but human sacrifices con tinueda nc i i n l F ra nce and Britain to a hideous extent.o the flesh of With the ex ception that they did no t partake their victims, the ancestors of most o f t h e present are now the Bat a k s of Sumwaetrrae , in an t d he th sa e m p e a s y t ks te as of civilised nations of Europe Borneo, due allowance being made for the vast supe been general. No animals eat their own species, and the same instinct that is implanted in the lower animals would prevent even savage men from eat- ing their fellows except from necessity, or from some perversion of their natural feelings. The PRESIDENT defended the ancient inhabitants of the Swiss lakes from the charge of being canni bals, for none of the human bones found in the --- lacustrine deposits indicated that the flesh had been used as food: Mr. GALTON and - Mr. NASH also dissented from some of the views taken by Mr. Crawfurd, who replied generally to the remarks on his paper, and the meeting adjourned. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, February 21.—Yesterday the yarn market opened with an appearance of more stabi lity, and so far as shipping qualities are concerned it was thought that prices had touched the lowest point for a time, but to-day business has again be come exceedingly quiet, and lower prices would have to be taken to make sales to any extent. All counts of home trade yarns are also quiet. The finer numbers are the most depressed in prices, and especially those made from Egyptian cotton. In cloths there has not been much business done since this day week. The last American news, though confirming the impressions of those who thought the war was likely to go On, has done little to stimulate business. The rumours of peace negotiations which have come from time to time have had such effect in depressing prices, and such repeated heavy losses have been sustained through them, that confidence seems to have become thoroughly unsettled. Buyers show more than usual caution (it almost amounts to timidity), and seem quite indisposed to operate with any spirit. There have been a few offers, but they have been confined to a few hands, nothing like a general demand being experienced, and prices offered low. As a rule, makers of cloth are too well en gaged to accept the very lOw prices offered, and as these offers could only in most cases be taken with any advantage by manufacturers, who have to go into the market for cotton or yarn at present ex ceptional and low rates, for somewhat distant de livery, they have found acceptance only in rare instances. But still there have been some few sales below what may be called the ordinary market rates. The chief business done has been in Eastern shirt ings. On the whole only a small actual business has been transacted, and at somewhat reduced rates. LEEDS, 20th.—The markets in the cloth-halls this morning have been of the same quiet character as for the last two or three market days. The weather is still very winterly, a strong frost prevailing, and some slight showers of snow having fallen this morn ing. Spring meltons, tweeds, and other goods, both coatings and trouserings, suitable for the coming season, have been purchased to a moderate extent, considering the number of buyers present, but, as already stated, the markets were devoid of animation. The manufacturers are scarcely so brisk as we lately had to report them, and many are working to stock in anticipation of an increased demand when the spring trade, which it seems probable will be a late one, fairly sets in. The export houses to the Con tinent, like the home trade firms, are far from being busy. The flax trade is not so active as it was a month ago, but most of the machinery is kept running full time. Wools, as well as woollen and mixed fabrics, show little change in price, and quotations are nominally the same as last week. NOTTINGHAM, 21st.—There was a tolerable at tendance at this Exchange-hall to-day, and the demand for lace yarns was rather improved, prices being much the same as on the previous week. The demand for hosiery yarns was very flat, and only an exceedingly small :amount of business was done at recent rates. For silks prices were very firm. There was rather more doing in brown nets, and prices were unchanged. ROCHDALE, 20th.—There is no material change in the flannel trade since last market day. Buyers operate very cautiously, and the goods brought to day and during the past week have been quite of a miscellaneous character. The severity of the wea ther, though it is probably causing a good demand upon the retail dealers, is not imparting any anima tion to this market. On the contrary, the Pu rchu. ....rnA of ls ing of spring goods is retarded, but a few r-- ksh such have been sold to-day. The yor ire goods of both trade keeps in the same state of quiet'ess we lately had to report. d Manufacturersrices still an P eep keep moderately have. moderately well employed/ goods and wool'are steady. CANADIAN Vir— -- rvrER PASTFUES. —There Was a the 2d o f Feb ruary on the ice skating carniva l on the beautiful and clear, and there conic" The day w hen 5 , 000 persons present. Th e young and d off the palm for diffic ult particular,thedaughter of one of our Lower graceful Mill ware decidedly ahead of * the rnasen li nes ; one ladiesbr ice bridge. hgaec.vaor carried loss t vtioounns•galnaddy in Town merchants, surprised and excited the admiration of all present by the gracefulness of her curves and figures, and the perfect ease with which they were performed. The grand " bonspiel" of the Curling Club comes off to morrow. During the moonlight nights the ice-bridge will be the great centre of amusement. --Quebec News' FRIGHTFUL DEATH BY MACHINERY.--An inquiry was held at Birmingham on Saturday into the death of Caroline I( err, aged 18. On Tuesday the deceased went to work at the button manufactory of Mr. Rohrs. A witness named Elizabeth Baylee was at work in the shop on the same afternoon, when the deceased asked about her work, and the witness told her to go to Mr. Baylee in charge of the engine and get the boards nailed up. Deceased said she should not, but would sweep her bench or lathe first. The witness continued her work, and did not notice what the deceased was doing till she suddenly heard her cry, " Lizzie, Lizzie," and on turning round saw her gradually loosing hold of her hand from the bench which she had been cleaning. She disappeared, and her head came in contact with the roof at each revolution of the shaft, making an indention on it. The witness called for the engine to be stopped. The de ceased was then taken from the shaft, and Mr. Spr?to.4 surgeon, was sent for, and on his arrival pronounced the be extinct. The deceased wore a crinoline at the time of d occurrence. The jury returned a;verdict of ACM ental oath. NEW NOVEL BY SIR C. P. LASCELLES WRAXALL, BART, This Day, in 3 vols., at all Libraries, M E It C E D E John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street.