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rtations disease rnd pas- English foreign t. Nor ,ontinue period y to be Led with bionable disease, ;ee does atisfac -11 argu- The go At s—old prices. dean, ••••••......._....._ lam, LONDON must have a Gentleman's SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM " EVAN'S " after Alfred Mellors Concerts. liINAIIAN'S LL R IVI D I I I , SKY V. COGNAC BT t,is ode *,rated Old 1R1.31f WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It 4 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Lonton ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." WHAT A STUPID FELLOW YOU ARE to bite oil" the end of your Cigar. when you can buy one of " BUTCHER'. PATENT KEY-RING CIGAR MS" for a Penny. Sold everywhere. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incirporated 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 Cipital of this Associa tion enables it to complete Its transaction's without delay. No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelope. The Association also lends Money for the purchase of a house by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. THE BELFAST AND BANGOR RAILWAY AND LAND COMPANY (Limited). Capital, £1,000,000. First Issue £600,000, in 30,000 Shares of £2O each. 20,000 Shares paid-up in full will be reserved for exchange with the Shareholders of the Belfast, Holywood, and Bangor Railway Company. 10,000 will be issued to the public, on which £2 will have to be paid on application, and £3 on allotment. It is anticipated that a further Call of £5 only will be made. The lion. Stuart Knox, M.P. for Dungannon, Montague square, London. William Dargan, Esq., Dublin. William Coates, Esq., Glentoran, Belfast. John Henry Mackenzie, Esq., Gresham House, London. William Montague Bailie, Esq., Bristol. John Edward Campbell Koch, Esq., Threadneedle-street, London. William Goslett, Esq., Gresham House, London. Archibald Frederick Paull, Esq., Cullum-street, London. BANKEItO. London.--The City Bank. Ireland.—Provincial Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Belfast, and all its branches. The following Banks have consented to receive Deposits on Applications : Scotland.—Royal Bank of Scotland and its branches. Liverpool.—laverpool Commercial Banking Company (Limited). Bristol.—Baillie, Cave, Baillie, and Co., Old Bank. Manchester.—Manchester and Salford Bank. SOLICITORS IN IRELAND. Newtons and Armstrong, Dublin. SOLICITORS IN LONDON. Elmslie, Forsyth, and Sedgwick, 27, Leadenhall-street. BROKERS. London.—Lowndes, Surgey, and Woolley. Liverpool.—T. Tinley and Sons. Manchester—Gorton Bros., and Pooley. Dublin.—Bruce and Symes. Belfast.—Theodore Bushell, Esq. Josias Conyngham, Esq. Cork.—Wm. Connell, Esq. Glasgow.—L. and R H. Robertson. ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. Charles Lanyon, Esq., Belfast and Dublin. SECRETARY. F. Pembroke Jones, Esq. OFFICES. 1, Threadneedle-street, London. The experience of the last few years proves that for rail- Way companies suburban and metropolitan traffic is the most remunerative. What might have been "the profits made had the taking of building land by railway companies been allowed needs but the simple fact stated, that land at the various suburban termini of the London railways has in many cases more than trebled in value. This Association is formed to carry through a scheme which embraces the possession of a lino of railway starting from the large manufacturing town of Belfast to Bangor, via Holywood, having not only a large and increasing suburban, but sea-side traffic, both for permanent residences and excursions, also the advantage of land with sea frontage for building purposes. Its success can therefore hardly admit of a doubt. That portion of the Railway, 41 miles of which (from Belfast to Holywood) has been open since 1848, yields an enormous return on its cost of construction ; and since the 18th of May last, by the opening of an addi tional 7} miles to Bangor, nearly 70 per cent., on previous traffic has been gained, and without a very large increase of rolling stock the numbers seeking conveyance cannot be carried. The line, which is at present single, will therefore at once be doubled, and ample rolling stock provided. Tho traffic returns show, in the 4} miles, the following results : Passengers. Increase. Week ending 4th June, 1865 ... 10,041 sth „ ' 1864 ... 6;478 3,563 11th „ 1865 .„ 11,380 12th „ 1864 7,246 __ 4,134 ~ 18th „ 1865 12,298 „ 10th „ 1864... 6,080 _ _ _ _ . 6,218 tl 25th 1% 1865 ... 14,809 26th ~ 1864 ... 6,958 II _ __. „ 2nd July 1865 ... 11,691 7,851 3rd „ 1865... 6,497 5,194 tv 9th „ 1865 ... 13,224 10th „ 1804...10,065 3,159 F. d I; E il 0 73 g 5.4 --' . 4 1i I g 1 8 1:, '8 g The mileage traffic over the, 71 Trilled will undoubtedly more than double the above when tho Conipany has pro vided means for its development. Belfast is acknowledged to bo one of the most prosperous cities in the United Kingdom. With the adjoining manu facturing towns it has a population of 190,000. The Population of Dublin is 254,000. The cost of the Dublin and Kingstown line of railway, unsurpassed as an in vestment (the £lOO stock being now £200), was £65,000 per mile. The cost of the railway from Belfast to Bangor, for a double lino is, including building land, £50,000 per mile, and there aro in Belfast alone above 40,000 mill hands, all of whom aro discharged from Work at - one o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and resort in such numbers to Bangor, that during the year 1864, previous to the opening of the railway beyond Holywood, ma less than 208,000 persons visited Bangor by steamer alone, exclusive of those by the road. The steamer con voying these largo numbers was only five months on the station. The large mannfacturingtowns of Lurgan, Lisburn, and Portadown also contribute to the Bangor traffic. The Belfast, Holywood, and Bangor Railway Company have, by a bill passed this session, become possessed of the 41 miles from Belfast to Holywood, and thus secured 12 miles of rail, giving direct communication from the great manufacturing town of Belfast to Bangor, which town may fairly be considered the Brighton of Belfast. It can be reached in twenty minutes. Its beauty of scenery is un surpassed. Bathing can be had at all states of tide, and it is very popular with all classes for residences and excur sions. . When this Association has carried out its plan of having first-rate hotel accommodation, bathing places at Holywood aid Bangor, winter-gardens, concert-room, and esplanade, the result cannot fail of being highly remunerative to the Shareholders. The traffic, when all the arrangements have been carried out, has been estimated by competent judges at a minimum of £1,500 per week, which will pay as high a rate of dividend as the shareholders in the Dublin and Kingstown Railway receive. The demand for houses at Bangor and along the line -is so•great that in the small town of Bangor, as it at present exists, rates are paid for houses for the summer season far beyond those of the most fashionable English watering places, and farm-houses along the line are fully occupied by visitors. _ An agreement has boon entered into by which this Com pany will acquire not only the 12 miles of railway from Belfast, via Holywood, to Bangor, but also become the owners of very valuable building land on the sea-shore at Bangor, with a further quantity at hfolywood, and the power of tak ing further eligible sites. The shareholders in the Railway Company taking their shares at par in this Company ; and the vendors of the land above-mentioned show their con fidence in the undertaking by accepting the whole of the Purchase-money in shares. Investors thus have the benefits arising from a productive line of rail, and also the large profits which are so well known to be made from invest ments in land adjoining such a line of railway. -Eminent contractors have gone over the works, and are prepared to enter into a contract to double the line, supply all the necessary additional rolling stock, and to construct the esplanade, roads, hotel, baths, and other public build ings, and pay to the shareholders 6 per cent. on the paid up capital for three years from the Ist September, 1865. An influential committee in Belfast will be formed. The plans, reports, and other particulars may be seen at the Offices of the Company. Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained at the London Financial Association (Limited), South Sea House, Threadneedle-street, the Bankers, Brokers, and Solicitors of the Company. No. 1, Threadneedle-street, 10th Aug., 1865. T" WORLD-RENOWNED WHEELER and WILSON PRIZE MEDAL LOCK-STITCH SEWING MACHINES, from Z 9 and upwards, with all re cent Improvements and Additions. These Machines execute all descriptions of work in any material with speed, strength, durability, beauty, and ec3- nomy. They are ornamental in the drawing-room, a plea sant and healthful exercise in use, and can be worked by a child. Instructions gratis to all purchasers. Illustrated Prospectus gratis and post free. Offices and Sale-rooms, 139. Regent-street, London, ►IT. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—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 nomplaints, inligestion, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual vstiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 25. id. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer Phan 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making 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. F., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead. A.. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. S. 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, M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. 11„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. M. 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 young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path , f virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street Chcapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co . Lombard-street. TABLE GLASS, CHINA, and EARTHENWARE, CLUB, MESS, and FURNISHING ORDERS for the above GOODS promptly executed. JDEFRIES and SONS supply Designs and • Pattern Boob; Free. Works —LONDON and B It M FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES (To be retained by tho Bankers.) To the Directors of the Belfast and Bangor Railway and Land Company (Limited). Gentlemen, — Having paid £ to your Bankers, I request you Will allot me Shares in the above-named Company ; and I agree to accept such Shares or any lesser lumber that may be allotted to me, to become a member of the Company, and to sign the Articles of Association when required ; and I hereby authorise you to place my name on the Register of Members in respect of the Shares so allotted. In the event of your allotting me a lesser number of Shares than 'applied for, I authorise you to apply the deposit, so far as may be necessary, towards the payment due on allotment. Name in full Ordinary Sigrature Profession or Business Address Date SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and ROUE, Hampstead. Offices. 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QuicEN. TRUSTEES. Cant. the Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon c h ampneys N. Thomas Baring, Esq, M Y. TREASURERS. R.C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Banbury, Esq. This institution is designed to supply a great national Want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and bterchants Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service, and provides a home free of excenlie for former Inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the recent storms and loss c f life at sea, and t o enable them e ventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 Bailors annually by casualties alone, without including those Who may perish by war Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs Barclay,tart', Bevan, and C o ., Lo m b a rd-st re et, an d by the Score 4 7, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEEIING, Hon. Sae. CHARLES NASH, See. N OTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and 4 . .RELL mostuseful invention of the day, AGUA Alll A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 12, Three King-court, Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfeot colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, les. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re, spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY el TOOTH PASTE Is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the tee:h a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Price la. Three King-court, Lombard street, London. N°. 22,825. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1865. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. Prospectuses sent free of charge to any place, explana tory of the Share, Deposit. Land, or Borrowing Departments. Apply to CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, lin, Secretary, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C. MR. LEWIS HOUGH'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., WILLIAM BATHURST. By LEWIS HOUGIT, Hurst and Blalkett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. GREAT ST. JAMES'S HALL.-WIZARD of the NORTH. Crowded Houses. Great success of Frederic (the Great) Illacoabr, the unrivalled ventriloq list and mimic (vide the London press). Second Sight by Miss Anderson, more extraordi nary than ever. Every night at 8, Saturday afternoon at 3. Entrances, Regent-street and Pic cadilly. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., miss cmtkw. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS, Author of "Barbara's History." Second Edition. "Never has the author's brilliant style been more conspi: cuously displayed than in this very charming story."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. \ %-"-.*: ;;;" • 0 fii,lo, ',._,-;. , ,---,--. N. 4 1--• . 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By almost superhuman efforts the flames were kept down for 21 days, until on the 11th of May the Dauntless rescued the crew from their perilous posi tion, when the Fiery Star burnt to the water's edge and went down a few hours afterwards. The four boats contained upwards of 80 souls, in search of whom her Majesty's steamship Brisk was imme diately despatched to the Chathams, at which place no • tidings had, however, been received of any o f them, and the only hope is some homeward bound ship may have picked them up. A subscription for the survivors was made in Auckland amounting to £165. 'j PRICE 4d. S TAMPED sd. ~,.......-.--.....,.\ REUTER'S TELEGRAM COMPANY (Limited). Capital £250,000, in 10,000 shares of £25 each. First Issue 5,000 shares. Paid £lO per share. DIRECTORS. John Dent. Esq , 35, Grosvenor-square, of Messrs. Dent and Co., China. Sir John C. D. Hay, Bart., Director of the Land Securities Company Colonel Holland, Deputy• Chairman of the Louth African Bank. J. S. 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" To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and beautifully-written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we may rest assured of many fruitful meditations and plea sant memories." —Sin. London: P. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. E.C. Julius Reuter, Esq., Managing Director. ISSUE OF DEBENTURES The Directors having been empowered at the Special General Meeting of the Proprietors held to-day to issue de bentures to the amount of £35,00), arc prepared to receive applications for the same for the terms of two and lour years at ,he following rates of interest : Two years 5 per cent. per annum. Four years 6 1S 1. The debentures will be of three denominations, namely, £2O, £5O, and £lOO, and will have interest coupons attached, pay able half-yearly, on the tat of September and the Ist of March in each year. The contracts held by the Company with various parties in this country and abroad, and ranging over a period of five years from the Ist of January last, amount to considerably more than the sum the Directors are authorised to borrow, and afford ample security for the payment of the inte rest and the redemption of the debentures. In addition to this security there remains upwards of £50,000 of the SUB SCRIBED CAPITAL of the Company uncalled up. All applications should be addressed to the Secretary, ac companied by a deposit of Ten per cent. on the amount of debentures applied for. • _ _ In the event of no debentures being issued, the deposit will be returned in full without any deduction. By order of the Board, FREDERICK J. GRIFFITHS, Secretary. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London, August Il i , 1805. Cloth, price 28. 6d., AHANDBOOK for the—MAN OE_ BUSINESS; applicable to all Departments of Commercial Engage ments. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, London. REPORT of the Directors for the Year ending 30th Juno ' 1865, read at the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 11th August, 1865. THOMAS GODFREY SAD/BROOKE, ESQ., in the Chair. The Directors have again, in discharge of the duties en trusted to them, to make their annual report to the Pro prietors, and, as on previous occasions, they will first call their attention to the particulars of the surplus fund ac count, comprising as it does all the important financial oc currences of the year. It will be seen by this account that the total income of the year is £424,439 7s. Id., and the total charge £373,551 7s. The difference is £50,888 Os. Id., which being added to the surplus fund of last year augments it to £678,964 12s. ld. The amount thus laid by in three years since the last valuation is £201,571 17s. 9d. The sum received on account of new assurances—£3l,ls7 19s. 4d —is unusually large ; but, as will be seen, a con siderable portion of it has been devoted to reassurance. An extraneous profit was made last year of more than £17,500, and upwards of £15,700 has been similarly realised this year. The claims on decease of lives assured have been heavier than usual. There is, however, no reason to doubt but that the proper average for the quinquennial period will obtain. The average for the last three years is £240,480. The expenses last year were no less than those of the • previous one. This year they are again reduced, bei ng nearly £5OO less than they were in the last year's account. The balance-sheet calls for very little remark —some of the items amongst the assets are increased and some diminished—the total of them, less the liabilities, is £50,888 Os. id. greater than in the last account, and the surplus fund exhibits accordingly a corresponding aug mentation. The Trustees and Directors of the Company are now as follows : TRUSTEES. Lord Bateman; Richard Harman Lloy.d,Esq. Robert Cheere, Esq. William Jas. Maxwell, Esq. Joseph Esdailo, Esq. Hon. E. T. Yorke, M.P. And other gentlemen. DIRECTORS. CHARLES CHATFIELD, Esq., Chairman. GEORGE RUSSELL, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. James Murray, Esq. Ralph Charles Price, Esq. Philip, Rose, ESq: .Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke, Charles Bischoff, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bart., D.C.L. Nathaniel Gould, Esq. Robert A. Gray, Esq. Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq. Richd. Harman Lloyd, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. Sir W. G. Ouseley, K.C.8., D.C.L. Esq. Capt. Louis Symonds Tindal, R.N. Colonel Charles Wethorall, K.C.T. Right Hon. Sir John Young, Bart. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT. Dn. INCOME OF THE YEAH. Balance of account, June 30, 1864 £628,078 12 0 Premiums on new assur ances £31,157 19 4 Ditto old ditto 291,552 6 7 322,710 5 11 nterest from investments 85,931 5 11 408,631 11 10 Profit on realisation of reversions, &e 15,797 15 3 Total income £1,052,515 19 1 Cu. CHARGE OF THE YEAR Dividend to Proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured £236,417 10 10 Additions to those under participating policies 27,349 18 2 Policies surrendered 16,173 2 1 Re-assurances, new Ditto, old 339,801 13 0 8,308 8 0 Commission Medical fees :ncome tax 363,759 0 0 '682 311 2,519 10 5 Expenses of management 12,447 4 8 Total chargo 373,551 7 0 Balance of account, 30th Juno, 1865 678,964 12 1 £1,052,515 19 1 Examined and approved, HENRY ROSE, Auditors. THOMAS ALLEN,} BALANCE SHEET. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured and additions thereto unpaid 44,693 0 7 Cash bonus due to policy holders Sundry accounts Value (1862) of sums assured 4,774,086 12 8 Proprietors' fund £184,015 0 0 Surplus fund, as above 678,964 12 1 £5,573 11 3 862,979 12 1 £5,689,284 8 7 GI AIR SKI N.--CLEVELAND'S SKIN POWDER gives to the complexion, arms, and all parts of the body, a rich delicate appearance, cools, strengthens , and stimulates the skin t o an h ealthy act i on. In packets at 6d., is., and 2s. Od. Order Cleveland's Skin Powder of your chemist and perfumer, and don't take any other. —Barclay , 95, Farringdon-street, wholesale agent. Extra cloth, price 55., SCEPTICISM AND SPIRITUALISM . The experiences of a Sceptic. By the Authoress of AIIRELIA." London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. SELF-INSTRUCTION IN SPELLING. 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Whereas a bi , l praying for an injunction reatraininz the defendants from pirating the plaintiff's labels and selling colourable imitations of his Pomade, under the name of "Walnut Extract," has been filed, and an interim order granted by Vice-Chancellor Stuart ; all parties are hereby warned that they will be pro secuted if found selling colourable imitations aforesaid. JAMES GRAYSON, 13, Great Ormond-street, • Plaintiff's Solicitor. Barclay, 95, Farringdon-street, agent for Cleveland's Wal nut Pomade, and all Chemists. GREY HAR.-CLEVELAND'S WALNUT POMADE will change Grey Hair to the original colour, darken red or light hair without staining the skin — it is not a dye, and does not injure the hair as dyes do—it gives it a rich glossy appearance and nourishes its growth - as an ordinary Pomade it is superior to all others, and al though established 20 years. no one has equalled althoueh many have attempted to imitate it. Sold in pots at Is. Gd., 28 6d., and 3s. 6d. by all the London Chemists and Per fumers.--Barclay, 95, Farringdon-street, whoiesalc agents. In ordering, order "Cleveland's." GREY HAIR and BALDNESS.—LANARD OS AMMONIACAL POMADE will change grey hair to its original colour, gradually darken red or light hai r, and effectually remove baldness. Before purchasing send one stamp and lean its chemical properties. Sold in sample pots at ls.; and ordinary at 55., 108. , and 216.—G. Sutton and Co., chemists, Store-street, Bedfor d-square. EPILEPSY, FITS, and NERVOUS DISEASES yield to the New Chemical PER-CHLORATE OF PO LASSA, which acts by oxydising the blood and strength ening the vitality of the nerves. An entirely new chemical, discovered, introduced, and extensively prescribed by the late Dr. M. Hall; it acts as an alterative, exhilarant, and stimulating tonic, supplying the blood with oxygen, and is now of universal repute. Try one bottle.—Sold at 4s. 6d, lls., and 225., by Barclay, 95, Farringdon-street. Order Dr. Per-Chlorate of Potassa. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly.de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestitute sick has for a con,iderable period 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 Mae -lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; 'ferries and Co. ; h ansom and Co.; Prescott, Grote , and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. Barclay and Co. ; W Mims, Deacon, and Co.; Ov erend, Gar - ney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and "o Liverpool ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till &. STANFORD SMITII. Secretary. °I NEW ZEALAND. (From the Time; Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, June 14.. In consequence of General Cameron having de spatched a special steamer from Auckland after the mail of last month had left, with the view of catch ing the European steamer at Melbourne, the fol ing memorandum of the Ministry will probably have reached London before my present communication does : " In reference to certain statements made by Lieut.-Gen Sir Duncan A. Cameron, which have been communicated by the Governor to his responsible advisers, Ministers I express their regret that the Lieut.-General should have thought fit to attribute base and unworthy motives, and a culpable disregard for th e li ves o f B r itish officers and men, to the Ministry of New Zealand, and, by implication, to Her Majesty's representatives in the colony. They believe that, having regard to the character of the colony (which it is their duty to uphold), and to their own, which, as public men, is the property of the colony, it is impos sible longer to accept assistance so unwillingly rendered. Nor, indeed, can it be hoped that zeal and energy (which alone can secure success or lead to any useful result in operations of the field) will be displayed by any officer, however distinguished, in support of a cause which is branded by him with such severe reprobation. "April 8." "FREDERICK A. WELD. This memorandum is, in fact, nothing more nor less than a dismissal of the General so far as the Ministry is concerned, and culminates our compli cations. Its history is briefly this :—Some three months ago the General wrote to the Governor a charging the Ministry with th e semi-official letter, continued prosecution of the war for purposes of aggrandisement and in utter carelessness of the lives of the Imperial troops. When the Governor showed this to Ministers privately, they declined to take notice of it without its being placed before them officially, which was eventually done. As the Governor and Ministry had acted in entire harmony , in devising the Taranaki and Wanganui cam paigns, the charges brought against the latter in cluded the former by implication ; and alike con scious that their motives and conduct were unim peachable, Sir George Grey terminated all further relations with General Cameron, excepting those strictly official ; while Mr. Weld and his colleagues declined to be any longer parties to the conduct of operations under the General's directions. The story goes that the Ministry did not intend to make the above-quoted memorandum public until the last mo nt h h e ' month's pboadp2rtjovuen both the Governor andthe opportunity of making their appeal Secretary of Stat e ; b ut f rom t h e Governor several the memorand um i n hi s pocket for to Generalt he has a h a bi t o f d o i ng with important documents, the General first be came aware of it through the Auckland press, to k e weeks, eping as which it was communicated a few days after the departure of the ordinary mail for England. The General thereupon wrote to Sir George Grey, up braiding him with maki n g official use of a private communication, to which Sir George replied th a t the General's the Gen charges e could not b e cons id ere d pri vate,General had him se lf commun i cate d since the substance to the War-office at home. Nettled at this mode of treatment the General immediately sent one of the transport steamers to Melbourne, where his special despatches no doubt arrived in time to be forwarded home. The colony has already suffered severely from the antagonism between the Governor and his former Minister, now it is suffer ing no less severely from this quarrel with the Gene.- ral. In the former case the Imperial Government naturally sided with its own officers, now it must decide between them. One or the other, it is pre sumed, must be recalled, if not both of them. Gen. Cameron is understood to have sent an officer to Galle, to telegraph to London for instructions, and to wait there until he gets them. The memorandum has been thoroughly can vassed by the local press; the m os t i n fl uen ti a l of the Auckland journals stigmatising it as a gross QATURDAY NEXT—DAY PERFORMANCE Great St. James's Hall. 51accabe, the Ventriloquist. —The World of Magic by PROI4`ESSOIt AND RESON, Second Sight by Miss Anderson, the real Indian Basket Vest by Miss Liz Anderson. Doors open at 2, to ccmmence at 3. Stalls, ss. ; reserved seats, 3s. ;, balcony, 2s ; area and .gal leries, ; schools and children half price to stalls and re served seats, which may be olitained at !dr. Austin's office, No. 2a, Piccadilly. A. NIMNIO, Aeiin manager. QTODARE.-130TI I REPRESENTATION . - THEA OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL. MARVELS in MAGIC and VENTRILOQUISM. by Col. STODARE. The REAL INDIAN BASKED TRICK, and INSTANTANEOUS GRO TLI of FLOWER TREES, as introduced for the first time in this country cn Easter Mon day, April 17, 1865, by Colonel Stodare, and only performed by him and the Indian Magicians. 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List of prices sent on application.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helena Churchyard, City. because of the very great stimulus they will give to the faith of the Han Haus. To defeat soldiers is not looked upon by natives as any , great achieve ment ; but to beat off sailors is an event not likely to be forgotten, and the Celestial protectors of the Hau Haus will be sure to be magnified accordingly. Major von Tempskay's raid, already alluded to, occurred on the 13th ult., near Patea, on the "Wan ganui side of the island, and was also intendaecdhtothbee a surprise; but the Rangers failing to re settlement before cockcrow, the natives succeeded temporarily in retiring, leaving 17 of their own number killed and two of ours mortally wounded. The major's party,which consisted only of 48 rangers and a few militiamen, being-greatly outnumbered, effected their retreat very cleverly ; and, looking to the difficult nature of the bush country through which they stealthily travelled by night to the attack, the affair is considered a very dashingone—so much so that the major has been complimented by a dinner given by the Premier. The submission of the King, William Thompson, and other influential chiefs marks the past- month with importance. Brigadier -Gen. Careythusreports the circumstance to the commander Of the forces : " Camp Te Awanixtu, May 28. " Sir,—With reference to my letter of the 26th inst., I have the honour to state, for the information of the Com mander of the Forces, that I proceeded at daylight yester day, accompanied by Major Tupper, A.D.C., Capt. Brett, D.A.Q.M.G., and Capt. Blewitt, 65th Regiment, to Tamahere, where tho chief, William Thompson, had agreed to meet me. "Shortly after my arrival at that place Mr. George Gra ham rude. in, and announced the approach of William- Thompson and other chiefs of note, handing tile a paper or covenant in Thompson's handwriting (copy and translation herewith enclosed), which the said Thompson and the chiefs were willing to sign in my presence under the British flag. "I then walked forward to meet Thompson, who when he saw me immediately dismounted, and came rapidly to wards me, uncovered. We shook hands. He then laid his faiths on the ground at my feet, in token of his submission to her Majesty, and said he hoped I would accept it as his gun. "We then proceeded to the spot where the British flag was flying, where Thompson signed the convenant in the name of the King and himself, in which he was followed by the principal chiefs assembled, after which I attached my signature thereto. - " The only requests madeby Thompsonwere as follows— " Ist. That the Governor would appoint a Commissionerto inquire into his (Thompson's) character, which he affirmed had been much maligned. "2d. That he (Thompson) was most anxious to see the face of tin Tamihana' again, and hoped to do so soon. " 3d. That I should let him (Thompson) know, as soon as possible, what the Govemorthought of his submission. " I cannot conclude this letter without bringing to. the notice of the Lieutenant-General commanding the forces the very important servicesrendered to the country by Mr. George Graham, assisted by Mr. Dehar, in bringing about this most momentous event. " I was given to understand that the chief Rewi would immediately tender his submission also. "The bearing otthe chief Thompson upon this occasion was particularly silent and submissive in the extreme. " I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, "GEORGE JACKSON CAREY, Brigadier-General." " (Translation.) "We consent that the laws of the Queen be laws for tho King (Maori), to be a protection for us all for ever and ever. This is tho sign of making peace, my coming into tho pre sence of my fighting friends General Carey. " WILLIAM THOMPSON, " RIKI. " TE REWETI, " RIHIA. " HONE, " PARATA. " GEORGE J. CAREY, Brigadier-General. " Tamahoro, May 27, 1865." _ In every way this submission is most fortunate at the present juncture. We do not know whether it means submission to the Queen conditionally or un conditionally, or whether it is only intended to Con vey the idea that the King is willing to adopt the Queen's laws as the basis of his independent rule. But whatever it means, it may . be regarded as greatly facilitating the peace of the North. The proclamation appointing the Ist of June inst. as the last day on which claimants to land confiscated in Waikato were allowed to put in an appearance has no doubt had much to do with it, Thompson owning very large tracts therein. This is the more probable because the submission was brought about by a land speculator, who visited Thompson's tribe with a view to purchase—the Queen's right of pre-emp ,tion being now waived over the whole island, and the Land Purchase Department of the Government wholly done away with. What the terms of submis sion really are, and what may grow out of them, are matters so important to the colony that it is only natural to have supposed that the Governor would have consulted his Ministry thereon. They do not, however, know anything about the submission but from newspaper report. The Governor has sent for Thompson to visit Auckland. Mr. Fox, the late Premier, who has just prOceeded to England, assigns among other reasons for temporarily retiring from Parliamentary life one which may be considered apropos to this subject :--- "As regards the great trouble of New Zealand (writes Mr. Fox to his constituents), the native difficulty, I do not believe that so long as Governor Grey remains in the colony there is the remotest prospect of any satisfactory solution of the problem which four years since was intrusted to him to solve. Still less do I believe that, while he is in the colony, the Assembly can exercise any appreciable influence upon this question. The possibility of its doing so is greatly lessened by the terms of Mr. Weld's resolution on respon sible government in native affairs of last session, which practically gives the Governor unlimited power in them, so long as a single British regiment remains in the colony." There is an item relative to the escaped prisoners from Kawau which deserves a brief record. Last month the Governor carried out to the letter the promises made long since to those who wished to return to their homes. A schooner was chartered to convey a distinguished party of them to Kawhia and elsewhere, being the last remnant that remained in the north. The Taranaki settlers were somewhat surprised to see the notorious "Big Joe," who was taken prisoner at Sentry Hill and con o fi o ne e d r w in ith ther the i others at Kawau, land from the schooner midst. This " Big Joe" is a scoundrel, n otorio e u t s hodthathas and no doubt highly appreciates the method been taken to impress him with a sense of the supre macy of the law. The debate in the House of Commons last March on New Zealand affairs has been well received throughout the 'colony, on account of the very im proved tone assumed by hon. members towards the colonists. The indications that the Home Govern ment were not prepared either to countenance sepa ration or interfere with the removal of the seat of Government have somewhat depressed the good people in the north, who seemed to anticipate that Mr. Cardwell would be so highly delighted to have affairs once more under the acknowledged control of a Governor as to induce him to concede the separa tion of Auckland instanter. The Governor scarcely conceals his annoyance at the power of determining what troops are to be sent home, and when, having been invested in the general. A correspondence has taken place between them, in which the latter wishes the former to assume the responsibility, but he will not. The 65th will probably go home shortly, and another regiment be sent to Australia, but it is not impossible that even these may be detained until the reference to England has settled the disputes between the Governor, as Commander-in-Chief, and the Gerieral, as Commander of the Forces, from which distinction much of our present trouble has arisen. The public are not likely to learn the magnitude of the evils which this want of unity is breeding until the meeting of the Assembly. The proclamation calling it for the middle of next month only awaits the arrival of the Governor from the north, where he has been during the whole of the last mouth. A portion of the crew of the ship Fiery Star, from Brisbane to London, was taken off that vessel by the Dauntless, for Auckland, and landed there on 15th May. The Fiery Star was a Black Ball liner belonging to T. M. Mackay and Co., of London, and left Moreton Bay on the Ist April with 63 passen gers and a crew of 42, making a total of 105 soul s , about On April 19, in lat. 46 . 10 S. long. 170 W., * Thompson particularly requested that the term " hoa riri" should be taken as " fighting friend," and not as enemy. The following list of passengers is from a Brisbane Paper, but is not supposed to be complete :—• " Saloon—Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. 11. Bell, Mrs. A. Mackay, Miss Tine, Dr. Plowman, Miss Dodwell. Second cabin—Miss Russell, Miss Ida John -3, Miss W. Johns, Miss C. John; Messrs. D. M'Kay, W. Latour, M. Goddard, J. Bobinson, Peter Hartley, jun. Steerage—Mrs. 11. Murphy, Messrs.Steit, Omand, G. A. Bergen, Boughton, Immor chundt, E. Edward; J. Plumb, A. 11. Watson, C. Messen ger, P. England, A. Hopper, A. Landoff, W. Beal, Rev. W. Rikey, and Master Christian. The following are the names of the men picked up by the Dauntless :—Mr. John Ormond, passenger ; Mr. Sargent, chief officer ; William Marshall, quartermaster ; George Maher, engineer ; Gee. Strickland, chief steward ; John Sutton Palmer, second steward ; Charles White, boatswain's mate ; David Harlot, sailmaker ; James North, carpenter ; Knight Stevens, Charles Applequist, John Hargett, Charles Smith David Payne, John Mullin, Richard Breton, seamen ; Richard Hordman, butcher." The accounts from the llokitika gold fields lead to the belief that, for at least 100 miles, that portion of the west coast of the Middle Island is auriferous. It is wanting in harbours, and numerous casualties are reported among the shipping. The yield still continues good, notwithstanding the flooding of the stream—a few days' foretaste in the damage which the winter is likely to cause. In. the Thames dis trict, at Auckland, a native has prodUced 21b. of gold, said to be discovered in that neighbourhood ; but he wishes; very wisely, to make the reward of £2,000 offered by the Government secure before re vealing the precise whereabouts. The rush from Otago to Hokitika, and the winter weather, has considerably reduced the Otago fields for the pre sent. The Public Accounts. The standing " Committee of Public Accounts," nominated by the House of Commons at the com mencement of every Session, for the examination of the accounts showing the appropriation of the sums granted by Parliament to meet the annual expendi ture, commenced last Session an inquiry into the mode of accounting for the receipts in public de partments not forming part of the chief branches of public revenue. Following the example of charity, the committee began with the fees of their own House, which have to be all paid over to the con solidated fund, the clerks and officers of the House being paid by salaries and not by fees. The system is explained clearly enough. From an examination of the Votes, and from the daily returns made by the committee clerks of business done, Mr. Broome, the accountant and receiver of the fees, makes out weekly accounts of the fees due from the several Parliamentary agents, collects the amount every Tuesday, enters the sums received in a cash-book, and in the evening goes through the list with Mr. Rose, the clerk of the fees, who takes a copy of it. Next morning Mr. Broome takes to the Bank of England the checks he has thus received, and pays them into the account of the Commission ers for Regulating the Offices of the House of Commons. Two days after Wards Mr. Rose, who keeps the pass-book, takes it to the bank, and gets the amount entered as received. The weekly amount varies from £1;000 to £lO,OOO. The points to which the attention of the committee seems to have been turned are these :—That neither the money nor the account goes through any third office : that there is no check upon the accuracy of the committee clerks' return ; and that there is no audit except that at the beginning of every Session the Speaker goes through the accounts of the pre vious Session, and sees that the amount of foes certified by Mr. Broome as received by him was paid by him into the Bank. Another of these minor branches of revenue comprises the fees received at the Home-office: There are considerable fees on the frocking of Bishops ; £7 13s. Gd. on the conge, and again on the letter recommendatory, on the Royal assent, on the restitution of temporals, and on the homage ; the same on the appointment of a dean ; canon, er archdeacon ; £l6l 125.. 6d. .on the creation of a Prince of Wales, £79 10s. on the crea tion of a duke, fees op the creation of every peer, baronet, or knight ; £lO 2s. Gd. on a warrant for change of name, £l3 12s. 6d. on change of name and arms, and so on. The fees produce a little over £l,OOO a year. They are received by Mr. Knyvett, the chief clerk, and paid over by him to the Paymaster-General at the end of every quarter. Who there is a stamp duty the parties hand Mr. KnkAt the money . to pay for it, and he procures it L.oni the Stamp-office. There is a record kept by a clerk showing every appointment, and Mr. Knyvett states that it would be easy to ascertain the correeth,ss of his account by seeing how many creations, &c., there had been in the quarter. But he says, " there is no actual audit, the whole matter is left to him." The passport branch of the Foreign-office is another department which engaged the attention of the committee. The amount received for fees is brought at the end of the day to Mr. Conyngham, the chief clerk, who pays the office salaries and expenses. His accounts are examined by Mr. Hammond, the Under-Secre taryrece of State, a n d h e says, " The other day I ac countedea to Mr. Hammond ofm tohnedpfaosrsptho passports e t w s w ho h l i e ch of ha tl d ie b f e e e e n s iv on account issued since 1856." Formerly there was a largo surplus in hand, but it has been " worked down" to about £BOO since the reduction of the fees on pass ports, and now the receipts are but about £7OO a year, and it would seem are nearly absorbed by the expenses. The Treasury do not recognise these fees as public money, and refuse to give pensions to persons employed in the Passport-office, as not being paid out of public moneys. The Passport-office, its expenses and salaries, do not appear upon the esti mates in any shape whatever, and Mr. Hammond denies the right of the Exchequer to any surplus from these fees. The Privy Council-office also had some attention from the committee. Mr. Har rison, the chief clerk of the office and deputy clerk of the Council, states that fees amounting to £BOO or £l,OOO a year are received in the depart ment of the Judicial Committee, but it is a separate department. At the end of every quarter the amount is brought by the registrar in a lump sum to him as the chief clerk of the office, and he pays it to the Paymaster-General. Mr. Harrison says ho exercises no check or audit over the receipt, and he holds himself utterly irresponsible for its being the proper amount ; but he knows the accounts are very carefully kept. There is no extraneous audit what ever of his own accounts. lie has to pay some small general expenses of the olike , and he makes the clerks in the office examine the accounts, but that is all. The committee report that they are of opinion, generally, that the system of accou n ti ng for these receipts is not satisfactory ; but they think that their inquiries should be prosecuted further next session into similar branches of receipt beforo any general recommendation should be made re specting them. In the meantime they think the evidence they have taken should receive the atten tion of the Government. There is & great number of public offices in which moneys payable to the Exchequer are received—the Gaz.ette-office, the police courts, the General Register-office, the Joint stock Companies Registration-office, the Judgments Registration -office ; there is the Treasury solicitor in regard to intestates' estates, the secretary to the Lunacy Commissioners, the secretary of presents- . tions to the Lord Chancellor, consuls abroad, the directors of prisons, the Controller of the Sta tionery-office, and, indeed, such a list as it would be wearisome to read. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £947,597 2 11 Ditto ditto decreasing mortgages 125,395 18 3 Ditto ditto reversions Ditto ditto funded securities 294,988 11 4 Ditto ditto temporary securities 42,123 17 6 Current interest on the above investments 29,937 0 4 Cash and bills ' • ' ' 34,176 511 Advanced on the security of the com pany's policies . Agents' balances Sundry account s Value (1862) of assuran ce p rem i ums 3,56 8 ,151 7 8 Value (1862) of reassurances £5,689,234 8 7 Examined and approved, HENRY ROSE, } Auditors. THOMAS ALLEN, GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from is. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d, or sent free for 54 stamps. It is most easy of use. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persona, .£1 18s. 6d. DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-bTREET. MARK YOUR LINEN.-BOND'S PERMA NENT MARKING INK is by far the best for marking CRESTS, NAMES, and INITIALS upon House hold Linen, Wearing Apparel, &c. Price Is. a bottle. No 6d. size ever made. Sold by E. H. BOND, 10, Bishopsgate street Within, London, E C., and by all respectable chemists and stationers in the kingdom.—N. B. Purchasers should be careful to observe tee address 10, Bishopsgate-street Within, E.C.—upon the label. without which the Ink is not genuine. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, aid Dining-room, consisting of a new and emgant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, 0 belisks, ink stands, neautiftli inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a, in Italian, Alabatt Pailan, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, line ralogist to her Slajesty, 149, Stand, W.C.. London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS. SI INFRA LS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly Isollitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,6, 10, 20, 60, to 5)0 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RA.LOGY 111 given by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S., at 149, Strand. piece of impertinence," while those of the south arc loud in their praises of its " gentle and gentle manly self-assertion." The almost universal opinion is, that the conduct of Ministers is legitimate and dignified, and that as men * conscious of their own rectitude, and the singleness of mind with which they have advised the Governor, they had no other course open to them than that which they have adopted. Meanwhile, what now is understood to have been the General's make-belief prosecution of the West Coast campaign had until the last few days the appearance of being abandoned, the field troops returning to Wanganui, and of course by night whenever practicable. Portions of them were at once sent to Taranaki, to reach which place the men marched from the front 60 miles southward to Wanganui, and then taking shipping, proceeded northwards 120 miles. A march of 30 miles north ward, in the first instance, would have enabled them to reach the Taranaki outposts, and so opening up the whole line of coast have afforded a pretext for considering the campaign at an end. The real ob ject of the campaign, it will be remembered, was to make, a military road, or at least secure such a command 'over the whole route as would enable it to be executed at pleasure ; but the troops have neither made a single mile of road nor protected the civilians in the one that was being got on with when the campaign began. The dis grace of leaving 30 miles of the coast unoccupied is, however, strange to say, being now obliterated. That which the General refused to do two months ago under the pretext of winter setting in and the .- difficulty of 'obtaining supplies, is now being - done by his subordinate officers. The troops are being marched back again to the front, and a simultaneous movement from the extreme positions at each end is understood to have been decided upon. Colonel Warre is moving southward from theTaranaki side, while Col. Weare moves northward from that of Wanganui, with the object of forming a junction and thereby opening up the whole coast as origi nally intended. Nor is this all. Troops have been moved forward to Waitotara for the purpose of compelling the evacuation of the Wareroa Pah, the pah which the Generale avoided by a night march at the 'commencement of the campaign. To Ordi nary minds the military operations are incompre hensible. 'No one seems to know 'who commands. The .Got-ernor, 'when at Wanganui two- months since; sent an expedition to occupy a post 70 miles up that river, certainly without the sanction; if not in direct opposition to the General's wishes. The expedition, composed of from 200 to 300 militia and natives, was fortunately successful, for although refused the Commissariat steamer and obliged to risk the effect of surprise by employing canoes, the little force succeeded in occupying a position which the General had declared to necessitate the employ ment of 2,000 troops. Then, again, it was by the advice of and with the personal assistance of Major Atkinson, the Defence Minister, that Col. Warre stretched his instructions, and took possession of the White Cliff, Warea, and Opunake, and since the last mail we have had Major von Tempskay, of the Forest Rangers, breaking the monotony of Patea, camp life by making a raid inland, by which, although failing to effect the surprise intended, he did excellent service. It will scarcely be credited that the Government of the colony knows little or nothing more than outsiders do of these movements. It is presumed that the General and the Governor acquaint one another with their plans ; but at this moment the Ministry are entirely ignorant of the movement of the troops I have indicated, except as they gather the particulars .from the newspapers. Common courtesy should keep them au courant, but from the reticence of the General to the Governor, or from that of the Governor (absent at Auckland) to the Ministry, so little is known that if the war was being prosecuted in China, the New Zealand Ministry could hardly know less, and yet the British Parliament considers we ought to be very grateful for being allowed to pay only £4O a head for each soldier under General Cameron's command, forgetting that the colony is being plunged deeper and deeper into pecuniary and other difficulties from which it cannot recover for years. I mentioned last month that the llau llau farm- ticisms on portions of the east coast had consider ably subsided, mainly through the influence of two Wellington chiefs, Wi Tako and Matini to Whiwhi, and their 30 or 40 followers. It has now made its appearance on the west coast of this province at Mauawatu and Otaki, in consequence of the visit of some prophets from Opotiki. The murder of the Rev. Mr. Volkner is openly justified by the new converts, and they declare that if Gabriel directs them to similar deeds they will obey him. It has been difficult for the Government to act in the mat ter. Any attempt to put down these fanatics by force would spreadwar over the whole of the settled districts on that coast, and yet to allow the perni cious doctrines to be promulgated unchecked would be culpably to subject the settlers to the fear of out rage. Fortunately Wi Tako returned to Welling ton, and was urged to proceed to Otaki imme diately, close to which place he resides, in the hope that his influence there may subdue the excitement, and enable Ministers to escape from the dilemma in which they are placed. Until Wi Tako's sub mission last year he and his people were looked upon as the prime movers of all that was threat ened in the neighbourhood of the west coast southward of Wanganui ; but Dr. Featherston, at that time acting as the general Government's agent for Wellington, well knew that Wi Tako's adherence to the King movement sprung from the hope that it would have introduced law and order among the tribes, and with much painstaking se cured his great influence in preventing the commit tal of overt acts by the turbulent spirits around him. Now, Wi Tako has earned for himself the distinc tion of being the most potent ally the Government have in this neighbourhood. The Ministry are anxious to express their sense of his services, but they have as yet been unable to do so in such a form as will not foster the opinion, more or less prevalent among the loyal natives, that more is to be gained by opposing the Queen than there is in sup porting her. It is only in deference to this opinion that the desire to honour Wi Tako with a seat in the Upper House of Assembly has been, temporarily at least, given up. No chief in this part of the island is so well qualified for the position as he is, and although the idea of introducing natives into the Assembly has hitherto been derided by the great section of the colonists, it is by no means impro bable that it will not speedily be realized. Her Majesty's steamship Eclipse has made two unsuccessful attempts to capture the murderers of the Rev. Mr. Volkner. On the morning of Sunday, the 21st of May, she arrived off Opotiki, and after landing a native to reconnoitre , determined to at tempt a night surprise. Shortly after midnight four boats were manned with about 80 of the crew, Captain Freemantle being in command. , The party had not proceeded far from the beach when they found the natives on the look-out prepared to op pose them. An interchange of volleys took place, when, fearing an ambush, the sailors effected a retreat with only one of their number wounded, two of the natives being killed. On the following 'Wednesday, while the Eclipse was at anchor at another settle ment, Captain Fremantle was informed that Ephraim, the half caste who fastened the rope round Mr. Volkner's neck, was on shore in com pany only with some women and children. A native (the same who landed at Opotiki) and two sailor lads disguised as natives were sent on shore, andsucceeding in capturing Ephraim dragged him down to the beach, where he adroitly gave them the slip, and, unhurt by the shot fired at him by one of the lads, made good his escape. The report of the revolver brought Capt. Freemantle's boat, but too late to be of any other service than that of re conveying the baulked captors to his ship. These unsuccessful attempts are the more to be deplored ~~~u Q' arket. 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