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The CREDIT FONCIER and MOBILIER of ENGLAND (Pirated) aro instructed to RECEIVE SUBSCRIP IONS for £1,212,000 A STUCK of METROPOLITAN EXTENSION br„,.....RAILWAYS of the LONDON, CIZATITABL . and 8 ',"-at RAILWAY COMPANY, in 80,300 Provisional c"P Certificates to Bearer of £4O each, with interest raranteed by Sir S. MortonPeto, Bart., Betts and Cramp ;ill' at 6 Per cent. per annum on price of Issue, payable on jmount Paid -up, as from let January, 1865, and payment afis,ucli interest will be continued to Ist July, 1867, by ''''Yearlypaymenis, on Ist July and Ist January in each year. July, 1865. Tip) first Sir Months' Interest will be paid on Ist Allo N posit £1 pe r C er tifi ca t e on Application, and £1 on Pri cetment of I Per £lOO ssue £2l for each Certificate, oqual to £52 10s. Stock. • Liability limited to aMount of Subscription. issued for half of this Stock, £1,213,000, will not bo Issued for twelve months, and then only as Paid-up Stock, and at not l ess a pr i co than £lO per £lOO Stoc k a d vance on o present price of issue. Th • DIRECTORS. Pavers Right Honourable Lord SONDES, Lees Court, _ham, Kent, Chairman. The Lord Harris, K.S. South-street, Grosvenor-square, J , 3 I 77 uty-Chairman. Carden, al Exchange-buildings. °rgo Cobb, Esq., Bredgar Sittingbourne. Edward W. Edwards, Esq., 'Victoria -street, London. Wi lliam Gladstone,- Esq., 37, Old Broad-street, London. Charles J. Hilton, Esq., The Pines, Bickloy, Kent. P. nolr o yd , E sq., 8, Sussex-square, Hyde Park, W. &les Lake Esq. Newlands, Sittingbourne. 0 . EL J. ' Rich,'Bart., Nottingham-place, London. "ir Cusack P. Roney, 15, Langham-place, London. Bir John Maxwell Tylden, Mllstead, Sittingbourne. SOLICITORS. Freshilelds and Newman, 5, Bank-buildings, E.C. ENGINEERS. Josoph Cubitt, Esq., C.E., Great George-street. F• T. Turner, Esq., C.E., Parliament-street. SECRETARY. W. E. Johnson, Esq. GENERAL MANAGER. J. S. Forbes, Esq. PROSPECTUS. The present object is to offer for public Subscription the first half of the A Stock of the MetrOpolitan Extension hailways of tho London, Chatham, and Dover Company, !•inounting to £1,212,000, which, with the £1,213,000 to be i iss ued only as f u ll y pa id- up S toc k , a t no t l ess a price than er " Per cent, i ncrease on t h e presen t price of issue, or ear than twelve months hence, completes the amount of X 2 _ 4 25,000, th e t o t a l- amoun t o f that Stock. nil details of the lines and their present position are given at length in the statement annexed, which, with the naps attached, show the routes of these lines and those in c onnexion. lii considering this Stock as an investment, the principal Points for consideration are, first, the amount of Stock to NIT dividend upon ; secondly, the probable receipts ; ,thirdly, the minimum dividend per cent. to yield a fair return on the price of issue. The capital of the Metropolitan Extension Railways is constituted as•follows, viz,:— Debenturi3i £1,433,300 13 Stock, entitled to 6 per cent. Preference C Stock, entitled to 6 percent. Preference afterß 1,050,000 A. Stock (present Issue) Entitled to remainder Por future Issue as fully of Profits 41,212,000 2,425,000 paid=up Stock up to 6p. ct. 1,213,000 £5 7 783,000 The total mileage is about 14 miles. , The traffic on th e M e t ropo lit an (U n d er ground) R.ailwav eas amounted since Ist January, 1865, to iri increasing, is moreover daily _ average Of 4673 per mile per week, which „.,„ a trifling and at present arises from metropoli ...,,-L passengers , 00ds being as yet amount only of through traffic, and no , g carried on this line. litr i ropo sli lititanis E c x o te ns u i s d i e o r n ed ßa th il a w t ay th s e ba preiro o n n nt l d y otFwffi o ccbaotnbam,the and Dover Company is conducted over w ay, and w i t h an inadequate amount of .on a t work has rolling that it i s still unfinished, and that the P° stolcink,easlsoof ° IIIY recently b een opened, it will be observed that the an preseesnt imat© o f the robable receipts afford no reliable data upon which to form 'b traffic. To fix the amount at anything like the enormous P e tent jud ges will be the actual result when what is felt by cora traffic that the j unct i ons w i th the Metropolitan (Under- P l ed), the Great Northern, the Midland, the Great estern, the W est London Extension, the South Western, be and the North West ern, w ill b r i ng on t h e lines, might elGede esdered an exaggeration by those inexperiencedin_the It is rful elasticity of metropolitan and suburban traffic. t hore thought better not to estimate the . p_ro_b z a t b b le o la ,_, i ii wgher than the average of the mileage reek' ' 8 °I P ntioned, Stan.etrop (Underground)-RailwaY, as al" m e ntioned, age ,per mile per week .. This multiplied ve b nl y e l- •-, the per Extension Lines of the t L hs on m_ d i n l_ n, e l , mile- Chatham and Dover Railway Company would give a ', I L Lu re f , must oe d„, 4489,944 per annum. From this sum a ..... (3ullet ed 4 0 per cent. for working estimate. The net results from passengers only may be evlated therefore at £293,966 charges, which is liberal per annum. 11 enjoy alike !r em tehleargm,,,,_e goods traffic, which these lines 4.°111 the ----L"rable position an d nu o m r te u r g o t f b t e ho tra sta ffi tio o, ns wi a llr s •arrangements made for w ff interest on de caartariuloilli;YNavr m i ck e n i t u t t h b e at re eas ceig , ts af ty r at least . £40,000 net per Sent ce re a en the B and 0 Stocks, wo l l ay d in yre o ld A a d s iv b r ok en ( d ie o_f elna;., then the whole of the .£2,425,00 e it is now 14 1 7, g present issue), which, at the , i , , _ a s at,. would be equal to 10 per . cent. p P e rl r_ ce annum. con s i !`, Pnee at which the A Stock is now offered e m ul u y st e b u e e h_,. leered most advantageous to the investor if r t ! l ef this result is attained ; when, however, the increased in uce e 2ts would permit a dividend of 5 per cent., the Stock Profit Prok c e e f ita inlY rise to par, which would practically of issue. It ii'llPwards of 47 per cent. above the . nry ii:rneasisdeemreldy that results approachi P n ri g ee the above sten.i °Bll7 lll be reached in less than two years, and that a toollgeraeuts have furthertbeherofct rtherefore been looked madef o r with f• om s i. that rs. 3,in iet time. er: re st e te, Bart., Betts, and Crampton, to guarantee at e „I s „fro Ist January, 1865, until Ist July, paid up, by wh i ne, per cent. per annum on the amount the intrinsic 1.86 7, at the tocr en latter date it is confidently believed rits of th Th e of th . belief entertained as to the augmentation in valuepossess tilet re l , B s ock, when it is considered that the lin d es u tr a fn P?litan ternaini as well as metropolitan a s urban stent. e, 83 b Orile out by the relative prices of the shares and de r "' ° I the Great Northern and of the Metropolitan (Un theft! Tlecl) Railway Company, before they had finished Tbielea aud afterwards, viz.— "i° Great Northern A Stock was in October, £ 18 1 53 00 , 'fl e eted in the Stock Exchange List at £54 pe • " ri ck it is now worth £145, or 91 per cent. increase, value. 11 1 1 11 _ value. lael eh 'mPolitan (Underground) Railway il f w u eh -, only f our years ago, quoted a t Y he wa S s t in ock AP E ril x- 1 ' A , - o a re n r List at equal to £slpe in r o l e l a ot S in to v ck a l e it ; n t o b w ese is hots _ £ 135, or £Bl per cent. stookbpeak for themselves as to the prospects of the Th e . new offered far subscription. _ of .f, 40 Price of subscription is fixed at £2l per cerca o te f Pa eclnal to £52 lOs. per £lOO stock, and the periods Yraent ana l to under : £l4 Per Certifi ca t e on A pp li cat i on. 4 Allotment. " 1 1 , let September, 1865. I I) Ist December, 1865. liable 1 1, e 4 1 Ist March, ili du ar ne c , hl lB l 6 B 6 6 . 6. All 1, 2 to not duly paid will render previous payments certen4celeiture. When the whole amount of £2l per r transfe-Z"Lis, Paid, £4O Stock for each certfite Ni'nl Q 0 1 1 67,Z, i nt° the name of the then holder thereof . u . full, 0 - "en 'will bo given to all subscribers to pay pin Itin o . o e allotment (entitling them to interest on the 7h ... t0 c earit il a t t c l Price of issue from Ist January, 1866); and 1 11 P r pa,_ t _ ll ? rate of 6 per cent willbe allowed on lurth e 4 r ",'"eL of in stalments. These two allowances would £2 16s. per cent. ©n et.areduce the price of issue by chichl t fdlotinent„ ra ebt o _ is intended by applicants to be one instal paid in those applications the whole balance on p,iitaallietraent will be first considered. instal ac Yons must be made on the Forms a nosed, and no R -,-..tri e d by Payment of £1 per share (without n which Tee be considered) to any of the underm k e u ssr k i s ndon and County Bank. The Ag ra °lYla, Mills, Currie, and Co. , Ilessrra an, Masterman's Bank (Limited). T he If i:nith, Payn ,e and Smiths. in the Nation Bank, London, Dublin, and its Branches Th e a V• 13 I n h©eB anehe le kotland .tional Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and its Paid will L- e ' vel lt of no allotment being made, the Deposit 4388 are 17 returned forthwith without deduction; and if the eo„,4".)tted tlian the number of certificates applied for aultl,,elocitookir:orsert:Ltliusloluel:B4ailptochlied towards the amount payable on p ro et on the number so allotted. k M br a oker P s :1---ans' &c., may be had of the kess allrenee, Son, and Pearce 9, Angel-court, E.C. lie I ' B ' J . and .A. Berimge_our, 10 'Old Broad-street. e ill 681.8. l'i-glat " Dal ? and 00., I,'Royal Exchange-build -14,41: t. ; .9. ; and of the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of En• ther,to.f:Tohoidunoonft,:cta(:anifre: Lowe, Esq., Secretary), at their o -17 8,,,i i ' -.''' 18, Oornhill, London. and at the Offices i and Dover Railway Co . .. mpany s (7 w 11, 4sq., Sec retary),Victoria Station, Pimlico, ort4 °P APPPICATION FOR SHARES TO BE Te the PAID UP BY INSTALMENTS. _ 1,2 IX -rectos of the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of 12 on England_(Limited). Metro i Com lily; o' f ° ,, - A- Stock of the Metr l'tan Extension Rail- Pall 'Lie London, Chatham, and Dover Railway I 4_ . Gentlemen, b oba 4 R \ l ll -P Paid to the* Bank, the sum of . re cfue - 81 P " Sexin Crtificate on abo v You to allot Scrip Certificates of the r e Stock, i Inc. • . ii, and ~. , n confornuty with the Prospectus issued by Scrip Certificates, ° Ban n ", -1 . nereby agree to accept such - Certificates, or t hen Bilnoer that may be allotted to me, and to pay the fur nl ° nist ill ai °l 44 Per Certificate due on allotment thereof, and nleots when due. I anl, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, Name in full tiate May, 1865. Usual si gna t ure Address in full Or, this 4 PPr -,--91t. -ad OP UD by 1 4 LLICA TS desirous of PAYING to the be BAL SE ANCE ° T ft,'''' INST ALMENT on ALLOTMENT. -Lo Directors of the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of C 1,212 nn England (Limited). 3f th e TO A Stock of the Metropolitan Extension Railways - —°4(l ° ll 7 Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. Navin Gentlemen' bei Paid to the* Bank the sum of £ . 11 £1 p or s . . Scrip Certifi atee, 1 crip Certificate on scri Certificates of th e o r .,liost you to allot me issued hy 3 , 0 'Nye stock in conformity with the prospectus or a, hy 1 1 1 and I hereby agree to accept such Certificates, the lartherBB,lllloler that may be allotted to me, and to pay _ - " 1 - n1 of £2O per Certificate duo on allotment thereof ' am; Gentlemen, your obedient servant, • Name in full Usual Signat ure Dat e 11177 1865. Address .. ' art Balikone Name. No. 22.753. MUTUAL LOAN FUND • ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal anti other Security, in sums of £2O to moo, to be repaid by instalments extending over one, two, or three years. The large Capital of this Associa tion enables it to complete its transactions without delay. No Inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent tree on receipt of a directed stamped envelop 3. '1 he 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 DARPER, Secretary. The NATIONAL BANK is authorised to roceivo SUB SCRIPTIONS for the SHARES of the PERUVIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY, on the terms of the follow ing Prospectus. PERUVIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY (Limited). With Peruvian Government Guarantee of Interest at tho rate of £7 per cent. per annum, as hereinafter set forth, on a Total Capital of £3,340,000. Present Issue—£l,67o,ooo, in 66,800 Shares of £25 each. Deposit £1 per Share on Application, and £2 per Share on Allotment. Future Calls of £2los. per Share will be made at intervals of not less than three months between each Call. Seven per cent. per annum will be paid during the con struction, and is guaranteed by the International Con tract Company (Limited). DIRECTORS. William Latham Bailey, Esq. (Bailey Brothers and Co.), Liverpool. Wm. Carte; Esq. (Joseph Robinson and Co.). Laurence Pountney-hill. John Ennis, Esq., M.P., Director of the Bank of Ireland. P. S. Fletcher, Esq. (Alexander Fletcher and Co.), 10, King's Arms-yard. S. G. Getty, Esq., M.P. for Belfast, Onslow-square. W. R. liindsaj t ...EN. (Messrs. H. H. Vivian and Co.), Birmingham. S. L. Koe, Esq., Bowling Ironworks, Bradford. Albert Ricard ,o Esq., Angel-court, Throgmorton-atreot, Director of the National Bank. Robert Simpson, Esq. (Frederick Levick and Co.), Charlotte-row, and Cwm Celyn Ironworks. BANKERS. London—The National Bank. Liverpool—The National Bank of Liverpool. Manchester—The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. Ireland—The Bank of Ireland, and its Branches. The Branches of the National Bank. CONTRACTORS. The International Contract Company (Limited). ENGINEERS. Georgo Parker Bidder, Beq., C.E. John Mortimer Heppel, Es.q, C.E. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bircham, Drake, and Co., Parliamont- street. Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, aid Co., Victoria-street. BROKERS. London :—Measrs. P. Cazenovo and Co., Throadnoodlo- street. Messrs. Seymour and Co., Throgmorton-street. Liverpool :—Messrs. Thomas Tinley and Sons. Manchester :—Messrs. Warner and Page, Stamp Office- buildings. Dublin:—Edward Fox, Esq., Dame-street. SECRETARY. B. A. Smith, Esq. OFFICES. 85, Cannon-street West, E.O. This Company is formed for the construction and work ing of two lines of railway in Peru—one to connect the seaport of Pisco with the town of Yca ; the other to con nect the city of Arequipa with tho port of Mejia. For the construction of these railways the Government of Peru have granted special concessions, and a guarantee of income, which would appear exorbitant, if it were not that the statistics of the existing traffic have satisfied the Peruvian Government that the railways, when at work, will yield returns which will not only relieve the Govern ment of the charge for their guarantee, but far exceed the sum required for that purpose. The Peruvian Government guarantees for the period of twenty-five years L-or until the railways have produced over and above the cost and provision for repair, renova tion, and maintenance for the space of two consecutive years, dividends at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum— an income of £233,800 per annum, charged upon the public revenues of the State, and further secured by hypotheca tion of the guano shipped to European States. The con cessions for the railways contain the . usual provision for reimbursing to the Government(out of any surplus exceed ing a 10 per cent. per annum dividend to the shareholders) such sums, if any, as may have been paid by them to cover their guarantee. The concessions of these lines of railway from the Go vernment of Peru is for a period of 99 years from the open ing of the railways. A sufficient sum will be set apart to form a sinking fund for the redemption of the whole capi tal, at a premium of £lOO per cent., to be operative yearly after the first 20 years of the working of the railways. The shares so redeemed to be altogether cancelled, and the divi dends which would otherwise be payable on such share to accrue to and form part of the sinking fund. After the first 50 years the price at which shares shall be redeemed and cancelled shall be regulated at such higher or other price than £lOO per cent. premium as the state of the sinking fund shall warrant. When it is borne in mind that the Peruvian Govern ment Loan, bearing per cent. per annum interest, pre viously borrowed on the same security, is rapidly in course of extinction, it will be quite evident that, irrespective of the prospect of a much higher rate of dividend being realised from the working of the railways, the nature of tho security should obtain a ready market for the shares of the Company. The prospects of revenue from the working of the rail ways are, however, so great as to render the Government guarantee (in other respects so important) a feature of but secondary, consideration. The Republic of Peru has a seaboard of nearly 1,600 miles, and an area of about 50,000 square miles. There is, perhaps, no country in the world in which the elements of commercial prosperity are more complete. The mineral products of all kinds with which its interior provinces abound, combined with its long stretch of coast, give it an almost unrivalled facility for the development of commerce on the most extensive scale. To this development one obstacle—and one alone—exists ; the want of propermeans of communication between the ports and the interior coun- trY• In spite of this obstacle the large existing trade of the Republic is proved by its Custom returns ; and that under takings, having for their object the remedy for this defect, are likely to be remunerative, is shown by the working of the Callao and Lima Railway, which now pays dividends at a rate approaching £3O per cent. per annum on the ori ginal cost of construction. The ordinary charge for the conveyance of goods per mile in Peru is equal to the charge for the carriage of a like quantity in Great Britain 14 miles. The construction of the railways to be undertaken by this Company will establish communication between im portant centres of commerce in the interior and the proper ports on the sea coast. The line from Mejia to Arequipa is laid out to servo the traffic which at present takes the route from the latter city to the port of Islay, a route whioh forms the main channel of communication from tho coast to the districts of Are quipa, Puno, and Cuzco, and the northern portion of Bolivia. The connection with the last mentioned State is impor tant, as the establishment of a system of railways suitable to its own wants is now a subject of serious attention. The railway now proposed would form one of the main outlets of any such system to the coast of the Pacific, a circum stance which alone must secure it a considerable additional traffic of the most remunerative description. The railway from Pisco to Yca is proposed to be con structed under conditions analogous to those of the Callao and Lima, line already referred to. From the easy c haracter of the line, and a large existing traffic in the district to be traversed, it is evident that the net revenue must greatly exceed the guaranteed amount. The lengths of the proposed linos are as follows : Mejia to Arequipa Pisco to Yea 46 miles. Total 136 miles. A contract for the construction of the lines has boon entered into with the International Contract Company (Limited), according to the estimates of G. P. Bidder, Esq., C.E., and J. M. Ffeppel, Esq., C.E. • In accordance with the terms of each concession the Com pany will be converted into a Socidt6 Anonyme with shares to bearer, or, if necessary, into two Socidtes Anonymes. The capital of the Socidte Anonyms, or Sociit6s Ano nymes,will be £3,340,000—t0 be issued in shares andbonds. The present Company has been formed as a Limited. Liability Company, the shares in which will be exchange able for shares of a like denomination in the Soci6t6 Anonyms. Copies of the Articles of Association, of the Contract, and of the Acts of Concession, with translations, are open, at the offices of tho Company, for inspection by parties desi rous to become subscribers, so that they may make them selves acquainted with all the provisions and conditions of such concessions. The deposit paid on application for shares will bo for feited and the allotment cancelled in cases where the fur ther payment on allotment is duly made in accordance with the terms of the allotment letter. _ _ _ Applications for shares must bo made in the annexed form, addressed to the Directors ; but no application will bo considered unless accompanied by the receipt of one of the Bankemof the Company for £1 per share on the num ber of shares applied for. This sum will bo returned in the event of the application not being acceded to. Forms of Application for Shares and Prospectuses may be had at— The National Bank, London ; The National Bank of Liverpool ; The Bank of Ireland, and its several branches, Ireland; The Branches of the National Bank, Ireland ; At the Offices of the Brokers of the Company ' • and At the Offices of the International Contract Company, 85, Cannon-street, West, London, E.O. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. (To be left with the Bankers.) PERUVIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY (LIMITED No. To the Directors of the Peruvian Railways Company (Limited). _ Gentlemen, Having paid. to the Bank the sum of , being £1 por Share on Shares, I request you to allot me Shares of £25 each in the Peruvian Railways Company (Limited), in con formity with the Prospectus issued by you, and I hereby agree to become a member of the Company, subject to its Articles of Association and Regulations, and to accept such Shares, or any less num b er th a t m ay be allotted to me, and to pay the furth er sum d ue on a ll o t men t thereof, and I re quest that my name may be placed on the Register of Mem bore in resp ec t o f the Shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full . Address in full Reference Date 4111111 00000 mummetissis . ~ • ~. • • . , . . - —.-- e - . 1- t-a."ti•At.'v- , . ...,..- q-'48.,510 o .w - I • A r ,,, ' • . 4.4" , ' . ~..,:, -- , -. -- - - - --.-;f4l,- ._t 4 ., /.. .2 .;. 414,9 1 # 0 .‘v , r ` —._'q , ~ .) . 2 ., Niiiiii k c. ..ti ,t,,, _., c c? 1 , "., ~ \A, '''"--1 n , ~..„- - -f- ' d, .0 -'''-', " ' -0 , - • .v . 4w' (.4. .., : N- 1 ., ( • , ,„,,•,,,,it , -----.):-. k , 4- (7 ,czp -- DI E ; tiet_gaiti "'-- ,AOl, , =i)Rarr... 4 \ ‘,g - -_, ~;: iv ' i' •... THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1865. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CARRY'S CONFESSION. By the Author of "High Church," "Owen," "Muffle." REMEMBER,. YOU WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at " E VANS'. " Alter tho Opera we shut! Sup there! lofty dormitory, four storeys, or rather galleries high, from floor to roof. The dormitory is named after the late Admiral Sir Henry Hope, K.C.8., and has at the top part his coat of arms and motto, beautifully emblazoned with an inscription to commemorate the fact, that he " was a great bene factor to the institution and to the cause of seamen generally." The oblong dormitory, with its galleries and its separate entrances to each individual sleep inq-berth, together with the simple but very effec tive methods of securing a thorough ventilation, appears to us to reflect very high credit upon the architect, Mr. E. L. Bracebridge, and when tested, as it was yesterday, in an almost tropical heat, by an assembly such as can rarely if ever meet in it again, it may be safely said that it came triumphantly through the ordeal. The band of the Royal Naval School was in attendance, and whiled away the long hours of waiting by the per formance of very well-selected music. At last, when the Prince arrived, he was received at the principal entrance by a distinguished company, and passing through the entrance-hall up the main stair case, took his place upon the dais, immediately under the memorial to Admiral Hope, while the choir sang the National Anthem. At the close of the anthem Admiral Sir W. BOWLES read the following address : " May it please your Royal Highness,—We, the patron, president, vice-presidents, treasurer, chair man, and directors of this Sailors' Home, desire to express our deep sense of gratitude to your Royal Highness in condescending to open the new building added to this establishment, and thus identifying your illustrious name with the history of a benevo volent institution which, for the last 30 years, has been a home not merely to the sailors of these realms, but to those of all nations. " This novel is equal to any former ones by the same author. The story is cleverly told, and is very original. It can scarcely fail to be read with thoughtful interest"— Athen team. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ROW I MANAGED MY CHILDREN from INFANCY to MARRIAGE. By Mrs. WARREN. Author of "How I Managed my House on £2OO a year." One Shilling. Houlston and Wright, 65, Paternoster-row, London. " This home is the parent institution—the first great and successful attempt to improve the careless habits of the sailor—and owes its origin to the de voted energies of three naval officers, Capt. Robert Jas. Eliot, R.N. (now deceased), Admiral Geo. C. Gambier, and Capt. R. Justice, R.N. Its object is to provide a home—combining protection, comfort, instruction (religious and professional), with rational amusements, and opportunities to economise—for sailors when on shore. " The dome was established in 1830, and opened in 1835. Its receipts, which vary from £7,000 to £9,000 per annum, are derived from money received of the sailors for board and lodging, annual sub scriptions, legacies, and hitherto from stock which benevolent friends had contributed, but which is now absorbed in the erection of this new building. For the remarkable successwhich, under Providence, has attended its operations, and the no less striking favor with which its benefits have been appreciated by the sailor, we humbly beg to request your Royal High ness's considerate attention to the following statis tics "Pince the year 1835 the home has accommo dated 158,525 sailors, including many of her Ma jesty's navy-184,885 belonging to the United Kingdom and to her Majesty's possessions abroad, and 23,640 to the various foreign countries with which England has maritime and commercial inter course. Out of an aggregate sum of £1,263,893 lodged by the sailors in the bank of the home, £711,560 has been drawn out; £452,610 has been remitted to friends and relations, and £46,400 in vested in the Home and Board of Trade Savings Banks. " So rapidly of late years have the advantages of this institution grown in the estimation of the sailors that although the original edifice was capable of affording 328 sleeping berths, the pressure for ad mission reached such a crisis that it became impera tively necessary to erect this additional building, the chief stone of which was laid in August, 1863, by Lord Palmerston. The design, in its admirable adaptation to and union with the original structure, will give 174 additional beds (special provision being made for officers of the mercantile marine), making in the aggregate sleeping accommodation for 502 persons. " The contributions received from the public in aid of the undertaking amount to £4,741, which, with the sum of £9,419 transferred from the funds of the institution, make a total of £14,160. The expenditure has been £13,508, with liabilities for fittings and furniture amounting to £4,233 more, leaving a deficit of £3,581. Considering the con fidence inspired by the operations of this home in the sailor, the force with which habits of economy and principles of religion are pressed upon his atten tion, and the increased facilities which the enlarge ment gives for extending these beneficial and salu tary influences, we are led to hope that a Christian public will acknowledge this debt as their own. " Your Royal Highness will permit us to add that your late lamented father, the great and good Prince:Albert, was not a stranger to this institution, for in May, 1846, his Royal Highness was graciously pleased to lay the foundation stone of the Seamen's church adjoining, which it is gratifying to say has, since its opening, been attended by 170,000 sailors, many of whom, it is believed, have had cause to bless his memory. " In conclusion, we again offer to your Royal Highness our loyal and grateful thanks for the national importance your presence and countenance on this interesting occasion gives to a most useful institution, and we are confident that this most gracious action will tend to strengthen and perpe tuate in the minds of the sailors belonging to the mercantile marine those sentiments of loyalty and devotion to the Throne which it is our desire to foster and cultivate." His ROYAL HIGHNESS, who had listened through out with marked attention to the address, replied as follows :—" Sir William Bowles, your Excellencies, my Lords, Ladies, and Gentlenien,—lt is very gra tifying to me to comply with the invitation I have received to take a part in this day's proceedings, and to preside at tho opening of your new wing. The b,eneficent results attending the establishment of the Sailors' Home for our immense mercantile navy are shown by the statements and figures which you have now given, and which establish in the most satisfac tory way the necessity for having the original build ing. The interest taken by my lamented father in the religious welfare of this institution, evinced by his laying the first stone of the Seamen's Church adjoining, will, I trust, be not less in his son, who is well aware of the sentiments of loyalty and of devotion to the Throne which distinguish the mer cantile navy of Great Britain." The Bishop of OXFORD, assisted by the chaplain of the institution, the Rev. D. GREATOREX, said appropriate prayers, and a part of the 107th psalm was said by the people and the chaplain alternately. The hymn, " How ark Thy servants blessed, 0 Lord," followed, and his Royal Highness then, in his usual clear and distinct voice, declared the build ing opened. The Bishop of Oxford offered up prayer and pronounced the benediction, and the Danish National Anthem having been sung by the choir, the Prince left the dais, accompanied by his suite ; and the patron, president, and several of the directors proceeded to inspect the entire building, and left the principal entrance amidst loud and hearty cheers. 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Long before one reached what may be called the scene of action there was visible signs that Eastern London was determined to east aside its business cares and interests, and to give itself up unre servedly to the rare enjoyment of a visit from Royalty, having for its object the welfare of a class by which that important district of our great metro polis, with its almost Imperial dimensions in num bers and extent, i s so materially benefited. The out lying appro ac h es were very fairly ornamented by flags and bann ers , b ut on turning down Leman - stree t, High-street, White c h ape l , w hi c h l ea d s di rec t t o the Sailors' Home, the spectators for the first time became aware of the excitement and the intense interest which the anticipation of the Prince's visit had created. Most of the shops were shut. The windows of the houses on each side were filled with ladies ; the sidepaths crowded by less fortunate sightseers, and the pathway from side to side made brilliant by flags and banners over head, and which, even in such sunshine as is permitted to lighten up Whitechapel, imparted vitality, raciness, and enjoyment to the scene, such as we imagine has rarely been experienced in the district: A s you neare d t h e H omo i tse lf , the display of bunting became " thick as leaves in Vallambrosa ;" and on the new front of the building itself there was a perfect efflorescence of the " flags of all nations" from top to bottom. The tops of the houses, mills, and factories were crowded, as well as the windows : and the waiting crowds, by their patience and good behaviour, in presence of the hope deferred that maketh the heart sick, might have converted even some of the sturdiest opponents of the extension of the suffrage into the belief that after all the English working man is not the revolutionary animal—the bogie--which some " Liberal" M.P.'s hold up, in terrorem, to the other classes of society. About half-past 2 a guard of honour, formed by the Hon. Artillery Company, preceded by their band, took uptheir position in front of the Home, and were joined by the men of the Royal Naval Reserve from her Majesty's ship President, with their band, the latter of which enlivened by various performances the long interval which intervened between the time appointed for the arrival of hie Royal *Highness and the actual fact. Three o'clock was the hour named, but it was not until 20 minutes to 4 that the guard of honour " dressed," and prepared to salute the Prince, with their band playing the National Anthem as he drove up to the main entrance in a close car riage, amid loud cheers, which must certainly have been engendered by faith, not sight, as the only in .dications of Royalty were the scarlet liveries on the front and the back of the carr iage. We venture to his Royal Highness on on such a bright day an open carriage and t s ah u s e g s g e e s t occasionst o yesterday, th ethatehd absence i t s , se especiallyer snce of of the want of punctuality are calculated—slight as these things may be in themselves—to seriously detract from the popularity w hich his Royal Highness de serves from fdischarges th ronitherainste multifarious and genial spirit in which he ltifarious duties which devolve upon him in consequence of the persistent manner in which the Queen holds aloft from the discharge of these duties. Meanwhile, the addi tion to the Home, which is in the front of the old building, and which has a really handsome archi tectural elevation to Dock-street, became more and more crowded, by ladies especially; who filled the PRICE 4d N , STAMPED sd. Royal Geographical Society. -T Yesterday, at one o'clock, the anniversary meeting of this society, which has flourished for the last 35 years, was held at Burlington-house, Sir Roderick Murchison, K.C.8., the President, occupying the chair. There was a full muster of the Council on the ocoasion, and the Fellows and members were well represented. There were present, among others, the Earl of Sheffield, Sir David Dundas, Sir Henry Rawlinson, Lord Milton, Mr. Walpole, M.P., Mr. John Craufurd, Admiral Sir Geo Back, Mr. A. G. Findlay, Lord Colchester, Mr. Addington, Major-General Sir Andrew Scott' Waugh, Mr. Alderman Gibbons, Admiral Colliuson, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Cyril Graham; Colonel Sykes, M.P., Colonel Rigby, Mr. Spottis woode, Mr. John Arrowsmith, Mr. M'Queen, Sir Eardley •Eardley, Dr. Livingstone, Mr. Francis Galton, Captain Grant, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Colonel . G. Balfour, Mr. Macdowell Stuart, *Mr. Manockjee CUrsetjee, Mr. Hogg, Dr. J. Kirk, Dr. A. Keith-Johnston, Mr. Edward Stan ford, Dr. Wollick, Sir Charles Nicholson, Mr. James Fer guson, Colonel Baker, Mr. Barrington d'Almeida„ Dr. Rae, Professor Tennant, M. , Vambery, Captain Brine. The gold medals " for the Encouragement of Geogra phical Science and Discovery" wore then awarded. The founder's modal was present e d to Captain Montgomery, R.E., for his great trigonometrical survey from the Plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range, embracing an area of 56,000 square miles. The patron's medal was next awarded to Mr. Samuel Baker, for his vigorous explora tions, entirely at his own cost, in the interior of Africa. Sir RODERICK MURCHISON, the President, then pro ceeded to deliver the annual address on the progress of geography. It was a very elaborate, and in many respects an interesting document, occupying about two hours in the delivery, and here a summary of it is all that can be expected. Ho commenced , with short sketches of the lives of the deceased Fellows during the year, noticing especially those of the Duke of Northumberland, Admiral Fitzroy, and the' lamented Spoke. He then re viewed at great length the condition of geographical science and discovery when the society was established, and dwelt on the extent to which the range of geographical knowledge had been augmented in the 35 years of its existence. With the progress of exploration (said Sir Roderick) nearly two thirds of Australia had now been either settled or partially explored, while the population, which in the year 1830 amounted only to about 50,000, has risen to near 1,500,000 of inhabitants. With establishments at Cape York, Van Diemen's Gulf, and I hope also soon to add, at the mouth of the Northern Victoria River, and, thanks to our admir able naval surveyors, with a secure passage laid down for all vessels navigating northwards within the barrier reefs of the east coast, by Queensland to Torres Straits, this gene ration will not pass away before a brisk intercourse will be established between Australia and our East Indian posses sions, China, and Japan. I now see rapidly approaching that consummation which some of my less sanguine friends looked upon as a dream, when in a former address I said, " I have little doubt that the time will soon come when al minor difficulties will disappear before the energy of Bri tish colonists, in their endeavours to connect their Austra lian possessions with the rich marts of the eastern hemi sphere." Having adverted to many of the leading geogra phical advances made by our countrymen since the origin of this society, let me say that great as these steps have been they still leave countless unexplored fields for the labours of ourselves and successors. Although a very large portion of Australia has in comparatively few years been more or less explored, yet we know that the spaces which lie between the routes taken by various travellers in the interior of that continent are of vast width, that an enormous region en tirely unvisited separates the colonies of South and West Australia, while a large portion of the north coast, with its fine bays and headland, has still to be surveyed in detail. In America much stout work remains to occupy for many a year the most ardent explorers. For, although much has been done by the enterprising travellers and geographers of the United States, and the great territory of the Hudson Bay Company has been so much and so well examined since the days of Mackenzie, we have recently seen how an =- assisted young English nobleman and his companion could bring to us fresh knowledge respecting the western side of the Rocky Mountains and a portion of British Columbia. As to South America, we obtained proofs at our last meet ing but one of the imperfect acquaintance we possess with important parts of New Granada, now styled the United Republics of Columbia. Mr. Oliphant, indeed, recalled our attention to the often-disputed question as to the best and most feasible passage for ships or by rail across the Central American Isthmus, and made us regret that in the very parallel where the Atlantic and Pacific approach nearest each other there—i.e., between the River Bayanos and Mindinga Bay—no European had traversed the inter vening short space of 15 miles. If we turn to Asia—the cradle of the human race—even that continent presents to the eye of the geographer as many terra: incognital as Aus tralia, Africa, and America. In the huge empire of China and its dependencies what numerous journeys must yet be made to test the value of the recitals of Klaproth and other Chinese scholars respecting regions not visited by Europeans since the days of Marco Polo, except in certain linos by Huc and Gabet, whose works, however interesting in other respects, have failed in affording us sound geographical knowledge. Among the =described tracts dependent upon China is, for example, the great peninsula of the Korea lying between China proper and Japan. Twice conquered by the Japanese, the Koreans are now tributary to China ; ingots, furs, and other articles, being annually sent as tribute to Pekin, with which capital they also keep up a trade in carts, which travel round the head of the groat gulf of Leotung. With regard to other parts of Asia, I may first point to New Guinea, and here express my thanks to Sir Charles Nichol son for having specially called our attention to the impor tance of extending a survey of the accessible parts of this vast but little-known land, lying within a few hours' sail of the eastern promontory of Australia. The next ne glected country to which I would call your attention is the small group of the Philippines, consisting, according to Spanish estimate, of 400 inhabited islands, one of which is one-half larger than Ireland, and the whole containing (ex clusive of mountain negroes) a population of the Malayan race, amounting to 5,000,000, very tolerably civilized and converted to Christianity. Concerning this mighty archi pelago of the Philippines, which is within a couple of days' steaming of China, of five days' steaming of our own settle ments,'and with which, exclusive of the Indian trade, we carry on a direct commerce of the annual value of above £2,500,000 there is not a single paper in our records. Finally, the empire of Japan remains for exploration, with its computed 30,000,000 of people, the most ingenious and industrious of all the nations of Asia next to the Chinese. Our direct commerce with Japan is already of the value of £1,500,000, the Japanese exports consisting chiefly of tea and silk—commodities which the Japanese never exported before, and which must, therefore, be considered as the offspring of their newly-stimulated industry. The perusal of the excellent volume which Livingstone is just about to issue, with the assistance of his brother Charles, and the natural history details and descriptions of Dr. Kirk, and the geology of poor young Thornton, will show you that there aro still great unknown regions in Southern Africa. What we have now to hope for is that the vigorous and devoted Samuel Baker shall have been enabled to work out in the interior one great feature of the geographical problem which Spoke believed he hq,d solved. When last heard of, Mr. Baker was at Unyoro, and wo most earnestly hope that ho may have been enabled to settle the question as to the southernmost origin of the waters which flow westward of the Upper Nile of Spoke and Grant, which descends from the elevated plateau in which the groat Lake Victoria Nyanza lies. In the meantime, however, it has been deemed highly desirable to endeavour to determine the real water shed of South Africa by an examination in the first place of the region lying between the Lake Nyassa of Livingstone and tho Tanganyika of Burton and Spoke, by sending a well-considered expedition to that part of Africa. Advert ing next to the projected expedition to the North Pole, Sir Roderick said—Desirous of ascertaining the opinion of that eminent Russian circumnavigator and Arctic explorer, Admiral Lutke, President of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg, I begged him to lay our pro ject before the body over which he presides. In this way a committee of distinguished philosophers, all of them great travellers, drew up a report, which was cordially ap proved by the Imperial Academy, and communicated tome by the perpetual secretary, accompanied by a most encou raging letter from the president himself, who assured me that the Imperial Geographical Society and the president, the Grand Duke Constantine, also warmly approve the pro ject. The Academicians of Russia conclude by expressing their belief in the force of the sentiment to which our Council has given utterance, that this survey, in addition to keeping up the spirit of adventure in our navy, will be the best possible preparation for the future exploration of those Antarctic lands, on which, in 1882, the transit of Venus over the sun can alone be observed with accuracy. Fortified by such powerful support, I have, on the part, of the Council, appealed to the First Lord of the Admiralty and her Majesty's Government, enumerating the advan tages to be derived from a North Polar expedition, and at the same time have transmitted copies of all tho various supporting documents from other societies, together with the reports of our own discussions, in the earnest hope that the numerous and powerful reasons assigned may bring about a successful issue. But if, after all our efforts, we should fail in obtaining our request, we shall enjoy the satisfaction of having been sustained by the science of Europe, and of having been opposed only by masses—alas! too numerous in this age—who see no merit in any ad vancement of knowledge if it does not carry with it politi cal or monetary profit. At the conclusion of the address, on the motion of Sir H. RAWLINSON, the thanks of the meeting wore most cor dially voted to the President. The mooting then separated. In the evening the members of the society and others to EI'VS PAP ♦-rte R ..S tiV-tr;..7_, , ___,, j ". the number of about 300 dined together 14,3,..VWeettlAtri ::5; .. 4._ Sir Roderick Murchison presiding. The coin in judged f . ..,,1 many distinguished persons. On the ri g ht and left onhe '''' chair were the Earl of Sheffield, the Lord Mayor, Viscount Strangford, Sir David Brewster, Mr. Palgrave, Lord Houghton, Commander Forbes, Lord Milton, Mr. W. J. Hamilton, Vice-Admiral Sir George Back, Dr. Livingstone, Sir H. Rawlinson, Mr. Vambery, the Hon. Julian Fane, Mr. Baker, Sir Rutherford Alcock, 1i..C.8., Lord William Hay, Dr. A. V. Johnston, Mr. Alderman Gibbons, and Sir Alexander Scott Waugh. The CHAIEmeN proposed the toast of the evening— Royal Geographical Society," connecting with it the names of Captain Montgomery, R.E., and Mr. Samuel Baker, to whom the gold medals of the society for the year had been awarded, He next gave "Si Rutherford Alcock," dwel ling upon the great public services he had rendered in the Empire of Japan, and upon his having the true interests of geographical discovery at heart. Sir Rutherford Alcock replying to the compliment, observed that to some there might seem little affinity between the diplomatic S2rViCO and geographical discovery, but to his cost he had found there was a close affinity, for it was geographers who found out now lands and diplomatists who occupied them. His destiny now took him to China, and any fellow geographer who might visit him in Pekin would always find a hearty welcome. Tho remaining toasts were " the Lord Mayor of London," given in complimentary terms from the chair; "the Chairman," proposed by Lord Houghton ; and " The Travellers in Distant Regions," with which the names of Dr. Livingstone, Mr. M'Dougal Stuart, Mr. Palgrave, and Mr. Vambery were connected. Dr. LIVINGSTONE, who was much cheered, said ho did not forget those compliments when he went into the wil derness. When he was about to start on his last expedition her Majesty the Queen was pleased to say to him, "My good wishes will follow you." Ho had always remembered that saying, and if he had the vanity to choose a coat of arms that would be his motto. 'Ho had no doubt some criticisms followed him also, but of those ho had no fear, proirided they were honest. He proposed now to go to the river Roovooma and try to get round the north end of the lake Nyanza, and then round about the lake Tanganyika. But he did not like to say much about his intentions. Ho preferred to say what he had done than what he was going . to do. The Royal Geographical Society conferred great advantages on travellers by receiving and perpetuating their discoveries. His object in going forth again was partly geographical, and partly with the view of opening up the country to commerce and to Christian missions.. They had seen the slave trade at its very commencement, and ho believed the horrors of the slave trade on the ocean were not to be compared with the horrors of it inland. He hoped in that way to do some good in his day and generation. The company separated about 11 o'clock. +' the Railway and Other Companies• SCOTTISH NORTH EASTERN. A special meeting of this company was held at Aberdeen on Thursday—Mr. J. Stirling in the chair. On the motion of the CIIAIRMAN, the arrange ment for the purchase of the Carmyllie line, six miles in length, for £12,000, and of the plant for £950, was approved and confirmed. The directors were also authorised to raise £lBB,OOO by the issue of new 5 per cent. preference shares, and to borrow on mortgage £53,600. _ - IT!t. 7,i max Agt.l 1 • SALISBURY AND DORSET JUNCTION. It appears the works on this company's line are now progressing rapidly, and it is expected the line will be completed by the end of four or five months. TENDRING HUNDRED. The directors of this company have given the usual month's notice to the Board of Trade with re ference to the opening of the first section of their extension line. DEMERARA. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the fortnight ending the 15th April last amounted to $4,286, and for the corresponding period of last year to $3,226, showing an increase of $1,060. MELBOURNE AND HOBSON'S BAY. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the five weeks ending the 23d March last amounted to £7,999, being at the rate of £266k per mile per week, and for the corresponding five weeks of last year to £6,604, being at the rate of £220 per mile per week, showing a total increase of £1,395. , EAST INDIAN. The traffic receipts on this company's lines, 1,105 miles open, amounted for tho week ending March 19 to £30,195, against £29,792 ; for the week end ing March 26 to £30,521, against £24,480 ; and for the week ending April 2 to £35,031 against £24,594 on 1,021 miles for the corresponding week of 1864, showing an increase of £10,437. The aggregate receipts for the three weeks amounted to £95,747, against £78,866, showing an increase of £16,881. EAST INDIAN IRRIGATION AND CANAL. The report of the directors of this company states that the operations of the company in India had been during the five working months carried on without exception by all the officers engaged in a spirit of zeal and energy deserving of special commendation. Although the season had been one of an exception ally unfavourable character for the prosecution of works, much had been accomplished. The Govern ment of Bengal had continued to afford to the com pany and its officers the most considerate aid, and had at all times promoted in every way within its power the furtherance of the company's objects. The sum of about £B,OOO would cover the whole of the loss occasioned by the cyclone in October last. The tolls received upon the Oolaberiah and the Banks, Nulla canals, together with the freight earned by the company's boats and other receipts, had made an amount sufficient, when added to the interest re ceived upon unexpended capital, to reduce the inte rest paid out of capital to 31st Dec. last upon the whole capital received, by £14,198 ; a state of things that must be highly satisfactory to proprietors, see ing that the interest paid out of capital, and repay able out of future profits when they exceeded 5 per cent., was at the same date £11,269 only. The sup ply of labour had, in consequence of the cyclone and its attendant pestilence, fluctuated considerably ; but at the date of the latest intelligence it had in creased, the total number then employed being 22,000. The capital account showed that £305,537 had been expended, the balance of interest account was £11,269, and the sum invested and in hand amounted to £102,777. MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL The report of the directors states that during the five working months which had passed since the last general meeting the works had been vigorously pushed forward, and every effort had been made to provide for the passage during June next of water down the main canal as far as the 78th mile, and for the completion of the lower section of that canal which passed through Koondair Valley and terminated at the 142 d mile from Soonkasala, as within the line of coun try thus embraced there was a large area of land which might be made available for irrigation. The supply of labour had been limited, and short of what was requ i re d. Arrangements had lately been completed by which the company were to provide a continuous supply of water to the town of Kurnool for domestic and municipal purposes ; the charge for which was• to be double the maximum rate that would be charged for water supplied by the company for the irrigation of land. It had been thought advisable and expedient to confine present construction to the main canal and all necessary subsidiary channels between the Anicut at Soonkasala and the termina tion of the eighth section in the Koondair Valley, embracing a continuous main line of 142 miles in length; and accordingly all the available labour had been concentrated upon the works within that area, so far as was necessary to render those works complete for the provision of irrigation. The capital account showed that. £795,675 had boon received, and £610,854 expended to the 31st of December last, leaving a balance of £75,663 with the Secre tary of State for India, £104,012 with the engineers, and £5,146 in hand. M. THIERS has addressed the following charming letter to the editor of the Phare de la Loire :— ~~ Paris, May 6.—Sir,—l regard it as very natural that others should think differently from me, and I am by no means one of those Liberals who cannot endure liberty in others; but I also think I may claim thdpoliteness due to every man, and especially to one who has for 40 years been a defender of liberty. I thank you for sending me your articles ; and, using the same freedom which you so legi timately employ towards me, I confess to you that they have not convinced me. As I have thought over these matters longer than you, it is natural that my convictions should be somewhat hard to change. A. Timms." • to. [ouso done has Mr bY crat.l