The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-07 00:00:00

1 ONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC .m_A Roo n for Gentlemen. Remember, we wait for you at EVANS' after the Covent-garden Opera and the Theatres. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), 11, RUSSELL-STREET, CCIVENT-GARDEN, LONDON ADVANCES MONEY on Personal Security, Bills of Sale, Freehold or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry fee, or any deduction whatever, for periods of one, two, or three years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills discounted. The greatest secrecy observed. Advances also made towards the Purchase of a House, repayable in 5, 10, or 15 years —Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped euveloi,e. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' WO ItCETERSHIRE SAUCE. This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD S.IIICE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The public, are respectfully cantioned against worthless imitations, and should see that Lea and Yerrins' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. So'd wholesale and for export by the Propeetors, Wor cester; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London, c. dw. ; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni versally. T HE ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Capital Authorised. Shares, $30,000,000, in Shares of $5O each. Mortgage Bonds, Six Millions Sterling, or Thirty Million Dollars. Issue of Consolidated Sterling Mortgage Bonds for £2,771,600, Having 25 years to run, bearing Interest at Seven per Cent. per Annum. Secured on the whole Lino of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, with Branches, Extensions, and Equipments. £3,228,400 being reserved for Redemption of Mortgage Bonds already issued on the several divisions. The Bonds are of £lOO, or 500 dollars, each, with interest, Payable Quarterly, free of Income Tax, in London, in sterling, or in New York, in Gold, at the Company's Offices. They aro payable to bearer, but can be registered at holder's option. BOARD OF CONTROL IN LONDON. Sir S. Morton Peto, Bart., M.P., Chairman. James Goodson, Esq., M.P., Chairman Great Eastern Railway, London. W. Fenton, Esq., Deputy Chairman Great Western Railway, London. C. J. Kennard, Esq., Director of Consolidated Bank, Limited, London. Lewin B. Mozley, Esq., Barned's Banking Company, Limited, Liverpool. Joseph Robinson ' Esq., Deputy Chairman Ebb w V a l e Company, Limited, London. MENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE. Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Sold everywhere. BANKERS. The Consolidated Bank (Limited), London, Manchester, and Norwich. The National Bank, London, and Branches in Ireland. Messrs. A. Heywood, Sons, and Co., Liverpool. The Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Branches. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Freshfields and Newman, Bank-building; London, E.C. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, Angel-court, London, E.G. Messrs. E. F. Satterthwa.ite and Co., 38, Throgmorton street, London, E.C. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, 7, Angel-court, London, E.G. The Report of J. S. Forbes, Esq., well known to the Itritish Railway public as Vice-President of the Dutch- Rhenish Railway, and General Manager of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, contains full information derived from personal inspection of the position and pros pects of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, from which it appears— The Atlantic and Groat Western Railway system com prises— 507 miles now in work, including 17 miles recently opened. 100 miles in course of construction. Total, 607 of which 526 miles belong to the Company; and 81 miles are leased for 99 years, at a low rent ($.173,072 a year). Though not yet fully completed, the traffic already equals that of many of the best American lines. During the first six months of 1565 the receits upon the 322 miles then open were $2,579,737 equal at the present rate of exchange to $7 in the to £368,533. Since July 490 miles have been opened, and the receipts have been $2,011.676, equal to £287,382, for three months, or at the rate of £1,149,528 per annum. The subjoined monthly traffic return shows the steady increase of traffic. Total. 1865. Miles Passengers! Freight. ; open. Mails, &c. ' 1864. 1865. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. J anuary-.;, 322 111,751 249,379 207,298 361,130 Pebruary... ~ 109,718 277,930 229,041 387,648 March „ 113,412 336,403 226,733 449,815 April „ 117,691 288,989 197,267 406,680 tay „ 135,434 324,988 214,679 1 460,442 June J uly 490 162,655 432,868 332,098 I 595,523 August Beptomber „ 210,914 466,711 1416,044 I 677,625 October ; 207,861 512,050 , 396,847 ; 719 911 , This table includes the traffic of 33 miles of the Oil Creek Railway, which was constructed by and has hitherto been worked by the Atlantic and Great Western d`tlw on ay Company, but does not form part of the consoli dati Th - e actual result, therefore, is a gross receipt at the r ate of upwards of £1,000,000 a year at the present ex thange, with 100 miles still to open, and a large increase ( 'I truffle only waiting for a further supply of rolling btoek. This large traffic is owing to two causes :- 1. The Atlantic and Great Western line forms the central link of the greatest line of through traffic in the I vorhl, viz., that between the Western States of America a nd the Atlantic. From its shorter distance, and advan tage of forming part of an unbroken line of 1,200 miles on a uniform six-feet gauge, it must always be the best line of communication by which the enormous goods and pas senger traffic centring in the Western cities of Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chi cago , an d St. L ou i s , can arr i ve a t N ew York and the sea-board. 2. The local traffic is equally enormous, owing to its r aversing the newly-discovered oil districts of Pennsyl - and the great coal-fields of Northern Ohio. Some i dea of the local traffic thus waiting for development may ' 5 formed from the single fact that this oil district now Yields at the rate of 3,000,000 barrels per annum, for the conveyance of which as much as 3d. to 4d. per ton per Mile is willingly paid. -A- Consolidation of the several Divisions of the Atlantic ' 11(1 Great Western Railway under one executive has been blade, and a mortgage for 30 million dollars, or 6 millions sterling of bonds has been created, and also a capital of 30 million dollars of shares of 50 dollars each, based on the w hole property of the Company. The now shares will bapersede those previously issued, with the exception of 4,91-9,000 dollars of Preference Shares pledged as part of ' 5 security for the Certificates of Debenture issued in ° vernber, 1864, which will, ther e for e , rema i n P re f eren ti a l antil those Certificates are paid off, when the whole be- Zblle ordinary share capital. Provision is made in the °r tgage deed (under which the Consolidated Mortgage I ,° ll lds are issued) for securing the rights of the existing T 7, °r tgage Bonds, and also for their exchange at maturity, earlier, by consent of the holder, if authorised by the W c ;ard of Control ; this being completed, the present Con- Lid a t ed Mortgage will become the first mortgage over the l b ° l B railway, with its branches, extensions, and equip 'rf,l'e Consolidated Capital will therefore consist of 1 1 -0 00 0,000, half in Shares and half in Mortgage Bonds, provides for the completion of the entire line. et,:, ° , Meet the interest on these Bonds at 7 per cent. in - bg, after paying all working expenses, it is calculated \‘, Y Itr. Forbes that a gross annual receipt of $6,442,000 ab °lll4 be sufficient, which is considerably less than the 4 .„ ti ,11al receipt, and $3,573,000 less than Mr. Forbes's esti- I t ,'" of tho annual receipt when the additional 100 miles 41°Vened, so that the security for the Bonds is . ample, e a dividend is every prospect that, in addition, a high rate will be paid on the $3O 000 000 of Share " fl',lao Consolidated Bonds have 25 years to run, with n ',"_Pons for interest at 7 per cent. per annum, payable Coerly, free of income tax, at the Company's Offices, in a..!lcion or New York, in gold. Interest is payable on 15th de ar. Y, April, 15th July, and 15th October of each ef l t t is proposed to appropriate the total authorised issue 'age 0,000,000, or £6,000,000 ste r li ng Consolidated Mort- onds, as follows : to l. A reserve of $16,142,000 will be placed with trustees t _te?et, either by convers i on or payment w h en due, the fi,‘lsting divisional Mortgage Bonds, being the total amount bas been issued, or authorised to be issued, as certi teao b YMessrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., after t qa ;'xamination of the Company's books and registrars, or 1114 to £3,228,400. Thi s i nc l u d es a ll B on d s i ssue d to t h e tll 5 l e, and also th e B on d s d epos it e d w i t h T rustees for the Ce rtificates of Debentures issued in November, 1864, ttri.a,s bee nrity of which remains unaffected by th e p resen t 2. ' l „ n genients. 4 111 38 balance, viz.: —£2,771,600 is offered for publi c the l ' i ption, at the p r ice of £BO per £lOO Bond, includi ng 10 "Pon duo January 15, 1866. payable as follows : Per £lOO Bond on application ; 25 „ on allotment ; 77 on 15th January, 1866, loss coupon 2 0 £1 15s. due on that date ; 20 on 15th February, 1866 ; o '1 1 ?; „ on 15th March, 1866 ; 1 740 13 41 g for the January Coupon, the nett price of each vah i „,°,bd will be £7B 55., or allowing for discount on pre , 1 1 '. 4 linder.£7B. paeoferibers will have the option of paying in full, under t t a l at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum but, in de t; Da l e Payment of the respective instalments , all pro f 'le bo Yinents will be liable to forfeiture. The beingready will . be delivered, in exchange ; ,,uopi t t; as soon as it is fully paid up. of v,er e i Of the law authorising the consolidation of the Lxre, t divisions and branches of the Company, and deeds 4acl, a r mortgage, of the form of consolidated mortgage 01 13, ) . e c i u B,o "f other documents relating to the present issue iQitora ar e deposited for inspection at the offices of the Itt A t LPI 'salons must be addressed either to the Secretary, N*, l ees of the Company. 5, Westminster Chambers, iNp ar r street, Westminster', S.W., to the Bankers of the °,rte e o p or to the Brokers, from whom Prospectuses and -1-,04,1011-Atplication can be obtained. li ce. 2, 1865. A TI, A Tin - AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. To FORM OF APPLICATION. the to (To be retained by the Bankers bra of Control, Atlantic and G eat Western Railway Company. No . 4 t tvia gi) ": . isitost that..ald the sum of I hereby tv, t , t tga ge 3 70 11 Will allot me Consolidated 4t,'„; b onds of tho Atlantic and Great Western Rail to `4; a ge liereby agree to accept such Consolidated 416 , ti 0 ,,,'".( 1 8, or any less number that may be allotted vr cling to the terms of the Prospectus. I am, your obedient servant, :Signature. Address in full Date THE COLONIAL COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862. (Capital, £2,000,000, in 40,000 Shares of £5O each.) Deposit on Application £1 per Share, and £4 on Allotment. Further Calls will not exceed £5 per Share each, and it is estimated that not more than £2O per Share will be called up during the first two years, and not more than £25 per Share in all. ,f far 'road. zdting 3 sup s tho short ; vanco barely dear . rhite, ey for NV, large, 24 0 ..17 ec. 6. , cc. S. ►ec. 11. )ec. 14. )ec. 20. )ec. 11. )cc. ;40. iculture !,172,99 4 )00 tons. 0 United tment.- -- nflamma ition and ion taken nd Alen er should pertios of ust infal he blood, ;elate the the whole which en nv it off. , the wife 3rrace, lace, ro t rf a son• Saviottr'•;, ancet• tO LtOD 7 /310." at S (tau gb t er u'ufacturer, re, PU bli T :s Gram''-• - „ . e go r, 11, Nolo [-lall,lVols rilkingtov, nankii)s7 -street, 10' .N riglOC 5 : No. ere (,Dung °I TTSQUEBAII. wirAT IS USQUEBAII ? It is the small still MALT WHISKY, from Bere or Iligg, free from "Feints." " Peat flavour," and all other imnurities, and limpid as the stream of the mountain by which it is distilled. It is the "Aqua \l'm" of the Los - lands and the " Uisque na of the lii,ghlanus of Scotland—the purest and most whole some of all spirits. "There s not a headache in a hogshead of it."—Sir Walter Scott. USQUEBAH. 18s. Od. per gallon, in glazed stone bottles, wickered ; Us. 6d. per dozen bottles, rep u t e d Delivered quarts, lull size; London. 3s. 3d. per single bottle, ditto. Exclusive of bottles. At the DALNAMONE HIGHLAND WHISKY DISTILLERY COMPANY, 89, EUSTON-ROAD, KING'S-CROSS. Sole Establishment in London. No Agents. CHO COLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH. CHOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast. C 110 C OL.A.T-bIENIEIt h ulesome, and delicious. BOARD and RESIDENCE.—CIiff House, near Warrior-square, St. Leonardo-on-Sea, two minutes' walk from the Parade. Address, Mrs. Richardson, as above. DIRECTORS. Tho Right Honourable E. P. BOUVERIE, M.P., 44, Wilton-crescent, Chairman. John Balfour, Esq. (of Balbirnio), 46, Belgrave-square. John Entwistle, Esq., 6, Great Winchester-street, City. Robert Gillespie, Esq., 6, Lime-street, City. Samuel Gurney, Esq., M.P., Prince's-gate. Thomas Porter, Esq. (late of Demerara), White Knights, Reading. William Rennie 7 Esq.,- Messrs. Cavan, Lubbock, & Co. Nevile Lubbock, Esq., Wm. Burnley Hume,q., I Messrs. Wm. Burnley Hume Philip Noel Bernard, Esq.,) and Co. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., 15, Lombard-street, London. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, London, SOLICITORS. Messrs. Cotterill and Sons, 32, Throgmorton-street, E.C. AUDITORS. Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson M`Kenna, and Co., 27, Great George-street, Westminster. BROKERS. Messrs. J. Hutchinson and Sons, 15, Angel-court, Throg• morton-street. Messrs. J. and A. Scrimgeour, 18, Old Broad-street. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 40, Old Broad-street, E.C. PROSPECTUS. The special advantages to be derived from the employ ment of capital through the medium of Joint Stock Com panies, with limited liability, in purchasing and working Colonial properties, have been demonstrated by the great success attendant on such operations in India, Ceylon, Borneo, and elsewhere, and it is considered that no pro perties can be made to benefit to a greater extent or to pro duce more remunerative results from the introduction of Joint Stock Capital than West India Sugar Estates. The object of this Company is the purchase and exten sion of the sugar plantations and the business of the well known firms of Messrs. Cavan, Lubbock, and Co., and Messrs. William Burnley llume and Co. Tho estates and real securities to be transferred to the Company by the Vendors are in Demerara, Berbice, Trini dad, and Barbadoes. The estates are fertile, well situate, and in a high state of cultivation. They are provided with an ample supply of Coolie, Chinese, Portuguese, and Creole labour. On several of these estates powerful machinery of the best description has been recently erected at a considerable cost, and the largely increased profits which have resulted prove conclusively the advantages to be derived from the further application of machinery on a still more extended scale. The increased capital which will be thus employed, in addition to the large amount already invested in real estate, renders the business more suitable to the resources of a public company than to those of private firms. The imports of the two firms in sugar alone have for the last three years averaged over 46,000 hogsheads per annum. The Vendors will transfer to the Company, free of any claim for goodwill, their large and profitable Commission and Agency Business, which has yielded in net commis sions, on the average of the past three years, an amount exceeding £BO,OOO per annum, and is capable of being greatly extended. The terms of the purchase have bean discussed and settled with the Vendors, after very careful examination into the returns and profits of each firm, and after obtain ing independent valuations and reports on the several pro perties. Those inquiries were instituted and conducted by Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, M'Kenna, and Co., and by Directors entirely unconnected with the two firms, before they agreed to join the proposed Company. The Vendors are only to be paid the mere value, thus ascertained, of the Estates, Plant, Machinery, Stores, Stock, and Advances, which will amount to about £675,000 ; and by instalments, as follows : £225,000, or one-third, in 10,000 Shares of the Com pany, to be credited as paid-up to the ex tent of £22 10s. per Share. £225,000, or one-third, in Debentures, bearing interest at 5 per cent. £225,000, or the balance, in cash by instalments in two years. To meet the above payments and provide the requisite working capital it is estimated that the calls will be re quired to be made as follows : December, 1865, £5 per share (being the amount of payment on deposit and allotment). April, 1866, £2 10s. per share. July, 1866, £2 10s. per share. January, 1867, £5 per share. January, 1868, £5 per share. Tho Vendors have agreed to guarantee, to the extent of the annual dividend on the above 10,000 shares, a net profit in each year, for the first five years, of 10 per cent. on the paid-up capital for the time being ; such guarantee, how ever, is to cease if at or after the expiration of three years the net profits of the Company shall have amounted to a sum equivalent to an average of 10 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital for each of the said five years, calculat ing the capital for the last two years at not more than £25 per share. Each firm will liquidate their own liabilities and obliga tions, independently of the Company, except where the Board of Directors deem it to be desirable for the Company to undertake any of such liabilities or obligations. The Company will enter into possession of the business on Ist January next. The transfer of the properties and securities is to take effect as and from the Ist July last, in Trinidad and Bar badoes ; and from Ist January next, in Demerara and Ber bice, which are the usual periods for the transfer of property in the respective colonies. It is arranged that two members of each firm shall re main as Directors for a period of at least five years, and the large interest in the capital of the Company taken by the Vendors gives the fullest proof of their entire confidence in its success, and the surest guarantee of their best exer tions being used to developo its resources. All the mem bers of each firm bind themselves not to enter into any business of a similar character without the sanction of the Board. The Directors confidently estimate that the net profits of the business of the Company, taking into consideration the revenue from the real estate, for the ensuing five years, will be equivalent to from fifteen to twenty per cont. per annum on the paid-up capital of the Company. The estimate has been derived from the existing state of the properties and business of the two firms, without taking into consideration the increased returns from the estates which will follow upon an improved system of cultivation and manufacture, or the effect which the im pending abolition of slavery in Cuba and Porto Rico will have in augmenting the value of the estates and increas ing the profits of the Company. Applications for Shares may be made in the form an nexed, and must be accompanied by the payment of £1 per Share to the Bankers of the Company. A copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association can be inspected at the Offices of the Solicitors, 32, Throg mort on- street. Prospectuses and Forms of Applications for Sharesmay be had on application to the Bankers, Solicitors, Auditors, or Stockbrokers, or at the Temporary Offices of the Com pany. In the event of an allotment being made, the deposit will be returned in full. Should a less number of Shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will, so far as required, be appropriated towards the payment due upon allotment. Payments of deposit may be mado to the Bankers of the Company, Dr at the Branches of the National Provincial Bank of England ; and the Branches of tho Royal Bank of Scotland. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR ALLOTMENT OF SHARES. No— To the Directors of " Tho Colonial Company (Limited.)" Gentlemen,—having paid a deposit of £1 per Share, I beg to apply for Shares of £5O each in " The Colonial Company (Limited),"and I hereby agree to become a Share holder in that Company subject to its rules and regula tions, and to accept such Shares, or any, less number that may be allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, Name in full Full postal address Profession Or Occupation Date mi... sssss ill .... N°. 22,923.. IN V. Ti , , 7 - S - 41!Ellt, / -7 t/1/ ( - - 1441--I ‘ - ' " /77/ -Z.e‘_/ e...1‘..-"Zi-- - -- - 74.d AP. en tcfj-rt• - v 1-- Naval and Military Inte '24- atil s r .-- , . .7.7 . .-\/•."- ...,,,, 6 ~r .•:,.., .., 41) A • qr.:, 116 , • ....• '', / r / p..' 4Z .- Z.C. .4-----e—c-,,t 7 etili) )- ze ' 4, , • - 1 f ' - 4 4 , .. / d 4 , ) L%C,)I V (113 1 I/ p 1 (.• ','", ~.".''......4111111111k7:: ' :_-- . .„r - Ati 2 . - ~• ..,.. ,-..... ;# ~. ..„: w F.A ~, --..4w......aw rime ,,, ~„. -•, F ...w- ---- , . , zigir" . e• • *" . ..61 1 , 111 ft -L ac Mr- Ig . ',. 0.1 ii ; , . 41111 k ~,,. .-.,,,,.. ~,. , • , ) c .aoß:orr.,' s 4 i• ---- r / N i .'l::' /' • it+ A.---... The Duke of Cambridge, as Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief, held a ley& yesterday afternoon at the Horse Guards. Upwards of 80 officers attended. The screw corvette Reindeer, 250 horse power, orginally laid down at Chatham dockyard as a screw corvette, after remaining some years on the stocks unfinished, is now being completed from the plans of the Chief Constructor of the Navy, Mr. Reed, and brought forward for launching. To enable her to mount the few heavy broadside guns she is to carry on her weather fighting deck she has been fitted with iron deck beams laid on iron knees. Her timbers will be strengthened by the introduction of angle iron carried up to her bulwarks. On being taken in rand it was found necessary to give her a new keel. She was originally intended to be fitted with a poop, but an order from the Admiralty di rects her to be completed with a topgallant fore castle instead. The Reindeer is to he ready for launching early in the ensuing year. PRICE 4d -. STAMPED sd.' Crucifix at every stride, and won a most exciting race by a neck. Nothing else passed the past. The winner was bought by Mr. B. Land, jun., for 76 guineas. The objection against Saucebox, who came in first for the Open Hunters' Stakes on Tuesday, on the ground of his having been in a training stable, was substantiated, and the stewards awarded the stakes to King Arthur, who came in second. By this decision the sale of Saucebox bs came void, and King Arthur was immediately put up for sale, and bought by Mr. West fur 86 guineas. The Icarus, 11, 150 horse power, fitting in the steam basin at Sheerness for the first division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, will be out of the hands of the dockyard officials on the 18th inst., when she will take her place in the Steam Reserve in readiness for the pennant. The Star, 4, 200 horse power, attached to the first-class Steam Reserve in the Medway, has had her bottom cleaned, previously to going on an offi cial trial of her speed at the Maplin Sands. The Zebra, 17, 200 horse power, recently paid off into the Chatham Steam Reserve, is in the steam basin, in readiness to be taken in hand for the pur pose of undergoing a thorough overhaul and repair. The experimental boiler made in the factory at Woolwich dockyard, and which has been at work at intervals during the past 15 months, in testina petro leum, shale, and other oils, for steam purposes, to supersede the use of coals, was yesterday given over to the Admiralty authorities by Mr. Richard son on the completion of his experiments, which it is stated have thoroughly matured the principle, and rendered his theory a matter beyond doubt. Mr. Richardson has likewise, at their lordships' re quest, submitted plans for the conversion of the or dinary ships' boilers into boilers for which petroleum can be used. This, it appears, can be done at small cost. Her Majesty's 20-gun screw corvette Tartar, 1,296 tons, 250-horse power, recently paid off at Sheerness by Capt. John M. Hayes, from China, was yesterday brought up to Woolwich by the steamers Locust, Master Commander Harvey, and the Monkey, Master Commander Smithers. She was hauled into the fitting basin to make good defects and be prepared for recommission. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Wm. B. Goldsmith, master, to the Asia, for service in the Simoon ; George Alex. Broad and Robert William Stephens, second mas ters, additional, to the Victory ; Christopher .B. Watson, assist. -paymaster, to the Malacca ; Nar eott D. E. Rob er t s , ass i st. - paymaster, to the Has tings ; James Melrose, first-class assist. -engineer, to the Gleaner ; Michael J. Shannon, first -class assist.-engineer, to the Triton ; Wm. J. Han cock, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, for ser vice in the Prince Albeit ; Richard J. Butler, se cond-class-assist-engineer, to the Oberon ; and H. M. G. Pellew, acting second-class assist.-en g ine cr, to the Cumberland, for service in the Wildfire. Miss Longworth and the ~ Saturday Review." On Tuesday the pleadings were continued, at Edinburgh, in tho case of the pursuer in the Yel verton case against the proprietors of the Saturday Review. The Lord Advocate resumed his address for the pursuer, which altogether occupied about six hours, the time being chiefly bestowed on an examination of the evidence in the marriage case, with the view of showing the calumnious nature of the article complained of. He maintained that the evidence and correspondencee proved that the statements in the article were false and slanderous, and that the judges, even in deciding against the pursuer, had left her character unimpeached. The Solicitor-General followed for the defenders, and pointed out that the writer had been at least impar-, , tial, having administered to both parties that just rebuke which the interests of society required. He defended the article as not only " fair criticism,' but as being substantially a reflex of the opinion formed by Lord Ardmillan and by the majority of the House of Lords, and also as expressing the sentiments entertained by the great majority of right-thinking men in regard to this extraordinary case. He maintained that the writer had dealt with the case honestly, that he had not attacked private character or uttered slander, bat had pro perly exercised his right as a public journalist to comment on proceedings taking place in open court, and which affected the proprietors and the morality of social life. Incidentally, in his re marks on the correspondence, the Solicitor-General said the only letter in which a word equivalent to wife occurred was one of Major Yelverton's, which the pursuer had tampered with by changing the word possibilanzente to sposa bella mia. Mr. Smith denied the statement, and claimed the production of the letter, which the judge ordered to be made. On Wednesday morning the Lord-Advocate re ferred to the alleged tampering with one of Major Yelverton's letters, and said that the pursuer knew nothing on earth about it, and that the accusation against her was quite false. The Solicitor-Oeneral said hd had done no more than refer to the statements made by the judges in the case. Lord Jerviswoode charged the jury, pointing out that newspaper writers had no privilege beyond fair reporting, and that if unfair or calumnious comments were made the injured party might seek redress. He left to the jury to pronouca whether the comments in this article were fair, looking to the whole cir cumstances of the case. At half-past 11 the jury retired, and were absent three hours. They then stated, through their fore man, that they were equally divided, six to six, and that there was no chance of their coming to any other result. Lord Jervitwoode said the statute did not allow him to receive a verdict with a less majority than nine, and that. only at the end of three hours. If nine did not by that time concur, the statute pro vided that they should go back for three hours more; and if at the end of six hours nine should not be agreed, they might be discharged. The Foreman of the Jury, amid loud laughter, asked for refreshments, which, with consent of parties, were allowed. At a quarter-past o t the jury returned a verdict, by nine to three, in favour of the defenders. A TRAVELLING GIANT. It was under those cir cumstances that I come acquainted with a giant. I might have been too high to fall into coversation with him, had it not been for my lonely feelings. For the is, going round the country, to draw the lin e at dressi ng general rul e up. When a man can't trust his getting a living to his un disguised abilities, you consider him below your sort. And this giant when on view figured as a Roman. H e Was a languid young man, which I attribute to the distance be tween his extremities. He had a little head and less in it, had weak eyes and weak knees, and alto ge th er you couldn't look at him without feel ing that there was greatly too much of him both for his joints and his m i n d . But he was an and ami spentble t h theou g though t imid oney), youngand we come acqua i nted when he man (his m o th er l et h i m out, was walking to ease the horse betwixt two fairs. He was called Rinaldo di Velasco, his name being Pickleson. This giant mentioned to me, und er th e seal of confidence, that beyond his being a burden to himself, his life was made a burden to him by the cruelty of his master towards a step-daughter who was deaf and dumb. Her mother was dead, and she had no living soul to take her part, and was used most hard. She travelled with his master's caravan only because there was nowhere to leave her, and this giant, otherwise Pickleson, did go so far as to believe that his master often tried to lose her. He was such a very languid young man, that I don't know how long it didn't take him to get this story out, but it passed through lus defective circulation to his top extremity in course of tim e . When I heard this account from the giant, otherwise Pickleson, and likewise that the poor girl had beautiful long dark hair, and was often pulled down by it and beaten, Leouldn't see the giant through what stood in my eyes. Having wiped 'em I gave him Gd. (for he was k ept as short as he was long), and he laid it out in two threepennorths of gin and water, which so bricked him up that he sang the Favourite Comic of Shivery Shakey, ain't it cold. A popu lar effect which his master had tried every other means to get out of him as a Roman, wholly in vain.--Dr. Marigold's Prescriptions, by Charles .Dickens. 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The final day was decidedly the most attractive, for, in addition to the Berkshire Steeplechase, the card was well filled, and, as will be seen, the fields were excellent, the sport far more interesting, and the finishes much closer than is usually the case at steeplechase meetings. Although the weather was not fine, there was very little inconve nience experi3nced from it, as the rain held off until the sport was concluded, while the attendance of company was a decided improvement on the opening day. Five races were appointed for decision, the chief interest centring itself in the principal handicap of the meeting, the Berk shire Steeplechase, for which eight animals of the ten ac cepted wont to the post. Flyfisher, Ironsides, and Gold finder received the greatest amount of support ; but some good judges stood the light weight, Bristles, remembering how the top weights were compelled to succumb at Croy don, and Bristles, putting on the pace at the right moment, won in a canter by twelve lengths; although the issue would doubtless have been nearer had not Goldfinder struck into him at the brook. The following return con tains every particular of the running : The Innkeepers' Plato (Handicap) of 40 sovs ; winners extra. About two miles and a half. Count de la Bigue's MILD., 5 yrs, 12st slb (G. Quinton) 1 Mr. Riley's White Stockings, aged, lOst 101b...(Pickett) '2 The following also ran :—Disappointed, Lord of the Manor, and Freestone. Betting-6 to son R.M.D., 4to 1 agst Disappointed, 6to 1 agst White Stockings. Disappointed cut out the work, followed by White Stockings and R.M.D. ; Lord of the Manor and Free stone, refusing at the first fence, took uo further part in the race. Disappointed carried on the running into the hurdles, whore he refused, but Mr. Grant soon regained his position, and led past the Stand, R.M.D. having a slight lead of White Stockings, and in this order they ran up the hill, Disappointed holding a strong lead as they again approached the hurdles, but ho repeated his man oeuvre and bolted out of the course. The issue from this point was left to R.M.D. and White Stockings, a most ex citing race commencing as they landed into the winning field. The non-favourite, 100 yards from home, got her neck in front, but R.M.D. finishing with a tremendous rush got up in the last few strides, and won by a head ; Disappointed a long way in the rear. A Handicap Military Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; winners extra. About two miles and a half. Six subs. Capt. Shaw's Merrimac, aged, 12st (Owner) 1 Capt. Johnstone's Oscar, 5 yrs, lOst 9th (car. lOst 111 b), (Owner) 2 The following also ran :—Sir Bobby, Rapture, Almeric. Betting-6 to 4 agst Sir Bobby, sto 2 agst Merrimac, 9 to 2 agst Rapture. Merrimac jumped off with the lead, followed by Sir Bobby, Rapture, and Oscar, but the latter took up the run ning after going a quarter of a mile, and gave way on near ing the brook. Merrimac was left in command, but on passing the Stand Rapture took a slight lead, the others, with the exception of Almeric, lying well up. Rapture re fused at the fence into the ploughed land, Merrimac, fol lowed by Oscar and Sir Bobby, going on in front, but the pair joined him in the meadows, the trio going on together till reaching the farm fence, where Merrimac shook them off, and taking the brook clear of Oscar, won easily by four lengths. Rapture fell at the farm fence, and Sir Bobby came to grief at the brook. The Berkshire Open Steeplechase of 10 soya each, with 100 added ; winners extra. About three miles and a half. Ten subs. Mr. Yates' Bristles, 4 yrs, lOst (Owner) 1 Mr. Powell's Flyfisher, 6 yrs, 12st 71b (G. Holman) 2 Mr. Clifford's Rochester (late Attaman), aged, list 21b (Castle) 3 The following also ran :—lronsides, Sportsman (late Zodiac), Goldfinder, The Rogue (late The Orphan), and Arlescott. - Betting-2 to 1 agst Flyfisher, 4to 1 each agst Ironsides and Goldfinder, 100 to 12 agst Bristles, 10 to 1 agst The Rogue, 100 to 8 agst Sportsman, 100 to 7 agst Rochester. The Rogue was first off, followed by Arlescott and Rochester, but after going a couple of hundred yards the two last headed him and took the brook side by side, closely followed by Sportsman, who took a slight lead as the, passed the Stand the first time, his immediate fol lowers being Rochester and Arlescott, next to whom came The Rogue, Ironsides, Goldfinder, and Bristles, in the order named, Flyfisher several lengths in the rear, They ran with with little variation for half a mile, when Roches ter improving the pace, ran past Sportsman, and took the next three jumps in this order, when Bristles passed The Rogue, who pulled up, having broken the saddle. On coming down the hill Ironsides joined the leaders, but came to grief at the brook. Sportsman held the lead past the Stand the second time, closely attended by Rochester, Arlescott, Goldfinder, and Bristles ; Flyfisher 20 lengths off next, and Ironsides, who had been remounted, passed the Stand some distance in the rear, but was immediately stopped when pursuit was found to be hopeless. On rising the hill Bristles rushed to the front, followed by Goldfinder and Rochester, clear of whom came Flyfisher, who was followed at a long interval by Sportsman and Arlescott, th e _ _ _ _ last-named falling at the fence opposite the Stand. Half a mile from home Rochester passed Goldfinder, and went on in pursuit of Bristles, but Goldfinder being set going at a great pace down the hill, rushed passed Rochester and struck into the heels of Bristles on taking the brook and fell heavily. Bristles being left to himself cantered home an easy winner by twelve lengths from Flyfisher, who passed Rochester in taking the last fence, and defeated him by two lengths for second place. Sportsman came in fourth, a long way in the roar, and Goldfinder, remounted, walked past the post next. A Handicap Selling Steeplechase of 3 sovs each, with 20 added; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs. About two miles and a half. 13 subs. Mr. B. Land's Stiletto, 4 yrs, 10st 101b...(Mr. Mumford) 1 Mr. Melvin's No Name, aged, list 71b (Mr. Merton 2 Mr. Daily's Medusa, aged, 11 st 71 b (Barry 3 The following also ran :—ldiot, Light of Other Days, Laurel, Jenny Wren, Lucky Star, and Snagg. Betting-6 to 4 agst Medusa, 4to 1 agat Light of Other Days, 6 to 1 agst Snagg. No Name and Idiot alternately led for a quarter of a mile, when the latter carried on the running for a mile, followed by No Name, Medusa, and Snagg, the four taking close order about half a mile from home ; and these were joined at the third fence from the winning field by Stiletto, but Snagg falling, Stiletto went to the front, and won, after a good race with No Name from the brook, by a length and a half ; Medusa a bad third. Nothing else passed the post. The winner was bought in for 60 guineas. Jenny Wren injured herself so severely at the fence on he far side that she was destroyed. The Local Hunters' Race of 3 sovs each, with 25 added; selling allowances. About two miles and a half Five subs. Mr. A. Yates' Beverley, aged (£5O), 12st 71b ...(Owner) 1 Mr. G. R. Cross's Crucifix, aged (.£5O), 12st 71b (Mr. Charles) 2 Valotta, Uxbridge, and The Unknown also ran. Betting—Even on Beverley, 3 to 1 apt Crucifix, 4 to 1, any other. After going a short distance Valotta took up the running but soon gave way to Uxbridge, who had a clear lead of Crucifix and Beverley past the Stand, but tiring very much up the hill Crucifix passed him and led through the plough, but Beverley joined her on the far side, and the race was reduced to a match half a mile from home, the favourite coming down the hill to the brook clear of his opponent, but blundering at the last fence he fell, but without un seating his jockey, who steadied him with wonderful cool- nese, and then persevered so resolutely that he caught RUPTURES CURED BY CHANDLER'S NEW LEVER TRUSS. It has the following advantages:—No steel spring re quired round the body, is easily applied, does not chafe or excoriate the skin, admits of any kind of exercise being taken, and is imperceptible when worn, Prices —Single, 108. 6d. and 215., postage le. ; Double, 21s. and 425., postage 2s. ; sent on receipt of post-office order and size round hips. Sure to fit. 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Last year no fewer ehan 455 poor, friendless, young females weze rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in dye 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 18, 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. K„ 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 of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, aft% Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street.Cheapside; ur by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombard-street t i ,,,IAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and ki 110 11E, Hampstead. Offices, 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEE& Capt. the Ilon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon Champ neys Thomas Baring, Esq., m.r. TREASURERS. _ _ R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. -- -- Robert Ilanbury, 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 Merchants Service and of Marine.. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service, and provides a home free of expense for former Inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the recent storms and loss cf life at sea, and: o enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by Ivan Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, NO. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETING, Hon. Sea. i CHARLES NASH, See. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET. Set DINNERS served, at five minutes' notice. from Four to MCC p.m.. at 2s. 6d., 35 6d., 4s. 6d., and 7 s. eac h. E LEGANT SALOON DINING ROOMS, for Ladies and Families. Prices on the "Carte" moderate. Private Rooms for Large or Small Partici , . Reading, Smokinz, and Billiard Rooms. BREARFA srs and LUNCHEONS. D. CAMERON. Entrances-160, Piccadilly, and 49, St. James's-street. Railway and Other Companies• LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. A special meeting of this company was held yes terday at the London-bridge station, when it was proposed and unanimously resolved that the under taking, railway, works, property, and effects of the Wimbledon and Croydon Company be transferred to the Brighton Company upon terms and condi tions agreed upon, but subject to the directors being satisfied on any point that they considered open, or that might arise hereafter; and the directors were authorised to affix the seal of the company to any instrument they might think requisite for the pur pose, and that for the purchase of such transfer the company should create stock to the extent of £45,000, with a fixed preferential dividend of 4 per cent., the company to issue bonds for the purpose of u 4 e pe d r ee ebe n n t. tures with a fixed suchail r preferential tr dividend o of i 4 1 MADRAS. The traffic receipts on this company's lines, 611 miles in length, amounted for the week ending Oct. 7th last to £10,158, against £6,858 on 571 miles in the corresponding week of last year, showing an in crease of £3,302, or 48 per cent., the increase in the mileage being only 7 per cent. GRAND JUNCTION CANAL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the office, Surrey-street, Strand ; Mr. G. Anderson in the chair. Mr. Rogers read the report, which stated that the net receipts for the half-year ending 30th of June amounted to £33,055, being au increase of £2,338 over the corresponding half of 1864. The expenses for the past half-year were less by £2,940 than for the same half-year of 1864. The profits of the half year, including £5,000 from the preceding half-year, amounted to £28,900, out of which the directors re commended a dividend of £2 per share, free of in come-tax, payable on 11,334 shares in the original stock, amounting to £22,668, leaving a balance of £6,241. The report was adopted, and a resolution to the following effect was carried unanimously :—" That it was the opinion of the meeting that steps should be taken for the protection of the company's in terests by having a preliminary survey made of the canals between London and Birmingham, with a view to their partial or entire conversion into a mineral and goods railway." A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. CRYSTAL PALACE. The report of the directors states that the result of the year's working was a balance in favour of re venue of £57,047. After payment of the dividend on the preference and debenture stocks there would remain £26,346 available for division among the holders of ordinary stock. Out of this sum the di rectors recommend the payment of a dividend of 2/ per cent., leaving a balance of £1,279. The expen diture on capital account had not been increased during the year. The number of visitors during the 12 months had been 1,758,516 against 1,661,083 for the previous year, showing an increase of 97,433. The Saturday concerts under the direction of Mr. Manns were becoming increasingly attractive. An advantageous change had been made in the corners of the centre transept, at its junction with the nave, by which the convenience of persons occupying the corner galleries when performances were taking place in the great orchestra had been very much promoted, while at the same time the strength of that portion of the fabric had been much increased. Some useful alterations had also been made in the Handel Orchestra, which had the effect of making it more effective for the summer concerts. On the cricket ground a convenient pavilion had been erected. An improvement effected during the past year had been the continuation of the internal illu mination of the palace by gas. An increase had taken place in the returns of the exhibitors' department. The receipts of the refreshment department show an increase. The net receipts from the Handel Fes tival had amounted to £5,400. The residence of the late Sir J. Paxton, at Rockhills, had just reverted to the company. American Debt, Finance, and Currency. The Secretary of the Treasury has made his monthly exhibit of the National Debt, showing that, at the end of the last month, the amount of Debt and Interest were as follow:- 1865. Oct. 30. Dols. Sept. 30, Dols. Debt bearing coin interest - 1,161,137,691 00 1,116,658,191 00 Interest thereon 67,670,340 00 65,001,570 00 Debt bearing law fulmoney interest 1,191,819,787 00 1,260,009,120 00 Interest thereon 71,267,738 00 72,527,615 00 Debt bearing no in terest 386,523,359 00 366,891,096 00 Total debt 2,740,859,758 86 2,744,947,726 17 The following table exhibits the rapid growth of the Public Debt for the year ending with July last, when its increase was arrested, and its actual diminution since that period :- 1864. Principal. Interest. Dols. Dols. 72,737,416 00 June 21 1,729,586,253 00 73,425,240 00 July 5 1,792,867.040 00 73,752,554 00 July 12 74 353 047 09 July 18 76,650,529 00 July 26 76 418 305 01 1,837,492,170 31 August 2 74,371,669 07 1,832,049,835 60 August 9 August 17 1,849,914,555 49 76 , 038 , 165 6 6 August 23 1,859,284,874 00 76,500,069 00 August 30 1,878,565,233 90 77,447,122 53 September 30 October 31 March 31, 1865 2,366,955,077 34 102,836 , 5 31 18 May 31 2,535,205,753 50 124 , 688 ,874 02 July 31 2,757,253,275 86 130 ,262,461 28 August 31 2,757,689,571 43 13 8,031,628 24 September 30 October 30 2,740,854,758 86 138 , 93 8,078 59 Here it will be seen that—although we have been dis bursing millions on millions in payment of arrears due to soldiers and sailors from day to day mustered out of ser vice—we have actually reduced the aggregate principal of our national debt more than sixteen millions of dollars within the last two months. No doubt the sale of gun boats, steam and sail transports, and other public property purchased for use in the war and no longer required, has materially contributed to this result ; but we have mean time paid out two dollars in discharge of anterior obliga tions to soldiers, sailors, contractors, &c., for evory dollar received, from closing-out sales. It is certain, therefore, that we have passed the turning-point, and may hence forth steadily reduce our vast debt if we keep out of foreign complications and wars.— New York Tribune. LORD ELCITO AND THE LANDOWNERS.—At the annual dinner of the East Lothian Agricultural So ciety, on Monday, Lord Elcho said these were days when proprietors required to look about them, as they did not know what might happen. He had often thought of this sort of thing :—Suppose such a thing were to happen that proprietors would have no security for their land at all by legislative enactment. (Laughter and applause.) What, then, would they have to do ? Proprietors would then re quire to become farmers on a much more extended scale than any of them were now. It was said, "You could not manage or overlook such a large property." Now, ho knew a farmer in Northumberland who rented 11 farms, and managed them himself. What had struck him as the only way in which proprietors could manage large estates would be by giving those who cultivate them a direct interest in their work by a system of copartnery with the bailiffs and workpeoplo in the soil. That was done to a largo extent in fabtories and mines, and he thought the principle w as worthy orthe consideration of the members of the Asso ciation. With regard, to game, ho was inclined to think that the wise and beneficial policy as regarded the proprie tary would be to let the farmer have the run of the hares and rabbits on condition of keeping off trespassers and protecting the feathered game. Ii . INAHA.N'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It 14 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale tt 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded LL Whisky." USQUEB AII. Lion the the this cu and few ions to y of For 255. 403 from ;., 40s to 7 12d more 13eauS )er 30 'Cl' qr. s. ti. 0. 19. C. 13. 4. c. 22. C. 22. 13 Bc. 2. !c. )3 :C. 12. ec 12 ec. G. cc. G. cc 4.