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COGNAC TWA cele !mated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Bold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. . Observe the Bed Seal, Fink Label, and Cork branded "Hinahan's LL Whisky.", WHAT A STUPID FELLOW YOU ARE to bite off the end of your Cizar, when you can buy one of "BUTCHER'S PATENT KEY-RING CIGAR NIPPERS" for a Penny. Sold everywhere. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incarporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums of £•2O to £5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over one, two, or three years. ,The large C ipital of this Associa tion enables it to complete its transactions without delay. No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelope. The Association also lends Money for the purchase of a house by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. THE BELFAST AND BANGOR RAILWAY AND LAND COMPANY (Limitod). Capital, .£1,000,000. First Issue £600,000, in 30,000 Shares of £2O each. 20,000 Shares paid-up in full will be reserved for exchange with the Shareholders of the Belfast, Ilolywood, and Bangor Railway Company. 10,000 will be issued to the public, on which £2 will have to be paid, on application, and £3 on allotment. It is anticipated that a further Call of £5 only will be made. DIRECTORS. The Hon. Stuart Knox, M.P. for Dungannon, Montague square, London. William Dargan, Esq., Dublin. William Coates, Esq., Glentoran, Belfast. John Henry Mackenzie, Esq., Gresham House, London. ' William Montague Bailie, Esq., Bristol. John Edward Campbell Koch, Esq., Threadneedle-street, London. William Goslett, Esq.. Gresham House, London. Archibald Frederick Paull, Esq., Cullum-street, London. BANKERS. London.--The City Bank. Ireland.—Provincial Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Belfast, and all its branches. The following Banks have consented to, receive Deposits on Applications : Scotland.--Royal Bank of Scotland and its branches. Liverpool.—Liverpool Commercial Banking Company (Limited). Bristol.—Baillie, Cave, Bali°, and Co., Old Bank. Manchester.—Manchester and Salford Bank. SOLICITORS IN IRELAND. Newtons and Armstrong, Dublin. SOLICITORS IN LONDON. Elmslie, Forsyth, and Sedgwick, 27, LeadenhallAstreet. BRoicßits. London.—Lowndes, Surgey, and Woolley. Liverpool.—T. Tinley and Sons. Manchester—Gorton Bros., and Pooley. Dublin.—Bruce and Symes. Belfast.—Theodore Bushell, Esq. , Josias Conyngham, Esq. C.A.—Wm. Connell, Esq. Glasgow.—L. and R. H. Robertson. ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. Charles Lanyon, Esq., Belfast and Dublin. SECRETARY. F. Pembroke Jones, Esq. OFFICES. ', 1, Threadneedle-streot, London. The experience of the last few years proves that for rail way companies suburban and metropolitan traffic is the most remunerative. What might have been the profits made had the taking of building land by railway companies been allo ,ved needs but the simple fact stated, that land at the various suburban termini of the London railways has in many cases more than trebled in value. This Association is formed to carry through a scheme which embraces the possession of a line of railway starting from the large manufacturing town of Belfast to Bangor, via Holywood, having not only a large and increasing suburban, but sea-side traffic, both for permanent residences and excursions, also the advantage of land with sea frontage for building purposes. Its success can therefore hardly admit of a doubt. That portion of the Railway, 4i miles of which (from Belfast to Holywood) has been open since 1848, yields an enormous return on its cost of construction ; and since the 18th of May last, by the opening of an addi- - tional 7+ miles to Bangor, nearly 70 per cent., on previous traffic has been gained, and without a very large increase of rolling stock the numbers seeking conveyance cannot be carried. The line, which is at present single, will therefore at once be doubled, and ample rolling stock provided. The traffic returns show, in the 41 miles, the following results : Passengers. Increase. Week ending 4th June, 1865 ... 10,041 ~ sth „ 1864 ... 6,478 3,563 „ 11th „ 1865...11,380 „ 12th „ 1861... 7,246 4,134 „ 18th „ 1865...12,298 ~ 19th „ 1864 6,080 6,218 ~ 25th „ 1865 ... 14,809 „ 26th „ 1864 ... 6,958 _ 7,851 „ 2nd July 1865 11,691 ~ Brd „ 1864... 6,497 5,194 9th ~ 1865...13,224 10th e , 1864 ... 10,065 3,159 .E. d 73 li H 4 '-' a) 4 to a 8 D. t 2 The mileage traffic over the 7} miles will undoubtedly more than double the above when the Company has pro vided means for its development. Belfast is acknowledged to be one of the most prosperous cities in the United Kingdom. With the adjoining manu facturing towns it has a population of 190,000. The population of Dublin is 254,000. The cost of the Dublin and Kingstown line of railway, unsurpassed as an in vestment (the £lOO stock being now £200), was £65,000 per mile. The cost of the railway from Belfast to Bangor, for a double line is, including building land, £50,000 per mile, and there arc in Belfast alone above 40,000 mill hands , all of whom are discharged from work at one o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and resort in such numbers to Bangor, that during the year 1864, previous to the opening of the railway beyond Holywood, no less than 208,000 persons visited Bangor by steamer alone, exclusive of those by the road. The steamer con veying these large numbers was only five months on the station. The large manufacturing towns of Lurgan, Lisburn, and Portadown also contribute to the Bangor traffic. The Belfast, Holywood, and Bangor Railway Company have, by a bill passed this session, become possessed of the 4 miles from Belfast to Holywood, and thus secured 12 miles of rail, giving direct communication from the great manufacturing town of Belfast to Bangor, which town may fairly be considered the Brighton of Belfast. It can be reached in twenty minutes. Its beauty of scenery is un surpassed. Bathing can be had at all states of tide, and it is very popular with all classes for residences and excur sions. When this Association has carried out its plan of having first-rate hotel accommodation, bathing places at Holywood and Bangor, winter-gardens, concert-room, and esplanade, the result cannot fail of being highly remunerative to the shareholders. The traffic, when all the arrangements have been carried out, has been estimated by competent judges at a minimum of £1,500 per week, which will pay as high a rate of dividend as the shareholders in the Dublin and Kingstown Railway receive. The demand for houses at Bangor and along the line is so great that in the small town of Bangor, as it at present exists, rates are paid for houses for the summer season far beyond those of the most fashionable English watering places, and farm-houses along the line are fully occupied by visitors. An agreement has been entered into by which this Com pany will acquire not only the 12 miles of railway from Belfast, via Holywood, to Bangor, but also become the owners of very valuable building land on the sea-shore at Bangor, with a further quantity at Holywood, and the power of tak ing further eligible sites. The shareholders in the Railway Company taking their shares at par in this Company ; and the vendors of the land above-mentioned show their con fidence in the undertaking by accepting the whole of the purchase-money in shares. Investors thus have the benefits arising from a productive line of rail, and also the large profits which are so well known to be made from invest ments in land adjoining such a line of railway. Eminent contractors have gone over the works, and are prepared to enter into a contract to double the line, supply all the necessary additional rolling stock, and to construct the esplanade, roads, hotel, baths, and other public build ings, and pay to the shareholders 6 per cent. on the paid up capital for three years from the Ist September, 1865. An influential 'committee in Belfast will be formed. The plans, reports, and other particulars may be seen at the Offices of the Company. Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained at the London Financial Association (Limited), South Sea House, Threadneedle-street, the Bankers, Brokers, and Solicitors of the Company. No. 1, Threadneedle-street, 10th Aug., 1865. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES (To be retained by the Bankers.) To the Directors of the Belfast and Bangor Railway and Land Company (Limited): Gentlemen, — Having paid £ to your Bankers, I request you will allot me Shares in thaabove-named Company ; and I agree to accept such Shares or any lesser number that may be allotted to me, to become a member of the Company, and to sign the Articles of Association when required ; and I hereby authorise you to place my name on the Register of Members in respect of the Shares so allotted. In the event of your allotting me a lesser number of Shares than applied for, I authorise you to apply the deposit, so far as may be necessary, towards the payment due on allotment. Nime in full Ordinary Signature Profession or Business Address Date SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and jiO3lE, Hampstead. Offices. 77, CornhilL PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUBTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, - ft; Rev. Canon Charopneys R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq , MP. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them hem 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 less f life at sea, and to 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 war. _ Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs Barclay. Bevan, and Ca, Lombard-street, and by the Rae • tart', at the Offioee, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETTNG, Hon. Sea CHARLES a&sH, $O. -Ex A T THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, WHITE HALL, the 24th day of July, 1865, by the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Present—Lord President, Sir George Grey, Bart., Mr. Milner Gibson. Whereas by an act passed in the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of her present Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act to prevent until the Ist day of September, 1850, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals," and which has since been from time to time continued by divers subsequent acts, it is (amongst other things) enacted that it shall be lawful for the Lords and others of her Majesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them from time to time to make such orders and regulations as to them may seem necessary, for the purpose of prohibiting or regulating the removal to or from such parts or places as they may de signate in such order or orders, of sheep, cattle, horses, swine, or other animals, or of meat, skins, hides, horns, hoofs, or other part of any animals, or of hay, straw, fodder, or other articles likely to propagate infection; and also for the purpose of purifying any yard, stable, outhouse, or other place, or any waggons, carts, carriages, or other vehicles ; and also for the purpose of directing how any animals dying in a diseased state, or any animals, parts of animals, or other things seized under the provisions of this act, are to be disposed of ; and also for the purpose of causing notices to be given of the appearance of any dis order among sheep, cattle, or other animals, and to make any other orders or regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the said act, and again to revoke, alter, or vary any such orders or regulations ; and that all provisions for any of the purposes aforesaid in any such order or orders contained shall have the like force and effect as if the same had been inserted in the said act ; and that all persons offending against the said act shall for each and every offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £2O, or such smaller sum as the said Lords or others of her Majesty's Privy Council may in any such case by such order direct. And whereas a contagious or infectious disorder, of which the nature is at present uncertain, has lately appeared, and now prevails among cattle within the metropolis and in the neighbourhood thereof, and it is expedient to take measures for preventing such disorders from spreading, Now, therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council do hereby, by virtue and in exercise of the powers given by the said recited act, and by the several acts continuing the same aforesaid, order as follows :- 1. If at the date of the publication of this order in the "London Gazette," there shall be any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, or ox labouring under any contagious or infecti ous disorder in the possession or custody of any cowkeeper, dairyman, or dairywoman, or of any milkman or milk - woman, or vendor or purveyor of milk, or of any dealer in cattle whatsoever within the City of London or within the limits of the metropolitan police district, or if at any time hereafter, while this present order shall continue in force and unrevoked, any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, or ox, being in the possession or custody of any such person as afore said within the said City of London or within the metro politan police district shall be seized or attacked with, or be found labouring or suffering under, any such contagious or infectious disorder, notice of the existence of such dis order, or of the first appearance of such disorder in or among the cattle belonging to or in custody of any such person as aforesaid, shall immediately thereupon be given by the person in whose possession or custody such diseased animals or animal shall be, to the clerk of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in waiting at the office of her Majesty's Privy Council at Whitehall, in the county of Middlesex ; and it shall be lawful for the said clerk of her Majesty's Privy Council, and for all such persons as shall by writing under his hand authorise in that behalf thereupon, and at all reasonable times thereafter, to in spect or examine all or any such diseased animals or ani mal, and to report to the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council all such information and particulars as to the na ture or character of such disorder as may seem to him ex pedient for the purpose of enabling proper regulations to be made for preventing or checking the further propaga tion and increase of such disorder. 2. Every person offending against this order, and omit ting to give such notice or to permit such inspection and examination as aforesaid, shall for every such offence for feit any sum not exceeding twenty pounds, which the jus tices before whom he or she shall be convicted of such offence may think fit to impose. (Signed) EDMUND 11.1,1111M0N, N°. 22,824. ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta blished A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo place, London, S.W. ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wante3 in towns not yet represented. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. BOISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the London and North-Western line, and fil ty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, meadow, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. MARK YOUR LINEN.-BOND'S PERMA NENT MARKING INK is by far the best for marking CRESTS. NAMES, and INITIALS upon House hold Linen, Wearing Appirel, &c. Price is. a bottle. No 6d. size ever made. Sold by E. R. BOND, 10. Bishopsgate street Within, Conlon. E C., and by all respectable chemists and stationers in the kingdom.--N.B. Purchasers should be careful to observe the address 10, Blshopsgate-street Within, E.C.—upon the label, without which the Ink is not genuine. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profession for Thirty years have approved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Gout and stomach disorders of every lard; and as a mild aperient it is especially adapted for ladles and children. Prepared solely by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, dcc., - 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold throughout the world by all respectable chemists. CAUTION.—See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. MENAI PARK AND HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). Capital £70,000, in 7,000 Shares of £lO each. Deposit £1 per Share on Application, and £1 on Allot ment. Calls not to exceed per Share, and to be made at intervals of not less than three months. Interest at 6 per cent. per annum will be allowed upon the deposits and calls, as well as upon payments in-anticipa tion until the opening of the Hotel. Incorporated under the "Joint-Stock Limited Liability. Act," which expressly limits the liability of each Share holder to the amount of his subscription. Capt. the Honourable J. C. VIVIAN, M.P., 14, Belgrave square, London, Chairman. George Reed, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, Director of tho Tot tenham and Hampstead Junction Railway Company. Captain Lloyd, Aston Hall, Oswestrv. H. A. Murray, Esq., Director of the - Star and Garter Hotel. Company. Hugh Ward Saunders, Esq., Chobham House, Bagshot, Surrey. James Marke Wood, Esq., Liverpool. BANKERS. The National Bank, Old Broad-street, London, E.C. • (And all their several Branches.) BROKERS. Albert Ricardo, Esq., Angel-court, Bank, London, E.C. Messrs. Horsfall and Penny, Liverpool. Charles P. Allen, Esq., India-buildings, Cross-street, Man chester. SOLICITOR. William Toogood, Escj., 16, Parliament-street, West- minstei, S.W. ARCHITECT. John Barnett, Esq., B,Veidali:imildings, Gray's Inn, London, W.C. James Hutt, Esq. (firm of Messrs. Hutt and Browne). OFFICES. 2, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street, West minster, S.W. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The objects of this Company are to carry out a contract for the purchase, from the London and North-Western Railway Company, of about 80 acres of Freehold Land (20 acres of which were laid out some years since by the late Sir Joseph Paxton), situated between the Menai and Bri tannia bridges, over the Menai Straits, in the county of Carnarvon, to erect and maintain, on a portion of the land, a first-class Hotel, and to dispose of the residue for building purposes. The property is admirably adapted for the objects con templated, being close to the junction of the line to Car narvon with the main line of the Chester and Holyhead Railway (the London and North-Western Company under taking to make their station at present on the property a first-class station, and to stop at it four-fifths of their ordi nary passenger trains), thus affording easy access to all the points of interest in North Wales and the locality. There exists a great demand for Building Land in the locality, as well as for further Hotel accommodation, and there can be no doubt that a considerable sum will be realised by the sale of the surplus property.. Interest at six per cent. per annum will be paid on De posits and Calls, and on payments in advance of Calls, till the opening of the Hotel, which, it is expected, will take place in about eighteen months. Detailed Prospectuses with Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained, and the Articles of Association seen, at the Brokers and at the Company's Offices. Application for shares, accompanied with the deposit, to be made in the annexed form to Bankers, Brokers, or the Secretary, from whom prospectuses may be obtained. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Menai Park and Hotel Company (Limited) Gentlemen,—Having paid to the sum of , being a deposit of X 1 per Share on Shares in the above Company, I request that you will allot me that number, and I hereby accept such Shares, or any less number which may be alloted to me, subject to the Articles of Association; and I further request that my name may be placed on the Register of Shareholders for the Shares so allotted. _ _ Name in full Address Profession or business Usual signature Date 1865. MENAI PARK AND HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE.—No further APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company can be received after WEDNESDAY NEXT, the lfith instant. By order, JAMES HUTT, Secretary. 2 Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street, S.W., August 9, 1865. • It# t • . • .j . Z . r d elA • 4 . ill l l .o , t • •' l l . ( I C' ) . Alk itgi rf N- - _ I • \ ; N • r i i l / 4„. _ Ze• i74.; i *e'7.4 l'#64;%'"P" 5' 7 .K ;44 : 5 : .1 1 1 - '41111k ; .:1 / 4 01T. ":\; ; 441 I -4444 '..14/' • . 4 , 11\ ( I . - Ce 4 L' DIE S ihoo -0 ty 4t-r_Xze,„o„, infection, and for this purpose the recommendations k of Mr. Brown ought to be carefully observed. As, however,theyhad no means of enforcing the observ ance of any regulations, he thought the aid of Go- Vernment ought to be invoked. With this view he would propose, " That a memorial be presented to the Lords of the Privy Council, enjoining on them the serious evils likely to result from the disease re ported to have broken out among cattle, and sug gesting that they should adopt stringent measures to remedy the evil." If the meeting thought fit tct adopt that resolution they might afterwards appoint a committee to draw up a memorial and take such other steps as might be considered necessary. Mr. M. Bell seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously.. A committee was afterwards ap pointed, and in the discussion which took place thereon Mr. J. B. Plumptre said the evil was one which required the adoption of very decided mea sures to remedy it ; but he thought the committee could not do much until they had the authority of the Government to back them. He believed they .had no idea of the extent to which the disease had already extended in the county. He had been told that it had broken out in the neighbour hood of Northbourne and Guston, where one farmer had lost 12 beasts andanother 16. The chair man suggested that, with the authority of Govern ment, the county constabulary might be used to col lect information as to the prevalence of the disease. It was supposed the disease had been introduced into the locality alluded to by Mr. Plumptre by cattle sent from London to the contractors for sup plying meat to the troops at Deal and Walmer. A subscription was entered into to meet the expenses which may be incurred. NORFOLK. • On Saturday an influential meeting of the agri cultural interest of Norfolk was held in St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich, to take steps to prevent the further extension of the cattle disease in the county. Among those present were the Earl of Leicester, Lord Lieu tenant ; Sir T. Beauchamp, Mr. E. Howes, M.P., Lord Bury, Mr. C. Read, M.P., the Hon. F. w a i_ pole, Mr. B. Gurdon, the Mayor of Norwich (Mr. Tuck), &c. The Earl of LEICESTER moved that Mr. Read, M.P., should take the chair. The noble earl re marked that the farmers of Norfolk were deeply in.. debted to Mr. Read for the part which he had al ready taken in the matter, and he was quite sure they would be perfectly satisfied to leave their inte rests in his hands. The landed proprietors would also be prepared to render Mr. Read all the assist ance in their power. The CHAIRMAN said that at the interview he and others recently had with Mr. Waddington at the Home-office they . had a most courteous reception, but one that left on his mind the impression that there were certain Government officials who would not readily adopt suggestions made to them. The deputation was asked to submit, in writing, the sug gestions made. They had not received any reply to these suggestions, but no doubt they would receive one in a few days. The Government certainly had very little power, but he had no doubt they would exercise that power to the best of their ability, and to the satisfaction of the whole country. There could be no doubt that the disease which at present prevailed in cattle was of foreign importation. It appeared to be the desire of every one - .connected with the metropolitan market to make him and the deputation believe that it was a spontaneous out burst in some of the London cowyards. No doubt the sultry heat of June was prOpitious for the deve lopment of this disease, but in every case where the outbreak occurred in London it could be traced to foreign cattle. Professor Symonds said it was no more an English disease than the Asiatic cholera, and that if we did not stamp it out at once we should be visited with it for a great number of years. He hoped that farmers would resolutely make up their minds to purchase no cattle for some time. They could not do better with their second crops of clover than to put them into a haystack. If any subscrip tion or any mutual insurance association were set on foot, he thought that it should not mei•ely refer to a hundred, but that it should embrace the whole county ; on the other hand, a national association would be so large that it would be utterly un manageable. (Hear.) Mr. E. HowEs, M.P., moved the first resolution: —" That this meeling,, having heard of the alarm ing spread of the cattle plague in this country, re commends to the consideration of the public the means suggested by Professor Symonds to arrest the progress of the disease, and further suggests that no farmer should purchase any store stock in any mar ket for the period of six weeks." The hon. gentle man expressed a fear that on such occasions as the present farmers were apt not sufficiently to realise the danger in which they stood. They must put their shoulders to the wheel and do what was necessary to carry out the regulations and suggestions made by Professor Symonds and others. He was very much afraid that we were on the eve of what might be considered a national calamity. Any action in the matter must be of a combined character to be of any service, and he trusted sincerely that no selfish feeling would in any way interfere with that com bined action. He trusted, also, that a fund would be raised which would in some degree alleviate any loss which might fall upon individuals. (Cheers.) Sir T. BEAUCHAMP, in seconding the resolution, said he was extremely glad to render any help he could in so important a matter. It was for the farmers to shoi by energetic steps that they were deter mined to do the utmost in their power to check the disease. It had pleased Providence to bring thi s calamity upon the country, but farmers must not stand still ; on the contrary, they must use the means at their command, and he believed that if they did so this dreadful cattle disease might be in a great measure checked. He thought the sugges tion made by Professor Symonds—that farmers should abstain from purchasing cattle for the next six weeks, was ono which it behoved them particu larly to follow. The resolution was put and carried unanimously. A subscription of £5OO was announced, amid loud cheers, from Lord Leicester. The noble earl suggested that farmers should also be entitled to receive compensation for the loss of sheep. STRABlSM.—Squinting is an affection caused by an inequality of length in the two muscles, right and left, which move the eye-ball. Suppose the squint to be inwards, then the inner muscle is the shorter of the two. To correct this defect Stromeyer first proposed the section of the shorter muscle; the eye-ball being thus set at liberty on one side, and the longer muscle all owe d t o con t ract, vision must become straight again. Such was Stromeyer's reasoning, and his operation has since been extensively performed on persons afflicted with strabism, though not always with success. in an article published by the Abeille Medicate, Dr. Tavignot shows that Stromeyer's operation can only succeed perfectly when it happens that the longer muscle contracts just enough to bring the eye ball to its normal position again ; but this is quite a fortuit ous circumstance which it would be unwise, he observes, to reckon. The fact is, that both the muscles are in an abnormal state, one by excessive contraction and the other by excessive tension. By cutting the shorter muscle a remedy is obtained for one of the two muscles, but none for the other, which may, after the operation, contract to such a degree as to wake the eye squint the opposite way. Dr. Tavignot's plan is different ;he says, "Do not cut the shorter muscle, but shorten the longer one ; it will then exercise a tension on tho other suffi cient to restore it to its proper length." For this pur pose he has recourse to galvano-cauterization; the only instruments he employs aro a common elevator of the eyes-lids, in g a galvanic-caustic pile, c pile T , h a e nd lon a ge s r m l a l l u l sc h lrs k i e t d u f t o ea r at the opposite end of the d eviation, is taken up w i th m on forceps, while th e conjunctive membrane i s raised eom as much as possible. The hooks of the galvanic.. caustic forceps are then inserted into the muscle, and a galvanic current made to pass through by bringing the electrodes into contact with the two branches of the for ceps. The small hooks become red hot ; the muscle thus cauterised contracts, and the contraction continues, after the operation, so that the eyeball returns to its proper place. After the operation, linen rags, saturated with a solution of common salt, are applied to the eye. rADMITISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment.—Turn which way you will, go where you please, persons will be found who have a ready word of praise for this ointment. For chaps, chafes, scalds, bruises, and sprains it is an invalu able remedy. For bad legs, caused by accident or cold, it may confidently be relied upon for effecting a sound and permanent cure. In cases of sw elled ankles, erysipelas, gout, and rheumatism, Holloway's ointment gives the greatest comfort by reducing the inflammation, cooling the blood, soothing the nerves, adjusting the circulati o n, a nd expelling the impurities. This ointment should have a place in every nursery. It will cure the long list of skin a ffections which originate in childhood and gain strength with the child's growth. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1865. MR. LEWIS HOUGR'S NEW NOVEL. 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Now ready, boards, price is. 6d., "[TITS ; a Collection of the Best Tales contri buted A. to "Temple Bar." " Once a Week." " Chem beis's Journal," dm By LEWIS HOUGH, N.A. With Two Illustrations by W. Schwench Gilbert. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Demy 4to , cloth, price 76. 6d., THE PSYC HON OMY of the HAND; or, the Hand an Index of Mental Development London : F. Pitman, 20. Patetnoster-row, KO. GREAT ST. JAMES'S HALL—Welcome to the WIZARD of the NORTH. Crowded Houses. .Magnificent spectacle. Great success of Frederic (the Great). Macaabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist and mimic (vide the London press). The Second Sight by Miss Anderson, more extraordinary than ever. Every night at 8, Saturday after noon at 3. Entrances Regent -street and Piccadilly. SATURDAY NEXT.-THIRD DAY PER FORMANCE. Great St. James's flail. Eclipse Enter tainment. Maccabe, the Ventriloquist, Mimic, and Character Actor. The World of Magic by PROFESSOR ANDERSON, Second Sight by Miss Anderson, the real Indian Basket Feat by Miss Liz is Anderson. Doors open at 2, to commence at 3. Stalls, ss. ; reserved seats, 38. ; balcony, 2s. ; area and gal leries, ; schools and children half price to stalls and re • served seats, which may be obtained at Ur. Austin's office, No. 2.3, A. NIK KO, Acting Manager. STODARE.-127T11 REPRESENTATION._ THEA ntE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL. MARVELS in MAGIC and VENT RILUQUISM, by Col. STODARE. The REM. INDIAN BASKET TRICK, and INS TANTANEOUS GRO VI TH of FLOWER TREES, as introduced for the first time in this country cn Easter Mon day, April 17, 18435, by Colonel Stodare, and only performed by him and the Indian Magicians. Every evening at 8 (Saturdays included), also on Wednes day and Saturday Afternoons at 3. Stalls at Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian Hall. Admission, Is., 25., and 38. " Almost miraculous."--Vide Times, April 18,1865. THE 0 X F ORD 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by Misses Russell. Barrie, Walmesley, Tyrell ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn. Husk, Green, and Mons. ERVAH, the new French Tenore, with full Band and Chorus. --- Conductor, Mr, F. Jonglimans. Ballet, Comedy, Burlesque, &c., by the celebrated D'Au bans. Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESSY and SARA. GUNNISS. NOTICE —The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated, Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.--OPEN EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. Admission—Area, 6d,; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. Sele'Roue from ORPHEE AUX ENFERS and THE BROTHER AND SISTER, supported by Miss RUSSELL, Miss Berrie, Miss Hays, &A; Messrs. ST. ALBYN, Green, ac., with Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jongmans. _ _ Comedy by Arthur Lloyd, Messrs. 15ariah and Davis, and the Grotesque D'Aubans. _ THIS EVENING, will be performed, with new Optical effects, the Illusion, entitled KO KO RI KO, on a scale of magnificence never before attempted, and embracing the ser vices of the entire establishment. MADAME TUSSAUD'S ExHIBITION, Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance uith the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-embelllshed. The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London. and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and CONSTANCE KENT are now added. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. G LASS, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, and CHANDELIER BROW ROOMS. Notice of Removal in consequence of the late Fire. £25,043, against £22,716 on 1,065 miles for the corres ponding week last year, showing an increase of £2,327. For the week ending the 18th of June the receipts amounted to £24,496, against £19,652, showing an increase of £4,844 ; and for the week ending the 25th of June on 1,126 miles upon the receipts amounted to £24,483, and for the corresponding week last year on £1,065 miles to £22,466, showing an incroaso of £2,437. The total re ceipts for the three weeks amounted to £74,022, against £64,412, showing an increase of £9,610, or 14.9 per cent. LONDON DISTRICT TELEGRAPH (LIMITED). The report of the directors states that the accounts for the half-year ending the 30th of June last showed a surplus of re ceipts over the expenditure, the receipts having been £5,009, the expenditure £4,767, and the surplus £242. In the whole of the ten preceding half-years deficiencies of receipts to cover expenditure were exhibited. The number of mes sages had increased from 23,115 in the half-year ending June, 1860, to 168,622 in the past half-year; the receipts from .£551 to £5, 009, and the expenditure from .£2,282 in June, 1860, to £4,767 in the past half-year. The receipts in the corresponding half of 1864 amounted, for 152,795 messages, to 1A,803, the expenditure to £4,864 and the deficiency to £6l. The increase in receipts had not always been in propor tion to the increased number of messages; but for about the last four years an exceptionally low tariff had been in force for many of the provincial telegraph stations. By a recent arrangement, however, between the provincial companies a new tariff had been adopted, based upon a mileage principle, whichwould in all probability considerably increase the profit to the companyfor collecting provincial messages. The whole of the property had been maintained in efficient working order. At the last two meetings several shareholders ex pressed opinions that more capitalwas required for the fuller development of this company ; but the directors did not feel themselves justified in adopting the suggestions at the time, believing that the period would come when such a proposal would be more acceptable to the general body of the share holders. They, however, considered that the time had now ar rived for some renewed efforts to develop what had evidently become a bona fide public requirement, and it might also be hoped for the future a profitable undertaking to the share holders. The unissued and the remainder of the forfeited shares still remained available for the purpose of raising additional capital ; and the directors suggested that the shareholders should take them up prorata with their present holdings. The capital thus proposed to be obtained could be devoted to several profitable purposes. In addition to many desirable contracts already entered into, the directors had recently completed arrangements with the Postmaster- General for an extensive system of telegraphs for the use of the General Post-office between St. Martin's-le-Grand and the principal district post-offices in London. Some addi tional capital was desirable to relieve the amount already devoted to this purpose, and to provide for any further out lay on this head. In the western portion of London the increase of traffic had been so great that ,the directors had found it necessary to fix a cable of additional wires along the Metropolitan Railway to provide for public require ments. The working arrangements with the other tele graph companies continued satisfactory, and recent ar rangements had been made with the South-Eastern Railway Company for the interchange of messages and uniform rates between all stations of the respective companies. The balance-sheet showed that £55,855 had been expended on capital account, including £10,341 on account of previous deficiencies in revenue to cover expenditure. APHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY.— The Photographed fac-simile of the First Page of THE SUN now publishing, and may be had On Paper at Os. 3d. On Card .,.. Cs. 6d. Ditto, framed ls. 6d. By order of all Booksellers and Dealers in:Photographs, and at THE SUN OFFICE, 112, Strand. "'The Sun' evening newspaper has just issued a photo graph. 9 inches by 7, of its first page as it appeared on the 2d of last January. The card forms quite a literary curiosity, and is one of the best specimens of minute typography ever published."—London Preview ITAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet . Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, ugh Holborn, London.- - ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7 s. 6 d. ; Gentlemen's from C s . The Dye is sold at As. 6d ,or sent free for 51 stamps. It Is most easy of use. HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX.`ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without died to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 51 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTUARIDES OlL,which speedily produces whiskers and thlekens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent lrce for 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248 , High Holborn, London. Essay on Hair, id. poThIPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness & 2s. 9d.; by poet for 40 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 48., or su stampio Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn. London. THE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your TEA direct to the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY. China, Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from ls, 10d. per lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, City, TEETH, 2s. 6d. each ! Sets, 40s. each ! in a few hours ; painless and perfect ; guaranteed, or no fee accepted, by Messrs. Eskell and Sons; stopping, 2s. 6d.; extractions, Is. each ; the same moderate fixed prices throughout; attendance, Nine to Eight o'clock daily; con sultations free. —ESKELL and SONS, 13, Tkhborne-street, Quadrant. No other address. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, eonsisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, oeautlln l inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &e ., in Italia n, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire_ Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNAIW , ralogist to her ilkiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS. 1! INERALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lynn's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2, 5,10, 20, 60, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S., at 149. Strand. IVOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and .1.11 most useful invention of the day, AGIJA AMARELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO ., 12, Three King-court, Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty , respect fully o ff er to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles. 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly Superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Price ls. 6d.-12, Three King-court, Lombard street, London. pit. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a For habitual votiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifies of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-oross. London, and by moat druggists, in boxel,ls. 14d., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be • sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package. with " William Lambert." engraved on the stamp. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor. friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in fire years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases: F. V., aged if. fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. H. A. F., aged IS, homeless, both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents. M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents (lead, S. B. aged 17, fallen, both pan nts 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, Mr. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen street Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Ce Lotubsrd-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, Ring's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Hospital, foundel in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a condderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are 'capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer. Edward Mao )erman, Egg., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W Maras, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; T. Barned and Limpool • and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5, STANFORD SMITH, Seoretkry, JDEFRIES and SONS' Tempora r y SHOW • ROOUS. 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITEC 'TAFEL, Five Minutes' walk from their Late Establishment, 147, 110UNDSDITCH. CRYSTAL and BRONZED CHANDELIERS, New Designs, for the Dining and Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle. T DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, cr • COHMII,RCIAL-STREET. PETROLEUM LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS, MIRRORS (for India). JDEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, • COMMERCIAL-STREET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. JT DEF RIES and SONS, • • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, Xi 18s. 6d. DEFRIES and SONS, J • 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-oTREET. TABLE GLASS. CHINA, and EARTH ENWARE, CLUB, ➢iESS, and FURNISHING ORDERS for the above GOODS promptly executed. JDEFItIES and SONS supply Designs and • Pattern Books Free. Works—LONDON and BIRI4INGITA3I. Railway and other Companies. LONDON AND SOUTII-WESTERN. The report of the directors of this company states the balance of revenue for the half-year ending the 30th of June last, including £2,976 surplus from tho precedinghalf year, and, after deducting interest on loans and all other preferential charges, amounted to £184,752. The directors had deemed it expedient to debit the.revenue with a further sum of £lO,OOO on account of compensation. The balance available for dividend would then amount to £174,752, out of which it was proposed to declare a dividend payable on the Ist of Sept. next, at the rate of 4} per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £746. The gross earnings of the rail way for the past half-year were in excess of the corre sponding half of 1864 by £30,360. The mileage worked by the company had, however, been increased by the opening of the Andover and Redbridgeßailway on the 6th of March last. This, together with the mileage of the Midhurst and Thames Valley lines, formed an increase of 394 miles over the mileage of 1864. The average rate of interest on the company's mortgage debt was now 4.26 per cent., against 4.21 per cent in the preceding half-year. The total receipts for the past year on 4931 miles amounted to £694,200, against £663,840 for the corresponding half of 1864, show ing anincrease of £30,360; the working expensesamounted to £326,973, against £311,658, showing an increase of £15,315 ; the taxation • amounted to £30,934, against £32,043, showing a decrease of £1,109; and the net re venue of the half-year amounted to £336,293, against £ 32 0,139--showing an increase of £16,154. The second line of rails between Whimple and Broad Clyst had been opened, and the doubling of the remaining portion of the Yeovil and ;Exeter line between Sutton Bingham and Crewkerne was now in progress, which, when finished, would complete the double line of railway to the west of Yeovil. Tho Salisbury and Yeovil Company had opened during the past six months the second line be tween Tilbury and Simley, and the doubling of the remaining portion of their line between Salisbury and Yeovil was now progressing. The Kensington and Rich mond line had been staked out, and considerable progress had been made in obtaining possession of the land. Fa vourable progress had been made in perfecting the arrange ments with the Chatham and Dover and other metropolitan companies, for the development of the metropolitan traffic, not only between this company's suburban system and the densely populated area south of the Thames, but also with the lines to the north of the river. The works of the Chat ham and Dover Railway Company atßattersea were nearly completed, and the extension of that line into the Clapham Junction station was also in a forward state. The works on the lletropolitan Extension lines of the Chatham and Dover Company for widening the lines between Knight's-hill and Blackfriars were making good progress. In the early part of the past month a series of trains between Euston and London-bridge, via Kensington and Waterloo, was com menced, together with an arrangement of local trains be tween Waterloo and London-bridge. The connexion of this company's lines with those of the South Eastern Company had thus at length to some extent been effected. The bill for authorising the short railway necessary to connect the Kingston station with Wimbledon, and to bring the Windsor and Richmond lines into direct communication with south London and with Ludgate, had been authorised by Parliament. The capital account showed that £14,218,974 had been expended, including £580,035 during the past half-year, leaving a balance of £364,791. HULL AND SELBY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at Hull ; Mr. J. Alder in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the line was being worked in a satisactory manner, and that they were acting together with the North-Eastern Railwa y Company in a mos t ami cable manner. The statement of accounts showed a balance of £34,229, out of which the directors recommended a divi dend of £2 9s. 6d. por whole or £5O share ; and in propor tion thereto for the half and quarter shares, subject to the deduction of income-tax. Mr. F. DENTON seconded the motion for the adoption of the report and declaration of the dividend, which was unft mously agreed to, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. GLOOESTER AND DEAN FOREST. of this company was held at The half-yearly meeting Glocester on Saturday ; Mr. Price, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the balance in hand permitted of a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 13s. per share, and that dividend was recommended accordingly. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report and the declaration of the dividend as reaommended therein. The resolution was adopted, and the retiring directors, Mr. Barton and Mr. Gibbons, were re-elected ; Mr. J. Cal ton, retiring auditor, was also re-elected, and the meeting separated. EAST INDIAN. The traffic returns on this company's line amounted on 1,104 miles for the week eliding the 11th of June to The Cattle Plague. A supplement to the London Gazette of Friday, published on Saturday last, contains two orders by the Lords of the Privy Council, dated the 11th of August current, relative to the cattle disease. The first is in the following terms : " Whereas, by an Act passed in the Session of the 11th and 12th years of her present Majesty's reign, intituled 'An Act to prevent until the Ist September, 1850, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, the spread ing of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals,' and which has since been from time to time continued by divers subsequent acts, it is (among other things) enacted that it shall be lawful for the Lords and others of her Majesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them, from time to time to make such orders and regulations as to them may seem necessary for the pur pose of prohibiting or regulating the removal to or from such parts or places as they may designate in such order or orders of sheep, cattle, horses, swine, or other animals, or of meat, skins, hides, horns, hoofs, or other part of any animals,, or of hay, straw, fodder, or other articles likely to propagate infection ; and also for the purposes of purifying any yard, stable, outhouse, or other place, or any waggons, carts, carriages, or other vehicles ; and also for the purpose of directing how any animals dying in a diseased state, or any animals, parts of animals, or other things seized uuder the provisions of this act aro to be disposed of ; and also for the purpose of causing no'tices to be given of the ap pearance of any disorder among sheep, cattle, or other animals, and to make any other orders or regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the said act, and again to revoke, alter, or vary any such orders or regulations ; and that all provisions for any of the pur poses aforesaid in any such order or orders contained shall have the like force and effect as if the same had been inserted in the same act ; and that all persons offend ing against the said act shall for each and every offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £2O, or such smaller sum as the said Lords or others of her Majesty's Privy Council may in any case by such order direct : " And whereas an order was made in pursuance of the authority of the said Acts on the 24th of July, 1865, by the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, applicable to the city of London and to the metropolitan police dis trict, containing certain provisions for the purpose of pre venting the spreading of a certain disorder, of which the nature was at the time of the making of the said order un certain, but which has since been ascertained to be of a typhoid nature, and is commonly designated as the cattle plague,' and which may be recognised by the following symptoms : " Great depression of the vital powers, frequent shiver ing, staggering gait, cold extremities, quick and short breathing, drooping head, reddened eyes, with a discharge from them, and also from the nostrils, of a mucous nature raw looking places on the inner side of tit lips and roof of the mouth, diarrhoea, or dysenteric purging :' "And whereas inspectors have been appointed in pursu ance of the provisions of such order : "And whereas it is expedient to make further regulations for the district to which the said order is applicable : "Now, therefore, tho Lord of her Majesty's Privy Coun cil do hereby, by virtue and in exercise of the powers given by the said recited Act, and the several Acts continuing the same, as'aforesaid, order as follovis:: " 1. That in this order the word ' animal' shall be inter preted to mean any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, ox, or calf. " 2. Every inspector appointed, or to be appointed under the provisions of the Order in Council of the 24th of July, 1865, shall have the power of entering upon and inspecting any premises in or upon which ho has reason to believe that there is any animal labouring under any such disease, from time to time, as often as be may think necessary. "3. Every person within any district for which an in spector shall have been appointed as aforesaid, upon whose premises there shall bo any animal labouring under any such disorder, shall, as far as practicable, keep such animal separate and apart from all other animals, and no person shall, without the licence of such inspector, send to market, or remove from his premises, any such animal, or any ani mal which has been in the same shed or stable, or has been herded, or bun in contact with any animal labouring under such disorder. "4. Every animal within any such district as aforesaid dying of such disorder, or slaughtered on account thereof, shall bo buried, if practicable, on the premises where it has died or been slaughtered, or (if this be not practicable) as near thereto as may be convenient ; and if such animal be not buried with its skin, its skin shall bo disinfected in such manner as the inspector of the district may direct. " Every person within any such district, on whose premises there shall be any animal so labouring as afore said, shall cleanse and disinfect such premises in such manner as the inspector of such district shall direct. " Every person offending against this order shall for every such offence forfeit any sum not exceeding .£2o,which the justices before whom he or she shall be convicted of such offence may think fit to impose." The second order repeats the preamble of the first order. It goes on to say : " And whereas since of the making of the said order the said disorder has appeared in other parts of England, and it is expedient to extend the provisions of the said or der to the remaining parts of England and Wales, and to make further regulations for. the purpose aforesaid for the last-mentioned parts of the United Kingdom : " Now therefore the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Coun cil do hereby, by virtue and in exercise of the powers given by the said recited acts, and by the several acts continuing the same as aforesaid, order as follows : " 1. That this order shall extend to all the parts of Eng land and Wales not comprised in the said recited order. " 2. That in this order the word ' animal' shall be inter preted to mean any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, ox, or calf. " 3. If at the date of the publication of this order in the London Gazette there shall be any animal labouring under any such disorder in tho possession or custody of any cow keeper, dairyman or dairywoman, or of any milkman or wilkwoman, or vendor or purveyor of milk, or of any dealer in cattle, or farmer, or person in possession of cattle, what soever, within tfiose ports of the United Kingdom to which this order refers, or if at any time hereafter, while this pre sent order shall continue in force and unrevoked, any ani mal, being in the possession or custody of any such person .` PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd.' as aforesaid within the last-mentioned parts of the United Kingdom, shall be seized or attacked with, or be found la bouring or suffering under, any such disorder, notice of the existence of such disorder, or of the first appearance of such disorder in or among the animals belonging to, or in the custody of, any such person as aforesaid, shall immediately threupon be given by the p erson i n whose. possession er oustody such diseased animals or animal shall be, if such person shall reside within any corporate town, to the mayor, or other principal officer of the corporation, or, if otherwise, to the clerk of the justices acting in and for the petty ses sional division of the county, or district in the nature of a county in which he resides ; and upon receipt of such notice, or upon any other, information which satisfies him or them that such disease has appeared within Lis or their jurisdiction respectively, it shall be lawful for such mayor, or other principal officer, and for the said justices, if he or they shall think fit, from time to time to appoint some veterinary surgeon, or other person duly qualified, to be an inspector, for the purpose of carrying into effect the follow ing rules and regulations within the corporate town or petty sessional division for which ho shall have been ap. pointed, and the same authority may, from time to time revoke such appointment. "4. Every such inspector shall have the power of enter ing upon and inspecting any premises in or upon which he has reason to believe that there is any animal labouring under such disease, from time to time, as often as he may think necessary." The sth, 6th, 7th, and Bth rules in the second order are the same as the 3d, 4th, sth, and 6th rules of the first order. SURREY. The rural districts of Surrey have hitherto escaped the cattle plague with comparative impunity ; but the disease has made its appearance in two or three localities in the neighbourhood of Dorking and Guildford. On Friday afternoon a large meeting was held at the Three Tuns Inn, Dorking, to consider what steps it would be desirable to take in the event of the disease becoming general among the stock in this district. Mr. T. J. Heathcote occupied the chair, supported by Lieutenant-Colonel Atchison, Mr. Lee Steere, Mr. E. Derrick, and a large body of agriculturists. The CHAIRMAN said the main object of their meeting was to obtain information and to decide upon a future course of action ; as he believed there were some gentlemen present who had sustained severe losses among their herds he should be happy to hear from them the result of their experience. Mr. MINTER, of Fetcham, said that he had lost 88 animals within the last 10 days, and he regretted to say that several others were at that moment down with the disease. His own opinion was that the complaint was imported from abroad, and that it was owing in a great degree to the wretched con dition in which the beasts were shipped, and the overcrowded and unhealthy state of the vessels which brought them over. He traced the disease in his own stock to his having a farm on the Essex shore contiguous to a spot where Dutch cattle were landed for the London market. Mr. Keble, of Leatherhead, a skilful veterinary surgeon, had attended his cattle, and used every effort to check the disease, but with very little success. He (Mr. Minter) believed that there was no cure for it, and that the wisest and safest plan was to sacrifice the infected animals the moment the disease appeared. Mr. Keble's treatment had consisted generally of stimulants and tonics, with the administration of hay, tea, and beer ; but not above two or three on an average had been cured in his stock out of ten. Mr. LEE STEERE regretted that Parliament was not sitting, believing that, if it were, an act would be immediately passed dealing effectively with the subject. He did not think, however, that Govern ment should interpose to prevent the importation of foreign cattle, because the consequence of such a step would be to enhance the price of meat enor mously. He concurred with the last speaker that the disease was very little understood, and ha dwelt at some length upon the importance of compelling railway companies to provide clean and wholesome trucks for the conveyance of cattle to and from the metropolis. At present these trucks were, as a rule, in a filthy condition, and no steps were taken to keep them clean. Mr. H. Wise followed with a similar line of argu ment, and suggested as one precaution that the farmers should not allow their cattle to graze indis criminately in lanes, as many of them were in the habit of doing. He also recommended those who sent stock to the London markets on no account to take any of the animals back again. A resolution was then passed, appointing a com mittee of 14 gentlemen to watch the disease, and to take such steps as they might deem fit to prevent it spreading in the neighbourhood, after which the meeting adjourned for a week. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Godalming, convened by Dr. Balchin, the mayor, was held at the Town-hall on Friday evening, to take the same subject into consideration. The Mayor presided, and there was a large attendance. After considerable discussion, a number of re solutions were unanimously agreed to. It was pro posed by Mr. Rea, and seconded by Mr. Roper, " That no cattle , sheep, or horses be turned into the ' common meadows' for 14 days from this date." Proposed by Mr. Roker, and seconded by Mr. Hull,' " That no stock of any description be turned into the ' common meadows' without being inspected by a competent person, and having been in the owner's possession for 14 days." On the motion of Mr. Murray Marshall, seconded by Mr. R. Shotter, Mr. S. Evershed, veterinary surgeon, was appointed to inspect the stock, with full power to appoint a sufficient staff to carry out the preced ing resolutions. Mr. M. Marshall, Mr. G. J. Hull, 111 r. T. Rea, Mr. E. Eager, and Mr. IL Shotter were then nomi nated as a committee, and the proceedings termi nated. On Saturday morning :numero us animals were grazing on the " common meadows". as usual •, but in compliance with the above resolutions they were all turned out. KENT. A meeting of the farmers of East Kent and others interested in keeping stock was held in the Guild hall, Canterbury, on Saturday afternoon. It was convened by Sir B. Bridges, M.P., and the Mayor of Canterbury, and there was a large attendance. The Mayor of Canterbury presided, and explained the cases of cattle plague in the neighbourhood which had been reported to him. In the case of Mr. Dombrain there was no doubt theinfection had been communicated by four Dutch calves from the London market. His stock consisted of 16 head, and when Mr. Brown, the Government inspector, visited the farm, they had all died except one,which he recommended should be killed. (Mr. Crowhurst, veterinary surgeon, here said that the animalalluded to by the Mayor was recovering.) If that were so it became a question whether the recommendation of Mr. Brown to immediately kill any animals in fected with the disease should be acted upon or not. Another case reported to him was in the neighbour hood of Dover, on a farm belonging to a London gen tleman ,who sent down 12 cows. Immediately on their arrival three of the cows were taken ill, and two of them died, and the other nine were sent back to London. That circumstance alone might be suffi cient to cause the disease to spread through the county, and what the effect would be they couldnot tell. Another case in the neighbourhood of Canter bury was that of a milkman named Bourne, who bad lost all his stock. In this case the symptons were somewhat different to those of Mr. D ombraiu's cattle, but they were such that Messrs. Crowhurst were to diagnose them satisfactorily ; but they had no doubt , that the disease which had carried off Mr. Bourne 's cattle was another development of the murrain. Sir Brook Bridges, M.P., said he did not think the consider the peculiar ob ject of the meeting was to s y m ptoms displayed by any particular case. That might well be left to members of the Veterinary Colleges, for whom the subject would have great interest. What they ought to do was to adopt the most prompt measures to prevent the spread of the g. 18. ccr. 12. pt. 4. g. 22. Lg. 21. Lg. 18. lg. 12 . g. 16. C. 14. ,g. 16 g. 30.