The Sun. — London, England, 1867-09-13 00:00:00

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Phis er,lebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dnblin Prize Modal. It is Pun', Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole ,me. No. 23,480. PRICY 4d. STAMPED sd. Now rerdy at all the LibrarieF, in 3 vols., T HE SISTERS OF SAINTIIILL. Cy LADY BLAKE. " thorough!v readable novel. The story is one of much interest. It. us in a p easant, Barnes: fashion, and is oat skilfully Worked out. It can scarcely tal to be a favourite."—Star. AT a GENERAL COURT of PROPRIETORS held at the BANK of ENGLAND on Thursday, the 12th September, 18G7: Reso'ved— That the best thanks of this Court be given to the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Court of Directors of the Bank of England, for the great attention they have paid to the affairs of the Corporation during the past half year. Ordered— That the foregoing Resolution be advertised in all the Daily Morning and Evening Papers. HAMMOND CIIUBB, Secretary. deliver, as prices were higher here ; but during the entire week there would not be more than 50 boats up. Thirty-two trans would be the highest catch. The season up to this date has been very bad in deed ; in fact, we may say that we have scarcely known it was the herring season. And even should our boats he pretty successful in the south, still the loss to Eyemouth will be great. As Eyetnouth looks forward to its herring fishing as its harvest, a season such as this is very hurtful to trade. This morning our boats went all south again ; but, should this week's fishing not prove more produc tive than last, we may consider the fishing at a close for this season.—September 9. account we have received is correct, that they are, on the contrary, in Theodore's favour, and are the managers of hi., artillery. I should be sorry to have a hand in either the making or the firing of his Majesty's ea.nnon, mais ehacuu a son gout.' , Sold in Bottles, 3s. Rd., at the Retail Houses in London 0 7 lho Agonts in tho principal towns in England; or Wlolosalo at" Hurst and ll'aelvatt, '3, Great Marlborough-street. R. GREAT WPsTMIILL—STREET, LONDON, W. THE NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF LADY AUDLEY'S Obsnrvn i.hn fled .SAIL, Pink Label, and Cork branded Xinalian's LL Whiskv." SECRET, &C. In 3 vols., at all Libraries, BIRDS OF PREY.- - iqUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION finclrlorstel by Ant of Parllammt, IS%OI I . 4 . II TISSELL-STREET, COVE VT-GARDEN. LONDON. 'DVANCIES MONEY noon Personal Security, Pills of Sale, Freely)l,l or Leasehold Proncr y, for one, two, or three years, a re nYal.'e weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly ut sounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. Second Edition. In 2 vo7s , I.ei•rinted from " BELGRAVIA." C I R C E 6 - ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1 86 8 , the Year of Progress, contains a Portrait ref Vie Imperial Prince. Earthquakes and how to prevent them. The Hindu Gods, ttc. Distance of the Sun proved to be 365,006 miles ; distance of the Moon, 32,828 miles. London : G. Berger, Newcastle-street, Strand. Six, ence. HOLY ISLAND. T HE X F ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., FIRST APPEARANCES—LE PETIT IVINNAY and m asters AUGUSTE a"d E 1114,E SAURET, from Covent- ANI cn Prnmenad) Concerts (xylophone, violin, awl piano forte soloists. THIS EV PI ING, in addit'on to solos and selesttons from Foolish and f oreivi operas. Principal artistes: Misses Rus tell, Rivers, and Fitzlienry ; Messrs. Bury, Marley, and N. Be Brennan Full Band and Chorus. Instrumentalists : Miss Bryant; Messrs. Paque, Melling, and Plumpton. COMEDY. ,by Mr. II&BRY LISTON, ORV ILLE PA RICEB. MR: and MISS CARLE, and Miss KATE BANTLEY. _ _ Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Private boxes, los. ad. stalls, balcony, and grand pro- Inenade, EVENING. WEST 0 N S GRAND MUSIC lIALL, HOLBORN. 'F'?oprietori, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. G REAT COMIC FESTIVAL SEASON. All the Comic Stars engaged. Tho GREAT VANCE THIS EVENING. The most popular entertainment in London. Immense nccess of the following talented artistes :—The GREAT VANCE, GEORGE LEYBOURNE, STEAD (the Cur e) . ANNIE ADAMS, Last Week of the PICCA NINY 1 1 ; 11 NSTREL'S Farewell Performances, ROSE MERE ill'', and the BROTHERS GIRARDES will appear 'very Evening. H. Baker's superb band of 30 performers. Stalls and Balcony, is.; Area, 6d. Private Boxes, 10s. ed Can be secured at tho Office. Doors open at half- Past 7. P. CORM, Mus;cal Director. TUESDAY, NOTICE.—Mr. CORM'S BENEFIT, uESDAY, Sept. 17. IVIADAM TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. A PORTAIT MODEL cf II IX. the SULTAN is now added ; all the Kings and Queens of England, in gorgeous costumes ; the Crowned Heads of Europe ; American Cele brities ; Napoleon Relies ; Chamber of horrors. Admission. ls. ; children, under ten, ed. ; extra rooms, 6d. () Den from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. Sole Proprietor, Mr. R. R. BrGNELL. Th . This magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establish- IZOt, having been Re-decorated in the highest style of irdLan art by Messrs. Rnbardt and other eminent artists, is OPEN for the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion, Mosca ; Solo Cornet, Graves. Conductor, Signor Doors open at half-past 8. Admission, ls. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork...—. The pnrest spirit and safest drink in ihe "urld.,,_ , London O ffi ces, 7, Printing-house-square, 8.C., be 7" the " Times." % TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, tr.„, Cork, beer to announce that they are able to supply the tre e With their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and p r ," 4 se orders in bond and for exportation , at their offices, 7, sc h . t hing'-house-square, London, E C.. the only house In the b,., -"re hot occupledby th. " Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies p.,"' 11 7. the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial F, 4 !Lrkets, as may be observed by relerence to the "Journal of -7,pmeree of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their easkies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per ease over the next q t i. aid le. 64 per gallon and ss. Bd. a case over the lowest Ineltation. Always on hand a large supply of ye" , old ea t ri whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry c4 it reaso na bl e aster ms able in quality and flavour , supplied on the ANF IE LD 'S PATENT PICKLES are per t" featly pure nne , 4oure,l. To be had of all dealers ( cor Wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107. Strand ' l c , of Savoy-steps). London. Tint RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF VIE MANY." THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression p tv Of the Colonial Markets enables the “EAST INTDTA COMPANY" to offer TE S LOWER TITAN EVER. . 11 ) 5 Pounds of Good Tea for es. Cll. can't bl dear. d ol g o C u ompany's K.JSOWS by the Clipper Ships are really • 9, Great St. llelm's Churchyard, Bishopsgate street..lan. l, 1567. SI P ANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in O, OA 11 1.141 X. ROSS'S CANTRARIDRB vrhtoh spow hl, whiskers and thlokens hair, Se 6d, Ss 44, and 10s Od lily post tor %t, Bt, and 14 t 9tampx.— ALM'. ROSS, 218, , ; 61 aolborn, London, and all Chemists. wO . N . DERFuL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured .....____ In one day by neincr ALEX. ROSS'S CH IROPO. t e PrePeratton zrarittallv disQolves the Corn in a few hours, ....2 42 vt_nZ the ver root. Prim 48 ; Bent by ^st for 60 stamps. ulKb Holborn, London, and all Cheirauts. EIiATII-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, L itt - .London.—ALEX. BOSS'S CURLING FLUID curl' at h a _. or Gentlemen's hatr immediately it ts spode& Sold Raj Is Rd. and 1088 d • sent free for 51, 81, and 144 stamps of all Chemists. Cr i I tEY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— tharb., 4 4 , l(4 X ROSS'S HATE DYIC produces a perfeot colour Y tar..Bl, a n d 141 staAtely it is used. It is permanent. and perfeltly na- t o i. ;', in effe Price sd amps and a ll 3s s ChereAtd,los s. Bd ; sent by post " ; tIAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALF.X. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes t o pfritnons hair from the face. neck, and arms, wil4lout effect ki ,,,' 11 . skin. Price 3s 6d, S Che m ists Ws 6d ; sent for 61, 84, 111 sta . /vs.—Had of all. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the v b , akin ern improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S o~p we irETA.III.I4 SKIN PILLS. They remove rednres, sal ds.t. 2e 9d and 7s ad or post for 40 and 100 stamps. -"ALEX. ROSS, 213, High Holborn, London, and all Che u. ItAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this bettitifnlly-perfnmel Wash. in smren 2 1* t ell days the hair assumes its orirdnal colour, nnd remains /to.° 411 000.stonal whiz. 10s Ad; sent for stamps.— AL 2 14, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just published, 2d; sent by the author for I stamps, !T(ILL7\ TESS and BEAUTY • being a Pamphlet th e descriptive of articles and means used for improving I",,, ) Pearatme. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, °Loh. 1 1%1 E HUNDRED and SIXTY-SEVEN th "XSTITUTM ORP are in /3„,AtIIRT ORPHAN HANS AST - LlM. bein Coll z inzwood maintained Court, "hot, Surrey. FUNDS greatly needed for their support. CHARLES A. WALKER. Soo. 96, Cheapside E C RITISH ORPIIAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie mil.. ed P ark. 7 Sioumh Bucks (formerly at Clapham-OW. In -82. Ath —TTC.r Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. B ear et t) this institution will he gladly received by the Y. at the Offices. No. 73, Cheapside, E.C. lIENTRY SYKES THORNTON', Treasurer. TIMMAS TILSON. J.P.. Chairman of the Board. STEr•REN REED CATTLEY, M.A., Hon. Sec. MACKENZIE, Secretary. vI_ I tEAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledontan-road, Islinzton, N. Th is Supported by Voluntary Contrilmtion s s. nce it Was "tabli Ilompltal has relieved 48051 patiens I tre, , shed at King's-cross in 1858. Patients ara admitted 114. 4 tre .." It EßS—lfessrs. Barnett, Lloyds, and Co., (30, Lo l mbitords tit°,; Messes Ransom and Bouverie. 1. Pall-mal . H • ornith, Esq. GEORGE REID, Sect 1 111 ,,t BOARD of MANAGEMENT of the n s 'ONDON HOMOEOPATHIC HOSPITAL wish to bitat.""e attention of their friends to its position—during the t.he ( I,,Ye,ar the beds have been almost constantly filled, and pee r ,''llo on the resources of the Hospital has consequently no-,;,..L'ireat. They trust, therefore, that all the friends ol tlie„,"''Patliy, both in town and country, will rally round ful t i" , and thus prevent the necessity of curtailing the use- Fit 4 ‘ .." of the Hospital by the admission of fewer patients l'r F ,,,"e, RI PTIONS earnestly needed. Bankers —Messrs. e- -nit and Co., Threadneedle-street; and Union Bank, I'oll-Place, Regent-street. No kr. JOHN R. WARREN, Clerk. • -•;• Great Ormond-street. W.C. r t 11 , 1 41 " It 4 . 2.tria to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer Deer, friendless, yonng females were relected from ' l 3, - or PIJNDS and room , making a total of 3,087, who have Th.ssent away in fl re years. V a io l ' n ew home the Committee wish to form woald be for ve Z Rirls, almost children, f rom th e age of 8 to 16, who ueen led astray from the path of virtue. lw,ontributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, dare y Onoper.ais.Qnren•street Cheapside; or by Messrs and Co.. T.ombard-etreet. rt °l- AL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, ttity In ' the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rai!- errninns, King's-ernes. Patron—Patron_ Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Preatron—rils Royal Highness the Prince of WA T,E KG. ;f Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCEI. K.G. 1 6 1 ,5 h th„ r tospital, founded in the year 182 S, the Ilrat to estab ne ( l e i' Principle ot freo admission to the sick poor, without Pntil e ., B ',.? and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de „7„." for support on volnntary oontrihntions and I•gaeies 'qlitj o '°rds relief to a large number of in-pa •• nts, sad, in : I to has s, the average number of attendance of the 0 ,20 , t ate sick h fora oansiderable period averaged between nittc ~'.°o o w. Zene cw satl eekl e ear y catty solicit the &SSIQTANCE of the °at as the remises of thi s ITte mit .1 are capable of r 4 ,141• 1Z several p ri,,,ndred more beds had the Committee co,s;pi.site funds to maintain them. ;it;;;nriblltlOne are received by their bankers,Messrp. Brown, `).; bland Co., Abchnrch-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and .xito,onctirnmond and Co.; Glvia and Co. ; Ilerries and Co.; tin~Ct'n a nd Co.; ?remit, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbel Ei ctners-street ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. bcgretary. TO INVESTORS. UNITED STATES 5-20 BONDS, redeemable 1882 and 1885, Principal and Interest payable in Gold (at presont prices paying as an investment 7- per cent.), bought, sold, or exchanged at Stock Exchange prices, and Coupons cashed by BELDING, KEITH, and Co., 80, Lombard-street, London. For full particulars re lating to American Securities and Exchanges, see 8., K., and Co 's Pamphlet, forwarded free by post, on application. MACCABE, MIMIC and VENTRILOQUIST, EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, EVERY EVENING at Eight ; SATURDAY at Three and Eight—in his now universally popular Musical, Dramatic, and Ventriloquial Entertainments, entitled BEGONE, DULL CARE ; or, the " Tria Juucia in Unu" of Mirth, Music, and Mimicry. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. Admission, is. Tickets a n d p l aces at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Austin's Ticket Office, 28, Piccadilly; and at the Box-office of the Hall from 10 till 5 daily.—Manager, Mr. John F. Sutton. OSBORNE:S STILTON Is THE Cheese ! D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the house of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. D UNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. . • , London Offizes and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. LAMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE forms a most invigorating summer draught, caring headache, giddiness, sea and bilious sickness, or any form of skin affections. Sold by all chemists, and the maker, H. Lamplough, 113, Holborn-hill, E.C. FAU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, ]Bs. per gallon, is very superior to recent importati ons of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 335. per dozen, or i n a case 395., railway carriage pat I.—HENRY BRETT a n d CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30 , It etient street, B.W. Established 1829. lECTURES on MINERALOGY and GEO. IJ LOGY at KING'S COLLEGE, London, are given on Wednesday and Friday Morninzs from N i ne to Ten. Those on MINERALOGY be-in , Eriday, October the 4th, and ter minatc at Christmas. Fee, £2 2s. Those on GEOLOGY commence in January and continue till Ju e. A shorter Course of Lectures on MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY Is de livered on Thursday Evenings from 8 till 9. These heoi n October the 10th and terminate at Easter. Fee, Xi 11 8. &I Mr. TENNANT accompanies his Students to the Public Museums and to places of Geological Interest in the country, PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION ; At or, w.thesia Locally Applied. By A. REIKELL, Surge on Dentist. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; all Booksellers; or of the Author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. Post free for four stamps. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING ItEM.EDY.—Prc pared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who luffer from bilious and liver complaints, inligesticn, wind. ,pagnas, giddiness, , Haziness of the eyes, Am. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a puriflet )t the blood, they are truly excellent; mild In their opera tion a nd tTrateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro 'note digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and 811,1 by W. Lambert, Chemist, a, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by must drag rote, In boxes,is. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2 L sq. Be sure to ask tor Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square green package, with " Willirm Lam b er t," pneraved on the stunp. 11UPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXIIIIIITED IN TIIE GREAT EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1662), is allowed by upwards of I:wo Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective Invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects. is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power IA supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot tail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE. 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 2ts., 26s 6d., and Its. 6d Postage, ls. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Plocadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, au s. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are draw n on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d.,105., and 16e. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 224, Piccadilly. PRINTING. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, Sze.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceed ingly favourable terms. Uso of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. EXIIIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION have , 12.4 who ADVERTISE in " THE SUN," can the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at " Tho Sun" Office. He has a perfect knowledge of Fr enc h, i s a l so acqua i n ted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " The Sun" Agent in Pari s , e ith er personally or by letter, ho will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or who may go there for pleasure only. HELP for the DESTITUTE SICK. — METROPOLITAN PRE HOSPITAL. Devon shire-square, City. Instituted for the immediate gratu.tous Relief of the SRA Poor of every Nation and Creed, without letters of recommendation. FUNDS are urgently needed to maintain its efficiency. BAZIRERS—MeIiSrd, Barnett, Mares. and Co.. 62, Lombard street. JNO. GURNEY FRY, Chairman. GEO. CitOX.TON, Secretary. A ESKELL, Surgeon Dentist, Author of • "Dental su-gcry," "Pure D,ntistry," " Dental Anaesthesia," &c., may be consulted DAILY as hitherto from Ten to Four o'clock, at his only residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, BOND-STREET. HEALTH RESTORED WITEIOUT MEDICINE OR EXPEN SE. DU BARRY'S delicate health-restoring Inva lids and Infants' Food, - THE REVALENTA. AR ARICA eaves fifty times its cost in other reme lies. and restores per fect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, re freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy, to the most disordered or enfeebled, —removing epeedi y and effec tually indLzestion dyspeosi a), cough, asthma, consumption. habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, liminorrholds, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, so e throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head aril ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptio , s, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleep lessness, acidity, palpitation. heartburn, headache, deb.lity, dropsy, ()ramps, spasms. nausea and sickness even in preg nancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and be tween the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourish ing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION,—BEWRIT Of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without autho• city, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforla no one will doubt the vain 'bin properties of Du Barry's health -restoring Revalenta Arabic , ' Invalids' and Infants' Food, since t, the thous and • of blessings it has alre'dy received from invalids whose position had been deemed hope ess. we may now add that of his Holness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty ears of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote f o'n tine Gazette du Midi, July 2:ith. (Care No. 68,413) ; _ "Rome, July 21st, 18(3:I.—The heal h of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Bevalenta A rabies Food, of which he consumes a p'atefiti at every meal. I has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his Ilea th, and Il is Holiness cann t prise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' 1 ver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, with a nervous palpita•lOß all over, bad diges tion. constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the R:ght Ilon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Water ford :—" I have de-ived much benefit from your excellent Food.—STUART DE DECIES. Dromana, Cappoquin, County \V aterford." Cure No. 49,831.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspeplia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, fistu lency, spasms, sickness, aid vomiting. Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacol s, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, aed nervous fancies. Cure No. 56,314.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrheca. The I , ood is sold in Canisters, at is. 12d. ; 11b.. 2s. 9rl ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 22e. ; 24 lb., 408. The 121 b. and 241 b canis ters, carriage -free on receipt of Post-Office Order, by BARRY DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at .Fortnum and Mason's, and sold by all respectable Grocers and cl2eMikt(3.l COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSA.T LANTIQ,UE, 8, Place Vendome Paris. NEW YORK VIA HAVRE AND BREST. The undermentioned Steamers sail every 14 days as follows: From HAVRE-26th September, 10th and 24th October, 7th and 21st November, sth and 19th December, 1867. From BREST-14th and 28th September, 12th and 26th October, 9th and 23d November, 7th and 21st De cember, 1867. NAPOLEON 111. ... Paddle 1,200 h-p. VILLE DE PARIS... Screw 1,000 „ PEREIRE ... do. l,OOO „ ST. LAURENT do. l,OOO „ EUROPE ... Paddle ... 900 „ RATES Or PASSAGE. Havre or Brest to Now York, Ist Class £33 0 0 77 2d Class l7 0 0 3d Class l4 0 0 London: STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO:, 8, Austinfriars, E.C. Havre : W. ISELIN and CO. WEST INDIES AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. The LOUISIANE (s) will sail on the 16th September, for St. Thomas, Havana., and Vera Or with branch lines from St. Thomas to Guadeloupe, Martinique, Porto Rico, Cape Hayti, Santiago, and Jamaica; also from Vera Cruz to Tampico, Matamoras, and New Orleans. For freight of goods and rates of passage, and other particulars, apply to STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., 8, Austinfriars, E.C. Letters addressed via St. Nazaire, and posted in London on the evening of the 14th, will be sent by the above line. JAPAN, HONG KONG, SHANGIIAE, AND t , • PACIFIC PORTS, VIA PANAMA. THE COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLAN TIQUE ander POSTAL CONTRACT with tho FRENCH GOVERNMENT. The Steamer IMPERATRICE EUGENIE will sail from St. Nazaire for Martinique, Santa Martha, Colon, Japan and China, Aspinwall, Isthmus of Panama, La Guayra, Porto Cabello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Surinam, Cayenne, &a., Callao, Valparaiso, San Jose, and San Francisco. For rate of freight of goods and of passage, and other information, apply to STRINGER ~ PEMBROKE, and CO , 8, Austinfriars, E.C. CONTRACTS FOR SALT•• FORK. Contract Depa . rtment, Admiralty, Somerset House, August 24, 1867. • THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the Ist October next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for Supplying and Delivering into her Ma jesty's Victualling Stores at the undermentioned Ports the following quantities of _ SALT PORK, all of the cure of the present season, viz. : 7 Navy Pork. DEPTFORD 4800 tierces 4,800 barrels. lIALILBOWLINE 2,400 „ 2,400 „ Each tierce of Pork to contain 75 pieces of 41b. each, and each barrel 50 pieces of 41bs. each, instead of the number of pieces formerly contained in the tierces and barrels. The Pork to be delivered into the respective Stores as follows, viz.:—One-third of each quantity for each place by the 15th day of January, 1868; another third thereof by the sth day of March, 1868; and the remainder thereof by the 30th day of April, 1868 ; or any greater portion, or the whole, at any earlier period, if preferred by the party tendering, and to bo paid for by bills at throe days after date, which will be sent to parties as usual. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Tenders aro opened, of contracting either for the whole or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. Every Tender roust specify the name of the Person by whom the Meat is intended to be cured, the Brand of the Meat, and the place of (*lre. Tenders for Pork of the cure of the United States of America will not be admitted. Persons tendering for more than one Port must give a separate Tender for each Port. Persons tendering must give a reference to a Banker for each surety proposed ; and they are desired to take special notice that the use of Wooden Hoops is abolished, and that Iron Hoops only will be required for the Casks in accord ance with the conditions of the Contract. altAereFaorctonnodfittsl:e3flidtE Contract,ai e h di c and a t r h t e i c i u -e l c a e r n a tl t y_ tention is called, ma y b e s e en in the Lobby of the Depart ment of th e C on t ro ll er o f Vi c t ua lli ng , S omerse t !l ouse ; at n-- the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth ; or by aPPlYieg to the Agent Victualler at Haulbowlino ; or to the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at Bristol, Limerick, Belfast, Waterford and Newry; or to the Secretary to tho P ostmaster Gene r al at Deblin • or to the Commander con ducting the P ac k e t S erv i ce at 'Liverpool. No Tender will be admitted for a less quantity than 100 tierces, or 100 barrels. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose; but it will not be necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed by him, should attend, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and to his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner of the envelope the words " Tender for Salt Pork," and must also bo de livered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Somerset House. The Contractors will have to pay ono-half the amount of tho Stamps on the Contracts and Bonds. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. TEE T 11. —Messrs. G A B R I E L. (ESTABLISHED 1315). NEW PAMPHLET, FREE BY POST FOR FOUR STAMPS, Explaining the Painless System. of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth Without springs, AT MODERATE CHARGES. *,* 81, LUDGATE-HILL, CI . * 4 , 4 ' 50, Harley-street, C avendish-sqa Ire, ) London *** ,31, Duke-street, Liverpool. THE _HERRING FISHING. LasTwroemekthetShc eormsnioasnt.) of the fishermen D UNBATZ. seemed to have a desire to prosecute the fishing here for some time, and the general opinion among them then was that there was still good appearances of herrings upon the coast. This week, however, with that fickleness of character which seems to distin guish them as a class, the fishing has been brought to a somewhat sudden and unexpected all the boats have now left, and as the principal buyers have also gone off, there is little os pr pect of the fishing being further prolonged this season. It is quite likely that the native boats and one or two others which still remain may make another • trial this week should there be any appearance of fish in the bay. Nothing, however, has been done for the two past days. On Sunday night nine boats proceeded to the fishing ground, with no great hopes of success, however, and on Monday morning they all returned clean. Appearances were no better on Monday night, and only one boat went to sea. The boat, after getting to the offing, made a general survey of the whole of the bay, but there were no appear ances of herrings being in any body on the coast, and it returned yesterday morning with a dozen and a half of herrings. Several of the Buckhaven boats also went out in the course of the afternoon to examine the locality, and finding no trace of fish they set sail for home. Yesterday there were only about thirty boats lying in the har bour, and several of these were making pre parations for departure, so that anything that is now done will be left to the native boats. It is a singular fact that, when there is a good take of herring few or no mackerel are to be got, and this year the mackerel are very scarce. Indeed, the catch as yet has been counted by twos and threes, and at the most a dozen. Last year, however, when the herring fishing was a complete failure, the take of mackerel was something enormous, the boats com ing in day after day and week after week with ex traordinary hauls. There is nothing of that kind to fall back upon this year, and the fishermen will have to betake themselves to deep-sea fishing as early as possible. Last afternoon five boats entered the har bour with takes ranging from three to eight trans. The fish, which were got in Cove Bay, about five miles to the eastward of Dunbar, were of fair quality, and were sold at 21s. per cran. A number of the boats went out last night to the same ground in hopes of meeting with the shoal. _ _ hYEMOUTII.—Last week our entire fleet went down south, there being uo appearance of fish on this part of the coast. A few of the boats took a run up to Boats Out. Total Grans. Prices. Monday, Sept. 2 Tuesday „ 3 . 4B 190 10s. to 16s. Wednesday „ 4 Thursday „ 5 Friday ~ 6 Saturday „ 7 Thirteen boats in all clean, but one will have about 20 crans. BOVItNEMOUTIL Boats. Crans. Monday, Sept. 2 Tuesday „ 3 Wednesday „ 4 _ -- Thursday „ 5 Friday „ 6 Saturday „ 7 FRASERBURGII.---As we indicated in Saturday's report as likely to take place, a fair proportion— from 50 to 60—of the boats went to sea early this morning, in hope of securing a portion more of the shoal of fish which proved so productive on Satur day morning. The crews proceeded to the same ground which they then occupied, but the fishing to-day has by no moans realised their expectations. A few fair takes, averag ing from 6 to 10 crans—the highest about 16 or 18 —have been landed; but the season's average will not very perceptibly be affected by the catch. One advantage which the attempt may, however, have effected, will be to direct the movements of the fleet to-night, it now being pretty evident that the fish have shifted their locale since Friday night. In this belief the boats have taken a more easterly course, so as to intercept the body of herrings which are thought to be on their way seawards, after having deposited their spawn in the inshore bays. After despatching our report on Saturday the price for full crown brands fell to 28s. per barrel ; and to-day we understand buyers are shy to go in for many or important transactions even at that figure. Stettin advices represent the markets on the Continent as in a most depressed condition. An impression is said to have gone abroad into the interior that the fish ing on the north-east coast of Scotland has been so extraordinarily abundant as that prices must yet come further down. Doubtless there is a slight ex aggeration in this representation ; and unless the success at both Peterhead and Fraserburgh becomes this week very much heavier than is commonly be lieved it will, there seems no more reason to fear an ultimatum so disastrous to curers. In the week ending the 31st nit., 12 vessels with cargoes of cured herrings cleared the harbour for the Baltic and Elbe ports. Last week a few—probably half the number—were also loaded, and despatched to the same ports.—Sept. 9. Rost ilEAnTY.—Until the last two days of the week there were grave doubts entertained whether the fishing had not in effect come to a close, the weather having become unsettled ou Tuesday after a more than usually unproductive night's fishing. The result of Friday morning, therefore, when the total catch was upwards of 500 ems, came quite unexpectedly ; and with it hopes were revived of there yet being a shoal of herrings on the coast from which a more than ordinary season's c Itch could be obtained. Saturday morning, as will be seen from the week's report, was even more successful than the previous day; and from the fleet of 60 boats 900 crans were landed. Shots of 20 and 30 crans were common enough ; and but that the boats lay a little tco far west, it seemed very likely the average might have been doubled, as in the more immediate neighbourhood of Rosehearty Bay the Fraserburgh boats netted the highest takes, some of them as high as 40 crans. The following are the details for the week - Boats out. Highest. Average. Tuesday GO 4 crans 1 cran. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Average for the week, 26 crans. And for the season, 140 crans. The quality of the fish was much mixed, the pro portion of spouts being rather large. This morn ing the most of the fleet went to sea, expecting that, as the fish appeared to be occupying the in shore ground of Friday night, they might have an equally successful fishing. In this, however, they were partly disappointed ; and the highest take was no more than 16 or 18 crans.--Sept. 9. THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVE'S. The following are extracts of a letter from the Rev. 11. Stern, received by Mra. Stern : " Magdala Prison, June 29. " My dear Charlotte,—Our Magdala home which, with the exception of the short intervals that it was occupied by the King, has for a long time remained quiet and undisturbed, like the rock on which it is built, but it has of late become quite animated, noisy, and tumultuous. Almost every day we hear and see something that amuses or agi tates us. Reports, whether true or false, from the Royal camp, our hostile neighbours, the Gallas, and from the various provinces in the possession of the rebel chiefs, come to us daily through the me dium of those who bring to our prison provisions of all kinds to sell. Now we hear of the Wagshum Gobazye of Tigre coming to besiege our Amba, then it is whispered that the King has quitted his fence at Debra Tabor, and is marching in this direction ; then, again, we are told that the Wollo Gallas have driven off the cattle of King Theodore, which are under guardianship of the villagers of our fortress, and which graze on the pastures below us in the valleys. Stirring tales of contests, pillage, triumphs, and defeats have diffused among the in habitants of the bills and valleys, mountains and ruffian babbl es an d rock, plains, where asort eovferywareleikweardfelyelig up to this very chatters as if he were the champion of Abyssinia and the prop of the convulsed realm. We have had ocular demonstration of the wonderful courage and prowess of the brave guards over us. On one occa sion about a fortnight ago our fortress was in a great excitement at the news that a force was coin ing to invade us ; all the soldiers were ordered to arm, and, trembling, looked up their rusty weapons; and half the garrison sallied forth to prove their courage, - went out at the gate and encountered— an old woman and her family of small children. On another occasion, Betwooet Dainish, a daring arrakee (ardent spirits) hero, as Mr. Rassani's empty bottles can testify, was sent with a party to drive off the Gallas who had absconded with the King's cows, which he and his brave soldiers had stolen from the peasants in Dembea and Begemeder. However, after a night's apparent search, they came back without an encounter, and astonished the natives with their bluster and swagger about nothing. A dozen stout Englishmen with a revolver or two each might easily subdue the whole garrison here and set us all at liberty. It would appear that the King has been advised to remain at Debra Tabor during the rainy season, and to defer his visit to the Magdala until the spring. I trust we s h a ll never see eh tongue igfaceagailor hear his v enomous an d un blushing prate about Solomon, Jerusalem, Sennaar, England, the Turks, the bishop, and all sorts of worthless trash with which he has tormented his white prisoners, and delights his malicious heart. The report about the imprison Inca of the Gaffat workmen is contradicted, and it would appear, if the "We hear from all dir..:ctions of the mighty crusades aglinst the enemy of God and man,' as the King is designated by his rebellious subjects. The Wag ,hum, chid of Tigre, Lasta, &c., report says, is marshalling his forces in alibella, near the sources of the Tacazzc ; Menilek, the son-in-law of the Negus, and the King of Shoa, is on the border of the Wollo Galla country. Tadla Gualu, the Prince of Godjatn, is near the southern shores of LakeTsna. And, lastly, the long-harassed and impoverished Gallas arc close to our Amba. That all this brag and boast, all this din and turmoil will end in smoke is more than probable ; and King Theodoros, with every province, district, and village in revolt against hitn, will by the mere sound of his name maintain his position as a bold depredator, till a higher power terminates the devastating conflict, and restores peace and quiet to this unhappy, torn, and distracted country. " You will, I know, feel glad to hear that my health, which was for some time very indifferent, is again improving. The cause of much of my suffer ing was restlessness and want of sleep. I have now dismissed from my mind all irritating, vexatious, and unpleasant topics, and with my Bible for medi tation, and my ever present Saviour for companion, support, and solace, I feel as happy and contented as if I was free, and did not know the weight of my heavy chains. ' 6 Hoping that we shall meet ere many months are over our head, with kindest love to the children and every member of your family, and with best wishes and prayers,—Ever your affectionate hus band, ' 6 HENRY - A. STERN." (From a Correspondent of the " Times.") PARIS, Sept. 12, 7 a.m. The topic of Abyssinia is decidedly a favourite one now in Paris, and the Patrie has just published two columns concerning it from the pen of Count R. du Bisson. M. du Bisson does not date his letter, but he appears to write in Paris on the strength of letters of the 30th of July received from Abyssinia. It will surprise you to learn how well informed they arc there, and that— " All the secrets of the Foreign-office are con scientiously delivered over to Theodore. Three months ago at Gondar, they knew the effective strength and composition of the expeditionary corps, and even the numbers of the regiments. At that date, in London, the expedition was denied. And the letters, dated three months ago, contain the same details that the military newspapers have published within the last fortnight. The Emperor Theodore knew that 10,000 camels were to be fur nished by the Viceroy, that Massowah was chosen for the base of operations, and that they feigned to proclaim very loudly the invasion of Abyssinia by the Tarenta, otherwise the Red Sea. When informed of this plan he said, ' The English are either mad or imbecile—mad, if they attempt what they say ; imbecile, if they imagine I fear them.' In fact, the purchase of the camels at once enlightened the cunning Negus as to the point of attack really se lected." According to M. du Bisson, by way of the Red Sea the paths are all impassable by camels. Tra vellers and merchants have repeatedly tried the experiment without success. The only practicable road for camels he asserts to be by way.of Galabat and Matamah, but that involves 20 days' forced marches through the Egyptian Soudan, and crossing the Bogos, the Benihamer, Bahria, Taka, the pro vince of Khartoum, with halts in the towns of Kassalah and Guedaref. Ile says that the difficul ties the English army will encounter are immense and will baffle nil calculations, all foresight. This ill-omened prophet says : " We will not speak of the Guedaref worm or of the teenia ; one is safe from them if one never drinks water. We will say nothing of the gigantic defiles, of the absence of roads over mountains inaccessible to Europeans, of the rains that commence in April, a frightful deluge which breaks down the strongest tents, changes rivulets into torrents and rivers into oceans, drowning the plains for two months, and leaving them during the three succeeding months ravaged by typhus and by the pernicious fevers engendered by mountains of detritus in fermentation, of carcasses of animals in putrefaction, under a sun heat of 85 deg. centigrade. We will not point out the desperate position of an invading army in a country which has already been methodically ruined, sacked, and burnt, surrounded on all sides by pesti lential marshes, hemmed in by fanatical free corps, implacable in their hatre3,inexorable in their venge ance, indefatigable in their attacks ; of au army cut off from its base of operations by muddy and mephitic oceans, without communications, without the possibility during one-third of the year of ob taining supplies, and consequently obliged to take with it provisions, stores, medicines, ammunition for four months. We will not dwell upon the absur dity of employing in endless defiles, strewed every where with rocks fallen from the mountains, a cavalry accustomed to the plains of India, draught animals accustomed to the sandy, easy paths of the Desert, in provinces where often man alcne serves as beast of burden, helping himself with his feet and hands. All that concerns the skilful English Gene rals and their FO well-organised commissariat." After thus pointing out everything that he says he will not point out, this friendly gentleman pre dicts that neither 15,000 nor 20,000 soldiers, Indian or English, will suffice to rescue the prisoners, whom he maintains to be still in the power of Theodore, who will pitilessly cut their throats. This must have struck numbers of persons as highly probable even before M. du Bisson pointed it out ; but the question now is not confined within the narrow limits of the rescue of those few unfortunate men. If the prisoners are killed, it might be some conso lation to get hold of Theodore, and dispose of him by means of the halter he merits. No chance of that, says the oracular Bisson " In action, twelve of his most valiant warriors, likenzankuas, adopt his Imperial costume, take similar arms, a horse like his, a suite as numerous, so that is impossible to recognise the Emperor, or to know where he is. Theodore may be killed, but his successor will be Macheca, his son, warlike, full of audacity, intelligence, and acquired knowledge, and, moreover, the idol of the army. The English may gain negative battles, leading only to the pos session of deserts wasted by fire, and when they have spent 200 millions of francs, abandoned to vultures and hyenas 10,000 of their soldiers, and got Messrs. Cameron, Rassam, Stern, &c., massacred, the victorious and decimated remnant of their army will go and re- embark at Massowah. The Emperor of Abyssinia will still be Theodore or his son, and the British flag will not the less continue to sweep the filth of the Palace of Gondar." In a note M. du Bisson informs us that the two English flags taken from the consulate-general and from Mr. Miss= arc, upon certain solemn anni versaries, dragged through the Imperial apartments and down the staircase with hootings and outrages, and are afterwards put back in the most unclean corner of the palace, where they are habitually kept. Whatsoever the result of the campaign, the in. vading force is to have no easy triumph. Accord ing to their French friend, the Abyssinians are heroes, intrepid, indefatigable, and almost invulner able. They can march 20 leagues in ten hours, fight for a whole day without food or drink, sleep in the water and in the mud, always plein d'humour (whatever M. du Bisson may mean by that), and inspired with a fanaticism equalled only by their hatred of the foreigner. The women are the mo dern Spartans. In battle they form a sort of rear rank, taking care of the wounded and bringing up ammunition under the hottest fire, "The poward who retreats is no longer a man ; his wife divorces him, his betrothed rejects him, his priest curses him. Paradise is the lot of the fallen hero ; the coward gocs to the other pli.ce." But it appears, according , to Count du Bisson, that Theodore, in the expecta tion of this war, of wh is seems that the treachery of our Foreign-officc long since warned him, sent for military instructors, both European and American, and that some of them have arrived, and others are on the road, or about to set out. lie h s also bought several thousand breech-loiders, and "M. liJurgon " (a French name, perhaps a friend of M. du Bisson) has organised a manufac tory of cartridges specially for these new arms. Machecha, the heir to the crown, has been put at the head of au Army Corps; one Raz Enghedda commands all the sharpshooters, and, as he under stands French and English, the foreigners are under his orders. Some other particulars are given, ap parently derived from the Gondar Gazette. M. Bardel (another French name) is still, according to M. du Bisson, the Minister in favour. Ido not, however, find his name in the Almanack de Paris (a recent rival to that of Gotha) for 1867, althoncrh . in that work Abyssinia figures, taking alpha.—..Al precedence of all countries cAtept France : " All the Emperor's treasures have been removed from Magdala and Debra-Thabor to another amba. The Empress Toroneche (the second Wife of Theo dorus), the most beautiful and proudest Princess of the East, separated from her husband since the famous box on the ears he publicly gave her for a proud and too filial reply, has forgiven the injury in the name of her country and religion in danger. She reappeared at Court amid the frantic acclama tions of a whole people that adores her." According to the Paris Amanach, this high spirited young lady is the daughter of the Viceroy of Tigre, and was born " towards" 1844. Baptismal registers are perhaps not very exactly kept in that country. M. du Bisson enumerates the native par tisans opposed to the Negus, and gives the forces they dispose of, from which it would seem that there are but two of any importance ; Melekot, lately at the head of a corps of 3,000 men inChoa, but who was being sharply pursued by the ft attrari, or general of advanced guard, and Adara, Prince of the Ouellos-Gallas, who disposes of 4,000 or 5,000 soldiers. "Itis he who pushed a bold re connaissance as far as Magdala, and gave rise to the story that the English prisoners were in the power of the insurgents. The following day the Ouellos were rapidly retreating, considerably damaged." M. du Bisson refers to an attempt made long ago by the Coptic-Patriarch of Alex andria to obtain the release of the prisoners, and mentions that his envoys " were in Abyssinia at the same time as we were." When that time was, and what might be M. du Bisson's object in visiting that country, we are not informed. Railway and other Companies. NORTII BRITISH. The report of the directors of this company states that durng the past half-year the addition to capital account, principally for new works, had been £169,480. During the half-year two and a half miles of the Camps branch and 9i miles of the Monktonhall and Ormiston branch had been opened for traffic. The other new lines and works under construction were now all but completed, and a material diminution of expenditure under this head might therefore be looked for in the current half year. The revenue account for the half-year end ing July 31 last showed th 4 £657,618 had been. - receive - dTagainst £635,855 'in the corresponding six months of last year, showing an increase of £21,793. The expenditure amounted to £375,342, against £382,706 for the corresponding half of last year, showing an increase in some items of £25,772, and a decrease in other items of £33,135, the result being a decrease of expenditure in favour of the past half-year of £7,364. The interest on debentures, temporary loans, bank advances, debts, prepaid calls, the expenses of loans, and dividends on de benture stocks amounted in the half-year to £142,867, including interest on capital expended on unproductive works. The balance of revenue re maining for dividend to the shareholders was £130,580 as against £113,591 for the corresponding period of last year, or an increase of £16,981, equal to 15 per cent. The directors recommended that the £130,580, with the balance of £143 brought from the previous half-year, be appropriated to dividends on several stocks, which would absorb £130,667, and leave £56. The continued and un avoidable application of current revenue to capital purposes rendered it necessary that the payment of the dividends be deferred, except on those stocks which possessed a lien for the payment of the dividend secured to them. The large increase of £21,850 on the half-year's traffic receipts, and this ob tained in the face of depressed trade, afforded the best evidence of the progressive nature of the under taking. The working expenses had received the careful consideration of the directors, and the result of the half year's working justified to a certain extent the expectations they held out in their last report. In the present accounts the whole of the expenditure incurred in the repair and maintenance of the permanent way had been charged to revenue, while at this time last year £39,022 of expenditure under that head was carried to a suspense account. The directors believed that with prudent manage ment the amount available for distribution among the shareholders would in future half years be gra dully augmented, and hoped that, at no distant date, dividends would be earned upon the whole of the preference stocks, as well as on the ordinary stocks of the company. The directors, in adverting 1 to the Parliamentary proceedings of last session, ac knowledge the valuable assistance afforded to them by individual shareholders in promoting the bill for the regulation of the company's finances. That bill proposed to authorise the company to raise £1,875,625 of additional share capital, and it passed the committee of the House of Commons as an un opposed measure, but at every subsequent stage it met with the most determined opposition at the in stance of one or two shareholders ; and although, when it came before the committee of the House of Lords, its provisions were modified, power was ulti mately obtained-1, To exercise at once dormant borrowing powers of the company to the amount of £813,850, which would not add to the authorised loan capital ; 2, to raise £1,050,000 of additional capital by preference stock, bearing dividend not exceeding 8 per cent., to rank after the existing preferences; and 3, to increase the rate of dividend on the 1865 preference stock from 5 to 6 p er cent. The powers so acquired would not be ex ercised without the previous sanction of the share - holders. At present it was only proposed to autho rise the directors to borrow the above mentioned sum £843,850 on debenture, and a resolution to that effect would be submitted after the ordinary busi ness of the meeting was disposed of. These deben tures would not add to the capital of the company, or to the charges against revenue, as they would simply take the place of debts, the interest of which at present formed a burden on revenue. For invest ment they would afford an unexceptionable security, as the margin of the surplus revenue was upwards of a quarter of a million annually, and that surplus was continually increasing. In order to add to the security of the debentures and debenture stock of the company, the directors inserted in the Finance Act a clausefor continuing the arrangement made by them in January last, to lay aside weekly in a sepa rate bank account a sum sufficient to meet the inte rest and dividends on those to the following effect: " During the period of seven years next after the passing of this act, the company shall, in every week Pay into one of the banks at Edinburgh, to the credit of a separate account, a sum equal to 1-52 d part of the interest for a year upon all the mortgages or debentures and debenture stock of the company for the time being, and the sums so paid in shall be held by the bank upon trust for the paynientofsuch interest." Under this arrangement the amount al ready deposited in bank to meet the interest on 11th November next was between £BO,OOO and £90,000, and the confidence felt in the improved financial position of the company was such that the debentures falling due at Martinmas term were being freely renewed at 4k per cent. The only other act obtained by the company was to sanction certain deviations in authorised lines near Glasgow, with the view of economising I trid and works, and to acquire ground for a mineral depot and station accommodation at Dundee, where, at resent, the company were much Solwayinconvcnienc ,l in the conduct of theirg})Ods tr;~dic. Company c;atinue to be of the s,une friendly cha racter as hitherto. A petition was pre. crated as tight the e wiles twi that o fo j° 7 l : Lill, which resulted in an ar gfour u ° 1 p tray's illoth line would be run over and used by the Solway Company's trains. The Parliamentary proceedings had necessitated art expenditure estimated at £9,000, but which, having regard to the magnitude of the business, could not be considered excessive when contrasted with the large expenditure of former sessions. One-third of this sum it was proposed to place to capital account and two-thirds to revenue. In addition to the debts and current claims due by the company, amounting to £1,875,625, the company were under obligation to construct new lines involving a further amount of £2,600,000. It was essential to limit this liability, and at the same time maintain the in• dependence of the company, and this the directors had kept steadily before them ; but they did not consider an indiscriminate abandonment of works to be advisable. Accordingly, provision was made in the Finance Act for constituting certain of the nu executed works into separate undertakings, with a lien to the parties subscribing the capital over the revenue of such undertakings. It was to local parties that the directors looked for subscriptions to construct branch lines required for the accommoda tion of particular districts, so that it would in a great measure rest with the local interests whethe or not such works be immediately proceeded with. The company's involvements must under any circumstances be restricted, and the directors, at the proper time, would ask the authority of the shareholders to abandon or substitute less ex pensive works for those authorised, by which the company's liability would be materially reduced. With the view of enabling the shareholders to judge of the benefit which would result frum the Finance Act, and of its bearing on the future prosperity of the company, the directors pointed out that of the £1,875,625 of debts and current claims (which in cluded £300,000 of deferred dividends due to share holders) about £1,200,000 to ordinary creditors were now due, and that a considerable part of the balance would become payable within the next 12 mouth. Were the £843,850 of debentures autho rised under the Act issued now, and the money ap plied in liquidation of ordinary creditors' debts, the amount due to them would be reduced to £356,000, or about three months' gross earnings of the rail way. To the early liquidation of that amount and the resumption of cash dividends the directors would give their best attention. They felt confident that, with careful attention to the development of the traffic, a strict supervision of the working expenses, and acting in concert with other companies in estab lishing friendly relations for the interchange of traffic, the North British Company would soon surmount all its difficulties. The capital account to the 31st of July showed that £18,799,778 had been expended, leaving a balance against the com pany of £592,464. A NOVEL ?ABLE D'HOTE. There was nothing particularly to be admired in the company ; indeed I have now forgotten them all but two people-=-the only French, I fancy, among the number. They were seemingly a new-married couple. He must have been somewhere about 35, with a fine, Clear- cut, - clevet — TATor ran - 61m merely " clevet" than intellectual—of the savant kind, I should say. Ile had also a look of simplicity and goodness, be sides a certain largeness and nobility of outline— Norman-French, after the type of the man in Mil lais's picture of the Huguenots. Indeed, there was an air of gentle blooi about him down to his very hands, which were handsomer than one usually sees in a Frenchman. For her—she was lovely; small, delicate, large-eyed ; scarcely out of her teens, and as timid-looking as a young hare of the rood. She might never have been across her convent gate, or out of her mother's sight till now, and she seemed to creep to her husband for protection against this ter rible unknown outside world. Though she was a little frightened of him too; stole at him glances of shy strangeness, and coloured sensitively almost every time he addressed her. Obviously, one of those marriages, essentially French, which we English regard with such holy horror, theoretically ; though practically, many of ours are not a whit better ; a marriage arranged by parents and friends, in which the bride has no voice whatever, nor dreams of having one. The pair were exceedingly courteous to one another, but h ad by no means that air of complete content, even silly content, which our English honeymoon couples show perhaps a little too plainly. Yet there was something very touching in the quiet, protecting gravity of the bridegroom, the shy sweet look of the bride. She did not dislike him evidently—the gentle, honest looking man, with twice her years, and probably twice her cleverness ; whom, in all probability, she had scarcely seen more than a few formal times be fore she was married to him. Poor little girl ! I wondered what sort of woman she would grow up to, whether presently her shrinking shyness would all drop off, and she would blossom out into the married woman, the married Frenchwoman, accord ing to our English ideal of the species, which may be rather different from the reality: lively, brilliant, entirely self possessed ; charming, and conscious of her charms ; clever, and making the utmost use of her cleverness, and especially of those qualities in which she surpasses all civilised women—tact, savoir faire, and perfect knowledge of the world. A character—you may like it or not—there is much to be said for and against it; which we quiet Eng lishwomen are prone to believe the natural outcome of that state of society in which marriages de con reliance are the rule, and not, as we hope with us, the melancholy exception. The French argue that their system has its advantages. " Oh, I am sure to be married; we have no old maids in France," said to me a lively damsel of fifteen. Plain or pretty, all take their turn, and fulfil what is regarded as the natural destiny of women, without any of the bitter jealousies and souring disappointments which deteriorate the weaker sort of what are se verely called our " surplus females." Also those plain, outspoken, matrimonial ba rga i ns , arrange d by parents or friends, avoid at least the personal struggle after husbands, which makes young women often the mock of the other sex and the humiliation of their own. Heaven forbid I should be supposed to defend these neighbours" arranged"we shou l d t marriages ake care ;butb that e at we blame our OUT o wn hands are clean. I have seen many a sham scn titnental, but in reality most mercenary union, in England, in which the women seemed to have, and deserved to have, far less chance of hap piness than the gentle little French bride. And however unwise and dangerous may be the system of seclusion practised towards young girls in France, taking them direct from the school-room to the altar, still, when I think of this young creature and other demoiselles I know, and compare them with certain " fast" young English ladies I have at times met, I confess it feels like turning from a bed of wild garlic in full flowers —country readers will appre ciate the force of the simile—to a bank of primrose; or a nooky hollow of blue and white violets.—" La Belle France," in Good Words. ACCIDENT TO A MAIL STEAMER. — ILIfOrIIIatiOII has been received that the steamship Surat, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, having on board the mails and passengers for India, Chinn, and Australia, and which left Suez on the 4th instant, grounded on a reef 90 miles from that port, at 2 a.m. on the sth. Operations are in progress for lightening the ship, and in the meantime the mails and passengers have been transferred to the Nubia, which vessel was to haye left Suez at midnight on Wednesday.