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LONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Established 1836. Subscribed Captital—Xl,B7s,ooo in 37,500 Shares of £5O each. Paid-up Capital—X7so,ooo. Reserve Fund:—.£2so,ooo. DIRECTORS. --- Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. John Edmund Anderdon, Esq Thos, Tyringham Bernard, Philip Patton Blyth, Esq. Juba William B urm ester, Esq. Cules Child, Esq. Hugh a E. Childers, Esq., M.P. John Fleming, Esq. Edward W. T. Hamilton, Esq., M.P. Frederick Harrison, Esq. William Champion Jones, Esq. k Williani Nicol, Esq. GENERAL MANAGER. William hieliewan, Esq. CHIEF INSPECTOR. W. J. Norfolk, Esq. ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. William Howard, Esq. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT. James Gray, Esq. INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES. 11. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Shorting, Esq. SECRETARY. F. Clappison, Esq. Hoad Office, 21, Lombard-street At the Annual General Meeting of tho Proprietors, bold Tavern,°ll Thursday, the 7th February, 1867, at the London Bishopsgate-street, the following Report for the Year ending the 31st December, 1866, was read by the Secretary. RUG 11 C. E. CHILDERS, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. REPORT: The Director; in submitting to the Proprietors the b alance -sheet of the Bank for the half-year ending the 31st Docember last, have the pleasure to report that, after pay ing all charges, and interest to customers, and making ample provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits amount to £101,998 15s. This, added to £17,468 16s. 6d. brought forward from the last account, produces a total of £ 1 19,467 lls. 6d. They recommend the payment of the usual dividend of 6 ,Per cent., together with a bonus of 8 per cent. for the half -yea r , both free of income tax, w hich will absorb £105,000, a nd l eave £14,467 lls. 6d. to be carried forward to profit and loss new account. The dividend for the whole year 1866 will thus be 25 per cent. At the meeting in February, 1866, it was intimated to the Proprietors that the Directors propcsed to increase the capital of the Baak, and at the meeting in August, 1866, the Proprietors, by a resolution, adopted the recommenda tion of the Directors. It will be proposed to act upon this resolution (which will require formal confirmation) by the issue of. 12,500 now shares, to be offered pro rata amongst the Proprietors as they appeared on the Register on the 4th instant s the date when the Transfer Books of the Com lmny were closed, such shares to be issued at the price of £lO each, being a premium of £2O per share. The total number of shares will than be 50,000. Full particulars of - the issue will be transmitted by circular to each Pro prietor. _ The Directors have to announce the retirement of Ed ward J. Hutchins, Esq., and William Lee, Esq., M.P., from the Direction, and the election of High C. E. Childers, Esq., M.P., and Edward W. T. Hamilton, Esq., M.P., in their stead. The Directors retiring by rotation are—Nathaniel Alex ander, Esq., Thomas Tyringham Bernard, Esq., and Wil liam Nicol, Esq., who, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. - There is a vacancy in the Auditorship, through the dis qualification of Mr. Robert Escombe, and it is in the power of the meeting to fill this up. The dividend and bonus (together £2 16s. per share), free of income tax, will be payable at the Head Office or at any of the Branches, on and after Monday, the 18th instant. B ALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, 31sx DECEMBER, 1866. Dn. To capital paid up To reserve fund To amount due by the Bank for custo mers' balances, &c. £12,057,000 12 8 To liabilities on ac- ceptances 1,580,761 9 2 13,637,762 1 10 to profit and loss balance brought from last account 17,468 16 6 To gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts 819,957 14 9 „ CR. 4 )3 1 Cash on hand at 'lead O ffi ce, and Branches £1,767,383 3 3 13 Y c ash placed at call and at notice 734,056 3 7 337,426 11 3 £14,975,188 13 1 £2,501,439 0 10 in vestments, viz.: $ 9 Government and Guaranteed Stocks 695,953 0 6 16 Y other stocks and sectuities 101,899 12 9 797,832 13 3 319 discounted bills and advances to cus temors in town and country i, freehold premises in Lombard-street and Nicolas -lane, freehold and lease bold property at the Branches, with fixtures and fittings 313 12 -1. 5 ,Y interest paid to customers salaries and all other expenses at 'read Office and Branches, inckiding income-tax on profits and salaries 99,813 11 9 176,313 12 8 93,277 5 11 NO rICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRLES and SO NS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful assor!ment of DESSEKT SICKVICHS, from Zi Is. to 100 eufneas. Crezts and Monograms engraved on same. -147, Houndaditch. £14,975,188 13 1 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. DR. To interest paid to customers 'l ‘° expenses, as above To re b ate on bills not due, carried to „, now account xo dividend of 6 per cent. for the half- To e. bonus of 8 per cent..... To balance carried forward £93,277 5 11 99,813 11 9 24,861 2 1 45,000 0 0 60,000 0 0 14,467 11 6 £337,426 11 3 , On. BY balance brought forward from last account IsY gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts £17,468 16 6 319,957 14 9 £337,426 11 3 e, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing b alance -sheet, and have found the same to be correct. (Signed) WILLIAM NORMAN,} R. H. E, Auditors. London and County Bank, l Jan. N 31, 1867. E The foregoing Report having been read by the Secretary, the following resolutions were proposed and unanimously adopted :- 1. That the Report be received and adopted, and printed for the use of the shareholders. 2. That a dividend of 6 per cent, together with a bonus of 8 per cent., both free of income tax, be declared for the half-year ending 31st December, 1866, payable on and after Monday, the 18th instant, and that the balance of 41 4,467 lls. 6d. be carried forward to Profit and L oss New Account. 3 . That William Nicol, Esq., be re-elected a Director of tail Company. That Thomas Tyringham Bernard, Esq., Ales-lected a Director of this Compa n y . That Nathaniel ander, Esq., be re-elected a Director of this Company. 4 . That William Norman and Richard Hinds Swaine, Esquires, be elected Auditors for the current year. 5. Th at F re d er i c k F ranc i s , Esq., be elected an Auditor for the current year. 6. That the thanks of this meeting be given to the toard o f Di rectors for the able manner i n w hi c h they have conducted the affairs of the Company. 7 . That the thanks of this meeting be presented to William Norman and R. H. Swaine, Esquires, the Auditors of the Company, for their services during the past year. 8 . That the thanks of the meeting be presented to William McKevrall,, Esq and to the principal and other ° f acers of the Bank, for • the zeal and ability with which t hey have discharged their respective duties. (Signed) HUGH C. E. CHILDERS, Chairman. The Chairman having quitted the chair, it was resolved, a nd carried unanimously,— 9 . That th e cordial thanks of this meeting be presented Le n u , 6 " C. E. Childers, Esq., M.P., for his able and courteoL us conduct in the chair. (Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Deputy-Chitirman. Extracted from the Minutes. (Signed) F. CLAPPISON, Secretary. LONDO N and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a DIVIDEND on the CaPita' Stock of the Company, at the rate of Six per coot. f or the half-year ending 31st December, 1866, with Bonus of Eight per cent., will be paid to Pro prietors either at the Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or it an Y. rat e of the Company's Branch Banks, on and after ONDA.Y, the 18h inst. • By order of the Board, W. MIKE WAN, General Manager. 21, Lo mbard -street, Feb. 8, 1867. CONT • -,TRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 30th Jan., 1867. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the ITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE teID Do hereby give Notice, that on WEDNESDAY, IRE the 13th of February next, at Twelve o'clock at noon,.they 1%1 be ready to treat with such Persons an may be willing "TR - i11...r for supplying and delivering into her .nlestv' s titles ol Victualling Stores at Deptford all such quan- NAND SCRUBBING BRUSHES, CLOTHES BRUSHES, and ROUND TOWELS, as rn a b , y from time to time be demanded for the use of the 11 ' °tab Marines , under a C on t rac t f or Tw e lve Calendar calend ar months'a w nd arn fi i i n rth . er until the expiration of three 4 I No Tender will be received unless made on the printed , 1111 Provided for the puTose, and which may be obtainei tr e i n iPP li cation in tho Lobby of the Department of the Con the e r of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where No of the Contract may be seen. Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at Noon on the day of Treaty• and it will not be required at at th e Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should tend at th OM co on the day of Contract, as the result c%tof the offer received from each person will be communi ed to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. ,I--verY Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the lniralty, a Barrack in the left-hand corner the words render for Stores ;" and must also be delivered ratithe D ePartment of the Controller of Victualling, Admi t - 3' , Somerset House, signed by two responsible p,rsons, th .ga gng to become bound with the Person tendering in 0 sum of .£3OO for the due performance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14.5, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have boon given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want acco mmodation, refusedadmittancp, and have to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, rind, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D., No, 22, Finsbury-circus, E.O„ 'LAMBERTS - ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN :NJ EFFECTUAL TtEMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, t onfirmed cases of asthlna, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty ,ronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects ar( truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for tear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LA.318 E Err , 4 ;heinist. S. King-WAliam-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address are engraved on tha stamp. i r). m r . ., - -,..;1,1 0 t- 't .i N 1,... t.i - 4 o', .1 - s ,. i R ~..:..... '-- k - F t... --. , .. -.Wok . - , r . . ..,... , ~.,.. . 7 "' \ t '''''::::'-' i , . 1 ', , . , i ; i ~.,.... _. ..... 4\ ~ ~ J \. ~....., .. v ... , ~ , .4. 1 ... e ... • ,•.„._ _„... .i. , ~...,, No. 23,297. MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW NOTEL. Nov ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SYBIL'S SE_C_OND LOVE'. JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of ".Nathalle," "Adele," &c. Hurst slid Blackctt, 13, Great Marlborough-street. T HE WISHING CAP. New Ballad. W. T. WRIGUTON. A W EARIED DOVE. New Ballad. W. T. WILIGEITON.I. , HELENA WALTZ. FRED. GODFREY. Piano vol' and duets. Ditto, quadrille band. Each free by post for 26 stamps. irIrELENA SONG and GOD BLESS the Li. PRINCE of WALES. Song. Free by post for 19 stamps each. London: Robert Cooks and. Co., Now Burlington-street, and of all musicselltrs. Now published - at 3d., per post 4d., RUNLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION ; or, Anwsthesia Locally Applied. By A. ESKELL, sumeon-Dentist, Author of " Dental Surgery," " Pure Dentistry," &c. Slurp :in, Marshall, and Co. ; all booksellers ; or - of the author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. THOMSON'S "-GLOVE-FITTING" CORSETS. An entirely new principle, with pew Spring Fastening. Manufacturers of the " lithe Medal Crinolines." Trade Mark, a " Cx own.". MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of .101 IN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. AVALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage tree to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland. or Wales, on re ceipt of 408.. kr PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City. E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d., 25.. 2s CI t. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon don. E.C.. are sellinr , good and fine BLACK. TEA. A. price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway station or market town in the - United Kingdom. All goods carriage free to all parts of London. Obat.rve— PHILLIPs and Co. have no Agents. Sugars are supplied at market prices. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' J• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS con Lain an entirely new awl extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan deller4.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMO VAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' NEW CITY SIIoW ROOM-ll—The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDRA. DINNER SERVICE, from £1 18s. 6d.- 147. floundsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS tl • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, iron]. LI is. upwards.- 147. Houndsdltch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS • NEW CI rY SHO W ROOMS.—CRYSTAL CHAN DELIERS, New Desurns for the Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle, and to suit all kinds of Decorations. —ll7, Houndaditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—RRONZE and OR MOLU CHANDELIERS in great variety. New Designs for the Dining-room-147, iloundsditeh. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRI ES and 'S.ON: • NEW CITY SHOW Roo3lS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER VASE. This new anti beautilul Vase can be peen in great variety, from 3s. to Ws. each —ll7, Hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' efi• NEW CITY SHOW ROOAS. The NEW JET DINING HOME VASE. Registered designs, in great variety.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL DEFRIES andSONS' t./ • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The NEW PATENT ASTRA LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also CRYSTAL LA MPS and WALL LIGHTS (registered) for INDIA.-147, Houndaditch. NOTION OF RE➢IOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS. TAVERN and HOTEL GLASS of the newest patterns and correct mea sure.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' J. NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—ORNAIIENTAL CLOCKS tbr the DINING and DRAWING-ROOM-147. Houndsditeh. NOTICE OF ItEMO VAL. JT DEFRIES and SONS' • • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—Yferehant4 and the Trade supplied with PATTERN BOOKS FREE.-117, Houndsditch. - Works—London, Birmingham, and Parift. Established 1803. NOTHING ThIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AQUA AMARELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO. ' Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the publics this truly marvellous Anil, which gradually restores tea human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agra 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. 108. Si Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spesatability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John o nell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. Boys' 'Leine. 8, Great QueWenMo;trWeeit,ii W.C. Secretary. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solielted for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. Al.ooo required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON. The Committee are moat anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £6.030, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lotbbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co. . 1, Pall-Mall East; and byl WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, 111,/ in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Print* ot W LE 9, KG. President—Hie Grace the Duke of 'BUCCLEUCH. &O. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the slot poor without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and ie,ra.:tes. It affords relief to a large number of in-pa - huts. and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestitute sick has for a oensiderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr vises of this Hospital are-capable of containing several h‘ndred more beds had the Committee the requisite hinds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Metiers. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.;• Giyn and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co .; l'resoott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.. Bernors-streets and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. .9TANTORD SMITH. Searet.ty. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin aro improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness. dm. 2s M and 7s Rd ; or post for 404 ind 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully -perfume 1 Wash, In seven or ten days the hair assumes its oriqinal colour, and remains so by an occasional usin z. 108 id ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 24R, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han 455 peer, friendless, young females were rejected 'Tom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away In lire years. The new home the Committee wish to form world 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. Daniel Cooper, R 5, Queen •ecreet. Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Ce.. Lombard-street ' /Th / ./. .•‘• , ,/// - "1....-• / • _-/---- - f---t. . • • --"' , /7 - e - •••••,,,,, ....,--":, - •7 . 1 ~ N Z."' I ' /'.../ ,•.. , ,&,;.-,... ' _ '''' S ' :,, ' ' r.' L v..... / ......„ ' /7....,,d4„, / °.. . I , • . / 1/ q _ . .7 - ./.. / ..,... 4. ".. - •- --- --(- . • , _ • , , ----„,.., ~ . , • ; .'-'' (:.. : 7Y . . ,ate _ a r.., . ii ..... • --,•-••,,,,,,...- I o ag b n r . v lturalprOcluction that - a _ *- orth___ Et 5..,..„, _t ( 4 ", 4 ~... 1--- 1850. , 1 -- _ - 4 t. AP, i., Aro • t -..., ' ) ;} Vf l ' i .;:iii,,'Ai - . g. / :••f* 9.' ' l ll bt. . s.itto ' tip -• . —. " 11 art „,.._ ,;W ..0 , i9 1 P ' ,jS _.',,,c.)- i ; ,. (( ir .o_ l,- 1 r. - ~,, A,. ...# . "•' \ . .. • .- ~ti ', ""lsoP. . ...d1 , 64 .„') . c... ; -0.. t. -,.., . . , - , ` ,2, r 'Z';' - -.N \ ' 1 , .;... , .... 1 -.... .4 • I ••• --- -- ‘.1.r . ,-. 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Value cf farming 1,216 AO l5 O 11 125,1:;0 2'1,677 „ 2,9n1,591 lbs for the half-year ending Dec. 31 to €234,621, and the expenditure to £99,403, leaving £135,218. implements Value of live 15,981 dulis. 1,044,009 dolls, 3IEDITERRANEAN EX'PENSION TELEGRA.PII (LIMITED). F.Wck ... 19,403,662 „ Acres of ploughed 40,215,079 „ land 1,900 433,276 The general meeting of this comnpany was held yesterday at the London Tavern— Sir J. Carmichael iu the chair. This comparison might be extended ; but it is sufficiently diffuse and varied to show that, with an area of 83,000 square miles, and a population of 173,855 souls, there must be ample scope and verge enough for the industry and capital of hundreds of thousands, it may be said of millions, more immi grants. That they would find markets for their productions cannot be doubted, for they must com mand the seaboard just as much as Illinois, 'Wis consin, Indiana, or Missouri. Our only appre hension is that unless the subject be energetically dealt with in time, the increase of population may exceed the means of transport. We would, there fore, counsel immediate attention to this subject on the part of the State and the railway authorities. The CHAIRMAN said he thought the proposed divi dend of 3 per cent. highly satisfactory, considering the interruption which had taken place in the Malta and Alexandria line, and the stagnation of trade and commerce during the past Season. Ile be lieved there was a prospect of the Malta and Alex andria Company laying a new and strong cable, by which means the interruption in the trafilic in future would be prevented. .In'addition to the payment of dividend, the money borrowed from the reserve fund had been returned. The accounts between the com pany and the Italian . Government were in arrear ; but he hoped thesewouldbe settled, especially as the French Government had settled with the Italian Go vernment up to June, 1866, so that there were hopes of the money being shortly received. At all events he hoped the money would be paid by the Italian Go vernment within two months. With regarato the dif ference which the company had had with. the Italian Government tespecting,the payment of the company in paper currency instead of in specie it had been settled. He then moved the adoption of the report, and that a dividend-of •8 per cent. per annum be paid to the holders of preferential shares, and one of 3 per cent. to the holders of original shares. Rich and fertile as the soil of Minnesota must be to promise, as it does, an indefinite expansion of these great results, they are only a part of the vast endowments she has received from nature. Her prairie grasses are as well adapted for the grazing as her corn and other grains are for the fattening of cattle as those of Illinois or lowa. It is not, there fore, unlikely that Minnesota will compete before long with the enterprising breeders of those States, though at present there are no places to be com pared with Springfield or Chicago, or any such trade as the " packing" trade. A nucleus, how ever, will be laid in the codree of a few years. There is a Spanish proverb " Where the foot of the sheep touches the land is turned into gold." Well, from the northern boundary of lowa, itself a sheep-breeding State, up to St. Paul, the country is perfectly adapted to sheep husbandry. The growth of wool may be made almost next to that of wheat. The motion was adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. Then, if the surface of the land furnishes these instruments for the creation and diffusion of wealth, the geology of Minnesota, though we know little of it from official investigation, promises equal attrac tions to enterprise, though they may have for a tine to give place to more immediate occupations. The north-western parts of the State, if less fertile than the south, contain highly valuable deposits of copper ore, some of which are being worked. There are extensive dep-sits of lead ore in the same district. Iron is also found over a large extent of country, and contiguous to it are coal and limestone —a combination the advantage of which need not be told in England. The building stones are numerous ; they include granite and marble ; and there is a district containing a decomposed felspa thic granite available for making the finest porce lain. A slate rock is found, said to have all the properties of fine grain and clear split that dis tinguish the best quarries of Wales. There are also salt springs, from which the Indians, with the rudest appliances, make a bushel of salt out of twenty-four gallons of brine. The geological, like the agricultural, advantages of Minnesota might be further detailed ; but enough has, per haps, been said to prove that the State is one of the homes which the West offers to the poor man. " These are miracles which man, Cag'd in the bounds of Europe's pigmy span, Can scarcely dream of—which his eye must! To know how wonderful this world Can be." If the railway company prosecute their under taking with a vigour worthy of the issues that are before them, Minnesota will outstrip, as it has al ready done in some respects, most of its western neighbours. The means of internal and external communication must be enlarged to overtake the prodigality of nature, and to render her bounties more accessible to countries less richly. endowed. We shall be gratified if what we have said now, and upon a previous occasion, be the means of at tracting attention to a favourable opportunity for the inves'ment of a moderate amount of European capital. The Mansion-House Metropolitan Distress Fund. The committee of bankers and merchants of the city of London who have undertaken the manage ment of the above fund held a meeting yesterday at the Mansion-house, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor. Mr. BALL, the cashier, read a statement of the condition of the fund, from which it appeared that the amount received at the Mansion-house up to yesterday amounted to £BOl 3s. 11d., and that grants had been made to different districts in the metropolis out of that sum amounting to £6,655, leaving a balance of £1,369 3s. 11d. To this sum, however, had to be added the sum of £3,818 7s. 6d. in the hands of the different bankers, which left a disposable balance to the credit of the committee of £5,187 I.ls. sd. The total amount received from the public in aid of the object of the committee was £11,842 lls. 5d., but the public appear to be relaxing in their liberality, evidently considering that to a great extent, by the alteration in the weather and other causes, the press ing necessity has passed away, and that things ought to be left to resume their ordinary course, and this . would also appear to be the feeling of a good many members of the committee. Yesterday deputations attended from se..-en dis tricts of the metropolis only to apply for assistance from the fund. These were Whitechapel, Canning Town, St. George's-in-the-East, St. Dunstan's, Stepney, St. Peter's, Stepney, Lambeth, and Shore ditch. , A grant was made to the Whitechapel Relief Committee, in whose district it appeared a large amount of exceptional distress existed, of £2OO. To Canning Town a grant was made of £5O; to St. George's-in-the-East, where there is also a large amount of distress, a grant was made of £3OO ; and to St. Dunstan's, Stepney, £5O. In the case of the application from Lambeth, a gentleman connected with the extensive establish ment of Messrs. Maudslay, Field, and Co. attended with the deputation for the purpose of giving the committee any information they might require. This gentleman stated that at the present time there were more than a thousand men who were usually employed by the firm out of employment, and in stead of there being 1,500 men or thereabouts en gaged in their establishments, there were not more than about 400. This state of things had been gra dually developing itself during the last 12 months ti d ed families, t o receive being thrownwages, and the fact of so many men who had been accus tomed and mos t of whomhad had out of employment , caused a great deal of exceptional distress. In answer to a question put by a member of the committee, the gentleman stated that the slwlness of work was not believed in any way to arise from foreign competition, but from the Government, for whom the firm of Messrs. Maudslay was princi pally engaged, having stopped certain works they were in the habit of having done, for the present, and that there was no strike or operation of that sort that had anything to do with the existing condition of affairs. The Messrs. Maudslay had, it appeared, contributed a large sum towards a local fund that was being raised for the purpose of alle viating the distress at present existing. The committee, after a short deliberation, made a grant of 1200 to the applicants, this being the second of the same amount. The committee shortly after w ards adjourned until Monday. -------- PRESENTS AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.--Photo graphic Albums, a choice of 3,000; despatch - boxes, wri ting-cases, dressing - cases , travelling bags, envelope - cases, blotting-books, ink-stauds, desks, book-slides, work-boxes, hand-bags, scent-bottles , bags,naut_drtettieics, albums for postagetiles, card-cases, purs es , stationery - cabinets, tea t at - i c o a n e e d r3 i : s' ,in c. s t am ps, crests, ecc. ; cigar-cases, card-baskets, pocket books, eloctro-gilt and elegantly-mounted articles. Bibles Prayer-books, and Church Services, in every type. Par kins and Gotto, '25, Oxford-street The public supplied whqlosale prices from the largest stock in London. THE SUN. LONDON, SAr.l .. . AFTER Covent-garden Theatre-,EVAN S' to o but , . After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum rheatec EVANS' to SUP, Alter Adelphi Thehtre FVANS' to SUP. After Olympic l'heatre . • EVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre EVAN s' to SUP. Atter New Itoyalty Theatre E VANS' to SUP. Alter St. James's Thcatr i VVANS' to SUP. Alter Prince of Wales' Theatre.. , . E VANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, E.VANS',, Cogent-garden, Vocal Entertainment at Eight. , THE JAPANESE TROUPE lIAVE ARRIVED. TAPANESE TROUPE.—GAENSEE.--First e Appearance of this novel artiste in Europe, the unrivalled Top Spinner to the Tycoon, whose extraordi nary and unparalleled performances have been pronounced by all Eastern travellers to be truly marvellous. Full programme on Thursday next. Gaeuseo—Gaensee— Gaensee—Monday, February 11, 1867.—Great St. Martin's Hall. -JAPANESE TROUPE.—First Appearance in 1 Europe of ASI-KITCHI-SAN, the original per former of the great Japanese Butterfly 'Prick. Vide all the daily journals on this extraordinary Company, imported entire and direct from Japan. MONDAY next, Fob. 11, 1867.—Great St. Martin's Hall. JAPANESE TROUPE . — First Appearance in Europe of the only Japanese Actresses who ever crossed the sea. The full programme will be ready on Thursday next. The first representation will take place MONDAY next, February 11, 1867.—Asi-Kitchi-San.— Great St. Martin's Hall. • THE GREAT JAPANESE TROUPE Lre hero..ll Ldok out for this novelty.—This extraordi nary Company will make their FIRST APPEARANCE in Europe, at the Great St. Martin's Hall, on MONDAY EVENING next, Feb. 11, 1867, for a limited number of representations prior to their appearance in Paris during the Universal Exhibition. Full programme on Thursday next. Sofa Stalls, ss. ; balcony (reserved seats), 35.; area, 25.; back seats, ls.—which may be obtained at Mr. Mit chell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street; and at the box office of the hall. Business communications to be addressed to their sole agent, Mr. A. Nimmo, 55, Wigniore-street, London, W. THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISIDIENT OF LONDON. LES DRAGONS DI VILL IRS (Opera Comique), Music by A. Maillart, in which Miss RUSSELL Rill appear, as sisted by Slis.es Barrie and FltzHenry ; Ale*srs. A. St. Albyn, Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with lOttra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by F. Jonglimans " The strength of Mr. Morton lies in his operatic selections, executed by a small but highly efficient bind, and a well selected body of vomlists, under the direction of Mr. F. lon4hmans. —Times, Jan. 9,1837 COMEDY, by Messrs. HARRY SYDNEY, MILBURN, G. W. ROSS, end the celebrated American Gymnasts the BROTHERS HANLON, their sixth appearance in this country. Kr. ROBT. FRASER. Comedian and Vocalist, will - make his appearance Tll IS EVENING with hiP cron ot comicalities and his new song, "TILE BOY AT ISIUGRY." MADAMMADAME TUSSAUD'S EXIIIBITION, E BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDI FIONS. —Life-size ',Violets of the KINuS and QUEENS of 14:NOL AND, from WILLIIM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, ani from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, ls. ; children, unsler ten, half-price ; extra rooms, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, • Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luot CURTL Manager, 51. GRENET. - Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WE ST 0 N'S u grlt 4 gE i l t N MUSIC HALL, Sole Proprietors, SWEASET and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Everybody should see the Irish Minstrels, every evening at 9 o'clock, with songs, dances, and Irish anec dotes, under the direction of Pat Corri. A new and origi nal overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. 11. Baker. Immense success of Arthur Lloyd's new song " Chillinowullabadorie," every evening,. _at 11. o'clock—Jolly,Nash,, Qeorgtua,,Smithson, raddrEantitn, • Pa trick 'Seller4'e-ttiellarty' .`• AnT.'/Zti tie King,; - -and Pio Watkini, .Japatazequggler.Band of 30;firstl=class 'performers, and` argeVhortiPs chnse.4 fuith. her MajegtPs ;and Covent Garden'. pork' voused. blUsical Director; Air. P. CORRI. " • Priees of admission—Stalks aRSI %hinny, is; Area; Gd.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Catt be secured at the Box ,Office, between the hours of 10 and o'clock. opeil every EVening at 7 o'clock. • , „ DO NVILLE'S V.R. OLD TRIOf WHISKY, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. fUNVILLE and CO.'S «V .R." WHISKY, BELFAST. London OfllJes and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. 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"[OHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY t y TOOlll PASTE is greatly supezior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance tp the breath. Price is. 61—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. RIMMEL'S PERFUMED VALENTINES.- ]he largest and most elegant Stock In London. Animated Flow. ra, Is. on paper; 2s. 6d. on satin. Mediaeval, 18 ; by post 2d. extra. The Musrcal Valentine, the greatest tiorelty cf the season. Lists on application.—RlUMEL, I', limner to 11.11. H. the l'rincess of Wales, 96, Strand ; 128. Regent-street ; and 24, CornhilL RAILWAY AND OTHEEt, COMPANIES. LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN. The report of the directors states that the balance available for diVidend, including £BlB surplus from June last, amounted to £176,986, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 4i per cent. per annum, payable on the Ist of March, leaving a balance of £2,224. The severe monetary crisis and the prevalence of cholera in several locali ties bad affected the receipts. The traffic during the past summer and autumn months had not beer" satisfactory, and the increase of revenue, which, judging from past experience, would have been ob tained under ordinary circumstances, had not been realized. The restrictions in the home and foreign cattle traffic, which had not as yet been wholly re moved, had partially, and in some instances entirely, stopped a considerable source of revenue to the rail way. Notwithstanding the peculiar adverse cir cumstances of the past year, the grosii receipts of the comp.muy had been the largest yet obtained. The total receipts for the half-year ending December 31 amounted to £807,499, against .787,143 iu the half of 1865, showing an increase of £20,356. The increase in the working expenses was £23,030, and in the taxation £7,324 —together, £30,354. The net revenue amounted for the half-year to £390,778, against £400,776 in the corresponding half of 1865, showing a decrease of £9,998. With regard to the increase in the working expenses, the advance in the rate of wages and the increased cost of materials had tended to swell the amount, notwithstanding that reductions had been made wherever practicable in the number of mechanics, porters, and other servants. The increased expenses for the mainten ance of the railway and stations arose partly from the relaying account being charged with £6,000 additional. The increase in the expenditure of the locomotive and carriage departments was principally caused by more extrnsivs renewals of engines, car riages, and waggons. Revenue bad also been charged with the whole amount standing at the debit of coin pensation aecount, inclusive of the sum of £11,154 idtkAnlig . -unpaid last 'half-year, io that all the 4barge's arising from accidents, daMages to goods, or fOniother . ..caiiSes, up to the present 'we're disposed of.: 'Tile : double line betw . een Salisbury and Exeter .would be complete on March 1.. The mortgage debt nndtdebenturre "steek of the company were, by the notppani's recent return under the• Railways Securi ties- Act: cf last session4roVed to be within the ag gegate amount.Thedirectors strongly recommended the proprietors to invest the board with full discre tionary powers for completing very important ne gotiations with the broad gauge companies for the establishment of peaceful relations between the com panies on principles which the directors trusted would be beneficial alike to the public and to the companies concerned. The proposed arrangements would provide for interchange of traffic between the several systems, and the opening of the broad gauge lines south and west of Exeter to this company, and the lines of this company west of Exeter, as well as those of the Devon and Cornwall and Central Corn wall Companies open to the broad gauge companies, with through booking and equal rates. The capital account showed that£ls, 629,570 hadleen expended. CALEDONIAN. An ex..traordinaFy meeting of this company ,was heldou Wednesday in Glasgow; Lieut.-Col. Salkeld tile chair.. The CHAIRMAN proposed that for the construction Of Lanarkshire branches, and the building of a new Station at Edinburgh, capital to the amount of .620,000 be raised by the issue of 5 per cent. pre ference stock. This was seconded by Mr. T. HILL. Mr. G. SMITH called attention to the fact that during last year £990,000 was raised for the Cle land and Midcalder branch, the Balerno branch, and other schemes of the company, and asked for in formation as to how this money had been dis posed of. The CHAIRMAN stated that he could not without referring to the books give the desired information in detail. He assured the shareholders, however, that he would be prepared to give full explanations at the general meeting to be held six weeks hence. Under these circumstances, Mr. SMITH moved that the raising of the now capital be delayed till after the general meeting. _ The CHAIRMAN suggested an adjournment of the meeting for a week, at the end of which time he said he would be prepared to answer Mr. Smith's questions. • This was agieed to, and the meeting adjourned till Wednesday next. • NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The report of the directors states that the net revenue of the half-year, after payment of interest on debenture and preference charges, and debitting £5,212 for renewal and reconstruction of rolling stock, left, with the balance from June, £65,944 for distribution. The dividend recommended was at phe rate of 4 per cent. per annum, which would absorb £64,603, leaving a balance of £1,341. All the renewals and repairs:of rolling stock were being executed in the new workshops by the com pany with greater despatch and at a cheaper rate than formerly. During the last four months the utter prostration of the iron trade had hindered that development of the traffic on which the pro sperity of the company so much depended. The directors had delayed pressing forward the works authorised, which were not under contract, to a more favourable time for raising capital, and had deposited a bill for the present session to obtain an extension of tine for the completion of the Burslem and Tunstall branches, and for power to widen the Newcastle branch for a double line of rails, which would become necessary when the Drayton line was finished, with which it formed a junction. Mr. Forsyth, the engineer, re- ' ported that the Burtoa branch was now completed and ready for the junctions with the company's main line and with the Midland Railway, and that the Leek line would be ready for traffic in the course of the present half-year. Fair progress had been made by Mr. Brassey on the Silverdale, Madeley, and Drayton line contract, by Mr. Tredwell on the Aud ley lines' contract, and on Mr. Barlow's contract for works at the Stoke level crossing. The capital ac count showed an expenditure on the company's lines of. £4,903,047, and on the canal of .£1,170,000 total, £6,073,047, leaving a balance of £44,788. The revenue on the railways and canal amounted RAILWAY BILLS, Yesterday the Examiners held sittings at the House of Commons. Before Mr. Frere the follow ing bills were passed :—Burton-on-the-Water (Abandonment, &c.), Sidmouth Railway and Har bour, Newry and Armagh (Sale in Chancery), the ltatbkeale and Newcastle Junction. The Standing Orders were not complied with in the case of the Llynvi and Ogmore and the &Away Junction. The Midland Counties and Shannon Junction Bill was postponed until Monday. The Neath and Brecon and other Companies (Amalgamation and Arrange ments) Bill was postponed until Friday. B o,re Mr. Palgrave thefollowiiig bills were passed:—Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, South Devon, and London and South-Western (Arrangements) ; Bir mingham and Sutton Coldtield Extension, New castle-upon-Tyne High Level Hoist, and the Water ford and Passage Railway and Ferry. The Dublin Trunk Connecting was postponed until Wednesday; the West Sussex Junction and the Kilkenny Junc tion (Various Powers) Bill until the 4th of March ; the West Cork and the Laugharne till the 18th inst. There was no appearance for the Tamar, Kit-hill, and Callington. All the Bills were unopposed The State of Minnesota. (From the Money Market Review.) One of the primary causes of the rapid increase in the wealth and population of the United States is the facility with which possession can be obtained of land too rich and fertile ever to be exhausted. Another is the extraordinary advances made of late years in the facilities for internal and external com munication by means of the railroad and 'the steam boat. In a recent notice of the State of Minnesota we rather underrated the railway facilities now in operation. A consider,Lble portion of the line from St., rani, forming the St. Tau' and Pacific Railway, is, we are informed, completed for use, and only waiting for the rolling stock. We are glad to re ceive this information, because it enables us to make an addition to what we then mentioned as the chief outlets possessed by this great interior State. Besides access to Lake Superior and to the Mis sissippi below the falls of St. Anthony, at no great distance from St. Paul, and so on down the river to St. Louis and New Orleans, the main line is or may be united with existing systems so as to reach the shores of Lake Michigan either at Milwaukie or Chicago; while from both there is direct railway communication with St. Louis. Thus, though a State far in the interior, art and nature have com bined to give Minnesota the command of a choice of outlets, so that, practically, she is as well off in this respect as Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, or Missouri, and better than lowa. These advantages need not be further dwelt upon. And as to the facility with which immigrants or settlers can obtain the ownership of some of the richest lands in the State, it will be sufficient to refer, very briefly, to the terms offered by the St. Paul and Pacific Rail way Company—a company which is proceeding in the steps successfully trodden by the Illinois Central Company, but with more direct advantages to those who deal with it. The company has, by legislative grant from Congress to the State, and from the State to the Company, somewhere about 1,600,000 acres of the most desirable land in the State. We cannot enter into the details of the conditions on which the company surrenders these properties to settlers ; we can only say that they appear to be ex ceedingly liberal. They may be bought for imme diate payment or on credit ; and actual settlers may locate on lands not yet subject to sale, yet with an indefeasible title. In short, the facilities for obtain ing land could hardly be extended, short of giving it away. This is sound policy for the State as well as for the company. The State secures a popula tion interested in its progress and tranquillity ; the company creates the means of a remunerative traffic ; and the population, by means of the rail way, secures the opening of various and possibly competing external markets for its productions. The basis is thus laid for the development of the anticipated results, and in a few years the ports of Europe will be receiving, if they need them, sup plies of wheat and grain from St. Paul, just as the British ports are now receiving them from San Francisco. We have often impressed upon the British public that the newer States of the Union constitute the most promising fields in the world for peaceful enterprise. As far as the State of Minnesota is concerned the Germans have shown a greater ap preciation of its natural advantages than either the English or the Irish. The Germans have flocked thither, whilst the Irish have endeavoured to settle as near as possible in the districts adjacent to the place of landing. The English have shown no decided partialities for Minnesota, or any State in particular. They have gone and remained where they could do best; but the neighbouring agri cultural State of Wisconsin contains many exceed inffly well-to-do English and Irish settlers. Min nesota, settled chiefly by Germans, is the fourth State in the order of area in the Union, and, though so large and so young, it is the thirtieth in the order of population, according to the census of 1860. Area—Square Miles. Population. Texas 237,321 • 604,215 California ... 188,982 • 379994 Oregon... , 95,271 ... 52,465 Minnesota 83531 ... 173,855 We may add that Minnesota is the thirty-first State in the order of population per square mile, but the twenty-fifth in the increase of population per square mile in the ten years from 1850 to 18G0, in this respect surpassing several of the older as well as some of the newer States. But in no respect is its progress more marked than in the value of the flour and meal which it produced and sent to market. 1850. 186. . . . Flour and meal—value ... $5OO 310, $l,O Inc 000 ... 2619 ct Compare this with the production in the same period of Illinois : 1850. 1860. Inc. p. ct. 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