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N°. 24,337. KINAHAN'S LL W HISKY. - BLIN E MIBITION, 1865. o nerve the Red Seal, Pink Labei, and Oork Branded "Kina- LL. w hi s Ky. ` ul a celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Medal. Cell Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. 11, 4 4 i n 13c ttles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by •"•gents ic %nu principal towns in England; or wholesale at GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. NI UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 18.59), ‘ 4, RUSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, And 3S, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON. , 1 CES MONEY upon personnt security, Bills of Sale, Free %me O r Leasehold Property, for ono, two, or three years, repay- Pq weekly,. monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. free on receibt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. CRYSTAL . RYSTAL PALACE THIS DAY, GRAND / QA,, S TT - MMER CONCERT, and Last Day of the FAIRY ROSE DEN Palace open for admission from .. .. 10 111 7.0 Displayof Terrace Fountains .. , 2.15 Grand Concert .. .. 3.0 Itockhills Garden open from .. .. 4.0 till 6.30 A , F estival Organ and Promenade until .. 8.0 iilunlission 55., or b Ist June, guinea season tickets. Present issue dating m onths from at all entrances and all agents. LAST DAY of FAIRY ROSE GARDEN. "Every I , e ,„_ variety of rose with which we had hitherto been familiar was rented in peffection, and in addition there were several sped- We t : Of great novelty as well as beauty. The contrasts of colour le ws. er Pfect Y 30.1 y dazzling, and the fragance delightful."—Dally a sh o „, °lle who has not already seen this charming exhibition "al miss the opportunity afforded to-day. ORYST \ L PALACE.—THIS DAY.—GRAND b ay . 81 MUER CONCERT, Fashionable Promenade, and Last )4 3 °, Rose Garden. Vocalists :—Mme. Lemmens-Sherrington, I. N evedomsky Dunord, Mdlle. Louisa Carl, Mdlle.. Drasdil, iras Reeves, Signor Urio, Herr Stockhausen. Solo pianoforte iii i 4evalier Antoine de Kontski. Crystal Palace Choir. Con „.or, Mr. Manns. th4 e li !e delightful Concerts take place in the Centre Transept— Nveati S t agreeable locale imaginable for concerts in summer snchen. The enjoyment of music is considerably enhanced by ba n su rroundings as are found here ; groups of statuary and ey e of flowers meet the eye at every turn. The ear and the of th a L e equally delighted, and the airiness and general comfort " vast concert hall is beyond comparison with the heated ro4 , B l 3 here and closeness experienced in theatres and concert C M"beira ssion, ss. ;or by Guinea season tickets. Stalls, 2s. 6d. till • — The Gardens of Rockhills Open for Promenade from 4 30. Art: SIMS REEVES will SING THIS AFTERNOON.-GRAND SUMMER CONCERT. CRYSTAL PALACE JUNE GUINEA SEASON eat TICKETS, dating 12 months to I st June, 1871, at all otir a a ces to the Palace THIS DAY. Intending purchasers will ycoming provided with printed or written names and 'Fb e e ses ' best guinea's worth in the world. b o ,f or an entire year the holder of a small oblong piece of paste the folded in the leather of Muscovy or Morocco,may pass tre e rrtals of the Crystal Palace as often as he likes ; and for this is h 0 more of a whole city of amusement, so to speak, the fee a luore than the ordinary price of a bouquet of orchids, a j„ ° 'erably good dinner, or a stall at the opera for lac e ''Ve evening. The cheapness of the Crystal Pa were season Ticket would indeed be proverbial, if this a ail age of proverbs ; and it remains a wonder even to ge rkeration which habitually regards the marvellous as edli= ) n - Place. A twelvemonth's round of recreation, which at the es while it pleases, can be dear to none of us Aiir ei Pric of ne guineathat this little sum will ase all e the n enjoyment indicated in the Sydenham Pro to—i'ale for the season of 1870-71 is surely one of the facts tending eakPcb us how vast is the individual gain where thousands uY to establish and support a really popular institution." Telegraph, May 5, 1870. CRYSTALt PALACE. —VI SI T the kIv r ,',ALACE of the PEOPLE'S PLEASURES at WHIT '"E• The Palace and Park never more beautiful. URYSTAL PALACE. WHIT-MONDAY.— t raiu Everybody and Everything. Palace open at 9. Extra Pala,sAfrom and grounds now most enjoyable. S hilling. Children half-price. 11- YSTAL PALACE.—Whitsuntide Holidays, 0 41 3 , nday to Fridaynext, and Monday, June 13.—Six Days She mo Grand Burlesque, CINDERELLA, or PRINCE FELIX tic d 44 the GLASS SLIPPER, re-written byOsman, and pro in great splendour by E . T. Smith. 300 performers. Lit t l e ' , l 3 al characters by Miss Caroline Parkes, Miss Thiriwall, k en e Rowella Mr. J. G. Taylor, Mr. Oliver Summers, &c. /V Mr. F. Fenton ; Stage Manager, Mr. J. H. Friend. i niscellaneous amusements include the graceful perform- Tre i , eg ef Moe and Goodrich, the Champion Skaters, the Almonte eilteA e .ef Vaulters, Little Rarey and Pony, and other popular v Otte gqi n Arts and Industrial Courts, Picture Galleries, Fountains %le deg luxuriant ferns, tropical trees, and the thousand and a ights of the People's Palace. Ni t 'ens and Park in full summer beauty. Archery, cricket, sh eo r , croquet, roundabouts, boating, quoits, velocipedes, rifle i ng, and other sports in the grounds. CRYSTAL PALACE.-GREAT EXHIBITION 1 ).0- of DOGS, June 21 22 23, 24.—ENTIES CLOSE THIS Pai ae paturday), but letters 'arriving at Exe ß ter-hall or Crystal bY erl ost on Monday will be considered. Prize lists kBet e e r v r an information may be had on application at No. 2, G. H. NUTT, Hon. Sec. toit„„ e —This show is under therib management th of an influential £l,OOO will be distributed by em in prizes. 11.1/ W. S. WOODIN'S TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK "AT HOME." WITH his Famous and Original CARPET-BAG !!oo tr , and SKETCH-1:00K ENTERTAINMENT in the Large htu r PTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening cexcept pare d at 8 ; Saturday Mornings at 3. " Mr. Woodia has t!lrtiVio expense in magnificently decorating and luxuriously 'e s ee ''ng his salon for the comfort of hls patrons." Seats may at m it ured in advance, at the Pox-office, open from 10 till also intichell's Royal library, Old Bond-street; and all the principal ilnx:;Tellers. Stalls, 35.; Area, 25.; Balcony, ls. Family Private ` - ' 4 e, Two, and Three Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Late WESTON'S. I'6 Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Sweasey. Rlcatest combination of Talent ever st , t before the public. 1 ) iot; d I nOTHERS VOLTAIRE are dose' vedly styled the Ohara evti. Y i nnasts. executing the most daring and graceful feats thi s „ f al ter , pted by any Gymnast, and they are to be seen at ch`L_ a ll on y: Mr. HENRYCOLLARD the Great Little Wonder, u eirl. — Ping Tenor Singer, the Smallest Man in the World, atyq cess ttan TIME THUMB or COMMODORE NUTT, he is rightly ts:rrii-s , -A PETIT ~ r ms BEEVES; not to be heard elsewhere. Miss he RRINGTON charms her admi THE ROYAL i;Z e ssi's 11 OLMES and GAUL provoke laughter fr( m all parts of Aba Be with their Burlesque of an American ve tight. I‘ol,Thug he Artistes engaged to appear every Evening is Miss GARSTONEk. Mr. ARTHUR LLOYD, Mr. HENRI CLARK, Mr. oreTG, Mr. P. ' CORRI. los 6 : Le atra Stalls, is 6d; Stalls, ls.; Balcony, 6d ; Private Boxes, 120 x -office open at 5. „ Spi„ - " l nali-11: A. Young ; Musical Director-31r P. Corri. b rhipc' n e 'A L NOTICE —MI Samuel Adams, late proprietor of the ' 10 :11,1,mlic. will take a Farewell Benefit at the Royal Music uus EYening. Al A DAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, „IQ_ B oater -street. —A PORTRAIT MODEL of TROPMANN A cTigh a w ai added.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the ', s 'eapi t ,,. -L iniette and Knife of the actual Guillotine used for the ' 4 ,000 "ion of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and upwards of ex persons of the best 'and worst blood in France. Also an too ka, 2PY of the guillotine as in use. Admission, le.; extra ° d• Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. k it( -TYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, Th e Piccadilly. the _ tra °rdinary success which has attended the production t he ( 1 , S hadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of Pk, .ectric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici -111151:- it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance ap e ctions presented in th often-cang programes, naoa t " e lad the grp.tifying effect of e h ed making the r sent one m the 41ebfztensively patronized season since its first opening. The 0 41 ,!,SI te gn ct o °Tellesti - 'a, under the direction of its highly efficient hut oiaa r Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest corn v7ig,ed ?! ail distinguished composers—the solos in which are 71: (a."' tjle eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses; Messrs. - mozn a , , 8 2 Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. Professor Halliman, M.C. Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. litUrtELL, Proprietor. C - cAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL ANNTI,., LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. hasst i -iisteadily increasing £227,000 RAN( E FUND, safely invested £1,649,000 ~The , SPECIAL NOTICE. IVTg lIS will be declared in January, 1872, and all I , 4 eur a , ohms in force on the 3th June. 1871, will participate. etail,Z eB effected b e f ore J une 30th, 1870, w ill participate on two %I mss, and thus receive a whole year's additional share of P ol . ras 'ier later P o li c i es. elita,baed from anyof rosal, Balance Sheets, and every information, can of the society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, st. Actuary and Secretary. James's -s quare, L on d on, S.W. • L T SERVICI S.—During the storms of - t)N -e Past 17 months the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTlTF :ivzokrt_c,oiaut.nrdibeurted to from saving of 1,592 lives from varioui! shi °taii,,R.anizl 43 vessels destruction. It has now 220 Lifeboat its management CONTRIBUTIONS for their will be thankfully received by Messrs Willis and Co , "alike, utta " 4 en• }ferries dCo by all the London and country tUti°o ;k a j ncl ,b9 the Secretary RICHARD LEWIS, Esq., at the Insti oun-street, Adelphi, London 8 SAV IOUR'S HO,‘":PITAL and REFUGE, froi4s a terrace,Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution 14" Zr i Decialt ll tfu d ge forW Women seeking to abandon a life of sin, th ertLirse about to become mothers, and provides a Home of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED. radon and South Western (Holloway Branch). HUGH R. GOUGH, Hon. Sec. ) literall was when beggars. les of the flclitures, instance, art of the !adings of cher than ,TS. And te, writes ten thou mat's in a iignorinai rnia gold New Yorl' ith-great an yacht aded in 3 have once ile sailed. e Sapph° ins in her d the war stead of a ider pres over the not cow ems as if ps in the nequalitY is readily somewhat :lephants, f the race r requires with two yachting he length putes. ng party it or nine or moun !eet high, scoveredy pass or ad of the we wal and the cutting!' 'ear 185 0 , .versatioll who le ist then ,sed, well .ien made reat deal es of the t location ad. The et. Huy' the prose' materials , econaes e harbort ill 0 0', West 01 he so-far requi- 035 iiniature larglieSS to bloV l this are n 0 .., certa l !' ye th eir 3cial ar be PO: me 1 113 . 1 11 refus e are L ie svors [ler, 'o rb° Lecessq it will u cu a nn. to P -3ediUgli 21b 22 , r 6 i LA P DCO . O ••24 O s 9,t bb ° :re s e°‘ Ordetio s wife of lit, B°l titer ° JriPrd f • • ' 4( •.,-, Q , d ,>ll' 4 r• --Atir.a. • 110, - "7 .4 1.! 1. . 2. N 44e- CY t . -4 LONDON, SATURDAY, Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Illustrations, . EDITION of FREE RUSSIA. By W. HEPWORTH DIXON, " Author of "New America," " Her. Majesty's Tower," &c. "Mr. Dixon's book will be certain not only to interest but to please its readers " - Saturday Review. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. EVENING EDITION. GOVERNMENT OF PERU. ISSUE of £11,920,000 STERLING nominal Capital, 6 PER CENT, CONSOLIDATED BONDS, for the Construction of RAILROADS. Redeemable at Par by Half-Yearly Drawings, through the operation of an accumulative Sinking Fund, of Two per Cent. per Anmun, commencing in 1880. PRICE OF ISSUE 824 PER CENT. In conformity with the Law of the National Congress, dated the 15th January, 1869, which conferred upon the Supreme Government of Peru the right of making contracts for the construction of certain Railroads, and paying for the same by the issue of Consolidated Bonds of the Republic of Peru, the said Government has arranged for the issue of such Bonds, as follows : To the extent of For the construction of the j Soles 27,600,000, or £.5,520,000 Railroad from Callao to La Oroya „ 32,000,000, or £6,400,000 Total Soles 59,600,000, or £11,920,000 Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER and Co., being duly authorised, beg to offer the said Bonds for public subscription on the follow ing conditions :- 1. The Bonds will be in amounts of £l,OOO, £5OO, £2OO, £lOO, £5O, and £2O, bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, payable by Coupons half-yearly on the Ist January and Ist July in each year (the first being payable on the Ist January next). The Coupons will be payable in London, in sterling ; in Paris, at the exchange of 25 francs per pound sterling ; and in Amster dam, at the exchange of the day on London. 2. The redemption will bo effected by half-yearly drawings at par, commencing on the Ist April, 1880, by the operation of a Sinking Fund of two per cent. per annum of the ehtire Capital, plus the Interest on the redeemed Bonds, so that the entire amount will be paid off at the end of 25 years from that date. The Bonds so drawn will be paid off three months after the date of drawing. 3. The Peruvian , Government, however, reserves the right of putting the Sinking Fund into operation before the date above named, and of augmenting the amount to be drawn at any of the half-yearly periods. 4. The Peruvian Government guarantees the exemption of these Bonds from all Taxes or Imposts of any kind in Peru. 5. The Securities specially hypothecated for the due payment of the Interest and Principal of these Bonds are as follows :- Ist. The National credit df the Republic, solemnly pledged by the Government of Peru, in the name of the Re public, with the general hypothecation of all its real property and revenues. 2d. The Customs Dues of the Republic of Peru, amounting annually to Soles 4,000,000, or £BOO,OOO. 3d. The Railways to be constructed from Calloa to La Oroya, and from Arequipa to Puno, also the existing Railroad from Megia to Arequipa, with all their lands, buildings, rolling stock, workshops, and appurtenances. This latter Railroad has just been completed at a cost to the Government of £2,400,000. 4th. The surplus proceeds of the Guano to be imported into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, her Colonies, to the Continent of Europe, and to United States of America, after providing for the existing 5 per cent. Government Loan of 1865 (of which £7;192,200 is still in circulation), and of the guaranteed risco-Ica Railway Loan of £290,000, The amount re quired for the annual service of the Loan of 1865 is £1,000,000, that of the guaranteed Pisco-Ica Railway Loan £20,800. The sales of Guano amount to 550,000 tons per annum, producing a nett Revenue of about £4,400,000. sth. After the Ist July, 1879 (the term fixed for the final re • demption of the Loan of 1865), the present Bonds become a first charge upon the entire proceeds of Guano of the Republic of Peru (subject only to the guaranteed Pisco-Ica Railway Loan of £290,000), and no other Loan can under any circumstance take precedence of these Bonds. 6. The Subscription price is 82i per cent., payable in the fol lowing Instalments, viz.:— £5 Os. on Application ; £l2 10s. on Allotment ; £l5 Os. on the 20th August, 1870 ; £l5 Os. on the 20th October, „ _ _ £l5 Os. on the 31st December „ Deducting £3 Coupon due Jan. 1,1871, less income tax £lO Os. on the 20th February, 1871 ; £lO Os. on the 20th April ; £l2 10s, Subscribers have the option of paying in full all the Instal ments under discount, at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, on any day when an Instalment falls due. • Allaying for Discount on the Instalments the price is reduced to per cent. The non-payment of any of the Instalments at their due dates subjects all previous payments to forfeiture. Scrip Certificates to Bearer will be issued against Allotment Letters, to be exchanged for the definite Bonds as early as pos sible after payment of all the Instalments. The Bonds will be signed on behalf of the Supreme Govern ment of Peru by a Special Commissioner appointed for that pur pose, and countersigned by Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER and Co. Coupons for the half-yearly Interest due the Ist July of each year will be attached. Applications will be received by Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER and Co., on Tuesday, the 7th June, Wednesday, the Bth June, and for applications from the country until noon on Thursday, the 9th of June. The allotments will be made as early as possible after the close of the subscription. In cases where the amount allotted is less than was applied for the balance of the deposit will be applied towards payment of the next instalment, and, if more than suffi cient for that purpose, the residue will be returned to the Subscriber. Where no allotment is made, the amount of deposit will be returned without delay. Subscriptions will be opened simultaneously : At the Offices of the SociitS G6n6rale In Paris * • Commerce et de l'lndustrie en France. At Messrs. Lippman Rosenthal & Co.'s In Amsterdam .. At Messrs. Wertheim and Gompertz's; In Hamburc• At the Nord-Deutsche Bank. 1 At Messrs. L. Behrens and Sons. In Brussels ..... At Messrs. Cassel and Co.'s. In New York.... At Messrs. Baltzer and Teaks'. but Scrip Certificates issued in respect of London Allotments can only be paid on and exchanged for Bonds in London. 145, Leadenhall-street, London, 4th June, 1870. SCINDE RAILWAY (INDUS STEAM FLOTILLA ; PUNJAUB AND DELHI RAILWAYS) COMPANY. At an extraordinary General Meeting of the above Company, held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on Monday, the 30th May, 1870. W. P. ANDREW, Esq., Chairman of the Company, presiding, The following resolutions were carried in conformity with the provisions of the Scinde Railway Company's Amalgamation Act (32 and 33 Vict., Sess. 1868-9. 1. That the scheme for amalgamation of the several undertak ings of the Company contained in the notice convening this meeting, having been submitted to the meeting, be agreed to. 2, That the name of the Company be changed to the Scind e , Punjaub, and Delhi Railway Company. The following resolutions were also carried :—Proposed by R. B. Morrice, Esq., seconded by A. Devaux, Esq.- 3. That as one of the chief objects contemplated by the pro prietors in the amalgamation of the several undertakings of the Company thits day agreed to was to place the Company in a more advantageous position for obtaining a concession of the Railway between Mooltan and Kotree, originally designed and surveyed by this Company, this meeting deeply regrets that the representations made on former occasions have failed to induce the !Secretary of State to recognise the justice of the Cempany's claim for the concession of that line, which, in the opinion of this Meeting, is absolutely essential to the proper development and success of the Company's system, and would be more speedily and cheaply constructed by the Company than if the works were executed by Government. That the Directors be therefore requested to use their best efforts to obtain a reconsideration of the decision arrived at by the Secretary of State as to the construction of the line by the diroct agency of Government, in order that justice may yet be done 'o the Company. Prope_t. d by Tames M`Donald, Esq., and duly seconded. 4. That the cordial thanks of this meeting are tendered to W. P. Andrews, Esq., for his able and courteous conduct in the chair this day. W. P. ANDREW, Chairman. S. H. R. PARRY, Acting Secretary. Gresham House, Old Bond Street, E.C., 30th May, 1870. DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY. Issue of £‘255,000 Perpetual 6 per cent. A Debenture Stock, which Stock is a first mortgage charge upon the whole under taking of the DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY, which, by agreeme; t confirmed by Act of Parliament, is to be worked in perpetuit3 by the BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. The Directors of the DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY are prepared to receive Subscriptions for £255,000 (balance unissued of £270,100) First Mortgage A Debenture Stock, bearing 6 per Cent. per annum Interest, which is issued in pursuance of the Railway Companies' Act, 1867. The price of issue of the Stock now offered for Subscription is Par, or £lOO for each £lOO Stock ; it will be issued in any amount not being less than £lOO Stock, payable as follows : Jac) on each £lOO Stock subscribed, payable on application. 10 „ „ PP „ „ allotment. 20 PP ~ PP „ „ 15th July 1870. 20 „ „ „ „ 15th Sept. 1870. •,„ „ 15th Feb. 1871. 15th Nov. 1870. 20 „ 20 „ „ P 1 PP „ „ £lOO BANKERS. The Natimid Provincial Bank of England, 112, Bishopsgate Street Within, London, E.C., and its Branches. SECRETARY. R. Di. Muggeridge, Esq. Offices : 13, Little Queen Street, Westminster, London, and Taunton, Somerset. The DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY. 42 miles in Aength (shown on the accompanying map, coloured red), com mences at Norton, near Taunton, Somerset, forming a junction with the Bristol and Exeter Railway there, and terminates at Barastaple, Devon, crossing by a direct route from east to west, Milverton, Wiveliscombe, Hampton, Dulverton, North and South Molton, Swinbridge and Landkey, saving nearly 40 miles on the existing route from the West of England to Bristol and the North, and bringing the entire district traversed within much easier reach of the Metropolis. The Devon and Somerset Railway possesses peculiar advan tages as regards traffic, as from the great saving of distance it will not only command a remunerative passenger and goods traffic, but, in addition, an important mineral traffic from the surrounding districts, which this railway will open up, there being to the northward of this line, and between it and the Bristol Channel, upwards of 400 miles of rich mineral and agri cultural country, unprovided with railway accommodation, aui to the soutward, upwards pf 200 miles, more than half of which is similarly unprovided. The present route from the north, north-east, and east to Barnstaple and the west of England is (as a glance at the map will show) round via Taunton, by Exeter, and thence by the North Devon Railway—a very circuitous route. When the Devon and Somerset Railway is open, nearly the whole of this traffic must pass over it, at a saving of nearly 40 miles in distance, and consequently economy of time and ex pense will be effected by all traffic between the metropolis and places north of it and the large district which will be served by the Devon and Somerset Railway, such traffic then proceeding by the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways, to Taunton, and thence by the Devon and Somerset Railway direct, passengers and goods being booked through by those Companies. By special agreement, confirmed by Act of Parliament, the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company are to work the Devon and Somerset Railway in perpetuity, paying over to this Company half-yearly 50 per cent. of the gross receipts. Arrangements have also been made by which the Midland Railway Company is under agreement to allow the Devon and Somerset Railway 10 per cent. rebate on the traffic passing over their line ; and the Bristol and Exeter Company have agreed to allow a similar rebate of £5 per cent. on their line, whichis to be increased to 10 per cent., when negotiations with the Great Western Railway Company for rebate on their line have been successfully carried out. With _reference to the estimate of traffic of the Devon and Somerset Railway, there is no doubt it' must be large, having regard to the important towns it unites, and to the rich agri cultural and mineral district it will accommodate, as well as the saving of distance from the Metropolis and North. There will also, it may be confidently expected, be found a special element of great future advantage, in the facility it will oiler for summer and excursion traffic to the beautiful and favourite scenery of North Devon and Cornwall. The attractions of this district bring numbers, which are rapidly increasing every year, to the West of England ; and the Devon and Somerset Railway will offer to the whole of the manufacturing districts of England the readiest and far the shortest route to all parts of the West, and will carry travellers through some of the most picturesque parts of North Devon. The directors forbear to offer any precise calculations as to the amount of probable traffic ; but it may be observed that the North Devon Line running to Barnstaple from Exeter has a traffic of £22 a mile a week, and the directors have received a • reliable estimate that the traffic of this line will reach £24 a mile a week, and will ultimately be considerably more. The amount required annually to pay the interest on the whole of the A Debenture Stock is £16,200, so that on the above estimate the anticipated net revenue would exceed by upwards of £lO,OOO a year the sum necessary for such interest, to which must be added the additional revenue from rebates of traffic before mentioned, thus affording an investment of perfect security. Of the 42 miles of Railway, of which the Devon and Somerset Railway consists, about 26 miles are nearly ready for ballasting (the Rails and other materials for which are on the ground), thus leaving 16 miles to complete the whole length of the Railway. By arrangements with the Contractor—for whose due per formance, of his engagements security has been given to the satisfaction of the Board of Directors—the following periods have been fixed for opening the line for traffic :- - Ist Section from Taunton to Wiveliscombe, 10 miles 2nd Section from Barnstaple to South Molton, 12 miles .. .............. on 15th Feb., 1870. 3rd and last Section .......* . ......... on 30th June, 1571. So that within 15 months the entire line will be at work and open for traffic. To insure the punctual payment of the interest during the last-mentioned period upon the Stock applied for an amount amply sufficient for that purpose will be invested in Government Securities, which will be lodged with the National Provincial Bank of England, in the names of — The Right lion. The Lord Poltimore (Chairman), The Right Hon. The Earl Fortescue, Castle Hill, South Melton, Devon. who have consented to act as trustees, and will apply the amount in the payment of such interest as it falls due. As a safe investment English Railway Debenture Stock is well known, and possesses at once the advantage of a' fixed income and the certainty of rapid increase in value, and consequent augmentation of the capital invested. These features apply specially to the present Issue of Stock for subscription, as will be seen by the accompanying table of the relative values of existing Railway Debenture Stock at 6 per cent. interest, compared with the 6 per Cent. Debenture Stock of the Devon and Somerset Railway, now offered at £lOO. Issued at Rate of Interest. on 15tb Oct., 1870. NAME OF STOCK, Present Price. Equivalent price in a 6 per Cent. Stock, as now offered. Per Cent. Great Eastern Railway De- benture Stock Great Northern .. Great Western Lancashire and Yorkshire London and Brighton .. London & North Western Midland Ditto North-Eastern .. • • North London .. • • South-Eastern .. • • Metropolitan District Railway (in course of construction) Debenture Stock issued in July 1869, is now 16 premium .. The Debenture Stock now offered for subscrip absolute first mortgage charge on 42 miles of an way, passing through a rich mineral and agricul and which, when completed, will represent a to £708,700, offers an excellent investment for capital By order of the Board of Directors, R. M. MUGGER. tion being an English Rail- Rural district, )tal capital of fists. DGE, Secretary. 1870. 13, Little Queen-street, Westminster, 2nd June, DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY. ISSUE OF £255,000 PERPETUAL 6 PER CENT. A. DEBENTURE STOCK. FORM OF APPLICATION, To be retained by the Bankers. To the Directors of the Devon and Somerset Railway Company. Gentlemen, aid to th Having pe National Provincial Bank of England the sum of £ , being 10 per cent of £ of 6 per cent. First Mortgage A. Debenture Stock of the Devon and Somerset Railway Company, I request you to appropriate and allot and to issue to me Scrip Certificates for the said Stock, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less amount that may be appropriated or allotted to me, and to pay the balance of the amount of Stock, according to the terms of the Prospectus attached hereto. Dated 2nd June, 1870. Name (in full) Address Profession (if any) .. Date 1870. Signature. (Addition to be filled up if the Applicant wishes to pay up in full.) I desire to pay up my Subscription in full, receiving interesl thereon from the date of payment. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. " Lothair." It is thought by many good judges that difficul ties have arisen between Mr. Disraeli and his party, and that the review of " Lothair " in Blackwood is one of the symptoms shewing which way the wind blows. But at any rate the Standard does not re cognise the oracular sentence of the Tory magazine. It is furious with the famous review :—" Its flagrant injustice, its coarse scurrility and its indecent personalities, will all work out their own retribution in the conviction, which will inevi tably be impressed upon the mind of every unpreju diced reader, that the writer is not passing judgment upon the book, but taking a cowardly oppor tunity of avenging a private quarrel by dealing a foul blow at the man who wrote it." And again, "we are challenged to declare whether this savage outburst represents a changed mood of the Conservative party towards their leader. We will venture to say, that whatever difference of opinion may have existed as to the policy of Mr. Disraeli three years back, there are not a score of Conserva tives in the whole kingdom who will not repudiate the language and the sentiment of Blackwood with disgust and contempt." Education in Ireland. The annual report of the state of education in Ireland records progressive improvement. The num ber of children on the rolls has increased by 23,700, and the daily attendance by 3,707. The total num ber of children on the school registers in Ireland is now a million, minus a few thousands. In 1833 it was only 107,042. The number in Ulster is much larger, than in any other province. It is 347,919 against 267,093 in Munster, and smaller totals in the other provinces. The number of children owning allegiance to`the Established Church is, in Ulster, 56,671 against 178,755 Roman Catholics. In Munster there are 5,019 children of the Established Church against 260,978 Catholics; in Leinster, 6,786 against 204,532 ; and in Connaught 4,442 against 158,548. There are 106,769 Presbyterian children in Ulster, and scarcely any in the other provinces. The total percentage of Catholics in the whole 'country is nearly 81. The arguments for the Irish Church Act do not grow weaker by keeping, JUNE 4, 1870. Irish Convict Prisons. There are three convict prisons in Ireland under the control of the 'Government. They are stationed at Spike Island, county ' Cork, at Lusk, county Dublin, and at Mountjoy, in the city of Dublin. A fourth (intermediate) prison at : Smithfield was used until last year, when, as it was considered that accommodation for a large number of extra con victs could be afforded at Lusk, this institution was closed, and resulted in a large saving of money. The directors of government prisons in Ireland have just issued their sixteenth annual report respecting the condition, &c., of the prisoners and the manage ment of the buildingsin which they are confined. The directors state that within the past year the office of inspector of convict prisons in Dublin, and the office of inspector of released convicts in the same city, have been abolished, in conse quence of which a saving of nearly £BOO annually has accrued to the public. It is reported that the number of men and women in custody in the three prisons on January Ist, 1870, was 1,230, or 90 less than the number confined in the previous January. The cost of the convict prisons in Ireland for the year 1869 is stated at £38,580. From this sum, however, £18,885, earned by the labour of the prisoners, must be deducted. Gratuitous Writing Materials. The plan of issuing halfpenny postage cards, though no doubt the means of vast convenience to the public, will, it is feared (under present arrange ments, at all events) give great and apparently just dissatisfaction to stationers. Some years ago the Government adopted a scheme of selling stamped envelopes, which at first caused serious anxiety. It was ultimately arranged, however, that a slight extra charge should be made by the Government for these envelopes over and above the price for the stamps, and so fears of an unfair monopoly were removed. In the case of halfpenny postage cards, however, Government evidently in tends to give a card and a stamp affixed for the half penny, and it is a question even if they will issue a halfpenny stamp distinct from the material. Whe ther they do or not, a serious loss will, no doubt, fall on the stationers. Supposing that an adhesive stamp is issued, no stationer can expect to compete with the authorities, who will supply stationery and stamps for the same sum ; while, on the other hand, if no distinct stamp be issued, there will be millions upon millions of postage cards used throughout the country, taking the place of other cards, and paper, and envelopes now supplied by the stationers. A writer in the Times makes two sugges tions to prevent the apprehended grievance. He pro poses that the Government should either allow stationers who sent in their own cards to be stamped, a sufficient deduction from the charge for the stamps, to cover the cost of the cards, or that they should make a similar allowance in the charge for large quantities of the half-penny adhesive stamps, should such be issued. A Purchase Department. It is much to be feared that the creation of a pur chase department in connection with the Admiralty will not be as effective as might be desired, if the ob ject of such a department be to prevent frauds on Government property. There are many evils in the purchase systems which cannot be removed without a reform, which, it is said, will not be secured by making an office or department answerable for things bought. A merchant who deals in a commodity used largely by the Admiralty, writes that he lately became aware of a piece of trading which illustrates one very weak point in the purchase regulations. He saw an advertisement for a Government contract in the papers, but fearing that the article required under the specification of the tender was superior to what he had at the time in stock, he did not apply for the contract. A..short time afterwards another merchant came to him and bought a large supply of the commodity he sells, and this man subsequently sold it to Government in fulfilment of the tender adver tised for. The Government in this instance accepted goods at least twenty-five per cent. inferior in marketable value to those which they were anxious to obtain. The merchant who makes known this gross case of mismanagement, is of opinion that an efficient system of personal inspection by experts, in particular branches, would deal more effectually with the corrupt practices which have be come an unfortunate heirloom to the Government purchase systems, than the formation of a department which will no doubt have the responsibilities nar rowed to itself, but which will probably cope with almost ineradicable evils exactly in the same way as they have always been grappled with. Ignorance of the Army. At the annual meeting of the governors of the Corps of Commissionaires, the report of the corn manding officer, Captain Waller, presented features of general interest, and many of the statements were most suggestive. Not the least important was that which referred to the large amount of ignorance existing in the army. He says the increase in the numerical strength of the commissionaires, which has been fifteen per cent., would have been still larger but for the dis qualification of many applicants from a want of sufficient education and intelligence. It is painful, he adds, to see so many human beings, especially ser vants of the State, excluded from all but the humblest grades of labour, by their inability to read, and to some minds it would appear incomprehensible, that among the numerous ministers, who have had the control of the army for the last twenty years, not one has succeeded in preventing the scandal which such ignorance presents. Compulsory education in the army, it appears, is another step in the right direction, demanding the attention of Government. Deaths in the Merchant Service. Statistics have been published, shewing the num ber of deaths, and their causes, in the British mer chant service during the year 1869. It appears that there has been a great reduction in the mortality as compared with the two previous years. In 1867 and 1868 the deaths were 5,283 and 5,237; last year they were only 4,832. The deaths by scurvy, which numbered 52 in 1867 and 26 in 1868, fell last year to 9. Of other causes of death it appears that yellow fever was fatal to 346 persons in 1867, and to 162 in 1869. Typhus, other continued fevers, and ague were almost equally fatal in both years. Small-pox caused 15 deaths last year against 21 in 1867. There is an increase in the deaths by accident, which amounted to 60 per cent. of the total mortality in in 1867, and to 64 per cent. last year; 1,770 seamen haying been drowned by shipwreck, and 1,069 drowned in other ways. The deaths of 8 surgeons are included in the return of 1869, 11 and 12 respectively having occurred in the two previous years. Cardinal Cullen. It has more than once been rumoured that the Roman Catholic Primate, having been elected a cardinal, has been granted at Dublin Castle, a pre cedence over the archbishops of the Irish Church. No more erroneous report could be circulated; and it is well, therefore, that the public should know that in 1849 an order issued by her Majesty assigned entry into Dublin Castle to the Roman Catholic Primates and to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin next after and below the Archbishops of the Established Church. This rule has ever since been ad hered to, and there is no reason to believe that, because the Irish. Church is disestablished, it will be departed from. On the authority of Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster-King-at-Arms at Dublin, it is stated that Cardinal Cullen, being a British sub ject, is not entitled to any precedence in right of his office, in these islands. He is still recognised, and will continue to be recognised, merely as an Arch. bishop. The London. Police. It is hard to expect that the - London constables will be as vigilant as they might be, or as determined to resist temptations offered to them, when they re ceive as pay only 18s. a week, and when they are in addition ever being tantalized by little reforms with respect to their mode of living and working. It is stated that last year every married constable wag allowed 40 lbs. of coal weekly throughout the year, and every unmarried one 40 lbs. weekly for the winter months and 20 lbs. for the summer. This regulation has now been changed, and a grant of 40. a-week, no matter how coal may increase in price, is made instead. The ease of a policeman's mind is considerably affected by this arrangement, as ti any shrewd calculator will be able to shew, that 4-0. is worst than 401bs. of guarantee, Government oral. VIM is also geat Qbjoction to a policeman IQC9iVilig money, even so small a sum as sixpence a week, for calling early risers; indeed it is believed that there is an express rule made against it, though it is au im perative order that a policeman is to " knock up " those who desire him to do so. All these little econo mical and hypercritical observances are likely to tell on men who are really very arduously worked, and from whom a very great deal is expected. If a policeman is left to stand in the dripping rain for hours considering whether his wife has the means to have a fire to dry him at, when he goes home, is it any wonder that he fails to watch the burglar, who on his part watches well and often, before he attempts- his robbery at some house " within the beat ?" Animal Life on the Surface of the Sea. "•M fly -travellers see strange things, and many go through the world with their eyes closed ; but Mr. Francis Ingram Palmer is evidently not to be classed in the latter category. That gentleman has been recently employed in surveying the coasts of China and Japan, and after his labours in this tespect he bethought himself to ascertain what might be the surface-oceanic life to be found on the way home. With this view he dragged 12,000 miles of sea one foot deep. In the vast operation he wore out 40 new nets and 80 repaired ones, but his scientific enterprise and patience has enabled him to make quite a revelation of sea life to the world. As the wanderin g denizens of the ocean were entrapped, they were brought up to the deck of her Majesty's ship Rodney, and made to display themselves under powerful exa mining glasses. By this means Mr. Palmer has been able to draw them in their wonderful develop ments of form and brilliance of colour, his delinea tions occupying twelve feet in length and eight feet in depth of drawing paper. This large picture, which now hangs in the waiting-room of the Admiralty, is ornamented with sketches of territorial scenes, the whole achievement affordinff a striking illustration of the great value of a perfect t knowledge of drawing for the advancement of science. London Dust. The Lancet asks if Londoners ever seriously consider what they pay for the doubtful luxury of unnecessary dust. Whatever might be thought of Professor Tyndall's theories, it says, We must all accept this fact, that the air is full of filth. Healthy adults may perchance breathe it with impunity, and asthmatics may even like it better than a pure atmosphere ; but for the children and the ailing what can be worse ? Our contemporary then speculates upon what will help us. Macadam, it says, is a great road maker and a great dust maker. Thousands of tons of dust are unnecessarily made by contact of iron and stone. Will not Asphalte pavement help us ? It yields instead ,of grinds, and it is easily made clean. It is smoothed with a hot roller, and in three quarters of an hour will carry the heaviest traffic without injury. No dust or dirt comes up as from beneath the stones. It is cheaper than either of the present modes of paving, but if the paving rates were doubled, they would still remain a bagatelle, if we diminshed dust. The Lancet pronounces clearly for asphalte as a remedy for this dire affliction. Every Tnesday.—One Penny, . - C}l AR L L W AIN. The New Story by Mis. PEN i)ER CIiDLIP, advertised to commence in CHAI;LE'S WAIN, June 7, is Postponed for the present. AND T o R. F J 0 D, ISLE, By E SPENOER Frontispiece by J. 'Siv.kni CHARLTON TUCKER, 21, Northumberlan 1-street, ust published, price is 6d., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATION'S OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommendinytts universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. B EWARE OF IMITATIONS.—Every Wheel bears the Name. F ITCH'S PATENT FIRE WHEELS. rEIE ONLY REALLY EFFECTIVE FIRE LIGHTER. ONE WHEEL will light a fire without wood or paper. ONE WHEEL will boil three pints of water in a few minutes. ONE WHEEL will cook a rasher of bacon, chop, or steak. ONE WHEEL will burn half an hour. SOLD EVERYWHERE. FOUR A PENNY. Manufactured only by HILL & CO., CALEDONIAN WORKS, BELLE ISLE, YORK-ROAD, KING'S CROSS, LONDON, N. METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS.—Through Trains to Kew and Richmond, v;a the Hammersmith andeity Line.—On and after Wednesday, June Ist, THROUGH 'IRAINS will run from Bishop's-road ta tion, Paddington, to KEW and RICHMOND, calling at a : 1 inter mediate stations. Passenger s from stations on the Metropolitan Railway will change at Bishop's-road Station. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. ST. ALB NN'S STEEPLECHASES, MONDAY and TUESDAY, June 6th ”nd 7th. CHEAP EXCUR-iTON I'ICKE S fo- ST. ALBAN'S will be issued from Euston Station on each of the above days at 10 30 and 11 30 a.w., and Chalk Farm at 10 3. and 11 35 a.m., return ing at 6 8 or 7 ..m. ach day. Fares from Euston and Chalk Farm to Nt. Alban's and back— Covered Carriages, ls 7d.; First Class, 3s. 2d Trains in connect on at Willesden Junction will leave Broad street (City), Dalston-lane, Highbury, Victoria (Pimlico), Ken sington, and Uxbridge-roa J. For particulars see Bil.s. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, May, 1870. METROPOLITAN AND METROPOLITAN I I6TRICT RAILWAYS. 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Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate the inte resting studs of MINER ,t LOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 50' guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERA LOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.) THE PUBLIC, ,UPP LIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20e. Per ream. B. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper 3 0 ......., ..,_ ......._ _ ..... , . . . Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved Superfine Thick Cream Lai,' Note; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Sup4riine Double Thick Cream Laid Note .... 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing ........ ... 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers.... 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It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than slopy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the Gazette du Midi," July 25th. (Cure No. 48,41?):—"Rome, July 21st, 1860.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta abica Food, of which he coesumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly bent ficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, ith a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleep lessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 'B, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, ord Lieutenant of the County of Waterford :—" I have derived, much be, eflt from your excellent food."—STUART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Waterford. Cure o , 49, , 32.--701 fifty years' indescribable agony irom dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,021.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervous ness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 50,854.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea The N ood is sold in Canisters. at Is lid; llb, 2s 9d ; 21b, 45 6d; 121 b, 2s; 441 b, 40s. The 121 b and nib canisters carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du Barry's Levalenta Arablk a Chocoiatc Powder is packed in tin canisters : or 2 cups at s, for 21 c ps at s 6 for 48 en & s at: s, for 288 cups nt is, for 57 , ; cups at ss. Being about one penny por c , . p he ',Os and 55s tins are sent fre of c,rria ein Eligiand on .receipt of Post Office Order. BARK • DU BARRY and 0.,. 77. Regen' -street, London, also at Fortnum and Mason's ; also at 4, Cheapside ; 6 , Gracechurch-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 121, New North-road, London ; and all Groce. s and Chemists. Interest will accrue from the dates of payment of each instal ment, but subscribers will have the option of paying the whole of the instalments on allotment, in which case interest at the rate of o per oont. per annum will also be allowed on such pay ments. The interest will be payable half-yearly, on January 1 and July 1 in each year, at the National Provincial Bank of England, London. In the event of any Subscriber not paying any instalments that may be due from him, the amount already paid shall be for feited to the Company. Scrip certificates, countersigned by the Chairman and the Secretary of the Company, will be issued on allotment, ex changeable for Debenture Stock Certificates when fully paid up. The•capital of the Company consists of— lst.—A. Debenture Stock (First Mortgage), bear ing 6 per cent interest (the Stock now offered for subscription, being the balance unissued) £270,000 2nd.—B Debenture Stock (Second Mortgage), bearing 5 per cent, interest .. .. 166,000 3rd.—Preference and ordinary Share Capital .. 272,700 £708,700 The Acts of Parliament, and that embodying the agreements with the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and the scheme of arrange ment may be seen at the offices of the solicitors of the company, Messrs.. Combe and Wainwright, 9, Staple Inn, London. Applications, accompanied bp the • payment of £lO per cent., will be received on the enclosed form, which must be filled up, and forwarded either to the National Provincial Bank of Eng land, 112, Bishopsgate-street Within, London, or its branches ; or to the Secretary at the Company's 'offices, 10 Little Queen-street, Westminster, London. -- DEVOIS AND SOMERSET RAILWAY. DIREOTORS. The Right Hon. the Lord Poltimore, Poltimore Park, near Exeter, Devon, Chairman. John Arthur. Locke, Esq., North Moor House, Dulverton; Somerset, Deputy-Chairman. Sir William G. Throckmorton, Bart., Buckland, Faringdon, Berks, Thomas Collett Sanders, Esq., Minchenden Lodge, Southgate. Henry Georges Moysey, Esq., Bathealton Court, Wellington, Somerset. John Thomas Nash, Esq., South Molton, Devon. ENGINEER. Richard Hassard, Esq., 31.1.C.E., 1, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, S.W. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Combe and Wainwright, 9, Staple Inn, London. Mesas. Ricearcl valcl son, South MOOR' Devon. PRICE Id STAMPED 2d. Leicester-square. Leicester-square is equally famous in town and country. That a locality so horribly disfigured should be allowed to disgrace the British Metropolis has long been a source of grief to residents and of amazement to visitors. When the beau ties of London architecture begin to grow tame (as they soon do), the ugliness of Lei cester-square revives the flagging interest. Its time, however, is come. The dreary area with a statue on a horse in the centre, from which the rider has' disappeared, the dead cats, and the turnip tops, are doomed. It will interest everybody to know that the owner who has long obstinately refused to sell or improve his possession, is now about to dispose of it for building purposes. A Tale of Repudiation. A short time since some citizens of the State of lowa visited England to invite subscriptions for a large number of 8 per Cent. Bonds of the Des Moines Valley Railroad, and their representa tions were most attractive. But advises were subse- quently received she wing that the State of lowa has for a number of years persistently pursued a career of repudiation. According to a reading New York journal, about fifteen or twenty years agu certain municipal corporations of the State borrowed money on bonds to build school-houses, railroads, &c. When the earliest of these obligations matured, some of the towns, cities, or counties, were reluctant to pay, pleading that there was no authority for their issue under the constitution and laws of the State ; but the Supreme Court of lowa held that the in debtedness was legally made, and therefore binding. In the course of a few years a larger amount of these bonds became due, and the same tribunal adjudged them to be illegally issued, whereupon some of the bondholders brought suits in the Federal Courts, the judge assigned to which confirmed the last decision of the Supreme Court of lowa. In due course the case worked its way to the Supreme Court of the United States, which held that the legal issue of the bonds having been admitted, it was a disgraceful line of conduct on the part of the lowa cor porations to repudiate the payment. Judgments were entered in the Federal Courts for the amounts due on which the Marshal returned nulla bona. The Federal Circuit Court was applied to for a manda mus, directing the delinquent corporation to raise the amount by taxation, but this was refused. It was then carried to the Supreme Court, which decided that the people of the counties and municipalities concerned must meet the bonds, and that the officers of the court would be supported by the Federal arms. So far, so good, but English money-lenders will doubtless know how to meet the next "advances" of the people of lowa. The Future of Cuba. There are rumours of an important negotiation having been set on foot in which General Prim, the Washington Cabinet, the Cuban Junta, the Spanish volunteers in Cuba, and several English capitalists are taking part. Its object is the restoration of tranquility to Cuba, and, looking at the influences represented in the matter, there seems reason to hope that substantial good may come of it. Telegraphic communication has been constantly going on between New York, Washington, and Phila delphia on the one hand, and London, Madrid, and Habana on the other. General Prim wants to obtain the money, which Spain so greatly needs, in London, where the bankers are willing enough to lend him the required amount, provided they have got security. This security General Prim hopes to find in Cuba, and he would very willingly mortgage her revenues if he could obtain sufficient control of the island. The Cuban volunteers, who really rule the island, dislike the idea of the American Pro tectorate, and between them and the insurgents Prim's efforts are paralysed, as the English capitalists will not risk their money in the present disturbed state of affairs. The in surgents themselves are unwilling to lay down their arms without an amnesty, while the volun teers are only eager to retain the control of the island, whoever may claim its allegiance. The United States are anxious to see Cuba tranquillised, and American property secured. They look forward as a matter of course to the ultimate absorption of Cuba in the Union, as they consider that the natural destiny of every outlying State. The Small-pox in Paris. - - - - - - - --- Mr. Alfred Smee gives the result of his inquiries into the state of the small-pox epidemic in Paris. He says he is informed that 1,400 persons have died from the disease, and that the weekly mortality has risen from 86 to 218 deaths, which occurred last week. With regard to vaccination he concludes that the French as a whole are well pro tected. For example, out of nine cases that came be fore him one had been vaccinated several times, one three times, one twice and the remaining six had been vaccinated once. He never remembers seeing a French case for assurance returned as unvaccinated. Mr. Smee urgently counsels that no person who has not been vaccinated, or has not had the small-pox, should go to Paris at the present time, and even those who have been so protected, should use due pre caution. Finally, he warns those who, in the pre sent crisis, continue to remain unvaccinated, that they subject themselves to unnecessary peril, and .commit a crime against society by tending to imperil the lives; or lead to the disfigurement o . ftheir fellow creatures, NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " ANNE DYSARY." Just ready, in 3 Vbla , p st Bvo , R T H iJ By the Author of "Anne Dysart," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Handsomely Bound in Cloth, Bevelled Boards, gilt edges, Crown Octavo, Seven Shillings and Sixpence. KENT'S POEMS. " The high and varied merits of the book ought to en sure its popularity."—Athenaeum, May, 187 " We are justified in asserting that, despite a copious produc tion of poems, lie is no genuine poet."—Pall Mall Gazette. 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