The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-28 00:00:00

Railway and other Companies. ANGLO-AMERICAN" TELEGRAPH (LIMITED). The report of the directors heartily congratulates the proprietors on the result of the great enterprise in which their capital had been embarked. The company was constituted on the 2d of March, 1866, with an authorised capital of £600,000. The con tract entered into with the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company was for a payment of £500,000, with further payments of £lOO,OOO con tingent on the successful completion of the cable of 1863. and of £137,110 in ordinary shares of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, contingent on the recovery and completion of the cable of 1865, the contractors engaging to manufacture and use their best efforts to lay the cable of 186 G, and to recover and complete that of 1865, then broken and very generally thought to be irrevocably lost at a depth of more than two miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic. The new cable with the requsite machinery having been placed in the Great Eastern steamship, she left the Thames on the 30th of June, the splice with the Irish shore end was effected on the 13th of July, when the expedition proceeded across the Atlantic, and after a pros perous voyage landed the cable at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, on the evening of the 27th of July. On the 28th of July it was opened for traffic. On the 9th of August .the Great Eastern left New foundland to seek the lost cable of 1865, and on the 2d of September, after great labour and numerous disappointments, it was recovered, and the splice having been effected, that cable was also completed, and was landed at Heart's Content on the Bth of September. Both cables proved, on examination, to be, as they still were, perfect in all respects, and the directors had every reason to think that they would continue so. The contract entered into with the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company had been fulfilled to their entire satisfaction. The organisation of the expedi tion was excellent ; every contingency was foreseen and provided for with skill and in a spirit of libe rality which left the directors nothing to desire. Their acknowledgments were. also eminently due to the able men employed on shore and afloat, by whom the cable of 1863 was manufactured and laid, and the cable of 1865 recovered and successfully completed. The power of the cable to transmit in telligeace had far exceeded the most sanguine anti cipation ; in the prospectus it was assumed, for the purpose of estimating the probable earnings, at from 25 to 40 letters per minute, whereas, practically, 100 letters have been transmitted through each cable in a single minute ; this result had been obtained with out resorting to appliances which might be availed of if necessary. At present the capacity of the cable was limited by the power of the human eye and brain to follow and read the transmitted signs. The tele graph communication beyond Heart's Content, espe cially through the uninhabited portion of Newfound land and across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, was found to be very defective ; considerable improvement had already been effected, and negotiations were now in progress for the laying, by the New York and New foundland Telegraph Company, of a submarine cable between Boston and Placentia Bay, thus leav ing only about 70 miles of land line bet Ween that point and the terminus of the Atlantic cable at Heart's Content. Arrangements had been concluded with the Electric and Magnetic Telegraph Com panies, by which separate and independent wires be tween Valencia and London would be devoted ex clusively to Atlantic business, and be worked by the staff of this company ; messages would pass without repetition and instantaneously between London and Valentia, and unity of management and undivided responsibility between London and Newfoundland would be secured. The Board, in the exercise of time power conferred on them by the Articles of Association, had appointed Mr. Cyrus W. Field a director of the company. The profits of the com pany since the opening of the line, on the 28th of July, having been at a rate greater than 25 per cent. per annum on the capital of the company, the directors had issued warrants, payable on and after the 29,:h of January, for a dividend ou account of £1 per share, or 10 per cent. on the subscribed capital. In the accounts to the 31st of December, no credit was taken for the amounts due to, but not received by this company, for messages transmitted prior to that date ; the amount was now ascertained to be £11,066, which, added to that published in the accounts, increased the net earnings from £67,814 to £Bl,BBO for the five months. The capi tal account showed that £610,432 had been re ceived, including £lO,OOO for premiums on share, and £608,985 expended, leaving a balance of £1,447. The revenue account to the 31st of December showed that £64,342 had been received on account of messages, £10,417 as rebate on through traffic from the 28th of July to the 28th of December, £390 for transfer fees, &c., and £232 interest on deposits --making together £75,381. The salaries and ex penses amounted to £5,484, and interest on mort gage bonds to £2,083, leaving a balance of £67,814. INTERNATIONAL EINANGIAL. The half-yearly meeting of this association was held at the London Tavern on Friday—Mr. Heath in the chair. The report stated that the profit had been ab sorbed by losses, and the reserve fund had been re duced to £4,516. The directors regretted that it was impossible for them to recommend a dividend, stat ing that all the securities had been valued at the lowest market prices, and that the paid-up capital of £750,000 might be regarded as being intact. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was not a very pleasant thing to ad dress a large body of shareholders at a time when the board were unable to declare a dividend. The past year had been one of unexampled difficulty to finan cial and commercial companies. Although they had no dividend to propose, he was glad to tell them that the capital of the company was intact, and that there was something over. If they had had to make up their accounts to the end of January instead of to the end of December last, they would have been able to show several thousand pounds more to their credit than appeared in the audited accounts. In reply to several letters that had been received mak ing inquiries as to the probability of a call, he could say that the directors had no intention or desire to make a call, nor was there any necessity for making one. The account showed a charge of £14,600 for expenses, which he believed were smaller than those of any other financial company having a similar amount of paid -up capital. One of the principal finan cial associations, with a capital of £BOO,OOO, showed an average annual expenditure of £17,600; another, with a capital of £750,000, an expenditure of £26,000 ; while their company, with the same amount of paid-up capital, had only expended £14,600, or less than 2 per cent. per annum on that capital. Some had expressed surprise that the direc tors should have taken remuneration during the past year. He could assure. them that the best exertions of the board had been used to carry the company through the time of trial ; they had attended day by day when anything important or urgent had to be done. He, for one, declined to forego the re muneration to which he was fairly entitled, and he hoped that his example would be followed by his brother directors. The securities had been inves tigated and -valued by eminent and competent persons, and the auditors, who had examined everything most carefully, had reported that the amets immediately available were far more than were required to meet thcl liabilities, and stated they had no doubt that the estimated value o f the whale of the securities would be ultimately realized. The gross profits of the year had amounted to £65,000. One unfortunate loss they had had was connected with the Northampton and Banbury Rail way, to which they had made an advance, backed, as they thought, by ample securities, but as it turned out that the amount advanced was not sufficient to finish the line, the securities they held became de preciated, but would probably turn np all right some day when the line was finished, which it cer tainly would be, and then they could avail them selves of those securities. They held about £90,000 stock in the Egyptian Railway Loan, which was guaranteed by the Egyptian Government, and would be paid off at par in the course of six or seven years. if they were not forced to realise these securities, which, though depreciated, yielded something like 113. per cent., they would realise a Tery large profit. They were also interested in the Metropolitan Sew age scheme, which he believed would, when carried out, yield a good profit. Their works at present, from the outfall of the metropolitan sewers at Bark ing Creek, had been carried 31 miles; the farm they had was about oue mile and a half from Barking creek, and pipes had been laid to carry the sewage to it. The amount involved in the operations of this company could not possibly exceed £llO,OOO. A discussion ensued, in the course of which it was stated that the remuneration of the directors was £5,000 a year and a percentage on the profits, which latter the Board refused to take on a former occa sion. The company had an investment in the Turin Railway, backed by a Government guarantee, which would come into effect in the course of the year. The company had nothing Eke permanent invest ments ; their object was to invest and re-invest at a profit. If things went on for the next five months as they were now going on, they would have a better account to present at the next meeting. The report was unanimously adopted; the retiring directors were re-elected, and also Mr. Harding and Mr. Galsworthy, the retiring auditors. The pro ceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Miscellaneous American News. Governor Bullock, in his address to the Massa chusetts Legislature, said :—" Complying with a resolve of the Legislature, I have appointed a com missioner and agents, who have in charge the inte rests of Massachusetts contributors to the exhibition of industry, art, and science, which is shortly to be open at Paris. The preparation for our own part in this rivalry of the genius and skill of all coun tries has derived an added importance and dignity from the sanction of national legislation. We arc not apt to over-estimate the influence of such in stitutions, aided and patronised by nations. They are universal educators. They become instru ments of international pacification more potential and more benevolent than the cunning of diplomacy. The action of Congress for the promotion of this object was consummated so late, and the general business of the country has been so active for the local demand, as to warrant the apprehension of some deficiency in the variety and quality of our part in the contribution. lam assured, however, that the interests of the commonwealth will be cre ditably represented. By the American representa tive at Paris, and by men of public spirit in our own and other Mates, my attention has been called to the eminent propriety of presenting in some repre sentative form our system of public schools. A strong desire has been expressed that we should con tribute a Massachusetts school-house, with teachers and pupils. The whole of this has been thought to be impracticable. But at least a form of model school-houses, sufficiently large and well constructed to illustrate the general arrangement,with furniture and appliances, for the purpose of representing some of the visible parts of our mode of free education, is awaited by many of our friends on the continent. To accomplish this end an appeal has recently been made by the agent to liberal citizens in this vicinity and has met with cordial response. But I think it is the better opinion that the honour of the State will be best promoted, and that the object of the exhibition will be best secured, if the Legislature shall make an appropriation for this expenditure. I take pleasure in recommending an early appro priation of $3,500, which shall enable the governor and council to cancel private subscriptions and at once to give effect to the object." In view of the repeated thefts of United States Securities, the Treasury Department desires atten tion called to the fact that, although all the coupon bonds of the Government are issued payable to bearer, so that they will pass by delivery, and are good although lost or stolen, when in the hands of a bona fide holder, the case is different with the 7-30's which arc issued in blank, but with the words "or order" instead of " or bearer" imprinted on the face. So long as a 7-30 note remains thus in blank, it passes by delivery like a coupon bond, and a bona fide purchaser for value can collect the same notwithstanding it has been lost or stolen. But in case the holder of the 7.30 fills the blank space with his name, the note then becomes payable to him or his order, and he cannot thereafter be de prived of his title by any loss or larceny of the note, any more than the holder of a check or draft payable to his order, and this is the law, notwith standing his name may have been so skilfully ex tracted by acid or otherwise, as to leave no trace of the name. If the original holder of the note can prove clearly that his name was once written upon the face of the 7-30 his title is good, notwithstand ing the erasure, and even against a bona fide holder for value, and will be recognised by the Treasury Department, and upon proof of the facts will be paid to him. All persons dealing in Government securities ought carefully to bear in mind the fore going peculiarity of the 7-30 notes, which may, as stated become converted into negotiable securities, payable only to order, which cannot be the case with any of the coupon bonds of the Government. Colonel Frank Jordan has accepted the position of Secretary of State. The Republican members of the Legislature held a caucus meeting, Jan 2, to nominate a State Treasurer, and William 11. Kemble was unanimously nominated. William Duffy, of Philadelphia, and William Hamilton, of Lancaster, were nominated, but withdrew before the election. The caucus decided to nominate a candidate for United States Senator on the even ing of January 10th, and this decision, of course, settles the question now being considered by com mittees of the two Houses as to the legal day on which the election will be held. It will be held on January 15th, the same day as the Governor's inauguration. Died, in Philadelphia, Eliza, wife of Dr. William Keating, and daughter of the late John J. Boric, merchant, of that city. The Supreme Court consists of the following named jurists, with the date of their appointment:- 1863—5. P. Chase, Ohio, Chief Justice. 1835 James M. Wayne, Georgia. 1845--Samuel Nel son, New York. 1846—Robert C. Grier, Pennsyl vania. 1858—Nathan Clifford, Maine. 1862 Noah M. Swayne, Ohio. 1862—David Davis, Illinois. 1862—Samuel F. Miller, lowa. 1863 Stephen J. Field, California. Judge Al‘Cunn, at New York, has decided sub stantially that a person losing money in gaming is not entitled to recover by law. J. W. Ingersoll, of Detroit, has received news that a fortune of $16,000,000 awaits him in Hol land. E. C. Scranton, Esq., president of the New York and New Haven Railroad, was recently run over and killed at South Norwalk. Mr. Scranton has many friends in Europe who will deplore his loss. Mademoiselle Adelina Patti gave a dinner party last week, at which were present Mr. J. Gordon Bennett, Mustapha Pacha, M. Emile de Girardin, M. de Jasperini, M. and Madame de Thal, le Vis conite Daru, &c. A son.of Mr. Watt Clark, of Albany, was choked to death in New York on Sunday, December 30, from laughing heartily while eating nuts and candy. Oxford University has conferred a Doctorate in Divinity upon Bishop Whitehouse, of Illinois. Bishop Simpson, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, accompanied by his son, arrived in Galves ton, Texas, the last week of the year. At a Christmas gathering, near Boston, a school master had a long rod and an editor a mammoth pair of shears for presents. The Rev. Charles A. Smith, D.D., of Philadel phia, has accepted the charge of the Third Presby terian Church at East Orange, New Jersey. The American Foreign Mission Board will send to the Paris Exposition a collection of 1,000 volumes of its missionary publications, in over thirty diffe rent languages. Colonel Thomas, United States Military Store keeper in Washington, who has been for some days lying at the point of death, is now recovering, At a Christmas dinner given by General E. S. Foster to his children in Indianopolis, when the father turned up his plate he found under it a deed for the land on which his house stood, the gift of his sons, and valued at $3,000. . Mr. Joseph Jefferson has made a ►wonderful hit 'THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, in his great speciality, " Rip Vau Winkle," at the Naticcoal, Washington. Max Maretzek's Opera Trout ie appear on the 3d for a season of eight nights, and - they are to be succeeded by Miss Maggie Mr. John. Brougham has closed his very success ful engagement at the Boston Theatre, and this week Mr. J. B. Roberts will appear in " Faust." The Museum has shelved " Griffith Gaunt," and this week produces " Peep o' Day." A piece called " Captain Lascar," is the attraction at the Howard; and " Cinderella" has been revived for the holidays at the Continental. We arc informed by a New York correspondent that a unique dramatic performance took place in the White Garden Theatre lately. " Othello" was the play, with Edwin Booth as lago, and Bogumil Dawison as the Moor. The pecu liarity of the performance consisted in the fact that Ingo talked English, while Othello mouthed in high Dutch. This sort of per formance has been permitted at Versailles ; the play also was the same, the negro tragedian Aldridge appearing as Othello. But the novelty was merci lessly ridiculed. Instead of making it a subject for satire, however, the /lane urs have, with one excep tion, spoken of the duplex playing as if it were a triumph of artistic excellence. " The ancient" was just as he should have been, but the Moor was at best but a very scurvy cousin Gerosan of Shak spere's Othello. Bogumil Dawison is a ranter, a raver, and a stamper, and his explosions, following the subtle whisperings of Booth, produced an effect star tlingly,ludicrous.-1 , ronz the Liverpool Star. James Wentworth, late consular clerk at Frank fort-on-the-Maine, has been appointed U. S. Consul to Moscow, with a salary of 2,000 doll. per year. lie had much trouble in ousting a Dutchman, by the name of Ilooterseheidt, from the office, even after the granting of the exequatur, and Mr. Wentworth had to call in the aid of the authorities to put the fellow out and give him possession. _ . Professor F. C. Welsch, a distinguished Ameri can artist, of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, is spending some days at Paris, visiting the various noted studios there. On Sunday last a heavy fall of snow fell in various parts of the Continent. It froze in the streets and afforded the boys good skating for a day only, as on the next a rain melted it. Governor Wright still continues seriously ill, and some of his friends are somewhat alarmed, fearing his sickness may become fatal. It}NE= SPlES.—Every shipper to America is alarmed on account of the appointment of revenue agents on the Continent, to look into fraudulent invoices of goods to America, i.e., where goods are greatly undervalued in price to defraud the United States revenue. This is perhaps not done to any great extent, but seizure of silks at Lyons and Zurich, and wines from the Eperney, &c., has caused a general fright. The Continental papers have editorial notices calling the attention of the people to Farnell, oue of the agents, warning them against him. If these merchants have de frauded the revenue they ought to be punished ; at any rate it will cause shippers to be careful here after in giving honest prices. Lieut. llobart Miller, of Detroit, has received the appointment of consular clerk, and has been assigned to the U. S. Consulate-General at Frank fort-on-the-Maine. This appointment is in part a reward for meritorious services in the late rebellion. The Queen has approved the appointment of Colonel Chapman, C. 8., of the Royal Engineers, to the Governorship of Bermuda. Gen. Logan is in Chicago. lion. W. M. Evarts is in Washington. Col. Badeau, of Gen. Grant's staff, is writing a life of his chief. . . W. H. Milburn, the blind preacher, is going to Paris to consult an occulist. Commander Winslow, of Kearsage memory, i s at New Orleans. General James Watson Webb, United States Minister to Brazil, was seriously ill at Petropolis, near Rio Janeiro, on the 25th ult. Wart, tho barn-burner in Niagara county, N.Y., has been sentenced to nine years and six mouths in the Auburn Prison. Jeannie Burns, aged only thirteen years, has been lecturing on intemperance, in Washington county, New York, with remarkable success. Jacob Loucks, the largest man in York county, Pennsylvania, died in Manchester, in that county, on the 12th ultimo of apoplexy. He was fifty-seven years old, and weighed about five hundred pounds. His coffin was thirty-five inches broad and thirty three deep. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From Bowles, Dreuct, and Co.'s Circular.) _ _ Paris, Jan. 18. Business has been more dull this week than last, with a prevalent feeling of uneasiness, though money is still abundant. The French Three per Cents. are gradually declining. Exchange on London is very easy, being offered as low as 2513. United States Securities have not much fluctuated: 5- 20's of 1862 close to-day at 82k, a little higher than on the 10th. Prices have ranged from 81 15-16 (en the 11th) to 82}, which latter flgiare has been touched on several dif ferent days. This improvement is explained by the calmer temper with which the report of the impeachment of Presi dent Johnson has been discussed on the Bourse, the best informed operators being of course aware of its ver slender foundation. Nevertheless, speculation remains comparatively dull, awaiting events, and the consequence is that the course of the market for United States securi ties is for the present to a great extent dependent upon the operations of dealers in other European capitals, espe cially those of Frankfort, who have since our last alter nately sold and bought on our market. Jan. 24. The general situation of our market has scarcely changed since our last advices, in spite of the political changes of the week, the news of which has doubtless been trans mitted to you by the cable. The measures taken by th© Government have been re cognised as comparatively valueless, and their only effect upon the Bourse has been a slight fall in the principal securities, including the French 3 per Cents. There is still considerable hesitation, and little business doing. Since the dismissal of M. Fould there is much talk of a new loan; and under present circumstances this idea is not well received, in spite of the abundance of money. Exchange on London is still freely offered to-day at 25-14. There has been scarcely any variation during the week in United States 5-20 Bonds, the difference between the highest and lowest quotations being about 1 per cent. (82 5-16 81i). They close to-day at 821. The political uneasiness caused by the changes of Minis try at home, and by the attention given to the Eastern question, produces a favourable effect upon American secu rities, investors turning to them in their anxiety, and busi ness is comparatively active. In addition to these bona fide investments there is a con siderable demand from Frankfort, which aids in absorbing the remittances of bonds from New York, as well as those sold by speculative operations. These speculative sales, which still continue, are based on the uncertain appearance of American politics, and on the belief that the price of gold at New York is likely to rise still further. . . In respect to tho financial situation of tho American Government there is but ono opinion, it being universally regarded as satisfactory. (From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, January 23.) We have our usual advices from New York by the Aus tralasian. They aro to the 9th instant, and report an active investing demand for all Government socuriti3s, at an improvement of quite one per cent. In the Railway Share Market there bad been an active business at gene rally enhanced quotations, but the advance was not main tained, and on the 9th dulness, with a declining tendency, prevailed. State Stocks were in request, but Railroad Mortgages were neglected. The payment of the January coupons on Government Stocks had released a large amount of money, but without having any effect on the rate of interest. Thn premium on gold had increased two per cent., owing to the unsettled feeling prevailing in politics. By a telegram dated New York, January 21st, per the Atlantic Telegraph, the following prices have been re ceived:— Gold, 137 ; United States 5-20's, "108 ; Illinois, 116' ex div. ; Erie (Common), 65 ; Exchange (60 days), 149 k. The following is tho roturn of tho Now York Banks : Discounts. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. $ S 8 Dec. 29... 259, 354,761 13,185,222 32,664,526 200,81. 8 4290 Jan. 5... 257,852,460 12,794,892 32,762,779 202,533,564 During the past week there has boon a fair amount of business transacted in the London market kr American securities. There have been some considerable importa tions advised by telegraph of United States 5.20's of both issieo the 1862 bonds have been well taken for Con tinental account, and there has been some good home buying of the 1865 issue, so that the closing quotations exhibit but little alteration from this day week, the earlier Bonds closing 72! to and the latter 711 to 4. Both Illinois and Erie Shares have fluctuated during the week, but leave oft at a decline of 1 per cent., the former being last quoted 80 to and the latter 431 to /. A dividend of 7 per cent. has been declared on the Preference Shares of the Erie Company, but no mention is made of the common stock. It is rumoured that the Illinois Company have declared a dividend of 5 per cent. for the half year, but we have no official confirmation of the fact. Atlantic and Great Western Securities again show a decline, the Debentures being 48 to 50 and the Consoli dated Bonds 351 to 36. French Miscellaneous News. (From the Correspondent of the Anylo-American Times.) PARIS, Jan. 25, 1867. I had not time or space in my last letter to give you an account of the complimentary dinner given to Mr. J. G. Bennett and his companions of the Henrietta, at the Grand Hotel, on Thursday, the 17th. There were some forty or fifty present ; and the entertainment was conducted in a superior style. Mr. G. N. Kingsland, of New York, presided ; on his right sat Mr. J. G. Ben nett; on his left his Excellency General Dix. Among other guests were General Dodge, United States Consul at Hamburgh ; Colonel Hoffman, Secretary of Legation ; Hon. G. G. Nicholay, United States Consul at Paris ; Mr. Knapp and Mr. Butler, of New York Yacht Club ; Mr. De lange, Dr. W. E. Johnston, Mr. E. Gerald Buffum, correspondent New York Herald ; Mr. Bowles, of Paris; Mr. Hill, of California ; Mr. Downing, Mr. Wed W. Clarke, Mr. French, Mr. Hargons, of New York ; and Mr. Lockwood. The dinner was served in the French mode, and as mention of the different dishes may be interesting to your readers in America, I give a copy of the " bill of fare," which was printed in blue ink on white satin : Complimentary dinner tendered to James Gordon Bennett, jun., Esq., and his brave companions, in commemoration of their victory in the celebrated yacht race across the Atlantic, by a few of their friends in Paris, at the Grand Hotel, Thursday evening, Jan. 17, 1867, at half-past seven o'clock. MENU. Potagez—Bisque a la PCrigord, Croiites gratinees au Courounne. Hors D'oeuvre—Crevettes, Huites d'Ostende, Cramoski it la Polonaise. Releves—Turbot it la sauce riche et Hollandais, Filet de Bceuf a l'Union. Entrees—Selle de Chevre a Paigu-dour, Su preme de Goularde it la Marechale, Filets de &treelles, sauce Bigarode, Cotelettes de Homard la " Henrietta." Sorbets au Yin de Tokay. Rots—Faisans trufles 4, la Regence, Salado a la Russe, et salade a h Romaine, phtes de goies gras de Strasbourg. Entremets—Asperges en branches a la Francaise, Petits grois mouveaux a la Paysanne, Supreme de Fruits au Rosalie.. Patiseries Croquembouches forme Come d'Abondance, Gateaux viennois glaces 4 I'Orange. Glaces—Pombes, Gristaches et Chocolat. Dessert. Vines—Premier service ; Madere, 1832 ; Bor deaux Coatenac, 1861 ; Chablis Moutonne, 1864 ; Chateau Palmer, 1858 ; Deuxicime service ; Chateau Haut-Brion, 1858 ; Chateau Yguiin, 1858; Romaine Conti, 1854 ; Roderer Grappi. Cafe et Liqueure. On the 17th the celebrated painter, Monsieur Ingres, was buried. His remains were followed to the grave by a very large concourse of people, many having come from Belgium, Germany, and Italy to attend the funeral. Monsieur Ingres was consi dered one of the beat artists of his day, and his paintings command enormous sums. It is said he considered " Les Bains des Femmes" his best work of art, and it sold for 35,000 francs. Mademoiselle George, the actress, was also buried last week. Sh e had reached the advanced age of seventy-five years, and in her youth she was considered the rival of Rachel. It is rumoured that Cora Pearl is engaged at Bouffes-Parisiennes, and that she plays Orph6e aux Engers. While writing of stage celebrities, I will mention a " bright particular star," who is at present drawing crowded houses every night at the Theatre de les Gait 6. I refer to the beautiful and daring actress, Mademoiselle Adah Issacs Menken. -‘ Menken "is an American, from the State of Louisiana, and for a few years past has appeared before the public in London and Liverpool, then in New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and other large cities in America, and has now been engaged by M. Dumain at the Theatre de la Gaite to play for three months. Mademoiselle Menken is well-known as an actress of superior qualifications for the parts she . takes, and although there have been a few severe criti cisms on her style, which is peculiarly her own, they have done her no harm, but rather served to add favourably to her reputation, and increase the winning manners, added to desire of all to see her. Miss Menken is gift e d with talents of no common order, and h er c h arms feats on ho rse b ac k , mer it r a ad d ea rr er i f i iu r n a lg, tion she receives, dep r iving oh th fe er p er e ne r e s tk o h n luessi a sa u sa d tnicd g those who come to censure and condemn of their intentions to do so, and filling them with respect for her courage, and wonder at her intrepidity. Few women have the nerve to assume her posi tion in the dangerous ride, and none but one pos sessed of the most determined will and reckless daring could accomplish successfully a feat that causes the heart of the most indifferent observer to stand still with suspense and fear, while her horse is bounding madly up the steep height with her, a bound captive to his back. It is to be mentioned with regret that this charm ing actress lately met with a severe and painful accident while performing ula " Mazeppa." Just as the horse was turned loose to start up the steep pathway he slipped and fell heavily, crushing her beneath him, for she being bound fast could in no way aid herself, and striking her head violently against a sharp point of the scenery, representing rock, cut a deep gash, and otherwise injured herself. For an instant the scene was too real, and too " Mazeppa like" to be gaud at without horror, and the heartfelt sympathy of all was given to the brave but unfortunate lady. Though severely injured Mademoiselle Menken withdrew from the theatre but two nights, and then reappeared on the stage in her accustomed role. are gradually b ecom i ng Americans, distingui s h e d for talent at home, b e tter known in Eu rope, and amo ng those deserv i ng th e reputa tion bestowed on them, are a few names, who, in thei r respecti ve positions, have soared to a pinnacle of f ame that might satisfy almost any ambiti on. I re f er to Mademoiselle Adelina Patti, Ad a h Is aa cs Menken, Mrs. Woods, Madame Stork —re, Blind Tom, the wo nder of the musical world, th e C hristy Mi ns trels, and, " last, but not least," th e greatest h urn ourist and wit of the age, Artem us W ard, th e author, the poet, and the lecturer. It was my intention in my last letter to give you the names of the Americans who had the honour of being presented to the Emperor and Empress at the ball at the Tuileries on Wednesday, the 16th inst., but I could not get them in time for the mail. I now cull them : —M rs. Ni c h o l a y, Miss Saunders, Mrs. Coyle, Miss C o yl e , Mrs. Drayton, Miss G. Mason, Miss S. M ason, M r s. Ronald, Mrs. Post, Mrs. Kinney, Mi ss Ki nney , Miss Fuller, General Tibbits, General-Starring, General Ames, Mr. Mar shall, Mr. Winthorpe, Ali% Ronald, Mr. Post, Pro fessor Morse, Mr. Goodrick, Mr. Swift, and Mr. Bennett. This evening there has been skating by moon light on the lakes at the Bois de Boulogne, and the Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial also participated in the delightful pastime. The health of the Imperial family is exceedingly good. The Emperor follows the advice of his physician, and takes daily walks and drives about the city, and already his appearance has improved, showing that he has derived great benefit from his out-door exercise. There was a reception given a few evenings since by M. Charles H. F. Ahrens. Among the guests present were—Mr. BIM Cure, United States Con- JANUARY 28, 1867. sul ; Col. Charles B. Norton, United States Com missioner ; General. Ames, United States Army ; Colonel Catlin, National Guard ; Mrs. Murphy, wife of the American Consul-General at Frankfort on-the-Maine ; Mrs. Greenleaf, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Gibbs, and litany more whose names I have not space for. Americans, generally, on visiting Europe devote much time and attention to the "fine arts," especially the paintings of the old masters. There Are many beautiful selections at Messrs. ,U. B. Norton and Co.'s, who have a gallery attached to their bureau, and among many fine specimens can be seen a few original paintings of Vandyke, Murillo, Titian, Rubens, and Ruysdorel. Paris has been visited for the past ten days with exceedingly cold weather, but now a change has come, and the melting of snow and ice has rendered the streets most disagreeable. The city begins to put on gradually a more English look, and it is not an unfrequent occurrence now to hear our own language spoken in the streets, cafes, and at the places of amusement. Many signs also prove that the shopkeepers are preparing for the coming rush of visitors. Among the indications are " English spoken," " Saratoga water," " German bitters," " American breakfasts served here," " Dinners in Englsh style," " Cheap gloves," " Rooms to let," " Chambers furnished and unfur nished," " American waggons for hire," and hosts of others. In fact, Paris anticipates reaping an abundant harvest during the Exposition, and it is to be hoped the deserving citizens will meet with no disappointment. Last week the different Ministers of the Imperial Court tendered their resignations. Some of them were accepted, and others refused for the present — among the latter the Minister of State —of the Im perial Household—of Public Instruction—of Jus tice—of Foreign Affairs—and of the Interior. The Moniteur du Soir says that M. Rouher retains his functions as Minister of State, and is to be ap pointed Minister of Finance in place of M. Fould ; Marshal Niel to be Minister of War, in place of Marshal Randon ; Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, to be Minister of Marine and the Colonies, in place of the Marquis de Chasseloup-Lanbat ; M. de Forcade la Roquette, Vice-President of the Couu cil of State, to be Minister of Agriculture, Com merce, and Public Works, in place of M. Behic. M. Behic also appointed to be Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and raised to the dignity of Senator. A great deal of anxiety has been felt here for some days past on account of the non-arrival of American mails, the steamers that left New York on the 3d, sth, and 7th being greatly behind time. On this account there is rather a dearth in Ameri can news of a late date, and little is known in re gard to the movements of Congress and the Pre sident. The Geography of the World. The Standard last week gave a most interesting review of a work entitled " The Geographical Dis tribution of Mammals," by ANDREW MURRAY. It commences by stating that the book is written prin cipally for scientific naturalists, but adds, most truly, that not to these alone will it be interesting. We make a few extracts : " Mr. Murray's opening chapter treats, as might be expected, of the origin of species—a very im portant topic, as the whole question of the geogra phical arrangement and relation depends upon it. He is a strenuous opponent of Darwin's progressive theory. Mr. Darwin, as the most superficial student is aware, contends that ,a constantly progressive development has been going on from the first, and the great struggle for life, while the weaker has perished, the stronger have produced improved types, and adapted them selves in the due course of ages to different conditions. Thus the fish, as the waters receded, and great mud swamps were formed, gradually adapted themselves to their altered condition, their fins developed into legs, and they became lizards. The great lizard reptiles of the antediluvian world in like way change into beasts, and thence upwards through the monkey into man. Mr. Murray strongly combats this theory. He looks in vain through the existing creation and through fossil eras, remains of bygone and finds no sign of any animals passing from one stage to another. lie finds fish and lizards, but no remains of animals in the transition stage between these. He behoves that one of the great laws of nature is order, and that nature is essentially and wholly opposed to change. This he instances from the well-known difficulty of propagating hybrids between different spec ies. Hybrids may be produced, it is true, either by accident or design, between animals or plants of closely-allied species, but they are generally barren, and only in occasional instances can they be repro duced. If constant change were taking place, as Mr. Darwin asserts, there would be no fixed species or variety; whereas we know that, going back at any rate for some thousands of years, a lion has been a li on, an d a horse a horse. But while Mr. Murray disbelieves in the progressive theory altogether, and denies that change is constantly going on, he believes that nature, acting by changes of climate, does produce changes and varieties of species ; but he affirms that she acts simultaneously upon the whole of the race, or genera, thus influenced. Some receive the impulse more readily than others. What may be felt by one may not be felt by another. Constitutions differ. Thus some species of plants or animals have a wide range, others a narrow one. But wherever the change makes itself felt, then modification commences. Thus every country has its own race of man, with general and sometimes strongly-marked facial and physical peculiarities. Not to mention the difference between the inhabitants of the various continents, each separate nation may be distinguished from others. An Englishman and an Italian, a German and a Spaniard, could hardly be mistaken for each other. We have before our eyes an instance of the manner in which nature acts in forming a nation with dis tinct characteristics in the Anglo, or ratherEuropeo- American race. There is no question but that in their case nature is assimilating the numerous mixed races of which the American nation is composed to the common' type with which we are all familiar, a type differing strongly from that of any other nation." He next discusses various theories in the modes of dispersal of species ; contending that animals an d plants prefer to remain in the same climate and condition to which they have been accustomed, and that emigration is not the mode to account for races, with similar features and habits, to have once come from the same lands. From this point Mr. MURRAY proceeds to examine these views in relation to the geography of the world at no very distant period back, and the changes that have taken place. " These changes are infinitely greater than are generally supposed probable, for Mr. Murray main tains that a vast continent existed in the South Pacific Ocean, uniting Australia with South America, and another in th e I n di an O c ean, j o i n i ng it to South Africa, and stretching northward up into Hindostan, Borneo, Java, and the northern group of the Indian Archipelago, did not, in all probability, form part of this continent, but were connected with the main land of Burmah. This great tract of land was not all necesssarily above water at the same time, as great breaks in its continuity may have existed, the different forces of raising and lowering the land being at work simultaneously over different por tions of it. " la the northern hemisphere the changes were no less great. A continent extended across the Atlantic from somewhere about the longitude of the Azores to Newfoundland. Great Britain formed part of the mainland which stretched away north, and comprised Greenland and Iceland, which were also joined to North America. The South of Europe was under water, and the Mediterranean and Arctic Seas communicated by the way of the Black Sea and Caspian. The map of the world must, therefore, have presented an entirely different aspect to that which it now wears, and most of these great changes, the risings and sinkings of the surface, which have occasioned the present alteration, have taken place since the glacial period. At the termi nation of the secondary period a great change had taken place in the condition of the earth, and the forms of vegetable and animal life, which had before been few and simple, increased very greatly. This development is called the eocene period. And as the temperature of the land was everywhere simi lar, this flora extended nearly over the whole exist ing world. Remains of the eocene period are found in Europe, Asia, and America, as also in North Africa, but none in Africa south of the Sahara, nor in Australia, which do not appear even to have been submerged subsequent to this epoch. It was towards the termination of this time that Australia was separated from the main laud, for her present vegetation is almost entirely eocene, and closely resembles that of which we find fossils in Europe, North America, and Asia. 'This con tinuation of the same flora shows that Australia can never have experienced any greht change of climate since that period, and that she cannot have been connected with the mainland, or she would have shared in the changes which are now going on there. [he eocene period was apparently- brought to a sudden termination ; but the climate of the north beg an to change, va r i ous r i ses an d su b s id encs of the la nd took place, and a new type of vegetation of the American character spread across the whole northern hemisphere. This was the miocene period. The termination of the miocene epoch in Europe was brought about by the glacial period, when vast sheets of ice came down and covered the whole of Northern Europe. The exact cause of this great change of temperature is a matter of dispute ; but it was most probably caused by the alterations which were being caused in the distribution of land and sea by the subsidences an d - up h eava l s w hi c h were taking place upon such a gr.ind scale, the great continent in the Indian Ocean and Pacific having already disappeared, except where the coral insects were busy at work rearing their long walls upon what was formerly the coast line. This great sea of ice swept down over the whole of Europe that was then in existence, and as the Mediterranean extended up through the Black Sea and the Caspian to the Arctic Sea, the vegetation, instead of taking refuge to the south of the glacial line, was cut off by the sea, and perished almost entirely. In North America a similar sweep was made, but the flora and fauna took refuge in the south-western extre mity, in Mexico, and when the ice gradually retired followed it north, and again occupied America, but only the western portion, for a great sea extended up over Texas and the Mis sissppi Valley, and probably extended north, and joined the North Pacific by British Columbia. As might be expected, therefore, the present flora of Mexico, California, and - Western America differs materially from that of Eastern America, but resembles very closely the fossil miocene flora. The question next presents itself— How did Eastern America and Europe again receive vegetation ? Probably from Asia, where life had taken refuge in Southern China and Burmah, and from which at the retreat of the ice it again spread north and west, crossing into Europe by the con nection which was now for the first time formed between Russia and Asia, and thence by the northern continent between Britain, Iceland, and North America, and by the more southern con tinent between the Azores and Newfoundland. But in this great migration of animal and vegetable life considerable changes took place from the altera tion of climate ; and accordingly the present tpye is considerably altered from the former one, the greatest number of miocene plants being found exactly where they might have been looked for —namely, along the shores of the Mediterranean, where they may have taken shelter upon project ing peninsulas, which may have escaped the sweep of the ice-drift." _ " The existence of the Indian Ocean continent is, however, still more clearly proved by the chapter upon the distribution of man—that is, if Mr. Mur ray's views upon the subject are correct. He divides man into two races only, the white and the black, believing that the brown or copper races are only varieties of the white, for he finds that there is no line in nature by which the white and copper va rieties can be separated. The tribes in Siberia which inhabit the neighbourhood of the Esquimaux can with difficulty be detected from that people ; the changes through the Tartar to the Chinese upon one side, and the Tartar and Russian on the other, are very slight; also between the Tartar and Koords, and through the Koords to the Hindoos. In America the same gradual change takes place from the Esquiinaux, through the red Indian, to the Mexican. Mr. Murray being able to find no marked line, assumes, and with reason, that all white, brown, and red races, are varieties of the same species. The black races inhabited the great Southern continent of Africa and the Indian Ocean, stretching in fact nearly round the southern hemisphere, but separated from South America before the introduc tion of man. The continents and islands over the whole of this space are inhabited by black races, dif fering as do the white in variety, but still clearly of one species. These lines of separation between black and white are marked by a clear line ; in only one portion of the earth is there a mixture, and this is exactly where it would be supposing, as before stated, that the great southern continent had extended north into Hindostan, 13urmah, and Cochin Chilli. In these countries, and also in Sumatra and Borneo, are hill tribes of black people, differing in language, habits, and, indeed, in every characteristic, from those around them." " Let us picture to ourselves the wonderful changes which the existence of these tribes in these positions show us must have taken place. The whole of this land was inhabited by great black nations. Pre sently, however, a great change took place ; the land began to sink, the sea rushed in over the level plains, and scenes of terror and death must have taken place upon an enormous scale. Indeed this may have been the Noahican deluge. As the land continued to sink—a process which may have con tinued over thousands of years—the survivors took refuge upon the hills, which had now become islands ; and here they must have maintained a struggle for existence until the motion once again changed and the 'earth. began to rise. When the plains showed above the surface and became dry land they descended and took possession of them. 'This as cending motion continued until the land was higher than it is at present, for, as has been shown, Sumatra and Borneo were connected, after their submergence and the destruction of their eocene flora and fauna with the main land. The black races were not, however, to retain possession of the fertile plains, for a great invasion of a more numerous and war like white race from the countries lying to their north once again drove them to take refuge in their hill fastnesses, where they have ever since remained. Only one more change took place, namely, the fresh sinking of the land which separated the islands of the Indign Archipelago from the main land, having now a similar flora to that possessed by the con tinent, and with a white race spread over their plains and black tribes sheltered in the hills. We have given a mere outline of Mr. Murray's arguments upon these great and interesting theories, and must leave it to those who may desire more thoroughly to investigate them to read the work for themselves." Two Dec'sious of the Bombay Court. Two striking cases have lately been decided in the law courts of Bombay. When Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTEY sat as Judge, it fell to his lot to try some cases of " Limited Liability" Swindles, which then in Bombay, even more than now in England, brought disgrace on the commercial character of the country. It was the hard fate of some unfortunate directors to be brought before one of the most stern and un compromising Judges ever educated to the English bar. Native ingenuity, subtle lying, and tor tuous legal devices were of no avail to the gang who had taken to that fashionable means of plundering. They were convicted of fraud, and sentenced to penal servitude. After Mr. ANSTEY left India an appeal was made against this sentence, but in vain ; no cause could be shown, against the judgment awarded. We venture to say that the lesson taught by this decree will remain implanted in the native mind for a genera tion to come, and will teach her Majesty's Indian subjects the danger of adding the European practices of swindling, to their own modes of extortion and deceit. The history of a most extra ordinary case just decided by Sir JOSEPH ARNOLD, judge of the Supreme Court, is given in an admir able article in last week's Spectator. AGA KIIAN, once a leader of Persian rebels, now a resident at Bombay, appealed to this tribunal against a split in the Order over which he presided as Hereditary Grand Master. The sect he ruled are the Assassins, and the Chief claims to be the lineal heir of the "Old Man of the Mountain." In the year, 1090, HASSAN BEN SABA, a Persian Sheeah, settled him self af 4 Alimut, a crag of the El Burz Mountain, where he organised a sect which has maintained istelf through every vicissitude, though not in the same locality, to the present day. To establish his claim, AGA KHAN had to furnish dozumentary proof that he was the rightful heir of this adventurer. The sect of the Assassins held the doctrine that the heirs of ALI, through ISIIMAIL, the Seventh descendant of MAHOMET, are by hereditary right Imaun, or supreme pontiffs of all true believers, with spiritual powers almost, if not quite, divine, and therefore obedience to their command is the first law. The founder enforced obedience so strongly as to declare assassination, if ordered by himself, a virtue en titling the murderer to instant beatification, and thus made the name of his sect a European equiva lent for a secret murderer. The fourth Imaun ex tended the latitude of the sect in a direction ab horrent to Mahommedans, authorising the eating of swine's flesh and the drinking of wine to excess. The Califfs, after threatening the sect with annihi lation, at last destroyed Alimut in 1258. From this period the sect was compelled to adupt the mode of concealment of assuming in every country the external forms of that .country's faith. The succession, however, of the 'matins was unbroken, the Imaun being reverenced almost as a god. By the aid of missionaries the sect was constantly re cruited, and though it ceased to take a prominent place, its chief continued to be regarded as a great and dangerous noble, to whom Shahs gave their daughters in marriage. About the year 1460 Plat SURDORDIN was sent as a missionary to Scinde by the fourteenth Imaun, where he converted some thousands of Hindao families. The sect, keeping up its habit of secresy, multiplied, grew rich, and on the establishment of British power emigrated in great numbers to Bombay. Exclusive of the Persian and Arab Ishmailees, there are now 1,400 Assassin families in Bombay, 2,000 in Scinde, 5 ; 000 in Catch, 400 in Zanzibar, smaller communities throughout Western India, and as far east as Dacca, who for ages have paid and do pay tribute to the hereditary Imaun, reverence his orders as divine, and hold that he is the incarnation of the ALMIGHTY. They are accused, the Spectator says, with probable justice, of disbelieving in any morality whatever superior to the will of the Imaun, • in any law save their own interest and that of the Order of Assassins. It is difficult for Europeans to understand the influences that move the Asiatic mind. AGA KIIAN was well known in India as a native gentleman fond of horse-racing. Ho was to be seen at all the great meetings, and took an active part in the sport. Nobody thought of in quiring who he was. Little credit would have been given to the statement, had it been made, that he was the chief of the sect of the Assassins, and the lineal descendant of the " Old Man of the Mona " taro," who is believed to have ordered the assas sination of RICIIARD C(EUR DE LION. In 1838 AGA KIIAN was residing in the Persian province of Kerman, the acknowledged Imaun of the Ishmailees. The Shah, having failed in the siege of Herat, the opportunity was given to the Khan of seizing Ker man and openly proclaiming his tenets and autho rity. After two years' war he was defeated and fled into Scinde. He there found 3,000 families ready to receive him, and by their contributions and aid he organised a body of Light Horse, joined General NOTT in the Affghan war, and received for his ser vices a pension from the British Government. From 1845 he resided in Bombay, carrying on the intrigues which the native mind delights in. He administered the entire property of the sect, and in 1861 he again considered himself strong enough to order his people —at least throughout India—to abandon their prac tice of secrecy, and profess openly the faith of Ish mail. All obeyed except 400 families in Bombay, who mutinied, and demanded that the property of the order should be managed by a lay committee. These British notions in a British province could not summarily be disposed of as might have suited the inclination of the King of Assassins—so the Imaun appealed to the Supreme Court, and hence this extraordinary trial. After crowds of witnesses had been heard, many of whom professed blind obe dience," and documents studied, many of which reached back into the Middle Ages, it was solemnly determined that the Khojahs were part of the Ishmailee sect—that the first tenet of that sect is obedience to the Hereditary Grand Master of the Order of Assassins—that:AGA KHAN was that Grand Master; i.e., was the lineal representative of ALI, who died before ROLLO conquered Normandy, and that as such he was entitled to absolute control over the whole property of the order. We tell this story from facts given by the Spectator, as it furnishes a curious illustration of the difficul ties of the British Government in India. We can not understand the charm which secret societies have for the Asiatic mind. Few people had an idea that the Chief and a large part of the Order of Assassins were established in the British dominions• The Government did know, kr it was compelled to exercise some control over AGA KHAN'S intrigues in Persia. A revolt, led by the descendant of the " Old Man of the Mountain," would have takes the British public by surprise. AGA KHAN, how ever, has been wise in his generation. He has ob tained a legal decision, by which he has been recog nised and established by British law.—Anglo-Anle rican l imes. COUL4 TRY MARKETS. NORWICH— SATURDAY. There was only a limited supply of wheat at this market to-day, and the rates of last week wero supported. TII e supply of barley was fair, and the demand for malting qualities being active, late quotations were about main tained ; secondary and grinding sorts about the same as on this day se'nnight. . White wheat (weighing 631 b), 70s to 72s • old red oitt o, (weighing 631 b), 60 s t o 65s ; new red ditto weighing 601 b to 631 b), —s t o —s; best malting barley weighing 521 b to 531 b), 50s to 52s ; runs ditto (weighing 511 to 521 b), 46s to Os ' • distilling ditto (weighing 50lb to 521 b), 36s t ° 40s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, Ks to 398 ; peas (maple), 3 nP to 38s per qr. Flour, 44s Od per sack. NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. There was a fair quantity of wheat on offer to -day' Holders were obliged to submit to a decline of is per qr. A middling supply of barley, the demand for which WO not so active as last week. For finest sorts late rates were made ; in secondary kinds there was a slight reduction:. Oats at a b ou t recent pr i ces. Th e i nqu i ry f or b ean s was healthy, and previous rates were sustained. Old white wheat, 68s to 735 . ; old red, 60s to 68s; n°2 /7. white, 66s to 72s ; now red, 56s to 64s per 36 stone. 0 1' old, 33s to 36 5; n ew , 24 s t o 32 s per 24 stone. B eans , 54s to 58s ; new, 44s to 50s per 38 stone. Fine flour, to 50s per sack. LEICESTER—SATURDAY. la The supply of wh ea t was limited, but fine samples s° - at last week's prices. The demand for barley was inactive; Oats and beans in limited request, and without materilu alteration in prices. New white wheat, 59$ to 68s ; new red, 58s to 65's • ° white, 67s to 71s ; old red, 64s to 67s per 36 stone. ley, or malting, 39$ to 50s per qr.; grinding, 32s to per 30 stone. O a t s , o ld , 34 s to 36 s ; new, 30 s t o 32s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 58s to 60s ; new, 48s to 52s per 38 s tony Fine flour, 49s ; seconds, 46s to 49s p e r 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. There was a tolerable show of wheat to-day, and las t week's prices wore mostly made. Fair supplies of barleP which commanded late rates. A middling demand for oats, and samples sold at last week's quotations. • New white wheat, 56s to 64s ; new red, 50s to 58s per 3 6 stone. Barley, for malting, 38s to 42s per qr. ; grinding.' 32s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 22s to 26s per 24 stone' Beaus, new, 48s to 50s per 38 stone. Malt, 68s to 70s * Flour, 47s to 40s Der sack of 2801bs. The railroad over Mount Cenis, to be finished next spring, masters grades as steep as one foot in twelve, and the locomotive is to hold on and g ° ahead by means of a third or central rail, which i t pinches with a pair of large horizontal wheels or pulleys. LADVERTISEMENTd—HoIIoway's Pills.—Worn-out suf ferers may hope for remedy from these purifying $ ; 1 ; ( 1 strengthening pills after physic and physici a n have 131 1 „,... to effect a cure. In all disorders of the stomach, irreg u ,: e s rities of the bowels, derangement o f th e li ver , and diselo of the kidneys, these pills will be found especially us e oo in reinstituting and restoring health. Holloway's L ro clear away obstructions, remove poisonous particles 7 it y the blood, secretions, a nd s y s tem gen e rally, give p u th e and regularity to the circulation, tone and power to stomach, energy and vividness to the brain. Hollovriyof pills can be confidently recommended as restorativf)sur, constitutions shattered, broken by excessive mental lay_ord, intemperance, inordinate indulgence, or the various lo ships which make the young old man. Births. CAMPBELL—On the 25th inst., at 3, Claremont - te rra :o7 Glasgow, the wife of James A. Campbell, E s q., youno of Stracathro, of a daughter. ife of MILDRED—On the 24th inst., at Great Warley, the Henry Mildred, Esq., of a son. of MollANT—On the 24th inst., at Park-lane, Mrs. gasp', a daughter. ei Or b PIIILLIMORE—On the 19th inst., at H am bl e d o n, wife of Captain H. B. Phillimore, R.N., o f a daugw -. Marriages. BADDELEY—VINE—On the 23d inst. at at St. Martin,'hifi/ . s. the-Fields, Frederick P. Baddeley, fourth son of Baddeley, of Leman-street, solicitor, to Catherine eldest daughter of Dr. Vine, of 3, Henrietta -st '" Covent-garden. 0 11 SUMMERLIN—NEwmAN—On the 26th inst., at th e P f church, St. Marylebone, Thomas H. Summerliv, °loth Salisbury-street, Strand, Esq., to Susan Emily Ne w ill eldest daughter of Thomas Newman, of Ilmiustort the county of Somerset. Deaths • BATHURST—On the 24th inst., at . the Queen's Elute%,, - g ot , hags, Lady Hervey Bathurst, wife of Sir F. IL 1 331 " - Bart., of Clarendon Park, Salisbury. Wer COLSTON—On the 24th inst , at the Burdon IfoteltA'001)" mouth, William J. C. Colston, Esq., the second ft- 1 of surviving son of the late Ed war d F. C o lston, I's' Roundwiiy Park, Wilts, aged 42. . fle ttei CUTHBERT- -On the 24th inst., at Colney-hatch, gr s " — Cuthbert, aged 86 ..-r f ellal ii ' DISTANT—On the 25th inst., at Caledonian-terrace,llB - Alexander Distant, aged Di 75. r• r• HINE —On the 24th inst., at Beaminster, i Dorset , Mine, aged 56. ~,,...id i r RUSSELL—On the 24th inst., at the Parsonage Al li d a - in . I ' . Arden, Warwickshire, Mary, the wife of ' w''''" - Reqst.l, LL.D., 18, Summer-p , incr., S.W. _-.. • . • :• .: ' --------- —1414 London : Printed and Pubiished by WILLIAM Apill °. ILLIAM ; ,:t of No. 112, Strand, PlPiter at Trti. SuN Ofroc. - 115 ty Strand, in the Preelast of the Savoy, in th e Cc Middlesex.—Monday, January 23,1867. R irr►r ,~~