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' i c, ltlYir 1850. ,---- , `T Wheat ... 1,401 bushels ... 2,1 , kuslit. $ 16, 1 7 N , ... 2,9 12 8 4; 7 2 570 , Rye... ... 7: Indian Corn Oats... ~. 30,582 „ ... 2,202,050 , Tobacco ... nil. ••• 38,510 lb ' s. Wool ... 85 lbs. ••• 22740 „ Peas and beans 10,002 bushels ... 18,802 bushels. Irish potatoes 21,145 „ ... 2,027,945 Barley ... 1,216 „ ... 123 „ ,1110 Buckwheat 515 „ 27,77 , Butter ... 1,100 lbs. ... 2,1161591 lbs. Value of farming implements 15,981_ doll Value of live LONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Established 1836. Subscribed Captital--£1,875,000 in 37,500 Shares of £3O each. Paid-up Capital—X7so,ooo. Reserve Fund—X2so,ooo. DIRECTORS. Nathaniel Al exan d er , E sq . John Edmund Anderdon, Esq Thos. Tyringham Bernard, Esq. Philip Patton Blyth, Esq. John William Bartnester, Esq. Coles Child, Esq. _thigh C. E. Childers, Esq., M.P. 'John Fleming,'Esq. Edward W. T. Hamilton, Esq., M.P. Frederick Harrison, Esq. William Champion Jones, Esq. k William Nicol; Esq. MANAGER. Ketvan, gsq. CHIEF INSPECTOR. W. J. Norfolk, Esq. ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. William Howard, Esq. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT. James Gray, Esq. INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES. H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring, Esq. THE SUN, LONDON, S_ATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1867. No. 23,297. PUICY 4d. STAMPED ...... sd. MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW NOVEL. Nov ready at .11 the Libraries, in 3 v 01,;.. St - CO - N 1) LOVF. By JULIA K AVANAG F - rErt Coveht-garden . 'theatre--EVAN S' to ra.. SUP. After Drnry-lane Theatre FVAN'S' to SUP. After I.yecutri Theatre After Adelpta Theatre Atte:* tilymple theatre . ...... to sUi'. .A 1 t,.'r Strand 'theatre ' I , VAN,' to SUP. Alter Ncw Itoya!ty Th,..atre EVANS' to SUE'. After - St. Jaincs's Timid r VNN S' to `;U O . After P, ince of Wales' TheAtre....E VANS . to SUL'. London Singing and Suppe:- Club, E iA Covent— garden, Voc.l Enterta!ntn nit at Eig'A. r I.N Ati.AN'S - L 1 \VII itii x. DUBLIN 1865.; This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Ontdin Prize Medal.. • It: is Pnre, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole ;erne. Sold in Bottles; 3s. Sd., at the Retail houses in London; the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or rholnAft.ln nt - : R. GREAT .WINTYNIIMSTREET,-LONDON, W. Obsorve the R3d. Pink Lal;3l, and Cork branded " ginahan's LL Whisky." NOTICE. for the half-year ,coding Dec. 31 to £234,621, and the expenditure to £93,403, leaving £135,218. GENERAL Nilliam Mc C. F. HANCOCK, SON, & CO., 1,0.14,009 dolls, 40,215,079 Author of ".Nathalte," "Adele," AT. Hurst and Blanket% 13, Great Ala , rlbo:ough street. JEWELLERS AND SILVERSMITHS TO THE QUEEN ArD MEDITERRANEAN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH (LIMIT ED). Novi ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.. riaNcE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, And by Special Appointmeat to the principal Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, B'g respectfully to state that their only Address is 33 & 33, IIii,UNM-STREI. 4 j, CORNER ON BOND-STREET. The general Meeting of this company was held 'yesterday at the London Tavern— Sir J. Carmichael in the chair. CKRIS TIE'S PATTIE By the Author of No Church," "Owe-," "The design snd the execution of this book arc both rood. The characters are original, clearly conceived, and lady as *tli as strongly delineated."—Pali-Mall Gazette. rrnlE JAPANESE- TROUPE lIXVE Agfa VED. UTtTAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION no..,r;yor 4 tel hay :Vat of e f irliArn..tat. 1350). titiT33lll•L-sTitEuT, VAN'r-GAR DEN. LONnON. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Ikrms tree on application by letter to EDWARD lIARPEE. Secretary. SECRETARY. F. Clappison, Esq. Head Office, 21, Lombard-street. llurst and Illackett, 13, great Marlborough-street. THE WISHING CAP. New Ballad. W. T. wI iGLITON. TAPANESE TROUPE.—GAENSEE.---First tts Appearance of this novel artiste in Europe, the unrivalled Top Spinner to the • Tycoon, vhose extraordi nary and unparalleled performances-have been pronounced by all Eastern travellers to bo truly marvellous. Full programme on Thursday next. Gaelsee—Gaensee— Gaeusee—Monday, Februaryll,lB67.—Great St. Martin's Hall. AWARDED TO C. F. HANCOCK : Great Exhibition, 1851—Council Modal for 0 - riginality and Taste. Paris E xhibition,lBss —Gold Medaille dlionneur. International Exhibition, 1862—Prize Medal, for great Excellence of Design and Manufacture. AWEARIED DT i L aT I\ D T I, 77 Ballad. w. T. At the Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors, hold °a Thursday, the 7th February', 1867, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, the following Report for the Year ending - the 31st December, 1866, was read by tho Secretary. HUGH C. E. CHILDERS, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. REPORT. The Directors, in submitting to the Proprietors the b alance-sheet of the Bank for the half-year ending the 31st Pecember last, have the pleasure to report that, after pay ing all charges, and interest to customers, and making ample provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits amount to £101,998 15s. This, added to £17,468 16s. 6d. brought forward from the last account, produces a total of £ 11 9,467.115. 6d. They recommend4he payment of the usual dividend of L 6 Per cent., together with a bonus of 8 per cont. for the alf-year, both free of income tax, which will absorb £ 1 05,000, and leave £14,467 lls. 6d. to be carried forward to profit and loss new account. The dividend for the whole year 1866 will thus be 25 per cent. At the meeting in February, 1866, it was intimated to the Proprietors that.tho Directors propcsed to increase the t caPital of the Beek, and at the meeting in August, 1 866 , t9e Pro rietors, by a resolution, adopted the recommends- Directors. Irwilklaepropose4 to net upon this resolution (which will require fermi,' confirmation) by the issue of 12,500 new shares, to be offered pro rata amongst the Proprietors as they appeared on the Register on the 4 th instant, the date when the Transfer Books of the Com- Pany were closed, such shares to be issued at the price of £4O each, being a premium of £2O per share. The total number of shares will than be 50,000. Full particulars of the issue will be transmitted by circular to each Pro prietor. The Directors have to announce the retirement of E - ward J. Hutchins, Esq., and William Lee, Esq., M.P., from the Direction, and tho e lection of Hugh C. E. Childers, , r- 4 (1., M.P., and Edward W. T. Hamilton, Esq., M.P., in their stead. _ The Directors retiring by rotation are—Nathaniel Alex ander, Esq., Thomas Tyringham Bernard, Esq., and Wil liam Nicol, Esq., who, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. There is a vacancy - in the Auditorship, through the dis qualification of Mr. Robert Escombe, and it is in the power of the meeting to fill this up. The dividend and bonus (together £2 16s. per share), free of income tax, will be payable at the Head Office or at any of the Branches, on and after Monday, the 18th instant. B ALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, 31ST DECEMBER, 1866. To capital paid up To reserve fund To amount due by tho Bank for custo mers' balances, dm. £12,057,000 12 8 To liabilities on ac- ceptances 1,580,761 9 2 13,637,762 1 10 10 bala Profit and loss nce brought from last account 17,168 16 6 To gross profit for the half-year, after making provision ful deb for bad and doubt ts 319,957 14 9 337,426 11 3 £14,975,188 13 1 Ca. BY cash on hand at Read Office, and Branches X1,767,383 3 3 111 . Y cash placed at call and at notice 1: 734,056 3 7 £2,501,439 6 10 ' t ivestments, viz.: BY Government and Guaranteed Stocks 69 1 ,953 0 6 - 15 Y other stocks and securities 101,899 12 9 797,852 13 3 1 Y discounted bills and adimnces to cus , tomers in town and country 4 )3 7 freehold premises in Lombard-street and Nicolas-lane, freehold and lease hold property at the Branches, with Rxtures and fittings 3 ,3' interest paid to customers 4) Y salaries and all other expenses at Head Office and Branches, including i ncome-tax on profits and salaries 176,313 12 8 93,277 5 11 99,813 It 9 X 14,975,188 13 1 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. Dn. To interest paid to customers To ,„- expenses, as above 0 rebate on bills not duo, carried to new account To dividend of 6 per cent. for the half year To bonus of 8 per cent..... To balance carried forward £93,277 5 11 99,813 11 9 24,861 2 1 45,000 0 0 60,000 0 0 14,467 11 6 £337,426 11 3 , Cit. 43 9 balance brought forward from last account $ 9 gross- profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts £17,468 16 6 819,957 14 9 We X 337,426 11 3 , , the sh undersigne have examined the fo balance-eet, and have d, found the same to be correct.regoing (Signed) WILLIAM NORMAN,} Auditors. R. H. SAINE, London and County Bank, Jan. 31, 1867. The foregoing Report having been read by the Secretary, the following resolutions were proposed and unanimously adopted:— - 1. That the Report be received and adopted, and printed for the use of the shareholders. 2. That a dividend of 6 per cent., together with a bonus of 8 per cent., both free of income tax, be declared for the half-year ending 31st December, 1866, payable on and after Monday, the 18th instant, and that the balance of 41 4,467 Us. 6d. be carried forward to Profit and Loss New Account. 3 . That William Nicol, Esq., be re-elected a Director of this company. That Thomas Tyringham Thatperna_rd, Es 9., be re- e l ected a D i rector o f thi s Company. Nathaniel . tile xander, Esq., be re-elected a Director of this Company. 4 . That William Norman and Richard Hinds Swains, Esquires, be elected Auditors for the current y 5 . Th a t F re d er i c k F ranc i s, E sq ., b a elected ear. an Auditor for the current year. „ 6 . That th e t h anks of t hi s mee ti ng b e g iven to the BOard of Directors for the able manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Company. W 7. That the thanks of this meeting be presented to i lliam Norm an an d R . H . S wa i ne, Esquires, the Auditors ,„.33the C ompany, for their services during the past year. 11 . That the thanks of the meeting be presented to Mcßewa n , Esq., and to the principal and other cjacers illia of the Bank, forthe zeal and ability with which t hey have discharged their respective duties. (Signed) HUGH C. E. CHILDERS, Chairman. al.__The Chairman having quitted the chair, it was resolved, car ried unanimously,— to u That th e cord i al thanks of this meeting be presented ilu gh C. B. Childers, Esq., M.P., for his able and courteous conduct in the chair. (signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Deputy-Chairman. Extracted from the Minutes. (Signed) F. CLAPPISON, Secretary. LONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. °TI the ITOICE IS lIEREBY GIVEN, that a DIVIDEND T n —aPital Stock of the 1 Comy, at the rate Six )f3r cent. for the h a lf-y ear endin p g an 31st December, of 1866, h a Bonus of Ei g ht p er cen t., w ill b e p a id t o Pro prietors either at the Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or O‘'nY rate o f th e Company's Branch Banks, on and after Ii DAY, the 18h inst. By order of the Board, 21, —orabard-street, Feb W. McKE WAN, General Manager. . 8, 1867. C CN —44 / 1 0T FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 30th Jan., 1867. 1113 t COMAIISSIONERS for EXECUTING ITED th e O FFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the heO of GRE AT and IRE- ", Do h erb y givo Notice, that on BRITAIN WEDNESDAY, Will °f February next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they to e r ,, r °a 4 ls , to treat with sucb Persons as may be willing ka•_"'ITRA.CT for supplying and delivering into her titles les o f Victualling Stores at Deptford all such quan- BAND SCRUBBING BRUSHES, CLOTHES BRUSHES and ROUND TOWELS, r 1114 Y from ti me to time be demanded for the use of the 14°Yal Marines, under a Contract for Twelve Calendar ealeiltlia ce rtain, and fu r th er un til th e exp i ra ti on o f three odar months' wa rn i ng. f isto Tender will be received unless made on the printed r' Provided for the pu-pose, and which may be obtained trollPPlication in the Lobby of the Department of the er of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where theconditions of the Contract may be seen. -k„.O-No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at on on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required th at of theth° Party tendering or an Agent on his behalf, should at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result - the offer received from each person will be communi cated him and his proposed Sureties in writing. A d v fn7 Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the ,„ tt uralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words z e th e ader for Barrack Stores ;" and must also be delivered raft' ? Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi the3r, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, m lll g to become bound with the Person tendering in of .000 for the due performance ofthe Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities, PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR _ _ HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providenco-row, Finsbury, E.C, Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, aro given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they aro homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans we, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhav e to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has boon raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £A,IOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to tho really homeless, and food to the really starring ? The smallest donation will be most welcome and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute xri t li bo offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and '',4l be gratefully received by the Rev. D. Guams,..D.D., No, 22 . 7 Finsbury-cirous, EA . I.4 AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con suruption. It frequently cures persons whom the iaculty Pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which r 2 rovokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects arc truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared onLy and sohi by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. Cd. each. Be particular..and ask for Lambert's Aethmatio Balsam, The name and addres# are engraved on the stamp. HELENA WALTZ. FRED. GODFREY. Yiano rola and duets. Ditto, quadrille band. Each free by post for 26 stamps. ILI - ELENA SONG and GOD BLESS the 11, PRINCE of WALES. Song. ; Free, by post for 19 stamps each. London: Robert Cocks and Co., Now Burlington-street, and of all musicsell, rs. Now published at 3d., per post 4d., DAINLESS TOOTH EX'CiUCTION ; or, Anaesthesia Locally Applied. By A. ESKELL, Surgeon-Dentist, Author ot "Dental Surgery," " Pure Dentistry," &e. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; all booksellers; or ot the author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. T H OMS 0 " GLOVE4iTTING-7 CO aSETS. ; An entirely new principle. with new Spring . Fastening - . Manufacturers of the ‘.• Prize Medal Crinolines." Trade Mirk, a "Clown." 14ANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be bad of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BUItGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. AVALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing 16Ibs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland. or Wales , on re ceipt of 405., 13, PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William -street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-15. 6d., 25., 2s 6 t. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon don, E.C.. are selling good and fine BLACK TICA. A price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway station or market town in the United Kingdom. All goods carriage free to all p trt4 of London. Observe— PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents. Sugars are supplied at market prices. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. I DEFRIES and SONS' tx• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain an entirely new and extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan delicr 3.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMO VAL. DEFRIES and SONS' T- 7 NEW CITY SHOW ROOM-3.—The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICE, from £1 18s. 6d.- 147, HoundEditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. --- - - T DEFRIES and SONS U NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BREAKF4ST and TEA. SERVICES in great variety, from Li is. upwards.- 147, Houndsditch. NO TICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' t , • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful assortment of DESSERT SERVICES, from £1 Is. to 100 animas. Crests and Monograms engraved on same.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JT DEFRIES and SONS • NEW CI ry snow ROC:MS.—CRYSTAL CHAN DELIERS, New Designs for the Drawinz-room. either for Gas or Candle, and to suit all kinds of Decorations. —147, Hoandsditeh. NJTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SON S' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS. , —BRONZg and OR MOLU CHANDELIERS in great variety. New Deaigns for the Dining-ro.otn.-147, Iloundsditvh. NOTICE OF REMOVAL: JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW BOOMS.—The ALEXANDRA. FLOWER. VASE. This new and beautitul Vase eau be Fem in great variety, from 33. to :Ps. each —137, Hounds ditch. NO'T'ICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES aLia • NEW CITY suoor RoolB. The NEV DINING ROB NI VASE. Registered designs, In great war iety.-117,-llutindsditcli. NOTICE OF REMOVAL T DEFRIES and SONS' tfi• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The NEW PATENT ASTRA LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also ettYSTAL LA MPS and WALL LltillTd (registered) for Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JLEFRIES and SONS' • NF:W CITY SHOW ROOMS.—TAVERN and HOTEL GLASS of the newest patterns and correct mea sure.—H7. hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REJIOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' V • NEW cur SHOW ROOMS.— ORNANIENTAL CLOCKS for the DINING and DRAWING-ROOM-117, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' tfi • NEW CICY SHOW ROOMS —sTerehant4 and the Trade P u plied with PATT SRN BOOKS FREE. —ll7, Houndsditch. Works—London, Birmingham, and Etris. Established 1803. 'OTH - LNG IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and I most useful invention of the day, AGITA AMABELLA. 3lessrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO. ' Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluirt, which gradually restores tno human hair to Its pristine hue--no matter at what age. The Agna Amarella has none of the properties of dyes i • it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles. 108. 63. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. - Messrs. John Oo e nel landeo.havebgn lv a a p l p e o s. kated Perfumers to her Royal HighnessthePrinoess I_IOI'IELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS SHIP. 2 are e arnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING , required. Boys' Ref age, 8, WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Great WM. W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON -11 TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. xt,ooo required. WM. WILLI tliS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Qneen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now In the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £6,0)0, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 2(4, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pali-Mall East; and by] WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Ureat Queen-street, W.C. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, 'I) in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, Ring's- 470 m Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron-111s Royal Elighneas the Prinoe of WA LE?, li G. President-111g Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.U. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and diMoulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and It affords relief to a large number of in-pvients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the iestitute sick has for a oensiderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr rises of this Hospital are capable of containing several h‘ndred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abehurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coatts and Co.; Drummond and Co.;- Glyn and Co. ; [Ferries and Co. ; Ransom and Co .; rresoo tt, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD stliITA. Senret.Ty. TAP ANESE TROUPE.—First Appearance in E u )c) po of ASI-ICITCHI-SAN, the original per former.of the great Japanese Butterfly Trick. Vide all the daily journals on this extraordinary Company, imported entire and direct from Japan. MONDAY next, Fob. 11, 1887.—Great St. Martin's Hall. JAPANESE TROUPE.—First Appearance in Europe of the only Japanese Actresses who ever crossed the sea; The full programme will be ready on Thursday next. The first representation will take place MONDAY next, February 11, 1867.—Asi-Kitchi-San. — Great St. Martin's "Hall. grHE GREAT JAPANESE, TROUPE .ire . here. Look out for this novelty.—This extraordi nary Company will make their FIRST APPEARANCE in. Europe, at the Great St. Martin's' Hall, on MONDAY EVENING next, Feb.. 11, 1867, for a limited number of representations prior to their appearance in Paris during the Universal Exhibition. Full programme on Thursday next. Sofa Stalls, ss. ; balcony (reserved seats), 35.; area, 2s. ; back seats, Is.—which may be obtained at Mr. Alit choirs Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street; and at the box office of the hall. Business communications to be addressed to their sole agent, Mr. A. Ninimo, 55, Wigntore-stroet, London, W. E 0 F 0 It I), T H 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. LES DRAGONS DE VILL A.RS (Opera Comique), Music by A. Maillart, in which Miss RUSSELL sill appear, as sisted by Misses Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Extra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by Sir. F. Jonghmans. " t he strength of Mr. Morton lies in his operatic selections, executed by a small but highly efficient band, and a well selected body of vocalists, under the direction of Mr. F. Jon;hmans. —Times, Jan. 9,18.37. COMEDY, by Messrs. lIARRY SYDNEY, MILBURN, G. W. ROSS, and the celebrated American Gymnasts the BROTHERS HANLON, their sixth appearance in this country. !Ir. ROBT. FRASER, Comedian and Vocalist, will - make his appearance THIS EVENING with his crop of comicalities and his new song, "THE BOY AT MUGBY." MADAME TIISSAITD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW AD DI LIONS. —Life-size Models of the KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, is. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra rooms. 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street. Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Loot CURTL Manager, M. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling'. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. TAT HOLBORN EST ON'S GRAND,MUSIC IIALL, V Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Everybody should see the Irish Minstrels, every evening at 9 o'clock, with songs, dances, and Irish anec dotes, under the direction of Pat Corri. A new and origi nal overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. IL Baker. Immense success of Arthur Lloyd's new song " Chillinzownllabadorie," every evening, at 11 o'clock --Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattio King; and Pio Watkini, the Japanaze Juggler. Band of 30 first-class porformers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORR'. 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D. and Co.'s whiskies brin? the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reverence to the "Journal of Commer ce•of Victoria," by which it will be seen that the whiskies fetch Bd. per gallon and Is. per case over the next bust, and le. ad per gallon and 55. (3d. a case over the lowest quo'aticn. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old mellow whisky in the finest cnndition. matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, sa, , plied on the most reasonable terms. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is vt ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 335. per dozen , or in a case 395., railway carriage psi I.—HEN ItY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.° , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. " THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY." TILE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial 31 ,raets enables thy. "EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY" to offer TEAS LOWER THAN EVER. Six Pounds of Good Tea for 6s. fd. can't be dear. The Company's KAISOWS by the Clidper Ships are really delicious. U, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopagate street, Jan. 1. 1867. Just published, 2d; sent by the author for 8 stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY ; being a Pamphlet lJ descriptive of articles awl means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHA.RIDES OlL,whtoh speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, 58M, and tOs Gd; sent by post for 51, 84, and 141 at , kraps.— AL EX. ROSS, 248, High tiolborn, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using[ ALEX. ROSS'S cantoro. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the veryroot. 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They remove redness, sal lowness. dm. 25 thl and 7s ;or post for 49 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248 lii3h Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an moistens' using. lobed; vitt for stamps.—ALhX. ROSS, 24' , 3, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. pIIE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Loma to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer 'ban 455 poor, friendless, young- females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making* a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for ,voting girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who trawl been led astray from the path of virtue. 6nirEutious will be reeelved gratefully by the Secretary. Ir. Daniel Cooper, ,2 5, Queen•street,Cbeapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC lIOIJSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S -Liston application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Abar•street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. THE CREDIr FONCIER OF ENGLAND (Limifel‘. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the rampany will be held on MONDAY, the 18th February, 18tr, in the Large Room, I.2feter Hall, Strand, London, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely. fay order of the Court of Directors, • ALFRED LOWE, Secret . lty. • • St. Clement's House. Clement's-lane, London, 147.('., Feb: 8, 1867. • ASPIIALTE ROOFING FELT, CYIE PENN Y per Square Foot. CROG G O N and C 0., Manufacturers, London, E.C. 63, New Earl-street, I 131, Bread-street, 59, George-square, Glasgow; 2, Goree Piazzas, Liverpool. 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Hyam & Co.'s Winter Jackets 2ls. to 425. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Frock Coats Hyam & Co.'s Winter Vests 6s. to 14s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Trousers , l4s. to 2:55. ITYAn & Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 1. Geutleineu's Clothing- fur immediate wear. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. - 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. 11" m & Co.'s ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BIRMINGHAM-21 , 22 ' and 23, NEW - STRE ET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE ; and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. THE BI ST REYIEDY FOR INDIGE 3TION. T ORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which 1< the cause 01 nearly all the diseases to which we are subject. being a n edicine so uniformly grate ful and beneficial, that it is with justice c a lled the "Natural Sti•engthener of the human Stomach." "Norton's Pills " act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient; are mild 3n their operation, safe under any circumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived from tlolr use , as they hare been a never-latling Family iend for upwards of 20 Tears. Sold in bAtles at Is. lid ., 2 5. 9d, and Ile. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. PILLS. --- ----- Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be pe rsnsded to purchase a ny of t h e var ious imitations which chaaospliruirzup in consequence of the success of NORTON'S RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES. LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN. The report of the directors states that the balance available for dividend, including £BlB surplus from June last, amounted to £176,986, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 4i per cent. per annum, payable on the Ist of March, leaving a balance of £2,224. The severe monetary crisis and the prevalence of cholera in several locali ties had affected the receipts. The traffic during the past summer and autumn months had not been satisfactory, and the increase of revenue, which, judging from past experience, would have been ob tainedunder ordinary circumstances, had not been realized. The restrictions in the home and foreign cattle traffic, which had not as yet been wholly re moved, had partially, and in some instances entirely, stopped a considerable source of revenue to the rail way. Notwithstanding the peculiar adverse cir cumstances of the past year, the gross receipts of the company had been the largest yet obtained. The total receipts for the half-year ending December 31 amounted to £807,499, against £787,143 in the half of 1865, showing an increase of £20,356. The increase in the working expenses was £23,030, and in the taxation £7,324 —together, £30,354. The not revenue amounted for the half-year to £390,778, against £400,776 in the corresponding half of 1865, showing a decrease of £9,998. With regard to the increase in the working expenses, the advance in the rate of wages and the increased cost of materials had tended to swell the amount, notwithstanding that reductions had been made wherever practicable in the number of mechanics, porters, and other servants. The increased expenses for the mainten ance of the railway and stations arose partly from the relaying account being charged with £6,000 additional. The increase in the expenditure of the locomotive and carriage departments was principally , caused by more extrnsiva renewals of engines, car riages, and waggons. Revenue had also been charged with the whole amount standing at the debit of corn pensatiOn account, inclusive of the sum of £11,154 remaining unpaid last half-year, so that all the charges arising from aceidentP, damages to goods, or from other causes, up to the present were disposed of. The double line between Salisbury and Exeter would be complete on March 1. The mortgage debt and _debenture stock of the company were, by the company's recent return miller the Railways Securi ties Act of last session, proved to be within the ag gregate amount. The directors strongly recommended the proprietors to invest the board with full discre tionary powers for completing very important ne gotiations with the broad gauge companies for the establishment of peaceful relations between the co►n panies on principles which the directors trusted would be beneficial alike to the public and to the companies concerned. The proposed arrangements would provide for interchange of traffic between the several systems, and the opening of the broad gauge lines south and west of Exeter to this company, and the lines of this company west of Exeter, as well as those of the Devon and Cornwall and Central Corn wall Companies open to the broad gauge companies, with through booking and equal rates. The capital account showed that£ls, 629,570 had been expended. RUPTURE'S.-BY ROYAL LETTICHS PATENT, WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TIIE GREAT EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1862% is allowed by upwards of Iwo hundred Me lical Gentlemen to be the most effective Invention in the curative treatment of ft ERN lA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects. is here avoided—ft sot t bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main I'ad and Patent Lev: r, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to flt, forwarded by post, on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. - - - 2 Is., 20$ 6d., and :II 5.64 Postage, Is. A.ADoSulallieruTTruss7l3ls. 6d., 425., an i 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, Rs. and 525. X;. - ,stage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post , office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT • ELASTIC STO CKINGS, for Varicose Veins an d a ll cases o f WeaknieCeNsiatCSlwePlSliinte.o'f the Legs, sprai ns, &c. They are porous, light in texture , and inexpenßive, and a r e drawn on N e l i a k e e h. an p o o rd st i a n g s e r . y 6 s l JO ET WHITE, Illa n n iacturer, 228 tocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. Bd., 10s., a n d 16 s . Piccadilly. -AFIXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION who ADVERTI SE in " THE SUN," can h ave th e , SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, w ho se address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi . ness, and has good conn ections. On a pp licati on to " The Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by l e tt er , h e w ill obtain every possible facilityfor Exhibit ors , or persons who may have other business in Paris, or w h o may go there for pleasure only. . envelope for reply. p R INT ING. —TO PROPRIETORS OF -a- NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, Ste.--The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, Sic., done ou eseeed l r ingly favourable terms. Uso of Editorial and Publishing' Offices, if required. 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Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Oran bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.O MANUFACTURERS OF TILE VICTORIA CROSS. TWIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOO rfl PASTIO is greatly supe:dor to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 61—ited Bull Wharf, es , Upper Thames-street. London. RIMMEL'S PERFUMED VALENTINES.- The largest and most elegant Stock in London. Animated Flowers, Is. on paper ; 25.6 d. on satin. illedimval, Is ; by post 2d. extra. The Alusval Valentine, the great , at novelty of the season. Lists on application.-ItIMMEL, P.-rfumer to the Princess of Wales, 96, Strand ; 128. Relent-street ; and Cornhill. CALEDONIAN. An extraordinary meeting of this company was heldon Wednesday in Glasgow; Lieut.• Col. Salkeld the chair. The CHAIRMAN proposed that for the construction of Lanarkshire branches, and the building of a ne.v station at Edinburgh, capital to the amount of £620,000 be raised by the issue of 5 per cent. pre ference stock. This was seconded by Mr. T. HILL. Mr. G. SMITH called attention to the fact that during last year £990,000 was raised for the Cle land and Midcalder branch, the Balerno branch, and other schemes of the company, and asked for in formation as to how this money had been dis posed of. The CHAIRMAN stated that he could not without referring to the books give the desired information in detail. He assured the shareholders, however, that he would be prepared to give full explanations at the general meeting to be held six weeks hence. Under these circumstances, Mr. SMITH moved that the raising of the new capital be delayed till after the general meeting. The CHAIRMAN suggested an adjournment of the meeting for a week, at the end of which tune he said he would be prepared to answer Mr. Smith's questions. This was agreed to, and the meeting adjourned till Wednesday next. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The report of the directors states that the net revenue of the half-year, after payment of interest on debenture and preference charges, and debitting £5,212 for renewal anti reconstruction of rolling stock, left, with the balance from June, £65,944 for distribution. The dividend recommended was at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, which would absorb £64,603, leaving a balance of £1,341. All the renewals and repairs:of rolling stock were being executed in the new workshops by the com pany with greater despatch and at a cheaper rate than formerly. During the last four months the utter prostration of the iron trade had hindered that development of the traffic on which the pro sperity of the company so much depended. The directors had delayed pressing forward the works authorised, which were not under contract, to a more favourable time for raising capital, and had deposited a bill for the present session to obtain an extension of time for the completion of the Burslem and Tunstall branches, and for power to widen the Newcastle branch for a double line of rails, which would become nece=sary when the Drayton line was finished, with which it formed a junction. Mr. Forsyth, the engineer, re ported that the Burton branch was now completed and ready for the junctions with the company's main line and with the Midland Railway, and that the Leek line would be ready for traffic in the course of the present half-year. Fair progress had been made by Mr. Brassey on the Silverdale, Madeley, and Drayton line contract, by Mr. Tredwell on the Aud ley lines contract, and on Mr. Barlow's contract for works at the Stoke level crossing. The capital ac count showed an expenditure on the company's lines of £4,903,047, and on the canal of i 1,170,00 total, £6,073,047, leaving a balance of £44,788. The revenue .on the railways and canal amounted • The Cummus said he thought the proposed divi dcnd of 3 per cent. highly sati:f ictory, considering the interruption which had taken place in the Malta and Alexandria line, and the stagnation of trade and commerce during the past season. He be lieved there was a prospect of the Malta and Alex andria Company laying a new and strong cable, by which means the interruption in the traffic in future would be prevented. In addition to the payment of dividend, the money borrowed frond the reserve fund had been returned. The accounts between the com pany and the Italian Government were in arrear ; but he hoped thesewouldbe settled, especially as the French Government had settled with the Italian Go vernment up to June, 1866, so that there were hopes of the money being shortly received. At all events he hoped the money would be paid by the Italian Go vernmentwithin two months. With regard to the dif ference which the company had had with the Italian GovernMent respecting the payment of the company in paper currency instead of in specie it had been settled. He then-moved the adoption of the report, and that a dividend of 8 per cent. per annum be paid to the holders of preferential shares, and one of 3 per cent. to the holders of original shares. The motion was adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the Examiners held sittings at the House of Commons. Before Mr. Frere the follow ing bills were passed :—Burton-on-the-Water (Abandonment, &c.), Sidmouth Railway and Har bour, Newry and Armagh (Sale in Chancery), the Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction. The Standing Orders were not complied with in the case of the Llynvi and Ogmore and the Solway Junction. The Midland Counties and Shannon Junction Bill was postponed until Monday. The Neath and Brecon and other Companies (Amalgamation and Arrange ments) Bill was postponed until Friday. Before Mr. Palgrave the following bills were passed:--Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, South Devon, and London and South-Western (Arrangements) ; Bir mingham and Sutton Coldfield Extension, New castle-upon-Tyne High Level Hoist, and the Water ford and Passage Railway and Ferry. The Dublin Trunk Connecting was postponed until Wednesday; the West Sussex Junction and the Kilkenny Junc tion (Various Powers) Bill until the 4th of March ; the West Cork and the Laugharno till the 18th inst. There was no appearance for the Tamar, Kit-hill, and Callington. All the Bills were unopposed, The State of Minnesota. (From the Money Market Review.) One of the primary causes of the rapid increase in the wealth and population of the United States is the facility with which possession can be obtained of land too rich and fertile ever to be exhausted. Another is the extraordinary advances made of late years in the facilities for internal and external com munication by means of the railroad and the steam boat. In a recent notica of the State of Minnesota we rather underrated the railway facilities now in operation. A considerable portion of the line from St. Paul, forming the St. Paul and Pacific Railway, is, we are informed, completed for use, and only waiting for the rolling stock. We are glad to re ceive this information, because it enables us to make an addition to what wethon mentiopod as the chief outlets possessed by this great interior State. Besides access to Lake Superior and . to the Mis sissippi below the falls of St. Anthony, at no great distance from St. Paul, and so on down the river to St. Louis and New Orleans, the main line is or may be united with existing systems so as to reach the shores of Lake Michigan either at Milwaukie or Chicago ; while from both there is direct railway communication with St. Louis. Thus,. though a State far in the interior, art and nature have com bined to give Minnesota the command of a choice of outlets, so that, practically, she is as well off in this respect as Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, or Missouri, and better than lowa. These advantages need not be further dwelt upan. And as to the facility with which immigrants or settlers can obtain the ownership of some of the richest lands in the State, it will be sufficient to refer, very briefly, to the terms offered by the St. Paul and Pacific Rail way Company—a company which is proceeding iu the steps successfully trodden by the Illinois Central Company, but with more direct advantages to those who deal with it. The company has, by legislative grant from Congress to the State, and from the State to the Company, somewhere about 1,600,000 acres of the most desirable land in the State. We cannot enter into the details of the conditions on which the company surrenders these properties to settlers ; we can only say that they appear to be ex ceedingly liberal. They may be bought for imme diate payment or on credit ; and actual settlers may locate on lands not yet subject to sale, yet with an indefeasible title. In short, the facilities for obtain ing land could hardly be extended, short of giving it away. This is sound policy for the State as well as for the company. The State secures a popula tion interested in its progress and tranquillity ; the company creates the means of a remunerative traffic ; and the population, by means of the rail way, secures the opening of various and possibly competing external markets for its productions. The basis is thus laid for the development of the anticipated results, and in a few years the ports of Europe will be receiving, if they need them, sup plies of wheat and grain from St. Paul, just as the British ports are now receiving them from San Francisco. We have often impressed upon the British public that the newer States of the Union constitute the most promising fields in the world for peaceful enterprise. As far as the State of Minnesota is concerned the Germans have shown a greater ap preciation of its natural advantages than either the English or the Irish. The Germans have flocked thither, whilst the Irish have endeavoured to settle as near as possible in the districts adjacsehnotwton n the place of landing. The Eng lish have decided partialities for Minnesota, r o e ra n n in y ed St w at h e er in e particular. They have gone and m . theye ulcultural r e a r s ld ta t d e o ofbelsNtle Wisconsin n tl e i o e n t n n e i r e g• s h L n o l n u t : y i n g ex e tt e g e r a i ingly well-to-do English and Irish settlers. Min nesota, settled chiefly by Germans, is the fourth State in the order of area in the Union, and, though so large and so young, it is the thirtieth in the order of population, according to the census of 1860. Area—Square Miles. Population. Texas 237,321 69 1,215 California ... 188 , 982 37 , :t0 Oregon... ... 95, 271 52 , 165 Minnesota ... 83531 173,855 We may add that Minnesota is the thirty-first State in the order of population per square mile, but the twenty-fifth in the increase of population per square mile in the ten years from . 1850 to 1860, in this respect surpassing several of the older as well as some of the newer State% But in no respect is its progress more marked than in the value of the flour and meal which it produced and sent to market. 1850. 1860. Inc. p. ct. Flour and meal—value $5OO ... $1,310,000 619 Compare this with the production in the same period of Illinois : 1850. 1860. Inc. p. ct. Flour and meal $5,781,483 $18,104,804 213 This is a rate of progress most encouraging to intending settlers, and a proof of the wisdom of a liberal policy in distributing the land. There are, however, some details of the progress made iii I stock ... 19,403,6t32 Acrear,f ploughed land • 1,900 433,276 This comparison might be extende.! ; but it is sufficiently diffuse and varied to show that, wi• h :an area of 83,090 square miles, and a popula'aon of i 173.853 souls, there must •be ample scope and -verge enough for the industry and capital of hundreds ‘,l thousands, it may be said of Inillioas, more itn , al ! grants. That they would find markets for ',heir productions cannot be doubted, for they must 'com mand the seaboard just as much as Illinois, Wis consin, Indiana, or Missouri. Our only appre hension is that unless the subject be energetically dealt with in time, the increase of population may exceed the means of transport. We would, there fore, counsel immediate attention to this subject on the part of the State and the railway authorities. Rich and fertile as the soil of Minnesota must be to promise, as it does, an indefinite expansion fA these great results, they are only a part of the vast endowments she has received from nature. Her prairie grasses are as well adapted for the gr;Azing as her corn and other grains are for the fattening of cattle as those of Illinois or lowa. It is not, there fore, unlikely that Minnesota will compete before long with the enterprising breeders of those States, though at present there are no places to be com pared with Springfield or Chicago, or any such trade as the " packing" trade. A nucleus, how ever, will be laid in the course of a few years. There is a Spanish proverb " 'Where the foot of the sheep touches the land, is turned into gold." Well, from the northern boundary of lowa, itself a sheep-breeding State, up to St. Paul, the country is perfectly adapted to sheep husbandry. The growth of wool may be made almost next to that of wheat. Then, if the surface of the land furnishes these instruments for the creation and diffusion of wealth, the geology of Minnesota, though we know little of it from official investigation, promises equal attrac tions to enterprise, though they may have for a time to give place to more immediate occupations. The north-western parts of the State, if less fertile than the south, contain highly valuable deposits of copper ore, some of which are being worked. There are extensive deposits of lead ore in the same district. Iron is also found over a large extent of country, and contiguous to it are coal and limestone —a combination the advantage of which need not be told in England. The building stones are numerous ; they include granite and marble ; and there is a district containing a decomposed felspa thic granite available for making the finest porce lain. A slate rock is found, said to have all the properties of fine grain and clear split that dis tinguish the best quarries of Wales. There are also salt springs, from which the Indians, with the rudest appliances, make a bushel of salt out of twenty-four gallons of brine. The geological, like the agricultural, advantages of Minnesota might be further detailed ; but enough has, per haps, been said to prove that the State is one of the homes which the West offers to the poor man. " These are miracles which man, Cag'd in the bounds of Europe's pigmy span, Can scarcely dream of—which his eye must see To know how wonderful this world can be." If the railway company prosecute their under taking with a vigour worthy of the issues that arc before them, Minnesota will outstrip, as it has al ready done in some respects, most of its western. neighbours. The means of internal and external communication must be enlarged to overtake the prodigality of nature, and to render her bounties more accessible to countries less richly endowed. We shall be gratified if what we have said now, and upon a previous occasion, ,be the means of nt , tracting attention to a favourable opportunity for the inves-ment of a moderate amount of European capital. The Mansion-House Metropolitan Distress Fund. The committee of bankers and merchants of the city of London who have undertaken the manage ment of the above fund held a meeting yesterday at the Mansion-home, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor. Mr. BALL, the cashier, read a statement of the condition of the fund, from which it appeared that the amount received at the• Mansion-house up to yesterday amounted to £BOl 3s. 11d., and that grants had been made to different districts in the metropolis out of that sum amounting to £6,655, leaving a balance of 11,369 3s. 11d. To this sum, however, had to be added the sum of £3 ; 818 7s. Gd. in the hands of the different bankers, which left a disposable balance to the credit of the committee of £5,187 11s. sd. The total amount received from the public in aid of the object of the committee was £11,842 11s. 5d., but the public appear to be relaxing in their liberality, evidently considering that to a great extent, by the alteration in the weather and other causes, the press ing necessity has passed away, and that things ought to be left to resume their ordinary course, and this would also appear to be the feeling of a good many members of the committee. Yesterday deputations attended from seven dis tricts of the metropolis only to apply for assistance from the fund. These were Whitechapel, Canning Town, St. George's-in-the-East, St. Dunstau's, Stepney, St. Peter's, Stepney, Lambeth, and Shore ditch. . _ _ A grant was made to the Whitechapel Relief Committee, in whose district it appeared a large amount of exceptional distress existed, of £2OO. To Canning Town a grant was made of £5O; to St. George's-in-the-East, where there is also a large amount of distress, a grant was made of £3OO ; and to St. Dunstan's, Stepney, £5O. In the case of the application from Lambeth, a gentleman connected with the extensive establish ment of Messrs. Maudelay, Field, and Co. attended with the deputation for the purpose of giving the committee any information they might require. This gentleman stated that at the present time there were more than a thousand men who were usually employed by the firm out of employment, and in stead of there being 1,500 men or thereabouts en gaged in their establishments, there were not more than about 400. This state of things had been gra dually developing itself during the last 12 months and the fact of so many men w h o had been accus tomed to receive good wages, and mos t o f w h om had families, being thrown out of employment, had caused a great deal of exceptional distress. In answer to a question put by a member of the committee, the gentleman stated that the slackness of work was not believed in any way to arise from foreign competition, but from the Government, for Whom the firm of Messrs. Maudslay was princi pally engaged, having stopped certain works they were in the habit of having done, for the present, .aild that there was no strike or operation of that sort that had anything to do with the existing condition of affairs. The Messrs. Maudslay had, it appeared, contributed a large sum towards a local fund that was being raised for the purpose of alle viating the distress at present existing. The committee, after a short deliberation, made a grant of £2OO to the applicants, this bein g the second of the same amount. . The committee shortly afterw ar ds adjourned until Monday. 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