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LONDON and COUNTY BANKIN COMPANY. Established 1836. Subscribed Captital—Xl,B7s,ooo in 37,500 Shares of £5l each. Paid-up Capital—X7so,ooo. Reserve Fund—£2so,ooo DULECTORS. Nathaniel Al exan d er , Esq. -- John Edmund Anderd on, Esq Thos. Tyringham Bernard, Esq. Philip Patton Blyth, Esq. John William Burmester, Esq. Coles Child, Esq. Hugh C. E. Childers, Esq., M.P. John Fleming, Eq. Edward W. T. Hamilton, Esq., M.P. Frederick Harrison, Esq. William Champion Jones, Esq. ,William Nicol, Esq. MANAGER. Ke wan, Esq. GENERAL WTilliain• Mc CHIEF INSPECTOR. W. J. Norfolk, Esq. ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. William lloward, Esq. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT. James Gray, Esq. INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES. H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring, Esq. SECRETARY. F. Clappison, Esq. Head Offiee, 21, Lornbard•street. At the Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors, held on 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 the Secretary. HUGH C. E. CIIILDERS, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. REPORT. The Directors, in submitting to the Proprietors the balance-sheet of the Bank for tha half-year ending the 31st December 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 £119,467 lls. 6d. They recommend the payment of the usual dividend of 6 per cent., to g eth er w ith a bonus of 8 per cent. for the half -year, both free of income tax, which will absorb £ 1 05,000, and leave £14,467 lls. Gd. to be carried forward to profit and loss new account. The dividend for the whole year 1866 will thus be 25 per cent. At the, meeting in February, 1866, it was intimated to the Proprietors that the Directors propcsed to increase the capital of the Bamk, and at the meeting in August, 1866, the Proprietors, by a resolution, adopted the recommenda tion of the Directors. It will be proposed to act upon this resolution (which will require formal confirmation) by the issue of 12,500 now shares, to be offered pro rata amongst the Proprietors as they appeared on the Register on the 4 th instant, the date whenlhe Transfer Books of the Coin- Play 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 Ed ward J. Hutchins, Esq., and William Lee, Esq., M.P., from the Direction, and the election of Hugh C. E. Childers, Esq., M.P., and Edward W. T. Hamilton, Esq., M.P., i n 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. BALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, 31ST DECEMBER, 1866. To capital paid up To reserve fund To amount due by the Bank for custo mers' balance; &c. ,C 12,057,000 12 8 To liabilities on ac- ceptanees 1,580,761 9 2 13,637,762 1 10 To profit and loss balance brought from last account 17,468 16 6 To gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for,bad and doubt ful debts 337,426 11 3 £14,975,188 13 1 On. 13 37 cash on hand at Read Office and Branches £1,767,383 3 3 / 6 3T cash placed at call and at notice . 734,056 3 7 £2,501,439 610 I nvestments, viz.:- 13 Y Government and Guaranteed Stocks 695,953 0 6 By other stocks and securities 101,899 12 9 797,852 13 3 BY discounted bills and advances to cus tomers in town and country BY freehold premises in Lombard-street and Nicolas-lane, freehold and lease hold property at the Branches, with fixtures and fittings BY interest paid to customers By salaries and all other expenses at Read Office and Branch's, inckidiug incorne-tax on profits and salaries.. 176,313 12 8 93,277 5 11 99,813 11. 9 £14,975,188 13 1 PROFIT AND LOSS AMOUNT. DR. To interest paid to customers To expenses, as above To rebate on bills not due, 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 6 24,861 2 1 45,000 0 0 60,000 0 0 14,467 11 6 £337,426 11 3 Cu. 13 Y balance brought forward from last account 13 Y gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts £337,426 11 3 We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing balance -sheet, and have found the same to be correct. (Signed) WILLIAM NORMA7I,I It. If. SWAINE, Auditors. London and County Bank, Jan. 31, 1867. The foregoing Report having been read by the Secretary, the following resolutions were proposed and unanimously adoP ted:— 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 b onus of 8 per cent., both free of in come tax, be declared for the half-year ending 31st December, 1866, payable on and after 'Monday, the 18th instant, and that the balance of £14,467 lls. 6d. be carried forward to Profit and Loss New Account. 3 . That William Nicol, Esq., be re-elected a Di rector of b e Company. That Thomas Tyringham Berna r d, E sq., elected a . Director of this Company. That Nath an i el A lexander, Esq., be re-elected a Director of this Company. 4. Th at Willam Norman and Richard Binds Swain°, ecittires, be elected Auditors for the current year. 5 . That Frederick Francis, Esq., be elected an Auditor for the current year. 6 . That th e t h an k s o f thi s me eting be given to the Board of Directors for the able manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Company. That the .thanks of this meeting be presented to William Norman and R. 11. Swaine E squ i r es, the Auditors of the C ompany, for their services 'during the past year. 8. William That the thanks of the meeting bo presented to McKewan, Esq., and to the principal and other ° !acers of th e Bank, forthe zeal and ability with which they have discharged their respective duties. (Signed) HUGH C. E. CHILDERS, Chairman. The Chairman having quitted the chair, it was andresolved, ‘. carried un an i mous l y,— to li That the cordi a l th an k s o f thi s mee ti ng bo p resen t e d c 14 ' 01 0. E. Childers, E s q., M.P., for his able an d cmrteous conduct in the chair. (Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Deputy-Chairman. Extracted from the Minutes. (Signed) F. CLAPPISON, Secretary. L O NDON and COUNTY BANKING N O TIC COMPANY. 02 1 h e T r iJ IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a DIVIDEND Per c e „s; a liital Stock of the Company, at the rate of Si 'with the half-year ending 31st December, 1866. : Priet of Eight per cent., will be paid to Pro m as ors either at the Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or kote of the Company's Branch Banks, on and after the 18h inst. By order of the Board, W. McKE WAN, General Manager. ~21 - 4ril hard-street, Feb. 8, 1867. COisrr r , 4.R.A.CT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 30th Jan., 1867. TRE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING trxi tho OFFICE of LORD lIIGII ADMIRAL of the 1,0 71 -, ll r , KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE the 1 4`',, , no hereby give Notice, that on WEDNESDAY, kill of Februar3 , next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they t oee ready to treat with such Persons as . 1111:ty b? willing A r ia - "TRACT for supplying and delivering into her titijeca3 'Victualling Stores at Deptford all such quan- RAND SCRUBBING BRUMES, CLOTHES BRUSHES, and ROUND TOWELS, 1 1 1 8 . 11/(1 Y from time to time be demanded for the use of the . 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Ad ir , v ,P,, r Y, Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the ‘‘ 44 5 ' 1 and bear in the left-hand corner the words at tiander for bear Stores ;" and must also be delivered . raity,esboeyartinent a the Controller of Victualling, i A rs d o m n i g - , enga g .inre?t llous, signed .by two l" pons te b n le dei P ing in th e 8 „ t o become bound with the ersou "n 1 of £3OO for the due rformanco of the Contract. P 9 _ By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities, PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O. 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. dt present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, chilnren, and orphans Ire, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhavo to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will lie 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 began ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, • and food to the really starring ? 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Mailhut, in wh 7 ch nisi RUSSELL will appear, as sisted by Hisses Barrie and Fitz henry ; Me,,srs. A. St. Albyn, null., Fox, Husk, Evan., and Bury, with Extra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by Mr. P. Jonghmans. " The strength of Mr. Morton lies in his operatic selections, executed by a small but highly etllcient bind, and a well selected body of vo under tha direction of Mr. F. Jonghmans."—Times, Jan. 9,1847 COMEDY. by Mossrs. HARRY SYDNEY, MILBURN, G. W. ROSS, :and the celebrated American Gymnasts the BROTHERS lIANLON, their seventh appearance in this country. 110B1'..FitASER. Comedian and Vocslist, will "make his appearance T II IS EVENING with his crop ot comicalitiea and I.h new song, "THE Boy AT MUGBY." DUBLIN ~EXrIl!l1Tro~r, IS(S. This celebrated l OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Jr.! lin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole 4-nne. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail llonses in London ; , y the Agents in the principal towns in. 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Dated th's Bth day of February, 1E67. fiVEREND,. URNEY, ani Co.—Just Out, ‘f REPORT of the COMMITTEE of tho DEFENCE ASSOCIATION',.togotai Mr. Oswald Howell's Re port and Statements of the Accounts. Price %.-- Pub lished by Standidge and Co., 36, Old J ()wry, E.C., and may be had of all Booksellers. patched up horses, and I know he was lame when Attache beat him at Wolverhampton. He ran badly last year; but if he has come back to his throe-year-old form. and Tom Wadlow has advised his owner to back him, I should be very sorry to stand against him. Mount Palatine is one most improved horses in Newmarket, and John Dawson has paid particular attention to his prep:u•ation. Ho is now what he never was all last year, lit to run ; and should the Count back him he is bound to run well. Vandervelde, in the same stable, can't get over three--quarters of a mile This horse is not lame (so stated in a contemporary), for I saw him go a good gallop on Saturday morning with Mount Palatine and King Charming. We read some strange things now, I see one of your contemporaries says---" Leases broke away ten times in the Cambridge." How long have two-years-olds started fur that race ? I can't see anything else with a chance until I come to Dulcimer. She is certainly very moderate, but I have often seen old horses win this race with light weights, such as Benjamin and Bel Esperanza. Should Mr. Payne back her she may get a place. Bismarck has been backed, but I don't like him. Gretna looks well in, but has lost all that form which she displayed when two years old. The little Vandervelde would prefer three-quarters of a mile. Problem will be more at home in the City Handicap, as the distance and company she will have to meet with there will suit her best. The filly byKing Tom out of Molly is a certain runner, and has done plenty of work. She is a great striding mare, and may run respectably. Ailesbury I know nothing about. Leases is one of the prettiest gal lopers on Newmarket Heath, and will do Peter Price very great credit when he is stripped; and if he should get well off, and not break away " ten times" again, he is sure to run forward. It will be seen, from the above remarks, that the "Christmas Carol" Handicap, after all, may come to Newmarket ; and if it does it will, in my opinion, be by the aid of MouNT PALATIXE, BEADLE, or LEASES, and I like them in the order named. 131A.DMIE E T A U F S E SA S U T D R ' E S E T. EXHIBITION,. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDI ['Terns. —Life-size Models of the KINGS and QUEENS of liINGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 t!11 10 p.m. Admittance, le. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra rooms. 6d. 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Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Dinsinker to the Board of Trade, 23, Oran bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.O SPORTING NOTES. There is at present every appearance of fine weather for the Birmingham Steeplechases, which, from their central position, will doubtless obtain for Mr. John Sheldon, the well known clerk of the course, an unusual amount of pa tronage, as the majority of bookmakers and most sporting men are evidently tired of their prolonged inactivity. The commencement of the season is invariably attended with most difficulties to those persons who, like myself, endea vour to give advice on forthcoming events, but with the resources at my command from the different training quarters throughout the country, more than twenty years' experience on the turf, and an anxious desire to promote the interest of your subscribers, I have confident hopes of giving them an unusual number of the " good things" which fall to backers of horses during the season. For the Erdington Plate, run on Tuesday, Fly Fisher is honoured with 12st 71b, which in my opinion effectu ally settles his pretensions. Aleanwood, with 9st less on his back, is not badly off, nor is Accident overweighted at list 71b, but the latter will most probably bo kept for a better stake. The next pair, one of which I think most likely to win, are KING OF- HEARTS and SIR WILLIAM, each handicapped at 11:st 21b, the former of whom will prefer the distance of this course—throe miles—to the extra half mile ho will have to travel the next day for the Grand Annual. COMBERTON looks the most likely candi date for the Hunt. Cup, but the Hunters' Plate is a sealed book to me, and it is beyond my powers of divination to say which is likely to be the winning horse or the lucky rider thereof, and the consequent recipient of the gold mounted whip, which is an adjunct to the stake. The Maiden Hunt Plato is not entered for, and in the Sutton Handicap Plate I see nothing better in than old JACOB. Wednesday's racing includes the Licensed Victuallers' Plate, and of courso'depends a great deal upon the previous day's running, but VINDICATOR, well at the post, looks worth backing. Of the 41 candidates for the Grand Annual Steeplechase, I prefer the following lot, viz., Meanwood, Tiger, Arlescott, Sprite, King of Hearts, Little Peter, and Sea King. _ lam satisfied, however, staying is not Mean wood's forte.. " The ground IS stilt to Du heavy, and is sutra to suit Tiger. Arlescott, provided ho has recovered from the effects of his accident at Carmarthen last week, looks dangerous; Sprite is very well, and is bound to run forward. King of Hearts I have alrealy alluded to. Sea King ha's been kept to win a good stake, which he is sure to do the first time of asking. He is, however, amongst the acceptances for the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, and m ill very likely be reserved for that event. Should LITTLE PETER face the starter's flag, knowing him to be a good horse, I have most faith in him, next to whom I fancy Arlescott and Tiger. The Windsor Steeplechase Committee have issued an attractive programme for Friday and Saturday next. The principal race on the second day, -the Open Handicap Steeplechase, has BANKER engagod,whoso most dangerous opponent appears tobe SPRITE, between which pair I fancy the struggle will be. Christmas Carol continues first favourite for the Lincoln shire Handicap ; but I do not think it is quite the cer tainty his partisans make it out to be. Treasure Trove, who is very fit and well, might prove a thorn in his side, and it is by no means clear to me that ho can successfully give the weigh Leases. t ho is handicapped at to Problem or A FRESH MAN. FROM A NEWMARKET CORRESPONDENT. Copious rain has fallen here nearly every night, which has rendered the training grounds on both sides very heavy going. The Rake has been taking some steady canters, doing quite sufficient work in fact, considering the state of the ground and that it wants more than three months to the Derby. I told your readers in my last communication to wait a little longer, and not take any liberty with him, because there is still a great probability of Joseph Dawson being able to bring him sound and fit to run for the great event on Epsom Downs. We are told that he is a very unfortunate horse ; but, as in the case of Lord Glasgow, it does not appear quite an appropriate term. The noble Earl alluded to, at any rate took exception to, . such a remark being applied to him in connection with the few races he won, upon the very good ground that, with an income of sixty thousand a year, he could not be unfortunate. The term applied to the above-named ani mal is equally incorrect, he having won in a canter on the only two occasions lie has appeared in public. I could well undertand. Yellow Jack being placed in this category, as I believe he ran second for the Two Thousand Guineas, Chester Cup, and Derby. The Hermit has also been doing some steady canters every morning, and as he is not only sound, but looks the picture of health (except being a little "fleshy)," his price for the Two Thousand, Guineas is not a satisfactory one. Not being in the secrets of the prison house, I cannot tell whether he runs for the Guineas or will turn out a second, Chattanooga, to be up and down in the market for each race and then scratched at the last moment. The Squire of Blankney asserted, some time ago, that he had not backed the horse, and had not made up his mind if he should run him for his Newmarket engagement or not. He can get plenty of money on now, and there is plenty of time to prepare him, but it is to be hoped if Mr. Chaplin does not intend to run the animal, he will, by at once striking him out of this engagement, keep him in seclusion some time longer. The Knight of the Garter is all right again, and will go into work in a day or two, but there is no doubt the Hermit is at least a 7th better horse, and the stable must have an extraordinary chance of winning, should they make up their minds to run the latter. Chris. Green gave us a treat last Monday morn ing, over a steeple chase course he has had made on a farm at the back of the Limekilns, for training his jumpers. He rode his old favourite horse, Reporter, and two of his stable boys were on King of Hearts and Graco Darling. I never saw the veteran ride better in my life, and was surprised when he told the he was nearly fifty years of age. But it is a pity the services of such a really fine horseman should be lost to the public so soon. The King of Hearts is very well, and will most likely run for the Birmingham Steeple Chase, where his chance looks second to none. His half-brother, The Ace of Hearts, trained by Green, ran second for the race last year, but I think the King line a better heart than the Ace, and will most likely pull through. The acceptances for the Lincoln Handicap number 47, three of whom have since paid forfeit— Pyrrhic, La Dauphine, and Batthyany. Had the latter remained in he would, no doubt, have been a great favourite, still his great striding action will be more suited to a straight course, and he will win a race before the year is over, when his owner backs him. The Duke, who heads the list with 9st 91b, will most likely be an absentee, as the ground is sure to be heavy—and to run a good horse with such a steadier would be bad judgment. Volunteer, Sutton, Saccharome ter, Kangaroo, Honesty, and Wild Agnes are all too heavily weighted. I see they back old Sac., but old horses seldom improve with time, and Wild Agnes would like three quarters better than a mile, therefore I must look lower down for the winner. The Beadle is not badly in, as he showed us at Warwick that he can get through dirt; he has done plenty of 'work, is fit to run, and if his noble owner backs him he will be one of the first three. Christmas Carol is a rattling fayourife, but I don't lik The late Atlantic Yacht Race. The New York papers publish the following correspon dence between the Duke of Edinburgh , and Mr. Bennett j " Off Cowes, Dec. 31, 1866. " Your Royal Highness,—At Lord Lennox's dinner, on Friday last, you were pleased to match your yacht, the Viking, to sail the Henrietta around the Isle of Wight, next August, for a cup worth £lOO. I would not say so then, because I was bound to make the match proposed ; but, in fact, this arrangement will somewhat interfere with the disposition which I had determined to make of my yacht in case she should win the ocean race. I beg that you will accept., as a New Year's gift to an English yachts man from an American yachtsman, the Henrietta as she now lies in perfect order off Cowes, and I have instructed Captain Samuels to hold her subject to your orders. The unbounded hospitality with which the American yachtsmen have been received by all classes in England will always be remembered by the United States with the warmest gratitude, and I sincerely hope that you will not deprive me of the opportunity of .acknoNN le iging this most cordial reception by presenting the winning yacht to the repre sentative of English yachtsmen.—l have the honour to remain, very respectfully yours, _ "J. G. BENNETT, Jun." " Clarence House, Jan. 22. " Dear Mr. Bennett—l find it difficult to express how gratefully I appreciate the kindly feeling which dictated your letter of the 31st ult., as well as the splendid present which you offer to my acceptance, but most of all the deli cacy with which you seek to diminish the personal obli gation under which you would lay me by giving to your generous offer an international character. It is, indeed, this last consideration only which has led me to hesitate in replying to your letter, for personally it would have been impossible for me to accept so costly a present, but I felt bound fully to consider the question in the light in which you were good enough to place it, and ff, on full consideration, I feel compelled to de cline your generous offer, I trust that neither you nor your , gallant competitors, nor your countrymen at large, will believe that the'yachtsmen of England less appreciate, or less reciprocate, the feeling of good fellowship which prompted the offer. The Henrietta is a vessel which any man may feel proud to possess, and I trust she may long continue in the hands in which she has accomplished so triumphant a success. We must try to find a rival to her, and do our best.. In common with all Englishmen, I sin ez.rely hope that such friendly rivalry may be the only description of contest in which our respective countries may ever be engaged. It has given us great pleasure to offer a col dial reception to you and your companions in England, and I feel assured that if my professional duties in command of ono of her M.jesty's ships should ever . 1 take me to your shores, I should there meet, on the part of my brother seamen, with a reception not less' hearty than that which we have been happy to afford you here.— Believe me yours sincerely, (Signed) " ALFRED." OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE EIGHT-OAR RACE. OXFORD, Saturday Evening. Since our last notice respecting the Oxford crew some very important alterations have been made in its consti tution, Mr. M. Brown, of Trinity College, the victorious Oxford stroke of the two preceding years, having this afternoon supplanted Mr. A. Hall in that important post, and Mr. F. Willan, of Exeter (President of the Oxford University Boat Club), taken No. 3 position, vice Mr. G. H. Swinny, Exeter. Other alterations will doubtless take place before training commences, Messrs. Crowder (of Brasenose) and Wood (University), two of last year's crew, being spoken of as likely to again have places in th© boat. The return of Mr. Brown to the stroke-oarship has in spired the utmost confidence in the minds of the Oxonians; and as that gentleman appears to row in his old " form," it is fair to infer that the "dark blue" will be as well repre sented as heretofore. Mr. Willan, 'hen not rowing, "coaches" the crew from his steamer, which, from its novelly on the Isis, has created a sensation. The fol lowing are the names of the Oxford crew, as existing to day : 1. C. Bowman, University. 2. J. H. Fish, Worcester. 3. F. Willan, Exeter. 4. E. Carter, Worcester. G. R. G. Marsden, Merton. 7. J. R. Goodden, Trinity. M. Brown, Trin. (stroke) C. Tottenham, Christ Ch (cox). 5. J. C. Tinne, University?' Cambridge University Athletic Sprts. The opening of the new running path and the Cam bridge University sports for tho present season on Satur day were marked by the most auspicious weather possible. The spectators were numerous an& influential, the large number of undergraduates of Cambridge being augmented by a host of strangers from the metropolis and elsewhere. The arrangements were carried out admirably, the path proved quite satisfactory, and a capital day's sport, fol lowed. Mr. Cheetham acted as starter, whilst the duties of judge were carried out by Messrs. Griffith; Long, and Little. The duties of timekeeper were carried on by Mr. J. S. G. Hood, and the correspondent of Bell's Life in London:— 120 YARDS RACE.—Heat 1: Ross and Waltham ran a dead heat, Little being unable to catch his men. Time, 13 sec. Heat 2 : Roumieu won, beating Collett by a yard and a half, winning easily. Not timed. Heat 3: Corfe won easily by three yards. Time, 12sec. Heat 4 : Pearson led till 15 yards from home, when Russell spurted, and won cleverly by half a yard. Time, 12sec. Heat '5: Mil vain went off, and in the first 20 yards had beaten his men, Goalton being the only other one in the race, and he was beaten well by the Trinity Hall man by three yards. Time, 12sec. Heat 6 : Knight won easily ; Ycatman came down a burster after going about 20 yards. Time, 13sec. Heat 7: Clifford won by three yards. Time, 13sec. Heat 8: Rebow won easily by two yards, beating Pearson. Time, 14sec. Final heat: All who were entitled ran except Re bow ; Milvain led Corfe by two yards to the Pavilion, where ho was passed by Corfo and Ross, the former win ning by half a yard only. Time, 13sec. HALF-MILE RACE.—Heat 1: Headlam showed in, front in the first 150 yards, but was collared in the back stretch by Couch, Borrowdaile saving himself till coming to the straight the last time, when he spurted, and won easily ; Ileadlam finishing second, and Couch third. Time, 2min. 10sec. Heat 2: Phelps took the lead on entering the straight the first time. Little commenced cutting down his opponent in the back stretch, but failed to pass the second man till 20 yards from home, Phelps winning by 12 yards. Time, 2min. 6sec. Heat 3 : Royds led all the way, Pitman in the back stretch going second ; but on enteritis upon the straight run in Wood ran up second, Royds win ning by three yards. Time, 2min. Bsec. Final heat : AIL the men started, and an exciting race took place. Phelps held the pride of place to the last turn, when be was passed by Little and Pitman, the latter eventually winning by a couple of yards. Time, 2min. 21 -sec. 430 YARDS RACE. - IV. Collett (A.A.C.) 1, C. King 4 (L.A.C.) 2. Both ran together for the first 50 yards, whom Collett raced away, and increasing his lead, won easily in: 57sec., King being out of it 150 yards from home. 100 YARDS HANDICAP. -15 started. Pearson won by four yards in 12sec.; the rest all together. This was a race , got up on the ground, the following starting :—Hon. F. G.. Pelham and J. J. Connolly scratch, Buckma.ster and Wal tham 2 yards start, Knight 1, Pearson and Lloyd 2, Green, Romilly, Ridley, and Borrowdaile 4, Jackson 6, Lord Ellesmere, Hon. Mr. Bouverie, and Williams 8. ONE MILE HANDICAP, OPEN RACE. — This was the eves t of the day, no less than 24 of the best athletes in tb e United Kingdom having entered for it. It proved an e 3 cellent race, and was won by W. C. Gibbs, of Jesus lege, who had 20 yards start. Ho ran with admirable judgment, keeping behind until the _lao lap. Bath}. PRICE.. 4d. STAMPED sd. _ bridgo, of St. John's College, who bad 190 yards, was so cond. Tim-, imin. 35sec. ELECTION INTELL MENCE. ANDOVER.-Sir J. Karslake, the new Solicitor- Gen . ral, is not, it appears, to be allowed to assume the representation of Andover unopposed, for an opponent , is in the fiell in the person of a local. gen tlemen, Mr. Llader, of Lion,, , parish, who boldly an nounces himself an advanced reformer, in favour of manhood suffrage, vote by ballot, and separation of Church and State. The election takes place to-day. EAST SUFFOLK.—Lord Rendlesham, who is come forward to supply the vacancy occasioned in the re presentation of this division by the retirement of Sir E. C: Kerrison, has not at present been able to address the electors, in consequence of temporary indisposition. It is now expected, however, that the noble lord will appear before a meeting at Ipswich to-morrow (Tuesday). It is still uncertain whether Col. Adair will come forward as a Liberal candidate. The gallant colonel has been three times unsuccessful in his efforts to obtain a seat for the division. The High Sheriff of Suffolk has fixed Friday next, 15th inst., for the election, which will take place at Ipswich. NORTH NORTIISIIPTONSITIRE.—The Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam, high Sheriff of the county, has fixed on Wednesday, 13th instant, for the election of a member to serve iu the.present Parliament for the Northern Division of Northamptonshire. Mr. S. Stopford will be returned unopposed. The election will take place at Kettering. Mr. Stopford has not only been making a canvass of the electors, but addressing them in the various market towns, and the reception he has mat with has been of the most encouraging character. Mr. Fitzpatrick Vernon has issued an address to the Liberal electors, in which he states that, after a careful examination of the register with a competent person, and a consultation with most of the influential electors who supported him in 1857 and 1859, he has come to the determi nation, most unwillingly, and solely in deference to the wishes of those whom he has consulted, not to solicit the suffrages of the constituency. But Mr. Vernon states that he shall be ready on some future occasion (if no worthier candidate can be found) to be the advocate of those principles which he sin cerely professes. COLCIIESTER.—The contest for the seat for this borough, rendered vacant by the retirement of Mr. T. J. Miller, promises to be a severe one. Both candidates—Mr. E. K. Karslake, Q.C. (Conserva tive) and Dr. Brewer (Liberal) —have been prose cuting an active canvass, and both profess to be sanguine of success. The writ having been moved for, the poll will be taken towards the close of the current week. Mr. Hughes, M.P., on Co-operation. On Saturday night Mr. T. Hughes, M. P., addressed a meeting at the Whitechapel School-room upon co-operation. The immediate object of the assembly had reference to the opening of a co-operative store in Peabody's Buildings, Spitalfields. Mr. HtiGnEs, after some general observations, said he supposed that all present had heard how much co-operation had done for the working people in several parts of England. He himself had been connected with many such societies for a considerable number of years. There were a good many things at which persons tried their hands in this complicated state of sociAy. There were a good intny plan 3 which one joined, and principles which one believed in at various times, which were found to be false at a later period of life. He had had 20 years' practical experience of the co-operative movement; and his faith was increased in it, and not diminished. (Hear, hear.) Ile did not mean to say that there had not been many and considerable failures in co-operation. There was one such failure in White chapel. It was a very sad blow to the movement, and tended to discourage it. He referred to the failure of the great engineering establishment. How ever, it was easy for any one who was acquainted with the principle to account for such break downs. It was invariably seen that they had failed through want of earnestness in the movement on the part of those who conducted such stores, and not from the weakness or failure of the principle upon which these societies:were founded. The longer he lived, and the more he saw the development of the move ment, the more thoroughly was he convinced that, abuve every other movement at present known in England, it was enabling the working classes to take that position which it was good for them and the country they should. (Hear, hear.) They were beginning here, as it was quite right they should, with the very A. B C of the movement. There were many developments of the principle, but the simplest was that of the co-operative store. He believed they were pretty well acquainted with the main outlines of this plan. They became their own shopkeepers and customers, and the more they spent the greater return they got. In past years there had been great difficulty in finding good in vestments for the small savings of the working classes. There were the small savings banks, which offered excellent mediums, but they did not give very large returns. Besides the savings banks there were building societies, which were no doubt profit able investments, and perhaps as good as could be found in any class of society. But still, the persons to whom co-operative stores were most useful were those who perhaps could not afford to save sufficient to become members and hold shares in building so cieties. There was no investmentso good for working people, so advantageous, in which they could place their money, as co-operative stores. They would of course take care to purchase the best goads, and sell them at such prices as they might arrange. The profits which were derived from the sales will be divided pro rata. A sufficient margin must be left for incidental expenses. lie knew two or three small stores which had been started in neighbour hoods which were not so good for a store as this— and London, he would observe, was behind other parts of England in this movement—and at the-enel of the half year a bonus was declared of Is. in the pound upon all purchases. The result was that the purchasers not only had better articles than they could get elsewhere, at the most reasonable prices, but at the end of the period he named they got the profit stated. He trusted that all present would join the movement which was now proposed. The principle had spread through all the towns of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and other parts of the north. There was not a town or villa g e there in which they would not find a flourishing co-operative store. In the north there had been but few failures, (Hear, hear.) His opinion was that it req uired a consider able amount of ingenious blundering and folly to ge t a properly established store into the wrong groove. The more shareholders and customers the better and more profitable would be the concern. The particular Store which they were met to ad vance was situate in Peabody's Buildings, where he should imagine a number of personslived who would become good customers. Resolutions were then passed in favour of such institutions, and this one in particular. In conclusion, the hon. member spoke upon the necessity of the liorking classes in the receipt of good wages saving something. He was a dishonest man and a bad member of society who did not do so. (Hear, hear.) A cordial vote of thanks was given to Mr. Hughes for taking the chair. In reply, he expressed his belief that the movement was to do more for England than any other known. He was only too glad to render them any assistance. 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All consultations free.-291, REGENT-ST fiEET, three doors trona the Polytechnic. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fittinz up the TRAINING slur. .£2.(100 required. Queen WL Dope Refuge; 8, Great Queen-street l LI , W.CA ITS, Secretary. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON- I_JL TRIBUTIONS are earnestly Solicited for establishing the COUNTRY RO3IR. £l,OOO required. WIT. WILLI 4.118, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-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 £5,000, being £l5 a year tor each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one bay each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, fl igh Ifolborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Hall East; and byi WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, AIL in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern B.sll - Terminne, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE 5,11 G President—Ella Grace the Duke of lIIITCCLEUCH, 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 difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t :4 . a3leg It affords relief to a large number of in-pa le nts, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestitute sick hag for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr niscs of this llospital 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., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Giyn and Ca. ; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Rerners-street ; and at the Bosons% from 10 till 5. sr A Nrortn •RM1T11„ Smret,ry. VEWSPATER TAik •t., r=.< ,_:. Legality of Demonatrationi; /41T4 Ps , The legality of meetings hel > fo pose of discussion, but to intimidate *he fithibU tion of numbers, is a question upon which much may be said, and it will be worth investigation hereafter. At present we desire to direct attention to another question of more immediate interest connected with these displays of physical force. The inhabitants of the streets obstructed by these processions, and, indeed, all who have occasion to pass through them for business or pleasure, justly complain of the complete stoppage of traffic for carriages and foot passengers by persons who come from distant parts of the metropolis for no other purpose than to ea hibit nitrnbers, and they ask if there can be a legal right to do diis. Clearly, iF a bloekade of th streets by the Ref , uln League is lawful, it is equally lawful for any other society at its own pleasure and if en one day, every day. If Mr. Potter may legally march his assembled trades' unions through Regent-street, so might every indivi dual union, every friendly society, and even a perpetually perambulating procession by. way of advertisement—say the subscribers to a penny paper, each holding a copy in his band. Let us see if such a right exists. A street is a highway, over which all her Majesty's subjects have an equal. right of free passage. To obstruct this highway in the smallest degree is not only an indictable offence at common law, but is subject to a penalty under the Highways Act, to be summarily imposed by jus tices. It has been held that even the erection of a telegraph pole by the roadside is an indictable ob struction, although in fact it stands in nobody's way, the right of the subject being to traverse every part of the highway if he pleases. A high way may be either a footway, a bridleway, or a carriage way, or all of them, user being the evidence of the nature of the way. In the streets a a town there is commonly both a footway and a carriage way; whatever impedes the free pftssa.ge of either for the purposes to which it is dedicatel is an obstruction. A carriage has no right to go upon the footway to the impediment of foot passengers ; a foot passsenger has has no right to traverse a carriage way in such a manner as to obstruct the free passage of horses and carriages. Such is the law of highways in general. True, the metropolis is under two special laws, which to some extent regulate its streets—viz., the Metro police Police Act, and the Metropolitan Local Ma nagement Act. But these acts do not repeal or supersede the general law of highways, their enact ments are supplementary. They make special pro vision for certain kinds of obstructions likely to occur in the streets of a great city ; but those specia enactments do not affect or restrict the general law of highways, save where they are inconsistent with it. Thus, in the case under consideration, the high. ways law punishing obstructions in general is not restricted or repealed because the local laws have not provided for this among the obstructions against which they legislate. There can be no question that the .demonstrations past and threatened are obstructions of the highway, and of the carriage= way and footway, both. The procession certainly has no right to march upon the carriage-way so as to obstruct carriages and horses ; it is questionable whether it can legally take possession of the foot way to the ousting of other walkers. But to this it may be answered that, although the whole body is an obstruction, each individual member of it has a lawful right to traverse the streets, and that right is not lost because a multitude of other persons chance to exercise their similar right at the same time and place. The information must be against each of them individually, and the answer would be, "I, the defendant, caused no obstruction to any carriage by walking on the roadway." Probably it might be replied to this that, being a foot passenger, you had no right to walk along the carriage road ; you may cross it, but you may not use it as your footway. We merely suggest this ; it is no part of the present argu neat. Bat the obstruction caused by these demonstrations is not the consequence of the accidental exercise of a common right by many persons at thesame moment ; itis a deliberate design. They meet in concert, by previous arrangement, for the purpose of going together to do the combined act that causes the obstruction. We cannot doubt that the offence is thus complete ; that each is re sponsible for the act of all, done in pursuance of the common design, and that each would be liable to the penalty for obstructing the highway, and to indictment. Further, we have no doubt than any three or more of them might be indicted for a con spiracy to obstruct a highway. The object in the present case is not punishment, but to ascertain whether the law allows demonstrations to impede, at their own pleasure the traffic of the streets of the metropolis, to the serious injury; of their inhabit ants, and to the inconvenience of the public. If it may be lawfully done by the Reform League it may be done, and we may be sure will be done, by other associations, social as well as political. We, there fore, recommend the annoyed inhabitants to try the question by laying an information against two or three members of the committee before one of the police magistrates, and thence a case may be taken upon it to the Queen's Bench. It would be de sirable for all parties, and for the peace and safety of the metropolis, that the question of the right of processions to obstruct the public thoroughfares should be determined by authority, and that we have suggested is a simple and inexpensive means of bringing it to an issue, and for raising which not even the Reform League itself could find cause for agitation or complaint.—Lau' Times. 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