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WHERE CAN WE MEET 'AFTER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. THE GENERAL C Itli)DIT AND FINANCE COMPANY OF LONDON (Limited), INVITE 9 IIIISCRIPTIONS FOR THE IRIRITISII COLUMBIA AND VANCOUVER Iffi ISLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). Capital £500,000, with power to increase. First Issue, £250,000, in 10,000 shares of £25 each. Deposit on appli:ation, £1 per share. Payment on allot meat, £2. It is expected that no more than £5 per share will be re quired to be called up ; sub equent calls, if any, w.ll not exceed £2 per share, and will not be made at less intervals than three months. TRUSTEES. Jervoise Smith, Esq. 1 Henry Kingscote, Esq. DIRECTORS. ----- James Anderson, Esq. (Messrs. Anderson, Thomson, and Co.), Director of the Bank of British Columbia. Jimes Caird, Esq., M.P. George Campbell, Esq. (Messrs. H. N. Dickson, and Co., Lon don; and Dickson, Campbell, and Co., Victoria, Vancouver Island). Joseph Fry, Esq. (Messrs. Trueman and Fry), Director of the Canada Agency Association. T. W. L. Mackean, Esq., lhairman of the Bank of British Columbia. A'exander Morrison, Esq , Direltor of the Bank of Otago. Prideaux Selby, Esq., Dif ector of the Vancouver Island Land and Coal Alining Company. BA.Nxtns IN LONDON, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith. BARKEItS IN BRITISH COLUMBL4. AND VANCOUVBU ISLAND. The Bank of British Columbia. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, and Co. AGENTS. The General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited) TEMPORARY OFFICES. 125 , Gresham House, and at the Offices of the General Credi and Finance Company, 7, Lothbury. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Mr. George Stephens. la is i for the purp of g tßritish o Brit Compan Columbia establ and shed Vancouver Island principles extendin of business that have long since been adopted in other colonies with very beneficial results both to the English capitalist and the local property holder. The Company will raise moneys on debentures on its own credit, on terms prevalent in this market, and will apply the nioneys so obtained to mortgage of real estate or other secu rities of a substantial and productive character in the two colonies, at the much higher rates procurable there. When it is mentioned that in British Columbia and Vancouver Inland from 12 to 16 per cent. per annum is regarded as a favourable rate of interest at which to b rrow money on un exceptionable securities, it wil at once be seen how consider able is the margin of profit that will arise to the Company under thi. head. Tne acquirement of property by purchase, to a limited ex tent, whether from the Government direct or fro m private owners, will also, in cases presenting the prospcet of advan tageous and early resale, have attention from the Company_ It is considered that the Government of the two colonies may be induced, in consideration of the encouragement which the Company will have the opportunity of offering to immigra tion, to accord grants of land to the Company under regulatcd cond Lions of settlement. 'The Company will also act as Agents in all matters of In 'vestment and Finance as between the home capitalist .nd the colonial property holder. The Company's business in the colonies will be conducted b be y specially se ected managers. The s curites selected will subjected to the strictest examination both as to title and Value. 'r he debenture holder, under this course of business, will not only have the security of the subscribed capital, but also the entire assets of the Company. The prospects of the shareholders are beat exemplified by the large returns on capital obtained by the shareholders of similar institutions. 'The Company has taken powers which will enable it to effect an union with any other Company having kindred ob jects in any or the iirtish North American colonies. The Board of the Companyconsista of gentlemen who have either applied the same principles of business to other colo nies, or who, from their connection with the North American possessions, will be regarded as authorities upon the subject of Colonial securities. As fields for investment Bri'ish Columbia and Vancouver Island may be said to be unsurpassed in advantages. The rise and progress of these colonies have been most rapid ; the Imports into the port of Victoria (Vancouver Island+ alone during the six montns ending .Tune, 1863, were 1,863,543 dols., being an excess over those of the first half of the pre puy of upwards of 16 0 , , e 0 dots. The value of property Vancouver Island has more than doubled during the last three years. The aoricultural capacity of British Columbia is now also fast attracting attention. The Memorandum and Articles of Association can be in .tpected at the Offi ces of the Solicitors. Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, and Co., 6, Victoria-street, Westminster, or at the Temporary °likes of the Company. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the British volumbia and Vancouver • Island Investment Company (Limited). Gentlemen, --Havi ng paid to your Bankers the sum of , I request y ou to allot me shares in the British Columbia and ancouver Island Company (Limited), and I hereby agree to become a member of the Company, and to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allot ted to me ; mem b e rs request yon to plaoe my name on the register of in respect of the shares allotted me. I ain, Gentlemen, Tour obedient servant, Name in fall Address Profession or Business ... Usual signature A pplication for Shares in Date the above form may he addrestied to " The General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited)." No. 7, Lothburv, and the deposit must be paid there or the B an k ers, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith. j 1111 E ISLE of MAN RAILWAY COMPANY (Limited)—DOUGLAS to PEEL. Capital £lOO,OOO, in 10,000 shares of £lO each, with usual borrowing powers. Deposit Li per share on application, further payment on allotment £1 10s. per share. DIRECTORS. Samuel Gibson Getty, Esq., M.P. Belfast. William M'Cormi c k, Esq., M,P., Londonderry, and Regent's -park, London. Richard A. Mould, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool. T. Harrison Ridley, Esq,, Merchant. Liverpool, Joseph Rigby, Esq., Kew, Surrey. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool. 'Messrs. Dumbell, Son, and Howard, Douglas. 2NGINEEIt. G. W. Hemans, Esq., C.E. 13, Queen-square,Westminster. SOLICITORS. Messrs. ',Maisie, Ridley, and Banlswoll, Browies•buill Tugs, Liver - 2onl. Samuel Barris, Esq., Douglas. UDITOR. Thomas W. Read, Esq A ., 30, Castle-street, Liverpool. SECRETARY. Thomas Begot, Eeq., 6, James-street, Liverpool. BROKERS. P. B. Drinkwater. Es q , 32, Exchange.st. East, Liverpool. Charles Stanley, Esq., 3, Throgmorton • street, Loudon. Edward Ashworth, Esq., Exchange .chambers, Manchester. M. J. Beverley, Edq., Leeds. This Company has been formed for the construction of a Railway from Douglas to Peel (passing through St. John's), in the Isle of Man. The improved trade of these important towns, as well as the prosperous condition and increasing population of the island, and the rapid augmentation of the number of visitors during late years, call for the immediate introduction of railways. The Agricultural capabilities of the Island are great; and its Mineral products are acknowledged to be rich in yield and aviive average value ; whilst around the Coast there are extensive Fisheries, and an . unlimited supply of Sea weed for Manure. The expense and trouble, however, of land-carriage, have hitherto rendered these advantages com paratively unavailable. Slate Cluarriesitr;ln active operation; and the quality of the Slate is equal in closeness of grain and durability to any produced from the great Welsh quarries. The Granite near St. John's compares favourably with that now used in the Liverpool Dock Works, and would at once, by means of railway facilities, become available for export. One of the proposed Stations on the line will be at St. John's, where the Courts of Tynwald meet, and which is also the centre of the Foxdale mining district. The produce of these mines is now brcught by land-carriage (there being no water communication) to Douglas, a distance of nearly ten miles, whilst Coals and other important materials, as well as all necessaries required by the inland population, are conveyed into the interior by the same mode. Besides these items of traffic, the Fairs, which are frequently held during the year in this district, must add considerably to the annual revenue of the Company. The principal towns are Douglas, Peel, Castletown, Ramsey, and Laxey : Douglas being the chief port, and the great commercial depot, as well as the principal place of arrival and departure of the steam packets plying to and from the Island. At the port of Peel the fisheries are prin cipally conducted, employing upwards of 1,000 vessels; the place of destination tor the produce is Douglas ; the route is tedious, and the transit by the existing means ex pen of ve. The access to the Island is easy, and the means of cora 3xtunication with Liverpool, Fleetwood, Whitehaven, Silloth, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, and oth er p or t s , b o th b y sailing and steam vessels, are frequent and convenient. Hence, Tourists visit the Island in large numbers, above 100,000 pass e n gers h av i ng b een l an d ed at its Ports during the past year. Stich Visitors. attracted by the antiquarian relies, scenery, and other objects of interest, would, as a matter of coarse, go by the proposed Railway from Douglas to the interior, and across the Island to Peel. The highest medical authorities bear testimony to the salubrity of the climate and purity of the water. Th e picturesque is unit e d w ith th e more solid advantage of cheap living, provisions being abundant and comparatively inex pensive, whilst the rates of duties on foreign produce are so small as to render the Island most advantageous as a per. manent place of residenee. Her Majesty's Government and the Local Authorities are now expending upwards of £60,000, for the improvement of the Ports of Douglas and Peel . The Electric Telegraph to England has been recently established. The Lines of Rail will be single, with requisite sidings. The length of Line will be about twelve miles, and the gradients easy throughout. The landowners and popula lion along it are most favourable to the project. From Statistics recently collected on the spot, with much care, by competent persons, and well supported by Official Returns, it is confidently expected that the Traffic will re turn a good Dividend upon the Invested Capital, The fol lowing is an Estimate of the Tra ffic • Passengers, inclusive of Tourists...... £7,500 per annum.' Goods, Minerals, Fish, &e ............ 5,500 Parcels and Mails .................. 150 Working Expenses at even 60 p er Cen ,150 t. tl3 6,500 Leaving for Dividend £6,6bo Plans, Sections, ecc,, of the Line are complete:l, and all necessary forms are being complied with, in accordance with the St. riding Orders of the Court of Tynwald to obtain an Act of the Local Parliament. Neither Imperial or Local Taxes are levied in the Island, and those heavy charges which tend so much to reduce the value of Rail way property in England and ot h er countries, no less thea to diminish the Shareholders' Dividends, can not, in any degree whatever, prevail with respect to this Lino. An eminent Contractor's firm have agreed to purchase the land, make the Railway, provide and fit up all Stations, furnish Rolling Stock for working the Line, and Telegraphs, upon satisfactory terms. Interest at 5 per cent. per Annum will be allowed, until the opening of the Line, on the amount paid upon shares. An advantageous arrangement can be made with respon sible parties to Lease the Line for 7. 14, or 21 years. Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained from the Secretary, Solicitors, or Brokers of the company, T HE WARRANT BANKING COMPANY (Limited.) (FOR ADVANCES ON MEDCDANDISE AND SECTSCITIES.) Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1802. Capital £2,000,000, in 40,000 shares of £5O each. F.rst Issue, 20,000 shares. Deposit Li per share on application, and Zi per share on allotment. Future calls will not exceed £5 per share, at intervals of three months. DIRECTORS. Joseph Bravo, Esq., of J. Bravo and Co., London, Archibald Bruce, Esq of the late firm of Bruce and Co., Abchurch-lane, London. W. J. R. Cotton, Esq., of Cnlverwell, Broo! - s, and Cotton, "'London. A. D. De Pass, Esq., of De Pass and Sons, London. Abel Heywood. Esq., ex-Mayor of Manchester, Director of the Alli ince Bank, Manchester. George Harvey Jay, Esq., Tokenhouse-yard, late of the firm of Quilter, Bali, and Jay, London. Thomas Jolly, Esq., of Tuom s Jolly and Co, Manchester. William M'Andrew, Esq., of William M.'Andrew and Sons, London. H. R. Marriott, Fsq., of Henry Marriot and Co., Manchester. William M. Neill, Esq., of Neill Brothers and Co., London and Manchester. George Palmer Robinson, Esq, Director of the Alliance Bank, London. Albert It cardo, Esq,, of A. and W: Ricardo, London. William Rawstron, Esq., of Ralph Rawstron, Manchester. BANKERS, London, Liverpool, and Manchester—The Alliance Bank. SOLICITORS. London—Messrs. ry , on, Tathams, Curling, and Walls, Fre derick'--place, Old Jewry. Messrs. Flux and Aryles, Mincing-lane. Liverpool —Messrs. Fletcher, Hull, and Stone. Manchester—Messrs. Sale. Worthington, Shipman, and Seddon, BROKERS. London—Messrs. J. and J. Whitehead. Mo - ralte,street, Liverpool—Messrs. Gasquoine and Chamberlain. Manchester—Messrs. Shore and Kirk. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 21, Th , •ogmorton-street, London. PROSPECTUS. While Exchange Banhs ani Credit Institu'ions have been established to conne..t this country financially with almost every foreign market, and to give fact ides for conveying to our shores every descrit tion of merchandi e, it is remarkab'e that as soon as the operation of importing is performed the monetary facilitie4 are withdrawn. The bills drawn upon our merchants mature, and must either be 'net by the mer chant's capital unaided or by sales. '1 hu , , when tempo rani 'y there is an excess of any no nmodity imported, its price is undu y depressed, and s riou losses are incurre Ordinary bankers and discount houses dislike making ad vances r.pon merchandise, having no organisation for exa mining the goods and correct y estimating their value. What they want are good bills, drawn on those who, know ing the value, have accepted for a fair advance. Division of labltir is here as elsewhere found to be most convenient and profitable. To meet this want, which every merchant must acknow ledge, the Warrant Banking Company is formed. The bu i ness of the Company will mainly consist in making dv nces upon deposit of the staple articles of produce, represented by dock warrants or other means of absolute assignment, duly inspected and valued on behalf of the Company, and with a proper margin to allow for depreciation. These advances will he male in a ceptances by the Com p my of the drafts of its customers, and as every bill will re nresont mer handise readily convert ble, and b at the same time secured by the whole ca !tat of a power:tit Company, the exact position of which w,ll be patent to al', there can be no doubt that the whole Dis ount Market wil I be available when it is desired by thl holder to turn the bill into cash. It will be readily apparent that the existence of such an institution, while it will be of great service to merclianta, and increase the stability of the entre class, will be an equal con venience to bankers and eirount firms, furnishing them with a class of bills ra•ely obtainable. In order to render the due payment of the Company's acceptances certain, the Directors undertake that the entire paid-up capital of the Company will be invested, and, sofar as practicable, remain invested in British and Bast Indian Government securities, and upon deposit at call, and it is proposed that the capital thus paid up and invested within the first year shall reach the sum of at least £200,c00. The field which exists for such an undertaking will be at once apparent from a glance at the Board of Trade returns of foreign impor s for the past year, which amounted (not to speak of home produce) to over £200,000,000. If we estimate the average stock of for , ign goods held in warehouse, as equal to three months' consumption, it would represent an amount of £50,000,000. Advances may also be made when deemed advisable uron 'stocks and Shares, in permanent undertakings readily con vertible. A. re tsonable proportion will always be maintained be tween the extent of business undertaken a , d the cal ed-up capital. Should it be necessary, the latter will be increased to one million sterling, to be invested as already indicated, simply as a guarantea fund. Branches will, in due time, be established at Liverpool, M'nchester, Glasgow, Av. &c, Tac Directors will not receive any romuneratinn until the shareholders have been paid 45 per cent. by way of dividend on their paid-up capital. Alter payment of a per cent the Directors will receive one -fifth of the nett profits. No promotion money will be paid for originating this un dertaking. The preliminary expenses will be confined to the necessary disbursements Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the brokers, bankers, solicitors, and at the tem porary offices of the Company, but n o a ppli ca ti on fbr shares will be considered un e ss a deposit of £1 per share has been p r evio l ly p id to the hankers of the Company. In the event of no a loiment being mad' the deposit will be returned without deduction, and shou d the number allotted be l'ss than the number applied for, the payment in excess will be applied towards the balance of the deposit. FORN OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. To the Directors of the Warrant sinklng Company iL mitecD. • Gentlemen,—Having p I 'd t o your Bankers the sum of , .131,elmluanl-'ePl°heirt.e°l3f:; per share on shares in the above oy, request that you will , rllot me that num ber, and I agree to become a member of the Company in re socct of such shares, or in respect of any less nuu bcr you may al'ot me;, and to pay on allotment the further deplslt of 44 p r share thereon, ant I reqest that my name may be placed on the Register of Members for the s ares so alloted. Name in full • Res:dence Profess:on or busit- , 4 Date ....... T HE WARRANT BANKING COMPANY iLimited) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no farther APPLI CATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be received alter MONDAY next, the 21st instant. By Order. Temporary Offices, 21, Throgrnorton-greet, London, March 15,1661, N°. 2'2,379. HAKSPERE SCHOOL OF THE ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN and his Royal Highness the PRL.NCR of WALES. The Council of the Royal Dramatic College. considering that the present is a favourable opportunity for promoting one of the main purposes of the Institution they have founded. bee to invite public support in aid of the EREe PION and ENDOWMENT of a SHAKSPERE SCHOOL for the classical and general education. with scholarships. of the Children of Actors or Actresses and Dramatic Authors—the noblest and most fitting Monument to the memory of tie Player and Poet. The Council of the Royal Dramatic College beg to apprize the public, that all Subscriptions intended for the endow • went of the Shakspere School should be paid only to the Master, New Theatre Royal Adelphi ; or to Messrs. Coutts, Bankers, Strand, London. A Public Meeting will shortly be held in the Royal Adelphi Theatre to advance this object, of which due notice will he given. Ladies. noblemen, gentlemen, and others interested in carrying out this design, are requested to communicate with the undersigned. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, Master. Feb. 27,18e4. Committee 'Room (open from 11 till 4), 411, Strand. Secretary, Mr. Thomas Stuart. THE DUTCH TRAMWAY COMPANY (Limited). Registered under the Cempaniei Act, 1862, with limited liability. Capital £50,009, in 5,000 shares of £lO each. Deposit on application £1 er share, and £2 on allotment. DIRECTORS. Chairman—John Chynowe 11, Esq., Holland Park, Notting hill, N. D. Goldsmid, Esq., Director Hague Gas Work; Company, The Hague. James F. Gregory, Esq., Director Hague Gas 'Works Com pany. Rrusse s. P. J. Landry, Esq., Banker. The Hague. J. Van Lennep, Esq., Chairman Amsterdam Water Work; Company, Amsterdam. Alexander Macdonald, Esq., 24, Jermvn-street, St. James's. Cornelius Walford, Esq., Little Park, E , .llAd. James Whle, Esq, Upton Park, Slough. ENGINEERS. Messrs. Street and Marmont, 4, Parliament•st., Westminster. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hughes, Masterman, ani Hughes, 17, Bndlersbury, London. J. De Bag, Esq., The Hague. BROKER. James Shepherd, Esq, Auction Mart, Bank. BANKERS. • Alli nce Bank (Limited), Lothbury. P. J. Landry, Esq., The Hague. AUDITORS. J. Le Geyt Daniell, Esq., 2, Royal Exchange-buildings. Messrs. Cooper Brothers and Co., Public Accountants, 13, George-street, Mansion House. SECRETARY. Mr. G. F. Smith. Offices—la, Cannon-street, E.C. This Company is formed for the purpose of carrying out concessions for making and working Tramways in the fang dom of Holland and adjacent states. A concession tor a d 3uble Tramway from the Hague to Scheveningue (the Brighton of Holland) has already been obtained on fay , ur able terms, and a contract has been cor eluded with respon sible English co atractors. by which they undertake to pur ch-,se the land, to make the lines, and provide all the rolling stock, horses, &c., for the sum of £IO,OOO. The remaining £lO,OOO will be required for a working c pit a% The works are in active progress, and will be completed and b:ought into operation in the course of the month of May next. The line will rommence in the principal ware in the tovia of the Hague, and follow he ordinary route to Scheveninguo returning by another route, via the Canal and Zoological Gardens, to the same atat.on, being a total length of about seven English miles. _ _ . Scheveningue, the only marine suburb in Holland, is re sorted to by large numbers of visitors, chiefly from Amster dam, Rotteco am, Utrecht, and other towns. From minute ieformation furnished by the town authori ties, the number of vehicles employed in this traffic has been ascertained to make lio.o‘o journeys a year, each co.veyirg on an average six persons, and the total numb r of visitors now entering Scheveningue in carriages and on foot amounts to about 4, 00,0 0 a year; of these it may fairly be estimated that one-fourth will travel by the Tramway. In addition thereto, about 20,00 e i ons of fish, merchandise, and provisions are carried annually between the Hague and Scheveningue, 01 which it is assumed that one-halt at least will be carried by the Tramway. From existing sources of traffic an annual income of at least £20,001 may safely be calculated upon. From carefully prepared estimates of the cost of horse keep, wa-'cs, repairs, and every contingency, the general re sult is that a net dividend of not less than 15 per cent. on the proposed capital may fairly be relied upon. A large number of shares has already b en subscribed for in Holland, which furnishes a proof of the high e,timation in which this undertak ng is held by the Dutoh people. Ap plications for the remaining shares may be made to the Brokers, or to the secretary, at the Offices., 16, Cannon-street, but no application will be considered unless accompanied ey a deposit of £t per share ; shoulf 'no allotment be made to the applicant, this sum will be returned in tulL • *.;;..,.s -f•' , • . • . TA, ' • • ?i td.? ,... , :6; • 4 - .• -. • . t* , 4 ft t • ,ito w • ° ,3 4 1 111 0 . 1 . 4% 3: 1- -a•V 1. lg.. -Rl , 4 .05: tf %.11 3 137- E • D•at • • • a THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1864. rill I r'ERSONS SEEKING LANDED EI3±ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER PIES GENERALLY— To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in :the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing.to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register tifords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. THERE IS xo CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur• cnaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's .Agency, and then onlythe usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. VURNITURE, CARPETS, B EDDING, and FLOORCLOT ET, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at _second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rom, displayed in Sbowrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. E IiGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishin an entirely New Edition of th e i r un equalled HOUSE g FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by 410 kclm -able engravings of every description of Furniture and Leasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised cale A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable informationto all requiring household furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clerey men and gentlemen In or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborouel, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Aiban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Brits COBBETT and CO.. General House Furnishers. Deptford. bridge, London, B.E, Cheaper Edition, in 1 vol., with Portrait, Qs., THE LIFE of the REV. EDWARD IRVING, I lustrated by his Journal and Correspondence. By Mrs. OLIPHANT. - "A truly interesting and most affecting memoir. Irving's life ought to have a niche in every ga'lery of religions bio— graphy. There are few lives that will be fuller of instruc tion, interest, and consolation."—Saturday Review. - - Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW EDITIONS OP MR. PROUDE'S HISTORY OP ENGLAND. Now ready. the Second Edition, in 2 vols., price 28e., PIO REIGNS of EDWARD VI. and MARY ; being Vols. V. and VI. of The History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. By JAMES ANTHONY FEMME, aI.A , late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. Vole. I. to IV. Reign of Henry VIM 2d Edition, £2 14s. Vole. VII. and VIII. Elizabeth. VolB.l and 11., 3d Edi tion, 28s. London: Longman, Gre6lond Co., Paternoster-row. NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS. _ _ In Monthly Parts, uniform with the Originallidltlong 01 "Pickwick," David Copperfield," duo. On Saturday, April 30. will be published, Part 1., price is., of OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, By CHARLES DICKENS. To be completed in Twenty Monthly Parts, with Matra. Mug by Marcus Stone. London : Chapman and Rail, 193, Piccadilly. THE CITY OFFICES COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under " The Companies Act, 1862." • The MERCANTILE CREDIT AP SO rIATION, Limited, in conjunction w th the CREDIT FONCIER, Limited, are prepared to RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS for the CAPI TAL of the CITY OFFICES COMPANY, Limited. Capital £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. Thposit on Application £1 per Share, and £1 on Allotment. Calls net to exceed £5 per Share, an at intervals of not lees than three months. No Call to be made until after the expiration of Three Months from the date of Allotment. It Cs not intended to call up more than £2O per Share ; but when it is found that more -hare Capital can be adv 'nta geously employed, power will be taken to increase the Capi tal, a preference b ing given to the then existing Share holders DIRECTORS, H. F. L. Astley, Eeq., (Messrs. Astley and Co.), Nicholas lane. Thomas Dakin, Esq. (Alderman', Abehurch-lane. Charles Ellis, Esq., Lloyds. James Levick, Esq., K ng's Arms-yard. Edward M: sterman, Esq. (Messrs. Masterman, Pe'ers, and Co. , London. Edward Warner, Esq., M.P. F. G. Westmorland, Esq. (Messrs. Joyea and Co.), London. The Right Hon. Jams Stuart Wortley. BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman, Peter and Co., London. SOLICITORS Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., 2s, Nicholas-lane. Messrs. Hughes, Masterman, and Hughes, Bucklersbury. BROKERS. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce. Bartholomew-lane, E.C. Messrs. Robins and Barber, Threadneedle-str.et. AUDITORS. S. Lowell Price, Esq., PuolL Accountant.s, Gresham-street. Frederick Maynard, Esq., Public Accountant, 10, Bread street. SECRETARY. G. W. Benwell, Esq. , TEMPORARY OFFICES. The Offices of the Mercantile Credit Association, Limited,2l, Threadneedle-street. Of all securities or property that can come ur. der the deno mination of " first-class, ' both 'or stability as well as in creasing: is value year by year, none can at all compare w.th Freehold or long Leasenoid city of London Pe operty, espe cially that portion situated within a Ladies of 1,000 yards of the Bank of England; this fact is so well known that the greatest competition is excited when any property of ibis de scrlption is of, red in the market, and lar,e as the rise 1 valik; of such proverty has been ol.r'ng the last few ye ars, it is admitted by all 4onvei sant with the subject that a still greater 'nen ase must continue to take place, from toe )m -possibility of supplyin.x the suit ible antommodation re quired by joint-steck companies and commercial and p I ofes sio cl firms The ty Offices Company, Limited, Nava agreed for the purchase of the undermentioned sites of land, with the build ings thereon ; hich, for eligibility of situation and size of each block, are such as can rarely be acquired—as the follow ing enumerat! , n will amply p.ove ; they are in five blo ks, viz.: —A, B, C, D, and E. Block A consists of the Freehold Premises, 25, 251, 26, 27, in Clement's-lane, Lombwd-st eet, with No. 9, 10, and 11, !11l Nag' Heed-court, a , d 3, 4, and 5, Church-court, the whole forming a magnificent block of premises, with lights, and entrances on three sides, and extending back t Gracechur..l - ; it has 65 feet frontage and 150 depth, and ontains 9,900 square superficial feet, and is the largest block so near Lombard-street that. has been in tlx market lox. some years. 3 tßlocic R const•ts of the well-known Levehold block of new Offices, situ ited 29, Leadenhal -street, near.y op posite the Peninsular and Ori n a. Company's Glaze, and extending back mo Lime-street-square ; it has been el enied with n the ast three y. , ars, from the designs of John Which cord, E q., a-d contains 120 firs -class Offi.es, with Four Shops, the who e iet to first-c ass 111ischanta and others; it ha fire-proof corrid:rs and stone st ircases, ani possesses the most modern i ~ provements, including Telegraph Sta tion, Buffet, dEc., in ihebuildahr. The lease s for 9t ye ra, at a ground-rent of £7OO per annum; it has a frontage of to feet, and 170 feet in depth, and contains 1%04 square superficial. feet. 'oeleC consists of the hindsome edifices ereetedwithin the ast seven years, from d signs by John B •rnat, Esq., archit ct, for Messrs. John Sari and t.:ons, si versrni.hs, and tuated 17 anu iK, Corehi I, directly opposi e the Bank of Eng and, and alike for e egan , eof building as well as itua t:on erh ips the most desirab ein the oty. With a very trifling outlay theta ,in accord ,nce wit.' the plans and designs origin illy mute, will be converted in about thr,e wee s in o ' Offices, and • wo-thii ds of the building has a ready been let, the ground floor and mez 'eine floor being rented by the Credit Mobilier and Credit Fancier Companies. These Pre , mites are Leasehold fur 6) years, at a ground-rent of £6,0 per annum. Blot, D consists of the new and substantial block of Offices, erected within the last three years, and are built in the most • übstani Le, manner. It contains fifty-five offices, be sides vaults, the whole, excepting four, being let, and offers being made for thes.e. It is Freeho'd, has a frontage of 52 feet ana depth of 8) feet, and contains 4,150 superncisl square feet, and is situated a: 6', Great Tower-street, near Marx e. Block E is the largest block in the City; it is situated in Biahopsgate-street, opposite St. Helen's-place, with a thorou.:hf are to be got through to Old Broad-street, and in the centre of the block adjoins Gresham House ; it contains 25, 00 square feet. It may be convenient to give an idea of the size of this fine site of land, to say that it is more than four times the size of the Auction Hart, lately sold, and when covered will be among the largest add most conveniently ar ranged Offices in the City. This plot is Leasehold fur 99 years, at a ground rent of £4,000 per annum. The price at which the City Offices Company (Limited) has agreed for the purchase of the whole of the before enume rated five blocks is £:365,000, including all buildings thereon; this price gives. after adding thereto the cost of purchasing the freehold f the whole of the leasehold portions, and de ducting the value of the new buildings thereon, an average price of only £9 per square foot. which, compared with the prices paid for the three last properties within six weeks, gives the following results, viz.:— Tha Auction Mart (Freehold), containing an area of about 5,80 a square foot, cost £ti5,25 , which gives an average of £2O per foot . _ - The Leasehold Premises, No. 80, Lombard-street, occupied by the Colonial Insurance Company, containing only 1,080 feet, sold to a well-known Banker for £30,000, subject to a ground-rent of £5OO per annum, for 61 years, which, &low ing as in former calculations for purchase of freehold, and deducting the value of new buildings thereon, gives £37 per square foot. The Leasehold Premises in Finch-lane, lately occupied by the London and Middlesex Bank, containing only 610 feet, realised £10,0: 0,, and this subject to a ground-rent of XS io per annum, which, allow,ng for purchase of freehold, and deducting value of new building, gives about £3O per square foot. It will be seen, therefore, that if large profits can be rea lised, as they undoubtedly can be, on land costing .£4, £3 and £37 per foot respectively, the prospects and probable profits of those acquired by Ws Company, costing only £9 per foot, will be evident at first sight ; if they were re-sold at even the luwest of these three quotations, it would leave the City Offices Company (Limited) a very large profit on the cost. The Company's plan of operations will consist in adapting such of these premises as may be suitable, and erecting new buildings on the remainder, the whole to be let off as Offices suitable for Banks, large Companies, or Commercial and erofesstonal Firms ; and from calculations made, based upon moderate rentals, a return of from I 5 to 20 per cent. on the outlay may be fairly relied on. The Company will also from time to time acquire other properties, as the opportunities present themselves, f..r the purpose of re-sale or otherwise. By the issue of Debentu' es or otherwise, the paid-up Share Capital will be kept at the lowest possible point. It is believed that as an essentially Home Investment, one so secure, and at the same time so remunerative, is rarely brought to the notice of the publics, being wholly free from the speculative character incidental to many joint-stock en terprises ; the model on which the business operations will be conducted will be that of Gresham House Chambers, in Old Broad-street, City Bank Chambers, Threadneedle-street, and County Chambers, Lombard-street, the success of watch is well known, the only difference being, that whilst those properties are in the halm of a few capitalists, the proper ties acquired by this Company wAll be distributed over &large body of Shareholders, which will thus put investors ofmode rate means in the same position to reap the advantages of large returns on City property, which the magnitude of the amounts required has hitherto made it impossible to any but very wealthy men to undertake. In the a lot rent of Shares, a proportion will be reserved for applicants who are Shareholders in the Mercantile Credit Association (Limited), and the Credit Fonoier (Limited) ; the remainder will be distributed among the general public. In the event of no allotment of Shares being made, the de posit will be returned in full. Should a less number of Shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made avahabie towards the payment due on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares in the form annexed may be obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company, at the Ofll:es of the Mercantile Credit Asso ciation (Limited), 21, Threadneedle-street; and the Credit F r E o o n k c e ie r r s, ( s L o im uc i i t t e o d r ) s , 8 = LO, d o s m eor ba e r tary. d-ctreet ; also of the Bankers, THE CITY OFFICES COMPANY (Limited). FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHAKES. To be retained by tho Bankers. To the Directors of the City Office Company (Limited). Gentl men,—flavingpaid 0 your Bankers, Alessr . Master man, Peters, and Co., tue sum of £ , being a Deposit of £1 per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will a,lot me that, number, and I agree to accept such Shares, or any less number you may allot to me ; and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the Articles of Association of the Company when re quired. ant I authorise you to insert my name ou the Regis ter of Members for tho number of Shares allotted to me. U.n•t 1 Signature •• Name i full Residence •• Profession Date, ALTO, 186 i .... . If .• kt *), ..• ROYAL ALHAMBRA.— The New and Elegant BALLET DIVERTISEMENT EVERY EVENING. ATADAME TUSSAUD!S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street A fall-length model of VECTOR TOWNLEY is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admission, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. A RGYLL n I d L. 0 0 S, Windmill-street, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During* the eveninz a n unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music. Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission ls. Manager, M. GRENET. 44A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10 Where may be seen the Asters; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models. Natural Preparati ons, Vic, Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000. years old. Ad m i ssion, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). MADAME RACHEL'S CIRCASSIAN WASH and ALABASTER POWDER Beautiful for ever.-47A, New Bond-street. THE ORIGINAL ROYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE, for Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups, Fish, Game, &a. Prepared only by the proprietors, Tuos. BUCK and Co., 10, Bath-place, Dalston, London, isr.E. APERFECT STATE OF HEA L TH may be insured by the occasional nee of PARR'S Lilt PILLS. which may be had for a trifle of any Chemist. • —The Patent Newly-invented patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary redef to weak, dim, and d etective vision.—S. and B SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. PTElCntTedASCjiecEtaeSies are I WIND F THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE o f an y one troubled with Wind in the s of sterling merit. tomach, indize stion S. Their world-wide celebrity proves PILL S. or Biliousness, take PAGE WOO Deo°K'S them Of all medicine vendors at le , lka poet for 14 or 33 stamps from ate D . *ad 24. 9d. ; O r f r ee by Lincoln. Woodcock, Chemist AND CO. M E I S ec R ute S. CO B IA T IS T S ' IC 4A B c e n.l S l Ea throughout the - temittanoes. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber -4 Man of the World" Wine year._ Market price Well-park. guaranteed. b Park, London. t o A r d e d s r , e G s s e —0 George-street, e o . T B T tre and et, Camberwell_.TAcxS o x, T HE EMB ARRASSED in To wn an d C ountry "THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK RUPTCY AND COISIPOSITIONs,,, showing what can be legally done, and the exact cost. To b e h ad gratis and post should read free of Mr. Wetherfield, Solicitor et tine Court, 25, Illoorgate street, Bank. mission, without law ex peNnee. B s . —De on corn RI Z E MED A L. --INTERNATIONAL p EXHIBITION, 1 862. FRANCIS TUCKER dr CO., Wax Chandlers, dm, &C., To the Queen and the Painoe of Wales. (Established 17204 The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. quality of Messrs. Tuckere A distinguished Dignitary, in a l e t ter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of na te a sti nu fi f e ac s to he he excellence of the says: PLATTED WICKS, 7 ,, A r X have C f A ou N nd p t if em S with folly equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can Si ncerely, in my turn„l cOm mend them to the clergy o r the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Flatted Wicks, patented.. 2a, 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality • • • • .• q s , ed. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a mixture of Wax. Best quality .. • • • • .. &d. per lb. Second quality • • • • .. • i s . 3d. per lb. Third quality .. • • • • •• Is. Id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square, Manufactory— ., Kensington (Established 1730). The large Establishment in England for the manufacture Wal candles for the use of the Altar. This day is published, 3 vols., crown B vo ., £lll x. CL AR A AN V OVEL AUGH AN, Macmillan and Co., London and Cambridge. Recentlypublished, in crown Bvo., price 7s ed., With Portratts of President Davis, Bishop Polk, and Generals tceauregard, J. E. Johnston, an d L ee , T HREE MONTHS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. Amu-JUNE, 1863. By Lieut.-Col. PRE ifANTLE, Coldstream Guards. W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. riIHE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING 1. DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Entrée. Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily irom 3 to 9, and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30. Private Rooms for large or small parties. JOHN CATES, Manager- The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. E O X POR D, 0, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and success ful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAUST, embracing the entire company of this establishment, with augmented band and chorus ; and other Musical Entertainments, supported by the following talented artistes:—Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Tyrrell„V4 almeley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, &c. Director, Mr. F. JOnghmans. UNSWORTH and EUGENE will make their re-appear. awe This Evening. Comedy, by Mr.T. Mangan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly rowar (the .;uvenilo comedienne), dm, do. Will shortly be prodncel, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. by Otto Nicolas; and THE TWO GENTLE MEN OF VERONA, by Sir Henry Bishop. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. Od. CANTERBURY HALL, The Fairy Entertainment, entitled PRINCE BLOSSOM IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS! Is written expressly for this establishment by W. F. Vander yell, author of the celebrated " Enchanted Hash," and en ables Mr. Morton, with the aid of Professor Pepper's Optical Illusion (known as the Ghost), to produce effects never before contemplated. and which have all been duly registered by him and Mr. J. H. Weston under the title of •' The Ghost in the Magic Fountains." By this new arrangement, that which is in reality nothing but a shadow, becomes to all ap pearance endowed with life, and when "Fame" takes her flight through the burning Cataracts, and the Naiads seek their beds in the Cry tal Waters, form a coup d'cell of beauty unparalleled even in fairy romance. Prince Blossom (with the Song of all Nations), Miss Townley. The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at half-past Nine o'c'ock. All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as usual, in addition to the above. Admission—Area, ea. ; Stalls and Balcony, la. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- The ROYAL CIRQUE of the NETHERLANDS.— TriumphOM Success.—EVEßY EVENING at Seven.— Morning Performances on Wednesdays and Saturdays, al Two o'clock. ROYAL ALH . AMBR A. The ROYAL CIRQUE of the NETHERLANDS.— This, the first Company i n th e W or ld , will appear EVERY EVENING, for a limit e d per i o d. Mo n s. FRANCOIS LOISSET, Director. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- The greatest Trent , le Ridcr of the Age, the wondrous Mdlle. LOUISE LOISSET. KINAHAIN "6 "BRWArrig KY v. WGNAC, This celebrated Old IRISEI WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY. It 1.; Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at S, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET. W. • Obcorve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " iiinahan's LL Whisky." AT a GENERAL COURT, held at the BANK of ENGLAND, on Thursday, the 17th March, 1861, Resolved, — That the thanks of this Court be given to the Governor, Deputy Governor, and Court of Directors of the Bank of England. for their able tnanacrement of the affairs of this Corporation during the past half-year. Ordered, — That the said Resolution be advertised in all the Daily Morning and Evening papers. HAMMOND CHUBB, Assistant-Secretary. TEN PER CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS.- STRAD MUSIC HALL COMPANY (Limited) BONDS of £5 O each, are now ready for issue, constituting a First Charge upon the Property of the Company, repayable in Three Years, and bearing Interest at £lO per Cent. per Annum, payable half-yearly. - • -- Apply at the Offices of the Company Broker,d, W.C. or to Mr. G. T. Taylor, Stook aucl Share 11, Token house-yard, E.C. By Order of the Board, FREDERIC LAWEANCE, Seep. THE CREDIT FONCIER (Limited'. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the CERTIFICATES of SHARES in this Company will be ready on MONDAY next, 21st instant, and my bo obtained in exchange for the Banker's receipts. By order of the Board, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. Temporary Offices, 80, Lombard-street, London, March 15, 1864. BENSON'S WATCHES, adapted for any climate and country; wholesale and retail. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, vertical, repeating, centre seconds, keyless, astronomical, reversible, and chronograph watches, from 200 to three guineas each. An illustrated pamphlet and price list of every description of watch post free for two stamps. J. W. BENSON, by special warrant of appointment watch and clock maker to IT.R.H. the Prinoa of' Wales. Manufac tory, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, E.C. • ANUT for the PROFESSIONAL CHEMISTS TO CRACK.—No man (let him be ever so well learned) can inform the Public, by Analysis, the real money value of Manwres or Feeding Stuffs. As regards the Feeding and Health-giving properties of my manufacture. I rely upon that wonderfully constructed laboratory. the Animal's Stomach, to prove the value of my Invention, and bid adieu to Chemical Quack Fry. JOSEPH THORLEY, sole manu facturer, Thornhill-bridge, Caledonian-road, King's-cross, London. N.B.—A barrel containing 413 feeds of Thom. Er's delicious Condiment, carriage paid to ny railway station in the United Kingdom, for 305.; or five barrels, weithing a quarter of a ton, free to rail here for £6. Central Depot for retailing out Penny Packets, 145, Fleet-street, City. KAYE'S WORSDELL'S PlLLS.—These Pills are a purely vegetable preparation, and may be taken at any time by either sex without fear or danger. They act upon the bowels mildly yet effectually, and by their fine tonic, aromatic, and aperient properties, they remove all oppressive accumulations, regulate the secretions ofthe liver and bowels, strengthen the stomach, and purify the blood. Unlike many remedies, they do not induce liability to take cold or esta blish a necessity for the habitual use of purgatives, and are thus strongly recommended as the - 13E8T FAMILY MEDICINE. Prepared solely by John Kaye, Esq.. of Prospect Hall, Woodford, Essex. Sold by all chemists and other dealers in patent medicines, at Is 14d, 2s 9d, and 4s 6d. Wholesale Depot, 22, Bread-street, London. BED .ROOM CANDLES. "RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop crease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles, sold in boxes ls. and 3s. each, are recommended as the best carriers. "EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," in packets of 38 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Special candle ticks to fit thin candles. Is. and 2s. ed. each ; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOILET SOAPS. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains ['rice's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, for tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SIIERWOODOLB "Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other steins. ca"suled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot " Price's Patent," from &I. I ties, 61_ftni le. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold on the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail through any Groner. Wholesale by Price s Patent Caudle Company (Limited: London. TEETH. --Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION i n the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set of teeth, cf excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and t 3 answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents In the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., tree for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens andconsultationsfree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W.; and at 30, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. TAMBERT'S ASTIINTATIC BALSAM.-AN . EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mated to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption iV• effects are 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 sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, lnd., and three quantities in one, 2s. Od. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatio Balsam, The name and address ac. engraved on the stamp. The Government Annuities Bill, A deputation from the London Trades Council waited yesterday by appointment on the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, at his official residence in Downing-street, with reference to the proposed Government Annuities Bill, The deputation consisted of Mr. Odgers, secretary of the Council; Mr. Applogarth, secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters ; and Mr. Coulson, secretary of the Bricklayers' Society. The deputation was accompanied by Thomas Hughes, Esq. Mr. HUGHES having briefly introduced the deputation, Mr. ODGERS said himself and his colleagues attended therenot so much to discuss the merits or demerits of the proposed Government Annuities Bill as to disabuse the mind of the right hon. gentleman as to there being any organised opposition to it on the part of the trade societies, Ho denied that trade societies as a body had been represented at the late meeting at Exeter-hall, and said they did not oppose the Annuities Bill. He also protested against the declara tion of the right hon. gentleman that they were bodies existing for the purpose of coercing their fellow-workmen. Although ho believed a majority of the members of trade socities and of the working classes generally were in favour of the bill, it was opposed by a largo section of them who had no confidence in the Government who had deceived them on the question of the franchise. This was a sore point with thousands of the working classes. Mr. APPLEGARTII and Mr. COULSON made similar ob.. servations. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed the pleasure he felt at hearing the explanations and statements of the deputation. He had felt convinced from the first that the great majority of the working classes were favourable to the principles of the Annuities Bill. With regard to his remarks upon the Exeter -hall meeting, and the action of trade societies, they had been much curtailed in the news paper reports, and thus made to appear more harsh than they really were. He, however, had certainly been under the impression that trade societies were generally coercive bodies towards the minority, and had expressed himself to that effect. He was pleased to hear they were not so, at least to the extent he had supposed, and would take an early opportunity of stating his opinion in Parliament. He entirely conceded the right of the workmen to combine in a union in defence of their wages as the only means they had of defending themselves against the power of capital ; but at the same timo ho contended for the right of every man to sell his labour on what terms ho chose. He thought the remarks of Mr. Odgers respecting the franchise perfectly justifiable. There was no doubt the Liberal party in the House of Commons had failed in their duty in this respect towards the working classes, to whom ho thought the fran chise should be extended, and about which he should shortly have something to say in the house. He regretted that the class who had obtained their franchise through the efforts of the working classes should seem He little disposed to admit them to the same privilege. He then went on to explain and defend the Annuities Bill, and said it was an absurdity to say it was opposed to self-government. No man %vas compelled to embrace its benefits; and if he did, he could do that for himself which now required a most cumbrous, expensive, and insecure machinery to perform. He was glad to hear the trade societies did not oppose the bill, which he believed, as it became better known, would be more appre ciated. The deputation, after some further remarks, then with drew, thanking the right hon. gentleman for his courtesy. M. MAZZINI.—On going into committee of sup ply Sir Lawrence Palk will move "That the asser- . tion made by the Procurenr-G6nAral of France at the re cent trial of Greco, demands the serious consideration of this house," PR1CE...... ...4d. STAMPED:....Sd. THE WAR II DENNARK. (From the limes Special Correspondent with the Danish Army.) DAN/SII HEADQUARTERS, SONDERBORG, March 9. We begin at last to see some symptoms of acti vity on the part of the Prussians, I was out to day on horseback, and stood at the outposts on the summit of the Avnbjerg, a hill rising on the left of the road, at about E n English mile from the bastions at Dybbol. Up to the present moment the Danes are strongly posted on the Avnbjerg, and will certainly not give it up without con test. Standing close to the Amish pickets on the brow of this hill, I could distinctly see, across the waters cf the Vemmingbund, all along the crest of the Broager peninsula, swarms of Prussians, busy throwing up the earth, apparently rearing trenches previous to placing their batteries in position. Great efforts are made by them at the same time to raise earthworks at Ragebol, on the right of the Danish position. They evidently aim at an attack on the two wings of the Danish line, well knowing that they could have no chance of success against the formidable centre. While, however, the Prussians are, after more than a month, only making ready for action, the Austrians in Jutland are doing their own share of the work with that same briskness and willingness which:they displayed in their operations at the Dan newerk. We have somewhat more minute parti lars of the skirmishes before Fredericia, to which I alluded at the close of my last letter, and what we hear to-day is not calculated altogether to allay the fears which were yesterday entertained as to the safety of that Jutland stronghold. Fredericia lies at the mouth of that Sound which, winding inland between the coast of Jutland and that of the island of Funen, widen's as it advances southward, and forms what is called the " Little Belt," a branch of the sea parting the island of Funen from the mainland of Schleswig and the Isle of Alsen. After entering inland at Fredericia, and winding from Erritso on the mainland on the right to Middlefart on the Funen side on the left, the Sound continues its meandering course between the lands till it reaches the little islet of Fanoe, where it throws a branch westward, forming an inlet which bears the name of Bolding-fiord, and which from its mouth near Fanoe up to the town itself of Bolding constitutes the boundary line between Jutland and Schleswig. The town of Fredericia, which was built for the express pur pose of guarding the entrance of the Little Belt, lies on the southern coast of a little peninsula, bathed, on this aide, by the water of the Sound, on the east by the broad sea, and on the north by the Veils-fiord, and by a smaller inlet which is only a branch of it, and bears the name of Rands-fiord, or Little Strand. The town or fortress itself is built upon a point, in a fanlike or triangular shape, having a " kastol" or citadel at its apex on the sea, and for a base inland a long circular continuous line cf ten bastions, built close upon one another. The two sides of the triangle on the coa are also partly walled, and strengthened by stout bastions. Immediately beyond the bastions, on the western Bide, the town has low grounds which can be inun dated for a considerable distance, and formed in 1849 a ditch which bore the name of 0 versvoe melso. This ditch runs inland for above an English mile, considerably beyond the extent of the town, with which it lies as it were at a tangent, protecting it on the aide of Erritso and Stourstrup. Be3ides the batteric3 at the I.astel at Fredericia, so situated as to give the place a full com mand of the sound, the entrance to this narrow strait is also protected on the IFunen aide by two batteries at Strib, a point lying almost immediately to the south of the Kastel, right opposite to it, at less than an English mile's distance; and further on, where the Sound becomes still narrower, and whore it is crossed by a ferry between Middlefart and Snoghoi, by a long row of batteries on the Middle fart or Funen side, so constructed as not only to guard the Strait, but also to sweep the lands across the ferry at Snoghoi. The Austrians had hitherto taken up their posi tions at a considerable distance from Fredericia, and the Danes, with that carelessness which seems to be peculiar to them, and which has caused them some rather important losses in prisoners at Dybbol, had spread their outposts several miles outside the town at Gudso,on the south, close to the Kolding•fiord, and towards the Vide-fiord on the north, occupying that; the neck of the whole peninsula. The Austrians appeared in very large forces yesterday, diverting their attacks on Voile on the north, and on the west, through Bredatrup, and through a minor road, which from Havreballegaard converges in the same direction towards the villages of Stoustrup and Erritso. The Danes perceived from the outset that they had to deal with vastly superior forces, and they fell back in the best order, skirmishing even while they yielded groani. The Austrians pushed forward as far as Stoustrup and Erritso, and there established themselves at the distance of less than two English miles from Fredericia. The desultory fire at the outposts cost the Danes about 150 between dead and wounded ; among the latter Gen. Wilster, the Commander-in-Chief at Fredericia, Capt. Hoff man, the Chief of the Staff, and two officers of the Staff. A shell fell close to where the General stood, killed his horse, and stretched him on the ground with two wounds, and prostrated also Capt. Hoff man with a wound in the leg, which will neces sitate amputation, and may, it is feared, cost the brave officer his life. While the main force of the third Danish division were thus effecting their retreat, Capt. Tauc, who was with his com pany posted at Gudso, receiving no timely intima tion of the movements of the enemy, tarried on the spot till, by the occupation of Stoutrup and Erritso, the Austrians had cut off his retreat. Aware at last of his critical position, he advanced on the high road in the direction of Snoghoi, whence he might hope to cross over to Middlefart, but was soon hem• med in and overpowered by the enemy, to whom, after a gallant resistance, ho had to surrender with the whole of his company, about 200 men. It is thus that the Danes, without as yet having run the chances of a decisive encounter, have in this unfortunate war suffered losses which their in feriority of numbers renders almost irreparable. It is calculated that no less than 500 men were put hors de combat at Missunde, Bustrup, and the other combats at the Dannewerk ; about 1,000 were among the killed, wounded, or missing in the re treat, and no less than 500 or 600 more have either fallen or have been taken prisoners in the defence of Dybbol and Fred sricia. On the whole, the Danish army is certainly less strong by 2,000 com batants than it was at the opening of tho war, When it mustered no more than 30 , 000 . No doubt, th e with imme nse losses of the Austrians and Prussian sme have , e been throughout fully as severe, but they can better afford it. Fresh masses of troops, are coming up daily. The Germane, who hav e suc h good grounds to feel sure of victory, sp a re hnooppeaibnys to make that assurance doubly sure, and redoubling their efforts to come twice as soon to the end of their enterprise. According to the latest intelligence from Jutland, it would seem that the Austrians, satisfied with their success, have again fallen back from the position they had taken up at Stoustrup and Erritso. Even the affair at Fredericia may be looked upon as a were reconnaissance is force. MARCH 10. The Official papers et Copenhagen contain a de tailed account of the losses suffered by the various corps of tho army from the Ist to the 22d of Feb ruary. From this it wiil be seen that the statement contained in my yesterday's letter was rather below than above the mark. The losses above -mentioned amount, according to the official authorities, to 43 officers and two army surgeons, dead or wounded; and 1,930 rank and file dead, wounded or missing. Of course, these numbers only extend to the 22d 4 4 ~V~ ' 7 //,e ~a~~ ~. ~' .-'77 '7- $:1- , ;i:=_.. of last month, the day somewhat dissokus Whet ) Danes of the attack on Dybbol village, when, be- - sides the dead and wounded, they had above 200 men taken by the enemy. Since that day all has been comparatively quiet at the Dybbol outposts ; but the vile trick the Prussians have of firing at the men out on picket duty seldom fails to add at least four or five daily to the list of casualties. Several outpost encounters in Jatland, and the late recon naissance by the Austrians, must have caused to the Danes n lon of at least 400 men, half of them prisoners. From the Ist of February to the 20th the British and foreign press were represented at the Danish headquarters by your own correspondent alone. I and two of the gentlemen belonging to the Copen hagen journals made up the whole of the reporters' staff at Schleswig, and all along the disastrous march from that place to this: Since the last-named date correspondents have come in in great force, not only representatives o f th e London Frees, but aleca lively essayists and feuillet on i ds from Paris men who come hero wild with the expectation to Fee a fight, but who soon find it is themselves who have to fight with bad accommodation, worso fare, and the unconquerable weariness and unprofitabless of existence. Not a few are those who turn tail against such formidable antagonists, and quit Sonderborg only two or three days after their arrival. A m an must have no common luck if he finds as much as a bed or a sofa at any of the hotels or private houses about town. And even when a room is to be had twenty to one the hapless wight is driven out of it by noise and discomfort, and, above all things, by the all-pervading, all-smothering, abominable dirt. Some of these strangers, of a more adventurous, or, as they believed, more practical turn of mind, thought that they had hit on a capital expedient by repairing to wooden walls—ie., taking up their quarters in some of the steamers, several of which are always moored alongside the wharves, as con venient for all purposes of business in Sonderborg as any of the best houses in the centre of the town; but since it happened to one of them, on his return from a jolly party late at night, to find that his abode had put up steam and was off hours before, taking away with her his dear bags and portman teaus, and leaving him to spend the night in the muddy streets as he best could, a steamer has been voted a very poor makeshift, and only to be valued on the principle which determined Dr. Johnson's preference for " the best thing in Scotland"—i.o,, as a means of getting out of this. Were there no better chance of active warfare than we have had for the last month, or than we have at present, this distressingly dull place would wear out the most heroic powers of endurance, and I greatly doubt whether devotion to their duty on the part of the non-Danish press, or even the sense of patriotism on the part of the Danish, would give any of us patience to abide here another week. It is perfectly killing work, and the reading public we humbly suppose would be no gainers by our utter extinction. HEALTH OP THE METROPOLIS. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The number of deaths in London in the week that ended on Saturday was 1,604, which is less by 100 than that of the previous week. The deaths under 20 years of age declined from 778 to 759 ; those at 20 and under 60 years decreased from 561 to 474 ; while the deaths at a more advanced age were of nearly the same amount in the two weeks. The average number of deaths for the tenth week of the years 1854.63 is, with a correction for in• crease of population, 1,449. The present return exhibits an excess of 215 over the number estimated for a week in the early part of March. The deaths from scarlatina were fewer then they had been in many previeus weeks—they declined to ; these from typhus to 53. Of 39 fatal cases of measles 5 occurred in the east sub-district of Isling ton, 4 in Saffron-hill, 8 in Green sub-district of Bethnai-green. Bronchitis numbered 280 deaths in the week, the corrected average being 109; plathisis, or consump tion, 192 deaths against 170. It will be observed that both these diseases, but particularly bronchitis, aro fatal at the present time. Pneumonia, which caused 100 deaths, is not more fatal than usual. An infant, aged 2 weeks, died, from being bandaged too tightly. Four persons are returned as killed by street vehicles; two persons were run over and killed by locomotive engines—namely, one at Putney on the .s:h inst., and one on the Crystal PahiCo line on the 7th inst. A woman, aged 60 years, died from want of nourishment and clothing on the 21st of February at 1, Sing's-head-court, Shoreditch ; another, aged 46, on the day following, from the same cause, at 6, Royston-street, Bethnal-green. On the 4th of March a child, aged 13 monthe, died in the House of Correction, Wandsworth, from "erysipelas arising from the want of proper nutrition." Ten nonagenarians died in the week; also a lady, who is registered as having died on the 7th of March, at the extraordinary age of 106 years, at her house in Lee-road. Last week the births of 1,013 boys and 949 girls —in all 1,962 children—were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1854- 63 the average number (corrected) is 2,076. The Registrar-Genneral has recently brought under the notice of the authorities of the great cities of Europe a plan for securing returns of diseases and of the weather simultaneous with those of Lon don. Vienna, which is the seat of one of the greatest medical schools of Europe, has already responded to his application, and he expects to receive from that city a regular series of returns, which cannot fail to afford interesting comparisons with those of London. Vienna is about to adopt many of the sanitary improvements which have proved efficacious in England; and Dr. Glatter, a most zealous officer of the City Council, will be able to measure their effects on the reigning disease and the rate of mor tality. The deaths in Vienna during the week that ended on Saturday, February 27, were 387—namely, 253 at home, and 134 in the hospitals ; 10 of typhus, of smallpox, 3 of scarlatina, 7 of measles, none of meningiti s ( ca ll ed whooping-cough, 6 of croup, 1 of di p h theria, 93 of itnubtherecular London returns), 50 of consumption,hydrocephalus 4 often of pulmonary inflammation, 23 of cliarrhme, 5 of dy sentery, 1 of accident; 5 w oman died of childbirth 3 to 6 in London. The mean temperature was 39 deg, in Vienna, and 33 deg. in London. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 252 in. The mean daily height was below 29' :n. on the first four days. Th e reading fell to 28.81. on Monday, and rose to 30.06 in. on Saturday. The mean tem perature of the air in the week was 41.5 deg., which is I'3 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was 6 deg. above the average on Monday, and as much below it on Wednesday. The highest day temperature was 53.6 deg. on Sunday. The lowest night temperature occurred on Thursday, and was 27.9 deg. The range of temperature in the week was therefore 25.7 deg. The mean daily range was 12 . 4 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 4 . 7 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 84, complete saturation being represented by 100. The Wind, which had been previously in the south west and north-east, blow on the last three days from a south-westerly point. Rain fell to the amount of 1.54 in., of which as much as 0 62in.. includi ng melted snow, fell on Wednesday. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 43 . 7 deg.; that of the lowest was 41 . 6 deg. 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