The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-23 00:00:00

ipitti.l,'iPrElisSTOnNur.,S REKING LANDED , 1 1044,0L0 Akij - Cp' . AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, '0 1, ' 4 LIES r ENT: .ASEHOL D INVESTMENTS, AND ARALLY— ?O,64O,ut the ki A • Is, at the principal Railway Bookstalls , "Lancer. , , - 1 9 - ,dom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, °11, 1 ,` ['Ropy i-lane, London, Messrs. E. and IL Lumley's qr!," o ` l , l ad s - RTY rtEGISTER," containing avai led selection lott an 4. 1, 1 house properties now in the market, from (h. E.,. : 14 'n's mansion, with its.manorial.domati, to the rr,Vtii its few acres. of hi; 47 : 4 " PROPERTIES wishing' to Sell or Let can ern ; . 4 4 18 n rPortunity that the medium of this ReQ,lBter di fn 'endino• the particu'ars of their properties to the iii,‘ - `laley - c : a - n i e l es ,l Chancery . -lane, London, as the Messrs. itre th e most cases introduce immediate customers, it,' the d ?Jul:lefty is of an eligible chara , ter, thereby a.yoid -8 lsadvalitages of delay and its attenuant incon -Ir- n- 1 8r• 11 "er N'o CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur- I ;h ell In.troduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, iythe usual moderate commission. and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. • —_ lJp me v„ P L n ""URE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and t., r, ---,RCLOTIT, CARRIAG-FREE to any house in lily 4 zdol n at , rezardi ess of amount ' or dil'ance First• class i 4t ;Yiy ie f e nond-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to gis,-; and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rey, ar raYed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. nted 1 EL ',. n "d i '',N wa'rra and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR ma informed that Messrs. Cobbett and 44,- 1 11 w - I ,n' ilishing an entirely New Edition of their un ‘iibie -OUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo enzravings of every descrption of Furniture and qt . , 8 % With prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and Plcon application. This costly work also contains estimates fur furnishing on the following revised i tBl _x:roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An E ight-roomed ditto Ten -roomed ditto 259 15 6 i t A ........ ht k `'` Twelve-roomed ditto l9l 11 0 ~r D lll, 41 4 , th a Price List of purified Bedding, and a . mass u r ,e 2nformationto all requiring househ 31d furniture, uedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy- Vh o ,, t ratlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, 0 1 1', 11, .0gi 'Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, yllo r , OM : Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder -11,4 b a ,,V n el,lington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, 1,74 iVore”ster, Ipswich Peterborough, St. David's, 4- " , above - 500 other 'places in all parts of Great tqlifir r Ete, and CO , ~ General House Furnishers. Deptford ndon, B.E BUENOS AYRES BONDED WHARF 11 7 r,d a nd RIVER TRANSIT COMPANY (Limited). k eil er t . SPeeial Concession from the Argentine Govern le) allowing a net income of 18 per cent. on the capital tolls, wharfage, and deposits.) . 4 „ tipbr r Porated under " The Companies Act, 1862." Z 3O OOOO in 15,000 shares of £2O each, one - third o f s t) ... Which is already subscribed for privately. I?i N ,' share payable on application and £lloe on allotment. t 4Ai e Percent. interest will be paid during construction. 1 t 414. " -- Sir WM. GORE OUSELEY, K.C.8., late ! 0 Minister Plenipotentiary to the River Plate. P l'Ai 4 nutAlT—The uon. Mr. Justice 11ALIBUR ") M.P., Chairman of the Canada Association. - (11, 11.6 DIRECTORS. 0/ 00 1 B. Colchester, Esq. (Messrs. Colche sters and Nt,' l ler), South Sea House. 4, 13,,,r Ray Donaldson. Esq. (Messrs. Donaldson, Lam d' Co.), Austinfriars. tli s l Edenborongh, Esq. (Messrs. Edenborough and R oorgate-street Chambers, Director of the Ira- B ank 1,„ • ttih Walls Esq. (Messrs. A. Walls and Co.) Lead all-street, and Lloyd's. `lq e a EX OFFICIO. neul General in London of the Argentine Republic. I Ne,, ENGINEER. Esq., M.I C.E., 5, Victoria - s treet, West te BANKERS. The Imperial 13ank,Lothbury. Messrs. Maua and Co., Buenos Ayres: j SOLICITORS. 4 e • eymott, sq., 4, Albion-place, Blackfriars. 4 * J. B. (oros E tiaga, Buenos Ayres. BROKERS. P. Cazenove and Co., 52, Threadneedle-street. LS EcrtETAB.v—E. P. I hompson, Esq. Temporary Offices— 27, Bucklersbury. rTbis ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. l 'ltt t bl e eo t:epany is formed for the purpose of wo rkin g a c neession granted on the 26 th July last b y the ~~olltile 7 of the Argentine Republic for the canalisation and Arroyo del Capitan, a narrow winding stream or i vet t nectin the Parana de las Palm as and Lu j an I,' ha g latter of which iaenters opposite the town of 11,41 then erection and construction of such wharfs, ware 14eZotand deposit stores as may be necessary to the require he coasting trade of the interior rivers, et, p a s tablishment of towing steamers to and from the ki t Ylati,,, ra tie and Uruguay. According to the Bureau of t'erk, fiQpl v 72 1 860-61, at Buenos Ayres, the trade on these o e . ra , - e d s 277,000 tons per annum ; and as the great hs t hi Qzh t Wool, hides, and tallow are susceptible of inde • thqe Z atl sieri, this trade will no doubt annually increase. 144,e which it is now proposed to execute are Le of the kind on the entire river coast, and they IC.ta j a l lituated at the only port on the Rio . de . la . k r t ' r eraediate connection with 5,000 miles of k li l'eov er i gation, and effectually defended from all gales. 1 11 ,',1 ) %eet I t may be well to add, that the works now tom to be executed by this Company' form a neces . - 4' °ll le r ßi2 e , kent to the important railway to Cordova, ki ru N t'ei ti t elt to be carried out under influent!al auspices; t.cted, „ e Works comprised in this concession are con gee' Im tC er S' ton of merchandise bound to Buenos Ayres, a pie() to the interior, including Paraguay, Upper rt n d Bolivia, will Pass through this Company's pro .tlY cI being subjected, as at pr esent, to the pecu -11 an g e r° e lie navigation of the River Plate. t ellt, nnee . sio n allows a net profit to the Company of 18 t 4 ! ) . 1 h(„ di tring a period of 20 years. This s um is p roved Cent. less than what the shipping interest now ^g r e' ea, li ghters and carts in the open roadstead of Buenos (I R to mention the inevitable losses from dama g ed i l ,lit z , e ttrurrage and theft, which by the p r e sent s y stem ‘ 1 ,1 3 ;1 burden con sumption in that country , bu t will be 4o ve d by these works. Yet th i s sum of 18 p er cent. is me ans the measure of the large profits which the t,; 4 ri,„Y Will have the power to make , fo r the limit of 20 t,,, g *' l l3l iee simply to the canal, the g reat and increasing '"alei, s er ivable from the bonded wharfs an d warehouses ~Apto the Company in perpetuity. l'ileation for shares may be obtained at the Offices of of the brOkers, or of the bankers. BUENOS AYRES BONDED V'HARF t \ , l , N 9T r fi u - ,- RIVER TRANSIT COMPANY (Limited). !,, , `;'. -- -The SHARE LIST in this Com p an y will Ty r !or London a ppli ca tions on Friday. 26 th instant, 'a% applications from the country on Saturday, 27th By order. E. P. THOMPSON, Secretary. SOUTH WALES COLLIERY r COMPANY . th Yof ea c h shareholde(Limiteis r limited by the Act of oa 4 d 2 6th Vic. cap 89. to the amount payable upon - tits.] : o re s held by ' him the capital of the Company. ' A grtr, - , 40 ,000, in 8,000 shares, of £25 each. 105. per • t - o ‘e be paid on application, £2 on allotme nt . Calls tf e A kee ed £2 lOs per share, nor to be made at intervals " tuan. thiee mouths. lh l k'Argy i . A DIRECTORS. I BAILEY, Esq., M.P. Newport, Chair ' IV o h • Ja.ti l / 4 7 4 1 -4 C o \ Esq , M.P., (Messrs. R. W. Kennard o'. S. fi'',, l 'ePuty• Chairman. Verap, ereker, Director South Staffordshire Railway • Chny, I alli lade, 8 ' 8( 1. '(Sir J. Pixie, Bart., and Co., Birchin• 11./ drat Banker, Newport. k444e e Pat ee :lfield, Esq., Director P ernam buco Railway ac e ftYworth, Esq., jun., Yew Tree, Liverpool. The „ 1 / 4 With power to add to their number.) K S. 44.'81:180iidated BaßnAkN FEeßnchurch-street, B.C. `.:ITZ„re• Crawshay Bailey and Co., Newport. 44. ." -- George Rooper, Esq., 26:Lincoln's-inn-fields. -,A re Th,, • J osh BROKERS. ‘ ° gCll Hutchins= and Son, 15, Angel court, c)rt estreet. C heshire, E sq., ok:. 1, !: (1 AUDITORS. Bank of Egypt, Old Broad-street, 'Hite w ste alford, Esq Enfield. 11',,ARIC (NotO' )—James J. Wallis, Esq. uffices 16, Cannon •street, E.C. ,q4 I , B C O 3,,,ABHIDGED PROSPECTUS. • th: P c l ny is formed for leasing or purchasing C . oa.l "c'Praa south Basin, and working the collieries am Wales 14, !r e h e . home consumption. , 14 ^ 811 etris In g no reservation of any kind for promoters or be nefit leases payable, the shareholders .will obtain to l tpie usnefit of the employment of the capital raised,. A le elee rY t e "Penses being confined to the necessary dis. 44l ies.r . B tt et o lens for shares in the annexed form may be th ell .t etr o . b : brokers or bankers of the Company, the to and thi i •Y e in Llndon ; or to Messrs. Crawshay Baie whom iv il lette,,„ lll P a ny's bankers at Newport, from any of qer e -8 Pan be obtained. 011, allotment is made the deposit will be returned try ~hld the number of . shares allotted be leas e a the epilen fr, the payment in excess will be applied otl, l) Pie, deposit. 4 o li f e.t So m a r p t l i n e l y e . s of association may be seen at the • 4 ‘, 1864 . I' 4 '4 OP APPLICATION FOR SHAR ES. E Cle:tre e etors of th e South Wales Company (Limited )._ k .men, -.Havin g paid to your bank ers the sum of it 4 ss hereby rNuest that y o u will allot me 411 h the South Wales Colliery Company (Limited) , 11, 1), the:':'"Y agree t o acce pt suc h shares, or any les s num l'lrteen tnay allot me, and request you to lace mY t t • n -e r egister of members for the nu p number of shares am, Gentlemen, Name in full Address in full Usual signature , or rn , Date ti 18 t 8 be presented to the bankers entire, who will and return the receipt to the applicant. SOUTH WALES COLLIERY o t oN COMPANY (Limited , . ' ti?eeiv D ON APPLICATIONS in this Company will Esn'l niter MONDAY. 22d inst. ; and not later than '•Y, 23d, from the COUNTRY. By order of the Board. 0n,71S SHOULD MEET THE EYE o f any rfl~lr‘rOlibled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or w es l, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. all i d - wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. l,i 4 lipple i cli Cine vendors at Is. lid. and 2 s. 9d. ; or free by -010 . or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist ( it ~.10,p1 , - 1 . 1 2,, R T'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN 4 -ITUAL REIIEDY, without confining the bowels the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad / 11,.' 44 8 " 0 the best medicine for immediately relieving 001ds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con -1„,1011°,,n• It frequently cures persons whom the faculty ''"tni te - F! incurable, admirably allays the tickling which Jr e ecltlent coughing. In approaching consumption yli i li a are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or 10,.tew n ,„^', 40 yrn for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief e g o 4kl,l".lnutes atter taking it. Prepared only and sold by 1 . :,,,, 11] 1tT, Chemist. 8, King-Wliam-street, Charing op rt i ''„",Ou. and .by all drw: , ,g sts, in bottles, 130., and ti r k.a,,cu!'les in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask 44 v .,ert a on the Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address ae. stamp. 1, . N°. 22,359. THE SUN, LONDON TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1864. WHERE CAN WE MEET' AFTER THE PANTOMIMhs? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. EE A 1) 0 WLEIG H, the New Story, by the Author of "The Ladies of Bever Hollow." " This story possesses very remarkable merit!. The history of the valetudinarian Vindex is deliciously told."—Spectator. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. AN APPEAL to th e z;HAKSPERE COM MITTEE for the ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.— Patronised by her Most Gracious MAJESTY and his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES.—The noblemen and gen tlemen forming the various Shakspere Committees are ear nestly prayed to ccns der the appropriateness of devoting a portion of the funds collecting tor the Tercentenary Celebra tion of the great Poet to the above Institution, founded for "the poor player wh o s t ruts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more," and the education of their children. What nobler monument could be erected to the memory of Shakspere, himself a player, than the building and endowing the two schools of this College in his name, and enabling a few worn-out actors to pass in comfort to their last home who have contributed to your pleasure and amusement ? Shakspe e writes Good my lord, will you see the players well bestowed! Do you hear, let theta be well used; for they are abstract and brief chronLles of the time." B. WEBSTER, Master. the whole undertaking would be ready for traffic by the let of May. The report was unanimously adopted, and the Hon. G. C. Morgan, M.P., Mr. H. Garteide, and Mr. Jas. Morrish were re-elected directors. • K INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRI3 II WHISKY rivals the finest FRI; NCH BRANDY, It i 4 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the prinlipal towns in England ; or wholesale at The meeting was then made special for considering the terms of a working agreement with the Kington and Ear disley Railway Company, and, after some discussion, the further consideration of it was adjourned until the 12th of April. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STRE kT, IV. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." LLANTRISSANT AND TAFF VALE JUNCTION, The directors' report states that since the last meeting the agreement with the Taff Vale Railway Company had been completed, and received the sanction of the Board of Trade. Under this agreement the first interest upon the share capital of the company was paid on the Bth of Jan. last. The capital account showed that £16.151 had been received, and that a balance remained of £2,013. STEAM from LONDON to NEW YORK. he British and American Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned Splendid Fast Screw Steamers TWICE EACH MONTH for New York : Tons. Horse Power. LONDON 2 5OO ..... 500 Capt. GLOVER. WESTMINSTER.. 2,500 ..... 500 Capt. Coucti DUBLIN 2 5OO .. . 500 NEW YORK 2,500 ..•.. 500 ..... ( apt. HARRIS. These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete witn every comfort. The Line will commence early in March ; the exact date to be fixed in a latter announcement. To load in the Victoria Docks. For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and Co., 70, CornhilL THE MEXICAN BANK (Limited). The Allotment of the Shares in this Bank was This Day completed by the Board, and the Letters of Regret and Allotment will be forwarded withoat delay. By order. Wit. THOS. MORRISON, Secretary pro tern. Temporary Offices--10, King William-street, 19th February, 1864. • ' • Zl.si . ‘, -, ,, '-'=.:* - .l.—: . ~ I: it 13::P1 2 ' '" %i o .-, , ,(C," ,„._ • ... 4 :7Pit t s .% t -•-?, ) • '\\ -.lsla ' , N.., % . ~ • - . 4 0 , • ~,, .4, n ~......0 . ~ 4 , '.:,, . 1 11111 E _ :,: . , ... ..!‘.Ol---.----.- • , 1-- , . dik , , ._ -- „...0. ''., e ct. yaw Eit , F. , ' ..... `ri:. .'' ..141* ...‘ ' :- ? - 7 ."..''' D , , ,if i31 4111It ,, e Yt 4" 4 "-'4 i . ''' ' / 111 .. N., , + PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. I. von Beust, by the way, is said to be menaced with a fall, with which it is probable that Gen. Man teuffel's recent visit to Dresden may have had some thing to do. The busy and bumptious Saxon Mini ster is disposed to go farther and faster than the Sovereign whom he serves, and, as the weaker ves sel, he is likely to go to the wall. It is positively iffirmed that he sent orders to Gen. Hake to fire on the Prussians if they in any way interfered with him i❑ Holstein, but that Hake, thinking this rather serious thing to de, and remembering that he was in command of Federal troops, and consequently amenable to the Diet, applied to Frankfort and re ceived more pacific instructions. The :Berlin official paper continues to publish the news from Schleswig. The latest tellsof an exchange of shots between a Danish ironplated vessel and some Prussian batteries near Hollnis and Rinkenis. The object of the Danes is said to have been to de stroy a bridge at Eckensund, but it was defeated. There has been a trifling affair in front of Duppel, in which 60 Danish infantry were taken prisoners, the Prussians losing 12 killed and wounded. Near the Jutland frontier a skirmish occurred two days ago between Danish dragoons and Prussian Hussars of the Guard, favourable, say the Prussian accounts, to the latter. These are the usual small fights that occur on the debateable ground between opponent armies. The Gazette further says, that according to news received at headquarters, the garrison of Fre• dericia consists of the 13th Danish Regiment, 2,000 strong, but composed of Holsteiners, 9th Regiment, (Island Danes), some cavalry, and three or four field batteries, and that three or four steamers keep up a daily communication with Alsen. On the same au thority, in Kolding lies the 19th Regiment (Island Danes), and a couple of miles north from them the 21st Schleswigers), and a dragoon regiment of mixed nationality. Thebridge over the Konigsane is barri caded, and defended by six Danish guns. The official paper adds that the works at the Dannewerk and at Frederickstadt are to be disarmed and razed,and it gives the returns of loss at the affair of Missunde —3 officers, 29 men, and 22 horses killed, and 6 offi cers, 171 men, and 24 horses more or less wounded, the majority slightly hurt; also four men missing. The total of the casualties, officers and men together, is 213, being a trifle less than I stated them at two days after the action. I\-11:"N\ R One sees frequent statements in some of the Ger man papers of the sufferings of the Danes in Duppel and Alsen,—that they are insufficiently provided, sleeping on straw in the open air, &c. ; but this seems very improbable, since the Danes have all their resources behind them, plenty of steamers, and their communications perfectly free. The wea ther continues very inclemedt in Schleswig. Tne sentries are supplied with sheepskin coats. Nothing has as yet transpired of a nature unfavourable to the sanitary state of the Prussian army, which, in official quarters here, is stated to be excellent. At Gravenstein no civilian is allowed to pass the Prussian posts, and persons not having papers of identification are liable to be brought before a court martial. Prince Frederick Charles has issued a proclamation forbidding the inhabitants, under pain of death, to hold any communication with the enemy. According to the latest accounts, Marshal Wrangel's head-quarters were at Hadersleben. The Prussian outposts were beyond Nubel, so you may sex by the map that they were pretty close to Duppel. The village of this name will be destroyed by the Danes, and the inhabitants have left it, the property thEy abandoned having previously been valued. According to letters of the 16th from Gra venstein (when it was thawing) the country roads were almost impassable for heavy artillery, owing to the marshy nature of the soil, into which the wheels sunk to the axles. Now that snow and frost have returndd it will be better for the guns but worse for the working parties in the trenches. You will be amused to learn that official people here gravely declare that Prussia is not yet at war with Denmark, but that war will be commenced by ►he latter Power if she persists in laying an em bargo upon and capturing Prussian vessels. This is, indeed, a puerile sophistry, worthy of the Berlin red tapists. The invasion of Jutland is announced this afternoon by a telegram from Copenhagen, claim ing to be official, and reaching us via London. Nevertheless, the fact is considered somewhat doubt ful, and we await its confirmation. My most recent and trustworthy previous information was to the effect that it tvas not yet decided to enter Jutland, that Austria was rather indisposed to such a step, and that Prussia was not much inclined to com mence the siege of Fredericia, which might be a long affair. Notwithstanding the article in La France— which, moreover, can hardly be judged of from a brief telegraphic summary—it is still doubted in diplomatic quarters here that the Emperor will take immediate action, even if the allies should prove to have entered Jutland. It is thought that for the present he will limit himself to making certain reserves, affording him pretexts for acting when he deems the opportune moment arrived. There is reason to believe a treaty has been signed with Oldenburg, giving to Prussia an extension of territory on the Jande. This looks as if the anger of the Small States were not so fierce as has been asserted. The alleged repulse of the Danish ironclad at Eckensund is much spoken of. It will be a most important step towards the capture of Alsen Island if it be proved that the Prussian rifled field bat teries are too much for Danish ironclads. As yet we cannot consider that to have been by any means fully yraved. We have only the Prussian account of the Eckensund affair, and it is quite possible that the steamer in question was merely reconnoitring, and had no intention of engaging in a combat. No particulars are given of injuries inflicted upon her, but it is said that several shot struck her, and that the fight lasted about an hour. MADAME TIISSADD'S.—A life-size model of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, has just been added to Madame Tussaud's Historical Gallery, in Baker-street. The likeness has been pronounced to be excellent by a gentleman who is personally acquainted with Mr. Davis, and who has but recently returned from Ame rica. A model of President Lincoln is also in the exhibi tion. Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against Imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and au entire release from all debts and liabilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankruptcy. Charges under .C 5 payable by easy instalments. Offices— (established 1830), 12, Hatton-garden. City branch-6, Moor gate-street, Bank.—ADYT. ADVERTISEMENT.]—Avoid medicines: they always aggra vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious Health Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, invariably cures them, restoring perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out of 60,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 or the Marchioness de Brehan, Paris, of a dver complaint, wasting away for seven years, debility, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, oonstant sleeplessness, the most intolerable nervous agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.—Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of many ye ars ' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescrib a bl e agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly." —Cure No. 16,270. Mr. James Roberts, of F riraleY, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood , li ver deran • ment, and partial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigesti on, gatherin gs " spirits, and nervous f ancies. —Cure No . 5 4,816. The Rev. ' low Jas, T. 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They relax the hot and parched skin, overcome the attendant costiveness, and in duce a copious secretion by the kidneys, which are the har bingers of disease departing and health returning. H E MEXICAN BANK (Limited). The Directors are prepared to receive Applications from Gentlemen, properly qualified, to proceed to Mexico as their Representative. Letters in reply to this Advertisement to be addressed to the Chairman, and will be considered confidential. By order. WM. THOS. MORRISON, Secretary pro tern. Temporary Ofiloes-10, King William-street, E.C. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. The Directors are prepared to receive TENDERS for the issue of all or any portion of £300,000 of the ORDINAR S rOCK of the Company, to be inscribed into the names of applicants free of all expense. The Dividends on the full amount to accrue from the Ist January last 0 per cent. to be enclosed upon the amount tendered for, and the remaining 80 per cent to be paid at such times as may be agreed upon. The Company being bound to agree to receive payment not later than 30th Tune next, if desired in the tender to do so. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum will be charged upon any amount unpaid after the Ist March. The Directors reserve power to accept any tender in part, viz., for any less sum than that tendered for. The Directors will fix a minimum under which no tender will be accepted, and will meet on Thursday, the 25th inst., at 12 o'clock, to opcn the tenders. Tenders to be addressed to ALFRED MORGAN, Treasurer, Waterloo-bridge Station. Feb. 18, 1864. NORWICH UNION FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. The Directors hereby give notice, that, in consequence of the immediate extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, they havac ited their offices, No. 6, Crescent New Bridv e -street, and REMOVED to their NEW PREMISES, No. 29, Fleet-street, E.C. February 4, 1864. GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES' BILL—At a numerously attended Meeting . of the LIFE ASSUR ANCE PROFE,SION, held at the Ofß'es of the Royal Farmers' Assurance Company, .3, Norfolk-street, Strand, on Friday, February 10, 1864, JOHN REDDISH, Esq., in the Chair, The following Resolutions were passed :- Ist. That Life Assurance has been carried on in this coun try for a century and a half b private etrerprise, and that the Life Assurance Companie y s have fulfilled their engage ments in a manner which will hear honourable comparison with that ot any other class of Institutions, that they have always a dapted themselves to the public wants and conveni ence, and are able and willing t> continue to do so. 2d. That this meeting's of opinion that the proposal of the Government is an interference with ordinary commercial en terprise and ought to be opposed. 3d. That a Committee, with power to add to their number, be now appointed, for the purpose of watching the measure and taking such steps as they may deem expedient. 4th That the foregoing Resolutions be signed by the Chairman and transmitted to the Chancellor of the Exche quer, inserted in the daily papers, and sent to the metropoli tan and other members of the House. JOHN REDDISH, Chairman. Communications in reference to the above subject should be addressed to the Honorary Secretary, Henry Harben, 35, Ludgate-hill, London. FIRST-CLASS SECURITY.—The STRAND MUSIn lIALL COMPANY (Limited), is now issuing MORTGAGE BONDS of £5O each, being aleirst Charge'upon the Property of the Company, repayable in Three Years, and bearing Interest at Ten per Cent. per Annum , p yable halt yearly. Apply at the Offices of the Company, 345, Strand, W.C. or to Mr. G. T. Taylor, Stock and Share Broker, 11, Token house-yard, E.C. By Order of the Board, FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Secy. T HE MARITIME INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated, with Limited Liability, under "The Companies Act, 1862." Capital, One Million, in 100,000 shares of £lO each. First Issue 50,000 shares, instead of 25,000 shares, as before announced. Deposit on Application £1 per Share. Further payment on Allotment LI per Share. DIRECTORS. William Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Harrlsons and Latham), Chairman. Francis Boult, Esq. (Messrs. Boult, English and Brandon.) Alexander Duranty, Esq. (Messrs. A. Duranty and Co.) W H. Haynes, Esq., Merchant. Patrick Hunter, Esq. (v 1 essrs. Browne, Hunter, and Co.) George B. Kerferd, Esq. (Messrs. Geo. B. Kerferd and Co.) Peter Maxwell, Esq. Merchant. P. M. Miler, Esq. (slessrs. Miller and Mosman.) William Nicol, Esq. Merchant. Daniel Powell, Esq, (Messrs. Daniel Powell and Co.) T. Harrison Ridley, Esq. (Messrs. Ridley, Son, and Co,) J. Barkeley Smith, Esq. (Messrs. Houghton, Smith, and Co.) With power to add to their number. MANAGER AND UNDERWRITER. Henry Case, Esq. BANKERS. The National Bank of Liverpool (Limited). The National Bank, Old Broad-street, London. And its branches in Ireland. The Union Bank, Manchester. BROKERS. Henry Walker Lucas, Esq., 3, Copthall-buildings, London, E.O Geo. Edwd. Schultz, Esq., Manchester -buildings, Tithebarn street. Liverpool. Edward Fox, Esq., 51. Dame-street, Dublin. Frederick Fielder, Esq., Cross-street, Manehe , ter. Charles Boult, Esq., 15A, St. Ann's-square, Manchester. ArDITORS. Messrs. Harmood Banner and Son. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell. • TEMPORARY OFFICES. 4 and 5, Brown's-buildings, Liverpool. Forms of application may' be obtained from the brokers, and also at the temporary offices of the Company, 4 and 5, Brown's-buildings, Liverpool. NOTICE.—WEDNESDAY next, the 24th February. 18M, is the LAST DAY upon which Applications for Shares may be made. 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The report of the directors states that the traffic during the past half-year shows an increase of 33 per cent, over that of the corresponding period of last year, and of 144 per sent. over that of 1861, while the working expenses have been reduced by 14 per cent, as compared with those of the half-year ending Dec. 31, 1862, resulting in a favourable balance of £55,825, which is applicable to the payment of the following charges, namely : Denture interest £27,767 Western Exte ns i on ren t- c h arge t;vo months), £6,195 ; rent to Victori a St a ti on C ompan y, 57,500 ; rent of Mid-K en t Crays Railw a y, £1,191 ; proportion of interest on common fund capital, £8,507; interest on Dover preference shares (on account) £4,665 ; total, £55,825. This improvement in the position of the company has been obtained notwith• standing the disadvantages arising from the non-completion of the passenger and goods station at Blackfriara. The im portant extension of the company's works from the London end of the bridge now constructing across the 'I hames at Blackfriara to the Metropolitan Railway is progressing with great rapidity; and in order to supply for the cost of these works the directors are applying to Parliament for further capital, which it is proposed to raise upon the security of the tolls to be taken over this portion of the line. The Great Northern Company have agreed to assist the company in providing the necessary fund by a loan of £300,000 at 3i per cent. in perpetuity. The company are under agreement to lay down two additional lines be tween Battersea and Brixton, and also between Brixton and Herne-hill, for the use of the Brighton Company. It is also necessary to construct another junction with the Metropolitan Railway and one with their Finsbury Extension, in order to enable the company to avail them selves of the proposed terminus at Finsbury-pavement. For these purposes additional powers are necessary, for which the directors are applying to Parliament. These lines will require further capital, which, by arrangement with the holders, will he raised pari passu with the A shares of the Metropolitan Extensions. The directors are also applying to Parliament for such powers as are necessary for carrying out the arrangement with the South-Eastern Company in relation to the Greenwich and Woolwich and Crystal Palace lines. In order to provide additional rolling stock necessary for working the Metropolitan Extension, the Ramsgate and Margate, and other lines; for the purchase of additional steamboats ; for the construction and purchase of the Farn borough Extension lines; for enlarging and improving the stations ; for completion of the Dover station, and the works at Dover harbour, and for other purposes, additicnal capital will be required, which it is proposed to raise pari passu with the ordinary stocks of the company. Arrange mento are in progress for commencing at once the addi tional lines at Victoria, and also the Greenwich line, for which powers were obtained in the last session of Parlia ment. When the Western Extension was amalgamated with the general undertaking, Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Crampton agreed to pay any loss that may occur by the substitution of a rent charge for the original working agreement during the first two years, the directors being of opinion that after that time the Western Extension would be self-supporting. That guarantee expired in October last, and the amount due under it has been paid, and the directors have good reason to believe that the Western Extension will in future earn a sufficient net receipt to cover the rent charge. The capital accounts shows that £3,984,947 had been ex pended on the main line, and £1,556,883 t,n the Metropolitan Extension, together £i,541,830. The revenue account shows that £171,067 had been received during the half year ending Dec. 31, including £34,616 earned by the steamboats, and £115,242 expended, including £25,713 expenses of steam boats, leaving a balance of £56,825. The receipts of the Metropolitan Extensions during the past half year amounted to £30,928, and the expenses at 50 ter cent, to £15,464, leaving a balance of £15,464 available for debenture interest. METROPOLITAN. The report of Mr. Fowler, the engineer, stated that the Farringdon•street Station enlargement, under contract to Mr. Kelk, was nearly completed. The new locomotives which the directors had ordered might be expected to be delivered during the months of May and June next. The engine and carriage shops at the Edgware-road Station were in an advanced state, Mr. Kelk had completed his arrangements for a vigorous prosecution of the works of the Finsbury Extension ; and from the large proportion of pro perty already acquirel Mr. Fowler expected they would be in full operation with every part of the line and stations in a few weeks. EDGWARE, HIGHGATE, AND LONDON. The report of the directors states that considerable pro gress had been made with the works, and that the acquisi tion of land also proceeded favourably. The directors had introduced a bill into Parliament this session for powers to construct a branch from the line near Highgate to Alexan dra-Park, and to widen the line from the point of junction of the proposed branch to the Great Northern Railway. They believed that the traffic to the park and palace would be very large, and that the outlay for the proposed accom modation would be remunerative. The Tottenham and Hampstead Company were likewise applying for powers to extend their line to the Alexandra-park; a measure which would seriously affect the company's interests, and which must therefore be opposed in Parliament. The capital ac count showed that £66,446 had been expended, leaving a balance of £3,1102. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SCHEMES. The Committee, after hearing e vidence from all the prin cipal engineers of the proposed new railways for the metro polis, have adjourned to Thursday next, and in the mean time it is expected that they will make a first report. ALTON, ALRESFORD, AND WINCHESTER. The directors' report states that during the past half year satisfactory progress had been made by the contractors in the construction of the railway, and that the works were now in full operation throughout the line. The contractor was in possession, with a few exceptions, of the whole of the land required for the railway. It would be necessary to make a small increase to the capital of the company for station accommodation, sidings , &c. The powers for raising the new capital would be incorpo ra t e d i n t h e bill n ow before Parliament for the construction o f t h e Extens i on li ne f ro m Ropley to Fareham, to which, in connection with the direct railway from Woking through Aldershot to Farnham, the directors looked with confidence for a great increase of traffic on the Alton and Winchester Railway. They be lieved that the new lines would be worked by the London and South Western Company, and their construction would make the portion of the company's line between Alton and Hopley a part of the nearest main route from London to the Isle of Wight, via Stokes Bay, and must in crease the ti affic. The expenditure and earnings of the new line from Ropley to Fareham would be k e pt qu it e distinct from the expenditure and earnings of the Alton and Win chester Railway, and the shareholders of this company would in no way be involved in the expenditure for the new expended to the 31st Dec., leaving a belittles) of .52,161. lines. The capital account showed that £71 , 651 h a d been WHITEHAVEN JUNCTION. The report of the directors states that the increase in the receipts of the past half year over those of the correspond ing period of 1862 amounts to £ 5 ,639 ) th e a ddi t i on t o th e working expenses being £ 1 , 4 7 3 . The r ece i pts amoun t to £24,016 against £18,476 for the oorrespoading half of 1862, and the working expenses to £10,037 a ga i nst , zo 564. In been charged with £5O O for the permanent wa y renewal ad dition to the ordinary working expenses, revenue has again ac count, and with £827 for new works to protect the line from the sea. The sum of £ 4 , 000 has be en carr i e d t o the contingency account, and the directors recommend a divi dend_ of 20s per share, leaving £l5O. Tke sum of £279,000 has of t been he account ; tut in consequence al will ,be required. increaseoftraonincac apdidtaitlionaleapit expended I AID LINCOLN. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD SHIRE. The total expenses of this company's rtilways, including rents, tolls, duty, &c., from January tb a Ist to February "ea por i r n o s p t tf o 7 f th e South tfoer the corresponding 186 4 , am ou amounted period d o o f 81,866936., The South Junction receipts accruirg to ale company from January the Ist to February the 14th amounted to £3,950, as against £3,623 for the corresponding r er i o d o f 1863, and the expenses to £2,042, as against £1,596. HEREFORD, HAY, AND IRECON. _ The half-yearly meeting Was held on Taesday, at Brecon, the Hon G. C. M org an, M.P., in th e c h a i r. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adorti on o f the report, said the line would be opened to Hay w U i i u a mon th, and WATERFORD AND LIMERICK. The report states that after paying interest on loans and dividends on preference shares there remains a surplus of £2,919, from which the directors recommend a dividend of sa. per original share, free of income tax, carrying forward a surplus of £4ll. The capital account shows that £1,288,392 had been exp ended. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st of December last shows that £36,036 had been received, and £15,290 expended, leaving a balance of £20,746. SOUTH-EASTERN OF PORTUGAL. The remaining section of this company's line from San tiago de Escurial to Beja, a distance of 40 miles, was for mally opened for public traffic on the 14th inst. by the Duke de Louie, accompanied by several of the Ministers, and a numerous party of the principal personages in Lisbon. The entire line is now open for public traffic. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The loss on exchange by the conversion of American money received for the carriage of through traffic from the commencement of the current half-year to the 6th February amounted to the sum of £42,405, and at that date there was a further sum of American funds still remaining to be con verted of £130,764. THE WAR IN DENMARK. (From the Times' Correspondent.) BERLIN, Feb. 20. It is probably superfluous to tell you that no credit is to be attached to the reportsof negcciations and an armistice quite recently circulated in nume rous German papers. There seems not the least probability of any such pacific change coming over the present sentiments of the belligerents, who, on both sides, are very determined to carry on the war. If this appears to be at a standstill—with the ex ception of insignificant outpost affairs, dwelt upon by German correspondents in the absence of anything more important to record—it is because the Prus sians, who are now in front, have discovered that Duppel is not a place to be carried in a canter, and are making preparations for a regularsiege. Duppel, it appears, is to be the Sebastopol of the campaign. Trenches are being opened, and the usual regular approaches will be made as for the siege of a fortress. The consequent delay is doubtless irksome to certain eager and confident gentlemen who reckoned on the whole of Schleswig being cleared by an irresistible rush of the allied forces; but to these best able to judge it appears inevitable. The Prussians are very youthful soldiers, the greater part of them mere beardless lads, and it would be hazardous to hurl them point-blank against the strong defences and heavy ordnance of the Duppel intrenchments. With veteran troops the thing might be possible, of course at the sacrifice of many lives ; but young soldiers, going for the first time under fire, are apt to be demoralised by the sight of their comrades falling thick about them, and it would not do to risk a repulse. So the pioneers and fatigue men are at work, and hard work it must be, especially now that frost has returned, rendering the ground almost impenetrable to pick and spade. At Hamburg there are five degrees of cold and fresh ice in the Elbe. Some heavy artiLery has gone up from Magdeburg, and more is said to be going, but some days are likely still to elapse before fire can be opened. Letters of the 17th from Rendsburg speak of the daily passage through that town of Prussian troops both by rail and marching; the special military trains quickly succeeding one another. Heavy guns were also expected. The number of Prussian troops now in Schleswig must be very large,and I am assured that there are 10,001) men either in Holstein or close to its frontiers. North of Flensburg, in the district of Sundewitt or its immediate neighbourhood, there must be at least 30,000 Prussians. It is believed that, simultaneously with the operations against Duppel, something will be undertaken in another quarter, and there is talk of an attack upon Frede ricia, which repulsed one made upon it by 16,000 Schleswig-Holsteiners in the last war. The island of Fanen might, perhaps, also be menaced, Of course, if the war be once carried beyond the limits of Schleswig, it entirely changes its character, but not until then, although I see by this morning's telegrams that the Paris journal La France enume rates the siege of Duppel among the causes which it considers to bring the Danish question into its " European phase." As it also includes among those-causes "the projects attributed to Austria and Prussia," we perhaps ought not to attach great im portance to an article which allows such weight to mere rumours. There is not, that lam aware, any present reason to believe that Austria has other pro jects than that of reducing to a personal union the connexion between Denmark and the Duchies. To M. von Bismark, it is true, other designs are im puted, but the imputation rests partly on conjecture and partly on expressions that have escaped him. He talks so much, and in so random a manner, that some people think he thereby conceals his real mind more effectually than he could do by the utmost re serve. It is, perhaps, on something he has said that the idea is founded that Schleswig-Holstein might possibly become a Prussian province under an here ditary viceroy or stadtholder—a dignity which might be offered to Prince Frederick of Augusten burg, were he likely to accept it. You may not be fully aware how greatly the idea of territorial acqui sition flattens the Prussian mind. All parties would combine to support a Government which took that for the main object of its policy. The Prussians feel that they are not only the smallest of the great Powers, but the one most exposed to aggression by reason of its scattered territory and comparatively defenceless frontiers. This makes them ambitions of increase. They desire both extension and greater compactness. The Duchies would be a most popular acquisition. But, however much Prussia may want or imagine that she wants them, the taking of them, or at least their retention, is very different matter. A Frederick the Great might do it, maintaining his prize, against all corners. But those days are gone. France and Austria would of course expect a corre sponding gain, and where is it to be afforded them ? The matter is hardly to be managed, at least for the present. M. von Bismark may be willing and daring enough to make the attempt, but great skill, power, and prestige would be necessary to carry out the enterprise. Mean while the very large force sent northward attracts attention, and especially the number of battalions in or close to Holstein excites mistrust and jealousy. It looks more and more as if the determination were to elbow the Federal troops out of that Duchy. If the allies go into Jutland, one reason assigned will be the embargo laid upon German ships by the Danish Government. The Hamburg commercial deputation has been officially informed that the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. de Quaade, had notified to Count %Yes dehien; the Prussian Secretary of Legation still at Copenhagen, that the Danish men-of. war had orders to capture all German ships. Denmark probably thinks that she cannot be harder bested with al! 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' '.le,','aifi aaraaasa , ;:a / / a .; a a ltaza-e_ac, - - _A-..y 1 ":;,.. , , .- - - , •-•` - aW., j v ~ i , .- 01- 4 1 -Te—Mtllrder-2""rterellettvg Aga R ic',( -4-----.=-4_,;'l, EXAMINATION OF THE' \ASIOU , t&U 7 ?,.tty TITRAPSTONE, 14,10:Nar. S This morning William Weekly Ball, aged 45, de scribed as a butcher, of Rams ey, Northamptonshire, was brought up in the custody of Inspector William son, at the Thrapton Police-court, on the charge of having murdered one Lydia Attiey, in 1850, new just 14 years ago. The magistrates upon the bench were General Arbuthnot (chairman), W. Stopford, Esq., the Hon. Mr. Vernon, and the Rev. H. Duihy. Mr. W. F. Gaches, of Peterborough, was present on behalf of the prisoner ; and Mr. H. P, Markam, of Northampton, prosecuted. A plan was produced showing the proximity of the prisoner's house at Ringstead to the spot where the skeleton was found, which is about a quarter or a mile, and can be approached mainly by a hack way across fields, it being necessary only to traverse the dullest part of the main rood for about 20 yards. The greatest excitement was manifested, and the court was densely crowded. . Among the witnesses examined were — Joseph Groom, who said—l am a labourer, re siding at Ringstead, and lived there in 1850. I re collect the night before Lydia Attley was missed. On that night I was smoking my pipe in a street in Ringstead. Idid not see a man and woman together, but I heard their voices, which I k n ew . A short time before I saw Lydia Attley. I cannot say that I knew the prisoner's voice so well, but I knew Lydia Attley's quite well. I know Ball's orchard. The place where I was standing was at the en trance to Ball's orchard, but there were two boards that prevented my seeing. I heard two people go into the orchard, and Lydia Attley said, " I was not going in there with you to-night." I heard her say afterwards, " I believe you mean killing me to-night, Weekly Ball." I also heard her say, " The Lord have mercy upon me if I am to die in the state lam in." I heard a voice ag, if it was getting weaker. It was a human voice. This was about a quarter to ten o'clock. I have never seen Lydia Attley since. By Mr. Gaches—l was cn that night at work till. nine o'clock. lam certain it was not ten o'clock.. I left my fellow-workmen at the gate at 9 o'clock.. I knew Lydia Attley very well. I had known her 18 years before she was missing. She used to call at my house at different times, and stay rn hour talking to me and my housekeeper, who is now my wife. I was talking with her on the night she was missing. I should think about 20 minutes before 10 o'clock. She had been in my house before that night. She was in the house while I was washing myself. When she left my door I went into my house, and I did not walk away with Lydia Attlee, because she told me she was going to see Weekly - Ball about some money, and if she did not have some there would be a row that night. She never applied to me for money on that night on my oath. I knew Lydia Attley'a voice because it was a re markable voice. Ball lived in the same village 28 I did. I might have conversed with Ball occasion ally, but the reason I could not recognise his voice was because he did not speak so loudly as she did. On this particular night Lydia Attley's voice had not made any particular impression on me. I was no more intimate with her than I ought to have been. When she went away from my door that night I did, not follow her more than ten yards. I then put my back against the wall, and went on smoking my pipe, and I remained in that position from five to ten.minutes, and then went back into the house. T stayed in the house about a quarter of an hour, and then went out again. I did not go three yards from the door that time, and was absent a few minutes, and then went in doors and went to bed. Lydia Attley lived in the London-road, and I went there a few minutes before nice o'clock to fetch a job, and I am sure I did not see Lydia Attley there. Ido not remember seeieg anybody on the road. Lydia Attley was in my house. By Mr. Markham—There was no pretence for saying that an improper intimacy existed betwatA me . e.nd the deceased. woman. By the Rev. Mr. Buthb . :, - -I did not think the noise serious, so 1 did not interfere. I thought it A was a row only. John Hill—l am a labourer, and when Lydia Attie3r was missed I lived at Ringstead. On that night I went to Mr. Beavis's orchard. There is a field belonging to Mr. Hill, and from that field there is a road leading iron the Black Horse across the field to the back lane. While against the hcclgo I heard some one coming up the narrow close. It was Weekly Ball. This was a contrary road for him to go home, as it would lead to Thmford. Amer he went into the back lane he turned himself round, and I saw it was Weekly Ball. It was a beautiful moonlight night. I know it was Weekly Bhll, as I have known him for more than thirty years. I then got over the hedge into the slipe, and then over a wall into Cherry Orchard, and when I got a few yards I saw Lydia Attley and Weakly Ball in the lane together. They went down the lane which leads to the back gate of Weekly Ball's orchard. I heard Lydia Attley say, "I won't," and when they got further I heard her say, "I won't ; it's yours, and nobody else's." Then I went on till I got to the edge of the style; then I skulked down under the hedge, because I was so close to them. They had not then got to Ball's orchard, but they went down the turning leading to Ball's orchard, and I heard her say, " I won't go in there, Week, to night." She called out two or three times, and she retreated a little, and Ball went up to her, looking to me as if he caught hold of her ; but I cannot swear to that. They went towards the:gate leading into Ball's orchard, and I heard the latch go. They then disappeared, I then went home. By Mr. Gaohes—l left Ringstead five years ago: I had no particular reason for leaving, only I had a week's notice from my landlord. I did not receive a notice to leave because I kept a brothel. Two young women came to visit. I was never required. to appear before the magistrate, but I told what I knew to the police, and they wrote it down. The superintendent came to me two or three years ago, and took down ray statement. It was Superinten, dent Williamson. I have made two statements. It was nearly a fortnight after Lydia Attley was missed before the police came to inquire about what I had. seen. They came several times before I told them anything. Richard Warren—l am a labo urer , and have lived at Ringstead 47 years, I re co ll ect the Ringstead t t e tohwlweakasernnadocsw the hey very enclosure. field wereeßingsteads cthaet enclosed. si dbh side. horse sr fillheteealddwdgisane open Mr.. uye ryreso. tu r o o gNn a heo d : bad road. I was in the employ of Mr Peeche this month, and on Wednesday, th e •t 3d was dig ging out a ditch in the Keystone -lane, on the Ring stead side. The hedge and ditch had been made after the enclosure. I kept on digging till five o'clock, when I dug up a skull about five feet from the stump of the quick. I examined the'skull and laid it on the bank. I then continued digging the ditch till near six o'clock, when Thomas Barnham came down, and I showed it to him and went home. I told my wife, and the next morning I told my master, and said, " I think I have found Lydia Attley." After dinner we went up to dig for the remainder of the skeleton, and went on working till we laid it quite bare. The skeleton was lying with its head towards the hedge and the feet straight towards the road, the face downwards. After doing this I sent for Inspector Williamson. In first taking out the skull I broke it into three parts. Inspector Williamson came up directly, and Mr. Leete, the surgeon, also . came. He examined the bones. They were then taken out and taken to the Rev. Mr. Sandiland'a house. We found nothing whatever in the shape of clothing. The road was a sloughy place. Carts sometimes went that way, but frequently could not pass at all. Henry Dix--I am a labourer. I have lived in Lydia Attley Ringstead all my life, find recollec t being lost. She of,cn came to my house. 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