The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-06 00:00:00

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I ‘, '''''' 'y ' 'D. s' • -.`"Stli:':" e S ri, ' 16.614 ' , • 4. eces isvh 1 the cals'' y be , noW PEAR DOCTOR, what do you advise P I advise Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwards to '111•, C ovent -garden, hear some charming singing, order one of their capital chops and magnificent potatoes, and that a the beat advice I can give you. T 11 MARLBOROUGH CLUB COMPANY (Limitedl, NOTICE ITIEREBY GIVEN that Club be o Penecl for the reception o 4 its Members on this FRIDAY, wiII the 12th clay ofd ugust. ' S. 0. RATTENBURY, lion. Secretary. Registered Office of the Company, John-street, Bedford -I.°Wt WC. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1864. N°. 22,502. PRICE ..4d. STAMPED:....Sd. PENINSULAR, WEST INDIAN, and Capital S OUTHERN BANK (Limit e d). ) 42 ,000,000, in 20,000 shares of £lOO each, with °Po power to incr ease . 10,000 shares (.£1,000,000) are a l rea d y su b scr ib ed. £2 it on application, ;on allotm e nt, £1 p er s h are ; 1 8- to be at expiration o pa f id at expiration of one month, a nd £2lo u . .... two months. No further instalment or call at intervals less than three months. DIRECTORS. W. Austin, Esq. Director of Metropolitan Railw a y, ondon. G. 33 aYvet, Censeur of the Bank of F rance , P ar i s . Geo. B roc klebank, Esq., Director of General Steam Navi sation. Com any Lonon. C. Bureaup,Directeur d S, , ciete Generale d'Entreprises „..Industrielles d'ltalie, Florence. H. Bod e, EN , Oldham, Lancashire. I wa s B anc k s, Esq., Broxbourne, Huts, Chairman of the afar and Callington Railway. Lo o • Fenzi ' Banker, Flor ence . nd on " Right Hon Viscount Ingestre, M.P., E a t on - p l ace, Sir ja Excellency S. Louis Guilheu, Banker, Madrid, W. Gore Ouseley, K.C.B.,late MM.tn Minister Pleni „,potentiary, So u th America Prov.) Stafford Edwinshire Pearß an so n,k. F.R.B , Director Lo n d on an d S out h ~ Rougernent de Lowenberg, Banker, Paris and Berne. (With power to add to their number.) SOLICITORS. 4" on—Messrs G. S and H. Brandon, 15, Essex-street, Strand C • • • .err‘ ool _, r Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell. BANKERS. Bank of London, Threadneedle-street, E.C. —vudo, Birmingham and South Staffordshire Bank, 110, Cheapside. Zotd BROKERS. O n - -Messrs. R o bi ns and Barber, Threadneedle-street. Bg:lool—Messrs. Theaketone and Hargreaves. aac hester.—F. A Fynney, Esq., Queen's Chambers. AUDITORS. Messrs. Johnston e Cooper Wintle, and Co. pr,'SCRICTARY (pro Johnstone, St, Hele-13. P. Young, Esq. 4eraporary Offices-34, n's, B.C. NEW NOVEL EY THE AUTHOR OF " COUSIN GEOFFREY.' Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 0 UILTY ; OR, NOT GUILTY . By the Author of "Cousin Geoffrey," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street NOTICE OF REMOVAL. ATLA,s WORKS. HENRY CLAYTON and CO., Engineers anl Iron Founders, on and after 11iONDAY, the Bth August, will transfer the manufacture of their Patent Brick and Tile Machines, Contractor's and constructwe machinery generally, Upper Park-plac • , Dorset- square. to theirfrom s t p h ae eir io o u ld s N w e o w rk . ! A a r t r LAS,, Engineering Works, Foundry, and Offices, in the - WOODF IEL D-ROAD, HARRO W ROA falling of the floors and the descent of two immense fire proof safes, each of the latter weighing several hundred weights. In these safes were deposited in one the plate and in the other the jewels of the family. They both fell into the midst of the great body of flames, but whether any of the valuable articles in either of the two have been saved is at present unknown, for both the chests were red hot, and the firemen, owing to the great body of fire that is likely to last for several hours, will not be able to remove and open them until late to. day. As to the origin of the fire nothing is positively known. Owing to the ab sence of the gallant colonel it was impossible to tell:whether the property was insured or not, but none of the pictures had ever been insured. Mr Charles White, of the County Fire Office, and Mr Hodsell were early in attendance, and gave some valuable instructions to the firemen. sent for, said he had not seen the waybill of any horses, and Poulson, the guard, did not give him any bill. He did not thiak there was any. Mr Bliz%rd said some person con nected with the company would fetch the horses away. Mr Darby was called and said —lf Marshall the guard has stated that he left the train by my orders, it is false, and it is not the first time he has left the train without leave. I saw the guard in the train. I saw there was a horse-box labelled Margate. I did not report Marshall when he absented Yrn• self once last summer at Ramsgate. It was his duty last Monday to go on to Margate. It is my duty to see all the guards are on the train, but in this case I took the nian's word. In the instructions the words are, " All guards of through trains to work through to Margate." This book is called the service book. Henry Marshall was recalled. and his evidence being read over to him, he persisted in saying that Mr Darby gave him permission w go back to Ashford, but he would not be able to go home to his own house any sooner on that account, It was false if Mr Darby said he did not give him Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 219., LIFE IN JAVA, With Sketches of the Javanese. By WILLIAM BARRINGTON D'AL➢iEIDA. if. C.' and Co. : invite the attention of Brick Manufacturers to their recently patented 'Pneumatic" drying process. Catalogues free by post on application. lERCAN PILE CREDIT ON, Limited. , in 100,000 shares of £5O each. , £50.),000. DIRECTORS. N, Esq., Chairman. Charles Nelson, Esq, G. G. Macpherson, Esq. Sir J. IL I'elly, Bart. W. Scholefield, Esq„ MX. Str S. 0. Scott, hart. H. D. Seymour, Esq., ALI% Joseph Thornton, Esq. F. G. Westfnorland, s Alfred Wilson, Esq. Zarifi, Esq. T HE IMPERIAL N ASSOCIATII Capital subscribed, £5,000,1 00, Paid up, I3OARD OF JOHN CHAPMA Xenophon Balli, Esq. E. J. Coleman, r:sq. Mr. Alderman Dakin. • James Dickson, Esq. P. D. Hadow, Esq. J. 0. Hanson, Esq. W. El. Hartord, Esq. G. F. Holroyd, Esq. J. G. Homere, Esq. Capt. J. Gilbert Johnston. BANKERS. The Bank of England. The Agra and Masterman's Bank, Limited. The Bank of London. The Union Bank of London. Sir W. Miles, Bart., and Co., Bristol. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co., and Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and CO. MANAGERS. "A most excellent narrative. V The manners and customs of the natives and the Dutch residents, and the princli al features of the country, are very vividly depleted, and the work is lull of amusing anecdotes—as informing, as they are delig,httuL"— Star. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. goo PERSONS SEEKING LANDED _IL EL ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEAS E /TOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER PIES GEN ERALL Y To BE HAD GRATIS, at toe principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, Londo n , M essrs. E. and IL Lumley ' s of landed and house p ro perties n ow i n the mar k e t , f rom t " h i e n n E o E bl i e ' m lw an PE 's ß m TY an t s ;'E lo GsE mansion, with containing a varied selection its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. Now ready all at the Libraries, in 3 vols., Air A. T T I E. A STRAY. By the Author of "No Church," "Owen : A Waif," Ate. " A healthier novel we have not seen for many a season. To have depicted such a character as Mettle Gray, and to have depicted it successfully, is no slight achievement, either ethical or testhetical."—Saturday Review. Hurst and Blacke t, 13, Great Marlborough-street. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, 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 chara_ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. LATEST PARTICVLARS. This fire was attended with a far greater loss of property than was at first anticipated, and as late as nine o'clock p.m. the firemen were still engaged in pouring water upon the still smoking ruins; the fire having lasted up to that time—thirty-three hours—it is now considered ex• ceedingly questionable whether any of the plate or jewels contained in what are termed fire-proof safes have escaped. Owing, however, to the dangerous state of the walls, Mr. Swanton, the chief officer of the C district of the brigade, and also Mr Hamlyn, the head officer in charge, very properly refused to permit the men to risk their lives in endeavouring to get the safes out of the ruins until the fire is entirely extinguished, and the walls either pulled down or properly propped up. Amongst other property belonging to the colonel was an extensive armoury, containing presentations of arms of nearly every description of bore. These were highly prized, and the lady of the colonel wishes that every portion of each firearm recovered, no matter how small, may be taken great care of ; and it is hardly necessary to state that every care is taken of everything found in the smouldering ruins. It is to be regretted that a number of gold presentation medals, awarded on various occasions to the gallant colonel, and which were placed under glass shades for protection, in the drawing-room, have all been buried in the heated ruins. Out of the valuable collection of pictures not one has been saved, and their value being great, and the pre mium for insuring them being heavy, no insurance was effected upon them. The whole of the costly furniture, even to a chair, has been reduced to ashes, and when the surveyors from the fire offices visited the place, they at once stated that the loss was what is termed a " total one." Unfortunately the amount of insurance will not cover one-teeth part of the loss. leave. Mr J. P. Knight, traffic superintendent on the South Eastern Railway Company's line, deposed—We have a number of extra guards, who are called " spare or occa sional guards." They are attached to all the principal ter minus and junction stations, and it is their especial duty to work with the several trains according to the requirements of the traffic—that is, if the number of carriages require an extra guard one of them is sent with the train. There are no appointed trains to work back ty, but the guard is to report himself at the end of the journey, and work back either as a passenger, or with a train if he is required. Henry Marshall is one of the extra guards at the Ashford station. Now Ready, in Crown Svo., F OOTPRINTS ON THE ROAD, By CHARLES KENT. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, Chancery-lane, London. 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CLEktGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled - HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE illustrated by4lo tidtro-able engravings of every description'of Furniture and Beasteads, with prices attached. A. copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly wor k also con t a i ns complete estimates for furnishing on the f o ll ow i ng rev i se d tale ' are now ready at all Libraries, in Two Vols., post Bvo. "Abounding in anecdote, and full of illustrations of past times, ft is sure of reaching . a second edition."—Athenaeum. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. fl ies. hey iles^ NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS. In Monthly Parts, unitorm with the Original Edi ions of "Pickwick," "David Copperfield," Icc. Now ready, Part IV., price is., of OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, By CHARLES DICKENS. To be completed in Twenty Monthly Parts. With Illustrations by MARCUS STONE. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. By a Juror—Marshall had not fully completed his journey, as he did not go on to Ramsgate, but got out at St. Lawrence. If Inspector Darby had given him permis sion there would have been nothing wrong or irregular, and the company would not have complained of his returning early in that case. It was Inspector Darby's duty to find another guard to go on, which is commonly done. l'he Ashford guard would not finish his day's work any sooner in consequence of returning when he did. There was no evasion of his duty by returning early, for he might have had occasion to make another trip the same day. I think Inspector Darby was misled inadvertently, for we have had no complaints against him, I am frequently at Margate and Ramsgate in the summer, and from the daily reports of the working of the trains I find the trains have sufficient break power if a proper number of breaksmen be employed, On the re-assembling of the jury at two o'clock this after noon the Coroner read the whole of the evidence taken during the inquiry, commenting at considerable length on the most important portions. PROSPECTUS. Th e . Principle of limited liability in banking has been kost a s t 8 uccesefully employed in the establishment of Banks. f vaned'Mowing table of some of the Companies recently shows T HE NATAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the "Companies' Act, 1862." Capital £500,000, in 10,000 shares of £su each. First issue, 5,000 shares, Of which upwards of one-half are already subscribed for. Deposit £1 per share on application, and £1 on allotment. Subsequent calls not to exceed 5.5 per share, and at intervals of not less than three months. It is not proposed to call up more than £lO per share. DIRECTORS. W. J. Adams, Esq. (Messrs. W. J. and A. W. Mama, 'sate C. W. Adams), St. Benet's-place, Gracechurch-street. Geo. Lathom Browne, Esq., Director Cape Town Dock and RaLway Company, Gresham House, Old Broad-street. J. Eli; Esq., Director London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate Bank, 7, Bishop.gate-street Within. Lieut.-Colonel G. H. Money, Director Credit Fonder of Mauritius, 9, Berkeley-street, Berkeley-square. Sir W. Smith, Bart., Carlton Club, and Eardiston, Worcester shire. E. Snell, Esq. (Messrs. E. Snell and Co.), D'Urban, Natal. H. Spicer, Esq., Director of the London Bank of Scotland, Lombard-afreet. H. W. Spratt, Esq., W9lbrook-buildings, Walbrook. F. Symons, Esq. (Messrs. F. Symons and Co.), 64, Lower Thames-street. J. R. Thomson, jun., Esq. (Messrs. J. R. Thomson and Co.), St. Peter's-chambers, Cornhill. D. IVilsoo, Esq. 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The jury then retired to deliberate, and they eventually returned the following verdict—" The jury find that Susannah Lock met with an accident which caused her death on the Ist August, 1864, at the South Eastern Rail way terminus, Margate, by the collision of a mail train due at Margate at 1 35 p.m., but which did not arrive till 35 minutes late, with a stationary up-train waiting to be de spatched, and the jury are of opinion that neglect of duty by the guard, Henry Marshall, of Ashford, and the inspec tor, William Darby, of Ramsgate, was the primary cause of the collision and consequent death of Mrs Lock. And the jury are further of opinion that the present arrangements at the Margate Station of the South Eastern Railway are insufficient for the accommodation of -the traffic, and that the railway company ought to take an early opportunity to make such alterations as will prevent similar accidents for the future." 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THE VINTAGE ALTIANACK, with price list and medical and clerical testimonials, sent post free. See 300 opinions of the press. N. W. lIODGES, Secretary. 14, Bloomsbury-street RANKERS. London—The Agra and M‘sterman's Bank, Limited, Nicholas-lane,Lombard-street. Natal—London and South African Bank. The mansion had some interesting reminiscences connected with it. It was formerly the residence of the Marquis of Londonderry, from whom the colonel took the place for seven years, ar d his lease would have expired in four years, he having held possession for the last three years. The conserva tories contained a great many orange trees and exotic plants of great value, and the ground facing the river and extending over about ten acres towards the Bishop of London's Palace was studded with walnut-treed, evergreens, geraniums, and every description of choice plants. Unfortunately stately trees well laden with fruit, and the exotic plants and the splendid grapery have all the fruit de. stroyed by the heat of the conflagration. FINANCIAL AGENTS. The Credit Mobilier, Limited, 80, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane. Messrs. Phillips and Son, Abchurch-lane. BROKERS. Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, Throg morton-street. Messrs. Spencer and Norton, 22, Throgmorton-street. This Day, never before Published, price Is., complete, THE WOMAN OF MYSTERY, Also, uniform with the above, price Is. each, MAKE YOUR GAME. SHIP CHANDLER. ACCEPT ED ADDRESSES. COMIC GRAMMAR. CAPTAIN SLY BOOTS.'. LADY LORME. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. The Coroner said the finding of the jury was equivalent to a verdict of manslaughter against Henry Marshall and William Darby. AUDITORS. James Maurice, Esq , 24, Old Jewry. George 11. I'ering, Esq., 26, Sussex-square, Hyde-park. Now ready, PRIZE POEMS receiving the 100 Guineas offered in the advertisements, "HO I FOR A SHAK SPEARE," and awarded by Messrs. Web ,ter, J. Stirling Coyne, Andrew Halliday, George Rose, and Thomas S. Stuart. Illustrated with Lithograph Portraits of Queen Elizabeth and the Queen of Beauty. Can be had GRATIS at all the best drapers in the kingdom, or forwarded, on re ceipt of stamped address to DAY and SoNs, Lithographers to the Queen, Pubilshus, Lincolp's-inn-fields. London. SECRETARY. C. Grabham, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 18, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street. FURNISHED HOUSE S.—Mr. ANDW. HIND has to LET a D e t ached HOUSE a t Epsom, containing 4 sitting and 5 bed rooms, with usual of f ices, large garden and paddock. Rent 5 guineas per week. Also the fob owing : Red Hill (furnished), £220 per annum ; Croydon, 2 guineas per week; Kentish To wn. 2 , guineas, with use of piano, Offices, corner of Little C arter -lane, St. Paul ' s. i The Recent Peace Comedy at Niagara Falls. Amount Present Profit ' , L. ki n a ti z o l lit e lat e d paid. value. per cent, .. £ 25 .. £7O .. 180 4 .. 12 .. 200 East Lure London 5 .. 8} .. 70 —larep os 10 .. 15 .. 50 Lltaperialli 20 .. 41 .. 105 o ud ............ -,- on and Brazilian 4O .. 62 .. 55 ....14,44oeareclaountial:d South American 7 .„ 11 .. 57 alerch em 12 .. 24- .. 100 10 .. 20 .. 100 an d he ot ,l he trade between this country and the Northern States 'tided arts of South America has been most successfully ptp .„,.. for ; one peat want, however, has yet to . be supplted a2aere remain the trade or the West Indies still requiring a - Z 4 rua oda tion, and the enormous trade of the Southern i.es totally Tb without provision. high e reduction in the duties on Sugar, and its present avtPrice. and the stimulus to be given to the growth of i° 4 , raust tend to increase the trade of the West Indies, ,titte necessitate increased Banking facilities. b tlBi 2s true that the war has deranged and cramped the f such 8 a operations of the Southern States, but a trade of end enormous extent could not possibly be suppiessed ; 4. accordingly, the commercial statistics of the West 4 ), 'lan Islands, which lie contiguous to the American coast, 1 1 - 11 (4 '? that a peat portion of the trade of the Southern States : been transferred to them. Ber t, is a fact that Havannah, St. Thomas, Nassau, a, and other ports, are now transacting the most ex "ceeive business ; their harbours are crowded with shipping, (1 114 d vet they are without any increased business ace annle ;atice, and in some cases do not possess any banking loAeilities at all. For instance, Nassau and Bermuda Asess but one Bank, the operations of which are „Tery limited ; whilst the paucity of banking accommoda ;,cti at Havannah and St. Thomas is well known ; and yet ~"4 41 imports and exports of these ports to and from the U nited Kingdom amount - annually to about eight millions R olling. (i.The Peninsular, West Indian, and Southern Bank L'iraited) is formed chiefly for the purpose of supplying '''•"B eficiency ot banking accommodation. Thiess proposed to commence business immediately at St. It r cas Bermuda Nassau, and Liverpool, in which places si.:!rY large and Profitable business may be effected. In oteatt alone great amounts in Bills are sold in the market ti pre miums as remittances to this country. As compai . n . .. to l 7/ to provision is made for this the Bank could not fail Teitlise a great profit in Exchanges alone. tear "..° e° flanlercial importance of the Isthmus of Panama . _ o to lim 'rad e ~, with Australia, New Zealand, California, &., South -me development to be given to the Northern States of ia the An..erica, have suggested the propriety of providing e ' 4rti eles of Association fr power to open branches or eb oil ?,,lee at Panama Granada, Venezuela, Guayana, &c., such ' D' rectors desirable. N . appear to the 'rectors the moat i)owe.gt‘iations are now pending through which ln°B \Vi ta ' e aPport is anticipated in the above places, Itar, • t b. , w er may be the duration of the present American t4 te Iv ' c , — „,"_,Bt sooner or later end, when immediate advan efetabii I'm be taken of peace to extend the Bank, with its Vith the machinery , into the Southern States, where, Burron-„e,„contiection alr ' eady formed by its operations in the the 13;`,„',cg 'stands it is fair to presume it would become tiae sZtot the South;' and when it is remembered l that ltayser,"4,era States of Amerioa, in one article export a on a e, tioo oFlt,reoYrnent to one-third of the manufacturing popul ts bt a 13:', h gland, it is impossible to overstate the prospects O 4;1 1 ' cc temencing business there with the advaatagea ua e - a ) capital and an already formed connection. ,_itast: t he Princi al ob'ects of the Bank thus beipg the 0wt,,,--eatablishment of j ßranches in the large cities and cation °L the Southern States , to provide banking accommo the to for the , ern,: -- - 0 immense trade with Europe certain to follow Arti oi --illation of the war, powers are included in the . e ach 073,°,,f Association for the establishment of Agencies in leettion,'°.capitals of Europe as may have close business 'cell con ch * R h America • and arrangements have already lehiellheled with influential continental sopieties, by m ills. - g, e hank secures the co .operation of eminent cai -els. France , Italy, and the Mediterranean o Penin of 44 c Peratio ns o f . the Bank will be limited by the Articles *ill e:ciii!trita to a legitimate Financial Business only, and or ~eiiineiet of the negotiation of bills of exch . aige—bun o g n ti ..,elDosi t gPt different parts of Europe--receiving money . a ritnoi,, counting commercial bills, collecting . 1311 s ' e carit• - g ° ll such bills or produce, and on other . availa i ble tha n I", arid all h ' d• ary banking, financial, or ex ,,h.ge b ust __ ot er OT LII d f ."8 Dirgeulali. a?! farelp,toris retain the right of reserving 5,000 . sharps ab le' "''' °r continental issue, should they deem it destr ,, Early 'lon eiVp3Plication for shares is requested, as a great por s4Ther eft4,,have been already subscribed . Should a less ' eNlii t ih °-- o B " t ea be allotted than applied for the balance of meat dl - Ile Y Ibe applied in part payment of the instal ,Pr„ooe„°ll_Clotea nt 1-I°°,braiti4-;;"4„e8 and forms of applications for shares may be - 'hcs r - L ' the Bankers Brokers, and at the ! . .remporary Itt " t ) E:c tu . a C ompany, 34, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate- F D b . Tc °---. OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. the Di r Sto be ret a i ne d b y t h e B an k ers .) Gem, ce tera of th e P en i nsu l ar , West Indian, and -" M S outhern B an k (Li m ited). erl— Having paid to your bankers the sum of i ll tb , king a deposit of LI per Share on Shares ril e ° abov e C om l ess tha t pany, I hereby request that you will allot eee u number ; and I agree to accept the same or any . the nu mber on ,„ You may allot me, and to become a member of , l ':' ,•,:v 4 nY, and to pay to your bankers the further sum 4.qy 1a Share Share on allotment; and I authorise you to place allotted e on the Register of Shareholders for the Shares so th e ~ and to forward, by post, to my address as below, 'ertificate for any shares which may be allotted to me. _ Name in full Address Occupation Data Wiir PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that N I requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for l'i kt tY purposes. To be had of all shops in 'own or country. ktees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, L on d on, E.C. %%4 ESSRS. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., beg ~ respectfully to inform their patrons that in cons 41:rie Of the approaching termination of the season, and the 4 klitigetoents they nave made for the early receipt of their aulti n g novelties, they have determined to offer the Summe r le: l " their valuable stock at a very great diminution in N w ini , th t this intention, they have carefully revised the goods 1; 4 -:arlous departments specially to effect such a reduAion, --.otik,er them tor sae this day (July let) throughout the ei(Ni,.. 41141 during August. 411,7,• Rowell, James, and Co., respectfully solicit an -...peettort. 5, 7, 9, Regent-street, Pall Mall. tilliZ ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL p e I /to EXHIBITION, 1862. l - 0 hrjeCQueen d' a n e d O t h " e , Th e 4 ,_ (Established 1710.) W pr a i x nee Ch ot an vir dl a e l r e s s ,. Am, ,im, Le-‘4Btile act B 4rt"--n7hei s it elg e l rt len O oe n Chur chW ol x the an q d uality Adi e. o f Messrs. Candles, Tuckers lnl 8 6 2 : l i tick stl nguieh I v . er itna (..,,,. codaDtia 1 t 17, i t n o illetter addressed to Francis 4)( CAI\i'DLESSU with PLATTED I 4 says : WICKS, 1 ' 1 04.e fellnd them f ill qual to the recommendation . 111 ' 1 4 h °ll g a Ve the , i d y an e sincerely, in my turn,,l com t i ll N+ -er 't to the em, y n tor e the use of the altar." lehl'agliality, with Tatte d Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. b Vlc t a ). qUaiity .. i s. a per lb. iZt q ui l i : , A-BLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. I 3d. per lb. Itlil34'l r illalitv • • • • • • •• • • ••• le s .' 3d. per lb. ckprq,aliti ** • • - • • • .. ls. Id. per lb. .. e bald In London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. •', South „ I'itANCIS TUCKER AND CO., ' 'kOlton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufa c tory— Th, 1 li ensincrton Established 1730). eat Ilst bli I.in 's t(' England for the Manufacture of \Val Candles fo r use of the Altar Illt D,IXPORTA.NT INFORHATI , ON. i, ; ."" 13 EItTS' POOR MAN'S FRIEND i : o l t re .. l! ." o , s:7 Be n o d l. e b n ii t i i t y lune r d rec ommen d e d to the Fublic as an unfail- V 4 lbb.i `'Y tor Wo d t very description, burns, scalds, 1. 11,1j 1 , 4 riots. eruptions , sore and inflamed eyes, &e. , and 225. each : eitexl)ll-,-4'. Pistif.o 2 llli 4 ul,2E , * con fi rmed by sixty years' 'reu e # Uc e to be one of the best alterative medicines ever P-.pe rt .0 the public Th y torm a mild and superior I. aunty ierit p4t,,,t/lat inay . be taken at all times without confine -1, ° li,i cl ange of diet. Id in boxes, is. lid., 2s. Id., is. , 6d., b 'old 7,•1 28 . each • Zrldt,,,,woolesale.by the roprietors, Beach and Barnicott, "melth2 b y th, London h ouses and retail by all respectable ' 'enders in the United Kingdom and Colonwa. This Company is established for the purpose of assisting in the development of the resources of the colony of Natal and the British possessions adjacent, by affording a safe medium for the investment of capital in mortgage and other securi ties; the rapidly augmenting prosperity of the colony and the increasing value of land creating a constant demand for advances, which this Company pi °poses to supply. The business of the Company will comprise:- 1. The lending and investment in the colony, at colonial interest, of money obtained upon debentures or deposits in this country. 2. The acquisition, development, and re-sa'e of lands, as favourable opportunities offer, and affording assistance to owners or occupiers for substantial improvements. 3. The promotion of pubic works, and conducting financial operations generally. 4. The transaction of all kinds of agency business, and tll6 m nagement of estv es for absentees and others. It I, nut, ptupubett to cull up Trinrp than 410 Fel share; the profits of the Company will be mainly derived from the use of capital obtained in this country by the issue of debentu es. The rate of interest in the colony ranges from 10 to 12 per cent., leaving a large margin of profit on the capital em ployed, equivalent cf itself to a good dividend on the paid-up capital; independent of which, however, advances will be made on onditions which will secure other advantages to the Company. As a Trust Company there is a wide field for the Com pany's operations, and the following statement of the sell ing prices of Shares in existing Companies in Natal or the Cape of wood Hope will show the profitable natu, e of this business : Name of Company. Paid up. Selling prices. Board of Executors .. £2oo 0 0 .. £350 0 0 Association for Administering Estates General Estate, &c LO) 0 0 .. 252 0 0 Port Elizabeth Guardian and Trust Natal Assurance and Trust Company 5 0 0 .. 610 0 ---- - - - The Directors are satisfied that from the above sources a large return on the paid-up capital of the Company is to be derived, free from any e,ement of speculat on. The progress of the colony during the last ten years has been remarkable, and there 18 every reason to anticipate even a more rapid advancement in In ure. The following statistics will show how greatly the resources of the co ony have in creased during the period referred to : 1853. 1863. Area of Land in Cultivation 3,30 acres. 53,619 acres. Average value of Land in County of Pietermaritz burg 4s. to ss. per 30s. to 355. per acre. acre. Number of Homed Cattle and Sheep in Colony .... 188,330 head. 499,165 head. Total value of Exports.... £36,792 £165 Total value of Imports.... 95,838 465,909 Revenue ....... 28,618 112,(09 During the last two or three years large tracts of land have been ulanted with sugar, coffee, cotton, &c, and the success which has attended these plantations cannot fail to stimulate the growth of these products throughout the colony. The Articles and Memorandum of Association may be seen at the Offices of the G mpany. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained from the Secretary, Solicitors, or Brokers of the Company. NATAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Natal Investment Company (Limited). Gentlemen, Having paid to your Bankers the sum of , I hereby request you to al ot me Shares in the above named Company, and I agree to accept that number of Shares, or any less number that you may allot me, subject to the Articles ot Association ; and I hereby agree to become a Member of the Company, and a u th or i se you to enter my name upon the Register of Members of the Company in re spect of the Shares which may be so allotted to me. Name in full Address in full Profession or description Date ...1864 (A) Signature. T HE NATAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LIST of APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be CLOSED on TUESDAY, the 9th instant, at 4 o'clo^k, for London; and on WEDNESDAY, the 10th instant, for the Country. C. GRA IS, King's Ar ms - yar d , Moorgate-stre MIAM, Secretary.et, August 5, 1864. PHEASANT REARING for 1864. CHAMBERLIN'S AROMATIC SPANISH MEAL, ARKER RICE, PELLET, 1). S. MEAT GItEAVES, pre fared with CAYCAR EXCELSIOR, is th e most efficacious ood for rearing and feeding Game, preventing gapes, snarls, and death. BOOKS on Feeding* and the proper Management of Game, from hatching to maturity, with over 200 testimonials from the nobility and gamekeepers, with prices, posted free on re ceipt of two stamps, by Mr. James Chamberlin, Spanish Wine Merchant, opposite the Exchange, Norwich. CHAMBER LIN'S CANADIAN POULTRY MEAL for all the year round, 16s. per cwt., including bag. The use of this food keeps the chickens in perfect health; and the in crease of eggs, of the richest colour and flavour, is marvellous. Dog Greases 108. per cwt. Please state price when ordering. N.B.—Advices received daily of the efficacy of the Spanish Meal and Caycars. One gentleman writes, "All my young pheasants last season were sickly, and several died; those that were strong enough to eat your Spanish Meal recovered in two days, and became fine and beautiful birds." O L Dit ID GE's BALM of COLUMBIA stands unrivalled as a toilet requisite. It has been established 40 years, and is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the Hair, Whiskers or Sloustaches, and pre venting them turning gray or failing off —Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 6s and lis. by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Welling ton-street, Strand, W.C. ; and all chemists and perfumers. For Children's and Ladies' Hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. An Effectual and Speedy Remedy for B the (I AMER ON'S GOUT E Go C u l t F ith l e C ti: k) matiim, Sciatica, Lumbago, and Ne ura l g i a. This invaluable Medicine is so pre-eminently efficacious as to admit of no parallel. Instance; have been known, in which sufferers have been confined to their apartments, hand and foot, writhing under the most intense agony, whose sufferings, to the asto nishment of their friends, have been wholly removed in less than 24hours after taking the above medicine, and theme elves rendered able to resume their avocations. Indeed, the effect has been such, and brought about in so harmless and speedy a manner, that the proprietor, with the utmost confidence, challenges the medical world to produce a medicine equal to it. To the constitution it is harmless ; to the fluids of the human frame It adds an agreeable impetus ; to the system generally it is invigorating to a de g re e unparalleled ; and male or ternale may take it to equal advantage. A dose of the above medicine taken about once a month operates most effectually in preventing a return of the complaint. Price 18. lid., 2m. fld , and 4s. 6d. per bottle. Pr epared only by th e Pro prietor, R 'Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden OF L fa o s i London Wholesale e hya L r don; Butlerd c o al n ne ad a v g ce e rr st6ps3—e: Oxford - street; i r c c oh l r a ed y ays ts and edee t; Dart, 30, Sou thampton -street. Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, A sample bottle for marded free from the manufactory on r e _ ceiPt of 40 etamps. PARLIAMENTARY DESPATCH AND AGENCY OFFICE, No. 5, Upper Charles-etreet, Parliament-street. AN ANALYTICAL INDEX to the DIVISIONS of the present SESSION (1864) is in course of compila tion by Mr. GEo. M. MITCHELL, and will be ready for circu lation at the prorogation of Parliament. Th s work will show members and their constituents how each member voted, whether for or against public and private measures during the session; total number of times, with majorities for and against, &c. Subscription, One Guinea. . . Members can have their Divisions for the whole Farlia• ment in extmo upon application to the above office. forwarded free on r.'celpt of Lt stamps, AFEW OBSERVATIONS on GOUT and RHEUMATISM, by one who has never failed to cure the same whenever it has fallen in his way. A sample bottle of the medicine forwarded free to all parts on receipt of 40 stamps. Address R. Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street, Covent garden, London. LAST NIGHT BUT FoUIL MR. W. S. WOODIN'S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Cnaring-cross, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday). Stalls, and box stalls, 3;;.; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from eleven to five. R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new ANGLO EGYPTIAN ENTERTAINMENT, THE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial séance, by William Brougn, Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed; and THE SEA SIDE, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN, by Mr. John Parry. Every evening (except Sat , rday), at 8 ; Thursday and Saturday mornings, at 3.—ROYAL GALLERY of IL LUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, Is., 25,; stalls, 35.; stall (spring) chairs, 55., can be secured in ad vance at the Gallery without fee. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster -road, London. GRAND OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. PRINCE BLOSSOM; 0; THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS ! Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. Also, the New and successful Illusion, entitled THE TERCENTENARY; or, a NIGHT WITH. SHAKSPERE. Operatic Selections, Glees, Am, by the whole of the talented Artistes. Comedy by Mr. Arthur Lloyd, with his new song of "The Organ Grinder," a decided hit; Mr. W. Randall Miss Nelly Power, and those marvello us Gymnasts, esirs. TALLIOTT and BURNELLI (from the Principal Cirque, Madrid). Open every Evening. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 108. 6d. THE OXFORD , 6, OXFORD STREET, W. During this week will be performed, Selections from the following Operas. viz., THE TRO VATORE ; k'AUST, by C. H. Guonod ; UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, and LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, by Verdi ; and THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, by Sir H. Bishop. Principal Artistes : —Misses Russell. Tyrrell, 1 4 almsley, Fitz-Henry. and Barrie; Messrs. Marini, Hush, Green, Marcello, and Albert. Director. Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy by Mr. T. Maclagan, W. Randall, Mdlle. Cava`ho, Bliss Nelly rower, and UNSWORTH and EUGENE, This Evening. Admission—Area, 6d. ; Stalls and Baloony, is, ANTHROPOGLOSSOS.—ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly.—Great Success!—Extraordinary Excitement. - The AN THROPOGLOSSOS, Automaton Vocalist, Wonder of the World. [Registered according to Acts 1843 and 1850, 6 and 7 Vie., c, 65, 13 and 14 Vic, c. IC4, and copyright secured and entered at Stationer's Hall.] OPEN DAIL Y, from 12 till 10 o'clock. The Exhibitions take place at the commer cement of each hour, viz., 12, 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7.8, and 9 o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. Tickets at Mr. Austin's office, St. James's Hull, 2S, Picca dilly, W. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A fall length portrait model of DR. COUTY D;4l LA POMMERAIS, the Poisoner, taken from the original photograph, by Mons. Trinquart. of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, ls. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. TE ET H. IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTlSTRY.—Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the production of ARTIFICIAL Tl' ETIj upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by consulting Mr. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury. whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so perfectly efficient. BEDROOM CANDLES. "PRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop T.Yrease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles, sold in boxes lc and 3s. mil, 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 36 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 Atoka to fit thin candles, Is. and 2s. 6d. each reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each, TOIL hIT SOAPS. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. S HERWOODOLE ; "Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. caosuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bOt " Pric: o B Patent," from 6d. tles, Gd, and i s. each. I upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold en the state ment that it is "equal to Prices," Retail throng, Wholesale by rz}u s Patent Low' ,11 any Grocer. Caudle Ceinpany:(Lllllit,4). :012. BUSINESSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE—Cornchandlers', from £5O to £l,OOO ; Green grocers', £5O to £3 0 ; Coachbuilders', £5O to £7OO ; Confec tioners', Chemists', Milliners', Stationers', from £l5 to £400: Grocers', from £5O to £2,000 ; Cheesemongers', £lO to £350; Drapers', £2OO to £5,000 ; Bakers', £75 to £4OO ; Coffeehouses, £5O to £1,200; Dairies, &c., £6O to £000; Oyster-rooms, Restaurants. &c., £6 i o £16.00 ; Laundries, £5O to £2OJ ; Oil, Cigar, Fish, ham, and Toy Shop £5 to £300; anct numerous other in every trade. Commercial and General Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. The July List, containing 503, gratis. fLOTIIES-WIUNGERS Find STARCHERS, 12s. 6d., with solid India rubber rol ers. Other sizes at 205., 305., and 40s. WASIIING MACHINES, LOs. and 60s. ; Mang es, 305., 405., 50s. Carriage paid.—City Depot, Bi, Bishopsgate-street Within, London. Works, Bromley, E. IRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, nd Dining-room, consisting of anew and eiegant assort ment 31 VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, &tabu, er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand. W.C. Second Edition, Corrected and Revised, post free 7d., in cloth 13d., 11111 E TEETH: a Practical Treatise, with the best means of restoring them when defective or lost. B y A. ESKELL, Esq Surgeon -Dentist, 8. Grosvenor-street, Gr osvenor-square. " It really contains all th a t i s necessary relative to the good keeping he mou h and teeth, and deserves the serious consideration of all who adequately regard the i r h ealth, comfort, and appearance . "—The Sun, May 4, iBBl. "We can commend this little brochure on a subject upon which everybody takes an inte rest." —Medical Circular, June 5, 1861. ‘, W e can recommend its perusal to those who wish to pre serve their teeth, and to those who know the value of them." —Daily News, June 20, 1861 . London : Clements, Little Pulteney-street. IA most useful invention of the a LE. —Th e greatest and Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and op . 3, King-court, Lombard- AT OTHING IMPOSSIB -aY,AGuA AMARELL A. marvellous fluiii. which gradually Il!,ennaesileial to the system, and he:Pristine hue—no matter at kajesty, respectfully offer what age.none of the properties of dyes ; it, on iessrs. John Gosnell and Co. have rt s oet Lombard street, e tt e ho r t e , e London. u o t b n h l d eTi c e i thh n hte , uhe r mi sw e a nrntf Aquarn iur M AI alay O rmi yr r a S : trol l s : i t 8 when the hair is once restored one a pplication per month will keep it in perfect coiour. ti Price on e guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. Tes m on i„i 4 l f , 8 'rout an bates of the highest order, and from Individuals o undoubted respectability, may b b e e e s n ee a n pp o o n in a t P e d Pi r ica e r t gra ll 'crs to her R —0)741 Highness the Princess of Wales. M 7 Murdo's. The Fire at Colonel The following are t h e particulars o f th e l amen t. yabesletereda a ta y strophe, announced in our impress i on of W of the palatial man sion belonging M'Murdo, th e inspector. General of eregret to t recordo Col. the destructi on Volunteers, appointed by th e Go vernment, E very passen ger by the steamboats must have witness e d i n pass i ng up the river Thames an antiq uat ed large b u ildi ng , w ith a . thatched roof and immense g ar dens and green h ouses sur rounding it. It was in this building that th e di saster com menced. It should be stated that the mansion contained from 18 to 20 rooms, some of them of groat size, the prin cipal reception rooms being nearly 40 f eet long, and was greatest military most gorgeously furnished, and t h e walls hung The e ur rich with pictures of some tapestry and Portion of the building o s t o h m in e g o n f o t w he. rene were worth some thousand pounds Sterlin g , wh i lst the articlesheroe s, 0 f a and r t o u t other a t subjects. edoroed of this can be seen, drawing rooms and other apartments were fitted up in the same costlyof thewalls, o a n f a d n y of por tiontheex- ceps can be detected lying here and there umongst the still smoking debris. b u manner; iding e x b c u e t ee l t l t- twe lve richly carved furniture scarcely a vestig e At the time of the onthrea, o ' clock at noofi, there were at work two gardeners in the grounds, and two females in the mansion, the colonel and his lady being from home at the thee. All of a sudden one of the gardeners perceived MAO tieing from the thatched roof nearest the riVer side, which was imme diately afterwards followed by a large sheet of flame bursting through it into the air. An alarm was im mediately given, and the servants and , the gardeners made an attempt t o remo ve the vaitteto Pictures and some of the furniture, but owing to the dry state of the thatch the fire spread completely over the whole of the roof, and burning particles falling upon the floor before the latter became ignited, and the fire dropped into the lower floor SO rapidly that every room became fired in a space of time so brief that, comparatively speaking, scarcely any article of value could be carried out before the lives of those en gaged in their praiseworthy efforts became jeopardised, and they in consequence were obliged to leave ev er ythi ng to its fate, Time parish engines quickly arrived, fol lowed by the Brigade engines from town, under the direction of Mr Engineer Ilamlyn. The engines were taken to the banks of the Thames and set to work, but it at once beca me apparent that the mansion and its treasures were doomed to destruction, and the firemen therefore exerted themselves in endeavouring, if possible, to save the vinery, greenhouses, and conservatories, and to some extent they were successful. The damage done to the choice exotics and other scarce plants, it is feared, will prove fatal, for the heat in which place was like a burning furnace. Meanwhile the flames continued to me unt high above the tops of the opposite houses, an d all of • a sudden a loud and fearful crash was heard which e upon i nquiry Was found to have been calked ty the The Fatal Railway Accident at Margate, MARGATE, Friday Evening. After four days' tedious investigation the inquest on the body of Mrs Lock, killed in the railway collision hero on Monday, has been brought to a close. Several witnesses were examined last night after the despatch of our parcel, and as their evidence had an important bearing on the cause of the collision, we give it in extenso. Cteorge Cook, engine-driver to flit., mail train on 151.1e4. 7 ., deposed that he started the train from Ramsgate by signal from the guard, from whom he always took the signals. He had a stoker with him, and the train consisted of S car riages, 3 break -vans,and a horse- box. There was one guard, but he did not know his name. He did not see any other guard, nor did he ask for one—but he thought there were two. There ought to have been two guards, and he did not know to the contrary until the train got to Margate. Had he known there was only one he should not have left Rams gate. He did not see Marshall at all. They proceeded as fast as they could till they got to the top of the bank, and when they got over that he shut the steam off. When they got to the gate-house he told his mate to apply the:break. He did so, and the wheels were all " skidding" when they got near Tivoli-gardens. He found they were going rather too fast, and accordingly reversed the engine and put the steam on again. His mate went along the framing of the engine to the break-van, and put the break on there. He tried all he could to stop the train, which ran right into the station. By a Juror—l did not see the guard during the journey to Margate. We were 12 minutes doing it on Monday, and the usual time is 10 minutes. I know Marshall, who has usually come down in the train, but gone back again. By the Coroner—We had not break power enough to stop the train. I have been an engine-driver about 12 months, off and on. I have been 16 years in the company's service as fireman and driver, and I have been engine -driver this last time about three weeks; but previously I was an occasional engine. driver for eight or nine months with goods trains, By Mr Towne—As fireman I have been quite accustomed to use the break, and know when to shut the steam off and apply the break. By the Coroner—As I came along to the station I saw a green flag exhibited, but I did not afterwards sea a red flag I could not see who held the flag. Had I seen a red flag I should have stopped if I could. The red flag is the signal to stop. The signal post was at Caution. I heard no whistling at the station. To reverse the engine does harm to the ma chinery. We have not usually more than four carriages to the Margate train. The train was larger than usual on Monday, and was too heavy for the engine. The guard ought to have seen that he had sufficient break power for the car riages, as he does not know the power of the engine. Mr Henderson ordered me to take that engine, which in my opinion was sufficient to bring the train from Ramsgate, but we had not sufficient break power. I had had two guards until that morning from Ramsgate to Margate. It is Mr. Darby's duty to put on the proper number of guards for the carriages. Mr Darby was on the platform, but I did not speak to him ; he saw the train start. I cannot say why there were not two guards on Monday. Mr John Blizard, stationmaster at Margate, said—On Monday I was at the station on the arrival of the London train due at 1 35. She was 35 minutes late. I saw her ju s t before the collision, but did not see any signals giv en . My attention was coiled by my signalman's whistle. I was then in my private office, but came out directly. I could not tell the speed at which the train entered the station, for I no sooner saw it than the crash occurred. I sent off for medical men, and rendered every assistance to the injured persons. I saw three persons injured, including the woman who died. They were all in the third class. The London mail train is usually in charge of two guards, but it all depends upon the length of the train. I only saw one guard on this occasion, but according to the length there should have been two. I do not know why there were not, but that rests either with the station-master or inspector at Ramsgate. Generally there are inspectors now at all junction stations. By a juror --.The standing carriages prevented me seeing the train coming in. It is tismal to have that traits on the down-line, and sometimes in the evening we start an up train on the down line. After 3 o'clock in the evening seven trains are started on that line. It is not convenient to start them from the other side. There is only an up-line and one down-line at the station. It was formerly the custom to detach the engine from the train on the down line, but this was altered by order of the Board of Trade. Had the stationary train not been standing there the damage would have been greater and more fatal than it was. Tho red flag denotes " Danger," or to stop. By a Juror—We have 32 trains in and 31 out daily in this month, The Margate station is sufficient for that number of trains in and out. But if we had had another platform I should not have placed the Deal train on the down-line. By a Juror—There was a horse-box, and the London guard should have had charge of it and the bill, but it afterwards transpired there was no bill, it being for one of the company's horses. By Nr Towne—The station would be more convenient ii we had more room. In the London, Chatham, and Dover station, next to ours, there is only one line. By a Juror—lt is my duty to see the trains are properly guarded from Margate. I do not know of a train being stopped to put a guard on. Such a thing might occur and I might not know it. The regulations of the company are to send one guard to seven carriages, and when there are more I send two guards. Those instructions are given to station-masters and inspectors. Our instructions are peremptory. I have been station- master here three years, and one year and a half at other stations. John TrowreD, cffico pater, el' panel awk, wing been The Index gives the following evidently antho• rised explanation of the peace correspondenc:3 just published relative to peace proposals at Niagara Falls : It so happened, as it appears, that towards the end of July there were among the guests at the Clifton House, three Confederate gentlemen of note and position, the Hon. C. C. Clay, ex-senator from Alabama in the Federal and afterwards in the Confederate Congress ; the Hon. Jacob Thompson, ex-member of the Federal House of Represen tatives from Mississippi, and Secretary of the Interior in President Buchanan's Cabinet; and the lion. J. B. Hol comhe, a oistioguislicc: jurist and. publicist teem Virginia. It was understood that Messrs. Clay and Thompson had been entrusted by their Government with a delicate, con fidential mission, though by no means that of proposing , terms cf peace to President Lincoln. To Mr Holcombe's mission, as the legal representative of the interests of the Confederate Government in the adjudication of the Chess- peaks case before the Colonial tribunals of Nova Scotia, WO alluded to in theme columns at the time. The presence of these three gentlemen so near the frontiers of the United States might well excite curiosity, and Dame Rumour, who nowhere more than in Yankeedom uses her mythological attributes did the rest. At all events this auspicious coin dence was made the occasion for amusing the Yankee na ion with a little amateur diplomatic burlesque, in which Mr Horace Greeley was selected to play the heavy comic part, assisted by Major Hay, the private secretary of Presi dent Lincoln, with Mr G. N. Sanders es prompter and stage manager, and Mr W. C. Jewitt, as " generally use ful" supernumerary. These dramatis persona deserve each a brief biographi cal sketch. Mr Horace Greeley, editor and proprietor of the .Areto York Tribune, has long been known by the affec tionate soubriquet of the " white-hatted philosopher ;" but his eccentricities of dress, gait, and manner are as nothing to the eccentricities of his editorial and political career. He has in turn, and sometimes altogether, advo cated disunion, free love, spirit rapping, communism, women's rights, abolitionism, and " miscegnation," besides many other "isms" which we do not at the moment recal. He was the first man who denounced the " star-spangled" banner as a "flaunting lie," and his journal once published some very spirited poetry on this patriotic scheme. He is the author of the thrilling axiom, "Let the Union slide," which in the earEer stages of secession was the standing motto at the head of the columns of the New York. tribune, but which when taken down in April, 1851, was succeeded by daily frantic appeals for "the extermination of the rebels." Mr Horace Greeley, despite his ill-balanced mind, his innumerable crotchets and tergiversations, his utter lack of judgment and childish credulity, is at heart an amiable and benevolent man, with overflowing affections for all human kind, and the most honest, perhaps the only honest, man in the administration party. We can well believe that his better nature revolts at the atrocities which he had no small share in bringing about, and that his eager belief in overtures of peace did only respond to an anxious wish long and devotedly cherished. Of Major Hay, who holds the proud position of confiden tial secretary to Abe Lincoln, little is known except that he was the hero of the ill-starred Federal expedition into Florida, undertaken to procure three electoral votes for his patron at the ensuing Presidential election, on which occa sion Mr Lincoln wrote from the Executive Mansion at Washington, under date of Jan. 5, to General Gilmore— "l have given Mr Hay a commission as major, and sent him to you with some blank books and other blanks to aid in the reconstruction." This letter, in which the Presi dent candidate avows in terms his purpose, and desires " the thing to be done in the most speedy way possible," was brought to light by a Congressional investigation com mittee, and will be found in page 300 in our number of May 12. It is all we know of "Major" Hay. Mr Geo, N. Sanders is the king of "wags." No man living enjoys a joke better than he, and no one know better how to give it universal publicity. He can perform miracles on the telegraphic wire which would put Blondin utterly to shame. He has, moreover, the faculty of always lighting upon his legs, no matter how desperate may be his politico acrobatic feats, and dexterous indeed must be the man who can prove him to be in the wrong, Withal Mr Sanders is a man of singularly original and inventive mind, and has held, under the old Government, several honourable and important positions—no less a one for a short time than that of consul of the United States to London. Since the disrup tion he has figured before tho European public as a con tractor in various gigantic enterprises for supplying the military necessities of the Confederates—among other things for a great steamship blockade running line, which was never built, but which in some unaccountable manner be came confused, in the over acute perceptions of Historicur, with the Mersey rams. Over two years ago, wnen on the very scene of his recent exploit, the Canadian press porn pously announced him as the bearer of proposals Dot unlike those with which he appears to have inspired the New York press, judging from the New York Herald of July 15, which says :—" George Sanders telegraphs to us from Ca nada that he is in favour of peace. His next communication to us, to secure any attention, must embrace the announce ment that ho has forsworn Jeff. Davis and taken the oath of allegiance to the United States." There is little prospect or of George Sanders doing this; for neither friends foes— and the former are more numerou s than the latter—would n suspect him of disloyalty to th e South, or doubt his zeal t o serve her in his peculiar way . We imusttnot conclude this imperfect sketch of the centralfigtiro the late negotiati ons without mentioning the cleverest joke in the catalogue, and ono which shows that Mr Sanders may sometimes mingle with his facetia) the sagacity of a prophet, and be more dis cerning than men of more serious turn. Amidst the tur moil of that forerunner of secession, the Charleston De mocratic Nominatiug Convention, in which Mr Sanders w as a prominent actor, he telegraphed to President Buchanan that unless ha forgot his private feud against Mr Douglas, and withdrew his opposition to his nomi nation as the Democratic candidate, the party and his country would split in twain, and be, Mr bo the last President of the whole United never been ascertained which disguste d mc,. _ of Wheatland," then in the Presidential astounding assurance of the suggest' on, or the fat :t that the telegram, costing some 21 dollars and odd cox 'a. was not prepaid. Mr W. C. Jewitt was unknown to fame until. he ap peared in the columns of several London newspass?,rs in the character of a Curtius ready to plunge into the abyss that separated the belligerent American federations, ens' . in that volunteer capacity had an interview with the King of the Belgians, who must have been even more profound is. state craft than the modern Nestor is believed to be, if he could understand what Mr Jewitt wanted, what he proposed, or by whose authority, expressed or implied, he acted. illy Jewitt is supposed to be a native of New Eng:and ; but in his communications to the London press he assumed a local habitation more neutral, and more befitting a cosmopolitan philanthropist, and amateur peace-maker-general, by hail ing from "Colorado Territory," a region very far in the "Far West." His functions on the occasion is question seem to have been confined to the carrying of notes tesween the par ties. Such, theii, was the scene, and such the personnel, of this comedy of errors, which for a moment really electrified the public of two hemispheres with a hope in which all good men of all nations and all parties sincerely unite. The action of the piece begins appropriately with a note from Mr Sanders, in which ho says rather vaguely that he is authorised, 6.c. Had Mr Greeley, to whom this note was addressed, not been blinded by a pardonable, and, to him, honourable eagerness, he would have detected the "quiz," in the transparent fact that Mr Sanders included himself in the proposed commission to Washington, and styled himself "from Dixie." But even the use of the familiar nick-name lovingly given by the negroes to the only home of their race, and immortalised in the well-known quick step which fs supposed to be the national tune of the Southern Confederacy, and which under various names, and with varying words, is dear to the Arabs of the London streets—even this suggestive word of "Dixie" did not warn Mr Horace Greeley. He forthwith addresses to the uncon scious Southern representatives a proposal which must have no little astonished and delighted them, as coming from such a quarter. An invitation to Washington, with a safe conduct, given by a trusted friend of the President of the United States, for the express purpose of treating of the anxiously looked-for peace was too happy an omen to be disregarded ; and while they courteously explain to Mr Greeley the error into which he had been led by the viva cious Mr Sanders, they felt in duty bound to accept the offer on the conditions under which it was possible for them to accept it, and pledged their beast endeavours, as men en joying the complete confidence of the Confederate Govern - ment to obtain its subsequent sanction of what they raiglA do in absence of special authorisation. But as soon as it penetrated the dim understanding of the ex-grog-shop keeper and ex•village attorney of Illinois that the fares guests at the Clifton House at Niagara Falls had not come as suppliants from Richmond to sue for mercy—had, ir, fact not come at all with any mission to him—but that the fist overture had been made through a false impre,lsion. en the excitable imagination of his honest friend Mr C 'real ey, the natural ferocity, sharpened by imbecile disappoi, atm ent, re turned to the man who has publicly boasted that,, when na vigating a raft or net boat on the Mississippi iver in his younger days, he used to amuse himself with se a ing toge ther the eyes of the hogs that formed part of ids c:a rgo. The hero of the Florida President -making expedition,. Mr Major Hay, is sent with a message to "all whom it may. concern," proffering terms of unconditional surrender as ha ughty as if the incumbent of the White House were a conqueror in stead of a vulgar buffoon permitted by a just Pr evidence to be the unwitting instrument of punishing a natio a's: sins, and maintained in power by a party machinery, ethro. stery of lying, and the inertia of a demoralised public opini, Impartial observers will admit that the reply of ' the Southerners, who were for a moment betrayed into be lieving that a gleam of reason might illuminate the m ind of the President of the United States, is that of patriots and of gentlemen, and that even the disgust which they could not but feel does not cause them to forget what is due to their country and to themselves. They have vindicat44 the earnest, but not craven, desire for peace unanimously entertained among their countrymen, and they have ad ministered a rebuke which, though lost upon Mr Lincoln, may not be wholly unfelt by the better classes among the Northern people. We give the correspondence in fuel, correcting some of the obvious typographical errors whic h have crept into the text as published by the Norther: a newspapers. From this our readers may draw the more I for themselves. If this correspondence effects no otht sr gond, it will at least have shed a flood of light upon th e feelings of the honest men of) the North, typified i Horace Greeley; it will have demonstrated that the mat= obstacle to peace is a corrupt shoddy Administration, having Mr Lincoln for its mouthpiece; and it will h wo added another to the many proofs that the war is not.of the South's seeking, and that every sincere overture of p MC3 is always sure of being received by it in a spirit of eorkirteby and moderation. EXEGIIT.ION AT /1-YLES-131raY. I Yesterday morning William John Stevens was executed iu trent of the Bucks County Gaol, at Aylesbury, /or the wilful murder of Annie Leeson at Buckingham. It will ho remembered that Stevens was payia his addresses to the deceased, that she repelled his advances, and that in a fit of jealousy he cut her throat with a razor, and then cut his own throat. The girl died a few minutes oftai - vends, but Stevens subsequently recovered. He had, how ever, to be constantly watched, as he had intimated that if the police officers would leave him alone for five minutes he would save them all further trouble. At his trial, Baron Bram • well directed the jury that as there were than five wit nesses who testified to previous threats, and the prisoner's after confession of his intention, they could return no other verdict than that of wilful murder, which they accordingly did. The learned judge then, without comment, sentenced the prisoner to death. In the interval which elapsed be tween his sentence and Ms execution, Stevens has betrayed on the whole a rather sullen demeanour, speaking bat seldom, and then only in reply to questions from the gaol officials. At first he refused to listen to the exhortations of the chaplain, bat latterly he became more attentive to them. He did not make any writken confession, but he frequently referred to his crime in terms of the greatest apparent sor row, and acknowledged the enormity of his offence and the justice of his sentence. On the day before his execution he said to his father and sister, at their parting interview, that he was quite prepared to die, and that he had never been so "happy" as he had been far the last day or so. This parting interview was a brief but deeply affecting one. His disconsolate mother, although in Aylesbury, did not see him, partly, we understand, at his own wish, that she might be spared the agony of a parting scene. The preparations for the execution were completed on Thursday evening. No barriers were placed on the road in front of the gaol to lessen the crush of the crowd ; but barricades were fixed in front of the union work house, which is directly opposite to the gaol, on the brow of the hill, and no one was admitted on the premises of the guardians except the reporters, though many earnest appli cations to that effect had been made to Mr George, the mas ter. The scaffold was fixed on the fiat top of the large and lofty main archway of the gaol, between the governor's and chaplain's residences, which forms, as it were, wings to its front. The crowd, which began to assemble very early, was generally very orderly. Several were heard to say that they had walked overnight from Buckingham (the scene of the murder). It is calculated that from 6,000 to 7,000 persons were present. Shortly before the appointed hour, 8 o'clock, the under sheriff, Mr R. B. Baynes, arrived, and was re ceived by Mr H. Shirreffs, governor of the gaol: the Rev. Mr Rawson, the chaplain, and by other prison officials, and as the time of execution rapidly approached, the under sheriff, governor, chaplain, and other authorities proceeded to the condemned cell, where the culprit was found perfectly resigned to his fate. The prisoner was pinioned, and the procession formed. A few hisses were raised in the crowd when Stevens came forward and stood beneath the drop. Of these, however, he took very little notice. Calcraft at once proceeded to his task. As Stevens was a slightly built man, there were a few muscular convulsions of the limbs, but in a moment or two these ceased. The body was cut down after the lapse of an hour and placed in a shell, and then buried within the precincts of the gaol, by the side of same place. Moses Hatto, the only criminal previously hanged at the THE CONDEMNED CONVICT PARKER.--The con. damned convict Richard Thomas Parker, sentenced to death at the Notts Assizes for the murder of his m o th er, will he executed on Wednesday next, unless a repri eve b e Newark, and F is k erton to Sir George obtained at the Home-office. Petitions ar o i n course of sig nature Grey: prayingat Nottingh am, fora commutation of the sent ence. The de meanour of the culprit is now very exemplary. Ho attends with great earnestness to tthe ministrations of the gaol chaplain, the Uev. W. Howard, and is daily becoming more alive to the awful position in which he is placed. None of the prisoner's relatives have seen him since his condemna tion. It is said that old Mr Parker says two will die on the d a y his son is executed, meaning that he intends commit ting suicide. 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