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(7. , '-N W F MEET AFTER THE PANTOM h TES ? My dear Fellow, Gentl emen su p at EVANS', Coven t- gare„,. 11INAHAN LI, WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. FRENCh BRAD This celebrated Old IRISH- 'WHISKY rivals the finest I It D Pure, mile 4 Mellow, Delicious, aid very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles,, :.Is. Bd., at the Retait. R ouses i n L on don ; by the Agents in th,e prinlipal towns ir e E ngland; or w h o l esa l e at 8, GRE. kT WINDAITIL-STREET, W. Observe the Re d Seal, Pi• A k Label, and Cork branded " liinahan's LL V Whisky." T EN PER CEN'e. MORTGAGE BONDS._ sTRANr , HALLCOMPANY (Limited) BONDS of £5O each are now ready for issue. constituting a First Charge u pion the Prowertv of the Company, repayable in Three Yea , ra. and heali ng Interest at £lO per Cent. per Annum, piYa tale haP-yely. Apply at .h e oa,.ea of the Company, 315, Strand, W.C. house-yard , or to Mr. G F 4 T. Taylor'', Stock and Sh are Broker , 11, Token .C, By Order of the BoirM, FREDERIO LAWRAINCE, Secy. THE CI rY MER r s - iANTILE CLUB and DINING HALI., COMPANY (Limited). (In corporated un':fer the Companies Act, 1862.) Capital, £BO,O'JO, in 8000 shares of £lO each. Deposit, £1 per Sh Are on applicatirm, and V. on allotment, Sb.oul d no allotraent be made tlie deposit will be returned full. The London and BANKERS. County Bank, Lombard-street, City, and Hanover-square. Messr s. Cousins, Allen, and Co., Leeds. SOLICITORS. hies Mes Ars. Tir.,petts and Son, 2, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury, City. ars. pton and Yewdall, Leeds. AUDITORS. Me Mr's. Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, and Co., SA, Lothbury, London. H. W. Blackburn, Esq., Bradford. 137 .oXER—Alfred Ashton, Esq., 75, Old Broad-street,City. SECRETARY (pro. tent.)—Mr. J. W. Tempest. 'Temporary Offices-24, Bucklersbury (two doors from the Mansion House.) Holders of £lO she,res and upwards will (subject to the ballot) be admitted to the membership of the club, without entrance fee. In consoquence of a large amount of shares having been already applied for (and a most encouraging number of applications made for Club membership),the Directors are .compelled to ad d that the list of applications for shares can remain open for a limited period only. In the meantime applications for the unallotted*shares must be made to the Solicitors or Secretary; the required deposit having been previo osly paid to the Bankers of the Company. NO TICE.—In the Preliminary Contract made by the Di rectors for securing Premises, in their opinion, particularly eligible tot • the Club-house, they were restricted from iden tifying tt ,e particular premises so purchased until a large number shares had been subscribed tor, and the application for share s being a'ready far in excess of this r , sniction, the Dire ctors have now much pleasure in announcing to the Public that the Premises they have secured comprise the nob'e 7 , ile of Building s , N os 107 an d 1 0 5, Ch eapside, imme diate! y opposite to Bow Church, and extending to Honey lane in the rear, having bee n erect e d t wo years since, from the etesizne, and under the superintendence, of J. J. Knowles, Esci• F.I. B.A. OM( MERCANTILE CLUB and DINING j HALL COMPANY (Limited), 24, Bucklersbury, E.C.— WANTED, a MANAGER f or t h e Dining Hall.—Applica boons to be sent to the OfneroB of the Company, on or before Saturday, the 19th inst. CI rY MERCANTILE CLUB and DINING HALL COMPAAY (Limited), 24, Bucklersbury, E.C. WANTED, a Shurtr aAßY.—Applications to be sent to the Offit:es of the Compa.ny on or before Saturday, the .9th inst. CITY MET ACANTILE CLUB and DINING IVOMPANY (Limit e d) , 24 , B uc k lersbury, E.C.— HALL ANTED, a C STEWARD for the Club.—Appli ca ti ons to b e se nt tonst. the 0 Aces of the Compa n y, on or b e f ore Saturday, the i THE ISLE of MAN RAILWAY COMPANY (Limited) --POUGLAS to PEEL. Capital £lOO ,OOO, in 10,000 share s of £lO each, with usual borrowing powers. Deposit V. per share on application, farther payment on allotment £1 10s. per share. DIRECTOES. Samuel Gibson Getty, Esq., M.P. Belfast. William M'Cormi c k, Esq., M.P., Londonderry, and Regent's -park, London. Richard A. Montt. Esq., Merchant, Liverpool. T. Harrison Ridley, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool, Joseph Rigby, Esq., Rew, Surrey. With power to add to their slumber. BANKERS. The North and South Wale,a Bank, Liverpool. Messrs. Dumbell, Son, 9 :nd Howard, Douglas. ENGIxEhu. G. W. tremens, Esq., C. l fu., 13, Queen-square,Westminster. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Littledale, - Ridley, and Bardswell, Brown's.build ings, Liverpoo',, Samuel Ilarrie, Esq., Douglas. AUDITOR. Thomas W. R ead, Esq., 30, Castle-street, Liverpool. SECRETARY. Thomas Bagot, Esq., 5, James-street, Liverpool. BROKERS. P. B. Drinkwater, Esq , 32, Exchange. st. East, Liverpool. Charles Stanley, Es, 3 Tlarogmorton street, Loudon. Edward Ashworth, Esq.:Exchange- chambers, Manchester. M. J. Beverley, Esq., Leeds. This Company has been formed for the construction of a Railway from Douglas to Peel (passing through St. John's), in the Isle of Man. The improved trade of these important towns, as well as the prosperous condition and increasing II elation of sitors the islan, and th e rap i d augmentation of the introduction of railways bvi during late y ears, call for the immediate The Agricaltural capabiliiies of the Island are great ; and its Mineral products are, acknowledged to be rich in yield and avave average vallie whilst around the Coast there are extensive Fisheries, and an unlimited supp l y o f Sea 'weed fo r Manure. The expense and trouble, however, of land-carriage, ' , Ave hitherto rendered these advantages com paratively unavailable. Slate Quarries are in active operation; and the quality of the Slis f ,e is equal in closeness of grain and durability to any produced from the great Welsh quarries. The Granite near S' 4 , J o h n ' s compares favourably with that now used in the J..iverpool Dock Works, and would at once, by means of railiway facilities, become available for export. Ono of the proposed Stations on the line will be at St. John's, where the Courts of Tynwald meet, and which is also the centre of the Foxdale mining district. The produce 'of these mines is now brcught by land-carriage (there being no water communication) to Douglas, a distance of nearly ten miles, whilst Coals and other important materials, as well as all necessaries required by the inland population, are conveyed into the interior by the same mode. Besides these items of traffic, the Fairs, which are frequently held during the year in this district, must add considerably to ithe annual revenue of the Company. The principal towns are Douglas, Peel, Castletown, :Ramsey, and Laxey : Douglas being the chief port, and the great commercial depot, as well as the principal place of arrival and departure of the steam packets plying to and from the Island. At the port of Peel the fisheries are prin cipally conducted, employing upwards of 1,000 vessels; the place of destination for the produce is Douglas ; the route is tedious, and the transit by the existing means ex pensive. The access to the Island is easy, and the means of com munication with Liverpool, Fleetwood, Whitehaven, Silloth, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, and other ports, both by sailing and steam vessels, are frequent and convenient. Hence, Tourists visit the Island in large numbers, above 100,000 'p assengers having been landed at its Ports during the prat year. Such Visitors, attracted by the antiquarian relics, scenery, and other objects of interest, would, as a me.tter of course, go by the proposed Railway from Douglas to the interior, and across the Island to Peel. The highest medical authorities bear testimony to the salubrity of the climate and purity of the water. The picturesque is united with the more solid advantage of cheap living, provisions being abundant and comparatively inex• pensive, whilst the rates of duties on foreign produce are so 'small as to render the Island most advantageous as a per manent place of residence. Her Majesty's Government and the Local Authorities are now expending upwards of £60,000, for the improvement of the Ports of Douglas and Peel. The Electric Telegraph to England has been recently established. The Lines of Rail will be single, with requisite sidings. The length of Line will be about twelve miles, and the gradients easy throughout. The landowners and popula tion along it are most favourable to the project. From Statistics recently collected on the spot, with much care, by competent persons, and well supported by Official Returns, it is confidently expected that the Traffic we..l re turn a good Dividend upon the Invested Capital, The fol lowing is an Estimate of the Traffic : Passengers, inclusive of Tourists £7,500 per annum. Goods, Minerals, Fish, &c 5,500 Parcels and Mails £,150 Working Expen ses a t even 50 per Cent. l3 6,500 Leaving for Dividend £6,6bo Plans, Sections, ecc., of the Line are completed, and all necessary forms are being complied with, in accordance with the StL tiding Orders of the Court of Tynwald to obtain an Act of the Local Parliament. Neither Imperial or Local Taxes are levied in the Island, and those heavy charges which tend so much to reduce the value of Railway property in England and other countries, no less than to diminish the Shareholders' Dividends, can not, in any degree whatever, prevail with respect to this Lino. An eminent Contractor's firm have agreed to purchase the land, make the Railway, provide and fit up all Stations, f urnish Rolling Stock for working the Line, and Telegraphs, UPou satisfactory terms. Interest at 5 per cent. per Annum will be allowed until the opening of the Line, on the amount paid upon shar'es. An advantageous arrangement can be made with respon sible parties to Lease the Line for 7. 14, or 21 years. Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained from the Secretary, Solicitor s or Brokers of the Company. KAYE'S r e ly are a purely veSD ELL'S PlLLS.—These Pills "etable preparation, and may be taken at any time by either sex without fear or danger. They act upon the bowels mildly yet effectually, and by their fine tonic, aromatic, and aperient properties, they remove all cppressive accumulations, regulate the secretions of the liver and bowels, strengthen the stomach, and purify the blood. Unlike many blremedies, they do not induce liability to take cold or esta ish a necessitforr the habitutl use of p urgatives, and are thus stronely mmede d MED as the BE b T M FAILY ICINE. Prepared solely by John Kaye, Esq.. of Prospect Hall, Woodford, Essex. Sold by all chemists and other dealers in Ptent medicines, at Is lid, 2s 9d, an d 4s ( id. Wholesale epot 22, Bread-street, London. TEETH. —Mr. ESKF,LL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following aevantages :—A set of teeth, of e xcellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without Pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they a re qu i te immovea bl e , except a t the option of the just wearer. Invalids o r res idents in the country can ad _ these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. In of specime ns and consultations Iree.-B,Grosvenor atree ham t, Bund-street, W . an d a t a p , B enn ett's-hill. Bi r- Oktik, 4 - 4‘ , N°. 22,373. THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1864 ,JERSONS SEEKING LANDED .I,;_,...ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPERTIES GENERALLY— To BE lIAD GRATIS, at the 7; ,ncipal Ratkvav Bookstalls throughout the kingdom - or at the Auction and Estate Offices, FREE PROT' -- --.lle ' No. 67, Chancery-J- - 44 , Messrs. ~ London, le and H. Lumley's of lane- - ..I:I2TY REGISTER, " containing . a varied selection the -..,1 and house properties now in the market, from ..., nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OP PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Redster Words, by sending the particiears of their properties to the Estate Offices, n 7, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chars: ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. rEr VIIRNI PURE, CARPET'S. BEDDING, and IL' FLOORCLOTIT, CALRRIAGE-FREIi to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First• class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rom, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted Ei,GYM EN 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, illastrated by4lo hilm - able engravings of every description of Furniture and ...ectsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates fur furnishing on the following revised tale A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto 391 11 0 TIIEREIS NO CII.VitGE inearreci, unless a tenant or pm , cruiser is introduced through liessrs. Lumley's Agency, and ;hen only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. Together with a eri , ie List of purified bedding, aad a mass of valnable information to all requiring household furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitte dto Cleriy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells. Oxford. Brighton, Gainsboroutth, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. A.ban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great i;rtta F INANCIAL CORPORATION (Limited) 14, Leadenhall-strect, E.C. Capital £3,000,000. Subscribed Capital £1,500,000, by nearly four hundred shareholders. DIRECTORS. THE ENGLISH and FOREIGN LIBRARY COMPANY" (Limited), 16, Old Bond -street, W. DIRECTORS. Major-General Sir lIE NM' C RA WL INSON,K.C. 8., F.R.S 1, Hill-street, Berkeley-square, Chairman. Right lion. Viscount Bury, 111. P., •I 8, Rutland-gate. The Very Rnv. the Dean of Chiches'er F.R.S. The Rev. G. R. Gleig, Chaplaiu-General to the Forces, 8, Warwick-square. CharlesNea, e, Esq., M.P., Oriel College, Oxford. Coleridge J. Kennaird, Esq , F.Tt G.s., Fendiurch-street Ferdinand Freiligrath, Esq., Bank of Switzerland,. Royal Exchanze-buildings. John William Kaye, Esq., 59, Lincoln's-inn-fields Robert Bell, Esq, F.R.s.L., 14, York-street, Portman-square John Ba 1, Esq. (Messrs Quiiter and Ball), ?, Moorgate si reet, E.C. The Company guarantee the circulation of all new works of value or interest immediately after publication, The Library embraces sl - ecial departments of science and the liberal professions, and of foreign literature in all its branches. Works not in the Library are purchased at the request 01 subscribers. Books are delivered to town subscribers by the Company's carts daily with a radius c t three miles, and twice weekly within five miles. Term of subscription from two guineas upwards. Details of terms for town and CJuntry subscribers forwarded on ap plication. Holders of 10 shares and upwards entitled to special ad vantages as subscribers. James Goodson, Esq., Chairman, 32, Kensington Gardens square. Richard Spooner. Esq., Deputy-Chairman, Forest Hi 1. Robert Collum, Esq ,1, Chester-place, Hyde Park-square, W. Thomas Cotterell, Esq., 10, Eaton-square, S.W. J D. Heaney, Esq., 22, Great St. Helens, E.C. J . . W. Holland, Esq., Forest Hill. Wer. F. Laurence, Esq., le, New Broad-street E.C. I ouis Nathan, Esq., 32, York-terrace, Regent's-park, N.W. J. D. Thompson, Esq., St. Peter's-chambers, Cornhill, EC, Cornell: s Walford, Esq, Managing Director, Litt e-park, Enfield. COB BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, B.E, ELECTION OF ANNUITANTS. SAMUEL BEVAN, Secy. PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT ___FUND.__ Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., Established 1840. JOHN ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P., Treasurer. TRUSTEES. pECULIAR. A TALE OF THE GREAT TRANSITION. Edited by WILLIAM HOWITT. "Since Mrs. Stowe's ' Uncle Tom,' we have had no tale of a similar nature so true, so life-like, till 'Peculiar.' "—Ob server. Thomas Baring' I , Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Haney, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to the Resolution of the Annual General Meetinn, held on the 24th of February, 1864, TWELVE additional ANNUITANTS will be ELECTED at this Office, on THURSDAY, the 26th May next. BANKERS. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tretton, Twels, and Co, " The author of these remarkable volumes is as vivid a writer as Mrs. Stowe, and in several points her superior."— Advertiser. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Maples, Maples, and Teesdale. Messrs. Hughes, Masterman, and Hughes. Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The Corporation is prepared to receive deposits, on terms to be agreed upon. To make advances on approved securities. To undertake financial agencies of every description. JAMES GAMBLE, Secretary and Assistant lianager. The Poll will commence at Twelve o'elock and close at Three precisely. Peons intending to offer themselves as candidates must send in their applications with testimonials on or before March 31, on a printed. Form to be obtained at this Office. By Order of the Board, WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. No. 15, Moorgate-street, E.C. March 4, 1864. THE ALBION BANK (LIMITED) Capital £1,000,000 in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. First Issue, 10,000 Shares. Deposit £1 per Share on Application, and £4 per Share on *„,* Reports and balance-sheets, with full particulars of qualifications for voting, may be had on application at the Office, 15, Moorgate-street. Allotment. It is not intended to call up more than £l5 per Share. No call will be made for three months after allotment. Three months interval, at least, will elapse between two calls, and no call will exceed £5 per Share. To be Incorporated under the Joint-Stock Companies Act of 1862, whereby each shareholder's liability is limited to the amount of his shares. THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated by tfoyal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. The Annual General Meeting of the North British Mer cantile Insurance Company was held in the Company's Offi , e, 61, Princes-street, Edinburgh, on Monday, the 7at instant, in terms f the constitution of the Company, JOHN WHITE CATER, Esq., Chairman of the London Board, presided. A Report by the Directors was read, showing the following results for the year 1863 : FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Premiums received during the year 1863 £100,291 14 ln Deduct R Ansurances . 2i , 099 10 7 _ .£165,192 8 3 During the year 1882 the premiums were 119,591 9 8 Thus exhibiting a net increase of .... £45,600 18 7 The Total Losses by Fire were LIFE DEPARTMENT 1,071 NEW POLICIES were issued insuring* £953,839, and addinz to the Revenue the sum of 133,002 14s. Od. of New Premiums. The Amount insured during the Five Yclars pre ceding the last Division of Profits (1858), was ....11,525,063 • . Or an Annual Average of .E 35,012. During the Five Years since that date the sums Assured are ... _ £3 75,36. Show ng , an Annual Avorar_ , e cf £835,072, and being* UPWARDS OF 108 'PER CENT. ABOVE the Amount Assured per Annum during the preceding. period. In the ANNUITY DEPARTMENT 56 Bondi had been granted, for whi:h was received he sum of . 'the RE SERVE FUND now amounts to £243,401 10 0 The SUSPENSE ALCOUNT 55,0E4 2 9 £298,465 12 9 The ACCUMULATED FUNTD to £2.233,927 37 7 And the ANNUAL REVENUE to £197,263 14 3 On the motion of the chairman, seconded by Robert Blair Maconochie, Esq., W.S , the Report was unanimously ap proved of, and a dividend was declared of 12s. 6d. per share, or 10 per cent. on the paid-up Capital Stock of the Company, payable on 21st M rch current, free of Income Tax. The re-election of the Edinburgh Directors who th's year retire by rotation, and the election of three new Directors for the London 13 )ard, in room of those who retire were, on the motirn of John Gibson, jun., Esq, W.S., seconded by Dr, Craigie, Vice-President of the Royal Wilege of Physicians, Edinburgh, unanimously approved of. On the motion of John Stirling, Esq., of Kippendavie, se conded by Ralph Erskine Scott, Esq.. C.A , the thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to the Directors of the Company. The a Decial thanks of the meeting were then, on the motion of Sir James Gardiner Baird, seconded by Frederick Pitman, Esq , W.S., voted t. the Local Boards and Agents; and on the motto of George Auldjo Jamieson, Esq., C.A., seconded by James Richardson, Esq., Merchant, Edinburgh, the thanks of the meeting were voted to the chairman. ESTAB LISHMENT-1864. OFFICE BEARERS , All of whom are Shareholders. PRESIDENT. MS Grace the Duke of Roxburghe, K.T. VICE-PRESIDENTS. His Grace the Duke of Sutherland. The Most Noble the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G. DIRECTORS. LONDON. John White Cater, Esq., Merchant. Charles Morrison, Esq., Merchant. P. du pre Grenfell, Esq., Merchant. A. Klockman, Esq., Merchant. John Monett, Esq., Merclunt. Junius S. Morgan, Esq., Merchant. John H. William Schroder, Esq.. Merchant. George Garden Nicol, Esq., Merchant. George Toung Esq., Merchant. Alex. Henry dampbell, Esq. Philip Chas. Cavan. Esq. Peter P. Ralli, Esq. Manager of Fire Department—George H. Whyting. Foreign Superintendent—G. H. Burnett. Actuary—Andrew Baden, Jun, Surveyor—Thomas Piper. Inspector of Agents— xltred Good. Medical Offioers—A. H. Hassil, M.D. R. Chevallier Cream, M.D. Secretary—F. W. Lance. General Manager—David Smith. DIRECTORS. EDINBURGH. James Campbell, Tait, Esq., W.S. Laurence Davidson, Esq., W.S. D. B. Wan-hope, Esq., Merchant, Leith. Frederick Pitman, Esq., W. S. John Brown Innes, Esq., W.S. Henry D. Fergusson, Esq., W S. John Maitland, Esq., Accountant-General to the Court of Session. R. B. Maconochie, Esq., W.S. Sir James Gardiner Baird, Bart. David Davidson, Esq., Treasurer of Bank of Scotland. G. Auldjo Jamieson, Esq, C.A. J. F. W. Drummond, Esq, Merchant. Secretary—John Ogilvie. Actuary—David Chisholm. Med'cal Officer—John G. M. Burt, M.D. President of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Auditor—George Murray, C.A. HEAD OFFICES: LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings, Lothbury. West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. EDINBURGH 64, Princes-street. ESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. _ execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the rear. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. THE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country should read "THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK RUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS," showing what can be legally done, and the exact cost. To be had gratis and post free of Mr. Wetherfield, Solicitor of the Court, 25, Moorgate street, Bank. N.B.—Debts recovered on commission, without law ex pences to clients. Immediately, in Two Vols. Bvo., with Map, price 325., EX IC 0 By : mi A c N H C EL IEN EVA A L N It II R, MODERN, Member of the Institute and Senator of France. London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street Next week, in Two Vol z., post Bvo., price 2's., DWELLERS ON THE THRESHOLD. By W. IL DAVENPORT ADAMS, Author of "Famous Beauties and Historic Women," &c. London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This Day, at all Libraries, in 3 vols., VICTOR'S CHOICE 10 The New Novel. By Author of "The Cross of Honour.' London : John Maxwell and Co„ 122, Fleet-street. Now Ready, price 6d., stamped 7d., T HE AUTO GRAPHIC MIRROR. Contents of No. 2. Christian IV. of Denmark, ; Sir P. Sidney, Washington, Nelson, Nesselrode, Metternich, Dumouriez. Ellesmere, Coleridge. Mrs. Trot lope, the Countess of Derby (Miss Farren', Charles Kean, Charles Mathews; and Sketches, with Auto graphs, by the late Mr. Thackeray and John Leech. No. 3. with four more pages, and printed on superior paper, will be ready on the Isth inst., price IA. The dates of publi cation will for the future be the Ist and 15th of every month. Temporary Office-110, Strand, W.C. T IT E 0 X F O R D, F, OXFORD STREET, IV. -, • - THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and success ful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAUN, embracing the entire company of this establishment, with augmented band and chorus ; and other Musical Entertainments, supported by the following talented artistes ; —Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Tyrrell,',Walmsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, Ara. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. UNSWORTH and EUGENE will make their re-appear ance This Evening. Comedy, by Mr. T. Maclazan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Powor (the juvenile comedienne), &c., &c. Will shortly be produce , , THE 3TERRY 'WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai; ant THE TWO GENTLE MEN OF VERONA, by Sir Henry Bishop. AdmiAsion--Area, 6d. ; stalls and balmy, is. ; private bax(s, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. The Fairy Entertainment, entitled PRINCE BLOSSOM IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS! Is written expressly for this establishment by W. F. Vander veil, author of the celebrated " Enchanted Flash," and en 4bles Mr. Norton, with the aid of Professor Pepper's Optical Illusion (known as the Ghost), to produce effects never before contemplated, and which have all teen duly registered by him and Mr. J. H. Weston under the title of "The Ghost in the Magic Fountains." By this n - w arrangement, that which Is in reality no•hing but a shadow, becomes to all ap pearance endowed with life, and when "Fame" takes her flight through the burning Cataracts, and the Naiads seek their beds in the Crystal Water s , form a coup d'mil of beauty unparalleled even in fairy romance. Prince Blossom (with the Sony of all Nations), Miss Townley. The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at half-past Nine o'c'ock. All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as usual, in addition to the above. Admission—Area, Od.;Stalls and Balcony, ls. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- LAST WEEK of PRANCONPS TROUPE. ROYAL AL HA M BRA.- LAST SIX NIGHTS of FRANCONI ' S CIRQUE. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- ENTIRE CHANGE on MONDAY, March 7tli. The Greatest Attractions ever produced in London. • 111[ADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. A full-length model of VICTOR TOWNLEY is now added to the Chamber of Poysiog,nomy. Admission, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. ARG Y L L ROO M S, Windmill-street, is OPEN EVE Piccadilly, During . the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance RY E VENING% Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at nalf-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. Manager, M. GRENET. 44A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT -STREET, W. ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Astecs ; Bushman and Wile ; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Starnes. T win _ ; THE open Lp ai N ly D fr O om N lotinlo. Where may be seen the 13 and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, &n. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One shilling (tor Gentlemen only). 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Manufac tory, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, E.C. PRIZE ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &C., &c., To the Queen and the Ptince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter add ressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:-- "I have found them fully equal to the recommendation mend them to the clergy for the use of th e a l tar. " which you gave them, and can sincerely, i n my tutu, I com- Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. c's. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality • • • • • • • • .. s. od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality • • • • • • • .. le. dd. per lb. B ec3nd quality .. • • • • • • .. is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. .. • • • • • • .. ls. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. 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STAMPED ....sd. against the union of influences whici will be brought to bear in opposition to him ; that Ms character as a temporiser and man of shifts and expedients has tended to prolong the war during his first term, and would tend still more injuriously to prolong it during a second ; that the patronage of the Govern ment bad been so rapidly and enormously increitsed, and so loosely placed under his management, as to render the application of the one term principle , essential to the safety of the Republic; that in Mr. Salmon P. Chase are united more of the qualities of a good President than are to be found in any other available candidate; that his record is clear and unimpeachable ; that he is a statesman of rare ability and an administrator or the very highest order; that the discussion of his fitness for the office has developed an amount of popularity and strength in his favour which has astonished his warmest admirers; and that, all things considered, nothing but systematic and faithful effort on the part of his friends and supporters is necessary to overcome all possible obstacles to his election. It is no wonder that Mr. Lincoln's friends should feel scandalised at such a prottunciandento, and that the most indis creet among them should call for the dismissal of the Secretary unless he will publicly disavow the proceedings thus commenced in his name. In any other country Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Chase could not conveniently meet at the same table for the trans. action of public business, and the chief, for his own comfort's sake, if not for that of his dignity, would be compelled to dismiss his too ambitious subordi nate and look out for an3ther Minister. But it is probable that Mr. Lincoln, rather than encounter the peril of a break-up in his Cabinet, will submit, with his characteristic good humour, to the slight put upon him, and if he be really anxious for the very dangerous honours and patronage of a second term, that he will trust to the agencies, civil and military, legal and financial, which are still and will be for a twelvemonth in his grasp to set aside, un dermine, and otherwise defeat the sch'emes of an ad versary, who, however formidable he may be, will be less formidable in proportion to the number of candidates that may yet be brought forward. With three Republicans in the field—himself, Gen. Fre mont, and Mr. Chase—and only one Democrat, with the chance of at least two more in the persons of Generals Butler and Banks, the President may, perhaps, be able to play a game that shall checkmate Mr. Chase, even if the operation should lead to the election of Gen. M'Clellan. Meanwhile, Mr. Chase is too powerful to be lightly interfered with. The Chase manifesto, however, has already had one result which its framers did not anticipate. It has virtually defeated a measure which has for the last week been under discussion in the House of Representatives, and the object of which was to authorise the Secretary of the Treasury to enter the gold-market whenever he pleased and sell his sur plus gold. In face of his enormous issues of paper, gold, as obstinate in following its own laws as water, that will find its level, persisted in standing at a premium of nearly 60 per cent. above greenbacks, in spite of all the hopes, wishes, and efforts of Mr. Chase to bring it down to 25. It has long been suspected and asserted that Mr. Chase occasionally exercised to the extent of a few millions the power scught to be conferred upon him by Congress; but, however the truth may be in this respect, it was deemed advisable that a privilege so important should be legally conferred upon him. The measure was accordingly introduced into the House of Re presentatives. Its supporters contended that the premium on gold was maintained by the nefarious arts of gamblers and speculators; that such gam bling was immoral and unpatriotic ; that the depre preciation of the paper currency thereby expedited and maintained was treasonable, inasmuch as it gave aid and comfort to the enemy, and that whenever qr. Chase had a surplus of gold derived from the Customs duties above the sums required for the payment of the interest on the national debt, he should be allowr d in the public behalf to sell it in open market. It was further urged that the know ledge that Mr. Chase had such a power in his hands and could at any moment exercise it would tend to depress speculation and keep gold at a moderate premium. The objections to these argu ments were many and cogent. The power thus vested in the Secretary would be too much for ordinary honesty to be proof against ; he would be virtually the despot of prices and arbiter of every man's fortunes ; he would be enabled by a hint of his intentions to put unearned millions into the hands of his friends, relatives, and supporters ; more than all, he might, if privileged to be a seller of gold, sell too much of the commodity, and perhaps find himself by a falling off in the Customs duties or some other cause, compelled to buy back what he bad sold, or break faith with the public creditor,—a condition of affairs which would infal libly send up the premium to a far higher rate than that from which he might have reduced it by his unwire intermeddling. These arguments had the effect anticipated, and decided the Committee of Ways and Means to report against the proposition. It was still thought,however, up to yesterday morn ing, when Senator Pomeroy's circular appeared, that means would be found to secure the bill a new hearing. But that document immediately altered the state of affairs, All the friends of Mr. Lincoln, of General Fremont, and of General M'Clellan took the alarm lest powers so mighty as these should be employed in promoting the electioneering canvass of the Secretary. As these three sections, composed as they are, not alone of the Republican and Demo cratic, but of the nondescript parties, form at least three-fourths if not nine-tenths of the House, the measure is doomed, and gold and greenbacks will be left to the operation of natural causes, to find their value untampered with by any greater gambler or financier than such as congregate in Wall-street and William-street, and make day hideous with the uproar of their trade. The recent news from Europe has been received with unmitigated delight by that amiable section of the people of this country who hate Great Britain as ardently as they love the Union, and to please whom Mr. Seward threatened to hold the British Government responsible for all the damage inflicted upon American commerce by the Alabama and the Florida. They rejoice that the Danes and the Germans have come to blows and indulge in a romantic, but possibly baseless, vision of a general European war as the immediate consequence. Crowns are to be melted up for old metal ; the purple robes of Kings and Emperors are to be trailed through the gutter ; thrones are to be con verted into material for bonfires ; the old nation alities of Ireland, Poland, and Hungary, but not of the Heptarchy, are to be restored ; Republic insti tutions are everywhere to be established; and such a din of battle is to be kept up for the next 20 years in the Old World, that America is to be left to its own devices, without danger of foreign interven tion, and, more agreeable than all, Great Britain is inevitably to be dragged into hostilities with one or more of the great Powers of the Continent, in which event Federal capitalists and shipbuilders are to fit out privateers for the foes of England and Av o should not be hum an ," says sweep British comm erce from every sea an d ocean of the globe. one of these sweet -tempered observers of European po liti cs , s , if we did not feel some little satisfaction at the prospect. As soon as England is at war we shall commence building vessels for the Emperor of flag will be d r i ven f rom e e v h e in ry a , and sea ,as the o urs E itlilisugi3bleen.,, The spite of this writer blinds him, and the class to whom he appeals, to many little facts that ought to be teken into the account before England or the world can accept his co nclusions as positive cer t a i n ti es . Th e F e deral Government has 12 war ships now in commission which it cannot send to sea for want of sailors. The capture of the Alabama and the Florida was a duty urgently demanded of the Federal navy, and the Northern people would have been almost as much delighted with either achievement as with the surrender of Richmond or Charleston ; yet the DIRECTORS. James England, Esq. (late of Plymouth), Springfield House, Upper Clapton. Thomas Ca 'e Esq., Sheriff of Lon ion and ➢iiddlesex. Thomas Cotterell, Esq., 50, Eaton-square, S.W. W. F. Masters, Esq. (firm of W. F, Masters and Sons), Newgate-market. Benjamin Buigh, Esq., Bradford-street and Balsall-heath, Birmingham. J. T. Pei chett, Esq. (firm of J. T. Pritchett and Sons), 131, Fenchurch-street. Thomas Aggs, Esq. (firm of Thomas Aggs and Co.), 155, Fen church-street, E.C. Henry Haggard, Esq., banker and bullion merchant, Cheaoside. B. V` Potter, Esq. (firm of It. F. Potter and Co.), 25, Newgate street. A provisional arrangement has been made for merging an old-establiblied private bank with the Albion Bank (Limited), the active Partner of which will join the Board as soon as the Directors are in a position to confirm the provis onal agreement. BANKERS. Bank of London, Threadneedle-street. The London and Northern Bank. 2, Bank-bui.dings, London and Newcastle, Leeds, and H uddersfield. BROKER, James Shepherd, Esq., Auction Mart. SOLICITOR. G. W. Cuming Dean, Esq, 2':R;;Broad-street. AUDITORS William Cooper, Esq., public accountant, 13, George-street Mansion-house. W. Andrews, Esq., Manager United Kingdom Electric Tele graph Company. SECRETARY (pro tem.) Mr. 11. L. Price. Temporary Offices, 2, Bank-buildings. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Although the system of jo , nt-stock banking has been esta blished to meet the requirements of most departments of trade, it has not bent introluced for the business of the Agricultural and Cattle-markets of the metropolis ; and though the population has doubled within the last twenty five years—and consequently the necessary q iantity of sup plies —yet the whole business. amounting to fifteen to twenty millions per annum, is left in the hands of a few private firms. The Albion Bank is introduced to provide increased facilities for this trade, by establishing an office in the City, as well as at Smithfield and the Me'ropolitan Watt e-market ; and subs( quently, shou'd it be found desirable, by opening branches in he agricultoral districts. The value of the rapidly-increasing commission business to be transacted by the Albion Bank can be readily appre ciat 'd by a k no mledge that the method in which de.ilings are carried on at the Cat' le-market c institute, the ba ik, the de po•itory of all the moneys passing irocn the buyer to the producer. The Directors have entered into provisional arraneements by which the advantage of c .mmencing up eatall shed connexion, under competent and experienc d manageme , t, will be secured to Sharchnlrters fr In the c )mmence meet of business, by whicTi they are warranted in expect ing that they wi 1 be enabled to ee.dare a dividend during the first year. Should no al otment take plat- the depoiits will be returned in full. Should a less number of Shares be a 1 )tied thin are applied for, the deposit wit be made available towards the p ,yment on llotmenr, and the ba ante, if any, returned to the anvil° tut. Anplication for Shares may be addressed to the Bankers, Broker, or Directors of the Company, and to the Secretary, at the °fax, of the Company. T HE LONDON and LIVERPOOL HOTEL COSIPANY (Limited.) Capital, £120,000, in 6,000 Shares of £2l each. Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862. Deposit £1 per Share on Application, and £1 on Allotment. No call to exceed £3 per Share. DIRECTORS. Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Wilton-crescent, Belgrave • square, Director of the Alexandra Hotel Company. Captain Capel Coape, the Army and Navy Club. Colonel A. Lowry Cole, C. 13., Chairman of the National Vo lunteer Hotel Company, Wimbledon. Thomas Cotterell, Esq., Eaton-square, Director of the Bank of Hindustan. William Earl). Esq., Washington Hotel, Liverpool. Major William Fletcher Gordon, Wilton-crescent, Belgravia. Charles Heneage, Esq., Director of the Laugh= Hotel Com- any. Pa p trick Kean, Esq., Talbot-terrace, Westbourne Park, Bays water. Charles H. Maude, Esq.. St. George's-square, Pimlico, Director of the United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Com- pany. Charles Ritchie, Esq., Tulse Hill, Director of the Queen's Hotel, Norwood. Thomas Stanton, Esq., Porchester-square, Hyde-park, Direc tor of the Inns of Court hotel Company. John Evan Tibbs, Esq., Hatton-court, Threadneedle-street, Director of the Staffordshire Rolling Stock Company. BANKERS. In London, Liverpool, and Manchester—The Alliance Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS. In London—Messrs. Crosley and Burn, 34, Lombar3-street. In Liverpool—Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Brown's-buildings. ARCHITECT In Liverpool -J. A. Picton, Esq. AUDITORS. Messrs. Edwards and James, Public Accountants, 18, King-street, Cheapside, London. Stanley R. Bennett, Esq., Public Accountant, 3', Nicholas .. lane, London. BROKERS. In London—Messrs. Crosley, Brothers, 30, Cornbill. In Liverpool--Messrs. Theakstone and Hargreaves, India buildings. SECRETARY (pro tem). W. Thompson, Esq. OFFICES. In London-29, Threadneedle-street. In Liverpool—The Washington Hotel. PROSPECTUS. Liverpool is the port through which the vast passenger traffic which exists between this country, America, the West Indies, and Canada passes. It is obvious, therefore, that first-rate Hotel accommoda tion is not only desirable, but absolutely necessary; and to supply that requirement the Washington Hotel was built within the last two years. It has been designed and fitted u•t on the model of the great American and Continental Hotels, replete with all the comfort, convenience, and luxury which modern taste can suggest. The Hotel is situate in Lime-street, opposite the principal railway terminus, on one of the finest sites in the town. It contains about 200 rooms, turnished in the best style. Under the Hotel have been formed ice wells, capable of storing about 3.000 tons of ice. These are the only public ice wells in Liverpool, and from their position can supply the whole town. The Company has arranged to purchase the lease of the Washington Hotel, together with the goodwill, stock in trade, furniture, and fittings. The ice wells, which are included in the purchase, are now full, a n d from that source alone the Directors expect that a dividend of 5 per cent. on the capital will be realised. It is intended that the establishment in Liverpool shall be the principal Hotel, and that it shall co-operate with other existing hotels in London, Manchester, and other la -ge towns in the IJnited Kingdom, and also in America. As the Hotel is now in full operation, and making large returns, the delay occasioned by the erection of premises, and acquiring a business. will be avoided. The Company will take immediate possession of the pre mises, and enter at once upon the business, consequently re turns will be made forthwith, and the Directors believe that they are not over-estimating the profits when they anticipate large dividends for the shareholders. 'I here will be no promotion money, and the preliminary expenses will be restricted to the amount actually incurred. If no allotment be made to an applicant, the deposit wi 1 be returned in full ; and if a less number of shares be allotte than are applied for, the balance of such deposit will be cre dited towards the payment on a'lotment. Plans of the property maybe seen at the Offices of the Com pany, and also at the Brokers, where Pr,spectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be had. - THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL HOTEL COMPANY (Limited , . Capita` £120,0n0, in n, , 00 shares of £2O each. FORBIIOF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Lon don and Liverpool Hotel Company G e ntlemen,—H (Limited). avingpaid to your Bankers the sum of £ being a deposit of Ll per share on shares of the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that num ber, and I agree (accor ding to the form prescribed by the arti cles of association) to accept such shares, or any less number you may allot me, and I request that my name may bc. placed on the register of shareholders for the shares so allotted. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full Profession . Address in Date ...... Th•s form, when filled up and si gne d b y the applicant, . to be left with or sent to the Bankers, or to the Company Offices, along with the deposit of £1 per share: the Bankers' receipt will be either given or sent by post. IF THIS SHOULD MEET TH E EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Tr.cir world-wide celebrity proves them of - sterling merit. Of all m e di c i ne ven d ors at Is. lid. And 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 r4tamp9 trom Page II Wood coc k . Chemist Llama, GUARANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY THE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE, GENERAL POST-OFFICE, WAR, ADMIRALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. T HE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. HENRY WICKHAM WICKHAM, Esq., 3LP., Chairman. John Cheetham, Esq., Staleybridge. John Field, Esq., Warnford-court, City. Charles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Richard Francis George, Esq , Bath. Henry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton-place, St. John's-wood. Thomas C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and Highbury. John Hedgine, Esq., Cavendish Club. James Edward 3PConnell, Esq., Wolverton. C. W. Reynolds, Esq., Eaton-place, Belgravia. Richard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of Customs, Bombly. H. Wickham Wickham, Esq., M.P. for Bradford. Thomas Winkworth, Esq., Gresham Club, and Canonbury. J. P. Brown-Westhead, Esq., M.P. for York. Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank ing. and Commercial Establishments, Public Companies, Municipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. Prospectuses, Flrms of Proposal, and every information may be ob , ained from the Chief Offices, 2, Waterloo-placZ, Pall-mall, London ; anu 39, GLorae-street, Edinburgh. BED .ROOM CANDLES. "RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop crease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles, sold in boxes le. and 3s. each, are recommende i as the best carriers. " FXTRA 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 packetg 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. S; ecial candle ticks lo fit thin candles. is. and 25. 6d. each ; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOILET SOAPS. Shenvoo4 Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasmt scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, for tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SII ER WOODOLE 'Trice's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stsins. caf , suled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in eapsnled bot- Pric3's Patent," from 6d. ti es, 6d. and is. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold on the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail through any Grocer. Wholesale by Prices Patent Candle company (Limitta London, Just out, THE HAND BOOK OF ASTROLOGY. Vol. 11. " Free of all mystery ; by which every man may calculate his own nativity, and learn his own natural character and proper destiny." By ZADKIEL. London: G. Berger, 12, Newcastle-street, Strand. SHAKSPERE SCHOOL OF THE ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the - - - QUEEN and his Royal Highness the PRINCE: of WALES. The Council of the Royal Dramatic College. considering that the present is a favourable opportunity for promoting one of the main purposes of the Institution they have founded, be to invite public support in aid of the E REC HON and ENDOWMENT of a SHAKSPERE SCHOOL for the classical and general education, with scholarships, of the Children of Actors or Actresses and Dramatic Authors—the noblest and most fitting Monument to the memory of the Player and Poet. The Council of the Royal Dramatic College beg to apprize the public, that all Subscriptions intended for the endow • ment of the Stiakspere School should be paid only to the Master, New Theatre Royal Adelphi ; or to Messrs. Coutts, Bankers, Strand, London. A Public Meeting will shortly be held in the Royal Adelphi Theatre to advance this object, of which due notice will be given. Ladies, noblemen, gentlemen, and others interested in carrying out this design, are requested to communicaie with the undersigned. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, Master. Feb. 27, 18E4. Committee Room (open from 11 till 4), 411, Strand. Secretary, Mr. Thomas Stuart. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Feb. 23. The birthday of George Washington, slaveholder, and (until he became successful) a rebel, was yester day celebrated by 20 millions of people, who affect to hate both slaveholding and rebellion with viru lence to which history offers few parallels. Were Washington now alive, holding the principle for which he fought and conquered in his own day, he would either sit in the seat of Jefferson Davis or be among the most trusted of hie councillors; but the North, forgetting principle in passion, honours his memory, and departs from his teaching. So greatly have times changed since the comparatively recent day in which he was a power among his fellows that he has almost become as mythical as Ulysses or Achilles—a name for boys to revere, for girls to dream of, and for philosophers to theorise and be learned upon, but of no more practical account, either by his example or his precept, in the govern ance of the Republic which he founded than if he had been dead 3,000 years. He declared that go vernment reposed upon the consent of the governed, and to prove the contrary the Federal Americans have taken up arms to coerce eight millions of people of their own race and lineage and the greater por tion of four millions of negroes. He warned them against sectionalism as the greatest of all the dangers against which the young Republic should be on its guard, and they became sectional until see tionalism—as he foresaw it would—ripened and expanded into war. He dwelt upon the neces sity of wise compromise as the only stable foun dation of constitutional liberty, and they refused to listen to compromise until compromise became impossible. Forgetting all his counsels, all his principles, all the objects for which he made him self a name for ever, they have deluged his na tive Virginia with the blood of a hundred thousand of their own and as many of the opposing people, carried fire and sword through that once lovely land, laid up a store of misery and indebtedness to afflict countless generations, parted with liberty for the sake of " glory," and gained not even the glory and the dominion for which they perilled so much—nothing, in fact, as yet, but a vague half consciousness that all their sacrifices have been in vain, and that as Washington was so will Jefferson Davis be hereafter. But if Washington's principles be forgotten, his birthday is remembered. Yester day guns fired, banners waved, illuminations and rockets reddened the midnight sky, balls and other festivities enlivened the hearts of the young and fair, while older and soberer persons took pleasure in that indigenous species of oratory known as " hightalutin," in commemoration of the glorious anniversary. To-day all is over, and Washington's name is laid on the shelf until the 4th of July, when, if all be well, it will be taken down again to cele brate kapceessfal rebellion against England, and to point the moral of an old revolution without throwing any light upon the principles and passion of the new. Among the promises made for the day were two which were not fulfilled—the one, a new Proclama- tion of Universal Emancipation; the other, the great inaugural meeting in the city of New York, under the auspices of the Lincoln Union League, tor the advocacy of Mr. Lincoln's claim to reselectioa. Per haps the first, if ready, has, for reasons best known to Mr. Lincoln, been postponed to a more appro priate season ; the second has undoubtedly been postponed because of the almost total want of sym pathy in its objects which exists among the people of the metropolis. Even the Tribune, which made him, has formally declined to support him for a second term. Though Gen. Butler is spoken of, and he and the North are worthy of each other, he is scarcely to bo considered a popular favourite. That honour has been reserved fur Gen. M‘Ulellan. His name is always received with shouts of applause whenever publicly mentioned. The soldiers when he appears among them, as he did for the first time lest Saturday, receive him with a furore of delight, which proves that his enforced retirement has not diminished his popularity among his comrades. His official report to the Secretary of War on the organi sation of the army of the Potomac and its campaigns in Virginia and Maryland has just been published. Congress ordered 10,000 copies to be printed for the use of members, but, lest the document should be too extensively used as an electioneering manifesto, it reduced the number to 5,000. But this little circumstance only increased the public anxiety to read the report. It has been reprinted piecemeal in hundreds of newspapers all over the country, besides being re-issued in book form by a score of publishers. The General stood high before in the estimation of the Democratic party, as well as of that large non-partisan class whose only bond of poli ical cohesion is their timidity and dread of violent revolution. His report has strengthened the confidence reposed in him by both, and will, in the event of a Presidential election under the old forms which is not by any means so certain as it ought to be—procure for him many hundred thousand votes which he might not otherwise have secured. But far more important than the movements of the General's friends is the step just taken in the interest of Mr. Chase. Cautious, solid, steady, always going forward without appearing to move, and never drawing back, Mr. Chase bides his time. He says nothing, but does a great deal, and cleverly allowing Mr. Lincoln by the exercise of the war power vested in him as Commander-in-Chief to fill up the gape left in the Senate and the House of Repre sentatives by the session of the Southern States, he seems to calculate that the two cunning engineer may be hoisted with his own petard, and that if the ultimate decision of the Presidential contest be thrown into the House of Representatives, the votes thus created may be given foe Chase, and not for Lincoln. His friends—and he is a man whose purity of life, independence of character, and range of intellect would always secure him many, even if he bad not high power and the power of putting his favourites on the road to fortune to add to the number—have finally come forward with a laboured statement in his behalf, in the shape of a circular or manifesto, ostensibly addressed to the whole people, b u t intended for the chiefs as well as the rank and file of the Republican party. It is signed by Senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, on behalf of the National Executive Committee, and when,yesterday morning, published for the first time created a marked sensation in this city as well as in Wesh ingtee. To-day it has led to two reports—one that it is a fabrication, and the concoction of an enemy; and the other, based upon its authenticity, that Mr. Lincoln will either yield his own claims to those of Mr. Chase or dismiss him from the Secretaryship of the Treasury. The document is generally believed to be genuine. It states that this movement on the part of the friends of the Union who differ from the policy of the Government ties been rendered neces sary by ttie prior movement made to secure the re nomination of Mr. Lincoln; that werethe re-election sennld be smpraeteeeble aot„- NEWSPAPER • -- N. • firefleral navy was incompetent to th , . 1,7 - all events, unsuccessful in accompli s h it not to strike these over sanguine A ...451:7—,,," that the British nary might not in the ckie suit s posed be quite so powerless as that of the United. States; that the enterprising and skilful people who built the Florida and the Alabama for " the Emperor of China" might be able to build 40 or 50 or 100 better vessels for the British Government and that their commanders might make very short work both of the ships andithe necks of any pirates hailing from Federal ports who should venture to come within 100 miles of them ? It would be con sistent with the dignity of the American Govern ment and people to devote their energies to the capture of the ships that so disturb them :.but it is neither consistent with dignity nor reason to con tinue to whine over their losses without striking a blow, or to t a lk o f repr i sals against Great Britain for acts which the Brt - tish Government has neither coecmit ted nor sanction ed. Louis Napoleon as a General. Anxiou3, then, to do justice to Louis Napoleon's abilities, we must admit, after deductaig the ad vantages he possessed in better Iroops, b e tt er wea pons, more experienced generals, and irresponsible authority, that he showed remarkable , talent f or conducting military operations. His :movements were orderly farf roni rapid, advance on sthe dfblttheysvereverjcomplete. His morning of the 24th July, so different from the straggling array of the Austrians, was a main eause of the victory of Solferino. And, setting aside the po licy of the flank march to the Ticino, the march itself, though not faultless, was reason ably well conducted, while thee preliminary feint and movement across the P o were excel lently arranged. He showed, too, a right judg ment in directing the mass of his force against Sol ferinc.. ix. these feats were surprisir gin a man who not only then first held a command, but who then first saw war, and who bega.a his military career with directing two great armies. Nevertheless, we think the march to Magenta fatal to his character for generalship. We grant that: at any phase of that movement, except when his artily was astride the Ticino, he had a reasonable etif Ince of assembling sufficient forces upon any point :that Giulay might attack, to have a fair prospect al e victory. But a gambler who should wager a hunn'red to one on an even chance would be as likely to win as to lose ; yet, if he did lose, his stake would beenormous com pared with his possible gain. And this was the case with the flank march; it was showy, unexpected, and therefore praised as brilliant ; but it was ex tremely perilous, and all the danger was run with out the prospect of a corresponding success. Nothing bat the fighting of his troops, and the friendly aid of that emissary from the Austrian Emperor to Giulay, extricated him from a position that might easily have been absolutely fatal. Neither was he forced into this dangerous course ; on the contrary, by moving on Mortara he would gain all that the flank march could possibly give him, and without risking his communications. We believe, then that the sole reason for incurring the danger was the hope of evading a battle. This is a very grave de fect in the character of a commander, who, though he should, of course, be properly careful of the lives of his troops, should never hesitate to gain an aae.. qaate advantage by fighting for it. Bat it is a common thing to see generals, though regardless of their personal safety, yet nervously alive to the risk of engaging. Subsequent events seem to con- firm this view of the Emperor's character. On the 6th hue be hesitated, though with superior num bers and in face of a beaten enemy, to renew tho contest, or to pursue. He equally f a il e d to follow the retiring foe from Solferino ; and, lastly, when another great pitched battle was imminent, he made his overtures for 'pecca, forgetting alike his own proclaimed intention and the interests of his ally. Should he, then, take the field in another war, we should expect that his combinations would be well calculated, his movements methodical and accurate; but we should doubt the resolution, not of the man, but of the general, and we should ex put that, opposed to a skilful and resolute adver- :ary, prompt and ready to fight, he might play for a high stake and lose it.--Blackwood, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—NORTHAMPTON, March 8. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and Mr. Justice Cromptou came from Leicester yesterday. Thecase that has of late excited so much attention has gone off. It was a charge of wilful murder against William Weekly Ball, a man 47 years of age, and described as a butcher. Mr. Sergeant Tozer, Mr. Douglas Brown, and the Hon. G. C. Vernon appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. O'Malley, Q.C,, Mr. Keane, Q.C., and Mr. Metcalfe fur the prisoner. In the year 1850 the deceased and supposed murdered woman, Lydia Atley, was living at the village of Ring stead, in this county, where also resided th prisoner. For some time an adulterous intercourse had been carried on between them, the prisoner being a married man, and in July of the year above mentioned the woman was near her confinement. On the 22d of the month she was last seen alive at about 9 at night, in company with the prisoner. They were heard talking in his orchard, the witnesses who heard the talk saying that she was refusing to charge any one else with being the father of the child. Shortly after groans wore heard proceeding from the direction where the talking had been going on, but no one seems to have at tempted any interference, or to have attached importance to the circumstance. As we have before said, from that mo ment she was never again seen alive. Search was made, but in a few days a letter arrived in the village from a man at Northampton, saying that he had seen her walking with a man in that town a day or two after the 22d July. This being made public had the effect of to some extent lulling the suspicion of the villagers, and ultimately, although there was a very strong feeling that there had been foul play, the matter was at rest. In the meantime the prisoner removed to Thrapston, established himself as a butcher, and at the time of his arrest was carrying on a good and thriving trade. So many years had now passed that he might well have imagined himself safe from any accusation in reference to Lydia Atley ; but in the month of February last some labourers were digging a piece of waste land by the roadside, near the orchard before mentioned, and about 18 inches below the surface they came upon the skeleton of a woman. It was lying face downwards. The bones were collected, and on examining the jaw a tooth was missing from the back of the mouth—a remarkable circumstance, for but a few days before she disappeared a labourer, the village dentist, had extracted one at her request , No sign of any child r man war wh an o d w s ro ay te s the ho letter co m u e l h d t b io e h d ed isc n ov ow ered co . T mes h f o o d wrote it at the request of the prisoner, and the story as to before seeing the deceased in Northampton was utterly untrue. It will be seen that the case is still only one of great suspicion for beyond the tooth no further indentification of the skeleton can be arrived at. It now appears that where the bones were found gipsies have been in the habit of burying, and, as if further to embarrass th e case for the p ros ecution, last Saturday , in the same piece of ground, a few feet below where the supposed remains of the woman were found, another skeleton, that of a man, was found, and yesterday two more were discovered. These aro the short facts of the case; and an investigation having taken place before the magistrates, the prisoner was committed for trial. To-day a bill was prepared for the consideration of the grand jury, but before it was sent to them Mr. Sergeant Tozer stated that he had consulted with the solicitor for the prosecution aril the counsel with him in the case, and the result was that, seeing how incomplete the case was at present against the pri.oner, he should ask that the recognisances of the witnesses be discharged and no bill prepared. The effect of this would be that, in the event of any fresh evidence coming to light, the prisoner could again be apprehended. Mr. Justice Crompton thought the course proposed a safe and wise one, and mad an order accordingly. ADVERTISEMENT.]—Avoid medicines: they always 14T:ra vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious _Health. 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