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THE MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited INVITE APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES IN THE QUEEENSLAND SHEEP INVESTMENT COMPANY-(Limited). Incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies Act of 1862. Capital £400,000, in 10,000 Shares of Xio each. Of which it is proposed to call up £2O per 'share, No call to exceed £5, with an interval of three months between each call. £1 to be paid on application, and £3 on al.otment. DIRECTORS. Percival Battiscombe, Esq. Seven Oats, Rent. Charles Falconer, Esq., Director of , the London Chartered Bank of. Australia, late of Sydney, New south Wales. William Henry, Esq., late Colonial Secretary of Tasmania. George Gordon Macpherson, Esq., Chairman of the Agra and United Service Bank. Robert Torrent, Esq., M.P., Ramslade, Bracknell, Berks. E. W. Wingrove, E.g., late of Mackenzie, Lyall, and Co., Calcutta. James A. Youl, Esq., Waratah House, Clapham Park, and Tasmania. Adolphus W. Young, Esq. (late High Sheriff of New South Wales), Director of the Scottish Australian Investment Company. BANKERS Agra and Ernit ,, d Service iiinc(Llatted), 27, Cannon-street. SOLICITOR& Mesas. Sole, Turnere, and•Hapawlpk, 68, iddermanbury. • BR:ncEits. Messrs. Robins and Barber. 39, Threadneedle-street. Messrs. Walker and Lumeden, 25, Austin-friars, AUDITOR. Henry Honey, Esq. (Messrs. Honey and Humphrys), Ironmonger-lane. SECRETARY (pre. tem). Arthur Harvey, Esq. Temporary Offices-1, Cushion-court, Old Broa d-street : and -the Mercantile Credit Association (Limited), 21, Thread needle-street. PROSPECTUS. The Comnary is formed with the object of enabling Eng capitalists to avail themselves of the cli rible oppor- Inwt,es whi h are offered for investment in the colouy of Q ,eensland and Australia ge.,er lly. The investm , tnt affording the I..rgcst and most certain return for ca ital is sheen farming, which has proved the great mai:Ai:ay of the Australian colonies The progress of he cocupai ion of sheep fsrming. and the rat, at which,. the flOCk have blare ,sed and apt ead through out these colonies, are remarkable. In 1810, when Germany and Spain were the only countries producinz merino wo Australia exported its first bale of 1 011 as , but in 1800 it sent to the mother country nit less than 60,000,0001bs„ of vahich the Germans were large wirehatie: o. Tire following is a co, de , sed t ble of exports : In 1810 an experimental cl p of .. 160Ibs. 1820 the export had rea.hed .. 99,415 „ 1830 • • ........ 1,967,309 1640 .... 1850 • • Ib6o upwards of •••• • • • • a . 57,000,0L0 „ And in 18 3, the latest return Great as has been the iner , a6Q throughout Australia, the progress in Queensland has be.,,en mote ra;•id than any other portion of the colonies. rile mildness of its climate and the riohneas of its pastu'es 'nave contributed to this result, while the wool prodturd there realises the highest price in the London matk,t. A provisional offer has been made to the directors for the purchase of t'ae leases of certain stations on the Darling Downs, now in full operation, comprising an area of upwards of 1,50 0 Kure miles, with the sheep and cattle thereon : the vendors taking payment for a considerable portion 01 th 3 purchase in the shares of the Company. The Company will thus commence business with an invest ment yielding at once large returns, calculated to pay an early and satisfa tory dividend, irrespective of the ac .umu lated profit to be deriv, d trom the increase of the breeding which in ordinary seasons may be est,mated at 80 per cent These runs will form the breeding depots of the Company, trom which will be drafted the sheep tor stocking any sta tions to be purchased, and for taking up such new country as it is contemplated to occupy, either in the districts which the late discoveries of Landsborough, Burke,and Wills have made known, or elsewhere. It is well known that large fortunes have been made in Australia by the sheep farmers, even when their operations have been carried on with borrowed capital at the high rate of interest ruling in the colony; therefore it may be fairly as sumed that a well-organised undertaking, combining good practical management, and sufficient working capital, will be attended with most pro fi table results to the shareholders. The articles and memorandum of association may be in spected at the Offices of the Company. Prospectuses, with forms of application, may be obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company, 1, Cashion-court, Old Broad-street ; at the Mercantile Credit Association (Limited), 21, Threadneedle-street ; at the Agra and United Service Bank, 27, Cannon-street ; at the Brokers of the Company, Messrs. Rains and Barber, 29, Threadneedle-street, and Misers. Walker and Lumsden, 25, Austinfriaro. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Queensland Sheep Investment Company (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid to your credit at the Agra and United Service Bank (Limited), 27 Cannon-street. the sum of being a a deposit of per share on shares in the above Company I hereby request that you w!ll allot me that number, and I agree to become a member of the Com pany in respect of such shares, or in respect of any less num ber you may allot me, and to execute the articles of associa tion when required; and I request that my name may be placed on the register of members for the shares so allotted. Name in full Residence Profession or Bus ness ...... Date T HE IMPERIAL FINANCIAL COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under " The Uompanies Act, 1862," by which the liability of the, shareholders is limited to the amount 0f their shares. Capital, £2,00%000, in 40,000 shares of £.50 each. First issue, 20.0,d0 shares. Deposit, Ll per share on applica tion, and £4 on allotment. Subse q uent calls not to exceed £2 10s., and at intervals of not less than three racliths. No call will be made until after the expiration ni three months from the date of allotment. It is not intended to call up more than £l5 per share ; but as the operations of the Company increase, and more share capital can be advantageously employed, further issues of shares will be made, a preference being given to the then existing shareholders. DIRECTORS. John Chapman, Esq., Director of the Union Bank of London. John Oliver Hanson, Esq.' Di r ector of the National Pro vincial Bank of England. Captain J. Gilbert Johnston, Director of the London and South Western Railway Company. Charles Belson. Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company. George Gordon Macpherson, .Esq., Chairman of the Agra and United Service Bank. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart., Deputy-Governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation. William Scholefield, Esq., M.P., Director of the Union Bank of London. Sir Sibbald David Scott, Bart., Director of the National Provincial. Bank of England. Henry Danby Seymour, Esq., M.P., 39, Upper Grosvenor street. GENERAL MANAGER. T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. BANKERS. The Union Bank of London, Princes-street, Mansion house. The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon street. - - SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and Kn i g ht, 6, Old Jewry. BROKERS. Messrs. Knight, Coleman, and Co., 1, 113yal Exchange buildings. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Arthur Blunt, Esq. Temporary Officers-21, Finch-lane. PROSPECTUS. The attention of capitalists and the public has of late been much directed to the introduction of Financial Companies in this country, and the result of the operation of these associations being now known has afforded a striking evi dence, both of their commercial utility and the advantages they offer for a judicious and profitable employment of capital. The formation of this Company has for some time engaged the careful consideration of the Directcrs, and they are satisfied that an ample field remains in England, abroad, and especially in India, for conducting auccessfully an enterprise of this character and, having secured v valuable co-operation, and made other preliminary arrange ments, they have no hesitation in introducing it to the Public. The principal objects of the Company w ill include — The The negotiation of loans, concessions for railways and other public works, whether in England, India, colonies, or abroad. 2d. The advances of money on th e deposit of approved securities, as well as the purchase and negotiation of the same on commission. _ 3 d. Facilities will also be afforded to contractors of un doubted position, who have undertaken the construction of railways and other important works. vi n e. Directors are fully impressed with the necessity of Wee and caution in the selection of their business. i n . relations have already been established with lead- Int 7 d rk oo ing-houses and capitalists with a view to the im preepe' meatuses of operations. obtained at th e s i and forms of applications for shares may be Finch-lane, or at mporary offices of the Company, No. 21, Coleman, and Co., the offices of the brokers, Messrs. Knight, applications tnt, shal es Royal Exchange-buildings, where all es are to be made. • This form must b e deli od ; an d , after ver entire to the Bankers of the Company to be retained by themP.aYment of Deposit, the application FOR/if OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Imperial Financial Company (Limited). Gentlemen, having paid to your bankers the sum of , being a deposi t of £1 per sh are o n shares in the above Company, rhereby request that you will allot me that number ; and I agree to accept such shares, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, subject to the a regulations of the Company , and also t o pay th e further deposit of £4 per share on allotment ; and I hereby autho riset you to e n t er m y name on the register o f s h are h o lders for the shares so allotted, Name in full .......................... Residence ............................ Profession or business Date ........................ THE IMPERIAL FINANCIAL COMPANY, (Limited). —NOTICU is HEREBY GIVEN that no farther Applications . ' for Sifares in this Company will be r - ceived after TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY), the 2d of March, at Three o'clock.—By order, ARTHUR C. BLUNT, Secretary (pro tem.) T eraNt l u7 Mw, 21, Finch-line, March 1,1864. 1 I PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESA. ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER LIES GENERALLY— To BE HAD GRATIS, fit the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. N. and H. Lumley's FRRE PROPERTY REGISTER," Containing a varied selection .M landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, ,with its manorial domain, to tke cottage with its few acres. _ _ . _ OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can cm brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register .affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Cluincery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most eases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. THERE IS NO CITAIIGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur eilaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. TEN PEA, CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS. — STRAND MUSIC HALL COMPANY (Limited) BONDS of £5O each, are now ready for issue, constituting a a First Charge upon the Property of the Company, repayable in Three Years, and bearing Interest at £lO per Cent. per Annum, payable hall-yearly. Apply at the Offices of the Company, 345, Strand, W.C. or to Mr. G. T. ;Taylor, Stock and Share Broker, 11, Token -11,9111e-yard, B.C, .t By Ordepof the Board, FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Secy. No. 22,365 GiURNI FURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distanoe. First• blase goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense tock ofdselect rom, displayed in Showrooms occupying ali A t re ground.. Every article warranted. Cf.& itGYMEN and GENTLEYMN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their tin. equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated bq4lo adm -able engravings of every d e scription of Furniture and teasteads, with price s attached. A copy sent glans and post-free on apPitc:alon. This costly work also co ntains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised care:— A, 'six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto rogether with a Price List of purified Bedding', and a mass of valnable informationto all requiring' lonseh )1d furniture, esrpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cler2y! men and gentlemen in or neat Oreat Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Crainsboroueb, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Statues, Dorking, iban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Brits. L. COBBETT raid CO.. General House Furnishers. Deptford bridge, Landou, B.E, ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. SEVENTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDRS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That E the Seventh Ordi nary Annual Meeting of the Shareholders in the Atlantic Telegraph Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopegate-Street, within the City of London, on WED NESDAY, the 16th day of M..rch, at One o'clock p.m., for the purpose of receiving a Report and Balance Sheet from the Directors, and for the transaction of the ordinary busi ness of the Company. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Chairman. GEO. SAWARD, Secretary. • - 22, Old Broad-street, London, March 1, 1864. NORWICH UNION FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. The Directors hereby give notice, that, in consequence of the immediate extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, they have vacated their offices, No. 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, and REMOVED to their NEW PREMISES, No. 29, Fleet-street, E.C, February 4, 1864. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. London. 26th February, 1864. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ORDINARY ANNUAL COURT, and also that an EXTRAORDINARY Radler a Hotel, B r idge-street, Blackfriars,, on SATURDAY, the 11th March, 1861, at Two o'clock precisely, for the follow ing purposes:— ORDINARY ANNUAL COURT. Ist. To consider and receive the Auditors' Report for the year 1863 ; and 2dly. To elect Auditors for the present year. EXTRAORDINARY AND QUINQUENNIAL COURT. let. To consider and receive the Report of the Directors upon the value of the Funds of the Society, and its engagements; and the Valuation of the Policies, prior to declariag a Bonus. 2dly. To declare thf Sum to be allotted to the Members of the Society as a Bmius ; and 3dly. To elect four Directors,in consequence of the following going out of office, by ballot, viz. Henry Barnett, Esq. Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie, Edward Charrington, Esq. Pascoe Charles Glyn, Esq. These gentlemen being, by the 153 d Article of the Deed of Settlement, immediately eligible to be re-elected, are recom mended several b the Board of Directors. As the atesollyutioyns of the Extraordinary General Court will require confirmation, so Saturday, the 2d April, is ap pointed for that purpose, at Two o'clock precisely. By order of the rd of Directors, ALEXANDE BRoa MACDONALD, Secretary. B RAZIL. —The ROSSA GR ANDE GOLD MINING COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 186?, by which the liability of the sharehelders is limited to the amount of their shares. Cauital £lOO,OOl, in 100,000 shares of Li each. First issue, 50,000 shares, of which one-fourth have been subscribed for privately. Deposit, per share on application, and 2s. 6d. per share D on allotment. No call to exceed ss. per share, at less than three months. DIRECTORS. George Noakes, Esq., Managin Director Great Wheal Vor United Mining Company. Gresham House, Old Broad street. E. B. Neill, E.q„ Parliament-street, Consul-General for Monte Video. Barnet L. Phillips, Esq., Director European Bank. F. Koe, Req., Director London and Birmingham Bank. R. W. Jones, Esq., Director Brit , sh Nation Life Office. A. Sc Esq., Director London and Birmingham Bank. Capt. J. R. Harris, Director Grandee Mines Consolidees VII • lemagne. C. W. White, Esq., Hiberni a -chambers, London -bridge. AGENTS IN BRAZIL. Messrs. Alexander Fry and Co., Rio de Janeiro. CONSULTING ENGINEER IN ENGLAND. Captain John Dailey, St. Austell, Cornwall, formerly Chief Mining Engineer to the St. John Del Bey G old Minin g Company in Brazil. BANKERS. London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury ; London and Birmingham Bank, Cheapside, and New-street, Birming ham. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hancock, Sharp, and Hales, 20, Tokenhouse - yard. BROKER. Francis Burnand, Esq., 7t , , Lombard-street, AUDITORS. Mews. Cash and Edwards, Tokenhouse-yar3. Secretary (pro tea.)—J. J. Truran, Esq. Temporary Offices-25, Poultry, London, N.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The object of this Company is to purchase and work an ex tensive gold mining property, called Ross lt a (Roca)stimat Grandeed . in the province of Minas Ge, aes, isr the vicinity o. the azil. is e as containing about 21 square miles, in celebraed mine oi the St. John Del Rey Company. The purchase money is to be £ 15,000 in cash, and an equal amount in shares. Captain Thomas Treloar, in his elaborate report says— " The rock i 4 chi , fly clay and talcose slate, of that character which is highly magenta i to auriferous formations, and when I add that the lodes are not very far distant from the junction of the slate and granite, every , experienoed miner will understand it ig s snificance. Gold mines in Brazil, as well as copper and tin mines in England , are v elueleas when far from the mysterious effect of the junction of these great rocks. "'The estate contains three distinct Audi erous formations, which ng may be traoed for miles, besides a rich jacotia unexplored. Diamonds are said to have been f ound at one spot. The first rook formation is of white quartz and iron, and has yielded from half to five ounces of gold per ton ; the second is of yellow quartz and auriferous arsenical pyrites, and has &lorded upwards of six ounces of gold per ton. " The third is of quartz and brown oxide of iron, and about pyritic- ft wide. In depth 'it will probably graduate into a rock formation similar to that of th 3 St. John Del Rey Company's a ine at Morro Velho. The whole mass of this lode is auriferous, and portions of it have yielded 50 oitavas of gold per ton. It only re q uires capital, economy, and practical experience to make those lodes as repanymunerative :13 as the Rock Mine of the St. John Del Rey Com, whi has already paid £673,710 in dividends, and one share in which, with £l5 paid, is now worth £52." Full reliance is to be placed upon Capt. Treloars report, from the fact that he has ha 1 18 years' experience in Brazil. in the service of ho St. John Del Rey Company, and is chief engineer to the Don Pedro North Del Rey Gold Blining Com pany, which, uoder his management, has paid a dividend at the rate of 10 percent. on its first nine months' working. Capt. Dailey. who has long k Ross& Grande, confirms the above report. The late M c George Vincent Duval. Brazilian Mining Commissioner, also, in a work written h him, favourably mentions Roses Grande, classing it wit Morro Velho (St. John Del Key), and says—" Those mines might be aptly termed gold quarries." Prospec tuses and copies of the reports, with a map, and forms of applications fo r shares, may be obtained of the broker, of the solicitors, or at the offices of the Company. -------- IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any 1 one troubled with Win d in the Stomach, Indigestion. or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them 9d of sterling merit. Of all medicine ven dors at Is. 13d. and 2s. . • or free by poet for 14 or 33 stamp s from rage D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. TEETIL—Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the m ost perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of s tum p s, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or astenings, and adapt themselves so perfeetly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the month 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. Inspection o d e pecimens and consultations tree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bon-street, W ; and at 39, llennett's-hill, R,MONAL EXHIBITION, 1882: FRANCIS TUCKER dr CO., Wax Chandlers, (to., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jrs' e x cel le n ce n Wax and Church Candles, in 1882, testifies toohe of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addre ssed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:— " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my ttun,ll com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. td. per lb. Or(linary quality • • .• Is. od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of 5d axr lb. . B es t quality • • • • • • • .. Is. 3d. per lb. s. sd. pe secon d quality •• •• T hi r d quality •• , • Is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. 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BINJAM IN WEBSTER. New Theatre Royal Adelphi, Feb. 27,18E4. CAPTAIN WHITE'S MIENTAL PICKLE, CURRY or MULLIGATAWNY PASTE, C u rry Powder. and Curry M auce . nay be obiained from all Sauce Vendorm, attd.cholesale of CROSSE and bLkOKIVELT., 'urveyora to the Queen, Soho-equare, london, MADAME RACHEL'S CIRCASSIAN WASH and ALABASTER POWDER Beautiful lot even-47A. New Bond•street. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, WEST CORK. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at their offices, Gracechureh-street, Sir C. P..i:oneY in the chair. Mr. H. W. WOOD, the secretary, read the report, which stated that great progress had been made with the construc tion of the line.. Since the accession of the present Board to office in May last (when the first sod was turned) the entire land required for the railway, 33 miles in length, bad been valued by the Government arbitrator, and his final award given thereon. The company had already obtained possession of lands extending for a length of between 17 and 18 miles, which had been paid for, and the remaining lands could be speedily obtained, as required by the con tractors. Thirteen miles of the railway had been already made, the greater portion of which vas ballasted and ready to receive the permanent way, and the contractors assured the Board that their strenuous exertions should be de voted towards a still more vigorots prosecution of the works, with a view to the opening of the line from Bandon to ;Dunmanway, a distance of nearly 18 miles, at the earliest possible period. Since the Wt half-yearly meeting telegraphie communication had been established between Cork, Skibbereen, Cape Clear, and Crookhaven, by means of which American intelligence had been received from six to ten hours earlier than by the previously existing means, thus proving the advantages geographically possessed by the extreme south-western harbours of the county of Cork for facilitating transatlantic intercourse and communication. The rails required for the entire length of the railway had been delivered. Nearly all the sleepers ready for the open. ing to Dunmanway were on the ground, and the permanent way fastenings would shortly be delivered, when the rails and sleepers would be laid down and the line made ready for receiving the engines and carriages. The large amount of employment already afforded by the construction of the works bad been productive of much timely relief and sup port to the labouring classes throughout the districts tra versed. Tho company having now reached its borrowing powers, the necessary legal stops had been completed for authorising the issue of the debnturrit. Under the powers of the company's special act a baronial land guarantee of 4i per cent. interest per annum fora period of 20 years WAR at tached to those debentures from the opening of the line. When the works between Bandon and Du n manway ap proached nearer to completion the board expected to receive from the Cork and Bandon Railway Company an instalment of the £20,000 which that company were bound to subscribe to this undertaking, as the completion of the line would confer most important benefits on the Cork and Bandon Railway. The directors repeated their conviction expressed in the last report on the bonafide merits of the undertaking, believing that it would not only confer great and lasting ad vantages on the extensive population and districts traversed, but as an investment would prove both profitable and grati fying in its results. The capital account to the 31st Dec. showed that £162,042 had been received and £151,872 ex pended, leaving a balance of £7O. The CHAIRMAN', in moving the adoption of the report, said he had no doubt from the great progress already made by tha contractors that the same energy they had always exhibited would be continued, and that the first portion of the line from Bandon to Dunmanway—nearly 18 miles in length—would be opened for traffic in the ensuing summer. The land did not come into the possession of the company until everything was paid to the landlords and tenants. The laying down of the permanent way on the portion completed to formation level would give the directors greater facilities in proceeding with other parts of the line. The Magnetic Company bad succeeded in establishing telegraphic commu nication with Crookhaven, and, by means of a steamer, were enabled to obtain and transmit American intelligence to England six, eight, or ten hours earlier than by the former mode. It was also proposed to make a branch railway to Crookhaven from their line, which proposition should have the earliest and best attention of the board. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, re-electing Sir C. P. Roney and Mr. J. Holland, the retiring directors, and also Mr. J. Burton, the retiring auditor. Mr. Klan, ono of the contractors, stated that his firm would do everything in their power in carrying on the works to deserve the confidence placed in them by the di rectors. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. SEVENOAKS, MAIDSTONE, AND TUNI3RIDGE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was hold yester day at the Victoria Station, Pimlico—Earl Amherst was in the chair. The secretary (Mr. W. E. Johnson) road the re port, which stated that the traffic for the put half-year had been most satisfactory, showing an increase of £1,193 over the corresponding half of 1862, or at the rate of 43 per cent. The balance applicable to the payment of debenture interest, which for the same half of 1862 was £6BB, was for the put half-year £1,643. An important accession of traffic was ex pected next summer, on the opening of the London, Chatham, and Dover lino to 131ackfriars and Earl-street, The working plan of the extension line to Maidstone were on the point of completion, and arrangements were in pro gress for the construction of the line with the least possible delay. The directors were applying to Parliament fur powers to carry out an arrangement with the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, which had already received the sanction of the shareholders. The CHAMMAN moved the adoption of the report. Lord SONDES seconded the motion. Mr. HOLItOYD, in answer to a question, said the London, Chatham, and Dover Company worked tho line at 60 per cent. of the receipts ; and if the 50 per cent. received by the Sevenoaks Company was not sufficient to pay the interest on the debentures and preference shares, the difference was to be made up by the former company. The report was adopted, and the retiring directors and auditor were re-elected, and a vote of thanks to tho chair man closed tho proceedings. soconded by Mr. Ginn, the report and accounts were adopted, and the meeting separated. lIEMEL HEMPSTEAD. Yesterday the half •yearly meeting was convened at the offices, Cannon-row, Westminster. It was stated that negotiations were going on with the London and North-Western respecting the junction, and that arrangements were being made with the contractors for the speedy commencement of the works. STOCKPORT, DISLEY, AND WHALEYBRIDGE. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting was held at the offices, Leadenhall-street; Mr. R. R. Notman in the chair. The report, was adopted unanimously. A dividend on the ordinary shares was declared at the rate of 3t per cent. per annum, payable on the 9th of March. Messrs. Barrow, Ilkley, and Howard, the retiring directors, and Mr. Allan, the retiring auditor, were re-elected. RAILWAY BILLS. The Select Committee on Standing Orders have declared that the standing orders may be dispensed with in the fol lowing caws : —Pulborongh, Horrington, and Stoyning— Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton—Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire—Bristol and North Somerset (Bath and Extensions), provided in the latter case that all the powers contained in the bill of which notice has not been given be struck ont. MERCANTILE MARINE INSURANCE. Mr. W. J. Fernie presided at the first ordinary general meeting of this company, which was held yesterday in Liverpool. The CIIAIRSIAN sail that the result of their operations had been in every respect satisfactory, as the object of the directors had been to transact a moderate business of a good class, rather than an extended one involving greater risk. The net premiums received up to Dec. 31, after the usual deductions, amounted to £72,827. They had paid about .07,000 for losses and averagoa. The whole of the preli minary expenses had also been written off. Owing to the state of the money market, their investments had been un usually profitable, and from this source they could therebre declare a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. on tbo paid•up capital, free of inoorae-tax. The retiring directors and ,:senors were re-elected. LAMBETH -BRIDGE. The half-yearly meeting of thin company was held yester day at the Westminster Palace Hotel, Westminster, Vis count Torrington in the chair. The report stated that the balance in hand applicable to a dividend was £1,687 ; and the directors recommended a dividend of 0/ per cent. per annum for the six months ending the 29th ult., payable on the 20th of March, leaving about £360 for the next account. The capital account showed that £44,632 had been expended. The Citatumax said he was happy to be able to propose a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. There were three new works in the neighbourhood of the bridge that wore likely to bring them much traffic—namely, the south embank ment, which had been sanctioned by Parliament, the new St. Thomas's Hospital now finally fixed to be erected at Stangate, and a scheme for markets in Lambeth. The report and statement of accounts were adopted, a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent, per annum was declared and the retiring directors and auditors were re-elected. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Feb. 29, (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) TIIR BENCH AND TRY BAR—SCRNE IN COURT. Francis Jowers, a very respectable-looking young man, surrendered to take his trial upon several indictments obarging him with embezzling diferent small sumsof money, amounting in all to about £8 or £9, the property of the trustees of a benefit society called the Progress and Unity Society, which is a branch of the Forester's Society. Mr. Metcalfe conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was defended by Mr. F. 11. Lewis. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The prisoner was then charged upon a second indictment with an offence of the same character. In this ease the jury again returned a verdict of not guilty. Mr. Metcalfe said that he was instructed to proceed with a third charge. and the prisoner was consequently put upon his trial upon another indictment which charged him with embezzling other sums, the property of the same society. The learned counsel, in opening the case to the jury, complained of tho manner in which the last two cases had been summed up by the learned judge, and said that if the court had been differently constituted, and if the learned judge who usually presided had been present, he should probably not have felt himself compelled to take the course ho had done in pressing so many inquiries upon the atten tion of the jury. Mr. Commissioner Kerr, upon hearing this observation of the learned counsel, interposed, and called upon him to withdraw the observation ho had made. Mr, Metcalfe wished to know what was the observation referred to by the learned judge which he required him to withdraw. Mr. Commissioner Kerr said that the observation he required him to withdraw was that if the court had been differently constituted and the learned judge who usually presided had bean present he should not have taken the course he had done. Mr. Metcalfe said he did not intend anything disrespect ful to the Court in what he had stated. Mr. Commissioner Kerr said ho should not argue the matter, but if the observation was not withdrawn ho should adjourn the court and consider what further steps should be taken in the matter. Mr. Metcalfe repeated that he did not intend anything disrespectful to the court. Mr. Commissioner Kerr said ho considered the observa tion that had been made was highly disrespectful, and he believed that every one in court was of the same opinion. (Hero there were loud cries of " Hear, boar.") lie should insist upon an unconditional withdrawal of the observation. Mr. Metcalfe, upon this, said that if his lordship consi dered the observation disrespectful, he should of course withdraw it. The case then proceeded, but the evidence was pretty much the same as upon the other two indieimeuts. Thu prisoner was proved to have received several small sums from ditlerent members of the society, but it appeared ho had accounted for nearly the whole of them, and upon one occasion he had complained to the trustees that there were so many entries to be made that it was impossible for him to enter the whole of them, and an assistant was provided for him. .„. The learned Commissioner, in summing up, said it ap peared to him that the statement which had been made by the trustee as to tho prisoner complaining of the amount of duty he was required to perform, was the explanation of the whole transaction, and that there really were no grounds for making a charge of embezzlement against him. The jury again returned a verdict of not guilty. Mr. Commissioner Kerr then observed that ho entertained the Came opinion ho had expressed with reference to the first case which had boon tried, that the evidence was quite insufficient to support the charge of embezzlement, and that the proper course to have been taken was to have applied to a magistrate under the provisions of the Friendly Societies Act, by whom the dispute with regard to the money could have boon settled in the most satisfactory man ner, at the expense of a few shillings. Instead of doing this the society bad thought proper to prefer all these indict ments at very great cost, and, under the circumstances, he should make no order for the payment of the expenses. There was a fourth indictment against the prisoner, but Mr. Metcalfe declined to offer any evidence in support of it, and when the little scone above narrated had boon brought to a conclusion, the prisoner was ordered to be discharge I. William Giles, 20, pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzle ment, and it appeared that he had been before convicted of robbing a former master of a considerable quantity of valu able jewellery, and that he had also attempted to commit another robbery in an establishment where ho had obtained employment after he came out of prison. lie was bentenced to five years' penal servitude. Andrew Mlssan, 53, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlaw fully endeavouring to obtain money by false pretences from Baron Templeton. lie also pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining a sovereign from Alexander Maine by false pre tences. The prisoner is a notorious begging-letter impoe ter, and ho lice been convicted at the instance of the Men dicity Society on a groat many occasions. He was sentenced to 1R months' imprisonment upon the first indictment, and to be kept in vile' servitude fur three years upon the second. 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The report stated that the line between Herne Bay and Ramsgate was °pond on the 2d of October last, and in consequence of the delay, the traffic was being worked at cost price, but the agreement with the London, Chatham, and Dover Company would come into operation on the let March. The directors ant ici p ated a ver y lar g o traffic during the ensuing season, es pecially when the extensions of the London, Chatham, and Dover to Blackthorn and Earl-street were opened. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and said the delay in opening the line to Margate had arisen to consequence of some requirements of the Board of Trade not having been carried out. The delay would be a loss to the company, but he did not think the London, Chatham, and Dover Company were to blame, as they had calculated upon having a large return traffic from Margate in the month of September. The directors had applied for power to raise £llO,OOO of additional capital. Sir C. RONEY seconded the motion, which was adopted, and the retiring directors and auditor wore re•eleeted. The meeting w a s made special , when the directors were authorised to convert the B shares (30,250) into 6 per cont. stock. Thanks to the chairman and directors closed the proceed , lags. MANCHESTER AND MILFORD. Yesterday the adjourned meeting of this company was held at the offices, Cannon•row, Westminster—Mr. Moon in the chair. The report of the auditors stated that the outlay of the company—Ls9,lB8—was in excess of the receipts; that there were liabilities outstanding, and a considerable arrear of calls, which they recommended should be at once called up. After some disonsion, on the motion of Mr, ThszetorT, SPECTACLES. —The Patent Ne wl y -invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount l'altneraton. They afford extra ordinary re,ief to weak, di and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOMONS, Opticdans, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. 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As engineer to the Board, Mr. Bazalgette has to state fully wherever these proposed works, whether above or underground, interfere with streets, divert their routes, alter their levels, or trench upon the special works of the Board in sewers or subways. The report says truly that the schemes proposed for the metropolis this Session aro more numerous, bolder, and more complicated than on any previous occasion. They involve the construction of 2)8 new lines of railway and branches of 417! miles in length ; with 11 bridges over the 'Thames, and two, lines passing through the Thames Tunnel ; and the total capital proposed to be raised is about 170,000,000. Hyde Park, the Green Park, St. James's Park, Kensington Gardens, Newington Park, hackney-downs, Loyton-grange Park, Trinity-squaw, Finsbury-circus, Camden-square, Oakley-square, Anapthill-square, Euston-square, and Sloane square, would all be cut through,and some of them in two or three places, and the same would be the fate of the following open commons : Stoke Newington, Clapham, Tooting (invaded by seven diffdrent lines), Acton Back, Acton, Wimble don, Fulham, Deptford, and 'l'urnham-green. Bishopsgate-street would bo crossed by railways nine times; Whitechapel-road, 13 times ; King William-street, city, four times ; Strand, four times; Belgrave-road, four times; Uxbridge - road, Notting hill, five times ; Kensington-road, three times; Edgware-road, Kilburn, four times ; Euston-road and Marylebono-road, thirteen times; Deptford Lower-road, throe times; Acre-lane, Brixton, live times. St. Stephen's-churchyard, and St. Pancras burial ground would also be invaded, the latter by no less than three different lines of railway. There are no leas than six competitors for constructing railways along the line of the Thames Embankment, and underneath a portion of the new street to the Ilan sion•house; and in executing all these "improve ments" it is proposed to divert the present course of no less than 37 streets, to lower the level of 18, to raise the level of 34, and to stop up 69; altogether 52 sewers are returned as partially destroyed by these works, and no less than 526 as entirely de stroyed. The report is the most complete in its analysis of the mischief and destruction of property which would be caused by 831110 of these lines that has yet been laid before the public. Danish Account of the Battle at Oversee. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 24. The official Berlingske Tidende contains the fol lowing short but interesting report of the engage ment at Oversee on the 6th inst. " We have been requested to publish the follow ing details of the rearguard defence—not outpost fight—at Oversee, on the 6th, to obviate incorrect representations. It is necessary to observe that it !s the duty of every vanguard to arrest the progress of the enemy, even should the last man be sacrificed, until the retreat of the main body is perfectly secured. " The rearguard of our troops consisted of the 7th infantry brigade, with two guns. The losses at Overselk, had reduced the strength of the brigade to about 2,750 men commanded by Col. Muller. The force of the enemy under General von Gablenz was composed of the Nostcz brigade, consisting of two regiments of infantry, the Jager battalion, and the regiment of Lichtenstein hussars—in all 4,0( 1 0 men —with two howitzer batteries. Our loss in killed, wounded, and missing was 8(0 men and 15 officers. That of the enemy is authentically reported at 710 men and 28 officers. " It will be evident from the losses upon either side that this engagemmt w AN one of the most stub. horn and sanguinary in the history of modern war fare. At Waterloo every fifth man wan put hors de combat, at Eylan every fourth man ; and while the contest continued in these battles the greater part of the day, the action at Oversee lasted only three hol:.rs. During this time the enemy succeeded in pressing; the vanguard back about 2,000 paces, for at the end or? he action our forces were still stationed to the north o f ,!_he Bilksknow Krug, and upwards of three-quarters of a mile to the south of Flens burg." DANISH GUN-BOATS B ► T FEHMERN, - -•-- HAMBUItit, FED. 29. Danish troops have been brought by e Danish steamer from Seeland to Fehmcrn, A Danish gun-boat is stationed in Fehm,:rn Sound, which enables the Danes to take up similar flank position towards Holstein as they occupy upon Alien towards Schleswig. Further accounts from Alsen confirm the an nouncement already made that in all probability the siege will yet occupy some time. The trenches aro scarcely opened, and they must be carried on under the fire of the Danish guns from batteries constructed on not inconsiderable heights. The Duppel fortifications offer peculiar difficulties, which will account for the absence of intelligence of moment. Prince Charles has proceeded to the front, which is thought to indicate that there is no intention to check the progress of the siege works. The operations in Sundowitt will probably require weeks for their completion. The weather during the end of the last week was very wet, and fogs prevailed, so that great hindrance was caused to the progress of the siege works. Frequently it was not possible to see from one end of the pontoon bridge at Eckensund to the other, and, of course, there was corresponding difficulty in observing the movements on each side. It has been stated that the Danes consider Alsen and Friedericia as the same military position, and that the last recon naissances were partly occasioned by intelligence having been repeatedly received by the Prussians that men and guns were continually being sent to Friedericia from Sonderburg and Duppel. Some persons thought that this measure indicated that the Danes would quietly evacuate I)uppel and Alsen; but the events of the 22d ult. clearly proved that the Danes had no such inten- ' tion. Even the Germans are forced to admit that their gallant opponents yielded not one inch of ground without a stubborn resistance. 1 On the next day, the 23d, the position of the troops was as follows :—The Westphalian Wintzin gerode Division were on the north side, with their headquarters at \Varnitz, and extending from Sandberg to the Alsen Sound (which is at this place 1,000 paces broad), and as far as the northern part of the Duppol Heights. Somewhat towards the south some portion of this division occupied the Itavenskoppel, and on the south-west of this place Mend the 1) Ines in Rackebull, whilst the Stenderup Wood, south-west of Itackebull, near lieffelkoppel, marks the extreme position of the Brandenburg Manstein Division, and by these dispositions I)uppel is partly encircled as far as Wennin g bund. On the 13rosker Peninsula, baween Wenningbund and Nubel-Noer, stand six battalions of troops, to gether with a powerful park of artillery, w l ll pos sess the power of retiring across the pontoon bridge at Eckensund, and by whom the main a tt ac k on th e knotty'point of t he Duppel position, th e Windmill hill is to be made. At the affair on the '23d inst., when a Danish corvette attacked a battery of nil:- pounders of the Artillery of the Guard, at Sten dot up, many PrussiAti soldiers were wounded, whilst the Mulish vessel suffered no injury. The Stenderup wood, at the east end of which this battery was erected, is opposite the Island of Fano. Peroonn in debt may obtain instant protection againt.t imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all thlita and without publicity, by application to Mehara. soli° tors of the Court of Bankruptcy. CIBBIZta under .e 5 payable by easy instalments. ()Moos (eat abliahod 1b..30), 12, liatton-gardva. City branch-6, Moor tate-titriset , Bank.— AI) VT. --CaC : I ;lAp . Eit , / \ . ,AN t4 tl)' -. 4 WEST INDIA, PACIFIC, OD Ai. #. 4 .4 y MAILS. ~`: 1 - -I '4 v., SOUTTIAMPrDN, Feb. 29. 11 The Royal Mail Company's stean iship Shannon, Captain Abbott, with the above mai Is, arrived this afternoon. She brings 83 passengers, speQie value 1,044,116 dole., of which amount 23, 551 dole. are on account of the Mexican dividends. Her clap con sists of 245 serons cochineal, 337 serons indigo, 3 Berens jalap, 257 cases cigars, 260 bales tobacco, 543 packages cocoa, and 134 packages sundries. The Shannon left St. Thomas on the 14th. On the 28th she exchanged signals with the ship Gene ral Windham, 60 miles west of the Lizard. The General Windham is homeward bound from Bom bay. There is no news from the Pacific Coast by this mail, the steamer not having arrived at Panama up to the sth inst., the date of the Royal Mail Com pany's packet from Colon. The French frigate Pallas Ili-rived at Panama on the 31st January on he r way to the coast of Mexico. ller Majesty's corvette Mutiny was daily ex pected at Panama from Vancouver's Intelligence from Bogota is to the 15th ult. The greater part of the representatives had arrived at the capital, and some preparatory sessions had been neld, but a constitutional quorum had not yet as sembled, and Congress, therefore, had not been for mally opened. The French Charge d'Affaires at Quito had struck his flag and broken off friendly relations w ith Ecuador. The cause of this sudden rupture is not stated. In consequence of unfavourable news at Panama, by way of Carthagena, from the rebellious State of Antioquia, a proclamation was issued on the 4th inst., declaring Panama in a state of war, and call ing out 5,000 of the militia to defend the Govern ment. The ports of the West Coast of Mexico aro de clared blockaded by the French. 'rho Panama Herald and Star of Fob. 5 says:— ' We:understand that Admiral Bouet, of the French frigate Pallas, has officially notified the Pacific Mail Steamship Company that the ports of the West Coast of Mexico aro now declared blockaded by the French, and that the steamships of the company will merely be allowed. to touch in there for coal and provisions, and to land and receive the mails, but will not be permitted to disembark or receive passengers or cargo. 'IVO have no recollection of any previous notice of the blockade of the West Coast having been given, and this, therefore, ap pears rather a summary way of enforcing it. The next steamors:from the United States or England may have merchandise on board for Acapulco, which must either be returned to the original ports of shipment or detained on this isthmus. We should suppose that the usual time allowed for vessels to arrive from foreign ports and discharge their cargoes after the port has been declared blockaded should also be expected and granted in the present case, as custom has established the rule, and so abrupt a deviation from it may cause very serious loss and inconvenience to innocent persons, "The instructions, however, received by Admiral Bouot from the French Government are, we learn, exceedingly striL'gent in regard to prohibiting all vessels from touching at any of the Mexican ports even for supplies, bat, at the instance of the French Consul the admiral has been led to grant the con cession above mentioned to the steamers of the l'acific Mail Steamship Company, although it will not be extended to any other vessels, and these steamers have permission to touch at Acapulco only. " The blockade is now effective, there being seve ral vessels of war on the coast to enforce it. There is no probability of its being continued for any length of time, as the ports will doubtless soon suc cumb to the demands of the Imperial Government, and the object in enforcing it is purely to prevent the importation of munitions of war and contraband articles, and not to place any check on the commerce of the country. " We have received from reliable sources new and important information about the state of affairs in Antioquie, which it was too late to publish in our last. The news given therein was spread with a certain officiousness, and, although wo suspected that it emanated from a certain party, we could not otherwise but communicate it to our readers, as wo did not think it would turn out to bo pure inven tion, and as we had not received any direct advices from that region, papers and letters from there being opened and kept hack in Carthagena. "Things in Antioquin, indeed, look far from satisfactory to the present Administration. The Conservatives, as we said some time ago, have con siderable forces, several thousand men, and seem to bo well organised. Their army, under command of Joaquin M. Cordoba and Berrie, surprised the Go vernment troops near Marinilla, aad routed them completely. The Governor Pascual Bravo, General Jose Ante. do Plaza, the commander of the Liberal forces, and some other men of the same party, among them Dr. Echeverry, Secretary of the State, were killed. The Conservatives next invaded the State of Cauca, but were repulsed by General Jose M. ,anchez, who pursued them, it is said, into Antio quie; and took possession of Manisales. The Go vernor of the State of Bolivar, Nieto, has left with troops fro:n Carthagena for Antioquia, after having got the neces'sary money by seizing the funds of the ?nano: nitsertas:' The weather continued favourable at Grenada, and several plantations had commenced crop opera tions. Generally, however, manufacturing opera tions wore retarded by the backwardness of the canes. Whale catching had commenced, and the oil factories of Grand Anse were in active operation. Considerable attention was being paid in Mar tinique to the revival of the culture of coffee, and a large number of plants had been imported from Guadeloupe for the estates. A public meeting was held at Barbadoes on the sth, for the purpose of petitioning the Imperial Parliament on the subject of the sugar duties. The petition prays for an immediate reduction of those duties, the suppression of the slave trade, or, failing that suppression, a differential duty in favour of free labour sugar, or such other relief, &c. Business in the island contin ued dull. E change on London, bank bills, 90 day s, w quoted as 480 dols., and 481 dole. for 60 day s ; private bills at 90 days, 485 dols., and 60 days,',4B7l. At Demerara the weather had been favourable for planters, and a few estates commenced the crop for 1864. The produce market was dull, but Prices steady. Business at Jamaica remained dull. In the pros duce market there was a fal a li n ng ad o ‘ ff tn in ci t n h g e t s e u n p d p e l n y cy of . 11)i :14 ' e l iehgneht wereeli a o n drf plentiful.uo e f n t i h Y e 2d Feb., says that 800 Spanish soldiers landed from a steamer on the right hank of the River Ozatna, wore suddenly attacked by the Dominicans, and cut to pieces to a man. Some ammunition and stores fell into the possession of the insurgents. The Dominicans had issued the follow ing manifesto : " (;01) I —COUNTRY I—LIBERTY I--DOMINICAN REnnteic " Art. I—The Provisional Government created on the 14th Sept., and which hae ever since ruled the destinies of the Dominican Republic, is declared the legitimate Government. " Art. 2—War by sea and by land is declared against the monarchy of Spain by the Dominican Republic. "Art. 3—The belligerent forces of the Dominican Republic shall abide by the law of nations. " Art. 4—The Dpartment of War and :%farino D, shall the proceedpd im m shall e di r e n t Li T ; t '. I i to t taerrms ormvessels q ttioePtro°l7jui I ti ~,e4- -- CllllO. " Given at, the GJvernment linll on the 25111 day of November, Ist;:t. " B E NJAMIN F. DE ItoiA, Vier-PriNidont. (C o untert,igne,l by tho(ointniiittion) \Van— "R. Neils, C. Ptizol ; for F i nance—J. M. Glass, It. ('oriel; for Foreign Relations—Ulises F. Evallut ; for Interior, Justice, and 11laritns Grullon, G. Cerpignan." It i e no n. pt at ed that the article on Thackersy in tho hot number of the I•orth BrifiA R rt• etc you% not by Dr. John B r own, but by a Mr. Lit tetuttor, a Scotch blot inter, the agent for Mrs. Yelvaton when her cue was before ilia Irish courts. Now publishing, price 6 d., by p os ' 7d., T HE AUTOGRAPHIC MIRROR. Contents of No. 2. 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