The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-08 00:00:00

. ,`" - r."•___3111111111,111111.501Malpiumpl... --- ..:”.r. Y • N . 7 / 1 1 / 1 .441.1r-r '' V . . ~ ......_...... s , 4 - . • k 'S'"'•4 l \ ~,,,,,..., •-"` .?-." -Q : 1 . 4 fiqr:t i li) . 24lt itt ! , ‘) ':, • < 41110 N 4)" mt. t00m,..... ... ...,. „.,_.,07„h...,:t.4,,,./.1.,,,............. ~..,.t.....4...it 4.0„,,,16„,,,i,,e_1_irR0rr.•.„,,:„.,..7.:„...._..._ ~~ WHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANTOMIMES ? ?Iy dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. ~.. ~~~ IVNAHAN'S LL v. COGNAC, BAN DY. This celebrated Old IRIRSH FRENCH BRANDY, WHISKY rivals the finest It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 35. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at No. 22,371. THE SUN, LONDON TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1864. PRICE ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. R , GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Rinahan's LL Whisky' GUILDHALL, 24th February, 1864. The COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 9th March next, at One o'clock prccisely, to receive PRO POSALS for a LEASE of the PREMISES, Nos. 71 and 72, Mark-lane, Puichurch-street, in the C ty of London. A Plan of the Premises may be seen, and Forms of render obtained, upon application at the Architect's Office, Guild hall. 1 PERSONS SEEKING LANDED 1,,.: A ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREE HOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER PIES G ENERALLY— To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. T HE ENGLISH and FOREIGN LIBRARY COMPANY (Limited), 15, Old Bond-street, W. DIRECTORS. Major-General Sir HENRY C RA WL 1N50N,K..C.8., F.R.S , 1, Hill-street, Berkeley-square, Chairman. Right Hon. Viscount Bury. M.p., 48, Rutland-gate. The Very Rev. the Dean of Chiches • er, F. The Rev. G. R. Gleig, Chaplain-General to the Forces, 8, Warwick-square. CharlesNea:e, Esq., M.P., Oriel College, Oxford. Coleridge J. Kennaird, Esq , F.R U.S., Fenchurch-street Ferdinand Frefligrath, Esq., Bank of Switzerland, Royal Exchange-buildings. Jolla William Kaye, Esq., 51, Lincoln's-inn-fields Robert Bell, Esq , F.ll h.L., H, York-street, Portman-square John Bail, Esq. (Messrs Quiit er and Ball), 3, Moorgate si reet, E.O The Company guarantee the circulation of all new works of value or interest immediately after publication, tf.The Library embraces s , ecial departments of science and the liberal l rofessions, and of foreign literature in all its branches. ATLANTIC and G13. 1- AT WESTERN (PENNSYLVANIARAIL WAY.- DIVISION). Coupons due Apii . 1, 1854 will be aid in London t the Conso idated Bank (Limited) , No. 7, Fe p nchurch-stree`, a Lon don, at the exchange of 4s. t , -; the dollar. The Coupons will be requ'rM to be lodged at the Office of the Company two days previous y for examination. London, 2, 0:d Broad-street, March 5, 1864. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. THE VINTAGE WINE COMPANY Supply the Public, at a small advance on wholesale prices, with every description of Wines and Spirits. Terms, Cash. THE VINTAGE COMIDA. SHERRY .. at 18s. per doz. THE VINTAGE CH NMPAGNE , 275. „ THE VINTAGE CLARET . s. THE VINTAGE PORT from 20s. „ Medical and Cleric LI Testimonials, tozether with the Illus trated Vintage Almanac, containing full detailed Price List, post free on application. Four Dozen Wine sent Carriage Free. ONNERS OF PROPERTIF,R wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that tho medium of this Reoisler %Words, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, e 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 int,- the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. TIIERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, rid then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. T EN PER CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS.- STRAND MUSIC HALL COMPANY (Limited) 1 )NDS of £5O each, are now ready for issue, constituting a irst Charge upon the Property of the Company, repayable an Three Years. and bearing Interest at £lO per Cent. per Annum, p , gable halt-yearly. Apply at the Offices of the Company, 345, Strand, W.C. nr to Mr. G. T. Taylor, Stock and Share Broker, 11, Token house-yard, E.C. SHAKSPEIIE 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, bee* to invite public support in aid of the EREC LION 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. By Order of the Board, FREDERIC LAWEANCE, Secy. Works not in the L , brary are purchased at the request of subscribers. Books are delivered to town subscribers by the Company's carts daily with a radius cf three miles, and twice weekly within five miles. Term of subscription from two guineas upwards. Details of terms for town and c,:untry subscribers forwarded on iv ) lication. Holders of 10 shares and upwards entitled to special ad vantages as subscribers. SAMUEL BEVAN, Secy. T" ISLE OF MAN SHIPBUILDING COMPANY (Limited). Capital £105,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5 each. First issue, 10,000 Shares. Deposit on Application, per Share; on Allotment, £1 per Share. DIRECTORS. George Peplow Forwood, Esq, (Messrs. Forwood, Callan, and Co.), Liverpool. T. C. Gibson, Esq., Ramsey. Thomas Ridley, Esq. (Messrs. Ridley, Son, and Co.), Liverpool. George H. Wakefield, Esq. (Messrs. Wakefield, Nash, and Co.), Liverpool. George Walters, Esq., shipowner, Liverpool. M. M. Willis, Esq. (Messrs. Willis and Co.), Liverpool. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The Mercantile an d Exchange Bank (Limited), Liverpool, London, and Glasgow. The Bank of Mona, Isle of Man. EROKEKS. Francis Thomas Mackreth, Esq., 4, Hercules-passage, Threadneedle -street, London. Daniel Crosth wa it e , E sq., 16, North John-street, Liverpool. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Liverpool, TEMPORARY OFFICES. 4 and 5, Brown's-buildings, Liverpool. 14, Bloomsbury-street, 4 d Jors south of New Oxford-street. vURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First. class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rom, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted CI.eIRGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo xdm:-able engravings of every description of Furniture and Leasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent path; and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised tale : A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 8 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto THE ALBION BANK (LIMITED Capital £1,000,030 in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. The Council of the Royal Dramatic College beg to apprize the public, that all Subscriptions intended for the endow• ment of the Snakspere 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 communicate with the undersigned. First Issue, 10,0.;0 Shares. Deposit £1 per Share on Application, and £4 per Share on 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. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, Master. Feb. 27, 1864. Committee Room (open from 11 till 4), 411, Strand. Secretary, Mr. Thomas Stuart. DIRECTORS. James England, Esq. (late of Plymouth), Springfield House, STEAM from LONDON to NEW YORK. 'I he British and American Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned Splendid Fast Screw Steamers TWICE EACH MONTH for New York : Upper Clapton. Thomas Cave, Esq., Sheriff of London and Middlesex. Thomas Cotterell, Esq., no, Eaton-square, S.W. W. F. Masters, Esq. (firm of W. F, Masters and Sons) Newgate-market. Benjamin Baugh, Esq., Bradford-street and Balsall-heath Birmingham. J. T. Pritchett. Esq. (firm of J. T. Pritchett and Sons), 131, Together with a ?rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable informationto all requiring househ )1d furniture, ~ Irpetr, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cler.y men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells. Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, 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 lir.ta':.. COB BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, NEW WORK BY THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Fine Portraits, 305., COURT AND SOCIETY, from ELIZABETH to ANNE. Edited, from the Papers at Kimbolton, by the DUKE of MANCHESTER. From the Times.—" These volumes are sure to - excite curiosity. A great deal of interesting matter is here collected trom sources which are not within everybody's reach." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Tons. Horse Power. LONDON 2,500 SUO Capt. GLOVER. WESTMINSTER 2,500 ..... 500 ..... Capt. Conon. DUBLIN 2,600 ..... 500 Capt. FROUD. NEW YORK 2 5OO ..... 500 .... I apt. HARRIS. These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete witn every comfort. The Line will commence at an early date ; the exact day to be fixed in a latter announce ment. To load in the Victoria Docks. .. . Fenchurch-street. ' Thomas Ag, , gs, Esq. (firm of Thomas Aggs and Co.), 155, Fen church-street, E.C. Henry Haggard, Esq., banker and bullion merchant, Cheapside. R. le. Potter, Esq. (firm of R. F. Potter and Co.), 25, Newgate street. A provisional arrangement has been made for merging an old-established 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 provisional agreement. AMENDED PROSPECTUS OF Now ready, post Bvo., with 25 Illustrations, 10s. Bd,, LEGENDS OF ICELAND. Translated by GEORGE E. J. POWELL and EIRIRUR MAGNUSSON. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Copany is formed with.the object of carrying on the business of Iron Shipbuilders, at Ramsey, i a n the Isle of Man. T HE IMPERIAL FINANCIAL COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under "The Com^anies' Act, 1862," by whilh the liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount of their shares. Capital £5,000,000, in 100,000 shares of 450 each. -- • • - - For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and Co., 70, CornhilL BANKERS. Bank of London, Threadneedle-street. The London and Northern Bank. 2, Bank-buf dings, London and Newcastle, Leeds, and Huddersfield. - - First issue, 50,000 shares. Deposit £1 on application, and £4 on allotment. Forms of application for Shares may be obtained from the Brokers and Solicitors, and also at the Temporary Offices of the Company. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That WEDNES DAY, the 9th day of March instant, is the last day upon Which applications for Shares may be made. By Order. J NO. M. WHAMOND, Secy. (pro tem.) 4 and 5, Brown's •buildings, Liverpool, March 1, 1864. T HE ISLE of MAN RAILWAY COMPANY (Limited) —DOUGLAS to PEEL. Capital DOO,OOO, in 10,000 shares of £lO each, with usual borrowing powers. Deposit D. per share on application, further payment on allotment D. 10s. per share. DIRECTORS. Samuel Gibson Getty, Esq., M.P. Belfast. William M'Cormick, Esq., M,P., Londonderry, and Regent's -park, London, Richard A. Mould, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool. T. Harrison Ridley, Esq., Merchant. Liverpool, Joseph Rigby, Esq., Kew, Surrey. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool. Messrs. Dumbell, Son, and Howard, Douglas. ENGINEER G. W. Hemans, Esq., C. 13, Queen-square,Westminster. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardawell, Brown's. build ings Liverpool, Samuel Harris, Esq., Douglas. AUDITOR. Thomas W, Read, Esq., 30. Castle-street, Liverpool. SECRETARY. Thomas Begot, Esq., 5, James-street, Liverpool, BROKERS. P. B. Drinkwater, Esq , 32, Exchange. st. East, Liverpool. Charles Stanley, Esq., 3, Throgmorton street, London. Edward Ashworth, Esq., Exchange-chambers, Manchester. AL J. Beverley, Eeq, Leeds. This Company has been formed for the construction of a Railway f rom D ouglas to Peel (passing through St. John's), in the Isle of Man. The improved trade of these important towns, as well as the prosperous condition and increasing population of the island, and the rapid augmentation of the number of visitors during late years, call for the immediate introduction of railways. The Agricultural capabilities of the Island are great ; and its Mineral products are acknowledged to be rich in yield and avave average value; whilst around the Coast there are extensive Fisheries, and an unlimited supply of Sea• weed for Manure. The expense and trouble, however, of land-carriage, have hitherto rendered these advantages com paratively unavailable. Slate Quarries are in active operation; and the quality of the Slate is equal in closeness of grain and durability to any produced from the great Welsh quarries. The Granite near St. John's compares favourably with that now used in the Liverpool Dock Works, and would at once, by means of railway facilities, become available for export. One of the proposed Stations on the line will be at St. John's, where the Courts of Tynwald meet, and which is also the centre of the Foxdalo mining district. The produce of these mines is now brought by land-carriage (there being no water communication) to Douglas, a distance of nearly ten miles, whilst Coals and other important materials, as well as all necessaries required by the inland population, are conveyed into the interior by the same mode. Besides these items of traffic, the Fairs, which are frequently held during the year in this district, must add considerably to the annual revenue of the Company. The principal towns are Douglas, Peel, Castletow n , Ramsey, a n d L axey : D ouglas 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 corn 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 passengers having been landed at its Ports during the past year. Such Visitors, attracted by the entiquariau relics, scenery, and other objects of interest, would, as a matter 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 sslubrity 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 residenee. Her Majesty's Government and the Local Authorities are now expending upwards of £60,000, for the improvement of the Ports of Douglas and Peel. The Electric Telegraph to England has been recently established. The Lines of Rail will be single, with requisite sidings. The length of Line will be about twelve miles, and the gradients easy throughout. The landowners and popula 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 will 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 M a il s Working Exp enses at even 50 per Cent£l3lso . 6,,500 Leaving for Dividend £6,650 Plans, Sections, &c., of the Line are completed, and all necessary forms are being complied with, in accordance with the St:. nding 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 thaa to diminish the Shareholders' Dividends, can not, in any degree whatever, prevail with respect to this Lino. Au eminent Contractor's firm have agreed to purchase the land, make the Railway, provide and fit up all Stations, furnish Rolling Stock for working the Line, and Telegraphs, upon satisfactory terms. Interest at 5 per cent, per Annum will be allowed, until the opening of the Line, on the amount paid upon shares. An advantageous arrangement can bo made with respon sible parties to Lease tke Line for 7. 14, or 21 years. Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained from the Secretary, Solicitors, or Brokers of the Company. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any niiioone troubled with Wi nd in the Stomach, Indizestion, or Tha ug ness, take PAGE WOO DCOCK ' S WIND PILLS. Of all r world-wide celebrity proves th em o f s t er li ng merit. Inedicine vendors at is. lid. and 2s. 9d. ; _or free by post f Lincoln 14 or 33 st amps f rom Page D. Woodcock, Chemist TEETH.-.lllr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following anvanta zes :—A set or teeth, of excellent work manship and m echanism, 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 wires or asti fastenin gscation and articul ation. They are fitted without gums, that they are , and ad apt themselves so p er f ec tly t o the quite im moveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many ‘, c —augee 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. Inspection of specimens and consultations tree.-B,Grosvenor and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir street, Bond-street, W ; harn. --- L AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM,—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pl easant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine lor immediately relieving' Coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which Provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption 'I - ' effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocatioh, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W . LA.MBERT, Chemist 8, King-William-street, C haring_ London, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13/d., and articular, and as k thre e quantities i n one, 2s. 9d. each. Be P for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address ae. enativect on the stamp. BROKER, James Shepherd, Esq., Auction M art. SOLICITOR. G. W. Gaming Dean, Esq , 27, New Broad-street. AUDITORS William Cooper, Esq., public accountant, '3, George-street, Mansion-house. W. Andrews, Esq., Manager United Kingdom Electric Tele graph Company. SECRETARY (pro tem.) Mr. H. L. Price. Temporary Offices, 2, Bank-buildings. PROSPECTUS. Although the system of Jo'nt-stook banking has been esta blished to meet the requirements of most departments of trade, it has not been intro 'need for the business of the Agricultural and Cattle-markets of the metropolis ; and though the pspulation has doubled within the last twenty five years—and consequently the necessary q iantity of sup plies -yet the whole business, amounting totifteen to twen t y millions per ennum, 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 Metropolitan ( att e-market ; and subsequently, shou' d it be found desirable, by opening branches in the agricult , tral districts. • _ _ The value of the rapidly-increasing commission business to be transacted by the Albion Bank can be readily appre ciated by a kno "ledge that the method in which dealiags are carrie , l on at the Cattle-market constitutes the ba 'lc, the de pc:l.-Rory of all the moneys passing irom the buyer to the producer. The Metropolit n Meat or Poultry-market in Smithfield, now in course of erection, is destined, by the terms of the act of Parliament, to combine and supersede all other markets for meat in the metropolis. To this market will be concen trate all transactions for the supply of butc•,ers' meat, pou,try, and other pr ,duce to the inhabitants of the metro polis, and a circle of t 4 miles round it. The I drectors have Entered into proyisional arrangements by which the advantage of c mmencing up n en eltabl shed connexion, under competent and experiewd manageme t, will be seetured to Shareholders fr the c emmence meet of business, by which they are warranted in expect iflz that they wi 1 be enabled to de.lare a dividend during the first 'ear, That t umber of Joint-Stock Banks m y be advantageou 4 y increased (more p r icularly u d r special ctrcumstan. e•, such as have ,ed to the formation of the Albion Bank), is de monstrated by the f tct that so late as six ye r ego, when the number of Joint Stoea Bank in London was n t more than six, their total depos i ts did not ex :eed £2'2,030,000; while now that the number of these ban s hss been doubled, the joint deposits are ail eady more than treb ei , arnoun tng to a total of £71,792,300. Tee dividend, of the o'der banks range from 15 to 30 per cent in , ccor ianc,i with the dates of their establi bluetit ; and the premiums in their shares .ire from 20) to 3CO er cent. in a precisely smi ar r Au. , The clei os is tad divicends of lb Joint-Stock B inks ri cent,y formed show a rue id progress tow irds identic , 1 results. Should no al otment take plac the deposits will be returned in full. Should a less number of Shales be. 1 Atted thin sire applied for, the deposit w.ll be mode available towards the p yment on • llotment, and the ha tune, if any, returned to the anplic int. Application for Shares in the annexed form may be ad dressed to the Bankers, Broker., or Directors of the Com pany, and to the Sec: et •ry, at the OM e of •he Company. FORII OF APPLIC AT:ON FOR SHARES. To the Director-, of the Albion B nk ,L rafted\ Gentlemen,—Having p ltd to your 'Linkers the 8111110 . ' being a 1)epo I' of .£1 per Share on Shares in the above comptiny, I hereby request that you will -11ot me that num ber, and I accept such Shires, or any less number you may allot me, and agree to execute the Article., of Association when required; an t I reqest that my name may be placed on the register of Shareholders for S.,ares so alloted. Name in full Residence Profession or business Date T HE LONDON and LIVERPOOL HOTEL COMPANY (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, Belgyave • square, Director of the Alexandra Hotel Company. Captain Capel Coape, the Army and Navy Club. Colonel A. Lowry Cole, C. 8., Chairman of the National Vo lunteer Hotel Company, Wimbledon. Thomas Cotterell, Esq., Eaton-square, Director of the Bank of Hindustan. William Earp, Esq., Washington Rotel, LiverpooL Major William Fletcher Gordon, Wilton-crescent, Belgravia. Charles Heneage, Esq., Director of the Langham Hotel Com pany. Patrick 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, Lombarl-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, Cornhill. In Liverpool—Messrs. Theakstone and Hargreaves, India buildings. SECRETARY (pro tem). W. Thompson, Dig OFFICES. In London-29, Threadneedle-street. In Liverpool—The Washington Hotel. PROSPECTITS. Liverpool is the port through which the vast passenger raffle which exists between this country, America, the West [wiles, and Canada passes. It is obvious, therefore, that first-rate Hotel accommqa- 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 un 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, furnished 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, and 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 United 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 mt.es, 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. 1 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 numb 'r of shares be allottel than are applied for, the balance of such deposit wit] be cre dited towards the payment on a lotment. Plans of the property may be seen at the Offices of the Com pany, and also at the Brokers, where PrAipectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be had. THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL HOTEL COMPANY (Limited.. Capital £120,00e, in s,( 00 shares of £2O each. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the London and Liverpool Hotel Company (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid to your Bankers the sum of £ being a deposit of £l per share on shares of the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that num ber, and I agree (according 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 be placed on the register of shareholders for the shares so allotted. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full Profession Address in full. Date Th's form, when filled up and signed by the applicant, to be left with or sent to the Bankers, or to the Company s Offices, along with the deposit of £ 1 per share : the Bankers' reotipt Ibe either given or gent by post. Subsequent calls not to exceed £2 105., and at intervals of not less than three months. No rail will be made until after the expiration c. f three months from the date of allotment. It is not intended to call up more than £lO per share, but as the operations of the Compauy increase, and more Share Capital can be advantage , usly employed, further issues cf shares will be made, a preference being given to the then existing shareholders, CHAIRMAN. John Chapman, Esq., Director of the Union Bank of London. _ DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. George Gordon Macpherson, Esq., Chairman of the Agra and United Service Bank. DIRECTORS. John O'iver Ranson, Esq., Director of the National Provin cial Bank of England. Captain J. Gilbert Johnston, Director of the London and South-Western Railway Company. Charles Kelson, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Thames and Mersey Marine L E nrance Company. Sir John Henry PA y, Bart., Deputy Governor of the Royal Exchancr. , Assurance Corporation. William Scholefield, Esq., M.P., Director of the Union Bank of London. _ Sir Sibbaid David Scott, Bart., Director of the National Pro- rims Bank of Endind. 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 Dank (Limited), 27, Cannon street. SOLICITORS. Ales.rs. Ashnrst, Morris, and Co., 6, Old Jewry. BROKERS. Messrs. Knight, Coleman, and Co., 1, Royal Exchange build ngs. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Arthur C. Blunt, Esq. OFFICES-21, Finch-lane. The Directors beg to announce that they have concluded highly satisfactory arrangemants. securing die powerful in terest and ♦aluable co-operation of several eminent firms, amongst others these of M.sers. Peto, Betts, Kelk, Brassey, Waring Bros., and Lucas Bros. In consequence of these arrangements the Directors have reso ved to increase the capital of the Company to £5,000,000 sterling, in 100,000 shares of £5O each, the first issue of which will be 50,090 shares of £5O each. The present applicants wilt have the option of renewing their applications, or having heir dep sits returned; but no increase cn the number of shares originally applied for can be entertained. A copy of this amen led Prospectus, with an amendid form of application for s' ares, will be immediately forwarded to every original applicant, and no fresh applications can be received. THE CREDIT MOBIL IE R (Limited). Incorporated under " The Companies' Act, 1862." Capital £1,000,000, in 20,000 shares of £5O each. First issue, 10,000 shares. Deposit on application £1 per share, and £4 on allotment. Subsequent calls not to exceed £5 per share, and at intervals of not less than three months. No call will be made until after the expiration of three months from the date of allot ment. It is not intended to call up more than £2O 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. The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley,l Chairman. The Hon. T. C. Haliburton, M.P. Edward Warner, E.q., M.P. Lord Otto Fitzgerald, Director of the Mid land and Great Western Railway of Ire- ' land. Alexander Dunbar, Esq., Old Broad-street. Charles Ellis, Esq., Lloyds. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers and Co.), London. James Levick, Esq , 9, King's Arms-yard, London. Charles E. Newbon, Esq., Stanhope-place, Hyde-park. Henry Pownall, Esq., Russell-square. John Westmorland Esq. (Director of the Royal Insurance Company), London. ) Directors of 'Credit Fonder (Limited). BANKERS. Messrs. Mastermsn, Peters, Mildred, and Co., London. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co , 28, Nicholas-lane. BROKERS. Messrs. Field, Son, and ifO - Oa:9 - , -. Warnford-court, Throg- morton-street. Francis Burnand, Esq., County-chambers, Lombard-street. SECRETARY (PRO TEM). C. W. Smith, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. Offices of the Credit Fonder, 80, Lombard-street. PROSPECTUS. The leading financial establishments in Paris are the Credit Mobilier and the Credit Fonder ; both of which have stood the test of experience, and have realised very large profits for their shareholders—the transactions of the Credit Foncier being based upon the Land Credit system, whilst the Credit Mobilier embraces general Financial business. The wisdom of this division of operations has been fully realised by the Credit Foncier for Great Britain and Ireland. which, since its establishment, has found the offers of busi ness, both of a Land Credit as well as of a general Financial character, so large, as to necessitate the formation of the Credit Mobilier (Limited), to undertake such financial opera tions as the Credit Fonder, with due regard to its special ob jects, cannot legitimately carry out. The principal objects of the Credit Mobilier (Limited), are as follows, viz..— To co-operate with other first-class Financial and Indus trial undertakin2s. _ _ To negotiate Government and Municipal Loans. To aid in carrying out concessions, based upon Govern ment guarantees and subventions. To make advances to responsible contractors for English and foreign railways, and other public works. To lend on the security of stocks, funds, shares, deben tures and other approved securities, with special reference to the requirements of the Stock Exchange. The Credit Mobilier (Limited) will also receive money on deposit for long or short per ods. The marked success which has attended the operations of the various Financial Companies, now in existence, is well known, and is evidenced by the following quotations of the market value of their respective shares. Amount paid per Share. The London Financial Association £l5 Now at £ll prem. The International Financial Society 5 ~ 7 11 The General Credit Company The Mercantile Credit Association 5 11 9 ~ The Credit Mobilier (of Paris) 2O „ 20 „ The last dividend declared by the Credit Mobilier (of Paris) being at the rate of 25 per cent. per annum. The Directors of the Credit Mobilier (Limited) anticipate with confidence that results equally satisfactory will attend the progress of this Company. Applications for shares to be made in the annexed form. In the event of no allotment of shares being made, the depo sit will be returned in full. Should a less number of shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made available towards the payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. Prospectuses and forms of applications for shares may be obtained at the Offices of the Credit Fonder (Limited), 80, Lombard-street, and from the Bankers, Brokers, and Soli citors. FORA OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. _ . To the Directors of the Credit Mobilier (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers, Messrs.* , the sum of , being a deposit of Ll per Share on Shares In the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I ac'ree to accept such Shares or any less number you may allot to me; and.l agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the Articles of Associati n of the Company when required, and I authorise you to insert my name on the register of members fbr the number of Shares allotted to me. Usual Signature .... Name in lull Residence Profession Date March, 1861. * Insert Banker's name. THE CREDIT MOBILIER AA (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LIST of APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be CLOSED on THURSDAY next, the 10th inst., for London, and FRIDAY, the 11th inst., for Country applications. By order of the Board, C. W. SMITH, Secretary. 80, Lombard-street, London, March 4, 1864. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances, London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—Borg and JAcx sox, "Man of the World Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. Immediately, in Two Vols. Bvo., with Map, price 325., MEXICO: ANCIENT AND MODERN. By MICHEL CHEVALIER, Member of the Institute and Senator of France. London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet—street. Next week, in Two Vol post Bvo., price 215., D WELLERS ON THE THRESHOLD By W. 11. DAVENPORT ADAMS, Author of "Famous Beauties and Historic Women," &c. Lo❑don : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Now Ready, price 6d., stamped 7d., HE T AUTO GRAPHIC MIRROR. Contents of No. 2. Christian IV. of Denmark, ; Sir P. Sidney, Washington, Nelson, Nesselrode, Yetternich, Dumourfez, Ellesmere, Coleridge, Mrs. Trollope, 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 15th inst., price is. The dates of publi cation will for the future be the Ist and 15th of every month. Temporary Office-110, Strand, IV.C. T H 0 x F 0 it D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and success ful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAUN, embracing the entire company of this establishment, with augmented baud and chorus ; and other Musical Entertainments, supported by the following talented artistes : —Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Tyrrell,:W almsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, &o. Director, Mr. F. Jonghman's, --- UNSWORTH and EUGENE will make their re-appear ance This Evening. Comedy, by Mr. T. Madigan, W. Randall, G. Hutehenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., Will shortly be produce'', THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicoll; and THE TWO GENTLE MEN OF VERONA, by Sir Henry Bishop. - - - - Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Ss. ; private boxes, 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 vet!, author of the celebrated " Enchanted flash," and en ables Mr. Morton, with the a'd of Professor Pepper's Optical Illusion (kn,wn as the Ghost), to produce effects never before contemplated, and which have all teen duly reg,istered by him and Mr. .T. 11. Weston under the title of •` The Ghost in the Magic Fountains." By this il'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 Waters, Corm a coup d'eell of beauty unparalleled even in fairy romance. Princ^ Blossom (with the Song of all Nations), Miss Townley. The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at halt-past Nine o'c ock. All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as usual, in addition to the above. Admission—Area, 61; Stalls and Balcony, I.s. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- LAST WEEK of FRANCONPS TROUPE. OYAL A L H A MBR A.— LAST SIX NIGHTS of FRANCONI'S CIRQUE. ROYAL ALH AMBR A.— ENTIRE CHANGE on MONDAY, March 7th' The Greatest Attractions ever produced in London. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION.—A full-length Model of JEFFE RSON DAVIS, President of the Confederate States; also, a full length Model of PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Admittance, is. ; extra rooms, id. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. ARG Y L L aOO M S, Windmill-street, P iccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the eveninv an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Doors Open Et Half in number. Past 8, commence at 9. Argyll Band, forty Admission Is. Manager, M. GRENET. 44A, MADDOX - STREET, REGENT-STREET, W. THE LONDON ANATOMIcAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife ; J ulia Pastrana and Infan t ; Fang and Shang, the Starnes. Twins • and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparation s, Sze: Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (for Gentlemen only). MADAME RACHEL'S CIRCASSIAN WASH and ALABASTER POWDER Beautiful for ever.-47A, New Bond-street. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, Is. 6d. SH OR THAN D.—"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPHY forma an exceedipgly efficient—probably the MOST efficient—system of shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland RIM BENS'ON'S WATCHES, adapted for any climate and country; wholesale and retail. Chronometer, , and chronogr a ph wa t c h es, duplex, lever, horizontal, vertical, repeating, centre seco n d s , An illustrated pamphlet and price list o f every d escr i pt i on f k r e o y m l e 5 2 5 0 , 0 a t s o t r t o h n r c o e m g. l7 l n l , eraesv each.er s ib e of watch post free for two stamps. J. W. BENSON, by special warrant of appointment watch and clock maker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Manufac tory, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill. E.C. THE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country COMPOSITIONS," tlt e Court, 25, Moorgate k should read "THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK RUPTCYfree ef Mr. AND wet h er e(I, nggrawtihsaatncdanpobset legally done, and the exact cost. To be had street. Bank. N.B.—Debts recovered on commission, without law ex pences to clients. K AYE'S WORSDELL'S PILLS. --Th ese Pill s le preparation, and may be taken at any without fear or d anger. They act upon the bowels mildly yet effectually, and by t h eir fine tonic, time are a bpyu eitherre l y vegetable e s 7 x ta b aromatic, and aperient properties, they remove all oppressive accumulations, regulate the secretions of the li ver and bowels, strengthen the stomach, and purify the blood_ Unlike many remedies, they do not induce liability to take cold or esta blish a necessity for the habitual use of Purgatives, and are thus strongly recommended as the BEST FAMILY MEDICINE. Prepi;ei;olely by John KIM, Egg.. of Prospect Hall, Woodford, Essex. Sold by all chemists and other dealers in patent medicines, at is lii, 2s 9d, and 4s 6d. Wholesale Depot, 22, Bread-street, London. PRIZE EXHIBITION, 1862.' FRANCIS TUCKER & CO, Wax Chandlers, &0., tee., To the Queen and the P, ince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to •he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed t o F ranc i s Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, illie sincerely,l l oft e altar." ' men which d t y h o e u m gin my turn, I com says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. Cs. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. •• • • • • .. is. od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. to a v e t h t e h c e l m e ; clergy fdor? can Best quality .. .• • • • • • • .. is. sd. per lb. Seonnd quality .. •• • • • • .. ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. .. • • • • • • .. ls. Id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TIICKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. m anu factory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. B RITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Office 429, Strand, London. The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Share- holders of the Briton Medical and Genera Life Assomation will be held at the Chief Offices, No. 42'4, Strand, on THURS DAY, the 17th day of March, 1864, at Two o'clock, p.m.. hr the purpose of receiving the Directors' Report and Baiance dfieet tor the past year, the Electon of Directors and Audi tors, the Declaration of a Dividend, and for the transaction of the ordinary business of sueh meetings. By Order of the Board, JOHN MESSENT, Secretary. Dated this 7th day of March, 186 t. ELECTION OF ANNUITANTS. PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT FUND. Established 1840. JOHN ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P., Treasurer. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I Win. 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 Aleetin,r, held on the 24th of February, 1864, TWELVE additional ANNUITANTS will be ELECTED at this Office, on THURSDAY, the 26th May next. The Poll will commence at Twelve o'elock and close at Three precisely. Persons 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. *** Reports and balance-sheets, with full particulars of qualifications for voting, may be had on application at the Office, 15, Moorgate-street. E CONOMIC 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 QUINQUENNIAL GENERAL COURT, will be held at Radler,' Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, on SATURDAY, the loth March, 1861, at Two o'clock precisely, for the follow ing purposes ORDINARY ANNUAL COURT. lst. To consider hqd receive the Auditors' Report for the year 1863 ; and 2dly. To elect Auditors for the present year. EXTRAORDINARY AND QUINQUENNIAL COURT. Ist. 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 PoLcies, prior to declaring Bonus. 2dly. To declare thr Sum to be allotted to the Members of the Society as a B )nus ; and Idly. 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 Chsrrington, 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 severally by the Board of Directors. As the tßesolutions of the Extraordinary General Court will require confirmation, so Saturday, the 2d April, is ap pointed ior that purpose, at Two o'clock precisely. By order of the Board of Directors, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. SOHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and Houses to be disposed of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &o. Rents Collected. BED .ROOM CANDLES. "RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop grease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles, sold in boxes ls. and 3s. each, are recommended as the best carriers. " EXTRA. HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," in packets of 38 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Si.ecial candle ticks to fit thin candles, Is. and 2s. Bd. each ; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOIL HT SOAPS. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, for tender skins in - winter. GLYCERINE. SH ERWOODO LE "iPrice's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stuns. cansuled bottles, lettered sPerfumed, in capsuled bot " Price's Patent," from 6d. ties, 6d. and ls. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold on the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail throuil Wholesale by Price s Patent Lon ;h any Grocer. t Candle Company (Limited), [don. The Explosion at Aberaman, Tho inquest on the body of David Thomas and other persons, killed by the explosion at the Aberaman Works, terminated on Friday. The most important evidence was that given by Mr. William Williams, engineer, Merthyr fydvil, and Mr. It. B. Longridge, chief engineer of the Steam Boiler Insurance Company, Manchester. Mr. Williams did not believe the explosion was attributable to a deficiency of water. He thought it was due to the failure of the transverse seams of the shell over the fireplace to re sist the pressure. The shells were unusually large for high pressure tubular boilers. He thought it would be desirable to decrease their size, and to fit every boiler with two safety valves, as well as independent pressure gauges. The cor rosive defects could have been found out if the boilers had been properly cleaned and examined, Mr. H. B. Long rige, chief engineer of the Steam Boiler Insurance Com pany, who had been asked to report on results of the ex plosion by the Coroner, said that on examining the boiler No. 2 he found that close to the overlap of some of the cir cular seems several of the plates were corroded nearly through; and this was the case at that part of No. 2, about Bft. from the firing end, where the first rupture appeared to have commenced. If a rupture had occurred in consequence of a reduction of the thickness of the plates, the ordinary working pressure of 401 b. was quite sufficient to account for the further results observed. The bursting pressure of a boiler,.9ft in diameter, made of inch plates,would be about 3001 b. per square inch; but, if reduced to 1-16th of an inch in thickness, it would be about 401 b. Some parts of this boiler were less than 16th of an inch, but others retained their original thickness. His only surprise was that they should have worked so long at 401 b. pressure, lie should not have considered them safe at 201 b., and when in good condi • tion 451 b. was as high a pressure as ho should have con sidered it safe to work such boilers at. He was quite satis fied that there had been no deficiency of water. The cor rosion that had taken place in the boilers was attributable to the presence of acid in the water, and water drawn from coal mines frequently produced these effects. The injurious effects produced by such water might be prevented by the daily washing of them with common soda. He had no hesitation in saying that the explosion was solely attribu table to the corrosion of the plates inside. Mr. Hollier, who appeared on behalf of Mr. Crawshay Bailey, M.P., stated that the latter had made the amplest proNision for the unfortunate sufferers, asd that he would readily adopt any suggestion which the jury might make to improve the safety of the boilers and machinery. The jury returned the following verdict—" That the deceased David Thomas and others met their deaths from an explosion of two boilers on the 17th of February, and that such explosion was the result of accident arising from the bad state of the boilers, but they have no evidence to show that those in charge are responsible for such accident. They recommend the sug gestions of Messrs. Williams and Longridge for the con sideration of Mr. Bailey, and also suggest the adoption of printed rules, that all may know their duty." POST.—Great astonishment has been expressed i n some quarters at the new organisation of slavery inauguratsd by the Federals, on the ground that it is such an outrageous proceeding. But a moment's reflection will satisfy any one who has watched the progress of affairs since the war of secession broke out that this is a reason for not being astonished at all. The organisation of slavery by those who pre tended to make war for abolition is quite in charac ter with their other acts, if not with their professions. They have told us openly that the emancipation proclamation was a war measure vihich was only to apply to "rebels," and not to " loyal" slaveowners. Besides, it is perfectly well known that the North went to war that it might not lose the profits it has hitherto contrived to extract from the South, whose prosperity and wealth are the product of slave labour. Free whites will not go there to work, and could not work there if they went; at least, not profitably, as the blacks can, and will do when they are made, but certainly would not do if freed and left to themselves. It was therefore evident, to all who really understood the facts of the case, that as soon as the Federals had any large number of negroes to deal with, they would, after a few unsatisfactory experiments, restore the old institution under a new name. We must admit, however, we ere not surprised that the new dis pensation promulgated bt General Banks should have excited the astonishment it has done, par ticularly when we reflect that it includes the slavery of whites as well as blacks. But then, again, does not the American gospel teach us that el men are born equal, and that the blacks are as good as the whites ? As, therefore, they find it inconvenient to raise the black labourer, they set about sinking the white one to his level. Besides, the way in which the complexions of men grow darker or lighter, from the blackest to the ?direst hue, presents an infinite series of imperceptible gra dations. Where is the line to be drawn ? Rough and-ready Federal generals and statesmen do not stand nice upon trifles like this. The new slavery —not emancipation—proclamation, recently issued by General Banks, and applicable to the whole State of Louisiana, shows no respect for persons, makes no distinction of caste, or class. All are fish that come to his net, and slavery, iL fact, if not in name, is their portion. The proclamation re cites a good many moral commonplaces, and such good old truisms as are much in request for chil dren's copy-slips. " Labour is a public duty." " Idleness and vagrancy are a crime." " Toil is the condition of existence with all the children of God." Fortified with all these excellent platitudes, General Banks, as the organ of the Federal Govern ment, proceeds to decree that " labourers shall ren der to their employer, between daylight and dark, ten hours in summer and nine hours in winter of re spectful, honest, faithful labour," for which they are to receive payment according to a fixed scale speci fied in the proclamation, "in addition to just treatment, healthy rations, comfortable clothing, quarters, fuel, medical attendance, and instruction for children." But " wages will be deducted in case of sickness, and rations also when sickness is feigned. Indolence, insolence, disobedience to orders, and crime will be suppressed by forfeiture of pay and such punishments as are provided for similar offences by army regulations. Sunday work will be avoided when practicable, but, when necessary, will be considered as extra labour, and paid at the rates specified." After this sweeping ordinance we are told that " labourers will be permitted to choose their employers, but when the agreement is made they will be held to their engagement for the year, under the protection of the Government. In cases of attempted imposition, by feigning sickness or stubborn refusal of duty, they will be turned over to the provost marshal of the parish, for labour upon the public works without pay." The la bourer having exercised the highest right in the choice and place of employment, must be held to the fulfilment of his engagements until released therefrom by the Government." The enlist ment of any more black soldiers is put a stop to. A military police is to bo organised out of "invalid soldiers." Soldiers of any colour are not to be albwed henceforth to visit plantations, appa rently that the mind of the " labourers" should ❑ot be unsettled thereby, and the new organisation of slavery interfered with. The " plantation hands" —no restriction as to colour—" will not be allowed to pass from one place to another." Masters are to make muster rolls of " the labourers" in their service. The possession of concealed arms is a punishable offence. "Flogging and other cruel punishments are interdicted," although, as we have seen, " labourers" are to be punished for "indo lence, insolence, and disobedience" in like manner as soldiers. " Labourers" are to be permitted to cultivate land in portions varying from a quarter to a whole acre in size. Banks are to be opened for the savings of labourers, so that the Government will their banker, and hold their funds in its cus tody. The transportation of Degrees to other coun tries will not be approved, so that it seems the North have found out the necessity of keeping and utilizing them at home. " The planter and the negro," we are didactically told, "comprehend the revolution," but the overseer doesn't. In seems he " dislikes the trouble of thinking, and discredits the notion that anything new has occurred. He is a relic of the past, and adheres to its customs." Therefore, where his " incomprehension (of the new order of things) is chronic, reduced wages, diminished rations, and the mild punishments imposed by the army and navy will do good." There is a strong twang of General Butler in all this, and one is almost inclined to suspect he is the inventorof the new organisation of slavery, and th e framer of the proclamation in which it is announced. Towards the end of this curious document, the paragraphs, which are all numbered throughout like the clauses of an act of Parliament, are of great length, and commence in an incoherent oracular sort of way, diverging into a garrulous strain of weak moralising over things in general. Section 22 begins with enlarging upon the blessings of " suc cessful industry," and winds up, after running on to a great length, with a eulogy upon the new organisation of slavery and the immense benefits conferred upon the South. No. 23 is still more dis cursive and rhapsodical, beginning with the modest statement, that" a more majestic and wise clemency human history does not exhibit ;" and ending with the grandiloquent assertion that " the yellow har vest must wave over the crimson field of blood, and the representatives of the people displace the agents of purely military power." But this seductive dal liance only lulls to deceive, for the 24th clause must wake up the citizens of Louisiana with a start. With prodigions verbosity it gives them to understand that they must either enter the Northern armies and fight for the Northern cause, or else vote for candidates representing the Northern policy and principles; if they don't do that they must make up their mind to be outlaws. The "restoration of civil government," which means the restoration of the Union, is a " solemn duty upon all persons," who are invited to participate in the measures " suggested" for its re-establishment. " Open hos tility cannot be permitted. Indifference will be treated as a crime, and faction as treason. Men who refuse to serve their country with the ballot-box or the cartridge-box have no just claims to the benefits of liberty regulated by law." Therefore, "all people are called upon to take the oath of allegiance," which is " the test of unconditional fealty to the Govern ment and all its measures." The last clause is short, and to the purpose. It says, with equal brevity and force, that the so-called " amnesty for the past is conditioned upon unreserved loyalty for the future, and this condition will be enforced with an iron hand." We recognise Butler's hand here. " Whoever is indifferent or hostile must choose be tween the liberty which foreign hands afford the poverty of the rebel States and the innumerable and inappreciable blessings which our Government confers upon its people." These concluding words contain a delicacy and refinement of sar casm which is beyond Butler. To introduce such words not only into a document generally referring to the present state of America, but a document promulgating a duplicate system of slavery , embracing- labourers of all colours and citizens of every rank, impli es a profundity of satirical pathos beneath , w;, hosaerdecuptnl.l we can hardly conceive a lower still. 'I ' he bl ess i ngs of such a system, if not " innumerable, questionably " inappreci able. TlstEs.—ln one of the most ,masterly stat emen t s which he has ever m ade, th e Cne.ncellor of the Ex chequer ex plained, , last evening th e pr i nciples and details of the Government An nu i t i es Bill. It is, indeed, a measure of striking novelty, consequencesao s t o h l a i likely ew l to be fraught with important e c an well understand how cautious politicians ask time for inquiry and consideration. 'T bat the Go vernment should enter as a competitor into . one of r o i f v a the to nation no ma i n p the most intricate paths of thatindustry offer the security trenching eosn, thatt competitionwith scarcely refrain f rom the security of p the lt domain should of thegreft Asso z i at i ons of Loudon and Edinburgh, while , it th reatens to overwhelm the legion of madly Societies and minor Assurance Offices of all Wiseta , . •, , .- . , gas ; eee, se k : kids with its gigantic competition, is a wortsl . -?7l, ,s. '''s- t, that naturally startles the timid, while it excites a x :':-t... Ye the animosity of Directors and Secretaries. But, ect eLs• ~ 4 , , considering the arguments of Mr. cikadst gß e, wei—lc.''• e cannot help corning to the conclusion' that su4 a. a S scheme as he recommends is not only not unjust to those Societies which deserve consideration, but will prove a great boon to that large class which has so little knowledge, so few good advisers, and so many who are ready to take advantage of its trustfulness and ignorance. The object of the Government Bill is to ex tend to the humble purchaser of an annuity or insurer of his life that security sv;iich the more wealthy classes possess. We all knew what the father of a family who wishes to insure his life for so many hundred or thousand pounds ca.' do. He can inquire among his friends as to a sustential and trustworthy office, and can make his pr.T . osal tc some association which reckons its accumulations by hundreds of thousands, and which gives taint a guarantee as perfect es can be afforded by any coin. mercial institution. Unless he be guilty of strango inr i trudence, he need have little. fear that the money which he lays by out of his yearly income for tl.e payment of premiums will be thrown away, or that in a few years he will be agonised by learning that the fund to which be looked f or t h e support of his wife or his daui;liters when he was in the grave has been squandered in speculation or dishonestly up pristed. Life Assurance, as carried on for the benefit of the middle class and those above them, is on u basis sufficiently sound. But how different is the case with the poor! Who that knows anything of the small Insurance Companies, the legion of Friendly Societies and Benefit Clubs, can fail to pity the class which is reduced to trust in Asso ciations so thoroughly unsound ? Our readers will not have forgotten the discussions of a few months since, when the carelessness, the ignorance, and the profligacy with which many of these Societies ar© conducted were made the subject of public com ment in consequence of the report of the Registrar. The true position of the honest working class with respect to such Associations is most pitiable. We have in this country at least a million families which are earning in good times more than enough to keep them, but which can never hope to accumu late enough to be independent of the changes of trade or the stroke of sickness or accident, and, if the father wishes to provide fer wife and enildren byLife Assurance, cannot afford to make the invest ment on such a scale as to obtain the security of a respectable Office. All these are the victims of the small Associations which are spread over the coun try; and how lamentable are the consequences may be learnt from the reports from which Mr. Glad stone confesses that he received the impulse to pre sent his new plan to the Legislature. Far be it from us to say that in all, or, indeed, in many, of these cases there is deliberate fraud. Many of them are constituted in such a manner that their mem bers walk happily and unsuspiciously down the path of ruin. The principles on which all Associations of this kind depend for success are a union of high scientific accuracy with considerable knowledge of business and of the best modes of dealing with large sums of money. The computations of the Actuary are among the most delicate and ingenious to which the mind can be applied, and require also an accurate record of facts respecting which the class of persons who organise and carry on the prue dential associations of the working classes have little knowledge. What wonder, then, that we hear of interest being paid which proper calculations easily show to be ruinous ; that the expenses of officers and agents are oat of all proportion to the income ; thnt societies are supposed to have a cer tain available capital when in truth they are about that very sum worse than nothing ? What wonder that failure of apparently the most stupid and dis graceful kind should be of constant occurrence, in volving disappointment, and perhaps ruin, to hun dreds of the honest poor? Mr. Gladstone, having considered these evils, now comes forward to propose a partial remedy. That the working classes wish to save is proved by the existence of the immense num ber of associations which weekly or monthly receive their money to an aggregate amount of millions in the year. That this same class is fully aware that the Government is the best debtor it can have, even though its promises be far less magnificent than those of some neighbouring signboard, has been proved by the success of the Post-office Savings banks. Encouraged by the great and speedy popu larity of those institutions, Mr. Gladstone wishes now to give the poor the security of the country after a manner which has never been thought of before, but which appears to have on its side every theo retical reason for success. The Government will grant Deferred Annuities insuring to the labouring man a support in old age in consideration of an annual payment during the strength of life, and it will also endeavour to develope the highest and most unselfish form of prudence by granting assurances on lives to the value of £lOO. The moral benefit which. the power of securing such a sum to his family must bring to the working man need not be dwelt upon. There is hardly any influence more likely to raise a man above the temptations of sensuality and display than the consciousness that he has at his disposal a con siderable sum, which he can leave to whom he pleases, the continued possession of it being secured by his denying himself certain indulgences, As a sequel to the Savings-bank system the philan thropist can desire nothing better than the esta blishment of Life Assurance among the poor, the only real question being whether the Government should conduct such an enterprise. On this subject Mr. Gladstone spoke at some length ; but we do not think that a defence of the abstract right of the Government to engage in such undertakings was needed. The nation may surely do in its corporate capacity anything which it is convinced can be bet ter done by itself than if left to individuals. If it coins all oar gold and silver and carries all our letters, it surely has the right to assist the poor to obtain a better security for their savings. The im portant question is whether it is expedient to do this, and to interfere with the numerous Asso ciations which will muster in opposition under the banner of private enterprise. With regard to this, we think that Mr. Gladstone's explanations are sufficient to recommend the scheme to the coun try. The cry of " Government interference" is one which a consideration of precedents ought effectually to silence. Government has " interfered with industrial enterprise" for many a year, since it has granted annuities, and has also, as Mr. Gladstone triumphantly shows, subsidised Friendly Societies very substantially. There is nothing unjust in the scheme ; for the solid Associations of a higher class will not be touched by it, while the lower are in such a state that the competition of Government accuracy and honesty will do good both to them and the public. Will, then, the scheme be successful as a financial measure ? Mr. Gladstone does not doubt that a satisfactory answer can be given to the ques tion, and it is obvious that the Government has many advantages from its universality, its unlimited credit, and the general trustworthiness of its agents. One point of the scheme is especially interesting. It will naturally occur to any one who thinks on the question that the discrimination between good and bad lives must be of very great importance among the artisans, some of whom are engaged in most unhealthy occupations. Mr. Gladstone assures us that " tho value of life in the case of a labouring man is a matter of comparatively simple calcula tion," and cites the medical officer of an industrial assurance company, who says, " In the case of indus trial assurances we scarcely look at our patients," for " the employment and the general character as palpably known to all the world are in the long run a sufficient and satisfactory test of the value of the lives." If this means that the men, being all supposed sober, the trade determines the longevity, it will be interesting to learn whether this prin ciple will be applied by the Government in the great scheme which it proposes. THE DANISH CRUISERS OFF DUNBAR.—The a sharp 1 00 k -out for prizes. We have heard of n okeeping Danish cruisers are still in th e o ffi ng, and are evi dently m ere captures ; b ut on Friday morning a very excit ing chase showed how c l ose l y they are keeping watch and war d over the m out h of the Forth. Abcut daybreak a large foreign vessel was observed to the eastward of the town, hugging the land much more closely than is gene rally done by vessels of its size. As it seemed to be endea vcuring to keep within the limits allowed on neutral ground, suspicions were aroused, and its progress was watched by a number of the townsfolk, who with glass in hand assembled in the Castle Park for that purpose. After it had rounded the point and got safely into the Forth, between the Bass and the May, it was thought that it bad escaped the notice of the cruisers. In a short time, however, a long, low, rakish -looking craft shot out from behind the May Island, and stood right over on the track of the vessel. A most ex citing clause then commenced. The cruiser instantly clapped on all sail, and the black smoke belching out ever and anon trout the funnel showed that they were no less intent on getting up all the steam they could command. Tho large vessel soon saw its danger, and immediately every inch of canvas was spread to the breeze. On they both went at a tremendous rate, b u t it wassoon evident that the coveted had sprung would e scape. V ery luckily for it a strong breeze sprung up, and b ot h wind and tido were i n it s favour, t v hen be sides having th e a d vantage of a cons id era bl e start. last seen th e t wo were somewhere a b ove th e B a ss, and a parting shot was observed to be sent alter the fugitive as it stood away to the northward under a heavy press of sail, with a " wet sheet and a flowing sea."—Scotaniati. Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and liai,ilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankruptcy. Charges under .C 5 payable by easy instalments. Offices — (established 1830), 12, Hatton-garden. City branch-6, Moor gate•street, Bank.—ADvT. 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