The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-16 00:00:00

IN what " Happy Land" can reee you after the "Opera?" 1 on'y know of One HAPPY LAND in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT A I tDEN, my deli. fellow! IVNAHAWS LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, This BRANDY. P.'RENCH B eelebraßANDY, te4 Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest It ie Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. atSold in Bottles, 38. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by e Agents in the pri nc i pa l towns in England; or wholesale 8, GREAT WIN DMILL-STR EFT . W. O bserve the Red Seal. Pink Label, and Cork branded "Una/lan's LL Whisky. " THE CITY OP LONDON REAL PROPERTY COMPANY, Limited. Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862. Cabital £300,000, in 20,000 shares of £25 each, with power to , £1 to be paid on app increase.li cationand .£2 10s. on allotment 'tnY further calls at intervals of not less than three months. DIRECTORS. fe n .* A.shhurst Esq. (Messrs. Smith, White, and Co.) .y l aries Bell, Esq. Messrs. Thomson, Bonar, and Co.) gobert R ussell C a rew, Esq., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, ind Carpender's-park, Watford. Itichard Gibbs, Esq. (Messrs. It. Gibbs and Co.) roe Pearse, (111e.s R. Alexander Son, and Co.)' *"`e a burn Tatham, Esq. (Messrs. Fyson, , Tatha m's, Curing, Walls.) dohs Walker, Esq Director of the London Financial Asso ciation .1 C'eclrze Frederick Young, Esq. (Messrs. Young, Son, and .„, agn ay.) BANKERS. atessrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co. A Ile Mercantile and Exchange Bank (Limited), 4, Lombard s reet, an d 4 , LI Mincing-lane, London; Brown's-buildings, rerpool ; S t. Vincent's-place, Glasgow. Cuessrs. Fyson, Tatham% Cur ling*, and Walls. ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR. Richard Bell, Esq. lIROKERS. Messrs. J. and A. Scrimgeour. 11. Frisby, Esq., late Foster Brothers and Frisby. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 21, Mincing-lane. lo g Company has been formed for the purpose of acquir rg' real property in London, including leaseholds, for build thereon, letting, or selling. articular attention will be directed to the acquisition of .I "Pertie in first-rate localities, where, by the erection of 'table buildings, a large profit can be derived. rWith thi s view a contract has been entered into with a firm o are amongst the largest private owners in the City of "doh, for the purchase of their city properties, which cover an area of nearly an acre and a halt, and are situated in , _ raceehu rch - street, Fenchurch-street, Mincing-lane, and these.Atark-Ia Plans can be seen id the offices of the s In purchase it is stipulated th a t the v e ndors shall guarantee for punch a period of years a m i n i mum r etu r n upon the ase money, which will secure at once a liberal dividend Whlo the shareholders, and which will be further increased en the cont em pl a t e d i mprovements are, as they shortly ill be, fully carried out. The Company will have the advantage of borrowing on their thbentures, at rates of interest much under the per centage gua,-anteed thatd for the present it has been arranged With the vendors the larger portion of their purchase Jaioney shall remain unpaid at 4 per cent. interest. It is a peculiarity attached to land in the City that the ex lent of business to be conducted in its very limited space is daily increasing. The value of the time of successful traders, and the convenience of particular localities, are found to to Of more moment than question of rent. pThe ac , ornmodation allotted to the produce markets in the ie neighbourhood of these properties has within the last eve years been doubled, yet the scale of rent has increased in greater degree, and there seems every reason to anticipate that the demand for first-class offices in these localities will continue to be in advance oft e supply. 4_l]ight thousand shares are su b scr ib e d f or, th e rema i n i ng ‘ve,..elve thousand are offered o the public. In cue of no allotment the deposit will be returned. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. 'To the Directors of the City of London Real Property Company, Limited. Gentlemen,—llaving paid into your bankers the sum of Cit , I reque s t th at you w i ll al l ot me shares in th e herretof London Real Property Company, Limited, and I be —3r agree to accept the same or any less number thatmay Zuayotted to me, and to pay the calls in respect of the shares r, allotted when due; an,' I authorise you to place my name a lotted, Register of Alemters for the number of shares 1- I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in Profession or occupation Address .. Date TUE CITY OF LONDON RE AL PROPERTY COMPANY ll.O further APPLICATION S (Limited). for SHARES in the City of att e (1 0 12 Real Property Company (Limited) can be entertained fromTRIS DAY (SATURDAY), in London, and MONDAY tha CountrY. 21, Mincing -lane, April 16, 1864. --....._ By Order. TUE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL Ito iri f 3 OClETY (Limited), and the ANGLO-AUSTRIAN t h ' 3, are prered to receive Subscr for the pital LE MB pa E ItG-CZERSO WlTZ iptions Ca RAILWAY LOH - (Limited). N I Capital £l,` 50,000, in 6i,500 shares of .02) each. d u e l . G uarantee from he Austrian Government, pro 'tag a net mini Mum dividend of 7 per cent. per annum, , va Yable in silver. et 1 " 311 is made for payment by the contract'r , Mr. Brassey , nterest at 6 par cent. per annum during construction. :„P ° air, £1 on applicatirn and L t on a lotment ; a further 6 11 oi X 2 on the Ist of month ter which date no further ~.. 1 Will be made for six COMMITTEE OF DIRECTORS , pen ding the constitution, under the provisions of the conces sion, of the Company as a Societd Anonyme. In England 8141terset A. Begumont. Esq , 31. P. 1 Directors of th. Anzio ,. Nerick Enzelhardt, Esq. Austrian Bank. „Y. Drown-Westhead Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman of the - London and North-We. tern Ra:lway. In Austria 11. Prime Leo Sapieha, President of the Carl-Ludwig Railway Co./nt Wfaiimir Borkowild, Director of the Car'-Ludwig Railway. Charles Klein, Esq., President of the Chamber of Comm rce, Vienna. BANKERS IN LONDON. Messrs. Glyn, Mil's, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, E.C. BANKERS IN VIENNA. The Anglo-Austrian Bank. 1-t eSsrs, 131rn SOLICITORS. am, Dalrymple. DralcP, and Ward, Parliament street. BROKERS. 'Messrs. Seymour ard Co., 38, Throgmortou-street Messrs. Cazenove and Co., Threadneedle-street. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 54, Old Broad-street. Th Leine grPat Trunk Railway from Vienna, in the direction of frontier of Moldavia, is at present complete as far as Tl.e communication is effected by means of two tip The first being the Northern Railway, from Vienna tp.,..wacow ; the second, the Carl-Ludwig Rahway, from -- ,T i sow to Lemberg. ti t ,;:r first of these lines pays about 14 per cent. upon its va" 4l . The second was completed only at the end of 1861. s e n ce its opening has paid 8 per cent. upon its capital, and D er quently has never required to claim the guarantee of 5 ,7„tent. accorded to it by the Austrian Government. S z a ' e t le Present line is the continuation from Lemberg to ze z, near the Moldavian frontier. The concession has ua granted by the Austrian Government on terms un .113,,,1 favourable to the company undertaking it. Al l e a Proposed railway, enter ng into the heart of the grain ell,. c attle-producing district whence the Can-Ludwig line ter`tis its most important promises and being ronstrur,ted at a Y considerably less cost, to be more profitable -- Ala its neighbour. cni'lle continuance of the line throueh Mo'davia to Galatz, I . h e Danube 'for which a concession has recently been ,„.3ted by the Chambers of the Priv.cipaliti , s), must neces aillt-I,!Y add lamely to the profits of the Lemberg-Czernowitz h t ,',lWaY, which will thus form an Intesrral r art in an un thrmn and direct railway communication between the Baltic, German Ocean, and the Black Sea. the concession, the duration of which is ninety years, sti- T t ilates for the commenc:ment of the works previous to the Ith January, 1E65, and for their comp!etion within three tears ; but provision is made for extension cf these periods ca.() of political or financial crisis. The Government guarantee a fixed sum of £llO,OOO in silver coattey as a net annual revenue of the line. The sum thus guaranteed by the Government, after pro- Ilding for the payment of interest at 5 per cent. on the 45 0 ands, and for an annual sinking Lund, will leave a clear 7 per lente annually alicable to the share ca. The fund will upi lly applied by lot to the tal redemption sinki of ng the Bonds and Shares at par. The proprietors of the Shares thus, fro i• nl eto time, redeemed will, for each share, receive a certifi- Zte entitling the bearer to a participation, during the re , aining term of the concession, in all the profits of the Com 'an, 3 7 exceeding 5 per cent. on the original capital. r-a• contract, which will be adopted by the Company, has ell entere into by the concessionaires with Mr. Brassey E,t sum of d Z 2,950,000. Wats contract provides for the construction of the railwayit accordance with the terms of the concession, and for stock -111 the same with r Ming stock. It includes all the preli tt__ary expenses of acquiring the concession and forming Lompany ; it makes provision for interest during con a„Nction on paid up capital at the rate of 6 per cm , . per and it covers an ample reserve for the expenses t ° 4 : Management until the railway shall be opened for public ain c. The concession confers the requisite power to form a So 'ietd Anonyme with Shares to lo,ar , r, whereby the liability (21 the subscriber will be limited to the a mount of 25 p er `slat of the nominal amount of their Shares. he capital of the Societe Anonyme w ill be £2,450,000; to ,rLitsieol, Z1,200,0)0 in Bonds, and 41,250,0 , 0 in Shares of - 7,each. 41, te Bonds have already been taken. t u Veparatory to the fo . rmation of the Societe Anonyme b;i' l en cannot be definitively constituted according to AllB - law until 25 percent. of the share capital has been paid hr.' , the Lemberg-Czernowitz Railway Company has been ed as a limited liability company, the shares in which S om -ll be exchanged for shares of a like denom i nation in the ""'ete Anonyme. c or vs oPy of the krticles of Association, of the concession, and 'e statutes under which it is proposed to constitute the iet • Oit or Anonyme, can be inspected at the Offices of the Soli- S, 46, Parliament-street. 10''PPlications for Shares must be made in the annexed el addressed to the Directors of the International Fin in ciety (Limited),and of the Anglo-Austrian Bank, but re ee plication will be considered, unless accompanied by the ltt i ,nof Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., or of t e Anglo- Ames 6ha" bank, Vienna, or 1 per Share on the number of is th e application This sum will be returnd I is 14 e not being acceded to, and, if an allotment ksh ode, it will be applied towards the payment of £1 per ar then due. Ltu — I3 ERG-czEßNowprz RAILWAY COMPANY (Limited). FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be left wi h the Bankers. T ATo • o the 'Directors of the International Financial Society Q e „,. (Limited), and of the Anglo-Austrian Rank the ,"Liernen, -Having paid to Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., i;t of being Li per Sbare on Shares, aeh, which I request may be allotted to me in the er e ls; e r e g-Czernowitz Railway Company (Limited), and I 10 b e y agree to accept such Shares, or any less number, and Ale c c ome a member of the Company, and to have my name 411 0 t,_ d o n o the me. Register of Members in respect of the Shares kt t lam. Gentlem;n, yo i u n r f o ul diedt servant, ame Address in full f a 1141 BERG. CZERNOWITZ RAILWAY COMPANY (Limited). Temporary Offices-54, Old Broad-stree'. tA.',,p'rictil IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no further APPLI aft„,,IONS for SHARES in thls Company will be received *"` 'THIS DAY (SATURDAY), 16t h Aprll. By order, W. A. MICHAEL, Secretary, pro tem. 4101 1 16, 1864. I P THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any hilloone troubled with Wind in the Storcu:.ch, Tild_ig_eqion or Tbcg i siless, take PAGE WOODCOCK S WIV_D PILLS. Of ,„ world-wide celebrity proves them of stfriing . merit. Don 4 " Medicine vendors at is. 10. Da Woodcock, 2s , or free by Id or 33 stamps from rage D. Woodcock, Chemist hooba. IMPORTANT INFOR YIATION. TAR. ROBERTS' POOR MAN'S FRIEND is confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail ing remedy for wounds of every description, burns, scalds, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, sore and inflamed eyes, Arc. Sold in nets. ls. 1id.,1 1 5., and 225. each. Also his PILULE ANTISCROPHUL2E, confirmed by sixty years' experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever offered to the pubhc. They form a mild and superior F amil y A per ient, that may be taken at all times without confine ment or change of diet. Sold in boxes, ls. lid., 25. 45. 6d., 115., and 225. each. Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, Bridoort, by th , London houses, and retail by all respectable medicine vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies. N. 22,405. LADY BLAKE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MY STEPFATHER'S HOIVIE, By LADY BLAKE. Also now ready, in 3 vols., ADELA CATHCART. By GEORGE MAC DONALD. . Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Matiboroug,rh-street. On Monday next, in 3 vols. post Bvo., A WOMAN AGAINST THE WORLD , A Novel. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. On Monday next, in Bvo., price One Shilling, iik.N APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE. Issued by the March Association at Copenhagen. Translated from the Danish. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS, In Monthly Parts, uniform with the Original Editions of " Pickwick," "David Copperfield," On Saturday, April 30th, will of be Published Part L, price ls. OUR MUTUAL FRIEND By CHARLES DICKENS. To be completed in T wen y Monthly Farts. With Illustrations by MARCUS STONE. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Pic:adilly: This Day, Never before. Published, price 25., LEAH, rHE JEWISH MAIDEN. ** Whoever has seen Miss Batem n in "Leah" shoul read this thrilling story, upon which the popular play is founded: A'so, uniform with the abotre, price 25. each, 1. BEL DEMONIO. (2. THE DUKE'S MOTTO. N.B.—The popular Dramas are founded upon these novels. London: Ward a.d Lock, 158, Fleet-street. This Day, prlca K ATE H Unita= with the a 1. SKITTLES. 2. Ars ONYMA.. London: George Vicke 25., fancy cover, A.MIL TON, above, price 2s. each, I 3. LEFT HER HOME. I 4. FANNY WHITE. ma, Angel-court, Strand. BARBARA. HOME, the New Novel, by MARGARET BLOUNT, is now ready, In 3 vols., at all the Libraries. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. THE MOST APPROPRIATE OF MEMORIALS. " This Booke, When Grasse and Marble fade, shall make thee looke Fresh to all Ages.' R EPRINT of the FIRST FOLIO EDITION, 1623. Mr. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES, price 10s. 6d. HISTORIES, price tOs 6d. THE TRAGEDIES will be ready shortly and complete the wo.k. Printed from the True Original Copies. L. Booth. 3J7, Regent-street, London, W. A charmi ,, g Accomaniment to the above, or, separately a beautiful Drawin p g-room Appendage, the Celebrated SHAKESPEARE GALLER Y, Reduced by Photography to a 4to. size. 98 Photographic ReprAuctions of Boydell's Gallery. Published originally at 60 Guineas; now to be had for Two Guineas, cloth elegant. THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN. Photographed from Smirko's Pictures. One quaint little volume, only ss. London: L. Booth, 307, Regent-street S. Ayling, 193, Oxford-street. MERCHANTS, MAN UF A CTURERS, TRADERS, AND EXECUTORS. ACCOUNTS arrenged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets prepared.—Financ al operations organised and Banking fa cilit es ,rranged Cash Advances made on Trade Stock, Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected. — The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken. Address, Messrs. BANKS and Co., Accountants, 20, Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. THE NEW ELECTRICAL TURKISH BATHS, for INVALIDS, and the special healing influence of Vital Magneto Electricity—natural remedies, which imp rt nothing. and the best curative powers in ex istence. Mr. CANNING, Vital Elec rician. Further parti milers sent by post, or can be had gratis at the Royal Turkish Bath Establishment, 26, Queen -square, Russell-square, W.C. MESSRS. ROTT. JACKSON, AND CO. ...cute coYnefiesioNs ou all race. 4hronznout tt. year . Market price guarant ees . Remittances. Lincion and Westminster Bank. Post-411;e Orders payable at Camber well-park. Address—Borr and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell -park, London. THE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country . should read "THE PLAIN GUIDE what TO B can ANK RUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS," showing be legally done, and the exact cost. To be hid gratis and post free of Mr. Wetherfield, Solicitor of the Court, 25, Moorgate street, Bank. N.B.—Debts recovered on commission without law ex penses to clients. BED•ROOM CANDLES. TRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop erease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles, sold i❑ boxes is. and 3s. each, are recommendei 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 ECONOMIO BED LIGHTS," in packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Si ecial candle ticks to fit thin candles. is. and 2s. 6d. each ; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2cl. each. TOILET SOAPS. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains ?rice's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SIIERWOODOLE " Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other steins. mutinied bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled hot " Price's Patent," from Gd. ties, N. and ls. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold on the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail througl Wholesale by Price s Patent Loud :II any Grocer. Caudle Comony (Limited), don. pRIZE ME D A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to he excellence of the quality of MessrB. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed 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 turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." • Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 2s, 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. s. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality Is. sd. per lb. Second quality •• ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. Z. .. is. Id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Ordeiill Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., ' 8, South Molton-street , Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishmmt in England for the Manufacture Wax Candles for the use Of the Altar. TEETH. -Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in —A set of teeth, of exoellent work the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages ' manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option cet 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 w ill last al if e time. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eake:i's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations Iree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bend-strect W; 21 1139 , ilelinett''.l2llll Biz.- Mingtam. - - ' ANtERBURY HALL. NO THIS EVENING an entirely new and Optical Illusion, ent,tled PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OP THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OP SHADOWS! with novel effects, registered by C. Morton and J. H. Weston. " The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing' and repgssing through the Magic Fountain, is so complete an Illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory."--Morning Star, Feb. 19. Princa Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented comrany, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Pow'', Mr. T. Maclagan, G. W. Tester, ttc. tc In a few d4ys will be produced, with alterations and im provements in production, the New Illusion, surpassing any thing yet atwrrtempted. entitled THE TERCEN ufGNA RY ; or, a NItiHT a SHAKSPERE, in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. Open every Evening. T H 0 X F ORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W; THIS EVENING, FRIDAY. will be performed the new and successful Opera, by M. t;uonod, FAUST, embracing the entire company of this establishment, with augmented baud and chorus ; other Musical Entertainments, supported by the following talented artistes : —Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry. Tyrrell,, VV almsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, &c. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. To-morrow Event= Satu - day, TITE MERRY WIVES ON WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai. ' Comedy by UNS WO RT II and EUGENE, Mr. T. Mael I g•an , W. Randall, G. Ilutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Pow6r (the juvenilo, comedienne), &c., Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balmy, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. HE NIZAM of the DECCAN'S 'Magnificent CRYSTAL CANDELABRA for INDIA. being one oi five reo n ly manufactured (154 lights, 22 feet high, and 12 feet in diameter., is now on show, together with a great variety of rare and exquisite speeig.ens of workman ip in glass, amongst which are designs in engravings taken from the famous E gin marb es ; also a variety of the most delicat, table glass ~ epg - aved namenta ti.ons resembling the finest lacis work. The attaipic, to cryst 'l, Ins Irsov boon tdde +. • /c. - y - :le i • •';'' " , • 4, it/ O L4geigh • • < .% - - ' •iit" ;4 ( `) • / ---, . • DIE y! •!it „ , • " 1 , , . • • t ) It -2 14" dOk ep, ,4 it,t . 6 • ‘ 1 " 40 DVO IT " • .. * • 1 diP P 4- THE SUN, LONDON, SATITEDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1864. GsURNI PURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTU. 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 f}tock to select rom, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an sere of ground. Every article warranted. C.L.NIRGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . ere publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled TIOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo adm able engravings of every description of Furniture and twasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi Atte and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised tale A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto 191 11 0 Together with a Price List of purified fieddin,g, and a mass of valuable inthrmationto all requiring househ 31d furniture, ;.arpete, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern. Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ityde, 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 ocher places in all parts of Great I rit a::_.. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London. B.E. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. FIVE PER CENT. PREFERENCE SHARES. The Directors of the Great Western Rai way Company hereby give rotice that, in accordance with the Act, the THIRD CALL of £2 10.. per S ' are is payable on or before MONDAY, the 23d May, 186 f, at the Union Bank of London, Princes-street, Mansion-house, London; or at MeFsrs. Glyn, Mills, and Cp., 17, Lombard-street, London. It will be necessary for the ho'der of the Scrip to present the Fame to the Bankers at the time of making payment, in order to have the r,ceipt properly filled up. The Five per' Cent. interest will be paid on the Ist of March, and on the Ist of September, in each year. By Order. B. OWEN, Secretary. B:shopsgate Terminus, 14th April, 1864. QOHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND "GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and Houses to be dispose i of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MUttRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. TVEIE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting cf Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m. Private Rooms for large or small parties. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. ?ERSONS SEEKING LANDED JL ELi . •ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS. AND PROPER VIES GENERALLY-- - 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 R. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY ItEGISMER," containing avaried selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, witki its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. Ove r ivEns OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Ret4ister affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible ahara• ter, thereby avoid ing the disanvantageS of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur• cnaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commiFsion. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. TNSTITU FE OF PAINTERS IN WATER AL COLOURS, on MONDAY next, the 18th inst.. WILL OrEN , their THIRTIETH ANNUAL EXHIBITION at their GALLERY, 53, PALL-MALL, near St. James's Palace. Daily from 9 till dusk. !Admission, ls.—Catalogue, 6d. JAMES FAHEY, see. FRENCH GALLERY, 120, PALL-MALL.- The ELEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTURES, the contributions of Artists of the French and Flemish Schools, WILL OPEN on MONDAY next. Admission, Is.—Catalogue, 6d. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. The steam launch which has been constructed at Chatham dockyard to be propelled on the double or twin screw prin ciple, and intended to be attached to her Majesty's screw steamer Bombay, 68, 400-horse power, flagship of Rear- Admiral the Eon. C. Elliot, C. 8., new fitting at Chatham for the south-east coast of America station, was launched from the dockyard yesterday morning, and immediately after placed alongside the wharf for the purpose of being fitted with her machinery. which arrived from the estab• lishment of Messrs. John Penn and Sons on the previous day. The success which has attended the adoption of double screws has be:n markei as to induce the Lords of the Admiralty to direct the construction of- several of a large description of man-of-war launches on that principle, adapted for service at the entrance to harbours, rivers, shallow creeks, and generally in places not accessible to vessels of great draught. From the extraordinary powers of marl oruvering possessed by these vessels, and the nature of the light Armstrong guns with which they will be armed, they will undoubtedly prove of great value in operations which it would be impossible to undertake with vessels of a larger size or different description. The vessel launched yesterday is 42 feet in length, with a breadth of beam of 10 feet. Her engines are nominally of 12-horse power, but, being on the high-pressure principle, they will work up to about five times that power. This steam launch was origi nally intended for the iron frigate Achilles, but the Bombay being immediately required for sea she was ordered to be supplied to that vessel, and should the pending trial prove satisfactory, another vessel on the double-screw principle will be immediately commenced at Chatham for the Achilles. The Bombay, 67, 400 horse power, Capt. C. A. Campbell, received her sailing orders yesterday, and will leave Chat ham for the south-east coast of America on Wednesday next, calling at Spithead for final orders. The lighters went alongside yesterday, and the whole of the day will be occu pied in stowing coals. The officers and crew, who have been berthed on board the receiving ship Gloucester, 5 1, in Chat ham harbour, will join the Bombay on Monday. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : —Wm. Geo. Aldrick, master, to the Blenheim ; Dr. Edward Dann, assist surg, to the Wye; br. Henry Fegan, assist surg, additional, to the Victory; Frederick Piercy, assist surg, additional, to the Royal Adelaide; Wm. A. Brown, assist paymaster, to be secretary to Commodore Cockburn; William C. Devereux, assist paymaster to charge, to the Seringepatam; C. Lund, J. Crawford, and L. P. Lewis, supernumeraries, of the Fisgard, confirmed as first class assist engineers; and S. C. Kemble, nominated to a naval cadetship. Nit. W. S. WOODIN'S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Charing-cross, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box stale, Ss. ; area, 2e. ; amphitheatre, la. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from e'even to flue. Neat Morning Performance, Saturday, April 9, at three. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.— coNTrNuED SUCCE ' S of the NEW CIRQUE, -to be --- vne----b.:-A nor g•roduced in England. EVERY EVENING. et Half- ryas v - olt INQ PE; RFOIDIANCE every WEDNESDAY and SATuxWAY at Two. ROYAL ALHAMBRA,-- G RAND DUCROW ACT, by FRANCOIS LOISSE T, with NINE tiORSES—a most astounding performance. Brilliant Equestrian Scenes, by the first Artists. Prices of Admission—Private Boxes (for six), 215.; Reserved Se itl3, 3s. ; Stalls and Gracd Balc o n 7,2s. ; Pit and Promenade, ls. ; Upper Balcony 6d. Box Office open from ten to four, NADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. RECENT ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi dent Davis; Ancient Effigies of Henry IV. and his Queen Joan. in magnificent costumes of the period (1399); and in the Chamber of Physiognomy is a full-length model of Geo. Victor Townley. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL RO 0M S, Wiadmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. Manager, M. GRENET. 4121, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W. FIE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. IL Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Astees ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). BUSINESSES. —Mr: ANDREW HIND has for SALE a Poulterer's, S.W. Price £2o'. Also Corn chandlers', from £5O to £1,000; Greengrocers', £5O to £300; Confectioners' Chemists', Milliners', Stationers', from £45 to £4O ; Grocers', from £5O to £2,000; Drapers', £2OO to £5,000 ; Bakers', £75 to £400; Coffee-houses, £5O to £1,200 ; Dairies, £OO t0•.£600 ; Oyster-rooms, Restaurants. &C., £6O to £1,600; Laundries, £5l to £200; Oil, Cigar, Fish, Ham, and Toy Sh pc £5O to £300; and numerous others in every trade. Commercial Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. Ihe April List, containing 5,000, gratis. HOUSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE, a pair of FREEHOLD semi detached seven roomed VILLAS, near a station, half an hour's ride from Farringdon-street. with good gardens back and front. Let to yearly tenants at £22 each ; but possession of one may be had. Price X. 300 each. A leo numerous others, at all prices. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, (`TOFFEE-HOUSE.-Mr. ANDREW HIND has Ik_.) for SALE an old-established BUSINESS, near St. Paul's. Coffee-room, bar, kitchen, and six rooms above. Rent £33, Lease 16 years. Trade £l2 per week. Price £145. Also the following:—Southwark, £75 ; Oxford-street (near), Vou ; is ington, £6O; Shoreditch, £2OO, &a Wilms, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. ripo CHEMISTS, &c.—Mr. ANDREW HIND .1. has for SALE an old-established BUSINESS, in a main road East. Commanding corner shop, eight rooms, &C. Rent £4B. Returns £3OO. Price, including a heavy stock, £3OO. Accommodation if required. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. 1. 0 BUTCHERS.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE a ready-money BUSINESS, in Southwark. shop and five roams. Rent, £25. Lease, 12 years. Returns £35 to e4O per week. Price £63. Offices, Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. DRAPERS.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has t-r SALE a good BUSINESS, in a main thoroughfare, S.E. Shop and six rooms. Rent and taxes, £3O Returns, £7OO per annum. Stook optional. Price 415. Offices, Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. PA RTNERSHIPS.-Mr. ANDREW HIND is instructed to obtain a PARTNER for a very lucrative manufacturing business. Capital required, £6OO. Also numerous mercantile partnerships for negotiation requiring £lOO to .C 5,000. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, S BERLIN WOOL, FANCY STATIONERY, and TOBACCO.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for dis posa the above, situate in one of the best positions. N. Doing a snug business, and capab eof improvement. Price for fittings, fixtures, etc., £lOO. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane. St. Pau 's, DAIRIES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE an excellent BUSINESS, S. ; dwelling. house, seeds, stab ing„ &c.; rent, £18; lease, eight years ; price, in cludin, eight cows, horse, van, cart, poultry, &c., £420. Also the following:—City, rice £200; 181•ngton, £170; N. Dis trict, £7OO ; Bow, £l5 ; &0. Offices, corner of Little Carter lane, St. Paul's. ju AMBE WPS ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL BEIZIEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases et 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 it effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking IL Prepared only and sold by W. LAXIBEET, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, an by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address ae. engraved 04 the stamp. S FRATFORD-ON-AVON TERCENTENARY FESTIVAL. , PRESIDENT. Itieht Hon. the Earl of CARLISLE, K.G. SATURDAY, April 233, BANQUET, at 3 p.m. • Lord Car. lisle is the Chair. Tickets 21s. In the Evening, grand dis. play of Fireworks, by Darby. MONDAY MORNING, April 25th. at Noon, the ME& STALL—Mesdames Parepa, Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves Mr. G. Perren, Mr. Santley ; Mr. T. Harper (Trumpet) Bsnd and Chorus of.,0:00 performers.— Cout.uctor,lir. Alfred-Mel , Rm. Tickets, 58. Reserved seats, 10s ed. and 21s. MONDAY EVENING, at Seven, GRAND CONCERT of MUSIC, assorted with the words from Shakespeare.—Dime. Parepa. Mme. Salnton- Dolby, Mme. Arabella Goddard, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. G. Perren. Mr. Bentley. Orchestra of 120 Instruments. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Tickets, 2a 6d. Reserved Seats, ss. and 103 6d. TUESDAY MORNING, April 28, EXCURSION TO CHARLECOTE. Tickets ss. In the Evening, at 7 o'clock, TWELFTH NIGHT wilt be represented by the Company of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Orsini, Mr. Howe —Sebas ti , n, Mr. Weathersley—Antonio, Mr. Braid—Roberto, Mr. Walter Gordon—tario, Mr. Clara—Valentine, Mr. Worrel— Sir Toby Belch, Mr. Rogers—Sir Andrew, Mr. Buckatone Fabian, Mr. W. Farren—Clown, Mr. Compton—Priest, Mr. Cultenford—Olivia, Miss W. Lindley —Viola, Miss Louisa Angel—Maria, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. Alter the Comedy, Mr. Sothern (Lord Dund:•eary) will ap pear in a new Faro» Tickets U.—Reserved Beats, 10s. 6d. and 21s. On WEDNESDAY MORNING, April 27, A SHAKE SPEAREAN READING. 'Pickets, 28 6d. —Reserved Seats, Is. In the Evening, in consequence of the withdrawal of Mr. Fechter, Mr. Vining„ of the Royal Princess's Theatre, ha in the most liberal manner, undertaken to put two Shake spearian Plays upon the Stage. At 7 o'clock there will be performed the Tragedy of ROMEO AvD JULIET. The character of Juliet by Mdlle. Stella Collas. There will also be performed the COMEDY OF E )(MORS. The two Dromios by the brothers Webb. The names of the other performers wi 1 be announced in future advertisements. The iiainlet tickets will be available for this Evening's Entertainm nts. On THURSDAY MORNING, April 28, in the Shake spearean Rooms, a CONCERT of Instrumental Music and Olen from Shtkesperean Plays.—Ticke s, 2s. 6d.—Reserved Seats, is. . _ _ _ In the Evening at Seven, "AS YOU LIKE IT" will be re presented : Celia, Miss Kate Saville.—Phoebe, Miss Button— Audry, Miss Charlotte SaunderP.—The Duke, Mr. J. Ben nett--Jaques, Mr. Creswick.—Amiens, Mr. W. H. Cuming•s. —Orlando, Mr.W.Ferren—Adam, Mr. Chippendale. —Touch stone, Mr. Compton—Le Beau, Mr. Belford 4 -011ver, Mr. K. Dolman,—Wrestler, Mr H. Payne. The play produced under the superintendence of Mr. H. Creawick. Tickets, ss. —l.te served Seats, 10s. ed. and 21s. _ On FRIDAY Evening, April 29th, "GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL." Ticke s (by veuchers), 21s. During the Festival there will be an exhibition in the Town Hall of many of the well known Portraits of Shakes peare and eminent Actors of his Mays. The Great Western, North-Western, and other Railway Com,anies will run s ecial trains during ttie Festival ; and at the close of each night s performances, trains will leave fnr London Birmingham, Malvern, Leamington, &a. R( turn Tickets will be available from Friday the 22d, to Saturday the 30. th. Tickets, Programmes, &c., may be obtained at 2, Exeter Hall, London; and at the Festival Ticket Office, New-pace, Stratford-upon-Avon. The Official Programme, containing full particulars of all matters connected with the Festival, tone her with a Guide to the Town and Neighbourhood of Stratford-upon-Avon, is now ready. This may be ob aimed at the Ticket Office, and from all 800 sellers, price is. THE ORIGINAL 'ROYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE, for Roast Meat, Rashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups, Fish, Game, &e. Prepared only by the proprietors, Tnos. Bum and Co,, 10, Bath-pllee, llalston, London, N.B. .T. DEFRIES and SONS. Crystal Gallery, Egyptian Ha I. OHANDEMERS in BRONZE, ORMoLU, and ki SILVER, of the finest designs for Dining-room and Dibrary. Moderator Lamps in Bronze, Ormolu, China, and Glass. . . J. REFRIES and SONS, West-end Show Rooms, Crystal Gallery, Egyptian Bell, Piccadilly. DEFMES and SONS' CRYSTAL CHAN itj • DEMERS in Venetian, Grecian, and other registered De time for Gas or Candles; Crystal Lamns, Chandeliers, and Wall Lights for India; Club, Mess, and General Fur nishing. Or iers for Wass, China, and Earthenware promptly executed.—Works, London and Birmingham; City hhow Rooms and Manutactory, 147, Houndsditch ; West-end Show Rooms, Crystal Gallery, Egyptian Hall, Fixadilly. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE:SKIN. • OLLARD,S PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in indent health; they are also an effectual remedy in curing local and cut ineous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians ;see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, acaording to the degree of sulphur they contain, sold at the depot, 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London, W., and at all chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent on application. Metropolitan Board of Works. The usual ordinary meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday at the offices, Spring•gardens— Mr John Thwaites in the chair. There was an unusually, largo attendance of members present. The cash statement presented the following balances: — Current accounts, £161,947 19s ICd ; deposit accounts, £73,300; and Government Securities, £235,247 19s 10d, THE RAILWAY SCHEMES IN THE METROPOLIS. A communication was received from the district board of Hackney, requesting the Metropolitan Board to oppose in Parliament the various railway schemes stopping up the public roads or tending to do so. An hon. member moved, that the matter be referred to the street committee, which was seconded and agreed to. A report was brought up from the Thames Embankment Committee recommending that the committee be autho rised tonegociate co w m it p h en t y he to M se e t tr ti o o po t l h it e ter anD m i e st a ri n o d t (Innercondi tions u Cirele) Railway pon,which they should be permitted to carry their line through the northern embankment and the new street from Blackfriars to the Mansion-house, reporting the result to the board. Mr. FREEMAN moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. DALTON. Mr. MILLER, M.P. (who was inaudible), was understood db t to ea t ei move omn., pere an .amendment,and reportto tho effect,t o t he board their recommen dation." "That the committee Mr. L. TAYLOR seconded the amend ment, an d sa id a great many members were not able to attend the committee wd, c of the whole board, and Gould do so on the weekly meetings. Upon the amendment being put, it was carried and be came an original motion, which, upon a division, was car ried by 25 to 12. Attempted Murder in an Express Train, aayfemale nigh t and cries of The passengers by the 6 . 15 p.m : trainfrhnott were Pad greatly a to la O rm af e o d rd by an h d e W ari o n r g ee t s h te e r sc o r n ea T m h s ur o s f d "Minder" ptoceoding from a second'class carriage, while travelling between Maidenhead and Twyford. In an ad joining first-class compartment of the carriage were Mr James Bell, of the engineer's office at Worcester, and Mr Charles Harris, the superintendent of the Great Western Railway at Hereford, and the screams led them to signal the driver of the train to stop. On the train being brought to a stand-still many of the passengers left the carriages, and Messrs Bell and Harris had the door of the compartment opened from whence the alarm arose. They then saw standing up a female in a terrible state of agitation, and two men, one of whom had pinionel the other by the arms, and was preventing him from using a knife with which he had armed himself, and with whie_h he had declared he would stab the woman. The knife had been taken from him, and at this moment Mr Wiison, the engineer of the Great Western Railway, came up from another part of the train, entered the com partment to the assistance of the man who had pinioned the would-be assassin. With cords and straps they then securely fastened the man, who was uttering loud threats, and endeavouring to liberate himself, and in this state he was conveyed to Twyford station, where he was laid on his back at the station and left in the custody of the station master. It appears that the woman and the two men were strangers, and that the man who attempted to stab her is a Mr. Elton, in independent circumstances, living in Comer gardens, Worcester. He has been considered to be inane for some time, but had trot before showed any symptoms of violence. For the past few weeks he has been visiting in London, and on Thursday night was on his way home. The names of his fellow passengers whose lives he jeopar dised did not transpire. THE ARMY. Yesterday the Duke of Cambridge, Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief, paid a visit of inspection to Aldershott. His Royal Highness, who was attended by Lieut.-Gen. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, Adjutant-General, and Lieut,-Gen. Sir Richard Airey, Quartermaster• General, arrived by the 9 o'clock ordinary train at Farnborough Station, where he was received by Lieut.-Col. the Hon. 11. H. Clifford, V.C., Assistant Quartermaster- General. The division,under Lieut Gen. Sir J, L. Pennefather, K.C.8., was formed up on Claycart-ridge at 9 o'clock, the cavalry on the right and the infantry on the left, a troop of Horse Artillery on the right flank of the cavalry, and two battalions of Military Train on the lett flank of the infantry. The inspection commenced immediately on the Duke of Cambridge reaching the field. The division afterwards marched past, cavalry and Horse Artillery in open column of squadrons at a walk, and the infantry in open column of grand divisions in quick time. The Horse Artillery, cavalry, Royal Artillery, and Military Train afterwards went past at a trot from the reverse flank, the two former again passing at a gallop. The infantry, too, went by Lrigades in contiguous column at quarter dis tance. The Cavalry Brigade, under the command of Major- General Hodge, C. 8., then performed the sword, exercise, in opcn order, at the halt, at a walk and at the charge. This exercise was well executed, and elicited the Duke's approval. The regiments of cavalry afterwards formed up in close column of squadrons, wheeled to the right, took ground to the front at a trot, and performed several other manocav, et, of a similar kind. The commanding officers were then called out and addressed by the Duke, after which the brigade marched to quarters. Mesnwhile the infantry had formed up on Claycart-ridge, in line of contiguous column, facing west ; the Ist brigade on the right, the 2d on the left, and the 3d in the centre. The Duke and staff after leaving the cavalry proceeded to put the infantry through a varia'y of field evolu'ions, marching in line of brigades, in C!chtl lon, forming square, moving in squares—keeping th , troops in continual motion for upwards of an hour. At the conclusion, the regiments being in lino of contiguous column, a general salute was given, and, as a finale, the Royal salute, the bands playing the National Anthem. Th e coimmatium s •"" " and were highly complimented by the Duke of Cambridge on the appearance and steadiness of their respoctive regi • ments, and the troops were then ordered home. The force on the ground consisted of three regiments of cavalry, nine of infantry, three batteries of artillery, two batta lions of Military Train, and a company and troop of Engineers—a total of all ranks of 6,074. The Ambassadors from Madagascar were present at the review, and appeared highly delighted with the spectacle afforded them. The Dukv of Cambridge just prior to the final Royal salute being given rode up to their carriage and explained to them the nature of the salute which was to follow. The Duke and staff, after lunching with Sir J. L. Pennefather, left Aldershott about 2 o'clock. Armstrong and Whitworth Trials, Diy by day the now close competition between the field guns of Sir William Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth goes on at Shoebury, in the presence of most of the members of the special committee who are appointed to superintend the practice. Judging what has yet to be done by the progress already ado, there is at the lowest estimate two months' constant work still to be got through before all the various trials !aid down in the programme can be completed, and a still longer time must elapse before the final award of the committee can be made public. Many seem of opinion that the trials could be made with greater rapidity if it were necessary, and it is certain that both Sir William and Mr. Whitworth would consent to such a reduction of the programme as would enable them to fire a larger number of shots at fewer ranges instead of, as now, firing a small number at a great many gradually increasing distances. Such an alteration would no doubt reduce the time of trial by many days, but the propriety of making any change in the elaborate and exhaustive programme that has been resolved on is more than questionable, and certainly, while it is adhered to, it seems difficult with anything like a careful verifica tion of each practice shot to do more than is done. Even what is now accomplished entails almost inces sant work night and day on Capt. Dyer, R.A., the secretary to the committee, and with a greater number of rounds the return which is now made out at the close of each day's firing would become impossib!e. The competition might, undoubtedly, have been shortened to a certain extent if it had been begun with the 70-pounders instead of the field pieces. The mode of rifling and strength of tube which will do for a large gun, it is known, will most certainly do for a small one, but the converse of this proposition by no means hold. Thus, Mr. Whitworth, with his small-bore rifle, has made a weapon which as yet distances all other rifles beyond the chance of competition ; but it is evident now that the same principle extended in its applica tion from a rifle to a 12 pounder dces not, or at least, has not yet effected the same results. Sir William's shunt principle, if applied to a volunteer rifle,would no doubt be easily beaten by Mr. Whitworth's weapon of the same kind, but it becomes a totally different question when the two principle are ap plied to field guns, and more different still when the manufacture is extended from field guns to 70 and 100 pounders. For these reasons and as setting the question more quickly at rest, it would no doubt have been better if the competition had begun with the heavy guns instead of with light, or rather if it had been confined to the heavy guns altogether. As it is now, the results obtained with the field guns of either competitors are regarded as far from being conclusive, and as only affording data which cannot properly be judgml of till the heavy ordnance has gone through the same ordeal: During the past week the trials have varied very little from tests of range and accuracy at various degrees of elevation, from two degrees to seven, • which was attained yesterday, when the guns were throwing shot 3,050 and 3,100 yards. All these trials are of course made with solid shot—a test which Sir William thinks is against bringing out the true merits of his ordnance. His two guns are made for shells only, which is in fact the only ammunition issued to them in service. Mr. Whitworth's gun is, on the contrary, specially a gun for solid shot, and its performances with shell, if nut, actually bad, are PRICE ...... ...4d. STAMPED:....Sd. unquestionably bad when compared with the de structive cffact of Sir William's guns. Thus during the past week's trial each gun had to fire five rcunds of shell against the abattis of trees in front of the earthwork we have already described in our previous notice. Both Sir William's guns, the shunt and the breech-loader, in five rounds of segment shell so completely cut an opening in the trees that a cart could have been driven through ; whereas the cffict of Mr. Whitworth's shells was absolutely ea. In the same way, against the earthwork of the battery the immense superiority of Sir William's shell was almost equally manifest. Iu fact, Mr. Whitworth's gun, as a shell gun, has done nothing yet. Mr, Whitworth frankly admits that his shrapuell shell cannot cope with abattis or earthworks, but is, on the other hand, confident that, when tested against targets of the height and width of a company of soldiers, it will be found to be more destructive in the number of wounds it inflicts than the Arm strong. Throughout the contest the breech-loader has shot the worst of the three guns, except when tried with shell--the only projectile it is intended to fire—when it has instantly vindicated its old reputation for efficiency. In other respects it has been short in range and deficient in accuracy com pared with either Sir William's shunt gnu or Mr. Whitworth's. Its falling short by some 200 yards of the range of the other two guns is unimportant, and is solely due to the fact that the charge for this gun is 11lb., while the two others have lalb. Its failing to attain the same marvellous accuracy as the others is a fact for which no one can account. The practice made by the average breech-loaders of the same kind in the service is, we are informed, above the average of the shooting of this gun, made with so much care spa. cially for these trials and with a special steel tube for the barrel. ' It may be that too much care has ' spoilt it, for, as we have said, its shooting is not equal, not alone to the shunt and Whitworth guns, but to all the other Armstrongs of the same kind which are in plenty at Shoeburyness. Our readers however must not adopt the idea that it shoots badly as a gun; it is only relatively to the two other competing ordnance that this can be said. But the accuracy of the last two is something so wonderful that even the rifle shooting for the Queen's Prize at Wimbledon bears no comparison to it. To give an idea of what this accuracy is, we may state that at the 300 yards range Mr. Whit worth sent many shots in succession through the bull's-eye, which was only one foot in diameter. This was a short range, certainly, but still the prac tice was wonderful, and again at 1,600 yards Mr. Whitworth had 10 shots, the greatest lateral devia tion of which from the true line was only 5 inches, and there were in the same range as many of Sir William's from the shunt gun which were as true. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that if a crow, or a hen could be seen at such a distance it would have been hit over and over again by either of these guns. At two degrees of elevation the breech-loader was short by 50 yards of the other two guns, but was very accurate. The Armstrong shunt gun and the Whitworth shot equal as to range and accuracy, and if a choice could be made between the two it was in favour of Whitworth. At three degrees Mr. Whitworth claims a distinct victory—a claim, how ever, which is not borne out by the official records of the committee, from which only, as generally given in the rough, do we derive our data for this report. According to the general results of this official return, it is stated that at three degrees the shunt and Whitworth were with shot equal to a yard—the shunt gun having a decided ad vantage with shell. At four degrees aI , H) the shunt and Wt.itwirth are reported nearly cqutl, he breeeli lo,der being short by 200 yards, but otherwise throwing for this range very accura'c'y indeed. When we use the term " nearly equal" as between the shunt and Whitworth, we mean that f, , average of the rounds gave Mr. IVhitworth's guu a gt e &ter range by , e i yards ill in tbe Arm strong—an amount of difference which at 2,000 yards is scarcely wcrrh le;ordirg on either side. After the s: came the trials with shell at the abattis !n1 earthworks, where, as we have said, Sir Ham's victory was complete, his shells sweeping away everything before th'm, while Mr. Whit worth's were in destructive effect perfectly harm lesr, as fir as could be jadged by the apptanince of the astacles against which they were directed. During Thursday and yesterday the trials were again for range and accuracy, at elevations rising from five to seven degrees. At five enthix dogma each party claims to have won, End the Committee returns wire not sufficiently made out t) enable us .o say which had zellly been the victor, though e.ga;n it was generally believed by those who were impartial - tha there really was no caoice between the performances of the two. The same m a y b e said of the firing yesterday, at seven degrees, when the two guns were throwing 3,000 yards and upwards, dropping their shot, round after round, in almost precibely the same holes in which the first fell, till they bored and the mounds of mod they threw up formed three little targets, which were distinctly visib!e. No official return was made of the firing yesterday, and if an opinion eln be formed from what was seen of the fall of the shot through a te- lesccps it would almost appear as if Mr. Whit- worth had a trifling advantage in the regulatity of his line of fi.e. As far as the trials have hitherto extended, it seems t 3 b© the feeling of all officers on the ground that, regard being had only to range and accuracy, there is literally no choice between the Armstrong shunt gun and the Whitworth. Each of the in ventors is, however, confident that his final victory nes only been deferred till the long ranges com mence, when each expects to prove a enarkea superiority over his opponent. But the niceties of these fancy ranges at 8,000 and 10,000 yards, when the difference is only a foot or two one way or the other, are quite beside the question of the real merits of field guns. Artillerists say that each gun is far beyond the standard required ; that is to say, that each gun possesses such powers of scientific accuracy as are certai❑ never to be deve loped in the hurry end hot blood of actual service. The real question betweenthem now is which gun is most destructive, and which endures longest. 'These trials will begin next week, when the de- structive power of the guns will be tried against stockades and walls, and the endurance will be tested by continuous and rapid firing. In destruc tive powers, unless Mr. Whitworth's shell behaves better than it has hitherto done, his chances are likely to be small. For endurance both competitors are equally confident of success, Sir William relying on the fact that his guns of the same pattern have stood nearly 4,000 rounds without an evidence of change, and Mr, Whitworth depending on the pro- digious strength of the metal of his ordnance, which are of the finest soft-tempered:steel. It would very much hasten the important result that is to be arrived at in this trial of endurance if at the end of each day's firing for acnuracy, whon two and three and four hours are somtimes wasted doing nothing, the guns were ordered to fire 100 rounds into the water as fast as they could be discharged and loaded. Such a finale to the next day's prac tice would tell most seriously on the neat day's accuracy of range, if there is any truth in the report that some of the guns are being hurt by their own projectiles. Thii would be the fairest way of testing the endurance o f th e p i eces. together with their subsequent accuracy, and would sharten the competition by at least a fortnight; while it at the same time made the trials more searching, and therefore more satisfactory. During th© course of 'these trials the vent, or touch-hole, of Mr. Whitworth's gun gave signs of choking, and he had to apply to the committee for permission to re-vent it, which ho did the same evening. This failure of the vent-tube is a matter of no great importance, if it does not occur again, 4nd if the present occident can be shown to be ~~ -ur7 .//~ Ce.g., e ss ei • sse-- due to purely exceptional causes. 01 0;eNVn,e' containing the copper vent-pie - Cie worth's guns is such a good idea, capable, as was proved by its renov day, of such comparatively easy acjustateß;that would bs a loss to the service if in practice it was found a failure. Only time end the test of repid firing can show sshether it is a failure or a success. After the piece was re-vented and returned to the committee it was found that advantage had been taken of the gun's rest to give it a thorough clean act fair b e tw ee n the competitors '.ordered Sir Wm. clean ing. This the committee at once detected, and to Armstrong to have his gur.s cleaned also. We may add, while on the subject of et:eaning the gun, that Mr. Whitworth's is fired with an oil lubeicator in the charge at each round, whereas Sir William uses no lubrication whatever with his slinaL guo, which is only dry sponged. A great deal of nonsense, has been written nbont low traj , ctorics and alt the other scientific slang. if we may SJ term it, of gunnery. Ile escves-, as the qaestion of trojectories—or, in plain terns, the fli g ht of the shot—is likely to become an imooetant matter of dispute, we ms y ventur e on explaiui-og to our readers what the whole thing means, whia'h can be done in a very few words and without the use of technical terms. All shot when they leave the gun incline steadily down by their own gravitaeion towards the earth, so that when objects are abased at at a considerable distance the guns have to be given a corresponding elevation to overcome this tendency. The line, therefore, which al/ shot take in their passage through the air may be described as a segment of a circle, rising from the gun's mouth till it descends with the shot on the object aimed at. In proportion as this segment of a circle rises high in the middle, or is a flat ellipsis, so is it called a high or low trajectory, and in theory the gun which has the lowest trajectory—that is, which sends its shot in the straightest line to its object—mey be said to shoot the best. Bat, in actual fact, a low - trajectory is valueless, except at short ranges, when it can be got from any and every rifled gun. A low trajectory at 1,000 or 1,500 yards makes the greater part of the shot's flight about the height of a man from the ground, and is therefore certain in war fare to take off the heads or legs of any troops in tervening between the gun and the object aimed at. This, as we have said, any rifled gun will do. At long ranges this is useless, for then such elevation has to be given to the gun that the flight of the shot is always considerably above the ground, and whe ther it be 15ft , as in a low trajectory, or 20ft., as in a high trajectory, is of not the slightest con sequence, as in either case the shot injures no one. Such, in plain language, is the real meaning and value of these high-sounding terms, to which we should not have thought it necessary to allude:, but that it is stated that there is a permanent error in the sighting of Mr. Whitworth's gun, which is in its favour to the extent of 41 minutes ele vation above what appears to be its., level. We give this, however, as a mere on dit, for though the attention of the Committee has been drawn, to it, no decision has been come to. If the re port should turn wet, on examination of the gun, to be unfounded, Mr. Whitworth may justly claim all the merit that attaches to a low trajectory at short ranges. If, however, 41 Minutes have to be added to his elevation, it will leave the question of superiority in the same state in which the whole contest still remains—namely, that in accurary and range there is really nothing to choose, and for • destructiveness and endurance we must wait the issue of next week's competition. ~.--~. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service, (Rom the Civil Service Gazette.) WAR•orricE—Mr P. Gaskell and Mr D. Overton M‘D armid have been appointed temporary clerks in the Adjutant-General's Department. EDUCATION-OFFICE-Mr P. Do Page Renouf has been appointed an inspector of schools. POST-orrlcE—The postrnastership of Wolverhampton is vacant—income, £3lB, with an cffiee, p - fovided by the Crown. Mr X. E. Blake has been appointed a tempo rary clerk, and Mr H. M!,s , ey a clerk, at Chester—Mr W. 11. Carr has bout promriiel from th...) 2d to the Ist class Acce,uu7, Branch, Dublin. CUSTOMS—Mr VI. Caird, clerk, Ist class, has been pro moted to be a principal clerl:—Mr B. Howson from the 2d to the lst class, Mr A. Elston from the 3d to the 2d class, Mr G. Ellice, from the 4th to the 33 class, Mr J. M. New man from the sth to the 4th class of clerks, and Mr W. Smith from the Gth to the sth class of Clerks in tho %rare lit,using and general duly department, London —Mr W. 31.`CaIlum from the 23 to the let, Mr G. Middleton from the 3.1 to the 2d, and Mr J. Rodgerson from the sth to the 4th class of out-door ufficers, Shields. INLAND REVENUE—Stamps and Tax Branch—Messrs F. R. Meynell and C. Riskman have been promoted from the 3d to the 2d division, 2d class, Messrs. F. H. Freer, and R. A. Long from the 4th to the 3d class, and Messrs. T. Lordan and R. W. Thornby from the 4th to the 3d class in the Accountant-General's Department—Mr W. Srcith.,sur. veyor of taxes, has been transferred from Stafford to Yeovil Mr J. B. Watson, surveyor of taxes, from Knaresborough to Beverley —and Mr W. Maher, surveyor of taxes, from Richmond to Haverfordwest—Mr S. Smith, assistant cur veyor of taxes, has been promoted to be a surveyor, and ap pointed to Knareaborough—and Mr F. Smith, assistant surveyor, to be a surveyor, and appointed to Richmouti, Yorkshire. THE EAST INDIES.—Mr E. Jackson has been appointed to officiate as Paisne Judge of the High Court of Judica ture at Fort William, in Bengal, during the lion. H. V. Bayley's absence—Ml C. F. Vaughan has been confirmed in his appointment to the Public Works Department as an accountant, third class, and posted to Oudh—Mr F. A B. Glover has been appointed to officiate as Civil and Sessions Judge of East Burdwan--Mr H. G. Paynt,er to be assistant to the magistrate and collector of Patna, and to exercise tha power of a magistrate and deputy collector in that district—Mr H. B. Lawford to be a magistrate and col lector of the second grade in Furreedpore—Mr H. W. Alexander to be a magistrate and collector of Midgapore— Mr T. E. 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Jacomb to officiate as under-secre tary to the Madras Government in the revenue, financial, and general departments. Fearful Collision and Loss of Life at the Mouth of the Thames, GRAVESEND, FRIDAY, April 15. Early yesterday morning a very alarming collision took place near the Mouse Light, a few miles below the Nore, which resulted in the immediate foundering of a barque called the Enterprise, Captain Hitch, and the loss of three of tier crew. The unfortunate vessel was bound for St. Vincent with a valuable cargo. She went down the river on Wednesday, in charge of Mr. Speeding, a Trinity House pilot, and anchored near the Mouse Light, about half-past 8 o'clock, for the night, the .weather being clear, with a sharp breeze from E.S.E. The ship rode safely enough until a quarter-past 3 o'clock on the following morning, when a vessel, since ascertained to be the scheoner John, Captain Lister, from Newcastle. stated to have been tinder fall can vas, came into collision with the Enterprise, striking her on the port bow, just before the cat-head. So severe was the shock that some of the crew were thrown out of their berths. All hands were eoon on deck, and it was discavered that the barque was rapidly sinking. One man suc c eeded in getting out of the hole in the bow, and scrambling on the Enterprise the schooner. Withi n t h ree or four minutes o f Enterprise being run i n t o s h e sunk, in several fatholn-g, four of the crew going d own with her, One pear r was observed strugglin g i n the water; his cries for fello w were most piercing, b u t at the moment no a ssista n ce could be rendered. Another of the tour, sttuhliceec se d pilot ed hart, took to the foretop gallant masthead as f hour . l e was His cries were heard, and i n th e cour se 0 o .an by b the fishing taken off and rescued from a watery grave then remained smack Express, Grover, master. Ih rl e a s nd in a sinking state, by the schooner, which was dismaare a youtlat,hnesvmeseede Lsucrickk-. remainder of the crew and on board which the pilot and wentin oat in n her the of the Enterprise had got. '!'hey succeeded near the Black Tail Buoy,. an d , an . 0, a but nothing mild smack in search of the min in g d " ifficti .. y it was experienced greatest each other , and for a time, it in clearing the vessels fr om be seen of them. The t was feared, that the I n ooner would go down with the schooner having been fallen in with, she barque. The Vic tory . til l] brought her up the river to this took the schooner m Ww hulk, a the crew of the smack assisting names of those who perished were Slater, in pump i ng . 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