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

DEAR DOCTOR, what do you advise P I a dvise Alfred M e ll on ' s C oncerts, afterwards to VANS', Covent-garden. hear some charming sing one o: th e i r capital chops and magnificent potatoes, and trhatder a the best advice I can give you. THE MARLBOROUGH CLUB COMPANY (Limited , . rpeu NO TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Cl u b w ill be 12th ed for the reception of it s M em b ers on FRIDAY, the day of August. S. 0. RTTBURY, Hon. Secretar. Re g i stered Office of the Co A mpany, EN 6, John-street, Bedfor y d• row, vcr.c. PENINSULAR, WEST INDIAN, and SOUTHERN BANK (Limited). Capital, £ 2 ,000,000, in 20,100 shares of £lOO each, with power to increase. 10,000 shares (£1,000,000) are already subscribed. beposit on applica , £1 ;on allotment, £1 per s h a re ; £l 10s. t o be paid at expiration of one month, and £2los. at expiration of two months. rio further instalment or call at intervals less than three months. DIRECTORS. W. Austin, Esq • Director of Metropolitan Railway, 1 .0 1 11,1611. R. G. Bayver Censeur of the Bank of F rance , P ar i s. Geo. B roc klebink, Esq., Director of General Steam Navi gation Company, London. 11 . C. Bureau, Directeur S:ciete General e d'E n t reprises Industrielles d'ltalie, Florence, u. 11. Bode, Esq Oldham, Lanca s hi re . James Bancks, Esq., Broxboume, Herts, Chairman of the Tamar and Callington Railway. 11 - S. Fenzi, Banker, Florence. The Right Hon. Viscount Ingestre, M.P., Eaton-place, London, Ris Excellency S. Louis Guilhou, Banker, Madrid. Su. W. Gore Ouseley, K.C.8., late H.M. Minist er Pleni potentiay, South America (rov. Sir Ed win r Pearson, F.R.S., Director London and South S taffordshire Bank. liougement de Lowenberg, Banker, Paris and Berne. (With power to add to their number.) SOLICITORS. L ondon —Messrs, G. S. and H. Brandon, 15, Essex-street, Strand, W.C. Liverpool —Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardewell. BANKERS. Bank of London, T hreadneedle -street, E.C. London, Birmingham, and South Staffordshire Bank, 110, Cheapside. BROILERS. L ondon —Messrs. Robins and Barber, Threadneedle-street. Liverpool —Messrs. Theakstone and Hargreaves. M anchester—F. A Fynney, Esq., Queen's Chambers. AUDITORS. Messrs. Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, and Co. SRCSATARY (pro tem)—B. P. Young, Esq. Temporary Officet-34, Great St. Helen's, E.C. PROSPECTUS. The principle of limited liability in banking has been irl 'lst successfully employed in the establishment of Banks. as t he following table of some of the Companies recently lensed shows : Amount Present Profit paid. value. pe r cen t, Alliance Consolidated E ast London 5 .. 8f .. 70 European Imperial2o .. 41 .. 105 London and Brazilian 4O .. 62 .. 55 London and South American 7 .. 11 .. 57 k ' Merchant e rcant ile lO .. 20 .. 100 tropolitaia The trade between this count r y and the Northern States and parts of South America has been most successfully pro vided for; one peat want, however, has yet to be supplied --there remain the trade of the West Indies still requiring States totally without provision. and the enormous trade of the So u th ern The reduction in the duties on S ugar , an d i ts present hi The price, anti the stimulus to be given to the growth of cotton, must tend to increase th e t ra d e o f t h e W est Indies, and tens necessitate increased Banking facilities. It is true that the war has deranged and cramped the business operations of the Southern States, but a trade of such enormous extent could not possibly be suppressed; and accordingly, the commercial statistics of the West Indian Islands, which lie contiguous to the American coast, show that a great portion of the trade of the Southern States has been transferred to them. It is a fact that Havannah, St. Thomas, Nassau, Ber muda, and other ports, are now transacting the moat ex tensive business ; their harbours are crowded with shipping, and yet they are without any increased business acoalimo dation, and in some cases do not possess any banking facilities at all. For instance, Nassau and Bermuda possess but one Bank, the operations of which are *very limited ; whilst the paucity of banking accommoda tion at Havannah and St. Thomas is well known yet the imports and ex p orts of these ports to and from the United Kingdom amount annually to about eight millions sterling. The Peninsular, West Indian, and South ern Bank (Limited) is formed chiefly f or the purpose of supplying this deficiency of banking accommodation. It is proposed to commence business immediately at St. Thomas, Bermuda, Nassau, and Liverpool, in which places a very large and profitable business may be effected. In Wassail alone great amounts in Bills are sold in the market at premiums as remittances to this counfry. As compara tivelY no provision is made for thi s th e B a nk could not fail to realise a great profit in Exchanges alone. The commercial importance of the Isthmus of Panama to °Ur trade with Australia, New Zealand, California, &c., E V the development to be given to the Northern States of °llth America, have suggested the propriety of providing t he A.rticles of Association for power to open branches or Should such appear to the Directors desirable. , 0 4 1 4e gociations are now pending through which the most .w:h.7erful support is anticipated in the above places, a tever may be th e d urat i on o f the present Aratrican tit must sooner or later end, when immediate advan _ go would be taken of peace to extend the Bank, with its ,heedZittchbiis machinery, into the Southern States," where, oiler connection already formed by its operations in the th e bicanding Istands, it is Lair to presume it would 'become th e 11 ° Q ank of the South ; and when it is remembered that gv'°llthern States of Ameriea, in one article export alone, tio n e r a f t l,Ployment to one-third of the manufacturing popula of -c i,ogland, it is impossible to overstate the prospects of 4 . P a c't commencing business there with the advantages a rge capital and an already formed connection. " °f the principal objects of the Bank thus being the loi ns establishment of Branches in the large cities and dati ll o ,, B 7. f t he Southern States, to provide banking accommo the t - 'or the immense trade with Europe certain to follow Arto.l:rciaation of the war, powers are included in the 440 1 " of Association for the establishment of Agencies in relat'Of the capitals of Europe as may have close business beettioria with America ; and arrangements have already NphieLeCnclucled with influential continental so cieties, . by tati ot 4 _ t .he dank secures the co-operation of eminent ca.pi eul4: M France , Italy, and the Mediterranean Penin- Th e o . of A__o Aerat ions of the Bank will be limited by the Articles will cl!ition to a legitimate Financia: Business only, and sellio,rist of the negotiation of bills of exchange — buying de posit g 0 . 11 different parts of Europe —receiving . money on advez4? discounting commercial bills, collecting . bills, Recuritciing on such bills, or produce, and on other available Pha zge c b s , and all other ordinary banking, fi nancial, or ex- The I).usineBB. fo r for trectors retain the right of reserving 5,000 shares abl e , e lga or continental issue, should they deem it &sir tarl tiozi otY:pplication for shares is requested, as a great par ,,ll4rube L , N : 4l ,have been already subscribed. Should a less . +4epogi t r p 7 'snares be allotted than applied for the balance of Merit d„'" °4o Y will be applied in part payment of the instal- Pr o " 8 °rl allotment." obt,; aPectUses and forms of applications for shares may be ro,fo c Ted at the bankers, Brokers, and at the Temporary etreetlf.eth.e Company, 34, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate- FORIL OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To n, lioe retained the Bankers.) the Directors of the Pe b n y insular, West Indian, and Southern Bank (Limited). etitle roen—Having paid to your bankers the sum of to I being a deposit of per Share on Shares t he above Company, I hereby request that you will allot th at number ; an d I a gree t o acce pt th e same or any thB:,/auraber y ou may a ll o t me, an d to b ecome a member of of ,-otnpany, and to pay to your bankers the furt her sum X 4 per Share on all ; and I authorise you to place lignae on th e R eg i s t er o f S h areholders for the Shares so ° ed, and t o f orwar d , b y post, to my address as below, the certificate for any shares which may be allotted to me Name in full Address Occupation Data N - EW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for Many purposes. To be had of all shops in town or country. Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. 4ESSRS. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., beg respectfully to inform their patron , that in conse quence of the approaching termination of the season, and the ,_ i l'ang,enients they nave made for the early receipt of their ututnn novelties, they have determined to offi-r the Summer ntion of their valuable Block at a very great diminution in uric e. • I,. W ith this intention, they have carefully revised the goods 4 1 . the var i cus departments spec i ally to effect such a redu _ tion, 1;144 titheroff them to saAugus this day (July Ist) throughout the d during gall lessrs.4 llowell, James, and Co., respectfully solicit an , B Pection -. 5,7, 9, Regent-street, Pall Mall. 1? 11 . IzE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL PR A , EXHIBITION, 1862. 'CIS TUCKER t CO Wax Chandlers, &c., &c., To the Queen and the Prinoe of Wales. e (Established 17:0.) teedr "ffrors' Reort on Wax and Church Candles, T i u n ek lB e p s; tn.fin to rile excellence of the quality of Messrs. 4ritilacture. Tilel;,l:tlaguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis sr liy - ' and Co., on the subject of CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : Itial ch e found them fully equal to the recommenda_t_ioran. ket k i t ru ';'ave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, au he m to the clergy for the use of the altar." brai n ' quality, with latted Wicks, pat en t e d.. 2 0 . 2d. per lb. a rY qualit Od. per lb. V En Err P4, t - 4 r)LE CL.NDT,"ES, with a !fixture of Wax. gualitY • • •.. Is. sd. per lb. 1' '. 14 1 quality • •• • • • • e. 3d. per lb. ek.tri4- ` 11.1 ' 4 P 41 ' (1 "(/ il; . .1.011:10 . 11 on • order . s . of Five er i value. b. : 8 t south F RANCIS TUCKER AND CO., Mo lton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— rrhe Kensington (Established 1730). rgest E stablishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar I MPORTANT INFORMATION. w. ROBERTS, POOR MAN'S FRIEND n, re le confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail chfibledY for wounds of every burns,descripttioilaa y_sescas,ltdso: Nzlld I' l ' lB . Scar butic eruptions, sore and 141Lurn ems. Is. lid. 2a. gd.. 22s e 11 a " an fi dby sixt Al o " "teem -4 ' A NTISCR'OPHUL2E, eon rrn r ..y Years off er „,e!l o ce_ to be one of the o beg a t m a%e d ra a t o iv su m p cit i d cerinornrameviTyr Itieri'entt,Wleir may be y t taken at all times without confine llut or change of diet. Sold in boxes, Is. lid., 2s. Id., 4s. 6d., l a i d 228 ' each - Ariqi,„,..wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, Illtcliei.. '' b Y the London houses, and retail by all respectable ... 0 4 Yeadm is the United iiivaitu mid Col9Wee. trade , er COy ' , e wee — t oga° , p et iij N itec!. esdaY of last ra tes ,. ; s tone. Pe' P r ....-6 Pe- iIY 14 trader no un . !rate6 3 to q g , to 3 to 3 tO 4' g s to 366 lel' , 7 6 od No. 22,502. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY T. COGNAU, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It ii Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. &i., at the Retail Houses in London ; by t at he Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded ".Kinahan's LL Whisky." T HE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION, Limited. Capital subscribed, £5,000, , ,00, in 100,000 shares of £5O each. Paid up, 450 1 ,000. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq., Chairman. Xenophon Balli, Esq. Charles Kelson, Esq, E. J. Coleman, I , :sq. G.'G. Macphers m, Esq. Mr. Alderman Datin. Sir J. H. Telly, Bart. James Dickson, Esq. W. Scholefield, Esq„ M.P. P. D. Hadow, Esq. Str S. 0. Scott, Part. J. 0. Hanson, Esq. H. D. Seymour, Esq., M.P. W. 11. Harford, Esq. Joseph Thornton, Esq. G. F. Holroyd, Esq. F. G. Westmorland, ks.l. J. G. Homere, Esq. Alfred Wilson, Esq. Capt. J. Gilbert Johnston. M. Zarifi, Esq. BANKERS. The Bank of England. The Agra and Masterman's Bank, Limited. The Bank of London. The Union Bank of London. Sir W. Miles, Bart., and Co., Bristol. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co., and Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and CO. MANAGERS. llenry J. Barker, Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. This Association receives money on deposit at notice, and for fixed periods, on terms to be agreed upon ; makes advances on approved securities, and effects purchases and sales of stocks, shares, and debentures ; negotiates loans, and under takes general financial business. Communications io be addressed to the Managers. By order. W. C. WIN TERBOTTOM, Secretary. TEMPORARY OFFICES. Crosby House, Q 6, Bishopgate-street Within. T HE NATAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the "Companies' Act, 1862." Capital £500,00), in 10,000 shares of Mu each. First issue, 5,000 shares, Of which upwards of one-half are already subscribed for. Deposit £1 per share on application, and Li on allotment. Subsequent calls not to exceed X. 5 per share, and at intervals of not lees than three months. It is not proposed to call up more than £lO per share. DIRECTORS. W. J. Adams, Esq. (Messrs. W. J. and A. W. Adams, late C. W. Adams), St. Benet's-place, Gracechurch-street. Geo. Lathom Browne, Esq., Director Cape Town Dock and Rai way Company, Gresham House, Old Broad-street. J. Elfin, Esq., Director London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate Bank, 7, Bishopwgate-street Within. Lieut.-Colonel G. H. Money, Director Credit Fonder of Mauritius, 9, Berkeley-street, Berkeley-square. Sir W. Smith, Bart., Carlton Club, and Eardiston, Worcester shire. E. Snell, Esq. (Messrs. E. Snell and Co.), D'Urban, Natal. H. Spicer, Esq., Director of the London Bank of Scotland, Lombard-sfreet. H. W. Spratt, Esq., Walbrook-buildings, Walbrook. F. Symons, Esq. (Messrs. F. Symons and Co.), 64, Lower Thames-street. J. R. Thomson, Jun., Esq. (Messrs. J. R. Thomson and Co.), St. Peter's-chambers, Cornhill. D. Wilson, Esq. (Messrs. Wi son, Worcester, and Co.), 70, Cannon-street. BANKERS. London—The Agra and Masterman's Bank, Limited, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. Natal—London and South African Bank. FINANCIAL AGENTS. The Credit Mobilier, Limited, 80, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon. Evens, and Co., Nicholas-lane. Messrs. Phillips and Son. Abchurch-lane. BROKERS. Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, Throg morton-street. Messrs. Spencer and Norton, 22, Throgmorton-street -AUDITORS. James Maurice, Esq., 24, Old Jewry. George H. Pering, Esq., 26, Sussex-square, Hyde-park. SECRETARY. C. Grabham, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 18, Ring's Arms-yard, Moorgate- street This Company is established for the purpose of assisting in the development of the resources of the colony of Natal and the British possessions adjacent, by affording a safe medium for the investment of capital in mortgage and other securi ties; the rapidly augmenting prosperity of the colony and the increasing value of land creating a constant demand for advances, which this Company proposes to supply. The business of the Company will comprise :- 1. The lendinz and investment in the colony, at colonial interest, of money obtained upon debentures or deposits in this cruntry. 2. The acquisition, development, and re-sa'e of lands, as favourable opportunities offer, and affording assistance to owners or oecuplere for subs , antial improvements. 3. The promotion of public works, and conducting financial operations generally. 4. The transaction of all kinds of agency business, and th 6 nagement of esta' es for absentees and others. It is not proposed to call up more than £lO per share; the profits of the Company will be mainly derived from the use of capital obtained in this country by the issue of debentures. The rate of interest in the colony ranges from 10 to 12 per cent, leAving a large margin of profit on the capital em ployed, equivalent of itself to a good dividend on the paid-up capital; independent of which, however, a Ivances will be made on :onditlons which will secure other advantages to the Company. As a Trust Company there is a wide field for the Com pany's operations, and the following statement of the sell ing prices of Shares in existing Companies in Natal or the Cape of wood Hope will show the profitable nature of this business Name of Company. Paid up. Selling prices. Board of Executors £2OO 0 0 .. £350 0 0 Association for Administering Estates General Estate, (tzc 2OO u 0 .. 252 0 0 Port Elizabeth Guardian and Trust Natal Assurance and Trust Company The Directors are satisfied that from the above sources a large return on the paid-up capital of the Company is to be derived, free from any e.ement of speculation. The progress of the colony during the last ten years has been remarkable, and there Is every reason to anticipate even a more rapid advancement In fu' ure. The following statistics wi, I show how greatly the resources of the colony have in creased during the period referred to : 1853. 1863. Average value of Land i n Area of Land in Cultivation 3,315 acres. 53,819 acres. County of Pietermaritz burg 4s. to ss. per 30s. to 355. per acre. acre. 1 10 0 .. 3 15 0 Number of Horned Cattle and Sheep in Colony .... 188,336 head. 499,165 head. Total value of Exports.... £36,792 x165,0)0 Total value of Imports.... 98,838 4e5,(10 Revenue ........... ....... 28,648 112,( 0) During the last two or three years large tracts of land have been ']anted with sugar, coffee, cotton, &c , and the success which has attended these plantations cannot fail to stimulate the growth of these products throughout the colony. The Articles and Memorandum of Association may be seen at the Offices of the C ,, mpany. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained from the Secretary, Solicitors, or Brokers of the Company. NATAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Natal Investment Company (Limited). Gentlemen, Having paid to your Bankers the sum of X , I here Py request you t o e l of me Shares in the above named Company, and I agree to accept that number of Shares, or any less number that you may allot me, subject to the Articles of Association ; and I hereby agree to become a Member of the Company, and authorise yo u to enter my name upon the Register of Members of the 'Comp an yin re spect of the Shares which may b e so allotted to me. Name in full ..... Address in full .. Profession or dela ription ..... -• Date (A) Signature T HE NATAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (LimitedN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the L IST of APP LICATIONS for SHARES in this Company 1,111 b© CLOSED on TUESDAY, the 9th instant, at 4 o'cloir, for London; and on WEDNESDAY, the loth instant, for the Country. C. 8, King's Arm s -yard, Moorgate.G-RAMIA3I, Secret ary. street, August 5, 1864. PHEASANT REARING for 1864.—. CHAMBERLIN'S AROMATIC SPANIS , IT MEAL, ARKER RICE, PELLET, 1). S. MEAT GttEA YES, prs pared with CAYCAR EXCELSIOR, is the most efficacious food for rearing and feeding Game, preventing gapes, snarls, and death. BOOKS on Feeding and the proper Management of Game, from hatching to maturity, with over 200 testimonials from the nobility and gamekeepers, with prices, posted free on re ceipt of two stamps, by Mr. James Chamberlin, Spani s h Wi ne Norwich. Merchant, opp os it e th e E xc h ange , CHAMBER IN'S CANADIAN POULTRY MEAL for all the year round, ins. per cwt., including bag. T he use of this food keeps the chickens in perfect health ; and the in crease of eggs, of the richest colour and flavour, is m arve l lous. Dog Greaves 10s. per cwt. Plea stat price whentheordering. N.B.—Advi ces received daily of the e e efficacy of Spanish Meal and Caycars. One gentleman writes, " Allmy young pheasants last sea son were s i c kly, an d several died ; those that were str ong enough to eat your Spanish Meal recovered in two days, and became fine and beautiful birds." OLDRID GE'S BALM of COLUMBIA stands unrivalled as a toilet requisite. It has been established 40 years, and is the best and only certa'n remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the Hair, Whiskers, or Moustaches, and pre venting them turning gray or fading off.—Sold in bottles, 3s. 6dstre6et, s and 118. b W y C. au d OLDRIDGE, 22, Welling ton-, Strand, .C. ; and all chemists and perfumers. For Children's and Ladieg Bair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. 0 A 'AI Eito N , s 00 tL 1 - 11-1 1 , :e r tI d a i i;o i m i e l li . e S i le i s :ifI n a.' s s t.c o t i cat::pl::nflele.4-I'lleilif::l;iae:geblie-lalyiii:dentlirenlkei;ll:':''' , i l fa v o l ! ie ll' : : : 'el h 8F: iti(2llC°l.:ni:‘l":lBßuhial'aeb,,Cul:-: Y, whose and eIOIIS as to AMU of no and foot, writhing t een confined to their apartments, sufferings, to the asto nishment the most intense agon wholly removed in less medicine, and themselves nishment of their friends. have than 24 hours after taking the above mpetus • harmless and speedy rrdvantac, a utmost confidence, rendered ab'e to resume their avocations Indeed, the effect has been such, and brought about in s t o h fluidsotthteo a manner, that the proprietor, with un . to the system a nao nth b o e p . erates most challenges the medical world to rroduce a le A ed d ; se an o d f it. To the constitution it is harmless ; to er medicinei l equal 0 human frame It adds an agreeable I -c,rarden, g tmh e ae n l e ea r bo t or l l v T ee m i m t ae l id s ei c mi invigorating nae yt atkakene about t t o o a eocin d uct e a gi e l s ffe l c i t u d a , ll 2 y s . in od .p, and e n v d e n 4 s t i n 6 , , a , . apreert bottle.ur n of the i,r e c p o a m rce p doy l aoe i nnnity. byth Pricee Proprietor, R Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street, London. Wholesale London agents—Barclay and t Parringdon-street ; Butler and C ris p e, 4, cheapside,Soct?nz' 95' of St. Paul's Churchyard; Cleaver , 63, Oxford -street,; ,Int. 7 30, Southampton-street, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, A sample bottle forwarded tree from I 0 ittAlltaiict973, on r e . gviPt QM litalnPes t INT AZ .• • the Avh , ' - ' 111 • tr• .ro• a • • . • . ' ? '— s Penlic4 fiy - • . & 4.415:0* . 4 . ; ;• : - • - ol a „ it , . A \\‘. Om. • •;fr 1 1^ • ^0 7 / „aft, • J . : 51 : :71 1 411111E 1 44.. • 19'14 1 44\'''.1t14:' . '4:tlA*lll4lll'''. ; ll 4 :' \-111; r .....zeertainpo is r s • • D '1 0 4111111111111116111 ,, .‘ 4 , 71 4 4 1 ut Wherol-- PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. sent for, said he had not seen the waybill of any horses, and Poulson, the guard, did not give him any bill. He did not think there was any, Mr Blizard said some person con nected with the company would fetch the horses away. Mr Darby was called and said—lf Marshall the guard has stated that he left the train by my orders, it is false, and it is not the first time he has left the train without leave. I saw the guard in the train. I saw there was a horse-Lox labelled Nlargate. I did not report Marshall when he absented him• self once last summer at Ramsgate. It was his duty last Monday to go on to Margate. It is my duty to see all the guards are on the train, but in this case I took the man's word. In the instructions the words are, " All guards of through trains to work through to Margate." This book is called the service book. Henry Marshall was recalled, and his evidence being read over to him, he persisted in saying that Mr Darby gave him permission to go back to Ashford, but he would not be able to go home to his own house any sooner on that account, It was false if Mr Darby said he did not give him leave, _ _ _ Mr J. P. Knight, traffic superintendent on the South Eastern Railway Company's line, deposed—We have a number of extra guards, who are called " spare or occa sional guards." They are attached to all the principal ter minus and junction stations, and it is their especial duty to work with the several trains according to the requirements of the traffic—that is, if the number of carriages require an extra guard one of them is sent with the train. There are no appointed trains to work back by, but the guard is to rep rt himself at the end of the journey, and work back either as 4 passenger, or with a train if he is required. Henry Marshall is one of the extra guards at the Ashford station. By a Juror—Marshall had not fully completed his journey, as he did not go on to Ramsgate, but got out at St. Lawrence. If Inspector Darby had given him permis sion there would have been nothing wrong or irregular, and the company would not have complained of his returning early in that case. It was Inspector Darby's duty to find another guard to go on, which is commonly done. The Ashford guard would not finish his day's work any sooner in consequence of returning when he did. There was no evasion of his duty by returning early, for he might have had occasion to make another trip the same day. I think Inspector Darby was misled inadvertently, for we have had no complaints against him, I am frequently at Margate and Ramsgate in the summer, and from the daily reports of the working of the trains I find the trains have sufficient break power if a proper number of breaksmen be employed, On the re-assembling of the jury at two o'clock this after noon the Coroner read the whole of the evidence taken during the inquiry, commenting at considerable length on the most important portions. The jury then retired to deliberate, and they eventually returned the following verdict—" The jury find that Susannah Lock met with an accident which caused her death on the Ist August, 1864, at the South Eastern Rail way terminus, Margate, by the collision of a mail train due at Margate at 1 35 p.m., but which did nut arrive till 35 minutes late, with a stationary up-train waiting to be de spatched, and the jury are of opinion that neglect of duty by the guard, Henry Marshall, of Ashford, and the inspec tor, William Darby, of Ramsgate, was the primary cause of the collision and consequent death of Mrs Lock. And the jury are further of opinion that the present arrangements at the Margate Station of the South Eastern Railway are insufficient for the accommodation of the traffic, and that the railway company ought to take an early opportunity to make such alterations as will prevent similar accidents for the future." The Coroner said the finding of the jury was equivalent to a verdict of manslaughter against Henry Marshall and William Darby. The Recent Peace Comedy at Niagara Falls. The Index gives the following evidently autho• Hoed explanation of the peace correspondence just published relative to peace proposals at Niagara Falls : It so happened, as it appears, that towards the end of July there were among the guests at the Clifton House, three Confederate gentlemen of note and position, the Hon. C. C. Clay, ex-senator from Alabama in the Federal and afterwards in the Confederate Congress; the Hon. Jacob Thompson, ex-member of the Federal House of Represen tatives from Mississippi, and Secretary of the Interior in President Buchanan's Cabinet ; and the Hon. J. B, Hol combe, a distinguished jurist and publicist from Virginia. It was understood that Messrs. Clay and Thompson had been entrusted by their Government with a delicate, con fidential mission, though by no means that of proposing terms of peace to President Lincoln. To Mr Holcombe's mission, as the legal representative of the interests of the Confederate Government in the adjudication of the Chess. peake case before the Colonial tribunals of Nova Scotia, we alluded to in these columns at the time. The presence of these three gentlemen so near the frontiers of the United States might well excite curiosity, and Dame Rumour, who nowhere more than in Yankeedom uses her mythological attributes did the rest. At all events this auspicious coin deuce was made the occasion for amusing the Yankee na tion with a little amateur diplomatic burlesque, in which Mr Horace Greeley was selected to play the heavy comic part, assisted by Major Hay, the private secretary of Presi dent Lincoln, with Mr G. N. Sanders as prompter and stage manager, and Mr W. C. Jewitt, as " generally use ful" supernumerary. Yesterday morning William John Stevens was executed in front of the Bucks County Gaol, at Aylesbury., for the wilful murder of Annie Leeson at Buckingham, It w ill b c , remembered that Stevens was paying his addresses to the deceased, that she repelled his advances, and that in a fit of jealousy ho cut her throat with a razor, and then cut his own throat. The girl died a few minutes afterwards, but Stevens subsequently recovered. He had, however, to be constantly watched, as he had intimated that if the police officers would leave him alone for five minutes he would save them all further trouble. At his trial, Baron Bram well directed the jury that as there were than five wit nesses who testified to previous threats, and the prisoner's after confession of his intention, they could return no other verdict than that of wilful murder, which they accordingly did. The learned judge then, without comment, sentenced the prisoner to death. In the interval which elapsed be tween his sentence and his execution, Stevens has betrayed on the whole a rather sullen demeanour, speaking but seldom, and then only in reply to questions from the gaol officials. At first he refused to listen to the exhortations of the chaplain, but latterly he became more attentive to them. Redid not make any written confession, but he frequently-- referred to his crime in terms of the greatest apparent s it -- row, and acknowledged the enormity of his offence and the justice of his sentence. On the day before his executors he said to his father and sister, at their parting interview, that he was quite prepared to die, and that ho had never been so "happy" as he had been for the last day or so. This parting interview was a brief b'ut deeply affecting one. His disconsolate mother, a) though in. Aylesbury, did not see him, partly, WQ traerstand, at his own wish, that she might be spared the agony of a parting scene. The preparations for the execution were completed on Thursday evening. No barriers were placed on the road in front of the gaol to lessen the crush of the crowd ; bat barricades were fixed in front of the union work. house, which is directly opposite to the gaol, on the brow of the hill, and no one was admitted on the premises of the guardians except the reporters, though many earnest appli cations to that effect had been made to Mr George, the mas ter. The scaffold was fixed on the fiat top of the large and lofty main archway of the gaol, between the governor's and chaplain's residences, which forms, as it were, wings to its front. The crowd, which began to assemble very early, was generally very orderly. Several were heard to say that they had walked overnight from Buckingham (the scene of the murder). It is calculated that from 6,000 to 7,000 persons were present. Shortly before the appointed hour, S o'clock, the under sheriff, Mr R. B. Baynes, arrived, and was re ceived by Mr H. Shirreffs, governor of the gaol ; the Rev. Mr Rawson, the chaplain, and by other prison officials, and as the time of execution rapidly approached, the under sheriff, governor, chaplain, and other authorities proceeded to the condemned cell, where the culprit was found perfectly resigned to his fate. The prisoner was pinioned, and the procession formed. A few hisses were raised iu the crowd when Stevens came forward and stood beneath the drop. Of these, however, he took very little notice. Calcraft at once proceeded to his task. As Stevens was a slightly built man, there were a few muscular convulsions of the limbs, but in a moment to two these ceased. The in body was cut then a b a u f r t i e e r d thewi within h lapse t oef precin hour cts :ct sof h an and placed gaol, by a theshell, d s and of nd Moses Hatto, the only criminal previously hanged at the same place. These dramatis personz deserve each a brief biographi cal sketch. Mr Horace Greeley, editor and proprietor of the New York Tribune, has long been known by the affec tionate soubriquet of the " white-hatted philosopher ;" but his eccentricities of dress, gait, and manner are as nothing to the eccentricities of his editorial and political career. lie has in turn, and sometimes altogether, advo cated disunion, free -love, spirit rapping, communism, women's rights, abolitionism, and " miscegnation," besides many other " isms" which we do not at the moment recal. He was the first man who denounced the " star-spangled" banner as a "flaunting lie," and his journal once published some very spirited poetry on this patriotic scheme. He is the author of the thrilling axiom, " Let the Union slide," which in the earEer stages of secession was the standing motto at the head of the columns of the New York tribune, but which when taken down in April, 1851, was succeeded by daily frantic appeals for "the extermination of the rebels." Mr Horace Greeley, despite his ill-balanced mind, his innumerable crotchets and tergiversations, his utter lack of judgment and childish credulity, is at heart an amiable and benevolent man, with overflowing affections for all human kind, and the most honest, perhaps the only honest, man in the administration party. We can well believe that his better nature revolts at the atrocities which he had no small share in bringing about, and that his eager belief in overtures of peace did only respond to an anxious wish long and devotedly cherished. Of Major Hay, who holds the proud position of confiden tial secretary to Abe Lincoln, little is known except that he was the hero of the ill-starred Federal expedition into Florida, undertaken to procure three electoral votes for his patron at the ensuing Presidential election, on which occa sion Mr Lincoln wrote from the Executive Mansion at Washington, under date of Jan. 5, to General Gilmore— "l have given Mr Hay a commission as major, and sent him to you with some blank books and other blanks to aid in the reconstruction." This letter, in which the Presi dent candidate avows in terms his purpose, and desires " the thing to be done in the most speedy way possible," was brought to light by a Congressional investigation cones mittee, and will be found in page 300 in our number ef May 12. It is all we know of " Major" Hay. Mr Geo, N. Sanders is the king of " wags." No mat living enjoys a joke better than he, and no one know bette' how to give it universal publicity. He can perform miracle' on the telegraphic wire which would put Blondin utterly ts shame. He has, moreover, the faculty of always lighting upon his legs, no matter how desperate may be his politico- i TEL CONDEMNED CONVICT PARXER,..The con acrobatic feats, and dexterous indeed must be the man who ' dettned convict Richard Thomas Parker, sentenced can prove him to be in the w ro n g , With a l M r S an d ers i s a to death at the Notts Assizes for the mu r d er of his mother, held under will be executed on Wednesday next, un l ess a reprieve be important positions — no l ess a one f or a s h or t ti me th an t h at man of iginal and mind, and rable and has obtained at the Home - office. Petiti ons are in course of sig nature at Nottingham, Newark, a n d F iskerton to Sir George nieanour of the culprit is now very exemplary. Ho attends of consul of the United States to London. Since the diarup- Grey, praying for a commutation of the sentence. The de tion he has figured before the European public as a eon chaplain, the Rev. W. Howard, and is daily becoming more tractor in various gigantic enterprises for supplying tb.e with great earnestness to tthe ministrations of the gaol military necessities of the Confederates—among other tV A ngs for a great steamship blockade running line, whi c h wa s a li ve to the awfu.l position in which he is placed. None of never built, but which in some unaccountabl e m anner be- t h e prisoner's relatives have seen him since his condemns came confused, in the over acute perception s o f Historicus, two. It is said that old Mr Parker says two will die on the with I tee Mersey rams. Over two year s ago , wne n on the day his son Li executed, meaning that he intends commit i i hatt, the very scone of his recent exploit, the Canadian press pone- ling suicide. pously announced him as the bearer of proposals not unlike I DEATH 01' A CENTENARIAN s those with which he appears to have inspired the New ~. . SOLDIER. —John Brigg centenarian, died suddenly on the York press, judging from the Hew York ffirald of July 15, ' llio ' . which says :—. George Sanders telegraphs to us from Ca.. 1 ruing of the 31st ult., afeer rising to breakfast. The nada that he, i, its L evi ,. of peace. H i s next communication !deceased served in the array between the years 1797 end to us, to secure any attention, must embrace the announce- : 1814 , and in IS4S r ece i ve d a s il ver medal for the good went that he h as f orsworn Jeff. Davis and taken the o a th of soldier-lik a con d uct he die-played during his serXice in 1 ~, allegiance to th e U n i te d S ta t es ." There is little pr ospect of Egypt, According to hi s or d er o f di scharge f rom ke George Sanders doing , t ibes , • for neither friends nor foes.... army, and his own stetements, he was 1031 years of and the former are more numerous than the latter —would age. suspect him of disloyalty to the South, or doubt hi s zeal to ATLANTA.--The city is laid out in a circle, two serve her in his peculiar way. We must not conclude this riles in diameter, in the centre of which is the imperfect sketch of the central figure in the late negotiation s jassenger depot, from which radiate railroads to every quer without mentioning the cleverest joke in the catalogue, rend er of the Corlfederacy. In the business portion of the city one which shows that Mr Sanders may sometimes mingle ire many fine blocks of buildings. Before the war these were with his facetia the sagacity of a prophet, and be wore die- filled with consignments of goods from the large cities of the cerning than men of more serious turn. Amidst the tur- north and north-west fur the supply of the cotton regions. moil of that forerunner of secession, the Charleston De- /Tow the city is one vas t Government storehouse. Here are moeratio Nominating Convention, in which Air Sanders treated the machine shops of the principal railroads : the was a prominent actor, he telegraphed to Presided most extensive rolling mill in the south foundries, pistols, B u chanan that unless he forgot his private feud agains and tent factories, &e. In addition, the Government have Mr Douglas, and withdrew hie opposition to his nomi works for casting shot and shell, making gun carriages, nation as the Democratic candidate, the party and hit cartridges, caps, shock clothing, 40,—Chicago Zribune. El 4/ S PA.PE R giF I3 ;;;O4Z-07 4 44 p ,k. , t country would split in twain, and he, . be the last President o f th e w h o l e Un j aates n t never been ascertained which disgusted moib he "rehetiP of Wheatland," then in the Presidential chair—the astounding assurance of the suggestion, or the fact that the telegram, costing some 21 dollars and odd cents. was not prepaid. • Mr W. C. Jewitt was unknown to fame until he ap peared in the columns of several London newspapers in the character of a Curtius ready to plunge into the abyss that separated the belligerent American federations, and in that volunteer capacity had an interview with the King of the Belgians, who must have been even more profound in state craft than the modern Nestor is believed to be, if he could understand what Mr Jewitt wanted, what he proposed, or by whose authority, expressed or implied, he acted. Mr Jewitt is supposed to be a native of New Ragland ; but in his communications to the London press he aesumete, a If cal habitation more neutral, and more befitting a ceemcpoliten philanthropist, and amateur peace-maker-general, by hail ing from " Colorado Territory," a region very far in the "Far West." llis functions on the occasion in question seem to have been confined to the carrying of notes tetween the parties. Such, then, was the scene, and such the pee sownel, of this comedy of errors, which for a moment really electrified the public of two hemispheres with a hope in which all good men of all nations and all parties sincerely unite. The action of the piece begins appropriately with a note from Mr Sanders, in which he says rather vaguely that he is authorised, &c. Had Mr Greeley, to whom this note was addressed, not been blinded by a pardonable, and, to him, honourable eagerness, he would have detected the "quiz," in the transparent fact that Mr Sanders included himself in the proposed commission to Washington, and styled himself "from Dixie." But even the use of the familiar nick-name lovingly given by the nagroes to the only home of their race, and immortalised in the well-known quick step which is supposed to be the national tune of the Southern Confederacy, and which under various names, and with varying words, is dear to the Arabs of the London streets—even this suggestive word of "Dixie" did not warn Mr Horace Greeley. He forthwith addresses to the uncon scious Southern representativ es a proposal which must have no little astonished and delighted them, as coming from such a quarter. An invitation to Washington, with a safe conduct, given by a trusted friend of the President of the United Stated, for the express purpose of treating of the anxiously looked-for peace was too happy an omen to be disregarded ; and while they courteously explain to Mr Greeley the error into which he had been led by the viva cious Mr Sanders, they felt in duty bound to accept the offer on the conditions under which it was possible for them to accept it, and pledged their beast endeavours, as men en joying the complete confidence of the Confederate Govern ment to obtain its subsequent sanction of what they might do in absence of special authorisation. But as soon as it penetrated the dim understanding of the ex-grog -shop keeper and ex-village attorney of Illinois that the three guests at the Clifton House at Niagara Falls had not come as suppliants from Richmond to sue for mercy—had, in fact not come at all with any mission to him—but that the first overture had been made through a false impression en the excitable imagination of his honest friend Mr Greeley, the natural ferocity, sharpened by imbecile disappointment, re turned to the man who has publicly boasted that, when na vigating a raft or flat boat on the Mississippi river in his younger days, he used to amuse himself with sewing toge ther the eyes of the hogs that formed part of his cargo. The hero of the Florida President-making expedition, Mr Major Hay, is sent with a message to " all whom it may concern," proffering terms of uncenditional surrender as haughty as it the incumbent of the White House were a conqueror in stead of a vulgar buffoon permitted by a just Providence to be the unwitting instrument of punishing a nation's sins, and maintained in power by a party machinery, effrontery of lying, and the inertia of a demoralised public opinion. Impartial observers will admit that the reply of the Southerners, who were for a moment betrayed into be lieving that a gleam of reason might illuminate the mind of the President of the United States, is that of patriots and of gentlemen, and that even the disgust which they could not but feel does not cause them to forget what is due to their country and to themselves. They have vindicated the earnest, but not craven, desire for peace unanimously entertained among their countrymen, and they have ad ministered a rebuke which, though lost upon Mr Lincoln, may not be wholly unfelt by the better classes among the Northern people. We give the correspondence in full, correcting some of the obvious typographical errors which have crept into the text as published by the Northern newspapers. From this our readers may draw the moral for themselves. If this correspondence effects no other good, it will at least have shed a flood of light upon the feelings of the honest men ofj the North, typified in. Horace Greeley; it will have demonstrated that the main. obstacle to peace is a corrupt shoddy Administration, having Mr Lincoln for its mouthpiece; and it will have added another to the many proofs that the war is not of the South's seeking, and that every sincere overture of peace is always sure of being received by it in a spirit of courtesy. and moderation. 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JOHN GOSNELL and CO., King-court, Lombard street, London, Peri umors to her Majesty, respectfully offer Y to fluid. which gradually what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of to its pristine hue—no matter at beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect coiour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61 Testimonials from an fates of the highest rd to evset t is h j r; e e is p t, u to b hn l e ic tihi t u h em i co s ann t r t u hra l ariry, 15 be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have pointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess been ap of Wales. or undoubted respectability, may order, and from individuals The Fire at Colonel Ittliurdo's. appointedfollowing yn t oht the en particulars of the lament • yesterdaycatastrophe,eregeef to record the destruction of the palatial man sionin our impression of cG:odvernment. Every belonging to Col. M'lqueao, the Inspector-General of Volunteers, ablevirT The antiquated large building, with a passen ger by the steamboats must have witnessed in passing up thatched roof and immense garden s and greenhouses sur rounding it. It was in this building that the disaster com menced. It should be stated that the mansion contained from 18 to 20 rooms, some of the ta of the river Thames an anti great size, the priu cipal reception rooms being nearly 40 feet long, and was most gorgeously furnished, an d the walls hung with pictures of some of our greatest military heroes, and other subjects. The rich tapestry and articles of vertu that adorned thi s Portion of the building were worth some thousand Pounds sterling, whilst the drawing rooms and other apartments were fitted up in the same costly manner; but nothing new w remain of any por tion of the building except somel of the walls, and of the richly carved furniture scarcey . a vestige can be seen, ex ceptsa masses of iron the mis-shapand brasswork which can be detected lying here and there amongst the still smoking debris. At the time of the outbreak, twelve o'clock at noon, there were at work two gardeners i n the grounds, and two females in the mansion, the colonel and his lady being from home at the time. All of a sudden one of the gardeners perceived smoke rising from the thatched roof nearest the river ; a- de, which was imme diately afterwards followed by a large sheet of flame bursting through it into the air. An alarm was im mediately given, and the servants and the gardeners made an attempt to remove to the v aluable pi c t ures an d som e of the furniture, but owing the dry state of the thatch the fire spread completely over the whole of the roof, and burning particles falling upon the floor before the latter became ignited, and the fire dropped into the lower floor ea rapidly that every room became fired in a space of time so brief that, comparatively speaking, scarcely au y article of value could be carried out before the lives of those en- 1 gaged in their praiseworthy etl )rts became jeopardised, 1 and they in consequeuee were obli g e d to leave everytbilq. I to its fate. Three parish engines quickly arrived, fel lowed by the Brigade engines from town, under the direction of Mr Engineer IlantlYn. The engines were taken to the banks of the Thames and set to work, but it at once became apparent that the mansion and its treasures were doomed to destruction, and the firemen therefore exerted themselves in endeavouring, if possible, to save the vinery, greenhouses, and conservatories, and to some extent they were successful. The damage done to the choice exotics and other scarce plants, it is feared, will prove fatal, for the heat in which place was like a burning furnace. Meanwhile the flames continued to mount high above the tops of the opposite houses, and all of a sudden a loud and fearful crash was heard which upon inquiry was found to Kaye Well caused by the The Fatal Railway Accident at Margate. MARGATE, Friday Evening. After four days' tedious investigation the inquest on the body of Mrs Lock, killed in the railway collision lure on Monday, has been brought to a close. Several witnesses were examined last night after the despatch of our parcel, and as their evidence had an important bearing on the cause of the collision, we give it in extenso. George Cook, engine-driver to the mail train on Monday, deposed that he started the train from Ramsgate by signal from the guard, from whom he always took the signals. He had a stoker with him, and the train consisted of 8 car riages, 3 break-vans,and a horse• box. There was one guard, but he did not know his name. He did not see any other guard, nor did he ask for one—but he thought there were two. There ought to have been two guards, and he did not know to the contrary until the train got to Margate. Had he known there was only one he should not have left Rams gate. He did not see Marshall at all. They proceeded as fast as they could till they got to the top of the bank, and when they got over that he shut the steaut off. When they got to the gate-house he told his mate to apply the:break. He did so, and the wheels were all "skidding" when they got near Tivoli-gardens. He found they were going rather too fast, and aecordingly reversed the engine and put the steam on again. His mate went along the framing of the engine to the break-van, and put the break on there. He tried all he could to stop the train, which ran right into the station. By a Juror—l did not see the guard during the journey to Margate. We were 12 minutes doing it on Monday, and the usual time is 10 minutes. I know Marshall, who has usually come down in the train, but gone back again. By the Coroner—We had not break power enough to stop the train. I have been an engine -driver about 12 months, off and on. I have been 16 years in the company's service as fireman and driver, and I have been engine-driver this last time about three weeks; but previously I was an occasional engine -driver for eight or nine months with goods trains. By Mr Towne—As fireman I have been quite accustomed to use the break, and know when to shut the steam off and apply the break. By the Coroner—As I came along to the station I saw a green flag exhibited, but I did not afterwards sea a red flag I could not see who held the flag. Had I seen a red flag I should have stopped if I could. The red flag is the signal to stop. The signal post was at Caution. I heard no whistling at the station. To reverse the engine does harm to the ma chinery. We have not usually more than four carriages to the Margate train. The train was larger than usual on Monday, and was too heavy for the engine. The guard ought to have seen that he had sufficient break power for the car riages, as he does not know the power of the engine. Mr Henderson ordered me to take that engine, which in my opinion was sufficient to bring the train from Ramsgate, but we had not sufficient break power. I had had two guards until that morning from Ramsgate to Margate. It is Mr. Darby's duty to put on the proper number of guards for the carriages. Mr Darby was on the platform, but I did not speak to him ; he saw the train start. I cannot say why there were not two guards on Monday. Mr John Blizard, stationmaster at Margate, said—On Monday I was at the station on the arrival of the London train due at 1 35. She was 35 minutes late. I saw her just before the collision, but did not see any signals given. my attention was celled by my signalman's whistle, I was then in my private office, but came out directly, I could not tell the speed at which the train entered the station, for Ino sooner saw it than the crash occurred. I sent off for medical men, and rendered every assistance to the injured persons. I saw three persons injured, including the woman who died. They were all in the third class. The London mail train is usually in charge of two guards, but it all depends upon the length of the train. I only s aw ono guard on this occasion, but according to the length there should have been two. I do not know why there were not, but that rests either with the station -master or inspector at Ramsgate. Generally there are inspectors now at all junction stations. . By a Juror—The standing carriages prevented me seeing the train coming in. It is usual to have that train on the down-line, and sometimes in the evening we start an up train on the clown line. After 8 o'clock in the evening seven trains are started on that line. It is not convenient to start them from the other side. There is only an up-line and one down-line at the station. It was formerly the custom to detach the engine from the train on the down line, but this was altered by order of the Board of Trade. Had the stationary train not been standing there the damage would have been greater and more fatal than it was. The red flag denotes " Danger," or to stop. By a Juror—We have 32 trains in and 31 out daily in this month, The Margate station is sufficient for that number of trains in and out, But if we had had another plAtorta I should not have placed the Deal train on the By a Juror—There was a 'torso-Lox, and the London ?uard should have had charge of it and the bill, but it afterwards transpired there was no bill, it being for one of the company's horses. By Mr Towne—The station would be more convenient if we had more room. In the London, Chatham, and Dover station, next to ours, there is only one line. By a Juror--It is my duty to see the trains are properly guarded from Margate. Ido not know of a train being stopped to put a guard on. Such a thing might occur and I might not know it. The regulations of the company are to send one guard to seven carriages, and when there are more I send two guards. Those instructions are given to station-masters and inspectors. Our instructions are peremptory. I have been station-master here three years, and one year and a half at other stations. John Trewren, oboe porter, or pnrool clod{, haying bowl th e o ci isi ier La" Roo , . o ave' ;,en. r, ,jorio ;doll , i til° lee~ A ~ tik~ r ~ ~nH sO O F,cei, fle ' ;jil t d get ,iOO ..... 0 ;VS. 1 V.