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IN ESN'S PA.PEA ‘ tt ".. - •fft. • •;;' •7% • • • lINPTERSITY INTEL ' OXFORD,?an. / All4l 'CONTRACTS FOR FUEL AND , , r4l ; ;Lvi ," 14; 41 -,' C ' The University Sermons were this odianyapnraeaienhtehde, 4764"; \4i ..c=? AZI TEN- D% LIGHT. e • : 2 : 1 f,s coa x , RS Will be reeved at this office until Twelve • - , •, • in the morning by the Bish( p of Line " (1 1), 0 th , .4, -4m. VVV afternoon by the Rev. T. E. Espin, of Lincoln zilayy~i n e 16th of F bruary. from persons who Lug to enter into CONTRACTS for she supply of , r • COALS, COKE, CANDLES, and WOOD, • in . jeu,,eth,quantities as may be required for the use of her ' 4 • i o d o ' Y 8 laud forces and military departments in any of the Iling Places, from lst April, 1864, to 31st March, 1865 : LONDON DISTRICT. l s N°. 22,340. College. The Landian Professor of Arabic (Mr. Gandell) intends to commence his lectures on Wednesday next, Feb. 3. Gentlemen who wish to learn Arabic or Syriac are requested to call on him on Tuesday next, Feb. 2 between 12 and. 1 o'clock. THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1864. PRICE ...... ...4d. STAMPED Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., W IL D.F IRE. By WALTER TB ORNBURY. WHERE CAN WE MEET AF TER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. Pius XI. and the Nations. Mr. Dickens's Remembrance of Mr, Thackeray. Brougham as Polonius, Mr. Emery as the King, Miss Elsworthy as Gertrude, Miss Terry ss Ophelie, and Mr. Widdicomb as the first Gravedigger. The other ploy is not yet decided, as we hear. There is lme will of " Cymbeline ;" but it is voted to be an " utiactable play," and it is not unlikely that one consequence or the secession will be that both Miss Glynn (Mrs. Dallas) and Miss Helen Faucit (Mrs. Theodore Martin) wilt have to be fitted with parts. Among other Stratford doings, we are told of " The Messiah" to be performed, and a miscellaneous con cert of Sha.ksperian mask, both under the direction of Mr. Alfred Mellon. " ' Wildfire ' will undoubtedly add considerably to Mr. Thornbury's reputation. The reader seems to live and move among the characters of the book, so vivid is the interest, so clear the narrative."—Post. IVNAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i , Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3a. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the prin ripal towns in England ; or wholesale at The Taylorien Professor of Modern Euronuan Languages (Mr. Max Muller) is obliged to postpone his lectures until Tuesday, tho 9th of February, at one o'clock. I saw him first, nearly twedty-eight years ago, when ho proposed to become the illustrator of my earliest book. I saw him last, shortly before Christ mas, at the Athenoeum C:ub, when he toad me that be had been in bed three days—that, after these attacks. he was troubled with cold shivering; "which quite took the power of work out of him"—snd that he had it in his mind to try a new remedy which be laughingly described. He was very cheerful, and looked very bright. In the night of that day week, he died. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Aggregate sale, 25,000. THE FAVOURITE NOVELS. Each volume is embellished with 2 Illustrations. NED LOCKSLEY, the ETONIAN. Gs. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET. W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahau's LL Whisky." 11. EAST LYNNE. By Mrs. WOOD. 6s. 111. The CHANNINGS. By Mrs. WooD. 08. THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those made by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their beinct carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy purchasers. 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General's Office. 5, IVew-street, Spring dens, London, London, S.W., Feb. 1, 1864. 1\104;., LUDGATE-HILL VIADUCT. 'CR UNION FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES thei, NOTICE OF REMOVAL, Vint, then hereby give notice, that, in consequence 01 'rett ee e l l t , tk ev ens on of "- . witi in a f gn c l a L y o a n v d ac on ;t C e hiv i th ei a r m a , f ht e n e d s go o v . e n r , s e ,l,_ B ridge-street, and remove to their NEW " 4 ry 28:igi i r, Fleet-street, E.C. I rt c NTRACT CORPORATION (Limited). e„ , ..orated under the Companies Act, 1862, w rit _ -. 1 ,000,000, in 40,000 Shares of £lOO each. t Om ktli DIRECTORS. • t el t ta..„ 413 1 talky, Esq. (Bailey Broth ers an d Co.), Liver. Oi w, liattre_ Baillte, Esq. (Baillie, Baillie, Cave, and Co.), lt,;', l ;nly a , 7 tiristot. Oe'A l rai',l l gton Baker, Esq., Director of the Great Western Ikz'ge B.,s'Ornpany. ..- 4 00: 1111 .Veetroft, EPq., M.P., Director of the London and ~- hiA ali It o e stern Railway Company. +:11 - figliII et, Esq., Dirootor ot Lne noyai Bank or Ireland, .. 'yam Groat Western Railway Company, Dubli.. ita t,t,„;1..4,„„., Esq. Alderman, President of the Great xt. 4 teirkbilb - Z,lwaY of Canada. iiit,ll-1-th-eto‘eglue, Esq. (O. J. Ca . afy and Co.), Thread tau, Gou p %.r, t. g. Or fel:'VCI ' Govan Icon Works, Glatfizow. i,: 41 ,a trla v ilo l ,."l• (Gooch and Cousens), Director of the c et i tgLe rti i., 0 . . 0 ,,. Tellia ,5,411,44rvi5, M.P ., Deputy Chairman, Great (I N "N% 1114114411. any ePh b ner et'' p g llet, Ommanney, and Co.), Ayibt riso • zi ' , sq. ( a 44, 7, Laurence Pountney-hill. Solicit BB rB t, SOLICITORS. ore • st,dwarda and Co., Westminster. YTS 1.1 ri stol—Messrs. Daniel and Cox. coo 18 trEli ---- 8 11 44 0pL e n " u f k St o t4 ,, t ‘ ' -e4 ton 041 # It egent . ' . s ) St. ho ts 4. tlO ll i`jet C o,l ,l l tre w qrep. 4 l,l3 t l G e rT tert EN ain , th A a p t p th L e i tb A ove Corpora- TIONS for lude at i n " 1113 to be addressed to the Secretary. T et ,, 0. n .,,8y order of the Board, 4-,LIA R LES HANDFINLD, Sec. pro tem. "Xs, 31, Threadneedle-street, E.C. li 4 ....4 ------. , P I NT " A NCIAL CORPORATION, -4,0 0 ,_ 2. vo ated Under the CLolmMplaTniEesp',Act, C apital 3,000 Liability. 186?, with Limited bpi ) , pu ts ,i oo o, in 30,000 Shares of £10') each. rillsßit 04 ._ ~ ISSUE, 15,000 SHARES. t will :PPlication, £1 per share, and £2 on allotment. 1 44 4 leeed i s q be Made at less intervals than Three Months, 24 p e r Blitrrhare. It I.) not proposed to call up more (I A tile a b . O , 004,„ DIRECTORS. . k kil'' Di ttlY) '''' %. (Chairman of Great Eastern Railway titi 44 1 S • 4 atitti Pooner, E i tete • tlit h , ecl• (De puty-Chairman of Bank of Hill ., g b„_ it, and Japan 1 1 .4 , 14 C04',..?411 Thomson, Esq. (Messrs. Thomson, Watson, 01 , 4 14 e- -.Pe Town), St Petr's Chambers. q4 l , l !lim il o s t t trel o i, h t: gq , 6 , Eaton-square (Director of Bank 444 tSrtuithl?'ll,,-si(l,t,eand Japan). 4 0 e . s il V? I t l? , of sq . (Deputy-Chairman Kent Water-Works, jtt Col lurn alli ? oll and , I,:aq., of House, Forest Hill. , )41ktly / j . 44 7, ah 4 Director of Scottish Union Insurance ° at ) , rof the Finn Valley Railway Corn- IN et Ve't4_4ll,,sq., 32, York Terrace, Regent's Park, (Direc- N 1 t 5 Iheman's Land Company). 1 11. t• 8, GreateY, Esq illlitoLralict winchestei . - s ( t M r eeet rs. Beatley, Cowan, and awrence (Messrs. Lawrence and Fry), 10, New o.),illvirttree. 6 ,Inderhyl, Esq. (Messrs. Redfern, Alexander, and ' ‘'rest Winchester -street. ,_ lre, M a ples, SOLICITORS. '404 Maples, and Teesdale, 6, Frederick's-place, , Qt tElltrY. t_ ghee, Masterman, and Hughes, 17, Buckleibury. 14 !IN h BANKERS. It uk:Cstier, Bevan, Tzitton, Twells, and Co., 54, Lom 40N11 '''' Ila X0(1 4 , C 0.., Ball, and C Moorgats-street. tsb /' organ , I) NI Esq , , il, 'York -street, Covent-garden. It, 11 114"- t Sip It ,_ BROKERS. 1,4 1 .ti 1t .P. 'n' . Carden and Son, 2, Royal Exchange t.Deo7P's•aa it --k4llles Walker, 1, Dude-street, Exchange. etp, srs. Taunton and Co., I ork-buildings. vol. b,..T1) 4r3' Ofaces—No. 17, Abchurch-lane, E.C. tiiiitlolii4k,h4_ll3RlDGED PROSPECTUS. oplNitlii incrE age of commerce and industrial enter -1111),),,(4' tl l l 4 °OlitroPortionate requirements for financial aid IN 4 81., e tim e °lt, a large proportion of the most important Th () )1 ' its a i Deing dependent, in their early C i t y N I 8 its, '‘attee from the capitalists of the of 111 111 14 eqi!4 y f , I,ll:dki l t !itily 'LI' stich facilities has long been recognised igiDoi.t tt,t Aa l Led he re '''ed upon on the Co n ti nent, and it is now (114, 8 Och tto . l k i %ll tit tl i ll :' il lei:,a; Vd a undertake all financial business of ktk, 4 eettrit i nclude rill the negotiation and arrangement of it,:ktin i ll '„"ed ~4,,0!e5, harbour dues, or other similar e t i Sh' itz U e lp f or t a t itself make advances wherever the ttan liDts3.l4Dr: ° I . th unlit t:d period. - kin— asin,,. a existing Financial Associations are -..es oil the value, and stand already at the follow -9% l'ue amount paid up : .4 1 ,tvi tt a ., Amount paid I...`Thi ' ‘ 4 edt per Share. led iiiiO 4 t and . p i A,„ te , bl l p i al pi na Dance £4 present price 6k aot ii as tici ., tidal Society 5 ~ 9} 4,144,,e8p,, ee redirl k 'sociation . 15 27 D rok o leeitise ß " A,Bsociation..:.:: 3 6 %e d i e and p til e co Drniis of Application for Shares may be nipauY's Temporary Offices, or of the Fo 'to, Ilk r , _. s'th4 ' l e 1)1 ‘-'/‘ APPLICATION FOR SHARES. .elli ,e,.ial:ects, toiirab.of the Financial Corporation, Limited. 04 414 " b% 'Nu 4 14 Paid into sour Bankers the sum of o N , 81 eo eat that you will allot me t o e. or an and I hereby az s r h e a e r t e o s thl2ttedity thanY less erLimited,at may be allotted to s e, accepti n the ' he' *ell deposit and calls in respect of the sharesm on gist er of let4zi e d r I authorise you to o place 1 am, Oentleinseifo, the numberob t shares niy a i ll a otted. Rent servant, Name in full ..................... . -- Profession or Occupation -Address ............. ...... . ....... bate • Pliti p INANCIAL CORPORATION, i t h 'rr ttt , i,,,4 1 t , „ Limited. PrtPTATI6' RE Limited. GIVEN, That the LIST of w4r, 'l3,- 'S for SHARES i this Company will be kii",tritittttl/Owl t1i34%.1:4 th e Ist of Fentirnary, for London ; and y t the Country ; after the Wardeaste the proceedDi)rectorsruwaTlior immediately to 4 ' ' 4 ' Abehnro,, RICIIA RD SPOONER, Chairman. '. lane, London, January 27, 1664. 4,, C)1111,4","-NFACTOR OF THE SKIN. .0, ~N)A„,„is •„ PERFUMED SULPHUR ttl'll'lß-„„'Itlilqi;:; e.„,,KLEAI%I for ordinary toilet purposes, thskli t eabl' ° S UL LPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free tllgNy 11, 11 )01 e Odour ; an infallible means of preserving. N i p. l i t? ei trin Y iu perfert health ; they are also an effectual 1 t , !) )t i tally g local and cutAneous affections and rheuma y. t phymciPatrouised and recommended by the most 4t il5, 4,4118 \see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from 0 1i . ' 4(1 ', del l ,' t d ,' o ß: to the deeree of sulphur they contain, 4111. 4, 8 11, h ' `, itupert-street, Coventry-street, London, vittiolcmendstd. Prospectuses and testimonials sent V. The INITIALS. By the Author of "Quits" and "At Odds." 68. VI. THE LAST OF THE CAVALIERS. 6s. Richard Bentley. New Burlington-street. AFURTHER SUPPLY of " HARD CASH" may be obtained at all the Libraries this day. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 19, Ludgate hill. THE TRIALS OF THE TREDGOLDS. The New Novel, by DUTTON COOK, Author of " Leo," may be now obtained at all the Libraries and Book sellers, in 3 volumes, post Bvo. - - - London: Sampson Lo' Son, and Marston, 14, Ludgate hill. This day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., THE SMUGGLER CHIEF. By GUSTAVE AMIAED. *** "Decidedly the author's best novel. and it stands alone in the dexterity with which the female characters are delineated. Every one will be satisfied with this work." London : John Maxwen and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This Day, in Two Vols., Demy Octavo, 325., F ORTY YEARS IN AMERICA. By THOMAS LOW NICHOLS. M.D. "Few men in America have had wider or bet , er opportu nities for observing the Life, Progress. and Disruption of a Great Nation than Dr. Nichols has enjoyed for nearly half a century. He has resided in twenty-three States, anti is per sonally acquainted with the most influential men of all parties. From an impartial stand-point he sees events clearly, and in these volumes he gives the world the results of 'Forty Years of American Life.' " London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. IVO TI C E.- MADELEINE GRAHAM, the New Novel of Life and Manners, by the Author of " Whitetriars," will be ready at all Libraries, in 3 Vole., on Feb. 1. Price 31s. 6d. London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. THE WELLINGTON TIIREE 61 - 11LLINU DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Entrée, Joint, Sweet, Ar,c., is served daily irom 3 to 9, and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30. Private Rooms for large or small parties. JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. T E OXFORD R, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DEL DESIINO—Verdi ; by the fol lowing talented artistes.—Misses 'Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, Walmsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. • Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. Comedy, by W. Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, George Hutehenson, Miss Nelly Power, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantat I, entitled "King Christmas," writ ten by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., andrcomposed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. CANTERBURY HALL—THE GHOST i n th e MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans formation Scenes cf the Season—one of the most beautiful effects ever produced. The scene, " The Tempest ;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Ariel through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public Press. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Estab ishment as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by W. Randall, G. llutchenson, J. Jester, T. Macla: gan, Miss Nelly Power, &c. Admission, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. ROYA.:. ALHAMBRA.- Continued sod unabated success of FRANCOST'S una maned Precohtrraupe Eq.catrians and 1.4;1,1y-trained stud - of Horses, forming the most talented and unique enter tainment in London.—Mdlle. Irma Monifroid. The grace and elegance with which the accomplished equestrienne executes the most daring poses charm every beholder. —The bare back riding of Jules Parez, and the difficult feats he ac complishes on his Flying Steed, excite the wonder of the aniience —The haute ecole, or high school of riding, as pour trayed by Mdme. Met and her highly educated paitreys must be seen by all who admire the noble art of horsemanship— The Trick Horses introduced by M. B. Franconi are marvels in their way, while the various acts of the members of the Com pany come equally up to the standard of perfection ; added to which are a troupe of Performing Dogs. The Funniest of Funny French Clowns, Arthur and Bertrand, and the Brothers la ariani. The grotesque evolutions of the English Clown, Keith, whose three years' sojourn in the principal continental cities has stamped him abroad as the Funny Englishman, while the extraordinary exhibition of Bond must not be forgotten. The performance will be constantly varied, and every effort made on the part of the management to present an entertainment alike instructive and amusing. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- The ELEPHANT has come, and the Elephant has by his wonderful training created an excitement equal to anything that has appeared in London. Be performs so many wonderful tricks that the exclamation universally is " What will he do next." He is engaged fora limited period only, and will appear at each morning and evening per formance. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street.—Great Treat for the Juveniles during the nolidays.—The series ot Models of the Kings of England, from the Conqueror to that of her present Majesty, attired in the magnificent costumes of their respective periods, is now near y complete ; and in the Chamber of Physiognomy are several new additions. Admission, ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission ls. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, Horton, Snelling, Progratski, Maenney, &c. Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 2000, Models, Natural Pre parations, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). IT THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. end 2s. 9d. : or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances, London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, ‘_! and Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment et VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a, in Italian, Alabas t er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Ternant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand, W.C. TEETH, —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following anvantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the coyntry can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskeil's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations tree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, IV ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. PRIZE MEDAL-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER dr CO., Wax Chandlers, &e., &C., To the Queen and the PI ince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A disti❑guished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject o f 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,r com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented., d. per lb. Ordinary quality . • • • • • Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. • • • • .. ls. sd. per lb. Second quality .. • • .. is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. • • .. .. Is. ld. per lb. Carriage pad hi London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8 , South Moßon-street, Crosvenor-square. Monet =tory— Kensington (Established 1730). 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SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre oared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. 4 cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who auffer from bilious and dyer complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. lid. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, COUKERMOUTH AND WORKINGTON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Cockermouth on Friday—Mr. J. STEEL, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the working expenses, although from some special causes greater than usual, had not exceeded 42 per cent. of the receipts, and the balance against restoration account had been reduced to £3,022. The directors recom mended a dividend of 10s. per share. The opening of the Keswick Railway (expected to take place in June next), by making the Cockermouth and Work ington line part of a new route eastward and south ward, would render it desirable to adapt their working arrangements so as to conduce to the deve lopment of the anticipated traffic. The engineer and locomotive superintendent reported that the rolling stock was in good working ordar. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the prospects of the line seemed to be extremely satisfactory. He believed there had been a large increase of traffic. Mr. MUSGRAVE, in seconding the motion, ex pressed his satisfaction at the prosperous state of the undertaking. The report was adopted, and a dividend of 10s. per share for the past half• year was declared. The mating was then made special, and the directors were authorised to raise additional capital to the amount of £24,000, by the issue of 4,000 shares of £5 each, and a further issue of 800 pre ferential shares of £5 each, bearing a fixed divi dend of 4-} per cent. per annum. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. LLANELLY. The half yearly meeting of this company was hold on Friday at Radley's Hotel, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars,—Mr. S. Biddulph in the chair. The report stated that the revenue for the half year ending December 31 amounted to £16,910, and the working expenses, including the hire and purchase of waggons, to £9,146, leaving a balance of £7,764, to which was added £36 from the pre ceding half year, making £7,800. After payment of £3,351 for interest on debentures and rent of Vale of Towy Railway, £4,449 remained for dividends, out of which it was proposed to pay £1,883 . f0r divi dends at the rate of 5 and 6 per cent. per annum on the A and B preference shares respectively, and £2,462 on the ordinary stock, being at the rate of £1 ss. per cent., making, with per cent. declared in July last, a dividend of 2-1- per cent. on the ordinary stock for the year 1863, leav ing a balance of £lO4. The income of the company in 1862 was £30,772 as compared with £31,658 in 1863, showing an increase of £BB6. The rent pay able to the Vale of Towy Railway Company bad been increased from 2 per cent. to 3 per cent. per annum on the share capital, in accordance with the terms of the lease. The progress of the works on the Swansea and Carmarthen lines had been much retarded by unfavourable weather, but now several portians of the Carmarthen line were ready for the permanent way, the laying of which had been com menced. The capital expended on the original line, 28-1, miles in length, amounted to £358,438 ; on the Swansea line to £131,023; and on the Carmarthen line to £95,765. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that, although there had been a falling off in their coal carrying trade of 16,000 tone, there had been an increase in the passenger traffic. Several new linos had been projected, which, if carried out, would probably do them a great deal of good, eNlecially the ORO from Llandilo to Lampeter. A proksal had been made by the Llanelly Harbour Commissioners for the enlarge ment of the company's dock, estimated to cost £40,000, but the matter was under the consideration of the directors, the opinion at present being that the dock was quite large enough for the purposes of the company. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, de claring a dividend at the rate of £lss. per cent., on the ordinary stock of the company for the past half year ; re-electing Mr. Fowler, Mr. &mice, and Mr. Lewis, the retiring directors, and also Mr. W. Morris, the retiring auditor. The meeting was then made special, and the directors were authorised to issue 800 shares of £lO each for the Carmarthen line; and 11,400 shares of £lO each for the Swansea line. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thankb to the chairman and directors. - LIGHT consists of certain vibrations of the pon derable molecules of matter. On the frequency of these vibrations depends, in the first place, the colour of light ; but, next, it has been ascertained also that the range of vibrations perceptible by the eye is limited in extent—red light, which is produced by the slowest vibrations, being represented by 460 billions in a second; and violet light, which is produced by the quickest vibrations, being repre sented by 730 billions in a second, The following is the text of the address, already briefly announced ikour columns by telegram, as having been the otlAr day solemnly presented to the Holy Father by ;:490 Cdholics of all nations, at present in Rome:— Holy Father,—As Catholics of all the nations represented in the capital of Christerfacan, we have solicited the honour of laying at the feet of.your lipliness the homa-e of our deepest veneration and :roost laithall self-devotion. We have already been witneisses at the beginning of the New Year that your Holiness-vas greeted by the inhabitants of your city of Rome with moving manifestations of their love. Be it rlso allowed to us, Your children in the spiritual order of things, to hail with oir greetings and our good wishes that Pontifical royalty, trade more sacred still by misfor tune, and the necessity:it whose existence increases in the very proportion of the c nal machinations which threaten it from abroad. ti May The year which i4a . pening be better than preceding years. May it bring some6nsolation to your paternal heart! May it, by the restoraiiim of you 7 authority, satisfy the long expectation of just& end tight, which have not on earth a more august impersorification then your Holiness I Such is our most ardent le,ire, and the prayer which riar from our souls towards tliat God whose Vicar you ere. Having been witnesses of all the great works of a univer sal character whichare carried out in Rome, we shall go back to our vario . 4* . kut: to tell to orr brethren how 41sLazid- I ; . .aly,..ieNthei..:-Iplah,stfid-of the- wants of our common Father and of our common country. For Rome, such as the piety of ages has made her, Rome is truly our common country, as you are our common Father. There is no nation, however rebellious or wandering, who is not under obligation to the Holy Roman Church. It is she who keeps entire the depesitof moral truths without which all societies would townn to barbarism. It is from her womb, ever torn yet evtr prolific, that came forth, end still come forth, the Apostles of all nations. We, who come from the most varied climes, from the East or the West, from Europe or America, to meet at the feet of your Holiness, we cannot make a step in Rome with out meeting with botsteps of some great ancestor in our faith. Within that magnificent enclosure, which St. Peter crucified contemplated and blessed from the top of the Jani culum, everything, from the prison of St. Paul to the trium phal spot of his mar yrdom, from the Church of St. Gregory to that of St Clement, from the Missions of St Alexis to those of the Gesu, everythng speaks to us of our native lands ; there did the heroic nen, who gave baptism to our nations and bore them to civiization, draw their inspiration and fire their souls with tie sacred fire ; St. Denis of the French, St. Austin of the Engit.h, St. Patrick of the Irish, St. Boniface of the Germus, St. Adalbert of the Poles, St. Cyril of the Russians, St. Auschait as of the Scandinavians. We should quote the2opes also ; for,creators and saviours as they are of Italy, tiny belong at the same time, by the _ . immensity of their Aptstleship, to the whole of mankind I How then, Holy Fathir, should not our gratitude mingle with our admiration ? At present, perhaps, more than ever under your memorable Pontificate, the Ete.nal City ap pears as the universal city; everythigg done in Rome is done for the city and ,he whole world. Those seminaries for all nations foundedor kept up by your solicitude, those houses of hospitality, dose colleges, oecumenical as it were, that incomparable insttution of Propaganda, where we were present but yesteday at one of the grandest festivals of the great human fanily ; those crypts restored to the light of day and the veneration of the faithful; those ma jestic basilicas found spin underground or restored rrom their ruins; these cemoteries of the martyrs honoured with a love which recalls that of Damascus and Pascal ; that museum of the Lateran, added to so many other magnificent displays , those daring and learned re searches in the depth► of the catacombs, whence we see come forth, thanks to splendid publications, a new and irrefutable apology forour holy religion; those pious resto rations of an immorta: past, which your Holiness carries on with a magnanimous tranquillity through spoliations and persecutions l—in a word, so many works and so many labours, which are the glory of Rome, are Christendom's treasure and form a pert of her most precious patrimony. And we may say, in the name of our brethren, that Christen dom shall acknowledge so many services and benefits. The St. Peter's Pence, resuscitated in days of crisis: by the free charity of the faithful, is, first and foremost, a debt of conscience. Is it not just that all should contribute to what is a profit for all ? Christendom shall not be want ing to her sacred obligation. She knows that in its more and more generous realisation resides, until the restoration of order, ono of the last guarantees of the material inde pendence of the Church. She will try to make her offerings equal your misfortune and her love; and, at the same time, she will continue to acrid her children around you, in the ranks of that Pontifical array, issued also in full life from the spontaneous impulsa of children who sec their Father attacked, and from the Royal inspiration of your heart, which in spite of perils from without, would not allow the often. necessary but ever rigorous burden of con scription to weigh on your subjects. This army of volunteers of all countries, so small in numbers, so groat from the re collection of Castelfidardo which rests on it, is greater still from its spirit of sacrifice, from its disinterested self-devo tion, from its patient abnegation, from all those qualities which are the noblest form of heroism, and truly worthy of watching with the soldiers ofFrance around the chair of St. Peter and of Pius IX, It is with such feelings, Holy Father, of veneration for your person, of admiration for your courage and virtues, of absolute devotion to your cause, cf unshakeable and calm trust in the triumph pronised by Providence to your rights, that, prostrate at you r feet, we implore from your Holiness its paternal blessing 02 ourselves, our families, our countries. The Pope responded to this address by one of those impressive allocutioas of which that august Pontiff knows the secret, and which was tran scribed by some of its hearers With all possible fidelity, as follows ;-- The words, so full of tencleiness, which you have made me hear, my dear sons, and which give to my poor heart new strength to maintain to the end right, justice, and courageous ;i , o m his faith tru th—those words are but th o echo of what the Ch urc h, the Pope, and Religion have given to hear to the world. They are the echo of that voice of justice and truth which the Apostles and their succes s ) rs h ave ra i se d i n a ll ages , at all times, and especially in the tim e i n which we live. T h ) as St. Lawrence has said, by coming i the d greatermore oPerweetda grea:er an was tin but a forest of wild and i rr it a ble beasts. But little b s li ttle, on listen i ng t o th e o mi n e g Apostle to Rome a cit y S s showed which en tering than when he walked on th e 86% - into voice of the Apostle of Jesus Christ, those wild beasts be came good and obedient lambs. During the very first hour, St. Peter sent into Umbria St. Briceus, and into Romagna St. Apollinarius. The inhabitants of those couatries lived at tbat time in barbarism and paganism. I know not whether it was in God's designs to give these provinces to the Church as a patrimony, but I know that the Church possesses them at present, that they are entrusted to the Pope ; and what I know conclude,cu la my rly is dearth a granting you my Apostolic Blessing; but I wish to say, ho wever , th a t if I d es ir e to particularly is I Eth a n never consen t t o a b an d on sons, b y keep those provinces, it is not t 3 be a King. Many people to be a King. NG ! I keep because it is a necessity in the order of the Church , that she s h ou ld p reser v e what such so my wishes s d h u e t s 7 , pthreetmenbdee thatau se thesu Ph() Providence has given her. My ambition as a Pope is to be the worthy successor of the Apostles, to maintain in all kingdoms the spirit of faith and love, to teach to nations obedience, and ti Princes love and respect for right and j usti ce. This i s th e reaso n why it is necessary for the Pope to k eep his ow n ki ng d om I And sof the earth? Wretchedness I the end I will make that vo i ce o f r aw w h ri ne a te t c ;h a en r do e n oe t ns h se e .l k A idm Betnng d otnoo one has a r i ght to touch what is justice and truth bo heard. Let us listen, then, tor.the voice of the Apostles of Jesus Christ, my very dear sons ; end may G o d b less you a ll, i n society, ever, and make you live in a Christian manner, and as happily as is possible in this vale of tears. Among the signatures to the address are the most illus trious as well as the most humble nam es of E ngl i s h, I r i s h, French, Italian, American, Polish, &a., Catholics. EXHIBITION CLOCK.—" The entire finish is of the highest caste,"—Daily .11 etas, May 29, 1862, Clocks de signed by the first artists of the day for the drawling room, dining room, bed room, library, hall, staircase, bracket, Warehouse, counting Church and turret house,carri e m , u c s h ic u a r l c , h, an t d u turret, o r n a o fi ra w i a c y al s . clocks specially estimated for. Benson's illustrated pam phlet on clocks (free by post for two stamps), with descrip tions and prices, enables those who live is any part of the world to select a clock. Also a short pamphlet on cathe dral and public clocks, free for one stamp. Priza medal and honourable mention in classes 33 and 15. J. W. Ben son, 33 and 31, Ludgate-hill, London. Established 1749. Watch and clock maker by special warrant of appointment to his H R.H. the Princelof Wales, FIRE AT TlACENEY.—Yesterday in orning, be tweenthe premises belonging io Mr. J. Chis well, an eating the hours of two and three o'clock, a fi re h appene d i n house keeper, No. 11, Broadway, London-fields, Hackney. For tunately the occupants were enabled to effect their escape from the buildings without receiving any personal injury. Upon the arrival of the firemen they found the whole of Mr. Chiswell's promises enveloped in flames. The mains of the East London Company's works having yielded a bountiful supply of water, the brigade at once took advan tage of the same, but the fire could not be extinguished un til the building and its stock in trade, the furniture, and other effscts were totally dsstroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. The long interval between those two periods is marked in my remembrance of him by many occa sions when he was supremely humorous, when he was irresistibly extravagant, when he was softened and serious, when he was charming with children. But, by none do I recall him more tenderly than by two or three that start out of the crowd, when be unexpectedly presented himself in my room, an nouncing how that some passage in a certain book had made him cry yesterday, and how that he had come to dinner, " because he couldn't help it," and must talk some passage over. No one can ever have seen him more genial, natural, cordial, freshoind .hazteetly-impulsizei,- than I- toAte fteabits _at thosE-2 times. No one can be surer than I,;ot the greatness and the goodness of the heart that then disclosed :self. We had our differences of opinion. I thought that he too much feigned a want of earnestness, and that he made a pretence of undervaluing his art, which was not good for the art that he held in trust, But, when he fell upon these topics, it was never very gravely, and I pave a lively image of him in my mind, twisting both his hands in his hair, and stamping about, laughing, to make an end of the discussion. When we were associated in remembrance of the late Mr. Douglas Jerrold, ho delivered a public lec ture is London, in the course of which he read his very best contribution to Punch, des-ribing the grown up cares of a poor family of young children. No one hearing him could have doubted his natural gentleness, or his thoroughly unaffected manly sym pathy with the weak and lowly. He read the paper most pathetically, and with a simplicity of tender ness that certainly moved one of his audience to tears. This was presently after his standing for Oxford, from which place he had despatched his agent to me, with a droll note (to which he after wards added a verbal postcript) urging me to "come down and make a speech, and tell them who he was, for he doubted whether more than two of the electors had ever heard of him, and he thought then might be as many as six or eight who had heard of me." He introduced the lecture just mentioned, with a reference to his late electioneering failure, which was full of good sense, good spirits, and good humour. He bad a particular delight in boys, and an ex cellent way with them. I remember his once asking me with fantastic gravity, when he had been to Eton where my eldest son then was, whether I felt as he did in regard of never seeing a boy with out wanting instantly to give him a sovereign. thought of this when- I looked down into his grave after he was laid there, for I looked down into it over the shoulder of a boy to whom he had been kind. These aro slight remembrances; but it is to little familiar things suggestive of the voice, look, man nor, never, never more to be encountered on this earth, that the mind first turns in a bereavement. The National 2hakspere Committee. We see no reason, says the Queen, to apprehend that the secession of the members of the National Shakspere,Committee, which was announced with so much pomp and circumstance in the daily papers last week, will seriously compromise the chances of a creditable Tercentenary Celebration taking place in London on the 23d of April next. Whatever dis. satisfaction may be felt (and justly so) by the judi cious, at the jobbery and mismanagement of those whom Mr. Punch has dubbed " the Athenceum clique," there can be no pretence for asserting that the committee is practically dead, or (as our facetious contemporary puts it) even in articulo tnortis. The public is usually very slow to adopt any view of a matter which does not immediately concern its material welfare, and is quite as slow to abandon a sentimental notion when it has once fairly adopted it. There will be a celebration in London and a monument too, the Jimes, Mr. Punch, Mr. Tom Taylor, and Mr. Frisweli notwithstanding. The gentlemen who seceded (although for the most part excellent gentlemen in their way) were by no means the strength of the movement, and they have left many good men and true behind them. We understand that since their somewhat pretentious retirement, not more than committeemen have followed their example. The secession of Messrs. Martin, Hardy, Shirley Brooks, Brewer, Walker, and Gruneison is to be regretted ; but why Mr. Taylor should deem it necessary to inflrm the world that ho had retired from a movement which he never took any part in, is not easy to understand. The act was on his part as preposterous as his sudden zeal for the national British Drama ; though what he would understand by dramas " ki n d re d " to S ha k spere, except trans lations from Scribe, Augier, and Co., passes us to conceive. However, Mr. Taylor has joined the Stratford celebration as one of its Vice-presidents, and joy go with him. As for Mr. Friswell, it is possible that the National Committee will survive his defection ; but the publisher of his forthcoming book about Shakspere will have to remove from the advertisements the distinguished title of " Member of the National Committee." Both Mr. Punch and Mr. Vizitelly have inti mated that the noble vice-presidents whose namet, have been put so prominently forward have as yet taken no part in the proceedings of the committee. This is by no means the case. Lord Granville, the Duke of Manchester, the Archbishop of Dublin, and Mr. Cowper have all taken very active parts in the matter, and have attended several meetings. We violate, morecver, no confidence when we state that at a meeting of the principal vice-presidents held this week, it was unanimously determined upon to proceed with the matter; so that the defection which has occurred, and the consequent scandal, if they are to have any effect at all, will probably re sult in infusing a little sorely-needed energy into the proceedings of the committee. Already we are glad to see that the committee is beginning to give signs of its existence in the advertising columns of the newspapers ; the site and monument sub-com mittees are reported to be actively at work, and their report may be expected before the next meet ing of the general body, when, no doubt, there will be something definite to put before the public, and a public meeting will be arranged to be held at the Mansion House. Finally, we under stand that if the worst were to happen, the citi zens of the good old City of London will not allow the matter to drop through for want of support, and that in the last result the event will be properly commemorated at the Guildhall, and an ample sub scription will be forthcoming, sufficient, at least, to provide a creditable monument for the City. The irate gentlemen of the Times and Punch may, there fore, make their minds perfectly easy on the sub ject; roar or jeer as they may, they cannot prevent a metropolitan celebration of Shakepere's tercen tenary birthday. At Stratford, all 53 hopefalreres and cctivity. The Rev. Mr. Bellow has accepted the post of acting secretary, and is doing wonders in the way of ar- ' rangement. A magnificent temporary pavilion theatre, capable cf containing an audience of 5,000 or 6,000, is being erected, and will cost, from first to last, about -P4,000. Here " Hamlet" is to be acted on the birthday, chiefly by the Lyceum com • pany. Mr. Fechter will play the principal pert, and (for the rest of the cast) we bear of Mr. M. Victor Hugo acd his son M. Francois Hugo —the eminent critic and translator of Snakspere's plays—have joined the National Shakspere Com mittee. THE BRUNSWICK DIAMONDS, The Court of Assizes of the Seine (says Galignani of Saturday) tried Henry Shaw, aged 26, a native of Newcastle (England), lately a valet in the sere rice of the Duke of Brunswick, for having, on the Bth December last, stolen from his master's : _resi 7 , deuce diamonds and other precious stones to the' value of 2,900,000 f., besides a considerable sum in aid. Th© eospyg_ti a gr a 9E44..w,lMuswne_4 tta a skohs to see the diamonds and their ow ner,lut they were clis:tppointed, for the duke was unable to attend on account of indisposition, and the diamonds have tong since been restored to his keeping. It appeared from the evidence that the duke, who had been choosing diamonds to give them to his jeweller for mounting, happened on the Bth Dec., to leave the inner door of his iron safe unlocked, and merely closed the outer door. This fact, by some means or other, became known to the prisoner, who was temporarily acting in the confidential situation of valet, though originally engaged as a footman from a registry-office, having just before been in service at an hotel, with 3f, per day wages. The duke went out about eight in the evening, after ordering the prisoner to sit up for him. Instead of doing so, the prisoner went out and purchased a number of locks, one of the keys of which be filed down to fit the lock of the safe, secured his booty, and made cll. On his return, the duke wes surprised to find that Shaw had left the hens; after requesting another servant to wait for his master. Suspecting something wrong, the duke went to the safe and found that the outer door had been opened, and pert of his jewels and cash stolen. He at once gave notice to the police, and the prisoner wes arrested at Boulogne when on the point of embarking for England, with most of the diamonds and the greater part of the money still in his possession. Tne missing cash the prisoner had spent at a house of ill-fame, and had given 1,400 fr. to one young woman. When interrogated by the Court, the prisoner refused to defend himself, and was exceedingly free and easy in his replies. The president having said—" Shaw, give us some ex planations; the jury do not know why you are here." The prisoner replied, " Then let them ac quit me." There is good reason to believe that the prisoner committed a serious robbery at Warsaw some time ago, but it was impossible to extract any information from him respecting his antecedents. He positively refused to state the name of the woman to whom he had given the 1,400 f., but at last said that he would do so if the president would pledge his word of honour that she should not be molested. In answer to a remark on his extreme generosity towards her, he said, " Oh ! a man does not get hold of millions every day Pi' M. Wielowglowski, the Duke of Brunswick's aide de-camp, depcsed that, though diamonds to the value of 2,900,0C9fr. had been recovered, others to the value of more than 130,000 fr. were still mis sing. The prisoner, on being asked what he had done with them, said that he supposed he had lost them in the house where he passed the night after the robbery, as ho had them loose in his pocket, and had droppd a quantity in the bed-room there, and left them, thinking he had enough and to spare. M. Lachaud was the prisoner's counsel, but his client would not allow him to plead. The jury at once found the prisoner guilty, and the Court sen tenced him to 20 years' hard labour. SIR WILLIAM ATHERTON has not long survived retirement from the office which ill-health com pelled him to resign. In his tedious and wasting malady we now see the cause of that inability to perform the labo rious duties of an Attorney-General, which was erroneously imputed to mental incapacity. We are bound to make this acknowledgment to his memory, because we shared and ex pressed the doubts that were current at the moment as to the true cause of his retirement. The melancholy issue has proved painfully that the assigned cause was the actual one. A few months ago we were enabled to report an improve ment in his health that induced considerable hope of his restoration to the profession. But those hopes were speedily doomed to disappointment, and his malady still maintained its, character of being incurable.—The Law Times of Saturday. THE ASSYRIAN SCULPTURES UNDER GLASS ! A portion of the sculptured representations of lion-hunts, taken from the palace of Konyunjik, in the Assyrian base ment room of the British Museum, has been covered with plate glass. It would be well to extend this necessary protection against injury by the fingers of thoughtless per sons to the whole of the bas-reliefs. A SKETCH FROM DENMARK.—The lower order of Danes will bear comparison with that of any other country for strength of body and brightness of mind. A Somersetahire peasant would not generally have much chance of success in a village, such as we have all over Den mark, where every one can read and write, and owns a house and plot of land. It is Mr. Cobden's Paradise rea lised. Some of the peasant girls are very pretty, with pale yellow hair, and rather long noses. We noticed several faces not at all unlike the Princess of Wales. The country girls set themselves off with silk hoods and bright gowns, without much regard to colour. I have seen a yellow dress worn with a magenta Garibaldi. This last is the most favourite colour of all. But the costume of the fish-women is far more interesting than these modern mixtures, being the genuine old Friesland costume.— Gnu , a Week. THE FALL OF KENT.—It is true that some of the glory of Kent as a cricketing county hes of late departed. Time was when Kent could meet any county of England, or all England combined, upon equal terms. The principal match of last season at Canterbury was between eleven of England and thirteen of Kent. It was one of the most interesting and best contested matches of the season. The second innings of England finished at five o'clock in the afternoon of the second day. Kent only wanted 91 runs to win, and they had made 191 in their first innings. It they could by cautious play have saved their wickets until next day, and got to work freshly in the morning, it would have been no difficult task to put together 91 guns. But the tide of fortune turned, and ran against them strongly. When time was called that evening, they had lost 7 wickets for 20 runs, and next day the remaining wickets were disposed of by half-past 12 o'clock, leaving England winners by 25 runs. A match at Lord's earlier in the season, upon the same terms, had ended even more disastrously for Kent, as England won on that occasion in a single innings. Two matches between in the counties of Kent and Surrey als o resulted defeats of Kent. In the first match, played at Tunbridgo Wells, i Surrey gained an easy victo r y in one nnings, with 41 runs over. At K®nnington -oval, ennington _ e val, a month later, itlooketdo on the third day as if Ken t would win. They put S urrey in for 192 to win, and with g ood luck they might hope get all, or nearly all, the Surrey wickets before this long score was made. But the men of Surrey, who had played wall throughout, played overpoweringly well now. Mort lock lost his wicket for 20 runs, and then Stephenson and Jupp finished the match between them. [AnvzriTisEmENT.]—Cousumption, all nervous, bilious liver, and stemach complaints, in every stage, are only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but parry's curable by Du arry's health restoring Revalcuta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which nad been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62 ' 914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, c ure d after the medical men had abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, with fearful cou g h, expectoration.. exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations hollow cheeks: emaciated to a skelet on . She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy Oa—N. Commissaire; de Police. Cure, N o . 45 ,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimicy Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.‘—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth 'Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 54,816. 1 he Rev. Jaines T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical reatnient. In tins, 11b, 28 9d; 21b, 4s 6d; 51b, lls; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists in every town of the United Kingdom. There will be an examination at Queen's College un Tuesday, the 15th of March, and following days, for three open Schole.rships, tenable for five year s from matriculation, value 1.:75 per annum. Oae of these will be awarded fur proficiency in rnathena. A . tics. Also two Eglosfield Exhibitions, open for this turn to general competition, of the value of £75 per annum, and tenable far foor years. Then© lExhibitioners are in all respects on the same foot ing as the Scholars of the College. Candidatxs, who must not have exceeded 20 years of age, must present their testimonials of age and character to the Provost on Monday, the 14th, between seven and nine in the evening. Two of the Scholars elected will not be required to reside until October. THE VOLUNTEERS. TrkE CENTRAL LONDON.RIFLE RANCERs. The annual general meeting of the members of this corps was held on Saturday evening at the New Drill Biked, Gray.kinn-.-34.ejor the lion. iialikUr Wye Campbell in the chair. There wail a large atten dance of the members and the officers of the corps, among whom were Captains Woods, Iseecs, Walters, Lowe, Copes, &c. The report, which wee adopted, states that in consequence of the Government grant the com mittee have recommended that the Lieutenant- Colonel should, after the let inst., abolish any further subscriptions from members to the general fund, officers excepted. After alluding to th e fact of the erection of a drill shed at a cost of £l,lOO, the report observed that one of the first results of the increased accommodation has been the formation cf a gymnasium, in which instruction will be given on the system in prceess of adoption in the army. The cost of the apparatus will be defrayed by the officers of the regiment. The re port alluded to the satisfactory state of the regi ment. The report then alludes to the satisfactory musters of the corps on public occasions during the past year, the annual ball, the annual drame,ei c performance, and the bazaar and volunteer exhi bition held at Wiliis's Room, which has in creased the funds. Much interest continues V.) be manifested in the corps by the inhabi tants of the neighbourhood, es has been fully evinced during the past year, when they subscribed for and presented to the corps a series of battalion prizes. The committee, it ap. pears, hare expressed a hope that they will be able to give a similar series of prizes annually, and one gentleman has already promised £25 a year towards the project. The financial statement of the corps shows that the balance-sheet of the general fund is £1,124, and the estimated assets and liabilities £446 Os. ld., the balance-sheet of the band fund. £284 4s. 7d., and the assets and liabilities .£loB 18s. ld. At the conclusion of the election of the committee and auditors, &c., Major CAMPBELL made a few observations with respect to the corps, which, he said, with the evcep. tion of numbers, was in a very satisfactory Elate, not only in position but in efficiency. Votes of thanks were then proposed and passed to the retiring audztors and committee, the honorary treasurers of the general and band fund, and tho hon. secretary, and the proceedings were brought to a close. THE 4TH MIDDLESEX RIFLES.—Lord Ttur o, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding this corps, via distribute the prizes won during the past year to the successful competitors on Tuesday evening riext in Westminster Hall, at nine p.m. MR. CHAS. MACKINTOSH, the well-known scien tific gardener, and author of a number of works on garden. ing, is dead, Mr. TRACK RAY.—Mr. Ernest Edwards will shortly publish a very large photograph of the late Mr. Thackeray, one of the latest, if :lot the latest, ever taken. Copies of this on a smaller scale will be issued 'with Mr. Theodore Taylor's new book, "Thackeray, the Flu• morist, and the Man of Letters : the Story of his Life," to be published on Wednesday next. This memoir will give, for the first time, some account of the curious little maga zine conducted by Mr. Thackeray when an undergraduate at Cambridge.—?he Reader of Saturday. NATIONAL HOSPITALITIES.-..." In France," says Mr. Sala, in hie lest letter to the Daily 7elegrapl, "you get little but sugar and water out of your friends, in Germany nothing but smoke, and in Italy there are some grand houses where you can only obtain supper by paying for it. In Spain you can procure nothing to eat, because, beyond eggs and chocolate, and garlic, there is nothing to eat. But in the United States you may ruin your digestive organs for nothing in a fortnight, If the oyster and the canvas-back ducks don't give you dyspepsia, the eternal ice— creams and candied sweetmeats will ; and, when you fall sick, you will find plenty of kind friends to press Hoch. stetter's and Drake's Plantation Bitters as curatives en your acceptance." HONOURS AT CAMBRIDGE.—It appears that 104 gentlemen took honours at Cambridge this year, of whom 43 were wranglers. In 1863 the number was 100, and there were 33 wranglers ; in 1862 tho number was 85, and there were 32 wranglers; in 1861 the number was 93, and there were 34 wranglers; and in 1860 the number was 121, and there were 38 wranglers. On the restrictions as to the Classical Tripes being removed in 1861, the mathe metical honour list perceptibly diminished in numbers.. Trinity College this year, in addition to the senior, second s and fourth wranglers, claims 13 other wranglers ; seven iopresentatives of this great college are among the first 12 wranglers. The senior wrangler is Mr. J. H. Purkiss, of Trinity College, and formerly of the City of London School and. the University of London. Mr. Purkiss obtained a foundation szarship at Trinity a few months after coming into residence, and his university career has been through out a brilliant success. THE APPROACHING COMET, which was first dia. covered by Professor Respighi at Bologna, on the 28th of December, the same day on which it passed its perper t. .lion, will, it has now been calculated, have its nearest approach to the earth about the Ist of February, bein g th c, h at about one-fifth of the sun's distance (tom us, or cightam 'Mons of miles. Weiss, Stampfer, and Tietjen all infer from their calculations (published in the 48tronomische ffachrichten) that it is probably identical with a cornet which was discovered and observed by Pons at Marseilles i n th e year 1810, and that its period is little more than 53 years. Pons then described it as being " extremely feint, resembling a small round nebula." Professor Littrow, the Director of the Observatory at Vi enna, thinks that it, may a l so be identical wi t h a Comet observed in China in the year 1490. To its approaching great proximity to the earth we owe the fact that it will probably soon become visible tu the naked eye. • EXPLOSION AT CAMBERWELL.—On Satin. Say evening a fatal explosion took place at the shop of an oilman and tallow -chandler named Tripp, carrying en business in Havill-street, Southampton-street, Camberwell. One of his daughters, named Anne, 30 years of age, ws mixing with a knife a chemical composition, supposed to be phosphorus and detonating powder, although her sister had spoken to her several times and pointed out the danger of using steel in mixing the composition. Suddenly a ta cram dons explesior. took place. Two men named Truman and. Lamb:lt rushed into the place, followed by Mr. Hayden, dairyman, of Havill-street. Miss Tripp was found with a knife in her hand, which had been partially blown away. She was much injured, and blood was streaming from her head and face. Her dress was in flames. The injured woman expired before she could be removed to St. Thomas's Hospital. GREAT SUFFERINGS OF A SHIP'S CltLw.—By the S!letland mail we have received information uf very sad character regarding the buffo Lugs of a ship's crew, a largo portioh of whom are reported as having died in consequence. The vessel is said to be a large iron ship named the Victoria, on her voyage from Calcutta to Liverpool, with a cargo of coals. Seventeen of the crow landed on the west coast of Shetland on Saturday from a boat in which they had been tossed about , at sea for four (? - ya without food. Two had died and three had lycomeiwane. Of another boat, manned by the captain and 13 the crew, and who left the vessel at the same time, not fully au!henticattat when the steamer been received to the effect that she had reached the side of Shetland on Monday with only two survivors. T,:o sufferings of bath crews, exposed without food in open b,,es for four and six days respectively, were most dreadful, suiting in the death in all of 14 men and the inFli - C 1 y three.- 11 of cA llrorthern _Ensign. .~