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~. --, ~~ ; ". • - 2 1 ' 1 ' , • V 7 -- / . f A 2 . . , r • . • 4 .0 ) 1%• •• : v A .PP 0 2. `O, .1_ - _ W .0: 4 1 1 , ' 'lll. A • •filit Dr• -0,- STATE OP TRADE, D I , V , " S A. 131!: It , f ,r. r i - r-r •, c \ --- --.%4Kle",:r \ \ _ ~.,: i .',,, , 51 , 7„..: 7 _, ) , , 70,. --- ,1 , :,.1. 1 . ~,, k'''s' THE LAND IVIOIMAGE BANK of INDIA (CREDIT FONCIER INDIEN), Limited. Capital, £2,000,001, in 100,000 Shares of £2O each. Payment on allotment, £2 per Share. 14's - DIRECTORS. Ch airman—S. LAING. Es q., late Finance Minister of India. Colonel Balfour, C. 8., late Chief of Military Finance Depart ....,ment of India. -IL L. Bischoffsheim, Esq. (Messrs. Bischoffscheim and Gold- Schmidt). iion. W. S. Fitzwilliam, Member of the Supreme Legislative Council of India. Sir John P. Grant, K.C.8., late Lieut.-Governor of Bengal. Northall Laurie, Esq., Governor of Union Bank of London. J. T. Mackenzie, Esq., Deputy Chairman of Eastern Bengal Railway. 'W. Mackinnon, Esq. (Mackinnon, Mackenzie, and Co, Cal cutta), Director o f B r iti s h I n di a Steam N av i ga ti on Com pany. _t Nelson, Esq. (Messrs. Crawford, Colvin. and Co.), London. Pinard, du Comptoir d'Escompte, Paris, et du Cred it Ponder Colonial. 11. M. Worms, Esq. (Messrs. G. and A. Worms), London. No. 22,239. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1863. P51 CE.........4d. STAMPED ....6d. WILLIE, D-R, Go to GRAINGER'S, 308, HOLBORN, anti get some of their TAPER DRAPERY and CHEAP STATIONERY to bring Home. Naval and Military Intelligence. whole under the command of Lieut.-Col. E. Newdigate. On Major-Gen. Rumley arriving on the parade ground the various corps were formed in open columns of companies, and a rigid inspec tion of the clothing, arms, accoutrements, and kits of the non-commissioned officers and men insti tuted. The battalion was then put through the manual and platoon exercises, followed by the bayo net drill, the various captains of companies being called to the front and tested in their drill by Major-Gen. Rumley, who took up his position at the saluting -post, when the battalion marched past in slow and quick time. This portion of the in spection was well got through, considering that the second depot battalion at present consists almost entirely of very young soldiers. The inspection w as brought to a close by the troops being put through a variety of battalion field movements, in t he execution of which they acquitted themselves satisfactorily. The inspection terminated shortly before 12, and yesterday afternoon was devoted by M a jor-Gen. Rumley to the customary inspection of t he books, records, and other documents of each depot and battalion. FINE ARTS. THE NAVY. Orders for the present disposition of the Channel squadron were received at Devonport yesterday. The flagship Edgar, which requires to be docked, will, with the Warrior, the Resistance, and the Emerald, leave Plymouth Sound for Portsmouth. The Black THE NEW NATIONAL ART TRAINING SCHOOLS, SOUTH KENSINGTON. —These new schools, which were opened yesterday, are the first permanent buildings Whi c h have been provided for the National Art Training Schools. The premises hitherto afforded the art classes but a tempo rary accommodation. In the first instance, in 1837, when the School of Design was instituted, the classes were held in rooms on the second floor in Somerset House, once occu pied by the Royal Academy. In 1852 the classes met in Marlborough House, whet e the Queen, at the intervention of the Prince Consort, graciously permitted a training school for teachers for the schools of art throughout the country to be first established. Those schools afterwards removed in 1856 to wooden buildings at South Kensington. The present buildings are of plain brick, and are substan tial, fire. proof, and adapted to those requirements of an art school, which experience during a quarter of a century has shown to be necessary in providing light,both in the day-time and evening, as well as ventilation, heating, &c. A separate series of rooms has been constructed for male and female classes, the entrances to which are in Exhibition-road. The new buildings form the north and west side of the inner quadrangle of the building, the plan of which was ap proved by the select committee of the House of Commons in 1860. _ _ STAR AND GARTER HOTEL COMPANY (Limit ed). The Right Hon. the Lord de Tabley, Chairman. The Hon. Gerald Chetwynd Talbot, Deputy Chairman. In reply to numerous inquiries, the Directors of this Com pany feel it right to state that the Company is in no way connected with the Richmond Hill Hotel Company (limited). The whole of the capital of the Star and Garter Company is subscribed, au.i the business of the Star and Garter Hotel, situated on the summit of Richmond Bill, and now carried on by sir. Flli., will sbortly be enterea upon by the Com pany; and the additions and improvements, designed by Mr. E. M. Barry, the architect, will be commenced by Mi..sszs. Lucas Brothers, the contractors, immediately. By order, AUGUSTUS BROWNE, Secretary. 17 n, Great George-Ftreet, Westminster, 6th October, 1563. NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., FLOBIAN'S HUSBAND. Also now ready, in 3 vols., GOOD SOCIETY. By Mrs. GREY, author of "The Gambler's Wife," ,to. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Prince, Royal Oak, and Defence are ordered to dis charge their powder and shell, and to go up Ha.. moeze. The Black Prince will be docked at Devon- 122, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. NEW WORKS. port. The old line-of-battle sailing ship Duncan, 74, having been entirely broken up at Chatham Dock- MESSRS. JOHN MAXWELL AND CO. beg to announce that the undermentioned Works may be now had at every Circulating Library. Subscribers to those useful Institutions should not experience any delay in ob taining copies, as adequate editions have been printed, and the type is kept standing, to meet every demand as quickly as it arises SACKVILLE CHASE. 3 vols. 2. STRONGHAND. By GUSTAVE AIMARD. 2 vols. yard, a portion of the shipwrights and labourers entered for the purpose of breaking her up were discharged from the yard yesterday; The remainder of the hired mechanics and other hands are retained in the Dockyard for the purpose of breaking up one THE ANGLO-AUSTRIAN BANK.- To be constituted with Limited Liability, under a con cession from his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria. Dated sth October, 1863. - Capital £2,000, , 00, or 20,000,000 florins. To be divided into 100,000 Scrip Certificates of Ln or 2CO florins each, upon which £2 is to be paid on application and £2 upon allotment, and a C .11 of £2 within one month after allotment. These Certificates to be exchanged hereafter for Shares to bearer of £2O or £5O each, as arranged with the Austrian Government, as hereinafter stated. In such ex change One Certificate will represent one £2O Share with £6 paid thereon, or Five Certificates will represent two £5O Shares with £3O paid thereon. of the mortar vessels from the fleet lying at Yant let-creek, the recent survey of the squadron of mor tar vessels by the Dockyard officials having led to 3. AUG BREAKFAST IN BED. USTUS SALA. 1 VOI. By GEORGE the discovery of some of the boats being in an exceed ingly rotten and altogether useless condition, and 4. THE REV. ALFRED HOBLUSH AND HIS CURACIES. 1 vol. 5. SECRETS OF MY OFFICE. 1 vol. only fit to be taken to pieces. The remainder of the vessels are to be taken, from time to time, and con verted into lighters and transports for service at the several dockyards. The whole of the old line of-battle and other sailing ships which encumber the river Medway between Chatham and the Nore have undergone a recent survey, in order to ascer tain their condition preparatory to an order from the Lords of the Admiralty for those unfitted to be re tained on the list of reserve sailing ships to be broken up. The number of these vessels is between 50 and 60, and few of them have seen any service for a num ber of years. Nearly the whole of them, it has been ascertained are altogether unfitted for service at sea, but several of their number would be found ad- it J. D. Elphinstone and Sir F. T, Baring COUNCIL OF DIRECTORS. H.H. Prince Leo Sapieha, President of the Gallician Diet, and Member of the Austrian Reichsrath. Somerset A. Beaumont, Esq., M.P., London. Baron Erggelet (Henikstein and Co.), Banker, Vienna. G. G. Glyn, Esq., M.P., Banker, London. Count Eugene Kinsky, Member of the Austrian Reichsrath. Charles Klein, Esq., President of the Chamber of Commerce, Vienna. Alexander Schroder, Esq. (A. stud C. Schroder), Trieste. Baron Tinti, Member of theAustriaa Reiehsra*h.- S. Winterstern, Eoq., Member of L he Austrian Reichsrath. Count Edmond Zichy, Vienna (President of the Vindibona and Anker Insurance Companies . Adalbert 'Liner, Esq., Merchant, Vienna. In One Vol., Post Bvo., 10s. 6d., THE CROSS OF HONOUR. By the Author of "Small House in Piccadilly." [On Oct. 10. London : John Maxwell and Co . 122, Fleet-street. on our Foreign Policy. T " OXFOR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. . EV E NING, will be performed Operatic-Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, and Bellint's SONNAMBULA. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. BANKERS AND FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS, Augsburg—M. Paul Von Stetten. Berlin—Messrs. Menaelssohn and Co. Frankfort 0. M.—Messrs. Grunelius and Co. Munich—Messrs. Robert De Froelich and Co. Paris—Messrs. Mallet k'reres and Co. Trieste—Messrs. A and a Schroder. BANKERS AND FINANCIAL AGENTS IN LONDON. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, E.C. SOLICITORS. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, dm. Comic, by UNSWORTII ("or any oLher man "), Eurene, W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL his just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, 46, Parl a ment-street, Westminster, S.W. - - BROKER. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. George E. Seymour, Esq., 38, E.C. GENERAL MANAGER 2N LONDON. Francis Breuer, Esq. (lately with Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen). Offices— j Vienna-5, llabsburger Gasse. t London-10, Birchin-lane, Lombard-street, E.C, 6s 2s 2s Ss 16s —s 19s —s ge ,etil log [as; Pi; Ate, deg ;ina P er, mey IV, Y °' AGENTS IN INDIA. Calcutta—Messrs. Colvin, Cowie, and Co. Bombay—Messrs. Remin.eton and Co. Madras —Messrs. Parry and Co. AGENTS roe THE CONTINENT. of London The General Credit an d Fi nan ce CompallY (Limited , . BANNERS. The Union Bank of London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Freshfieids and Newman. SECRETARY (pro tern.)—Mr. Charles Grant, Temporary Offices-59, Lombard-street. The system of Land Credit, or " Credit Foocier," has now been established in many of the chief countries of Europe, with the uniform result of large profit to the Companies en - Par_r,ed in it, and great benefit to the holders of land. The principle of ail these Associations is the same, viz., the inter vention of a Company whose large subscribed Capital, and consequent credit, enable it to borrow money to the best ad vantage, as an intermediary between individual lenders who seek investments on mortgage, and borrowers who seek for loans. Thus, the French Credit Fonder has a large Share Capital, cf which only half is paid up, and is authorised by its statutes to issue its own Bonds against an equal amount lent on mortgage, with a Sinking Fund for redemption, on first class lauded security. The security to the Bondholder, under these circumstances, is ample, represented as it is by the whole unpaid-up capital of the Company, and all its invest ments and assets, while the profit to the Shareholders, being the profit on the employment of a large capital distributed in dividend over a small paid-up capital, is so great, that with £lO paid up the £2O shares of the French Credit Fonder stand at a market value of upwards of £5O. The present Company is formed in the belief that, on the one hand, it will be very profitable to the Shareholders, and, on the other, most beneficial to India. It is obvious that our Indian territories present an unrivalled field for a Company of this description. Land there is rising in value with a ra pidity quite unexampled, and the fixing of tenures, the im provement of laws, and the opening of communications, are test creating an ease and certainty in dealing wiit equal to those enjoyed in any country of Europe At the same time capital is scamp, at I the - ate of interest extravagantly high, as compared with any European standard. In Bengal, where, in the first instance, the operations of the Company will be principally directed, laud is held upon a Zemindary tenure, which may be described as conferring the fee-simple of the land in perpetuity, held direct from the Crown, on the condition of paying a fixed annual quit rent, *which is always moderate, in comparison with the value of the estates. An accurate and simple system of registration precludes doubt and dispute concerning the title to estates, and the first mortgage on the register takes precedence of all other claims. The principle of a permanent settlement has been adopted by the Government, and will doubtless be shortly extended to the other provinces of India. The land included in the Lower Bengal system is estimated at a value of more than one hundred millions sterling, and by the establishment of railways, the operation of irrigation - works, and the general extension of Indian trade and in dustry, it will be doubled and trebled within a moderate number of years. Ot these estates a very large proportion are at present under advances from local money-lenders, at a rate of 12 per cent. interest, besides incidental bonuses, and upon other conditions, that are alike unfavourable to their owners and to the community at large. With prudent management the results of an Indian Credit Fonder can hardly fail to be even more successful than in Fr anrx,considering the wide margin between the rates of in tererit at which money can be borrowed in England and lent in India. The field for operations in India is practically unlimited, And in no country of the world are all the elements of national prosperity-, including the value of land, in a state of such rapid development. The revenue of the State has risen in ten years from £28,500,000 to £15,125,000 a-year : and the aggregate Import and Export TrA de during* the same period has more than doubled, and last year reached the enormous total of £100,000.000, including bullion. Durine• the same Period £e0,000,000 of English capital has been invested in railways in India, which are now approaching completion, and will greatly accelerate the march of prosperity. The benefit to India of obtaining capital on landed security on reasonable terms, and emancipating the native landed proprietors from an exclusive dependence on native money lenders, will be incalculable ; and this benefit will be speci ally felt at a tim e w h en the prosperity of the country, the completion of roads and railways, the sale of waste lands, the extension of the permanent settlement, the introduction of an improved currency, and, generally, the adoption of a wise and liberal system of Government, are giving every where a rapid impulse to improvement. OBJECTS, .The Company will b e p repare d to grant Loans on land, miler for fixed periods, or upon terms that will extinguish the debt during the currency of the mortgage, by the pay ment of an annual instalment on account of the principal, in addition to the annual interest, thus conferring, on the bor rowers the benefit of an eventual liquidation of their debts. CAPITA. The present capit a l is fixed at £2,000,000 sterling, of which £2 per share is payable upon allotment. It is not the inten tion of the Directors to call up more than a small proportion of the Share Capitra in all, as the successful conduct of a busi ness of this descriptio n is chiefly through borrowed capital. BORROWING POWERS. As a means to make the advances on the extended scale contemplated, the Company will issue Debentures for fixed periods, and bearing a fixed rate of interest, payable half yearly in this country ; and in order to give the holders of such Debentures undoubted security, they will have a lien on the entire property of the company, consisting first of the *whole of the estates held on mortgage, and much exceeding in value the total of its liabilities ; an i secmidly, of the assets of the Company, in which its paid-up capital is invested, to gether with its large reserve of uncalled capital. The trans actions of the Company will be conducted free from all spe culation or purchase on their own account, and may be re garded as partaking of the nature of a Commission Agency between the European lender and the Indian borrower, opening to the latter a command of capital limited only to the value and security his estates afford. . PROFITS. The profits of a well-conducted business of this description in such a field for operations as India may be tested by a comparison w.th the results realised by the French Credit Foncier and other similar undertakings both abroad and at home. The institution named is limited ty its statutes to lend at 5 per cent. interest, and it has to pay more than 4 per cent. interest on money raised on its Debentures ; the martin of profit is, therefore, very smalL Nevertheless, the French Company pays a, dividend of 16 percent. ner annum, carrying a further sum equal to 7 per cent. to reserve. In India the margin of profit between the rate at which the money is borrowed and the rate at which it is lent will certainly not be less than 3 per cent., so that each £I,O - 0.000 borrowed in England and loaned in India will give £30,000 a year towards Dividend on the Share Capital, of which it is not Probable that more than £500,000 out of the £2,000,000 will be called up. MANAGEMENT IN INDIA. Arrangements have been made with the above three lead ing firms to act as Agents in India, so as to enable the Com pany to commence business without unnecessary delay. 75,003 Shares have been subscribed for privately, and the remaining 25,000 Shares are reserved for public subscription. Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association lie for inspection at the Office of the Solicitors. Messrs. Fregi fields and Newman, 5,, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, and at the Temporary Offices of the Company. Applications to be made in the subjoined form to the Tem porary Offices of Vile Company, 89, Lombard-street ; or to the Offices of the General Credit and Finance Company of Lon don (Limited), Rd, Cannon-street. FORE OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No. Gentlemen —I request that y ou w ill a ll o t me Sh a re s of C2O each in the capital of the Land Mortgacre Bank of India. (Limited), and I hereby agree to accept the said Shares, or any smaller number that you may allot to me, and to pay become a member of the Company, and request you to place my name on the Register in Shareholders in respect of the Shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Profession or Business .. Reference Date ...- - ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUNDS, £2,122,828. ANNUAL REVENUE, £422,401. LONDON BOARD. JohnlarleWhi Mo i rri t . e Cater, Esq., I P. du Pre Grenfell, Esq. Chairman A. Klockmann, Esq. son, Esq., De- John Monett, Esq. A'Platy chairman. Junius S. Morgan, Esq. ylDe Arrovave E vgd au c oß h uisenio , }l2:: si sq. G G. eo G rg ar e d y en oun Ni g co , l . , Es E q s . q JohnSchroder, Esq, A. U. Campbell Ex-DEx-DIRECTORS., Es P. C. Cavan, E sn. I Robert Smith, Esq. P. P. Ralli, E s q Frederic Somes, Esq. Manager of Fire Department—George H. Whyting. Manager of Life Department—W, F. Birkmyre. fillperintendent of Foreign Department—G. 11. Burnett. Secretary—F. W. Lance. General Manager—David Smith. FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Company gratita Insurances against Fire in the United Kingdom, and all foreign countries. Mercantile Risks in the Port of London accepted at re duced rates. Losses promptly and liberally settled.' Foreign Risks.—The Director, having a practical know ledge of foreign countri e s, are prepared to issue Policies on the most favourable terms. In all cases a discount will be allowed to Merchants and others effecting such Insurances, LIFE DEPARTMENT The following Statement exhibits the improvement effected daring the las few years : No. of Policies Issued. Sums. Premiums. 1853. 1859 18 0 1861 186 2 Thus in five years the number of Policies issued was 3,623, assuring the large sum of £2,028,947. The leading features of the Office are : — 1. Entire Security to Assurers. 2. The large Bonus additions already declared, and the prospect of a further Bonus at the next investiga ti. 3 . Theo n advantages afforded by varied Tables of premiums — unrestricted conditions of Policies—and general liberality in dealing with the Assured. on,,°rily of Proposal an d every i nformat i on w i ll b e furn i shed HElTiO Ca FF t l io e til : cation at th . !LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. EMNBURGII 64, Princes-street. oBRITISH Rlg AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. WE ST - END OFFICE: 8, WATERLO O - PLACE, PALL-MALL. Secretary—ALEX. J. RUSSELL. riELEBRATIof V) the BIRTH of sak. the TERCENTENARY of Avon. The Tercentenary I P P E ARE, at Stratford-upon- N. C. ITRIII3IOO, Bart., L e c ommittee' (of which Sir Robert ing SU 13SCRIPTIONs, Chairman) are now reeeiv account of the Tercentenary c o ' n ni eY may also be paid to the mittee. at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwic- Stratford-upon - Avon ; Messrs td Leamington Banks, Greenwny, ; or their Lorneder,u„NvaY, Smith, and ury—i—anad Co., or Messrs. ents, Messrs. Smith, Pa, and Co , Messrs Hat% Glyn and Coe bankerS, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting he subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appealTtoht:he admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford i C s oninorat tones the birthplace of Shakspeare , but the centre of attact all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that itr horu, the tom lie lyved, and Where 40 lived itu a titers his PROSPECTUS. The Company ie formed under a direct concession granted by the Imperial Government, for the purpose of promoting and extending commercial and financial relations between Austria and England. These relations are daily increasing In importance under the influence of the ameliorated political and fiscal system which has been definitively adopted by the Austrian Administration and Legislature. The Company will carry on the ordinary business of a Bank of Deposit, Discount, and Exchange, and all operations con nected with Banki ngtransactions and Financial Agency. The head office will be inVienna, with branches at Trieste,Prague, Brunn, and other towns in the Austrian empire in which it may be found profitable from time to time to form establish ments. In England, the interests of the Bank will be represented, and the business conducted by the English members of the Board, Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. being the Financial Agents and Bankers of the Company. The Directors point with satisfaction to their having se cured the services of Mr. Francis Breuer as th it London Ma nager. Mr. Breuer's experience of German Commercial and Financial business —acquired during 25 years' service with the firm of Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen—pecu'iarly qualify him for the efficient performance of the important duties to which he has been appointed. The Concession has been obtained by the Directors, and made over by them to the Company, without consideration or other charge than the preliminary expenses, which will be limited to the disbursements made, and are of small amount. The Company has not been brought forward until, by care ful negotiation. it has been a'certained that its tormation is desired by the Austrian Executive, and that, besides the grant of a direct concession, the Imperial Government will be pre pared to open an account current with the head office of the Bank, and to employ the branches of the institution in a va • riety of ways, in facilitating the revenue collections and other operations of the Government, not overlooking the import ance of the measures which are being constantly directed to the complete re-establishment of the paper currency upon the soundest basis. _ _ As some evidence of the satisfactory result of the negotia tions which have taken place the directors are authorised to insert in this Prospectus the following; extracts from a Minute delivered to the Company by his Excellency M. Von Plener, the Minister of Finance at Vienna, viz.: " Referring to the fact that one of the principal objects of the establishment of the proposed Anglo-Austrian Bank, is to facilitate operations in Austrian Securities, and having regard also to the desire of the Imperial Government to aid as far as practicable in bringing about a closer union between the financial and commercial interests of Austria and England titan at present exists, the lmoerial Government intends (so far as it shoubl appear to itself comoatible with the success of their financial measures—and with any legal direction which may oe specially r;rescribed in reference to any parti cular operation) to give to the Bank the opportunity of under taking such financial operations whether the issue of loans, placing of bonds or otherwise ; as the Government may de sire to effect on the London market. " The Government also intends to open an account-current with the Bank." There cannot be any question as to the profit able nature of the field for the operations of a banking establishment in Austria, conducted on sound principles. There are few recent changes of more importance and in terest than the remarkable advance which Austria has made during the last few years under the influence of its thoroughly revised policy. The harmony happily established between the Imperial Government and the representatives of the different orders of the State, as assembled in the Reichsrath, has removed most of the impediments which formerly prevented Austria from enjoying the benefits of its vast commercial and agricultural resources. Supported by the free debates of the Parliament, the Government has been enabled to enter with vigour upon a fiscal policy founded upon tree-trade views ; and to apply, in many directions, measures specially adapted to develope the wealth and enterprise of thecormtry. River steam navi gation has assumed large proportions. The extent of rail ways in operation has increased from 1,780 English miles in 1855 to nearly 4,000 in the present year; and the railway system has been actually completed up to a point which leaves few of the leading districts of the empire unsupplied. Still more important has been the marked increase in the ac tivity of private trade and in the magnitude of individual enterprise; and that this altered state of things is solid and real, is sufficiently attested by the great recovery of the Aus trian finances during the last two years. Under the measures passed in 1 , 62, the paper currency is in rapid process of re form—and since June of that year, the Exchange on Lon ion has improved from 190 to 110 in favour of Vienna The rise in the price of Austrian Government Stock, since the same date, being equal, upon an average, to 22 per cent. In the speech delivered by the Emperor, at the opening of the Reichsrath, in Ju.e last (1863), he was able to dwell pro minently on the improved aspect of affairs, and to state that the finances of the empire have so rapidly improved during the Parliamentary recess that the Government will not now require the twelve millions of florins voted last year to cover deficiences then anticipated. Between 1851 and 1861 the export and import trade of Austria may be said to have doubled; but even at its present amount of. say, 50 millions sterling, it is still very far below the capabilities of the 40 millions of Austrian subjects, who inhabit provinces extending to an area of 240,000 square miles, in the most fertile and diversified parts of Southern Europe. When it is proposed, therefore, to extend to Austria the appliances of Banking, according to sound English rrinci p les, it is important to bear in mind that the new institution is not carried to a field already full or offering few advan tages, but is applied precisely under those circumstances in which the success of Banks has been most conspicuous— viz., to a rich country, and an enterprising people entering with every encouragement upon the development of their skill and their resources. In the statutes, as passed by the Imper7al Government, the capital Is divided into Shares of £5O or 500 florins each ; but, in consequence of representations made to the Directors, and in order to render the Shares of the Bank more readily nego tiable in the principal money-markets of the Continent, the Government has been solicited to authorise £2O as the de nomination of the Shares, and an assurance has been received that such application will be granted. To avoid delay in the estabashment of the Bank, it has been decided to issue the capital in Scrip Certificates of £2O each, exchangeable hereafter (at a date to be announced. and when £6 has been paid thereon) into Shares to bear as above stated. Under the revised Austrian Commercial Code, the payment of £6 pt .r £2O Scrip Certificate, equal to 30 per cent, of the capital, will enable the Bank to commence business at once, with the advantage of limited liability, and without further demands upon its shareholders. street, Applications made A Copy of the Concession and Statutes will be deposited at the office of the Sol citors to the Company, 46, Parliament should be addre ssed to The accompanied y the receipt of mtnooatdahepe Directorsi 1 Londonio in for Scrip Certificates Seri. Certificate England at the Offices of the Comp an/ nwill be considered, unless for the deposit of £2 per Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. deposit will be returned intlieevenotn plTiehdifsorof the e applicationnumber a p - not being acceded to ; and. if an allotment be o applied towards the full deposit of £4 per se made, it will be Forms of Application maybe obtained and r :v i ill re ificate. at the Offices of the Bank in Vienna ; and is London received Offices, 10, Birchin-lane, Lombard street, E.O at the E.C. October, D. 63. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SCRIP CERTIFICATES. To the Din ctors in England of the Anglo-Austrian Bank. Gentlemen, —Having, paid to your credit, with Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., the sum of £ , I hereby request that you will allot me Scrip Certificates of £2O each in the Anglo-Austrian Bank, and I hereby agree to accept such Scrip Certificates, or any smaller number that may b e pay the to me, upon the terms of the Prospectus , and to the further deposit of £2 per Scrip Certificate upon the num ber allotted to me, at such time and in such manner as you may appoint. 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The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday 1,274 deaths were registered in London. The average number of deaths in ten corresponding weeks (1853 62), with the omission of deaths from cholera in the 40th week of 1851, and with a correction for increase of population, becomes 1,159. The present re turn shows an excess of 115 above the estimated number. There were 22 fatal cases of smallpox in the week, showing a further decrease on those of previous weoks. Scarlatina still prevails much, and shows a tendency to increase; the deaths from it rose to 154 last week. Five deaths from this latter disease occurred in Kensington-town sub-district, 8 in Kentish-town, 9 in Islington, 9 in Limehouse, and 7 in St. Peter, Walworth. Thirteen deaths from syphilitic disease were registered; 10 of these among children. Phthisis was fatal in 160 cases. Last week the births of 1,037 boys and 898 girls, in all 1,935 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor responding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 1,736. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.660 in. The reading de. creased from 30.05 in on Sunday to 29.09 in on Thursday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 52 deg, which is 1.8 deg below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determained by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 63'2 deg on Wednesday. The lowest night temperature was 35 deg on the same day. The range of temperature in the week, and also on that day, was there fore 28.2 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 41 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 84, complete saturation being represented by 100. On Saturday the humidity rose to 96. The wind blew on six days from the south west. The rain measured was 0.78 in. In the 13 weeks that ended the 26th of September 17,105 deaths were registered in London. Of that number 9,821 or considerably more than half, occurred to persons under 20 years of age. The number of persons who died at 80 years of age and upwards was only 449. The diarrhoea that prevails in summer, scarlatina, and small-pox have been very fatal; and as regards the two former diseases the suf ferers in a great proportion of cases were children. In the healthy summer (July, August, September) of 1860, in which the mean temperature of the air was as low as 56.8 deg., the deaths were less than 13,000; and in the summer of 1859, when the mean temperature was as high as 62.9 deg., the deaths were 16,000. They were 17,105, as has been stated, in the same three months or the present year, the mean temperature of which was 59.2 deg. The excess of last quarter over the same period of 1859 is about 1,100, and is due to a certain extent to increase of population. Smallpox was fatal in the quarter in 512 cases, of which 160 occurred at 20 years of age and upwards. This malady has been unusually prevalent. But the deaths from scarla tina were far more numerous ; they rose to 1,519 ; and those from diarrhoea and summer cholera wore 1,938. The following are sub-districts in which tho deaths from smallpox were most numerous :—Kensington-town, where there were 17—St. Margaret, Westminster, 11—Rectory, Marylebone, i ll— Tottenham -court, 13—St. Andrew East, 16—W hitecross-st t eet, 12—St. Leonard, Shoreditch, 11— Hoxton New-town, 10— Haggerstone West, 10—Hagger stone East, 12—Mile- en d Ol d -town East, 10. There were comparatively few deaths f rom smallpox in the distlipopulationcts on the that t the i river, sio nis taken i n t o Recount. as will app ear w h en the larger Scarlatina was particularly fat a l i n the east districts, where it numbered 459 . Many death s f rom this disPase south o f occurred also in Kensington-town, St. John, Westminster, Rectory Marylebone, Somers-town, Kentish -town, Isling ton, West London North, Walworth) Authorhithe, and Deptford. Diarrhoea appears to have spread with great severity among the children of Islier c ;ton, and of the sub-district of Christchurch, MarylebiJne. Full bene r At of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Hr,rniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. " IT.:igh Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. 3d.), is the stronost and most delicious imported. Agents in every tqvm supply it iu packets• mirably adapted to serve as block or guard ships for the protection of our large ports and harbours, among which are the Devonshire, 72, the Ganges, 84, the Ciiichester, 50, the Minotaur, 72, the Vanguard, 80, the Warapite, 50, and the Southampton, 50. The Lords of the Admiralty have abandoned the intentinn of again despatching the iron paddle wheel steamer Recruit, 6, 150 horse power, to sea, her performance on the occasion of her last trip having proved that she is not adapted for a long voyage, and have decided on converting her to a tender for conveying the mechanics and other work men at Chatham to and from the dockyard to the iron frigate Achilles, which, on being undocked, will be removed to the entrance of the harbour, at Gillingham-reach, where she will be completed for sea. The officials at Chatham Dockyard are to re port to the Admiralty whether they consider the Recruit to be adapted for the proposed service. The recent firing at 51 -inch armour plates on the side of the Monarch target ship at Portsmouth was attended with an unusual degree of interest, owing to the fact of its being the first time the four lead- ing firms in England had supplied plate of equal thickness of metal for trial. They consisted of one each from Messrs. John Brown and Co., of Shef field, the Mersey Iron and Steel Works, the Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company, and the Millwall Company. All foar were good plates, but with varying degrees of excellence. Messrs. John Brown and Co.'s plate is the best of the four. Four shots struck this plate in a vertical line, but they opened no cracks in the same direction, nor other wise, except in the indents. Two of these shots overlapped each other three inches, but the result of the two blows only produced an indent of two inches and a half in depth—an unprecedentedly favourable result as showing the excellent resisting power of the iron. Eight shots struck within Iree feet of the left of the plate, and three o them on the very edge, but only produced the usual small cracks exhibited by this firm's plates within the circumference of the indents. No signs of concentric cracks are shown round the in dentations of these edge blows. The Mersey plate received 13 shots in all, and stood very well for the " first" rolled plate produced by this firm. The metal has a soft appearance, and seemed of good quality, but there was a tendency in it to crack ver tically—a fault which will, doubtless, be guarded against in future productions. The Millwall plate was not of so good a quality as the 58-inch plates previously sent in for trial by the firm. The weld ing was very faulty. It received 11 shots. The Thames Company's plate was Very severely injured by the nine shots fired against it striking on the weakest points. Five struck in an area of three feet by 18 inches, and three of them joining in their circumference of indents. The effect, however, was only slight, though numerous cracks were made from the severe pounding the iron had received. The gun used was the ordinary 68-pounder, and cast-iron shot with 161 b. of powder, at 260 yards' range. On the day following the trial of the plates a smooth-bore 100 -pounder gun was shipped from the Excellent on board the Foam gunboat, and the latter vessel proceeded up the harbour, and took up a 200-yards position from the target ship and the plates she had fired at with her 68-pounder on the previous day. A shot was fired at each plate with a 251 b. charge of powder, and in all but one instance the damage inflicted appeared to be commensurate with the increased weight of the shot and size of the charges, as compared with the 68-pounder. A further careful inspection hardly confirms this belief. In all but one instance the plates had been damaged by previous firing from the 68-pounder, and no fair inference could therefore be drawn from the results. In the one instance referred to the Milwall plate was struck fairly in an unin jured part by the round 100-pound shot, and the result was—diameter of indent, 10 in. ; depth of indent, 3 in. There were cracks across the centre of the indent. The average diame ter of the indent from the blows of a 68-pounder is 9 inches with a depth of 21 ; inches. The Monarch is now having plates bolted on her sides for further experimental firing, including a trial plate for the Research from the Butterly Company, and one from the Thames Company for the Minotaur. The Columbine, 4, screw sloop, Commander Thos. Le H. Ward, has been berthed alongside Ports mouth dockyard to refit and have her defects made on special service to the good prior to proce edin g Pacific. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. P. Barrow, Lieut. R. M. Lloyd, Lieut. P. C. d e L ousa d a , and Lieut. W. W. Paynder to the Nile ; Lieut. R. Evans to the Alert ; Lieut. F. B. Herbert to the Canopus ; W. S. Goodridge and Anthony Gwyn, naval cadets, to the Sutlej ; Thomas Fulton, assist.-snrg., to Ply mouth Hospital ; John T. Moore, assist.-surg., to the Indus; John 51. Hunter, as s ist.-surg., to the Formidable, for the Lizard ; and Robert Harwood, master's assistant, to the Fox. THE AR All 7. The 55th Regiment, under the command of Col Hume, is expected to embark on board the ships taken up for its conveyance to India at Portsmouth about the 20th inst. Msjor-Gen. Ruinley, the Inspector-General of Infantry, resumed his inspection of the infantry forces quartered at Chatham garrison yesterday, taking it up at the point completed on the previous day. Shortly a f t „,. r nine a.m. the troops eon] posin g the 11 battalion of infantry assembled on the gene ral parade ground, in front of their respective quar ters, to await the arrival of the Inspector-General. The troops were all in heavy marching order, and in consequence of the demand recently made on their numbers to reinforce the regiments on foreign I service the strength of several of the corps having been very greatly reduced, the muster was com paratively small. The corps which were drawn up in the barrack•square included the Ist and 2d bat talions of the 12th Regiment, Ist and 2d battalions of the 20th Regiment, the depot of the 31st Reg'' meat, 52d Light Infantry, Qud 83d Regiment, PORTSMOUTH, Tuesday. Last evening the 109th anniversary of the Bene ficial Society was celebrated by a dinner, at which there were about 120 gentlemen present, including Sir D. Elphinstone, Bart., M.P., Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., M.P., Sir S. C. Jervoise, Bart., M.P., J, B. Carter, Esq., M.P., Mr. Sergeant Gasalee, &c. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been d u ly honoured, Mr. Alderman SHEPPARD gave "The Borough m e mbers," which was well received. Sir J. D. ELPIIINSTONE returned thanks, and a ft e r some remarks on local matters, said—With re gard to foreign politics, he could not say anything which they might think worthy of much notice, but still he would say a few words. This country recog nised the right of a people to choose their own Go vernment, and encouraged them in every way to adopt those rules which they preferred. They had remonstrated with Russia, sympathised with Italy, and defended Greece ; and the Foreign Secretary had said, in reference to the horrible bloodshed in Mexico , that so long as the people were satisfied w ith the description of rule under which they were governed, they had no right to interfere. Coming to America, the hon. baronet said the blood of Eng lishmen ran in their veins, and their names would b e found in every village churchyard in this country. At the beginning of the struggle in the United States o f America, he must confess that he cordially sym pathised with the Southern States of America. (Cheers.) He repudiated as much as any man the of slave r y, b ut the curse un d er w hi c h th e y practice d reste now ca me from this country. It would be ne cessary that there should be a most careful footing and a fi r m basis before the attempt was made to era dicate slavery in that country, or they would have to encounter the horrors of one of the most dreadful eruptions it was possible to conjecture. (Cheers.) The hon. baronet urged that this country had assisted other countries where the foul blot of slavery was as deeply implanted as it was in America. They went to war to d e fend the Turkish empire, but they hesitated to assist the Confederate states. But they were told that two s hips had been arrested at Liverpool on the plea that they were men-of-war for the Southern States. Well, it was only at the beginning of last week that 700 men left Liverpool —there was not a woman or child on board—they were Irish, Scotch, and Ger_ mans—and it was the opinion of every one who was cognisant of the circumstances, that in less than a week after landing they would be marching, with muskets in their hands, manufactured at B:rming ham, in the front of a Federal regiment. (Hear, hear.) Was there any difference between the equip• ment o f a, regiment and the equipment of a ship ? (Cheers.) Each w as a perfect machine in itself, and it ou ght to be precisely the same with regard to our foreign relations. (Hear, hear.) They were further told that it was the intention of the Govern ment, if a conviction could not be obtained against the contractors of the ships, to ask Parliament to pass a l ae s to enable them to detain them. (Hear, hear.) T he same law should apply to both parties with regard to every munition of war, and no at tempt s hould be made t o di stort or pervert ex i st i ng laws. (Hear.) After some further observations, the hon. baronet said the Federal Government, with all their resources, had never succeeded in building iron ships. Their ships were built by con tractors a nd were lying useless in the harbour of Charleston. The hon. baronet also expressed his opinion that our iron fleet was constructed upon a wrong principle, and that in any future naval en gagement the two great points must be rapidity of firing and r a p idit y of manoeuvring. They would find it impossible to manoeuvre with the present fleet. What they required was ships which would go 12 knots an hour, and carry two guns in cupolas. (Cheers.) Half-a-dozen of these would be worth a dozen Warriors in deciding any future wars. (The hon. baronet resumed his seat amid loud cheers.) Sir F. T. BARING (who was enthusiastically re ceived), after expressing his thanks for the kind reception himself and his colleagues had received, said he could not entirely agree with everything his hon. friend had told them. He would begin by saying that they had not done very much last ses sion, but they were not to blame for that, as they had little to do, and the wisest course when they had nothing to do was to do nothing. All great questions had been settled, and everything upon which they could make a fight had been a'ready decided. Undoubtedly small things were done, and important small matters were discussed and carried. There were no great grievances to redress, and acts of Parliament were only required to cure existing evils. If no evils existed, then no acts of Parlia ment were required. lie would now turn to one or two questions which he would not shrink from. He agreed with Lord Russell that the Government were not in fault in their protest to Russia in refe rence to Poland. (Hear.) He did not pretend to say that they did not all have their sympathies, but statesmen had something more to guide them than the impulse of their feelings. This country had a right to remonstrate with Russia, as she was bound by the treaties of 1815 ; but with reference to in terfering with any c ountr y where no treaty existed, it was a question of policy whether they should do it or not. (Hear.) H e h ad read the speec h of Lord Russell, and he highly approved the kind feeling t which he expressed throughout in behalf of Whate hose ver on the other side of the water. (Hear.) sympathies or feelings they might have, every one must view with the deepest regret that s cene of ru bloodshed and horror. (Hear.) What the es It would be it would be it was difficult toprophecy; but he fully concurred with th e noble lord (Earl Russell) that the policy of England was of perfect n e utrality. (Hear.) They should h ave no feeling s on one side or the other; they were neutrals, and bound to act as neutrals. They had duties of neu trality to perform, and were bound to perform those duties honestly. (Hear.) The question for this coun try was whether it would be conducive to its best interests to interfere and declare its opinion. In the ease of the two vessels detained by the Govern ment, he could not give his opinion es to whethr r it was a just cause of detention, as he did not Know the facts, but they were bound to carry out the law of nations, and if existing laws were not sufficiently stringent to enable them to do so, they had no doubt a right to make them. It was the policy of the country to be fairly and honestly neutral; and if the law was changed while the struggle was going on they were bound to consider whether they might not subject themselves to some charge. (Cheers.) After a few other remarks the hon. baronet sat down aPPlauso YiLich contiuued for some time. The courses of instruction to be pursued in the school are intended to give a systematic training to teachers, male and female, in the practice of art, and in the acquirement of its scientific principles, for the purpose of qualifying them , to impart the knowledge so attained to others, to develop its application to the common uses of life, and to employ its advantages in the requirements of trade and manufactures. Special courses of instruction are arranged to qualify !nesters of parochial and other schools for the teaching of elementary drawing as a part of general education, con currently with writing. The general system of instruction embraces the following divisions of art :—Freehand, archi tectural and mechanical drawing, practical geometry and perspective, painting in oil, tempera, and watercolours, modelling, moulding, and casting. The classes for draw ing, painting, and modelling, include architectural and ornamental design, besides flowers, still life, &c., figures from life and from the antique, and the study of anatomy required by an artist. There are to be sessions in the year, each lasting five months, the one commencing on the Ist of March and the other on the Ist of October; and they end on the last day of February and the last day in July respectively. The classes meet daily, except on Saturdays, and the hours of study will be in the day from ten to three, and in the evening from seven to nine. Besides these, there are other numerous engagements to suit the means, the leisure and taste of most persons desirous of taking advantage of the facilities the establishment now offers them. District r schools have now been called into existence in connection with the training school, and are situated in about a dozen widely distant parts of London. A living model class has been arranged for artists and advanced students, which is a most valuable addition to the training school. The time of study is from seven to nine every evening, and the terms are at the reasonable sum of L 3 for each session. Artizans will also have a class in which they are to be taught elementary drawing, geometry, perspective, mechanical and architectural drawing, at the low charge of lOs per session for three evenings in the week, and for five evenings in the week the charge will be 15s. per session. Lectures on anatomy, as far as is required by art, and on botany, are already announced, and it is stated that lectures will be occasionally delivered. The year will conclude with an examination for medals and other prizes in all the schools. The arrangements throughout the schools are in finitely more complete than this country could ever boast of before, and all we can say is, that if the rising generation do not take a position in art on an equality with other nations artistic eminence is not to be fostered and en couraged, by the most ample appliances that can be brought together for art instruction. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS (Ireland). The report of Mr. Donnelly, the Registrar. General, to he Lord Lieutenant has just been published. It is dated the 28th of last month. Mr. Donnelly says :—" The statis- tical abstracts have:been, as in former years, compiled from returns obtained by members of the constabulary and metropolitan police, who, to the number of nearly 4,000, were selected to act as enumerators. They have per formed this duty in their usual effectual manner. Iu the course of revision some change may be made in the figures now published, but I &Ina apprehend that alterations of any consequence will be necessary. The enumeration which extends over about 606,000 distinct holdings-com menced this year on the 2d June, and terminated in the middle of July. There would appear to be a decrease of 91,555 acres in the extent under wheat this year, compared with 1562; of 23,542 in that under oats, 21,064 in barley, 3,504 in bere and rye, and of 54 acres in beans and peas making a total decrease in the acreage under cereals of 144,719 acres, or 5.7 acres in every 100. The extent under potatoes has increased by 5,514 acres, cabbage by 3,455 acres, and carrots, parsnips, and other green crops by 4,940 acres ; while turnips show a decrease of 25,355 acres; mangel wurael and beet root of 6,760, and vetches and rape of 1,152 acres; making a net decrease of 19,353 acres under green crops in 1863, compared with the previous year. The de crease in the extent of land under crops this year compared with 1862, is 92,431 acres, cereal and green crops having diminished by 164,077 acres-and meadow and flax in creased by 71,616 -flax alone to the extent of 63,922 acres. The total are under flax this year amounts to 213,922 acres, , which exceeds by 39,413 acres the greatest extent sown in any year since these statistics commenced, in 1847. The fluctuations between 1862 and 1863 in the acreage under crops, grass, fallow, woods and plantations, and bog and waste unoccupied, are exhibited by provinces in the succeeding table, by which there would appear to be a decrease of land under crops in every province. Grass lands have increased in Ulster and Connaught by 25,260 acres; and decreased in Leinster and Munster by 7,537 acres, leaving a net increase of 17,723 acres. Falnlodwchons a increased in 'the provinces of Minister, Ulster, by 3 2 naught by 1,675 acres ; and decr eased in Leinster ,38 - acres . Woods and plantations are returned ashavingde. creased in Leinster by 1 ,7 43 acr es, and increased in the other provinces to the amount of 3,158 acres; and the bog and waste unoccupied would appear to 74,856 acres. As compared with 1855 there is an increase of 22,892 hoesee, a decrea se of 426,125 cattle, a de crease of 298,411 sheep, and a decrease of 112,803 pigs. As compared with 1 , 862 there is a d ecrease of 116,615 cattle , a decrease of 152,201 sheep, and a de crease of 89,522 pigs. It is satisfactory, however, to notice an increase in Ireland of 12,771 cattle, under the head of one year old and under two years, and of 19,143 under one year. The value of live stock is calculated according to the rates assumed by the Census Commissioners of 1311, viz. :-For cattle, £6 10s ; sheep, 22s ; and pigs, 25s horses, £3 each ; each. In this way the horses are estimated to be worth £4,633,432, an increase of £183,136 upon the value in 1855, and a decrease of £189,720 upon that of 1862; cattle, £20,398,7881 a decrease of £2,769,812 upon 1855; and of £757,977 upon 1862 ; sheep, £3,634,324, a decrease of £328,252 upon 1855 ; and of £167,421 upon 1862 ; pigs, £1,331,002, a decrease of £141,004 upon 1855, and of £111,903 upon 1862 ; total live stock, £29,997,546, a de crease of £3,055,932 upon 1855, and of £1,227,041 upon 1862. The returns of tillage and live stock from which the general abstracts have been compiled are derived from in formation given voluntarily to the enumerators by the owners and occupiers of land throughout the country; and I bog to state that the particulars required have been most readily afforded in the present year. This year the names of only four persons were reported to me by the enumerators as having declined to furnish them with the requisite particu lars respecting the tillage and stock on their farms-a cir cumstance which is highly creditable to the farming classes in this country. The increase in the " Bog and Waste Unoccupied" is owing to the withdrawal of live stock from the mountain and boggy pastures, consequent upon the decrease in stock caused by the four last unfavour able years ; but it may be reasonably assumed that, with a continuance of genial seasons, the tracts of mountain and boggy pastures which, from the causes mentioned, are not this year occupied by cattle, will ere long resume their former position, and contribute to the agricultural wealth of the country. The average produce of the crops cannot be satisfactorily ascertained until after the general harvest has been gathered in ; but from inquiries which I have made in many well-informed quarters, as well as from the very favourable accounts given by the provincial press in all parts of the country, it may be fairly estimated that the yield of the cereal crops in particular this year will prove above the average which has been known for many seasons in Ireland ; and although there is a falling oil in the total acreage, 3 1 4 it is confidently expected that it will be compensated bi):: of abundant produce of almost all crops-the total vai,ia which, it has been computed, will in 1863 e xceed n t i a t p _ the crops of last year by several millions sterliinug, th:la alone proximate to that of some of our best years. 0 larger acre the increase in value over 1862, cawed be i r ,a t n b dant yield and age of 63,922 acres, combined with 6 being 62 an in ihe , sci a ,so t t; £1,000 ; 0(10 superior superior quality, will, it is expected daring the first sever! The number of persons who emiter c 3 4 c o months of the year 1862 amourntthe number who left the r crease of 34,607 persons ov o e n ~..n. period of Icountry during the corresproniwue i Ireland since the 1 f entire number of emigranta _ s. May, I 1851, when their enunieratwu commenced, amounts to 1,378,333. ___---------7-7.e. r THE 0 TWARD CAPE MAILS. - - - PLTMOUTH, Oct. ma il steamship Briton lqt Plymouth thi s evening 6.—The... ggen m and the Cape mai • gers mails, containing 20 sacks lately: . with s°„i;olge papers, and 12 sack s books' MANcrrEsTEn, Oct. 6.—A q . 'rater feeling Liverpool market. with ''.the - .q, has a perceptible influence on the yarn and cloth mar ket. In yarns we have had a very quiet day, and sellers report that there has been no business doing whatever. Some inquiry has been made for cops, with a view of testing prices, but there is no change in quotations. The heavy contracts held by spinners cause them to be somewhat indifferent about any orders offered at less than the rates of last week. nevertheless, it is thought that were offers made for large quantities slight concessions might be made. For cloth there has been a fair inquiry since this day week, especially for India goods, and buyers in some cases seem to have made up their minds to pay, to some extent, the prices which are asked by sellers. The impression in the market seems to bo that the war, with scarcity of cotton, is likely to continue for an indefinite per;od, and that this being the case, prices are likely to rule high. The question as to how high they may safely go is ono which cm only be solved by a correct estimate of the point at which linen, woollen, and other fabrics come into active competition. A g ood business is said to be large s till doing by the la e home o stocksm e trade i n h e o o u n s s e e s q , a w en h e o e ar o e f understood to be bar e 0 absorpti on o f goo d s by re the large general mil e rs and coosumers. Still, though the inquiry has been brisk in t he Manchester cloth-market, the business cannot be said to it w e h e a k s . b t r h a t r h e e g r a l r e a s s t t o h an prices, as far as there has i been any change to -da y it has b een in favour of buyers, but still it has not t h o posheen s t e ci s ent to cause: There has any anxiety among sellers been no quotable reduction. There are , teiegrams from India to hand, and one from Calcutta to the 16th of September reports yarns ld. per lb. higher, and 81-lb. shirting-cloths 9d. per piece dearer. There have been some other reports of telegra ms of a conflicting nature, but they are not generally believed in, and consequently have not influenced the market. The transfer of the business of the old bank of Messrs. Loyd, Entwistle, and Co. to the District Bank is still a topic of much interest in. commercial circles, as might be expected from the high repute in which it has stood with the trading community of this district for so many years. The consideration to be given by the District Bank is reported to be £250,000, which is to be raised in new shares, for authority to create which notice has already been given of an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders on the 21st inst. It is understood that after the amalgamation three of the four part ners in the present firm of Loyd and Co. will con tinue to take an interest in the affairs of the joint concern, and that one of them, Mr. Bury, will take a seat in the direction. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of the cloth-market :—" To-day there has been a fair inquiry for all kinds of goods, espe cially those adapted for India, but the actual busi ness done has been of limited extent. We do not alter our quotations, though the tendency has been, if anything, slightly in favour of buyers. The India telegrams received to-day arrived too late to influence our market." LEEDS, 6th.—There has been rather a quiet order of things in the cloth-halls this morning. A few parcels of ordinary cloths were made up, and a mo derate business was done in tweeds, mantles, and shirtings, but very little in witness, pilots, or other heavy goods. The winter trade, so far as manufac turers are concerned, may be considered nearly over, though the purchase of heavy goods may continue in dribblets for some time longer. As yet it is too early to do much in goods for the spring trade, but manufacturers are turning their attention to such fabrics as will be suitable for that season of the year. The business of the past month—nay, of all the pre ceding part of the year—has been prosperous, not only in the woollen trade of this town and district, but also in the flax, the iron, and the other staple trades, and the prospect for the close is altogether cheerful. NOTTINGHAM, Gth.—There was again only a limited attendance at this Exchange-hall to-day, and a corresponding amount of business was trans• acted, both lace and hosiery yarns being quoted at about late prices. Very little passed in silks. Brown nets a dull sale. ROCHDALE, 6th.—At to-day's market the atten- dance has been less than usual, but still business was done to an average extent, and a fair share of animation seems to prevail throughout the trade. The quantity of goods sold, and especially of bright starlets, shows that the absence of some familiar faces to-day was not a consequence of depression in this department. Starlets are now so much in re quest that many orders are now given out in antici pation of the customary markets. The warehouse trade in all qualities has been rather flat since our last report, but by no means at a standstill. For Yorkshire goods there i s not a spirited inquiry, and orders are executed rather to meet instant require ments than with a view to meeting future demands. Prices too have a restrictive effect, wool having r eached such an excessive price that mill operations are inevitably curtailed. There are but small deal ings at present in the raw material. TILE LATE BARON STOCKMAR, Stockmar was Prince Albert's plenipotentiary in signing the marriage contract, and he remained the intimate friend of the young couple. The first years after the marriage were to him rich in experiences about the internal working of a constitutional Government. His life became so arranged that he spent the autumn and spring of nearly every year in England. He resided at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle in an independent position as a dear and honoured friend and guest. When the Prince wished to rest after the day's business, he found relief in Stockmar's apartments. The royal children regarded him as a kind " graiadpapa," whom they were fond of visiting, and bhe " baron" was the general refuge of all those who had a complaint or a desire at Court. The guest continued his simple dietetic mode of life even in the palace. For although the ageing man retained his freshness of mind and cheerfulness of temper in his intercourse with others, he had regarded his body for a long time past with growing doubts, and was in heart inclined to treat himself as a dangerous patient. Thus it often happened that he did not pay due attention to the established rules of the most punctual of all Courts, would keep the Queen and her husband waiting, or walk in and take his seat imperturbably in the middle of dinner. And when spring ended the old friend disappeared all at ono, for ho could not endure leave-taking; the Royal children ono morning found his rooms empty, and wrote repeated letters to Coburg, full of complaints about his faithlossnestiess, and hearty reproaches. And in summer earnest entreaties this were recommended that he would speedily return. I,„ to way his long visits to England were repeated from "' I , B ged 1857. The last work in which ho was prourinently trown was the marriage of Princess Victoria with tli.,, o wing .0 i i f e y Prince of Prussia. During the last years of lo his mind him induced Family, or to his increasing weakness, he could not mit a ° aka several visits to accept the invitations of the English e ß n ° 7 o . st° o Pr ne palace, but more make so long a voyage. The wish to b house; to ! j i n g in Coburg, the the Prince Consort and the Queen grey-haired friend. The to Germany. When they were to whom this hearty re old gentleman might venture a visittbita at his own generally the Royal guests waitedtin °P d the delicate attentions- ri g into a quiet house in a tha:llestirnable Persons, and daily they might be seen g e °_, l iva s _!_ i experience of a firm and in side street, in order to visit . calm self-respect of the indivtaaid, I to ' the fullest spect of a Royal family II that lay of his guests, wer e w t i h at e : gf a oc t ol u d t extent. Every whose timate connection visitors value the Royal thing whether gre a the sketch plan on their minds, the ' . 'es tol d of the Prince Consort's cares of polio , he edueation of the children , model farm, t— and the minor of the day, were laid joys and sorrowsfamily, in the • e by the Queen, her husband, a nd faithful heart cf the wise old did nothold back man' who "oils warnin sen Bible advice, warm adhe sion, or se r i o us g. -- -Behtley' s _Miscellany. THE GREAT SHIP COMPANY.—Another meeting of the Lancashire shareholders in the Great Ship Company was held in Manchester yesterday, when the re port of the Committee appointed a few days ago was read and adopted. The committee "have come to the conclusicn that the s a f est course for the principal proprietors, and t h e only way in which they can prevent the utter sacrifice of their Property will be to exchange places with Mr. Parry and the other creditors, and by purchasing their claims to succeed to their right over the vessel." The meeting re ved "that an association he formed forthwith among the shareholders, for an invostigation which will enable them to form ajudgment of the true value of their property, and for carrying out the scheme suggested by the committee in their report." MELANCHOLY FAMILY COINCIDENCES.— The death of Major M'Cook furnishes some melancholycoin th ci - e M deuce:, in the history of his family in oonnecti on With sen t battle s youngest son, Charles, was kill ed at th is e n 8 battle of Bull Rain, on the 21st day of July , gay of Colonel Robert M'Cook, was killed on the 1862 ; and the father himself was ki lled on the 21st day of July 3 1663.—Cincinniii,Nrdifiren 2lst day of July, NEW NOVEL BY MISS KA.VANAGII. Just ready, in 3 vols., QUEEN MA B. By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of " Nathalie," "Adele," .te. Hurst and Blae‘ett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street.