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'erect the and 'whi' t dew. The will be 001. We of shsequent Mil% 3t on the Le =dor • 310 n, V03:6 orn di/1" I afforded All DJ re it guile it front ings Were an earth' Ilackenedt ititance of yea of th 6 one, odies and following diour u4 sa l e St I 3r ondet , vs lue ; per 365 t., 24s t 1 39'5' ;aline 00 gib at &s il o' e per ma ltuiP !d oaf* , Best i stone. quill 0 , ov o lera ,Plif e uers' 41lh 00,ti1 a at 384 O°,,P" 446 to is 30 to 9tp6l his , ta i esti" steadstead ; s t; ; see, 2 4 ; tO S tO tom 5111 p ll ' TIEAR, DOCTOR , what do you advise I A-P, advise Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwards to "ANS', Covent-zarden, hear some charming singing order 90e of their c an it al chops and magnificent potatoes, and that the best advice I can give you. RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY T. COGNAC, BRANDY. Thi s celebrated Old IRISII WHISKY rivals the finest PRRNOR BRANDY, It i j Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious and very Wholesome. atSold in Bottle 3, 3s. Bd., at the R e t a il H ouses in London ; b y e A gents in the principal towns an England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, IV. "_ Ob serve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded ahan's LL Whi s k y ' ..........__ CONNECIING SHIP OWNERS (Limited). wh Into (Limited). d under the J o i n t-S toc k Companies ' Act, 1802, ereby the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital .£1,000,0003 in 50,x00 shares of £2O each. Deposit £1 per share on application, and £1 on allotment. 8011 P Certifica.es. which can be converted into Registered Shares, at the option of tee holder, will be issued imme diately after allotment . These certificates will be capable of transfer, by delivering from hand to hand, Without any necessity for registration. DIRECTORS. E. Lloyd Bag Rear-dmi ra sha ul C w, Es rrie, , Bath. Bletchingley, Surrey, Chai rman. q Britt,n, Esq., Director of the Bank of W a l es, Basing,hall street, and 3o and 31, London-wall. G. Howard Fenwick, Esq., C E., late Resident Engineer _Madras Railway, Oatlands Park, W e ybrid ge. The W. Harris Esq. , Merchant, 5, Nich o l as -l ane. Hon. Augu .tus Jocelyn, late Chairman Dundalk Steam Packet Company. Col. Wil liam R. Nedham, Royal Horse Artillery, Ramsgate. George Pearce Pocock, Esq., Director of the Crystal Palace Gas Company. George Seammell, Esq , Director of the Submarine Telegraph Company. BANKERS, Union Bank of Lond on, 2, Princes-street, and Branches. CONSUL J . ENGINEERS. Xdwin Clark, Esq., and .C. Gunn, Esq., 24, Great George , street, Westminster. SOLICITORS. Me ors. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Reeves. BROKERS. Messrs. Castello Brothers, Throgrmorton-street. AUDITORS. Messrs. Alison and Waddell, Public Accountants, 14, Walbrook. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Horace Fenwick, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 61, Cornhill—Entrance, 126, Bishopegate-street. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. 24 4 _ 1131 8 Company is established to own and work Connecting Steam Ships. Which noting Steam Ships are designed on a new system, - ",.. 4 a consists in constructing steamers in several distinct draught, for carrying large cargoes on very light bj u gilt, with great economy of power, the compartments ~ng all of one gauge, admit of immediate disconnection ti,72 11 and re -connection to each other; and of the transfer of Ci ' ecnapartment coat tg the engine, officers and crew, M one set of cargo compartments to another, so that it can vvit,ept in Oonstanerunning employmPnt, while the compara tLeLY inexpensive cargo compartments are detained during ~.:,-it loading., unloading, or sale of their cargoes. By this rag, one engine prime crew will perform the work of tee steamers of the ary construction, and realise pro- It la intended to commence business by running one _ artier compartment, and three sets of Carzo Compart pnents, which will be sufficient to deliver 10,000 tons of coal ,17 London per month, and to demonstrate the enormous ad br, t ages to be gained by the system before proceeding to Sumer,lclth proposed fleet, which will consist of Eighteen Screw .. Compartments, and one hundred and ninety-eight :2.l;ar;.y,e, Compartments, and will deliver over one million of 0 8 of coal to London, and over three hundred thousand '' nB In Paris, annually. 4,Estimates of the cost of the proposed fleet, and details of she annual expenditure and receipts have been prepared, l aving the large profit of more than 20 per cent., after ti 'lung ample provision for insurance, depreciation, and con ng'encies. .._ 4 - arnall "Connecting Steamer," named the Connector, has ...Jo.een built as a practical mode', and has made frequent voy gi:pea, having ru ration 4,000 miles at sea, in all weathers, so l d a demons of the nautical qualities of connecting litabl be?:yhoeawsnbeen given, sufficient to place their sea-worthiness has E ft h d all doubt, while the absolute experience of some years detentionrn that even the ordinary screw colliers can be pro p their the carrying of coal, notwithstanding the _,_ of engines and crews during loading, dis .u.arge of cargo, repairs, &o and , •Khe Connector is at present in the Thames, where s' , e will daily demonstrate the mode of connecting and disconnecting, which is the peculiarity of the system. a trAu prospectus with plans and drawings of vessels con the on this s i t plans as also detailed estimates showing the probable profits together with forms of application for shares can be obtained,oor will be sent post free, on applica tion at the fi ei,u rnhill, entrance, Bishopsg - ate-street. FO" No. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Connecting Shipowners (Limited). Having paid a deposit of L 1 per share, I request you to allot to me shares of £2O each in the Connecting Shipowners (Limited); and I hereby agree to become a share holder in that Company, subject to its rules and regulations, and to accept such shares or any less number that may be allotted to me. Name in full Address in full Profession, Addition, or Occupation Date Usual 5ignature............................... .• • • •• •• TIRE NATAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the "Companies' Act, 1862." Capital £500,009, in 10,000 shares of L5O each. Of wi,. ,_ First issue, 5,000 shares, Bub Posit b e " -l eu upwards of one-half are already subscribed for. £1 per share on application, and LI on allotment. Butlfent calls not to exceed £.5 per share, and at intervals It i of not less than thr ee mon th s. -8 not proposed to call up more than £lO per share. W. ,i DIRECTORS. w . Adams, Esq. (Messrs. W. J. and A. W. Adams, late C. Geo . I.' - dains), St. Benet's-place,.Gracechurch-street. R fLathom Browne, Esq., Director Cape Town Dock and J. A i iwa7 Company, Gresham House, Old Broad-street. ._ Pi a - f r , „Esq , Director London, Buenos Ayres, and River 11..11 ritius .11.fe "` .auk, 7, Bishopsgate-street Within. ..litti-Colonel G H. Money, Director Credit Fonder of , 9, Berkeley-street,. Berkeley-square. I n i vv ir • Mith, Bart., Carlton Club, and Eardiston, Worcester s, e. Spe ll, E5 q , .,,,, (Messrs. E. Snell and Co.), D'Urban, Natal. I- —' -r-4( 1., Director of the London Bank of Scotland, tr iov.lnbard-sfreet. F: %,,....BOratt, Esq., Walbrook-buildings, Walbrook. D, wrleter' Tii,,',..,' A°llB , Esq. (Messrs. F. Symons and Co.), 64, Lower ‘I R . -- ,,, - _es-stre et. St 1 uornson, jun. Esq. (Messrs. J. R. Thomson and Co.), s - chambe'rs Cornl.lll. Can -B°3 ' EN (31 . s Wi SOD, Worcester, and Co.), 79, (Messrs. . -40 n-street; Lona BANKERS. -‘-'oll—The Aora and Masterman's Bank, Limited, h a Nicholas -lane, Lombard-street. 4E4l—Loudon and South African Bank. FINANCIAL AGENTS. T he Credit Mobilier, Limited, SO, Lombard-street. SOLICTORS. M essrs. Newbon, Evans, l and Co., Nicholas-lane. Mire. Phillips and Son. Abchurch-lane. Item BROKERS. jl3. Pleld, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-conrt, Throg- Alesg r ton-street B. Spencer and Norton, 22, Throgmorton-street. AUDITORS. James Maurice Esq., 24, Old Jewry. G orge li . Pering, Esq., 26, Sussex-square, Hyde-park. SECRETARY. C. Grabham, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 18 , King's Arms-yard, Moorgate- street. 11? li g 8 "top y is established for the purpose of assisting in i th: Pt e i' 3 , l3 ro a e n nt rheresources of the colony safe matealdftunmd or th ri e ifriu possessions adjaceht, by aff o c a r er d e in: a nd t securi !les ; v,,aVestment of capital in mor e t_ , the inZe rapidly augmenting prcsp demandc o co lony and for adratreasing value of land creating ri a t c y on o s f ta t n h t e Th e e ie l , Which this Company proposes 1. T he aainess of the Company ill comprisetosup_ply. ante or deposits in ,„ lending and investment w in the colony,. at colonial thi e - ,! 3 ', of money obtained upon debentures opera tiable 2. "try. of lands, as lay ° "e acquisition, development, and re : opportunities offer, and affordin sa g .e assistance to 3 : or occupiers for substantial improvements. op e "'he Promotion of public works, and conducting financial .ratins generally. .. I . _ The transaction of all kinds of agency business, and the 4rMernent of esta , es for absentees and others. '_a not of to call up more than £lO per share; the . - ..nts of the Company will be mainly derived from the use of T he obtained in this country by the issue of debentures. ce 7 l l , ra i te of interest in the colony ranges from 10 to 12 per Ployed,eelquivgaleanal:Fiet margin of profit on the capitalem self to a good dividend on the paid-up capital inde_pendent f o which, however, a ivances will be blade on conditions which will secure other advantages to the C'ompany. aAuys,sauToreurasUommytliheere is a wide field for the Colll - prices of Sha s res in exis followingoista‘emrt of the 301 Cape of Good Hope will show the profitable i tTa u t t al or thebusiness : a t eof this Name of Company. P aid uP. Selling prices. Board of Executors .......... £2OO 0 0 .. £350 0 0 Association for Administering Estates ................... . 187 10 0 . :173 0 o General Estate, &c .......... 200 0 0 ... 252 0 0 Port Elizabeth Guardian and _Trust ..................... 1100 .. 31 5 0 Natal Assurance and' Trust Company .................. , The Directors are sati s fi ed that from the above sources a large return on the paid-up capital of the Company is to be merived, free from any e ement of speculat'on. she progress of the colony during the last ten years has en r emarkable, and there is every reason to anticipate even 11 in ore rapid advancement in fu , ure. The following statistics 4 14 show how greatly the resources of the co' ony have in 'Med during the period referred to 1853. 1863. AN kv er °t Land in Cultivation 3,315 acres. 53,619 acres. Co t i`ge value of Land in bur n ,"7 • of Pietermaritz ° ................... . 4s. to ss. per 30s. to 355. per acre. acre. 41 Irb an s h oe Horned Cattle rp„,_7 pin Colony —•- ,eOl,, Value of Exports.... £36,792n 188,33 e head. x 4 1 9 6 9 i 1 ,0 6 ) 5 0 head. 465,90 p,„‘a. value of Imports.... 98, 830 —genii° .......... bee n the last two or years large tracts of laud have i succ l e a s te s whi,,,!)tanted with sugar, coffee, cotton &e, and the Th e -,,._' has attended these plantations cannot fail to st mu pefowth of these products throughout the colony. at t;,'!-(!)krticles and Memorandum of Association may be seen 14; 1 0 ' .. nices of the C. inpany. obratMcluses and Forms of Application for Shares may be Comp any from the Secretary, Solicitors, or Brokers of the NAT— -L To APP LIC INVESATION FOR SHARES. TMENT COMPANY (Limited). th r% -e — irectors of the Natal Investment Company (Limited). un_. Gentlemen .ter e 7„,ing Paid to your Bankers the sum of £ , I vrticles of ti anl LJ, request you to al of me Shares in the above nr " Cor aPany, and I agree to accept that number of Shares, 4 anY less number that you may allot me, subject to the rilember Association • and I hereby agree to become a tof the Company and authorise you to enter my st, ra t e upon the Register 'of Members of the Company in re - '''' 01 the Shares which may be so allotted to me. Name in full .................. Address in full .................. Profession or description ...... . Date .............. . ... 1864 ...... . ."-------___ (A) Signature ... _ rart --11:- RE NATAL INVESTMENT COMPANY AOTIC (Limited). E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LIST of F-41-ILICA.TIONS for SHARES in this Company Will be iIt?SED on TUESDAY, the 9th instant, at 4 o'clock, for C ut ion; and on WEDNESDAY, the 10th instant, for the ollatz7. C. GRAMIAN, Secretary. 18, g's Arms-yard, moorgate-street, Auguat 6, WA Now ready, Cheap Edition, price 25., complete, T R ONGH A ND S A Tale of Mexican Life and Adventure. By G. AIMAIRD London : Ward and Lock, 15S, Fleet-street. This Day, Dedicated to Madame Celeste, price 25., THE WOMAN IN RED. Also, uniform wish the above, price 2s. each, BEL DEMONIO. I THE DUKE'S MOTTO. LEAH, THE JEWISH MAIDEN. N.B.—The popular Dramas are founded upon these Novels. London: Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. This Day, never before Published, price is., complete, THE WOMAN OF MYSTERY, Also, uniform with the above, price is. each, MAKE YOUR GAME. 1 SHIP CHANDLER. ACCEPTED ADDRESSES. COMIC GRAMMAR. CAPTAIN SLYBOOTS. LADY LORME. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. LAST NIGHT BUT THREE. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street. Charing-cross, EVERY EVENINI+, at eight (except Saturday). Stalls, and box stalls, 38. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from eleven to five. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new ANGLO EGYPTIAN ENTERTAINMENT, THE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial séance, by William Brougn, Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed ; and THE SEA SIDE, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN, by Mr. John Parry. Every evening (except Saturday), at 8 ; Thursday and Saturday , mornings, at 3.—ROYAL GALLERY of IL LUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, is., 2s;; stalls, 35.; stall (spring) chairs, 55., can be secured in ad vance at the Gallery without fee. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, London. GRAND OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. Also, the New and successful Illusion, entitled THE TERCENTENARY; or, a NIGHT WITH SHAKSPERE. Operatic Selections, Glees, &c., by the whole of the talented Artistes. Comedy by Mr. Arthur Lloyd, with his new song of "The Organ Grinder, a decided hit; Mr. W. Randall ; Miss Nelly Power, and those marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. TALLIOTT and BURNELLI (from the Principal Cirque, Madrid). Open every Evening. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. During this week will be performed, Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE TRO VATORE ; FAUST, by C. H. Guonod ; UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, and LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, by Verdi ; and THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, by Sir H. Bishop. Principal Artistes :—Misses Russell, Tyrrell, IV almsley, Fitz-Henry. and Barrie; Messrs. Marini, Hush, Green, Marcell°, and Albert. Director. Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy by Mr. T. Maolagan, W. Randall, Mdlle. Cavalho, Miss Nel ly Yowor, and UNSWO.IITH and EUG'EAT.E, This Evening. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, 1s: ANTHROPOGLOSSOS.—ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly.—Great Success !—Extraordinary Excitement. The ANTHROPOGLOSSOS, Automaton Vocalist, Wonder of the World. [Registered according to Acts 1843 and 1850, 6 and 7 Via., C, 65, 13 and 14 Vie., c. and copyright secured ant entered at Stationer's Han] OPEN DAILY, from 12 till 10 o'clock. The Exhibitiona take place at the cornmer cement of each hour, viz., 12, 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7. 8, and 9 o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. Tickets at Mr. Austin's office, St. James's Hull, 2 , 3, Picca dilly, W. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of DR. COUTY DE LA POMMERAI, the Poisoner, taken from the original photograph, by Mons. Trinquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, Is. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. NEW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for many purposes. To be had of all shops in town or country. Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. FOUR PENNY PACKETS of HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER nd half a pound of Soap will wash fifty counterpanes in six ours, and sheets, shirts, table linen, &c., in half the usu4l time.—See Mrs. Goulder's Report, Chelsea, Laundry, S.W. Sold by grocers and druggists. Works, Bromley-by-Bow, London, E. MESSRS. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., beg respectfully to inform their patrona that in conse quence of the approaching termination of the season, and the arrangements they have made for the early receipt of their Autumn novelties, they have determined to offer the Summer portion of their valuable stock at a very great diminution in price. With this intention, they have carefully revised the goods in the various departments specially to effect such a reduction, and offer them for save this day (July Ist) throughout the month and during August. Messrs. Howell, James, and Co., respectfully solicit an early inspection. 5,7, 9, Regent-street, Pall Mall. TE ET H. IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTlSTRY.—Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the production of ARTIFICIAL TEETH. upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by consulting Mr. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury. whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so perfectly efficient. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of anew and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant 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. ftALOG Y is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149. Strand W.C. Second Edition, Corrected and Revised, post free 7d., in cloth 13d., THE TEETH ; a Practical Treatise , with the best means of restoring them when defective or lost. By A. ESKELL, Esq., Surgeon-Dentist, 8, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. " It really contains all that is necessary relative to the good keepingof t he mou h and teeth, and deserves the serious consideration of all who adequately regard their health, comfort, and appearance."—The Sun, May 4, 1861. "We can commend this little brochure on a subject upon which everybody takes an interost."—Medical Circular, June 5, 1861. " We can recommend its perusal to those who wish to pro serve their teeth, and to those who know the value of them." —Daily News, June 20, 1861. London : Clements, Little Pulteney-street NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most usef ol invention of the day, A GUA AMARELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumors to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea p e r bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61 Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. IMPORTANT INFORMATION. DR. ROBERTS' POOR MAN'S FRIEND is confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail ing remedy for wounds of every description, burns, scalds, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, sore and inflamed eyes, &a. Sold in pots. is. lid., 25. 9d„ 1 I s., and 225. each. Also his PILUL/E ANTISCROPIIUL/E , confirmed by sixty years' experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever offered to the public. They form a mild and superior Family Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confine ment or change of diet. Sold in boxes, is. lid., 25. 9d., 4s. 6d., lis., and 225. each. Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, Bridport, by the London houses, and retail by all rem:CW:4e 1 U 0 4049 Tendas in the Vatted liingdOm gula Cylvnlyth No. 22,503. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., N 0 T DE AD YE T. By J. C. JEAMESON, Author of " Live it Down," ete. "Mr. Jeaffreson's present novel is in every respect satis factory. We h ,, vo read it through with interest, and can re commend it to our readers. It is a pleasant, healthy book.' —Athenaeum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. -TOO STRANGE NOT TO BE TRUE.—I ady GEORGIANA FULLERTON'S New Novel, is NOW READY at all Libraries, iu 3 vols., post Bvo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS. In Monthly Parts, unitorm with the Original Edi ions of "Pickwick," "David Copperfield," .c•c. Now ready, Part IV., price le., of • OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, VV By CHARLES DICKENS. To be completed in Twenty Monthly Parts. With Illustrations by MARCUS STONE. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. NEWSPAPER aleS.: , ,Ars ~_„ kir 64 A457 4 1i5`,' ' Li : 7 , Fa ux- .—. • • • _ . J r V? 11 te " b • 10 --.4 •1 ....,.. . , r.4.k */ , _ _ , ',-* ' C " " fl: s%trigia,4‘...::-z;' —iv r. - ...- 4, ' , I*, , _ .-‘4.- . . 'AAP. • Ai d , . ' 44 ifflt,,,it, •-•:-., '.-t' t , , ..'t . t (:.; 1".. ,.. : --- coil an inort,Latqll ~..., foi _ ..,,,„:: p. .-4 ;,i, , AT- 1;; :, - . ~:, ,? . • 4 ;;,,, , •• ..,,,t” ‘. /-, On, • 1 / 4 ," Atyk f •';,k, ' ( ''''.. ' '` '''..-±s.. !':_tlf -,.. ".,' . :::" • tt I em' p-. 4 ,ix-',.. z•it ap.. ' *.-•• !• , ~, .....• •, ..:',. ' ' l. - ' 5 ~ „ ..,:11_ .... t A5ir .,,:,,,..„.. - )" ,-,-,..t f ,, _ EI , o rt ..,, , ,„ s - 7 / ..7...Frip.=. -- i .i, , .. , •10 At . "'" . 4 .. 54. ' ' 4 "q 1 t , ... - , ',147, -,- ,? ...t., •. , L .4 * , t . t l ' 1 1 3., '''''''',: 44' - - 4. e '''''‘ ' G ;t ej "..,. i : V • ~ q• ~ ,4 , 4 , p: , ';,. •, A . iN,,.. y. ~ , l' , , t Pr . I, ..3 , VJfe. OP - . x k '. ~,...,,,.... + l4 ! s' '''''' '''''' .. " 7: ' '''' ..... c,,,... with a revenue of £2,100,000. It reach even that, for one of the many which the country has to struggle is emigration, which year by y ear emp ti es t h e i s l an d s their most energetic child ren , en d w hi c h any heavy taxation would be certain to increase. Oat of this sum she will have to pay the interest on a debt of £10,000,000, leaving her less than £1,300,000 foe court, army, navy, ceionies, ard in ternal administration. We may imagine in these days of ironclads the sort of fleet she would be able to maintain out of the balance remaining. But Denmark, argue the men, who in weariness of the temporary paralysis of Great Britain are think leg that they approve of Mr. Cobden's opinioto, may live without fleet and army. She may, but it will be a life without a future, for she is not, be it remembered, under the European geareutee. In deed if she ware it wou ld be worthlees, for the Five Powers were s)iemnly pledqect. to maintain the in tegrity arid independence ef D.-nniar:T, end broke the pledge because it was inconvenient. Tee Ger man stream flows ceaselessly into Jutland, the traders in Zealand are German, the Court is purely German, and once the Duchies ere gone the rest of the monarchy can be absorbed whenever a Prus sian Premier desires to stave off an unpleasant in• ternel reform. Sestitzn . iand exists with a separate life without either fleet or army, but that there even steel boils "at a pound a piece" are wasted on mountain sides. Denmark may avoid incessant compulsion by entering the Confederation, but then she becomes a Scandinavian province ; or by accepting a Russian Protectorate, but then she becomes a Russian satrapy—in any case, even the mos g av ouraele, " ther e i s an en d of an auld sa ng ," as good L or d B elhaven said, Denmark as a member of th e European family is dead, and the only subject for speculation is the manner and time of her burial. In other words, England rather than risk her commercial prosperity, or risk a cessation of harmony between the st a Court people, has su ff ere d a f ree Pro n m a r a i n t i d m t e h e Stateto be s wept from the map by a great despotic semi -C a th olic Power. Tt.ere t e are but two more such States i n the world, Rola land and Sweden, and either may new be attacked on the same pretexts, and with the same certainty of success. That policy may be wise, it is w aste o f time to argue in England wh en all the political leaders are on one side, but at least let us acknow ledge to ourselves and the world its visible results. THE " EXAMINER" ON A QUESTIONABLE CON-, VICTION.—We have always contended for the severe punishment of outrages against women, but in pro portion of the severity of punishment should be the care and circumspection in coming to the con clusion of guilt. The charge of Miss Moody is fresh in public recollection. She accused a middle-aged man, named Nash, of having indecently assaulted her in a carriage of the South... Western Company, and she risked her life to escape from the man's advances, real or imagined, for she got out upon the ledge which runs along the side of the train, and would probably have fallen and been killed but for the brave exertions of a passenger, Mr. Stokes, of Coventry street, who supported her when she had lost the power of making any effort for her self-preservation. A woman would never have put herself in this terrible position of peril without cause, real or fan c if u l , and there could not be a doubt about Miss Moody's impression that she was in danger of insult or worse; but the question was whether that impression was warranted by facts, or whether it was merely fanciful. The affair hap pened in the middle of the day in a train stopping frequently. The circumstances of alarm are thus stated by the prosecutrix:— " The defendant then questioned her as to how old she was, but she did not answer the inquiry. The defendant then laid himself full length on the seat opposite to her, and there remained staring her full in the face. The prose cutrix then stated that she began to feel nervous and rose from her seat to open the window of the carriage with a view to get out, the train at that moment having scarcely got into motion. The defendant said, "do not get out," and she closed the door and resumed her seat. The defendant wanted to close the window, but she objected, and stood up to prevent his doing so. While she was making the attempt to open the window she felt the defendant's band upon her shoulder. She moved, as if annoyed, and immediately after wards she felt his arm round her waist. She moved again, and he then put his arm quite round her waist, and then she felt her dress quietly raised in front. She then turned round, and, taking up her parasol and bag, opened the carriage door and got out upon the ledge that runs from one carriage to another. It is remarkable that in such a moment of terror Miss Moody thought more of her parasol and bag than of her own personal safety. She carefully secured those articles before she risked her life for her honour. The progress of nervous alarm is clearly traceable in the above evidence. Nash, probably a rude man, stared his fellow-passenger in the face, which made her feel nervous, and she rose to leave the carriage, which he, possibly repenting of his bad man ners, begged her not to do. There was next a little struggle about the window, and it is very conceivable that the man, seeing that she wanted the window open because of her fear of him, might have, prevented her opening it without any bad design, and merely not to let her have her way in her suspicions of him. As for laying the hand on the shoulder and the waist, there are classes with whom these acts are not considered as necessarily liberties, and though Miss Moody was not one of these free - and-easy classes the man Nash might be, she therefore may have thought much. of what he, of coarse habits, thought little. But the next is the material point. Miss Moody felt her dress quietly raised, but what was there to connect Nash with the motion of the dress? Absolutely nothing. Who travels by rail or omnibus without seeing crinolines lifted without hands ? It is a dress of self-exposure. Any unequal pressure deranges it, and in Miss Moody's struggle for the window she may un consciously have given the motion to her dress which the, with a foregone conclusion in mind, attributed to Nash. She was in the state of excitement in which there is little attention to cause and effect. For having put the'girl in that fright Nash deserved some punishment, but hardly the sentence dealt out to him, ruinous to a man in his condition. And. whatever view may be taken of the case, the verdict is absurd and unjust; for it convicts the man of a common assault, and not of the indecent attempt charged in the first count of the indictment. Now clearly if there was no in-. decent assault the man was guiltless altogether. There was indecent assault, or no assault whatever. To what insig nificance, indeed, is the case reduced if stripped of all the alleged circumstances of indecency. Let the crinoline be underanged, and the facts of the common assault would be laying a hand on the shoulder and waist—assaults com mitted in every ball-room, The acts were freedoms unper missible, undoubtedly, but the jury did not regard them as indecent liberties; and considered merely as freedoms, and vulgar freedoms, they did not amount to assault in any sense of the word. But for this Nash is sentenced to im prisonment with hard labour for nine months I If the man was guilty of the indecency charged, he deserved four times that measure of punishment; but if alr that part of the charge against him was false or fanciful, a ninth part of the punishment assigned would be sufficient for an offence more of bad manners than morals. The truth seems to be that the Court was perplexed, and made one of the bad compro mises frequent in doubtful cases. The jury could not find grounds for conviction on the serious charge, nor wore they disposed to acquit altogether; so, as they could not find indecency, they found assault in acts not of the character of assault rather than let the prisoner escape altogether. This is not justice, and we think the case deserves the at tention of the Home Office. `~~5:9 PR1CE.........4d. STAMPED ....sd. shoot, A large portion of the earth is carted to the river from the excavations now going on for the Finsbury extension of the Metropolitan Railway from Farringdon-street. The inner circle railway will be constructed on the inner side of the embank ment, and not within the embankment itself, which will have quite sufficient to carry the Lew Level Sewer and the subway. When completed, with the extension of New Earl-street, the Thames Em bankment will form a noble thoroughfare, not sur passed by any in Europe, having St. Paul's at one end and Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament at the other.—Observer. THE LONDON REVIEW ox MExtco.—The Emperor and Empress of Mexico have entered their capital, and have met with a right imperial welcome. Whatever may be the origin of the new throne, there seems every reason to believe that it offers to the country the prospect of a stable and regular Government. All classes of the people seem rally ing around it; and, although the authority of the new monarch is now actually established in large portions of his dominions, there is no doubt that he will be as readily welcomed there, as he has been elsewhere, as soon as the marauding bands of Juarez are di s persed. Such, indeed, is the confidence of the Emperor Maximilian and his Minis ters in their ability to accomplish the speedy pacification of the country, that ,the last of the French troops are on thek point of leaving. Under these circumstances nut ackno w ledgment of the new empire ought not to be long delay e d. We have none but the best wiehers for its prosperity ; s i nce anything which tends to develops the recourcea and in crease the commerce of Mexico must redound to our ad vantage. It has long been clear that the Mexicans were wholly unfit for republican institutions. We have acknow ledged President after President, only to see the conqueror of to-day become the conqueror of t o - morrow. Probably few of the military chiefe,who have successively seized the reigns of government durin g th e last few years, exercised anything like substantial authority over a more extensive tract of country than now owns the sway of the Em eror one Maximilian. There i s certainly no in • 13 arms against him w ith the slightest chance of success. THE HIGHEST 11101INTAIN IN BRITAIN.--A new measurement of Ben Maedhui and the other moun tains of the Cairngorm group, has just been made by the Royal Engineers presently engaged upon that part of the Ordnance Survey of Scotland. Ben Macdhui, which was formerly supposed to be 4,390 feet in height, is now sot down at nearly 100 feet less than that—viz., 4,296. Some years since Ben Macdhui was supposed to be 17 f ee t higher than B en N evis, the height of which was then put down at 4,373. B en Macdhui was therefcre at that time authorita tively stated t o b e the highest mountain in Britain. Since then, how ever, t h e tables have taken a turn, and Ben Nevis would now appear to be by far the highest of the two. The Ordnance survey of Ben Nevis, so far as we are aware, has not yet been made, but taking its height at the old measure raent of 4,373 feet, and Ben Macdhui at its newly ascer tained height—viz., 4,296 feet, Ben Nevis appears by this calculation to be 77 feet higher than the highest of the Grampian range. The difference is still greater in favour of Ben Nevis .f we accept its height as being 4,40 G, as marked in a map lately published by M essrs Chambers in Milner's "Gallery of Geography. Braeraich is .set dowrL in the new survey at 4,243, Cairtoul, which was formerly believed to be 4,245 feet in height, is now taken down five feet, and made 4,240. The height of 13enabourd is fixed at 3,923 feet.-4/gin Colgan t. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1864. T HE MARLBOROUGH CLUB COMPANY (Limited), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Club will be ripened for the reception of its Members on FRIDAY, the 12th day of August. S. O. RATTENBURY, lion. Secretary. Registered Office of the Company, 6, John-street, Bedford row, W.C. NOTICE OF REMOVAL ATLAS WORKS. HENRY CLAYTON and CO., Engineers and Iron Founders, on and after MONDAY, the Bth August, will transfer the manufacture of their Patent Brick and Tile Machines, Contractor's and constructive machinery generally, from their old works at Upper Park-plac -, Dorset- square, to their spacious New "AT LAS" Engineering - Works, Foundry, and Offices, in the WOODFIELD-ROAD, lIARRO W ROA D, London, W. H. C. and Co. Invite the attention of Brick Manufacturers to their recently patented "Pneumatic" drying process. Catalogues free by post on application. FURNITURE, CARPETS, B EIMING, and FLOORCLOW, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. 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BUSINESSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE—Cornchandlers', from £5O to £l,OOO ; Green grocers', £5O to .£3C'O ; Coachbuilders', £5O to £7OO Confec tioners', Chemists', Milliners', Stationers', from £ 45 to £400; Grocers', from £5O to £2,000; Cheesemongers', £4O to £350; Drapers', £2OO to £5,000 ; Bakers', £75 to £4OO ; Coffeehouses, £5O to £1,200; Dairies, &c., £6O to £600; Oyster-rooms, Restaurants. la., £6O to £16,001; Laundries, £5O to £200; OIL Cigar, Fish, Elam, and Toy Shop., £5O to £3OO ; and numerous other in every trade. Commercial and General Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. The July List, containing 500, gratis. INCE, The Thames Embankment, The construction of the greatest of metropolitan improvements—the Thames Embankment—has at length been fairly commenced. Year after year the necessity of such a work had been pointed out, commission after commission, and committee after SOMMitreC have sat upon, and considered ; and ere ported in its favour. Martin, the painter, and Sir Frederick Trench who set up the molten image of Wellington upon the triumphal arch at Hyde-park, had called attention to the necessity and value of the work; every tourist who had seen the banks of the Seine had wondered why London should not make the banks of its noble river as ornamental as those of Paris; travellers and merchants, and trades men, who had to go from east to west in the metro polis, and who were subjected to all the annoyance and vexation of delays, in consequence of the thronged condition of the streets, wondered why the great silent highway of the Thames should not be made available as a leading thoroughfare for the metropolis. The necessity of providing for the construction of the Lew Level Sewer, with out interrupting the traffic of London for an inde. finite period, at length brought the question to an issue, and the Thames embankment is now some. thing more than a vision of the painter, or a dream of the social reformer. Long rows of piles on the north side of the river between Westminster and Blackfriars bridges, the thuds of falling weights from the pile.driving machines, and the hiss and whistle of about 30 steam engines pumping and working upon the temporary stages; the ceaseless line of carts that crawl slowly along Fleet-street and the Strand, laden with the rubbish that may now be shot into the river, bear evidence that the work is being pushed forward with rapidity. With respect to this latter portion of the works, these rubbish carts are the greatest nuisances of the day, and it is much to be desired that some wholesome police regulation could be enforced to make them " move on," or take some hours of the day when the public traffic would not be incommoded. This, however, is an improvement which is rather to be hoped for than one to be reasonably ex pected, and it is a necessary evil which we suppose must be endured while the work is in hand, for pro bably nothing short of a special Act of Parliament would put an end to the nuisance. The foundations of the river wall of the embankment are carried down to 22 feet below high water level, or 14 feet below low water. From the foundations to about six feet below low water the whole space is to be filled up with concrete. Within the embankment there is to be constructed the Low Level Sewer, and a subway for water and gas pipes and telegraph wires, access to which may be obtained at any time without breaking up the road. The Low Level Sewer, between Whitefriars-street and the Victoria street Sewer, is to be eight feet three inches in dia meter,,and formed in brickwork, 131 inches thick. From the Victoria-street Sewer to Westminster bridge the Low Level Sewer will be seven feet nine inches in the clear. At Whitefriars the invert of the sewer will be six feet three inches below what is termed ordnance datum, or 20 feet three inches below low water; the fall in the sewer will be at the rate of one in 2,640, or two feet per mile. The subway to be formed above the sewer, but with an interval of 4 feet between the bottom of the crown of the sewer, will be 9 feet in width, and 7 feet 6 inches in height, bringing the crown of the subwayto a trifle more than 2 feet below the level of the roadway, the surface of the embankment being 4ft. above high water. The floor of the subterranean way, through which the gas and the water and the electric fluid are to be conducted, will be gravelled, and will be sft. 6in. below high water, so that ample room will be afforded for the workmen to walk through it, and to execute the necessary repairs. The river wall of the embankment is to be faced with granite from 2ft. below low water, and at high water mark there will be some bold mouldings of granite, and the parapet will be formed as an open balustrade at the parts where there are steamboat piers and landing stages. A solid mooring bar of iron will be laid along the whole length of the embankment, and to it will be attached 58 mooring rings, held in lions mouths, and to which barges, steamers, and river craft nay be made fast. The dredging of the river, on the line of the river wall of the embankment, and sinking the foundations, are works of a very formid able character. The line of the face of the em bankment is formed in the first instance with sufficient accuracy for the construction of the coffer dam. The curve of the line of embankment is about 9,000 feet radius, and it is formed by offsets from lines taken from a pole set up about midway between two of the bridges to two other points on the bridges; these form an angle, and from its sides the effects are taken at every length of 50 feet, which determine the curve of the river front of the embankment. In one portion of the work, Mr Kitson, the contractor, adopts the old form of cofferdam for getting to the foundations, while in the section of Mr Furness caissons are em. ployed. These caissons have an elliptical shape on plan, are 12ft. 6in. by 7ft. outside measurement, and have a groove 6in. in width and depth at each end. This groove, along with a similar one in the butted end of the next caisson, is to receive the timber pile which forms one of the guides to the descent of the caissons, as well as a joint, water. tight with packing. Each caisson is built in divi• sions of 4ft. 6in, in height, which are of wrought And rivetted boilerplate iron where to be below the b2d of the river, and there left in, and of cast-iron v-daere above and intended merely to serve the pur pose of the coffer-dam. There is a " cutting edge" It the bottom of the pile or stack; but the other joints of the caisson are formed with angle-iron, or dlnges ; so that the divisions can be screwed toge ther inside, and, with a packing of felt and tar to the joint, can be made watertight. The thickness of the metal is 1-inch, 7,ths ; and the angle-iron is 5 inches by 3 inches by , aths of an inch. These caissons are raised by the steam crane, and dropped into the intended position on the river bed, being guided by the piles. The end pile is driven below the bottom of the caisson, which sinks slightly into the mud or soil by its own weight ; and this pile is kept driven in advance of the sinking, so as to form a perfect guide. The caissons are then weighted at the top and inside on the flanges by numerous blocks of iron, each of which fits the curve of the ellipse, The materials of the strata, when not too hard, are scooped out of the inside of the caisson by the c3mmon contrivance called the bag and spoon, which is used by ballast heavers. It is simply a bag made of strong leather, and attached to a scooping edge and a strong framework of iron. This spoon is drawn along by a chain, and guided by a strong pole, placed as the handle of the spoon. A modification of the usual form of bucket has been made by Mr Slater, one of the assistants of Mr Farness. This bucket has a species of false bottom, which is moved as the bucket is delivering its con tents,whereby there is no sticking, and no duty cf the machine lost. This improved machine also in cludes an arrangement for lengthening, telescope fashion, the stretch between the centres of revo lution, or points of filling and delivery of the buckets. The dredging contrivance scoops up the gravel or other material from the middle of the elliptical space; the material from the sides keeps falling in, and the weight causes the caisson to sink. Any fresh lengths of the caisson are built on to make up the weight required. As soon as the clay is entered, or even when the mud has been passed through, the caisson can be pumped dry. By a simple contrivance, weight can be taken off at the moment when the caisson shall have sunk _ ___.... to the proper depth, The labour of putting together and sinking one of these caissons, it has been found, occupies a week. Of the area between the embank- medt and the river side a large portion is still under water at every tide, but this area is daily becoming loss by the hundreds of cartloads of earth which are tipped into the river upon this enormous rubbish THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.- MOL TARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly p atronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothing equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No. 1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A, Regent-street, London, IV. ; and at Messrs. Newbery and Sons, Barclay and Sons. Edwards, Keating, Sanger and Son, Jozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and testi monials tree on a plication. Agent for Edinburgh—Mr. John JIVElay, chemist, 119, George-street. pRIZE ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER Jr CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., dr.o., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, 1 com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. •• Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality Is. sd. per lb. Second quality .. •• ls. 3d. per b. Third quality .. is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1734. T be largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar pR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre eared NOthout any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Nat, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from' bilious and liver wmplaints, indigestion, wind. s pasms, gicNiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, ae a family aperient medicine. and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and g,TatefiN to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambe: t, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. 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 tamp. OLDRID GE'S BALM of COLUMBIA stands unrivalled as a toilet requisite. It has been established 40 years, and is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the Hair, Whiskers, or Moustaches, and pre venting them turning gray or falling off.—Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and us. by C and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Welling ton-street Strand, W.C. ; and all chemists and perfumers. For Children's and Ladies' Hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. • _ THE COMING HARVEST. NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.--On the alluvial soils of this county the wheat crop is various, the plant having re ceived great injury during the frosts of May and June. Barley is unusually good and heavy. In the clay and sand districts wheat varies a good deal, bat upon the whole it is beyond all question that the wheat crop will not amount to the general average of seasons by perhaps one or two loads per acre, bat, taking last year's crop into considera tion, wheat will this season be deficient from four to five loads per acre. There is a large quantity of home•grown wheat still in the hands of farmers. Harvest has already commenced in this locality, and it will soon be general. New oats have already been shown, both good in quality and weight. The turnip crop is a failure. Many of the early-sown ones were cut off by the frost or annihilated by the drought. Potatoes ate good and sound, and likely to prove a heavier crop than the season would warrant us an ticipating. NORTH WILTS.—A correspondent, writing from Crick lade, exhibits a very gloomy picture of the harvest pros pects in his own district. He says Harvest has com menced in this and the adjoining district. Wheat estimated as being one-fourth less than last year; barley and oats nearly an average. Beans, peas, and vetches are but little worth. The former, in many instances, are only fit for manure, being infested with the green fly, making them totally unfit for food. Turnips and Swedes, even where a plant was obtained, cannot move for want of moisture, and the grub is making its ravages in many parts. The pas tures are dried up. We hear of many persons having com menced foddering, and water for cattle is becoming seriously short. '1 ho make of cheese will be small, many people making only half the quantity usual at this season. We still have hope that should we get rain soon we may have plenty of autumn keep." HARVEST PROSPECTS. --The weather during the past month has continued hot and dry; only six 'tenths of an inch of rain having fallen in the month in which, on the average of years, we have the greatest rainfall. Our prices have advanced about 3s per quarter on English wheat, and 2s on foreign, but this is scarcely maintain3d. The imports from America, as well as the arrivals on the coast from the Black Sea, have been very heavy; shipments from the for mer also continue large, and though more than 100 of these arrivals have been reported within the last 14 days, they have not much reduced the number of grain -laden vessels on passage from the East, being still over 500—say 100 more than a month since. The conclusion of peace between Denmark and Germany will also release a considerable quantity of wheat now stored in the Baltic ports, much of which has been held for two or three months on English account. But, on the other hand, Egypt, which from time immemorial has been a corn exporting country, is now be coming an importing one, and see ms lik e ly t o con tin ue so whilst cet ton remains at its present price,—Setirges cir cular, Aug. 6. RAILWAY INTELLIG: BRISTOL AND EXETER. The directors of this company have resolved to recommend a dividend at the rate of 41 per cont. per annum on the ordinary stock, for the half year ended the 30th of June last, carrying forward a balance of £4,543. 1....1 ....... M.., VICTORIA STATION AND PIMLICO. The directors of this railway company state in their report that the station construction accounts had at length been settled, and the balance due to Mr Belk had been paid. Owing to the high price of money during the past half year, the directors had been unable to reissue the balance of the debenb tures at a lower rate than 41 per cent. per annum. The revenue account showed a net balance of £7,935, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum. The capital account showed that £491,950 had been received, and £485,073 expended, leav ing a balance of £ 6 ,877. The revenue account for the half-year ending June 30 showed that £14,417 had been received, including £2,598 from the preceding account, and t h at £6 , 482 h a d b een expended, leaving a balan ce as a b ove o f £7,935. EDGWARE, RIO FIGAAE, AND LONDON. The directors state in their report that the expen diture upon construction account since last half yearly meeting had been £61,248. The bill for the Alexandra-park branch and the widening of the line had received the Royal assent. The company were authorised, in order to carry out those new works, to raise further capital to the amount of £96,000. The directors re commended that it be raised by new shares, bearing a preferential divi dend of 5 per cent. per annum. The Great Northern Railway Company had signified their readiness to subscribe £32,000, being one-third of the £96,000, and there would therefore pro posed which it was pro adintoathe shareholders. balance ssu o rateably o f 64, amongooo The Act for the Watford and Edgware Railway had been obtained in the past Session, and the line would be of great value to the Edgware Company. The capital account to the 30th of June showed that £127,615 had been expended, leaving a balance of £6,720. LYNN AND HUNSTANTON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Lynn on Saturday; Mr L. Simpson in the chair. The report stated that the traffic receipts for the half-year ending June 30 amounted to £3,500, from which, after deducting working exp enses paya bl e p expens es , th ere rema i ne d any, with inte res t on the debenture e a d t e b E t a a s tnedr nother a balance of £1,372 applicable for dividend. The directors recommend a distribution at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, leaving £173 to be carried forward to the next account. The gross traffic for the corresponding half 1863 amounted to £3,049, so that the receipts for the past half-year showed an increase of £451 The directors added that the Royal assent had been given to an Act for the construction of the West Norfolk Junction line, and that the contractor had made arrangements for the vigorous prosecution of the works. It was proposed to erect an hotel at Hunstanton. The agreement for the working of the line by the Great Eastern had received the seal of the two companies. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the directors left it to the shareholders to determine whether the dividend should not be 41 per cent, Mr. SIIIW suggested that the dividend should be at the rate of 41 per cent. This was agreed to, the report was adopted, and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the directors. MID-KENT. The report of the directors of this company states the bill authorising the amalgamation of the Mid- Kent Company with the South-Eastern Company has passed both Houses of Parliament, and the arrangements for carrying its provisions into effect will be completed as early as practicable. The Addiscombs extension was opened for public traffic on the Ist of April last, and the interest on the capis tal employed in its construction became from that date payable by the South Eastern Company. The revenue account shows a disposable account of £2,615, which enables the same dividend to be paid as last half-year—viz,, at the rate of 61 per cent. p e r annum, leaving £l5 to be carr i ed forward. The balance sheet sho we d that 169,938 had been expended on capital account. 4•••• .......... SOLWAY JUNCTION. The first!ordinary meeting of this company was held on Friday, at the offices, Victoria.street, Westminster ; Mr. J. Dees in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated th e shareholders on the pass ing of the bill in its integrity. The great utility of the line from Annan across the Solway to Bray ton the Glasgow and South. Western Company fully admitted. The traffic in hematite ores from West Cumberland to Scotland had increased from 22,000 tons in 1857 to 150,000 in 1863, and had tripled itself in the last three y ears. H e s h owe d that 200,000 tons per annum W ou l d b e carr i e l upon the per line annum. whe when completed and op ene d, and that thi s traffic alone would yield a d i vidend of 5 per cent. The receipts from the usual traffic pro mised a dividend equal to land lines, which ranged fro m 51 to 12 per cent . per annum. any of the West Cumber- The was adopted , the retiring directors were re- elected, and the proceedings terminated. u li r eporta i mously The French Occupation of Cochin China. According to the Moniteur the intelligence brought to France by eve ry t ttt 8 reports current in th e e lat the French racoalioinfiralmestCabolcihshin- C h Parisi Go vernmentn a l e i ss far last wi intendednf r t o e m r , confirming t o tt oh e limit mff ei of the recent proceedings Occupation. Every de La Grandiere, i ts influence, as will be a m b :eta establish ment t therehe witnessg governor, to v et ro a nt veryobres Rear-Adm i ral r e s intentiontr i restricted d of maintaining French authorityseen f r om rapida and of the local administration. 1 -n February the go vernor, in order to extending end i n mentiong prevent usury, which is the scourge of the East, decided on founding. five Monts de Piste, being one for each of the provinces ceded to France. As these establishments are to lend money at 3 per cent. per month, the current rate in Cochin China must have been most exorbi tant. In April, the first careening dock, con structed in the Government arsenal at Saigon, was opened ; it is 72 metres (236 feet) long, and will admit, ordinary tides, vessels drawing 4.20 metres (13ft. 9in). This dock has cost 70 ,090 fr. But the most important event is the ratification, by the French Government, of the treaty of protectorate concluded last year by Rear-Admiral de la Gran diere with the King of Cambodia, who, when the King of Siam threatened to annex his territory, applied to Franco for protection, and obtained it. " The fact," says the official journal, " is the most formal contradiction that can be given to those persons who circulate alarming rumours. The Go vernment has never had the least thought of re. stricting French domination in Cochin China." The French college at Adran, confined to Catholic mis sionaries, is making constant progress. The adop• tion of the European alphabet has greatly facili. tated primary instruction. Most of the boys now learn as much in 10 months, as the pupils under the native teachers can in ten years. A great number already read French with ease, and some of them speak it 'very passably. Four of the native boys are now acting as interpreters at the different stations, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, THE 46 SATURDAY REVIEW " ON MR. GLADSTONE IN THE RECENT SESSlON.—Whether the Iliad is made up of a series of detached lays devoted to the deeds of particular heroes, or whether it is an epic whole composed of successive and connected actions is a problem which has engaged the atten tion, among many other critics, of the classical Chancellor of the Exchequer. But Mr. Gladstone's Homeric studies must have brought before him , the fact that many books of the Iliad have long gone by titles connected with the specific deeds of Greek and Trojan. We have the aristeia of Diome, the aristeia of Ajax, the aristeia of Hector or of Achilles. The late Session of Parliament may well be styled the aristeia of Gladstone. He is the central figure of this single senatorial episode. The only difference between the epic and actual hero is that, in Homer, the particular man of war, throughout one book at least,- always has the best of it. Mr. Glad stone's acts of valour have, however, had but a chequered succe-s. We must score up to him the divided honours of a good innings and a bad one. There is his Budget and his Annuity Bill on the one side, his Suffrage Extension speech and his Sheridan duel on the other. In his triumphs, he could not escape the fate of offending almost every. body ; and in his worst failures, he never omitted to display his innate powers. To be sure, the late session has not exhibited Mr. Gladstone in the posi tion which he occupied last year, when, "for this night only" the leader of the House, he contrived, on the occasion of the memorable debate on the pur chase of the Exhibition buildings, to lash the Com mons into a tempest and fury of open rebellion by his bad management of a bad cause. But it may be questioned whether the imputations, or at least sus picions, of bad faith to his colleagues which have grown up in connexion with the last session have not more seriously damaged his political standing than any solitary, however egregious, error in taste and official discretion could have done. To be only an imitator of the worst parts of Lord Russell's career is a Parliamentary disqualification for the highest office, more grave than personal petulance and a constitutional tendency to do and say even the best things in the worst temper and manner. When a statesman, in the very noon of his powers, both rises higher and sinks lower than ever, what forecast of his future are we to make ? It may be doubted whether Mr. Gladstone ever displayed so much oratorical skill and versatility as in his speech on Mr. Disraeli's motion ; while, on the other hand, unless it had been his wish to show his powers of sinking, and his ingenuity in contriving ugly holes for the express purpose of falling into them, it is hard to conceive such an exhibition of gratuitous folly as his insults to Mr Sheridan. Per. haps the radical vice of Mr Gladstone's mind is his love of large and exhaustive theories. No states man of commanding influence in these latter days has been a doctrinaire. His political father—Peel —was not the least of a theorist. He always lived from hand to mouth. Lord Palmerston's career has illustrated the same inglorious but most practical rule of political life. Not that Mr Gladstone is, in fact, a bit more consistent than his fellows or predecessors. No man in English political life can be consistent. But the point in which Mr Gladstone differs from other statesmen is, that, whatever his immediate line may be, it must always be justified by the largest, broad est, grandest general principles. Now the world hates universal propositions. Mr Gladstone could not recommend a bill about beating carpets without bringing it under a major premiss a moral principle of eternal and immutable ity. Whether he really believes that everything must be ultimately reduced to a primordial law of the ma. crocosm, or whether it is only for the luxury of curvetting on the high intellectual horse, is unim portant except to those who like to study personal character; but this habit of mind is a very unfortu nate one for its possessor, A bill 'empowering Government to grant small annuities might, by a commonplace person, be recommended for its very commonplace merits; but people are not only alarmed, but feel insulted, when it is preached that the whole duty of man consists in saving, that every previous :attempt at economy has only been encou raged by thieves and robbers, and that ---while Mr Sheridan, in particular, is little better than Judas —the only hope for the future destiny of mankind is to be found in a certain office in the Old Jewry, When it turned out, as it did, that the devil was not half so black as he was painted—if indeed, there was any devil in the business—the angel in troduced by Mr Gladstone met with cold welcome, and people began to doubt whether the coming spirit was bringing wreaths from heaven at all. THE "SPECTATOR " UPON THE POST-MORTEM ON DENMARK.—" The late King !" said Philip of Orleans, Regent of France,who could not endure to hear of death, to a Secretary who talked of a deceased King of Spain, " what do yon mean by the late King ?" " Mais, M onse i gneur, " answered the startled and pliant Secretary, "it is but a title they take." It is a novel role for Liberal journals to play, but the English press has all this week been acting, with less wit and less provocation, the part of the Regent's Secretary. They will not call Den mark dead,—the phrase is far too uncourtly, she is bat "reduced," or to be very frank, "despoiled" of part of her territories. The nationality subsists; the fleet remains; the Danes can trade, and marry, and eat ; and even if Denmark has ceased to be of ' any consequence in the world, why, says the Times " the happiness of nations does not depend on their importance; it is indeed often in an adverse ratio to their magnitude in their neighbours' eyes and their own." The motive of all this courtliness is plain enough. The English public does not like to remember that the power it was bound to protect has been slain under its eyes, and in the teeth of its pr o t es t, f ee l s as it hears of the last sad ceremonies a pang which might, if the details were brought too clearly forward, change into a spasm of indignation against the advisers who have misled it, A veil therefore is stretched over the transaction, and all its little horrors con cealed. That was not :the death rattle in the patient's throat, only a stifled groan ; the surgeons are using the knife, but it is not a post-mortem they are making, they only prepare for healthful ampu tation ; the patient will be greatly relieved by the loss of his legs and arm. It is pleasant no doubt to sorrowing friends to hear those smooth excuses, and their utterance is considered by many as morally justifiable, but the fact remains none the less that the life has fled, the European power called Den mark is extinct, M. de Quaade, on the Ist August, agreed at Vienna to the arrangement described by us last week, the cession of Holstein, Lauenburg, and Schleswig, with their islands, and the Danish monarchy consequently ceased to exist. There may remain for a time a little State called by the old name, and the tradition of independence may linger round it, like the smell of an eaten dinner round the table, but the reality has departed. The " Denmark" which remains is politically only a corpse, bearing still the old semblance of manhood, but utterly powerless, either for good or evil. It is a State consisting of two small islands, neither of them so large as Lincoln. shire, half a dozen islets, the largest less than Brecknock, and a peninsula little bigger than Munster, a scattered territory in all not quite half the size of Scotland, almost as bleak, much worse cultivated, and without an approach to its rich mineral wealth. The population bears about the same proportion, being 1,400,000, or rather more than a third of that of Scotland, singularly divided in all but feeling, and tainted already alike in Jut land and Zealand with the Germanic element. This little people, just the half of the Swiss in number, resides in a country of which three-fourths is a flat plain utterly indefensible, and the remainder islands defensible only by a fleet, which Denmark h as no means to maintain. 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