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" c€e - )44 , , .q . • • 41.131. • yw, mac Ireafaiktm • IL . 11/ ,•=. • k, 7. 11 ! ) ,• - 0 ' 4447 y 4 - • i • : O k , re , tsliZ\ • - • , ;Y. _ . , . e.rigaik rt Itv - 10'..•4 1 0fP' 'intorr• -1 A PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES TOWN AND Cot; s:TEY REbIDENCES, ,!` NEI - 1 OL D AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS. AND tkOriqt riEs NERALLV— T o BE HID GRATIS, at th e p r • nc i oa l R a il wa y E oo k s t a ll s y li ; o ughout the kin g d u m, or a t t h e Auct i on an d Estate offices, 0 67, Chancerv-lane, London, Messrs, N. and H. Lumley's EF; PROPERTY REGISTER," containing, a varied selection ; e tanded an d h ouse properties now in the market, from _ a ,..nobleman' s mans i on, w i th i ts manorial domain, to th e Co tt age with its few a c res . UIVNER S OP PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let canem 7,ee the opp or t un i ty that the medium of this Resister ° M B , by sendin g th e particu!ars of' their properties to the i st ate Offices, b 7, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. villni ereleY can in most c ases i ntro d uce i mme diate customers, l , the property is of n chara ter, thereby avoid the disaavantag y n es of dela and its attenaantincon veniences,LltEßE is NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. T" ENGLISH and SWEDISH BANK (Limited). Incorporated tinder the Companies Acts, 1862, by which the Liabil ty of Shareholders is limited to the amount of their Capita, £2,000,000, in 10,00 J hhares of 4.50 each. With power to increase. It is proposed to call up £2l per share. First issue, 20,000 shares, of which one-hall are already s ubscribed. Deposit, £1 per share on application, and £2 on a ll o t ment, and a fu r th er sum o f £2 per share within t wo months from allotment. No call to exceed .£5 per share, and at an interval of not less than three months between each call. --- DIRECTORS IN LONDON, L eopold Bruscwitz, Esq., 3 6 , Old Broad-street. J ohn Alers Hankey, Esq. (Messrs. Hankey and Co) Samuel H. Hinde, Esq. (Messrs. Hinde and Gladstone). J. It. Johnson, Esq. (Messrs. John Johnson and Son). Edward Johnston, Esq. (Messrs. E. Johnston, Son, and Co.) Main Kennard, Esq. (Consolidated Bank). William 'rottie, Esq., Swedish and Norwegian Vice-Consul (Messrs. Charles '1 ottie and Sons). Chris nd toph 2r Wez,ulin, Esq. (Mes srs. J. Thomson, T. Bonar, a Co.) The Bank of England. The Conwlidated Bank, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Dawes and Sons, 0 ,xngel-eoart, Throgmorton-street. EsItOIC ERS. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, Bartholomew-lane. SECRETARY (PRO TEat.) James Fraser, Esq. Temporary OfUees-1, C opthall Chambers, Thrograort°n stl eet, E.C. PROSPECTUS. The object of this Bank is to supply the great requirement of ardditional Banking accommodation in Sweden, and to d a medium for the already important and constantly !uncreasing financial transactions between that country and czland, as well as for the lame mitking operation. which the trade ot Sweden with Iht East awl West Indies. Aum.... 11, and the Brazils centres in London. The trade and industry of Sweden have made rapid pro gress during the last thirty years, but more particular y dur ing the last ten years. The value ot imports and exports, which amounted in 1852 only to £4,725,0, , 0, rose in 1861. to £10,425 221 showing in increase in the nine years of about 126 percent. ...England participated in thi4 import and export in 1 852 the extent of £1,214,777 and in 1861 to the extent of X 3,276,332. , The trade with the East and West Indies, Brazils, and Ameri ca amounted in 1852 t o £ 41,31 9,f5 , 1. the against, in 1861, The amount of Bills of Exchange sold through Brokers on kh tiothenburg amounted in "hange of Stoc o m and 185! 13 to and in 1862 to £1,269,606 Banco m 21,013,422 fr,3,7,32,871 £3,273,790 Banco m 41,6t. 1 8,511 fr. 15,458,434 "w crease in the 10 Years of £2,004,184 Banco m 23,675,029 fr. 11,705,513 I),, ' : ° "nerlY Sweden had to import large quantities of corn, I mprovements in the system of farming, and an extended eidtivatien of land, leave now annually large quantities for °--Vuortation. The total export of all kinds of grain in :852 °In Y amounted to 132,125 quarters, but rose in 1861 to ~ 078,436 quarters showing an increase in the nice years of about 915 Per cent' pGr eat as this progress in all branches of the industry of , We den has been, the prospects fo r th e f u t ure are s till more ,L, Tr e • i „ sing, tor an extensive and judicious system of railways 0",,a , 1 directions of the country is gradually removing the haml,ties and reducing the coat of transport, which have art. er ' , roved great obstacles to the production oi the bulky ,_C 'cies forming t •e , taples of Sweden, and the cyst m of trade. which the country has adopted cannot fait to asai-t : 1 2 1 te' tally in th:‘, development of its great resources, und in •-..lnending its commerce. Ile banking facilities and circulation of the country have i„ u4 . kept pace with the pr gress of its trade. 't s 2 there were in Sweden a State Bank, with 4,,,Pal eight capital of £ 1,063,333 Joint Stock Banks, with an aggregate v a id-up capital of £1,311.979 nd gainst present . capital of the State Bank.... .... L1,333,333k of' t wenty-nine Joint Stock Banks now existing 666,6361 £2 T he total ci rcu l ation of notes amounted at the end ,000,000 of t L 9 The total ° circulation of n o t es amoun t e d a t th e ea d ,800,061 ht 186'!, to • ... 3,40,106 co lleen fig ures s h ow that while the foreign trade of the , unary has inc rease d b y 126 per cent. in ten years, therehas epeon an increase in t en years of banking capital only to the of xtent of about 50 per cent., and in the circulating medium 24 per cent. The business of the State Bank and of all the Joint-Stock Banks, with one exception, consists principally in granting loans and credit against securities of different kinds and per sonal guarantees, and they have done little to encourage de poslts or discounts of bills. The Stockhan Enskilda Bank is the" exception, Thi Bank was established towards the end of 1856, wii h a paid up capital of about £36,000, and it deserves special mention Inc its skilful management, which has particularly aimed at encouraging deposits, and at discounting inland Bills of Exchange. The results of its operations have been very successful. At the end of 1862 it had a reserve fund of £14,431, having paid dividends of 29 per cent. for 1862 as well as for 1861. The deposits with this Bank amounted at the end of 1862 to £552,780. The profits of all the other Banks have been highly re numerative. The old habits of people keeping their money under their °A n care, and of making payments with cash, instead of using cheques, still very generally prevails, and owing to the few channels for discount of Inland Bills, credit sales mostly become only book debts instead of being represented by buyers' acceptances ; the result is, that while merosnt le re quirements are always costly and often nearly impossible to Procure at almost any rate, even upon the very best securi ties, so that Merchants have frequently no other alternative left for the supply of their requirements than the use of ex- Pensive foreign credits. All circumstances warrant the conviction that Sweden offers an extensive and very profitable field of operations l ot a New Bank, and at the same time that sucha Bank must confer great benefits on the trade and commerce of the country. This conviction has led to the establishment of the English and Swedish Bank. The head establishment of this Bank will be in London, 'with branches at Stockholm, Gothenburg, and such other Places in Sweden and Norway as may be found de drable by the Directors; and with Agencies at Paris, .H.amburg, Am sterdam, and other plac - s abroad. All b anches are to be under the control of the heal estab lishment in England, superintended by a local Board. Ma nagers having experience of English Banking wig be ap pointed, in order to introduce the advantages of that system into Bvve The business of the Bank will include r-- The opening of current accounts. The r. cexpt of moneys en deposit at interest. The purchase and sale of British and foreign securities. The granting and negotiation of loans. The purchase and sale of bills of exchange. 'the discount of bills of exchange. The granting of letters of credit and circular notes. The purchase and sale of bullion, and generally the tran saction„ of all business relating to banking and finance. "iTies of the Memorandum and artic.es of Association lie for inspection at the Office of the Solicitor s, essr s. Dawes and Sons, and at the Temporary Offices of the Company. accompanied)ro by a deposit ,f , Applicatio n for Shan s must b. , made in the anneaed form, 43L. nav i e p ud e e a i per Share. bt • and forms O a tu pp ee li ,, ca o ti f on th f e or ß S a h n a k re , s may be street ; and th e e ‘ B • and the Stockholm. and W Association (Limited), I, Ihreadneedle also receive applications and deposits for Shares for 'trans- This Form must be delivered entire to the Bankers of the be retain an d by' them, er payment. o f Deposit, the application to No. FORM OF APPLICATI ON FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the English and Swedish Bank (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers, Messrs. the sum of £ , being a deposit of £1 Der Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will al;ot me that number ; and I agree to accept sme uch Shares, or any smaller number that may be allotted to ; and to execute the Articles of Association when re quired, and to my name being placed on the Register of Shareholders for the Shares so allotted. Name in full Residence . Profession or Business Date * ''here the year 1861 is referred to instead of 1862. the returns for the latter year have not been obtainabie. ENGLISH AND SWEDISH BANK (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the English List of Applications for SHARES will be CLOSED on WEDNESDAY, the 4th inst., at Noon. By order. JAMES FRASER, Secretary pro tern. November 2, 1E63. A . GREAT DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL TAKE PLACE AT Si. JOSEPH'S RETREAT, HIGHGATE, LONDON, N., 01 1 THURSDAY, the 261 h of NOVEMBER, 1863, to aid in liquid _ating the Debt still remaining on the New Church and i' 6 , 4 .; and to assist in establishin the English Mission of • ' 4l ionolas in Paris, now under the g charge of the Passionist athers. a Tile prizes of the first catalogue consist principally of n Jects of art and other precious articles, presented by His d i° tinctioli"BB, sever R al Cardinals, Princes, and other persons of - n in ome. TICKETS NG . a r 'r : he amount realised wi ON II E be dis SHlLLl posed of as follows EACH :—That gfrom the sale of tickets in England will be applied to h -oseph's, and tlit from the sale of tickets in France to T b Aicholas', in Paris. E DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL BE ON THE PRINCIPLE OF THE ART UNION. eft b Y one purchasing or aiding in selling 25 tickets will be 404 t ied to a large Engraving , either of the Death of St. 1 04, 01, or of Blf seed l'aul of the Croa., which will be Starded by post upon receipt of 4 postage stamps. li. j,sB eph's Retreat, t4 logues as well as tickets may be had on application at Highgate, and at 39, Rue d e B err i , P ar i s . " ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL , Gray's-inn-road, Way , in rminus the immediate Ring' vicinity of the Great North ern Rail -te, at Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BuccLEucrr, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This,, ~ was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and Instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for pinion i t for mality of trovernors' letrers. It is entirely devoted to destl called n its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom bY sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient i n , atmitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered %. ) , a c h , l eoi admitting, into its wards a very large proportion of fu nd V!ual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the these the rder to have 500 heds available for the reception of ,-, att ously it „. most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, on the _ . erage, -medical advice and medicine to more, affords The IV' than 3,0i30 out-patients a week. EARNI , e „, ek lY Board feel it their imperative duty to make all tO 0 — Si' APPEAL to the public for continued support, daily -aable them to sdmit and relieve the distressing eases that Present themselves. C • outributi • Ai tt . (, ons are received by the Treasurer, Edward Co.. Drina% Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and ,_, , rurnmond and Co. ; Ferries and Cu. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn ~a 3 21 Co. ' dories Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison 9, 0 d Co. ; NI, Marna, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, and Co ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. flamed and Co., Liverpool and at the HospitaL STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary NO. 22,262 T"' NATIONAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO MPA NY (Limited). Incorporated under " The Companies' Act, 1862," by which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of llis bhares. Ca v ital £2,00 , ,000, in `..'0,C00 Shares of £lOO each, with power to increase. Deposit on Application, Li per Share ; on Allotment, £ 1 per Share. Soon after Allotment a First Call of £3 per Share will be made ; subsequent Calls are not to exceed £5 per Share, and are not to be made at intervals of less than Three Months from the date of prior Calls. It is not at present proposed to call up more than £5O per Share. DIRECTORS. Thomas Ch - lton, Esq (Ilolilerness and Chilton), Chairman of the Shipowners' Association, Liverpool. Robert Dirom, Esq. (Dirom, Davidson, and Co.), Director of the National Bank of Liverpool. Willi tm James Fernie, (Fernie Brothers and Co.), Direc tor of the British and American Exchan;.,e Banking Cor poration, Liverpool. Thomas Bernard Gunsten, Esq. (Gunston, Wilson, and Co.), Liverpool. Edward Lawrence, Esq. (Edward Lawrence and Co.), Direc tor or the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company, Liverpool. Harvey Lewis, Esq., M.P., Director of the National Bank, Landon. Joseph Neale M'Kenna, Esq., Director of the National Bank, London. Robert Maxwell, Esq. (A., F., aid R Maxwell), Director of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, Ei;erpool. Andrew Maleolnvon, Esq. (J. and D. Maleolmson and Co.), Liverpool. Thomas Wilkinson Tetley, Esq. (Hollinshead, Tetley, and Co.), Liverpool. Major Usborne, Esq. (Usborne and Sons), Director of the National Bank, London. Henry Threltall Wilson, Esq. (H. T. Wilson, and Chambers), Deputy Chairman of the British and Foreign Marine In surance Company, Liverpool. ANKERS. L0nd0n.........The National Bank, Old Broad street. Ireland . The Branches of the National Bank. Manchester ....The Bank of England. Liverpool ....The National Bank of Liverpool. BROKERS. London J and J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgate-street. Manchester.. - lhomas Warner, Esq., 9, Stamp-office Build imzs, Cross-street. Liyerpool Thomas Tinley and Sons, 44, Brown's buildings. Dublin Edward Fox, Esq., 51, Dame-street. SOLICITORS. London Flux and Argles, 9. Mincing-lane. Liverpool Fletcher and Hull, 6, Cook-street. SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER AND NAVAL ARCHITECT, John Jordan, Esq., 1 tte Chief Surveyor to the Underwriters' Registry of iron Ships. SECRETARY. Jos,.ph Treffry, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. London 21, Throgmorton-street. Liverpool Commercial-buildings, Water-street. Nothing has been more remarkable, in connection with the progress of Lancashire, than the rapid extension of the Steam Trade of Liverpool. In the yi..ar 1852 the tonnage of foreign steamers entered inwards at the Custom-house was 188,715 tons, while i-, 18ri2 it was 595,339, which, in the year ending June, 180, increased to 756,+20 tons. In the earlier days of steam, and before the recent improve ments for the economy of fuel had been introduced, steamers could be employed with advantage only for ,he carrying of mails , nd passengers, but latterly, owing to the improve ments marine engines, economy of fuel and space has been effected, thereby greatly reducing the working expenses, and screw steamers have not only be, n employed in alt the near trades for the conveyance of goods, with large profit to their owners, but, owing to the advantages which they afford to shippers, they have, in these trades, almost entirely displaced sailing vessels. For some years the carryingtradeout of Liverpool has been gradually under .ioing a change. In the Amer can trade screw steamer- have taken the place of the once celebrated New York liners, but as yet only as carriers of the highest class of fine goo -8 and passengers. Other descriptions of goods and a lai ge number of intermediate and steerage passengers be ng still conveyed by sailing vessels. In the important branches of the American import trade, viz., those of grain, flour, and provisions, the loss annually sustained by heating during the protr cted voyages fre quently made by sailing vessels is so great', that the iuterest of all engaged in these trades will be enlisted in favour of any scheme for the extension of steam shipping to include such freight, and there cAa be no doubt but that the whole of the enormous trade in these articles, which in Liverpool alone amounts annually to 750,000 tons, will fail entirely into the hands of steam companies. The first e,bject of this Company is to place on the New York station a fleet of screw steamers from Liverpool and London, of large size and great capacity, which Will be able to carry almost, if not quite, as cheap as sailing vessels, whilst at the same time, from the regularity of their passages, they will command a full share of the steam trade, and the Directors also intend sending steamers to the American Cotton Ports when the war is brought to an end and the trade re-opened, and have also under their consideration the wants of the Brazil and other trades. In organising this Company the Directors believe that it will not enter into undue competition with the existing lines. The Cunard Line is a _subsidised company, carrying the mails and passengers with fast and expensive steamers. The Inman Line has no I übsidy, but nevertheless has been most succes,ful, and it now employs eleven vessels, having commenced its operations with two steamers, the City of Glasgow and City of Manchester. The steamships of the Inman Line are, however, of greater proportionate horse power than those projected by this Company, which will be sailed at much ie-s cost, and will be constructed to consume a comparatively small amount of coal; at the same time of such capacity that, in addition to a large cargo of merchan dise and passengers, they will be able to carry sufficient fuel for their voyages both out and home, and so avoid the ex pense and delay incurred by coaling abroad. In order that the objects of this Company may not be even partially antic pated, and that the stations may at once be occupied, provisional arrangements have been made whereby three new steamers, of the •delerifftfbil'lfiilicatetir and in all respects suitable tor the service:have been secured. and con trs efs have been entered into for the tau Ming of others of about 3,500 tons ea , ,o, and it is proposed to emunenee with a tort nightly service each way, to be increased to weekly salliniis as soon as the vessels can be got ready. The ports of depar ture shall be Liverpool for the weekly line, mil London to the extent the metropolitan trade may require. The ships will be built unuer the inspection of Mr. John Jordan —late Chief Surveyor to the Underwriter's Registry of Iron Ships,—whose services as Inspecting En, ineer and Naval Architect the Directors have secured to th s Company. The success which has attended the formation of well managed steam companies has been very marked. That of Cunard and ininan Company is well known. the Pacific Steam Navigatien Company, whose shares,£so paid, are sell ing at £7B per share, has out -1 profits given to its share holders new paid-up shares exceeding the amount of the ori ginal capital, and pays a regular dividend of 10 per ceat on the increased issue, carrying over at each annual meeting an almost equal sum, while many private steamship owners, with similar descriptions of vessels, but much smeller than those this Ccmpa..y intend to possess, have reaped like results. The Directors have, therefore, every reason to anticipate a very great success to the undertaking. They are not en tering upon an experiment, but are providing for this Com pany a similar description of vessel, but of larger size, han those which have proved so i emunerative to severe, well known private firms engaged in the Mediterranean and other trades, and have thus the advantage of ti,e experience so acquired, which proves that what is needed, under efficient management, t ensure profitable resulcs, are large ships, with moderate but sufficient ho. se-power and great carrying capacity. The introduction of the limited liability principle has en abled undertakings of great magnitude like the present to be carried out by joint-stock companies, which may embrace the co-operation of shippers an of others interested, instead of by private capital sts as heretofore ; the result being that the supporters of this line will become interested in its suc cess, and participate in the profits which they assist to eat n. Applications for shares maybe addressed in the annexed form to the Directors, and copies of the prospectus may be obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company, or at the offices of the Brokers and Solicitors, but no application will be considered unless a deposit of £1 per share on the number of shares applied for has been paid. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. To the Directors of the National Steam Navigation Company (Limited`. Gentlemen, —Having paid to your Bankers the sum of £ , being a deposit of £1 per share on shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to become a member of the Com pany in respect of such shares, or in respect of any less num ber you may allot me ; and to execute the Ar doles of Associa tion when required ; and I request that my name may be placed on the Register ot Name Members for the shares so allotted. in full Residence Profession or Business Date BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be had only at Madame RACHEL'S ' 47A, New Bond - street , where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WRITE'S MOC-M AIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EximirrEn IN TEEN GREAT ExnrurrioNs OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of 11 ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir- Ouniterence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WRITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 268. ed., and 310.6 d. Postage , le A Double Truss, 318. 6d., 425., and 625. 6d. Postage, is'gd: A.n Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post. office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLAST IC STOCKINGS, ILA KNEE-CAPS, &0., for Varicose Veins and all cases oi Weakness and Swelling of (he Legs, Sprains, &a They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on 1)e an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. eadh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 228. Piccadilly. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY. -LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining theb9els w or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipieet con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Prepares omy and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. S, lliam-street, Charing cross, London, and by all drugg sts, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one. 2s. Od. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address is engraved on tue st imp. CI . ELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of A_J the BIRCH of SHA.KSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. Th. Tercentenary Committee Cot which Sir Robert N. U. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman. are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTION , , and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne. and co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion lia to the nation, moat earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee r. at their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare. but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where be lived and died. LoN - DoN, TUESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 3, 1803. rat'. sITN, 4•11.!• THE MERCHANT BANKING COMPANY of LONDON (Limited). Established under the Companies Act, with Limited Liability. Capital, Two Millions Sterling. In 20.000 shares of £lOO each. First issue, 10,000 shares. Deposit, per share on application, and £llO5. on allotment. It is not contemplated to oall up more than ,C 25 per share. Calls not to exceed £5, at intervals of not less than three months. DIRECTORS. Richard Henry Browne, Esq., Director of the London Char tered Bank of Australia. William Cadeil. Esq. (Duff, Cadell, and Co., Merchants), London and Liverpool. J. H. Reynell de Castro, Esq. (Carruthers de Castro and Co., Merchants, Manchester and Rio de Janeiro. Lewis Fraser, Esq. (J. and L. Fraser, merchants), London and Singapore. James IVP3laster, Esq. (late of Wm. M`Master and Brothers), Toronto and Manchester. John Paterson, Esq, Merchant (Paterson, Kemp, and Co., Merchants), London and Port Elizabeth. William Pearce, E-q. (Pearce, Macrae, and Co., Merchants), London and Calcuiti. James Adam Smith, Esq. (Smith, 'Wood, and Co., Merchants), London, Liverpool, and Manilla. Thomas Stenhouse Esq. (Thomas Stenhouse and Co., Mer chants), London and Bombay. Henry Thurburn, Esq., late of Alexandria, Queensborough terrace, Padlington, Harrison Watson, Esq. (J. R. Thomson and Co., Merdiants), London and Cape Town. Edward Weston, Esq., Director of the Standard Bank of British South Africa. LIVERPOOL ANT) LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. At the ANNUAL MEETING of the Proprietors in this Company, held on Thursday, 25th of Fetruary, 1863, JAMES ASPINALL TOBIN, Esq.. in the Chair, the Report of the Directors for the year 1862 was read ; it showed : That the Fire Premiums of the year were... £136,065 0 0 A4linst ilwse in 1861, which were .. 360 131 0 0 Giving an Increase in 1862 of -£715,93 - 0 0 That the new Lite business comprised the issue et 785 Pollees. On which the annual premiums were I hat there was added to the life reserve That the balance of undivided profit was in- 467,33 t 0 0 175,213 7 11 79,277 11 4 creased That the invested funds of the Company amounted to 1,417,808 8 4 In referenc3 to the very large increase of £76,000 in the Fire premiums of the year, it was remarked in the Report, " The premiums paid to a company are the measure of that company's business of all kinds ; the Directors, therefore, prefer that test of progress to any the duty collected may, afford, as that applies to only a part of a company's business, and a large share of that part may be, and often is, re-insured with other offices. In this view the yearly addition to the Fire premiums of the Liverpool and London Company must be very gratifying to the proprietors." SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary, London. 25,725 9 7 T EIE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY. 156, Leadenhall-street, London, E.C. Queen Insurance-buildings, Liverpool. Capital ONE MILLION STERLING. At the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors, held at Liver pool, on the 21st October, 1861, BERNARD HALL, Esq.. Chairman of the Company, in the Chair, the Threctors' Report for the year stated— That the Fire Premiums for the year amounted to £70,300 being. an increase over the precedin 22,580 That the Life Premium Receipts for the first three years were and for the past three years being -in increase in the latter triennial period over the former of That the amount accumulated since last Meeting, as a Fire Reserve Fund, was and the amount added to Lite Fund was ....... 13,743 That during the past fiveyears the Company had paid for Claims fhe Actuary reported that the Life Liabilities had been valued on the soundest prin3iples, viz.,• Net Premiums at 3 per cent. interest, and that the Bonus to part cipating Policy holders averaged as much as 46 per cent. per annum of the Premiums paid, while in some instances it was as high as 65, 70, an d even 75 per cent. A dividend was declared to proprietors at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. J. MONCRIEFF WILSON, Manager and Actuary. JOHN E. LEYLAND, Secretary. NORTH BRITISH ANT) MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue.... 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurances granted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows: Policies. Amount In red. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OFFICES : LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings, Lothbury. West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. 13, Great Marlborough•street. ATESSRS. HURST AND BLACKETT'S —VA_ ANNOUNCEMENT of FORTHCOMING WORKS THE LIFE of JOSIAH WEDGWOOD, from his Private Correspondence and Family Papers, in the posses- Silin of Joseph Mayer, Esq., P.S.A., and other Au; hentic sources. By ELIZA METETARD. In 2 vols. Svo., with Fine Portraits and numerous Illustrations. COURT and SOCIETY from ELIZABETH to ANNE, Illustrated from the Papers at Kimbolton. By the DUKE of MANCHESTER. 2 vols. Bvo., with fine Portraits. AGNES. By Mrs. OLTPHANT, Author of " The Life of Edward Irving," &c. 3 vols. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE of THIRTEEN YEARS' SERVICE among the WILD TRIBES of KHONDISTAN, for the Suppression of Human Sacrifice. By Major-General JOHN CAMPBELL, C.B. 1 vol. demy Bvo., with Illustrations, 14s. (Nov. G.) THE WIFE'S EVIDENCE. By W. G. WILLS, Author of "Notice to Quit," &c. 3 vols. MEMOIRS of JANE CAMERON, Female Con vict. By A PRISON MATRON, Authat of "Female Life in Prison." 2 vols., 21s. A NEW STORY, by Mrs. HOWITT, in 3 vols. BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA B. ED. WARDS, Author of "My Brother's Wife," %c. 3 vols. THE DESTINY of NATIONS as INDICATED in PROPHECY. By the Rev. JOHN CUMMING, D.D. 1 vol., 7s. cd. THE QUEEN of the COUNTY. By the Author of "Margaret and her Bridesmaids," &c. 3 vole. A NEW STORY of ENGLISH LIFE, by the Rev. J. M. BELLEW. 3 vols. A CHEAP EDITION of LOST and SAVED. By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON. 1 vol. LODGE'S PEERAGE and BARONETAGE for 1864, under the Especial Patronage of Her Majesty. WILDFIRE. By WALTER THORNBURY. 3 vols. MY STEP-FATHER'S HOME. By LADY BLAKE. 3 vols. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "EAST LYNNE." On Nov. 11, in 3 vols., post Bvo., T" SHAD OW OF ASHLYDYAT. By Mrs. HENRY WOOD, Author of " East Lynne," " The Channings," &C. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. This day, Never Before Published, price 25., B" DEMONIO. A LOVE STORY. By PAUL FEVAL, Author of "The Duke's Motto." London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. Just publishei, in 12m0., cloth, price 35., IS the DOCTRINE of TRANSUBSTANTIA TION SCRIPTURAL? The Question Considered and Answered. By a Layman. London : Aylott and Son, 8, Paternoster-row. T U E 0 XF 0 It D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONNAMBULA. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss Ellison, Messrs Green, Bernardi, Huish, <Sze., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTII ("or any oi,her man "), Eusrene, W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. _ Also, a Pet tormance by Herr SCIIALK.ENB &CIL on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO WWI:EN:STUB, contain ing a full baud of 4U instruments. the Liam. has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERDIJRY BALL " GROM I .' —ln order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper *nd Henry Dircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, •• 'Mt , : GHOST," to the Coneert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects), REPREShNTATIONS EACH EVENIG, at half-past Nine o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, dtc. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The Drarvels of Peru, the most wonderful Performers in the WorId—LANGLOIS, the marvellous Indian Juggler. —Grand Comic Divertissement, by the Francesco Family and Mons. Betel, assisted by 12 Young Ladies.- The beauti ful FAIRY FOUNTAIN—NICOSIA, the eminent Italian Violinist. Special Notice.—lmmense attraction on TIIURSDAY, sth November. The celebrated French Clowns, ART HU ft and Brat rit Ei ND, will make their appearance in a new Enter tainment, reserved expressly for tt►eir engagement at this establiamient. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Tit, se el , gant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director and Conductor, Mons. L. JULLIEN. Great Success of his new Quadrille, " The Prince of Wales," nightly encored. _ . The band is selected from the Italian Operas and the Household Troops. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. MOURNING IN WARSAW, The Russian director of police has issued the fol lowing decree : (a) Mourning, and in general all revolutionary emblems in dress, used with the object of criminal manifestations, are to be taken off. (b) All women, without distinction of age, rank, or con dition, who aro seen after the 29th October (13th Novem ber) of the present year in mourning, shall be arrested and taken to the guard-house, where they will be confined until they pay the penalty hereafter specified. (e) Women who have lost a father, a mother, or a hus band, m ay alone wear mourning on that ac coun t, b u t on condition that such women shall before the 29th October (10th November) obtain tickets for that purpose from the and carry such ti c k e t s a b ou t w i t h t h em. di re ctor of police, 1. Women go ing on foot in mourning d ress aro fi ne d 10 roubles. Those who are unable to pay this fine shall be imprisoned. 2. Women riding in their own or other carriages not hired shall, if in mourning, be taken to the Mizow barracks, where carriage and horses shall be detained until a fine of 100 roubles for each person is 3. Women in mourning riding hived carriages shall pay 15 roubles each; the hired carriage, cab, or omnibus in which they were shall be taken to the Mizow barracks ; their owners shall p a y 10 roubles for each w oman i n suc h carriage; the carriages and horses shall b e d e t a i ne d un til the fine is paid, and the driver and conductor shall be punished. 4. All employis whose wives and children are found in mourning shall, in addition to the above penalties, lose a month s pay ; and all pensioners, both reduced employes and the widows and children, shall lose a month's pension. MAJOR , GENERAL LEWSZYN. Warsaw, Oct. 15 (27), 1853. 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Sir,—The question of our future cotton supply, bearing as it does so immediately upon the employ ment of the people of these districts, was not inap propriately introduced at the last meeting of the General Relief Committee, and after an interesting discussion the committee adopted a statement fur nished by Mr. Edmund Ashworth, and appended it to their report. As I think my friend has taken rather too sanguine a view of the subject, may I crave space in The Sun to lay before your readers the conclusions at which I have arrived from a perusal of the public and private correspondence in my possession ? At the request of the committee of the Cotton Association, Earl Russell c our t eous ly di• Supply rested the British Consuls resident in cotton-grow ing countries to report upon the prospects of supply for 1864. Most of these gentlemen have made their reports, and much valuable information has thereby been obtained. The statements, however, of these gentlemen, or of private correspondents resident in those countries, and the conclusions drawn from them can only be an approximation to the truth, and may consequently be fairly open to question and difference of opinion. The import of last year (1862) waa as follows : Bales. 71,900 America Brazil Egypt Turkey East Indies West Indies , &c Total 1,445,000 The imports of this year (1863) I estimate to be from— Bales. America Erazil Egypt turkey Fast Indies China West Indies, Src Total 1,860,000 Increase, 415,000 bales, or 30 per cent. ; and this estimate, judging from the imports already received, appears likely to be realised. Taking the consumption of 1860 as our guide, three days' employer eat per week would rEquire 24,300 Sales, and adding the export of that year, 11,700 per week, a total weekly supply of 36,000, or 1,872,000 bales for the year, would be necessary. But the consumption for forty weeks of the present year, to the 9th of October, appears to have been 28,700 bales per week, and the export 12,000 per week, :making the probable requirements of the year to be 2,119,000 bales, or an excess of 259,000 bales over the estimated impost. It is the prospect of this result which has given encouragement to specu lation, and led to the present unprecedented high prices for the raw material—prices which I cannot but think will piece in jeopardy the continuance of the time at present worked by the operative classes. I estimate the imports for the coming year (1864) to be as follows : Bales. America Brazil Egypt Turkey Italy 25,000 West Indies, &c East Indies 1,500,000 China Total Increase upon 1863, 585,000 bales, or 31 per cent. A consumption of four days per week, based upon the data of 1860, would require 32,400 bales, and allowing an additional export of 2,000 bales weekly over the present year, we have a weekly demand of 43,400, or a total for the year of 2,412,000, to meet thgA above estimated import of 2: 41 -5:0110_ In this ealcula,ton I have assumed the con- tinuance of the war in America, from which country it is not unreasonable to estimate a supply for 1864 equal to 1863. From Brazil the reports are not so favourable as could be desired. With all the stimulus of h;gh prices the probable import of this year will exceed the last by only 16,000 bales, or 12 per cent. The apathy of the Portuguese character, the profitable cultiva • tion of sugar and coffee, and the scarcity of labour may account for this trivial excess. An increase of 35,000 bales, or 25 per cent., for 1864 is therefore as liberal an estimate as can be justified. From Egypt the reports are favourable, and estimates of the crop vary from 275,000 to 400,000 bales. I have adapted the last advices which place it at 350,000 bales, of which Great Britain may probably receive 300,000, being an increase of 50 per cent. From Smyrna I received in August last the communica tion which Mr. Ashworth quoted to the committee, of a probable crop in Turkey and Greece of 950,000 kintals, or 340,000 bales of 3cwt. each. The gen tleman from whom this was received has been long resident in Smyrna, has access to the best informa tion, and is considered a high authority in all com mercial matters ; but I confess I was startled at the great increase intimated over the previous year, and therefore hesitated to adopt it until the receipt of further information. This has materially reduced the above estimate, in consequet_ce of injury to the crops in some districts from locusts and in others from drought, and 200,000 bales are now considered to be a high calculation, out cf which quantity Great Britain may obtain 150,000 bales, being an increase of fourfold over the present year's estimate. From Italy and Malta advices are received of a crop of 40,000 to 60,000 bales, a very considerable increase upon the last year's production, and of this quantity we shall probably obtain 25,000 bales. From India the supplies of last year and the present one have disappointed those who relied npon the statements hitherto made as to the large quantity of cotton grown there. An increase of 10 per cent. only is probable for this year, notwithstanding the high prices prevailing. It is, however, generally admitted that the last crop wag injured by the ex treme drought which prevailed in several districts. No such drawback is anticipated as to the forth coming crop, while an additional quantity of land has been placed under cotton cultivation, and much of what has been hitherto reserved for home con sumption will be forwarded for export. An in crease, therefore, of 300,000 bales, or 25 per cent., is perhaps not too high a calculation. From China I estimate an import equal to that of this year, the high prices now existing withdrawing it from local consumption. From the West Indies and o ar other colonies no increase of importanc e can be ex r pected ; while the western coast of Africa sends us less this year than the last. From Peru we have o btained 12,000 bales this year,'and a further in crease may be expected during the next. From these countries and all ot hers not enumerat d I allow an increase of 15 , 000 b ales, or 75 per cent., making the total from the W est Indies, Szc., to be 30,000 bales. From the above statement it would appear that the supplies of 1864 would, in their aggregate amount, furnish four days' employment per week ; but as no considerable po r r r t a io id n will Spring hoped g of the year, the month a av f ailable b l e beforeJanuary,wt h h e S which h itp was would see an increase of e m p lo y ment, will, I am a ness a diminution of that which now exists. In conclution, I would observe that the above con siderations present us with two satisfactory res u lt s . First, that the production of cotton in other coun tries than th e Southern States of America is steadily progressing, the imports of 1864 exceeding probably those of 1862 by 1,000,000 bales, thus lessening our e xclusive dependence u pon one source of supply. Secondly, that the three countries which have shown the most eager desire to contribute to this result — pt, Turkey, and Italy—pos,ess advantages in climate, soil, and facility of access to this market which enable them to compete bucceiuily wl;11 PR1CE....... -....4d. STAMPED ....sd. the Southern States of America, not only in quality, but also in cost of production ; an d I am sanguine enough to anticipate that some few years hence the coasts of the Mediterranean will furnish an annual supply of 2,000,000 bales. Of India I regret I cannot take so hopeful a view. So long as high prices prevail she may furnish us with a considerable quantity of cotton, but when this stimulus is withdrawn, and the day of competition returns, as return it will, then will she descend, I fear, to her former subordinate position in the cotton markets of the world. This result will be owing to the inferiority of her staple, the imperfection of her agriculture, the ignorance of her ryots, the frauds of her middlemen, and the indifference of her rulers. Such a consummation none will more de voutly hail than the unfortunate operatives whom this fratricidal war in America condemns to the manipulation of her inferior prodact.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN CHEETHAM. Eastwood, Staleybridge, Oct. 29. BANKERS. London—The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool, Lothbury and Southwark. Liverpool—The Alliance Bank of London and LiverpooL Manchester—The Union Bank of Manchester. SOLICITORS. Msssrs. Flux and Argles, 9, Mincing-lane. BROKERS. Messrs. J. and J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgate-street. TEMPORARY OFFICE OF THE COMPANY. 27, Moorgate-street, London. PROSPECTUS. This Company is established in order, tut its name implies, to carry on the trade of Merchant Bankers. Hitherto this department of business has been almost exclusively in the hands of private firms, but it is confidently believed that the Joint-Stock principle may be most beneficially applied to it, as well in the interests of commerce as to the advantage of those who desire a safe and profitable investment. The Merchant Banking Company of London, Limited, is in consequence projected, having been carefully matured under the auspices of merchants, and, having every facility already available and in full operation, the Comoany wilt at once enter upon a business ascertained to be of highly re munerative nature, with all the advantages of local know ledge and exrerience of the respective toreign markets. '1 he Company will avoid costly establishments abroad, which absorb so large a portion of the profits of other bank ing establishments, and avail themselves of the agency of mercantile houses already established. The Company will grant negotiable or other credits, by and upon their Foreig,n Agents, to importers of produce in this country, on the continent of Europe, and in America. They will make advances ,n the staple manmactures d this country under documentary bil s, or c•msi , ned to their Agents abroad, for such periods as may be necessary to realise the sale of such goods, and on terms favour able to the shippers. 'they will also undertake to execute orders for produce through their Agents abroad, on terms highly advantageous to importers. The Company will further undertake the monetary agency of Foreign and Colonial Governments, and other constituted public bodies. They will receive deposits at their Head Office in London, at the current rates of interest, and grant loans, through • their Agents abroad, on apps approved securities. 'the safety of the Merchant Banking Company of London, Limited, as an investment w• 11 be understood from the na ture of the business proposed to be transacted, and the profits likely to be made by the Company may be in some measure estimated by the well-known success of several mercantile banking establishments engaged in the same descrip ,ion of business. • No promotion-money will be paid in connexion with this Company; the pre iminary expenses will be strictly confided tc actual disbursements. The Articles of Association can be seen at the Offices of the Solicitors. Applications for Shares may be addressed, in the annexed form, to the Directors ; and copies of the Prospectus may be obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company, or at the Offices of the Brokers and Solicitors ; but no application w.ll be considered unless a deposit of £1 per Share on the num ber of Shares applied for has been paid. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No. To the Directors of the Merchant Banking Company of London, Limited, Gentlemen, —Having paid to your Bankers the sum of , being a deposit of £ per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request th it you will allot me that number, and' agree to become a Member of the Company in respect of such Shares, or in respect of any less number you may allot me, and to execute the Articles of A ssociation when required ; and I request that my name may be placed on the Rtgister of Members for the Shares so allotted. Name in full Residence Profession or Business Date PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEE S. Thomas Barina - , Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. I Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is .. The Accumulated Fund exceeds It has paid in Claims .. £51,000 VO,coo .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies Dec. 31, 1847 .. ~ 1852 .. „ 1857 .. 1862 .. • • •• making the total bonus additions, £65,600. Bonuses ma - i be received in cash or applied to the Tedue tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of ai addition to the I acy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid up policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinwshment of po Icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. £5,400 11,600 23 200 .. 56,500 WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary, Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-strcet, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. SHORTHAND -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA pHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post 7d. QtiORTNAND.-PITM AN'S PHONOGRA 1.7 PHI 3 MANUAL. Free by post, Is. 6d. H 0 It T II A N D.-"PITMAN'S PHONO SGRA PUT forms an ex , ceedinely efficient - probably the mon' efficient - system of ShAthand that exists."—sf r Rowland MR. London :F. pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. LUXURIANT WHISKERS or MOUSTACHES. -31 y formula, forces them to grow heavily in six weeks upon the smoothest face, without injury to the skin, and a sure r emed y for bill iness. 13 stamps. Mr. FOX.Macclesfield. Iroi's celebrared Hai, wash ormula, for removing scurf and curling th e hair, teven stamFps, BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, A B O O K OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. MR. GERMAN REED'S NEW ENTER TAINMENT, TO-NIGHT. at 8 o'clock, introducing an entirely new and original 0 r ERA DI CAMERA, entitled JESSY LEA, written byJohn Oxenford, Esq., and composed by G. A. Mactarren, Esq. Vocalists : Miss Edith Wynne, Mr. Whitlin, Mr. Wilkinson (their 2d appearance), and Miss Poole. Scenery by Mr. John O'Connor.—ROYAL GAL- L as:HY ILLUSTHATIoN, 14. Regent-street. —Unre served seats, ls., 2s. ; stalls, 3s. ; stall chairs, 5 5.: secured in advance at the Gallery, without lee, and at Cramer and Wood's, 201, Regent-street. Doors open at 7 —commence at halt-past 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. --Great Musical Attraction Immense success of SIGNOR r.ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. THE GALE, Soon after 6 o'clock last evening the gale, which had fallen considerably in the afternoon, broke out in the metro polis with renewed fury. On the ebb tide, notwithstanding the precautions taken by the masters of vessels in the ex posed reaches to:strike topgallantmast and yards, and make "all snug," to prevent driving from their moorings, the greatest possible confusion prevailed. This was the case particularly near the dock entrances, where a large number of vessels had brought up, two of the most windward of the vessels having dragged their anchors. Additional anchors were let go by the weathermost and all hands turned out (it nark) to separate the vessels, otherwise the destruction of property must nave eetu mense. It is feared that the damage will b e f ound very extensive. On the shore at half-past 9 o'clock the storm raged furiously, causing much damage:to the roofs of houses in the eastern and south-western districts. GREAT YARMOUTH, Monday. Yesterday the weather was very unsettled, and this morn ing at about 1 o'clock the wind blew with terrific force from the south and continued with unabated violence until about 7, when it moderated. The rain descended in torrents. There is a very large number of vessels in the roadstead off Yarmouth and Dorton, most of them bound southwards, some from the Baltic and others from the northern ports. Shortly before noon the beach boats put off to a ship in the offing which hoisted signals of distress. The boats have not yet returned. A fishing boat is reported to have been seen bottom upwards near St. Nicholas gatway ; at present there is a large fleet of boats at sea engaged in the herring fishery. The weather still looks threatening, and storm signals have been hoisted. PORTSMOUTH, Monday, 6 p.m. Yesterday afternoon the barometer fell rapidly, and by the evening had fallen an inch in 13 hours. About 1 a.m. to-day a fierce gale, accompanied by rain, set in, and con tinued up to 4 a.m, when it abated ; the wind however con tinued very strong and veered to W. by N. with the mer.. cury in the barometer at 29.95, and a low temperature. Admiral Fitzroy's signal for "Dangerous winds, probably at first from the northward" is at present hoisted, and the wind is N.N.W. with heavy banks of black clouds driving over, promising altogether a full justification of the Ad miral's warning signal. The barometer is also rising, and has now reached 29.1, and will probably continue to rise as the force of wind increases from the northward. The oscilla tion of the mercury in the barometer during the past three days has been extraordinary. A telegram has been re ceived at the office of Lloyd's agent here that the hired transport King Arthur, on her way from London to this port to embark the head quarters of the 55th Regiment for Madras, had split her sails and was anchored off Deal. A new suit of sails was immediately despatched to her from here by railway to Deal. No accounts have yet been re ceived here of any serious casualties having occurred in the immediate vicinity of the port or of the Isle of Wight. PLYMOUTH, Monday. The stormy weather on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday increased on Sunday almost to a hurricane. It has been blowing heavily all this day. A market boat was upset in the Sound, but the two men in her were providentially picked up by a boat belonging to the coastguard tender Hamilton. The Kent, Captain Anderson, which left on Wednesday with SO passengers for Melbourne, put back to day with loss of sails. She did not got much beyond the Land's End. The ship Fiery Cross, for Shanghai ; the for Alexandria; the Russian bark Speranza, from • Valli, a n7l7iiiii-strothen4, have taken shelter in the Sound. The iiiiiigouront, - Captain Flatinnk, from Portsmouth with part of the 55th Regiment for mactr..,, was off Plymouth at 9 this morning; all well. 8 p.m.—The wind is veering from south-west to north-west, but it continues to blow with great force. SHIELDS, Monday Noon. The weather has been extremely stormy at sea all night. Several light vessels have reached this port, and some laden colliers put back this forenoon. The gale is from the east, and the sea is very strong upon the coast. No casualties are reported. SOI7THPORT, Sunday Night. Yesterday afternoon it was reported that a large vessel was on shore on the Trunkhill Sandbank, three miles from shore. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution vas at once taken down on her transporting carriage abreast of the vessel and launched. After a hard struggle against the strong wind and sea the lifeboat fortunately succeeded in closing with the vessel. She proved to be the foreign bark Tamworth, of Skien, Norway, bound from Liverpool to Havannah with a general cargo. The master had cut away the fore and main masts in the hope of saving the hull, over which the sea was making a clean breach. The lifeboat took off the crew, 17 in number, and landed them safely at South port. After leaving the ship the lifeboat was filled by a tre mendous sea, which overwhelmed her, and greatly alarmed all on board, but she soon cleated herself. FLEETWOOD, Saturday. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Association on this station has again been out on service. Yesterday evening the gale blew with unabated violence , and a large ship (the Lillias) bound from Liverpool to Bombay, with 1,900 tons of coal on board, was observed to show signals of distress. The lifeboat was immediately manned and taken out in tow of the steamtug Wyre. The vessel was found at anchor in the Lune in 18 fathoms of water. Ultimately the steamtug was laid alongside the ship for a moment, and 26 of the sea men on board at once j u mped on the tug. The captain and two mates were left on the ship, and they requested the w hich she did for three hours, lifeboat to remain by th em, when a very heavy sea struck the ship and brought her down upon the lifeboat, which, with her crew, narrowly escaped destruction. The lifeboat was then cut adrift, and notwithstanding the noble and repeated efforts of her crew, she was unable, in their exhausted condition, and in face of the heavy gale and tide, to regain the ship. She was there fore compelled to run for Glasson Dock, where they arrived about midnight, suffering from cold and exhaustion. At y ht they aga in returned to the ship with the v i ew dalig of rescuing the poor men on board ; but, fortunately, they had been previously taken off by a Morecambe steamer, the weather having moderated. The coxswain of the lifeboat left four hands on board the vessel, which is full of water, it being nearly up to the decks. KINGSTON, Saturday. On Tuesday it was blowing a violent gale from W. by N. N. Nir" with a heavy sea on ; a collision t oo k p l ace be tween a brig and a sloop near the entr ance o f K ingston Harbour. The latter was dismasted and drifted out to sea, and the brig made sail out of the bay. It was thought that the crew of the sloop were probably on board, and would inevitably be lost, and the Kingston lifeboat of the National Lifeboat institution was towed out and reached the wreck of the sloop, which was about five miles out. With much difficulto the coxswain put one of the lifeboat's crew on board, who reached the vessel and found no one there. There was no name on the vessel or her boat, and the crew were probably taken away by the brig that came into col lision with her. The sloop ultimately sank in 14 fathoms of water, near the Kieh Bank. The lifeboat afterwards re turned to the shore. CAUPEELTON, N. 8., Friday. All day yesterday it blew a most terrific gale here. About midnight the bark Providence of Dantsic was wrecked at Westport, on the west coast of Cantyre. As soon as the in formation reached this place the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution was immediately despatched on her transporti ng carr i ago t o th e scene o f th e wreck. By the time she arrived some of the crew had been dragged ashore by means of ropes, but, the tide having then turned, and a terrible sea rolling in, the lifeboat was at once launched. After a great deal of exertion the remainder of the crew, consisting of seven men, were taken off by the lifeboat. The crew of the lifeboat behaved in a very daring manner. The sloop Ebenezer(of Fisherrow) WaS On its passage from Fisherrow to Berwick with a cargo of sulpnor, when it en countered the severe gale of Thursday. The master ran the vessel up to Leith Roads for safety, and anchored there for some time, till the increasing violence of the storm cont pelled him to raise the anch or and ift before the wi n d . Shortly after the sloop was struck by several h eav y seas, and when nearly opposite Kirkcaldy a leak was discovered, which increased so rapidly that the crew, consisting of the master and two boys, had to take to the boats in the hope gone has of reac hing shore. After strong exertion they reached the harbour master e harbour in a very exhausted condition. The sloop since been heard of, and is supposed m to as shortly after being abandoned. 'Eh!! Was the sole owner oft o crafnei he vessel nor cargc i was i r k____ ( SPAPE li / ..., ~ ~9) - -, —Scotsman. A w ..t.'.%-:1 , • - ;-- - ii•1j.._1K... , :ne5.1.\ , -,.i a r 5P- 4 :•*.& tr.. ) On Thursday afternoon a severe easterly wind this district, accompanied by heavy rain. Town b i -; . 1., ' . lli . : the gale increased, and about midnight' it blew 1 3 - ... 4 ,, ,, * ,„,4 ?,,.....f ricane that fears were entertained for th 0 safety o . "'-' IY , of the new Free Church, which was co' last with the exception of the iron bolt atm'. apleted cal tity '""7 1 "- :,./ vane e .t the sum- mit, for the erection of which the,gcaffoldi. ag he d been left around the building. Thgt..Ktitykof the w Ind .on the mass ' of the scaffolding hat: paused it to give about a ample of feet, and it was found necessary ;,;.) brace it up by ti ' .sans of ropes fixed half-way up, and carried ae:oss to the 0 A 'waits side of the stre e t. By the increasing force o; the wirkA , however, the scaffolding was brought in contact wit.:' the ' stonework the conse at the top of the spire, which it surrounded, and quence was that the immense leverage thus bron , =ht into play was too much for the resistance of the stonewt. ‘ llr l and a little before 2 o'clock in the morning nearly one-tl. ' ird of the steeple gave way, and came down with a most trt men dous crash on the top of a house below, smashing the cl 'im nloexyrecans, tearing awa y a p or tion of one of the unfinisl `ad roof lower turrets turrets of the spire, and breaking a large hole in li ' 0 the house on which it fell. Fortunately no one wt.; injured.—John o' Groat Journal. The Fatal Accident at the New-cross Station, The coroner's inquest upon the body of the unfortunate man, Henry Woodrow, who was killed last Friday after during the storm, of a large en noon by the destruction, gine shed at New. cross Station, was held yesterday aaer noon at the Railway Inn, Now-cross, before Mr. Carter, one of the coroners for the county of Surrey. It is now ascertained that all the men, 12 in number, whcr were working in the shed at the time of the accident, were more or less injured, but, happily, only four of them seri ously, and these are stated to be going on well. The jury having viewed the body, proceeded with the coroner to the spot where the accident happened, when it at once became apparent how the unfortunate man lost his life. A mass of bricks, forming a portion of one side of the shed, fell against the engine at which Woodrow was at work, and, having completely destroyed the line, on the outer side, the engine and tender fell sideways into the en gine pit, carrying the man with them, and crushed his chest so dreadfully as to cause his instantaneous death. The place is a perfect wreck, the whole building, with the ex ception of one end, which also forms part of anothe r engine house, being levelled with the ground. An up-train on the main line happened to be passing at the time of the accident, and some of the bricks and debris were projected on to the engine, smashing the weather-board. A quantity or um.. _ _ riO4, t over the double line of rails, and broke down the coping of a wall by me 41,4 station. Other portions of the roof were hurled with great violence a distance of 30 or 40 yards. The men escaped principally by creeping into the engine pits under the engines, and it was considered that the unfortunate deceased was endeavouring to do the same when the engine fell on him. The jury having returned to the inquest-room the fol low ing evidence was taken : John White, an engine driver, in the employment of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, said—l knew the deceased Henry Woodrow well. He was 22 years of age, and was an engine fitter. On Friday last he was repairing a locomotive engine, which, with its tender, was standing on the rails in a shed at New-cross. It was an engine that I had myself brought into the shed at half past twelve o'clock that day. There were other engines in the shed and other men at work upon them. There was another man, myself, the fireman, and the deceased, at my engine. Underneath the engine was an excavation to enable the workmen to get under the engine. About half past three or a quarter to four o'clock, I was at work at tha front end of the engine, and the deceased was engaged in screwing a nut to the side of the buffer plank. My attention was attracted to some slates and pieces of dirty waste in front of the building, twirling about in a very singular way with great velocity. All at once I heard a great crash, and on looking up I saw half the roof come tumbling in. I was in the pit at the time and ran under the engine for safety. I did not call out ; there was no time for that. The foreman and ;another: fitter also] ran: under an engine. II had hardly got under when I felt tho engine sink upon me. I heard another very heavy crash, and instantaneously the whole of the roof and the walls fell. At the time of the ac cident the deceased was screwing up a nut to the engine at the buffer plank. All the bricks fell round us and buried us. I could not release myself, but when I was taken out I found that the whole of the engine• shed except the end wall bad fallen. The roof was a type roof, fastened with iron girders. The south-west wall fell in on the engines, and the opposite side outwards on the Croydon line. There was a large portion of the bricks lying against the engine where I had just before seen the deceased. When the dust and steam cleared away a little I saw the deceased doubled up between the sandbox of the engine and the rail. He was head downwards, and appeared to be jammed in between the engine and the wall. He was quite dead long before he couid be taken out. It was about an hour and a quar ter before all the men could be taken out of the ruins. There was a great deal of blood about the head and face of the deceased. There did not appear to be a great weight of brick upon him, but the engine had been thrown on one side in consequence of the rail giving way, and had tallen partly upon him. lf it had fallen upon him alto gether it would have crushed hiriiliranms: - --Deeeased was terribly crushed in the chest. From the time that I saw the lout:, violently .: htkon till the clue the roof fell, certainly not more than a second had elapsed, consequently there was no means of escaping by getting out of the building. I attribute the death of deceased to the falling of the wall, which forced the engine off the rails into the pit, and am of opinion that such fall was occasioned entirely by a power ful rush of wind, which might be termed a hurricane tl or , I r y h h e i r 1 buildingwi nd , ‘which s a t o g o k o 0 t d h s e o r u o n o d f o o f n t e h e a s n h d e d e completely a o p : e t a n whether e. Iw was s n s y o p ea r portionedt o o f b t h e e well ro of N s v e a C s ll c T a e d r r . i 0 d I t a o m a n g o ' r e t a a t w d a i r s e st s r t o a n b z ili b t u y il O d f i t t h g e . shed. lmooukchatshthaekernuiannsd. alTahrmereedwtahsatnol wdhiadntnootrgaottaefntetriownarthdsattlo a l ni t apapwea:reedoftio-ilmreesptoecbtetoa securing. sound an t d Mr. Joseph Cravenn,nsiastir s t t l a o t c io o n m e o d ti a v t e N s e u sv pe -e ri r n o t s e s n . superintendent to the compact', sw . ° r e4acoc,oidloeonkt)l, and d s h i e n ar t i h n e g s a to r r u es mh (i l t in w g as n a o b is o e l r2tuhosemhteirdnueotuoetsf o tth f o the place at once, and saw that a shed had fallen down. One side had fallen inwards and the other outwards ; the roof was all lying down in ruins, some part of it in the place where the shed stood, and some part on the Croydon up-traffic line. I first of all ran on the line a nd held up my hands to stop the traffic up and down, and then went to the shed. I found that two up-passenger lines were obstructed, and also a siding used for our own purposes. The furthest point which was obstructed was about 23ft. from the street. Pieces of timber and slate form ing portions of the roof had been carried as much as GO yards from the shed, consequently the force of the wind must have been very great. I ru-hed into the ruins and assisted in getting out the deceased, who was taken out dead. Ile was jammed between the sand-box of the engine and the rail. The length of the building was 145 ft., and the width 42 feet ; the spring of the roof being 19 feat. The wall was 14 inches thick, with additional piers at an in terval of 21 feet. The piers were 23 inches thick. The materials used in the construction of the building were good stock bricks, and the rest of the materials were also very good. The height of the centre of the roof from the side wall was nine feet. The roof was composed of T iron girders and wooden rafters. Iron girders were let into the wall, and secured to iron plates built into it. The two walls seem to have given way at the same time, and the roof to have been lifted bodily, the wall being lifted up with the roof from the bottom. The force of the wind wag upon the south-west side, consequently it blew one wall on h thee aby century,Croydonthe coronerTuo p hn - ti o l sd i h n ogsi h o w: , bendi a lnoch n t_wh i o l i arutrsihinciuiyoni chimneys other ot the e, , to nroi t s . dh no of space avneaonstht o de n firo: w er c h ttt i hhe c 0: the building stood. I have known the building for 14 years and three months. It always appeared to be a soun itil d t h ° r n e e e ' There were three roads in, hut only ono entrance with double doors and three sets of rails. There the building. iolndiengof. could in my opinion affect the stability o o f ritiaa There was some coke piled up against a the side walls, but that would not affect it. accident entirely to the force of the wind, t t h tr e i r b e ut i c a tho and have stood half reason to believe that the shed would walls being carried through. There was roof there was what was ruins of wind to escape, but at the tap f,. re oc s n it t l a . o t tn e h d s Q. d liot s no t ke e s a as m t blown down in a different w calle At t h a h s louvre period tholet out the proceedingss of o k ta e hne a d : had ci i o : b no yarde tnhaaenpsdph appeared a d o ro w efds as itno a Caol regular another building which direction. return to tho inquest. herooralradoi that the wind which The main wind, and . blew ol of the n addressing jury, said that this acci dent appeared to be what the law termed a casualt y, If the jury were of opinion that it was not attributable to any hum „ a gency, but was caused entirely by the hurricane— and that opinion seemed to be strengthened by the fact that a great deal of damage was done in the immediate neigh bourhood, it having come to their knowledge that other roofs had been blown down —it would be their duty to say so . The Foreman said the jury were unanimously of opinion that the occurrence was entirely accidental, and a verdict of Accidental Death was accordingly returned. The proceedings then terminated. - ME YERBEF,Iit'S " AFRICAINE."—The destination o f this opera was once an interesting topic of speculation, but the subject threatens to become quite an Gossip has been going on for years past on the questions where, when, and with what singers does the master intend to bring out his long-expected opera, finished, it is said, 17 years ago? One is bound to hope for a work greater than the " Huguenots" or " Prophi.'te ," but really it would be almost a deserved judgment if the opus magnum proved a failure. M. Meyerbeer's exigence has reached the limit of caprice. The last rumour is that Patti, Lucca, Iv audio, and Tamberlik are the recipients of the several parts, and Covent Garden the fortunate locality, It would be an honour well deserved by the theatre. 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