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THE FREEHOLD and GENERAL INVEST MENT COMPANY (Limited). (incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.) Capital £250,000, in 10,000 Shares of £25 each. With power to increase to £1,000,0J0. First issue 5,000 Shares. (Subscriptions for more than half of which have been already promised.) Deposit on application X l per Share, and X 2 on allotment. Calls not to exc:eed X 2 per Share, with an interval of not less than 'Three Months. It is not intended to call up more than £lO per Share, but as more capital can be advantageously employed, further issues of Shares will be made, in the allotment of which a priference will be given to the then existing Shareholders. k . hou d no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in full. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Lord NIGEL KENNEDY, Montrose Douse, Petersham, Chairman. Behe Right Hon. Lord Viscount Malden, 31, Lowndes-street, grave-square, and Loudwater House, Bucks. Charles hemp Dyer, Esq. St. Albans Edward Barran, Esq., Milk-street, Chespside. George P. Lascaridi, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director Fin ancial Discount Company (Limited). Frederick A. Legg, Esq, 22, Sackville-street, and South Xorwood. Wiliam IV. Prole, Esq., Kensington P rk-gardens East. William R. Rogers, Esq, 31. D , 56, Berners-street. William Watson, H.q., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company. BANKERS. Metropolitan and Provincial Bank (Limited', 75, Cornh111; and Oxford-street Branch, 85, Oxford street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Matthews and Greetham, 68, Lincoln's-inn-fields, BROKER. Alfred Ashton, Esq., 75, Old Broad-street. AUDITORS. Messrs. Harding, Pullein, Whinney, and Gibbons, 3, Bank buildings, Lothbury, E.C. SECRETARY PRO TEM, It. N. Collier, En. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 1, New Broad - street-court, E.C. It is well known that house property in London, whether freehold or leasehold judiciously purchased and managed with experience, is to the large proprietor a mos t remunera- The objec.s of this Company are to purchase, from time to time, such freehold or leasehold property in London and its neighbourhood, as may offer facilities for adaptation to first class houses, offices, and chambers, or which may otherwise present special capabilities for ifn proyement. A Shareholder of moderate means may thus participate in the ownership of suet proper y, and enjoy the advantages of a his in high ve a stment. rte of interest. combined w ith complete security for By the Artcles of Association power is given to the Direc tO en ors to Pay interest half-yearly at 5 per cent. per annum tt.e paid-up capital of th e t ompany, w i thout reference 1,0 1 0 C dividends to be deciared on such capital. "lite first stp of the Company wilt be the purchase and ,development 0 some first-class freehold properties at the West -end, for securing which most advanta_ eous agreements have been entered into, the vendors showing their faith in the undertaking by agreeing to take a portion of the pur ehase-money in partly paid-up Shares of the Company. These properties present, in situation and in the noble character of the buildings partially erected, remarkable ele aneats of success. It is estimated that an outlay of £40,000 has already been made upon them, all which, together with the whole of the valuable freehold sites. has been secured by the Comp any for less than the outlay which ;has been made in buildings alone. From careful surveys it is calculated that a further outlay of £20,0,0 will fully complete and fit up all the b u ildi ngs, either as several first-class houses or as residental and official chambers, and the rental to be derived therefrom has been estimated by experienced valuers to produce a sufficient aura to ensure interest and dividend amounting to 15 per cent. and upwards (arising from property ever increasing in value), after making ample deduction for repairs, out-goings, and management ; and when these properties are completed and occupied, it is calculated they may be resold at a profit of 110 per cent. to the Company. An advantageous negotiation has also been concluded for the acquisition of a very eligible Freehold and Leasehold Estate of considerable magnitude, which will produce a large income from houses of the most improving description. Arrangements have been made with a respectable and ex perienced firm for the agency of the properties belonging to the Company, As a proof of their confidence in its success these gentlemen have agreed to forego all remuneration for their services until the shareholders shall receive a dividend of 10 percent. Full partiulars of the proposed operaticns of the Company may be obtained at the Offices, No. 1, New Broad-street -court, where the Artic c, of Association may be seen;. and Pros pectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be ob tained from the Bankers, Solicitort, or at the Offices of the Company, FORM OF ArrLICATION FOR SHARES. N 0.... To Lhe Directors of the Freehold and General Investment Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—lraving paid into your Bankers the sum of , I request that you will allot me shares in the Freehold and General Investment Company (Limited); and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit on allotment, and the calls in to of the shares so allotted when due, and to sign the Articles of Association when required; and I authorise you top lace my name c,ll the Itegieter of Members for the nnmber of shares I am, Geliti emen. Your obedient rervant, Same in full Profession or occupation Address • • ••••• Date SCOTTISH AND UNIVERSAL FINANCE BANK. To be incorporated under the Limited Liability Act. Capital, £1,000,000, with power to increase to £5,000,000. 20,000 shares of £5O each. First issue, 10,000 shares. £1 on 'application, £1 on allotment, and £5 in three months. It is not intended to call up more than £25 per share. In *he event of no allotment of shares being made, the deposit 'oney will be returned in full. If more shires are applied for than ate allotted, the surplus of the deposit money will be applied to the payment due on allotment. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the brokers, and at the offices of the company, Rome' foreign, and col on i a l contracts. Head Offices, London and Glasgow, with branches in Paris and New Yolk. More than half the capital being already subscribed for, the list Kill remain open only a few days ; and, by a reso lution of the board, the whole of the remaining shares will be allotted in strict order of applicathin pro rata, By the constitution of the association, the directors are slot to be paid for their services until the shareholders shall have received 7 per cent. dividend out of the profits, thus pledging their own remuneration on the success of the company. William Crosskill, Es RIRECTORS. • q. (William Croeskill and Sons, agricultural implement manufacturers.) henry Frederick Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Sons, bankers and army agents.) George Grant, Esq., late Sub-Treasurer to the Bombay Government. Cyrus Legg, Esq., Director of Mercantile Union Insurance Company. A. nod- osse li, Esq. (Messrs, Rosselll Br others), merchant, l Rolane. Angelo Usiglio' Esq., me rc h an t , G reat Tower-street. Charles Wells, Esq., shipowner, Director of London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company. Chalmers Izett Paton, Esq. (Hugh Paton, 9, Princes street, Edinburgh), (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. The Imperial Bank (Limited), Lothbury, London, BROKERS. Lewellin A. Crowley, Esq., 3, Copthall Chambers, London. Messrs. M - 4cullum and Sidey, Princes-street, Edinburgh. J. Perry, Esq., Birmingham. SOLICITORS. Messrs, Mayhew, 26, Carey-streei, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London, AUDITORS. Charles Smith and Sons, New Broad-street, B.C. Temporary Offices-61, Cornhill. PROSPECTU. The success attained by the Credit S Mobilier of Paris has recently led to the establishment of somewhat similar insti• talons in London, their introduction meeting with marked 'success, as is evidenced by th e l arge di v i dends paid to their Shareholders, and increased value of the shares, such increase being from 100 to 200 per cent, on the amount paid. The fact that Scotland, notwithstanding the magnitude and rapid increase of her commerce, has no institution of the kind contemplated, has suggested to the projectors of the present company the formation of an institution founded on similar principles to the Credit Mobilier of Paris, but em bracing a larger field for its operations. The progress of Scotland has been greater during late years than that attained by any other country in the world. Statistics of shipbuilding on the Clyde alone, during the year 1863, show that 17i vessels, with an aggre ga t e ton nage of 124,000 tons, were launched, while 3,148 sailing ships, with an aggregate tonnage of 350,956 tone entered the river in the same year; but this number has been ex ceeded by the steamers, which reached the large number of 10,555, having an aggregate tonnage of not less than 1,035,982 tons. One of the great advantages of this establishment will be that Scotch houses can negotiate their foreign bills through the medium of this establishment, this department being one of the most profitable in banking business. The directors have succeeded in completing arrange ments for the purchase of the well-known, established, and profitable business of Messrs. D. Nathan and Co., of Cornhill, London, bullion and exchange hankers (who take a large responsibility in the company), upon such terms and conditions as will be satisfactory to the shareholders, the paymentof the purchase money being made entirely in shares of the company. Arrangements have also been made for the transfer, upon equally favour able terms, of the business of N. Monteaux et File Palais Royal, Paris, b u lli on and exchange bankers, long known as the oldest and most extensive establishment of the kind in France, and now carried on by Victor Monteaux, their successor, who will retain a considerable share interest in the company. The contracts for the transfers of the above list lie at the office of the solicitors for inspection. These arrangements will constitute a nucleus, and enable the directors at once to commence operations, as they enter upon a valuable connection of many years' standing, and embracing a very large number of foreign correspondents. The objects proposed to be effected by the company are— l. To receive money at call or on deposit for fixed terms, and the ordinary business of bankers. 2. To grant temporary or permanent loans on approved Public securities or private undertakings of undoubted merit end known solidity. 3. To make advances on merchandise and dock and other warrants, on title deeds of p ro p er ty i n possess i on or rever sion fo r any temporary purpose, on contracts for carrying out or the finishing of works, or any other securities where their safety is unquestionable and the benefit to the com pany sufficiently advantageous. 4. The purchase and salo of the precious metals in all their forms. The company will be enabled by its facilities and connexions, to import and export bullion, and to deal in foreign coins and bank notes on an extensive scale. 5. By means of the Paris branch it is proposed to un dertake the shipment of silver to the East via Marseilles, Which can be done at a considerable saving of expense and . rine. G. The business transacted by the issue of small bills and letters of credit for the convenience of travellers and emi grants i s incredible. Remittances from America to Ireland alone amount to severel mi llions sterling per a nnum . By affording the same facilities to th e E ng li sh, German, and Prench population of America it is confidently anticipated that most profitable business can bo done. tn it 7. To negotiate approved foreign or i nland bills, to trans funds in specie and in bills or otherwise, to any foreign State, and t o arrange purc h ases or sa l es of any British or foreign securities at home or abroad. 8 . To cash coupons, and to realise or undertake the management of the dividends on loan or other securities. 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A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from eleven to five. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three. T H E 0 X F O R D, fc , OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, the MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicola!; and UN BALLO IN MASCHERA ; ported by the whole of the Talented Company. Director. Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy by UNSWORTH and EUGENE, Mr. T. Maclegan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Welly Power (the Juvenile comedienne), &c., &o. Admission—Area, 6d, ; stalls and balcony, le. ; perste boxes, 10s. 6d. Open every Evening. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1864. CANTERBURY HALL. Wes tmin ster-ro aI, London. EVENI . SG — , --- Will be produced, with alterations and improvements in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet attempted. entitled THE TERCEN cENA RY ; or,a NIGHT WITH SHAKSPERE, written express'y by W. F. Vander yell, Esq., in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear. 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Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great ALHAMBRA PALACE.-NATHALIE (Monitor to the Prince Imperial' LEONTINE and BLANCHE, three of the most elegant. , accomplished, , and wondrous gymnasts in the world. First appearance, THIS EVENING (Whit-Monday). Admission —Grand Hall, rd. ; Balconies, is. ROYAL ALHAMBRA. - WONDERFUL ATTRACTION. Commence at llalf-paFt Seven. CalifiETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford. bridge, London, S.E. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street NEW ADDITION.—A full length model of ARTHUR JOIIN DEVINE, who recently suffered the extreme penalty of the law in front of Newgate for the murder of Mr. Duck, in Little Chesterfield.s•reet, Marylebone, is now to be seen in the Chamber of Physiognomy at Madame Tassaud's His torical Gallery, Baker street. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. TFIE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, &0., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m. Private Rooms for large or small parties. - By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, HO, Piccadilly. ARGYLL ROOM IS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. Manager, M. GRENET. P AR I S.-GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE. Established in 1855.—Situated in the most Central part of Paris, Rue de Rivoli and Place du Palais Royal—Six hundred Bedrooms at from 3 to 20fr.-60 Sitting-rooms at from 4 to 20fr.—a richly decorated Dining Saloon—Table d'Hote at six o'clock—Publi c C o ff ee and Dining Rooms— Choice Wines—Dinners served a la carte both in the dining rooms and the private apartments—Reading and Conversa tion Saloons; also Saloons for Musical, Wedding, and other parties—all Newspapers and Serial Publications received— Divans, Coffee, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms —numerous Bath-rooms —Carriages on the premises —first-class Private Equipages at command—Omnibuses running to all the rail. way stations—Postal Letter-box—Telegraph office day and night—Photographic studio—a staff of Servants speaking all Languages. -DIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL , without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, 10s 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 1 cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon. don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEA.RCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. MESSRS. BOTT. JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all rnoes throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-stre e t, Camberwell-park, London. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE o f any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestipn, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. and 2s. 9d, ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist. Lincoln. FOUR PENNY PACKETS of HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER and half a pound of Soap will wash fifty counterpanes in Nix hours, and sheets, shirts, table linen, kc., in half the usu time.—See Mrs. Goulder's Report, Chelsea, Laundry, S.W. Sold by grocers and druggists. Works, Bromley-by-Bow, London, E. MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, TRADERS, AND EXECUTORS. ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets prepared.—Financ:al operations organised and Banking fa °Rites arranged.—Cash Advances made on Trade Stock, Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected.— The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken. Address, Messrs. BANKES and Co., Accountants, 2 0 , Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, eonsisting of a new 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, Am Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Maiesty, 119, 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 itALOtir is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 112, Strand, W.C. IN what " Happy L an d" can 1 s ee you after the "Opera?" I on l y know of One HAPPY LAND In which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS% COVENT GARDEN, my dear fellow! lUNAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It ij Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET , W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded ",Kinahan's LL Whisky," THE EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AM) ORDINARY GENERAL M EETIN G a CANAL COMPANY. NOTICE IS HERE BY GIVEN, That the SIXTH HOLDERS of the EAS T INDIA IR RIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY w il l b e held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in th e Ci ty of Lon d o n, on MONDAY, the 30th day of May instant, at one o'clock Proo lsel Y* the SHARE- The Transfer Book s of the Co m pany will be closed from the 20th to the 30th instant, both days inclusive. By order of the Board of Directors, JOHN wESTWOOD, Secretary. 27, Cannon-street, London F C., 2d F . 9 2d May, 1864. THE MADRAS IRRIGATION and CANAL COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the TENTH ORDI NARY GENERAL MEET ING of the SHAREHOLERS of the MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY will be held at the London Tavern, B i s h o pezate-street, in the City of London, on SATURDAY the 28th day of May , instant, at 1 o'clock, precisely . , The transfer books of the Company will be closed from the 18th to the 28th instant, both days inolusive.—By order of the Board of Directors. JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary. 27, Cannon-street, London, E.C., 2d May, 1804. CIREAT EAS TERN RAILWAY COMPANY. kA FIVE PER CENT. PREFERENCE SHARES. The Directors of the Great Eastern Railway Company hereby give notice that, in accordance with the Act, the THIRD CALL of £2lo+. per S 4 are is payable on or before MONDAY, the 23d May, 1861, at the Union Bank of London, Princes-street, Mansion-house, London ; or at Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard -street, London. It will be necessary for the holder of the Scrip to present the same to the Bankers at the time of making payment. in order to have the receipt properly filled up. The Five per Cent. interest will be paid on the Ist of March, and on the Ist of September, in,each year. By Order. B. OWEN, Secretary. Blshopsgate Terminus, 11th April, 1864. NEW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for many purposes. To be h a d of all sh o p s in town or country. Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 2s, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) (Per the Australasian.) NEW YORK, MAY 4. A heavy storm has delayed operations in Virginia for a day or two past, but the news of a great battle is daily expected. All reliable information thus far received concerning General Lee's move ments indicates that he will not fall back to. wards Richmond, but will offer battle on the Rapidan, or possibly assume the offensive. His troops are being concentrated at Orange Court house. A considerable rebel force is at Fredericks burg, throwing up earthworks on the heights. One division of Longstreet's army is said to be at Honour Court-house in reserve. All accounts agree in admitting the recent heavy reinforcements re ceived by General Lee. His army is believed to number at least one hundred thousand men. He is said to have twenty-two thousand effective cavalry. The rear of Beauregard's army passed through Petersburg on the 30th ult., according to rebel accounts. The town of Madison Court-house has been burned by the Federal troops. The reason assigned is that a body of rebels took refuge in the place, and fired upon Union troops from the houses. A Federal cavalry force encountered a email body of Mosby's guerillas near Upperville, and, after a brisk fight, captured 20 of them. The army of the Potomac is represented to be larger than General Lee's, and in excellent fighting condition. Islington.— Two Eight-roomed Mons: - s. •., - VER. AN DREW HIND SELL, by AUCTION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, May 17. 18;74, at 12 for 1 o'c:ock, in two lots, the de 'rabic HOUSE 4 , Nos 3 and 5, Elmore-street, Lower-road, Islington, each containing eight r, ourt and washhouse, with gardens. May be viewed by cards from the Auctioneer only, and particulars, with conditions of sale, had at the piineipat Inns in the neighbourhood ; at the Auction Mart ; and at the Auctioneer's Office, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. Southern papers say that a battle near Chatta nooga is near at hand. Johnston's force is said to be 65,000. Be was expecting to be joined by a portion of troops under Forrest, who is reported to have received large additions to his force in Ken tucky and Tennessee, rarnet.—A Pair of Semi-detached Villas. MR. ANDREW HIND will SELL, by AUCTION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, May 17, 1814, at 12 for 1 o'clock, in two lots, the convenient Freenold Seven roomed COTTAGES, Nos. 1 and 2, Lai caster-roa 1 , New Barnet, within two minutes' walk of a statio a and half an hour's ride from town. Let to respectable yearly tenants at £44 per annum, but possession of one may be had. May be viewed by permission of the tenants, and particu. lars, with conditions of sale, bad at the Railway Tavern ; of C. Parke, EEq., solicitor, 37, Moorgate-street ; at the Auction Mart ; and at the Auctioneer's Office corner of Little Carter, lane, St, Paul's. 500 BUSINESSES.-Mr. ANDW. HIND'S MAY LIST, Containing Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &t'., Gratis Letters, enclose stamp.—Partioulars entered free. ' OFFICES—CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. HOUSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE five COTTAGES, close to a station; six miles rtom town, producing* £65 per annum. Ground rent, £2O. Price £5OO. Part may remain on mort e ,cra7e. Also the fol lowatg:--Wandsworth eight freehold, £l,OOO ; ditto, Six leasehold, £7' 0 ; Teddington, four, £5OO ; Notting-hill, three, £1,020, &c. Offi ces, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. Advices from North C aro li na announce the eva cuation of Wa s hi ngton by the Federal troops on the 28th alt. The object was to concentrate for the defence of Newburn, which is threatened by the rebels w i t h an immediate attack from a large land forc e and three powerful rams. The rebel ram in th e N euse river had moved down to within four mil es o f the city, but could not make an attack until a rise took place in the river. This ram is said to draw nine feet, and to be much more formidable than the one which assisted in the cap ture of Plymouth, has bee n eFwebeekrn by Gen era l P a l mer . superseded in the com maGGneednnaeefrraaNll Beauregard is said to be in command:of troops re had occurred at Wilmington, i n Northh hie arrival Carolina, i n Virginia. a nother property t o th e value of 5,000,000 do ' s. mount announc e s destroying the A s l t r ous Latest Lo uisiana state that the army Ki r by Smith. All the Fede ra l transpor t s and w ith the exception o f the E astport , h a d , oof Generala d vsa from a fallen baex to Alexan, rebels under General d ria closely followed ic e 13k n by s b gun boats,reached the fells at Alexandria. WHOLESALE SODA.WATER BUSINESS. Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE a flrrt-clsss provincial BUSINESS, the proprietor retiring. Profits £7OO per annum. Rent of house, shop, manufactory, stabling, .to., £4B. Price, including the extensive plant, van., hones, 5,000 dozen of bottles. and every requisite for a trade, £1,700. Ao commod.tion for part. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. CITY PREMISES. --Mr. ANDREW HIND has for DISPOSAL the LEASE of a large HOUSE, near St. Paul's, containing thirteen morns, suitable for offices or warehouse. Rent £lOO. Terms 14 years. Price £1,400. Also a commanding shop and basement in Cannon-street s Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. PHEASANT REAItING for 1864. CHAMBERLIN'S AROMATIC SPANISH MEAL pa i red AKER RICE, PELLET D. S. MEAT RAVES, pre with C AYCAR E XCEL , SIOR, is he most efficacious food for rearing and feeding Genie, preventing gapes, snarls, and death. BOOKS on V' eeding and the proper Management of Game, from hatching to maturity, with over 200 testimonials from the nobility and gamekeepers, with prices, posted free on re ceipt Qf two stamps, by Mr. James Chamberlin, Spanish Wine Merchant, opposite the Exchange, Norwich. UHAMBER LIN'S CANADIAN POULTRY MEAL, for all the year round, 16s. per cwt., including hag. The use of this food keeps the chickens in perfect health; and the in crease of eggs, of the richest colour and flavour, is marvellous. Dog Greaves, 10 s. per cwt. Please state price when ordering'. N.B.—Athices received daily of the efficacy of the Spanish Meal and Caycars. One gentleman wines, ` All my oun pheasants last seas on were alertly, and several died ; those that were strong enongh to eat your Spanish Meal recovered ill two dart% and became tine and beautiful birds." _ .___ A rebel cavalry force under Van Zandt had ap peared at Cheneyville, 19 miles below Alexandria. The or rebels a u to have a large cavalry claim that Kirby Smith captured also force near c Batonin the recent battles in Louisi ana 2 , 500 prisoners, 35 pieces of artilleryj and 200 waggons . A Cairo despatch sta tes tha t the forces in Ar. kansas under Genera ls Steele and, Thayer had accounts Gebel e eb ts nugo, attacked the rebels near P r a iri e de Anna and driven them towards Washington, Arkansas. General Steele then tweed end marched rapidly towards Camden, which point had been strongly fortified by the tebelsi'but subsequently abandoned, General Price commanding the rebel forces, seeing General Steele's intention, attempted to reach Camden before him, but in this he was u nsuccessful. On the 17th General Steele's army wa s in Camden, but whether acting on the defensive, or purposing another ad vance, is not stated. A Mobile despatchadated April 20, says :....„ The Federals under Steele are surrounded on the Little Missouri, Arkansas, and waiting for reinforcement s." The U. S. gunboat Petrel was boarded and cap tured on the 23d ult., near Yazoo City, by some of Wirt Adams's rebel ca valry. The force under General Adams is estimated at between 3,000 and 5,000. The rebels make desperate attacks upon all Federal boats passing in the Mississippi river, and the navigation of that stream, except by iron clads, is deemed very hazardous, Two hundred rebel cavalry under Colonel Powers dashed into Port ,Hudson recently and Captured one gun and 19 prisoners, killing and wounding about 90. days, was passed. CiAll-Eltorr'S COIN' Stitbiric ‘i An Mreattal and Stledyiketnedi for the Gout, Rheu matism, Sciatica, Lund and Neuralgia. This invaluable Medicine la .13U prt-eininently efficacious as to admit of no pahtlllel, instances have been known, in which sufferers have been confined to their apartments, hand and foot, under the most inte nse agony, whose sufferings writhing , o to the aato. nishment of their f r i en d s, have been wholly reinVed in less than 24 hours after taking the above medicine, and themselves rendered ab'e to resume their avocations. Indeed, the effect has been !such, and brought about in so harmless and speedy a manner, that the p ropr i etor, with the utmost confidence, Challenges the medical world to produce a medicine equal to it. To the constitution it is harmless; to the fluids of the human frame it adds an agreeable impetus ; to the system generally it is invigorating to a degree unparalleled ; and male or female may take it to equal advantage. A dose of the above medicine taken about once a month operates most effectually in preventing a return of the complain,. 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The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad missien compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged t.) treat as out-patients many dtstres ling cases which, with more adequate i un ds, they would gladly admit into the wards. gacies, which are received by Esq., Nicholas -lane; The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 beds. ond and Co. ; Harries and The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on also bt v hy o el Messrs.i, r t e a a r s y u c rc o e o n r .u t r Et i t b ds u wa t na i o dr nd Co. s 51 a n Il i l be l rr e r nu ma nn 1 Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; on and Co. ; Jones Loy Deacon ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; .Williams, , and Co. ; t l i . n. B s a . rned and Co., Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Coa,Berpernooeril-santrdeetat; tshTeasuteorompaunal:nfrdomCol.o; STANFORD S. SALITR Seoreb+►rp. Rebel guerillas are reported to be numerous and daring in Kentucky and West Tennessee, Senators G ooc h an d Wade, who went to Fort Pillow to investigate the alleged MasBßoro of negro troops, have collected evidence confirming previous reports. It is said that retaliatory measures will be immediately adopted. In the Federal Senate an amendment to the /. . . . ...... .. , --,::— . :,.....• , ..... ... ... ~, . ..; : 4,-;,:t..,„7,,.. ..-:-!... 4 , • .... P . . • • %-----...—.• .-: . I )'-' ( I‘' - 16 . .•_ ‘ . ••• • - / 0 • . - •.a. • . ' , s', , • ke. '_ , Ni . N....1 ".. /• , ../. '' ..r.t ?4 # ~ , r' :!..0. 1 -:' Ar•; . ',i:' , Y •t , ' . ~.,.. .„... .., • . . . ...,,,,,,;.„ 't,: .vf,' . • •••• . , . . . '.'• • . . . ~ . - `l, ' . - 1 , .- . ' '.....-- ::.- 1 ,.,; 711 r r .'P .'--'• - il - .? _ .. - ....-.- - ... t . v.) 0. -4 4‘tli ftWit • - •= 4, .-- I.L •• %••••. - * .. :s, .... 'A , • :•i. l '.l . '' •••••••. ~ .. —.. , . • 2 ~ .., 13 .11 ' ' T .' f. ' -''', . ) 147.. •I ! ' ' 14-'5l .;." ."4" '''''''. 4# ".. .\. • , ' N • ,, c „... 5 .,_:.. 45 _.. f ., , .. ~.... __-__..... , x .-... .. ' ''.% Auk% 1 --'4'. .1L „.7.........., : :1,:... ,. ,, •,... .. ~ . 1...,,,..,,,.,... t..,,,•,..i5., ~ - •. -•;:: A•••.......• - . „..., , _ _ . National Bank bill, requiring all associations doing business under the Act to redeem their issues in specie in six months after the rebellion shall be crushed, was discussed and rejected. The House Bill, appropriating 25,000,000 of dollars for the volunteers called out for one hundred to the House of Representatives a resolution was adopted appointing a special committee to investi gate the serious charges of corruption made against tho Treasury department. An amendment to the Army Appropriation Bill was adopted, placing negro troops on an equality with white, as regards pay and rations, Commodore W. D. Porter, brother of Admiral David D. Porter of the Red River expedition, died in New York on the Ist of May. The naval General Court Martial yesterday sentenced Admiral Wilkes to public reprimand and suspension from service for three years. The charges preferred against the Admiral were disobe dience of orders, neglect of duty, conduct unbecom ing an officer, and disrespectful conduct towards his superior officer. He was found guilty under each specification. „ /Q _ z __ PRICE ...... ...4d. STAMPED,....Sd. no cavilling. We have the men, and we could not have had them without tha measure. And now let any Union man who complains of the measure test him.- self by writing down in one line that he is in favour of supporting the rebellion by force of arms, and in the next that he is in favour of taking these 130,000 men from the Union side and placing them where they would be but fir the measure he con demns. If ha cannot face his cause so stated, it is only because he cannot face the truth. I add a word which was not in the verbal conversation. In telling this tale I attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have con trolled me. Now, at the end of three years' struggle the nation's position is not what either party or any man devised or expected. God alone can claim it. Whether it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well as you of the South, shall pay fairly for the complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find therein new oause to attest and revere the justice and goodness of God.—Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. COUTTS' BANK. The groat banking.house of Coutts and Co. arose under circumstances not less striking than those connected with tha history of Jones, Loyd, and Co. The father of Mr. Coutts was a merchant at Edin burgh who had four sons, the two youngest of whom, James and Thomas, were brought up in the paternal counting-house. James, at the age of twenty-five, came to London, and first settled in St. Mary Axe as a Scotch merchant, from which business, however, he subsequently retired to be come a banker. He took a house in the Strand, the same in which the firm still exists; and he was joined here, some years after, by his brother Thomas as a partner—the business being carried on under the name of James and Thomas Coutts. James Coutts died early, and Thomas was then left sole pro prietor of the bank. His high integrity, joined to a very enterprising spirit, soon gained him many friends, and made him remarkably successful in his business. A characteristic instance both of his shrewdness and enterprise is given by Mr. Lawson, in his" History of Banking." In the early part of his career Mr. Coutts, anxious to secure the cordial co operation of the heads of the various banking houses in London, was in the habit of frequently inviting them to dinner. On one of these occasions the manager of a City bank, in retailing the news of the day, accidentally remarked that a certain nobleman had applied to his firm for the loan of £30,000 and had been refused. Mr. Coutta listened and said nothing; but the moment his guests had retired, about ten o'clock in the evening, he started off to the house of the nobleman mentioned and requested the honour of an interview with his lord ship the next day. On the following morning the nobleman called at the bank. Mr. Ccutts received him with the greatest politeness, and, taking 30 one-thousand pound notes from a drawer, presented them to his lordship. The latter, very agreeably surprised, exclaimed—" But what security am I to give you ?" " I shall be satisfied with your lord ship's note of hand," was the reply. The I 0 U was instantly given, with the remark, " I find I shall only require for the present £10,000; I therefore return you £20,000, with which you will be pleased to open an account in my name." The generous—or, as it may more truly be called, exceedingly well calculated—act of Mr. Coutts was not lost upon the nobleman, who, in addition to paying in within a few months £200,000 to his ac count, the produce of the sale of an estate, recom mended several high personages to patronise the bank in the Strand. Among the new clients who did so patronise it was King George 111. Mr. Coutts had not only many friends bat real admirers among the nobility, and was an object of attraction to not a few designing matrons, who would have been but too happy to marry their noble but portionless daughter to the rich banker. These aristocratic matrimonial specula tions were somewhat radely dispelled by the choice which Mr.:Coutts made of a wife, in the person of Elizabeth Starkey, a domestic in his brother's service. The union was productive, it is said, of great happiness to the banker; and, though children of a servant, his three daughters married three noble men—namely, the Marquis of Bute, the Earl of Guildford, and the celebrated Sir Francis Bur dett. After the death of his first wife Mr. Coutts gave his hand to Miss Mellon, an actress. On this second marriage, both Mr. and Mrs. Coutts were made the constant subjects of unworthy ridicule, which, however, had no other effect than that of strengthening the confidence of the husband in his wife. This confidence was displayed in a remarkable manner in the last will and testament of Mr. Coutts. By this will he left the whole of his for tunc,amounting to above £900,000, to his widow, for her sole use and benefit, and at her absolute disposal without the deduction of a single legacy to any person. Mrs Coutts subsequently married the Duke of St. Albans; but under her marriage settlement wisely reserved to herself the whole control of the immense fortune left to her by her first husband. Oa her death she bequeathed the, vast property to the favourite grand-daughter of Mr Coutts, Miss Angela Burdett—the estimable and beneficent lady, founder of so many churches and schools, who is now well known as Miss Angela Burdett Coutts. Miss A. B. Coutts continues to be the principal proprietor of the old bank in the Strand, the busi. ness being conducted for her by trustees, under the old style of Coutta and Co.—Railway News. THE POLISH INSURRECTION.--Colonel Raczkow ski, one of the most idefatigable chiefs of the Polish insurrection, who quitted Paris in February. 1863, to take part in the events then taking place in Poland, and who remained there after that period, and was present at various actions fought with the Russians, has arrived in Paris. He is, perhaps, the only one of the insurrectionary Chiefs who exposed his life so many hundred times without ever having been wounded. Colonel Raczkowski is an old officer of the Prussian army. He subsequently served in the Brazilian army with the rank of captain. He had just arrived in Paris from the Brazils when the Polish insur rection broke out, and he hastened to assist his countrymen in throwing off the Muscovite yoke. General Bossah, who fought so long and so successfully in the palatinates of San domir and of Cracow, has joined his family at Geneva. It appears from the information received from various sources that the insurrection in Poland has been completely sup pressed. A E`,lY S PA P THE DRAWING-ROOM, 1- , - 14 4' By command of the Queen a Drawing Ro*F.ifif, held on S i.turday at St. James's Palace by her Highness the Princess of Wales, on behalf of 124 Majesty. Presentations at this Court are, by the Queen's pleasure, to be considered as equivalent to presen tations made to her Majesty. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and escorted by a party of Life Guards, proceeded from Marl borough House, and arrived at St. Jamcs's Palace at St. James's Palace at about two o'clock, where their Royal Highnesses were received by the Mis tresses of the Robes and the great eflicers of the Queen's Household. Her Royal Highness the Grand Ducheso of Mecklenburg-Strelifz arrived at the Palace, attended by the Lady Caroline Cot and Baron von Plesson. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of C=- bridge arrived, attended by Ldy Geraldine Somer set and Colonel H. Purves. His Royal Highness the Doke of Cambridge arrived, attended by Colonel Tyrwhitt. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- Wiemar was present at the Drawing Room. Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was on duty in the State Saloons, under the command of the Lieu- tenant. The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty, under the command of Colonel Bourke, the Exon in waiting. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales took her station in the front of the Throne, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the other members of the Royal Family. In attendance on the Princess of Wales were the Duchess of Wellington, Mistress of the Robes to the Queen ; the Marchioness of Ely, the Countess of Geinsborough, the Countess of Desert, the Coun tess of Caledon, and the Viscountess Jocelyn, Ladies of the Bedchamber to the Queen; Countess De Gray, Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales ; Lady Caroline Copley, the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, Viscountess Chewton, the Hon. Mrs. Alexander Gordon, and Lady Codrington, Bedchamber Women to the Queen; the Hon. Mrs. William C. Grey, Bedchamber Woman to the ,Princess of Wales; the Hon. Lucy Maria Kerr, the Hon. Caroline Fanny Cavendish, the Hon. Flora C. J. Macdonald, the Hon. Emily Cath cart, the Hon. Horatia Charlotte Stepford, the Hon. Harriett Phipps, the Hon. Emma Lascelles, and the Hon. Lucy C. Lyttelton, Maids of Honour to the Queen ; the Earl of St. Germans, Lord Steward; the Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain ; the Mar quis of Ailesbury, Master of the Horse; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles B, Phipps, Keeper of the Privy Purse ; Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., Clerk Marshall; Viscount Bury, Treasurer of the Queen's Household ; Lord Proby, Comptroller of the Queen's Household; Viscount Castleross, Vice-Chamberlain; Lord Methuen, Lord in Waiting, and Captain Sir William Horse, R.N., Groom in Waiting to the Queen ; the Marquis of Abercorn (acting for Earl Spencer), Groom of the Stole to his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales; Lient..General Knollys, Comptroller and Treasurer of the Prince's House hold ; Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord of the Bed chamber, and the Hon. Robert H. Meade, Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales ; Lord Harris, Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales ; Major C. Teesdale, Equerry to the Prince of Wales ; and the two Pages of Honour in Waiting on the Queen. The Princess of Wales wore a rich black silk train trimmed with a deep border of crape and jet; a petticoat of black silk covered with bouffants and ruches of crape, and ornamented with jet ; head dress a tiara of jet, with black feathers and tulle veil ; ornaments jet. Her Royal Highness also wore the Victoria and Albert badge, and the insignia of the order of Isabella of Portugal. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Meek lenhurg-Strelitz wore a train of rich black silk trimmed with bkck lace, and a white petticoat trimmed with satin ribbon and black lace; head dress a tiara of diamonds and sapphires, feathers and veil; stomacher and necklace diamonds and sapphires. DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM SEARLE.—It is with great regret we announce the decease of Mr. WM. Searle, who expired in his 49th year a few minutes before 1 o'clock on Friday morning. Wall known to the public as an excellent actor, and much esteemed by the profession, the intelligence of hie death will be received by both play goers and performers with deep sorrow. Mr. Wm. Searle was born in January, 1816, and having lost both his parents before his 14th year, he sought employment in a solicitor's office, where he remained two years. Finding his taste led him to the stage, he made his debut as a youth of 16 at the Surrey; Theatre, then under Osbaldiston's management, and the encouragement he received induced him to apply for and obtain a situation at the Ade l p hi, where he played for some time a series of small p arts. After some provincial tractice with Down in York Circuit, and Smith in the Nor. with Circuit, ho came back to town prepared to take a higher range of parts. He joined the Strand Theatre, of which the late W. J. Hammond was then manager, and m ade his first recognised " hit" in the part of Bats in D ou glas Jerrold's " P e rils of Pippins." Havingreai 7 years at the S t r and, he became a prominent member.ihh h of of the late George Wild's company at the Olympic, wherem n e stayed till 1844 . S oon after he aceeptel th e position ho s t age manager of the City of Lo ndon Theatre, which filled with credit to him self and advantage to the manage ment for nearly 14 years. He afterwards occupied the post of stage-manager at Astley's. Mr. Searle was an admir able "character' actor, and in the picturesque dressing of his parts showed much of the care and artistic judgment of Mr. 0. Smith, on whose pecu l iari S earle of acting he had also a evidently membermodelled h of s matic r own. a i‘' profession, and who bids fair to achieve profe ss i ona l success.—Er leaves a. a son, who is the i r Lord Llanover has left town for Llanover, South Wales. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cam bridge wore a black glace silk train trimmed with ruches of silk and tulle ; a petticoat of black glace silk covaJd with tulle, richly trimmed with lace and bows of satin ribbon ; headdress a diadem uf diamonds, feathers, and silver tulle veil; stomacher, necklace, and earrings of diamonds. The Prince of Wales wore the uniform of the 10th Hussars, of which regiment his Royal Highness is colonel, with the insignia of the Garter and the Star of India. RATHER DTFFICI7LT TO SWALLOW.—" Fancy," said Sydney Smith, once sitting quietly at the Deanery of St. Paul's with some ladies, when he was told that one of the giraffes at the Zoological Gardens had caught a cold, "fancy a giraffa with a sore throat 1" THE PRINCE IMPERIAL is going to give a monstre juvenile fete next Sunday to all those children of his age who are members of the Loan Society for Indigent. Workmen standing under his special patronage. Thero will be twelve marionette theatres, two stages for jugglers, and two great military orchestras on the spot, which has been carefully selected in the reserved part of the Tuileries Gardens. From 150 to 200 " marehands de Coco" will furnish the young people with all kinds of sweet drinks, while a bullet will cater for the grown-up population. After this monster fete a balloon will go up ; and the journals add that whoever, before Sunday, subscribes the annual sum of sfr. 10c. will even now receive an invitation. is N U EN Tin c i l o e m r s p t l a e d t t i 0 , n b D . y Th - r e c K t o E r P E r I t e . 1 i s n gM,Oapproachin gWitae e reliefs will represent scenes from Kep l er 's life, while the pedestal will contain, i n f our niches, th e nicus, Tycho do Br a h e , Michael Mastle figures g an ur d es jo o s f t C n o u p r e ,' r the astronomical instrument mak er . Th ese fi gures will be cast_ in bronze, an d b e a b out four feet high. THE QUEEN, it is significantly remarked by the Spectator, held a Court at Buckingham Palace on Wednes day. Her Majesty wore the blue riband and badge of the Garter, the badges of the Victoria and Albert Order, and, says the Court Circular, which does not make mistakes on such points, "the Order of Queen Louise of Prussia." NOT PAYING DEARLY FOR HIS WHISTLE—BUT BEING WELL PAID FOR IT.—Music, it seems, has still the charms the poet ascribed to it. Mr. Cox, eon a an English physician of Valparaiso, had been exploring an almost unknown inland sea in Chili and the river Limey, when the party fell into the hands of a tribe of wild In dians. The Cacique wanted to kill him for visiting his dominions without permission ; but Mr. Cox played hint a tune on the flageolet, and the chief relented and let hi m go. Sorely that Cacique must be an Austrian in an in choate state, with tendencies which will ultimately develop into a passport system and a love icz opera. Admiral Fitzroy, we perceive, thinks there is something in these regions more valuable than Caciques, namely, three new varieties of the potato. MR. ANTHONY TROLLOTE'S SKILL AS A No. VELIST.—He can write out the talk of people as no one else can. He dos not hesitate to give himself the t given trouble of recording in full what, at a great crisis, his cha ' meters might be supposed to say. Ver y o f ten there are three or four whole pages entirely filled with conversation, and this conversation is never dell, or forced or epigram matic. Nor is it trivial. It seems to come f rom d the people as if it wer e inevitable it should come all co l o ured with the peculiarities of each i an ndividu yst l o it is nd all . seems good, sensible, ap t ta l k in its way. W a he a n all is ex cellent, one exampl e i s as good as another; but per haps, as a triumph over difficulties , we might se lect the conversation of Lord d e Guest and Johnny Eames, when. the Earl asks his young friend to meet Colonel Dale. There really is hardly any basis for talk at all. There is very little that any of them can say that can be made to affect the story, and all that can come under this head might be easily got into a page or two. L.rd de Guest is not made to wander into subjects foreign to the main plot, or to call up anecdotes and rereinise,nces, and things of that sort. He and Johnny talk about Lily Dale, but they talk at once so fully and so naturally that it seems as if a real conversation were going on; while yet what they say has an interest, and we do not find ourselves get ting tired of their confidoic es • —Saturday _Review. WILLIAM tiIIaNSPERE. By Victor Hugo.—The authorised English translation of this interesting work has just been issued by Messrs. Hui st and Blackett in tying e 1 vo l u me. This enthusiastic tribute of admiration to our great national poet, and at the present time especially, will be eagerly perused by all Englishmen. "M. Victor Hugo (gays the Atlicnceum) has produced a notable and brilliant book about Shakspere. M. Hugo sketches the life of Shakspere, and makes of it a very effective picture. Imaginative and pleasant fancy are mingled with the facts. There is high colouring, but therewith a charm which has not hitherto been found in any portrait of Shakspere painted by a foreign hand." ',z(_ 2--2_.... , 1Z -- 29, GEORGE-STREET. HANOVER-SQUARE , W . THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 ti 10. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife ll ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations &e. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 year s old. Admission. One ?Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. MOLLARD'S PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians %see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, according to the degree of sulphur they contain, sold at the depot, 221 A, Regent - street,"London,W., and at all chemists. :Prospectuses and testimonials sent on application. 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, ttc. Sold in pots, is. lid., 2s. Od., Its., and 225. each. Also his PILUL.2E ANTISCROPHULZ, confirmed by sixty years' experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever offered to the public. They form a mild and superi or F am il y Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confine ment or change of diet. Sold in boxes, Is. lid., 2s. Sid., 18. 6d., 118., and 225. each. Sold wholesale Londone proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, Bridport, by the houses, and retail by all respectable medicine vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies. PRIZE MEDAL.--INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., &0., 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. Tuokera' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subjeet of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says: -- " I have found them fully equal to the recommila. a tm which you gave them, and can sincerely, in Tav • + -intl.,' com mend them to the clergy for the use of the P Finest quality, with Tatted Wicks, ps: onted.. 2tl• per lb. with a MlXture of Wax. Ordinary quality • • • 215. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDI...2s , Best quality .. •,. is. sd. per lb. Second quality • .• ••is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .4 .. • • .. la. ld. per lb. Carriage pall in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 'B, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square, Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar EETI-L—Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the /ollewing advantages:--A set or teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, w ith ou t pain or extraction of st umps, and to answer all the purposes omastioatien and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so iiable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskoll's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. str Inspection of specim , W. P ens andconsulta i tions zree.-B,Grosvenor eet, mingham. street •3, Bennett's-hill, Bir- DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre eared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. -, cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found i nva l ua b le to all who ufl'er from bilious and raver emnplaints, indigestion, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizzinebs of the eyes, &o. For habitual Costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. B ° l d by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green Paokage, with " William Lambert ," engraved 04 thamp, THE ORIGINAL ROYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCIE, for Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravi es , St ews, Steaks, Soups, Fish, Game, Ize.. Prepared only by the proprietors, TAOS, BucK and Co., 10, Bath-plioe, Dalston, London, N.E. FINANCIAL. NEW YORK, MAY 3, P.M. The money market is easy. Capital is freely offered at 7 per cent., and there is a tendency to lower rates. The 100,000,000 dollars of two year 6 per cent. legal tenders will become currency on the Ist of June, when they lose their first coupons, and this anticipated inflation is already being felt in the money market. Government securities are quiet. United States Sixes of 1881 registered 1121 ; ditto coupons, 113; Seven and Three•tenths Treasury notes, 110; Coupon Five Twenties of 1882, 1051; One Year Certificates, 981. Exchange is active at 197. Gold opened at 177 and rose steadily to 1801, closing at that rate. Railroad shares are irregular and active. Erie, 1114 ; New York Central, 1303; Hudson River, 1322; Harlem, 233 ; Reading, 128 ; Illinois Central, 1241; Michigan Central, 135; Michigan Southern, 90 ; Pittsburg, Fort Mayne, and Chicago, 109; Chicago and Rock Island, 1091, COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAY 3, P.M. Flour.—Unsettled, and 5 to 10 cents. per barrel lower. 7 dole. to 7 dole. 20c. for superfine State and Western; 7 dole. 20c. to 7 dole. 30c. for extra state; 7 dole. 35c. to 7 dole. 60c. for choice state; 7 dole. 300. to 7 dole. 70c. for common to medium Western ; 7 dole. 75c. to 9 dole. for good to choice do. ; 8 dole. 10c, to 11 dole. for extra St. Louis; 7 do's. 60c. to 8 dole, for common to good Southern ; 8 dole. 10c. to 11 doll. for good to choice extra do.; 7 dole. 30c. to 7 dole. 60c. for common, and 7 dole. 60c. to 9 dole. for good to choice extra Canadian. Wheat.—D all, and 1 tot cents. per bushel lower. 1 dol. 84c. for amber Michigan, 1 dol. 78c. for amber Jersey ; 1 dol. 80c. for spring amber, and winter, and Wtstern. Corn.-1 dol. 37c. to 1 dol. 39c. for old Western. Cotton—Quiet and steady. 831-c. for middling uplands, and 80c. for low middlings. Ashes.—Quiet. 9 dole. for pots. and 11 dole, for pearls. Provisions.—Pork, quiet. 26 dole. for moss ; 28 dole. 50c. for new do. ; 23 dole. to 25 dots. for old and new prime; 27 dole, 50c. for prime mesa. Beef ie firm, at 16 dole. to 17 dole. for repacked, and 19 dole. to 20 dole. for extra mess. Tallow.—Dull; 131 c. for city. Sugar.—Steady ; 161,c. to 174 c: for Cuba. Rice.—Quiet, at 11c. for Rangoon: Petroleum.—Moderately active; at 381 c. for crude, and 68c. to 60c. for refined. Coffee.—Dull. San Domingo at 39c.; 45c. to f. 470 or Rio, and 53c. to 55c. for Java. President Lincoln on Slavery and Eman- cipation, The American papers publish the following:— Executive Mansion, Washington, April 4 A., G. Hodges, Esq., Frankfort, Ky. My dear Sir,---You ask me to put in writing the substance of what I verbally said, the other day, in your presence, to Governor Bramlette and Senator Dixon. It was about as follows ern naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel. And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unre stricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would, to the beat of my ability, preserve, protect, and de fend the constitution of the United States. I could not take the office without taking the oath. Nor was it my view that I might take an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power. I understood that, in ordinary civil administration, this oath even forbade me to practically indulge my primary, abstract judgment on the moral question of slavery. I had publicly declared this many times, and in many ways. And I aver that, to this day, I have done no official act in mere deference to my ab stract judgment and feeling on slavery. I did under stand, however, that my oath to preserve the con stitution td the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving by every indispensable means that Government—that nation, of which that con stitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the constitution By general law,.life and limb must be protected ; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I feel that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the constitution. Right or wrong, I aasumed this ground, and now avow it. I could not feel that to the best of my ability I had even tried to preserve the constitution, if to save slavery or any minor matter I should permit the wreck of government, country, and constitution altogether. When early in the war General Fremont attempted military emancipation, I forbade it, because I did not then think it an indispensable necessity. When, a little later, General Cameron, then Secre tary at War, suggesting the arming of the blacks, I objected, because I did not yet think it an in dispensable necessity. When, still later, General Hunter attempted military emancipation, I again forbade it, because I did not yet think the indispensable necessity had come. When in March and May, and July, 1862, I made earnest and successive appeals to the Border States to favour compensated emancipation, I believed the indispensable necessity for military emancipation, and arming the blacks would come, unless averted by that measure. They declined the proposition, and I was, in my best judgment, driven to the alter native of either surrendering the Union, and with it the constitution, or of laying strong hand upon the coloured element. I chose the latter. In choos ing it I hoped for greater gain than loss ; but of this I was not entirely confident. More than a year of trial now shows no loss by it in our foreign rela tions; none in our home popular sentiment; none in our white military force—co loss by it anyhow or anywhere. On the contrary, it sh ows a gain of quite 130,000 soldiers, seamen and labourers. These are palpable facts, about which, as facts, there can be a ulci idly zny for— / so girth ear. 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