The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-08 00:00:00

DEAR DOCTOR , What do you advise ? I adv ise Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwards to 1: VA v , - -- , S , Covent-zarden, hear some charming singing, order pne of their capital chops and magnificent potatoes, and that 18 the best advice I can give you. RINAITAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. T his celebrated Old IRIS LI WHISKY' r i va l s the finest It INNC H BRANDY, Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. . u Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; bit e y A Zents in th e pr i ncipal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Pserve the fled Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded ".I(inahan's Lisky." C°NNECIING SHIP OWNERS (Limited). Inc°l 'Perat d under the Joint-Stock Companies' Act, 1052, Whe n the liability of each shareholder is limited to the a rueunt of his shares. Capital .£1.000,000, in 50,r00 shares of £2O each. El)eposit.tl per share on application, and £1 on allotment. ;3Certifica,es. which can be converted into Registered ipars, at the option of tne holder, will be issued imme latelY after allotment These certificates will be capable of tr ansfer, by delivering from hand to hand, witho u t any neces sity for registration,. ----"• Rear . Ad . DIRECTORS. 1,1 ;<vdmira.l Currie, Bletchingley, Surrey, Chairma7. a . ,'9Yd Bac,rshaw, Esq , Bath. • ,ritttn, Esq , Director of the Bank of Wales, Basinghall street, and 3u and 31, London-wall. C- ' /Inward ' Fe • k Es C E., late Resident Engineer lINVIC , q G 3 pir r . ,-- s PilwaY, Oatlands Park, Weybridge. - I.' T he R rfar is, Esq., Merchant, 5, Nicholas-lane racket'cAoningpuantuys. Jocelyn, late Chairman Dundalk Steam Col. "Iliarn It. N dham Royal Horse Artillery, Ramsgate. Geo!, • 1 c . ~, ,e I ear Pocock, Esq., Director of the Crystal Palace i.,..,48 Company. , - , eorg e , ,-, Scaturnell Esq. , Director of the Submarine Telegraph Co Re ' BANKERS. 12111011 Bank of Lond on, 2, Princes-street, and Branches. al Clark, Esq., Eylpp CONSULTING ENGINEERS. and J. C. Gunn, Esq., 24, Great George. street, Westminster. SOLICITORS. Meqirs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Reeves. BROKERS. Messrs. Castello Brothers, Throgmorton-street. AUDITORS. Il esSi's. Aliso n and Waddell, Public Accountants, 14, Walbrook. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Horace Fenwick, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. Co rnhill—Entrance, 126, Bishopsgate-Street. ABRIDGD PROSPECTUS. Zla a h ra ls Co ip mpany is established t o own and work Connecting c o Shs. solvhatecting Steam Ships are d es i gne d on a new system, ei rc-r," co nsists in constructi ng s t eamers i n several distinct „Eira t ra r t,rnents for carrying large cargoes on very li g h t with great economy of po wer , th e compar t ments lr ot i , all of one gauge, admit of imediate disconnection The „arid r e - connection to each other; . and ot the transfer of from'nlPartment containing the engine, officers and crew, bek e °pp get of st cargo compartments to another, so that it c n ti eel P in constant running employmrnt, while the compara the r n in ,expensive cargo compartments are detained during 111 ettn,: aui ng, unloading or sale of their cargoes. By this chree',cne engine and one crew will p er f orm the work of I) °rtle s n ' ea rners of the ordin a ry cons t ruc ti on, an d rea l ise pro- It i s a l Profits, titemb,„ intended to commence business by running one ke yr compartment, and three sets of Carwo Compart in La s ' which will be sufficient to deliver 10,000 tons of coal pactlldon Per month, and to demonstrate the enormous ad bstict4g,ca to be gained by the system before proceeding to te a „, t 'ic Proposed fleet which will consist of Eighteen Screw Car,,'Zer Co mpartments, and one hundred and ninety-eight toar Co mpartments, and will deliver over one million of tons ?..! coal to London, and over three hundred thousand 1411'1111s, annually. th e __Mates of the cost of the proposed fleet, and details of sel;ia..nc,ual expenditure and receipts have been prepared, ralcias the large profit of more than 20 per . cent., after tingenjeaBinple provision for insurance, depreciation, and on- • b ee , Luiall "C onnecting Steamer, " named the Conneltor, has %unit as a practical mode , , and has made freuent so bey run over 4,00 miles at sea, in all weathers, so s hir: ,der nonstration of the nautical qualities of conneeting besr on i i ci as been rziven, suflicient to place their sea-worthiness 11 48 0 , all doubt, while the absolute experience of some years fitah l u „ o _il that even the ordinary screw colliers can be . pro dete„i,e -eployeel in the carrying of coal, notwithstanding the . elia,4`,:lor! of their engines and crews during loading, dis .l,ll,ee_f cargo, repairs , &c. d e "nector is at present in the Thames, where s''e will which peculiarity te mode of connecting and disconnecting, "'„ the of the system. struercrrPecttp with plans and drawings . of vessels con the able this system, as also detailed estimates sh . owinz aha res " /ale profits together with forms of application for ti o „ can be obtained, or will be sent post free, on applica s, at the Offices, 61, Cornhill, entrance, Bishopsg-ate-strect. No. FOR'3I OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. navinc.yo the Connecting Shipowners (Limited). allot to Die per P ai d Et deposit ()IX! share, I request you to shares of £29 each in the Connecting ,Bhipowners (Limited); and I hereby agree to become a .older in that Company, subject to.itsrules and regulations, share and to Recut SUCiI shares or any less number that may be * dotted to me. Name in full.. ......... .................. Address in full ................. ....... Profession, Addition, or Occupation...,. Date. ............................... Usual Signature. r i lt iE NATAL INVESTMENT COMPANY I (Limited). n corporated under the "Companies' Act, 1862." Capital £500,000, in 10,000 shares of £5O each. Of „ ill , ' First issue, 5,000 shares, b e „ ell oBit u Pwards of one-half are already subscribed for. A' ce e „,. per share on application, I on allotment. 'AlAent calls wit ti exceed £5 per share, and at intervals It 1 ,, of not less than three months. not proposed to call up more than £lO per share. AV • Ad am DIRECTORS. W. g. Esq. (Messrs. W. J. and A. W. Ai ams , l a t e C . t' - ', 4 ,nts), St. Benet's-place, Gracechurch-street. Br , wne, Esq., Director Cape Town Dock and I:ll,,a):Company, Gresham House, Old. Broad-street. ttlate nct, Director London, Buenos Ayres, and River Cir Tut s , - .?nk, 7, Bishopsgata-street Within. .'"laii rt ?lonel Money, Director reit Fancier of lv . ° l i ug, e Berkeley -street Berkeley-Csquadre. Club, and Eardiston, Worcester- If 'Oen, p (Messrs. E. Snell and Co.), D'Urban, Natal. r,_° 1 44,.',,' ,, 01., Director of the London Bank of Scotland, b • vv . s ...street. Ryinehratt, Esq., Wilbrook-buildings, Walbrook. a . Tha rn Esq. (Messrs. F. Symons and Co.), 64, Lower Dsfgames-et Pet lB°ll, jun., Esq. (Messrs. J. R. Thomson and Co.), ,Wer 8- chambers, Cornhill. ' 4ll llO cl. (Messrs. Wilson, Worcester, and Co.), 79, a-street. on t! BANKERS. "Z° ll— The Aura and Masterman's Bank, Limited, Lembard-street. London and South African Bank. TIiFINANCIAL AGENTS. e Credit Mobilier, Limited, 80, Lombard-street. Ite ßs SOLICITORS. Itl es ra Newbon. Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane. a rs. Phillips and Son. Abchurch-lane. lit ess ra IMOKERS. tr„ ka t . Pl eld. Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, Throg 'Aare. g'n - street. Pencer and Norton, 22, Throgmorton-street. J a.in AUDITORS. (ie ct e a Uan • , re rice, Esq., 2 4 , O ld Jewry. Pering, Esq., 26, Sussex-square, Hyde-park. SECRETARY. C. Grabham, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 18 , ing s Arms-yard, Moorgate-street, th ri l l , Co rn t the ii e Yelo3P n anY is established for the purpose of assisting i n for ti cut of the resources of the colony of Natal an d ti e ,. le inv e tCesessions adjacent, by affording a safe medium the i the r a „‘Plent of capital in mortgage and other securi 44,nereast Addly augmenting prosperity of the colony ai2d r h licea, .44 value a land creating a constant demand for bn s i, neh this Company proposes to supply. in te Abe i t "„ e .. , of the Company will comprise :- 1111, r e8t, of "'II: and investment in the colony, at colonial 2" cnuntry. M oney obtained upon debentures or deposits in o l ; ol lr h ab i :cgolsiti on, d eve l opment, and re-sa ' e of lands, as l'ers ° PPortunities offer, and affording assistance to The occupiers for substantial improvements. l'eraito„Paromotion of public works, and conducting financial The"l 'generally. nae,,, l 'antiactio n of all kinds of agency business, and the At '"ent of esta' es for absentees and others. b rot "t te th Proposed to call up more than . £lO per share; the T/ 1)It41 obt p Company will be mainly derived from the use of r at s twined in this country by the issue of debentures. kts e of Interest in the colony ranges from 10 to 12 per 0 11 , 1 3 i r:: e :,,, ti _ a. a large margin of profi . t on the capital ern- K r i t a l i . v e tent of itself to a good dividend on the paid-up e cn y c nd pendent ff which, however, a ivances will be nih„_ unditions which will secure other advantages to the Arr ° Y. Trust Company there is a wide field for the Com oPerations, and the following statement of the sell ,,ar,rees of Shares in existing' Companies in Natal or the 1 111 4 ( e l s Uood Hope will show the profitable mature of this h., Name of Compa n y. Paid up. Selling prices, h 0 Name of Executors 4200 0 0 .. £350 0 0 Association for Administering dCstates . 187 10 0 373 0 0 iletteral Estate, &c 2OO 0 0 .. 252 0 0 0 , 1 1 Elizabeth Guardian and zsz - trust 4t al Assurance and Trust Co , t ta Itpany ~‘re e Directors are satisfied that from the above sources a ,k,sreturn on the paid-up capital of the Company is to be titllit'd, free from any e;ement of speculat on. progress of the colony during the last ten years has taarkable, and there is ever reason to anticipate even et el l ' a Pid advancement in future. The following statistics liiie c i,W how greatly the resource the co.ony have in 'tiring the period referred tot A's?! et tand v 1853. 1863 . fa Cultivation 3,315 acres. 53 ,819 acres. 41 ' ilnalue of Land i 4. t .. °f Pietermaritz n Nun s .................... 4s. to ss. per 30 8. t o 355, per r acre. acr e . Of ()t ti t at orned attle . - Vot v al Pin Colony .... 188,338 head. 409.16 ) head. ate'Velikl ~4 • Exports.... £36,792 .£ I 65,000 ` bu r 4(1 ° I . Imports.... 95,838 465,90) be en l of;t h .• ....... ....... 28,643 112,103 ,ich b lant e e d i ast two or three years large tracts of land have Loe nag sugar Coffee, cotton, &c , and the success 'l7`olvtic'",ended these plantations cannot fail to stimulate at th f , e Artt e i , these products throughout the colony. obtap -C/ flic, - . es and Memorandum of Association may be seen B pe et , - ,a of the C - mpany 04 1 , l 'ert fc s en and Forms of . Application for Shares may be Any. ° ZI the Secretary, Solicitor,J, or Brokers of the Ni IXVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). b_ APPLICATION FOR SHARES. greetors of the Natal Investment Company (Limited). rltlemm. l'itt reb 3 7 l:„Paid to your Bankers the sum of .£ or ttle ct C4 ea t You to slot me Shares in the abov ' E l - Artl„T'Y less Pan Y, and I agree to accept that number of Shares, ambe4Q,ts of il2:lMbrr .that you may allot me, subject to the r thsesoia.tion ; and I hereby . agree to become a Ct ns N 'l thp cT ra PanY, and authorise you to enter m the -., e- - t•ister of Members of the Company re y Sh are ki which may be so allotted to me. in Name in full ................. Address in Profession or description ....... (A.) Date 1864 ..... Signature ............. Ap~p/,‘TA„, NATA L INVESTMENT COMPAN Y Apis .let IS (Limited). If f,os,„`-'4l\T„ REI - CY GIVEN, hat the LIST of .2.ti rn k.,,, , ? for SHARES in this Company Will be ,-,4C°oand LJRSDAY, the fith instant, at 4 o'ic, for on W EDNESDAY, the 10th instant, clor for the ig An a s C. GRABIIAM, Secretary. rraB-Yard, Moorgate-street, 4t ugut4 5, N°. 22,503. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ik e r 0 T DE AD YET. By J. C. JEArritEsoN. Author of " Live it Down," &C. "Mr. Jeriffreson's present novel is in every respect satis factory. Webye read it through with interest, and can re commend it to our readers. It is a pleasant, healthy book." —Aihenxurn. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. VOTICE.—Too STRANGE NOT TO BE TRUE.—Lady GEORMANA FuLLEnToN's New Novel, is NOW READY ht all Libraries, in 3 vols., post Bvo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS. 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This Day, never before Published, price Is., complete, THE WOMAN OF MYSTERY, Also, uniform with the above, price ls. each, MAKE YOUR GAME. SHIP CHANDLER. ACCEPTED ADDRESSES. I COMIC GRAMMAR. CAPTAIN SLYBOOTS. LADY LORME. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. LAST NIGHT BUT THREE. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Caaring-cross, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday). Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from eleven to five. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with M r . JHN PARRY, will in new ANGLO EG YPTIA O N ENTERTAINMENT,r THE their PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial seance, by William Brow), Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed; and THE SEA SIDE, or MIIS. ROSELEAP OUT OF TOWN, b Mr. John Parry. Every evening (except S a t irday), at 8 y ; Thursday and Saturday mornings, at 3.—ROYAL GALLERY of IL LUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, Is., 25,; stalls. 35.; stall (spring) chairs, 55., can be secured in ad vance at the Gidlery without fee. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, London. GRAND OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS! Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. Also, the New and successful Illusion, entitled THE TERCENTENARY; or, a NIGHT WITH SHAKSPERE. Operatic Selections, Glees, &c., by the whole of the talented Artistes. Comedy by Mr. Arthur Lloyd, with his new song of " The Organ Grinder," a decided hit ; Mr. W. Randall Miss Nelly Pow: r, and those marvellous Gymnasts, rol es , rs. TALLIOTT and BURNELLI (from the Principal Cirque, Madrid). Open every Evening. Admission—Area, 6cL ; stalls and balcony, le. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. T H 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. During- this week will be performed, Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE TRO VATORE; FAUST, by C. 11. Guonod; UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, and LA PnRZA DEL DESTINO, by Verdi ; and THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, by Sir 11. Bishop. Principal Artistes:—Misses Russell, Tyrrell, Sl, almsley, and Barrie; Messrs. Marini, Hull, Green, Marcello, and Albert. Director. Mr. P. Jorw,hmans. Comedy by Mr. T.3laol4win, W. Randall, Mdllo. Cavallo, Miss Nelly I'owur, and UNSWORTIL and EUGENE, This Evening. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. A NTHROPOGLOSSOS.-ST.JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly.—Great Success!—Extraordinary Excitement. - The AN THROPOGLOSSOS, Automaton Vocalist, Wonder of the World. [Registered according to Acts 1813 and 1850, 6 and 7 Vic., c, 6), 13 and 14 Vie, c. P. 4, and copyright secured ant entered at Stationer's Hall.] OPEN DAILY, from 12 till 10 o'clock. The Exhibitions take place at the cornmer cement of each hour, viz., 12, 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7,8, and 9 o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. Tickets at Mr. Austin's office, St. James's 11AI, 2,.J, Picca dilly, W. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY ; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION.— A full length portrait model of DR. COUTY D 1 LA POMMERAIS, the Poisoner, taken from the original photograph, by Mons. Trinquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, Is. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6cl. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. NEW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires no sewing* and, if reve rse d , can b e use d f or many purposes. To be had of all shops in [own or country. Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. FOUR PENNY PACKETS of HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER nd half a pound of Soap will wash fifty counterpanes in six ours, and sheets, shirts, table linen, &0., in half the usu.l time.—See Mrs. Goulder's _Report, Chelsea, Laundry, S.W. Sold by ~r ocers and druggists. Works, Bromley-by-Bow, London, E. MESSRS. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., beg respectfully to inform their patrons that in conse quence of the approaching termination of the season, and the arrangements they have made for the early receipt of their Autumn novelties, they have determined to offer the Summer portion of their valuable stock at a very great diminution in price. With this intention, they have carefully revised the goods in the various departments specially to effect such a reduction, and offer them tor sa e this diy (July Ist) throughout the months and during August. Messrs. Howell, James, and Co., respectfully solicit an early inspection. 5,7, 9, Regent-street, Pall Mall. TE ET H. IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTlSTRY.—Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successt ully combined in the production of ARTIFICIAL TEETH upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing* to avail themselves of professional assistance by consulting* Mr. ALBERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so perfectly efficient. UINAMENTS for the D raw i ng - room, Library, And Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, Alabiur er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, dm Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting stady of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGy, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE- R.A.LOG Y is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand., W.C. Second Edition, Corrected and Revised, post free 7d., in cloth 13d., T HE TEETH: a Practical Treatise, with the AA best means of restoring them when defective or lost. By A. ESKELL, Esq., Surgeon-Dentist, 8, Grosvenor -street, Grosvenor-square. "It really contains all that is necessary relative to the good keepiogof mou h a- d d teeth, and deserves the serious consideration of all who adequately regard their health, comfort, and appearances"—The Sun, May 4, 1861. "We can commenq this little brochure on a subject un on which e very b ody June 5, 1861. takes an interest."—Medical Circular, We can ln roeolnend its perusal to those w ho wish to p re . serve !heir teAh, and to tho se who know the value of them.' — Daily :Sews, June 20, 1861. London Clements, Little Pulteney-street. NOTHING' IMP OSSIBLE.--The greatest and most useful invention of the day, A GUA AMARELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, Icing-court, Lombard street, London, Perf umors to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous flow. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agra Arnarella has none of the properties of dy es ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month wilt keep it in perfect coiour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, Its. iii. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. IMPORTANT INFORMA.TION, 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 infl amed eyes, .dc. Sold in pots. is. lid., 2s. Pd., 118., and 22 5 . each. Also' his PILULJE ANTISCROPHULIE, confirm e d by sixty years' experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever offered to the public. They form a mild and superior Family Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confine -118., and 225. eac h . bent or change o f di e t . Sold in boxes, ls. lid., 2s. Pd., 1 8 . 6d S old wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and B arnicott, nridnort, by the London houses, and retail by all respectable WealCirde YeAdors iu the united iiinc, , dom and Colonies. PIGS ! 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 11 cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lant-strect, Southwark. ROUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, and DEFORMITIES are prevented and cured by CHANDLER'S IMPROVED CII EST-EXPANDING B PACES, for boll sexes, of all ages. They strencthen the voice and lungs,reliere indigestion, and are especially recom mended to children for assisting the growth and producing a perfect symmetrical figure, superseding the old braces and stays.-66, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. illustrated Pamphlets forwarded. FURNISHED HOUSES.-Mr. ANDW. HIND has to LET a Detached HOUSE at Epsom, containing 4 sitting and 5 bed rooms, with usual offices, large garden and paddock. Rent 5 guineas per week. Also the following : Red Hill (furnished), £220 per annum ; Croydon, 2 guineas per week ; Kentish Town, 2 , guineas, with use of piano, &,). Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. BUSINESSES. -Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE — Cornehandlers', from £5O to £l,OOO ; Green grocers', £5O to £3,0 ; Coachbnilders', £5O to £7OO ; Confec tioners', Cha mists', Milliners', Stationers', from £l5 to £400; Grocers', from £5O to £2,00o; Cheesemongers', £ 4O to £350; Drapers', £2OO to £5,000 ; Bakers', £75 to £lOO ; Coffeehouses, £5O to .£1,200; Dairies, &c., £6O to £600; Oyster-rooms, Restaurants. &c., £6 o £l6 00); Laundries, £5O to £203; Oil, Cigar, Fish, Ham, and Toy Shop, £5 to £300; anu numerous other in every trade. Commercial and General Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. The July List, containing 500, gratis. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.— MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothing equals the properties and qualities of the Soap Ico. 1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Dios. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. llarege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A, Regent-street, London, IV.; and at Messrs. i'ewbery and eons, Barclay and eons, Edwards, Keating, San:,• - er and Son, dozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlet 3 and test - mon'als irco on a plication. Agent for Edinburgh—Mr. John M . Kay, eneinia. 119, George-street. PRIZE MED A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1812. FRANCIS TUCKER ,Sr CO., Wax Chandlers, ac., &o, To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1770.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to .he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:— " r have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn,,l com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with hated Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb. Second quality ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality is. Icl. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., :8, 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 7 R. SCOTT'S 1- " Jr , prr R. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVE R PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre ored without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and live , complaints, indigestion, wind, ,prisms, giddiness, dizzlner4 of the eyes, &a For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. Std. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square , reen package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the tamp. OLDRID GE'S BALM of COLUMBIA stands unrivalled as a toilet requisite. It has been established 40 years, and is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying*, or restoring the Hair, Whiskers, or Moustaches, and pre venting them turning gray or fa ling, off.—Sold in bottles, 35. 6d., 65., and Us. by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Welling ton-street, Strand, W.C. ; and all chemists and perfumers For Children's and Ladies' Hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. THE COMING HARVEST. NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—On the alluvial soils of ,his county the wheat crop is various, the plant having re ceived great injury during the frosts of May and June. Barley is unusually good and heavy. In the clay and sand districts wheat varies a good deal, bat upon the whole it is beyond all question that the wheat crop will not amount to the general average of seasons by perhaps one or two loads per acre, bat, taking last year's crop into considera tion, wheat will this season be deficient from four to five loads per acre. There is a large quantity of home 'grown wheat still in the hands of farmers. Harvest has already commenced in this locality, and it will soon be general. New oats have already been shown, both good in quality and weight. The turnip crop is a failure. Many of the early-sown ones were cut off by the frost or annihilated by the drought. Potatoes ate good and sound, and likely to prove a heavier crop than the season would warrant us an ticipating, NO RTU WILTS,-..A correspondent, writing from Crick lade, exhibite a very gloomy picture of the harvest pros pects in his own district. He says Harvest has com menced in this and the adjoining district. Wheat estimated as being one-fourth less than last year; barley and oats nearly an average. Beans, peas, and vetches are but little worth. The former, in many instances, are only fit for manure, being infested with the green fly, making them totally unfit for food. Turnips and Swedes, even where a plant was obtained, cannot move for want of moisture, and the grub is making its ravages in many parts. The pas tures are dried up. We hear of many persons having com menced foddering, and water for cattle is becoming seriously short. The make of cheese will be small, many people making only half the quantity usual at this season. We still have hope that should we get rain soon we may have plenty of autumn keep." HARVEST PROSPECTS. --The weather during the past month has continued hot and dry; only six•tenths of an inch of rain having fallen in the month in which, on the average of years, wo have the greatest rainfall. Our prices have advanced about 35 per quarter on English wheat, and 2s on foreign, but this is scarcely maintained. The imports from America, as well as the arrivals on the coast from the Black Sea, have been very heavy; shipments from the for mer also continue large, and though more than 100 of these arrivals have been reported within the last 14 days, they have not much reduced the number of grain -laden vessels on passage from the East, being still over 500 —say 100 more than a month since. The conclusion of peace between Denmark and Germany will also release a considerable quantity of wheat now stored in the Baltic ports, much of which has been held for two or three mouths on English account. But, on the other hand, Egypt, which from time immemorial has been a corn exporting country, is now be coming an importing one, and seems likely to continue so whilst cotton females at its present pzico,—Stage's Civ (wear, Aug, 5. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1864. THE MARLBOROUGH CLUB COMPANY /Limited , . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Club will be rpened for the reception of its Members on FRIDAY, the 12th day of August. _ RATTENBURY, lion. Secretar. Registered Office of the Company, John-street, Bedford row, W.C. N OTICE OF REMOVAL. ATLAS WORKS. HENRY CLAYTON and CO. Engineers and Iron Founders, on and a ft er MONDAY, the' Bth August, will transfer the manufacture of their Patent Brick and Tile Machines, Contractor's and constructive machinery, genettilly, from their old works at Upper Park-plac Dorset-square, to their spacious New "AT LAS" Engineering'w orks, Foundry, and Offices, in the WOODFIELD-ROAD, HARROW ROAD, London, W. H. C. and Co. invite the attention of Brick 3lanufacturcrs to their recently patented Pneumatic" drying process. Catalogues free by post on application. VURNI 'THE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and JI: FLOORCLOTII, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First•class goods at second-class price s . T erms p ecu li ar l y liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo ado , ^able engravings of every description of Furniture and neusteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised cale A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto 138 1 0 A Ten -roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable informatiouto all requiring household furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells. Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. 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 Bratn.n. COB BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, &c., is served from 1 to 9 p.m. The SALOON DINING ROOMS on the First Floor are open for Luncheons at 1 o'clock. Dinners from the Joint, Set Dinners, and Dinners from the carte, are served from 3 to 9 p.m. daily. On SUNDAYS the Dining Rooms are open from 5 to 8.30 p.m. By order of the London and Paris Hotel Co. (Limited', JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington—Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. Ladies' Entrance, 53, St. James's-street BAIL WA" :GENCE, BRISTOL AND EXETER. The directors of this company have resolved to recommend a dividend at the rate of 4i per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock, for the half year ended the 30th of June last, carrying forward a balance of £4,543. VICTORIA STATION AND PIMLICO. The directors of this railway company state in their report that the station construction accounts had at length been settled, and the balance due to Mr Belk had been paid. Owing to the high price of money during the past half year, the directors had been unable to reissue the balance of the deben tures at a lower rate than 41 per cent. per annum. The revenue account showed a net balance of £7,935, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 51,- per cent. per annum. The capital account show e d that £491,950 had been received, and £485,073 expended, leav ing a balance of £6,877. The revenue account for the half-year ending June 30 showed that £14,417 had been received, including £2,598 from the preceding account, and that £6,482 had been expended, leaving a balance as above of £7,935. EDGWARE, HIGHGATE, AND LONDON. The directors etate in their report that the expen diture upon construction account since last half. yearly meeting had been £61,248. The bill for the Alexandra-park branch and the widening of the line had received the Royal assent. The company were authorised, in order to carry out those new wckrks, to raise further capital to the amount of £06,000. The directors recommended that it be raised by new shares, bearing a preferential divi dend of 5 per cent. per annum. The Great Northern Railway Company had signified their readiness to subscribe .£32,000, being one-third of the £96,000, and there would therefore remain a balance of £64,000, Whi c h i t was pro posed to issue rateably among the shareholders. The Act for the Watford and Edgware Railway had been obtained in the past Session, and the line would be of great value to the Edgware Company. The capital account to the 30th of June showed that £6,720. £127,615 had been expended, leaving a b a l ance of LYNN AND HUNSTANTON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Lynn on Saturday; Mr L. Simpson in the chair. The report stated that the traffic receipts for the half-year ending June 30 amounted to £3,500, from which, after deducting working expenses payable to the Great Eastern Company, with interest on the debenture debt and other expenses, there remained a balance of £1,372 applicable for dividend. The directors recommend a distribution at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, leaving £173 to be carried forward to the next account. The gross traffic for the corresponding half 1863 amounted to £3,049, so that the receipts for the past half-year showed an increase of £451 The directors added that the Royal assent had been given to an Act for the construction of the West Norfolk Junction line, and that the contractor had made arrangements for the vigorous prosecution of the works. It was proposed to erect an hotel at Hunstanton. The agreement for the working of the line by the Great Eastern had received the seal of the two companies. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the directors left it to the shareholders to determine whether the dividend should not be 41 per cent, Mr. SIIAW suggested that the dividend should be at the rate of 41 per cant. This WU agreed to, the report was adopted, and Ulu inuuedings closed with a, rot.o o f th a nks to th e directors. Mill.KENr. The report of the directors of thie company states the bill authorising the amalgamation of the Mid- Kent Company with the South-Eastern Company has passed both Houses of Parliament, and the arrangements for carrying its provisions into eff, ct will be completed as early as practicable. The Addiscombe extension was opened for public traffic on the Ist of April last, and the interest on the capis tal employed in its construction became from that date payable by the South Eastern Company. The revenue account shows a disposable account of £2,615, which enables the same dividend to be paid as last half-year—viz., at the r a t e o f 61 p er cent. per annum, leaving £l5 to be carried forward. The balance sheet showed that £169,938 had been expended on capital account. t h admitted. 1857 SOLWAY JUNCTION. The first!ordinary meeting of this company was held on Friday, at the offices, Victoria.street, Westminster ; Mr. J. Dees in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the pass ing of the bill in its integrity. The great utility of the line from Annan across the Solway to Bray tone Glasgow and South- Western Company fully The traffic in hematite ores from West Cumberland to Scotland had increased from 22,000 to 150,000 in tons in 1863, and had tripled itself in the last three years. lie showed that 200,000 tons per annum would - be carried upon the li ne when completed and opened, and that this traffic alone would yield a dividend of 5 per cent. per annum. The receipts from the usual traffic pro mised a dividend equal to any of the West Cumber land lines, which ranged from 0 , ;,- to 12 per cent, per annum. _ retiring directors re-elected, c e t d e ' d report was , th a e n we l r i e he un re a p n o i d the proceedings terminated. The French Occupation of Cochin China, According to the Moniteu r the intelligence brought to France by every mail from Cochin China is far from confirming th e r aports current in Paris last winter, to the effect that the French Go vernment intended to limit its Colonial establish ment there to a very restricted o ccupation. Every act of the governor, Rear-Admiral de La Grandiere, bears witness to the intention of maintaining French authority and extending its influence, u as will be seen from a rapid mention of the recent proceedings of the local administration. In February - the go vernor, in order to prevent usury, which is the scourge of the East, decided on founding five Monts do Piste, being one for each of the provinces ceded to France. As these estab lis hments are to lend money,at 3 per cent. per month, the current rate in Cochin China must have been most exorbi tant. In April. the first careening dock, con structed in the Government arse nal at Saigon, was opened ; it is 72 metres (233 feet) long, and will admit, ordinary tides, vessels drawing 4.20 metres (13ft. 9in). This dock has cost 70,000 fr. But the most important event is the ratification, by the French Government, o f the treaty of protectorate concluded last year by Rear-Admiral de la Gran diere with the King of Cambodia, who, when the King of Siam threatened to annex his territory, applied to France for protection, and obtained it. " The fact," says the official journal, e. i s the most formal contradiction that can be given to those persons who circulate alarnilvg rumours. The Go vernment has never had the least tieenght of re. stricting Frenc domination in Cochin China." The French college at Adran, confined to Catholic mis- ' sionaries, is making constant progress. The adop. tion of the European alphabet has greatly facili tated primary instruction, Most of the boys now learn as much is 10 months, as the pupils under the native teachers can in ten years. A groat number already read French with ease, and some of them speak it very passably. Four of the native boys are now acting as interpreters at the different stations, . The Thames Embankment. The construction of the greatest of metropolitan improvements—the Thames Embankment—has at length been fairly commenced. Year after year the necessity of such a work had been pointed out, commission after commission, and committee after sommittee have sat upon, and considered, and re ported in its favour. Martin, the painter, and Sir Frederick 'french who sot up the molten image of Wellington upon the triumphal arch at Hyde-park, had called attention to the necessity and value of the work; every tourist who had seen the banks of the Seine had wondered why London should not make the banks of its noble river as ornamental xis those of Paris; travellers and merchants, and trades men, who had to go from east to west in the metro polis, and who were subjected to all the annoyance and vexation of delays, in consequence of the thronged condition of the streets, wondered why the great silent highway of the Thames should not be made available as a leading thoroughfare for the metropolis. The necessity of providing for the construction of the Low Level Sewer, with out interrupting the traffic of London for an inde• finite period, at length brought the question to an issue, and the Thames embankment is now some. thing more than a vision of the painter, or a dream of the social reformer. Long rows of piles on the north side of the river between Westminster and Blackfriars bridges, the thuds of falling weights from the pile•driving machines, and the hiss and whistle of about 30 steam engines pumping and working upon the temporary stages; the ceaseless line of carts that crawl slowly along Fleet-street and the Strand, laden with the rubbish that may now be shot into the river, bear evidence that the work is being pushed forward with rapidity. With respect to this latter portion of the works, these rubbish carts are the greatest nuisances of the day, and it is much to be desired that some wholesome police regulation could be enforced to make them " move on," or take some hours of the day when the public traffic would not be incommoded. This, however, is an improvement which is rather to be hoped for than one to be reasonably ex pected, and it is a necessary evil which we suppose must be endured while the work is in hand, for pro bably nothing short of a special Act of Parliament would put an end to the nuisance. The foundations of the river wall of the embankment are carried down to 22 feet below high water level, or 14 feet below low water. From the foundations to about six feet below low water the whole space is to be filled np with concrete. Within the embankment there is to be constructed the Low Level Sewer, and a subway for water and gas pipes and telegraph wires, access to which may be obtained at any time without breaking up the road. The Low Level Sewer, between Whitefriarsestreet and the Victoria street Sewer, is to be eight feet three inches in dia meter, and formed in brickwork, 131 inches thick. From the Victoria-street Sewer to Westminster bridge the Low Level Sewer will be seven feet nine inches in the clear. At Whitefriars the invert of the sewer will be six feet three inches below what is termed ordnance datum, or 20 feet three inches below low water; the fall in the sewer will be at the rate of one in 2,640, or two feet per mile. The subway to be formed above the sewer, but with an interval of 4 feet between the bottom of the crown of the sewer, will be 9 feet in width, and 7 feet 6 inches in height, bringing the crown of the subvvayto a trifle more than 2 fee; below the level of the roadway, the surface of the embankment being 4ft. above high water. The floor of the subterranean way, through which the gas and the water and the electric fluid are to be conducted, will be gravelled, and will be sft, Gin. below high water, so that ample room will be afforded for the workmen to walk through it, and to execute the necessary repairs. The river wall of the embankment is to be faced with granite from 2ft. below low water, and at high water mark there will be some bold mouldings of granite, and the parapet will be formed as an open balustrade at the parts where there are steamboat piers and landing stages. A solid mooring bar of iron will be laid along the whole length of the embankment, and to it will be attached 58 mooring rings, held in lions mouths, and to which barges, steamers, and river craft may be made fast. The dredging of the river, on the line of the river wall of the embankment, and sinking the foundations, are works of a very formid able character. The line of the face of the em bankment is formed in the first instance with sufficient accuracy for the construction of the coffer dam. The curve of the line of embankment is about 9,000 feet radius, and it is formed by coffees from lines taken from a pole set up about midway between two of the bridges to two other points on the bridges; these form an angle, and from its sides the effects are taken at every length of 50 feet, which determine the curve of the river front of the embankment. In one portion of the work, Mr Kitson, the contractor, adopts the old form of cofferdam for getting to the foundations, while in the section of Mr Furness caissons are em ployed. These caissons have an elliptical shape on plan, are 12ft, 6in. by .7ft. outside measurement, and have a groove Gin. in width and depth at each end. This groove, along with a similar one in the butted end of the next caisson, is to receive the timber pile which forms ono of the guides to the descent of the caissons, as well as a joint, water tight with packing. Each caisson is built in divi sions of 4ft. 6in. in height, which are of wrought and rivetted boilerplate iron where to be below the bed of the river, and there left in, and of cast-iron where above and intended merely to serve the pur pose of the coffereclam. There is a "cutting edge" at the bottom of the pile or stack; but the other joints of the caisson are formed with angle-iron, or flanges; so that the divisions can be screwed togs. ther inside, and, with a packing of felt and tar to the joint, can be made water-tight. The thickness of the metal is Z-ths ; and the a ng l e -i ron is 5 inches by 3 inches by tithe of an in c h. These caissons are raised by the steam crane. and dropped into the intended position on the river bed, being guided by the piles. The end pile is driven below the bottom of the caisson, which sinks slightly into the mud or soil by its own weight; and this pile is kept driven in advance of the sinking, so as to form a perfect guide. The caissons are then weighted at the top and inside on the flanges by numerous blocks of iron, each of which fits the curve of the ellipse. The materials of the strata, when not too hard, are scooped out of the inside of the caisson by tho common contrivance called the bag and spoon, which is used by ballast heavers. It is simply a bag made of strong leather, and attached to a scooping edge and a strong framework of iron. This spoon is drawn along by a chain, and guided by a strong pole, placed as the handle of the spoon. A modification of the usual form of bucket has been made by Mr Slater, one of the assistants of Mr Farness. This bucket has a species of false bottom, which is moved as the bucket is delivering its con tents,whereby there is no sticking, and no duty of the machine lost. This improved machine also in cludes an arrangement for lengthening, telescope fashion, the stretch between the centres of revo lution, or points of filling and delivery of the buckets. The dredging contrivance scoops np the gravel or other material from the middle of the elliptical space; the material from the sides keeps falling in, and the weight causes the caisson to sink. Any fresh lengths of the c-asson are built on to make up the weight required. As soon as the clay is entered, or even when the mud has been passed through, the caisson can be pumped a simple contrivance, weight can be taken dr a w * B y off at t ‘' e mom ent when the caisson shall have sunk to the prop, ‘tr depth, The labour of putting together and sinking ante of these caissons, it has been found, occupies a week. Of the area between the embank medt and the river . side a large portion is still und er water at every tide, ,:nit this area is daily b ecom i ng 4 , f offloads of earth whi c h less by the hundreds we 9n this enormous rubbish are tipped into the river same proportion, being 1,400,000, or rather more than a third of that of Scotland, singularly divided in all but feeling, and tainted already alike in Jut land and Zealand with the Germanic element. This little people, just the half of the Swiss in number, resides in a country of which three-fourths is a flat plain utterly indefensible, and the remainder islands defensible only by a fleet, which Denmark has no means to maintain. The Danes, we are told, may still have au army and a fleet, for the soldiers of the Duchies were disaffected, and their sailots very few, and if Schleswig and Holstein waim half the ships, as they do, some more can be built in the Clyde. Is Ireland, then, a drawback to our military strength ? Denmark may have soldiers, it is true, for she may drill her whole population, as Switzerland does; but for an army and a fleet it is a revenue which is needed. And where is revenue to he obtained ? No statesmen, save the English, French, and Dutch, have ' , vet. succeeded in levying taxes to the extent of more t han thirty shillings a Would Dowark head, and twat Lverage PRICF 4d. STAMPED, sd. shoot, A large portion of the earth is carted to the river from the excavations now going on for the Finsbury extension of the Metropolitan Railway from Farringdon-street. The inner circle railway will be constructed on the inner side of the embank ment, and not within the embankment itself, which will have quite sufficient to early the Low Level Sewer and the subway. When completed, with the extension of New Earl-street, the Thames Em bankment will form a noble thoroughfare, not sur passed by any in Europe, having St. Paul's at one end and Westnmster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament at the other.—Observer•. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, THE " SATURDAY REVIEW " ON MR. GLADSTONE IN THE RECENT SESSlON.—Whether the Iliad is made up of a series of detached lays devoted to the deeds of particular heroes, or whether it is an epic whole composed of successive and connected actions is a problem which has engaged the atten tion, among many other critics, of the classical Chancellor of the Exchequer. But Mr. Gladstone's Homeric studies must have brought before him the fact that many books of the Iliad have long gone by titles connected with the specific deeds of Greek and Trojan. We have the aristeia of Biome, the aristeia of Ajax, the aristeia of Hector or of Achilles. The hits Session of Parliament may well be styled the aristeia of Gladstone. He is the central figure of this single senatorial episode. The only difference between the epic and actual hero is that, in Homer, the particular man of war, throughout one book at least, always has the best of it. Mr. Glad stone's acts of valour have, however, had but a chequered succe-s. We must score up to him the divided honours of a good innings and a bad one. There is his Budget aid his Annuity Bill on the one side, his Suffrage Extension speech and his Sheridan duel on the other. In his triumphs, he could not escape the fate of offending almost every. body ; and in his worst failures, he never omitted to display his innate powers. To be sure, the late session has not exhibited Mr. Gladstone in the posi tion which he occupied last year, when, "for this night only" the leader of the House, he contrived, on the occasion of the memorable debate on the pur chase of the Exhibition buildings, to lash the Com mons into a tempest and fury of open rebellion by his bad management of a bad cause. But it may be questioned whether the imputations, or at least sus picions, of bad faith to his colleagues which have grown up in connexion with the last session have not more seriously damaged his political standing than any solitary, however egregious, error in taste and official discretion could have done. To be only an imitator of the worst parts of Lord Russell's career is a Parliamentary disqualification for the highest office, more grave than personal petulance and a constitutional tendency to do and say even the best things in the worst temper and manner. When a statesman, in the very noon of his powers, both rises higher and sinks lower than ever, what forecast of his future arc we to make ? It may be doubted whether Mr. Gladstone ever displayed so much oratorical skill and versatility as in his speech on Mr. Disraeli's motion ; while, on the other hand, unless it had been his wish to show his powers of sinking, and his ingenuity in contriving ugly holes for the express purpose of falling into them, it is hard to conceive such an exhibition of gratuitous folly as his insults to Mr Sheridan. Per. haps the radical vice of Mr Gladstone's mind is his love of large and exhaustive theories. No states man of commanding influence in these latter days has been a doctrinaire. His political father—Peel —was not the least of a theorist. He always lived from hand to mouth. Lord Palmerston's career has illustrated the same inglorious but most practical rule of political life. Not that Mr Gladstone is, in fact, a bit more consistent than his fellows or predecessors. No man in English political life can be consistent. But the point in which Mr Gladstone differs from other statesmen is, that, whatever his immediate line may be, it must always be justified by the largest, broad est, grandest general principles. Now the world hates universal propositions. Mr Gladstone could not recommend a bill about beating carpets without bringing it under a major premiss announcing some principle of eternal and immutable morality. Whether ho really n2lieves that everything must be ultimately reziuctd to a primordial law of the ma. crccosm, or whether it is only for the luxury of curvetting on the high intellectual horse, is unim portant except to arse who like to study personal character; but tbiP habit of mind is a very untorzu nate one for its possessor, A bill empowering Government to grant small ntinuities might, by a commonplace person, be recommended for its very commonplace merits; but people are not only alarmed, but feel insulted, when it is preached that the whole duty of man consists in saving, that every previous:attempt at economy has only been encou raged by thieves and robbers, and that—while Mr Sheridan, in particular, is little better than Judas —the only hope for the future destiny of mankind is to be found in a certain office in the Old Jewry. When it turned out, as it did, that the devil was not half ao black as he was painted—if ind ee d, there was any devil in the business—the angel in troduced by Mr Gladstone met with cold welcome, and people began to doubt whether the coming spirit was bringing wreaths from heaven at all. THE "SPECTATOR " UPON THE POST-MORTEM oN DENMARK.—" The late King !" said Philip of Orleans, Regent of Franee,who could not endure to hear of death, to a Secretary who talked of a deceased King of Spain, " w h a t d o you mean b y the late King ?" "Mais, Monseigneur,''answered the startled . and Secreta r y, "it i s b ut a ti t l e they take." It a novel role for Liberal journals to,play, but the English press has all this week been acting, with less wit and less provocation, the part of the Regent's Secretary. They will not call Den mark dead,—the phrase is far too uncourtly, she is but " reduced," or to be very frank, " despoiled" of part of her territories. The nationality subsists; the fleet remains ; the Danes can trade, and marry, and eat ; and even if Denmark has ceased to be of any consequence in the world, why, says the Times " the happiness of nations does not depend on their Importance; it is indeed often in an adverse ratio to their magnitude in their neighbours' eyes and their own." The motive of all this courtliness is plain enough. The English public does not like to remember that the power it was bound to protect has been slain under its eyes, and in the teeth of its protest, feels as it hears of the last sad ceremonies a pang which might, if the details were brought too clearly forward, change into a spasm of indignation against the advisers who have misled it. A veil therefore is stretched over the transaction, and all its little horrors con cealed. That was not ftha death rattle in the patient's throat, only a stifled groan ; the surgeons are using the knife, but it is not a post-mortena they are making, they only prepare for healthful ampu tation ; the patient will be greatly relieved by the loss of his legs and arm. It is pleasant no dcubt to sorrowing friends to hear those smooth excuses, and their utterance is considered by many as morally justifiable, but the fact remains none the less that the life has fled, the European power called Den mark is extinct. M. de Quaade, on the Ist August, agreed at Vienna to the arrangement described by us last week, the cession of Holstein, Lauenburg, and Schleswig, with their islands, and the Danish monarchy consequently ceased to exist. There may remain fora time a little State called by the old name, and the tradition of independence may linger round it, like the smell of an eaten dinner round the table, but the reality has departed. The " Denmark" which remains is politically only a corpse, bearing still the old semblance of manhood, but utterly powerless, either for good or evil. It is a State consisting of two small islands, neither of them so large as Lincoln. shirr. half a dozen islets, the largest less than Brecinock, and a peninsula little - bigger than Munster, a scattered territory in all not quite half the size of Scotland, almost as bleat, much worse cultivated, and without an approach to its rich mineral wealth. The population bears about the IiEWF with a revenue of X 2,100,000. re reach even that, for one of the mar which the country has to struggle A* emigration, which year by year erupt' of their most energetic children, an d ich heavy taxation would be certain to it !crease. Out of this sum she will have to pay the interest on a debt of £10,000,000, leaving her less then £1,300,000 for court, army, navy, coioni?,s, and in ternal administration. We may arnagino in these days of ironclads the sort of fleet a: he would be able to maintain out of the balance remaining. But Denmark, argue the men, who in weariness of the temporary paralysis of Great Britain are think ing that they approve of Mr. Cob fen's opinions, may live without fleet and army. She may, but it will be a life without a future, for she is not, be it remembered, tinder the European guarantee. In deed if she were it would be worthless, for the Five Powers were . salerunly pled ge d to ma i n t a in th e in , tegrity and independence of Denmark, and broke the pledge because it was inconvenient. The Ger , man stream flows ceaselessly into Jutland, the traders in Zealand are German, the Caurt is purely Garman, and once tbo Dechies are gone the rest of the monarchy can be absorbed whenever a Prus sian Premier desires to crave off an unn;casult in tern-.) reform. Switzerland exists with a separate life without either fleet or army, but that there Oven steel bolts "at a pound a piece" are wasted on mountain sides. D e nmark may avo id i ncessant compulsion by en t er i ng the Conf e d erat i on, but then s h e b ecomes a Scandinavian province ; or by accepting a Russian Protectorate, but - then she becomes a Russian satrapy—in any case, even the mosNfavourante, " there is an end of an mild sang," as good Lord Belhaven said, Denmark as a member of the European family is dead, and the only subject far speculation is the manner and time of her burial, In other words, England rather th an r i s k her commerc i a l prosperity, or risk a cessation of harmony between the Court and the pe o pl e , has suffered afree Pro testant maritime State to be swept f rom th e map by a great despotic semi-Catholic rower. There are but two more such States in the world, Ho:. land and Sweden, and either may now b e a tt ac k e d on the same pretexts, and with the same certainty of success. That policy may be wis e , i t is waste of time to argue in England when all th e po li t i cal leaders aro on one side, but at least let us acknow ledge to ourselves and the world its visible results. THE " EXAMINER" ON A QUESTIONABLE CON VICTION.—We have always contended for the severe punishment of outrages against women, but in pro portion of the severity of punishment should b© the care and circumspection in coming to the con clusion of guilt. The charge of Miss Moody is fresh in public recollection. She accused a middle-aged,, man, named Nash, of having indecently assaults d her in a carriage of the South-Western Compar .y, and the risked her life to escape from the ma a's advances, real or imagined, for she got out upon ate ledge which runs along the side of the train, a'ad would probably have fallen and been killed but for the brave exertions of a passenger, Mr. Stokes, of Coventry street, who supported her when she had lost the power of making any effort for her self-preservation. A. woman would never b are put herself in this terrible position of peril wit ;bout cause, real or fanciful, and there could not 'be a doubt about Miss Moody's impression that she was in danger of insult or worse; but the question was whether that impression was warranted hr facts, or whether it was merely fanciful. The affair hap pened in the middle of the day in a train stet aping frequently. The circumstances of alarm are thus stated by the prosecutrix : "The defendant then questioned her as to how of d she was, but she did not answer the inquiry. The deft ridant then laid himself full length on the seat opposite n) her, and there remained staring her full in the face. The p rose cutrix then stated that she began to feel nervous and rose from her seat to open the window of the carriage w ith a view to get out, the train at that moment having sca:cely got into motion. The defendant said, "do not get out,' and she closed the door and resumed her seat. The defe:adant wanted to close the window, but she objected, and sto ad up to prevent his doing so. While she was making the art empt to open the window she felt the defendant's band upon her shoulder. She moved, as if annoyed, and immediately a fter wards she felt his arm round her waist. She moved a[ ;ain, and he then put his arm quite round her waist, and then she felt her dress quietly raised in front. She then to rued round, and, taking up her parasol and bag, opened. the carriage door and got out upon the ledge that runs trot a one carriage to another. It is remarkable that in such a moment of terror 3liss Moody thought more of her parasol and bag than , of her own personal safety. She carefully secured those articles before she risked her life for her honour. The progress of nervous alarm is clearly traceable in the above evidence. Nash, probably a rude man, stared his fellow-passenger in the face, which made her feel nervouq, and she rose to leave the carriage, which he, possibly repenting ed his bad man ners, begged her not to do. There was next as little struggle about the window, and it is very conceivabLe that the man, seeing that she wanted the window open. ,because of her fear of him, might Bays prevented her oper.in:: it without any bad design, and merely not to let her have her way in her suspicions of him. As for laying the hand on the shoulder and the waist, there are classes with whom these acts nre not cprisiderA as necessarily liberties, And though Miss Moody was not one of these tree-and-ev,sy classes the man Nash inigbt be, she therefore may have the eght much of what lie, of coarse habits, thought little. Ba t the next is the material point. Miss Moody felt her dct sa uptietly raised, but, whatwas there to connect Nash with tie Luotiaa of the dress ? Absolutely nothing. Who travels „by rail or omnibus without seeing crinolines lifted without lisnds ? It is a dress of self-exposure. Any unequal pressure ciloranges it, and in Miss Moody's struggle for the window she :nay un consciously have given the motion to her dress which she, with a foregone conclusion in mind, attributed to Nash. She was in the state of excitement in which there is little attention to cause and effect. For having put the . girl in that fright Nash deserved some punishment, but hardly the sentence dealt out to him, ruinous to a man in his condition. And whatever view may be taken of the case, the verdict is absurd and unjust; for it convicts the man of a common assault, and not of the indecent attempt charged in the that count of the indictment. Now clearly if there was no in decent assault the man was guiltless altogether. There was indecent assault, or no assault whatever. To what insig nificance, indeed, is the case reduced if stripped of all the alleged circumstances of indecency. Let the crinoline be underanged, and the facts of the common assault would be laying a hand on the shoulder and waist—assaults com mitted in every ball-room. The acts were freedoms unper miscible, undoubtedly, but the jury did not regard them as indecent liberties; and considered merely as freedoms, and vulgar freedoms, they did not amount to assault in any sense of the word. But for this Nash is sentenced to im prisonment with hard labour for nine months 1 If the man was guilty of the indecency charged, he deserved four times that measure of punishment ; but if all that part of the charge against him was false or fanciful, a ninth part of the punishment assigned would be sufficient for an offence more of bad manners than morals. The truth seems to be that the Court was perplexed, and made one of the bad compro mises frequent in doubtful cases. The jury could not find grounds for conviction on the serious charge, nor were they disposed to acquit altogether; so, as they could not find indecency, they found assault in acts not of the character of assault rather than let the prisoner escape altogether. This is not justice, and we think the case deserves the at tention of the Home Office. THE LONDON REVIEW ON MEXICO.—Tho Ethperor and Empress of Mexico have entered their capital, and have met with a right imperial welcome. Whatever may be the origin of the new throne, there seems every reason to believe that it offers to the country the prospect of a stable and regular Government. All classes of the people seem rally ing around it; and, although the authority of the new monarch is now actually established in largo portions of his dominions, there is no doubt that ho will be as readily welcomed there, as he has been elsewhere, as soon as the marauding bands of Juarez are dispersed. Such, indeed, is the confidence of the Emperor Maximilian and his Minis ters in their ability to accomplish the speedy pacification of the country, that the last of the French troops are on the point of leaving. Under these circumstances our acknow ledgment of the new empire ought not to be long delayed. We have none but the best wishers for its prosperity ; blue anything which tends to develop° the resources and in crease the commerce of Mexico must redound to our ad vantage. It has long been clear that the Mexicans were wholly unfit for republican institutions. We have acknow ledged President after President, only to see the conqueror of to-day become the conqueror of to-morrow. Probably few of t h e m ilitary c hiefs, ;rho have successively seized th e reigns of government during the last few years, e xerc i se d anything like substantial authority over a more extensive tract of country than now owns the sw ay of the Emperor Maximilian. There is certainly no one in arms against him with the slightest chance of success. - ------- TIIE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN BRITAIN.—A new measurement of Ben Macdhui and the other moun tains of the Cairngorm group, has just been made by the L o yal Engineers presently engaged upon that part of the Ordnance Survey of Scotland. Ben Macdhui, which was formerly supposed to be 4,390 feet in height, is now set down at nearly 100 feet loss than that—viz,, 4,296. Some years since Ben Macdhui was supposed to be 17 feet higher than Ben Nevis, the height of which was then put down at 4,373. Ben Macdhui was therefore at that time authorita tively stated to be the highest mountain in Britain. Since then, however, the tables have taken a turn, and Ben Nevis would new appear to be by far the highest of the two. The Ordnance survey of Ben Nevis, so far as we are aware, has not yet been made, but taking its height at the old measure ment of 4,373 feet, and Ben Macdhui at its newly aner. tained height—viz., 4,296 feet, Ber Nevis appears by this calculation to be 77 feet higher than the highest of the Grampian range. The difference is still greater in favour of Ben N e vi s i f w e accep t i ts h e i g ht as being 4,406 , as marked in a map lately published by Messrs Ch am b ers in Milner's "Gallery of Geography.Braer , och is s e t d own ( . .:airto iul, which was formerly in the new surv e y at 4,248. believed to b e 4..G45 feet in height, s now taken down five feet, and matte 4,240. The height of Ben;tiv.putd is 11: , :eti at 3,923 feet.—.Elgin Courant, _ S PAPER 4v r 44ig . '44 g l ik7 orgi • actig- t :42? S ths whait roe I be N ‘re r of l i int J.. - mg• 1 ho 5 a 'as i vi- and ring