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THE LAND MORTGAGE BANK of INDIA (CREDIT FONCIER INDIEN), Limited. Capital, £2,000,001, in 100,000 Shares of £2O each. Payment on allotment, £2 per Share. DIRECTORS. Chairman—S. LAING. Esq., late Finance Minister of India. Colonel Balfour, C. 8., late Chief of Military Finance Depart-, ment of India. M. L. Bischoffeheim, Esq. (Messrs. Bischoffscheim and Gold- Schmidt). Mon. W. S. Fitzwilliam, Member of the Supreme Legislative Council of India. SP. ir John P. Grant, K.C.8., late Lieut.-Governor of Bengal. Northall Laurie, Esq., Governor of Union Bank of London. J. T. Mackenzie, Esq., Deputy Chairman of Eastern Bengal _Railway. w. Mackinnon, Esq. (Mackinnon, Mackenzie, and Co., Cal cutta), Director of B r iti s h India Steam Navigation Com pany. 11. Nelson, Esq. (Messrs. Crawford, Colvin, and Co.), London. Mons. Pinard, du Comptoir d'Escompte, Paris, et du Credit F'oncier & M. Worms, Esq. (Messrs. G. and A. Worms), London. AGENTS IN INDIA. Calcutta —Messrs. Colvin, Cowie, and Co. Bornbay—Yfessrs. Remim.rton and Co. Madras —Messrs. Parry and Co. AGENTS FOR THE CONTINENT. The General Credit an d Fi nanc e Compy of Lon' (Limited , . BANKERS. The Union Bank of London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Freshfieids and Newman. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Mr. Charles Grant, Temporary Offices—GO, Lombard-street. The system of Land Credit, or "Credit Fonder," bas now been established in many of the chief countries of Europe, With the uniform result of large profit to the Companies en gaged in it, and great benefit to the holders of land. The principle of all these Associations is the same, viz., the inter vention of a Company whose large subscribed Capital, and Consequent credit, enable it to borrow money to the best ad vantage, as an intermediary between individual lenders who seek investments on mortgage, and borrowers who seek for loans. Thus, the French Credit Fonder has a large Share Capital, of which only half is paid up, and is authorised by its statutes to issue its own Bonds against an equal amount lent on mortgage, with a Sinking Fund for redemption, on first class landed security. The security to the Bondholder, under these circumstances, is ample, represented as it is by the whole unpaid-up capital of the Company, and all its invest ments and assets, while the profit to the Shareholders, being the profit on the employment of a large capital distributed in dividend over a small paid-up capital, is so great, that with £lO paid up the £2O shares of the French Credit Fonder stand at a market value of upwards of .E5O. The present Company is formed in the belief that, on the one hand, it wl be ver profitable to hareholders, and, on the other, most benefi y ci the is to India. It is obvious that our Indian territories present an unrivalled field for a Company of this description. Land there is rising in value with a ra pidity quite unexampled, and the fixing of tenures, the im provement of laws, and the opening of communications, are last creating an ease and certainty in dealing with it equal to those enjoyed in any country of Europe. At the same time capital is scarce, and the rate of int eres t ex t ravagantly h i gh, as compared with any European standard. In Bengal, wher e , in the first instance, the operations of the Company will be principally directed, laid is held upon a Zemindary tenure, which may be described as conf err i ng the fee-simple of the land in perpetuity, held dir ec t f rom the Crown, on the condition of paying a fixed annual quit rent, which is always moderate, in comparison with the value of the estates. An accurate and simple system of registration precludes doubt and dispute concerning the title to estates, and the first mortgage on the register takes precedence of all other claims. The principle of a permanent settlement has been adopted by the Government, and will doubtless be shortly extended to the other provinces of India. The land included in the Lower Bengal system is estimated at a value of more than one hundred millions sterling, and by the establishment of railways, the operation of irrigation works, and the general extension of Indian trade and in dustry. it Neill be doubled and trebled within a moderate number of year,, Of these estates a very large proportion are at present under advances from local money-lenders, at a rate of 12 per cent. Interest, besides incidental bonuses, and Iron other conditions, that are alike unfavourable to their owners and to the community at large. With prudent management the results of an Indian Credit Fonder can hardly fail to be even more successful than in France, considering the wide margin between the rates of in terest at which money can be borrowed in England and lent in India, The field for operations in India is practically unlimited, and in no country of the world are all the elements of national prosperity, including the value of land, in a state of such rapid development. The revenue of the State has risen in ten years from £28,500,000 to £45,125,000 a-year ; and the aggregate lort and Export Trae ring the same period has more than doubled, and last y( d ar r du eached the enormous total of £100,000.000, including bullion. During the same Period £00,000,000 of English capital has been invested in railways in India, "which are now approaching completion, and will greatly w.icelerate the march of prosperity. The benefit to India of obtaining capital on landed security on reasonable terms, and emancipating the native landed proprietors from an exclusive dependence on native money enders, will be incalculable ; and this benefit will b e speci ally felt at a ti me when the prosperity of the country, the completion of road s and railways, the sale of waste lands, the extension of the permanent settlement, the introduction of an improved currency, and, generally, the adoption of a wise and liberal system of Government, are giving every where a rapid impulse to improvement. The Company will be OBJECTS prepared , to grant Loans on land, either for fixed periods, or upon terms that will extinguish the debt during the currency of the mortgage, by the pay ruent of an annual instalment on account of the principal, in addition to the annual interest, thus conferring on the bor rowers the benefit of an eventual liquidation of their debts. CAPITAL. The present capital is fixed at £2,000,000 sterling, of which £2 per share is payable upon allotment. It is not the inten tion of the Directors to call up more than a small proportion of the Share Capital in all, as the successful conduct of a busi ness of this description is chiefly through borrowed capital. BORROWING POWERS. As a means to make the advances on the extended scale Contemplated, the Company will issue Debentures for fixed periods, and bearing a fixed rate of interest, payable half yearly in this country ; and in order to give the holders of such Debentures undoubted security, they will have a lien on the entire property of the company, consisting first of the whole of the estates held on mortgage, and much exceeding in value the total of its liabilities ; ani secondly, of the assets of the Coraoany, in which its paid-up capital is invested, to gether with its large reserve of uncalled capital. The trans actions of the Company will be conducted free from all spe culation or purchase on their own account, and may be re garded as partaking of the nature of a Commission Agency between the European lender and th e I n di an b orrower, oPenlng to the latter a command of capital limited only to the value and security his estates afford. PROFITS. The profits of a well-conducted business of this description in such a field for operations as India may be tested by a comparison wAlt the results realised by the French Credit Foncier and other similar undertakings both abroad and at home. The institution named is limited ty its statutes to lend at 5 per cent. interest, and it has to pay more than 4 per cent. interest on money raised on its Debentures ; the margin of profit is, therefore, very small. Nevertheless, the French Company pays u dividend of 16 per cent, rer annum, carrying a further sum equal to 7 per cent. to reserve. In India the margin of profit between the rate at which the money is borrowed and the rate at which it is lent will certainly not be less than 3 per cent., so that each t1,0N0,000 borrowed in England and loaned in India will give 5.30,000 a year towards Dividend on the Share Capital, of which it is not probable that more than £500,000 out of the £2,000,000 will be called up. MANAGEMENT IN INDIA. Arrangements have been made with the above three lead ing firms to act as Agents in India, so as to enable the Com pany to commence business without unnecessary delay. 75,000 Shares have been subscribed for privately, and the remaining 25,000 Shares are reserved for public subscription, Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association lie for inspection at the Office of the Solicitors. Messrs. Fresh fields and Newman, 5, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, and at the Temporary Offices of the Company. Applications to be made in the subjoined form to the Tem porary Offices of the Company, 69, Lombard-street ; or to the Offices of the General Credit and Finance Company of Lon don (Limited), 90, Cannon -street. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me Shares of £2O each in the capital of the Land Tlortgage Bank of India (Limited), and I h ere b y agree to accept the said Shares, or he any smaller number that you may a ll o t t o me, an d t o pay becom p e t deosit of 1:2 on each Sh are so allotted, and I agree to a member of the C ompany, and request you to Place my allotted e Register of Shareholders in respect of the Share to me, I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Profession or Business Reference Date ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUNDS, 42,122,828. ANNUAL REVENUE, 4422,101. LONDON BOARD. "hn Whiite Cater, Esq., P. du Pre Grenfell, Esq. Chairman. Charled Morrison, Esq ., De. th Ki rlT a tr Esq . Put Y C hairman • q" Junius on S . M e o*rgan, Esq. A. Be A Cohen, *P EdwardG. Garden Nicol, Esq. James du Bui,i on - , g John H. Wm. Schroder, Esq. ff. George Young, Esq. EX-DI RECTORS. A. H. Campbell, Esc, I'. C. Cavan, p, gq. I Robert S- n ith , E sq. P. I'. Ralli, Esq. Frederic Somes, Esq. Manager of Fire Department—George n. Whyting. Manager of Life Department—W F. Birkmyre. Superintendent of Foreign Department—G, H. Burnett. Secretary—F. W. Lance. General Manager—David Smith. FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Company grants Insurances against Fire in the United Kingdom, and all foreign countries. Mercantile Risks in the Port of London accepted at re duced rates. Losses promptly and liberally settled. Foreign Risks.—The Director, having* a practical know ledge of foreign countries, are prepared to issue Policies . __ on e e m thost favouratile terms. I n a ll c ases a discount will be allowed to Merchants and others effecting such Insurances. LIFE DEPARTMENT The following Statement exhibits the improvement effected daring the last few years : No. of Policies Issued. S ums. P rem i ums. 1853 ........ 455 1859........ 615 1861 18 0 741 ........ 475,M 9 785 1862•• ••• ... 1,037 ........ 768331 Thus in five yea rs th e number of. Policies issued was 3,623, assuring the large sum of .£2,928,917. The leading features of the Office are:- 1 . Entire Security to Assurers. 2. The large Bonus additions already declared, and the prospect of a further Bonus at the next investiga tion. 3 . The advantages afforded by varied Tables of premiums unrestricted conditions of Policies—and general r ormsliberality in deali ng w i th the A ssured. on apoleationmr h and every informatio n w ill b e f urn i s h ed READ OFFIC ES .. . . Lo NDoN. 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. EDINBURGH... 64, Princes-street. Noßini BR TI AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. WEST- END OFFICE : 8, WATERLOO- PLACE, PALL-MALL. Secretary—ALEX. J. RUSSELL. CiELEBRATIOx, ----- ‘. C the B IRT H of srafßtsfle TERCENTENARY of PEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary c N. C. Hamilton, Bart., g.c .B ° . l . l l l nittee (of which Sir Robert ing SUBSCRIPTIONS the and ts ! Chairman) are now reeeiv account of the Tercentenary c O 'Y gl ‘ ay also be paid to the ",.,..ee. at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwi c k turnington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. " re -Le Greenway, - Warwick ; or their Lc c ,l o ll :a3r, Smith, and Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs Hanba r3 , e agents, Messrs. Glyn and Co ., bankers, London. and Co., or Messrs. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting th e tion list to the nation, most earnestly app ea l to the subscrip of Shakapeare for their aid and assistance. The admirers rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is ommittee the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of att not only alt admirers of the great Poet's works, and that Taction to It was bi:tac, the town he loved, and where he lived and died, No. 22,239, WILLIE, D--_R, Go to GRAINGER'S, 308, HOLBORN, and get some of their PAPER DRAPERY and CHEAP STATIONERY to bring Home. STAR AND GARTER HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). The Right Hon. the Lord de Tabley, Chairman. The Hon. Gerald Chetwynd Talbot, Deputy Chairman. In reply to numerous inquiries, the Directors of this Com pany feel it right to state that the Company is in no way connected with the Richmond Hill Hotel Company (limited). The whole of' the capital of the Star and Garter Company is subscribed, and the business of the Star and Garter Hotel, situated on the summit of Richmond fill, and now carried on by Mr. Ellie, will shortly be entered upon by the Com pany; and the additions and improvements, designed by Mr. E. M. Barry, the architect, will be commenced by Messrs. Lucas Brothers, the contractors, immediately. By order, AUGUSTUS BROWNE, Secretary. 17 n, Great George-street, Westminster, 6th October, 1863. %~ THE ANGLO-AUSTRIAN BANK._ To be constituted with Limited Liability, under a con cession from his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria. Dated sth October, 1863. Capital £2,000,(00, or 20,000,000 florins. To be divided into 100,000 Scrip Certificates of £lO or 200 florins each, upon which £2 is to be paid on application and £2 upon allotment, and a C 11 of £2 within one month atter allotment. These Certificates to be exchanged hereafter for Shares to bearer of £2O or £5O each, as arranged with the Austrian Government, as hereinafter stated. In such ex change One Certificate will represent one £2O Share with £6 paid thereon, or Five Certificates will represent two £5O Shares with £3O paid thereon. ... THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1863. NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., FLORIAN'S HUSBAND. Also now ready, In 3 vols., GOOD SOCIETY. By Mrs. GREY, author of "The Gambler's Wife," dm. Burst and Blackett, 13, Great ➢larlborough-street. 122, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. NEW WORKS. MESSRS. JOHN MAXWELL AND CO. beg to announce that the undermentioned Works may be now had at every Circulating Library. Subscribers to those useful Institutions should not experience any delay in ob taining copies, as adequate editions have been printed, and the type is kept standing, to meet every demand as quickly as it wises :- 1. SACKVILLE CHASE. 3 vols. 2. STRONGHAND. By GUITAVE ALWARD. 2 vols. 3. BREAKFAST IN BED. By GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA.. 1 VOI. 4. THE REV. ALFRED HOBLUSH AND lIIS CURACIES. 1 vol. 5. SECRETS OF MY OFFICE. 1 vol. In One Vol., Post Bvo., 10s. 6d., THE CROSS OF HONOUR. By the Anther of " Small House in Piccadilly." [On Oct. 10. London : John Maxwell and Co • 122, Fleet-street. THE 0X F ORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, IV. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONNAMBULA. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, finish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, dr,c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, ➢iessrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. Also, a Pe►formance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony', ls. ; private boxes, 10s. Gd. ('IANTERBIJRY HALL " GHOST."—In order NJ to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and HenryDircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, "THE GHOST," to the Concert hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at half-past Nine o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, Szc. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band is selected from the Cry'tal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER makes Its own Soap, and saves one-half of time, two•thirds of Soap, and three-fourths of labour Patentee: Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by-Bow, London. Sold by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptible, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, kJ and Dining-room, consisting ot a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, 0 bell sks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, Alabas 'er, Varian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Slajesty, 149, Stand. W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate t ie interesting, study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. . PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION In GEOLOGY and MINE. EULOGY la given by Mr. TENDTANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, I s. Manager—M. GRENET. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST i new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN— Grand Divertissement—Favourite Opera Selections—NlCO- SlA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler. ,Every Evening. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR NICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. TEA. —MOORS BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong ' reduced to 3s. 6d. ; mixed A ssam , re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respecta bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre „ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. 4 cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who , uffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, .pasms, giddiness, dizziness 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 appe rite, 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. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) _ _ In the week that ended last Saturday 1,274 deaths were registered in London. The average number of deaths in ten corresponding weeks (1853. 62), with the omission of deaths from cholera in the 40th week of 1851, and with a correction for increase of population, becomes 1,159. The present re turn shows an excess of 116 above the estimated number. There were 22 fatal cases of smallpox in the week, showing a further decrease on those of previous weeks. Scarlatina still prevails much, and shows a tendency to increase; the deaths from it rose to 154 last week. Five deaths from this latter disease occurred in Kensington-town sub-district, 8 in Kentish-town, 9 in Islington, 9 in Limehouse, and 7 in St. Peter, Walworth. Thirteen deaths from syphilitic disease were registered; 10 of these among children. Phthisis was fatal in 160 cases. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Orders for the present disposition of the Channel squadron were received at Devonport yesterday. The flagship Edgar, which requires to be docked, will, with the Warrior, the Resistance, and the Emerald, leave Plymouth Sound for Portsmouth. The Black Prince, Royal Oak, and Defence are ordered to dis charge their powder and shell, and to go up Ha' moaze. The Black Prince will be docked at Devon port. The old line-of-battle sailing ship Duncan, 74, having been entirely broken up at Chatham Dock yard, a portion of the shipwrights and labourers entered for the purpose of breaking her up were discharged from the yard yesterday: The remainder of the hired mechanics and other hands are retained in the Dockyard for the purpose of breaking up one of the mortar vessels from the fleet lying at Yant let-creek, the recent survey of the squadron of mor tar vessels by the Dockyard officials having led to the discovery of some of the boats being in an exceed ingly rotten and altogether useless condition, and only fit to be taken to pieces. The remainder of the vessels are to be taken, from time to time, and con verted into lighters and transports for service at the several dockyards. The whole of the old line of-battle and other sailing ships which encumber the river Medway between Chatham and the Nore have undergone a recent . suivey, in order to ascer tain their condition preparatory to an order from the Lords of the Admiralty for those unfitted to be re tained on the list of reserve sailing ships to be broken up. The number of these vessels is between 50 and 60, and few of them have seen any service for a num ber of years. Nearly the whole of them, it has been ascertained are altogether unfitted for service at sea, but several of their number would be found ad mirably adapted to serve as block or guard ships for the protection of our large ports and harbours, among which are the Devonshire, 72, the Ganges, 84, the Chichester, 50, the Minotaur, 72, the Vanguard, 80, the Warspite, 50, and the Southampton, 50. The Lords of the Admiralty have abandoned the intention of again despatching the iron paddle wheel steamer Recruit, 6, 150 horse power, to sea, her performance on the occasion of her last trip having proved that she is not adapted for a long voyage, and have decided on converting her to a tender for conveying the mechanics and other work men at Chatham to and from the dockyard to the iron frigate Achilles, which, on being nndocked, will be removed to the entrance of the harbour, at Gillingham-reach, where she will be completed for sea. The officials at Chatham Dockyard are to re port to the Admiralty whether they consider the Recruit to be adapted for the proposed service. The recent firing at 51 -inch armour plates on the side of the Monarch target ship at Portsmouth was attended with an unusual degree of interest, owing to the fact of its being the first time the four lead ing firms in England had supplied plate of equal thickness of metal for trial. They consisted of one each from Messrs. John Brown and Co., of Shef field, the Mersey Iron and Steel Works, the Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company, and the Millwall Company. All four were good plates, but with varying degrees of excellence. Messrs. John Brown and Co.'s plate is the best of the four. Four shots struck this plate in a vertical line, but they opened no cracks in the same direction, nor other wise, except in the indents. Two of these shots overlapped each other three inches, but the result of the two blows only produced an indent of two inches and a half in depth—an unprecedentedly favourable result as showing the excellent resisting power of the iron. Eight shots struck within three feet of the left of the plate, and three of them on the very edge, but only produced the usual small cracks exhibited by this firm's plates within the circumference of the indents. No signs of concentric cracks are shown round the in dentations of these edge blows. The Mersey plate received 13 shots in all, and stood very well for the " first" rolled plate produced by this firm. The metal has a soft appearance, and seemed of good quality, but there was a tendency in it to crack ver tically—a fault which will, doubtless, be guarded against in future productions. The Millwall plate was not of so good a quality as the sk-inch plates previously sent in for trial by the firm. The weld ing was very faulty. It received 11 shots. The Thames Company's plate was very severely injured by the nine shots fired against it striking on the weakest points. Five struck in an area of three feet by 18 inches, and three of them joining in their circumference of indents. The effect, however, was only slight, though numerous cracks were made from the severe pounding the iron had received. The gun used was the ordinary 68-pounder, and cast-iron shot with 161 b. of powder, at 260 yards' range. On the day following the trial of the plates a smooth-bore 100-pounder gun was shipped from the Excellent on board the Foam gunboat, and the latter vessel proceeded up the harbour, and took up a 200-yards position from the target ship and the plates she had fired at with her 68-pounder on the previous day. A shot was fired at each plate with a 251 b. charge of powder, and in all but one instance the damage inflicted appeared to be commensurate with the increased weight of the shot and size of the charges, as compared with the 68-pounder. A further careful inspection hardly confirms this b e lief. In all but one instance the plates had been damaged by previous firing from the 68-pounder, and no fair inference could therefore be drawn from the results. In the one instance referred to the Milwall plate was struck fairly in an unin jured part by the round 100-pound shot, end the result was —diameter of indent, 10 in. ; depth of indent, 3 in. There were cracks across the centre of the indent. The average diame ter of the indent from the blows of a 68-pounder is 9 inches with a depth of 21 inches. The Monarch is now having plates bolted on her sides for further experimental firing, including a trial plate for the Research from the Butterly Company, and one from the Thames Company for the Minotaur. The Columbine, 4, screw sloop, Commander Thos. Le H. Ward, has been berthed a l ongs id e Ports mouth dockyard to refit and have her defects made good prior to proceeding on special service to the Pacific. PORTSMOUTH, Tuesday. Last week the births of 1,037 boys 898 girls, in all 1,935 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor responding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 1,736. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'660in. The reading de - creased from 30.05 in on Sunday to 29.09 in on Thursday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 52 deg, which is 1.8 deg below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determained by Mr. Welsher). The highest day temperature was 63 . 2 deg on Wednesday. The lowest night temperature was 35 deg on the same day. The range of temperature in the week, and also on that day, was there fore 28.2 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 41 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 84, complete saturation being represented by 100. On Saturday the humidity rose to 96. The wind blew on six days from the south west. The rain measured was 0.78 in. In the 13 weeks that ended the 26th of September 17,105 deaths were registered in London. Of that number 9,821 or considerably more than half, occurred to persons under 20 years of age. The number of persons who died at 80 years of ago and upwards was only 449. The diarrhoea that prevails in summer, scarlatina, and small-pox have been very fatal; and as regards the two former diseases the suf ferers in a great proportion of cases were children. In the healthy summer (July, August, September) of 1860, in which the moan temperature of the air was as low as 56.8 deg., the deaths were less than 13,000 ; and in the summer of 1859, when the mean temperature was as high as 62.9 deg., the deaths were 16,000. They were 17,105, as has been stated, in the same three months of the present year, the mean temperature of which was 59.2 deg. The excess of last quarter over the same period of 1859 is about 1,100, and is due to a certain extent to increase of population. Smallpox was fatal in the quarter in 512 cases, of which 160 occurred at 20 years of age and upwards. This malady has bee n unusually prevalent. But the deaths from scarla tina were far more numerous ; they rose to 1,519 ; and those from diarrhoea and su mmer c h o l era were 1 , 938 . The following are sub-districts in which the deaths from smallpox were most numerous :—Kensington-town, where there were 17--St. Margaret, Westminster, 11—Reotory, Marylebone, ; 11—Tottenham -court, 13—St. Andrew East, 16—W hitecross-sta eet, 12--St. Leonard, Shoreditch, 11— Hoxton New-town, 10— Haggerstone West, 10—Hagger stone East, 12—Mile•end Old -town East, 10. There were comparatively few deaths from smallpox in the districts on the south side of the river , as will appear when the larger population of that division is taken into account. Scarlatina was particularly fatal in the east districts, where it numbered 459. Many deaths from this disease occurred also in Kensington-town, St. John, Westminster, Rectory Marylebone, Somers-town, Kentish-town, Isling ton, West London North, Walworth, Rotherhithe, and Deptford. The following appointments were ma d e yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. P. Barrow, Lieut. R. M. Lloyd, Lieut. F. C. de Lougada, and Lieut. W. W. Paynder to the Nil e ; Lieut. R. Evans to the Alert ; Lieut. F. B. Herbert to the Canopus ; W. S. Goodridge and Anthony Gwyn, naval cadets, to the Sutlej ; Thomas Fulton, assist.-surg., to Ply mouth Hospital ; J o hn T. Moo re, ass i st. - surg., to the Indus ; John M. Hunter, assist.-surg., to the Formidable, for the Lizard ; and Robert Harwood, master's assistant, to the Fox, Diarrhoea appears to have spread with great severity among the children of Islington, and of the sub-district of Christchurch, Marylebone. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. "High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agentls in every towu supply it in packets, ,),;i1 • 7 f . • 1111 * /- , • 1 , 11/ . t v • 41 . . . 111:11.4"."-;----";')Ilki.111161"......" • nn + DrE ;Ci'laillialt-&,/4113- - tv rr • '- - 1 - , r;.• • . .. t - "-DROIT. ' ' whole under the command of Lieut.-Col. E. Newdigate. On Major-Gen. Rumley arriving on the parade ground the various corps were formed in open columns of companies, and a rigid inspec tion of the clothing, arms, accoutrements, and kits of the non-commissioned officers and men insti tuted. The battalion was then put through the manual and platoon exercises, followed by the bayo net drill, the various captains of companies being called to the front and tested in their drill by Major-Gen. Rumley, who took up his position at the saluting -post, when the battalion marched past in slow and quick time. This portion of the in spection was well got through, considering that the second depot battalion at present consists almost entirely of very young soldiers. The inspection w as brought to a close by the troops being put through a variety of battalion field movements, in the execution of which they acquitted themselves satisfactorily. The inspection terminated shortly before 12, and yesterday afternoon was devoted by Major-Gen. Rumley to the customary inspection of the books, records, and other documents of each depot and battalion. sir S. D. Elphinstone and Sir F. T. Baring on our Foreign Policy. Last evening the 109th anniversary of the Bene ficial Society was celebrated by a dinner, at which there were about 120 gentlemen present, including Sir D. Elphinstone, Bart., M.P., Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., M.P., Sir S. C. Jervoise, Bart., M.P., J, B. Carter, Esq., M.P., Mr. Sergeant Gasalee, &c. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been d u ly honoured, gr. Alderman SHEPPARD gave " The Borough members," which was well received. - Sir S. D. ELPIIINSTONE returned thanks, and after some remarks on local matters, said—With re gard to foreign politics, he could not say anything which might think worthy of much notice, but still they he would say a f ew words, Thi s country recog nised the right of a p eo pl e t o c h oose th e ir own Go vernment, and encouraged them in every way to adopt those rules which they preferred. They had remonstrated with Russia, sympathised with Italy, and defended Greece; and the Foreign Secretary ha d said, in reference to the horrible bloodshed in Mexico, that so long as the people were satisfied w ith the description of rule under which they were ed, they h a d no r i ght to interfere. Com i ng govern to America, the hon. baronet said the blood of Eng lishmen found ran in th e i r ve i ns, an d t h e i r names wou ld b nd in every v ill age c h urc h yar d i n t hi s coun t r y. At the 6 eginning of the struggle in the United States o f America, he must confess that he cordially sym pathised with the Southern States of America. (Cheers.) He repudiated as much as any man the practice of slavery, but the curse under which they now rested came from this country. It would be ne cessary that ther e s h ou l d b e a most careful foot i ng anda firm basis b e f ore the attempt was made to era dicateneou slavery in th a t country, or they woul d have to n ter the horr ors o f one of the most dreadful e eruptions it was possible to conjecture. (Cheers.) The hon. baronet urged that this country had assisted other co untries wh ere the foul blot of slavery was as deeply implanted as it was in America. They went to wardefend the T ur ki sh empire, but they hesitated to assist Confederate St ates . B ut th ey were t o ld that two sh i p s had been arrested at Liverpool on the they were men-of-war for the Southern to the Well, it was only at the b eginn i ng of last week men left Liv erpoo l —there was not a woman plea that or child o h 7 il o don board—they were Irish, Scotch, and Ger_ Ina d it was th e op i nion of every one who was cognisant of the circumstances, that in less than a week a fter landing they would be marching, with muskets in their hand s , manu f actured at B:rming ham, in the front of a F e d era l reg i ment. (Hear, hear.) w s s there any diff erence between the equip ment o f a r egim en t an d the equipment of a ship ? (Cheers.) Each was a perfect machine in itself, and it ou ght to be precis e l y t h e same with regard o gn relations. (H ear, hear.) They were further told that it wa s th e i ntention of the Govern ment, if a conviction could not b e o b tained against t our foreign the contractors of the ships, to ask Parliament to pass alax to enable them to detain them. (Hear, hear.) The same law should apply to both parties with regard to every munition of war, and no at tempt should be made to distort or pervert existing laws. (Hear.) After some further observations, r n e resources,t sai d the Fed era l G overnmen t, the with h o a n b all their a had never succeeded in building iron ships. Their ships were built by con tractors an d were lying tractors useless in the harbour of Charleston. The hon. baronet also expressed his opinion that our iron fleet was constructed upon a wrong principle , and that in any future naval en gagement the two great points must be rapidity of firing and rapidity of manoeuvring. They would find it impossible to manoeuvre with the present fleet. What they required was ships which would go 12 knots an hour, and carry two guns in cupolas. (Cheers.) Half-a-dozen of these would be worth a dozen Warriors in deciding any future wars. (The hon. baronet resumed his seat amid loud cheers.) Sir F. T. BARING (Who Was enthusiastically expressing re ceived), after his thanks for the kind reception himself and his colleagues had received, said he could not entirely agree with everything his hon. friend had told them. He would begin by saying that they had not done very much last ses sion, but they were not to blame for that, as they had li t tl e to do, and the wisest course when they had nothing to do was to do nothing. All great questions had been settled, and everything upon which they could make a fight had been a'ready decided. Undoubtedly small things were done, and important small matters were discussed and carried. There were no great grievances to redress, and acts of Parliament were only required to cure existing evils. If no evils existed, then no acts of Parlia ment were required. He would now turn to one or two questions which he would not shrink from. He agreed with Lord Russell that the Government were not in fault in their protest to Russia in refe rence to Poland. (Hear.) He did not pretend to say that they did not all have their sympathies, but statesmen bad something more to guide them than the impulse of their feelings. This country had a right to remonstrate with Russia, as she was bound by the treaties of 1815; but with reference to in terfering with any country where no treaty existed, it was a question of policy whether they should do it or not. (Hear.) He had read the s p e ech of Lord Russell, and he highly approved the kind feeling which he expressed throughout in behalf of those on the other side of the water. (Hear.) Whatever sympathies or feelings they might have, every one must view with the deepest regret that scene of bloodshed and horror. (Hear.) What the result would be it would be it was difficult to prophecy; but he fully concurred with the noble lord (Earl Russell) that the policy of England was of perfect neutrality. (Hear.) They should have no feelings on one aide or the other; they were neutrals, and bound to act as neutrals. They had duties of neu trality to perform, and were bound to perform those duties honestly. (Hear.) The question for this coun try was whether it would be conducive to its best interests to interfere and declare its opinion_ In the case of the two vessels detainee! by the Govern ment, ho could not give his opinion as to whether it was a just cause of detention, as he did not 'mow the facts, but they were bound to carry out the law of nations, and if existing laws were not sufficiently stringent to enable them to do so, they had no doubt a right to make them. It was the policy of the country to be fairly and honestly neutral; and if the law was changed while the struggle wns going on they were bound to consider whether they might not subject themselves to some charge. (Cheers.) After a few other remarks the hon. baronet sat down amidst applause which , a as continued for some time. ~~~"`'~~~~ ~ i PE 1CE..........4d. STAMPED .....sd. FINE ARTS. THE NEW NATIONAL ART TRAINING SCROOLS Souni KENSINGTON.—These new schools , which w ere opened yesterday, are the first permanent buildings Whi c h have been provided for the National Art Training Schools. The premises hitherto afforded the art classes but a tempo rary accommodation. In the first instance, in 1837, wh en the School of Design was instituted, the classes were held in rooms on the second floor in Somerset House, once occu pied by the Royal Academy. In 1852 the classes met in Marlborough House, whet o the Queen, at the intervention of the Prince Consort, graciously permitted a training school for teachers for the schools of art throughout the country to be first established. Those schools afterwards removed in 1856 to wooden buildings at South Kensington. The present buildings are of plain brick, and are substan tial, fire. proof, and adapted to those requirements of an art school, which experience during a quarter of a century has shown to be necessary in providing light,both in theday-time and evening, as well as ventilation, heating, Sz.c. A separate series of rooms has been constructed for male and female classes, the entrances to which are in Exhibition-road. The new buildings form the north and west side of the inner quadrangle of the building, the plan of which was ap proved by the select committee of the House of Commons in 1860. The courses of instruction to be pursued in the school are intended to give a systematic training to teachers, male and female, in the practice of art, and in the acquirement of its scientific primiples, for the purpose of qualifying them to impart the knowledge lo attained to others, to develop its application to the common uses of life, and to employ its advantages in the requirements of trade and manufactures. Special courses of instruction are arranged to qualify masters of parochial and other schools for the teaching of elementary drawing as a part of general education, con currently with writing. The general system of instruction embraces the following divisions of art :—Freehand, archi tectural and mechanical drawing, practical geometry and perspective, painting in oil, tempera, and water .colours, modelling, moulding, and casting. The classes for draw ing, painting, and modelling, include architectural and ornamental design, besides flowers, still life, &c., figures from life and from the antique, and the study of anatomy required by an artist. There are to be sessions in the year, each lasting five months, the one commencing on the Ist of March and the other on the let of October ; and they end on the last day of February and the last day in July respectively. The classes meet daily, except on Saturdays, and the hours of study will be in the day from ten to three, and in the evening from seven to nine. Besides these, there are other numerous engagements to suit the means, the leisure and taste of most persons desirous of taking advantage of the facilities the establishment now offers them. District schools have now been called into existence in connection with the training school, and are situated in about a dozen widely distant parts of London. A living model class has been arranged for artists and advanced students, which is a most valuable addition to the training school. The time of study is from seven to nine every evening, and the terms are at the reasonable sum of £3 for each session. Artizans will also have a class in which they are to be taught elementary drawing, geometry, perspective, mechanical and architectural drawing, at the low charge of 10s per session for three evenings in the week, and for five evenings in the week the charge will be 15s. per session. Lectures on anatomy, as far as is required by art, and on botany, are already announced, and it is stated that lectures will be occasionally delivered. The year will conclude with an examination for medals and other prizes in all the schools, The arrangements throughout the schools are in finitely more complete than this country could ever boast of before, and all wo can say is, that if the rising generation do not take a position in art on an equality with other nations artistic eminence is not to be fostered and en couraged, by the most ample appliances that can be brought together for art instruction. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS (Ireland). The report of Mr. Donnelly, the Registrar- General, to the Lord Lieutenant has just been published. It is dated the 28th of last month. Mr. Donnelly says :-" The statis tical abstracts have:been, as in former years, compiled from returns obtained by members of the constabulary and metropolitan police, who, to the number of nearly 4,000, were selected to act as enumerators. They have per formed this duty in their usual effectual manner. In the course of revision some change may be made in the figures now published, but I delnot apprehend that alterations of any consequence will be necessary. The enumeration which extends over about 606,000 distinct holdings-com menced this year on the 2d June, and terminated in the middle of July. There would appear to be a decrease of 91,555 acres in the extent under wheat this year, compared with 1862; of 28,512 in that under oats, 21,064 in barley, 3,504 in bare and rye, and of 54 acres in beans and peas m akin g a total decrease in the acreage under cereals of 144,719 acres, or 51 acres in every 100. The extent under potatoes has increased by 5,514 acres, cabbage by 3,455 acres, and carrots, parsnips, and other green crops by 4,910 acres ; while turnips show a decrease of 25,355 acres; mangel wurzel and beet root of 6,760, and vetches and rape of 1,152 acres; making a net decrease of 19,358 acres under green crops in 1863, compared with the previous year. The de crease in the extent of land under crops this year compared with 1862, is 92,431 acres, cereal and green crops having diminished by 161,077 acres-and meadow and flax in creased by 71,646-flax alone to the extent of 63,922 acres. The total are under flax this year amounts to 213,922 acres, which exceeds by 39,413 acres the greatest extent sown in any year since these statistics commenced, in 1847. The fluctuations between 1862 and 1863 in the acreage under crops, grass, fallow, woods and plantations, and bog and waste unoccupied, aro exhibited by provinces in the succeeding table, by which there would appear to be a decrease of land under crops in every province. Grass lands have increased in Ulster and Connaught by 25,260 acres; and decreased in Leinster and Munster by 7,537 acres, leaving a net increase of 17,723 acres. Fallow has increased in the provinces of Munster, tri!t4, b rand Con naught by 1,675 acres ; and decreased in Leinstery 3,238 d acres. Woods and plantations are returned as having e. creased in Leinster by 1,74 3 acres , and increased hav in the other provinces to the amount of 3,158 acres; an d the bog and waste unoccupied would appear to 74, 856 acres. As compared with 1855 there is an increase o f 22 , 892 horses, a de crease of 426,125 cattle, a decrease of 298,411 sheep, and a decrease of 112,803 pigs. As compared with 1862 there is a decrease 116,615 cattle, a d ecrease of 152,201 sheep, and a de- crease of 89,522 pigs. It is satisfactory, however, to notice an increase in Ireland of 12,771 cattle, under the head of one year old and under two years, and of 19,148 under one year. The value of live stock is calculated according to the rates assumed by the Census Commissioners of 1841, viz.:--For h ors es, £3 each ; cattle, £6 lOs ; sh ee p, 22 s ; an d p i gs, 25 s eac h. In this way the horses are estimated to be worth £4,633,432, an increase of £183,136 upon the value in 1855, and a decrease of £189,720 upon that of 1862; cattle, £20,398,78 8 , a decrease of £2,769,812 upon 1855; and of £757,977 upon 1862; sheep, £3,634,324, a decrease of £328,252 upon 1855; and of £167,421 upon 1862; pigs, £1,331,002, a decrease of £141,004 upon 1855, and of £111,903 upon 1862 ; total live stock, £29,997,546, a de crease of £3,055,932 upon 1855, and of £1,227,041 upon 1862. The returns of tillage and live stock from which the general abstracts have been compiled are derived from in formation given voluntarily to the enumerators by the owners and occupiers of land throughout the country; and bag to state that the particulars required have been most readily afforded in the present year. This year the names of only four persons were reported to me by the enumerators as having declined to furnish them with the requisite particu lars respecting the tillage and stock on their farms-a cir cumstance which is highly creditable to the farming classes in this country. The increase in the "Bog and Waste Unoccupied" is owing to the withdrawal of live stock from the mountain and boggy pastures, consequent upon the decrease in stock caused by the four last unfavour able years; but it may be reasonably assumed that, with a continuance of genial seasons, the tracts of mountain and boggy pastures which, from the causes mentioned, are not this year occupied by cattle, will ere long resume their former position, and contribute to the agricultural wealth of the country. The average produce of the crops cannot be satisfactorily ascertained until after the general harvest has been gathered in ; but from inquiries which I have made in many well-informed quarters, as well as from the very favourable accounts given by the provincial press in all parts of the country, it may be fairly estimated that the yield of the cereal crops in particular this year will prove above the average which has been known for many seasons in Ireland ; and although there is a falling off in the total acreage, ye t it is confidently expected that it will be compensat ed by theo abundant produce of almost all crops - the total va o b h at ! . which, it has been computed, will in 1563 exceed ntd the crops of last year by several millions sterling, , eal e ap proximate to that of some of our best years. u flti n x al the increase in value over 1862, caurcd by utinniarrygieerldaearned ago of 63,922 acres, combined with the n a amount 000,000. superior quality, will, it is expectedt,da_ur ug . the first seven The number of persons who e migra a rated 50,506, being an in. months of the year 1862 a mounts n 3 number who left the '; crease of 34,607 persons overd t ing period of 1862. Ireland since the lst Ma h y e , country during the corr es p oa m entire number of emigr ants fri ! 1851, when their enumeration commenced, amounts to 1,378,333. T HE OIITWABD CAPE MAILS.--PLYMOUTH, Oct. 6.—The ma il steanthhiP Briton left Pl ymouth this evening with 50 w agers and the Cape m a il s , containing 20 sacks letters, 9 P : mc k, papers, and. 12 kaelf,t3 books. COUNCIL OF DIRECTORS. H.H. Prince Leo Sapieha, President of the Gallician Diet, and Member of the Austrian Reichsrath. Somerset A. Beaumont; Esq., M.P., London. Baron Erggelet (llenikstein and Co.), Banker, Vienna. G. G. Glyn, Esq., M.P., Banker, London. Count Eugene Kinsky, Member of the Austrian Reichsrath. Charles Klein, Esq., President of the Chamber of Commerce, Vienna. Alexander Schroder, Esq. (A. and C. Schroder), Trieste. Baron Tinti, Member of the Austrian Reichsrath. S. Winterstein, Egq., Member of the Austrian Reichsrath. Count Edmond Zichy, Vienna (President of the Vindibona and Anker Insurance Companies . Adalbert Zinner, Esq, Merchant, Vienna. BANKERS AND FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS, Augsburg—M. Paul Von Stetten. Berlin—Messrs. Mendelssohn and Co. Frankfort 0. M.—Messrs. Grunelius and Co. Munich—Messrs. Robert De Froelich and Co. Paris—Messrs. Mallet Freres and Co. Trieste—Messrs. A and G. Schroder. BANKERS AND FINANCIAL AGENTS IN LONDON. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, E.C. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bireham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, 46, Dui a ment-street, Westminster, S.W. BROKER. George E. Seymour, Esq., 38, Throgmorton-street, E.C. GENERAL MANAGER IN LONDON. Francis Breuer, Esq. (lately with Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen). Offices— Vienna-5, Habsburger Gasse. London-10, Birchin-lane, Lombard:street, E.C, PROSPECTUS. The Company is formed under a direct concession granted by the Imperial Government, for the purpose of promoting and extending commercial and financial relations between Austria and England. These relations are daily increasing in importance under the influence of the ameliorated political and fiscal system which has been definitively adopted by the Austrian Administration and Legislature. The Company will carry on the ordinary business of a Bank of Deposit, Discount, and Exchange, and all operations con nected with BankingtransactionE and Financial Agency. The head office will be inVienna, with branches at Trieste,Prague, Brunn, and other towns in the Austrian empire in which it may be found profitable from time to time to form establish ments. In _England, the interests of the Bank will be represented, and the business conducted by the English members of the Board, Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. being the Financial Agents and Bankers of the Company. The Directors point with satisfaction to their having se cured the services of Mr. Francis Breuer as th it London Ma nager. Mr. Breuer's experience of German Commercial and Financial business—acquired during 25 years' service with the firm of Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen—pecu' iarly qualify him for the efficient performance of the important duties to which he has been appointed. The Concession has been obtained by the Directors, and made over by them to the Company, without consideration or other charge than the preliminary expenses, which will be limited to the disbursements made, and are of small amount. The Company has not been brought forward until, by care ful negotiation, it has been ascertained that its formation is desired by the Austrian Executive, and that, besides the grant of a direct concession, the Imperial Government will be pre pared to open an account current with the head office of the Bank, and to employ the branches of the institution in a va • riety of ways, in facilitating the revenue collections and other operations of the Government, not overlooking the import ance of the measures which are being constantly directed to the complete re-establishment of the paper currency upon the soundest basis. As some evidence of the satisfactory result of the negotia tions which have taken place the directors are authorised to insert in this Prospectus the following extracts from a Minute delivered to the Company by his Excellency M. Von Plener, the Minister of Finance at Vienna, viz. : " Referring to the fact that one off he principal objects of the establishment of the proposed Anglo-Austrian Bank, is to fa3ilitate operations in Austrian Securities, and having regard also to the desire of the Imperial Government to aid as far as practicable in bringing about a closer union between the financial and commercial interests of Austria and England than at present exists, the Imperial Government intends (so far as it should appear to itself compatible with the success of their financial measures—and with any legal direction which may be specially prescribed in reference to any parti cular operation) to give to the Bank the opportunity of under taking such financial operations - whether the issue of loans, placing of bonds or otherwise ; as the Government may de sire to effect on the London market. " the Government also intends to open an account-current with the Bank." There cannot be any question as to the profit able nature of the field for the operations of a banking establishment in Austria, conducted on sound principles. There are few recent changes of more importance and in terest than the remarkable advance which Austria has made during the last few years under the influence of its thoroughly revised policy. The harmony happily established between the Imperial Government and the representatives of the different orders of the State, as assembled in the Reichsrath, has removed most of the impediments which formerly prevented Austria from enjoying the benefits of its vast commercial and agricultural resources. Supported by the free debates of the Parliament, the Government has been enabled to enter with vigour upon a fiscal policy founded upon tree-trade views ; and to apply, in many directions, measures specially adapted to develope the wealth and enterprise of the country. River steam navi gation has assumed large proportions. The extent of rail ways in operation has increased from 1,700 English miles in 1855 to nearly 4,000 in the present year; and the railway system has been actually completed up to a point which leaves few of the leading districts of the empire unsupplied. Still more important has been the marked increase in the ac tivity of private trade and in the ma4nitude of individual enterprise ; and that this altered state of things is solid and real, is sufficiently attested by the great recovery of the Aus trian finances dnring the last two years. Under the measures passed in if 62, the paper currency is in rapid process of re form —and since June of that year, the Exchange on Lon , on has improved from 140 to 110 in favour of Vienna. The rise in the price of Austrian Government Stock, since the same date, being equal, upon an average, to 22 per cent. In the speech delivered by the Emperor, at the opening of the Reichsrath, in June last (1863), he W.lB able to dwell pro minently on the improved aspect of affairs, and to state that the finances of the empire have so rapidly improved during the 'Parliamentary recess that the Government will not now require the twelve millions of florins voted last year to cover deliciences then anticipated. Between 1851 and 1861 the export and import trade of Austria may be said to have doubled; but even at its present amount of. say, 50 millions sterling, it is still very far below the capabilities of the 40 millions of Austrian subjects, who inhabit provinces extending to an area of 240,000 square miles, in the most fertile and diversified parts of Southern Europe. _ _ Wlien it is proposed, therefore, to extend to Austria the appliances of Banking, according to sound English princi ples, it is important to bear in mind that the new institution is not carried to a field already full or offering few advan tages, but is applied precisely under those circumstances in which the success of Banks has been most conspicuous— viz., to a rich country, and an enterprising people entering with every encouragement upon the development of their skill and their resources. In the statutes, as passed by the Imperial Government, the capital is divided into Shares of £5O or 500 florins each ; but, in consequence of representations made to the Directors, and in order to render the Shares of the Bank more readily nego tiable in the principal money-markets of the Continent, the Government has been solicited to authorise £2O as the de nomination of the Shares, and an assurance has been received that such application will be granted. To avoid delay in the establishment of the Bank, it has been decided to issue the capital in Scrip Certificates of £2O each, exchangeable hereafter (at a date to be announced. and when £6 has been paid thereon) into Shares to bear as above stated. Under the revised Austrian Commercial Code, the payment of £6 per £2O Scrip Certificate, equal to 30 per cent. of the capital, will enable the Bank to commence business at once, with the advantage of limited liability, and without further demands upon its shareholders. .__ trT A 7 C et, opy of the Concessi on an d S tatutes will be deposited at the office of th e Sol , citors to the Company, 46, Parliament rpepsiticniaitniosntesr.made in London for Scrip Certificates should be addressed to the Directors in England at the Offices of the Company; but no appliocaftin will be considered, unless accomni by the reeeintip ]Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. for the deposit of .C 2 per Bee Certificate on the number ap osit will be returned in the event b oi the application pl T ie h d i f s o d r ep not being acceded to ; and, it an allotment e ti r it Cer tificate. Forms applied towards the full deposit of £4 per Seerlalvd te'r Forms of Application maybe obtained and will at the Offices of the Bank in Vienna ; and in London Offices, 10, Birchin-lane, Lombard. street, E.C.. October, 1163. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SCRIP CERTIFICATES. To the Dirt ctors in England of the Anglo-Austrian Bank. Gentlemen,—Having paid to your credit, with M essrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., the sum of £ I hereby req uest that you will allot me Scrip Certificates of £2O each in the Anglo-Austrian Bank, and I hereby agree to accept such Scrip Certificates, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, upon the terms of the Prospectus, and to pay the further deposit of £2 per Scrip Certificate upon the num ber allotted to me, at such time and in such manner as you may appoint. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full Address in full Occupation Date THE ARMY. The 55th Regiment,under the comman d o f C o l Hume, is expected to embark on board the ships taken up for its conveyanco to Italia at Portsmouth about the 20th inst. Major-Gen. Rumley, the Inspector-General of Infantry, resumed his inspection of the infantry forces quartered at Chatham garrison yesterday, taking it up at the point com pleted on the previous day. Shortly after nine a.m. the troops composing the 2d battalion of infantry assembled on the gene ral parade ground, in front of their respective quar ters, to await the arrival of the Inspector-General. The troops were all in heavy marching order, and in consequence of the demand recently made on their numbers to reinforce the regiments on foreign service the strength of several of the corps having been very greatly reduced, th© muster was com paratively small. The corps which were drawn up in the barrack•square included the Ist and 2d bat talions of the 12th Regiment, Ist and 2d battalions of the 20Lh Regiment, the depot of the 31st Regi ment, 52c1 Light Jufantryl and 83d Regiment, the e.'"" e •f!. • *: z r ` t-11, N's.- I STATE OE TRADE, MANCHESTER, Oct. 6.—A quieter fe - - Liverpool market, with rather easier pritk;J;so,,_ _ a perceptible influence on the yarn and ctiamimea ket. In yarns we have had a very quiet daNn dil sellers report that there has been no businessdoinh whatever. Some inquiry has been made for cops, with a view of testing prices, but there is no change in quotations. The heavy contracts held by spinners cause them to be somewhat indifferent about any orders offered at less than the rates of last week. Nevertheless, it is thought that were offers made for large quantities slight concessions might be made. For cloth there has been a fair inquiry sine e this day week, especially for India goods, and buyers in some cases seem to have made up their minds to Pay, to some extent, the prices which are asked by sellers. The impression in the market seems to bo that the war, with scarcity of cotton, is likely to continue for an indefinite period, and that this being the case, price s are likely to rule high. The question as to how hi gh they may safely go is one which can only be solved by a correct estimate of the point at linen, competiti on . wooll en , an d other fa b r i cs come i nto active ompetiti on . which A good business is said to be still doing by the large home trade houses, who are understood to be bare of stocks in consequence of the large general absorption of goods by re tailers and consumers. Still, though the inquiry has been brisk in the Manchester cloth-market, the business cannot be said to have been great ; in fact, it has been rather less than towards the end of last to cause week. With regard _toaypir.tinheass, as far as th ere h as been any change to -day i n favour of buyers, bat still it has not be en su fficient any anxiety among sellers to push sales. T here has been no quotable reduction, There are telegrams from India to hand, and one from Calcutta to the ' 16th of September reports yarns -d • per lb. h i g her, and 81-Ib. shirting-cloths 9d. per piece dearer. There have been some other reports of telegram s of a conflicting nature, but they are not generally believed in, and consequently have not influenced the market. The transfer of the business of the old. bank of Messrs. Loyd, Entwistle, and Co. to the District Bank is still a topic of much interest in commercial circles, as might be expected from the high repute in which it has stood with the trading community of this district for so many years. The consideration to be given by the District Bank is reported to be £250,000, which is to be raised in new shares, for authority to create which notice has already been given of an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders on the 21st inst. It is understood that after the amalgamation three of the four part ners in the present firm of Loyd and Co. will con tinue to take an interest in the affairs of the joint concern, and that one of them, Mr. Bury, will take a seat in the direction. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of the cloth-market :—" To-day there has been a fair inquiry for all kinds of goods, espe cially those adapted for India, but the actual busi ness done has been of limited extent. We do not alter our quotations, though the tendency has been, if anything, slightly in favour of buyers. The India telegrams received to-day arrived too late to influence our market." rAe LEEDS, 6 th.—There has been rather a quiet order of things in the cloth-halls this morning. A few parcels of ordinary cloths were made np, and a mo derate business was done in tweeds, mantles, and shirtings, but very little in witneys, pilots, or other heavy goods. The winter trade, so far as manufac turers are concerned, may be considered nearly over, though the purchase of heavy goods may continue in dribblets for some time longer. As yet it is too early to do much in goods for the spring trade, but manufacturers are turning their attention to such fabrics as will be suitable for that season of the year. The business of the past month—nay, of all the pre ceding part of the year—has been prosperous, not only in the woollen trade of this town and district, but also in the flax, the iron, and the other staple trades, and the prospect for the close is altogether cheerful. NOTTINGHAM, 6th.—There was again only a limited attendance at this Exchange-hall to-day, and a corresponding amount of business was trans= acted, both lace and hosiery yarns being quoted at about late prices. Very little passed in silks. Brown nets a dull sale. ROCHDALE, 6th.—At to-day's market the atten dance has been less than usual, but still business was done to an average extent, and a fair share of animation seems to prevail throughout the trade. The quantity of goods sold, and especially of bright starlets, shows that the absence of some familiar faces today was not a consequence of depression in this department. Scarlets are now so much in re quest that many orders are now given out in antici pation of the customary markets. The warehouse trade in all qualities has been rather flat since our last report, but by no means at a. standstill. For Yorkshire goods there is not a spirited inquiry, and orders are executed rather to meet instant require ments than with a view to meeting future demands. Prices too have a restrictive effect, wool having reached such an excessive price that mill operatio n s are inevitably curtailed. There are but small deal ings at present in the raw material. _...n 1W <,B , 'X F•-• :.--,. • :7: ) .Z4.titi:r ,4•s /47 ,3.L...• S THE LATE BARON STOCKMAR. Stockmar was Prince Albert's plenipotentiary in signing the marriage contract, and ho remained the intimate friend of the young couple. The first years after the marriage were to him rich in experiences about the internal working of a constitutional Government. His life became so arranged that he spent the autumn and spring of nearly every year in England. He resided at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle in an independent position as a dear and honoured friend and guest. When the Prince wished to rest after the day's business, ho found relief in Stockmar's apartments. The royal children regarded bim as a kind " grandpapa," whom they were fond of visiting, and *he " baron" was the general refuge of all those who had a complaint or a desire at Court. The guest continued his simple dietetic mode of life even in the palace. For although the ageing man retained his freshness of mind and cheerfulness of temper in his intercourse with others, he had regarded his body for a long time past with growing doubts, and was in heart inclined to treat himself as a dangerous patient. Thus it often happened that he did not pay due attention to the established rules of the most punctual of all Courts, would keep the Queen and her husband waiting, or walk in and take his seat imperturbably in the middle of dinner. And when spring ended the old friend disappeared all at once, for he could not endure leave-taking; the Royal children one morning found his rooms empty, and wrote repeated letters to Coburg, full of complaints about his faithlessne 15, and hearty reproaches. And in summer earn e st CO were recommended that ho would speedily return. . 1 : 1 37 to way his long visits to En g land were r e p ea ted from i: o , ed 1557. The last work in which ho was prominently e e „ was the marriage of Princess Victoria withe t./ife,'o'w7u... Prince of Prussia. During the last years o f hie miti • t i l to his increasing weakness, he could not make Tamil y, or to accept the invitations of the English o l l '?„. him induced n g: several visits ,iv.a. t:urti, pvlailiedx, make so long a voyage. The wish to h thatalace, but more the Prince Consort and the Queen t° I ? vis o it .. a , his own hou se ; stoPliz u g in Coburg, the to Germany. When they were to old gentleman might venture a generally the Royal guests waite o d : into a quiet house in a and the delicate atte ytionand daily they might be see n . e g i :l B ey.haired friend. The perience of firm 11 8 side street, in order to visit t t ua l to whom this heart re calm spent self-respectfoafn: a and in of his guests, were " the fl oo d and estimable c persons, whose timate connection with o g felt to the fullest value the Royal visi or small, that l ay on their minds, the thing, whether great the sketch plan of the P • rince Consort's cares of politics, the cation of the children , and the minor model farm, ws of the day, Were laid by the Queen, her joys and sorrdownity, in the f • husband , an, hold back faithful heart of the wise old who did not sensible advice, warm adhe wan, • warnin sion, or serious g .-- Bentley's Miscellany. vs GREAT SHIP COMPANY.—Another meeting of t he Lancashire shareholders in the Great Ship C o mpany Was held in Manchester yesterday, when the re port of the Committee appointed a few days ago was read and adopted. The committee "have come to the conclusicn that the safest course for the principal proprietors, and the only v.. : 3 7 in Which they can prevent the utter sacrifice of their property will be to exchange places with Mr. Parry and the other creditors, and by purchasing their claims to succeed to their right over the vessel." The meeting re solved "that an association be formed forthwith among the shareholders, for an investigation which will enable them to form ajudgraent of the true value of their property, and for carrying out the scheme suggested by the committee in their report." MELANCHOLY FAMILY COINCIDENCES.- - TII . e death of Major M'Cook furnishes some melancholycoin,?l" deuces in the history of his family in oonneation withthe first'n? war. his youngest son, Charles, was killed at. his son battle of Bull Run, on the 21st day of July . 186 d 1 P Colonel Robert M'Cook, don the 21st ay of 1862; and the father himself was killed July, 1863,—Cincinnati Exporer. was killed on the 21st ay of July, - - NEW NOVEL BY MISS KA.VANAGH. Just ready, in 3 vols., QUE E N MA B. By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of " Nathalie," "Adele," Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. 1