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THE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT ANY, Limi' ed. Incor porated under COM the P Joint-stock Companies Act, 1862. Capital Z 4,000,000, in 80,000 Shares of £5O each, with power . Vint issue 40,000 Shares, to of increase which 30,000 Shares are Cllready subscribed. LI on application and £4 on allotment, DIRECTORS. ilia Excellency Senor M. Jos: de Salamanca, of Paris and 'adrid. William Latha m B a i ley, Esq, (Messrs. Bailey Brothers and Co.), Liv er p oo l , Sir John Gray, Director of the Land Securities Company. B.obert Simpson, Esq. (Messrs. Fredk. Levick and Co.), „ e wm Celyn I ron Works, and London. r• S. Fletcher, E sq. (Messrs. Alexander, Fletcher, and Co.) . L. Z oe, E sq., Bowling Iron Company, Bradford. VSamuel Gibson Getty, Esq., M.P., Belfast. . Bavier (M essrs. S. and J. B. Bavier, Bankers), Swifmr " land. ~1,.. Cr'E hies Levit a , Ad vocate to the Austrian Legation, Paris. • vans Esq., Gresham House, Director of the Dub , lift and D;oghda Railway. .". , T. Hoare, Esq Director of the Bank of Hindustan. ~ Geo rge P. Kitson, Esq., King's Arms-yard, Director of the Continental. Banking' Corporation. 11, Alers Hankey, Esq., 25, Old Broad•street. BANKERS. Tho Bank of London. SOLICITORS. Messrs, Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, 68, Aidermanbury. BROKERS. Messrs. Se ymour and Co., Bank-chambers, Throgmorton- street. OFFICES. D, King's Arms-yard. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Frederick Wilkins, Esp. je,t ne Company i s f orme d as an aux ili ary t o th e G reat uncial Associations recently established. It is not the province of these Institutions to carry out ne public works contemplated in the concessions they ob -41::11!n• They are therefore compelled to seek the co-opera ril.of contract ors w h ose cap i ta l an d position offer an un deniable guarantee for the completion of the works, thus r elieving th e financial associations of that responsibility. all h e constantly i ncreas i ng sca l e on w hi c h p u bli c wor k s o f , k inds are c arr i e d out, an d t h e i mmense cap i ta l i nvo l ve d , hl ass them beyond the reach of individual contractors un 7,kopported by join-stock enterrise. " i 8 `jompany has, t therefore, been formed for the pur- POSe of undertaking the execution of great public works, and 6trangements have been entered into with well known contractors, by w hi c h con t rac t s t o t h e amoun t o f £11,000,000 ;sterling will be turned over to the Company. that other contracts handed over to the Company , is for the construction of the European Central Railway, wn lch has been secured on favourable terms, and will be commenced forthwith. The active services of an eminent Contractor, whose 'mi lieu has been secured, will be retained to execute the work 'on terms highly advantageous to the Compan, he retaining a larg e i n t erest in the Company by receivint payment for the transfer of his contracts in Shares with L 5 only credited thereon. It is well known that many undertakings of g reat com mercial valu e h ave hitherto remained in abeyance for want of Contractors who can command the necessary resources to ' e nsure their completion. This Company, combining the in tuence of a large subscribed capital, extensive financial co operations at h ome and abroad, with administrative experi ence and ability, will secure such an amount of confidence on the part of financial governments, public bodies, and the great i nstitutions, as will enable it to command an ex tensive business on favourable terms. Prospectuses, with forms a als of ppli c ation, may be obtained at the Offi ces of the Company,o from the Brokers, Soli citors, and Bankers. In the evet of no allotment being d made f number o the eposits will Ice returned i n n full. Should a less shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposits will be made available towards the payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. THE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT COMPANY (Limited+. FORA OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. 'if; the Directors of the International Contract Company Gent' (Limited). London_ e menHaving paid to your Bankers, the Bank o f , the sum of , being a deposit of £ 1 per share on qcene that shares in the above Company, I hereby re you ite st will allot me that number ; and I agree to an , Pt such shares, or any lees number you may allot me ; A4 l l aree to y the deosit on allotment, and to sign the ciesg of Association of p the Company when required ; and :earu t horise you to ins er t my name o n the Register of Mem u s for the number of shares allotted to me. Usual Sig - nature Name in full Residence Profession Date AMENDED PROSPECTUS. THE IMPERIAL BANK of CHINA, INDIA, and JAPAN (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862. Introduced by The CREDIT MOBILIER (Limited). Capital £2,000,000, in 40,000 Shares of 460 each. First issue, 20,000 Shares. Deposit on Application £1 per Share, and £4 on Allot -111 ent. Subsequent Calls not to exceed £5 per Share, and at inter vals of not less than Three Months. No call will be made until after the expiration of Three i Months from the date of A llotment. It g not intended to call up more than £lO per Share ; but as the operations of the Company increase, and more Share Capital can bo advantageously employed, further issues of Shares will be made, a preference being given to the then existing Shareholders. DIRECTORS. Richard C. Coles, Esq. (Cotes, Brown, and Co.), London. Wm. Cotton Curtis, Esq. (Roberts, Lubbock, and Co.), London. Lieut.-Col. French, Chairman of the Bombay and Baroda Railway. James Levick, Esq., Director of the Credit Mobilier (Limited). Alexander Morrison, Esq , Director of the Bank of Otago. Robert Barclay Reynolds, Esq. (Reynolds, Mann, and Co ), London and Liverpool. Peter Rolt, Esq. (Peter Rolt and Co.), London. lion. Fredk, Stuart Wortley, late member of the Elgin Embassy to China. J. Mackrill Smith, Esq. (Mackrill Smith, and Co.), 35, Old Broad-street, London, and Shanghai. ( With power to add to their numbers.) BANKERS. Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane. Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster. BROKERS. Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, I hrogmortm-street. Messrs. Robins and Barber, 29, Threadneedle-street, E.G. TEMPORARY OFFICES. At the Offices of the Credit Mobilier (Limited), 80, Lom bard -street. SECRETARY (PRO TEAL T. Short, Esq. PROSPECTUS. Th e / to • m is t mperial Bank of China, India, and Ja is esta meet the increasing demand of the an commerce of th e o ci se countries for additional Banking accommod ation. When it is considered that the total paid - up ca p ital of the Joint Stock Banks doing business in China and India la epresented by the inadequate sum of £ 6,000,000, whilst the aggregate of imports and exports w ith Great Britain alone,it amounted in the year 1862 to a total of £70,000,000, Will be apparent that there is an amp le field for a new undertaking of this nature. Great Britain imports from China and Japan an annual av erage of upwards of seven mi llion p ounds of silk, and out one hundred and twenty million pounds of tea. tv ,he rapid increase of trade between China, India, and m e 'United Kingdom. is shown as under : Total between trade India, China, and Years. United Kingdom. 1854 £33,643,000 1862 , 70,540,000 The commerce between India and China has also increased d uring the past twenty years from three to fifteen millions sterling. L The balance of trade with China and India is paid in nullion, chiefly silver, of which the export value was in 186 3, £8,263,011. The Imperial Bank of China, India, and Japan has been established on the basis of similar institutions, the success of which the following table will exemplify, and it is be lieved at least equal results will mark the progress of this Bank ; Paid up Present per Price per Share. Share. Agra and United Service .. • ... £ 5O £145 Ch ar t ere d Mercantile of India, I 25 70 ' London and China ... . Chartered of India, Australia, a nd China ni n d os t a n, China, and Japan 25 40 Oriental •• • • The Imperial Bank of China, India, and Japan will trait. Met all operations connected with those of a Bank of Issue, Deposit, Discount, and Exchange, in China and the East ; and as soon as necessary arrangements can be completed, t he business of the Bank will be extended to the Australian Colonies. The directing and con trollin g authority will be in Lon i'an. Branch Banks will be formed in the first instance at shanghai, Hong Kong, Bombay, and Calcutta, and at such Oilier places as may from time to time be deemed advis• - t ab le. The Branches w ill be under the control of the ' , paha Board, aided by the supervision of an Inspector- General, The authorisation of the Government at Pek haslbeen solicited to allow the Specie Notes of the Bank in to e received in payment of Customs Duties, and an official c orrespondence is now being carried on by the Bank with The for that object. 1 herowing necessity and desire for the introduction of ra ilway ll and telegraphic communication in China will render Will extensive financial operations, which the bank '.1_ . 1 . be favourably situated to undertake. No fr t eh applications for Shares will be received. Name of Bank. THE IMPERIAL BANK of CHINA. INDIA, this and JAPAN (Limited). —The following Circular has d ay been sent to each applicant tor Sh a res in the 1 m - V's) Bank of China (Limited) : e Imperial Bank of China, India, and Japan (Limited), Temporary Offices, 80, Lombard -street, A p ril 22, 1864. th'ir)—l am instructed to inform y ou that in conse q uence of a great encour a gement held out to the p r oposed Im p erial . auk of China (Limited), since the p ros p ectus has been i ssued, the Directors have found it absolutely necessary to en large the basis and sphere of operations. ti With this object they have determined upon increasing of £.sr of the Bank to Two Millions , in 40,000 Shares 461 each, and issuing 20,000 Shares, instead of 10,000, s originally announced ; the Vtle has also been made more r, Prehensive, vlz., the Imperial Bank of China, India, and Japan (Limited). am further requested to enclose you the amended Pros pectus, and to place at your disp osal the o p tion of confirm lag or withdr a wing your Applic ation for Shares ; but i n "sequence of the very large n umber of Shares a pp lied for ( upwards of 92,000), no additional applications can be e ntertained. I 'ebs Board Meet ng for the p ur p ose of allotment stands 4 , Jammed to Thursday, the 28th inst. ; your decision must, t herefore ' , be received at this Office not later than Wednes `4,.,Y, 27th instant, at Twelve o ' clo ck ; all such as ar e not "- 4 en received will be considered as withdrawn. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, THOHAS SHORT, Secretary (pro tern.). N°, 22,411, To ?EitsONS SEEKING LANDED 1;;:i ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER LIES GENERALLY — To RE HAT) GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY rEGISTER," containing R varied selection of landed and house pr operties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES w ishin g to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of !this Register affords, by sending the partictears of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67. Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chara ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. PHEASANT REARING for 1864 CHAMBERLIN'S AROMATIC SPANISH MEAL, ARKER RICE, PELLET, D. S. MEAT GIIEAVES, pr , - pared with , is th most aciu food for rearing andCAYCAR fee ding Game EXCELSIOR , preventing gapes effi ,snarl s ,s and death. BOOKS on Feeding and the proper Management of Game, from hatching to maturity, with over 200 testimon.als from the nobility and gamekeepers, with prices, posted free on re ceipt of two stamps, byMr. James Chamberlin, Spanish Wine Merchant, opposite the Exchange, Norwich. CHAMBER LIN'S CANADIAN POULTRY MEAL for all the year round, 168. per cwt., including bag. The use of this food keeps the chickens in perfect health ; and the in crease of eggs, of the richest colour and flavour, is marvell , us. Dog Greaves,loB. per cwt. Please state price when ordering. N.B.—Advices received daily of the efficacy of the Spanish Meal and Caycars. One gentleman writes, "All my young pheasants last season were sickly, and several died ; those that were strong enough to eat your Spanish Meal recovered in two days, and became fine and beautiful birds." CIOHO ESTATE, HOIJSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES. —Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having BusiAßLness and Houses to be disposel o f, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Comp en sations, &c. Rents Collected. HE ENGLISEI AND FOREIGN C REDIT T COMPANY (Limited). lucorporated under the "Companies' Act, 1162," by which the liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount of their shares. Capital £2,00,000, in 40,003 shares of £5O each. First issue 20,000 shares. Deposit £ t per share on applica tion, and £4 on allotment, of which 10,000 shares hive been already subscribed Subsequent calls not to exceed £2 lOs , and at Intervals of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £l5 per share ; but as the operations of the Company require additional capi tal, further issues of shares will be made, a preference being given to the then existing shareholders. DIRECTORS. John Barrow, Esq., Normanton Hall, Director Amsterdam Water Works Company. J os eph Bray, Esq , Pyrgo Park, Romford. Ferdinand Ja ques, Esq., Banker, Berl n. Charles E. Mangles, Esq., Chairman West India Royal Mail Company. George Palmer Robinson, Esq., Director Alliance Bank. G eo rge Sheward, Esq., Leinster-square, Bayswater, Th om as Stenhouse, Esq., Chairman Discount Corporation. George Barnard Townsend, Esq., Director South Eastern of Portugal Raiiway Company. BANKERS. The Alliance Bank, Lothbury, London ; Brown's -buildings , Liverpool ; and King-street, Manchester. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Desbomugh, Young, and Desborough, 9, Sise-lane. Messrs. Swift and Co., 32, Great George-street, Westminster. BROKERS. Messrs. Dezoete and Gorton, 2, Austin-friars. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Mr. Chester Earles. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 2, Copthall-Chambers, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The Directors having received the support of eminent foreign capitalists and banking establishments, and the 03- operation of many of the leading firms in country con nected with public works, are already in a position to an nounce that they have secured a business which will of itself yield a large return on the capital. The general objects of the company are the same as those of other compan es of a kindred nature which have been lately established in this country, and which, by the judicious employment of capital, have been enabled to secure for the shareholders such large dividends. Prospectuses may be obtained at the temporary offices of the company, or of the IJrokers. _ _ TEO ENGLISH and FOREIGN CREDIT COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the LIST of AP PLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be CLOSED, for London, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th inst., at Four o'clock, and on THURSDAY, the 28th inst, for the C-untry. By order, CHESTER El A IMES, Sec. pro tem. 2, Copthall• chambers, An:, , el-court, Tnrogmorton street, 22d April, 1861. THE INDEPENDENT FLILWINSURANCE COMPANY (Limited). Canital One Moe, Stirling, in 40,000 Shares of £25 each. £1 per Share to be paid on alication. and Ll 10s. per Share on allotment. Calls not exceeding £l. per Share, at intervals of not less than Three Months. DIRECTORS. John Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Scott), Upper Thames. stre3t, Director of the National Provincial Marine Insurance Company. G eo rge Baines, Esq , M er chant, 36, Lombard . street. John Ingledcw, Esq., Cambridge House, Leo Park, Kent. William Knight, E2q. (Messrs. William Knight and Co.), 83, Lombard -street. Henry Ledgard, Esq., Forest-hill, IC eat. George S. Symone, Esq. (Messrs, G. S. Symons and Co.), 20 and 21, St. Dunstan's-hill. J o hn E. Tibbs, Esq. (Messrs. J. E. Tibbs and Son), Threadneedle-street, Director of the Staffordshire Roll ing Stock Company. James Lunham, Esq. (Messrs. James Lunham and Co.), 231, High-street, Borough. Jabez Voss, Esq. (Messrs. Voss, Meek, and Co.), Billiter • square, 13. Defamers terr ace, H y de- p ark, Walter Brodie, Esq ., late Member of the House of Representatives, New Zealand. (Influential names in Manchester and Liverpool will be immediately added to the Direction.) BANKERS —The Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 7 9 , Cornhill, EX. SOLICITORS —Messrs. Bennett and Stark, 4, Furnival's Inn, Holborn. SURVEYOR —James Edmeston, Esq., F.1.8.A., Crown court, Old Broad-street. B RO KERS —Messrs. Scrutton and Son, 81, Old Broad-street. AUDIToRs —Messrs. Cash and Edwards, Public Accountants, 13, Tokenhouee-yard, E.C. GENERAL AND RESIDENT MANAGER—Mr. Robert Steers. SECRETARY—Mr. George Drew Hodges. OFFICES-29, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, E.C. This Company has for its purpose the transaction of the important and remunerative business of Fire Insurance, and that only, to the exclusion of other branches of busi ness not unusually associated with it, under the same direc tion, and operating on one and the same capital. The Directors are satisfied that the scope for the business of fire i nsuranc e presented by this country and its dependencies, is as a commercial speculation, deserving of paramount atlention ; and, the contract being one terminable annuall y , the profits or loss arising determine in like mner, year by year, and exhibit at once a company's financial position and its resources. While the partial remission of the fire insurance, able now in the contemplation of Government, and applcable only to the insurance of stock-in-trade, will afford a com paratively limited relief from the onerous oppt for ever ression, the y Di re ctors have resolved to allow upo n p a y men policy, and afterwards at each renewal, an immediate draw back, which, in many instances, will amount to a total ex • tinction of the entire duty of three shillings per cent. To the public at large, and to the greater proportion of th ge e manu f ac turing and mercantile community, this arr an ment will prove a highly acceptable a dvantage. The ofer draw back allowed by a few of the older offices by way p tentage on premiums, at intervals of years, is of im portance only to those who are rated at premiums ranging chiefly from one guinea per cent. upwards, end is partici pated in only by those who may have premiums to be re newed at the period of the making of these returns; whereas by the principle adopted by this Company, the owners of the classes of risk of the more ordinary occurrence, are they who will be the more substantially and at the same time promptly benefited. The concession to be thus made to the public will cer thinly be the means not only of increasing in their respec tive amounts insurances now existing, but of multiplying to a very large extent the number of insurance contracts in this country and its colonial connections. The insurable property in this kingdom alone, including its enormous and increasing imp ortations fromarisin the wise interchange of tariffs, is believed to approximate to £5,000,000,000, whereas £1,300,000,000 only is insured ; thus leaving nearly three-fourths of the insurable amount altogether unprotected from loss. It would be difficult to find any class of investments which has yielded such large profits as the shares of well-con .ducted fire offices. The shares of the older offices have in creased in value immensely, being, in one case, at a pre mium of about 1,300, and in another of nearly 2,000 per cent. on the sums originally paid up. The increased value of the shares of offices established within the last 20 years tends at from 80 to 200 per cent. It is under these circumstances, and considering the im.. mense field presented for operations to come, that the direc tors have taken advantage of so favourable an opportunity to offer to the public the benefits of the principle of business now adopted by them ; and they have every reason to believe that by its special feature and the public support which that must necessarily invite the undertaking will speedily be productive of the best mone 4 ary results. The executive will be entrusted to officers of tried experi ence in e usiness of fire insurance, and the directors have already the matu b red arrangements for the immediate establish ment of five hundred agencies. The directors desire to give the most unqualified assur ance to the public that nothing of the nature of frivolous objections to a prompt and liberal settlement of claims for compenTation will ever be entertained or countenanced by them. Forms of application for shares may be had at the offices of the Company, or of the Brokers, Bankers, or Solicitors. In the event of no allotment being made, the deposit will bo returned in full. ----- IMPORTANT INFORMATION. DR. ROBERTS' POOR MAN'S FRIEND is confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail in remedy for wounds of every description, burns, scalds, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, sore and inflamed eyes, &c. Sold in pots. ls. 2s. Id., 1 I s., and 225. eAch. Also his PILUL/E ANTISCROFRUL/E, confirmed by sixty years' experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever offered to the public. They form a mild and superior Family Aperient, that may be teken at all times ithout confine ment or change a diet. in boxes, ls. 2s. Id., 45. 6d., Sold wholesale by the lls., and 225. each. proprietors, Beach and Barnicott , Bridport, by the Loudon houses, and retail by all respectable medicine vendors in the United iiingdom and COOlues. ~~~ ~ Elvs 7. 1 ) ' t 11 . _.e.nsPErt / - / , 2 4t,:t 44. f • • C l b t 411,<Z/Aid t; 4 tr •t, 3 ;: • 4 l• 1c ).16 ,,, C4 4' ~,.4.131 • / . ..."7 . • , _ 11- , ~‘, ea • , „ 1 " , • , 4. ;1174 41E' .oßorr• and noko sAIIP- ;* 1E library cost about £lOOO, which FDA He was one of the attesting witnesses July, 1860. The signature was that of Ft L., and was signed in witness's presence. He what became of the will afterwards. He also witnessed the) signature to the codicil. On both occasions Father Hut chinson was in full possession of his reasoning powers, and was so during the whole time witness knew him. As one of the " deputies" Father Hutchinson was consulted on the business of the Oratory. The Oratory was a society of secular persons living in community. It was, he believed, the only religious order in which no vows were taken by the priesthood. There was no vow of poverty or obedience. The members were entitled to withdraw at pleasure. They all contributed a small annual sum by way of commons. Except in that respect, they had the entire control of their Own property. Any questions with regard to the common property of the society was decided by a majority of the votes of the members. The deputies of the order were elected at triennial elections. The congregation could dis solve themselves. The father was also elected every three years. ' Witness never influenet,d the testator in the dispo sition of his property, nor did he know the contents of the will when he witnessed the execution. Cross-examined--The will was executed at the Oratory, at Brompton. Father Rowe, the other witness, and myse lf were the only persons present except the deceased. Father Hutchinson sent for me, I think I and Father Rowe went into his room together. Father Hutchinson's hand was steady. (The will was handed to witness ) There is something like an eraeure in the will, but it may have been produced by a thick pen. The colour of the ink is darker in the deceased's signature than in the signature of the witnesses, but not considerably. It does not at all follow. that they were written in different ink. The codicil wars executed at St. Mary's, Sydenhara. The testator asked me to witness it, Father Stanton was present. The testator first asked me to copy the codicil, as there was a mistake in the one the solicitor had sent him, and I did so in another room. The codicil executed is in my handwriting. Father Faber was not present at the execution, but he was in the house. In 1355 I noticed a considerable difference in the deceased's health. His speech became partially affected at that time. His mouth was partly drawn aside, but his walk was not affected. Afterwards his speech became more affected. He left cff preaching in 1855, in conse quence of the defect in his articulation and his general ill health. His walk was not materially .affected until ha returned from the East in :1858. There was a kind of roll in his walk. He was not absolutely inarticulate until his death, but he had a difficulty in e pronouncing his words. We dined together at the Oratory. He had also a difficult in swallowing. I noticed this in 1856, and it in creased. He complained often of pains in the back of his head. We enter into no engagements when we enter the Oratory. As long as you are in the house you have tee attend to certain regulations, There is only one set of regu lations. «e do not sign them, but merely assent to them. There is no form of assenting to them. After admission there is a religious ceremony, but quite different from that on being admitted to holy orders. The service is in print. It is read, and we take the part of novices. We are bound to pay the superior some sort of obedience, and he has to see that those appointed to offices in the congregation carry them out. All questions of detail are referred to him. I should not say he possesses considerable influence over the members. As a matter of fact Father Faber bad con siderable influence over the members, not as superior, but from his own attributes. There is no mode of enforcing this obedience. The superior cannot direct penance or mortifica tion. He has a moral power, which is exercised through the feeling of the community that they ought not to disobey what he commands, Father Hutchinson had a great sense of the duty of obedience to the superior. I never heard him say that obedience was the great duty of members of the Roman Catholic Church. I saw Father Hutchinson last on the Saturday before his death: In 1860 his bodily ill ness was very great. I don't think that extreme unction was administered to him in that year. It would have beenn, the duty of the superior to have administered it. Re-examined by Mr. Coleridge—Though Father Hutch inson had strong convictions on the subject of obedience, he exercised an independent opinion, Father Faber was a man of considerable abilities and distinction, remarkably pleasing in his manners, and very much beloved by those who knew him in both religions. I have myself been in a conveyancer's office. Blotting-paper makes a difference in the appearance of ink. We signed last, and if the blotting paper had been in our signatures they would probably be rather different in colour from the signature of the deceased. Sir H. Holland said, in 1857, he met Mr. Hutchinson. at Mount Carmel, while travelling in the East, and was with him for about 14 days. They travelled together, and for seven or eight days they were stationary at Jerusalem. With regard to intelligence, Mr. Hutchinson was perfectly competent. The only complaint for which he consulted him was a swelling of the larynx, which affected his voice, and he did not observe any sign of paralysis. The Judge Ordinary said ho thought that evidence as to the state of the deceased in 1857 was immaterial. The further hearing of the case was then adjourned. PRICE ...... ...4d. STAMPEA....Sd. GARIBALDI FUND, for the purpose of securims, a permanent income for GENERAL GARI BALDI and his family after him. The Duke of ."I:ITHER LAND, Chairman. CHAS. SEELY, Esq., M.P., Deputy Chairman. lion. A. KINNAIRD. M.P., Treasurer. Contributions may be paid to the bankers, Messrs. Ransom, Bouyerie, and Co., 1, Pall Mall East, and communications to be addrzss, d to the Secretary, Arthur 11. Guinness, Esq., at 8, Craft's-court, Charing• -dross. The first Pet of contributions will appear in the "Times' of the 28th inst. 8, Craig's-court, Charing-cross, 29th April, 1861. THE THAMES IRON WORKS, SHIP BUILDING, ENGINEEIUNG, AND DRY DOCK COMPANY (Limited(. NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SHARE CEP, TIFICA 147,,, 4 in this ( ompany will be rea'iy for delivery at the Temporary Offices of the Company, No. 18, King-street. Cheapside (or Elackwaill, on MONDAY, the 25th of April instaut, in exchange for the Bankers' Receipts for Deposits, Ar.a. P. J. DIVERS, Secretary. CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.—A n OPEN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION will 1” held bv the Civil Service Commissioners, bejnninz on July 4. Forty appointments will be offered, of which 23 will b e f or Bengal, 5 for Madras, and 12 for Bombay. The re zu l a ti ons may b e obta'ned on application to the Secretary, Civil Service Com mission, Dean's-yard, London, S.W. The names of candi dates will be received until the Ist of May. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE:SKIN. MOLLARMS PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and " BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health ; they are alsoan effectual remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians (see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, according to the degree of sulphur they contain, sold at the depot. 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London, W., and at all chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent on application. LAW INTELLIGENCE-April 22, COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) SNOT► V. SMEE AND SMEE-TIIE BROMPTON ORATORY. In this suit the plaintiff, the Rev. Thomas Francis Knox, propounded the will and codicil of the Rev. William Hut chinson, deceased. The defendants, Dr. Alfred Smee, and Mrs Smee, his wife, pleaded that tho will was not aecord ing to the requirements of the statute, that the testator was not of sound mind, and that the execution of the will was secured by the undue influence of the plaintiff and others. Mr. Karslake, Q.C., Mr Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Inder wick appeared for the plaintiff; and Dr. Deane, Q.C., Dr. Swabey, and Mr. Fooks, of the Chancery bar, for the defendants. Mr. Karslake said he appeared for the plaintiff, the Rev. Thomas Francis Knox, - who as executor propounded the will and codicil of the late Rev. William Hutchinson, who died on the 12th July, 1863. The will was dated 24th July, 1860, and the codicil on the 7th August in the same year. Alfred Smee, one of the defendants, was the brother-in law of William Hutchinson, having married Elizabeth, his sister, the other defendant, who had been made a party to the proceeding, not only as the next of kin, but also as heiress-at-law, there being some small Irish property, worth £l5 a year, left by William Hutchinson at his death. He should be able to show conclusively that when the testator made the will and codicil he was in a perfectly sane state of mind, and that he acted entirely according to the dictates of his own conscience, without any undue influence on the part of the Rev. Mr. Knox or any other person. The testator was the son of George Hutchinson, a cashier in the Bank of England, who died in 1833, leaving two children, the testator and a daughter, who married Alfred Smee. The testator was born in 1822, and the daughter in 1818, and William Smee, the father of Alfred Since, the defendant, was executor of the elder Hutchinson's will. Smee, senior, who also held a position in the Bank of England, was likewise appointed guardian of the children. The Rev. W. Hutchinson inherited considerable property, both present and prospective, under his father's will. Both he and his sister were brought up by William Smee with his own chil dren, and some years ago Alfred Since married the sister. In 1813 William llutchinson became a student at Trinity Collor, Cambridge, and in 1844 he went to Italy. About that time he made the acquaintance of Dr. Faber, a member of the University of Oxford, bat had previously expressed his intention to join the Roman Catholic religion. Mr. Alfred Since did all he could, and in an extremely offen sive manner, to prevent his taking that course, but he was ongnecessinl. That gentleman, who a nitdleal prac:i tioner, resident in Fiusbury-eireus, wrote a very long Jotter in 1845, entreating him in the most carnet terms not to at tach himself to that community. In another letter, dated September 17. 1845, he said his resolution arose not from reason but from a mind diseased, and that the idea of his lending himself to the "mummery" of such a relentless body, who would rob him of every farthing, was most hor rible and distressing. It was addressed to " Win. Ilatchia son, EA., member of the Church of England, and student of Trinity College, Cambridge." Oa the 21st of the same month he was received into the Roman Catholic Church at Birmingham. About the same time, or subsequently, Dr. Faber joined the same religion, and they became ex tremely intimate and went on a tour together. In 1846, they joined a community known as the Winifredians, who had just removed to Cotton Hall, Staffordshire. Shortly afterwards there was a paragraph in the papers stating that Mr. Hutchinson had become a priest. This led to a letter from Mr. Smee, dared October 13, 1846, in which he spoke of the " debased" villain Faber, who ruled him for his own ambitious ends, and complained of the injury which Hutch inson's embracing the Roman Catholic religion had done to the writer in his professional capacity. In August, 1847, Hutchinson was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, In February, 1848, a new community called the " Oratorians" was established in St, Mary-vale, Birming ham, and they worn joined by the Winifredians. Next year they became divided into two bodies, and Dr. Faber and some other members, including Mr. Hutchinson, came to London and established a house of their own in King Wil liam-street. In 1850 they became an independent commu nity, but Dr. Faber ceased to be superior and was a simple novice. Whatever authority he enjoyed over the rest of the community was by reason of the rules and regulations of the house to which ho belonged. During the same year they removed to Brompton. Mr. Smee said he was deprived by Mr. Hutchinson's will of £4,000 which ought to have been left to him, but a large portion of the testator's property was expended in charitable and other good works during his lifetime. Among these were ragged schools in Holborn, and Drury- lane, which he superintended himself, an orphanages a reformatory, and model lodging-houses. He also contri buted largely towards the Oratory at Brompton. He fitted up a side chapel entirely at his own expense, and also spent several hundred pounds in forming a library, the catalogue of which he was engaged upon at the time of his death. The learned counsel then read several letters to show that he transacted all matters in the most business-like way, and that he had a fixed determination not to leave any of his property to his family. The Judge Ordinary—l suppose his capacity is distinctly in issue ? Dr, Swabey—Yes ; most distinctly. Mr. Kerslake said that by the will the testator be. queathed to the Rsv. Thomas F. Knox, of the Oratory, a legacy of £3O, and subject to that all his real and personal estate to the use of the Very Rev. F. W. Faber, D.D., of the same place, his heirs, executors, and assigns, and if he died in his lifetime then to the Rev. Charles Bowden and his heirs and assigns. The Rev. F, W. Faber was appointed executor of the will, and the codicil revoked that appoint ment and substituted the Rev. Thames F. Knox, the present plaintiff. his will evidently carried out the long-cherished intention of the deceased, and was not brought about by any undue or improper influence. His sister had been amply provided for under his father's will, and it was clearly his desire that neither she nor her husband nor children should participate in his property. There could be no doubt that he suffered a good deal from illness, and was ultimately ailicted with paralysis, but there was no ground for alleging that he was of unsound mind when he executed the will. As already stated, he died on July 12, 1863, and three weeks previously ho was entirely under the profes sional care of Dr. Same. About three months afterwards Dr. Faber died. The learned counsel then said that the Oratorians wore under no vows, and were free to dispose of their property as they liked, and to leave the community whenever they chose. The whole property of the testator only amounted to between £4,000 and £5,000, and nothing was more reasonable than that he should leave it to those for whom he entertained the greatest affection and regard. Befe,ra his death he desired Father Knox to purchase a diamond ring and pin of the value of about £4O, and present it to Mr. Smee, as an equivalent for his professional ser vices. Mr. Since attended the funeral at the burial ground at Sydenham belonging to the order, and he then intimated that it was his intention to dispute the will. Afterwards he wrote to the superior of the Oratorians, say ing, that as far as bodily ailments were concerned, his brother-in-lave had received the attention which might be expected from gentlemen and Christine, but that he con sidered his death was duo to a spiritual intimidation, which was not only contrary to rho Christian religion, but con trary to the law of the land, and that he should hold all concerned in it responsible. In another communication he said his wife claimed part of the Oratory as next of kin, and he demanded particulars of all the receipts. The learned counsel said he had no doubt the court, after hear ing the evidence which would be adduced, would pronounce in favour of the validity of the will. Tho following witnesses were then called : The Rev. Georgs Fred Ballard, one of the clergy of the Oratory at Brompton, which he joined in 1850, said that in th it year he first made the acquaintance of Father Hutchin son, who was thea a member of the order. He said the FACTORY INSPECTORS' REPORTS, -- The usual reports, just laid before ParHamm', from the Inspectors of Factories, deal with several subjects of great interest. The number of opera tives on full time in the eotton districts is stated to have increased by above 60 per cent. in the course of the year 1863, but work was less abundant in the latter part of the year, and the earnings are lament ably insufficient owing to the inferior character of so much of the material. The diminished mortality continues. The improved health of the operatives is attributed to the change to outdoor labour in many instances, less of riotous living in some, and shorter working hours for the women and children. But the diminished supply of nutritious food has began to tell, and perhaps also the extra labour which Surat cotton entails; and medical men say that the people are thinner and show diminished stamina, and that the constitutional vigour of great numbers is gradually being undermined, though this result is not manifested in increasing sickness, bat rather in retarding recovery. The report from the schools is satisfactory ; the attendance has con- tinued good, and many schoolmasters have kept children in their schools without payment rather than turn them into the streets. The sewing. schools have taught needlework to hundreds of grown-up women who were quite ignorant of it. Mr. Redgrave reports, " I saw a mother, for instance, in a sewing-school, making a frock for her sixth child ; this woman had Dever used a needle until she came to the sewing -class." He gives an account, also, of the improve ments which are being effected by the operatives under the Public Works Act. The wages earned at such works have been low, but would improve as the men became accustomed to the work, and they have proved intelligent workers and ready to learn. There has been no backwardness in endeavouring to obtain work in cotton factories; but generally the operatives have been disinclined to leave their neighbourhood, and this feeling has naturally been fostered indirectly by the masters and the house-owners. Mr. Redgrave supposes the cotton imported this year will cost up. wards of £80,000,000, but he notices the effect of high price in producing economy. The" waste" from the various processes of the manufacture of cotton is now worked up again, and is the means of giving employment to many hands. The preju d t h at recognisedbe thevi o mill. worked ii. eid dice against the re-manufacture of woollhenearwsatehatreaoe still t t the trade is that th e y w ill b e requ i red and will be has subsided, and left the " shoddy" t ra d e an important branch of the woollen tr a d e o f Y or k. shire, giving the consumer cloth of a f a i r qua li ty at a very moderate price ; and d ou btl ess the " cotton waste" as h s e supplying p a ptchloyeui course cotton t a ot n of n trerecti onaadmittedde ; e rvMr. wa nt.iv es Re dgrave Cotton dugdy r tahvt o the opinion b mills trad of e also lO will 0 repo rtsreab e expe l c i t k e a ,, , trade But " i t o "of s w n h o i t c h e no one has ehea where h e e v r e e r there worked. will i‘ b i e r. . upwards Ba Baker er owner sy th e e hands tseen the are to be found. T o a certain extent the deficiency of labour is likely to be supp leby l' d im provements in machinery. Mr. Redgrave mentions a mill in Manchester in which he noticed ne w card• ing engines, and on inquiry learned that 12 are doing the same quantity of work that 75 did before; the manufacturer says he requires 14 fewer hands, and finds a saving in waste amounting to about 10 per cent., and a great saving in power, coal, oil, tallow, shafting, and strapping, and give cheerful rooms and a good atmosphere to breathe. Still Mr. Redgravo has to conclude with the expression of his hope that if a scarc i ty o f hands shall give r i se to a demand for an advance in the rate of wages, the warm sympathy which has been so deeply felt by the whole country far the distressed districts, the mutual respect and good feeling which have existed b e t ween e mployer and employed during the last two eventful years, and th e ex p erie nce the ope ratives have had that the inte res ts of themselves the and question of w masters wages ce 3of a identical,l all will tend to di ves t angry gry feelin g , so t h at it may be settled upon terms which each party may consider as just and fair to himself. THE BILL FOR BUILDING THE NEW PALACE OF JUSTICE is to be proceeded with this session, says to-day's Law Tinto, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1864. IN what " Happy Land" can I tee you after the "Opera?" I only know of One HAPPY LAND in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT DAUDEN, my dear fellow ! 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THE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country should read " THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK RUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS," showing,' what can be legally clone, and the exact cost. To be had gratis and post free of Mr. Wetherfield, Solicitor of tke Court, 25, Moorgate street, Bank. N.B.—Debts recovered on commission without law cx pences to clients. CANTERBURY HALL. Tins EVENING, PRINCE BLOSSOM; on, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS I with novel effects, registered by C. Morton and J. 11. Weston. "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing and repassing, through the Magic Fountain, t.s so complete an illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory."--Morning Star, Feb. 19. Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented company, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Power, Mr. T. Maclagan, G. W. Tester, &c. Also will 1e produced, with alterations and improvements in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet attempted, entitled TIIE TERCEN VENA KY . • or,a NIGHT WITH SHAKSPERE, written expressly by W. F. Vander vell, Esq., in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear. Admission—Area, Od. ; Stalls and Balcony, le. Open every Evening. . BED-ROOM CANDLES. TRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop crease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles, sold in boxes Is. and 35. each, are recommended as the best carriers. " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 20. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. "SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," ----- - in packets of 36 candles for one shining, intended for use where cheapness 14 a great o bject, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Special candle ticks to fit thin candles, Is. and 2s. 6d. each ; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOILET SOAPS. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. B e l mon t Glycerine Soap, cont a i ns i'rise's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SIIERWOODOL E ":Prioe's Glycerine" may ba Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, is areas° and other st ains. caosu led bottles, lettered Perf u med, " Pries Patent," from 6d. ties, 6d. and Is. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold on the state . in capsuled bot recut that it is "equal to Prices." Retail throng' Wholesale by Price s Patent Lend 11 any Grocer. Caudle Company (Limited), lon. Islington.—Two Eight-roomed Houses. I[R. ANDREW HIND will SEL L, by AUCTION, at the 11Tart, on TUESDAY, May 17. 1884, at 12 for 1 o'clock, in two lots, the de.irable HOUSE Nos. 3 and 5, Elmore-street, Lower-road, Islington, each containing eight rooms and washhouse, with ga r dens. May be viewed by cards from the Auctioneer only, and particulars, with conditions of sale, had at the plincipal Inns in the neighbourhood; at the Auction Mart ; and at the Auctioneer's Office, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. Barnet.--A Pair 01 Semi - detached Villas. Nos. 1 and 2, Larcaster-roa i, New ,N on DWill TUESDAY, S M E a L y L I7 . , 18 1 3 3 :1, at 12 for 1 o'clock, in two lots, the convenient Freehold Seven- Barnet, within two minutes' walk of a statioa and half an Seven roomed COTTAGES , 31 R' AUCTION, AN 1B E a t hour's ride from town. Let to respectable yearly tenants th e M il er! at £44 per annum, but possession of one may be had. May be viewed by permission of the tenants, and particu lars, with conditions of sale, had at the Railway Tavern ; of C. Parke, Esq., solicitor, 37, Moorgate-street ; at the Auction Mart ; and at the Auclioneer's Office; corner of Little Carter lane, St. Paul's. BUSINESSES. - Mr. ANDREW HIND'S APRIL LIST, containing 500 Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, ac., gratis. Letters enclose stamp. Particu lars entered free. (Aloes, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. UNDER an ASSIGNMENT.—To GROCERS. Mr. ANDREW RIND has for immediate DISPOSAL the Buseiness, Fixtures, Utensils, and Stock of a GROCER. 5, St. Germaine-terrace, Lee, Kent. Good shop and eight rooms. Rent, £5O. Price moderate. Offices, l,LittleCarter lane. BERLIN WOOL, FANCY STATIONERY, and TOBACCO. -141 r. ANDREW HIND has for DISPOSAL the above, situate in one of the best positions. N. Doing a snug business, and cap :b e of much improvement. Price for fittings, fixtures. &c., LiOd. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. r tu 's, C OFF EE -HOUSES.-Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE an old-established BUSINESS, near St. Paul's. Coffee-room, bar, kitchen, and six rooms above. Rent £33, Lease 16 years. Trade £l2 per week. Price £l4O. Also the following:—Southwark, .C 75 ; Oxford-street (near), £10 , ; Is ington, £6O ; Shoreditch, £2OO, &c. Offices, 1, Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set or teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves BO perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or esident in the country can ad- just these teeth to many charnges of s the mouth without the aid of a dentist They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosveuor street, Bond-street, W; ! 1 4 39, Bennett'S-hill, Bir mingham. sTRATFORD-ON-AVON TERCENTENARY FESTIVAL. PRESIDENT. Right non. the . Earl of CARLISLE, K.G, SATURDAY, April 23 BANQUET, at 3 p.m. Lord C Jr lisl,• l the Chair. Tickets 21s. In the Evenin , grand dis play of iireworks, by Darby. MONDAY MORNING, April 25th. at Noon, the MES SIA R.—Mesdames Parepa, Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. G. Perren,Mr. Santley ; Mr. T. Harper (Trumpet) Band and Chorus of ski performers. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mel lon. Tickets, Is. Reserved :eats, 10s Fd. and 21s. MONDAY EVENING, at Seven, a GRAND CONCERT of MUSIC, associated with the words from Shakspere.—Mme. Parepa, Mme. Sainton-Dolby, Mme. Arabella Goddard, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. G. Perren, Mr. Santley. Orchestra of 120 Instruments. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Tickets, 2s 6d. Reserved Seats, tis. and 103 Od. TUESDAY MORNING, April 26, EXCURSION TO CHARLECOTE. Tickets ss. In the Evening*„ at 7 o'clock, TWELFTH NIGHT will be represented by the Company of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Orsini, Mr. Howe—Sebas tian, Mr. Weathersby—Antonio, Mr. Braid—Roberto, Mr. Walter Gordon—Carlo, Mr. Clare—Valentine, Mr. Worrel— Sir Toby Belch, Mr. Rogers-Sir Andrew, Mr. Buckstone Fabian. Mr. W. Farren—Clown, Mr. Compton—Priest, Mr. Cullenford—Officers. Mr. Coe and Mr. James - Olivia, Miss 11. Lindley - . Viola, Miss Louisa Angel—Maria, Mrs. E. Fitz william. After the Comely, Mr. Sothern (Lord Dundzeary) will ap pear in a new Faroe. Tickets U.—Reserved Seats, 10a. 6d. and 21s. On WEDNESDAY MORNING, April 27, A SHAKE SPEAREAN READING. Tickets, 2s. 6d. —Reserved Seats, ss. In the Evening, in consequence of the withdrawal of Mr. Fechter, Mr. Vining, of the Royal Princess's Theatre, ha 4 kindly undertaken to put two of Shakespeare's Plays upon the Stage. At 7 o clock will be produced the Tragedy of ROMEO A D JULIET. The character of Juliet by Mdlle..Stella Collas, surported by Mr. 11. Marston, Mr. J. Nelson. Mr. Vining, Mr. D. Fisher, and Mr. Forrester. After which the COMEDY OF EaltORS. The Antipholi by Mr. Vining and Mr. Ne son. The two Dromios by the brothers Webb, supported by Miss C. Carson, Miss 11. Howard, and Miss E. Barnett. Tickets ss.—Reserved Seats, 10s. 6d. and 21s. The Hamlet tickets will be available for this Evening's Entertainments. O❑ THURSDAY MORNING, April 28, in the Shake spearean Rooms, a CONCERT of Instrumental Music and Glees from Sh v kesperean Plays.—Ticke s, 2s. M.—Reserved Seats, ss. In the Eveninc at Seven, AS YOU LIKE IT will be represented: Rosalind, Mrs Hermann Vczin (late Mrs. Charles Young)—Celia, Miss Rebecca Powell.—Phcebe, Miss Button—Audry, Miss Charlotte Saunders.—The Duke, Mr. J. Bennett —,3 agues. Mr.Creswlck.—Amiens, Mr. W. IL C um! nzs. —Orlando, Mr.W.Farren—Adam, Mr. Chippendale. —Touch stone, Mr. compton—Le Beau, Mr. Beltordl—Oliver, Mr. R. Dolman,—Wrestler, Mr 11. Payne. The play produced under the superintendence of Mr. H. Creswick. Tickets, ss.—Re served Seats, lOs. Cd. and 218. On FRIDAY Evening, April 20th, "GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL." Ticke s (by veuchers), 21s. A series of Popular Entertainments in the following week. During the Festival there will be an exhibition in the Town Hall of many of the well known Portraits of Shakes peare and eminent Actors of his plays. The Great Western, North-Western, and other Railway Companies will run s;.ecial trains during the Festival ; and at the close of each night's performances, trains will leave for London. Birmingham, Malvern, Leamington, Arc. Return Tickets will be available from Friday the 22d, to Saturday the 30th. Tickets, Programmes, &c., may be obtained at 2, Exeter Hall, London ; and at the Festival Ticket Office, New-place, Stratford-upon-Avon. The Official Programme, published by Messrs. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, containing full particulars of all matters connected with the Festival, toe her with a Guide to the Town and Neighbourhood of Stratford-upon-Avon, is now ready. This may be ob ained at the Ticket Office, and from all Booksellers, price ls. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p. m. Private Rooms for large or small parties. • By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. Jaines'a-street. Entrance, 1(30, Piccadilly. MRS. MACREADY will give DRAMATIC RECITALS at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover square, May 3d, 6th, 10th, 12th, 17th, 20th, and 28th. Stalls. 44. ; unreserved seats, 2 6d. Admission, ls. Tickets for the series, one guinea, to be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, and at the Rooms. MR. W. S. W00I) I N ' S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic King William-street, (Tharino•-e-oss, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box stals, ; area, 28.; amphitheatre. 'ls. A. Plan of the Stalls may 11^ s. , ,en. and Seltq soptlrpcl tt the from e even to five. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, April 9, at three. T Ii 0 X IF ( 1 , OXFORD STRERT, W. THIS EVENING, the MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicola' ; also, the TWO GENTLEMEN OF' VERONA, by Sir 11. R. Bishep. Supported by the whole of Talented Company. Director, Mr. I'. Jong,hmans. Comedy by UNSWORTII and EUGENE, Mr. T. Machaan, W. Randall, G. llutchenaon, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., &c. Admission—Area, Gd. ; stalls and balmy, is. ; private boxes, 10s. Gd. ROYAL ALHAMI3IIA.- CONTINUED SUCCESS of the CIRQUE, acknow ledged to be the best produced in England. BIORNING PERFORMANCE every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at Two. EVERY EVENING, at Half-past Seven. ROYAL A.LHAMBRA. EVERT EVENING the celebrated JEAN JACQUES. from the Cirque IVapoleA 2, Paris. EVERY EVENING at Half-past Seven. ROYAL ALHAMBR A.- Brilliant EQUESTRIAN SCENE of he Young Ladles, entitled THE RIDE FOR TIIE RIBBON. Prices of Admission—Private Boxes (to hold six), 215.; Reserved Seats, 3s. ; Stalls and Balcony. 2s. ; lit and Pro menade, Is. ; Upper Balcony, 6d. Box Office open from ten to four. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. RECENT ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi dent Davis; Ancient Effigies of Henry IV. and his Queen Joan. in magnificent costumes of the period (1399); and in the Chamber of Physiognomy is a full-length model of Geo. Victor Townley. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOM S, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During' the evening . an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. manager, M. GENET. 44A, MAI)DOX-STREET. REGENT-STREET, W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Asters; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; En g and Shang, the SiamesP Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, Stc. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (for Gentlemen only). NESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well -park. Address—Borr and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Store s, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. THE NIZAM of the DECCAN'S Magnificent CRYSTAL CANDELABRA for INDIA, being one of five recrnfly manufactured (154 lights, 22 feet high, and 12 feet in diameter), is now on show, together with a great variety of rare and exquisite specimens of workman el.ip in glass, amongst which are designs in engravings taken from the famous Elgin marbles; also a variety of the most delicat3 table glass, with elaborately engraved ornamenta tions resembling the finest lace work. The altarpiece, in cryst - 1, hat now been rdde I. J. DEFRIES and SONS. Crystal Gallery, Egyptian Hal C HA NDELIERS in BRONZE, ORNIOLU, and kj SILVER, of the finest designs for Dining-room and Library. Moderator Lamps in Bronze, Ormolu, China, and Glass. J. 014.1 FRIES and allery SONS, W nest-end ShPiccadilly. ow Tfomns, Crystal G, Egyptia JDEFRIES and SONS' CRYSTAL CHAN • DELIERS in Venetian, Grecian, and other registered De dgns for Gas or Candles; Crystal Lamps, Chandeliers, and Wall Lights for India ; Club, M ess, and General Fur nishing. Orders for Glass, China, and Earthenware promptly executed.—Works, London and Birmingham; City Show Rooms and Manutactory, 147, Houndsclitch ; West-end Show Rooms, Crystal Gallery, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at Is. lid. and 2s. ;or free by post for 14 or 33 E.tamps from Page D. WOodCock, Chemist Lincoln. REDUCTION OF FIRE [NSURANCE DUTY. SUN FIRE OFFICE —The Managers of the Sun Fire Office bpg leave to inform the public la t h e tt in consequence of the resolution which has been passed House of Com mons for.the reduction of duty upon Merchandise, Mock in Trade, Utensils, Fixtures, anti Machinery, they are now pi e pared to receive PROPOSALS on the above description of property; the charge for duty on which will be at the old rate of 3s. per cent. per annum until the 24th of June next, and for the remainier of the term at the reduced rate of is. od. per cent. per annum. Every information respecting Insurances may be obtained at the Chief Office, Threadneedl , -street ; at Craig's-court, Charing-tiro4o, Wigmore-street, London ; and of the Agents to the Office throughout the kingdom. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " ST. OLAVE'S," Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., jr ANI T A'S CROSS. By the Author of "St. ()lave's." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.