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A .,, 11 DOCTOR, wt ,at d o von advise P 1 A.lfred Concerts, to v i a n ? °I th°7ellt-,Zarden, hear some charming . afterwards singing, order .he e 4 aoital chor,s and magnificent potatoes, and that I can give you. IN A 1,- LL WHISKY T. COGNAC his BRANDY. e ltßl sielebrated BIZANDY, O IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest ld P ure, Mild, M e ll ow, Delicious, and very W h o l esome . th t In Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by 4t agents L. the principal towns in England ; or wholesale ' GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, LONDON, W. ,4aa ". n's LL Whiakv f. ° l l3 -_ e r re the Red Seal, , Pink Label, and Cork branded T HE - WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET. t ameantlemen only). (for In addition to the Pining Room on the Ground Floor Ihe Saloon Dining Rooms are open for a lid Parties, Daily, from One o'clolc. karprAINGToN Three Shilling* Dinner of Soup, Fish, ffroms to l. 3 J o oint, Sweet, & c., f rom 3to 9 p.m. On bunda ya By Order of the London and Paris Hotel Co. (limited). Th e Th. . . JOHN CATES, Manager. L athe,' T'ntrance, 160, Piccadilly. ......._____44le Entrance, 63, St. James's-street. 'WI NE R AL 0 G Y.-KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. 14Zfeissor T ENNANT, F.G.S , will give, during the ensu tA,Ljt.n, TWO COURSES OF LECTURES ON MlNE and 4 " 1 , wi h a view tofacillta'e the study of GEOLOGY, ,911 e she applieati nof Mineral Subst anctls the ARTS. b4 inrse trotn 4 ,11 be Will be given on Wednesday Evenings, from 8 to oui." 41 ' 1111 Z Oct. 12. Fe XI lls. 6d. A more extended gl`. en on Wednesday and Friday Mornings, 0' beginning- Friday, October 7. Fee, £2 2s, R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. A.D. 1720. It"AL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE ( Eltab 3' CORPORATION FOR SEA, Charter of his Majesty George the First) ult SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIIJS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. Sir JORN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Sub-Governor. JAMES STEWART HODGSON, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' Wilmot Holland, Esq. Geo. F. Malcomson, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq nem, minbridge, Esq. tirt Barclay, Esq 411,_Garratt Cattle:9- Esq. ~.P414,.9,rie Close, Req. " am ell Daniell, Esq. T ho _ M. Davidson, Esq. ?tier s Dent, Esq. rider Druce, Esq. chlalc. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Riv e ri es II Goschen, Esa. Joseph Som r- es, Esq., M.P. h9l'sdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. t• Amadeus Heath, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Isz Medical Referee, SA MUEL Soma - , Esq., F.R.S. FIRE ICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Oi l I P PREMIUMS falling due at Michaelma3 will expire October. rip C o , E and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this I.:P or ation on advantageous terms. O t r a t RUING -STOCK.—No e.tra charge is made for the use r p , team Thrashing Machine. rai,e'T R eversionary Bbnus on British Life Policies has ave t ne arly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. p4llvalent reductions have been made in the Premiums bY persons who preferred that form of Bonus. Th e divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Llfe, aura not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Corporation affords to the Assured — „Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabiliti es of partnership. S ocieties A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Stock with the guarantee of a large invested Capital The of a„ ad vantages of modern practice,—with the security pen `"Mee whose resources have been tested by the ex - Ce of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. 4. 11 My CONTRACT& Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Ist , 1864. 'RS Will be received at this October Office until Twelve rdle oa FRIDAY, the 23th October, from persons willo• to enter into Contracts to supply '''LLAssE , STRAW and ST RAW for ROYAL ENGINEER SERVICE, of quantities as may be required, for Twelve .. Monhs, Us e of he et December, 1t.64, to 30th November, 1863, for t the ajesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and ta'npr„iue command. ni Tender, and Conditions of Contract, may be ob eMeor application at this Office, by letter addressed to the ai g 4 m o in,ciissriat Officer, or in person, between the hours ock. V e rsa t en ders must be properly filled up, signed, and deli "tald e, at his Office (under closed envelope, marked on the lanle,„ "Tender for Straw") and no Tender will be noticed by made o t , f • the hour orms obtamea from this Office, and de ivered aPPo.nted. A----------Rm y CONTR A CTS. CommissariatiOffi e, Aldershot, Ist October, 186 E at I N . o o — ' ll - 9 Will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock sorts 811 10 ply of 9 , 1 1 011 WEDNESDAY, the 26th of October, fron f id)g- e MaY be willing to enter into CONTRACTS s . lll sn e j l 'OUß (Ration and Hospital) and MEAT, 'oin t h quantities as may be required for Six Mont t h h s, use 01 .7, let December, 1864, to the 31st May, 1865 , , for e Thm, thec l m e in sty's ci Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp and r e an ," o bei a g n tliree distinct contracts, fortseparae tenders ro e 33 , —r e(l for n earh description of Flour, and Meat. R " a nfecf,, ° ' Tender - and Conditions of Contract may be ob -ellior (.7 a PPlication at this office, by lett .r addresse i to the C i f tet. smrathissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours ea1 ,1141,1 r o'chck. r m ncenders tbe properly filled up, signed, and deli side this office (under closed envelope marked on the out b, ender for Commissariat Supplies "), and no Taidr noticed unless m de on Forms obtained from this und delivered by the hour appointed. CASTLE FATTEN Fli) in HALF the USUAL c o NriTpuil T hrou g h mixing THORLEY'S DELICIOUS to Bread M f , 'N'T Nvith the ordinary produce of the farm. Only de a l in P eony Pa?kets Bola by most respectable carn i „ Ell/ T y, , u..gis s, ant o ' l os grocer dr Cr . t . loilmen throughout the world. " 1 9, ri h ...ORLEY, the Inventor, Steam Mills . and Fac lis, „,..,e orn hill-bridge, King's-cress , London. City Depot, ..,.......fl et-street. M A TT ?3 ° E.—LEA and PERRINS' Thi B WORCESTER SAUCE. delic.iou co nd iment, T ionounced by c'oanoisscurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," The I s Prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. itnitat,PUblic are respectfully cautioned against worthless Ou Wrapper and should see that Lea and rerrins' names are aPPer, label, bottle, and stopper. Ceater • gol d 10 ,ASI.{. for LEA and PERRINS' olesale and for export by the S P lt ro U p C e E eiors, Wor tons, aiessrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay = and_ erste_ ° n (l oll, C. &c. ; and by Grocers and Oilmen VIN'LAGE WINE COMPANY, I mporters of Spanish and other Wines, 14, Bloomsbury-street, London, Th e , Pour Doors South of New Oxford-street. T he ~_rintage Comida Sherry, Golden Th e V. l ltage Xeres Ditto, Pale The v in ta`Te Port, The intage Port, No. 1* 24s. ~ The -,-,.Vlntage Port, No. 5, fine rich old 3ss. ~ .1,,, vintage Claret T he 'Vintage Beaujolais, recommended .. —•• •• 15 . ,' ge Vintage Champagne, quarts T he C; , , pints lss. ~, Th e ,-,..ntaP.",e Hock, sparkling, yet), choice 36s. ~ Th ilntap-,e Burgundy, sparkling superb 4os. ~ Te v intage East India Sherry s4s. ~ The Vintage A montillado, the choicest imported 565. ~ Fine .1d Cognac. Liquers, Spirits, .to.o' VINTAGE ALMANACK, wrice and Czkucll, E al and cle rica l testimonials, sent ith post .to.free. list See 303 - "lions of the press. 14, Bloomthury-street. ...._ N. W. HODGES, Secretary. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms hi stit of the past year the boats of the National_ Lifeboat coasts Ution savtd 417 persons from different wrecks on our ' th a . The Insli.ution also expended £ 13,819 3s. 2d. in gr ant rie period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to pe rso ,..ng £ 1,351 6s. d. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked Tb e ms„hY its lifeboats, and other means. the hue for ASSISTANCE to enable then to meet the eatabl i ; l " heavy demands on thr3 Ins!itution s 137 lifeboat Fu l d Inents. Contributions are received by all the London at thounke; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, 14, John-street, Adelphi. Es`t E T 11.—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT,—The i,,,„eXclusive right to this Patent was F ecure d to Afr. h,p!,.ot Grosvenor -street, Grosvenor-square, by her Ma isa 'i., 6 4 0 Yal Seal (July 17, 1860), and can only be procured er ! tom ":' e nee, where specimens maybe seen, and ever i f to last a e ri e bj o e btained. Under this e ArtificialPa n te a n i t 4w Teeth, n teteorr extractions , are made and s a u n p d p fi o r tt d i hourswithout t loose teeth, and protect dete c t g l ints ; theiresemblance to nature is perfect . and un ..._,.c able, and they are guaranteed for mastication and Vi u diatiou ,mlBllltation. s fr Tr e e e ati - se on the subject sent for seven stamps. "Air - to OPINIONS OF TIIE muss. anif i eial teet • ...liken, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing ripose a life h ti and so constructing them that they last their ttlylame. process has been patented, 1, ig i gr nise a to be m os t valuable."—Court Journal, August t r , " A BMW' the ,„„, Ting novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth uY a patented principle, which secures the most app e ar aid, combined with the greatest ease and agreeable an ce."—Morning Advertiser, August 9, 1860. D ecayed teeth stopped, &o. Terms strictly moderate. Gr osvenor-street, Bond-street. cc BED •ROOM CANDLES. 16 RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop rease when carried.—Thin, ver hard candles, 501..4 la boxes le, and 3s. each, , are recommen y ded as the be st carriers . 601 " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," who W 11ill xes 2s. ea th in ch. Thicker candles intended for th ose boxes not burn . "SHER - WOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," w h vackets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use ke,er,e cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve ", on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. recb,oecial candle ticks to fit thin candles, ls. and 2s. 6d. each. l k; sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2cl. Sb TOILET SOAPS. CA23woof Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. eliont Glycerinep, contains Price's Glycerine. -413h0r and Soap, fo tender skins in winter. SIIERWOODOLE : had' r f ee 's Glycerine" maybe Cleans gloves and removes cansui r e ° ,, M any Chemist, in grease and other stains. " p r i e ,,'L_ bttles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot npwarA,? Patent," from 6d. tles, 6d. and is. each. has b e ". Impure Glycerine eu sold •ma the state i.ri.e;spat it is "equal to 'Wh o l esale by Retail tp a r t o e u n g t h t zt n l T d T T o r. pan m y'(Limited), London. 5i°,11,9 ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL Preeh"'uSLNTESS AGENCY OFFlCES.—persons requiring u o. _ :d or Leasehold Property, or having Business an Ai 1 1 1 441 to be disposed of, should apply to Mr. CHAR Soh o V. Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, W . Y . C V:aluations pensations, S for Prote Administra tion Collecte , d. R Fire Claims, ail 'omProbate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail ensjoB &c. Rents ROYAL PREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, Way in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail ,,TsZalinus, King's-cross. Treasurer' D e urgently REQUIRED. Utchotas-ianand Banker —EDWARD MASTERMAN Esq., e. DINNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA has been, during thirty years, emphatically sanctioned by the Medical Profession, and universally accepted by the P , .blic, as the Best Remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn. Headache, Gout, and Indigestion, and as a Mild Aperient for delicate constitutions, more esp dilly for Ladies and Children. Combined with the Accidulated Lemon Syrup it forms an agreeable Effervescing Draught, in which its Aperient qualities are much increased. During Hot Seasons, and, above all, in Hot Climates, the regular use of this sim ple and e egant remedy has been found highly beneficial. Manufactured (with the utmost attention to strength and purity, by DINNEFORD and CO., 172, New Bond-street, London ; and sold by all respectable Chemists throughout the Empire. MICROSCOPE and TELESCOPE combined , just introduced, both of wonderful power, in Case, 25s PO: KET TELESCOPES, define 5 ;vales, 10s. 6d. ; 0 Miles, 218.; Ditto, and for Astronomy, 40s. MICROSCOPES in Cabinets, 3 Powers, 10s. ad., magnifies 15,000 times ; Ditto, m agnifying 3C,000, 215., with Animalcules Cage, Life Box, (tc, Lar.ie Compound Achromatic Ditto. power 65,000, 84s. The most powerful Race Glasses, made with sling cases, at 40s. AGIC LAN TERNS arid DISSOLVING "TA_ VIEWS. —Magic Lanterns and 36 PiWures, 75. ed. • Larder Size, 108. 6d. Dissolving .Apparatus complete, 70s. Descriptive Catalogues for two stamps. Post Orders pay able Upper Baker-street. BERNARD DAVIS, 41 0 0 the EUST Institut ON-ROAD, LONDON. Optician tions. QPECTACLE S.—Lenses ground on a new principle, requiring less than half the usual magnifyin g power, and with which the smallest print may be read to ex treme old age. (From the "Medical Circular," Nov. 16, 1859.) "We have seen Mr. Davis's improved spectacles, and by their aid the most defective vision may be improved." Steel Frames and Pebbles, 10s. 6d. and 7s. 6d. Glasses, ss. 6 ( 1 ., ls. 6d., 3x.94. Country residents suited by stating age.] N°. 22,554. MRS. HOWITT'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE COS.T OF CAEROWYN. JL By MAUY HOWITT. Hurst and Blackett, Pubishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. Immediately, in 3 vols.. post Bvo., BLACK AND GOLD; or, "THE DoN! THE DON l" A Tale. By Cap ale PATTEN-SAUNDERS, K.C.G., the European Champion Athlete. Published by Imperial desire. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Now Ready, in Crown Bvo., F OOTPRINTS ON THE ROAD. By CHARLES KENT. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole„ post Bvo., price £1 11s. Cyd., LORD OAKBURN'S DAUGHTERS. By the Author of "East Lynne," " Verner's Pride," ,tc. London : Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, E.C. This day is published, in Crown B vo. , price 7s. ed. cloth, T HE CONFEDERATE SECESS IO N. By the Marquess of LOTHIAN. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. NEW NOVEL EY A CLERGYMAN. This day, at all Libraries, in 2 vo's., ASKERDALE PARK. A N ove l. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," &e. NOTIC E.-THE DOCTOR'S WIFE, reprinted from " T.• mple Bar Magazine," will be ready, in 3 vols., at every Circulating Libt ary on MONDAY, October 10. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. PARLIAMENTARY DESPATCH AND AGENCY OFFICE, No. 5, Upper Charles-btreet, Parliament-btreet. AN ANALYTICAL INDEX to the DIVISIONS of the present SESSION (1864) is in course of compila tion by Mr. GEO. M. MITCHELL, and will be ready for circu lation at the prorogation of Parliament. Th 8 work will show members and ttclr constituents how each member voted, whether for or against public and private measures during (the session; total number of times, with majorities for and against, dm. Subscription, One Guinea. Members can have their Divisions for the whole Parlia ment in extenso upon application to the above office. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.-HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT ONE. THE BAND OF THE DANISH GUARDS. DANISH NATIONAL VOCALISTS. The new Danish Fantasia, arranged expressly for this oc casion by 31. Ju lien, entitled DAN SKE TONER. Vocalist Mdlle. Liebhart. Violin 3l. Lotto. Conductor.. M. Jullien. Admission—ONE SHILLING. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL BAL D'OPEIIA on WED NESDAY, October 19. S T. J A M E S'S H AL L, Entrances in Regent-street and Piccadilly. Professor ANDERSON'S Grand Entertainment, the WORLD of MAGIC, And Miss ANDERSON'S extraordinary powers of SECOND SIGHT, has made a success hitherto unparalleled in the annals of the Art Magique The PROGRAMME, in its present form, will be repeated every Evening at Eight. On SATURDAYS, a FASHIONABLE JUVENILE DAY PE HFORMA CE, at Three p.m. Doors open at seven and two. Stalls (Dress, Numbered, and strictly Reserved), 38. ; Bal cony, 2s. Area and Galleries, la. Juvenile Tickets for the stalls aid balcony, 2s. each. Reserved seats may be secured at the Ticket Office, 28, Piccadilly. MR. GERMAN REED'S New OPERA di CAMERA ENTERTAINMENT. — TO - NIGHT, at Eight o'clock, THE SLEEPING QUEEN, by M. W. Balfe, Esq., the libretto by H. learnie, Esq., and sustained by Miss D'Este Finlay-on, Mr. Whiffin, Mr. Wilkinson, and Miss Poole. To be followed by TOO MANY COOKS, adapted from M. Offenbach by Mr. German Reed, the libretto by C. Furtado, Esq., and in which Miss D'Este Finlayson, Mr. Whiffm, and Mr. J. A. Shaw will appear. ROYAL GAL LERY of ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Every evening (except Sat rday), at S. Saturday morning, at 3. Unreserved seats, ls., 25,; stalls, 35.; stall chairs, 55., can new be secured at the Gallery without lee. OYAL POLYTECHNIC. - PAGANINI'S GHOST.—Engagement of this Novel, Extraordinary, and A rtisti) Sensation, which was received with such an pi i thusiastio r , inreunon the Brqt niaht of its production at this Institution. Paganinus Gnost will pert rm daily at 4.30 and 9.30 all those difficult variations on one string and with on hand for which the late Paganin!was so celebrates. Polytechnic Re-decorated and Re-opened. ' - Admission to the whole, Is. T U 0 X F ORD, 6 , OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury 1I 41 Company (limited). LA FAVORITE. MARTHA, THE TROVATORE, &c., by the following Artistes, viz., Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Walmsley, Tyrr,ll, &c. With augmented Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Mr. JACKSON HANES, the Champion Skater, in his per formane on the L rawing Room Skates, of Quadrilles, Varsoviennes, &e. UNSWORTH (or any other man), EUGENE, W. Randall, H. Nash, Herr Hermann. and Mdlle. Cavalho. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, 18. ; private boxes, 108. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL, Triumphant Success of PRINCE PERFUME AND PRINCESS BOUQUET. Under the title of Prince Perfume and Princess Bouquet is nightly to be seen at the Canterbury Hall a Magic Spectacle far transcending in poetry of concept on, b auty and in genuity of arrangement, scenic effect, and brilliancy of light and colour any former apilication (even at this Hall) of the principle known as the OPTICAL ILLUSION. I n this last collective disp' ay of scenic art and of brilliant choreographic and statuesque grouping will be found pictures surpassing some of the greatest achievements of the Modern Extra vaganza—Sr e "THE S RIPWREC K," "THE PHANTOM COMBA I'," and " THE CURTAIN OF FIRE." The "Illusive Sketch," which is the centre of these corns cat, on is by Mr. W. F. Vandervell; the overture and inci dental music by Willem Vandervell. Prince Perfume, Mrs. William RandalL The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. Established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of MULLER, taken from life, is now added. Admission, ls. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Sole Proprietor, R. R. BIGNELL. During* the week, and till further notice, in addition to the Dance Music, Selections from Verdi's popular Operas, Il Trovatore, Traviata, Rizoletto, Arc. ; Meyerbeer's Etoile du Nord, Huguenots, &c. ; Melodies of the Forest, Valse, Guy Mannering, Polka, &c. Conductor—L. CURTL Doors open at half-past B.—Admission, One Shilling. Manager—M. GRENET. pRIZE ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER dr CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., &41., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to , he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacturer A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:— " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb, Ordinary quality .. 25. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb. Second quality . is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. ls. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., :8, South Holton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture Of Was Candles for the use of the Altar . I . .. 24.\\..... - ,..v .1.= „t ...‘ , ~,, .. ' 7!: ,1 1 : 1*-) S.:4 r. ' " --:(311' .c. .... . " ;-- - . lil - -, : 1 , # . ••:•••,. ... ~- t iviw.. % .,„ . ! 4 7... .. • '''' s \ . •, t / 711 . ......., J .. . . _ 7 • I: ta . ..., ........ ~,,,,,, • ' _. ---,...-7- .- ._....--4...- . 4., ~,,h, ,y , - ` 4l l l- ..,ETI L 1N;;,.. 4° s' ar , "i: •;" . _Mb: ..". , 1 .-- _T-- '"--..--- \ MI , Ita -- f / • ' D • • t i k' - ' - 300 4 .:*!TaMl - *- '-= ' ''' ' . . - • ' - " , c.'""""*. ) / 41; ~ -P ". ' " iS••••:.r . --- 4- PRICE ..4d STAMPED:....Sd. the American railway authorities was the difference of gunge. The Americans said to them " You limit your usefulness by your guage beinrs feet 6 inches, while the American guage is 4 feet 6 inches, so that you shut yourself out from all the American traffic, unless you incur great expense." He proposed tha' the American railways should put down a line them selves so as to obviate the• break of guage, but the reply was that the American railways had subscribed £BOO,OOO to the Great Western on the express understanding that it should be constructed on the American gouge. That statement had been looked into by Mr Swinyard, and the result of his inquiry had been the suggestion of mea sures by which the difficulty could be ob viated. Turning to another matter, Le had to state that Mr. Faulconer and himself had several long interviews with the president of the Commer cial Bank and the cashier. The bank was abuut to appeal to the Privy Council here against a judg ment which had been given in Canada. They would remember that that judgment was to the effect that the Great Western of Canada was not liable to pay more than their shareholders invested—namely, £250,000, and that any further claim was to be made against the Detroit and Milwaukie Railway, for whose benefit the remainder was expended. He had great hopes that the interview would lead to a settlement of the affair on this basis, and if it could be arrived at he thought it would be satisfactory to all parties. With respect to the Detroit and Milwaukie Railway itself, he had an oppor tunity with his colleague of going over the whole line in company with the directors and officers, and he was much gratified by its appear ance. The wharves were in perfect order, the line was well kept up, the traffic was increasing, and he had no doubt that what might have been some three or four years ago considered a property of no value would become very valuable, and this company would get some interest for the money they had lent them. The surplus revenue for the half-year ending December, 1863, was 133,415 dole., and for the hall-year ending July, 1864, it was 186,104 dole., and after paying all preferential and the cost of renewals and new stations there was a net re venue of 66,291 dole., and this was before the rates were increased. Since then the receipts in eleven weeks had increased 55 per cent., and there was, therefore, every reason to hope that the Detroit and Milwaukie would be able to pay its debts, and be a profitable adjunct to their own line, He would only say, in conclusion, that they had a noble pro perty. He had gone over it carefully in the com pany of his friend and colleague, Mr. Faulconer, and they were much gratified by the marks of in• telligence and activity everywhere observable. He begged to move that the report and statement of accounts be received and adopted. Mr. GODFREY complained that so large a sum had been left in an American bank without interest, while they were neglecting their natural ally the Grand Trunk Railway, with which they were un naturally at war. He was disposed to move that no more money be carried to capital account till every shareholder shall have received at least 5 per cent. Mr. FILDER expressed his pleasure at hearing the statement as to the Detroit and Milwaukie line, but at the same time he must say that he by no means approved of the proceedings and policy of the board. Mr. EVANS said that the New York Railway, which was at one end of their line, paid 10 pr cent., and the Michigan and Detroit, which was at the other, paid 10 per cent. Their line was Squeezed between the two. He thought they might find another outlet, and make their line saleable. Re thought they ought not to lay do wa a third line of rails ; if they did it would be £140,000 thrown away, and he moved that the eleventh paragraph of the report be omilted. Mr GODFIZET withdrew his amendment in favour of that of Mr Evans. After soma further discussion, the chairman put the amendment, when there appeared—for it 35, against it 38. Mr FILDER demanded a poll. The CuAIaMAN said it would be necessary to take a poll on the election of directors, and it would be better to take both polls at once, and he therefore moved that the list of gentlemen in the hands of the proprietors be adopted as that of the directors of the company. Mr FILDER moved, in addition to the directors' list, the names of Mr Robert Gill, and Mr Weir, of Glasgow. Mr VANCE seconded the motion. The meeting was then adjourned for an hour, and on reassembling the scrutineers reported that the result of the poll gave 11,477 votes for the amend. ment, and 36,369 against it, and that there was also a large majority in favour of the list proposed by the directors. Mr GODFREY moved a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, which was supported by Mr EVANS, and unanimously agreed to. On the motion of Mr HARTRIDGE, seconded by Mr J. G. BURTON, a special vote of thanks was given to Mr Alderman Dakin and Mr Fanlconer for the zeal and energy they had shown in tinder. taking a journey to America for the express pur. pose of promoting the interests of the company. Mr Alderman DAKIN acknowledged the compli• ment for himself and colleague, and the proceedings, which lasted nearly four hours, then terminated. ROBSON.—I am looking over an old sketch-book of mine : not one of your ambitious sketching tablets—your solid slabs, upon which I occasionally aspire, with melancholy result, to portray the tints of the forest and the mountain; nor yet one of your large-leaved draw ing-books in which I adventure upon the caricature or graver cartoon; but a little book, some seven inches by four, originally designed, I apprehend, for the keeping of accounts, but by me used for setting down figures of a totally different sort. It is an old pocket sketch-book, solely devoted to drawing in the theatres, and I now turn over its pages with melancholy interest. 0 register hieroglyphic of happy hours gone boy, how many friends whom I have never known, how many objects who have never dreamed of my passionate attachment, do thy pages set before me I Here I see the inimitable Box, and no less inimitable Cox. Here I see Herbert of the sunny hair and graceful form, whom I loved as one loves his favourite cou sin ; and here the time-detying Stirling, for whom I enter tained an affection half filial and half fraternal. Here is Charles, the second of his name, the merry monarch of high comedy. He was the fi r st o f th e grea t actors t h at I saw : from him I first learned th a t na t ure an d great Art are tw i n sisters. And no w , as I t urn t h e page , I seem to catch a faint odour of dead rose leaves, a stronger one of orange peel ; visions of love in a cottage and passion in a pit rise be fore me, visions of maids and magpies, Kenilworth Castle and Court Favour. Oh I Marie, Marie--ah, well I I never told my love. And what have we here ? A little crouching figure, peering cunningly into the face of a man in the costume of an abbe. Who can this be ? This is he again —the same figure, but in different guise. A Jaw now, tan eager, grasping Israelite truly, but so comic withal—so irresistibly comic. He holds a knife and a pair of scales—Can this be Shylock ? If so, bare thy breast, Antonio, without fear. It he slay thee at all it will be with laughter. Again, but this time a deformed dwarf, he sits aloft in an orange-tree, and holds sarcastic colloquy with an apparently terrified queen. And here an old white-haired man, pinched and sour-tempered, he crouches in an agony of desperation against the wall at the head of a staircase. A taller man in a riding dress looks at him in astonishment. Another page, and I see him again, this time in the dress of an ostler, leaning, in most impudent fashion, against a table at which two gentlemen are luuching. He pays not the least attention to one of them who is addressing hint, but regards a glass of beer, which he holds in his hands, with the glance of a connoisseur: And can this be he ?—this woman in the ample robe, who, with one child in her arms and another holding to her garment, is descending that mountain path ? Once more, and I see a little old porter, in knee-breeches and a short blouse, wheeling a heavily-laden barrow. He is evidently very poor ; he does not look as if he had enough to eat : he is not strong enough to wheel that heavy load ; his face looks as if ho had suffered, were still suffering, from some great trouble, yet he manfully struggles on with his labour , and tries to whistle. 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Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Aiban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 600 other places in all parts of Great Brit a COBBETT and CO.. General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London. S.E. nounced without any proof whatever. If you cross a flock of Southdowns with a Cotswold ram the effect upon the meat is not of an appreciable character, but what is the effect upon the fleece? Why, suppose you get 5s more for each fleece that you produce, and that your flock amounts to 300, then, in these days of agricultural desolation, de scribed by my friend, you will find that at the end of the year a profit of 5s on 300 fleeces forms an item not to be de spised. Nobody supposes that you are going to cross like as many cousins intermarrying. (A. laugh.) You must cross with discretion, and you will find that a ewe with a black nose will never propagate coarse meat. (Hear.) I have now gone over the Salthill indictment. I ap peal to you with confidence whether I have not replied to those charges which have been brought forward. (Cheers.) I feel confident that, in a very short time, you will be all of my opinion, that it has been a good harvest. My test of a good harvest is this—why is there not a great importation of corn ? (" There i s I") If there were a great importation of corn at the pre sent moment, it is impossible to describe the injurious effects that it would have upon the public credit and generally upon the public property of the country. It ought to be some con solation to the farmers of this country that by their skill, under Divine Providence, they have produced such abun. dant cereal crops that at the moment when the credit of the country was in a most delicate state, and when it was strained to its utmost, they have saved us from a commercial collapse, the effects of which would have been of a most deleterious and dangerous character. (A. Voice—What thanks do they get for it?) Our farmers may be proud of their position, and ought to feel a great satisfaction that the crops which have been produced under their skill has preserved the country from one of the most severe and serious panics that probably ever could have occurred in-England. I will now, before I sit down, refer to the circumstances under whi4l3.,we meet. I his society has had very great success, and at no time has it been more prosperous than now. These local societies have spread all over England, which is an undoubted proof of their popularity and success. The principle upon which local associations of this kind are founded is of an inesti mable character. The local sentiment in mania :the strongest passion in his nature. At this moment there are English men in Australia, in India, in China, and in America, toil ing with all that enterprise of which English men are alone capable, learning languages that were never heard of, and entering into speculations of the most hazard o us and difficult character. Why are they making all these exertions? Why, that they may spend their last years in the home where they were born. This local feeling is the 'parent of most of our virtues. It is the best security for our liberty, because it is the greatest opponent of undue ce atria authority. is without doubt the purest source of our domes- tic affections, which are the most salutary basis of all good government. But although I entirely appreciate these local sentiments, and although societies like this should not only be maintained, but multiplied, still, like all other good things, they have some attendant disadvantages. Local sentiment if too much indulged tends to contracted views of many circumstances and subjects. While therefore I wish these societies to pursue their course in this important county, I would increase the area of competition on all the subjects that interest our agricultural world. The right hon. gentleman then suggested, with the object of carrying out this view, that the Royal Buckinghamshire Agricultural Association, instead of always meeting atAylesbury, should meet at various parts of the county, and resumed his seat amid loud cheers. Mr HERVEY, M.P., also briefly acknowledged the toast. A number of other toasts were given, and the meeting separated. cultivation. They are of European descent, already acclimatized to a tropical climate, intelligent, moral in their habits, and have frequently large families. Probably £5 a head would be the expense of pas sage and outfit. The upset price of Crown land in the colony is 10s the acre. A letter from Tortola, West Indies, states that the weather has been very favourable, and that a fine crop of cotton is ea. petted. A letter was read from Chingleput, containing details of some experiments made by the writer with Peruvian and other cotton seed, and stat ing his intention to forward a bale of cotton shortly to the association. Copies of a Franco-Prussian treaty of commerce, signed at Berlin on the 2d of Aug. 1862, and of the treaties and tariff, the result of negotiations with certain States of the Zallverein, with a view to the promulgation of the term for which that union was contracted, were received from the Foreign.office ; and also a translation of that part of the new trade law recently promulgated by the Swedish Government, which regulates the right of foreigners to exercise trade or any other branch of industry. Samples of cotton were submitted for examination from Venezuela and Montserrat. A grant of seed was made for experiments at St. Thomas, West Indies. Mr. Consul Skene, from Aleppo, had an interview with the committee, and communicated valuable information respecting the cotton-growing capabilities of his consular dis trict, in which there appears to be encouraging prospects of still farther progress. Mr. Disraeli at Salthill. The annual dinner of the Royal South Buckinghamshire Agricultural Association took place at Salthill yesterday, Mr C. J. Palmer in the chair. Among those present were the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., Mr Harvey, M.P., Major Gen Hood, Rev W. P. Marryatt, Mr G. W. Tromper, Mr Holds, &c, After the customary loyal and patriotic toasts, Mr TRoMPER gave " The County Members," and in the course of his observations remarked that Mr Disraeli, in his speech the other day at Aylesbury, had duct ibed farmers and farming in a too roseate hue. The returns from wheat, the staple article of their produce, was most unsatisfactory, and this year their turnip fields were in a very miserable condition. He was told that one effect of the right hon gentleman's speee9 was that wheat fell 2s—(a laugh)—but he was sure that was a result which Mr Disraeli did not wish. At this moment beans, the food of beasts, were pro ducing a higher price than the great article of human con sumption. He also dissented from the proposal of the right hon gentleman to cross Downs with Cotswolds. The toast was drunk with great cordiality. Mr DISRAELI, in replying, said—Mr Chairman and G(ntlemen, I thank you for the very kind manner in which you have received the proposal of my health—not the first time offered in this room, and always receiving from you that cordial welcome which is my best encouragement in the performance of my duties, (Hear, hear.) I have always felt great regard for this part of the county, in which my earliest years were passed, and I still think that the man who rides through the Vale of Chiltern rides through the finest part of English scenery, and one which recalls our ideas of old English scenery more than any other part of the island. I should have been glad on the present occasion to confine myself marely to thanking you for your re cognition of me as one of your members, and I did not except that I should be called upon for the very arduous duty of reply until, at least, the 4th of next February. (A laugh.) But Mr Tromper has thought fit—and no man from his long experience was more entitled to do so—to make some remarks upon the observations which I recently made before a portion of my constituents in another part of the county. I am sure you will allow me very briefly to notice those observations, and I am apt to think upon reflec tion that you will be of opinion that my views are not so ill founded as Mr Tromper would lead you to suppose. With regard to the character of the present harvest—a very grave question, upon which no one ought to speak with levity on thoughtlessness—l certainly formed my opinion from in formation which roanhod me froth almost all parts of the country. From that information it was my opinion that we had a very fine harvest: and, as regards that part of England in which I am most interested—namely, the county which I represent, I had some individual means and some personal opportunities of obtaining information. I listened and observed in the Chiltern hills, in my own immediate neighbourhood, and from what I learnt and observed I thought the harvest had realised the character which it had received in the greater part of the country. (Hear, hear.) I did not mean to say that all our crops have succeeded. I cannot recall a harvest in which that result has occurred, but I thought that the general re sults of the harvest were highly satisfactory. I visited the northern part of our county and our celebrated central vale, and all my opportunities of observation led me to believe that the ordinary character which was given to the harvest was sound, and that it was abundant and successful. I con fess, however, I made one mistake. I was remiss in not visit ing the extreme south of the county, but tho reason was this —I found that all parties agreed that the cereal crops were most abundant, and knowing what they were in the district in which I lived, and learning what they wore in the valley of Aylesbury, it never occurred to me that in the extreme south, where there is a piece of corn land inferior to few in England, laid out most conveniently in ample and admirable fields and cultivated by some of the most skilful farmers in the county—l say it never occurred to me that in the land of theTrompers, the Nashas, the Alridges, and the Pullens, there had been such a complete and absolute failure. (Laugh ter and cheers.) There I confess I made a great mistake. I have learnt again what I have often learnt before, that you should never take anything for granted—(a laugh)— but such was my confidence in the soil, such were my recollections of Cippenham farmers, and such was my knowledge of the men whom 1 had always looked to with confidence as nay constituents, that in the general abundance of cereal crops I believed that they would produce results equal to that of any other part of the country. And from what I have seen to-day I cannot believe—even after the Demosthenic in vective of Mr Tromper—that this favoured part of the county of Buckingham has been struck with that barren ness to which he has alluded. (A laugh.) Indeed, when I listened with attention to the speech of my friend, I dis covered towards the end that it was not so much low pro duction as low prices that he complained of. (Laughter and cheers.) Gentlemen, I honestly admit that I cannot secure you high prices. I once supported a system—as did also a great majority of the gentlemen connected with the cultiva tion of land in this country--which might have had that effect ; but that has been now universally given up by the country, and I don't think that she will be called upon to secure high prices in that way by the skilful farmers of Buckingham. Mr Tromper stated that at this moment food for men commands a lower price than food for beasts, and asked—what are we to do P I will tell you what to do—pro- duce food for beasts. (Hear, hear.) Your business as traders is to get a good return for the employment of your capital, and, although I regret that the admirable cereal produc tions of this part of the country do not command a price which can remunerate the grower, still, if you consider that what is only intended as food for beasts will give you a larger price, as commercial men you have only one line to take under the circumstances. But I must refer to state ments which, it I eannot contradict, it may cost me the honour of representing you,—namely, that these unhappy observations which I made to your fellow-constituents at Aylesbury absolutely lowered the price of wheat 2s. My friend Mr Tromper, who is a cautious man, said that he only heard it ; but he had an ardent supporter behind him, who stated that it was quite true. (Laughter.) I have rarely seen so serious a charge made ; and I do not know upon what authority the protentious conclusion has been arrived at. No, I should say myself that the results of my ob servations at Aylesbury, if I had any intention upon the subject, must have been of a oontrary tendency. If any person of authority, who is supposed to have the confidence of some part of the country, announces that the harvest has been so prolific and abundant that it has seldom been equalled, the foreign importer would begin to pause, and ask what was the use of sending his produce to an island where he was told there was so good a harvest. I should therefore say that if I had not ma de that speech the price of wheat would have sunk 4s instead of 2s. (Loud laughter and cheers.) The third charge against me is that I recommended my friends at Aylesbury to cross their Downs with Cotswolds. ,What have we heard against that proposition? An immense deal of declamation, but no facts, no data, are placed before you, which should make you for a moment give any conclusive opinion. An hon. friend of mine, who represents a sister county—who gene rally. when I have made some after-dinner remarks, follows me with some very grave observations—(a laugh)—has made some reference to the views which I offered upon that occasion. Mr Walter, above all men that I know, has the happy art of making the most oracular observation in the most oracular manner. (Laughter.) He has doubts—grave doubts--of the justness of my observation, but his only an swer is an a priori one. Everybody takes it for granted that if the Downs of this county are crossed by a Cotswold ram then immediately the meat will grow coarse and in ferior. But has anyone proved that ? _I have heard of gen tlemen, and 1 believe there are gentlemen in this room, who have tried the experiment, and 1 have been told by them that the result is very different from that which is an- Great Western Railway of Canada. Yesterday the ordinary annual meeting of this company was held in the London Tavern, under the presidency of Mr. Alderman Dakin, chairman of the board of directors. There was a numerous atten dance of proprietors. The report having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he felt there was some difficulty in doing so, seeing that there was a paragraph in it which stated that the balance in hand was not suffi cient to enable the board to declare a dividend. He felt confident, however, that, when he had made the statement it was his duty to submit to them, the shareholders would feel the fault did not lie with the directors, and that the absence of a dividend was caused by circumstances beyond their control. The accounts were so stated as to require very little explanation on his part. The receipts on . capital account were small, £1,138 ; and the outlay, £16,158, had been spent, as the board believed, for the advantage of the company. Part of it had been laid out in the roiling mill at Hamilton, the increase on the estimate for which was owing to the discovery that more machinery was required and a heavier steam hammer. Their engineer had reported that the mill was capable of turning out 180 tons per fortnight, and that the cost was 22 dole. per ton, which they had been accustomed to pay, and as there were 116 miles of road still to be re-laid and 11,000 tons of rail to be re..rolled, they would see that they would soon be half recouped the cost of the mill. The half-year's return on the traffic had been satis factory. The increase over the corresponding half year of 1863 had been £21,872 9s sd. The local freightshowed an increase of £8,436, and the through freight £30,538; and he specially drew their atten tion to the fact that although they had carried 17,066 tons less freight they had an increase on the amount taken. They would see that the working expenses were reduced as compared with the previous half year to the amount of 2 per cent., a fact which he thought was satisfactory, as showing that their officials in Canada were ably and zealously conduct ing the business there. No doubt, however, they would say, " With this increased traffic and dimi nished charges, how is it that you cannot give us a dividend ? " His reply was, the directors had done the best they could in that direction, but for reasons which they could not declare, a dividend was be yond their control. It must be remembered that they had to pay working expenses, to pay intArest on the bonds, and in each successive year to contri bute £32,000 for renewals, the necessity for which had been caused by former neglect. They had also suffered a loss by the depreciation in the currency to the amount of not lees than £14,000 during the half year. This loss would have been equivalent to the di vidend which they had desired to give—viz., 5 per per cent, In July, 1862, they had a dividend of 3 per cent. and a fraction ;in Jan., 1864, of 4 per cent. and in the present half-year, but for the loss on the ex changes, it would have been something over 5 per cent. In the year 1861 they had an absolute profit on the exchanges of £2,099 lls. ld. They had thought it desirable to leave a very large balance with their New York bankers uninvested. It must be remem bered that since they last met gold had gone up to 292. When he and Mr. Faulconer went to New York the price was 199, but Mr. Chase's Gold Bill was introduced, and while they were at New York gold went up to 250; and it seemed to them, as they had no urgent demand for money, that they ought not to sacrifice the funds of the shareholders by con verting them at those enormous rates, and they had therefore, in the exercise of their discretion, left the money in the hands of their New York bankers rather than submit to a heavy depreciation. They had several interviews with the bankers, and it ap peared that it was not the custom of the New York banks to allow interest on deposits unless the de posits were made for six months or more. It was fortunate they did so, because if the balance was invested at 220 they should save X 3,809, and if cons Terted at 200 they should save no less than £6,984 2s. 4d. This difficult matter of loss by exchanges brought them back to the point on which they had so often had disquisitions in that room, and that was that of the through rates. It was very possible that a time might come when the rate of exchange would be so high and the loss upon it so great, that it would be im proper to carry American traffic at a loss. This the board had steadily set its face against. They watched it very carefully during the past half.year, and the previous half-year, and the entire business of the company had been done at a profit—a small profit, but still a profit—and while it could be done at a profit the idea of stopping what had taken ten years of effort, and expensive effort, to obtain was not to be thought of. During the last half-year Mr. Faul coner and himself had visited America, and had interviews with the leading authorities there, with the representatives of the Michigan Railway and of the New York Central, who, they were delighted to find, still held fast to their allegiance to the Great Western ; and he believed that if they were true to themselves they would tide over their temporary difficulty, and hereafter secure a very good dividend. One of the leading objects they had in view in going to America was, if possible, to bring some influence to bear on the railway authorities there, and to point out to them that they might be obliged to stop the through traffic unless some increase was made on the rates. In consequence of the represen. tations thus made, a convention was held iu New York on July 20, at which all the rates were put up and a fresh classification of goods made, which would have the effect of raising the rates from 20 to 40 per cent,; and they had received a letter from their agent, dated Sept. 19, stating that a further advance on freight had been determined upon. He was bound to say that the American authorities found that the cost of materials and labour had baen greatly enhanced, and in self defence they were com pelled to increase the rates in order to keep up their dividend. With regard to their own railway, he wished to point out that without the through traffic they would not be able to pay the interest on their bonds,and that they would otherwise be in a bad con dition. He read a statement of the traffic, showing that about 38 per cent. was derived from local traffic, while 62 per cent. was derived from through traffic, If they had only their local traffic they would have bat £44,000 to meet a fixed charge of £81,891, and there would be a deficiency of £36,988. One of the , first difficulties they encountered when they met Cotton Supply Association, At the usual weekly meeting of the executive com mittee, held on Tuesday, Oct. 4, a letter was read from Salonica, reporting that the last advices from the interior were somewhat unfavourable, the con- tinuance of drought and the stormy north-west wind which had prevailed far some days having damaged the cotton plant, but the opinion formed by the writer from perSonal observation is that there will be double the quantity of last crop. The taxes and tithes are said to be gathered most arbitrarily, no doubt against the express orders of the Porte. Cultivators have been known to sell their green crops at ruinous rates to meet the exactions of the tax collectors. The opinion is expressed that nothing could be more' ' advantageous to the Ottoman Empire than to allow .every one, without distinction of nationality, to buy landed property in his own name. By that means an immense quantity of neglected land would be richly cultivated, and its value increased tenfold, while the revenue would be enriched in proportion. Some time ago the several ambassadors at Constantinople re presented to the Sublime Porte the advantages that would accrue from allowing foreigners to possess landed property in Turkey ; and, after a full discus sion, it was decided in the affirmative, but nothing more has been heard of the matter. The late Go vernor of Macedonia Usni Pasha, has been appointed Governor-General of Monastir. His impartiality in the administration of justice, and his severe treat ment of abuses, will, it is expected, put an end to the numberlesis brigandages and robberies of whic h that province has been th e sce ne. He is described as one of the best officer s o f th e Porte, and one who feels a real interest in the welfare and progress of his country. A confident hope is therefore enter tained that trade with the interior may be carried on without the least apprehension. A letter was received calling attention to an article in the Journal de Con stanttnople, urging the necessity of an extensive use of American seed, and of the complete relief of cotton cultivation from fiscal burdens on the land, as essential to the full success of cotton growing in Turkey, and its continuance when the day arrives for competition with America. A letter was read from Buenos Ayres, stating that a quilt has been forwarded to the Association, made from wild cot ton, which abounds in the province of Corrientes, and in that unknown territory, the Gran Chaco. Millions upon millions of pounds of the raw mate rial from which this quilt is made could, it is said, be gathered at the most trifling cost, but no one recognises its value or cares to look after it. A sample of the wild cotton is also forwarded. A despatch, forwarded by the Colonialsoffice, was re ceived from the Lieut.aGovernor of the Bahamas, on the progress made in the cultivation of cotton in t h os e islands, and enclosing a report upon this sub ject from the police magistrate of t h e d istrict of Long Island , which , with St. Salvador , constitute the principal cotton growing island s i n the colony. Theform populationer hasof 2,571, and the latter has an area an area of 135 square miles, 'with a of 101 square miles, with a population of 2,378. Besides the efforts of some native inhabitants of Salvador in cotton culture, it has been further st imulated b y an English coma pany, whose age nt lived sufficientl y long to see a considerable number of acres, b y his indefatigable exertions, planted wi th cot t on, the shrubs of which when be died from f ever. In Long cotton cultivati on h as far ex ceeded all the expectat ions that were formed. In. Island were in the b lossoin success of stead of 130 acres being planted, as was the case when the last report was furnished, there are at present between 900 and 1,000 acres. The islan d is literally covered with cotton fields of various die mansions. An instance of success in the case of one person is green which has stimulated others to imitate his example. He planted cote ton in March of last year, and had no assistance but that of his own children, except for one day, when he hired a man for 2s. He sold his cotton for £ 125, being more than he had received from anything else for the last six years. Great scarcity of labour was experienced both at Long Island and Rum Cap during the whole of 1863, and still continues. Formerly an adequate supply of labour could be obtained from the adja cent settlements, but the labouring portion of the population (almost all of whom are proprietors of small portions of lend) now find it more profitable to grow cotton themselves. The difficulty may be obviated to some extent by immigration. The greater portion of one of the largest islands in the islands in the colony, Inagua, is the property of the Crown, and well suited for cotton, which was grown there when slave labour was available, It has an area of 657 miles, with a population in 1861 of only 994 persons, which number has since decreased rather than otherwise. The difficulty experienced by the present scarcity of labour might it is thought be remedied by an immigration of the poor white population of Barbadoes, who are not equal to the heavy work on the sugar plantations, but could undertake the lighter work required in cotton TV E PA_PE P - --jf • , • X "-- _ A ' N't ,\ Z . 4 )'7l r ; r;` i7 v . THE BROTHERS !g: ♦ - 4; - ; e (From the iliorning"Toski Mr Anderson, the Wizard of the No , ari*Mr 01. naaque, a gentleman who describes himself as a " prestidigi tateur," having both asserted that they can produce, by simple conjuring, the results and manifestations described as performed by the:Brothera Davenport and Mr Fay. a challenge has been sent on behalf of the Americans to Messrs Anderson and Tolmaque. It is proposed that a committee of gentlemen—consisting of persons whose admittedly high character will be a sufficient guarantee to the public of their good faith—shall be nominated to act as referees and judges, and that the Americins shall in the first instance give a adance, in the course of which the results already described in the newspapers shall be presented, and that at the con clusion Messrs Anderson and Tolmaque will be invited to produce similar results. The operators are to be tied by the judges, and the conditions are to be in all respects the same. With regard to Mr Tolmaque, it may be stated that —although he produces the certificate of Dr Frank Buck land,who attests having secured him in a chair in the most complicated manner he could devise—darknes., or at least concealment, is an essential condition of the manifestation. If, therefore, Mr Tolmaque asserts that he unbinds himself by sleight of hand, or a feat of strength, he ought to explain to the referees (who would, of course, regard the explana tion as private) the modus operandi fur accomplishing so extraordinary a feat. Moreover, neither Mr Tolmaque him self nor Dr Buckland asserts that the operator, so to speak, again tied himself up, which is one of the most remarkable teats of the Devenportt Brothers. Admitting,stherefore, that both results are achieved by whet is termed legerdemain, that accomplished by the Davenport Brothers, is far more remarkable than that effected by Mr Tolmaque. Since the publication of the description of what occurred at the seance on the 28th ult., several persons have offered to do similar things. One gentleman (an officer in the army) has offered to take off his waistcoat without taking off his coat; but on finding that his hands and arms were to be tied dur ing the operation, he declined to make the experiment. Another gentleman, connected with the medical profession, has offered to untie himself in ei minute and a half, but re fuses the other half of the condition—namely, that he shall retie himself within a similar period. Those who believe in the capacity of the Devenports asTassiv_o agents in the • matter have offered 100 guineas-biihe-gentleinan who says he can untie himself in a minute and a half, but as yet the challenge has not been accepted. The theory of the Ameri cans is that by whatever agency they are untied they them selves are passive agents in the matter, and that their own hands in no way contribute to their release. An ingenious test was applied a few evenings since at a seance which took place at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanever-square, to prove the value of the assertion. To show that the uncord ing was not effected by the hands of Americans, some flour was procured, and after the process of pinioning had been accomplished to the satisfaction of all present, the fingers of the brothers were covered with the substance, and they were required to hold a quantity of it firmly in their hands, clasped and locked the one in the other. They were at the time dressed in ordinary evening costume, and it would have been impossible for them to have untiedthe ropes, and sub sequently tied them again without being covered with flour. The result was as the Americans predicted it would be. When the doors of the cabinet were thrown open they were found with their limbs untied, and in precisely the same positions in which they had been left, but with no portion of the flour on their clothes. The doors of the cabinet were subsequently closed, and after an interval of two or three minutes were thrown open, when the brothers wer e found tightly pinioned hand and foot, and clutching the flour as before. The gentleman who writes the London correspondence for the Belfast News-Letter was, it seems, one of the party present at the seance of the 28th ult., of which he gives the following description with regard to the locus in quo and th. personnel of the party : " As I happened to be one of the small patty invited to Lilo private:seance which took place on Wednesday evening last in the front drawing-room of a house near Portland place, so graphically described in the Morning Post of the following day, I may perhaps, be entitled to say a word or two en the subject, although I am wholly at a loss to dis cover the mysterious agency by which the manifestations were produced. The writer in the Morning Post does not identity the preche locale, nor does he give the name of any of the persons invited to be present on the occasion. I may state, however, that his version of what passed is not only substantially but critically accurate, and that I can add nothing to it save a few details as to the personnel of the party. The house in which the manifestation was displayed is the residence of Mr and Mrs Dion Boucicanit ; and one of the ladies present was the original and inimitable repre sentative of the 'Colleen Bawn.' All who have the happiness and privilege of knowing this gifted and amiable lady are persuaded that she would be the last person in the world to allow anything in the shape of a fraudulent deception to be practised under her roof or in her presence. Among the ether persons present were some shrewd observers of men and manners, all intent upon discovering, if possible, the occult agency by which the manifestations were pro duced. The Messrs. Devenport are short of stature, slim in figure, sharp-featured, intelligent-looleng persons. They are very like each other, and would be taken at once to be brothers. They have also about them that sharp Yankee expression of "cuteness ' which we are in the habit of associating with cur Transatlantic cousins. Mr Fay, on the contrary, is a rathsr heavy-looking young man. His complexion is light, his frame of rather solid make, and his expression composed, if not apathetic, Ile is said to be of German descent, but I am informed that the name is unequivocally Hibernian. Mr 11. D. Palmer. who Barnums the party, is a young man with round face, lighlM;;;;, and prepossessing appearance. He looks and speaks like an Englishman, and might readily p ass for one. He declares (and I believe with sincerity) that he knows no more of the means by which the manifestations are produced than any of the persons who witness them. Dr Ferguson, the gentle man who explains what is about to take place, is a tall, solemn-looking individual, about 50 years of age, with a somewhat saturnine expression of face, and a certain twang running through his pronunciation which at once reveals his origin. He wears his collar (an old-fashioned one that ought to stand up) turned down, and a long black frock coat. In speaking of the Messrs Devenport and Fay, he describes them as these young men.' The latter are, I should say, apparently well informed and modest, but unequivocally addicted to the use of tobacco. There is no affectation of mystery about them. They converse about the power which they possess with the utmost frankness, and answer every question put to them on the subject with perfect earldom: They mention having done many things in America evert more incomprehensible than any which have been realised on this side of the Atlantic, but express their perfect wil lingness to try the experiments again. They describe the process as exhaustive to the constitution, and explain the conditions under which' the power,' whatever it be, has the greatest potency. Unlike Mr Home, whose ability to per form is uncertain and transient, the Devenports are always in force, and can always command a certain amount of force, whatever it may be. They state their conviction that the power which they possess is a foreign power, governed to a great extent by the will, but which they consider to be in a very elementary stage." THE ROIAL SOVEREIGN.—In justification of the extraordinary determination taken by the Lords of the Admiralty in regard to this ship, we are informed that the Royal Sovereign was never intended for a sea-going ship. She is a floating battery for harbour defence, capable of being sent to any port in the Channel ; but not adapted to cruise with a squadron. She has no masts, and her decks are too low for a sea-going ship of her tonnage. To try her, therefore, with the ships of the Channel Squadron would have been of no practical use. She was Kilt to Port land as a convenient place for trying her turrets and guns and her behaviour in a moderate seaway. After these trials had been in progress for some time the destruction of her hawse-pipe by an accidental shot left hor with only one anchor, and for the safety of the ship it was necessary to bring her back to a dockyard. Captain Osborne then sent up a list of defects and alterations, which were ordered to bg carefully examined, and, as they would require a consi derable time to make good, no advantage would be gained 3 't by keeping the ship in commission with a large number of officers and men, with the winter approaching. It wilts therefore determined to attach the ship to the Excellent as a tender, keeping Captain Osborne, the First Lieutenant, and a sufficient number of men on board to carry on the further experiments with the turrets and guns that might be desirable, and also to have the assistance of Captain Key and the officers and men of the Excellent in carrying out those experiments.--Times. FATAL BURNING IN LIVERPOOL. , —At an early hour on Tuesday morning a married woman named Mary Beddow, who lived with her children at 32, Hol ford-street, Everton, was burned to death under circum stances which are at present mysterious. The policeman on the beat heard screaming, and saw smoke issuing from the house. He broke open the door, and found, the poor woman standing in the passage enveloped in flames. He succeeded in putting out the fire, and had her removed at once to the Jtoyal Infirmary but she died very shortly afterwards. The room above, in which the children slept, was found on fire, but the children were got out bofore the flames reached them. FRENCH RECOGNITION OF SERVICES TO AGRI CULTURE.—The Emperor of the French has conferred. the order of the Legion of Honour on F. It. de la Trehonnais, Esq., of Bickley Park, Kent, for his services to the cause of agricultural progress in France. Probably, however, the French farmers are more indebted. to an English resident in that country for such services— Mr Thackeray, a relative of our late great novelist, who has laboured unweariedly in the cause of agriculture in France. Ho first made known in that country the advantages of drainage, and imparted at h's own expense in 184 G 6,000 drainage pipes, which he had laid down near Montereau with great success. Since then he imported Ainslie's tile making machine, and was awarded a medal by the jury at the Agricultural Exhibition of 1849. The gentleman was one of the jurors appointed by the Minister of Agriculture at the late international competition of steam ploughs at Roane, and it seems probable that no very long period will elapse without some public recognition of his services being made.