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SUBSCRIPTION FOR 15,000 DEFERRED SHARES OF £lO EACH, In 1,600 Cortificates of 10 shares each, equal the to 1100 stock each Certific of BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON RAILWAY. Being the balance of 20,000 Deferred Shares of the Company. 5,000 of such Shares having been appropriated to and taken up by Applicants for the Preferred Shares of the Company. Price of Issue, £B2 10s. per Certificate of £lOO, equal to £8 55. per share, with interest at 5 per cent. per annum (yielding to the investor £8 Ss. per cent. per annum on the price of Sub scription, after deducling allowances) during construction, and for five years after the opening of the Railway, pending the declaration within that period by the MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY Of the option to Amalgamate with or Lease the Line, as referred to herein. The due and punctual payment of the interest is absolutely secured for the whole of the above-mentioned period by the investment IN CONSOLS, now standing in the names of Trustees, of the amount necessary to pay the same. COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF INVESTMENT IN CONSOLS. We hereby certify that £65,000 CONSOLS have been invested, and are now standing in our names for the payment of interest to the holders of the Deferred Half Shares in the Bedford and Northampton Railway, in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus for the issue of the said Shares. (Signed) W. C. CURTIS, 1 Trustees. A. RICARDO, 1 Dated London, 11th January, 1871. Messrs. BARCLAY BROTHERS are authorised by Messrs. EDWIN CLAIM, PUNCHARD, AND COMPANY to receive applications for 15,000 Deferred Half Shares of the Bedford and Northampton Railway, in 1,500 Certificates of 10 shares each, being the balance of the 20,000 Deferred Half Shares of the Company -5,000 of such shares having been appropriated to and taken up by the applicants for the Preferred Shares of the Company. Interest on the shares, at 5 per cent. per annum, as above referred to, will accrue from the Ist December, 1870, on the full amount of £lOO per Certificate (eqper cent. er annum after deducting discount on prepayment , on the amount Invested), during the above period, and the option is given of paying the whole of the instalments on allotment or on either of the under-mentioned dates, in whioh ease discount willibe allowed in addition, at the rate of 5 p er cent. per annum on such prepayments. The interest will be payable half-yearly, on 31st January and Ist July in each year, at the banking house of Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., No. 15, Lombard-street, London. The first payment of interest (accruing from lst December last) will take place on 31st instant. . The price of the Shares now offered is 10 £B2 s. tor each Cer tificate of 10 shares (equal to £lOO stock), and payment will be accepted as follows £lO on each Certificate sub scribed, payable on application Allotment. 15 P. 22 108. 17th February, 1871. 17th March, 1171. 17th April. 187 L £B2 105. Reckoning the accrued interest from Ist December, 1870, and the discount on prepayment of the instalments, the net cost of each certificate is reduced to £Bl ss. By special agreements, incorporated in the Acts of Parlia ment, the Midland Railway Company is, on completion, to maintain, manage, stock, and work the Bedford and Northamp ton Railway, and to pay over 50 per cent. of the divisible ecuipts. The Midland Railway receipts average £BB per mile per week on the whole of its system of 826 miles, and is constantly increasing year by year, and there is every reason for believing this line will be equal to the average of the Midland system ; but taking the traffic at only £l5O per mile per week, this would give the Company a net receipt of £26,000 per annum ; in which case, after paying the prior charges, there would be a surplus of £10,650, or upwards of 5 per cent. per annum on the Deferred Half Shares, which will be equal to £6 3s. per cent. per annum interest, after deducting allowance for prepayment from the price of £B2los. per £lOO, at which they are offered. It also forms part of the agreements betw4en the two Com panies that the Midland Railway Company shall have the option of amalgamating with or leasing in perpetuity the Bedford and Northampton Railway, provided such option be exercised within five years after the completion and opening of the line, on condition of the Midland Railway Company paying to the Bedford and Northampton Railway Company a guaranteed' per petual net!yearly rent equal to £5 per cent. per annum on their total outlay on capital account. The Midland' Railway Company take over and work the line on its completion, and the Contractors, Messrs. Edwin Clark, Punchard, and Co., are under engagement to finish the line by the 31st August next, and also undertake to pay interest on the Deferred [Half Shares at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the full £lOO per certificate during construction ; and as evidence of.the confidence which they entertain that the traffic will reach £5O per mile per week, which would yield the share holders 5 per cent. interest on the full £lOO per certificate, they have further agreed to absolutely guarantee the shareholders that rate of interest (equal to £6 3s. per cent. on the net price of subscription) for the whole period reserved to the Midland Railway Company for declaring their option, viz., five years from the opening of the Railway, unless that Company should decide to lease or amalgamate the line at an earlier date, when its guarantee would take effect. In pursuance of this guarantee, £65,000 Consols—an amount amply sufficient to cover the amount of interest for the whole period—have been invested, and are now standing, in accord ance with the before-mentioned certificate, in the Joint names of - - W. C. CURTIS, Esq., 15, Lombard-street, London, (Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., Bankers), and A. RICARDO, Esq., Raymead, near Maidenhead, (Deputy-Chairman of the Bedford and Northampton Railway), who have consented to act as Trustees for the Deferred Share holders, and will apply such amount thereof as may be neces sary to ensure the punctual payment of the interest above referred to as it falls due. -Provisional Certificates of 10 Half Shares each will be issued in exchange for the bankers' receipt, to be substituted, when fully paid up, for Certificates of the Company, the shares being then transferred into the name of each applicant, Tree of all stamp duty. The share capital of the Company 1s £400,000 in 20,000 ehares of £.20 each, converted into Preferred Shares-20,000 half shares, £lO each— bearing 6 per tent. per annum interest £200,000 Deferred Shares-20,000 half shares, £lO each—the shares now 'offered for' subscription being part thereof—to receive all surplus earnings after 5 per 4,°°° cent. is paid to the Preferred Shares With the usual borrowing powers, viz., £133,000 in Debentures or Rent Charges. Copies of the Company's Acts of Parliament, containing the Agreements with the Midland Railway Company, can be seen at the Offices of the-Company, also at the Offices of the Solicitor to the Company, and'at the Offices of Messrs. Barclay Brothers, 1, Cushion-court, Old Broad-street, E.C. tt,Applications, accompanied by the payment of £lO for each Certificate applied for, will be received on the Form enclosed herewith, which must be filled up and forwarded to Messrs. RoBARTS, LUBBOCK, and Co., Bankers, No. 16, Lombard street, London, E.C. ; or to the NORTHAMPTONSHIRE UNION BANK, Northampton ; or to HOWARD LANCASTER, Esq., Secre tary of the Company, 2, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, London, S.W. ; or to Messrs. BARCLAY BROTHERS, 1, Cushion court, Old Broad-street, iLondon, Z.C., of whom Prospectuses may be had. London, 12th January, 1871. THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON RAILWAY (Direct Line from nd London to Northampton, via Bedford a the Midland Railway). DIRECTORS. Colonel W. B. Higgins, Picts' Hill, Bedford, Chairman. Albert Ricardo, Esq., Raymead, near Maidenhead, Deputy Chairman. J. Algernon Bastard, Esq., 59, Cadogan-place, S.W. Colonel J. Amber Cole, 116, Pall Mall, S.W. Joseph Palmer, Esq., Olney, Bucks. ENGINEER. Charles Liddell, Esq., 24, Abingdon-street, Westminster. SOLICITOR. Charles Morgan, Esq., 15, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C., London. BANKERS. Messrs. Bobarts, itlbbock, and Co., No. 15, Lombard-skeet London. • The Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton. SECRETARY. Howard Lancaster, Esq. Ofaces.-9, Westminster Chambers, Vi c t o ria-street, S.W. London. THE BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON RAlLWAY—coloured red on the Plan accompanying the Prospectus—is incorporated under Acts of Parliament of 1865-6-7 and 1870. The Line is twenty miles in length, and is a continuation of the Midland Railway from Bedford to Northampton, thus com pleting a direct route from London to this important district by the Midland Railway. The rising importance of Northampton (which contains at present a population of not less than 50,000 inhabitants), its manufactories, admirable position, and num erous it essential that a new, direct, an d rapid have rendered d exist between that town and the Me r t a r p o i po c li n s m should Metropolis. communication When the Bedford and Northatn e pton Railway is open, the Midland Railway Company will enabled to extend their s ystem direct to Northampton , via Bedford, furvey, and Olney, instead of by the present Circnito route through Oak ley, Sharnbrook, ellinboro', Ashby, The Railway is being constructed and as a Billing. Double Line, and, in accordance with the clause of the Agreement in Act of Parlia ment, in all respects equal to the Leicester and Hitchin Rail w ay, which is leased by the Midland Railway Con The works are in course of execution by Messrs. 'l r'd n w y in Clark, p unc h a rd, and Co., under the inspection o f the Engineers of the Midlandiltailway Company, and are in a very advanced state, and the Contractors are under engagement to complete them by the 31st August next, the entire construction of the Line within the Cornpany's capital being absolutely guarant ee d . By special agreements, which are appended to and ratified by the Acts of Parliament of this Company, the Midland Railway Com p a ny undertake, on the completion of manage, stock, and workedford and Nort h am pton Railway, to maintain, at the Line at 50 per cent. o f the divisible recei pts ; such divisible receipts being taken in the accounts between the two comna - panics at the minimum rate of 430 a week for ever y m il e' in length ; but it is confidently expected this will be greatly ex ceeded by the actual returns from the working of the line, as the traffic) on the Bedford and Northampton Railway will form a link of the great system of the Midland Railway. The Midland Railway receipts average £BB per mile per week on the whole of its system of 826 miles, anti is fortconsantly in creasing year by year ; and there is every reason believing this line will be equal to the average of the Midland system ; but taking the traffic at only £5O per mile per week, this would give the Company a net receipt of £26,000 per annum, which, after paying the interest on the debentures and rent charges, and also interest on the preferred shares, would yield a surplus income of £10,650, or upwards of 5 per cent. per annum on the 20,000 deferred shares, being equal to £6 3s. per cent per annum interest after deducting allowance for prePaV meiat off the price of ££B2los. per £lOO. It also forms part of the agreements between the two Com panies that the Midland Railway Company shall have the option of amalgamating with or leasing in perpetuity the Bedford and Northampton Railway, provided such option be exercised within five years after the completion and opening of the Line, on con dition of the Midland Railway Company paying to the Bedford and Northampton Railway Company a guaranteed perpetual net yearly rent equal to £5 per cent. per annum on their tetal outlay on capital account. The Shares of the Leicester and Hitchin Railway, with a guarantee by the Midland Railway Company of 4 per Cent., are quoted at £92 per £lOO, which is equal to £ll5 at 5 per cent. The price at which the Deferred Half Shares ate new offered, viz., £B2los. per £loo—or after accrued interest and discounts for prepayment are deducted, £Bl ss. net—affords, on the above basis, a very large margin for increased valise, and as such this investment will commend itself to capitalists seeking a secure and improving English security. London, 12th January, 1871. SUBSCRIPTION FOR 15,000 DEFERRED HALF SHARES OF • £lO EACH, In 1,500 Certificates of 10 Half Shares each, equal to £lOO Stock each Certificate of the BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON RAILWAY. FORM OF APPLICATION , To be retained by the Bankers. To Messrs. BARCLAY BROTHERS, 1, Cushion-ourt, Old Broad street, E.C:, London. GENTLEMEN, —Having paid to Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Bankers , the sum o f Pounds, being £lO per Certificate on my application for Certifi cates of 10 Deferred Half Shares of VO each of the Bedford and NOrthampton Rail Way Company, I reluest you to have trans- THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Sole Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chatterton.—Morninguntil E m V ie E C N HR G Io a d r e y oe d 2s t t b h e , D t ry clu L si e vr. e Performances every Wednesday and Saturday, Saturday, F be eb p ru ro —GraTlindigCo IN TMAS ANNUAL, A (aturday will written by E. L. Blanchard, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY I and Harlequin Old Mother Shipton I with New and Characteristic Scenery by William Beverly, whose personal services are now exclusively devoted to illustrating the produc tions of this Theatre. The general action of the Pantomime arranged by, and the whole produced under, the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling. Characters in the opening by Messrs. Fred. Yokes, It Moreland Charles Steyne, Fawdon Yokes, H. Naylor, Seymour, Firth, 3leade, Webber, F. Wright, Master Russsll ;Misses Victoria 'Yokes, Jessie Vokes, Rosina Yokes, Harriet Coveney, M. A. Basquerville, A. Hamilton, Hall, Florence Harvey, De Grey, Ross, Timbrell, Elphinstone, Har court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt, Rivers, Russell, Hastings. The Harlequinade will include those Ev ans, popular Pan tomimists, forming a Dou ble Company, F. . and W. W. H. Harvey, Clowns ; Paul H errin g and J. Mor is, Pantaloons ; Fawdon Yokes and Stonette, Harlequins ; the Misses Rosina and Jessie Yokes, Columb ines ; Miss Lizzie Grosvenor, Har lequins. B. Slowman, Imitator of Birds, &c. Mr. H. Collard, the Pocket Sims Reeves. Master Dassie, the Chickaleary Boy. E. D. Lyon, the Short Footman. Lawson and Garton, the French Pierts. Master H. Rawlings, Clog Dancer. La Patrie, the Baby ro Velocipedist. The Masks and Costumes from Designs by Vandyke Brown. The Music Composed and Selected by Mr. W. C. Levey. The Dances and Action of the Ballet, and the general business of the Children's Scenes, Invented and Arranged by Mr. John Cormack. The Comic Scenes and Tricks, &c., arranged by Mr. John Cormaek and Messrs. Evans and Harvey. Doors open at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. Private Boxes, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 Guineas. Stalls, 7s. Dress Circle, ss. First Circle, 4s. Balcony, 3s. Pit, 2s. Lower Gallery, ls. Upper Gallery, 6d. THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or, Harlequin Old Mother Shipton, will be produced To-night (Saturday) January 14, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 25. Places can be secured from the first until the last date. MORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY; therefore to prevent disappointment, an early application for seats is respectfully requested. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATBE ROYAL DRURY LANE. \jORNING PERFORMANCES of the Grand Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, every Wednesday and Saturday. Children and Schools at re duced prices to the following parts of the Theatre ;—First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box Office open from 10 till 5 da i ly. - - THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.— Forty ninth Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY. —MIS EVENING (Saturday) at Seven, O'Keefe's Musical Piece, THE POOR SOLDIER, with selections from the original music. Patrick, Miss Fanny Wright, Norah, Miss Fanny Gwynne. After which, at a quarter to Eight o'cicick, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everill, Clark, Braid, Rogers, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne , Act I. Garden of King Phanor's Country House. Act 11. Interior of the Palace of Truth. Act 111. The Avenue of Palms. Followed by UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with the Farce of THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Box office open daily from 10 till 5. PRINCESS'S THEATRE .—Sole Lessee, Ben jamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chat terton.—THlS EVENING, at seven, PEEP O' DAY, by Edmund Falioner, terminat in g with the celebrated Quarry Scone. At 8.30 an entirely ne w grand spectacular extravaganza, entitled LITTLE GIL BLAS ; a nd How he Played th e Spanish D(Dence. By H. B. Farnie. The music by Frank Musgrave ; the ballet, ts gbryo7Nutpri.ng,s.,Liltcoy.,dls)yafidllasilsanisotan ; the costumes a ft er drawings.; the new and ma gn ifi cen t scener y by Gustave Dore. To conclude with HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. J. Clayton.—Box Office open from Ten till Five. A DELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B. WHITSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON. — THIS EVENING, at 7, a new Drama, in One Act, SMOKE. Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. C. 11. Stephenson, Mrs. Billington, and Miss Furtado. At 8.15 ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr. B. Webster and Miss Furtado. To conclude with THE MISTLETOE BOUGH. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Elise Holt, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Mdlle. Camilla Dubois, Miss Fellew, Miss M. Cooper, and Miss Bella Moore, Mi. Brittain Wright, Mr. John Rouse, and Mr. Odell fin SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1871. I) OYAL STRAND THEATRE. IL Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. 'lris Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Button, and F. Hughes. C(EDR-DE-LIOY, Messrs. Terry, Psulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdam es Amy Sheridan, E. Stilton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. OYALTY THEATRE.--T 0-NI G T, IA JANUARY 14.-- Fourth tinie of an original Com edietta, by' R. Reece, in Two Acts, en titled DORA'S DUVICE. At 7.30, DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND; at 8.15, DORA'S DEVICE ; concluding with WIIITTINGTON JUNIOR and his SENSATION CAT. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAN D— Lessees— Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7,. CHISELLING, Mr. David James ; after which TWO R OSES (193rd night), by James Albery. Conclude with ELIZABETH. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montagrie, David James, and T. Thorne, &c. : Mesdames Amy Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly rower, etc. .ASTLEY'S PANTOMIME. - TOM TITTLE MOUSE and the ELEVEN DANCING PRINCESSES FROor, DEEDLE DEEDLE DUMPLIN and the SILVER G. Scenery by Grieve and Son. Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday at 2. Characters in the Opening by Messrs. Atkins, Beckett, Barrett, Russell, Misses Armstrong, Hodson and Braham. Tr pass from Brixton, Clapham, Ken nington, and Stockwell pass the door. Best pantomime in London. CRYSTAL DAY PALACE--Extra.- AttracGREAT JUVENILE . tions. Admission 10 till 7.30. Early Entertainments (D'Auban and Wards, the Brothers Daniels, &c.), and, this (lay only, pianoforte Recital by the Infant Agnes, and Memory Feats by Mr. Stokes's Pupil, 12.30. Distribution of bon-bons and toys to children by Professor Hermann, 1.0. Fuller, the Champion Skater, on the ice on Terrace Basin, 10. Pantomime, Gulliver, 3.0. Gonza and Romah, 5.30. Illumination of South Grand Basin, Ascent of the Sister Mag nesium Balloons, &c., 7.0 till 8.0. Festival Organ an Palace illuminated for Promenade, finale. Admission, Ii the or by Guinea Season Tickets. Pre sent issue for the whole year at all entrances and agents. Children under 12, Is. Reserved seats for all the amusements (un-numbered), ls. ; children half-price. A few numbered stalls, Bertram A large reduction when 10 and upwards are taken. and Roberts, refreshment contractors. fl ot lß th l e S r A mt U r p: 4 T e. ll . o E L m N i , )o ß ro a r k a e n r; and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal bert, General Trochu, • Ste., &e. &c. — Rooms , 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ADAME TUSSA UD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view Portrait Models of the King and Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold_of Ilohefizollern. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission is. ; children under ten years of age, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. extra.— Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. • pAttTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (COP.NER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.O ). 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None of these hopes have been realised. Peace has been broken, the war is long, and the humanized mode of conducting it, which was shown at the onset, has been entirely abandoned by this time. The spectacle of a civilised power driving i back at the point of the bayonet women and children into a besieged city, and then raining down shot and shell upon them, is one the possibility of which could scarcely present itself to any mind. Yet this is but a trifle of what the last six months have brought about. A dynasty has fallen, a nation is humbled in the dust, and one-fourth its territory has been laid waste by fire and sword, and plundered by troops, who, under the guise of fine names, display many of the qualities we might have looked for in the hordes of Attila. The semi-anniversary deserves remembrance. THE BOMBARDMENT, The Parisians who get a shell into their own houses do not like it, but the early days of the bom bardment have furnished some amusement to those who are not thus unpleasantly visited by danger. Extraordinary people t When they recovered their first shock of surprise they regarded the fire very much as they would an exhibition of fire works. They gathered to every high place and coign of vantage where they could see the pyrotechnical lisplay, and watched with curious interest for every flash and every explosion. One feature of their behaviour is most laughable, They practice to an extravagant degree the art of escaping shells by falling on their faces. Let a whizz be heard in the air, and instantly men an 1 women pick out the cleanest places ant sprawl flat on the ground. They do this constantly and at the slightest symptom of danger. A correspondent says :—" The only practical result of the bombard ment which I can find is one jest the more for the little boys of Paris. When they see a man or a woman particularly well dressed—say a man glori ous in furs that argue an extraordinary care of his person, they cry out, ' Flat, flat ! a shell, a shell—u plat ventre ! Down on your faces.' The man, gor geous in furs, falls flat on the ground—perhaps in the gutter—and the Parisian urchin rejoices with exceeding great joy." It does not follow that this amusement will remain long in fashion. THE MINISTRY. Mr. Hibbert is the new addition to the Govern ment. He gets into it by a process similar to that described in the famous old story of the " House that Jack Built." Mr. Bright retired ; Mr. Chiches ter Fortescue, Secretary for Ireland, became Presi dent of the Board of Trade; Lord Hartington, Post master-General, took the Irish Secretaryship ; Mr. Monsell, Under -Secretary for Colonial Affairs, was advanced to be Postmaster-General; Mr. Knatch bull-Hugessen, Under -Secretary for Home Affairs, succeeds Mr. Monsell ; Mr. Shaw Lefevre• Secretary to the Board of Trade, succeeds Mr. Knatclibull- Hugessen ; Mr. Arthur Peel, Secretary to the Poor ' law Board, succeeds Mr. Shaw-Lefevre ; and Mr. Hibbert takes the place of Mr. Peel. This is the redistribution, and we hope the gentle reader, anxious to understand the affairs of his country, will be able to remember it. These shiftings are of no political importance; but really Mr. Gladstone ought I not to bore ns by making them so complex. LUXEMBURG. The substance of Earl Granville's despatches on the revived Luxemburg question reaches us from Ber lin. The British policy in this matter may be put in a very few words. Earl Granville is ;lad .that Prussia has not set aside the treaty of May, 1867, and feels sure that if the neutrality of the little State is interfered with, it will be only in the way of facilitating 'military opera tions. The British Minister, however, urges that even this step should not be taken without a preliminary understanding with the Powers that signed the Treaty of London. The correspondence seems to have terminated on the 24th of December, so that for the present the Luxemburg difficulty is tided over. But most people will be very much astonished if it does not speedily revive. ferred to me that or any less number of the said shares, and I hsreby agree to accept such transfer, and to pay the balance in respect of such shares, according to the terms of the Prospectus dated 12th Janne' y, 1871. Name (in full) .......... ........ Addre55.......... ..... ........ • . Profession (if any) . •• Date • • • •• •• • • Signature. .. . (Addition to be signed by Applicant desiring to pay up the Instalments under discount.) It is my intention to pay up my Subscription in full, on allot ment, receiving discount for prepayment of the Instalments. Signature. MOSES and zsON'S N:v INTER OVERCOATS, 10s, to £5. B OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. Gd. to 455. i MOSES .and SON beg to remind the public 1 1 ) • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its tuality. anti they venture to sly that their prices will compare favourably with-those of any other ise in England. 1 MUSES and SON'S OXFORD COATS, 17s. t%) 50i. CAMBRIDGE COANS, 199. to 509. ERTOH JACKETS, 15s. to 425. SUTIIERLAND JICKETS, 19s. CA. to 50s. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to Ws, 1 4 1 MOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system I • of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post with the guarantee of a faultless IR. and SON'S F °S F'S F ROCK Co kTS, 245. to 635. DRESS coA.IS, 258• to 606. M ORNING mousEits, lis. Otl. to 21s. _____ DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. ild. to 265. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £3. I, MOSES and SON invito special attention A, to their large stock of GEN RUMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at ISs. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. MOSES and SON'S IA. )OYS' CLOTHING : KNICKERBOCKER SUB'S, 98. 6d. to 40s. E TON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. B RiGHTON, SUITS, 18s. to 48s. DRESS SUITS, 2a. to 038. EMOSES and SON supply every description of clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all o c casions, and all classes; also Hosiery and Drapery, lists and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any title exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset. till Saturday evening at sunset, when bun ass is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON'— LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGA_TE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. IORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. RADFOB,D. YORKSHIRE. ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA. COMPANY (LIMITED).-LYCEUM THEATRE. This Evening (Saturday), January 14th, 11 Barbiere di Siviglia. :Cast as before). The New Opera, Ali Baba (written expressly for this Company ; will be produced on Tuesday next, January 17th. Boxes on the grand tier, £3 35.; stall tier, £2 12s. 6d.; upper circle, £llls. 64.; orchestra stalls, 10s. 6d.; grand tier dress seats, 75.; upper circle seats, 45.; pit tickets, 2s. 6d.; amphi theatre, ls. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair LA_ to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNE LI. and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s each; also 55., 75. 6d., and 155. each, Includ ing brush. Red null Wharf, Angel - passage , 03, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY LAND—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GanDEß—Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADRLPIII—Smoke. One Touch of Nature. Mistletoe Bough. HAinuAuxur--The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Ttuth. Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom. VAuDEviLLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease, Cceur-de- Lion. ST. JAMES'S--To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Bombastes Furioso. OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY—Dora's Device, Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat, and Diamond Cut Diamond. GAlETY—Operetta. A Christmas Story. Alladin 11. QUEEN'S —Charles 11. Merchant of Venice. GLOBE—Rights of Woman. Delicate Ground. White Cat. Rely on my Discretion. OPERA CoMIQUE -- Blue Devils. Found Drowned. Nothing to Nurse. HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. Ticket-of-Leave Man. Jezabel. PRINCE OF WALES'S. Queen Stork. Ours. Locked In. PRINCESS'S—Peep o' . Day. a Lunatic. ASTLEY'S—Englishmen in Paris. Little Tom Tittle Mouse. SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack. NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce , Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross. SADLER'S WELLS—William Tell. Sinbad the Sailor. EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn) —Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL. —Christy Minstrels. Every evening. ALHAMBRA—New Musical Entertainment, " Superba." POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and Evening. Little Gil Bias. The He's PALMS ROYAL —Performing Gorilla. MADAME TIISSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. is.; extra rooms, 6d. unsuitable premises. This it is proposed to obviate by the construction of a suitable kitchen, with every appliance for the exercise of due economy in labour, fuel, and food. The Marquis of Hamilton, who is one of the managers, lays these facts before the. public, and explains that though the large amount of business done is not yet remunerative, it will gradually become ea under more favourable circumstances, and meanwhile the institution can fairly claim the help of the charitable, since it is of great efficiency in supplying working men and women with wholesome well-cooked food at a price within their means. SELLING BREAD BY WEIGHT. There are none so deaf as those who won't hear, says the old adage, and the . difficulty which bakers find in understanding the law respecting the sale of bread proabably belongs to the same kind of wilful incapacity. It is impossible for them to accept the fact that the statute requires bread to be sold by weight and not by the loaf; and every now and then some adventurous champion of public rights has to demonstrate this before a police magistrate. A shopkeeper in one of the metropolitan bye-ways was asked for a half - quartern loaf, which he produced. The customer asked him to weigh it, to which request he returned the con clusive answer, "We don't weigh bread here." The irate customer resolved to try the strength of the law, but the shopkeeper complained that it was a very malicious trick. The loaf was only half an ounce de ficient in weight, and he had never had any demur with a customer before. He sold the bread jnst as he received it. The ruthless magistrate said as the defendant was a dealer in bread he came under the operation of the statute, which provided that all bread, not being French or fancy bread, must be sold by weight. He would have to pay a fine of 10s. and costs. A HOPEFUL CHARACTER. A more discouraging example of the effects of the convict system has seldom been seen than that afforded by David Gwynne, who was recently released from Portland, his term of penal servitude, having expired. In ten days from the time of his departure he committed no fewer than three burglaries. Strange to say two of them were in the Island of Portland itself, where he broke into the houses of two of the warders, and carried away a quantity of food and wearing apparel. He was apprehended the other day near the Ferry-bridge, Portland. and at the time of his arrest he was wearing some of the stolen clothes, and had a bundle of the stolen property in his possession. He has indulged his taste for plunder with more zeal than discretion, for his chances of discovery must have been considerably increased by his returning to a neighbourhood where he was known, but he may probably share the opinion of him who wrote "Stone walls do not a prison make." METROPOLITAN WORKING MEN'S CLUBS. Mr. Hodgson Pratt has furnished a meeting of the representatives of the Metropolitan Working Men's Clubs with an account of his recent tour. Ile has been engaged for two months in visiting working men's institutions in the North. It appears that the leading Northern workmen are in favour of the scheme, and quite inclined to devote time and labour for its promotion, feeling convinced that it will benefit the condition of the working classes generally. If more support were given at the outset to these pioneers their task would be much easier than it is at present. The question is whether clubs can dis place public-houses which possess the advantage of abundant capital. During the meeting attention was directed to the attempt made by the trade societies Liverpool and Leeds to provide institutions for their members which combine what are called the ad vantages of a club and a house of call. A. NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT. Among the many various entertainments to relieve the tedium of winter nights is one of a very excep tional character. London, among its great hos pitals, boasts of a large and efficient estab lishment for the relief and cure of the paralysed and epileptic. In this institution the managing committee, with the sanction of the physicians, have originated a system of winter even ing entertainments for the amusement of the in patients. They are given in the large reception room of the hospital, and consist of vocal and instru mental music, and readings of prose or poetry. • At first some anxiety was felt by those who started the scheme as to the effect which the unusual excite ment might have on persons suffering from nervous diseases, but though there is occasionally some rest le.isness, no patient has ever been seized _with a fit during the performances. If a stranger enters the room he sees nothing to indicate that the men and women before him are suffering from some of the most terrible afflictions of human nature. When at rest they have a worn and wearied appearance ; but a stirring song or well read verse kindles the listless look into interest and animation, and the medical opinion is decidedly in favour of the good effect of the re creation. The plan has now been tried for two years, and its renewal during the present winter has been attended with great success. DOGS IN CHURCH. Dogs are not, as a rule, fond of going to church on Sundays. Whether it is the length of the sermons or the numbers in the congregation, or the sound of the organ that appals them, human beings cannot exactly say, but it is a well known fact that, while dogs attend christenings, the marriage ceremony, and other celebrations of service on week days, they studiously avoid the churches on Sunday. A correspondent of the Gaardian assures us that although shepherd's dogs in Yorkshire are always 100.93, the animals never are to be seen approaching the church on Sundays though they are nearly always seen at the funerals of their masters. This writer, a clergyman, and therefore one whose testi mony we dare not impeach, says that on looking over the churchwardens' accounts for the year 1730, he sees that a sum of ss. was allowed for " whipping dogs out of church" on Sunday. In following years " a new - whip for dog - whipper" was regularly an item in the accounts. Quite suddenly all allusion to the whips and whippings ceases, and from the appearance in the books it would seem that the dog-whipper became an additional door keeper in the church. Can it be possible that the Prime Minister of the Dogs issued a mandate just then which the canine species have seen the neces sity of religiously observing ever since? COLONISATION IN SOUTII AMERICA. . The Emigration Commissioners have published a most discouraging account of the attempt to esta blish a British colony at Rosario iu the Argentine Republic. The settlement was originated by Mr. Henly, and consisted in the first instance of about GO young men of good family, who subscribed £l5O each towards preliminary expenses, and were: accom panied by a doctor and an English clergyman. The colonists were to work in partnership with Mr. Ilenly for some time to learn the business, and , then , were to be put in possession of farms at a given price. .The profits were to be divided yearly, and half applied to the payment of the entrance fee. Last spring they arrived ak Rosario, but it soon turned out that they know nothing of agriculture, and were quite unsuited to the life. In July several of the party, including the clergyman and his family, returned to England, stating that they had been brought out under false pretences. The British Consul at Rosario visited the colony at the end of September, and reported that nearly all the money paid to Mr. Henly, £lO,BOO, had been spent, and the colony would so on break up. This prediction has been verified. Mr. Henly has disappeared no one knows whore. A few of the settlers remain lingering about, ruined, disheartened, and trying to get employ- A FORMIDABLE CORRESPONDENCE. The professed friendship of the Americans for the Fenians has not been altogether without cost to them, and Mr. West, the United States Consul at Dublin, is of opinion that his exertions in the Fenian cause should not go unrewarded. During three years he was busily engaged in assisting the citizens of the United States, who were arrested in Ireland as belonging to the Fenians, and he has now memoralized C mgress for compen sation. His labours in this respect have been exten sive, if not efficacious, for the correspondence connect.3d with the affair has filled two large volumes of official reports. There were 495 dispatches from the consul to the Secretary of State and to the United States Minister in London, 340 letters to various officials in Ireland, and 604 letters to the prisoners themselves, who were probably more grateful for his intervention than his other correspondents. Altogether, there are 1,430 of these valuable documents, and upon their number, it not their quality, the United States Consul takes his stand for compensation. We pre sume few members of Congress will qualify theol selves to decide the point by wading through the volumes in question. UNEMPLOYED W ORK MEN. The first of a series of public meetings touching the unemployed men in the metropolis has been held. Mr. Catlin sail though he had been for more than twenty years in the City mission he had never wit nessed such a period of distress as that which prevailed at present. In the courts and alleys of Cow Cross " thousands of men, women, and children were dying of starvation." A crisis had come when tome thing must be done to relieve the increasing misery and famine of the poor. Mr. Torrens, M.P., thought that Parliament would do little while the people were so apathetic themselves, and so divided in their councils. If they would only resolve upon the wisest course to pursue, they could soon persuade Parliament to carry out their wishes, but to effect this they must prove them- selves in earnest. Mr. Goschen was against emigra tion, but neither the people nor. the city missionary agreed with him. Mr. Torrens declared that the numerous cases of starvation in London were a diS grace to the country, and a responsibility on those who administered the enormous wealth of the nation.. He had fought against what he called "Goschenism," which was a denial of home relief and for. el the , needy into what was little else than a gaol. It was their duty as citizens to set themselves against a system which drove the poor into the workhouse. The people when work failed them had a right to relief at home and not in prisons. CHEAP DINNERS. It is universally admitted that the national igno rance of cooking tells heavily upon the labouring classes, and prevents them from laying, out their scanty earnings to the best advantage. An attempt_. has been made to improve matters by sup plying well-cooked food from a public kitchen at cost price to the poorer classes, and an establishment has been opened at High-street, Poplar, which is now in active work. Since April last more than £550 has been taken for food supplied, representing the sale of 120,000 meals. The weekly average now is 4,000 meals. The experiment is not yet self-supporting, owing partly to the outlay and inconvenience occasioned by NOTICE. The SUN will in future be published solely at 8 a.m., and the Evening Editions will be discontinued from this date. January 7, 1871. • - rt *ki,„- „ LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1871 PEACE. The defeat of General Chauzy seems quite irretrievable. He has not, only lost several battles, but the town of Le Mans, the centre of his operations, is in the hands of the Germans. For some time to come his army will be virtually out of the field as far as active participation in resistance is concerned. It is natural that rumours of mediation on the part of the neutral Powers should arise after such an event, and accordingly they are commoti just now at almost every capital in Europe. The moment seems oppor tune. If the neutral Powers cannot exert any in fluence in such a position as this, with the French capital undergoing a bonahardtnen,t, the, value of diplomacy under any circumstances May reasonably be called in question. There is much reason for thinking that efforts will now be made to procure peace. _ _ Six MONTHS AGO. It is worth while remembering that to-morrow is the semi-anniversary of the declaration of war. On July 15th the war commenced; on January 15th it will have lasted six months. It is well to recall the fact to mind, for assuredly it seems as if historica meat. Others have ventured up tho' country, and' others have started for imaginary gold: fields in the' mountains of Cordova. Thus, says the Consul, the' unfortunate men brought out by Mr. Heniy,- after• losing their capital, find themselves cast adrif . & penni less in a distant land, ignorant of the langua. - 41,•an.di exposed to every possible danger. NILSSON IN AMERICA. The admiration with which we received Mad Nilsson, and the compliments we attempted to pay - her when in England last summer, are quite super- • seded, as our readers probably have made them selves aware, by the glory of the recep tion awarded to the songstress in America. One of the last fetes given to Ridlle. Nilsson was at Chicago, on which occasion the entire Swedish confraternity with thorough national enthusiasm, came forward to give honour to her. The " oldest Swedish resident in the city" was ferreted out to escort tilt) illustrious singer to a magnificent banquet and ball. She was conveyed to the "Ger i man House," where the entertainment was provided, in a carriage drawn by four horses and preceded by mounted torch-bearers. Arrived at the place of assembly, the baud honoured the guest of the evening by playing in a spirited manner the Swedish melody " Nalkens Jeolsk.t," while a party of gentlemen presented her with a wreath of gold leaves studded with the costliest diamonds, and surmounted with the monogram "C. N." Later in the evening the Queen of Song, who is thought by American Swedes to complete the trio of national graces, with Frederika Bremer, the novelist, and Jenny Lind, participated in the dancing. „C. ri s) ,;D„ II r iv. • Jc. Ise HER .VIAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 13. Her Majesty drove out this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne. Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice went out. Prince and Princess Christian left Osborne this morning for Frogmore. The Right Hon. W. E. Forster arrived at Osborne yes terday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. THE BANKRUPTCY OF LORD DE MAULEY. Friday was appointed for the Public Examination of Lord de IVlauley, before the Chief Judge. The noble lord having surrendered, appeared in the witness box. Mr. Knight appeared for the Trustees, and Mr. Logbourne, solicitor, for the bankrupt. Mr. Knight said his lordship had afforded the Trustees a great deal of information, but there were still matters affecting the estate, which required further investigation. On the part of the Trustees, there fore, he (the learned counsel) would ask for a further ad journment.—This being assented to on the part of the bankrupt, the application was granted. ROYALTY THEATRE. On Wednesday evening a new comedietta, in two acts, entitled Dora's Device, from the pen of Mr. R. Reece, was produced at his house, and with decided success. Mrs. Seaton, a Belgravian match-making mamma, wish ing her daughter Dora to marry Captain Vigors, who is expected at their house that evening, and who, when he arrives, proposes to Dora's governess, Miss Vaughan, under the supposition that she is the heiress thus stamping himself at once as an adventurer. Miss Vaughan is, of course, at once expelled from Mrs. Seaton's house, and in the second act we find the governess in humble lodgings in Bloomsbury, earning a scanty liveli hood by the sale of landscape drawings, when news arrives of the death of a long-forgotten rich uncle of hers, and whose immense wealth is inherited by her. Of course this alters the aspect of affairs. Mrs. Seaton is easily induced to give her consent to the marriage of her son Harry with the soi-disant governess, and also that of her daughter Dora with Mr. De Birmingham to whom she had, unknown to her mamma, engaged herself prior to Captain Vigors appearing on the scene. The cast is excellent throughout, Mine Hodson appearing to special advantage as Dora, Miss Rachel Sanger ably sustaining the part of Miss Vaughan, the Governess, while Mrs. Seaton was efficiently repre sented by Mrs. C. Tellett, Captain Vigors, impersonated by Mr. Flockton, and the character of Mr. De Birming ham was well rendered by Mr. Worburton. The minor parts were well provided for, and the curtain fell amidst calls for the principal performers and the author. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of Mr. Thomas Brocklehurst, late of the Fence, in Macclesfield, in the county of Chester, who died on November 7 last, was proved at Chester, o-a December 27 last, by Thomas Unett Brockehurst and Charles Brocklehurst, Esqs., sons of the deceased , the executors named in the will. The personalty was sworn under £600,000. The will of General Charles Montauban Carmichael, C. 8., Colonel of the 20th Regiment of Hussars, and many years a distinguished officer of her Majesty's Indian Army, who died on November 21st last, at the Hotel du Louvre, Boulogne-sur-Mer, in his 80th year, was proved in the London Court under £12,000 personalty.—The will of Colonel Frederick Clinton, late of the Grenadier Guards (son of .General Sir William Henry Clinton, G.C.8., and Lady Louisa Dorothea, daughter of the first Earl of Sheffield), who died at his seat, Ashley Clinton, Lyming . ton, Hants, on November 9 last, aged sixty-six, was proved in London under £lOO,OOO personalty.—The will of Lady F. L. Thomas was proved under £4,000. —Th e will of Philip Eyles Patton, Esq., of Dean-street, Park lane, who died on October 24 last, at Sion Mansion, Brighton, was proved in London, on the 21st ultimo , under £50,000 personalty.—The will of Mr. William Henry Burke, of Thistle-grove, South Kensington , was proved in London, on the 3rd ultimo under £lB,OOO personalty. To Mr. Wood he leaves £lOO, and to Mr. O'Bryen £5O. The will is dated May 6, 1870, and a codicil June 16 following, and the testator died July 17 last, at Queenstown, Cork, in Ireland. He bequeaths to his son William Henry Burke his six Spanish Bonds, nominal value s tated at £3,060, and his Italian coupons, £3,010 ; these bequests are beyond any other provision made for lila The testator confirms the provision and settlement for his two daughters and daughter-in-law, the wife of his son William H. Burke. He leaves to his daughter Harrie t the sum of £3OO, which she is to give to such charitab le objects as she might think p ro p er, and appoints her reel dua,ry legatee of both his real and personal estate.--- Illustrated London News. The creditors of Messrs. Bewley, Webb, and Co; shipbuilders, Dublin, have acce p ted a composition c's* 7s. 6d. in the pou nd-ss. immediately and 2s. 6d in g" next. The "Med. Cent. Ze it.," of Berlin, says thst diphtheria is reigning extensively in that capital, attaelci ing both young and old. Many cases have been o bserv e in the military hospitals. CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE UNITED KINOD°'),,I A L LIANCE.—Mr. Benjamin Wh itworth, J.P., has b.ee; elected chairman of the' Executive of the United 1 (1° ? dom Alliance, in place of the late Mr. Alderman 119 ,0 %. 1 The appointment , we are sure, will give universal sati' faction to the friends of the cause. —Alliance News. k r Mn. FREDERICK HARRISON.—The next sPe. - i, e „r was Mr. Frederick Harrison, barrister-at-law, the w", e - j of the celebrated article on Bismarkism which aPre l° i l last month in the Fortnightly. Mr. Harrison is a tali g ° ,l strongly-built man. with a very large head, a full rouos, forehead, and very black hair. He has a rather roughe tenor and an ungain l y manner. It seemed as if t'., c l, were a standing feud bet ween his nose and his right lite and altogether he is a n awkward rhetorician. Nor ou ci , he speak as he writes. He lacks both force and flo° —London Correspondent. 10 , A NEW AMERICAN GAME.--A DOW game 0' D e has recently been introduced into Chicago, under the, l . l ,Y, it of " American Cricket." The field is laid out i l l of cricket field, and the striker wields the wi yardsnsoe the ash. The bowler, who stands 22 fron:log at striker, bowls as in cricket. The striker, in raal' - ' 1 ,,,,itil tally, runs to first base, and then to third (dispensing a a t the second), these being in the form of a triangle, all,„,100 a distance of 28 yards apart. There are no fouls to,nore delays. There are six ball " overs." " Out, leg l' e , t isre wicket," is dispensed-with. The prominent and a ttrtiA t be features of both the English game of cricket an o ie , . American pastime of base-ball are kennd rolled Pi , ~i li thereby making a magnificent game. The Gentle iv- Journal. . THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EMI! r O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any * other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST NEWS ot- the WAR, and ot all other events. cc tri oc re li c W 1 1, I),