The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-31 00:00:00

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THE MAURITIUS LAND CREDIT and
AGENCY COMPANY ~Limitedl.
To he Incorporated under the Companies Act, lilt, by which
the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount of
his shares.
Capital, £260,000. in 11,500 shares of £2O each—of which 1,500
are reserved for Mauritius.
£1 per share to be paid on application. and 'another LI on
allotment. Further calls to be made as required, at intervals
of not less than three months. But It is not contemplated to
WI up more than Le per share.

Vauvragv.
Sir S. Sorters, K.B. (Silkmore-house, near Stafford),
late Chief Justice of Mauritius.
James du Nilsson, No. (Messes. Renck.ll, do Nilsson, and Co.)
James A. Guthrie, Bei. (Mourn. Chalmers, Guthrie, and Co.)
DUta(roas
Major-General H. P. Burn, 94. Inverness-terrace, W. (late Mem-
ber of the Indian Military Finance Commission:.
George Ireland, Km., Blackheath Park Messrs. Ireland, Fraser,
sod Co,. Maurattua)
George Lyall, Esq., 9. Illocing.tane ;Messrs. Lys% Still, and Co.)
Robert McKerrell, lay., Inverness-terrace, W. (Messrs. Scott
and Co., Mauritius).
peter Ranken. Eoq., 9, Idol lane late Manager of the Mauritius
Branch of the Oriental Bank Corporation.)
(With power to add to their number.)
itAntrnus_BOAßD.
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John Currie, EMI. (Merchant and Plsater,
The Hon. Air Gabriel Propler ;Member of Connell, de.).
The lion. IL Limier, (Mayor of Port Louis, Member of Conn-
ell. de.).
The Hon. Marlon Hontoechlo :Member of Council, dc.'.
Emile Noma (Vice-Prealdent of the Chatikbvr of Agrietd-
lure, de.). . . .

(With power to add to their number.)
GENERAL MANAGER—C. J. A. 1"101.1.
AUDITOR—John ball, Esq. Mears. Quitter, Bull, and Co.).

einscis.

SOLKITORIL—IIesais. Ktlios.

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Messrs. P. Carer:awe mail Co., Threadneedle-street
Geo. E. Seymour, Throgroortonetrert
The International 41naa0141 Society limited) Lave been en-
couraged to aid ta the ortgnisation of thls Company by the
strong desire for its succeu evinced by the Chamber of Avicul-
ture and the commercial body In Mauritius, and by the ready
support it has met with from Mailing hoop connected with the
colony..
The progress of hand, as a sugar-producing colony, has of
late been extremelg nip* The production of sMnr has more
than doubled within the last twelve year; and the crop of last
year Viz., 1e6.1.53 exceeded 150,000 tons
Within the same period of time there has been an increase of
130,9901 n the pwilatidn, consisting, for the most part, of Indian
tmmiQQaauts mho w bet:nixing p Oriarient settlers.
Railways, the drat section of which will probably be spelled
early next year. are In coarse of construction : and cannot fail
further to develop the reran:meat the ;.Land.
The annual exports hare for the itst five years exceeded, on an
average, £1,500,000; rehire the imports have, during the woe
period, amounted to little more than L 2,000,000.
The colonial budgets have, for many ye.rs past, shown, on the
average, a large surplus. .
The legal rate of interest on mortgages In Mauritius Is 9 per
cent. : and the eompalsydis talslgg money in Llgland en Deben-
tures, for investment in the colony, will preserve such a margin
as, together with the commissions they may receive for their
agency, should enable them to realise a lame profit on the small
amount of paid-up capital required to conduct the business.
With a crew to secure the debenture holders, it will be a rule
that the total amount raised brprthe Company on Debentaree
shall never exceed the amount estad lu Mortgagee; and that
Investments MA be Aide coq- In First Mortgages, and for
amounts not exceeding halt the estimated values of the pro-
perties offered as security. . . _

Arrangements have alniady belestifte for placing the first
true of debentures on satisfactory
For Mortgage Loam iu blaurlttirloff • six years and upwards,
the borrowers will he required to cobtribute half.ymro to a
Slaking Fund, on the principle of otiredit Foncierefseihlch has
been applied with so reuch advantage to both lender and borrower
in many parte of the continent of Europe.
In addition to employing its own capitol, the Company will
invest the money of constitheats, guarsateeing interest, or prin.
vipel and interest, as may be agreed upon.
There is in Mauritius an efficient muster of original titles to
land, connected with the •. Land Court" of the island; and ale"
skTranicription Office. where successive titles may be traced.
The mortgage investments made by. ON government ZaVillge
hank of Mauritius, during the last twurgy-five years, prove that
investments Judiciously made under'Sie mortgage law of the
Wand are eminently secure. tun
A new law which is passing through the local tegislature Will
reluoe the operation of lending oh inollgaips to a condition of
still greater simplicity and safety. , s
The management of the Company will be vested in the board
of filmdom in London, ateistegby at:ln Ilifuriliaa
The influential support given 0 e Company both In Eng-
land and Mauritina, and the gteM f such an inelltutlon,
4as mast secure an ample field fo sal lucrative
The Directors of the Intern& Financia?r*ocliel,ll.4el,
therefore, no hesitation In rem the undertaking to the
favourable notice of the public. Ir.
Printed copies of the Mem urn sad Articles of Asso-
ciation be Inspected at the solicitors,
. IVW; Tlytecnt--

tioTicarFinancial Society :Limited', at their Temporary 'lames,
ht, Old Broad-street. RC., In the annexed form. which must be
left with their bankers, Messes.Ol)o, Mills, and Co.. No. 67, Lom..
burst-street.

December. 1063.
FORM OF AFPLICSTIoII woe SMARM.
To be Wt with Ilessra. Glyn, Mills, and Co.)
No.
To the Directors of the International Financial Society ;Limited).
Gentlemen,—Haring paid to your bankers the sum of al ,
being £1 per share on sham, I request you to allot me
shares, of fto each, in the Mauritius Land Credit
and Agency Company Limited , and I hereby agree to become a
member of that Company and to accept such shares or any less
number that may be allotted to mg, and I request that my name
may be placed on the Register of Mewl,. in respect of she
shares allotted to me.—l am. Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name In fall
Address to 11th
Reference
Date

MAURITIUS LAND CREDIT and AGENCY
COMPANY 'Limited).
Tke Directors of the International Financial Society (Limited)
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that no APPLI,ATIONS tor SHARES
in the above Company eV be RECEIVED AFTER 1.2 o'clock
on FRIDAY, the Ist January nett —By order,
WALTER A. MICHAEL, Secretary.
54, Old Broad-street, Doc. 30, Irak

GREAT REDUCTION in HOTEL CHARGES
at the BM' swim, Jenuynitreet, SL J11410(11, through
out the WIWI' Season.

PURE WINES. —See "Lowibn Medic id Review."
G. WALKER and Co.'s CELEBRATED PATENT
CHRISTMAS HAMPER:
3 bottles Port. 1 bottle Fine 01.1 Rum,
2 bottles Sherry. 1 bottle Fine Oin.
1 bottle newsh Brandy. 1 bottle pint; Cluunpagne,
Patent Hamper Included.
ONX GUINEA.

G. WALKY.R and Co, 92G, 03174:114Geet, Regent-areas; and
61, Edgwate•road, W.

DEPOT of GENUINE HUNGARIAN WINES,
under the Patronage of the Austrian Consulate.—Hun-
garian Christmas Presentu—One dozen case, 3e.: two dozen,
Us. three dozen 10,s. each containing six different sorts of
the finest Hungarian dinner and dessert Wines, Including the
renowned Imperial Toltuy. Carriage free to any London railway
station, or fire miles within the City. 1/rdera to he ac nmpanied
by cheques crossed " Messrs. flunkey." or Post.oltiee order pay-
able at Lornhardetreet.—MAX GREGER !from ilungsry;, 7,
Mincing-lane, London.

HUNGARIAN CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.-
HUNGARIAN SPARKLING WINES. supoior, 425.;
first quality, Ms. Terms as above.—MAX GRIMM (frost Ilan-
pry , No. 7, Mincing lane, Loudest.

MARSHALL'S HUNGARIAN BRANDY.
Equal to Cognac and the purest spirit Imported."—
Dr. Hawes. Of moat retailers, in single bottles, 3d. thl. each
capenled,labelled, and cork hrandeil.—.l. G. MARSHALL, sole
Consignee. 411 a per dozen use icarriage paid,. Depot, 114,
Alderanaleatreet, City. List of agents poet-free. The public Is
cautioned against spurious imitations.

EAST CHAIRS and FURNITURE.
HOWARD and SONS' WAREROUSE.—The nobility and
gentry should INSPECT Hews, HOWARD and MONS' superior
STOCK. at 25 and 37, Deniers-street, (Mold-street—lllus.
Crated Catalogues on application.

RAILWAY ALTERATIONS.—FURNITURE,
Curtains, Carpets, Iron Bedsteads, &c. RICHARD
LOAD= and lAN wow OFTRit their well smarted, modem
STOCK at greatly reduced priers, their premises heing required
tar the METROPOLITAN EXTENAION. On vim, Y.l athi 24,
Pavement, Finslain., London. Early applleati.di an:marl.
Every 'Melo marked in plain Ilgurea.—RICHARD LOADER
and Co.

GAS CHANDELIERS.—R. H. HUGHES begs
to Inform the trade that he has'an extendve ammtrnent of
sea &slam for the season. ornamental and unique, of patent
safety ATLAS INDICATING CH A NbELfe R. 4, that prevent ex.
pianos and aecidenta from the (Altana of h.datice velghts.—Atlas
Weeks; entrance No. si, Ilatton.garden.

march northwards, when four hundred of them, all
natives of Holstein, refused to go further, laid down
their arms, and arrived yesterday at Altona.
Iu a letter from this city in the columns of one of
your contemporaries, it is stated that Hamburg has
to pay a hundred thousand marks per month for
the protection of the Austrians in garrison here.
Although this is not literally the case, there can be
no doubt that Hamburg will have to pay a consi-
derable sum. The amount of remuneration to be
recovered from the German Bund is 5 silber-
groechens (or 6} Hamburg schillings) per man per
diem, and the sum paid here by the Senate for
quarters and food is fixed at a mark (16 schillings)
per man per day, so that Hamburg will have to pay
94). schillings (about 9d. sterling) for each man for
every day they remain here.

(TION OUR OWN COBBMPONDENT.)
FRANKFORT. Dec. 29.

The prospects of the patriotic and Angustenburg
party have much improved within the last few days.
They were very much vexed by the resignation of
the Hall Ministry, and afraid that by the repeal of
;Alve-sesetitistiesi ter Schleswig the Diet would be
prevented from interferfiig 'W elfirdnehy. Due I
appears now that the ultra-Danish party are so
blind as to believe that Europe must submit to
their dictates, and that peace or war in Europe is
entirely in their hands. The King—a good-hearted
man of no very strong will—they lead by the nose.
This poeitiou of affairs explains yesterday's pro-
posals of Austria and Prussia in the Diet. As
Denmark does not suspend the constitution for
Schleswig, and incorporates the province on January
1, setting might against right, she will be made to
bear the consequences. £he Diet will expel the
Danes from the Duchy, and submit thus the
Schleswig question to the decision of the great
Powers, as this is an international affair, Schleswig
not being German territory. While things wear
such a serious aspect, in consequence of the obsti-
nacy of the Danes, who now, as in 1801 and 1814,
act irrespective of events as if they were alone in
the world, the people of Holstein declare their
determination to have no further connexion with
Denmark with such unmistakable unanimity, that
it is difficult to see on what principle and by what
means they should be compelled to submit again
to the hated rule. In the petition the Holstein
deputies sent to the Diet, it is stated that no
treaty could secure the independence of Schleswig,
the union of which with Holstein has lasted 400 years,
as the Danes would never give up the intention
of incorporating it with Denmark ; that in our
day many legitimate princes have been expelled by
the people, but that theirs was the first instance in
which a legitimate prince, accepted by the people,
Was to be set aside by foreign governments. While,
therefore, under the late King they would have
been satisfied by an arrangement such as that be-
tween Norway and Sweden, or such as that formerly
existing between England and Hanover, they' are
now, by the mercy of Providence, in a position to
claim their full rights. Meanwhile the euthusiasm
in favour of Schleswig-Holstein spreads to every
country where there are Germans, or where the
Gran language is spoken. Volunteers have
'the Ittriiiiidripfilefirei4P4ii the Mils:
they are being enrolled amongst the German resi-
dents in Paris ; and numerous addresses to the
committee from the towns of Switzerland by Ger-
man residents and Swiss, promise every assistance
in furtherance of the national ends. Procrastina-
tion and obstinacy will, therefore, be the ruin of the
unity of the Danish monarchy. The Danes have no-
thing to expect from delay, and if they want a pure
Danish state they must submit to be reduced to
those provinces which are inhabited by Danes. It
is not the fault of foreign !governments that there
are only one million and a half of Danes, and that
other nationalities will not convert themselves into
Danes. A compromise becomes more difficult
every day.
While the patriotic party has nothing in view
but the right of the duchies to choose their own
government, the question becomes complicated by
the anxiety of the German princes to maintain their
sovereignty. They appear to be highly incensed by
the last note of Austria and Prussia, denying them
the right to decide by a majority of votes iu the
Diet on questions having an European character.
The ministers of Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Saxony
have therefore held a conference at Augsburg, to
agree on common opposition against these
views of the great powers. The letter of
the Confederate compact is in their favour,
but its spirit is against them. Austria and Prussia
will never put their large forces under the com-
mand of the smaller States, who send a couple of
thousand men to the Federal army. Hitherto,
whenever Austria and Prussia have been united
they have always carried the Diet with them, and
it was only when they differed that the minor
princes could decide by their votes for one or the
other. It was reserved for this Danish question,
in which the people are with the minor princes,
and in which the latter consider their own existence
at stake if the legitimate claims of the Duke of
Augustenbourg are set aside, to test the strength
of the Federal compact literally interpreted.
Still, if the Danish King has enough free will
to oppose successfully the democratic party of
Copenhagen, it is very likely that the great powers
will stand by the protocol, though it is not clear by
what means it is to be enforced in Holstein, where
the resistance of the people cannot be overcome
any more by mere diplomatic enactments. Austria
and Prussia would theu feel less repugnance than
England and France in curbing the people by
military coercion under the rule of the Danish
King, for they will never allow the people to have
s vote in the election of their rulers.
The Prussian ministry will experience great
difficulty in raising money, if, as is very probable,
the Chamber refuses the loan. They believe that
they could obtain a loan on the credit of the
crown, but as there are many competitors for
loans just now iu the market, it is very unlikely
that capitalists would prefer such an imperfect
security. The Duke of Augustenbourg Las agreed
that all money collected for his cause shall re-
main for the present in the hands of the
central committee appointed by the German de-
puties.

(TWOPENCE'

HOLLAND.

(MOM OUR OWN COIRISPOIDWIT.)
THE HAGUE, Dm. 29.
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The last news received from the Dutch colony of
Surinam reports a wait favourable development of
the recently inaugurated policy of emancipation.
The freed slaves have concluded contracts with the
government and with private planters, and the dis-
contents which arose from the obstinacy of the lat-
ter have been suppressed by the compromise which
they made with the government in regard to the
wages for plantation labour. Last week, too, a
very important treaty was conclude] between the
American and Netherlands governments, bywhich it
is arranged that the colonial authorities at Surinam
shall receive such of the emancipated American
slaves as may be willing to work on their
plantations. To these the American government
will afford considerable facilities for emi-
grating to the Dutch West India posses-
sions, where they will be cordially wel-
comed, the great difficulty with the planters
being that of finding such labourers as are required
for developing the vast resources of the fertile
colony of Surinam. Two thousand plantation
labourers had already been induced to leave Deme-
rara in consequence of the higher wages offered in
Ihe Dutch settlement, whiles decided improvememt
Tula kaken place in the market 'lane of tie Nagar
plantations. It is inferred that a very large num-
ber of the freed slaves of the Southern States of
America will avail themselves of the facilities
offered them to make engagements with the Dutch
planters. Such, indeed, is the extent of terri-
tory in Surinam awaiting cultivation that were all
the slaves of the Southern States able to avail
themselves of the facilities now offered them, they
would fwd abundance of remunerative labour in
thatluxuriaut and progressing settlement.

WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Shannon,
Captain Abbott, with the above mails and 142 pis-
stingers, arrived at Southampton yesterday. The
Shannon brings, on freight specie value 3,319,261
dollars, of which amount 88,133 dollars are on
account of the Mexican dividends ; also the fol-
lowing cargo, viz, 202 serona nochineal, 24 serona
jalap, 304 CaBea agars, 123 bales tobacco, 397 Weis
bark, 184 bags cows, and 277 packages sundries.
The,datee brought, by this mail are-Vera Oros,
2nd ; Havana, 7th ; Carthagena, 4th ; Colon,
Bth ; Jamaica, 9th ; Jacknel, 11th ; Demerara, Bth j
Tobago, Bth; Trinidad, 9th ; Barbadoes, 11th ;
Grenada, 9th ; St. Vincent, 10th ; St. Lucia, 11th ;
Antigua, 12th ; Montserrat, 11th ; Nevis, 12th ;
Gusdaloupe, Dominique, and Martinique,
12th ; St. Kitt's, 12th ; Tortola, 16th ; and St.
Thomas, 16th.
Her Majesty's ship Nile, Admiral Milne, and the
tender Nimble, arrived at St. Thomas on the 12th,
and sailed for Antigua on the 14th.
Her Majesty's frigate Bacchante, from La Union,
Salvador, arrived at Panama on the 17th. •

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The Spanish barque Primus, from Germany,
arrived at Colon on the 29th.
The weather at Barbadoes has continued favour-
able for the planters. The crops of every kind
have improved, and the canes are looking mach
better. The crops on sowe of the estates do not
average more than 60 to 70 hogsheads, yet one of
them sold for 7,2001., and another for 5,7201. The
Barbadoes Legislature met on the Bth, but the
only proceeding of importance was the passing ct
a bill in the Assembly to regulate the.e
Labeittfeee Ihethrtificere from the island. c :
on London, 90 days, was 487} dollars.
The demand for sugar at Demerara was steady •
4.75 were offered and refused. Bales of molasses
were steady, at 18 to 191, cents. Rum was dull,
at 35 to 37 cents. Tonnage it fair supply, 2s. 3d.
for sugar and 31 for ruin. The exports for the
fortnight amounted to--Sugar,'3,o6B hhds., rA
tierces, 593 barrels, 1,823 bags. Rum, 1,044
I puncheons, 167 hhds., 121 barrels. Molasses, 175
casks. The weather continued showery, with every
indication of a return to the rainy season.
' At Jamaica cotton cultivation continued to re-
ceive a large share of attention, and some of the
plantations were doing well. Business was im-
proving, and the news of the advance in the price of
sugar was encouraging to the planters.

MEXICO.
News from Colima of the 20th November says::—
" The French have occupied Queretaro with a force
of about 10,000 men and 5,000 Mexicans under
Mgrquez. They are pushing forward towards
Guanajuato. Between the latter point and
Queretaro are the troops of Juarez. Conionfort, who
was going to take the command over these, was
surprised, together with five generals and several
officers, by the Indians under litujia, one of
Minjuez's generals, and all were shot the same
day.'