The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-23 00:00:00

London, June 22,

TRCITY OFFICES COMPANY (Limited).
iEserricE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the QUARTERLY
INTEREST on the Company's Debenture*, due on the lit July,
will be PAID, on presentation of the Coupons, at the London
and County Bank, Lonibard-street.—By r,
G. W. BE ord e
HWELL, 80t1Ty.
St. ClenienCs-bouse, Clement's lane.

THE GUARDIAN FIRE and LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Established 1811. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, EC.
REDUCTION OF FIRE INSURANCE DUTY.
Subscribed Capital, Two Millkma.
Total Invested Funds upwards of £2,720,900.
Total Income, upwartis of £320,000.
ROTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES which
expire at Midsummer must he RENEWED within Fifteen Days
at this Odle*, a: with the Company's Agents throughout the
I.ftdom. otherwise they become void.
Ail Insurances now have the benefit of the reduced duty of
ls. ed. per cent.
/or prospectus and other information, Apply to the Company's
Agents, or to T. TALLEMACH, Secretary.

NICKEL SILVER. —A solid, hard, white metal,
warranted to keep its colour. Tea spoons. 20 per dozen:
dessert spoons and forks, 7s. ed. ; table spoons and forks, tra. :
.11 full size. Smaller quantities sold at the same low rate. On
receipt of cash, scut anywhere carriage free.
THOS. G. WAINWRIGHT, FURNISHING IRONMONGER,
1115, WESTMINSTER-BRIDGEMOAD, S.

DB. JOHNSTONE and Co.'s GENERAL
• DRAPERY and FURNISHING WAREHOUSES are
within a few yards of the EDOWARE-ROAD STATION on the
StEI'ROPOLITAN RAILWAY, and five minutes' walk from the
Great Western Station, Paddington —lO9, 110, 111, and US,
Edreare-road, and 1,2, and k Thwaltes-place. W.

LONDON CARPET WAREHOUSE.
WAUGH and SON, S and 4, GOODOE-STILKET, and Oa
and 66, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD, W.
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FURNITURE, Carpets, Bedsteads, Bedding,
Upholstery, Linens, &e., ElO,OOO worth, all
warranted. Delivered tree, and guaranteed SO per cent, teem
then West-end prices.
New Illustrated Prised Ilst gratis.
W3l. WIINE, General Furnisher, 1113 to ISO, Newington Butte.

BROW BROTHERS.—PATENT CHAIRS
and corcum, Barrack Furniture, Trouts, Portman-
tales, Be., at PRICES CONSIDERABLY REDUCED.
165, PICCADILLY. Catalogues tree.

BARLOW'S PATENT CASK STAND, a new
triventirm, •• admirably contrived that a full butt, as well
se smaller casts, may be raised or tilted on it without tabour or
trouble. Its action is so impalpable that the sediment of the
most limpid fluid by,
no possibility can be disturbed. Price 95.,
141., to suit 44 9. anti 19 gallon casks.
BARLOW'S SELF-ACTING SYPHON TAP.
No ventpn required. No more Rat beer or soar wine.
Price 45. td.: ditto, electroplated. 9a.—Apply direct to JAMES
BARLOW, patentee, 14, King William-street, Manstooltonse.
Bee that his name and address are on every article: all others
are spurious Imitations. Engravings gratis. Established 1829.

DAVIES'S,BEST REFINED COLZA OIL, 58.
per gallon ; royal Danish wax candles, Is. per lb.: botanic
wax, 15. ; best palace paradine, Is. 6d.: second pars/line, is. 4d.:
Dwaine sperm, Is. 6d. ; second sperm, Is. 4d.: British wax, or
he
is ; best transparent wax, la. 6d. metallic candles
he Pabacie lanne. 9d. ; magnums, ; mid size, 9ed. ; compo-
site, 9d., 10d., and the best, lid. ; best dip candles, 7d.
waxed wkkcd moulds, 841 ; yellow soap, 869, 40t, 44a. and ads.
P 1121bs. ; best mottled, 465.: glycerine and almond soap, Is.
Per bar; old brown Windsor, Is. 9d. per packet; common
OtoinliVindsor, Is. ; white Windsor, Is. 4d. ; honey, 4d.—
Ike cash, at N. P. DAV and SON'S old establhbed ware-
house, GS, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross, Loudon, W.C. Lists
tree on application.

FIELD'S PATENT SELF-FITTING CANDLES
with tapering ends, fitting any candlestick without either
paper Of scraping, n spermaceti, Petro-Stearin; the Wasteleaa (tor
ball rooms in all the usual sizes ; also the bard Chamber Candles
(12 in a box, Is per box , are now to be bad ot dealers in
Addles, and wholesale only at the WORKS, UPPER MARSH,
LiIMBETR.

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
"ma %mini invention of the day, AQUA AHARELLA.—
hileses. JOHN GOSN ELL and Co., Three King-court, Lombard-
skeet, London, perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to
the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores
the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what ego.
The
Ain Amarella has none of the properties of dyes the
contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once
Motored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour.
Price LI Is. per bottle, or in half bottles, 10e. 6d. John Gosnell
and Co. have been appointed perfumers to H.R.H. the Princess of
Ifales.--JOHN GOSNELL and Co.'s CHERRY TOOTH PASTE
Is greatly superior to any tooth powder.—To be had of all per-
fumed chemists, and at the manufactory, Bad Bull Wharf, 93,
tipper Thames-street. London.

ITHINVICORATIVE NERVINE ESSENCE.
'lte most scientifically prepared mid most powerful nutri-
tive cordial ever Introduced : restores to their normal condlUon
ell the secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health de-
=g It is a specific for debility of all kinds, and from Its con-
among other Ingredients pepsine and phosphate of soda,
141 Prove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Price
k per bottle, or four quantites in 1 for 21%. Sole Afisfits,
and
Nears. BAUMGARTEN and Co., 650, Oxford-street, W.C.,
etnam.street. Fenchureh-street, S.C., Loudon.

DR. SC(YIT
telling remedy, prepared without any
stgredlent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer front bilious
sod liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dint-
Moe el the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family
alimient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they ere truly
asethent_ : mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach,
nervouspeti, promote calteetioa, and strengthen the
Isom _"'e system—Sold by W. Liunbert, chemist, 86=
...Ea-street, Charing-cross, sad by most druggieteLln
la lid and three times the quantity in one b. Pd. Be sere to
..m.••- . ice to. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are La •
Lim—i. green pacage, with " William Lambert" engraved en the

rims BEST REMEDY for Indigestion, Billow'
t end Liver Complaints, FRAMPTON'S PLLL ot BM.
o▪
Ha by aU Medicine Vendors, atta lid, and ta. dd. pr box;
*Whew through say Chemist.

METROPOLITAN DWELLINGS ASSOCIATION. —A
general meeting of the members of the Metropolitan As-
sociation for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrial
Classes was held yesterday at their offices, No. 19, Cole-
man-street, City, the Hon. Dudley Fortescue, M.P., in the
chair, for the purpose of receiving a statement from the
directors of the past year's operations. In presenting
their twenty-second report the directors congratulated
the shareholders on the steady progress of the association.
In the course of the year the Victoria cottages, in Albert-
street, Mile-end
fo New-town
families, had been cowhere mplsheted, lime
ro-
viding dwellings r 36a ort ti
ago accommodation existed for only 13. An arrangement
bad also been made with the Marquis of Westminster
for a site in Pimlico, upon which dwellings for
140 families are now in course of construction. Eight
pairs of semi-detached cottages had been built on a free-
hold property at Penge, capable of providing 160 cottages
with gardens. The mortality in the entire property, con-
, sisting of ten estates, with 697 tenants, had been 44 out of
an average population of 2,572, twenty-eight of the num-
ber being children under ten years of age, or rather over
17 per 1,000, while the average rate of the metropolis
generally was 24 per 1,000. All the properties, with the
exception of the leasehold in Soho-chambers, badi proved
remunerative, and the net profits for the year had
amounted altogether to 3,7601. 3s. 101., sufficient to
pay a dividend on the capital invested of 3i per
cent., which dividend the directors recommended, leaving
a balance of 3451. 19s. Bd. to be carried to the
guarantee fund, which would then amount to
2,9241. 18s. sd. The Ramsgate branch, the report added.
will this year pay a dividend of 4/. per cent. The total
share capital of the association applicable to the metro-
polis amounts to 100,2001., of which 98,580/. had been re-
owed at the time the accounts were made out. The gross
revenue for the year had amounted to 4,726!. The chair,
man briefly moved the adoption of the report, remarking
upon the extended field for the action of the society oc-
casioned by the demolition of workpeople's dwellings in
I London for railway and other purposes. The Penge
estate, he said, required additional capital, for the erection
of 120 new buildings. Thirty six had been provided for,
and it was intended, if necessary, to take advantage
of the provisions of the Labourers' Dwellings Act,
passed this session, to procure funds for the remaining
120. Negotiations were also pending with Mr. Forbes, the
general manager of the London, Chatham, and Dover line,
upon the subject of conveying the tenants and their fami-
lies to and from London at reduced fares. The Marquis of
Weatminster had also dealt most liberally with the ease-
lelation with respect to the Pimlico site, and upon an &p-
-i peal to the government the house tax assessment of the
entire property had been revised, whereby the association
I had secured a saving of 1201. a year. The motion was
seconded by Lard Claud Hamilton, M.P., and carried
unanimously, after which the dividend was declared pay-
-
able, free of income tax, and a vote of thanks to the chair
man and directors closed the proceedings.
" The Rocky Mountains," painted by Bierstsdt,
at T. M'Lean's gallery, 7, Haymarket, has been inspeeted
by the following am:::ToSaita,her distinguished visitors
dring this week :—The us of Lansdowne, Marquis
and Manbioneis of Earl Vane, Lord Echo,
andady Llanover, Lady Peto and party, the American
Sir
PERFECT REGULARITY of the BOWELS is MwttikitrWW. viFninyure: Admiral Arthur Clinton,
Tm:Pluring"
a essential condition for good health. PARR'S LIFE m.p Boa. Bin Barrington, Colonel pry", ILE, Right
promotePUJß appetite, aid digestion, purify the Mood, and ---1 •••
keep tee bowels regular. May be had of any chemist. Hon. lain. in &C.

In consequence of sailors from Prussian gun-
boats having landed near Emden and spiked the
guns of the shore batteries, the garrison of the
town laid down their arms to-day.
Emden was surrendered to Commander Stenzel,
of the Prussian navy, upon the same conditions as
Stade. These were, that the soldiers should deliver
up their arms and be dismissed to their homes.

ENTRY OF THE PRUSSIANS INTO UPPER

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BERLIN, Jusz 22.
The Prussian troops have entered the Austrian
territory in Upper Silesia.

THE ALLEGED CONSCRIPTIONS OF THE
PRSSIANS.

BERLIN, JOllll 22.

An official denial has been given to the assertion
of the Muniteur du Soir that the Prussians have
ordered conscriptions in the countries they have
entered.

THE FEDERAL ARMY.
FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, Julia 22.
The headquarters of Prince Alexander of Hesse
Darmstadt will be transferred to this town to-
morrow. The Federal army under his command
is 60,000 strong. The Prussian minister resident
here has taken his departure. The minister of
Oldenburg at the Federal Diet has received his
letters of recall, and it is expected that the Meek.
lenburg representative will also be recalled in a
few days.

HANOVER. JUNI 22.

The Hanoverian troops are stated to have effected
their junction with the Federal army corps. No
confirmation of this report has, however, been re-
ceived.
FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, JUNE 22.
The main body of the Bth Federal Army Corps
has received orders to march in a northerly direc-
tion. The traffic on the Frankfort, Hanau, and
Aschaffenburg Railway has been stopped for three
days, as 12,000 Austrians are to be conveyed by
that line. The general staff of the Baden army
has arrived here.

HESSE DARMSTADT.
DARMSTADT, Juin 22.

The Hesse Darmstadt Estates were prorogued
to-day. They had previously approved the credit
demanded by the government for the mobilisation
of the troops.

THE BANK OF FRANKFORT.
FRANKFORT, Jerre 22.
The Bank of Frankfort has reduced its rate of
discount from 7 to 6 per cent.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, JUN 22.

The Prince Carignan has issued a proclamation
announcing his assumption of the regency. A
royal decree has been published instituting a com-
mission of maritime prizes. The Minister of
Marine has notified the abolition of the capture of
merchant ships of the enemy not carrying contra-
band of war, according to the provisions of the
Italian naval code, Austria having consented to
practise reciprocity in this respect.

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VENICE AND TRIESTE IN A STATE OF
SIEGE. -

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VENICE, Jvtie 22.
This city and 'Priests have been declared in a
state of siege. -

INDIA.
(By Overland Telegraph.)
BOMBAY, JUNE 8, 8.49 p.m.
7lbs. shirtings, 7r. 2a. Cotton heavy. Dhollerah,
310 r. Shipments of the week, 13,000 bales.
seed, 6r. 10a. Copper, 4. Exchange on Lon-
don, 2s. Id. Government securities--Four per
Cent., 87i ; Five per Cent., 106 ; Five-and-a-Half
per Cent., 112 i. Freights, 17s. 6d. The latest
London date is the 2nd of June.
CALCUTTA, Jewr 7.
Nibs. shirtings, 9r. Exchange on London,
2s. lld. Freights, 40s. The rate of discount has
been reduced one per cent.

BOARD Or TRADE, WIIITZHALL, Jurrs 22.—The
Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs •• copy of • despatch from her
Majesty's agent and cons:A-general at Alexandria, enclos-
ing a copy of • circular issued by the Egyptian govern-
ment, announcing the removal of the prohibition to export
grain from Eapt.-6azdte.