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UNION FIRE AND LIFE

OFFICES.
thThe NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
uelcirienc‘tors hereby -4-ive notice, that, in consequence of
k.inray t,41-e extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover
kidze.B't.rY havevac tted their offices, No. 6, Crescent, New
/I.let, and REMOVED to their NEW PREMISES,
I,eb eet-street,
.„,..!tarY 4, 1861.

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OTTOMAN FINANCIAL ASSOCIA-
It 4
'recto TION (Limited).
rs reserve to themselves the right of changing
the name of the Company).
tlierirriated Under "The Companies' Act, 1862," limiting
Ca auilttY of Shareholders to the amount subscribed.
Pital, 41,00,000 "
in 'O,OOO shares of £5O each.
.
First Issue, 10 000 shares.
Olt 41• and £4 on allotment.
(441,! Per share on application,
that
Le cans not to exceed £5, at intervals of not less than
teetulia,
DIRECTORS.
.'ha
Viderolnalan Berndes Esq. (late of the firm of Messrs.
.tht, ',aovv and Co.),' London.
kreetliarn, Esq. Staleybridge and Manchester, late
for South ' Lancashire.
C'glvit,FarleY Es ,23 Threadneedle-street, London.
file see Rolro'yd,clEsq London, Director of the Mercan-
ese redit Association.:
Xisen, E‘q (Messrs. Guest and Co.), King's
81ard, London. -
So~illia.841) I,TAndreve Esq. (Messrs. W. M
"44? Vlag *-'eet London. 'Andrew and
play Vinaesbajuf.ryE.esiqao.rtatairessr's, Abet, Brothers, Circus-
r s London).
leatil• Neill, Esq '(Messrs. Neill Brothers and Co.,
14tte " and Manch-ester), Director of the British and
itleall Exchange Banking Corporation.
Aitldee,,gerB°ll, Esq. (Messrs. John Rogerson and Co.,
h" alld Newcastle-on-Tyne).
,I,,ozdal'hard Thomas Rowley, M.P., 47, Berkeley-square,
54
-411 Tcl Es q., Director of the Imperial Bank.
4014wuunter,Esq. late of the firm of Messrs.
'niter and Co., Merchants, London John
II With power to add to their number.
481.2. Sole, Turner, saiptiLdlCl-IrarOdßmstrick, 63, Aldermanbury.
The I BANKERS.
't lnperial Bank, 6, Lothbury, London..l s
Continental Bank Corporation, Marsei le .
14e8
BROKERS.
tiggins and Roswell, 1, Threadneedle-street.
t:lames
"Pherd, Esq. Auction Mart.
'caPorary Office's-20, Threadneedle-street.
11.T11?„, PROSPECTUS.
zgt of probably, in the world no field for the introdue-
-BtAtabTitlttal at th same time so large, so safe, and so
'As e' as that Presentedsam by the Ottoman Empire. _
~'lti::,,eaglelnBelvahl:_c,ap.abti9sdof the Empire are so vast, and
productions offer for the profit-
kto4reatoitaletl4olB var.le
pi I Pare so extensive, as to create
lied a tbat, incathtsae days of joint-stock enterprise,
-tlerative field should have been left so long uuoccuTha -
liljto.llde°rattlrean Government is at the. present time giving
Oat .i° attention to the formation of public works,
kiice°att4;4twhaY' and. horse-tram roads from the interior to
iOtt, e cultivation of silk and cotton ; mining oPe-
Nrcli t;',4 the drainage of marshy grounds; and—as
l,,`,l4ittap';o_conducive.to the exte.nsion of the export trade
pokßpovrettn. ent of inland navig4jpation and the means of
tal
°f the of these objects, however,
rteh_ea
14tikie„,'ne country itself is wholly inadequate, aa h
,044414,c,,rn,,ach.inery available b which ur.dertakings on
voki,calective scale can be accomplished..
,Y this want the " 0 ttoman Financial .A ssocia-
it• way ek4not naled,
th_'.4 Course, the intention of the Directors to under-
-4_;v41,.
..ir own
account, the actual carrying out of pub-
th'tqaC'e Ist Turkey. It is believed, however, that by their
tl,tepc°lnitgriue
.development of the great natural resources of
0.4,33- will be encouraged ; a taste for industry
eod.
pVili b NMI he propagated ; confidence amongst the pare
Ptallually inspired ; and the vaSt s.unas wh hta_
_y
teLloyeci:''ltY hoarded all over the country will be pripfi brol
tttti*
oe th„of r°llgPilbhc the medium ot thee
so Associneceataisoanr,yinto
Pthe
li",e trade and klt ariculture. t. 13
Ni P..nY negotiate such concessions
as may be
ttl,ti!lliae*:, 140 Ottoman Government, and assist industrial
or' e, Public works, and railway undertakings, in the
titttoe tels,
t)tteue Rito"w4'ch formerly was the great staple of export,
letto an unlimited extent in T urkey, and the
lq,reclairapci,vernment has now determined upon bringing
trlll all the waste lands available for its cultiva-
ItAt a me Year 1861 the cotton crop of Turkey was
e at 2; 6O 000 bales ; while
J,OOO bales in 186-, at
Pen 411,,t)13' asserted 'that this year's crop will yield
N!'llt 00
and 400,000 bales.
litiLseet Ottomant° the
Financial Association" will, by pecuniary
iCp the native planters, encourage as far as p_o_se-
wth of cotton in the Ottoman Empire.
fromTh
j„'01
crest charged by these money lenders vary
u
ki;l:,l4ti"nlsent. per month (18 to 48 per. cent. per n
a).
11l .aqvarmed are always paid in full by the pe
tiiteltaie ° invariably taken to have ample value to meetr,s
%I,kielettitBtencies and besides the deposit of the farmere.
tti?tly b: the chiefs or community of the villages f
'iktee`c2Me—collectivel or individually—substantial
/4,14 i)s,-s l'or the loans. Y
tt) the -geiPal mercantile communities in Turkey deeply
4tlthyrt,ti 411ta.eber'SitY f°l. such anassociation as is. now propos,ned.
k lulled, and have, consequently, in several
tlthout and forwarded the following resolutions toltlr.
ktleeetkiit inctr?g, in as marked a manner aspossible
. yor an institution which shall meet the
_t aof the on+
—tY. At Smyrna it was lately re-
t4ttlit,i4Te hat the exigencies of its increasing commerce
tfa !eased banking facilities, and that the es hi
likto4lltlitliank would be a great been to the commercial
At ;,te? °I Smyrna, and would, at the same time,. _be_
Vate,aDtofitable medium for the investment of capital." al."
N,ttlltsli." That the establishment of a Branch Bank
bete
t‘i,3..4Birable and necessary in the highest degree;
be of great convenience for placinag
k'411,18-1e n're deposit disposable cash, and thal3anitic
17ra'offers for the employment of
tflitet -"ke e "That the progressive commerce of
ti ceta clEYi'rl°ut'ore apparent the necessity oefravinmeown
:Yroult,yemnd that a Bank, under saueLre
the
altiiiaym:t4ies-r?tinnaittee of management,
411,fr411t-talltlltle'ti`bttit whole ni,e,icaAntidle caotmAra:vou:nupiot,
y'
" That the
and would
, d'ata, success n .
--e.,Of Aleppo calls for the aid of a regularu sa3nskteamt
kZiTat the-establishment of a Branch
corn-
L'4llllit,Yl receivede as a boon by the mercantile
.14,‘14 tiaTr "0111 d be a profitable investment of capital ,
j_tif el,Tre desirablethat some such measure should
j'ea6‘tbN,,,," la as little delay as possible."
,t1.1,,,,ariv-,t,NtrieroPLE and the OTTOMAN EMPIRE,s 3.
enriching
e‘ :11 :t•lhher
idea
Vir,v,",4 " Resources of Turkey,"
catk;' 's Pail for money in Turkey is
ketti?rtai4e,ra to an extent of which in England
44? Two-and-a-half and three pertncent. per
is daily
l'tttit,f,it advances,al to 30 and 36 per cent. per annu.
klllt and that, too with the deosit 'of con-
11)^q:liiobLt•Y to double the amount borrowed." A state-
Bn'r.,...report • e
IY verifi d by the folio wing extracts from
rh`opee`„-Alr Cs Wilkinson reports :—" There
tikllt4ektiva'elteasrPeefrask.tnnsotlrlealblanikin establishments here.
tt 'knee i 8 • per ann. discount paper, class,rtsetnf
in
um t the ra t
ear te
at
th eu rate of
asses ,tese„aey , '", lest than2o per cent. Capital could be
thrk"btisniiiikeltloife_d_heere in banking operations, and
s for the establishment of atot ciutn.peraoEi
itZtltstctolir,e,r ial‘tihre* Consul andison says •—" The &side-
Ntit:_cweat
ra establishment of a Branch Bank. The
NI, 4 Pectir., Le of interest is 20 per cent. per annum,
6"4lssa,ride, ; but up to double that and more is fre-
titta ofil,--ritYilltnt---erlier. Majesty's Consul writes :—" With
per t.:er, eat is as low as 12 per cent., while in other
tlter cent. Poe"' Turkey it • es to 20, 30, 40, and even to
1.41 E% -.ranch
kettotOra rieed.‘, ;pan s foundedris on foreign capital and
'tee, e,eu•
Consul Campbell says : " Money is
(itge„fißh„d high ltlterea is paid for it to the native ban ers.
t'ek "vancee t'ra, particularly, who require large pecne:
tor 03eratioame enable them to carry on their
rate of Per , always borrow money at the
sponge-
E, 't Mont
tlt'-',Ntr. (20 h--36 to 48 per cent. per annum."
ellero are ul Kayat reports :—" There is n a bank
ap,t`l72l4lats t lndividuals who advance money to the_
-tic,q-Per,',:tia- intere'st of sto 6 per cent. per month
,:tv."11), taking bonds generally payable within
51eil Th'llths, so as to fall due about the time of
titieNtd %tie ere are, also, ' Sarafs,' or money-changers,
_
atl•h, viz to resident merchants at a lower rate f
t tie 2 to 4 nt monthly (24 to 48er
trero ••
btAlt ), receivingsecurity in jewellery or property
Vier M
acee of the associatiolinaorilel,b_erainyLonder.
A peued in Constan pl 6 rna, and
the genes„... T 3 or branches wi I be subsequently
lltioanore important towns of the empire.
0t,.‘111411e br tor shares may be addressed in the annexed
t~tth:eetors, and copies of the prospectus may be
of tll. temPorary offices of the Company, r t the
r°kers and solicitors ; but no application will
a,',4ellehless a deposit of £1 per share on the number
40
d for has been paid.
t11(;;Ilik
£gag
°l' APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
reot
tieera of the Ottoman Financial Association
, (Limited).
t4,t4 °lea.
.irlaving paid to your bankers the sum of
deposit of £1 per share on shares in the
that
kept' aecb ?, I hereby request that you will allot me
41111,,,!t of a agree to become a member of the Company
the tiv lot shares, or in respect of any less number
e, and to execute the Articles Associ!ta.owe
'tiate ofII request that my name maybe 121
mbers for the shares so allotted.
Name in full
Residence
Profession or Business
Date

N°. 22,349.

IjINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC,
BRANDY.
This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest
FRENCH BRANDY,
It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by
the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale
at

8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
" Kivahan's LL Whisky."

(IREDIT FONCIER of MAURITIUS (Limited).
`kJ Incorporated with limi ed liability under the Com-
panies' Act, 1862.
Capital £500,000, in 10,000 Shares of £5O each. Payable on
allotment £2 per Share. It is contemplated that about £lO
per Share will be called np.
DI RECTORS.

LONDON BOARD.
Colonel Balfour, C. 8., late Chief of Military Finance De-
partment of India, Director of the Land Mortgage Bank of
India.
Sir John P. Grant, K.C.8., late Lieutenant-Governor of
Bengal, and Director of the Land Mortgage Bank of India.
George Henry Money, Esq., 9, Berkeley-street, Berkeley-
square.
George Palmer Robinson, Esq., Director of the Alliance
Bank of London and Liverpool.
Richard Spooner, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Bank of
Hindustan.
Lieut.-Col. F. A. V. Thurburn, late Deputy-Commissioner
of Revenue in Oude.
Henry Young, Esq., late Chief Secretary to the Govern-
ment at Bombay.
George Clerihew, Esq„ late Chief Medical Officer at
Mauritius.

MAURITIUS BOARD.
The Hon. C6kicourt Antelme, Member of the Legislative
Council and Landed Proprietor.
The Hon. Henri Pitot, Member of the Legislative Council
and Landed Proprietor.
G. C. Bourguignon, Esq., Merchant and Landed Pro-
prietor.
Henri Plasm, Esq., Merchant and Landed Proprietor.
Volcy de Sennevill Esq., Landed Proprietor.
LONDON AGENTS.

The Land Mortgaze Bank of India (Limited).
BANKERS.

London—Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool.
Mauritius—The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, Lon-
don, and China.

SOLIC 'Tons.
Messrs. Flux and Arg,les, Mincing-lane.
Bnox ns.
Messrs. J. and A. Scrimgcour, 10, Old Broad-street.
SECRETARY (ro tem.)—Wm. Grcerne Dick, Esq.
Offices, Land Mortgage Bank of India, 17, Change-
alley, E.C.
The progress of Mauritius, as the chief seat of the produc-
tion of sugar by free labour, has been such as t 3 create a
large and valuable landed property. which affords an excel-
lent field for the operation of a Land Mortgage Bank or
Credit Fonder.
The following table of the exports of sugar from Mauritius
gives the best pro fof this progress, and shows how firmly
the prosperity of the colony is now established :
Tons.

1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
The crop of 1861, owing to a hurricane, only produced
108.000 tons, but that of 1862 reached 160,000 tons,
This production tends every year to increase with the faci-
lities of obtaining labour from India, with extended cultiva-
tion and irrigation, and with the establishment of railroads,
which are in course 01 execution, and will be partially open
to traffic in the early part of this year.
At the present rate of production the annual value of the
sugar crop may be taken at £3,00"1,000, and the fee-simple
value of the sugar e states at £6,000,000 ; in addition to which
there is a large amount of real property in lands, houses, and
other forms.
There is also great scope for useful outlay of capital in im-
provements on estates, by erecting new machinery, clearing
waste lands, and irrigating.
The rate of interest is exceedingly high, and a rate equal
to 10 per cent. per annum, or 8 per cent. interest, with 2 per
cent. e,ommission, would be readily paid on loans redeemable
by annuities, and with a security never less than double the
advance.
It is estimated that a sum of £2,000,000 might be safely in-
vested at this rate.
Supposing £1,000,000 only to be invested at a difference of
4 per cent. between the rate paid upon bonds in England and
received in Mauritius, it is evident that the profit on the
paid-up portion of the share capital, which would not exceed
£lOO,OOO or £150,000, would be very large.
The remainder of the share capital of £500,000, together
with the amount of first mortgages on first-class real pro-
perty, which would always equal the amount of bonds issued,
would thus give these bonds an unexceptionable security.
The legislation of Mauritius affords great advantages for
the establishment of a Credit Foncier,
It is the same as that of the French Code Civil, and a law
providing a simple and effective registration of all mortgages
has just been passed for the express purpose of facilitating
the establishment of Companies to lend upon land.
Under these circumstances an application has been made
to the Directors of the Land Mortgage Bank of India, on be-
half of a large number of the principal members of the Legis-
lative Council and Landed Proprietors of Mauritius, to esta-
blish a branch there.
The Directors of the Land Mortgage Bank were of opin'on
that Mauritius promised an excellent field of operations, but
as the nature of the properties and tenures of land are diffe-
rent from those of India, to which the original subscriptions
of their Bank were invited, it :vita thought better to rai.e a
separate capital and constitute anew Company, which, while
connected with the Mortgage Bank by friendly relations,
should yet be a distinct institution. The close connection
between Mauritius and India renders this alliance peculiarly
desirable, and will be the means of securing valuable busi-
ness to the new Company, while the expenses of sn office
and establishment in London will be diminished by mutually
advantageous arrangements.
A deposit of £2 is payable on allotment, and calls by in-
stalments up to £lO per share will be made, after which it is
intended to issue Bonds.
The Articles of Association lie at the offices of the Solici-
tors for inspection.
Applications may be made in the annexed form, addressed
to the Offices of the Land Mortgage Bank of India (Limited),
Change-alley, or to the Brokers.

' PERSONS SEEKING LANDED
ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES,
FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND
PROPER PIES GENERALLY—
'to BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls
throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices,
No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's
"FREE PROPERTY /tEGISTER," containing a varied selection
of landed and house properties now in the market, from
the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the
cottage with its few acres.
OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em-
brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register
affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the
Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs.
Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers,
where the property is of an eligible charaJer, thereby avoid-
ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon-
veniences.
THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur-
chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency,
and then only the usual moderate commission.
Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London.

THE MARITIME INSURANCE COMPANY
(Limited).
Incorporated, with Limited Liability, under " The
Companies Act, 1862."
Capital, One Million
Issue in 100,
25 000
,000 shareshares .s of £lO each. First
Deposit on Application L 1 pe 41 r
per Share
Share. Further payment on
Allotment .

DIRECTORS.
Francis Boult, Esq. (Messrs. Boult, English and Brandon.)
Alexander Duranty, Esq. (Messrs. A. Duranty and Co.)
William Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Harrisons and Latham.)
W H. Haynes, Esq., Merchant.
Patrick Hunter, Esq. (Messrs. Browne, Hunter, and Co.)
George B. Kerferd, Esq. (Messrs. Geo. B. Kerferd and Co.)
Peter Maxwell, Esq., Merchant.
P. M. Miller, Esq. (Messrs. Miller and Mosman.)
William Nicol, Esq. Merchant.
Daniel Powell, Esq, (Messrs. Daniel Powell and Co.)
T. Harrison Ridley, Esq. (Messrs. Ridley, Son, and Co,)
J. Barkeley Smith, Esq. (Messrs. Houghton, Smith, and Co.)
With power to add to their number.
MANAGER AND UNDERWRITER.
Henry Case, Esq.
BANKERS.
The National Bank of Liverpool (Limited).
The National Bank, Old Broad-street, London.
And its branches in Ireland.
BROKERS, _ -

henry Walker Lucas, Esq., 3, London,
E.C.
Geo. Edwd. Schultz, Esq., Manchester-buildings, Tithebarn-
street, Liverpool.
Edward Fox, Esq., 51, Dame-street, Dublin.
Frederick Fielder, Esq., Cross-street, Manchester.
Charles Boult, Esq., Cross-street, Manchester.

AUDITORS.
Messrs. Harmood Banner and Son.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
4 and 5, Brown's-buildings, Liverpool.
PROSPECTUS.
This Company. is formed, not for the purpose of establish-
ing a new Marine Insurance Office in rivalry with offices
already opened, but with the object of continuing the existing-
Maritime Insurance business so long conducted by Mr. Henry
Case, under the firm of Price and Co., in Exchange-buildings,
Liverpool.
Mr. Case's services, as underwriter, have been secured
upon terms satisfactory to the Directors, dependent in part
upon the success of the Company, and without the payment
of any "promotion money," either in cash or shares.
It is anticipated that whilst the extensive connection al-
ready possessed by Messrs. Price and Co. will be retained
and consolidated by the formation of a Company, the busi-
ness will, at the same time, be considerably increased in
consequence of Marine Insurance Companies being now very
generally preferred to private underwriters.
The success which has attended the operations of Marine
Insurance Companies in Liverpool, may be gathered from
the present value of their Shares in the market, via.:—
Amount Present Equal
paid. price. to
The Thames and Mersey £2 £7 0 0 250 percent. pm.
The British and Foreign 2 415 0 137 „
The Union 2 5 1 3 156 „
The Empire
The Albion .... •
The Mercantile
The strictest economy will be exercised in working, and the
preliminary expenses wail consist solely of the actual neces-
sary disbursements and legal charges.
Applications for Shares must be accompanied by a payment
of £1 per share, which will be retained on account of the full
payment of £2 per share on the number of shares which may
be allotted to the applicant, and will be liable to forfeiture if
payment of the remaining £1 per share be not made at the
time to be stated in the notice of allotment.
Forms of application for shares may be obtained from the
brokers, and also at the temporary offices of the Company,
4 and 5, Brown's-buildings, Liverpool.
In cases where no allotments are made, the deposit will be
returned without deduction.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.
The Maritime Insurance Company (Limited).
To the Directors of the Maritime Insurance Company
(Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers of the above-
named Corn any the sum of £ , I hereby request
that you will allot me Shares in the said Company,
and I agree to accept such Shares, or any smaller number
that may be allotted to me, and to become a member of the
Company, and I authorise you to place my name on the Re-
gister of Members in respect of the Shares to be allotted to
me, and I agree to b 3 bound by all the conditions and regu-
lations contained in the Memorandum and Articles of Asso-
ciation of the Company ; I further authorise you to forward
by post to my address, as below, the certificate for any shares
which may be allotted to me.
Dated this day of 1864.
Name in full
Firm (it any)
Business or Profession...
Place of Business
Residence

ARGYLL ROOI7 S, Windmill-street,
Piccadilly,
IS OPEN EVERY EVENING.
During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance
➢lusic, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele-
brated Argyll Band, forty in number.
Doors Open at half-past 8, commence at 9.
Admission le.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SITARFS.
To the Directors of the CrOlt Foncier of Mauritius (Limited).
Gentlemen,
I hereby request that you will allot me Shares
in the above Company, subject to the Memorandum and
Articles of Association, and I agree to become a Member of
the Company in respect of such Shares, or in respect of any
less number you may allot me, and to pay the deposit (,f £2
per Share thereon ; and I request that my n tine may be
placed on the Register of Members for the Shires so allotted.
Name in full
Residence
Profession or Business
Date
Reference

THE MEXICAN BANK (Limited).
Incorporated uuder the Companies Act, 1862.
Capital £2,000,000, in 20,00 shares of £lOO each.
First Issue 5,000 shares.
Deposit £1 per share on application, and £1 per share on
allotment. Calls will not exceed £5 per share, at intervals
of three menthe.

DIRECTORS._

Frederick Harrison, Esq., Director of the London and County

Bank.
James L. Hart, Esq., Consul for ➢iexico (J. Hart and Co.),

_
London.
Abel Heywood. Esq. (ex-Mayor of Manchester), Director of
the Alliance Bank.
Lewis Laneworthy, Esq., Manchester.
William J. Marshall, Esq. (Wilson, Bowles, and Co.), Lon'lon.
John Paterson, Esq , Chairman of the Standard Bank of
British South Africa.
Robert Rumney, Esq., Director of the Alliance Bank, Man-

chester. . •
Charles Alexander Thurburn, Esq., late of R. and H. Thum
burn, of Alexandria.

BANKERS.
The Alliance Bank, Lothburv, London ; Brown's-buildings,
Liverpool ; and 75, King-street, Manchester.
SOLICITORS-
London—Flux and Arzles, 9, Mincing-lane.
Liverpool—Fletcher, Hull, and Stone, Cook street.
BROKERS.
J. and J. Whitehead, 8, Moor ate-street, London.
Shore and Kirk, Manchester.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
16, King William-street, London, E.C.

Manager, M. GRENET.

BENSON'S WATCHES, adapted for any climate
and country; wholesale and retail. Chronometer,
duplex, lever, horizontal, vertical, repeAing, centre seconds,
keyless, astronomical, reversible, and chronograph watches,
from 200 to three guineas each.
An illustrated pamphlet and price list of every description
of watch post free for two stamps.
J. W. BENSON, by special warrant of appointment watch
and clock maker to 11.R.H. the Prino3 of Wdles. Manufac-
tory, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, E.C.

THE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country
should read "TILE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK-
RUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS," showing* what can be
legally done, and the exact cost. To be had gratis and post
free of Mr. Wetherfield, Solicitor of the Court, 25, Dloorgate-
street. Bank.
N.B.—Debts recovered on commission, without law ex-
pences to clients.

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For COUGHS, COLDS, SHORTNESS of
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doubtless the German papers are full of them, and
will find much more to say concerning them.
As I write, a report reaches me that, besides the
fighting at Bilchau, which is said to have been
severe, there has been a short encounter at Dupel,
the Danish fortified position on the mainland, cover-
ing the passage to the island of Alsen.
Soon after noon yesterday Duke Frederick of
Augustenburg was proclaimed Duke of Schleswig-
Holstein in the town of Schleswig, a Dr. Sawer
raking the lead upon the occasion and making a
speech. I see by the papers that a Berlin Minis-
terial jiminal lately denied that the Duke cf
Augustenburg had been proclaimed anywhere in
Schleswig. The denial is worthless. I was at
Eckernforde myself when he was there proclaimed,
in numerous smaller places I heard of the same cere-
mony having been gone through, and my belief is
that it has been so in every town and village in
Schleswig which the Danes have left. Nor can it
be called altogether a mere ceremony, for there is
not a doubt that the Duke is extremely popular in
both duchies, and that the people inseparably asso-
ciate in their minds and hearts his accession to the
throne with their permanent emancipation from
Danish rule and with the union of Schleswig and
Holstein. The tri-coloured banner of his cause is
at this moment waving in profusion from the
windows of this town, side by side with the red,
black, and yellow flag of Germany.
The snow continues to fall heavily, with a driving
wind and raw cold. Schleswig town, a poor sort
of place for the capital even of this duchy, but with
scenery around it which, I dare say, is pretty at a
more favourable season, looks bleak and dreary on
this first Sunday in February and seventh day of
the war. It is full of visitors from Holstein, some
of whom, in their patriotic eagerness to see the
emancipated town, have walked up from Rends-
burg, a distance of nearly 20 miles. To-day the
railway from Rendsburg hither is open more or less
and as circumstances permit. The war has of
course thrown everything out of gear as regards
the regular means of locomotion. The constant pas-
sage of military trains, conveying stores, soldiers,
&c., has deranged all the usual trains. Travellers
from Kiel to Rensburg, who left the former place
before 6 p.m. yesterday, arrived at the latter at past
midnight, having had to wait three and a-half hours
at Neumunster. They were prodigiously numerous,
for every body who can spare the time and money
is bent upon going over the ground from which the
Danes have recently been driven. Of the state of
the coach roads, and of the extent to which they
are crowded with long strings of carts conveying
stores to the front, you may form an idea from the
fact that it took a pair of stout post-horses from
half-past 1. until past 7 this morning to get over
the distance between Rendsburg and this place.
The railway to Flensburg is not yet open, but it
is to be expected that it soon will be so, now that
the Danes have been driven beyond that town.

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Naval and Military Intellige/ice:,

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THE NAVY.
The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander B. P•-•chell,
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Dev onport
with supernumerary seamen from her Mojesty's
ship St. George, paid out of commission at that
port.

The Frederick William, 84, screw steamship, of
3,240 tons and 500 horse power, has been brought
down Portsmouth harbour and placed alongside the
dockyard to complete her outfit from the first-ekss
reserve for immediate commission. It is rumoured
that the Princess Ro3-al, screw liue-of-hattie ship,
the ship which has been named as the flagship of
the future Comm nder-in-Chiel en the East India'
and Cape Station, Rear-Admiral St. Vincent King,
has been found to be so defective hat it was
necessary to substitute some other ship far the pui,
pose, and hence the present orders for the F
William.

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The Urgent, screw troopship, refitting the (
ship basin, of Portsmouth dockyt-trd for-couuniss:,on
by Capt. Thndersnn, late in command of the •
screw troopship Megt•e7a, is undergoing vr:r'y
tensive repairs on her hull, externally and inter-
nally. In addition to what is required to the iron
hull below the upper deck the woodwork of the
latter is being almost entirely renewed with new
work. The fastenings of her plating under water
were found very defective, owing to the Vi741.1t. 01
some protective composition covering the rivet-
heads on the ship's inner skin.

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The Sharpshooter, 6, iron gunvessel, scz.zw,
No. 6 dock at Portsmouth, is under repair by
shipwright department, and is expected to be com-
missioned when completed in her refit, for home
and experimental service. This vessel is fitted with
Captain Warren's patent bow rudder, for steering
the ship when going astern, and is coated internally
with Spence's patent cement.
The Sparrowhawk, 4 screw gun vessel, has a
large number of hands employed upon her, repair-
ing defects in dock at Portsmouth. She is in a very
dilapidated state, and the greater part of her bow
and stern will have to be entirely reconstructeki.
The Calcutta, sailing line-of-battle ship, is fit ting
by the shipwrights in No. 2 dock at Portsmouth,
to take the place of the Illustrious, es tender to the
Excellent, gunnery ship at Portsmouth, the formcr
ship having been condemned. The Calcutta's ports
are undergoing alterations to suit the different de-
scriptions of ordnance which she will carry for ex-
perimental purposes, as well as for ordivary prac-

Lice and drill. She is also having a port cut an each
side 7ft. by 6ft., through which to take in heavy
ordnance and carriages, in lieu of hoisting in over
all, as has hitherto been the case. This ship was
built in Bombay in the year 1831, of teak, and the
extraordinary soundness of her timbers at present
furnishes a strange commentary on the flimsy build
and rottenness of such vessels as the Sparre whawk
and scores of others which have been constructed of
late years.
The undocking of the 21 gun corvette Wol-
verene at Woolwich, for the reception of the iron-
cased sloop Enterprise, is ordered to be deferred
until Saturday, by reason of the entrance and off-
ing abreast of the dock being encumbered withrrtud
and gravel, which it is difficult to remove earlier.
A couple of dredging-machines, employed in
cleaning out the inner basin, are engaged in the
work, and the refuse is removed in barges
to aid in extending the wharf, which is
in progress at the extremity of the arsenal. The
Wolverene will be afterwards brought into the
inner basin, to be fitted for commission, and is
ordered to be ready by the c'ose of next month.
The paddlewheel sloop Gorgon, Commander Wil-
son, will be put out of commission this morning,
and the crew paid off at 10 o'clock at Woolwich.
Mr. Brain, appointed assistant-master shipwright
at IVool wich, has taken up his duties in succession
to Mr. Thornton, promoted to Chatham yard. Mr.
Brain has obtained experience in various positioes
in most of her Majtisty's dockyards. He has been
employed at Portsmoutli during a consecutive
period of 16 years, and hes there been eeglged in
the building of the Victoria, It)yal Sovereign, Prince
of Wales, Marlborough, Duncan, and other ships.
The Lords CoMmissioners of the Admiralty have
expressed their satisfaction with his services in a
letter of commendation and thanks.

Spreading of the News of Thackeray's Death,

(AS PICTURESQUELY DESCRIBED BY HENRY KINGSLEY IN
THE FEBRUARY NUMBER OF "MACMILLAN.")
And those who loved him are left lamenting because he is
gone, and because they missed the few last priceless words
which he might have spoken, We honour their grief, but let
them remember that it is shared by others—that William
Makopeace Thackeray has seventy millions of mourners.
Just now the mails are going out. A hundred splendid
steamships are speeding swiftly over every sea, east, west,
and north, from the omphalos called London, to carry the
fortnight's instalment of British history and British thought
into every land where the English language is spoken. But
the saddest news they carry—sadder news than they have
carried for many a month—is the announcement of the death
of William Thackeray.
It will come first to New York, where they loved him as
we did. And the ffaneurs of the Broadway, and even the
busy teen in Wall-street will stay their politics and remem-
ber him. They will say " Poor Thackeray is dead."
Though they may refuse to hear the truth—though they
choose to insult us beyond endurance, at stated times—let
us keep one thing in mind : the flags at New York were
hung half-mast high when Havelock died. Let us remem-
ber that.
And so the news will travel southward. Soros lean,
lithe, deer-eyed quadroon lad will sneak, run swiftly, pause
to listen, and then hold steadily forward across the desolate
war-wasted space between the Federal lines and the smoul-
dering watchfires of the Confederates, carrying the news
brought by the last mail from Europe, and will come up to a
knot of calm, clear-eyed, lean-faced Confederate officers—
(Oh I that such men should be wasted in such a quarrel, for
.h(3 sin was not theirs after all) ; and one of these men will
run his eye over the telegrams, and will say to the others,
" Poor Thackeray is dead." And the news will go from
picket to picket, along the limestone ridges, which hang
above the once happy valleys of Virginia, and will p,:ss
south, until Jefferson Davis—the man so like Stratford de
B,edeliffe—the man of the penetrating oyes and of the ilia
close-set lips—the man with the weight of an empire on his
shoulders—will look up from his papers and say, with
heartfelt sorrow, " The author of The Virginians' is
dead."

upon the hill-side at Simla, there will stand soon a
group of English, Scotch, and Irish gentlemen, looking
ever the great plain below, and remarking to one another
how mush the prospect had changed lately, and how the
grey Irown jungle has been slowly supplanted by the bril-
liant emerald green of the cotton plant, and by a thousand
threads of silver water from the irrigation trenches. They
hopingthat Lawrence will succeed poor Lord Elgin,
and l
that will not be sacrificed in that accursed Calcutta;
they will
wi he
llbewondering how it fares with Crawley. Then
a dawk will toil up the hill-side with the mail; and in a
few minutes they will be saying,
"Lawrence is appointed ;
Crawley is acquitted ; but poor Thackcray is dead."
The pilot, when he comes out in his leaping whaleboat,
and boards the mail steamer, as she lies-to off the heads
which farm the entrance gates to our new Southern Empire,
will ask the news of the captain ; and he will be told, " Lord
Elgin and Mr. Thackeray aro dead." That evening they
will know it in Melbourne, and it will be announced at all the
theatres; the people, dawdling in the hot streets half the
night through, waiting for the breaking up of the weather,
will tell it to one another, and talk of him. The sentence
which we have repeated so often that it has half lost its
meaning, will have meaning to them. " William Thacheray
is dead."
So the news willtly throughthe seventy million souls who
speak the English language. And he will lie cold and deaf
in his grave, unconscious, after all his work, of his greatest
triumph; unconscious that the great, so-called Anglo-
Saxon race little knew how well they loved him till they
lost him. Vanitas vanitatum I " Let us shut up the box
and the puppets, for the play is played out."

OMINOUS ACCOUNTS are received of the doings of
the Italians, who are preparing for war by collect-
ing an immense amount of material at Ancona. Garibaldi
has redoubb d his earnestness of appal to his countrymen
for the million of arms, and men to back them. It is salcl
this furore has been awakened by .Austria's proceedings
in
connexion with Prussia, and the belief that there is a com-
pact for the latter to have Kiel and the former to be defended
in her possession of Venice; so the sootier a check is given
to the design by Italy the better. Such is the language of
Italian journals copied into German papers.

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