The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-25 00:00:00

N°,, 22,361

'Tr
WHERE CAN WE MEET' AFTER THE
PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup
at EVANS', Covent-garden.

KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC,
BRANDY.
This celebrated Old IRI3II WHISKY rivals the finest
FRENCH BRANDY,
It i , Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by
the Agents in the prin3ipal towns in England; or wholesale
at

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

GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES BILL.—At a
numerously attended MEETING of the MEMBERS
of the LIFE ASSUR a_NCF. PROFESSION, held at the
Offices of the Royal Farmers' Assurance Company, 3, Nor-
folk-street, Strand, on Friday, February 19, 1864,
JOHN REDDISH, Esq„ in the Chair,
The following Resolutions were passed:-
1. That Life Assurance has been carried on in
an this country
for a century and a half by private enterprise, d that
Life Assurance Companie- have fulfilled their engagements
in a manner which will bear honourable comparison with
that of any otherclass of institutions; that they have always
adapted themselves to the public wants and convenience, and
are able and willing to continue to do so.
2. That this Meeting is of opinion that the proposal of the
Government is an interferen with ordinary commercial
enterprise, and ought to be oppceosed.
B. That a Committee, with power to add to their number,
be now appointed, for the purpose of watching the measure
and taking such steps a Resolutions deem expedient.
4. That the foregoing be signed by the Chair-
man and transmitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in-
serted in the daily papers, and sent to the metropolitan and
other members of the House.
JOHN REDDISH, Chairman.
ComairrrEE.—C. Jellicoe, Esq , J. Reddish, Esq., T. B.
Sprague, Esq., H. T. Tinfold, Esq., J. Messent, Esq., Henry
Harben, Esq.
Communications in reference to the above subject should
be addressed to the Honorary Secretary, Henry Harben, 35,
Ludgate-hill, London.

THE GPLLIVARA COMPANY (Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, by which
the liability of shareholders is limited to the amount of their
shares.
Capital £500,0003 in 10,C01 shares of £5O each, with power to
increase.
Deposit £1 per share on application, and £4 on allotment ;
the remainder to be calle as reuired, but no call to
exceed £5 per share, and at an interval of no less than three
months between each call.
Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. guaranteed during the
first three years.

DIRECTORS.
E. P. Alderson, Esq., 26, Old Broad-street.
Thos. Brassey, jun., Esq., Great George-street.
Chas. Cammell, Esq., Sheffield and London.
W. K. Gladstone, Esq., 57k, Old inroad-street.
J. H. Johnson, Esq., Director of the English and Swedish
Bank.
George Payne Kitson, Esq., 13, King's Arms-yard.
V. Kjellberg, Esq„ Stockholm.
Hugh C. Smith, Esq., 47, Belgraye-square.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-street.
BANKERS IN SWEDEN.
The English and Swedish Bank cLimited), Stockholm and
Gothenburg.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Dawes and Sons, 9, Angel-court, Throgmorton-st.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Mullens, Marshall. and Daniell, 3, Lombard-street.
Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, Bartholomew-lane.

THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1864.

ryr'ERSONS SEEKING LANDED
.g ~ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES,
FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND
PROPER TIES 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 H. Lumley's
"FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," 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 Resister
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 character, 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 best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear
are those made by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street.
They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being
carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the
wealthy purchasers. "In medio tutisimus ibis."
ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS
PER PAIR.

THE MEXICAN BANK
(Limited).
The Allotment of the Shares in this Bank was This Day
completed by the Board, and the Letters of Regret and
Allotment will be forwarded without delay.
By order.
WM. THOS. MORRISON, Secretary pro tem.
Temporary Offices-10, King William-street, E.C.
19th February, 1864.

THE MEXICAN BANS
(Limited).
The Directors are prepared to receive Applications from
Gentlem n, properly qualified, to proceed to Mexico as their
Representative.
Letters in reply to this Advertisement to be addressed to
the Chairman, and will be considered confidential.

By order.
WM. THOS. MORKISON, Secretary pro tem.
Temporary Offices-10, King William-street, E.C.

NORWICH UNION FIRE AND LIFE
OFFICES.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

The Directors hereby give notice, that, in consequence of
the immediate extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway, they have vacated their offices, No. 6, Crescent, New
Bridge-street, and REMOVED to their NEW PREMISES,
No. 29, Fleet-street, E.C.
February 4, 1864

FIRST-CLASS SECURITY.—The STRAND
MUSIC HALL COMPANY (Limited), is now issuing
MORTGAGE BONDS of X5O each, being aFirst Charge:upon
the Property of the Company, repayable in Three Years. and
bearing Interest at Ten per Cent. per Annum, p yable hqt-
yearly.
Apply at the Offices of the Company, 345, Strand, W.C.
or to Mr. G. T. Taylor, Stock and Share Broker, 11, Token-
house-yard, E.C.
By Order of the Board,
FREDERIC LA WRANCE, Secy.

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
11 E C U L I A
A TALE OF THE GREAT TRANSITION. R.
Edited by WILLIAM HOWITT.
"Since Mrs. Stowe's `Uncle Tom,' we have had no tale of
a similar nature so pure, so life-like, till the present publi-
cation of ' Peculiar.' "—Observer.
"The author of these remarkable volumes is to the full as
vivid a writer as Mrs. Stowe, and in several points her
superior. "—Advertiser.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-
street.

SECRETARY.
Charles W. Earle, Esq.
Temporary Offices-1, Copthall-chambers.
This Company has been established for the purpose ot
purchasing a property in the kingdom of Sweden, known as
the Gelliver Estates, with the v.ew of developing its great
resources.
The property comprises—
(A) About 1.200,000 acres of land, 900,000 acres of which are
freehold, and the remaining 300,000 acres can be made of the
of r
same tenure.
and Afore than 500,000 acres consist
alreadypines; under cul-
tivation or fit tor it ; and fur her extensive districts will
become available for agricultural purposes.
(B) The Geltivara iron bed is probably the largest and
most productive in the worid, extending, over nearly three
square miles. The ore consists partly of hematite and partly
of protoxide of iron, without any visible trace of pyrite,
yielding on the average 65 per cent. of pure metal.
The mountain was surveyed in 1857 and practical English
mining engineer, Mr. Thomas, F.G.S., he reported his
opinion to be that—
By adopting a systematic mode of working. there may be
readily extracted from seven to eight millions of tons of very
fine magnetic ironstone. readily obtainable by levels, and
without the application of any draining machinery; and that,
no doubt, even this large quantity might be materially in-
creased by removal of top ruobish and vegetation on the line
of bearing of the ironstone, before it will be found necessary
to apply any machinery for drainage."
The mountain was likewise inspected in 1812 by • Professor
Erdmann, Chiet Director of the Royal Geological Surveys in
Sweden, and, according to his report, a great number of the
veins are estimated at trout • to 000 feet in thickness, and
about 1,000 feet in length, and the produce of one single vein
may fairly be calculated to equal more than three million
tons of ore.
(C) 215 farms, nine water and one steam sawmill, two blast
furnaces, four ironworks, a ship-building yard, &c.
The greater portion of this property was purchased from
the late King of Sweden by an association of merchants in
Sweden and Norway, whose operations have been confined to
the wood businessl and to a gradual extension of the cultiva-
tion of the land.
The wood business yields very favourable results. The
annual production is about 10,000 St. Petersburg standards,
or about 33,000 loads, coating on an average £3, and selling
readily for shipment to England, France, Spain, &c., at prices
equal to an average of 1 ss. per standard, tree on board at
the shipping ports, thus showing a profit of £1 ss. er stan-
dard. This production can b s considerably increased by the
erection of more sawmills.
The value of the iron ore is increased by the circumstance
that, without encroaching on the timber adapted for more
valuable purposes, tee forests of the estates and the waste
wood at the different sawmills Ave an abundant supply of
charcoal, at a tow cost, so that 25,000 tons of pig iron can
readily be made at a cost of £1 19s. per ton, free on board at
the shipping port, while the present selling price is above
£4 per ton.
A. ready sale of the ore nay be safely calculated on at the
estimated price of 15e. per ton, tree onboard, at the shipping
port, te the owners of the for. sts And sewm lls on both the
Swedish and Finland side of the Gul of Bothnia, who have
now large quanthies of wood annually wasted, which they
con d turn into value by making charcoal of it if they could
obtain good iron ore at a moderate cost tor eme;ting.
The only obstacle for working the mineral property has
bee the oifficulty of transport of the ore from the mountain
to the furnaces a. cl shipping port. The wedish Go
chvern-
mnt and D•ete fu ly appreciating the grea St
benefit whi
the working of throe valuable mines would have on the
national pro.perity, have now lest their aid by granting a
considerable subvention for facilitating the transport.
Very careful surveys have proved that the
frmom the iroo4 ecenomi-
cal means of transport will be by a ra lway n
mountain to the river Lule, a distance et about sixty Engli4h
miles, and by further making two short canal: o avoid
rapids and fal s, which will render that river navigab e to
the port cif Gaddvik in the Guif of Bothnia.
The entire cost of thi: railway, including rolling
wardstock,
and of the two canals, will not exceed £232,000, and o
thi the Swedi h Government and Diet have granted a -us-
vention to the emount of 850,000 rix dollars, or about
£48,000.
This Company has cont acted to purchase all these valu-
eble estates for the sum of a 225,0,A, in order to carry on and
extend the wood businen, to extend the cultivation of the
lan,, to work the mineral wealth of the property, and to
cons runt for this purpose the railway from the Gel ivara iron
mount •in to the river Lule and the two canal • on that river.
For these purposes a capital of £500,000 is required.
The presen stock, about 8,000 standards of manufactured
wood goods, will be taken over front the vendors at their
actual cost price, whereby a considerable profit wi 1 be directly
gained by the Company.
Three years will be required to construct the railroad
and the canals, so as to bring the iron business into full
operation.
The returns of the undertaking may then be fairly esti-
mated as under :-
Ist. From the sale of 60,000 tons of iron ore to pro-
prietors of furnaces in Sweden and Finland, at a
£lB,OOO
profit of 69. per ton
2d. From the poduction of 25,000 tons of pig iron at
the Company'rs own furnaces at a profit of £2 Is
51,250
per ton
3d. From 15,000 standards of wood at a profit of
—£l ss, per standard 18,750
4th. From net income of railwayB,7oo
sth. From net income of canal and traffic thereon 6,395

THE ENGLISH, IRISH, and FOREIGN
ROLLING STOCK COMPANY (Limited'. Incor-
porated under " The Companies' Act, 1/.62," with limited
liability.—For the building, sale. and letting on lease, or
otherwise, of improved railway carriages and waggons. and
for other purposes. Capital, £150,000, in 15.000 shares of .£lO
each, with power to increase the capital when necessary.
First issue of 10000 shares. Deposit on application 10s. per
share, and on a., lotment 10s. per share. Calls not to exceed
£1 per share, and three months' interval between two suc-
cessive calls. If no allotment is made, the deposits will be
returned in fun The preliminary expenses will be strictly
confined to matters of actual outlay, no promotion money
being paid to any one. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum will be allowed on payments in advance of calls.
DIRECTORS.
Sir William Smith, Bart„ Caron Club, and Eardiston, Wor-
cestershire (Chairman o the Llanrhidian Bituminous Col-
liery Company, Limited .
James Bancks, Esq., Broxbourne, Herts (Director of the
Tamar Kit Hill and Callington Railway Company).
Thomas John Bolton, Esq (Mail Contractor \ Gough-street,
Gray's Inn-road; and of Grore-park, Kingsbury.
George Ward Challis, Esq. (George Challis and Co.), 69, Lom-
bard-street.
F. Howard, Esq, Preston House. The Hyde, Middlesex
(Director of the South Blackpo Hotel Company, Limited).
John Ingledew, Esq., Crowland House, Islington.
St. George C. D'Arcy Irvine, Esq. (Director of tha Tamar
Kit Hill and Callington Railway Company).
William Knight, Esq. (William Knight and Co.', Merchants,
83, Lombard-street, E C.
Sylvanus Padley, 14:sq., J.P., Colliery Proprietor, Swansea.
John Robinson, Esq. rtobie son and C 0.,. Gresham House,
E.C. Director of the British Slate Company).
Charles Seaton. Esq., 13, Queen -street, Mayfair.
Bassett .math, Esq.. F.G.S., Blenheim House, Hammersmith
(Deputy Chairman of the Tewkesbury and Malvern Rail-
way Company;.

BANKERS.
The Agra and United Service Bank, Cannon-street, E.C.
London, Birmingham, and South Staffordshire Bank, 110
Cheapside.

BROMIRS.
Messrs. St. Alphonse and Halls, 75, Old Broad-street, E.C.
Bristol—J. S. Thomas, MR., 23, Clare-street.
Birmingham—Messrs. Massey and Son, 2. Cherry-street.
Edinburgh—Me,srs. Thomas Miller and Sons, 72, Princes

street.-
Manchester—Messrs. Leigh, Molyneux, and Co., 28, Princes.
street.

ENGINEER.
William D'Arcy, Esq., 2, uuk,'-street, Westminster.
AUDITORS.
Stanley R. Bennett, Esq., Public Accountant, 3!, Nicholas.
lane, Lombard-street, J.C.41
➢iessrs Edwards and James, Public Accountants, is, King
street, Cheapside.

MR. SHERIDAN LE FANU'S NEW. NOVEL,
WY LDE.It'S HAND,
By the Author of " The House by the Churchyard,"

Is ready at every Library.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

Now ready, No. 2, to be continued Weekly, price One

Deduct for management, drc..

£101,095
8,095

Penny,
THE ANECDOTE LIBRARY.
Consisting of Anecdotes, Original and Selected;
Ancient and Modern, English, and Translated from all
Languages.
-- • • •

SOLICITOR.
H. C. Elliott, Esq., 5, Sherborne-lane, King William-street,
E.C.

GENERAL MANAGER.
R. P. Bayliss, Esq.
Temporary pipes-31, Nichulas-lane, Lombard-street, E.C.

Net Profit ................. £15,000
or 19 per cent. on the share capital Irrespective of returns
be
from land, probable increase in sale of ore, and profits to
derived from the Company making bar iron and steel.
During the first three years required for the full develop-
ment of the property, the vendors guarantee that the income
on the paid-up capital shall amount to at least (1 per cent. per
annum payable half-yearly, and they have bound themselves
to make up any deficiency in such amounts ; as security for
the due fulfilment of this guarantee, the vendors leave in the
hands of the Company £50,000 of the purchase-money, which,
together with the profits of the wood business, forms an ample
guarantee fund.
The map and schedule of the estates, estimates of c)st of
railroad and canals, and estimates of cost of production of
iron and wood, together with the reports ot Mr. 1 homas, and
of Mr. Alexander Erdmann, and a letter from the Minister of
the Interior, in Sweden, bearing testimony to the great in-
terest of the Swedish Government in the undertaking, may
be seen at the Company's Offices.
Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association lie
for inspection at the Office of the Solicitors. Messrs. Dawes
and Sons, and at the Temporary Offices of the Company.
Application for Shares must beS
made in the annexed form,
accompanied by a deposit of £1 per hare.
Prospectu.es and forms of application for Shares may be
obtained at the Tem; orary Offices of the Company and the
London Financial Association (Limited), 1, Threadneedle-
street and the Brokers' ; the branches of the English and
Swedish Bank in Stockholm and Gothenburg will also re-
ceive applications and deposits for Shares for transmission
to England,

ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
This Company has been established for the purpose of in.
troducing imported patented inventions for railway wag-
gons and buffer-springs, and other improvements (by which
the cost of repairs will be greatly reduced) in the construction
of railway wa,: gone, and of goo is, coal, and other waggons,
and for the building, and sale, or letting on lease or other-
wise, of such waggons to railway companies, coal owners,
and others.
Rolling Stock and Waggon Compan
most successful undertakings of the da)
dividends to the Shareholders, and acct
serve funds, as will be seen from the fo
a few of them :

This form must be delivered entire to the Bankers of the
Company, and, after payment of deposit, the application to
be retained by them.

Name of Company.

Railway Rolling Stock Asso-1

elation
Birmingham Waggon Com-

pany
Gloucester Waggon Company
Midland Waggon Company..

Amount
of Share.

ies are amongst the
distributing large
'mutating ample re-
[lowing statement of

Dividend
per cent.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Gelltvara Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers, Messrs. Smith,
Payne, and Smiths, the sum of E , being a deposit of El
per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby
request that you w li allot me that number ; and I hereby
agree to accept such Shares, or anv smaller number that may
be allotted to me, and to execute the Articles of Association
when required, and to my name being placed on the Register
of Shareholders for the Sh
Name in f
Itesiden,e
Profession or Business
Date

£9 r

Reserve.

.£20,504

10,308
3,500
76,950

in the
Ist year's
working.

The D rectors have received promises of large contracts for
the construction of carriages and other business as soon as
the company is in condition to commence active operations ;
and the business intended to be undertaken not being of a
speculative nature, but well defined, and yielding very large
profits to other persons now engaged in them.
The Directors, at the Second Half-Yearly Meeting of the
United Kingdom Rolling Stock Company, have just declared
a Dividend at the rate of 6 per cent., free of Income Tax, for
the past Six Months. The amount to the credit of profit and
loss was equal to the payment of a Dividend at the rate of 8
per cent. r.er annum; but in the present early stage of the
Company's existence, it has been thought better to carry
over the balance to the next halt year.
Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained of
the brokers, or of the solicitors, or at the offices of the Com-
pany.
The deposit of 10s. upon each share applied for must be
paid to the Lompany's bankers when the application is sent
in. This p.um will be returned in full if no allotment be
made to the applicant.

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, Moorgate-
street, Bank.
N.B. —Debts recovered on commission, without law ex-
pences to clients.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LINCOLN SPRING MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.
A sharp frost at night did not promise particularly well

for the sport to-day, but the warm rays of the sun soon
made it good going, and by 1 30 a much larger assemblage
than yesterday had made its way to the course. The Lin-
colnshire Handicap was the one subject of speculation and
comment. Not that betting was in any degree brisk on the
occasion ; the easy victory of Anglo. Saxon the previous
day seeming to point to a foregone conclusion on this. A
strong party, however, went for Benjamin, the representa-
tive of the French stable, turned loose at 6st 121 b. They
were rewa-ded for their sagacity by his easy winning; the
Duke de Morny running second with Partisan ; so our
neighbours have began the season in this country well.
Some money changed hands on the occasion.
The other events call for no particular comment, and are
fully detailed below. The ground was in fair order.

ARGYLL ROOM S, Windmill-street,
Piccadilly,
IS OPEN EVERY E VENING.
During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance
Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele-
brated Argyll Band, forty in number.
Doors Open ct Half-past 8, commence at 9.
Admission ls.
Manager, M. GRENET.

44A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W.
THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
Open daily from 10 tllllO. Where may be seen the
Asters; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant;
Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards ot 3,000
Models, Natural Preparations, dw. Egyptian Mummies,
unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (for
Gentlemen only).

ON CHLORATE OF POTASSA AND ITS USE IN OXYDISING

THE BLOOD.
DR. J. P. SARGEANT, M.R.C.S., and L.S.A.
(1836', will shortly repeat his Lecture on this subject
at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, and will satisfactorily, prove
that Chlorate of Potassa,
through a mixture of quick-line and water, and subsequently
bailing a long time with Chloride of and
is a most
(as repared by passing chlorine
active remedy for oxydising the blood, and restoring vitality
to the low, vitiated state of the nervous system, and is there-
fore calculated to supersede the use of iron, mercury, quinine,
and sarsaparilla. —56, Gower-street, Bedford-square, London.

PRIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL
EXIIIBITION, 1862.
FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., &0.,
To the Queen an 4 the nit= of Wales.
(Established IVO.)
The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862,
testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers'
manufacture.
A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis
Tucker and Co., on the subject of
WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS,

says :
" I have found them fully equal to the recommendation
which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, com-
mend them to the clergy for the nse of the altar."
Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. d. per lb.
Ordinary quality Od. per lb.
VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax.
Best quality sd. per lb.
Secand quality •• •• •• ls. 3d. per lb.
Third quality is. ld. per lb.
Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value.
FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.,
8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory—
Kensington (Established 1730).
The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture
of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar.

MESSRS. BOTT. JACKSON, AND CO.
execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the
year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and
Westminster Bank. Post-utlice Orders payable at Camber-
well-park.
N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup.
Address—BoTT and JACKSON, " Man of the World" Wine
Stores, George street,, Camberwell -park, London.

KAYE'S WORSI) ELL'S PlLLS.—These Pills
are a purely vegetable preparation, and may be taken
t any time by either sex without fear or danger. They act
upon the bowels mildly yet effectually, and by their floe tonic,
aromatic, and aperient properties, they rerno, e all oppressive
accumulations, regulate the secretions of the liver and bowels,
strengthen the st.unach, and purify the blood. Unlike many
remedies, they do not induce liability to take cold or esta-
blish a necessity for the habitual use of purg,atittes, and are
thus a tronerly recommended as the BEoT FAMILY
MEDICINE.
Prepared solely by John Kaye, Esq.. of Prospect Hall,
Wopoodtf,oir2d, B,Ersesaci.ex. Sold by all chemists and other dealers in
patent medicines, at Is lid, 2s 9d, and 4s 6d. Wholesale
De Bread-street, London.

BENSON'S WATCHES, adapted for any climate
and country; wholesale and retail. Chronometer,
duplex, lever, horizontal, vertical, repeating, 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 stxtnps.
J. W. BENSON, by special warrant of appointment watch
and clock maker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wsles. Manufac-
tory, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill. E.C.

THE CAPE MAILS.

PLYMOUTH, Feb. 24.

The Union Company's mail steamship Saxon,
with the above mails, arrived here this afternoon.
Her dates are—Cape the 20th, St. Helena the 29th
ult., and Ascension the 2d instant. She brings 40
passengers. _ __

The governor was to leave Table Bay on Jan. 21
in the Narcissus for Algoa Bay,
en route for
Graham's Town, where the governor's visit was to
be marked by the townspeople with triumphal
arches, bonfires, and illuminations.
It was not known what measures the governor
intended to bring before the parliament. A batch
of new taxation bills were expected, but on what
interest the imposts were
to be laid had not been
announced.

The governor had ordered the stoppage of all
public works, the insufficient supplies provided by
the Parliament last year being exhausted.
The condition of colonial finances was beginning
to attract attention. It was expected that not-
withstanding every possible curtailment of the
current expenditure, yet by June next the tem-
porary loans necessary to eke out the treasurer's
resources would be increased to at least £lOO,OOO.
The commander of the forces was to accompany
the governor, and mako a tour of inspection of the
various military stations and outposts. It was
expected that the head-quarters would again be
established at Graham's Town.

Telegraphic intelligence received at Graham's
Town on Jan. 8 states that all was quiet oa the
frontier, but that another Kaffir prophet had
arisen, advising the Kaffirs to sow plentifully for
three years, and not to dispose
of the crops, but to
store them up, as after three years nn corn would
grow. This was thought to be a design to provide
alone for campaigning purposes.
Advocate Brand, President Elect of the Free
State, had left Cape Town for Bloemfontein, the
seat of the Free State Government. He was feted
in the colonial towns through which he passed.
Fresh disturbances had occurred in the Trans-
vaal, in which Pretorius was said to have had a
discreditable share. An attempt had been made
to oust Van Rensebung from the presidency in
favour Pretorius, but was expected to fail.
was improving. Provi-
sions
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cheap.
Saxon arrived out on the 12th. The mails
landed here were forwarded by the night trains.
The Saxon loaves at midnight for Southampton.
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 26.
The Cape mail brings no news of Dr. Living-
stone.

CITY BETTING.—THIS DAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
10 to 1 agst Bantam (taken)
10 to 1 agst Emblematic (offered)
14 to 1 eget Wee Nell (offered)
20 to 1 agst Portland (wanted)
20 to 1 agst Jerusalem (taken)
20 to 1 agst Emblem (take 25)
TIIE GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
10 to lon the field (offered)
100 to 6 agst Lioness (offered)
CHESTER cur.
100 to 6 agst Golden Pledge (taken)
20 to 1 agst Change (wanted)
20 to 1 agst Anfield (taken)
22 to 1 agst Blackdown (taken)
50 to 1 agst Greenland (offered)

THE DERBY.
10 to 1 on the field (offered)
14 to 1 eget Cambuscan (wanted)

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The Innkeeper's Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25
added, for all ages, with selling weight allowances, &c.
Mr Bancroft's Cronstadt, 6 yrs (£3O), 9st llb
(Challoner) 1
Mr Chaston's Rope Dancer, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 111 b
(Bradley) 2
Betting-7 to 4on Cronstadt, who waited upon Rope
Dancer to the commencement of the rails, when he headed
him, and won in a canter by three lengths. Winner was
bought in for 43 guineas.
The Lincolnshire Handicap Stakes of 5 soya each, 3 forfeit,
with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners
extra. Second horse to receive 20 says out of the stake.
1 mile. 74 subs, 16 of whom declared.
Count F. de Lagrange's Benjamin, 5 yrs, Est 131 b
(Hunter) 1
Duke de Morny's Partisan, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (A. Watkins) 2
Mr J. Lowe's Anglo-Saxon, 3 yrs, 6st (in. 71b ex )
(Leates) 3
Lord Bateman's Despair, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (car. Bst 41b)
(Cadence) 4
The following also ran :—Neophyte, Dunkeld, Hetman,
Fluke, Siva, Confederate, and Ess Bouquet.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Anglo-Saxon, 100 to 30 agst Ben-
jamin, 6 to 1 agst Despair, 7 to 1 agst Confederate, 100 to
8 agst Neophyte, and 100 to 5 agst Hetman and Siva, and
25 to 1 agst Partisan.
The start was delayed some time in consequence of seve-
ral of the light weights breaking away, in the first of which
Ess Bouquet, overpowering her rider, ran the course
throughout, and when taken back resolutely refused to face
her horses. When the flag was lowered Fluke rushed to the
front, but in a few strides he was headed by Despair, who
with Partisan and the favourite, Ess Bouquet, and Benja-
min lying up, made the running to the first turn, where
Partisan headed him and came on with a clear lead, which
he held into the straight, where ha was joined by Anglo.
Saxon, the pair being joined half-way up by Benjamin, who
headed them in a few strides, and won in a canter by fire

lengths, Partisan defeating the favourite by a length for
second, a similar distance separating the second and third.
Despair was fourth, close up; Confederate fifth, Dunkeld
sixth, Siva seventh, and Neophyte next. The last three were
Ess Bouquet, Fluke, and Hetman.
The Scurry Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added, for all
ages. Winners extra. The straight run in, about half-a-
mile. 6 subs.
Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 9st 51b.. (Custance) 1
Mr Walter's The Sapper, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Loates) 2
Mr Crook's Airdale, 4 yrs, Bst ( Taylor) 3
Mr Beaumont's N. 1., 4 yrs, Bst llb (Whiteley) 4
Betting-2 to lon Miss Julia.
The favourite getting the best of a good start, made all
the running, and wcn in a canter by four lengths, a neck
separating the second and third ; a bad fourth.
The Handicap Hurdle Race of 6 soya each, 3 ft, with 30
added ; free for any horse ; the second to save his stake.
Winners extra. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles.

21 Nubs.
Mr J. Abel's Camperdown, 6 yrs, 105 t.... (Mr T. Loton) 1
M. Voisin's Avalanche, aged, lOst 10lb .... (W. White) 2
Mr C. P. Hudson's Tolurno, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b .... (States) 3

The following also ran :—Hetman, Confidence, Baron of
Avon, Lady of the Isles, and Cronstadt.
Betting-2 to 1 each agst Tolurno and Avalanche, and
100 to 15 agst Camperdown.
Avalanche, in company with Camperdown,Baron of Avon,
and Lady of the Isles, cleared the first flight of hurdles a
length or two in advance of Tolurno, close up with whom
came Confidence, Hetman, and Cronstadt bringing up the
rear—some distance in their track. Rounding the lower
turn Avalanche took a decided lead—but on reaching the
flight of hurdles half-way up the hill she was again chal-
lenged by Camperdown, who was closely followed by Baron
of Avon, Lady of the Isles, and Confidence, the lot running
in close company along the far-side. On reaching the mile-
post the two latter were disposed of, and Tolurno fora brief
period flattered his backers by carrying his colours to the
front, but dying away, as they reached the T.Y.C. post the
race waa left with Avalanche, Camperdown, and Baron of
Avon, who ran together to the last flight of hurdles, which
Camperdown cleared slightly in advance of the favourite,
and won in a canter by a length. Tolurno, who ran par
the pulling-up horses, was a bad third. The others stopped
on the post. On returning to scale an objection was lodged
against the winner on the ground of his owner being in the
forfeit list, which was left for the decision of the stewards.
The Lincolnshire Hunt Steeplechase of 5 soya each, 50
added. About four miles. 17 subs.

Mr S. J. Wellies Creole, 4 yrs, list 71b (Mr. Goodwin) I
Mr G. Walker's Pigeon, 4 yrs, list 71b (Mr G. Walker) 2
Mr Fearne's Sorceress, (b. b), 6 yrs, 12st 41b (Mr Fewson) 3
Mr E. Helieage's Cadet, aged, 12st 111 b (Mr G. Oliver) 4
The following also ran :—Bolingbroke, Emblem, Miss
Rathbone, Tancred, Mr Barnes's gelding, Mary Hill, Sir
Richard, and The Ruler.
Betting—Even on Creole, 5 to 1 agst Pigeon, 7 to 1
agst Cadet, and 8 to 1 agst Bolingbroke.
Bolingbroke was the first away, and came over the first
flight of hurdles slightly in advance of the favourite, who
was closely followed by Pigeon, Cadet, Mary Hill, and Miss
Rathbone, the others following at wide intervals past the
stand. Proceeding up the hill, Creole went to the fore and
somewhat increased the pace, Pigeon going on second, and
Cadet third, when positions were retained round the win-
ning field to the flight of hurdles near the bottom turns,
which the leading horses cleared very cleverly, but Miss
Rathbone, less fortunate, fell in them, and was left some
distance in the rear. On entering the meadows, Creole in-
creased his lead of Pigeon, Sorceress going on third, Tan-
cred fourth, with Cadet and Sir Richard next; the others
presenting a beaten appearance. No alteration occurred in
their positions, Creole holding his own to the end and win-
ning in a canter by five lengths, a bad third, Cadet was
fourth, Miss Rathbone fifth, Tancred sixth, and Mary Hill
and Emblem, side by side, next; Bolingbroke trotted in
last.
The Selling Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, with 30 added,
with selling allowances. 12st each. About 3 miles. 4
subs.
Mr Green's Baron of Avon, 5 yrs (£100), 12st
(Mr Blanton) 1
Mr Green's Friar of Apahall, aged (£10), 10st 71b
(C'. Boyce) 2
Mr Well's Museum, aged (£3O), lOst (car
(MlOst Harrison)
r arrison) 3
Cronstadt also ran.

Betting--7 to 4on Friar of Apshall.
After several disappointments, which considerably re-
duced the chance of the competitors, Baron of Avon, who
kept on his legs, won in a canter by 10 lengths, a bad third.
Museum broke his stirrup leather.
The winner was bought in for 102 guineas.

THE WHOLE SERIES OF GEORGE ELIOT'S (MISS
EVANS) NOVELS has been translated into French by M.
d'Albert Durado, at Basle.
SUICIDE OF A LUNATIC.—Lsst evening an in-
quest was held in Leman-street, St. Saviours, on the
body of Joseph Chapman, aged 47. The evidence showed
that the deceased, who was a house-painter, had recently
exhibited symptoms of a return of mental disease, from
which he had previously suffered. On Sunday he managed
to elude the vigilance of his wife, and threw himself into a
cistern containing 14 inches of water. When discovered
and taken out life was extinct. The jury returned a verdict
of temporary insanity.
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