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London, England, 1864-03-05 00:00:00

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HOME CIRCUIT. --TT ERTFORD, March 4.
(Before the Lord Chief Baron.)
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OP ROEBERY.

Samuel Wabey, 25, was charged with stooling £9 in gold
and other moneys, the property of Edward Foreman, since
deceased.

Mr, Taylor prosecuted; the prisoner was defended by
Mr. Codd.

The circumstances under which this charge was preferred
against the prisoner were of a very unusual character, he
having been in the first instance charged with the crime of
wilful murder, and the circumstantial evidence that was
brought forward in support of that charge was of such a
character, that but for the circumstance of a witness named
Carroll, who happened accidentally to pass the deceased
whilst in a dying state before the prisoner could have had
anything to do with him, in all human probability ho would
have been convicted of that crime, and paid the penalty of
his life for it, the facts proved being of such a description
that no one would have doubted that the conviction was
a just one. The deceased was a young man, a miller by
occupation, and resided near the town of Hitchin, at a mill
called Charlton Mill, and it was his habit to go to different
places collecting money once a week. He started upon this
expedition on the day he met with his death, with a white
mule, a very fast animal, and a cart, as was his custom,
and before he set out his wife gave him two pounds in gold
and silver to enable him to give change, this money being
wrapped up in a white linen bag. He set out about 3 o'clock
in the afternoon of January 11, and went to a village called
Olney and other places, and was paid various sums of money
by different persons, amounting altogether to £9, and
statted to return home shortly before 7 o'clock in the even-
ing. What occurred after this was never very clearly ascer-
tained, but about 7 o'clock in the evening he was seen near
a place called Preston, and the mule, very shortly after-
wards, was heard to break into a gallop, as though it had
run away, and about two miles from this spot the mule and
cart were stopped, the deceased having at this time either
fallen or been thrown out of the vehicle. At 9 o'clock a
baker named Carroll, passing by a place called Preston-hill,
found the unfortunate man lying in the middle of the road,
and snoring or breathing very hard, and he appeared to have
attempted to rouse him but could not do so, and went on his
way, and at a short distance met the prisoner Wabcy, ac-
companied by a lad named Joseph harmer, his brother-in-
law, and he told him there was a man lying in the road, and
to this fact the prisoner probably owed his escape from being
tried for the murder, as it turned out that the iojuries re •
ceived by the deceased were as much to be attributed to blows
from a bludgeon or other blunt instrument as to a fall. The
prisoner seemed to have told Carroll that he should not
meddle with the man, but according to the evidence given by
the boy Harmer before the magistrate, when they got up to
the place where deeeeeed was lying, the prisoner first urned
him over, and said he did pot lenow who he was, and then
felt down his clothes, and told the boy to go on, and in a few
minutes rejoined him, and said that " he had got his
money," and showed him something in a linen bag, This
boy, when he was now examined, evidently attempted to
screen the prisoner, and represented that he did not know
what it was the prisoner showed him, but the other evidence
established in the clearest possible manner that the prisoner
had committed a most cruel and heartless robbery upon the
unfortunate man while he was lying in a dying state. The
deceased seemed to have lain three or four hours in the road
before any assistance was rendered him, and he was then re-
moved to the Hitchin Infirmary, where it was found that the
whole of his money was gone ; and this at first gave rise to
the suspicion that a murder had been committed, and the
prisoner and the boy Harmer were taken into custody, It
was proved that before the day in question the prisoner
was in distressed circumstances, and in arrears for rent, but
that on the night the robbery was committed he changed
two or throe pieces of gold, but that on the following day he
took the boy to St. Albans, leaving hie work, upon a plea.
sure expedition, and paid all his empenses. Besides this, it
appeared that his smock frock was bloody, and that when
ho was questioned he denied having seen the deceased at all
on the night he met his death, but it appeared that he did
afterwards say to one of the witnesses that he saw the de-
ceased on the road, and that he thought his brains had
been knocked out, but he denied having touched him,
and said that his reason for this was that he had once got
into trouble through having interfered with a drunken man,
It was also proved that when the police searched the pri-
soner's cottage they found four sovereigns wrapped up two
and two in separates places of linen concealed in a dress
belonging to the wife of the prisoner, and she could not give
any account of how this money came into lees' possession,
There were the principal points in the evidence against the
prisoner, but there were a variety of other little circum-
stances which left no doubt whatever of his guilt, atd it
also seemed extremely probable that if, instead of plunder-
ing the unhappy man, the prisoner had obtained assistance,
his life might possibly have been saved.

Mr, Codd made au Ws address to the jury for the prisoner.
and be endeavoured to show that during the many hours the
unfortunate deceased had lain upon the road ho might have
been robbed by some other person, and that the money
disposed of by the prisoner was his own savings.
The Lord Chief Baron having summed up,
The jury almost immediately returned a verdict of guilty.
His lordship, in passing sentence, told the prisoner that
ho had boon convicted of a very cruel offence, and the evi-
dence against him was perfectly conclusive. The crime of
robbery from the person was under any circumstances a
serious crime, but in the present case there was this aggra-
vation, that the prisoner had robin(' a man who, according
to his own etory, he found lying upon the road with, as he
thought, his brains knocked out, and instead of endeavour-
ing to render him dny assistance, he plundered him of all
the money he had about him. Under these circumstances
ho should sentence him to be kept in penal servitude for
four years.

The learned judge then ordered the boy Harmer into
custody, in order that he might be taken before a magistrate
to be dealt with either as having been concerned in the rob-
bery, or for the wilful perjury which, he said, there was no
doubt ho had committed,

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POST.—Although the publication of the corre-
spondence relating to the Deno-German dispute io
not yet completed, the last instalment given to Par-
liament marks the point where negotiations virtu-
ally came to an end and hostilities began. We
have now before us the complete history of the
special mission to Copenhagen, and are in a posi-
tion to form an opinion of the means adopted by
the British Government to prevent an open rupture
between Denmark and Germany. The opening
despatch of the present series announces the first
interview of Lord Wodehouse with AI. Hall, the
Danish Prime 'Minister; and the last conveys to
the British Government the intelligence that the
Danes have been summoned to evacuate Schleswig
by the German Commander-in-Chief. If war could
have been everted by diplomacy it was during the
six weeks which elapsed between the dates of these
two despatches that the most fitting opportunity
presented itself for attaining that end, and conse-
quently it is from the correspondence contained in
the present series that we must mainly draw our
conclusions as to the soundness of the policy pur-
sued by those Powers which vainly (as the event
proved) endeavoured to prevent the Dano-German
war. When Lord Wodehouse reached Copenhagen,
fresh from an interview with the Prussian Minis-
ter Count von Bismark, he had just received
from Earl Russell a despatch instructing him to
urge the Danish Cabinet to suspend the common
Constitution which had been promulgated on the
18th of November. To this despatch we directed
attention a few days since, and especially noticed
the fact that it was penned after the British Cabinet
had been made aware that the true cause of the
hostility of the German Powers to Denmark was
supplied by her " democratic institutions." Lord
Wodehouse lost no time in putting himself in com-
munication with the representatives of France,
Russia, and Sweden, with the view of obtaining
their assent to the proposals which, at the sugges-
tion of England, were to be made to the Danish
Cabinet, and in a despatch dated December 19 he
informed the Foreign Secretary of the result of these
preliminary negotiations. From this communica-
tion it appears that the French, Russian, and Swe-
dish Envoys were taken by surprise by our Ambas-
sador's announcement that he was instructed to press
upon the Danish Government the revocation of the
Constitution of November, and candidly admitted
that they were without instructions upon that point.
They agreed, however, to telegraph to their respec-
tive Governments for instructions; the Swedish En-
voy not concealing from Lord Wodehouse his inten-
tion to recommend his Government not to accede to
the English proposal. Ultimately General Fleury,
the French Ambassador, received a reply from
Paris authorising him " to urge the revocation of
the Constitution," but also, as it would appear,
directing him to act independently of his colleagues,
" The general," writes Lord Wodehouse, " told me
that he should speak to the King and M. Hall in
this sense before his departure for Berlin whict he
has fixed for to-morrow." M. d'Ewers, the Russian
Ambassador, however, received orders from his
Government to act in concert with Lord Wodehouse,
and accordingly on the following day, December 20,
the English and Russian Envoys had an interview
with M.Hall, when they verbally communicated to
him the wishes of their respective Governments.
The scheme propounded in Earl Russell's letter of
instructions of the joint co-operation of the four
Powers, or the embodiment of their requests in an
identic note, was consequently not realised. In a
despatch dated December 21 Lord Wodehouse in-
forms his Government of what passed at this inter-
view ; and it is the most important of the series,
as it marks the total failure of the English ne-
gotiations. Lord Wodehouse met M. Hall on
that occasion prepared to urge the Danish
Government to modify their entire political
system, and authorised, if need be, to enforce
compliance with his demands by assurances that,
in the event of refusal, "Denmark would be left
to encounter Germany on her own responsi-
bility.' Notwithstanding, however, the apparently
overwhelming influence which the English and
Russian representatives brought to bear on the
Danish Minister, Lord Wodehouse is compelled to
confess that " M. Hall gave us very little reason to
hope that our advice would be listened to." Nor is
this result to be wondered at, The English Envoy
who acted as spokesman, although in a position to
say what England would not do in case the Danish
Government refused to revoke the obnoxious Con-
stitution, had no authority to promise them any
material assistance in the event of their compliance,
and of such compliance failing to satisfy the Ger-
man Powers. When the Danish Minister, waiving
the consideration of whether the Constitution of
November was a violation of the Danish engage-
ments towards Germany, asked " Cui Bono, it we
withdraw it?" the English Ambassador was obliged
to evade the question by asking another. "He had
asked me," wrote Lord Wodehouse, "what Denmark
was to gain if the Constitution was revoked, but the
question was rather what she would lose if it was
not revoked ;" and then followed the threat, re-
peated at second hand, from M. von Bismark, that,
if the Constitution was not repealed before the Ist
of January, Austria and Prussia would repudiate
the Treaty of 1852. M. Hall thereupon pointed out
that however willing the Danish Government
might be to follow the counsels given by the
neutral Powers, it would be practically impos-
sible to revoke the Constitution within the pre
scribed time, to which Lord Wodehouse, with a
lamentable ignorance of the policy of the German
Powers, replied that he "felt confident that her
M ijesty's Government would urge upon Prussia and
Austria to extend the term they had named, and it
could hardly be supposed that so reasonable a re-
quest would be refused." The Danish Minister,
however, with a more thorough acquaintance with
the teal designs of Germany, thought otherwise,
and declined to adopt the English proposals. The
dangers attendant on their refusal were, as he ad-
mitted, great ; but those which might follow on
their acceptance were in his opinion still greater.
" At present," said he, " the King and his people
are united, and this cordial union of the King with
his people is a tower of strength. But if the Consti-
tution were revoked, this great advantage would be
lost." How just were its conclusiene was subse-
quently proved when, his Cabinet having been dis-
solved, his successors, having adopted the English
proposals, convened the Rigsread with the view of
revoking the Constitution, but, nevertheless, failed
to arrest the advance of the German armies, or to
enlist more than the barren sympathies of Eng-
land, The most that can be said for our fruitless
negotiations is, that, however framed, they could
not heve been successful. Austria and Prnsala had
finally determined on invading Schleswig before
Lord Wodehouse left England, and nothing that he
could have said, or the Danish Government have
done, would have averted the catastrophe. This
was fully foreseen by our M mister at Ik3erlin, who,
on the day after Lord Wodehouse's departure from
that capital for Copenhagen, wrote to Lord Russell
that,
ed to spec_ in consequence of the Gan Cabinets t aving
refused to their demaeselrmet 4 Successful issu
to his unssior, could not be anticipated. "Is it pro-
e
bable," wrote Sir A, Buchanan on the 14th Decem-
ber, " that Lord Wodehouse will find the Danish
Government willing to abEindon one line of policy
with reepeet to the organisation of the monarchy,
which, in the event of war, has solid advantages to
offer to Denmark, before he can give them any idea
of the manner in which Germany will expect them
to carry out another system ?" There was, we re-
peat, at no time Any reasonable hope that diplomacy
" pure and simple" would have secured Denmark
from aggression ; and, such being the case, it is a
matter for regret that the British Government should
have thought proper to employ it. However good
our intentions were, there can be no doubt that our
interference has prejudiced instead of benefiting
Denmark,

HERALD.--" The loss of a month," says a New
York paper, " is equivalent to the loss of a battle."
The months of the spring of 186.1 are already in full
movement towards the summer, in which, if the last
prophecy is worth anything, the world without is
to witness the triumph, too long delayed, of the
armies of subjugation, and to put on mourning, if it
pleases, for a brave people. And yet the prospects
of success of the opposing forces seem to an outsider
to be marvellously equal, so much so that we still
feel confident in the ultimate triumph of those who
are inspired by a higher aim and sustained by a
nobler feeling than the lust of conquest. It has
come to be a battle of mercenaries against patriots,
of men fighting for they know not what, for they
care not what, against mon who aro maintaining
what to them is more precious than life. So that
if on mere strategical grounds we are disposed to
say that the Federal generals occupied as good
or even a better position than their adversaries,
we should find that those adversaries had so
greatly the advantage in the hopes that animate
them, the confidence that inspires men who have
faith in their cause, that it would be impossible
to deny that the chances of success were in their
favour. As we have always believed that even
if the Federals were to succeed in their attempts
against all the fortified places of the Southern Con-
federacy, were to plant their flag in every town
between Maryland and the frontier of Mexico, they
would yet find it impossible to hold tic country
against the wishes of the inhabitants, and so be as
far off as ever from the goal of their ambition, it is
natural that we should feel more confident still of
the success of the cause of independence when we
find its champions contesting a largo portion of their
territory with such success azaiust'a foe overwhelm-
ing in numbers and in the resources whioh are tlip
sinews of war. The attitude of the great -
confronting one another in tho
West? is still Au, Attit„,L-

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mutual expectancy. Each seems waiting for some
forward move of its adversary, of which it may take
advantage. Eich scenss to be saying to its enemy,
like the polite Frenchman to the English troops at
Fontenoy—" Gentlemen of the Guard, fire first!"
There is Gen. Lee, still confronting Gen. Meade IC
Virginia. The latter, contrary to ey.peetation,is to be
continued in his command throughout the coming
compaign. Disgusted with the ill :uccees of his last
ill-advised advance across the Rapidan, Meade does
not seem to have any distinct idea of attacking Rich-
mond. The second American Fabius seems content
to emulate the noble example of his predecessor,
and to cover Washington to the best of his ability.
As the general feeling in the South is strongly in
favour of transferring the war, if possible, to the
enemy's soil, we shall not he surprised if the Con-
federate commander, now that the roads are hard
and the fine weather is setting in, should find that
the spring is seasonable for an advance of his artil-
lery once more towards the Potomac. The soil of
Maryland and the Pennsylvanian border is now
familiar enough to Southern strategists, and the
next time they enter upon it they will not fail to
turn their past experience to good account. The
Confederate troops are more eager than ever for the
fight ; they are burning to avenge the reverses of
the year that is past. The ardour with which whole
brigades of discharged soldiers have re•enlisted into
the ranks has deserved the eloquent thanks of Pre-
sident Davis, who addresses his troops like a
general on the eve of some great victory, fore-
shadowed by the hopes of a patriot leader and to
be realised by the stalwart arms of patriot soldiers.
Then, turning to the armies on the Tennessee and
Georgian frontier, we find them, too, confronting
one another, and the balance of confidence in-
clining to the Confederate side. So far from
having retired from Dalton, General Johnson has
advanced his pickets to Ringold, a position much
nearer to Chattanooga, and threatening the flank
of General Grant's army. An advance northwards,
a few miles only from Ringold, would sever the
communications of Grant with the beleagured army
at Knoxville, still threatened by Longstreet. It is
said that Longstreet has retired across the French
Broad River, but we have no reliable information
of his recent movements. Far to the south-west,
and across the State of Mississippi, the Federal
General Sherman has been executing an extraordi-
nary and, to us, inexplicable movement. He has
marched across the state from west to east, from
Vicksburg, through Jackson, to Meridian, close to
the Alabama frontier and the line of the Ohio and
Mobile Railroad. Crossing first the Big Black
River, then the Pearl River, he finds himself close
to the waters of the Tombigbee, which fall into
the Bay of Mobile. But the defenders of Mobile
were not to be caught napping. Bishop Polk,
one of the bravest and most skilful of the Con-
federate leaders, covers Mobile with his army. It
appears that Sherman managed to interpose his
force between the warlike ecclesiastic and Mont-
gomery, the capital of Alabama, with which it
was necessary that he should maintain his com-
munications. On the 13th February there was
a severe engagement between the Federal
and Confederate armies at Enterprise, a place near
the frontier of Alabama, and on the line of the Mo-
bile and Ohio Railroad. The result, says the tele-
gram, is unknown. No news, in such a case, is the
reverse of good news for the North. If Sherman
should have met with a repulse his immense dis-
tance from his base of operations at ,Vicksburg,
more than 150 miles of an enemy's country, would
seem to place his army in the most imminent dan-
ger of being either destroyed or captured. A strong
force of cavalry under Grierson was charged with
the duty of protecting this road, but even this auxi-
lary has not passed unchallenged. We bear of n
cavalry encounter between Jackson and Meriden,
in which either Wheeler or Forrest must have been
engaged on the Confederate side. The advantage
was claimed for the Federals, but the fact that his
communications are thus threatened and in danger
of being cut off does not serve to present the pros-
pects of the audacious Sherman in a very promising
light, It is tolerably clear that he will never reach
Mobile. He has displayed more boldness than judg-
ment in this attempt of his to penetrate what he
supposed to be a vulnerable point of the South. Ha
will probably fail to establish himself on the easteeta
frontier of Mississippi, and the only question is
whether he will be able to retire with safety
from the net into which he has plunged with such
apparent disregard of conseouencea.The last letter
of our correspondent at Richmond gives us a hops-
ful view of the state of things at the Confederate
capital. It is a new thing in the history of this
young nation, it may be taken as a oheering sign
of their future, that they seem in this fourth year of
their war of liberation to have given up without -a
mnrmer the idea of foreign aid, and to be content to
fight out their battle alone against all odds. Never
were they more hopeful, never more determines
than now. The language of the President, the press,
of private citizens, breathes the same unanimous
spirit of calm resolution. When the hard fight is
over, and the battle won, it will be a pleasing thing
to them all, it will be the proudest thought that
ever shaped the character and guided the destinies
of a nation, that while other states looked on with
Indifference or disapproval, while the outside world
folded its arms and left the Southern Confederacy
to vindicate its rights by the strength of its
own
right arm, the Confederacy, accepting the issue, and
looking neither this way nor that way, but onlY
forward at the foe, went on from vietery to victory
in the strength of the God of battles, who defends
the weak, till at last its indepeadence was secured,
and its triumph confessed.

COUNTRY TARGETS,

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LEPL—FItIDAT.
There was a limitlV
ed attendattendance of the town and country
trade today, and but little demand, buyers being able to
suit themselves out of the recent arrivals at nearly 2d per
cental under the rates of last Friday. Flour unsaleable, ~
6d to is decline on the week. Oats and oatmeal scarceli
inquired for. Egyptian beans in small supply, and 6d per
qr dearer in price. Peas and barley are the turn cheaper°
There was very little doing in Indian corn, although
offered at Gd per cental less money.

D—.
Only a small businessWAKEFIEL was done in wheat to-day, and
millers generally succeed in purchasing on rather caste;
terms than on Friday last. Barley met a limited sale, and
the prices in favour of buyers. Other articles maintained
former prices.

Averages for the week :
Wheat ........ 1,582. qrs., at 3
Oct
Rye . 393 ......... ._
—s Oct
Beans
Pea 5........ 29 .-- . 38s 11 id
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~.1.1110."00 64 Oats
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8ar1ey......... 370

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STAMFORD—FRIDA.Y.
White wheat, 42s to 44s ; red, 38s to 41s per 36 stone*
Barley, malting, 338 to :358; grinding, 298 to 32s per 61_,r'
Oats, 188 to 22s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 40s to —$ F"
qr.; new, 31s to 362.

LINCOLN.--FRIDAY.
White wheat new, 42s to 48s Barley, grinding..3os to 39
Red
ld white do. 36s to 41s Oats, old, .. 23s to 2
Red doo
O ----s to —s New do
o . —s to —s I Beans
Barley, malting.... 34s to 36s 1 Beans, new 341
490 s
ss tt
oo
to 4:
til

CORK—FRIDAY.
The following were the quotations this morning d
wheat, 8s Oct to 8s 10d ; wh 8 Od to 92 8d , barley,
6d to 8s sod ; oats, 4s 10d toss 2d ; black do., 4s 4d t"
5s 3d.

BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY.
The raw sugar market exhibits a very firm tone, an,,
J
somewhere about 350 bhda of Demeraras, partly crystf",
lised, have been sold at prices fully Gd per cwt. higher ths'
last week. Refinel goods sell freely, at full rates. ILI
rum the demand is inactive, but prices are firm.

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Births.
IfuNT.—On the 3d inst., at 6, Rutland-gate, the wife of
George Warde Hunt, Esq., M.P., of a son.
RIDLEY.—On the 3d inst., at Gloucester-road. Regent''
park, the wife of Arthur S. Ridley, Esq., of a son.
VIvIAN,—On the 3d inst., at Penzance, the wife of Auger
tus Vivian, Esq., of a aughter.
Wn.tr.—On the 4th inst., at Mortlake, the wife of C.Wray, Esq., of a daughter.
Marriages.
BURRA—CURTBIS.—On the 3d , Thorne y SC'itgf
Henry Burra, Esq., of Rye, Sv.s,e.x, late Bombay' C.S.
to Frances, second daughter 'of Major Curteis, Leashata'
Rye, Sussex.
GIRSON—MTninE.--On :the 31 inst., at Mary's Abbey
Church, Capel-street, Samuel Gibson, Esq,, of Gerdl;
square, London, to Jane, late third
daughtr of the lad
George M'Bride, Esq., Leeson-street, Dublin.
Deaths.
BROWN.—On the 3d inst., at his residence, Richtnell,,,(l‘;
hill. near Liverpool, Sir William Brown, Bart., 3.'-
80.
HATTON.—On the 3d in st., at Camden-town, Edwin Bat-
ton, Esq.
MASON.—On the 2d. inst., at Deal, George Mason, B5(1.1
PopMool---,C;aoStn:Htlh'.Be:gthsou.l., at Southsea, Major-General°.
~ aged 65.
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RUSKIN.—On the 3d inst., John James Ruskin, °
taßiagieelldint.7i.r,n-s.,tr:teist: city, and of Denmark-hill, Cambersr
Weal°
SOUTHWELL.—On tba Ist inst., at The Priory, 1%-..a ,iref
aged Southwell, of Ilindlip, Worcestershire'

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THE THAMES IRON WORKS, SHIP-
BUILDING, ENGINEERING, AND DRY DOCK
COMPANY (Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.
Capital, £500,000, in 6,0G0 Shares of ,ClOO each.
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intervals of not less than three months.

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PETER ROLT, Esq ,Chairman,
Captain John Ford, Managing Director.
Lord Alan Spencer Churchill.
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William Jackson, Esq., Leadenhall-street.

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BUSINESSES. - MR. ANDREW HIND'S
JANUARY LIST,
Containing 50D Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &c.,
Gratis.
Letters, enclose stamp. Particulars entered free.
Offices—Corner of LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S.

TIOUSES.-111r. ANDREW HIND has for
11.. SALE a Corner SHOP, at Holloway, and Three Pri-
vate Houses adjoining, producing £O4 per annum. Ground
rent £25. Price £715, or separately. Also the following* :
Chelsea, four. 1,000 guineas ; ditto, £5OO and £350; Camden-
town, two, £1,20.x; Holloway, two, £670; Carter-lane,
six,
£13.5 each, &c. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St.
Paul's.

T US.
The object of this CompanyPROSPEC is to purchase and extend the
well-known and success, ul business carried on by the Thames
Iron Works and Ship-building Company (Limited), at Black-
wall.
The Thames Iron Works and Ship-building Company
(Limited), was established in the year 1857, and has now
attained the foremost position in the construction of vessels
of war and ships of the highest class for the commercial
marine. The iron for these vessels, and for their armour
plates, is manufactured on the premises, together with forg-
ing@ and castings of the largest class for marine engines,
bridges, and other similar works. The rolling mills, steam
hammers, foundries, smiths' shops, saw mills, &c., are all of
the best class and in the highest state of efficiency, forming
together an establishment unequalled.
Three of the -c frigates in the British navy
--the Warrior, Valiant, and Minotaur—have been built by
the Thames Ship-building Company, and orders have been
received for iron-clad vessels for the Danish, Russian,
Spanish, and Turkish navies, some of which are now in course
of construction.
It has been determined to add to the existing business of
the Company two other lucrative branches, namely, Graving
Docks and Engineering, which are naturally and essentially
connected with its present operations. For this purpose, as
well as for the large and increasing business of the Com-
pany, a considerable extension of capital will be required as
the works advance ' • and in order to carry out the objects in
view, it is proposed to transfer to the new Company (subject
to payment of the dividend for the past year) the whole of
the valuable contracts, assets, goodwill, and effects of the
Thames Iron Works Company, together with its liabilities
and engagements, as from the let of January, 1864, in consi-
deration of the payment to the Thames Iron Works Company
of the sum of £275,000, of which the Shareholders in that
Company will take t 150,000 in fully paid-up Shares, and
£125,000 in Debentures of the new Company, bearing interest
at I per cent. per annum.
The property of the Company consists of twenty acres of freehold land on the Essex side of the River I, a, next Black-
ly all, and the premises and branch works known as the
Phoenix Iron Works, Minivan, together with the valuable
plant and works.
It is Proposed to construct two graving docks capablr of re-
lpe ving ships of the largest class, for which the accommoda-
tion on the River Thames is at present insufficient. For this
tuorxre it is intended to purchase eight acres of freeho'd
to Bowmtareeedli:teaoly
Riveradjoinin the works, havi a frontage
pre-
p
urotilin the °cc
pda tioen
0 eTtoarompe sa,oy whichwll i
the osp, ititoof
The Proposed new
ifTeu!ty of the graving docks will be in the immediate
t ton 7onnfi:lteantly Eist and West India and Victoria Docks ; and
anticipated that from their admirable situa-
both ot thf nt and remunerative employment for repairs,
The exisrltad engines, vvi I be founl.
pang, which contracts of the Thames Iron Works Com-
ic upwards of be transferred to the new Company, amount
of the work in
hraillion and a quarter sterling (independently
nand for the forge and rolling mills), and have
all been taken
such terms as fairly to justify the anticipa-
tion of the ssroen
Dzoiyable results which have already at-
Alltended the Co,
the Director, YofBtonerstions.
nvahe old Company will retain their in-
terest in the ne w Co
re2Y, and their seats at its Board, and
the management
to
1
0014:11,1_ in the same experienced hsnds
which have hitherto
pros,,ped it so suocessfulty, and raised
it to its present state of
Applications fbr Shares to beritnYi
aide in the annexed form.
in the event of no allotment cf.
being made, the de-
madeplQitwill be returned in Am.
hould a leis number of
shares be allotted than are appli4
available tow rds the pmentoor the depo it will be
ba.ince, if any, returned to the app te`atlai,otment, and the
Prospectuses and forms of applicaiion for
obtained at the Temporary Offics co Share% may be
street, Cheapside ; and of the Bankers, n'' 18' Kng-
citorßrokers, and So i-

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TUE TIIAMES IRON WORKS, SHIP-PUILD IN G, RING, AND -DRY DOCK COmpAN, IL—G, EN-
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR sgApsin. ited).
To be retsincd by the Bankers. .
of
tets in the abo'vbe• erCiul;
GenVemen,—Havinfr paid to your B niters, me,fir.
colt, Grote, Cav,., andhCave, ho sumsh
robe;
depo 4t or £3 per Share on
PanY. I hereby reque t that you w ill allot me that n
and I agree o accept such -hares, or anynurnbuer You
ITlay allot to me; and I a2ree to Pay the deposit on allottn,,n
and to sign the A r is es of A,kociation of the company when
requirei ; and I authorise you V.) inQert my name on th Rist,r of Members f(z he number of Shares a lotted to ran.
Usual si.ynature ......... .... .......
Name in full ......................
Resiience
Profession
Date 1864••,,,,,.

FARM WANTED to rent,lrom 60 to 200 acres,
with moderate-sized dwelling-house and outbuildings.
Particulars to be sent to A. H., 15, Godliman-street, Doctors'-
commons, London.

Family Residence and Land.

MR. ANDRE* HIND has to LET a comfort-
able HOUSE, in Essex, fourteen miles from town and
two from a station, delightfully situate on high ground, and
commanding extensive views. Contains lofty drawing
room, dining and morning rooms, four best and five other
bed rooms, kitchens and cellars. Grounds comprise pleasure
and kitchen gardens, shrubbery, paddock, and meadow,
together about seven acres ; with lodge entrance, stabling,
coach house, green house, ornamental water, and bridge.
Rent, on three years' agreement, £l2O ; fixtures, £5O ;or the
lease for 18 years at £lOO. Price. with fixtures, £2OO. Cards
to view may be had at fhe Auction and Estate Agenoy Offices,
corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

HOUSES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET
a spacious HOUSE, at Brixton Hit], mut aininsr nine
bed and reception rooms, with usual office., large pleasure
and kitchen gardens, &c. Rent, £lO5. Also a large house,
furnished, and the following*: —Lewisham, rent £BO ; Harrow,
.C3O, &o. Offloes, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Pal

ESIDENCE.—Mr. ANDREW HIND bag to
IN LET or SELL an excellent Detached HOUSE at
Hackney, containing 1i ro ,ms, basement, &c. The neigh-
bourhood is pleasant and healthy; soil gravel. Rent, £9O.
Price, freehold, £1,600. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane,
St. Paul's.

Railways in th© City,

IRELAND.--Mr. ANDREW HIND has for
SALE the Lessee's Interest in a convenient Small
RESIDENCE and 76 Acres of prime LAND, pleasantly
situate near the City of Cork, and commanding beautiful
views of the harbour and surrounding country. Good shoot-
ing and fishing. Term of lease, 91 years ; ground rent, £72.
Price, £7OO. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

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DUBLIN.—" Yaxley and its Nei, ,osio99mi
continued at some length, and the at --ear% s
greatly in interest. It is now evident tha„ll tee
young people whose lives are so sunny, and who are
disporting themselves so gaily on the threshold of
life, have many dark days in store for them, and
much sadness to encounter. By a dexterous manoeuvre
Mrs. Pilmer has sent Dillon away to Germany, thus
maturing her dark plans, and paving the way for the pee-
session of Mrs. Meiklam's property. The scene described
as taking place on Bessie's birthday is very effective, and
well displays the nascent nature of pride and self. conceit
that appear so strongly marked at an early age in some
characters. " Two Half-Centuries of the Light Litera-
ture of France" is a very readable paper, and conveys much
information in its critical analysis. There is generally
something very attractive in these diequisitions of literature
in an earlier age ; and, concerning foreign countries, we
should not keep ourselves in ignorance, since nothing so
aptly or adroitly discloses the changes wrought in the mind
and morals of a people as the different phases of its litera-
ture. In conclusion, the writer of this essay pens this wise
reflection—" If our paper dare boast of a moral, it is that
fashion is as arbitrary in the publisher's face as in the
show-rooms of the milliner, and that the fame of no book is
secured that does not give pleasure bath to the prince on his
throne and the peasant on his wooden stool." " Unfortunate
Doctor Dodd" is rather a curious subject, that may never-
theless be welcome to some readers, as affording them an
insight into the career of a remarkable individual. " Shake-
perian Notes," No, 11., is a consideration of some of the
most important passages in the works of the great drama-
tist; at this time when it is the fashion to discuss ever and
anon all the works of that author, it is appropriate in its
appearance. "Wilkes the Actor—his Later Career," is an
interesting paper, that revives the memory of the histrionic
splendours of past days, and presents us with a detailed
account of the career of a can who was much celebrated in
his own generation, and whose fame has come down to our
days, if it is in somewhat a modified form. " The Duchies,
Danish Rights, Customs, and Legends," is a very appro-
priate article just now, but the views expressed by the
writer, are hardly in accordance with the strong sentiment
of popular opinion that has been universally expressed on
behalf of Denmark. "My Aunt Margaret's Adventure" is
an amusing narrativ-, that is sure to attract young readers
for its spice of the horrible. "Non me Ricardo" relates
to tho Mhow and Aldershot courts martial. Another
instalment of anecdotes of the civil war in Spain is given,
and an analysis is furnished of the estimates of both ser-
vices. Chapters on the Invasion of Denmark, and the
Political Crisis, Notes on M'Clellan'a Campaign in Mary-
land, and the general naval and military intelligence of the
month conclude the table of contents.
THE UNITED SEBVICE.—The United Service opens
with an article, by Capt. Knollys, on " The Soldier
off Duty," which contains some very sensible re-
marks on the employment of the leisure hours of the
private soldier. Captain Knollys observes that the
soldier is not individually worse than other men,
that vice and dissipation should possess in itself especial
attractions for him, but that he has so much more leisure
than the mechanic or the labourer that his unemployed
hours become to him a curse rather than a blessing. He
therefore proposes to employ the spare hours of the soldier
in profitable or amusing occupation. Great advances have
been made in the right direction at many of our principal
depots, but much more may yet be done. The paper upon
the improvements in small arms and artillery is concluded,
and the description of the large Whitworth guns wil be read
with interest. Unlike the Armstrong guns, Mr. Whit-
worth's guns are hooped up cold, which is considered in
many respects advantageous. The modur operandi is as
follows :--The inner tube is formed of homogeneous iron,
and its external diameter tapers about one inch in every
hundred of its length. Over this the hoops, also of
homogeneous metal, and each from 20 to 40 inches in
width—their interior surface being fitted with mathema-
tical accuracy to the exterior surface of the tube—are
forced slowly on by hydraulic pressure till the requisite
amount of tension is reached, and which, it is said, is
easily calculated. In this manner beating the metal for
welding hoops, or for "shrinking" them on, as practised
in the Armstrong process, is dispensed with in the Whit-
worth guns. A second series of hoops is in like man-
ner drawn over the first, and a third, when
necessary in large guns, over the second, and the
same may be done even to a fourth casing by the same pro-
cess. The rifling of the cannon in Mr. Whitworth's fac-
tory is precisely on the same principle as that adopted for
his small arms, experience having demonstrated its appli-
cability to fire arms of every size and description." In
concluding his remarks on the subject of artillery and
armour plates, the writer passes a well-merited eulogiam
on Sir J. Emerson Tennant's recent work, "The Story of
the Guns." "The Military Engineering of the Ancients"
is continued," and contains some interesting information.
Captain Acklom, late of the 28th Regiment, furnishes a
description of his deep sea anchor. The system is, how-
ever, is not a now one; it is, in fact, a development of the
drag used by the fishermen on the eastern coasts, The
inventor has, however, a high opinion of the project, which,
under certain circumstances, may be doubtless very ser-
viceable.

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METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

The ordinary weekly meeting of the Metropoli-
tan Board of Works was held yesterJay, at their
offices, Spring-gardens, Mr. John Thwaitea in the

The cash statement showed that the balances in
the hands of the treasurer were, on current accounts,
£163,600 10s. 7d. ; on deposit accounts, £58,800 ;
end on Government securities, £96,732 Bs. 7d.
ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.

The CEIAIRMAN read a letter from the authorities
of St. Tnomas'a Hospital, stating that the sum of
money stipulated in the provisional agreement for
the purchase of the land at Stangate had been paid
into the bank in their joint names.
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.
The report of the building act, &c., committee
was brought up, recommending that the board do
contribute cue-third towards the cost of setting back
the premises known as the Duke's Head public-
house, Lower Richmond-road, Patney, on condi-
tion that the Board of Works for Wandsworth do
contribute two-thirds of the cost of the said im-
provement.
On the motion of Mr. BENNETT, this recommen.
dation was approved.
The committee also recommended that the line of
thoroughfare extending from the Bull and Gate
Tavern, Kentish Town-road, north ward, to Swaine's-
lane, in the parish of St. Pancras, be named High-
gate.road.
The recommendation was agreed to.
The committee likewise recommended that the
new portion of King-street, Covent-garden, leading
from New-street to Long-acre, be named Garrick
street. The recommendation was adopted.
SALARY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT ARCHITECT,

The board was then made epecial to consider a
recommendation of the streets committee that in
consideration of the increased duties of the superin-
tending architect, and the appointment of a pro-
portion of the establishment charges of the board
to the Thames Embankment and Mansion House
Fund, his salary be increased from £BOO to £l,OOO
per annum, and that the resolution of the board of
the 22d February, 1861 (No. 5) , in relation to the
superintending architect, be varied accordingly.
Mr. PHILLIPS moved the adoption of the recom-
mendation, which—after some discussion, and a pro-
test from Mr. Savage, who expressed his determi-
nation to oppose the motion if he stood alone—was
carried by a majority of 29 to 4.
PROGRESS OF THE MAIN DRAINAGE IVORES,
Mr. BAZALGETTE, the engineer of the Board,
brought up the following report of the progress of
the main drainage works :
The frost which prevailed at intervals during :the past
month has retarded the progress which would otherwise
have been made in the execution of the several sections of
the works intended for the main intercepting drainage of
the metropolis. In connection with the Middle Level
Sewer and its branches, Messrs. Brassey and Co. have com-
pleted nearly llf miles of sewers, of sizes varying from 4ft
by 2ft Bin to 12ft by 9ft 6in, at an estimated cost of
£299,000, or £3,000 more than last reported. In addition
to the unfavourable weather, the progress in the execution
of the western sewers has been further impeded by the in-
flux of some springs of water into the works. The total
length of sewers completed is a little over 3 miles, and the
probable cost about £46,000 or £2,600 in excess of the pre-
ceding month. Last month I reported that Mr. Furness
had completed his contract for the Northern Outfall Sewer,
with the exception of some hedging, ditching, and other
minor matters which could not well be proceeded with at
this season of the year. He has since executed portions of
these works to the value of about £2OO, making the total
approximate cost of the work up to the end of February
£646,200. The principal portions of the works remaining

o be done under Mr. Furuess's contract for the Northern
Outfall Reservoir aro the covering arches of the third and
fourth compartment, and the formation of the slopes and
top of the earthwork. The total value of the work executed
is estimated at £154,000, of which £3,000 is due to the pro-
gress made in the past month. At the Southern Outfall
Works at Crossness Mr. Webster has executed about 147,000
cubic yards of excavation, and filled in about 72,000 cubic
yards of concrete, in addition to laying about 67,000 super-
ficial feet of Yorkshire stone paving, and 32,500 cubic feet
of masonry. The vAluo of these and other works in con-
nection therewith amounts to about £196,000, or £3,000
more than at the date of my last report. Under his con-
tract for the Southern Low Level Sower, Mr. Webster has
now completed nearly 3 miles of sewers, varying in size
from sft 9in to 7ft 3in barrel, at an estimated cost of about
£92,000, being £l,OOO in excess of the sum last reported.
(Signed) J. W. 13AzALGETTE, Engineer.
The report was adopted.
THE METROPOLITAN SCHEMES.
Mr. 13AZALGETTE read a letter he had received
from Mr. Thomas Fowler, the engineer to one of
the :Metropolitan Railway schemes, stating that the
joint committee of the Houses of Parliament had
advised the engineers of the proposed schemes to
meet together, and see if they could not form a plan
that would meet the ♦iews of all concerned out of
those now before Parliament, and asking Mr.
BszAlgette to meet the various engineers at his
(Mr. Fowler's) offices on Tuesday next, and act on
the part of the Board of Works.
A discussion ensued upo❑ it, when it was decided
that Mr Bazalgette should attend the meeting to
ascertain the views of the promoters, and to report
to a committee of the board, but not to act for the
board.

REMOVAL OF MIDDLE-ROW, HOLBORN.
Mr. HALL brought forward the question of the
removal of Middle-row, Holborn, and moved—
" That the necessary steps be taken for obtaining,
if possible, the insertion of clauses in the Holborn
Valley Improvement Bill, now before Parlia-
ment, for the removal of the houses on the
❑orth side of Middle-row, out of the funds proposed
to bo raised, or failing that, then to obtain a recom-
mendation from the committee to whom the bill is
referred for such removal, and that the solicitor be
so instructed."

This gave rise to some dircussion, and the sub-
stititution of an amendment, but eventually the
motion was put, and negatived by a majority of
12 to 7.

'[ho routine business was then disposed of, and
he board adjourned.

A meeting of merchants and others was held yesterday at
the London Tavern, in reference to the manner in which it
was proposed to cut up the city by the railway schemes now
before Parliament.

Mr. R.W. CRAWFORD, M.P., was called to the chair. He
had, ho said, at first looked with little satisfaction upon the
appointment of a joint committee of the two Houses of Par-
liament, and the result of the deliberations of that commit-
tee had not tended to increase his satisfaction. Some of the
schemes which wore to be allowed to go before the select
committee interfered with the city property, and it was for
the citizens to consider what would be the effect of so many
railways on the trade and commerce of the city. The most
important line which affected the city which was to be allowed
to go to a select committee was that which completed what
was termed the inner circle of communication. It would
run along the Thames embankment,finding its way somehow
or another from the end of Blackfrairs-bridge along Thames•
street. That it would find its way round by Tower-hill and
the Minories, and eventually join the extension;
tohfitshlein/sele:,reore-
politan, and so proceed to Finsbury-circus.
to be an underground railway it would be below the level
of the Thames; if it were to be a high-level railway it would
interfere with an immense mass of City property, lie was
glad to find from the reports in the papers that the Corpo-
ration of London were taking measures for protecting the
interests of the City in this matter. All these lines were in
the hands of what ho might, without offence, term specula-
tors, gentlemen of ono profession or another, who had, of
course, a right to pursue their profession as much as any
other person; but for himself he should have been glad to
see all the schemes postponed, so that they might be referred
to some independent body, who would deal with them sails-
faclorily to the public. (llear, hear.)
Mr. S. Moulxv moved a resolution which effirmed that,
in the opinion of this meetirg, the limited area of the city
of London, the seat of a rapidly-expanding trade, should be
protected against the intrusion of any railway within it
which was not absolutely necessary. He trusted the meet-
ing would result in the appointment of a committee to act
telonredfeedretnhcee to
motion.the matter.
on
Mr.
itycyAgLLr
KoouTEni: ss
seconded
in his official capacity, supported the reso-
lution, and earnestly urged the claims of the poor in con-
nection with the proposed railways.
The resolution was adopted, as were others of a practical
character, and a committee was appointed.

CORNIIILL.—The readers of this periodical will
urn, w:th interest of a peculiar character, to the
story of the late Mr. Thackeray. It is difficult to
judge from the opening chapters of any tale what
it may prove in its further development. Yet it
must be observed that the narrative of "Dennis
Duval" is singularly complete in its character, narrating,
as it does in this part, an entire tragedy of domestic life.
The form is autobiographical, the story being told by an
old admiral. The scene is supposed to be laid towards the
close of the last century, The greater number of the
characters are French. However, we cannot criticise too
closely a fragmentary sketch like this, which is all that is
loft to us of the last attempt of a great man, and seems his
parting legacy to the readers who so delighted in his works,
and who mourn the untimely departure of him who
traced out life for them with a master hand.
" The Small House at Allington" does not make much
progress this time with the more pleasing characters, but
records very important events concerning Crosbie, whose
aristocratic lady takes herself off to Baden-Baden with her
mother and sister, abandoning the petty grandeurs and dig-
nities of Princess Royal-crescent after about 10 weeks' trial.
This is a good satire on the pleasing results of marriages
a la mode, but the reader grudges Crosbie his felicitous
liberty, which boon he certainly does not deserve. Lily,
who would be a charming maiden, spoils herself by her
infatuated folly in persisting to worship as an idol a man
who deserved to be scouted from respectable society for his
paltroonery and dishonourable conduct, " The Fashion of
Furniture" is a very sensible article, which the foolish and
flippant of the day would do well to peruao attentively, and
the result cannot be otherwise than beneficial to their taste
and profitable to their fortunes, It is very truly said that
the present generation have not made progress in this spe-
cialty. We often congratulate ourselves on the compara-
tive low price of certain articles for which our forefathers
paid so much, but wo forget that furniture in their days
often lasted a lifetime. Much of ours becomes rickety in a
short time after purchase, and before many years has to be
replaced altogether. There is a want of solidity and a want
of purpose about it which tends to this result. " The
Forest of Essex" is a pleasure sketch of a very delightful
locality, and the historical association of the place elann for
it a due respect and reverence. We are heroinformed
that " Caractacus had a good deal to do with Us, and
Boadicia was finally beaten somewhere between
Epping and Waltham." " Margaret Denzil's
re;reth contemplated. Theose who shrink from
Ilis-
tory is continued at porno length this number.
" Sentence of Death Recorded," is a striking article that is
well worthy of notice, and brings home to us a subject that
oo u
ocannotlu abi
ne
gpassage
too much
ought
toot toreassure earnestly
the e
all mention of the theme, which is sombre or splendid as it
is regarded either with the eye of flesh or the vision of faith.
Tnus .iikpe,etotio b
e enemy to spare us we were,
t:reed by a granted prayer, and lose
the ultimate hope that w. e too might one day die, no greater
ilthf
oinourtine
calamity could be imagined for any human being. Saved
to die disproveth right to grieve.' Death is even a better
gift than life, and abut ad plures is often the happiest thing
that can bo said of any man."
TUE SIXPENNY MAGAZINE.—The chief feature in
this number is the commencement of a new story by
the author of " The Cross of Honour." It is called Barry
O'Byrne, and, although amusing, is somewhat extrava-
gant. " Singed Moths" is continued, and the wretched
Smugglefusses proceed in their attempts atter greatness in
a manner quite worthy of their name. One of the best
papers in this part is one on " Josiah Wedgwood."
EVERY BOY'S MAGAZINE.--This little serial is
full of fun and frolic, and as captivating as ever to
its young readers.

LE FOLLET.—The gorgeous dresses in the plates
show that the reign of fashion is at its height, and
testify to the variety if not always the elegance of the pre-
vailing mocks. There is an additional plato this month,
and the lotterpress of the magazine is the usual compound
of romance and poetry.

The EVENTS OF THE MONTH, and the GAR-
DENERS' WEEKLY MAGAZINE, both contain much
valuable information, which, in each of them, is arranged
in the most concise and interesting manner.
NEWTON'S LONDON JOURNAL for this month
contains an elaborate Recount of the principal recent patents
and scientific notices, as well as an excellent article on
"Patent Adjudication Reform."

We have to announce the death of Mr. James
Maxse, who expired f esterday at his residence in Upper
Grosvenor-street. The deceased gentleman married, in
1829, Lady Caroline Fitz-Harding() Berkeley (daughter of
the late Earl of Berkeley), whe now survives him.
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season tickets, 687—total visitors, 1,150.