The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-10 00:00:00

• 0k..4

N°. 22,348.

THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1864.

THE MARITIME INSURANCE COMPANY
(Limited).
Incorporated, with Limited Liability, under "The
Companies Act, 1862."
Capital, One Million. In 100,000 shares of £lO each. First
Issue 25,000 shares.
Deposit.on Application £1 per Share. Further payment on
Allotment £1 per Share.
DIRECTORS.
Francis Boult, Esq. (Messrs. Boult, English and Brandon.)
Alexander Duranty, Esq. (Messrs. A. Durant), and Co.)
William Harrison, Esq. (M, sere. Harrisons and Latham.)
W H. Haynes, Esq., Merchant.
Patrick Hunter, Esq. (Niessrs. Browne, Hunter, and Co.)
George B. Kerferd, Esq. (Messrs. Geo. B. Kerferd and Co.)
Peter Maxwell, Esq., merchant.
P. M. Miler, Esq. (Messrs. Miller and Rosman.)
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, Copthall-buildings, London,
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.
AUDITON.S.
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-satisfaotory to the Directors, dependent la 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 ani 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 vaiue of their Shares in the market, viz.:—
Amount Present Equal
paid. price. to
The Thames and Mersey £2 £7 0 0 250 per Cent. pm.
The British. and Foreign 2 415 0 137 „
The Union .....
The Empire
The Albion ..•• •
The Mercantile
The strictest economy will be exercised in working, and the
preliminary expenses will 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 it
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 eases where no allotments are made, the deposit will be
returned without deduction.

NEW WORK BY THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER.
Now ready, in 2 vols. Sva, with Fine Portraits, 305.,
COURT AND SOCIETY, from ELIZABETH
A..) to ANNE ; Edited from the Papers at Kimbolton.
By the DUKE of MANCHESTER.
OPINIONS OF TUE PRESS.
From the Times.—" These volumes are sure to excite
curiosity. A great deal of interesting matter is here collected
from sources which are not within everybody's reach."
From the Post.—" The public are indebted to the noble
author for many important documents otherwise inaccessible,
as well as for the lively, picturesque, and piquant sketches
of Court and Society, which render his work powerfully at-
tractive to the general reader."
From the Herald.—" In commending these volumes to our
readers we can assure them that they will find a grear. deal
of very delightful and very instructive reading."
From the Daily News.—" The merits of the Duke of Man-
chester's work are numerous. Toe substance of the book is
new ; it ranges over by far the most interesting and impor-
tant period of our history; it combines in its notice of men
and things infinite variety. The author has the command of
a good style, graceful, free, and graphic."
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC,
BRANDY.
This celebrated Old IRISH 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 principal towns in England ; or wholesale
at

an amendment, embodying both these alterations, to the

report.

Alderman J. C. LAWRENCE also said that he did not be-

lieve that any eminent maa would be found to accept the
office for less than £2,000 per annum, and he proposed an
amendment to that effect, which was seconded by Mr. G.
J.' COCKERELL.

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

The proposition of Mr. Rowe was, however, even-
tually carried—and the report, thus amended, was then
agreed to,

TROUSERS.—Special attention is willed to the
WINTER GOODS, and gentlemen who do not mind
paying a fair price for a good pair of trousers can depend on
material and I atterns that cannot be excelled, at

The Court then adjourned, without any discussion having
taken place upon the subject which it was especially con•
yoked to tako into consideration.

HAMILTON and KIMPTON'S, TAILORS,
105, Strand (opposite Exeter Hall).

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL,
without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor,
and in every count in England, 108 6d per owt ; one cwt.
equal to cwt. bar ey or any moat Delivered free in Lon-
don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEA.RCE, Manager, 66,
Lant-street, Southwark.

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE.

The report of the directors states that the amount of ca-
pital chargeable to revenue on 31st Dec. last, exclusive of
the leased lines, is as follows :—£12,093,594 consolidated
stock, £3,006,386 guaranteed and preference, and £4,575,145
loans ; together, X 19,675,125. The expenditure charged to
capital for the half-year amounts to £157,203, of which
£88,921 is for new lines. The receipts on revenue account
during the past half-year amount to £971,509, against
£903,991 for the corresponding half of 1862, showing an in -
crease of £67,518. The expenses amounted to £412,811,
against £399,410, for the corresponding half of 1862, show-
ing an increase of only £13,401. The balance of revenue
applicable to the payment of dividend on the ordinary stock
of the company is £312,826, and out of this amount the
directors recommend the proprietors to declare a dividend
at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, less income tax, and
to carry forward the balance of £25,603 to the next account.
Notwithstanding the continued limitation of manufacturing
operations in Lancashire, there has been an increase of the
receipts of the railway, amounting to £67,518, over the
amount earned in the corresponding period of 1862, a result
which, under the circumstances, is considered by the direc-
tors highly satisfactory. The permanent way is considered
by the engineer to be in good condition, and the heads of
departments also report the rolling stock under their charge
to be in good repair. The estimate of the probable amount
which will be required during the current half-year for the
extension and enlargement of stations, for rolling stock, and
for the purchase of land is £120,000. The Oldham, Roch-
dale, and Royton Railway has been used for traffic to a
limited extent during the past half-year. The construc-
tion of the new line from Salford to N ictoria is progressing
satisfactorily, and the directors are making arrangements for
the enlargement and improvement of the Victoria Station,
which the opening of the new line will render absolutely
necessary. The directors have agreed to recommend the
proprietors to subscribe £50,000 towards the capital of
£200,000 required for docks at Feetwood, The share capi-
tal proposed to be raised by this company under the fire
bills now before Parliament amounts to £655,000.

IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any
one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or
Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS.
Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit.
Of all medicine vendors at is. 14d. and 2s. 9d. ; or free by
post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist
Lincoln.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
Tu be retained by the Bans era.
The Maritime Insurance Company (Limited).
To the Directors of the Maritime Insurance Company
(Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers of the above-
named Cora, 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- 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 1861.
Name in full
Firm (if any)
Business or Profession...
Place of Business
Residence

THE MEXICAN BANK (Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.
Capital n
£2,00/01,000,
I,sue in 20,5,000 shares. 100 shares of £lOO each.
t
Deposit £1 per share on application, and Li per share on
allotment. Calls will not exceed £5 per share, at intervals
of three months.

DIRECTORS,

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

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

London.
Abel Heywood. Esq. (ex-Mayor of Manchester), Director of
the Alliance Bank.
Lewis Lan2worthy, Esq., Manchester.
William J. Marshall, Esq. (Wilson, Bowles, and Co.), London.
John Paterson, Esq . chairman of the Standard Bank of
British south Africa.
Robert Rumney, Esq., Director of the Alliance Bank, Man-

cheater. -
Charles Alexander Thurburn, Esq., late of It. and H. Thur-
burn, of Alexandria.

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

4/

•
-,••
_\
'!)
•
4FPW
4
' -Ai •
IL-41,
v: 141111C‘ (419\14 hb9141111',f.:
.allfik
D V • • le.
• na

PRICE ..4d.
STAMPED

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

HERALD.—The blood which Austria and Prussia
have shed so wantonly cries toHeaven for vengeance.
The brutal butchery which, with the approval of
the Crown Prince of Prussia and his cousin, has been
committed by the Anglo-Prussian army since the
abandonment of the Dannewerke, will earn for the
two great German Powers the execration of all civi-
lised communities. Wanton enough was the invasion
of Schleswig, when the object which the Austrian
and Prussian Governments professed to seek was
secured to them. The withdrawal of the November

onstitution might have been obtained without the
sacrifice of a single life. But that outrage upon law,
that violation of common humanity, pales before the
infamous massacre which the overwhelming forces
of the allies have perpetrated in Angelo, in the
streets of Flensburg, and are continuing along the
roads running northward from that town. When
the Danes retired from the Dannewerke the pro-
fessed object of the Austrian and Prussian Govern-
ments Was accomplished. Schleswig was theirs. The
purpose of the Danish army was to escape from the
Duchy as fast as it possibly could. It abandoned its
material of war ; it sought to pass into Jutland or
cross over to Funen, and thence to Zealand, If the
ailied commanders had been animated by the spirit
professed by their Governments they would have
contented themselves with achieving this result, and
would have allowed the Danes to escape. But, with
a ferocity which reminds one of the worst days of
German armies, they fell upon this retreating force,
with which they hardly profess to be at war, and
slew as many as they possibly could. Watch the
Danes out, force them out of the Duchy, that would
have been fair enough. To annihilate them, as the
Aestro-Prussian commanders have sought to do,
was sheer savagery. Fast as the Danes retreated,
the Austro-Prussian " braves" were faster. The
small and shattered Danish army was attacked
again and again by forces far outnumbering
it. No losses it sustained satiated the fury
of the victors, who seem resolved not to stay
their bloody work until they have put to the sword
every Dane. Is this slaughter a satisfaction for the
humiliations of 1850 ? Are the Danes butchered to
satisfy the Austrians for their discomfiture in Italy,
and the Prussians for the contempt with which
France has treated them P The Prussian army was
sent to Schleswig fifteen years ago, by the avowal
of the Prussian Minister, to restore its character.
Is it sent now to inspire it with confidence ? The
relentless cruelty with which the present King of
Prussia suppressed the outbreak in Baden was in
its day the subject of general reprobation. It would
seem that the ferocity imputed to him as exceptional
is a family trait. His son and two of his nephews
share the glory of the bloody work which was done
on Saturday and Sunday in the pleasant land of
Angeln, in the outskirts of Flensburg, and which is
being zealously carried on to Apenraade,, For
glory it will be deemed in Germany. The greater
the slaughter of the Danes the greater the satisfac-
tion amongst Radicals and Reactionists. The more
scalps the army has to show the better it will be re-
ceived by that pseudo.civilised community, the
louder will its heroic deeds be sung by the countless
bards. Saxons and Hessians, Swabians and Bava-
rians, will burst with envy to think that they were
not engaged in the glorious encounter. We shall
hear much from Germany about the valour of the
Germans, but it is a valour which will not be ac-
cepted out of that country. Three men will always
be brave when they have only one to oppose them,
and the poor fellow is wearied out and anxious to
make his escape. There is nothing for Germany
to take credit for in the massacre of thirty-five
thousand men by eighty-five thousand. How-
ever, the last Danish soldier having been mur-
dered, the Duchy will be at the disposition of the
Austrian and Prussian Governments. Will they
be satisfied with the slaughter they have made,
and now, having invaded Schleswig with the best
intentions to wards Denmark, restore it to her with
a new constitution of their own framing P If
we could place the faintest reliance on their profes-
sions we should assume that they would do so ; and
having chastised King Christian in love, put him
anew in possession of the states which they acknow-
ledge to be his. But we cannot place any reliance
upon their professions. They are satisfied that
England will not interfere; they feel sure of France,
whose consent at the worst they can purchase at the
expense of some of the small states which have been
annoying them; and they have already given hints
that they mean to consider the treaty at an end.
The explanations of Lord Palmerston aro anything
DUI assuring. UL wtiar uao t 3 ti iur .ntsl
protest against the doctrine that the resistance of
the Danes annulled the treaty. His protests will
be treated with contempt. The official organ of the
Prussian Ministry roundly declares that Austria and
Prussia have not expressed the intention to uphold
the integrity of the Danish monarchy ; and although
this statement is probably premature, its appearance
in such a journal indicates sufficiently that if they
have not yet made up their minds to repudiate the
treaty, they have a strong inclination to do so. The
language employed by the Crown Prince of Prussia
—whose part in this monstrous iniquity we will not
trust ourselves to characterise—in answering an
address at Rensburg, is significant, as showing that
his influence will be given to promote the violation
of the treaty and the establishment of the pretender
upon the throne of Schleswig-Holstein, if it should
not be found quite convenient that Prussia should
retain possession of the Duchies. Governments
which have not scrupled to shed such torrents of
blood upon so trifling a pretext will not now be
bound by a treaty which they have already violated,
and to which they only pretended to adhere so long
as there was a chance that England might act the
part which her honour and her interests called upon
her to take. They are satisfied now that England
will put up with any humiliation rather than go to
war; and they will consult their own interests only
in the disposition of the country which by a crime
fouler far than the partition of Poland they have
wrested from Denmark.
POST.—The amendment of the 3d and 4th Vic-
toria, cap. 54, proposed by Sir George Grey, consi'
derable as it was made to appear, is is reality, look-
ing at it practically, very small indeed. The
alterations which are suggested in the mode of
ascertaining the insanity of a prisoner are, that the
certificate of lunacy must be signed by two visiting
justices of the gaol in which he is confined ; that the
two medical men by whom the prisoner is to be exa-
mined and the certificate made are to be selected by
the visiting justices, and they must be physicians
or surgeons duly registered under the Medical Re-
gistration Act ; and that the Secretary of State, on
receipt of the certificate, may, in cases where he
entertains doubt, order a further inquiry. Now,
reading the act as we have all along read it, as
permissive and not mandatory, in as it defines
the duty of the Secretary of State, this last and
most important provision is, in point of law, scarcely
required. It may serve to explain, but it certainly
does not, as we submit, change the subsisting
enactment. With respect to the selection of the
medical men who are to conduct the examination
of the prisoner and make the certificate, there are,
we apprehend, few if any objections that apply to
the magistracy as a body which are not equally ap-
plicable to visiting justices; and as the irresponsi-
bility of magistrates for any official act not legally
corrupt has been so remarkably exemplified in the
case of the justices who signed the certificate in
favour of Townley, this provision alone appears to
present no sufficient safeguard against the undue
influence a sharp attorney could bring to bear upon
the visiting justices of a borough gaol. There are
members in the present House of Commons who
could, if they pleased, give Sir George Grey
in-
stances from the boroughs they represent of
who are as able to bias visiting justices
as they are to control the corporations to which
they act as clerks. So, also, the provision which
requires that the subscribing medical men shall be
registered physicians or surgeons, though right
enough as far as it goes, is obviously dependent on
the honesty or discretion of the selected justices.
It offers some security, and it will be said, as good
security
as is given in the signature of ordinary
certificates of lunacy; but Sir George Grey himself
is evidently not satisfied with it, and he therefore
reserves to the Secretary of State the power to make
further inquiry ; and, in fact, on that reservation
the proposed amendment of the act will have to be
tested. Practically, there will be no difficulty in
obtaining a certificate of lunacy from visiting jus-
tices and registered medical men. Human nature
and psychological theories will operate generally
as they operated at Derby. If these amendments
had been in force, would they have prevented the
attempt to defeat the ends of justice, which unfor-
tunately succeeded, and has suggested them ? The
visiting justices must have ordered an inquiry into
the state of Townley's mind. It would have been
their duty to do so. But they might have selected
other medical men than those by whom the inquiry
was actually conducted ? Sir G. Grey has been very
particular in explaining that he believes the certi-
ficated he has received were.made bona fide, after due
inquiry,and on positive conviction. We will assume,
however, that this would have been a case in which
doubts might have suggested themselves to the Home
Secretary, and that, in the eseroise of the discretion