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

ROYSTON AND HITCHIN.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on
Monday at the office, Gracechurch-street, Mr. J. C. Cob-
bold, M.P., in the chair.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Sir R. W.
CARDEN, a formal resolution to the effect that a dividend at
the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, less income-tax, and Id
per a 5s stock for expenses of management, on the Royston,
Hitchin, and Shepreth consolidated stock, for the half-year
ending the Ist of February inst., be paid forthwith, was
passed unanimously; mil a vote of thanks to the chairman
concluded the proceedings.

FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING.
The report of the directors of this company states that
the gross receipts for the past half-year amount to £3,325,
showing an increase of £176 over the corresponding half of
last year, The working expenses for the half-year are
£1,291, against £1,215 for the corresponding period. After
deducting the interest on mortgage, the net balance of re-
venue amounts to £1,087, out of which the directors recom-
mend a dividend of Is. 6d. per share, less income tax. The
directors state the loans on mortgage amount to £30,206
in three sums, at 5,4/, and 4). per cent. interest respec-
tively. The capital account shows that there has been ex-
pended £237,875.

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HERALD.—The blood which Austria and Prussia
have shed so wantonly cries toHeaven for vengeance.
The brutal butchery which, with the approval of
the Grown Prince ofPrguisos_iaansdhis cousin, has been
An pru
committed by the sian 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
" qehleswig, when the object which the Austrian
ot .... at re
and Pens, n esovernments professed to seek was
The withdrawal of the November
secured to 'dam:.
Constitution :night have been obtained without the
sacrifiee 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 Angel!) in the
streets of Flensburg, and are continuing Angela,
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 ti:e
allied 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
Anstro-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 ? 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
Angela, 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 Dines 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 bravo 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 ? 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 piece 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 are anything
but assuring. Of what use is it for Earl Russel! to
protest against the doctrine that the resistance of
the Danes annulled the treaty. His protests will
be treated with contempt. The officic 1 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
act 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 that: go to
war; and they will consult their own interests e-21Y
in the disposition of the country which by a Grime
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, consie
derable as it was made to appear, is in 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 so far 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
I members in the present House of Commons who
could, if they pleased, give Sir George Grey in-
stances from the boroughs they represent of at-
torneys 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
is obviously dependent on
enough as far as it goes,
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 1
is evidently not satisfied with it, and ho 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--tus-
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 rsucceecled, and has suggested them ? The
visiting justices must have ordered an inquiry into
the state of '-'I
''awnleY'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 curti-
ficateei he has received were made bona fide, after due
inquil y,and on positive conviction. We will assume,
1 however, that this would have been a case in which
doubts might have suggested themselves to the Home
Secretory, sod that, in the exercise of the discretion

ONE OF THE LAST OF THE CHIVALROUS Fc•-
LOWERS OF THE GREAT NAPOLEON !
For the following singularly interesting account
of the career of the Count Flahault we are indebted
to the pen of the Paris correspendent of our leading
contemporary :
The appointment of Count Flahault to the post of
Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour lies
given general satisfaction. It is remembered that
he was a soldier two years before the order of wieich
he is now the head was founded by the First Con-
sul ; and which, though often bestowed prodigy Illy,
the geniu3 of the founder seems to have preserved
in all vicissitudes from degradation or decay. Count
Flahault is the most illustrious survivor of that
wonderful period which comprises the Consulate end
the Empire,under which he held a prominent place.
He witnessed not merely as a spectator, but as nn
actor, the tremendous struggles which shook Europe
to its foundations ; and was not the least in those
days when there were giants in the land. There are
persons who figure as heroes in works of fiction with
less of the romantic in their career than the Chan-
cellor of the Legion of Honour. He was born in
Paris in 1785, when the first moaning of the
tempest which was to sweep everything before
it was heard. His father was an officer of
rank in the French army and died on the
scaffold during the Reign of Terror, on the
charge of incicism and of being an aristocrat. The
friends of the family succeeded in convey-Ins; the
orphan child to England, where he was put to
school. The story goes that he suffered no small
torment from his comrades merely on account of 11;s
nationality; so that whereas the Parisian Terrorists
put the father to death for not being sufficiently
national, the son was persecuted at school for
being too much so. When order was restored by
the strong hand of Bonaparte, M. Flahault returned.
to France, but not to lead a life of inactivity. It
was a stirring period. The renown of Marceau,
General at 24, dying the death of a hero at 27, end
over whose grave the enemy as well as his own
army paid military honours; of Hoche, to whose
other well-earned titles was added that of " Pacifie
cater of La Vendee," and who died, full of glory, at
29; and of others destined to a still loftier flight,
not to sneak of the greatest of all, attracted to the
ranks of the army the youth of France. Bonaparte
was then preparing for his Italian campaign cal
for the victory of Marengo, which secured Cl° sub-
mission of Italy, broke iu pieces the in cord coa-
lition, and ended in the peace of Luneville.
Young Flahault enrolled himself in the corns of
volunteers attached to the army under the First
Consul. At such a time, in such an aemy,
and under such a leader, gallantry in the field
was sure not to pass unnoticed or unrewardttz: ;
and as the merits of the young soldier of for:und
were of a high order, he met with rapid promoter..
Ho was successively appointed to the staff of Muret,
lierthier, and Napoleon himself, and a::ved
great distinction in the campaigns of Portugal,
Germany, and Russia. He was named General of
Brigade, General of Division, and Count cf.the
Empire in 1813. During the desperate struggle
maintained against such fearful odds by Napoleon
on the French territory in 1814, Count Flahault
was selected to conduct the negotiations for an
armistice at Lusigny with the allies, but the nego-
tiations were broken off the day Troyes was retaken ;
the propositions of the negotiator being considered
inadmissible by the Powers. A merit beyond that
of the mere soldier attaches to Count Flahault's
name. He was not one of those to whom could be
applied the sarcasm which the ingratitude of those
who worshipped him while he was all-powerful,
and who abandoned him in his adversity, wrung
from the Emperor. Count Flahault's devotion
to his chief was the same to the last ; it
was pushed even to rashness. Having nobly
borne his part in the final struggle of Water-
loo, he did not yet despair; and after the abdiee-
ttob: of Napoleon he headed, with Lucien and Lal:e-
doyere, the Imperial party in the Chamber of Peers,
of which he: was a member, and made the most des-
perate efforts ts: sustain the dynasty in the person of
Napoleon's son. 17:rhat a moment that was when,
Noy rushed in while
Davoust was reading has
report of the military resoi-:rces that yet remained.
to France in a most favourabi,9 point of view, and
announced that it was all illusion ; that it was ab-
surd to suppose that 60,000 men could then be
rallied; that Marshal Grouchy could hardly mus-
ter 10,000 or 15,000; that the Prussians were not
beaten, and that the allies would be at the gates
of the capital in six or seven days I
In the midst of the vehement agitation which
followed these tidings Flahault did not despair ;
and he, Lucien, Joseph, and Lsbedoyere pro.
claimed Napoleon 11. Their efforts were vain ; the
Government of France was to be decided otherwise
than by debates in either the Peers or the Depu-
ties. When all was over, among those who were
forced to emigrate was Count Flahault. Owing,
I believe, to the influence of Prince Talley-
rand, his name WES struck out of the list
of exiles soon after the second restoration of the
Bourbons, and he was enabled to return to France.
The Revolution of July restored him to bis seat its
the Chamber of Peers and to his rank in the army.
He was subsequently attached to the military
household of the Duke of Orleans, had severs! dip
lomatic missions entrusted to him, and held the
post of Ambassador to Vienna from 1842 to the
Revolution
laopluticoedn o f 1848. As General of Division he
w t
on the reserve of the army in 1849.
On the sth May, 1838, he had been named Knight
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, of which he
now is Grand Chancellor.
Few have passed through more vicissitudes of
good and adverse fortune than Count Flahault:
As one of the oldest and most faithful followers of
the first Napoleon it was natural that he should be
highly considered by the third of the name, whom
ho represented as Ambassador in London, after
having represented Louis Philippe at Vienna.
Count Flahault is so well known in England that
it is superfluous to say his nobleness of character,
distinction of manner, and kindness of diepositlea
have grined him as much goodwill there as in his
native country, and that his friends on both :ayes
of the Channel have learnt with equal satisfaction
the honour so appropriately conferred hsill:f
nephew on one of the most gallant gentlemen
I.lllClo's court and camp.

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HER MAJ- ESTY'S THEATRE.
:slights of Performance-Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays.
TO- iiORROW EVENI NG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11.
FAI hiT (In English).
Lemmens-Sherrtagt ox 1, Taccani, and Florence Lancia.
Santley, Marc h asi I, Dussek, and Sims Reeves.
Conduct or—Signor Arditi.
Com mence at Eight.
Box-office at the Theatre open daily.
Tickets, also, at 11 essrs . Chappell andCo.'s, 50, New Bond-
stree t.

ROY AL- EIiGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the M Imago:meat of Miss Louisa Pyne and
Mr. VT. Harrison.
To-mon-Row EVENING (first time) a new Opera, caed
H STOOPS V. ► CONQUER. Miss Louisa Pyne ana sir.
W. 11 arrison.
After which, the Burlesque Opening of the Grand National
Pantomime,
ItAaLEQ:rug ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON.
Doors 0 pen at half-past Six—..ommence at Seven.

THEAT ItEg
ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E.
M ai Laers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and
F. B. Chatterton.
TO- MORR, 'W, the Performances will commence with
the Nog Serb - Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled
I GHT AND. 'lOl{,N. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps,
rupported by ik ,esers. Ryder, Raynor, Flizjames, and Misses
K. Declercq, Al ;inson, and Heath.
'To conclude ti 'ith the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto-
mSlNG!e of SIN LD THE SAILOR. -, or, The S even `a
Boleno and C. L darr
of th World. Clowns, Messrs. H.
;
Ileasts.aricquins, Ales srs. . CormaclE and S. Saville ; Pantaloons,
l W A. I.k trnt a and J. aiorris ; Columbines, Madame
Bolen° and Miss* Gunniss.
ce open from 10 till 5 daily.
Prices as usual. Box Offi

ItOYAI, LYCEUM THEATRE:
Under the- ,Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
'PO-MO &ROW, performance will commence with a
Wew and Orig:inat arce, entitled THE LOST CHILD:
Me,s"s. Misses
abe Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett,
s.l.,reland ; Misses rcy, Pauline LeAercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee,
anti Miss E. Lavern].
jt ',ter which, at o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love
sto,-y, in Twelve Tata eaux, t aken from Stendhal's "Italian
Chronicle'." by Mr. ,rohn Brougnam. Principal charac
ter by Mr. Fechter, sitl sported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
Brow,h ,m, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
;Jot lett, Sims ; Miss Kale Terry, Miss E. Layenu, Mrs. Lee,
anti .suss ElsworthY.
T he Public are entreat t i to take notice that No Charge is
mai le to the occupants of .Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either
to: play bills or for the salfe keeping. of hat and cloaks, and
tna t the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to
rece lye any gratuities what ever.
Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7.

IfiIEATRE ROY AL HAY NI ARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
TO-MORROW, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs.
Sothern, Buck stone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers,
Cl Ark, Cullenford, Sze. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry,
Lindley, Hill, &c.
After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights
of the Round table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid,
Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough,
Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
TO-MORROW EVENING, DONNA DIANA.
After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TTICKER•
or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman'
who Lived in a :1;hoe and Had so Many Children she didn't
know what to do.

NEW THE ATRE-RO AL, ADELPHI.—
Sol e Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
TO-MOR.ROW, THE PRETTY HORSEBLMAKEEL
Miss Wooly;ar.
at to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH Miss Bate-
Man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Btl-
higton, St: mrt, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and
Mrs. Billin47ton.
To einehrie with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunio
and his Sevon, Magi') Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, It. Phillips,
Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti
Joseihs, Mtn; L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman.
. -

Commence at 7.

LE A 11.-E ETt Y
MISS BATEMAN.

NIGHT.

ItrISS BA TENTAN.—LEAH.—TOO RRO
bliss
V
the 113th appearance of the great Tragic Actress,
BA F:MAN, in the character of LS:AH. In consequence of
the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso-
nation of the priLcipal character in the new Five Act Drama
of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce
that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further
notice.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the
Management of 3Cr. B. WEBSTER.
Cro (led with rank and fashion.- The New Comedy of THE
SILVER. LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, ,a 1 rs. Frank Matthews, and Mr..T.
L. Took every evening. The following eminent artistes are
fir-aged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr. J. L. To,le, Mr. Paul
Bedtord, Mr. Frederic Robinson. Mr. Ashley, and Kr. Chas.
Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert. Mrs. Frank Mat-
thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went-
worth. and Mrs. Charles Mafaews.
TO-MORROW EVENING, and during the Week, at 7,
gm entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, IT Leicest,r Bucking-
ham, Esq., entitled T E SILVER LIsI : Mr. Charles
Mathews Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John-
s'one. 3fr. Montague; Mrs. harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank
3latthews, bliss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling.
To be followed by )ir, Charles Mathews just translated
from the French) in his characteristic character of Un Ang,lais
Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER.
To conclude with 1863 ; or, T FIE SENSATIONS OF
TIIi PAST SEASON : Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. Paul Bedford,
Mr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
To-morro Eveninf;, UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr.
Belford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne.
After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS
AND EURYDICE Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton,
Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o.
Followed by MARGATE SANDS.
Commence at 7.

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Messrs. Tippetts and Son, 2, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury, City.
Messrs. Upton and Yewdall, Leeds.
SECRETARY (pro. tem.)—Mr. J. W. Tempest.
Temporary Offices-24, Bucklersbury (two doors from the
Mansion House.)
In introducing the City Mercantile Club and Dining
Hall Company to the public the Directors have pleasure in
knowing that they are supplying a great public want, it
being universally admitted that—
A Club adapted to the constantly increasing growth and
requirements of the commercial and mercantile world of the
City of London, and
A higher class public dining and refreshment hall are
greatly wanted.
The Chtb, with its private dining, reading, and smoking-
rooms for the exclusive use of members, will be conducted
under the management of a committee, strictly upon the
principles
of similar • i
establishments, with a small entrance
lee and subscription, and a moderate dining-room tariff,
adapted to the views of nienof the commercial world. The
establishment will contain from 30 to 40 bed •rooms.
shares and upwards will (subject
Holders a tento the
ballot) be admitted to the membership of the club, without
en trance fee.
The public dining halls will be on a scale worthy of the
City. and capable of comparison with any establiehruent on
the Continent.
The Directors have purchasedc in one of the best and most
central situations in the
aity, close
proximity to the
principal places of busintehse,su mertcentrange of buildings
(recently erected under
ePaP sindenee ofanem3ion,oeonO
o
feet of floor space,f
architect) in the centre
and pre-eminently en
iee'lladaptedavin nearly
to the re-
a•.
quirements of all branches of the proposed establishment.
It will be for the consideration ot the Directors whether
it is desirable to let off the ground an& basement floors, the
reeidne of the premises providing ample space for the re-
quirements of the undertaking., and should these floors be
so let off they will alone command a rental sufficient to
guarantee a substantial dividend upon the paid-up capital.
The Directors have carefully considered the probable
profits and returns of this undertaking, and their meat
moderate calculations show a dividend of from 30 to 40 per

cent.
The Directors congratulate themselves on having secured
the invaluable co-operation of several gentlemen whose
prictical knowledge and experience will be truly desirable.
Iu (3,insequence of a large amount of shares having been
itlf..a;y applied. for (And a most encouraginat number of
made for Cli:b inerribersbip),the Directors are
atid that the list of applications for shares can
11,311.1. opsuror a limited period only. lu the meantime
for the onallotted shares must be made thet
lieitors or Secretary; the required deposit having been
pr,vi„„siy paid to the Bankers of the Company.
The Articles, of Ass.A.dation can be seen at the Company's

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To the arectors of the City Mercantile Club and Dining
gall Company (Limited).
Gentlenl:7ll.—l nquest that you will allot me
shares of £lO each, hi the above Company, and erciosa a
cheque for the deposit of £1 per Share thereon : and I un-
dertake to pay the further sum of LI on allotment, to pay
a,l CRll, thereon, and to execute the articles of association
when required.
Dated this day of
IS
Names in full
Residence
Profession or trade
Place of business • • •