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;,...- ins Uompany is formed for the construction and work-
,,..'"'g of two lines of railway in Peru—one to connect the
of
Ptioareotnhee
'"aPort of Pisco with the town of Yea ; the other to con-
nect the city of Arequipa with the port of Mejia.
construction of these railways the Government
of Peru have granted special concessions, and a guarantee
which would appear exorbitant, if it were not
the_ statistics of the existing traffic have satisfied the
(.31.11'''ati Government that the railways, when at work,
yield returns which will not only relieve the Govern-
Lueut of the charge for their guarantee, but far exceed the
at reet Juir• ed for that purpose.
tivell, l'enivian Government guarantees for the period of
Over Yea's—or Years—or until the railways have produced
tiek
~ above the cost and provision for repair, renoya-
Yeal:san?. maintenance for the space of two consecutive
at, i_ , dividends at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum—
revenues v 46mne 014'233,800 per annum, charged upon the public
i.te, enues of the State, and further secured by hypotheca-
cesslliel th:' guano shipped to European States. The cono;
reirecs i.or the railways contain the usual provision f
ing a Igamg to the Government(out of any surplus exceed-
such surn,per cent. per annum dividend to the shareholders)r
their ,„..,,"'' if an Y, as may have been paid by them to cove ht,,,,arantes.
fvel.„oThaf
tc::lic.eas:iwoint sslof these linos of railway from the Go-
in --ant °f Peru is fora period of 99 years from the open-
A su ilicient sum will be set art to
4,144' Binking fund for the redemption of the wholescapi-
after tO Premium of £lOO per cent., to be operative yearhly
thare:-`e first 20 years of the working of the railways. T . e
(lend: 6°, redeemed to be altogether cancelled, and the divi-
;te- .w•Luell would otherwise be payable on such shares to
6r, Years form part of the sinking fund. After the first
1: tieco Price at which shares shall be redeemed and
thu-lled shall be regulated at such higher or other price
ft -d
`lfici Per cent. premium as the state of the sinking
illa,,shall.Warrant.
me;;tni,9ll„ 't is borne in mind that the Peruvian Governro--
vieesi -au, bearing 41 per cent. per annumb2teest,op
eo.rrowed on the same security, is rapidly in ura!!
•15thfee'ctraction, it will be quite evident that, irrespectiveUL
real; 1/r°4Pect of a much higher rate of dividend being
sees7l from the working of therailways, the nature of
the
Com itY should obtain a ready market for the shares of h any
The •
days 8. re Prospects of revenue from the working of the rail-
tuaraw „,,, however, so great as to render the Government
seconds"'" (in other respects so important) a feature of but
The ,7 consideration.
fills 4-kopublic of Peru has a seaboard of nearly 1,600
perhaps an area of about 50,000 square miles. There is,
eonnel Llo country in the world in which the elements of
Produercial prosperity are more complete. The mmeral ahee ets of all kinds with which its interior provinces
aboottil, of
with its long stretch of coast, give it an on that unrivalled facility for the development of commerce
0b5t,431 moat extensive scale. To this development one
of eo,,t)altd one alono--exists ; the want of propermeans
try. -4ullnication between the ports and the interior coun-
tnnbalicte of this obstacle the large existing trade of the
is proved by it Custom returns ; and that under-
a7rs 11,E%1,aaving for theirs object the remedy for this defect,
the 6:71 to be remunerative, is shown by the working of
at a ratea° and Lima Railway, which now pays dividends
dalaPProaching 430 per cent.per annum on the mi-
-1 cost of construction. p
kilo (rci,fliary charge for the conveyance of goods per
like o„-• -rem is equal to the charge for the carriage of a
The in Great Britain 14 miles.
this 6' construction of the railways to be undertaken by' Port, cloPany will establish communication between im-
'lTh„,, nt centres of commerce.in the interior and the proper
on the sea coast.
trae° line, from Mejia to Arequipa is laid out to serve t.he
to the wilich at present takes the route from the latter city
of eoh,° Port of Islay, a route which forms the main channel
,clUipZ`llunication from the coast to the districts of Are-
'uoliyia:` °no, and Cuzco, and the northern portion of
The
taw. connection with the last mentioned State is im. por-
t° eas the establishment of a system of radways.suitab e
raii„;„°wn wants is now a subject of serious attention. The
of any-7 now proposed would form one of the main
.outlets Eit such system to the coast of the Pacific, a clrTum-
tram-cc: Which alone must secure it a considerable additional
1, of the most remunerative description.
rst,„l-te railway from Pisco to Yea is proposed to be con-
nt,'"eted underconditions analogous to those of the Callao
con-
and T . .
13'41111a hue already referred to.
t„;l'oni. the easy character of the line, and a large existing
i'elfe in the district to be traversed, it is evident that the net
,Xlille must greatly exceed the guaranteed amount.
The lengths of the proposed lines are as follows :
Mena to Arequipa .............
Disco to Yea.... ........ 90 miles.
.... ................ 46 miles.
...... ,

_,...
Total ............................ 136 miles.
.A. contract for the construction of the lines has been
entered into with the International Contract Company
(Limited), according to the estimates of G. P. Bidder, Esq
U.E., and J. M. Heppe], Esq., O.E. ~
In accordance with the terms of each concession the Cams
will be converted into a Soci6t6 Anon won
with shares
to bearer, or, if necessary, into two Socidtes Anonymea.
The capital of the Socidt4 Anonym°, or Soci6t4s Ano-
11Yraes,will be .C3,340,000—t0 be issued in shares andbonds.
~ The present Company has been formed as a Limited
L,lability Company, the shares in which will be exchange-
-4 Able for shares of a like denomination in
.the Soci6t6
.",tionyme.
Copies of the Articles of Association, of the Contract, and
Acts of Concession, with translations, are
partiesatthus den-
;el:te become subscribers, so that they may
.themoi
sae:s acquainted with all the provisions and conditions
feiT,eencessions.
e..,e deposit paid on application for shares_ wille be for-
thee '' and the allotment cancelled in cases whrf, the
with
the 11343'13:1ent on allotment is duly made in accordance
CriUs of the allotment letter.
fo,,pplications for shares must be made in the annexed.....
be dressed to the Directors ; but no application will
thecetpsidered unless accompanied by the receipt of one of
bet. -"ankers of the Company for £1 per share on theiU.lll-
- ehares applied for. This sum will be returned in the
Of the application not being acceded to.
beer' ~ef Application for Shares and Prospectuses may
r,,tai;Cl au---
,t, e National Bank London •
-14icie National Bank,of Liver Pool ;
The Bank of Ireland, and its several branches, Ireland ;
At
_Branches of the National Bank, Ireland ;
At Ittl,o OMees of the Brokers of the Company ; and 85, e l'e °faces of the International Contract Company,
annon-street, West, London, E.C.
01131 ---
OP 'APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
h'lttill. A .A. (To be left with the Bankers.)
"'""a-ei RAILWAYS COMPANY (LIMITED).
To theisTo Directors of the Peruvian Railways Company
II
(Limited).
m
,t Ing Paden,. tithe Bank the sum of
4,,
Shares, I
rkiaoßt 3,' being per Share on
4.25 each
ti the on to allot me Shares of fo e Pero;
tt4aity wit, an Railways Compan
I hereby
, u the Prospectus issued by you, and,
y (Limited in con-
rt7e „; ,'ecerae a --memberc of the Company,
ghee el—
of Ass° • • and to accept such
to e; or a elation and be _ subject to its
I re-
Pay. th any less number that may be aHotted to me, and
'PIN e further sum due on allotment thereof, and_
_era,
be that
1.8 ill tea-7 name may be placed on the Register of M
ect of the Shares allotted to me.
rn, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name in full
Address in full
Reference
Date
•

SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and
11011 E, Hampstead. Offices. 77, Cornhill.
PATRON—The QUEEN.
TRUSTEES.
Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, The Rev. Canon f. hampneys
I
R. N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
TREASURERS.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq.
This Institution is designed to supply a great national
want,
and of Marines.
an asylum for the orphai daughters of sailors in
the Royal Navy and Merchants Service
It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic
service and provides a' home free of expense for former
inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the
temptations they might otherwise be exposed to.
Tue Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU-
TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the
recent storms and loss = f life at sea, and to enable them
eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the
necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those
who may perish by war.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers', Messrs.
Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre-
tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill.
R. SWEETTNG, Hon. Sec.
CHARLES NASH, Sec.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G
President-111s Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G.
This Hospital, foundei in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difilcui uy of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a con •iderable period averaged between
8,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are 'capable of
containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.

Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mal-
/erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co ;
Drummond and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; }ferries and Co. ; R 8,1180131.
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; W Warns, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and
Cot Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. trom 10 till 5.
bTANFORD S3tITQ, Oeoretary.

lET3UO SyeSaArsUD,
at the
EnXazaHarlßßlaTkelrOsNtre.
Lilolnd London.
et,
Full-length Models of the late President LINCOLN,
D.
A Established
I ‘
basely assassinated ; also President DAVIS, of the Confe-
derate States; the late lamented Itlet-lARD COBDEN,
Esq., and JOHN BRIGHT,Esq , may be seen at the Gallery.
NEW ADDITION.—A full length Portrait Model of
JOHN WILKES BOOTH, the reputed assassin of the late
President Lincoln, taken from a likeness presented by him-
self to Mrs. Stratton, wife of General Tom Thumb.

Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixp^nce.

ARGYLL ROO 11:1 S, Windmill - street,
Piccadilly.
PROMENADE, CONCERT, and DANCE every Evenintr.
This admired Band, under the direction of Signor LUIUI
CURT', will perform at 9 o'clock a Gr tud Overture, at 11
o'clock a Selection from a favourite Opera, and a series of
novel Dance Music till 12 o'clock.

Open at half•past 8. Admission, Is.
Manager—M. G R EN ET.

THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER
OF ENGLAND (Limited).
Authorised Capital
Capital Subscribed
000
Capital Paid. up 5OOOOO
Reserve Fund....
200,000
Dividend Reserve Fund 70,000
DIRECTORS.
The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, tloyernor.
JAMES LEVICK, Esq., Merchant, King's
Arms-yard, Deputy-
JAMES NUGENT DANIELL, Esq., Chair- Governors.
man of the Alliance Bank (Limited),
James Childs, Esq., London.
Alexander Dunbar. Esq., Old Btoal-street, London.
Charles Ellis, Esq., Lloyd's.
Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and
Co.). London.
'1 he Hon. T. C. Haliburton, M.P. Chairnyn of the Canada
Agency Association, London.
William Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Young, Harrison, and
Bevan), Director of the Thames and Mersey Insurance
Company.
Richard Stuart Lane, Esq. (Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co.),
London.
Charles E. Newbon, Esq.. London.
Henry PownalL Esq., J.P., Russell-squara, London.
Joseph Mackrill Smith; Esq. (Messrs. J. Mackrill Smith and
Co.), Old Broad-street. London.
Edward Warner, Esq , M. P., London.
John Westmorland, Esq. (Director of the Royal Insurance
Company), London.
Albert Grant, Esq., Managing Director.
The Agra and Mastennßa!'l\s7Ba(Limited.
)RnSk.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths.
The National Bank, London, Dablin, and its Branches in
Ireland.
The -Alliance Bank (Limited), London, Liverpool, and
Man-
chester.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane, B.C.

BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
This Company negotiates Loans for Colonial and Foreign
Governments ;
Co-operates in the Financial arrangements of British and
other Railways ;
Public
Makes Advances to Corporations, Town Councils, and other
n
Negotiates Loans for Public Works :
Assists in the introduction of Industrial and Commercial
undertakings ;
Makes advances upon approved Stocks, Shares, Bonds,
&a.

Makes temporary Loans upon eligible Freehold and Lease-
hold Securities.

London, 17 and 18 ALFRED LOWE, Secretary.
, Cornhill, May 4,1885.

DEBENTURES ISSD BY
THE CREDIT FoNciER SAND MOBILIER
OF ENGLAND (Limited),
ISSUE OF £500,000 DEBENTURES wirrr INTEREST
PAYABLE QUARTERLY.
The Directors have decided to issue Debenture Bonds of
vizthe Company for the amounts and bearing Interest as under,
.:
In sums of 410, £2O, £5O, XlOO. tau), 4500, and 41,001, with
coupons attached.

INTEREST.
For three years ........... 6 per cent. per annum.
For five years
61 ~
For seven years .... 7
It 11
Interest payable quarterly—viz., on the 30th March, 30th
June, 30th September, and 30th December in each year, at the
Payment of interest wilt be
The distinctive feature in the debentures issued by this
made
aonnyt'hs
eß3aonthkejrus. June
eTnhexe
tfl.rs t
asseeweurlilt; the amount Df the capital
uncalled, and the general invested
as the large reserve fund.
subscribedCa
sosme tpsa on ly ti sh
ep theiracido nupppe r
nie cy andt
affording the most ample security to the investor. They are
also payable to bearer, and can therefore be transferred by
simple delivery from hand to band without endorsement,
and are free from any further stamp duty.
Forms of Application can be obtained of the Secretary, to
whom all communications must be addressed.
By order of the Court,
ALFRED LOWE, Secretary.
London, 17 and 18, Cornhill, May 4, 1865.

DEPOSITS RECEIVED BY
THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER
OF ENGLAND (Limited).

RATES FOR MONEY ON DEPOSIT.
This Company receives MONEY ON DEPOSIT, in sums
of ZiO and upwards, on the fo:lowing terms, until further
notice, viz.:

At fourteen days' notice . ....... l per cent. per annum.
FOR FIXED PERIODS OP

Woteei; 11; -
2 months, 51 per cent. per annum.
Beyond 2 and up to 4 months, 5i per cent, per annum.
Beyond 4 and up to 6 months, 51 per cent. per annum.
Any period beyond 6 months, 6 per cent. per annum.
Forms can be obtained of the Secretary, to whom all com-
munications must be addressed.

By order of the Court,
ALFRED LOWE, Secretary.
London, 17 and 18, Conlin', May 4,18;5.

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.
_ _

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
a ad Dining-room, consisting of a new and megant assort-
ment 4 VASES, Figures, Groups, Candleatioks, Obelisks, Ink-
stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weighta, &0., in Italian,
Alaimo er, Pariau, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a.
Imported and manufactured by JAAIES TENNANT, Mine-
ralogist to her ilajesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London.

Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS.
MINERALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition
of .Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly moilitate
tne interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY,
and can be had at 2, b, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE-
RALOGY is given by Mr'. TENNANT, &L 449, Strand. W.V.

The Poor-law Board has addressed the following letter
in reference to this case to the vestry of St. Giles :
"Poor-law Board, Whitehall, S.W., May 10.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to inform
you that they have received from their inspector, Mr.
Farnall, his report on tho inquiry which he recently
held into the circumstances connected with the death of
Richard Gibson on the 10th of February last in the-work-
house of the united parishes of St. Giles-in-the-Fields and
St. George, Bloomsbury, on whom a coroner's inquest was
held, and whose death the jury found by their verdict to
have been owing to 'serum on the brain accelerated by
neglect.' The board have also received from Mr.
Farnall the depositions of the witnesses examined at
his inquiry.
" It appears from the evidence that Richard Gibson was
admitted into the workhouse on the 9th of June, 1864, and
as ho was suffering from a sore leg he was placed in a
ward set apart for the reception of men with complaints of
that kind. On the 29th of October, as the ulcerated state
of his leg had become offensive to other occupants of this
ward, Richard Gibson was removed to Ward No. 47. On
the 16th December, in consequence of the illness of Mr.
Bennett, the medical officer of the workhouse, Dr. Craig,
the assistant medical officer,was appointed by the directors
to act as medical officer in chief, and Richard Gibson came
under his care at that time, and continued to be so until
his death, on the 10th of February following.
" The circumstances under which this case formed the
subject of investigation are as follows :
"The day before Richard Gibson's death Felix Magee,
an inmate of the workhouse, occupying the same ward
with Gibson, wrote to Sir Thomas Henry, the chief magis-
trate at Bow-street, informing him that Gibson was
cruelly and inhumanely neglected in the workhouse, and
that he was dying. Sir Thomas Henry immediately sent
George Manners, a police constable, to the workhouse, and
on the 9th of February he saw Gibson in Ward No. 47 of
the workhouse. George Manners in his affidavit says :
When I saw Gibson he was in a most dreadful state. I
never saw a human being in so dreadful a condition—he
was delirious, he had a large wound in his back, his brown
skin was marked with red spots like marks froin itch or
vermin, his person was in a filthy condition ; his shirt was
soiled with excrement, and his sheets were slightly soiled
in the same way ; there was a most nauseous smell about
him ; his hair was very much matted.'
"In the evidence given by Mr. Bennett, the medical
officer of the workhouse, who saw the deceased the day
before he died, he states that he considers the evidence
given by George Manners is substantially correct.
" Mary Gibson, the niece of Richard Gibson, deposes
that she visited him about once in three weeks; that he
frequently complained to her of want of nourishment and
attention ; and that the patients who were in the same ward
with the deceased told her that he required more nourish-
ment and more attention.
" The Board have very carefully considered the deposi-
tions of the several witnesses who gave evidence at the
investigation, and they consider that it has been clearly
established that the deceased was left in a disgraceful state
of neglect as regards his personal cleanliness for some time

before his death. It appears that in addition to being ne-
glected in this respect he was kept in a ward intended for

convalescents, which is not provided with the conveniences
necessary for bed-ridden patients ; and it is further to be
inferred that he was not supplied with suitable and suffi-
cient nourishment and stimulants.

" For the neglect of the deceased's personal condition
_ _ _

the Board consider that the paid nurse, Mrs. Elson, who is
responsible for the conduct of the pauper nurses acting
under her directions, is principally to blame ; and that Dr.
Craig, being responsible for the medical treatment of the
deceased, is properly chargeable with the neglect to obtain

for him the stimulants and extra diet which his state ren-
dered necessary.
The board find that it is alleged in extenuation of the
neglect of duty on the part both of Dr. Craig and Mrs. El-
son that no complaint was made to them or the master of

the workhouse either by tho deceased himself or by any
other inmate on his behalf. It also appears that Dr. Craig,
a week before the death of Richard Gibson, was himself
suffering under premonitory symptoms of typhus, by which
ho was laid up two or three days after Gibson's death.
"Dr. Craig alleges that he visits every patient daily—.
that he went to the bed of Richard Gibson every day, but
did not speak to or examine him so often ; that he exa-
mined his leg once a week and ordered dressings for it, but
did not see that the dressings were applied. Dr. Craig
further states that he thinks that the diet allowed to tho
deceased was sufficient ; but it appears that he was not
allowed meat every day until about a fortnight, nor any
beer until four days before his death; and that no food was
supplied to him between 4 o'clock in the afternoon and 8
o'clock the following morning. The board have not failed
to observe that, in tho evidence given before the coroner by
Mr. Beale, who made the post snort= examination of the
deceased, he states that 'the cause of his death was inde-
pendent of the filth on his body, and that death was owing
to 'the effusion of serum on the brain.' It appears, more-
over, that the ulcer on his leg, for which the deceased had
been principally under medical treatment, was better, and
had been reduced to a small size.

" Although the board think that, in justice to the medical
officer and tho nurse, this statement of Mr. Beale should be
borne in mind, they still are of opinion that Dr. Craig, by
failing to ascertain the personal condition of the deceased,
and neglecting to order for him such articles of nourish-
ment as he required, and that Mrs. Elson, by omitting to
insure proper attention to his personal comforts and clean-
liness have so gravely neglected their duties that the board
would not be justified in permitting either of them to con-
tinue in the offices which they at present hold. The board
therefore request that the directors will communicate this
decision to Dr. Craig and Mrs. Eisen, and require them at
once to resign their respective offices as assistant medical
officer and nurse at the workhouse.

" On perusing the deposition of Mr. Rankley, the master
of the workhouse, the board observe that he stated as fol-
lows The infirmary has always been considered to bo
under the special care of the medical officer of the work-
house and the nurses.' The board consider it necessary
that it should be distinctly pointed out to. Mr. Rankley that
as the chief officer of the workhouse the infirmary as well
as all other parts of the establishment aro under his general
superintendence, and that he is responsible for the good
management of the sick wards equally with the other por-
tions of the workhouse.

" The board therefore cannot absolve him from blame for
the neglect which has occurred in this case, and will in
future hold him strictly responsible for the state and man-
agement of the infirmary.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
(Signed) " ENFIELD, Secretary.
" To T. D. Robinson, Esq., Vestry Clerk,
Broad-street, St. Giles's, 'V.C."

ESTIMATES FOR LAW AND JUSTICE.—This class of
the Civil Service Estimates has been printed. The
amount last year was £2,859,945, and this year the vote
proposed is £2,897,515—an increase of £37,570; but nearly
half the increas3 is made up of sums required to make good
deficiencies in last year's vote. There are further charges
for courts of justice not voted annually, but paid out of the
Consolidated Fund, amounting to £671,978 ; but, on the
other hand, there are large sums paid into the Exchequer
for fees received. It would be tedious to go over the 47
votes comprised in this class of the estimates, and it will be
more convenient to state them thus :—The votes propwed
for police and constabulary amount to £1,200,439 ; for
criminal proceedings the charges amount to £379,716 ; for
courts of justice, £459,252 ; and for prison and convict ser-
vices, £858,108. The estimate for convict prisons at home
is for 10,903 prisoners in convict prisons (almost exactly
the same number as last year), and for 900 convicts under
probationary discipline in county gaols until otherwise dis-
posed of, and 770 criminal lunatics in lunatic asylums, in-
cluding 500 " patients" at Broadmoor. Provision is made
for the expenses of the transportation of 540 male convicts
to Australia and 250 to Gibraltar, and for the maintenance
of 900 convicts at Gibraltar, of 90 in Now South Wales,
780 in Tasmania, and 1,450 in. Western Australia, being 9
less than last year in New South Wales, 25 less in Tas-
mania, and 156 more in Western Australia. There is, as
before, an item of £5,000 for promoting the emigration and
settlement of free persons in places which receive convicts.

A Paris letter in the Inde'pendance of Brussels
states that M. Glais-Bizoin, member of the Legislative
Body, has recently written and read to his friends a new
three-act drama entitled "La Jeunesse do Byron."
TIIE COTTON TRADE AT PRESTON.—TweIve mills
which have been stopped during periods varying
from 18 months to 4 years have just been opened for work,
and several which have been running short time for
many months are commencing to run longer hours. Messrs
Horrocksos, Miller, and Co., who employ between 3,000
and 4,000 operatives, have just extended their time of
working from four and a half to five days per week, and in
a few days it is expected that all their mills will be running
full time. A new mill, built by Mr. Calvert during the
cotton panic, has been started, and another, erected by
Messrs. BirTey, Beaumont, and Co., has likewise been
opened within the past few days.