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THE MADRAS IRRIGATION and CANAL
comi.ANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the TRANSFER
BOOKS of this Company will be CLOSED from the 29th
instant to the 11th day of January next, both days inclusive,
fur the purpose of making up the intrest accounts to the 31,t
instant.
Interest Warrants will, shortly after the 29;h instant, be
forwarded to those Shareholders whose Lames api ear regl—
tered in the books of the Company on that day.
Deeds of Transfer will not be registered while the books
are c osed. JOII • WIT WOOD, Secretary.
8 and 9, Queen-street-place, South a srk-bride,
London, E C., December 5, 1865.

THE EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND
CANAJ, COMPANY.

NOTICE IS DEREB f GIVEN, that the TRANSFER
BOOKS of this Company will be CLOSED from the 29th
instant to the Ith day of Janiuiry next, both (lays inclusive,
for th 3 purpose of making up the interest amounts to the
31st instant.
Interest warrants will, shortly after the 29th instant, be
forwarded o those Suareholders who e name 3 appear re-
gistered in the books of the Company. on that day.
Deeds of Transfer wid not be registered while the Looks
are closed.

JOHN WE3TWOOD, Secretary.
8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-brl•'ge,
Londoa, KC., December 5, 1865.

T" QUEEN'S CONCERT ROOMS,
Hanover-Fquare.—The Lower Hall ct this splendid
suite of Rooms may now be ENGAGE° for Meetings, Lec-
tures, Entertainments, Wedding Breakfasts, Bazaars, &a.
The Large Hall may likewise be engaged for Balls, Concerts,
Bazaars, and Public Meetings. Early applications are re-
spectfully solicited. For terms apply to Mr. Fish, at. the
Rooms.—ROBERT COC KS. Proprietor.

WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY
NOW? —That the FIERY CROSS has arrived,
bringing some magnificent KAISOW CONGOUS of delicious
flavour, and which may now be had, at a mere commission on
the import price, of the EAST INDIA. TEA CO IIPAN Y,
No. 5, Great at. Helen's Churchyard, Bishops ate-street.

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and
SONS, Dentists,
30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand,
Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station.
Their painless artificial teeth are unequalled for economy,
durability, comt ort, and all purposes of articulation and mas-
tication. Operations of every kind t.einhgout fear unnecessa
of ry, the
or
most nervous patient can be supplied wt pain
inconvenience.
Consultation free. Teeth from 55, Sets from 5 to 25 gs.,
warranted.
For the efficacy, utility, and success of their system, vide
" Lancet."
Daily attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and
448, Strand, London ; 15, Whitefriargate, Hull ;
street, Sheffield ;4, East-parade, Leeds ;¢ and 14, St. Nicholas-
street, Searbro'.
Observe—Established 1830. No connection with any of the
same name.

. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week,
Mlles Opened. Receipts.
Railways.

1885. 1864. 18(15 1884
£ A
Belfast and N. Counties . 9)1 901 2,125 1.687
Belfast and Comity Down.... 44 4,i 563 535
Blyth and Tyne . 28 28 2,505 2,143
Brecon and Merthyr ..... ... 61 61 3,882 1,172
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 5,8 7 5,653
Caledonian, Scottish Central 403 408 26 733 24.734
Cambrian l3O 121 2,151 1.8,8
Cockermouth H. & Penrlth .. 311 322
Cockermouth and Workin
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 401 331
Cork, Illackrock, & Passage 6l
321 115 119
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 651 651 1,418 1.461
Deeside , 17 17 363 372
Do Extension
Dublin & BeltastJ unction.... 63 63 1,479 1.314
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,67 J 1.4E5
Dublin and bleath
Dub. &Wicklow and Wextd lO6 *9ll 2,951 3,003
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, Ste 5O 5 ) 3,5.7 3,247
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 404 355 36,931 34.878
Great North of Scotland 6B 53 1,823 1.733
Do Branches 42 41 1,464 1,314
Gt. Northn. & Westn.(lrel.) 7ll 711 439 411
qt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrhad.) 3871 3871 7.422 7.419
Great Western l2BO 1270 C 6 234 61.923
Hull & Hornsea
Highland
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,552 1,452
Lancashire & Yorkshire CA 403 39.498 31,192
Limerick and Ennis..
Limerick and Foynes 26 261 118 87
Llanclly 4B/ 461 565 961
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 5t 1, 91 1,717
London & South-Western
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2671 19.878 17 5:3
London, Chatham, & Dover; j 154 127 1 7,686 6.241
all Metropolitan Extension /12 111 j 1,050 1,1 75
Do. Kent t oast
Lou., Tilbury, & Southend
31an.,Slieflieid, & Lincolnsh
hunch. S.J um& A ltrineham 9l 91 1,531 1.325
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.- Wes tern) 67'4 6511 49,833 49. 07
Midland G L Westn. of !rind— 2col 2601 4.7.3, 4.833
Monmouthsh. nail & Canal 4l 14 2,693 2,9.9
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart 1208)
North London ll
North Stadordhilire
Pembrote and Teuby . 111
Ithymney l9l
Scottish North-Eastern . 138
Somerset and Dorset B6
SAttit Devon
South-Eastern 315
Taff Vale

6561 23 8:4 21.53 s
116 )1 68.4 5 65 331
4 101 3,097
22 8,5 8.40;
10 6
191 I,' 64 1,017
138 r).541 4.893
64 1,001 718
791 3.163 3,6
303 19.911 18 256
61 5,602 5,04
1051 2,618 2 491
10 117 152
31 274 247
77 1,061 1.119
10 625 655
13

Ulster
Vale of Clwyd.
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
W'hayen,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO
Whitchavcn Junction l3
Whitehayen & Furness Jun 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern Junction 264
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306
Detroit and Milwaukh lB9
Dutch Rhenish loB}
Eastern Ed France.
Eastern Bengal ... ..... 110
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada l;s77
Great Central of Belgium 285
Great Indian Peninsula B9O
Great Luxembourg 134
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345
Madras.
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicunt 778
Northern of Canada ... .....
Northern of France 724
Norweg,lan Trunk
Ottoman ..
Pads, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2006
Pads and Orleans lB2l
Recife and San Francisco; &c 775
Sc.nde lO5
Do. Punjab, &c 253
South Austrian, &c ..... 1658
Southern of France BB3
Viatoria
Welland. 25
West dr N-Wn. of France

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

826 60,29 k 40,191

(From the Illustrated London, News.)

761 612 .341
26i 395 375
185} 7,4 8 2,836
189 8,476 6, 75
1( 81 5,43 5,1 2
1433 73,539 66,878
110 2,2 7 1,754
1105 y 35,570 17,345
1335 28 8 7 21,623
261 6,591 5,84 J
553 2 ,015 10,330
134 6,2:5 4.541
79 597 631
3(5 15,5 7 11,597
533 10,:53 6,856
713 13,217 16,329
91 3,041 1,( 49
724 64,769 5.),283
44 782 838

481 581 526
19 0 157,250 141,826
1618 78,325 72,063'
774 942 677
105 2,035 1,879
45 1,039 252
1527 61,838 55,458
828 29,125 25,417
196 11,729 8.078
25 883 216
1016 52,5 2 40,500

INDIAN CARRYING.

The report of the directors states that their anti-
cipations at the half-yearly meeting in June had
been borne out by the result of the year's working.
The revenue account for the year showed a fair
balance of profit, and as heavy deductions had been
made for the earnings in Calcutta to cover the loss
incurred in Bombay and Madras, and as a large sum
had been written off against this year's account for
bad debts of previous years, in addition to a pro-
portion of the los' by fire at Madras, the directors
considered that there were good grounds for more
favourable anticipations for the future. The Bombay
business for the year had been worked at a consi-
derable loss ; but the improvement which had been
effected during that period in the management and
conduct of the business had given renewed confi-
dence to the public. The receipts for the months
of July, August, and September last had been more
than four times as much as those of the correspond..
ing quarter of last year., In the Madras Presidency
the course of business during the six months ending
the 30th of June last showed a decided improve-
ment, so that the net result of the operations for the
whole year had proved more favourable than it was
for the first six months. The Quartermaster-
General, in recommending to the Government the
renewal of certain contracts which were about to
expire, had reported " that the transit arrangements
had been satisfactorily carried out by the com-
pany." In the Calcutta Presidency the receipts had
kept up well during the twelve months, and had
even exceeded the amount which might have been
expected from the results of the first half of the
year. The total gross receipts for the year in this
Presidency were £148,704, and on this the percent-
age of profit was larger than in the previous year.
During the year 28 new agencies had been opened
in Bengal, the North-West Provinces, and the Pun-
jab, which had naturally swelled the expenses for
the year, and diminished for the time the divisible
profit. The sum to the credit of revenue account,
including the balance from last year was £3,696 (out
of which a dividend for the half-year ending Dec.
31, 1864, had been paid), and the reserve fund set
aside out of revenue amounted to £1,500. The direc-
tors now proposed to pay a dividend, as before, at
the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income tax,
for the half-year ending the 30th June last, and to
carry over the balance to the next account. The
capital account showed that £50,000 had been re.
ceived, and £32,862 expended, leaving a balance o
£17,138.

""SPAPER

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passengers to £3,254, for
mails, &T., to £829, for loci
to £15;422, and for foreign
£2,075 total-28,857 ; and for the corresp din
week last year to £24,623, showing an increase of
£4,234. The total receipts from the Ist July to the
above date amounted to £563,992 against £480,379,
showing an increase of £83,613, or 17 per cent.

Memorial of the read Society on Jamaica.

The following memorial has been sent to Earl Rus-
sell from the committee of the Peace Society :
"To the Right lion. Earl Russell, First Lord of the
Treasury, and other members of her Majesty's
G overn m en t.

" My Lord,—We ask permission, as committee of
the Peace Society, to express to your lordship, and
to the Government of which your lordship is the
head, the feeling of deep sorrow and shame with
which we have read the recent tidings that have
reached this country from Jamaica. We deplore and
deprecate, in the strongest manner, the acts of vio-
lence and outrage committed by the coloured people
at Morant Bay and elsewhere, even though, 11J
doubt, the outbreak was immediately provoked by
the volunteer force firing into the crowd who were
assembled in the Court-house-square, to vindicate
certain of their rights, which they believed to be im-
perilled. But it appears to us, my lord, that the
authorities of Jamaica, in the means they have taken.
to suppress and punish the riot so occasioned, have
gone beyond all bounds of justice or necessity. The
lieutenant-governor acknowledges that there was
no ' organisation' among the people ; that the
troops who have passed through all the disturbed
district have nowhere met with any resistance ;'
that ' not a single casualty has befallen any of our
soldiers or sailors, who are all in good health.' And
yet, in the face of these admissions, he and those
acting with him seem to have given unlimited per-
mission and encouragement to soldiers and sailors,
and volunteers and Maroons, to seize and flog, and
shoot, and hang, at their own discretion, any
coloured persons who might fall into their hands—
men, women, and children. This is done sometimes
after the mockery of a trial by court-martial, one
of which consisted of two sub-lieutenants and an
ensign ; but often without the semblance of a trial
of any kind, the people being shot, as one of the
officers engaged in this work describes it, 'merely
for running away' from those who were hunting
them down like wild beasts. It is admitted by those
concerned in this terrible slaughter that numbers
of persons have been tortured and killed, of whose
participation in the riot there was no pretence of
proof. In justification of these acts, it is alleged
that a widespread conspiracy existed among the
negro population to murder all the white and co-
loured people, and to establish a black republic in
the island. But up to this time no evidence what-
ever has been brought before the public in support
of this allegation ; and it is rendered utterly impro-
bable by the conduct of the blacks themselves, those
actually engaged in the riot having spared several
white lives even in the first outburst of passion,
whilst others afterwards protected and succoured
with the noblestdevotion many of their white neigh-
bours, who were supposed to be in danger from the
fury of their more exasperated brethren. And
surely, my lord, it is something new in the adminis-
tration of British justice to deliver whole districts of
country over to military execution, not for anything
the inhabitants had done, but for something which
it was suspected some of them intended to do three
months afterwards. But above all, my lord, it ap-
pears to us that the way in which Mr. G. W. Gor-
don, a member of the Legislature, and heretofore
well known as a gentleman of property, intelligence,
and large benevolence, was apprehended and exe-
cuted, admits of no justification whatever, except on
principles which would bring into jeopardy the
liberty and life of all her Majesty's subjects in
every part of the world, and utterly undermine
some of the most solemn guarantees of the con-
stitution. We earnestly hope that peremptory
orders have been despatched from the Colo-
nial-office long before this to put a stop to the
wholesale and indiscriminate slaughter in Jamaica,
which is filling the whole civilised world with indig-
nation and horror. And finally, my lord, we beg
respectfully and most urgently to press upon your
lordship and the Government the duty of ginAitut-
ing an immediate and searching inquiry into the
whole of this deplorable business ; and if it. shall
appear that there has been a reckless effusion of
innocent blood, that those who have been guilty of
this crime shall be brought to justice.
" JOSEPH PEASE, President.
" SAMUEL GURNEY, Treasurer.
" HENRY RICHARD, Secretary."

The will of Sir Charles Crompton, Knt., one of
the Justices of her Majesty's Court of Queen's
Bench, late of 22, Hyde Park-square, was proved
in the London Court on the 30th ult. by the trus-
tees and executors, namely, the Hon. Sir Colin
Blackburn ; his sons, Charles Crompton, Esq., bar-
rister, and Henry Crompton, Esq., barrister, of the
Inrer Temple ; and his nephew, Stamford Hutton,
Esq., barrister, Lincoln's Inn, power being reserved
to Lady Crompton, the relict, and Robert Hutton,
Esq., the other executors. The personalty was
sworn under £60,000. The will is dated 1860, and
two codicils, 1864, and September, 1865. He died
on the 30thof October, at the age of 68. Sir Charles
bequeaths to his wife £5OO immediate and £3,500
at the end of twelve months, and leaves her ladyship
all the plate, linen, china, pictures, wines, carriages,
and horses absolutely, and a life interest in the rest
of his estate, real and personal, which, after her
decease, he directs to be divided equally amongst all
his children. To his clerk, Henry Philpot, he has
left a legacy of £lOO.
The will of Frederic William Benecke, Esq., of
63, Moorgate-street, and Denmark-hill, Camberwell,
was proved in London by his relict, the sole executrix.
The personalty was sworn under £120,000. The
testator died on the Bth of August last, at the
Europxischer Hotel, Heidelberg, Germany. The
will is dated May 1, 1840 ; a codicil, March, 1854;
and another, December, 1859. The testator is de-
scribed as a denizen British subject ; and was of
the firm of Schunek, Souchay, and Co., merchants.
Ile has bequeathed the whole of his property to his
wife absolutely.

The will of John George Appold, fur-skin dyer,
of Wilson-street, Finsbury, was sworn under
£140,000 personalty. The executors appointed are
Mrs. Appold, the relict ; George K. Smith, Esq.,
of the Grove, Highgate ; John Lloyd, Esq., of Elm
House, Belsize, Hampstead ; and W. E. Dawson,
Esq., of Plumstead-common. The will was made
on July 7, 1853 ; and the testator died Aug. 31,
1865, at the Clifton Down Hotel, aged sixty-five.
He bequeathed to his foreman, James Nicholls, and
wife an annuity of £lOO during their lives, and to
each of his workmen £1 for every year they have
been in his employ or that of his father. To each
of his executors £5OO immediate. To his wife he
leaves a life interest in his estate, and at her decease
he bequeaths a further sum of £2,000 to each exe-
cutor then living, and to the Institution of Civil
Engineers £l,OOO ; to the children of each of his
executors £5,000 ; and a like sum of £5,000 to the
children of his late friend, William Gresler, Esq.,
of Cheapside. The ultimate residue of his property
he bequeaths as follows :—One-fourth to his ne-
phew, John Appold; one-fourth to his niece, Sarah
Appold ; and the remainder to his sister, Catherina,
wife of the Rev. C. S. Grucher.
The wills cf the under-mentioned clergymen
hi,alv2eo,oboeoen proved :—The Rev. henry Van Notten
Pole, M.A., of 'Waltham-place, Maidenheafl,
personalty. The Rev. Francis Ellis
Jervoise, M.A., vicar of Long Compton, Warwick-
shire, and Lasham, Hants, £40,000. The Rev.
James W. Arnold, D.D., of Leamington Priors,
£12,000. The Rev. John Guthrie, M.A., vicar of
Caine, Wilts, £30,000. The Rev. Edward Gibson,
M.A., vicar of Ashby Magna, Leicester, £20,000.

TRADE WITH FRANCE.—From a return just, pub-
lished, it appears that the imports of merchandise from
France to the United Kingdom for the threeo quarters of
the year amounted to £20,790,537, whilst the exports of
British and Irish products amounted to only £6,724280.