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NR. ALFRED MELLON has the honour to
s ERIES of
coNeEars announce
w,uthat commhienceFlFTH ANNUAL
Sat the ROYAL ITALIAN
OPERA, Covent-garden, THIS EVENING (MONDAY),
August 7. Private boxes, £2 25., Li Is., and 10s. 6d, ; dress
circle. 2s. 6d. ; promenade, amphitheatre stalls, and amphi-
theatre, Is.

Doors open at half-put 7. The Concerts commence at 8.

GREAT ST. JAMES'S HALL—Welcome to
the WIZARD of the NORTH. Crowded Houses.
Magnificent spectacle. Great success of Frederic (the Great).
, Macaabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist and mimic (vide the
t Loudon press). The Second Sight by Miss Anderson, more
extraordinary than ever. Every night at 8, Saturday after-
t noon at 3. Entrances Regent-street and Piccadilly.

ANDERS 0 N.-1,175 Representation in the
Metropolis TO-NIGHT.

NIACCABE.—The Eighth Representation of the
great Ventriloquist, Mimic, and Character Actor.

MISS MARY MAY, THIS EVENING, at the
Great St. James's Hall. •

MISS ANDERSON.—Second Sight in a new
form and the real Indian Basket Trick by Miss
LIZZIE ANDIthSON TO-NIGHT at 8.

ANDERSON and MACCABE every night, at 8
(Saturday included); Saturday afternoon, at 3.

SATURDAY NEXT.—SECOND DAY PER-
FORMANCE. Great St. James's Hall. Eclipse Enter-
tainment. Maccabe, the Ventriloquist, Mimic, and Character
Actor. The World of Magi() by PttOF.ESSOR AND KRSON,
Second Sigh► by Miss Anderson, the real Indian Basket Feat
by Miss Liz de Anderson. Doors open at 2, to commence at 3.
Stalls, ss. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; balcony, 28. ; area and gal-
leries, P. ; schools and children half price to stalls and re-
served seats, which may be obtained at Mr. Austin's office,
No. 2d, Piccadilly.
A. NIMMO, Acting Manager.

STODARE.-119TH REPRESENTATION.-
THEA ['RE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL.

- -
MARVELS in MAGIC and VENTRILOQUISM, by Col.
STODARE. The REAL INDIAN BASKET TRICK, and
INS TANTANEOUS GROWTH of FLOWER TREES, as
introduced for the first time in this country on Easter Mon-
alaY, April 17, 1865, by Magicians dare, and only performed
us' him and the Indian
Every evening at 8 (Saturdays included), also on Wednes-
day and Saturday Afternoons at 3. Stalls at Mitchell's, 33,
Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian Halt Admission,
IS., 2a., and 3s.
"Almost miraculous."—Vide Times, April 18,1865.

AIR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
JO [IN PARRY, will appear in their new entertain-
!pent, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by William
!3_rough. New scenery by T. and W. Grieve. After which.
Dir. John Parry will give a few Memoranda from his Musi-
cal Note Book, entitled ...RECOLLECTIONS," vocal and
instrumental Every Evening*, except Saturday, at 8. A
MORNING REPitii;SENTATION every Wednesday and
Saturday, .t 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA-
TION, 14, Regent-street.
Unreserved seats, Is. and 2s. ; stalls, 2s. ; stall spring chairs,
58. Stalls may be secured (without fee) in advance at the
Gallery.

T " 0 X F ORD
8, OXFORD STREET, W.

The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).

SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by
Misses Russell, Barrie. Walmeslev, Tyrell ; Messrs. A. Bt.
TenAdbyn. Husk, Green, and Mons. RRVAH, the new French
ore, with full Band and Chorus.

Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Bane, Comedy, Burlesque, &c., by the celebrated D'Au-
ban 8. M( ears. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESSY
and SAIL A GUNNISS.

NOTICE
-
—The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated.
Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of
the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN
EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock.
Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls.; private
poxes, 10s. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL.
Bele3tions from ORPHEE AUX ENFERS and THE
BROTHER AND SISTER, supported by Miss RUSSELL,
Miss Barrie. tales Hays. &c. ; Messrs. ST. ALBYN, Green,
4e-, with Full Band and Chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jongmans.
- - -

Comedy by Arthur Lloyd, Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and
the Grotesque D'Aubans.
THIS EVENING, will be performed, with new Optical
effects, the Illusion, entitled KO KO RI KO, on a scale of
magnificence never before attempted, and embracing the ser-
vices of the entire establishment.

MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION.-
Established 30 years, at the Bazaar. Baker-street.
Exhibition
ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the
has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of
fatanaient Court Dresses of the most costly description,
htully copied from the most minute pictures, have been
renewed. Modern Court Messes of the most splendid de-
-IPtion, selected from the first houses in Paris and London.
and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view.
`Jr,ONSTANCE Lite-size ModKENT are els of DOCTOR
now added. E. W. PRITCHARD and
Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence.

pOYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and
, GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta-
plsbed A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo-
" 10; London, S.W.
ARTHUR It. HAMILTON, Secretary.
Agents wanted in towns not yet represented.

CONVERSION and UNIFICATION of the
INTERNAL DEBTS of the OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
~,NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the CONVER-
"'I9N of the INTERNAL DEBTS of the OTTOMAN
MythßE, in accordance with the laws of 17th (29th), 18th
~ and 19th (31st) March, 1865, will be OPENED on
uESDAY, the 3d (15th) August, 1865, in the cities and
r.‘"37 the establishments hereinafter mentioned :
'eustantinople—By the Provisional Agency of the General
Credit and Finance Company of London, at the building
of the late Exhibition, Place de l'Hippodrome.
London—By the General Credit and Finance Company of
London, 27 Austinfriars.
Paris--By the Societe Generale pour favoriser le Dove-
LePpment du Commerce et de l'lndustrie en France, 68,
A Rue de Provence.
msterdam—By the Banque de Credit et de DepOts des
PraPays-Das.
nkfort-on-Maine—By Messrs. Von Erlanger and Sons.
'.1,.-!exandry the Anglo-Egyptian Bank.
Tieuna—By the Credit Anstalt of Austria.
Geneva—By
the Credit Mobilier Italian.
neneva—By the Banque de Credit Genevois.
russels—By Messrs. J. Matthieu and Sons.
The law of the 17th (29th) of March, 1865, creates the
wand Livre de la Dette Generale de l'Empire Ottoman,
and that of the 18th (30th) March ordains the inscription of
1.1 stun of 40,000,000 Medjides d'or, composed of 29,000,000
intended for the unification of the internal debts of the
empire ; of 4,000,000 issued by public subscription ; and of
1,000,000 intended for public works, and only to be issued
as follows :-2,000,000 at the soonest one year after the
subscription of the 4,000,000; 3,000,000 at the expiration
of two years ; and 2,000,000 at the expiration of three years.
According to the law of the 17th (29th) of March, no
further inscription can be made in the Grand Livre except
m virtue of a special law legally published, and after suffi-
cient provision has been made for the interest and sinking
fund of the new inscription.
The general debt inscribed in the Grand Livre is
guaranteed by the reserve fund, by the general revenues of
the empire actually unencumbered, and by the revenues
already charged as they become available by the amortisa-
thie_a uf the existing foreign debts, of which they constitute
e special guarantee. •
The debt inscribed on the Grand Livre is to be amortised
in 87 years by means of redemption (rachat), and the
numbers of the bonds redeemed will be published by the
special council charged with the superintendence and con-
trol of all the operations of the sinking• and reserve funds.
Tile bonds bear an annual interest of 5 per cent., pay-
able in
gold on the Ist (13th) January and the Ist (13th)
...Jul of each year at Constantinople, London, Pans
Amsterdam, and Frankfort-on-the-Maine, at the fixed rate
of 110 gold Medjidies, £lOO sterling, = 2,500 francs.
1,13,, 3' the provisions of the law of the 19th (31st) March,
uus, the conversion of the principal classes ofinternal
nl'its, viz., of the Eshami-Djedides of the four issues, of
ahvilati-Muratazes and of the 10-year Serghis will be
effected on the following conditions :
Against 100 gold Medjidies of Eshami-Djedide (con-
) of of the let, 2d, 3d, and 4th issues, there will be
delivered 121 gold Medjidies of the general debt, equal to
£llO sterling, or to 2,750 francs.
Against 100 gold Medjidies of Tahvilati-Mumtaze, there
will be delivered 143 gold Medjidies, equal to £l3O ster-
ns& or to 3,250 francs.
Against 11,000 piastres of 10 years Serghis (on seneliks),
there will be delivered 110 gold Mddjidies, equal to £lOO
sterling, or to 2,500 francs.
The Bonds of the General Debt form three classes, viz :
ton& of 110 Gold Medjidies=aoo sterling=2,soo francs
55
7 7 „ £5O „ =1,250 „
11 £lO „ =--250
Loh bond will be separately inscribed in the Grand
Livre, and will be signed by the Minister of Finance by,
„dlo Governor of the General Debt, and by a Controller de-
'egatad by the Grand Council.
The first Coupon of Interest on the Bonds of the General
Debt being due the let (13th) July, 1865, the bearers of the
old Bonds will receive from the Commissioner-delegate at
the time of verification of their bonds special coupons
~rep-
resenting the interest due to them in virtue of the law of
'9„,th (31st) March, 1865.
c
oupons will be payable at the Imperial Ottoman
t.Ptak at Constantinople, London, and Paris, on presenta-_
except the special Coupons relating to the arrears of
all,terest on the Ten-years' Serghis, and due the let (13th)
tf_l:llarY, and Ist (13th) July, 1866, which will be paid on
Itir respective due dates in accordance with Art. 7.
(3;111 Yirtue of Articles 11 and 12 of the law of the 19th
Let) March, 1865, all securities of the internal debts, to
Whatever class they may belong, not presented for conver-
ea Within the period of three months from the opening of
e eonversion—that is to say, between the 3d (15th)
Oast, and the 2d (14th) November following, will not
oeicenvertible, except with a reduction of 10 per cent., and
Yriclaring_ the period of one month and a half from the
soort11) November, 1865. On the expiration of this
oar ad period the operations of the conversion will be de-
...ed closed.
a„•;11. order to facilitate the operation of the conversion,
ertTe to avoid the necessity of issuing Provisional. Certifi-
and sending the original bonds for verification to
ms!antinople, the Imperial Ottoman Government has
t l'°,lnted, besides the Commissioners-delegate, verificators
4344, nd at London and Paris during the whole period
serntsd for the conversion, to verify the bonds pre-
ed for conversion.
Le".,enrities presented elsewhere than at Constantinople,
1:1„",,,on, and Paris will be transmitted for verification to
be--s.on, except those presented at Alexandria, which will
sent to Constantinople.
enitiefinitive Bonds of the General Debt of the Ottoman
facr, with coupons for 37 years, now in course of mann-
tho 112.; will be delivered as soon as ready in exchange for
presented for conversion.
the e meantime the securities presented will reFeive, at
of the of verification, an official stamp and the signature
to be ammissioner- delegate attesting their verification,
vs_ exchanged by the bearers for the definitive bonds of
lgeneral debt.
all tZe application for conversion may be obtained at
CordestuePs where the conversion will take place.
edro:
stohot the laws may be obtained at the same places,
*se': -I.orlttt the offices of the solicitors, Messrs. Baxter,
of e
Generalonand
c.r,ed. andtreet, Westminster.
London (L.
Agents.tediti Finance
for
the o m pc aonny_
4aCtOrsc
4AMES MACDONALD, Oteueral Wainer.