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ainount of his Shares.

£250
Capital ,000.
In 10,000 Shares of £25 each. Deposit on application £1
Per Share, and £4 on allotment.
Future Calls not to exceed £3 per Share, at intervals of
not less than three
a months.
Discount will belowed at t
annum on Calls paidl
in advance.he rate of 6 per cent. per
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J.P.
William Luscombe, Esq., J.P. (Messrs. Luscombe, Sons,
111(1 C°.), Chairman of the Sutton Harbour Company, and
mou'qtid for the Governments of France, Holland, &c., Ply-
h.
gir John Gray, Director of the Land Securities Company.
Francis Hicks, Esq. (Messrs. Hicks and Co.), Director of
e Gre at Western Dock Company, Plymouth.
G-Getty, Esq., M.P., Belfast...
James Peake, Esq. (late Constructor of her Majesty's
„,o_edeokyhoard)rooSbaylta, sh, Cornwall.
Esq. (Messrs. Treeby and Co.), Consul for
Governments of Italy, Belgium, Mecklenburg, Sardinia,
u‘n*, PlYinouth.
1). IQ-
Cott --"°ars Esq., Director of the International Contract
PanY (Limited).
Tries
Ageants fof Esq. (Messrs. Hickie, Borman, and Crno.,
pally.) or he
.A.ustrian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Co
The National BANKERS.
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"-us and Co., Naval Bank, Plymouth.
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.f Lscl., 13, Clement's Inn, Lonaon,
`3.41 Kelly, Esq., Plymouth.
Rs. J. Ind BROKERS.
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Edward Fox, Esq., 4e
Scrimgeour and Co., 10, Old Broad-
w street, E.C.
Edvr Westlake Req., Plymouth.
Esq.,
Dame--street, Dublin.
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ENGINEER.
Great George-street,Westminster.
AUDITOR.
F• W. Spooner, Esq., America-square.
SECRETARY.
TXIO, William Cooper, Esq.
. William OrricEs---85, Cannon-street West, E.C.
et:t.us Company has been formed for the purpose of pur-
hstng the freehold property known as Queen Anne's
eargrd, and the valuable Shipbuilding business now
shi led on by private capitalists therein ; of carrying on
neertunilding in Iron and Wood, and of mechanical cup-
rntl,ng in all its branches.
'pie Shipbuilding Yard possesses a frontage to the sea
f nANvards of 1,200 feet, in which there will be capacity
iioar lyin-
„_, 6. down twenty ships, taking an average of 60 feet
uth for each ship. As at present constituted, the esta-
feet Bnnient comp • a first-class stone-built Dry Dock, 260
bY 52 %et, in perfect working condition, with steam
-6 circular-tilw g , smiths' shops, timber sheds, offices,
Ind
bunFs, with slips, quays, and o. ther necessary ap-
L'an,
_ck.os, all in good repair. On the premises there is a capital
1,4 'al; four excellent dwelling-houses, suitable for the
Tanager and employes of the Company, six cottages -
°reinen, Acc., a good supply of fresh water, and an abund 'Mee of lime and building stone.
It is proposed to lengthen the present dry dock 50 feet,
to construct two additional dry docks and one large float-
ing dock, to be divided by caissons ; also additional frontage
quays, and to extend the appliances generally, with the
liew of the construction and repair of iron and wooden
Ships, the manufacturing of marine and other engines,
armour and other plate, angle iron, and every description
of iron work.
For the purposes of the Company the position of the
premises is not to be surpassed (as will be seen by the plan) ;
they are in close proximity to Sutton Harbour, forming
the seaboard of Catwater anchorage, and are completely
sheltered, first by the Plymouth Breakwater, and next
by the peninsula of Mount Batten, in addition to which
the approaches to the premises are completely corn-
Mended by the guns of the citadel. The Branch Station
of. the South Devon Railway Company
is situated in the
Immediate 'vicinity, and her Majesty's Dockyard, Devon-
port, is within an easy distance.
This Company will offer unusual facilities for carrp'ng
on the proposed business in consequence
of both labour
and the freight of iron, coal, and timber being extremely
low, added to which much expense will be saved, as the
materials will be delivered on the quays of the Company
free o f all dues and charges.
fit present there aro no Iron Shipbuilding Works at
rlYraouth, and much inconvenience and expense often re-
sult to shipowners in consequence of vessels outward
bolind having to put back to London for repair.
othThe Directors consider it unnecessary to allude to the
er advantages pOssessed by this Company, further than
state that there is a great and growing demand for such
Works as they pro pose to carry on. ~,Te operations of the Company will be- conducted by
:1 Joseph Banks, who will devote his well-known expe-
once exclusively to the interests of the Company, aided
"Y gentlemen of acknowledged mechanical skill. As the
whole of the valuable property has been ceded to the Diree-
'i're 11Pon terms which are considered highly advantageous,
urod.
profi be table result of the undertaking may deemed as
aae
'erlnterest at the rate of £6 per cent. is guaranteed for three
a bY the International Contract Company (Limited).
11 the event of no allotment of Shares being made, the
'(',?Posit wi allotted returned in full. Should a less number of
7:4Shares be than are applied for, the deposit will be
r 0 available towards the payment on allotment, and the
e') (if any) returned to the applicant.
eau CoPy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association
be. inspected at the Offices of the Solicitors, Brokers,
"-;', a, Cannon-street West.
b rospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may
eC° obtained at the Offices of the International Contract
riele4nY) 85, Cannon-street, West ; and of the Bankers,
and Solicitors.

T IsTo
PORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Plymouth Shipbuilding, Dock, and
Iron Works Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,—s4rillaovii.tng paidtoy); Bankers (Messrs. the
Shares • 4 , being a deposit of .£1 per Share on .
allot 111 the above Company,) I request that you will
aece me that number of Shares, and I hereby agree to
to
Illpt such Shares, or any less number that may be allotte4
e'
pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the

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—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLE UCH, li.G.

This Hospital, founde 1 in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, 'without
the delay and difficulty 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
Iddition 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 Has-
erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ;
Drummond and Co. ; G:yn and Co. ; Herries and CO. ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; W.lliains, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co.;Nisbet and Co. , Bernars-street ; Barned and
Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 0115.
'STANFORD SMITH, secretary.

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Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS,
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of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly tacilitate
the Interesting study .ot MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY
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(According to Act of Parliament).
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at half-past Nine o'clock.
In addition to the other attractions of this wonderful
establishment.
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Baker-street.
A full-length Portrait modal, life-size, of the late
RICHARD COBDEN, 3r.p, t t:en during the period of the
Great Anti-Corn Law League Agitation, May be seen in the
Hall of Kings.
NEW ADDITIONS.—Models, life-size, of the YOUNG
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THE ORIGIN OF MOUNT VESUVIUS.--The ascent
of Mount Vesuvius from Naples is neither long nor
difficult. The railway conveys the tourist to Resina, a
strange village, which is regularly swallowed up at each
eruption, and as regularly rebuilt by the inhabitants, who
know perfectly well when it is time to remove, and when
to return. This obstinate adherence to a place doomed to
Periodical destruction is easily explained by the unex-
ampled fertility of the soil, manured as it is by volcanic
ashes, decomposed lava, and trachytic effiorescences.
From Resina you go on mules to the hermitage
of San Salve core, and from that point upwards you
must trust to your own legs. Before ascending the
great cone of ashes, one finds oneself in a valley
called Atrio de Cavallo, about 500 yards in breadth. This
valley separates the cone of eruption from the Somma, a
rock chiefly consisting of araphigenite. As the cone of
Mount Vesuvius seems to date from the the great eruption
of the year 79, which destroyed Stabiai, Herculaneum, and
Pompeii, and, as until that period, Mount Vesuvius had
been considered an extinct volcano, some authors have con-
cluded rather too hastily that the Somma was the old
crater spoken of by the ancients, and that the present
Mount Vesuvius had gradually formed itself at its
foot. In an able letter from Naples, addressed
to the Moniteur by M. Jules Nougaret, this opinion
is contradicted, the writer considering the Somma
as having, at an extremely early period, formed part of:the
bed of the sea, and been subsequently upheaved by a
powerful volcanic force. In support of this view he points
to the fossil remains of fishes which it contains, and which
seem to denote its neptunian origin. Pliny only knew the
Somma, the top of which forced a vast cavity, a valley con-
taining small ponds, shrubs, and groves, where flocks of
sheep and goats used to graze in perfect security, and
in the centre of which there was no trace of the *cone of
the present Mount Vesuvius. Diodorus Siculus, Vitru-
vius, and Strabo mention this mountain as having for-
merly been a volcano, from which it may be inferred
that it had been many ages without giving any signs of
activity.

Johnson, Andrew, a United States' senator from
Tennessee, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Dec.
29, 1808. When he was four years of age he lost his
father, who died from the effect of exertions to save
a friend from drowning. At the age of 10 he was
apprenticed to a tailor in his native city, with whom
he served seven years. His mother was unable to
afford him any educational advantages, and he never
attended school a day in his life. While learning
his trade, however, he resolved to'make an effort to
educate himself. His anxiety to be able to read was
particularly excited by an incident which is worthy
of mention. A gentleman of Raleigh was in the
habit of going into the tailor's shop and reading
while the apprentice and journeymen were at work.
He was an excellent reader, and his favourite book
was a volume of speeches, principally of Bri-
tish statesmen. Johnson became interested, and his
first ambition was to equal him as a reader and be-
come familiar with those speeches. He took up the
alphabet without an instructor, but by applying to
the journeymen with whom he worked he obtained
a little assistance. Having acquired a knowledge of
the letters, he applied for a loan of the book which
he had so often heard read. The owner made him a
present of it, and gave him some instruction on the
use of letters in the formation of words. Thus his
first exercises in spelling were in that book. By
perseverance he soon learned to read, and the hours
he devoted to his education were at night after he
was through his daily labour upon the shopboard.
He now applied himself to books from two to three
hours every night, after working from 10 to 12 hours
at his trade. Having completed his apprenticeship in
the autumn of 1824, he went to Laurens Courthouse
South Carolina, where he worked as journeyman for
nearly two years. While there he became engaged
to be married, but the match was broken off by the
violent opposition of the girl's mother and friends,
the ground of objection being Mr. Johnson's youth
and the want of pecuniary means. In May, 1826,
he returned to Raleigh, where he procured journey-
work, and remained until September. He then set
out to seek his fortune in the West, carrying with
him his mother, who was dependent upon him for
support. He stopped at Greenville, Tennessee, and
commenced work as a journeyman. He remained
there about 12 months, married, and soon afterwards
went still farther westward, but failing to find a
suitable place to settle he returned to Greenville and
commenced business. Up to this time his education
was limited to reading, as he had never had an op-
portunity of learning to write or cipher, but under
the instructions of his wife he learned these and other
branches. The only time,however, he could devote to
them was in the dead of night. The first office which
he held was that of alderman of the village, to which
he was elected in 1828. He was re-elected to the same
positionwas
chosen i:elBn mayor,29, anda
which
nihn
positionlB3O.
hlne hthealtd foryear
he
three years. In 1835 he was elected to the Legis-
lature. In the Session of that year he took decided
ground against a scheme of internal improvements,
which he contended would not only prove a failure,
but entail upon the State a burdensome debt. The
measure was popular, however, and at the next
election (1837) he was defeated. He became a
candidate again in 1839. By this time many of the
evils he had predicted were fully demonstrated, and
he was elected by a large majority. In 1840 he
served as Presidential elector for the State at large
on the Democratic ticket. He canvassed a large
portion of the State, meeting upon the stump
several of the leading Whig orators. In 1841 he was
elected to the State Senate. In 1843 he was elected
to Congress, where, by successive elections, he served
until 1853. During this period of service he was con-
spicuous and active in advocating the Bill for refund-
ing the fine imposed upon General Jackson at New
Orleans in 1815, the annexation of Texas, the tariff
of 1846, the war measures of Mr. Polk's Adminis-
tration and a homestead bill. In 1853 he was
elected Governor of Tenessee after an exciting can-
vass. He was re-elected in 1855 after another active
contest. At the expiration of his second period as
Governor, in 1857, he was elected United States'
Senator for a full term, ending March 3, 1863.

The Assassination of President Lincoln,

OFFICIAL REPORT.

The following official telegram from Mr. Secre-
tary Stanton has been received by the United States
Legation in London :

(Via Greencastle, per Nova Scotian.)
" Sir,—lt has become my distressing duty to an-
nounce to you that last night his Excellency
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States,
was assassinated, about the hour of half-past 10
o'clock, in his private box, at Ford's Theatre, in
the city. The President, about 8 o'clock, accom-
panied Mrs. Lincoln to the theatre. Another lady
and gentleman were with them in the box. About
half-past 10, during a pause in the performance, the
assassin entered the box, the door of which" as un-
guarded, hastily approached the President from
behind, and discharged a pistol at his head. The
bullet entered the back of his head and pene-
trated nearly through. The assassin then leaped
from the box upon the stage, brandishing a large
knife or dagger, and exclaiming, ' Sic semper
tyrannis!' and escaped in the rear of the theatre.
Immediately upon the discharge the President fell
to the floor insensible, and continued in that state
until 20 minutes past 7 o'clock this morning, when
he breathed his last. About the same time the mur-
der was being committed at this theatre, another
assassin presented himself at the door of Mr. Seward's
residence, gained admission by representing he had
a prescription from Mr. Seward's physician which
he was directed to see administered, and hurried up
to the third story chamber, where Mr. Seward was
lying. He here discovered Mr. Frederick Seward,
struck him over the head, inflicting several wounds,
and fracturing the skull in two places, inflicting, it
is feared, mortal wounds. He then rushed into the
room where Mr. Seward was in bed, attended by a
young daughter and a male nurse. The male at-
tendant was stabbed through the lungs, and it is
believed will die. The assassin then struck Mr.
Seward with a knife or dagger twice in the throat
and twice in the face, inflicting terrible wounds.
By this time Major Seward, eldest son of the Secre-
tary, and another attendant reached the room, and
rushed to the rescue of the Secretary; they were
also wounded in the conflict, and the assassin
escaped. No artery or important blood vessel
was severed by any of the wounds inflicted upon
him, but he was for a long time insensible from the
loss of blood. Some hope of his possible recovery is
entertained. Immediately upon the death of the
President notice was given to Vice-President John-
son, Who happened to be in the city, and upon whom
the office of President now devolves. He will take
the office and assume the functions of President to-
day. The murderer of the President has been dis-
covered, and evidence obtained that these horrible
crimes were committed in execution of a conspiracy
deliberately planned and set on foot by rebels under
pretence of avenging the South and aiding the
rebel cause ; but it is hoped that the immediate
perpetrators will be caught. The feeling occasioned
by these atrocious crimes is so great, sudden, and
overwhelming that I cannot at present do more
than communicate them to you. At the earliest
moment yesterday the late President called a
Cabinet meeting, at which General Grant was pre-
sent. He was more cheerful and happy than I had
ever seen him, rejoiced at the near prospect of firm
and durable peace at home and abroad, manifested
in a marked degree the kindness and humanityo.f
his disposition, and the tender and forgiving spirit
that so eminently distinguished hi y. . Public notice
had been given that he and General Grant would
be present at the theatre, and the opportunity of ,

The intelligence of the assassination of President Lincoln
and of the attempt to assassinate Mr. Seward caused a
most extraordinary sensation inthe cityyesterday. Towards
noon the news became known, and it spread rapidly from
mouth to mouth in all directions. At first many were in-
credulous as to the truth of the rumour, and some believed
it to have been set afloat for purposes in connection with the
Stock-Exchange. The house of Peabody and Co., American
bankers, in Broad-street, had received early intelligence of
the assassination, and from there the news was carried to
the Bank of England, whence it quickly radiated in a
thousand directions. Meanwhile it was being wafted far
and wide by the second editions of the morning papers,
and was supplemented later in the day by the publication
of additional particulars. Shortly after 12 o'clock it was
communicated to the Lord Mayor while he was sitting in
the Justice-room of the Mansion-house, and about the same
time " the star-spangled banner" was hoisted half-mast
high over the American Consulate at the corner of Grace-
church-street. The same flag had but a few days before
floated in triumph from the same place on the entry of the
Federals into Richmond, and still later on the surrender
of General Lee. At half-past 11 o'clock a large placard,
as well as a telegraphic communication of the sad event,
was posted outside The Sun newspaper-office, containing
a circumstantial narrative of the affair. The excitement
caused by the intelligence was immense. A large crowd
assembled before the door, and the event was the theme
of conversation everywhere. The revival of the affair of
the Road-hill murder, which in the earlier part of the day
had created a profound sensation, sank into insignificance
in comparison with the interest and astonishment
excited by the news of the 'tragedy at Washington.
A photographer in Cornhill, "taking time by the
forelock," exhibited cartes of the deceased Presi-
dent in his window, inscribed " the late Mr.
Lincoln," and accompanied by an account of the assassina-

tion copied from the placard posted in front of The Sun
newspaper office. Throughout the remainder of the day
the evening papers were sold in unexampled numbers, and
often at double and treble the ordinary price, all evincing
the universal interest felt in the astounding intelligence.
LIVERPOOL, April 26.
The reading of the telegram announcing the assassina-
tion of President Lincoln producad a general expression of
horror and disgust on the Liverpool Exchange to-day. At
first it was alleged that the assassin was a Confederate, but
the Southern mon indignantly repudiated the imputation,
and some of them who had known Booth positively asserted
that he was an abolitionist of the Johnston and Butler
school, and had been known to be mad for some months.
Tho flags on the Town-hall and Exchange-buildings were
hoisted half-mast, and in the course of the day a proposal
to hold separate meetings of the Northern and Southern
men for the purpose of expressing their abhorrence at the
crime met with general acquiescence. The effect of the
news on 'Change Was a rise in cotton and the. Confederate
Loan, and a decline in Federal securities.

MANCHESTER, April 26.
Such a state of excitement as was produced by the news
of President Lincoln's assassination this morning was never
witnessed here before. On the Exchange and everywhere
the general expression was one of reprobation and horror
that such a crime should have been committed. The news
put a stop to all business, and the day has passed away in
mere talk and excitement.

BIEN/NGHAM, Wednesday Evening.
The news of the assassination of the President of the
United States has produced a profound sensation here, and
as much of sympathy, consternation, and dismay as can be
conceived ; in fact, as to all of these feelings, second only to
one other calamity which might have afflicted this nation
and the world. It was a little past 12 o'clock when the first
telegram was received here announcing the sad occurrence.
Like all other bad news this spread rapidly, and in less
than half an hour the Exchange, where the telegrams were
posted, was thronged with persons in whose faces were
depicted an expression of the deepest anxiety. Very many
were reluctant to believe the news, and in a state of feverish
and eager desire clung to the hope that the telegram was
some stock-jobbing trick or fraud for some sinister purpose ;
and in these times when so much is dune for the sake of
creating a sensation, or for some more unworthy end, it is
no wonder that even the public should at length have been
taught to be cautious, and be reluctant to swallow the
highly-spiced dishes set before it.

Nearly three hours passed away without the receipt of any
confirmation of the first telegram, and hope was reviving,
when the full details of the appalling tragic occurrences just
perpetrated at Washington came to hand. There was no
face in which grief was not depicted, no sentiment uttered
but that of abhorrence at these foul crimes. Of the truth
of that the American people may rest assured, so far as this
town is concerned, for although there has always been a
strong feeling of sympathy here for the Southerners, and
never more so than during the last hours of the gigantic
efforts of the noble-hearted Lee and his valiant soldiers,
there is nothing but detestation at the foul murder with
which this fratricidal war has been crowned.
The Mayor was absent in London when this afflicting news
was received, but his worship was immediately telegraphed
to by Mr. Alderman Hawkes, with the view of some imme-
diate expression in reference to this untoward event by the
people of the town.

Wilkes• Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, is said to
be the son of an English tragedian, whom some of our thea-
trical readers may perhaps recollect. He (the father) is Uinta
described in the American Encyclopa3dia :
"Booth, Junius Brutus, an English tragedian, born in
London, May 1, 1796, died on the passage from Now Or-
leans to Cincinnati, December, 1852. After fulfilling en-
gagements at Deptford, near London, and other places, and
even performing at Brussels, in 1814 he made his Milt at
Covent-garden Theatre, in London, as Richard 111. His
personal resemblance to the crookbacked tyrant conformed
exactly to the traditions of the stage, and his personifica-
tion of the character was in other respects so striking that
he competed successfully with Edmund Kean, then just
rising into fame. The managers of Drury-lane induced
him to act there in the same plays with Kean ; but when,
after a few nights, he was again announced at Covent- g.a r_
den, his appearance was the signal for a seriousatfhreoamtncal
the
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were lago, Shylock, Hamlet, Sir Giles Overreach, and Sir
Edmund Mortimer. In his peculiar sphere--the sudden
and nervous expression of concentrated passion—as also in
the more quiet and subtle passages of his delineations, he
exercised a wonderful sway over his audience, and his ap-
pearance.uponthe stage has been known to awe a crowded
and tumultuous house into instant silence. His presence
and action, notwithstanding his short stature, were impos-
ing, and his face, originally moulded after the antique type,
was capable of wonderful -expression under the influence
of excitement._ se-vertil of his children have inherited a