The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-19 00:00:00

STRANGE NEWS.

The Calcutta Englishman says that strange news comes ,
from Mozambique. A commander of one of her Majesty's
ships is said to be doing some slave trading on his own'.,
account. It was reported to the Governor that some.
natives were missing after the vessel had visited Mozam-
bique, and as suspicions had been previously excited, a
watch was kept. The captain declared that there were;
no black men on board, but shortly afterwards two natives
jumped overboard, and made for the ship of a Portuguese'
Commodore. Several more natives followed, and made for;
the boat which the Commodore put off. The British vett-
sel then proceeded to sea. A Portuguese man-of-war. '4
brought the news to the Cape, but it requires confirms...,
tion, as no mention is made of the name of the velsel_of
Le captain.

Bank of France.

PARIS, Feb. 17.

the following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account
DEBTOR.
Feb 10.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
Capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation .
Banknotos to orderand
receipts payable at
sight 42,366,427 24 41,924,322 24
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor ... 154,372,378 73 153,480,915 16
Current accounts, Paris 313,021,594 70 308,425,453 66
Do. branch banks 43,894,205 43,256,499
Dividends payable 2,356,580 2,129,145
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months 1,305,522 15 1,305,522 15
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

Feb. 17.

182,500,000 -

Total
=EDITOR.
Feb. 17. Feb. 10.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

HOOPER's- TELEGRAPH WORKS
(Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies' Acts, 1862 and 1867.
Capita:—£2so,ooo in 25,000 flares of £lO each,
payable as follows :
.£1 per share on application.
„ allotment.
.£2 „ Ist April, 1870.
.E 2
~ Ist June, 187 e.
£3 „ „ Ist August, 1870.
DIRECTORS.
John M. Dunlop, Esq.
Eon, L. Agar-Ellis, M.P.
C. Seymour Grenfell Es
q.
William ,
William
ooper, Esq., Managing Director.
Frederic Lubbock, Esq.
Admiral Sir William Wiseman, Bart.
• RANKERS.
Messrs. Roberta, Lubbock, and Co.
Bank of Scotland (Edinburgh and Branches).
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and Co.
Temporary Offices—No. 114, Gresham House, Old
Broad-street, E.C.
This Company has been formed to take over and extend
the w 11 known works of Mr. William Hooper, for the
manufacture of iodiarubber core for telegraphic purposes,
and to add thereto the business of covering the core for
submarine cables, and submerging and maintaining the
same, wh. relay the Company will be enabled to execute
the large. t cantracts for the manufacture of submarine and
land telegraphs. _
The value of Mr. Hooper's process for the manufacture
of core is now fully recognised. He has successfully carried
on his present business, and, with a comparatively small
capital, has made very large profits, sufficient to ensure out
of that branch of the business alone a handsome return on
the whole capital cf the company ; and, when the other
branches have been added, it is but fair to conclude that
the profits of this undertaking will favourably compare
with those of the exiqing companies.
Mr. Hooper has already manufactured, according to his
process, the cores for the following cedes, all of which are
in perfect working order, viz.:—Ceylon to the mainland of
India, the Persian Gulf cable, laid last year by the Indian
Government ; England to Denmark, Dr...eisle Russian cable
(ono section), Scotland to Norway, Sweden to Russia, be-
sides upwards of SOU miles laid iu various parts of India,
Brazil, Australia, ece.
Mr. Latimer Clark, while engaged as engineer and elec-
trician to the Indian Government, in a letter addressed to
Mr. Hooper from Bombay so recently as the lsth October,
1869, says, in reference to a cable submerged in the Persian
Gulf :—" We have Is en examining, and I am bringing
home a specimen, of the very first sample of core which
you sent out in 1863 to the Persian Gulf, and which
has had no special care taken of it; it is as perfect as when
it first left England, and can in no way be distinguished
from a new sample fresh cut of the factory."
The Company, while possessed of the exclusive right
to use Mr. Hooper's process for the manufacture of india-

NOTIIING IMPOSSIBLE.

GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine line, no matter at what ago.
JNO. (19SNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded i❑ perfect-
inf; this wonc.)rful liquid. It is now offered to the public
a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 58., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each,
Including brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London, ILO.