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THE EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND
CANAL COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TWELFTH
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Share-
holders of the East India Irrigation and Canal Company
will be held at. the Company's Offices, Nos. 8 and 9 Queen-
street Place, Sonthwark-bridge, in the City of London, on
THURSDAY, the 30th day of May instant at 1 o'cuflock
precisely, for the purpose of transacting thegeneral bi-
ness of the Company, as prescribed by the Act, and also
for the purpose of authorising the borrowigg on mortgage
or bond fro.a the Government of India any stun or sums
of money not exceeding the sum pr•scrib3.l by the East.
India Irrigation and Canal Act, 1836, ace rrding to the
arrangement of which notice has been .already given to
each Shareholder.
Th... Transfer Rooks of the Company will he Closed from
the 20th to the 30th instant, both days inclusive.

JOIIN WESTWOOI,, Secretary to the Company.
8 and 9 Queen-street Place, Southwark-bridge,
, . London, E.C., May 1, 1867.

THE MADRAS IRRIGATION AND
CANAL COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SIXTEENTH
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders
of the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company will be held
at the Company's Offices, Nos. 8 and 9, Queen-street-place,
Southwark-bridge, in the City of London. on TUESDAY,
the 28th day of May instant, at One o'clock precisely, for
the purpose of transacting the ordinary business of such
Meeting, pursuant to the Act; and for authorising and
giving consent to the conversion of the 50,000 shares in
the present guaranteed capital of £1.000,000, and numbered
from I.to 50,000 (both inclusive), into one general capital
stock-lito be called the " Guarantevd Stock of the Madras
Irrigation and Canal Company."
The Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed
from the 23d instant tn. the 7th of June next, both days
inclusive.

JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary to the Company.
8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge,
London, E.G., May 1, 1867.

STATIONAL TESTIMONIAL
II to Lieutenant-Colonel RICHARDS.
At a meeting held in St. James's Hall, Piccadilly. on
Monday, April 29—Lieutenant-Colonel Lord RANELAGH
in the Chair—the following Resolutions were unanimously
passed :
Moved by. Colonel Warde Commanding London Rifle
Brigade, and . seconded by Lieutenant-Colonel Laurie, 3d
London R.V.
" That, in consideration of the unwearied exertions of
Lieutenant-Colonel Richards in aiding the first establish-
ment of the present Volunteer force, the gratitude of the
country at large is most eminently due to him. It is there-
fore proposed that a committee be formed and subscriptions
raised."
It was further agreed that. Captain Bertrand Payne, Com-
manding 4th Middlesex A.V., should be hon. treasurer, and
that an account should be opened with the London and
Westminster Bank, St. James's-street. Subscriptions in
aid of the " Colonel Richards Volunteer Testimonial Fund"
can be paid into the above bank, or by P.O. order to Cap-
tain Bertrand Payne, Conservative Club, St. James's-street,
London.
A central office and. cut mittXreo.'.:olll...shortly, be
opened. It is intended to 'eStabl&h,_ Ict&ir committees
throughout the kingdom, and cenimuniclAtiOns on the sub-
ject may be addressed to the lion. Site.
Commanding officers are invited to inform their corps,
and to allow subscription lists to be placed at head-quarters.
The following is the list of the present Committee,
together with those who have signified their intention to
subscribe:—Lieutenant-Colonel the Viscount Ranelagh,
President of Committee ; the Right Hon. the Earl of
Melmesbury, &c.; General Sir Andrew Scott
Waugh, R.E., F.R.S. •, the Ven. the Archdeacon of Ely ;
General Turr, Aide-do-Camp to the King of Italy; Sir
John Trelawny, Bart. ; Sir Henry Drummond Wolff,
K.C.M.G.; Colonel Morris, C.B. (late Assistant-Inspector
of Volunteers); Alfred 'Tennyson, Esq., D.C.L., Poet
Laureate ; Colonel Wattle, commanding London Rifle Bri-
gade • Lieutenant-Colonel Aikrnan,'V.C., commanding 2d
London R.V. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Walmsley, commanding
Ist London A.V. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Cruikshank, com-
manding 48th Middlesex, R.V.; Lieutenant-Colonel Laurie,
3d London; the Master of Lindsay; Harvey Lewis, Esq.,
M.P.; W. 0. Foster, Esq., M.P. ; G. H. Whalley, Esq.,
M.P. ; Martin F. Tupper, Esq. ; the Rev. W. G. Cookes-
ley ; the Rev. J. Baty ; James Grant, 'Esq.; R. H. Patter-
son, Esq. ; George Townsend, Esq. ; H. M. Barnett, Esq.;
Captain Payne, commanding 23d Surrey, R. V. ; Captain
Mathew, commanding 4th Carnarvon, R.V. ; Capt. Wood,
23d Surrey; Capt. Palmer, 3d London • Donald Nicol, Esq.,
J. A. Nicoley, Esq., James Anderson-Rose, Esq., F. Law-
rence, Esq., Henry Macnamara, Esq., George Coleman,
Esq., F. G. Toinlins, Esq., George Leverson, Esq., J.
Macnamara Cantwell, Esq., Dante (.Rossetti, Esq., Alfred
Elves, Esq., Dr. Lomas, M.R.C.8., W. Griffith, Esq., M.D.,
Jonas Levy, Esq. F. Sandys, Esq., A. Brett, Esq., F. von
Oppen, Esq., Dodwell Browne, Esq., Sergeant Earle, 4th
Middlesex A V. • Corporal Gardner, 31 London R.V., &e.The congratulatory letters of General Garibaldi and the
Poet Laureate have already received a wide circulation
through the press. Those desiring to join in this national
expression of gratitude to Colonel Richar,ls are requestel
to send their names to the Hon. Sec. and Treasurer,

.
BERTRAND PAYNE.
Captain Commanding 4th Middlesex, A.V.,
Conservative Club, London.
Tho subscription list will shortly b.i published.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL ANO GENER.A.L
. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

BONUS MEETING, 1867.

The Roport presented at a Meeting held on the 3d
January last, for the declaration of the EIGHTH BONUS,
showed,

1. AS TO THE PROGRESS OF TIIE SOCIETY,

that, during the quinquennial priod which terminated on
the 30th June, 1866,

NEW ASSURANCES. for .a total sum of £1,518,181,
and yielding £50,497 in• Annual Premiums, had boon
effected, of which sums the former exceeded by £31,811,
and the latter by ..£2,3'32, the corrospending items of any
previous period ; that
THE INCONIE had increased from £195,100 to £215,327
per annum; and that
THE ASSURANCE FUND, after payment of £85,303
on account of Bonus at the last Division, had risen from
£1,422,191 to £1,619,539.
2. As TO THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE SOCIETY.
That the Assets on June 30, 1866, wore £1,619,539 14 8
And the Liabilities on the same date 1,313,708 19 2

Leaving a surplus of ~......

'X2r4,83g:15 6

and that, after setting aside £50,000 as a sp3cial Reserve
Fund,

THE AVAILABLE PROFIT was £225,830 15s. Gd.,
of which sum £225,000 was recommended for division.

3. AS TO THE RESELTS OF TIIE DIVISION.

That the portion of this sum of £22s,ooo—viz. five-sixths,
or £lB7,soo—which full to the A.ssurod, would yield a
REVERSIONARY ADDITION TO THE POLICIES
of £272,682, averaging 45 per Cont., or varying, with the
different ages, from 32 to 85 por Coat. on the premiums
paid since the last division; and that the
CASH BONUS, which is the exact equivalent of such
Reversionary Bonus, would average 26 por Cent. of the
like premiums.

Tho Report explained at length the nature of the In-
vestments and the bases of the Calculations, the results of
which, as above shown, are eminently favourable.

The next DIVISION OF PROFITS will take place in
January, 1872, and Persons who effoct NEW POLICIES
BEFORE THE END OF JUNE NEXT will bo entitled
at that Division to one year's additional sharp of Profits
ovar later Assurers.

Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, the R;p)rt above men-
tioned, and a detailed account of the proceedings of the
Bonus Meeting, can ba obtained from any of the Society's
Agents; or of
GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary,
13, St. J.unes's-square, London, S.'W.

CONTRACT FOR APPOINTMENTS FOR THE
ROYAL MARINES.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, SOMERiEr
HOUSE, May 3, 1867.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the
16th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready
to treat with such persons as may bo willing to CON-
TRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of
MUSKET SLINGS (Light Infantry),
Do. .(Artillery),
DRUM SLINGS,
DRUMMERS' SWORDS, and
CHIN STRAPS), for FORAGING CAPS (Light
Infantry),
fantry
as shall from time to time be demanded for the use of the
Royal Marines under a contract for twelve calendar months
certain, and further until the expiration of three calendar
months' warning.
Patterns of the Articles may be seen at the Royal Marine
Office, New-street, Spring-e-ardens, between the hours of.
Eleven and Twelve o'clock.
No Tender will bo received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
on application in the Lobby of the Depai tment of the Colo-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the Conditions of the Contract may be seen.
No Tender will be received after Twolve o'clock at noon
on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the
party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend
at the office on the day of Contract, as the result of the
offer received from each person will be communicated to
him and his proposed sureties in welting.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, nod hear in the left-hand corner the words,
Tender for Appointments for the Royal Marines," and
must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller
of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset .11-ouse, signed by two
responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the
person tendering in the sum of £2OO for the due perform-
ance of the Contract.
Ily Order,
ANTONIO BRADY, -
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

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Mossrs. CHAPMAN and HALL have Om honour to
announce AN ENTIRELY NEW EDITION OF' THE
WHOLE OF' MR. DICKENS' ; WORKS. It will be
produced with especial care, and has boon-devised by Mr.
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the Lear important pints— _

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Twenty years have• elapsed the first stereotype
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NESDAY, May 8, and intervening days, to DONCAS-
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SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager.
London, King's-cross Station, April.

AESKELL, SURGEON-DEYTIST, author of
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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

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THE " SATURDAY REVIEW" ON HOUSEHOLD Eco,
NOMY IN 1867.—Unpleasant as the fact may be,
there is, we fear, no doubt that this year will see in
many families as much distress and as much pinch-
ing as the last saw. The dire shadow of last year's
commercial eclipse is still chilling our homes and
darkening our paths. Although there is more
money than would suffice to buoy up every totter-
ing firm. of note, there is a perfect dearth of credit.
And it is this utter deaith-of credit that will be so
painfully •and pinchinely'felt in numberless'families
throughout England. In the first place, half of the
small incomes of the country are derived from rail-
ways, and more than one great railway is practi-
cally insolvent. It is impossible to measure accu-
rately the precise amount of the misery thus in-
flicted. Whatever the amount is now, it will be
doubled if all the engineers on all the railways
combine to strike ; for enhanced wages or suspended
traffic and constant dividends are incompatible.
Although, peyhap§,in the majority of cases, personal
incomes do. not, consist wholly of railway dividends,
yet hs same casea-they'clo, and-in a good Many one-
half is derived from this source. It needs but small
powers of imagination to conceive the straits to which
people whose whole annual income does not exceed
£4OO, and half of this produce I from one source,
must be reduced when this one source fails. But
this picture does not fully represent the intensity
of the suffering now felt by many families. Few
persons in the middle ranks of life abstained from
investing in one or more of the numerous specula-
tions which came forward during the last two years
under the specious attraction of limited liability, and
which promised to give ten per cent., and to exact
only a few calls at distant intervals. The experi-
ence of the last six months may witness how well
this promise has been kept. The interest has long
ceased to be paid, but the calls go on in a geome-
trical ratio of acceleration. Money that was
borrowed when money was easy to get has now to
be repaid when it is all but impossible to borrow.
The unfortunate shareholders who were told that
they would never have to pay up 40 per cent. of their
capital 4ave to pay up 60 per cent., and are still
dinned with the cry of " more." With half of their
ordinary income taken from them, they have in many
cases to provide fresh capital which will be as un-
productive as if it were flung into the ocean. How
many families of moderate means are at this moment
casting their hundred a year each into an abyss from
which not a particle of it can ever rettirn ! There is no
help for it. To go through the Bankruptcy Court
put
is out of the question, though the inducements
which led them to speculate would afford a substan-
tial justification for such a course. But pride, the
dread of losing caste, and the dread of losing situa-
tions man from taking
a step
pp
lifelong burden.
And so men go on, lavishing on " calls" the petty
awrehvieenht
surplus that once went to buy an ornament for the
wife or some amusement for the children, and sell-
in; out the only safe investments they have made
at a depreciation of 30 or 40 per cent. This is the
special and peculiar sore of the existing crisis. Not
would many
a
only are incomes docked to feed the rapacious leech
of the share-market, but capital is sacrificed with-
out stint or compunction. Every £lOO which the
persecuted shareholder throws into the ravening
maw of his cruel tyrant cost him. from £l3O to
£l4O ; in a year or so this, the savings of years,
must come to an end, and then how is the
tribute to be paid ? There will be but one resort--
the Bankruptcy Court ; and when he flings him-
self, an exhausted and beggared suppliant, at its
altar, he will curse the false shame which forbade
an earlier recourse to its protection, and urged him
to pauperise himself and his children that he might
satisfy the exactions of dishonest or deluded directors.
TIIN tt Es.',SIINER " ON THE PROGRESS OF THE
131LL.-Tlle House of Commons sticks to its work,
and shows that it is resolved to try what can be
made of the Ministerial 11111 before consenting to
have the question thrown over for another year.
This is exactly What the country desires and de-
mands. It Nrants no more of faction fight about
the matter : it wants, if possible, to get the ques-
tion settled satisfactorily, and settled soon. Settled
at all it, cannot be unless it be settled satisfactorily;
and perhaps we may add, unless it be settled soon.
The attempt to impose a differential test on the new
voters, in the shape of a two years' residence, has
been, after a brief debate, rejected by an over-
whelming majority; and the exclusion of lodgers
and compound householders is certain to share the
same fate. It was clear, indeed, after Lord Derby's
recent address to the deputation which waited
upon hiui at Downing-street, that intelligent
Tories were not expected to take much
trouble in defending what had become un-
tenable positions. Intelligent Toryim took

quently in childhoo,l—" who had so many children
she didn't know what to do,"—there is no example
on record of any parental disciplinarian whose tern-
p-r has be..n so mach tried by con fficting disposi-
tions and incorrigible instances of waywardness.
Flow often it will be necessary in the judgment of
nooftehi here i e
pre us the
whie
Mr. Disraeli, for the sake of his party's welfare, to
<< whip them all round and send them to bed," time
re
foron elyt hd'.fseierlei feelings to
onlydeli-
cate
considerationcan tell.
h
consists in so managing matters that the wh'ipping
shall be done by other handsand thesmoothing of the
pillow by his own. It is, no doubt, rather bard
upon the more childish members of the party, who
are intellectually unable to learn the hard lesson
set down for them, that they should have to sit
silently in their seats until they haie it by heart,
and can repeat it without blundering. Some have
already run away, and others look uncommonly
like truants who mean to be off next time the-door
opens. There is even talk of some more of the
ushers and monitors going ; and we should not be
surprised if they went. But it matters little •
Lord Derby, Lord Stanley, and Mr. Disraeli are
the Conservative Government. They have done
just what they liked, and they will do so to the
end. They could not have got their party, as a
party, to swallow household suffrage, without pro-
mising sundry bits of sugar and pleasant-looking
nuts as the bribe. But now that the dose is
gulped, and the sugar begins to melt, and the nuts
to prove blind, what can be said about it, save
that " they are sorry, and that they hope big
boys wont be so foolish as to cry ?" The situation
which has become rather ludicrous, may, however,
become ere long rather lamentable, if, as there seems
reason to fear, the carrying of the Tory Reform Bill
be signalised by the disruption of the Tory party.
The prostration of that party would, in our opinion,
be a great source of embarrassment and evil. Then,
kicked, there would be- danger of -serious divisions
in the ranks of the Liberal majority. At present
there is none. Mr. Gladstone was welcomed back
to his place at the head of the Opposition on Thurs-
day last, just as if nothing bad happened during the
holidays to fill the heads•of stupid people with idle
fears regarding him. It is now clear that he never
meant his too candid note to Mr. Crawford to
be interpreted as an act of abdication ; and
the only answer that need be given to Mr.
Baines'a already half-forgotton cry for help
to bring him back to the head of his party is,
that quiet matter-of-fact people never ceased to re-
gard him as remaining there. When Mr. Huskis-
son hastily offered to resign in 1828, and next day
thought better of it, a friend told the Duke of
Wellington that he need not consider it a resigna-
tion. But the Premier, who wanted to get rid of
his Liberal subordinate, replied : "It was a resig-
nation, it is a resignation, and it shall be a resigna-
tion." The converse is precisely Mr. Gladstone's
position with reference to his party, whose universal
feeling has been with reference to his letter—lt was
not an abdication, it is not an abdication, and it
shall not be an abdication. The Liberal party, led
by him, is strong enough to make a really good bill
of that which now lies on the table of Parliament,
or to throw it out on the third reading, should any
sudden freak of obstinacy on the part of its authors
interpose unlooked-for impediments in the way of
its amendment in Committee. And in either case
we can foresee no hindrance of the Liberal party to
the restoration of the Liberal party to power. Their
real danger lies not in affected or imaginary weak-
ness, but in the possibility of their being presently
too strong.