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The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-01

22,906.

Directors to continue the payment of the interest at 10 per
cent. per annum, but enable them to declare periodical
bonuses on the capital called up.
As to the Catalan property, having regard to its impor-
tant position, the command it has of the seaboard, the faci-
lities it presents for construction of the new port, and its
general adaptability for the formation of streets, shops, and
private villas, a large and remunerative return may also be
anticipated.
ESTIMATED PROFIT ON CATALAN PROPERTY.

On reference to Mr. Dorde's Report, it will be seen that
when the various improvements which have -been sug-
gested have been completed, and the Catalan. property
fully developed, it is estimated to yield a gross profit of
upwards of cent. per cent., and this within a period of
three years, although the estimates have been based on the
more extended period of five years, and that when the Fort
St. Nicholas is removed, and the new port completed, this
profit will be trebled. -

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MINIMUM INTEREST, TEN PER CENT.
gtheme
efinrstts
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PnatYeirneednitantoofw ittnhnrueigt annuities
andto t hreetl'ientte3rptrhoe
porty do not commence until the Ist October, 1867, and
become payable only in the subsequent half-year, viz.,
the Ist April, 1868, the Directors have decided to pay in-
terest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for two years,
from March, 1866, on the capital called up, and for which
four interest warrants will be attached to the share certifi-
cates at the time of issue (which will be charged to land
purchases account). Aber that date the revenue from the
Joliette lands, the rentals from the other properties, and
profits on further sales,Twill be applicable for dividend or
bonuses.
London, England, 1866-03-01

taken, and is imperceptible when. worn.

Prices —Single, 10s. 6d. and •215., postage le. ; Double, 21s.
and 425., postage 2s. ; sent on receipt of post-office order and
size round hips. Euro to fit.
PROLAPSUS ANI, and. UTERI instantly re-
lieved and ultimately cured by some entirely new and very
ingenious appliances. Prices from 108. 6d., sent by post on
receipt of size round hips.

ELASTIC STOCKING S, KNEECAPS,
SURGICAL BELTS, and appliances of every
description, with all the latest improvements, and of the
best quality,
London, England, 1866-03-01

THE REFORM LEAGUE will hold a
SECOND DEMONSTRATION at St. Nfartin's
Long-acra, on FRIDAY EVENING NEXT—Edmond
Beales, Esq, M.A., in the chair. ErnestJnnes, Samuel
Pope, Esq.. and other delegates will address the meeting',
. . _

Chair taken at Eight o'clock precisely.
GEORGE HOWELL, Secretary.
F, Adeiphi-terrace, Strand, Y.C.I
London, England, 1866-03-01

Suckling calves, Ws to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s
to 33s each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts...
Cows.

Beasts 5lO
Cows. 4O

450

Sheep
Calves l4O Ca ve4 11)
Pigs 393 Pigs
London, England, 1866-03-01

Box Office open daily from El( ven till Five.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, a new farce called PIPKIN'S
RUSTIC RETREAT. Messrs J. L. Toole and P. Bedford.
After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 1521
appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington,
Y. Bedford, It Phillips, Felix Rogue, Ashley, liburne, C. J.
Smith; Mrs. Billingtor, &c.
To conclude with BEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R.
Eburne. C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman, &c.
London, England, 1866-03-01

T HE X F U R 7D1
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited).
TINS EVENING, and during the Week, EXTRA
PERFORMANCES by all the available talent. Opera,
Burlesque, Pantomime, Ballet, and Comedy Every
Evening, perfcrined by the entire company, including
Misses Russell, 'Fitzlfenry. Barrio : Messrs. A. St. Albyn,
W. Williams, Spagnoli, &c. THE HUNGARIANS in
their new entertainment, entitled 6' Kanasz es Csardas ;"
Messrs. Duriah and Davies's illustrations of Negro Life;
the ENCHANTED HASH, eleven characters performed
by 111. E. Marshall,- the enterfarnfneVitHeritten expressly for
him by Mr. W. 'l'. Vandervell: the wondrous JEAN
BOND ; and a host of other Went, for which see pro-
gramme and small biIIs.—EVERY EVENING.
Will shortly be produced, SI J'ETAIS ROI, Opera
Comique, par Adolphe Adam, supported by the whole
talent of the establishment. _

Admission—Area, Gd.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private
boxes, 10s. Gd.
London, England, 1866-03-01

COLNE VALLEY AND RALSTEAD.

The half-yearly meeting was held on Tuesday, at
Halstead ; Mr. J. Brewster in the chair.
The report stated that no addition had been made
to the capital account during the half-year. The
receipts of the past half-year had been £4,586, of
which £1,605 or 35 per cent. was payable to the
company as net profit. Claims for land having
been made, which were imperative to pay, the profit
had been applied towards the settlement of those
claims.

The report was adopted. Mr. Brewster, one of
the retiring directors, was re-elected, and also Mr.
A. J. Brown, the retiring auditor. Mr. Greenwood
retired from the Board and the vacancy was not
filled up.

IVIVENIME AND BRIGIITLINGSEA.
The half-yearly meeting was held at Pontefract
on Tuesday ; Mr. Coulson in the chair.

The report stated that the line was nearly finished,
and it was expected that it would shortly be opened
for passenger and goods traffic. The Great Eastern
Company were making the necessary arrangements
for working the line. The report was adopted.
Mr. Robinson and Mr. Coulson, the retiring
directors, were re-elected, and also Mr. Cooke, the
retiring auditor.
London, England, 1866-03-01

BRISTOL AND EXETER.

The half-yearly meeting of this Company was
held yesterday at Bristol, the Earl of Devon in the
chair.

The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the adoption of the
report (an abstract of which has appeared in The
Sun), congratulated the proprietors that the traffic
receipts showed an increase in nearly every item as
compared with the corresponding half of 1864.
Under the head of cattle there was a diminution of
£547. There 'had been two accidents in the half-
year, one at Nailsea and the other at Weston Junc-
tion, and these had cost the company £5,331 ; but
he was happy to say only two cases remained to be
settled out of those injured, and he trusted they
would be satisfactorily arranged. In consequence of
these accidents from collision between trains on the
same line, the directors had adopted the block sys-
tem of telegraphy. The traffic in live stock was for
the present prohibited, and how long that prohibi-
tion was to last they did not know. He considered
that the traffic in dead meat was likely to conduce
to the good of the producer, the conveyancer, and
the consumer; and the directors, in order to pro-
mote the requirements of the present emergency,
and the permanent demand likely to ensue for the
supply of dead cattle, had largely increased, and
were further increasing, the number of vans to carry
the meat, with proper appliances for ventilation.
They had further at a moderate expense adapted
certain buildings, not required at present for other
purposes, at two of their principal stations for the
purposes of slaughter-houses. The directors had
purchased the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal for
£64,000, which, although it entailed a present loss
of £l7O or £lBO per annum, benefited the company
by being enabled to convey their heavy goods
cheaper by the canal than by railway.

Mr. M. CASTLE seconded the adoption of the re-
port, which was agreed to unanimously.

- •
A dividend at the rate of 5i per cent. per annum
on the ordinarystock was declared, and the retizing
directors were re-elected.

The proceedings terminated with thanks to the
chairman.

BRISTOL AND PORTISHEAD.

The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at
Bristol ; Mr. J. Ford in the chair.
The report stated that considerable progress had
been made in the construction of the railway during
the past six months, and notwithstanding the very
unfavourable weather the works had been pressed
steadily on, and every exertion would be used to
get it finished in time for the autumn traffic.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, remarked that there was every reason to
believe ithat the line would be opened for public
traffic during the month of August, and that although
the Bristol and Exeter Railway were not bound by
the nature of their agreement to work the line until
the pier was completed, the company had consented
to work it as soon as it was finished and before the
pier was constructed.

Mr. WOODWARD seconded the motion, which was
carried nem. con.

BURY ST. EDMUND'S AND THETFORD.
The half-yearly meeting was held on Monday, at
London, England, 1866-03-01

act whatever. Oh ! what liberty under the glorious
British Crown!) I, therefore, command all my
white slaves and serfs to return to their allegiance,
or I shall make Ireland a Jamaica the second. I
further command them to submit to every insult,
such as the Protestant Establishment, Tenant
Wrong, and English Education, &c.
" TO3l A LAIMIMEN.

" Given at Corruption Castle, Dublin, this
26-2-26, being the last year of our blessed, tyranni-
cal, and exterminating rule in Erin-go-Bragh.
" God save the Green!"

Railway and other Companies.

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN.

The directors of this company have resolved to
recommend the shareholders at the half-yearly gene-
ral meeting to declare a dividend at the rate of £7
per cent. per annum for the past six months ending
31st January, carrying forward £5,118 to the credit
of the next account.
London, England, 1866-03-01

PORTSMOUTH.

At Portsmouth, on Tuesday, a special meeting of
the town council was convened to take into consi-
deration the best mode of carrying into effect the
provisions of the new 'Cattle Plague Act. A com-
mittee was appointed, whose duties will con-
tinue so long as the act remains in .operation,
who will have power to act independently of
the council by which they have been elected,
and who undertake the entire responsibility
of appointing inspectors, fixing their salaries,
and of carrying out in all other respects the mean-
ing of the act. Immediately following on the forma-
tion of the committee a set of orders and regulations
were issued :-1. Restricting the removal of cattle
within the jurisdiction of the borough, except under
the written licence of the licensed inspector. 2.
Prohibiting the landing of cattle brought by sea
previous to examination by the borough inspector.
3. Infected animals on board any vessel to be
slaughtered and buried in accordance with the pro-
visions of the act. 4,5, 6. Cattle to be slaughtered
at only appointed places, to be buried at only ap-
pointed places, and owners or persons in charge of
animals dying of the plague to give immediate notice
of the same to the loci' inspector and the superin-
tendent of police. The committee have also estab-
lished temporarily a wholesale dead meat or carcass
market, at the Market-place, Guildhall, to be open.
daily from 6 a.m. until noon, no charge to be levied
on persons using the market. Respecting the present '
state of disease in the island of Portsea, the Hamp-
shire Telegraph of Feb. 28 says—" We regret to learn
that the cattle plague has durinc, the last few days

broken ont among the herd of Mr. Light, of Lake-
road. One beast has died, and another is now un-
der the treatment of Mr. Gregory, veterinary sur-
geon. Several of the beasts belonging to Mrs.
Pharoah still remain under the treatment of Mr.
Gregory. One of a herd of cows belonging to a
person named Bishop, a dairyman, was on Tuesday
labouring under symptoms which left no doubt in
the mind of Mr. Gregory that the cause was the
dreaded murrain, although happily of not so serious
a character as those which had previously been
brought under his notice. It is feared, however,
that the disease will probably spread to the other
cattle in the same herd, notwithstanding the pre-
cautionary measures which were promptly resorted
to."
London, England, 1866-03-01

MAY.

Ascot Spring 1
Salisbury
Bath 8
Harpenden lO
York Spring

Epsom Summer l5
Uxbridge 2l
Manchester
Ascot Summer

Windsor Summer 5
Newton
Hampton 7
Odiham
Bibury l3
Stockbridge
Chelmsford l9

Liverpool
Beverley 2O
Ipswich
Ilungerford
Newcastle on-Tyne 26
Curragh 26
Worcester
'L Y.

Carlisle
Newmarket July
Pontefract • 9
Abingdon
Reading
N ottingham
Down Royal Corp lB

Stamford l9
Radcliffe 23
Winchester 24
Southampton 25
Huntingdon
Goodwood 3l

Brighton AUG 7
Brighton Club
Lewes lO
Eghtun l4
Wolverh:ouptou l4
Stockton l5
Oxford l6,
Ilastiug-s 2l'

SEPTE:
Warwick September 4
Curragh
Leicester 6
Doncaster
Brecon l7
Canterbury lB

:MBER.

I
Richmond
Hendon
Monmouth
1 Manchester Autumn 21
Newmarket Ist October 25
Walsall
BER.

OCTO.
Northampton
2
Newmarket 2(1 October 8
Curragh

Newmarket Houghton 22
Worcester

NOVE
Lincoln
Liverpool

BER.

Shrewsbury . 11
Leamington Hunt •. 19

IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866.
APRIL.

Traleo

MAY.
Curragh
Baldoyle Spring B, 9

UST.
York August 2l
Plymouth
Lichfield
Devon and Exeter 2B
Tunbridge 2,8
Derby Summer 29
Weymouth , 30 1
London, England, 1866-03-01

LANCASHIRE SOUTH.

There is again a slight decrease in the number of
cases in the Leigh Union, and on the Bolton side
of the district the plague has nearly disappeared.
There have been 29 new attacks this week, and of
these six have proved fatal, while eight of the animals
previously under treatment are also dead. The
total number of cases up to this time has been 917,
and the deaths 714. At a recent meeting of the Union
Cattle Association some conversation took place as
to the remedies for the disease and the advantages
of isolation, and Mr. Diggle, of West Leigh, said
he had commenced to isolate his stock, and had
made preparations to send 40 head down a coalpit.
This plan had been already successfully tried in the
township of Ince by a farmer who had lost all his
stock but two, and these having been lowered into
a mine are in excellent health. The number at-
tacked in the Bolton district during the week was
46, and the deaths have been 15. In several cases
Mr. Worms' treatment has been tried with success,
and the inspectors recommend the immediate ad-
ministration of the medicine when a beast is seen
to be ailing, as it is frequently the case that animals
are very ill without the breath being tainted. The
state of the Wigan district is improving, and Mr.
Worms' remedy has been successful in the three
new outbreaks last week, so that there was not a
single new case that terminated fatally.
London, England, 1866-03-01

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ROUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, and
DEFORMITIES cured by CHANDLER'S IMPROVED
CHE 3 T-EXPANDING BRACES, for both sexes, of all
ages. They strengthen the voice ani lungs, relieve indiges-
tion, and ard especially recommended to children for assist-
ing the growth, and for promoting health and symmetry of
figure. Price 103.6 d.

All the above instruments are highly recommended ty
the leading members of the medical profession. Illustrated
catalogues forwarded.

MR. H. P. CHANDLER,
Surgical Mechanician, 66, Berners-street, Oxford-
street, London, W,

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men's, from 10s. ad.

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Used in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &o.

T DEFRIES and SONS
Supply Merchants with Pattern Books Free.
London, England, 1866-03-01

SURREY.

During the last few days the sheep breeders and
flockmasters in Surrey and adjoining counties have
been alarmed at the outbreak of a disease among
store and stock sheep, and which, from its fatal
effects, was at first supposed to be a new type of
disease, but it is now definitely ascertained to be
variola ovina, or sheep pox, and better known among
sheep farmers as " the scab ;" and, although of a
contagious character, it may be eradicated from the
flock without any serious losses. This disease is
not uncommon among sheep, but rarely manifests
itself so early in the spring of the year, or in so
virulent a form; but the grave fears at first enter-
tained that the disease was a species of the cattle
plague are now dispelled.
London, England, 1866-03-01

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.)
In the week that ended on Saturday, February
24, the births registered in
London and 12 other
large town of the United Kingdom were 4,709 ; the
deaths registered 3,638. The annual rate of
mortality was 31 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,189 boys and 1,161 girls,
in all 2,350 children, were registered in the week
In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1856-65
the average number, corrected for increase of popu-
lation, was 2,135.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,630. It was the eighth week of the year,
and the average number of deaths for that week is,
with a correction for increase of population, 1,503.
The present return is not of a favourable character,
for the actual deaths exceed the number calculated
for the third week of February by 127.
Smallpox appears to be gradually on the increase;
and the fatal cases referred to it last week were 26,
of which 11 were returned as having occurred in the
Smallpox Hospital. Forty-six deaths from measles
were recorded, 37 from scarlatina, 11 from diph-
theria, 70 from whooping-cough, 69 from typhus, 18
from diarrhoea. The mortality from pulmonary
diseases became decidedly heavier ; the deaths from
phthisis, which had been 154 and 170 in the two
previous weeks, rose to 214 ; those from bronchitis,
which had been 145 and 131, rose to 210, while in
the last three weeks those from pneumonia were
successively 67, 59, and 95. The deaths from dis-
eases of the respiratory organs (exclusive of phthisis)
were 337, the corrected average being 349,
At 18, Wellington-street, Bromley, on the 18th
of February, a boiler-maker, aged 32 years, died of
" hydrophobia from the bite of a dog." (Inquest.)
The following three deaths by carriage accidents
in the streets were registered in the week :—The
wife of a carpenter, aged 40 years, run over by a
cab, died on the 14th of February at 6, Clark's-
buildings, St. Giles's ; a commercial traveller, aged
72 years, knocked down by a Hansom cab, died on
the 23d of February in Westminster Workhouse ;
a tanner, aged 66 years, run over by a dray at
Dockhead, lived a fortnight, died on the 16th of
February in Guy's Hospital.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 28 per
1,000 in London, 38 in Edinburgh, and 29 in Dub-
lin 37 in Shef-
pool, 35 in Manchester, 36 in Salford,
lin ; 31 in Bristol, 34 in Birmingham, 40 in Liver,
&id, 38 in Leeds, 27 in Hull, 26 in Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, and 32 in Glasgow. _

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.865 iu.
The barometric pressure rose to 30.20 in. on Wed-
nesday, and fell to 29.54 in. on Friday. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 36.2 deg.,
which is 2.6 deg. below the average of the same
London, England, 1866-03-01

SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE---This Day.

N' JTTINGHAM.-THURSDAY.

Races are get to commence at two o'clock. No definite
order is fix
It is doi Ibtful about them coming off, as the jockeys sq.
they will riot ride.
It is ktezing hard.

RACING FIXT.

FRES FOR 1866.

MA
Derby Spring 1
Liverpool Spring
Warwick Spring
Doncaster
Lewes Spring

Croxton Park l6
Northampton 2O
Windsor Spring
Newcastle Spring 2B

No trivarket Craven 2
Durham 2
Blackheath & Woolwich 2
Catterick Bridge
Abergavenny 5
Lichfield Spring
Chelmsford Spring

EIL.
Thirsk lO
Epsom Spring • 12
Newmarket Ist Spring IG
Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O
Chester
Curragh 2l
London, England, 1866-03-01

LANCASHIRE SOUTH.

There is again a slight decrease in the number of
cases in the Leigh Union, and on the Bolton side
of the district the plague has nearly disappeared.
There have been 29 new attacks this week, and of
these sixhave proved fatal, while eight of the animals
previously under treatment are alio dead. The
total number of cases alp to this time has been 917,
and the deaths 714. At arecent meeting of the Union
Cattle Association some conversation took place as
to the remedies for the disease and the advantages
of isolation, and Mr. Diggle, of West Leigh, said
he had commenced to isolate his stock, and had
made preparations to send 40 head down a coalpit.
This plan had been already successfully tried in the
township of Ince by a farmer who had lost all his
stock but two, and these having been lowered into
a mine are in excellent health. The number at-
tacked in the Bolton district during the week was
46, and the deaths have been 15. In several cases
Mr. Worms' treatment has been tried with success,
and the inspectors recommend the immediate ad-
ministration of the medicine when a beast is seen
to be ailing, as it is frequently the case that animals
are very ill without the breath being tainted. The
state of the Wigan district is improving, and Mr.
Worms' remedy has been successful in the three
new outbreaks last week, so that there was not a
single new case that terminated fatally.
London, England, 1866-03-01

BRISTOL AND EXETER,

The half-yearly meeting of this Company was
held yesterday at Bristol, the Earl of Devon in the
chair.

The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the adoption of the
report (an abstract of which has appeared in The
Sun), congratulated the proprietors that the traffic
receipts showed an increase in nearly every item as
compared with the corresponding half of 1864.
Under the head of cattle there was a diminution of
£547. There had been two accidents in the half-
year, one at Nailsea and the other at Weston Junc-
tion, and these had cost the company £5,331 ; but
he was happy to say only two cases remained to be
settled out of those injured, and he trusted they
would be satisfactorily arranged. In consequence of
these accidents from collision between trains on the
same line, the directors had adopted the block sys-
tem of telegraphy. The traffic in live stock was for
the present prohibited, and how long that prohibi-
tion was to last they did not know. He considered
that the traffic in dead meat was likely to conduce
to the good of the producer, the conveyancer, and
the consumer; and the directors, in order to pro-
mote the requirements of the present emergency,
and the permanent demand likely to ensue for the
supply of dead cattle, had largely increased, and
were further increasing, the number of vans to carry
the meat, with proper appliances for ventilation.
They had further at a moderate expense adapted
certain buildings, not required at present for other
purposes, at two of their principal stations for the
purposes of slaughter-houses. The directors had
purchased the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal for
264,000, which, although it entailed a present loss
of £l7O or £lBO per annum, benefited the company
by being enabled to convey their heavy goods
cheaper by the canal than by railway.
Mr. M. CASTLE seconded the adoption of the re-
port, which was agreed to unanimously.
A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum
on the ordinary stock was declared, and the•retiring
directors were re-elected.

The proceedings terminated with thanks to the
chairman. .

BRISTOL AND PORTISHEAD.

The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at
Bristol ; Mr. J. Ford in the chair.
The report stated that considerable progress had
been made in the construction of the railway during
the past six months, and notwithstanding the very
unfavourable weather the works had been pressed
steadily on, and every exertion would be used to
get it finished in time for the autumn traffic.
The CIIAIR3IAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, remarked that there was every reason to
believe :that the line would be opened for public
traffic during the month of August, and that although
the Bristol and Exeter Railway were not bound by
the nature of their agreement to work tl line until
the pier was completed, the company had consented
to work it as soon as it was finished and before the
pier was constructed.

Mr. Woonwenn seconded the motion, which was.
carried nent. con.

BURY ST. EDMUND'S AND TIIETFORD.
The half-yearly meeting was held on Monday, at
London, England, 1866-03-01

T AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN
JIA EFFECTUAL ItEMEDY, without confining the bowels
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is at)
witted to be the best medicine tor immediately relieving
coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient
. con-
sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty
pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which
provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption
its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or
even lying down for fear of s.uffacation, may depend on relief
in a few minutes atter thlcing it. Prepared on,y and sold by
W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King-W,Biam-street, Charing-
cross, London, and by all druggists, in -bottles, 13fd., and
three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask
for Latnbert's Asthmatic Balsam. 'nil name and address are
engraved on the stam..
London, England, 1866-03-01

HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover,
.£5 5s to 16 15s Od ; and straw, £ll6s to £2 2s per load.
A fair demand.

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CIIISBERLAND.—Iifeadow hay, £4 4s to £5 17s Gd; clove;
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 58 per load.
Supply moderate.
WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover,
£5 5s to .£6 17s Gd; and straw, £1 las to £2 2s per load.
Trade inactive.

A DOCTOR'S BILL.—At the Secondaries' Court
yesterday, in an action for a doctor's bill, the visits
were charged only is. each, and in one instance four visits
were charged ss. The jury gave a verdict for the amount
claimed, and observed that the visits appeared to be mode-
rately charged. An application was made for a certificate for
costs, and the ground urged was that had the plaintiff sued
in. the county court, the defendant could have had a jury
at Brentford, where ho " had considerable influence." Mr.
Secondary Potter refused a certificate :for such a reason.
The parties could go before a jury at Chambers.

TIM ►SHOOTING CASE AT PADDINGTON.—At the

liarylebono Police-court yesterday Joseph Ward, a boat-
-1 man on the Regent's-canal, was brought up for re-exami-
nation on the charge of shooting a lad named Lefton on
Itho Lock-bridge, Harrow-road. It may be remembered
that the prisoner was having a quarrel with his wife in
the boat, and the noise attracted the attention of some per-
sons who were going over the bridge. This seemed to en-
rage the prisoner the more, and he wont into his cabin,
I from which he fetched a gun and fired, the shot taking
6 effect upon the face of the lad. His face was completely
• riddled with shot ; ono eye was lying on his cheek and had
t to be removed. His sight is completely gone, and he is
in a very precarious state. A message was brought that
t the poor lad was not able to attend. Mr. Yardley re-
manded the prisoner.
London, England, 1866-03-01

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London, England, 1866-03-01

PEMBROKE AND TENBY.

The half-yearly meeting was held at Pembroke
Dock ; Mr. W. Owen in the chair.
The report, of which an abstract has appeared in
The Sun, was read by Mr. Stokes.
The CLUBMAN said he was glad to announce that
the line was paying 5 per cent, out of revenue, leav-
ing a balance. The extension of the line to Whit-
land was progressing rapidly, notwithstanding the
opposition of the landowners, and it would be opened
in the beginning of July. The directors contem-
plated the extension of the line from Whitland to
Carmarthen.

The reportt was adopted, and a dividend at the rate
of 5 pelr cent. per annum on ordinary and preference
shares was declared, and the proceedings terminated.

NORTHAMPTON AND BANBURY.

The half-yearly meeting waa held yesterday at the
offiee, Victoria-street, Westminster ; Dr. Beattie in
the chair.

The report stated that great progress was being
made with the works, and the portion from Blis-
worth to Towcester, a distance of 25 miles, would
be opened eraly in April, and the whole of the line
would be completed by the end of the year.
The report was adopted.

Messrs: Banks and Tahourdin, the retiring direc-
tors, and Mr. Bowser, the retiring auditor, were re-
elected, and Lord H. Bruce was added to the board.

DUBLIN TRUNK.

The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at
the London Tavern ; Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P., in
the chair.

The report stated that a bill had been deposited
in Parliament to enable the company to extend the
railway into Sackville-street, which would secure to
the company's line a large proportion of the great
and increasing traffic between Dublin and Kings-
town, Howth, and other important suburbs. Owing
to the state of the money-market, the directors had
considered it desirable to confine the works to the
tunnel under the river Liffey.
The report was adopted unanimously.

The half-yearly meetings of the following railway
companies, appointed to be held yesterday, were
adjourned, viz., the North-western and Charing-
cross, the Peterborough and Wisbeach, the Sitting-
bourne and Sheerness, the Wrexham, Mold, and
Connah's Quay; the Drayton Junction, the Buckley,
the Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction, and Mold
and Denbigh.
London, England, 1866-03-01

TII E ATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LA_NE.-
Managers. Messrs. E. Falooner and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, the Play of THE JEALOUS
WIFE Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. li. Marston, Barrett, Warner,
G. Belmore, E. Phelps, Harcourt; Mrs. Herman Vezin,
Mrs. Vandcuhoff, his=es It. Leclercq. Seymour, Ste.
Alter which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIITIN ;
or, Harlequin. fortunatus and the Magic rtirSe and Wishing
Cap,
London, England, 1866-03-01

RAILWAY BILLS.

Yesterday, before Mr. Smith, the West Drayton
and Staines was the only bill that complied with
the Standing Orders. The Bristol and North
Somerset (Bristol lines) and the Bristol and North
Somerset (southern extension) were postponed until
Monday next. The Andover, Radstock, and Bristol
was postponed. Before Mr. Frere the Merthyr,
Tredegar, and Abergavenny Bill complied with the
Standing Orders. The Metropolitan and Richmond
was postponed until the 12th of March.

DAGENHAM (THAMES) DOCK.
The report of the directors states that consi-
derable progress bad been made with the works.
The whole of the timber wharfing on the river
front was completed, and was now being backed
up with concrete, &c. The coffer dam was
nearly finithed, and the excavation of the entrance
basin was being proceeded with ; the embankment
of the lake was also going on rapidly. The jetty
in the river was finished, and a line of rails was laid
on it which connected it with the London and Til-
bury Railway. The station at the junction was
nearly finished, and in the course of three weeks the
company would be enabled to discharge vessels at
the jetty and distribute cargoes to all parts of the
kingdom. The capital account showed that £103,457
had been expended to the 31st of January.
London, England, 1866-03-01

Trade and Navigation.

Tho Board of Trade returns for last year were issued
late on Monday afternoon. The amount of exports of
British and Irish produce and manufactures for tho year
was £165,862,402, as compmed with a total of £160,449,000
for the previous year, and £146,602,312 for 1863. The ex-
cess of 1865 over 1864 is thus £5,413,349, and over 1863
£19,260,000. The exports for the month of December were
£15,030,088, about three millions above the figure for the
corresponding month of 1864 ; but they were half a million
less than the previous month of Noveniber. In regard to
the particular goods exported the month of December
shows pretty nearly the same results as those of the two or
three months previous. The following totals of the year
are compared with those of 1864:

1865. 1864.
Woollen & worsted manufactures £20,102,259 £18,533,427
Linen manufactures 9,155,358 8,172,813
Cotton manufactures
Tho account of the import values is not brought down
to the end of tho yoar in these returns. It appears, how-
ever, that the total of the principal articles imported for
the 11 months ending with November was £180,820,357,
as compared with' £197,448,426 for the corresponding
period of 1864. The quantity of raw cotton imported
shows a great excess in 1865 over 1861. In 1865 it was
8,731,949 cwt., and in 1864 7,975,935 cwt. Tho increase
had arisen towards the end of the year ; and the month
of ;December shows half la million cwt. over the cor-
responding month of 1864. The quantity of wheat im-
ported was 21,089,140 cwt. in 1865, and 23,318,716 in 1864.1
The following aro the returns of the number of animals
imported for the last three years :

1863. 1864. 1865.
Oxen, &c.
Calves 41,245 ... 52,226 ... 55,743
Sheep and lambs
Swine and hogs 27,137 ... 85,362 ... 132,943
It is noticeable, however, that there is a diminution of
the number of oxen imported in December, as compared
with the same month in 1864, the falling off being from
37,729 to 31,498.
London, England, 1866-03-01

HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—MoacIow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, .£1 16s to £2 2s per load.
A fair demand.

CuntnEnLAND.—lleadow hay, £4 4s to £5 17s 6d; clove;
£5 5s to £G 15s Od ; and straw, £l. 18s to £2 5s per load.
Supply moderate.

WiIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover,
£5 5s to £6 17s 6d; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
Trade inactive.

A DOCTOR'S BILL—At the Secondaries' Court
yesterday, in an action for a doctor's bill, the visits
were charged only is. each, and in cue instance four ViSUS
were charged ss. The jury gave a Verdict for the amount
claimed, and observed that the visits appeared to be mode-
rately charged. Au application was made for a certificate for
costs, and the ground urged was that had the plaintiff sued
in the county court, the defendant could have had a jury
at Brentford, where he "had considerable influence." Mr.
Secondary Potter refused a certificate :for such a reason.
The parties could go before a jury at Chambers.
TIIE SHOOTING CASE AT PADDINGTON.—At the
Marylebone piAtee-court yesterday Joseph Ward, a boat-
man (:,I.t the Regent's-canal, was brought up for re-exami-
,,ation on the charge of shooting a lad named Lefley, on
the Lock-bridge, Harrow-road, It may be remembered
that the prisoner was having a quarrel with his wife in
the boat, and the noise attracted the attention of some per-
sons who were going over the bridge. This seemed to en-
rage the prisoner the more, and he went into his cabin,
from which he fetched a gun and fired, the shot taking
effect upon the face of the lad. His face was completely
riddled with shot ; one eye was lying on his cheek and had
to be removed. His sight is completely gone, and he is
in a very precarious state. A message was brought that
the poor lad was not able to attend. Jr. 3 Yardley re-
magded the prisoner.
London, England, 1866-03-01

Trade and Navigation.

The Board of Trade returns for last year wore issued
late on Monday afternoon. The amount of exports of
British and Irish produce and manufactures for the year
was £165,862,402, as compaied with a total of £160,449,000
for the previous year, and £146,602,312 for 1863. The ex-
cess of 1865 over 1864 is thus £5,413,349, and over 1863
£19,260,000. The exports for the month of December wero
£15,030,088, about three millions above the figure for the
corresponding month of 1864 ; but they were half a million
less than the previous month of November. In regard to
the particular goods exported the month of December
shows pretty nearly the same results as those of the two or
three months previous. The following totals of the year
aro compared with those of 1864:-
1865. 1864.
Woollen & worsted manufactures £20,102,259 £18,533,427
Linen manufactures 9,155,358 8,172,813
Cotton manufactures
The account of the import values is not brought down
to the and of the yoar in these returns. It appears, how-
ever, that the total of tho principal articles imported for
the 11 mouths ending with November was £180,820,357,
as compared with £197,448,426 for the corresponding
period of 1864. The quantity of raw cotton imported
shows a great excess in 1865 over 1864. In 1865 it was
8,731,919 cwt., and in 1864 7,975,935 cwt. The increase
had arisen towards the end of the year ; and the month
of !December shows half ia million cwt. over the cor-
responding month of 1864. The quantity of wheat im-
ported was 21,089,140 cwt. in 1865, and 23,318,716 in 1864.
Tho following are the returns of the number of animals
imported for the last throe years :-
1863. 1864. 1865.
Oxen, &c.
Calves 41,245 52,226 ... 55,743

Sheep and lambs
Swine and hogs 27,137 85,362 132,943
It is noticeable, however, that there is a diminution of
the number of oxen imported in December, as compared
with the same month in 1861, tho falling off being from
37,729 to 31,498.
London, England, 1866-03-01

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWGATE AND LEADENITALL.—Good supplies of meat
are en sale, and the trade is steady, as folfews :—Beef, from
3s Od to 4s 6d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; veal, 5s Od to
6s Od; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per 811-b by the carcase.
London, England, 1866-03-01

ROYAL FREE lIOsrITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the I:nmediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—lfer Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—llls Royal Highness the Prince of WALE?, K.G
President—fits Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the ficst to estab-
lish the principle at free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support oo voluntary contributions and l !_gacies
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
coPtaining several hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite lunds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mail •
terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.;
Drummond and Co. -
; n.. —Yu and C0.;1.1.:71C8 and Co. ; Hansom
and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co'. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.;
Barclay and Co. ; NV Mauls, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co.; Nisbet and Bernera-street ; I. Barned and
C) C. Liverpool; and•
the Hospital. from 10 till 5.

STANFoRD Secretary.
London, England, 1866-03-01

MARKETS,---This Day.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
There were only 7 English and 83 Scotch boasts on sale
here to-day, the remainder of the supply being wholly
composed of foreigners. The beef trade, however, was
very quiet at Monday's currency. The best Scots and
crosses sold at 5s 6d per lbs. Sheep—the show of which
was very moderate—moved off slowly at late rates. The
best Downs and half-breds in the wool realised 6s 6d to
Gs 10d per 81bs. Calves were a slow inquiry on former
terms—viz., from 5s 8d to Cs 8d per 81bs. Pigs were tole-
rably firm in price. It is expected that about 220 head of
Scotch beasts will arrive by sea for Monday's market.

Per 81b to sink the offal.
ci s d B ds d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 4 0 4 4 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 10 6 4
Second quality do .3 6 4 10 Prime s'thdown d 0.6 6 6 10
Prime large oxen ..5 u 5 2 Large coarse calvcs.s 8 6 2
Prime Scuts, &c.... 5 4 5 6 Prime small do..•••• 6 4 6 8
Crse. and inf. sheep.} 24 10 Large hogs ...4 4
Second quality do •.5 0 5 8 Small porkers, ...... 4 8 5 0
Lamb....os Od to 03 Od.

Suckling calves, 20s to 228 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s
to 33s each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 540 Beasts 430
Cows 4O Cows.
Sheep 2,600 Sheep 2 1 0
Calves l4O Ca yes .. ...•..... . 149
Pigs 390 rigs • u„-.... 230
London, England, 1866-03-01

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWGATE AND LEADENIiALL.—GOOd supplies of meat
are en sale, and the trade is steady, as follows :—Beef, from
3s Od to 4s Gd ; mutton, 4s Od to be 4d ; veal, 5s Od to
Gs Od; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d pet 81b by the carcase.
London, England, 1866-03-01

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covering whole world and war risks.

AGENTS WANTED.

Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained on
application to the Secretary.
London, England, 1866-03-01

HEALTH or THE METROPOLIS.

(Franz the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.)
In the week that ended on Saturday, February
24, the births registered in London and 12 other
large town of the United Kingdom were 4,709 ; the
deaths registered 3,638. The annual rate of
mortality was 31 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,189 boys and 1,161 girls,
in all 2,350 children, were registered in the week
In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1856-65
the average number, corrected for increase of popu-
lation, was 2,135.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,630. It was the eighth week of the year,
and the average number of deaths for that week is,
with a correction for increase of population, 1,503.
The present return is not of a favourable character,
for the actual deaths exceed the number calculated
for the third week of February.by 127.
Smallpox appears to be gradualry on the. increase;
and the fatal cases referred to it last week were 26,
of which 11 were returned as having occurred in the
Smallpox Hospital. Forty-six deaths from measles
were recorded, 37 from scarlatina, 11 from diph-
theria, 70 from whooping-cough, 69 from typhus, 18
from diarrhoea. The mortality from pulmonary
diseases became decidedly heavier ; the deaths from
phthisis, which had been 154 and 170 in the two
previous weeks, rose to 214 ; those from bronchitis,
which had been 145 and 131, rose to 210, while in
the last three weeks those from pneumonia were
successively 67, 59, and 95. The deaths from dis-
eases of the respiratory organs (exclusive of phthisis)
were 337, the corrected average being 349.
At 18, Wellington-street, Bromley, on the 18th
of February, a boiler-maker, aged 32 years, died of
" hydrophobia from the bite of a dog." (Inquest.)
The following three deaths by carriage accidents
in the streets were registered in the week :—The
wife of a carpenter, aged 40 years, run over by a
cab, died on the 14th of February at 6, Clark's-
buildings, St. Giles's ; a commercial traveller, aged
72 years, knocked down by a Hansom cab, died on
the 23d of February in Westminster Workhouse ;
a tanner, aged 66 years, run over by a dray at
Doekhefid, lived a fortnight, died on the 16th of
February in Guy's Hospital.

The annual rate of mortality last week was 28 per
1,000 in London, 38 in Edinburgh, and 29 in Dub-
lin ; 31 in Bristol, 34 in Birmingham, 40 in Liver-
pool, 35 in Manchester, 36 in Salford,, 37 in Shef-
field, 38 in Leeds, 27 in Hull, 26 in Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, and 32 in Glasgow.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.865 in.
The barometric pressure rose to 30.20 in. on Wed-
nesday, and fell to 29.54 in. on Friday. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 36.2 deg.,
which is 2.6 deg. below the average of the same
London, England, 1866-03-01

LIFEBOAT SERNlOES.—During the storms
of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution, by
its life boats and other means, contributed to the savinf of
707 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti-
tution also expended £21,374 In the same period on its life-
boat eetabshments, in addition to granting £4,950 for re-
wards for saving life and exercising the lifeboats.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly A PPEAL to
the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat
stations.
Contributions are received by the London and country
bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the
Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.
London, England, 1866-03-01

WIVENIIOE AND BRIGHTLINGSEA.

The half-yearly meeting was held at Pontefract
on Tuesday ; Mr. Coulson in the chair.

The report stated that the line was nearly finished,
and it was expected that it would shortly be opened
for passenger and goods traffic. The Great Eastern
Company were making the necessary arrangements
for working the line. The report was adopted. .
Mr. Robinson and Mr. Coulson, the 'retiring
directors, were re-elected, and also Mr. Cooke, the
retiring auditor.
London, England, 1866-03-01

taken, and is imperceptible when worn.

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London, England, 1866-03-01

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London, England, 1866-03-01

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
Baker-street.

NEW ADDITIONS.—In the Chamber of Horrors arc
full-length Portrait Models, taken from Life, of CHAR-
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Extra Rooms, Sixpence.
London, England, 1866-03-01

Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Maniger, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, A ROMANTIC ATTACII3IENT.
Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Compton ; Miss Ada Cavendish.
To be followed by BROTHER. SAM Messrs. Sothern,
Backstonc, Compton; Mesdamea elly Moore, Snowden,

&c.
After which, ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARKET
Blessrs. w. Farrcn, Fisher, Bartleman, Weathersby, dcc. ;
Mesdames heelcy, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar,
Iloward, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &c.
To conclude with at A. KISS IN TH
ven. E DARK-
Commence Se
London, England, 1866-03-01

PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
skin arc improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S
VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal-
lowness, ttro. 2s. 9d.; by p. st for 4u stamps.—ALEX. ROSS,
248, High Holborn, London.

ALEX. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, ls., or 14
stamp 0.
London, England, 1866-03-01

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Pure, Rich, Rare. Choice Coffee, is. 4d.. Is. 6(1. la. Bd.
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eight miles of 'o.B. Kin' William-street, 40s. worth Car-
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