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nOUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, and
CPORMITIE3 cured by CHANDLER'S IMPROVED
IEST-EXPANDING BRACES, for both sexes, of all
114 es. They strengthen the voice and lungs, relieve indiges-
i.i", and are especially recommended to ehtliren for assist-
ae thethe growth, and for promoting health and symmetry of
8e- Price 103. 6d.
All the above instruments are highly recommended by
the leading members of the medical profession. Illustrated
'lttalegues forwarded.

MR. 11. P. CHANDLER,

Surgical Mechanician, 66, Berners-street, Oxiord-

street. London. W.

°YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
vp4Y in t immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
Tcrruin he
us, King's-cross.
N., Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
41,, -Patron—His Royal Highness the Pri nee ot WALES, K.G
-rresident—ll is Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH,
qe his Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
tli; Principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
delay rand difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
Tdent for support otogavoluntary contributions and tg acies
4„airerds relief large number of in- patients, and, in
tie, "'ma to this, the averaire number of attendance of the
titute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
000
' and 4,000 weekly.
bEh" Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
eo.rolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
the a'niotg several nundred more beds, had the Committee
.. requisite iunds to maintain them.
t4,.!antributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas
brTnr, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.;
tua,
_mond and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; 11.rries and Co. ; Hansom
; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.;C
floy .13' and Co. ; W Mims, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
e):rd Co.; Nisbet and Co, Berners-street.; I. Lara2d and
Iver Pool 3 Ind at the Ilospitai, from 10 till 5.

STA.NFARD 5111T11, beattarY.

CENTRAL AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
(Limited).
Incorporated under the Conipanies Act, 1862, by which the
Liability of the Shareholders is Limited to the amount
of their Shares.
Capital £150,000, in 30,000 Shares of D. each.
(With power to increase.)
20,000 Shares are taken, 4,000 Share 3 are reserved for
Allotment to Applicants from Central America, leaving
6,000 Shares, for which applications are invited.
Deposit on Application 10s. per Share, and on Allotment
10s. per Share.
The Board do not contemplate the necessity of any further
call. The Articles of Association provide, however, that
Calls, if made, are not in any case to exceed 10s. per
Share, nor to be made at intervals of less than three
months, nor can more than £2 per Share be called with-
out the sanction of a General Meeting.
DIRECTORS.
_ _ _

George M. Bowen, Esq., Consul Directors of the Chontales
for Nicaragua.,
Capt. Bedford Pim, R.N., Mining Company.
A. A. Pollock, Esq., Directors of Foreign Lands
George Salmon, Esq., and Mineral Rights Par-
George Henry 'Walker, Esq., chase Company.
With power to add to their number.

BANKERS.
Imperial Bank, Lothbury, E.C., and Westminster Chambers,
Victoria-street, S. W.
BROKERS.

Messrs. Sewell, Brothers, 14 and 15, Copthall-court, T hrog-
morton-street, E.C.
SOLICITORS.
_ _

Messrs. Bischoff, Coxe, and Ronipas, 19, Coleman-street, E.C.
SECRETARY (PRO mie.)
Dr. Berthold Seernann, F.R.G.S., F.L.S., &c.
OFFICES.
4, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street, S.W.
TEMPORARY CITY OFFICES.
31, Throgmorton-street, E.C.
The object of this Company is to underrake on a more
extended scale operations similar to those which have been
so successfully conducted by the Foreign Lands and
Mineral Rights Purchase Company, now about to be dis-
solved, viz., to bring English capital to bear upon the re-
sources of, and to assist in, the development of enterprise in
Central America, by examining and acquiring properties of
various descriptions, at a comparatively small outlay, with
the view of turning them to profitable account in such
manner as may be deemed best in each particular case.
The natural wealth of Central America requires only to
be known and appreciated by capitalists to enable it to be-
come at once a source of considerable profit to both natives
and foreigners. Gold and silver mines are plentiful, and
their productiveness is sufficiently attested by such mines
as those now in course of being worked by the Chontales
Company.
That Company was introduced last autumn to take over
the mineral properties acquired by the Foreign Lands Com-
pany, and though the latter company is to receive, in effect,
by way of royalty, one-third of the net profits of the Chon-
tales Company, the shares of the Chontales Company have,
from their issue, commanded a very high premium on the
Stock Exchange.
The extraordinary mineral wealth of the country is, how-
ever, only one feature of Central America. Mahogany, cedar,
and- other marketable cabinet-woods and timber abound.
India-rubber, sarsaparilla, cochineal, vanilla, dye-woods,
and other spontaneous productions, already form consider-
able articles of export. The cacao (chocolate) is the finest
in the world, and when the Spaniards held the country
the King's table was supplied from this source ; the
sugar is equal in quality to that of Jamaica ; the indigo
excels that of India ; the coffee is already so favour-
ably known in the market as " Costa Rica Coffee," that
it needs no comment ; cotton arrives at great perfection
on the shores and islands of the Atlantic Ocean—a locality
enjoying the advantage of being nearer England than
even New Orleans; whilst cattle-breeding is profitable, and
capable of large extension. Add to this the geographical
situation of the country between two great oceans, in lakes
and rivers offering facilities for internal communication,
and the certainty of its being, ere long, traversed by a rail-
way—a great highway of nations—connecting Europe and
the whole of the Pacific, Australia, and Japan ; and it will
be seen that Central America holds out. prospects the most
brilliant to those who have the enterprise to develope its
unbounded resources.

Various causes have hitherto combined to prevent these
advantages from receiving the attention which they have
so well merited. This Company, however, believes that,
having the confidence and goodwill of the Governments
and people of Central America, it is in a peculiarly favour-
able position for acquiring valuable properties and privi-
leges, and for organising arrangements for the efficient car-
rying out of any operations of the profitable nature of which
it has thoroughly satisfied itself, whether relating to mines,
or cocoa, coffee, and cattle estates, the extension of cotton
cultivation, the export or import of different products, the
making of roads, canals, and railroads, or the establish-
ment of steam communication on the various livers and
lakes Of the country. It is not part of the scheme or inten-
tion of this Company to work any mines, or carry out any
of the above operations, on its own account, or with its own
funds; but, atter investigation, to introduce and transfer
them for development to capitalists, whether companies or
individuals, on advantageous terms, by the reservation of
a royalty or otherwise.
The Directors have secured the vq,luable services of Dr.
Seemann and Capt. Holman, both of whom have already
proceeded to Central America, with instructions to examine,
and, on approval, to enter into conditional conrtacts for the
Limon and Matagalpa Mines, and other properties which
may be offered to them in the name of the Company.
Capt. Holman is a Mining Engineer of known skill
and ability; whilst Dr. Seemann, whose eminence as a
scientific man and naturalist is European, and who, from
his extensive and intimate acquaintance with tropical
countries, was selected by our Government as one of the
Royal Commissioners when the Fiji Islands were offered
as a Crown colony, was considered eminentlg suited to be
entrusted with the conduct of the important negotiations
contemplated by the Company, and the investigation of
properties eligible for its purposes.
The Limon Mine, in New Segovia, Nicaragua, is a silver
mine, famed for its richness, belonging to General Mar-
tinez, the President of Nicaragua.
The Matagalpa are gold mines, in Nicaragua, reported
to be scarcely inferior to those of Chontales.

These mines are already under offer to the Company,
through Captain Pim, and it is believed that. no difficulty
exists as to their immediate acquisition if they are tho-
roughly approved of by the Company's agents.
The Directors purposely abstain from offering any esti-
mate of the profits to be made by this Company, for it
would not be possible to do so with any sort of accuracy.
The shares of the Foreign Lands and Mineral Rights Pur-
chase Company, with £145 paid up, have been selling at
£7OO per share, and upwards. That Company confined
itself to a mineral undertaking alone, and in a single loca-
lity. The Central American Association, launched under
as favourable auspices, with a practised management, and
with a much larger area of operations, may, it is thought,
fairly look for results equally satisfactory.
NO promotion-money has been, or will be, paid ; and the
Directors aro to be remunerated only by a percentage on
surplus profits beyond 5 per cent.
Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may
be obtained from the Solicitors, Brokers, and at the Offices
of the Company, where also copies of the Articles of Asso-
ciation may be seen. In case of no allotment of shares
being made, deposits will be returned in full. As two-
thirds of the shares have been already taken, the usual
formal assurance that no allotment will be made except in
the event of an adequate amount of the capital being sub-
scribed for, is unnecessary.

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF THE CEN-
TRAL AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (Limited)..
1. The name of the Company is the " Central American
Association (Limited)."
2. The registered Office of the Company will be situate
in England,
3. The objects for which the Company is established
are :—.

The examination of mineral and other properties situate
in Central America and the neighbouring islands.
The acquisition of mineral or other properties there,
with the view of resale of the same.
The developing for sale of mineaal and other properties
acquired by the Company.
The preparation for sale, and the sale or disposal, of the
properties acquired by the Company.
The negotiations of loans for the different Governments
of Central America and the neighbouring islands.
The negotiation for, and the disposal of, concessions from
the Governments of Central America and the neighbouring
islands.
The letting, selling, or otherwise disposing of any rights,
concessions, privileges, or properties acquired by the Com-
pany.
The doing of all such things as are incidental or condu-
cive to the attainment of the above objects.
4. The liability of the members is limited.
5. The capital of the Company is £150,000, divided into
30,000 Shares of £5 each.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.
To the Directors of the Central American Association
(Limited).
Gentlemen—Having paid to the Imperial Bank the sum
of £ , being a deposit of 10s. per Share on
Shares, which 1 request you to allot me in the above Com-
pany, subject to its Articles of Association and to the
terms of the annexed Prospectus, I hereby agree to become
a member of the Company, and to accept such Shares, or
any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the
further sum due on allotment thereof, and to subscribe the
Articles of Association if and when required. And I re-
quest that my name may be placed on the register of
members.

Usual Signature
Name in full
Residence
Profession or Business
Date

SUBSCRIPTIONS for the WIDOW and
CHILDREN of the late Captain R. 11. GRONOW,
formerly of the Grenadier Guards, and Author of " Recol-
lections and Anecdotes," " Celebrities of London and
Paris," &c. Captain Gronow, who lately .died in Paris,
has left a widow and four young children, by his second
marriage utterly destitute, without means to defray his
funeral expenses, or even to purchase bread. Captain
Gronow was disinherited by his father, in favour of
his brother, a clergyman, and the small income which
he derived from the interest of a sum charged on the family
estate ceased with his life ; while the sums he received
from time to time for his " Recollections" were expended
in providing for the increasing expenses of his young
family. Under these distressing circumstances the friends
of Madame Gronow in Paris came to her aid, and they now
appeal to the liberality of her late husband's friends in
London, and also to the readers of his Reminiscence; for
contributions to enable hor to maintain and educate her
children.

Subscriptions received by Messrs. SMITH, ELDER, and
Co., 65, Cornhill, and 45, Pall-mall; and by Messrs. Cox
and GREENWOOD, Army Agents, Craig's-court, Parliament-
street.