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London, England, 1859-04-09 00:00:00

LONDON.

I remain, Gentlemen,
43 Your faithful and obliged servant,
, Portland-place, April 7. 18.59. JAS. DUBE

LONDON DIOCESAN CHURCH BUILDING
SOCIETY, 79, Pall-mall, London.
The
President---The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
and of the ANNUAL MEETING of the Subscribers to this Society
Promoters of Church Extension in the Diocese of
London willhe held at WILLIS'S ROOMS, King-street, St.
James's, on MONDAY, April 11th, at Three precisely, the
Lord Bishop of London, President of the Society, in the
Chair. The meeting will be addressed by
The Lord Bishop of London.
The Lord Bishop of Exeter.
The Lord Bisho of Cork.
The Right Hopn.3. Stuart Wortley, M.P.
J. C. Colquhoun, Esq., &c.
Ladies' and other tickets may be obtained at the Office No. 5,
79, Pall-mall, and at No. 4, Royal Exchange.

G.REAr INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY
COMPANY: NINETEENTH HALF-YEARLY
GENERAL MEETING.—Notico is. Hereby Given, That the
Nineteenth Half-yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors
in this Company will be held at the LONDON TAVERN.
Bishopsgate-street, London, on FRIDAY, the 29th day of April, instant, at 12 o'clock at noon, precisely, for the
general
business of the Company, pursuant to the act.
By Order ofthe Board,
THOS. R. ATT.
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Company's Offices, 3, New Broad-street,W London,Secretary.
Ad, 18.59.
The books for thepr reil gi2stration of Shares and Stock will be
closed from Saturday, the 16th, to Friday, the 29th inst., in-
clusive, and transfers will not be received during that period.

LONDON & SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
--At a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Pro-
prietors of this Company, held at the Waterloo Bridge Sta-
tion, Lambeth, on THURSDAY, the 7th day of April, 1859,
Captain MANGLES, M.P., in the Chair,
The notice convening the meeting was read.
The Solicitor read the heads of the Company's bill in Par-
liament, when
It was moved by the Cakin3Lort and seconded by Count
EYRE, and
now
Resolved—That this meeting having considered the bill
the London Parliament, intituled "A Bailor authorising
g in
and South-Western Railway Company to make
New Work.), and to raise further Funds, and for other pur-
poses," approves thereof, with such modifications as Parlia-
ment may require or permit, and as the Directors shall ap-
prove.
The Chairman having stated that Abe—several other bills
mentioned in the advertisement calling the meeting were still
in committee in the House of Commons, and therefore not in
a sufficiently advanced state to be submitted to a vote at the
meeting, it was
Resolved—That this meeting be adjourned till Monday, the
18th day of April inst., at 1 o'clock p.m., at this place.
Waterloo-bridge order, L. CROMBIE, Secretary.
Station, April 7, 1859.

NATIONAL FLAX COMPANY (Limited).--
Capital £200,000, in 200,000 shares, of £1 each. 58. to be
paid on application, ss. within three months from allotment,
and the remainder as the Directors may require it, in two
payments of ss. each.

:Henry Fenton Jadis, Esq TRUSTEES.
Board of Trade. ~ Comptroller of Corn Returns
.7. T. Croft, Esq., 15, Regent-street, S.W.
President-- DIRECTORS.
John li Sir John Dorat, Vice-Pres. R.S.L.
shire. eddoe, Esq., Lickhill, near Stourpotirt, Worcester-
. 7. T. Croft, Esq., 15, Regent-street, S.W.
Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Dering, 47, York-street, Portman-
square, "W.
Frederick Hamilton, Esq. Gresham-house, B.C.
'T. E. Marsland, Esq., Pall-man, S.W.
Wallace Pedder, Esq., 'Wadhurst, Sussex.
George Thornton, Esq., C.E., F.G.8., Regent's-park, N.W. &c., 25, Queen's-road,
Standing Counsel—P. MacChornbaich de Colquhoun, Esq.,
LL.D., &c., 3, Hare-court, Temple.
Bankers—Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co., 4, E.
Lombard-
Solicitor—Mr. Vaughan Prance, 37, New Bridge-street, E.C.
Engineer—Mr. G. L. Fuller, C.E., 69, Lombard-street, E.C.
Secretary—Mr. John H. Powell.
Offices, 193, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, London, E.C.
ABSTRACT 'OF PROSPECTUS.
It has been for some years past a matter of notoriety that
British and Irish linen manufactures, and also manufacturers
of hempen goods, have materially suffered from a deficient
supply of flax and hemp. This state of deficient supply arises
from the fact that the cultivation of flax in Great Britain has
materially decreased instead of increased with the growing
requirements of our linen manufactures. Our national com-
mercial statistics show that, out of 150,000 tons of flax annu-
ally consumed in the United Kingdom, not more than 50,000
tons are of home growth. In addition-to this•enormous im-
portation of flax for our linen manufactures, we have also im-
ported hundreds of thousands of quarters of linseed every
year for home consumption.
The linen manufacturers of the:United Kingdom have de-
Cared that they are ready to take any quantity which can
be grown at home, and at such prices as will be more
remu-
nerative to the agriculturist than the usual produce of his
lands.
The promoters of the National Flax Company are prepared
to prove to the agriculturists of this country that no more
profitable crop can be cultivated than that of flax, whenever
their system of rettories, and improved mechanical treatment
of flax fibre, shall be adopted in the localities of its growth.
The main feature of the Company's plan is, that it will take the
trouble of preparing the flax for market entirely off the hands
of the grower, by becoming the purchasers of the crop, and
thus leaving the grower entirely free from the hazards of bad
harvesting weather, and at the same time ensuring him a
Certain handsome profitable return for all the flax he can
produce and deliver to the Company's depots and rettories.
The Conipany's operations will also embrace the whole of the
requisite processs of preparing the flax and similar fibrous
substances ready for the spinner.
The system of preparation adopted by this Company is the
subject of a patent, the invention of Mr. George Albemarle
Cater, a gentleman who has made the cultivation of flax and
its preparation for the spinner his. especial study for many
years past, he having fully demonstrated the great economy
of labour and the very great improvement of the quality of
the flax fibre, which is the result of his improved system of
flax preparation. The system will be found fully detailed in
the "E,x:planatory Pamphlet on Flax:Cultivation and Prepa-
ration, to be had free from the Secretary of the Company
theand its agents ; in which will also be found an exposition of
n eat importance of the home cultivation of flax, as in-
g a regular supply of raw material to the very impor-
tant national manufacture of linen and hempen goods ; half
stuff for papermakers ; and of the importance of the seed for
linseed oil and oilcake.
As an example of the intended operations of the Company,
the following is quoted from the full prospectus of the Com-
pany :
By rettories will be understood establishments where the
preparation of flax fibre from the raw plant for the spinner
and manufacturer will be carried out through all its stages.
It is estimated that two rettories, on the scale proposed as
the base of operations, will require eight patent machines,
and if constantly at work for, say, 309 days in the year, will
produce annually 1,200 tons of flax fibre, 7,500 quarters of
linseed, and 900 tons of tows; and, allowing £5O per ton to
be obtained for the flax fibre, 565. per quarter for the lin-
seed, and £5 per ton for the tows, there is a gross yield of
£85,500.
Assuming that it will take as much as 10 tons of flax straw
tinseeded to produce one ton of flax fibre, at a cost of £4 per
ton. and £lB per ton of' fibre for all expenses, the total outlay
'will be £69,000, leaving a balance to be divided of £15,900, or
nearly 30 per cent. upon £55,000 (the cost of the buildings,
plant, and machinery, together with a sufficient working
capital for two rettories), which is wholly irrespective of the
dividend that may be expected from license dues from other
tteenttdo_ries- and, as the operations of the Company are ex-
„,,,,e-u, the dividends will be in proportion.
eatabliagi
~oi'l,n,digeeriar advantages of Selby, in Yorkshire, and the sur-
ax-growing districts, have decided the Company on
ne• their first rettory in that neighbourhood.
A Pros ti
nation p!ca ve enterprise a this Company being the mitt-
iiin.oonit tt,xroen the reclaimable lands, of which in the United
company there
beneficially turn its attention to the acquire-
The National Flax Can available property in such lands.
ration of flax in the Company will, by increasing the culti-
rage the population of other growing districts, tend to encou-
apir s of the country to acquire
the requisite knowledge of
Inndustrial resource, y which
wine. Again, the fast-extendino-°re
their local labour will become
profitable, land ofgreater
lication of the po-
loom to flax fibre will greatly i;iraepap
olletthe demand for flax, •
All considered, the circumstances .
thhe times combine to
nucleus of a new
establish the present enterprise '
branch of business, and a most avaluable atiXiliary to the
farming and manufacturing producers of the 1.1 ted ici„,,.
do m, and one which is well calculated to still fur ni
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her
prosperity. ther develop
anon, may
Coies of the prospectus, and all
Company,orm,
be obtained at the offices of' the 193 on, may
house, City.
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To'THE LIVERY AND ELECTORS OF THE CITY.OF

GENTLEMEN,
HER MAJESTY'S MINISTERS having de-
termined to dissolve the present House of Commons. I
hasten to solicit for the fourth time a renewal of your confi-
dence, by my election as one of your Representatives in the
new Parliament.
The intended dissolution is occasioned by an adverse deci-
sion upon a measure introduced by Government, under the
name' of a "Bill to amend the laws relating to the Represen-
tation of. the People in England and Wales ;" and though
some of its provisions appeared to me to be deserving of
favourable consideration, yet as it negatived the reduction of
the,bormigh franchise, and in other respects fell far short of
the Absolute requirements of reform, I felt it a duty to record
my vote in favour of Lord John Russell's Resolution, which
had the effect of defeating the Bill. The question is now in
the hands of the people, and it rests with them to prove to
Parliament how far they are in earnest on the vital subject of
electoral reform.
Trusting that I shall receive from you a proof of the undi-
minished confidence so generously extended to me at the last
election, you may rely upon 'a 'consistent and independent
course of action on my part upon the question of Parliamen-
tary Reform,, and all other measures likely to advance the
social and political progress of the people and to nphold the
honour and welfare of the country.
Jily votes upon the Abolition of Church Rates, the Ballot,
and all other great questions, are before you for upwards of
20 years • and believing that my fellow-citizens approve of
my public conduct as their Representative, and are well satis-
fied with my attention to all the local interests of this great
city, I venture to look forward to the result of the approach-
ing election with entire confidence in the continued favour and
support of the Livery and Electors ; at the same time deeply
regretting the inconvenience and injury which I fear their
trade may sustain bythe dissolution of Parliament at the
present moment. •