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London, England, 1868-03-18 00:00:00

MEMORANDUM.

This Debenture Stock is enured by £2,250,000 of Ordi-
nary Share Capital, of which £2,000,000 hare been paid
up and expended on the worke.
Five miles of this Railway, from a junction with the
Metropolitan Railway at Kensington to Westminster-
bridge, forming in themselves a complete section of the
undertaking, are ao nearly completed that the contractors,
Messrs. Belk, Waring Brothers, and Lucas, have cove-
nanted to open them within six months.
The net earnings of the Metropolitan Railway, in con-
junction with which this will be worked, aro at the rate of
upwards of £40,000 per mile per annum, or equal to
£200,000 a year for five miles of this railway.
The amount required for the interest on the whole
authorised Debenture ISSU9 of £750,000 is less than
£45,000 per annum.
Prospectuses and Forms of Application may
the Company's Offices, be had at
6, Westmiaster-chambers, Victoria-
street, S.W.

TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT RAILWAY.
(This Letter of Application must be presented entire to
the Bankers.)
Gentlemen,_Having paid to your bankers
the sum of £ as a deposit on my application for
of .£6 per cent. Debenture Stock of the Metro-
politan District Railway, I request that you will allot me
that amount, and I engage to pay the further instalments
upon that, or any lesser amount you may allot me, as they
shall become due, and in default of which my previous
payments shall be liable to forfeiture.
Name
Address
Description
Signature
Addition to be filled up if the Applicant wishes to pay up
in full :
I desire to pay up my subscription in full, receiving dis-
count thereon, from the interval of payment, at the rate of
£5 per cent per annum.
Signature

BANKERS' RECEIPT.
London, 186
Received of the sum of
pounds, being the deposit upon an application for
Scrip Certificates of £lOO each, in the Perpetual £6 per
Cent. Debenture Stock of the' Metropolitan District Rail-
way Company.
For Messrs. GLYN MILLS, CURRIE, and Co.
For Messrs. ROBARTS, LUBBOCK, and Co.
For Messrs. lIERRIES, FARQUHAR, and Co.

THEIN
‘, SPRING PARR'S LIFE PILLS are
used Thousands. They clear from the system al,
hurtful impurities, promote appetite, aid digestion, purify th
blood, and keep the bowels regular

Yeovil, February Bth, 1868.
Gentlemen,--4 have on several occasions sent to you letters
describing cures effected by PAga's LIFE PILLS, and the other
day Mr. Pudden, the engineer on the Bombay Railway, where he
has been engaged above eleven years, told me that he had twice
cured Inflammation of the Chest by PARR'S PILLS, after medical
advice had failed ; and that he considers the medicine invaluable
in all such cases.
I am, gentlemen, yours truly, J. GAMIS.
Sole Proprietors, T. ROBERTS and CO., 8, Crane-court, Fleet-
street, London.

, .......
PARR, S LIFE PILLS may be obtained of any Medicine Ven-
dor in boxes, ls. I;d., 2s 9d,- and in Family Packets, lls. each.
Directions with each bc;;E. '

FAISINS, PERDRIX, ET VOLAILLE.
A LA NOBLESSE FRANcAISE.
JAMES CHAMBERLIN, POST OFFICE-STREET,
Norwich, Angleterre, fournit le Spanish Meal qui a
ite employe avec le plus grand slimes pour &ever et
nourrir les faisans, les perdrix &c. &c.
M. J. C fIAMBERL IN vient'de recevoir la lettre suivante
relative b. son Spanish Meal pour &ever les Faisans, de M.
le Vicomte de la Panouse Inspecteur general des Forets
de la Couronne de Sa Majestd Imperials Napoleon 11.
Administration generale dos Domaines et
Forets de la Couronne, Compiegne.
L'lnspecteur des Forets de la Couronne h la residence
de Compiegne soussigne, certifie avoir employe h la nour-
riture des Faisandeaux le Spanish Meal provenant de la
Mais" James Chamberlin de Norwich, et en avoir obtenu
les meilleurs resultats.
Les Faisandeaux et les Faisans mangent trey biers
cette substance. Elle les rend tres forts et lour chair est
trey bonne.

Veuillez agreer, Monsieur,
L'assurance de ma consideration distinguee,
Vte. A de la PANOUSE,
La Noblesse et les grands Proprietaires sur le Continent,
au recu des trois timbres de 40c. peuveut avoir franc() un
Byte contenant les &Stalls relatifs b, la, nourriture dos
oiseaux ci-dessus mentionnes, avec trois cents certificats,
les prix, &c. &c. L'addresser b,
Mons. JAMES CHAMBERLIN,
Post-office-street, Norwich, Angleterro.

BETTS'S CAPSULE PATENTS.—To prevent
infringements, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that BETTS'S name is on every Capsule he makes for the
principal merchants of England and France, thus enabling
vendor, purchaser, and consumer not only to identify the
genuineness of the capsule, but likewise the contents of
the vessel to which it is applied. The Lord Chancellor,
in his judgment on the Bth inst., said—

"That the Capsules are not used merely for the purpose
of ornament, but that they aro servicabla in protecting the
Beer from injury and insuring its genuineness."
Feb. 20, 1868.
Manufactories, 1, Wharf-road, City-road, London ; and
Bordeaux, France.

NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
dently recommended as a simple but certain
Tomedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all
the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so
uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice
called the " Nat uralStrengthener of the Human Stomach."
" Norton's Pills"
act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape-
ricut; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir-
cumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi-
mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they
have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of
20 years.
Sold in bottles at ls. lld., 2s. 9d., and lls. each, in
every town in the kingdom.
CAUTION.

Be sure to ask for " NORTOW'S. PILLS," and do not
be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations
.
which have sprung up consequence of the success of
" Norton's Camomile Pills.'

DR. SCOTT'S LIVER and BILIOUS
PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe
of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to
all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges-
tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ;
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, proniote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—PrApared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 6, King William-street, Charing-cross,
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and
threo times the quantity in one, 2s. Pd. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a
square green package, with "William Lambert" engraved
of the etamp.

PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
NIESSRS. GABrtIEL, DENTISTS (Established
1815), of
London 56, Harley-street, Cavendish-square,
64, Ludgate-hill, E.C.,
Liverpool 134, Duke-street, and
Brighton
have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining
their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Artifi-
cial Teeth without springs, at MODERATE URARGEs, which
may be had free by post for four stamps.

NAVAL AND MILITARY IN7ELLIGENCE.

VALETTA, March 11.—her Majesty's troopship
Simoom, 4, Capt. Lethbridge; arrived to-day, 11
days from Portsmouth and five from Gibraltar,
having on board 270 naval supernumeraries, in-
eluding 19 midshipmen, for her Majesty's ship
Octavia, for disposal in the squadron and Naval
Brigade in connection with the Abyssinian Expedi-
tion. The Simoom will leave for Alexandria as soon
as she has replenished fuel and-provisions, and will
bring back invalids from Abyssinia. The news of
disturbances at Palermo, reported lasted mail, ap-
pears to be, happily, unfounded, but there is n 3
doubt, that Sicily is unsettled. The Enterprise,
Commander Bosanquet, has orders to call at Palermo
and at any other ports he may deem advisable. The
Malta and Alexandria telegraph, which has been
for the last month and a half out of working order,
gives no sign of a speedy recovery. The last news
received of the repairing expedition was on the 29th
of February, when the cable was open for a short
time, and the telegraph steamer Hawk, accompanied
by her Majesty's sloop Racer, was busily employed
at the cable some miles to the eastward of Benghazi.
A good deal of work has been accomplished, but
there was much more to do. Nothing has been since
heard of the expedition, and it is supposed that the
operations have been interrupted by bad weather.
The cases of smallpox and fever, 11 in number,
from her Majesty's ship Arethusa, are progressing
favourably, and the vessel, having been thoroughly
fumigated and ventilated, is nearly ready to receive
back her crew, who had been landed at the Lazza-
retto. Capt. Coote and the two midshipmen at-
tacked are doing well. A court-martial was held
this morning on board the Hibernia, President Capt.
Alan Gardner, and officiating Judge-Advocate Mr.
James Kirkness, R.N., to try Mr. Wm. R. Fabian,
chief engineer of the Arethusa, on a charge of drunk-
enness. He pleaded " Guilty," and was sentenced
to forfeit 16 months' seniority as chief engineer, to
be dismissed his ship, and to be severely repri-
manded. Sir John and Lady Young left Malta for
Marseilles on their way to England by the last
Peninsular and Oriental Company's packet.

His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief
visited Woolwich on Monday, and inspected the
various departments in the Arsenal. Many objects
of interest were pointed out to him, among which a
9-inch Whitworth rifled gun was prominent. But
the two points to which his attention was specially
directel were different patterns of harness and the
experimental carriage designed to illustrate Capt.
Moncrieff's system of mounting heavy ordnance.
Three patterns of harness were shown to his Royal
Highness. The old artillery pattern, still generally
in use throughout the United Kingdom ; the new
pattern of 1859, generally called universal, because
all the parts are assimilated as nearly as possible to
the cavalry pattern, and all drivers, whether of Mi-
litary Train or Artillery, are furnished with exactly
the same pieces ; thirdly, the French bricole harness,
or rather a composite arrangement, partly French,
partly English. Twelve horses were brought out and
bedizened with all the paraphernalia which seems
necessary in the eyes of artillery officers generally.
It is certain that in time of piece the tendency al-
ways seems to be towards additions and complica-
tions. In war every unnecessary weight, every use-
less strap iscondemned, and falls by the hand of the
soldier, if not the order of the officer. Our own harness
is now a model of manufacture, but both the new
pattern and the old are far too complicated and
heavy. Take the three nations, which, next to our
own, most value horses—America, France, and
Austria—and it will be found that they rigidly cut
down everything that is not indispensable. We
have to learn about harness from our neighbours.
One useful novelty has been adopted in the pattern
of 1859—a pattern, be it remembered, which we
shall not see on battery horses at home for the next
eight or nine years. A saddle is placed on the off
hcrse as well as on the riding horse, so that the one
can change places with the other, or a footsore com-
rade can be succoured. When the existing 9,000
sets of old pattern harness are cleared away at the
rate of about 1,000 in each year, and the store-
rooms are rid of Crimean accumulations, the
pattern 1859 will be issued, and henceforth no
guns will rush to the front, leaving their gunners
toiling behind as they did at the Alma, for
four men at least can be mounted on off horses
and limber box, besides the mounted non-commis-
sioned officer. A new trace for breast harness, in-
tended for gunners of the Horse Artillery, was also
inspected andpronounced satisfactory, but we should
be glad to see a still nearer approach to the lasso
arrangement. Furnished with the old pattern
traces made of flat web a horse could only pull one
way—straightforward. The new traces, rope and
leather, will give him more chances, but a pull in
any direction except forward will have to be taken
by the girth. In the lasso arrangement a rider can
uncoil and hook his lasso, fasten it to the tugs,
which are, for all practical purposes, part of both
saddle and surcingle, and move his horse in any
direction required. The strain will always be dis-
tributed between the space of the back covered by
the saddle and that under the whole of the broad
surcingle. Unfortunately the lasso arrangement is
not so handsome as the other. If utility must be
sacrificed to appearance, can nobody invent a plan
which will combine the two ? The apparatus which
has lately been made in the carriage department fol
his
Captain Moncrieff shows one of
mounting big guns. It is strangely different in ap-
pearance from any present carriages, but it promises
strange things, among which will be
greaterthex
possibilityeteot.
of cheapening fortifications to a very
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when
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itself. Whatever protection be placed
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can be inflicted on the enemy.
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itself must, ustrile aiccmoredn-,
ing to the old plan, always be i
visible.
too, must be exposed both when loading and taking
aim, It has generally been believed by Engligi

artillerymen that the fire from guns mounted en
barbette can be kept under without difficulty by
Shrapnell shells and riflemen. The desire of Cant.
Moncrieff was to invent an arrangement by which
no embrasures would be necessary, no black mass
raised against the sky inviting a steady fire. The
experiments hitherto made have gone no farther than
the 32-pounder gun. So far all have been successful.
The principle is now being carried out as far as the
seven-ton Woolwich gun, Capt. Moncrieff having
been called upon to design au apparatus which sh Lll
fire over a 10-foot parapet. We reserve detailed
description for a future occasion, and express no
opinion as to the success or failure of the inven-
tion. The principle is sound, but many a bitCh
occurs in most instances between a clever design
and its successful accomplishment. The main idea
is as follows : —When a
gun is fired it recoils with
immense force. Hitherto this force has been con.
trolled with much trouble by setting up friction of
one kind or another to check the carriage in its
backward course. Hence arose great strains upon
the whole system, and much wear and tear of ma-
terial. The whole force of recoil was hurtful and
useless, except inasmuch as it ran the gun back into
position for loading. After loading it had to be
pushed forward again by main force with hand-
spikes, or in some cases, the hinder part of the car-
riage being lifted, trucks came into play, and the
piece rolled heavily into its place. Captain Mon-
crieff stores up the force of recoil for future use,
instead of allowing it to be worse than wasted. Let
us suppose that the gun is pointing over the parapet
at an enemy. The lanyard is pulled strongly, the
charge ignites, and as the projectile rushes forth on
its errand the gun sinks out of sight into its position
for loading. This movement is easy, and the recoil
expends itself in raising a counterweight placed at
one end of a rocker. A catch secures the appa-
ratus in this position—gun down, counterweight
raised, but the whole safely concealed behind the
parapet. The loading takes place, and by a little
ingenuity the piece can even be laid. When the
time for firing arrives the match is released, the
cannon rises majestically above the crest of the pa-
rapet, remains just long enough to fire, and then
sinks down to its loading position again. As far as
the trials have gone little vibration has been expe-
rienced, so little that the inventor hopes to succeed
in mounting a number of his guns and carriages on
a railway to run behind the parapet and open fire
from varying positions. Thus the enemy may never
know the spot at which any one of them will appear
next,- and he cannot direct his artillery upon a
known object. It is only when the gun actually
appears that his doubts are set at rest, and he has
no time to take aim before it has delivered its fire
and again retired out of sight. If the system is
successful the following chief advantages will be
obtained :-1. Economy of labour, for the recoil is
utilized to run the piece up again. 2. The power
of masking the battery. 3. Less strain, and there-
fore less wear and tear. 4. Great economy in the
construction of fortifications. 5. An incidental
advantage, not originally contemplated by the in-
ventor, is that lighter guns can be used without
damage to their carriages. This obviates one of the
objections toPalliser's system of converting old cast-
iron guns. _

Under the presidency of Capt. W. Vansittart, of
the Achilles, a court-martial assembled on Monday
on board the Royal Adelaide, in Hamoaze, for the
trial of Sub-Lieut. Charles Henry Stewart. He
was charged with drunkenness on the 27th of
February, at Bantry, off which his ship, the Liffey,
was then stationed. The Court adjudged the pri-
soner to be guilty, and sentenced him to be dismissed
from her Majesty's service.
The hired sailing transport Louisa, of London,
903 tons, Commander It J. Tilmann, Royal Naval
Reserve, belonging to Messrs. Teighe and Smith,
arrived at Spithead on Monday fronrColombo, with
time-expired and invalided soldiers and their families
on board, comprising :-1 farrier, 7th Dragoon
Guards ; 7 men of the Royal Artillery ; 1 staff
sergeant and 31 men, 2d Battalion, 25th Regiment ;
1 sergeant of Ceylon Rifles, 16 women, 29 children,
and 8 third-class passengers, all under the command
of Capt. J. R. liarvey Hill, 25th Regiment, and in
medical charge of Staff-Assist.-Burg. T. 0. Farrell.
The first-class private passenger list includes Messrs.
Ramsey. The Louisa sailed from Colombo on the
14th of December last, and had fine weather until
the 4th of January, when, in lat. 23 S., long. 59
E., she experienced a severe cyclone. On the 14th
of January she fell in with a strong westerly gale
off the Cape of Good Hope. On the 18th she
anchored in Table Bay, and remained there until
the 22d, when she sailed again for England, had
very light south-east trade winds, and arrived off
Ascension on the 10th of February, and passed the
Western Islands on the 9th inst. From the Western
Islands to Soundings very strong westerly gales
with heavy cross seas were experienced. In the
Channel light westerly breezes prevailed.
The gunboat launched last week at Stockton was
-from Messrs. Pearse, Lockwood, and Co.'s, not
from Messrs. Richardson and Duck's, building-
yard.

THE PROGRAMME OF IMPEACHMENT.

The House has now appointed a committee of
seven to prepare and report the Articles of Impeach-
ment, with power to send for persons, papers, and
records. When this Committee reports these Articles
of Impeachment they must be adopted by the House,
and having been adopted, the House will, by re-
solutions, appoint five managers to conduct the im-
peachment, and will direct them to exhibit the
Articles to the Senate in the name of the House and
of all the people of the United States. A day hav-
ing been appointed, the Senate will then resolve
itself into a high court of impeachment—Chief
Justice Chase presiding. The Court will occupy a
platform extending along the north end of the
Senate Chamber, and the following oath will be
administered to each member :—" I solemnly swear
that in all things appertaining to the trial of the
impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States, I will do impartial justice according
to law." The Secretary of the Senate will go to
the House of-Representatives to inform that body
that the Senate has resolved itself into the high
court of impeachment, and is roady to receive the
managers appointed by the House. When the ma-
nagers appear the Chief Justice will invite them to
take seats within the bar, and then direct the
Sergeant-at-Arms to make the usual proclama-
tion, viz. :—" Oyez, oyez, oyez. All persons
are commanded to keep silence on pain of im-
prisonment, while the grand inquest of the
nation is exhibiting to the Senate of the
United States, Articles of Impeachment against
Andrew Johnson, President of the United States."
The managers will then all rise and remain stand-
ing, while their Chairman reads the Articles of Im-
peachment. When he has concluded, the Chief
Justice will inform the managers that the Senate
will take proper order on the subject and give them
due notice. The managers will then withdraw, and
the Senate will adopt a resolution for the service of
such a summons on the President and to witnesses
as may be agreed upon. After the President shall
have proper time to secure counsel and prepare for
his defence, the trial will proceed—the managers for
the House acting as prosecuting attorneys. When
the evidence in the arguments shall have been heard,
the Chief Justice will direct the Secretary to re d
each Article seriatim, and at the close of each willa
ask each Senator—calling him by name—" Is the
accused, Andrew Johnson, guilty of the high crimes
and misdemeanours as charged in this Article of
Impeachment ?" and each Senator, when thus asked,
must answer " Guilty" or " Not Guilty." When
each Senator shall have thus expressed an opinion
of each Article of Impeachment, they will be asked
individually—first, " Is the Court of opinion that
Andrew Johnson be removed from the office of Pre-
sident of the United States ?" And, second, " Is the
Court of opinion that Andrew Johnson be disqua-
lified to bold and enjoy any office of honour, trust,
or profit under the United States?" When the last
Senator has answered the last question, the trial of
the case is ended, and it only remains for the Chief
I to vronowice the yerdict of the Court,

Another meeting of members of Pail.
gentlemen interested in the condition of t_
workhouse infirmaries has been held at Wimpoy,
the residence of one of the hon. secretaries of the Work.
house Infirmaries Association, Mr. Ernest Hart. Sir
John Simeon, M.P., presided; and among those present
were Dr. Brady, M.P., the Hon. Percy Wyndham, M.P.,
Mr. Surtees, M.P., Mr. Vanderbyl, M.P., Dr. Carr,
Dr. Anstie, Mr. Ernest Hart, and Dr. Stallard. This
was the committee appointed at the general meeting on
Friday, as already reported, to draw up propositions to be
submitted to Lord Devon by an intended deputation as
the general principles which should be adopted in any
measure for the improvement of country workhouse
infirmaries, Mr. Ernest Hart brought forward a draft
statement, and reminded the meeting that the association,
in the deputations to Mr. Villiers and Mr. Hardy, the late
Presidents of the Poor-law Board, laid down rules
which had to a great extent been adopted by &[r. Hardy.
The principal points were that the sick poor should
be separated for the able-bodied paupers, and their
treatment should be placed under a distinct manage-
ment. Consolidated infirmaries should be provided,
where the accepted rules of hospital management
should he adopted under skilled supervision. It was
also necessary that there should be medical inspectors
in addition to the present inspecting staff, and the
Poor-law Beard should be urged to lay down a code
of 'regulations for the government of the establishments,
and should seek for powers to enforce its orders. The
last suggestion was that Lord Devon should consider
the propriety of establishing dispensaries for the
out-door sick poor, such as had been found to work with
great efficiency in Ireland. These principles were the sub-
ject of some conversation, and the terms in which they were
drawn up met with unanimous approval. Dr. Brady,
M.P., referring to the suggested infirmaries for the out.
door poor, said the Irish system was as near perfection as
possible, and was a great improvement on the English
system, which he considered was a disgrace to the country,
Dr. Carr said the principle adopted in Ireland had
been established in connection with one or two unions in
this country, and had been found to work very well; These
general principles having been adopted, some conversation
followed upon the subject of the appointment by the Poor.
law Board of improper persons as masters of workhouses,
and thus to have the lives and liberties of a large body of
persons of both sexes under their control. One case, that of
the appointment at Lambeth workhouse of a person whose
resignation'of a previous appointment hail been called for
by the Poor-law Board, is to come before the House of
Commons ; and another case was the re cent appointment
as master to Portsea workhouse of a person who had more
than once been called upon to resign Poor-law appoint-
ments, the last being notorious in the metropolis, he being
the superintendent of the Clerkenwell casual ward, who,
after being repeatedly complained against, was compelled
to resign, even by his own guardians, without the inter-
vention of the Poor-law Board, for his abusive conduct.
It having been stated that this subject would be further
brought forward, the proceedings were brought to a conclu-
sion with a vote of thanks to Sir John for presiding.