The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, 1 DAY EVENING, Ai AY 15, 1868.

AFTER THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,
COVENT-GAEDEN—EVANS' TO SUP.
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London Singing anti Supper Club, EVAN S'. Covent garden
Vocal Entertainment at Eight.

CONTRACTS FOR VEGETABLES.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 2d May, 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN awl IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on MONDAY, the
let June next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be
ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
CONTRACT for supplying all such-quantities of
VEGETABLES

as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and
VeAsels at the following places from the Ist July, 1868,
to the 31st March, 1871, both days included, viz.:
ENGLAND.

Fleetwood
Fowey
_ .

Torquay
Wivouhoe

Newhaven
Ne t ley
Scilly
SCOTLAND.
Aberdeen Ardrishaig
IRELAND.
Bunerana (Lough Swilly) Killibegs.
Separate Tenders must be made for each port. and at a
rate per 100 lbs. instead of at per cwt., and no attention
will be paid to any off,-,rs not so made. Contractors in
claiming payment
.for Vegetables supplied are to make
out their Invoices in pounds at per 100 pounds.

Lymington

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reseive to
themsolyes an unlimited power of s lection in accepting
the Tenders.

Forms of Tender may be obtained, and particular atten-
tion is called to the Conditions of the Contracts, which
may be seen at the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House ; or by
applying to the Collector of Customs at Aberdeen, Fleet-
wood, Fowey, Newhaven, Scilly, or to the Postmaster at
each of the other place
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon
on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the
printed form provided for the purpose ; but it will not be
necessary that the party _tendering, or an agent appointed
by him, should attend -at this office, as the result
.of the
offer received from each person will be communicated to
him and his proposed sureties iu writing. •
Every Tender must be delivered to the Department of
the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House,
and signed by two responsible prsons, engaging to be-
come bound with the person tendering in the sum of
£lOO for each of the Contracts.

The Contractors to pay half the amount of the Stamps
on their Contracts and Bonds.

By 'order.
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,951 patients since it was
established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Cu., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.--Hon.
Sec., F. Smith, En. Gm REID, Sec.

AFTER HER MAJESTY'S OPERA,
DRURY-LANEVANS' TO SUP.
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After Drury-lane Opera EVANS' to Sur.
London Singing and S'nnper Clu'), EVANS', Covent-garden,
Vocal Entnainment at, Eight.

ISSUE of FURT IT ER CAPITAL for filo COMPLETION
of WORKS CONSTRUC tinder a CONTUACT,
whe,Pbyth,,GovEnNmENTof INDIA hAvoAGREED
to PAY for ALI. \VATER siIePLIED for
'HON. forrping GUARANTEE
AGA Ns"! LOSS
NON-PAYMENT of WATER 11 kTE 4, such
having also COMMENCED to YIELD RETURNS.

rIE EAST' I N DIA IRRLkiATION AND
CANAL COMTANY.

Incorporated by Special Art of Parliamen', whereby the
liability of each Nliareholder is lituite l to the amount
payable upon his sl;ares, or the amount of his stuck.
SCHEME OF OPERATIONS.
Irrigation Works iu Orissa, called "The Orissa Under-
taken;;.
Second issue of capital of £1,030,000, to cansi4 of shares
of £lO each, and stock iu sums varying from £lO each up-
wards.
Deposit upon. shares £1 per share, with liberty to pay up
the remaining £9 or a less amount in advance of calls.
Deposit upon stock .£lO per cent. upon application, and
the remainder within three months atter allotment.
Interest at five per cent. will be paid half-yearly upon all
deposits from the let July next, and, upon all payments (in
advance of calls and in payment of stock) male before that
thy, from the same time, and from the day of payment if
male after that time.
In the allotment of shares a preference will be given to
those who shall havevoikia full or to any extent in. ad-
vance of calls.

DI REMUS.
JAMES THOMSON, Esq., Chairman.
Lieut.-Colonel John Grimes, late of the H.E.1.0.5.
The Hon. Arthur Kiunaird, M.P.
Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Campbell Onslow, late of the Mysore
Cemmigsion.
amoral Sir (JorgeL Pollock, G.C.8., &e. &c.

SECRETARY.
John Westwood, Esq.

PROSPECTUS.

Tho circumstances under which subscriptions are now
invited by. this Company, to a further issue of capital, are
peculiarly favourable for investors, and present the
strongest evidence of the sound and profitable character of
the undertaking, to complete which an additional outlay
is required.
This work, known as "The Orissa Undertaking," con-
sists of a very extensive scheme for irrigation and navi-
gation throughout Orissa and the adjacent districts, em-
bracing an area much larger in extent than England and
Wales the whole of such works having been most skil-
fully designed on behalf of the Company by Colonel Run-
dall, then their chief engineer, and now chief engineer of
Bengal, and the general plan has received the approval of
Ciorernmbn4 PFatiS of nearlyi‘,tlse whole of
various ftgetiCiti4 ii4o:Wnigh it is diviaitihi have, been'

ipiwsrir:aTir k s r ,
Prei:roltelibe 6nifrokchenrie:.there have been selected for first
.eections,- consisting of head works
aniettts) across the rivers Maha-
12(e4tul'ilcisadt:ty7,:'Btei:rtnoop4a,cee-Brwi-Itiiirlinnas tionry, and Cossye, and five navigable
and irrigating canals .with their subsidiary channels tra-
versing the country, thereby commanded, viz., 1. The
Kendrapara Canal with its branch extending from ttie
populous city of Cuttack to the harbours of False Point
and Dhamrah in the Bay of Bengal. 2, The Toldundah
Canal, extending from Cuttack to Pooree on the same coast.
3. The High Level Canal from Outtack to Budruck on the
Salundee River, being the first portions of an intended
canal toconnect Cuttack wnidtheCityalcouftota.alceu.tltaeanaldidfonrampoinreg
and Hooghly Canal, extending from the large and important
town. of Miduvore to the Ilooghly River, and connecting
that town with the port a
the terminal portions of the line connecting Cuttack with
Calcutta; and 5. The tidal canal from the river Roopnarain
to Balagai, a manufacturing; town, and bringing the latter
into communication with Ca_ c_ulitta. When it is known that
the ports of galge Point and D amrah have been reported
by.qualified officers to be the finest harbours on the whole
of the Indian Coast between Bombay 'and the Hooghiy,
and that the Kendrapara Canal will not only connect those
with the city of Cuttack itself, but by means of the Melia-
nuddy River, with the wt and fertile upper districts of
Clauttescrur, &c., the capabilities of which have been lately
most ably and conclusively shown by Sir Richard Temple,
now the Finance Minister of India, to be enormous, the
vast importance of such a main artery for traffic will be
apparent to all. - The Illiinapore and Hooghly Canal,
manifestly
re
gard i calculateds
vihieh tomboerehli‘gitil
will
ybeslici
bringing into connection with_ each other, as it will, to such
import .nt places of trade and population as Midnaporo and
iasddailstioon, however, to their great value as means
these two canals are not less promising as main
profit-
able.)ftran Calcutta,sint,
of the works now under construction
irrigating
ita' ntft'oituPil yigro.e.see follows present states expensive masonry weirs and Lead
'quire but little additional outlay for their com-
their co,st will be app,r.ioned over
},lied,Pt.ll'etiva' airiti 19adu" sd.
overCrha nsun:eits. ultimatelyt iiti o n ad acreage as ,nay constructed, fur the irrigaiiou of the laud to be nest sup-z-,
course of coustructma., and to be
hereafter
be plovided for. There is now, or will be immediately,
op,ued for navigation•a.nd suppl.Y, of irrigation, 1134 miles
01 main canal, with 31 more miles in progress towards
completion. There have also b. ea constructed with
masonry works, and
ctpable of supplying. wet r, about 131
miles of main subsidiary channels, and 791 miles a lditioual
are drawing closely towards cmnpleVon. The main works
thus far executed command about 200,090 acres, requiring
only the addition of some of the subsidiary channels to
apply water to the land. There have boon opened, suffi-
cient for navigation at stated periods, but not continu-
ously, seine portions of the Midnaporo and Hooghly Canal,
and the tidal canal, and during last year (1867) the tolls
collected upon them in their incomplete state, without
aolyra,g. so lio
,fvethdesil vhnoslge of
year gradual and certain increase, the
locks and with acconatnodation for traffic during high tide
on
estimated that a vast increasebeing of traffic
over
and of the latter months touch higher. The locks required
to reader these sections navigable at all times are fast
drawing towards completion, and then it is confidently
v
ffilsowill. per
arise.itile gross,The
m
,
Kendrapara Canal will, the chief engineer reports, be
opened for navigation to tidal water, and thus to the port
of False Point by the end of this year.
As they aro now planned
five canals above-named will, when completed according
to the estimates of many engineers most competent to
judge, including Colonel Rundall and the present chief
convey ma e
engineer of the Company , t r fur the Irrigation
of about 700,000 acres. and being constructed, the
At the outset the Company, with the sanction of the
Government of India, fixed the rate to be paid fora supply
of its water at three rupees per acre for one crop, or five
rupees per acre for two crops, which charges were ad-
mitted by all to be very moderate towards the cultivators,
and capable of being increased thereafter; but it was
found, as a measure of policy, 'advisable that a temporary
reduction should be made, in order that the native culti-
vators might be induced to take the water, and so to be-
come 'aware of the great benefits which they would inevi-
tably receive from the Irrig ition of their land, and which
would, it was known, be such as to render a speedy return
to the original rates a matter of certainty without creating 1
dissatisfaction. i

Adopting the reduced rate of charge for irrigation, and
estimating the returns from navigation at the very mode-
rate total of three per cent. upon the outlay (the present
chief engineer has just reported that he estimates the re-
turns upon the Tidal Canal will be at least ten per cent.),
and allowing the high charge of five per cent. for repairs,
maintenance, establishment, &c., the net returns from the
sections now to
be convicted would be altogether twelve
par cent., which,
by the re-establishment of the original
rate of five rupees per acre for irrigation, would be made
up to twenty-one per cent. net.
These are figures the accuracy of which can bo easily
'
demonstrated, and any inquiry made regarding them at
will be at once replied to, and every
information given. •
the Company s offices

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The prospect of an immediate and extensive spread of
irrigation, awl therefore of a satisfactory increase upon
the existing' returns, is highly enc)uraging. For some
little time the natives, ignorant of the value of irrigation,
and fearing an increase of the Land Assessment, abstained
from taking the Company's water, but the renewal by
Government of the existing Land Settlement for a further
period of 30 years, the judicious temporary reduction of
water rate and other measures, such as the employment by
the Company of soma of the Zemindars, &e. have dis-
tighenZeeeineivnidd:r7iall Rots to secure
dis-
persed these impediments, and each succeeding recent
a practical eager-
ness limboamnsetbdhlie.oatpueagrhlttrrioingftaeb°ltiloa of their lands ; and by reports
for about 26,000 acres ; that_applica-
received on the 3d of the present month,and dated the
of land under the same canal were
30th March, it a
race of from 2,000 to 5,000 acres
c iconnected(prin-
cipally f
for
with theyears)
tions from cultivators
farther, that in the vicinity of the high
being received at the
were being held- by the .b.eniu-
daily ; and that the natives were cutting - the smaller
channels necessary to convey the water to their
the
with earnestness ;
tinnlist4Lktaatbele off affairs there as
level canal meetings
alias exhibited Ciat
the same
and other
favourable
that connected with the Keudrapara Canal was
a mere matter of a short time, and that before the coming
season large demands will be made for water. Upon the
Midnapore Canal the effect of the reduction of the water-
rate, &c., bad not, at the end of March, been thoroughly
ascertained, because the irrigating portion of that canal
had been closed for some time previous for construction
o
purposes, and had then only been reopened, but the chief
engineer of the Companyand the executive engineer in
charge reported that applications for water, in addition t
ded to largely.
fairly be ,assumed that the
wthee,:4e„Oc.6oo6fiadcarnestisynepxppliceedtedlaitot
byeettaru, had commenced and
• From ' the fortving it rnnY
Works already constructed have now entered upon 'their
stage of revenue, ant that they offer to capitalists nut only
a safe investment, but one which will, most assuredly,: be
very profitable ore long ; mid here it may be added;: as
confirmatory
m consisting t h i 8 lamest immediate prospect, that the
mainly a channels for the distribution of
be the easiest of construction, as
tfiat°rY
pinions of the works new in hand remaining to be exe-
cuted,of
the water, will necessarily
well as the most productive, and will add !Hater:any to the,
percentage of returns on the whole outlay.
It is important to add here that the profits mentioned in
this prospectus have been estimated upon the whole of the
capital expended and now to be raised by the Company,
although in the event of the entire scheme-of works being
hereafter carried out, of which there can be little doubt
seeing its promising character, much of that expenditure
will have to be taken from off the present works and
charged to the other sections when undertaken.
There is also another feature of great importance, which
must not be omitted iu the consideration of the fitness of
this undertaking for an investment. By the contract it .is
expressly provided that the Company shall be paid for the
water supplied for irrigation to the cultivators—net by the
cultivators themselves—but by the Government of India ;
MA that ate price to in so paid by the ctoyernuivat to the

Company fur such water shall be, the price charged to the
cultivators, and shall be fixed so as to represent a fair
charge for the water to the parties using it With refe-
rence to this stipulation, it has been aAnowledged by the
Governmmat that they alone are liable in respect to the
non-payment for water supplied, so that the Company are
rel, ased from all fear of liability to loss of any portion of
their water-rate. The value of the foregoing arrangement
can hardly be too highly priz,d, forming as it does a ocr-
tab: and safe gum:vireo of p.iy.nent for every portion of
the water supplied f.:r irrigation.
It hes lieu ilctcrmined by the Directors to limit. at. atly
rat, for the pres•eit, the exp mditute to aik .1331) ,110
annum, whercby they will 5, eeabled t, mike all fu-
ture calls sill in in amount and at regular stated period,:,
ant t'Xl>4l,;itig ou the Wll4llO £.! per share during each
year; the same time they :Lett OLIO& dbl.' the Act. of In-
•,,,rwrotion to issue the r.,quire,l capita partly in shire:
f £lO each. and partly its. stock divisible into sm.:, vary-
ing from upwards a plan which will suit. the con-
v•ed •nc- of those who desire to limit their I:al,ibty to
▪ fixed suet at one', and to ba r,lieviel from future
calk, tied also those who may prefer to pay the amonut
of capital held by them by easy instalments it, the shap
• e • Ik.

Applications for Shares and Stock may now he male at
the Company's Olices, 8 and 9, qucen-straet-plac-, S )1101-
w:irk-bridge, London, E.C. (where a full Prospectus and
Forms of Application may be had): but it is necessary
that. it should be uudersto d that no application will be
considered unless a deposit of £1 on each share, or of ten
'pounds per cent. upon the amount of stock applied for,
has been made either to the Bankers of the Company,
Messrs. Ransom, Bonvorie, and Co., No. 1, Pall Mall
or at the Offices of the Company. The Deposit will be
returned without deduction if the application is not :w-
-eeded to.

RECOMMENDED by the GOVERNMENT of INDIA,
thus : ",We Itave lout: regarded this greitt scheme (the
nEaAtzUNDERTAKING) as one of idl. others in
India to which PRIVATE CAPITAL should' be IN-
VITED."
The same GOVERNMENT have now AGREED to PAY
for all WATER SUPPLIED by the COMPANY, they
PARTICIPATING in some of the PROFITS REAL-
ISED after TWENTY PER CENT. shall have been
RECEIVED by the SHAREHOLDERS.
THE EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND
CANAL COMPANY.
Incorporated by Srcial Act of Parliament, whereby the
liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount
payable upon his Shares, or the amount of his Stock.
INTENDED SCHEME.
Tho Construction of Irrigation Works in Behar, to bo called
" THE BEHAR USDERTAKING."
All preliminary investigation having beet, made, and
plans prepared and approved for immediate constructi,,n.
First issue of Capital for the Behar Undertaking
£1,000,000, in Shares of ..ClO each, and Stock in sums
varying from £lO each upwards.
Deposit upon Shares .£1 per Share, with liberty to
pay up the remaining £9 or a less amount in advance of
Calls.
Deposit upon Stock .£lO per cent. upon application, and
the remainder within throe months of the allotment.
Interest at Five per Cent. will be paid u:•on all Deposits
fronrthe Ist July next, and upon all payments, in advance
of Calf and in payment of Stock, made before that day,
frOm the same time ; and from the day of payment, if made
after-that t me. -
In the allotment of Shares and Stock, a preference will
VI given to those who shall have paid in full, or in advance
of Calls.
Directors and Officers the 'same as set forth in the Orissa
Undertaking Advertisement.

PROSPECTUS.
This Company was incorporated by special act of Par-
liament in 1861, and under the powers thus granted, and
under a contract made with the Indian Government, it
originally undertook the carrying out of a scheme of works
in Orissa, styled " The Orissa Undertaking ;" and such
has been the rapidity with which the construction of the
tfiirmste, selectedf
rsetchtei oinrsri
shaatsi
tbeoetn
atp rloesaesctu2teodo,otoll3 t.,
acresat this
be supplied, a rate of progress more rapid and more satis-
factory than has ever yet been attained in India. A large
demand for the water has already arisen, and it is clear
that the success of that undertaking is now beyond a doubt.
another lhe
c Directorynt
contract
whereby the Company were authorised to carryout a pro-
ject. for applying the waters of the River Soane to the
t within ItBh6e4, concluded
Secretary
of arrangements
State
i n Council, fur
irrigation of the land lying on its western side as far as
Chunar, and on its eastern side as far as Patna, a general
sketch plan and description whereof has been submitted
to and approved by the Governments of India and Bengal;
iannlditietdi.
This second undertaking of the Company has beens for this project subscriptions for capital are now
named "The Behar Undertaking." It is based upon most
careful investigations and plans made during several
years, under command from the Government, by Colonel
Dickens, and has been styled "The Soane Canal Project:"
but—and this is very important—the arrangement of the
head works has been greatly improved, and in truth re-
planned, by Colonel Rundall, in accordance with the emi-
nently successful Madras system. By those improvements,
which have received the sanction and approval of Govern-
ment, the prosp.wtive profits have 13.ftin greatly increased.
The great value and promising nature of "The 13 •har
. Undertaking " have, during mkt, last eight or ten years,
been so well anti favourably discussed in'Enr.,l.,nd and
throughout India, first by the Government and thou by
on dho pillertflahrtele now so generally known,
the
tthlthe
( any'
subjectsatna3w:e' Directors might a~ld upu~i
us; they, theref.ne, limit
themselves to au assurance that they are satisth d it pre-
sents a safe, sound, and I,refi!able investme.ut; and, 00 he-
sitating!y, solicit subscriptions towards the requisite
capital ; at the same tine they. quote, as confirm itury of
their own judgment, the following:
Firstly. An extract from a despatch to the Secretary of
State iu Council, date I 10th March, 1862, recommending
the Soano Canal project should be given to a private com-
pany, which despatch was signed by the late Lord Can-
ning as Governor-General, and by Sir Henry Bartle Frere
(since Governor of Bombay and now a member of the
Council of India in England), Sir Coca Beadon (after-
wards Lieut.-Governor of Bengal), General Sir Robert
Napier (now cemma.uding the forces in Abyssiuia), Samuel
Laing, Esq., M.P. (then Finance Member of Council for
India), and the Hun. W. Ritchie, being the whole of the
Governmental Council, viz.:—
"His Honour the Lieu enaut-Governor considers that
it (the Soane Canal project) holds out better prospects
than the Orissa scheme, and that it would be good for
both the East India Irrigation Company and for the coun-
try if the Compa-y were to adopt this instead of the
other ; but the projectors prefer that originally selected by
them.

" We have long regarded this scheme as one of all
others in India to which private capital should be invited.
" There is this advantage in Gov rnment taking the
initiativ.; in planning the great works of the country, that
they are so placed before the public that they can be dis-
cussed in the light of local knowledge and experience.
rho only drawback to doing this is the risk of misleading
capittlists and raising mistrust of such investments.
,‘ In the present instance no such risk neat be appre-
hended, for there is evident throughout Colonel Dickens'
report a most conscientious endeavour to anticipate the
maxim.nu cost of the work.

" We therefore suggest that such means should be taken
as may seem best to you to make known the outline of
Colonel Dickens' scheme in quarters where it will be CI o -
sidered with a view to taking up the work-, and chit you
should be prepared to inform auy capitalists, who may
offer to do so, of the terms upon which the work w-uld
be put into their hands."
'And secondly. Two paragraphs from a minute recordol
by Sir E P. Grant when Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
viz.:-

" The magnificent province, of Behar which would be
admirably watered by Captain Dickens' projected canal
from the Soau3. Tho cost here would certainly bo very
much legs (than at Cuttack), and the returns may rea-
sonably be expected to b 3 much more secure, because we
know, as a fact, the value of irrigation in Behar. The soil
is better and the natural rainfall is less by half on an ave-
rage, and much lass certain in Behar than in Cuttack.
The most valuable crops are not the rain crops in Behar,
and for the most valuable crops there it is found by expe-
rience to be the general case in Orissa.
" I venture to recommend this enterprising Company, in
whose success every person connected with India must
feel deep interest, to consider Captain Dickens' scheme of
irrigation from the Soane, for which complete plans and
estimates are available, and nothing is wanted but the
money."
Adding that Sir P. P. Grant's opinions have boon con-
firmed by many officers of Government thoroughly well
qualified to judge, and who have stated that the district of
Behar has a population denser and of a more commercial
and enterprising character than that of Orissa, and already
convinced of the value of irrigation, while it possesses a
permanent land settlement.
The Directors forbear to estimate the probable profits to
be derived from " The Behar Undertaking ;" they prefer
to point, ens guide to a fair judgment upon the matter, to
the ascertained results precluded by similar undertakings
which have been completed, and to cull attention to the
now uncoutroverted fact that all similar works in India,
when properly selected, planned, and executed, must in-
evitably yield considerable returns—leaving out of sight
the profits to be derived from navigation—indeed it is diffi-
cult to conceive how the sale of an article so absolutely
essential to agriculture and to life, as water is in India,
can be otherwise than productive of large profits upon ca-
pital expended to create its supply.
It is necessary, however, to state that in the present case
the profits will be derived chiefly from two sources :
Firstly. The sale to the Government of water for irri-
gation, at a price to be fixed, from time to time, by the
mutual consent of the Government and the Company,
or by arbitrators appointed by each, which price, when
so fixed, must, according to the contract, represent the
fair value of the water to the parties using it, and must
be paid by the Government to the Cempany, a gua-
rantee of great value against loss.
Secondly. Tells levied upon all boats and vessels using
the navigable water ways of the Company, and rates
and fares for the conveyance of goods and p tssengers
thereon.
Irrespective of three minor, though, as shown by exp.-
deuce, promising sources, viz.:—
. 1. Rent for mills and factories which may be established
on the banks of the various channels, and supplied
with water power therefrom. The water power to
be thus available will be very large.
2. The cultivation and sale of timber and other. produce

•
raised upon the land of the Company. And,
3. The supply of water to the various villages dud towns
within the vicinity of the Company's canals for pri-
vate and public purposes.
By the contract with the Government the Company are
entitled to receive and retain all profits from the salo of
water for irrigation, until the dividends paid to Shareholders
shall exceed 20 per cent. upon the total expenditure made,
after which the balance of such profits is to be divided
equally between the Government and the Company. The
returns from all other sources are to belong to the Com-
pany exclusively.
The scheine of works to be executed bas now been
thoroughly investigated and carefully re-planned on behalf
of the Company, and particulars submitted to and ap-

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THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—The =there' fishery
has been commenced off the Eastern coast, and it is ex-
pected that all the Great Yarmouth boats will get to sea
this week, A fair quantity of fish of good quality has
been already brought in, the prices ranging from 455. to
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The prelates who waited upon her Majesty were the
Most Rev, the Archbishop of Armagh, primate, the Most
Rev. the Archbishop of Dublin, and the bishops of Meath,
Ossory, Down, Killaloe, Cork, Limerick, Tuam, and
Derry. One Irish bishop only was absent, namely, the
Bishop of Cashel, who was prevented by indisposition from
attending.
The Irish prelates were 'accompanied by a deputation
from the English Episcopal Church, consisting of the
Most Rev, the Archbishops of Canterbury and of York,
and the Bishops of London, Oxford, and Carlisle, as re-
presenting the several schools or " parties " in the
Church.

The royal carriages awaited the arrival of the arch-
bishops and bishops at the Windsor Railway Station and
conveyed thrnt to the Castic.

Luncheon was served by command of her Alajcsty at
two o'clock, and at three o'clock the archbishops and
bishops of the United Church were received by the Queen.
Tier ..liajesty was accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
the Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leo-
pold, and was attended by Ladies in Waiting and several
officers of the Howebold.

The prelates having been. presented by his Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury,
The Archbishop of Armagh read a memorial which had
been adopted by the Irish Episcopal Bench unani-
mously. It stated that the prelates felt it to be their
duty, in the present crisis of the Church's history, to
approach her Majesty, aid point out the dangers which
they apprehended if attacks which had recently been
made upon the principle of the union of Church and
State were successful and sanctioned. They were con-
vinced of the attachment of her Majesty to the great
principles which had Placed her family on the throne, and
,rayed that those principles might be maintained, and
and
,oe

Ireland preserved.

The memorial having been read, her MAJUTY replied:—
" I thank you Mr your loyal and dutiful address. /
trust that the blessings which you invoke for myself and
my family may be vouchsafed to the advantage of the
Church and kingdom. In compliance with the prayer of
an address from the House of Lords, I have issued a com-
mission to inquire into the state of the Church in Ireland,
and I will not doubt that my Parliament, when fully
informed, through the labours of this commission, will
adopt such measures as shall be at once just and con-
ducive to the maintenance of true religion among my
neople."

The Archbishop of Armagh had the honour of kissing
hands.

The most rev. and right rev. prelates were conveyed tifi
the Windsor Railway Station in the royal carriages: