... Shares of £100 each, £4*2 paid ) ' Capital Paid-up, £2,545,520. 1 55,000 ditto £20 ditto £12 ditto !» £1,125,358. ( 22,276 ditto £20 ditto £2 ditto J Reserve Fund £388,015 8s sd. Number of Shareholders, 2,840. DIRECTORS. RIGHT HON. LORD- ERNEST AUGUSTUS CHAS. i HENRY PAULL, Esq., 33, Devonshire-place, Portland- BRUDENELL BRUCE, M.P., 7, St. George's- place, W. place, Hyde-park Corner S W ...

... is said in an official report on education that throughout India only 1,096,000 children attend schools of whom 166,000 are taught English. A porpoise has been capturea by some fishermen on Grange Sands, having been left there by the tide. It measures lift 7in. in length. Its gi-th is 7ft.. and it weighs 12cwt. The German Secession from Popery.— A corre- -srpondent of the Wtser Zeitung says ...

... LONDON AND GUERNSEY, JERSEY, St. MALO, AND GRANVILLE. THE QUICKEST AND BEST ROUTE. SHORTEST SEA PASSAGE. BY DAILY DIRECT SERVICE (Sundays ex- cepted), with the ROYAL MAIL PADDLE STEAMSHIPS, via Southampton. The latest Train leaves Waterloo Station, London, at 9 p.m. daily, except on Saturdays, when the latest Train leaves at 5.15., but passengers may travel each day by any previous Trains. ggT ...

... A G E. 1 A GRAND A>F^R °° yC *™' mbe in Aid of the Fuuds of the above Institution, WiU be 1.1 yen m i c «Air SHEFFIELD, M U EI C HALL, b « On FRIDAY, ths 12th May. The FKOGRAMME wiil include BARNETTS CantaU, PARADISE and the PERI, Ouiy once Periormed out of London; i.vnFtiPTß CONCERTO, with Orchestral Accompani- lAhO'FO ments, Gleee, and Orchestral Pieces. t>,« york Dtpartmect of the ...

... Slllt* LINE, under their arrangement with the United States auel New Zealand Governments, will DIBPATCH their splendid new side-wheeISTF'AMERS from San Francisco every Fourth Tuesday, fivm May 3. (or AUCKLAND, Wellington Lyttelton, aiid Fort Chalmers, calling at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands en route, md returning from Port Chalmers on the 13th May and every four weeks thereafter. At Auckland ...

... to our ejtcs for ?? and distribution, the Flans and Particulars of Estate, and Catalogues of Machinery, Furniture, Books, mW t otter Property advertised in our columns. gftlfft t>« gttCttott. BY POTT AIVD NKALE. ?? TT NEALE will SELL by JPV _L AUCTION, at their Repository, on Saturday fC_;- J T 1, May 6 h, at 12 o'cock precisely, the follow- K ...

... Tuesday, May Ist and 2nd. Chair taken at Half-past Seven. Collections lor expenses. THE END OF THIS DISPENSATION. The FIFTH LECTURE wiU be delivered in the Mechanics' Institcte, on Tttesday Evening next, May 2nd, »t Eight o'clock. Snbject, The First Resurrection. Admission Free. Mi LSTER HILLS LITERARY INSTITUTE, 77 •W** _ ongside Lane. — On Tuesday, May 2nd, Mr JOHN HARTLEY, Author of ...

... bythe R- v. T___ARLBB VINCE. of Birmingham: __ ■*_Pt? K _- S8 *° tbe A«b_l_r- in the Afternoon by Mr. A. ti, WARD, of Bradford. Service* to oommence at 10.30, 2.30, /■WINGS WHICH MUST SHORTLY COME «*- TO -ASS. SJGCTURE in the ?? I*st_tute, on Wednesday Svxning, May 17, at Eight o'clock. Admission free. ALLPIELD CHAPEL.— On Thuksdat, May 18th, the Rev. AtITHCR MURBELL will Lecture in the ...

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... The Great Meeting in P_-_d_seJJq_are. TO-MORROW. BROOMHILL C HAP EL. METHODIST NEW CONNEXION HOME Tfc«, p*t- T fiMITH President of the Conference, will Prl-,1 ?? Morni-g. at Halfpast Ten and the Rev. JOHN INNOCENT, of China, in the It veiling at Six o'Clock. A Collection on eaoh occasion. TO-MORROW. HOWAED STREET SUNDAY SCHOOL. ANNIVERSARY, May 7th. KMON— Mort;icg, at lu.ao. Mr. J. FISHER, of ...

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... each Number. On Sale at the Gazettk Otfice. TTENETIAN BLINDS.— J. Beaumont and Son, V manufacturers and patentees of the tumbler action, 88, Cross-street, Mancheste'*. OUTRIDE SUNBLINDS, with patented improve- ments.—J. Beaumont & Sox, 88, Cross-street, Manchester : established 1822. ROBERT KAY, LATE OF MORECAMBE BANK, IN BOLTON-LE-SANDS, IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ESQUIRE, DECEASED. ALL ...