30 APRIL 1864, page 3

London Was Astonished On Thursday To Find In The Columns

of the Post an important announcement as to the disposal of the va- cant Garter transferred from "our contemporary the Owl " side by side with a clever jeu d'esprit on the......

The Home And Colonial Assurance Company Have Issued An...

prospectus. The proposed capital is 2,000,0001.; but the first issue will be confined to 20,000 shares. In addition to fire and life, the company will undertake marine risks.......

The International Contract Company, With A Capital Of...

80,000 shares of 50/. each, the first issue of which will consist of 40,000 shares, is also announced. The directors state that they have secured the active services of an......

At The Sanitary Fair In New York There Is A

great sale of cur:osities :—" The first bowie knife ever made by Colonel Bowie himself, and with - which he killed Dr. Wright at Nashville in 1838 ;" "a Yankee skull taken at......

On Saturday Last Consols Left Off At 911 2- For

money, and 911 1 for account. Yesterday the closing price for transfer was 91.; for time, 911 1. Russian scrip has advanced to 11 2 prem., but in the value of Mexican a fall to......

Friday, April 22. Friday, April 29.

Greek 253 .. 241 Do. Coupons .. .. .. .. .. _ .. 11 t Mexican 4 , 1 .. 414 Spanish Pensive .• .. .. .. .. 853 .. 34 Do. Certificates— 121 Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858.. .. 69 ••......

The Editor Of The Record Is Dissatisfied With Our Statement

last week that he is "unable to appreciate the meaning of his own assertiotis." As, however, he does not attempt to reconcile the denial in Which he persists with the passage......

On Thursday Night Mr. Peacock Led An Assault On The

Govern- ment in the interest of the Confederates. A mess had been made . in the case of the Tuscaloosa at the Cape of Good Hope. The Tuscaloosa, formerly the Conrad, was a prize......

The Humber Iron Works And Shipbuilding Company—capital...

shares of 50/. each—has be en formed for purchasing and extending the well-known establishment of Messrs. Martin, Samuelson, and Co., of Hull. About 2,000 men are employed by......

The Prospectus Of The Eastern Exchange Bank, With A Nominal

capital of 2,000,000/., in 100,000 shares of 20/. each, has been issued. The head establishment will be at Liverpool, and it is proposed to have branches at Alexandria, Bombay,......

Archdeacon Denison Has Explained To The Bishop Of London...

he was not " solely " responsible for the report of the Committee of the Lower House of Convocation on "Essays and Reviews" which his Lordship criticized so severely in the......

In The House Of Commons On Tuesday Mr. A. Mills

raised a debate on the recent Act passed by the:Colonial Legislature for the confiscation of some of the land of the rebellious Maories, and the settlement thereon of settlers......