(London, Folkestone, and Dover.) ROYAL MAIL AND SHORT SEA ROUTES. Folkestone and Boulogne, Dover and Calais, EIGHT CONTINENTAL SERVICES DAILY. Termini in London: Charing Cross (West End) and Cannon Street (City! LONDON AND PARIS IN & HOURS, BY SPECIAL EXPRESS, DAILY, (Tidal trains via Folkestone and Boulogne, saving in distance 28 miles), and by the MAIL TRAINS AND PACKETS, via Calais and Dover, IN 10 HOURS. SEA PASSAGES, NINETY MINUTES. Brussels, Cologne, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Vienna, Munich, Naples, Turin, Venice, Rome, Brindisi, Marseilles, and most of the chief Continental Cities and Towns, with equally quick travelling. Cala's to Bâle, via Laon and Delle, and Calais to Marseilles, Nice, and Cannes, without change of carriage Through Tickets Issued and Baggage Registered. LONDON AND PARIS, VIA FOLKESTONE AND BOULOGNE. THROUGH RATES FOR ORDINARY PARCELS AND MERCHANDISE, by Passenger (Grande Vitesse) Trains, under the direct sanction and control of the Southeastern and Northern of France Railway Companies. The Rates include all Charges for Shipping, Landing, &c. (Customs Duties excepted), at the respective ports, and delivery at either end (within the usual limits). Parcels forwarded by this service from London in the afternoon are delivered the following day in Paris, where the Customs Examination takes place, thus avoiding any detention at Boulogne. Parcels are also forwarded by this route to all the Principal Towns on the Continent, and from all the Principal Towns in the North of England and Scotland, and vice versa. Special Through Tariffs for Bullion and Value Parcels to and from Paris, Belgium, Holland, &c., including all charges for Shipping, Customs Formalities, &c., are also in operation. Rates for Insurance of Value Parcels-such as Plate, Jewelry, Deeds, &c., &c.—against sea and all other risks. BOOKS OF THESE TARIFFS COMPLETE ON APPLICATION. The SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY (by Special Appointment to the General PostOffice) conveys the MAILS FOR THE CONTINENT, INDIA, CHINA, and the COLONIES, via the MONT CENIS and BRINDISI. Through Tickets are issued to Passengers for the Principal Cities and Towns in BELGIUM, PRUSSIA, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, RUSSIA, ITALY, &c. AGENCIES. PARIS, 4 Boulevard des Italiens. COLOGNE, 1 Friedrich Wilhelm Strasse. CALAIS, A. Darquer, Chemin de Fer du Nord. OSTEND, E. Uytborck, Rue St. Georges. LONDON BRIDGE (General City Station). VICTORIA (General West End Station, near to Buckingham Palace). THE SHORTEST ROUTE BETWEEN LONDON AND THE SEA COAST OF ENGLAND, ALSO THE SHORTEST AND CHEAPEST ROUTE BETWEEN LONDON AND PARIS. Daily Service from London Bridge and Victoria Stations, NEWHAVEN AND DIEPPE. Through Tickets available to stop on the way at Brighton, Dieppe, Rouen, &c. Spacious Hotels and Restaurants at London Bridge and Victoria Stations, also at Newhaven and Dieppe Harbors. GENERAL INQUIRY AND BOOKING OFFICES At 28 Regent Circus, Piccadilly, and 8 Grand Hotel Buildings, (under the Grand Hotel) Trafalgar Square. Also at W. F. Gillig & Co.'s American Exchange and Reading-Rooms, 449 Strand. Time-Books and every information may be obtained, DIRECT TRAINS TO BRIGHTON (the Queen of English Watering-Places), also to WORTHING, EASTBOURNE, ST. LEONARDS, HASTINGS, SOUTHSEA, the ISLE OF WIGHT, &c. Special facilities for visits to these beautiful localities during all seasons of the year. CRYSTAL PALACE.-Trains frequently from London Bridge, Victoria, and Kensington (Addison Road) Stations-the best and cheapest route. BOXHILL, DORKING, &c.-Beautiful and romantic scenery. Trains from London Bridge and Victoria-only a short journey of about twenty miles. Return Tickets issued from London Bridge are available to return to Victoria, or vice versa. ISLE OF WIGHT RETURN TICKETS for eight days to Ryde, Cowes, and Newport; for Osborne (Her Majesty's Marine Residence), Carisbrooke Castle, and Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor, Bonchurch, &c.; also Monthly Tickets. These Tickets enable passengers to break their journey at Portsmouth, the principal Naval Arsenal of England. General Offices, London Bridge Station. (By order) J. P. KNIGHT, General Manager. ΤΟ Holland, Belgium, Germany, The Rhine, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, &c., Via HARWICH, ROTTERDAM, and ANTWERP. The service of this Company is by Express Boat-trains between London and Harwich, leaving Liverpool Street Station every week-day evening at a fixed hour, and, by steamers in connection therewith, running between Harwich and Rotterdam and Antwerp. The new steamers of the Company are among the finest running between England and the Continent-having all been specially built for this service, and fitted with all the latest accommodations for passengers, including ladies', dining, and smoking saloons, separate sleeping-cabins, &c. The depth of water at Harwich, Rotterdam, and Antwerp is such that the large steamships of the Company are enabled to come alongside the Quays at all states of the tide. The steamers are from 700 to 1100 tons measurement, and of great speed. They carry no cattle, NEW THROUGH SERVICE Between the North of England and the Continent, via Doncaster, March, and Harwich. The Continental Boat-train leaves Doncaster every week-day afternoon in connection with the steamers from Harwich, and passengers from the North thus save the journey to London. Through Tickets are issued at the Great Northern Railway Booking Offices at Bradford, Halifax, Leeds, Doncaster, Spalding, Sleaford, Lincoln, and Gainsboro'; and in London at The Continental Booking Office, Liverpool Street Station; West-End Booking Office, 44 Regent Street; City Offices, 48 Lime Street; and Blossom's Inn, Laurence Lane, Cheapside. For Time-Tables and all further information, apply to the CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC MANAGER, Liverpool Street Station, London, E. C. THE ROYAL HOTEL, (DONALD MACGREGOR, Owner and Proprietor), 53 PRINCES STREET, EDINBURGH, OPPOSITE THE SCOTT MONUMENT, AND COMMANDING THE BEST VIEWS OF THE GARDENS, CASTLE, ARTHUR'S SEAT, &c. The Royal Hotel has been greatly enlarged, with all modern improvements; is the nearest first-class Hotel to the Railway Stations. Reduction of charges to meet the requirements of the times. A night porter in attendance. An Elevator has been added. This house is the favorite American Hotel in Edinburgh. The BANK OF MONTREAL is prepared to issue CIRCULAR NOTES Buy and sell Sterling Exchange, Francs, and Cable Transfers; grant Commercial and Travellers' Credits, available in any part of the world; issue Drafts on and make Collections in Chicago and throughout the Dominion of Canada. LONDON OFFICE, 9 Birchin Lane, Lombard Street. C. ASHWORTH, Manager. |