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I T. ........„. . ._ .. „.. , - 4, .........___ L ONDON only two parte, der the treat", on. member for for the conve ne must divide • _and I'ROVINCIA MARINE INSURANCE COIN PANT.„ • • _ - Provisionally Incorporated pursuant to the Joint-Stock Com panies Act, 7th and•Bth Vie.; cap. 110. Capital Stock, ONE MILLTON in iO,eoo Shares of £2O each (with p9wer to increase to Two Million). _ ' SUER said he " the produce ce or Algeria," plish the object lat amendment nir to a French imported from bjection applied on. member for Lancellor of the , and he would anion of the re ent corks made imported into ortation free of e legislation of caterial. Sup ) exportation of nothing would manufactures bject to the r•- )se he had in bated. (Hear, ras any prohi the raw mate eason why we manufactured tin accordance tg from France I enter into the was expedient, or consistent )sal of the hon. Lrd to Spain or - ee exportation ) manufactured hat, every man ed in port they ty or not until From Catalonia the time- a pro material. All heck and bailie ind lead to the )tions, so far ae roposed by his French treaty, era bad only to The Emperor too just a man ... 118 ... 191 ...----73 4ER said that which his hon. course he could le house.. (No, owing words—.d from Francs added that it he evening (a aost consistent erthan the pro• with after they ear, hear.) committee was lule. It seemed It would be as tem by item, if y should think RTER thought inquiry which tutional that house to linisters of the treaty, but that here legislation legislation wall 1 by the vote of effect. on of the right he trusted that the treaty they •eport progress. compieteright hat and every It was only • )ther occasion/ olered the house stion and reject !Cacti of cloth. , Y QUER replied for Cambridge on. gentleman, I physically in- 4,UER said ho ntleman offered ler could confer rith the reiolu ; these resolu ,ot suit the wo uld be a dielv" minus of a yeti these resolu less resolution' , Led he could do he sense of the I to the duty of for the cours e given to that mdorstood the r of proceeding )on as any die was concluded, L his resolutions )n) side of the jeetion to that r far the how* Lancellor of the eforw the corn led Parliament nt to state how ropositions. ld not comply onsideration of ►lain language, L required the )u. It would uperor of the the articles of or to propose • era of the Go.. Ted, not tothe rticuiar item-- re were many 3e to reject any king it necea- gentlemanwas o Government rely of Parlia t was not - rery the treaty on Uncial flowers. in France that id that France —(hear, hear) Ls of the treaty Lear.) the chairman niniitering of se of Megan!. ) with opposi ced, and wish rley is induced pages instead rations on the Wed "feeding Rothamsted consequently mism nage ag shop. Tho ,opies will be had post free seph Thorley, sy's Food for oadway, New bourne ; Yie rales ; and of —Feb. 2;1860. -Liver Cos:a line are fully As they ion, there are iey are Gape r. For these ss unrivalled rm. 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The little steam launch, supplied to the Zambezi expedition by Mr. Macgregor Laird,is not at all adapted for navigat ing the Zambezi, being neither able to carry nor to tow, nor to attain whilst burning wood a speed of more than four knots per hour. Notwithstand ing the repairs by the Lynx's engineers, the little craft's plates are in such a corroded condition, that she will, in all probability, be abandoned, after taking Dr. Livingstone back to Tete. Mr. T. Baines, the artist of the Livingstone expedition to the Zambezi, came down to Cape Town in the steamer Lynx. He left Dr. Livingtone with his brother, Rev. C. Livingstone, Dr. Kirk, the bota nist, and Mr. Rea, the engineer, at the mouth of the Kongone. They were about to return to Tete, whence they were to proceed to the country of the doctor's old friend, Sekeletu, the chieftain of the Makololo, on which excursion they would probably be absent about eight months. They expected that, against their return, a new steamer would be sent out from England. The Ma Robert has been com pletely used up, its bottom being quite chafed from the work in which it has been engaged ; and it was doubtful when the Lynx left whether it could convey the doctor from Kongone to Tete. The navigation of the Zambezi is still an open ques tion, so far as experience has yet gone ; but it is expected that during the flood season it will be found in every respect to meet all anticipations. Mr. Thornton, the geologist, left Tete in July last, in company with some Portuguese traders, on an independent expedition into the interior of the country. He was, however, expected to return at the commencement of the present year, and it is likely he will be able to furnish some interest ing information regarding the lands through which he travelled. The party had all, more or less, suf fered from fever ; but Dr. Livingstone had endured the least. Mr. Baines, after severe attacks of African fever, has been compelled to retire ; but not before he has secured a series of magnificent illustrations of the country through which he has travelled and the discoveries the Livingstone expe dition has made. The following letters have been received from Dr. Livingstone himself : " Kongone Harbour, Dec. 8. " I assure you we were very glad of the stores you sent us, for we are all much knocked up by the trip to Nyassa on foot. We left the vessel of Laird's at Blubisus, 16 deg. 2 min. S., and when we re turned, after forty days' march, we had sore long ings for refreshments, but might as well have longed for a kiss from the Pope's toe. Kirk and Rae volunteered to walk to Tete, to bring away Baines and Thornton, and materials to tinker the launch, as she leaked badly, and a terrible march they had of it. No water, except that of which the natives made salt, and no food. The man who carried their salt provisions, having missed the road, came in two days after them to Tete. After Mr. Livingstone had taken observations in 16 deg. 2 min. S., we dropped down to the mouth of the Shire. The Zam bezi took off the rust which had filled up many holes in the boat, and I vr as at last forced to run down to this and beach her. And here we are tinkering instead of doing good service in the cause of African civilisation. So much for Mr. Laird's launch. We have a fine mountainous country adjacent to the Shire. Travelling this round by lake Nyassa, we saw the Shire flowing out of it in 15 deg. 25 min. S. We saw no signs of the lake having an annual rise, although we were there at the end of the dry season. There was a lot of rub bish three or four feet from the edge, which seemed to have been washed up by the wind, and there are two mounds, like raised beaches, 30 or 40 feet from the present shore, as if it had been at a higher level in early times, but the lake does not fill and become low. The Shire flows out of it the whole year, and there is only a full of about three feet in it, from the wet tothe dry season. It is from 80 to 120 yards wide, generally with a two fathom channel, and a two-and-a-half knot current. We are not troubled with sandbanks as in the Zam bezi, and it is deep all over, even to the edges. We conclude, a lake giving off such a stream, must be very large indeed, and hal e large feeders at the South end eight or ten miles broad. All the natives could tell us was that the river goes a long way to the north, and then turns round into the sea. We were obliged to return, as the launch was in a sinking state, but it was satisfactory to show my of d f t ahre intone fi t hgaet e msil o iviue u nette n t e t r r y i r t , h a r n o d u g w h h eh which yoa I p h l l a o d_ companions, Kirk, Li v i ngs t one, an d Rea, a spect ld t m ra en velle v s oo e rne p r yf h ioo e oap r to s ) xa fsi and dro t s Iw d a o doh w uoo tt ha vnrayes steamertl t ihs h s n a tg n ha d af o y t7rlo. s d fs l e eu s on e rml i i . d t lieon sng, k l (teyr a yei m sps. o There is nothing to-be g o t h ere b ut p i gs. We go next to the Makalolo co un t ry. " K b like , our N D e y c o.s . sla2; or "We have discovered ngaonneotHhearr Myinyesi. This seems a grand opening. I be lieve that the Lord is preparing a great work in Africa. The eountry is superb, abounding in run ning rills of deliciously cool water, that is, the high lands. Mr. Rea, Dr. Kirk, and Mr. Living stone were with me. They never saw such a fine country. There are changes of climates within a few miles of each other, and it is a cotton field supe rior in many respects to the American. One lake, Ohirwa, or Tamandua, is ninety miles long, but in one could tell how long Nyassa was. The Shire comes flowing out of it the whole year. There are 33 miles of cataract in it. We saw slave trade, and are sure this could be abolished by missions. I have applied to the Church Missionary Society to occupy this field, for the Gospel and lawful com .merce will produce a chan ge in this country. I see matters opening up where I never contemplated orking, and I think that much good may be done for Africa by colonisation of our own honest Chris tian poor, along with missionaries and ministers. We go np to T Sekeletu's ete, and thence to by land. This will probably be an eigh t months trip. " Dr. Livingstone states that the river Shire is put down wrong on the map, as it ought to be on the west of the Morambaba mountain. He was then (Nov. 3) returning from tracing the Shire into Lake Myinyesi. There are 33 miles of cata ract in the Shire in lat. 15.55, and there is no pro bability of their being passable, as the river never varies more than three feet in depth. A road could easily be made past them. There you enter a cot ton-growing region of unknown extent. A portion of the land east of the Shire is arranged in ter races from 1,200 to 3,000 feet of altitude, which afford changes of climate within a few miles of each other. The upper terrace is 12 miles broad, and well supplied with cool running water. Mount Zouba plain on the same terrace, and about 7,000 or 8,000 feet high, was really cool. In lat. 14 25 the Shire was found gently flowing out of Nyasse.. Tamandua or lake Shirwa (Bigwater) is about 90 Nu. 21,119. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, price 55., bound and illustrated, CHEAP EDITION of A LIFE FOR A LIFE. 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It bathes .a country where cotton is now largely cultivated: One sowing of foreign cotton seed (got by the natives themselves from the sea coast up the Shire) serves for three years' crops." THE COAL SUPPLY. A .writer in a contemporary says :—As the extent of England's coal resources is an object of consider able interest at the present moment, perhaps the following statement of facts and inferences may be useful to remove unnecessary alarm, to suggest pru dence in the management of so important an element of our eountry's greatness, and at the same time to justify .our public men in permitting our neigh bours to take a fair share of our mineral riches in return for thaw' productions which the climate of the Continent and the ingenuity and industry of its people enable them to offer us in exchange. .There are in England nine distinct tracts of country where those rocks come to the surface which are knoWn to yiehl coal. These districts are called coalfields; the smallest of them includei more than 60,000,. and the larger more than 600,000 acres of coal lands, under the greater part of which coal has been, is, or may be, worked to profit. Scotland contains another. million acres of such coal lands. Besides tnese tracts, marked in, our geological maps, there are others :exceedingly large but less clearly - made out, in which coal is also to be got, although the coal 7 bearing beds:are covered up with accutnulations .of newer -rockS. Ail these will be available when the price of'coal justifies the outlay 1114 i i I Iwo iisavalved iii wag 14QJJI. The best known and largest ot our coalfields are the Newcastle and Durham, the Lancashire, the Yorkshire, the South Staffordshire and Warwick shire, and the South Welsh. The ascertained acre age of coal in these amounts to about 21 millions. Adding to this the million of acres in Scotland, and half a million for the smaller areas, we have a total of four millions of acres, or in round numbers, 6,000 square miles of coal lands in the British islands. In none of these districts are there less than ten, while in some there are more than 70 beds of coal known and described, each capable of yielding coal to profit by the ordinary process of mining. Some of these beds are between one and two feet, most of them between three and seven, and one between 30 and 40 feet thick. Rarely more than a small num ber of scams or beds of coal can be obtained with advantage from the same area, but the avera ge thickness of workable coal may with safety be taken as not less than lo feet, or five yards, over the whole area of any coalfield. Now, a.; an acre contains 4,840 square yards, and a cubic yard of solid coal weighs nearly one ton, there thus appears to be 24,200 tons of coal per acre of large part i s coal lands on a general average, b u t as a l arge quantity of coal in every coalfield is, f rom var i ous, llost causes, by not obtainable, o o b td ta it i l n a a r b y l m e n , od a e nd of a o t x io ti t . h ao e t r ion, we cannot calculate on niore than one-third of this, say 8,000 tons per acre, as the quantity that can be removed and sold. This would give about 5,000,000 tons of coal for every square mile of coal lands. The annual consumption of coal at present in England cannot be less 80,000,000 tons, so that we are now exhausting about 1G square miles of our coal lands each year. Estimating the area of coal lands at 6,000 square miles this would give a dura tion of rather more than 350 years. It may be observed that the usual estimate of coal lands in England is 12,000 square miles, and that in the smaller area I have taken an allowance is made for the u np r oductive portion s . The coal area in Belgium and Rhe n i s h P russ i a together is not more than one-eighth part, a n d i n all France not one-fifth part that of England and Scotland; the average thickness of coal is smaller, and the position of those coals' is generally less favourable in the former district for extraction, and in the latter for transport to the sea. The quantity of coal known to exist in North America, both in the United States and British possessions, is so large that for all practicable pur poses it may be regarded us inexhaustible. Coal is also abundant in India, China, Borneo, Eastern Australia, and South Africa. Owing to the advanced position of England in practical mining operations and the facility and economy with which she can place hex large sup plies in the markets of the w or ld, a t a cost so low at present as to exclude competition, hey coal will no doubt be extracted very rapidly for years to come. But should the advancing industry of other countries reduce the price below tharat which profit is secured by our colliers, or should the cost of extraction increase with us out of proportion to the rest of the world, the demand for exportation would be at once checked, and the drain upon our resources would diminish. That this mmthappen very l ong b e f ore any ap proach to exhaustion could be experienced may be re garded as certain, and it must be remembered that the price of iron (for the manufacture of which at least half our coal is required) will to a large ex tent act as a regulator, and prevent a too rapid extraction when the first symptoms of exhaustion are felt. It is clear, then, that, like all other articles of commerce, the trade in coal may safely be left to arrange itself, and will do so with the greatest cer tainty of benefit to all parties, both now and cen turies hence, by being left to its natural growth, restrained only by those checks which nature has imposed. .111 R . GLADSTONE 4ND 171 E CL E (From the Guardian of yegterday.) We have been favoured with a copy of the fol lowing letter, addressed by the Chance of the- Exchequer to a clergyman in Wales, v.:, the ques tion of the Budget : "Downing-street, - f.. 7 eb. 29,1860. "Rev. Sir,—l agree with ynv that the clergy suffer hardship in regard to rating for the poor. But f must remind you that a bill was introduced into Parliament in 1855 or 1856, by Mr. R. Phila. more, which would have given them considerable relief; and that the rettP.tm te.' its not proceeding was that the clergy tho•mselver, differed with regard to the expediency tit accepting it. "With respe",:c to the income, I understand you to ask the,. the clergy paying poor rate may be exetnpttd. Such a proposrd would simply produce a hundred other claims of a similar nature, and, besides being in itself unjust, would break down the tax, and require the adoption of other and more costly means of raising a revenue. "I must remind you that the cause of the in come tax is not to be found in the will of a Ministry, but in the will of the nation, which, a few years ago, was content with an expenditure on• supply services of twenty-one millions, but which now thinks fit to spend on the same services thirty-six millions. " There are two sources to which we may look for the reduction of the income tax. One of them is reduction in our expenditure ; the other is the increased productiveness of the indirect taxes. But in order that this latter source may be fully opened, it is necessary to repeat from time to time the pro cess by which our indirect taxes have been raised to their present efficacy—l mean the process of liberating trade and augmenting wages and profits through judicious diminutions and abolition of duties on commodities. 'ln 1853, when theincome.tax was renewed for seven years, Parliament adopted such provisions as it was thought could be enacted in relief of the clergy. "That they feel the pressure of the tax I can well believe; but it is desirable that they should understand its cause, and I cannot say that I have observed on their part a general desire to check expenditure, though undoubtedly no class feel more severely the pressure of the taxation which it causes. " I am sorry it is your opinion that by giving wine licenses under strict rule and control to cat- in s ;-houses and pastrycooks we shall increase the temptations to get drunk.' It is, on the contrary, our firm belief that, if the House of Commons adopt our proposal, it will be found eminently favourable to sobriety.—l have the honour to be, &c., " W. E. GLADSTONE." THE DEFENaELESS STATE OP THE THANES. On Tuesday afternoon a public meeting, con vened by advertisement, was held at the London Tavern, to take into consideration the defenceless state of the River Thames, and to pass resolutions thereon. The object of the meeting was to exhibit and explain a model of a wrought-iron fortress, which should be bomb proof, and capable of destroy ing a whole fleet if it attempted to pass with hos tile intentions. Mr. W. WILLIAMS, M.P. for Lambeth, occupied the chair, and said they had been called there to witness a very ingenious invention by Mr. Hall. They were aware that there had been many millions of money spent by the Government in improving the defences of the coast, and as that was the case he thought no part of the coast required it so much as that leading to the River Thames. At present our arsenals, our dockyards, and this vast metro lis, whose wealth was incalculable, were entirely at the mercy of any enemy that choose to come up the river. If one of these fortresses were placed on the sands in the river no fleet would be able to pass Mr. S. GREGSON, M.P., moved :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that the approach to the Thames being in a defenceless condition against surprise by the naval force of an enemy, and im mense material property of the metropolis is there fore insecure, that a committee be fornied for the adoption of such measures as may be consi dered desirable for the prompt and permanent pro tection of the Thames and the port of London." Mr. HALL, as a merchant of London for the last forty•five years, said he had always been most keenly alive to the necessity for foitifying the mouth of the Thames, and having given thirty years' eon sideration to the subject. he had invented the for tress, the model of which was before them. The outer shell was made of wrought iron blocks of two feet in thickness, which would be placed together and joined by running hot. metal into interstices made for the purpose, thus forming a compact and solid mass of iron. They could be built for about £300,000 each, and had. accommodation in theßa for men and stores to an immense extent. When the Minister clearly told them that there was dan ger to the royal dockyards and arsenal, and that it was possible for an enemy. to come up the river, it was time that their docks and other property should be protected. They had a right to call on the Govern ment to protect them from the danger, and if it did not, it ought to give them the power to do it, and to levy a rate or tolls for the purpose of defraying the expenses: It had been stat e d th a t it was poss ibl e for a single ship to run up the Thames and bombard London, and that ought not to be allowed. One of these fortresses placed on the sands at the Nore would protect the Medway and the Thames, but he should like to see one also on the 11Iaplin, and another on the Goodwin Sands. Mr. BUSH, an engineer, then explained the nature of the model and plans laid before the meeting, and from his description the following account may convey an idea of the imposed fortress :—lt is a conical shaped building, and is intended to be sunk any depth that may be necessary to obtain a solid foundation. The walls consist of solid blocks of wrought iron, two feet thick, placed one upon another, with grooves running round them, into which molten iron is poured to fasten them together. It is proposed that it shall rise about 120 feet out of the water, and shall have a light-house and observatory on the top. It is to consist of eight floors above Mg-II -water mark, and three below. The powder magazine, which is below low-water mark, is the lowest chamber, the next contains shot and shell, and the next stores. The first gun floor, which is to be 14 feet above the water, is to con tain 13 guns ; the second 7 guns, and an engine room ; and all the rest 12 guns each. From the bottom of the fortress to the top would run a shaft 20 feet in diameter, communicating with every floor, which would answer for ventilation and other purposes. The two top floors would serve for mess rooms and other conveniences for the men. Banning up the shaft are hot-water pipes, for the purpose of heating the fortress in cold weather ; but they are also fitted with an apparatus that, in case an enemy attempted to get in at the port-holes, they could turn a stream of hot water upon them, and effectually repel the intruders. The resolution was then put and carried, with one dissentient. The CHAIRMAN and Mr. HALL requested the gentleman to state his reasons for disagreeing to the resolution. Mr. A. APNAGIITEN DICKEY said when he en- tered the room it was not his intention to speak, but as be had bean pressed for his reasons he would give them. These fortresses would be something like the fortifications of Paris, made at a vast ex pense, not to protect it against an enemy, but against the people themselves. He objected to the proposal, because he feared it would be turned against the people of London, as it would enable the holders of the fortresses to cut off the supply of provisions whenever they thought proper, and thus starve the people of this city. He considered the proposal utterly vain and uncalled for, and in that opinion he was strengthened by seeing so small a meeting, and none of the leading men of the City there to support it. If London was surrounded by an army, as it could easily be, these tortresses could stop sup plies coming from that quarter, and the result would be that in a fortnight they would starve three millions of people. The CHAIRMAN said there was no fear of London being surrounded by soldiers so long as the people had their representatives in Parliament. Mr. FENNINGS then moved—" That the repre sentatives in Parliament for the metropolitan counties and boroughs, with gentlemen deputed by the banking, dock, insurance, shipping, corporate, mercantile, and trading interests, be invited to co operate in the deliberations and proceedings of the committee, and that a subscription be opened for defraying the inevitable expenses incident to so important a national undertaking." Mr. Webber seconded the motion ; which was supported by Mr. Topham and several other gen tlemen and carried. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceeding?. RUSSIA. The fallowing letter has been received from St. Petersburg, dated the 20th :—" The situation of the Turkish empire particularly occupies the attention of our Government at present. The news from Turkey is of the most alarming character. Bosnia and the Herzegovina are in a state of complete fer mentation. Prince Daniel of .Montenegro meditates an extension of his territory. Prince Milosch, rely ing on a courageous and determined army, openly refuses obedience. The Hospodar Couza governs the Danubian provinces like an independent sove reign, and he forcibly expelled the Turkish garri sons from the islands in the Danube. Nevertheless, although this description is not reassuring, nothing authorises me to believe that the integrity of the Ot toman empire is menaced for the present. If the Eastern question is really to occupy the first rank in the councils of the European Cabinets, it is be lieved here that the crisis will be caused by unex pected circumstances, or rat her by the tendencies of the new French policy, which are here considered both mysterious and inexplicable. The citizens of Moscow are at present giving splendid fetes in hononr of the new Field-Marshal Prince Bariatinski, who is on his way to Tiflis to resume the functions of the Emperor's Lieutenant-General in the Caucasus. After the conquest of the Caucasus the Russian Go vernment is about to occupy itself earnestly with Central Asia. The construction of new fortifica tions on the river Syr-Bari is about to be commenced, in order to complete the line of forts already raised. The author of the gigantic project of a railway from Moscow to Tiflis, through Kiew, is at present here. M. Lubanski has gone to Paris, in the hope of con stituting a committee to carry out this plan. The principal committee is to hold its meetings in St. Petersburg. The idea of uniting Europe with Central Asia by a railway has acquired a real im portance since the complete conquest of the Cau casus. Additional gold mines have been disco vered in Eastern Siberia, in the distiicts of Verch nesudinsk and Minominski. The financial position of the country is the most serious ques tion at present. It occupies public attention even more than the emancipation of the peasants, which is, however, sufficiently serious. I have to announce to you the death of Gen. Rostowzeff, who was mixed up in so sad a manner with the remarkable conspi racy of Dec. 26, 1825. The information given by the general contributed to the failure of the conspi rators, although the Emperor Nicholas had a nar row escape of losing the throne on whi c h h e h a d scarcely been seat e d. Gen. Rostowzeff was loaded with dignities and honours. He was placed at the head of all the military institutions of the empire, and, in late years, was appointed President of the Superior Committee of Emancipation. II? died after a tedious and painful illness. The Emperor Alexan der, hearing that the general's end was approach ing, quitted a- ball to attend at his last moments. The Emperor is profoundly afflicted at the death of General Rostowzeff, and has ordered that his fune ral shall be on the grandest scale." [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills and Ointment. - Acidity, Heartburn, Flatulency, Erysipelas.—This formid able array of ailments will aGt alarm those who have once witnei.sed the happy manner lit which each and all of them yield to the purifying influence of these Pills. Their effect is vastly inereas,Al by rubbing the part (or the skin over the part affected) with Holloway's Ointment, which passes through the skin, and acts upon every organ placed internal to the por tion rubbed. It is wonderful how indigestion succumbs to such treatment, which always gives relief in a short time. Erysipelas, gout, and rheumatism are always accompanied by disordered stomach, which th e same remndies!readily rectify by purifying the blood and regulating the action of the liver, kidneys, and bowels. PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD. NEW POLY2'.EC.HNIU COM PA NY. A meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday, at the Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street, Mr. Gurney, M.P., in the chair. The report was read, which stated that this meet ing of shareholders had been cal'ed to make a brief report of the steps taken in the formation of the New Polytechnic Company. The' present number of shares taken is 859, on 752 of which the first call has been paid, amounting to £752. The 859 shares at £7 per share will yield £6,013, and £515 dona tions make up £6,528. A loan iv: 3 per cent. hrs been offered with which. to commence operations. The official managers having determined to offer the property for sale by public auction, it is ob viously inexpedient fin• this con pany to enter into any direct negotiation for the purchase until after the result of the auction shall have been ascertained. Should eligible terms of purchase he obtained by this company from the official managers of the late Polytechnic Company, it is -probable that another call will be forthwith made upon the shareholders. not exceeding £6 per share. The whole of the pre liminary expenses of the company up to the present date amounts to less than £2OO. The report was unanimously adopted, and the directors having been appointed, Mr. GASON moved, "That the directors be autho rised to enter into terms for the purchase of the building, including the great theatre, for a sum not exceeding £4,000, en such terms as they consider, beneficial ; and if they. enter into such contract, tip make a call on the shareholders not exceeding .t 8 per share." Mr. M'KENZIE seconded the resolution, which', after some discussion, was adopted by a large majority. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings.. TRADE WITH JAPAN. The entire correspondence explaining the causes of the suspension of trade witu Japan has been published. Its chief features have already been de tailed, and there is every probability that the expo sure now made of the conduct pursued by our com mercial people at the ports of that kingdom will be attended with summary effect. As the French and American au th or i t i es h ave man i fested a full disposition to co-operate with our own Consul- General in the task of repression, a perfect cure may be hoped. Otherwise, as the Japanese place all foreigners in the same category, only very limited benefit could accrue from steps directed against Englishmen. The statements now furnished con firm the fact that the profit recently obtainable on the exchange of silver for geld was 100 per cent., and that representatives of some British houses in the East have been eagerly and unscrupulously carrying on this traffic, until their acquisitive mania overpowered all sense of decency or self-respect. The silver currency of Japan consists of coins called itzebons, which can be obtained at a specific rate in exchange for dollars upon application at the Go vernment Treasury. Tin - . e are also gold pieces termed kobangs, the exportation of which is prohi bited. Owing to such prohibition, which is believed to have been in force more than two centuries, the natives, when the trade of the country was opened to foreigners in September last, were ignorant of the relative value of the two metals. There was a general rush, therefore, on the part of the foreigners to buy up the gold, but to obtain the.means it was necessary to get dollars 'exchanged for the silver itzebons, in which alone business could be carried on. The Government Treasury was consequently besieged, and, as the officials got into confusion and could not supply the demand with sufficient ra pidity, some of the speculators seem. to have hit upon the device of sending in c'.aims for preposter ous amounts, on the assumption, doubtless, that if each applicant only got a percentage of what he asked by asking enough he might get quite as much as he was prepared to pay for. The plan of course soon found imitators, and at last requisitions were sent in of a vulgar and insulting character. A Mr. B. Telge applied on one day for change for 250 millions of dollars, equal to 50 millions ster ling. Mr. J. S. Barber contented himself with ask ing for four millions, but Messrs. Thomas Eskrigge and Thomas Tatham sent in lists of the names of pretended clients formed out of a multitude of slang terms, and for totals beyond any extent that can be comprehended. In addition to these proceed ings, the inhabitants were subjected to constant annoyances from the drunken crews of our own and other foreign vessels, which led in some cases to fatal retaliations on innocent persons. Under the circumstances, therefore, the Government of Japan, by various indirsct contrivances and pro hibitions, have placed impediments in the way of trade which operates as a total stoppage. The probability of a return to a better order of things will, of course, depend upon the results of the vigorous reprobation with which the delinquents by whom it has been caused have been visited by their respective consuls. PAPER CURRENCY IN INDIA. The minute of Mr. Wilson on the subject of a paper currency in India has been received in this country, together with a strong recommendation from the Governor-General for its adoption. Mr. Wilson attaches much importance to the considera tion,that the introduction of such a system sho'ild take place only under circumstances to render it apparent to the population that it is founded solely on a de_ire to give sound financial facilities, and not as a palliative to meet Government exigencies. The time for carrying it out appears to him to have arrived, and he therefore suggests the means. After recapitulating certain leading axioms regarding a convertible currency intended to be a legal tender, Mr. Wilson recommends that the function of issu ing such notes should, in India, be assumed by the Government, especially as they already have agen cies in all localities to collect the land and general revenues. The managing Board should, however, be specially appointed, and should be removable only by the India Secretary in England, their duties being strictly limited to the exchange of notes for coin or for other notes, as may be demanded, and the maintenance of the prescribed securities. They would constitute a board of currency commissioners, and should be established in an office at the Mint. The brunch issues are to be in specified provincial circles, under deputy commissioners ; and the notes of each circle are to be payable in coin at their places of issue, the whole being a legal tender in every part of the country, and receivable for all Government dues. Probably also the notes of each circle will be made payable at the capital of the Presidency in which they arc issued, which would greatly add to their convenience. Silver coin and foreign bullion are to be purchased at a fixed price. The provision for the convertibility of the notes is to consist of such an amount. of coin as may be deemed expedient, with the condition that it sha ll never be less than one-thi r d o f t h e i ssues, the re mainder being represented by Government ties. In order that the re may b e only one dsecuCl:Ti tion of notes in circul a ti on , arrangem ents wouldb CSlpe made to substitut e th ose o f the Government for those at present outstanding of the Bank of Bengal. The Government Treasury will transfer a large pro portion of its stock of gold to the currency commis sioners in exchange for notes, and all public pay ments will thenceforth be made in notes. Monthly Gazette returns are to be published. With respect to the various denominations of notes, looking at the small character of most of the individual mone tary transactions in India, they are proposed to be for amounts equal to 105.,13, £2, £5, £lO, and £5O. Perfect security against forgery will, it is considered, be found by adopting notes manufac turel in the same manner as those of the Bank of England, at which establishment the first issues, as well as the machinery for future issues, will be pre pared. The ultimate extent to which a paper cir culation might be carried in India is eFtimated to be of extraordinary magnitude. In the last 23 years £105,000,000 sterling has been coined in that country, and added to the previous stock either in the shape of ornaments or currency. With the view to economy, the notes in India, instead of being cancelled on presentation, as at the Bank of England, will be retained for re-issue. Finally, it is proposed, in order that the introduction of the system may be gradual, that it should first be ap plied in the district of Calcutta, and next at Bom bay and Madras, its extension into the interior of each Presidency being effected according to circum stances mad convenience. A minute of Mr. Wilson has also been forwarded by the Governor-General on the proposal to intro duce a gold currency into India. Mr. Wilson ad mits that if we were now instituting a system of metallic currency in India a gold standard would be preferable, but that all the contracts in that country having been made in silver an arbitrary change could not be effected without a violation of right. The withdrawal of gold from the Bank yester day for exportation was £16,000. Most of the amounts re • cently taken have been for transmission to Spain: _ . .. . . t iNTIVSPAPER . ~.4. : ,1 / 4 ,):„.....-., iiG IN 211 E ..illt i r, _,!- . A4 1: 4 —:14. , 4--4:3 -; pfi, ~. ...6 4 , , fit v.:• t. , .../, ‘ : ... , ) PUBLIC MEF,TING AT 1 ' -'-- iy - ' .„.._ .-----,4 ,-,.5i i .2 7 , Last evening, at eight o'clock, 71 : 114 - ' - - - -.' tended public meeting of the inhabit of oo ' with was held at the Town Hall, to promote the objects of the Society for the Abolition of Flog ging in the Army and Navy. The chair was occu pied by the Rev. J. Cathie, LL.D. (Conort gat ional), who briefly alluded to the objects; of the niei tin,;. The following letter was read from Alderman Salotnons, M.P.:—" I regret that I cannot attend your - meeting, owing to a. long-standing engage ment. The subject of corporal p' u in the .army and n-tyy engrosses mizett attenti,n in the House of Commons. Its immediate and entire abo lition does not seem likely to beat once sanctioned, but this puni s h men t w ilt be guarded by. such le strictious, that we may indulge the hope of its en tire disapearance from the putti,tonent code of the army and navy, or ails being applied only in ex treme cases." Letters expressive of regret for unavoidable ab sence were also read from Mr. Bristow, M.P. tor Kidderminster; Mr. B. Jerrold, and other gentle men. Capfain RAYMOND, 8.N., late ecunnander of Lir Majest:i 's steam ve:_i el Onyx, peptised the first resolution :—" That this meeting expresses its te gret, that not wit 6tanding the ameliorating orders recently issued from the Horse Guards and the Admiralty, the practice of flogging still exists in the army and navy of this country—a practice which they believe to be degrading, unnecessary, and entirely opposed to those principles which should govern a highly civilised and Christ ian com ' ------ " --- --Hc observed that many years' experi ence in the loyal Navy had convinced him of the fact that there were other and better modes of punishment than the lash, which only tended to make a bad man worse. Re was enabled to keep order on board hi s s hip by s t opp i ng the men's liberty to go on shore, - and also by a stoppage of their tobacco money, and he found this mode of punishment the most effectual. • . 1 gr, -81.6:NtA, in seconding, produced the lash, and observed that God never created a man for the purpose.ef being tortured by such an instrument. He trusted that the constituencir:s wbo 'wished to abolish the lash would act upOil their members, as that was the only plan to obtain art abolition of the inhuman system, which had been tried long enough, and had ever been found wanting as an agent for the prevention of crime. Such a mode of punishment was worthy only of the dark ages, and ought instantly to be abolished. Dr. GOURLEY moved the second resolution : " That the entire absence of this mode of punish ment in the well-disciplined forces of some other countries, and the experience gained in regiments and ships in her Majesty's service where flogging has been abandoned, proved that the continuance of the system is unnecessary." In the course of a long address the speaker referred to his experience in the French army as a proof that the most per fect discipline could be maintained without the use of the lash. The British recruit, on entering the army, was first initiated into drunkenness and then flogged for being drunk. The officers got drunk, in proportion to their numbers, ten times more than the men ; and when in the army he had always opposed flogging, unless the same punish ment was meted out to officers as well as men. The Rev. Dr. HEWLETT, of Islington, seconded the motion,. and expressed his belief that the punishment of the lash would ere long be abolished . by the voice of the people. ..- The Rev. T. TUFFIELD moved the adoption of a petition founded upon the resolutions, and stated that the Society for the Abolition of Flogging in tended to hold meetings throughout the country to evoke that public opinion necessary to success. 'rite resolutions were adopted, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. TURECK OF ANOTHER STEAMER. --♦-- Yesterday, the following correspondence was received at Lloyds', reporting the wreck of a steamer off St. David's llead, and the loss of all on board, in the gale on Tuesday morning : "Church-court, Clement's-lane, Feb. 29. " Sir,—We annex a copy of a letter received this morning from our correspondent at St. David's. " We are, Sir, &c., " It. G. JONES PRICE and Co. " To Captain Halstead, lt.N., Secretary, Lloyds'. " ' To MESSRS. R. G. JONES PRICE AND CO. " St. David's Head, Feb. 28. " Gentlemen, I have the painful news to inform you of the loss of a large steamer this morning, about nine o'clock, off this head, half-a-mile to the northward. The unfortunate vessel was seen about eight o'clock between the South Bishop and Ramsay Island, driven before the gale, and to all appearance under no command. She struck on the rocks, and parted in three compartments. About thirty per sons were seen on board, including some six sol diers, ono woman with four little children, which were seen clinging to her when last observed. Three of the unfortunate creatures on board each took to a lifebuoy and jumped into the sea. Two of them were seen to sink very soon. The other man was assisted by some spars, and kept on the water for about an hour, but ultimately perished. An at tempt was made to throw a rope on shore, but to no pur pose, as the sea was running too high. With the exception of the three sufferers before mentioned, all on board disappeared with the vessel. Their cries were heartrending. As yet not a single par ticle of the wreck has come ashore. Expect to save some things on the ebb. Description of the vessel—three masts, two whitewashed funnels, top black; yellow paddleboxes, figure-head with a red jacket, port-anchor down, a railway truck on hoard. Her name, in white, could not be made out. Fur ther news next post, Write this to save post.—l remain, &e., J. WILLIAMS." On the receipt of this intelligence a telegraphic message was immediately forwarded to St. David's Head, in order to obtain the name and further par ticulars of the ill-fated ship, but owing to their being a break in the telegraphic eommunicotion of some forty miles on this section of the South Wales coast, no reply had been received up to late last evening. It is generally believed that the unfortunate vessel was from sonic port in Ireland, but whether bound to Liverpool or London is yet to be ascer tained. COVFESSION OF A DOUBLE MURDER. Little more than three years ago, the murder of an aged couple, attended with circumstances of the most horrible atrocity, was perpetrated in the rural and secluded village of Bolton-upon-Dearne. On the night of the 4th December; 1856, it will be re membered that Luke White, an aged person, who was the village p os t mas t er, an d kept a small drug gist's shop, and was also a local preacher, while apparently engaged in preparing his sermon for the following Sunday, heard some one come to his shop door, and on going to see what was wanted he was knocked down and ruthlessly murdered. His wife, hearing a noise in tl'e shop, appeared, whilst going i along the passage !ending from the house into the shop, to see what was the matter, to have b ' eelit found met and also murdered ; both bodies 1)(. weltering in a large pool of blood in_ the _ e of the next day . il lo g rt noon and d ou t g he been committe d were Nti t :i a sirle, of ai a td r t o h b e b a ry ff i a l i i h r was ing u ' :l te C r3 o . l . )be A enshrouded in impenctrab c le ol t o T t • every . effort was made . by . superintendents of the n , ighbeui ing diviions of . cons tabulary, and large rewards 'were offered, not the slightest clue could be found to the perpetrators of the horrid crime; and the coroner's inquest, after sitting a considerable time, was oblige 4 to retura an open verdict. Recently, we are glad__to e _ v say, circumstances have transpired which are lik ely L. r... throw some light upon the tragedy. " will be that on the day the murder wase been l) in trated an Irish hawker was said to the village of Bolton vending afterwards, nor no clue could be obtained of h o lm be conuecteci nor could he in any way be shown t caps and small wares, with the deed. penal servitude at Pot ts mouth, has made to be undergoing six Sears' e During the last week an ' lrish hawker , who is said t ments to a companion gaol in which he is under going his impr i sonment, to the affe_aetirhrte.ainTsbease were ecuninvnieated to the governor o f the and information has nI P rI s ince been forwat d e d to Mr. AA c d wood, supetin ten nt of the West Riding cons tabulary, at Don caster, w ho has long exerted himself t o o bt a i n a clue to the tragedy. Mr. Astwood, we understand, has been to Portsmouth and had an interview with t h e hawker, who is said to have pointed out the guilty parties, stating that although he himself did not commit the murder, he was in the house when the two aged parties were lying dead on the floor. The names of ,the perpetrators have not transpired. The most active inquiries have been going on for some days, and information of the facts having been communicated to the Secretary of State, we are in formed that warrants have been issued for the re moval of the prisoner (from Portsmouth to York, and the apprehension of the parties eriminated.— Manchester Examiner. REMARKABLE FEAT IN ARCHERY.—At the Leeds Archery Ground, on Saturday last, a feat worthy of Tell was achieved by :the principal officer of the club. During the practice at 100 yards a sparrow was observed. upon the tarlcct. Two gentlemen took aim at the intruder, and the arrow of the captain (Mr. Wauch'p) p assed through the bird's body. The feat is, we believe one of the most remarkable on record in connexion with archery. —Leeds Mercury.