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Ass THE INTTERCOLONIAL ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMP ANY (LIMITED). Capital, £25,000, in 12,500 Shaies of. £lO each. -- DIRECTORS. The Hon. ROBERT Flllla — iiliEVILLE, Castle Hall, Milford, South Wales, -Chairman. Rear-Admiral the Right Hon. Lord George Paulet, C.B. Z. C. Pearson, Esq., Hull and London. Thomas Cave, Esq., 52, Threadneedle-street. James Coleman, Esq., 34, Great St. Helen's. Edward Daunatt, Esq., Hull. James Cooper, Esq., Elm House, Brixton (late of Sydney). George Ellison, Esq., Hull. John Dalton Dannatt,-Esq., Redbourne, Lincolnshire. George Edmett, Esq., The Bower, Maidstone. (With power to add to their number.) _ AUDITORS. Directors' Auditor—John Loft, Director of the Hull and Selby Riilwai. Shareholders' Auditor to be appointed out of the Shareholders at their first General Meeting. BANKERS Messrs. "Sapte, Banbury t Nl - 1 . c, -- 3iiiiiieson, and Co., 77, Lom- w bard:street. Solicitor—C. S. Todd, Esq., Hull. Broker—Thomas Dyer, Esq., 6, Bank Chambers, Lothbury. Secretary—Mr. James Worley. Managing Director—Z. C. Pearson,Esq. OFFICES. • 41, Moorgate-street, London ; and Russia Chambers, Hull. This Company has been formed to acquire and work out the valuable Contract entered into by Messrs. Pearson, Cole man, and Co., with the Lords of the Admiralty, for an exclu sive Monthly Mail Service between -Sidney and - the principal ports of the colony of New Zealand; for- a term of ten years, and for the further object of meeting - the requirements of the increasing trade between Australia, New Zealand, and this Country. A printed copy of the Contract may be inspected at the Company's Offices, by which it will be seen that the condi tions are fair and equitable, and hold out a highly remunera tive prospect to the contractors. .- In consideration of four efficient, steam vessels being fur nished, to be inspected and approved by the Admiralty pre vious to. their departure from England, her Majesty's Go vernment has granted a subsidy of £24,000 a-year for the first four years of the Cpntract, and £22,000 a-year for the remain ing six years of the term, and additional mileage is granted at the original contract price (viz., lls. per mile), for all extra distances. The steamers are at liberty to carry passengers and cargo In additionAci the mails._ . . . The distance from Sidney to :Nelson is 1,080 miles, and on the Branch Line from Nelson to Wellington, Auckland, Can terbury, New Plymouth, and' Otago, is, on the whole, 727 miles ; toperfOrm which, seven days are allowed each way on the Main Line, and;six days on the Branch Line. - The Contractors, although bound to use all diligence to perform the voyages within the agreed time, have only accepted this-Contract on condition that the system of fining for non-punctual performance, which has been so detrimental to some subsidised companies, should not be enforbed except in cases of wilful neglect. Messrs. Pearson; Coleman, and • Co., have fitted out four strew stcauiers, "The Prince Alfred," 1,200 tons, builder's measurement, and 200 -horse- power-, "The Lord Ashley," and "Lord Worsley," of MO team and 100 borse-power re 6Pectively; anti'Vhe ic - Alredale," of 480 tons, and 100 hdise power. These ships have-been furnished with duplicate ma chinery, and are in every way well adapted for the purposes required ; they have been surveyed, highly approved, passed by the Government Surveyor, and have been purchased by the Company. The "Lord Ashley," "Lord Worsley," and "Prince Alfred," have already sailed for New Zealand with full car goes and complements of passengers, and the "Airedale" will, be despatched in October. The payment of the subsidy commences on the departure of the first vessel with the mails on board. In addition to the income derivable from the Government subsidy, the. steamers will obtain a portion of the existing trade between New Zealand and Australia, and also of the New Zealand coasting trade. From the estimates annexed to the prospectus, which have been very carefully made up, and revised by most competent authorities, there is no doubt a large income will be derived from this source. The net annual earnings, on half cargoes only, are thus estimated : For the Main Line £17,272 For the Branch Line 9,001 £26,273 Deduct for Home Management and Expenses, say 2,273 And a profit of more than 20 per Cent remains for Dividend to Shareholders. It is proposed to raise a Capital of £125,000, in 12,300 shares of £lO each, £5 to be paid one month after allotment, and further sums as may be required; but no call shall be made at an interval of less than three months after the first pay ment. Messrs. Pearson, Coleman, and Co. subscribe for £40,000 of the capital on precisely the same terms as the re mainder is offered to the public. A. proposition has been submitted to the Directors to extend the service from Monthly - to Bi-monthly Sailings ; as also to undertake, upon equally advantageous terms, nearly the whole of the Intere,olonial Mail Service for the Australian Continent. The negotiations for these extensions, when more fully developed, will be submitted to the shareholders for their consideration. AppliCations for Shares must be made either at the Com pany's Offices, 41, Moorgate-street, or Russia Chambers, Hull, or to the Broker, Thomas Dyer, Esq., 6, Bank-chambers, Lothbury, on the accompanying Form ; and no application Will be considered unless a deposit of Five Shillings on each Share applied "for be previo us ly p a id t o th e 'Company's Bankers. • The deposit will be returned if the application be not ac ceded to. • - FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.. TO.THE DIRECTORS OF TIIE INTERCOLONIAL.ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY (LIMITED). Gentlemen,—l have this day paid into Messrs. Sapte, Ban bury, Nix, Mathieson, . and Co., to your credit, the sum of , being . a deposit of Five Shillings per Share on Shares in the above Company,, and I. request you to allot me that number of Shares, which I hereby agree to accept, or any less number you may be pleased to allot me. Name Profession or Business Address Date INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858. Itstablished 1837.—Payment of Premium within Days of Grace.—lt always has been, and still is, the practice of this 'Society to pay claims under policies of assurance, notwith standing the death of the assured occurring within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the annual premium, provided payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to :the office before the expiration of such days of grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman, THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE. SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. Pampowe eed by Act of Parliament for LIFE ASSURANCE SIMVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. W. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry - J. Hodgson, Esq. Samuel King-Church. Esq. Johd Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., John Symes, Esq. F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO TILE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Young. • lIIEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford row. The next Qu in May, 1860. Linquennial Division of Profits will be declared mples of Bonus up to liay, 185.5 : Policy Sum Bonus in Bonus in Permanent taken Age. Assured. addition Cash. Reduction out in to Sum of Annual Assured. Premiums. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 428 1 4 56 3 8 1841 48 4,000 749 4' 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 1845 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 1848 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2 1851 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 6 7 7 NEW AND IMPORTANT. DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. • Patent Ofßoe Seal of . Great Britain; -liipiome d'Ecole de PharmacM" narittlfelett do raMs. Inapcnal - College of Me= dicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR Nos. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, km. adapted for both sexes. 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The following are amongst the advantages offered by the International Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every five years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report , amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six, thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims upwards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.C. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious article of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already its celebrity is world-wide. 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To which arc added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing; the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life," and its advantages in detecting" by urinary examina tion, the cause and effect of everyvariety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases BY SAMUEL LA'MERT M.D. 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono rary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Li centiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fear ful consequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses i which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation n Manhood, and prema ture de cay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease kno wn t o modern pathologists. 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Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints, effectually removed by DU BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. 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Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn BRUTAL MURDER IN SOMERS' TOWN Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, - a desperate affray took place between a number of men, most of whom are employed on the - Great Northern Railway, and reside in Agar Town, the result of which was that one of the combatants, Philip Donatty, was so fearfully injured that he expired a few minutes after being taken home. It appears that on Wednesday evening a quarrel took place at a public-house in Brewer-street, owing to an alleged insult given to Donatty's wife, and most of the party assembled being Irish a general riot took place, which did not end until many were severely injured, the police taking into custody the most active in the affray. Yesterday morning, at the time above stated, Donatty was returning to his work, after having had his breakfast, when he was furiously assailed by three or four men (not yet in custody) who all struck at him until the unfor tunate man fell senseless upon the pavement, when the brutal ruffians kicked him about the head, and, having as they supposed left liim for dead, fled, pursued by the incensed mob, but no police being at hand, succeeded for the present in effecting their escape. The unfortunate victim of the bloodthirsty attack was conveyed to his lodging in Cromer street, St: Pancras, and a surgeon from the Free Hospital sent for, who promptly attended, but the unhappy man was found to be lifeless. Informa tion has been forwarded to Mr. Wakley, the coro ner. The police are in active search for the offenders, who are Irishmen, and well known in Agar Town. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-SEPT. 30. The market was quiet from the opening, and closed at the highest prices, but very little business was transacted. —Eastern Counties, 12 I—Caledonians, 881 881—Great Western, 541 541—Lancashire and Yorkshire ? 961_ 961 Sheffield, 351 I—Midland, 98i I—North British, 581 / Berwicks, 951 I—Dovers, 21 22—Dutch Rhenish, 311 d. —Leeds Northern, 481 9—York and North Midland, 77/ 71 —Great Western of Canada, 18 181—Grand Trunks, 10 101—Chester and Ilolyhead, 35 61—Blackburns, 10 11—Birkenheads, 68—London and North-Westerns, 92 —East Lancashire, 93 94. MANCHESTER-SEPT. A limited business was doing in the market to-day, but prices firm. Chester Guaranteed 8 per Cent. 17—Trunks, 10—East Lancashire, 931—Midlands, 981 Sheffield, 35 4 / —Dovers, 21 15-16—Leeds, 961—Eastern Counties, 121— Berwicks, 951—Canadas, In--Ditto new, 2 3-16 d. BIRINIINGILAM-SEPT. 30. Prices were firm to-day, but little doing, as follows : London and North-Western, 92—Ditto Eighths, lk dis.— North Staffords, 41 d—Shropshire Udions, 44 ;--Birming ham Canals, 93k --Birmingham Gas Co., A, 143. When the last passengers came up from the Mauritius to Aden, the one hotel at the latter place was shut up, and the passengers were obliged to live on board the colliers in the harbour until the Bombay steamer arrived. The rifle cannon which were tried at the Poly gon of Gavre, near Lorient, have, it appears, been adopted by the Emperor for the navy i and a good number, of a similar pattern, are manufacturing at the Imperial foundry at Rouelle. SUPERIOR SALUBRITY OF EN GLAND.—The Regis trar- General, in his last report on births, deaths, and mar riages, says that it is now well established by extensive observation, that England is the healthiest country in Europe. France stands next to England in salubrity. In the continental cities the annual rate of mortality is sel dom less than 30 in 1,000 ; and frequently as high as 40. In London the rate of mortality is only 25 in 1,000. Statistical records prove that " the climate of England is eminently salubrious ;" and it has not yet been shown that the climate of any part of the continent is more salu brious than this island ; crowned with hills of moderate elevation, sloping towards the south and east; bathed by the showers of the Atlantic ; drained naturally by rivers running short courses to the sea ; cultivated more exten sively than other lands, and producing those unequalled breeds of sheep, cattle, and horses ' which flourish only in healthy places. The healthiest parts of England are not yet places of general resort, but the annual mortality in the various districts comprising watering-places seldom exceeds 21 in 1,000 of the population, and is probably lower in those regions of the districts to which visitors resort. The lowest mortality at the English watering-places, as they are rather vaguely designated, occurs at Eastbourne—only 15 in 1,000; Worthing, the Isle of Wight, Mutford (including Lowes toft), Barnstaple'(llfracombe inclusive), and Anglesey, 17 in 1,000 ; Hastings, Upton-on-Severn (including Malvern), and Aberystwith, 18 in 1,000; the Isle of Thanet Newton Abbot (including east and south - east of Devon), 19 in 1000. After these the mortality rises gradually to 23 and 24, which numbers represent the somewhat less salubrious districts of Yrrrr oath and Bath. Clifton also stands as high as 23, but a part of Bristol is included. Tunbridge Wells stands at 20, Dover at 21, Cheltenham at 20, Warwick (Leamington) a' 20, Derbyshire (Buxton, Matlock, &c.) 20, Scarborough at 21, Harrogate at 20, Whitby at 21, Kendal at 20, and Bangor at 21. "It should always be borne in mind," says the Registrar, " in selecting places of resort, that, through the peculiar nature of zymotic diseases, places usually healthy are periodically visited by epidemics, which can only be avoided by consulting recent returns, or by actual inquiries on the spot. The cleansing and sewerage of all watering places require improvement, as their arrangements were trade witeu aaliMuy ficie4oQ WM At Ipw ebb. THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER. ENDING SEPTEMBER 30. No. I.—An Absfract of the Gross Produce of the _Revenue of the United _Kingdom, in the rndermentioned Periods, ended Sept, • _ with the Corresponding Periods of the Preceding Year. 30; - 188, compared ' QUARTERS ENDED It YEAR .-....:., .. _ .. QUARTERS ENDED YEAR .. „---- ____ , —.._L_l.--..,-...i „' ended ._.. - -----, ended '. • c Dec. 31, , March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, I - Sept. 30, .Dec. 31,. March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Sept. 30, 1857 1838 -- 1858 1858. . - 1 ' 1858.) '. :' 1836 1857 ' 1857 1857 18.57. - - I---._ . _ .. • x CUSTOMS ' i , 5,2",90,018 5,888,352 5,879,039 6,113,422 ! 23,472,831 . 0,232,173 . 5n4 600 - 6,149,319 - • 5,481;385 22,106,509 - -CUSTOMS. ' a, 3 , EXCISE ,„ 4,769,000 3,251,000 4,626,000 5,083,000 I 17,731,000 - .4,816,000 9,868,000 - 4,501;000 5,298,000 17,310,000 - 'EXCISE: p STAMPS --* 1 , 761 , 000 2,051,973 2,083,370 1,8;31,000, .I I 7,728,343 . 1,838,000 .1,905,477 _ 1,830491 1,752;235 7,346 223 -8T Alllyi l TAXES ..-; 1,361,000 .3 0 8, 0 3 3 , 1,3 2 6,000 141,000- i - 3,136,033 - '1,356,000 260,020 1,324,000 - 139,000- 3.009;020 - - TAXES. PROPERTY TAX 808,437 3,300,601 1,199,587 2,454,000 7,5, - -.2,625 - 1 1,423,464 6,912,483- - 2,445,510 4,931,537 15,753,024 -. PROPERTY TAX. yosT OI'FICE - 3,023,000 r 748,000 777,000 , 675,000 730,000 2,930,060 POST OF F IC& . CROWN LANDS e • 82,000 • - 70,00 0 64,000 60,9 - 10 276,910 - I - 86,000 57,000 61,000 ,-- -60i654 ; 277,654 CIgOWN LANDS. MISCELLA ED U S ..... ... 725,707 345,360 335,910 531,090 l i 1 , 938 , 7,27 195,482 425,569 , 256,382 . 269,438 1,147,231 31ISCELLANEOUS. TOTALS 15,907,162 16,010,319 116,279,066 116,904,052 II 65 ' 161,499 I 16,695,481 18,319,119 , 17','281,70 I 18,682,2 ; 69 ' - /1,178,661 II TOTALS.. • - I , . . ... . , I No. ll—lncrease and Decrease in the Quarter, Half-year, and Year ended Sept. 30, 1858, as compared with the Corresponding Periods of the Preceding Year. . . .: . . . Quarter ended Sept 30, 1858. • Half-year ended Sept 30, 1858. - Year ended Sept. 30, 18583 .... . .... .. _____.... _ - - , . _.: -.......; :!...-.... Increase; , Decrease. - - Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. - t _ CUSTOMS 01,037 363,727 306,322 • • CU • S'TOMS. I • - - ._ _ EXCISE • 01,000 212,000 EXCISE, - - . ~. . 21i,000 .• STAMPS 78,745 - 312,624 . 382,120 • • STAMPS. :-- - TAXES - - - 113,000 •• 1 . 6,000 37,013 TAXES, _ - I'ROPERTITAX 2,477,537 . . 3,733,190 .. 7,90:,399 PROPERTY TAX. POST OFFICE - POST. gwvE..,,,,, ; CROWN LANDS MISCELLANEOUS .......... - -• • . ,_,...,M,ISCELI4NEOVS. , , __ _ . TOTALS - ( V 0 320 I el Z26.`2 6 3 1 1.12k42,7- 3 843 140 ' 1 SEL'AML,.. , - I _ 7,6frt,144, • - - -TOPAL.S.-•• - .• '..- - - ' " - , , • . . •• '' r '• , -,-40 11 / 2 1 -%•--- , -"- - ~ ..• ‘..._. -______ ... ______.. ~ - 7 - " Y -.., __ ..... ,`•'7,7 -- . .7, ____...., _________. -:- . - , -,•••••,.... ••-•••••-•-•-•-•-• • •-••• DECREASENET £1,718,217 £2,720,013 •• .EXCISE, • - S'rAMPS. s: ` 1 -- - many important modifications ; •• - TAXES. , . ft •t ~.„1 „ - - ! free to -idihit that if the time ha( .. , 7,9A39 PROPE'Inut TAX. - •-•-•-• -"'''' the transfer of power from the 1 - , -••- rosT OF.k.leE. _ - long wisely and successfully -, 714 • CROWN - LANDS. • - , ' - :.A;0 n..-- ~MISCIMLASEOUS. ~ - *- longer be postponed, - I$ zt — trica 1 -4 1 ..:,, 2,004.4 v ...-- • ---TOT:A. ...‘ ~... -- : --- - :-4tukilY_Osnine'to' iiti.A , Meted i liable to serious objection: Ev, ,017,162 i IS - NT DI:CREASE. government depends mainly for No. lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858 ; the Application of the same ; and the Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge. - Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended - June 30,1838, : Great Britain Ireland X-t 16,054 416,054 Income received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858, as shown in Account I 16,964,052 Amount received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858, in repayment of Advances for Public Works, ecc 427,042 £17,807,148 Balance, being the deficiency on the 30th Sept., 1858; upon the charge of the Con solidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends and other charges payable in the Quarter to Dec. 31, 1858, and for which Exchequer Bills-We liciency) will be issued in that Quarter 1,191,857 10,00'2,005 . ARMY CLOTHING CONTRACTS. WEEDON, TRIJIISDAY EVENING. The commissioners reassembled this 'morning shortly after eleven o'clock—Mr. Selfe in the chair —for the purpose- of continuing their inquiry into the contract system as carried on. at Weedon. . Eli Coats was the first witness, and in reply to queitions by the Chairman, he said he was em ployed in the packing-room When he first came , to Weedon in March, 1856. His wages were 15s. a-week. He remained in the packing-room only about three weeks, when Mr. Elliott sent him into the boot-room, where he remained only three weeks longer, being objected to by Mr. - Watson, an in spector, on the ground that he passed goods too easily. He was then a labourer, partly in the yard and partly in the packing-room packing cloth. Ile left the service in July, 1857. His reason for leaving was because the wages were too low to support him. He had since been living by his trade of a shoemaker, and worked for Mr: Groom, of Northampton. He knew the witness Witham well, and saw him here last Saturday. Witham said to witness, " You'll be wanted up there," and he said he should be very glad to give any evidence he could. He had been a packer with "Witham for some time. He remembered on more than one occasion Witham saying to Daly, a viewer, that some cloth he was packing was damp, and Daly's reply was that " the cloth was wanted, and it must go. By Col. French—He could not of himself say the cloth was damp. He only heard Witham say so. Mr. Watson used to set other viewers to look after boots that witness had:passed. While he was at Weedon he used to work, .for Mr. Groom during over-hours. At that time Mr. Groom was a con tractor. Witness never made a military boot for Mr. Groom while he was employed at Weedon. He knew Groves and Holmes, but he never heard • of Holmes charging Groves with taking bribes. The Chairman remarked it was odd that Witham should have conic on purpose to Weedon to see witness and pass a night there, and that he told witness • he should be wanted to give evidence, whereas - he seemed really to have no evidence to give. By Mr. Turner—He did not get any extra pay from Groom for work he made for hilt, on account of his being•a viewer at Weedon. • The Chairman said he should be sorry that the country should . have to pay £3 or £4 for printing the evidence of this witness ; if the commissioners wished to refresh their memory on it they could refer to very excellent sources of information. Col. French and Mr. Turner concurred: in this opinion, and the evidence was •ordered to be struck out of the•short-hand writer's notes. Mr. Thomas Randall, who represented the firm of Parker: and Co., Higham.:Ferrers, was next ex amined. .He- said his• firm were contractors for boots at Weedon, and had supplied altogether about 100,000 pairs of boots • they had been also engaged largely under the old system,. he did not think there was much difference in the profits under the old and the new systems. The inspection at Weedon was very rigid, but on the whole he had not any reason to complain of it ; he thought the objections made by the inspectors were reasonable; his house had never employed persons as boot makers who were emplo,yed at Weedon. Rethought it was necessary to have a strict inspection, but he considered it wonld be desirable to have some sort of reference in case of undue rejections. The prices now were lower than they used to be, although the articles supplied were equally good ; the country certainly had the benefit of that; he considered that open tenders were not always advantageous to the public, as when they became public the competition would have the effect of raising the prices. By Mr. Turner—The proportion of fluctuation of labour in the boot trade within the last three years was 10 per cent. ; the price of leather in the last two years had fluctuated about 100 per cent. In taking contracts from the Government when the materials and labour were high, contractors were satisfied to work for Government at almost no real profit in order to keep the Government contracts. By the Chairman—His house had determined their running contracts with Government some times on account of their not being able to do the work for the prices specified. By Col. French—He did na find that his goods suffered very rough treatment by the inspectors. By Mr. Turner—He did not think it would in fluence his calculations if there was a reference. He admitted that rejections were a loss, but the contractors took into their calculations that there would be some rejections. By the Chairman—lf there was an appeal, that would not have influenced his calculations at all. By Col. French.—Under the old system the "am munition" boots were supplied through the army clothier contractors. Mr. Thomas Wetherell, a bootmaker at North ampton, stated he had ;been in the habit of supply irrg boots to Government by contract, both under the old and new systems. The price now was higher but the articles were better. He supplied the Go vernment with about 3,000 pairs of boots per month for some years past. He considered that the in spection at Weedon was arbitrary. He had at times come over to Weedon to complain of rejections, but although the people at Weedon were very civil he found the same thing continued ; the rejections varied from 3 to 10 per cent. He had on some oc casions retouched up boots which had been rejected at Weedon and sent them again there, and they passed—having no other appeal he appealed to himself. (A laugh.) Chairman—Meal supnose your are quite satis fied with that mode of appeal? (Laughter.) Witness—No, because it places me in a false position. Witness went on to say that he did not complain of the inspection being always too rigid, latterly ; but he should like the inspectors to state the grounds of their rejection. He thought if there was a referee he should not be appointed by the Government. He believed the pay of such a referee would be very small, as the fact of there being a referee would make the inspectors more careful in rejecting goods, and consequently there would not be much for the referee to do. By Mr. Turner—ln the case of the boots which were first rejected, and on being sent in by him were passed again, he admitted be was appealing not only to Inmfielf, but OPO to the judgment or want of judgment of the inspectors. •(A laugh.) He gave all hiS *Orkpeople a honus on all boots 'they made for the Government to induce them to work well ;- and if any of the boots were returned he made a deduction from the pay of his workmen ; he was able to tell the work of each man by putting a number on the boots he made. He never gave a bribe to any of the people at Weedon nor did he know of any one who had, although he had heard the general rumours that bribery was practised at WeedOn". He did not himself-believe those rumours; but he believed more attention was paid at Weedon to some contraetors'.goodS than to others ; but that he considered only legitimate. • - The witness was here shown a pair of sealed pattern boots, which,he considered:were -not equal in material to the original patterns. As. a matter of opinion he thought the' back was East India kip, and the uppers were also kip but they *ere made some years, and that would afect their appearance. As to the soles, he thought they were English butt, although it was difficult to say, so much depended on the tanning, which greatly altered the original appearance of the leather. For his own credit, he should never hate put such material in a military boot. He thought from 7s. to Bs. would be a fair price for the Government to , pay for such boots, but he could not think the Government could pos sibly buy such boots. The Chairman remarked that whether they ought or ought not to have done so, it was a fact that the Government had bought these boots ; but it must be remembered that was two years ago. Another sealed pattern boot shown to witness he considered would be worth 9s. a pair. Mr. Randall was recalled to give his opinion 9f the boots: He considered that the-first boots-were - not proper to have been sealed patterns. The second patterns he considered much better, and concurred in the opinion of the last witness as to the comparative value of each pair of boots. Mr. Wetherell was also recalled to explain in what he complained of his boots which were re jected being handled with undue roughness by the inspectors. He also stated that the price he charged Government for his boots was 10s. a pair. Mr. Edward Furness, Lambs' Conduit-street, London, was next called. He stated he was a bootcloser, and had served a regular apprenticeship to the trade. He pronounced the boots already mentioned to be of very inferior material, the uppers being of East India kip of the most inferior kind, and the soles of foreign butt. They were not fit for soldiers' boots. He should say the value of them was not more than 7s. 6d. a pair. The other sample of boots was decidedly far better. Witness examined yesterday 874 pair of boots by the first or inferior pattern. He made out a lot of 390 pairs in which the uppers were worth more - than 20 per cent. than the pattern. A lot of 312 was about 7 per cent. in the uppers, but in the whole 874 pairs the soles were quite as good as the pattern, but he should not say they were boots that were good enough for the use of the troops, for when the boots got thoroughly saturated with wet a ridge formed inside, and the wearer was always afterwards walking on ploughed land. (A laugh.) He should say that such boots as these would not stand above nine days' hard walking in very wet weather, and he should not certainly say they were fit to be sent to the' troops in India during the rainy season. He considered the boot inspector ought to be a bootmaker. Mr. Turner—One equal to yourself, I presume. (A laugh.) Chairman—There is no vacancy at present, Mr. Furness. (Laughter.) Mr. W. Nicholls, a bootmaker at Rands, Nor thamptonshire, said he did not complain of the in spection at eedon, to which establishment he supplied a large number of boots. Last year he was startled by the large number of his boots re jected, and he came to Weedon to ascertain the cause. He saw Mr. Hoile, one of the inspectors, who sent two viewers with him to point out what were the faults in the boots, and the viewers pointed out " chalk marks," and also that the heels were too low. Subsequently he sent in these boots a second time to Weedon mixed up with other boots, and he had no doubt the greater part of them passed. Since that time very few of his boots had been rejected; the strictness of the in spection did " drive " him to be more careful in the quality of his boots. Mr. Turner—Then it was a wholesome lesson to you. (A laugh.) Witness, in answer to further questions, said if Government would furnish the contractors with an appeal he was sure the Government would have the benefit of it in lower prices. That appeal or referee would give him greater confidence, and he should say he could cut lower in his prices than to the extent of 2d. or 3d. a pair, which in the large number required would tell up soon. As Govern ment had already inspectors, he should say the referee ought to be a thoroughly practical man, and independent of the Government. He should just as soon pay his share of the expenses of the referee in case his goods were rejected as if they passed. He never gave a halfpenny nor a halfpenny's worth to any one at Weedon to make things pleasant," nor was he aware of any one who did. Five different pairs of boots were here placed on the table for witness to give his opinion of, respect ing which the chairman stated that the best and second best pairs were samples of boots which had been purchased by Mr. Levy at the Tower, the third and fourth samples were the present issue, and the fifth was the rejected lot. He considered that the fifth pair had no goodness in them, but they were as good as the sealed patterns. He could not conceive who had sealed such a pattern. Wit ncss considered it would not matter in the least to him if the boot depot was in London instead of being at Weedon. He valued the first pair of boots at 10s. 6d. ; the second at 10s. [These were a part of 200,000 pairs of boots sold at the Tower, purchased by Mr. Levy at ss. Old. a pair, re-sold by him to contractors, and then sent into Weedon by them and passed.] Mr. James Dowie, bootmaker, Charing-cross, wa s the next witness. He stated that the first and second pairs of the boots were part of what he had got from Mr. W. Shaw, who purchased from Mr. Levy, and Levy told him he bought them at the Tower. Pairs No. 3 and 4 were returned to wit ness 17 the Dumfries Militia ; they had been sup bplied from Weedon to the militia. The regiment ad been suddenly difienabodiecl a and haying thirty Net Amount applied out of the Income for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858, to re demption of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) for the Quarter ended June 30, 1858 Amount applied out of the Income to supply Services, in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1358 Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Sept. 30,1858, viz, : • Interest of the Permanent Debt • £5,524,049 Terminable Debt 1,430,325 Interest of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) • The Civil List Other Charges on Consolidated• Fund • Advances, fin' Public Works, &c. Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858, viz. : • Great Britain Ireland X83,0i1 £19,002,605 pairs of boots on hand which they did not want, he agreed, to take them off their hands. On exa mining them- -he found two pairs which were not of his making and on them he found the Aireedon mark, from which he inferred that they had been issued to the regiment from Weedon. He himself had not supplied any boots direct to the Dumfries .Militia.' " Mr. Randall and Mr. Wetherell were recalled, to say if they agreed with Mr. Nicholls as to the relative value of the. boots, and they both quite concurred in his opinion. _ In reply to Mr. Turner, Mr. Dowie stated that he got the first pattern pair of boots sealed by Sir Thomas Treubridye. Mr. J. L. Folkard said he was one of the inspec tors of boots ; he had been examined before the committee on contracts, and adhered to all the evidence he gave before that committee. He re membered making a representation, in conjunction with Mr. Watson, as to the state of the boots sent from the Tower to Weedon ; there were 170,000 pairs of boots packed in casks sent from the Tower to Weedon ; there were in all about 1,200 casks ; he only opened and examined four of the casks. In consequence of the representation made by wit ness and Mr. Watson, a committee was appointed, of which Mr. "Ramsay and Mr. C. S. Elliott were members, and witness was also a member. Evi dence was taken before that committee, and wit ness himself gave evidence on that occasion. The boots were re-inspected ; there were none of them thoroughly condemned; but 20,000 pair of them were sent to the Tower for sale, by direction of the Secretary for War. Mr. Watson selected those 20,000 pairs ; witness had nothing to do with it. Those 20,000 were taken indiscriminately from the good and bad lots into which the boots were divided. The Chairman remarked that this mode of pro ceeding passed his understanding. Witness was directed by the chaisinan to look at the five pairs of boots on the table as already stated. He said, with regard to one pattern, they were-such as he should not have passed. Chairman—We have had four practical boot makers here to-day, who concurred in the opinion that patterns Nos. 1 and 2 are better than 3 and 4. Do you agree in that ? Witness—l do. In answer to further questions, witness said that he and Mr. Watson would be responsible if these tioots were rejected and sent off to the Tower. By Mr. Turner—The 20,000 pairs of inferior boots sent to the. Tower were made up from the whole of the boots. The Chairman told the witness that he was not giving his evidence in a proper manner. He should remember that, although he was not upon his oath, he should give his evidence with the same solem nity as if he was. the witness went on to say—A cask was filled with all doubtful boots, and marked with D out side ; there were 10,000 of those doubtful boots sent in casks to the Tower ; and 10,000 more were also sent to the same place, which he believed had not been examined at all. He explained that the issue of stores formed no part of his duty—that being entirely the duty of Mr. Watson, which would ac, count for his not being able to give the commis sioners more satisfactory information. Mr. Noah Watson was the next witness. He stated that he was inspector of boots and shoes at Weedon. He had given evidence before the commit tee on contracts, and he adhered to that evidence now. Mr. Ramsay and Mr. Elliott came down to Weedon in con sequence of a report sent in by witness and Mr. Folkard as to the bad quality of boots sent from the Tower ; there was a re-inspection of all these boots. Nearly every barrel of the boots was opened, and the boots were taken out and examined. There were 20,000 pairs of boots sent off, which were worse than the 150,000 which were retained. The re-inspection of the boots began on 18th August, 1856, and continued till 27th September or 3d October. Witness took part in the re-inspec tion with six permanent viewers' and eight super numerary viewers. He found, on referring to his books, that the whole of the boots were not re-in spected, but nearly all were. There were three classes of boots, doubtful, good, and condemned, at the re-inspection. The re-inspection was ordered on the representation of Mr. Folkard and witness. His impression was that the whole of the Tower boots were to be sold, and he was sure that in that matter he was as careful in the re-inspection as if the goods were to be issued to the service. He should not condemn the boots (No. 1) now upon the table. There were on the whole 170,000 pairs of boots came from the Tower to Weedon. No. 3 and 4 were better than No. 2. Mr. Folkard was wrong in saying that the last 10,000 boots sent for sale at the Tower were taken indiscriminately from the 170,000 re-inspected.. He never saw any of Wright's patent boots at Weedon. He presumed there were other boots sold at the Tower besides these 20,000 pairs. Witness was under suspension at present owing to a dispute about Isaacs and Campbell's contract, but the discrepancy had just been rectified. which, he hoped, would lead to his restoration. He and Mr. Folkard were on perfect equality, and were on good terms with each other. They had a joint responsibility, and were respon sible for all undue rejections if there were any. Whenever contractors wished to be informe3 of the reasons which led to the rejection of their goods, he had no objection to point out to the contractors the fault in the goods. The inspection now was as rigid as it ever was. The rejections were not now so numerous, which he attributed to a better de scription of goods being sent in. Witness had no reason to suppose that corruption existed at Wee don. He remembered Groves being suspended for not being sufficiently strict in passing goods, which he attributed to his eyesight failing him. He had read 'Witham's evidence, and that was the first he ever heard of Groves being bribed. He had no reason whatever to doubt the honesty of any of the viewers employed at Weedon. His salary now was £llO a year. He was a married man and had three children. He had no private means be yond what he got from his parents. He was, during Mr. Elliott's time, receiver, inspector, storekeeper, and issuer. He was chief in three departments, and had no one to check him. He did not think that was a good system. Win. Hall, a labourer, was then examined as fo the_casks of boots that were sent to the Tower—He fieN the inspection going Qn, The invt§ were .1,735,G96 9,486,033 /: 7 c _,, ,r___z_ classified in three classes—go4 - f;: v ', - :(4, „• ~., . ~. .„,,,, The generality of the boots se !-.,..., , ~ .._.,,i.t . ..-* z from the doubtful class, and . irzi - 1:144 : .- "f;71 1 ,_ . .). 7 . j torn - the good, the bad, and thi5z1t,14 . .474.::: inspected at all. In his inspev I , w:. i l4 47 : c ::" did not remember seeing any- o -s e - T741:71Mi , but one of the par; now on the tab tvas)Airigi• patent. - - • Mt. Watson was recalled, and the shoit-hand, writer read to him the evidence of the last witness. In reply to the chairman, he said he had n, doubt the witness Hall was under a misapprehension, as the boots were packed from those marked as bad and doubtful. .Hall, on the other hand, stated in reply to Mr. Turner, that he could take upon himself to say positively that casks were forwarded to the Tower which had never been Opened at all. Just.before the close Of the day's inquiry it was discovered that the boots in question were not the Tower boots-at all, but-boots that-had--eome into store since, ,which would account• for the discre pancy in the evidence of the last three witnesses. At a quarter to six. o'clock the commissioners adjourned theinquiry till to=morrow (this day). Z/Z LORD STANLEY ON INDIA. . ~. - ~} f ;1 ne most liberal and enlightened member of Lord Deilay's Administration has—just delivered a. brief but pregnant address, which shows that he is thoroughly penetrated. by the trek principles that should guide him in. the arduous and responsible office he has undertaken: Lord Stanley, at the Fishmongers' Hall banquet., expressed the belief— and we are quite ready to indulge the hope—that the transfer which has taken place of the Indian Government from the East India Company to the Executive of this country, may on the whole be productive of Viiatetio India. As our - fead6rs are aware, We opposed that _change, especially= in the form under which it was tit 'first proposed to the consideration of the LegiSlature. In the pi - egress -of the measure through Parliament it experienced • " . and we are 'quite had indeed come when hands 'which - had so wield( d it, could no ffsfeiviirth - e - stape it in'the manner least , - ery new scheme of go wept. ...,tinny for its success on the mode in which it is worked, and none whowitnessed the ability with which Lord Stanley conducted the measure in its final stages through Parliament, or have marked the fairness and discrimination which have characterised the subsequent appointments to the Council, can refuse to acknowledge that the ad ministration of Indian affairs can hardly be in better and safer hands than those of the present Secretary. The address to which we now draw attention will tend to confirm the favourable im presSions so generally entertained of Lord Stanley's eminent fitness for his difficult and responsible, post. While expressing the hope, in which we cordially concur; that the change of system may tend to a larger introduction into India of Euro pean energy, ent:rprise, and thought, Lord Stan ley, does.. not conceal from himself the in creased responsibilities which are thus thrown upon the Government of this country. "We have to guard against a double danger. We have to pro tect India from the fluctuations - of Parliamentary politics, and to protect England from the more in direct and rernote, but perhaps not less real; risk which may arise from_thes connection of its Execu tive with an Executive which is necesarily des "potic." Those are wise and well-weighed words ; it would not be easy to describe in language -more terse and comprehensive the true nature of the double difficulty which arises from the assumption by the BritiSh_Crown of the single government of India. It is the difficulty which has been repeatedly pointed out in these columns, and against whiehwe rather indulge the hope then entertain the convic tion, that the firmness of Government and the wis dom of Parliament will be found adequate to prevail. Those who consider the amount of power now vested in the Secretary for India, will find it difficult to regard with equanimity-those possible conse quences of the parliamentary conflict of 'parties which might transfer in a moment the supreme control over Indian affairs from the capable hands of Lord Stanley to the incapable hands of a Vernon Smith. It is probably, however, not too much to hope, even from the most reckless of governments, that their chiefs will in future show sonic adequate sense of the great importanceof rightly filling the arduous post of Secretary for India. If it is to take the rank which from its difficulty and responsibility it ought henceforth to assume in the official hier archy, it will generally be regarded as a worthy prize of the highest miri Aerial ambition, the. test and reward of the most consummate capacity for serving the State. It is only in his . correct appreciation of the difficulties and dangers likely to arise in this court try from the wOrki.ng of the new system, that tha young Secretary for India evinces his perfect com prehension of the true-relative position of England - and her great dependency. His remarks upon the effects likely to be produced in India by those mistaken efforts to do good which have been in some quarters so inconsiderately urged on Government, are by no means the least statesman like portion of his address. These observations aro so well expressed—they arc so highly deserving of attention in themselves—so doubly deserting of at tention as coming from the Indian Minister —that it would be unpardonable not to give them all are prominence in our power. Lord Stanley, after ex pressing what we trust is a well-grounded hope that the exasperation of feeling which prevailed in this country against the natives of India is course of gradual extinction with the cause to which it owed its origin, proceeded in the folio-sing strain of wise and elevated liberality : • - I think, however, we should remember that it i not only from ill will or ill feelings on our part, but also from uninformed and misdirected efforts for doing' good, that our influence and Government in India have been exposed to danger. (Hear, hear.) 'We do, I believe, regard—and undoubtedly we ought to regard—the natives of India as persons towards whom it is our duty to feel good will, and for whose welfare it is our duty to labour ; but that is not enough., It is not enough . t') regard them as objects upon whom our benevolence may be exercised, or as persons upon whom it is in our power to operate important changes for good. We must look upon them also as men with whom, and not against whom, w.) have to work—as men with feel ings of their own- 7 (hear, hear) —as men who, although politically subject to us, have a sense of their own rights and a respect for their own independence—(hear t hear)and as men who will be apt to be all the more tenacious of their intellectual independence and national customs because of the political subjection in which they are held. (Hear.) There can be no doubt that the position of a conquering and governing race" confers many advantages as regards the influence which may be exercised over a conquered people ; but that position carries with it this disadvantage —that a conquering race almost inevitably displays a certain sense of superiority---a certain arrogance, if that be not too harsh a word to use—a certain disregard of the feelings of others, which, not being placed under such circumstances, it is hardly possible for us to under stand. Ido not hesitate to say that, unless we keep within proper bounds our feeling of national superiority, unless we remember carefully, and even jealously, to respect the feelings, a-id even the prejudices of those with whom we have to deal—above all, if we attempt to introduce the force and influence of Government into that which ought to be matter of private conviction between man and his own conscience, or if we are even sus pected, upon plausible grounds, of attempting or intending it, our endeavours at improvement will be thrown back in our face as insults, and we shall end by doing more harm than good." (Hear, hear.) These are the sentiments of a true Statesman an& an enlightened Christian. There can be no greater mistake than that of confounding the ancient and corrupt semi-civilisation of India with the gross and simple savagery of African, or Australian, or Poly ' nesian aborigines. The profound and dreamy idealism of Hindoo philosophy—the immemorial fixity of Hindoo usages, the impure but imposing ceremonial of Hindoo superstition, which pervades life from the cradle to the grave—these things are not to be ignored, but to be deeply. meditated -by ,the dominant nation to whose destiny it has fallen to rule over the millions of India. It is not with simple natures, or unfurnished - minds, that the European Government of India. or the Christian missionaries of India have to deal. In many a broad province of that vast region there are still to be found fierce and intractable souls, reluctantly succumbing to an inevitable yoke ; everywhere there is to be encountered great subtlety of dis putation ; an ardent attachment to ancient insti tutions ; a bigoted and intense devotion to a religion which not only affects to .teach the mysteries of Theogony and the ceremonies of worship, but pre scribes the bounds of society and regulates -the forms of life. Among such -a people as this the arrogance of a dominant race, if imported into missionary effort, must necessarily produce effects the most disastrous. Lord Stanley , has touched upon a truth of universal history when he reminds us that races held in political subjection are on' that very account all the more tenacious of their intellectual independence and national custeml. The fear that the - political subjection in which we hold India was about to be organised in an uni versal ascendancy over the opinions, the modes of belief, and:the social habits of our Asiatic subjects— this, more thaii any other sinle cause, was really at the root of what we may nocv v enture to call 'the late insurrection. 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