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ONE MILLION in 60,000 Shares of £2O each (with polder to increase to Two Alillion). • Deposit 2s. per Share, Li PS. on allotment; and £2 in Three Months. every '- 01,_use policy .„.. st• .5 3 in the deed of settlement es p eciall y p rovides that r issued shall distinctly bear on the face of it that •Mc capital and property of the Comp - any shall alone be an ; ... gWerable ff2r the settlement of its claims and engagements , thit rib'Shareholder shall be liable beyond the amount of leis "or her share pr shares in the capital stock of the Company ' k No. 21,119. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1860. PRICE 4 D . , STAmPED, SD. PUBLICATIONS. miles long, but no one, could tell how far Nyassa extended. It had a heavy slvell ou it, though there was no wind. It bathes a country where cotton is now largely etktivated. ' One sowing of foreign cotton, seed.(got 13;r - the natives themselves from the sea coast up the Shire) serves for three years' crops." • DIRECTORS. CRAntirart•-•-Admiral Sir lIENBY LEEKE, K.C.8., K.H., • XP., 23, Ovington - square.. , George-Braginton, Esq, Banker and Shipowner, Torrington. .'Tames Esq, Direztor 'of the London and County Jnski;Tug ame ent Daniell, Esq,' Chairman of the Blackwell Rail AvaY C°lnPaalr"and Mark Whitwill, Esq (Firm of Ma rc Whit Son, Bier - ' •fchatils and'Shipowners), Bristol: '• • , • _ ifohg ,tkvera.y,Jones, Esq (Firm of Jones andl\ ash, Timber Merchants and Shipowners), Bristol. ,Charles . Wells, Esq (Firm of Bremer, Wells, and Co. Merchants and Shipowners),.Hull. henry T. Watson,-Esq(Firtn. of H. T. Watson and Co., Ship owners),. Hull, Grimsby, and Goole. Henry,Fox;Eici (Firm of Fox'," Bromhani, and Lewis, Mer iffiants'and-Shipowners), London and Liverpool. Ingram Chapman, Escf, Director of United General Gas Corn = Frederiek4ohn Price Esq (Firm of Price and Co., Ileichants), Tower-street ..-' . • - - Thomas Cotterell, Esq., Eaton-square, late Sheriff of London • and Middlesex. --- - With power to add to their number, T.TNADEUWitITInt. - ' ' Negotiations are pending to' seturb the services of one of the 'mold experienced I.TndgrWriters in LendQu.. .':t .RANKEas--The London and County Bank, Lombard-street. . STOCKBROapiS. ( • • George-E. Seymour, Esq, ThrOgrnOrton.:Alreet. - • Messrs. Crosley Brothers, 30, Cornhilli .e • - . ) ,001,,Jmorte--Messrs. Crosley and Barn., Pt.Lorla4a,r4,st !' eet SincaxTAar PRO TEM—Henry E. . , • . • „ TEMPORATty (DEFACES. „. ' • ' 79, LOMBARD-STREEY,"LarIdcm,-E:ai' ' '• The Compel* iB established 'for eilt.eling the General In -1...V114444M .81;rippttigand";Cargoes,and ;also the Insurance:of. .14 and .effects ; and to provide reun edfate. ratan*); Or tranaaetingbUsinds 'atthe prin , 7 si -"of the Milted • ingdorif than hti.lre"hitherto been t," by institutions of this kind. 1 , • . kT 6 rectors on publishing the PrOsPeotwof the London stud Brothicurf I%farnie• tsiratideteciltlpany.; AnaCOO titet'a, ' rOliegabloquishbor of Shares has already been stibsortbed or by' some of the principal merchants and shipowners in the various ports of the United Kingdom, whereby future policy business will be greatly influenced. The value of Marine Insurance, as an investment, is shown 'in a very striking manner by the following statistics VALUE OF SHARES IN MARINE INSURANCE COMPANIEI. Paid. Present price The Alliance £25 0 0 ..£6O 0 0 - Indemnity (£5 13s Gd, increasedby bonuses to) 5O 0 0 .. 170 0 0 • London Marine (£l5, increased by bonuses to) Royal Exchange lOO 0 0 .. 300 0 0 Application for shares, in the usual form, will receive im mediate attention, but no application will be taken into con sideration unless a deposit of 2s per share be paid into the Company's bankers, to be allowed in payment of the first tall, or returned in the event of shares not being allotted. All communications on the business of the office to be ad dressed to the Secretary, at the temporary offices of the Com pany 79. Lombard-street, London, E.C. NEW POLYTECHNIC' COMPANY. Now ready, 2 price 55., bound and illustrated, - - CHEAP EDITION of A LIFE FOR A LIFE: By the Author . of ; "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLE MAN," Revised, with a New Preface, forming Vol. IX. of HURST and BLACKETT'S .STANDAR.D LIBRARY OF CHEAP EDITIONS OF POPULAR MODERN WORKS. Hurst and Blackett,l3, Great Marlborough-street. . . - A meeting of the shareholders of this company Was held yesterday, at,the Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street, Mr. Gurney, ALP., in the chair, The report was - read, whith' stated that this meet ing of shareholders had been cared 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 1 has been paid, amounting to £752. The 859 shares at S 7 per sharp will yield £6,013, and-£515 dona tions make up £6,528. A loan it 3 per cent. has 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 for this company 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 be 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 fiito the pres3eiitl 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• en*, -into ; ler= "_ for 111:pprehase -of thebuilding, inchtdftt Ike great theatre, for a sum not exceeding £4,000, on such terms as they consider beneficial ; and if they enter into such contract, to make a call on the shareholders not exceeding £6 per share." THE COAL SaPPLt.. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE WIDE WIDE WORLD." A writer in a contemporary says :—A"s 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 unsteessary alarm s to suggest pru dence in the managetnent of so important an element of our country'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 those prottiefions which the climate of the Continent and.the ingenuity and industry of its people enable them fo'bffer us in exchange. _There are in EfiklanC nine distinct tracts of country where those rocks eome to the surface which are known.to yield coal. These districts are called coalfields; the smallest - of ihem includes more than 60,-060 - ,Und . the larger , more than 600,000 acres of coal lands, under thegreater part of which coal has beet),-is, 'or may be- worked to profit. Scotland * contains another milt n acres of such" coal lands. .BeOdes - these' - tr . ; marked in -our geological maps, there are otoh weedingly, large but less clearly, rodclo_`:.out: lu• • fileTi a t:eal is also to be got, .althougrithe coal-bearing beds are covered up with accumulations of newer rocks. All these will be available when the price of coal justifies the outlay that will be involved in mining them. The best known and largest of our coalfields are the Newcastle and Durhsra, the Lancashire, the Yorkshire, the South Staffordshire and Warwick shire, and the South W e l s h. T he ascertained acre age f 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. On llonday, Cheap Popular Edition (no pp.), Three Shil lings, boards, and LilararyEdition, in crown BYO, on‘beau• tiful paper,with Six Illustrations, 7s. 6d., , , S A A S E A L. Tiy the Author of "The Wide. Wide World." The eirculatiop of the: " Wide Wide World" reached half a million. . . • * • NoTrcE.—This work is Copyright. ;:London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-stredt: ! On Monday, March 5, in post BvO,tes. 6d., THE SEASON TICKET London Bentley, - New Vuilington-street. NEW. WORK- B . Y. DR.- DORAN. • NOw ready, in post Svo, with an Illustration, 12s. sa., LIVES OF . THE PRINCES, OF .WALES Fronitdward of - Carnarvon to Albert of Windsor. • • •73J Dr. DORAN, - Anti - ' I'6f" Lives of the Queens of England." _ . .`; iondoia:`ltichard:iientley, New Burlington4trUet..ll FRESENT - AND 'PAST CONDITION OF HUNGARY. Now ready, in post Bvo, 65., UNDAR Y, fr0 1. 444„400. nister of the Interior and President of the Council of Ministers in Hungary. " Pro Deo, Patritt et Libertate." London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 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 corwespondence explaining the causes of the suspension of trade with Japan has been published. Its chief feature s 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 authorities have manifested a full disposition to co-operate with our own Consul- General in the task of repression, a perfect cure may be hoped. Otherwise, as tke Japanese place all foreigners in the same category, only very limited beneht 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 gold 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. The 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 th e officials got into con f us i on and. could not supply the demand with sufficient ra pidity, some of the speculatu.'s 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 perceetage 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 iiithnSk in g for four millions, bid Messrs. Moines 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 indirect 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. In none of these districts are there less than ten, while in some there are more than 70 bees 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 seams or beds of coal can be obtained with advantage from the same area, but the average thickness of workable coal may with safety be taken as not less than 15 feet, or five yards, over the whole area of any coalfield. Now, as 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 ' coal lands on a general average, but as a large quantity_of coal in every coalfield is, from various causes, not obtainable, and another large part is lost by the ordinary mode of extraction, we cannot calculate on more than one-third of this, say 8,000 tons per acre, as the quantity th at can be removed and sold. This would give albout 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 16 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 unproductive portions. The coal area in Belgium and Rhenish Prussia together is not more than ono-eighth part, and in 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 as inexhaustible. Coal is also abundant in India, China, Borneo, Eastern Australia, and South Africa. -Owing to the advanced position of E ngY an rin practical mining operations and the facility and economy with which • she can place her largo sup plies in the markets of the world, at a cost so low at present as to exclude competition, her coal will no doubt be extracted very rapidly for years to come. But should the advancing industry of other countries reduce the price below that at 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 must happen very long before 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. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon don.—Every Evening at 8, and every Saturday Morning at 3 o'clock. Tickets and places may be secured at the Hall from 11 till 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-endj3ox-office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. J. W. RAYN. OR. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Grand CASINO, open every Evening, with the celebrated Band. Established 10 years. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte ; principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at half past 8, commence at 9. Close a few minutes before 12. Ad mission, ls. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, HIGH HOLBORN, This Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the perfection of its management is OPEN EVERY EVENING. The celebrated baud, under fhe direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied selection of the most approved classical and modern music. Doors open at half past 8. Overture at 9. Closing at 12. Admission, One Shilling'. G L ENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, ♦ND PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to he THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WIZEN YOU ASK FOR GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU GET IT, As inferior kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &o. • WOTHERSPOON & CO., GLASGOW AND LONDON KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.— Statistics shew that 5.,000 Persons annually fall vic tims to Pulmonary Disorders, including Consumption, Diseases of the Chest and the Respiratory Organs. Preven tion is at all times better than cure ; be, therefore, prepared during the wet and wintry season with a supply of KEAT ING'S COUGH LOZENGES, which possess the virtue of averting, as well as of curing a Cough or Cold ; they are good alike for the young or for the aged. Prepared and sold in Boxes, ls. lid., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, by THOMAS BEAT ENG, Chemist, &c., 79, St. Paul's-churchyard, London. Retail by all DrugAists, &c. IMPORTANT TO CLERGYMEN, PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AND SINGERS. St. Paul's Cathedral. . _ SJR,—I have much pleasure in,, recotnneWdin-g-WWIO - to .those who raay be distressed with Hoarseness. They have 'afforded me relief on several oceaslons when scarcely abje to shy; from the effects of Catarrh. I think they would be very useful to Clergymen, Barristers, and Public Orators. 1 am, Sir, yours faithfolly, To Mr. Keating. THOMAS FRANCIS, Vicar Choral. Post free for Two Stamps. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY of an entirely NEW THEORY of CURING DISEASE, being the recorded Experience of 30 Years' Special Practice in Great Britain, France, and America—with the latest Scientific Discoveries, denominated LOCAL SEL F-TREAT NE NT, discovered abroad, and which is so simple that all can practise for himself privately, suc'essfully, and at the smallest coat, thus avoiding doctors' fees and their mineral poisons. The " NEW MODE " is an EXTRAORDINARY DIS COVERY for the Treatment and Self-Cure of Weakness, Debility, Nervousness, Lassitude, Depression of Spirits, Loss of Energy, Appetite, Pains in the Back and Limbs,Timidity, Self-Distrust, Dizziness, Want of Energy, Love of Solitude, Groundless' Fears, Palpitation of the Heart, Noises in the Head and Ears, Indecision, Wretchedness, Impaired Sight and Memory, Indigestion, and Bodily Prostration of the whole system. _ Also, HINTS TO THOSE CONYEIPLATING MARRIAGE. Ih order that all classes may avail themselves of the above, the• Author has not and will not allow the same to be sold, but he will forward it to those who send their address, and two stamps for postage. 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 eer tainty of benefit to all parties, both now and con turies hence, by being left to its natural growth, restrained only by those checks which nature has imposed. Apply thus--Wm. HILL, Esq., M.A., No. 27,'Alfred-place, Bedford-square, London. NO MORE MEDICINE FOR HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), DEBILITY, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, PULMONARY, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS HE ALTH RESTORING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD.— Certificate No. 30,418.—1 n our practice we have been enabled to appreciate the virtues of Du 13arry's Food. In its effect on chronic dyspepsia (indigestion), nervousness, constipation, diarrhoea, on bilious and liver complaints, cough, asthm de bility, and incipient consumption, we find it the safest remedy. —Dr. lire, M.D., F.R.S., Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Shor - land, Dr. Campbell. Hu Barry's Food cures effectually—Acidity, asthma bilious ness, blood to the head, bowel complaints, bronchitis, ca tarrh, colds. congestion, constipation, consumption, ^ramps, cough, debility, despondency, diarrhoea, disten non, dizziness, dropsy, drowsiness, dysentery, dyspepsia (Indigestion), erup tions. exhaustion, fevers, epileptic fits, flatulency, gout, ha bitual constipation, headache, heartburn, haemorrhoids, hys teria, impurities, indigestion (dyspepsia,) irritability, irrita tion of kidneys and bladder, liver complaints, loss of memory, low.spirits, nausea and sickness, nervousness, nervous fan cies, neuralgia, noises in the ear, pains between the shoul ders, palpitation, partial paralysis, phlegm, pulmonary.com plaints, rheumatism, scrofula, sinking, sleeplessness, sore hroat, spasms, tightness across the chest. At about one penny per meal, it effectually cures the above, also children's complaints, and saves fifty times its cost in medicine. It does notlurn acid nor interfere with a 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. We extract a few out of many thousand cures : Cure No. 51,816, from the, Rev. .Tames T. Campbell, Syder stone Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk : "In all cases of in digestion, and particularly where the liver is affected, 'consider it the best of all remedies.--J ames T. Campbell." Cure No. 71, of Dyspepsia, from the Right Honourable the 'Lord Stuart de Decies " I have derived'considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Stuart de Decies."—Cure No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescr;bable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolv, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk."—Cure No. 52,087: Vield-Marshal the Duke of Pluskow, of a gastric inflamma tio`t of the stomach.—Cure No. 51,614: Baron de Polentz, Prefect of Langenau, of many years' horrible sufferings of the Is eves and an obstinate constipation. Cure No. 47,121 : trios Elizabeth Jacobs of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme nervousness indigestion. g eberings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. — Cure-No 48,314: Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Lill verpool : a cure of wn years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. —Cure No. 18,216: Dr, Andrew Ure, of constipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability.—Cure No. 34,210: Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility.—Cure No. 36,212: Cap tain, Allan, of epileptic fits.—Cure 42,116 ; Major Edie, of enlargement of the - liver, and total prostration of strength Cure No. 3g,418 : Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and ,daily vomitings.—Cure No. 26,418: Dr. Harvey, of diarrhoea and debilV—Cure No. 39,618: Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption.—Cure o. 32,880: William Hunt, Esq., Bar rister, of paralysis.—Cure No. 46,270 : M r. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Fernley, Surrey, 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangem ent, p artial deafness.—Cure No. 46,814: Mr. Samuel Laxton, Lei- - cester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure. No. 52,612: The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' ner vous irritability, bile and indigestion, -Cure No. 54,812: Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of consumption, after her medi cal Cure' had abandoned all hopes of recovery.— No. 180: "Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have sutre or suffered great mise, and which no medicine could re moverelieve h ave been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in; a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, ' Fleet-street, Lo n d on. " —No. 4,208: " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debilit y, with cramps, spasms , and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by D u Barry's health-restoring rood. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836: " Three years' excessive nervousness. with pains in my neck and left arm, rendered my life vet y miserable, and general debility, 4:4,„,,ich has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Slabbereen." Cure No. 3,906: Thirteen years' cough, indigestion. and gene ral debility, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. In Canisters : 1 1 b. 2 5.' 9 d. , 21 b , 4 s. 6d., 121 b. 22 5., 241 b. 40 5 . Superrefined quality : 51b. 225., 10th. 335. 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Last evening, at eight O'clock, a numerously at tended public meeting oflhe -inhalbitants of Wool wich was held •at the Town Half, to 'proinote 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. Carlile,LL.l). (COngregational), who bnefiy.alluded to the objects of - thelneeting. The following letter was read fitm" Aidertan Salomons - ,./11.P. :—" I regret that I capnot attend your 'meeting, owing to a long-standing ettgtge meni. The subject of corporal punishment iin . .the army and navy engrosses much attention in he House of.Commans._ Its immediate and entire abo lition. does riot iseem likely to 'beet oriee'sanctiOod, but this punishment will be guarded 'by,-suel're strictions,Ahat, we may-indulge the'hopeot iti' oh tire 'cliiapear4dre . froin the Punishment cede of the army and. Or of its iscina. 6 applied only, in ex• treme cases." LetterSOrpressive of regret for :unavoidable lib scnce were also read from - Mr. Bristow, M.P. 'fOr Kidderminster ; Mr. B. Jerrold, and other gentle nien.-- ' • - • • .Captain 11.1.rmoND, R.N., - late commander of her 141ajesty's st:einnivOss:el oiiy; proposed the. Brit • resolntioii::--"lThat this meeting expresses its re gret, that notwithstanding 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 7 ,st practice which :the - Thelieve to be - degrading,.nanecensary, and entirel, opposed to :those principles which should govern a highly civili s ed an d Christian Ora nitniity.. He observed that many years' experi ence in the Royal Navy had convinced him of th% fact that there were other and bettor .modes:' . or punishment than the lash, " Which only :tended -. tb make .a.bad_Lian worse. He- was- enabled to - keep order on board his' ship by stopping the men's liberty to go on shore, and also by a stoppage of their tobacco money, 'and he' &nod this mode of punishment the mot effectual. - Mr. 5L01%;.1.N, in seconding, produced the lash, and observed that. God never created a - mai:Jl'6l.'on purpose of being'tortured by arch an InStininente He trusted that the constituencies- who wished to abolish the laSl would act upon their m e mb ers, as that was the only pl an - to obtain an 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 expetience 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 nas 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. I'. 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. The resolutions were adopted, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. • Tr.RECK OF ANOTHER §TEAMER. Yesterday, the following correspondence was received at Lloyds', reporting the wreck of a steamer off' St. David's Head, and the loss 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., " R. G. JONES PRICE and Co. " To Captain Halstead, R.N., Secretary, Lloyds'. " To MESSRS. R. G. JONES PRICE AND CO. David's Head, Feb_ 9R_ Geutlemen,.l-haVe thC pain ful ne yrs . to, Wpm/ yeraiif thelms of a large - steamer - Ms - morning, about nine o'clock, off this head, half-a-mile to the northward. The unfortunate vessel Wll3 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, one woman with four little children, whicl 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 attempt 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 en 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 board. Her name, in white, could not be made out. Fur ther news next post, Write this to save post.—l remain, &c., J. WILLIAms." 1 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 communication 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 some port in Ireland, but whether bound to Liverpool or London is yet to be ascer tained. 'SION OF A DOUBLE 11IURDER. Little more than three years ago, the murder of an aged c ou pl e, attended with circumstances of the most horrible atrocity, was perpetrated in the rural and secluded village of Boon-up . on-D earne. On the night of th e 4 t h December, 1856, it will be re membered that Luke White, an aged person, who was the village postmaster, and kept a small drug gist's shop, encl. was also a local preacher, while apparently engaged in preparing his sermon for the I following Sunday, heard some one come to his shop door, and on going to see what was wanted he was knockedl down and ruthlessly murdered. His wife, hearing a noise in the shop, appeared, whilst going along the passage leading from the house into the shop, to see what was the matter, to have been there met and also murdered ; both bOdies being found weltering in a large pool of blood in the forenoon of the next day. No traces of a robbery having been committed were visible, and the affair was enshrouded in impenetrable mystery. Although every effort was made by Colonel Cobbe and the superintendents of the n ighbouting divisions of constabulary, 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 obliged to return an open verdict. Recently, we are glad to say. circumstances have transpired which are likely to throw some light upon the tragedy. It will be re membered that on the day the murder was perpe • trated an Irish hawker was said to have been in the village of Bolton vending caps and small wares, but no clue could be obtained of him afterwards, nor could he in any way be shown to be connected with the deed. During the last week an Irish ha w k er. w h o is said to bebl odcrgoing six years penal servitudeeomatpPaonlitson mouth, has made certain statements to catnmenicated to a tore,liantn.ivehis iu thteprinnin aff s air T:e Tl t i:Se to the governor of the gaol in which he is under and information has s ineebe of en the forwardedrt,tili(ing. toi Mr. A s t woo d , superin tendent Constabulary, at Don caster, who has lone. exerted himself to obtain a clue to the traeedy. - has been t o P ort smoutlNl Ir. Astwood, we u n der s t an d, who i s said to and had havepointed an interview with the hawk er , out the guilty p art i es • , stating th it although he himself did not • corem i t t!..e murder, the two ee • Th b ud parties were lying dead on the floor. e names of the tp yer , t , a ors 1 are not transpired. The most active inquiries have been going on for some days, and information of the facts havin g 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 criminated.— Manchester Examiner. REMARKABLE FEAT TN ARCHERY.—A t the Leed. 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 tarket. Two gentlemen took aim -at the intruder, hap)and the arrow of the captain (Mr. Waw p asse d through the bird's body. 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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 rather 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 dish jets of Verdi nesedinsk and Minousinski. 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 Nichol as had a nar row escape of losing the throne on w hi c h h e h a d scarcely been seated. Gen. Rostowzeff was loaded with dignities and honours. He was placed at the head of the military institutions of the empire, and, in late years, was appointed President of the Superior Committee of Emancipation. H.b 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 Itostowzeff, and has ordered that his fune ral shall be on the grandest scale." [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills and Ointment. Acidity, Il eartbju•n, Flatulency, Erysipelas.—This formid able array of ailments will net alarm those who have once witnessed the happy manner in which each and all of them yield to the purifying influence of these Pills. Their effect is vastly incceas,d 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 the same remedies readily rectify by purifying the blood and regulating the action of the liver, kidneys, and bowels, MR. GLADSTONE AND THE CLERGY. (From the Guardian of yesterday.) We have been favoured with . a copy of the fol lowing letter, addressed by the Chancellor of the- Exchequer to a clergyman in Wales, on the ques tion of the Budget "Downing-street, -" Rev. Sir;—•l i s th tre ;o t u' Feb.tha 29, 1860. suffer hardship in regard to rating for the poor. But I must remind you that a bill was introduced into Pa'rliament in 1855 or 1856, by Mr. R. Philli more, which would have given them considerable relief; and that the reason of its not proceeding was that the clergy themselves differed with regard to the expediency of accepting it. "With respect to the income, I understand you to ask that the clergy paying poor rate may be exempted. Such a proposal 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 feiv 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 minions "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 productivenes s of the indirect taxes. But in order that this latter sourc e 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 —I mean the process of liberating trade and augmenting wages and profits through judicious diminutions and abolition of duties on commodities. "In 1853, when the income 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 eat ing -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 D.EFENOELESS STATE OF THE TILAM_ES. 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 ON hibit and explain a model of a wrought-iron fortress, which should he bomb proof, and capable of destroy ing a whole fleet if it attempted to pass with hos tile intentiolis. 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 ;t Mr. S. GREGSON, M.P., moved :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that the approach tso the Thanterterng 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 formed 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 k eenly alive to the necessity for fortifying the mouth of the Thames, and having given thirty years' con 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 a b ou t £300,000 each, and had accommodation in thexl for men and stores to an immense extent. Wht n 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 stated that it was possible 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 Maplin, 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 proposed 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 up on 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 high-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, communieating 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. Running 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. M`NAGHTEN DICKEY said when he en tered the room it was not his intention to speak, but as he had been 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 fortresses 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 tletnen and carried. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedingF, te ing art ;on be ion He een 'me fel- ~e Late BURROWS AND Wholesale Wine Mer - cfitinti, LIVERPOOL. Stores Offices ' ' 54, Duke-street. The Proprietors beg most respectfully to call the attention of the trade, noblemen, clergy, &c., and the public in general, to their extensive stock of Choice Wines, of rare vintages. 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Be particular and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street is engraved on the stamp. ~~:, ~; -.«: DR. LIVINGSTONE'S EXPEDITION. (From the Cape Town Mail, Jan. 18.) Further intelligence has reached us from Dr. Livingstone since the departure of the last mail, her Majesty's steamer Lynx having arrived from the East Coast. When she was at the Kongone, on the 12th Dec. last, Dr. Livingstone was in the enjoyment of excellent health. 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. fie 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 ; bat 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 Portnguese 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 Tte. 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 f l oreedto 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 lows out of it the whole year, and there is only a fall of about three feet in it, from the wet to the dry season. It is from 80 to 120 yards wide, generally with a two fathom channel, and a two-and-a-half knot currant 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 has e large feeders at the South end eight or ten miles broad. All thwitives could tell us was that the river goes a long way to wb s l t i a g t e e d , the north, and th en t urns round into the sea. W e butto t w return,as satisfactoryas t he launchto show was inm my esinkingre obliged companions, Kirk, Livingstone, and Rea, a spear men of the fi ne country through which I ha d travelled far into th e i nterior, and which you philo sophers set down as a vast sandy desert. lam v much steamerrelisha 7igomiles' coming eyes trp or e r y no 1' ), anxious for I a on foot, and would give any thi ng for four donkeys. There is nothing to be got here but • pigs. We go next to the Makalolo country." " Kongone Harbour, Dec. 2. "We have discovered another lake,• Nyassa, or Myinyesi. This seems a grand opening. I be lieve that the Lord is preparing a great work in Africa. The country 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 no 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 merce will produce a change in this country. I see matters opening up where I never contemplated ss orkin g, an d. I think that muc h good may be done for Africa by colonisation of our own honest Chris tian poor, along with missionaries and ministers. We go np to Tete, and thence to Sekeletu's by land. This will probably be an eight 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 Nyassa. Tamandua or lake Shirwa (Bigwater) is about 90 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 should 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 branch 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 m a d e paya b le at the capital of the Presidency in which they are issued, which would greatly add to their convenience. Silver coin and foreign bullion are to be purchased at a fixed price. The provisio n f or t h e convertibility the of notes is to consist of such an amount of coin as may be deemed expedient, with the condition that it shall never b 3 less than one-third of the issues, the re mainder being represented by Government securi ties. In order that there may be only one descrip tion of notes in circulation, arrangements would be made to substitute those of 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 then ce f or th b e 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 10s., £l, £2, £5, £lO, and £5O. Perfect security against forgery will, it is considered, be found by adopting notes manufac ture 1 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 eetimated 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 ornam en t s or currenc y. With the view to economy, the notes in India, instead of being cancelled on presentation, as at the Bank of England, will he 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 circurn• stances and convenience. A minute of Mr. Wilson has also been forwarded by the G o vernor-General on the propo sa l t o intro duce a old currency into India. Mr. Wilson ad mits that if we were now instituting a syst em o f 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 • ceatly taken have been for transmission to Spain. __,., (4ENERAL ADVERTISING AGENCY ‘..1 OFFICE.-J. W. VICKERS (for upwards of fourteen years with the late Mr, C. Barker, of „Birchin 7 lane), respect ,fully informi his friends,tand the advertising public gene rally, that he has coMmenced business on his own account at CouWes.couit, Cdsuhill, E.C. (adjoining the Jerusa leth Coffee. 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