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~,..~ ovEll LAN]) m AIL IN lA. (From the Morning Herald.) tr: n ehave j us t rece i ved, by extraor di nary express t o th °l nbay, our letters and papers from that place, e 6 tn of Au gus t, in consequence of a special 'tea rtle having been dispatched with Sir George and lad y, lo4 Arthur, an d o th er a dditi o nal parties, occa eti by the protracted and almost hopeless indispo -1;1 of the Governor. „,_ have by this conveyance dispatches and com mercial news from Calcutta to the 18th of July. th i lle Arabs, it appears, made an attack on some of were grounds near Aden on the 10th of last month, but an e , gallantly repulsed with a loss of seven killed, M ehemet a considerable number wounded. tit ' ulC bernet Ali arrived at Alexandria 'on the 24th When he was received with every demonstration rp es Peet• His Highness left on the 29th for Cairo. 4n . e ll is nothing of political importance transact- SirEg3,pt. G eorge Clerk and Sir 11. Pottinger are spoken of let tile Indian papers as likely to succeed to the Go -I,l°lll rship of Bombay. exe e troops at Kurrachee are now happily entirely ti e'Pt from cholera, but Captain John Napier had T ell , victim.' i f " cholera has broken out at Hyderabad, where wuThad died on the first day. 44 . 11 a Lahore Government does not 'appear to be The much progress in strength or consolidation. te s -em ailjust arrived from India is of little jute- R. • Sir Geor ge Arthur left Bombay for Europe on Ze_ sth o f August, the 11On. Mr. Reid succeeding :7 in the government as a temporar y measure. The giel"-General and, Lord Gough continued at irn .v Simla, Whither all the politicals on the north-west l been - unclmoned to a consultation—of what nature 44 ‘g . , not transpired. Messrs. Lawrence and Greathed, 41 4 Majors L awrenc e , M ac k eson , an d Mills were at et:4ll a with L or d Hardinge at the date of the latest m Z' e es, and were not to disperse till the end of .„ h This is, we think, rather ominous, especially e n taken in connexion with the report of the itic , o ,: i nd ed assemblage of an army on our north -Bgh' frontier in November. Maha r aj a Gh o olab whom we raised to the rank of independent to C ei gn i of Cashmeer, for a consideration, is said a ve refused paynient of the indemnity money t or e „ e . c r i s hpon to be paid by him on behalf of the La att‘ uurbar, and to have threatened to resist any tee ell- IPt made to compel him to perform his engage to:ts• Can the army about to be assembled be kr aCt to chastise the insolence and treachery of this tiet s e The chief of Mooltan was said to be k ti b ertni hed to assert his independence of the Pun kt the b illie rs which would probably cut out some work Governor of Sinde and his army. The La- Government was as far as ever from being t o q e stablished, but was understood to be anxious Ca t r id of us. Our troops would most certainly a gre . ‘i et halla longer in the country than originally ba,„ e ,' ll l 3 on, but it was evident they would quickly 4, o es return. The upshot will be that ere twelve th e nhs come around we shall be obliged to take had ..: 1111 try into our own hands entirely. Cholera at ti je arlY left Kurrachee, but had manifested itself tiv e P e rahad, where Lieutenant Campbell, 17th Na kbrifantry, had been cut off, while Captain John ot t r vc r, 6 2c1 Foot, on the Governor's Staff, had been N: 11 4 at 1 -Currachee. The 17th Foot had suffered so t erol , a t Sukkur from fever, that it was reported in t va Y that they were to be sent either to England eh o l o th e Cape. The returns of the mortality from t oali er a at Kurrachee, which were received by last oligi t tlit h out to have been nearly double what they in all have been. About five hundred Europeans ge n 'ad perished. India was quiet throughout , and kvoerany healthy. The monsoon had proved a most ha v i llta ble one, upwards of eighty inches of rain l ok h g fallen at Bombay. The money markets were It a Pshat easier, and it was expected that a brisk e Would commence on the opening of the season. t (From th e Bombay 'limes of August 5.) t,4 tklIARY.—The continued sickness of the Governor, t4tGeorge Arthur, requiring his immediate return h. hia ° l 3o , gives us a dispatchdirect which wo have DA tt‘gerto been accustomed to, and were not prepared for the dateof last dispat c h on the 18th of July. We ace policy of the Governor great measur e without intelligence—the the - General, and prevalence of rains, being as disadvantageous to the profitable ex tltise o f our calling as they are benefic i a l to I n di a a t r ar e• Cholera has disappeared frem the camp at Kew flee ; but still continues to afflict the ton , fi n. ti S n i i r s I,:,rles Napier has very wisely ordered the fortifications he oup. The knocked down, and the diteldes to e Pestilence has made its way up the river, and nors t n. s° ,. la tea Hyderabad. There our troops have hitherto in ttt 6l4t measure escaped. Fever seems to have abated ft,Lalikur, and her Majesty's 17th, the chie sufferers wi;t its eff ec t s , are :mid to be on th , it vk ay back to India, "iew of treocceding to the Cape of Good Hope. "'e is a considerable amoutt's of apprehension expe the-Ti e - v e cl ; as to the state of matters in the Punjaub, where litiri," zi er appears to be doing anything rather au tr ot) -g strength or favour among the people. 'lll • lei 1)4 continue healthy, and quietude and contentment vett throughout the Company's dominions. The Go- Q t.- General and Commander-in-Chief remain at th e and it is rumoured that thither for the present ,Seat of the Government will be transferred. The ,s ill onsoon is now nearly over, and a very favour *ll,, "ne it has proved. To-morrow is Cocoa Nut-day, t 1 41 1,, t he natives make propitiatory offerings to the &a t , insh'Qssels venture to the northward. The Governor o Sir George Arthur, this day quits our shores Sir of indisposition, and returns to England.. „ . ' l 4 e ,i': °ll . Mr. Reid, Senior Member of Council, takes qr(2, — " e e uritil the arrival of his successor from Europe. ° 1; i.):„ °l. gc Clerk and Sir H. Pottinger are both spoken thank fu l rnier with most probability; we should be most for either. (EROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) BOMBAY, AUG. 5. th itt be l last and most important item of intelligence ; have to com municate is the fact of one of the Nv et i l i .l l" ! s t falls of rain having occurred over I ndia til has been experienced for years back. You us -, " recollect that we never can have too much the store when it comes at the proper season ; when p ro roPortion t o th e we tness of rainy season is the f,. la tiveness of the dry. We may, therefore, look Card to a year of peace and plenty. For fourteen t ti j h s , Past it has here poured down in an uninter are'''ed torrent; the tanks, wells, ditches, and canals 44 1 411 full, and we begin now to feel anxious for a a fair wea th e r to allow the husbandman to re -14 ' h il : a his labours before the latter rains set in. Could Passing Persuade the military authorit ies at home to g iv e elssing thought on dispatching troops as to the b 7nri when it would be best for them to Ove, a world of valuable lives w ould be saved. ' r°ll l the Ist of June till the I st of Septem -13Q,. no man can move out with impunity, ex te 13; aT , for mere garrison duty soldiers,are useless; i" fatal maladies are sure to assail regime n t s from I ,,, n g l and the moment they arrive, even shou ld the y 14 in at Bombay. If an attempt be made to march t hem into the interior, ten to one that they are deei lqa'7ed with cholera within the week. In 1842, her L a ,,i, es tre 28:h, 78th, and 86th, all arrived in Bombay c-bg the rains; in the course of the first montl, 4 41 Y 300 deaths occurred amongst them. Hex a j e stYs Bth has just arrived, and the 10 th Hussa expected. Here we have no cavalry barracks t ' tb " both regiments must be marched 70 miles inland 1 , 4 1 111 0 1 a country one-half of which is knee deep o s o i'; Where they must encamp en ground wet and 1 4 " a3 a quagmire, with as much rain occasionallyfalling s u : i s . i ngle day as the average of the year in E n g land Ile rP,"es in two months. The thing arisesifrom mere %tett and blundering, as the time taken by ships on 4 , 1 7, Lr voyage can be reckoned with great certainty, ( l et ' the beginning and ending of our rainy season is , t et tninabre to a week. 6.1`. 4 a Governor of Bombay, Sir George Arthur, t T a at length been compelled to retire from th(. 1) 15 0 r s e of hh duties in consequence of severe indis 4:Pon- He leaves this day by thel steamer Akbar ; so sadly shattered is his constitution, that it If l na doubtful whether he will ever reach Europe. ve e has been four Years amongst us; and though not Popular here, in such estimation was he held , ,'"rd Ilardinge and the authorities at home, that "s for some time back been in possession of a t i: vi sional commission to assume supreme autho shr in ease of a vacancy in the Governor-General krp* His immediate successor is the Honourable s ee ' Reid, senior member of Council, and formerly kei L et srY to Government—a man of talent, sound and discretion. We have not heard autho -1111;4.41Y who will be sent out from home to succeed h itt , Sir George Clerk and Sir Henry Yottinger 'e been chiefly spoken of. We could wish no THE SUN, LONDON, THVRSDA V EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1846 better man than either of them. Should the mmi nation be in the hands of the 'Whigs, the appoint ment • will, of course, be jobbed—bestowed on some personal friend, irrespective of qualification. The appointment of Sir David Pollock, as Chief Justice of Bombay, is generally approved of. He is a man of good standing and experience, and Sir John Hobhouse was not very happy in his selections for the bench. Our intelligence from the Punjaub is less satisfac tory at present than it has been at the date of any dispatch since the occupation of Lahore. The Go vernment of the Maharaja seems to have no hold upon the affections of the peeple. The Wuzeer com bines in his character the vices of a despot, a de bauchee, and a parvenue; he has unruly subjects enough to deal with, but his measures are somewhat rough even for a Seikh governor. The 'hanging of the Brahmin, on the occasion of the street riot some months back, was at first favourably regarded from the boldness and determination he exhibited. Sub sequent executions, where the criminal was first tortured and then roasted on a slow fire, seems to have made it to be regarded as the first of a series of outrages upon the customs of the coun•• try. He appears very anxious that our troops should remain in the capital beyond the period contemplated in the treaty ; and I suspect we shall find no alternative, but either to maintain them or permit anarchy to resume sway in the country. It is true, we have extinguished the military power; so that, had the Government possessed any energy or strength, it might have maintained its authority, we having relieved it of the most formidable source of its difficulties. But unhappily the treasury is exhausted, and the soldiers who have been disbanded have not had their arrears paid up. The spirit of turbulence and insubordination is rife from Ferozepore to Attock, and the quietude now existing is mainly due to the presence of the English army. The Governor General was most fortunate in selecting Sir John Littler for the Lahore command. The troops, not withstanding their privations, have been as cheerful and contented in their exile as if quartered in the most favourite cantonment in India; while not one single instance of misunderstanding or collision be tANixt them and the citizens has occurred. The Chief of Mooltan seems disposed to throw off the mask, and set up for himself as independe'nt sovereign. To him belongs one of the finest provinces in the Punjaub. Ghoolab Singh has been quar relling with his relatives, and experiencing apparently in his new sovereignty, " how uneasy rests the head that wears a crown." The forbear ance and perfect faithfulness to his engagements which the Governor-General has exhibited through out, seems, amongst the Seikhs themselves, matter of loud and universal eulogy. Rumours from time to time rife of a descent of the Affghans, under Akbar Khan, through the Kyber Pass, the grand object of twelve years having been the recovery of Peshawur wrested from them by Runjeet Singh. Though the rumour is general, I greatly question its accuracy; restless, ambitious, and vindictive as the Sirdar is, and anxious, doubtless, to achieve con quest and obtain martial renown on the battle-field, where, in early youth, he so greatly distinguished himself, the prudence of the old Ameer must keep him in check. Since his restoration to the throne Dost Mahomed has manifested the utmost anxiety to continue on decent, if not on friendly, terms with us ; he knows how heavy and how far inclining are our arms, and can readily understand how light a matter it would be for us to push forward a divi sion from the Jullundur Doab to attack a Jum rood, and make mincemeat of the best of his armies. The Governor-General and Commander in-Chief continue at Simla, and it is said that the other members of Council are about to join them, as their stay in these parts is likely to be a protracted one. Meantime a large magazine—mainly of artillery stores, is being col lected at Phulloor, and the troops are being kept well in hand, in case of accidents, so that we shall not again be taken by surprise. The public will look forward with much interest to the events of the next cold season. _ _ _ —.—______ Sinde continues tolerably quiet, but much sickness, of a very malignant type seems to exist all over the country. Cholera has quitted the army at Kurrachee, but lingers among the population of the town. I have not, as yet, received any very accurate returns of the total number of deaths among the troops : that for merly quoted from the Gentleman's Gazette is, I suspect, considerably beyond the mark; while the loss among the townspeople seems to have been underrated. I believe I am pretty safe in saying that betwixt the 14th and 30th of June ten thousand human beings were cut off by cholera at Kurrachee. It has since then been fleeting up the river, and is at present making fearful havoc in the city of Hyderabad. Our troops appear, hitherto, to have escaped. Fever of ama lignant type has for some time back prevailed at Sukkur, her Majesty's 17th having been the chief sufferers. They are at present on their way down to Kurrachee, and great apprehensions are entertained of the consequences should they chance to meet cho lera on their way. The men are so sickly and broken down, that they are predisposed for the attack of any malady. It is said they will return to India, and thence probably proceed to the Cape. Her Majesty's 86th will, in all likelihood, be sent immediately out of Sinde, being the ninth regiment, which has within three years been rendered unfit for service by the climate of the Indus. The European part of these are.her Majesty's 17th, 28th, 78th, and 86th, the Bom bay 2d European Regiment and Horse Artillery, the rest being Sepoys., Between 3,0001. and 4,0001. sterling has been subscribed for the re-purchase of the ornaments and attire of the Sinde Princesses now for sale amongst the prize booty at Bombay. (From the Times.) We have received letters and papers from Bombay to the sth of August. They came to Suez by an ex traordinary occasion, in consequence of Sir George Arthur's having resigned the Government of that Presidency. 111-health has been the cause of his re tirement. From the 6th of May he was net able to transact business with the various members of the Government. Finding that the chances of his reco very, during his stay in India, were but slight, he at length resolved to resign his place. The Hon. Lestock Robert Reid, the senior civil servant in the Council of that Presidency, succeeds as acting Governor, ac cording to the provisions of the Company's charter. The powerful steamer- Akbar was ordered to bring the ex-Governor to Egypt. His debility on embark ing at Bombay was such that he refused all sorts of military honours. The chief political news is, that the spirit of dis satisfaction with the Government at Lahore, of the Queen-Mother, and of Wuzer Lall Singh, threatens to explode in acts of violence. The notorious fanatics, called the Akhalees, were collecting in the neigh bourhood of that capital, and fears were entertained of their commencing a bloody struggle. The months of September and October have been often a signal for butcheries amongst the Seikhs. Ghoolab Singh is surrounded with difficulties in his new kingdom. 'Some of his own relatives are clamorous for payment of his brother's legacies to them. The Chief of Mooltan was not disposed to yield obedience to the Government of Lahore, and a contest was expected in the southern part of the Punjaub, in which the British will be compelled to interfere. The army from Sinde is the nearest to Mooltan. From Sinde we learn that cholera had ceased to ravage Kurrachee and Hyderabad, in both of which places it had spread devastation. Sir Charles Napier, who has gained golden opinions by his kindness to the sufferers, had ordered the old walls of Kurrachee to be demolished and the town to be improved. His nephew and secretary Captain John N apier, of her Majesty's 62d regiment, has fallen a victim to the relentless malady; he is much re gretted. The only officer who died at llyderabad was Lieutenant A. D. Campbell, of the 17th Regi- ment Native Infantry. Fever had abated at Sukkur. Her Majesty's 17th Regiment, which had suffered much there, were stated to be about to come to the coast, in order to embark either for the Cape of Good Hope or for England. The Governor-General and the Commander-in- Chief remained at Simla, where they were about to be joined by some of the most experienced officers of the north-western province, in order to arrange defi nitively their plans for next fair season. The whole of the western part of India from the rtinjitub to Ceylon appears to have been blest this year with abundant rain. The newly acquired pro vinces known as the Jullundur Doab has had an ex traordinary fall, which must contribute to its fertility. At Phulloor a large magazine has been formed, which is already filled with military stores. The Seikhs are enlisting into the British regiments; they are a fine rice of men. The country of the Deccan, which iisubject to the rule of the Nizam, continues to feel the results of a most wretched system. His treasury is exhausted, and hi 3 troops are dissatisfied. The British Resident, general Fraser, however distinguished for his abilities, cannot devise a plan for the amelioration of that state. The Calcutta journals describe a most extraordi nary act of plunder in that capital. Sixteen men, well armed, entered a goldsmith and tanker's shop, wounded several people, and then retired with their spoils. The police of that city has not discovered the perpetrators. It is openly stated that the shop keepers there pay "Black Mail" to escape from being attacked. This is an astonishing admission in the British capital of India. _ _ The city of Poonah was not so healthy this year as usual ; fever of a typhoid character prevailed. The •Commar.der-in-Chief, Sir T. McMahon, had re covered from an attack of it. The old India Navy Mutiny Act must be revised. A court-martial was assembled on board the Hast ings in Bombay harbour, when it was discovered that some irregularity existed, and a reference was made to the Supreme Government on the subject. The Oriental Bank was originally established in Bombay, where the shareholders are now dissatisfied with the expense and 'conduct of their London directors, and they have, therefore, resolved to put a full stop to the London direction. A notice to that effect has come by this mail, with which, if a ready compliance be not agreed to, a person with sufficient powers will be speedily sent from Bombay to carry the wishes of the shareholders into effect. A new crime has been found out in Bombay : a gang of haidened ruffians poisoned'a number of buffa loes, then brought the carcases, which they sold to the butchers in the public market, to be disposed of as meat at the hottest season of the year. They are to be tried at the next criminal sessions. Newg from the Mauritius to the 11 th of July has been received by this opportunity. One of the most remarkable circumstances mentioned is the expulsion by Sir W. Gomrn, the Governor of that island, of a Roman Cath9lic priest, who, by his skill as a surgeon, performed the Ccesarian operation on the body of a dead woman, and saved her child, which survived 24 hours. The newspapers of that colony are loud in their denunciations of this sentence. The affair has produced a sensation in the Mauritius. Amongst the recent deaths in India, that of Meer Sohdar, an ex-Ameer, must be mentioned. He had passed almost the last 30 years of his life in bed, as a cripple. The old intrigues respecting Sinde are still at work, and every means are used to mislead the British people in this matter. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA MONEY MARKET. Bengal .Hurkaru Office, July 18. The money market continues to exhibit a more healthy appearance, and the rates of interest in the Bazaar have fallen. As soon as the prompt of the last opium sale is provided for, we may expect a quiet state of things, if the advices from home are favourable. Government Securities of all descriptions are rising rapidly in value. Exchange is less brisk. We havenotheard of first-rate paper going off better than 2s. 2d. at ten months' date. Bank Stock looking upwards. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Transfer Stock Paper 5 per cent. premium 10 0 a 11 0 Bombay 5 per cent....... 0 8 a par. Old Sicca 5 ditto according to numbers 1 0 a 1 8 New Company's 5 per cent 4 0 a 4 8 Third 4 ditto discount 6 8 a 7 8 Now Co.'s 4 ditto 99 5 0 a 5 8 BANK SHARES. Bengal Bank ... Co.'s Rs. (4,000) prem. 2,675 a 2,700 Union Bank ... (1,000) ~ 175 a 180 Agra Bank ... ' (500) „ 260 a 270 Oriental Bank ... „ (1,000) „ 150 a 170 North-Western Bank „ (500) „ 100 a 130 PRICES OF BULLION, &c. Sycee Silver, Co.'s rs. 101 12 0 a 105 0 0 per 100 sa. wt. China Gold Bars ... 15 8 0 a 16 8 0 per sa. wt. Gold Dust ... ... 15 8 0 a 16 8 0 per sa. wt. Spanish Dollars ... 221 10 0 a 221 12 0 per 100 Mexican ditto ... 221 ,0 0 a 221 4 0 per 100 Sovereigns ... 11 3 0 a 11 , 4 ot, each Madras Gold Mohurs 16 4 0 a 16 8 0 THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.) BOMBAY, AUG. 5, 1846.—We avail ourselves of the de. parture of the steamer Akbar to issue a short circular on the state of the market since our last dispatch; but as the commercial season is only now on the point of re opening, there is little of importance to communicate. The monsoon has been most favourable—the fall of rain having already exceeded the total annual average, and the accounts received from the major part of the agricul tural districts continue satisfactory. Metals—We have few changes to notice in the prices of any denomination of these. We quote tile copper about a rupee lower than before, and noiles are quite nominal. In iron but little alteration has taken place in the value of any variety. We are informed of a sale of Is 4 tons of flat bars at rs. 30 per candy; and another of 1,000 bundles of hoop, at rs. 6.10.0 per cwt., is likewise said to have taken place. Pig lead has slightly ad vanced in price, and quicksilver has declined to the ex tent of about rs. 5 per maund. Sales of 300 tubs of Swedish steel at rs. 10, and 200 cases of the same at rs. 11 per cwt., have been reported in the papers. COTTON MANUFACTURES. —The market for these has been, till now, almost entirely closed, and we have, con sequently, but few transactions to record. The only sales, indeed, communicated to us, are the following: — Per piece. 250 pieces gTey longcloths 38 yds. by 45 in. at Rs. 6 4 0 100 ditto 38 yds. by 39 in. at 5 4 0 150 do. grey domes. 60 yds. by 26 in. at 6 6 0 It is expected that the favourable character of the monsoon will lead, ere long, to a renewal of business transactions on an extensive scale—unless counteracted by a renewal of the scarcity of money. Yarns—Prices' remain without much change, and no transactions have been reported for publication, though we understand that sales to the extent of about 6,0001b5. of Water, at 71 annas for No. 20, and 8i annas for No. 30, have had effect since our last. Marine Stores—Paints have given way in price about rs. 2 to 4 per cwt., and Cordage about rs. -4, whilst in Coal Tar an improvement of rs. 2 per barrel has taken place. We hear of no transactions. Beer—The dealers havirg supplied themselves prior to the issue of our last Price Current, sales have been sub sequently very limited, and we have only heard of one of about 50 hhds. of Allsopp's at rs. 60 per hhd. Spirits are unchanged in value. We hear of a sale of 20 hhds. of brandy at rs. 3 1 0 per gallon. Cochineal has slightly declined; we quote the article nominal at 3rs. per lb. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—The transactions in this staple have not been extensive, and there is but little alteration in prices to record. We quote Broach and Surat at 80rs. to 82irt:, per candy, which is about qrs. lower than last month. Other sorts are without change. The quality of the cotton now at market is inferior. In other articles of Eastern produce we hear of no variation in price, save Cassia, which is 4 rs. per lb. dearer, nor are there any purchases of importance to notiee. Freights—Freights have latterly sustained a further decline, owing to the heavy arrivals of tonnage. Money Market—Government paper may be quoted as Five per Cent. Loan of 1825-26 Four ditto ditto 1832-33 Four ditto ditto 1835-36 Five ditto ditto 1841-42 Four ditto ditto 1842-43 Exchange—The money market having become easier, exchange on England has given way., Since our last bills have been sold at 2s. id. downwards, and the rate of transactions for this date may be quoted at ls. 1 lid. to 2s. per rupee, at six months' sight. On Calcutta, at, 60 days the rate is at par ; on Madras at 30 days, 991 rupees ; and on China at 60 days, 206 rupees to 208 per 100$. Banks—We quote Bank of Bombay Shares at rs. 410 premium, and those of the Orientalßank at rs. 155 to 175 pr( rnium per share. Price of Bullion—Sovereigns, rs. 114 ; Bank of Eng land notes, per rs. 11. THE MILITIA.—The annexed communication, which was issued from the War-office last evening, Sep tember 9th, will put at rest, at all events for the present, any further speculation and excitement regarding the embodying of the militia. What the intention of the present Government may be with regard to the future it is impossible to say, but the fact that nothing can occur until the next meeting of Parliament should be generally known. The letter, dated September 9, and signed by Mr. Fox Maule, Secretary-at-War, pro ceeds:—" With reference to the circular communications from the War-office, dated 23d of May and 27th of June last, on the subject of re-organising the staff of the regiment of militia, under your command, I have the honour to acquaint you that it is not intended at present to take any further measures for revising the laws re lating to the militia, nor for assembling that force for training and exercise. I have therefore to request, that in all cases where any sergeant belonging to the corps under your command shall have been admitted to the out-pension, list, you will be pleased to suspend the filling up of the vacancy, and also any vacancies whicl might have existed from other causes on the reduced establishment of the staff, until the course to be taken by her Majesty's Government in reference to the militia shall have been further considered." FLEET-STREET.—Yesterday the paving of this thoroughfare reached opposite St. Bride's Church. Tbe street, it is said, will be opened throughout on Friday or WtadoY• LITERATURE. ON TIIE LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICES— their National and Social Advantages—their Principles • and Practice. By Gco'ge J. Soper. The life offices have long needed such a familiar and useful little work as the pamphlet before us. It is the right key to the mysteries of the actuary, and premising-that it also furnishes a list of all the life offices existing at the commencement, of the year, with their tabular charges and divisions, we cannot do better than extract the following epitome of its contents fr3m the " Introduction." " We have endeavoured to show that the field for life assurance has been much enlarged of late; that it will continue to enlarge with the multiplication of the middle or enterprising classes, the progressive advance of the industrious mechanics, and; he division of property among the aristocratical orders; that there are no grounds for apprehending, under any possible circum stances, a crash amongst the life offices, as amongst the railroads, or other specul a ti ve un d er takings, for the busi ness investments of such life offices do not partake of a speculative' character —even a panic in the money world, which brings destruction upon other interests, must benefit the life offices, by raising the value of money, which is their only ' stock in trade. That character, or moral standing in the directors and officers is the chief reliance, as the re sponsibilities are mainly dependent on the careful and honourable application of the money received as pre miums, and other investments, not merely in the amount of the subscribed or pledged capital, for such capital must be considered only as a collateral security against possible, not probable contingencies—all such probabili ties are, in fact, calculated and included in the charge for premiums, end the deposits for annuities, &c. That the true life-risk being familiarly known by the pub lished experiences of the old offices, no imposition in that respect could be attempted without immediate ex posure. And in the event of life offices failing to get business, and resolving, in consequence, to close their establishments, the holders of policies therein run little risk, for under such circumstances the office liabilities would, of course, be comparatively small in amount, and the pledged capital, with the paid-up premiums, would be ample security. Even in the worst case, the failure of a mutual assurance company, whose only property is the subscribed premiums, there could be no considerable loss, except through the possible dishonour and dis honesty of the directors and officers, to guard against which every caution and circumspection previously to embarking in any life office is strongly recommended. That mere class associations or particular business or professional offices, are a ,departure from the principle on which the mortality tables are founded. as these tables are calculated by the common law of mortality, and the life risk is known to vary in different classes and occupations—that, therefore, the acknow ledged class, or professional offices, must be considered, to a certain extent, as experimental. That it would be wise and prudent for life offices never to raise a question of doubt or difficulty in the case of claims from prema ture death, unless justified on the strongest grounds, for as such chances are an actually recognised risk, and the onus of detecting imposition fairly rests with the office, a failure to establish a fraud would be highly injurious. That nevertheless, as such frauds are often attempted to be practised, and as successful imposition wrongs the honest insurer by affecting his proportion of the profits or participations, if not his real security, every indivi dual concerned in such office is decidedly interested to detect imposition, and to see it exposed and punished when detected. The proprietary, the mutual, and mixed offices are defined, and their relative bearings explained. Accumulative, or deposit assurance, is considered in its practical application, and we conclude with a glance at Or progress and peculiarities of the existing offices." GILBERTS ENGLISH DICTIONARY. No. IX. This extraordinary publication proceeds with all its original ability—extraordinary both in extent of information, neatness of typography and moderation of price. GILBERTS MODERN ATLAS OF THE WORLD. Part V. This serial is one of those aptly dedicated to the million. It will afford endless instruction as an ac curate geographical reference, and endless amuse ment to those who relish imaginary travelling. ." The last geftral meeting of the South-Eastern Com pany was held on the 16th of May, and at that meeting the proprietors approved of eleven Bills, which were submitted to them, and which were then under the con sideration of Parliament. " The most important of these Bills was the one for constructing a railway from the Greenwich Railway, through Woolwich, Gravesend, and Rochester, to Chilham, which is the South-Eastern North Kent Railway. This Bill received the royal assent on the 3d August last, but with powers only to construct that portion of the railway between Greenwich and Graves end, from whence it is continued to Rochester over the Gravesend and Rochester Railway. On the same day the Bill authorising the purchase of the Gravesend and Rochester line by the South-Eastern Company received the royal assent. " The South-Eastern North Kent till passed the House of Commons after a very severe contest, and was before a Committee of the Lords, when arrange ments were made with the rival North Kent Company to withdraw all further opposition to the South- Eastern Company ; and the South-Eastern Company purchased the plans of the North Kent Company, and part of the estate of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, through which the South -Eastern North Kent line passes, for the sum of 30,0001. " The engineers are now staking out the North Kent line. The Directors have every reason to believe that the North Kent line will be open for traffic from London to Rochester within twelve months from the present time. " The Mid Kent line, which was a direct line from London to Tunbridge, and London to Maidstone and Ashford, shortening the distance to Tunbridge 9 miles, to Maidstone 21 miles, and to Ashford, Folkestone, and Dover, 13 miles, received the sanction of the House of Commons; but the directors regret to say that it was re jected by the Committee of the House of Lords. The importance of cutting off the angle at Reigate, and giving the most direct communication to London for the continental traffic ; is under the anxious consideration of the directors. " The engineers of the Company are engaged in tak ing a fresh survey of the country; and circumstances have occurred which induce the directors to believe that they shall be able to submit to the proprietors and Par liament an improved line for effecting the important objects in view. " The directors feel bound to acknowledge the great advantage which the South-Eastern Railway has re• ceived from the punctual service of the steam-ships of the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Com pany between Folkestone and Boulogne. " The passage has been made each way in two hours daily, without the slightest intermission; and the har bour of Folkestone is so much improved by the works in progress there, that the advantage of a double service each tide between the two ports may be anticipated al most immediately. " Since the opening of the branch to Ramsgate on the Mk of April, the service between Ramsgate and Ottend has been performed daily with equal punctuality. " The Acts that have been obtained lest session, give the Company power to raise 2,978,9001. by shares and loans. " This power the directors propose that the Company shall exercise, by declaring that 285,000 of the shares authorised to bo issued under the resolutions of the special general meeting of the 11th of September, 1645, and known as the No. 4 shares, shall be third shares, 71. 10s. remaining to be paid on each ; that the further instalments to be paid on those shares shall not exceed 11. ss. each, with an interval of not less than three months between each instalment ; and that the holders of the No. 4 shares shall be entitled to the advantage of any further issue of shares which may hereafter take place for the purpose of completing any . portion of the projects for which the No. 4 capital was intended, up to the amount which such shares would have represented if they bad remained half shares. " It is necessary to issue bonds to the amount of 279,000/, at five years' date, and bearing interest at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum, to complete the settle ment for the purchase of the Gravesend and Rochester Railway, 31,000/. having been already paid in cash. " The directors also propose to receive authority from the proprietors to issue bonds for 121,000 L, under powers contained in their Acts. " The directors beg leave to convey their thanks to the proprietors for the support received from them during the Parliamentary contest, and to assure them that nothing that they can do shall be wanting to pro mote efficiency and economy in the working of the rail way, and to attain those advantages upon which so much labour and capital have been expended to gain." " JAMES MACGREGOR, Chairman. " Lendon Terminus, Sept., 1846." The CHADIAN then proceeded to say, that the labour and money the proprietors had expended in construct ing these railways would have been spent in vain, if they had not attained their object—a profit on their total outlay. It was true that the account just furnished to the meeting did not exhibit au amount of money at their disposal which was commensurate with the capital they had embarked, or the arduous struggle in which they had been en gaged.—(llear.) But he had different expectations for the coming half-year. In the meantime the directors had recommended the dividend to be declared that day, chiefly from the consideration that at their next meeting for the same purpose they would be in a position to de clare a greater one. Although, however, he acknow ledged that the returns of money were far from satisfac tory, yet he was hopeful that their next accounts would show a great increase on the opening of the conti nental railways. During the past year the average rates of fares per mile was only ltd., how then could it be ex pected that the railway should pay? They had made the trial, and it had failed ; they were therefore justified in retracing their steps. He was happy to say that during the last week (al though only days were taken), as compared with the correspor.ding week of last year, that there was an in crease in their traffic of not less than 4,0001. He had now to request their attention to the proceedings of the Company during the last session of Parliament. The Chairman then shortly adverted to the lines which had been passed, and to those which bad been unsuccessful, and concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Lord TORRINGTON, in seconding the adoption of the report, said that they had no doubt lately read in the leading journals of the country very stringent articles on the conduct of the Company in raising the fares of the line. He (Lord Torring ton) respected the press as much as any man, but he did regret that the writers for these periodicals, without looking into the facts, and without making in quiries into the circumstances, should make such state ments. He regretted that they should have opened these attacks without strong and serious grounds on which to base the assertion that these attacks were just and right. How stood the case ? Was it not the fact that the fares of the South-Eastern Company would bear comparison for cheapness with any other line in Eng land ? and when it was considered that the ac commodation given by them to the public was greater than that given by any other company—when it was considered that they ran third-class trains five times a day, while their neighbours limited that class to one or at most two a day, he thought that when all these facts were maturely considered, they would justifylthe Company in the eyes:of the proprietors and of the public generally. These were the facts, and any one who took tha trouble to inquire would find that they were fully borne out.—(Hear, hear.) If these charges were just, then, indeed, he admitted that the di rectors of that Company would be unworthy of the trust reposed in them; but he could say for himself, as well as for his brother directors, that as long as he had to do with the Company, he wished to reduce the fares to as low a rate as possible, con sistent with the interests of the proprietors.—(Hear.) When they made that great reductionsin the fares on the Ist September, 1845, it was made at the expense of the proprietors, and the public had now no reason to complain. They had shown to the world at large, and the county of Kent in particular, that these excessively low fares could not be maintained, because they could not be with due attention to the interests of the shareholders. But they had not raised the fares in every case ; they had only regulated them—(flcar, hear)—and they would find that with reference to one class of carriages there was an even fare of Id. per mile over the railway. If Parliament had thought proper to throw out their schemes for giving a more direct line than now existed to some of the towns of Kent, thereby shortening the distance, it was not fair that the public should expect that they should be carried round twenty-one miles, or as it might be, for nothing. The Company had to pay a heavy toll to the Croydon company for the first fourteen miles of their distance, and they therefore reaped no advantage in the shape of profit from that. But was the objection against their circuitous line a tenable one ? Did the Great Western give a direct communication to the people of Exeter ? and if not, did they abolish the extra fare for goods and passengers ? He thought that the conduct of the di rectors had been marked by prudence, and was entitled to their support ; and he would, therefore, with plea sure second the adoption of the report. Mr. D. Ser.omoars said, that although agreeing almost entirely with the report, there was still one paragraph to which, before putting the question, he would wish briefly to advert to, that was the one which had reference to the raising of the fares upon the line. The Noble Lord had, with reference to this very paragraph, thrown out a sort of challenge, namely, with regard to the lowness of the fares in the county of Kent. The Noble Lord might be aware that this subject had already kindled a flame in that county which could not be but most injurious to the interests of the Com pany and of the shareholders : an universal dis content prevailed in consequence of the manner in which the fares had been regulated. Taking the fares under the new regulation, they found that they were collected lineally and not diagonally, that was, by the length of the line, and not by a direct or geographical distance from place to place. The Noble Lord said that they went twenty miles round. He (Mr. Salomons) knew it, and it was, therefore, before agreed by the Company that the fares should be collected geo graphically, and not lineally.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted that the directors would yet see reason to retrace their steps, and so satisfy the public expectation. The coun'ty of Kent had declared against their present proceedings. He held in his hand resolutions expres sive of this opinion that had been passed in the city of Canterbury, and other parts of the district were getting up similar meetings. The first q ues ti on h e wou ld as k the proprietors would be, "Can it be to y our i n t eres t to injure yourselves in the next ses s i on o f P ar li amen t, by enlisting against you the opposition of a rich county like Kent?" Could any one believe that the Company would be supported in the next session? They might, perhaps, imagine, from the speech of the Noble Lord, that the fares had been un i versa ll y an d i n t h e same d increased. e gree It was not so. Where there had been a longer distance by road than by railway, and where the traffic by the former mode of conveyance was the cheaper, the Company had reduced their fares but it was only to greatly increase them where the road w 8 s the longest. On the Ist September last they had adopted the lineal mode of calculation, for surely it would be too bad to do, as they now proposed doing, to charge the inhabitants of Maidstone an extra price for the pri vilege of conveying them 21 miles round. He protested against the late proceedings of th e di rectors ; h e pro tested because the opinion of the proprietors had not been asked at all—(Hear, hear)—and he thought the least that could be granted was, that at that meeting they should have the opportunity of expressing (before the report was carrried) their assent or disapproval. One word before he sat down— there was no foundation for the reports which had been so industri ously circulated, that the locomotive arrangements of the Company were most irregular and uncertain. He was happy to bear his testimony to the fact, that, with the exception of a few irregularities unavoidable under some circumstances, there had been nothing to complain of in this department. He besought the directors to re scind their late resolution with respect to fares ; he assured them that the course they had adopted was most injurious to the reputation of the Company.— (Loud cries of " No, no,'' " Yes, yes," and great con fusion.) He repeated that such a course was most in jurious—(lncreased confusion)—most injurious to the reputation of the Company, and the opinions of the county of Kent would confirm his statement.—(Hear.) He would move an amendment,. that the proprietors agree to the report with the exception of the particular paragraph which referred to the increase of the ratea of fares. The CHAIRMAN said that he had looked into the report, and he could see nothing in the paragraph which called upon the shareholders to affirm the decision of the directors. They had, by virtue of the trust reposed in them, altered the rates of fares, and there was, therefore, no necessity for the shareholders to record a vote in their favour in this particular. He thought that the one fact mentioned irk their report was conclusive as to the propriety of regu lating the fares, he meant that paragraph which stated that, with a vastly increased passenger traffic, the amount was less per mile than by their former system. The London and North-Western Railway had been held up as a pattern for all railways. He trusted that as re garded the dividend to be declared, they (the South- Eastern) would soon imitate their example—(Cheers)— but he hoped that Company would never adopt as a pat tern the conduct_ of a company which sent only third class carriages once a day.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that the inhabitants of the county of Kent had good reason to think the South-Eastern Company their friends, they having spent no less than five millions of money among them.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. JENNINGS rose to support Mr. Salomons' amend ment, and in a long speech deprecated the policy pursued by the Company. The report was then put and carried almost unani mously. Mr. SALOMONS said he would give the shareholders present an opportunity of recording their opinions by entering the following notice on the minutes :—" That in adopting this report the meeting does not intend to pass any opinion on the increase of fares." After a desultory discussion on some points of lesser interest, the remaining resolutions (all of them being in. accordance with the report) were carried. The dividend declared was 17s. pet: share on the paid up shares, and Bs. 6d. and ss. Id. on those lately created. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting adjourned. A- cv tit '5' 1 14 PA r t " 1 4) 1..42e MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The first general meeting of this Company, after re ceiving their Act, was held to-day, at one o'clock, at the Company's offices, 2, Moorgate-street. The Hon. W. E. FITZMAURICE having taken the chair, called on the Secretary to read the advertisement convening the meeting. The SECRETARY then read the report of the committee of management. Ater congratulating the proprietors on obtaining their Act of Parliament, which received the royal assent on the 13th of August last, it referred to the present state and the future prospects of the Com pany. One of the objects with which they had started was the purchase of the Monmouthshire Canal Company, which, besides its own course, had a connexion with some fifty or sixty miles of tramway travelling throughout the district. This canal had been pur chased by the committee at 2001. a share; and the traffic on it was such already as to guarantee to the company at least 5 per cent.; but, besides this, the tramways already alluded to, and the Newport and Pontypool Railway, afforded every prospect of a greater development of traffic, more especially to the north, to Liverpool, Birkenhead, and other manufacturing towns in that district —acountry the railway travelled through, and which had never yet been opened up. Among the conditions of purchase it was left to the Canal Company to take shares in the railway in lieu of the purchase money, to the amount of 2,080 shares, which if taken, being viewed as paid upon in full, would reduce the amount to be paid to the Canal Company by about 52,0001. The Canal Company had not yet given notice of the number of shares which it might be their intention to take, and therefore the committee could not inform the proprie tors what some for the purchase would have actually to be paid. The CHAIRMAN, when the report had been read, said, on that occasion he had little more to state than what he had said before—that he had great confidence in this railway as a good line, and his confidence since he had last met them was greatly increased. The sources whence he drew that he would shorty state to them. The Monmouthshire Canal, which they had purchased, returned an increase of income last year of 10,0001., and that included no passenger traffic. It should be also remembered that wages were nowhere so high as in the district through which the canal passed. In Taff Vale alone, without any passenger traffic, there had been an increase of 10,0001. in one year ; of course, then, it was to be expected that the Monmouthshire line would yield very much more. Anothe r consideration should not be lost sight of; that hitherto Monmouthshire had only cultiva:ed the sea traffic, the exports and imports by sea ; but the inland trade would be opened up, and developed by the various lines in connexion with this Company, up to Liverpool, Birkenhead, and even Hereford, whence a large increase might be looked for. Situated as they were he had already had overtures made to him; these were not in a state sufficiently advanced that he could state to the meeting the nature of them, or their probable result; but he would express the assurance he felt that large compa nies would look upon this line as of great importance, and he anticipated an alliance with other extensivecompanies. He then moved that the report read be adopted, and the directors authorised to take such measures with the Monmouthshire Canal Company and others, as they might deem necessary to promote the interests of the proprietors. The Hon. I. H. litiox seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. William E. Snow, Esq., and John Allan, sen., Esq., were appointed auditors to the Company, at a remuner ation of ten guineas each. Resolutions also were severally moved and passed, electing the nine members of the committee of manage ment to be directors of this Company, and allocating 6001. per annum for their remuneration, exclusive of travelling expenses t • and 3001. a year as, the salary of the secretary of the Compuny. Mr. CHAPMAN, one of the directors, in making a statement of the cash accounts of the Company said, as they stood at that moment, that statement could not be very definite; but be this as it might, the proprie tors, he was sure,would feel that they had a boncifide scheme, not great in the world, but great, most certainly, in the railway world. A gentleman who had taken 100 shares in the Newport and Pontypool Company said to him the other day that if they would not meddle with their line for a twelvemonth, he was sure a company, which he could not name in that meeting, would give them 101. a share premium for it. Mr. Chapman then stated that the receipts from deposits paid up, and exclusive of shares taken by the Canal - Company, were 25,0471., and that the preliminary expenses would be somewhere about 13,0001. The Hon. I. H. KNox then moved a vote of thanks to the directors for their past energy and zeal in the affairs' of the company, and to the chairman for his conduct on that occasion. Mr. SNOW, in seconding this resolution, said, that having been a shareholder in the Canal Company, he thought a property which bad stood in the market at from 2001. to 2121, was surely worth 2001. to a railway company, although at that time it was at 160/. to 1701. in the market. He was aware further, that the canal, from the want of powers in their Act, and from:the want of capital, never could have developed the traffic of the country. It was espe cially a country for railways ; there was the iron they needed, and the best coals for making coke. Newport, to which their line ,extended, was also rapidly rising in importance, its capacities for trade were as yet unknown; and it was worth know ing that this line, from the mines down to the port, was all a declivity, so that they had only to set their waggons in motion to carry them to their destination. Thus engines were at the lower terminus to bring them back, and there would be less back traffic from the port to the mines' mouth. Considering all things, he had the greatest hopes of success, and at least five per cent. by means of the canal was already guaranteed the m. The motion was unanimously carried. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the honour, and the meeting then adjourned. • SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The twentieth half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors in this Company was held this day, at one o'clock, in the large room, London-bridge Station, to take into consideration the general business of the Company. The meeting was most numerously attended. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, and also one calling a meeting for special purposes, The common seal of the Company was then affixed to the registry of proprietors. The SECRETARY then read the report, from which we make the following extracts : " The accounts of the South-Eastern Railway Com pany for the half-year ending on the 31st July, 1846, show, that the gross receipts of the Company on traffic account have amounted, during that period, to 193,058 L 13s. 10d.; that the working expenses have been 62,726/. Bs.; the rent of the Greeenwich Railway and Whitstable Railway, 19,9121. 10s.; the rates, Government duty, and toll to the Croydon Company, 23,9681. 175.; making together the expenditure on revenge account, 106,6071. 155., and the balance carried to the account of profit and loss, 86,4501. 18s. 10d.; the profit and loss account shows an amount at the disposal of the proprietors of 70,545/. 7s. 2d. " The amount received for passenger traffic during the half year, on the South-Eastern Railway, exclusive of the Greenwich branch, is 119,4941. 10s. 7d., of which 45,7321. 7s. 7d. bas been paid by 106,279 first-class pas sengers, 44,9561. 10s. Bd. by 239,999 second-class pas sengers, and 28,8051. 12s. 4d. by 387,629 third-class passengers. _ _ _ _ " r 1 comparison with the corresponding half-year of 1845 shoWs an increase, during - the last half-3 ear of 29,3131. 6s. 2d. in receipt, and of 37,653 first class, 87,712 second class, and 271,068 third class in number, in all 397,333; but the mileage travelled over has been greatly increased by the opening of the Tunbridge Wells branch and of the line from Ashford to Canterbury and Rams gate. " The amount per mile per week earned in 1845 was greater than that earned during the last half-yeac, not withstanding the increase in the amount received and of the number of persons carried. " This fact made it incumbent on the directors to re consider the scale of passenger fares, and to adjust them as seemed reasonable after the experience gained on a trial of twelve months at the greatly reduced rates. " The rate that has been adopted since the Ist Sep tember instant is 2 75-100 d. per passenger per mile by the express trains, and by ordinary trains 2 25.100 d. for the first class, 1 65-100 d. for second class, and ld. for third class—a scale of rates which will bear compa rison with that of the principal railways, and one which, combined with the great accommodation which the South-Eastern Company affords to first, second, and third-class passengers, will be found to be just and reasonable. " The comparison of last half•year with the corre sponding half-year of 1845, shows an increase of 81,695 persons carried over the Greenwich branch within that period, and there is an increase of the earnings on this branch of 1,5891. 6s. 10(1.1 " The merchandise account has yielded 21,557/. od. during the last half-year, which exceeds by 3,666/. 18F. the amount earned in the corresponding half of last year. " The directors are enabled to state that the locomo tive department has been conducted in an efficient man ner ; and that the time book shows that the trains have been worked with as much punctuality as any railway has yet been able to attain. " The Maidstone branch was opened with a double line of rails in May last, and it has since then been worked with much more ease and accommodation to the public in connexion with the main line. "The Ashford, Canterbury, and Ramsgate line was opened on the 13th of April, and the extension to Mar gate is expected to be opened for traffic in the course of the present month. " The Canterbury and Whitstable branch, after being relaid with heavier rails, was opened as a locomotive line in April last. The change from stationary to loco motive power has proved economical ; and more traffic has been carried than could have been conveyed _by the stationary engines. 46 The extension of the Tunbridge Wells branch, from the temporary station at Jackswood Spring into Tun bridge Wells, will be opened within a month. The tun. nel is completed, and the station buildings are nearly finished. " The directors expect that the Minster and Deal branch will be opened for traffic in the present year. " The electric telegraph was opened for the public use on the Ist inst., at a scale of charges which have been published, and which are proportioned to the length of the message and the distance which it is conveyed. LOWE'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. A most suggestive subject is selected for the opening paper to this month's magazine—" Chris tianity and Railways." At first the title might be regarded as a forced antithesis, but intrinsically the article is one of the deepest importance. It will be perused with interest, as will most of the other con tributions. ROYAL GEMS FROM THE GALLERIES OF EUROPE. Part V. This splendid series of engravings, copied from the canvass of eminent masters by the needles of eminent engravers, is not merely as excellent as upon its commencement, but is infinitely more merito rious. " The Jew's Harp," by Sir David Wilkie, is capital. The cross hatching is clear and neat, and the effect of the whole true to the original. The player looks the vibrations of the harp's tongue ! A most interesting picture of Napoleon in the prison of Nice, 1794, follows. It is a clever representation of not the least singular or romantic incident in the history of the greatest of men. " Going to the Ferry," by Wouvermans, is an engraving worthy of accompanying the two preceding ones ; the original painting is too notoriously admirable to require any commendation. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. tart VII With this seventh part concludes the first volume of this admirable periodical. The public will cherish such an intellectual weekly organ, if it can discri minate—which we believe. To the eminent writers, the accomplished editor, and the enterprising pub lisher, we tender our congratulations on the prosecu tion of their "labour of love" so far, and our ac knowledgments for the pleasure and information they have afforded us in so doing. TIME TABLES, ON A NEW AND SIMPLI- _VIED PLAN. By Thomas Reader. These tables show by inspection, without any cal culation, the number of days from any given day in the year to any other day, and will therefore won derfully facilitate all operations connected with the discounting of bills, and the calculation of interest on banking and current accounts; and from their simplicity of arrangement, facility of reference, and extensive applicability, cannot but be of the greatest service in all cases where calculations of time are re quired. Indeed, no counting-house can be considered as completely furnished if these tables are not to be found on its shelves. KNIGHT'S MONTHLY VOLUME. Part 111. This part consists of a reprint of Lord Brougham's two celebrated discourses ; the first, on the Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science, which was originallypublished as the introductory treatise to the " Library of Useful Knowledge ;" the second, on the Objects, Pleasures and Advantages of Political Know ledge, which was published at a later period in an in troductory treatise to Lord Brougham's " Political Philosophy." RETURN OF HER MAJESTY AND THE COURT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 9.—Soon after nine o'clock this morning, the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, with the royal standard flying, and accompanied by the Fairy, Black Eagle, and Garland steamers,was observed stand ing round Egypt Point, West Cowes, and immediately after the batteries at Cowes Castle and Fort Monkton fired royal salutes, and the vessels of the Yacht Club began to decorate with flags. At nine o'clock the Vic toria and Albert anchored off Trinity Wharf, and the royal barge being hoisted out, Lord Adolphus Fitz elarence had the honour to steer her Majesty, Prince Albert, their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and Prince of Wales, with some of the royal suite, to the shore, and her Majesty's carriages being in readiness, the Queen and the royal party stepped in, and were driven immediately to Osborne House. At half-past nine o'clock the royal standard was displayed on the tower in the grounds. The ladies of her Majesty's suite, with Earl Spencer and Lord Palmerston, and the equerries and attendants, and their baggage, were dis embarked without delay from the four steamers, and those vessels will come into the harbour to coal and pre pare for any further service that her Majesty may re quire of them. The Black Eagle will probably go to Devonport to attend on the Admiralty. COURT CIRCULAR. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar left town yesterday morning for Cashiobury Park, Huts, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, accom panied by his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, the Earl of Denbigh, and the ladies and gentlemen of her suite, partook of a dejeuner in the Tower of London on Monday afternoon, on the return of her Royal Highness from her excursion on the Thames. ----- The Earl of Elgin had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey left town on Tues day evening, on a visit to the Hon. Locke King, at his residence, Woburn, Chertsey. Lady Montagu has left Farrance's Hotel, for her seat, Ditto!' Park, Windsor. The inclefatigaMe Joseph Ady has selected a new sphere of action, be has determined to practice on the innocent credulity of the Templars. We have just seen a letter directed to a barrister, stating that the undersigned is able to inform him of something to his advantage, value 1,0001. and upwards, on receipt of twenty shillings for his cost and trouble, signed Joseph Ady, accountant, No. 5, York-street, Charlotte-street, Whitechapel, and concluding with the usual notice that all postages must be paid. It appears that the various difficulties in which he bas been placed have not damped his ardour, npr deterred him from the pursuit of his favourite practice. He must be sharper than the needles manufactured in his vicinity if he succeeds in extract ing aiything from the pockets of the class towards whom he has now directed his attentions. The Lincoln Conservatives state that the agent of Mr. Seely has discovered that their notices of objection were served a day too late, and that consequently they will be inoperative. We understand that the claims and 014eCtiM axe 1110 t Very utuarouss—Camkidge Advertiser, SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE RADCLIFFE RACES.—TUESDAY. The St. Leger, of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added. Mr. Clarke's f by Stockport, out of Columbine ...walked over The Manchester Cup, added to a Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, &c. Mile and three-quarter& Sir J. Gerard's Pantasa (E. Edwards) 1 Mr. Worthington's Hooton 2 The Smyrna Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 20 added. Heats, a mile and a half. Mr. Carter's Fair Rosamond (Williams) 1 1 Mr. Wood's Maid of Auckland Mr. Abbott's Delaine 2 dr _ _ __ 'he Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. Heats, a mile and a half. Mr. Russell's Grand Seignior .. (Simons) 1 1 Mr. Thompson's Hudibiits 6) t Mr. DawsOn's Sleepy ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES TUESDAY (CONCLUDED). A Handicap of 10 sous . each, h ft, and only 2 if declared, &c., with 50 added. The second to save his stake. Mr. J. Bentam na Pimento, 5 yrs, 7st Mr. Dockeray's Lady Charlotte, Bst 91b Mr. Smith na Tell, 3 yrs, 6st 81b 1 3 4 2 dz Mr. Knowles's The Widow, aged, 7st Olb Mr. Jackson's Syntaxina, aged, Bst 81b _.. First heat won by a head, the second a dead heat between Pimento and Lady Charlotte, the third won on the post by h head, the fourth by two lengths, and the fifth easily by six lengths. - WEDNESDAY. " The Gold Cup by Subscription of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added ; three yrs old, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st 2lb ; six and aged, 9st 51b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the second to ssve bis stake. Heats, one mile and a half. (5 Subs.) Mr. Booth's Tit-bit, 3 yrs .. Mr. Dockeiay na Polka, 3 yrs Mr. Dorrien's Laird o' Cockpen, 4 yrs ... 3 3 First heat won by a neck, the second b y a length. The Railway Plate of 35 sovs , added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sow. each. Once round and a distance. Mr. Nunn's f by Samarcand, out of La File mat garde, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (carried 12st) (Hornsby) I Count Bathyany's Muster, 3 yrs, sst 13'ib Mr. Dixon's Devil-among-the-Tailors, aged, Bst Mr. Drew's Concealment, 4 yrs, 7st lllb (carried Bst 21b) 4 Mr. Messer's Rochester, 3 yrs. Gst 91b; Mr. T. Rolt's Alexa, 3 yrs, 6st 81b, also started but were not placed. Won easy by two lengths. The West Kent Stakes of 2 BON'S. each, with 25 added ; three yrs old, 7st 41b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st; six and aged, • 9st 41b; mates and geldings allowed,3lb ; winners extra. The second to receive 5 soya. from the fund. Heats, once round. (6 Subs.) Mr. Dixon's Devil-among-the-Tailors (Hackett) 4 1 Mr. Hawkes's Primrose, 3 yrs ' Mr. Nunn's Dalesman 5 yrs Mr. E. Haworth's York, 4 yrs 3 3 dr. First heat won cleverly by a length, the second by a neck, and the third by three lengths. The Hunters' Stakes were not run when our account left the course. RATCLIFFE RACES.--VEDNESDAY. The Railway Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added ; two - yr old colts, 7st 51b ; fillies, 7st 21b ; three-yr old colts, 9st ; fillies, Bst 111 b. The second to save his stake. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Worthington's Sharston, 3 yrs — Mr. Cranston's Comme-31-faut, 2 y-rs 2 Mr. b c by St o Thompsn's ansty, 3 yrs 3 The Lancashire Stakei of 30 sows., added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sows. each, 10 ft ; three-yr olds, lOst 41b ; four, list 21b ; five, llst 101 b ; six and aged, 12st 21b. The second_ to save his stake. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Carter's Fair Rosamond, 5 yra 1 Sir J. Gerard's Perpetual Motion, 4 yrs 2 The Stanley Stakes of 40 sous „ added to a Handicap Sweep stake of 10 sow. each, Is ft. The second to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity, 5 yrs 1 Mr. Orrell's Fsctory Girl, 4 yrs Mr. Johnstone's Itowenu, 5 yrs Mr. Hopkins's Brown Flys, 8 yrs The Innkeepers' Purse of 10 sovs., added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, for beaten .horses. Heats; one mile and a distance. Mr. A. Johnstone's Sir Henry, 4 yrs.. Mr. Sutcliffe's Alpha Mr. Hopkins's Brown Flys, 3 yrs 2 dr Mr. Thompson's Hudibras 4 dr ABINGDON RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Pusey Horn Stakes of 5 soya each, with 20 added. Three yrs old 7st, four Bst 31b, five Bst 111 b, six 9st 11b, and aged 9st 41b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. Winners extra. The winner to be sold for 2001. if demanded, &c. TwO miles. Mr. H. Duffield's Milliner, 3 yrs 1 Mr. Treen's Wild Rose, 4 yrs - The Mareham Park Stakes of 20 sous. each, with 40 added; the second to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. Tr€en's Buttress, 3 3.7 s Mr. Goddard ns Bu,Cot buck, 5 yrs _ Mr. Wall's Zela, 5 yrs is Mr. J. Day's Regalia, 3 yr. 4 Mr. S. Scott's Mosque, aged Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, with 25 added ; for two yrs old, 7st 31b; and three yrs old, 9st. ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Rlwes' Camelia, 3 yrs Mr. Thompson's Mr. Newman, 2 yrs ...... ___ Mr. Clarke's f by Sir Hercules, 2 . irs Mr. Thornhill's Crown Jewel, 2 yrs 4 The Berkshire Stakes of 10 sous. each, h. ft., with 15 added; the winner to be sold for 80 sous., if demanded. Heats, about a mile and a half. Mr. Wall's Etona, 4 yrs Mr. Treen's Wild Roe, 4 yrs 0 1 2 Sir C. Cockerell's Amazon, 3 yrs (h b) Mr. \Valler's ch cby Coronation, 3 yrs ... . A Hurdle Race of 3 soy& each with 20 added; list 71b each. Thorough bred horses 71b extra. The winner to be sold for 100 SM. if demanded. Heats, two miles. Mr. Simmonds nsTincton, aged (h b) Mr. Flanagan's Baronet, aged (11 b) Mr. Tollett's Beeswing, aged dist ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES. —WEDNESDAY (CONCLUDED). The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 40 added. The winner to be sold, for 120 guineas, if demanded. The second to save his stake. Heats, twice round and a dis. Captain Somerset ns Ranger, 6 yrs . Mr. Hall's Pedlar, aged Mr. Harper's Miriam 1 dis Captain Jones's Bushranger, aged Mr. Hill's Condor Mr. Pybus's Priam, aged CORONERS' INQUESTS.—AWFUL INSTANCES OP SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday Mr. W. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, held two inquests on the bodies of persons whose deaths were awfully sudden. The first was at the George and Dragon, High-street, Vauxhall, respecting the death of Mize Cowper, aged 42, a single lady, lately residing at No. 9, New Bridge-street, in that neighbour hood. It appeared that on Sunday last, whilst the deceased was in the act of dressing for dinner, one of the vessels near the heart gave way, and she died almost instantaneously. The second inquest was on the body of Abraham Monk, who had been residing at 11, Plea sant•place, Kennington Oval. The inquiry took place at the Clayton Arms, and the evidence proved that, whilst the deceased was driving one of the Kennington omnibuses, he was taken unwell. He returned to his home, and a medical man was sent for, but the deceased died in the space of two hours afterwards. Verdict, in each cafe—" Natural death." xcrz"-.4 SHOCKING SUICIDE WITH CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE. —Yesterday morning, a female named Jane Robertson, twenty-three years of age, expired in the accident ward of Guy's Hospital, from the effects of taking a large quantity of corrosive sublimate. It seems that the deceased had been leading an irregular life for some time past, and on the afternoon of Monday, the 31st ult., she purchased a quantity of the poison, which she took to a coffee-house in the Westminster-Toad and swal lowed. She was discovered by the proprietor, who gave her in charge to the police, and she was conveyed to the above hospital, where she died in great agony yesterday no WV (4Widt6 inqueo6