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• rfIVERSITY COLLEGE HOZ,PITAL'..• PAT/micas—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vlcli-PAraosrEas—pler Royal Highneee the Duchess of KENT. • P'Arstniner—Lord BROUGHAM and VAUX. TarAstitEa—The Baion de GoLDSMID, ER.S. ClSAPLAtist—The Re*. Dr. STEBBLNG, VICE-PRESIDENT& The Duke of Somerset, K.G. . The Duke of Bedford, K.G. • _The Duke of Devonshire, - K.G. The Duke of Sutheiland; - K.G. The Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G. The Earl of Radnor The:Earl Fortescue , The -Earl of Burlington • The Hari of AtiCkland,G.C.B. , Lord John Russell, Nrlscotint Siorpeth, M.P. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. • LordDennisn, Lord Chief Justice • Lord Portman The Lord Bishop of Durham, The Lord tishop of Norwich The Right Hon. tilr F. Pollock The Right BIM Dr. Lushingten ' The Right }kin. Thomas Erskine • The Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge • • The Hon.'Mr. Justice Coltman • , The lion. Mr. Justice Manic Sir G. T. Staunton, .Fart., M.P. Sir Renjamin Heywood, Bart. • The Baron de Goldsmi4, F.R.S. George Bishop, Esq. • F. Stafford Carey, Esq. John Curies, Esq. * aci d Charles Dixon, Esq. William Walker Drake, Req. J. Heywood, Esq., M.P., F.R.S . John Pemberton, Heywood, cz, Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. William Marshall, Esq., M.P. Charles Morris, Esq. Martin Thackeray, Esq. PE r ., William Tooke, Esq. , ttssi mt , ss VAL in aid o f th e F un d s o f th e H os pit a l will be held at i lsa ry atiton. Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on THURSDAY, the 4th 'ER Ems FvATESCUE, Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, eT. , in the Chair. . STEWARDS. The Duke of Bedford, RiG. o ur / The Earl Fitzwilliam :• The Earl of Auckland, G.C.B. cti lc Viscount Morpcth, M.P. _4 4 Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. ' 744 1 ,1 Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. The Lord Bishop of Durham 155p„..... ° ! The Hon C. P. Villi e rs, M.P. wt' _r.,,• , . The Right Hon. Dr. Lushington The Right. Hon. T. B. 3iacanlay :*44 , 4 01.- The Right Hon.. Sir Edward Ryan The Right Hon. Edward Strati • • The Hon. Richard Denman Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart. The Baron de Goldsmid, P.R.S. Sir Moses Montetiore, Bart., F. 11.8. J. H. Adams, Esq. 14 1, Robert J. Bagshaw, Esq. 5 David Barclay, Esq. -S I 4W • " George Bishop, Esq. • James Blyth, Esq. • James Booth, Esq. John E. Blunt, Esq. Matthew Clark, Esq- Ilyde Clarke, Esq. Charles Cope, Esq- Thomas Cope, Eeq. J. Malcolm Corrie, Esq. William Cubitt, Esq., M.P. The Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A. Professor De Morgan John Dillon, Esq. Charles Dixon, Esq. Professor Donaldson, M.t.B.A. William Duckworth, Esq. Edward Enfield, Esq. John Evans, Esq. Joshtia Evans, Esq. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Daniel Gaskell, Esq. Thomas F. Gibson, Esq. Francis Henry Goldsmid, Esq. Frederick D. Goldsmid, Esq. Professor Grant, M.D., F R.S. George R. Greenough. Esq., I.R.S. Charles Gregory, Esq. James flakes, Esq. Thomas J. Hall, Esq. Alers Hankey, Esq. Philip Hardwick, Esq., F.R.S. J. Helbert Helbert, Esq. Dr. Henderson James Heywood, Esq.. ALP- John Pemberton Heywood. Esq. J. Hopkinson, Esq. The Rev. Henry Hughes, M.A. David Jardine, Esq. Z. A. Jesse], Esq. Henry Lewis, Esq. Emanuel Lonsada, Esq. • The Rev. D. Marks Richard Martineau, Esq. • John R. Mills, Esq. Nathaniel Montedore, Esq. • Thomas Morton, Esq. Professor Newman Robert Philips, Eeq. J. Lewis Ricardo, ER.. M.P. A. G. Roberta, Esq. Robert Rogers. Esq. Edward Romilly, Esq. The Beli c it or -G e neral. M. P . Samuel Sharpe, Esq. Professor Sharpey, :CDs Y-R-8- Martin T. Smith, Esq., M.P. The Rev. Dr. Stebbing, F.R.S. Charles Summers, Esq. Professor Byrne Mr. serjeant Talfourd John Taylor, Esq., F.R.B. Richard Taylor, Esq. Martin Thackeray, Esq. Professor Thomson, M.D. Henry Warburton, Esq., F.R.S. John Watson, Esq. • John Williams, Esq., M.P. Professor Williams, M.D., F.R.S. • • John Wood, Esq. Dinner at Six o'clock punctually. der Hospital Committee make this appeal to public benevolence '‘chae.r circumstances of more than asual urgency. • It la now two years since the last festival. „,_ , Juring that time, while the prevalence of epidemic dis ease an d Oeral distress has caused an increase in the number of patients, anti O,.eD,St of maintaining the charity has been further augmented by i t . " Prices of provisions, the Committee have proceeded with plans improving the accommodation for patients by an extension of the s,,Sag. They have thus incurred expenses and liabilities to a large at, asti re .st`rvedund of upwards of 5,1. has ben exhausted, and a 1 . , t101. f contracted. r For some time past e the Hospital hag been .7'"uhilit for its maintenance on aloes from the Treasurer. 1111 s ,•. t I . ;, t . ~1 ~ r ~ jai ti ~iJ a '`.3 l'opta2 b aritY, besides providing relief in sickness for the poor of the It , .7 4 3 and incr e a s in g n e i g hb o urhood in whi c h It i s s it ua t e , i s open kito,"e hospital to all sick and destitute persons, and for the pur bit' cr eXtending its benefits as widely as possible, the clergymen ly tips reinist ers officiating in the surrounding parishes are invited to patie n t, • .71 , 4 0 4; annual cost of maintaining the charity on its present footing Yhi Contributed by the Medical School of University College. 'sre n ,r t 4 soo l. being annually pald over by the Council to the Hospital Z . t he 4,.. 4, e as the amount of students' fees for clinical instruction. b,_.bursements amount OS 5,0001. ; a deficiency of 1,9001. has to itnded for every year. ,t-... n 7 tz slid other furniture are required for the sew wards ; the an ;4oeimpeuse of supporting the occupants of SO additional beds is es -3,11).0 at 1 ,500/. The number of beds which the Hospital is now ,_ 11,1 4) ! containing is 200. ber of patients was last year 18,794, of whom 1,403 were Ztati n „' , and 503 women in childbirth, attended at their own ha ; the remaining number received relief as out-patients or as bhy ti:Z Pli eants. ,;`Yrhan of the Church of England officiates as chaplain, but *4lliiZ tl at Is allowed to have the advice of a minister of that form m - 71. tO Which he himself professes. Zeal. cement of the sciences of medicine and surgery is pro 03sst, b - Z , much co nseque nt benefit conferred on the public of all d als 4 ' We existence of the School of Medicine, of which this Hos. 'l 4i tltt•t; lstb itoPortant a branch. Vtasu r ; Chao Guinea each, may be had of the Stewards, of the 41 ,ver nt e at the Tavern, at the Hospital, and at the Office of the tbr,. r ustio Y n e °li ege, London. 1, r _;011 0 ,..,- and Subscriptions will be received by the Treasurer and tript,'Zll H ankers:—Coutts and Co., 59, Strand—London and Bloomsbury Branch—Scott and Co., 1, Caveu h„:llltaa F.lnith, Payne, and Smith, 1; L om b ar d- street. A t the 3; Drh it :%` _APethecaly, the Matron, and Cl er k t o t h e Comm i ttee be,to7-.Z receipts, signed by the Treasurer, ready for delivery to — l4 lrctors kut and Subscribers who do n o t ma k e t h eir payments to 7 4 ftre r 'rls are requested to take printed rece i pts s i gned by the "ent ,• --. J. W. GOODIFF, Clerk to the Committee. _ PLATED CORNER DISHES.— %AvonY . and SONS. Manufacturing Silversmiths, 14, DISHES.— , ti ts: n, opposite the Bank of England, submit tho prices er r ; t oily, r "' h fi a t Patterns of strongly P. ATED CORNER DISHES, r ndles and edges, and silver shields for engraving the ''' tl sr arms, vlz. s tron The Gadroon Pattern. 3 1 J' Plated Corner Jishes and Covers • • • •• • • .f.. 3 0 0 r The St. James's Patter n . .ntst_rongly Plat are w ed Corner and Covers ....Ll3 10 0 ‘.;overs de with moveable handles, so as to form qt.- "ell. Drawings of the above forw ar d e d to any part of Great L . - "Q or eland, postage free. ENN Y LIND'S NEW SONG JUST 017 T. W ith the cuckoo I we n t, w ith t h e cuckoo I come, Mid many a welcoming smile; And the ear shall acknowledge, with bliss-beating drum. The voice of the minstrel, which yet is not dumb. In happy Britannia's isle. 'The waves of the ocean around me have curled. Since my last welcome visit was paid; Tot I safely retnrn to the pride of the world. Where the broad flag of commerce is daily unfurled. The glorious city of trade. I return to the city where MOSES and SON, Their elegant Fa•hious display; Which Faahloat the highest approval have won, As beautiful articles, equalled by none, The style and the pride of theilay. Hew oft have I gaged from the brightly lit stags, On the elegant dresses around ; Which furnished attraetions that well might engage, And proved Messrs. MOSES had honoured the age, And deserved to be widely renowned. • City of Fashion, no rival hest thou. _ Undis puted control thou haat won ; Te dresses like thine every other must bow, While the whole of the credit, as all will allow, Is due to E. MOSES and 6ON. LIST OF PRICES. ILIA"! MADE. S eaver Taglierd •••••• •• Cheaterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over -coat, handsomely trimmed. • •• • • . 1 fo 0 T he Pa Coat .. 1 6 0 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Th e run - -allot', especially adapted • for snowy and wet vraather.• The Prentie r• . . 1,"'•Y! Winter Coats, in every 5ty1e.......... • Ol5 0 • DO. T rousers, lined • • •••••• • • 0 4 0 Doeskin • •• •• • 6 Dress Coats.. • ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 1 0 Frock do },bellt.ille-breasted Winter Vests .................. 0 2 0 '7' collar 0 1 6 .. • • • . Atitastr and Tonic Suite ••• • •• •••••• • • • • • 0 16 6 NADI z 0 scseellLL . 'Winter Coats, In every style and shape, hand elY trimm e d ........ ••• . • • from 1 6 0 -•-•••.teai Cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cult; • 2 4 0 dot B Twe e ed Trapper • • 1 2 0 ki e n r T p ro re usen •• • • .... 1 6 0 1 12 8 Beat quality made ••••.. • • • • 2 14 0 •••1 15 0 •••••••••• " le hrnera ne ' t quailt Y m • . 2 3 0 ... o e 6 3•11' :; : : °l2 0 H : : .... .. .. : • " •"'B. Plain t Hussar and Tuni c S u i ts . •1 6 0 A Great C0at....... . 'nit of Clothes complete .. ••• • ** •••• • • • • 1 16 0 0% 61,1 Rourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Ik•e t if ' — ' 4 • ll 9 article purchased, ready made, or made to matt leenteti,liturnet e cd Pproved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the lioes: 4 otige l " L , • and SON, Tailors, Woollandrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, .ft 4. 'l4lciurriers, Boet and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for 5, Qentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 31inoriea, and 83 . ti 8g Aldgate• City, London. lii • ;`aga t , K. Mosel; and Son regret being obliged to guard the h....o.hehooed, Impostors, but have learned that the =tradesman r "being connected with them, or it's the same concern, vet o to to in massy instances, and for obvious reasons. Wlb,, co nnexion with any other horse in or out of London; • ,•.•• .1 tt, 1, 1:1),re gen ttine and cheer clothing, &c., should call at, 0;44 . '..ciess transacted at this establishment from anti -" li gabet &gorily. when busbies la remind till twelve TRAINING INSTITUTION •FOR NURSES POR. lI,OSPITALS, F*MILIFrS, AND THE POOR. All who are professionally conversant with the condition of oar Hospitals complain of the inadequate supply of' well-trained nurses as an evll seriously interfering with the efficient discharge of their du ties. They cannot trust to their orders being executed by the 'nurses; and they find that the patients saber from faults of those on 'whoni; in their state of helplessness, they are almost entirely de,en dent ; and it is obvious that any defeats in the tempers and charac ters of those who are constantly with the sick must exercise a hurt ful influence upon the state of their minds, and must tend to neutral ize the effect of the religious instruction and consolation which they receive while in the hospital. It is also matter of general notoriety that great difficulty is found In obtaining well qualified nurses to attend on patients in private families, especially in those of the middle and lower classes; and parochial clergymen feel the want of competent persons on whom they could rely, In visting the sick of their respective parishes, and administering to their bodily wants. The most effectual, perhaps the only effectual, remedy for these evils, is to train up a body of nurses who shall be taught to look upon their work as a .religious one, to undertake it with habits of self-contro!, and with a mind understanding it fully, and prepared for its trying and painful duties. 1 he want here spoken of has been felt in other countries as well as in our own, and attempts have been made to meet it. Orders of persons devoting themselves to visiting the sick exist in Roman Catholic countries : an " Institution of Deaconesses" has been found useful in Prussia ; a recent attempt to improve the respectability of professional nurses has worked beneficially in England.: The Insti tution which it is proposed to found under the name of " Training Institution for Nurses" . will be based on the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England ; and it will seek to accomplish its object, not , by selecting the self-devoted few who are permitted by freedom from other duties to give themselves entirely to this, but by endea vouring to act, both directly and indirectly, upon the whole body of persons who are pursuing this as their regular calling in life. To raise the character of the class by offering to its members a training which shall qualify them for their professional work, and be at the same time essentially a religious training; to hold out, to those who are justified in seeking for it, the prospect of a higher professional position than they could otherwise obtain ; and to afford also to those who are ready (without hope of any earthly reward) to give themselves to this Work as one of Christian love, a legitimate field of laboui: these are the means which, as they have been successful in forming the hfgh character of the clergy and physicians of Eng latiff,-may, it Is hoped, be new tnstrumental, under God's blessing, In raising that of a body which is at present so much in want of improvement. It is proposed that the Training Institution should be tinder the immediate superintendence of a clergyman of the United Church of England and Ireland, as Master. That the inmates of the Institution should consist of three classes :- 1. Those under training as probationers. 2. Those who, after passing through the period of probation sa tisfactorily, are admitted as nurses, on condition of their engaging to continue in connexion with the Institution for a period of five years from their admission. During this period they will be clothed and maintained, and receive a fixed annual stipend, and in return will be entirely under the control of the governing body of the In stitution. At the end of these five years they will be entitled to receive from the institution a certificate of their qualification as nurses, and thenceforward to pursue their calling, either in connexion with the Institution, or independent of any direct control from it. It is be lieved that this will be a very important step towards gradually , raising the character of the whole class. A nurse having this certi cate will necessarily occupy a higher position than others, will be likely to set an example whieh can scarcely fail to have a good effect upon them, and will encourage those who are looking forward to this as their work in life, to follow in the same course, and submit them selves to the training of this Institution. 3. In addition to these there will he a class of sisters, which is in tended to comprise persons, of whatever station in life, who are willing to devote themselves to the work of attending the sick and poor, or of educating others for it under an organised system like that whichli ill he here provided for them. The management of tile Institution will be confided to a council of twenty-tour members, (exclusive it the master, who will be ex officio a member,) belonging to the United Church of England and Ireland, who shall be chosen by the Governors out of their own body. A donation of fifty guineas in one payment, or in several payments within four years, or an annual subscription of five guineas, will con stitute a Governer. • A donation of twenty guineas in one payment, or in several pay ments within four years, or an annual subscription of two guineas, will constitute a Donor. The Lord Bishop of London has sanctioned the plan now sub mitted to the public, and has kindly consented to become President of the Institution. It has also received the approbation of the Lord Archbishop of York, and the Bishops of Liehfield, Salisbury, Gloucester and Bristol, lifp n, and Norwich. The Rev. C. Wordsworth, D.D., George Frere, Esq., and Dr. Latham, have kindly consented to act as Trustees to the Insti tution. . Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq., has consented to act as Treasurer. The following gentlemen have formed themselves into a Provi sional Committee, to arrange the details of the Institution, and to sehcit assistance for Its establishment and mantelanee : Rev. J. M. S. Anderson, Lincoln's-inn. Rev. M. Biggs, 4ti, Lincoln's Inn-fields. W. Bowman, Esq., 14, Golden-square. J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7, Chapel-terrace, Bayswater. Dr. Mervyn A. Dl. Crawford, Upper Berkeley-street, Portman. square. _ _ _ J. W. Cunningham, Esq., Ilarrow-on-the_Hill. Rev. J. F. Daniell, Donnington Glebe, Chichester. Robert Few, Esq., Henrietta-street, Covent-gardea. Dr. George Fincham, Spring-gardens. George Frere, Esq., Bedford-square. Rev. J. 0. W. newels's, Norwood, Surrey. C. Heberden, Esq , 10, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn. Dr. Latham, 315, Grosvenor-place. Rev. Dr. Jelf, King's College, London. Rev. S. R. Maitland, Newington-terrace, Kennington. Rev. F. D. Maurice, Queen-square, Bloomsbury - . R. Partridge, Esq., New-street, Spring-gardens. Rev. E. H. Plumptre, King's College, London. Rev. A. Pott, Cuddesden, near Oxtord. Rev. W. Short, 43, Great Ormond-street. Robert Steven, Esq., 1 New Bridge-street, Dlackfriars. 11. S. Thornton, Esq., Birchin-lane. Dr. Todd, New-street, Spring-gardens. Rev. W. G. Todd, Bristol. Rev. J. H. Woodward, Bristol. Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Cloisters, Westminster Abbey. Persons willing to contribute their assistance to this °inject, either by personal exertion., or by sub.cribing to its funds, are re quested to communicate with any of the Members of the Provisional Committee, or with any of the Honorary Secretaries, the Rev. E. 11. Plumptre. King's College, London, and J. E. Bowman, Esq., 7, Cha pel-terrace, Bayswater. Subscriptions may also be paid to Messrs. Ceutts and Co., Strand, or to Mes.rs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane, to the ac count of the " Training Institution for Nurse:." _EASTERN COUNTIES and NORTHERN and EASTERN RAILWAT COMPANIES. A. special General Meeting of the Proprietors will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY, the 2d day of May next, at Two o'clock, for the purpose of considering two several Agreements, proposed to he made with the Norfolk and the New market and Chesterford Railway Companies for an amalgamation of each respectively with the Eastern Counties Railway Company, upon certain terms and conditions which will be submitted for the sanction of the said Proprietors ; and in case such two several agreements or either of them shall be sanctioned by the Meeting, to authorise the Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company to take all such steps as may be necessary for carrying the deeLsion of the Meeting into full effect. And such Special General Meeting is also convened for the pur pose of considering and deciding upon resolutions which will be sub mitted for the purpose of raising the sum of 675,9201. upon a mini mum guaranteed interest in perpetuity of Six per Cent. per Annum, which sum will be divided rateably amongst the Shareholders of the Eastern Counties and Northern and Eastern Railway Companies, in the proportion of one ten pounds share of such guaranteed stock for each one hundred pounds of the paid-up capital of either of the said two Companies, according to the arrangements now existing between then,. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Bishepagate Station, April 13, lA4$. EASTER HOLIDAYS. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET, Is now RE-OPENED with GREAT ADDITIONS. The NEW THEATRE, with its Galleries, is capable of containing ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED VISITORS. 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Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical %Velork on the infirmities and decay ot the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of , mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row Hannay, 62, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. Past I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-produetive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Pion. 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. 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Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Conatitutienal Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen kve Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. Le, CONTENTS or THE WORE, Chap. 1.--Bodily and Mental Exhaustion indaced by inordinate Indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2 .—Baneitil Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion. Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by lint - titled Unions. 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The Prime Minister of Gwalior, Ram Rao Phalkea, has paid the debt of nature, and been succeeded by Sams Saheb, the young Maharaja's uncle. The presence of her Highness ',the Balza Bhaee—who bad lately reached Gwalior from Nassick for the purpose of effecting a marriage betwixt her daughter and the 3ot:fitful Maharaja—at Gwalior not being considered very advisable, she was quietly informed that she had better leave, with which gentle hint she accord ingly had the good sense to comply. Sinde continues tranquil. Several places were more or less suffering from small-pox. Mr. Pringle returned to Kurrachee on the 21st ult., his trip having proved anything but pleasant, from the heat of the weather, which was becoming very great. Meer Alt Moorad was out on a shooting excursion, having taken with him Captain Hicks and Lieutenant Walker from Sukkur. Lieutenant Christopher, 1.N., in command of the steamer Conqueror, had returned to Su kk ur o n the 17th ultimo. He had not been able to p roceed further up the Caubul river than within t hir ty miles of Peshawur. All was quiet and prosperous throughout the Pun jaub and its conterminous states. Sir F. Currie had assumed charge of the residency from Mr. John (Fro t m o b th e e li C u a l Law rence on the 6th ultimo ; General Whish having reached Lahore on the 9 1, and immediately taken Europe we have not seenlecut command of the force the arrival of her Majesty's sufficient proof o 53d on the 26th of February completed the relief of the troops. as nt wellna t a i v s ean housesane!nn usual free with names, The Bombay Express, with the lit of February m lt ail from London, reached town on Sunday morning. commercial withe_l, whichandthebusiness eagerly looked for, as bringing the earliest of news of our Indian disasters. There the f i d ty to hul S iabs t s a .tt r i on o ßf f utohmuero mercantile2 uf O ra t : h l u o r f es 1 l; however, a a r n c March.) thes) a s ..... intelligence following the receipt in seems circles that ancient Armenian are in serious difficulties, extreme caution is 8 • statements is that transacted great respectability, has rrnbenian house in this city, of payment, are not calculatedeen compelled to suspend impart activity to m p or. ales. to re-assure the public or press before the bulk of th As this paper will go to impossible for us to state what mails can arrive, it is effect of the intelligence receivneday be the immediate favourable report of the home tharkJudging by the Indian staples, we should imagine mat ters , in regard to to take a happier turn. The SUEpensiotners are likely respected house, that of Messrs. ilaworthoflhighly Hardman, and Co., consequent upon the failure of its co:re dents ut Liverpool and Newcastle, was notified shortly after the last January mail arrived in town, an d w "„, hope, though not too sanguine, that this misfortune" may be the last important one in our catalogu e . In ; another column will be seen the proceeding s at a' meeting of creditors of that firm, and the resolutions: —so honourable to the character of its partners— unanimously carriel. The executive committee of the Union Bank has found it difficult to get shareholders to pay up their calls and loans, and has in consequence been corn- pelled to procure the aid of amicable creditors to obtain formal judgments in the Supreme Court, the threatened execution of which, it is expected, will produce more alacrity among the wealthier proprietors. The post bill question was to have come off on Friday, but the absence of a material witness necessitated a postponement to the present week. Extreme interest and anxiety is concentrated upon the result. Another point, the liability of a co-assig nee for deeds done in their official capacity by his colleagues, although he took no part in their proceedings, has been settled by the Supreme Court. The estate was that of Palmer and Co. The as signee, in whose hands the management lay, trans ferred 20,000/. of the assets in cash from the Union Bank to his own house (the late firm of Cockerell), NI here it was lost. Baboo Auahotosh Deb, the slumbering co-assignee, is, by the decision we refer to, and quote in another column, made responsible to the estate for the whole amount, principal and interest. MONEY MARKET. There is still a scarcity of the circulating medium, but an easier feeling prevails, and confidence is again somewhat restored. It will be observed that the bank has reduced its rate of discount one par cent. Bank stocks, too, as will be seen from our quotations, have im proved a little in value. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine service yester day morning in Whippingham Church. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Osborne, and the Royal Children took their usual airings. Sir Robert and Lady Peel had the honour of receiving an invitation from her Majest y , and arrived at Osbor ne on Thursday to dinner, and remained until Saturday morning, when the Right Hon. Baronet and his Lady took their departure. The Marchioness of Grmonde had the honour of dining with the Queen on Friday at Osborne. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The lessons were read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, and the com munion service by the Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the Rev. E. Nepeau. The anthem " Blessed be Thou" (Kent), was sung:by Messrs. Machin Barnby, and Lockey. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, was in Waiting. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday, The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. E. Nepeau. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, arrived in town on Saturday morning, from her residence, Frogmore House, Windsor, and visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marlbo rough House. Her Royal Highness left Clarence House, St. James's, in the afternoon, on her return to Frogmora House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and the Prince of Prussia visited her Majesty the Quee'a Dowager en Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridga at tended Divine service yesterday morning, in St. Michael's Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, honoured the performance theirChurch.Th e p w i presenc e. The ea ssl Serene Highnesses the Duke Bernard and the Honourable Privy Council held a meeting on Saturday, G. Grey,C Committee m s i a t tt t thu e e e ran(ddi o aa n .}an. n:aeintth e Ed ucatio n n of her Majesty's most Ku w e. h ri, ar i s h ob no w : a c s ahr a er t ri t ey e ,e n do d yd Saturday,e b s y ter t h d e Lo r d .at President, the office h 0 fthe Lord John E_ Russell, . xsei br, eT q Thomas eo t r h m : a Earl asn Dd igsb o i yrf Aubrey ue u bo c rr k y a e. n vlihi d eGnea , fwrtd t e h ya en. interviewmr.Kay Chancellor w o t h f tshi Shuttle worther e n Lieutenant -General Sir E d ward om e I:e ffi hc rr e i t 's . o e n a of Ll‘Tfirera:d ll tGee l n.i a l rqui s . of Lansdo wne Right nd I 1 Lady Boardo Hon. Great wl Stanhope-street, from Brighton. The Richmond. tow n on Saturday, for r COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY MARKETS, FROM THE 15TH TO THE 31ST MARCH INCLUSIVE. Friday Afternoon, Five o'clock, March 31, 1848.—1 n our report by the last mail we expressed an opinion that at the conclusion of the ndtive,holidays, then about to commence, a revival in business-knight be looked for ; and we aro now happy to be able to state that our anti cipations in this respect have been fully realised. During the last ten days there has been considerable activity in our market, and large transactions have been entered into. Nor do we consider the revival we have experi enced as merely temporary; but look forward to a con tinuance of business to a fair extent till the season be closed by.the setting in of the south-west monsoon. COTTON PIECE GOODS.—Our dealers have been supplying themselves pretty freely for the past few days, and large quantities of various fabrics have been moved off. The descriptions of goods most in demand continue to be Maddapollams of low quality, both grey and bleached, of 31 to 33i inch widths, and some sales of recent arrivals have been effected at improving prices. For grey and bleached jacconets, of low quality, a good inquiry exists, while stocks of both these and Maddapollams are extremely light. Grey shirting, of 52 and 60 reed, 40 and 45 inch idth, are in good request, the former kind being ex tremely scarce; finer qualities remain in limited inquiry. For bleached shirting there was a fair inquiry imme diately after the conclusion of the holidays, and some large sales were made. During the last two or three days, however, the demand for them has slackened, and they are now rather languid. Grey domestics have shared but little in the attention bestowed upon other fabrics, and the finer makes especially continue dull of sale. For grey long cloths there is at present a fair demand for qualities suitable• for dying purposes, and stocks are very light. Dyed and fancy goods. Our market for Turkey red plain cloth eontinues unchanged, and the sales effected have been at previous low rates. Turkey red twilled cloth and Turkey red prints are still without any improvement to notice, but stocks of both, as well as of plain cloths, are now much re duced. Cotton Yarn—All counts, except No. 20, continue 'dull, and the sales made show afurther decline in prices. Stocks aro still very large, and we do not look for any improvement for some time. The following are the transactions that have come to our knowledge during the past fortnight :- 170 bales, 300 lbs. each, mule twist, No. 40, at:7 sans. per lb. 36 „ 200 ditto ditto 30 61 ditto 18 „ 200 ditto ditto 40 7 ditto Dyed Yarns—Orange continues very scarce and in good request. We quote present prices at 13 to 13i annas per lb. Turkey red continues dull of sale, at prices ranging from Rs. 1 to Rs. 1 per lb. Cochineal—There have been large arrivals since the date of our last, but all had been previously di sposed of to arrive. We quote the price of the day nominally at Rs. 4. Large quantities are, however, shortly looked for, and a decline iu the price quoted may be anticipated. Metals—British bar iron remains about the same, but the demand is not so active, and p r i ces have yielded a little in favour of buyers. In Swedish bar we have no change to notice; the same remark applies to other kinds. Lead has undergone no change, and speller has declined in price in consequence of recent:large arrivals. Copper of all kinds continues scarce and in good de mand, as will be seen from our quotations, a further improvement in prices has taken place. Exports.— Cotton Wool —The recent advices from England and China having been of a more favourable nature of this staple, considerable activity has prevailed in our market during the last ten days, and large pur chases have been made for both countries, especially the former —at advanced rates ; and the mail received yes terday fr om E ngland having advised of further advance there, we expect we shall witness still higher prices. The following are reported to us as the transactions that have taken place since the date of our last :- 400 candies old Compton cotton Rs. 64 8 per candy. 200 „ new Oomrawutty „ 76 8 ditto 350 „ ditto ... ••• 77 0 ditto 100 bales old Dollerah „ 63 0 ditto 100 „ new ditto ••• ••• 82 0 ditto 1200 „ do. ditto ••• • • „ 78 4 ditto 100 „ do. Broach 87 8 ditto 500 „ do. ditto ... 87 0 ditto 1800 f, (1 2 . ditto ... 88 8 ditto ditto 75 candle! Proebunder 71 4 ditto 50 „ Barsee ••• " 69 0 100 o ditto 55 „ American cotton ••• quantitiesinferior and mixed, while lately, but as the quantity Sheep's Wool.—Large is high, there has been no dispo "have been received freights are also running nt of the importers. shipped have been on ac . from China were of a favour ableiagnd the small parcels lately sition shown to purcbscsoeui,' d since their receipt holders drug, an nature for this and 975 rs. per chest ble , firmness, is have shown considerable Opium—The last advices n ow asked. Stock s continue small. The fifth sal e o f opium at Calcutta is th e took place on the 22d instant, an d t h e following result : Sold. Lowest price. Highest price. Average Patna, 1,830 chests 735 rs. 795 rs. 782 12 2 rs. nenares, 780 745 755 75 1 11 10i The sixth sale will take place on the 17th proximo. PREIGICTS. Soon after the departure of the last mail several ves sels arrived, and freights declined somewhat, two vessels having been taken up for Liverpool at 41. 15s. and 41. 17s. 6d., and a vessel for China at l7i rs. per candy, but they rallied again, and 5/. was obtained for going s h pto Liverpool. A further advance has taken place to clay in consequence of the favourable accounts for cotton received yesterday from England, and we hear of tw 1113ssels being taken for Liverpool at 51. is. 6d. The rs «tor China has also advanced again, and we under s.4 nd a vessel has secured a cargo at 18k rs. per candy. S 1 e are inclined to.think we shall see present, or higher, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. - TATTERSALL 'S. SATURDAY. CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Lord llowth's Peep-o' -day Boy, 4 yrs, 7st—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle, 4 yrs, Bst 61b 20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, aged, Bst —taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Glen Saddel, 3 yra, 4st 41b—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Swallow, 4 yrs, Tat 30 to 1 agst Sir B. Pigot's Conyngham, 4 yrs, Bst—t 33 to 1 agst Sir B. Bulkeley's Montpensier, 4 yra, Gst 121 b—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. G. lliggins'g Sir Peter Laurie, 4 yrs, Gst 41b DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Green's lot—take 8 to 1 6 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower—take 7 to 1 7 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—take 8 to 1 11 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Swiss Boy—take 12 to 1 11 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Loadstone 13 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Surplice 15 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eagle's Plume—taken and afterwards offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Besborough—taken 40 to 1 eget Mr. Sandtord's The Sheriff—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Beverlac 40 to 1 agst Mr. Lumley's Voyager 1,000 to 5 agst Mr. Parr's Fernhill— taken three times 3,000 even between The Fiddler and Great Western Voyager was backed for a good deal of money, at 1,000 to 15 and 20. LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END. CHESTER cur. 13 to 2 agst Lord llowth's Peep-o'-day Boy, 4 yrs, 7st 11 to 1 agst Mr. Eddison's Hetman Platoff colt, yrs, 4st 71b 14 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle, 4 yrs, Est 61b 20 to 1 agst Lord Eghnton's Glen Saddel, 3 yrs. 4st 41b—taken 20 to 1 apt Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, aged, Bst.2lb —taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Enchanter, 4 yrs, sst 101 b—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged, Bst Blb 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Swallow, 4 yrs, 7st 30 to 1 agst Sir R. Balkeley's Montpensier, 4 yrs, Est 121 b 30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Henderson's Lady Hylda, 4 yrs, sst 91b 33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b 35 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conynghsm, 4 yrs, Bst 35 to 1 sgst Mr. Courtenay's Bantam, 5 yrs, 7st 31b 35 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs, sst 41b 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. J. B. Day's The Tartar, 4 yrs, Gst 121 b [,OOO to 10 agst Mr. Drinkald's Pillage, 4 yrs, sst 121 b ,000 to 10 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 6 yrs, 7st Illb FORGERY OF BANK OF ENG LAND NOTES. We have recently received a long and remar k a bl e communication, signed J oseph Lockwood, i n w hi c h the writer explains a m os ienious method f or th e of forging of B an k England and other bank-notes, the postage-medallio ns or Queen's Heads," or in deed any similar engr aving — and of forging them, too, witho u t a c h ance of detection. Our eorrespen dent does not content himself with making =ere statements ; he describes in detail the whole of his process of for ger y, a process w hi c h i s b ase d upon t h e principles of natural philosophy as developed in che mistry and mechanics. We have examined his lever ourselves with extreme care, and, besides this, we have submitted it to the consideration of one or two scien tific gentlemen whose names as connected with science are not altogether unfamiliar to the public— and the result is that the paper appears to us alto gether of so remarkable a character that we should regard its publication as dangerous. While, however, we should think ourselves culpable in giving to the public a scheme which seems to afford a new field for forgery, we should likewise deem ourselves equally culpable were we to allow the letter of our corres pondent to pass unnoticed. The matter is too serious to be treatea with silence, and we avail ourselves of this opportunity to warn those who are chiefly inte• rested—without pledging ourselves in any manner as to the accuracy of the scientific details of our corn. spondent. FIRES.—A fire, attended witha serious destructi on of property , bro ke out, short l y before f our o' c lock oft morning, upon the premises in the t enure of Mr Saturday ea Neale, a tobacconist, carrying on business at N o. 8 i J . j i tt l e M a y's-buildings, St. Martin's-lane. The flames when first perceived had obtained the complete possession o f the second floor, and were mounting the atairc,ass with such violence, that it was with great difficulty the occupants were enable to effect their escape. Although only a few minutes had elapsed from the time the dis covery was made until the arrival of several engines, yet the fire had made fearful progress. The houses num bered 1 and 2 in Little May's-buildings, were smoking with the intense beat, and were momentarily expected to burst into flames. By five o'clock, owing to the exer tions of the firemen and a powerful hired auxiliary force, the fire was entirely extinguished, but :not before Mr. Neale's premises were for the most part destroyed, and the furniture consumed. Two other houses in the same court, and two in Otty's-buildings, Bedfordbury, were more or less damaged by fire and water. The origin of the fire is enveloped in mystery. A few hours previous a fire NV itS discovered in the front shop of Mr. Belcher, a linendraper, No. 276, High Holborn. The engines of the London Brigade and West of England attended with promptitude, but the firemen were unable to subdue the flames until the shop and the valuable stock therein were seriously damaged. Mr. Belcher was insured in the Sun Fire office. SHROPSHIRE MEETING TO ADDRESS THE QUEEN:. A highly influential meeting of the gentry and free holders of the county of Salop has been held at the Town hall, for the purpose of addressing her Majesty on the recent events of the 10th of April. This is the first county meeting that has been held for this purpose, and among those present were Lord Hill, Lord Lieutenant of the county Sir R. C. Hill, Sir A. J. Corbett, Bart., Hon. Thos. Kenyon, M.P., Mr. Dod, M.P., &c. The High sheriff having taken the chair, resolutions em bodying the sentiments of this meeting were unanimously carried, and a loyal address to her Majesty adopted, as also an address of thanks to her Majesty's Government. The proceedings were quite unanimous. AN , APPEAL to the ] WIDOW of WILLIAM coma 't.II3LIC in behalf of the llo3f, Poet of Invertiry. Provost Thoms ITTEE. Mr. John Watson Rev, George Oilfillan Mr. James R. Oyerßev. J. R. M . Giavin Mr. William Boyack Dr. Arrot Mr. William Bett Mr. James Westland Mr. James Chalmers, jun. Mr. Patrick Watson Mr. Arthur Begg, jun. • Mr. Thomas Saunders. TREASURER—Mr. Patrick Watson. SECRETARY—Mr. William Boyack. The Committee appointed to raise a fund for the relief of the Widow and Family of the late William Thom, the gifted but nnfor timate Poet of Inverury, beg leave briefly but earnestly to appeal to the Public, more especially to the Public of Scotland, in behalf of the trust which has been confided to them. The name and genius of Thom are well known and universally ac knowledged ; many of the feeling and pathetic effusions of his mast have been brought before the public, not , only in a combined form, but in various periodicals. ills talents attracted the attention of the ablest judges ; .and the 4 3fessrs. Chambers, in their Journal, have de voted a chapter to his autobiography, and to that favourable mud of praise to which they considered his merits entitled. The life of William Thom has, indeed, combined the vicissitudes of a humble child of the Muses, having formed a scene of trials and dis appointments, accompanied by an overflowing share of poverty and distress. Many of his earliest and best years were passed at the flawkhill of Dundee—the remembrance of which seemed deeply impressed on his mind ; for thither, to use his own emphatic language, he wished to return, like a bird that flutters round her forsaken nest, to spend his latter days in comparative peace and quiet. His wishes were fulfilled, for not many months ago he did return from his wanderings, debilitated and impoverished, and breathed his last on Monday, the 28th of February. He has left a widow and three infant children, the youngest but Ave months old, totally unprovided for; and it has therefore been resolved to raise a fund, in order, if possible, to afford them permanent assistance. A Committee has been appointed, who have cheerfully undertaken this duty, and al ready they are happy to announce that their call has been responded to in a prompt and liberal manner. Lord Kinnaird, Lord Jeffrey, Messrs. Deuglas Jerrold' and Robert Chambers, and many others, have spontaneously sent their contributions ; and it is earnestly hoped that the charitable and the admirers of native genius and un obtnisive merit will support and encourage the laudably object which the Committee have in view - . Dundee, March 10, 1848. Contributions will be received by any of the Members of Cemmlt tee ; and at the shops of Messrs. Chalmers, Shaw, and Middleton, Booksellers, and Mr. Mills, Perfumer, Dundee. DEATH OF WILLIAM THOM, THE INVERURY POET. (To the Editor of the "Dundee Courier.") Dundee, February 29, 1848. Sir,—The painful task has been deputed to me of announcing to the public the death of William Thom, the Inverury poet. For some time past he had been in delicate and declining health ; and his diseased state of body was doubtless aggravated by the uncer tainty of his circumstances, and the consequent anguish of his honourable and sensitive mind. Yesterday, in our city, at half past eleven a.m., he departed this life. He has left behind him something more than a name—some true and heautitul strains. which, as " a thing of beauty is a joy for ever," the world will not willingly suffer, like the inscription on the coffin, to be buried in the tomb. He has left behind him, alas ! something of yet ten derer and more mournful interest—a widow and three children, th 7 eldest of whom is only four years, and the youngest but e few months old. These are " utterly destitute," and but for the kind ness of one or two private friends, might have been cast out ere this to the charity of the streets. I make no appeal in behalf of the poet himself; " after life's fitful fever he sleeps well." He has found what the most troubled and tempest-tossed wanderer will at last find, and which to him was peculiarly grateful—rest. Nor will I indulge or express any vindictive feelings as to the treatment which he received while yet alive. A true poet, he met with truly poetic usage. He was caressed, but not fed ; as if one could sup on incense, or as if one public dinner could keep a man alive for years: But I would bespeak general sympathy in behalf of his destitute family. I would implore every lover of literature— every one who has derived pleasure from the departed poet's lyrics, or from the simple story of his life—to prove their pleasure and their gratitude true by some more substantial evidence than ex clamations or tears. I would call especially upon those who saw him at our late Watt Festival, and heard almost his latest breath given forth in those brief, broken, but thrilling accents--accents how far superior to the measurtd cadences of rhetoric—to testify by generous deeds their sense of melancholy satisfaction that theirs was the privilege of meeting with and hearing him for the last time. No time ought to be lost. Indeed, no time has been lost. Intima tions to the above effect either have been, or are immediately to be, dispatched to Douglas Jerrold, Charles Dickens, Lord Jeffrey, and others. But as Dundee has had the honour of containing his death bed, let us follow the start we have accidentally gained by instant, active, strenuous efforts in behalf of his widow and his fatherless bairns. Messrs. Chalmers, Middleton, and Shaw, Booksellers, and Mr Mills, Perfumer, have kindly undertaken to receive donations. The smallest sums will be welcomed I am, Sir, yours truly, GEORGE GILEILLAii. The last versee of the late William Thom, written shortly before his death : SONG OF THE DWELLERS IN DEAN VALE. Tune—" Miller o' Dee." While we laugh and sing, in this happy ring, With a bright and a brotherly glee, May we never forget that the sun bath set On the homes of misery. For oh I it may be that this chill night wind Sweeps round some fireless hearth, Freezing the heart of the homeless ens, With never a friend on earth. Then aye, as we sing, may we closer cling, In our bright and brotherly glee ; Yet never forget that the sun may set On the homes of misery. Man was not made for this world alone, The world was lent to man ; 'Tie a debt we owe to Heaven, you knew, Then pay it as well as you can. Now winter rides mad in his carriage of snow, With his pelting rain and his hail; May it never be said that hunger and woe Held abiding in bonny Dean Vale. Then aye, as we sing, may we closer cling, In our bright and brotherly glee, Ind never forget that the sun may set On the homes of misery. W. THOM. MONEY in SEVERAL THOUSAND SUMS, some of 20,000/., 13,0001., 6,0001, 5,000/., 4,000/., 2,0001., &c., sterling, for a small speculation, may now be gained. Address for particulars to Messrs. Strauss and Co., foreign bankers and contractors for foreign distributions, 13, Boaverie•street, Fleet street, London. • 1 -1 0 be SOLD, on LEASE, with Immediate Pos •ession, a LICENSED VICTUALLER'S HOUSE 'of BUSI NESS, of a few yeirs standing, and suitable for a Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Trade on an extensive scale. The Premises are in perfect order, and situated in the principal thoroughfare of the West of London. Particulars and address may be obtained until the 10th of May next, on application, by letter, post paid, to A. Z., 16, Brower-street, Pimlico, London. QCARBOROUGH'S HOTEL, LEEDS, (ad- J joining the Yorkshire Banking Company's Premises), re opened by Mr. JOSEPH SAILOR, late of Barnsley. Luncheon and Holm ready every day at Eleven. Excellent Lodging Rooms and superior Beds. Livery Stables. ffWALKER'S NEEDLES (by authority), • the " QUEEN'S OWN," erith the new large eyes, are easily threaded, even by the blind, and have improved points, temper, and finish; the labels are correct likenesses of the Queen and Prince Albert in relief on coloured grounds. Sent free by post, by any respectable dealer, on receipt of thirteen stamps for every shilling value. H. WALKER'S NEEDLES FOR THE MILLION are about half the price of the " Queen's Own." H. W. also manufactures improved Crochks, Fish-hooks, Hooks and Eyes, Steel Pens, Er.,c_ Gresham-street West, London. BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS. Copy of a letter from Mr. J. J. Wilson, Chemist, Monk Bar " To Mr. Thomas Prout, " 14th June, 1847. " SlL—Having suffered most dreadfully for the last six years from repeated attacks of the gout, and receiving no benefit from the best medical advice I could obtain, I was induced about six weeks ago to try a box of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic rills. When I commenced taking them, which was in the afternoon, my feet and elbows were very much swollen and inflamed : I was suffering the most intense agony. I had that night sound and refreshing sleep, and awoke in the morning comparatively free from pain; and before I had finished the box. I never was better in my life : they have not only entirely removed the gout, but have also very much improved my general health. I have since recommended them to four individuals, who have suffered much from gout and rheumatism ; and they all speak highly of the benefit they have received from them. If you think my case worthy of insertion among the many cures effected by your wonderful medicine, you are at perfect liberty to publish it. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, " J. J. WILSON." The above testimonial exhibits the never-failing effects of this valuable medicine, which affords to the afflicted with gout, rheuma tism, lumbago, sciatica, and all analogous complaints, speedy and certain relief. They require neither confinement nor attention •f any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas grout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of " Thomas i'rout, 229, Strand, London," im pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. York, REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. —WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. Od„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION ; a Medical Treatise on the Physi o l ogy of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive ons, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish aad enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty colo ure d Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and nineties's, and the various injuries that are produced In them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection, BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin of the bargh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member London Hospital Medical Society, ?cc. and truesourceeveryinstance In how macy could it be traced to physical di squalifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always lahulous ; the gift, which when used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused ,the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on the mature and consequence o f which this Treatiae professes to dilate, th ar a e n p an rod y u o c t t i lv e - r e toofwgrhiecuhteirt is se e v u e b ri le ty et e . f misery to the hu man frame, This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of the,r relative condltions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attentien and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfertunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired plying to a qualified physician for relief. Sham e an d the dread so tr in orn ear ti l l y eir lff i e nv o a r ri tr ab oin le cothneseqfuolelaiecseso,funtivseanlyeeedntagereta, i w ns hil a e fe s a uff r o e f ri a n p- C frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for asis t t h a a n t te eri ee a w cc h ur er a ee di on s ei m t can be n ascertainingprocured thelnactin causes o he forgets f ;a nus , sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his possession of the requisite legal t s m o s ti ur o entitled tcon t o o d es en t e e e em sho an ui d d respect In tienndheisd.proi)fesr-. 41°n obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas LA'MLItT has s n u s its, that th h e e certify, and the great sextent of his practice for many years is a qualifications guarantee for his professional experience, w hi c h ha s re f erence almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent end Richards, 52, Pateruoetet -row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Static, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, ~,,unhau.street, Loudon ; free by post for torty-two stamps, from the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, daily, &eta Ten till Two, and from The till Eight, at his recant% 37. isarni - egukire Laudon. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH 1 COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause BAMFORD against ELLIYAND, the Creditors of RICHARD FREDERICK FARRER, late of Mill Top, in the township of Pudsey, in the parish of Leeds, in tho cqutitr of York, tanner, (who 'died in the mouth of January, 1846,) are, on or before the'sth clay of June, 1848, to corns in and prove their debts before Rictus:E. TORIN KINDERSLEY, Esquire, one of the Masters of the saki Court, at his Chambers, in South nmpton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Loudo n or, in default t hereof, they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Dec ree. WESTMACOTrand PINNICkER John-street, Bedford - ro w, Plaintiff's Solicitors. ; PURSUANT to it DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, inAde is a cause BAMFORD v. ELLWAND, all persons claiming to , be the heir or heirs-at -law of RICHARD FREDERICK FA RRER, late of Hill Top, in the town ship of rudsey, in the parlith of Leeds, in the county of York, tanner, (who died in the month of January, 18460 the time of his death, and th e h e i r or heirs-at-law of the said Richard Frederick. Farrer at the pr esen t ti me , are, on or bef ore the sth day of June, 1848, by thei r so li c i tors, to come in and prove his heirship 'on their respective h e i rs hi ps, before RICHARD ToBIN KINDERSLEr, Esq., one of the M asters of the sa id Court, at hi . Chambers in f,'outhampton-buildings, CAancery-lane, London ; or in default thereef they will peremptorily be'excluded the benefit of the said Decree. li v ing at IVES - T3IACOTP and PINNIGER, John-street, Bodford-row, Plaintiffs' Solicitors. UNIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE 0 1, King Wim am . stmt. April 29th, 1848. Notice is hereby given, that th e A NNUAL GENER AL COURT of ritOPRIETORS of this Socletrewill b e he ld o n Winriz.sner, the 10th day of May next. Tbe. eloir wW be take at On e o'clock precisely. By order cif the Board, OFFICE, DAVID JONES, Actuary. N.B. The meeting will be aftenroda m a de special, for the par pose of electing an Auditor in the place of P. W. Alexander, Esq., resigned. T AIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE FOR MAY, -- - CONTAINS : • Popular Lectnrers. No. 11. George Dawson, A.M. By George Gannon. A Star Shines through the Mist : a Portuguese Conspiracy in the Reign of Philip the Second. Concluded. The Chartists of Britain and the Repealers of Irela nd. Miranda: a Tale of the F re nch Revolution (Cont in ued). By France : Political B. li ticl History St. a jol i l s n to of the Month — struggle between the two.ry Jactitation of Marriage ; or , th e Wedding in the Fog. Parties—Elections of the National Guard—Movement against the Government—The Fete de la Fraternite, &c., &c. Poetry : A Whisper from the Grave—Perpetual Song—The Found ling of Rhegium. Jane Eyre. Political Register. Sutherland and Knox, Edinburgh; Situp, Marshall, and Co., London. Just published, Eyo., sowed, pric e Six p ence. LETTER to the Right Hon. CHARLES BUL LER, M.P., President of the Board of Poor-law Commission ers, on the Position and Remuneration of the Poor-law Medical Staff. By CHARLES F. J. LORD, M.R.C.S. of England. London: Henry Renshaw, 35 5 , Strand. ENGLAND'S FUTURE KING, in the LADIES' GAZETTE OF FASHION for May, pric e 18., which contains double the number of Summer Fashions given in any other work, and all of extraordinary novelty ; a splendid Steel En graving of the Royal Family, with eight full-length Portraits of the Queen, Prince Albert, and Family, gratis. A coloured Giant Plate of Fashions (size 200 Inches), Fcc., Me Plates, SO Figures, and 150 Patterns of Walking Dresses, Pelisses, Visites, &C., with descriptions, sent post free, for Gd. extra. G. Berger, Holywell-street, Strand ; and all Booksellers and Newsmen. BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New road, London. The Cases of Cure performed by MORISON'S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE may be had as above ; also at the Hygeist Office, 368, Strand ; and of all the Ilygeian Agents through out the country, price 2d. or 4d. by post. In consequence of the numerous counterfeits of Morison's medi cine on the Continent, parties travelling abroad are requested to be on their guard, and to purchase only of respectable merchants. N.B. No chemist or druggist Is authorised to sell Morison's me dicine. A I A E. .13/1[ One hall the wend are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Ditadence, or a sense et right determine the former, mid miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary- one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret nn comprosing harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice dentaad that health should form an item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little MEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life, " pub, in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hiadered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but tor the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other ittle publications claim your attention (tame price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribbllngs of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would incnleate—t3 do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always m the " sunny sale of the way." The above works may be bad of Sherwood, 2.3, Paternoster-row; Carralho, 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Comhill ; Nilson, 457, West screed or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll -place Regent-street; sad all Ronkeeil ere ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, an improved edition. re vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a sealed envelope, or forwar ted by the Authors, poet paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6d., in postage stamps, illustrated with nu merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings. MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT RESTORATION. A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organe, emanating from Solitary and Sedentary H a bi ts, i n d iscr i m inate Ex cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in Youth, Manhood, and Old Ago; with Practical Remarks on Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Mental De y, bility, Impotency, Syphili s , and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by which even the most s h a tt ere d constitution ma be restored, and reach the full period of lit e a ll otted to Man. The w hole illustrated with numerous Anatomical E ngravings on Steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, s ecret i ons, and structures of the repro ductive Organs in health and di sease ; with instructions for pr i va t e correspondence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and CO ., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, S o h o-square London. " ' Manhood.' A Medical Work. —To the gay and thought less we trust this little work will serve its a beaco n to warn them of the danger attendant upon the toe ras h indulgence of their 1:1341"I'' whilst to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour of empta- Son, and to the afflicted its a sure guide to health. Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis, and C o. —Th e i r l o ng experience and reputation in the treatme nt of these paint 111 diseases is the patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense cir culation."—Era. "—Chronicle " Curtis on Manhood' should be In the hands of youth age. It is a medical publicati on , ably written, and developer th e treatment of a class of painful ma l adies which has too lone beau the prey of the Illiterate and the designimg."— United Se r v ice Gazette. and old The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature gra ve , i n consequence of some disease, which, for want of c ar e f u l i nvest i gation of its real cause, has been set down to tho scor e o f co nsumpt i on, will, on perusing this work , be astonished to flud, that in nine -tenths of the cases of young Per sons of both sexes, who p er i s h of what is called pulmonary con sumption, heart disease, t a b 's , & c., the sole and exclusive or i g i n h as been the indulgence In certain destructive habits practised by Y"th much more frequently than it is at all suspected. N.B. Hours of consultation from Eleven till Two, and Six to Eight in the Evening. Right never e bee n e l,::.ri l, A numerous meeting of the broad silk hand-loom wearers was held at the Crown and Anchor, Bethnal green, on Saturday, chiefly to hear the statements of two gentlemen from the Distressed Needlewomen's So ciety. Mr. Garnell presided. Mr. Roper stated the in tention of the managers of the Needlewomen's Society to call a meeting at the West-end, in order prominently to set forward the claims of the British artizan. He de sired the weavers to select one or two of their body to represent them at the proposed meeting, and tell their own tale to the ladies of' England. They would show that goods even superior to foreign on e s were made in this country, and show how much the native artizan suffers from the fashion of patronising foreign manufac tures. It was hoped that the attention of the Queen would be attracted. Mr. Noquet thought the time a happy one for such an effort, referring to the events in France. The weavers had no further faith in the Legis lature; so they had bet a te n r o p e r s o w du h c ic e h p g ro ra o d fs ua o l f ly th as e po i c r ein s an k dd l dn l,. and appeal to the ladies of the land. After discussion, two delegates were appointed.—Spectator. [AprzansnmENT.j—Another Person Cured of swelling in his feet and D far r m op e s r y r b e y sid H in o g llo a w t Holloway's Pills. —nMearr. Dpousntcoann,,haandebxeteennsiivore years in a bad state of health, the disease produced a until the whole of his body was affected; convinced that he was labouring under a confirmed case of dropsy, he bu us used d became consulted th eir some r o e m wm e oe rdosifees;t,h from omost which surprise eminentue d o e f ri t v h ed e faculty, 0 benefit medicine cured him in an incredibly short sp ate of upwards Holloway's Pills, and, to the wondLheorenoddfoeantle.lr,mthiinsetisuptreoontaroyd.r time. Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Hollo way's establishment,i2n44th, iSstiltnadte, MARYLEBONE VESTRY. --+Sat tacitly being ( t ) t i t for the election of churchwardens, Mr. Flo read a l i on.L Lord r d Portman, n from in Lord htihs b. fe Lordshiper r o p o e r a t h , of f a s head thhaes - excited some sioner of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, nominating sltioanrddilingenyon. This circumstan ce as churchwarden, on the part of the Crown, the Ri g h t es o f Ministry which had take in the vestry, in consequence of the fact that L or d N K i e s n l t n , place sinctheetmhaatnypecrhiaondg, of thirty years. His first appointment was in 1817, the year Marylebene New Church was built ; and notwith standing been the Crown churchwarden for removed previously to the present year. Mr. James y th e e str r;:c e t l o e r c , te a d pp A o l i r n . t c ed ha ß rl i es chard carr il , unanimously EL churchwarden on the part of the parish, in the room - Mr. John Williams, M.P., and Mr. George Wigmore-street, was elected Mallal of hi: sidesan. In St. Mary' the Rev. Mr. Gurney, l" the ware. aeslechtiesdchbuyrethbwe churchwarden Mir. For All Souls, the rector appointed Robert sk Es ( l.• Mortimer -street, as his churchwarden ; an 3 d aner, C. Eales, of Chapel-place, was elected by the y Mr ' For Christ Church, the Rev. Robert Walpole, the estry . Elliott, the rector, ap pointed aorfritsh,eEEsdqg. ; and appointed as his churchwarden Rear-Admiral Dal and Mr . . John Loveridge was the part of the parish. For Trinity, the Rev kry orl Gilbert Justice Erle, and M.. Thomas Deaeock was b y ll PNinted the vestry. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 27.—Mr. C. Rea, tide-c urve at this yor port, last evening seized upwards of 17 stalk tobacco, wrapped in canvass matting cwt. of packages. These contraband goods were disc ila 37 a store in Week -street, which is in the hea rt'd in town, o f the and are supposed to. have been brou g ht Channel Islands. from the OVERLAND MAIL 7:fretl—. INDIA. We have received journals and advices from India, from Bombay to the Ist of April, .and Calcutta to the 22d. The London mail of the 7th February, via Bombay, reached Madras on the 16th, Delhi and Meerut on the 17th, Calcutta on the 19th, and Benares on the 20th March. That of the 24th February reached Bombay on the morning of the 30th March, by the steam-frigate Moozuffer. The following is a list of the names of the passen gers proceeding to Suez thir evening by the steamer Ajdaha. Mrs. G. A. Leckie, and three children, with a Euro pean female servant; Mrs. Stevens, and three children, with two native servants; Mrs. Sandys, and two chil dren, with a native servant; Mrs. Showell; Mrs. Waugh, and a child, with a European female servant; birs. Grimes, and two children, with ditto ; Miss Gray; Lieutenant-Colonel B. Seton, 6th 8.N.1.; Major W. RI. Cogblan, 80. Arty.; J. Don, Esq., M.D., 80. Army; 0. Ketterer, Esq., Be. Supreme Court; W. Frith, Esq., merchant; Captain E. J. Stanley, Nizam's Army; G. Colquhoun, jun., Esq., merchant; Charles Forbes, Eso ; Lieutenant W. F. Marriott, 80. Engineers; W. 1). right, Esq.; E. H. Longden, Esq.; Dr. W. G. h P r o c N h a . r i d . , ; pE M t aLsElinds. Lieutenant Madras Army; ;;nLla nec:st GuL iion C tebyeu a ,ait e p es: t tn a se ;a i cir n n. tEDJ.s S t . B. a c; v. a ßkj ngdabst: Greenberg o nui e n ery , Et; 1 ss B gAg t A. Dunbar, , Burt, 13th 8.N.1. Second class—Messrs. . Jose Miguel Sanches de Aguila. BOMBAY, Arun. 1. S E t a ir q g .; eon Ca T. W' x Sig i c a a m rt' and , It is a new thing for oriental journalists to be able to set down an event in the annals of commerce as the most important item of intelligence India supplies, and to entertain besides the hope that such is its im portance that it will at home receive an amount of attention reserved in general for the notice of a battle, the tidings of a victory, or intimation of a conquest. We have just received the felicitations of our Eng lish brethren on the abolition of the duties on cotton by the late Governor-General : we have now to in form them of the entire abrogation of the navigation laws, so far as India is concerned, by a measure already in force, designed by Lord Hardinge, but enacted by Lord Dalhousie, that after the 25th of March distinctive duties should cease, that vessels of all nations employed in the carrying trade should, so far as the Company's dominions were con cerned, be on a footing of perfect equality, and that no duty whatever should be leviable on goods passing from one port to another in British India. Compre hensive as this enactment was obviously designed to be, its operation ,will be more sweeping than is be lieved to have _been intended. At Singapore there is no custom-house : the port is in the Company's terri tories, on the highway betwixt India and the China seas, and all goods exported as if from Singapore will in India be duty free. This may at once be made to .include the whole produce of China and the eastern seas, which may be sent to Singapore for exportation to India. The law was enacted at once, and brought into force almost instantane ously, the standing orders of the Legislative Council having been suspended on purpose. Intelligence reached Bombay on the 22d ultimo of the loss of the ship General Wood, with Chinese convicts from Hong-Kong to Penang and Bombay. There were ninety-four prisoners on board. The prison was very insecure, and the guard consisted of twelve of the crew. The prisoners had, from the kindness of the captain, been allowed much more liberty than prudence warranted After leaving Singapore 'they broke loose in the course of the night, wounded several of the crew, and so cruelly beat, cut, and wounded the captain (Stokoe) and officers (Quintom, Tummony, and Gill), that they jumped overboard and were drowned. _The con victs having obtained entire possession of the ship, spared the passengers and others on board, with the exception of Lieutenant Seymour, of the Bombay Cavalry, whom they severely wounded, and a European named Green, who was working his way round to Bombay, whom they killed. The General Wood drifted about for a fortnight, and then struck off the Malayan coast, when nearly all landed in safety. The people showed every attention to the passengers, and seventeen of the convicts were secured. Her Majesty's sloop Ringdove, and the Honourable Company's steam-frigate Auckland had been dispatched from Singapore in search of those who had escaped. Captain Stokoe has left a widow and family at Bombay, almost wholly unP ro vided for.--A considerabl e cargo o f coa l i s on its way from Malwa to Bombay, by the river Nurbudda ; it can be had at th e p i t ' s mouth for less than two shil lings per ton, an d may, i t is hoped, when the cost of transport can be a lit t l e re d uce d , b e b rought to Bom bay so as to compete with English coal, which never can be had for less than eig ht shillings. One of the largest and most respectably attended public meetin gs ever known i n B om b ay, took place in the Town-h a ll on the ev en i ng o f the 27 th ultimo, for the purp ose o f testify enabling the p u bli c to their respect for Mr. Clerk, and their deep office , of Governor. The public speakers were m r . Erskine Perry, Chief- Justice; Mr. Le Durier, Advocate- General ; and Colonel Havelocko,feseputy Adjutant-General Queen's troops —one hisf the heroes of Jellalabad. Major-General Barr, and staff, arrived from Porebunder on the 24 are th il u y lt. He leaves this forenoon for Belgaum , having,on the reti remen t o f General Hughes, exchanged han gedthe comm an d o f t h e northern f or t h at of the southern divi s i on o f th e t army. Her Majest y'sshi ps Verno n an d Cambrian, which for th e last five days had been cruizing off the harbour, returned to port yesterday aft ernoon , th e ,forme r vessel having taken her guns on board again without:going into dock. It is now said, that instead iof being broken up here, she will proceed home, pro vided she can be pronounced likely to bear the voy !fage. Her timbers are completely gone . D ur i ng t h e ortni g ht we have los t one of our most distinguished ;Portuguese citiaens—Sir Roger de Faria, almost the !only one of his race who took a share in public !affairs, or occup i ed a . position i n soc i ety . M r . iCrookshank, anen s i gn in . the sixth M a d ras na ti ve infantry, di e d from the st-nil; of a sc or pi on w hil e on his w ay to Bombay fro m allarY• The munificent sum of one hundred pounds has been su b sc ribed by Sir Erskine P erry wieh he t o t h e funds of th e h lec hi n i cs ' In stitution, of is president. Dr. C. Kane, Surgeon-General, retires from the Medical Board on the 15th instant board, and promo ; thi s tesD brings Dr. J. Tawse into the Of au • permtending r. A. Montgomery to the rank consist of Dr. J. surge on. The board will then R Wight, Glen,surgeon- genera l physician -general; DjT D . s r. o. tor-genera l of hospitals. An and order has alB bl e en in issued for the di s t r ib ution of the prize booty captured at Ghuznee in 1839 . T he sums to be divided amount to 2 5,0001. The Commander-in-Chief's share is 3,0001.; major -generals receive 410/. ; colonels .. 165/.; li eutenant-colonels 99/., & c. Si r T. H . maddock, o f t h e Supreme C ounc il a t C a l cutta, has been re- a p po i n t e d b y th e Governor-Gen era l to continue in council another twelvemonth—his term of five years having expired. Sir Herbert is a man °rripe experience in Indian affairs, and the value of his ad v i ce wou l d seem to h ave b een duly appreciated by Lord Dalhousie. The results of three somewhat singular courts-martial have been made known in the course of the past fortnight. Lieute nan t E . W . C. Plowden, of the 6th Bengal cavalry, h as b een dis missed the service for accepting a bribe to lose a game at billiards, and for various prevarications on the subject. Ensign R. Pack, of the 13th Bengal native infantry, for falsehood, drunkenness, and un gentlemanly conduct, has su ff e r e d the sa me p unish ent. Li eu t enant W. H . W a l ton, of the 29th Bom bay native infantry, having married one woman of bad fame —believed to be drowned in the hurri cane of April last—was about to marry another Whose . husband was ali v e. H av i ng sworn th a t h e believed there was no imp e di men t t o hi s marr iage, he his_was tried for p er j ury , b u t escape d on th e p l ea o f supposing the marriage invalid. His Excellenc y the Commander-in-Chief proceeds today to the hills on a tour of inspection attended by his staff. Sir John Peter Grant has been compelled by sick nass to retire from the Chief Justiceship of Calcutta. Lord Dalhousie is understood to be favourable to the re-establishment of a mesmeric hospital at Cal cutta. He has appointed Dr. Ebdaile presidency sur geon, though youngest on the list, in evidence of the estimation of the services performed by him. Lieutenant-General Sir G. Berkeley, G.C.8., the new Commander-in-Chief of the Madras army, reached Madras from the Cape on . the 12th ultimo, =No . 1 ; 3 . 46.] "LO:NpON, MONDAY ; N G S MAY 1, t ), '` 113:1 094 mipoi' les Ver [aod 'slit ja 'd li i t