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Th ere is a plain and manifest limitation placed by the wry nature of the case to the amount of matter which we can publish once in every 24 hours, and sell for sd. That limitation is quite sufficient for the purpose, and, though we are not in the habit of addressing to Government on our own behalf those expostulations which we freely sitter en behalf of the public, we feel we have here a right to require that in any measure which the new Chan. cellor of the Exchequer may think fit to propose, .he will not legislate to our prejudice as compared with other journals, nor exact that one copy of the Times shall be taxed as two, because we give the public a little more matter for the same money. tit ft EAST IT HOUSE, IsT MAIM 14,55• ki of DIRECTORS of the EAST g coca COMPANY do Hereby Give Notice, That the Queen 41 3 `, 1,1 as 4 ra d an ded that Wednesday, the 2 !st inst., slip.ll be ob 4TERL.raYn of solemn Fast, Humiliation, and Prayer, the ea yo GENERAL COURT of the said Company, which has ' I L, at t . even d ofo.criock t in da t y h , e w fo ii r l en b o e on h . eld on TUESDAY, the 20th JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary: 41047,4 4 ar R e ECTORS of the ROYAL BRITISH ellt of prepared to receive Applications for their New 41 , Ler, j ust Stock, under the provisions of their Supplements kjelap, gjabted by the Crown. A pplications to be made, with /el it ;',"e Head Office, No. 16, Tokenhouse-yard, or at the i t lasto 4 ''u, Strand; 77, liridge-road, Lambeth ; 97, Goswell-road, tikenol, S out Sha ftesry-terrace, Victoria-street, Pimlico ; 60, hwar bu k ; and 32, Regent-circus, Piccadilly. 4 %113 I , L , RUGS INNES C AMERON, General Manager. Bank, 27th Feb 1855. Fatten , 'WO Fr i tch3ru , R u ssell, r• S a nders, S a Wle, Seholell e ' Su Shelley, , , Si hthorP , Smith, J' (A' '% Spooner , Stafford,t;ra Steel, J. Vern on, IZ .rh i!, Walcott, sValpole, ,' Warner , Whatinattio W threia, Whitesid. I/. Wliltroor e lf . Wici:D 3l % , iv , . "'OP' willouP w ise. n. VOA r PRICE SD. NO. 19,477.] LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, /IARCH 2, 1855. THE OVERLAND MAIL. Never was anything ever heard in India equal to the singing of Miss Catherine Hayes, and the violin playing of Madame Frery. Affairs are in a disturbed state in the Persian Gulf. The Persians have captured Bunder Abbas, after a des perate resistance on the part of the Arabs, and the Imam of Muscat is preparing an expedition to attempt the re capture of the place, The Company's cruisers in the Gulf have also had some sharp fighting against a pirati , cal Arab chief, and their operations appear to have been attended with complete succesp. at 16 to 21 taels ; 3,000 boxes of gunpowder, at 14 to 20 taels ; and 3 chops of Canton congou at 17 to 26 taels. There have been no fresh arrivals. Export from Canton from July 1, 1854, to January 10, 1855 Shanghai, from July 1, 1854, to December 31, 18',4 .1 Foochow, from July 1, 1554, to December 23, 1854 the ship requires as much alteration as is reported. It is one of the evidences of the manner in which the tran sport service is misconducted that ships taken up by the Government seem to need two or three times fitting before they can be made available for starting upon the duty which they are hired to perform. The Calcutta is a splendid ship, and all hands who embark in her will have every comfort in their several positions on board of her. PUBLICATIONS. INDIA. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole , SAM SLICK'S NEW WORK, " NATURE and HUMAN NATURE." " Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise" — Fors. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colbuin, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 12,500,000 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Paddington station, for the purpose of considering a • propoied agreement with the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, for the use and occupa tion of the line by thz; Great Western Railway Company, on certain terms and conditions; Mr. C. Russell in the chair. The CFIAIRDtA explained that, in consequence of the re jection of the proposition at a special meeting of the Birkon- - head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, held at Birkenhead on the preceding day, it was his duty to declare the meeting dissolved. The resolution passed at the Birkenhead meeting was to the effect, " That the terms of the proposed agreement with the Great Western Company are highly impolitic and inju rious, enabling the Great Western Company to enter into a contest with the London and North-Western Company at the expense of the shareholders of this company for two years, and without ultimately securing to the shareholders of this company an adequate fixed dividend, and that this company therefore reject the same." • The meeting then separated. . 49;900,000 SHIPS AT SPITHEA.D. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN INDIA SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF THE MAIL ON THE 16TH OF JAN., 1855 . Her Majesty's Trcops.—Captain D. 0. Brien, 86th Foot, at Bombay, on the 221 inst. Madras. —Captain (Brevet Lieu tenact.Colonel) Henry Augustus Hornby, 2d European Light Infantry, Deputy Judge-Advocate-General at Fizagapatam, on Dec. 3. Ensign H. B. Podmore, 4th Regiment Native Infantry, of cholera, at Attacotapoor, on tho 31st December. Captain G. W. N. Dunlop, 4th Regiment Native In fantry, at Suttimunglum, en the 6th January. Bengal— Lieutenant Birch, 60th Regiment Native Infantry, at Delhi, on the 15th January. Export from Canton from July 1, 1853, to lb. January 10, 1854 27,690,000 S P Shanghai and Fo oc h o w, from July 1, 1853, to December 30, 1853 All the men of war at Spithead had topgallantmasts struck yesterday, owing to strong winds in the morning. There were at Spithead last night—the Neptune, I`3o, Captain Hutton ; the St. George, 120, Captain Eyres, C. 8.; the Calcutta, M, Captain J. J. Stopford ; the Crssy, 80, Captain Warren ; th• Ajax, 60, Captain Wardell ; the Esk, 20, Captain Birch ; the Gorgon, 6, Commander Crawford ; the Ariel, 9, Commander Luce ; and the Resistance, store-ship, Master Commander Bradshaw, which came up about half-past five o'clock from Plymouth. 51,200,003 Exchange on England, for six months' sight bills 4s. Bd. to 4s. 71d. Exchange on India.—Company's accepted bills, 230 r. per $lOO. Ft eight.—One vessel has been engagbd for London at Si. OO P , v a ndfori: Grosreo EPITOME OF ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE, for Schools and Young Persons. Seven% Edition, price is. Gd. bound in leather. W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. From Shanghai our advices are to the Ist inst. Im ports had been passed off to some extent in barter. In exports a fair business has been done. Exchange on England for sir months' sight billp, 6s. 7d. per dollar. On India Company's accepted paper, 328 r. per $lOO. Freights to England, 51. ss. for tea and 6/. for silk. j r Ae e e s s ndt t tmy e e r ,ris d re aasdylh Admiralty yop m r b o c ty r rh n ote i ch n oße g dasi a large lletevi.cerfiaßel fleet ti nti ss m i, pie e b re ce e rt r dei notr returns ru i tlibemnudtle) fr omdri i s who had cercishetoori the ccast-guard it has been found that the force can supply 1,500 efficient seamen who have previously served in the Royal navy, in addition to which above 2,000 seamen riggers .and 500 London watermen, making a total of 4,000 men, are in immediate readiness, to complete the crews of the various ships fitting for the Baltic, A' Pellait , jgovn Thi r, Pi.. IZelO b o, Shirley , stanbcP°a, # 0 gtrtCK l o• T hoalli v Itor ne. i iran :9 lo\ 611 11 01 ' w s t 1,0 4 , ivilOe PEOPLE'S EDITION. A LISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE. .CM., To be completed in 44 Monthly Parts, at a Shiring ; forming 12 Volumes at 45., bound in cloth. 30 Parts are published. W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. ITER MAJESTY'S TROOPS. Promotion.-64th Foot--E;signlohi Hudson, to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brookman, who retires, Dec. 30, 1854. RETIRED FROM THE SErtvm.—The retirement from the service, by the sale of his commission, of Lieutenant R. S. Barwell, of the 14th F oo t, i s accepled, subject to her Majesty's approbation. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company, adjourned from the 15th ult. in order to enable the directors to consider th 6 course to be adopted in consequence of the resolution of the House of Commons relative to the company's proposed Amendment Bill, was held at the Waterloo station yester day, Mr. W. J. Chaplin, M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors, presiding. The meeting was but thinly attended. The CHAIRMAN said, that in accordance with the desire of the - shareholders, the directors had carefully considered the question referred back for their opinion at thalate-half-yearly meeting, and he was requested to state that, in their judg ment, the proprietors could not do better than leave the sub• ject still in the hands of the board. The shareholders would readily understand that the duty of dealing with this ques tion was not an enviable one, nor ose the responsibility of Mr. HELPS renewed the protest made by him at the last meeting, that no resolution could be come to in this matter on the part of the company at large, inasmuch as notice had not been given of any such resolution. ATLAS TO ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE, containing 109 Coloured Maps and Plans of Coun tries, Battles, Sieges, and Sea-rights. Constructed ur der the superit - tendence of Sir A. Alison. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 16. The India mails may be expected at Suez on the 18th, and I imagine that the outward mails of the 4th and 9th inst. will arrive during to-morrow. The departure of the screw steam-ship Janus is fixed for to-morrow, and I avail myself of her departure to acquaint you with the arrival at Suez, on the Eth inst., of the Hon. Company's steam•frigate Punjaub, and steam-sloops Victoria and Auckland, with the larger portion of the first detachment of her Majesty's 10th Hussars, under Colonel Wilkie's command. The number of men and horses arrived is, 221 of the former and 243 of the latter. During the voyage nine horses were lost on board the Punjaub, and one on board the Auckland. The rest have arrived in excellent condition, considering the length of the sea voyage, and have been landed at Suez without accident, save a few slight scratches. They left Suez, en route for Cairo, the day before yesterday. The Sultana, sailing-transport, is still wanting, she haring parted company with the other ships in a strong northerly gale when off Ras Benas. The Auckland and Victoria, after disembarking their horses, filled up with coal and proceeded in search of the Sultana ; and I expect to-morrow's train will bring the intelligence of her safe arrival at Suez. She has on board 74 horses and men. His Highness the Viceroy returned here a few days since, slightly indisposed ; he has been for a short cruise in his yacht, the Faad Gahaad, and left again, quite re covered, for the Barrage to-day. A large quantity of the guns for the fortifications about to be erected at the head of the Delta preceded him. LEAiR Or A i3ENOE.-64th Foot—Major and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel M. J. Western, in extension from May Ito November 10, 1855. 70th Foot—Captain T. E. Mulock, to Bombay, from Jan. 1 to March 31, 1855, and to England for two years from date of embarka tion. 78th Foot—Lieutenant W. B. Porker, in exten sion, from June 29 to Nov. 23, 1855 ; Ensign H. 0-. Davidson, to England, for two years from date of em barkation. BGth Foot—Lieut. J. Boyd, to England, for two years from date of embarkation, doing duty with invalids on the voyage. MILITARY. order, has approved of Sergeant George Shepherd, The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance, by general 11th battalion, being appointed Sergeant-Major to the com pany of gentlemen cadets, in the room of Wm. Young, commissioned as an Adjutant in the Royal Glamorgan shire Militia Artillery, to bear date Jan. 31, 1855. Yesterday the issue of the spring clothing for the troops in the Crimea commenced at the Tower, and some thousands of summer trousers, flannel waistcoats, shirts, &c., were put on board lighters to be shipped in the transports at Woolwich. Lieutenant-Colonel E. Every Clayton, Captains Wil liamson, Fielden, and Kirkes, Lieutanants Daniels, Viger, and Fielden, Paymaster Dickson, with 14 ser geants, 4 drummers, and 245 rank and file of the I st Royal Lancashire Militia, left Portsmouth garrison yes terday to join the depot of the regiment at Lancaster. A handsome testimonial w a s p resen t e d by the non-com lant myesterday ion-commissioned no gffiioffi c e r s ne rs se t r o oi pf a tt g ihoen al regiment o comrade, consisting of a costly,tlarge, and massive silver or Duke of Lancaster's Own, to Sergeant-Major Thos. Kinna, as a mark of respect on his promotion as Ensign and Quartermaster. Pertstnouth, March 1, 1855." Captain Dawson, of the light company, presented his Pay-Sergeant Johnson with a very handsome snuff-box, as a testimonial for his integrity and straightforward conduct, bAh with his company and himself. He had no sooner received this handsome present from the cap tain, value at least 10/., when the company gave Cu lour-Sergeant Johnson a very splendid ring, with an ap propriate inscription upon it. A.R._ SOLDIERS' ORPHAN for the Destitute Orphan Children of Soldiers not t rik lueript unio ned Officers of the Army : founded 1851. kQtnti tii ians and donations are earnestly solicited in be halfef tkis k t ibe e, Dt ' W h, tat has Just been established to supply a wa nt which R~ Rho b„..!`allY felt at this time when tkere are near 10 , 000 chit "To been rendered orphans by the disastrous effect of the (1,,,4 00 r .. 0 %k ri. f 5 /, or an annual subscription of 10s., constitutes a atri xt e:; 4 7,Q gives the privilege of one vote at every election of 40 40 a or d o 4 " i ticnal vote being obtained for every similar sub of rilation. 1 417egh t ,, au f• will be entitled to one presentation for life. riati -a t subscribing 51. or upwards will be entitled to the belo ( gas governors of the same amount, the commanding toles governor. 2 a nd pro 5, L in spectus may be obtained on applieution to the co ln's-inn-fields,. Office hours Ten to Four. By A. KEITH JOHNSTONE, F.R.S.X., Author of the "Physical Atlas.' In Crown 4to, 2/. 12s. 6d. ;. Library Edition : on large paper, 3/. 3s. Aloe' OS. W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE for MARCH. —Messrs. Blackwood have to announce that, In consequence of irregularity in its transit by railway, the number for the present month, which was despatched from Edinburgh at the usual time, did not reach London in time for publication in due course yesterday. Copies have now arrived, and may be had of all booksellers: 37, Paternoster-row, March 1, 1555. Mr. HIBBERT thought no better course could be adopted than to leave the matter, as it was proposed to leave it, in the hands of the directors. Mr. W. TITE also concurred in the recommendation made by the chairman on the part of the board. He moved the following resolution : - - " That this meeting acquiesces in the recommendation of the directors, and, leaving the matter in their bands, do now adjourn." Generallivrcassow seconded the motion. . Mr. HELPS moved and Mr. DiesisoN seconded an amend ment--" That this meeting do now adjourn." Mr. LOME, M.P., was sorry to notice again that there was no definite recommendation from the directors on the subject referred to them. He denied the truth of the chairintua's asser tion, that it was " impossible" to carry out the pledge given to Parliament, and he denied also that the proprietors were " unanimous " in ther opinion that this company was unable to redeem its pledge. At present they were going to Parlia ment exactly as they had come from it ; they had done no thing in the meantime. The CHAIRMAN thought they had done a great deal. After some observations from Mr. Hutchins, M.P., Mr. Ashmore, and Mr. W. C. Rowe, Q.C., The amendment for the simple adjournment of the meeting was then put and negatived, and Mr. Tite's motion was car ried, only four hands being held up against it. The proceetings terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman. which the board would be desirous of assuming. But to shrink from this responsibility would, in their opinion, be in consistent with their duty, and if, therefore, the meeting thought fit to leave the further management of the pending bill in their hands it would be their endeavour to bring things to such a close as would conduce to the best interests of the company. The board would take care on the one hand to ex press the feeling of regret entertained by the proprietors (which they believed to be unanimous) that this company should have given, and should be unable to perform, the pledge of 1853 ; and they sh Juld, on the other hand, state their firm conviction that to effect the object then contemplated was now impossible. (Loud cries of hear.) Beyond this it did not appear to be judicious that he should at present go; but the proprietors, supposing 'they left the matter in the hands of the board, might be assured they would feel, in all its bear ings, the - gravity of the company's position and would do their best to retrieve it. (Hear.) , c 6 ET- 4 0 ;torfSP Pa s thus The Third Edition.—Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FA LSE SPERMATORRHCEA , with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the German of Dr. PICKFORD. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " Bickford '.s known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nou-medi sal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any ether equally flagrant evil which it may be in his .ower to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ` Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book , could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely- to do much good." London: 11. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. CHINA. HONG KONG, JAN. 15. The mail of the 25th of October arrived here, via Cal. cutta, on the 27th ult., and that of the 9th •f Novem ber on the Ist inst. The Chusan steamer, which put back to Singapore, came in on the 21st ult. The out ward mail leaves to-day, and the semi-monthly one, via Calcutta, will be despatched on the 22d inst. For the future this will be the order of the outgoing mails. Since the 19th ult., the date of our last, a decided change has taken place in the state of affairs at Canton, and that city may bo considered as placed in a state of siege. This result has been mainly brought about by the successes that have been obtained by the rebel fleets in several naval engagements, in which they completely destroyed the Imperial flotillas. The rebels may now be said to be in eommand of the whole river, and take advantage of this position to cut off all supplies from the city, as a preliminary measure to an attack on it, a step which does not appear far distant, judging from the alarm that reigns, and the daily efflux of the inhabitants.. Provisions are ri,ing rapidly, more especially rice, which will advance to an extreme price, as supplies are checked. A io , f a;? 0 1 4 as foilo kor kengtoloo ydol i e $74 rs -- 8 (11 ,7 3 s; an d rt4o 133erV u oti 6 sero boy than. 4 o 0 310 " L ke k - rS' ORPHAN ASYLUM.—Thefriends, et. 4 4, lvt l _ d ier's Destitute Orphan, desiring to NOMINATE ona: , IDATES, ca obtains the necessary forms at the Cy ' B, 25 Lincoln-inn-fie. V i t a , t he l i S te k i rlz t, a' ORPHAN ASYLUM—LOCAL 1 44 - 2410 1 17 4 , 11 1 ES are REQUIRED in all the principal towns . of "t 0 , APplicants are to apply for nature of remuneration — "etilars to the Secretary, 25, Lincoln's-inn-fields. b 'hitt% ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The Conn kti;',l,ll,4,r4 anxious , to find a LAEGE HOUSE, with good itt4Ziet i ; London, fOr a Temporary Asylum. Parties having 1 1,25 e .iefluested to send . full particulars, addressed to tha 'Line°ln's-inn-flelds Ntrli 4 "44 l ; Il' S ASSURANCE SOCIETY, London. . P ti, PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO totj o , e FOUR-FIFTHS. 1 ' 6 4i,, ti l o P tl`ted With this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN 0411 of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the i t . : 4 ) tu tira oed in tho Society's Prospectus. • (4 4 14 4 1 ,, thk, t_required by this Society for insuring Young Lives L , ll to Prot tot u i Many other old-established offices, and Insurers ZNi oo „ . til l ed from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad- Ni -.1 le cUrnulated funds derived from the investments of LINZet 444, kic k tois ts Da Daid by the Office. ' 4 of in 4 , of b t t obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, --,,„.....50fARLg k q 41 , n H ts E o N f t ß h y e S L o i e D ielg E . RDALE, Actuary. eit Y- - LNETIC TELEGRAPH. I . hit, ivtn, it LONDON OFFICES -o w „ -et 0 ,, - t4ond-street (six doors from . the Royal Exchange.) 0; 4 Of t,, °4 141 -- -7, Charing-cress (opposite the stitue.) et t ,' , lrg o gegs:.icatton by underground wires with the principa t o deo • rot Fi t ..tdo m . 'it "'" T wenty Words, including delivery, and address not 4 kit: 1)0 0, I, 6. il lilli ge lter — ' e e. 2 Exchange-buildings • • .. • • s jar_ 81 , ~ . &nil 1,, . . Exchange - arcade ............ .. •. •• 12s. 6d. geetiZgisa ni ~ 22, English-street h 'V , 101, • h 1, ..'Glas',,,,, New-street • • is•Av Office, 18, Exchange-square.. • • • • • • h / pa p „., Greenock , „ Cathcart - square .. . 4s. Od. l ' 44 44 ,;' ) Unifrie s hr h-qtreet k .. .Mut, , ~ 1 g - lieu: 2 ~ 23. College-green ss. Od. ii • 4 4 1. Donegal-street • , Cork, •• Pembroke-street 7s, 6d. Q n eenstown„, The Quay • • • ...... EDWARD B. BRIGHT, Secretary. MALTA. BANK OF LONDON. Capital 600,0001. (with power of Extension to 2,000,0001.), In 6,000 Shares of 1001. each. 501. payable per Share, viz., 101. upon Allotment, and the remainder before or upon Incur• poration ; in pursuance of the Provisions of the Statute for Rept. lating Joint Stock Banks. MALTA, FEB. 25. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam•packet Vectis left for Marseilles on the 21st, after undergoing an overhaul in the dry dock, carrying no other passen ger;than Captain Maure, and is looked for back on the 2d of March, with the London overland mails of the 25th inst. THE NEWSPAPER STAMP ACT. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN — Sir JOHN VILLIER9. SHELLEY, Bart., M.P., 25, Park-lane, and Maresfield-park, Sussex. VICE-CHAIRMAN. (To be appointed by amt from the Directors.) John Edmund Anderdon, Esq., 10, Devonshire-terrace, llyde-park. Thomas Gooch, Esq., (Gooch and Cousens, London-wall), Brixton rise. Jeremiah Greatorex, Esq. (Bradbury, Greatorex, and Co., Alder manbury), Spring-hill House, Upper Clapton. Alexander Constantina lonides, Esq., Consul General of Greece firm of I.nides, Sgouta, and Co.), 17, Gracechurch•street. Charles Joyce, Esq. (firm of Charles Joyce and Co., Moorgate-street), Gloucester-gardens, Hyde-park. Henry Morris, Esq., late of the Madras Civil Service, 25, Mark lane, City. Henry Muggeridge, Esq., Aldermen and Sheriff of London, St. An drew's-hill, City, and Streatham Common, Surrey. Alfred Wilson, Esq. (Yenables, Wilson, and Tyler, Queenhltke), Fir grove, Weybridge, surrey. With power to add to their number, until the first General Meeting. MANAGER. The Bank Manager will net be appointed until the Directors shall have had am , le opportunity of selecting for that importatit posi tion a gentlemen of first-cla , s qualifications. SECRETARY AND PROVISIONAL MANAGER.—BeIIjaMiII Scott, Esq. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Tyrrol!, Paine, and Layton, Guildhall yard. We referred in our last to the visit of Sir John Bow ring and Rear-Admiral Stirling, who have since returned to this. Sir John Bowring does not appear to have gained anything, but established the fact that the same deep-rooted antipathy still exists among the Chinese against foreigners entering the city. Sir James Stirling seems to have occupied himself in ascer taining the most eligible points from which the fac tories could be -defended, and, in conjunction with Commodore Abbott, the United States' senior offi cer, and with the consent of her Majesty's Plenipo tentiary and the American Commissioner, Dr. Par ker, a line has been drawn, and an intimation given to the authorities and the rebel leaders that any hostilities within it will provoke similar acts from the naval force now stationed off the factories. This may have the des:red effect of warding off all danger from foreigners, but, looking at the composition of the insurgent force, and finding in its ranks undoubted pirates, it will not be easy for the rebel leader, however good his intentions, to curb the feelings of plunder that exist with such a lawless set. "The anchorage at Whampoa has lately been the scene of a severe naval fight, and during the action the foreign shipping received serious damage fromr!~ the guns of the contending parties, in the presence of English and American men-of war, en board of which were the respective senior naval officers. _ . The Severn, steam transport (N.. 194), which arrived from Cork on the 21st with Captain Freeling, 8.A., Ensigns Cox and Hindman, of the 3d Buffs ; Ensign St. John, of the 72d ; and 208 non-commissioned officers and privates of 'various regiments in the East, being part of the reserve depot about to be formed at Malta, and Captains Dixon, Rogers, and Heyman ; Lieutenants Luce, Irvine, Burt, Humphrey, Keate, Elton, Franklin, Mitchel, and Anley ; Assistant-Surgeon Woodward, and 312 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Artillery, after landing the former, left again with the latter, on the 21st, for the Crimea.. The barque Kestrel, with Government stores, arrived from London on the 21st. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, - AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting was held at Birkenhead on Wed nesday ; Mr. 13ancroft in the chair. The report stated that the balance available for dividend amounted to 1i per cent, per annum on the capital, and the board recommended a dividend of 4s. 44d. on the 311. shares, ' 4s. Id. on the 271. 10s. shares, and 3s. lid. on the 221. shares. The report and accounts were Adopted, as was also a reso intim declaring the dividends payable on the 12th of March. The CHAIRMAN proposed a resolution empowering the direc tors- to eater into an arrangement with the Great Western Company according to the terms of the proposed agreement. Mr. CiTTERALL moved, as an amendment, " That the pro position be not entertained." - Mr. R. BIRLEY seconded the amendment. RROICERS. 111e , srs. J. W. and S. B. Scott, 75, Old Broad-street. Francis Cope and Co., 7, I.othbury. AUDITORS. (To be selected by and from the body of Proprietors.) Offices (Temporary)-41, Moorgate-street, City, where Prospec. tuse., with full particulars, may be obtained. 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Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 1001. each in the Dank of London ; and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any smaller number which you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 101. per share thereon, and execute the deed of settlement of the Compiny in respect thereof, at such times and in such manner as yea may appoint. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, - - - - - - Address ....... ............ ....... •• P r ofession er liminess •• ......... Date• ....... . ............ • N.B.—Every application for Shares must (in the case of persons not known to the Directors or officers of the Bank) be accompanied by a good banking, commercial, or profoisiunal reference. BANK OF LONDON. Temporary Offices, 41, Moorgate•street, City, March 1, 1855. The public are requested to take notice that APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this undertaking must be made on or before MONDAY, the sth instant. By order. BENJAMIN SCOTT, Secretary and Provisional Manager G RAVESEND S T PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piei The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permit FROM TERRACE PIER. GRAVESEND. !TS. tting WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. . - - - ;Z ----, a) . 0 . = A 4... •• 5 t3 0 €4 a .0 Terrace , a Time , X 8 0 -4 2 • 51 $, , Pier 4 1 R I • I - 1 1 • WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. Fen- 4 f . 2 .1 1 f. F 0., V, g i church 5,t i 1 t o . en- . ...... i Street ,-. g ( 1 ) ) •Ig church ci '. 8 4 L' g* ---- . . _ ____ 1 0 11 214 4'.4 t— Fore Cabin. Saloon. Co or from Gravesend and T,ondon.• •• • • .... 10d. .. Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 104. getween Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. fid. .. Os. 84. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 51. Os.; Six Months, 31. Os. ; Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 13. 1854. " LOOK ON THIS PICTURE." Freezing keen and severe—lce to be seen everywhere. Skiing and sliding the passion—comfort and warmth the right fashion. All streams in a state of blockade, but those of E. M. and SON'S trade No business can freeze in their hands—their Clothing will meet all demands. This Winter 'tis very we 1 known, they've the greate't activity shown. In the parks, on the ice, everywhere, Messrs. MOSES' productions appear—their OVERCOATS, WRAPPERS, and CAPES—their HATS in the newest of shapes SPECIAL NOTICE.—UntiI March 1,1855, E. MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS will be CLOSE D at EIGIIT O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING, except Saturday, when they will be open till 11 o'clock. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard ;he public against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike falsehood of " Being connected with t heir Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OR OCT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, (54, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. - , Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, llosiers, Furrier% Boot and shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.--Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset en Saturdays, when business is resumed till 1 1 o'clock. A new Book for Autumn and Winter. " The Commercial Cornu copia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure ment, ice., Ike., may be had on application, or pest-free. ici l'on parte Francais. Qu si naria Han, no. slier snricht man 11,,ntarb _ _ Aqua sa liabla Espann. An Illustrated Almanac for 855 ;Intls en application ,or post free ROYAL G LAIIORGAN LIGHT INFANTRY. CARDIFF, Feb. 28.--This regiment, which was embodied on the 4th of last mouth, mustered on parade this morning upwards of 500 bayonets. A finer se t o f young f e llows' more fit for active service coul'd not be seen in any regi ment in leer Majesty's service. The men are admirably set up, and have been supplied with th e new pa t tern tunic and shako, waistbelt, and koap<mck. Consi dering the late severe weather, which interrupted the drill for some time, the appearance of the re g i men t i s highly creditable to the commanding offic er , C o l one l Ty a n n t d e , has 11,1 endearedP., whose kind, im te e fi v r e m r y officer and p r i va t e in, and concili a ti ng coin rn it. During the severe' frost the men were marched several miles on the road every day, by which the dis cipline was admirably kept up. The regiment, being now upwards of 500 strong, expect to be shortly re `moved from their present billets to garrison duty. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London svery quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WILIRF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fo - lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. - We have received our correspondence and files of papers from Bombay to the 31st of January ; Calcutta, 23d of January ; and Hong Kong, 15th of January. The following is taken from a lener from Cal cutta, dated January 23 : " While the whole of Europe is in a state of convul sion, to which it has been a stranger for the last 40 years, India is enjoying the most profound repose. It is scarcely poisible to imagine a greater contrast than that which is presented by the intelligence we receive from Europe and that which we are enabled to transmit in return. We have neither wars nor rumours of wars to announce—nothing, in short, to send but the tame and dull recital of material improvements and political re forms. There is no intelligence of any importance from our north-west frontier. The native officer who con veyed the Governor-General's reply - 0 Post Mahomed, reciprocating pacific dispositions, and offering to meet the wishes of the Ameer by the conclusion of a treaty of alliance, has reached Cabul. He was received with all honour on his approach to the, city, and was con ducted directly into the presence of the Ameer, who treated him with distinguished courtesy and attention, but up to the latest date nothing in the shape of business had been transacted. You were informed that, although the Government of India had wisely withheld its consent from the proposal to send British officers to organise the army of the Khan of Kokan, and enable him to resist the encroachments of Russia, permission, and even en couragement, was given to our native troops on the frontier to enlist for the Kohat service, and enlistment has been general throughout the Punjab frontier force. The Burmese envoys have returned to Ran goon, and were about to take their departure for Ava, to report the result of their mission. It has been said that, when at Rangoon, they announced their intention to give a different version of the reply of the Governor-General to the request they made for the restoration of Pegu, so as to render their report more agreeable to the Royal wishes ; but it was pointed out to them that the truth must eventually be known when our commissioner proceeded to Ava two or three months hence to return the compliment of the mission on the part of our Government, and that the deception, which could only be temporary, would in all probability draw down on them the severest displeasure of the golden-footed Monarch. They are reported to have made the wise resolution to disclose the whole truth to him at once— au event which has not happened at Ava for half a century. - " The electric telegraph has been completed between the 'various capitals of India, which are now placed in immediate communication with each other. The Euro pean intelligence received at Bombay by the steamer is is circulation at Madras, Calcutta, Agra, and Lahore within two or threehours. Perhaps there is no instance on record of so magnificent an undertaking completed within so short a time as that for which India is in debted to Dr. O'Shaughnessy. Nearly 3,000 miles of telegraph wires have been erected in a little more than 12 months ; the cost has been 421. a mile. The tele graph in India belongs to the State, and no other party is at liberty by law to establish a line without an official license. The line is to be open to the community for private messages on the Ist of February next. The tariff of prices has been fixed at a lower rate than on any con tinental or American line. Perhaps nothing places the rapid march of improvement in India in so strong a point of view as the fact that Peshawur at the mouth of the Khybur Pass came into our possession only seven years ago, and we can now send a message to it for Bs. in three hours. Considerable progress has been made in the establishment of a line of telegraph between Rangoon and Prome, and it will be continued from that town to Akyab, the capital of Arracan, and thence to Calcutta. When it is completed, Government, wherever its seat may be, will be enabled to receive a daily report in a few hours from this newly-conquered province. "The railroad is to be officially opened from Calcutta to the collieries at Raneegunge, a distance of 120 miles, on the 3d of February, after which date it will be con tinually open for public traffic. But we have not as yet the means of running a train daily backward and forward to that point. I believe the entire number of engines we possess does not exceed ten, which is altogether in sufficient to maintain a daily communication of such length. It has therefore been determined that for the present, and until our means and appliances are more abundant, the train shall run from Calcutta to Ranee gunge one day and return the next. " I mentioned, in a former letter, that the Legisla. live Council land determined to open its doors to the public. Circumstances have hitherto prevented the completion of this design, but on Saturday last, for The first time in the history of British India, the public were admitted to hear the debates of our Legislature. The council meets for the present in a large ball at the Home Secretary's office, but it is intended to erect a separate edifice for it in Calcutta, in an eligible position, and in a style suited to the dignity and importance of the depart ment. The Governor-General has hitherto presided in person. The council meets only once a week. There is an official reporter of its proceedings, and when the public are admitted there will doubtless be a reporter of the speeches. "The Governer-General is expected to go to the Nielgherries about the 15th of February. " Meetings have been held at all the Presidencies to raise subscriptions in aid of the Patriotic Fund, and the contributions already exceed 12,0001., and will probably run up to 30,000/. before they are closed. Among the largest contributors as yet in the native community is Sir Jarnsotjee Jeejeebhoy, who has forwarded 5001. to he Fund. The contributions from India to the Exhibition in Paris have been forwarded is) , the Government, and are said to exceed in value and variety those which were sent to England to the Crystal Palace." (Froua the Overland Bombay Times, Jan. 31.) The tidings of the abolition of Haileybury have occa sioned unige real gratification. The seminary had not only outlived , the exigencies which had called it into existence, belt its mechanism was unsuited to the age, and condersiied India to suffer from the services of the friends of iniitividual directors selected without regard to merit, in place of enabling her to secure the best men that could be had for the money. The simplification of the mechanism of government and total extinction of pa tronage, would secure to India nearly all that can be de sired for the present in the way of reform—the grand curse of the coiuntry being that, while those who govern it have the strongest motives for supporting incompetent kinsmen unable to provide for themselves, they have not ' the slightest hiterest in the welfare of a people who submit to any am ount of maladministration without complaints. The concession of the railway guarantee cbaypti tal , comprisingheCo ti r t f h Directorstate ied rerr3,fooor oa, railway of i a n d additional will probably be the means of transferring connt the the balance of a quarter o,f a milli on sterling, whh side of the account. If the irrigation schemes, to which Government ha ve expressed themselves so favourably, are only carried .out with honesty and sense, India may speedily be able to boast of a surplus surpassing the pre sent deficiency in her revenue. The tree producing the gutta percha is ,said to have been discovered in the Madras Presidency,. and is said to abound in many parts of India, rich everywhere in vegetable and mineral treasures, of which nothing is known, and for which nobody seems to ca,-e. The 10th Hussars, with their horses, nearly 400 strong, have just quitted the presi dency for Suez, and will probably be at the scene of action by April, in about the same time as they would have reached by the Cape, and at about one-fourth the charge. Large detachments of infantry and cavalry are under orders to follow them, under circumstances still more adverse to expedition and economy. There are at present 27,000 Queen's troops in India, or 7,000 more than the act of Parliament allows ; with peace so uni versal as it is at present, and prospects of tranquillity so favourable, 10,000 or 12,000 might be spared with out incenvenience. MADRAS. THE Loss OF A NATIVE VESSEL.--The schooner Stree Vencatannarrainsawmy, No. 82, Syrang Thatia, was riding at anchor in the roadstead with a general cargo. It was stated that the vessel was making much water, and she could not ride in safety ; the lascars therefore cut her cable, and run the vessel ashore at daylight yes terday morning. In doing so she unfortunately got foul of the wreck •f the Serampore ; when the master atten dant's boats, Cattamarans, put off, and brought the whole of the crew ashore. The vessel immediately after wards was dashed to pieces.—Spectator, Jan. 24. COURT-MARTIAL.—The following is the result of one of the recent courts-martial in the Fort : GENERAL ORDER. Head-quarters, Mad rag, Jan. 23. At a general court martial holden at Fort St. George on Tuesday, the 16th day of January, 1855, Lieut. Richard Grace, her Majesty's 43d Light Infantry, placed in arrest by order of his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief, on the complaint of Lieut. Robert Edward Roe, of the 12th Royal Lancers, was arraigned upon the fol lowing charge : " For conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, and to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in having at sea, on board the ship Clive, on the 15th of November, 1854, when in command of a detachment of troops, been drunk and disorderly in his conduct, in presence of the trooLxa and the officers on board the said ship. (Signed) "T. S. PRATT, Colonel, Deputy Adjutant General of her Majesty's Forces. " Fort St. George, Madras, Jan.. 6, 1855." Upon which charge the court c;Lme to the following decision : The Court found the prisoner E pillty, and sentenced him to be placel at the bottom of the list of lieutenants in her Majesty's 43d Light Infat itry, the regiment to which he belongs, and further t o be severely repri manded. CALCUTTA.. (From, the Overland Bengal 11 urlearu, Jan. 22.) Calcutta for the last ten days h: beeu musical mad, Judging from the course pursued by the English and American autlicrit!es, both civil and naval, it etp pears evident that they will allow matters to take their course at Canton, and that their sole care is the protec tion of their respective subjects. " Trade, with this state of things, continues paralysed, and, in short, we are not wrong in stating that the port of Canton is virtually closed. " From Shanghai our dates are to the let inst. The most important item of intelligence is a collision between the French authorities and the iusurgents in the city, leading to the bombardment of the place by Admiral La Guerre with his vessels La Jeane el'Are and Colbert ; but by our last advices nothing definite bad resulted, although it was expected the city would surrender, and we expect to hear of this by our next letters, or of its having been stormed and taken, This measure holds out a prospect of a ter m i nat i on to the di sorgan i sa t ion that has ruled so long at Shanghai and the neighbour nood. " Pekin gazettes are down to the 4th of December. The accounts continue unfavourable for the insurgents, who are said to have met with several reverses, and have been driven back in an easterly direction. "Trade at Shanghai had been carried on to a fair ex tent. Tea and silk remained at about the same price as before. " From Foochow our dates are to the 23d ult. Tea continued to be sent forward. The difficulty about set tlina for ground still existed. " Our advices from Amoy are to the sth inst. There was a fair market for cotton, but manufactures were dull. The neighbourhood was quiet. " The Centurion, with t h e invalids of her Majesty ' s 59th Regiment, left for England on the 7th inst. "Exchange at Cantott—on England, 4s. Bd. to 4s. ; On India, 230 rs. to 228 rs. At Shanghai—on, England, 63. 7d. ; on India, 328 re. to 326 rs. " Our latest dates are—from England, Nov. 9 ; Cal cutta, Dec. 5 ; Bombay, Dec. 1 ; Singapore, Dee. 24 ; Manilla, Dec. 22 ; Melbourne, Nov. 19 ; Shanghai, Jan. 1." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA MARKETS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ben tinck, with the London mail of the 9th of December last, arrived on the 15th inst. In our import market we are still without any im provement either in prices or demand, the increasing tightness of money among the native dealers preventing a resumption of business on a fair scale. In metals we have not much doing, the demand for copper is very limited, and iron is occasionally taken at previous quota- tions. Exchange. —Considerable transactions are reported since our last at rates almost the same as those ruling at the close of the last mail. sßank bills at six months' sight and first-class credits have ranged from 2s. Oid. to 2s. ;Id. per rupee. Document billa are quoted at 2s. Oid. On China the rates have partially declined, and bills at 60 days' sight against opium have been disposed of at 227 r. per 100 dots. Freights.— Before the arrival of the Bentinck large en gagements were made at increased rates for rice and linseed, as high as Si. per ton having been paid for the latter to Lon don, but subs'equently there has been little disposition on the part of shippers to engage tonnage, which, however, is not abundant, and the rates consequently have taken a downward tendency, though for many articles they are nominal at present. The day before yesterday a ship was taken up for Londonl2s. 6d. all round, nearly half the cargo consisting of seeds. For Mauritius the rates continue the same, with a small demand for ton nage, and for other ports we have no alteration to notice. BOMBAY MARKETS. From the 16th to the 31st of January. We have little change to report in the money market. The Precursor, which arrived here from Calcutta two days after the despatch of our last, brought round 111acs of specie, which, although a smaller sum than was ex pected, relieved our market' to some extent ; but, as the Bank of Bengal and the Bank of Madras have raised their rates for discount 2 per cent. over existing rates here, we canno t look for a continance of such shi nientQ, and money will therefore, we think, remain p scarce for some time to come. We have no alterations to record in securities, which still continue excessively dull of sale. The Commercial Bank declared a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum. Exchange has fluctuated since last mail, and has fallen to 2s. OW. to 2s. six months' sight bills ; document, 2s. 1:d. to 2s. 11d. six months' sight. CANTON MARKET. HONG KONG, Jan. 15. During the past month the transactions in the Canton market for imports and exports have been trifling ; and politically matters begin to wear a mere threatening aspect for the safety of the. city. Cotton.-2,7 00 bales muddling to good Bombay sold at 5.6 taels to 6.6 taels. At Amoy, Bombay is quoted $9 70c. to $lO 50c. ; Bengal, $lO to $lO 50c. About 5,500 bales sold. Turkey Opium.—s4so. Tea.—The business of the month has been limited to the following transaction :—Two chops of refined \Voanam tea 224 taels ; 5,000 boxes of scented orange pekoe, at 19 to 26 taels; 3,000 boxes of scented Caper, ~~ On the 22d t4e screw-steamer Lady Jocelyn arrived from Southampton and Gibraltar, with provisions, win ter clothing, &c., for the French army, towing the American transport-ship White Falcon, from London and Southampton, with salt meat and huts, likewise for the French army ; both left for the Crimea on the fol lowing day. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Triton arrived from Con stantinople on the 223, for the purpose of repairing damages ; and on the same day the French steam corvette G'assendi, from Toulon and Bastia, bringing 4 officer,', 437 non-commissioned officers and privates, and 22 cavalry horses, for the Crimea, for which destination she left on the 23d. This vessel I:rings the disastrous intelligence of the loss of a French sloop of war, with a crew of 200 souls, in the straits of Boniiaecio, and like wise a rumour of some disaster in the same waters to an English steamer ; but this latter is very vague, and re quires confirmation. The Crcesus, screw steam-transport, took her depar ture, on her return to England, on the 21st, convoying Colonel Cleveland, 11. A., and family ; Quartermaster Doherty, of the 38th ; Assistant-Surgeon Finlay, Assist ant-Surgeon Wyer, 3d Buffs (who has recovered from the mental malady under which he has been labouring ; but is, nevertheless, invalided). Mr. Duke and 154 non-commissioned officers and privates, invalided ; 43 soldiers' wives, and 41 children. The City of London, steam-transport, arrived on the 23d from Balaklava an Constantinople, and on the same day, from the like ports, her Majesty's screw line-of battle ship Sanspareil. The Indus has just arrived from Alexandria, report ing the arrival at Suez, on the Bth, of the Punjaub, Vic toria:, and Auckland, steamers ; and on the 16th of the Sultana. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Britannia, 120, Captain Carter, was towed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday at noon to be dismantled and put out of commission, her crew being made avail able (after being paid and having leave) for other ships. The Cressy, 80, Captain Warren, brought up at Spit head yesterday afternoon at five o'clock from the Nore, and remains with the fleet at that anchorage. The Blenheim, 60, Captain Hall, had her steam up yesterday in the fitting-basin for a first trial of her new boilers &c. Her mainmast is being rapidly re-rigged. Thelmp4rieuse, 51, Captain Watson, C. 8., is ready for sea. The /Bolus, old 42, fitting as a shell depot, to attend upon the Baltic fleet, was hauled into No. 4 dock yes terday, at Portsmouth, to be equipped for that service. We believe that the Volage, an old 26, is being fitted at Sheerness as a powder magazine, to attend the same fleet. The Gorgon, 6, paddle-frigate, Commander R. B. Crawford, returned to Spithead yesterday from the Black Sea. She left Chersonese on the 27th of Jan., Constan tinople on the 30th, Malta, on the 4th ult., and Gib raltar on the 20th. k She left at Chersonese her Majesty's ships Royal Albert, Agamemnon, Algiers, Hannibal, Tribune, Furious, Valorous, Terrible, Dauntless, Leo pard, Sidon, and several small vessels of war ; The Lon don, Sampson, and Triton at Constantinople. The Ven geance passed through the Bosphorus on the 30th for England. The Bellerophon left Malta en the 3d ult. for Spithead. The Hecla was on shore in Black Strap Bay, Gibraltar, when the Gorgon arrived on the 11th ult. ; so, instead of coming straight home, she proceeded to assi-t in heaving off that vessel ; and after four days and nights of almost superhuman exertion on the part of officers and crews of both vessels, in the most unfavourable weather, got her off, and towed her round to the uew Mole, where her appearance was greeted by hearty cheers, the officers and ship's company having during the short time they have been stationed at Gibraltar be come great favourites with the inhabitants. The Gorgon is very healthy. She brought home Lieut. E. A. Stubbs, on promotion from the trenches before Sebastepol. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants.—Spencer H. Pichard, from the Imps riense, to the Odin ; T. M. Campbell, from the Archer, to the Euryalus ; Allan Bathurst, from the Euryalus, to the Archer. Surgeon W. F. Noott, from the Neptune, to the Hecate. Mate Alexander Henderson to the Neptune. Assistant• Surgeon Andrew M'Munn to the Plymouth Hospital. Second Master E. P. Cox to the Neptune. Master's Assistant H. L. Kelly to the Pylades. Midshipmen.—G. F. H. Parker to the Duke of Wel lington ; H. Packe to the Orion.A. Naval Cadet R. G. Baker to the Majestic, 80. The following gentlemen cadets of the practical class, studying at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, were on Wednesday commissioned as officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers : To the Royal Engineer.,.—William A. Frankland, W. S. Boileau, Alexander Dirom, Walter M. T. Campbell, Douglas G. W. Moncrie', Morgan C. Molesworth, Rd. B. Rimington, Percy G. L. Smith, and E. Daniel. To the Royal Artillery.—Henry D. Pitt, Hale Yonng Wortham, H. B. 11.1aule ' Charlei W. Walrond, William S. Smith Neil, Henry Le Q. Geary, Wa,'tcr B. Rice, G. U. Knox, W. N. Persse, 0./H. Goodenough, James H. P. Anderson, Joseph N. P. Dadson, H. C. Farrell, E. 111‘Laughlin, C. F. Robert', A. S. Hunter, Graham R. J. Stevenson, and G. A. Crawford. THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE TIGER. The Court-martial on the officers and crew of the Tiger will not take place until the arrival of the Tra falgar, 120 (now hourly expected). • THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. The General Screw Steam Navigation Company's transport Calcutta, No. 195, Ettained into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, and ranged up alongside the Camperdown, 1.04, until this morning, when she will drop alongside the dockyard jetty, and commence altering her fittings for the reception of the Ist Royal L Lancashire Militia, who will not embark yet this week ( From the Times of this day.) This evening was fixed for the consideration of the new measure devised for the re-arrangement of the news paper postage and stamp duties, and we are sure we may readily bespeak the attention of our readers, even at a conjuncture like the present, to a subject so in timately concerning both ourselves and them. It has been proposed to revise entirely the enactments regu lating the obligations and claims of newspapers, and what we assert is, that the legislation recently projected is fraught with the most glaring absurdities in principle, with great detriment to the interests of the public, and with the grossest injustice to this particular journal. Heretofore it has been compulsory on all newspapers to carry an impressed stamp, and in return they were carried to and fro by the Post-office free of charge, with• out reference to their weight. Of this system we will only say that it had produced, or at any rate had not impeded, the production of what, by universal consent, was the best, the freest, and the most influential press in the world—a press conducted with greater enterprise, greater talent, greater respectability, greater success, and greater independence than had been ever witnessed in any other country at any time. This system, how ever, the late Chancellor of the Exchequer had been in. ducial, In deference to the importunities of a small, bul clamorous knot of agitators, to discard in favour o an *nether, by which the stamp duty was to be entirely removed. . As far as concerns the operation of an un stamped press, we are perfectly content to leave the question te experiment, nor can we, indeed, profess the smallest apprehension of any honest competition, or any desire of legislative protection. What we complain of is, that in the readjustment of the postal duties, conse quent on this change of system, the obvious dictates of equity and common sense have been disregarded together, and the just claims of the Times and its subscribers set at nought. That we 9re not remonstrating without good reason the reader may very easily be convinced. When it was proposed to remove the stamp duty from newspapers the equivalent in the shape of free postage ceased also, and a question was then immediately created de novo as to the terms on which periodical publi cations should pass through the post. Naturally, a special tariff was required in this respect. The distinction be tween printed matter and private correspondence was already recognised in practice by provisions favourable to the former ; and it was, of course, self-evident that the chief demasris on the Post-office would be made by the subscribers to the daily press. All this was so ob vious that measures were devised accordingly, - and a new unit of -weight was selected to be covered in these cases by the penny stamp. But what was this unit ? Why, nothing more nor less than one whiCh would ex clude from the Post-office two-thirds of those very com modities for the carriage of which provision was pro fessed to be made. The penny stamp was to carry four ounces, whereas of the 90,000 newspapers which are put into circulation every day from the metropolitan press, 60,000, or thereabouts, are above that weight, so that two-thirds of all newspaper readers would be robbed of the accommodation hitherto provided by the Post-office. It happens that the 60,000 copies is question all belong to a particular journal—viz., the Times, but that, though it concentrates the injustice of the enactment upon ourselves, does not in the least degree affect the question as one of principle. We are entitled to ask, and we'do ask, on what assumption this particular unit of four ounces was selected rather than three ounces or two ounces, or any other weight I It is obvious that the issues of the daily press must have been kept in view during the concoction. of this precious measure ; but why was a standard taken which, out of every three newspapers brought to the letterbox, would exclude two, and admit but ene I What would have been thought of the original penny postage scheme if the weight to be covered by the penny stamp had been so determined as inevitably to shut out from the pest two letters out of erery three 1 To put the outrageous injustice of the proposed measure in a still more forcible light, let us suppose that the daily circulation of the metropolitan press--viz., some 90,000 copies, was distributed among nine different journals, each circulating 10,000 each. Now, what would the public or the House of Commons say. to a proposal which, while professing to be a measure of relief for the encouragement of this class of publications, should debar from the use of postal accommodation six journals out of the nine ? Yet the case is precisely the same as it now stands ; the same proportion if newspapers would be excluded from the Rest, and the same number of readers ex posed to injury, the difference being merely this—that whereas, on the former hypothesis, the injustice would be shared by six journals alike, it is now concentrated upon the head of the Times. In fact, the unfairness of the measure stands confessed in a clause which proposes to exempt net from damage by special provision for the space of ten years. It surelj r ought to be clear to every understanding that in a regulation for securing :newspapers and their subscribers the advantages of the national Post-office the standard of admissible weight should be determined by the largest of these publications, even if this example did not, as in the case before us, represent two-thirds of the entire arculation afloat. Such a plan would insure all alike ag ainst harm, as every smaller journal could follow in the wake of the greater with perfect facility until it grew to the same size. A great philosopher has been exposed to everlasting ridicule, because, as the story goes, he cut a small hole in hi s s t u dy door to admit a kitten, by the side of a large one which had served as a passage for his cat. But our legislators were far more foolish. in their designs, for they cut a hole far the kittens only, and left the cat shut out altogether. There was ne glimmering of reason or justice in Mr. Gladstone a proposal, for the four ounce standard re. presented neither the largest nor the smallest of the daily pLi i iers. While the Times weighs more than four ounce/ 3 the Standard and others weigh less, and to meine.ure out our allowance of weight by that of the 211 orating Herald is just as unjust as it would have been to prescribe to the Morning Herald the dimensions of tit e Globe or The Sun. 'Are think these plain and incontestable arguments pi t ive beyond all question that if a maximum of weight is . to be fixed it should be determined by that of the lap gest existing newspaper which is to come under the opi !ration of the act—in other words, that the standard sh luld be six ounces, instead of four ounces. We are pi spared, however, to go further, and to maintain, i:_ ths , interests of the public, that the mere element .f we ight should not enter into consideration at all. If there is any di ffi culty in precisely. d e fining what is " news," there calk be none is Periodicallyo t i vacther or not any publ ication r e i ra i i cai fni i n i. emu id at such short dateso—sauldygle in it te t r h v e als e s o s e f n n t i o a t l le es than seven day s, suchpepaunbyl, with obvious bent tilt to the publ i c, and ications chat re toter of a newspape r , s" 1 a w nd i ' 0 hay, s the run of the Post - o ffice i d without entailing either loss or inom tv enience- on the !Establishment. For that matter, indee d, the Post-office is made for the public, and not the pe w, - 1 for the Post-office ; but, if it is simply provided that a /It . publieoation to enjoy. thin advantage should con , . LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT, The half-yearly meeting was held at Liverpool on Wednes day; Mr. W. Earle iu the chair. The report stated that the traffic for the half-year amounted to 16,908/, The disposable balance available for dividend was 4,9€71., out of which the directors recommended a dividend of 7s. per share, leaving 1,04131. The expenditure on capital account amounted to 258,185/. The traffic receipts for the half-year ending 31st Dec. amounted to 17,4491., and the ex penses to 12,4021., leaving a profit on the working of 5,0 , 71. The CHAIRMAN moved, and Mr. Hoalor seconded, the adop tion of the report, which, after a lengthened debate on the working of the line, was carried, and a dividend of 7s. per share, less income tax, was declared. The retiring directors 'were re-elected, and Mr. R. Glad• stone was appointed in the place of Mr. Chapman ; and Mr. Newman was added to the board. A committee of shareholders was appointed to consider tha future policy of the company. SUNDERLAND DOCK COMPANY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Sun% derland on Tuesday ; Mr. C. Bramwell in the chair, The report stated that the revenue exhibited a gross increase ever the corresponding period of last year of 2,610/., produced clear disposable balance of 5;336/. 2 which was more than sufficient to pay a dividend to the shareholders at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, which the directors recommend should be declared. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, con• gratulated the i3hareholders that each half-year's accounts showed a progressive increase of revenue. The report was adopted, and a dividend of 4 per cent. wad declared, and the meeting separated. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE'S VISIT TO THE CET/dn.—A letter from Paris states that M. Galy, a steward of the Tuileries, specially attached to the service of the rm• press, has left for Constantinople, in order to prepare suitable apartments for her Imperial Majesty in one of the summer residences of the Sultan upon the Bosphorus. The ladies of honour who accompany her have been ordered, it is said, to include their ball-dresses in their wardrobe, the inference being that the Turkish capital is not the only one which is to be visited. JENNY LIND.—The Amsterdam papers announce the arrival of Madame Goldsmitd (Jenny Lind) in that city,. and that it is the lady's intention to give a aeriesof cone cert', the first of which was to take place on the evening of Wednesday last. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN pISTISESS.—• Yesterday the 48th Court of Governors of this excellent institution was held at the London Tavern ; Mr. John Labouchere, treasurer, in the chair, in the absence of the Earl of Carlisle. The report stated that the income of the year from all sources bad been 3,0821. 3s. 2d., and the expenditure, 2,999/. ss. 4d., leaving a balance in hand of 821. 17s. 10d. MURDEL—Sarah Newton, 27, a good-looking woman, dressed in widow's weeds, was arraigned upon twn in dictments before Mr. Baron. Platt, at Hertford, yesivi" day, the first of which charged her with the murder 4.‘f John Newton, her husband, and the second with the' murder of her son William Newton. It will be recol lected that the mother stated at the coroner's inquest, held nearlarnet, that the 'child bad picked up a "bluey" powder on its way to school, and had eaten it, thus `causing its death. The jury ac q ui t te d the prisoner. The case did not conclude till 10 o'clock last night. [Auvewrisemirrr.l—Many thousand cures have been effected without medicine, by Du Barry's Delicious Revs lentaArabiea Food, of indigestion (dyspepsia), - canstipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, paralysis, ko. We quote a few ;—Cure No. 52,612.—Fr0m the Dowager Corintess of Castlestuart.—" Rosstrevor, County of Down. 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Barry du -parry an Co., 1 ;121b., 225. ; il. - e .51 22s. ; 101 b., 335. on receipt of post re a o 77, Regent- F o nu T t ra Mason, and Co., purveyorsto street, London ; her Majesty, 182, Pi ccadilly - also at 68, Cornhill ; 60, and ' 451, strand 63 and 150 t ; Gracechurch-street ; 330 . Oxford-s , 55, Charing-cross ;4, Cheapside ;25 ant treet • 54, Upper Baker-flue% O:A k iv iVI EETING of the GENERAL COM t ii T l i s ' " ~°EE of the CITY o f LONDON LIBERAL REGIS ' 41ret,C1is s s 6SO CIA.TION, held at the London Tavern on the let ( >4 th e 111 Esq., President, in the Chair, R. W. Crawford, ' Esq., secoaded by W. G. Pres -4...1114t h si :tt, it was unanim( usly resolved— "° °Pinion of this meeting that Lord Palmerston, in un tYlg „ l il t the r esponsibility of forming all Administration, and car e (3 °yernment in the present circumstances of the coun -14ei... !Ititled to the confidence of the nation ; and this meeting 4 41 v !tself t o "PPort the return of Lord John MI, sell . (who has of Med ss member of his Cabinet) as representative for the ZS g o ;: d on, and to use its best exertions for that purpose. In exPresses the hope that his Lordship's return to office mean.4le 48 he `..,earded " a guarantee that such arrangements will be effectually prevent a recurrence of the lamentable thi l4l ellt 'which has disgraced the late campaign; ai t i h d e fu re r: 14' 4 ' 4 , 0 4 ofir s e tlag considers it to be its duty not to allow th i rd 4 °hn Russell to pass without declaring its continued ',red . at Civil and Religious progress which in times past has to him, the Support of the citizens or London. H. J. PRESCOTT, Chairraan. SIDNEY SMITH, Secretary, London, March 1, 1855. c -- kv-4-111, for LONDON.—The Chairmen, o I.lkraitt:erotarles, and Members of the various Liberal Electors' rd ' ar . r e ,respectfull requested to ATTEND the NOMINA "I,II°' ot‘ 4 l( "'RN RUSSELL , Y at the Guildhall, on SATURDAY, please lady. 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