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CONTRACT FOR SOFT SOAP. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 17th March, 1856. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain nu: Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 45 th instant, at Two o'clock, they will be rea d y to treat with 7,` 0 e4 Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying he r Ma j est y 's Dockyard at Woolwich with 200 cwt. of SOP. A simple of the soap and a form SOFT of the tender may be seen at the said office. ri He tender will b e rece i v ed a fter Two o'clock on the day of treaty , 117 w ' l , ll any be noticed unless the party attends , or an a g ent for "y authorised in writine. '''crY tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty. and. bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Soft Soap , " a 4 must al so b e d e li vere d a t Somerset-place, accompanied by a lett er , igned by a responsible person, engaging to become hound wit h the Person te n d er i ng i n the ittn of 1001. for the due performance of the" contract. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL EASTER HOLIDAYS. —RETURN TICKETS „7:ed on TEIURSDAY, the 20th March, and following days, will be '‘voilahle up to and including MONDAY, the 24th. tio 1 1 Good Friday the Trains will run as on Sundays, with tell;as °r the 9.15 a.m. down Mail Train from London, whichi run 00 Week days, except over the Chester and Holyhead Railway. By order. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, March, ISM LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN and MID- A.ND RAILWAYS. EASTER HLIDAYS. —DA Y to 'IS,TinsT and SECOND CLASS, will be Issued from LONDON Lincoln 1 lowdham 1 Normanton CoHingham Nottingham Oaltenshaw N ewark York Doncaster . 1 ' iskorton Bradford I Sheffield, and I t v I hnrgarton Leeds Masborough, e a ordinary trains on THURSDAY, March 20th, and Int orme ab-tLe433l, to MONDAY, March 24th, inclusive, and will be avail in,,,;(lr return by the ordinary trains on any day up to and 'mind , Tuesday March 25th t o ''' T ivess day tickets will ' also be i*sued on the same days, available return by express train. t ua Y tickets will also be Issued from the above stations to London. 6 Ey order. `+t on on Station, March, 185 G-REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- Ta u , 14 % ASTER. HOLIDAYS.--RETIMN TICKETS i.sued on /10 i tSDAY, the 20th of March, en' following days will be available i ti a,,and including Mondsy, the 24th. On the Bristol and Exeter 80"Htioouth Devon Railways Return Tickets arc not avalable th e a ". On Good Friday the Trains will run as on Sundays. with 10 addition of the 10 a.m. Down Day Mai:rom Pdditon and the ex4 n l• Day Mail from Bristol, which will run a aq on ng week days, yt the branch trains between Maiderhead and Wycombe, Read lai,„7nd Basingstoke, between Chippenharn, Frame, and Warminster, "ceeter and Hereford, and over the South Wales line, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- t arib EASTER SUNDAY.—CiIE.A.P EXCURSION to Oxfon . l, 1. 0 urY, Leamington, Warwick, and Birmingham. —A Train will k m ° l j addington on SUNDAY, March 23, at 7.30 a.m.,returning the te lub e evening from Birmingham at 7 o'clock ; Warwick, 7.35 ; lor t r,Pgton, 7.45 Banbury, B.lsOxford, 8.55. Fares —ox pi„,:9B. 61. and 45.; Banbury, 83. and 53. ; Leamington and War ci"vr 10s. 6d. and 6s. ; Birmingham, 12s. and 7s. No luggage spZ,.. n ci• Tickets not transferable, and only available for the trains wed. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— l e , tv EASTER HOLM —An EXCURSION TRAIN will to„:Vaddington on MONDAY, March 2 4 , at S a.m., for Learning arwick, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Bilston, /47 r hampton, Wellington, Shrewsbury, Chester, Birkenhead, and into ; returning from Liverpool (landinq stage) at $ a m., and 1 1, _ --L ln ediate stations as per hand-bills, on Friday, the :Bth instan , . "" ana eamington and Warwick, 18s. and Bs. ; Birmingham, 20s. 10 s , Gd. ; West Bromwich, Wednesbury, awl Bilston, 2ls. 6d. awl ki r " Z.olverhampton, 225. 6d. and 10s. 6d. ; Wellington and Shrews 14. Gd. and 13s. ; Chester, 335. and 15s. ; Birkenhead and n ot 375. and 17s. Children under twelve calf-price. 'tickets 'ransferable, and only available for the excursion trains. RE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. -- T TRUSTEES. 11_Lord Viscount Renelagh. Right Hon. R. Christopher N. v 4 Colonel Lowther, M.P. Hamilton, M.P. T• he .T. C. Cobh°ld, Esq., NI.P. OURTEENTEI QUARTERLY MEETING will be held at eA tt er Hall, en THURSDAY, March 27, at Three o'clock ; Alen In Viscount RANELAGII in the chair ; N tr ,, - 1 Rights of Choice will be drawn, and 50 added by seniority. ech,„'' taken up to the time of the drawing will h included in the op tl itt ages thereof, and shares drawn may have-the right of choice l 656 a following valuable estates, to be allotted on Thursday, April viz.:- 2. o al don, Sellth ESFCX. ,ot. Catherine's -close, Lincoln, North Lincolnshire. 4 . rand Hill Park Estate (third portion), Brighton, East Sussex. rit t e r oekley MR Park Estate (reserved lo!s), Forest Hill, West Fo r prospectuses, shares, plans of estates. &c., apply to CHARLES LEWIS GRUNELSEN, Secretary. • -,-sorfilk-street, Strand, London. STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. THE tIIRTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL MEET OT,ING of THE STANDARD ASSURANCE %), I r tr . ANY was held within the Company's Office, Edinburgh, rc laY, the 15th of February— /:RJ Mom, Esq., Advocate, Sheriff of Ross and Cromarty, in the Chair. OLE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS WERE SUBMITTED b . 4 ' 11 4 MEETING 4t)„, P°lst'r by the DIRECTORS as to the Progress of the Busi. TIA.L BALANCE-SHEET as at 15th Nov., 1 85 5 , ecr t47, °Y throe Directors and the Auditor, in accordance with R EP Act of Parliament. ai lci 'rOßT by the AUDITOR after examination of the Books Accounts. FOLLOWING ARE EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT:— ti, s Th ßoard of Directors have more than ordinary satisfac tlAT n Meeting their constitutents on this occasion, as they 4 4 - 1 , 4 i their power not only to report that the past year tvueell the most successful since the Company commenced 2i:cgs in 1825, but that the five years completed at 15th p re Znber lust exhibit a greater measure of success than any T h ° nos quinquennial period. li ov ° Results of the year, from 15th November 1854 to 15th k x4 e rnber, 1655, are as follows : I'ROPOSED FOIL ASSURANCE £716,383 7 11 1 1 / 4 4 1A _ 445 141.31,A5C28 EFFISCTED.. _2609,323 7 11 04 k.,„ --..._____. cL, 4.PORDIE6 ANNUAL PREMIUMS on New Ass urances E20,047 18 0 ,: 11 , 8 BY DEATH during the Year, exclusive £75,640 8 0 "` z innus Additions ks Fr om INCOME as at the date of Balance : ---- Vorn P rem i ums £185,559 16 5 £51,890 5 4 Fr ont Interest on Invested Capital Income.. 1!237,450 1 9 --.- To , v -- 4 AmorsT AISSURED, in force at 15th " 7 enaber, 1855 NIIffiBL x. OF POLICIES in force 9,244 185, ( 41 % the Directors state that tho now busincs - of the year G r i% understood to exceed that of any other Life Office in f c ,,,' 4 4l !iiritain during the same period, it is scarcely necessary th eta to make any further o , ,servation in evidence of the taaii t3 „ 44 Y's continued success, and its position M public esti ; but as the progress of one year, which might be the 4 8- :' Of a sudden effort, is less satisfactory than the result itt e4 7, continuous course of exertion showing gradual and eel,„" 7 improvement, the Directors beg attention to the de -IBsr,ent of the business during the ten years from 1845 to pa"' ,z that is, from the 20th to the 30th year of the Com 's existence. 'it yr" - ,, LLowiNG TABULATED STATEMENT SHOWS THE '..----....:- - -- - CHIEF RESULTS • ____ 4 1 ' 14 4 Amount of - Claims by Revenge 16 th g New Amur- , in Death in each Subsisting Ig or. ances in each.•car, exclu- Assurances. each year. ......___ year. give of Bonus --- - 18 46 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d X s . d . 15 47 368,679 710 120,815 19 ! 35,574 16 0 1 ,929,306 10 7 15 4 g 443,578 411 131,316 10 7 62,972 11) 3,143,090 11 2 15 4 395,864 12 5 136,129 18 146 64 5 13 0 ,279,478 3 7 9 1 5 5 r , 429371 17 1 , 45,037 15 9 63,353 0 ' " 509, , 147 10 6 169,151 16 4 46,550 9 6 4,138,865 5 6 I ssl 2,146,641 1,146,64 i 12 5 255,096 011 15 52 • 467,499 8 1180.203 5 8 51,952 311 4,38 0 ,3 39 3 9 15 5 445,799 6 6 192,928 16 10 5 9, 322 13 0 4,648,751 4 9 1 55 •" 455,248 17 1 205,035 6 2 84,445 17 0 4,877,378 0 8 ----515,1-117 55t 0 2_18,968_113_10 _4, 1_5_3 ._ .364 609,323 7 11 237,450 1 9 75,640 1 8 0 5,556,106 17 4 T oted .6ew "11r. Total knee, 4,639,629 19 4 Claims by 615,885 16 8 19 to death paid ia 10 years. tears. - ISA ° , Proposed for Assurance during the same p eriod, iin".o7s/. 15s. 10d. d s r i ag thus brought before the meeting the results of the 4 Year, and of the two quinquennial periods, closed at the th e balance, the Directors prospects further remarks on _ Company's position and till they have the or e t clure of meeting again iu a few weeks, to report the result Ist o h a investigation of the Company's affairs, as at 15th vernber, 1855, now in progress ; and they trust they will 1 4 : 11 be able to show that the business transacted during the tei" ll ,ve Years has been prolitab'e as well as extensive. The L ee 'ulations are r advnced,nd a Special Committee has r e 11 appointed to examine a the y securities and to bring up a he Dort 6 / 1 tho whole matter, after a T he Report assets and liabilities. thoiongh investigation of tib a 7 a Report having been unanimously a pp roved of, the ti o irrnan congratulated the meeting on the satisfactor y posi j „ 11 of the Company's business, and stated that the ad v:ii,_ed meeting to receive the report on the D vi sion of Profits be held t owar d s th e end of April. RE Meeting then proceeded to elect new Di tin rectors in room of those who retire by rota orl. and after the appointments were made the Direction f .. °lB Company was declared by the Claairman to be as (wows GOVERNOR. I lia Grace the Duke of Bucoleuch and Queensberry. narurr-oovEalloß. The Right lion. tho Earl of Elgin awl Kincardine. EDINBURGH. ORDINARY DIRECTORS. James Veitch, Esq., of Eliock. WiLiain Wood, Esq., Surgeon. Alex. J. Russell, Esq., C.S. Wm. Monereiff, Esq., C.A. George Patton, Esq., Advocate. John Robert Tod, Esq., W.S. Charles Pearson, Esq ,O.A. James Condi°, Esq., Perth. James Robertson, Esq., W.S. James Hay, Esq., Merchant, Leith. George Moir, Esq., Advocate. 11. Maxwell Inglis, Esq., W.S. John Sligo, Esq., of Carmyle. Anthony Trail, Esq., W.S. LONDON. Chairman of the Board, The Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen. ORDINARY DIRECTOR. I . 'rh, °lnas H. Brooking, Esq., 14, New Broa d- s treet . "hn Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin Friars. Alexander Gillespie, Esq , 3, Billiter-court. Alexander Macgregor, Esq., Arlington-street. John Scott, Esq., 4, Hyde Park-street. Sir Anthony Oliphant, C.B. F rancis Le Breton, Esq., 3, Crosby-square. whi eh the vote of than meeting epara ks wasted presented to the Chairman, after s. By order of the Board of Directors. WILL. THOS. THOMPSON, Manager. Lo A H. JONES WILLIAMS, Resident Secretary. n , 40; 82, King William-street. E; nu _ --. Lo Nb R ea (Head Office) D °•• . 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I vo Strann) k s , the I°Bl4 fOCIN , 0 ~h c e e ,o otuty 01 ";20.44.4zeicit/ 4. ee?" /ft (").1) i• • • ,gar • - 4 _ •!. . . • _ - - • • . • ?((' 1.7 'r -r- An 43-, 4 4b5 411111 "' A rt ..e. • R • LONDON, Wi4I)NESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1856. N o . 19,8971 THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received our advices from Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras, of the dates given in the de spatch of our Trieste correspondent published last Monday. The most important event reported by this mail is the ANNEXATION OF OUDE. A territory the size of Scotland, and a third more populous, has been transferred from a native to the British Government without bloodsded or a blow. Oude, the fairest province of Bengal, covers an area of 24,000 square miles, and contains a population of between three and five miliiona, with a reve nue of nearly a million. The Resident, General Outram, having spent some time with Lord Dal housie, at Calcutta, in January, left on the 25th of that month for Lucknow, to carry out the policy with the execution of which ho was entrusted. He reached Cawnpore ou the 28th, where a force of 12,000 men had been established, and a bridge of boats constructed to convey them across the river. On the following day orders were issued for two brigades to proceed to Lucknow. The first, commanded by Colonel Wheeler, consisted of her Majesty's 52d, two batteries with guns, the Ist Light Cavalry, and 18th and 73d Native Infantry. The second, of the sth Irregular Cavalry, a battery of Artillery, and the 22d and 41st Native Infantry. These, having proceeded to the capital, were in readiness to overawe the malcontents, should any such present them selves, or put down disturbance should it threaten to appear. But the King of his own accord had on their approach dismantled his guns, disarmed the garrison, and shut up the palace. General Outrara's first interview with the sovereign oc curred on the 4th of February, when, accompanied by Captain Hayes and Captain We3ton, members of the mission, his Majesty was urged to sign a deed of abdication. This he positively refused, saying that he would appeal to England, and go in person to London. Upon this Gen. Outram issued the pro clamation (given below) deposing his Majesty. The general then ordered the minister to bring to the residency all the chief officers of the state. About mid-day the followine. attended :—The Minister Ally Nucky Khan ; the Revenue Minis ter, Rajah Bal Kissen ; the Custom-house Da,ro gan, Shurf-ood-Dowlah ; the City Kotwal ; and all other officers of the different branches of adminis tration. The Resident ordered the Revenue Minis ter to give in the whole accounts of amount of re venue and the details of Purgunnahs, which was at once commenced upon. The Kotwal was directed to furnish the list of Thannahs to Captain Wes ton, which he did. The Resident then placed guards from Captain Magness's regiment over the office of the revenne Minister and custom-house, di recting that all should be allowed to go on as usual, but that no money nor papers were to be taken away. The King has sent a circular to all zemin dars and amils, informing them that the company have taken charge of the kingdom, and directing them to pay all rent to the officer sent by the Resi dent to collect it., and ordering them to offer no opposition. The King had closed the palace gates, and declared that ho would never sign the razoe naatah. An allowance has been appointed to him of 150,0001. a year. According to the Bombay Times the future admi nistration will be conducted under Gen. Outram, as chief commissioner, with 4 commissioners, Mr. Wingfield and Mr. Christian, of the civil service, and Col. Goldney and Major Banks, of the Bengalarmy. Mr. Cooper, deputy secretary to Government, is to bo secretary to the chief commissioner, and Captain Hayes military secretary. The following are spoken of as deputy commissioners :—Messrs. Dennison, Forbes, Simpson, Boileau, Martin, Ben son, Pollock, J. B. Thornhill, C. W. Cunliffe, G. Lawrence, Goune and Block. The above, with Mr. M. R. Gubbins as financial, and Mr. Om maney as judicial commissioner, complete the list up to the present time. A contingent of some 15,000 men is to be raised, 12,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, and four companies of artillery ; and this will take the place of an army larger than that of England itself on its peace establishment. The following officers are named as having been ap pointed to the contingent :—Captain Gowan, Lieu tenant Miles, and Lieutenant Hawes, of the Ben gal army ; and Captain Daly, and Lieutenants Black, Johnson, G. Grant, and H. Johnstone, of the Bombay army. The following summary of Indian intelligence is collated from that of the Bombay Times of Feb. 16 :•-•;. benous approuu Will/113 are outoLualuati. vl ticarcny, in consequence of the scantiness both of the sum mer mid winter rains. At Bombay the wells are rapidly drying up, and very great distress amongst the people for want of water begins to be experi enced, and must be increased as the season ad vances. The Sonthal distri?As are, we regret to say, again becoming disturbed and uneasy, and deeds of vio lence are being resumed. There have been some slight disturbances on the Punjaub frontier ; that which has attracted most attention being an attempt, luckily unsuccessful, on the life of Major Nicholson by an assassin. On the 9th a party of fifty mountain robbers burst from their fastnesses on the peaceable district of Sunnaee, and amongst other plunder carried away a couple of women and a boy, who were afterwards rescued from them by the villagers. A. similar attempt by a branch of the same tribe having been made at Yagheebund, the villagers turned out and drove back their assailants, of whom one was captured. Robberies on a smaller scale continue to be of daily occurrence, nor can we expect, for many years to come, to free our advanced frontier of the character of insecurity at all times attaching to a mountain border. We have scarcely any news from British Burma% The electric telegraph has been completed betwixt Henzada and Rangoon, and by this time it will have been extended to Meeaday, aad so on to Shouygeen and Tounghoo. Much sickness prevailed amongst the troops near the new settlement of Dalhousie, but was confined to this portion of the province. Lord Dalhousie has declined interfering with the affairs at Hyderabad, leaving the great Deccan ar rangements to inaugurate the accession of his suc cessor tooffice. The resident is said to have proposed to borrow four millions to pay off all claims against the Nizam's Government. The Arab troops and their followers presently employed by the Nizam are to be sent to their own country, those of an elder race to remain under the supervision of the military, their forts and strongholds to be destroyed. The Nizam is to be asked to cede territory yielding a revenue of three hundred thousand a-year to meet the interest of the loan and the charges of an army of 30,000 men, to be for a short time employed from Bombay and Madras, in equal numbers, to bring the refractory to their senses. The force ulti . mately to be maintained in the Hyderabad domi nions to be reduced from 40,000 to 25,000, and these to be disciplined and commanded by Com pany's officers. The contingent of about 10,000 men to continue as at present. The Governor-General and Lady Canning left Bombay for Madras and Calcutta on the 6th, and arrived at Madras on the 14th of February. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published. price Is., illustrated with eases and numerous engravings ; free by post for 14 stamps. NER VOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper matorrhcea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more succesend mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative system, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and its anguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint. whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate. follow e d b y prac ti ca l remarks , f oun d e d en twenty years experience In the treatment of Impuissance, slervons Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhma, &c. To which ere added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre lectionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, ant on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MIIRT M.D. 37, IZEDFORD-SQU A IRE, LONDON, Doc - or of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edirne barge., Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. Toe essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con seqnences resulting item certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, witch have prodreed more misery in Youth, degradation in Man. hoed, and prerna , are decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any of h 1, krticularly " rec ommended to nelsons entertaining secret doubts on 'er class of o :,sease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is the he- e ttn , happiness, an d privileges to which every human being is it PLY7.neal co edition, and whc are conscious of hayin g hazarded ee o :ened It is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there are rinelples of personal management which cannot bo violated without r marring grievme penalties, erd when wis dom and regret succeed he heyday of inco ns id era te self-indulgence, how these penalties Tay be mitigated, h ew the st i ng o f their bitterness may he removed , um how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any decree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. rise Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive .cactice in the treatment of those delicate complaints, which have aetortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant emairics, who inflict great inje ry on those weee are induced to Plato NERVOUS DEBILITY may be bad faith in their pretensions. price is, of Memo. Sher ; wood and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford - stre et ; oree.l9, Leicester-square; M ann , 39, C ornh i ll ; or f re e by post for 14 stews to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bod fo desqne re. At home for censultation daily trom eleven till two, and from six til height. PROCLAMATION TO THE NATIVES OF °UDE. The following is the proclamation issued by General Outram, at Lucknow, on the 7th of Feb ruary : By a treaty concluded in the year 1801, the Hon. East India Company engaged to protect the Sovereign of Oude against every foreign and domestic enemy, while the Sovereign of Oude, upon his part, bound him self to establish " euch a system of administration, to be carried into effect by his own officers, as should be conducive to the prosperity of his subjects. and calcu lated to secure the lives and properties of the inhabi tants." The obligations which the treaty imposed upon the Honourable East India Company have been observed by it for more than half a century, faithfully, constantly, and completely. In all that time, though the British Government has itself been engaged in frequent wars, no foreign foe has TRIESEMAR, No. 1, ever ret his toot on t he soil of Oude ; no rebellion has 9 a renicy fcr Relaxation, SPennatorrhcea, and all the distressing even threatened the stabil i ty of its throne. British tro ops consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and it s e ff ec t s are em- have been stationed in close proximity to the King's cacious in youth, manhood, and old age ; and t • those persons w h o ne d v e e fi r ed b . een withheld whenever are prevented entering the married state front the results of early arors it is invaluable. TRIE9EMAR, No. 2, his Person , co powera e t and be wo t ta h hs e e their aid effe:tually, In the short space of three days, completely and entirely h a a i cis wrongf u l l y dh,osne chief and vital stipulation of aradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health establishment secures th h e ould sive ruler of Oude ; and . the treaty has been wholly the d p i l s e rg e a - rd w e h d ie b h y w e a.o v every vsouoccfeosr he : I s t rpeop l eati o n as I a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in- the of llives such os an and properties system ofad o m f t he suitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the to last been deliberately ands ystematieallY violated. Oude, and be conducive to their prosperity, has from first sarsaparilla In the world cannot remove. By reason of this violation of the compact made, the TRIESEMAR, Nca. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid oftaste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet to l: British Government mi g ht long since have ju s t l y de without their use beirie suspected Glared the treaty void, and might have withdrawn its TIZIESEItTAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are sold in tin cases, price Ils., or protection from the r u l er s of Oude. But it has hithert o t our cases in one for 335., which saves lie. ; and in 5/. eases, whereby been reluctant to have recourse to measures which there is a saving of 11. I 2s. ; divide,. Ince ssparato doses, as adnairds- wou ld befatal toth e power and authority of a royal race, tercet by Valpeau Lallemand, Roux, &c., &e. To be had Wholesale ; and Re:ail in Louden of Johnston, 65, who, whatever their faults towards their own subjects, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-str et; and Sanger,so, Os- have ever been faithful and true to their friendship with ford-strect ;R. 21. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester: the English nation. tl. Bradbury, bookseller, Deantgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 32, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15 , Westmoreland - street, i Nevertheless, the British G ov e rn ment has not failed Dublin ; Willildlib9oloollCr,ll4ll73tfeet, Birmingha m * to labour, during all that time, earnestly and porn. veringly, for the deliverance of the people of Oude from the grievous oppression and misrule which they have suffered. Many years have passed since the Governor-General, Lnrd Wm. Bentii,cl:, perceiving that every previous en deavour to ameliorate the condition of the people of Oude had been thwarted or evaded, made formal declaration to the Court of Lucknow that it would become necessary that he should proceed to assume the direct management of the Onde territories. _ _ The words and the menace which were employed by Lord Win. Bentinck were eight years ago repeated in per son by Lord Hardinge to the King. The Sovereign of Oude was on that day solemnly bid remember that, what ever might now happen, " it would be manifest to all the world that be had received a friendly and a timely warning." But the friendly intentions of the British Government have been wholly defeated by the obstinacy, or incapa city, or apathy of the viziers and kings of Oude. Disinte rested counsel and indignantcensure,talternating through more than fifty years with repeated warning, remon strance, and threats, have all proved ineffectual and vain. The chief condition of the treaty remains unfulfilled ; the promises of the king re-t unperformed ; and the people of Oude ars still the victims of incompetency, corrup tions, and tyranny, without remedy or hope of relief. It is notorious throughout the land that the King, like most of his predecessors, takes no real share in the direction of public affairs. The powers of government throughout his dominions are, for the most part, abandoned to worthless favourites of the court, or to violent and corrupt men, unfit for their duties and unworthy of trust. The c, Pectors of the revenue hold sway over their districts with uncontrolled authority ; extorting the ut most payment from the people, without reference to past or present engsgenients. The King's troops, with rare exceptions, undisciplined and disorganised, and defrauded of tbir pay by those to whom it is entrusted, are pertatted to plunder the vil lages for their own support ; so that they have become a lasting scourge to the country they are employed to protect. Gangs of freebooters invest the districts. Law and justice are unknown, armed ♦ielence and bloodshed are daily events, and life and property are nowhere secure for an hour. The time has come when the British Government can no longer tolerate in Oude these evils and abuses ; while its position under the treaty serves indirectly to sustain or continue to the Sovereign that protection which alone upholds the power whereby such evils are inflicted. Fifty years of sad experience have proved that the treaty of 1801 has wholly failed to secure the happiness and prosperity of Oule, and have conclusively shown that no effectual security can be had for the release of the people of that country from the grievous oppression they have long endured, unless the exclusive administra tion of the territories of Oude shall be permanently transferred to the British Government. To that end it has been declared, by the special autho rity and consent of the Hon, the Court of Directors, that the treaty of 1801, disregarded and violated by each suc ceeding sovereign of Oude, is henceforth wholly null and void. His Majesty Wajid Ali Shah was invited to enter into a new engagement, whereby the government of the ter ritories of Oude should be vested exclusively and for ever in the Hon. East India Company ; while ample provision should be made for the dignity, afildence, and honour of the King and of hie family. But' his Majesty the King refused to enter int• the amicable agreement which was offered for his acceptance. Inasmuch, then, as his Majesty Wajid Ali Shah, in common with all his predecessor', has refused, or evaded, or neglected to fulfil the obligations of the treaty of 1801, whereby he was bound to establish within his do minions such a system of administration as should be conducive to the prosperity and happiness of his sub jects ; and inasmuch as the treaty he thereby violated has been declared to be null and void ; and inasmuch as his Majesty has refused to enter into other agreements which were offered to him in lieu of such treaty ; and in mama as the terms of that treaty, if it bad been main tained in force, forbade the employment of British offi cers in Ouds, without which no efficient system of admi nistration could be established there ; it is manifest to all that the British Government had but one alternative before it. Either it must altogether desert the people of Oude, and deliver them up helpless to oppression and tyranny, which, acting under the restrictions of treaty, it has already too long appeared to countenance ; or it must put forth its owu great power on behalf of a people for whose happiness it more than fifty years ago ea waged to interpose, and must at once assume to itself the ex clusive and permanent administration of the territories of Oude. The British Government has had no hesitation in choosing the latter alternative. Wherefore proclamation is hereby made that the Go vernment of the territories of Oude is henceforth vested exclusively and for ever in the Honourable East India Company. All alnils, nazims, chuokeelars, and other servants of the Durbar, all officers civ!'i and sniiif-vy, the soldiers of pi vln. § .l4g _ tva c it u .k t ib a bi4 o te a f....c sc are required to yam' eltu. Al • - - the officers of the British Government. - - of the press. The PerZans are moving on Herat, as they were this time 20 years ago. Whether they will get on faster than they did in 1836, or do more when there than they chain 1838, remains to be seen. The matter need in no way whatever concern us. Profound tranquillity seems to reign around all the shores of the Gulf. The British residents in;Bu sh ire, so far frofn being likely to seek refu ,, e on board the Ajdaha or Victoria, sent for their deliverance, enjoy the special protection of the Persian govern ment, considering it anything but a kindness to be compelled to leave. Bushire itself, which the Friend of India seems to consider too formidable for a landing-place for the grand army in contem plation, is a miserable mud-built, unwalled town, which might be battered to pieces from our gun boats, and which our seamen could burn down in six hours'_ time without the slightest risk of danger or fear of resistance. There seems not the smallest ground for associating the late misunderstanding with the fall of Kars, Russian interposition or any thing connected. with the policy of the West. The facts already related by us seem perfectly sufficient to explain the whole quarrel, based as it is on the arrogant assumptions of Sir John Mal colm's treaties and the indiscretions of Mr. Murray. The lights under which we speak aro, we readily allow, apt to fluctuate and vary ; we at present most certainly can see no ground whatever of apprehending a rupture with Persia. Were the Shah to force a quarrel upon us, Teheran would be garrisoned by Bombay troops within a month of the sailing of the first transport from our harbour. But then, though •we might inflict an infinitude of mischief on Pers'ia, we could do no good whatever to ourselves. :Five or six millions might be thrown away in the most inglo rious, because the worst risist_ed,„ . 9f inTasions, but., then the country is not worth keeping. We have already more than territory enough ; we want no more certainly to the westward of the Indus until that which we already possess at least meets half its charges. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY MARKETS. From the 3d to the 16th of February. (From the Bombay Times of February 16.) The Overland Mail of the 10th of January only reached Bombay yesterday. There is no change in our money-market during the fortnight ; even at 1! per cent. it is impossible to bor row on Government securities. Improved quotations comieg from Calcutta Company's paper look a little up. Fives being now saleable at 90jr., and Fours at 84r. In Joint-Stock shares there is little doing. Cotton Piece Goods.—A fair amount of business has been transacted during the past fortnight, but the prices realised have not for the most part been remunerative, holders selling at present quotations both for goods on the spot and for those to arrive. Grey Shirtings.-40 in. up to 51b. are dull ; 61b. have improved, and 71b. aro iu very good demand. There is a fair inquiry for all descriptions of 45 in. Grey jaconets are dull. Grey Madapollams of all descriptions are in good de mand. Grey longcloth and domestics of all kinds are little sought after. Grey T.cloth from (lb. and upwards in very good de mand. Bleached skirtings in moderate inquiry for middling quality, all others are little cared far. Bleached Madapollams.—Vary low in good inquiry, middling and upwards not in demand. Satin spots have advanced, there being some inquiry for them. Bleached Twills.—Low to middling in fair inquiry— fine dull. Bleached jaconets of all descriptions very dull of sale. Fancy Goods.—Blescbed and gray dhooties and lap pets of middling quality in fair inquiry—all ether de scriptions dull. Yarns.—Both water and mule have declined, except ing Nos. 90 and 100 of mule ; dyed orange of blown quality in good demand—Turkey red in moderate in quiry. Metals.—English bar-iron is in demand. Swedish bars have declined. There is no change in spelter. Copper sheathing maintains its last value. Quicksilver, red and white lead, are in fair request. EXPORTS. Cotton WOOL—The market is dull, and prices have declined. Of the new crop a very small supply has been received from Brooch, and realised 98r.—Further arri vals are not expected till March, and purchases have been made for delivery in April at 92r. For Dhollera new, to be delivered on the Ist April, 85r. are asked. Opium had declined to 1,000 fr., but within the last few days has slightly risen, consequent upon China in telligence received by electric telegraph from Palcutta. Hemp has declined. Sheep's wool has advanced, and is in good demand. Cochineal has declined. thern_heina little or no in - J Saffron maintains former rates, and is iiidemand. Coffee.—No Mocha in the market ; Malabar arriving 6i to 6i per mauad. Pepper.—For Bhntcole we quote 87 to 88 ; and Tel licherry, 82. Oil Seeds.—Present rates are for linseed from Scinde 4-12 r. ; and for Candeish, 4-14 r. ; teel is in good de mand, 25r. to 2*. ; Niger, 17r. ; and rape, 4r. Exchange since last mail has advanced about t, first class credits having sold at 2s. 2id. to 2s. 21d., and do cuments at 2s. 2i I. to 2s. 2id, Oa Calcutta, 60 days' sight, 07r. Madras, 33 days' sight, 99r. China, 60 days' sight, 216 r. Freight for cotton to England may he quoted at 41. per ton, nearly all the available tonnage having been taken up. To China little is doing, and the freights are nominal at 16 to 18r. -, • If any officer of the Durbar, Jageerdar, zemindar, or other person shall refuse to render such obedience, if he shall withhold the payment of revenue or shall other wise dispate or defy the authority of the British Govern ment, he shall be declared a rebel, his person shall be seized, and his jageers or lands shall bo confiscated to the state. To those who shall immediately and quietly submit themselves to the authority of the British Government, whether amils, public officers, jageerlars, zenaindars, or other inhabitants of Oude, full assurance is hereby given of protection, consideration, and favour. The revenue of the districts shall be determined on a fair and settled basis. The gradual improvement of the Gude territories shall be steadily pursued. Justice shall be measured out with an equal hand. Protection shall be given to life and property ; and every man shall enjoy henceforth his just rights, with out fear of molestation. By order of the Most Noble the Governor-General of India in Council. (Signed) G. F. EDUONSTONE, Secretary to the Government of India. CALCUTTA MARKETS. (Front the Calcutta Star• of Feb. 8.) Since the date of our last report nothing of any conse quence has transpired in the position of our export mar ket. Operations under the influence of last advices re ceived from home have been conducted on a ♦cry mode rate scale ; a great want of spirit is observable on the part of shippers, which has resulted in a more contracted folio of business than usual. The value of some of our staples has been detrimentally affected, while, with the exception of indigo, hardly a single article can be pro nounced as exhibiting firmness, much less an advancing tendency. In our last we gave a precis of the home in telligence as regards commercial matters received by the last English mail. Indigo has continued to command much attention, and in sonic few instances a shade of alvance bas been obtained for come favourite marks. Business has been doing on the usual active scale, which must very soon bring the reason's operations to a termination. Shipments have already reached about 34,000 =sleds. Sugar manifests no disposition to rally, but is completely neglected, value, as a matter of course, suffering materially under such general neglect. Ia saltpetre a moderate amount of business has been done, brought about by the concession in terms submit tel to by holders, without which it appeared impossible to effect any sales. In rice there has also bees a decline of price, but yet a ♦ery good scale of business appears to have been done Exports amount to 6 lace in all. No material alteration has taken place in raw silk. A mode rate scale of business has been on foot at the reduction mentioned before. European filatures have improved a shade ; torahs have been going forward rather extensively having been sold to a very fair extent, at a reduction on former figures. Linseed has gone still lower down in value. Rapeseed remains as before, not moving away but for local consumption. Jute indicates improvement i❑ prices, particularly for the finer deecriptiens ; a fair business appears to be doing. Nothing on foot in saf flower. In laciye we have not heard of anything doing either. Shellac maintains its position, both as to demand and value, and moves away very moderately. Demand' has improved for castor oil, but, the seed being scarce, prices have advanced to 12e. Bd. Cutch has been placed at Br. Ba. Opium remains steady, without any fluctuation. The Import Market.—A progressive improvement has been apparent in the position of this branch of our report for some little time pant. Decidedly a better feeling prevails among the natives, which has led to a more extended scale of operations. Demand for steam tonnage to the upper provinces has greatly increased, aided, no doubt, by the late rains, which have impeded the transit by country carts, and the fresh outbreak of the Sonthals, which has pub a stop to the Government transit for a while. These have caused the demand for tonnage at the steam office to amount to very like impor tunity. 'We are glad to find the companies have ample means of meeting this and greater demands. The ludian General Company has advertised a vessel per week for the present month. In the scale of prices we are unable to report any improvement, but a rise cannot but take place under the influence of improving demand. Ac counts from the up-country marts are promising, and upon the whole sufficient to justify the expectation of a better position of things before long. The Money Market— We said before that a shade of improvement was beginning to manifest itself in regard to monetary matters ; this has continued and altogether we may say the feeling is better now than it has been for some time past. More confidence appears to pre vail, and in the Bazaar accommodation is more readily practicable, and rates are easier. We must, however, pay that we have no expectation that this improvement will prove rapidly progressive. Under this improved feeling the value of Government securities has slightly advanced, and we are enabled to quote as follows :—Sicca Four per Cents. 14r. 12a. to 15r.: and Company's Fives, 1 to per cent. discount. In the share market we have heard of no business. India General Steam Navigation Company's shares in dicate improvement, which we calculate will be progres sive. Even under unfavourable circumstances that corn. pany appears to have done well for the last six months of the past year, having earned 359,000 r, during that period. Operations of the present half-year promise even a more favourable result. We hear the Gang-s Company have likewise 400 well, BO that it i 3 quite [ PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D- manifest that the field is ample enough for both, even with extended fleets. Exchange—We have not had much business doing for despatch by the ensuing outgoing mail. Rates, how ever, indicate a decline from previous figures. We may quote the following as ruling : s. d. s. d. First-class credit six months' sight Document bills, ditto Treasury and post bills, ditto The figures ruling for China are 217 r. per $lOO. PRICE OF BULLION. Spanish dollars Mexican dollars Australian gold Guilders .221 0 oto 222 0 0 per 100 .220 0 oto 221 0 0 ditto . 15 2 oto 15 6 0 p. s. wt . 81 0 oto _0 0 0 per 100 Bank of England notes 10 9 oto 10 8 0 each Sovereigns China gold, in bars Syce silver lO4 4 oto 104 12 0 p. 100 Freights—The tendency of home rates has been ta wards a decline in consequence of some heavy arrivals and a falling off in demand to tonnage. London and Liverpool we quote as bad, a decline rather expected than established. Mauritius fig,ures remain unchanged, at 112 rs. per hag of rice. There has been a little business done for China, at 65 cents for rico. Cotton is nominal at present, only $3l per bag offering. PUBLICATIONS. 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The Cabul correspondent of the Delhi Gozette writes on the 20th of December : " It is rumoured here that the Ameer Dost Ma homed Khan is in great want of provisions at Can dahar, which has compelled him to detach his force. The Ameer is far from being well. Gholam Ma horned Khan Mookhtar advises him to return, leaving his sons and the force at Caudahar. Whe ther the Ameer accepts his advice or not time will only show. But the general talk is that he will not return without settling everything to his am bitious satiEfaction relating to the affairs of Herat and Candahar. Sirdar Sher Alee Khan and a large troop of the Ameer's have encamped the other side of Candahar, on the road to Herat, and his Highness is himself with Sirdar Rahimdil Khan in the city. The Ameer has in some degree gained the confidence of the people at Candahar, and is thinking to strike coin under his own name in that place. " Sirdar Mahomed Osman Khan read a lettee2 aloud in the court, said to have come from the Amcor of Candahar. His Highness writes that the citizens of Herat have been divided into three dif ferent parties—ono Sadozaees, Fofulzaees, Haza rahs, and Aimaks ; second, Barukzaee, Aloka nee, Ghilzaees, and the Affghansi n the city ; and the third, Persians and Heratees. The second party being stronger than the first, the latter have sent petitions to the Ameer, and inviting him to proceed to Herat, which will be made over to him without bloodshed. It is also added that Mahomed Sadek Khan, having marched from Geerushk with a lightly equipped force, had attacked the detachments of the Herat Prince stationed at Farah. Though he has sustained a partial "defeat, it was only in tended to lull the enemy into careless joy, and he was now preparing to strike an effectual blow, which will be terminated in the capture of Fara.li and the flight of the prince from Herat. The letter further states that the King of Persia has disap proved of the conduct of the prince in taking flight, adding that the late Yar Mahomed Khau, of He rat, was attached to Persia, and that it was not the wish of his Majesty that the household of that late personage, as well of Kohundil Khan, of Candahar, should be annihilated by a prince dependent up on the Shah. Sirdar Mahomed Omar Khan also read that through the influence of Sooltan Mahomed Khan, ex-chief of Peshawur, a hearty alliance was formed between the Ameor and the Candaharees headed by Sirdar Rahimdil Khan, who have resolved to send all their families to Cabul in proof of their confi dence in the Ameor. The Ameer has taken this op portunity of reminding his chiefs and brothers (who did not like his treaty of friendship with the British at the time) that had ho not contracted alli ance with the English Government, the troops at Peshawur would have taken advantage of his ab. EitillCO, and subverted the Government of the Baruk zaees. "Such is the purport of the Ameer's letter re ceived by the Cabul governor, but the people say that it is fabricated to keep the country quiet, and that no one in the city and Kohistan should intrigue in favour of the Herat Prince and. against the Barukzaees. PERSIAN AFFAIRS. (From the _Bombay Times of Fcb. 13. ) The tidings brought by the Tigris from the Per sian Gulf afford but cold comfort for the Sempronii 4 0 P ,A14 1 'a.# 14 7e,g44„.2_ ,. ...)' THE MURDERER OF TSIE GAOLER AT JIASTINGS: The authorities at Hastings having written to the=me::: , Commissioners of the metropolis for information relating ) to the young man called Murdoch Murdoch, whoe,:e' strangled an old man named Welland, the gac;lleeper of - the Hastings Borough Prison, on Monday, the 10th inst., have received in reply a communication from Mr. Daniel Howie, superintendent of the K division of police, con veying tome impo r tant and very curious information re specting the mur d ere r, wins was very well k noa \ ti f or many years in the Thames Police Court, and to the hen stables of the K division, ureder the cognomen of Bluey, which he obtained by having for some time worn a pair of old naval blue teeusere. The real name of the mur derer is Joseph Williams, and some part of his career gained for him the appellation of Young Jonathan Wild, which he richly deserved. He first became known to the police about eight years ago under these circum stances :—A woman, named Fordham, the wife of a tradesman at Bow, had her pocket picked of a purse, con taining .56/. in gold, which she had received the same day in payment of a cheque, at the Bank of England. The robbery was effected by a boy, while Mrs. Ford ham was listening to the discourse of one of the many Cheap Jacks in the Mile-end-road. Williams, who was then connected with a gang of young thieves in Spital fields, gave information to the police, and upon his evi dence two well-known thieves, one a boy named Green, and the other a man called "Jem, the Jagger," were committed from the Thames Police Court, and con victed of the offence. Green received a slight punish ment, but "Jem, the lagger," who was known to be a trainer of young thieves, was sentenced to be trans ported for 15 years. The magistrate who heard the case questioned Williams, then a boy of 14, and the lad ex prersed a desire to shun bad company, and lead an honest life, and said the gang of young thieves with whom he had been associated, and others, had threatened to mur der him for impeaching Green and "Jem, the logger," and that if he ever went to the neighbourhood of Spital fields he should be torn to pieces'. The magistrate, on bearing this, directed Mills, a police-constable, No. 306 K, to take care of the boy, and see that he was properly provided for. Williams boarded and lodged with Mills, at his dwelling in Bermuda-street, Stepney, for raven weeks, at the end of which _time, the report of his conduct having been favourable, he was provided with an out fit at the expense of the poor-box fund, and seat to sea. He made only one voyage, during which he behaved well ; and on his return, having taken a distaste to tht)nea ser vice, he became an itinerant vendor of stationery, and was for about two years regular in his attendance every Wednesday, at the Arbour-square station of the K in Stepney,e and Wednesday being the payday of the division, be was extensively patronised, by the police, to whom he made himself useful by giving infor mation. against parties accused of burglaries and rob beries, and whose dwellings and connexions lie knew. He afro gave evidence on many occasions at tlie police courts against young thieves charged wits picking pockets and robbing shops, and he was frequently ac cesed by the parties, against whom he was giving testi mony, of having instigated them to commit the very crimes he afterwards denounced. On one oc-casion he was accused of receiving bribes from pickpockets to wink at their depredations, and though he strongly denied the truth of the allegation, many old police-officers expressed their belief that Williams:assumed a virtue he had not, and that he was acting the part of a Jonathan Wild. One part of his life was no doubt genuine, and he effected a goad deal of good. Coming through Bow one morning, about three years ago, he watched two men, whom he knew to be notorious thieves, and saw them go into a linendraper's shop, and come out again a minute after wards. One of them was carrying a large cash-bo:t, which he had takes from a table in the parlour at the back of the shop, while the shopkeeper was temporarily absent. Williams collared the thief with the cash-box, and held him fast until a policeman arrived. He then obtained assistance, and pursued the other thief, who was also arrested. The magistrates of the Thames Police Court, before whom the case was brought, warmly eulogised the conduct of Williams, and the judge upon the trial also noticed him approvingly. The thieves were con victed, and sentenced to ten years' transportation. The proseoutor rewarded Williams with the shabby remune ration of 20s. Soon after this affair Williams evinced a desire to enter the police force, but he was declared not eligible. Through the influence of the officers of the Thames Police Court he obtained employment in the London Dock, where he behaved well ; but finding he was looked upon with distrust by many of his fellow laboureto, he did not remain long there, and sought other employment. Failing in this, he relapsed into crime, and was summarily convicted for picking pockets. On his release from prison he enlisted into the East India Company's service, and was sent to the camp at Warley, to be drilled. He had not been many weeks with his regiment when he deserted. and went home to his mo ther, who is living with his step-father, in Three Colt street, Old Ford, Bow. His mother persuaded him to go back to Warley, which he promised to do, and she gave him 30s. to pay his expenses and purchase some necessaries ; and there was no doubt he would have acted on his mother's advice had he not met with a gipsy tramp, of known bad character, and another fellow, who remained with him while his money lasi;ed, and then induced him to become a thief again. He betook him self into Kent, and on reaching Hastings committed a robbery there, for which he was committed to the Bo rough gaol. He determined to make his escape, and for that purpose made an attack on Welland, the gaoler, and strangled him. He was soon recaptured, and now stands committed for wilful murder. He will be tried at the next Summer Assizes. Williams has expressed the greatest contrition for the foul murder he committed. His victim was a kind old man, and much respected. Williams was always considered, by the Metropolitan police, to be a cheerful, good-humoured lad, but im mattientplreatrointe hike_ enrogdd never settle dawn to pleasant to be an honest hard-working man, who could look any one in the face, than be a thief ; but he has often complained that he was constantly beset with bad advisers, and particUlarly by a gipsy tramp, a kind of Mephistopheles, who to this day, takes a pleasure in luring youth to their rein, and then boasting of his hellish exploits. This fellow has been long under the notice of the police, and he is well known at the Hert fordshire and Essex fairs. The age of Williams has been stated, in the accounts of the murder, to be 18 only. He is upwards of 21. It is eight years since he gave evidence against Green, and "Jem, the lagger;" and he was then more than 14 years of age. ALLEGED POISONING OF A SERVANT GIRL BY HER MASTER, HARTLEPOOL, Monday, March 17.—0 n Friday morn ing a young girl, named Mary Brown, aged 17, living in the service of Mr. George Wilkinson, surgeon, of this town, died suddenly after a short illness. A report was very industriously circulated that the, deceased girl was enciente by her master, and that poison had been admi nistered to her. Mr. John Little, deputy coroner for Stockton ward, therefore impanelled a jury which as sembled this afternoon at the St. Hilda Hotel. Mr. Wilkinson attended at the inquiry. Jane Taylor, the mother of the deceased, residing at Castle Eden, said that six weeks ago she came to Hartle pool to see her daughter, who was very poorly. De 'ceased was at that time taking medicine prepared for her by her master. She sometimes refused to take it, saying it was very nauseous. Mr. Wilkinson replied to witness's questions that nothing serious was the matter, and that he would "talk her over." Three weeks ago the deceased went home to her parents, and slept there for two nights. She complained very much of pains in the head. On Wednesday morning last a messenger came for witness to go to Hartlepool, as her daughter was very ill. On arriving she found her in bed, and speechless. Deceased did not recognise hec. She re mained in that state till Friday morning, when she died. During all that time Mr. Wilkinson prepared the medi cine for her, but she could not be got to take much. Jane Dowson, housekeeper to Mr. Wilkinson, said that deceased, who had been in the service of her master about 14 months, was a healthy-looking girl till about September or October last, when she took a fancy for eating hearth or sandstone. Witness checked her for • doing so, and informed Mr. Wilkinson, who spoke to her•about the practice, and gave her purgative media eines. When deceased refused to take the medicines prescribed for her, she (witness) stood over her and com pelled her to take them. Deceased at that time com plained of pain across her chest. She got considerably better, though not strong, after taking the medicines, but on Tuesday last she suddenly became seriously ill, was insensible and speechless, and lost the power of using her right hand. It teemed paralysed, and she never regained the use of it. Medicine was prepared for her by Mr. Wilkinson, but witness could not get it into deceased's mouth. On the preceding Saturday de ceased vomited a great deal, as also on Sunday, Mon day, and Tuesday. Tea, gruel, and sago, which she took , came instantly off her stomach. Sh e h a d not eaten animal food for a week previously to her death. De ceased had free access to her master's surgery, and its co ntents. Martha Booth, wife of Richard Booth, fisherman, who resided next doer to Mr. Wilkinson, said that she had known the deceased about six months, and she ap peared to be a healthy girl. On Tuesday afternoon, wit ness was called in by Jane Dowson, and saw deceased lying upon her bed. She asked deceased if she had any pain, and the rely was " No." The hou s e k eep er asked deceased if s he had been eating any more of that " filthy stuff" (the sandstone), and deceased replied " No." On deceased beinglifted off the bed, she ejacu lated, " It's death—death —death !" At this stage of the inquiry, the coroner informed the jury that he considered a postponement necessary in order to have a post-mortem examination. Mr. George Green, surgeon, was then . appointed to the task, and the inquiry was adjourned t i ll to-morrow. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, March 11.—Said Pasha, the Vice roy, has determined to make a railroad from Alex andria to !Mareotis, an out-of-the-way spot, some 17 miles to the westward of this town, where his Highness has taken a fancy to form an intrenched camp for his soldiers. To satisfy this whim Said Pasha will expend something like 80,0001. sterling, and it is thus that the surplus revenues of Egypt are squandered away ; for Mareotis is a dreary, desert place on the other side of the lake, without ,vegetation and—without inhabitants, and from the moment of Said Pacha's death the railway will be totally neglected, as it cannot be turned to any ac count. Meanwhile, Mouchelet, the French engi neer, who was engaged on the Suez railway, has been ordered down from his post to superintend this most useless line, to the detriment of the much more important line between Cairo and Suez. El HaMee Pachl, son of the late Viceroy, Abbas Pasha, is now preferrinc , his claims against Said Pasha for 3,000,0001. sterling, as the inheritance of the value of his father's property. When Abbas Pasha succeeded to the Pashalic the sons of Mehe met Ali claimed their inheritance of him, and it was decided by the Sultan, to whom the question was submitted, that their demand was just ; and, though it is very difficult in Egypt to determine what is State property and what is private pro perty, A bbas Pasha was ordered to pay 1,000,0001. sterling to the sons and daughters of Mehemet Ali, which they received. According to this precedent, Said Pasha feels that he will have to pay in his turn, so that, instead of referring the matter to Constantinople, where he knows it would be decided against him, his Highness haaasked the European consuls to act as arbiters in the matter, and El Hamee Pasha has purposely claimed an exorbitant amount, in order that, after deduction of ' the counter-claims that will undoubtedly be made by Said Pasha, he may still receive a good round sum. _ _ The placing of buoys and beacons at the entrance of the harbour is progressing under the superinten dence of the French Captain Hommey. The work was commenced in September, but was suspended at several intervals on account of bad weather. There are three channels into the harbour of Alex andria ; the one for vessels drawing less than 14 feet has already two beacons, one red and one black, raised 21 feet above the level of the sea, and three floating buoys ; the Marabout channel is being marked out just now, and when it is finished the principal channel for vessels drawing under 25 French feet will be commenced at once. The brig Henry Warburton, laden with railway iron, stuck upon a rock in coming into the harbour on the 26th of February, and foundered on reach ing her moorings. Her cargo will be recovered, but the vessel will be quite lost. Trade in Alexandria is very dull, as there is but little produce for shipment, owing to the large quantities exported during the last four months, and the closing of the canal which communicates with the Nile, by which all produce is brought down from the interior, and which is to undergo the process of being cleaned and deepened. Some cotton is brought down on camels' backs. Freights are at 4s. to 4s. 6d.. per quarter, with no demaxd for tonnage. Exchange ox London 1001 piastres per 11. sterling. The newly-appointed Sheriff of 11ecca arrived here, from Constantinople_, in a Turkish steam-fri _ once, as The wThele of Arabiais in a verTaiitUrbed state. By the last accounts, the tribes of Aseir, numbering 30,000 men, had seized upon and gar risoned four small towns on the coast. The Hon. East India Company's steamer Queen and the sloop Elphinstone were both at Hodeida to protect that town and overawe the rebels. The Turkish Governor of Arabia, Mahommed Pasha, has only 2,500 men, regulars and irregulars, to support the authority of the Sultan. Mahommed ben Aaoon, the new Sheriff, is said to possess considerable in fluence in Arabia, where he has been Sheriff be fore. His immediate predecessor, Aboo Mootaa leb, who went out in August, 1851, has been superseded, on account of countenancing to a con siderable extent the present movement, which has been caused by the promulgation of the Anti- Slavery Act. In all probability, Said Pasha will eventually be saddled kg the Sultan with the charge of putting down the insurgents in Arabia, and it will serve as a vent for the Viceroy's military ardour. The new King of Abyssinia, Theodosius, is on his way to conquer the Christian kingdom of Shoa. He has already taken possession of a large district not far from Hurrur, and made over the govern ment of his new province to an Englishman, named Bell, who has long been in his service. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. ----__ _ In transcribing the quotations relative to the North amptonshire Stakes, Poodle was inserted instead of Paletot. In the prefatory observations, however, it was dis tinctly stated, that " Winkfield was in good demand at I and 9 to 1, with Paletot in close attendance." BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TIIESDAY: The rooms were well attended to-day, which is to some extent accounted for by there being no races on during the week ; betting, however, was not charac terked by numerous investments, but nevertheless was inaieative of important changes. Warlock, for the Chester Cup, became friendless, and Bubble, for the City and Suburban Handicap, advanced from 20 to 1 to 100 to 7, which was the highest offer at the close —lOO to 6 would have been taken to money. For the Two Thousand Guinea Stakes 700 to 400 was offered against Fly-by-Night. At the commencement of busi ness there seemed a disposition to bet against Wink field for the Northamptonshire Stakes, 17 to 2 being currently offered, but subsequently 8 to 1 to 50/. was taken about him. The only bet we saw laid upon the Derby was 1,000 to 15 against Bonnie Scotland. In• other respects the following quotations will suffice : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. Bto 1 apt Winkfield (taken) 11 to 1 agst Besika (taken) 100 to 8 aget Little Davie (taken) 100 to 8 agst Paletot (take 100 to 7) 100 to 7 agst Challow Boy (offered) 100 to 6 apt Flatterer (offered) 25 to 1 agst Fulbeck (offered) 100 to 3 aget Speed the Plough (taken). 100 to 3 apt Posthorse (offered) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 10 to lon the field (offered). METROPOLITAN STARES. 100 to 7 apt fby Alarm—Duvernay (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES, 7to 4 agst Fly-by-Night (offered) 20 to 1 aget The Prince (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 apt Fatalist (take 25 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Warlock (offered) 50 to 1 agst Dame Judith (wanted) 50 to 1 agst Sugar Plum (take 3,000 to 50) 1000 to 10 aget Blooming Heather (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Fisherman (take 13 to 2) 9to 1 agat Boer (nominal) 100 to 7 aget Bubble (take 100 to 6 f.) 15 to 1 aget Posthorse (offered) 25 to 1 agst Pulbeck (offered) DERBY. 1000 to 15 agst Bonnie Scotland (taken) A fire broke out a few nights ago in the theatre of Bourges (Cher), by which part of it was destroyed. As no performance had taken place since the Sunday pre vious, the origin of the fire is attended with some alp. tery. The fire broke out at midnight. At the very commenceinent the flames caught the roof, and all hopes of saving the building were abandoned. Attention was then turned to protecting the offices of the commissariat, the Hotel de Jacques C mur, which serves as the Mairie and the Palais de Justice, and which are contiguous to the theatre. By the exertions of the firemen, all the books in the different offices were speedily removid the registers of the Octroi were, however, destroyed. All that can be conjectured as to the origin of the fire is, that some lighted coal must have been dropped in the • room of the artistes, or that the lighted ashes from a cigar must have fallen, and that the fire had been s rnoul- I nc rease in 1856.,, £soB 18 5 der i ng until the time when it broke out. The buildi n g was insured for 100,000 f.—a sum far inferior to that GREAT LIIXEMBOURG. — Tra , ffic return for the week ondin March 16, 106 ~,„,„,„„,, £312 5 8 which would be necessary for its re-construction. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RET URN& GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re tarn for the week ending March 15,156 £5,683 011 Ow-responding week last year 5,176 19 6 ----- at an ty for ,arms. r, but I, and yel ;,3 33e s