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%, . ,Z7/7 ,~ L-- (7 ) G 2 ~~ ~~ 7 ,-'- ) • . eig ll‘ • (1 " • 4 44. • r .ft 10 , 4 6„. - , ti atA, , +" • AZ, HIT , , • - eo , L — DM)), Vo\-• ~ -~ - EAST INDIA HOUSE, 14Trt MAT, 1856. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st inst , at Eleven o'clock in tile forenoon, for the purpose of submitting to the Proprietors of East India Stock, for confirmation, a Resolution passed by the General Court this day, approving the Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 25th ultimo, granting to the Marquis of Dalhousie, I CT.. late Governor-General of India, an annuity of five Thousand Pounds (5,000/.), upon the grounds therein stated. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. slow business Flour at 0 rved is 6d per i ug amomab of we submitted ey at market. PER QIIARIII4 ••• 365 to 403 425 to 443 423 to 43s —s to toga 0, 1856. s 7d • okt S ea s s'l s Od s, but which ; runs of red 'oreign in 1 11- 6rley more in - sate at lsst Ere scarce and black to -- - sea... 50 t ° 55 55 gh t° -- to -- g and 38 0 44 Far Too. Os to 9155 Oa 1 lOs 8' 1 2 ' 61 n os oa to 01 0 ° o s t. og s oa to 135,30 d s - -5 — o o s to 09 Os . 81 to 12/ los 5s Oci to —. Od 355. 4‘'3° neral Post QV' WD" . ' clue in EMliald• Map 7 °newis h !DAP' 16 ' !MO 16 101.0 COO Ta.Th.S4t May 20 ITivicedtdll l lwicedallf I f P r Ai thOt alo ,4 ) BG 20 tn I 'ooo olll 'May IG 1 4, • o . o o ' 2 . SIaY 1; 'Uncertain ,L'ncer i a Ifion ptonl __—.--•—•*—.... t the Inkno C r despatch" ET S. dull to dal , :losing at the , 83i 9 9 1" g—London n, .ouch ood busineg g yesterdol . resterns wa re ewstrary lis. len doing r‘ an impro re. shire, 283" , 10--Leedh Y, Tuesdal litto by so" seater, the [ydo-park, e Rev. D• s-ino. stead, the James P• rrister at 3nj. Lars, 7 Trinity, iry-grove, )er-street, Ifs-wood, r. David cton-hillp )th, 41 311 ; 0 , Esq" rds of 44 . ouso, 16, John B. ley, Bt., 017 N(,, ho. ]l2, Runty of ATR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at 8 o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday. and ~ a turday Mornings at 3. !tails, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, la.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAITRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Principal Cornet Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shillina. IT. Laurent's new Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. TO-NIGHT and every evening, at 8. A Morning Per fortnance every Saturday at 2. Box-office open from 11 till 5. Fri vate boxes, It. Is.; stalls, 3a.; area, 25.; amphitheatre, is. The above entertainment has received novel additions and embellish- Ments, Vocal a Visual, including a New Loco-Joko-Motive Lyric, • entitled OFF BY THE TIIAIY, illustrated by numerous changes, facial, lingual, and corporeal.- Polnraphic-hall,Ring William- street, • Charing-cross. I3 Y COMMAND. -Mr. GORDON CUM . MING'S ENTERTAINMENT, as represented on the Morning of Thursday, May Bth, 1856, by Command, before H.R.H. ' the Prince of Wales and PI R.H. Prince Alfred, will be repeated every evening (except Saturday) at 8. Morning performance every • zaturdav at 3 o'clock. Mr. Gordon Cumming personally describes the beautifully painted DIOR AMA, which places before the be • holder the TAM Hunter's startling encounters with the stupen 4 ous. curious, and beautiful animals which roam the mighty solitudes of the FAR INTERIOR OF SOLT ril AFRICA. Piano by Mr. Har lies Wilson. Admission, Is.: reserved seat•, 25.; stalls, 38. Children. half- Price to the reserved seats. 232, Piccadilly. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4. Coventry-street. Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen only) from 10 till 10, containing upw,rds of one thousand models Preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in a ealth and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 2 ! 4, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and t li ghlY-interesting series of Lectures is now in course o f deliver y ..7 Dr. RAHN, at half-past 8 every evening.—Admission, One Shining. FIAIR DESTROYER, 1, Little Queen-street, High Holborn.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPELATORY, for remnv- In effectually Superfluous Hair from the Face, Neck, Arms, and ' La ndo, without the slightest Injury to the skin. A. R. will warrant it not to irritate the flesh in the smallest degree, and the hair to be entirely destroyed.—Sold in bottles, at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and Ills. 6d ; or applied at the Hair-dyeing Establishmeat, as above. Forwarded or stamps, tree by post, eight extra. B E PARTICULAR to address at full len g th BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke-strect, Southwark. MARQUEES, TEN N, and RICK CLOTHS. CRIMEAN TENTS.—A large quantity, suit able for gardens, lawns, &c , to be SOLD at greatly reduced Prices. 12 feet square, 51. ; 33 feet in circumference, 3/. 15,. To be seen erected at BENJAMIN EDGINOTON'S, 2, Duke-street, South wark. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA ancl. --- PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, a 214 by Its tonic arid invigorating properties enables the stomach to Perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe litiard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, " 3 11 don, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay acid Sons, Messrs, Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer - Ints, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. and guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA -"u PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. SCHWEPP'S MALVERN SELTZER WATER —Having homed the Holy Well Spring at Malvern, renownedWATEß f or it s p ur it y . J. S. an d C o . can n o w produce a SELTZER 7ATER with all the Chemical and Ntedicinal Properties which have ' t en dered the Nassau Spring so celebrated. They continue manufac- Png SODA, MAGNESIA, an i POTAS; WATERS and LEMON ' • .„"E, at London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. .r.very Bottle is protected by a Bed Label bearing their signatures. PROTECTION AGAINST ADIJLTERA.- b ,„ TION and FRAUDS.—The UNIVERSAL PIIIIVETOR, este ned 1852, supplies, retail and wholesale, articles of domestic con inPtion, guaranteed against adulteration and fraud, especially ki e a , , Coffees, Italian Goods, Wine, Spirit and Beer, Flour, various 0 2 1 a of Steal. Orders for town and country executed at the Chief 2r ee, 83 , Cannon-street West, City, awl at the West - end Depot , King William-street, Charing-cross. Prospectuses, list of '` lc es, list of patrons, sent free on application at the above places. Comparative Sales :-1855, first quarter, 693/. 33. Id. ; first Q`ter of 1856, 1,431/.118.5d. t,ryHE GREAT OYER of POISONING.—Let Judges and others beware, on the approaching Trial, how 1. ) 3 ' Puff the so-called scientific administration of eadly poisons. safety of society depends upon their conduct IR d this particular. im itating can so favour the poisoner as the knowledge that he is only - "'Lating what are termed scientific persons. A Issud by the BM 11-41 COLLEGE of HEALTH, New-road, Lon "n. fu e r the Society of Hygeists. April 10, 1856. SOCIETE GENERALE des CLIPPERS FRANCAIS. (En Commanclite.) Capital, 7,°00,000 francs, or 800,0001. sterling, in 200 , 003 Shares of 'w francs, or 41. each. COUNCIL & PARIS. 'V ice Admiral Count easy, Senator, and former Minister of the Marine and of the Colonies, Paris. 41°4 s. Le Comte Simeon, Senator, Director of the Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, Paris. - Mr - Admiral T. Deloffre, former Prefect of Cherbourg. 11 ° W 4 s. Le Comte illiams de Nienwerkerke, 104, Rue du Fan ilif,urg, St. Honore, Paris. Mons, Ernest Lafond, 9, Rue St. Florentine, Paris. If "Ils• S. Bellone, Shipowner and Manufacturer, 2, Rue de ~,..sliffaut, Paris. ' 1013 .8. Auguste Odier, 33, Rue Neuve des Mathurins, Paris. COMMITTEE OP SUPERVISION IN ENGLAND. Colonel G. E. Pratt Barlow, Chairman of the Southampton Dock Company. Phillip Patton Blyth, Esq., Wimpole-street, London. John Borradaile, Esq. (John Borradaile and Co., Calcutta), Gloucester-place. London. Chas. Saunders, Esq. ( Calmont Brothers aud Co.) Liverpool. Captain Henry Shuttleworth, . Elder Brother of the Trinity noun, and Director of the General Screw Steam-Shipping Company. R. Thomson, Esq. (I. R. Thomson and Co.), St. Peter's Chambers, Cornhill, London. Colonel G. A. Underwood, Director of the General Screw Steam-Shipping Company. GF.Ex.Nrs—Graham, De Linares, and CO. BANKERS. In London—Messrs. Currie, and Co., 29, Cornhill. In Paris—The Bank of France. LEGAL CouNciL IN PARIS, Monsieur Raveau, Notary. ~ Petit Bergonz, Solicitor. p4,,._ Baudouin, Agree of the Tribunal of Commerce. -- 'iciToasls LONDON. —Messrs. Oliverson, Lavie, and Peachey, 8, Frederick-place, Old Jewry. ST OCK -BROKERS OFFICIAL AUDITOR.—J. E. Coleman, Esq. T°C K - BROKERS IN LONDON.—Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Ar 4 Threadneedle -street. -Rmis AND S;rlP-BROKERS IN ENGLAND.—Messrs. Cunard, Brett, and Austen, Lsndon, Liverpool, and Southampton. OFFICES Iv PARIS.-21, Rue Neuve des Capncines. OFFICES LONDON.-11, King William-street, City. Meetin g accordance with the resolutions passed at a General of Shareholders, held at the Offices in Paris on 5a ,,i1,(14Y, the 15th March, ' 1856, the objects of this Company, 'tell was originally formed for the commercial purposes of communicationwith between France and Ports in the Indian Seas, te v " t h clipper-built Sailing Ships, have been considerably ex 'led and the system of operations materially improved ; it i l yng been determined to unite the maritime enterprise of a a two greatest mercantile communities in Europe — England IQ trance—and to substitute screw steam clippers, of first -1'45 sailing capacity, with auxiliary propelling power. The undertaking combines all the elements of success that c all be contributed by each country. The newly-developed "ottnercial requirements of France afford high profitable em 131°Yreent, and the cheap and long-established constructive =hill o f E ngland provides the b es t 'i mme di a t e means ; w hil s t b oth countries are united n in a common object of the most -a 'Portant and remunerate character. Under such encou ,„,,,nag circumstances the Company have arranged to corn -nee operations at once by a line of Screw Clippers, of L a uout 2,400 t on s average register tonnage, to sail regu ,,,4lY from H avre to Calcutta, touching at the Ile do la union (Bourbon), and such other intermediate Indian Ports as may be selected. It is also proposed to open a co mmunication, upon an early day with the Brazils, and via th e Brazils, with the Cape of Good Hope. The ships will call at the port of Southampton, outward and homeward, to re seive or land goods, specie, and passengers. To open these lines without delay, a_fins fleet of clipper N crew steamers, of established reputation, has been pu r chas e d front the General Screw Steam-Shipping Company, viz.:— Jason. Golden Fleece. Indiana. Calcutta. Queen of the South. Lacly Jocelyn. Hy daspes._ By this important purchae the Company will be protected fro m the loss which would necessarily follow from their capi tal lying unproductive while a new fleet was being built and ", ( leipped, and be at once prepared to open their trades with t he most faithfully-constructed steam clippers in existence— Possessing the prestige of their previous employment, and t he very high character they have since sustained in the tran sport of the British and French Governments. A portion of the capital will be open for subscription in England and the Colonies. f Each application for shares must be made in the appended °t ill, accompanied by a payment of 25f. or 1/. per share on the number required, for which a voucher will be given. In t he e vent of less th an th e w h o l e num b er o f s h ares ap li e d f or ~di ng allotted, the number paid in excess will be applied to j,ards the balance of 75f. or 3/. per share, then payable. S hould no allotment be made to the applicant, the money L una lodged will be returned, free of charge, withia a week rent the day of general allotment. Calculations carefully made by those most experienced in l u e traffic of France, and the exports from Belgium, Switzer land, and Germany, via llavre, with the ascertained want of S team communication between the ports selected by this Com pany, warrant the Directors in stating their conviction that no maritime enterprise ever commenced under more favourable ; I " e Pices, or with fairer prospects of yielding large returns to Proprietary. When the capital is fully subscribed, an application will be See for permission to convert this company, which is at pre- Sen t established under the French commercial law as a Societe do Commandite, into a Societe Anonyme, and the gentlemen co niposillg the Committee of Supervision in England will be e°The Members of the Council In Paris. t A pplications for shares accompanied by theor 1/. deposit 1 1 ) be made to Messrs Carrie and Co. 29, Cornhill ;to Messrs. k li ggins and Rowsell, stockbrokers, 1, Threadneedle-street ; to i, e ssrs. Cunard, Brett, and Austen, agents and shipbrokers ' O , Leadenhall-street, London ;5, York-buildings, Liver tool ; a n d C anute - roa d , S ou th amp t on ; an d a t th e Offi ces of " C ompany in London and Paris. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. iVress re. Graham, Be Linares, and Co., Gerants of the Socidte Generale des Clippers Francais. ltCentlemen,—l hereby enclose the sum of , being p • —eposit on shares in the Societe Generale des Clippers and I request you. will allot me shares of 100 f. or 4t. each, and I hereby agree to accept such shares, or any l ess number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the re 1324ining 75f. or 3/. per share at the time that may be appointed. san, Gentlemen, 'Your obedient servant, Date Name in fu11... Profession Residence in full Placa of Business ... . THE LONIZON and WESTMINSTER BANK issues Circular Notes of 101. each, payable at every impor. tant place in Europe. These Notes are issued without charge, and they are cashed abroad free of commission. The Bank also issues, live of charge, Letters of Credit on all the principal cities and towns in Europe. The Letters of Credit are issued only A the Head Office n Lotlibitry. The Circular Notes may be obtained at the Head Office in Loth• bury, or at any of the Branches, viz. : Westmlaster Branca.... 1, St. James's-square. Bloomsbury ditto .• ..214, High Holborn. Southwark ditto .. • • 3, Wellington-street, Borough. Eastern ditto •• • • 87, High-street, Whitcchapel. Marylebone ditto .... 4, Stratf,rd-place, Oxford-street. Temple-bar ditto .. • .217, Strand. The rate of Interest allowed on deposits et 503/. and upwards, al the Bank or any of itB Branches. is now 5 per cent. J. W. GILBART, General Manager. The Third E Edon. Just Published, price 53., by post, free, ss. 6d . ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH(E, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from ti l e Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German ofpr.PICKFORD. " Dr. PiciTordtsktiWn to English readers by his frequent practi. ;al contributions to German medical literature. This is the firs time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the nos-medi 351 reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect an; 3ther equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor. rect.”—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers; and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book wi ? oa l al savedn t muchb ch needless i t treats, =ld find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com d that mind, and what is o hundreds woule su w ff e er a fn e ti g s o a fb s lie y and ndo d less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize-- much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to th , empirical system of treating Spermatorrho3a, and to place the treat meat upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefor*. likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. 14ild011; H. Biro, 219, Rogentratreet. A ~ -» ptor, toff pun June 1 (N o. 19,943.) PUBLICATIONS. Just published, in 3 vols., MODERN SOCIETY in ROME. By J. R. BE'ATE„EIiq., Author of" The Wabash." . . • "Mr. Beste s novel, which is bot without interest, is made the more valuable as a book by the abundance of the social and political information contained in it. The book - mainly calls attention to the inner political life of Rome. It abounds in anecdote and incident, told as certain knowledge."—Examiner. " This work is singularly interesting. It contains striking narra tives of most of the principal events that occurred from the acces sion of Pio Nono to the occupation of Rome by the French, with spirited and truthful sketches of the \ leading characters who took part in the politics of that memorable period."—Literary Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough -street. NOTICE. 114 IS S JEWSBURY'S NEW NOVEL, •' THE SORROWS OF GE N TILITY," in 2 vols., price 215., is ready this day. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This day, price Three Shillings, JUNE : a Book for the Country in Summer TIME. By H. T. STAINTON. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. New Burlington-street, May. MR. BENTLEY'S LIST OF NEW WORKS FOR MAY. WANDERINGS and ADVENTURES in the HIGII ALPS. By ALFRED WILLS, Esq., of the 'iddle Temple. Post Byo.. with Illustrations. (Just ready ) rHE OLD GREY bHURCH. A Novel. JL By the Author of " Trevelyan," " Marriage in High Life." 3 vols. (Now ready.) HISTORY of the OTTOMAN TURKS, from the Foundation of their Empire to the Present Time. By Professor CREASY, Professor of history at University College, London.. 2 vols. Bvo., with Maps, 2Ss. (Now ready. iv. THE CROWN WARD. By ARCH I BALD BOYD, Fsq., A Novel. Author of " The Duchess" and " The Cardinal." 3 vols. (.Tust H ISTORY of RICHARD CROMWELL and the RESTORATION of CHARLES 11. By M. GUIZOT, Author of " History of Oliver Cromwell." 2 Vols., Bvo., 20. 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"This book is a comnlete treasury of knowledge and amusement, containing biographical notices of and extracts from the best works of upwards of 3(0 of our most celebrated authors. lt is the best and most popular introduction to English Literature ever published—a branch or knowledge, as shown by the Report of the Civil Service Commission, to have been frightfully neglected." London: George Routledge and Co., 2, Farringdon-street. PARLOUR LIBRARY, Vol. 142, price Is. 6d., now ready. T HE PHANTOM REGIMENT ; or, Stories of " Ours." By JAMES GRANT, Esq., Author of " Romance of War," &c., &c. Also, just published, in this series, ADVENTURES of a YOUNGER SON. By Capt. Trelawney. 2s. JACK TIER; or, the Florid 4 Reef. By J. F. Cooper. Is. 6d. THE OUTLAW. By Mrs. S. C. Hall. Is. 6d. MARRIAGE. By Miss Ferrier. ls. 6d. COUNT of MONTE CHRISTO. By A. Dumas. 2 vols. 3s. BRAMBLETYE lIOUSE. By Horace Smith, Is. 6d. INHERITANCE. By Miss Ferrier. Is. 6d. London : Thomas Hodgson, 13, Paternoster-row. NEW WORK BY DR. WILSON, OF MALVERN. Second Edition. THE WATER CURE, its PRINCIPLES and PR A.CTICE : A Guide in the Treatment of Chronic Disease. With authenticated Cases of Cure. "we honestly recommend this book to any person who desires, by a trustworthy guide, to learn something of hydropathy."—Exam'ner. London: John Churchill, 11, :New Burlington-street. Malvern: H. Lamb. DR. WILSON'S WATER - CURE ESTA BLISHMENT, GREAT MALVERN, contains every requi site or GO invalids, and was built by hint expressly for his patients. It has now appended to it a (ITlLNAsunkt for the Swedish system of MEDICAL GYMNASTICS, under a Professor front Berlin. IL may bo used alone or in conjunction with the Water Cure. For a prospec tus apply to Dr. Wilson. THE CoNSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.— The WOODiIUttY PARK ESTATE, Tunbridge Wells, West Kent, will be allotted at the Offi ces , N o . 33, N or f o lk• s t ree t, :DM. London, on WumEsoatc, May 21st; as also, va , tiable Plots en the estates at Brighton, rn, +raid° , St. Margaret's, Weybridge, Forest Hill, Tottenham, &c. Plans of Estates. price Gd., or 7d. by post, wi.l be duly forwarded. Prospectuses gratis. CHARLES LEWIS taIUNEESENT, Secretary. STEAM DIRECT to CAPE • GOOD HOPE. —The splendid new auxiliary screw steamer VICTOR EMANUEL, 1,000 tons burden, Captain Sheard, will be despatched from London, punctuallY, tor the above port, on the sth July next, embarking passengers at Gravesend on the 7th. This steamer has only room for a limited quantity of freight, for which early applica tion should be made ; an , being fitted up expressly for first-class passengers, presents a favouraWe opportunity for parties wishing to combine ecNio , ny with comfort. Carries an experienced surgeon. She will be in a few days ready for the inspection of passengers, of which due notice will be given. For passage, apply to the owners, Messrs. Charles Joyce sill Co., 61, Moorgate-street ; and for freight, t.o the brokers, James Thomson and Co., 6, Billiter-square. VIET ROPOLITA 1 :IL GENERAL LIFE ASS street, Waterloo-place, London. Tarr COUNTIES and JRANi.'E SOCIETY, 27, Regent. Capital, 10,000/. ;TEES. Rt.lln. Spencer H. Walpole, M.P. I Richard Spooner, Ecq., Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N. B. Tho bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vlct., cap. 9. BRITANNIA 11FUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Major-General ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CaratimAN, Every description of Life Assurance business transacted, with or without Participation in Profits EXTRACTS FROM TABLES. (MUTUAL.) Half Quar- A ge. Annual Yearly telly premium Pre- Pre mium. mium. --- d. Years. ' Months s. d. X s. 300j27 3 1 4 2 3 ' 2 7 6, 1 4 4' 6 ; 2 7 10 1 4 6 1 9 1 8 2 , 1 4 8, (PROPRIETARY.' Half Whole (premium premium b 0 t First- for Re . 4 I Seven minder Years. of Life. X s. d. £ a. 1 1 9, 2 3 61 1 9 2. 2 18 4 2 2 6 4 5 0, 3 6 8 6 13 4; • s. d. O 12 3 O 12 4 0 12 0 12 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. BANK OF LONDON, Threadneedle-street, and Charing-cross. CnATRMAN—Sir JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY, Bart., M.P. VICE-CHatassets—JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, Esq. Current Accounts are received, and interest allowed on Balances. 5/. per cent. Interest is at present allowed on deposits, with 10 days' notice of withdrawal on sums of 101. and Upwards. • By order. MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. BENJAMIN SCOTT, Secretary. Threadneedle-street, April 28, 1856 B ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The DIRECTORS of the BANK of BRITISH NORTH AMERICA do hereby given notice that the YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of Proprietors will be held, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement, on TUESDAY, the 13th June next, at the Office of the Corporation, 7, St. Helen's-place, Ilishopsgate-street, at 1 o'clock precisely, when the Election of Three Directors, in the room of those going out by the provisions of the Deed, will take place. By order of the Court. A. GRAHAM DUNLOP, Secretary. London, ith, May 1856. LONDON, THUESDAY EVENING-, MAY 15, 1856. STATE OF EGYPT. ( Prom the Times' Correspondent.) ALEXANDRIA, MAY 6. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers Indus and Vectis leave this day with the Bombay and Calcutta mails, which arrived at Suez—the former on the Ist, the latter on the 3d of this month. The transit through Egypt continues to be con ducted in a very unsatisfactory manner, and no pains are taken to improve it. Robberies of .cargo and passengers' luggage still occur, and by the last mail two boxes of specie and one of mer chandise were again allowed to be abstracted while passing through the country. The Overland mail of the 10th of April was brought from London to Alexandria, a distance of 2,200 miles, in eight days; and it took the Transit Administration four days to convey the same mail from Alexandria to Suez, a distance of only 220 miles, 133 of which are crossed by rail, so that the India steamers, which had been waiting since the 17th, could not leave Suez before the 22d of the month. Before the construction of the railway, when the means at the disposal of the then directors of the transit were very limited, an when the water in the Canal and in the Nile, by its variations in height, presented great obstacles to regular traffic, three days were considered ample for the communi cation between Alexandria and Suez; and this pt Pied was seldom exceeded ; and now that the rad way between Alexandria and Cairo offers such great facilities the transit always takes more than three days between the arrival of the steamers at one end and their departure at the other end of Egypt, and it is sometimes (as last month) four days. The Southampton passengers of the 21st of April arrived here in the Indus at daylight yesterday morning, and notice was sent to them by the trait sit directors, as also to the passengers who had arrived by the Vectis the day before, that they would start by train at 12 o'clock. t was a hot burning day, with a strong southerly or Khamseen wind blowing, of a peculiarly painful and oppres sive nature to the passengers ; and although they were at the station at the appointed time the train did not start until three hours and a-half after wards. The investigation into the claim of El Hamee Pasha, son of the late Abbas Pasha, is still going on. The modest amount demanded of Said Pasha is three millions sterling, which the present Vice roy cannot summarily reject, from the precedent that Abbas Pasha was made to pay to himself a good round sum as a portion of his inheritance. The English, French, and one or two other Consuls General, by desire of Said Pasha, attend at the meetings to give an opinion on the justice of the claim ; but it would be very difficult to enter into the merits of the case, and there islittle doubt that the plan ultimately adopted must be that a sum of money be given to El Hamee Pasha, and that in future no claims of the same nature will be at tended to. It is held by the Pashas of Egypt that, after pay ment of the absolutely necessary expenses of the State and the tribute due to the Sultan, the excess of income becomes their private property, and that whatever money is expended for the benefit of the country, as for railroads, canals, &c., ought to he made good to the immediate heir of the preceding Viceroy ; but if these claims continue to be at all countenanced they will go far to impoverish the country, and to induce the actual Viceroy to hoard the excess of income for his own private benefit, and not to trouble himself about public improve ments. It must be remembered that the inheri tance does not descend in a direct line, but to the eldest male living member of the family, so that it fluctuates between sons, brothers, nephews, and uncles, and each Viceroy, as lie comes into power, kno vs that at his death the State will pass into another branch, with which very generally, as is the case with all Orientals, he has no sympathy. This state of affairs has great disadvantages ; but, on the other hand, if the inheritance were made in a direct line and the successor were a minor, the country would soon fall into great confusion and anarchy. What, for instance, would become of Egypt if Said Pasha were to die just now and the reins of government pass into the hands of his son, who is not three years old ? Said Pasha, who protects his private soldiers in every way and wishes to attach them to his person announced a few days ago that he gave leave to the greater part of his army to spend the present month of Ramadan, or month of fasting, in their own homes. It is believed that his Highness expected that they would net generally avail themselves of the leave granted to them, but that they would ex press their attachment to him by remaining with their regiments, and he was much disappointed at the eagerness they all displayed to get away as fast as possible, resorting even to the means of trying forcibly to get a train to themselves, for which many were brought back and punished. Said Pasha will some day find his mistake in granting too many privileges to his soldiers, for they evince many signs of insubordination, and will give him trouble. A circular, of which the following is a translation has been issued to the several Consuls General by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt : "The formation of a new bank under the title of the Bank of Egypt having given rise to diverse interpreta tions and alarmed certain interests by its very title, I have received from the Viceroy the order to communicate to you that this bank is subject to exactly the same condi tions as the other already existing banks ; that, like the latter, it is completely independent of the Egyptian Go vernment; and that, in the mind of his Highness, there could never have been any question of granting to it any exceptional protection which would have constituted in its favour a sort of privilege prohibited by treaties." The Mahmoodieh canal has been thoroughly cleansedand deepened, water has again been let into it, and the communication between Alexandria and the Nile will be uninterrupted. The work, by all accounts, has been very cleverly done ' • the bed of the canal is now on a l eve l w ith the bedof the river, which will insure a regular supply of water all the year round ; and, though so many thousand people were assembled, the work being equally distributed and fairly apportioned among them, they laboured heartily and completed it within a very short time, and very little mortality has occurred. Said Pasha is at present on the Nile. Trade is very dull, but the canal being open a good deal of pro duce may be expected from the interior, which will give employment to the shipping iu part. Exchange ou London, 99 piastres per pound sterling. Syria is in a very unsatisfactory state, and the , whole country seems quite ready for a general r i s ing against the authority of the Sultan. The Sultan's decree of the 18th of February gives general dissatisfaction, for the bigoted Mahom medans will not allow that the Christians should b e put on the same footing with themselves ; and th e Christians are displeased because th ey f ee l that the Mahommedans will never consid er th em as their e tax than n a n b de made they to serve uld in rather pay a n addi tional the army. A great outrage has been committed at Marash, near Aleppo. An English agent, named Guer mengaged in purchasing animals for E ng li s h account, ane h a ving had a difference with some of the natives, he was shot in his own house, which wa s afterwards sot on fire, and his wife and two children were burnt to death. The rioters at Nablous have become alarmed for the consequences of their late outrages, and it is understood that the Pasha of Jerusalem and the Consuls are devising measures for the punishment of the ringleaders. Mr. Lyde's share of the mat ter is being investigated by the Turkish authori ties ; but it is the general opinion that the English Consul has acted improperly in not causing the trial to take place within his own jurisdiction. The Christian pilgrimage to the Jordan, and the opposition Mahommedan pilgrimage to Nebby Mooseh took place without disturbance. The num ber of pilgrims this year has been considerably larger than for many years past. The infamous imposture of the Holy Fire was • exhibited in the church of the iloliSep n i c h; on Saturday, the 2,5 th of April, with the usual scenes of profanity, superstition, and fanati c i sm . Th e church was filled by a mixed multitude of Greeks, Armenians, and a few Mohammedans, while in the galleries were a good many Euro peans. Some of the people were rushing about in troops, shouting, singing, dancing, raising m en on their shoulders and carrying them round the church, and working themselves up to a high pitch of excitement. One man walked round the sepulchre with another on his shoulders, and a boy above him. One man would go before a num ber of others clapping his hands and singing, his followers answering in chorus. When the Pasha arrived his soldiers were formed so as to keep a clear space for the procession round the sepulchre, and the people gathered in two dense masses round the holes in the wall from which the fire was to issue, the. Greeks on one side and the Armenians on the other. The Greek bishop then made his aPPeartince s and with men banners before hire marched three times round the; sepulchre, after which, having divested himself of his cap and outer robes, he entered the sepulchre. The excitement of the masses round the holes now increased to frenzy ' • in the midst of g rea t s h ou ti n g the fire was handed out, and the flames spread from torch to torch amid a general roar of fanaticism. The Greeks and Armenians begin to quarrel ; very soon there was a general melee, and the church re sounded with the blows of sticks, crashing of lamps, and tearing of pictures. The IVlahommedan sol diers were called upon to interfere, and in half an hour their bayonets succeeded in clearing the churCh, the pavement of which was left strewed with broken glass and oil from the lamps. A stick had transfixed the fine picture of the Resurrection over the entrance of the tomb. BA,NT INDIA. COMPANY. LORD DALHOUSIE'S PENSION. A special general court of the East India Company was held yesterday for the purpose of laying before thepro prietors, for their approbation, a resolution of the Court of Directors, passed on the 25th of April, granting to the Marquis of Dalhousie, K.T., late Governor-General of India, a retiring pension or annuity of 5,0001. per annum. There were sixty or more of the proprietors present. Lieut.-Colonel SYKES, the chairman, explained to them, after the report of the Court of Directors had been read, that it was proposed to grant this pension in grateful testi mony of the services of once - of the ablest men who had ever administered the government of the British empire in India. Notwithstanding the various changes which had been of late years effected, the East India Company still possessed the power, subject to the control of the Board of Commis sioners, of rewarding the zeal and the merits of their own servants. He referred to numerous instances, from Lord Clive to Lord Hardinge, in which this power had been ex ercised by the company ; and he then proceeded to state, following the report of the directors, the grounds upon which Lord Dalhousie had a claim to their gratitude. During his administration the British territory had been greatly extended on the western and on the eastern sides of our old possessions, as well as in Central India. The Pun jaub of ancient renown had been the scene of British mili tary glories, which outshone those of former conquerors— the occasion of their acquisition being the revolt of Moolraj, and subsequently of the Sikh army, after the forbearance which they had experienced from Lord Hardinge. The conquest of Pegu, also, had increased our resources, whilst it had diminished the means of aggression possessed by a power which always sought to use them to our detriment., The kingdom of Nagpore, which was wrenched from. the declining Mogul empire by the Mahrattas, had fallen to us, by the extinction of the family of its princes. In that case, as in the case of the Punjaub, great forbearance had previously been shown by the British Government, the conduct of the Rajah, in the Mahratta war of 1817, haying caused the forfeiture of his dominions, to which, nevertheless, his family was after wards restored. The kingdom of Oude, likewise, had been recently brought under British rule, relieving it from that long-continued oppression which had outraged humanity, and had been a disgrace to the guarantee of the British Go vernment, under which it existed. Former governors general had repeatedly given a solemn warning to the rulers of Oude, but it was Lord Dalhousie who carried out the dictates of a just and sound policy by effecting that transfer of the authority which had been acceptable not only to the people, but to the chiefs, and which had caused not one drop of bloodshed, but had been made with a gene ral acquiescence. The financial results of these acquisi tions of territory, together with those of Sattara and Barer, were very satisfactory. The Punjaub yielded a re venue of 1,500,000/. ; Pegu, in this very year, would yield 270,000/. ; Nagpore, with the tribute which it formerly paid, gave 410,000/. ; and Oude, even at present, yielded 1,450,0001. ; these sums, with the revenue derived from Sattara, the cession from Hyderabad, and other sources, made up a total of 4,330,0001. per annum. But if the genius of Lord Dalhousie had been conspicuous in con ducting wars, and in the augmentation of the empire, it had been so, not less, in consolidating the internal govern. ment, in establishing beneficial institutions, and in pro moting social improvement and agricultural or commercial prosperity. Some of his most eminent labours might here briefly be mentioned. Works of irrigation, to preserve the people from the disasters of drought, early engaged his attention. The Ganges Canal, the greatest work of that kind ever yet seen, was projected before he assumed the government of India, and 170,0001. had then already been expended on it ; but so important did he consider it, that, although encumbered with wars, which caused a heavy drain on the finances, he devoted a mil lion and a quarter sterling to that object, and on the Bth of April, 1854, ho had the happiness of seeing the opening of that prodigious work, which, when its branches were finished, would extend above 930 miles, and irrigate an area of 1,470,000 acres. Another great work of ;the same kind was now in progress in the Punjaub; it would be navigable, and would extend, with its branches, 465 miles. There were also canals, for the purposes of irrigation, in Scinde and other provinces, constructed under Lord Dal housie's auspices, and other works, of civil or military uti lity, roads, bridges, gaols, barracks, and public buildings. An idea of the vast extent of these undertakings might be formed by looking at the public works budget. The outlay upon them in the year 18534 —was as much as 2,520,0001. sterling ; and in the year 1851-5 it was no less than 2,997,500/. ; the budget for-the present year would be 2,471,8211., the total outlay in the last three years would be 8,937,0501. No other government upon earth had done so much in this period to advance the prc. gress and welfare of the country. Ibis total would much exceed that of all the deficits of the revenue during Lord Dal housie's administration ; and under these circumstances no well wisher to the prosperity of India would regret that those deficits had been created. To carry out these great works systematically and under proper supervision, Lord Dalhousie had originated and established a distinct depart. ment of public works in each presidency, as well as giving them his own earnest attention. The electric telegraph was oommenced at Calcutta in Nov., 1853, and by the energy of Dr. O'Shaughnessy, it was enabled on the 21th of March following to curry a message to Agra, a distance of 800 miles ; and by the Ist Feb., 1855, the three presidencies of India were brought into telegraphic communication with each other, over a space of 3,050 miles ; and now the lines were in working order over nearly 4,030 miles. The railways of India, though constructed by private capital, owed much to Lord Dalhousie, who was the author of a comprehensive plan for a system of Indian railways ; and to his hearty co-operation the railways were indebted for the facilities of getting land and for the encouragement which had been afforded to them. Lord Dalhousie had also reformed the Indian post-office, and given the people of that country the same great boon of a penny postage over immense distances which we enjoyed in England, and arrangements had been made by him with the Eng lish Post-office by which the postage of a letter from Eng land to India, or from India to this country, was reduced to 6d. This was not the least of the social advantages derived from his administration. The gross revenue of India had risen during the term of his government from twenty-six millions sterling to about thirty millions in the present year. He found a large annual defici •ncy in 1847-8 and in 1848.9, but in the four succeeding years he had a surplus, until, in 1853.4, began those mag nificent improvements, and the construction of those great public works, which became a surplus charge. But the net amount of the deficiencies of revenue during his admi nistratioa was 6,105,1171., whereas it should be remem bered, as above stated, that the total exnenditure for pub. lic works in the same period was 8,907,3811. It was evi dent, therefore, that the ordinary revenues of the Indian empire were more than sufficient to cover the ordinary charges, and only failed when the extraordinary public works system began. Amongst the financial operations of Lord Dalhousie should not be omitted his conversion of the 5 per cent. debt into a 4 per cent, debt, by which he had saved above 300,0001. per annum to the state. To improve the moral and intellectual condition of the people had been an object of his earnest and continual care. He had established departments of public instruc Lion in all the presidencies. and promoted the esta blishment of schools, both English and vernacular, of colleges for general science and literature, medical science, and practical engineering. - The formation of museums, art societies, and lending libraries, had engaged his liberal benevolence. It might be mentioned that, on the death of the late Mr. Beeton, a member of the Legislative Council, who had established a school at Calcutta for the education of girls, Lord Dalhousie took that school under his care, supported it at his own private expense, till the depart ment of public instruction was created, to which it was handed over. It would be difficult to enumerate all the multitude of various objects in which the vigorous and active mind of Lord Dalhousie had been employed. The natural production of India, cotton, tea, iron, coal, forests, agricultural improvement, seaports, navigation of rivers, inland communications, the suppression of suttee, thuggee, infanticide, and human sacrifices, the improv . went of the condition of native and European soldiers, the care of cadets, the preservation of the ancient monu ments of India, dispensaries, vaccination, silk, merino, sheep—in short, nothing appeared to have been too great or too minute for the grasp of his beneficent intelligence. Perhaps it might be objected that the extension of territory, the increase of revenue and even the im provement of the internal administration, did not necessa rily involve the welfare of the people, and thatif they were oppressed by undue taxation they might still be in a lan guishing condition. The trade and shipping returns would afford some indications of what was the fact. For many years past the industry of the prodacers in India had been so active that the balance of trade in favour of India had gone on increasing from year to year. In the five years from 1819.50 to 1853-4, that balance of trade in favour of India amounted altogether to 40 millions sterling, and last year alone it was above 8 millions. In consequence of Eu ropean manufactures being little suited to the tastes and wants of the natives of India, it had been found necessary to liquidate that balance of trade by remittances of bullion; and in the last 20 years about 64 millions sterling in silver had been sent to India, of which about 50 millions sterling never left the country again. Nearly 43 millions sterling of silver had been taken to the mints in India by private individuals, not by the Government, and converted into rupees, and Government had recoined a large amount of old rupees, so that silver to the amount of 66 millions sterling had been put into circulation. The shipping and naviga tion returns of India sho wed that the number of ships had increased from MO in /845:6 to 5,846 1852-3, aud the' [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• tonnage from 1,297,124 tons in the former year, to 4976,405 tons in the latter year, the increase being up wards of 52 per cent. during Lord Dalhousie's administra tion. As for the pressure of taxation, the whole taxation of India, regarded as a capitation tax, was 4s. %d. per head per annum, including the opium revenue, which was not properly a tax upon India, but was paid by foreigners. The taxation varied very little under the different govern ments, except in Bombay, where it was Bs. 7d. per head, including all the taxes ; but the average land tax was only 2s. s:id. per head annually, and it was almost identi cal in the north-west provinces, the most flourishing go vernment of India, and in the Madras presidency. This, considering the extreme cheapness of the means of sub sistence amongst the people of India, was not a pressure of taxation by which they could be pauperised, as had been asserted. Such had been the labours of Lord Dalhousie, through a period unusually protracted, at the request of the home authorities, and they were enough to entitle him to the gratitude and admiration of the public and of the East India Company. Broken down in health, he had taken a touching farewell of the inhabitants of Calcutta, and returned to this country. In his temporary repose, let him have the solace of an unreserved approval of his conduct, on the part of the company, as expressed in the resolution which was now submitte ito the meeting. The chairman, in conclusion, moved the approval and confir mation of his grant of the pension of 5,0001. a-year to Lord Dalhousie. Mr. Ross D. MANGLES seconded the resolution. Mr. LEwIN spoke at some length against the proposed grant, saying that he considered the salary which Lord Dalhouse had received for eight years 25,000 i. a-year, toge ther with a palace to reside in, allowance for household ex penses, and other sources of emolument, were ample remu neration; though he agreed that Lord Dalhousie's civil services had deserved the commendation of the whole world. He knew it was quite in accordance with Oriental cus toms and with the habits of that court to worship the rising sun, and at present Lord Dalhousie's name was a tower of strength. He was looked to as a future Prime Minister ; and it might be thought that, if he obtained this pension, the company would have a certain lien upon him. He (Mr. Lewin) entirely disapproved of the annexa tion policy which Lord Dalhousie had adopted, and which, he believed, had excited such a feeling against us, that it would ultimately cause a great risk of the loss of our In dian Empire. He enforced this view by several instances, and criticised the conduct of the Indian Government in re gard to the native princes and aristocracy of the country. Mr. SEATON KARR replied, in justification of the policy which had been pursued by the late Governor-General, and in praise of the great improvements effected during his ad ministration. Mr. JONES then addressed the court at some length in opposition to the motion. He censured the Indian Go vernment in many particulars, and contended that great injustice had been done in the case of Nagpore, and in other cases of annexation, to the rights of the native fami lies concerned. He moved as an amendment, " That this court would not be justified in awarding the money which belongs to the people of India for a pension such as is now proposed." Mr. Sergeant GASELEE seconded the amendment. Dr. BEATTIE spoke in support of the recommendation of the Court of Directors. Major RATIIBONE opposed the pension, going into de tails as to the measures of Lord Dalhousie's administra tion. Sir J. W. HOGG then replied on behalf of the directors and of Lord Dalhousie. Ho strongly repudiated the sug gestion of Mr. Lewin, that any sordid expectation of future advantage had induced them to grant this pension, or that Lord Dalhousie could be supposed capable of ever being influenced by such a consideration. He justified the policy of the Indian Government in the several instances of an nexation, and urged that the high claims of the late illus trious Governor-General demanded the grateful recogni tion of his countrymen. Mr. Serjeant GASELEE briefly spoke against the grant, observing that he had nothing to say against Lord Dal house, but that thefulsome and exaggerated praise bestowed on the noble lord was very injudicious on the part of his friends. He only protested, as a trustee for the people of India, against the exorbitant salaries and pensiocs which were paid out of their hard earnings. The original resolution and the amendment were then put to the vote, when the former was carried with only eight dissentients, and the court then adjour nod. The resolution must be submitted to the approval of a second general meeting of proprietors, which is to be hold next Wednesday. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. METROPOLITAN. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Great George-street, West minister ; 11 re A. S. Ayrtou in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said they had met to consider the pro priety of adopting the report submitted at the meeting in Feb. last. Tne directors were not prepared with any new report, and therefore would ask them to acquiesce ie that already 7resented. He then adverted to the past history of the company, and its connection with Mr. Pearson's project fe,r a city terminus, which was amalgamated with that of the Metropolitan Company. They had obtained pe cuniary assistance [rein members of the corporation, and also from the Great Western Company. The war came, and absorbed all the surplus cash in the coun try ; the consequence was the capitalists on whom they relied for support to carry out the undertaking were not prepared to supply the funds for the purpose. The directors had given a pledge that they would not make a call or prcceed with the works until they had the assent of the shareholders' Their undertaking dif fered in some respects from that of other mil way com panies, inasmuch as when the works were commenced it would be necessary to carry them on as rapidly as possi • ble with a view to complete them as soon as they could, otherwise delay with the works would involve enormous expense on the company, which it was desirable to avoid. They were at present proceeding with negotia tions which they hoped wcu'd lead to a favourable ter mination in carrying out the project. They bad lately been in negotiation with the Great Northern Company on the subject of forming a junction with that com pany's railway, and it was believed the directors of that company would recommend their shareholders to sub scribe 175,0001. towards the undertaking. The proprie tors would see they were not at present in a condition to commence the works, particularly as it was necessary they should first come to an understanding with the authorities of the city of London in respect to certain property through which the line was intended to pass. It was necessary that they should have power to take land on each side of the railway, and to make arrange ments with the city of London for that purpose. Until those points were settled it would not be desirable to commence the works. The shareholders would soon be called together again to consider the bill now before Parliament, in compliance with the Wharncliffe stand ing order. Considering the public events that had taken place since they applied for power to construct the rail way, the course adopted by the directors could not be deemed unsatisfactory to the shareholders. He would be glad to see the works commenced, but he was not alarmed at the delay, for he thought much good would result from it ; and, if the undertaking be really sound, the delay of five or six months would be of no conse quence. It would not do to commence the works pre cipitately and then find themselves in difficulty ; the directors were desirous of making all the necessary ar rangements before they commenced operations. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. JONES complained of the obscurity in which their affairs appeared to be placed. He was not aware before that they were indebted to the Great Western for a loan ; he considered they were shareholders to the ex tent of their subscription. He considered that the com pany had been spending from 3,000/. to 4,000/. a-year since they had obtained their bill, which was too much to take out of the small sum they had in hand. He thought the best thing they could do would be to wind up the affairs of the company. He had no confidence in the statement of accounts, and particularly objected to the suspense account of 5,0001. and the loan of 16,0001., and he had some doubts as to the balance of 14,0001. Mr. WATTS was surprised to hear that the comen9 had not the usual powers to purities° land in the city. He wished to know how it was that their chairman was about to leave them l the chair, Mr. MALINS said, with reference to resigning he had intimated that at the last meeting in consequence of his connection with the Railway Reform Association, and would now also resign his seat at the board. The CHAIRMAN replied to the observations of Mr. Jones, which, he said, were totally unfounded, and i n doing so said the past proceedings of the company would bear the fullest inquiry. It was well known that the Groat Western bad subscribed for 175,0001. of the capi tal, and paid their deposit of 17,5001., b u t i n order to c omplete the deposit in Parliament they had advanced them a further sum of 12,100 /., which th e y now h a d th e mean s to return when requirea. With regard to the calls, some parties had paid them up in full, while sums received from others who had subs cr ib e d were in dis pute, and these sums were placed in a suspense account until the matter in dispute was settled. Since the last meeting 5001. of that slam had been paid, and the sus pense account was red uce d b y th a t amoun t, an d as the other disputed sums were settled they would be deducted until the whol e was ext i ngu i s h e d . Th e accoun t s h a d been audited by Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Copestock, and there could be no d ou bt as t o th e correc t nes s of the items. Par , hament had refused to allow the 71,0001. deposited in Chancery to be withdrawn for the works until the speci fled time, but they agreed to extend the time for com mencing the works one year from the Ist August next. After some angry observations on the affairs of the company, Mr. Mimes begged to assure the meeting that the directors had not received one farthing for their expenses out of pocket nor for their services. The cost of the first application to Parliament was limited to 3,000/. ; .but the second application was opposed by Alderman (1) Ist, The siege army, composed of 30,000 French and 30,00 Q Turks, without counting 10,000 men who cannot be disposed Of ; 2d, the first army of operation under Lord Raglan, of 25,000 English, 15,000 Piedmontese, 5,000 French, and 10,000 Turks ; and 3d, the second army of operation, of 40,000 French of the army of Sebastopol, and 25,000 of the army of reserve at Constantinople. (2) The active army would he thus organised :—General Canrobert, general-in-chief ; Ist corps d'armee, General Bosquet, with 4 divisions of infantry and 1 of light ca valry ; '2d corps d'armee, General Itegnauld de St. Jean d'Angely, with 2 divisions of infantry, 1 division of the guard, and 1 division of heavy cavalry. Gen. Pelissier would have continued to command the besieging army. (3) On the other hand, the Minister of War would have had collected at Constantinople rations of meat, gun powder, and other objects occupying little space, in order that the soldiers by leaving all their other baggage might have each carried eight days' provisions, with a shirt and a greatcoat. The corps d'armee of reserve would follow the army of Baidar, would carry the same quantity, so that the 60,000 men in commencing the movement would have 16 days' provisions assured to them. When once Simpheropol, the carriages might re they had reached victual the army from Alouchta. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—Yesterday the board met to consider the drainge of the districts south of then hames. The con s id era ti on o f th e su bj e ct wae, in th e ca adjQurped until Wednexday next. TIIE ANGLO-ITALIAN _LEGION. A Malta letter, under date of the 9th of May, makes mention that the Italian soldier, or serjeant, who assassinated the police-inspector Carnara, on the 6th, had not been discovered ; but the three regiments forming the Italian Legion continued closely confined to their barracks, watched closely by the Spiteful, steam-corvette, the, Hannibal hav ing been compelled to abandon the position she had taken up in Marsannescetto Hapbour on the 7th, and return to Valetta Harbour. The Royal Albert, cruising in the offing, had been alrdered into port.l The following notification was issued by the governor on the day of the departure of the over land mail : ' g GOVERNMENT NOTICE• " His Excellency the Governor has seen with deep regret that there exists It on a_consider able number of the inhabitants of Malta and the soldiers of the British Italian Legion feelings of a character which, should they continue, would in terfere with the gen era l goo d or der of this commu nity. These feelings have come more strongly into play in consequence of the sad circumstances which have lately occurred, and to which it is unneces sary further to allude; for, as they are well known, so are they universally deplored, equally by the troops as by the inhabitants of Malta themselves. " His Excellency, therefore, makes a direct and general appeal to the good feelings of all the inha bitants of Malta, and to the soldiers, English and foreign, that they will, one and all, use every energy in that most creditable of all patriotic under takings—namely, the maintenance and preserva tion of the general good order of the community, and abstain, on either side, from any possible cause of offence. " Palace Valetta, 9th May, 1856. "By command of his Excellency, " VICTOR HOULTON, " Chief Secretary to Government." SHIPWRECK OFF BRIGHTON. During the night of Saturday last the clipper ship Planet was run down off Brighton. The fol lowing account of the lamentable occurrence has been furnished by Mr. Manning Thatcher, one of the mates on board the clipper, and son of Mr. Thatcher, of the King's-road :—Our ship was 700 tons burden, and was laden with tea, silk, and curiosities. We left Shanghai on the 11th Jan. last, and had fine weather, but a long passage of four months. Nothing occurred worthy of note till we arrived in the Channel. On Saturday night last, the 10th inst., at half-past eleven, we had a collision off Brighton with a brig. She struck us on the port bow ; we immediately sounded the pumps—three inches in the well. Five minutes after sounded again, and the water came over our sounding rod, which was two feet in length. We immediately manned the pumps, but all to no pur pose. Our captain (Buckham) saw she was in a sinking state. The boats, two in number, were immediately lowered, and when we saw there were no hopes of saving the ship, we prepared to aban don her. Captain Buckham was the last to leave her. We burnt blue lights and fired musketoons, and then took to the boats. Two hours after the barque Margaret, of Liverpool, hove in sight. She backed her main-yards and took us a-boar], and remained by the ship till she sank. The brig that struck us (supposed to be a Dutchman), as soon as the accident happened, bore away from us, and rendered no assistance whatever. A pilot cutter, the Twin, of Dover, seeing the pieces of wreck floating about, and the Planet's boats tow ing astern of the Marg tret, concluded that some thing serious had happened. Sao bore down to us, and took the captain and crew and one pas senger, in all 24 souls, on board and took us into Portsmouth, the wind being foul for Brighton. We arrived at the Sailors' Home at Portsmouth at half-past eight on Sunday night. Mr. Thatcher's son, with the rest of the crew, lost everything, and was obliged to borrow clothing to come into his father's house, where he arrived at nine o'clock on Monday morning. The vessel was laden with tea, silk, and a valuable China cargo, no part of which was saved. A case con taining religious publications and a translation of the Bible into the Chinese language, directed to the British and Foreign Bible Society of London, was among the lost cargo. We are glad to learn that both ship and cargo are insured. MR. BUCHANAN ON TI IN; DIFFICULTY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA. Mr. Buchanan, says the New York Daily Times, has just experienced an enthusiastic reception in Philadelphia. In his reply to the congratulatory welcome tendered to him at the Merchants' Ex change he said :—" I have been abroad in trying times, it is true ; but the great principles which have guided my conduct abroad are these—Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none. Ask for nothing that is not clearly right in our intercourse with foreign nations, and submit to nothing which is wron g . These are the two leadi ng ma xims of the great political apostles of our country, and as long as we act upon such great and glorious principles we are sure always to be in the right. (Applause.) Gentlemen, it is hardly proper for me to speak of the diplomatic business in which I have been en gaged on the other side of the Atlantic; but I have been asked repeatedly—ls there danger of war ? I think not. But it is simply because I believe our country to be so clearly and decidedly in the right on the questions involved between the two countries that the British people never will consent to irritate them into a dangerous condition for both parties. Our commerce now covers every ocean ; our mercantile marine is the largest in the world. We have the greatest interest of any nation on earth in preserving peace. We ought to cultivate peace with all nations. But there is an interest superior to all these considerations, and that is our national honour. If war should ensue —I feel, however, no apprehension of danger at the present moment—if the national honour of this people should ever be insulted by any Govern ment upon the face of the earth—l know that the merchants themselves, who would have the greatest sacrifices to make, would stand by the country at the expense of 'everything human. (Expressions of approbation.) I can perceive no danger. I ought to say, gentlemen, that I have honestly maintained the instruction received from my country in the negotiation which I have had with England; and, while I have never hesitated boldly, I but courteously, to express my opinions, I have never found anything but personal kindness in my intercourse with the British people. (Approba tion.) I do not believe that any American can ingratiate himself into the good opinions of any people in Europe by concealing his honest senti ments upon all proper occasions. I have acted upon that principle, and I have no reason to re pent it." 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CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Wednesday May 14.—Admissions on payment, 4,529 ; ditto by sea 6O tioliots, 06; total vieitorsi 4,927. Cubitt and other city persons, which bad involved the company in considerable expense. When once before a Parliamentary committee it was impossible to limit ex pense, except by withdrawing the bill, which would be, in many cases, very undesirable. The strictest economy had been exercised in the office expenses, which were not more than absolutely necessary. Mr. JONES having withdrawn some of his observations, and Mr. BELL having commented upon the course adopt ed by him, the resolution for the adoption of the report was carried. Two of the retiring directors, Mr. Dicey and Mr. Price. were re-elected ; and Mr. Malins retired from the direction. Mr. ARSISTRONG, the auditor, contended that the ac counts had been most carefully audited, and said there could be no doubt of their correctness. The meeting then separated. NAPOLEON 111. ON THE CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN. In M. de Bazancourt's history of the expedition .o the Crimea, just published, is to be found the following letter from the Emperor of the French, which Commandant Faye had been charged to deliver to General Canrobert, Commandant-in- Chief of the French army in the East, after a• rupture of the Conferences of Vienna. It may be remembered that the Emperor had resolved to proceed in person to the Crimea to share the fatigues and perils of the French army, but had been pre vented by grave reasons of State. The following letter communicates to General Canrobert the plan of campaign on which the Emperor intended to act, had he gone there. It says "April 28th, 1854. " The fire which has been opened against Sebastopol will by this time have either succeeded or failed. In either case, it is absolutely necessary to quit the defen sive position in which the army has remained during the last six months. For this purpose, in accord with the English Government, I would have the troops divided into three armies—one siege army, and two of opera tions. The fi tis destined to protect Kamiesh and to blockade thFgarrison of Sebastopol ; the second to operate at a short distance from Balaklava, and, in case of need, to take possession of the heights of Mackenzie ; and the third is intended to effect a diversion (1). If, as I have reason to think, the Russians have 35,000 men in Sebastopol, 15,000 to the north of Eupatoria, and 70,000 between Si m ph ero p o l, th e Belbek, and the Tchernaya, it will suffice to have 60,000 good troops to destroy all the Russian army, which might be taken in the rear before it could unite all its forces, and even should it be able to unite them the numbers would be almost equal ; for that great principle of war must not be forgotten, that if a diversion is made at a certain dis tance from the base of operations, it is necessary that the troops employed in such a diversion should be in sufficient number to be able of themselves to resist the army of the enemy, who might unite all its efforts against them. All this being well considered, I would have sent into the valley of the Baidar the 40,000 men taken from the army of Sebastopol ; and, sup. ported by Lord Raglan, I would have occupied, from Skelia as far as the bridge of Teuld and Tchorgoun, the four roads which cross the Tchernaya ; we should thus have had so many tetes-de-pont, threatening the left of the Russians established on the heights of Mackenzie. After this movement, I would have left Lord Raglan master of all the positions on the left of the Tchernaya from Skelia as far as Tchorgoun ; I would have assembled in the rear of the lines occupied by the English the 40,000 men of the active army, with the cavalry, and the means of transport at my disposal, waLing in that position for the arrival of my corps d'ar m6e, which, coming from Constantinople, would have received orders to reconnoitre Cape Phoros (2). What would have been our position as regarded the Russians ! The movement on Baidar, by giving us the passages over the Tchernaya, would have threatened their left and led them to suppose that it was our intention to dislodge them from the heights of Inkerman and Mackenzie. The Russians would have been thus kept in check, and their attention drawn on Inkerman and Perekop. Our positions would have been excellent, and my plans being unknown, if anything had deranged them, no thing would have been compromised. But supposing that nothing had opposed the general plan, it would have been carried out in the following manner :—As soon as the fleet, bringing the 25,000 men of the reserve, had been seen approaching, orders would have been given for them to proceed to Alouchta, the beach at which place, having been secretly examined, was found fa vourable for a landing. A first body of 3,000 men would immediately on their landing establish themselves three leagues from Aleuchta, beyond the defile of Ayen. No others would be landed until information had been received of the occupation of that defile. After such in formation had been received, the remainder of tee 25,000 men would land, and the 40,000 assembled at Balder would receive orders to march along the road which skirts the seacoast by Yalta. In three days, that is to say two days after the landing of the army at Alouchta, the 40,000 men from Baidar would have joined under the walls of Simpheropol the 25,000 just landed ; the town would have been taken possession of, and a suffi cient garrison left in it, or a good position would have been taken up on the road we had just passed, to secure the rear of the army. Now, of two things, one—either the Russian army before Sebastopol would have aban doned that formidable position to meet the army which would advance from the side of Bakshi-Serai, and then the first army of operation, under the orders of Lord Raglan, would push forward, and take possession of the position of Inkerman ; or the Russians would await in their lines the arrival of the army advanc ing from Simpheropol, and then the latter, advancing from Bak:lii-Serai on Sebastopol, always supporting its left on the mountains, would form a junction with the army of Marshal Raglan, who had advanced from Pai lax on Albat, repulse the Russian army, and drive it back into Sebastopol or into the sea. This plan appears to me to possess great advantages. In the first place, the army as far as Simpheropol, which is only nine leagues from Alouchta, would be in communication with the sea ; the country is very healthy, and better sup plied with water than any other part of the Crimea ; its rear would he always secure ; it would occupy ground where our inferiority in cavalry would be less sensibly felt ; and, lastly, it would be all at once on the Russian line of operations, and cut off all the supplies, by pro• bably taking possession of their parks of reserve. If the defile of Ayen—an indispensable element in the success of the plan—should be so fortified as not to be able to be taken, the 3,000 men who advanced for that pur pose would have been re-emba.ked ; the army of re serve would then have been landed at Balaklava, and the diversion which it was intended to make on Sim pheropol would have been made by Baidar, but with fewer advantages. As so the march of the 40,000 men from Baidar to Alouchta, it would have been without danger, as the ground is protected by al most inaccessible mountains, and is at a distance from the Russian army. Our army might, during almost all the distance along the sea-shore, have been followed by steamers to receive the sick (3). If, on the contrary, it bad been wished to make a diversion by Eupatoria, my opinion is that nothing could have been more dangerous or more opposed to the rules of art and to the counsels of prudence. In order to operate from Eupatoria on Simpheropol, the army so engaged would be in an open and unhealthy country, and almost with out water ; it would be on ground where the Russian cavalry, which is very numerous, would have every chance of success ; and it would have to make a march of 16 leagues in flee of an enemy which might come from the north as well as from the south, fall on the columns, and cut off all retreat. The winos of the army would have no support from the nature of the ground. In order to go from Eupatoria to Simpheropol, it should carry with it all its provisions and all its ammunition, for when once the army had left Eupatoria, the 15,000 Rus sians in that neighbourhood, and most of whom are ca valry, would harass their rear, and prevent the arrival of any convoys. If it should meet with any resistance at Simpheropol, and the Russian army should by a change of front have taken a position on the road over which the army had passed, that army would be either annihi lated or starved out. There is besides another absolute principle, and that is. that a flank march is not possible unless at a distance from the enemy, and when sheltered by the nature of the ground. The army which would operate from Eupatoria to Simpheropol would conse. quently have no line of operations nor any defence as sured for its flanks, nor any means of retreat, nor fa vourable field of battle, nor any means of procuring food. La tly, instead of being com pact, sy , this m c omp o a se ry o d of soldiers operation,olditrsot the same natio n , coin inanded by a s ingle chief, would be formed in great p ar t of Turks ; and as some allied divisions would be added to it, there would be neither unity, nor security, nor absolute c onfidence. If, instead of marching on Sim pheropol, the army leaving Eupatoria should desire to proceed direct to Sebastopol, it must recommence under disadvantageous conditions the campaign which we made in disembarking iu the Crimea. It should carry the formidable positions of the Alma, of the Katcha, and of the Belbek. This enterprise is impossible, for it would be disastrous. Hence follows the absolute necessity of only leaving at Eupatoria the number of Turks strictly indispensable to defend the place. Such is the plan which I wished to execute at the head of the brave troops which you have hitherto commanded, and it is with the most profound and acute sorrow that I find that graver interests force me to remain in Europe. " NAPOLEON."