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-aIIeSII.IIIIIII IOSIIEMINaI. - _ . • sis ca,, MIST INDIA. HOUSE, 30TII JULY. 1856. .'''' ..e,: ''''.... " ..- '''' l T • 1.1 T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST - _;,, enal A. COMPANY 1)0 HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a ire , - , a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be r 4."'t 'sa•- 'l•;*se, held at their Douse in Leadenhall-street, an W:. DX ESD NY, the 24th Septem er next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenaon. \ ~,,,,,, , ::./. .•reVtesla , JAalEi C. MELVI ET,. Secretary. N ""-- • „:--- EAST INDIA HOUSE, 17TH SEPT., 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST -...... I a. DI i COMPANY 1,0 I rEEEBY GIVE NOTICE, dill. Thar a Proprietor of East•lnaia Stock-John Jones, Esq., has postponed until the Quaeteriy General Court of the sad Company, ( :_‘''si u. 20,05 0.) appointed to be bald at their House in Leadenhall-street, on Wl' D NEsDAY, the 24th instant, the motion of which he had previously given notice, viz.:- " That the exaction of 12 per Cent. interest on arrears of land PUBLICATIONS. revenue in the Madras presidency is a severity that ought to be • bated." J. D. DICKINSON, Deputy-Secretary. Now ready, in 1 vol., with 1,500 Engravings of Arms, _ THE PEERAGE and BARONETAGE for 1856. A. WIDOW LADY, possessing a thorough know%eacce of Domestic M Corrected from the personal Communications of the Nobility, &c. " engagement as Companion to a Lady, or to superintend the Family The best genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the pee r age a nd ef a Widmer or Elderly Gentleman.-Address C. 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" Dr. Pickford • 9 known to English readers by his trequent preen - ,al contributions to German medical literature. This is the firs: D tine, he informs es, that ho has add resse d hi mse lf t o th e non - me di. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, c : al reader. We trust this may not be the l as t, if he shall letect an} DR,. Coventry-street, Leicester-square.-Open (for Gentlemen r to only) from 10 till 10, containing flew srds of one thousand models tile rect."- equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathi col"- sers, and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in and ' Medical Friendse ' are merciless)y ep St a ; ad if this book health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, tould find its way into ' the hands ofthosewhO ' s e nffar from the coin 2, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and .olaint of which it treats, we aro sa ti s fi e d th a t man y h un d re d s wou l c highly -interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery , as: saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is o • by Dr. KAHN, a t 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One ehilling. ess importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize . much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to thi n O YA L SURREY GARDENS. — empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.-Positively the Last Week of 'tient upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore the season. THIS DAT, Sept. 23, Performance of Locke's marrnifl- ike'y,to do much good."-Medical Circular. cent Music to MACBETH, vocal and instrumental. Principal singers London: H. Bather°, 21e, Regent-street. -Miss Poole and Miss •etabbach __ ___ • Mr. Perrin and Mr. Leffler (their .................,_ first , __ rst appee,rance.) The Chorus conducted by Mr. Land. Admission, _____ Is.-M. Ji Alien's Benefit will take place on Monday, Sept 29 ; peril- E AST AND WEST INDIA DOCK eulars duly announced. C:)al PANT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That all articles of Baggage CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster - road. lying at the Baggage Warehouses, East or W e st India Docks, landed -OPEN a VERY EVENING.-The celebrated HUNGA- previous to the Ist of January, 1854, will be Sold for payment of RIAN BAND, under the direction of Herr KALOZDT, will perform charges, unless the same shall be paid on or before the 31st day of every Et-ening at 9 and 11 o'clock, in addition to the usual Vocal October next. Lists of the said Goods may be inspected at the Bag- Fritertainmeatt. The following company of talented Vocalists are gage Warehouses, Eastern or Western Docks. permanently engaged for the performance of Selections from all the By order of the Court of Directors. Popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Duets, &c., viz. :-Mrs J. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. Caultield, ;Miss Brunel, Miss Sommers, and V 133 Pearse ; Sam Cowell, East and West India Dock House, 18th September, 1856. Mr. J. Craulfleld, Herr F. Jonghmans S. Jones, T. Farrant, W. itfelleng. laarker, Russell Grover. and P. Come. Masters E. Con- N EW ZEALAND.—FREDERICK YOUNG sell, Austin, and Bennett , an 4 Mr. T. Hackney. Pianoforte, Mr. J. 'Harreway, R.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield.-Jun.; directly, Mr. said CO.'S LINE.-One of the finest and fastest vessels ever i J. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., engaged in the passenger traffic, to follow the Rose of Sharon, for until twelve o'clock. Wellington direct, and Canterbury under engagement to the Pro• ----- ~ vincial Government of Wellington, New Zealand, for whom Frederick GREAT WESTERE RAILWAY of CANADA. Young ent n a e rt w d , C h o. ig a h r - e ci t as he duly y ß a ri p t p is o h in -t t , e u cl it agents ipp i e n r England, n li d, E t i l t e o r E n_ t agr ,r ;i i. -This property is worth much more than its present price, ALMA, A 1 for 13 years, 1,200 tons burthen, Thomas Silk, Comman dividends , of 8 per cent. having been paid for the last two years. The der, now loading in the East India Docks Intending passengers are traffic is b eyond the most sanguine calculations• mid is increasing i nv i te d to an inapeetein of this truly noble vessel. She was con week by T reek (see the last returns). The management is with een- Eructed last year by the celebrated ship-builder, Mr. White, of tlernen of the highest character In London, who have wisely decided Cowes, upon the most recent lines, and the beauty of her model has to have in a , ranches to swallow up the increasing revenue. Thus it commanded the admiration of all who have seen her. Will carry an IS expects td this property will certainly yield 10 per cent. experienced surgeon, and be des etched on the sth November. Liverp Nil, Sept. 20, 1856. AN ORIGINAL SHAREHOLDER. FREDERICK YOUNG and CO., New Zealand Colonist's Rooms, 74, Cornhill. ri 'REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—CHEAP N.X . EXCURSION t• B -'TIT and ISRISTOL.-On Saturday, n M E TRO P 0 LITAN COUNTIES and Sept.R 27th, a Train will leave Paddington at 6 o'clock p , return -1 lag on the Tuesday morning following, from Bristol at 7 o'clock, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent -1 Bath at 7.30. Fang : Bristol, 10s. and 6s. ; Bath, 9s. and ss. Child- street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. ) Ten hall '-price. One package of luggage only allowed. TRUSTEES. Rt. tin. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. 1 Richard Spooner, Esq., M P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. I E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— Life A s surance business transact e d i n a ll it s b ranc h es. CHEAP EXCURSION to Cirencester, Stroud, Gloucester, N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged Cheltenham, Ross, and Heretord.-On SATURDAY, Sept. 27th, a 33 per cent, on all the premiums paid. Train. wilsleave Paddington at 6.30 p in., returning on the following F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. )4c nilay„ from Hereford at 3.30 p.m., and intermediate stations as , Per hared-bills. . PARES. A.D. 1720. Oirencester and Stroud ...... 9s. Od. .. Is. Od. t ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE r. G loucester and Cheltenham .. 105. Od. .. 65. ed. Y toss ...... .. ........ 10s. ed. .. Gs. ed. CORPORATION, I 1eref0rd.................... Xis. Od. .. 7s. Od. Ma ildren under 12 half-price. One small package only allowed. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. •-• ' ..-__ BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. 11, at C.l REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. __VT - CHEAP EXCURSION to Reading, Theale, Alderma-ton, George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Sub-Governor. r• Woe •lhampt on, Thatcham, Newbu-y, Kintbury, Hungerford, Pang- Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., Deputy-Governor. bourne, Didcot, Abingdon, and Oxford.-On SUNDAY, Sept. 28th, a r DIRECTORS. Train will leave Paddington at 9.30 a.m., returning on the same Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. day from Sbingdon Oxford, and Hungerford at 8.30 p.m., and inter- Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Meditate stations as per hand-bills. john Garrett Cattley, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. p - FARES. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. sr, Read (rig and Pangbotrne ls. Od. .. 3s. Od. William Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. i The/ale, Aldermaston, Woolhampton, Thatcham, N , :wbury, Kintbury, and Hungerford .... •• 6s. Od. .. 3s. 6d. Alexander Deuce, Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. laid, tot, Abingdon, and Oxford .... . Children under 12 half-price. No luggage aL'owed. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. ' ......- James Stewart Hodgson, Esq. CharIesORIENTAL John Manning . , Esq. Charles Baring Toting, Esq. (L. . imited). For establishing Steam Naviga- MEDICAL RETEREE--SRMUCI Solly, Esq., F.R.S. tio'n on the Rivers of India. NOTICE.-The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre. Capital 250,0001. in 25,000 Shares of 10 1 . each, with power miums falling due at Michaelmas will exp i re on t h e 14th October. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor . to increase it to 1,000,0301. -Deposit 10s. per Share. poration on advantageous terms. 1 1 TRUSTEES. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation as asmas ALLAN, Esq., Managing Director of the Peninsular in profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. ed and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The following table shows the large BONUSES declared up to the mit 31st December, 1855, on British Participating Policies of fourteen Th He onourable W. WILBERFORCE B IRD, Esq., late Deputy , years' standing, for the sum of 1,0001. each. UI Governor of Bengal. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. ....- - i-^..----- Farther Per Cent. Per Cent. The Hon. W. WILBERFORCE BIRD, Esq., late Dep.-Governor Age Addition Of Bengal. when made M Addition Total per annum •n the in Addition on the sum Premium Captain Bon, K.T.S., Belvidere Villa, Millbreok, near ' Assured. 1848. 1855. Assured. paid. Southampton. -- —.— ---... SOO HARRY BORRADAILE, Esq., late Civil Service, Bombay. , £ £ £ Jobe Bouarni Esq., late of Messrs. John Bourne and Co. 30 102 112 214 1 '53 59'3 i-Lieut.-Genera ' l JOHN BEMIS, Madras Army, late Political. 35 106 115 221 I'6B MI ' ' 1 fr Agent in Candeish, and officiating Resident at Nagpore. 40 113 121 234 1'67 50 5 (ii Colonel A. COTTON. late Chief Engineer of Madras. 45 121 128 249 I'7B , 46.2 50 135 140 275 1'96 43'0 Ii l*, •••111 Capt. Corroar, R.N., Alport House, Whitechurch, Salop. 55 149 154 303 2'16 39'9 r Major-General DICKINSON, late Chief Engineer of Bombay. 60 166 174 340 2 . 43 37'2 MONTAGUE Goan, Esq., South Audley-street, Grosvenor • - r Square. Ennivnlent rarinntinn• Ilona bean m•rin in five Prenninrna nn trot., Lieut.-Col. GRIMES, Hon. E.1.C.5., lately stationed at; Nag pore . Capt. HUTCHINSON, Hon. E.1.C.5., Asst. Civ. Eng.Godavery. Col. ATWELL LAAH, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, late Engineer of the Kistnah Irrigation Works. I. MAT, Esq (Messes. May, Mathewson, and Co.), London and Calcutta. me rb*.; mo 9th Mat Colonel the Hon. IL T. ROWLET, 47, Berkeley-square. (With power to add to their number.) MANAGING DIRECTOR—JOHN BOURNE, Esq., late of Messrs. John Bourne and Co., Glasgow and Greenock. ENGINEER,—JAMES KENNEDY, Esq., late of Messrs. Bury, dll l 7 4,2' 21 19 Va 96% 1 ; 16//1 bit Curtis, and Kennedy, Liverpool. SoLicrron—HENßY it. HILL, Esq.: 23, ThrOgmOrton-street. BANKERS—Messrs. WILLIAMS, Dzecor*and Co. SECRETARY—JOHN MATHEWSON, ESQ. Offices, 9 Billiter-street, London. Ode . A (Ii , p ark; i f e of 0 , the ~.col• r 7: tollere' ; Me"' s borl f to 11, ;rovil3' Sc ott, nB, 5~ ero oll ' lee p. Dr . of to ~ Sur' 331: ; /o w 75. 171 (6, ), $ 46 . 1 00- This company is established for two reasons—first, because It is wanted ; and second, because it will pay. India wants cheap means of conveyance for her produce; water conveyance is cheaper than any possible mode of conveyance by land ; and ten thousand miles of this cheap water conveyance will be afforded by the great rivers when properly navigated by steam. The last dividend of the Ganges Steam Company was 48 per cent, per annum, and the latst returns of a Navigation Com pany on the Godavery was 55 per cent. The field, however, is far too large to be adequately filled by local effort, and an English Company is necessary, which, with adequate capital, Will render available the resources of European science. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained at the offices, 9, Billiter-street, London. 11.? ANK of LONDON and NATIONAL PR0.0% .0% VINCIAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, for effect ing every description of Life and Fire Insurance business. Capital—One Million Sterling. Principal Office—Threadneedle-street, London. TRUSTEES. Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., M.P., Chairman of the Bank of London. Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., and Alderman of London. The Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gib son, M.P. Lieutenant-Colonel Elsey, H.E.1.C.5., Director of the Bank of London. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN —Sir Henry Muggeridge, Alderman, Director of the Bank of London. TICE-CIIAIRMEN. John Cumberland, Esq. 1 Wm. Anthony Purnell, Esq. John E. Anderdon, Esq., Devonshire-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the Bank of London. illiam Black, Esq. (firm of Black and Bidmead), Trump- street, Cheapside. Stephen Broad, Esq., Rye-hill, Peckham. - William Carr, Esq., Bishopsgate-street-without. John Cropp, Esq., Oaklands, Park-road, Clapham. John Geary, Esq., the Crescent, Edmonton. Thomas Gooch, Esq. (firm of Gooch and Cousens), Director of the Bank of London. Alexander C. lonides, Esq. (firm of lonides, Sgouta, and Co.), Director of the Bank of London. Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., 19, Eaton-square. Prod. Winn Knight, Esq., M.P., Southwick-street, Hyde park, and Wolverloy House, Kidderminster. Thomas Luce, Esq., M.P., King-street, St. James's, and Malmsbury, Director of the Bank of London. John Malcolm, Esq., 47, Mark-lane. Professor. Morton, Royal Veterinary College. Peter Robb, Esq., St. Martin's le-Grand. Thomas B. Stevens, Esq., The Elms, Kilburn, and Derwent Mills, Derby. John Tarring, Esq. (firm of Tarring and Son), Bucklerabury. Alfred Wilson, Esq. (firm of Venables, Wilson, and Tyler), Director of the Bank of London. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by those persons who preferred-that-term of Bonus. The future division of Profit will take place every Five years. Any earn not exceeding 15,0001. may be insured on one life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal Participation in Proflts—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie ties—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice —with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a Century and a-half. JOHN A. HIGHAM, Actuary and Secretary. VI I R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet v R street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH ,flxed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so [Jerfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to he distinguished from •he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. SCHWEPP'S MALVERN SELTZER WATER.—Having leased the Holy Well Spring at Malvern, renowned for its purity, J. S . an d Co. can now produce a S ELTZER WATER with all the Chemical and Medicinal Properties which have rendered the Nassau Spring so celebrated. They continue manufac turing SODA, MAGNESIA, an 4 PO CASS WATERS and LEMON ADE, at London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. Every Bottle is protected by a Red Label bearing their signatures. GREY HAIR RESTORED to its ORIGINAL COLOUR with ease, safety, and certainty, by the PATENT GALVANIC COMBS and BRUSIIE , , which are als, an unfailing remedy for nervous headache and all neuralgic affections. Illus trated pamphlets," Why Hair becomes Grey, and Rs Rem edy," gratis, or by post for four stamps. Neuralgia, and all Rheumatic affectLns are perfectly eradicated by the Patent Galvanic Flesh Brushes, the most safe, ample, and efficient galvanic instruments extant: patro nised by the faculty. ' Offices :—F. M. HERRING, 32, Basinghall street. Agents :—Child, South Gallery, Crystal Palace ; Savory and Moore ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-street ; Godfrey and Cooke, Conduit street ; Itendrie, 12, Tickborne-street ; Twinberrow, 2, Edwards. street, Portman -square ; Saunders, 315 B, Winter, 205, and Kennedy, 166, Oxford-street ; Ross, 119, Bishopsgate-street ; Rimmell, Ger rard-street, Soho; Worn, 17, Dawson-street, and Birch, 1, Moles worth-street, Dublin. Sold by all chenrsts and perfumers of repute. R ,OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Fomaded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no ec.:ommendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits ft this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal application : Week ending 7th August 2,214 Ditto 14th August •••• • • •• 2035 Ditto 21st August .. '2,473 Ditto 28th August...• • 29th, 30th, and 31st August ...... 1,143 Total in August • • • • 10,740 of which 4,540 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; narelay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams. Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OVEN, M.A., Chairman. A. NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. • TRIE ,, ESI AR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket ~ old in tin cases, divided into sepande doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, SPERMATORRIREA, and all the distressing onsequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR MIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. 11., effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated 'orms, Oleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder. Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the tutu of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR No. 111., !E the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expell it with the insensible perspiration through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately the English Physician treats with 3leroury, tothe inevitable destruc tion of the patient's constitution, and which all the Eariaparilla iv the world cannot restore. Price Hs., or four cases In one for 335„ which saves lls., and in Si. cases, whereby there is a savin g o f 1 1 . 12s. To b e h a d w h,,lesale and etall in London, of Johnson, 68, Cornhill; Ilannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford -street ; MIL Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester; it. Bradbury, boVaeller, ])eansgate, 15, Westmoreland-str ee t, Dublin ; Winnall, bookseller , Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 51 , L ord-street, Liverpool; P owe ll , R ho ,g olc h sf s l tr le e r e , t,Birmingham, A MOTHER'S FUNERAL. —an elderly woman Wa,4 in- terred on Wednesday last in Bradford parish churchyard. The funeral was attended by her two sons, who, before the earth had been closed over the coffin, disputed respecting the few articles of furniture their deceased pa rent had left. The words used were anything but be cominz, resulted in blows, and eventually a regular stand-up fight took place amongst the gravestones.-- Leeds M ercury. • ,e v ies • .0 :3 , , cs. 7.1 • .‘ • ° lll , :Ler• • , , Igoe. 'OO a- 04, • • E-' •-• • . , ; „, dp „ 4i. . .01( ' B ' „i - 46 4 ‘ , I ) ,'T` xfp., ► "Ci - + St. 1 . 4 I '4"; , : . :,, , erte ' %. .; j a ,Fg [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• THE CUSTOMS CONGRESS. (From the Daily News.) BRUSSELS, SEPT. 20. tt hh eeTvhe headquarters ar H i ou o s te d nations o o S f u t ede of h eEgauepnrpa Europe, appear s ean t r o ew l a a ob v , n e ri b tp er to os n e n r m n , a ie ! de el gt for the discussion of the principles of Free Trade. The nations, it would appear, have responded to the invitation of the Belgians with alacrity. Even Spain, generally tprpid in these matters, has sent two commissioners ; while Holland has proved, by her representatives, that she is advancing bravely to that style of commercial freedom which we enjoy. It must be confessed that the moment for the Congress is opportune. The King has just com pleted a round of triumphs in the various cities of his kingdom. The principles which he propounded when he stepped upon the throne have been faith fully adhered to. Encompassed by great despotic governments, he has been enabled by proper con cessions to public business, to respect the freedom of his people, and to maintain order, when sur rounded by the clamour of an European revolu tion. A quarter of a century has shown that the Belgian people know how to govern themselves ; and there is perhaps no stranger contrast upon the face of the earth than that presented to the travel ler who approaches Brussels from the French fron tier. On one side of a railway station you must. talk politics in a whisper—you must be chary in the use of names. Oh the other, you may talk loudly about the imperial policy, and, ifitSo please you, deploy a sheet of L'Bomme upon your knees. Well, it is on this, the free side, that a certain number of gentlemen, interested in the simplifica tion of tariffs, and in the general march of nations towards commercial freedom, determined to meet to discuss the principles of Free Trade, and their influence upon the world. Since last the question was raised on the Conti nent the world has seen many and astounding politi cal changes. And men have grown on the whole wiser ; because every civilisea nation has become daily better acquainted with its neighbours. We need not look beyond this city to be convinced of the fact. The prejudiced men who, while crying for political freedom, as loudly called for commer cial bondage, are disappearing. Little knots of clear-sighted men —generally, let us allow, moved by their personal interests—are arising all over the Continent to do battle with high tariffs ; to point to the greatness of free-trade England in compari son with protected France or Belgium; and to demonstrate the necessity of competing with Great Britain by a loyal. rivalry on fair grounds, rather than behind solidly built custom-houses. Among the continental nations where the policy of free trade has been ventilated, we must place Belgium first and Holland second. There are men—and eminent commercial men in this city, in Antwerp, and in Liege—who have openly pronounced in . favour of a policy that should end in complete com mercial freedom. Only on the 17th of last Febru ary the Belgian Association for Promoting Customs Reforms met to point out to the public the absurd construction of the Belgian tariff. And absurd enough does this tariff appear when we find that Belgium—after England, the largest producer of iron and coal upon the face of the earth—is com pelled to buy her iron ships from Holland ; that the ship-builders of Bremen and Hamburg can build at 25 per cent. less cost than the Belgian ship-builder. And why ? Because, in the absence of competition, the raw materials cost the Belgian builder 60 per cent. more than their intrinsic value. If you turn to the article of spun cotton for a second illustra tion—an article without which lace manufacturers cannot exist—we find that while spun cotton above No. 170 English, pays an import duty of only ss. per 200 lbs., all coarser threads are kept out of the country by a tariff so exorbitant as to amount to prohibition. rhe consequence is, according to one of the leading Belgian houses, that the manuac ture of tulle with threads below N 0.170 is impossibl e in Belgium. The foregoing instances may suffice to give the reader an idea of the state in which the Customs tariff of Belgium remains. It is at once as ingenious and as illiberal as that of France ; for while the French custom-house officer is kept on the look-out for wolfs' teeth that ho may levy a duty upon every hundred, the Belgian douanicr is directed to prohibit the transit through the Belgian territory of nightingalevinni-fftinots: - But it is when the French and Belgian Governments meet to arrange mutual treaties that we discover the ex travagances of which a protective system is capable. In a treaty passed between the two countries on the 27th of February, 1854, we find spun hemp and flax placed upon a sliding scale of 18U stops. Thus there are no less than 180 distinct duties on these threads. Such ingenious protective ladders re quire exceedingly clever custom-house officers to use them. And the result is significant. The Belgian customhouse officer appears sorely puz zled when called upon to place any article upon the endless sliding scale of the country. He may be seen measuring and weighing, cutting, and apply ing his magnifying glass to cotton threads, to iron, to seed, to tobacco, to pottery, dried fish, sorely puzzled where to class any single object. Indeed, so utterly bewildered were the Customs authorities on the passing of the memorable treaty to which I have referred that on the morrow of its signature an international congress was held at Lille to endeavour to unravel it. And what is the result of all this protective in genuity ? Why, that a revenue of eleven or twelve millions of francs costs between 25 and 30 per cent. in collection. More, the heavy protective duties levied in Belgium upon raw material—upon iron and cotton thread, for instance—far from assuring labour to the workint , classes, limits it. As I have already remarked, the free pirts of the Baltic can build iron ships 25 per cent. cheaper than the Belgian shipbuilders. Holland almost monopolises the iron ship-building of Belgium. And why ? Because free trade Holland re ceives English iron at the rate of 108. per 200 lbs., while protected Belgium has to buy iron rained from her own soil and smelted with native coal, some three shillings dearer ! But this is not all. The iron-masters of Liege, while they compel their countrymen to pay upwards of thirteen shillings for 200 lbs. of iron, are able to sell the same quan tity at Rotterdam (where they are not protected) at the English price. Thus the natural richness of the soil is made a curse instead of a blessing. It is the commerce of Holland—not of Belgium—that the duty on iron protects. If we turn to the coal trade we find the same story repeated. The French man buys Belgian coal between 10 and 20 per cent. cheaper than the Belgian himself can get it. And why ? Because the Belgian is protected—or wag protected—against the importation of foreign coal. This glance at the Customs tariffs of Belgium will explain to the reader the eagerness with which many Belgian manufacturers have joined an asso ciation destined, lot us bppe, to rid them of pro tection altogether. From the organisation of such a national association to the development of an international Congress was a natural step, more especially in Brussels, where universal peace and penal reforms have already been questions of at traction that have drawn commissioners from various parts of Europe to King Leopold's capital. And, so far as I am able to judge from the names of some of the gentlemen who compose the forth coming Congress, I think it will probably result in a revision of the Belgian, if not of other tariffs. As already stated, we see eve n S p ain represented. As the Belgians had a right to expect, England has responded to their invitation by, sending about forty commissioners, including six gentlemen who have come to represent the decimal system pro posed by the active association of the Adelpbi. Among other interest . ng papers to be submitted to the Congress are—one from the authorities of Bir mingham, comparing the tariffs of various nations, and endeavouring to show their results upon the industries which they respectively govern ; and a history of Free Trade, from Newcastle. Count Arrivabene, the President of the Bea • nomistes Beiges, is, I believe, to preside over the sittings of the Congress. I append the organic rules drawn .up by the central committee, which it is important to under stand in order to follow the proceedings of the Congress from day to day, and section by section : -... ,.e...1 i: , 4 • k f l\ A ; : , i‘ it,;,:ji :: s t,e‘:- .i:i.ii tt.,' ,a. ;;•V‘4A \ to the Congress or to the committee of org ...'- ' , S; 7. 7 , ,, *'V,1i..4 should be forwarded to 48, Rue de l'Eveque, :10.71' ' & . I,AW- r the office of the secretary, who will take a n , R ,,,, i4''" tl.-- , A,•,-,lii t i A ir , date of reception of each in a register kept for 4, C , i : : :'-- ,:. , N, .r.,& af t l / 4...t pose. No communication will be submitted o ~'*'' '-iT .,4 11 ‘A . ..N t >'' ' -7 Congress except after an examination by a corium lifss ii s appointed ad hoc. -se. Art. 3. Objects, and means of realising thern.---The object of the Congress being to collect awl form an as semblage of all facts, ideas, and theories relating to trsdr s as between_ nations, and to deduce from them practice conclusions• or the benefit of the human race in generali and of each nation in particular, all opinions may be freely rind fully expressed, as well in the committees as in the general and public sittings of the Congress. Each proposition, resolution, or ameedinent suinntaeri to the Congress, must be supported by at least five members, and will be submitted to the committee to whose depart merit it more especially relates ; in case of doubt the managing committee will decide. Art. 4. Organisation of the Congress.—The Congress is divided into three principal committees, who will di vide their labours as follows : No. 1. The committee on legislation. No. 2. The committee on statistics, 'ivided into three sub-committees : 1. On agricultural statistics ; 2. On manufacturing statistics ; 3. On cow nercial statistics. No. 3. The committee on proposi ions. Each member of the Congress is requested to in erihe his name on the list of such committee as ho elieves that he can render most assistance to. Art. 5. Functions and Meetings of the Committees. The members present in Brussels will assemble in :eneral preparatory'committee on the eve of the open ing of the-Congress. This meeting will take place at 14, Rue de i'Ecuyer. At this meeting the organisation committee will submit such propositions as it shall deem , most likely to insure the success of th e un d e it a ki ng . rhe committee will meet each day, commencing on the 22d September, at 2 o'clock in the morning, in places provided for . them. They will name their president, secretaries, and reporters. The presidents of the coca mittee will be ex officio, members of the managing n om . _ (nittee of the Congress. The reports will be made in a condensed form, in order not to absorb the time of the public sittings. The functions of the committee will be divided as follows : No. 1 will receive and examine all • documents, propositions, and statements relating to the commercial legislation, whether domestic or interne- tional, of each country. It will point ont the facts of such legislation, the anomalies, contradictions, and con sequences, favourable or unfavourable, resulting from it, and the modifications which might be benefi cially introduced. Committee No. 2 will collect in its three sections or sub-committees all facts and documents, st a tistical or otherwise, concerning ~ the three great branches of human industry, agricul ture, manufactures, and commerce. On the one band, the changes to which agricultural or ma,nufactur- ing labour is subject, the cost - of production in the questions as to credit and transport relating to it, the fi s cal mother hindrances which lessen the tendency to production, or the favours which stimulate it. On the other hand, the statistics of international trade, the price of produce in different countries, expenses of transport, duties, dues, taxes, or exactions to which commerce is subject, &c., so as to enable a general report to be pre sented, furnishing a picture of the various conditions under which exchanges are effected between all the mem bers of the human facilv. In conclusion, the third com mittee will receive the different propositions which may be addressed to the Congress, will examine them, and re fer them, in case of necesioty, to the particular commit ,tee the labours of which they relate to. It will prepare resolutions to be submitted to the Congress, and classify and examine the propositions emanating from individual members]; it will be bound to lay before the general committee for submission to the Congress such proposi tions only as shall be supported by at least five MEnt . )ers. Every proposition, reso ution, or amendment whichshall not relate to one of the tNo general questions, to deli berate upon which the Co, geese is summoned, will at at once he rejeCted by the committee, which will .not be hound to make aly mention of it. It Will be compe tent, however, to submit to the Congress for pure and simple consideration, such of these propositions as may be of general interest or utility, having a reference to the principal object of the Congress. Art 6. Of the PublicSittiegs.—The general and publio sittings will be held in the large Gothic hail of the Hotel de Vile a' Brussels ; they will open on the 221, 23d, and 24th of September, 1856, each day at 1 o'clock in the afternoon precisely, and terminate at 5 o'clock. The managing committee may appoint one or two evening sittings. They will be conducted according to the rules of deliberative assemblies of the country. Speeches may be delivered in all languages. Speakers are requested to give, in writing, a copy, or at least a summary of their spet.ches in case they should not be able to be reported. Art. 7. Ma; aging Committee—The managing coax- mittee will be composed of a president, and 24 vice-pre sidente, of whom at least one will be selected from each nation, represented at the Congress, and of ,eight secre taries, including the four secretaries of the committees. The secretaries will arrange amongst themselves the ne cessary business to be attended to. The managing com mittee will fulfil the functions usual in deliberative assem blies. Art. 8. Committee for E citing and Publication.—The managing committee will appoint a special committee of seven of its members, charged with everything relating to publications by the Congress. Art. 9. Finance.—A finance committee composed of seven members, chosen from the principal nations repre sented at the Congress, will be appointed at the prepa ratory meeting of the 21st SepteMber, and will at once assume its functions. This committee will consult as to ways and 1131341414 of providing for the expenses .of the Congress, and for producing from it practical results. Art. 10. General Arrargements.—All propositions which the several ectninittetN Oval think it right to make within the limits traced for the present Congress will be subolitted to the f,, , , , neral assembly, and decided upon public sitting ; such propositions as go outside the programme of the present meeting will be referred to a subsequent assembly, of which the time. and place will be appointed by the Congress. SERIOUS COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. We regret to announce the total loss, by collision, of the fine iron ship Imogene, Captain Williams, from this port for Pernambuco, hich was ran into yester day morning by the screw-steamer Falcon, bound from Cork to Liverpool. The steamer struck the Imogene on the port bow, and cut her down to the water's edge. The fore 'compartment of the Imogene was im mediately filled with water, and had the vessel not been fitted with water-tiget compartments she must have sunk instantly, with all on board. The steamer did not stop her engines for ioine time after the col lision took place. AR the steamer left the Imogene, the captain of the latter vessel hailed her, and requested her to lay by him, as he thought his vessel was sinking ; this the steamer did for two hours, by which time it was evident, in spite of the utmost exertions of Captain Williams and his crew, that the Imogene was fast sinking, and having, at this time, the main compartment also nearly full of water, they were obliged to abandon her in their own boats and take refuge on board the steamer, which they had scarcely done when the Imogene went down head foremost. This vessel bad a most valuable cargo on beard, estimated to be worth not less than 60,0001., and was commanded by a man of great experience and judgment. She was nearly new, having been built by Messrs. Cato and Co., of this port, about eighteen months since, for Messrs. C. T. Bowring and Co,, by whom she was owned, A passenger on board the Falcon has furnished us with the following additional particulars : "At three o'clock on Sunday morning a fearful colli sion took place close to the Bargy Lights, between the Imogene, of this port, Williams, master, hound for Per ' nambuco, in the Brazls, wi'h a most valuable general ca rgo, and the steam-ship Falcon, Hynes, master, on her pas-age from Cork to Liverpool. Up to the very mo ment of the colli4on the pa,seaee of the steamer was all that c old be desired, the sea being unusually cairn, with but a. very slight breeze blowing. At the hour men tioned she was steaming away gallantly, uncliir full can vas, at the rate of about eight knots per hour, when, all of a sudden, a terrific crash was heard, followed by simultaneous and heartrending sSriek from the emigrants on board (about 80), who cried out, 'The steamer is blowing up,' and rushed about her decks in wild confu sion. The steamer struck the Imogene on the bow, making a hole of such magnitude that her forecastle was speedily filled with water ; the steamer had half her side tal:en away, but being uninjured iu bottom or machinery. The Imogene had been sailing on the windward tack, and displayed three large lights in her rigging. The t,iatner had also lights on board. The moon was shining brightly at the time, and scarcely a wavelet was to be observed on the occasion. The loss of the unfortunate Imogene was soon ascertained to be inevitable, and Capt. Williams signalled the Falcon to come to her relief. The small boats of the steamer were immediately launched and put off to the rescue of the crew of the Imogene, which was now fast settling by the bead. They succeeded in about an hour in lodging every one of the crew on board the steamer. Capt. Williams was the last man to leave his ship, which he had scarcely done when she sank. Not a particle of the cargo, which wise valued at 60,0001., was saved. There were two ladies passengers on board the Imogene, one of whom lost 2,0001., and the other 7001. The Imogene was 386 tons register. She was a new It vessel, on , her third voyage. " THE SOUND OF THE CEIURCH-GOING BELL."—we have this morning (says a letter from Widdin of the 27th ult.) heard a sound which the people of Bulgaria have not heard fur ages—the sound of a bell calling the Christians to church in order to thank God That the Sul tan has been pleased to rest,re tu us our liberty of wor- Widdiu is the first Bulgarian town that has re ceived atoll. The Turks have complained to the Paeba about it, but he has referred them to the Sultan. The Ghost of Hamlet's father—that is, the respectable actor who represents his buried Majesty on the stage of the Berlin Theatre—has been fined fifty dollars on a com plaint of the manager, for contumacious disobedience at his superior's orders. Alas, poor ghost ! if the so count we read,of the transaction be correct, he was jus tified in doing what he di.l. The trapdoor through which he had been obliged to make his noiseless exit wa too narrow for the passage of his incorporeal persin, and one evening Iris arm and shoulder were sorely grazed as he went below. In some anxiety lest this dangerous and inconv en i en t ,d e scent should convert h . . into a ghost indeed, the actor petitioned for a wider trapdoor, but the manager refused to attend to his request. On the next occasion of his revisiting the glimpses of the footlights, the prudent ghost declined to put his foot upon t:4, treirid , icr, arid c access the stage, when his part was done,. with a pair of creaking boots which did not enhance the awfulness of the vanishing apparition. PROVINCIAL DIRECTORS. Alexander Abercromby, Esq. (firm of Alex. Abercromby and Co.), Glasgow. William Allen, Esq., Lower Dominick-street, Dublin. Anthony Bannister, Esq., Mayor of Hull. John Barwell, Esq. (firm of Barwell and Sons). Birmingham. Samuel Briggs, Esq., Bradford-street, Birmingham. John Brown, Esq., Buchanan-street, Glasgow. Jelin Burnet, Esq., Procurator-Fiscal, Glasgow. Theophiltua Carrick, Esq., ()Tidal Assignee, Hull. R. G. Collis, Esq. (firm of Mcßirney and Collis), Dublin. H. C. Cooksey, Esq., Heathfield House, Birmingham. George Dingwall, Esq., Talbot-street, Dublin. Peter McEvoy Gadlan, Esq., Gaybrook, Malahide, Dublin, William H. Huffam, Esq., ull Dock Company. John Killeen, Esq., Malahide, Dublin. Alexander Kirkland, Esq. (firm of Kirkland and Russell), Glasgow. Robert Morton, Esq. (firm of J. and R. Morton), Dublin. 'Thomas Dundas Spiers, Esq., Houston, Glasgow. Charles Wilkinson, Esq. (firm of Wilkinson and Ingleby) Hull. AUDITORS. DIRECTORS' AUDlTOR—Benjamin Scott, Esq. BIIAREIIOLDERS' AUDITOR—Henry Chatteris, Esq., Public Accountant. PwrsictAN—Henry Letheby, M. 8., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, London Hospital; and Officer of Health for the City of London. SWItGEONS. James Part, Esq., F.R.C.S., Surgeon to the Artists' Annuity Fund Society, President of the North London Medical Soolety. Thomas Carr Jackson, Esq., M.R.C.S., R o y a l F ree H osp it a SOLICITORS—Messrs. Tyrrell, Paine, and Layton, Guildhal yard. BANKERS—Bank of London. Acrany—Thomas Walker, Esq., 8.A., F.S S., F.I.A, MANAGER AND SECRETARY Edmund Clench, ESQ. The Directors have the pleasure to announce that, all ne cessary preliminaries having been completed, the OFFICE will OPEN for BUSINESS on MONDAY nest, the 22,1 inst. Insurers in this Association have the security of a largo • paid-up Capital, a proprietary of more than one thousand • shareholders, and an income from business already acquired exceeding 35,0001• per annum. Prospectuses, with tables and terms of business, may be • had at the chief and local ottices, or of the agents throughout the country.—By order. EDMUND CLENCH, Manager and Secretary. Threadneedle-street, Sept. 16, 1 SU. r LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1856. THE DARIEN EXPEDITION. (From Dr. Ross's Journal, March 17, 1554.) Left the ship at 1 p.m. in medical charge of an expedition detached to ascend the River Chuquanaqua. The following are the names of the individuals engaged in this service : Mr, W. C. Forsyth, senior lieutenant ; Mr. Henry Hills, acting paymaster (volunteer) ; Dr. Wm. Ross, assistant surgeon ; Mr. G. Parsons, gunner; Wm. Polling, captain of the forecastle; Wm. Ashcroft, Wm. Jeffery, Wm. Dunsford, Thomas Aikenhead, Win. Chandler, Wm. Hockey, R. Blake, Wl2O. Behema, R. Kingswell, John Walsh, John Tower, and Gallagher, able seamen, with G. hiller, T. Orral, R.M.A. The object of this expedition is to search for a missing party of 27 officers and men who left the United States ship Cyane, in Port Escoces, Caledonia Bay, Atlantic, on the 19th of January last, with the intention of exploring the isthmus in a south-westerly direction to Darie❑ harbour. They have not since been heard of, but are said to have been traced to the left bank of the Chuquanaqua by Indians, whe carried the intelligence to Port Escoces. It is pre sumed that, mistaking this river for the Savanna, they are now wandering on its banks in a state of starvation, as it is known they only took eight days' provision with them; or that they have been destroyed by the same hostile Indians who waylaid and murdered our own men. The former supposition is borne out with some degree of probability by the fact, that the course of the latter river is only 20 miles from the former, where it is a considerable stream ; and near which, coming from the Atlantic, it is likely they would strike it ; and that the Chuquanaqua, after a very winding course along the centre of the isthmus, it is said of above 150 miles, terminates in the Tuyra, which empties itself into Darien harbour within a mile of the mouth of the Sa,- vane. As remarked on the 7th Jan., in the description of_ this river, it opens into Darien harbour "after nearly a straight course of between 25 and 30 miles. The latter supposition is not probable, as the party was well armed, Ind not likely, from what is known of Indian character, to have been faced by treble their number of imperfectly armed savages. The American exploring party had for its object the isthmus, and reporting to Government as to the possibility of cutting a ship canal from sea to sea. The searching expedition returned at 1 a.m. of the 30th March, after the absence of a fortnight. The following is an account of our proceedings, taken from a daily journal kept by me : " We left the ship at anchor in Darien harbour, and em barking in one of the paddlebox-boats, we took advantage of the flood tide, and ascended the river Tuyra, a distance of about 20 miles, anchoring, when the ebb commenced, at 8 a.m. By noon the tide turned, and again getting under .ay, we arrived at the village of Yavisa at 9 p.m. ; this place is 45 miles from Darien harbour, and is spoken of as the capital of the Isthmus of Darien ; it is simply a collet ' tion of bamboo houses or huts covered with palm leaves, irregularly arranged, or rather strewed, about a level piece of ground on the right bank of the river. Its population consists of 250 or 300 mulattoes, whose language is broken . Spanish, and who are presided over by an official termed Jefe Politico,' appointed by the New Granadian Govern ment, which claims jurisdiction over this part of the Ame rican continent. These people obtain a miserable liveli hood, partly by hunting and cultivating maize and plan ! tains ; in winter they saw up trees, the growth of the neigh- bouring forest, which they transport to Panama in large canoes in the shape of planks, and there dispose of them for spirits, clothing, &c. At its mouth the Tuyra is about one and a half or two miles wide, but at Chapigana, village on its left bank, eight miles up, it narrows to less than one mile, and gradually contracting at Yavisa, it a only 40 yards wide; it has a depth of from three to four fathoms, which it carries a little above Chapigana ; b ecom ing shallower at the place where we anchored, it expands into a wide bay, in which are numerous sand and mud banks, rendering navigation rather difficult, except at high or low water, the former carrying you over all these impe diments, and the latter rendering them visible. The deepest part here is close to the eight bank. The mangrove is not so abundant on this river as on the Savannah. It is more common for a distance of 7 or 8 miles above Chapigana than below it. This river extends itself inland on both sides into several creeks, which, in one or two places, spread out and have the appearance of lakes. The only tributary of any consequence is the Alolineca, which joins it on its left bank, about midway between Chapigana and Yavisa. The water here is perfectly fresh, and of a delicious, s weet, and pleasant flavour. "The Tuyra has a very varied course ; ascending from Darien harbour to Chapigana, it is easterly ; it then goe for 8 miles nearly due south, and suddenly bends, for a short distance, at right angles to the eastward ; it now takes a south-easterly direction for about 5 or 6 miles ; for the 10 succeeding miles it goes nearly north ; and finally bending and turning on itself for almost 6 miles it arrives at Yavisa. Opposite this village is thejunction of the Chu quanaqua and Yavisa rivers. At Yavisa we obtained six canoes and 11 natives to assist in navigating them, and at 10 a.m. of the 18th, we started in the canoes, being taken in tow by the paddle-box boat ; assisted by the flood, we rapidly ascended the Chugunaqua, anchoring at sunset in mid-channel, and spending the night in the boat. We here lad a narrow escape from destruction, for about midnight an immense forest tree, growing close to the water's edge, the roots of which had been denuded by the carrentof sur rounding earth, became loosened and fell with a tremen dous crash into the water, just clearing by a foot or two our boat, and in its fall cutting off the stern of ono of our canoes, which fortunately had been moored alongside, but being larger than the boat, projected beyonditastern. This was a salutary caution, and in future, when selecting our bivouac on shore, we did not neglect to examine as to the stability of the adjacent trees. At 6 o'clock on the morn ing of the 19th we again commenced our journey, anchor ing at noon close to the first rapids, which aro distant above Yavisa about 18 miles. From the latter place to these the river carries a pretty uniform depth of three fathoms, ave rage 70 feet wide, and has nearly a direct course stretch ing towards the N.N.W. It now became necessary to take to the canoes, not so much from the general shallowness of the water as from the commencement of the rapids and the numerous snags and trees which obstructed our passage. The boat we left at 2 p.m. of the 19th, the following indi viduals remaining in charge, with directions to await our return—viz., Mr. Parsons, gunner; Jeffery, Dunsford, Aikinhead, Hockin, Walsh, and Gallagher, seamen ; and, accompanied by the blacks, we commenced the second part of our journey. After much labour and difficulty we were only able to accomplish a distance of about three miles, owing to the rapidity of the current, before sunset. We moored the canoes to branches of trees, and, landing, pre pared our evening meal, retiring to rest on a dry and ele vated mud-bank, without any protection from the night dew, a blanket excepted. The remainder of our journey up may be briefly condensed by stating that during the next four clays we ascended the river a distance of 67 miles that it had a most tortuous course, which reaches approach ing almost to every point in the compass, bat in the mean taking a north-north-westerly direction--that its banks wore wooded by forest trees and beautiful flowering plants close to the water's edge, among which were conspicuous palm, mahogany, caoulchoue, and cedar trees, with con volvulus in abundance—that it had in general high banks, bearing evidence of having been recently subjected to the torrent of the river in a swollen condition, and that it re ceived numerous and considerable tributaries, the most important of which, rising in the Cordilleras, opened from its left bank. "In this period we were all exposed to the most fatigu ing exertions—•in paddling the canoes in deep water, pul ling them over shallows, and dragging them over trees ; besides, in one or two instances, whore fallen trees stretched from bank to bank, digging a canal around their roots. , Meanwhile, we were day by day exposed to the intense heat of a vertical sun, and at night to heavy dews and rain, which completely saturated our blankets, and added to the annoyance of millions of the most voracious mosquitos I ever met with. This river abounds in alligators ; but, ex cept in particular localities, fish are rare. The upper part of the Chuquanaqms and its tributaries are inhabited dur ing the dry season by the Indians, who come from the more interior parts of the country to fish on its banks. We also observed numerous evidences, along the banks of their having lately visited these places, in deserted ranchos, and frameworks for drying fish. These savages are a war like race, well armed, and have never yet been conquered, either by the old Spaniards or their descendants, although their territory is nominally under the sway of the Grana diens. To the Spaniards, as well as the blacks, they have an inveterate hatred, from remembrance of former wrongs. They are said invariably to kill the latter when found within their territory ; this was lately carried out in the case of five unfortunate negroes who not long ago strayed too far into the wood; they wore seised by the Indians, killed, and, some say, eaten. An ancient law exists among them denouncing death upon all white men found without permission in their dominions; this was but too rigorously enforced in the case of our own men. At 5 p.m. of the 23d we were. rejoiced by the cry of smoke being seen ahead; several muskets were fired, and a cheer given; these were answered, the latter but faintly, from the right bank of the river, a little in advance. Presently several people were seen emerging from the woods, and crawling down the steep bank. They proved to be of the lost party, and a more wretched set of human beings were never be- held ; so emaciated were they that, clothed in their rags, they appeared like spectres ; some had retained their arms and blankets, while others, scarcely able to drag along their own bodies, had thrown theirs away. Our first surmise attributing to them their having mistaken the Chuqua naque, for the Savana proved to be but too well founded. They had left the Cyane, 27 in number, on the 19th of January, with eight days' provisions ; these were partly destroyed by their having baen upset in the surf in land ing, They ascended the Caledonia river for some distance in search of a gap in the Oozed floras, said to exist in that neighbourhood, but, failing to find out this, crossed the summit of the range at a supposed elevation of 1,3'10 feet. On the third day out two officers and three men strayed • from the party and lost themselves ; they were, however, fortunate enough to reach the ship in safety. This intelli gence wo received before leaving Panama. The main body, under Lieutenant Strain, continued its course to the Paci fic, being guided by natives engaged from Port Escoces for the purpose, down a stream on which was an Indian vil lage in flames,* to the Chuquanaqua, which they were in formed was the Savana. They struck the river on the 2Sth January, and when they had finished the last of their pro visions. Knowing that the Savana gained the sea after a course of 25 miles, and calculating to arrive at Darien harbour at furthest in three or four days, during which they imagined they could find sufficient sustenance on its banks, they determined on prosecuting their journey, al though now deserted by their guides. They continued following the river, which they crossed, suffering much from want of food and lacerated feet, until the 13th of February, when the marches became so short, owing to the debilitated state of the greater number, that it was resolved to send a party In advance to obtain assistance. Accordingly on this day Lieutenant Strain and three others of the strongest detached themselves from the party, and after suffering great hardships, sometimes travelling along the banks, and at other times progressing by means of rafts, which they formed, and which in succession were destroyed by rapids and snags, they arrived at Yavisa on the 9th of March, in nearly a perishing condition. " Almost naked, and with their bodies lacerated in a shocking manner from the brushwood, &c., they there engaged several canoes, and despatched. them to the aid of their comrades, with provisions and the other neces saries of which their Companions were in want. On .thel/th this relief party retnAeleto Yavisa,- having ascended the river a distance of 60 miles. Having reached a point on the left bank where they found a newly made grave, and a letter addressed to Mr. Strain, they returned on their way down. A little below this they picked up one man who had strayed from the main body ; he, however, could give but little account of himself, as he soon became delirious and died. The letter was from the officer left in command, dated the 6th of March, and to the effect that they had followed the river thus far, whore one man had died of starvation ; that, seeing no probability of a near approach to the sea, and despairing of aid from be low, they had determined to mare a retrograde movement and attempt to regain their ship. Oa receiving this Mr. Strain attempted to persuade the people to return in the canoes and follow them, at the same time offering to ac company them, but they declined, from dread of the In dians. Failing of this, and hearing of the Virago having arrived at Darien harbour, he immediately started thenc e to ask assistance. We fortunately met him 18 miles -be low Yavisa, and he returned with us. The main boy we came up with, as they had halted for the night. In addi tion to the two deaths already noticed, they had lost one seaman and two New Grenadian commissioners, who had died of starvation. It was evident to us that in not ma n y days nearly all would have died from the same cause. From the 27th of February to the 22d of March they had existed chiefly on several species of palm nuts ; one of these, when roasted, was rather sweet and palatable ; another so in tensely acid as to have completely divested their teeth of enamel. Of these they ate immense quantities ; but they afforded little nourishment; they were excessively astrin gent in their nature, and caused long-continued constipa tion, lasting, in one instance, 22 days. In nearly all the intellect was in a slight degree affected, as evinced by childish and silly remark, although their memory and the recollection of their sufferings were unimpaired. Individu ally they had given themselves up for lost ; and their excessive joy at being unexpectedly snatched from death was, in some measure, sufficient to account for this. Bodily they had all suffered severely. All, on leaving the ship, had been stout, healthy men ; now they were literally living skeletons, covered with' foul ulcers and phlegmons. From retracing their former route, in which they had cut down nearly all the palm trees affording nuts, these were getting scarce ; and, as game is hardly seen on the banks of this river, it is more than probable that a few days would have finished the whole of the party. They were, of course, ravenous for food, and it is singular that their first request should have been for sugar and tobacco. They being handed over to my care, I gave directions that nothing should be given to them except what I ordered myself. I had prepared for them some weak soup and bouilli, with rice, giving them each meanwhile a small quantity of port wine and water. On the morning of the 24th, notwithstanding they had partaken of such nourish ment as they had not even heard Of for 57 days, many of them could not move, and had to be carried into the ca• noes. They had discovered their own weakness, in feeling now that all necessity for exertion on their part was ended. In our journey down the river we numbered 37—quite as many as the canoes could with safety hold. The same nourishment as given o❑ the 23d was repeated frequently, and in small quantities. Ott the 26th we arrived at the boat. Here one of the party, owing to the mistaken kind ness of those about him, had an epileptic fit, brought on by over-repletion. On the evening of the 27th we arrived at Yavisa, where I regret to say one of the party died ; he was in the last stage of debility, and, during the journey down, had only been kept alive by stimulants. On the 30th we arrived on board. Part of the, Americans are lo cated on shore at a neighbouring village called La Palma. They are rationed from the ship, and have whatever else they require from our mess, and are visited daily by my self or Dr. Travan. All are still in a debilitated state, but, with one exception, are recovering. This individual is a civil enginee attached to the party. " Regarding the effects produced on our own men dur ing this expedition, I have only to remark that, as yet, none of them have complained. Quinine was every morn ing issued to them as a preventive of fever. Purgative medicine had once or twice to be given for constipation ; from the quantity of vegetable matter contained in the river, of the water of which we drank abundantly, quite the reverse state of the bowels might have been expected. During our absence a series of levels have been carried across the isthmus, along our route from the Savana to the Chuqupnaqua, the right bank of the latter being found to be LO feet, and the bed of the river 97 feet abevo the level of the sea." * Sucubti. :gavel and iliiitary Intelligence. The authorities at the War Department having de cided that the whole of the depots of the British regi ments stationed at the Provisional Battalion, Chatham, shall be formed into four company depots, each company consisting of not fewer than 50 rank and file, the ar rangement will be carried int,) effect immediately it hai been decided to what station the British depots are t be attached on their contemplated removal from Chat. ham barracks. The depots which will come under the above arrangement aro the 12th, the head-quarters of which are in Australia ; the 37th, now stationed in Ceylon ; the 40th, the servic e com p an i es o f w hi c h are in ‘Tan Diemen's Land, and the 45th, now doing duty at the Cape of Good Hope. The preliminary arrangements for removing the mili tary clothing establishment from the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich are concluded. The necessary space of ground Within the enclosure facing the Ordnance Hospital, known as the Grand Depot, has been cleared for the purpose of commencing forthwith the erection of a com modious range of builaings to serve as military clothing stores and their requisite offices, so as to form a separate establishment in Woolwich garrison. The Dido is ordered to be paid off at Sheerness on Friday next The screw steam-sloop Cruizer, 17, from Portsmouth for the East Indies, put into Plymouth on Saturday, A Turkish two-decked ship-of-war was off Plymouth Sound yesterday morning, supposed to be bound to Da voupoit Dockyard, to receive machinery and a screw propeller. The naval authorities have received instructions to pre pare transport conveyance for uniforms in readiness to be despatched for the t NO companies of the Royal Sap pers and Miners stationed at Gibraltar, two companies at Malta, one company at Corfu, one at Halifax, and one at the Cape of Good Hope. The transport British Lion, Capt. Palethorpe, arrived at Woolwich on Sunday, laden with 200 tons of miscel laneous stores and 400 tons of provisions returned from Balaklava. The latter will be lauded and stored at Dept ford. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Captain Thomas Sparks Thompson to the Colossus Henry Sutton, Master's-Assistant, to the Dauntless ; W. H. E. Mitchell, Assistant-Clerk, to the Scourge. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERS A LLT.-MONDAY. THE LATE DONCASTER MEETING AND THE SETTLING. The business of the Doncaster Meeting was brought to a conclusion to-day with that all important event, " the settling." Although several absentees were re ported, and complaints were occasionally heard, yet a large majority of the heaviest accounts were wound up ; and altogether the meeting, regarded from a pecuniary point of view, may be termed "harmless." Although the two leading events—the Great Ycrkshire Handicap and the St. Leger—were won by " outsiders," yet few book makers were large winners—many of them having de termined to "get out" of the money which they stood against Ellington at any price, and others having been great losers by the result of certain minor races. Still i the money is pretty well distributed. It is said that the persons who generally support the Whitewall Stable have not thrown in for any very large sum by the success of Warlock, whose owner trusted the horse for a compara tively small amount, whichle divided amongst his friends. The meeting was surpassingly successful. During the four days 29 races were contested, inclusive of the decid ing heat for the Queen's Plate on the Tuesday. Two stakes only failed to produce a race, but as a set-offagainst this shortcoming there was the unusual incident of a dead heat for second place between Artillery and Bonnie Scotland for the St. Leger, The aggregate number of starters for the different stakes was 243, an increase of 44 over that brought out last year. The meeting proved to be unexpectedly strong in an item of sport which had been deemed unusually weak. The handicaps—which had been much criticised, and against which a violent prejudice had been created—produced in nearly every in stance close and interesting races, and the stewards, who were responsible for the adjustment of the weights, had cause for gratulation in the practical negation which the results of their labours gave to fault-finders and cavillers. To allot imposts to a large number of animals, in accord sacs with the preconceived notions of all racisg men, and to adopt a scale of weights which will suit the ideas of every turfite, is a task which even the Most expe rienced handicapper has failed to accomplish, for a wide difference of opinion exists as to the merits of many animals, and it is this difference of opinion which produces speculation. The paucity of acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap, and the seemingly un ,lue leniency displayed in the weighting of Jack Sheppard for the Corporation Plate, were the main causes of the prejudice which was raised. The success af th a top weight Types for the "Great Yorkshire," Anr.l the strong fields which contested the other handi r..a.ps, will perhaps convince clerks of courses that a high standard of weight is not incompatible with an interest ing race and a large number of starters. The two-yr-old races were marked by much prospec tive importance. The result of the race for the Eglinton Stakes brought Tournament from the outside division into a prominent position in the Derby betting. The running of Blink Bonny increased a reputation which was temporarily diminished at York : while Bel Oiseau, who had been frequently backed, was beaten by so mo derate an animal, that his name is not likely again to figure in the list of quotations. Amongst the other two yr-olds of mark and likelihood that ran at the meeting were Ignoramus, whose most important engagement next year is in The St. Leger, and Tasmania, a remark. ably fine filly, by Melbourne, that, unfortunately for its owner, is not entered for one of the three great races next season—The Derby, Oaks, or St. Leger. An account of the proceedings at Doncaster would be imperfect without a reference to the sales of blood stock which took place on each race day. Although the cata logues put forth by the Messrs. Tat'zersall and Mr. H. Johnson were strong in the number of lots, yet expec tation was disappointed by the comparative shyness of ',oyez's. The foreign market was not so well represented as had been anticipated, and in only a few instances was the bidding brisk. The highest-priced yearling was a bay colt (brother to Lord of the Isles), which was sold to Mr. J. Merry for 710 guineas—not so much by 1,000 guineas as was given for Lord of the Hills last year. The bay yearling colt, brother to One Act, was knocked down to Lord Londesborough for 560 guineas ; and a brown colt by Annandale, out of Calista, to Mr. J. Day for 330 guineas. Of Mr. Cookson's yearlings the highest prices were realised by Volta, by Voltigeur (400 gs.), and Botany, by Melbourne (300 gs.) The former sold to Mr. Nichol, the latter to Mr. Howard. A bay mare by Pan taloon, and a filly foal by Melbourne, were purchased for the royal paddocks, Hampton-court. The stud horses did not attract much attention. Dervish, the first fa vourite for the Derby in 1854, weir sold for 65 guineas. Voivode, 3 yrs, who was purchased at Donca-ter when a yearling for the extraordinary sum of 1,020 guineas, was knocked down for 50 guineas. The late Mr. Worthing ton's stud (13 lots) realised 1,145 guineas. The Bay thorpe yearlings (four lots) 230 guineas. Mr. Cookson's . yearlings (six lots) 1,086 guineas. Mr. A. Johnstone's yearlings (15 lots) 2,666 guineas ; and Lord Londes borough's yearlings and brood mares (seven lots) 606 guineas. Such is a brief resume of the leading incidents of the Doncaster meeting, the business of which was, as we have stated, brought to a conclusion to-day by the settling. During the intervals of paying and receiving, speculation was resumed on the Cesare Witch and Cam bridgeshire ; for the former Middleton was made the fa vourite, and for the latter Polmoodie, perhaps, had the " call." The subjoined list of quotations comprises all the bets that came under our notice : CESAREWITCII STAKES. 100 to 6 agst Middleton (taken) 100 t' 6 agst Fulbeck (20 to 1 taken freely) 20 to 1 asst Alice Wentworth (takeu) 20 to 1 agst Merlin (taken) 20 to 1 agst Polestar (taken) 22 to 1 agst Homily (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cerva (taken) 30 to I agst Peter Wilkins (taken) 30 to 1 agst Falstaff (taken) 33 to 1 agst Quince (taken) 33 to 1 agst Comedy (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brother to Grey Tommy (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 20 to 1 agst Polmoodie (25 to 1 taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Lance (taken) 25 to 1 agst B.:ssie (taken) 33 to 1 agst Vengeance (taken) DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (taken) 12 to 1 agst Tournament (14 to 1 taken) 20 to 1 agst Colonist (taken) 22 to 1 agst Bird-in-the-Hand (taken) 25 to 1 agst Schiedam (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lord of the Hills (taken) 50 to 1 agst Laird Duff (taken) 600 to 100 agst Blink Bonny and Tournament coupled (taken) THE MILITIA. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant has appointed Colonel Hastings Doyle to be Inspector of the Irish Militia, and the Commander of Coe Forces has directed him to visit each depot of that body i n Treland, to re port on the selection and efficiency of the staff, their barracks, &c. Five officers of the Tipperary Light Infantry have plied for a court-martial, arising out of no reprimand given to the corps by the Commander of the Forece. 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Mr. Osborne's Saunterer, 2 yrs Mr. Dunn's Pontifical, 2yrs Won by 20 lengths. The Castleford Stakes of 5 soys each, with 25 added, for three-yr-olds, 81t ; four, D,,t ; five and upwards, gat 51b. One mile and a quhrte. 4 . Mr. Sidney's Victory, aged (201.) Mr. Clarke's Yeutick, 4 yrs (301.) Mr. Hugill's R M., 4 yrs ;201.) Won in a canter. An objection Was laid against the winner. The Great West Riding Handicap of 5 soya each, with 100 added, for all ages. The second horse to receive 20 nom Once round, about two miles. Mr. Jackson's Lady Tattoo, 4 yrs, Bst 71 Mr. J. Osbcrne's Yorkshire Grey, 4 yrs, 7st 7ib Mr. T. Parr's Fisherman, 8 yrs, Tat 21b 3 The fallowing also ran—Scotchman, De Ginkel, The Martlet, and Midsummer. Won by a length, easy ; a good race for second place. Midsummer fell. The Visitors' Plate, of 20 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sous each. One mile. Mr. Gill's Bourgeois, 6 yrs Mr. Osborne's Alfred, 3 yrs Typhon and The Medway also ran. Won easy. 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