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That the HALF-YEARLY IN- EsT on the car rrAL STcCK of this SOCIETY, at the at of eer Cent per annum, due on the 30th instant, together with the h,;,„ - ',, 4- US them.% declared at the annual meeting in May last, will irPayable ou the 10th July next, and proprietors may receive Same at. this Office on that or any subsequent day, between the ;,..nrit of it and 3 o'clock. And notice is Hereby given, that the nitger Books of the Society svi.:l close on the 30th inst., and open uu the Ilth day of July next. By order of the ur Cot of ectors. W. 8. B. WOOLUOUSE. Actuary. tCONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. —The R giat Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P., Chairman. RENRT FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Q S YANTAGrs —The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the Profits divided among the Assured every Fifth Yew ' No charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or Militia Corps. Number of Policies in force, 6,600. The Assurance Fund amounts to 1,340,0001. Income upwards of 220,0001. per annum. The sum of 397,0001. was added to Policies at the last Division, which produced an average Bonus of 671. per cent. on the Pre miums paid. Assurances effected in the current year 1854, will participate in the Profits in 1859. For particulars apply to AL EXAND ER MACDONALD, Secretary, 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. ESTABLISHED 1837. URIT ANN I A LIFE ASSURANCE COM- Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vic., Cap. 9. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. COLONEL ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. ,ver3, description of Life Assurance business tra nsacted, with or lout Participation in Profits. E. R. FOSTER. Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. 1 , Princes-street, Bank, London. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND and. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. . , The FORTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL COURT of this Society 1,8 held on FRIDAY, 26th May, in Abe Saloon of Gibb's - Royal , ARCHIBALD DAVIDSON; Esq_, Sheriff of Aberdeenshire, in the Chair. • The minutes of last general court were read by the Secretary and 4 PAroved of. , , The Manager then read the Report by the Directors , from which 4, Peeared ps i. That the number of policies passed during the year 1853 was 321, 'vering assurances to the amount of 534,0151. 17s. Id., whereof 't here had been takeri up 770 policies, representing 504,5131. 15s. 6d. 141 infurances. . , s !.• That the capital had increased during the y ear to the extent of ,1m.0.421. 15s. 2d., _amt. amounted. At &LW- Dacamber last, to. 5 601 ,5851. 5s asi. „ 3 . That the annual revenue had increase d to the extent of ,4 ,3711. 4s. 3d., and amounted, at 31st December last, to 351 ,733/. 12s. 9d.; and 4. Th a t th e d e aths which had °camel during the year numbered 131 , covering assurances to the mount of 187,910/. 16s. 2d. The approval of the directors' report was moved by the Chairman, ok a lengthened and able address, and unanimously agreed to. There were then brought under consideration of the meeting two 11 eVeral resolutions or bye-laws, of which notice had been previously en, in terms of the laws of the society. and the ob j ects contem plated by which are explalned in the following extract from the t‘ltelraaan's address:— " The first of these resolutions is a proposal to increase the amount of the sum to which hitherto an insurance on a single life has been r estricted. According to one of the original ru les of our constltu , o, the funds of the Society cannot be c har g ed In favour of any i ttlividual for a larger sum than 5,0001 . But, in the infancy of our n iStitution, it was provided that no insurance should be taken even St this maximum amount. At first the arrangement was that "tit the funds of the Society amounted to 10,0001. —a sum which ;', e rtalnly looks curious enough we en put in juxtaposition with the I ,wo-and-a-lisif Millions sterling which we are now possessed of — ,'„was provided that, until the funds of the Society amounted to i°. 0 001., no iasurance upon a single life should exceed the sum of t f° o ol. It seems, according to the numbers which have been given s ? me, that the funds had exceeded that sum in the year 1821, when 4 5 ,e had a capital of 15,0001. sterl ng ; but the Society did not even full allow that an insurance should be taken on a single life to the full extent of 5,000/. ; but proceeding in the saSe and cautious way which has always distinguished us , it was resolved in 1821 that an usurance might be taken to the extent of only 2,5001. ; in 11422, to the extent of 3,000/. ; in 1827. to the extent of 4,000/. ; and it was hot until the year 1830, when the capital had reached 190,000/ that Z,ll insurance could be taken to the max imum amount of 5,0001. 'shee 1830 up to this year, 1854, that has been the maximum. Now, it is proposed to increase it to the • xtent of 7,0001., and I b ~,"or attention to the circumstances in which this p ro p osal is 'Jade. It appears that the increase of the sum allowed to be in nired has always proceeded upon a consideration of the increase of 'e capital, and of the total risks of the Societ y . In 1821, when 2•11 ' 31 / 0 / , could be taken, the capital was 15 , 0001 . and t he risks 140,0001. s heed not detain you by stating the particulars of the respective r33ount of capital and risks at the diffe rent p eriods between 1821 and 0, but will merely observe that in 1830 the capital was 190,0001., tod the risks 915,0001. Bow stands the case now? The risks rootlet to 7,730,0001., being eight to one compared with those in ; while the capital, being 2.686,5851., is more than fourteen 'Mesi to one the capital of 1830. (Applause ) Now, it appe ars to Sue that if In 1830, when our capital was only 190,0001., it was eon tdered safe—and that it was safe o ur ex p erience has proved—to !Era an insurance to the amount of 5.0301., it must surely he safe now, with such a capital as we have, increasing in a ratio even beyond the 21811 s, to take insurances to the exte nt of 7,0001. (Applause.) I c ertainly would not presume to offe r m y own o p inion on such a sub ject. Neither would I go mach upon the f. ct stated in the Report, that some London offices insure, not to the extent of 7,0001., but to the extent of 10,0001. They may be wrong in doing that ; and it they /ere wrong, it would be our duty not to imitate, but to avoid their `' La mPle. But I go upon this, that this proposition comes before you Vitt:. the recommendation of your directors, who have deliberately 41 1(1 repeatedly considered this important subject. It comes before ... after havinggone through that course which the rates prescribe before any law can be changed in this so ciet y ; and coming before You with a recommendation from your directors, you may rest setts 'Led of this, that it is a safe and proper alteration. To such a recom- Mendation no statements or arguments of mine could of course and ' 11,1 3 , weight whatever. But I may observe that it would be a great mistake if any one supposed that this resolution, if adopted, would oPerate in the slightest degree as an innovation on our fundamental rates. There is no question of principle involved here. It is a mere questioner the alteration of a matter of detall—the re-adaptation to . our altered and more favourable circumstances of the limit in ar • r s angernent which was thought necessary in our earlier years; and I • 'eel quite satisfied that if all those wise men who originated this In stitution were now here to see the success of the scheme of which t hey laid the foundations, they would give us the same advice Which has been given by the Directors in their report to-day. (Ap- I ' la mse.) Then, 'gentlemen, I may further observe that it is only, atter all, a power that you are giving to the Directors.' It will be t heir duty to consider in every case whether this maximum amount should be taken or not. It will be their duty to consider all the dr . "Instances connected with every proposal made to them, and it will ' rest with them, if you give tern this power. to exercise it with the discretion which has hitherto distinguished them. (Applause.)" " The other resolution that is to be proposed has regard to the transmission of money due to persons not resident in Edinburgh. • The principle hitherto has been that when we have to pay anything, the creditor comes here to get the money ; but there has been a rule by which the Directors are e mpowered to transmit the sum to be laid to persons living elsewhere in Scotland, or in England or Ire ' land, the person receiving the money paying ple expense of the remittance. Objections having been made to this, it Is no proposed ' . that the Society should take that expense upon itself. I w t has been Considered an objection that such expense should lie upon the credi tor; and the directors,who are intimately acquainted with the sub ject, are of opinion that, for the sake of the Society, this alteration Should be made." The resolutions having been separately put to the Meeting, were. Inutnimously adopted, ss ith the exception that when the first was nut from the chair a member moved as an amendment that it be taken into consideration that day twelve months. The amend ment,, however, was not seconded. The CHAIRMAN intimated that in terms of the Society's laws, a • SPecial General Meeting of Members would be held early in Decem ber, for the purpose of considering and finally disposing of the reso lotions. On the motion cf the Rev. Sir HENhlt W. MONCREIFF, Bart., Seconded by Lient.-Colonel CADELL, the thanks of the Meeting were then given to the Directors, Trustees, and Office-bearers. On the motion of ROBERT PAHL, Esq., Seconded by W. SMITH, Cerbeth-Guthrie, the Courts of Directors were appointed for the ensuing year. ' On the motion of the Venerable Principal MACFARLAN, the thanks of the Meeting were given to the Chairman, and the Court there after adjourned. COURT OF DIRECTORS-1854-55. PRESIDENT—The Right Hon. the Earl of ROSEBERY, VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Rev. Dr. JAMES GRANT, Edinburgh. His Grace the Duke of SUCCLEUIIII, K.G. The M est Hon. the Marquis of T WEE D DALE, K.T. and C.B. The Right Hon. the Earl of ELLESMERE. ERTRAORDINARY DIRECTORS. The Very Rev. Dr. Janne, Oxford The Lion. Lord Benholm,e William Penney, Esq., advocate Jos e p h J. Welch, Esq , London Rev. Dr. Bill, Glasgow Alex ander Blair, Esq., banker, S. Harris, Kt., F R.S. Edinburgh • Tie Very Rev. Principal al'Far- W. B. Watkins, Esq., Manchester lan, Glasgow W. E. Aytoun, Esq., Professor of John North, Esq., Liverpool Rhetoric in the University of • Right Hon. Lord John F. G. Edinburgh Ila'lyburton, M.P. J. Ravenaill, Esq., Warminster lion. the Earl of Stair William Wilson, Esq., C. 8., Edin- Henry Bury, Esq., Manchester burgh air S. S. Richardson. Bart. J. Y. Simrson, Esq., Professor of lit. Rev. Lord Bishop cf Lincoln. Midwifery in the University of John Amery, Esq., Stourbridge Edinburgh. 'RECTORS. Lewis A. Wallace, Esq., architect A. Murray, Esq., of Dollerle Hon. Bouverie F. Primrose George Dundas, Esq., Sheriff of Selerkshire C. Wood, jun., Esq., Leith • A. Davidson, Esq., Sheriff of Aberdeenshire Chas. Forbes, Esq., Edinburgh Isaac Bayley. Esq., of Manuel TRUSTEES. W. Mitchell Inns, Esq., of Par- The Honourable Bouverie F. sonsgreen Primrose Jas. Balfour, Esq., of Pilrig, Alexander Pringle, Esq., of WWI - Loyd, Esq., Banker, I bank Manchester MEDICAL OFFICER—James Begbin, M.D. MANAGER—John Mackenzie. AUDITOR—DonaId Lindsay. SECRETARY —WiMam Lir.d, say. AGENTS FOR LONDON AND THE SUBURBS. CENTRAL AGENT. Thigh M'Kettn—Oblee, No. 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, agent for the West-end District of London. Benton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-st eet. Ferdinand °rut, 13, King-street, Southwark. Messrs. Dallet a ol Co., Wax Chandlers to the Queen, Putney, agents for Putney, Wandsworth, Richmond, &c. Edinburgh. June, 1854, OMNI= I Henry Cheyne, Esq., W.S. hobert S. MoncriefT, Esq., of Fossaway. Alexander/Thomson, Esq,W.S. Thomas 0. Mackay, Esq., W.S• John Cadell,Esq.. of Tranent AlexanderDunsmure, Esq., Leith 1 homas heveridge, Esq , D.C.S. William J. Duncan, Esq., Edin• burgh REPRESENTATION of the CITY of LON DON.—The representatives of the City are generally expected to be acquainted with its condition and institutions, to be willing to take a share ,n the business of the Legislature, and anxious to ad vance the interests of the country and its colonies. But who have u te long pr reesented the city, contry, and colonies in their business in ests an d resources ? E. Mom and Sox I Who have studied their commerce and have gratified the wishes of all classes? Who arc always returned by overwhelming majorities ? E. MOSES and sox. It is their only ambition to represent, in the most efficient manner, the various stations in society by the most suitable, artistic, and seasonable attire. To do that with the greatest care, despatch, end economy, they have engaged in enterprises which have no pa rallel. The taste and the claims of the world's constituency they fully understand, and no amount of business wearies their energies, or relaxes their activity. Whatever professions they make they are ready on all occasions to fulfil. Their attire for the summer season exhibits a very unusual degree of variety in materials, talent, design, and superiority of workmanship ; and to order or ready made may be obtained at their. City or West-end establishments, at the moat economical prices. Dress for juveniles and young gentlemen.eoming home for the holi days is best obtained at E. Mons and Sox a. It has the advantage of being more fashionable, comfortable, elegant, and durable than any offered elsewhere. Hosiery goods, the richest and most useful—Hats and Caps, the newest styles and most comfortable wear—Boots and Shoes, which cannot be equalled—may be procured at E. Moos and Sox's, at considerably lower charges than are customarily made. The largest wholesale Cthing. Shirt, and Boot and Shoe depart ment in the world is at the establishment of E. MOSES and SON. eAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the Dade against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falseh od of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the•same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have NO CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 1 75, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, Now Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Ilart-street, all consmuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fugate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant M Tailors, General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest • ' price, irons which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. • . A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," Containing' full - fiats of prices, our system et self-measure ment, 8r.,c., Bcc., may be had on application, or post-free. Id Pon parte Francais. Qui si parla Italiano. liter orient man Deutsch. Aqua as nataa Espano. No. 19,2641 Now ready, at all the Libraries, in three vcls., SAM SLICK'S NEW WORK, " THE ANIE ?..., RICANS AT HOME; or, BYEWAYS, BACKWOODS, and Plumes. Edited by the Author of " Sam Slick." 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TO ANGLO-PERIIVIAN BONDHOLDERS. —The REPORT of the COMMITTEE is now ready, and can he had at Letts, Son, and Steer, s, Royal Exchange. Committee Room, 33, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. Now ready, price Is., ALETTER to LORD JOHN RUSSELL from the Right Honourable T. F. KENNEDY, relative to his Removal from the Office of Commissioner of Woods and Forests and Land Revenue of the Crown, with Lord John Hassell's Reply, and Remarks and Correspondence. James Ridgway, Piccadilly ; A. and C. Black, Edinburgh; Hodges and Smith, Dubl n. CRYaTAL PALACE, 1854. Now ready, f HE OFFICIAL GUIDE and HANDBOOKS, illustrative of the CONTENTS of the EXHIBITION. To be had at the Palace and at all Booksellers and Railway Sta tions, and of Bradbury and Evans, Printers and Publishers to the Crystal Palace Company, 11, Bouverie-street. ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1838. Eastern Branch, 7, Finsbury-square. LOANS granted in connection with Lite Assurance on Freehold Leasehold, and Personal Security. W. S. VARDY, Manager. BONUS TO SIIARETIOLDFRS. HOME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREESOLD LAND SOCIETY. A Bonus of 5/. Bs. 4d. per cent. has been added to the past year's subscriptions, and in future interest at the rate of 51. Bs. 4d. per cent. per annum will be given on all subscriptions, with such additional bonus at the end of the year as the profits of the Society may allow. Two Estates have been purchased for this Society during the past year—that at Wood-green (chiefly allotted) has been very satisfac tory and profitable, both to the allottees and the Society at large. The other Estate (not yet allotted) promises to be a more successful purchase than the first, there being a great demaed for plots upon it. It is situated in Wimbledon-park, in the midst of gentlemen's seats, and is adapted for first-class villas. There are two special advantages in this Society, viz., members are not required to pay down any part of the price of the land prior to choosing plots. The full amount of the Shares drawn in the ballot is advanced ; also that more shares are not drawn in the ballot than can be supplied with land, so that the members may have the advan tage of selling their drawn shares at a premium. A share in full is 301., with an entrance fee of I s. By order, HENRY KNIGHT, Secretary. 14, Chatham-place, Blackfriars. ATTRACTIVE NOVELTIES. OYA_L POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCF. ALBERT. Four important ILLUSTRATIONS JUST ADDED to the VIEWS of the SENT of WAR on the DANUBE and in the BALTIC. The BALTIC FLEET in the DOWNS, CASTLE of KRON BERG, Forts ALEXANDER and PETER, at KRONSTADT, CROWN QUAY, Sll PETERSBURGH, KALAFAT, WIDDIN, SEBAS TOPOL, entrance to the BLACK SEA, BATTLE of SINORE, and DESTRUCTION of the TURKISH FLEET, &c. &c. LECTURES by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on the CHEMISTRY of our DAILY BREAD, in special relation to that made by the NEW PROCESS, on Tuesday and Thursday, at Two o'clock; and in the Evenings on the DECORATION of PAPER. 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Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 1/., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Bemers-street, Oxford-street, fr Lo on don, from Eleven till Two. and Five to E i g ht: on Sunday Eleven to One. THE SECRET INFIRIIITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; An Essay on Spermatorrhcea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative gystem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint. -whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. - By SAMUEL LAMERT, M.D. 3 7, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate or Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., Ste. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical coon, and whe are conscious of having hazarded the health happinessnditi, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, arid how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, end above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which are unfortunately been too generally confidtd to the care of ig tonorant enspirics, who inflict great injury on these who are induced place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Me Oxford-street ssrs. Piper, Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; H a nnay, 63, ; Mann, 39. Cornhill ; or free by post for thirty stamps, to any address • rom the Author's residence, 37, Bedford -square. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Fight. - 'XL A-f; , , . • L j ..r.,,,, ...4t0;:..,, .. i ti 1 0 . ,_ .1.!.,.,..'_, ~ P • , 4 0 ''' , .- - .k 4,. 3 s rti S, 4 —"' --- --_,...2 ..: ~. - - ft, . 444i7 T. - --- ~.., u , ..;.'--- .., . 1'4 .. 7" - --- ---- / 1- --..-- ' --- - 6.41, -; 0: ,.....,. ('-' ~ ,-,.'--.. 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TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERYMEN OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor having done me the honour to nominate me to the distinguished and high office of one of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, for the ensuing year. I take the liberty of requesting your attendance at Guildhall on Saturday next, the 24th inst., at One o'clock precisely, to support my election ; r and I beg to assure y ou that, should I, by your suffrages, be elected to that important office, it will be my anxious endeavour to maintain its dignity and to perform its duties to your satisfaction. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servanF, CHARLES DECIMUS CROSLEY.. Sun-court, Cornhill, June 21, 1854. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS, Wanstead. PRESIDENT —.TORN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P. TRUSTEES. James Peek, Esq. I Hananiah Teape, Esq. Robert Claike, jun., Esq. TnnAstrnEn—George Moore, Esq. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT—Robt. Wilcbason, Esq. HONORARY SEORETARY—George Lawrence, Esq. Notice is hereby given, that a GENERAL HALF-YEA.Rty COURT of the Governors of this Institution will be hell on WED NESDAY, the 28th instant, at the London Tavern, to commence at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, when an Election of Children (eight boys and four girls) will take place. The motion of Mr. Blake, of which duct notice has been given, anti a copy of which may be seen at the Mike, will he entertained ; and all such other questions and patters - as may be lawfully brought before the Court will be dis cussed and decided. ALFRED LUNCH SAUL, Secretary. 81, Cheapside, June 20, 1854. ' GREA.T WESTERN RAILWAY.-CHEAP EXCURSION to OXFORD, B A.NBURY, LEAMINGTON, WARWICK, and BIRMINGHAM. On Sunday, June 25, a Train will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., and returning the same evening from Birmingham at 6.15, Warwick 6.50, Leamington 7.0, Banbury 7.40, and Oxford at 8.15, or on Wednesday moruing from the same stations (Oxford excepted), at the following times :—Birmingham 6.15 a.m., Warwick 6.50, Leamington 7.0, and Banbury 7.40. Fares there and back, Oxford, 6s. and as. 6d. ' • Banbury, 7s. and 4 s. Gd. ; Leaming ton or Warwick, 10 s. 6 d. and6a , and Birmingham, 12s. and 7s. No Luggage allowed. Tickets may be previously obtained at the Pad. dington Station. at 27, Kipg-street, Cheapside; 269, Strand; 63, Bridge-road, Lambeth, and 351, Oxford-street. OXFORD, WORCESTER, and WOLVER HAMPTON RAILWAY. —Passengers are Booked and con veyed throughout, without break of gauge or change of carriage, be tween Euston Station, London, and ,tations on the Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton Railway, by the following Trains: — WEEK DAYS.—DOWN TRAINS. Ordinary Express Ordinary Express Ist and 3d Ist and 2d Ist and 2d Ist and 2d Class. Class. Class. Class. -- ---- ---- A. M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Leave London •• •• .. 6.15 9.30 1.45 5.15 P.M. Arrive at Worcester • • 11. 0 1. 5 6.55 9. 0 Kidderminster 11.35 1.38 7.80 9.33 Stourbridge - 11.55 1.50 7.50 9.43 NOON. Dudley ••• • .. 12.20 2. 5 8.15 10. 0 WEEK DAYS.-UP TRAINS. Express Ordinary Ordinary Express Ist and 2d ist and 3d Ist and 2d Ist and Id Class. Class. ,Class. Class. --- -- -- ------ A M. A.M. A M. P.M. Leave Dudley.. • • 6.30 8.30 10.25 4.40 Stou.->ridge.... 6 . 45 8.50 10.45 4.55 Kidderminster.. 6.53 . 9.10 11. 0 5. 8 NOON. Worcester .... 7.20 9.55 12. 0 5.45 P.M. P.M. Arrive at London •• .. 11.20 3.15 5.15 9.15 --- THE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, August 4, 1854.—The magnlflceat screw steamship " CAL CUTTA," 1,800 tons, Captain J. GOODALL, another of tho fine fleet belonging to the General Screw Steam Shipping Company, will be despatched with her Majesty's Malls for Adelaide, Port-Philip, and gydn , y, on the 4th August next. This fine vessel has maintained her high reputation for rapid sa , ling and punctuality, and is a sister ship to the " Argo." which has made the quickest v .gage to and from Australia up to this time. The Calcuttahas been employed carrying the Mails to and from England and Calcutta, and from,her superior sailing and steaming qualities, it may be fairly assumed that she will make the run in 60 days. Rates of Passage from 30 to 100 guineas. She will be followed, on the 4th of October, by the Clams, of 2,500 tons. Full particulars as to Freight and Passage Money at the Com pany's Offices, t 7 Cannon -street, City. STEAM TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. In compliance with numerous applications from persons de siring to proceed to the Cape of Gooll Hope, the Directors of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company have determined to de ,patch their Steam ship " CAVE OF GOOD HOPE" to TABLE B iY, on the 7th of July next. The "Cape of Good Hope," 11. D. 3xwsoN, Commander, has just returned from a most successful voyage to Constantinople with passengers and general cargo, is 700 tons lutrthen, and 100 horse-pow , r Built by Messrs. Mare & Co., A Blackwall, and an extremely fast shin. Her accommodations for passengers are little if at all inferior to this Company's first-class steam ships so well known OR the Cape and Calcutta line. The rates of passage money are,---First Class, 60 and 65 Guineas each; Second Class 35 to 45 Guineas each. The ship will load and sail from South ampton. As her capacity for passengers and freight is limited, early application should be made to the Company's Offices, 27, Cannon street, City. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Yestetday the 20 day's notice required to be given by the Court of Admiralty expired with reference to the Russian ship Emilie, of which Gabriel Lundholm was master, taken a prize by her Majesty's steamer Bulldog, and she will forthwith be sold for the benefit of her captors. AU the Russian prisoners brought from time to time on board the Crocodile receiving-ship, lying off the Tower, having signed their parole, have been released, and have obtained employment in the British merchant service, except two, who still remain on board. A mail for the British squadron in the White Sea will be made up and forwarded, via Hull and Christiansand, from the General Post•office to-morrow. Officers' let ters will be liable to a postage of is. the half-ounce, and so on ; seamen's letters will be charged 9d. the half-ounce. The postage must be paid in advance. The Locust and the Lacosse, French war steamer, ar rived yesterday in the Downs, on their way to join the fleets in the Baltic. Inquiries have been instituted for the French Govern ment to ascertain the practicability of supplying the camp at St. Omer with live stock from Ireland. Large quantities of oats have been purchased in the London market for the French cavalry. The King of Portugal is expected to visit Portsmouth dockyard this day, accompanied by his brother, the Duke of Oporto, and suite. The Admiralty have issued orders for every mark ofrespect a crowned monarch can receive to be paid his Majesty. Her Majesty's brig Mariner, 12, Commander John stone, sailed from Plymouth on Monday. The crew of the Indefatigable, 50, Captain Hope, flag of Rear-Admiral Hope Johnstone, at Plymouth, has got up topmasts and topmast crosatrees. She is in a for ward state, and many men are entering. Captain Superintendent William Sandom, Royal William, Victualing-yard, Plymouth, has advertised for tenders for supplying that establishment with 2,500 qrs. of wheat, 100 qrs. of peas, 100 barrels, 100 hall-hogs heads, tight casks, and 950 barrels , 600 half-hogsheads, dry-casks, The Assistant-Surgeon of the Vulcan is in medical charge of the Apollo, vice Dr. Squire, sent to Malta Hospital for an injury he sustained by a fall. Dr. Rees, Deputy Medical Inspector, was at Constan tinople on the 10th, on a tour of inspection of the sick quarters at Therapia, the executive superintendence of which establishment is now transferred from Vice-Ad miral Dundas to Rear-Admiral Boxer. Mr. Dinnen, inspector of machinery afloat has been at Constantinople for some days (says a letter of the 10th) superintending at the factory of the arsenal the repairs of defectssent from the steamers in the Black Sea fleet. A serious altercation took place on the Bth at Con stantinople between some liberty men of the Sidon and some Austrians in a wine shop. In the melee two of the Sidon's men were stabbed (one in the side and one in the neck), but both,, we are glad to add, were "more frightened than hurt." The cowards who inflicted the wounds escaped, but some Guardsmen who happened to be present left unmistakable impressions of their fists upon their countenances. The Bellerophon, 78, is at Varna, superintending the disembarkation of troops. Mr. Innes, acting clerk at Malta Dockyard, has been sent to Constantinople to do duty in the office of the naval storekeeper, at a salary of 2001. per annum. Rear-Admiral Boxer's flag is flying on board the Cyclops until the arrival of the Harpy. The prisoners of war who arrived at Constantinople in the Sidon have been transferred to the Magnra. The captain and officers of the Danish corvette Val kyrien (in number about 40) inspected the dockyard at Portsmouth yesterday. The following appointments have been made : Captain Henry D. Trotter (1835), who formerly com manded an expedition to the Niger, is promoted to be Commodoi•e-of the see )nd class, and to command the Seringapatam at the Cape of Good Hope, where he will hoist his broad pendant as Commander-in-Chief at that station, _ _ _ Lieutenants--Robert H. Burton (1849) to the Ma lacca, at Chatham ; E. A. T weedale (1854), to the Ma lacca. Paymasters—William Pinhorn (1836), to the Royal Albert, 131, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness ; William Morgan (1841), to the Algiers, 91, screw steam-ship, for service with the Baltic fleet ; Robert G. Webber (1851), to•tho Malacca. Yesterday the directors of the East India Company gave notice at Lloyd's that a vessel was required to convey troops from the Thames to Calcutta some time between the 23d of July and the 24th of August. The Tonning, hired screw steam-transport, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, and went into harbour in readi ness to embark troops again for Turkey. The Portsmouth division of Royal Marines, under Colonel-Commandant Menzies, K.H. , Aide-de- Camp to the Queen, underwent the annual official inspection on Tuesday at Forton, near Gosport, by Major-General Simpson, attended by Colonel Owen, Deputy-Adjutant- General of the Royal Marine forces. The corps being drained of nearly all its effective men, there was but a skeleton division to inspect, but it passed muster very satisfactorily. The artillery companies of the corps, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Phillips, were inspected by the same officers yesterday at their head quarter barracks, Portsmouth, and also In great gunnery practice at the Fire-barn on Southsea-common. These also went through their drills and gunnery evolutions highly to the credit of this important arm of the service and to the gratification of the inspecting officers. The practice seawards from the guns mounted on Fort Cum berland will take place in presence of the inspecting Generals to-morrow. They were sumptuously enter tained on Tuesday evening by the Commandant and officers of the divisional companies at Forton, and by the Commandant and officers of the artillery companies last night. Two troops of the Ist (King's) Dragoon Guards em barked at the North-wall, Dublin, on Tuesday evening, in the Royal William, one of the City of Dublin Com• pany's steamers, en route to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, there to be stationed. A. squadron of the Scots Greys arrived in Dublin on Tuesday, and occupy quarters in Portobello and Island bridge barracks. A. draught of 30 volunteers from the depot of the 2d Regiment, at Athlone, arrived in Dublin yesterday, en route to join the 77th Regiment. Dublin garrison—until recently the most formidable in the United Kingdom—is now reduced to three regiments of infantry—namely, the 21st, the 60th, and the 90th ; and two regiments of cavalry, the Ist and 3d Dragoon Guards, together with a troop of Horse Artillery and a field battery. Hitherto there were six regiments of in fantry and three of cavalry. The weekly field-days in the Phcenix-park are now greatly shorn of their old at tractions, especially to strangers visiting the Irish capi tal, to whom a " sham fight" on the Fifteen Acres formed au agreeable novelty. W. T. A utiOCK By order, MR. MECHI'S DRESSING BAGS, of an entirely novel construction, as Exhibited and Sold at the Crystal Palace, combine all the advantages of an ordinary desk and dressing case, with numerous ether conveniences for apparel, and are varied in cost to suit the economie, the utilitarian, or the luxuri ous ; either for ladies or gentlemen. 4, Lead,nhall-street, June 20. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, ADLINGTON. against CHIP PINDALE, the Creditors of EDWARD HASTING-', late of No. 63, Upper Norten.street, Fitzroy-square, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, - who die , l in or about the month of July, 1853, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 15th day of July, 1854, to come in and prove their Debts, at the Chambers of the Vice• Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kinderaley, No. 15, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn, Middle sex; or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Wednesday, the 19th day of July. 1854. at 12 o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the Claims. Dated this 16th day of June, 1854. FREDC. ERS. EDWARDS, Chief Clerk. RICHD. HAYNES, Plaintiff's Solicitor, 2, hunter-zquare, Brunswick-square. VACANT GROUND NEAR ST. PAUL'S.—On Monday and Tuesday the committee appointed by the Institute of British Architects, consisting of Sir Charles Barry, Messrs. Donaldson, Angell, Penrose, Stoles Nelson, and most of the leading architects, headed by the chair man of the committee, Mr. Tite, had interviews with Sir W. Molesworth and Lord Palmerston, in order to solicit the support of the Government to this most desirable improvement. The proposal for leaving open this land met with the most decided approval of both the Minis ters, who promised their cordial support, as well on the grounds of public convenience and health as on the ar tistic groutuls which are now so distinctly felt and acknowledged by every one who has seen the cathedral from this spot. The authorities of the cathedral are willing to co-operate in this movement and in a large, scheme of improvement in that neighbourhood. It ap pears that the Commissioners of Sewers and the Corpo ration have arranged for continuing Aldersgate-street southwards, so as to set back the whole eastern end of Cheapside as soon as the leases of the two houses stand ing there have run out, and a plan was submitted to Lord Palmerston by which this communication was pro posed to be carried to a new bridge (on a site often sug. gested) at the bottom of Old Change, by which a great communication across the city from north to south would be effected, and the whole east end and south side of St. Paul's completely thrown open. It has been sug gested by some members of the corporation that the means of effecting a considerable part of these improve ments might be found by continuing the coal-tax for ono year after 1862, at which time it expires. That tax, of is. ld. per ton, produces now about 180,0001. per an num ; of which the proportion arising from 9d. per ton is paid to the Government and the Commissioners of Woods and Forests for Improvements in other parts of the metropolis, and the remaining 4d. is reserved to the corporation for the improvement of New Cannon-street. [ADVERTISEMENT.} -Du Barry's Delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariablyrestores health, without medicine, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves 50 times its cost in , other remedies. We extract a few out of 50,000 testi monials of cures, which had resisted all medicines. Cure No. 180.—" Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation,. indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's food in a very s h or t time.—W. B. Reeve, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." Cure No. 4,208. —".Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms and nausea, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time.—Eov. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk.' Cure No. 1,784—" Not expected to live six days longer. I WEJI, cured by Du Barry's' admirable food. —Mag da l ena Purvis, Moffatt, Scotland." Cure No. 51,416. —" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomitings, have been removed b L y i D ng u , n ß ea a r rry D ' i s s3, ex N c o e r ll f e o n lk t .,, Fo c od ur .— e M No ar . ia 3,9 J o o o l . l — Y, nrhtiirtmeen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Focd._James Potter, Athol-street, Perth." , C ur e No. 81.—" Twenty years' liver complaint, with disorders of the stomach and nerves, have been perfectly cured by Du. Barry's Revalenta Arabica.— Andrew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian." " Trevagler , Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.—Eighteen years' n ervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, throb bing of the temples, violent pains in the left side and back, shortness of breath, coughs, numbness of the extremities, cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and such general weakness, that I was constantly fearful of falling when on my legs ; all these symptoms have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. —Mary Gilbert."—ln canisters suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions —llb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, lib., 6S. ; 21b., lls. ; 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carr i ag e free, on post office order. Barry du Barry and ' Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Pi c . cadilly ; also at 68, Cornhill; 60, Gra,cechgrch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand, 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 55, Charing-cross ; 4, Cheapside. HIE BALTIC FLEET. MILITIA. AND YEOMANRY, The different divisions of the enrolled out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital resident in Londonderry and other parts of the north of Ireland are now out for their annual drill, which will-terminate on the 28th inst. Lieuten ant-Colonel Tulloch, the superintendent of the enrolled pensioners, is now on a tour of inspection, and will visit the different divisions before they are dismissed. The West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry completed t heir drill at Maidstone on Monday, when the regiment was inspected and put through a number of evolutions, the whole which were well accomplished. Previous to being dismissed a number of silver cups were awarded as prizes for superior swordsmanship. The Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry assembled on the 10th inst. at Wrexham, and were, after eight days' drill, dismissed on Saturday, the 17th inst. Major Unett, attended by Lieutenant Slade, both of the 3d Light Dragoons, inspected the corps on Friday, the 16th, and expressed himself quite satisfied with its effi ciency. The regiment is in hopes of receiving orders for barrack duty, to enable it to become thoroughly ac quainted with military duties. The Norfolk Artillery having completed their 56 days training at Great Yarmouth have been dismissed to their homes. During the past week gun practice has been carried on from the 24-pounders mounted on the South Denes Battery, at a range of 1,260 yards, at a target moored in the roads. From the very excellent practice made (the target, although 'only a small object, having been struck several times) it cannot be doubted that these volunteers would perform good service to their country in the event of their being called upon to render it. Previous to dis missal prizes were awarded to those who had made the greatest progress in the several drills, and in a verrflat tering letter from the Mayor to Lord Hastings (the noble commandant) the magistrates of the borough have presented the thanks of the town to the corps, for the orderly and soldierlike behaviour evinced during their two months' stay. The 4th Middlesex Militia completed their ten days extra drill on Tuesday at Hounslow. Previous to being dismissed nearly the entire regiment volunteered to be embodied. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. —Yesterday, which was a shil ling day, the number of persons who paid for admission at the doors was 11,252 ; those admitted by season tickets-were 1,356, making in all 12,608. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW.—The annual meeting of this society was held yes terday, and was unusually well attended. Lord Brougham presided, and amongst those present were Lord Beau mont, Mr. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. Commissioner Fane, Mr. Commissioner Hill, Ste. The report of the committee, after congratulating the society on the progress made by the question of law reform dur ing a year of great public excitement, proceeded to enumerate the subjects which had chiefly occupied their attention since the last annual meeting, viz., the changes in the ecclesiastical courts, the reformation of juvenile offenders, the assimilation of commercial laws, the com mission on the inns of court, and the appointment of a pliblic prosecutor. The report was unanimously adopted, as were also two resolutions founded thereon, and the proceedings terminated with a vot e of t h anks to the r president. Our letters from the Baltic fleet show its constant activity, and yet the Tory Mrs. Gamp—with toothless virulence—abuses Sir Charles Napier ;—nominally be cause he has not yet battered down Helsingfors ' but really because he is not only a brave and praetical sea man but a Radical Reformer also. It was a complaint sometimes made by Nelson, and often by Wellington, that people at home (generally political foes) were always expecting victories. No sooner was one gained than they began to reckon how soon there might be another. They seemed to think that great sea-fights and Peninsular battles might be brought on any day, at the will of the commanders—forgetting that between allies, and foes, the season and weather, and the having to repair ships, and feed men, and transport armies, and wait for a wind, and so fcrth, there must be much preparation for any conflict of importance, and a considerable interval be tween any two. It was when the prompt spirit of Bonaparte, ex hibited at the cost of every nation on the Continent, had communicated itself to all Europe, that the "igno rant impatience" of enemies at home began to give most trouble to our champions abroad. If Bonaparte, pro ceeding on a new principle of attack, was enough to spoil the world's patience on land, Nelson was no less so at sea. Never in a hurry—able in critical moments to seal a letter in due form and order, and to eat his dinner in leisure and comfort, that his officers might do the same—his promptitude was, to say the least, as marvel lous as that of Bonaparte. Being always ready, ho had no occasion to stop, even for a different time of day. A fair wind was, in those days, the main condition of action of any sort at sea : and when Nelson saw the topmasts of the enemy, on he went and took or sunk them, mar shalling his force, distributing his orders, and seeing that his people ate their breakfast or their dinner by the way. Yet this promptest of commanders had to leave the nation waiting for news so long—occasionally for so many months at a time—that they grew disheartened, and he vexed with them, and the elements, and the enemy ; and lastly with himself for being vexed. It may be feared that as Bonaparte's speedy ways taught people to expect unrea sonably from their own generals, the improvements in the sciences and arts within the period of the peace may have made us yet more exacting in our imaginations of what our Napiers and Raglans may be expected to do. When the Baltic fleet was going out, a saying was invented for Sir Charles Napier, which shows how far some of his countrymen then were from appreciating his position. He was reported to have said that he should take Cronstadt first, and be in St. Petersburg in a month—the ice being then more than a month from its first appearance of breaking. Now, of all the per sons concerned, Admiral Napier is the one most certain not to be guilty of unnecessary delay. Such apprehen sion as there was about him was all the other way. It was feared that his headlong courage would lead him into rashness ; yet there he is still, ready, active, quiet, well-prepared, about to do great things, we all believe, but detained thus far by hindrances that had not been duly anticipated. Leaving the land expeditions to work out their own justification, we may profitably remind one another what the delays were that our fathers were obliged to have patience with, in the intervals of the great battles of our history. Like Admiral Napier, Nelson put to sea before the declaration of war was made, titer the peace of Amiens. Like Napier, be went forth without any doubt that the state of war wbuld soon be clear enough. He went to the Mediterranean as Napier went to the Bal tic, to catch the enemy's fleet as it came out of harbour. Unlike Napier, he had no means of locomotion but the wind ; and no projectiles that gave him power over an adversary but one that was face to face with him, within what we should now consider very short range. How long did he wait off that harbour of Toulon Fourteen months ; and from May to August twelve mouths he never left his ship but three times ; and then on busi ness, returning within the hour. The Corporation of London, trying to be patient, complimented him on his blockade of Toulon ; and then he was really angry—to be supposed by Landon itself to be blockading, when the whole desire of his heart was that the hostile fleet would come out. He wrote back that he was not blockading Toulon, but " quite the reverse." His ships began to break up under the storms of the Mediter ranean, and his health under, the suspense. When the enemy did get out, it was under cover of a fog, in the middle of January, and Nelson missed them. He hunted them in vain, and could neither see nor hear anything of them ; and in March they slipped through the Straits, and were off into the wide ocean. Now it may be as well to ask ourselves how we should bear 14 months of expectation, and failure at the end of the sixteenth month. Such a course of events is impossible now ; but is it impossible that we may have a lower stock of patience than is wanted for our shorter needs t Let us see, then, what followed. While north-east winds were carrying the enemy where they wanted to go in the Atlantic, westerly winds within the Straits kept Nelson a chafing prisoner till May. When he got out the French and Spanish fleets had joined, and were terrifying our West India Colo nies. For weary months he chased and explored, over all the broad and narrow seas where the enemy could go, and not an inch of their masts could he see, and not a reliable word of their whereabouts could he hear. Half broken hearted he went to his own house in Eng land to rest. Then came the news that the hostile fleet had certainly got into Cadiz ; and forth he went again —this time solacing himself (for thus it really was) by carrying his coffin. He was resolved to exclude the idea of further suspense. A brother officer had given him this coffin, made out of the mainmast of the Orient, which went down at the battle of the Nile. Excluding the idea of suspense, Nelson had its history engraved on the plate, saying that he should soon want it. He meant to go into action ; and he knew that he was the mark for every French gunner and marine that could get a sight of him. His departure cheered his heart. The unbounded enthusiasm of the people who saw him off proved that they could bear sus pense without quarrelling with him for it. He was going to give them a victory at last. His promptitude insured the opportunity. An American at Cadiz assured the French Admiral that Nelson could not possibly be with the fleet, as he was certainly in London streets a few days before. If the American had got to Cadiz, so had Nelson got within sight of it. Even now there were delays and suspenses from want of frigates, and consequent uncertainty what the enemy were about. Nelson encouraged his tars to act plays and have fun the evenings, while he kept his cares to himself. It was a month before the moment came at last ; and how many months before anything could be really said to have been achieved, except the taking of two ships in the Atlantic by Sir Robert Calder ! The delay had been too long for Nelson's elasticity of spirit. While calm and cheerful, he did not manifest the old exhilaration in the prospect of action. At Trafalgar, as now in the Baltic, the enemy had a good harbour in their rear; and then, as now, a chief danger of the British was from rocks and shoals. Here the parallel ends. Nelson felt him self more equally matched, as to both skill and bravery, than he had ever been before ; and the foe were men who had a country and were fighting for it, as citizens and not as slaves. However many ships the Czar may now count in the Baltic, his material preparations are certainly very inferior ; and his serf-sailors can assuredly be no match for the mariners of England and of France. This, however, is not the topic of the moment. What we would say is, that anything in the way of suspense that we have yet experienced is a mere trifle compared with what our fathers bore—not for weeks only, but months and years. And with that suspense ended the war, as far as naval conflict was concerned, a consummation very likely indeed to be repeated. Preparations so careful and patient on the part of a Napier—of an embudiinent of energy—justify such a hope. Whatever may be his next great act, it will be some thing to make us ashamed if we have been fancying meantime that we could have taken St. Petersburg in a month from Portsmouth without waiting for ou.. ally, or a thaw, or other needful condition. It is true the sum mer is short in the Baltic. It is true, we all believe the Gulf of Finland to be the great battle-field in this war. But these true things ate in our Baltic Admiral's mind as well as ours, and no doubt much deeper down in his heart. He has gone about his duty in his own way— which is action, after preparation : and we must see to ours—which is patience and generous trust, after having chosen our commander well. Let, therefore, the tooth less virulence of the Tory slanderer be stilled.—Doily News. PRIVATE AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS, The Banker's Magazine furnishes the returns of circu lation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 13th of May, 1854, and gives the following as the average weekly cir culation of those banks during the past month, viz. : Private banks ............................. . ...... . £3,950,026 Joint-stock banks 3,135,188 Average weekly circulation £7,085,214 On comparing the above with the returns for the pre ceding month, ending the 15th of April last, it shows — An increase in the circulation of the private £45,5T -- banks of A decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock backs of Increase on the month £27,611 and, as compared with the return for the corresponding period of last year, viz., May 14th, 1853, it shows — An increase in the circulation of the private £335 02 banks of A decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock 445 banks of Increase on the year ..................... £38,056 On comparing the above with the arnounts of the fixed issues, the following appears to be the co mps.rative state of the circulation : The private banks are below their fixed issues... 2657,429 The joint-stock banks are below their fixed issues 190,669 Total below their fixed issues ...... 818,098 JOINT STOCK BANKEL—The whole of the London Joint-stock Banks are now participating in the arrange ments of the Clearing-house system, with the exception of the Royal British Bank. The latter establishment has also made application for the purpose, and will be ad mitted in a few days. The quarterly general Court of Directors of the East India Company was held at the house, Leadenhall street, yesterday, Major Oliphant in the chair. After the minutes of the last meeting had been read and confirmed, The CHAIRMAN announced that certain accounts and papers which had been presented to Parliament had been laid before the court. He also announced that the byelaws as amended would be laid upon the proprie tors table, and submitted to thein for confirmation at the nest quarterly meeting. • THE MUTINY OF THE LIGHT CAVALRY OF MADRAS. Mr. LEwIN again' brought before the "conrt'the cie cumstances connected with the milting of the 6th Light Cavalry at Madras; which took plaoe between thirty and forty years ago. Having detailed the facts at con siderable length, he moved ; "That the time is now ar rived for taking into consideration the sufferings or - the military who were punished on the ground of a mutiny of the 6th Light Cavalry of Madras. Mr. JONES, who declared that he never heard of the. matter before, said he would second the motion rather than allow the subject to drop. (Laughter.) The CHAIRMAN said that none of the parties referred to in the motion were now suffering any penalty. It was true that the sentence of death had been passed on two of the parties, but they were tried and sentenced by a court-martial, and he had the highest authority for saying that the proceedings were regular and. proper. With regard to the officers who were dismissed, their families were now in the enjoyment of pensions. He did not see the necessity of again taking into considera tion a matter which had been fully disposed of. (Hear.) The motion was then put and negatived. ADMINISTRATION OF SIR O. NAPIER IN BOINDE. Mr. LEwns . moved that the Court of Directors do lay before the proprietors the several reports of Mr. Pribglet Sir George Clerk, and Mr. Frere, tending to explain the administration of the late lamented Sir Charles Napier in Scinde. He considered the production of those papers necessary for the vindication of the character of Sir C. Napier from the attacks of the Duke of Wellington, who was capable of any injustice. (Oh, oh.) It was the general opinion throughout the army that the Duke of Wellington was one of the most unjust men that ever lived. (Loud expression of dissent.) A PROPRIETOR seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN expressed his deep regret that such observations should have been made to the Court. (Cheers.) With respect to the motion, all he could say was, that the directors were desirous of giving every in formation that could be required for the purpose sug gested by the hon. proprietor. The correspondence, however, was so voluminous, that he trusted the hon. proprietor would specify what papers he required. He saw no real reason for the production of the papers, and he did not believe they would bear out the impression of the hon. proprietor. A PROPRIETOR said that the friends of Sir Charles Napier were very desirous that every paper should be produced which could have a tendency to vindicate his administration in Scinde. The CHAIRMAN said, if the hon. proprietor would give the names of the papers which he required, with their dates, he would take. care they should be produced if they had been laid before Parliament. He could not promise the production of any , others. The motion was then put and negatived. CASE OF MR. LE GEYT. Mr. HELPS moved that the Court of Directors be re• quested to reconsider its decision with respect to the case of Mr. Le Geyt. The hon. proprietor was proceeding to state the circumstances, when Mr. CLARKE rose and said that the family of Mr. Le Geyt did not wish to have the discussion r e-opened, and he trusted that after such an intimation no hon. pro prietor would have the bad taste to persevere with it. Mr. HELPS believed he should exercise a sound dis cretion in proceeding with the matter, and then went into a detail of the circumstances connected with the .dis missal of Mr. Le Geyt from his office of judge in Bom bay, but as they have been so often brought before the public, any further statement is quite unnecessary. Mr. LEWIN seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN said it was most painful for him to say anything on the subject, and he regretted that the matter had not been allowed to rest, The question was whe ther Mr. Le Geyt did or did not bring discredit on the court with which he was connected, .and the adminis tration of justice in India. The GovernMent of India decided on his removal from the bench, and the court of directors having taken the case into consideration, and gone minutely int:) all the circumstances, came to the conclusion that it was not for the interests of the ser vice, or consistent with justice to the individuals, to re verse the decisien. He thought it would be much better to leave the matter in the hands of the directors. Colonel SYKes, as a friend of Mr. Le Geyt; expressed his concurrence in the remarks of the chairman, and trusted that his suggestion would be acceded to. Mr. HELPS said he had no objection to withdraw his motion, but Mr. LEwIN refused his consent. The question was then put and negatived. MEDICAL SERVICE IN INDIA. Dr. BURNES (late Physician-General at Bombay) in quired whether any means had been taken to remedy the injury done to the medical service in India under the re gulations of UM, by placing them on a different footing from the military ? The CHAIRMAN could not admit that any injury had been done ; but, in answer to the question, begged to• say that no alteration was intended to be made in the regulations, and that they were applicable to the medical service as well as, to the military service. INDIAN RAILWAYS. Mr. SULLIVAN inquired whether it was true that the East India Company had granted a loan of money to the East India Railway Company for five years, on a gurrantee of 41 per cent. 7 The CHAIRMAN said the railway company had found some difficulty in raising money in consequence of the state of the money 'market, and therefore the directors had agreed to make an advance of 1,000,0001. at 41 per cent , to be red9emed at the end of five years rather than allow the construction of the railway to be delayed. Dr. BURNES then brought under the consideration of the directors the claims of the medical service to be restored to an equality of pension with the mili tary, and moved a resolution, requesting the directors to consider the pension rules for medical service. The motion, not being seconded, fell to the ground, and the Court then broke up, MORE LOSSES BY FIRE AT SEA.-THREE SIIIPS DESTROYED. Since the announcement of the sad burning of the Europa, transport ship, three other losses of valuable ships by fire have been made known at Lloyd's, and which, thct•e cau be no doubt, were occasioned from the same cause — spontaneous combustion. The following are the par- ticulars : The ship John Cooper, 660 tons barthen, Captain G kison, master and owner, belonging to Glasgow, was totally destroyed by fire at sea, on the night of the 21st of April last, off the Cape of Good Hope. She was bound to London from Cochin, and was laden with a valuable cargo of oil, cotton, and other articles. On the evening of the 20th smoke was discovered issuing from the cargo. All hands set to work to ascertain the locality of the fire, by hauling upon dock some of the cargo, but were pre vented continuing their operation in consequence of smoke and heat, and shortly afterwards a body of flames buret from the main hatchway. In vain the crew endeavoured to extinguish the fire by throwing water into the hold, but to no purpose ; and the captain, perceiving that the I vessel was lost, ordered the boats to be launched, and with his crew, all of whom safely got into thorn, abandoned her. Within half an hour afterwards she was completely in flames, her masts having fallen over her sides. She con tinned burning several hours, when the wreck disappeared. Captain Gilkisou and his men were picked up the follow. jog day by the Hoppett, Captain Beaumgaidt, from Arra can, bound for Plymouth, which landed them at S t Helena on the Gth of last month. The ship and cargo were but partially insured. The next loss by fire was that of the ship Mary Sheppard, a new vessel, G 25 tons .burthen, bound to Shanghai, with a cargo of steam coal. She sailed from the Downs on the 22th of last October, and nothing appears to have transpired to alarm the crew until the 20th Feb. : the ship was then• making for the island of Catena ness, she having encountered very bad weather, a heavy Sell took her long boat out of the chocks, and stove in the deck, besides doing other damage. After the gale had toeda steam was seen ascending from the hatchws w_ strong smell of gas. By pouring water down for o. nearly week this somewhat ceased, but on the 23d_afbArepakiln", again became visible, and hourly increased. 0 „ down the main bulkhead, some of the beadmays wtheorehreoautnuant,oi be burned quite throa 0x gh. The t smo ke became so unbearable tha t vio theship was hove to, and s ioned, all ready insase the long-boat hoisted out andP of emergency. Tho moo contin ued to throw water down •in copious quantitie s, but s till the smoke gained instead of decreasin, . At eight o' distant about that nigh seven t the s mile sland The of St. S• E.s. cr ß erna rdtuno bore , other boats were then lowered, and all_ hands left th e s hi p, excep t Capt' an d his officers w c h a o p r t e ai m n at t n a e p d on ori th t e i n s par dock un til it almost fell in. olove d o ff, and the ship was abandoned. There were in the boats, besides the crew, several passengers, whose safety wore first secured before the men got in. Almost directly after the boats left, the sails, rigging, and masts were in flames, and in a few hours the ship was burned to the water's edge. The boats' craws were eventually picked up and conveyed to Manilla. The ship's loss is estimated at 16,0001. The third shipwreck by fire was the British brig Fanny of Sunderland, bound for New York. On the 30th of May, when about 12 miles off Madeira, she was found to be on fire, and, notwithstanding all the efforts of the crow, she became a total loss the crew escaping in the boats. The master, in his protest, , believes the fire to have arisen from spontaneous ignition of some bales of rags, which were stowed in the hold. _ ETON COLLEGE, Wednesday.—A. resignation arrived at the college yesterday evening from the Provost of King's College, Cambridge. The vacancy Bis ca wh used by the death of Bernard Win. Francis Drake, sq., ich took place on the 30th ult., at Funchal, Madeira. Mr. Henry F. Burnaby, K.S., now captain of the school, and eldest son of Mr. Burnaby, of Newark, Notts, will succeed to the vacant scholarship, and Mr. Shaw will be the new captain. EAST 17,966 %~~ : d /Z [PaicE SD. USE, 4 ~~'~ r ~ ~ RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Euston Station, to consider seven bills now pendiug in Parliament, in compliance with the standing orders of the House of Lords—the Marquis of Chandos in the chair. Mr. C. E. STEWART, the secretary, read the notice conven ing the meeting. The CIIAIRMAX said that since the notice was issued, the proceedings in Parliament had reduced the number of the bills he had to submit. Tho bill for leaping the Birkenhead, Lan cashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway, and for authorising traffic arrangements between the latter and the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, was rejected by Parliament ; also a bill to amalgamate the North Staffordshire Railway Company and the London and North-Western Railway Company and another bill for authorising traffic arrange ments between these two companies were also rejected. With regard to the North Staffordshire amalgamation bill, it was promoted for the benefit of both companies, as well as for the purpose of accommodating the public, and on that ac count he thought he should have been able to submit it for their approval. Although the bill was rejected by the com mittee of the House of Commons, the • directors saw no reason why the same friendly agreement should not be car ried out with the same advantage, the same spirit, and cor dial feeling as was intended under the amalgamation bill, had it passed. It was true that under the amalgama tion certain advantages would have arisen to the companies from a union of management and a saving of expense, which could not be obtained under a simple agreement. They were now left free to carry on the traffic of the two conipa ". 'es unfettered by any conditions or restrictions which would we been imposed had the amalgamation bill been granted. They were, therefore, in no worse position than they were bkie ,fore by the rejection of the bill. The same arrang•emerits would be made' with respect to the traffic and for the accom modation of the public as originally intended. Under the agreement with the North Staffordshire Company, the London and North-Western Company were bound to apply in three successive sessions of Parliament for the sanction of the Legislature to the Amalgamation or Traffic Arrangements Bill. It would, therefore, be his duty to submit the bill again to them in the next session. With regard to the bills he had to submit for their approval, the first was. a bill for authorizing the transfer to the London and North-Western Railway Company of the Hayden square .branch of the London and Blackwall Railway, and for.other purposes, and of which the short title is " Tho Lon don and North-Western Railway (Haydon-square) Act, 1854." The object of the bill was to enable the company to purchase a short branch line to Haydon-square, to deprive the Shrews bury and Birmingham Company of the use of the Stour Val ley Railway and New-street station at Birmingham on and after the Ist of January, 1855, in consequence of the union of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham with the Great Western Company. It also contained a clause to legalise the assurance scheme and superannuation fuud established for the officers of the company. The SECRETARY reader :head* et the:bill, from 'which it ap peared that the officers of the company subscribe towards the • fund 2 3 / 4 per cent. of their salaries, and the company a like amount; a committee of officers and a committee of director 111 manage the affairs of the society ; certain retiring allowances are provided after ten years. The bill also authorises the di rectors to provide hotel accommodation at Euston-square, and to acquire lands and houses for that purpose. After some observations from Mr. WrimAxs, Mr. GLYN, M.P., Mr. CROSSFIELD, Mr. HADFIELD, M.P., and other pro prietors, in respect to the superannuation funcl and the an. nual Parliamentary expenses, the resolution approving the bill was carried unanimously. In reply to questions respecting the proposed terms of amal gamation with the North Staffordshire Railway Company, it was stated that the traffic on the line justified the improved terms proposed to be given to that company—viz., 3 per cent. afterwards, with the option of allowing the proprietors in 1859 to become proprietors in the London and North- Western Railway Company at par. to the amount of their holding in the North Staffordshire Railway Company. • Mr. ittcaneo, M.P. ' chairman of the North Sta ff ordshire Railway, who sat at the board as a director, said that Messrs. Stephenson and Hope Scott, the arbitrators, had recom mended the modified terms ; and it was intended to carry out that arrangement fully between the two companies, and to make it as binding as they could. They would endeavour to make such an agreement as would tend to the harmonious working of the two lines. . The SECRETARY then read the heads of " A bill for deter mining the existing lease of the; Wcst London Railway to the London and North-Western Railway Company, and for enabling the last mentioned company and the West London Railway Company to enter into fresh arrangements for the. sale or lease of the undertaking of the West London Railway Company to the London and North-Western Railway Com pany, and for the settlement of all disputes between the said companies, and for other purposes." Mr. GLYNN stated that the object of the bill was to get rid ;ation, and to determine the amount to be paid for the lino. A resolution approving of the bill was carried unani mously. The CIIAIRMAN said the next bill he had to submit was " A bill for making a railway from the London and North- Western Railway, near Stockport, to Disley and Whaley bridge, all in the county of Chester, and for other purposes." The line was promoted by local parties, and would be con structed by them. The London and North-Western Com pany had no further interest in the undertaking than to work the traffic on it when completed. The powers wore permissive, and the working agreement would not take effect until approved by three-fifths of the shareholders present at a meeting specially convened for the purpose. Mr. HAtIFIELD objected to the measure, and said the lino would not pay its working expenses. He strongly protested against any further liabilities being entered into. In reply to questions, it was stated that the line was tobo worked for 50 per cent. of the gross receipts ; that it was 10 miles in length , and that the company could not refuse to work it under the circumstances. _ _ -- - A resolution, approving of the bill, was carried, after the withdrawal of opposition from Mr. Hadfield and three other proprietors. The SECRETARY read the heads of " A bill o reduce the capital i and define the undertaking of the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company." It web stated that axe shares of 201. each would be reduced by the bill to 61. 10s. each. A resolution, approving of the bill, was carried unanle mously. Tho CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question, stated that the notice in the circular of a call in July next on the 101. and 201. shares of the company was -given as a matter of precaution, but it was not intended to make that call. Should a call on those shares be required, the directors would give further and duo notice thereof to the proprietors. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. A special meeting of this comp any was held yesterday at the Bridge-house Hotel, London-bridge—Mr. S. Laing, M.P., in the chair. The CITIARMAN explained the object of the meeting, which was to authorise the directors to raise additional capital to the amount of 359,0701., partly by the creation of new shares and partly by loan. This would increase the capital of the company to 7,800,000/. Parliament had decided that the new capital should be raised on preference shares, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cont. per annum. In reply to Mr. Herapath, he said that the directors had no power to redeem the new preference shares, but he believed the gua rantee of 5 per cent, was not a matter of any great moment, having regard to the amount of the proposed stock and the present rate of dividend on the,ordinary stock. He though t it was not too much to say of the latter that it would be rather more than less than 5 per cent. in future. After some observations from Admiral Kelly, Mr. Mawds ley, and Mr. Herapath, a resolution authorising the directors to raise 252,0001. on 5 per cent, preference shares and 107,0701. on loan was unanimously adopted. The meeting then separatei. SHROPSHIRE UNION. - - - A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at Shrewsbury, to consider a bill now before Parliament. The Earl of Fowls presided. The CHAIRMAN said, they were met, in pursuance of the standing order of the House of Lords, to give their approval to the bill before Parliament for reducing the capital of the company, after its passage through the House of Commons. The Solicitor, (Mr. Barnwell) read the marginal notes of the bill, the object of which is to reduce the capital from 201. per r share to 6/. 10s., the amou nt already paid up, to alter scale of voting, and also to amend the existing acts relating to the company. Ou the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. TOOTAL, a formal resolution, approving of the bill, was agreed to nem, dis. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON RAILWAY BILLS. EASTERN COUNTIES (STATION ENLARGEMENT.) Sir J. DucawoaTu reported from the sub-committee on this (re-committed) bill that they had amended the preamble of it, by striking out so much thereof as relates to the proposed branch to the river Nene, the promoters of the bill being de sirous of abandoning the construction of such branch, and had made further amendments iu the bill. HORNCASTrIE AND NIRSSTSAD. Sir J. Ducawoara reported from the committee on this (re committed) bill that they had made further amendments thereunto. r. LESHCREEELWERSBrUe a O Y r teAaN fro lmE theF 0 s R u D b - ( c L o E m A ra S i l t N t eGe. ) that the object of A the bill i s to enable the company to lease their na no committee had examined the allegations dertaking. ' (P L O A W N E C R A S SII TO iII tE ' LL OR LEASE). SUN CTIOI4 con tained in the bill, and found the same t o o ri b t e su tru ni e ll BI L N A Ii scE7LEE reported from the committee that they had Bi 3 l.l f li r. examined the allegations contained in the preamble of the bill, but the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. STOCKPORT, DISLEY, AND WHALEY-BRIDGE. Mr. INGHAM reported from th e su b- co mmittee that the pro posed capital of th e company is 150,0001., and the amount of loan 50,0001, The 41 shareholders who may be considered as having a local interest in the line have subscribed 59,3601., and the amount subscribed by 20 other parties being share holders is 54,3001. The length of the line is 10 miles 6i chains, and the cheapest gradient on it is 1 in 60. There is one tunnel on the line 40 yards in length, 28 feet in breadth, and 20 feet in height. It is intended to cross on the level one road. The estimated cost of the railway is 150,0001., and the quantity of land required 92i acres. The committee aro satisfied of the fitness in an engineering point of view of the proposed railway. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK, YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND, AND LEEDS NORTHERN COMPANY'S AMAL GAMATION. Mr. DIVETT reported from the sub-committee that the ob ject of the bdl is to dissolve the York and North Midland and Leeds Northern Railway Companies, and to vest their under takings iu the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Com pany, and to authorise such united company to make work ing arrangements with the Malton and Driffield Railway Cnite om. with such ud pany, and the amalgamation of that com p any company. The committee have decided to recommend the amalgamation of the undertakings AS above stated, in come. quence of the special circumstances of the case, it having been proved to the satisfaction of the committee, that material portions of the main line of one or other of the companies formed part of the original scheme for the railway, in the district, or were promo ted as essential to it. The, com mittee are of opinion that t he result of the amalgamation will be to promote economy of management, and afford still greater faci lities of communication to the public at large. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL WAY.—Tfaific retiuu for the week ending June 11,1854 -R17,487 13 • 9 Corresponding week last year 15,825 16 5 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY:— T/140 return fat the week ending June 1.8, 1851 • £4,874 13 11 Corresponding week last' year 5,159 15 5 Decrease in 1851 £2Bs 1 6 ! JOY 4 tine 16 tine 16 ~...'••• ,--• JNG' 112, at i of