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/ I - 4 and 5. Fares to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Carriage, Ninepence, Saloon and First (lass Carriage, One Shilling. To or from Black wall. Fore Cabin, Sixpence—Saloon, Ninepence. Star Office, Gravesend, Nov. 29, 1844. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The arratvements for the Christmas Holidays commence c 'n 'Monday, the 23d instant. One of the brilliant novelties is the : lIR OMATROPE, to wh ch may he added, Subjects in Nature and cart for the I'ROTEOSCOPE. Th e PHYSIOSCOPE. The first Ex ithition of ,a Series of beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. On the r:venings of Tuesdays and Thursdays Mr. C. E. 11011 lectures on the MUSE of DIFFERENT NATIONS. Dr. RYAN'S and Pro fesaor BACHHOFENER'S varied LECTURES daily. Dr. RYAN also Lectur es on t h e E ven i ngs o f M on d ay, W e d nes d a y, an d F r id a y. A11 11 ,,9 1 e8e Lectures abound in interesting Experiments. SURMA -I,;;`F% EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVING-BELL and The HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. Adwission, ls.; Schools, Half-price. Nevv Edition of the CATAT,O(II7F, containine Three Hundred additional Works of Art, &e.,since the last revisal, is just published Price IL tMPLOYMENT.—Persons havirg a little time Lend sare are ap tat Agents continue to be appointed on and country to prised wns, by h the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY in , or the sale of th e i r ce l e b ra t e d t eas . rli ceg• No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-streti T i l p on ...' e Y are packed in showy leaden canisters, front one ounce\ o a ~ With the price and weight marked on each packet, and but Anne trouble is occas i one d by th e sa l e . The license is only its. per i n °M and many during the last ntnetess years have realised con a'ernble incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss. Application to be rnsde (If by letter post-paid) as above. BRIGHTON and CIIICI-TESTER RAILWAY. PORTSMOUTH EXTENSION. Ch ichester is hereby given that the Directors of the Brighton and "lehester Railway Compary will ALLOT the SHARES in the Abov e undertaking on F RI DAY, the 27th inst., and that no applica " ft° n for Shares will be received aiter Twelve o'clock on that day. By order, FRED. OTLEY, Secretary. 4, Dean-street, Tooley-street, Dec. 21, 1844. IE CHEAPEST TALLOW CANDLES. Those who burn these are recommended to make one trial Whether PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES do not give so much 14ore light as to be in reality cheaper. i f T heY may be had of respectable dealers throughout the kingdom, c are be t a k en t o prevent any imitations being passed off as the • Mont Candles ; and the Trade may obtain them wholesale from n w ard Price and C o ., B e lmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and Co., award Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and Co., t street Clerkenwell . AWINTER OVER-COATS, WRAPPERS, Ac. TESSIIS. BURCH and LUCAS (late J. 4 rid Albert) respectfully invite gentlemen to view their new b t A fashionable assortment of PATENT and BEAUFORT VERS, FANCY VESTINGS, TROUSERINGS, &c., for 17'lleaPproaching season ; he style and cut of every garment are p . ar4 nteed equal to any of the first houses at the West.end, at u ; i ces in unison with the economy of the times, feeling confident at gentlemen who m a y d o th em th e h ono u r will be perfectly satis t ,: d wlth any garment that l eav es th e i r es t a blishment. A large as. trtnlent of Great Coats kept ready made in all the different and Os t approved forms agreeable to the prevailing taste ; being made. '':der the superintendence of the proprietors, they are enabled to r ' ak confidently as to their superiority over all garments of a slop e t e riPtion the which are entirely excluded from this establishment. 52 . KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, op. 7lte,the Statue. THE CHRISTMAS CHIMES. R . Oh! merry were the olden days when Christmas was at ::and, n e n peace and plenty smil'd around, and bless'd our happy land ! vh ! An glorious were indeed the scenes enacted at those times, b lythely welcom'd every heart—the merry Christmas Chimes! Ae - ° ,1 3 , and the ivy green around the halls were hung, holly Aconga of love and chivalry were oft by minstrels sung ; e titi'd great—the lowly poor—then festive met betimes, nd every bosom heard with joy—the merry Christmas ChimesT en ! love and laughter, joy and bliss, made up the festive scene, w he Youthful d anc 'd with li g htsome hearts beneath the evergreen; h A nd il q group'd around the aged sat, talk'd of the olden times, he counted too how oft they'd heard—the merry Christmas Chimes! P°or were fed, the naked cloth'd—and though we must confess, tv.little then of style and taste were shown in homely dress ; 1 or elifferent 'tis since " one" arose, the king of modern times, IlYarn's fame extends where ring—the merry Christmas Chimes Pr i :P nt hing, matchless in extent, In beauty and in shade, Th: ul elY now for Christmas time are gorgeously display'd ; Pir , if YOU would revive again the scenes of olden times, ti nY a suit of Hyam's Clothes—ere peal the Christmas Chimes ! 1/, ' f avours shown throughout the year, L. Hyam would express vatituAe and heartfelt thanks for all his great success ; 11 ° 11 1 ' 0 1dd see commerce far extend, restore the good old times, a ll should welccone once again—the merry Christmas Chimes! pris`: hser ve—All garments at this establishment are marked the krti:, i n Ptlin figures, from which no abatemen is made. Any exchan ed which is not approved of, or the money returned. ! iv g . tist h Ta i l r i ng and Outfitting Establishment, Pantech. ' e a. 36, AM, Graceehurch.street. l aglia • READY-MADE DEPARTMENT. Ci e m Isr Chesterfield coats, from .... ........... £0 g h 5- 1" or Waterford Riding ditto, from P • • Aibe arisian Envelope, from alp 110,,,, n 'Walking Coat, from a nd Youths' Tagliunis, or Chesterfields, fr0m...... 0 8 6 b itt Dress C oa t s, any co l our , f ro m bilto S urtout ditto, ditto, from . Black Trousers, from t xtt ; ditto Vest, from bit t , b Tw eed Trousers, from Ditto 'oekskin T rouse r s , from . 41 1 , Pa neY Vest , from ) 14 e ' n it, from )44a s r l, s e u it, from bi tt s Moleskin Trousers, f rom t'ltt°: ditto, very best quality, rule pocket, from ..... .••• 0 6 6 - "ats; from 4 111 , ~ BESPOKE DEPARTMENT. , , ...,'let, lm . °l' Chesterfield Coats, from 0 15 0 The Dan. °r Waterford Riding ditto, from 1 0 0 ; tll4 ' Z, La rt Envelpe, from 1 1 °) '' 1 ' 1 and 41 'ing Coa o t, from .. 1 10 0 n's 1j Uths' Taglionis anti Chesterfields, from Ol2 0 bitto re so Coats any colour 1 10 0 I) Urto • ' itt o ~ uts, ditto, from ... 1 10 0 Ditt o "oesk• itt o b , In Trousers, any pattern, from . ... Ditto"'ark dress Trousers , from IN ... 0 18 0 Fashionable Vests, in endless variety, from ....„. 0 7 0 4.,"' New Boek, entitled " The Age of Wonders," containing a s ailed List of Prices, Fashions, and Description of material f o r ti ) I,` Present season, can be had by applying to Mr. L. HYAM, kitechnetheca, 36, Gracechurch.street, London. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. ORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi tqo dentry recorainended as a simple, but certain remedy, to all phi from Indigestion, Sick Headach, Bilious and Liver Corn ,ts; they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, impart gaotrength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system, 1 0 „ . ,. 41 in bottles at Is. 1 or I Is., each, by W A. Wil -o'l4 and Co., late B. G. , Windus, 61, Bishopsgate ithout, nearly all Medicine Vendors. POST.OFFICE.—CAUTION. 1 1 RICE and CO., perfumers to her Majesty, 28, fat e Lornbard.street (late Price and Gosnell's, and formerly NJ , Butts, P r ic e , an d C o ' s .), by the recommendation of the Se. iti o ,P of the Post.o ffi ce, beg to " impress upon their Corre 440"ents the necessity of precision in the address of all letters in. 0 04 h e ' t f or them," thus—" Price and Co." (and not " Price and li'll 4 , ell --that'fi rm cease d to exist in 1831), as the only means of tp " I hR against the fraudulent conduct of individuals who take "°,l retain letters and orders intended for Price and Co., by il. °atlly assuming the firm of " Price and Gosnell," well knowing "e 1 never were in any way connected with that firm N e OTHERWISE THAN AS SERVANTS. Ilttl e ,„ a nd Co.'s Perfumery is so superior to any other, and in such Nb li 'demand, that many shopkeepers are basely deceiving the f~llby Bellinv, urious imitations. Price and Co. respect. tak e ' Lads and Gentlemen when they purchase not to Wii,.anY article without the protection label, front a design by Sir Pri es C a”greve, being affixed to it, with the signature of e tlou gl c Y ' l . 4 l Co. Lombard-street," in red ink, and " 28" conspi. Pr In its centre. te e and Co. are the sole Wholesale Agents for :L Pre DELCROIX'S KALYDOR, ifyi r- ri "eh cosm e ti c , surpass i ng a ll o thers for preserving and beau -1,141 . g the Compl e xi o n, prepared for the use of her most gracious kti e :i tY the Que and protecteden, and her Majesty the Queen Dowager, by es. c°haritand, by letters patent. Price 4e. 6d. apo DELCROIX'S MACASSAR. OIL, tht li e4 tinder the sanction of the " Lords of the Treasury," for th e 1 , - *. of her most gracious Majesty and their Royal Highnesses 4 5: 4 ° of Wales, the Princess Royal, &c., is also protected by , s t i t g t l Y-executed correct likenesses, in embossed medallions, is, ed. ' Najesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Price DELCROIX'S ODONTO. 11 0 7 e do not hesitate to recommend, from experience, DEL_ ,table's ODONTO, or the Queen's own Dentifrice, as the most h Means of purifying, preserving, and embellishing the • and Gums, hitherto offered to the Public."—Court Gazette. t i 'tf * : T he Bouquet Duke of York is the last new fashionable ' l4-e of the season 1844 ; but though the last, is net the l eas t t he r W , ec tion, a s it happily combines the preceding excellence if all *1 1141 41 b ouquets, with the delicate and delicious fragrance ef the gloss rose. Let him who is a true born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth It he suppose that I have pleaded truth— ' ke, Prom off this briar pluck a white rose with me. t tasr,;:'• Delcroix and Co., 158, New Bond-street, have pleasure ;he le e : n8 this their last bouquet of the season, and beg to inform o r th ei I btY and their Patrons that, during the recess, all orders gb -- et for unique cadeau" of a case containing the six royal bou. P• he,guinea comprising the bouquets de la Reine, d'Albert, • °f Wales, Du ' ice of York, Princesse Royale, and Princesse I be forw ar d e d t o an y p a rt of the country, carriage p a id. .:4; I.7re 1 the genetine, particelar attention is required in observing ,y1 . . 58 . New Bond-street, London, be upon each case and - " , ct b.. - u .,„`tle, as worthless counerfits, for the sake of pro fi t, are r uggists and Hairdress t ers e in town and country. Il• lep SHAVING A LUXURY. • for sha v i ne CO.'s RYP OneOPHAwill proveGON surp that asses every soap ever trial the luxury of a • °n eR e "P e oph av can be enjoyed only by those who use Price and C o .' s er, a gora which renders shaving (hitherto disagreeable and Pi. pri " . " .l ll) pleasant and easy. 4,• elr ed bY Price and CL, 2S, Lombard-street (late Price an d u l ), and sold by Delcroix and Co., 158, New Bond-street, " eak" e te else in London, price Ss. 6d per pot, Is. per square, t ~;"' for b oxes Is. 6cl. and 2s. 6d. r4 t:ll e kr . Price will have pleasure in presenting any brother d° hi,„ • w ith a squ are of the Rypophagon gratuitously, who m a y Itt e'et ." the honour of a *al? 'at Montpel r .ra etise, '2B, Loabard. THOMAS PROUT, 229, STRAND LONDON. Church Farm, Barton Stacey, near Andover, h 34, 1 Oct. 26, 1844. aye cannot help expressing my astonishment in the effect I T*Perieficed in taking your Pills for the Gout. I was taken t,,:ttior,daY night so severely with it as to be with difficulty abl e ; ' ,, 4 *itt i 4 t t is °r MY bed, and after I arose I had severe pains, followed Ur pl l1 — e i btlammation of the foot increasing. I took three of i i h l etw ar :. and withi n two hours I foun d t h e pa i n entirely cease. I 'Ok q rs. ', look tw o Pill s at a d ose, t w i ce i n th e d ay, an d I am, 'hi tt this morning aisle to walk without the slightest incon. f in ' a previous severe attack, very great relief. I h a d th e th 44, st h : ,, Y . "ceS and thighs so very severe at that time I thought I 4t time * - 1 h (bed and that it must have gone into my stomach at h our had resort to your Pills, and they relieved me ; within c i s I w as quite " easy. The use of these ought really to be ,-"ers ever the world. I have a brother, a young man, that orrib yoUr IY with it, and his greatest relief and preventive h as Pills. Make what use you please of my report. Sol Your's, truly and respectfully, 6 wILLIAM COURTNEY. pitk en '. Prout, c'.29, Strand, London ; and by his ap. Nted x - ..! , 3! all respectable Medicine Vendera throughout the Ask in g d orn• Price os 9d er box. 1 44, fur nL A , • • P e've th S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and e name and Address of ‘.Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, nd° , Do n ," - of the Gcunt ne - Pressed upon the Government stamp affixed to each __ G R AVESEND STAR PACKETS leave the i --artulswick Picr, Blackwall, at 11, 3, and 4 ; en Sundays at From 11 and 3. °in Terraci Pier, Gravesend, at 4,1, and 5 ; on Sundays at , /1.-- - ' -/ ~..... 71: fi C . MO : . _• , ::: - ' 4 . ' . ~ __. (Pk . ~ u sle ~. - • , ~,,, •:' - ir'sks: ~1,4-)., ~...,.. arc • It , ..„0,. , . - 'i'6 I, ..ft r • I .',- • . , f '.,,,-.,:. , ~,, v i , , , , ,„F`r•c•,'; ''',' a ..-: ..-- • • li k ''. - 411 4. I . ..k ''''l Hi i• ~ 4 ;:',1 iitt . . 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THE SIM' is Pishlisked EVERY :MORNING at .FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the :AFTERNOON TRAINN and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour, ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED zn ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONN CRARGE. CONQUEST OF SINDE. (From the Times.) The questions arising out of the conquest and an nexation of Sinde, which so deeply concern the past policy of the Government of India and the future in terests of the British empire, have recently been most fully and forcibly discussed, from private as well as public sources of information, by writers eminently qualified to give the strongest touches of light and shade to the matters they treat of, and to the personal considerations which they suggest. The remarkable pamphlet entitled " India and Lord El lenborough, to which we have called our readers' attention, as the most authentic record of the prin cipal charges of the East India Company against Lord Ellenborough, has been immediately followed by a more finished production of General William Napier, especially designed to clear the fame of his gallant relative in the East, and to rebut " the fac tious accusations made against a successful ge neral, in the hope of wounding through him the nob!eman under whose auspices he conquered a great and rich kingdom and relieved a numerous people from a miserable state of slavery." From the conflict of these two able and vigorous attacks on different parts of the same policy, a great deal of instruction may at least be derived. The pamphlet and the book are as different as Leadenhall-street and the Horse Guards : in the former the world may behold the modesty and up rightness of Lord Auckland contrasted with the incom petency and swaggering of Lord Ellenborough ; whilst the truthfulness, bravery, and vigour of Lord Ellen borough shine out in general Napier's pages as the only remedy " for the confusion, the terror, and the danger, necessarily flowing from the political immorality and astounding incapacity which had marked Lord Auck land's mischievous career." In one point alone do these sturdy disputants concur, and that unhappily is the main point of interest to the British nation—. namely, that at one time or another, and by one Governor-General of India or the other, the Ameers of Sinde were basely treated, and that by robbing them of their dominions we have taken up an onerous burden and a perilous task. We must be pardoned if, without any desire to disparage the exploits of the Governor of Sinde, or the style of the Governor of Guernsey, we have sometimes been unable to repress a smile at this grandiloquent memorial of the prowess of the Napier race. It is true we live in an incredu lous and prosaic age, which hardly does justice to contemporary achievements ; but there is a touch of the burlesque in comparisons, however just in them selves, between the Roman General Paulus, or Han nibal, or Alexander, and Sir Charles Napier; and we are not fully prepared to have the last overland mail from India done into the style of Tacitus. General :Copier's zeal in defending Lord Ellenborough ex tends almost to participation in that uncontrollable passion for fine writing which proved (amongst other things) fatal to the late Governor-General ; and though it is impossible not to feel the originality of his meta phors and the fire of his descriptions, which give to this book a most exciting interest, we are made some what uneasy by eloquence soaring so near the regions of bombast, and a purer taste would have expunged many of the General's most daring beauties. It is superfluous even for a military writer to assume in his compositions the trappings and the paces of a war. horse. NEW WORE BY MR. SERGEANT TAT,FOURD. Just published, in 2 vols. post Bvo., price 18s. cloth, VACA'T'ION' RAMBLES and THOUGHTS ; comprising the Recollections of Three Continental Tours, in the Vacations of 1841,_1842, and 1843. By MR. SERGEANT TALFOURD. Also, in 2 vols., Mrs. SHELLEY'S RAMBLES in GERMANY and ITALY, Edward Moxon, 44, Dover-street. TO ALL PERSONS IN SEARCH OF HEALTH THE FALLACY of the ORGANIC THEORY of DOCTORS ILLUSTRATED in a LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT, published at 368, Strand, five doors east of Exeter-hall, price 6d., or Is. per post. May he hat of Mr. Field, 65, Regent's quadrant ; Mr. Chappell, 84, Lombard-street ; and of all Booksellers and Newsmen. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GE NERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Adelaide.place, London bridge; 444, West Strand. 23 , Thistle-street, Edinburgh. Great Bridgewater-street, Manchester. Wason-buildings, and Mathew street, Liverpool. (Empowered by Act of Parliament.) The Company transact business in every department of Litt and Fire Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ACTUARY—J. T. Clement, Esq. At the last Quinquemfial Meeting there s‘ as added a bonus to the Life Pfylicies equal to 25 per cef.t. on the sums paid, and a bonus of live per cent. to the Shares in addition to the payment of the annual i tere.t. For the convenience of parties wishing to assure for a specific sum, without a prospective bonus, a new table at lowor rates has been calculated, on which, as well as on the participating scale, one. halt' the premium may remain on interest at 5 per cent. for five years, thus enabling a pers , ,n to assure his life for .£l,ooi on the im mediate payment of the premium for £5OO only. The following are the annual premiums for the assurance of .£lOO for the whole life, one-half if which may remain for five years by merely paying the interest annually at 5 per cent.; and should the policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will i hen be deducted. . . Age 20 witliMirprofits... XI 13 0 with profits Li 18 0 30 - 1 19 8 40 50 For short periods the premiums are considerably lower, and far any ages or contingencies net usually advertised, information may be obtained on application to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Company insures houses, furniture, stock in trade, farming stock, and every description of personal property against loss or damage by fire. TtlY: PHYVIOLOGY OF TnE PASSIONS, " What passions hurt the body, what improve; Truths as refined as Athens even heard." 'foe Direct ,r !'egs to remind their friends, whose premiums become due at Christmis, that no extra charge is made at this office for the tritisfer of policies, and that they will be rated on terms peculiarly favourable to parties Insuring. Insurances may be effected for any period of time ; if for seven years, the premium and duty will only be charged to rsix. December, 1644 W. T. FA WCEf r, Sec. The Fiftieth Thousand. Forty Engravings, price Is., by post, Is. (id. N CHASTITY—its Abuses and Diseases—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—On Infelicitmos and Unproduct•ive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experience—Law o Divorce, &c. _ _ _ L WE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY. AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY SOCIETY. Capital 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhortn, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. John Ileary Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. • SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, Esq. The Yellowing are specimens at the premiums charged 1)3 , this Com pany for the assurance of 1001. Age. 20 I 30 40 i 0 j 60 An. Pre•m. I £1 10 :3 I£2 O 7 f £2 15 3 £1 1 * X 4 3 9 This Compan3 offers the advantages of the guarantee of an ample subscribed capital—of permission to retain one-third of the premium in their own hands (the portion so retained, with interest upon it, being deducted from the policy when it become a claim),--of ascend ing, descending, and other scales of premiums, —and of participation in the profits at the end of every five years. TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES, assured for the whale of life, this Company offer the permission to proceed to, and reside in, any of those colonies without extra pre mium, and to pay their premiums there. For residence in New Zealand, a moderate extra premium is charged. In Sydney, a Board of Directors, and Agents in all the principal settlements—Bankers in the colony. The Bank of Australasia (in • corperated by Royal Charter, 1835), No. 2, Moorgate-street, London. which cannot well be disputed, were well prepared for him by his predecessor, by the same Governor-General who sent an army to Cabul commanded by Elphin stone and Shelton : " It always appeared to us that Lord Ellenborough was appointed at a time when a course of victory was clear before him ; that the light, not of safety only, but of glory, was already visible through the gloom ; that the day of signal retribution was then . evi dently near at hand. To have supposed that the un disciplined hordes of Affghanistan could have with stood the combined attack of two of our Anglo-Indian armies was a notion that could only have orignated in undue alarm. The doom of Cabul and Istalif might already have been clearly read, by those whose judg ment was unaffected by fear, ere Lord Ellenborough had landed in India." Would that we could, in justice to Lord Ellen borough, recal to memory the feeling of this country, and of India too, in the month of January, 1842 ; that we could remind men of the indignant despair with which promises of " a course of vic tory," suggestions of the rising of the "light, not of safety only, but of glory," would have been then received. What were the promises of the Times it self at that period we will not seek by examining its file, for to prove the impudent inconsistency of the Times were the most superfluous of all superfluous works. We have little doubt, however, that the Times made, in 1842, no promises of " success," " safety," and " glory." We are tempted to step aside to another extract illustrative of the distortion of facts by which the Times tries to justify its au dacious misrepresentation : " While in England we were trembling for the safety or our troops at Kandahar, the Gallant General who commanded there was only eager for an oppor tunity, and fully confident in the ability of his gallant army to retrieve the honour of the British name. NVlrile we regarded the brave detachment of Sir R. Sale as little better than lost men, they were daily avenging on their enemy the slaughter of Cahul, until the heaps of Affghan corpses around the im pregnable walls of Jellalabad began to vie with the frozen masses of Tezeen and Jugdulluck." The security of the army at Kandahar was, we suppose, proved by General England's melancholy repulse, and the " impregnable walls of Jellalabad" were those of which an eye-witness speaks as fol lows : "It will be remembered that Sir Robert Sale reached Jellalabad with his brigade on the 12th of November. He found the walls of the city in such a state as might have justified a feeling of despair as to the possibility of defending them. the extent was so great, embracing a circumference of upwards of 2,300 yards, that his force was insufficient to man them effectively, and there was no parapet, excepting for a few hundred yards, and even there only two feet high. Earth and rubbish had accumulated to such an extent about the ramparts, that there were roads in various directions across and over them into . - . . ANNUITIES. Annuitants participate in the profits of the Company, and receive a rate of annuity much more favourable than can be granted by any Company making its investments wholly in England. The Company is enabled securely to grant these favourable terms from the advan tage it possesses of investing a portion of its finds at a high rate of interest. INDIA. Tables of Premiums for Assurances on the lives of officers engaged in civil, or in naval or military service in the East Indies and China, may be seen at the Offices of the Company. AGENTS IN INDIA. Calcutta Madras Bombay . Messrs. Ritchie, Steuart, and Co. Ceylon Prospectuses and Bill particulars may be had at the Offices of the Company, No. 126, Bishopsgate-street, corner of Cornhill. BAHIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Yesterday afternoon the Half-yearly General Meet• ing of the Shareholders in this Company was held ai the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, Mr. San. Berson in the chair. from Cabul ; but he carried to its full extent the policy of Lord Auckland against the Ameers : that policy was, moreover, rendered more inevitable, when once the Government of India was embarked in it, by the conduct of the Sindian Princes themselves, and by the importance of restoring the self-confidence of the army. This kind of recrimination leads to no conclusion, but the old apology of the lawyers " fieri non debet, factutn valet." The actual result to the country and to our public interests is of far more im portance than the contemporary fame of the men en gaged in these transactions; and posterity will not judge of the merits of Lord Auckland and Lord Ellenhorough by their badges and earldoms; but there is too much similarity in their errors, in spite of the difference of their characters, for the one to he safely defended at the expense of the other. Meanwhile we remain comparative, and, we must add, in dan gerous ignorance, of the real condition of the con quered province : we only know that a large army is needed there, and that this army requires perpetual reinforcements. The same accounts which bring these gloomy tidings of the health of the troops do, indeed, add that the province will he eventually valu able, and that the revenue collected in the present year has exceeded what was expected. Yet, in spite of these more favourable additions to the picture, heightened even by the fraternal enthusiasm of Gene• ral William Napier, we can neither look hack on our progress along the Indus with satisfaction, nor for ward with entire confidence. The remaining parts of the " Conquest of Sinde," which are promised to us, will, however, put us more fully in possession of the military and administrative operations of Sir Charles Napier. The SECRETARY read the report of the Directors, detailing the proceedings since the last meeting in the Chancery suit instituted against the Company by Mr. ' Alderman Farncombe, Captain Farmer, and Mr. Brown, all of whom were ex-Directors, and Mr. Heppe!, the late Secretary to the Company. The re port stated that on the 3d inst. the appeal of the plaintiffs, in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, was dis missed with costs, and concluded by stating that, not withstanding the vexatious law proceedings, and the consequent heavy costs to which the Company had been subjected, the profits of the Company had still continued to improve steadily. The CHAIRMAN, after a few brief remarks explana tory of the report, and in support of the assertion re specting the growing prosperity of the Company, stated that they had now three boats upon the sta tion, and that the incidental expenses had decreased by nearly one-half. The report was u nan i mous l y adopted ; and the meeting separated, after passing a vote of thanks to he Chairman. the country, affording the greatest facilities to the approach of the enemy. At one part of the works there was a space of 400 yards together, on which none of the garrison could show themselves, excepting at a particular spot; the population within was dis affected, and the town was surrounded on every side by ruined forts, walls, mosques, tombs, and gardens, from which a fire could be opened on the defenders, at a distance of only 20 or 30 yards."—History of the War in Afghanistan ; published by Brooks, Baker-street, p. 340. It is very true that Lord Ellenborough had, when he landed in India, "a course of victory before him," but it was a course to be shaped by himself—and just such a course of victory had Sir Arthur Wellesley before him, when he landed at Mondego Bay thirty six years ago—just such a course of victory before him had Nelson, when he embarked a midshipman on board the Raisonnable—such a course before him has every man who has achieved great things had at the very moment of his birth; but to assume that be cause a man has been successful, his course of suc cess has been prepared, independently of any merits , of his own, is a profession of fatalism that passes, we believe, the folly of any other fatalism. Let us, however, offer another testimony to the actual condition of our Indian empire at the moment of Lord Ellenborough's arrival, sketched by " a soldier, and a ripe one," General Napier, from whose beautiful sketches of the " Conquest of Sinde " we make the following extracts; they are little more than detached lines, and why we present them in this mutilated form we will explain before we I have done : This, however, is not the place to discuss the lite rary merits of the work ; neither do we advert to it for the purpose of adding fuel or intensity to the party dispute between the respective colleagues or sup porters of Lord Auckland and Lord Ellenborough. The main fact for the British public to know and re flect upon is not by whom these things were done, but what things have been done ; for, rightly or wrongfully, wisely or wickedly, the conquest and annexation of Sinde are beyond all comparison the most important occurrences which have occurred in British Asia, even at a period when no mail has arrived without some stirring intelligence. For the other enterprises of the British or Indian Govern ments, however vast or remote, were directed to temporary objects, which being attained, the stress of eiTort and the hazards of war were terminated by victory and peace. But in Sinde the task we have undertaken is permanent—the frontier, of the British dominions has been advanced ; we have as yet but partially subdued the spirit, though we have once and again broken the martial array of the native chiefs ; we have assumed the rights of conquest and the duties of Government; and it is only by conferring the prac tical benefits of a strong and just Administration on the land, that we can palliate the equivocal and vio lent transactions by which we have expelled the Ameers from their territories. It is vain to attempt to , throw o n any one man, or set o f men , th e b ur d en of disgrace which mars this triumph, and throws the shadow of a just reproach over acts which, in them selves, may be described as brave and glorious. The conquest of Sinde was no sudden achievement of Sir C. Napier's, no bombastic edict of Lord Ellenborough's ; it was the result of a series of political events, over which neither their original authors not the successors of those authors had any fi rm con t ro l. Of th es e events the mostim portant were the Affghan expedition, and the treaties instructions of by Sir H. Pottinger under the of Lord Auckland in 1836 and 1838. That was the moment at which the Government adopted the prin ciple of making good the defence of India, and pro tecting the British power by a system of foreign war; from that time we were drawn into closer relations or more immediate conflicts with the hardy and in dependent natives of the Caucasian mountains and of Central Asia ; we threw up the new outworks of the Indian empire in a soil shaken by perpetual convul sions; and we finally appended to that great empire, which we professed to govern in justice and peace, a province, or rather a state, only to he held in ,I sub jection by the most vigorous military control. he rest of India is governed by our authority, Sinde by Our army. To these striking and permanent considerations of policy many local and temporary difficulties have been added, which are in themselves of sufficient weight to excite a constant and serious anxiety. The sickness of the army has been and continues to be terrific; at certain seasons of the year all access to the country is virtually cut off, and the shifting sands at the mouth of the Indus render all navigation ex ceedingly hazardous and uncertain. Exposed to these peculiar hardships, conscious of the difficulty of reinforcement and the impossibility of retreat, and surrounded by all the restraints and dangers of a fo reign and hostile country, the native troops of the Indian presidencies, and especially those of Bengal and Madras, have exhibited symptoms of extreme dis content; and we are wholly at a loss to conceive what apology can be made for the gross impolicy and injustice of reducing these brave troops to their half batta, as allowed in garrison in Ilindostan, when they are in fact performing the severest duties that can be required of an army, namely, the occupation of an iosalubrious and semi-independent country. General Napier asserts, in his peculiar manner, that "no Etruscan fecial ever cast his spear across a boundary, invoking his gods to attest the justice of a war, with a purer conscience than Charles Na pier marched (qu. with ?) to battle ;" and he assumes the task of showing not only " how victoriously his gallant relative bore the banner of England across the bloody fields of Meeanee and Dubba; but how widely he has since spread England's fame for justice and gentleness by his administration ; the Beloochs reverence, and the Sindians bless him, though the Ameers mourn." " 1842. —Sir Chas. Napier having reached Bombay, was appointed to command at Poonah, and soon attracted public notice by his professional activity, and he quickly detected, and in his letters forcibly depicted, the vices, civil and military, which had ga►ned such strength under Lord Auckland's Govern ment, if they did not originate with it, that the total destruction of the Indian army, and the ruin of the Indian empire, seemed hastening on with giant strides. To give his views at length, and in his own nervous language, would be of little public service now, and might be injurious; but those views were at the same time shown to competent authority at home, and returned to the author of this history with this remark :—‘ Too true a picture, drawn by a master hand;' but it was at this moment that, for the salvation of India, Lord Ellenborough came. THE ACCIDENT ON THE VER SAILLES RAILWAY, The accident which happened on the Versailles Railroad (left bank), on the 21st of July last, having been made the ground of a prosecution before the Correctional Tribunal of Versailles, it was brought to trial on Wednesday. The parties accused were M. Petiet, the chief engineer of the railroad ; and Schoor and Dufresne, engineers. The Court was extremely crowded on both days; and on the second day the pressure occasioned so much disturbance, that the President was obliged to call in a picket of gendarmes to restore and keep order. All the persons injured by the accident were present, except the unfortunate conducteur, Dry, who, on his name being called, was announced to be dead, from the new accident which occurred on the same railroad on Monday last. Another conducteur, who had his jaw broken, appeared with his face in bandages, and excited great interest and commiseration. M. Petiet was charged with not having given sufficient notice of sending off an extra train after eight o'clock at night, it b e i ng t h e fete at Meudon, and from which neglect the accident arose. Dufresne was accused of having moved with his engine at an excessive degree of speed, and thereby contributed to the disastrous consequences; and Schoor of having neglected to obey in due time the signals made of there being an obstru c ti on on t h e road, and continued the rapidity of the motion of the engine till it was too late to prevent it from coming in contact with the other train. After hearing the witnesses, who were numerous, the plead ings of M. Rabou, the Procureur du Roi, in support of the prosecution, and the counsel for the prisoners, the Court retired to deliberate upon its judgment. On its return the President pronounced the acquittal of Dufresne, but declared M. Petiet and Schoor guilty ; imposing upon the first a fine of 100 f. and 20 days' imprisonment, and upon the second a fine of 16f. and 15 days' imprisonment.—French paper. " Deeply impressed with the danger menacing India from within and without, Sir Charles Napier hastened to ofkr Lord Ellenborough his opinions upon the military operations, and gave him a general plan of campaign for the second Affghan invasion ; the principal points of which were the relief of Sir Robert Sale, the restorati on o f D os t M o h ame d, t h e evacuation of Affghanistan, and the occupation of the left bank of the Indus • " What influence this memoir had on Lord Ellen borourgh's judgment, or whether it merely coincided w:th his own previously formed opinions and plans, is known only to himself, but the leading points were in unison with the after operations of Nott and Pol lock." RUNJEET SINGII.—The publication of a new work, the scenes and events of which are laid in the dominions of the late " Lion of Lahore," and the characters of which include himself and some of the most remarkable and conspicuous functionaries of his Court and Camp, cannot fail to excite unusual interest—especially when the volumes bear the name and authority of a British Officer, who has passed a large portion of his military life in the midst of the scenes and personages with which the work busies itself. The production to which we allude bears the title of " ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF RUNJEET SINGH," and comprises personal sketches of all the foreign officers—Avitabili, A'Court, and the rest—who were so long distinguished both in the Court and Camp of that extraordinary chief. The position of the author, Major 11. M. L. Lawrence, as the British Resident at the Court of Nepali!, and late Assistant to the Political Agent in relation with Lahore, gives to this singular book a character of authenticity, and of consequent interest and value, that it could have attained by no other means. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY of PLATE.—The following plate, belonging to the Duchess of Palmella, left on the 6th inst. at the Southampton Docks, has been since stolen :-36 tea spoons, engraved with a P. and a crown; 72 table knives, a soup ladle, 32 spoons (soup spoons), 24 table forks, 28 ditto, hearing the Palmella arms, 36 dessert spoons, and the same number of dessert forks, 2 large gravy spoons, 2 other gravy or sauce spoons, a sugar spoon and a pair of sugar tongs, 3 salt spoons, 2 salvers, a sugar basin, a teapot, a coffee-pot, a milk jug, 30 knives, 29 forks, and 30 spoons, silver gilt; and a large silver vase and salver, engraved with the Almito arms. All the other articles were engraved either with the Palmella arms, or the P. and crown. MUNIFICENT DONATIONS. —We understand that Lord Ashley has remitted the sum of 32/. 10s. to the Rev. Mr. Balfour, Clackmannan, to be distributed by him, in the exercise of his own discretion, " among these labouring. women, in the parish of Clackmannan, and in the adjoining parishes, who have been thrown out of employment by the operation of the Act to regulate Mines and Collieries." Lord Ashley has likewise trans mitted the following sums to the undermentioned places- Polmont, 42/. I . os. ; Tranent, 22/. 10s. ; Newton, near Dalkeith, 12/. 108.—Fifeshire Journal. In another page, opened at random, we find the following : " Lord Ellenborough amidst these difficulties steered the course becoming a brave man conscious of danger and of his own resources to meet it. Ilis first effort was to stay the spreading mischief of fear on one side, and rising hopes on the other, by a mani festo of his views, in which a vigorous determination was apparent. This proclamation of silence, as it were, suppressed the general confusion, and gave time to combine the military operations, to redeem the character of the British arms, and to teach the exult ing natives on his frontier that England's strength was not to be measured by recent misfortunes. * * Lord Ellenborough saw clearly and struck boldly." Such are the testimonies of a brave and expe rienced and able British soldier, and a political oppo nent. We suppose that they will preponderate against the criticisms of that journal that charged the French marine with cowardice. Heaven grant that this be something more than rhetoric, and that all this glory be of the true growth. There can be no doubt that Sir Charles Napier is a commander well fitted to inspire confidence to his troops. In Cephalonia, at an earlier period of his life, he is reported to have won the attachment of the population at large. His military skill and intre pidity have already been acknowledged by Parlia ment and the people of England as they deserved ; but if he lives fully to bear out the panegyrics passed upon his talents for civil government, and to make Sinde a tenable possession of the British empire, he will deserve to be remembered as one of the men most resolute in the conquest of dangers, if not in the rank of those who have conferred great positive benefits on the State. The main distinction between Lord Auckland's adherents and the panegyrist of Lord Ellenborongh and Sir Charles Napier amounts to this : the former censure the conduct of the Executive Government of India in 1843 to the Ameers of Sinde ; the latter retorts, that " the treaty of 1838, by which Lord Auckland placed a loaded shell in the palace of the Ameers, to explode at his pleasure for their destruc- tion, was, abstractedly, an unjust, oppressive action ;" and that the evil and wrong of interference was of a much earlier date. Lord Auckland would defend his treaties with the Ameers as a neces sary part of his Affghan policy to secure a line of operations for his army through Sinde, leaving, we presume, his Affghan policy to defend itself, if it could. Lord Ellenborough repudiated the Affghan policy, and made the most strenuous, if not precipitate, exertions to withdraw the army We have promised an explanation of the abrupt ness with which we have introduced our extracts from General Napier's work. Our explanation is, that we are the advocates of justice to Lord Ellen borough, not either by duty or by inclination the accusers of the Court of Directors ; and the passages which we have omitted might be interpreted as charges against that highly -respectable, but we must think, mistaken body. These passages prove for Lord Ellenborough the difficulties of an administra- tive class with which, in the judgment of an eve witness, he had to contend; but his Lordship's case is strong enough to dispense with such proofs. As we have said, we are not by duty the accusers of the Court of Directors, and still less could we be by inclination the accusers of twenty. four as respectable gentlemen as can be found in England. We think that in their conduct towards Lord Ellenborough they were guilty of a serious error, but of an error that had nothing sordid or dishonourable in it, and that may be easily accounted for. The expense of the future Government we have no doubt alarmed them, and there were circumstances that contributed to exaggerate enormously that expense in their eyes. It is very certain, as the Times states, that the Direc tors have each and all a great pecuniary stake in the prosperity of the Indian empire ; but it is a gross, though a very common fallacy, to forget the distinc tion between a present and a remote pecuniary inte rest. Few men care for the fate of the grandchildren Whom they have not seen ; none care for the fate of the great grandchildren whom they will never see. Men may excise their next heirs (as in the Thellusson will case) to aggrandise a remote descendant (though even this is not common), but we never heard of any one who would excise himself for such a purpose ; who would forego twenty per cent. of his income in order to secure the income in its integrity to a great grandchild, or even to a grandchild. The sacrifice of the future to the present is the rule, not the exception, or there would be no such word as imprudence, a word which, however, runs through all languages. The India Directors, moreover, must think for others besides themselves. There are many comp.. PUBLICATIONS BY ORDER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. This day is published, Bvo., Is., THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC for 1848; con taining, in addition to the usual matter, the True Geocentric Coordenates of the Sun for the Years 1845, 46, 47, and 48, for the purpose of facilitating Cometary Calculations. " The Nautical Almanac" for 1845, 46, and 47, may still be had. 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Their late Ma jesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Msdical Practitioners -with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grim. :tone's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and Head. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F.R.S. See .1, B. Lach. field, Esq 's Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grimstone's Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade Mecum." Dr. Andrews also recommends its use a+ a preventive. See his reports in Nov. 1831. He states that the tenacious sympathy of the membrane, within the nostrils, with the nervous system, that Grim stome's Eye Snuff, when frequently taken, must lie of the greatest benefit to the consumer; and, further, recommends its universal adoption as a preventative. Dr. Thomas, of Hatfield, having witnessed many cases both of headache and ophthalmia, has kindly Riven his testimony thereof. A few of the many th usand Testimonials of Sight restored and Deafness cured by GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF:— " To w . Grimstone, Esq. " April 20th, 1844. " Dear Sir,- 1 feel b ound b y a sense of justice to inform you of the miraculous cure effected en myself by taking a few pinches of the far celebi ted Grimstone's Eye Snuff, which, ii my case, ought rather to tie called s Ear Snuff;' it hring eff•ctually relieved me from a deafness from which 1 have been suffering for many years. You are at liberty to make any use you please of this communication, since I should much regret if the extraordinary qualities of your Eye Snuff were not universally known. " I am, dear Sir, your obedient servant, • Granton, Scotland. " MARGARET MACGREGOR. " I can vouch ter the truth of the foregoing fact: and statemen " May 8, .814. " JAMES SHUTER, Kentbury, Berks." G. W. M. Reynolds, editor of Chamlsers' London Journal, &c.. Pre. reliei e duf excruciating pains, and can now write without spectacles —3 ,Stamford-sLeet, Fllacarriar's-toad Madame F. Lespls, facing the church, Park-street, Windsor; cured f di m ness of sight and headache.-Bth S-pteniber, 1838, and 1841. J, a I ac hfi e hi, Esq. ; cured of Ophthalmia. Whitehall and thatched House Tavern.—See his letters, 1838 and 1812. Observe the Caution—W. GRI MS PONE is the sole inventor, nd the only genuine Is prepared by him. This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in ••anisters, at Si, Is 3d. s. Id., 4s. 4d., its., and 15s. 6d. each, by the Proprietor, W. GRIMSTONE at No. 434, Oxford-street, "Uotten ham-court-road end (late of ' No. 4 , /, Broad-street, Bloomsbury), and at the Herbary, Higbg.ite ; and cam also be obtained in all the principal Towns and Cities. A liberal allowance to Shippers Owners, Captains, and all Vendors of Gri mstone ' s E y e Snu ff I ' his celebrated snuff is shipped to all quarter* of the globe, and retains is benign qualities in every climate All Snuffs arid Cigars shipped in the shortest notice. Any quantity can be forwarded throuo the General st' by sending money orders. A 2s. 4d. c.arnstcf with . post go ill cost s. and so on in like proportio Eig6I3ARY HIGHGATE LORD ELLENBOROUGH. (From the herald.) The motives which led to the removal of the Eari of Ellenborough from the Government of India, which he had so gloriously administered during his short possession of office, are still a problem. All that the public knows is, that Lord Ellenborough assumed his Government when the progress of our affairs in India was constantly and steadily disas trous, when men not usually desponding began almost to despair of the possibility of preserving our Indian empire ; that his arrival in India was almost instantly followed by a sudden reflux of the fortunes of Great Britain, until in a single campaign all our disgraces were obliterated, and honours won, and conquests achieved, not only in India but in China, that admit no comparison in history, but with the brilliant history of the British arms from 1812 to 1815 ; lastly, that at the close of this career of triumph, and just when he had given proof of his disposition to rival the military success of his Government by a system of civil reforms, the Governor-G enera l was su dd en l y reca ll e d —recalled in opposition to the strong remonstrance of her Majesty's Ministers, and more especially in dis regard of the judgment of one who as not merely the most accomplished military commander who ever lived—as a man who had a long civil and military experience in Indian service, and as having shared the confidence of the confessedly most able Governor who ever ruled India (his brother, the late Marquis Wellesley), must be considered a competent judge of the merits of the civil and military policy which it was Lord Ellenborough's lot to conduct. This is all that is really known to the public of Lord Ellen borough's recal—the deplorable state- in which his Lordship found the Indian Government; the crowd of splendid triumphs by which he rescued the country from apparently inevitable ruin—his commencement of many important civil reforms—his sudden recal, and the disapprobation of that recal by the Govern ment, especially by the Duke of 'Wellington—this amount of knowledge is of course sufficient founda tion for conjecture, but it affords, perhap s , no suffi cient foundation for a final decision, and, therefore, prudent and just men withhold their judgment for the time that cannot be now distant, when the whole question must be canvassed by the Legislature, with the advantage of full information. The public generally has maintained the most pru dent and just reserve, and even the dismissed Gover nor-General, his Ministerial patrons and colleagues, and his friends, in whom, if in any one, a premature appeal to public opinion might be regarded as venial, they have guarded a strict silence—proof, according to experience, of confidence in the strength of their case. In this silence we should be gratified to concur, if it was permitted to us ; but, unfortunately, the liberty is not allowed. An appeal—as we cheerfully acknowledge ourselves to believe, an unauthorised one, has been put forward—professedly on behalf of the India Directors, though we repeat our conviction that it is without their approbation—an appeal against the probable defence of the only party under accusa tion. This disgusting inversion of the proper order of justice is in the shape of a pamphlet, which has been puffed and followed up by the Times newspaper. The pamphleteer and the Times treat the question as if the Directors, not the Earl of Ellenborough, were the parties entitled to complain ; but surely the Directors have suffered no injury, are subject to no suspicions of a secret nature, and the obtrusion of any one on their part to anticipate the vindication of the party really stricken, if not injured—certainly the only party accused—is a gross outrage upon justice and decency, even were not the fair trial as near at hand as it is. As to the pamphlet, it might, perhaps, be safely left to fulfil the destiny of its class, which we learn from the evidence of the principal book sellers of London, is to impose a fine of some few pounds upon its author, for not one pamphlet of thirty, it is said by the booksellers, pays its own expenses— that is, sells 250 copies. The pamphlet, therefore, might be with safety I(ft to its fate, but when the " Monster Mouther gives to the attack upon a stricken and accused, and still silent man, the aid of its considerable circulation, continued abstinence on the part of those who are in some measure pledged to bear testimony for the public, and for justice, would be connivance at a wrong. The Times of Saturday, counting, no doubt, upon the indisposition of the public to undergo the labour of reading " Papers relating to the Military Opera tions in Affghanistan, presented to the Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty," and "The Correspondence relating to Sinde, printed in confor mity with a resolution of the General Court of Pro prietors of East India Stock," comes at once to the conclusion that the Earl of Ellenborough, though a " clever man," was an incompetent Governor-Ge neral, ex gr.:— " Some persons might feel astonishment at the al most unanimous elevation of Lord Ellenborough to so high an office by the cautious Company which is here described. If we ever felt such astonishment, we cease to feel it altogether as we peruse the papers now before us. It would be impossible to read the letters and documents there furnished without acknowledging that his Lordship possesses in an eminent degree those qualities which in an untried man pass for talent and capacity. In the quality which is well expressed by the word cleverness,' we think his Lordship to be unrivalled ; in many of those qualities which are valuable or dangerous ac cording as they are joined with honesty of purpose and soundness of principle, or with a reckless disre gard of both, his Lordship is by no means deficient ; ner do we underrate or think lightly of that tact and readiness which enabled him to persuade others that he was equal to the task of governing India, while in fact he possessed scarcely one essential qualification. Indeed, we are more than ever convinced that no one could reasonably have predicted that Lord Ellenbo rough was so unfitted for a Governor until he had been placed in such a station and tried. As we have said before, therefore, we cease to wonder at the al most unanimous choice of the Directors, or that it was confirmed at that time by the general voice of the nation. We only pity his Lordship, whose fame was thus ruined irretrievably." Now the conclusions of the Times from its recent statements might weigh with those (if any such there are) who place a reliance upon our Contemporary's sense and honesty, but for one unlucky circumstance —the circumstance, namely, that before the " Papers relating to the Military Operations," &c., &c., were accessible—before the documents upon which that very honest journal now professes to ground its opi nion were printed, or even written—the Times had pronounced its decision, condemning Lord Ellen borough ; yes, our Contemporary only repeats now, upon the pretence of recently-acquired knowledge, the same insulting condemnation of the late Govereor- General which it pronounced, without information, seven or eight months ago. It is idle, therefore, to pretend, as the Times pre tends, that either the pamphlet to which it refers, and which it patronises, or the "Papers relating to the Military Operations," &c., has had any influence in determining an opinion so long since formed upon party and personal grounds, as is plain from the fact that there is no other grounds upon which it could be formed. Let us, however, pass from general to more particular allegations. The Times asserts that Lord Ellenborough had no difficulties to encounter upon his arrival in India ; that all before him was down-hill work—nice galloping ground; arid that his successes, //, natively poor persons proprietors of India stock, to whom a material reduction of their dividends would be a heavy burden. Economy —severe economy— therefore, is, in some respects, the duty of the /Min Directors, and it is a duty to the faithful discharge of which they will be strongly biassed by their present personal interests. If, therefore, they feared a great increase of cost in the military and civil government of India, that fear alone would account for, and almost justify, the violent step taken by them. The existence of such a fear is, however, by no means improbable. We may suppose that the Govern ment gave to Lord Ellenborough the same wide latitude of discretion that they gave to Sir Henry Pottinger, and which the latter so beneficially exercised—that latitude of discretion in the agent which, in great things as well as small, is indispen sable to success; but having given such freedom of action to the Governor-General, the Cabinet would be unable to satisfy the Directors upon the subject of expense; and all know the power of uncertainty in exciting exaggerated apprehensions. Thus, we think, we have shown that Lord Ellenborough's ac quittal is not necessarily identified with the condem• nation of the Directors—shown, too, that Lord Ellen borough's enemies have raised no fair presumption against him, and having done this there is no more that we wish to do. PRESENTATION TO THE CAN TERBURY PHILOSOPICAL INSTITUTION AND MUSEUM BY LORD STRANGFORD. The Canterbury Museum has recently been en. riched by a valuable and most interesting collection of Greek and Egyptian antiquities, which are now arranged for inspection in that building. They have been most liberally presented by Lord Strangford. The following description of them has been supplied by the curator of the Museum : "'The presentation to the Canterbury Museum, re cently made by the Viscount Strangford, consists of sculptured marbles, terracotta figures, lamps, vessels used in the interment of the dead, as well as others for every day purposes, a metal mirror, parts of a sandal, all of which are relics of Greek or, Egyptian art ; a Mexican figure used as a water-cooler, a rude Swedish copper coin (a two-crown piece), ti mask of Charles 13th of Sweden, taken after death, with a few other miscellaneous articles ; the whole forming the most valuable addition to the Museum that has been contributed for many years past. The antiquarian's pleasure is often destroyed by a passing doubt, &dread lest his treasures may be spurious, and ha imposed upon; ' but in viewing these relics of classic taste, there is no such drawback, they having been dug and delved up in various parts of Greece and Egypt' by the noble donor himself. Such a collection was much wanting, to illustrate the customs and manners of people, to whom the civilised of all succeeding ages are so much indebted. Of this the Philosophical and Literary Society was so well aware, that they have appropriated for them a new glass case, where they will long remain a proof of Lord Strangford's gene rosity, and be of use to all students inquiring into the state of the arts, religious ceremonies; or domestic economy of ancient Egypt and classic Greece. - " The marbles consist of commemorative tablets, with various subjects sculptured upon them, illustra tive of their fabulous history or their modes of ,woe ship. On some of these are inscriptions In an early Greek character. The figures are mostly carved in that primeval style of art in which a succession of ridges and furrows in the garments, made up fur those bold and massive shadows which distinguish a later and better period of the art. It was customary for the convalescent to offer gifts, which remained in the temple, for any disease from which they had been ridded ; thus, portions of the body, es hands and feet, were often presented in marble or in metal ; four of, these, either broken from lar ge su bj ec t s , or t h a t h a d been votive offerings, are amongst the collection. " There are six small heads of various and inter esting character, and the lower parts of the figure of a fawn of exquisite workmanship. One of the most attractive of the marbles is a full length of a draped figure, in a good style of art, and perfect in all says) the head and arms. In another, which appears to have been part of the frieze of a building, the artist has shown perfect skill in the manner of tooling, so as to give the effect of shadow from above to the specta tor below. It is a figure floating through the air sur rounded by fillets and flowers, and reminds us of the sculptures on the Temple of the 'Winds, so called, and which are so admirably engraved in Stewart's and Revett's Antiquities of Athens.' " Pottery—Of these there are seventy specimens, and some of great beauty. Few persons, without reflection, would be disposed to admit the power of baked clay to resist the ravages of time in a superior degree to metal or marble ; yet that such is the case, the vases and other objects in this collection, as well as in others, sufficiently attest. We can hardy bring our minds to believe that it is two thousand years ago that similar pottery to this was collected at Rome, and prized for its antiquity. It is not improbable that some of those very vessels might have been made and painted before the building of Rome itself *as commenced. "It may be well here to notice the manner in which the paintings on the vases must have been effected. It will he seen that many of them are really beautiful in design, and drawn with a mas terly hand. Now, to conceive that artists of' such merit could be employed in designing and painting this common ware, would be equal to suppose that painters were employed to design each of our com mon cups and saucers. 'They must, therefore, have had a mode of marking out by stencilling plat terns and forms that others had designed, and of filling up the interior forms afterwards. The design on the vase No. 9 is precisely in this state, and a most spirited outline and vigorous drawing it presents—let only a person attempt to copy it, and he will then know how exquisite it is. Vases of this shape are the most common in collections; nor can it be wondered at when it is known that not only a flat or patera-shaped one is placed at the right side of the corpse, but that two whole rows of the long vases are placed down the length of the skeleton, as well as several between the legs: from twenty to sixty are generally taken from the same sepulchre, the greater part of which are of the lengthened form. It is difficult to guess at the object of burying so great a number, but doubtless the wealth of the interred often was known by such display. "This is a large pitcher-formed vessel, on which are represented two sphinxes with a bird flying between them ; this is in beautiful harmony of colour, and squally correct in drawing. A dark coloured vessel, No. 43, has been figured as a vessel to contain scent The last office performed upon the &ad appears to have been to anoint it with sacred oil, which was contained in lengthened vessels, some of which are of clay, and some of alabaster --examples of each are in the collection. "Terra Cottas—Of these there are thirty speci mens, of various degrees of excellence; but one— probably the head of a Greek poetess, it being crowned with a garland of berried ivy —deserves pre-eminence. The face is of exquisite beauty : the lips--the nostril—the eye, beam with inspiration. Two tiles also demand minute inspection—the one a mask, found at Rhodes ; the other a spirited sketch of chariot racing. - "'There are several small heads—some witleniuch grace of expression, and one of considerable inte rest, it clearly being a representation of one of the Hebrew nation. Another—a female figure with Pan-pipes—is mirthful and peculiar in expression of countenance, reminding us of the types from whence the elder painters derived their forms. Amongst the Terra Cottas are many of the Egyptian deities, some what rudely executed; but there are some of a Bac chanalian character of great merit. Among m nimals, a dog's head, with a wolfish expression, aid a pig, are the most remarkable. "The cleft pomegranate, showing its grains, is here, and very similar to the same fruit introduced in modern festoons of fruit and flowers, both in wood and stone. " Lamps—The ancients evidently delighted to multiply forms and elegant designs for their lamps.. We have here a collection of sixteen, and not two of them are similar. On one is the representation of an old man feeding the flame with oil; on another is shown the manner in which burdens were carried. But the most interesting of all is a square one, on which, in low relief, is represented the scene in the Odyssey,' where Ulysses, sailing off the coast Ithaca, is delayed by the Syrens. One of these seductive creatures is seen swimming close to the prow of the vessel ; and the hero, having first com manded all possible expedition, both with oar and by sail, appears turning a dead ear to the Siren, for boll his hands are applied to his head, to prevent the entrance of sounds that by their sweetness might tempt him to relinquish his search. " There are several other things equally curious in themselves, that cannot so readily be classed, such as a metal mirror e. idently of the same shape as that depicted upon one of the vases (No. 7); it is now in a very corroded state. A. small scarabteus, formed of jade stone, and covered with hieroglyphics, reminds us of the old Nile and its superstitions: At Naxos was dug up a crucible of the same form as that in present use, and what is no less singular, of the same material, namely, pluinbago. Not the least in teresting of these miscellaneous articles are the casts from a plate of copper engraved on both sides, found in Sweden, covered with an inscription in what is called in the north of Europe, the Nagry character, but which appears to be a mixture of Egyptian and Runic. A copy of these has been sent to Mr. Forster, the gentleman who has so successfully deciphered the engraved rocks of Syria, which had hitherto defied all previous translators, and the Society hope, through that gentleman's kindness, to know what it coal!: emorates. "An addition of so valuable a character will long identify the Lord Strangford with the most ardent well-wishers to the intellectual improvement of the citizens of Canterbury."—Kent Herald. p ,"