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'' • ` l llO .. • 06 ;- *' • -- - S: --- ` -- - ' • (W''. ~~ .....0 ;c1 for Sevin, 4~ at No. 1.6,337 LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING SUN, DECEMBER 26, 1844. PRIOR sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time 'or the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the :AFTERNOON TRAIN. ADVERTISEMENTS 111 THIRD EDITION a t SEVEN O'C.LOCS, for POST, con t a i n i ng P A RLIAMENTARY an d a ll other NEWS ix LONDON cep io that flour. 6 ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway is the shortest route free Londe■ ansl the whole of England to Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Port. 1 114 ATIIS and WASH-HOUSES for the LABOURISG CLASSES. G LASGOW, DUMFRIES, and CARLISLE RAILWAY. REPORT OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Your Coniznittee have delayed making any Report of their pro. weeding', until they could lay before you sufficient information to enable you, not only to form a correct opinion of the merits of your awn line, but to understand the various schemes more or less con. steeted with it, far which Parliamentary notices have been given. The number of these schemes, and their complex bearing on the Interests of your stridertaking, render it necessary to preface this Report by some general observations. The four existing railways of greatest importance in Scotland, in reipcet of lengtn, capital, and traffic, are—the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, connecting the two largest cities in Scotland, as bell as the two seas; the North British Railway, forming part of Me great trunk line from Edinburgh to London, by way of Berwick, Rewcastle, and York ; the Glasgow and Greenock Railway, an int. Portant in the communication between the manufacturing and ahipping i towns of the west of Scotland; and the Glasgow, Paisley, /Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, connecting the western metropolis of Scotland with one of the most thriving mineral and naanufac. luring districts in this country, including the seaports of Ayr, TrOon,'lrvine, and Ardrouan, from the latter of which there is a regular ateam.boat communication with the North of Ireland—a railway destined, by means of your projected line from its southern terminus at Kilmarnock to Dumfries and Carlisle, to become the Peet high.road between the north and west of England, and the almost equally important district known under the general name of "the West of Scotland." The only link sweating to complete the entire garde of railways leading down the east coast of England and Scotland ie Edinburgh, across to Glasgow, and up the west coast of Scotland and England, back to London, is from the terminus of the Edin. burgh and Glasgow Railway in Glasgow to the joint terminus of the Greenock and Ayrshire Railways in the same city. Parliamentary netioes have been gives for this short line, which is not above half a tulle in length, and which will pass, partly In tunnelling, and Partly en arches, through a portion of the city. By these existing and projected railways, which intersect the flattest, and, as might be expected, the richest and most populous districts both of England and Scotland, almost the whole of the . agrieultural, manufacturing, mining, mercantile, and shipping in terests of Great Britain will be connected, and a direct, rapid, and economical means of transit secured. The accompanying map will *hew more distinctly the course of these great leading lines. There will thus remain, se far as Scotland is concerned, only one line of traffic unaccommodateil, viz., between Edinburgh and the north. oust N SeStland and Lancashire. It is true, the existing amount if intercourse between these districts is as yet limited, but still, in haying out the lines of communication between the two countries, It is essential to keep it in view ; and it fortunately happens, that amon g the many schemes promoted for local objects, and fur which ralliamentary notices have been given, there is one, viz., a line from Edinburgh to Hawick, which, if extended to Carlisle, will *infer, even on this cross traffic, the full beneit of railway corn. raunication, at the expense of a very small additional outlay of To explain this, your Committee again request your attention to the accompanying reap. From it you will observe that a straight line, if drawn nearly due north from Birmingham, Lancaster, or Carlisle, would pass through or close to Hawick, Edinburgh, and bender, from which last point, by a slight deviation eastward, it Would reach Aberdeen. Now, it so happens that this straight line bet only passes through the most practicable country for a rail. Way between its north and south termini, but opens up by much the moot fertile and thriving of these districts in the south and gilt of Scotland, to which the great trunk lines would not them Ives extend. The northern portion of the line of communication thus described bail been already taken up bs parties of influence and capital. Par- Aarnentary notices have been given for railways extending the Whole way hem Burntisland, on the north side of the Frith of POrth opposite Edinburgh to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. The Wife, or, as it is milled, the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, forms tAt trot section of this line to the north of Edinburgh. It avails Itself Oche improved steam ferry across the Forth, initibilished by bh Grace the Duke of fluccleuch and Mr. Gladstone, of Fuqua, earl intersects the rich mineral and agricultural county of rite. As oomph:red with any line by way of Stirling, it shortens the die. knee between Edinburgh and the most important towns in the ' Werth of Scotland, from thirty to flßy miles. The section to the south of Edinburgh is that projected by the North British Railway thnipmay to Hawick, already mentioned. Illyt he general system of international railway communication l esw described, it will be seen that three principal lines are pro. i ided• The first of these gives the most direct line from London t• Edinburgh; the second the best line from London through Lancashire to the West of Scotland ; and the third the shortest line across the Island, from Carlisle to Edinburgh and the north. last if Scotland. • Many collateral advantages might bepointed out as resulting Roan the above arrangement, bat these will be more properly ex. PlAned when discussing the merits of your line in detail. In a public point of view, your Committee regard it as one of the raost iMportant characteristics of the scheme now explained, that although in itself more complete than any other, it can be • 'Awed by a comparatively small expenditure of capital beyond What is required fir these now lines of railway, which are about to he constructed solely for the accommodation of existing local trade. This statement requires a little explanation. It has been mentioned that it is intended to form a railway from l ltlnburgh to Hawick. The line has been planned, and is under taken by the North British Railway Company. The object is to aatend the Dalkeith Railway, now belonging to that Company (which is at any rate to be improved and adapted for locomotives), to the thriving manufacturing towns of Galashiels, Selkirk, and Xavrick, situated in the midst of the best wool-growing and r ° el-Manufacturing district in Scotland. On the other side of the "land, the Ayrshire Railway Company have intimated their inten- Ile a (without meaning to interfere with your undertaking) to L it ° cute their long-projected scheme of a Branch Railway to Cum k,Asr the purpose of bringing into their line the passenger traffic Z eta that district, and of opening up the large mineral fie l d s of the :_aaiquie of Bute, fir James Braswell, and Lord George Bentinck, " t Which the.celebrated blackband ironstone has been distinctly 4ftertained to exist ; and where extensive additional iron-works are a koot, it is believed, to be erected under leases recently entered into. Such being the case, the whole length of new railway will require . be made for the purpose of compl etin g the two trunk lines from K l riburgh to Carlisle. via Hawick, and from Glasgow to Carlisle, bunis r i ee , w ill be— ti'lek,to the Dumfries line, near Carliskes ay. 35 Miles. 14 %itck to Carlisle 151 Making in at lOB „ 1 4 - •Pital required for which may be roughly estimated at .00 11 . Per mile, or 1,218,000 1 . y 1 - , °Li r Committee are so satisfied of the capabilities of the line -, ween Hawick ani Carlisle, and of its importance to you, not as a part of the general plan to be submitted to Parliament, bat as a branch and feeder to your line, that, with the unanimous Ilincurreace of a meeting of your extraordinary Committee of Management, they have undertaken to the Board of Trade, to apply be Parliament in a subsequent session for power to make it, in the event of the general scheme of international communication O wed -mentioned being adopted. Another most important characteristic of the scheme now de. seethed it, that it interferes in no way with the interests of any *listing line of railway, but furnishes new feeders both to the four „.. t otch lines of railway referred to at the outset, and to all the eatglish railways with which the projected lines are to be connected. • l'our Committee, however, would not be discharging their duty b are they net, in the next place, shortly to call your attention to t he origin and history of another plan, which is about to be brought at; Parliament under the name of the Caledonian Railway; and to q ‘httatt the public and private advantages it holds out with those may be obtained by the scheme already described. It Will probably he known to all of you that the Royal COMMIS. L i "eri. Sir Frederick Smith and Professor Barlow—who were 7 141 Intedin 1840 to report on the projected railways between Eng '" and Scotland—proceeding upon the assumption that only one *Ol -4 •4 be made, expressed a preference for a line passing over the MO, around which occupies the centre of Scotland. In doing se, - "ever, the Commissioners carefully reserved the question which of he various routes ought to be preferred, in the event of its li mit found practicable to make two or more lines. The following ''• their words :—" Were this otherwise (viz., were more than ce line to be made), we should subdivide the question into two r a aelies, and oonsidor, in the first instance, which of the several Z ags would be the most suitable for a communisation by Lancaster Glasgow, as well as to the West of Scotland and to the North of te ! a nd, and which would be the b est rout e by Newcastle to -"ab sint h . " - "absinth." The • line thus preferred by the Commissioners, a under the 15 PPosition that at present one line of railway only can be formed hens the Louth to Edinburgh and Glasgow," recommended itself to i‘ent chiefly in consequence of its having two forks or branches at. northern extremity, the one terminating is Edinburgh, and the • a▪ bet in Glasgow ; but the barren character of the country through a ith it would run, and probably some consideration of the extra ; t hese of working It, arising from the steep gradients rendered I : t eapary by its summit of 1,000 feet, induced the Commissioners tetrad their opinion that " it was hardly to be expected that such 4 li ne would command much support as an investment from the l iteral speculator ;" and to add, that, " unless the principal landed r : e Prieters along the line should feel disposed to give the under. t I f i nit 'their hearty support, rather with a view to the increased 4 " 1 4 it weuld give to their property, than to a large remunerating di, id end , there seems considerable doubt whether it will ever be - "Articled." publication of that Report, and the facts it disclosed, in is of lending to the early execution of the Beattock or Central e, had the effect of deterring the public from embarking in it, : 44 of, directing their attention to the snore profitable inve s tm e nt L r earntedi by the East Coast Line from Newcastle to Edinburgh. ;we North British Railway, being the Scotch portion of that line, aleordlingly brought forward in 1642—was sanctioned by an -ne t ef Parliament obtained last session—and is now in course of t Wade. The effect of this decision of Parliament in favour of an East C yst Lin e , w hich r emoves the only ground on which the Royal ,r e atnissioners had preferred the Central Line, is not even yet ge es,a" ~ u Y known. Accordingly, the scheme of a Beattock Railway ti Tielt was revived last spring, with some modifications that led to asloption of the new name of the Caledonian Railway, has been . 1 : 4 erally received by the public under the erroneous impression Val it has still the sanction of the Commissioners' authority. Ole line, as thus revived and moed, is meant to extend Carlisle, to wpoint at or near Lanark, and to diverge there Q ,__ 4° tele branches, one running to Edinburgh and the ether towards ~,,I . ‘ I GW. A subordinate branch Is proposed, from a point about lanes distant from Glasgow, to join a projected railway, ea it lase aeottish Central Railway, at Castlecarry ; whereby a 1 4 -4 4ntion with Stirling and the North would be afforded. The ti:"Ch towards Glasgow is not intended to be carried so far as " 1 City, but, at some distance from it, will run-1, into certain nit railways be4onging to separate Companies, d constructed nally for the purpose of conveying coals to the m igh levels on i!orth side ef Glasgow 2, into nther projecd line, 1 , i 41 the Clydesdale Junction, which i a o s intended to te convey ra i : t tals and passengers to the low levels on the south side of rs t 't o w. This complicated plan will be best understood by ersin ee to the accompanying Map. D I 4 Contrasting this scheme with that of which the Glasgow, c n 4rn ities, and Carlisle Railway is intended to form a part, your .441'nittee feel bound to consider, preferably, their bearing on the '10.41 interests of the country. t. lrl L—The length of the Caledonian Railway, excluding the it; " e carry Branch, which is said to be about eight miles long, is t d t , in the Pr os p ec t us , a s being 112 miles, and the cost is there G 'n4t " at 1,800,000/. In a subsequent report, published by the I.4';fhtoo.ters, it is stated, that, " In consequence of savings on other ta t , f the line, the Castlecarry extension of the Caledonian Line pro.* constructed without exceeding the capital upon which the !I)ectus proceeded." But, even after allowing this correction 11,1::”riginal estimate, of the accuracy of which your Committee s al,en r , , o means of judging, and without attempting to calculate the Co o 2.° of proposed branch of about 15 miles long to Dumfries, ties Widening the guage, and otherwise altering the mineral ke nef oremsentioned, or the expense of the Clydesdale Juncti o n th at which practically forms a part of the scheme, it would appear ' the ?" e i single line of international communication proposed by n .,, al edonian Company, would, without accommodating any %t ` - , ant local traffic, actually cause an expeediture of upwards ecn api u,O . 00/. more than the whole sum that would be required for rei tt et 'n _ h ave the two trunk lines of communication which your Com. already pointed out. T'ss 4l .. tin dlY.—Yeur Committee beg to refer you to the Comparati•e of a.nstancos on the aceompanying Map, from which you w ith (?oserve-1. That the North British Railway, in connexion to t et t Proiceted lnes fom London to York, and from Newcastle L e affords i the r shortest communication from London, hot ' l4ll . and Newcastle, to Edinburgh and Stirling ; and that, Onl y Was b y the Fife Line, but even by the Scottish Central Rail. 1114 1 „," hi ck" would b e reac h e d by the Eeinburgh and Glas gow a 7. it auve.forms the shortest route from London and the important Tii 2. ;;. at rnentioned to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. sho rtest ' the Edinburgh, Hawick, and Carlisle Railway a ff ords the itc., l ine from Liverp oo l, M an chester, Birmingham, Bristol, 414_, to and, in connexion with the Fife and Northern to north, Dundee, and Aberdeen. 5. That the Glasgow, iced in inc i 0, 15 6 )0d 206 the de ' g°" )4 f' 1)0 luch aleD o A 'as Se °, is abate det iou gr r 1 u oo •equot swan ) under Patrick, for tke north of Ireland, Kilmarnock, and Ayr; and tkst, allow* for the superiority of its gradients over those of the Caledonian inc., on the principles of comparison established by the Royal Commissioners In their Report of 1841, it affords the shortest comm ation, in point of speed and economy, with Paisley and Greenock. The only disadvantage, in point of distance, is in the case of Glasgow; in regard to which, however, on the principles laid down in the Commissioners' Report, the difference between the two lines is reduced to 13i miles, •r less than half an hour i* point of time. Thirdly.—The sections of the Caledonian, and Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Linos, not having been deposited, it Is impossible as yet to speak accurately on the subject of gradients. It is quite certain, however, that the gradients of the termer will be inferior to those of the latter. The folowing are quotations from a report made on the comparative merits of the two lines by Mr. Locke, the engineer of the Caledonian Railway, in 1836. In speaking of what is now called the Caledonian Line, he says, " lot first directed nay attention to this route, which, as far as Beattock bridge, near Moffat, I found tolerably favourable; in proceeding farther, however, the valley for several miles rises very rapidly, until , reaching the summit near Elvanfoot, where it attains the height of nearly 1,900 feet above the level of the sea—Beattock-bridge, which is only 10 miles distant, being only about 300 feet above the level of the sea. In 10 miles, then, the rise is nearly 700 feet, which, supposing it to be uniform the whole way, would give an inclination of 1 in 75. 4 Not wishing to recommend a line having mirth a plane," &c. But in speaking of the line by Dumfries, 'Fir. Locke says—" Of the levels of this route, I may say, that from Carlisle to Dumfries, about thirty miles, the only inclinations will be these which it may be desirable to encounter for the purpose of saving money, those two towns being nearly on the same level. With the exception of the bridges across the Rivers Eden, Esk, Sark, and Annan, which will neither be high nor very long, no very considerable outlay will be required. The ground in some parts is undulating, but not so as to render the formation of the road either difficult or expensive." And again, with reference to the portion of the line between Dumfries and Thornhill, he says —" The levels in this part extending over a apace of almost forty mile,s,t will be nearly uniform, and gradually ascending for the whole distance ; and with the exception of a short length of about 11,4 miles, about I in 180, I do not believe there will be a greater inclination than what is generally admitted in forming railways in England." And, in regard to the rest of the line, he says, that " although undulating, the road will not, I should think, be unfa vourable for locomotive engines." Fourthly.—The population of the parishes intersected by the Caledonian Railway, from the point where it leaves the route of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway at Gretna, to the poimt where the branches diverge at Lanark, a distance of about sixty. five miles, is, Caledonian Line 28,195 While the population on your line, between the same point and Kili;lansock, is Difference... 52,491 The population of the parishes on the two branches leading to Edinburgh and Glasgow respectively, including those on the Clydes. dale junction Line, as contrasted with the population of theparishes which lie up the West of Scotland Railways, at present terminating at Kilmarnock, and their proposed branches (excluding, however, in both cases, the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, wisieh would be alike accommodated by the two schemes), would be, Caledonian Branches 125,964 W•it of Scotland Railways 202,544 Difference 76,576 The total population en the Caledonian Line, and on the Gina. gow, Dumfries, and C arlisle, and Edinbur g h, H a wick, and Carlisle Lines (excluding, as before, the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and that part of the line south of Gretna common to both), is, " _ _ On Caledonian Railway On Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway,:4s3,23o On Hawick Line Difference... 195,51.1 The particulars of each of these calculations are annexed to this Report, s• that there may be no possibility of doubt on dm iubject. • Fifthly.—Pith regard to traffic, your Committee are now enabled to speak with more confidence, in consequence •f having, since the date of their Prospectus, taken measures to ascertain its amount accurately, both on your own and on the Caledonian Line. The result is, that upon the line of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle Railway, the thorough and local traffic, taken together, is suf ficient te ensure an adequate return; but the thorough traffic be. tween Glasgow and England, Including, of course, what passes along the road by Beattock, as well as what passes by the ether great road from Kilmarnock to Carlisle, is quite insufficient to do so. It amounts to not more than 40 per cent. of the whole traffic which will pass along your line. Were the whole •f this trans. ferred, without competition, to the Caledonian Line, on which the local traffic is trifiing, it would not yield interest on its cost. Your Committee do not feel any hesitation in speaking of the small amount otlocal traffic on the Caledonian Line, because their statement is confirmed by the recorded opinion of the Royal Com missioners, already quoted ; and no one who has travelled along the Beattock.road between Carlisle and Glasgew, by daylight, will fail to remember that there are from twenty to thirty miles where the sight of a cottage or a human being is a rarity. Your Committee are aware that much reliance is placed by the ScotlandC Caledonian al Rtao C iEw o na m gyi p a z i y ., boy Stirling, th e a e n i r . prospect o tp s h ti ri c tr ht connexion a f Tn t h r e a ex ffi Ti n e anb f l reo w i thmof t tch h oe e rnp n pr o ao r jr. nort h of Distances, to which your attention has alread y been directed, will enable yes to jud g e how farthcistrdaGflinie.,n Line wkaterewrhitcsh ' amount m r. ou on n r t eut m er a ! be, is likely to pass along the ale cir cuitous than either the North Itritish or Hawick Lines . point of fact, the number of persons who travel south from Stirlin g. i' shire or Perthshire, without having occasion to visit Edinburgh and Glasgow on their way, is extremely small. Indeed, most of you are probably already aware, that although there is a direct turnpike. road, laid out by the late Mr. Telford, between Carlisle and Stir. ling, there is not a single stagecoach or puhlia conveyance upon it, and it is deeply in debt. On the other hand, with reference to the general prospect of traffic on your own line, the following passage in the Report of Mr. Locke, in 1836, may be interesting to you :—" Of the advan tage to all the towns in Scotland, through or near to which this line will pass, no adequate idea can be formed. They exist in the most favourable part of Scotland, requiring only a cheap means of trans. port to develope the many resources they possess. Several of these towns have already grown into some importance; stud it should he an object with the proprietors of the soil, and with the manufac. turers of the district, to encourage the formation of a road like the one proposed, so as to extend to them the benefits which it is capable of affording." Sixthly.—There are various other points in regard to which the superior advantages offered by the Edinburgh, Ilawick, and Car lisle Railway, and the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, require only to be briefly indicated. (1.) The former will open op a connexion between the counties of Berwick, Selkirk, Peebles, and Roxburgh, and the north-west of England, and sowth-west of Scotland. These Scotch *studies already combine the highest state of agricultural improvement, with a growing woollen menu. facture. (2.) In the neighbourhood of Langholm there are very rich seams of coal which are at present landlocked, but the produce of which the Hawick Line will be the raeans, not only of bringing to the coast, but also of carrying farther into the interior, which is at present sufering from the want of it. (3.) The Dumfries Line, by giving a communication both from the south and north, with the seaport of Annan, affords to the whole of that district of country the means of communication with the best harbour on the upper part of the Solway Frith. (4.) The Caledonian Line would, even if a branch were made to Dumfries, aford very inferior ac. commodation to that town, and to the counties of Kircudbright and Wigton, from which a large number of oattle are at present sent, partly by sea and partly by land, to England. (5.) The Caledonian Line would, In like manner, afford a very inferior communication between the north of England and the north of Ireland, either by way of Pert Patrick or the seaports on the coasts of Ayrshire. (Lastly.) The Caledonian Railway would place in a less advan tageous position the whole population of the counties of Ayr and Renfrew, which, together, contain 319,428 inhabitants, being more than twice as many as the whole of Lanarkshire, exclud. log Glasgow. After the details which have new been given you, you will not be surprised to hear that the Caledonian Railway, while It receives a certai. degree of support from the promoters of the Scottish Cen. is opposed by alm o . t all the ether railway interests in se tra o l u Railway,and,ineluding the Edinburgh and Glasgow, the North British, the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, the Glasgow, Dumfries. and Carlisle, and the lines extending through Fifeehire to the north of Scotland. Indeed, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company have the strongest interest, and, at the same time, the strongest Parlia mentary grounds for opposing the Caledonian scheme, in couse. queuce of the two forks of the latter undertaking being so laid out as to form a competing line for the traffic between Edinburgh and Glasgow, not more than eight or nine miles longer than the direct route, and thus falling under the class of schemes which the Wiest Committee of the Heuse of Commons on Railways last session de. neunced as unjustifiable, being a railway (to use their own words) " which, if it is to remunerate the proprietors at all, eau only remunerate them by means of the abstraction of traffic, which M already, for all substantial purpose*, equally well accommodated by some existing railway." Your Committ ee regret much the length to which their oh. servations on the merits of your line, and those with which it has been i n c ompetition, have extended. They will endeavour to into as short a space as po ssible, the remaining points co, placed in which it is essential they should bring before you. You will recollect that the original rough estimate of the emit of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, was at the rate of 13,000/. per mile. Mr. Miller, your engineer, has not completed the detailed plans of the works, so as to enable him to say whether any reduction Call be made upon the estimate, hut he assures your Committee that there is no chance of its being exceeded. The amount, therefore, which will be required to finish your line, will be under 1,900,0001. Of this sum above four-hfths have been sub scribed and paid on, being more than is required by the Standing Orders in Parliament to entitle your Bill to pass, even if you apply for your whole lioe from Kilmarnock to Carlisle; whilst, if your Committee shall, on mature consideration, consent to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company proceeding with their Bill, to the effect of taking power to execute the portion of the Line between Kilmarnock and Cutnnock, under an obligation to convey it or lease it in perpetuity to you, if you desire it, the amount which has been subscribed will be considerably more than is required. In these circumstances, your Committee have resolved not to issue at present ally additional shares. Your Committee have had very satisfactory communications from most of the proprietors of land along the railway. They have also received assurances of support from many of the Corporations in the west of Scotland, and particularly from the towns of Dutn. fries and Annan, in which both the magistrates and inhabitants have resisted various attempts to draw them off, and have unani. mously declared in your favour. The counties of Ayr, Renfrew, and Kircudbright, have also passed resolutions approving of your line. Your Committee have thus laid fully before you the details of the entime scheme of railway communication from England to Scotland, of which your line forms a part. They feel perfect con. fidenze in its superiority over each other, as being best calculated to promote the interests of Scotland ; and they will proceed quietly but zealously, with their preparations for the approaching examina. tion of its merits before the Board of Trade and Parliament. By order of the Provisional Committee, Glasgow, Nov. 15, 1844. WM. LOGIE, Interim-See. In 1840 Mr. Locke prepared nn amended plan, whereby his gradient of 1 in 75 was to some extent improved, but to accomplish this he was obliged to have recourse to severe cutting and banking, which would, of course, add proportionally to the expense of the + The summit is only 600 feet. The total population on the line between Glasgow and Car. isle, by Dumfries, including the termini, is 690,296. rasstoaxT• 'The BISHOP of LONDON. • TRUSTEES. Sir WILLIAM 51A GNAY, Bart. SAMUEL JONES LOYD, F.sq. ABEL SMITH Esq., M.P. ANTHONY DE ROTHSCHILD, Esq. OORMITTRE TOR 41111NRRAL TURTVRIII. WILLIAM COTTON, Esq , Chairman. (The Trustees et officio.) ROBERT BOWIE, Rsq. Rev. W. W. CHAMPNETS Lord HENRY CHOLMONDELEY ROBERT DICKSON, Esq., M.D. SAMUEL GURNEY, jun., Seq. WILLIAM II AWES, Esq. RICHARD JOHNSON, Esq. HENRY KINGSCOTY, Bus. sir GEORGE LA RPENT, Bart. JOSEPH S. LISCHER, Esq. WILLIAM LOBS, Esq., M.D. ROBERT OLDERSHAW, Esq. JOHN 1). POWLRS, Esq. Viscount RANELAGH DAVID SALOMONS, 115 q. Mr. Deputy STEVENS Lord DUDLEY COUTTS STUART JOSEPH TOYNSEE, Esq. DAVID WILLIAMS WIRE, Esq. GEORGE FREDERICK YOUNG, 2114. The Subscriptions before advertised amounted to £4,041 13s. Her Majesty the Queen £2OO 0 0 His Royal Highness Prince Albert ......100 0 0 Her Majesty the Queen Dowager 100 9 0 His Grace the Archbishop of Canterburyloo 0 0 The Lord Bishop of London lOO 0 • Earl of Eldon Messrs. Baring Brothers Messrs. N. M. de Rothschild and Son —2OO 0 0 George Byng, Esq., 11. P 105 0 0 The Times Journal lO5 • 0 Marquis of Westminster Samuel Gurney, Esq 100 • 0 ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS:— The Worshipful Company of Grocers £lOO • 0 East and West India Dock Company lOO 0 0 St. Katharine's Dock Company lOO 0 0 London Dock Company lOO • 0 Messrs. Allen and Anderson 5 5 0 Lord Ashley J. Adams, jun., Esq., J. Anthony, Esq J. Altnutt, Esq. W. H. Ashurst, Esq. An Aquatic, per G. B. Gregory, Esq 1 1 0 Robert Baley, Esq. F. T. Birchim, Esq. Messrs. Blades and East Rev. C. Bowen R. Bright, Eaq., M.D. C. R. Brown, Esq. Henry Browning, Esq. Robert Brutton, Esq. Colonel B 1 0 0 David Baillie, Esq. . David Barclay, Esq., M.P. Russell Gurney Barclay, E.sq, Messrs. Barker, Brothers a 3 0 R. E. Bate, Esq. Henry Bateman, Esq. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. T. H. Sothamly, Esq. R. and B. 8r0wn.... HI 10 • I. K. Brunel,-Esq. John W. Buckle, Esq. John Buckle, Esq. Col. Buckley William Bullock, Esq. Alfred Burgess, Esq. Mrs. Burrell Mrs. CM. C. Dr. T. K. Chambers 1 1 0 The Very Rev. the Dean of Chichester 5 0 0 Messrs. C. Chubb and Son William Coles, Esq. Lieut.. Colonel J. R. Crauford Lewis Cubits, Esq. • IS William Cubitt, Esq. .1. C. Cameron, Esq 2 • 0 The Misses Champion Charles Clarke, Esq. (a) 1 1 • Ceal.porters' Fine for Drunkenness 9 • • Charles Cochrane, Ens • i • • Messrs. Cockerel' and Co Rev. E. Cogan ............... I 1 • Messrs. Collnaan and Salterfoht... ..... 5 • • Alexander Colvin, Esq. Messrs. Cook, Sons, and C0.. Hon. W. F. Cooper John Crowley, Esq. Charles Craddock, Esq 2 2 • I. N. Cowley, Esq. - Roger Cunliffe, Esq. John Curtis, Esq. Juland Danvers, Esq. Henry Davidson, Esq. Stephen C. Denison, lisq Joseph Drinkald, Esq. Messrs. Durant and Co J. E. Denison, Esq. Rev. H. Dupois E. B. 2 0 • William Edwards, Esq. John Entwistle, Esq. Dr. M. T. Este Rev. I'. Simpson Evans Dr. F0rbe5....... A Friend, by J. Cecil, Esq 9 3 • A Friend, by Messrs. Glyn and Co J. Fleet, Esq. J. Freshfield, Eaq E. Gifford, Esq 1 1 9 F. A. Goldsinid, Esq. Messrs. Gower, Nephews, and Co. Henry Grace, Esq. S 0 • J. Gunston, Esq. .. . C. Gamlen, Esq. ... 1 1 0 J. S. Gaskoin, Esq. ........... 1 2 0 Rev. C. H. Gaye 1 1 • Mrs. Gaye ................................ 1 I• • J. G. Gifford, Esq. Robert Gosling, Esq. James Giro, Esq. 5 a • I'. and E. Greenaway 22 5 Benjamin Hardy, Esq. 1 1 • George Hardy, Esq. ..... 0 10 • Arthur Helps, Esq. 6 is • Thomas Hodgson, Esq 5 5 • Egerton Hubbard, Esq 10 10 0 Edward Hurry, Esq 1 1 0 H. B. IL 19 0 • • C. ... S. Hawkin s , E sq.... 2 T. W. Phelp s, E sq. John Hende rson, Esq. 1 1 0 Joseph Hoare, E sq. 5 5 • Dr. Holland ................. .... 3 3 0 Lieutenant Frederick Holland 2 • 0 Mr. Alderman W. H. Hughes lO 10 • Messrs. Hulbert and Layton / 6 0 A. J. B. Hope, Esq., ALP, H. W. Hewlett, Esq. Messrs. C. J. Hambro and Son 3l 15 • Lord Kenyon Messrs. Johnson, Bulmer, and Co. E. Johnson, Esq, Rev. E. R. Jonas J. Kkper W. Hawes, Esq. . ...... 2.0 • J. P. 1 4 , 1 0 • Rev. A. P. Kelly 1 2 • L. L. A., by the Times T. H. Law, Esq.,, 1 • 1 0 R. H. Lawrence, Esq .. 6 5 Messrs. Liddiard an d C o .. George Lauren ce , E sq 2 1 I Messrs. Leaf, Coles, Smith, and Co— lO 10 I H. F. S. I.efevre, Esq, Mrs. Ugh 5 • 4 Rev. Thomas Leigh J. Reacher and Son J. S. Lesoher, Esq. Abraham Levy, Esq...• I 1 Edward Levy, Esq, T. A. Levy, E sq. .. 2 2 L. Lewis, Esti 1 0 B. E. Lind u, E sq.. ... 5 11 A. Lineol ne, E sq Lewis Lloyd, ju n., Esq.. ........... 1 e 10 Rev. C. M ac k enz i e William Millar , Ens 1 1 Messrs. Mottstt and Co T. M., Eq. 1 I Mr. Sergeant Manning lO 10 R. Nl'Culloch, Esq. ..... 5 6 Robert Martin, Esq. ...... .. lO 0 W. J. Max we ll ....... , Esq. ..... ....... 1 1 Mrs. Aferceron ..... ..... Henry Merceron ......... 0 0 Mrs. Henry Merceren S Merrick, E tq , John Miles, E 10 10 • sq, ........................ 1 1 0 Messrs. T. and R. Moat Messrs. J and R. Morley lO 10 0 John 'Morley, Esq. Robert Moshe% Esq. . 2 John Nesbitt, E gg Rea. Sir J. N ew 10 II 0 port, Bart. . ..... . Messrs. Patrey and Pasteur ..... ..... 10 10 0 William Pennell, Rig 1 1 William Pennell, jun. ............ 6 6 Louis • Hayes Potit, Rim • Pott, Rsq. .... 0 . •••••• ..... 20 0 W. Pulsford, Esq. 10 0 0 Edward Page, Esq. • P. D: Palmer, Esq, J. N. Par sons, /Seq. 2 Thomas. Persona, Esq. 0 • George Paten, E s I q. .................. 1 IJ. F. Paxson and Co. .. ......... .. 21 0 0 R. Pearson, Esq. Rev. S. Penf o ld 0 16 I, D,D....... James Phillips, Es 3 3 0 It. P ravel! q ..................... . 5 0 0 , Esq. R. Itanisd en, F-sq ..................... 22 6 J. Reid, Esq. ...... ............... 11 0 R. F. Reynolds, Esq. ........ 10 10 0 Captain 11. Rich. ........................ 5 0 0 The Record Newspaper ..................... 21 0 0 Wm. Robertson, Esq. .................... . 3 0 0 Captain Roxburgh ................ •• 1 0 0 Rer. John Saunders ............ 1 1 0 S. R. P .... 1 0 0 S. W. R. 6 0 Philip Salomens, Esq. 5 5 0 Dowager Lady Saltoun 3 I 0 kk SamPsom, Enl•••• • ••• ..... ••• Messrs. Sanderson and Co. • Sargani, Gordon and C 0.... 6 $ , C. layer, Esq .., S 3 8 W. Stone, Esq John Strain), Esq 1 1 • Lord J. Stuart 11. B. Smith, Esq. Joseph Tucker, Eeq 5 i 0 Messrs. W. J. Thompson and Son Messrs. Trueman and Cook 2l 0 0 Mrs. Tubbs . H. Tritest), Esq. Henry Vaughan, Esq. R. E. Van Heythuysen Henry Vyner, Req. ... 5 0 0 Mrs. Ware H. S. Westmacott J. and C. White and Ce. The Lord Bishop of Wineheeter ...... W. Walker, Esq Miss Ware Bev. H. G. Watkins ..... ... Joshua Watson, Eq. Bev. W. Winthrop J. R. Walker, Esq T. B. Wrightson, Esq . . 2 2 • J. Wickens, Esq. G. Whitbread, Esq, B. B. Williams, rsq Messrs. Willis and Percival Rev. D. Wilson 2 9 • John Wilson, Ru t 5 0 • J. D. Wood, E gg 2O 0 1 John Wright, Esq, Sundry small suns* ,.- ..... 1 I I If any gentle man h as not received a formal acknowledgment of the receipt of his contribution, he is hereby requested to com. raunicate its amount, and when and to whom it was paid. Contributions are received by the Members of the Committee; by the Bankers of the Metropolis ; and at the Temporary Offiee, I, Crosby -square, where attendance is given from Ten till Four. JAMES FARIS'', JOHN BULLAR, t Hon. Secretaries. GEORGE STONHOUSE GRIFFITH, Assist. Sec. Committee room, South Sea-house. LONDON, EDINBURGH, an d DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-hotuse, and 18, Chancery-lane, London. DIRECTOXS. • KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman. BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. Alexander Anderson, Esq. 1 James Hartley, Esq. . _ John Atkins, Esq. James Bidden, Esq. Captain F. Brandreth. John M`Guffie, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq. J. Marinaduke Rosseter, Esq. •unrroas. H. IL Carman, Esq. Robert E. Alison, Esq. Manicsa, ADVlSES—Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S., L. and X. Sscarrsay--John Emerson, Esq. SOLICITORS — Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. To PRESENT ALL FUTURE QUESTIONS AS r 0 TIE VALIDITY OF POLL. CIE S, this Company art prohibited by their deed of constitution from disputing any claim, unless they take upon themselves to prove that the policy upon which the claim arises was obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation. The Company are further bound to give effect to every policy, although the debt for which it may have been originally procured, or at any time held, may have been paid off before the claim arises. And that the value of policies may not be lessened or destroyed by parties going beyond the limits usually prescribed, the Company grant, upon payment of a small extra premium, general or whole world leave, which subsists during the currency of She policy. By these means the policies of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company have come to be considered as forming secu. cities more complete and more easily negotiable than any other similar documents. _ . Assurances are granted either with or without participation In profits, and the utmost facility is given in regard to the payment of the premiums, by the assured having the option of pe)ment by a progressive ascending scale, or according to the half premium system, continued for seven years. Prospectuses and schedules are forwarded to applicants, tree of expense, by the Manager and Agents. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Chairman. JOHN LABOI'CIIERE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse items, Esc!. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. John W. Buckle, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. John Dixon, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Loch, Esq.' , James Tulloch, Esq. ' ArDITORS. A. W. Bohan., Esq I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. George Stone, Esq. Aerrarr—Griftith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made tip to Christmas 1635 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every snit years amounted to about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those seven. years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the Sth of June, upon the premiums received en all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1843, and the same Is now in course of payment - daily (Friday and Saturday excepted) between the hours of ten and three o'clock. Notice is hereby given, That Assurances which expire at Christ mas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Omce, or with Mr. SAMS, No. I, St. dames's-street, corner of Pall Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. SILVta-PLATED DISH COVERS. B. SAVORY aid SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14 Corniill, L on don, opposite the Bank of England, sub m i t for choice in their Plate rooms many Patterns of SILVER-PLATED DISH COVERS, of Sheffield Manufacture, (rota Fifteen to Twenty Guinea.. the set, viz..— Double Dome Pattern. The Melon Pattern. Size. .£ a d. e.g. Siz Plated Dish Cover, 2oin. 5 11 6 1 Plated Dish Cover, 26 in. 5 17 0 Dish Cover, 19 in. 4 7 6 1 1 Dish Cover, ) 6 in. 4 14 0 Dish Covers,l6 in. 5 19 612 Dish Covers,l4 in. 6 6 6 Per set 415 13 9 1 The above have silver handles for tugraving the crest or coat of A Price Current, illustrated b 3 information relative to the purcha be had on application, or will 1 postage, in answer to a paid letter Par set £6 17 6 and mountings, and silver shields firms. Drawings, and containing every se of Silver or Sheffield Plate, way )e sent into the country, free of FREE TRADE! FREE TRADE! IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! The Public are specially informed that during the ro.trection of E. MOSES and SON'S premises in Aldgate, the entrance to their Establishment is only at 154, Minories. I et the Public observe that we never are found To take up a theme on political ground ; And no such allusion, of course, will be made In the following hints with regard to" Free '1 rade." Our meaning need not he mistaken by one— For we mean a "Free Trade" with E. MOSES and SON. Long, long have we struggled to bring this about, And the thing Is eff..cted, beyond any doubt : To the cast and the west our goods we send forth, And we send to the south, and we send to the north; Throughout the whole world (wheresoever it be) The trade of E. MOSES and SON has been" free." And still through the giro-oils efforts they've made Shall the warehouse of Moses b crown'd with " Fres Trade." While the Public, united, shall'' league" as in one To establish " Free Trade" with E. MOSES and SON. Hurrah! for their noble achievements, hurrah ! Let the fame or their houses be sounded afar! Let Fame shout it forth with a trumpeter's mouth, In the east and the west, and the north and the south— Yea, let the whole universe cry, as in one, Free Trade is establish'd with MOSES and SON l" . A new work, entitled .. THE COMMERCIAL PHENO. MENO S." with full directions for Self-Measurensent, en applies'. tien, will be forwarded post free. READY 11ADE. I I. d. heave Taglionts ...... ..... .. ........... ........................ ..... frern 6 II 6 Ditto Cherterßelds ...... ......... I W 4 Ditto Codringtons Ditto Penihr, Isis, A thels, Fulton', and every desiriptien of Winter Coat, handsomely trimmed flo..•s' Winter Coats, in every 5ty1e » ..........» Wenn Winter Trousers, linod Ditto Doeskin Dress Coats, edged, itc.............................•••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 0 a Frock ditt0.d1tt0;.•................. • ....., ........... . • •••••• 1 3 i Rolling Collir V e5t..... Double-breasted Ditto ....,........... ........... ........ ............. .. Boys' llussar Suits 0 17 6 Ditto Tunic, neatly braided ............ .......... .. ................ MADE TO MEASURE. Saxe Gotha Coats, 'velvet cellar and cuffs from 1 18 • Winter Coats, in every style and Shape, handsomely trimmed I 5 • Milled Tweed Wrappers 0 17 • Ditto, ditto, Trousers I $ • Buckskin Ditto Doeskin Ditto, any pattern ........ ......... • 12 0 Best, or Dress Trousers ...... ....„.„ ....... 1 6 • Cashmere Vest • 7 • Winter Ditto, in smiles, pattern ..... Dress Coat Ditto, ditto, best manufactured 2 15 • Frock Coat Ditto, the best manufactured.... ....... ..... Boys' Hussar Suit 1 7 • Ditto Tunic Mournieg to any extent can be had at 84 ... iniZiesa 'notice, at the following prices r Men's Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers , from 1 16 I ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers ....... frora 0 18 0 IMPORTANT. — Any article purchased or ordered, If not approved of, exchanged, or the money returned. Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail Woolen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154. Mi. nories, and 86. Aldgate, City, opposite the Church. Caurren.—E. Moses and Eon are obliged to guar the public against imposition, having learned that the untradeemanlike lalsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, nas been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion whatever with any other establishment, and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent disappointment, &c.) call or send to, 154, Alinories, or 88, Aldgate opposite the Church. N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment horn sunset on Friday till so s•set on Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve o'clock, FRAAIPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. The manifold advantages to the heads of families from the possession of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to with confidence, and used with success In cases of temporary sick. nese, occurring in families mere or legs every des, are so obvious to all, that no question can be raised of its importance to every house holder in the kingdom. From among numerous testimonials, the following is respectfully submitted :- 41 TO Mt. TROMAR TROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. " 5, Cooper.street Manchester, March 12, 184.2. " Sir,—l have much satisfaction in communicating to you the result of my experience, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course uf many years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found results at once salutary and efficient In the relief of the system from redundant bile, Ac., Ac., with so little inconvenience; I am, therefore, warranted in declaring that they supply to me a means long wanting, of being able to recommend to families, schools, and especially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most valuable resource in an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit to myse f if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of mak ing FRAMPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated. " I am, Sir, respectfully yours, • WILLIAM SMITH." The unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re- Onsomendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit from their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary, they are not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well-known attend ants, Bilious and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after meals, Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c. Two or three doses will convince the of li of their salutary erects. The stomach will speedily regain Is strength ; a healthy action of the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place; and inste d rf listnesnes', heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age, will be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions accompanyjng each box. Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London, Price Is. I%d. and 26.9 d. per box s and by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the Xbigdora. A;k for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the Name and Address of '• ThomasProut,22B, Strand, London,” on On Ow 'mutant Stamp. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The arrangements for the Christmas Holidays commence on Monday, the 23d instant. One of the brilliant novelties is the • CHROMATROPE, to wh;ch may be added, Subjects in Nature and Art for the PROTEOSCOPE. The I'HYSIOSCOPE. The first Ex hibition of a Series of beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. On the Evenings of Tuesdays and Thursdays Mr. C. E. HORN lectures on the MUSIC of DIFFERENT NATIONS. Dr. RYAN'S and Pro fessor BACHHOFFNER'S varied LECTURES daily. Dr. RYAN also Lectures an the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. All these Lectures abound in interesting Experiments. SUBMA• RINE EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVING-BELL and DIVER. The HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. Admission, Is.; Schools, liall-prioe. A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Hundred additional Works if Art, &c., since the last revisal, Is just pablished. price Is. GENERAL TOM THUMB. The AMERICAN MAN in MINIATURE has returned to London' and is new holding his PUBLIC LEVEES at the Sal. lery, in Suffolk.street, Pall.mall. The General has been visiting the principal towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and has met with unprecedented success. Whilst in Edinburgh the General was presented with a beautiful Highland dress, of the Royal Stuart Tartan, manufactured by Messrs. Meyers and Mortimer, in which he will appear at each exhibition, in addition to his Citizen, Napoleon, and Court dross. Hours of Exhibition from Eleven to One, Three to Five, and from Seven to Nine. Doors open half an hour previous. Admission (regardless of age), One Shilling. The General's Miniature Equipage will be exhibited daily from Four to Half.past Five, and from Eight to Half-past Nine, P.X. at 121, Pall-mall, at the trifling charge of Threepence, merely to defray the rent of the room. BRIGHTON and CHICHESTER RAILWAY• PORTSMOUTH EXTENSION. Notice is hereby given that the Directors or the Brighton and Chichester Railway Company will ALLOT the SHARES in the above undertaking on FIIDAY. the 27th inst., and that no applies. Mon for Shares will be received alter Twelve o'clock en that day. By order, FRED. OTLET, Secretary. 4, Dean street, Tooley-street, Dec. 21, 1844. GOLDEN LION, OLD ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL and FAMILY HOTEL, COIINHILL, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK. J OHN GARROD begs to announce that he has taken the above Establishment, and respectfully solicits the patronage and support of Commercial Gentlemen, Families, his Friends, and the Public. The house having been enlarged by the erection of a suite of airy sleeping-rooms, and thoroughly repaired and refitted, and in every department renovated, the establishment is now replete with every comfort and accommodation. Extensive and excellent stables, loose boxes, and lock-up coach.houses. WINTER OVER-COATS, WRAPPERS, &c. MESSRS. BURCH and LUCAS (late J. Albert) respectfully invite gentlemen to ♦iew their new and fashionahle assortment of PATENT and BEAUFORT BEAVERS, FANCY ♦ESTINGS, TROUSERINGS, &c., for the approaching season ; he style and cut of every garment are guaranteed equal I. any of the first houses at the West-end, at prices in unison with the economy of the times, feeling confident that gentlemen who nay do them the honour will be perfectly satis fied with any garment that leaves their establishment. A large as. mortis:gni of Great Coats kept ready made in all the different and most approved forms agreeable to the prevailing taste ; being made .mder the superintendenoe of the proprietors, they are enabled to speak confidently as to their superiority ever all garments of a slop description, the which are entirely excluded from this establishment. 52, KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, op smite the Statue. FMPLOYMENT.—Persons havin g s littl e ti me A to spar* are apprised that Agents continue to b* appointed in London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, er the sale of their celebrated teas. Offices, No. 2, Great St. ilelenc:churchyard, ilishopagate-strlpt4 I They are packed In showy leaden canisters, from ens ouneeNto a pound, with tke price and weight marked •n eack packet, and bat ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only 113. per annum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss. Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above. BURGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand for It continuing to Increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most respectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public r their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni ence in all climates hays recommended l', to the most distinguished oreign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda tion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint ment to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each bottle being sealed on the cork with their Arm and address, as well as eack label having their signature, without which 11 gannet be genuine. JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and rnueh-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after the sense manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many roars. Wareh•wie, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. A GIFT FOR TIIE NEW TEAR. TH SPLENDID PANORAMA of LONDON from the THAMES, a most beautiful Engraving, 14 feet in length, is given to all purchasers of the PICTORIAL TIMES for December 28, January 4, 11, and 18. A remittance of 2s. 3d. in Postage Stamps will ensure the delivery of the Engraving and the four week's papers through the Post, Office, 135, Fleet-street. A NEW AND IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE SILENT FRIEND ON HUM AN FRAILTY. Just published, price 2s. 6d., and free by post (in a sealed envelope), Price 3s. 6d., THE SILENT FRIEND ;_ a Medical Work on Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the baneful effects of excessive indulgence and Infection, illustrated by engravings, with observations en Marriage, and directions f or the removal oecertain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and CO. Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Berner.. street, Oxford-street; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Furlds, Compton-street, Soho ; Noble, 109, Chancery-lane; Hann a y an d Co., 63, Oxford-street; J. Gordon, 146, Leadenbiall-street, Lon. don; and by all Booksellers to Town and Country. OPINIONS Or TUB MOSS. " We regard the work before us t '' The Silent Friend,' as a work embracing roost clear and practical views of a series of com plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the majority of the Medical profession, for what reason we are at a losst o know. Wemust, however, confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffer.. ing from indiscretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages." —Age and Argus. " The Authors of The Silent Friend,' seem to be thoroughly conversant with the treatment of a class of complaints which are, we fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot fall to recommend it to a careful perusal."—Era. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed for the cure of nervous and muscular debility, impuissance, .ke. Price 115. and Us. per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, of whom may be had the " Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases may be had as usual. 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Willoughby and Co., SI, Itishopegate Without, Ali nearly all Mediate, Venter., at le. I}id. or 2s. Rd. per box. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. ORDINATIONS. His Grace the Archbishop of York held a general or dination at Bishopsthorpe, on Sunday last, when the fol• lowing gentlemen were admitted into holy orders:— Deacons—(Of Oxford).—Anthony eband, 8.A., Worcester College. Deacons— (Orearnbridge).—Simeon Hiley, B.A„ Ca therine Hall ; Joseph Atkinson, 8.A., St. John's Col lege ; James Ball, 8.A., Catherine Hall ; Thomas Brown, 8.A., Christ's College, by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of Ripon ; John Green, 8.A., Emanuel College, by letters dimissory, from the Lord Bishop of Ripon. Priests (of Oxford).—The Rev. J. Aldred, 8.A., Lincoln College ; Rev. Algernon Brackenbury, 8.A., Queen's College, Priests (of Cambridge).—The Rev. Philip Bogge, M.A., Trinity College ; Rev. Willis', Calvert, 13. A., Pembroke College ; Rev. John Blackburn, 8.A., Pem broke College ; Rev. John Knott, 8.A., Christ's College ; Rev. Robert M'Neil, M.A., Trinity College. Priest (of Durham).—The Rev. Samuel; Smith,:B.A., University College. Priest (of Dublin)—The Rev. William Marshall, 8.A., Trinity College. On Sunday last the Lord Bishop of Chichester held a general ordination in the Cathedral Church of his dio cese, when the following gentlemen were admitted to holy orders. Deacons (of Oxford).—Charles William Willock , B.A. , Baliol College ; John Turner, M.A., Baliol College. Deacons (of Cambridge).—Edward Venables, 8.A., Pembroke College; Richard Nathaniel Blaker, 8.A., St. John's College. Deacon (Literate).—Henry Shum Shean. Priests (of Oxford).—The Rev. Edward Bradley, 8.A., Magdalen Hall ; Rev. James Henry Sheppard, 8.A., Queen's College ; Rev. John Lloyd, 8.A., Worcester College ;- Rev. Henry John Rush, 8.A., Worcester Col lege; Rev. Philip Thomas Drayton, 8.A., St. Mary Hall. Priests (Literate).—The Rev. Henry Hamilton Ha milton. - • " • At an ordination holden on the same day by the Lord Bishop of Hereford, the following gentlemen were or dained : Deacons (of Oxford).—John Buckle, 8.A., St. Mary Hall ; William Tassie Vernon, 8.A., Magdalen Hall ; Edward Jones, 8.A., Jesus College, by letters dimissory, from the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Deacon (4 4*Cambridge).--Roger Taylor Burton, 8.A., St. John's College. Priests (of OX'ford).—The Rev. Allan Cowburn, M.A., Exeter College ; Rev. Henry Bolton Power, 8.A., Oriel College ; Rev. Thomas Clotworthy Foster Skeffington, 8.A., Worcester College. Priests (of Cambridge).—The Rev. James Caddy James, 8.A., St. John's College ; Rev, John Meredith Lewes, 8.A., Trinity College. THE QfjEENDOWAGER.-Eight hundred families in the neighbourhood of Hampton-court, Hampton, New Hampton, and Teddington, receive, by the kind charity of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, three pounds of beef and two quartern loaves each every Christmas. This welcome gift was distributed on Tuesday. THE HEROINE Or MATAGORDA.—We have much pleasure in stating, that the subscription for this deserv ing old woman now amounts to a sum sufficient to secure her 30/. a year for life, with a few pounds over to set up house with. The money will be invested in Glasgow, on her behßlf, next week,— Glasgow Saturday Post, THE CONQUEST OF SINDE. The following are additional extracts from the in• teresting work of General William Napier on this subject. After noticing the changes made by Lord Ellenborough by the removal of a vast number of useless political agents, the General furnishes the rea sons which would have justified his Lordship in re sorting to arms much earlier than he actually did : .REASONS FOR THE WAR. " Lord Ellenborough was more than justified in his sweeping reform. And it was a conviction that the loose mode of intercourse hitherto carried on with the Ameers had led to mischief, and was derogatory to such a power ful government as the Anglo-Indian, which induced Sir Charles Napier at once to assume a frank though stern tone with these Sindian rulers. For well he knew, that however much modes and customs may differ with na tions, man is intrinsically the same all over the world, and to be governed by his passions. He held it shame ful and wicked to tempt the Ameers by any appearance of infirmity of purpose, to display their arrogance when the Governor-General had assured him the sword of vengeance would be inexorably bared for the first fault. They had, however, already been tempted, by an un steady diplomacy acting on proud minds, into a course full of danger for them, and he was to make a true and faithful report of their misdeeds. This he effected twelve days after his arrival at Sukkur, showing a list of offences more or less grave, but the whole proving a settled design for war, when opportunity offered. Sup ported by evidence, as good as could be obtained where the secret machinations of Princes, who had the power and the will to destroy those who informed against them, were to be laid open, this list of offences certainly war ranted a resort to arms, or the imposition of a fresh treaty under pain of war. " Against the Ameer Roostum of Kyrpooi they proved secret intercourse with foreign States, contrary to treaty and with designs hostile to the British ; maltreatment of British servants ; obstructions to the commerce and na vigation of the Indus ; illegal imprisonment of British subjects, and, through the agency of his Minister, Fut teh Mohamed Ghoree, aiding the escape of Mohamed Shurreef, a public enemy, which happened about this period. " Against the Ameer Nusseer of Hyderabad, was the assembling of troops to attack Shere Mohamed of Meer poor, upon a boundary dispute which had been referred to the British arbitration ; perfidiously inveigling the assistant political agent to meddle privately in a dispute between the Ameer and his subjects, and then charging this his own act against the British Government as a breach of treaty ; repeated wilful violations of the eleventh article of the treaty, with an avowed determi nation to set it aside ; delaying the transfer of Shikar poor, when he knew of the disasters in Affghanistan ; secretly coining base money to defraud the British Go vernment in the payment of tribute ; exacting illegal tolls, refusing to refund, and obstructing the navigation and commerce of the Indus ; opposing the free supply of the bazaar at Kurrachee, and preventing his subjects from settling and trading in the British cantonment ; employing troops to menace the possession of another Ameer, when the dispute had been referred to the Bri tish authorities, thus violating the third article of the treaty. which guaranteed to each Ameer his separate dominions ; neglect of tribute, and finally, exciting by letter Beebruck, the chief of the Booghtee tribe, to take up arms against the British troops, who were, he said, retreating worsted from Khorassan, the name by which the Sindians generally designated Affghanistan. " These offences, which were all violations of treaty, had been continued from early in 1841, up to September, 1842, showing a settled enmity; and at the very moment of Sir C. Napier's arrival at Sukkur, Nusseer and Roos turn, the chief Ameers of Upper and Lower Sinde, con tracted a seeret alliance and confederacy, offensive and defensive, against the British power. They sought to draw Ali Moored into their views ; they prepared to send away their wives and children; they collected their troops, enlisted many of the Affghans who had followed General England's column from Quettah ; issued in structions to all their feudatory chiefs to be in readiness to take the field, and held councils with the chiefs of the Murrees and other Brah•oe tribes. The English troops, they said, were as their spies informed them, so weak, miserable, and sickly, they could no t res i st , an d if t h ey were healtly,' had theynot been driven from Affghanistan! Let the priests proclaim a religious war against the Feringhee caffirs! When they went a ga i ns t Kh orassan and Caubul, they made us promise three lacs of rupees yearly for tribute. Now they have been driven from thence, and we have an answer ready when the money is demanded!' " Here were ample grounds for a resort to force. Did Lord Ellenborough eagerly seize the opportunity? Did his General advise him to do so? The answer to these questions will place their conduct in a true light, each on its own pedestal, for their distinct position must always be kept in view. Lord Ellenborough knew all the odious process by which the treaties, giving him the right now to resent these hostile measures of the Ameers, were obtained. The General knew nothing of them, the official correspondence explaining them was not then published; he could not suspect its nature; he could not ask for it, nor would it have been given to him if he had. He could only look at the treaties as contracts, volun tarily made, and which he was in Sinde to uphold, both as a political agent and as a military officer. As con tracts he saw friendship, alliance, protection, offered and accepted by the weaker power; the promotion of trade, commerce, and navigation; and in their effects the im provement of the people's condition. He saw those peo ple, of all classes, crowding into the British cantonments to avoid the grinding exactions and barbarous tyranny of their rulers. He saw those rulers debauched and ignorant, trampling:for their pleasures, with the hoofs of wild beasts, one-fourth of the fertile land which should have fed the starving multitudes; and this with so little remorse, that one had recently depopulated two villages to make a Shikargah for his child of eight years old! " It was with these things before his eyes, this suffer ing and wickedness on one side, this promise of remedy on the other, that Sir Charles Napier made that report to Lord Ellenborough which was to determine the latter's course of action. " And Lord Ellenborough's right to act, that also must be considered, or there can be no just judgment I" " It was the right of necessity, the right of self-pre servation, a necessity he had not produced; he found it, but he was bound by it. In that consists its justice. Take away this ground and it was a continuation of Lord Auckland's aggressive policy ; yet always with this palliation, that Lord Ellenborough sought no ag• grandisement, put forth no mocking pretensions of friend ship to cover injustice. Standing on the right of treaties concluded, he pursued the general interests of humanity, disregarding only the conventional rights of besotted tyrants, men who themselves trampled upon all rights, and were ever ready sword in hand to take from the porsessions of their neighbours. This is the worst view that can be given of Lord Ellenborough's policy. But he had also the plea of self-preservation ; and be it re membered, Sobdar of Hyderabad, and Ali Moorad of Kyrpoor, had with a good will accepted the treaties from the tirNt, and Shere Mohamed of Meerpoor, voluntarily sought a treaty on the same footing as Sobdar, demur ring only to the payment of tribute. " The origin of the Sindian war being thus placed on a sound basis for fair discussion, the following view taken by Sir Charles Napier will be more readily appre ciated : SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S REPORT TO LORD ELLENBOROUGH. " ' It is not for me to consider how we came to oc cupy Sinde, but to consider the subject as it now stands. We are here by right of treaties entered into by the Ameers, and therefore stand on the same footing as themselves ; for rights held under treaty are as sacred as the right which sanctions that treaty. There does not appear any public protest registered against the trea ties by the Ameers, they are therefore to be considered as free expressions of the will of the contracting parties. " ' The English occupy Shirkapoor, Bukkur, and Kurrachee, by treaties which, if rigidly adhered to by the Ameers, would render those princes more rich and powerful, and their subject:more happy, than they now are. If sticklers for abstract right maintain—as no doubt they will—that to prevent a man from doing mis chief is to enslave him, then it may be called hard to en force a rigid observance of these treaties. But the evi dent object of the treaties is to favour our Indian in terests, by abolishing barbarism and ameliorating the condition of society, by obliging the Ameers to do, in compliance with those treaties, that which honourable and civilised rulers would do of their own accord. It is necessary to keep this in view, because though the de sire to do good would not sanction a breach of treaty, it does sanction the exacting a rigid adherence to the trea ties by the Ameers ; and the more so that their infrac tions of them evinces the barbarism of those princes, their total want of feeling for their subjects, and,their own un fitness to govern a country. These things must be kept in mind, or what I am about to say will appear unjust, which is not the case. " ' By treaty, the time for which we may occupy our present camps is unlimited ; but there is such hostility to us on the part of the Ameers,—such a hatred of the treaties—such a resolution to break them in every way ; there is amongst their people such a growing attachment to British rule, that the question • arises, whether we shall abandon the interests of humanity and those of the British Government, which in this case are one, and at once evacuate Sinde ; or take advantage of existing tr( a ties and maintain our camps permanently ? " If we evacuate the country, future events will ine vitably bring us back to the banks of the Indus. If we remain, our camps will soon be filled with the Ameers' subjects flying from oppression. These camps will quickly grow into town., and the people within them will carry on a transit trade along the Indus, to the exclusion of the subjects of the Ameers without. Among the latter misery and poverty will sojourn, for the exactions of the Ameers will in a great measure destroy both com merce and agriculture among their people. " This produces another question ; can such a state of things long continue ? A Government hated by its subjects, despotic, hostile alike to the interests of the English and of its own people : a Government of low intrigue, and so constituted that it must in a few year t fall to pieces by the vice of its construction? Will not. such a Government maintain an incessant petty hostility against us? Will it not incessantly commit breaches of treaties, those treaties by which alone we have any right to remain in this country and must therefore rigidly up hold? I conceive such a state of political relations can not last, the more powerful Government will at no dis tant period swallow up the weaker. Would it not be better to come to the results at once? I think it would be better fit can be done with honesty. Let me then consider how we might go to work on a matter so criti cal, and whether the facts to which I have called your attention will bear me out in what I propose. " Several Ameers have broken treaty in the various instances stated in the accompaning " _Return of Com plaints." I have maintained thatjwe want only a fair pre text to coerce the Ameers, and I think these various acts recorded give abundant reason to take Kurrachee, Sukkur, Bukkur, Shirkarpoor, and Subzulcote, for our own, and obliging the Ameers to leave a track way along both banks of the Indus, stipulating for a supply of wood; but at the same time remitting all tribute, and arrears of tribute, in favour of those Ameers whose con duct has been cerrect; and finally, enter into a fresh treaty with one of those princes alone as chief. I oan not think such a procedure would be dishonourable or harsh. lam sure it would be humane. The refractory Ameers break the treaty to gratify their avarice, and we punish that breach. I perceive no injustice. " If it be determined to keep Sukkur and Bukkur, I think it would not be politic to give up Shikarpoor. The town of Sukktur stands on an elbow of the Indus, which surrounds the town on two sides ; on the other two, at about four miles distance, it is closed in by a large jungle, through which passes the road to Shikarpoor where the jungle finishes. If we evacuate Shikarpoor, the robber tribes will descend from the hills and esta blish themselves in the jungle, Sukkur will be blockaded, and no one be able to move beyond the chain of sentries without being murdered. To clear this jungle with in fantry will be impossible ; the robbers will retreat, and when the troops retire again occupy the jungle. But if Shikarpoor is occupied, a body of cavalry stationed there could spread along the outskirts of the jungle, while in fantry would by concert push from Sukkur through the wood. The robbers thus cut off from the hills, would receive such a terrible punishment as to deter other tribes from trying the same experiment. " In a commercial point, Shikarpoor is of consider able importance. It offers a depot for goods from the north and west, with the countries of which it has long possessed channels of communication. Adverse circum stances may for a while interrupt these, but under a firm protecting government they would soon be re-opened : Shikarpoor goods would be sent to Sukkur, there to be shipped on the Indus ; and they would also be passed by land to Larkaana, and thence to Kurrachee. These seem to have been formerly the lines of trade ; they are geographically and na t ura ll y so, and will, therefore, quicly revive. But if Shikarpoor be left to the mercy of the surrounding freebooters commerce cannot thrive ; nor, without Shikarpoor he strongly guarded, can it pass through the jungle to Sukkur. These two towns natu rally support each other in commerce. " In a political view Shirkapoor has the advantage of being chiefly inhabited by a Ilindoo population, tolerated for ages by the Mussulmans, and, consequently, forming a pacific link of intercourse between us and the nations north and west; through Shirkarpoor these Ilindoos will gradually filter the stream of commeree, and be the means of social intercourse between the Mahomedans and ourselves, in time uniting those who will not abruptly amalgamate. Shirkarpoor contains many rich banking-houses, which is a sure evidence of its being a central point of communication between surrounding countries. and, consequently, one where the British Go vernment would learn what was going on in Asia, The money market is generally the best politiCal baro meter. " The robber tribes in the neighbourhood have kept down this town in despite of its natural and acquired advantages; in fact, the robber is everywhere the master; therefore all around is barbarous, and barbarous must continue to be, till civilization gradually encroaches on these lawless people, and I think Shirkarpoor is precisely one of those grand positions which ought to be seized in that view. I have, therefore, directed Major-General England not to evacuate that town till further instruc tions are received from the Governor-GeneraL " I have drawn up this memorandum entirely on my own consideration of the subject ; but since Major Outram's arrival, which took place when I had finished the last paragraph, he has given me every possible as sistance. He concurs in all I have said, but, at the same time, he has added much to my local knowledge, and in justice to the Ameers, I must, with this increase of in formation, enlarge upon what I have stated. " The Ameers say, they did not understand article 11 of the treaty to prohibit the levying of tolls on their own subjects. They urge, in proof of this misconcep tion, that they resisted the treaty because of other arti cles less important, yet never objected to article 11, because they relied on article 5. This may be ; and I would willingly, if possible, suppose that they really did conceive the treaty gave them tolls on their own sub jects ; but they have attempted to levy tolls on the boats of the Khan of Bhawulpore, which the treaty assuredly does not give them a right to do , and they have fired into the boats of merchants from Bhawulpore. The treaty could not have been misconstrued/On these points, and therefore I do not believe they misconstrued article 11, but broke it purposely. The treaty has also been broken by treasonable correspondence, and other vexa tious acts, as set forth in the return of complaints. " ' Now, what punishment do I propose for their mis conduct ? Injury to their family ? No ! Injury to their subjects ? No ! What then ? The reduction of their territory by four places; two of which, Sukkur and Bukkur, are barren spots yielding no revenue; the other two, Kurrachee and Shikarpoor, towns nearly ruined by their tyranny, and for ono of which, Shirkar poor, we have negotiations pending. To obtain these places in seignorage it is proposed to remit all tribute in arrear, and for the future withdraw our resident from Hyderabad, ensure the amelioration of the impoverished state in which their subjects languish, and, in' time, add to the power and wealth of the Ameers themselves by opening the commerce of the river. To their selfish feel ings, their avarice and love of hunting, ought such great general interests to be sacrificed? I think net. The real interests of the Ameers themselves demand that their puerile pursuits and blind avaricious proceedings should be subject to a wholesome control, which their breaches of treaties, and our power gives us at this mo ment a lawful right to exercise, and the means of peace ably enforcing. If any civilised man were asked this question.—" Were you the ruler of Sinde, what would you do?" His answer would be. " I would abolish the tolls on the rivers, make Kurrachee a free port, protect Shirkarpoor from robbers, make Sukkur a mart for trade on the Indus. I would make a track-way along its banks; I would get steam-boats." Yet all this is what the Ameers dread. " They have broken treaties, they have given a pre text, and I have a full conviction, perhaps erroneously, that what I propose is just and humane. I will go farther, rand say, as Nusseer Khan, of Hyderabad, has openly broken the treaty, if the tv overnor-General chooses to punish him, he may justly seize the district of Subzulcote, and give it to the Khan of Bhawulpore, as I have understood there was some intention of doing. " ' The second point to which Major Outram has drawn my attention is a very strong one. He tells me, the tribes on the river, above that part possessed by the Ameers of Sinde, do levy tolls, and that there is no treaty or public document forthcoming in virtue of which we can call upon the Ameers even of Upper Sinde not to levy tolls upon their own subjects. It is therefore evident that to call upon the Ameers of Hy - derabad to desist from levying tolls, and to allow the tribes above them on the river to do so, would be unjust; that is to say, it would be unjust to allow the others to levy tolls, but not unjust to prevent the Ameers from doing so. The answer to the argument :—" That tolls are levied on the Northern Indus" is just this. Say to those Northern tribes, " We have, v,ith great trouble, secured to your boats a free passage on the river through Sinde ; we are resolved to open the commerce of that great highway of nations ; and yoo, who receive benefit thereby, must join in this measure leading to the good of all, and to the loss of none." Wherefore to excuse the Ameers upon the ground that others are, not equally coerced, is answered by coercing the others. • "' Having thus given the best view I can taketif this intricate subject, I shall accompany this report by va rious documents, among which there is one giving a kind of return, if I may so call it, of the accusations against the Ameers, upon which accusations (relative to which I have read every paper), I have founded my opinion of their conduct ; and by referring to this return, it will be seen whether I have justly estimated the complaints made against them by the political agents. I have also added the documents verifying each transaction. I have caused Major Outram to give me a memorandum of the state in which the treaty with the Ameers for the pur chase of Shikarpoor remains, as it has been in abeyance since last year. From this memorandum it would appear, that in addition to the great advantages for Sukkur, which would attend the occupation of Shikarpoor, this district would be a very valuable acquisition, in point of revenue, in time ; and would, with the aid of Kurrach ee , cover the expense of guarding our newly-acquired towns on the banks of the Indus. Should it hereafter be deemed proper to make the proposed arrangements with the Ameers, so as to punish those who have broken the treaty ' the details of such arrangements can b e eas ily made. The transfer of tribute due, would adequately repay whatever portions of the districts in question belong to the Ameers whose conduct has been loyal.'" ECCLESIASTICAL INTEL LIGEN CE. (From the Western Luminary.) We have authority to say that the Lord Biihop of this diocese, in consideration of the strong feeling which subsists in many places against the use of the surplice in preaching, has withdrawn his order in re'pect to that particular. To the enforcement of the rubrics his Lordship firmly adheres. A circular letter to the clergy to this effect has just issued. 'We are authorised to state that the Bishop of Exe. ter has withdrawn the postscript to his letter to the Dean. The statement made to him originated in a mistake, which has since been explained. ` A CHILD BURNED TO DEATII.—On Tuesday Mr. Baker-held an inquest at the Blue Last., Curtain-road, Shoreditchc on the body of Mary Ann Malmsbury, aged seven years. Elizabeth Charelen stated that she resides in the same court with deceased's parents. On Monday evening she was in her own room, and on accidentally looking out of the window, saw a great light or blaze in deceased's parents' apartment opposite. Witness imma. diately ran down, and upon entering the house saw de ceased enveloped in flames. With assistance site ektin guished the fire, but not until deceased had been dread fully burned all over her body. Mr. Smith, a surgeon, was sent for, who promptly attended, and administered the proper remedies, but without avail. Verdict—"Ac cident.al death." o,o' l ; $ 0 3° . , ° 47 s 9. b3l 0 1 1 94' TS 6 I I I