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EAST INDIA HOUSE, 6th August, 1853. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST L.NDLA. COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That th e z nis rate of Excha nge a t w hi c h they w ill rece i ve Cash for n Bengal and Madras will, from the present date and until "..""ner notice, b e 2s. 1 , 6 d. the Company's Rupee, and for Bills on Bombay 2a. Id. the Company's Rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL- Wet —TOURS to WINDERMERE and the LAKES of 7ESTMOR ELAND.Tickets, available for Fourteen Days to these Lakes, are issued at the following fares, by any through tra ins : First Class. Second Class. London to Windermere and back £3 10 0 £2 10 0 OVord ditto ditto liir ralligham ditto ditto By order, MARK HUISH. Gen eral Manager's Office, Easton Station, Jane 7, ....... E 1853. C O RNWALL RAILWAY.—NOTICE OF CALL. —FIFTH 101. Paid uP.-- CALL.-21. per 2^/. Share, making Notice is hereby g i ven, that the D i rec t ors o f the Cornwall 111: - W 213. Company have This D a y ma d e a Call of 2/. per 201. way Company the resp ec ti ve Shareholders in the sa id Company, have appointed such call to be paid on the 15th day of Augus t l ' e Xts to either of the undermentioned Bankers, namely : l egal's. Glyn, Mills, and Co., Lombard-street, London. Messrs. Praeds and Co., Fleet-street, Loudon. Il eum Tweedy, Williams, and Co., Truro, Falmouth, and Redruth, Cornwall. Anci n ., -th e several Sh are h olders in the said Company are h ere by re '"la to Pay such Call. By order of the Directors. W. H. BOND, Secretary _ _ Dated Truro, Bth July, 1853. a interest at the rats of 3% per cent. on Calls paid up will be allowed . !,.Call g made th rn the date of payment. All interest will cea,e from the d ite of 4414 Call be payable on the whole amount paid up until the e %VW Paid, and a charge of 4 per cent. will be made on .......____ - call during the time the said Call remains in arrear. GREAT WEST - ERN RAILWAY. Notice is Hereby Given, that the next HALF-YE A ELY GENERAL FETING of the Proprietors of this Company will beheld pursuant t he Act of Parliament, in Bristol, at the Bristol Station, on b ns , 4r !slaY, the 18th day of August next, for the general purposes of p os `B. and that the said Meeting will be mane Special for the pur wade of c onsidering and determining the expediency of converting, tie:)dort ° g f ._ t e he _ " the provisions of an Act passed in the present Session, a pot'. borrowed Capital of the Company into Great Western i 2LStock or Irredeemable Mortgage Anninties to a cr , a d oth e ,'''"wu either by agreement to the holders ot the Mortgages or pay ether of the Company, or to be issued to other persons to p a ,„,, w e Mortgages or o th er Securities which may become due and 1,412.1` su o , and also to fla and d e t erm i ne the a mo un t an d con di t i ons on be Which cre ated and u sage Stock or Mortgale Annuities respectively shall .Tile c hair Will be taken at one o'clock precisely. C. RUSSELL, Chairman. The T r BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. Transfer Hooke will be closed on the eighth day of August 1 7`..t!till not be 18th of August. opened until after the said Half-Yearly G eneral u un ti on the .0 dou Trminus, Paddington, July 21, 1853. wtEAT WESTERN . RAILWAY.—CHEAP ab bn , and A EXCURSION to CIIIEPSTOW—On AY forAu gust i 4, a EXPEDITIO Train U will leave PADDINGTON at 7.30 . a.m . bee._ Glouce ster and Chepstow, with a branch to Cheltenham. It has gauged, i n order to give as much time as piisiible at Chep ceskr7a,phls train shall run through direct, stoppine only at Mim Nits of „,!` l , B will give parties ample time to visit the magnificent Riv er Wi l atern Abbey. Chepstow Castle, the beautiful scenery of the No m fr Y a, Wild the Tubular buspension bridge. The Train will seater °ln ChePstow at 7 p.m., Cheltenham at 7.30 p.m., and Glou- Itt 7 . q5 pan. N . 2 luggage can be conveyed by this train. FABi; THERE AND BACK. First Class. Covered Carriages. Gloucester Cheltenham. ... •• • • • • ••• .• Od. • • .... 6s. Od. Tlak ell* Pstow• • • • • *: ** lls. Od . • • .... 7s. Od. 69. st e r ts .rnitY be obtained previously at 25, King-street, Cheapside ; th e ; 25, Regent-street, (corner of Jermyn-street); and at Pa agdi ngton Statco ddi nD , n• August 5. kiIIAND REVIEW of the FLEET at SPlT inst. t mE4D, by HER MAJESTY, on THURSDAY, the 11th NlA n s . h. L°N DON, BRIGHTON, a, d SOUTH COAST RAILWAY i f, at 2, 3 Asad a _ —Ave the London Bridge Terminus for Portsmouth, oa Wed: 4, and 5.10 p.m. ihon th P e cial Express Train will leave London Bridge for Ports koutZ' °n Thursday morning at Six o'clock, returning from Ports . At 6.20 and 7.20 p.m. vim el 998 Pears FOR DOUBLE JOURNEY 318 . 6 d. Second Class, 235. Bd. Third Claes, 158. Th. "Lind Class Pa ssengers must return at 7.20 p.m., only. th at :11!ortsmouth United Steam Packet Companies have announced Of 1,, -vm the ZY Will hav e e steamers in readiness to convey persons desirous g Reviw. L ondon FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary. e.minus, Bth August. It oy . POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. L Ee P ATRON—H.E.H. PRINCE ALBERT. -u •"$7 J. H. Pepper, Esq. : On PHOT:GRAPHY, with Illustrations, Morning and Evenings. EY Dr. Bachhoffner : On CALICO PRINTING by _They Voltaic Electricity. Lind ft,"-:,_'‘XCASIIIRE SEWING MACHINE exhibited in Use ' s oltil,r.,ed Daily, at a Quarter to 1 hree, in addition to th , e , varied Ind pit/ LECTURE* and EXHIBITIONS. On TUE. 'DAYS " 4 Y) itt at Four o'clock, and Every Evening (except ,D the FIRST PART of an HISTORIC tL LECTURP", Btr eBL E A•-- TH43 aES," from its Source to its Estuary, by GEORGE Priot,,,7 me and Esq., as solvinsisted by Miss Blanche Yoange, with appro ;!gs Disg Scene. Chifir;44ornings and venings. Admission, la.; Schools, and under Ten years of age Half-price. SPORTSMEN AND OTHERS. SP°IITING DRESS displaying the most busi coaethjws_t?iishment- . ness-like p r o ab st,li m a e d n a t p e ta f t E ion for the 12th ofAugust, may be obtained at MOSES and SON, or at their West-end any pr evi r ot 7s, and Trousers excelling in Style and Workmanship bekt.teerinlidestY ffered, are presented by E. MOSES and SON. e anY othaerheiitle,..3:egrn,tbatlese amount of patr 'nag, than is possess Dressd by sm'iderb iO , ,E-. and iO offer Sporting a l gr t el e n at o - f - r, er t han attire obtaine I t o eelier. ""`" SON sem ": utlll B and Makin only understood by E. MOSES Hats, caps,and 0:110;c:tut and easy tit which all Sportsmen con vain, are presented b ery, t he and ve r ,, YE. v . ,,,es sza celebrat . e o d N Grou em s b e ia l a h g oot a i a n y g eri ß ) , r ots ga , a & li c ty , econot a i e4 and S .. , c Tilt' la . , Prices that RV, Who'esale Clot • Departme , t in tl'e Universe is 1 2 51 .,.h e a rc D han' ts i :, ,, S C r. s.p S ,. t ,e 74 , S a ° ,, - \ , ;.l i t l hl o:ff:e s r s s es th e e f E ar m eta ig !e r s a ta.ad ta. vantages to -01 . and ° :: l -'" ' , iBblY appreciated in Australia and all other Colo- Shi n 3 ,erYWhere are ready sale a.t d certain urofit. Chotipen,,4l'ing i nformat!on and full Lists of Outfits for Ladiea and 1 / 4 16 . " en May be bad on application, or post fr.:e to any part of ti .,.ngdon). s tvilos.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the the ea red Imposition, having learned that the untradesm ar an u -like „ ... ""u. Of `` Being connected with 'heir Establishment," or and it's far otseroo concern," has been res ed to i cie s 4 0 reasons, they beg to state ort a th n a e t u t a h E n e C ONNEXION Wl= ANY Oili 3' i m' re ll o an a L OUT OF LONDON, as follows : . Le„,, except their own Establishments , s _ , 44,11,i'0il City Establishment, 1 .00,!' d 86 , Aldgate, opposite the 154, I Church, sis6, a a ll n c d om ls m L u M ni i c n al rl in e g s . 'B3, 3 7, 4 West -end Branch, 506,507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, 11,, ' fa rt - street, all communicating. th-"foril (Yorkshire Branch, 19 and 2 0 , Bridge -street. vi silleld Branch, 36 ) , Fargate. kake,'llant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe IlliZ;,Fal General Outfitters for Ladies a 2 "gh t1i 0" . 4 7 ; 41 P T :Ls - 1r: desired, u o l r d , preferred,iefnyarti clarticle n ottheg iy m e oney satisfaction,willbe 1 returned e Dric,.-1‘ ue sitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest ray r°nl which no abatement can be made. Bitt stablishments are closed from . Fuuset , l Friday to sunset on A, n , ,Ys, when business is resumed till 12 o c ock. . of titl e ::: 11 ° 0 k, " The Herald of the lists a. Mvle,:' ° Lir system of self-measurem S en eas t, foanl"recloanttivalentoingaAsfutul-silrealle te, 43 ' Pio? et aikrants &c., may be had on application, or p fr the kingdom. for b4p7it ta ll° ti rao Almanac the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, lei Po "' tti..-n to Francais. WANiilaricht man Deu , seh. Q A ul aua si s p e a b rl a a b l le ta z li a an Da o n . ol %BY-MADE 111 ZP.,6,T h E..b - YOUNG MEN of Experience in the ----................_- t.IE NT.—Apply any morning between 100 R a E nd 12 o'clock. TAKE ! ~SSRS, R. & L. PERRY & NOTICE CO. CDNTINUE TO BE A t CONSULTED AS USUAL, Alae B ERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET LONDON, SzeRET CAU'ES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAP POINTED THE SILENT FRIEND. 1,1,... Caro,, In Six Languages — Fiftieth Edition., mairm.„,,aroiNoi VIE REEEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. ' _ 1 ,- --`1 by One Handfed Anatomical Coloured Engravings and .. eq. Editi on Cases. It, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the ittA SILENT R Establishment, 3 N s. D 6d ; in stamps, a Medical Work on texce,i,,,th,,,exhauation and physical decay of the system, produced b ( ? , _ eireth,:y Indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse e I . rwed - 7,1 :fah directions for the use of the preventive lo ti on, sw _ l l . , een",•;, bservations on Marriage, and the disqualification hl_n ,Eitty". I llustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. an f d r l: i . i.`,.,1, 1, 0 44 „, q a 00 , Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox o - - a - w, e na "'on. Published by Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster s,42_l46'l,oLdbY nannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Co., Gor '' Ch ar t — " e nhall-street • 95 Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, D._i er ,, , 0 ,„„...wr / ~., . , Butler, 4, dheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. bl•sepanozg:n: ci: n i ea sat ts t e f tir t rit h t e ed an b a y to 2 m B y co a l n o d ur p o h d y E si n ol gr ogy avi o n f gs th . e reproductive dhleZll. treats of the consequ ences resulting from excessive in eea effects on the system, producing incape44l bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative tii t'4,l tT if,. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. .‘ et i onn _ °rests of the diseases resulting from infec tion, either in ,_'4 , t e „„7 .. _ r secondary form, and contains explicit directions f v or . . I Zs. ''''-oent. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engra at PA kT IV : 01 41 .„D l e e an;,.,:jcoane:alns a Remedy' for the Prevention of Disease by a .. rith T V",'eation, by hi hth d er of infection is obviated. Illibi ee 1 48 : 1 8 . Of nnp°rteoaduteirtith7ee con o e s n id a a e r r h e a g tion of marriage and Its duties. also considered, and the whole i l'lb t ' e ae allY and philosophically inquired into. DR oaDi ~, le, „ nd bo tt 4 ervou a a At B ALM or SYRIACEis is exclusively sexual debility, impotence, &e., 'exlledy The Concentrated D t lye Essence, an u an - "i d " r 11 s ~ s t'ninon' f-r Parifyin g the b l e en e d rs in cases ine o u f ty inf , ection, secon a y tio-rltle,._ ', : r r ry ,bi s 0 : ,. 1 . 11_, - and the abuse of employ an ed d i 3 h 3 tr s. ea pet 1 1. c ime rmnuiou retnedy for %% a tert a 7 i lnl Ybsg Specific Pi Is, 2 t_ior, A L taiTite detail at re s. 9d . , h 4 i s a .. 6 a d a . d , a 3 n 3 d s . I p l er . O ff th e bladder. Con r l if e t b a y r e l e , and tor. post mem „,,, - -oiety. 57 the ass e I s gono rr hoea, rgutesdu:ltaaggttleoee,ntitieebseit,ts , and ~s re 441 -..i at y ,_ , h y whi • e • h P ut _ac e lte fe ts ei ,with advice, to be had 1/. is saved. Mess rs ' , E s s u t;t l ; o lls n h o : tae -• .ieve rs- on Sunday from Ito o ne. til l Two, and Five to Eight; .--..._aPtetrhrye '''''l' fr"ch"nanee' dail y, at 19, Berne street, Oxford-street, L on- F R CULITERwEL NEW WORKS. I 1 0 be Lad of Sherwood L 23 B Paternoster-row , each;Carlr, Post, I,7'tistreet Mann, 39, Conlin: Price One Shilling "Y ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. Time." to x., " /I,alth, Recreation, and Rational Use of rnins.....Ex- P';',„it. Zirj t_ ;'-vE wing -Spring and Flamm e Pa er rks, Lanes, Hills ,r°,4,-:-... Pielas, Higbn-roads7 sul ef d Le ler en— pl ant places -CTme It4r and Themls—The Sea -London at Night—Evenings at ,.. try ittata;- Drama—On Eating Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, al ' P '.ase, Oc cupation, gcc., Ice. ' Flu FOMENTS II — , ..LENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vole. VIVI% +v yr,. Vol. I. TH E LASES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &C. Tiaß FAKE S VOL Ile --" OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, lc:. NVIikT TO EAT, MINK, AND AVOID, bittersun A .2 %that three score years and ten our course may nm. the VotuT 3 D_War review of almost every form (cause and cure) " ofner- ;o-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses old b esets the ma n of pleasure, business or study, an d e m ati, A , 0 tvcr age ; with day,lif e. tables and rules for the diet a n d physical reg u. y. Iv. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Rruate . Trutits as refined as Athens ever heard." t.... 'r .--L if e s pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad 'T. of the passious. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties I?! lieetitlousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, na.rra wfe, and reraediative. Advocacy of early marriages V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. ..._ To be or not to be, thatis the question." tgill°43ltAinett—aws and obligations of nature, society, and rell - re g a rding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and e ee, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and ,ger, e, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. grintcal detbctiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, a ce. ~1 1, R J . .I._CITLVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M .R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. . ' utters,•• we nt3 , five years Medical a n d F orensic Referee in there Price Is. each ;by post, Is. 6d. • To Doh ad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho,, 147, robe. t:street man n , Be, cornhei; or of M. R. Cnlverwell, M.D.. ... stree t B ann, who may be consulted dailvroin .04 tali ri Ye itutl Beyeu till Xing. 7ity' 1 La, a.? • gicl" shsre ° ' netioll, eceil ea ues tioll nsrkt grfi a V•J 111° 0 Little f e eling firmer' , 0 st• W. ,---- wilco due j n l. F.22 1 > acu Afau rucertalo s 6 Lug. Lug. 2 ' 6 0 •ft• Cu. 6 Log. ' 10 kilg• 20 kugl.Alll/ rwief °l &ug• 16 Aug. of. ral• ser-oar M 0 0 .16 Aug. t o Aug' 1 JO' " De c 1 6 Aug' , 6 1 0 !Aug. , ' 16 1 Au SePt' ig g' 6 Aug' er tso UP C 11 AUP 1 6 Aug' 1 6 Aug. ,6 Aug. i g Aog t g A iti Ug g: 16 .lAvg•_ l , 6 „,. Os (c is Ind ° trA )eatebea i ,rloq ljAte' D•C'jj.' of 0° ff 01 1 ' 1 _ t he f svif° 0 -.. of poi ( o f rooter ;ilt. 94 4 0 011/ L the ° D IY: '„ea se' ✓ pi' , aro, y 0 . 114 ` O l ' toltl No. 18,992.] ON DISPOSING AND SEEKING PROPERTY. By ALFRED COX, Auctioneer, Bond-street, remitted for 10s. REPEAL OF THE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. THE DAILY JOURNAL AND UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER. Price Twopence. Early in October next will be commended the publication of a new London Morning Newspaper, a cheap medium for advertisements for all classes. For prospectuses, &c., apply at No. 1, Angel Court, Strand. Advertise ments inserted for Sixpence each in the Daily Journal. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- (Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road.) Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will penorm, during the week, "The Sylvan," " Mane," " Dublin Exhibition," " Flower of the Field," " Rosalinda," and "La Croix de Marie," Wallae , ; the " Topsy," "Cameroutans," "England," and "Lugo Maggoire" Quadrilles ; " Etna,' and " Constance,'' Ga lo p s ; " Fauchette," "Frankfort," &c., &c., Polkas.—Admission, Is. Doors a open at Half-past Eight o'clock ; commence at N ine, and terminate t Half-past Eleven. SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRArm • OPENING to BIRMINGHAM, and GREAT REDUCTION of TARIFF between BIRMINGHAM and LONDON. On and after this day. Messages of 20 Words between Birmingham and London, will be forwarded for One Shane; and Sixpence addi tional will be charged for each 10 words or fraction of 10 words above 20. Porterage Sixpence Ihr the first half mile, and Sixpence per mile beyond the first half mile. Continental Messages from Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, &c., sent to the Submarine Office at Birmingham, will save is. In telegraphic charge between London and Birmingham, will pro ceed direct through one set of instruments, errors of frequent copying will be obviated, the Messages will remain under one management, and all delay between Lothbury and Cornhill will be avoided. Offices, 104, New-street, Birmingham, and 30, Cornhill, London. LE ASEHOLDS.-MARGARET STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE. — To be peremptorily Sold, pursu• ant to an order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, " Henry Smith v. William Smith," with the approbation of Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, Knignt, the Judge to whose Court the said cause is attached, by Mr. DANIEL CRONIN, at Garraway's Coffee-house, Change-alley, Coruhill, on Thursday, the Ist day of September, 1853, at Twelve o'clock, a valuable LEASEHOLD DWELLING-HOUSE and PREMISES, situate No. 6, Margaret s reet, Cavendish-square, in the county of Middlesex, with a Cottage, and extensive Workshops, Yards, and Out-buildings, at the rear thereof, held for a tern whereo' above 48 years are unexpired, under a Lease direct from the Duke of Port'and at the low rent of 601. per annum. t he premises are well adapted for the business of a general smith and gasfitter, which business has been carried on there for some years past. Printed particulars and conditions of sale may be had of Mr. George Francis Eland, Solicitor, No. 4, Ira' algar•square, Charing• cross; of Mr. W. C. Stoker, Solicitor, No. 20, Mecklenburgh square; of the Auctioneer, No. 42, Bloomsbury•square ; and at the place of sale. UNITED KINGDOM. LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. No. 8, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, London. The distinctive features of the Company embrace, amongst others : Tables of Premiums formed on the lowest scale compatible with security, and constructed to meet the various wants of assurers, and every risk to which protection by assurance can be extended. One-half the Life Premium for the first Five years may remain on credit. Loans granted on approved Personal Security. Assured not restricted in their limits of travel, as in most other Companies, but may proceed from one part of Europe to another in decked vessels, without License, and to British North America, and many parts of the United States, without extra premium, by merely giving the ordinary notice to the Office in London of the intended visit. Whole-world Policies granted at slightly increased rates of Premium, thus rendering a Policy in money transactions a real security. Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained von appli cation to the Resident Director, T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, 72, Lombard•etreet. TRUSTEES. J. Campbell Renton, Esq. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malin:, Esq., Q.C., M.P. James Fuller Maddox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Adams, Esq., New Broad-street. John Atkins, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq., John-street, America-square. John D.ingerfieli, Esq., Craven-street. Strand. R. Henry Forman, Esq., Ordnance, Pall-Mall. John Hamilton, Esq , Alfred -place, Thurlow-Square. John Matthews, Esq., Arthur-street West, City. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq., Norfolk-street. Park-lane. William Williams, Esq., Rood-lane, Fenchurch-street. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. The Rev. James Shergold ,coon, A.M., Stanhope-street, Hyde-park. Captain Creed, Bedford-square. and St. Albans. Roger Gadsden, Esq., Maida-hill West, and Bedford-row. and Lin- Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne -terrace, Hyde-park, coin's-inn-fields. George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and New square, Lincoln's-inn. W. H. Trinder, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row. SnitEMU—Chas. Hoghton, Esq. The Policies of this Company being Indisputable (in terms of the Deed of Constitution duly registered), are Transferable Securities. Used as Family Provisions, they relieve the Assured from all doubt and anxiety as to the future. GUARDIAN FI RANOE lio.:‘‘ff°:Lombard• MEC' Sir WALTER R. FARQU. FRANCIS HART DYKE, Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Sir Mints T. Farquhar, Bart. Thomas Hankey, jun., Esq. John Harvey, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John LabouchPre, Esq. John Loch, Esq. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. RE AND LIFE CMIPANY, street, London. TORS. HSB, Bart., Chairman. Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John NI artln,Esq., Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James TMloch. Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. SECRETARY —George Keys, E•q. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1855, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas 1854, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the several past divisions of Profits made by this Company, the Reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies from One-half the Profits amounted, on an average of the different ages, to about One per Cent. per Annum on the sums insured, and the total Bonuses added at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies. the Rritish Colonies, and the northern parts of the United states of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LIVES.-• Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected on every de scription of property at the usual rates. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, Landon No I. vo., in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d., rt i N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA, 4.5 with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Oentrative System, or - Sexual Ilypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cil contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the noa-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his sower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. "We nromised in a former number that we should recur to this work, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying en the credulity of the public. The tribe of Quiet Symathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many h mdreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much m0ney...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spennatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, ikely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. Bvo.. in cloth, price 35. 6d.. by post free, 45., THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COITRTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "In proot of his views he (Mr. Conrtenay) has given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. such are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had res'sted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xis. appear, boh In duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the eatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminertiy successful." Protessor Lizars on the Treatment of Strictur., MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medico. Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro auced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience In the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist once secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolute l y necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, tanhadthtohwerethies,eevairleaenlyd aitycodne,gerqeueeenfc esphuysiainyabeinativormidiety, or d f a u b n o n v ti e nn all al , derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and s the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct r tr a %. a . attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is rd l e t d i sheylectthineggrthei; dsueseLrTethntatofhaepraectttiecie:ae4hahhisaseffbeertene atnmtphlye treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided ptoirated the publications, Assumed. foreign names and titles • a nd pretended virtues with th care of unqualified and ignorant empir los, *who, of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. 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C -- - ........ip0 k:)_ ~,s . .. ' ,... : 0 ;) I. ~t. . sel e-4 - --- • _ . • . 4, ' la. ' 6 . :;: .. 7 ., ::.__ , T .i"_ ...„.. ; t7. - : " :.:;:1: : ,.; 1 ' . - o s , ' —n 7 ." ;, r4-174:)1,H. . Y !4( . 1 : ;1: ,5, . ::::: "'". ' a i rraed line of bait ' --- isitim from two whom' . . .1. :. ; , ~ - . • . " with their heads to the eas . This having been . - - : 71 7 4 .:: ' . ' • mr. - . ' .. , ' ~.., • : done, signal was made to alter course and general .. ,- z r 4 ' - 1 - --' - ~ .. 7 ~ %, „: N.,...i, ~, , il. 1..-:,, r, .4.4. • 1 k71,,t s 4 , . : y . ' i,- --, L___l' . . 's'' • 7 ,- - ,14: ,) • :110 f \ 4l° ' V '., - .1 P%: , ' .1 , 4 ~..• c, 1 \ „.-, ~ \ . „5 -;,. , „_, 1.4 . :; , f4 " -- - 4- - ---' 143 04 , I.l4,ts ir . 1) ;y:IT A \ l 2'/ , 1 . '-:: 51 J1//40. 145ti r i‘ ,7:1v 5+ 1• 01.1 ., .., e. : . ‘7l_-4 ()IT \ ' ;.*llt-, 4,, ;.,14!-,-, e ,/ 0 - ~. -:,A.:-; •-:- . / ------ :- ----- - chase to southward," in which the Agamemnon - took a ided lead even of all the full-powered steamers ; she was oing at the rate of 10 knots, while the full-powered pada e-frigates were only going nine and six. fromt w o co lumns, ch ase t° After evolution the whole fleet was ordered to c hase north by east, when the Agamemnon showed a decided - tier i north and east." This having been accomplished to th e satisfaction of the distinguishd officers on board the form s su i g p n e a r i tl o h r i e t wasyo. r dt beTrehne of b fl os e r e s t t e dli n w g a , s pthr "Formee g % n recall ed bliende,ionfbattle , head. chief flag-ship, the order was again issued to form two columns, when the ships changed places, when the right hand column in the above detail became the left, and the left the right ; in which order they ran up to Spithead, and anchored in succession as they were and the Amphion ; the former of which ships broke down in her machinery, and the latter from the cause the in yesterday, moment ntnoevnetm: inntds witheeo indeed. h . e t thhee exceptiondo day, which of the Blenheim away was a slight one that happene cw d ash t li above assigned, and were ordered out of the line. out of sight of the shore, were performed without.acei dpel"Antleldo Hogue by touching in the outward course from Spithead, which caused a small spar to be carried away . These will be found to be the principal movements performed o i c a h l t t h w y e e i r A n e j g t a e:i t t a a i i n n lY g d by the fleet on review by her Majesty on Thursday. The Port-Admiral has i ssue d th e f o l lowing order for the . guidance of parties on Thursday : [ P RICE SD. said he was a native of canton, and had been branded on the face in Lin's time as an opium smuggler,—unjustly he said—and, further, had been banished to Quangsi, He showed us the mark, and said he had attempted to burn it out, but made it worse. He said this movement, equally with that at Nankin, had had its rise in Quangsi, though they were not abso lutely connected ; neither did they hold the religious views of the others ; they retained idols as an old custom, but did not worship them ; they recognised Tien-Tuk as their head, as they said the others did, but these last told us there had not been any such person. Tien-Tuk they said, however, was dead, and that Tae-Ping-Wang—who is, he said, a brother-in-law of Tien-Tuk—is the head of the movement, and they had written to offer him allegiance. On being told that we were neutral, he said, " Till we settle the empire we want nothing from you, neither port dues nor duties ; but we hope you will import rice, and we will purchase it of you." He was a quiet, self-possessed little man, and put himself in our power, without the slightest hesitation, by coming on board. I am told they attacked Amoy in hundreds of small boats that could scarcely swim on account of the number of men in them, and, though there was a Chinese admiral with a fleet, which got under weigh, it went sailing round when the insurgents were not beating gongs and firing guns, and only fired at them from a very respectable distance. NAVAL REVIEW NOTICE. " Sailing vessels and boats are requested not to attempt to cross the line of the ships of war about to be reviewed on the 11th inst., or on any account to pass between the columns. " The steamers should keep to leeward of the columns or ships in order of sailing, as the smoke might prevent signals being quickly noticed, thereby causing accident. Masters of vessels must be aware that the evolutions of so large a number of ships of war require a considerable space ; they are, therefore, requested to steer accordingly, and not close in to interrupt the evolutions that may be ordered, as they themselves will alone be answerable should any accident occur. " THOMAS COCHRANE, Vice-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief. " Victory, in Portsmouth Harbour, Aug. 8." A merchant at Amoy, who speaks Chinese, and, from the friendly terms on which he is with the mandarins, is con sidered the best authority, assured me that there was no chance of the place being retaken. We saw numbers coming in from the country, I fancy Tokt joined. Numbers were joining their standard and being sworn in. The general is a grandson of the notorious chief or pirate who gave so much trouble in Formosa in the Dutch time. On inquiry here I find that the " Lobosen" spoken of with such respect is the Rev. Mr. Roberts at Canton, and he states that the " Tae-Ping Wang," (" Prince of Ifni rversal Peace") was a student of his, and applied for bap tism some years since. Lye, who was the chief with whom we were most in correspondence, was a member of the Bap tist mission at Canton, used to preach at Hong Kong, and was a teacher to Mr. Roberts. He told me that he was personally acquainted with " Lobosen," and be was de scribed to me at Hong Kong by one of the clergymen of this mission. There could be little doubt of his identity, as his surname agreed and he had a double chin, with a somewhat remarkable scar on it. I enclose a remarkable statement, drawn from informa tion of the above-mentioned Mr. Roberts, but which wa s more fully stated in the New York- Recorder of the 9th of February, 1853, which goes far to justify my conclusions, that our interpreters have not understood some of the writings of the insurgents, and charge them with very grave extravagances, when he merely means to say he had dreams or visions, and not, as they state, " revelations ; " yet it is by no means strange that among half-educate people there should be some extravagance, and they must be a remarkable people that there is so little error and so much truth. I have just learnt that an order was sent to Foo Chow for reinforcements to be sent thence to join the Imperial army. There are said to be 60,000 troops there, composed of Chi nese and Mantchoos. The Mantchoo general said the Chi nese should go, and the Chinese said the Mantchoos ought to go. The result of the conflict of opinion has been that no reinforcement went. The missionaries who came from there lately state that they had spoken to many influential people, and that they all said, when they could do so privately, that they and the people generally were only waiting an opportunity to go over, and that when the insurgents appeared they would declare for them. Many Chinese here state that they have been informed by letters from Pekin that even there the insurgents have adherents ready to join them on their ap proach. MAY 30. It is reported that 100,000 insurgents are marching on Canton. This is most probable, as they said they would some time since. lam credibly informed that the Nankin insurgents have received money from time to time from Canton, and the rising was the result of the fall of Nankin. The Governor-General has of late been committing some atrocities in Quangsi, and that may have precipitated. matters ; if so, they will be made to pay dearly for it un less they take themselves off without much opposition. Some there will be, who, from pure motives, will say this movement will be put down and that the professions of religion are hypocritical. Others will say the same from interested motives. lam as sure as I can be of any thing still uncertain, that there is a living principle among them that cannot be extinguished, and persecution will but serve to light up that bright " light in China that can never be put out." Except in the destruction of the Mantchoos their conduct seems to have been marked by wonderful moderation for a revolutionary movement ; and can it be wondered at that men, just emancipated and raised to moral status—which, it is true, that Christianity only could effect—with a rapidity that left no time to learn that " not by might, nor by power, but by the spirit of the Lord," in such a state of 1 things as they were subject to, and under which their people are groaning and grovelling, should suppose that it was the will of Heaven—a holy work, by any means, to throw off this incubus, and say to 300 millions—Be free, be good, be great ! 1 only hope you may be interested in this movement as I have been ; then you will be able to overlook the faults of this, and excuse the length. I write to save post. We I are to start-to-day for Shanghai if this news from Canton does not stop us. THE REVIEW OF THE FLEET. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 8. Rear-Admiral Corry struck his flag on board the Prince Regent, 90, at a quarter past 8 o'clock this morning, and hoisted it on board the Agamemnon, screw, 91. The steamers of the fleet had steam up by 8 o'clock, and by half-past the Prince Regent was taken in tow by the Valorous to the Knab Light, where she anchored, and was shortly followed by the London, iu tow of the Vulture. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane hoisted his flag on board the Duke of Wellington at 10.40, and shortly afterwards the fleet weighed and steamed out to the south-east, where they ranged in line, broadside on, apparently as if trying the intended pro ceedings for the review. 'At the moment of dispatching this they appear through the haze (which is very thick) to be returning to Spithead. The Queen, 116, Prince Regent, 90, London, 90, Magicienne, 16, Valorous, 16, Tribune, 30, and Vulture, 6, appear to have taken up their anchorage off the Knab Light. The Terrible, 21, paddle-frigate, arrived this afternoon to join the others, and saluted the Port Admiral. Roar-Admiral Berkeley returned from Chichester last evening, and took up his quarters with Captain Chads at the Royal Naval College, and continued the arrange ments for the review to-day with the senior officer. It is considered somewhat remiss, that, considering the Admiral of the Fleet of Great Britain (Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin, G.C.8., Vice-Admiral of the - United Kingdom) is sojourning at this port, the compli ment of commissioning him to hoist his flag (union at the main) and take the command-in-chief on Thursday next, has not been paid him. The gallant officer 's energies are quits equal to the task, and, being at the head of the entire navy, his selection for such an office for the day would have been most apropos, and highly appreciated by the service. The Bulldog and Gorgon steamsloops will be commissioned by Cap tain Chads of the Excellent and Captain Shepherd of the Victory, to carry some hundreds of the Legis lature and the Government friends on the occa sion of the review ; and the Stromboli will also be commissioned by Commander Sir Wm. Wiseman, Bart., for similar service. A. steam-vessel is also placed at the disposal of the Imperial Royal Family of Russia, now sojourning in this country. One part of the grand spectacle of Thursday will be, we believe, an attack on one or more of the great line-of-battle ships by the gun boats of the fleet. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir James Graham, M.P., arrived on Saturday evening at Southampton, and embarked in the Fire Queen for Cowes, whence he proceeded yesterday to Portsmouth, and consulted the Port-Admiral. He returned to Cowes, and left Southampton by the first express train for London this morning, accompanied by Lady Graham and a small party of friends. The Admiralty have issued tickets of invitation to 2,000 of their friends, and first-class accommodation hav ing been required for them, and the South-Western Rail way Company not being willing to provide it at the ex pense of the public convenience, the company has had to provide first-class carriages to meet the engagement by borrowing from another company. The South-Western Railway Company also will start steam-boats from Southampton for the accommodation of the public. The Peninsular and Oriental Company will also appear afloat in one or more of their noble steamers, accom panied by a brilliant party. Th e T agus has been se lected to accommodate the general officers and others from the Camp at Chobham to the number of one or two hundreds, who may be off duty that day, with two mili tary bands. General Viscount Hardinge, G.C.B _Commander -in- Chief of the Army, w ill b e the guest Of Major-General Simpson, the Governor of Portsmouth, on the occa s i on, and will have suit a bl e accommodation afloat provided for himself, staff, and part y ;as also will B aron R aglan, Master-General of the Ordnance. The Admiralty barge will be in charge of Lieutenant Mason, of the Victory, the senior lieutenant of the fleet. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1853. riIHE Proprietor of BERROW'S WORCESTER JOURNAL (Establishel 1709) is prepared to CONTRACT at the lowest charges for the INSERTION of ADVERTISEMENTS in that old-established paper. Worcester, Augast 5, 1853. NETHERLANDS OMP LAND ENCLOSURE CANY. Notice Is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING f the SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the .New Bath Hotel, lotterdarn, on the 15th September next, at Twelve o'clock in tile fenoo, for the purpose of definitively approving the changes i or n the st n atutes, which were taken into cousideraton at the meeth made g of the 29th July, 1853. In accordance with art. 52 of the statutes, shareholders can obtain i n f o rmation of these modifications , on application at the offices of the Company, No. 3, Adelaide-Place, London-bridge. By order of the Board. G. FASSON, Sec. August 8, 1853. NETHERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE COMPANY. Offices, 3, Adelaide-place, London -bridge. The REPORT of the DIRECTORS and ENGINEER, with the Balance-sheet, will be READY for DELIVERY to the shareholders, on application at „these offices, on and after Wednesday next, the 10th inst. August 8, 1853 , G. FASSON, Sec. " Divide about the broad bride cake, Round about the bride's stake."—BEN Josisost. 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The usual preliminaries having been gone through, Mr. GROVE, the secretary, read the following report : " A special meeting of the company having so recently taken place, little remains to be said at the first ordinary gener al meeting to be held under the provisions of the deed of settlement, beyond submitting the subjoined balance sheet and statement of accounts, together with the report of the auditors, which accompanies them. With regard to the state of the works and the general progress of the undertaking, the directors have only to repeat their con viction that everything is progressing towards a favoUr able result. The whole of the south (or Norwood) end of the building has been completed, together with the iron work of the north end, as promised by Sir Joseph Paxton's report of the 2d. of July last, and the only operations of any great importance remaining to be accomplished in the building are those connected with covering in the central transept, which has been already commenced, and one of the ribs fixed in its place. The directors have to congra tulate the shareholders on the passing of the act for the West-end and Crystal Palace Railway, and upon the fact that the directors of that company have made such ar rangements as will insure the earliest possible opening of the line for Crystal Palace traffic. The statement of ac counts to the 7th of July last showed that the receipts amounted to 501,5951. 12s. ld., and the payments to 440,5501.65. 9d. ; leaving a balance of 61,0451.55. 4d." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port and accounts, said, as he had stated a few weeks ago all that was necessary with regard to the works up to that time, and, as nothing had occurred since, he had nothing to tell them. The only matter of im portance was that of fixing the first rib in the great central transept, in which there was some mechanical difficulty, but the work had been satisfactorily com pleted. There was nothing they knew of to throw a I doubt on finishing the building at the time specified. He was informed that preparations were making in va rious parts of the country to organise excursions to the Crystal Palace on its opening next year, and from w hat he had heard, ther e was every prospect of br liant success —something like that which attended the Great Exhibition in 1851. Mr. Alderman WILSON complained that the state ment of accounts did not show the state of their affairs, particularly with respect to the item for land, which showed that they had paid only 48,000/. on that account. The CHAIRMAN said, the statement showed the result of the account; the matter had been explained at the former meeting. They had paid 160,000/. for land, and h a d sold a portion of it for 110,0001. Of the 160, 000/. they had paid 100,0001. in cash, leaving 60,0001. to pay ; and of the 110,000/. for the land sold they had received 55,0001., and would receive the remainder by instal ments, so that the cost of the land to the company would be about 50,0001. Mr. Alderman WILSON contended that it was the duty of the auditors to see that a proper statement of accounts was laid before the proprietors. Mr. (, - ', T EACH, M.P., said it would require a certain time before the accounts could be made up so as to show the actual expenditure under certain heads. There was every desire on the p art of the board to give in formation. They had purchased, in the first instance, 170 acres of land from Mr. Schuster for 86,6121. and 178 acres for 81,0001. ; so that the 349 acres had cost 167,7611. The policy of securing a surplus quantity of land was shown by the offer Mr. Wythes had made them of 110,0001. for 140 acres, which was accepted, leaving the company in the possession of 200 acres at a moderate figure. A long discussion ensued on the question relating to the statement of accounts, which resulted in an amend ment being carried, to the effect that the report be re ceived and adopted and circulated among the proprietors, accompanied by a detailed statement explanatory of the principal sums paid and received on account of land. The CHAIRMAN stated, that the accounts had been open to the inspection of the shareholders for 14 days before the meeting, and they would be likewise open to inspection for 14 days after the meeting, in ordar to satisfy any shareholder on the state of the company's affairs. (Hear, hear.) It would be a most unusual course to publish all the details. Resolutions were passed re-electing the retiring direc tors, Messrs. Laing, Lushington, and Farquhar ; fixing the qualification of the auditors at 100 shares, and the salary at 25 guineas each ; and to allow certain persons to pay up their new shares in full, but to allow no mere payments in advance. The proceedings concluded with a cordial vote of - hanks to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair. GREAT MATCH BETWEEN NEWELL AND POCOCK.— The great match between Robert Newell. of Battlebridge stairs, and William Pocock, of Lambeth, is the principal theme of conversation in the aquatic circles, and so di versified is the opinion of good judges respecting the merits of the men, that they are very shy in laying their money out. The race, which is for 1001., is to come off to-morrow, from Putney to Mortlake, and the Cur lew steamer has been chartered to- accompany the race, with the umpires on board, for the benefit of the losing man. She will leave London-bridge at four o'clock, call at all intermediate piers on her way up to Putney. A very fine race is anticipated. THE INSURRECTION IN CHINA• of WSi: G ha . v ß e o b n e h e a n m fa; m ou i r s e si d on wi t t o h N th a e n f k o i l n lo:ing description - H.M.S. HERMES, SHANGHAI, MAY 7. I have just returned from Nankin, having taken Sir George Bonham there. The Governor of this place, and other Chinese authori ties, having proclaimed that we were going to assist them with 15 steamers, and it also appearingthat the movement was religious, Sir George thought right to show that we were neutral, and, by going up, ascertain their intentions relative to foreigners. On going up to Chin-kiang-foo—which was in the pos session of the insurgents—they, taking for granted the truth of these proclamations, fired on us; and we, supposing this was the cause, and being anxious to come to an un derstanding, did not return their fire. On finding this, they desisted, s b owe passed u utthelmp o erial ; flotilla coming up they re-opened b up, and on the opposite side, at icuitca ttho hwo the state of affairs, also fired, but we passed this also with out firing. However, to prevent the recurrence, we sei zed two Chinese, and promised them some dollars to take' a . co insurgents knowing higher letter to the insurgents at Nankin ; the result justified the precaution, for on our. approach they opened fire, without any injury to us, as we remained out of gunshot. On understanding from our messengers that we were neutral they flocked on board with the greatest confi dence, and continued to do so all the time we were there, evincing a curiosity quite unusual with Chinese. Some of the first that came at once suggested our coming nearer to the town, and actually fell into the capstan and clapt on the catfall to assist in the operations. After inquiry I was going to write, but the fact is they let us know immediately that they professed Christianity —Protestant Christianity—and I believe sincerely, and many of them intelligently so ; nor can there be a doubt of their Protestantism, for their expressioE-- istic ; they alwarpgaicl—as also the Imperia eta ,ing of them = -4. were worshiiters of Jest, in con tradistinction to that of worshippers of Tien-chu. They circulate tracts, not copied from missionary tracts, but drawn from the scriptures by themselves, and -written in a far superior style of Chinese than that current or, perhaps, possible to foreigners. They are iconoclasts, and destroy every vestige of idol worship. They adopt the Ten Commandments, translated by themselves, to which they have appended annotations ; thus, they state under the seventh Commandment, that smoking opium is always associated with the sin men tioned there, and must be discontinued. They behead for smoking opium, and bamboo for smoking tobacco. They said they had the whole of our scriptures, but we only saw Genesis. I gave them two New Testaments in Chinese, and a naval and military Bible. This was, of course, in English. On the occasion of my giving the New Testament the first time, there was no one present who could interpret it, but the chief opened it, and, after reading two or three passages, showed by his manner that he under► stood what it was and valued it; and, on the interpreter returning to my cabin; I told him he was to present it to his Prince. He rose and made several bows, and otherwise expressed his thanks for the present. They are very severe for any . infraction of morals, and separate the sexes to prevent improprieties of any kind. They hold an open court, confronting litigants—not so in the old Chinese courts—where they nearly always have re course to torture. They style the army the " Holy Army," and the name of Nankin they have changed into that of the "Holy City." They style each other "brethren," and they invariably called us " foreign brethren." I rode with an interpreter about 12 miles, and must have passed 20,000 people carrying rice, furniture, &c., and the interpreter assured me that he only heard one expression that could offend the nicest ear, whereas one can hardly i m n o d v e e ed, a l s a m m an t y old P t a h em e s e ve rylsewoh il he dr re e w n i u ttou th t e h gr ea o ri sse ng st m ex a p n re y— s. sions in their ordinary play. It was obvious to the commonest observer that they were practically a different race. They had Gutzlaff's edition of Genesis, and the person they spoke most of was a Dr. Lohoson. This we supposed was either Dr. Hobson, of Canton, or Dr. Lobside, also a m edical missionary. The first belongs to the London missi on, the other to the Rhenish mission. Perhaps the latter is the more p robable, as he was attached to the same society as Gutzlaff, and is said to have itinerated in Quangsi, where the movement took its rise. On inquiring of an Imperialist belonging to the gunboats above Nankin the cause of the outbreak, he said that a number of them were in the habit of meeting in Quangsi for the worship of Jesu, and that the mandarins prohibited them, stating that they allowed no societies for the propa gation of depraved doctrine ; and as they persisted in meet ing they had some of them beheaded. The remainder took up arms in their own defence commencing with 200. They now state they have a million adherents. I have no doubt they have several hundred thousand at Nankin, Chin-kiang-foo, Yang-Chow, and Kwa-Chow. They had about 20,000 daily employed while we were there conveying rice into Nankin, and, assuming that they had 1 , 000 full junks, many of which we know con tained about 400 tons each, they must have 150,000 tons, all which the Imperialists have been deprived of, being Government tribute. They were organising their forces, and we saw them erecting batteries and putting guns in them—some of them good 21-pounders. They seem very sanguine of success, and hold the Impe rialists very cheap. With similar arms the former would have no difficulty in going direct to Pekin in a few days — certainly in a very short time. I believe, as it is, the in surgents will walk out of Nankin when they please so to determine. Meanwhile the difficulties of the Imperialists are increasing, and with that their senseless policy of squeezing the people, even their most faithful adherents, and the feeling in favour of the insurgents is daily on the increase. They , often say, "We knew this would be the l a st of his race ; ' and an English merchant at Shanghai told me that a Chinaman told him, several years ago, that this was the feeling existing in the breasts of some at that time. While some of the Imperialists are saying " It is the will of Heaven that Tae-Ping-W an should others are saying, "Wait a little, an d in su cceed," will all blow over. The insurgents you se e that it con ti nu e to strike heavy and decisive blows. A Chine se that we took u p with us, describing the insurgents , sa id , " They are men of their word. If they say they bamboo, make your mind easy, they ;ill' eu 20 licks of a not stop short at 19." Now, it is most unusual for a Chinaman to do what he says or mean what he says . They are most frank in their manner, quite unlike what we are accustomed to in the Chinese ; and, but for some misunderstanding about a claim of suprema cy, w hi c h they were said (I think im p ro p erl y ) h e h uld set up, we s o have understood them better. They are fanatical, but not to the extent at first sup posed, and I dare say, less so than we think, and with little difficulty, I think, might be made less so. They believe they have a m i ssion all the Mantchoos , and th 7 certainly execu tion as far as they c an ; an , from Heaven t o kill ainly put this in without attempting to justify this practice, I believe that nothing short of driving them out of the country ° au make civilisation progressive in China. They state that their King was and there invest ed with power to re tak ign e , n bu u t p thisine Heaven and is mixed Chine up w ith that which m ust b e figurative, mean no more tha n is said of all they are empow ered b y Heave n to roe. asendEm therefor e pero rs, lu th a a y t They say that their King h as received revelations from time to time from God ; but it is to be observed that these are all respecting temporal things, and do not refer to the rule of life ; they refer to things of temporal import. I am the more inclined to believe that they do not hold these extravagant notions, from their saying that their scriptures were the same a s brethren, &c., and from Tae-Pin;u4ra'anan_ g so distinctly com mending that we were mending that his people should not use towards him even those expressio ns which are used in s p eakin g former sover ei g ns — R . , such as " Supreme, " High" and of all their "Father," as these belong only to G od. Then he makes so mewhat li g ht of rulers in comparison of what the old Covenanters and others would call " the elect," and properly so, when h e says, the rulers are chosen of God and are His children, but they who are good are specially so. They have no priests nor ordained teachers —holding that all believers are qualified for such purposes, yet they have people with ecclesiastical titles. Be they fanatical or not now, as they take the Bible f itsor their rule of life and circulate it freel y , it will produce necessary fruits and eradicate all such errors. That they value the Bible I can have no doubt. One of our men offered to buy one that was given one of them, but he re fused to sell it ; neither would he let it out of his hand. The only specific information we could obtain relative to the Imperialists was from the insurgents, and was to the effect that they were in considerable numbers close up to the walls of Nankin ; in fact, that their respective ad vanced posts were within gunshot of each other. Yet this did not seem to affect the insurgents in the least ; for dur ing the few days we were there they had at least 20,000 men e mployed unloading a nd carrying the rice into the city; man y more were emp lo y ed carryin g guns, & c., into position, others in erecting batteries, and others throwing up breastworks on the opposite aide of the city to the Im perialists —intending to repel u thers should we attack them, or the Imperialist flotilla ; but e was no chance of its going higher tha n Chin-kiang-foo. Coefidence was said to be on the increase among th e ol d ir old popub.tion, and they were gradually returning t homes, and I fully believe this to be the case, as we saw many carrying furniture and clothes, &c., into the city. We observed, also, that the houses of the better classes of Chi nese were sealed up by the insurgent chiefs, I fancy to pre vent their being plundered ;n ot so those of the Mantchoos, which they . evidently consider fair game—the disgorge ment of unjust gain and plunder from them or other Chi nese. Their clear principle ion hins for the Chinese. No reliance can by placed the statements of the Im perialists, but they may be estimated somewhat as they were in the latter part of their war with UR —in proportion in that ratio were they as they said they were gaining, losing. Yesterday they posted up here, notwithstanding that the authorities knew to the contrary, and also that we knew full well to the contrary, that Chin-kiang-foo was retaken by the Imperialists on the Friday before we passed up. We knew that it was in the hands of the insurgents (and likely to continue so) a week later. It was said for some time that a descendant of the Ming dynasty (the last Chinese one) wat the head so, of they this move ment, but on our asking them s at this was said not, and seemed indifferent the idea was the influence not wi whi thch they would lose by the denial, for- out its weight among the Chinese. They say they are merely waiting a mandate from Heaven (this is the statement of a subordinate) to proceed to Pekin, seeming to make quite light of the fact that there is a Mantchoo army on the route. What a set of imbeciles the Imperialists are may be gathered from the fact that th e general comman din g the armies at Na nkin was in andcom was disgraced for not having p ut ul do a w u n d tihneQanraebelglsij' oninitsearliet:ataghea,s againb the risen to to the sive degradations of his sup chief comman d, and the Erapeeriror has lately invested him with vice-Regal power. over seven rovinces ; and how little dependence there is upon his ach ieving anything may be gathered from the fact that he has been professedly beating the rebe ls and destrorng them all the way up from Quangsi ; and y et with such impunity did the insurgents army at their heels, that they t ra vel, with this coupering brought their wives and families up with them, and have them now, with few exceptions, at Nankin. It has been argued that the insurgents must be very weak, since they have not held any of the towns they cap tured as they passed along--without much reason, I think ; for they knew full well that if they took the capital the country would fall into their hands, since the numbers that understand who, or care who, have the reins of Govern ment are few, and these would turn round to hold or get place, for they have no affection for Mantchoo rule. De terminedto win the Empire, they were regardless of keep ing a retreat open. In this they resemble Cortes in de stroying his ships, they gained both moral and physical force ; and, strange enough, on any other supposition than that the Imperialists aro horrid poltroons, though these insurgents shown.° disposition t o return totheir own pro vince, the Imperialist Chinese army has planted itself in the rear, instead of forming, or endeavouring to do so, a junction with the Mantchoo army, to protect the approach on the capital, or to raise the siege of the Grand Canal, the investment of which is starving the capital out. It is horrible to think that they cut off 20,000 Mant chow, even to the infant at breast, but they seem hostile only to them ; but it is still more horrible to think that the Mantchoos, in two of the many provinces, cut off as many in the name of justice within the year (we know of 2,000 in six weeks)—and this in the name of justice ! The former is the exception, the ' latter is the rule. It may prove the least sanguinary practice in the end. Like Crom well's severity at Drogheda, it has struck terror into their opponents; the Mantchoos are chopfallen and almost afraid to approach them ' • they say that six of them would beat any 20 Imperialists ; they talk of th , • we know a multitude of them arch oys, and of their - eyes, &c. If they succeed—and I fancy they will, and soon—they will deliver 300 millions from the grossest of immoralities, the most grovelling of idolatries; and the most grinding of tyrannies. China will be opened to light, life, and civili sation, all which will be thrown with all their influences - and importance into the Anglo-Saxon scale. If, they fail, Protestant Christianity—for whether spoken of by themselves or Imperialists, they are always styled " Worshippers of Yesu, ' which is characteristic—will be proscribed, because they are identified by individuals among, if not by all the Imperialists, as connected with Protestant Christianity, but who are now too politic to proclaim it, lest it should originate a sympathy among us. A partial despotism will be re-established for a few years ; meanwhile the Jesuits will be active, working through their old ideas And form of worship, and may establish a Romanist dynasty, that is a Court professing the Roman Catholic religion ; and if the influence of these 300 millions be thrown into the Popish scale, unless God himself work a miracle for our deliverance, good night to liberty. The French Consul at Shanghai says it is a conspiracy got up by the Protestant missionaries and Canton servants of the English houses ; and there can be no doubt but that he will make every political use to their, and to our, dis advantage if they fail. The French have long shown their hostility to the move ment, yet they professed ignorance of its plans and princi ples,; but since our for one of mis sionaries) among them, in disguise, however; that he was a the insurgents confessed to us privately h return st t a h tin ey g ha tha ve t co th rif ey es h s a ed d t n h o at inf th erm ey a h t a io d n men (if not known, for the Tenter they had killed several Roman Catholics. This . might well their to ra ld ust me that be Roman of converts Catholic t o also a sort of baptised con vents the worship of ancestors and Buddhism. t ; haen Jesuits, u t ivt i es s 7 C wo l ehrsor of permittedth Shanghai a t they One of the Hong Kong papers mentioned some time since that a number of military-looking priests had landed Canton, as he supposed, to assist the insurgents; think in g , at that time that the movement had been originated by at the Jesuits, most likely they were going to assist the Im perialists, as the French wanted us to do, and even got a requisition made upon us to do so. Thousands of the insurgents visited the Hermes, and some few—very few—spoke a little broken English, and said they had been at school in Hong Kong. One said there were those among them who could translate the English scriptures. One said, on going down among our men, that he was a Protestant ; several said they were of the same religion as them ; others, again, said that they were of the " Ten Commandment religion," the same as the schools at Hong Kong; and one said he was of the same religion as " King Victoria." When I went into the city to see the chiefs we were guided by a very nice boy of about 16, who, it appeared, had run away from his father. He spoke good Mandarine, and gave us tolerable information on some points. The earnestness withwhich he enjoined the avoidance of certain vices, and the adherence to the Ten Commandments was amusing, stating that they knew they would not win the enhaire unless they kept them, and interlarding this with petitions for a double sword. He told us that Tae-Ping-Wang had 36 wives ' • the Princes 12, 8,6, 4, &c. ; but that polygamy was not al lowed among the people generally. But, on being asked whether they were small feeted, he said they were all large, as they came up from Quangsi. This satisfies me that he could not have been well informed, as I think it was im possible that they could have brought up so many from Quangsi, and that it is very questionable whether they allow polygamy to any. However, it may be so, as they seem to have had much more knowledge of the Old. than the New Testament. We took them by surprise in our visit, and, as some of their chiefs were absent, they had to be sent for. After detainin. , us a little, one of them came in and apologised. for the delay, assuring us that this was the cause, and in treating us not to suppose that any slight was intended. However, when they did come we did not get on, from some difficulty or fancied difficulty- I fully believe the latter—about etiquette; and therefore we were obliged to leave, in the opinion that it was a fancied difficulty, and that they did not claim supremacy. I think lam borne out by their wanting us to stop, dine, and sleep, and see Tae-Ping-Wang in the morning. This was 5.30 p.m., and, as we had six miles to return, we knew they would be anxious about us on board ;so we left abruptly. They, however, came out among the crowd to see us away, wish ing us to wait for chaises or better horses, and would not hear of any of us walking, as one or two wished to do. Quantities crowded round, but all were civil and good humoured. An Imperialist told us that he had heard it stated as a reason for the movement, that " Huen-su-chuen ' or the Tae- Ping-Wang, had passed the first examination for literary honours, but that, on appearing a second time, though a very clever man and fully entitled to his next step, the examiner, from some improper motive, would not give it him ; and he said it might be that he was discontented at this treatment, and so stirred up a rebellion against authority." On our repassing Chin-kiang-foo they fired on us, and in consequence of our returning it the general came down with a letter of apology, and sent it off. A Maoutsee, one of the aborigines that have never been conquered, and who live in the mountainous districts of Quangsi, came off for the answer. This man stated that his people had had the scriptures for 200 years, and on questioning him, through an interpreter, stated that these Scriptures had come down from Heaven about 2,000 years before, and were the same as those the remainder of the insurgents had ; that they had been taken to Pekin about 1,000 years ago ; and that it was thence his people got a copy, which they had multi plied. They wero most hostile to the Mantchoos for their continuous persecutions. I fancy they have settled the vexed question as to the proper rendering of God into Chinese. I fancy, they say " I am Shangto, and thou- shalt have none other eikons but me." I have no doubt they will also show us that the Chinese translators have used other improper expressions, and have so been misunderstood, because the teachers that such translators have to assist are seldom Christians, and are therefore nearly unacquainted with religious nomenclature. A literary Chinese thinks very little of a man that uses a common-place style either in writing or speaking. The quiet self-possession and. confidence of the leaders we came in contact with was quite un-Chinese. When it was told them a second time that we should in future re turn their fire, they seemed to think that we wished to frighten - them, and said., " Well, do as you please ; we are not afraid." Another time they said, "If you are come to assist us, we shall be glad ; but do as you please ; we are independent of your assistance ; only, if you are going to join the Mantchoos, be g o od enoug h t o l e t u s k n ow.' And when told if they came to Shanghai and attacked any of our people there, they would be treated as the Mant choos were in '42, they said, " But why should we fire upon you; we are brethren, and worship the same God?" Their policy is only to be known by first knowing their religion ; and this, because of imperfectly understanding their language, we are not clear about. On the inter preter's first visit he endeavoured to explain to one of the princes the power and resources of England; he said, "We don't want to know that; we want to know your religion." SHANGHAI, MAY 16. A. Dr. Taylor, who went up in a boat .with a view to obtain an interview with the insurgents, returned, having only got to Silver Island, but there he found a large num ber of Buddhist priests, who most gladly accepted copies of the scriptures, and took others with a promise of for warding them to the insurgents, who were only two miles higher up. He stated that the Imperial flotilla had been up part of the way again, but, finding it so much stronger, did not wish to go further. The captains stated that it wanted power and shot, and was of no use • that, as a last hope, they had determined upon a joint attack of the army and flotilla, for which purpose they had dressed 600 Canton Broves in a uniform as nearly like the English as they could make it ; but I am very much mistaken if they will do even Patrocles' work with Achilles' armour. The Tontai at Shanghai who has been the most active — I cannot say stout-hearted, for he is afraid of being saluted even when he visits a ship—is so doubtful of the result that he has ordered the last vessel he bought not to go further than Kiang-Sying, not within 30 miles of Chin- Kiang-foo. fe e l' and n g increase,The daily on accelerating oo th s e a i r n e su s r e ge nso n i t e s ss i l s y d . this, for they are plundering their adherents right and left, i t n he fa M vo a u n r tc o li f they or rowo find. bonds. while the insurgents, on the co ntrar y , are very particular to pay for everything, and , if in conseq vern ment issuing paper money t o meet their difficult ies. Pekin is in a dreadful state , uenc , t e of the Go. The bankers are also leaving and hiding their money, lest they should be obliged to accept it. Four families have been directed to make up nearly 2,000,000 taels (about 78. 6d. each)—that of Keying and others, who have been Prime Ministers. The late Viceroy who was killed at Nankin had been ordered up . to be beheaded ; his family have been degarded and his property confiscated, all which is producing such an effect that I fancy the mandarins are beginning to think of passing over to the insurgents to save their lives. The Tontai of Shanghai, who has been the most active against the rebels, is suspected, and, I believe, even under arrest. HONG KONG, MAy 28. We arrived at Amoy on the 23d, and found it in the hands of a band of insurgents, and learnt that they had taken several places here without much difficulty ; that in a space of 40 miles they had met with 30,000 adherents, an that there was no chance of the Imperialists being able to raise a sufficient force to overthrow them. Their conduct had been marked with the greatest mode ration, having repressed all crime with a strong hand, decapitating summarily for grave offences. They gave English merchants guards to protect their lives and property. We saw one of the chiefs, a small, bnt intelligent man. He said he was nephew to one of the most respectable Chinese residents at Singapore, where he also had been, He REHEARSAL OF THE REVIEW. 10.30 P.m. The fleet has returned, and we have gleaned the fol lowing particulars of its proceedings : This morning the c a pt a i ns of the fleet were signalled to repair on board the Duke of Wellington, to meet the Commander-in-Chief, Vice -Admiral Sir Thomas Coch rane, and receive instruction for the day's movements. Sir Thomas was attended by Rear-Admiral Berkeley, Rear-Admiral Corry, Captain Sir Baldwin Wal ker. Lord Leven (Li eutenant R. N.) was present as a visitor. Having received the order of the day, the captains re turned to th e i r s hi ps, w hi c h h a d steam up , and then g o t under wei g h i n t h e f o ll ow i ng or d er , f or ming colu m ns thus : _ . --- • Starboard Line.—Duke of Wellington, Blenheim, Edinburgh, Imperieuse, Amphion, Highflyer, Odin, and Leopard. Port Line.—Agamemnon, Hogue, Ajax, Arrogant, Tribune, Desperate, Sidon, Encounter, and Vesuvius. The sailing ships Prince Regent and London were towed out by the Valorous and Vulture, and were met when half way out by t he Q ueen, in tow of the Magici enne. These latter then all went round to St. Helen's and anchored. The Amphion was so slow that she could not keep her station, and was ordered to shift to the stern of the weather line in consequence. She after wards returned to St Helen's. The Terrible then arrived f r om Falmouth an d j oined company, but then a to return into port. The whole fleet then changed their THE CAB QUESTION. d ti a o y Wn s ien a ca g an o m . noorwe li c l ia d i ips i s na rosa t i i co o hn n atit is e impatient of argument ; the possible cab quteesn ( From the Morning tdcns ce Ch utshs r Chronicl e .) discussion w c o l fa s e . and neither we nor our readers were then in a position to take a very cool or deliberate view of our future rela t act had been offered to the cab trade b e fore the strike—that the owners and drivers s t ruc k i n s pit e o f this concession, making other tw t h i o ee n a s ll w e gidtehtdorigour the gno p o u r wr o p wo r i fa e st t l o t r s eh ra o et f c ea h n a s c u k b n s e t a y n c t a i a r li a a g b al. m A e l l n that a o t f and preposterous demands, which they did not get— andpwhciaivars quitted nst e dt hiring. .dh through that What vii . dot withoutuhhsgheayhitpt returnedht eoycommittee,shhu aci redee e i b ad i n o e ne w congaw o biron,kf offered ea x exactly di awaits their t bplaayyrt final e wca ymCumberland gate,. discussiono fberlan. s preposterous they erwo ua 88 had td e mands. What they struck for, but did get,not paso appeal, and a shilling instead of sixpence for the shortest abate ment of the act is now embodied in clauses 13 and 14 of the Hackney Carriage Duties Bill, which, having in the House of Commons. We have all along contended that the entire abolition of back fares constituted a substantial grievance. It gate, at any hour of the night, for a six miles fare into the country. To the reasonableness of the relaxation of the law, as at first propounded by Mr. Fitzroy, giving a shilling a mile for every mile beyond the first four, we assented, though aware that it was a double boon to the cabman, as curtailing the distance and in troducing shilling fares. But we were soon convinced that the clause giving this shilling a mile for every mile after the first four beyond Charing-cross or Temple bar, is an injustice. London is far too large for a single centre. We neither have, nor ought to have, a milliariura aureum. The old heart of London was the Standard at Cornhill ; but this is extinct. If any place can claim to be the central sun of the Lon don nebula, it is the Post-office. But for locomotive purposes, the metropolis ought to be divided into sepa rate departments. Bow is as much within the Lon don limits as Brompton ; and so is Upper Holloway. The streets teem with population the whole way. A complete London native may find himself in want of a cab eastward or northward when he is already four miles from Temple-bar. We see no reason why there should not be many starting points from which the compulsory four miles may be taken— e. g., the Angel at Islington Shoreditch Church-- Aldgate Pump— London-bridge—Hyde-park Corner—all the railway sta tions—King's-cross—and the like. It is the vice of the Legislature to regard the Houses of Parliament as the centre, material as well as political, of the British uni verse ; and to fix upon either Temple-bar —or, still worse, as was at first proposed, Charing-cross —is a boon to the aristocratic West, at the expense of the poorer and more populous East of London. As to the other clause, which, when more than two persons are con veyed in a cab, gives sixpence for every passenger above two, whilst the existing act gives only a single sixpence for any number of passengers alive two—the objection to it is, that it is perfectly superfluous, and only entails inconvenience on the hirer, without any gain to the driver. For example, if it is required to take a family party of five to a theatre within a mile, it will be actually cheaper to hire three cabs than one. Three cabs will cost eighteen-pence—a single cab will cost two shillings. Again, two cabs, for four persons, will cost one shilling —one cab, for four persons, will cost eighteen-pence. Perhaps Mr. Fitzroy has an eye to the pictorial effect of processions. A family party, settled in a succession of cabs, will give some grand combinations and novel street attractions ; and an ordinary Bloomsbury wiree will afford occupation and amusement to a string of a hundred vehicles. The change has surely only its own cumbrousness to recommend it. From much that we hear, we can only look forward to a single solid remedy for the present, and perhaps unavoidable, defects of any legislative measure. Th e cab trade still sulkily obstructs, to say the least, the new act. Their clamours for the appeal are deep, if not loud, and another srtike is by no means impossible. But mat ters have come to that pitch that the very slightest re laxation in this direction is impossible. Summary juris diction before the police-courts has secured the decency of the drivers. This single provision is vital. London may at last take its drives in security—the moral tyranny is at an end, and for ever. If, however, the cab and omnibus trade will not submit to this most excellent provision, we must find those who will. Yet we must remark that, in the countless difficulties about the number of per sons to be carried, the fares, and so forth, an entirely free trade alone will adjust all hitches. We see enough of acts of Parliament, present and prospective, to feel convinced that no measure can be devised which shall secure entire fairness, and prevent all in equalities. Nothing but free trade will do it. We see no reason why there should not be on the stands cabs of various qualities and prices. We should hail shilling-a mile vehicles complacently as we should welcome four pence-a-mile cabs—the one class would be found to answer just as well as the other. And if the present cab-owners will not accept a monopoly, with its neces sary accompaniment of restrictions, they may depend upon it that the public will be benefited by the total abolition of the monopoly. Meanwhile, a stimulant may be usefully administered to the parties entrusted with the publication of the lists of fares. The public are very reasonably com plaining of the tardy and inefficient way in which the provisions of the new Act are carried out. The fares are not measured. The regulation requiring the fares, and the number of persons carried, to be painted inside and outside the carriage, is not complied with. Adequate supervision as to the character of horses and vehicles is not exercised. That the act has already done so much in civilising Cabby, only proves its latent capabilities for achieving further good. The good telmpe uneranypdrinpeuipbilieaec spirit with which the inhabitants of hes t p h o e nd m in et g ro en o e li rgy s m inconveniences reuire an exercisean and losses o its s i r e e aikpe, require of o ffi cials. And, till the book o f fares makes: appearance, half the benefits of the improved system are in complete abeyance. WESTMINSTER-BRlDGE.—YeSterday the new act, passed on Thursday, to transfer Westminster-bridge and the estates to the Commissioners of Public Works and Pub lic Buildings, and to enable the commissioners to re move the present bridge and to build a new bridge on or near the same site, was printed. All former acts are repealed, and the Commissioners of Public Works are constituted a corporation, for the purposes of this act, and the former corporation is dissolved. The rent-roll of the houses belonging to the bridge amount to 7,4061. ls. 6d. a year. General powers are given to the newly appointed commissioners of the bridge, and they are authorised to construct a new bridge with proper ap proaches, according to the plan deposited in their office, which plan may be inspected on the payment of Is. There are several clauses to provide against damage n the new bridge, and penalties may he enforced. yn l the new bridge is completed and thrown open to __t c h: Public, the commissioners are to keep up a e up' tion between the Middlesex and Surrey sh ores. the As s d Com pensation is to be given to the officersot by reason of the abolition of their o ffices . down, and the convenient, the old bridge is to be taken soon as materials sold. e d on swings banks =- con solidate and amend the R S ANNUITIES.— THE NEW ACT, OR SAVIN: BAN Yesterday the new act just pa con solidate h e l a t h t i e o n m t e o d the um nuiti( s was printed. purchase of Governme n t t o make other provisions in re laws, and t ) grant addilttiiosntaol or savings banks, an d nle portions of the acts relati ng t o Annuities,fae iliti t e h s r o i ti n spect thereof. _o the National Debt Commissioners and from that day such matters are to be repealed on the 10th of October • nt sir 1 • • may receive money , from d epositors, &c., for the pur chase Annuities, ong eor join t con of Governm ent tinuance of two lives, to any amount not less than 41., nlr more than 30/., for the benefit of any one person, and to receive payment for Immediate Life Annuities in one s um, or for Deferred Lif e A nnuities, either in one sum or in annual sums, payable for fixed periods. No such annuities are to be granted to or for the benefit of any person under the age of ten years. THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.—As Mr. Pea cock the late holder of the champion sculls, is not in a condition to row, there will be no race on Wednesday for the championship, Mr. James Payne becoming the , holder. FULHAM REGATTA.—The Fulham regatta was rowed yesterday, but was chequered by a variety of misadven tures, none of which, however, were of a serious nature. After rowing three heats John Phelps was declared the winner, Kelly being second, s. od Oct Oct .na en 'rat' as n, hir 34e 150 ; ricoah ,aster° uS• 16 us. tig. aly 3 20 1 Lug. 16 Lug. 2° , Lug. 1 ' )ailY 16 L L u ug lP • 1 6 Lug. 26 ~,