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UNIVERSITY O F LONDON. Notice is hereby given, that on WEDNESDAY, Gth of April 11, 't, the Senate will proceed to Elect Examiners in the following Z epartments:— Exarainerships. Salaries. Axis. £ Present Examiners. One in Classics.. • — •.150 T. B Bur am 'sq , 1.1.',‘„,, TWO in Mathematics and - I Rev. Prof. , de, M.Vir. Natural Philosophy . • • 5 150 IG. B. Jerrar Esq., B.A. Two in %ogle., Moral and / 50 S - Rev. H. Alfor , M.A. Int ellectual Philosophy j /T. B. Burcham, Esq., M,A. One in Chemistry.. ..... ... 50 Prof. Graham, M.A , F.R.S. One in'the French Language 40 C. J. Delille, Esq. One in the German Language 40 11ev. A. W albaum. Two in the 'Hebrew Text of the Old Testament, thp Greek Text of the New 50 [Rev. W. Drate, M.A. Rev. Prof. teh . . , M.A. T estament, and Scrip- . , tare History • • • . •• • • • ' , MEBICINE. One in the Practice of Me-1 diem e .... .... 150 Alex. Tweedie, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. One in Surgery .' .... • • . • . ........ 150 Joseph Hodgson, Esq., F.R.S. One in Anatomy and Phy siology One In Physiology analProf.Carpenter, hi D.,'F.R.S. 100 Compar a ti ve A na t omy One in Midwifery and the i Di seases of Women and 100 Edward Rigb; - , Esq., M.D.lnftuns One in Matena Medics and/ ...... ..... 100 Vacant. for The present Examiners are eligible, and intend to offer t hemselves re-election. , Candidates must announce their names to the Registrar on or be fore the 3 :th of March. _ . By order of the Senate. R. W. ROTHMAN, Registrar. g omerset House, March 2, 153. THE EBRO CANALISATION- COMPANY. tL „, The Shareholders in Engia-d are respectfully reminded that econd Instalment of 4/. per share is now in course of payment, ,` , :lect to a deduction of Six Months' Interest, at the rate of 4 per per Annnum, upon the original deposit of 4/. per share. Into "St will be charged on any payments in arre.ir after 3 lst March text, By order of the Directors. C. STEWART, Secretary. 4 , Adam's Court, Old Broad-street, 28th Feb , 1853. EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. TN, DIRECTORS hereby Give Notice, that it is intended • (tulles the charges shall have, been previously paid) to SELL, on .e 1 1th April next, such WINEs RUM, and other SPIRT I'S, as ram the len,th o f d eposit, or depreciated quality, are not considered to be worth the cha rges th ereon. an d th a t sundry pareels,tor which Warrants have been issued will be included in such sale. •A• List of all the Goods 'may be seen at this House. • , • East and West India Dock House, GEORGE COLLIN. Secretary. ' e, - Billiter-square, March I, 1853. • PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS. HE GREAT NEW SOUTH WALES RAIL "L • WAY CONIVAISIY • Provisionally Registered. - I,incorporated by Royal Charter, or empowered by Act of Par c, ' ar nent, or of the Colonial Legislature, with limited liability. Opital £6011,000, in 30,000 Shares of £2O each, with power to in crease the amount if required. Deposit, £2 2s. per Share. I "rorn or npar Newcastle to or near Maiiland, and thence to or ac k Creek Sagenhoe nehr the foot of the Liverpool Range, through or near Belford, Castle Forbes, Darlington, Singleton, and uB cle Town, with power to make branches suitable to the local Wants of the district. That SECRETARY.—CharIes Thomas, Esq. demands railway accommodation is beyond all That the ;rich and fertile district of the River Hunter, from its ,Teat and incr eas i ng traffic, wealth, and commercial impedance, - Vds Most in need of this facility, is equally undeniable. hit Company, therefore, is intended to supply such requirement. ()wi t *Projected in t year 1848, nder favourabl auspice, but to the temporary he eliebk that soon afterwa ds occurred in s corn- Ilrerelai matters the promoters were advised to wait the revival at ` confidence. go i l la more recent development of the resources of Australia, its e rea a d iscoveries, and. valuable coal and other mines, and the in . Dance and rapidly in creas i ng p o pulation and commercial impor• ""ce of thi s di s t r i ct i n part i cular (popu l arly t erme d t h e gar d en s p o t Wthe Colony), abundantly testily that the time has now arrived for this. undertaking, and the Directors have accord tr determined to do so,it being obvious that the existing means of e are altiiiether inadequate to the present wants ol this part of h', The line of Hallway is intended, therefore, to supply a " great w , a r aleniz the district of the River Hunter, for the transit of eid i tnni Qt•haustible resources of its gold and coal fields, as well as its tip a b ens e agricultural produce of cern, cattle, wool, &c. arid also of er, iron, and other articles of commerce, for which ;his line will _ -attend the market. A h ie ...,,uPerficial glance at the map will be sufficient to show tie corn „he Tal tulvautages of the undertaking line will be about 100 miles (more or less) in length, and will ,„ . fv r t a sming in distance of upwards of 100 miles along the circuit tutl? . e uote of the River Hunter. Hunter's River as is well known, forms the pencipal district of the hecolony of New South Wales ; and accordng to agricul eensus of 1841 contains upwards of one-fifth of the population of v Whole colony, Port Philip district included. ih r . A° engineering diffi-ulties exist, and from level character of tilj n e° , u ntrY, and the abundant supply of timber the and other materials s the line, t is believed that the expense per mile, on the Ameri " ent, will not exceed 6,0001., a trifling sum in comparison With enormous expense of an English railway. an..ecording to Chetoinons recently expressed by influential gentlemen tir4t l ai nted-with locality, at a meeting of the Australian Agricul tailwe9uPany, hoiden at the London Tavern, upon the necessi . ty for a',. communication in this district, (for which see reports in the rair s an Nef th2th Feb mile. ruary, 1853,) the cost of a I ,7 „'. ay would d Daily not exceed 1,500 e 1 /. per lo cal universally acknowledged importance of this Railway to the tli, t ants and fUll development of the abundant resources of the tar rict ' as well as to its more effective government, lead the Direc . se filarlieve that they will be enabled to obtain from her Majesty's int: re Y for the Colonies, in a matter of such great commercial interest, an assurance of the support Of Government. 11 16111;'") r eeters also feel confident that the undertaking will prove •rh", 'tleeessful and remunerative to the sharehol . ders. taideaT a nagement will be vested in a board of directors in London thnuigh.Y local boards or agents if necessary). And i t having been uecte c t d esirable to appoint, for the most part, practical men, con 4110eati°„1. acquainted with.the colony, the Directors propose after many eta to appoint from amongst the shareholde's or otherw ise so c ulileintr " parties as they may deem advisable to act as Directors , coin hin -- Y With themselves, taking into their consideration the re • 'Nations of shareholders. each . e capital at first is intended to be raised in 30,008 shares of 201. Ad _ 1 aw3ofrik,r asing and ra , p mi e nera l l b ,ilie w. ,will b ornae respected. m r e es ntalp e rop Application for obtaining and special inte rests,titae I ament, there. a charter of incorporation, or act of Par , tahe made ; aa also for obtaining of each shareholder, is intended authorising the execution etfactilnming an act of the colonial legislature, interest on all deposits and necessary works, and for allowing raid up. • Should they ultimately inil a t i l l i at pr a oc i u , ; ( l e n t yr in a !charter, or act, with limited 'liability, it is intended be called, and that such of theca as shall then g b o y r l B e l t i te r r e' a ß ti j r sha'l the secretary, expre,s their desire to withdraw from the un e de s r e t d sk to shall be at liberty to do so, and to roc lye back their deposits, ' L ess their proportion of the expenses incurred. It is intended; in case of need, to apply for articled labourers from China, o 1 other ports, at reasonable wages, and under the customary l egalised regulations. Calls will be made of not •exceeding 21. per share, at into rvals of 1 10 t less than three months, or in pursuance of the oharter or act. The Directors reserve the right froM time to time to amend or e ery this prospectus, and to increase or decre a se the proposed capital f rom ' , umber of shares of the Compa n y , or course or limit of the line, if local circumstances or otherwise they may consider it desirahle. The names of the directors and officers will shortly be announced, —4l In the meantime all communications and applications for shares beWill received by the Secretary, at the office of the solicitors, Messrs. p,. 4 rritt and Osgood, 24, Basinghall - stree t, London, where plans and `° , l>ectuses may be obtained. To 4,, FORM OF APPLICATION FOR MARES. Directors of the Great New South Wales Railway Company. Ge eachemen—l request you will allot me shares of 201. In the above undertaking, the whole of which, or any less num een that ay be llotted t me, I hereby agree to accept, and pay the Of the o m f 21 2s. p a er share, and to execute when required the deeds e Co mpany. I 11111, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name.. • • Address .. •• .. Reference .... . MIGNS of the TIMES—not the " Daily Times" s ort or , the "Sunday Times," but the black and wh ite rain and snow Ivalet f : f times," provoking the skater's wrath by broken r "zing for every one to contemplate, unless they : are habited in also - 'nu: and comfortable attire, which, tor these • times," should waterproof. Their being at this season many counterfeits, IN w a Improper to describe the teatures of the genuine article. and lould be made of first -rate materials, combining firm ness, strength, "Perior finish—it should be cut on principles which secure a hop : et fit which cause the garments to fall in a graceful which manner th etan tio :. Person of the wearer—it should display workmanship t 00 11 . ek.ltib,: fa% an Dress as only a thoroughly artistic establishmen Atos p ":, The to measure or ready made, presented by E. ing and SON, possesses all these qualities on the most commas:l - ' B Dect aune r a: and is charged considerably lower prices than at any or Alehouse .. Its variety affords the amplest choice for Gentle men alkt e eminies, for Sportsmen or Juveniles, on the same terms. Hats able, :Pa , Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &c., of the best, most fashion gol,,,i,j'ad serviceable character, may be had at E. MOSES and Establishment or its Branches, for very small outlays. 114 a,„ • ,EMIGRATION. impositions being. practised by persons professing to befriend RratZ" 4 2 48 2 it becomes imperative that all parties intending to emi trim should Purchase all goods required at the well-known and long pay _ stabli shment of E. MOSES and SON . E very ar ti c l e re quired Map ) i nspected previous to being bought, and being marked in kint a P r ett: at a very low price, affords every opportunity of making for o n - ;c and economic a l selection. A distinct department is kept for "'ug and Ship sailing information, with full lists of Outfits to adieMe an c- and gentlemen, may be had on application, or post free, Pllth ek , ti va : t f ? f• the kingdom. 'TN—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the it l aeho,7, 4 ' ll . st imposition, having learned that the untradesman , :like •••ie of " Being connected with their Establishment , " or It's obvi o l'ue concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for ,s.o‘l, reasons they beg to state that they have 'aNNEzrost WITH ANT OTHER. HOUSE IN OE OUT OF LONDON, I. e zcept their own Establishments, its follows :7 8 4, 4 4 ° 11 City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, ?0n °n 86 : Aldgate, opposite the Church; all communicating. 3, West -end Branch, 506, 507, 503, New Oxford-street, I, 2, traallart-street, all communicating. • Sit e (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. It e 7' Branch, 86, Fargate. ..ruant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and xitiTakers: =id General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. ~.'t a tiati "'MT.—Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be •vitk p led if desired, or if preferred, the money will be returned prip,,t h eitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest Th t t i' l n which ne abatement can be made. 'ltura. atab lishments are closed from sunset Fri da y to sunset on when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. 1100 k, entitled World's Pharos, containl i T t e h a e . ~7• epien.a Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for se -m 0 _ " u k kih act ` o rnay be had on application, or post-free, to any part f h - hand, • ('-a Pplic af r i n e Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, Ipi " slier " Parranca's. srrichtle F man Deutsch. Qui 0 parla Italian. Aqua so habla Espanol IMP ORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Jet PUblisheA , by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-Street, Londoa. - - No I. in cloth, price ss. by post free, 6s. 6d., k . )+ l TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRWEA , ad Errors with the View o the Correction of wide - spread (1 111 .„ 4 _ l ation to the Treatmeat and Cure of Sufferers front Debility of the - .era ti /._e System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD tat Plekfora known to English readers by his frequent practi thbortrlbutins to German medical literature. This is the first d cal ehadc,,h2forms ns, that he has addressed himself to the noa-medl sel,, t .'.• We trust this may not be the last, if he shall l o wer 'inY other equally flagrant evil which it may be in r oc' Nv, eor rect.”—London Medical Gazette, May 30, lgal. ;',l"Osed in a former slumber that we should recur to this on with gr " order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes th f , "t severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying credulity of the p u bli c. T he tribe of Quiet Symathisers,' ttld 11 ' n le( d l i l i c al Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book 41; 4 8 way into the hands of thoso who suffer from th com ,Ol Which it treats we are satisfied that many h indreds would les s I ,„,'ed Much nepdless ' suffering of le ' ody and mind, and what is of rbtiel,'"P°l-rahee, though it is that which the quacks most prize— - tfr il ,, r • our This volume is well qualified to put an end to the Ablefit Ystem of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat - tl y st`r° Much rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, '''' do good."—Medial Circular, June 16, 1852. So. H. ~ Ttit: ~,Ilvo., In cloth, price 3s. Gd., by post free, 45., "es at 0 — „,,.." 4 ,, OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi app-- IttiPle, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate areutly I ntractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, I, : In I v re r Th i er of the Royal College of Surgv o ns urt o e f n E a ng ) land. fl4,, ll . li t t i ., s rvv to t i iy:liciaafr. Brest te views he has given. (M su r c . cessfully treated, Y as bad_ m ad an du y ec ea d ses and on which be bad operated.. i t e rioll : t eas ot ix. xi ail and ay ' hi. No. ix. had res A ted, for a - „ "4 a o v I s Z el ve Years, the " treatment by dilitation, and was finally I ' 4 ir ed i 1 - ''''' ma nY weeks. s ßut cases xviii. and xix. appear, both Rt 4t -oh 8 • of a more ag ti. 44 4 I ev eniY. and complication of symptoms, eatni,,,,enater than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet tha , Prol e Z optedEtd.. by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successfhl.' 7 °l ' Lazar, on the Treatment of Stricture. No. 18 , 8 58.] CHEAP EDITION OF SIR E. BULWEE LYTTON'S NOVELS AND TALES. This day, crown, livo, cloth, 3s. 6d , A N . I I 0 N Corrected and Revised. With a New Preface by tha auihor, and a Frontispiece. *** "Leila ; or, The Siege of Granada," is now in course of pub] cation. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. THE 140th Number of the HYGEIST and MEDICAL REFORMER, for MARCH, contains the follow in, :—Semi-Jubilee of the Foundation of the British College of Health, New Ito ' London—The Doc ors and their " Reform nail" —Obscene Medical Publications—Cures of Fistula and other Com plaints by Morion's Pills—Report of Mr French, General Agent for Baltimore, U.S.—cure of Stone by Morison's Pills—Dr. Southwood Smith on the Blood, &c., &c..—Office. 262, Strand, and may he had of :11 the agents for the sale of Merison's Vegetable Universal Mt.dicine througlntut the country. Price Id., or 2d. by pod. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Lessee, CH ..ILLEA .E. L.AIDIENT, 0118'0w-house, Fulham rood. Op-n Every Evening. The Orchestra wilt perform, durin4 . the week, " The Thistle," "'Shamrock,"'` Carillonneur." and" Wind sor-cbstle" Waltzes, the "Chain , Ntie Galop," and "Marco Spade," "Le Cirque," and " Faridendaine" Quadrilles. Admission, Is. Doors open at Half•past Eight ; dancing to commence at Nine o'clock, and to terminate at Half-past Eleven. .ADIES of delicate complexion, who suffer from .1.1 exposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, will find imme diate and soothing relief in the application of ROWLANDS' KALY -1)OR. It allays all irritation and tenderness of the skin. and renders it soft, smooth, aid pleasant; removes cutaneous disfigurements, freckles, and tan, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance. Gentlemen, after shaving, will find it allay the irritabill. yand smart ing pair., and render the skin smooth and pleasant. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its selection by Royalty and the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the elite of the aristocracy. Price 4s. 6d. and as. 6d. per bottle. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL is a delightfully fragrant and transparent preparation for the Hair, and as an invigorator and purifier beyond all precedent. Weakness, premature greyness, and tendency to fall off, are entirely prevented by its regular application. ROWLAND'S °DONT°, or PEARL DENTIFRIFICE, preserves and beautifies the Teeth, strengthens the Gums, and renders the Breath sweet and pure. Sold by A. Rowland and Son, 20„Rattoa-gardens, London ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. NO ACT OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED TO SETTLE THE BOTTLED BEER QUESTION. VARLE BROTHERS and CO. beg to inform the Public that they have made arrangements to Sell Bass's or Allfopp's PALE ALE, and other Pale Ales of the first quality, Genuine DUBLIN STOUT, in Bottles manufactured expressly for th,m, containing the full IMPERIAL QUART and PINT alE.t- SUItE, at the following prices : Bass's or Allsopps best Bale Ales, at per dozen int; a d. perlal quarts .. .. 8 0 Ditto ditto pints 4 6 Genuine Dublin Stout, warranted of the first quality— Per Dozen imperial quarts .. .. 7 0 Ditto Onto pints 4 0 Earle Brothers and Co guarantee their Ales and Stout to be of the finest quality, and earnestly invite the Public to avail themselves of the great saving they will make by honouring this firm with their patronage. Earle Brothers and Co. call the attention of the Public to the im portant fact, that they are offering Three Gallons, that is, One Dozen and a Half of. the present miscalled Quarts and Pints, for a Lower Price than the Public is now generally paying for Two Gallons, or One Dozen of precisely the same article, identical in quality, and brewed by the same eminent firms. The advantage to the Public Is one-third more for the same price. The Public has loudly complained of the short measure it has been the practice of the dealers in Bottled Beer to give. Earle BrOthers and Co. oer the Public a compete remedy, and respectfully beg the Public to avail themselves of it. TERMS, c &Sl'. s. d. Bottles charged per dozen, quarts .. ••.. 3 0 D i tto ditto pints • • .. .. 2 6 Full credit given for the bottles when returned. EARLE BROTHERS and CO., Wine and Beer Merchants. 4, DUNCANNON-STREET, TRAFALGAR,-SQUARE, LONDON'. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. ER. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 87, BEDFORD-SQUIRE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and llatric , ilated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. WY be consulted, personally , or b y letter, on he various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro duced 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 en, e secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous D e bility, various forms o f Insanit y , Unhappy and Unfruitful ages. Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penslties, 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 remove'', and how the evil and its con.equences may be avoided, aid above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. 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 is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of thes, taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no h grhasade of ee oc na mp siety ly Is tree. In selecting thi 4 depa r tment of practice, e b rev arded by the great success that has attended his efforts to the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided pirated care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11.; and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage, and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty coloured engravings, and dei cribleg in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct descr iption of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; e oMya pee n n , 3 f 9 0 , r C fo o r r ;.„ s Stone. tam ps , T t i o t c a h n b y o randed- address rw Hannay,efm Haymarket ; 6 t 3 h , e O l g u f o t h r - r s .os t r r e t resi dence, te 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. [PRICE SD. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) (Continued from our Third Edition of last Evening.) PROBATE AND LEGACY DUTIES. Mr. W. WILLIAMS, in . continuation, said it was therefore, hardly possible to form an idea of the reduc tion of taxation which might be made if these duties were extended to real property. The division on this _ resolution would test the value of the Reform Act. The majority of the Parliament which in 1796 imposed the duty on personal, and rejected that on real property, was said to have been returned by 180 peers and great landed proprietors. Now, since the Reform Bill, that' house was said to be composed of the representatives of the people ; and he repeated that the division upon this motion would enable the people to judge how far this was the case, and' how much they had gained by that measure. He trusted it would show that they had at any rate gained a majority of that house against the longer continuance of this manifest and palpable injus tice. The hon. member concluded by moving " That in the opinion of this house, real property should be made to pay the same probate and legacy duties as are now payable on personal property." The SPEAKER said that he had at a former part of the evening stated that his secretary had received notice from the agents of Mr. Callaghan, the petitioner against the return for the borough of Carlow, stating his inten tion to abandon that petition. He found, however. that his secretary had made a mistake in copying the letter of the agents, and that it had in reality reference to the withdrawal of the petition against the return for Lime rick, and not to that against the return for Cork. The house had, upon the statement which he had formerly made, ordered the order for the reference to the petition against the Carlow "return to taischirp:Nd. As, however, the house could take no step in a matter of this kind ex cept in accordance with the statute, it followed that as there was no withdrawal of the petition against the Car low return, the order which they had made upon the supposition that there was, was null and void, It was R. b(U 4: l lia lj d of Sherwood, Elj L:3S NEw , Paternoster-row , WORKS. Carvaiho, To 147, Fleet-street, Mann, 39, Cernhill. Price One Shilling each ; by post, is 6.1. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS : Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursi ms about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills Forests, Fields, nigh-roads, and other pleasant places - Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea —London at Night—Evenings at Home Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, bleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., Lc. now necessary that he should read the notice of the agents with respect to the withdrawal of the petition against the return for Limerick, and that the house should then order the discharge of the former order, re ferring it to the general committee on election petitions. This having been done, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said—The office which I hold would naturally inspire me with every prejudice in favour of the motion of the hon. gentleman who has just resumed his seat. He does not propose, as is too often the case, to deprive the ex chequer of the funds which belong to it, and for which it has ample employment. But he proposes to enlarge its funds, by imposing certain taxes not now universally applicable to the different kinds of property, upon a certain class to which they do not at present ex tend. Notwithstanding this, it is my duty to object to the motion which the honourable gentleman has made. And first of all, with all respect to him, and while granting the evident sincerity of his intention, and the perfect fairness of the manner in which he has stated the case, I cannot help pointing out to the house that there is much inconvenience and something like—l will not say evasion—but escaping from the rules of the house, in discussions of this nature. The effect of a re solution of the nature of that moved by the hon. gentle man, is neither more nor less than to call on the House of Commons to depart from the work of legislation and practical business, and to content itself with the expres sion of abstract opinions. Supposing the house were to adopt the resolution of the hon. gentleman, the question of the probate and legacy duty would stand precisely where it did before. The hon. gentleman knows that there are plenty of instances of resolution of this kind being adopted by the house, commonly with the same want of forethought ; and which, notwithstanding that they related to measures of great importance, have taken no effect whatever. Nov, these resolutions are not merely of a neutral or negative character, but they do positive evil ; because they tend to delude the country, and to make it suppose that we are doing the public business, when we are in reality doing no such thing, but merely expressing abstract opinions that do not affect that which should be done. The proper place to have proposed this resolution would have been in a committee of ways and means. The hon. member brought it forward in the month of December last, when the budget of the late Government was proposed, and he was then perfectly in order ; but at present he calls on us merely for the ex pression of au abstract opinion ; and though I do not in- FRAGMENTS FROM HE FOUNTAINS. Two Tols. Tol. 1. VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCII.H OF EDINBURGH, &c. Tol, THE LAKES OF KILLARNE N Y ; f REMINISCENCES OF 111. DUBLI, ‘c. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND . ATOM, " That three score years and ten oar course may run.* A popular review of almost every form (cause aid cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses the young. besets the matt of pleasure, business or study, and em bitters old age ; with tables axd rulesfer the diet and physical regu lation ot every-day life. IT. THE PASSIONS. a What passions hu rt the body—vrhat improve, Truths as relined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. Tlin ad vent of the nassions. 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Culv day from M.D., lit, Argyll-place, Regent •st reet, who may Tla till Five, and &Von till Nine. tend to take advantage of that objection to escape in any degree the discussion of the case, yet-I do not enter on it without a protest at least to this extent, and without en h-deavcturtng—tcryoiparoot ko t.,4 9 ,,130L15.C. the practical incon venienc(i that attennrthia "method of procedure. lam convinced that the motives of the hon. gentleman in bring ing forward this motion are perfectly fair and just. We are not disposed, either on this or on the other side of the house, to contend for exclusive privileges in taxation of one kind or the other. Such a privilege needs only to be named to meet with universal reprobation. The neces sary defects of human legislation in these matters render it impossible to attain in practice perfect equality in taxa tion, but it is now universally admitted that that is the object to which your legislation should be directed. But then I must represent—and I think that I may ask the assent of the hon. member to this proposition— that that perfect equality must of necessity be the result, not of one of your taxes only, but of your entire system of taxa tion. It is impossible to lay on any one tax which shall operate with entire equality. You must consider each part of your system of taxation with reference to every other vital and essential part of it, and must strive to attain a great general result which will fulfil the great ends of justice by laying the burdens of the public taxation equally on men's shoulders according to their strength ; and that is the principle I shall endeavour to apply to the consideration of this and of every other similar sub ject. I must say in the first instance that Ido not think the statement of the hon. gentleman is as accurate as a general fact when he represents the question—the important and difficult question before the house—as being a class question or a question of class interests. He spoke at one time of the exemption that " the great;" had secured for themselves as against " the small." Now, it appears to me that that is a distinction eminently in contradiction to the actual state of the case. If he means to speak of the great owners of real property as against the small Mr. WILLIAMS : No, no, the owners of real as against personal property. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER : The present state of the law as amongst the different holders of real property is unfavourable to the great and emi nently favourable to the small owners ; because it is generally proved that the land of the country is under settlement, and in the process of putting it under settle ment it has undergone considerable changes, and that portion of the land which is not under settlement, and which is a small proportion of the whole, is, with the exceptions usually to be found, the land which is held by small proprietors. (Hear, hear.) The honourable gentleman will say that this is a question between the landed class and the owners of personal property ; but that would be very far from being an accurate represen tation, for this is indubitable, that, whether the exemp tions now enjoyed be just or unjust, politic or impolitic, they are exemptions that it is in the power of every man holding personal property to secure to himself just as much as it is in the power of the owner of real property to do so. (Hear, hear.) Ido not mean to prove that by any elaborate argument, but merely by a statement that lies upon the surface of the case, namely this, that, considering the mode in which land is usually dealt with and the mode in which the great bulk of the land escapes the payment of legacy duty as under settlements, it is as much in the power of an owner of personal property to put his property under settlement as it is in the power of the landowner. (Hear, hear.) And personal pro perty in this country does go very extensively under settlement. I have been making inquiries to see the extent to which funded property is placed under settle ment, and it is impossible to attain anything like per fect accuracy in the calculation, but I will venture to say that a considerable portion of the entire funded property is under settlement at this moment. (Hear, hear.) The difference between the settlement of e n f d g ed ift, ptr that landed and personal property is this — t he settl ement of landed property is always made w ith p erfe ct bond fides—it is made in reference to family arrangements— it is commonly made in the early part of t he life of the actual possessor of the property , w ith r e f erence to the contingency of his death, which is not likely to take place for many years. (Hear, hear.) Many settlements of personal property correspond essentially with this settlement of landed property ; but there are settlement s of otpe opnrdopweirtthy,thsuischsetatslembyendteeodf la s at e r d t y e a t all. (Hear, hear.) Deeds of gift are executed parties in trust to reserve the proceeds and capital by nc rs or o r n es a p l property to the absolute and unrestricted disposal of the person who constitutes the trust, and with re voking the trust whenever he ple ases, with power of to publish the trust, so that it is i n th no obli ga ti on man, by writing certain thin gs down i e power of any on which he keeps in his dra wer , and makes a sheet o f paper no body, to execute one of those voluntary kno wn to deed of gift by which h e carries hisry settle men t s b y beyond the rule of the legacy pers ona l property Mr. WILLIAMS-L-That or probate duty. The CHANCELLO R of I t s i part of my complaint. not describe thi s practile EXCHEQ UER—i d o important purpose, namely, c e to justify it, b u t f or a m ost that this g rea t , and for the pu r p ose o f s howing tion is not a class question i n th e way i t i s su pposed, does not ive the those ad vantages over g landed property personal property which are too commonly assigned of the to it as conf • erring in the present state law. (Hear, hear.) The bad state of the law I grant — the ab sur d state of the law lam willing concede— theto.as b not each in du e ti me w i ll b e remedied —but lair bout it, namely, that most odious and aggravated featurebac of landed that th ose l aws are l aws passed by . t to t h e mselves ex proprietors for the purpose of sec tn Lal classes and the elusive privileges, which the comm' R e ar, hear.) 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Annuities and all sums of money charged upon land pay legacy duty ; all lands directed to be sold for the purpose of dividing the proceeds pay legacy duty; and an eminent solicitor, Mr. Baxter, gave in evidence before a committee of the House of Lords, that out of ten wills disposing of unsettled landed property, nine directed the estates to be sold and the proceeds to be divided. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WILLIAMS—That was in a particular district in Yorkshire. (Cries of order, order.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I am going through the deductions one by one. And this gentleman g ave it as hi s o pi n i on th a t this quantity of land was liable to be sold, and to pay the legacy duty. (Hear, hear.) I have had an opportunity of seeing Mr. Trevor, an intelligent witness who gave evidence befbre the committee of the House of Lords, and I asked him the proportion he now forms of the legacy duty that is paid by real property under the provisions of the act of 1805, and he computes it as seven-sixteenths of the whole amount. (Hear, hear.) Your machinery does not enable you to state with perfect precision the real amount paid by real property, but a good judge tells us that it amounts to seven-sixteenths of the whole. (Hear, hear.) Though it is true that a great deal of real property escapes the legacy duty, yet this is also unquestionably true, that if you had the power to levy yo ur l egacy duty uniformly and equally over .the whole property of the country, and if you succeeded in levying that legacy duty over the whole of that property, I doubt very much if you would get so good a proportion as sev en . sixteenths out of the land. (Hear, hear.) I think you might get more than nine-sixteenths out of personal property, and less than seven-sixteenths out of landed property. (Hear, hear.) But another important deduc tion is to be made from the statement which the hon. gentleman has made to the house. The supposition is that the great bulk of landed property escapes altogether the operation of this duty, but those who discuss- the question appear to forget the subsisting mortgages upon the land. (Hear, hear, hear.) Now, what proportion lof the land of the country is under mortgage l I believe I should be estimating moderately if I said the land of the country was charged with mortgages to the extent of a fourth part of its value. (Hear, hear.) It may be more, but I assume it is one-fourth, so that the bene ficial interest to that extent pays probate and legacy duty. (Hear, hear.) Now the hon. gentleman could not intend to say that if this new system which he pro poses were established the parties should pay the tax twice over. (Hear, hear.) Suppose there is an owner of landed property which is valued at 22,0001., and the income from which is 7001. a year ; suppose also there is a mortgage for 7,0001. charged on that land on account of which the owner pays 4001. yearly ; surely the hon. gentleman does not intend to say that the owner of that land is to pay the probate and legacy duty on the 7001. a year, and on the 4001. a year too. (Hear, hear.) To come, therefore, to a true judgment in the case, you must deduct from:the whole mass of the landed property of this country the portion of it that pays probate and legacy duty in the shape of interest upon mortgages. (Hear, hear.) Thus far I have only spoken of the deductions that ought to be made from the statement of the hon. gentleman ; further I will go on to say, that it is one of those subjects that caeinot be viewed as an isolated question—we must take into view many other circumstances and provisions with respect to the landed property of the country. The hon. gentle man spoke of the stamp on conveyances. No doubt was the policy of the Legislature comparatively to burden the transfer of land, and to facilitate the descent of land—on the other hand, to burden the descent of personal property, and to make the transfer of personal property easy. The statement has been often made, and the hon. gentleman impugns it by stating that the same stamp duty is levied upon the transfer of railway shares that is levied upon the transfer of a piece of land. That is true, but le should recollect that there ~~!.{ ~, is between 70,000,0001. and 80,000,0001. of property— no small portion of personal property, namely, the funded property of this country—that pays nothing at all upon transfer, and when settled to a considerable degree pays nothing on descent. (Hear, hear.) Although you may choose by your system of stamp duties to fix the same rates for landed and personal pro perty, it will happen that your personal property will go scot-free as to transfer where the landed property must pay the stamp on transfer. (Hear.)' The reason is that the great bulk of personal property is capable of passing by delivery, and being so capable it 'requires no legal transfer ; it has no legal transfer, and the stamp duty is not paid. It is quite true it is paid upon railway shares, and on some limited descriptions of personal property • but as to' the vast proportion of the transfers of real property they are subject to no tax whatever but the re ceipt stamps ; and I believe it is but too true that that that trifling amount in many instances not paid at all. Y :~5..~~ (Hear.) The , sum of 10s. is enough to cover the transfer of a million of money, and the fact is that the great bulk i pays nothing or next to nothing upon transfers. (Hear.) ' That the tax upon conveyances is a compensation for legacy and probate duty is not entirely to be put out of view, and when you are adjusting a system of taxation 1 for Teal property and personality, you_ must not forget the racinty to ti.n0r......, wi*ich personality so entirely en joys, and that, although you may enact that an equal rate is to be paid upon it, yet, in practical operation, the great bulk of it escapes from the payment of the tax. You cannot put that out of view in considering what justice demands in dealing with the taxation on real pro perty. (Hear, hear.) lam the fast person to claim any favour for real property—but it should not be subject to unequal taxation ; and the amount should be estimated not by any one duty, but by the operation of your gene ral fiscal system, and it is utterly impossible t o exc l u d e from the view of that general fiscal system of local taxa tion. You cannot forget that in England alone 10,000,0001. a-year is levied off real property, about which personality knows nothing at all. Mr. WILLIAMS—Houses are charged. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—It is the realty that pays, Houses may be real property as well as land. Mr, WlLLlAMS—Railways. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I al ways looked upon the case of railways, in respect to the rates they pay, as one worthy of consideration ; and I agree with thehon. gentleman entirely, that railways and the unfortunate owners of tithes are very unfairly treated. (Hear.) In the consideration of your fiscal system you cannot put out of view the fact that in England something like 10,000,0001., and in the whole United Kingdom 12,000,0001. or 13,000,0001., are levied off real property for the purposes of local taxation, about which personal prop er ty k nows not hi ng whatever. (Hear, hear.) That is not the principle of your law ; according to the principle of your law, personal property is just as much subject to those local charges as real property. (Hear, hear.) I do not, however wish to see personal property subject to those charges. It would lead to confusion, tyranny, and a multitude of evils, if you attempted to subject personalty to those charges ; but I do not doubt that if plans of reform are driven to an extreme extent you may bring that personal property within the scope of local taxation. (Hear, hear.) In stead of endeavouring to reach mathematical precision in each item of taxation, we should look on the result of taxation as a whole, and endeavour to establish fairness in its operation. (Hear, hear.) The time will come for t n o ot a go s mi n g e t e o po o i p n e t n . it Ipraemmantoutregoly,inbguttolnsopweilasnklic income the discussion of the income tax, and at present I am f a al t ls it u i p n on so sk fa il r l etadheivi adv e rt to as it falls upon property, and upon property, too, which is the subject likewise of legacy and probate duty. andco in come e labour,tax a b t u h t is l m a o m me o n n t ly in g s o o in fa g r t o a s look it t boldly you cannot defend the present incidence of the (Hear, hear.) pforpnoamtaxyrealsm tooConfininghpnnreeoypi repairs, m nei nr view to y oytm h. income ttrua x t o pneaad t yrs h :s n a a t htni kes vacant;: t. income h) n e e c e t oiT , nmh E ee r say uitt payable arising on a m u i-td o o r z tg en ag o e t s h p e a r y ca tl e e s income tax . accordill: the income actually received ; but real property pays th e income tax, not according to what is received, but . t aoipaysincome in terest?odmi arrears,t the income t x ceived. gentleman ;I; al meelrfanc oly conclusion I am WILLIAMS—Then it. O a ß goo o d f plan to amend it. (Hear, hear.) The be, T i h f e he CH wi A ll N pr C o E du L c L e ma M n r. wi Wi ll b l e driven to is, that we must in many cases to put up wiPth -orce make up our minds fled that, on the whole, the in equalities, and be satin- if those inequalities are founde of justice are attained (Hear, hear.) I think these o balance one another. that bear upon this discu ssion are all most important facts into view y ou . cannot , and without taking them question. Therefor e , arrive at a fair estimate of the —to look at the to look at some isolated question desoripti operation of the law with regard to one Lion of property, withoutcons idering the opera tions of other ... systems of taxation upon it is, I will not sa y a .reprehe ns i ble practice, but it is a practice that requires and de practical .. po to be corrected and qualified, and considered in referen u ce . to other topics, if we are to arrive at a geng e al ar co h n ea cl o sion that will be a safe guide in practice.particular duty With respect to the mode in which one p ainst it. The is fixed, I think there is a strong nctagien consequence of present system requires amendmne ement of the sag the capricious and absurd a . v rra ar g e we 0 stop when we of duty. (Hear, hear.) Wii- ,as if there were no have reached one million of .. t a fund stopping at that such thing in this country _p elxsceebne, that scale should amount? And if nothiing ethat a do mmense amount of be re-adjusted. It iS es duty which, according to the 1 propertY escaP .cape and especially through persona should not Baca , the present law is most present lay!, operation of deeds of gift t h e I hear.) There has been an enor mous(l ear, factory. unsatis . n the personal property of this country, increase i d t does not grow larger. The entire but the legacy u Y 'd l duty for a series of years is t 1000 has psi egacy . amoun 0001., and there is very little doubt that if about 45, ofthe law,• • not alter the principle you did 1 property alone, instead of 45,000,00 i., out of persona . which seven-sixteenths is derived from real property, you should get something very near to double that amoun t. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman has ad verted to the case of the poor man ; he says his property it pays the full probate duty, and I ag ree t h at does, and that it is a great hardship. 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General God win's own account of his mauceuvres before that town are alone quite sufficient to show that he is as incapable of handling troops under fire as of writing correct English. " First, he tells us," says the Calcutta Chronicle , "that he inclined to his right in order, to attack their left, which was their weakest point ;" then "he changed his mind, and determined upon attacking their right,..because it was their strongest ; then he would lead us to infer that Major Seaton ' pitched into' the enemy's out posts, `exchanging musketry' with them ; then he. dispatched Major Seaton to attack the enemy's right ' • then he recalled him, thinking the point aimed at too strongly guarded (all this, by the bye, within 400 yards of the enemy's position) • then he paused to count his reserves, awl. to admire the ' interesting sight' of 4 our little columns moving up to this host of people so strongly posted, and in a plain where every object was visible ;' then the attack was made—how, whence, or by whom, we are not informed; and o sAftex,tho.alittian, the troops . restedin'the shade of the 'tope for an hour."' The general impression regarding these operations is, that, notwithstanding the absence of artillery and cavalry (for which deficiency he was himself only to blame), he could have brought on a close action, in which the Burmese would have suffered severely, had it not been for the indecision he manifested in altering his plan of attack two or three times when within 400 yards of the enemy. It is said that the Burmese right was so closely stockaded in rear, flank, and front, that had he persisted in his ori ginal intention of attacking their left flank, which was completely open, he would have hemmed in a large 'proportion of the Burmese force ; whereas, by attacking their right, he left the open end of the position clear for their retreat. General God win states that the Burmese force he attacked were known to be the flower of the Burmese army, and, with the intention of conveying as high an idea as possible of their - courage, he says, that " some of the men that were drawn up before him had been killed on the walls in their assaults on Pegu." In military circles, Major Hill's defence of Pegu is much praised, and spoken of as the only brilliant exploit of the war. General Godwin left Rangoon for Prome on the 29th of December. No intelligence has been as yet received of his arrival at Prome and subsequent operations, but it is reported that the Burmese force which threatened Prome, and the conquest of which the General had reserved for himself, has evacuated its position, and retired on Meaday. Another rumour is current that there has been a revolution at Ava, but it is not generally credited. The expedition which I mentioned in my last as likely to be dispatched by General Godwin all the way by land from Moulmein, for the attack of Shoygeen, has left Matarbar. The dispatch of this expedition by so long a land route, through thick jungles, against a place which can be ap proached by water by way of Pegu, within some 40 miles, is generally condemned. The com mander of the expedition, General Steel, is, however, considered the most able officer of his grade with the army of Burmah. The bri gade of elephants required for the land carriage of General Godwin's guns, in the expected advance on Ava, are only now passing Arracan. Major Maling, who is observing the Burmese force occupying the Aeng pass until rein forcements arrive which will enable him to force it, is making every effort to occupy the enemy's atten tion until he can pass the elephants along the rear of the British posts. Unfortunately, throughout the whole march of the detachment southward, their left flank will be exposed to attacks from the numerous pathways which diverge from the diffe rent passes. Major Maling has, however, rein forced the elephant escort by 300 of the Arracan local battalion. The Burmese force occupying the Aeng pass is stockaded on a ridge said to be 4,900 feet in height, the only ascent to which is along a narrow spur completely commanded by the fire of the stockade. They have two guns in position, and are expecting nine more. Their position is impreg nable except by shelling. Major Maling has made au attempt to turn it, but after two days' efforts he found the jungle too dense to be penetrable. Meanwhile his little force is suffering very severely from jungle fever. The Governor-General is, how ever, shortly expected at Arracan, and will doubt less expedite the dispatch of the artillery that Major Maling requires. Sickness is on the increase among our troops in Burmah. The little war in Assam is over. The Thibetian force • being awed by the preparations made to re ceive it have hot ventured on an invasion. Their General has sent an humble message to the Com missioner, begging him to forward the head and hands of the defaulting Thibetian that he is in pur suit of, and if that is considered objectionable, that he will at least " report that the defaulter is dead," in order to enable his force and himself to return to Lassa with credit and safety. This request has been, of course, refused ; and cholera is said to have broken out among the Thibetian troops. The north-west frontier is at present tranquil. Sir Henry Lawrence, President of the Punjab Board of Administration, has been appointed agent for the Governor-General in the Rajpootanah States, in succession to Colonel Low, transferred to the Nizam's at Hyderabad, on the retirement of General Fraser. The Nizam's financial difficulties continue to increase, and every sort of disorder prevails throughout his dominions. Mr. Wyatt, of the Bengal Civil .Service, Judge of Rungpore, has been suspended for corrupt prac tices. The Calcutta press blames the Bengal Go vernment for not having taken this step much earlier, as it is alleged that the Rungpore Court has for years past notoriously had the character throughout Bengal, and among all classes, from the highest to the lowest of " being venal and corrupt almost beyond credibility." Cases of this sort are, happily, very rare among the civil servants of the East India Company, but it is the opprobrium of that service that, whenever they do occur, the offenders are either screened from inquiry, or else let off far more easily that} either the uncovenanted or military servants of the State would be under similar circumstances. For instance, about a year ago, a high civil official in Bengal was convicted of having directly, by letter, offered to sell the, pa.. tronage of his office to a native gentleman for a pecuniary consideration ; and though he was re moved from the service he was allowed to retire on his pension of 1,0001. per annum. Under similar circumstances a military officer would have been inevitably cashiered with every circumstance of ignominy. Many similar instances might be cited. In one of them, which occurred some years ago at Bombay, a member of the civil service of considerable standing, and holding an im portant political appointment, directed a very young subaltern, in command of a detachment about to proceed in pursuit of some insurgents, to give them no quarter if he came up with them, and the subaltern obeyed the orders, shooting the men 0 hti The ml Court eery a n reflected t under he caught ; he was tried by a court-martial, very severely and o u n tt t e h rl e y r o ui iv n il ed p . unfortunate boy had acted, but • risdiction over him. He was merely they had no jurisdiction cashiered, months, and declared unfit to suspended for a few . be employed in future in the politicaldepartment, whose orders the but he was transferred to an equally lucrative d by the , last mail, to the A report which arriv e be renewed ap pointment in the rev enue branch of the service. effect that the present Charter was to for one year only, in orde r to give Parliament time for fuller inquiry befor e the passing of the new Act, has given universal satisfaction throughout India. The feeling is general among all classes, in the service as well as out of it, that the Charter of the last 20 years .is altogether unsuitable to the pre sent advanced and advancing state of India. The witnesses already examined by Parliament are gene rally thought to have been purposely selected from those interested in the maintenance of the present order of things. I forward by this mail the peti ' tion of the Christian inhabitants of Calcutta and Bengal regarding the renewal of the Charter. The ' petition confines itself to pointing out existing evils and abuses, and asks for a year's postponement of the Charter to give time for fuller inquiries regard ing them ; but it leaves the remedy to the wisdom of Parliament. The Friend of India, which well merits the high character for moderation and talent g iven it by Mr. Willoughby, in his evidence I before the Lords' Committee, and which, being ,;onducted by a Government stipendiary, has a leaning in favour of the existing state of ' Ithings, is compelled to admit the general correctness of the allegations contained in the Calcutta petition ; but states, in extenuation, that " no allowanc e h as been made for the all insu perable difficulties of the Indian Administration." The following is from the Friend's review of the petition : " That there is much truth in many of the statements no one will gainsay. The police, more especially of the lower provinces, is in a most lamentable, if not disrepu table, condition. Great big Zemidars collect armies of clubmen in open day, almost under the eye of Govern ment, and disturb the peace of the districts around Cal cutta, and the law cannot, or does not, reach them. Dacoitios (gang robberies) are, or we; of nightly occur rence, and life and property were thereby rendered more insecure in Bengal ti In in the Punjab. The police re quires a thorough reformation." . . "The civil courts cannot be said to dispense justice, and they are a source of infinite vexation and expense to suitors ; but this is becanse, first, we have followed the model of the English courts ; secondly, a native is far more gratified when he gains his cause by his success in intrigue than on the ground of its intrinsic merits ; and, thirdly, there is no truth in the country and no credibidty in evidence. We might in the same manner go over nearly all the paragraphs in the petition, and show that, with some exceptions, there is generally a substratum of truth in the assertions with which it abounds, although the sub structure too often exhibits the morbid feeling of the writer. The colouring is so deep and sombre as to leave an involuntary impression on ":e. mind that the petition does not give a fair representatio— 'lf the case, and that it makes no allowance for the all but instr; 'rable difficul ties of the Indian administration." If these are the admissions of a friendly witness, it must be allowed that . it • ; _the duty of the Impe rial Pa Goiernent44-4 wry • N, ra y m . "7 - 1 adistiation than any that has yet taken place, before it confirms the existing order of things for so long a period as 20 years. The London Mail of the 24th of December ar rived at Bombay on the 26th of January by the East India Company's steam-frigate Queen. Though the weather was calm, and there were no accidents to the machinery, the Queen took 14 days between this and Aden, being at the rate of something less than five miles an hour, and the other Government' steamers are just as slow. In the European seas there are steamers (the Banshee for example) which have kept up a speed of 16 miles an hour on the average of a year's running, and from two to three times the speed of the Bombay Government mail steam-boats is now constantly attained by the Ame rican Atlantic 'steamers. P.S. The following are extracts from the Cal cutta Englishman, and Bengal .Hurkanu received by the post just arrived : "By the Berenice we have received the Rangoon Chronicle, a new paper; to the 12th inst., i n w hi c h we find the following intelligence, but no particulars of the important event announced :-- "By the Hon.. Company'is steamer Proserpine we have received news from Prome of the downfall and de thronement of the King of Ava, and the desertion by its defenders of the town of Yathay.. General Godwin, it is said, intends to destroy the defences at this place, and immediately follow the enemy to the town of Meaday. "`Ye have the following, per Berenice, from Rangoon, and dated the 13th inst. " General Steel's column left this for Martaban on the 4th inst., and he was to make his advance about the 14th, not before, owing to the want of carriage and other arrangements. The enemy, about 8,000 or 10,000, came down again the other day to Pegu with the view of harassing the garrison. They attacked the picket on the bank of river near the Commissariat Wharf, killing some of them. They had planted themselves on the opposite side of the Pegu river, behind a long brick wall, which protected them from our men. On the Bth or 9th the whole force of the enemy were seen going off in the Shoygeen direction, forsaking Pegu. No doubt the know ledge of the arrival of General Steel's column at Marta ban had caused this retreat. A steamer came in from Prome yesterday, the 12th. The stockade at Ithimen is deserted, also that at Meaday. There has beeen a sort of revolution at Ava. The King has gone off ; the heir apparent has taken possession of the place and recalled his troops from the above-mentioned places, and directed hostilities to cease ; still it will be a long time before we can look for peace. The province of Pegu must have more troops here to do this. Sickness at Prome is great. Lieutenant and Adjutant Miller, 40th Bengal Native Infantry, died of dysentery. Every steamer nearly brings some poor fellows going away on sick leave. In time this will be a very agreeable spot, but much is required to be done in it." lirs. to lr. 14ans. The stock in the market is consider able.. Saffron has further declined, and is difficult of sale. Pepper.—Bhutcol has declined to 65rs. to 66r5., and Tellicherry to 61rs. to 62rs. Linseed is in good request. Sholapore at 3rs., and Khandeish at 3rs. 9ans. Woollens.—The market for these is very dull. Marine Stores.—Canvas dull of sale, both brown and bleached. Twine in demand. Cordage dull. Paints without change. Turpentke and oil of linseed dull. Coal tar is scarce, and readily saleable at'2ors. per bar rel. Pitch, lirs. Spirits.—Brandy in wood and bottle in demand. The same remark applies to gin. Cotton-wool.—Little has been doing in this market, and for old prices have somewhat declined. Of the new crop only OornraWutty is arriving, and that in small quantities, considerable purchases of new " to arrive " are daily being made, the rates are—for Dliellera, 94rs. ; for Surat, 96rs. to 98rs. ; and for Oomrawutty, 94rs. to 95rs. Opium.—Although discouraging accounts have been received from China, the market continues firm, and prices have slightly risen. Tonnage.—ln consequence of several recent arrivals, freights have declined for Liverpool to ' 41., and for London to 41. For China engagements have been made with clippers at 251 r. ; for ordinary vessels the rate is 23r. to 25r. Exchange.— Shortly after the departure of the last mail the rates for China-drawn first class bills opened at 2s. lid. and gradually declined to 2s. lid., but in con sequence of advices since received it has begun to rally. The rates on England now are, for credit bills, 2s. lid., and for document 2s. Lid. to 2s. lid. On China, 218 rs. .per 100 dollars, and gn Calcutta .98Ars. at_ 60 days' sight. ' 7 CALCUTTA, JAN. 19. (From the Bengal liurkaru.) The Government overland Bombay express, bringing London news to the Bth of December, arrived early on the morning of the 13th inst. There has been very little change in our export market during the fortnight under notice. The shipments of indigo to all parts from the Ist inst. are 3,490 chests, chiefly to France. Sugar transactions remain on a moderate scale. Raw silk has been sent forward during the first half of the month to a full average ex- tent ;'and silk piece goods, especially corahs, continue to attract considerable attention. Transactions in salt petre are moderate to all parts. Rice has been exten sively shipped to Great Britain. Business done in lac dyes has been on rather a slender scale, as compared with the large transactions in this article of late. Shellac, however, has been in good request. Hides, for all quarters, have been in good demand. Oil seeds remain in active request, notwithstanding present high prices. Castor oil and jute appear to be both attracting more attention of late. Nothing doing in cutch.. Raw cotton continues to go forward to Great Britain more freely than to China. Rum is being freely shipped to Sydney, while there is nothing doing in the article for Great Britain. • By the Lady Mary Wood steamer, which arrived off Garden Reach about noon on the 9th inst., we are in possession of China dates from Canton down to the 22d of December. The opium market had fluctuated a good deal, but on the above date the following were the rates quoted : Patna ... ... ... $473i per chest. Mplwa ... ... ... 475 per chest. Benares ... ... ... 495 per chest. Turkey ... ... ... 330 per chest. The raw cotton market, especially for good sorts, re mained firm. Exchange on India, 230 rs. per $lOO. The first sale of the season 1851-52 took place on the 10th inst. when the following was the result -- Patna... Benares Chests. Highest. Lowest. Average. Proceeds. . 2,205 1,000 965 979 5 3 21,59,420 . 1,085 1,000 970 979 6 4 10,62,650 This shows a considerable falling off in prices. A large portion of the above has been dispatched at once by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bom bay, which left yesterday. Stock in the go down after the sale—Patna, 2,580 ; Benares, 1,120 cheste. MONEY MARKET.—The money market here continues in an easy course, ample supplies at moderate rates being now, as for some time past, its chief characteristics. The share maket continues as follows ; Bank of Bengal Shares, Co.'s Rs 6,000 to 6,050 each. Agra Bank ditto India General Steam ' ditto 500 do. Bengal Coal Company ditto 600 do. Bonded Warehouse ditto 260 to 275 do. Quotations of Government Securities are : Transfer Five per Cent Rs, 9 0 0 to 9 2 0 pm. New Fives /8 0 0 to 8 2 0 do Old Sicca Fives 5 0 oto 5 2 0 do Co.'s Its. Fonr_pgr Cents. 5 4 0 to 5 G 0 dis. In our import market there is not much change, but, unfortunately, that little change is on the wrong side. for prices are certainly lower for several descriptions of goods than they were a short time since. The sales of the period under notice are decidedly moderate, consi dering supplies, stocks, and moderate prices. The up country buyers still keep aloof, and there is therefore no outlet for goods in large quantity, and consequently no means of sensibly reducing stocks so as to raise prices at all corresponding to home rates. There is something, but not very much, doing in lappets and mulls, while books are wretchedly dull, and the sales reported quite insignificant. Turkey red goods, twilled and plain, are saleable to a fair extent. Printed goods are dull at pre sent, and likely to continue so for some time to come. Mule twist has only sold to a small extent of late, prices are tolerably firm, but not higher than they were. Turkey red yarns are saleable at former rates. Orange moves out with rather less freedom. Green continues in good demand. The metal market has been extremely flat, only a few sales of copper and iron being reported. Exchange.—Not much aiter;.tion in the rates. The following are the quotations of the day :—.lst class cre dits, 2s OP to 2s ld per rupee; ditto documents, 2s ld to 2s lid ditto. Freights.—Quotations of the day are to London— Sugar 31. 10s, saltpetre 31. ss, rice 41. to 41. 2s 6d, jute and cotton 31. ss, hides 31. 10s to 31. 12s 6d, oilseeds 41. 2s 6d to 41. 4s, shellac 31. 15s to 41., lac-dye 41. 10s. To Mauritius.—Company's rupees U. 14s per bag, pay able there at 50 cents. Indigo.—During the fortnight several public sales have taken place. There is no alteration in the market ; low and good consuming qualities of indigo can be bought at from October rates to 2d and 3d above, while any thing really good or fine realised from 6d to 10d advance on October prices. CANTON MARKET REPORT. HONG KONG, JAN. 11. ' We have little change to notice in our report of the 28th ult. Cotton has receded, owing to the scarcity of money and forced sales. Cotton Yarn.—Little has been in this article, and prices are lower. _ Longcloths have been in better demand, but importers have been compelled to submit to a reduction in prices. Woollens are - without change. Long ells, assorted, $6 35c. to $6 60c. ; scarlet, $6 50c. to $6 75c. Iron is firmer. Turkey opium, $320. Tea.—Prices of congou have been fully maintained, and the Bth of November advices from London, received yesterday, will probably effect an advance. In green tea the principal business has been for America. Exchange on England, ss. ld. to ss. per dollar, but latterly ss. was the best rate ; on India Company's ac cepted paper, Rs. 234 to Rs. 235 per $lOO. Freights have ruled at 2/. 15s. to 3i. From Shanghai our advices are to the 3d inst. The import market was dull. The price of exports had advanced. Tea.—On receipt of the October mail from London, on the 24th ult., an advance was established of about one tad per pecul. Silk.—Purchases continued to be made freely, and rates were $5 to $lO higher. Longcloths.—Lately a decline of 2c. to 3c. had taken place on these goods. Woollens.—From the heavy supplies the value had receded considerably. Exchange on England, for clean credits, at 6 months, ss. 2d. ; India, Company's accepted paper, 245 r. per $lOO. • Freights.-31. ss. for tea and Si. 15s. for silk. Ton nage wanted. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par (according to the new tariff), which, at the English mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.071, it follows that gold is about 0.38 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 429 per mark, which, at the English mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exriange of 13.7 ; and, the exchange at Hamburgh. on London at short being 13.6, it follows that gold is 0.47 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in Londmi. COURSE OF EXCHANGE AT NEW YORK.—The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1101 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in favour of England ; and, after making allow ance for charges of transport, the present rate leaves a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. ABDICATION OF A FOREIGN PRINCE.—The German is thoughtili Journal of Frankfort, under date of Jassy 4 th, says : " The reigning Prince Ghika , has abdicated, in conse quencethe treaty of Balta Liman which states that, in th e of the state of his health. There is a clau se i n e vent of the illness or death of the reigning p r i nce, a provisional government shall be established, composed of e the M E : e n e i p s t e e d r a s r o o f n t t h h e e 1 I 6 n t t h e r i J o u r, n , e J , u l s B t 4 i c 9 e . , na Eoreg Affairs, which shall last for 7 y ears . Prince Ghika wa s that the Russians will enter th e P r i nc i pa li ti e s. "- eltcd CHINA. A correspondent's letter, dated: Hong Kong, January 11, is as follows : We have little of interest to report since the de parture of the mail of the 28th ult. The semi monthly, of Bth November, we received yesterday, via Calcutta. To-day's mail proceeds via Gallo. The 24th November mail is daily expected. Everything remains quiet at Canton. The re ports concerning the disturbances are meagre and contradictory. Her Majesty's steamer Hermes returned on the 6th from the Prata Shoal, whence she had been dispatched, by Captain Massie, in search of another reported wreck • but the old wreck of the Char lotte was the only vessel on the reef. From Amoy the last date is to the 6th inst. All was quiet there. The emigration of labourers was going on extensively in the neighbouring port of Swarton, and apparently in a satisfactory manner ; the emigrants being anxious to leave, and, coming from a district of sugar cultivation, promise to be very beneficial to the West Indies. Trade was dull at Amoy, both in shirtings and cotton yarns. From Shanghai our dates reach to the 3d inst. There had been one or two further shooks of earth quake, but nothing serious. The arrival of the 25th October mail, on the 24th ult., caused an advance of 1 tael on tea, and 5 dol. to 10 dol. on silk. At Canton there has been more demand for shirt lugs, but at low rates. Other articles remain the same. Moneyhad become scarce. Exchange high, and bullion lower. We have no change to notice in the disposition of her Majesty's ships on this station. Her Ma jesty's ship Spartan, Sir William Hoste, is looked for to relieve her Majesty's ship Cleopatra. Our latest dates are—from England, Bth Novem ber ; Calcutta, 19th Decembers; Bombay, 6th De cember • Singapore, 29th De cem b er ; M an ill a , 21 s t December • Port Philip, 27th O c t o b er ; Syd ne y (per ship &sae Eden), 12th November ; Shangai, 3d January. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. - THE BOMBAY MARKETS. FROM THE 13TH TO THE 28TH OF JANUARY INCLUSIVE. Cotton Piece Goods.—The market continued dull until the arrival of a fresh supply, when holders in many instances having shown a desire to realise, a consider able amount of business was done at the expense of re duced prices. Grey Shirtings.-40-inch of all descriptions, with the exception of 48 reed 51d., which is without change, is extremely dull ; the stock is small, and prices have de clined from 2 to 4 annas per piece. Shirtings of 45- inch are also dull, and have declined from 1 to 3 annas per piece. Grey Madapolams.--With the exception of the lowest qualities, which retain the value last quoted, all descrip tions have declined from 1 to 2 annas per piece. Grey jaconets have declined in value about la. per piece ; very little business has been done. Grey Longcloth.—The higher qualities are not in re quest, but a good inquiry exists for 81b. and Bflb. Grey T Cloth. —The inquiry is fair, but prices lave declined 2a. per piece. Grey Domestic.—A good demand exists for 40-inch, which is likewise scarce ; other descriptions are not in great request. Grey shirting of 36 inches and 40 yards of all descrip tions are in good demand, at an advance of 2a. per piece. The supply in the market is scarce. Satin spots of 33 inches and 24 yards are in request, and have risen from 2a. to 4a. per piece. Bleached twills are in request ; bleached madapollams are scarce and much wanted. Bleached jaconets, of the finer descriptio ns , are dull of sale but a fair demand exists for qualities from low to medium. Turkey Red,—Plain, twill, and mule are all in re quest. Fancy Goods.—Dhoties, lappet scarfs, fine Swiss lap pets, dyed mulls, and zebra dresses, are in moderate in quiry ; while bleached mulls, low lappets, and book inuslins are dull. Cotton Yarn.—To within the last week the market was dull, and scarcely any business done ; but since then, in consequence of holders having submitted to a slight reduction in price, business has become brisk. Dyed Turkey red is in request, while orange is rather dull. Metals.—English bar iron and round nailrod are in good demand, but without improvement in value ; while sheet, hoops, and square nailrod are readily saleable at improved rates. Swedish bar iron has slightly declined in price, and is dull of sale. Swedish steel is in request, and has risen in value. Faggots are without any change worthy of note. Lead, both "pig and sheet, meet with ready sale at the rates quoted in our last report. Spelter is in fair request, at slightly enhanced value. Tin plates are rather dull, .and have slightly declined in value. Copper dull of sale. South American is without change. Sheathing has slightly declined, and Bazier's bottoms, and tiles are in moderate inquiry, at slightly improved rates. Nails and rods are without alteration. Red lead is dull, and prices have further receded. White lead is in demand at Hrs. per cwt. Quicksilver in demand at enhanced rates. Cochineal is difficult of sale, and prices have receded to