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II;e 1 " )ur e . 111 ,: r aff I as br e f o asiolAttP ,a wo tiog r f ee er , 3ad e tycfe , • ••W -'it du e 1 W .31`' 16 AT 2V, 1 0 111 , 1 s ( it ttlo aqi t etiv clloPs ? alg"~ q of ii.erta iolo 3 of 0 0 .--- rge boy :en t, E q.' ilson , 0 09 1 a soy oolf the err rage, 001 0 44 ,tom'' 'CI / , yOt o o4 2 , MU° EAST MIA HOVSE, 6th August, 1852. trilleOrler of DIRECTORS of the EAST tut 1:7 1114 COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, 111 C„ r rate of Exch ange at which they will receive Cash for us teyii;Lnal and Madras will, from the present date and until '41:4 7T117' be 23 . lid. the Company's Rupee, and for Bills on Id. the Company's Rupee. • JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. 4 it :::..... y g 'r WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice 1i ...t1.117,-, - -ereb Given that the next lIALF-YE A RLY GENERAL i hre the ,\ et " ooffle_pro,, Pketors of tbis Company will beheld pursuant the Bristol Station, on bu ipes ay, the 18 4 r d em ay en of t,2n B t rtstol x , t a for the general purposes of DV ; 0f 3 ,,,,and that the said 1 1 1 1 e g e u 4ng n v e vill ' be made Special for the pur- Y l 'cler th'en''idettg and determining the expediency of converting, or '' 'll °l . tbrC i siotts of an Act passed in the present Session, e a s p ro 41artg, 4, Sto r i, CaPital of the Company into be ereateed 44 ssti e d . ~. or ItTedeemable Mortgage Annuities to t otbE r ~,, elther by or agreement to the holders of the Mortgages 4 k; a r i t 't4 ri A t t le ortg s of a, th es e sz ? ron become due and 3'. to be w issu ob ed m t s o y other persons to other Securities hi feat ' a nd also t o fix lk a ell Mort- and determine the amoun e t s a r n e d sp conditions on ectively shall , e ed a „ ei age Stock or Mortga;e Annuitt Ala ela._., will chair betaken at one o'clock precisely. C. RUSSELL, Chairman. . .211ur p BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. "`', ? 1 ,,, f t . 'Reeks will be closed on the eighth day of August 8 y e ePened until after the said Half-Yearly General laeliciouenTtehe 1 8th of Angust. Terminus, Paddington, July 21, 1853: q ll tit, z ma TEZESTERN RAILWAY.—CHEAP t o o .A. —. EDITIOI3S EXCURSION to CEIEEPSTO W.—On rOl ' Unlit 14 be e , %test er , a Train will leave PADDINGTON at 7.3o l a t . h m as . 44;.: atrary;_alld Chepstow, with a branch to Cheltenham. am. _ e - ki s t le a r. h - -es is , ! i r ii iin et ~ tii m t r,e• in order to give as much time as p,s , ible at km la shall run through direct, sopping only at Glou- Itio O l v l'int ern 7,,,_ame Parties ample time to t visit the magnificent htti r %,"h, 4 ,,, — "eeY. Chepstow Castle, the beautiful scel2.erraynorwthme ttre, gTort c h ; ‘ue, Tubular Suspension bridge. The T 1 and Glou `'' Itt 74 5 ~. Mew at 7 p.m., Chel tenham at 7.30 p.m., a v*lh• No luggage can be conveyed by h tram• FAI ES THERE AND BACK. 01 Carriages. titel "••• ........ • t : n r a e t L in Firs Class. O la t— C f . .. er6e a d.d • 6s. ed. 11„, tutp s ,„,_ ••• •• • ..... • ..... les od. ••• • • ..,_ od. 1 % ta ar'•••.•••• •• thetr and . /,' be obtained previously at 25, King-street, Ch . ettpside ; ? r ac% ) 45, R egent-street, (corner of Jertnyu-street), and at on, a dein gt g o t°4 Station. 4, August 5. • 'lt At Oy POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 4-Ec r , Poßo tEs,._ll -H.R.Ii. PRINCE ALBERT. atio with 7j " Il • EePpv, Esq.: On PROT Ill ustrns:Morning and Eveningspity IGRA. , _ Th e , EY Dr. Bachhoffrier :On CALICO PRINTING by kid ,__ LAS Voltaic Electricity. a etitplainea ,-, 441 - 11 „ B SEWING MACHINE exhibited in Use 4 kraiitje - 1 , tcY, at a Quarter to "three, in addition to the varied ) ~-, A xs _ ilntEs and EXHIBITIONS. On TUESDAYS ,011., , r ` r,.... . Niu e iis ' at Pour o'clock, and Every Evening (except Satur °,,treg,--'4,_ Tit, E ,IRST PART of an HISTORIC AL LECTURE elai s - ,,a151) i'," from its Source to its Estuary, by GEORGE O lie ~ O ngs '--Z., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, with appro tbaktrn ko rain Dissolng . en ande r V_ d vi aa Evenin scenery gs. Admission, Is.; Schools, and q'n Years of age Half-price. P0it,,,,,. SPORTSMEN .AND OTHERS. Ili tt aii ° , , l t i 4 el4l ' blliliej:tanC4atPtatstillonoSr Sthed-112.StPhlaofYLEvgatt,he most busi may be obtained at o Establi s h °f E MOSES and SON, or at their West-end it, ata, Mein. •-', re v ,„, , and T re .1 t o -.Sty offered Vers excelling in Style and Workmanship Si ,s2tsiderably a i .„Lare Presented by E. MOSES and S N. 44 ' 7'4" lic lse. en - "' r alnount of patronage than is possessed by i t anq of than Ni OsE 4 and SON to offer Sporting Dress I, a ', Yatern o r F. attire obtaine I elsewhere. 81 , ' SON secur e tutln stand Maki er great a a et., 'on only understood by E. MOSES l 'a Pres Ps ' nas terY th , Hats, Ca - " van tage. - and easy fit which all Sportsmen con ‘l4._ ented by E. Nosp. o a .ehrated Grouse Shooting Boots, &c., T i , erY e conmic s ] ,„..„,-'. and soN s com bining superior quality Base large s t Iv , prices. bt: f 1 !" AlOsyr' e ' al e Clothing Department in the Universe is "Ilan Captains SON lb- - ts, ' lt offers the grea t est advantages to hik s. ' kiooa s are is , ,•, and all classes of Emigrants. ~ii ia ra l eretrwCgalY appreciated andus and all other Colo D n k i i in ere are ready sale certain profit. Ir ti inform at • s ii is , ea re is hadlon and full Lists of Outfits for Ladies and 'A Idern " " on application, or post free to any part of 1511Q1 /o . i . ikoeL t lki ii %; - , E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the „Le "xl ' rs t onosition having learned that the untradesman-like 7 1 4,' Co r ,:ing connected with their Establishment," or 4 . „"te--, s „ -- v' r n" has been resorted to in many instances, and for 4,,,,,,;"a, they beg to state that they have a LOT, el-11°N own OTHER HOUSE IN s O f It oll 0 o UT w. 01:LONDON, .4,s s -tlob F e ePt their Establishments, a and 157, Minortes, 83 , 2, 0 ",,' arid itstY Establishment, 154, 155, -41 2 a W' Al dgate, opposite the Church, tr a " l , B 4.:L t- end Branch, 506,507, 508, Newhs6,allcoomxmfourtsctrateeint.l, 2, 84 - fiord - -„,.`'oet, all communicating. k f tlold 11` t `rk*hire) Branch, .serti,„,,,, ranch 36 Far 'ate 19 and 20, B g rid e-street. 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Qui si parla Italian°. btp i t cltr, man Dent...lL Aqua se habla Esnanol t'- '"'"Allnlsy anv o morning between 10 and 12 oc o . -11.41 -I ;, e/ ENG mEig f Experience in the RE -1DY.31, lkeDkE ItIP gs/ is TAKE R. NOTICE ' .& L. PERRY & tO. CONTINUE TO BE ON q„,.,17 kr iq , CONSULTED AS USUAL, AIL EL.... I . It x ( E I Ii k Si T S S T E R ,,, EE O T, I' OXsFEOLRFO,:SAC TILEET QUI,RED LONDMSERIES ON ; AND DISAPPOINTED 110P.E5• , TILE sli.liNT FRIEND. Illaat e'l nlve at ,,, 'n S , x Languages—Fitt fat edb;lzo THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION Isi".Edi u ethr Edition. ..i One Hund r ed Anatomical OF DISEASE. 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A: , WII.A.T TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, _ Tihat three score years and ten oar course may run." _ r. v e ," -- , i terl Titer review of almost ev er y form (cause and cure) of ne s the 370"nebilitated health and enfeebled constitution that ) harasses bitter: in & besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and em ,,,, old ~ , age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical raga -v— °' everY-day„life. • Iv. THE PAS SIONS. W hat passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." vels,,T:n4„'",,e"r :Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad o-";`,La, e Passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties tiv:,..2'n'sness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra reMediative. Advocacy of early niarriags. V. TEE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that's the question." m.._l)l44llo,l3lX:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and rell- VujegEtraing marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and zrze, te secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. 'tlYsleal defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion, e aftas b ar.c. ...q It. J. CITLVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R . C .S. (1827), L.S.A. (182,0 ittuate'4. ontr•ilve years Medical and Forensic Referee in there Price Is. each • by post, la. Gd. lo_,L) be had of Sherwood, 23;Paternoater-row Carvalho, 147, "et se, c 7 rnhu AL l; or of Culverwell, " 4 . 4 Regent.4:ree‘Wllo mey be consulted daily trim l-TI %Yen Oft* _ _ --.,ttm.. E EWE IN , TILE INSURRECTION IN CHINA. 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 termined to 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 are horrid poltroons, though these insurgents show no disposition to return to their 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 choos, 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 m any 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 pro ve the least sanguinary practice in the end. Like Crom well's severity at Drogheda, it has struck terror into their o pponents • the Mantchoos are chopfallen and almost afraid t o a pproach them ' • they say that six of them would beat any 20 Imperialists ; they talk of their strength, when we know a multitude of them are but boys, and of their red eyes, So. 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 " Worshipper s of Yesu," which is characteristic —will be proscribed, because they are identified by individuals amo ng, 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 ibohimself work a miracle for ou r deliverance, good nightery. The French Consul at Shahghai 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, stating that they had no inforraation ; but f since ohr return they have confessed that they had men (i. notof sionaries) among them, in disguise, however ; for one the insurgents confessed to us privately that he was a Roman Catholic ; and it is clear that they must have known, for the Tontai Governor of Shanghai told me that they had killed several Roman Catholics. This might well be of converts to the Jesuits, who permitted in their con vents the worship of ancestors and also a sort of baptised Buddhism. One of the Hong Kong papers mentioned some time since 1 that a number of military-looking g priests had. landed at Canton, as he supposed, to assist the insurgents; thinking at that time that the movement had been originated by the Jesuits, most likely they wer e 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 coing 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 node nith wthe e mpire unless they kept them , a nd interlarding t 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 im he from could not have been well i nformed, as I think it was - p o ssible that they could have brought up so many Quangsi, and that it is very questionable whether they allow polygamy to any. However, it may be so, at: , 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 ' detaining 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 I leave, in the opinion that it was a fancied difficulty, and 1 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 an xious about us on board ;so we l eft abruptly. They, however, came out among the crowd to see us away, wish ing us to wait for chaises or bet ter horses, a nd 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 state the Tae Ping-Wang, had passed the first examination for literary honours, but that, on appearing a second time, though the a v ery clever man and fully entitled to his next step, examiner, from some improper mo ti ve , 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-kiaug-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 a borigines 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 ro the scr iptures for 200 years, and on questioning him, through a n interpreter, stated t hat 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 were 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 good enough to let us know." 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 r 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 Eke 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 o f Chin- Siang-foo. e rgs is daily on The feeling in favour of the in sur g ... increase, and the Mantcho os are senselessly, acc and eleratingleft this, for they are plundering their adherents ri g ht , while the insurgents, on the contrary, are very d bonds. particular to pay for everything , an d, if they borrow, to fin Pekin is in a dreadful state, in consequence of the Go vernment issuing paper money to meet their difficulties. 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 2,000,00 0 taels (about 7s. 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. ill ON DISPOSIN PERTY. G AND SEEKING PRO By ALFRED COX, Auctioneer, Bond-street, remitted for 10s. THE Proprietor of BERROW'S WORCESTER JOURNAL (Establishel 1709) is prepared to CONTRACT at the lowest charges for the INSERTION of ADVERTISEILENTS in that old-established p s aper. Worcester, August , 1653. We have been favoured with the following description of Sir G. Bonham's mission to Nankin : H.M.S. HERMES, SHANGHAI, MAT 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 appearing that 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-kian,g-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, but the Imperial flotilla coming up they re-opened fire, so we passed on ; but the insurgents higher up, and on the opposite side, at Kion-Chow, not knowing the state of affairs, also fired, but we passed this also with out firing. However, to prevent the recurrence, we seized two Chinese, and promised them some dollars to take a 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 cattail 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 expression is character istic ; they always said—as also the Imperialists in speak ing of them—that they were worshippers of Jesu, 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 ctrsent 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 wa s to present it to - his Prince. He rose and made several bows, and otherwise _ expressed his thanks for the present. e They are very severe for any i nfraction of morals, and - separate the sexes to prevent improprieties of ants—no any t so kin in d. They hold an open court, confronting litig 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." one can dl I rode with an interpreter abo ut 12 miles, and must have passed 20,000 people carrying rice, furniture, &c., and the interpreter assured me that he on l y heard one expression ar that could offend the nicest ea r, whereas y move as many p aces elsewhere without hearing many— indeed, I am told the very children us e the grossest expres 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 medical missionary. The 1- first belongs to the London mission, tbe other to the Rhenish , mission. 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On inquiring of an Imperialis t 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 td in he propa gation of depraved doctr ine ; and as they persiste 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 1,0 00 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 of them them erecting batteries and putting guns in them—some good 24-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 w s nsurgents is dail on the the i nc rease. They o ft e n say, " e knew this would be last of his race ;" and an English merchant at Shanghai told me that a Chinama n told him, several y ears ago, that this was the feeling existing in the breasts of some at that PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. The Rev. James Shergold donne, A.M.. Stanhope-street, Hyde-park. Captain Creed, Bedford-square, and St. Ald banßedford-row. s. Roger Gadsden, Esq., Maida-hill West, an Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbou rne-terrace , Hyde-park, and Lin coln's-inn-fields. George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne -terrace, gyde.parlc, and New square, Lincoln's-inn. W. H. Tender, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row. SzcarreaT—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 Assisted from all doubt and anxiety as to the future. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manner. an direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London.. •• • • .... 10d. .. Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. •• Os. I.od. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Ba. BOIT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 54.04.; Six Months, 3/. Os. ; Three Months, 2 . Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Fast and Commodious Packets to Let for Excursions. For r• apply to Mr. W. Morgan, agent, Star Office, Fenehurch-street Ter• minus, Blackwall Railway. July 23d, 1853. THE CRYSTAL .PALACE COMPANY. Passages marked * are 11 GLTARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. Sir WALTER R. FARQUHAR, Bart., Chairman. FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. John Aartin,Esq., Sir Write T. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomas Hankey, jun., Esq. James Morris, Esq. John Hatvey, Esq. ' Henry Norman, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq, George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John LabouchPre, Esq. James Tulloch. Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. The first ordinary general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London-Tavern; Mr. S. Laing, M.P., in the chair. 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 ordinar y general 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 t t o m t i h e r e t s a t k a i t n e y o , f t h the word iect k o s a h n av e t h o e n g l y e general a repeat l progress the their f c t o he n. 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 traneopt, 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 501,595/. 12s. ld., and the payments to 440,5501. 6i. 9d. ; leaving a balance of 61,0451.55. 4d." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re- I 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 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 what he had heard, there was every prospect of bril 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 resp ect to the item for land, which showed that they had paid only 48,0001. on that the accou r esult nt. Th e CHAIRMAN said, the statement showed of the account ; the matter had been explained at the former meeting. They had paid 160,0001. for land, and had sold a portion of it for 110,000/. Of the 0001. 160,000/ pay ; they bad paid 100,0001. in cash, leaving 60, to 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 50,000/. 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. GEACH , 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 part of the board to ive in formation. They had purchased, in the stance, 170 acres of land from Mr. that the 349 Schuster foacrr 8e56,612/ had co st . and 178 acres for 81,000/. ; so 167,7 The policy of securing a surplus quantity of land was shown by the offer Mr. Wythes had made them of 110,000/. 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 adopte detailed circulated among the proprietors, accompanied by a statement explanatory of the principal sums paid and received on account ounts of l ad been and. Th e CHAIRMAN stated, that the a c ct h 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 order to satisfy any shareholder on the st ld beate of s t n ost e company' unusuasl affairs. (Hear , hear.) It wou course to publish all the details. Resolutions were passed re-electing the retiring direc tors, Messrs. Laing, Lushing ton, 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 nacre payments in advance. The proceedings concluded with a cordial vote of thanks to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair. United -tries of America. have IN VALID LIVES.-- Persons who are not in such sound health as may have their Lives insured at Extra Prem urns. 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 ease a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES. —Written Notices of, and registered. received IlvDelbTeoenns.inateriaily „Iwo,. A. W. Roberts, Esq. I Derr y Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, Jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq. SECRETARY —George Keys, E , q. .A.CTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. LIFE DEP ARTA T - NT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company row offers to iuture 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 he 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 PT Company, 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 p-r ,knrotin on the sums insured, and the total Bonuses added at the Four Septenn,al Divisions exceeded 770,0001. FOREIGN RlAis.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the nritish Colonies, and the northern parts of the would enable thent;to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, FIRE DEPARPMENT. —lnsurances are effected on every de- Scripti3n of property at the usual ratio. —__---_ time. While some of the Imperialists are saying ~ It is the will of Heaven that Tae-Ping-Wang should succeed," " o thers are saying, Wait a little, a will all blow over." The insurgents continue You will see that it en t s continue to strike heavy and decisive blows. A Chine that we took up with us, describing the in sur ge nts, said , " They are men of their word. If they say they will M • bamboo, make your mi nd eas y , they T() you 20 licks of a will not stop short at 19." Now, it is most u nusual for a he says or mean what he sa y s. he to do what , quite unlike what They are most fran k in their manner we are accustomed t o in the Chinese ; and, misunderstanding about a claim of supremacy, t for some were said (I think improperly) t o hmrretnacy, which they have understood them better. 0 set up, we should They are fanatical, but not to the W extent at first sup posed, and I dare say, less so than little difficulty, I think, might be mad e think, and svith e less so. They believe they have a mission from Heaven to kill all the Mantchoos, and they certainlYart this in execu tion as far as they can ; and, without this practice, I believe that nothinc, attempting to justify short of driving them out of the country can make civilisation progressive in China. They state that their King was taken up this is mixe d into Heav en and there invest ed with power to reign, but u p with that whi ch must be figurative, and therefore may mea n no more tha n is said of all et• • uulese Emperors, that they are empowered by Heaven to rule. They say that their 'King has received revelations from time to time from God ; but it is to be observed that these are all respecting temporal things, and ,, the rule not refer to rule of life ; they refer to things of temporal im ort. I am the more inclined to believ e that they d p o not hold these extravagant notions, from their saying that their scriptures were the same as ours, and that we were brethren, &c., and from Tao-Ping-Wang so distinctly com manding that his people should not use towards him even those expressions which are used in sakin of all their former sovereigns—such as " Supreme," ig High," and " Father," as these belong only to G o d . Then he makes somewhat light of rulers in comparison of what the old Covenanters and others would call " the when he says, the rulers are chosen elect," and properly so, of God and are His children, but they who are good are s pecially so. They have no pr i es ts nor ordained teachers —holding that a ll b e lievers are qualified for such Purposes, yet they have people with ecclesiastical titles. Be they fanat ical or not now, as they take the Bible for their rule of life and circulate it freely, it will produce its 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 wo 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 in fact, that their respective ad vanced posts werewithin 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 h ad he atriceinto least 20, the 000 omityn e mployed unloading and carrying 8.;c., into man y more were e m p lo y ed carrying guns, position, others in erecting batteries, and others throwing up breastworks on the opposite side of the city to the Im perialists —intending to repel but us ther should we a chan ttac ce o k thf itsem, or the Imperialist flotilla ; was no going higher than Chin-kiang-foo. Confidence was said to be on the increase among theteh old p o pulation, and th e y were gradually returnieir homes, and I fully believe this to be the case, as we saw many carrying furniture and clothes, &c.,into the city. We I I fancy to pre observed, also, that the houses of the better classes of Chi nese were sealed up by the insurgent chiefs, vent their being plundered ; not so those of the Mantehoos, which they evidently consider fair game—the disgorge. ment of unjust gain and plunder from them or other Chi nese. Their clear principle is China for the Chinese. No reliance can be placed on the statements of the Im perialists, but they may be estimated somewhat as th ey were in the latter part of their war wi that ratio losing. Yterday they posted up he re, notwithstanding that es 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 con tinue so) a week later. It was said for some time that a th descendant of the Ming dy n asty (the last Ch inese one) was a t this was so, they t e head of this move ment, but on our asking tram said not, and seemed indifferent to the influence which they would lose by the denial, for the idea was not with out its weight among the Chieese. They say they are merely waiting a mandate from Heaven (this is the statement of a s ubordinate) 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 the general commanding the armies at Nankin was in com mand in Quangsi, and was disgraced for not having put d ow n the rebellion i n its earlier stages, but by the succes sive degradati ons of his superiors has again risen to the chief command, and the Emperor has lately invested him with vice-Regal power over seven provinces ; and how little dependence there is upon his achieving anything may be gathered from the fact that he has been professedly beating the rebels and destroying them all the way up from Quangsi ; and yet with such impunity did the insurgents 0.017 at their heels, that they travel, with this couquerihg —_______ , : , ,s POI'TANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Jus' published, by a. Railliere, 119. Regent-street, London No I. vo., in cloth, price ss. by post free, as. 6d., IN TRUE & FAL SE SPERMATORRHCEA, 4. 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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 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 , mice 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 absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its con,equene es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical indrmity 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 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 attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rewarded by the great success that has attended ids efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names a nd titles, and pre t en ded virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who 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 13 desira‘de that patients wishing to cons ult Dr. LA'MERT ghoul first obtain a copy of his work on SELF •PRESERVATION. 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We arrived at Am o y 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, and 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. r ation having repressed all crime with a s t rong h and, decapitating summarily for grave offences. They gave English merchants guards to protect their lives and property. We saw one of the chiefs, a small, but intelligent man. He said he was nephew to one of the most respectable Chin= residents at Singapore, where he also had been. lie 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 m oney out. The race, which is for 1001., is to come off tomorrow, 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. % , . . 1. . / ig ‘ 46"/'Ae, .. • " "1 --i---- (" 4 -- 4 41114r 1;-f(:-.) . . . 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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 mov ement, and they had wri tten to offer him allegiance. On being told that we w ere neutral, he said, Till we settle the empire we want nothing from you, " neither port duos nor duties ; but we hope you will import rice, and we will purchase it of you." e was a quiet, self-posssed little man, and put himself in H our power, without the es 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,ds b i i d sA i t e n a r g m e n dcseaewrnt. merchan t best on i nit n ay autho rity , A mo y,fir e d The c c h m a e n f c o e r of rira the te pl w ace ho be g i a n y g e re so tak m e u n c . e saw numbers coming t wnhr a t o h al e ssps u speaks immdse a noteh v snes e it r fa y ntthha re ee : rfn p er e rw e i ta mri b t.hon le ueos friendly terms on which he is with the mandarins, is con ge fro h ni tro th u e ble w i u n nt, Formosa fanc in y just e joined. Numbers were joining their standard and. 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 Uni versal 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 amember 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 among Kong by One or the clergymen of this mission. There could be little doubt of his identity, as his surname agreed and he. dad 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 was more fully stated in the New York Reco rder 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 t o say he had dreams or visions, and not, as they state, " revelations ;" yet it is by no means strange that among half-educated 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 bo 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 itave adherents ready to join them on their ap preach. 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 li vin g 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 mcn, 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 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 ! I 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 are to start-to-day for Shanghai if this news from Canton 1 does not stop us. THE REVIEW OF THE FLEET. from two columns and fo ed line of battle, with their heads to the eastward. This having been done, signal was made to "alter course and general chase to southward," in which the Agamemnon took a decided lead even of all the full-powered steamers ; she was going at the rate of 10 knots, while the full-powered paddle-frigates were only going nine and six. After evolution the whole fleet was ordered to chase north by east, when the Agamemnon showed a decided superiority. The fleet was then recalled from chase to form the order of sailing, prescribed, in two columns. Signal was then hoisted "Form line of battle, heads north and east." This having been accomplished to the satisfaction of the distinguished officers on board the 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 placed yesterday, with the exception of the Blenheim and the Amphion ; the former of which ships broke down in her machinery, and the latter from the cause above assigned, and were ordered out of the line. All the movements of the day, which were totally out of sight of the shore, were performed without acci dent of moment ; indeed, the only casualty in getting away was a slight one that happened to the Ajax and 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 by the fleet on review by her Majesty on Thursday. The Port-Admiral has issued the following order for the guidance of parties on Thursday : " 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 auy 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." THE CAB QUESTION. _ 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, in 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. Rear-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 quite equal to the task, and, being at the head of the entire navy, his selection for such au 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 hay ing been required for them, and the South-Western Rai 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 mo re of their noble steamers, accom panied by a brilliant party. The Tagus 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, will be the guest of Major-General Simpson, the Governor of Port smou th, on the occasion, and will have suitable accommodation afloat provided for himself, staff, and party ; as also will Baron Raglan, Master-General of the Ordnance The Admiralty barge will be in charge of Lieut enan t Mason, of the Vict or y, th e senior lieutenant of the fleet REHEARSAL OF THE REVIEW. 10.30 P.m. The fleet has returned, and we have gleaned the foi lowing particulars of its proceedings : This morning the captains 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 Walker. Lord Leven (Lieutenant R. N.) was present as a visitor. Having received the order of the day, the captains re turned to their ships, which had steam up, and then got under weigh in the following order, forming columns thus : Starboard Line.—Duke of Wellington, Blenheim,_. Edinburgh, Imp4rieuse, Amphion, Highfly er , Odin, and Leopard. Port Line.—Agamemnon, Hogue, Ajax, Arrogant, and Vesuvius. Tribune, Desperate, Sidon, Encounter, The sailing ships Prince Rndegvenutlturaned, Lanodndwoenrewmereet towed out by the Valorous a when half way out by the Quweeenn,tinrotuonwdotfo t s h t e . M He a l g e i n cl- s enne. These latter then i4l was so slow that she could and anchored. The A.rnph not keep her station, Vile in consequence. She afterd andnwn as ordered to shift to the stern of the weather t oined company, wards returned to S Helen's. The Terrible then t a h a e signalled from from Falmouth and to return into port . j The whole fleet then changed their ( From the Morning Chronicle.) We can now approach the discussion of the cab ques tion in a more dispassionate tone than was possible ten impatient of argument days ago. Indignation is .and neither we nor our readers were then in a position to take a very cool or deliberate view of our future rela tions with the proprietors of hackney carriages. All diat we cared to know was, that a substantial abatement of the alleged rigour of the recent act had been offered to the cab trade before the strike--that the owners and drivers struck in spite of this concession, making other and preposterous demands, which they did not get— and that they returned to work exactly as they had quitted it, without succeeding in their preposterous de mands. What they struck for, but did not get, was the appeal, and a shilling instead of sixpence for the shortest hiring. What they had been offered by way of abate ment of the act is now embodied in clauses 13 and 14 of the Hackney Carriage Duties Bill, which, having passed through committee, now awaits a final discussion in the House of Commons. We have all along contended that the entire abolition of back fares constituted a sub s t an ti a l grievance. It was a hardship to hire a ca b, say at Cumberland 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 conv i nce d 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 milliariunt aureunt. 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—c. 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 above 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-penoe. 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 soiree 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. The 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 faire i and the number of persons carried , t o be painted inside and outside the carriage, is not complied with. Adequate supervision as to the character of ho rses and vehicles is not exercised. That the act has already done so much in civilising Cabby, only pro ves its latent capabilities for achieving further good. The good temper and public spirit with which the inhabitants of the metropolis met the inconveniences and losses of the late unprincipl e d strike, require an exercise of corresponding ener g y on the part of officials. And, till the book of fares makes its appearance, half the benefits of the improved system are in complete abeyance. ,i - 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 to the new bridge, and penalties may be enforced. Until the new bridge is completed and thrown open to the public, the commissioners are to keep up a comm unize: tion between the Middlesex and Surrey shores. Coin pensation is to be given to the officers of the old b ridge, by reason of the abolition of their offices. con venient, the old bridge is to be taken down , the the materials sold. S An/ THE NEW ACT, OR SAVINGS BANK vinyl banks an. Yesterday the new act just passed on se the the t h r ough the medium rrnateetd.addilttiieseteol fc;eliso,tliiedestei he °other provisions in re• of savings banks, and to T ens nlpalluwirtcsih€BaasnwedaostfopGovernment Anntut spect thereof. Some I . Debt lo Commissioners ; of the ac aren t i s adtai re m l i a e t nto i d ng to and from that day 1. 11 0111 depositors, &c., for the pur such matters are to be r e P e may receive money of . . any one person, less than of two live P-oNerala:idon°s,nl t for the benefit chase of Governinents A tno n a u n it y ie a s, m o o n un s t in n g o l t e or joint con tinuanceno more than 30 to receive payment for Immediate Life Annuities in and one sum, or for Deferred L i fe Annuities, either in one sum suchannuities are to be granted to or for the benefit of an y 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 irt 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. 11 31\' D 0 N and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL- Iv,ts.rw„AY,,..---Totras to WINDERMERE a nd the LAKES of .4t, -,....x.LAND.---Tickets, available for Fourteen Days to these ' " 1 411 ed at the following fares, by any through trains : 0n „... First Class. Second Class. riZu to Vflndermere and back ..... Z3 10 0 £2 10 0 tirr:Z ditto Clain di tto ditto ditto n By Order, ..e l i eta ... MARK MUSH. .. 'Wager's Moe, Easton Station, June 7, 1853. ....................... t °(.II,TIMALL RAILWAY. NOTICE OF N'itm`,_4l--FrirTH CALL 2/ per V/. Share, making ita',.'" - tiotice is hereb given,. -- that . the Directors of the Cornwall tir w e r eolepany have y ThisD made a Call of 21. ptr 201. 101. '" 4 • hav IPcin the respective Shareholders ay in the said Company ! tisk,' aPpointedsuch call to be paid on the 15th day of August either of the undermentioned Binkers, namely t— ke,,,, kee s ,...' ?In, Mills, and Co., Lombard-street, London. 14.A.2: raeds and Co., Fleet-street, London. It .', ,j Tweedy , Williams, Falmou th, and h a ail I ruilli Cornwall. and Co., Truro, Vli red ' ' ,l er al ahareholders in the said Company are hereby re ''''' 'Melt Call. By order of the Directors. . I , 4 ted Trtn t ~,, ~. .oter ' --. will'', 1853. W. H. BOND, SecretsZY• *o re til e st i a tbe rate of 3% per cent. on Calls Paid up will be allo wed late of Ill i ii7allbeaudate of Payment. All interest will ceaQe from the -" Cell b e L, l nede Payable on the whole amount paid up until the ekid e a li r ,..d, and a charge of 4 per cent. will be ma e on the during he time the said Call remains in arrear. "N._ 0. Ro b t kt , s - EITIEW of the FLEET at SPIT- Lo N '„,-Y_RtR .1 4; ' , aye ill—el, BRIGHTON', ar SOUTH COAST RAILWAY , st 2. , London Bridge Terminus for Portsmouth, oa Wed: 1 110 e ,',Dee zti 4, aid 5.10 p.m. til,y 4 T,'-aPress Train will leave Loudon Bridge for Ports- La at 6.2'4ouraleY morning, at Six o'clock, returning from Porta ' and 7.20 p ra. usi Clay , 31 PAItEs FOR DotraLs JountrET 1 , 6 Third Class6d• second Class, 235. Bd. Third Class, Vs. lia 4t ; s portsPassengers must return at 7.20 p.m., only. in kEe t L i ey mur t h - United Steam Packet Companies have announced 'll th e eve Steamers readiness to convey persons desyrous don`FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary. B th August. ~-, ;et l''' ~.:L, . ~.,