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JAMES HARMER, Esquire, Deceased.—All Persons having any CLAIM or DEMAND upon the ESTATE of JAMES EAR NIER, late of Ingress Park, in the county of Kent, Esquire, deceased, are requested to send tie full particulars thereof for examination to the undersigned. ADAM RIVERS STEELE, 1, Lineoln's•inn-Belds, EAST INDIA HOUSE, 7th July, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That turther correspondenco regarding the bill now before Parlia ment entitled " A Bill to provide for the Government of India," is printing for the information of the proprietors of East India Stock, and will be ready for delivery at this house on Monday next, the 11th instant. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. INVESTMENT OF CAPITAL AND SAVINGS. PARTIES desirous of INVESTING Money are requested to examine the plan of the MITRE ASSURANCE and INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION, by which a high rate of In terest may be obtained, combined with perfect security. Prospectuses and fall information may be had at the office, or sent, post free, on application. Vir. BRIDGES, Sec. 23, Pall-mall. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN -RARAIL WAY.—FAMILIES to SCOTLAND. —For the convenience of launlies, a Through First class EXPRESS TRAIN for SCOTLAND only, leaves the Easton-square Station at 9 a.m., arriving at Car isle... . 5 45 p.m. Fdinburgh ...... •• • • ...• 9 0 9, Glasgow .. •••• • • • • 9 20 ~ Servants accompanying their employers are taken mecond Class. At Carlisle the splendid new Railway Hotel adjoining the station is now open, offering on moderate terms, every accommodation that families can possibly require. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, July, 1853. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of ENGLAND hold their Annual Meeting this year at GLOUCESTER, on w„ gnsizsDAT, TutTssnAv. and FRIDAY, the 13 h, 14th, and 15th July. In a dditi on to the regular trains , a S p ecial Train will leave Paddington for Gloucester on Wednesday, the 13th inst., at 8.30 a.m. (on which day the Public Dinner will take place at the Pavilion), returning from Gloucester the same evening at 9.15 o'clock. First and Second Class Return Tickets will be issued by this train at a single fare for the double journey, viz., First Class, 205.; Second Class, 15s. Paddington Station, 6th July, 1853, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-CHEAP EXCURSION to OXFORD, BANBURY, LEAMINGTON, and WARWICK.—On SUNDAY, 17th July, an Excursion Train will leave the Paddington Station at a quarter before 8 o'clock In the morning for Oxford, Banbury, Leamington, and Warwick, returning the same evening from Warwick at 6.45, Leamington at 7.0, Ban bury 7.40, and Oxford at 8.30 o'clock. The Warwick station is only a short distance from the romantic ruins of Kenilworth Castle. FARES THERE AND BACK — First Class. Closed Carriages. s d s. d To Oxford .. 6 0 . .. 3 6 . Banbury. ..... .. • Leamington and Warwick ..10 6 .......... 6 0 The Excursion Tickets are not transferable, and are not available for the ordinary trains. They may be obtained previously, at 27, Ring-street, Clieapside, 269, Strand, 25, Regent-street (corner of JenTlYn-street), and at the Paddington Station. Pkssengers having luggage wi 1 only be conveyed at the ordinary fares. Paddington Station, 7th July, 1853. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- CHEAP EXCURSION to the WEST of ENGLAND.—On MONDAY, the 18th July, an Excursion Train will leave the Padding ton Station at 8 o'clock in the morning for Plymouth. calling at Weston Super Mare, Bridgewater, Taunton, Tiverton Road, Exeter, Star cross, Dimlish, Teignmouth, Torquay and Totness, and wid return rom Plymouth on WEDNESDAY, 27th July, at 6.25 A id. _ FAKES THERE AND BACK. First Closed Class. Carriages. To Weston Super Mare or Bridgewater 2os. 13s. Taunton or Tiverton Road .......... •• •• 225. 15s. Exeter ......... ..... ....... 24s. 16s. Starcross, Dawlish, or Teignmouth.. 2ss. 17s. Torquay or Totness .. .. .... Plymouth ...... •• • • The Excursion Tickets are not transferable, and are only available for the Excursion Train. Tickets may be obtained previously at 27, ul u ng - street, Cheapside ; 269, Strand ; 25, Regent-street (coroner of e rrnyn-strect) ;. and at the raddington Station. Further particulars W w ill be Oven in hand - Mils, which - may be had at any of the above ...aces. Paddington Station, June 30, 1853. tbIIRSIJA.INT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause. " Frederick Swlnnerton Dyer, 1 1 , 1 Infant, against John Dyer and others," the creditors of Eliza late of Clifton Cottage, Camberwell New-road, in the county of Surrey, the wife of John Dyer, of the same place, surgeon, who r e d in or about the month of November, 1847, are by their Solici tors, on or before the 22d day of July, 1553, to come in and prove their debts at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir John Stuart, 20. 12, Old square, Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof w eYwillbe peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said order. Monday, the 25th day of July, 1853, at 12 o'clock at Nocn, at the !!!_id , Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the .—Dated this 7th day of July, 1853. ALFRED HALL, Chief Clerk. FRY and LOXLEY, 80, Cheapside, London, Plaintiff's Solicitors. F OREST of DEAN, Gloucestershire.—The ARTHUR and EDWARD and MIERY STOCK COLLIERIES, near Lydbrook, celebrated or their excellent produce and the extent of their resources, with the advantage of Railway Communication nearly to the Pit's Mouth, MR. ROBINS is instructed to OFFER to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction Mart, London, on THURSDAY, July 21, at Twelve, in Two Lots. THE IMPORTANT FREEHOLD COLLIERIES, near Lydbrook, in the township of West Dean, Gloucestershire, known as THE ARTHUR AND EDWARD AND MIERT STOCK, consisting of 530 acres, and computed by competent judges to con tain 3,833,280 TONS OF COAL, of a quality fully equal. if not superior, to the best coals obtained from this wonderful district, comprising The Rill Delf Vein, or Beam," which has gained a reputation of the highest character for its hardy texture and bituminous qualities, being found most suitable for household purposes, the manufacture of gas, iron, and conversion to coke. The colliery has been opened, and two shafts or pits sunk down to the coal, a distance of 85 yards. There are two superior steam-engines erected for the use of the colliery, one a condensed water-engine, with counteract, of 90-horse power, with 20-inch raps, for drawing the water, which performs the duty with half In e e r h oewer. The working of the colliery, therefore, can be com pew„,.ced Immediately. The other, a winding engine of 14- horse eaPable of drawing to the surface upwards of 100 TONS OF COAL EVERY 24 HOURS. The building s are most substantial, and fully adequate to contain a e x , din g engine of greater power, should the working of the colliery as it easily might, to The 3OO TONS EVERY 24 HOURS. underground workings have been formed by strong arched roads and y od u eaditigs ; there is also a second shaft or pit, sunk about 60 8 . at the top of the Great Bourt's Hid. called Bennett's Pit, might readilbe worked to eld 100 tons per day. The i n ; Time Time of railway communication a l most to the pit's month, lead 3F:rt.: every district of Engand and the facility of shipping from the sup., Bullo Pill and Ly dney, on the Severu, open a vast field for "Y. and is sufficient to authorise the certainty of Whi ch AN ENORMOUS SALE FOR THE COAL , P „... will be most importantly augmented by the contemp l at e d v 1711,3 at Brimspill, Government having purchased the Hagloe Estate Works, intention of making that port, and a locomotive line e l eto, . whilst the contiguity to the Lydbrook Iron and Tin Plate not u_ w here many thousand toss are consumed annually, must woralost sight of. It is a well-known fact that the only collieries g the Hill Dell Vein to any extent will very soon be worked out; h and that no coals from this vein can thereafter be obtained till , pits shall have been opened. Mr. Robins with confidence re s'wmellds this property to the notice of enterprising capitalists as the means of leading to immense pecuniary gain. articular% containing much valuable information from experi ! ced surveyors, regarding the working of the Mine, may be had, 28 days Prior to the sale. of Mr. Masterson, on the premises (where s amples of the coa l an d co k e ma y b e seen ) ; an d of Mr. H. Williams, _airineer, 61, Moorgate-street ; Mr. P. Robinson, Rill House, Little 4Jean, Gloucestershire ; of Messrs . Turner and Deane, solicitors, Colchester ; Messrs. Humphrey and Marshall, solicitors, 12, Gray's- London ; at the Auction Mart; and at Mr. Robins's offices, Covent-garden. N.B.—One third of the purchase money may remain on mortgage of the collerics and plant for a term of years, if required, at five per cent. For information with reference to quantities, or to view plans of the awards, apply to the Gaveller's Office in Coleford. MEDICAL ADVICE ON TILE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. jIR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the VarioS doders of the nervous and , s alting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which generative have system pro e,:hcl more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema :. decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis ln,: known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience ,„,'_ e 8 treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist a'o,,ecret causes of sell-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in rMre, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous a lll Y, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and UnfruitfUl Mani „ls!S, Impatency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their 'o!t!ciss modifications owe their almost entire origin. Principles absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are r n n e n urr lP in ies of personal management which cannot be violated without e grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed thee y b heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties e mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness and how the evil and itsc may be removed, that there is scareely any degree es may be avoided, and above all, derangement to which the timelye e a f id ph of ys s i e c i al en ig e r a tt o y t or functional ac 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 leg a n the n d ecritical and mock-modest, has had of the taunts and envy of the ilvqualiffed Physician who, regardless the confidence, through the Which a no grade of society Is attention to these enormous evils fro or the public press, to direct free. In selecting thi 4 department JP has attended he has been amply rem arded by the great success that treatment of these cases, which are too gen n e d r ed his efforts in the care of unqualified and ignorant empiric who, confided to the publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended their pirated of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on virtues have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. on those who At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11 ., and ,a nd from advice and Medicines can be forwarded to any Initials or address. It 13 desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVAT ION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description 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; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann le , --, Comhill ; Stolle, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free by . Post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi enee. 37, Ils.nroan-sQUAItE. LONDON. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by U. Bailhiere, 219, Regent-street, London No I. vo., in cloth, price ss. by post free, 55. 64., ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the G enerative System, or Sexual llypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "tor. Plekfori. Is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal to German medical literature. This is the first tine, he informs es, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi eAl reader. W e t rust thi s may not b e the last, i f he shal l detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his over to eorrect."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. We nromlsed in a former number that we should recur to this war, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes t h treat severity th e i mpostors who ma k e a li ve lih oo d b y prey i ng and II the credulity of the public. The tribe of ` Quiet Symathisers,' ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book 111 ' 1 find.)ts way into the hands of those who suffer from th com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many h mdreds would ! ) II saved much needless suffering of loody and mind, and what is of less Importance, though it i s th a t w hi c h t h e quac k s mos t prize— nLich thoneY •..... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the eli pirleal system of tr ea ti ng Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat in noon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. .No. 11. Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 4 1, THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Prlnd. Nes at ca ce Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, " Member of the Royal College of Sur geons o f England. In proot of his views he (M r. Courtenay) bag given the hist ory o f a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as arty Which air. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. such are cues tx., at., ill., and avid. No. lx. had as sted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dilltation, and was finally r emoved in as many weeks. But cases avid. and xix. appear, both In duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently Successful." rrofteaor Lima on the Treatment of Stricture, SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. To Secretaries of Public Institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Rail way Officials, Bankers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. rrIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARAN TEE COMPANY, 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated under 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq., M.P.. Dartmouth-house, Westminster. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. James Alexander Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen-square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. enetardex—The Hcn. Francis Villiers, Berkeley-square. 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SHERIDAN, Manager. ---------------______ The B LAIR'S GOUT AND following testimonial is great fil- anothe r Bond-street Lon RHEUMATIC anotherpmofofthe PlLL e S. benefit October 12, 1850. which I have ex perienced by taking BLAIR'S GOUT and u I feel that I am bu t per formin g a duty to that portion PILLS, who may be similarly a ffected. portion of the public " About twenty years since I was first attacked by t i t any ess ential relief, in my hands and feet. I had previously been subjected to We gout riety of climate, having served in Canada in the 19th D i r m ag:o v o a e rt rY s, and in Spain, under Sir John Moore, in the 18th Hussars. cured the best medical aid, without obtainin g relief, and my sufferings can be appreciated only by those who know some thing of this disease. " It was during one of those paroxysms, between twelve and thir teen years ago, that I was recommended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. / lost no time in procuring a box, and before I had taken that quantity the pain had entirely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect health. " From that moment, whenever I feel any symptoms of the dis ease approaching, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to me is so valuable, that were it not that the days of magic have ceased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause. Moreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree u se. but on the contrary I believe the tendency of BLAIR'S PILLS Is towards its improvement. "I have recommended the Pills to many friends, and the result has always been of the most gratifying character. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, _ " GARRET FOSTER GILL. " To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand." For every description of Gout and Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tic-dole reux, &c., &c., BLAIR'S GOUT and RtalumATic PILLS are a sovereign remedy, contain neither mercury, opium, or any other dangerous drug, require no care whatever in their use, and ter ra pidity of cure and complete safety have not their equal in the world. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and all respectable Medicine Vendors. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe that " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," Is Impressed upon the Government Stamo. No. 18,968.] In a few days, price 165., in 2 vols., demy fivo , uniform with the Library Edition of his Essays, THE PARLIAMENTARY AND MISCELLINEOTT4 SPEECHES of the Rt. Hon. T. B. MACAULAY, Reprinted from the Revised Reports contained in " Hansard's parliamentary Debates," by special licence of the proprietor, and from other trustworthy authorities. The whole elucidated with Notes. and prefaced by an Essay on .Mr. Macaulay's Oratorical Powers, extracted by permission from Mr. Francis's " Orators of the Age." Henry Vizetelly, Gough-square; Clarke, Beeton, and Co, 148, Flert-street. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON-H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ------- • - NEW and INTERESTING ATTRACTION. On TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS, at Four o'clock, and Every Evening (except Satur day) at Nine, the FIRST PART of an HISTORICAL LECTURE on " THE THAMES," from its Source to Its Estuary, by GEORGE BUCKLAND, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge. with appro priate Songs and Dissolving Scenery, in addition to the varied SCIEN TIFIC LECTURES and EXHIBITIONS. Open_ _ Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schack, and C htldren under Ten years of age Half-price. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- (Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road.) Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during the week, "The Rose," " Thistle," "Shamrock,7 " , trnins." and "Rfgoletto" Waltzes, by H. Laurent ; " Rosallnda" and "Nymph," by D'Albert ; the " England," "New Topsy," and "Lago Maggoire" Quadrilles ; the " Gold Hawk" and " Juno" Polkas.— Admission, Is. Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock ;to com mence at Nine, and terminate at Half-past Eleven. fl AErT I 0 N.—To TRADESMEN, IVLER x...../ SHIPPERS, OITT FITTERS, &c.—Whereas, it has lately come to my knowledge, that some unprincipled person or per sons have for some time past been imposing upon the public, by selling to the Trade and others a spurious article, under the name of BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK. This is to give notice, that I am the Original and Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer of the said article, and do not employ any Traveller or authorise any per son to represent themselves as coming from my establishment for the purpose of selling the said Ink. This Caution is published by me to prevent fui thcr imposition upon the public, and serious injury to myself.—E. R. BOND, Sole Executrix, and Widow of the late JOHN BOND, 28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, London. SHIPS WANTED to CONVEY her MAJESTY'S MAILS to AUSTRALIA.—The Postmaster-General hereby gives notice that it is his intention to receive TENDERS for the CONVEYANCE of MAILS to AUSTRALIA by Steamers or Sailing Vessels. The dates of dispatch to be as follows, viz.:—The 4th August, the 4th October, and the 3d December of this year respec tively, and the port of departure to be that of London, Liverpool, Southampton, or Plymouth. The Postmaster-General will be ready on Friday, the 15th of July, before One o'clock p.m., to receive Tenders for Ships to convey one or more of the Mails of the above dates. Such ships to be classed A 1 at Lloyd's. The sum of 1,0011. will be paid by the Postmaster-General for each voyage to Australia; and persons tendering will be required to specify the number of days in which they will undertake to deliver the Mails at their destination, subject to penalties for delay, either in departure or arrival. Other things equal, the preference will be given to that tender which specifies the shortest time for the service. All tenders must be made on the printed form provided for the purpose, which, with the conditions attached, may be obtained on application at the Secretaries' office, London ; or at the Post-office of Liverpool, Southampton, or Plymouth. Tenders must be delivered at the Secretaries' office, London, and none can be received after the day and hour above mentioned. The owner of the ship, or an agent drily authorised in writing, must attend at the General Post-office OR the day and at the hour appointed for the receipt of tenders. General Post-office, June, 1853. CONTRACT FOR WHEAT. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, Bth July, 1853. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 21st instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, WHEAT . ..2,000 Quarters. Half to be delivered in a Month, and tke Remainder in a Month afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party Tendering. A proportional part of the price per Bushel of Wheat will be paid for any weight exceeding 601bs. per bushel. No tender will be received for a less quantity than 500 Quarters. Samples of the Wheat (not less than 2 Quarts) must be produced by the parties Tendering. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted, are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tract has been decided. The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said office, at the office of Comman der Bevis, at Liverpool, and of the Collector of Customs at Bristol. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him. duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words '• Tender for Wheat," and must also be delivered at Somerset place. SOCIETY for the DISCHARGE and RELIEF of PERSONS IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS throughout Elr GLAND and WALES, Established 1772. PRESIDENT.—The EARL of ROMNEY. VICE-THESIDENT.---Lord KENYON. TREASURER.—BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. AUDITORS. CAPEL CURE, Esq.; and H. HARWOOD HARWOOD, Esq, At a MEETING of GOVERNORS, held in Craven-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th day of July, 1853, the cases of 14 Petition ers were considered, of which 11 were approved, 1 rejected, 1 inad missible, and 1 deferred for inquiry. Since the Meeting held on the Ist of June, THREE DEBTORS, of whom 1 had a Wife and no Children, have been discharged from the Prisons of England and Wales ; the expense of whose liberation, including every charge connected with the Society, was 511. 16s. 2d., and the following BENEFACTION RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST REPORT:- E. S. Chandos Pole, Esq., per Messrs. Cocks and Co .. a£2 2 0 Benefactions are received by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., the Treasurer, No. 1, Brick-court, Temple; also by the following Bank ers :—Messrs. Cocks, Drummonds, Herries, Hoares, Veres ; and by the Secretary. No. 7, Craven-street, Strand, where the books may be seen by those who are inclined to support the Charity, and where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in every month. JOSEPH LUNN, Secretary. ANCHOR ASSURANCE COMPANY, 67, Cheapside, London. Policies in the Fire Insurance Department effected at Midsum mer Quarter require to be RENEWED within fifteen days after the 25th instant, in order to preserve the liability of the Com pany in the event of loss. Life Assurances are granted by this Office at moderate premiums, and the Bonus Additions tend still further to lessen the cost of Assurance. _ _ _ _ _ ~ Life Annuities may be purchased of the Company on equitable terms. T. BELL, Secretary and Actuary. London, June, 1'853. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CHAutaceN. Increasing Rates of Premium for securing Loans or Debts. Half Premiums, only, required during first seven years. Assurances payable during Life. Provision, during minority, for Orphans. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Profits divided annually. Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age. Half-credit assurances on a new plan peculiarly advantageous to policy-holders. At the last Annual General Meeting a reduction of 30 per cent. was made in the current year's premium on all participating policies. (PROPRIETARY.) Half Whole 6 premium premium to First for lte '4l Seven mainder Years. of Life. ,£ s. d.l 30 1 1 9 40 1 9 2 50 2 2 6 60 I 3 6 81 I £ s. d. 2 3 6 2 18 4 4 5 0 j 6 13 41 (MUTUAL.) Annual premium, Years. 1 Months 30 i 0 Half Quar - Yearly terly Pre- Pre mium. miam. X s. d.S X s. d.l 2 7 3 1 4 2' 2 7 6; 1 4 41 2 7 10' 1 4 6 2 8 21 1 4 8; £ s. d. 0 12 3 0 12 4 0 12 5 0 12 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. • I pi, /Mb ; - -- 1,...--- , s - 7 / ......... . • *J• • vit ' f ZIO , 1:,,,,e.. * J. aA , ) ~,,,.• 0 ,1 01 4 02) . , vz% - ^ .v •"r • rt . ; 4 4 (4, \A c -5 7 9 , 4 01, I t'• 1‘ i r ,iil, ' ' k ..t. : - ii,..., ,pvi,•:- ' -., ;. : N/B - ilkii -tio li , - .0 ~, ,1 ;:t e . . 0 00 • , 4 111 -- .4 ~ t , ? l l;Ei k im mp: ;4so7o4l, 44, fre tDI '-:•`-i , :-.'" r,, , ,, 1 . -- 44715. - - - ~ 0/T LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1853. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. At the Public Drawing on Saturday, the 9th of July, at the Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, amongst all Menu completed shareholders not previously entitled by drawing or by seniority, the following numbers for priority of choice on the Society's Estates were drawn:- 1299, 2496, 2002, 2608, 3978, 4856, 4614, 1224, 1235, 1237, 2908, 2909, 2910, 4586, 4988, 4032, 4645, 4646, 4647, 1483, 1896,1898, 4874, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1132, 314, 4718, 1966, 3180, 2066, 2143, 2168, 2169, 2170, 4971, 4972, 4973, 994, 3764, 1371, 3814, 3815, 2005, 3265, 4049, 3831, 4090, 2791, 2672, 1359, 4965, 4966, 4967, 2214, 4996, 3285, 977, 4836, 4837, 4838. Shares Nos. 2884 and 643 were also drawn, but the holders thereof being in arrear, lost the benefit of this drawing. The ninth public drawing will take place at the offices, on Saturday, the 13th of August ; and all who become members on or before that day, will have the advantage of the drawing. Shares, 501. ; monthly pay ments, Bs. 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The annual general meeting of the proprietors of Drury-lane Theatre was held on Saturday, in the saloon of the theatre. Shortly after two o'clock the chair was taken by the Earl of Glengall, and the annual report was then read by Mr. Burgess, as follows : " REPORT PROM THE GENERAL COMMITTEE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OP PROPRIETORS. " The general committee, on the occasion of meeting the proprietors at this annual assembly, are gratified in being able to state that, after having devoted much time to the negotiation with the late lessees, for the purpose of putting an end to the double letting, under which the theatre had been demised since the year 1849, they have succeeded in obtaining a surrender of the term remaining unexpired under such letting ; and, having thus succeeded in their endeavour to restore matters more nearly to their former past, and will look forward with more confidence to the future. In consequence of what has been above stated, the committee have been enabled to grant a lease to Mr. E. T. Smith, who is the present lessee, at the annual rent of 4,0001., being the same amount as was reserved under the double letting. With respect to the present decorative state of the theatre, the committee beg to state, for the information of the proprietors, that in the recent lease, under which Messrs. Jullien and Gye held the theatre, was contained a covenant to expend in the past season a sum of 5001. in substantial and decorative re pairs, and which they were ready to perform ; yet of such primary importance did the committee consider the sur render of the remainder of the term, that they deemed it prudent to forego a portion of the amount stipulated to be by Messrs. Jullien and Gye expended, the committee receiving the money, instead of its being laid out by the late lessees, by means of which nearly the whole of the works which appeared to be necessary has, under the superintendence of the architect, been gradually effected, during the summer recess, by Mr. Palmer, who has been many years employed at Drury-lane Theatre, and who has charge, on the part of the proprietors, of . the wardrobe and properties departments; and the committee may now congratulate the proprietors upon the present state of the interior of the theatre, which, in point of decorative embellishment and accommodation, is not surpassed by any other theatre in this metropolis. As regards the financial position of the property, the payment already made to the renters is only an instalment in respect of the present season, and, although small in amoent, it is hoped that it may be augmented from time to time, as funds come to the hands of the committee, from the resources of their lessee and otherwise, to enable them to make a fur ther payment to the renters. The committee have to state that, notwithstanding the difficulties with which Mr. Smith had to contend, in point of time for preparation previous to his opening the theatre, as well as disappointments in his managerial arrangements for Easter (which compelled an earlier closing than was otherwise intended), he has proceeded gradually towards the liquidation of the amount of his rent for the theatre to the present period. With reference to the prospects for the future, the committee are informed that Mr. Smith contemplates (with the concurrence of the committee) introducing shortly at Drury-lane Theatre an English operatic company of celebrity, and under distin guished patronage, during the monthsiof October, Novem ber, and a part of December. The sum of 1,3491. 45. Bd., being one year', rent, has been paid to the ground landlord the Duke of Bedford, to whom the committee feel it in cumbent on them to express their acknowledgments for the indulgence an d f or b earance which his grace has ex tended towards the property in times of 9nergeneg, arising from the non-receipt of the rent from various persons who have been unsuccessful in their theatrical enterprises. The heavy amount of rates and taxes under which this estab lishment suffers has also been paid, as well as the other demands for salaries, and nearly the whole of the expenses for the year which has passed since the committee last had the pleasure of me e ti ng th e p ro p r ietors i n general assembly. The cash receipts o f th e season , by lessee's rent and other incidental sources, have amounted to the sum of 3,7201. 13s. 6d., whilst on the other head the payments amount to 3,6741. 17s. 7d., th e fi na l acco unts of which, as audited, are now laid before the proprietors. In concluding this report, the committee trust the steps they have taken during the past year, and the arrangement by which they have effected the termination of the late modeunder which the theatre was let, will meet with the approbation of the proprietors, and be the means of raising the position of Drury-lane Theatre." A PROPRIETOR wished to know for what term the theatre had been leased to Mr. Smith ? The CrlAntarerr said it was optional with Mr. Smith to go on, or with the committee to put an end to the agreement, which was for seven years. The lease was determinable upon six months' notice on either side. Another PROPRIETOR—What amount of rent has he paid in the six months ? Mr. BURGESS—Eighteen hundred and odd pounds. Mr. PYEFINCH understood that the terms upon which Mr. Smith had the theatre were to be acted on strictly ; and that the moment he failed in paying up his rent, the committee were to act promptly in terminating the engagement. He believed the arrangement was made because Mr. Smith was a stranger to them, and there fore they could not have the same confidence in him they might have had in others whom they were better acquainted with. The small sum that he proposed to start with, and the little security that appeared to be to the committee, had, he understood, determined them to terminate the agreement the moment he failed to meet his engagements with them. An he understood from the report that had just been read, Mr. Smith was now in arrear ; and he wanted to know how it was that he was still permitted to go on. He was under the impression that the moment he failed in his engagement the lease would be put an end to, seeing that Mr. Smith did not occupy the position that a gentleman renting that thea tre possibly ought to occupy, and that it was the duty of the committee to run no risk of loss. He should like to know how long it was since Mr. Smith had failed in paying up his rent. Mr. BURGESS said that on the 11th of February he failed in his payment, and about a month since he re sumed paying. Mr. PYEFINCH would ask whether it was fair to have allowed him to go on in that way ! He did not think that such a proceeding, any more than the management of Mr. Smith, was calculated to raise the theatre to the position it ought to occupy. How was it that Drury lane, the most eligible dramatic property in the world, should be in its present most deplorable condition ? Almost every other theatrical property in London, was comparatively successful, while this was most unsuc cessful. He asked the committee to consider, for a mo ment, whether they were not, to some degree, in fault. No doubt they had done all they could, as honourable men ; but he asked whether, as commercial men, they might not have done better. That they had been very lenient to Mr. Smith was very evident, and it struck him that the theatre was likely to lose its character in a dramatic point of view. They had granted Mr. Smith very indulgent terms, and they had allowed him to go on still without paying the balance due. It was hardly fair that such should be the case. It was doing no credit to the theatre, in his estimation. If they looked back at the way the theatre had been recently conducted, they had nothing to congratulate themselves upon, and they ought to bear in mind that "an empty house is better than a bad tenant." Let them look at the spi rited management of Mr. Kean —look at the manage ment of Mr. Webster. If they went from Sadler's Wells to the Haymarket, every one of them was decidedly more successful than Drury-lane. The CHAIRMAN said the honourable proprietor had mistaken the case very much, and he could assure him that neither the committee nor Mr. Smith were very much to blame. The theatre had been let formerly under very peculiar circumstances, and by a species of joint tenancy. That was thought advisable some years ago, as an experiment, but it had m os t certa i n l y f a il e d , and it had been the cause of the want of success on the part of Mr. Bunn, and also, in a great measure, the cause of that of Mr. Smith. Before the tenancy of Messrs. Jullien and Gye was put an end to they had a lease for half the year, from June to December, and their promenade concerts lasted till that period. The consequence was that the lessee could not come in and prepare for his winter campaign, which was always the most profitable part of the season, and he seldom had more than ten or twelve days to prepare and bring out his pantomime. He had no opportunity of rehearsing it in consequence of the continuance of the promemade concerts, and undoubtedly the pantomime was a great source of profit to the lessee for some six or eight weeks after Christmas. The promenade concerts destroyed all hope of that. Mr. Smith had come to them and had taken the theatre, notwithstanding all those difficulties staring him in the face. He was not fully aware of all these difficulties until he had got into operation, and he had experienced the same failures as former lessees from the same causes. The committee had been for several months endeavouring to get rid of this joint tenancy lease, and after more labour than he (Lord Glengall) had experienced in connection with the theatre for the last 20 years, they had accomplished it. (Hear, hear.) They had succeeded, and had now got the theatre com pletely into their own possession, without any of those intricacies, or terms, or conditions which Mr. Anderson was foolish enough to consent to when he made the agree ment with Messrs. Jullien and Gye. For instance, he could not play Italian operas or perform promenade concerts ; he could not even perform German operas ; and, in fact, when Anderson made these foolish terms, he was under the impression that dramatic representa tion alone would carry the town, and they were all, un fortunately, well aware of the result. In the present case, Mr. Smith, having taken the theatre at a late period of the year, found that he could not get a com pany, every performers of any degree of celebrity being engaged elsewhere. He tried several experiment, but they failed, and losses came thickly and heavily upon him, and he was compelled to close, but now Mr. Smith had got it free from all obstacles, he was under no re sposibility, and could do as he pleased, and lie bad no doubt that by letting him go on lie would be enabled to get back his losses and pay up his arrears. He was about entering into an engagement with an admirable company for the performance of English opera. Some of the artists were, he understood, first-rate people, and they proposed to commence early in October. Mr. Smith was remarkably well backed, and he put it to the proprietors present whether it was not more judicious to continue him as their tenant. Mr. PYEFINCH, with all due deference, he would sub mit that Mr. Smith had not the ideas or the capacity that would enable him to conduct a large theatre like Drury-lane. If they compared the management of Macready and Smith, they would see i n the former evidences of a master mind. _ -....-. Mr. SPENCER said no doubt the receipts were very large in the time of Macready, but so also were the losses, and the rent was paid out of his own purse, not out of the results of his success. In the case of Captain Polhill, which the public also thought a successful management, he was upwards of 50,0001. out of pocket. Mr. Macready had been advanced no less than 1,9001. by the committee, in order to bring out five of Shakspere's pieces, but that was in consequence of the properties being in so bad a state. At present the theatre was in a state of the most complete efficiency and repair. At the time Macready took the theatre the stock was worn out, it was necessary to renew it, and the committee thought it right to allow him nearly 2,000/. A PROPRIETOR was afraid it was not generally under stood that the rent of that theatre must always be taken with the reservation of an "if." (Hear, hear.) Nor was it known that from the time it was built to the present day every lessee who had taken it had been ruined. Mr. Macready had, fortunately for himself, a long purse ; and as for Captain Polhill, although he lost 50,0001. or 60,0001., his enormous wealth was the only thing that saved him. The report was then received and adopted, and the officers who went out by rotation re-elected unani. mously. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, which The Earl of GLENGALL briefly acknowledged, and the meeting separated. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that is the question." 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Those who may have imagined that Lord Seaton had by this time exhausted all the resources of his genius as a military tactician, and had taxed to its utmost limit his power of introducing variety into military move ments, would have been most agreeably surprised if they had witnessed the field-day of Saturday. Brilliant as have been many of those spectacles of mimic warfare, and interesting and suggestive as the movements must have been even to the most unprofessional of spectators, it is impossible to deny that the evolutions of Saturday surpassed without exception any which had before taken place, and, but for an accident of a somewhat serious nature, to which we shall presently allude, the proceed ings of the day would have been still more brilliant and remarkable. The manceuvres of the day were intended to illustrate an unsuccessful attack on the enemy's camp, the repulse and defeat of the attacking army, and their ultimate rallying, storming, and taking possession of the camp. The encampment itself was the subject of the attack, and the retreat was made over the series of heights on the eastern extremity of the common. It is certainly no discredit to Lord Seaton to say of him that he appears to excel in the art of making a good retreat, and has shown himself in this particular, as in others, a most skilful and able general. If the troops encamped at Chobham should ever be brought into actual service, although we trust that they may never have occasion to show their great skill in retreating before the enemy, still, if by the fortune of war it should so happen that the general should be called upon to decide between the making a good retreat or fighting a bad battle, it is not unreasonable to suppose that the experience of Chobham will serve the troops well in the case of the former alter native being adopted. The difficulties connected with covering a retreat are too obvious to need pointing out to the most superficial of observers. It is not to be wondered at if Lord Seaton, having served in the Penin sula under Wellington, should have learned something from the cautious and unrivalled strategy of his great commander. The same great principles of caution which are so characteristic of Wellington's campaigns are seen to pervade, upon a small scale, all the movements of the troops at Chobham. No flank is left unprotected, no point uncovered ; and, except upon very rare occasions, when the fate of the day is to be decided by an advance of the whole of the army, the reserve force is not called into action. The spectator, bearing this great charac teristic always in mind, will possess the key to all the manceuvres which he may witness at Chobham, and may account for each movement of the various bodies of troops with as much accuracy as an experienced chess player can detect from the "moves" the intention of his antagonist. Tile whole of the troops were ordered out for parade at 11 o'clock, but, in consequence of the continuous and heavy fall of rain, they did not then turn out, but waited accoutred in their respective camps, ready at a moment's notice. Shortly after half-past 11 the "turn-out" was sounded, and the whole of the brigades marched off to the valley in front of the encampment. Major-General Fane's brigade, consisting of the 42d, 50th, and 95th, occupied a position opposite its own encampment, but the right and left flanks of the camp exchanged posi tions, thus bringing the brigade of Guards on the right, and General Evans's brigade on the left, of the line. After being thus placed, each regiment counter marched by sub-divisions around the centres of bat talions, thus completely changing, by a most beautiful and well-executed movement, the position of the respec tive regiments in each brigade. The whole division now formed line, en echelon of brigades, after which each battalion formed double column of companies in rear of the centre, and remained thus formed for a short time. Occupying as they did this position in the valley, with the gentle rising heights close behind them, the scene which the varied uniforms of the 9 regiments presented was one of great beauty. The field batteries were placed on the heights ; one battery protecting the flank of each brigade. The cavalry were assembled in contiguous column on the right of the infantry with the Horse Ar tillery on the extreme right. The infantry bugle now sounded the "Extend," and the two centre companies of each battalion of the whole division of brigades were thrown out as skirmishers, and commenced firing in the direction of the encampment, the spectators crowding the small eminences acting for the enemy upon this occasion, in place of the familiar white and red jacketed Grena diers and Sappers. After the skirmishers' firing had continued for some time the remaining companies of the first brigade—the 93d, the Rifles, and the 38th—ad vanced through the line of skirmishers, formed line, and supported by a field battery commenced a rapid and most terrific file fire on the encampment of the brigade of Guards, which continued for nearly half an hour, and in which upwards of 20 rounds were expended. The reader will now please to suppose at this time either that the Guards were "up and at 'em," or that the specta tors were advancing with umbrellas and opera-glasses. supported by irregular cavalry, coaches, vans, and sun dry other kinds of vehicles, laden with provisions and ammunition, or that some other cause has spread a panic through the ranks of this light brigade. For they have now ceased fire, and, covered by their skirmishers, their line is now falling back, and marching away in quick time by the rear of the second light brigade, passing by the famed 42d, the pugnacious 50th, and the gallant 95th, till they have obtained a shelter from their avenging pursuers at the rear of the brigade of the Guards—when they suddenly disappear, as though some portions of the swamps of Chobham had engulphed them. No such dire catas trophe had, however, occurred, for the whole brigade had merely laid down in the heather, concealed from observation, and resting from their fatigues. Major- General Fane's brigade now formed the left of the line, and after a terrific fire, it fell back out of range of the enemy's fire. The Guards now occupied the whole front, and they, after firing a tremendous volley, formed into square, as well as eaoh regiment in Fane's brigade. The Lancers and the Carabineers made one or two dash ing charges to protect the retiring infantry, and the Guards and light brigade having deployed into line, re tired to the base of the hills which skirt the eastern frontier of the common. Arrived at this point, the Guards occupied the centre, Fane's brigade the right, Evans's brigade, with the cavalry and Horse Artillery, were on the left. The Guards now commenced a rapid ascent of the hill, still pursued by the terrible enemy— more terrible, perhaps, because invisible—and covered by the fire of the field batteries on their flanks. Ar rived at the summit of the hill, they rallied, formed line, and for a moment arrested the progress of their pur suers. The 42d Regiment meanwhile had reached the summit of another of the heights in rear of the Guards, and had there formed line ; in the rear of them again, on another hill, was posted the 95th, the Rifles occupying the slopes. One division of the avenging foe was sup posed to be pursuing the light brigade on the left, who were rapidly retiring before them, being covered in their retreat by the Horse Artillery and cavalry. The ground being somewhat favourable, several most brilliant charges of cavalry took place, and in one of these the foremost squadron of the Carabineers, apparently car ried away with the enthusiasm and excitement of the moment, cleared a double ditch, with a high bank in the centre, in real sporting style, and had, not the recal been sounded the whole regiment would certainly have cleared the ditch in the same dashing style. At length nearly the whole of the infantry had retired on the heights, and it was expected that the day was to close with a general advance of the army, each brigade attacking and taking possession of its own encamp ment, when the sad accident occurred to which we have al luded. The brigade of Guards were ordered to fall back bend w h h e i n c the n 4 e 2 l d B , e a u n t d i n w e k e , r e w a h b o o u had ad t o march a p n a s d t o i f n t c h o e l column bri gade of Guards, turning round to give some orders, his horse stumbled in one of the h i ▪ dden holes with which the ground abounds, threw the gallant colonel, and rolled over him. Colonel Bentinck lay upon the ground, ap parently insensible, till he was rais▪ ed by Colonel Wood and a number of other staff officers, who were immedi ately on the spot. Such cursory examination as the nature of the circumstances permitted was made by the surgeons, and it was feared that, besides a severe frac ture of the ribs, the gallant colonel had sustained a con cussion of the brain. A cloak was procured from one of the dragoons, and the gallant officer carefully covered with it, and, placed upon a litter, was borne off the field by a company of the Coldstreams, of which regim en t th e ,ireaonc b csee y he old a i reetd num beriats gallant afterwards ift eg rhwoafamr o d ffi l os field d c c e go r en av was nte hdadyi dee: t de cavalry na seattet voctalToohlor colonel. his their opeo proceedings vnrronddece The eenstrre esdel a, seal sadntdaogpe, and residence, cm cavalcade pa s s e d slowly round the foot of the hills, accompanied o s no o el f en t t os h f, e thewdat day were troops th e r brought d o tmo b a ila c gs bands silent, We need scarcely say that the accident has thrown a gloom over the camp, partially relieved ' however, by an announcement mad e d uring yester d ay, that the injuries which the gallant colonel had received were not so severe as had been at first anticipated. It is reported that Lord Seaton will, upon resigning his command of the camp, when the change of troops [PRICE SD. takes place, be succeeded by Major-General Lord Sal toun. The following is a correct list of the successful com petitors at the games of the 93d (Sutherland) Highland ers, on Friday last : Throwing the Hamm•. 1. George Bell, 93d, length thrown, 121 feet. 2. Colour-Sergeant Farquhar M`Gillivray, 93d, 113 feet. 3. William Fraser, 93d, 111 feet 8 inches. 4. John Forbes, 93d, 99 feet. 5. Sergeant Robert APQuillan, 93d, 95 feet 9 inches. Putting the Heavy Ball, 231 lbs. weight. 1. George Bell, 93d, 32 feet 5 inches. 2. Colour-Sergeant Farquhar M`Gillivray, 93d, 27 feet 3 inches. 3. Dugald Stewart, 93d, 27 feet 2 inches. Putting the Light Stone, 171bs. 1. George Bell, 93d, 36 feet 5i inches. 2. Archibald M`Donald, S.F.G., 31 feet 10i inches. 3. Colour-Sergeant Farquhar M`Gillivray, 93d, 31 feet inches. 4. Sergeant Robert M`Quillan, 93d, 30 feet 9i inches. Tossing the Caber. 1. George 8011, 93d. 2. Sergeant Robert M`Quillan, 93d. 3. Corporal Motion, 93d. 4. John Forbes, 23d. Gillie Callum and Highland Fling. 1. Private John M‘lienzie, 93d. 2. Private Win. M'lntosh, 42d. lied Dancing. 1. Private John M`lienzie, 93d. 2. Sergeant Jas. MTherson, 93d. High Jump Standing. 1. John Forbes, 93d, 4 feet 7 inches. 2. Biggin, S.F.G., 4 feet 2 inches. 3. Fisher, 93d, 4 feet 2 inches. Long Tump Running. 1. Corporal Finlayson, 93d, 17 feet 2 inches. 2. Private• Harris, S.F.G., 17 feet. 3. Private Biggin, S. - 1%G., 16 feet, 10 inches. 4. John 31`lienzie, band, 93d, 16 feet 9 inches. High Jump Running. 1. Corporal Finlayson, 93d, 5 feet 3 inches. 2. James Low, 93d, 5 feet 2 inches. 3. Biggin, S.F.G., 5 feet 1 inch. 4. Colour-Sergeant Farquhar M`Gillivray, 93d, 5 feet. - - - - - Long Jump Standing. 1. John Forbes, 93d, 9 feet 3 inches. 2. Private Harris, S.F.G., 8 feet 10 inches. 3. Private Biggin, F.S.G., 8 feet 9 inches. Short Foot Race (100 yards). 1. Colour-Sergeant Farquhar M`Gillivray, 93d. 2. George Bell, 93d. 3. George Harris, S.F.G. 4. John Forbes, 93d. Hurdle Race (400 yards, 5 hurdles). 1. Corporal Motion, 93d. 2. Coporal Finlayson, 93d. 3. Corporal Fullerton, 93d. 4. Private Higgins, 93d. Long Foot Race ( Three-Quarters of a Mile). 1. Campbell, S. F. G. 2. Jamieson, S. F. G. 2. Nicol, 93d. 4. Gibson, 42d. 1. Coop er , (Quoiting (21 Yards). 2. DinwoO 93d.die, 93d. First Sack Race. 1. William M`Lean, 93d. Foot Race for Lads under Sixteen Years of Age. 1. Drummer Alexander Stewart, 93d. 2. Hunt, band, 38th. Trltitlbarr[rno Race (Competitors Blindfold). 1. 31`lienzie, 93d. Secand Sack Race. 1. J. Higgins, 93d. Foot Stecp!echasc (One Mile) including Three Fences, - a Ditch, and a Pond. Open to the whole Camp. 1. Private Jamieson, S. F. G. 2. Private Lockwood, Royal Artillery. 3. Private J. Douglas, 93d. 4. Private Rooney, 38th. The latest accounts from Chobham state that Colonel Bentinck is now in a favourable way of recovery from the effects of his lamentable accident on Saturday. It appears that after his horse fell with him the animal's hind quarters rolled over, and for a moment rested upon his gallant rider's chest. The internal injury is confined to the fracture of one rib, and not three, as stated by the weekly papers. Colonel Stanhope, of the Grenadier Guards, has been appointed to fulfil the duties of Colonel Bentinck, as commander of the brigade of Guards, pending that gal lant officer's recovery. There will be a great day at Virginia Water to-mor row. The pontoon bridge over the lake is to be recon structed, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will order the Ist Life Guards, the 17th Lancers, and the 13th Light Dragoons to march to the spot, and cross over the bridge. The Horse Artillery, the 38th Regiment, and the 93d Regiment will also march at the same hour. The command of the whole force will be entrusted to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. THE NEW HACKNEY CARRIAGE ACT. This day the new act comes into force, and every driver of a hackney carriage (including cabs) within the limits of the metropolitan and city police district is re quired, on each occasion when such carriage is hired, to deliver to the hirer a card, on which must be printed " Hackney carriage" and the number of the Stamp office plate, &c. When required, a driver is to produce a book of fares. There is now no back carriage fare. For any distance within, and not exceeding one mile, the fare is 6d. ; and for any time within and not exceeding one hour, 2s. When more than two persons shall be carried inside any hackney carriage one sum of 6d. is to be paid for the whole hiring, in addition to the above fares. Two children under 10 years of age are to he counted as one adult person. Lamps are to be provided for omnibuses, and to be kept lighted by the conductors. The advertising van nuisance is entirely got rid of by this act, as it is declared that it shall not be lawful for such vehicles to be exhibited to the obstruction or annoyance of the inhabitants or passengers within the limits of the act. The act extends to the entire limits of the metropolitan districts and the city of London. This district is con stituted by the provisions of the two acts of Parliament, 10th Geo. IV., cap. 44, and 3d Vic., 3. 47, and con tains the whole of the county of Middlesex, and the parishes in the counties of Surrey, Hertford, Essex, and Kent, of which any part is within 12 miles of Char ing-cross, and those also of which any part is not more than 15 miles in a straight line from Charing-cross, except the city of London. The consequence will be, that the advantages of hackney carriages will be ex tended to all the suburbs of London, and persons will be able to ride out of London in cabs at little more than the expense of the omnibus. It is probable, therefore, that :all the high roads round the metropolis will be traversed by cabs as commonly as by omnibuses. Take, for instance, the road to Kensington, Hammersmith, Putney, Greenwich, Camberwell, and others. The fare to Hammersmith from Hyde Park-corner will be but ls. 6d. The fare to Greenwich will be 35., and this will be the same at any time of night, It may be thought that the drivers of cabs will be in jured by being taken so far off at so small a sum, but on the other hand, if travelling by such a conveyance becomes general, the cabman will soon obtain a fare back to town, and a constant succession of fares will pay him better than wasting his time upon the stand. The owners of cabs will, of course, find that their horses are tired in a shorter period, but the remedy for this will be an increased number of horses for each carriage, so that where a cabman now drives one horse to his cab per day, he will be able to change his horse two or three times, by which the profit will be increased and the cab in constant use. The material advantages that the public are certain to derive from this act will be at once perceived. In the first place the fare is reduced to those who are careful to avoid extra passengers and . short . miles, otherwi se th e expense will be as great, considering that th ere are t o be no half-mile fares, and an increased price for more than two passengers. In the next place th ere Nv ill be a safeguard against imposition, so that the most timid female need not fear eith er overcharges or misconduct. She will merely have to apply to the policeman at the stand and desire him to put her into a cab and tell her how much to pay. There are now hundreds o f p ersons who would rather wa lk or submit to the inconvenience of an omnibus than trust themselves to the mercies of a brutal cab driver. These annoyance s w ill now cease, and the cab men will soon perceive that civility and good behaviour will secure them a very large increase of trade. The advantages of the new system might be still fur ther increased by the p ro p r i e t ors o f ca b s, f or the con venience of the public and their own safety, by an arrangement for selling tickets to be used instead of money. The policemen at the stands might be commis sioned to se ll th e t i ckets, and the cabman, when he gives the card with his number to every hirer, as the act requires, might be provided with cards, specifying the amount of fare paid by the hirer in the nature of a re ceipt. A system might thus be introduced, under which the cab owners might employ their drivers at a fixed salary, and secure themselves against imposition, instead of letting their cabs by the day, to a lower class of men, who might be induced to continue a system of extortion for their own immediate emoluments, without caring for the discredit the whole race of cab drivers would incur. GREAT SCULLERS' RACE.—Messrs. Schlotil and Ba ton, members of the Argonauts Club, contended at half past seven on Saturday evening, for a valuable silver cup. Both gentlemen have earned much celebrity as scullers, and the match was looked forward to by boating men with considerable interest. The distance rowed was from Hammersmith to Putney-bridge, and Mr. Schlotil having won the chance of station, took the Surrey side. After a few strokes, taken at great pace by both, Mr. Schlotil went slightly in front, but his op ponent coming gallantly up, they fouled in the heat of the race, about three hundred yards after the start ; the umpire was appealed to as to whether it was not foul, under the laws of boat racing, but from his position he was unable to decide it, and both gentlemen agreed to start afresh, which they did. Mr. Schlotil with, of course, the same station, took a slight lead, and was closely waited upon by his opponent for half a mile ; but the water was hardly smooth enough for Mr. Ditton, who finally gave in 200 yards from home. ) ... --- 7 - r. C / It/W , .- -- / ..---e-r„-- -- A,2 , , a , SOUTH AUSTRAL COPPER M P,4NY. The following is the report of the committee of ma nagement, to be submitted to the ordinary general meet ing of the company, to be held at the offices, 17, Grace church-street, on Wednesday, the 13th day of July inst., at one o'clock precisely : 1. The committee of management have pleasure in sub mitting to the shareholders, at this, the first general meet ing after the appointment of your present committee, the steps which they have taken in prosecuting the duties com mitted to them, together with a roporton the financial and general affairs of the company, more especially, because your committee believe that, whilst the present state of the company must be a matter of satisfaction, its future pros pects will inspire general confidence. 2. When your committee came into office, they found the financial affairs of the company in a confused state, with scarcely a moiety of the capital raised, and with heavy liabilities for machinery, whilst it appeared that nothing had been done in the colony for prosecuting the works. 3. Your committee deemed it their first duty to place the financial affairs of the company in a sound position, as without that, it would have been useless to have looked for success in our operations, or to have expected confidence or credit, for the company as a sound commercial under taking. The manner in which the unissued capital should be raised, was a question of considerable difficulty, but your committee think that, in the steps pursued by them, your interests have been served. A portion of the shares were sold, and the nett profit or premium realised to the company on the sale, was 2,637/. 12s. 6d., which, being plus the capital, remains to be dealt with as the meeting may determine. 4. The company has been fortunate in the selection of its machinery and staff. Of the latter, the committee believe that a better set of miners never left England. The machinery is of the very best description, consisting of a pumping engine, 60-inch cylinders, with three boilers of 12 tons each, pumps and pit-work, a steam engine of 20-inch cylinders, crushing machine, hauling and stamping machines, raft wheels, connecting gear, jig. ging machine work, bobwork, capstans and shear work, chains, rope, railroad iron and wheels, smiths,'waggons, engineers,' carpenters,' masons,' tools and mini ng implements, with duplicates of all the more important parts of the machinery most subject to accident. In con sequence of the advance in the price of iron, the intrinsic value of this machinery is reported to be 1,500% to 2,0001. more than the amount paid for the same. Considerable credit is due to Mr. Basset, your engineer, from whose plans and specifications the machinery was made. 5. A portion of the miners were dispatched in the ship Ramillies (which left Southampton on the 20th February last), the remainder (excepting two) sailed in the Caroline (402 tons register), with the whole of the machinery, from Falmouth, on the 15th April ; and the principal officers, and the rest of the miners, sailed by the Agra, on the 20th May. 6. Full instructions (and remittances) have been for warded by your committee to the colonial committee to set the men at work on the mines immediately on their arrival, and it is probable that, by this time, those dispatched by the Ramilies are at work. 7. The Agra, which is a fast-sailing clipper, will pro bably arrive at Adelaide before the Caroline, and Mr. Bassett, the engineer, will be enabled to organise his plan of operations before the arrival of the miners and machi nery by that ship. Mr. Basset has been instructed to turn his immediate attention to the realisation of the ore al ready at Grass, on the mine. 8. Intelligence having reached your committee that gold had been discovered on the banks of the Echunga, a river passing by your property at Strathalbyn, and that the dis covery had been made within a very short distance there from, your committee deemed it right to give instructions to the engineer to report to them, at the earliest moment, on the existenc e , or o th erw i se, of gold on your property. It would be well if valuable discoveries should be made thereon, that your committee should have the power of taking immediate advantage of the circumstance by either working for the gold themselves, or leasing the ground to others. Your committee have, therefore convened a special meeting immediately after the termination of the ordinary meeting, for the purpose of amending the rules of the cost book, by which the requisite authority may be given. Your committee, however, do not contemplate allowing any discovery of gold to interfere with or delay the pri mary object of this company, viz., copper mining ; for, however valuable gold mines maybe, it would be better to lease them to others to work, than to allow the company to be diverted from its original purpose. The committee trust the shareholders will support them in this view ; although gold discoveries may very materially increase the value of your property, it must be borne in mind that a first-rate Australian copper mine is better than any gold discovery yet known. In illustration of this, the Burra Burrs Mine, and the Kayunda Mine, may be referred to. 9. Very satisfactory representations of the valuable na ture of your property, stating that it abounds in mineral wealth, have been made by various parties who have visited the mines, confirming the reports made by the Hon. Mr. Morphett and his colleagues, who formed the original colonial com m ittee. The reports, although not official, yet, coming as they have done, from highly re spectable parties, altogether independent of the company, and unknown to each other, strengthen the confidence which your committee before entertained of the high cha racter of the undertaking. 10. The anxiety which has long been felt with regard to labour in the colony is subsiding ; and, in a dispatch re cently received from one of the colonial committee, it is stated that the men wore returning from the gold diggings to their ordinary occupations, and that applications had been made to him by some hands, originally employed on tho mines, to be put to work again. Your committee therefore hope that no fear need be entertained of the men employed being true to their engagements. 11. In conclusion, the committee trust there is solid ground for looking forward to great and early returns from the undertaking. 12. The advantages which the company possess would appear to be of no ordinary character. In addition to the mineral property, and several houses, smelting furnaces, &,c., the company possess 636 acres, of which about 120 acres are laid out as town lands, at Strathalbyn, a dis tance of about 30 miles from the rapidly-rising and impor tant town of Adelaide (between which there are good roads), and the value of this land has, from its proximity to the port, become greatly increased. The committee be lieve that no copper mine in the colony is more favourably situated than the mines of the company at Strathalbyn. 13. The committee have endeavoured to conduct your affairs with the strictest economy, compatible with effi ciency, and they can only say that, to the best of their power, they will continue to uphold that course. 14. The accounts, made up to 30th day of June, will be submitted to the meeting, and the committee will have great pleasure in affording the shareholders any further in formation they may require. J. THOMPSON, Chairman. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER A FEMALE. On Saturday night, shortly before eleven o'clock, the quiet inhabitants of St. Dunstan, Stepney, were thrown into a state of considerable excitement, in consequence of a most atrocious attempt to murder a married female named Hannah Sargant, aged 26 years, of No. 11, Ed ward-street, Limehouse-fields, Stepney ; and from what can be gleaned, very.slight hopes are entertained of the unfortunate woman's life. It appears that the injured female and her husband (John Sargant), a chaff-cutter, had lived very comfort. ably together, but were frequently visited by a man named James Upson, a blacksmith who had known them for many years, and who was in the habit of borrowing small sums of money. On Saturday night, about half past ten o'clock, Mrs. Sargant left home alone, for the purpose of purchasing her Sund a y' s di nner , an d obtaining various articles for household use, and while passing the iron railing in front of Stepney Church, she met the man Upson, who said, " How are you ?" " Oh, lam very well." After which they passed on in the direction of the Thames Police-court, Arbour-square, but had only proceeded a short distance when Upson asked her to lend him six shillings until Monday, which she told him she could not spare, as she was going to market. He seemed to be much excited, and when they reached the Edinburgh Castle public-house, he said to Mrs. Sargant " Never mind, I will give you some half-and-half, for you wi ll never drink with me any more." Mrs. Sar gant refused to take anything to drink, and told him she must go. She left him, and he followed at some dis tance fibm her, and when she had reached a vacant piece of ground at the rear of the Edinburgh Castle, he rushed upon her and brandished a large table-knife, which he drew from under the left breast part of his coat. Mrs. Sargant screamed violently, but he immediately put his left arm over her mouth, and with his right hand in flicted a severe cut in the neck, just below the chin. He dropped her upon the ground, and made his escape ; but several females came out of their houses, and discovered the unfortunate woman lying on her back, with a large incised wound in throat, from which the blood was flowing very copiously ; she was also quite in sensible and near her was lying her market basket. Her hands were cut, as if caused by her efforts to protect herself against the murderous violence of Upson, who is a powerful fellow. An immediate alarm was raised, and the wounded woman was carried by several police constables and other persons to the nearest surgeon's, where the injury in the neck was temporarily dressed, and the hemorrhage checked, after which she was placed in a cart and con veyed with all possible care to the London Hospital, where Mr. Streetfield, the house surgeon, and other medical officers rendered prompt assistance by sewing up the wound, which was five inches in length. Last evening at eight o'clock, the unfortunate female was in a very precarious state, but only her husband and her sister were allowed to see her. Several officers of the K division from Arbour-square station went in search of Upson, but no traces of him had been gleaned at a late hour last night. It is gene rally supposed that he has committed suicide by jump ing into the Regent's Canal, and steps will be taken by the authorities of Stepney to search for the body with the drags this day (Monday). There were several rumours as to the real cause of the quarrel between the injured woman and Upson, but the truth could not be ascertained. MR. HENRY J. BATELLE, M.P.—We are sorry to an nounce that Mr. Baillie, our county member, has been for some time in bad health, and, in consequence, his physicians have ordered h im to tr y the effect of the Ger man baths.—lnverness Courier. SIR JOSEPH THACKWELL.—The following general or der, in reference to this distinguished officer, has been published to the troops in India : " Head Quarters, Simla, May 3.—Major-General Sir Joshua Thackwell, G-.C.8., has completed his term of eventful and valuable service in India, having held high command with distinction in the advance upon Cabul ; in 1812, at the battle of Maharajpore, and throughout the brilliant campaigns of the Sutlej and Punjaub ; and hav ing zealously and ably discharged the various important duties devolving upon him since the re-establishment of peace in India. The Commander-in-Chief is satisfied that, in wishing Sir Joseph Thackwell a favourable pas sage home, and continued prosperity in his future military career, he expresses the feelings of the whole army of India, which has through a course of so many years been witness to the zeal and efficiency of which Sir J. Thack well has invariably given proof in forwarding the interest of the service and the well-being of the soldier. (Signed) " W. M. Gomm, "Commander-in-Chief, East Indies." SIN - Age.