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Dr, Lewis , a2nL, UpperEi, Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. Michael aTe evan, Esq., .16, sranEONS. Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. 44, Gloucester-place, Ilyde-park-gardens. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. SOLICITORS. Messrs. 11111 and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. The Pnbli Charles W. Bevan, Esq. s. reePectfully invited to examine the principles of the by, and i-"s'etn of Assurance. which is based upon tables calculated ,},,,,,,,en..tv.Cvder the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson, Com, . 8 *! t he Consulting Actuary to the Company. Y next birtTuables to assure 5001 on death, by a person aged °f4tesurances. day, on the ORDINART and on the DEPOSIT system WORKS ON EDUCATION PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM I3LACKWOOD AND SONS. 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Italia Super.or et Corsica. 9. Italia Inferior, Sicilia et Sardinia (et Campania, Syracustr, &c.) 10. Imperium Romanum (et Imp. Rom. ()acid. et Orient.) 11. Grmcla (et Athena Marathon, Thermopylae). 12. Grmcia a Bello Peloponnesiaco, Us. Ad. Phillip. 11. (et Man tinea, Lenetra, Platma). 13. Asia Minor (et Bosporus, Troas, lonia, Re.). 14. Syria et Palmstina (et Hieroselyma ' &c.). 15. Armenia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, &c. (at iter Xanophontis). 16. Reg. Alexandri Magni (et Grannicus, Issus, Arbela). 17. Persia et India (et India Ptolmmi). 18. ,Egyptus, Arabia, et A4thiopa (et JEgyptns Inferior). 19. Africa (et Carthago, Alexandria, Numidla, et Africa Propria. 20. Europe, showing the General Direction of the Barbarian In roads, on the fall of the Roman Empire. (Nearly Ready.) ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. The sum the ordinary The sum the Life Offices would give ordinary Life him if he were unable Offices would to pay, or if he omitted give him for to pay his current the surrender annual premium of or sale Si. 6s. 3d. after he bas of his policy, paid into their coffers after thirty ! 2491.75.6d., and which lyears'payments they have had the use amounting to of at compound 2491. 7s. 6d. interest, or in which theyhave the event of his death lhad the benefit! one hour after such , of at compound. omission or ivabilit interest. I to pay. At the end of thirty yearswhen the party is fifty years old, hewillhave paid into the office. Annual; premium, to assure! 5001. 81.65.3 d. 12491.75.1 nis 1 policy at that age, in case of 1 death will be i 1 worth id. i 5001. little more than 80/. I NOTTITNG. perhaps 90/. ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. If unable to pay, or not desirous of paying or omitting topay,thePo licy would still remain of its FOIL value, 522/.25.7d.ti1l death, if 20 years after, no fur ther payment beingre quired. Ifhowever the party, from any cause, wished to cancel the Policy, he could not onlydraw out all hehas 20 71.10 s Od 22 5 / . 522/.257d 287/, 2s. 9d. put in, a certain b viz-, onus o 2251., but f 62/. 2s. 9d. in the bargain, which is more than one-fourth of the whole of his payments, or he could either draw out a part, 201. or 501., diminishing the Policy only by the assured value of the sum so drawn out at the age when withdrawn. See pagess and 7 in detailed pamphlet, by F. G. P. Nelson, Esq. On comparison of these two tables it will be seen that a person under the novel system of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follow inge advantages, viz., Ist. For a less a larger sum in case of death than under the ordinary sys sum, paid annually, he can ass te ur m. 2dly. In the event of a desire to surrender his Policy he can receive aes in this Company, by the above example, applies tht hll he event 'maze times as much as on the ordinary system. 3rdly. In ert remains still his of inability or omission to pay, his policy which f the same value as it was, though he cease his current payments eta for any number of whereas on the .ordinary he gets Dottling. 4thly. Should h e require to increase or decrease amount of his t any time, leasnre. He can a the by PolleY, he can do so at giving a fortnight's nett p pa rt from 11 up to system, notice, withdraw any Whole amount of his pre has withdrawn part one Year he can, a ingle p years, or any time afterwards. raisehisby s ayment, three Previous payments and with interest. After he its former amount ; and by this system policyhe can at all times regulate his annual savines by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the bargain of having a fund to fly to in case of necessity, the same as In a bank, with this palpable advantage, however, to a greater or even t inte rest for his mo ney, and in case of death his family re i rei t y h e the amount of hi s savings. In ordinary Life Offices he can do no getse mere thansuch thine,, but his policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment he ceases to pay his current premiums, and, instead of having any fend to fly to for aid, all his haul -earned savings become forfeited to the society, and his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his more fortunate co-assurers. Such a system is too equitable and too striking to be overlooked and DEPOSIT assurance is the only system of assurance which can be universally recognised and adopted when the principles are impar t canvassed, an d i ts Palpable benefits become widely diffused. con fers greater ad vantages than a bank because it allows a fair rate Of interest i n case of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount in thehands of th e C ompany to the representatives of the Depositor in case of death, thus combining the ADVANTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF SURANCE COMPANY. In case of endowments assurances the advantages of the Deposit system are still more striking. ADVANTAGES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH. To those wh o prefer this 5,000/. on every known princip bra l nch Polie thereof.cies are granted f rom 201 . t o Lives in all b ut the worst stages of disease, and such as ave been rejected by other Offices, are taken at rates equivalent folic parti cular disease. 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Mr. Smith exhibited a box of insects, taken by Foxcroft, in Scotland, containing, amongst other rarities, a specimen of N. Carmelita ; Mr. Janson, Pachetra. leucophwa, taken on Mickleham Downs ; Mr. Tebbs, N. Trepida from Highgate ; Mr. Weir, 2 Aplota palpella, bred from genista tinctoria ; Mr. Stevens, Plinthus caliginosus, larva of L. Sybilla, and a speci men of Ch. Delphinii, bred ; Mr. Bond, Hydrilla cali ginosus, taken in the New Forest ; Mr. Waring, two living mole crickets, the survivors of six he had placed in the box two days before, the others having been de voured by their companions ; Mr. Westwood, Lampronia corticella, bred from the shoots of raspberries, to which they had, in some parts of the north, done great damage, and Celeophora lascinipennella, which had been very in jurious to the finer kinds of roses ; Mr. Shepherd, Spilo nota simplana, Chrasis Andoniniana, Retinia Turionana, Eupithecia maculatarii , and Madope salicalis, taken at West Wickham. Mr. Stevens mentioned that he had taken many moths on a thistle infested with aphides, seemingly attracted by hone y-dew. Mr. Wing said he had seen the same thing at the ends of goose berry shoots. GREEK BANDITS.—A deputation was sent from Samos, a short time ago, with 100,000 piastres (25,000 f.), to be Paid at Constantinople. On disembarking in Asia Minor, they were assailed by bandits, who took the money from them, and then sent back four of them to say that, if another 100,000 piastres were not paid, the remainder, six in number, would be put to death. The administration and the Senate of Samos were without resources, and neither they nor the families of the pri-1 soners had the means of going to their relief. The bri gands are supposed to be the baud of Vani-Caterdji, who some time ago committed great excesses in the environs of Smyrna. DIPLO9TATT6 PASTRY. --There is every probability that the dish heretofore known as Nesselrode Pudding, will, in future, be denominated Humble Pie.—Punch. ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND TURKEY. (From the Morning Post.) For the last few days rumours have been current in London and in Paris, to the effect, that the views of England and France are not identical, with respect to the course to be pursued in the East—that neither Power is resolved as to the light in which the Russian occupation of the Danubian Principalities is to be re garded—that England, especially, displays symptoms of vacillation—that she hesitates to allow the passage of the Dardanelles by her fleet, and that she wishes Turkey may discover some pacific method of making the best compromise she can with Russia. We are enabled to give an unqualified contradiction to these rumours, which can owe their origin to no other source than the endeavour of Russian intrigue to sow distrust between the Cabinets of London and Paris, or to the equally fertile invention of stockjobbing. We affirm, with confidence, that both the policy and action of England and France are one. Both Powers regard the invasion of the Principalities as a violation of the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire, and as an act of war. Of course, the fleets at Besika Bay are not ordered to enter the Dardanelles. Such an order would amount to a violation of the independence of the Porte, as flagrant as that committed by the Czar. The duty of Admirals Dtundas and Hamelin is, to obey implicitly the orders of the Ambassadors of their So vereigns. The instructions which have been forwarded to Lord Stratford de RedoMe And M, de la Cour are, to place the combined fleettemtirely at the disposal of the Sultan—in the event, of which there can be no doubt, of his considering and prOclaiming the present lawless invasion of his territory an act of war. The ambassadors are directed to summon the naval forces of England and France, the instant the Porte requests it, not only to enter the Dardanelles, but to proceed, in the Black Sea, to whatever operations our Ally may deem requisite for his safety and advantage. THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, JULY 6. The British mail steamer arrived at Panama on tho 11th ult. The weather was intensely hot, and many per sons had died from the effects of coups de soliel. Mr. R. Augustus Ewing, of Connecticut, had been appointed Secretary of Legation to St. Peters burg. __ The New York Herald has an article on the financial and commercial prospects of the United States, in which he says : " That the present season of commercial activity and unbounded speculation cannot last for ever; that fluc tuations in the price of money are not altogether things of the past ; that we have not reached that degree of stability and permanent security when the lessons of experience may be safely discarded ; that sudden checks may occur, banks may curtail, and private credits be unexpectedly withdrawn, are propositions the truth of which no sensible man of business will be disposed to deny. Nay, more, it must be obvious to all that there exist at the present moment peculiar causes for appre hensions." The steam-ships Northern Light and Crescent City had arrived at New York with the Californian mails of the Ist of June, and 520,300 dols. 20 c. in specie on freight. Among their passengers were a number of miners from' Australia, who had chosen the Panama route to England. The passengers crossed the Isthmus, which was in a good condi tion, in 40 hours. The steamer which left San Francisco on the Ist of June had on freight 2,283,050 dols. in specie. Both miners and agri culturists were doing well. Difficulties had oc curred between the authorities and a body of squatters upon the banks of Feather River. The San Francisco Herald gives the following account of an attempt by the marshal to serve warrants on some of the squatters : " We subjoin a history of what transpired on the marshal's attempt to serve his summons, and it will be seen that these men have manifested a very desperate temper. A portion of the account is taken from a Sa cramento paper, but we add some details which will exhibit more clearly the nature of their resolve : " ' Deputy Marshal Douglass passed up the river on Saturday, for the purpose of summoning the parties to show cause why a perpetual injunction should riot be is sued against them. Upon his arrival at dolusi, he learned that a meeting had been held and resolutions passed to prevent by force his serving the summons. After several repeated messages, in which he explained his mission, and that he simply desired to discharge his duty as a ministerial officer, without effect, he deter mined on Monday to appear among them, and reason face to face with them upon the folly of their course. He accordingly, against the advice of friends, did so, and entered among them in their deliberations. He found some 40 or 50 of the settlers carousing together and making merry with liquor and upon a fatted calf, s wh e i c c ula ht t h or. ey had appropriated from the herd of a d--41 p " When Mr. Douglass appeared among them, he was at once told that he should not serve the stiromons, and that if he attempted to do so they would kill him on the spot. As to their threats, Douglass said he was pre pared to defend himself, but as his object was not to quarrel with them, he would explain to them it seeming misapprehension of the nature of the paper • which he carried. It was simply a notice of the commencement of a suit, by which their rights, as well as th'ose of the plaintiff, were to be determined. Douglass attempted further to reason with them, but without avail, and finally he had to desist. " The men, however, made him partake of th e i r mea t and drink, and, having done so, told him he could not serve his paper, and he had as well leave. This Doug lass concluded to do, and he returned to Colusi where he deposited the pistol h e h a d borrowed. Taking the steamer then for Sacramento, a woodyard was touched at, of which the proprietor, Holiday, was one of the parties against whom he had a summons. He therefore delivered the writ to him enveloped, and at the same time commenced reading the summons. Holiday, when he discovered the design, jumped upon the wood, and re marking very coolly, at the same moment, 'Well, I may as well kill you now as at any other time,' caught at a billet of wood, and, with both hands, made a blow at the head of Douglass. It would have crushed his skull, but Douglass, by a timely lifting of his arm, warded off the stroke in a measure, though, such was the force with which it was given, that, falling upon his shoulder, he was precipitated down the bank and upon the bow of the boat. Recovering himself, the deputy marshal applied to the captain for a weapon. The reply was that he had none, but possibly pistols could be obtained from the pilot. The latter, how ever, having probably heard the request, had got out of the way, and so Mr. Douglass had to continue as before, entirely unarmed. Holiday, meantime, had procured a revolver, and procla'med his intention to kill the mar shal. This he announced with abundance of vehement gesticulations and threats, but at length desisted, upon the captain's telling him he would have no more dealings with him if he did not do so. The boat then, with the deputy marshal on board, proceeded on her way to Sacramento." On the retreat of the marshal the squatters, who were well armed, proceeded to burn down the house of a medical man, and committed other violence. Strikes for higher wages by the labouring popula tion were becoming common. Trade was very dull. The prices of some articles of consumption had fallen below prime cost. According to telegraphic accounts from Boston, the Newfoundland papers contained bitter com plaints of the manner in which the French cruisers drove the British fishermen from St. George's Bay. They state that the British vessels were compelled to put to sea, leaving behind all their nets and fish, and that, when some of them put back from stress of weather, they were fired upon by the French vessel. The French commander, when remon strated with, is reported to have said that they might thank their own Government, which had driven the French from Salvador. The subject was to be brought before the Legislature of the colony. Letters from St. John's; New Brunswick, an nounce the departure for the fishing grounds of Admiral Seymour in the steamer Argus. Previous to his departure he was presented with an address, to which he replied : " It has been gratifying to me to find that the manner in which the officers and seamen employed in the pro tection of the fisheries performed their duties last year has been appreciated here. Their steadiness and mode ration were acknowledged, and it will be my endeavour to give such instructions as will combine the mainte nance of the privileges reserved by treaty for her Ma jesty's subjects with the regard due to the rights of foreign nations." We have Havannah dates to the 22d ult. There is no political intelligence. The markets were dull and inactive ; sugar was easier. Vessels were very much wanted, as there was an immense quantity of sugar in store. The quotations were to London, 755. • Cowes, 655. Sterling exchange was quoted at 101 per cent. premium. Advices from the Bahamas state that instructions had been received from the Government to obtain information as to the precise time of arrival and departure of the Royal West India Company's steamers at the various ports. Advices from Panama mention the arrival at that port of Miss Catherine Hayes, en route to South America. The following letter from Otaheite, Society Is lands, gives some information respecting its present condition : "At this port we found an American whaler and a French frigate moored in a snug little harbour, large enough to accommodate about 10 vessels. Anchorage is charged by the French Governor at the rate of $lO a vessel. Water can be had, but it is attended with much difficulty, and it would take a long time to water a steamer. Nothing can be got in the way of ships' sup plies. Pork is from 10 to 20 cents. per lb., on the foot ; and the hogs, like the natives, are so wild that you can not use them in any way. The natives will not even bring their bundles of fruit to your boat after it is pur chased. " The destitute condition of the island is owing to the French monopolising everything. The King was about to be baptised and converted to the Catholic faith. We could not get a chicken even for a sick man, and, had wo not managed to get a few pigs from a schooner that had just arrived from another island, we should have been compelled to sail as we entered. "We are here all well. The Monumental City sailed a week ago. There are about 1,000 tons of English coal here. It has been exposed to the sun for 10 years, ton and is good for nothing ; b ut we, lik e Monumental City, will have to take it , an d p a y a bout $ 3 O a put on board. " Labour here is $1 per day. There aro no fresh pro visions in the market, and we shall have to go round the island for a week to get enough to eat for a day, The inhabitsnts say itis a fine island, if they had enough to eat. • " The railway, which it was said could take up a ship of 900 . tons, cannot take up a brig of 200. We shall disburse at least $20,000 here, and after all we shall haVe nothing. The natives say they will not raise anything so long as the present Government exists. Before the French came here I am told that 50 whale ships could refit.and recruit at the same time with ease. The laws of the port are not calculated to encourage commerce. I should recommend all sailing craft to go straight to Sydney, west of the Fejees ; touch at Honolulu, where everything can be had cheap and in one day, and, if necessary, at the Fejees or Navigators, where two [PRICE SD. days are sufficient to get all that is wanted. Here nothing can be had but water." A letter dated Tahiti, from the same source as the above, says : "Tahiti is a lovely place, and, without dispute, the gem of the Pacific. You can stroll fbr hours through the beautiful orange groves, and the delicious perfumes that are wafted on every breeze remind one strongly of the Paradise described in Scripture. The natives of the islands, both male and female, are much given to-dissi— pation. The stringent laws of the French bear heavily on the poor natives, who at present entertain a feeling of bitter animosity against their foreign rulers. This may at no distant day result in an outbreak. The French have erected a good fort commanding the en trance to the harbour, and have a frigate of 48 guns, and one war steamer, now anchored here with a military force of about 300 on the island. The French officers are very gentlemanly in their demeanour towards Ame ricans generally. Since my arrival here I have dined with all the civil and military functionaries of the island, and to-morrow have an invitation to dine with Queen Pomare and his Royal Highness, her husband. He is a fine-looking old fellow, but appears somewhat careworn, and evidently feels his degradation. There are about 15 vessels in this porgy at present, most of them French." REDUCTION OF ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. WE are always glad to hear of a reduction of duty, and think everybody must entertain the same sen timent. The duty on advertising has not been so much a tax on newspapers as on businessmen and servants communicating with the public by means of advertisements. It will be obvious to every observer that E. Mons and SON have adopted this means of in tercourse with their friends and the public to a larger extent than toy other Business Establishment ; yet they have never been able fully to express the facilities they have in the Tailoring, Cloth ing, Ratting, Hosiery, Boot and Shoe Making, and General Out fitting Business for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children. To have done so would have required space not less than half that of an ordinary newspaper, or would have occupied the pages of any supplement published. If it is remembered that the most gigantic and commodious Establishment ever maintained is that of E. MOSES and Son, Alcigate end Minories, and that another called a Branch of this commercial pile is occupying the most conspicuous position at the West End (New Oxford-street, Corner of Hart street); and in Yorkshire, at Sheffield and Bradford, are two others of equal celebrity. Thousands on thousands are contributing to these stores of magnificence and comfort ; and while. the greatest benefits are derived by the public from cheap and elegant articles of Dress, an advantage is posses..ed by thousands from the em ployment thus distributed amongst the people. If, therefore, E. Moses and SON had been inclined to indulge in amplification, it would have been difficult for them to express one-half the char acteristics of their unrivalled Business Establishments, where the most accomplished artists in the world are daily devising novel ties in Attire—where for each season the most appropriate mate rials and styles are associated—where every section in society is furnished with unparalleled articles of Dress to measure or ready made—where separate departments, each communicating, display the most extensive, novel, elegant, and superior stock of Caps, Hats, Hosiery, &c., and where a Wholesale Clothing Business is conducted which has for many years proved the most profitable means of in vestment to tradesmen, merchants, captains, end all classes of emi grants. At this time E. Moses and Sox ins ite particular attention to their extraordinary preparations for the Summer Season, which comprise novelties in every way excelling, and specially so in Juve nile Attire, to which the attention of the best as Lists and workmen in the world has been distinctly directed. Whatever may be the benefits derived from reduced taxation, E. MOSES and Sox are confi dent that the reductions they are makinl in the price of every de scription of Clothing will be the greatest of all advantages to the public. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the nntradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same comma," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OS OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, •' The Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, facts relative to Australia, advice to emigrants, &c., may be had on application, or post-free to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. lei l'on perle Francais. Qui si parla Italian. Hier scrlcht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espanol (From the Morning Chronicle.) Mr. Layard has given notice that he will to-morrow call the attention of the House of Commons to the pre sent embarrassed state of the relations between the Governments of Russia and Turkey. He had made a similar announcement some time back, but he was in duced to forego his purpose—in compliance, we pre sume with the very natural wish of the Government to avoid a Parliamentary discussion of the Eastern ques tion in the then state of the negotiations. Yet the reasons for deprecating a debate on this subject are not less strong now than they were a month ago ; and it can scarcely be denied that, at the present juncture, Mr. Layard's motion is very inopportune, whilst it may prove extremely embarrassing. Any statement which he may make will neceesarily carry with it great weight, not only on account of his personal abilities and the knowledge and experience of the Eest which he pos sesses, but also from the fact of his having recently held an office in the Foreign Department, and from his having accompanied Lord Stratford de Redeliffe to Constanti nople. Though Mr. Layard is, strictly speaking, an independent member of the house, his views, whatever they may be, will be thought elsewhere to represent those of the Government. It ought, however, to be known that he held no official appointment when he ra h tf e proceeded orHehas th n i e t v h e e r r simplyw e went toa as o t n h s e t a f n r ie i n n o d p l o e f , butLor Lord h s a t t held office, of any kind, under the present Adminis tration ; and whatever, therefore, may be the opinions which he may express, or the views which he may take, they are to be regarded entirely as his own, and in no way as those of th e Government. A par t, how ever, from any misconception which may exist with reference to the position of the mover, a debate upon the matter, under present circumstances, must, in any case, be most unsatisfactory. It is impossible to expect that Ministers, in the existing posture of affairs, will enter into an explanation of their policy with re gard to the Eastern question ; and consequently, any disclosures which may be made will necessarily be im perfect, and of little value either to the house or to the country. Nor, on the other hand, is it likely that a Parliamentary discussion will facilitate the endeavours of our negotiators to obtain a pacific solution of the pending difficulties. It cannot be said that, in this matter, the uncertainty and indecision of public opinion require to be corrected by a Parliamentary elucidation o f th e merits of the question. There have of late years been few instances of so remarkable a unanimity of national sentiment as that which prevails on this subject ; nor would it be dif ficult to show that the universal popular feeling is jus tified by the facts of th e case . E ven if we consider the course pursued by Russia towards Turkey solely with reference to British interest s , it w ill a t once be obvious that it is the bounden duty of this country to prevent the designs of the Court of St. Petersburg from being carried out. To maintain the independence of' the Otto man Empire has ever been recognised as one of the first objects of the foreign policy of Great Britain. It has always been felt that the possession of the European dominions of the Porte by the Czar would give the latter a dangerous political preponderance ; and the events of the last few years have not tended to abate the ap prehensions felt on this score. The power and resources of Russia have rapidly increased, and the helpless condition of Austria prevents that Power from serv ing as a counterpoise to her strength. Nor must it be forgotten that, whlle our communications with India would be seriously endangered by the extension of Russian influence in the East, we have vast commercial interests which are directly involved in this question. Of late years, there has been an almost unexampled development of trade between Great Britain and Turkey. The Ottoman Empire, with its liberal tariffs, has become a most valuable customer to our manufacturing towns, whilst the removal of the restrictions on the importation of grain has stimulated the industry of the vast corn -producing countries watered by the Danube, and all the conditions exist for a profit able and increasing interchange of products. Our trade with the Sultan's subjects if far more important than that which we carry on with Russia, and we should sus tain a most serious loss if the countries which are now open markets were placed under the exclusive system of the latter Power. Material and political interests alike render it an object of importance to prevent the terri tories of the Porte from being incorporated with the dominions of the Czar. Thus, even if we were only to regard the maintenance of the Turkish Empire as it affects the immediate inte rests of Great Britain, there could be little doubt as to the policy which prudence would require us to pursue. But it must also be remembered that England has, in common with the oth er G overnments of Europe, en tered into treaties to preserve the integrity of Turkey ; and the measures adopted by Russia are in direct con travention of the settlement agreed upon by the great Powers. We do not see how France and Great Britain can permit these engagements to be set aside at the plea sure of the Czar. If s in such acts of w an t on aggress i on are to be perpetrated with impunity, th ere i s an en d t o a ll ques tions of right dealings between one nation and another. Russia has, without any colourable pretext, proceeded to employ force against the Porte, and she has done this in direct opposition to the express desires of the West ern Powers. Every attempt has been made to effect an arrangement of the dispute by friendly mediation ; but all such overtures have been contemptuously rejected, and Russia has persevered to the last in making de mands to which it was impossible for an independent State to accede. And now, unable to obtain compliance by menace and intimidation, she has invaded the Sul tan's territories. If ever there was a case of flagrant injustice, it is in the present R uss i an occupation of the Danubian Principalities. That proceeding is a gross outrage inflicted upon Turkey, an d an i nsult to the rest of Europe, which it will be impossible for other Powers to permit. On all these points there is little difference of opinion. There may, indeed, be some persons who find satisfac tion in the belief that the whole difficulty might have been averted by the adoption of a different attitude on the part of the English Government . O n th e genera l question, however, politicians of all pa r ti es h ave only one feeling ; and they are anxious to follow up the po licy which has been pursued by several generat i ons of English statesmen, in dealing with the aff a i rs o f th e East. That policy has been to maintain the independence of the Porte against the attacks of any of the great Powers—to preserve a State the existence of which is essential to the balance of power in Europe. Should it become the duty of France and Great Britain to support their ally by force of arms, the quarrel will certainly not have been sought by this country — it will be entirely due to the selfish and aggressive conduct of the Court of St. Petersburg. We trust, however, that the ad visers of the Czar will even yet reflect up on the risk of confronting an alliance so powerful as that which may be arrayed against him, and that they will perceive that they are already condemned by the opinion of the civilized world. In England, no one has been found to excuse or defend the conduct of Russia ; and even with the possibility before us of a con flict which all must deeply deplore, we hear nothing of those agitators who are accustomed to denounce all in terventions in the affairs of Foreign States as the worst kind of unprofitable and dangerous meddling. The Peace Society is silent ; and it is only i n th e man if esto of certain politi c i ans o f p r ovincial obscurity th a t we are advised to let R uss i a se i ze Constantinople if she will—a step from which it is argued that the Czar would, strange to say, lose in power. But, with th e s i ng l e ex ception of th e Li ver p oo l Financial Reform Association, we have heard of no class or party that is prepared to view with indifference the consequences of the unchecked advance of the Russian arms in Turkey. We more than doubt whether a debate in the House of Commons will show any diversity of opinion on that point, or whether the Court of St. Petersburg will find any unwillingness on the part of Parliament to support, if necessary, the Ottoman Government. COMMERCIAL. Business at New York was reported to be gene rally dull at the Arctic's departure, and money was obtainable on even easier terms than men tioned in the last advices. In the Stock Market also considerable dulness continued to exist. The report of the condition of the market for breadstuff' was more satisfactory, greater activity . existing, and prices consequently showing a dis position to improve. The unfavourable condition of the Cotton Mar ket, stated to exist at the departure of the last steamer, was reported as still continuing at New York when the Arctic left. In the Provision Market no improvement in business was reported to have taken place, but few transactions having been effected since our last advices. In freight there was no change to report. Foreign exchanges were in moderate demand, but firm. Bills on London, 1091. THE RIVER PLATE AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. The following memorandum on the advantages which Great Britain may expect to derive from the recent opening of the rivers Parana, Paraguay, and Uruguay to vessels of all nations, and from the conclusion of the recent commercial treaty with the Republic of Para guay, will be read with much interest by our commer cial readers : "The advantage which trade can expect to derive from the permission recently accorded to vessels of all nations to proceed by the above-named great rivers to the centre of South America is very obvious, but, at the same time very likely to be much exaggerated or misrepresented. It ap pears to me necessary, firstly, to show how trade was car ried on with these interior countries before, and then to consider what change will take place from those recent acts of the Argentine and Paraguayan Governments. " All goods from Great Britain destined for the Argen tine Confederation, the Republic of Paraguay, and even the southern part of Brazil, were formerly sent to Montevideo or Buenos Ayres, and appear in the English returns of the Board of Trade under the head of ' Shipments to the River Plate ;' thence they were reshipped into smaller vessels, carrying the Argentine colours, but manned in general by French or Italian seamen, and thence ascended the rivers to where they were destined, bringing back country pro duce in return, which was again reshipped into larger ves sels destined to Europe, at the ports of either Montevideo or Buenos Ayres. I speak of when these countries en joyed internal peace. A civil war, of course, interrupted these communications. "I have made particular inquiries of the merchants if there were any complaints or illegitimate interruptions of trade under this system, and the answer has been inva riably No.' These river craft and crews were quite good enough for the purpose ; British merchants could owu them, and therefore appoint their own men. " Freights were very moderate, and the towns in the interior fully supplied with all the manufactures they re quired. ".Ascension, a city 800 mil es i n the interiors at the present moment glutted with British goods. The value of the importations for 1852 (a year of over-supply) was sup posed to be about 80,000/. ; the average annual wants of the people estimated at 60,0001. All the othdr cities in the interior consumed a full proportion of British goods ; and we know from official sources that, while in 1851 100,000 tons of shipping was sufficient to convey the whole of the productions of Europe to Buenos Ayres, no less than 2,000 vessels, of an average of 36 tons each, or an a g gregate of 72,000 tons, were em pl o y e d f rom B uenos Ayres on the river coasting trade—an amount which can be seen at a glance to be amply sufficient to carry the pro portion of foreign manufactures which the interior pro vinces required, as well as to meet the requirements of their om n internal trade. " In the month of August, 1852, General Uxquiza, the Provisional Director, opened the navigation oft the rivers Parana and Uruguay to vessels of all nations, and, although the country has undergone revolutions since, the decree remains unchanged. " A general impression seems to have taken place in England, arising from an ignorance of the actual existing state of the trade, that an hameeiate and rapid expan sion of trade would take place, and that Central South America, long excluded from British manufactures, would become a new and large purchaser. But this paper shows such expectations are entirely fallacious, for the country prior to that was glutted with British manufactures. " The necessity which, however, politically existed (poli tically, because foreign flags could not ascend the rivers) of changing cargoes from British vessels into Argentine, en tailed, of course, loss of time, additional charges; , of freight, additional port dues and insurance, tending, therefore, to make the goods dearer, and therefore in some degree to restrict their sale. This political necessity is by General Urquiza's decree removed ; but it remains for is to ascer tain whether practically, from the shallowness of the water and from the general difficulty of makingilarg,e all ps ascend the rivers, it will not answer better for the mer chant to reship his cargoes into river craft, just in the same manner as before, rather than send his sea-built ves sels up a long and tedious river navigation. To' enter upon this question it is necessary to take a map of the Parana, and trace the river upwards ; and I will give the particu lars required, as to the depth of water, current; prevailing winds, and so forth, taken from actual ob serva ti on , ascend ing and descending the river, corrected by charts, conver sations with naval officers and pilots, and the general opinion of merchants and others who understand the subj ect. "At the entrance of the rivers Parana and Urug an. is the island of Martin Garcia, and here we enter what is called the Martin Garcia Channel. "A long and wide expanse of shoal water, not unlike the Nore, is here. The channel you have to fild has from 14 feet to 16 feet of water, and is difficyll to light upon from want of buoying, b u t if buoyed would be easy enough ; but vessels drawing more than 14 feet water are in generrl excluded from entering the Parana or the Uruguay. "This difficult passage passed, there is no itnpediment whatever to the naNigation of the Parana for 150 miles. The Channel is very deep, and easy to find. Ships can sail up in clear nights, and if they get ashore it is their own fault : 150 miles brings them to the city of Rosr.io, the most important spot on the Parana. " It is the most important, because it is the most western, and therefore nearest the markets of Western South America ; the anchorage is excellent, ships can lie close to the shore, and discharge and load with ease, n as I mentioned before that ships dram ing 14 feet water can get there at all seasons of the year, there can be no doubt that a direct trade with Europe can be established for a large class of brigs or corvettes, and with advantage, from Rosario. "Ascending the river higher, we find the Parana, like all rivers flowing from the tropics, has a high and low season. Six months in the year (from December to Jtine) the river may be considered high, and six months low ; where the river is wide, 3 feet may be the rise; where narrow, 8 ; taking the whole, perhaps an average of 4 w:". be near the mark. Of course, larger ships cvu ascend in the high season than in the low; but one point is clear to me, that, taking into consideration the uncei ;,ainty of sea voyages from countries so distant as Europe, andwhert the vessel has arrived up these rivers the uncet.;ainty of getting immediate return freight, no direct trade can be established between these countries and Europe unless carried on in vessels which can ascend and descend the rivers at all times in the year, because, if any accident occurs to a ship which cannot descend in the low season, it involves a detention o f six months up the country, w hi c h is a risk which no mer chant will run when he can avoid it by getting F s goods up in small vessels certain of being able to ascend and de scend at all seasons. " Therefore, my narrative will consider the river at the low season only. "Leaving Rosario, 90 miles brings us to the towns of Santa Fe and Bajada, but there are three or four shallows in the way, which 'prevent vessels (Iran ing more than 10 foot of water arriving here at all seasons of the year. " Leaving Bajada, 160 miles fui clor up, we airivo at a very bad shallow, called The Pass of San Juan.' Hero vessels of more than 7i feet water are stopped in the dry season. - Igo miles further up we come to Corrientes, the most rising place after Rosario, on the Parana. " The trade of three great rivers, the Parana, Paraguay, and Vermejo, meets here. 200 miles fulther up, or 150 as the crow flies (for here the river winds very much), brings us to the city of Ascension in Paraguay. " Further than that I have not been, and the rivers at present aro not opened beyond to other than Paraguayan vessels ; but the river is said to be um:gable 800 miles above Ascension, but to what class of vessels, and, if at all seasons of the year, I have no personal knowledge, and it is very difficult to arrive at the truth through other per sons' reports. "The distance of Ascension from the Martin Garcia Channel is 800 miles as the river winds, or 700 following the general course of the stream, bit not the particular bends. " The Pass of San Juan is the pass which stops the whole of the upper rivers. Vessels drawing more than 73 feet water cannot pass that in the dry season ; but over that barrier they can get to Ascension, and certainly a great distance beyond at all seasons of the year. " The depth of water which I have given must, I think, satisfy you that Rosario is the only town which can hope for a direct trade to England, and that all the remainder of the interior of South America must still bo content to remain purchasers at Buenos Ayres or Montevideo; and although vessels drawing 113 feet of water in particular seasons of the.year can even get as high as Ascension, yet I will mention one fact which I saw, which practically shows that even then these large vessels cannot compete iu these rivers against the existing river craft. " Our steamer drew 10 feet water. We )14d, gout up Ix, (-/ 7 > / / (fore us three small craft laden wish coal to supply us. NX . far from the Pass of San JuOfrne evening near sun-down we overtook one sailing. o sun set ;we anchored, be cause, drawing 10 feet water, we were afraid of getting ashore. Our collier ran by us, and ran on all night, be cause, drawing six feet water, she was quite secure. Next morning we weighed, and, steaming on, overtook her in a few hours ; but we found that, drawing 10 feet water, we were compelled to keep in the deepest channel, exposed to the full force of the current, and following all its bends from bank to bank, while our collier, drawing six feet, kept out of the current a nd k ep t a straight course along the shore. Now, if we had both been sailing-vessels, in 24 hours she would have run full double the distance. Again, supposing two merchant vessels, one of 400 tons, the other of 40 tons, got aground, which i s very common on the rivers—whatoccurs? Why the 400-ton vessel takes a fortnight to unload and lighten. The 40-ton vessel takes 24 hours, and is off again. "Therefore, in my opinion, even if large ships could always ascend, they would not find it answer, because they would always be beaten in competition by the river craft. The average of these vessels is from 35 tons to 50 tons. " I come, therefore, generally, to the conclusion that, as far as sailing vessels are concerned, the opening of the - Parana will benefit us very little, but that the trade, with the excepti on , p er h aps, o f R osario, will continue to be transhipped at Buenos Ayres or Monte Video, and sent up in river craft as before ; and, in proof of the correctness of this opinion, I may mention that eight months have elapsed since the Parana was opened, and that I have not heard of one of our vessels ascending it, nor seen our flag on the river. "I have never ascended the river Uruguay, and cannot, therefore, speak from personal observation ; but from what I have hoard I think I can give a general good idea of the capabilities of this river. The entrance is through the Martin Garcia Channel, therefore the river, as a general rule, is closed to all vessels drawing more than 14 feet water. "In the navigation the same difficulties of shoal water are encountered. The navigation extends to 31 deg. 23 min. south latitude, where a ridge of rocks across the river impedes it. "The whole navigable distance is about 250 miles. I cannot say where vessels of 12 feet, 10 feet, and 8 feet draught are successively stopped, but the river in general has the same characteristics as the Parana, and gives ves sels of small draught a very considerable advantage over vessels built for sea voyages "I now turn to the remaining consideration, whether river steamers under our our flag or the flag of any other nation can compete successfully, and in any degree super sede the river craft at present employed. And hero again we have to consider the character of those rivers. "The former part of this memorandum referred chiefly to the depth of water, but I now enter upon the principal impediments to sailing vessels—namely, the strength of the stream and prevailing winds. " The current down these rivers varies, according to the season of the year, from about 2 to 4 miles an hour. Hence sailing-vessels cannot ascend, unless they have not only favourable winds, but winds of such strength as to impel them above 2 or 4 miles an hour. " The Parana appears to form a natural channel for the winds—for they almost always blow either directly up or directly down. Meteorological observation at Buenos Ayres in the year 1822 gives about two days northerly wind to one day south the whole year round, or, to ships ascending the river, two days' foul wind to ono fair. " The passage from Buenos Ayres to Ascension, a dis tance of upwards of 800 miles, is therefore very tedious The average time is 70 days, or about 12 miles a-day. It takes longer to get to Ascension from Buenos Ayres than to England. " Now, see what has been done by steam. An American merchant steamer, a slow boat, drawing 8 feet water, reached Ascension in eight days, and returned to Buenos Ayres in eight days. But vessels built on the plan of the Mississippi boats, drawing 5 feet water, could, in my opinion, reach Ascension in eight days, and return in five. " Wood for fuel in the upper part of the river is abun dant, and of excellent quality. It could be floated down in rafts to form depots where required, and saw-mills erected, worked by the force of the current, to cut it to convenient lengths. " Reports say that two more American steamers are coming out for this trade. "To conclude, the markets in the interior are over stocked already with British goods. No further increase of any importance can be expected. The rivers of such a character that, as a general rule, it will not answer for sea going ships to ascend them, but they are eminently adapted to steam. But this business will, in all probability, get into the hands of the Americans, partly because they have much more experience in steam river navigation than wo have, and party because they have always as supply of boats unequal to the competition on their own rivers, which they will be glad to employ out here " It is immaterial to us what nation gets the transit trade as long as they will carry our merchandise cheaply and safely into the interior. A sating of time to us is a saving of money. _ _ " Jut sea-going ships from Europe will still have to un• load and transfer their cargoes to steamers or river craft, and the port where this important change should take place is Montevideo. " I annex a statement of the vast interior navigation of these countries : "RIO DE LA PLATA. Miles. " From Monte Video to Martin Garcia Channel, 100 miles ; open to vessels drawing 1G to 18 feet ... 100 " Rao PARANA. " From Martin Garcia Channel to Corrientes ' 540 miles ; open to vessel s d raw i ng f rom 14 t o 7 ifeet ; becoming generally shallower as you ascend ... 540 " From Corrientes to Candelaria, 150 miles ; open to vessels drawing from 7i feet to feet, uncertain ; rapids at Cand e l ar i a ..• .•. ... 15 " RIO PARAQUAY. " Fioni Corrientes to Ascension, 200 miles ; open to vessels thawing 71 1 , feet water ... ••• 201 " From Ascencion to Cuyaba and Matto Grosso, in Brazil, 800 miles; no personal knowledge; believed to be opened to vessels drawing from 74, feet to 2 feet water, according to the season of the year, kc. SGO " Rio VERAIEJO. " From junction with Paraguay to latitude 23 S., 500 miles ; no personal knowledge ' • from 7a feet of water to 2.A feet, according to the season of the I year, &c. ... 500 " RIO URUGUAY. " From Martin Garcia Channel to 31° 23 S. lat., 250 miles ; from vessels drawing 14 feot to probably vessels drawing 5 or 6 feet " General total ... ... 2,510 " A. T. ROTHAM, " Captain 75th Regt." " Buenos Ayres, April 2G. ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. At the meeting of this society on Saturday, the 2d instant—Lord Ashburton, president, in the chair— The SECRETARY read a paper, by E. C. Ravenshaw, Esq., on the winged bulls, lions, and other symbolical figures from Nineveh. The mysterious figures from Nineveh, which have been lately arranged in the new hall of the British Museum, have excited much curiosity as to their meaning. A cursory examination is sufficient to satisfy the observer that they are not mere architectu ral ornaments, but symbols of certain mysteries and cere monies of the primeval religion of A ssyria. The era of these sculptures is so remote, and the traditions respecting them so obscure, that the inquiry into their signification must be difficult, and the conclusions arrived at unsatisfactory; still it is desirable that some attempt should be made to penetrate the mystery which surrounds them, and to in vite the attention of the learned to the investigation. The chief mythological figures are the winged bull with a man's face, the winged lion with a man's face, the winged man with a fir cone in one hand and a square basket or vessel in the other, and a man with the head and wings of an eagle or hawk. The hypothesis which the writer maintains with respect to them is, that they are, as already surmised by Mr. Layard, the originals of the cherubim of Ezekiel ; that they were likewise the origi nals of the apocalyptic beasts of St. John ; and that, slightly modified, they were afterwards adopted, and are now used, as the symbols of the Four Evangelists. Further, that they were originally invented by the Magi and Chaldeans as astronomical symbols of the equinoc tial and solstitial points; that they represent in fact the four seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter ; and perhaps also the four winds and the four elements. In support and illustration of these views, the writer enters into an examination of the passages in the Old Testament and in other writings, regarding the cherubim, showing that there is no authority in Scripture fpr sup posing them to be bodiless infants, and comes to the con clusion that the face of a cherub was in reality the face of a bull. At an early period of the Christian Church these winged animals were adopted as the symbols of the Four Evangelists. The winged lion was assigned to St. Mark, as the symbol of strength ; the winged ox to St. Luke, as the symbol of sacrifice ; the eagle and chalice to St. John, as the symbol of contemplation ; and the winged man with a cup and hatchet to St. Matthew, as the symbol of power. The employment of these figures as astronomical symbols formed the next branch of in quiry, and the conclusions were that the colossal bulls are symbols of the sun in Taurus, or the vernal equinox; that the winged man is Mitra or Serosh, the guardian of the autumnal equinox ; and the winged man-lion and the eagle-headed man the symbols of the solstices, being the four cherubim who watched the gates of Heaven, and upheld the zodiac. As rega.rdsthe other mythological figures it is probable that the man with a goat in his arms repre sents the constellation Capricorn, an d the newly-discovered fish-god, that of Pisces. All the names of the gods found in the Nineveh inscriptions will probably, on further in quiry, prove to be the names of constellations, stars, or planets, chosen as the guardian angels of nations, kings, or individuals. The mystic tree, which forms so con spicuous an object in the sculptures, has evidently some astronomical signification. The number of its rosettes or leaves vary considerably, but never exceed 30; and the winged circle, or the new moon and some stars, are gene rally seen above it. Hence it seems probable that these trees were orreries showing the month, ,day, or season, which is being celebrated by thevinged figures or priests who are represented in connection with them. The winged circles or eyes, which are frequently placed above the sacred tree, and seem to form the 'principal object of adoration, so closely resemble the winged globes on the portals of the Egyptian temples, that it is difficult to disbelieve the identity of their origin. At first they were probably typical of time, but came afterwards to be looked upon as the symbols of Orniazd, the active creator and source of all good. These speculations may appear more curious than profitable ; still it cannot be uninteresting to inquire what were the ideas of men 3,000 years, when the earth was comparatively young ; to learn what were the traditions of Asia as to the origin a and whit; notions were theman r'a Crceea,tor and Governor of the of the as h t u o th n e entertai ned d de n univer s e.sn y This was the last meeting of the session. , AUSTRALIAN NABOBS.—Among the pa . ssengers who came home in the Indus, which landed the Indian mail at Southampton on Tuesday, were 19 Australian n. turned emigrants, most of whom were from Melbourne. They wore white calico hats, and their hale, h ear ty, an d John B u ll appeara n ce formed a striking contrast to that of the Indian passengers. The salubrity of the climate from which they had come was manifested tbrouglplit the voyage in the range•and power of their, orgqini of di gestion. They had all made rapid and:laragifortunes. ,:- it d, he go of rs.