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Tilt WELLINGTON and UNITED SERVICES BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. Foxided October 21, 1852. At a PUBLIC MEETING. held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great .Queen-street, Lin coln'c-inn-fleld s, as a NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL to the late DUKE of WELLINGTON, for the RELIEF of VETE RAN SOLDIERS and SAILORS of her Wiesty's ard the Honour able East India Compuyi Service, and their "WIDOWS and ORPHAN S. COMMITTEE. ' . HONORARY CHAIRMAN. The Right Honourable Lord ER.;KINE, Slaugham Park. Lieutenant-General the Most Noble the Marquis of Tweeddate. K.T., Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire, and late Governor and Com mander. in-Chief, Madras, Yester House. General the Most Noble the Marquis of Londonderry, K.G., G.C.8., Lord Lieutenant of Durham, Holdernesse House. hear-Admiral the Right Honourable the Earl of Cadogan, K.M.T., Chesham-place. Captain the Right Honourable Lord- Alfred Spencer Churchill, Oa - fordahire Yeomanry Cavalry, and formerly of her Majesty'S 83d Regiment, Blenheim Park, Woodstock. , General the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Lorton, Lott Lieute nant of Roscommon, Rockiegham. General the Right Honeurabl, Lord Viscount Combermere, G.C.8., Constable of the Tow. r of London, and Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets, Combermere Abbey. Colonel the Viscount Le Center, Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty, and High Sheriff of Jersey, St. fishers. The Right Reverend A. Olivant, D.D.; Lord Bishop of Llandaff, Hardwick House. Captain the Right Honourable Lord Dunsany, R.N., Sherburne Lodge: Tke Honourable Edward M. Mainwaring Ellekr bnslow, late Lieu tenant-General, Scots Fusilier Guards, Woodbridge House, Guild ford. Sir Edmund Bacon. Bart., Deputy-Lieutenant of Norfolk, Premier Baronet of England, Raveninghsm rill. 'Colonel Sir nilliamAltiander Maxwell, Bart , D e p ut y -Lieutenant of Lanarkibire, Calclerwood • Major Sir Trev,r Wheeler, Bart„ Cross House, Torrington. 'Sir liggh..Abercrondu . Anstruther, Bart., Deputy-Lieuteii ant of Fife rell and of -Caitlineas- s hi r e, formerly Lieutenant-Colonel Grena . - : dier Guards, Balcaskie.:: • : - Lieutenant Sir Henry S. Wilmot, Bart., R.N., High Sheriff of Der • byshire, Chaddesderi. . • Sir Richard Pa Jagrelit: B a rt., Deputy-Lieutenant of Derbyshire F,. and •of ' ,'SaTreark, and Nethereoto House. %lieu* it Henry Jervis Meredyth White Jervis, Bart., R.N., Don nyearney. ; 0 k., Sir William Fowle iii leton, Bart., Shrabland Halls. Ir'''_ . Sir John Shaw, Bart. usse,-gardens, Hyde-park. f. - Sir A exander Charlet Maitland Gibson Maitland, Bart., late 75th Highlanders, Deputy-Lieutenant of MidletlFan. General Sir Thomas. Macdougall Brisbane, Bart., G.C.8., LL.D., Makerston. rear-Admiral Sir Au;nstus W. J. Clifford, Bart., C. 8., Gentleman and Deputy Great Camberlain, West- t , Deputy. Lieutenant of Kent, and of the tor Gate. :ector of the Honourable East India Com- :tor of the lionoutable East India Com- ig, G.C.1.1., Brunswick-square, Brighton. ustea, K.C.8., Portsdown Lodge, Ports- Grosvenor-street West. Ghetham Strode, K.c.....,Petauty-Liente zoutbill. , - *4lll )bn Grey, K.C., late Commander-iii , luef udia Company's Forces at Bombay, Mor- ,rge Charles D'Aguilar, K.C.8., formerly Jwlck-square, Brighton. Lieutenant-General Richard Seeker trough, Roy al Artillery, Onslow . square. Lieutenant-General Richard G. Hare Clarges, Bitchfield, Grantham. Lieutenant-General James Welsh, Madras Army, 11, Queen's-parade, Bath. blajor-General A. Macdonald, C. 8., Royal Artillery, Onslow-square. Rear-Admiral Henry Prescott, C. 8., Southampton. Post Captain bir Eaton Stant, a - d Travers, R.N., K.H., Deputy- Lieutenant of Norfolk, Ditchlngham Lod, e. lifajor Sir Wm. Lloyd, H.E.I C.S., Deputy-Lieutenant and Major 0 - MMlandant of i he Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Brynestyn. Rear-Admiral Sir John Ross, C. 8., F.R.S.E , North West Castle, Stranraer. Rear-Admiral Gordon T. F. icon, 27, Westbourne-terraca. The Tery-Reverend a. 11. Cotton, 8.C.L., Dean of Bangor. The Vary Reverend A C.. Tait, D.O L., Dean of Carlisle: P. Salomon, Esq , late High Sheriff of Sussex, Brighton. William T. Kevill, Panes, Esq., Depnty-Lieutenant and late High Sheriff of Herefordshire, Croft Castle, Wigmore. •-•Francis Jervois Ellis Jervois, Esq., late High Sheriff of the county of Southampton, Heriard Rouse. William Money Kyrie, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Herefordshire, Homrne House. ' • The Rev: T. P. Wright, M.A., Honorary Secretary to the London • Orphan .A.syluni#lfackney. The Rev. Philip W. 114 y, Greensted Rectory, Ongar, Essex. The Rev. Thomas Stanton, M.A., Burbage Rectory, near Marl • borough. i The Rev. Charles Ca...:ston, M.A.. Stretton, Moreton-in-Marsh. ••, Charles Ormson Eaton, Esq., Tixover. . Ntithaniel Hibbert, Esq., slundeu House. George Olive-, Esq., Blackheath. • Roherl Nicholas Fowler, Bin;., 50, Cornhill. The/Aoki* Ezielli; Esq., 23, Threidneedlo-street. Johntethert Helbert, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, and toCk - Rxchang•e. Albert WriAm,J•ustiCe, Esq., Thu/low Lodge, Wandsworth-road. (With pOwer to add to their number.) - • -- HONORARY TRUSTEES. The Light 11owiniable Lord Erskine. S. Hutcntsoh, P.sq/Mromley-hill; Kent • Row J. Bartlett, 'Ma., Chairman c,l the Athena3um Life • (Mee; Sackv/ile -street. Srilauaar.-1. P.llll4.ley t Jun., Esq., 12, Pall-mall East. . BANKERS. • Agra and United Service Bank, Head Office, Agra; London Agency, 9, Old Jewry ;.Britnchee, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras. • Messrs. Bartley, Bevan, and Co:, 54, Lontbard-stre( L . Messrs. Bouverie, Murdoch, Bouverie, and James, 11, Haymarket. Sir's f liam IL Call, Bart., G. B. Marten and Co., 2 , , Old Bond-st. t Messrs.-Cocks, Biddulph,.Cocks, Biddalph, and Cocks, 43, Charing cross. , Messrs. Currie and,Ce,. 29, Corniaill., • •- „ . • Meagre. Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowler, and Barnard, 50, Cornhill. - Sir Richard P. Glyn, Bart., • Halifax, Mills, 'and Co., 67, Lombard street. • - Messrs, Herries, Farquhar, and C 4., IP,St.,Jamea's-street. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., Foester,-Clarke, and Co., 11, Man sion-house-street. Messrs. onamanney, Son, and Co., 40, Charing cross (Navy. Agents). Oriental Bank Cerporation, Head Offices, 7, Walbreok and Bombay ; Branch Offices, Calcutta, Madras,. Colombo (Ceylon),- Siegapore, Victoria (Hong Kong). Messrs. Presce tt, Grove, Cave, Ames, and Co., 62, Threadneedle-st.. Aleiers.'Ptiget; Bainbridge, and-co., 12, St. Pauleechurchitard- Ittitesrs: Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-mall East. • Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Coe 15, '.Lombard-street. • Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. , and Co.„, I, Cavendish-square. • Simla Bank, Head Office , Simla; Branch Offices, 4,. St. Martin's place, Trafaigar-square, and Celcutta. - Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, and Cc., 20, Birchin-lane. Among the many benevolent and phi anthropic institutions with which. this vast metropolis abounds, and which shod their lustre under the bountiful hand of charity, there is not. a single institution in existence directly imparting to the Veteran Warrior, his relict, u ltiialleetifute Citpliafi'ehildren, theitahafe of that bounty so gener ously apportioned to • every other branch of society. To supply this Want, so long felt and acknowledged as a national reproach, this In stitution has been founded, under the auspices of their fellow-coun trymen, 10r the relief of Veteran Non-Commissioned and Petty Officers, Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, of her Majesty's and the Bonourable East India Company's Services, and their Widows and Crpbans, as a grateful and lasting tribute by the British nation, in honour of the great and distinguished services of the late Duke of Wellington, and to give effect to the benevolent wishes and inten tions expressed in his letter of October 10th, 1846, subsequently re ferred to. This unconscious neglect towards so meritorious a body of men, 500,000 of whom are engaged in the naval and military services of the count - y, is obvious to every reflecting mind, when we consider that the majority of them are debarred irom the exercise of those civil rights and social privileges enjoyed by their fellow-countrymen, tie which, in common with them, the Soldier and the Sailor have at least an equal, if not a paramount claim. The painful and harrowing scene, on the compulsory separation of the Solder and Sailor, perhaps for ever, idiom his family, can be bet ter imagined than described, conscious, as he is, that should he fall oa the battle-field, or be swept away by contagion in a foreign clime, how little if any protection or succour will be extended to those he may happen to leave behind; but should he survive, and return to Iris native land, exhausted both in mind and body, the probability is that he finds his family in the same utter state of destitution in which he left them, and they are compelled on a scanty pittance to eke out the remnant of a miserable existence, until at length death puts a period to his sufferings, when that pittance ceases altogether, thus leaving his widows and orphans totally unprovided for. Whet ism euage then can depict the wretchedness of that forlorn and dejected nidow, who is cast on the wide world friendless and destitute, with her famishing young ones looking up, and clinging to her for food, rairneet, and shelter, which, alas! she is unable to afford, and whose cheerless prospects find refuge in tke union-house, or terminate in the grave. There needs no rhetorical display to arouse the feelings and enlist the sympathy of Englishmen to a sense of the deep obligation they owe to those who have devoted their youth and vigour to the service of their country ; and with what zeal and alacrity wilt those brave men go forth, in future, to encounter the enemies of our country, and maintain unimpaired her renown and her wealth, when they reflect that those having claims upon them are aemissible to this Institu tion—which, while it administers to their wants, will at the same time soothe that bitter anguish known only to tee heart of the deso late, and extend to all the fostering hand of kindness. ow great, therefore, are the claims of these classes when stricken with years, or overtaken by sickness, upon our sympathy and bene volence, but more especially when it is remembered, that it is to them we are mainly indebted for the liberty we enjoy, and the protection afforded to those pursuits which have so signally contributed to the unexampled proTerity of our country. To whom, then, can her defenders appeal? Why, gratitude promptly answer t o a ll , f rom th e Queen on the throne to the humblest individual in her realm. On referring to the correspondence of the Secretary with the late Duke of Wellalgton on this subject, we feel bound, in justice to the memory of that great man, to publish the following extract from his letter, dated " IValmer Castle, October 10th, 1846," which will be preserved among the records of the Institution as the basis of its foundation : " Wben the Duke will see a well-considered plan for relieving th e distresses of the Widows of Non-ComuleSioned Officer i s al h id is S o o p l in di l e o r n s : and for the care of their Or p han Children, which last, n ought to be formed on a plan similar to, or identical with, that of the London Orphan Asylum. He would willingly contribute towards the expense of carrying such a plan into execution. " In respect to the Widows and Orphans of Officers of the Army, the Laws and Regulations of the Service have already made provi sions for these, the administration of which has been placed under . the exclusive control and direction of the Secretary-at-War, who decides the question whether the Widow of an Officer should have the Pension allotted by the Regulations to Widows of Officers of the rank of her deceased husband according to the view which he may take of the adequacy or otherwise of her other means of livine. It . will be seen, therefore, that in every case in which an Officer's Widow or Orphan Children might have a claim to a provision under the Laws and Regulations administered by the Secretary-at-War, a Grant from this intended Fund would only tend to diminish to an equal amount the Grant solicited from the Public Fund under the administration of the Secretary-at-War. "But the Duke confesses that he sees many objections to levy Subscriptions from Officers of the Army to provide for the Widows .and Children of some already provided for by Government." We cannot close this address without expressing a confident hope that the public will, by a well-directed and combined movement, co operate with us, and give effect to the benevolent intent so admir ably expressed in the communication referred to By granting limited pensions, in accordance with the funds of the Institution, and admitting the recipients into an Almshouse and Home, the neglected Veteran and Widow will be sheltered and pro vided for; and, by establishing a Collegiate Asylum, the Orphans and Children admitted during the lifetime of their parents will be protected and educated in a manner suitable to their several condi tions in life, and placed on an equality with those of the civilian. The Institution will be supported by subscriptions and voluntary contributions. The Design of the Institution will be : I.—That a pension not exceeding .£ per annum (the amour t to be fixed at the first Meeting of Subscribers) be granted to Widows , in distress and to Veterans not otherwise provided fir; and to excite ' emulation and good conduct, that au Almshouse be provided for Widows in the decline of life, also a Home for the aged Veteran, and that pecuniary aid be rendered in cases of emergency. I.l.—That ample provision be made for the maintenance and edu 4ation of Or_phan posits Orphan Children, whose relatives or friends may not be in a on to do so, until u Asylum be provided for them.` - • IlL—ihat a Collegiate Asylum be endowed for the Orphans and • Orphan Children, and those Children who may be received on the foundation, during the lifetime of their parents, on terms commen surate with their means. That the management of the Asylum, as regards inmates under 14 years of age, be adapted to the plan re commended by the late Duke of Wellington. IV.—The Veteran's Home and Widows' Almshouse will be at tached to the Asylum, and, in accordance with the resolutions passed at the public meeting held 21st October, 1852, the building will com prise a commodious and Magnificent structure, upon the most ap proved plan, bearing the name, and recording the triumphs of " WELLINOToN.” Candidates for relef are admitted by election; but in the case of a soldier or sailor being killed in action, or dying on foreign service, his Jamey shall be admissible to the institution upon the nomination of the directors. Annual subscribers are entitled to one vote for every guinea subscribed yearly. Life subscriber a are entitled to one vote for every ten guineas contributed by them. Persons collecting sub scriptions or contributions are entitled to the like privileges in pro portion to the amount subscribed or contributed. The property and funds to be ve,ted in trustees, to be nominated at the first general meeting of subscribers ; and the Institution will be under the management of a president, vice-presidents, and a board of directors, consisting of 36 life governors. Noblemen, military, naval, and other gentlemen, who feel an in terest in the welfare of the Institution, are earnestly requested to give their patronage and support, and those noblemen age' gentle • men who may be desirous of becoming members of the committee, will have the goodness to signify their wish to that effect. - Subscriptions and contribution' are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received on account of the Institution, by the committee and honorary trustees, at the Offices or the Institution, or by the re aaective bankers. A numerous list of country bankers will shortly be announced. - HENRY TOMMEY, Jun., Secretary. _ All communications to be addressed to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Institution, 12, Pall-mall East, where attendance is given daily from 11 to 4 o'clock. Thher of the Blade Rod, field • r Moz•eslol%, Bart City of London,Grosy. nu Wigrarujsg., Dire • Many, Gros\ enor—quare. Dent,- Esq , Direct • . ny, East In 'ia House. metal Si;,lll94ard Darling 'Kis W. Au "month. miral,S; rge Mundy, - al 'ir Eder t iord Cl -; nan . Sornersetdilre, Sc. - Lien enant-General Sir Joh of the honourable East In wick 13 vl. Lieutenant-General Sir Geo! Adjutant-General, Brun sr. t No . 18,883.] 1 his day is Published, Part 1., price 28. 6d , of THEPOULTRY BOOK. By theßev. W. WINGFIELD, Honorary Secretary of tb, ;Corn wall Poultry society, and G. W. JOHNSON, Esq., Honorary Secre tary of the Winchester Society for the Improvement of Poultry. In cluding the Characteristics, Management, Breeding, and Medical Treatment of Pcultry. Being the results of personal observe' don and practice of the best breeders, including Captain W. W. Hornby, R.N. ; Edward Pond, Esq. ; Thomas sturgeon, Esq. ; and Charles Pu nchard, Esq. With Three Coloured Representations of U. e most ce , ,ebrated Prze Birds, drawn from life by Mr. Hanitisos Wm, and Printed 3n Co'ours under his superintendence. Advertisements for the Cover received by the Publishers. Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen•corner, London. LUCCA AND PISTOJA RAILWAY COM PANY. SECOND NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that any Shares on w'aich the I/. call, due the 18th instant, shall not be paid on or before the second day of April next, wi I, by the constitution of the Company. become Jorfelted. K. StACKENZIE, Agent to the Company. 25, Tokenhouse-yard, 30th March, 1853. LOANS GRANTED. 4 - . ONDON EXCHANGE ADVANCE FU ND, _ILA 2, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, facing the river ; City Brand 3, Old Broad-street, City. The Right Lion. Lord ERSKINE, Chairman. Loans advanced:in sums of 101. and upwards, granted on. a joint promissory note, repayable by easy instalments, or on the: deposit of deeds or other available securities. trills of exchange cashed at moderate rates of Interest. Forms of application may be obtained at the Offices, or on forward ing 12 pestage stamps. W.ll. BROOKS,. Secrotary. FIRE. —S. DEACON respectfully informs the Public the damage done by the lire at his Coffee and 1 sining- House, 3, Wa'brook, on Saturday evening last, has not inter rupted the course of Business, arid he takes this opportunity to a7eturn thanks for the extensive patronage accorded to him. Hot Joints from 12 to 5. Viands, Wines, Spirits, &c., of the best quality. Breakfast ready at 'B. Provincial Papers received from every country; Australian, American, Cape, Ceylon, West Indian, &c., of la test dates. 17 1 (45:NR,WW GMIWY' - aittle.V. . . 310- l ' - ', ! FIS_ Lessee, CII t W JIA .R: ITRENT, Onslow-house, F aniam v„ road. Opal Every - Zning. ', The Orchestra will perform,. 4 durin4 tha week, " The T !stye;" f t Shamrock," "Rose," and, I t .mina" l Waltzes, Ihe "Napoleon" fl Galop, "Le Cirque" uadillie ; "La Valerie," "Juno," and "Steeplechase" Polkas.— Admissi;on, Is. Doors open at Half-past Eight ; to commence at Nine o'cloek, and terminate at Half-past Eleven. 1 I' PATRON - H.R.H..- PRINCE ALBERT. . it. 1 , ! EASTER HOLIDAYS. —RE-OPENING of thq ROY AL POLYTECHNIC INSTI ru T lON .—Mrs. 13acher Stowe's Popular Work on Slavery Illustrated in an Optical rabii Lion, with Vocal and Instrumental Music and New Di lying scenery, Morning and Evening. Lectu re s :— B y J. H. Pepper,..Esq,....l Half-hours with the Anc'ent and Mcidern Chemists ; by -Dr.illach-i hoffner.,„ on some of the Mechanical Prepertiet of Aeriform BcdiiiS q by Mr. Crispe, ou Ericcson's Caloric Engine.- - t Admission, Is.; Schools, and Children' under Ten years 49f; uge; ... Half-price. - , , Early Notice will be given of the Opening of the Photographic School. " Divide about the broad bride cake — Round about the bride's stake."—BEN. JoNsoN- 1 ARTIES requiring WEDDING BIZEAK, FASTS or DINNERS may save much trouble and expense by applying to Messrs. PURSSELL, who undertakes to supply the 'entire entertainment, including Wines and the Hire of Plate, Linen, glass' and attendance. A competent person sent with bills of fare and estimates, or for making general arrangements. Dancing Hoilands laid, and upholsterers sent to remove furniture. Rout furnititre of every descriptions for hire, ball rooms lighted, first-class musicians provided.—Messrs. PURSSE LL, Cors hill (only). STEAM TO AUSTRALIA. G ENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY. • NOTICE is HEREBY ctIVEN, That this Company's Auxiliary iron Screw Steam-ship ARGO, 1,f150 tons, George Hyde, Commander, will leave Southampton for PORT PHILIP and SYDNEY on Yr lEDNES DAY;the 4th of May next. 'the accommodation is of a superior description, and the cabins are fully furnished. The rates of passage money—After Cabin, brit class, 801.; Fore Cabin, second class. 501. These rates arc exclusive of wines, beer, and spirituous liquors, which, however, .may be had on board at moderate prices. The ship will carry an experienced surgeon. Applications for passage to be made at the Company's 01!ices, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings ; and for freight and parcels, to Messrs. Balfour, Laming, and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe. SOI7TH AUSTRALIAN COPPER MINING COMPANY. The Committee of Management HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that, in pursuance of the Resolution of the Board of 17th December last, they have allotted the remaining unappropriated Shares a the Company among the Holders of such Shares as were Registered in the Cost Book in the Month of 3" anuary last pursuant to Notice, and stamped with the Red Stamp. Such allotment is in the proportion of Two Shares for every Five "Shires so Registered and Stamped. The Letters of Allotment will be issued at the Offices of the Com pany on production of the Shares so Registered and Stamped., on or befi. re SATURDAY, the 16th day of April, 1853 ; after which the right to claim such Allotment will be considered as forfeited. By Order of the Board. J. THOMPSON, Chairman. Offices, 17, Gracechurch-street, 29th March, 1853. SALE OF OLD STORES AT DEVONPORT. Admiralty, gomerset-place, March 29, 1853. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord Higk Admiral of the United Itinis2ova of Cinli3#,.e.ritain-andelrelane, do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 10th May next, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, the Commodore Superintendent will put up to Sale, in her Majesty's Dockyard at Devonport, several Lots of OLD STORES; consisting of Old Rope, Shakings, Spun Yarn, Unlayed Yarns, Hammocks, Canvas, Oakum, Hemp Tyers, Rakings, and Toppings, Cast Iron, &c., &c., &c., all lying in the said Yard. Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had hero and at the Yard vsi RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE' A ,-,, ... ..,' it nco,s-strogt • ';:rtmdlo. - - ~., ,- • • -.-..- Established' AuNst 1, 1837.' - ^ Empowered by Special Ac 6 of Pa ment, 4 Vlb.f, cap. 9. Criatlifias— Cololiel ROBERT"' ALEXA DElt, Blackheath Park. . ~.. " - All/PANTAO4S O l` THIS IN. TITUTION. t 44 04.41, • IVablO of increasing._ rate-sof. pre . um,. especially adapted to tlie-securing ofvLclans or Defits. : Half-credit rates whereby' h a lf th e premium only is payable during': the .firsi..stiven years.. . ' Mum fissured payable at ..sixty, or at deigh . if,ocpuring pre , viou - slx. .. k . - . Orphans Errclaciment Ilia:itch affordi n g the t *ins of , having children educated and started in life, by securing annuities, to com mence at the Parents' death, and to be pldd uistil a son shall attain his 21st year, if a daughter, her 25th - . 3 ear -of age, ' . 7 , BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE At SOCIATION: Empowered by her. Majesty's iloyaYLetters Patei.t . Annual piyision of profiti: , Policy holdels'participate in profits after five or seven annual . payments, according to U l u t a bl e selectee!. • . • • P'remiums calcul a t e d f or every three months' difference of age. Half credit policies gra n t e d on terms .unusually lavig - able the 'unpaid premiums beingliquidated out of the.mfits.. , • At theAnnhal 'General Meeting on the 27th April; 185/, a reduction of 30 per cent. Was made in the current year's premium on all partici? pating A- Beard *of Directors in attendance daily at - Two o'clock. Age of.the assured in every ease admitted - in VA Medical attendants retimuerated-in all cases for their reports. • , (PROPRIETARY.) i (RIITUAL;) .. .• Extract from the Half! Extract from Table with Participation Credit ttatts of i , in - ProfitS; after Senn Yearly Premium. i ' Payments. — Half Whole. Half uar c 3 premium premium Q Age. Annual Yearly Seven minder ab ,• ~ kirat for Re premium Pfe- - Pre- Years. of Life. i mium. mium. -- X s. d. £ s. d. Years. 11011111 s X s. (1. X s.• d. l X s. d. 30 1 - 1 9 2• 3 6 30 0 i 2 7 3 1 4/ 012 3 40 1 9 22 18 4 a 2 7 6 1 4 41 012 ' 4 50 2 2 6 4 4 0 :Cl 2 710 1 4 6; 0.92 5 60 3 8 8 6 13 4 ' j , 0 , 2 8 2 , 1 4 8; 012 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretkry. NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURAIN'CIE. T HE DEPOSIT : and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Lendcin.• • CAPITAL--ONR HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right 'Hon. the Viscount Drumlanrig, p.c Comptroller 'of her Majesty's Household. . IL Yallowley Barnes, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury. G. Nocl'Clarkc, Esq , late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service ClUb. George Coode, Esq., Portland-terrace, Wandsworth, and l icelvulr, St. Helier's, Jersey, Stephen Cracknall, Esq., 1, St. Jahn's-gardens, Notting-hill, and 11, Yew-square, Lincoln's-inn. • W. Jones, M.D., Davies-street, Berkeley-square, and Lutterworth, Leicestershire. George Knex, Esq., 15, Connaught-Equare, Hyde-park, and Tor Lodge, Stallordthire. Alexander Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-on-the-Hill. ' David C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. William Prinsep, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Hyde-park place West. Robert Andrew. Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Rarrister-at-Law. Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. Major Sperling, 14, St. James's-square. EAST DIM& HOUSE, 3lA.sca 30, 1853. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIE3 AND GENTLEMEN, THE Election - of Six Directors fv: the East India Company being appointed for Wednesday, the 13th April next, the favour of your vote' and interest is reque.icd for the following gentlemen, viz. : lIENRY ALEXANDER. Esq. The Hon. WILLIAM HENRY LESLIE MELVILLE. Major JAMES OLIPHANT. HENRY THOBY PRINSEP, E. JOHN SHEPHERD, Esq. Which will much oblige; LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Your most obedient serrants, - Wu. J. Eastwick. RuEiell Ellice. J. V. Hogg. Rd. Jenkins. • Joni Loch. J.L. Lushington. E. — lfacuagly en. Ross I). Mangles. John Masterman. O. Ills. J. A. Moore. J. Petty Muspratt. )3 , proxy pay obtain a letter of ry in this Douse. W. 11. C. Plowden. H. Shank. M. T. Smith. W. H. Sykes. John C. whiteman. W. Wig - rain. Henry Wi , lock. J. H Astell. W. 13. Bayley: Robert Campbell. John Cotton. Wm. Dent. . *** Proprietors desirous of voting b: attorney for that purpose at the Treasu TEETH. —By her Majesty's Royal L e tt ers Patent. —Newly-invented and Patented Application of Che mically-prepared White India-rubber in the constrtntion of Artificial Teeth. Gums, and Palates.—Mr. EPHRAIM MOSELY, Surgeon- Dentist, 61, Cdosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Solo Inventor and Patentee.—A new, original, and invaluable invention, cor sisting in the adaptation, with the most absolute perfection and success, of CHEMICALLY -PREPARED WHITE INDIA-RIIRBER as a lining to the ordinary gold or bone frame. The extraordinary results of this application may be briefly noted in a few of their most promi nent features, as the following sharp edges are avoided ; no springs, wires, or fastenings are required ; a greater increased free dom of suction is supplied ; a natural elasticity hitherto wholly un attainable: and a fit, perfected with the most unerring accuracy, are secured, while from the softness and flexibility of the agent em ployed, the greatest support is given to the adjoining teeth when loose, or rendered tender by tit e absorption of the gums. The acids of the mouth exert FO agency on the chemically-prepared White India-rubber, and as it is a non-conductor, fluids of any temperature may with thorough comfort be imbibed and retained in the mouth, all unpleasantness of smell or taste being at the same time wholly provided against by the peculiar nature of its preparation. To be obtained only at 61, Grosvenor-street, London ; 22, Gay street, Bath ; 34, Grainger -street, Newcastle-on -Tyne. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be Lad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row, Carvalho, 147. Fleet-street, Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price One Shilling each; by post, is 61 ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. " Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." Cosyrksms:— Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex curshns about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills Forests, Fields, lligh-roads, and other pleasant places -Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea -London at Night—Evenings at Home Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. IL FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. Yol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNE N Y ; REMINISCENCES OP DUBLI, &c. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause aid cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and em bitters old age"; with tables and rulesfor the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. Iv. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, ovt ifevinei te:oa and till° ru see passions.inn T 7 r d u i a t at i h n s v e a di. s estAaasi refined as Athens ever heard." Sms:scT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad lifyirusinmtrgareamtirioeagnnste:s.grTahpehic, casualtiesnarra. oativtotiycoananc,ydwoilftsthearini THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that is the question." FRO:MAN= :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824), Twenty-five years Medi ca l and Forensic Referee in there matters. Price Is. each; by post, Is. 6d. To be bad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Cat valho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or of M. R. Culverwell, M.D.. 10, Argyll-place, Regent •street, who may be consulted daily from Ten till Five, and Seven till Nine. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Juit published, by 11. Bid Mere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. 8 vo., in cloth. price ss. by post free, ss. 6d.. oN TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORREECEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of tie Generative System, 1r Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Pickford 'ft known to English readers by his frequent practi 'al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first •ime, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the noir-moll :al reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall etect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. "We Promised in a former number that we should recur to this w3f.c, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of Quiet Symathisers,' and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from th com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that msny h mdreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ... ...This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon 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, 45., THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF Tilt URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, In even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. , surt are caies ix., xi., mil.. and xvili. No. ix. had res sted, for a pelod of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally re noved in as many weeks. But cases xvill. and xix. appear, both in (Wrath n, 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." ProfeesorLizars on the Treatment of Stricture. // ( ' • - 44 ~ - 47:1-kVi"v, 0 6 1 k 0. 1/ • ) I - , , • A' • , „ 43 - r 4., - ..1-$ (3 1 '. „ 2 , 1 . , , , 4 4= 42 ' as' P~ ir 16- 7) 4 Orr ‘' s " )/ I sla „44 - 1 DIY. *4.*lffir LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH :31, 1853. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. THOMSON HAMMY, Jun., Esq., Chairman. Sir WALTER R. FARQUUAR, Bart., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. John Martin,Esq , M.P. John Dixon, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq.! John Thornton, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch. Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. AUDI [TOES. Hen , y Sykes Thornton, Esq. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. Szenswmr—George Keys, Esq. ACTUARY-Griffith Davies, Esq., F.B.S. LIFE DEPARTS ENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insarers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial DP*lsion, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division ofTrofits will be declared in June, 1855, when' all participating Polleies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas 1854, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the several past divisions of Profits made by this Company, the Reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies from One-half the Profits amounted, on an average of the different ages, to about One per Cent. per Annum on the sums insured, and the total. Bonuses added at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,000!. FOREIGN RISES.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West-Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United states of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID L t VES.--Persous who arc not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Prepaiuma- LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POL IC lES.- I Written Notices of, zeceived and registered. NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That Fire Policies which expire at Lady day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams, NO. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall. mail i • or with the Cordpany's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwiscthey become void. AUDITORS. .J. Bigg,,,Esry,, 426, Strand, Actuary and Sect Mary the --Legal, - and General Lite Office. William Jones, Esq., Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers. A. Peck, Esq., 8.A., Actuary to the Engineers and Masonic Ufa Office, 345, Strand. BANKERS. Sir Charles Price, Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, London. Messrs. Hopkinson and Co., 3, Regent-street. PIIYSICIANS. Dr. Lewis, Finsbary-place. Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. SURGEONS. A. T. Chapman, Esq., 16, Lower Seymour•street, Portman-square. Michael Teevan, Esq., 44, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park-gardens. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, Eiq., F.L.S. INSPECTOR OF AGENCIES. F. P. F. Strousberg, Esq. STANDING COUNSEL. William Wellington Cooper, Esq., New-square, Lincoln's-inn. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Dill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. Charles W. Bevan, Esq. The public Is respectfully invited to examine the princip!es of the Deposit System of Assurance, whicb is based v on tables calculated by, and is under the immediate supervision o; Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq C ., F.L S., the Consulting Actuary to the Com p an yomparative Tables to assure 5001 on death, by . a person aged twenty next birthday, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system of Assurances. ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM, The sum the ordinary Lif3 Offices would give him for the surrender or sale of his policy, after thirty I years'payments amounting to 2491. 7s. 6d. vhich theyhave Thad the benefit) of at compound interest. The sum the ordinary (Life Offices would give him if he were unable to pay, or if he omitted to pay ids current annual premium of 81.65. 3d. after he has paid into their coffers 1249/.78.6d. and which they have had the use of at compoun t interest, or in the event of his death one hour after such omission or inability to pay. At the end of thirty yearswhen the party is fifty years old, hervill have paid into the office. His policy at that Annual premium to assure 500/. 118/.63.3d. I age, In ease l of I I death will be, worth, 1249/.70.6d. I 5001. little more than 801. perhaps 901. NOTHING. ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. Ifun able to pay, or not desirous of paying or omitting topay,thePo licy would still remain of its FULL value, 52 21.23.7d.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 put in, viz., 2251., but 20 /1.108 Od 2251. 5221.257 d 2871. 23. 9d. a certain bonus of 62/. 28. 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 ago when withdrawn. See pagess and7in detailed pamphlet, by F. G. P. Nelson-, Esq. On comparison of these two tables it will be seen that a person tinder the novel system of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follow ing advantages, via., Ist. For a less sum, paid annually, he can assure is ln co th m e p e o v n e y n , t b o y f t a n d o es a l oo re T t o o setfamenpdiee,r which n olicy hecan s recel ui ve . a larger sum In csse of death than under the ordinary system. u is c s h io as n t o o n p t o h y e , o h rdin is applies h s t on theproperty, a r 1 0 l pe a e i ny s p ary olic s y y r s e te m m ains 3r s di tiri To l l ndfu this of the same value as it was, though he cease his current payments inability timesi it y o as r omission for any number of years ; whereas on the ordinary system, he gets nothing. 4thly. Should he require to increase or decrease the amount of his policy, he can do so at pleasure. He can at any time, by giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any part from 11. up to the whole amount of his previous payments and with interest. After h e h as withdrawn part one ear yhe can, by a single payment, three years, or an y time afterwards, raise his policy to a greater or even its former amount ; and by this system he can at all times regulate his annua l savings by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the bargain of having a fund to fly to in case of necessity, th e same as in a bank, with this palpable advantage, however, that he gets Inte rest for his money, and in case of death his family receive more than the amount of his savings. In ordinary Life Offices be can do no such thing, but his policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment he ceases to pay his current premiums, and, instead of having any fund to iy to for aid, all his hard-earned savings become forfeited to the society, and his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his m or efortunate 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 tially canvassed, and its palpable benefits become widely diffused. It confers greater advantages than a bank-because it allows a fair rate of interest in case of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount in the hands of the Company t o th e representatives of the Depositor ii case of death, thus combining the ADVANTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF AN ASSURANCE COMPANY. In case of endow ment•a b surinces the a d v antages of the DEPOSIT System are still more striking. ADVANTAGES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY L I F A -- 641. 5,0001.T0 t h o o n se e v w e h ry o p k r n e o f w e r n th p r i e b i r p a l e n ell , e P r o e l o ic n i es a re granted eq uivalent to the parti cular Live s in all but the worst stages of disease, and suc h as have been rejected by other Offi ces, are taken at rates e disease. from 201. to Loans from 501. and upwards granted on every kind of security, zeal or personal, on the most equitable terms to the borrower Annuities of every description granted on very favourable terms. Non-forfeiture of a Policy.—l n case of inability to pay the currant premiums, the Directors will eitner purchase the Policy at a fair market value, or give a new one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., inte rest corresponding in amount to the whole of the previous payments which have been made. Detailed prospectuses with tables in Anther illustration of the De posit system, and any further information may be obtained on appli cation to the Agents in the country, or to CHARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary. $03.-_-_Agentli wanted in all parts of the World. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF • YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matrivilated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. - • na resulting from juvenile Irregularities and excesses, which have jk- th -Y e v b ar e io c us on di s sorders d' of p t e h rs e n o ervo ll u Y s ., an pro duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and o ci r gen by era le ti t y t e e s r A system, prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any bther class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitflil Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot tie violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and bow the evil and its consequences may be avojed, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and s the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and molk-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply ran arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensitins. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of it, medicines can be forwarded to any initials or a d dress. It is desirable that patients wishin g t o consult Dr. LA'MER T should first obtain a copy of his work en SELF - PRESERVATION.' and advice and A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage, and Nervous and Generative •Debility, illustrated by fifty coloured engravings, and des cribing iu 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; !finnan 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill-; Bionic, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; - or free oy post for forty-two stamps, to any address fro m th e A u thor's reBl- deuce, 87, Buioursoquas, LONDON. REGENT GALLERY, 00, Quadrant. — The GRAT.CD HISTORICAL DIORAMA, illustrative of the Life and Exploits of the EMPEROR NAPOLZON BONAPARTE, painted by Mr. Charles Marshall, of Her Majosty's Theatre, IS NOW OPEN. Performances.—at 12 o'clock, Afternoon, 3 ; Evening, 8 o'clock. Admis3lon, Is.; Stalls, 2s. 6d. ; Reserved Seats, 3s. EAST INDIA HOUSE, I%lAiten 30, 1853. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST MIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, - HAVING the honour of beiu recommended to you by the Directors of th 9, Ea India Company as Candidates for tire Direction, to be chosen ti s ,year, we take the liberty of requesting the favour of your Vote os thetay of Election, Wednesday, the 13. h April next. ~, .1 -11 7 24r°' - LADIES AND ( . INTI:E ' ITEA .4' c Younnost obedient and most /} .. . ~ . . ~... HY. A ... . . W H J. OLI .. '.• ,1; ',. H. T. .. • ~. - 7 - ,-. . ' JOHN 5 , 10 ,,,*'Tropriet^....4stde - siv r i iit; 'tiling by proxy, l it cf attorney for that piarpesq*;the Treasury ia ninble Servants, 0-1/4TDEIt. MELVII4E. (ANT. tINSEP. ~EPHERD: inay obtain a letter this .119tise. T"tGREff2.:"E? W BO If WALES • . .. , ..-...„. Mt si ItOMPANY ~.. - - • h • ' i*o•ii . iy,liegistered s ,To be inchrporattd Iv Royal Charter, or empn mid by Act of Par lianaent, or of the Colonial Legislature, wit hilted liability. - Capital, 64,0 ;0/:; id' 30007 - ShOres, Of - 201. ea with powerto in , .. , ~. ...erealeAhe amount if mg • ' ' • Depesit; 21. 2s. per share Z. From Neweastle to Sfaitland, and thence tisugh Singleton to or near Sagerrhoe; anil the foot of theLiVerpool is to Murrittundi, passing through of Heal'' Black 'Creek, Belford astle Forbes, Dar lington, Musele•Brook, Aberdeen, and Scone. W 'in power fo inake Brat - 1611'0 suitable to local wants of the district. • ; ‘. _ —•- • -- • :k; The numerous applicants for Shares in this ..,, °patty are respect fully informed that 5 delay is- unavoidably o 'oiled by the non-' arrival of advises !tout! the Chlany.'. ,'! - - t ui Communication Will, ili•the meantime, con eto be received by the Secretary, or,the Seliettors, Messrs. CarritOnd Osgood, Basing liall-stree4 and Meisri. - .1. - ' W. * Scott and tom, Brokers, 75, Old Broad-street. - -•-• •• • ' - ' P•t r • . CHARLES TrieMAS, Secretary. , , . . . Temporary Oilites, 24, rasingliall-strcet. q' '' PROVIDENT' -CJJERKS' ASSOCIATION.' No. '42; MOqRGATE-STREET: • - Established 1540. TRUSTEES. Thomas BarinvEsq„ , M.P. I W. G. Prescott, Esq. Thomson LlanlKy, jun, Esq. . Baron L. De-Rothschild, M.P. Treasuret Otthe BeneVolent Fund =John A*Smith, Esq. - , M.P. Every descriptiori of Assurance and Annuities granted NnlE-TERTIIS of the PROFITS are divided every five years to Assurers t f three yeffre•standlng" ' • • Au important feature or- this Association is,.tbat Policies may be made payable to the WII).ONY,. WIDOWEI4And CHILDREN'of the ASSURED FREE of PROBATE and LEGACY DUTY. A full Beport'of • t,he Afitiffal: Meeting of 114 association, held on the 17,h January, 1853; nraybe•had on application at the Office; or of any of the Agents of.the Association. The Directors beg to call the attention of the Public to the Report of the Select Cotninittei - Ot.,llio'Hoitie of Commons on Friendly Societies, which states. - "their proceedings-4., of this and four other.. Societies: similarly.. enrolled—had bee*: very beneficial in extending a :knovledge;or.llle . advantages of Life Assurance." Tito Benevolent Fund of this Association offers most important advantages to'Clerks AttlfringiSy'Ldans and gratuities. ' Annuities also aro greeted to, Members, as well as provision to their Widows and Orphan Children. In Mey next, Annuities'lvill be granted, amounting to 1251., which will make the total amount elf Annuities given.by this Association, 580/. • ' ,I3y- order of the Board. . . PHILIP HENRY . „ . 42, Moorgate:streel, Jan. 2B, 1853., Commission_lll27ed to Solicitors - 'RNE, Secretary. )t hers. LIRAMPTO.N'S PILL of - HEALTH. .a..• The following testimoniai is another proof of the great efficacy of this medicine';—...... ... . " Winchmexe.llui, Middle Sex, April 16, 1851. " Sir.—ln considerition of the great benefit I have derived from taking Frampton ' s Pill of Health ; I feel it a duty that I owe to you and the public to'semt you the follOVing Statement. For upwards of nine years I have experienced gm efficacy of thts excellent medicine: I had long previonslyteen aCcted with headache and indigestion; but a friend having induced me.to.make a trill' At F4mpton's Pills; now inform you that a few doses gavq pie t ro to ; and during this long period ottiino - I have-taken iffenr - anyWholt medicine ; and I have the happiness of stay ink thatl.never had a better state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and we know of nothing to equal it. "I am, Sir, yoars respectfully, THOMAS PROVINCE. " To Mr. T. Pipit, 229, Strand, London. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, and is a pleasant, safe, easy aperient ; they unite the recommendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no re straint of diet or confinement during their use. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on the . Government Stamp. Price ls. 134 d. and 2s. 9d. per bex. South Australian Copper Mining Company, 17 Gracechurct-stree A DVANTAGES in JUVENILE ATTIRE 171. this EASTER.—As certain as Gold comes from Australia, Silks from 'lndia, or Tea from China, all advantages in DRESS must come from the gigantic Business of E. MOSES and SON; and ATTIRE fashionable, cheap, superior in quality, and suitable for all seasons, professions, and occupations, may ,always be obtained at E. MOSES and SON'S, ALDGATE and MINORIRS, or NEW OXFORD-STREET, corner of Hart-street, where many advan tages in JUVENILE ATTIRE for Easter may be secured. The materials are the best selections which can be made—another in stance of the success of E. MOSES and SON'S buyers in fabrics for JUVENILE CLOTHING, The Bespoke Department offers advan tages in fit, style, grace, neatness, and comfort, accompanied with punctuality, dispatch and economy not to be met with elsewhere. The READY-MADE BRANCH is replete with new fabrics, new styles, and elegant designs in YOUTHS' and CHILDREN'S CLOTH ING: the extent and magnificence of the Stock surpasses com parison, and the prices are considerably lower than at any other 'House. The SPORTING DRESS, PALETOTS, CAPES, &c., &c., introduced by E. MOSES and SON, are rapturously approved for the ease they afford, the gentility they impart, and economy in their price. HOSIERY and CHILDREN'S DRESSES, HATS and CAPS, &c., &c., particularly merit attention- novelty, superior quality, and low charges being rendered available to all classes by E. MOSES and SON. THE LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA shows the "Diggings" satisfactory, and the extent of gold fields past calculation, Emi grants may depend on success, but they may make successful invest ments in the Wholesale Clothing and Outfitting Departments of E. MOSES and SON'S Establishment. The goods are the best intro ductions to the colony, and in a few hours produces profit equal to the cost of the passage. Outfits for all classes of passengers, ladies or gentlemen, are supplied by E. MOSES and SON at wholesale prices. The goods are perfectly suitable, and everything required for the voyage and country is prov ded, of the best quality, and at the cheapest rate. A separate department is kept for Outfitting. Ship sailing information, and free lists of outfits for ladies and gentlemen, may be had on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," 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 nd 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will bo 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, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self-mea surement, 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 parle Francais. Bier st richt man Deutsch. Qui 81 parla Italian. Aqua se habla Espanol SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE CITY ADDRESS TO LOUIS NAPOLEON. (From the Times.) The address of the merchants and bankers of London, which filled seven columns of this journal with signatures on •Tuesday last, and was presented to Louis Napoleon by Sir JaineaDuke and a depu tation the preceding day, appears to us to contain nothing to which every man, woman, and child in her Majesty's dominio ns m i g ht no t have assented, with the single but important exception of the mis statement to which it - appears to owe its origin. To assert that 'the - welfare of the two greatest na tions of WeStern Europe is closely interwoven, that sentiments of hostility are unchristian in their nature 'and onerous in their results, that the criti cisims of a free press on the reprehensible acts of a foreign Go'rernment are not to be understood in a spirit of national hostility ; and, in short, that we are all of us as desirous of the maintenance of peace as the association claiming a monopoly in that bles sing which it is the object of all good government to secure, are truisms of so obvious and undoubted a character, that if it were worth while to testify in such a cause, the subscription of these articles might have been indefinitely extended. ' But the question is, whether, it was worth while to make so large an effort for so easy a purpose, and to collect the signatures of so many mercantile firms in London to a declaration which no human being is prepared to dispute. The authors of this manifesto do indeed state a motive for this pro ceeding : they assert that " they have learned through various channels of information that an impression exists in the minds of the people of -France that feelings of an unfriendly character are entertainecttowards them by the people of Eng land." In answer to that _statement we can only reply, that no Suc information hasever reached us,' and - that we . . h ave never ',imagined that the people of Franc's were so': eitteMely ill informed of what , is passing' in this country' as to -con found. the remarks which, have been called forth by many of the acts' of the Present French Govern ment vitholpfciendly feelings towards the . French peoile. , . 430 n the contrary, the . , very ,reason which makes `us take an interest in the l'rench, nation second'only to that which - We: feel-in our own af fairs -is the esteem we have for that country; and the :recollection-- that for 33 yeatt-Vratie,e sholkea. herself Worthy to possess thoSe_rightS:and liberties which placed her with ourselves,injlie_first rank of free. States. It is because tie. press oE_FrAnce was, with our own, one ;of the most 'p?Werfut' or gnS of human thought and preolessive citiltali 4 on that we resent as "a -public indignitY'the ibp-pi!es sion of its liberty: It is the knowldete tha*Consli tutional monarchy wasthe glorious piize for which two generations of. 'French statesmen had Striven c o not in vaili, andt that institutions similar pir own had raised that nation to au unexample I pitch 1 of prosperity, that makes us distrust` an Ant oritir founded on the ruins of representative goyernment. 1 And lastly, it is the fact that a despoife Emperor ' is not under the control of the French people,,and may therefore plunge the .country into measures dictated by his own passions or ambition, which makes the world question .the policy and foresee the danger of ifitrusting powers so unliinited to a singlOhand. - Louis Napoleon tells the London de putation that-he desires peace: -So far it is well. But Wonld.these 'gentlemen, -conversant with mer cantile.transaetions; stake'any important pecuniary arrangement. on a mere verbal declaration if 'they could have, better security ? We imagine not, and the effect of 'the last revolution, which has thrown France - into the hands of an absolute ruler, .has simply been to' destrok all collateral securities, and to make her reaped% for 'public= engagements, and Consequently the:peace of Europe; dependant on _the :word of an individual who has certainly not shown hitherto an , inviolable, respect for his•pro miSes. This state of things does not appear to us a rational subject of confidence or congratulation. Nor; indeed, have the anthorS of thi's S.ddress: presumed to give: the slightest 'indicitiOn' of . any. such feeling towards the -head of the French-Go- vernment. Acting, no "doubt, with a wise caution, and conscious of the limits . preseribed by, public. Opinion in this country and all over the world, they approached the person.of the French Emperor, and entered the _apartments Of his palace, without: . one of those complimentary 'expressions which are. jiorariably_employed by. those_who_ wait zn Prince and without a word to imply trust in, or even re spect for, the policy of his Government. It was thought, no doubt, that it would be a mean and discreditable homage to success obtained by violent and lawless means to 'advert to the steps by which Louis Napoleon has reached his present eminence, and accordingly on that point they were silent. It was remembered that power created by such means is commonly shortlived, and no hope, therefore, was expressed of its duration. It was known that the real policy of France resides at this moment in the secret thoughts of an individual, and to the character of that individual, whom the deputation was addressing, no allusion was made. In fact, the address omitted everything which could have made it flattering to Louis Napoleon, and, if all such expressions had not, been omitted, it is very clear that no signatures would have been obtained. From the assurance of amity with France no one dissented—to any tribute of respect to Louis Na poleon few, if any, of those who signed this paper would have agreed. So, too, if it was ever intended by this movement to reflect upon the independent attitude and language of the press of England, it was found necessary to abandon that part of the scheme, for Englishmen were not to be found to put their names to any such declaration. In this sense, therefore, we ourselves might adopt the sentiments conveyed by the language of this address, if we thought that the presentation of it were not liable to misrepresentation. The most absokite Sovereigns are not quite at liberty to act in violent opposition to the general feeling of their subjects, even though it be habitually gagged and crushed ; and the throne of Louis Na poleon, which was raised the other day by the mingled fears and delusions of the French people, is certainly not so secure that he can afford to dis regard the well-ascertained desire of the country. Although, therefore, the nation has forfeited or renounced for the present its share in direct poli tical power, the indirect control of public feeling and opinion cannot be shaken off, and that, we are satisfied, is entirely in favour of the maintenance of peace and of amicable relations with this country. That is a fact on which we place far greater reliance than on any assurances which Louis Napoleon can utter ; and it may not be inexpedient to respond to this prevailing disposition of the French by assuring them that we partake it in an equal degree. They are, at least, as eagerly engaged in the pursuit of wealth as the people of this country, and they are reminded by the smallest incident which touches the sensitive indicator of public credit, that the value of the French funds, and of all the under takings in which they are so largely engaged, would drop like quicksilver in a hurricane at the first ap proach of real danger. They are aware that the stability of the present Government is more appa rent than real, and that the first outbreak of hos tilities would again throw to the surface of Europe the dreaded symptoms of the Revolution. They feel that France is not politically united in strict alliance for practical purposes, or by permanent ties, with any other Power in Europe. What ever, therefore, the intentions of Louis Napoleon might be, there are obstacles of the most serious kind to lus engaging in any rash enterprises, for success would only be obtained by great risks, and failure would destroy him. The French people were perfectly aware, before they were told so by this address, that foreign nations, and the people of England in particular, have not the smallest in tention to interfere with the Government now esta blished in France. They are perfectly secure against every attack and every affront. With this conviction it would probably be no easy task to raise a war cry in France, accompanied by a double conscription and war taxes, without some evident necessity ; and in the present temper of the French people we are by no means justified in regarding them as the most martial and pugnacious nation in Europe. Nor, in spite of the language of the Peace Society, is this country the least so. In a moment of national peril we are convinced that the city of London, and even the persons who have set their names to this address, would not be behind hand in their duty to their country. But, though they have joined in this record of their friendly feelings to the French nation with very good mo tives, they have yet to learn that this step will be distorted abroad into an act of deference to a des potic power, and an expression of indifference to the rights and liberties of a foreign nation, which it is unworthy of Englishmen to feel ; and for this reason the bulk of the French people will be more apt to misconstrue, and even to resent such a de claration, than to receive it with gratitude. (From the Morning Herald. ) We have frequently marked what we consider the mistaken practice of an Undeniable majority of " our order" to speak in extravagant terms of 2 '% %~ • - /r1"/ , '.__< [PRICE SD. veneration Of their own " mission," of the momen tous importance of their duties, and of the extent of that indirect power which they pretend to wield over the destinies of the- age. In no other intellectual calling whatever is there anything like the same amount and- persistency of boast ing, or anything like the same number of boast ers. We feel sure that the system of these writers is damaging in no slight degree to the body to which they and we belong ; and that, while wishing to aggrandise beyond measure the position and power of the journalist, all they effect is very much to impair his influence and to loiver his credit. Public opinion is more scrutinising, and less amenable, than some persons imagine it to be. Besides this, so generally is it the creation not of one easily, indicated influence;but of causes infinitely numerous, obscure, and intermingled; that even - those mighty - spirits who, at rare inter vals in hiStory, seem to have been the personal embodiment of their age, and whose wordS were wont to move the whole community as one man; even they rather found than made the power which they exercised. Under circumstances but - very slightly altered, perhaps their career would have been immensely different. Those make a mistake then, who think that because they are clever wri ters—say even writers of no common eloquence— they have but to decide on what they shall make the public feel, or to select what they shall make it do. But that mistake is a trifle Compared to ano ther which appears to be held by some of our con temporaries ; that to talk Continually about their own power is the way to possess it, or at least is the way to mystify everybody into a sort of super stition that such a power is really lodged in their hands, when it is not. This, as we have said, is a 'great nilstake, -- antr one on Which niaiirti our brethren act methodically; But the Mischief, were it simply what we have described, would be suffer able. The worst, so far as the common -influence and interests of the press are concerned," is that this vain imposture, which a few individualS: flatter themselves they can practise upon the : public- 7 . • this poor and hopless JUggiery, is carried out in a manner insulting to the domino_ n sense of the great mass of 'ordinary triortali. They are told virtually- by the-public writer; when his views hare clashed with those- Of: the • generality, that they do not really know their pwri sentiments; and must come , to him- -to be informed of their true nature. 'This is no exaggeration.A dglaring instance in point . has just occurred. SO i metrically opposed to the predoMinant feelings and opinions of-the London public are thoie which have been perseveringly enunciated by two London organs, that at length tacit disgust has given place to an open demonstration on the part of a class not merely numerous, weighty, and respectable in them selves, but carrying with:them, by the necessity of their social position; althost - the sum and substance (with respect to the subject in hand) of thoughtful, educated, and enlightened opinion, as -it prevails in the greatest of all 'capitalS. We might use any terms, and yet not able to over-state the import ance of this demonstration--a demonstration which very sensible men considered necessary, and for which very busy men found time. In the first place, the declaration of the " Merchants, Bankers, and Traders of Londonrespecting the French people and their- Eniperor; awl respecting the lan guage which two members of the ; present English Cabinet and several English newspapers have thought proper to apply to that personage and that nation, without authority; without truth; without decency, and yet without provocation—the remark able declaration of views on this subject by the the merchant-princes of : London is, An the first place; wp•say,, peculiarly and pre-eminently a: de liberate and . a carefully-considered document. It was not adoPted amid the. heats and hurries`of a popular meeting. These who put their names to it were not infected- by the unreflecting enthusiatm of some large assembly, swayed by the awe of A majority standing around them; or trans ported by the eloquence of a great speaker. ' They were not tricked by a sudden surpitse, or carried away by a momentary _excitement. Passipn and precipitancy have' evidently no part in such acts ; they are left alo . ne', altogether, dr they are per formed under the- iiressure and dictation of -Widely diffused, deeply felt; and unanimous convictions. In the second place, the signatures were pro cured without any help from public advertisements, or from that factitious inachiliery of agitation which, in AitendiTT: the xange on. _beyond. Lon, don ' would probably have multiplied them twenty fold in a very brief time. In the third place, as the signatures were, for the most part, given separately and successively, and as the whole body of gentlemen " undersigned" met not beforehand for the purpose of consulting together and of compromising minor differences, and of producing (a thing that so often happens) a show of agreement where much of its reality is wanting, their genuine, unforced, unmanaged, and spontaneous unanimity is a fact which must make the deepest impression upon every candid and in dependent mind. In the fourth place. Who are these four thou sand declarants ? Each of them is in his sphere a centre of industry, and each influences and fashion the opinions of many others. They constitute al together or represent one of the most powerful elements of modern society; the great employing interest, round which circulates with a sort of planetary order a whole system of subordinate in fluences. Such men count for more than their numbers. And yet we are to be told that their declaration, with all the circumstances of enhanced importance that signalise it, is quite worthless as any sign of public opinion. A gentleman writing in the Morning Chronicle, says that he is a better authority, bOcause by profession he is "an observer of public opinion." On the one side, then, we have an observer of public opinion—on the other, we have a proof of it ; on the one side we have an observer of facts, who denies them, and on the other the facts themselves. On which must we rely ? NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WHOLESALE DESERTIONS FROM OUR MEN OF WAR.—THE REASON WHY As we anticipated, the harsh sentence of the late court-martial at Devonport on the boatswain's mate Stapleton, who, although a first-class petty officer, was, in spite of the naval instructions, which should have protected him, ignominiously disgraced, after 17 years' good and faithful service to her Majesty, by the inflic tion of three dozen lashes on his bare back—we say that the carrying into operation that part of the sentence of Capts. Seymour (who was president, andlwho has just received the " good-service pension"), Nias, Lowe, Chambers, and Ramsay, which condemned a first-class petty officer to be flogged, has had an effect most dam aging to the best interests of the Royal navy and the security of the country. We regret to hear that no less than One Hundred good Seamen have deserted from the men of war at the port at which Stapleton was tried and flogged, and one or two of them from the very ship to which the 'boatswain's mate belonged. Let the Ad miralty, take warning in time. Good men never feel any sympathy for thieves and habitual drunkards on board ship ; they look upon the flogging of bad characters as a protectioi to themselves; but they never forgive the disgraceful infliction of corporal punishment upon a good seaman—a man of " very good" character, and whose crime may be termed an accidental one, They never forget such incidents as took place on board• a man-of war brig some time since, when the best man in the ship was flogged at midnight, within half an hour after he had committed the offence of answering his com mander somewhat impertinently upon provocation.. They feel that their skin is not safe from excoriation ; that their families and connections on shore are not se cure from the disgrace of knowing that their relatives — their fathers, husbands, brothers—no matter how good a character they have acquired by 10 or 20 years faith ful servitude, have been stripped, exposed, tied up like dogs, and flogged like poor Uncle Toni, the black slave. They are men, have feelings, tempers, &tilts, and follies like their superior officers, but they are honest and re spectable. Yet for one mistake the y are doomed like a Russian serf to the knout. The intelligent British sea men of the present day will not submit to it, and all the verbose twaddle in reports of committees on manning the navy will not persuade them that they are bound not only to forego the advantages of higher wages, but to sacrifice their skins to keep up what martinets call "the discipline of the service. England cannot afford to lose one hundred of her best men-of-war's men in a week at this time ; and depend upon it John Bull will call the Admiralty to a severe account, if they go on en tering 10 men a day and losing 100. At this rate the Royal fleet will be in about the same predicament as the American ships at California some time since.—Herald. A Kum FOR THE ARCTIC SHIPS.—The Secretary of the Admiralty requests that the following notification may be inserted : " Admiralt y , M arch 30, 1853. " Letters fcr any of the officers, seamen, and marines serving in any of the ships now i n the Arctic seas will be forwarded by her Majesty's ship Phoenix, if sent to the Admiralty on or before the 14th April." We learn by the arrival of the Calcutta that her Ma jesty's store-ship Rattlesnake, Commander Trollope, for Behring's Straits Arctic expedition, had arrived at As cension en route, a ll we l l. Most of the ships at the home-ports are to be paid wages down to the 31st, the end of the financial year. Excellent, gunnery-ship, Captain Chads, C. 8., has orders from the Admiralty to enter 100 stout landsmen as supernumeraries. This ship, with her tender, the /- Edinburgh, 58, screw, Captain Hewlett, -at Plymouth, is to be paid wages to-day. Leander, 50, Captain King, arrived in Leith Roads on Saturday last, to raise seamen for the fleet. She is ordered to return to• Plymouth Sound. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. The first entertainment to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., since his accession to the Command in-Chief at this port, was given last evening by the officers of the Royal Marine Artillery, at their mess-room, in the Gun-wharf Brrracks. Lieutenant-Colonel ,Philips, Commandant of the corps, presided ; and Capt. Dwyer, Senior Captain, was vice-president. The guests com prised the Commander-in-Chief; Rear -Admiral Fans shawe, C. 8., Superintendent of the Dockyard ; Major- General Simpson,' - Lieutenant-Governo r of Portsmontk and Staff; Captain Chads, C.B. of the E xce ll ent ; C apt. Henderso n , C.B . of the Blenheim ; Capt a i n Superin tendent J. H. Johnstone, of Haslar Hospital ; Captain Shepherd, .6f the Victory ; Captain Crispin, of the Vic toria and Albert ; Mr. Thomas Triphook, secretary to the Port Admiral, and Flag-Lieutenants Alpin and Yonge. The Agamemnon, 91, screw two-decker, Captain Sir Thos. Maitland,.C.B., continues infected with sickness, which we regret to state is on the increase. It seems a most remarkable fact that a vessel infected with contagious fever should have been brought into a thickly populated harbour, and no other means adopted to abate the visitation than merely turning the crew into a hulk and lashing that hulk to the infected ship, or vice versa, and fumigating her. This, we believe, is all that has been done. If other steps have been taken, we have not heard of them, and the matter of the peculiar treatment of this sickly ship has now become the talk of the port. Why has not a board of medical -officers been appointed to inquire into the cause of the fever, with the view to its abatement ? We believe upwards of 300 of the Agamemnon's crew are still "down with' the fever," even at this distant date since her breeding the infection. Dr. Sir William Bur nett, K.C.8., K.C.H., F.R.S., Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy, has arrived at the port to-day to institute inquiry personally into this case, and is extending the accommod a ti on w ithi n th e N ava l Hos-, pital at Ha-slar for patients afflicted with the class of fever which is going through the Agamemnon's crew. - The extraordinary case this ship represents ought to be made the subject of a Parliamentary inquiry. Commodore Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H., - commanding her Majesty's yacht squadron, arrived at this port last night, and this morning hoisted her first-. class broad pendant on board the Royal George yacht -luallt.witesodaiitd4l-11.0.1f-pa49 to-44e heim, .60, in order to enable his Lordship to salute the new. - Commander-inChief; which compliment having been - paid, the pehdarit we4'retransferred to the Royal George. Later in the inornkig his Lordship hoisted his pendant on board her Majfistfs yacht Fairy, Master-Cornina s ider Welch, and, with CaPtain Crispin on board, went out to: Stokes-bay to witness a trial of Griffith's screw propeller ; 4 after which she came into harbour, and was hauled onto. the graving slip to unship,it. The Commander:in-Chief boarded the Rifhinia,n 8, screw schooner, Lieutenant Commander Dalton, w hi c h arrived at Spithead atirmon, after a most tedious - Voyage.. from Rio Janeiro. At the chops of the Channel they experienced the most bitter weather, with strong head winds, and being light' she was blown back again for days. For, the last six days she hai - distilled 120 gallons of water by her own' engines daily. She has only four days' provisions and three tons of,coals left in her. The Commander-in-Chief put the crew through the great gun, and small arm exercise, with .practice at a flag staff,' single and double shotted ; also, praetice with fire buckets. The whole performance was highly satisfac tory; particularly as the Admiral was so quick upon them. We - have pleasure in saying that they are a most happy ship's company, in good condition, and all well. She will bepaid off here, and in all probability will come into harbour to-morrow. The Rifleman has been four years and five months and a half in commission, She, sailed from Rio Janeiro on.the Ist February, and brings home invalids 'from the squadron, and a prisoner, sent home for the disposal of the Admiralty, for attempting , to stab a marine on board the Crescent. Yellow fever was very bad at the date of the Rifleman's leaving. She , was visited with it in December last, and lost some men. The Admiral was at Monte Video ; the ,J3Onetta, at Buenos Ayres ; Vixen, steam-sloop, at Sal* Ye, with Captain Gore, consul-general at Buenos qn ?oard, he having received .his passports from the provisional government at that port ; the Express,. at Bahia ; Tri dent,. , steam-vessel, was cruising ; Sharpshooter, screw schooner, was to sail for a cruise, and it was reported she had fever on board. The. Rifleman spoke, on the 27th, the Chevalier, from Liverpool to New Orleans, 27 days out, ki lat. 16 deg. 44 min.; -Susin; of )Glasgow, March 8, lat. 35 deg. 16 min.; her Majesty's ship Tyne, off Eddystone, March-28; Leopard, off the Start, March 28, at sit p.m. " The Banshee steam dispatch packet, Lieutenant-Com mander Hosken, Was paid wages to-,day and the Excel lent will be paid td morrow. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 30. The orders from -the'Adxniralty received at noon to dispatch the Avon steamer-in search of the leaking emi grant ship Duncan Ritchie, it her departure,' were coun termanded here, in consequence of the safe arrival of the bark at St. Mary's, Scilly, on Sunday morning. The steamship Cyclops arrived yesterday from Wool wich with machinery . for the St. Jean d'Aore. The officers and crew of the Sanspareil will be paid wages to-day. _ The steam-vessel Brisk went out of harbour yesterday to try_ her engines. At half-past 11 o'clock last night (Tuesday), 15 miles south-east of Start-point, - wind fresh from north east, the mackrel boat Albion, of Shoreham, James Burten shaw, master, was drifting, head to wind, with her nets over the side, when she saw a schooner runnin g d own on the starboard tack, under studdingsails, no lights showing. The hands belonging to the bolt hoisted the second light, ran forward in the bows, and shouted to the schooner. She, however, struck the boat on th e larboard bow, fouled the lines, and carried away the nets, then hove to, shook out her sails and went off again before the wind, to the westward, the whole occu pying only a few minutes. One of the boat's crew, John Norris, caught hold of the schooner's jibboom and bobstay, and has not b een seen or h ear d o f s i nce . Chas. Parsons was struck on the chest by the schooner's mar tingale, and is seriously injured. James Burtenshaw, die skipper, was slightly wounded in the face by the bowsprit shrouds ; the others escaped unhurt. The schooner was laden, and had a white streak, either checkered or plain. One of her crew was heard, at the time of the concussion, to order the helmsman to luff as hard as possible. SHEERNESS, *ARCH 30. • The Sprightly, steam-tender to the Victory, at Ports mouth, Mr. George Allen, Acting-Master, arrived here yesterday from Devonport and Portsmouth with super numeraries and volunteers fOr the ships in port here and on. transferring them to the Waterloo flag-ship, she proceeded on for Woolwich, with supernumeraries and volunteers for ships fitting there. The Amphion, 34 guns, screw steam-frigate, Captain Charles G. E. Patey, was put out of the fitting basin yesterday, and r ema i ns moore d at t h e compass swinging buoy. WOOLWICH, MARCH 30, The following circular has just been promulgated for the information of officers of the Royal Navy intending to study steam, so requisite to those appointed to serve in steam-vessels : , -- - " Admiralth_March 16. " With reference to their Lordships' circular No. 57, dated Dec. 8, 1849, respecting the examination of officers on subjects connected with the steam-engine, their Lord ships are pleased to order that such examinations shall not be confined, as therein prescribed, to the Royal Naval Col lege at Portsmouth, but be extended to Woolwich also. And officers studying at either port must undergo the said examination ; but there is no occasion for remaining longer at such port than may be considered necessary to qualify for the examination ; and any officer, whether he has stu died or not at either of the above places, may be allowed to come forward for examination on the second Wednesday in the month of January, March, June, or September. " The printed examination papers, which are to embrace subjects of a practical nature, are to be prepared, as at pre sent, at the college at Portsmouth, and be sent to Woolwich, in order that the examinations may be similar. " The examinations at Woolwich are to take place in the presence of the Superintendent of the Dockyard,and t o be conducted by the Chief Engineer and Inspector of ma chinery of the yard, who are to sign the certificates of passing (as at Portsmouth), and forward the same to the Secretary of the Admiralty, in order that the same may be registered. " The form of the certificate is annexed. " By command of their Lordship s , MOUTH OR "To all Commanders-in-Chief, Ca t: lt. WOOLwicu. • OSBONE: Commanders, and Commanding (3ffillaces, of her Majesty's ships and vessels." rs "CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION IN STEAM AT PORTS shown " This is% certify that, i Order, No. 57, dated examination of Decemberofficers 8 1849, relating to the steam-engine, has been examined at, and having on subjects conected with the subjects : a competent knowledge in the following " - 1. The n ame and use of every part of the engine, boilers, &c., with d iagrams ; " 2 • Con s t ruc ti on and princ i p l e of engine, boilers, &c. ; " 3. Pra c ti ca l working of the engines and boilers ; " t• Expansion of steam and economy of fuel ; ‘ D. Nature and use of indicator ; (May be also examined in following additional subjects): " 6. The elements of mechanics and hydrostatics ; "7. Laws of ; • " 8. The application of these branches of science to the is entitled to a certifi ca t e (I s t, 2d, or steam-engine; "Captain 3d) for practical knowledge in the working of the steam engine. at 185 Captain Superintendent. Professor." APPOINTMENTS. Commander Edward K. Barnard (1852), recently ser ving in charge of the mails in a contract steam-vessel, and who brought home the large nugget of gold, in the Australian contract steam-vessel, as a present for her Majesty, is appointed to command the Virago paddle wheel steam-sloop of 300-horse power, serving on the Pacific station, in the room of Commander William Houston Stewart, resigned, owing to ill health. Commander F. P. Warren (1852), recently serving in charge of the mails in a contract steam-vessel, is ap pointed to command the Star, 8, sloop, commissioned, this day at Chatham. The Fury, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander Edward Tatham, employed on particular service, was at Trieste on the 24th instant, in readiness to embark Lord Stratford, the British Ambassador, for a passage to Con stantinople.