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' '' , l- 0 " .,07,' 1 , IIP , *- /4 01( 1 44".*, - ,4..,17/I "b ': l!rri l . ..i .°' ' .'4' ' ,y4lytt'i- ~~ r~z THE WELLINGTON and UNITED SERVICES BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.'' Founded October 21, 1852. M a PUBLIC MEETING held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen -street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, as a NATIONAL TESTIBIONIAL tthe late DUKE of WELLINGTON , fo r the RELIEF of VETE SOLDIERS and SAILORS of her Majesty's and the Honour able East India Company's Service, and their WIDOWS and S. COMMITTEE. HONORARY CHAIRMAN. The Right Honourable Lord ERSKINE, Slaugbam Park. Asieutenant-General the Most Noble the Marquis of Tweeddale. Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire, and late Governor and Cora- Thander.in-Chief, Madras, Yester House. General the Most Noble the Marquis of Londonderry, K.G., G.C.8., Lord Lieutenant of Durham, Holdernesse House. Rear.A.dmiral the Right Honourable the Earl of Cadogan, K.M.T., Chesham-place. Captain the Right Honourable Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill ' , Ox fordshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and formerly of her Majestys 83d Regiment, Blenheim Park , W oodstock. General the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Lorton, Lord Lieute nant of Roscommon, Rockingham . tieneral the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Combermere, Constable of the Tower of London, and Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets, Combermere Abbey. Colonel the Viscount Le Center, Aide-de-Camp tq her Majesty, and High Sheriff of Jersey, St. Heliers. The Right Reverend A. Olivant, D.D., Lord Bishop of Llandaff, Hardwick House. Captain the Right Honourable Lord Dansany, R.N., Sherburne Lodge. The Honourable Edward M. Mainwaring Ellekr Onslow, l a te Lieu tenant-General, Scots Fusilier Guards, Woodbridge Rouse, Guild . ford. Sir rdmund Bacon. Bart., Deputy-Lieutenant o f Norfolk, Premier Baronet of England, Raveningham Plall. Colonel Sir William' Alexander Maxw ell, Bart., Deputy-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire, Calderwood • _Maim* Sir Trevor Wheeler, Bart,, Cross Bowe, Torrington. Sir Ralph Abercromby Anstruther, Bart., Deputy-Lieutena Colonelnt o of Fife shire and of Caithness-shire, formerly Lieutenant dier Guards, Balcaskle. Lieutenant Sir Henry S. Wilmot, Bart., R.N., High Sheriff of Der byshire, Chaddesden. Sir Richard Paul Jodrell, Bart., Deputy- Li e utenant of Derbyshire and of Norfolk, Sall Park, and Nethercote /louse. Lieutenant Sir Henry Jervis Meredyth White Jervis, Bart., R.N., Donnyearney. • Sir William Fowle Middleton, Bart., Shrabland Sir John Shaw, Bart., Sussee-gardens, Hyde-park. Sir Alexander Charles Maitland Gibson 'Maitland, Bart., late 79th Highlander's, Deputy-Lieutenant of Midloth•an. Genera Sir Thomas Macdougall Brisbane, Bart., G.C.8., LL.D., Makerston. bear-Amiral Sir Aufustus W. J. Clifford, Bart., C. 8., Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, and Deputy Great Chamberlain, West field House. Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., Deputy-Lieutenant of Kent, and ofthe City of London, Grosvenor Gate. William Wigram, Esq., Director of the Honourable East India Com pany, Grosvenor-square. William Dent, Esq., Director of the Honourable East India Com- PanY, East In,iia House. General Sir Richard Darling, G.C.11., Brunswick -square, Brighton. Admiral Sir Francis W. Austen', K.C.8., Portsdown Lodge, Ports. mouth. Admiral Sir George Mundy, K.C.8., Grosvenor-street West. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Chetham Strode, K.C.8., Deputy-Lieute v Inuit of Somersetshire, Southill. "elitenant-General Sir John Grey, K.C., late Commander-in-Chief of the Honourable East India Company's Forces at Bombay, Mor-o Wick Hall. Lieutenant-General Sir George Cbarles'D'Agtillar, K.C.8., formerly Adjutant-General, Brunswick-square, Brighton. Lieutenant-General Richard Seeker trough, Roy al Artillery, Onslow ;Square. i eu t enan t-General Richard G. Hare Clarges, Bitchfield, Grantham. Lieutenant-General James Welsh, Madras Army, 11, Queen's-Parade, Bath. 3 /Sajor-General A. MacdOnald, C. 8., Royal Artillery, Onslow-square. aear-Admiral Henry Prescott, C. 8., Southampton. Poet Captain Sir Eaton Stant , Travers, R.N., K.EL, Deputy- Lieutenant of Norfolk, Ditchingham Lod < e. Ifikior Sir Wm. Lloyd, Deputy-Lieutenant and Major Commandant of the Denbighshire Yeomanry Cav alr y , Brynestyn. Rear-Admiral Sir John Ross, C. 8., F.R.S.E , North West Castle, Stranraer. hear-Admiral Gordon T. Falcon, 27, Westbourne - terr ace. The very Reverend J. H. Cotton, 8.C.L., Dean of Bangor. The Vary Reverend A C. Tait, D.O L.,' Dean of Carlisle. p. Salomons, Esq , late High Sheriff of Sussex, Brighton. William T. Keville Davies, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant and late High Sheriff of Herefordshire, Croft Castle, Wigmore. Francis Jervols Falls Jervois, Esq., late High Sheriff of the county of Southampton, Heriard Rouse. William Money Kyrie, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Herefordshire, nomme House. The Rev. T. P. Wright. M.A., Honorary Secretary to the London Orphan Asylum, Hackney. The Rev. Philip W. Ray, Greenated Rectory, Ongar, Essex. The Rev. Thomas Stanton, M.A., Burbage Rectory, near Marl- borough. The Rev. Charles Causton, M.A.. Stratton, Moreton-in-Marsh. Charles Ormson Eaton, Esq., Tixover. Nathaniel Ilibbert, Esq., Munden House. ..,George Oliver, Esq , Blackheath. _4obert Nicholas Fowler, Esq., 50, Cor nhill. Theodosius Uzielli, Esq., 23, Threadneedle-street. John Helbert Helbert, Esq , Gloucester-Place, Portman-square, and fitock Exchange. Albert William Justice, Esq.. Thurlow Lodge, Wandsworth-road. (With power to add to their number.) HONORARY TRUSTEES. The Right Honourable Lord Erskine. S. Hutchison, Esq., Bromley-hill, Kent. Rev. J. Bartlett, M.A., Chairman of the Athenaeum Life Office, Sackville•street. SZCRETARY-11. Tommey, Jun., Esq., 12, Pall-mall East. RANKERS. Agra audKnited Service Bank, Head Office, Agra ; London Agency, 9, Old Jewry ; Branches, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras. atessrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street. keSsrs. Bouverie, Murdoch, Bouverie, and James, 11, Haymarket. Sir William 13. Call, Bart., G. R. Marten and Co., 25, Old Bond-st. kessrs. Cocks, Biddalph, Cocks, Biddulph , and Cocks, 43, Charing- cross. lessrs. Currie and Co., 29, Cornhill. masers. Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowler, and Barnard, 50, Corn ill- Sir Richard r. Glyn, Bart., Halifax, Mills, Street. a nd Co., 67, Lombard- Messrs. 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Antong atm many benevolent and pliliantbrople institutions with *hich this vast metropolis ab, , unds, and which shed their lustre under the bountiful hand of charity, there is not a single institution • . existence directly imparting to the Veteran Warrior, his relict, and destitute Orphan children, their share of that bounty so gener __oll-41Y- apportioned to every other blanch of socie t y . To su pp l y this want. 5 " long felt and acknowledged as a national repro ach, this in atitetion has been founded, under the auspices of their fellow-conn trymen, for the relief of Veteran irion-Commissioned and Petty officers, Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, of her Majesty's and the honourable East India Company's Services, and their Widows and Orphans, as a grateful and lasting tribute by the British nation, in honour of the great and distinguished services of the late Duke of W e ll ington . an d to give effect to the benevolent wishes and inten tions ex pressed in his letter of October 10th, 1846, subsequently re ferred to. This unconscious neglect towards so meritorious a body of men, 600,000 of whom are e ngaged in the naval and military services of the country , heire exercise of those is obvious to every reflecting mind, when we cons er that the majority of them are debarred iro civil rights and social privileges enjoyed by tfellow-countrymen, to 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 Soldier and Sailor, perhaps for ever, from his femli , can be bet ter imagined than described, conscious , as he is, th in a foat Ysho r eiuld he fall on the battle-field, or be swept away by contagion gn clim b e, how little ir any protection or succour wid be extended those e rnay happen to leave behind ; but should he survive, an to d r Ilia 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, leaving his widows and orphans totally unprovided for. What lan guage then can depict the wretchedness of that forlorn and dejected Widow, who is cast on the wide world friendless and destitute, with her famishing young ones looking up, and clinging to her for food, talment, and shelter, which, alas 1 she is unable to afford, and whose Cheerless prospects find refuge in the 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 then 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 aumissible to this Institu tion —which, while it administers to their wants, will at the same time soothe that bitter anguish known only to the heart of the deso late, and extend to all the fostering hand of kindness. Ilow great, therefore, are the claims of these classes when stricken With years, or overtaken by sickness, upon our sympathy and bone- 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 prosperity of our country. To whom, then, can her defenders appeal? Why, gratitude promptly answer to all, from the Queen on the throne to the humblest individual in her realm. On referring to the correspondence of the Secretary with the late Duke of Wellington on this subject, we feel bound, in just.ce to the Memory of that great man, to publish the following extract from his letter, dated " Weimer Castle, October 10th, 1846," which will be Preserved among the records of the Institution as the basis of its foundation When the Duke will see a well-considered plan for relieving the distresses of the Widows of Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers, and or the care of their Orphan Children , wh ich last, in his o p inion, 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 ether means of living. 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 with us, and give effect to the benevolent intent so admir ably expressed in the communication referred to By granting limited pensions, in n n e a with the funds of the Institution, and admitting the recipients into an Almshouse and Home, t he, and Veteran and Widow will be sheltered and pro vided for ; and bed establishing a Collegiate Asylum, the Orphans . and Children atimittu...-‘, during the lifetime of their parents will be protected and educated in a manner suitable to their several, - 0 0 , 1 144. - tions in life, and placed on an equality h wit trip ions and voluntary ose of the ci tan. . The Institution will be Supported by subscripti 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 ranted to Widows in distress and to Veterans not otherwise provid • and to excite emulation and good conduct, that an 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 ensergency. IL—That ample provision be made for the Maintenance and edu cation of Orphans and Orphan Children, whose relatives or friends may not be in a position to do so, them. until an Asylum be provided for 111.--That a Collegiate Asylum be endowed for the O . rphans and Orphan Children, and those Children who May be received on the on terms foundation, during the lifetime of their pare nts, surate with their means. That the managem ent of the Asy re regards inmates under 14 years of age, be adap ted to the commended by the late Duke of Wllington. plan 'as IV The Veteran's limead e Widows' Almshouse will be at tached to the Asylum, and; in accordance with the re solutions 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, 'raring the name, and recording the triumphs of " WELLINGTON.' Candidates for relief are admitted by election; bat in the case of a soldier or sailor being killed in action, or dying on foreign service, his iamb) , 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 subscribers are entitled to one vote for every ten guineas contributed by them. Person s collecting sub scriptions or contributions are entitled to the like privileges in Pro - Portion to the awount subscribed or contributed. The property and fundi to be verted in trustees, to be nominated at the first general meeting of subscribers ; and the Institution will be under the management of a presieent, vice-presidents, and a • board of directors, consisting of 36 life governors. Noblemen, military, neva!, and other gentlemen, who feel an in terest in the welfare of ne Institution, are earnestly requested to give their patronage and support, and those noblemen and 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 contributions are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received on account of the Institution, by the committee and honorary trustees, at trio Offices of the Institution, or by the re spective bankers. 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To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row , Carvell°, 147, Fleet-street, Mann, 39, Cored% Price One Shilling each; by post, is 61. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, add Rational Use of Time." CorrErisT—Etirly Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills Forests, Fields, nigh-roads, and other pleasant places Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea —London at Night—Evenings at Rome Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, bleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. FRAGMENTS FROM . THE I. FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. "fol. VISIT TOiTIIE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH. &c. Vol. 11. WIZ LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &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 aid ralesfer the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. Tr. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Stnascr :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties oflicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, liana uye, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. Y. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be. thatis the question." PROGRAMME : —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 temperam ne rt t, of com rearing them.plexion, and figure, to sec ure healthy offspring, with the a Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, tk.c. By 11, J. C ur,,VERWELL, M.D. ( 1841 ). M.R.C .S. (1827), L.S.A. (1524), Twenty-flve years Medical and Forensic Referee in there matt era Price is. each; by post. Im. 6d. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalbo, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or of M. It. Culverwell, M.D., 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, who may be consulted daily from 2033111 ran, and Seven 11 Mae. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1853. rri-{F, TIMES FIRE AND PROPERTY ; INSURANCE COMPANY, 32, LUDGATE HILL, NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That INTEREST on the Subscribed Capital of this Company, at the rate of b per Cent. per annum, will be payable to the proprie ors on and after the 31st day of March instant, between the hours of eleven and three o'clock. H. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. 32, Ludgats-hill, March 21st, 1853. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND MIDLAND RAILWAYS. EASTER lIOLIDAYS. DAY TICKETS issued on THURSDAY, 24th instant, and In tervening days, will be available until TUESDAY, the 29th instant, between London and York, Bradford, Leeds, Normanton, Oaken shaw, Doncaster,. Sheffield, lkiasbro', Lincoln, Nottingham, and Newark. By Or. ler. MARK MUSH General Manager's Office, Euston Station, March, 1553. DYER'S .`AROMATIC ..T ►.7 ready at afl Grocers' and Italian Agents: CROSSE and BLACKWELL, Loi !LITSTARD is now Warehouses.—Wholesale ANTWERP' and ROTTER AM RAILWAY t COMPANY. — NOTICE I S H EREBY G VEN, That interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum f or th e Half ear ending 31st March, 1853, will be PAYABLE on the SHARES of this Company on and after the 4th April next. The Certitteites must be left at the Offices of the Company in Brussels or in London, five days previout to the delivery of the interest warrants. • By order of the Hoard. • • W. MACiCENZIE I SHAW, See. 6, Canon-street, London, March 3, 1853.. _ " Divide about the broad bride cake— Round about the bride's stake."—BEN. Jemmy. PARTIES requiring WEDDING BREAK 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 Hollands laid, and upholsterers sent to remove furniture. Rout furniture of every descriptions for hire, ball rooms lighted, first-class musicians provid ed.—Messrs. PURSSE LL, Corn hill (only). L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. EASTER HOLIDAYS. DAY TICKETS issued on THURSDAY, the 24th instant, and In tervening days, will be available until MONDAY, the 28th instant. By Order. MARIE HUISH. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, March, 1853. NOTICE. TO INVENTORS, ARTISTS, AND OTHERS. T _ HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION is now CLOSED until EASTER MONDAY, for the purpose of ERECTING spacious NEW ROOMS for a PHOTO GRAPHIC SCHOOL, &c., &c. MODELS of MACHINERY, which will be described to the Visi tors, WORKS of ART, &c., are RECEIVED for EXHIBITION, free of expense to the Depositors. LA.URENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Lessee, CHARLES E. LKURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during the week, " The Thistle," " Shamrock," "Rose," and "Amine" Waltzes, the "Napoleon" Galep, "Le Cirque" Quadrille; "La Valerie," " Juno," and " Steeplechase" Polkas.— Admission, Is. Doors open at Half-past Eight; to commence at Nine o'clock, aid terminate at Half-past Eleven. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IHAVE the honour to intimate to you that the General Election of Six Directors of the East India Company is fixed for Wednesday, the 13th of April, and that Mr. D. C. Majori banks and myself are candidates to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the late lamented General. Caulfield. I consider, in reference to the recent discussions in Parliament and the public prints, that it is right, in justice both to myself and the Proprietors, to remind you that my claims to the honour of your suffrages are grounded upon my public services in India, where, during a period of twenty-eight years, I filled various important civil offices, and an anxious desire to devote the local knowledge and experience I there acquired, more particularly in the revenue and financial departments, to the benefit of a country in which I spent the best part of my life, and to which I must ever feel warmly attached. My testimonials. a copy of which has been furnished to every pro prietor, will have shown you that my services received the approba tion of the several high official authorities under whom I served, and that I quitted Madras with expressions of regret, and other more substantial marks of respect and esteem from all branches of the community, both European and native. I am thantiftil to say the promises of support which I have received render me confident of success; and I can assure you, should my anticipations be happily realised by my election on the 13th proximo, that my best energies shall be devoted to evince my grateful sense of the high honour conferred upon me. In conclusion, I beg to intimate that my Committee will adjourn to the London Tavern on Monday, the 4th of April, where the attendance of my friends is earnestly so licited, and where it is requested that all changes of address may be notified; and respectfully soliciting the support of those Proprietors who have not yet declared themselves, I have the honour to be, • LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Your most obedient servant, JOHN CARNAC MORRIS, Late of the Madras s Civil Service. Committee Room, 136, Leadenhall-street, 22d March, 1853. I beg to annex the numbers of the unsuccessful candidates at the last contest at the East India House, Jan. 29, 1851 : Mr. John Carnac Morris Mr. D. C. Majoribanks NEW FEATURE ELT LIFE ASSURANCE. THE DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 18, Nei► Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. CAPITAL—ONI HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. the Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. R. YaHowley Barnes, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury. G. Noel Clarke, Esq., late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service Club. George Coode, Esq., Portland-terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvoir, St. Helier's, Jersey, Stephen Cracknall, Esq., 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting•hill, and 11, -- i:ew-square, Lincoln's-inn. • W. Jones, M.D., Davies-street, Berkeley-square, and Lutterworth, Leicestershire. George Knox, Esq., 15, Connaught-square, Hyde - park, and Tor Lodge, Staffordshire. Alexander Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-on-the-Hill. David C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seyrriour-street, Portman-square. William Prinsep, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Hyde-park- place West. Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Dr. Scanlan, El, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. Major Sperling, 14, St. James's-square. AIIDITORS. F. J. Bigg, Esq„ 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Iledical, Legal, and General Life Office. William Jones, Esq., Accountant, $, Guildhall-chambers. A. Peck, Esq., 8.A., Actuary to the Engineers and Masonic Life Office, 345, Strand. BANKERS. Sir Charles Price, Marryat, and Co., 8, King William-street, London. Messrs. Hopkinson and Co., 3, Regent-street. PHYSICIANS. Dr. Lewis, Finsbury-place. Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. SURGEONS. H. T. Chapman, Esq., 16, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. Michael Teevan, Esq., 44, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park-gardens. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. . INSPECTOR OF AGENCIES. F. F. F. Strousberg, Esq. STANDING COUNSEL. William Wellington Cooper, Esq., New-square, Lincoln's-Inn. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. Charles W. Bevan, Esq. The public is respectfully invited to examine the principles of the Deposit System of Assurance, which is based upon tables calculated by, and is under the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L S., the Consulting Actuary to the Company. Comparative Tables to assure 5001 on death, by a person aged twenty next birthaay, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system ofAssurances. 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 At the His give him for to pay his current end of policy the surrender annual premium of Annual thirty at that or sale Si. 6s. 3d. after he has o premium yearsvrhen age, of his policy, paid into their coffers to assure the party in case after thirty 249/.75 6d., and which V. 5001. is fifty of years'payments they have had the use years old, death amounting to of at compouni hewillhave will be 2491.75. 6d. interest, or in paid into worth which theyhave the event of his death o ia the office. had the benefit one hour after such of at compound omission or inability interest. to pay. little more 20 8/.63.3d. 249/.75.0d. 6001. than 851. I NOTHING. , perhaps 901. ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. Hun able to pay, or not desirous of paying or omitting topay,thePo bcy would still remain of its FULL 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 put in, viz., 2251., but 2C Tl.los Od 2251. 522/.257d 2871. 25. 9d. a certain bonus of 621. 25. 9d. in the bargain, which is more than one-fourth of the whole ofhis 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 and7in detailed pamphlet, by F. G. P. Nelson, Esq. CONSOLIDATED LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Life assurance, endowments, and annuities, on the most equitable terms. Persons in doubtful health, or whose proposals for assurance has been . deerined at other offices, assured at premiums carefully adjusted to the increased risk. Loans granted upon eves real- veettrind also upon approved personal security, from 501. to SOU- 4 All claims payable within one month after satisfactory proof of death. 45, Cheapside. NOAH COLLIER, Secretary. G ENERAL SCRW STt'AIVI SHIPPING COMPANY. NOTICE LI HEUEBY GIVEN, That this Company's Auxiliary Iron Screw Steam-ship ARGO, 1,850 tons, George Hyde, Commander, will leave Southampton for PORT PHILIP and SYDNEY on WEDNES DAY, the 4th of May next. The accommodation is of a superior description, and the cabins are Pally furnished. The rates of passage money--After Cabin, first class, 80/. ; Fore Cabin, second class. 501. These rates are exclusive of wines, beer, and spiritous liquors, width, however, may be had on board at moderate prices. The ship wig carry an experienced surgeon. Applications for passage to be made at the Company's Offices, 2, Royal Exchange buildings ; and for f. eight and parcels, to Messrs. Balfour, Laming, and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, • Somerset-place, 22d March, 1853. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the sth April next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering at Gibraltar.and Malta the undermentioned quantities of COALS, fit for the service of her Majesty's Steam-Vessels. Gibra1tar.......... • • 15,000 Three-fourths to consist of South Wales Coals and the remainder of North Country. A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every tender mu,t be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Coals," and must also be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 5,0001. for the due performance of the Contract. CONTRACTS FOE SEAMEN'S CLOTHING. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, d Somerset•place, 22d March, 1853. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 14th April next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford and Gosport, the under-mentioned articles, viz. : To be delivered at Deptford. Gosport. One-third of each quantity to be delivered by the 31st August, another third by the 31st October, and the remainder by the 30th No vember next, or earlier if preferred by the party ten dering. One-third of each quantity to be delivered by the 31st July, another third by the 31st August, and the re mainder by the 30th Sep tember next, or earlier, If preferred by the party ten dering. 1 No. No. Shirts ............ 9,000 13,000 Flushing Jackets.. 6,008 7,000 Bed Cases—, .... 6,000 9,000 lbs. Hair for Beds 30,000 Yards. Padding Cloth 5OO - -- Tards. 820 Sheeting . • • • . 2OO Royal Canvas 1.300 Hessen.. 17,200 11,170 Tenders will not be received fcr less than Half of any one of the above quantities, and separate Tenders must be made for each place, and no attention will be paid to any offer not so made. Samples of the articles may be seen at the said office between the hours of Ten and Two only, and s'so at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth, but samples of the Hessen may be produced by the parties tendering. The conditions of the revised Contracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said Office, and at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty, end the party tendering, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing, must attend to leas the result of his Tender. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for " and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound, with the person tendering, in the sum of 201. per canton the value, for the due performance of the Contracts. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. Bvo., in cloth. price is. by post free, 15s. ON TRW & FALSE SPERMATORRH ( EA, with the View to the Correction of wide -spread Errors In relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Pickford ts known to English readers by his frequent practi all contributions to German medical literature. This is the first 'hale, he informs us, that he has addres se d hi m s e lf to the nos-medi cal reader. We trust this may not b e the last, if he ishall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in h i s .ower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. "We promised in a former number that we should recur to this wort, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who m a k e a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The trib e o f Quiet Symathisers,' and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those wh o sailer from th com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many 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 THE URETHRA, on Pend pies 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. 'uch are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. la, had resisted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. But cases xvill, and six. appear, both in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently sacrAissful." —Professor Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. On comparison of these two tables it will be seen that a person sassuranceumpaa annually, can secure b the e ea n follow ingassureP:l7e IT s under the advantages, novel via., system t o . f F n o E r a larger stun ordinary m in case of death than under the system. 2dly. In the event of a desire to surrender his Polic y he can receive in this Company, by the above example, which applies to all ages, 'rings times as much as on the o r d i n ar y s y stem. 3rdl y . In the event of inability or omission to pay, his policy remains still his property, of the same va lue as it was, though he cease his current payments for any number of years ; whereas on the ordinary system, he g et s no thing. 4 th l 7. S hould he require to increase or decrease the amount of his policy, he can do so at pleasure. He can at any time, b y g iving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any part from ii. up to the whole amount of his previous payntents and with interest. After he has withdrawn part one year he can, by a single payment, three years, or any time afterwards. raise his policy to a greater or even its former antonnt ; and by this sy stem he can at all times regulate his annual savings by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the oargain o f having a fun d to fly to in case of necessity, the 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 ly to for aid, all his hard-earned savings become forfeited to the society, and his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his mor efortnnate 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 b enefits 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 to the representatives of the Depositor in case of death, thus combining the ADVANTAGES OF A BANK WITH TAE BENEFITS OF AN ASSURANCE COMPA NY. In case of endowment assurances the advantages of the DEPOSIT system are still more striking. ADVANTAGES OF THIS COMPANY 'UNDER THE ORDINARY LIFE ASS-lIR-ii-6111ANCII. To those who prefer this branch Policies are gr a nted from 201. to 5,0001. on every known principle thereof. Lives in all but the worst stages of disease, and suc h as have been rejected by other Offices, are taken at rates equivalent to the parti cular disease. Loans from 501. and upwards granted on every kind of security, real or personal, on the most equitable terms to the borrower Annuities of every description granted on very favourable terms. won-forfeiture of a Policy.--In 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 further illustration of the De system, and any further information may be obtained on appli the Agents in the country, or to CHARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary. Na3,—Agents wanted in all parts of the;World. ROYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY COMPANY. INTEREST GUARANTEF.D BYf TAE STATE. NOTICI is HEREBY GIVXN, That the mit , HALF-YEAR'S INTEREST, at the rate of Fonr per Cent. per annum, due on the 27th April next, will be PAYABLE on and after the Ist of May fol lowing. Interest 'warrants payable in London will be delivered at that date on presentation of the scrip at the °dace of the Company. "By order of the Board of Directors, ROW. C. NICMLLS, Secretary. London, 28, Poultry, March I£l, 1853. LOANS -GRANTED: LONDON EXC4ANGt ADVANCE FUND, 2, Adelphi-terrace, Biritaucticlaithe ricer; City Branch, 3, Old Broad-street, City. : ''''• ''' The Right Hom• Lord ERSETNE,' Chairman. " Loans advanced, in sums of 101. awl upwards, granted on a joint promissory note, repayable by easy instalments, or on the deposit of deeds or other available semities. gills of exchange cashed at moderate rates of interest. Forms of application maybe Obtalned at the Offices, or on forward ing 12 postage stamps. THE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1837. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament, 3d Vic., c. xx., and 10th Vie., c. i. 62, King William-street, London. Capital, One Million. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, M.P. George Bonfield, Esq. James Pilkington, Esq., M.P. Jacob Geo. Cope, Esq. Thomas Piper, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Thomas B. SIMDSOII, Esq. Chas. Hindley, Esq., M.P. Hon. Chas. P. Villiers, M.P. William Hunter, Esq.,Aldet.nan. John Wilks, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq. The LADY-DAY Fire Renewal Receipts are now ready, and may be had on application at the Head Offices of the Company, or of any of its Agents throughout the country. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT FOUR-FIFTHS of the PROFITS divisible by the Company's Deed of Settlement, allowed to Assurers.i and the Company transacts ail business relating to Life Assurances; Deferred Annuities, or Family Endowments, upon the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles and public security. LOANS granted on personal security, and the deposit of a Life Po licy to be eftbcted by the borrower. To all Agents, Solicitors, Auctioneers, and Surveyors, a liberal al lowance is made. By order of the Board, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. THOMSON HANXEY, Jun., Esq., Chairman. Sir WALTER R. FARQUMAR, Bart., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. John Martin,Esq., John Dixon, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. John Ha[ vey, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq.! John Labouchere, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Henry Nonnan, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. TOES. A. W. Robarts, Esq. tient y Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq. SECRETARY —George Keys, Esq. Acrukar—Gritlith Davies, Etiq., F.R.S. AUDI LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Dl'ision, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1855, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas 1854, will be allowed to share in the 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 770,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—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 LIVES.--Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. 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 50/. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received 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•mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 23, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY REPUBLISH, for the information of Pro prietors in Europe of the Five per Cent. Stock of the Transfer Loan of India, the following Notification, which has been issued by the Government of India, and published in the " Calcutta Gazette Extra ordinary" of the 22d of January, 1853. Fort William Financial Department, Jan. 22, 1853. [PRICE SD. MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE. PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION. No. 42, AtOoIIGATE-STREET. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Es . q., M.P. ,IW. G. Prescott, Esq. , Thomson Ilankey, j un, - Esq. Baron L. De Rothschild, M.P. Treasurer of the Benevolent Fund —John Abel Smith, Esq., M.p. ' Every descript'ou of Assurance and Annuities granted. NINE-TENTHS of the PROF' I'S are divided every five years to Assurers of three years' standing. An important feature o' this Association is. that Policies may be made payable to the WIDOW, WIDOWER, and CHILDREN •of the ASSURED FREE of PROBATE and LEGACY DUTY. A full Report of the Annual Meeting of the Association, held on the 17th January, 1853, may be had on application" at the Office, or of any of the Agents the Association. The Directors beg to call the attention of the Public to the Report of the Select Committee of the Hoase of Commons on Friendly Societies, which states " their proceedings—viz., of this and four other Societies similarly enrol al—had been very beneficial in extending a knowledge of the advantages of Life Assurance." The Benevolent Fund of this Association offers most important advantages to Clerks Assuring by Loans and Gratuities. Annuities also are grauted to Members, as well as provision to their Widows and Orphan Children. In May next, Annuities will be granted, amounting to 1251., which will make the total amount of Annuities given by this Association, 5801. By order of the :soard. PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary. 42, Moorgate-street, Jan. 28, 1853. Commission allowed to Solicitors and others. JUVENILE ATTIRE for EASTER.—At Easter Juveniles expect New Attire ; the best quality, the newest fashions, and the most economical charges, are subjects of consideration. The Juveniles have their opinion, but their parents must have theirs Yet there are not two opinions respecting the Establishment where Easter dress should be purchased. E. MOSES and SON have always offered the earliest and most approved fashions for such occasions, and this year by their usual business activity they have again secured the first selection of new materials from every celebrated manufactory, British and Foreign, and the design and workmanship, displayed in hundreds of novel styles for Juvenile Attire and Clothing for Children, even surpass the produc tions of all previous seasons. Distinguished artists being employed on this description of dress, secures novelty, grace, and comfort in the Juvenile Attire made by E. MOM and Son, and, though great advances have taken place on materias and workmanship, the quality is much superior, and the charges considerably lower than at any other house. Special attention is invited to a resplendent display of richly em brodered Vests, in new materials, suited to the seasons. Palotots, Wrappers, Overcoats, &c., exhibiting novelties lately in troduced by E. Moms and Sox. A splendid display of vats and Caps for Easter, suitable for Juveniles and Adults, combining all recent improvements in style and finish, cheaper than they can be had elsewhere. Hosiery for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children at the most econo mical prices. Boots and Shoes the best and cheapest. Emigration to Australia is the high road to wealth for small capi talists and every description of labourers. Clothing procured at the gigantic wholesale department of E. MOSES and SON's establish ment is the most profitable investment which can be made. Compe tition in this does not exist in Australia. E. Moats & Sox's manu facture there meets with an instantaneous and lucrative sale. All Emigrants preparing for the colonies as " Diggers," Mechanics, or Farmers, are outfitted by E. MOSES & Son with the greatest dispatch, and at wholesale prices. The goods are all of guarant ee d su it a bility, and are prepared for all classes of Emigrants. Ladi es , G ent l eme n, and Children,—a separate department is kept for outfitting, and full lists of outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship sailing informa tion may be had on application, or post free to any part of the king less. 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 •bvious reasons, they beg to state that they, have . - N. CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN SIR _OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as fellows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 113, 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 lid $O, / 3 ridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Wiles 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, 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 1653 can be had gratis, on application. Ici l'on perle Francais. Ilia BAUM man Deutsch. Qui si parla Itaßano. Aqua as habla Espanol rriliE, NESS ISLANDS..— The Picturesque -I_ Scenery of the Ness must be impressed on the memory of all' who have ever paid a visit to the Capital of the Highlands. About a mile from town thejiver is studded with a Group of Wooded Islands, which greatly contribute to the beauty of the landscape. The bridges, formerly connecting , them with each other, and with the banks of the river on either side, were destroyed, and carried away by the Great Flood of 1849 ; so that, since that time, all access to them has been prevented. _ _ An effort is now being made to have these bridges restored, and for this purpose the sum of 8001. is required. As a place of recrea tion for all ranks of the community, and especially for the working classes whose' interests now deserve tly occupy so large a' share of public attention, no park can be more desirable. The Committee appointed to further this object will most grate fully acknowledge anY-clonation with Which they may be favoured. Subscriptions wit be received by the Treasurer, Charles Water ston, Esq., Manage_ of the Caledonian Bank, Inverness ; or by the agents for the Bank of Scotland, the British Linen Company, the National Bank and the Commercial Bank, at Inverness. NOTIFICATION. No. I.—Notice is hereby given, that the Five per Cent. Transfer Loan, comprising the book debt of December 31st, 1834; the book debt of the 10th August, 1835 ; the book debt of the 15th January, 1836 ; and the promissory notes of the loan dated the 31st December, 1834; will be discharged on the 22d day of Aprll, 1854, when payment will be made at the option of the creditors, either in cash ix India, or by bills on the Honourable the Court of Directors, at twelve months' date. and two shillings and one penny per sices rupee, with power to the Gout: to postpone payment of those bills for one, two, or three years, upon allowing interest at five per cent. per annum for the period of postponement. No. 2.—ln accordance with the advertisement of the Government of India in the financial department of the 17th June, 1835, this notice of payment shall be considered as equivalent to a tender of payment on the said 22d day of April, 1854, and all interest will cease from that day. No. 3.—Proprietors of the stock and promissory notes in the Five per Cent. Transfer Loan will be permitted, on or before the 22d day of July, 1813, to subscribe the amount of such stock or promissory notes irate a new loan, to be held in the form of stock, and to bear an interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum from the said 22nd day of April, 1854. Such interest to be paid to proprietors resident in India at the place of registry, and, if resident in Europe, at their option either in cash in India or by bills on the court, at twelve months' date, and two shillings and one penny the sicca rupee. No. 4.—Proprietors who may subscribe their Five per Cent. Trans fer Loan Stock or promissory notes of that loan into the Four per Cent. Transfer Loan, shall not bo subjected, on this operation, to the fees prescribed in the rules for the government agency. No. s.—The stock of the new loan will be tranferable only in books to be kept in Bengal, at Madras, at Bombay, and in London, and not by endorsement of stock receipts ; and the stock accounts may, at the option cf the proprietors, be transferred from the books in India to the books in London, and vice versa, as in the case of stock of the Five per Cent. Transfer Loan. No. 6 —After the transposition of stock accounts to the London books, the interest payable on such stock will be issued at the East India House, at the rate of two shillings and one penny per sicca rupee, by dividend warrants, payable at the Bank of England, at the same time as when the bills would have become due had the remit tance of interest previously been received by bills of exchange drawn upon the Court, under the option allowed in the 3rd article of the pre sent notice. _ No. 7. Proprietors of Stock in the Five per Cent. Transfer Loan, whose accounts may be open in the London books on the 22d day of April, 1854, who shall not, on or before the 22d day of July, 1853, express their assent in writing, at the East India House in London, to the conversion of their Five per Cent. Transfer Loan Stock Into Stock of the Four per Cent, Transfer Loan, will receive payment of their principal, together with the interest due thereon, up to the 22d day of April, 1854, by a cash payment in London, on the 25th day of April, 1855, the date at which the bills would become due if the remittance of principal and interest were made fr, m India by means of bills of exchange drawn upon the Court of Directors ; the Court, however, reserving to themselves, in accordance with the stipula tion in the first article of this notice, the power to postpone payment of such principal for one, two, or three years, upon allowing interest at Ave per cent. per annum for the period of postponement. No. 8. No part of the Four per Cent. Transfer Loan Ehall be paid off before the 22d day of April, 1874 ; and whenever it shall be redeemed, a previous notice of fifteen months shall be given by public advertisement, which notice may be issued at any time after the 21st of January, 1873 ; payment shall then' be made at the option of the creditors, either in cash in India, or by bills upon the Court of Directors, at twelve months' date, and two shillings and one penny the sicca rupee, with power to the Court to postpone payment of thosq bills for one, two, or three years, upon allowing interest of four per cent. per annum for the period of postponement. The notice of payment, duly adver tised as above, and published in the Government Gazette of Cal cutta, shall be considered as equivalent to a tender of payment on the date advertised for discharge; and all interest will cease from that day. No. 9. Proprietors of Stock in the Fear per Cent. Transfer Loan, whose stock accounts may be open on the London books on the 22d day of April, 1874, will be paid the amount of principal, together with the interest due thereon up to that date, by a cash payment in London,:on the 25th day of ♦pril, 1875, at the rate of two shillings and one penny the sicca rupee ; such payment of principal to be subject to the power of postponement upon the conditions mentioned in the preceding article. By order of the Most Noble the Governor General of India in Council, J. A. DOWN, Secretary to the Government of India. The Court of Directors also give notice, that Proprietors, to whom it may be inconvenient to attend at the East India House to signify their assent to the Conversion of their Stock of the Flye per Cent. Transfer Loan into Four per Cent. Stock, under Article 7 of the above notification, may obtain a proper form for signature by making a written application, addressed to the Secre tary, at the East India House. JAMES C. MELTILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE. A Quarterly General Court of this company was held yesterday at their house in Leadenhall-street ; Sir J. W. Hogg, Bart, M.P.,.in the chair. . _ The minutes of 'the last General Court were read and confirmed. ELECTION OF THE DIRECTORS. The CHAIRMAN said, the first notice of motion was that given by Mr. Lewin, and he called upon that gen tleman to procea Mr. LEwiN said, the motion of which he had given notice was— c " That it is expedient at the annual election of the di -4„ TENtors Cou o • ters witbloleir support (by a - aVeßisernen rom e difectors IrATrIVIOE - gon# - Mit by rotation, that system being calculated to degrade the office, by keeping in the direction men whose age and in firmities, suggest retirement." . His first- objection - to the system,of advertising candi dates for the direction was, that it too much resembled the practice of tradesmen, and in his endeavour to trace the origin of the system he found it coeval with that of Moses and Son. (A laugh.) But there were other reasons why the system should be discontinued. The constituency often knowingly elected men to the direc tion who were unfit for the office, simply because they possessed sufficient physical power to undergo the drudgery of a canvass, which men of eminence would not condescend to go through. A board elected by such a constituency could have no weight with any Govern ment ; but if men were properly elected to that board the Court of Directors would be able to maintain an im posing front against any Ministry. What was the fact ? Why, so little did the Government regard the Court of Directors, that the Minister for the time being actually sent out orders to India without even the knowledge of that Court. (Hear. No, no !) This should be known to the constituency. He understood that the consti tuency was to be abolished. They richly deserved it. A more un-independent body of men never existed. He believed they would adopt any proposition that might be made to them by the chairman. (No, no !) He spoke from experience. Some 40 or 50 years ago there were eminent men who came to the Court of Pro prietors—men who had a voice not only in that Court, but out of doors ; but since then the Court had sunk into utter insignificance. It exercised no power either with the public or with the Court of Directors. It could not be denied that the Court of Directors was sealed against many men who were eminently fitted for office—men long connected with India, and who had brought great knowledge thence. The com mercial character of the company had ceased, and the men now required in the direction were those not con nected with commerce, but endowed with qualities for Government. He should be sorry indeed to see the Court of Directors without some men possessed of com mercial knowledge,—such as bankers and merchants, — but he was anxious, above all, to see others possessing the capacity of statesmen. So long, however, as the present system of election was maintained there existed no chance of any such men constituting a part of that Court. While the house list, as it was termed, con tinued to be the practice, what chance was there for such men as Mr. Reid, Mr. Millett, or Colonel Symms being on the direction—(hear, hear)—all men of great experience, of vast general knowledge, and of the high est honour ? It would be absurd to say that there were not three men in the present Court of Directors much inferior to them—men totally unfit for the duty for which they had been elected. He would make one more observation. It was perfectly well known that many of the directors gained their election by promises of patronage. They could never therefore be free agents. The constituency was of course to blame for electing such men. But the whole system was unre fleeting and indiscriminate. He would name one or two eminent men who had aspired to be members of the Court of Directors, but who had not succeeded because they would not go through the mire of a canvass ; Mr. Holt Mackenzie and Mr. Sullivan both had sought the appointment, but neither had been elected, and yet no would contend that there was their superior in that Court. (Hear, hear.) He had not asked any gentle man to second his motion, but left it to rest on its me rits. The hon. proprietor then moved the resolution. Mr. Sergeant GARBLER seconded the motion. Mr. WEEDING differed entirely from the intepretation which the hon. gentleman had put upon the recommen dation of the Court of Directors. He considered . it to import i the- opinion of the Court that the gentlemen whom they recommended for re-election had in their former career of service discharged their duty with cie dit to themselves and with advantage to the company, but which services could only be known to the Court of Directors. Many eminent men had voluntarily retired from the direction on account of their age and infirmi ties. He considered that the motion, if carried, would tend to degrade the Court of Proprietors, and he hoped, therefore, it would be negatived. Mr. COOK said it was a late time to practise economy when one was at the bottom of his purse ; and there was another common adage, to the effect that it was too late to shut the stable door when the horse was stolen. He thought the motion was brought forward at a very ill time, just when the Minister was about to deal with a question of a most important character with regard both to the constituency and tollthe Court of Directors itself. He had never beard of any gross departure from a fair distribution of the patronage which the directors ,enjoyed. If any such charge could be Maintained against them they were amenable to the law ; and if any case of corrupt dispensation of pa tronage could be brought home to them, so as to show injury done to India, then upon the principles of law the consequences might be made to fall on their own pri vate fortunes. The CHAIRMAN said, that as far as regarded the motion, it rested with the Court of Proprietors to de termine whether it should be adopted or not ; but he must say that some very unjustifiable attacks had been made by the hon. proprietor, not only upon the independence, but upon the integrity of the Court of Proprietors, of which he (the chairman) was one. He did not believe the imputations of the hon. proprietor were well-founded. He felt that that Court, like all other public bodies, always had shown, and he hoped always would show, a disposi tion to support the governing body if they believed that that executive body were honestly endeavouring to do their duty. (Hear, hear.) To that extent the Court of Directors had been honoured by the support of the proprietors, but he denied that that support had been given further than what the proprietors believed could be honestly given to men whom they considered to have faithfully discharged their duty. (Hear, hear.) Allusion had been made to certain practices stated to exist during the canvassing for the direction. He could only say that he hoped such practices did. not exist. If any gentleman when can vassing for a seat in the direction made promises to any proprietor of future patronage, or if any pro prietor gave his vote founded upon any such promises, he would say that it was a transaction alike disgraceful to the director and to the proprietor. (Cheers.) It was a practice which could not be sufficiently reprobated or too strongly stigmatised, and if any gentleman could really bung forward such a case, he (the chair man) hoped that in the discharge of his duty to the company he would do so. (Hear, hear.) With re ference,to the Court of Directors and its constitution, he did not think that was the fit occasion to enter into the subject. The hon. proprietor had mentioned the names of two or three gentlemen of great eminence, and dis tinguished for great talent. He had named Mr. Holt Mackenzie and Mr. Sullivan. Now, he (the chairman) could state for himself and for his colleagues that they would be delighted to have men of such distinguished abilities introduced into the direction, and it was matter of complaint that such men were not in the direction. (Hear, hear.) But did the hon. gentleman want the proprietors of the East India Company to elect those who were not candidates I Mr. Holt Mackenzie had not been a candidate ; Mr. Sullivan had never been a candidate. (" 0, •yes he has.") He h a d b een one, but for a very •short time. He (the chairm an ) b egged to say that whenever Mr. Holt Mackenzie or Mr. Sullivan should intimate his desire to be elected a director, not at year would elapse before his election w too y k did Plac the e y . (Cheers.) Again, it was s a id ou t of doors, h not elect such men as Met ca lf e and Elphinstone those people talked of M e t ca lf es and E ? Why, Iphinstones as if they could pluck them off blackberry bushes, whereas there were not such m en t o b e found either in that c ourt or out of that court, in this country or ou t o f thi s coun try, but once in an age ; but if or Sir Charles Metcalfe, before either Mr. Elphinstone they left I n dia, had inti mated a desire to b ecome a member of the Court of Di rectors, every candidate would have instantly withdrawn, g that both those em i nent men might be elected. (Hear, hear.) Mr. El p hi nstone did not seek public life ; if h e had, the ve r y fi rst appointment in India was at his com mand. He believed it was known to the public that he might have been Governor-General. There was no doubt that Sir Robert Peel, without any s olicition on his part, offered it to him, but Mr. Elphinstone declined, from a high feeling that did him honour, not from any conscious- TEETH. —By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent —Newly-invented and Patented Application of Che mically-prepared White India-rubber in the constl action of Artificial Teeth, Gums, and Palates.—Mr. EPHRAIM MOSELT, Surgeon- Dertist, 61, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Sole Inventor and Patentee.—A new, original, and invaluable invention, consisting in the adaptation, with the most absolute perfection and success, of CHEMICALLYREPARED WIIITE INDIA-RUBBER es 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 :—All 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 tit, 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 the absorption of the gams. The acids of the mouth exert no agency en 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. VRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. The following testimonlai is another proof of the great efficacy of this medicine " Winehmore Hill, Middlesex, April 16, 185 " Sir,—ln consideration 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 send you the following statement. For upwards of nine years I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I had long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion, but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, I now inform you that a few doses gave me great relief ; and during this long period of time I have taken them in preference to any other medicine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I 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, yours respectfully, THOMAS PROVINCE, " To Mr. T. Praut, 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 FItAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. Price 15,134 d. and 2s. 9d. per box. Bonin Australian Copper Mining Company, 17, Graceehurch-street. floss that h as not a fit man hold the office, but from an appre nsion that his state of health was not such as might enable him to discharge his duty to the; public. (Hear, hear.) The hon. proprietor had spoken of the curt manner in which the Court of Directors had been treated by the Ministry of the day. Now, he (the chairman) had had the honour of a seat in that court for a long time, and during the last seven years he had been eithos their deputy-chairman or their chairman. Therefore he had had frequent communications with the Ministry of the day, and he denied that any member of any Go vernthent ever did - treat the Court of Directors, or ever attempted to treat that Court, with disrespect or with contempt, but that, on the contrary, all becoming atten tion was readily and courteously shown to every repre sentation made by the Court of Directors in regard to the government of India. The Court of Directors felt the entire extent of that power and influence-which the constitution gave them ; and which they, acting on be half of the proprietors, were determined to maintain, and had maintained. (Hear, hear.) The hole. proprie tor had said that her Majesty's Government could send out orders to India without the knowledge of the Court of Directors. Knowing that the hon. proprietor was well informed on Indian affairs, he (the chairman) was astonished to hear that statement. Why, the Govern ment could not send out any orders at all themselves. Everything was initiated by. the Court of Directors. If her Majesty's Minister fbr Indian Affairs was desirous to have any communication with India, he could not do so in the first instance ; but he must obtain a dispatch framed on a given subject, which subject he must inti mate to the Court of Directors, and it rested with the Court of Directors to prepare the dispatch according to their views. It was only in the exceptional case of a dispatch not being prepared by the Court of Directors in a specified time that the Minister of the Crown could make any communication with India ; and that excep tional case related to the matters specified in the act of Parliament—namely, those concerning war and peace. In those cases the Indian Minister, as the leading mem ber of the Secret . Committee, could send out orders. But that was done entirely by a committee constituted separately and distinctly, . and which had no connexion whatever with the directors as a body. Everything relating to the government and to the internal adminis tration of India—whether fOr the benefit of the people as concerning the judicial and financial administration, the management of the revenue, or as regarded all the existing relations of the different portions of India—all those Lthings rested with the Court of Directors, who prepared the dispatches. It rested certainly with the Minister to make alterations in those dispatches, but the Court of Directors had the power to remonstrate. How ever, these were questions which he would not enter fur ther into now. ,The motion itself he did not think to be ne- Hces__salm-and he had bestowed a great deal of attention upon the' 'subject. 'rife present system was One" — arising out of a very natural usage. The law required that six directors should go out by rotation every fifth year, and he put it. to the proprietor, if he wished to act honestly and independently, whether he would not like to ask the directors this question,—" As these six gen tlemen have been associated with you in the direction, have they discharged their duty in a manner which you approve of, and do you think, as far as you are concerned, that they should, be re-elected ?" The advertisement re ferred to told the bon, gentleman that the directors, as ce-proprietors, did think that those six gentlemen should be re. elected. It was not done in the way of dictation, or intended in any way to affect the independence of the proprietors. He need not say that the influence of the Court of Directors upon • the Court of Proprietors was so minute, and so trifling, that he was astonished to hear the argument of the hon. proprietor on that point. He would not go back to commercial times—those days were gone by. The Couit of Proprietors consisted of men sufficiently, independent to resist any recommendation if they thought that it in the slightest degree trenched upon the independent exercise of their rights and pri vileges. He did not think anything had fallen from the hon. proprietor that would induce the Court to be of opinion that the old course ought to be changed. (Hear.) Mr. Serjeant GASELEE said it was very well for the chairman to gat up and say that things were going on well, but when'they heard the House of Commons and the House of Lords giving it as their opinion that both the Court of Directors and the Court of Proprietors wanted improvement—say what hon. proprietors liked— praise themselves as they might—public opinion was against them, and public opinion would make itself heard. (Hear.) The system of which he complained was, not that the directors were giving their advice as individuals as to the qualification of the candidates, but that 24 gentlemen were acting in combination to recom mend six persons all alike—the blind, the halt, and the aged. There had been occasions when they recom mended persons who were in a state of mental and bodily incapacity, and who, in one or two months after being elected, paid the debt of nature. Mr. MILLS (a director) said that many directors had retired on an intimation being given to them by their co-directors that they could net, on account of their age and infirmities, recommend them for re-election. The recommendation was therefore by no means unreflecting or indiscriminate. • Mr. CLARKE and Mr. JONES opposed the motion. Captain IWGREGOR approved the object of the motion, but would recommend a new course, which he hoped would reconcile all parties. The hon and gallant gen tleman then moved as an amendment, " That the Court of Directorp be required to submit to the proprietary, at each yearly general election, a 'house list, corresponding in number with the vacancies by rota tion, in which they shall recommend, from all the candi dates at the time offering for the direction, those whom tkey may, on public grounds to be declared, consider • as the most desirable to be appointed to office." Captain TUFFTON seconded the amendment. Mr. TWINING said, if the house-list was alreadyvob jectionable, the plan suggested by the hon. and gallant member would make it still more objectionable, for it would convert it from a mere recommendation into one of actual nomination. After a very lengthened discussion, in which Mr. Grey, Mr. Cook, Captain M'Gregor, Mr. Serjeant Gaselee, and other hon. proprietors took part, the amendment was pat and negatived. The original motion was then put, when fire hands were held up for it, and n large majority against it. Both the motion and the amendment were, therefore, lost. THE AMEEBS OF SCINDE Colonel DICKINSON moved for a continuation of the documents relating to Ali Moorad, and for a copy of Sir George Clerk's minute, dated April 24, 1848. He did so with a view to show the innocence of the Anieers on the minor charges brought against them, and to which the limited power of the commission appointed to investigate the question of Scinde did not extend. Mr. CLARKE seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN said he had no objection to produce the continuation of the correspondence since the 22d of February, 1851, but he could not consent to produce the report of Sir G. Clerk, because the Government had declined producing it to Parliament, and it would not be courteous or becoming on the part of the Court of Directors to publish a document which the Minister said it was inexpedient to lay before the House of Commons. After some discussion, the motion (with the exception of Sir G. Clerk's report) was agreed to. Colonel DICKINSON then gave notice of the following motion for next Court-day : " That this Court is of opinion that the patrimonial estate of the late Meer Roostum ' of Kyrpoor, which had been fraudently appropriated by Meer Ali Moorad, and which have recently been resumed by tho British Govern ment, be restored to Mahomed Hussein, and the other sons of the late Meer Roostum, or that equivalent stipends in lieu thereof be assigned to them and their descendants. Also, that like provision be made for the sons of Meer Mobareck." The Court then adjourned. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 23. The Sprightly steam-tender, Mr. George Allen, acting master commanding, is under orders for Plymouth with supernumeraries, and will convey the baggage and re tinue of Rear-Admiral Corry from the Prince Regent, 90, at Spithead, to the Queen, 120, on board which three-decker, we believe, Rear-Admiral Corry will hoist his flag. The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain H. B. Martin, is nearly coppered, and will be ready to leave the dock in a few days. The Tyne store-sloop, Master Commander Wellington, hauled alongside the jetty this afternoon to ship stores for the West African and the Brazils squadrons. She will sail about Saturday. The Yorktown American line of packet-ship, arrived at Spithead this morning from the Thames and sailed hence for New York. The Princess Royal, 90, screw, has nearly completed planking up. In consequence of her having been lengthened by the stern, they have been obliged to erect a sort of hurricane-house some twenty feet outside the building-shed t 6 enable the shipwrights to complete the upper part of the stern gallerie s . S he bids fair to riva the Agamemnon in beauty of mould. IIATHAM, MARCH 2 3 . Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.B. Surveyor of the Navy, arrived a t th e dockyard yesterday, and / i las accompanied by Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., Superin tendent of the Dockyard, during a lengthened inspection R. of the Imperieuse, 50, screw steam- B. Watson, C.B. The Imperieuse has now i 'Ow e r the Hussar boats, and the officers and c rew will leave The ece a rved her hulk, and go on board the frigate on r! mperieuse, and she is ship wrights and joiners have left Ue n moorings to sails to-day, and will drop . down a fewdays, now perfectly cleansed, and i n th ex e th ee i ham, where she will remain for ready for sea. - at Galling ham,and then be rder. She bent WOOLWICH, MARes 23. The boilers of the Algiers, 90, are now ready for ship ment at Woolwich, for Devonport, and, with the machi nery for that 90 gun screw steam-ship, will be sent round in the first week in April. o f the Hannibal and the mach iner y of that 90T gun s hip a re nearly completed, and when she is boilers launched at Deptford she will be brought down to Wool wich Dockyard to have them fitted on board.l The boilers of the Encounter steam-frigate, Captain O'Callaghan, will be ready in about three weeks from this date, when she will come round to Woolwich to have them put on board. Drowned, on Friday, the 12th inst., by the upsetting of the yacht Will Watch, Francis Methuen Noel, Esq., mate of her Majesty's steamer Acheron, and son of the Hon. and Rev. Francis S. Noel, Teston Rectory, Maid stone, Kent, sincerely and deservedly regretted by his brother officers and numerous friends who have had the pleasure of his acquaintance. In his untimely fate her Majesty's service has lost an indefatigable and promising young offieer.—Sydney Empire, Nov. 13.