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T." ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC JUNCTION COMPANY. Navigation through the Isthmus of Darien without Locks. Notice is Hereby Given, that the Directors will proceed to an 4110 tment of Shares on THURSDAY, the 17th instant. J. ROBERTS BLACK, Secretary. 36 , Moorgate-street, Bth March, 1853. NOTICE TO INVENTORS, ARTISTS, A'TI) OTHERS. THE 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. IidODELS of MACHINERY, which will be described to the Visi tors, WOR KS of ART , &c., will be RECEIVED for EXHIBITION, ' l. " of expens g to the Depositors, until the 21st of MARCH. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- _ Lessee, CHARLES E. LA URENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road, Open Every E v ening. The Orchestra will perform, during Ue week, " The Thistle," " Shamrock," " C ar ill o nneur," and Ana" Waltzes, the "Champagne Getty," "Le Cirque" Quad rille ; "La Debardeuse," " Juno," and "Steeplechase" Polkas. — Admission, Is. Doors open at Half-past: Eight; dancing to, own' "hence at Nina o'clock, and to terminate at Half-past Eleven,. THE CEYLON LAND AND MINING COMPANY. On the Cost Book Principle. No Deed to be signed. Capital 200,0001., in 11. Shares. NO FURTHER LIABILITY. Ten Shillings per Share to be paid on allotment. DIRECTORS. Sir A. W. Hillary, Bart., Reform Club. Major-Gen. Sir J. M. Doyle, K.C.8., Chelsea. Capt. Cliflord Henry, Director of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Company, Avenue-Lodge, Ham. Surrey. Capt. Douglas, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park-gardens. William White, Esq., Bow, and 3, Crown-court, City. C. B. Cahill, Esq., Richmond, Surrey. J. Witham, Esq., Westmoreland-Place, Bayswater. D. C. Connor, Esq., Lee-terrace, Dalston. John Nicholles, Esq., Heath-Lodge, Blackheath. AUDITORS. Francis With am,Esq., Director of the Monarch Assurance Company. ifenry Tuck, Esq., Ingatestone-hall, Essex. '4N - um —Messrs. Spooner, Atwood, and Co., 27, Gracechurch street. STANDING COUNSEL—H. Tindal Atkinson, Esq., 1, Pump-court, Temple. MINERALOGISTS—Messrs. White and Du Manrier, 5, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury. ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR—George Buckler, Esq., Parliament-street. SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Richard Preston, Esq., 23, New Broad-street London. tßoxEß—Saranel Woods, Jun., Esq., Stock Exchange, and 3, New man's-court, Cornhill. SECRETARY—W. Hamilton Galbraith, Esq. This Company is formed for the purchase of land and development of the mineral resources of the Island of Ceylon. The fact that Ceylon abounds with mineral wealth has been now ascertained beyond any doubt. The Island of Ceylon (with a population of about one million and a half) is known to possess a most favourable climate. and has long been famed finite valuable productions. It can be reached within thirty days from this country. The facility thus afforded for the extension of its trade, the increased demand and enhancement of value which will be secured for its varied products will, Without entering upon any detail, at once suggest itself to the most Ordinary observer. Its commerce with England may be stated as in a state of tran sition, as there can be no question that the present year will exhibit' a large increase. The affairs of the Company will be managed by Parties who have had considerable experience, and are well ac quainted with the country and its people. Lands, known to the Directors of this Company to contain the beat minerals, arc obtainable by them at a very moderate rate in Tee simple, and arrangements have been made for an efficient staff, to proceed forthwith to Ceylon to take the necessary steps for the 'mediate working of the Cqmpany. The minerals consist of Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, and Plumbago to a large extent, within a few feet of the surface. The facilities for Working the Mines and the convenience of transit, coupled with the tact that labour can be had at a rate cheaper than in any other Country, form in themselves elements so highly favourable to the Prospects of the Company, as to insure certain and permanent Isac em. The Directors desire to draw attention to the following, taken , " Copies of extracts of correspondence between her Majesty's "vernment and parties in Ceylon, vide Blue Book, page 15, printed by order of the House of Commons, 21st July, 1847 :"—" Persons the best informed entertain little doubt that the vast mineral re sources of the country hitherto undeveloped, but which are known paensively to abound, will eventually present no inconsiderable feature in the export trade of the country." EXTRACT TAKEN FROM REPORTS OF SIR J. E. TENNANT, LATE COLONIAL SECRETARY OF CEYLON. "Ceylon is rich in minerals. Metallic products comparatively noticed in the interior." EXTRACT FROM REPORT BY DR. URE. " Upon the analytical examination of certain samples of sulphuret li f Copper and of copper pyrites from Ceylon, placed in my hands by Galbraith, as imported for ' The Ceylon Land arid Mining Com- I find that these specimens are exceedingly rich, and vary in w- i tMosition. Some of them, like that marked No. 22, from Ceylon, c ontain nearly two-thirds (sixty-six per cent.) of copper for one bird of sulphur. (Signed) " ANDREW TIRE, M.D., F.R.S., &c., Analytical Chemist. 25, Keppel-street, March 1. 1853." EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF MESSRS. WHITE AND DU MAURIER. it,,it/hve leg to state that the specimen submitted to us by Mr. Gal , as imported by ' The Ceylon Land and Mining Company,' is of e eulphuret, and yields 72 per cent. "The minor copper ores contain 26 and 38 per cent. (Signed) " WHITE AND DU MAURIER. " 5 , Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, Feb. 26, 1853." The Directors do not deem it necessary in this advertisement to ‘tuer other equally important extracts from reports and other docu nlents in their possession, but they may be inspected on application at t he Offices of the Company. The originals of the above, as also maps of the island, with sped of the ores, can be seen and prospectuses had, at the temporary s'nees of the Company, 23, New Broad-street. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Ceylon Land and Mining Company. Oentlemen..—Be pleased to allot me shares in this Company, I t M I undertake to accept the same or any less number, and to pay the deposit thereon. Your obedient servant, Name•• Occupation .. ....... Addiess ..•• .... ~.... Reference, Name.. • • —..• • • • • . Occupation . • ........ Address • • ...... .. •• IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by H. Batlliere, 219, Regent-street, Londox. No I. Bvo., in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d.. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the o the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative SYiiteru, or SexualHypochondrlasis._______ Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Plckford is known t o English readers by his frequent practi cal c ontributions to German e a c=l . l . lr a ttture. This is the first last,to theirnoa-medi time, he informs las, that he has cal reader. We trust this may not be himselfbe e e i shall il flagrant evil which it ray detect any other equally nower to correct."—LOndon Medical Gazette. May 30, 1851 9 . "We oromised 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 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 cora- Plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hindreds would ,', 3 e saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of l ess Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— numb money.— .. This volume is well qualified to put an ace the t o erat the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to pl- Inent upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, rely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. Bvo., in cloth, price as. 6d., by post free, 45., ..,THE CURE OF STRIURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi -I"es at once Simple, Safe and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COITRTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Englan d . „ the In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given ..- history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad ..- any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. period are cases ix., xi., xii., and xvili. No. ix. had resisted, for a removed of twelve years, the treatment by dilltation, and was finally In in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xis. appear, both a_a duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag- Pavated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet tho "catinent adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful." - Profesaor Lizara on the Treatment of Stricture. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. 2 314 --. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, moctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, :isulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses , which have pro need more misery in youth, degradation in ma nhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis -4 4 ea known to modern pathologists. Long and pract i c al ex p erience 'a the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in 7aistence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervou s D ebility,various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri a. Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness , a nd their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are pnefides of personal management which cannot be violated without eltrring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and re g ret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties nay be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, 7a how the evil and its con - equences may be avoided, and above all, ua l t there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmit y or functional Ider angement.,, to which the timely aid of s cience cannot apply a cure. ) ACTOR LA'MERT has for a long ser ies of y ears been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatmen t of these delicate com- Paints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless f t•! 10 taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had '•e confidence, through the medium of the p ublic press, to direct att ention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is " 0 - In selecting thi department of practice, he has been amply treatme n t arded by the great success that has a ttended his efforts in the of these cases, which are too generally confided to the of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated P u blications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who • a ye been induced to place faith in their pretensions. t ,-kt home for consultation daily fro m Eleven till Two, and from 1 2. x till Eight. 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Time and rolce, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and Jare, tq secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. 48 11Y e a s i , cal t _defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion ". J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (18 4 1), M.R.C.S. ( 182 7), L.S.A. 44), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in there 'hatters. Price Is. each; by post, Is. 6d. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet -street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or of M. R. Culverwell, T... •. I.g ‘U.I Yl ve. a nd ßegent- till Nin e. who may be consulted daily from Seven A MISERLY BEGGAR.—During the late heavy fall e c a r ranc d e of snow a poor miserable man made his a a t the farm of Guys.lly, near Nairn and ') quarters. He was shown to a comfortable ave barn, where all of a like tribe find welcome . shelter. Ii th e course of the evening the mendicant called one of the servant - men to speak with him , when he com plained of being ill , and that he thought he would be better for some spirits. He produced 3s. and a few coppers, saying, " that was all he had in the world." Sh o rtly a shake - down was provided for him, and some wa rm blankets. He put of f his ra g s, which were in such a state of filth and vermin that no one would come near them. When he had got some warm toddy, &c., he fell asleep, an d the lad in charge having provided some better habiliments than his own, withdrew the filthy garments on the point of the muck-fork, and dug a hole under the snow in the yard, and buried them out of sight. In the morning the invalid made a great noise about his own clothes, and would on no account rest satisfied until the lad promised to bring them back. Suspecting that money might be con cealed in the ra g s, they were dug up and carefully turned over with a pitchfork. 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Smith, 172, Strand ; Wyld, Charing•cross ; Sherwood, Piper, and Co., Paternoster-row ; and all Booksellers. TO THE TRADE THE Booksellers and Periodical Dealers of the United Kingdom are revectfully informed that the First Number (with which will be presented Gratis Number Two—both being Magnificently Illustrated by Distinguished Artists) of THE SHE TIGER; OR, THE FEMALE FIEND, will be ready for them on TUESDAY, March the 9th. The work will be completed in Thirty Numbers. SINNETT, Agent for Dames' PUBLICAIRONS, 490, Oxford-street, five doors from High Holborn. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand. Next THURSDAY, the 17th instant, at the Freemason's Tavern, a PUBLIC DRAWING for RIGHTS OF CHOICE on the Society's Estates, including the recent purchases at Wood-green, Tottenham, and at Ware and Hertford, in Hertfordshire, will take place, being the SECOND QUARTERLY GENERAL MEETING of the mem bers. Viscount RANELAGH will take the Chair at Tkree o'clock precisely, supported by the members of the General Committee, and of the Executive Committee, and explanations of the plan and objects of the Society will be given after the routine of business be ended. All persons becoming members on or before Wednesday, the 16th instant, will participate in the advantages of the Public Drawing. C. L. GRUNEISEN, Secretary. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, 11th March, 1853. T HE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, 72, LOMB/RD-STREET. and 24, CONNAUGHT-TERRACE, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Richard Malin!, Esq., Q.C., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. J. Campbell Renton, Esq. James Fuller Maddox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. J. Hamilton, Esq. John Matthews. ESq. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq. W. Williams, Esq. William Adams, Esq. J. Atkins, Esq. H. Augustus Bevan, Esq. John Danger&ld, Esq. R. Henry Forman, Esq. BANnEas—The London and County Bank. The POLICIES of this Company being INDISPUTABLE. In terms of the Deed of Constitulon duly registered, are TRANS FERABLE SECURITIES, — and used as FAMILY PROVISIONS, they relieve the Assured from all doubt and anxiety as to the future, and their validity not being dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the import of passed, and perhaps forgotten, circum stances, and Office documents. Agents have been appointed in most of the towns in England and Scotland, from whom, or the Manager, all information, Forms of Proposal, &c., may be obtained. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. LADIES of delicate complexion, who suffer from exposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, will find imme diate and soothing relief in the application of ROWL ANDS' ICILY DOR. It allays all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and renders it soft, smooth, and pleasant; removes cutaneous disfigurements, freckles, and tan, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance. Gentlemen, after shaving, will find it allay the irritability and smart ing pain, and render the skin smooth and pleasant. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its selection by Royalty and the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the elite of the aristocracy. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. fid. per bottle. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL is a delightfully fragrant and transparent preparation for the Hair, and as an invigorator and purifier beyond all precedent. Weakness, premature greyness, and tendency to fall off, are entirely prevented by its regular application. ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRIFICE, preserves and beautifies the Teeth. strengthens the Gums, and renders the Breath sweet and pure. Sold by A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-gardens, London ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. G R A VESEND STAR Nu other Packets The Packets call FRO 3 PACKETS, call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purtleet Piers. at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting) It TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. SUNDAYS. Terrace] Pier. WEEK Time. .1 I I sl6 1 114 - 1% - 3% - 5 - Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station t every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-str4 all parts of London tho arrival of the fol eet Station. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. ~„•< - •- 4 1 • Time. o - , i , 4 tf ` l3 1 ; A t t Time. 0t yi a 94 . 9 % 11 II 12 1 h _ __ _. _ _1 _ 2li _. _. ._.. I __. _. 4% —•— 3 ! ,' 115% • _ .5 I ... 1 Passages marked * are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London.• .;.• .... 10d. .. Is. 2d. , Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. •• Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, sr. Os. ; Six Months, 31. Os. ; Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Fast and Commodious Packets to Let for Excursions. ch-street For Terms, apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Office, Fenchur Ter minus, Blackwell Railway, February 13th, 1853 OITY IMPROVEMENTS. —What a change 1 C since the days of Chaucer and the Canterbury pilgrims ; then the trading metropolis of the universe had but few Business Houses, and a small amount of trade. Look now at the increased popula tion, the intelligence and importance of all classes, which have claims in business before unknown. The purposes for which the gigantic Establishments of E. MOSES and SON were built have been fully explained, and the manner in which business is there trans acted has proved " City improvements" highly satisfactory. These improvements E. MOSES and Sow have carried beyond the boundaries of the City, the same principles of business being pursued at their Branch, NEW OXFORD-STREET, corner of T R HA-sTREET. The money sa ved by individuals an d families by patronising each Branch of E. MOSES and Sow's business has been regarded as the greatest im provement of all. The telegraphic wires, which will soon connee each part of the City, is an improvement in the way of dispatch, and is illustrative of the speed and correctness manifested in all com mands given to, E. Mons and SON—whether these are for Attire. to measure or ready made—tor WaterProot Clothing or the easiest and most fashionable Sporting Dress—for Overcoats. Wrappers, or Paletots —for Juvenile Clothing, in the newest styles—for Hosiery, Hats and Caps, or Loots and Shoes—the superior quality and econo mical charges at E. MOSES and Sow's is the greatest "City improve ment," for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Families. EMIGRATION. Emigrants from every part of the United Kingdom are bound meeting in London, to sail with the (nearly One hundred) vessels for the " Land of Gold" during the present month. For every Emigrant of these vast numbers a first-rate Outfit is provided by E. MOSES and SON. The quality, suitability, and very low price of all articles re quired by Emigrants insures to E. MOSES and Sow the first position as Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen, Merchants, Trpartment adesmen, Mechanics, Farmers. or Gold -diggings. A separate de is kept for Outfitting ; and full lists of Outfits for ladies and gentlem pen, with with Ship sailing information , m a y be had on application, or free, to any part of the kingdom. ra t having to guard t he CAUTION.—E. MOSES and S ON reg public against imposition, having learned that the untrade,sman - like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishme ance nt," oand r "for 's the same concern," has been resorted to in many insts, obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : • London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minorles, 83, 84, 85, and 86, - ( 8 1. 1 - r o A l e r e k d t :, (Yorkshire) t e ll e ' ) c o o n p m p r o opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508 , New Oxford-street, 1,2, in an u c n h i , ea l9 tin ad 2, Bridge-street. fi- Br a ad ß fo a r l d t Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters , Hosiers, Furrie rs, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Oa Hers for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.:--Should any article not give satisfaction, it w ill be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be retu rned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowe st price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from Saturdays, when business is resumed Sunset Friday to sunset on till A new Book, entitled "The lld o'clock. World's ph Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self-mea nt, may be had on application, or the kingdom. post-free, to any part of _ .. _. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. Ici l'on parle Francais. _Hier spricht man Deut•=eh. Qui si parla Italian. Aqua se habla Espanol - ...pi r.,:,..v... 7 2c f ;* , ..- 7 1. : , ~ )4 ) • - , • „..,,.., •'.4.44.4 . 7 . ;14w,', ) . t• ..- : fr , - ~,.. ~, L%.' , 14 r 4V; .7 1, •: :--' ;;:i .74:8.f5.4...,..1,...-47%—' Nr,...181:::"11::401 ''\ : l i A.'l •—.---- *P4 045 . 1"; . / A Ir li —__ , ••• .:i ~ \ 4. 5 l l -P ~: 4 . ',... 1.4 _ '. • • . a,. / -') i• 1 ' ' —ll --- 1 * 7 . " • .... _ l , ,„.. 4 .-, .., . . \ 72, , •••i* : 00, : .,.....,,,, .: 1 h ,,.. 1 ) .:::„ . •..„1 ~,•..4,: , ~,•,,,..., .. - , , -, ‘,,.7),---.4, ---- - ( ..-„, 1.'2' . .t.,7 -- ii 44/V,•741 DIE tl ti;:e.42 - .1 1 11 1 0^,j i , 9 16.0 ::',. , 4 - ":": fr: * l- .2).k .- ••‘ *-' -w ''' 1: - \\ *4 . *4 _, ---\ 7, - N. ; ,,, ' _____-- LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1853. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. tempted to escape. The authorities have ordered the arrest of MM. Coester an advocate ; Pelis siere, a shopke e p er ; Lautenschla,ger, a jeweller ; Nollenberger, a lithographic printer : Brenner, a miller, and Schenk, a tobacco manufacturer, for ordering the printing of the proclamation of the Presidents of the Five Political Committees, but they were afterwards released, on depositing a cau tion money of 100 thalers. There are 500 inha bitants of this place implicated in the affair of high treason, some of whom are public functionaries." The Cologne Gazette, under date of Berlin 7th, says :—" The German States on the borders of Switzerland are at this moment sending troops to the frontier. It is worthy of remark that no reso lution to that effect has been come to by the Ger manic Diet ; the particular States have adopted the measure of themselves in order to exercise a more severe surveillance with regard to foreigners. Other German States not on the confines of Switzerland have also adopted similar measures." The committee of the Second Prussian Chamber on the budget, having refused to propose the grant demanded by the Germanic Diet for the completion of the federal fortresses, the Cabinet of Berlin has invoked the paragraph of the Federal Act, which states that the sums demanded for the federal ob jects cannot be refused by the Chambers, and has given the 274,000 thalers. Hudson (1831); Colson Festing (1838), George G. Miall (1838), Charles Hall (1841), Godfrey L. Woolley (1841), John Hills (1841), Cheesman H. Binsted (1841). The following lieutenants have also been promoted to be commanders on the reserved half-pay list :—Francis Godench (1809), Richard Ward (1810), John Adamson (1811), Richard N. Williams (1813), Thomas Higgins (1814), Francis Lyon (1814), William Hole (1815), John Nicholas (1815), Alexander Shillingford (1815), John Sanders (1815). _ _ Marshal de Saint-Arnaud, Minister of War, has been ill for some days, and has, it is said, been recommended by his physicians to abstain for a certain time from occupation. He will, it is added, 'go to Hyeres, as it is hoped that the climate of Provence and abstention for a time from business will soon enable him to resume his official duties. The Count de Camerata, who committed suicide a few days ago, was second cousin of the Empe ror ; he being the son of his Majesty's cousin Napoleon Elisa, who was daughter of Marie Anne Elisa, Princess de Piombino, Lucca and Massa Carrara, subsequently Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister to the Emperor Napoleon 1., and wife of the Baron, afterwards Prince Baciocchi. His father, the Count Camerata, was chief of an illustrious and wealthy family of Italy. The Princess Marie Anne Elisa, who was born in 1777, and died at Trieste in 1820, had by her marriage with the Prince Baciocchi another child, Napoleon Frede rick, born in 1815, at Rome, but he died in 1833 from a fall from his horse. The Patirie states that the Bey of Tunis is ex pected to visit Paris in the course of next month. The Archbishop of Paris has made public the letter which he has addressed to the Pope com plaining of the circular letter of the Bishop of Moulins, on the prohibition by the archbishop of the reading of the journal 1' Univers by the clergy of the diocese of Paris. It will be remembered that the Bishop of Moulins, although disapproving to a certain extent of the course pursued by the Univers, defended it on some points, and indirectly questioned the propriety of the decision of the Archbishop of Paris. The bishop authorised the clergy of his diocese to subscribe for and read the Univers. For this dissent from his views, the Archbishop of Paris calls for the reprobation of the Holy See. After stating the facts, he concludes, his application to the Pope as follows : •' As long as I live the religious press of Paris shall be watched, and, if necessary, repressed by the spiritual weapons of which I can dispose. It shall either remain within the line of duty or leaie the diocese, and seek elsewhere a more complaisant jurisdiction, to preach contempt for the hierarchy and make war upon the authority which I hold from Divine Mercy and the grace of the Holy Apostolical See. Therefore, very Holy Father, T lay before the tribunal of your Holiness the circular etter of the Bishop of Moulins, and I ask you for justice. I demand justice in the name of the interests of my diocese, which are compromised by the irritating discussions and encroachments of a certain journalism ;in the name of my venerable colleagues, who • are engaged with me in the cause for which I combat and receive insults ; in the name of the holy.canons, which are shamefully violated ; in the name of your Holiness yourself, and the rights which you have con ferred upon me as Archbishop. •We read in the Presse :—" We are informed by letters from Toulon that, unless counter orders arrive, a new convoy of convicts will leave • for Cayenne. It consists of a certain number of per sons who were condemned by Co4irts-martial after the coup-d'etat of December, 1851, some to simple transportation, others to transportation to a forti fied place. They had appealed to the chief of the State, and their punishment had been commuted to 15 years of hard labour either at the bagne of Tou lon or at the penitentiary colony of Cayenne, at their choice. They had chosen Cayenne, thinking that they would be there classed in the category of political convicts, but when they had made their choice, they were informed that they would be assi milated to ordinary convicts. These persons wrote immediately to Paris to obtain, if possible, the re vocation of their commutation, preferring a con demnation for life to a lighter but more degrading condemnation." A telegraphic dispatch from Toulon states that the squadron of evolutions has returned to that port, after a cruise of ten days. • The Debats has an article on the effects of the restrictions in the French commercial tariff. Some of the facts stated are too remarkable for it to be supposed that the Government will not make some material modifications in the relations of interna tional commerce. We confess, however, that we do not comprehend how it happens that the price of cotton is 14 per cent. higher at Havre than at Liverpool. The Debats says : • "It Is a fact worthy of remark, and one which se riously affects all houses who manufacture cotton goods for exportation, that the raw material is now selling from 12 to 14 per cent. dearer at Havre than at Liver pool. It may be readily conceived how much this cir cumstance enhances the price of French articles as compared with similar ones manufactured in England ; there is nothing more wanting to enable our rivals on the other side of the Channel to drive us out of every foreign market. The remedy for this evil would be very simple if our manufacturers could go and supply their wants at Liverpool, but this power is formally denied them by our customs' laws. When the treaty of com merce between France and England was negotiated in 1826, the two governments, in order to confer advan tages on the commercial marine of their respective countries, stipulated that the subjects of each of the two states should not procure from the other any of the pro ductions of Asia, Africa, or America. Hence it follows that the produce of these three parts of the world before it can reach the French public, however much it may be wanted, must be shipped at London or Liverpool for either Rotterdam or Ostend, and thence re-shipped for France, thus giving rise to delay and heavy expenses. It is for this reason, also, that pine apples from the West Indies can be purchased in London for 25 sous, whilst in Paris they cost 20fr. But to speak of interests more serious than the pleasure of eating pine-apples, it is thus that while the English ports are glutted with guano 'from Peru, our agriculturists are compelled to dispense with that valuable manure. It is thus that raw cotton, under cer tain circumstances, as for instance at present, is so dear at Havre as compared with the price at Liverpool, that our most skilful and most enterprising manufacturers, those who compete with the English in foreign markets, are deeply injured. The English Government, better enlightened than in 1826, as to the true interests of the British public, and particularly of its mercantile marine, completely abolished, in 1849, the restrictive clauses of the treaty of 1826. Any of the produce of Asia, Africa, or America, may now be sent direct from any port in France to England, and there, under whatever flag it may arrive, it is treated exactly as if imported in an English vessel. It is much to be desired that this exam ple should be imitated by us. The protection which the legislator of 1826 flattered himself he reserved for French vessels, is here illusory, for cotton from the United States is exclusively brought to Havre in Ameri can bottoms. It is, therefore, in the interest of the American shipping that our laws cause an injury to our manufacturers, which at the present time is very consi derable. Our customs' laws offer many other examples of similar mistakes. No one can be ignorant that the high duties levied on coal, when - it is imported by the sea frontier from the Sables d'Olonne to Dunkirk, causes considerable injury to French manufactures in our de partments on the coast, less for the benefit of French collieries than for those of Belgium." Capt. Hon. 'S. T. Carnegie, of the Horatio, 24, screw steam guard-ship, at Sheerness, visited the Cyclops steam frigate in the basin at this dockyard; and also the Tribune, 30, steam-frigate, now fitting with the masts, spars, and rigging, brought up from Sheerness to Woolwich in the Cyclops. It is expected Capt: Hon. S. T. Carnegie will 'be appointed to command the Tribune when she is ready for commission. The Cyclops steam iigate will be taken out of the basin this evening or to-morrow morning, and proceed up the river to John Penn and Son's wharf at Deptford, to take on board a portion of the ma chinery of the St. Jean D'Acre, 100 guns and 650-horse power, for conveyance to Plymouth, where that ship will be launched on the 23d inst. The whole of the ma chinery will be ready at John Penn and Son's factory by the 21st inst., when the heavy parts will be put on board the Melampus, 42-gun frigate, at present at Sheerness, making ready for being towed round to Plymouth on that service. The engines of the St. Jean D'Acre are on the patented trunk principle, and exactly the same as those put on board the Agamemnon, 91, by the same firm. - The amount of the subscription opened at Vienna for the construction of a church i n commemora ti on of the escape of the Emperor from assassinationalready reaches 134,123f1. John Penn and Son have also the following engines in a forward state : One pair of 400 horse-power trunk engines for the Royal Albert, 131, building at Woolwich, and to be ready for putting on board in the latter end of the month of July next. Lieu - t. Andrasffy, Gaspard Noslopy, who was a commissary of Kossuth, Sarkozy, an advocate, and Zubal, a professor of the Academy of Pesth, who had been condemned to death for high treason, were executed at Pesth on the 3d. A n d ras ffy, having made revelations, had obtained the favour of a military execution, but the others were hanged Neither of them was more than 35 years of age. It is stated that they met their fate with great firmness. One pair of 400-horse power, on the trunk principle, for the Royal George, converting into a screw steam ship at Chatham. One pair of 400-horse power trunk engines for the Euryalus, 50, building at Chatham. One pair of 400-horse power trunk engines for the Caesar, 90, building at Pembroke. The above are all for screw steam-ships of war in the Royal Navy. One pair of 350-horse power trunk engines, similar tio the engines fitted in the Imperieuse, for the Palkan Rus- sian steam frigate. One pair or 700-horse power, on the trunk principle, for the Himalaya, building for the Peninsular and Oriental Conipany, supposed for the Australian service. This magnificent vessel will be much larger than the Great Britain, and her engines are similar to those in the Agamemnon, only of larger dimensions. , • One pair of 400-horse power, oscillating engines for the Vectis, and one pair of 400-horse power oscillating engines for the Valetta, both belonging to the Penin sular and Oriental Company, and intended to carry the mails from Marseilles to Malta. One pair of 400-horse power oscillating engines for the Royal Mail steam-ship Tamar, building by Mr. Pitcher, at Northfleet. . One pair of 130-horse power oscillating engines for a war steamer, building by Mr. Green for th Brazilian Government. One pair of 130-horse power oscillating engines for a war steamer, building by Messrs. Wigram for the Brazilian Government. The Tyne store-ship, Master Commander Wellington, is loading at Woolwich with stores for Ascension and Rio, and will take out two engineers from Portsmouth dockyard and one holder up from Woolwich yard, for service at Ascension. THE COAST OF AFRICA. Ccorrespondent of the Thus on the coast writes— . " The mail screw-steamer Forerunner returned to Gambia on the 21st of February, having performed the tour to and from Fernando Po, touching and landing the mails at all the intermediate ports, and going up several rivers, in 35 days. On the same evening (the 21st) the steamer left Bathurst for Goree, Teneriffe, Madeira, and Plymouth. " Several English vessels had arrived at Gambia—the Orion and Kate Kearney—the latter after a run of 16 days from Plymouth. French vessels were also coming briskly in for ground-rent cargoes. " The Bathurst merchants are justly discontented at the foreigners trading in London, Liverpool, and other ports, with British goods, conveying them to Albreda, the small settlement of the French on the river Gambia, and then circulating the English manufactures among the adjoining natives up the river, escaping the four per cent. duty imposed upon the British merchants, and thereby underselling the lawful traders. The paltry settlement of Albreda, unworthy of a great nation like France, although a mercantile thorn in the side of the Gambia community, ought to be exchanged for an equi valent in some other colony. "Admiral Bruce, Commander-in-Chief of the African squadfen, arrived at Gambia in the flag-ship Penelope, Captain Lyster, on the 28th of January, and on the Ist of February proceeeded to Matagong, Sierra Leone, Lagos, and the Bights. The squadron, with a few ex ceptions, was healthy. The Admiral had destroyed several slave settlements and barracoons, and is not likely to remain idle down the coast. " His Excellency Governor O'Connor, having suffered from repeated attacks of fever in January and February, embarked in the Forerunner for a short visit to Tene riffe. "On the morning of the 22d of February the Fore runner arrived at Goree, delivered and received the mails, and proceeded on her voyage in less than two hours. " Commodore Boudin, Commander-in-Chief of the French squadron, in the flag-ship El Dorado and five steamers, with 600 soldiers, were on the eve of starting to punish the Bijooga savages (cannibals), who plundered a French vessel and butchered the crew—the custom of these wretches, who torture and devour any miserable beings wrecked upon their inhospitable shores. It is to be hoped the brave old Commodore will give the natives a wholesome lesson, and teach them that Europeans are not to be insulted or eaten with impunity. 'Hid Excellency the Governor-in-Chief of Senegal and Goree and Commodore Boudin visited Governor O'Connor on board the Forerunner. Two notorious slave-dealers, Captain Salas and his mate, who had been convicted at Gambia, the former sentenced to six years' transportation, broke out of the gaol at Bathurst and escaped to Goree, where the Governor had caused them to be arrested on suspicion. His Excellency ordered the Spaniards to be placed in the military prison until handed over to persons authorised by the Governor of the Gambia to receive the felons. This is the proper understanding to exist between foreign nations in their distant colonies and settlements. The African Mail Steam Company as yet have no right to complain. The Hellespont, Commander Watts, left Gambia with a full cargo on the 26th of November. The Propontis, Commander Glover, crowded with pas sengers and a full cargo, no room for 15 tons of wax, at Bathurst the 4th of Feb. ; and the Forerunner, Com mander Atkins, with a full cargo from the South Coast, the cry. again No room.' At daylight, on the 27th, the Forerunner made the Peak of Tenerife, and, after a few hours' delay, proceeded on to Madeira." COMMANDER It. C. MICHELL.—Amongst the appoint ments will be seen that of Commander It. C. Michell as inspecting commander of the coast guard. This is one of the first appointments of the First Lord Sir James Graham, and we can safely affirm that no one will find fault with it. If others are made with the same impar tial spirit, they will amply bear out Sir James Graham's profession in the House of Commons. Commander Michell is one of that class of officers who has gained every step by his own services and merit ; he has never had political interest, nor friends born before him with power to assist him, though he comes from a long line of a noble family. His last command was H.M.S. Sappho in the West Indies, on the iron-bound coast of Honduras, whose shores and waters the advancing sailor sees strewed with the wrecks of successive years. On this dangerous coast he had the misfortune of striking on a sunken reef,—it might have befallen the ablest, and we have it on the surest and best testimony, from pilots and practi cal men in those seas, that the Sappho was the only ves sel, under similar circumstances, ever saved from total wreck, others having gone to a thousand pieces. She was hove off from the reef with the loss of her rudder. A gale of wind set in, she parted her cable on -the edge of the reef, but the noble behaviour of her officers and crew preserved her from wreck and to H. M. service. Let it be observed, this service was performed by Commander Michell when he was weak and suffering from a recent attack of fever, and after he had broken his arm on two different occasions in the execution of his duty. We repeat again, well will Sir James Graham bear out his assertions of disinterestedness if other appointments are made in the same spirit of impartiality.—Portsmouth, Times. vV Lord Stratford de Redcliff, the British ambas sador at Constantinople, has been received by the Emperor and the Empress, in the apartments of the latter. On the Bourse yesterday a good deal of activity was displayed, both in Rentes and Railway securi ties ; but the former did not maintain the quota tions of Wednesday, though.the latter generally improved a shade. The Three per Cents. closed at 81f. 10c. for the account, being sc. lower, and the Pour-and-a-Elalf per Cents. at 104 f. 50c, being a fall of 40c. Bank Stock remained at 2,750 f., being the former quotation after the heavy decline of the previous two days. The market for railway shares was firm, with a good demand for Northers at 901 f. 25c. for cash, and 906 f. for account ; Strasburg and Bale at 366 f. 50c. for cash, and 368 f. for ac count ; and Caen and Cherbourg at 627 f. 50c. cash, and 625 f. for account. A good deal of speculation was observable in Paris and Rouen shares, which were at one time as high as 1,078 f., but fell to 1,065 f and closed at 1,072 f. 50c. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-MARCH 10. . STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was better to-day, and closed steadily, but without much business.—Caledonian, 321 ; Chester and Holyhead , 22 1 ; Eastern C ounti e s, 13 ; Great Western, 91; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77i ; Ditto (fifth shares), 4 9-16 d. ; Leeds Northern, 16 ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 171 ; London and North-Western, 119 A ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 29a : Midland, 76 faj ; South Eastern and Dover, 23 ; York, New castle and Berwick, 17i ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln (6/. new), fi p. MANCHESTER—MARCH 10. ' • STOCK ExoriAXCri.-L - There was a better business, and prices were rather higher. Great Northern, 4 p. ; Cale donian, 32, g ; Eastern Counties, 13 ; Leeds, 77, ; ditto (pref.), 15i ; Dovors, 23, 9-16 ; London stock, 1194, ; Sheffiehls, 29, ; Ditto, No. 1, 8 ; Ditto (new pref.) 9-16 p. ; Midlands, ng ; Manchester and Birmingham C. Qrs, 1i ; East Anglian Six per Cents., 3i. ITALY. We read in • the Parlamento of Turin that the name of the British officer who has be en or d ere d out of Tuscany on suspicion of his having come to Florence to organise a revolutionary committee, is George Crawford. It is added, that on the British Ambassador interfering in his favour, the Tuscan Minister of Foreign Affairs told him that the Tuscan Consul at Corfu had informed the Govern ment of the fact. Notwithstanding M r . C raw _ ford's vehement denial of the charge, the order for for his expulsion was maintained. By a ducal decree issued. at Parma on the 25th ult., joining in conspiracy against a foreign pow e r is henceforward to be punished with from five to ten years' hard labour. Any person harbouring such conspirators is to be punished with from three to five years' imprisonment. Those who by incen diary bills or public speeches shall have excited persons to attempts at insurrection in neighbouring States, are liable to the same punishment. M. Joseph do Ligne, grand master of the cere monies to the Pope, died at Rome on the 25th ult., aged 83. M. Louis Prillewitz arrived at Rome on the 28th ult. with dispatches from the Court of Berlin to the Holy See. The Pontifical Delegate of Ferrara has published a notification imposing a fine upon any person tak ing a servant not provided with the required livret. Letters of the 23d from the Roman States, in the Genoa Gazette, announce that a young man, a refugee, had been arrested at Ancona, with incen diary proclamations about him, and sent to Milan under escort. At Cesena an actor has been ar rested, for having posted up papers in several places, with the words, " Death to the theatrical censor and to the magistrates ! The Republic for ever !" He has been sent to Bologna, to be tried by court-martial. TURKEY. The following telegraphic dispatch has been re ceived from Vienna, dated the Bth :—" The Aus trian Correspondence gives the following as the details of the concessions lately made by the Turk ish Government :—The status quo is re-established in Montenegro ; hostilities are suspended ; the refugees, serving in the army of Omer Pacha, are to be sent to the interior of Turkey to reside ; the possession oflClelk and of &forint', is guaranteed to Austria ; the Porte ensures its protection to the Christians of Bosnia ; the favour of 3 per cent. in the entrance duties is restored for the commerce of Austria with Bosnia and Herzegowina. The Porte, in addition, engages to pay four millions of piastres as indemnities to private persons." The Augsburg Gazette states from Constantinople, 19th ult. :—" The Ottoman Porte has solicited the mediation of the King of Prussia in the affair of the Holy Places, between France and Russia. The expenses of the expedition against Montenegro, now become without object, are estimated at 25 millions of piastres (about 7 millions of francs)." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Maxon 10. The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, flag of Rear- Admiral Corry, having refitted, has reshipped her stores -and received her crew from the hulk. She rebent sails this morning, and will haul over to her moorings on the west shore to-morrow, for the purpose of swinging for the adjustment of her compasses. The Agamemnon, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., and the Camperdovrn, 104, receiving-hulk, were removed from their moorings this morning, and took up those recently occupied by the ordinary guard-ship Nep tune, 120, Captain Scott, while their own moorings are replaced. The sickness still continues among the crew of the Agamemnon. The London, 90, Captain G. R. Mundy, was removed from her mooring on the west shore this morning and placed alongside the Victorious hulk, to give place to the Prince Regent. The Griffon, 3, brigantine, has been placed up Port• cheater Lake as a watch vessel during the breaking up of the old Menai. The following gentlemen passed their exiimination on Wednesday at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, before Rear-Admiral Superintendent Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief pro ton. ; Captain Chads, C. 8., of the excellent, &c., and yesterday they attended the college at three p.m., to receive their certificates : Mates for Lieutenants—Messrs. Gover, Rose Miall, Edward Parkley, William Henry Gumming, William John Johnson, Henry Boyle Deane Freeman, Henry Richard Stewart, Wheeler Francis Richards, and Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham. Second Masters for Masters--Messrs. Frank Inglis, William Henry Fawkener, Thomas Charles Jones, and James Worsley. Naval Cadets—Messrs. Prosser, Brodie, Boyle, Law, and Herbert. Masters' Assistants—Messrs. Mould, Rorie, and Robinson. • Clerks' Assistants—Messrs. Parker, Edwards, and Haswell. Captain Thomas Eyre's (1846) death has been re ported. .He was 71 years of age. This officer was on the retired list of 1840. He entered the navy in 1794, was in the Kingfisher, 18, at the capture, after an ac tion of two hours' duration, of the French privateer Betsey, of 16 guns ; was made a lieutenant in 1800, and in the Repulse, 74, was in Sir R. Calder's action. He was made commander in 1812, and served a year subsequently. A sad accident occurred in the yard to-day. A con vict named Forsythe was on the - top of a stack of timber (about 16 feet from the ground). By some means or other the unfortunate man slipped, and pitched upon his head on the stones. He was Instantly picked up, and conveyed to the surgery ; but he died before they could get him there, having dislocated his neck. The man had well conducted himself, and was about to receive his ticket-of-leave. An inquest will be held this evening. - SHEERNESS, MARCH 9. The Cyclops, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, in command pro tem. of Mr. J. W. H. Harvey, of the Horatio, steamed out of the fitting basin and left for Woolwich, with the spars, rigging, &c., for the new steam-frigate Tribune, fitting there. The Cyclops, on her return here, will hold herself ready to accompany the Melamptis to Woolwich. The Melampus, late 42-gun frigate, will be put out of dry dock to-morrow, and taken into the basin to be rigged ; this is to be , done with all possible expedition. She is to be jury-rigged as a barque , with brigs masts, rigging, and sails, and is to proceed immediately to Woolwich to convey from that port the boilers and ma chinery for the new screw steam-ship St. Jean d'Acre, 100 guns, now building at Devonport. The Cyclops will accompany the Melampus to Devonport. The Me lampus will be manned from this port with an officer in charge pro tem. The Cuckoo, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, has completed her damage and defects, and has this day steamed from the basin to her harbour moorings. WOOLWICH, MARCH 10, APPOINTMENTS. Assistant -Surgeon Julian W. Bradshaw (1847), from the Royal Hospital, Haslar, to the Winchester, 50, flag ship on the East Indies station. acting Assistant-Surgeons Josiah Austen (1852), from then oyal Hospital at Plymouth ; Halam M. Dixon (1853), tthe Royal Hospital, Haslar. PROMOTIONS. Their lordships have promoted the following com manders to be captains on the reserved half-pay list : Charles Fraser (1823), John Powney; K.H. (1827), John SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the sth inst. In the sitting of the Senate on the pre vious day, the Minister of Justice replied with great energy to all the reproaches brought forward against the Ministry by the members of the Oppo sition, relative to the proceedings recently adopted against the press. The proposition of the Opposi tion, for passing a vote of censure on the Govern ment, was rejected by a majority of 64 to 52. In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Negrete warmly attacked the illegal conduct of the Government The in certain elections, and his remarks elicited a very energetic denial from the Minister of th e Interior. following are the prices of Stocks :-7-Three per Cents., 43 ; ditto D e f erre d, 23 i ; Exchange on London 51 for money. GERMANY. The British ambassador at Munich has just ad dressed a complaint to the Municipal Tribunal against the editor of the Volksbote, for publishing a defamatory article. The Cologne Gazette of the 9th, under date of Hanau, says :—" A report is current that several of the persons implicated. in the charge of high trea son, which is now before the Tribunal, have at- BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a tolerable amount' of business done in this market to-day, and at somewhat ad vanced prices. London and North Westerns were done at 1191. LEEDS, MARCH 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There is no material c h ange to re port in the share market. This morningthe flatness of th e past few days continued. Quotations are as yesterday, but few sales have been effected. North Westerns Were done at 84, . laturdays ~~~~ '-e"--' ~~ ./ COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a meeting of the Corporation "in Common Council assembled," was held in their chamber at the Guildhall ; Alderman Hunter, the late Lord Mayor, was the locum tenens of the present Lord Mayor, who is at present absent from London. The minutes of the former Court having been read, were allowed to have been correctly entered. [PRICE SD. ! REPORT OF THE FLEET VALLEY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, Mr. Deputy HARRISON, the chairman of the Fleet Valley Improvement Committee, presented to the court a report of their proceedings, of which the following is a copy : VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY, IYesterday the twenty-eighth annual meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate- I street ; Mr. Cattley in the chair. The proceedings ex- Icited considerable interest, owing to the alteration in the prospects of the company consequent upon the emigra tion to Australia. The capital of the undertaking con sists of 10,000 shares, upon which 291. each has been paid, and their possessions are nearly 400,000 of land, granted to them 28 years ago. At first the shares at -1 tained a very high premium, but the failure of a variety of firming and colonisation experiments exhausted the calls upon the proprietors as fast as they were paid up, until nearly 290,0001., the entire sum raised, had been frittered away, and the shares were reduced in the market to a merely nominal price. A twelvemonth h back they might have been bought for about 11., but since that period the gold discoveries in the oppo site colony of Victoria have caused _attention to be directed to the prospects of the company's lands being resorted to by settlers, and during the excitement re garding everything connected with Australia about two months ago the shares were sold at 351. They subse quently receded to 151., and have again recovered to 191. With these remarks, the bearings of the report preiented yesterday, and from which the following are extracts, will be understood : To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled. " We, _whose names are hereunto subscribed, your com mittee appointed on the 13th day of November, 1851, to consider in detail the railway terminus and City improve ment plan proposed by Mr. Charles Pearson, in connexion with the resolution of this court of the 3d of November, 1845, and to inquire into the desirableness, practicability, and cost thereof, and to report our opinion thereon to this court ; and that, pending the foregoing inquiry, we should be empowered to give the necessary parliamentary notices in the Gazette, and newspapers, to enable the court to act thereon in the approaching session, if after receiving the report of your committee they should determine to do so ; and to whom on the same day it was also referred to eon eider the memorial of Mr. Charles Pearson on the same subject, and to report our opinion thereon ; and to whom, on the eleventh day of March, 1852, upon the resolution and order of your honourable court to agree with your committee in so much of their report of the 12th of February, 1852, as expressed that it was most desirable to secure, if possible, to the public and the Corporation of Lon don, the great benefit which would arise from the proposed railway terminus, it was referred back to your comm itt ee to confer with the respective railway companies to the north of the Thames, or any other responsible parties who might be willing to undertake the execution of the works, and to ascertain the terms and conditions upon which they would be willing to carry out the undertaking, and that your committee should report the proceedings for the approval of the court before any arrangements are entered into ; and, on the 20th of January, 1853, it was resolved and ordered by your honourable court, that it should be an instruction to your committee forthwith to make a report of our proceedings to your court,- giving a detailed statement of the amount expended by them, and also to consider and report how this city's funds may be reimbursed the outlay that has been incurred, and that, in the meantime, the committee take no further proceedings in the matters -eferred to them; —do certify that we, your committee, having on the 12th . of February, 1852, presented to your honourable court a report of our proceedings, which was printed and sent to every member, we beg leave to refer thereto, and in con tinuation to state that, at O. meeting of your committee, on the 16th of March, 1852, the reference from this honour able court of the 11th of March last, upon our report on Mr. Pearson's memorial, was read 'That this court do agree with the committee in so much of the report as expresses that it is most desirable to secure, if possible, to the public and the corporation of London, the great benefit which will arise from the proposed railway terminus ; and that it be referred back to the committee to confer with the re spective railway companies to the north of the Thames, or any other responsible parties who may be willing to carry out the undertaking, and that the committee do report their proceedings for the approval of the court before any arrangements are entered into,' when letters from the soli citors of the Great Northern Railway Company, and from the solicitor for the measure in Parliament, were read ; and we instructed the town-clerk to communicate with the railway companies north of the River Thames, in con formity with the resolution and reference of this hon urable court. " The bills of Mr. Walker, the engineer, and of Mr. Higgins for professional services rendered, were at th e same laid before us and read ; and Mr. Pearson was sent for, to ascertain whether he was prepared to lay details, in respect of the proposed trank railway to Farringdon-street, before your committee.; and having heard him upon the subject, it was resolved ' that if a sufficient number of copies of the plans as deposited in Parliament can be ob tained, one should be sent to each railway company, with the communications this day ordered ; but if not sufficient for each, that a copy be deposited in the Town Clerk's office for inspection, and that information thereof be given to the several companies. " Your committee then directed warrants for payment of the bills of Mr. Walker and Mr. Higgins to be prepared for signature at their next meeting ; and further resolved that Mr. Pearson be authorised to give any information he may be in possession of to the respective railway companies, if desired by them, upon the understanding that such in formation be given by him as the projector of the plan, and not as a member of the corporation. " That at a committee held on the 14th day of June, 1852, the Town Clerk laid before us letters from the secre taries of the Eastern Counties Railway, the London and North-Western Railway, and the Great Northern Railway , companies, acknowledging the receipt of the communica tions from us, which they stated should be laid before the directors. The Town Clerk at the same time laid before us a letter from the Eastern Counties Railway, transmit. ting a copy of a resolution of that company, informing this committee that the said company were not prepared to recommend any outlay in furtherance of the project. " Your committee, after this occasion, were summoned to receive a communication from Mr. Pearson, with a re quest from him to them to inspect additional plans, sec tions, and models, illustrative of his project, and wore at tended by him, when he read a lengthened communication upon the subject, which he subsequently delivered in. ' The committee also, in pursuance of their previous re solutions, signed warrants for payment of the bills of Mr. Walker and Mr. Higgins, for business done by their direc tions, amounting to the sums of 5211. 14s. 7d., and 6301. respectively. " The next meeting of your committee was held on the Bth day ofJearealze - presient-year i ,witen the-reference - from this honourable court of the 11th of March last, as previously read, was again read, and Mr. Deputy Harrison, our chairman, stated that, he had called the meeting in consequence of a letter ho had received from the hon. se cretary of tile City Railway Terminus Company, request ing an early meeting of the committee to receive a deputa tion from their board on the subject of the plans of that company ; in consequence of which, we resolved that the Fleet Valley and City Railway Terminus Company, having applied to the committee to receive a deputation from them on the subject of the plans of the company, and, to meet the wishes of the company, that2we should oppoint a day subsequent to the 24th of January, we appointed Wednes day, the 26th, to receive such deputation - and we re quested the company t o f urn i s h us, as early as possible previous to the conference, with copies of the bill proposed by them, and we directed copies of our resolution to be furnished to the company, which was done accordingly. " That on the 19th of January a letter was received from the honorary secretary of the City Railway Terminus Com pany, as follows " ' City Railway Terminus Company Offices, 35, New Bridge-street, 19th January, 1853. " ' Sir,—l am instructed by the directors of this com pany to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth instant, and to request you to convey to the Fleet Valley Improvement Committee their best thanks for the prompt ness of their attention to the request of the board. " `A reprint of this company has been ordered for your committee, and I shall, as soon as possible, forward•copies for their use. " ' The board regret that they will not be enabled to avail themselves of the End permission to meet on the 26th instant, because they will not be in a condition satis factorily to confer with the committee until the share holders at their general meeting, which has been appointed for the 26th instant, shall have elected six directors in the room of those retiring, by ballot, as directed by the pre liminary meeting. " ' I remain, Sir, your faithful servant, " ' SIDNEY SMITH, Hon. Sec. " 'Mr. Sergeant Merewether, Guildhall. "A meeting of your committee was subsequently held 1 on the sth instant, when the order of the court of the 20th day of January last, directing us forthwith to make a re port of our proceedings, giving a detailed statement of the amounts expended, and to consider and report how the the City's funds might be reimbursed the outlay. that had been incurred, and in the meantime directing us to take no further measures in the matters referred to us, was read, when we directed a report to be prepared, reciting the whole of our proceedings to the present time. " That at our meeting we took into consideration so much of the said reference as directed us to consider and report how the City's funds might be reimbused the outlay that had been incurred; and we resolved that we had no suggestion to offer as -to the mode by which g t the City's 1 Icourt. utihte. funds might be reimbursed the outlay incurred in obeyinc, the reference from this honourable court, the result of to ,hti Parliamentaryhc which e l ia cn t e been m bnr oa d tn u i c l e e y e rs reported.afso for i hisreet e d ids We e 7t eh alsosigned in:3ent s ihonourableua ensem,warrantas " We further certify that the whole of suchte: paid by the Chamberlain, are as under : James Walker, Esq., amount of his bill James And li7 .h iß ete mrietgbinrasn' eeEsells- disbursements 630 0 0 21 14 7 respecting the Parliamentary notice " The directors of the Van Diemen's Land Company have the satisfaction of meeting their proprietors under circumstances which they trust indicate a material im provement in their future prospects. " In consequence of events which are known to all, a vast population is now accumulating on the shores immediately opposite to the company's lands beyond anything that could have been anticipated at this period last year, while, at the same time, the plans of economy in conducting the affairs of the company and reducing the annual expenditure have been diligently carried out by their chief agent in the colony. " On this side, the circumstances chiefly remarkable since the last annual meeting have been, first, a sale of 592 for feited shares, and, secondly, the great change that has taken place in the proprietary. For the new shareholders the directors give a short sketch of the company's posses sions as now existing. " The principal district is Circular-head, consisting of about 20,000 acres. This is divided into two parts, the peninsula and the mainland. The peninsula is about six miles long, and varies in width from about two miles to only half a mile, where it joins the mainland. The com pany, at an early period, decided on not parting with any portion of this peninsula in fee, as it had been fixed upon for the site of their principal township of Stanley. There remains, therefore, round this township ample room for its future extension, and for the sale of additional lots at such increased value as time and circumstances may bring, and of which the company will derive the entire benefit. For the present the chief part of this land is let on leases, but of these the longest was originally only for 14 years, and a part of that term is now run off. About 800 acres of this tract were formerly occupied by the company in their farming operations (now given up), and this portion has been brought into a perfect state of cultivation, so that for some part a rent of from 10s. to lls. per acre is ob tained. At the port of Stanley there is a wharf and jetty and a stone church. South of the peninsula is the forest of Circular-head, containing about 12,000 acres, the greater part timbered, of which about 2,700 have been sold. " The district of Emu`Bay, consisting of 50,000 acres, is about 35 miles along the coast east of Circular-head, and commences at the rising township of Burnie. The land is heavily timbered, but o excellent quality. The quantity sold in the neighbourhood of the township is about 1,700 acres. From Burnie the company's possessions extend in land about 30 miles, embracing the tracts of the Surrey Hills, the Hampshire Hills, and the Middlesex Plains. " The Hampshire 'Hills comprise about 10,000 acres of clear land well supplied with water, the Emu river, which is about 22 yards wide and 2 feet deep, running through the midst. Succeeding to these are the Surrey Hills comprising 150,000 acres. They aro described as grassy hills and knolls, resembling a neglected old English park, a thousand to fifteen hundred acres in a patch without a tree except a few clumps of blackwood.' Limestone has been found, and plenty of stone of a rough nature fit for common building. Beyond the Surrey Hills lie the Middlesex Plains, consisting of about 10,000 acres of open forest. These are within 30 miles of the recently-settled district of Chudleigh, which communicates direct with Launceston, and it may thus not be long before a new and important communication is opened with this inland part of the com pany's property. Woolnorth is a separate district of 10,000 acres, at the extreme north-western point of the island. It is at present let as a sheep run. Robins' Island, lying off the north shore of Woolnorth, contains about 24,000 acres and being situated in the direction of Port Philip, may at no distant time, become valuable. _ . . " The price originally named for forest sections in the company's prospectus was 21. per acre both at Circular head and Emu Bay, but the tract of Circular-head being comparatively limited, and being the nearest to Port Philip, the directors have ordered all sales of forest land in that quarter to be suspended, desiring that purchasers may for the present be referred to the tract at Emu Bay. The price of town sections was also fixed at 201. per quar ter acre at Stanley, and 101. at Burnie ; but in the new state of things the chief agent has been instructed to de mand 401. per quarter acre at Stanley, and 201. at Burnie. The directors have subsequently made an engagement for the sale of 10 quarter acre sections at Burnie to a gentle man now in this country, and who contemplates going out to the colony, by whom the advanced price named was readily agreed to—the amount to be paid in London. " With regard to the possible discovery of gold, the di rectors, in consequence of some information they had re ceived from a gentleman who had been upon the spot, wrote to their chief agent in September last, pointing out a certain locality on the company's land at Circular-head where the quartz rock showed itself above the surface, an d in which, from general analogy, gold might be supposed to exist, and they at the same time ordered some specimens of this rock to be sent over, to be tested in this country. "The portions of the company's stock remaining unsold consist of about 2,400 head of cattle, running upon the Surrey Hills. The total rental from the letting of land, buildings, &c., is about 1,7001. per annum ; a sum-which may be consiered as more than covering tie annual ex penditure of the company. This rental is chiefly derived from the peninsula and the neighbourhood of Stanley and Burnie townships, the large tracts of the Surrey and Hampshire Hills and Middlesex Plains being unlet at pre sent." The whole of the discussion, after the reading of the above report, related to the future prospects of the un dertaking. With the view of facilitating transfers of shares, which have recently become more numerous, certain modifications are contemplated, and the Chair man (Mr. J. Cattley) congratulated the proprietors on the favourable change which had taken place in the company's position. In answer to questions, it was stated that the directors do not intend to make any further calls unless with the sanction of the share holders. Any contingency of the kind could only occur if at a future period it might be - considered advisable to extend operations in the shape of mining. The policy of the board had been to reduce the expenditure as low as possible, and it was satisfactory to find, that in stead of having to provide for the agents' draughts, they were receiving remittances. The resolution to raise the price for the town sections had been agreed to after mature deliberation, and the anticipated influx of popula tion, especially if successful gold-diggers should seek the locations of the company, would, there was every reason to believe, justify the proceeding. The land was fertile and the climate salubrious, and Sir George Arthur, the late Governor of Van Diemen's Land, had stated that their property in the neighbourhood of Emu Bay was one of the finest in the colony. The grant and the pri vileges conveyed by the charter were of the most ample description, and if gold should eventually be discovered the shareholders might rest assured that their rights would be fully protected. With regard to the direc tions sent to the agent to search a particular spot where quartz and other geological indications had presented themselves, sufficient time had not yet elapsed for the receipt of an answer with the expected specimens. The number of effective shares was 8,724, the quantity for feited being 991, while there were 285 which had never been issued. In relation to the prospect of a dividend, it was mentioned that the directors would recommend one immediately they possessed the' necessary funds. The realisation of farming stock and cattle had produced a considerable sum, but it was chiefly in bills, which had yet to arrive at maturity. The gross amount was about 8,0001., nearly equal to 11. per share, but they could not at present receive the money. When remittances were received, however, sufficient to pay ss. or 10s. per share, the board would propose their distribution. The usual complimentary votes were passed, and the proceedings terminated in a very favourable manner, presenting a remarkable contrast with the feeling exhibited at former meetings. 15 14 0 ab l c e A co ll u w vt lii . ch Da w te e d au t b h m i,s, itetTtonlit o h t l h i l e a s y j D u odfA:Nell: 01.--f—liTshFmo7ur disolc::',lmßOMAS W T (Signed) " EDWARD il WHITE. ary, 18 53. ~ R. oBBARDARRisox (Chairman). " HENRY BLARE. I f : contained. bringingN The°ltc.nu.P the stated that he lat d rt 'JOAN DRITTEL WEST LONDON RAILWAY.—The half-yearly general upponeptuhteymilatterl " GEoRGE VIRTUE. r e . o s in t p ep an h y en w ß a i s r h d e i l n d y th es e te ch rd a a ir y . , at Verythe L few o n report, simply itneo:t4:n'desire to enter into md sh oe a ne r t e Ti h nag o v l e d orn e f ;s hM w is ere present. The report presented, which was very short, relates almost entirely to the legal con test in progress between the company and the London - their duty, committeedirected av to do. and North-Western Company : "The directors, in mak- He y, and reported, as they e m . i tee be dissolved, and that the were et Valley Corn ing their previous half-yearly report, led the proprie- •ttherefore would move that the a ny d h ism e zzio n z: tors to expect that judgment would be given by the Exchequer Chamber in the long-pending proceed- in the charge of that committee, wthheiclmprovement Com ings against the London and North-Western Railway 1 at great expense, be referred c t h o ar e of the reference in Company before the now coming meeting, and they are y I mittee, which committee bad g„, . •I wa y lerm happy to inform the proprietors that judgment wa,s p the matter of the Central Rai z - notion. d'ee‘ h Fu b em ad en b t e s en a o u b d ta P i l n an ed a nounced in January last, and that the judges in- trho-e Mr. DAKIN seconded the upon the Exchequer Chamber unanimously overruled the d • • of the Common Pleas, and granted a new trial, Much conversation b . :O p the resolution the word "re grounds mentioned in a copy of the 'ad it son for the insertion of the ineb of e f judgment as de- some length on livered by Mr. Baron Parke, which j a 1 the part of Deputy,, in lieu thereof, the word "de report, and which the directors tb' kcco.mpanies this word " transferreddte _. on the 1 ferred ;' eventually, . in will be highly ' livered " was a op d satisfactory to the proprietors. Ava' ' ding themselves of ISome 0 'the originalmotion the suggestion of the court, that the claim of this corn- I t o ins . d movement for the purpose of hampering the after I s a tr c i e w s pant' ought now to be settled by arbitration, on the a designed f the members being . of opinion that the desire Committee, a division was called for, principles laid down in the judgment, the directors that there were for "delivering" the already intimated to the London 'when it appeared . and North Western ; "handing them over," to the Company that they are prepared the sug- ' documents, &e., i.e., 52 , for "referring" gestion of an arbitration - but to abide by have not Improvement Committee, 21 ;majority . in f the of same 5 at present they how - to the said committee, favour the received any Mua r n g a r g d e ever, they may ascertain the • 13 the London and amendment,__ . bers voted for the , ridg_ eztt N er ic e o ll l , , views of • 1 The following mem reference ne plus eeting. North-Western Company before the coming n'lli ro- ultra Should an arbitration be refused, the directD ji s al v i l n Illy . I 31. Aldermen.—Finnis and Wilson. teed at once to bring the case to a next, when they confidently expec. 4. t i ri:wre " tch°:edirehrtevrsY i CoCrroemll,nlConaeurssio—n,Bnellrer, EHlaadrriess'oni,3 damages." With regard have to report an increase in tort pared with the previous traffic to and from the railway to the el.:, tra ffi c as conz- Pead, Pewtress, Stephens (Deputy) as well as in the Wilson (J.), and Waiter. putt')• Sully, VenableS, ha lf- Y Th e total traffic shows Tellers.—Messrs. Dakin, Cork, Taylor (El L ) he traffic to the railway of 29 Blake (Henry). an increase of 4,424 tTis, a t of 5,558 tons. , The increase t . . , and Several other matters of minor importance we - re then The report tons, and from the . railway y ar ticle of coals.' disposed of ; and the court adjourned shortl before arises principally In five o'clock. y I was adopted. t- • 4- z-~_-~--~' ( 7:~ l /l r ~. - ' l ' - Z - 7.-. df`,~' ~~ I only, 7 • - C - . e .7