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O..M‘TERAL ANNUITY ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION'. Established 1829. Accumulated;funded capital, 289,5271. Ils. 6d. Tlininedlate, deferred, and survivorship annu ities g ranted every linsday by the Board of Directors. In this strictly Mutual Association Annuities of 191. each can be 14 ettred to a wife or other nominees at exceedingly moderate rates "Premium, viz.:— At the age of 30, annual premium•• •• •• • £2 14 0 „ 40, f P •• • • 317 0 Twelve annuities may be effected. 93 , Cheapsidt. PHILIP CURTIS, Secy. OFFICERS PROCEEDING -TO INDIA t rvz also CIVILIA.NS, can effect SS ASSURANC ES on their th S with the COLONIAL LIFE AURANCE COMPANY on ._ TERMS, the Directors having RESOLVED NOT TO INCREASE -411 , i it RATES at this time. P remiums can be paid to the Company's Agents at Ca l cu tta, Ma "'Ls, or Bombay, or at any other of their Agencies in the East. The Ltree+ors also advance Loans on good security for temporary kicti o d s. ' ' ,Pie Colonial have Agencies in every British Colony, where Pre -4148 are received, and claims settled. WILL. THO. THO M SON, Actuary. SAMUEL R. FERGUSSoN, Resident Secretary in London. LONDON. ......... .... ........ 81, Lombard - street (E.C.) EDINBUEGH (Head-office) .. • . 5, George-street. DU8L1N...... • • .....• ........ 65, Upper t;ackville-street. GLASGOW— . ............. .... 58, St. Vincent-street. ESTABLISHED 1841. MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE, 25, Pall-mall, London. Empowered by special Act of Parliament. It) the Annual Report of 1853, it appeared that the number of ;:ylieles then in force was 3,434, insuring 1,337,5001., and yielding an Me.of 55,2071. le tt the Sixteen Annual Meeting, held on the 26th November 7 , it was show th n that on the 30th June last The number of Policies in force was The amount insured was . ....... 2,917,598/. 13s. 10d. The annual Income was ••• • • • ...... 125,113/. 3s. Bd. Two Bonuses have been declared (in 1848 and 1853), adding nearly a 2601 Per cent, per annum on the average to sums assured , a nd b y which ° "cY of 1,0001. issued in 1842 on a healthy life is now increased to 4. ?rents divided every five years—next division in 1858. The Society, since its establishment, has paid claims on 781 Policies, asaming 312,8841. Assurances are effected at home or abroad on hea lth y lives, at as moderate rates as the most recent data will allow. Indian Assurances at very moderate rates, and great facilities I n liven to assurers, Invalid lives assured on scientifically constructed tables. Policies issued free of Stamp duty, and every charge but the Pre- Active working Agents wanted for vacant places. Prospeetrises, Forms of Proposals, and every other Informa.ien, regy be obtained of the Secretary at the Chief Otlice, or on unpile.. tiOn to any of the Society's Agents in the country. C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSUR INCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, 112 _1 ) 01.rered' by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR. VIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. ZDAIOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. John Emotion M.D. Cantab., John Symes, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blonde', Esq. AUDITORS. P rofessor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL• J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab , F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &C. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. IieSUL Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford-row. The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared in `LAY, 1860. rExamples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Policy Bonus in Permanen t taken Age: AsBsured. a to dd s i u ti m on • Boa s u h s . ln R x e nn u u e a t l io p n re o • 1 Out in Assured. mium• £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. 0. 1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 424 1 4 56 3 8 1841 49 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 8 32 0 4 1845 59 2,000' 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 18 48 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 Fs 10 15 2 1851 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7 The following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter national Life Assurance Society : Tli,„_e Society was established in 1838. "fo-thirds of the profits arc divided amongs t the assured every 441. " Years. .ta subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. tolts Investments at the date of the last an nual re p ort, amounted one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. 4 m !,2 annual Income is ninety thousand pou nds. I ' , umber of policies now in torce exceed six thousand. About one thousand new uolicies are added every year. —Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims up w a rds of lime hundred and twenty thousand pounds. or prospectuses and every other Information, amply to the Chair ,Strand. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 'TO R. HOWARD, burgeon - Dentist, 52, Fleet. street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETll,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the nataral teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful opnation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication ; and that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. EAST IN'DIA. 11OUSE, ICTif DECEMBER. 1957. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDI X. COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a Proprietor of East India Stock, John Jones, Esq., h , s given notice (Ibis intention to submit the following motion at the Quarterly General Court of the ,aid Company, appointed to be held at their 11°484 , in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY next, the 23d instant, tz. :-- " That it is due to the advancing intelligence of the people of India that a Deputy from each University in the several Presidencies be maintained at the public expense in this country, with a view to inform the Proprietors as to the • wishes and complain the people ot India." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. L ONDON JOINT STOCK BANK. ISTR DECEMBER. 1557. MEETING IS HEREBY GIVEN , T hat the next GENERAL of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will i s held in the Board Room of the Bank , in Princes-street, Mansion Souse, on THURSDAY, the 21 st da y of January next, at Twelve °clock precisely, to receive the Report of the Directors ; and to elect four Directors in the place of Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P ; Ambrose Moore, Esq. ; Willi un Bird, Esq. ; and John Timothy Duey. Esq., who will on th at day go out of office, in conformity with the provisions of the Deed o f Settlement : all of whom offer themselves for re-election :—also to elect a Director in the place of Archibald 'nestle, Esq., deceased. Notice is also Given, that the transfer books of the Bank will be 1 1 . 0 Sed on Thursday, the 31st inst., and remain so u ntil Frida y , the 15th January next. By order of the Board. JNO. WARDROPE, Secretary. THE RHINE AND GERMANY. —Th e Shortest and Cheapest Route, via Rotterdam, to the Rhine 44,1 Germany, is by THE DUTCH RFIENISH RAILWAY. r , Through Trains, in conjunction with those of the Co lo g ne-Minden '°_ ,ll Dany, start three times a day. Fifty Pounds of Luggage allowed free for each passenger. Farther particulars forwarded, post free, on application to the z any's London Agent, Mr. JouN C. JANSON, 61, Gracechurch- Itree. LONDON and NORT LAND RAILWAYS.-1 I-WESTERN and MID UEISTMAS HOLIDAYS. TICKETS will be issued from 4u Piast and SECOND CLASS DAY e EastonStation, LONDON, to- Lincoln York i - Colllnghani' Bradford o • ' Newprk Leeds Fiskerton Normanton L Th ow ur dti ga a r m ton Oakenshaw Nottingham , Derby " 1 Doncaster Derby Masborough. _._ °7 All trains on Thursday, Dec. 44,- available to return with by the unary trains up to and including Tuesday, Dec. 29. any tickets will also be issued from the above stations to London. By order. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, December, 1857. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL ' • W A Y.--CHRISTMAs HOLIDAYS. Thai DJ& a.m; Down Mail Train from London willrun as nsna l on , j4ristmas-day, excepting over the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and to Leeds only over the Midland line. The other Trains from 1 ondon on Christmas day will run as on B .o . l lldays, except the 10.0 a.m., which will not proceed beyond 47 Won. bAY TICKETS issned on THURSDAY, Dec. 24, and interval *.tilays, will be available until the following TUESDAY, Dec. 29. By order. MARK Peneral Manager's Office, Euston Station, December, 1857. 142 , Strand, London, W.C. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, 4 ndall Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, tnd bY its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to Perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Bd by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchureh-street, rnd London , and 68, Broad-street, Worcester ; also by Messrs. Barclay '° l ons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the labo and patent cap of the bottle. DU BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS' FOOD, for DELIC &TE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN VALIDS. Supersedes the expense and dangers of wet-nursing, is more easily digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than Milk; acidity, cramps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless ness. scrofula, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of the system and sound sleep insured. Many respectable families who have reared and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred to, and a copy of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Barry and Co., 17, Regent-street, London Prices : —ln Canisters, Is.; 25.; and 121 b. at 215. The large Canister will be forwarded freo of carriage on receipt of Post Office Order. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enl ar g dt o l96Steel, just pages , stp nbuh illustrated sed, b p y 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravi ng s on n s ice, free by post, 1 so r ip EtE SILENT FRIENDa decay on the physical exhaustio n an :A nf l‘ t i he ed fr i a c m a e l , fr W om o t r h k e effects of solitary indulgence, conse quences from the use of Mercury ; wi th infec tio n, and the injurious hservations on the obliga tions of marriage, and directions for obviat ing certain disqualiflca tons. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Surgeo n s• • Consultations as Usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, .•0. • And Gordon, , 146 Leaden noster-row ; Sanger, 160. Oxford-street , W arw i c k-lane, Pater hall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both sexes to renbvato the Impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic; its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and debi lities and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, i mpotency, b a rrenness, , arising from venereal ex cesses, has b een d em onstrated .3 its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price 118. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves 11 s. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi litic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price I Is. and 335. per bottle, also a saving Of its. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec tual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, glect, stricture. and diseases 'tithe urinary organs. l'rice 2'. 9,1., 6d ,ant s. per "Fix. SOH by , Church, 73, Gracecharca-;feet, City ; Ifooper, 43, King William-street (four doors from London Bridge) ; G. E. Watts, 1 t, Strand ; +V. sutton and Co., 10. Bow-churchyard; W. Edwards, 67, St. eaul's-chUrchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and 'larding, 4, Chea..side ; ['rout and Harsant, 229, Strand ; and all Medicine vendor 4 throughout the United Kingdom. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE CURES (without Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hystefia, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Headache. Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints ate effected by 1 ) IT BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA ALABICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It Is, moreover, the best food for infants and inva li ds generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and 'dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived consMerable benefit rrom Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Deeies."—Cury No. 49,832, "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du D a - excellent Food. ItfariaJoily, Wortham L .Ig, near Diss, Nortelk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a Cure of extreme ner vousness, Indigestion, gathering, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver pool : a cure of ten year's dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew 13re of constipation, dyspep sia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Sherland of dropsy and debility. Care No, 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42.116 Major Edie of en l argemen t o f th e liver and total prostration of strength. Care No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily V " l itings, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Har vey of diarrhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. D. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Hunts,Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, of thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure N c o.4 ~ 814.. s 3 . 1 r. Samuel Laxton, Leicest er , of two years' diarrheas.. are v 0 az 612. The Dowager Countess of Castleatuart, of many years, nervous irritability, bile, and indi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No, 180. " Twenty-nye yew,' nervousness, con stipation, indigestion and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dis pepsta, nervousness; debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice' of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. I shall be - happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridlington Ree tory, Norfolk." No. 32, 8 3 6 . "Three years' excessive nerv ousness, With pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren dered. my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Bar w a t ie ulitd restottno. 3, restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdea con o f Rees, Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,906 . " Thirteen years cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta A rabica Food. James Porter , Athol - street, Perth." I m portant Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious !mita tationss— The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunc. non on the 10th March, 1854, a gainst Alfred Hooper Neville, for .mitating " Du Barry's Rava l e nta Arabica Food." Suitably paekted for all climates,ail b d In canisters, ilb is ed ; 21h 4s 60; ci e.- lis wit i h 2lb ful 2 l 2;f in . stri Tli c e tio l2l ns b . riage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., pur veyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Gr.ac.epEgate.echurch- Blan street ; 330,430, an d 45 1 , S tran d ; 4, Cheapside ; 149, Street ; and 150 end 158 Oxford-street . (N_„ 20,434.) PUBLICATIO S. NOVO ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 0 R P II A N S. By the Author of "MARGARET MAITLAND," " A very pleasing and charming story—the production of a gifted writer—one who possesses a peculiar fascination in her style, which is something . beyond an interesting narrative, or a power of vigorous description."— Sun. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. Now ready, LODGE'S PEERAGE and BA.RONETAGE FOR 1858, under the especial Patronage of la er Majesty and H.R.H. the Prince Gonsort, and corrected throughout by tho Nobility. In 1 vol., royal Bvo, with the Arms beautifully engraved, handsomely bound, with gilt edges, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. INTERESTING CHRISTMAS PRESENT. row ready, in 1 vol., 10s. 6d. bound, R. TUPPER'S NEW WORK. " RIDES D REVERIES OF /ESOP SMITH." ' By MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER. ":llr. Tupper's new work will do good service to his 1. terary repu tation. It is wr tten in a thoughtful suggestive spirit, and combines with lucidity and acuteness of judgment, freshness of fancy and elegance of sentiment."--Morning Post. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1858, Now Publishing, price 365. Kelly and Co., 18 to 21, Old Boswell-court, St. Clement's, Strand, W.C. ; Simpkln, Marshall, and Co., Stationer.'-hall-court, E.C., and all Booksellers. TtHE CHURCHMAN'S ALMANACK, for TILE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1853. ON A LARGE SHEET, 2d. , on roller, with cloth back, Is. 4d. SMALL OCTAVO, with Lists of Members of both Houses of Par liament, 2d. ,in blue cover, Interleaved, for Accounts and Memoranda, 10d. TEIIRTY-T WO-mo, blue cloth cover, Interleaved, for Accounts and Memoranda, tid. ~ roan tuck, is. ~ calf tuck, ls. Bd. -, for Schools, Members, and the Public, One Halfpenny. Sold at the Depositories, 77, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn fields ; 4, Royal Exchange ; and 16, Hanover-street, Hanover square ; and by all Booksellers. Now publishing, price two shillings, bound in _cloth, FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALBER I' FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Times," and Re porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. In addition to other useful information, it will contain a complete Record of the Racing and Steeplechase Season in England, Ireland, and Scotland trom the let of January up to the day of publication, Derby Lots for 1858, and Nominations for all the Principal Races for next year ; forming one of the most copious works of reference ever published. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Ho born, London. QT: MARTIN'S-HALL.-HANDEL' S .7 MESSIAH will be repeated on ti onday next, December 21, under the direction of Mr. JOHN MULLAH. Principal vocalists — Miss Kemple, Miss descent, Miss Palmer, Mr. Montem Smith, Mr. Thomas, Mr. -tanley. Tickets, Is., 2s. 6d.; stalls, ss. For the season, walls, 30s. ; galleries, 15s. New subscribers entitled to three extra admissions. CHRIsTr s MINSTRELS, POLYGR APHIC HALL, Bing-William-street, Strand. THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH ENTER TAINMENT. Sixth week of the JULLIEN BURLESQUE, received nightly with shouts oflaughter. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8. area, 25.; amphitheatre. Is.; Private Boxes, B. Is. be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street, and at Ssteaaltiss, can 3s . the Hall. On Thursday and Saturday, a Morning Entertainment, commencing at 3. PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL. ST. JAMES'S TFIEATRE.—Every Evening at 8, and Saturday Afternoons at 3.—New and Original Entertainment of PHYSICAL and NATURAL MAGIC, without the Aid of any Apparatus. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Private Boxes, two guineas, guinea and a-half, and one guinea.—Places to be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. DELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade, Strand.—Great success of M. Lamotte's Havelock Schottische, and Grand Fantasia from "11 Trovatore," ant the Neva Caledonian Quadrille hy Charles Hall. Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Bonicourt. Open every evening at half-past 8. Dancing commences at 9. The Argyll Band is to be engaged for private Balls. R. R. 13IGNELL, Ma- Lager. TAR. KAHN'S MUSEUM ANL- GALLERY OF SCIENCE, 3, Tichhorne-street, facing the Haymarket, This Institution presents entirely new features and offers unpre cedented attractions. Its object will be to combine Natural with EXPERIMENTAL. SCIENCE, and to show the connection be tween the functions of the Human Body and the great Forces of the Universe. Amomrt the numerous novelties now added, may be named the large Oxyhydrogen Microscope, GUENAL'S AP PAREIL URANOGRAPHIQUE (now first introduced). The latest improvements in Electric and other Apparatus (ixclading RUHM KORFF'S WORLD-RENOWNED COIL), Illustrations of Micro• scooic Anatomy, Dissolving Views of Physiological Phenomena, upon a principlenever before attempted, &c. Lectures are delivered daily on the various branches of Science, and their application to the Human Frarne, the Laws of Life, and the Preservation of Health, by Dr. Kahn and Dr. Sexton. The Institution is illuminated outside with DU BOSQUE'S M GNIFICENT ELECTRIC LIGHT. Open (for Gentlemen only) from 12 till 5, and from 7 till 10 o'clock. Admission to the whole Building, One Shilling. Illustrated Cata logues, Sixpence. Programmes and Lectures gratis on application, or by post free for six stamps. FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. HOBSON begs to call the attention of the pablic to his NEW STOCK in AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Beaver and Venetian Cloths, Scotch and Heather Twist, Mixed Doeskins, Caxhinere and Toilanette Waistcoatings, both of English and Conti nental manufacture, which will be found on inspection at prices most moderate for Best Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street INVESTMENTS EQUAL TO CONSOLS.- 1. A FREEIIOLD GROUND-RENT of 2491. Bs., secured on an estate producing 1,4001. a-year. To be sold for 5.5001. 2. A GROUND-RENT of 581. ss. for 90 years, equally well secured. Price 1,0001. 3. An Improved well-secured RENT of 75/. for 86 years. Price 1,050/ COTTAGES FOR SALE. 4. A COTTAGE RESIDENCE, held for 300 years at 31. 3s Price 2001. _ .._., ........ 5. A Small RESIDENCE near Kew-gardens, held for 99:years at 5/. Price 2001. ALMSHOUSES FOR SALE. 6. A well-crected ESTATE near Kew-gardens, healthful and convenient for omnibus, rail, or boat. vv OFFICES AND RESIDENCES TO LET. 7. The OFFICES, 25, Poultry, and 13, Gresham-street. The RESIDENCES (under 201. rent) at Daleton, Holloway, and New, replete with every convenience. Apply to Palmer and co., 13, Gresham-streot, Guildhall. TIRAUGHTS round DOORS and WINDOWS effectually PREVENTED by GREENWOOD'S PATENT INDIA-RUBBER STOPS, and Self-acting Spring Stops for the bottoms of doors. The most imperfect door can be made air-tight without re-hanging.—Men sent to take orders and dx them if re quired.—J. 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" , • . 44„...4,.... .•-•••• • t • ' ,15,„ 't '' .. ' 1 • liN ' , It. '..rL ..fy - 1 , i .A,,,' • , .I,lCilit---,,_'/.4,,:,,,,,,,,,--•,<" .::--- .;.,771-I!Ajt a -1- • t s ,.. { / , \ . + --," 4 0 •• 4417 , 1 \ 1 h t 01.4. le t , , 1 ; r . , ••• ".: -- - '''' . . ''' ' - '''...._ .............- . , Gr -7=e7-7 . ---- -, ' night :—Sugar, 3,639 hhdr. 285 tros. gts bar. 1,177 brls. ; rum, 1,338 puns. 188 hhis.,and;.. , molasses, 480 puns. 44 hhds. and 9 brls.•r a i, brl ; annatto, 12 casks ; matches, 10 cases; • doable cases; rice, 250 bags ; brandy, 1 cask ;V brie ; hats, 2 dozen ; cigars, 21,900 ; greenheari .tirnber, 21,511 cubic feet ; old copper, 16 bales and 11 pieces; letter. wood, 23 pieces ; hides, 165; cocoanuts, 39,929; flour, 50 brls. ; and 12,000 oranges. We copy the following from the Mercantile' In. telligencer :—. • . We have had numerous arrivals during the past fort night. Tonnage has become very abundant, and freights have a downward tendency. American provisions. in good supply. The weather continues very favourable for sugar making the crop will likely exceed that of last year considerably, and there are plenty of vessels to take it away. The Colonist of Nov. 25 says : The Demerara Railway Company have submitted to the Government propositions to raise on preferential bonds 200,0001., on Which amount the colon i a l le g isla• ture shall guarantee interest at' the rate of six per cent. per. annum for 90 years, and the colonial revenues shall be pledged for the payment of the interest, amounting to 12,0001. a-year, in London. With the money thus rained they peopOse to pay off thedebt due-to the colony, o.no4untiog to about 46,0001., to . ex p e nd the suns of 17,000/. on the repair of the rail wa y, an d i n a dding to and improving the premises, plant, and rolling stock ; and also to devote a further sum 0r30,900/. for the com pletion of the line to 111abaica, and „for additional plant. The rest of the money they propose to apply to the !Nisi dation of the other debts and liabilities of the company. It may be taken for granted that the answer of the corn. biped court to this proposition will be in the negative. Another important subject to be brought before the . conibined court, during its extraordinary session, is the proposed introduction of sepoy exiles from the East Indies, into this colony. The proposition has been fay' u rably received out of doors. It appears that the sa e proposition which, has been made to the Govern me t of this colony, has also been made to the govern me is of the other West India colonies generally. A. sialar offer bas been made to the government of St. Luca; and the Palladium, while expressing a favour able opinion of the scheme, thinks that "should the colony accept the offer of the East India Company, there is one condition which should be explicitly laid down, nro;nely, " that an effective military force should be kept up. at this station." The same condition will, as a matter of course, be insisted upon everywhere, wherever any of the sepoys may be sent." The following is an extract of a letter written by a 4entleman who was one :of a party which went from. Georgetown to explore the gold-fields in Venezuela : I P Kam 40. ►TAMPED STM .] obtain at least one-balf of the number of marks allotted to them. Thefoßowing subjects can be taken up or not at the option of the' candidate ; but one-third of the marks assigned to each must be gained, in order that it nay he allowed to aunt in determining the candidate's place on the list, viz. Marks. German Hindostance 3OO Natural philosophy, chemistry, and geology, as ap plied to military science3oo (13). Any officer, with the sanction of the Gene ral Commanding-in-Chief, compete at the annual final examination without previously passing through the college. And, further, any officer who desires to . enter the college for one year only, will be permitted, if there be a vacancy, to present himself at the first annual examination of the junior division of students (who will then have completed their first year), and, if qualified, may join the college accordingly. In each case the qualifications noted in paragraph 3 (above) will be re quired (14) After the final examination, the Council of Mili tary Education will draw up, and submit for the consi deration of the General Commanding-in-Chief, a list of the successful candidates, arranged in three classes ac cording to merit, with a special report of those who particularly distinguish themselves, whose names will also be mentioned by the council in its annual report. (15).. The first annual college examination, under the system above described, will be held in December, 1858. (16). Officers who shall have passed their final exami nations at the Staff College will be attached to each of the arms successively in which they have not previously served. They will be required to attend drills, parades, practicable means of making themselves generally avail themselves of every Certificates to this effect will be forwarded to the discipline, a in r t m er s i . or economy, field adjutant-general—in the case of officers attached to the artillery, by the inspector of drills at Woolwich ; and in the case of officers attached to regiments of cavalry and infantry, by the officers commanding such corps. It is presumed that a period of six months with each aryl will be the utmost that will be required in this re spect. (17). The order of the 9th of April, 1857, relative to the qualifications of officers for staff appointments, will eJntinue in force until the Ist of January, 1860, when the system which has been above detailed will have fully come into operation ; and the examinations referred to in that order will be conducted under the direction of the Council of Military Education. " Officers, however, who have altained the rank of lientenant-colonel will be exempted from the operation of that order. •` Alter the Ist of January, 1860, no officer will be appointed to the staff who shell not have gone through the Staff College, or passed the final examination of that college (paragraph 13), with exception of those who shall have attained, at that date, the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and in every case excepting officers of proved ability in the fiild. tadhn ddt tet they i y s ocwfi Demerara, Nov 25. t returned on the 6th inst. from my excursion through the interior of the colony to the gold diggings at Cara tat', near Tussugnen, in Venezuela, but was laid up for nearly a fortnight from the effects of fever, supposed to have been caught among the swamps of the Orinoco. You would probably hear by last mail of the lamented death of our esteemed friend Dr. Blair, which ocourred on the morning of the 9th, the day the packet left. Dr. Mmiget says the symptoms latterly were decidedly those of yellow fever. He is much regretted' hum,. having been one of our most skilful and experienced medical men, and taking a warm and active interest in -every thing affecting the colony. Had he lived, it was our intention to have published an account of our expedition to the diggings, but I suspect that must be abandoned now. Of the diggings I cannot report favourably at present. Only about 200 people are at work, and they barely earn ordinary labourers' wages, having an occa sional prize. The labour is the hardest I ever saw, and the place most unhealthy, not a single digger having escr.ped fever more or less severe. The country, how ever, app, are to be highly auriferous and metalliferous, F o that we may expect that it will in time, when British or American enterprise is brought to hear iupon it, become a gold-producing country. " (18). Although the course of mathematics at tt colle2e has been limited to that amount of knowledge which is considered essential to complete the education of the staff officer, it is probable that many officers may desire to pursue their mathematical studies to a much higher point, and' any candidates, therefore, who shall have proved their fitness for employment i❑ the ord /lance survey or in the topographical department, by superior progress in the science of geodesy, as well as of topography, will be named in the annual report of the Council of Military Education to the Secretary of State for War, as deserving employment in those services, " By order of his Royal Highness the General Commanding in Chief. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant• General." CENTRAL AMERICA. Nicaragua is in a deplorable state. The repub lics are quarrelling, and their dissensions will favour Walker's expedition. Much anxiety is felt as to whether the British will oppose the landing of Walker's troops. The Nicaragua and Costa Rica forces are still opposed to each other, though no collision has yet taken place. In Honduras and the adjoinilig republics the cholera is committing fearful ravages, and business nearly at a standstill. The Panama Railway Company has published a very arbitrary bye-law, requiring that all payments connected with the line are to be made in Ameri can currency. This is extremely hard on the for wardiug agents and others, inasmuch as all -,,the American coin has been drained from the Isthiaug. A public meeting condemning the measure hasbeen held at Colon. Rumours are afloat as to the sol- Veney of one of the largest for warding helms on the isthmus. • THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. lioeso b trffl hflnaee. t offered rhevl. the SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. [A summary of the following appeared in our impression of yesterday.] The Parana has arrived with the West India and Pacific mails. Her dates are :—Jamaica, Nov. 27 ; Demerara, Nov. 25 ; Trinidad, Nov. 25 ; St. Thomas, Dec. 1. Shil brings home 53 passengers. Amongst her cargo is specie to the value of 586,181 dols., of which 126,131 dols. are in silver, and the rest in gold. Her Majesty's ship Imaum was at Jamaica. The Leopard was to leave Jamaica for Colon. The Tar tar was at St. Domingo. The Atalanta was at Demerara., and the Brunswick was at Colon. The Monarch was at Valparaiso and was about to leave for Callao. The Nereus was at Valparaiso. The Alarm and Cockatrice were at Islay, watching a Peruvian revolutionary frigate. The Retribution and the Naiad were at Callao. The Magician was Panama,lsAtavoptaseisshe:hicmshe Excellencyb, extremelylyßoyalt h repairing e macdainl ce: address ea,m; it no s e. a l yr e n:C h awo a ne d ndr ta e , oyewuthv: iialthe ashore. sstGdioit From ow learnnatrhme that congratulationsev e evening in i n g o h f e t h L e e 1 g vas Jamaica presented w th e e house on his appointment to the government of this island, it expressed the deep concern with which the intelligence of the rebellion, and unnatural atrocities perpetrated in her Majesty's eastern do minion, had been received by the house, and an earnest hope that, under the approving influence of an Almighty power, and by the strong arm of Bri tish valour, that valuable portion of the empire might speedily be restored to obedience and tran quility." The business of the session has been promptly proceeded with, and a number of government mea sures have been already introduced and forwarded to advanced stages. From the Colonial Standard we take the follow ing : The Immigration Act, introduced by Mr. Hosack, is one of the most complete measures which, within our experience, has ever been presented to the legislature. It is an able consolidation of all the acts now in force re lating to the importation of government immigrants, with the addition of a well-digested machinery for the perpetuation, under a carefully-devised scheme, of this most important branch of public economy. We have again been visited along the south side with fine seasonable rains, but, strange to say, the north side continues without any rain, and it is feared that the crops in that quarter will be greatly injured by drought. There is a large amount of sickness still is and about Kingston. The restricted condition of the money market in the United States, when the greater portion of our supply of imported food is obtained, has had a most disastrous effect ou our provision market. We are very nearly at this moment without any supply whatever of flour or salted fish. But for one or two fortunate arrivals from Halifax and Philadelphia we should be at this moment without a barrel of flour or a cask of codfish in Kings sten ; and as it is, we are within a few days of total exbaustion—and whether within that period we shall receive a cargo to keep ns going is wholly problematical. It is further stated that bill operations in the United States being no longer possible, it has been found necessary to send specie thither for the pur chase of provisions; of course 8,0001. cannot have been sent from Jamaica to the United States, in gold, without placing the Bank treasuries under contribution ; and as this drainage might proceed to a very much larger extent, the banks have found it necessary, in their own defence, to limit discounts. De Cordova, of Nov. 26, says— Money has been somewhat scarce, the banks being disinclined to accommodate. The 5,0001. in specie re ceived by one bank, per last steamer from Europe, is too sma ll an amount to cause tiny great improvement. Of isiaud produce, pimento remains inactive, so much so that it is impossible to give any correct quotation. Coffee has been kept from market by continued heavy rains in the country, and transactions in the article have been therefore very limited. In freights there is nothing doing. Exchanre on London—Jamaica Bank, 90 days, par ; ' 60 days, / per cent. prem. ; 30 days, 1 per cent. prem. Colonial Bank, 90 days, par ; 60 days, 1. per cent. prem; 30 days, 1 per ceet. prem. Commissa riat bills, per cent. prem. Merchants' bills, 90 days, /to 1 per cent. die. From the Demerara Royal Gazette of Nov. 24, we cull these items : Since the sailing of last pac ket the weather has are been dry, and the colony exceeding l y believe, three or four cases of cholera in this city, but h ea lthy. , we not of a dangerous type. Our home readers will be happy to learn . that Sir Wm. H. Holmes and Mr. Cam p bell are recovering fast their severe attack of illness, and .tre now quite eon valescent. death of Dr. Blair, which has cast a gloom over the en to almost every house tire colony, and brought sorrow hold. The melancholy event took place on the 9th inst., the day on which the iast steamer sailed. The most distressing event of the past fortnight is the he over nor of the 25th July last, the day on which t g this colony (Mr. Wodehouse) and his lady sailed . or d The indictment charged the prisoners with Eng.an . and riotously assaulting the Governor and Mrs. riot Si x persons have been tried for riotous proceedings on Wodehouse, th e Chief Justice, and Mr. Wolseley, the en t s ecretary. The tr ial occu p ied nearly tyro days, when t he j ur y returned against Edward Eady, Charles Byble , and Henry Hope a verdict of guilty Byble and Hope to mercy). acting governm ent ( s trongly recom mendin g The other prisoners they acquitted on all the counts. His Honour sentenced Eady to two years' imprisonment with bard labour, and Byle and Hope to eight months' imprisonment, with bard labour, each. Several more disappointed parties have returned from the Upata and Tubuquen goldfields. What information we have received confirms the opinion of the commissioners—that the quantity of gold to be obtained is too little and the risk attending it too great to make it an object to go there. Those who will go a gold-hunting had better proceed to the milder climates and more productive mines of Australia or California. exports cleared at the Catena-hewn for the past fort- LONDON: SA,TITRDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1857. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. the ties which bind them to the regiment and their comrades may be seriously impaired,. and the greatest incitement to professional exertions takex away. An officer enters the service, whether by purchase or not, on the condition and with the full kuowledge,of the regulations con cerningpromotion, and can have no cause of complaint, if the officer prepared to purchase, .and considered qualified by the authorities at the Horse Guards, succeeds to his promotion, according to these regulations. But a very different feeling w ou ld be occasioned if an officer selected during peace, not for distinguished conduct in the field, or from any acknowledged superiority, was placed over the heads of his com mig rides. His promotion w ou ld naturally be ascribed to favouritism or influen ce . This take in a regiment, stationed i n some distant and ht place un healthy colony where it would he considered a still greater act of injustice from the oiler officers having had to incur the danger of a long and irksome service while the selected Relit ena nt-colo nelh ad been wining his promotion by easy service in some comfortable staff appointment at home. So strong would be this feeling, in the opinion of his Royal Highness, that ho could not utdertake to contend with it. H. R. Highness can con ce i ve n o possible standard on which the army would be satisfied with selec tions of lieutenant-colonels, and is convinced that the attempt would end in promotion to that step, which it is so important officers in the prime of life should be brought forward to fill, being wholly geverned by seniority. Lord Grey, the only other witness examined on this point, was of the same The Argo steamship, &pt. Benson, left Ports mouth Harbour for Spithead yesterday morning with 800 troops on board for India. They were loudly cheered on passing out of harbour ; and on reaching Southsea-beach the North Lincoln Militia, who were at the time under drill, rushed to the es planade and gave them a hearty farewell, which was cordially re-echoed by those on board. The Bth company of Royal Sappers and Miners, under the command of Capt.. W. F. Lambert, RE., 120 officers and men of all ranks, will leave Chat ham this morning and proceed to Southampton for the purpose of embarking for China to join the other companies of Royal Engineers who have preceded them to that country. The Bth company will be conveyed to Alexandria in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Pera, and proceed overland to Hongkong. The following officers of the Royal Engineers will embark with the Bth com pany :—Lieuts. J. A. Papillon, E. H. Courtney, R. M. F. Sandford, and Shearman Bird. Col. W. H. Eden, in command of the troops at Chatham garrison, has received orders to hold in readiness reinforcements for the Bth, 29th, 43d (Light Infantry), 70th, 75th, and 84th regiments, who are to embark for India at an early date. A number of officers will be selected from each of the corps named to embark with the reinforcements. The Argus, 6, paddlewheel steam sloop, has been docked at Chatham for the purpose of undergoing some extensive repairs, which will necessitate her remaining in dock until Feb. next. The Victor Emanuel, 91, screw line-of-battle ship, was removed from dock yesterday into the steam basin, Portsmouth preparatory to trial of her engines. The experiments announced to come off yester day morning in Woolwich-marsh, with a view of testing the capabilities of the 36-inch mortar, de signed by Lord Palmerston, were partially carried out. The first shot was not fired until noon. The external injuries sustained on the former occasion having been repaired the mortar again presented an appearance of solidity, and was more firmly secured by extra lashings, and the divisions more firmly bolted. The peculiar mode in which the bar rel is constructed, it being composed of hoops of wrought iron 9 in. broad, and 3i in. thick, laid over each other, has been shown in each of the experi ments to be extremely defective. On examination, after the 6th discharge, the segment nearest the chamber wherein the charge was contained, was found to be burst asunder. The damage extended to the exterior ring alone. The experiment there fore closed as soon as the accident was discovered. Each charge of powder employed on this occasion consisted of 401 h., which was contained in 8 bags of 51b. respectively. It had been arranged by the select committee to fire nine rounds in equal charges, without variation or progressive increase, as at the first trial. The bags of powder were also embedded as formerly in a layer of sawdust, in order to fill in the superfluous space, and counteract the effect of the shock on the metal. The elevation of the weapon was at 42 deg., and it was stationary, so that the shells were all projeetedin the same direction; never theless, the range varied at each shot, the average distance being about 1,500 yards, the flight over that range occupying 17 seconds. A 13-inch shell was likewise fired immediately before the discharge of the heavy mortar, as a kind of precursor, and to contrast the velOcity and flight of the two missiles. The undertnentioned Paymasters have retired with the rank of Paymasters-in-Chief :—Mr. William Soadv, Mr. William Bowden, Mr. Thomas W. Parker, Mr. Walter Burke, and Mr. Henry South. opinion. If the object of the proposed change is to secure greater care in th© appcintment of officers to com mand regiments, an object in which we concur, that may be accomplished by a firm exercise of the undoubted duty of the Commander-in-Chief, to in terpose his veto to the advancement of officers by purchase whom he believes, or may be advised, are incompetent to the charge of the higher rank. His Royal Highness states that a more stringent use of his authority in this respect would be much felici tated by the mined of publio opinion, which we are satisfied will net be withheld from it. This check on the appointment of lieutenant-colonels, if exercised with caution and discretion, would be much aided by the option of retirement on sale being reserved to the officer, and would in our opinion be as great a security against the appoint ment of inefficient men to command regiments as the proposed means of selection. It is true that this power has always existed, and that the exercise of it has hitherto been unusual, but on some occasions it has been resorted to, and the army would be satisfied with its more frequent application, although it might be considered a hard ship by individuals whose promotion was stopped by it. We do not enter upon financial considerations and arrangements which must be the consequence of the proposed alteration. It could not be adopted without the fullest indemnity to field officers for the money they have paid for their commissions, nor without some new arrangements for the emoluments and retirement of general officers, who had been selected without purchase for the rank of lieutenant colonel, and who would no longer have a claim to the present scale of emoluments, after having re ceived compensation for their commissions. It would be further expedient to provide other in ducements to old officers to retire, if the privilege of the sale of their commissions, alter 20 years ser vice, whether they had purchhsed them or not, was taken from them. These inducements would be still more necessary if the attempt to select lieu tenant-colonels shoulh end, as his Royal Highness and Lord Grey are of opinion, in promotion to that rank being wholly by seniority. It is said the selection of commanding officers in the service of the East India Company has suc ceeded so well that the same practice may be in troduced with advantage into the regular army. That selection, however, only takes place after the officer has arrived, by seniority, or frequently by purchase, to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. A re ference to the age of these officers will at once show REPORT OF THE RIGHT HON. EDWARD ELLICE, that the adoption of their system would in no re- M.P., LIEUT.-GEN. EDWARD BUCKLEY WYN- spect benefit your Majesty'sservice. These reasons YARD, C. 8,, AND MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HENRY make us entertain serious doubts of the expediency JOHN BENTINCK, K. C.B. of any partial change in regimental promotion. We have given the fullest consideration to the We shrink from the responsibility of throwing out report made to your Majesty by the other members mere suggestions, which may disturb without of the commission which your Majesty has appointed amending the present system, be unsatisfactory to to incinirt. intn and rerutrt their opinions on the army, and ixtralyse, - during the suspense they the presentsystem of purchase in the army. Agree - may lead to, the current of promotion which it ing generally in the report, we regret that our sense must be the great object •to encourage. Greater of duty prevents our concurring in the partial stringency in examinations as to professional edu change recommended in regimental promotion— cetion and attainments will be an adequate secu tbat the rank of lieutenant-colonel should in future rity against abuse of purchase. We are not of be filled by selection. opinion, however, that the principle of competitive All the witnesses examined upon the commission examination should be adopted, which can afford concur in opinion, which opinion is confirmed by little proof of the moral and physical qualities the most distinguished foreign officers who have essential in military life. lately served in the field with your Majesty's f orces , W e agree with the other members of the commis that a British regiment, as at present organised, is sion, that the commands of regiments should be equal, if not superior, to any similar corps in the held for a certain fixed time, as is now the case with world. We are of opinion that every improvement staff appointments, Such a change would give should be adopted, every exertion made , still fur- g reat im p etus to promotion, and be accompanied ther to promote this discipline and efficiency, and with other advantages which it is unnecessary to de to maintain the superiority of our regimental force. tail. But even this alteration must be cautiously con- We also fully admit the abstract objections to pur- sidered with reference to officers who may be still fit chase. We should not be prepared to advise the for active service, and who would be reduced, with introduction of the principle if we did not find it out some further arrangement, to half-pay. A selec already established and interwoven with our whole tion from thisclass of officers who would have gained regimental system. But we have in vain endea- great ex, erience in the command of their regiments, voured to elicit from the witnesses, most loud in if otherwise qualified, to higher appointments on their condemnation of the system, any other scheme the s taff, would appear expedient. When not so of regimental organisation which would secure for selected, it would be necessary allow your Majesty's service abette r o r s o g ood a class of ante ade q uate to t he to make some difference of pay till they officers, accelerate promotion, so as to bring regi- attain the rank of major -general. The option of mental officers at an active p er iod o f th e i r li ves l eav ing the, service, retaining their nominal, or into the higher ranks of the army, provide indem- even a superior rank, or some payment of money pity for the officers who have purchased th e i r corn _ equ i va l en t to the value of their commissions, might missions, and at the same time obviate the evils be an inducement to Officers to retire who had little of arriving at the higher ranks been and emoluments ' complained of iu the existing system. Our col- hope, from their age, leagues so far agree with us that they have . . . emoluments of the profession. All changes of must entail expense, which will, however, be borne cheerfully by the public if they unable to recommend more than a very limited this description . modification in the system of purchase. which we agree more cordially than in the necessity We think it right t There is no recommendation in the reports in contribute to the efficiency 0 advert, with reference to the and proposed change, to of adopting an amended system of education the between the comparisons that have been entering made examination, both as respects officers .the promotion of the army and navy, of their service, and between our o of the army. army and at a subsequent period security of other countries. own regimental system and that We think it essential, also, that every or by rally. should be taken against the irregular p romotion of Allo paronmaloogtiyonexinisttsbe navy is in the service gene officers of inexperience by undue in fluence, the joint operation of exchange and purchase, N of a ship and that of • which has been the subject of complaint in former . . a regiment. The ship is com d the between the organisation times. Th ese co mplaints would have been the missione , officers and crew appointed for a same whether pu rc hase bad existed or no t, nor do certain period, education a n d p ro fi c i en cy in militery knowl ed g e officers reduced to h a lf pay, when the crew are paid till their services are off, and the affect the question. Under a vigilant and honest again required. Selection is less difficult in time of administration o f th e i r d u ties by the military peace, when opportunities always cccur for the dis [ authorities, the sam e proficiency in this respect play of peculiar qualtties, and personal skill and would be required on the promotion of an officer , c onduct, which distinguish supe whether by or without purchase. the character of a rior officer. Our hesitation i n a gree i ng t o this partial change A regiment, on the other hand, is a permanent in the system of reg i men t a lp remo tion arises from body, depending for its excellence on the general the following considerations : fellowship of a permanent set of officers—on their In the first place, the making the rank of lieu- general relations with the non-commissioned offi tenant-colonel the exception to the general rule of cers and men under their command—a high esprit purchase in the regiment would remove none of de corps—and the preservation of old associations the general objections urged to the principle. The and recollections connected with its history and objections to "buying and selling places of emolu- • achievements. The officers durin g peace have few ment"—" vicious in principle, and repugnant to opportunities of distinction, and are often, from the public sentiment of the present day ; ' " the the nature of the duties imposed on the English demand of a sum of mon e y from a young man en- army, remove d on the most irksome employment tering the service," his whole means being in- from the scene of active service and distinction. It vested in his commissi on ,'' "hi s. promotion being would be h ard if, on that ac count, they should be dependent on his purse : th e e ff ec t o f purchase in deprived of thei r chance of promotion after having discouraging exertion, in depressing merit," and entered the service on the faith of existing regu the habit of extravagance which the introduc- lations. tion of young men of wealth is supposed to en- I courage ;if these objections, so much i n sisted upon in the British army is in n o respect inferior to that by one class of witnesses, and so counterbalanced of foreign arm ies. Of cou rse the relative state o f by the advantages of the system in the opinion of societytis it aidnmditfeeedretnhtat countries --the difference be others, are really destructive to the efficiency and tween voluntary a nd com pulsory service—must be character of the army, neither remedy nor mitiga- taken into consi deration i u attempting to form any tion would be found for them in the mere selection connection between their military institutions. In of lieutenant-colonels. It would appear more this free country it is essential to the maintenance reasonable, with a view to arrest those evils, to and popularity of a permanent military force that begin with the abolition of purchase for the first the independence of our officers should be upheld instead of the last step in regimental promotion. an d r espected. The authorities in charge of our All these objections have been considered by the military administration are called upon to justify Duke of Wellington and the other high military their advice with respect to appointments by selec authorities in the commission of 1840, who, not- tion, and frequently have to explain and defend withstanding, concurred unanimously in recom- them against the suggestions of partiality and Im-e -mending the maintenance of purchase. judice. Our army is suddenly increased on any Since the report of that commission, the Indian emergency of war, and as suddenly reduced on the Government, in consequence of stagnation in pro- return of peace. A system of half-pay and other motion in their service, have confirmed and arrangements necessary to meet the incidents of sanctioned a practice, which has gradually been this changing condition become necessary, which growing up, for the officers in a regiment to con- exist in no other country. On the whole, our regi tribute to a purse for the purchase of the higher mental officers are younger than those in other ser ranks in their corps. We understand that a similar vices, especially in the French. If selection, much practice, f rom the same reason, is creeping into some more easy when troops are acting together in large of the continental armies. We believe that it bodies, and more or less engaged in actual war, or would b e ver y difficult, if selection for promotion preparation for war, brings forward occasionally to the commands of regiments were adopted w hil e yo unger officers to the higher rank s , s eniority tends purchase is generally retained, to prevent the to stagnation in the lower ones. application of money to create vacancies in cases The commission of 1854 has already recom where officers had means of information as to their mended to your Majesty the selection of officers for chance of succeeding to them. at- It appears higher rank on the staff, from officers having . to us that if the principle is to be -Wiled the rank of colonel, after three years' ser maintained at all, it is equally 1 essent . •ia it should vice, in the command of regiments. The junior be . maintained in the higher as in the lower selection. mental regi- ranks of the staff are equally filled by select • mental ranks. If no hope is given to the • - ' junior We entertain a strong conviction that if selection or officer% of succeeding in their turn to the command, the staff iti judiciously exercised, and the general regulations strictly adhered to, that no officer shall be permitted to remain on the staff beyond the , limited term of five years, that the complaints of which so much has been heard lately, of the in efficiency of our military system, will receive their , best and most satisfactory answer. The principal complaint has been, not of the regiments, but of the manner in which they have been directed, provided for, and handled by the staff, on service and in campaign. Purchase cannot have given grounds for that complaint, for purchase has only influenced regimental, and never staff, appointments or promotion - . Whether the adoption of other reforms and ameliorations, admitted on all hands to be necessary in our mili tary system, may in the end place the army on the efficient and satisfactory footing expected by the country, or whether it may still be nessary, at some future time, _again to raise the question that has been submitted to our examination, we do not pre tend to anticipate. If the abolition of purchase shall ultimately be determined upon, we are certain that the arrangements to be substituted for it will be best left in the hands of the executive Govern ment, unfettered by the suggestions or recommen dation of partial changes of doubtful expediency and. of difficult accomplishment. We submit these reasons humbly, and. with great deference, to your Majesty, forcliffering in opinion with our colleagues in the commission as to the expediency of recom mending this alteration in our regimental system, which, we fear, might only produce discontent throughout the army, lead to uncertainty and hesi tation in existing arrangements, and produce no adequate benefit to your Majesty's service. EDWARD ELLICE. EDWARD BUCKLEY WYNYARD, Lient.rGelleral. H. BENTINCR, Major-General. August 3, 1857. SANDHU.RST STAFF COLLEGE. THE MILITIA. The Leicester Militia arrived at Portsmouth yes terday by railway, and embarked on board her Majesty's steam troop-frigate Vulcan, Commander John Sec combe, for Queenstown. ARMY PURCHASE COMMISSION. The following important regulations in reference to the Staff College at Sandhurst have just been issued to the different regiments of her Majesty's army : Horse Guards, W.S., Dec. 17. The Queen having been pleased to approve of the name of the present senior department of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst being change to that of Staff College, which college is to be placed under the charge of a commandant, with a quartermaster and staff non-commissioned officers on its establishment ; and her Majesty having also approved of the following regulations for the admission to, and for the studies ef officers at, the college, and for other matters connected therewith, the same are hereby published for general satisfaction . (1). The Staff College will be open to officers of all arms of the service, and will consist at first of 30 students, in the proportion of 25 from the cavalry, Guards, and line, to five from the two Ordnar ce corps, admission to the college being determined by a competitive examination. (2). No payment will be required from students to the funds of the college. (3). The qualifications requisite for admission are 1. A previous service of not less than three years, exclusive of leaves of abeence. 2. A certificate from his commanding officer, that the candidate is an intelligent, zealous, and well-canducted officer, and thoroughly acquainted with all his duties. 3. The candidate, if not a captain, to have passed the examination for a troop or company. 4. A medical certificate of good health, and fitness for the active duties of the staff. (4). Commanding officers of regiments will, in every case, forward applications for admission to the Staff College through the general officer in command, to the adjutant general. If the commanding officer of the regiment, or the general officer in command, cannot recommend the application of any candidate, the grounds of objection to be distinctly stated. (5). The competitive examination for entrance to the Staff College will comprise the following subjects, the relative values of each at the exam in a t i o n being shown by the number of marks attached to it. Marks. Mathematics Military history and geography French German 3OO Fortification Military drawing 3OO Geology l5O Chemistry ' 150 In mathematics 400 marks will be allotted to arith metic, the first four books of Euclid, and algebra, in eluding questions producing simple equations ; and of this number at least 300 must be obtained for qualification. In French 75 marks, at least, must be obtained, for qualification. The remaining subjects, as welt as the higher portions of mathematics, may be taken up or not at the option of the candidate, the marks gained thereon being reckoned in determining his position in the list of com petitors. It is to be understood that these qualifications will be raised so soon as the system shall have been a sufficient time in operation to enable officers to come up for es • J amination better prepared. After the year 1858, the candidate will, in addition, be expected to have a sufficient use of the pencil to be able to draw from an exAmple or object placed before him. In regard to military history, the candidates will be required, when sending in their application for admission to the college, to state what has been the course and extent of their reading, in order that the Council of Military Education, in framing the examination papers, more de important may be enabled to select for ea ch candidate some one or describe i port n an d t etao. campaigns, which he will be ex p ected to (6). The examination of officers serving in the United Kingdom for entrance to the Staff College will be held in London, under the direction of the Council of Military Education. In the case of officers servinglabroad, the examinations of such as shall be allowed to compete, will be conducted by means of the same printed questions as are set for the examination of candidates in London. These ques tions will bo answered in writing in the presence of a board of officers which will be appointed by the general officer in command, and which will certify that the can ' didate has obtained no assistance from books, or help of any kind in the examination. (7). The college course of study will commence annu ally on the Ist February. The transmission of the printed examination papers to stations abroad will be so arranged that the claims of the candidates may be decided upon in time to admit of those who are success ful joining the Staff College by the let February next ensuing. (8). The following will be the course of instruction at the Staff College, viz.:— In mathematics the minimum course will include Euclid, algebra, mensuration of planes and solids, tri gonometry, and the application of those subjects, and elemantry mechanics. The French language, German, and Hindostanee (the two latter optional). Fortification and artillery. Topographical drawing, military survey, and sketch. rig. Reconnaissance. Military ant, military history and geography. Military administration, including the organisation and equipment of armies in the field. Military legislation. Elements of natural philosophy, chemistry, and geo logy, as applied to the military sciences, by lectures. Exercise in composition will be afforded to the stu dent during the whole course of instruction, in writing memoirs or essays on the subjects of the course. Riding. (9). The above course o f stud y will occupy two s of inn er s , which period is not be exceeded except in case with the sanction of the General Commanding-in. Chief. The yearly course will be divided into two terms — viz., from the lst February to 15th Juoe, and from the 15th July to the 15 th D ecember, the intervening periods constituting the vacations. (10). As officers may be expected to join the college with very varied degrees of attainment provision will be made to enable any student who may be well prepared in any particular subject, to attend more ePpecially to other subjects in which he may feel himself deficient. If, for instance, the strident should come to the college pre viously well instructed in mathematics, be will be enabled to direct his attention principally to the mili tary sciences, or to languages, in lieu of mathematical studies. (11). During the whole course monthly reports ofthe progress of each student will be forwarded by the com mandant of the Staff College through col o of the Royal Military College, to the Council of Military Education. There will be examinations at the end of every half-year, the summer examination being conducted by the professors of the college, and the winter examination by examiners independent of the establishment. The winter examination at the termination of the first year of the student's course will be probationary, and any students who may appear" unlikely to quality themselves for the final examination at the close of the second year, will be removed. Shoul6, however, any marked case of deficiency or neglect be brought under the notice of the Council of Military Ed u cation, at any half-yearly examination, or at any other period, such student will be also liable to ren.oval. (12). The following will be the marks allotted to each subject at the final examination : Malts. 600 Mathematics Theory 400 Fortifications and artillery {Drawing 100 100} .... 600 Memoir Military dravting and survey in g 400 Reconnaissance Military art, military history, and geography, with 600 memoirs Military administration and legislation.. French 3 In the above subjects the officer will be expected to CHILI. The news from Valparaiso is to October 31, and from Callao to Nov. 11. _ The Congress of Chili is in session, and 200,000 dols. have been voted in aid of the Southern Rail road, to enable the company to carry on the works. The project for raising a foreign loan of 7,000,000 of dollars, for continuing the works on the 'Valpa raiso Railroad, which was pending before the se nate, has been approved. It is now intended that goveruwent should buy up all the sl•ares in the rail road as far as Quillota, so that the whole line may become a national enterprise. A public school system bas also been adopted, by which the municipal authorities throughout the re public are to raise a special income tax for the en dowment of primary schools and high schools, under the superintendence of a general board, con sisting of an inspector and vis i to rs f or each pro vince. It is provided that there shall be one boys' and one girls' school for every two thousand souls. of the population. 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