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THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the RATE of EXCHANGE at which they will receive Cash for Rills ou Bengal and Madras, will" rom the present date, and until further notice, be is. 10d. the Company's Rupee, and for 81114 011 ^ .116 4.bay, Is. 10%d. the Company's Rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. rind , lies hire, ;lap ling, ton, aXe r~ac~c!i r4 o rce, ,, r"-Q -. •. I tr. -* ir FEBRUARY 5 1847. , 44 , Vs. No. j 6,9 6 LONDON, FRIDAY P UWE SD. REPRESENTATION OF WESTMINSTER. APUBLIC MEETING of the ELEC I ORS will TAKE PLACE TO-NIGHT (Friday Evening), February Sth, at the Queen's Concert Roqm, Hanover-square. to afford CURL:ES COCHRANE, Esq., CANDIDATE for WESTMI sTE R, • 'the opportunity of addressing the Electors of St. George and St. James's, and stating his reasons for seeking the Suffrages of the Cid . zeus of Westminster. The Chair to be taken at Half-past Seven o'clock. By order, B. BATTAM, Secretary for St. George, 12, addox-street. 11. REYNOLDS, Secretary for St. James, Great Pulleney-street. Tickets for the platform may be obtained from the Secretaries WHITTINGTON CLUB and ETRO PO LITAN ATESUM. T he First SOIREE of the Membe E N rs and their Friends, will be held It the London Tavern, on WEDNESDAY, the 17th of February. DOUGLAS JERROLD, Esq., President, in the Chair. Supported by William Howitt, Esq., V.P. Mrs. Mary Howitt, V.P. Charles Knight, Esq., V.P. J. Humffrey Parry, Esq. WOOD SMITH, eminent individuals. fined at the Office, 68, Cheapside. Cowden Clarke, Esq. !in. Cowden Clarke orerdleand Freiligrath, Esq, ...It. • Home. Esq., Y.P. Dr. SOUTH. And many other 'Farther particulars may be obtali GRAVESEND STAR and BLACKWALL .• 'bat and Rall included i P ACKETS. a One Payment, avoiding the danger an t ,__ (l delay of the Pool. 'min the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 94, 104, 1,3, 4, and Sundays, at 94, 11, 14, 4, and 5. The Trains starting one guar tar of an hour before each of these tines. •• ..New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 74, 84, 94, 114, 1,3, and Sundays, at 84, 114, 1,3, and 5. t 21 - 11 . —,No other packets call at the (gays or Greenhithe Piers. ter Office, Gravesend, Dec. 28, 1846. ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE' ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL. LONDON. Capital £500;000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. Thelssured nas, oft all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or Dar ..eliture of the Policy, two-thirds of the orensiures paid (see Table) ; t.:Aase°'ttBuhrea: e Pt e l sfor of te s r e m ie s esti o ng f to meet other ceavenionees or necessity. benefits, and the conversion of his lu etas. Years are granted on the lowest possible F The remarkable successDIVISION and Increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Di rectors, at the last annual investigation, to declare fourth bonus, Taring from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums p aid ou each Policy effected on the Profit scale. 1 Premium. Bones In Cash. pr ies ,lIIPI' 2141 1 " : e of and ad• lust tad ap- for ine ate s , t at! s 1 kle ;(I or M 1S Of £ 4 s.d., 1000 3 4 1837'X217 15 1 XlOO 011 1838 112 3 0 87 1 4 1839 165 11 10 74 1 9 1840 11G 7 6 54 010 1841 111 0 8 49 10 0 The division of profits is annnal, and the next y, ill be made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMILOUS Secretary g d Assure.] • may Eoa • R... 4 J " ZIG 0 4,£445 0 0 13 10 2, 395 11 1 II 3 1, 346 2 3 713 10 296 13 4 710 4! 247 4 5 PELICAN LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE, 70 LOMBIRD-6IEZET, and 57, CHASING-CROSS. LoxpoN: Established 1797. DSECTOR3. Matthias Attwood, Excl. M.P. Kirkman D. lioric2on, Esq. Robert Gurney Barclay, Esq. , Esq., F.R.S. J. A. Gordon, Esq., M.D., F.R.S, W. Cotto n Richard H. Lawrence, Esq. Sir viT „• ~ • Curtis, Bart. J. Petty Muspratt, Esq. Richard Davis Esq. Charles Hampden Turner, Esq. zaeliard Fuller, Esq. Matthew Whiting, Esq. —.— BO vUS. Tour-flfths of the net Profits realised by the Company from In- Mirances effected upon the Participating Scale of premiums allotted, agreeably to the conditions of the policies, every seven years. The A L T DRriod to commence tram the 3d of July, 1840. Very low rates offered to those who prefer insuring upon the Non- Partici pati ng scale. These two classes of Assurance are kept distinct from each other. ROBERT TUCKER, Secretary. ICE LONDON HORSE, CARRIAGE, and LIVIRY COMPANY. (Pr ov isionally Registered.) C apital, 2 , 10,000 r. in 20,000 shares of 10/. eachl Deposit, Is. per share. 3 ianaging Director—James Alexander Manning, Esq. Ei,li citors—Messrs. Redden, Baker, and Grant, 34, Lime-street. hankers —The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, City, and 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. The objects of this Company are to supply the nobility and gentry " the metropolis with Horses and Carriages of all descriptions, on hire, for fixed periods, or by the job, to receive Hones at Livery, and to transact all the other business usually falling within the province of Livery Stable-kccpers, at a considerable reduction from the pre sent prices. P rospectuses, and further information, with forms of application for shares, may be obtained at the Office of the Company, 52, Regent- Street, neat door to the County Fire Office; of the Solicitors, Messrs. ICeddell, Baker, and Grant, 34, Lime-street; of George Humphreys, Esq., 8 , Throgmorton-street, City; and of Mr. Whinney, Manager at the Company's Stables, 28, Shepherd's-market. May-fair. VCKINGIIAMSHIRE RAILWAY.—Second Instalment.-21. per Share of 171. 108.. due Ist March, 1847. Making, with the deposit of 4/. 4s. per share, Cl. 4s. per share tithed up.) OXFORD and BLETCHLY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Directors of the above named Company have this day made a call of 21. ;per share, payable on the Ist of March, 1847. The Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the same at ai , y of the undermentioned bankers,■ producing at the same time the call etter, without which payment of the call cannot be accepted. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. WYNDH&M HARDING, Secretary. 30, Great George-street, Westminster, Jan. 13, 1847. BUCKINGHAM and BRACKLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COM PANY.-4cOrIC K. IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Directors of the above-named Company have this day made a call of 21, per share, DAyable on the Ist of March, 1847. . The Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the same at any or the undermentioned bankers,* producing at the same time the call Better, without which payment yf the call cannot be accepted. HARRY VERNEY, Chairnian. WYNDHAM RDING 30, Great G eorg e-street, Westminster, Jan es . 13, 1847., Secretary. Interest at 5 per cent. will be charged by the bankers on all calls Which remain unpaid after the appointed day. No interest accrues on any share during the period when any call bY tke proprietor ro remains unpaid. transfef shares will be received on and after the Ist of March Ilittll the call is paid. * BANKERS. 104 6311 ...... Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard . street. ngham.• The Birmingham Banking Company. I f i verPool .... The Borough Bank. A ?cheater .• Sir B. Heywood and Co. •• Messrs. Bickford and Hunt, and the London ar County Bank. -- wgliant.. Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott. and Hearn, and the Lon tam, don and County Bank. —4l cY .• •• Messrs. Cobb and Co., and Messrs. Gillett and OXford Tawney. ' •••• .. Messrs. Wootten and Co., and the London and iti epk i_ County Bank. _ U• •• . Messrs. Tubb. OSTON, STAMFORD, and BIRMINGHAM li onn statiLwAY (STAMFORD and WISBECR LINE.) Itegise 'M HEREBY GIVEN, that the BOOKS kept for the Ci•-•„, o s t t ri etiLli of Transfers of Shares in this Company, will be 0 1Pek.„ .. .. 0 111 WEDNESDAY the 10th. to WEDNESDAY the 17th days Instant, both days inclusive. THOM 4.3 MACAULAY, Chairman. GEOKGE H. PACKE, Vice-Chairraan. By order, torp un , GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary. " Offices, IS, Abingdon-street, Westminster, February 3, 1847. .1.11 °lt THERN COUNTIES UNION 2g oti ,, • RAILWAY COMPANY. t 4 ltti",l, le hereb SHAREHOLDERS that the ordinary HALF-TEARLY, eekl ,J,..;,70 of the of this COMPANY will be ott lir,"„`ne London Tavern, Blshopsgate-street, in the city of London, Torli.7" , DAY, the 24th of February next, at the hour of Twelve Of tb„"tPast Twelve o'clock, upon general business, when the Report .437 d _ire.ctors will be submitted for their approval. ahitne , 1 2 ° t , oe IS hereby further given, that at the said Meeting, pnr lag or ao notice already published, and in Compliance with the Stand kiread:,,r, of the Ho use of Lords, the Bill, for which a petition is Cotap: d e posited, to enable the Northern Counties Union Railway vghY‘narttoh make certain regulations in their railway in the parishes or f s and Wensley, in the North Riding of the county of W `" be Submitted to the approval of the Sit Areholders. CHARLES LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. Th e irh WM. BERESFORD, Chairman. • 12 th 4 ,fiegister of Transfers will be closed, and remain so, from the days 1, 1 43 ' °f • February until the 24th day of February, 1847, both Dated, CHAS. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. Company's Offices, 1, Poet's-comer, Westminster, February 3, 1847. N E WELL and CO. , have purchased, by tender of Cond,,t,he Assignees of Mr. Johnstone, Silk Mercer, &c . ., Lamb's drapeTt-street, the whole of his valuable STOCK of SILKS, Linen rent. knosiery, and Fancy Goods, at the large discount of 31% per eeli,,,r'n l the cost price. The goods, which are all now and in ex litow_L v condition, will be offered for SALE, on their premises, next h ay u lt Feb. Bth, and ten following days, when the public will FakeT opportunity of buying some really serviceable, as well as Cep,' 'roods, at little more than tisk the regular prices. Pton Ilouse, 44, 45, and 46. Old Compton-street, and 4G and 47, Frith-street, Scrho-sqUare. OPENING- OF THE PORTS. LORD RUSSELL and Co., it appears, have resolv'd To amend the dilemma in which we're involv'd, And the ports of the realm, whieli so long have been shut, Will, doubtless, be open'd without "if" or but." ) . ° 4 Perhaps may suppose, from the way we commence, We shall write in a strictly political sense ; Itut no, worthy reader, E. MOSES and SON In Political matters would meddle with none. .„." - "e Ports being open'd to let in the grain be treated in rather a different strain. . MOSES and SON have their own open ports, For matchless habiliments—dress of all sorts. BY MOSES and SON was the first effort made To open the ports"in the tailoring trade. They expos'd tke Ugh prices which govern'd the day, d a3 s i n ly e And threw down th e Out - Tier that lay in the Way • and e B l y o - NI nE co nom y ' s huafit,agitedwwasorTli.Urrd To vast reaalve created a stir Throughout the v. And none can be found hi the by the good they Confer ; ports of E. MOSEtSheakincitigsdrx tdoisg°escl'dos'd. For the . , LIST OF PRIOR& IMADY MADE. Beaver Taglionis, front .• • ...... • • ..... •• "•• X 5. d Chesterfields and Caringtons ....... .... •• •• .• •• • . 8 8 6.. ............. 8 10 6 k . nsh ai , D•oriny . s, stud Chesterfields, .... ......... d . &mutt., I s 0 t z i nt in er te eo rc ats oa , ts in every style and make.........,.. 8 8 6 111`we44111Cottiert, lined'. ...... ..... b b r est Ceat5.......... • ... •• •• • • .......... ••••••••• •• •• 1 0 6 ...,'reek coati, .. 4 . r ub le - breasted Yost" •• •• .. 0 IS 6 io rl ys : Ilassar and Tunit Suits • • • • Winter Trousers •••"'• •• •• •••• ...„••••••••, . • 0 3 • bit 14.4r ning to any extent at LYE minute", notioe. suns TO MEASURE. winter Coats, warranted waterproof, made to any style, .ornely trimmed • • ... I h 0 •,._ :(1 Cloth Coats, trimmed, velvet collar and cuffs, lite . ? 0 2 1 6 8 0 0 .1:w ed Overcoats. •• • • " . .0 8 6 Zeed Trousers . .. ......... tore._iles 4 t7 u, : it o y Us r e n r a s d , in all the most approved Fre . ne . h . „ I ", r ess Trousers ........ ... • patterns te . rn s . 1 . 1 1 1 . 2 6 1 5 o f; 1 12 8 kest "at ' '• •••• . • • • •••••••• .. • ..... •• ' • 2 15 0 Fi e Coats e Ili.. —. (Plain', - ..... • ' • • - - Fa n g . 7 . - e - I s tY Made .... •. • ... • t ga e t y in s: . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • " ..... .• 0 1 8 2 0 6 4e 3ssar 5 0 and Tunic Suits • • for 9eh W ork, entitl e d " Costume Castle, " with full d i rect i ons Post Neill. easaretnent, may be had on application, or forwarded msery n e if -- any article p urc h ase d , ready made, or ma d e t o m ea- n ey ot ret urned a pproved of, will be exchanged, or if pr e ferred, the L ric,l:opl3and SON, T a il ors , Woollentirapers, Clothiers, Hatters, acil:3 rr Gentlenaen, l iers, Boot and 155, 54 Shoemaand kers, 156, and 15 General Outfitters, 08, an, 7 Atinoriea, and 83, Cit qlo 86 Aidgat, My, London. 1)41,1 le 4.— t• Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the Llike fai3eglast i mpostors, but have learned that the nntradesman ae bte„?° 3 ,l of being connected with them, or it's the same concerrt, fla ci ey ha'v,enorted to in many instances, rind for obvious reasons. o connexion with any other house in or out of- London; or who desire genuine and chew, clothing, &c., should call at, A linories and Udgate, City z London. • C 0 business' t ‘ ransacted aethiz establishment from stm -9:Sleek:lt till s nilact Saturday, When hnlinen recuml Alk PUBLIC A TIONS. Non , ready, CORNER'S HISTORY OF ROME; "compiled V from accepted modern English and Foreign authorities ; and printed uniformly with CORNER'S HISTORICAL WORKS, for School and Family Reading, forming a complete History of every Nation in. Europe. • Bound with - Without The Histories of the Questions. Questions. England and 'Wales ; five fine plates and map 4s. .. 3s. 6d. Ireland ; three fine plates and map .. 3s. • • .. 2s. 6d. Scotland; three fine plates and map .. 38. 2s. 6d. France; three fine plates and maps .. 35. 2s. 6d. Spain and Portugal ; three fine plates and map 3a. 2a. 6d. Denmark, Sweden, and Norway ; two fine plates and map.. 2s. 6d. Germany, including Austria ; three fine plates and map .. 3s. 6d. Turkey and Ottoman Empire ; three fine plates and map . 3s. 6d. Poland and Russia ; three fine plates and map .. • • .• 3s. 6d. Italy and Switzerland ; three fine plates and map • • 3s. 6d. Holland and Relgium ; two fine plates and map • • .. .. 35..6d. The object of these works—peculiarly suited to Schools and Fami lies—is to furnish the reader with a faithful Histoty.of each Nation, interspersed 'with an accurate account of the Religion, Customs, National Characteristics, state of Civilisation, and Domestic Habits of the people, in various periods of their history ;—to attract the attention,of the rising generation by purity of language and dearness of detail ; and thus render easy and pleasant the attainment of a knowledge of tie leading events of history. To show how these truthful Histories are appreciated, it may be mentioned that 8,000 England, 5,000 Ireland, 5,000 Scotland, 6,000 France, and 4,000 Spain and Portugal, have been sold. CHARLES BUTLER'S EASY GUIDE TO GEOGBAP/IY ' and' USE -of the GLOBES. With Seven Glyphographic Maps, 2s. cloth. THE GUIDE TO USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, by the same Author. Seoond Edition, enlarged, Is. 6d. cloth. London : Dean and Co., Threadneedle-street; and may, be • ob tairied, by order, of alll3ooksellers. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT FREW ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOURBD ENGRAVINGS, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., or free by post, 3e. 6d. CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS' : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of Its prentature Decline, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Adilressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of„,ezcessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, *eiecal or Constitutional Wealtr.cs., Indigest.on, ani Consumption. Including a coniprehen':. sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated With Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &C. • By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting -lurgeons, No. 60, Newman street, Oxford-street, London. Published by the authors ; Hannay and 0., 63, Oxford-street ; Noble, 114, Chancery-lane; G. Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; 11. Winhal, 78, high-street, Birmingham; 11. Whitmore, 119, Market street, Manchester ; J. Howell, 51, Church-street, Liverpool ; W. and H. Robinson, 11, Greenside street, Edinburgh ; I. 11. Powell, 10, Westmoraland.strect, Dublin ; and sold by Brittain, 11, Pater uoster-row ; J. Gordon, 116, Leadenhall -street , and all Booksellers " The best of all friends is the professional friend, and In no shape can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than In " Lucas on Manly Health."—The New Bell's Weekly Messenger. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage Stamps. The security of happiness in the Marriage state is the chief anxiety of all ; but many dread entering upon wedded union, through a secret fear of unfitness for the dirtarge of matrimonial obligations. This essay is most particularly addressed to all suffering under a despondency of the character alluded to • and advice will be found calculated to cheer the drooping heart, and the way to renovated health. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight in the evening. at their residence, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxfor 1 -street, London. and country patients may be successfully treated, en minutely describing their case, and enclos-' ing the usual fee of 1/ for advice. GENUINE CORK WHISKY. This Spirit, so justly celebrated for its mildness and flavour, could not hitherto be had in perfection, except in the City, whero it is manufactured. In order to supply this want in the London market, J. STEPHENS has opened the extensive Vaults, No. 141, Fleet street for the sale of this pure WHISKY, to which he begs to direct the attention of that portion of the trade who have not as yet fa voured him with their orders. The public can be supplied with this delicious spirit, of great age and str.ngth, in quantities of two gal lons, at 18s. per gallon. Stamped sample bottles, 3s. 4d. and Is. Bd. —Gate entrance.l4l, Fleet-street, and through Wine Office-court. t AVMS'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, la. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 60s. and G4s. ; Wax Candles, Is. per lb.; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ' • Transparent ;Wax, Is. lid. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7%d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. 3d. , Pale Seal, 4s. ; Amend, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, is. 9d ; Rope. 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. ; Hale's Paragon Composite, requiring no snuffing, 10d. rer lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. FOGS AND D MP AIR. BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual preservative from the ill effects of the Fogs and Ann:lp Air, which, in the Winter Season, are so prevalent in this Climate. Its-effects are to expel Wind, to preserve the Stomach from the 'admission of Damps, and to relieve those who suffer from Difficulty of Breathing. Prepared only by B3rclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon -street, London; and sold retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gifford, 104, and H. Buyileld, 180, Strand ; Johnston, 68 , Comhill ; Hallows, Drug gist, 2, High-street, Islington; Heudebourck, Druggist, Church stre4, Hackney ; and all respectable Medicine Venders in Town and Cowtry.-Observe : none can be genuine, unless. the names of " Barclay and Sons" are on the Stamp affixed to each Box. GOUT, RHEUMATISM, TIC-DOULOU REUX, NERVOUS HEADACHE, &c., relieved in a few hours by MALTST KR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC MEDICINE. Prepared only sad sold wholesale by S. S MANNING and Co., 33, Great" St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street ; Barclay and Sons, Farring don-street ; retail (2s. per bottle) by Sharwood, Bishopsgate-street;; Stirling, Whitechapel ; Johnston, Cornhill ; Denny, London-road, Borough ; Newberry, Mile-end-road ; Howell, Dowgate-hill ; W. C. Knewstub, Minories ; and by every respectable chemist and patent medicine vendor in the kingdom. Observe the name of Saml. S. MANNING written on the stamp, to imitate which is felony. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF ROYALTY AND THE AU THORITY OF THE FACULTY. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. A Certain Remedy for disorders of the Pulmonary Organs— in Difficulty of Breathing—in Redundancy of Phlegm—in Incipient Consumption (of which Cough is the most positive indication) they are of unerring efficacy. In Asthma, and in Winter Cough; they have never been known to fail. Prepared and sold in Boxes, Is. 1%4., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 64., and 10s. 64. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, &c.. No. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Sold retail by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Venders in the Kingdom. Copy of a Letter from Colonel Haw hootiker, the well-known Author on " Guns and Sng." Longparish House, near Whitchitich. Hants, Oct. 21, 1846. cannot resist informing you of the extraordinary effect that I have experienced by taking only a few.of your Lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks, that defied all that had been prescribed for me ; and yet I got completely rid of it by taking about half a small box of your Lozenges, which I find are the only ones that relieve the cough without deranging the stomach or digestive , rgans. I am, Sir, your humble servant, • P. HAWKER. To Mr. Keating, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard. 0 LA.NI) 'S K A LYD O R an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREP tRATION of singular efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, *pots. Blotches, Freckles, Tan, and Discelourations, producing a healthy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and an admired softness and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. Its purifying and re freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Court and the Ro3 at Family of Great Britain. a well as the rrincipal Coarts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and Gentry of all civilised nations. Beware of Spurious " KALTDORS," containing mineral as tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by,their re pellent action, • endwsger health. Some are announced under the im plied sanction of Royalty, &c., &c. Each bottle of the genuine kas the words - . " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, is also en.fraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each: Price 4s. 6d. an I 8s . 6d. par bottle, • Sold by the Proprietors at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by al expectable Chemists and Perflners. HE PERFEC r SUBS rriUTE for SILVER, JIL The high estimate formed by tha - public during the twelve years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S' (late RtrroN and BURTON'S) chemically purified material has been before it (made into every useful and ornamental article usually made in silver, possessing, as it dces, the characteristic purity and durab li'y of silver), has called into existence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin SEver," and other so called substitutes; they are at best but bad imitations of the genuine articles manufactured, and sold only by him. Fiddle Threaded King's Table spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern, dozen.. -; •• • • ••• • • • Ile. Od. 28s. 0 . 1. 30s. Od. - - Dessert ditto and ditto ditto los. 04. 21s. 04. 255. 04. Tea ditto and ditto, ditto ss. 04. lie. Od.' 12s. 04. Gravy ditto .... •. • ....... ..... Bs. Od. 6s. 04. '41.'04 NICKEL ELECTRO.PLATED. —The REAL NICKEL SILVER, introduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and • BURTON'S) when plated by the patent process of Messrs. Elkington and Co.,t beyond all comparison the very best article, next to sterling silver, that can be employed as such either oseftilly or ornamentally. In the lengthened and increasing popu lerity of the material itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by w S. Burton (and by him c•nly) are. as it• regards wear, immeasurably emerior to what can be sup t at any °the?: house, while by no poNdble test can they be dig ished froirrreatsilver. Kidvile:• Thread. Tea Spoonsi o per dozen King's. 38s. Deseert Forts 11 305. .. 465. .. 58s. Dessert Speens „ 30s. 525. .. 625. Table Forks „ 40s. .. 635. .• 755. Table Spoons „ 40 5. 725. 80s. Tea and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate prices.' All•kindg of re-plating done by thopatent process , fletailed catalogues, with engravings, 4.4 well as ef . §.Ary ironmongery article, ent (per post)iroe.. • • WILL]AItS.. BURTON (late Rll'l'ON , antl BURTON'S) Steck of genera/ Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, aad as rte language can be employed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchrtiers hre invited to call and inspect it —39. (htford-street (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-str, tet. is2ll. AL.:4 KER% produced in a few weeks, and VYEEROWS, prevented ley the use of GRIMSTONE S AR b and flowers, RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn floin aro m a tic it I also a MOUS T A C , 1-1(e,00 Ba ld ness . i 4hA . ue a Ttr n e sr csi n d , ; ,um...WE triangularo: Gs ' l e r el i r E d . .' a few drops of which cure headache in a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only boictlleast„idprdcitembctleedthbiys t s b iz e e o l v i e s r , n e m ac e h n ; t s e tm lo p s , ed at i ts : a; Pamphlet,double th e S e tt twining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Min , U . tel Advice on the G row th and Preservation of the Human Hair, •Ite.!: HY Post, 45. 6d., 7s. 8,1„ and 125., for money orders only. ear Sold wha tsale only at -Grimstone's llerbary, Highgate, n ear London ; and by M essrs. itarclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford -street ; Messrs. Butler and Co., Ch eaps id e ; Fi s h er an d T e ller, Conduit -street ; M r . J ohnston, medicine warehouse, GS, Cornhill - and by all :,:thernists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Raimes,.Leith-walk ; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver . User -office.' letter DlES. inserted in the "Times" news- . eittsestimony to me. This lady had the follow T i u n th a e pa p r a o pe n r A h ug y t..h7e, lleBd4y6.hersittalfd,gears, remember, this letter was put into .. airs. Weekley, of No. 3. 114 Srw. W. (rrri, Borough, takes this °prior tone, of the ilerbary, thankingHigh gtuenteityfeorftphuelieffielyeaeyet his Aromatic itit3 • • , .egenerator, in havingcom-, after using i t about tour months, roeler and mere luxuriant than p n ie d te t l h y e r w es h to e r h !d ef tl h ie er hai he r ir on ii h m er n h eh e a d setar to the virtues of Mr. G.'s ej i t i r rs w . as weeia be fore the tthnesebrtsaldtnheisss testimonyapp would gladly purch ase Regenstor, feeling assured that many ladies an i Is. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues perierioe, not only in the restoration and production as she is, from ex . of hair in abund mace, but as at cure of nervous headach e ; as a toilet perfume it is far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pLe s as w it a re n_ sintrea e nswering any t l few la dy o f respectability to the above fact:. a In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, will a , Botough.” drops on the , crown o f the head occasionally, every week, vent the hair :from coming away with the comb, make it strong,lau.ned lrevent it tun ling gr e y , renderin g the h air luxuriant and curly. A few dropson y Mu' hairbrush before brushing the hair, will g i ve the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most d elicate ladies may use this delightful proauct of the most aromatic.. herbs and, flowers with confidence ; its refreshing Ache and makes it a most necessary companion tlotuhrertoemili°lvst.'"lhnecadses of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops on the ere g m of the:heal ; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an eases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces 'S heads in a few appplications. If used on infants' ien i nc ii tn e h g.peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre promoting the growth of hair.--see vent convulsionS, as well as h h heir e o a ur d . s o , il it , . pamphlet of testimonials. Alt 'sutra sildreotod t 9 William thduist9uo Ilerbary, Highgate, GtILDHALL, Jasruvtv 28, 1847. •• trilE COMMITTEE. fur LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will 111.p.rr at. GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the • 17th day of February next, instead of the 10th, as before advertised, at One o'Cldck precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING On LEASE a HOUSE, No. 19, on. the North Side of Broad-Street Baikiints,• and, a HOUSE,. No: 3, Windsor court, Molikwell-street; for 21 years, from Lady:day next; and also a HOUSE, No. '2, 1300.111yepasage,. Lime-street, for 13 years, from Lady-day next. • nuttier particulars may be • obtained, and Plans seen, by ap plyinrat the Office of Works,' Guildhall. • - t THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. 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Schools, half-price. • IXARISS' PULMONIC CIGARETTES.-Phy- RR have long discovered that in diseases of the lungs and air passages, a remedy to be really efficacious must come in direct contact watt the .diseased organ, and ili/1 caimot take place unless It be administered under the tbrm of vapour or smoke. The diseases in which the Cigarettes have been found so beneficial are, difficulty of breathing, tightness of the chest, spasmodic asthma, catarrhs, hoarseness, sore throats, aphony (loss of voice), ear-aches, rheuma tism of the jaws, tooth-ache, neuralgia; &c. In the first stage of consumption their beneficial effects are surprising, and in the ad vanced stages they relieve the cough, lessen the expectoration, cheek the night perspiration, and produce calm and refreshing sleep. Sold by Itessrs. Barclay, Butler, Edwards, , ILmnay, Johnstone, ' Sanger, Schooling, and all respectable medicine ve , :ders in Great Britain and France, in boxes at 2s. 9d., 4s. fid., and Its, Observe that the name P. Purim, 26, Place Vendome, is engraved on the Government stamp. LORD -GEORGE BENTINCK'S RAILWAY SCHEME. , MEETING OF MEMBERS. A meeting of Irish Members, anxious to promote employ ment in Ireland of a reproluctive character through the medium of railways, was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the rooms of the Irish party, situate at Old Palace-yard, West minster. The meeting was held in order to afford Lord George Ben tin& an opportuni y of explaining the provisions or ft Bill for which the Noble Lord has given notice, intituled " A Bill to stimulate the prompt and profitable employment of the People by the encouragement of Railways in Ireland." Upon being informed of a desire on the part of the Irish Members to bear the substance of his proposed measure, the Noble Lord immediately expressed the pleasure it would afford him to explain the nature of the scheme, and to obtain the benefit of such suggestions as Honourable Members connected with Ireland might have to offer upon the subject. The meeting was very fully attended, and among the noble men and gentlemen present there were the Marquis of Sligo, the Marquis of Westmeath, Lord Lucan, Lord Doneraile, Lord Bernard, Lord Lurgan, Lord Clements, Lord Mazarine, Lord Ch arlemon t, Lord Castlereagh, the Marquis of Downsh i re, Lord Fingal!, Mr. D. O'Connell, Mr. Dillon Browne, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Grogan, Mr. G. Hamilton, Mr. Morgan J. O'Connell, Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. W. Smith O'Brien, Mr. Archibald, Sir H. W. Barron, Mr. Thomas ‘lartin, Mr. F. French, Mr. P. Butler, Mr. B. Callaghan, Mr. J. O'Connell, Mr, James Kelly, Mr. Alexander M'Carthy, Mr. D. Callagher, Mr. T. O'Brien, Mr. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. B. Osborne, Mr. James Power, Mr. Cecil Lawless, Mr. Tuite, Colonel Rawdon, Col. Verner, Captain Taylor, Colonel Beresford, Mr. Acton, Mr. J. Collett, Mr. N. R. Collett, Colonel Connolly, Mr. Sharman Crawford, Mr. Lefroy,_ Sir A. B. Brooke, Mr. J. J. Bodkin, Mr. M'Donnell, Mr. Bellew, Sir Thomas E•monde, Bart., Hon.. T. V. Dawson, Mr. E. Corbally, Sir N. Vernon, Mr. V. H. Hatton, &c.. Lord'Fingal( was called to the chair. Lord GEO - RGE BENTINCK addressed the meeting at great length, and entered into a detailed statement of the various provisions which he was desirous of introducing ioto a Bill the object of which would be to stimulate and proinote pro fitable employment by the encouragement of reproductive works in Ireland. No one deplored more than he did the distress, disease, and scarcity of food which prevailed at the present time to such an appalling exteat in Ireland. There was no doubt but that the mea sures proposed by the Government in the course of the au tumn and winter, with a view to the mitigation of that dis tress by employment on public works, had been productive of advantage, and had had the effect of preserving many of the lives of her Majesty's subjects; still he was of opinion that greater benefits generally would have been effected had the same means of employment been afforded to the people on works of a reproductive character. The Bill which it was his• intention to submit to the consideration of the House was framed so as to substitute reproductive employ ment, by the encouragement of railways, in lieu of that de scriptien of employment which had been previously afforded under the supervision of the Board of Works. The Bill which he intended to propose would empower the Govern ment to lend various sums of money to railway companies, legally constituted, who might apply for the same. The loan it was intended should be extended over a peried of four years, and be returnable by instalments, payable at fixed and remote prriods, nor, however, to exceed thirty years. The rate of interest to be charged by the Government not to be greater than thLt which the Government itself might have to pay. It would, he considered, be necessary to raise 24 millions, eight of which would have to .be subscribed by the sheireholders, and 16 by the Government. The first line of kilway tee which he thought the amount ought to be applied, would be a line either to Galway or to Valentia, which from their position were calculated to -become the greatest places of traffic, not only between the old and the new world, but be-' tween Great Britain and the entire of Europe. He was borne out in this impression by the opinion of Lord Liver pool, who was favourably disposed to an undertaking of a similar nature. Another provision which he coemidered to be of the utmost importance would be directed to the construction along the lines of comfortable dwellings for the labourers and other persons to be engaged upon them. A provision of such a character would not only ensure the construction of wholesome and convenient dwellings lar the labourers, but would have the effect of considerably irereas ing the amount of employment to be given in the various localities through which it was intended the line should pass. His proposition was to build four of such tenements to every mile of railway, which at a calculation of 301- for each for 1,500 miles of railway, would cost about 90,000/. He had no apprehensL en that after the several works were broight to a conclusion, the people engaged upon them would be thrown out of employment, because he had the evidence of Mr. Hudson and Mr. Stephenson to prove that the requireMents of the lines absorbed the labourers in their vicinity. tHe cal culated that the money so advanced to companies would be well secured to the Government, who would receive taeir in terest of 3i per cent., while th e undertakings wodkl yield 10 per cent. For it was an established fact, which could he proved by the evidence of the most eminent men connected with railways throughout Europe, that no railway could be construct ed that would not pay, except, indeed, one through a desert. It should also be borne in mind, that while the 'Government obtained a good investment for its caps], the national exchequer would • betenefited to a considerable ex tent by the increase In the• excise duties consequent upon the large kdditiOnal consumption of exciseable commodities. The principal line at present in operation in Ireland, viz., the Great Southern and Western, which Is as only partially u , pen, already paid as well as many lines in England. There was another great advantage which the development of rail way communication would secure to Ireland.— Mr. o'oa:earns. begged to interrupt the Noble Lon, and requested permission to make one remark before he concluded that portion of his lucid statement. The evidence given by Mr. Alexander Nimmo before a Committee of the Hoise of Commons, went to show that the roads from Connemara to Clifton, and through the mountainous portions o' the country, paid the Government for their construction before the lapse of many years, in consequence of the increased consumption of exciseable commodities. He also begged to remind the Noble Lord that he was labouring tnder a mistake when he supposed that there existed a passenger- tax in Ireland. • Lord GEORSE BENTINCK, having thanked the lion. Mem ber for Cork:for the information he bad afforded, proceeded to state that due great advantage which would result from the introduction of railways would be to render produstive the Irish fisheries.---(Hear, hear.) The fisheries of Ireland were most fruitful, and the Irish sea contained as plentiful, a supply of fish as that of any other sea which washed a'fo reign shore. The Irish fisheries were not, however, produc tive in consequence of there not 'being any facilities- forex porting the produce. And here he wished to allude tb a -remark made a few evenings since —viz., that if the ktrge slim which it was contemplated to expend in Ireland' were drawn from the. Exchequer of this country, the funls would- fall and public security would be endangered. In replf to that statement, he ebeggod to say that he behoved udder no such slpprehension',; for on that very dar he had 7 . mentioned- the - substance of Mr.- Hume's renark to an eminent stockbroker in the City, who laughed at the notion, and: referred , to the period when twenty millions were granted for the suppression of the slave trade, when the funds,, se far. from falling,,hacl risen. —(Hear, !tear.) He hoped that Mr. Hume would be induced to give way to him on Thursday, and not persist in his motion with respect Cracow, a i s op it ld wa be was m b o r S o t o d g e h s t ira b b e l t e or t s h that considerationis(the Noblelspd t ' b s e ) measure so House before the Government measures were passed, nas much as It might supersede in importance, if not n o e t u ela a o l r i:e s 9 i i n .Pit con s t i e n m g pla m ' i tto e n. o —( f t il h %ar, tear.) I h present moment to a state of she had his opinion,no ream to deep depression, but, in . t withea nr altogether, t go 4 t l h .l e necessity he t. reducedo re had. despair chile la shot in the lockeu"— " Never Cry die wile 'there was by the introductich of (Loud cheers.) And he felt confident hile En bath an Exchequer; e. as his mottoefas, English capital the scale of ed character of Ireland would be raised in promoting a kindly i .s .• nations, while the development of • l into Ireland and by promoting Noble tercourse betwqen -Englishmen and . Irishmen, th t, e iv e i e:c s ial mote the prosperity and happiness-of her peep her resources mold pro mote interested eiroeisitwedayaiti,declared that Mr. W. R. Coeuerr,•amiesk some laughter, Lord parts r o e f s t r e e r d oo b to is . seat amid loud add general cheers, from all any remarks he might there was not a Irian in the-United Kingdcm who was more another 'occasion. toh welfaret was. have of Ireland, Isr offere would,lan o d n particularlyhehowever,n bject re servenr 8 it T 6 h fl e e dm withe tin g the shortlyst atementaf t afterwards of V o s r separated, dGeorge B e n all ti n ag . pren , a thoo l gtl y declining to express any decided opinion upon it. A black hare was lately shot in the parish of Den ham; it was full-grown, and the fur was the finest glossy black. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA ANL) CHINA WAG-Hi:MN VIA TRIESTE. LATEST DATES. _ Madras ' . . 000000 000 •• ••• Dec. 24. , . Calcutta - Dec. 23. Bombay China (From the Bombay Times ) We are once more relieved from the listlessness which for a season has overwhelmed us and our .columns—once again freed of the want of interest which has for seven Months at tached to them, by the events which have just occurred in the Punjaub and Sinde. The Vuzeer Lall Singh having been suspected of a treasonable connexion with the Cashmere in surgents, had the charge brought home to him by the Sheikh Einatim-ood.Dein, on the evidence of letters, written by the Vuzeer to him while in arms. The inquiries were conducted in presence of a commission consisting of Seikh chiefs and British officers ; ---Mr. Currie and Colonels Lawrence and Goldie being amongst the latter. It was • intimated to the Durbar, that should a convicted traitor remain in power, we should be under the necessity of ceasing to hold intercourse with the Governinent, and Lall Singh was accordingly de posed, and removed, under our protection, to Hindostan• Haft he remained in his own country his life would quickly have been sacrificed to the indignation of the people. The Government was now entrusted to a commission of chiefs, and the question pressed as to the arrangements contem plated by them on our retirement. After much equivocation and delay, it was determined to ask of us to permit an army of ten thousand men to remain at Lahore during the minority of the Maharaja—our coaamissary virtually to exercise the functions of Vuzeer. To saris we asse-teil, the Seikhs de fraying alt tae charges of.iiiir troops, amounting to a quarter of a million sterling annually. The Maharaja is now a child of seven years old; and for the next ten years at least the Punjaub is in the hands of the British Government, and con trolled by a British army. It is idle to speculate on - the events which niay occur before the year 1857. Her Ma jesty's 10th Foot, with eight regiments of native infantry, and a suitable proportion of artillery, had been ordered to 1 relive the troops who for ten mouths had so admirably dis chargedvo- luntarily undertaken to defray the extra charges of an army a lule t aeru L d a i maintained n h rgh o i ee rte:e s -i protecti on; e e eonreu frontier! re d spoill%' te policymust 1 Suchueco have country n i h ot r a )d s , irulravectit(iluieucsssatihitt:ei refusing to of rrtToat othheueecroSonmoenciwi much-censured nee h htrl Government have thus which has now been voluntarily and tranquilly placed in our hands, without obloquy, trouble, or charge. Just as the nrmy on the Indus was about to be reduced troth 22,000 to 14,000 men, a foray of the Booghtie tribe from the mountains has driven in ourou, posts, and co:np4llen a whole cavalry regiment to retire. The enemy were com puted at 2,000 on their first appearance in the field. They succeeded in ravaging numerous villages, carrying 'a - the sheep and cattle in the face of our troops. A wing of the 4th Riffles, Jacob's Sinde Horse, and Fitzgerald's Camel Corps, were on their way to reinforce Shahpore at the date of last dispatches. The robbers are doubtless lung ere this time safe within their mountain holds, where we cannot follow them, waiting till our outposts are again weakened by sickness or military indisdetion. Had the present attack been made during such a season as 1843, when nine-tenths of our troops were in hospital, oar cantonments might have been fired and their occupants roasted in their cots, before human aid could have reached them. The ravages of pes tilence in Upper Sinde are quinquennial. If 1848 sees us on the banks ut the Indus, the Caubul catastrophe-may not be without a parallel—the Beloochees, like the Gbilzies, abide their time. Sir C. Napier continues at Kurrachee, where the climate is healthy. He is expected at Bombay-in February on his way-to England : the Government of Sinde to be entrusted to a civil commission—preparatory, it is to be hoped, to its final abandonment. Matters at Caubul would seem to be in a better condition than formerly. The Ghilzie Chief, who had so long been annoying the Govern ment, had intimated his desire for a cessation of hostilities, and in token of the sincerity of his intentions had sent his son as a pledge of his future peaceable behaviour. A vakeel from the British Government was said to be on his way to the Caubul chief, though the nature of his mission, was un known. A present of horses and fruits for the Governor- General left Caubul on the Ist of October. The Governor- General was at latest dates still cn the left bank of the Beeas, where it was supposed he would remain till rejoined by Mr. Currie from Lahore. --The Commander-in-Chief of India was en route for Loodhiana, and was expected to reach Delhi by the 20th - of January. The districts around Gwalior are said to be in a sad state ; murder and robberies being of frequent occurrence—the commission of any atrocities being over looked by the native authorities fur a consideration. The state of the provinces of Indore and Bhopal presents a pleas ing contrast to that just mentioned, for which we are indebted, in a great measure, to our resident, Mr. Hamilton, and his as sistants. The new minister at Hyderabad would seem to be no great favourite with his master, who is said to be acting in many ways with aview of neutralising some of the Vuzeer's most promising measures of reform. The sword sent out by the Court of Directors for presentation to the Raja of Sanglee in token of their approbation of his conduct during the Kolapore disturbances, was presented to that chief on the 19th ultimo, at Belgaum, in presence of the whole of the troops of the station and; an immense concourse of people. The ship Augusta, of Bombay-, one of the vessels which lett the Madras roads at the commencement of the hurricane the gales have a o v f ebeen of the 25th of November, was wrecked near Point Pedro, off su subscribed Octo ber and November , 1,0001 . of which w as munificently be- ' 80141 by the Government.—Captain Durand, Commissioner Ceylon; ; fe c r r r e b w e all reb s e a f v u e f d r . be Up sufferers warts bo f y of the Tenasserim provinces, has been removed from his office by the Government of Bengal, and been succeeded by Mr. Colvin, late resident at. Nepaul, who has left Calcutta to take up the appointment—the private secretary of Lord Auckland superseding the private secretary of Lord Ellen borough. Mr. Colvin is a man of ability and discretion, and very unlikely to fall into the errors which occasioned the recal of his predecessor. -Cif)tain Durand has closely fol lowed the footsteps of , his - patron': rash, capricious, head strong, wayward and impatient of criticism like Lord Ellenborough be erred, and like him he fell. Our obituary this mail contains the names of two eminent individuals — Major-General Vans Kennedy, Oriental translator to the Bombay Government, favourably known for the accu racy and worth of his works on• military law; and Captain 'l'. Postans, author of,one of.our best works on Sinde,L-Lord Harding% is understood to hav e r e so l ve d on the reduction of the postage throughout India, and the introduction of a system similar to that of Rowland Hill. The oppressiveness of the present charges may be guessed at when it is men tioned that for a'daily paper, restricted in weight to about one-fourth of te-London journal, the postage amounts in swam parts of India to Rd. annual! The country generally is tranquil and healthy, and the climate cool and agreeable.--: The non arrival of the overland mail has once more caused the delay of the steamer. The change of arrangement was intimated on Thursday aft ernoon — on t hi s occasion in k,urll- cleat time to be cf se r vic e , as ear l y, i n d ee d, as the notice could have been out. B N e . I r n B o tY. The arrival of our new g 0 0 v Mr. C • • lerk from Calcutta, is looked for about the end of February. He reached the City of Palaces on the 16th of November by the stea mer Hindostan. Our present acting governor continues to enjoy the greatest popularity. Our respected Comm ander-in-Chief, Sir T. M'Mahon, takes his the departure for England by steamer of the Ist of February. His successor has not yet been named. His constitution - by his late illness, but we doubt not that the change to his native land will prove beneficial to his health, and trust that he may long live to enjoy the society of his friends at home. He retires from the command of the Bombay army with the good wishes of nearly all its members, for the kindness of heart he has invariably shown-'-in Some Instances almost to ,a f4ult. The rumour of Sir Charles Napier being nominated his successor has again died away. MADRAS. The Marquis of Tweeddale has been on a visit to the coast. His Lordship was last heard 6f from Tellicherry, from which place he intended returning to the Neilglierries, where he would make buta short stay, his return to the seat of his Government being expected to take place immediately. A correspondent of the Atheneum, writing from Cuttack, on the Bth of December, gives the following account of further disturbances amongst the Khonds in the district of oo Gm soot :- 4 ‘ An express arrived here on the night of the 25th ultimo for the officer commanding the tOth regiment, bringing a requisition for two companies of the corps to be ordered out as sootaus practicable to Bead, in t G he oosoor country, to meet Captain M'Etherson, agent in the Hill tracts of •Oriesa, from 'whence they esc ,rt him to Rain ghur. She detachment left the fo,lowing evening at four o'clock, under the command of Lieutenant J. - Grant, and in . medical charge of the second dresser of the corps, a all marc hed out of cantonni e nt in high Sr c onsiderin nd g th e very short notice that was given them. In thiS step 'the ob. • ' I- known bet 1 . • , ob ject of the agent is not' positive S •asserted .that lie is:determined to bring the Meria business to a crisis, and punish the offenders' with severity. It is also stated that this detachment will not return to bead-quarters until April next, and that a second detachment will very probably be ordered out also. How faetliere is truth in this statement deponent 'saith not. Private intelligence has also beeh r ece ived • from Ruseelcondah that three companies br the 22d Regiment ' from that place have left for the same ostensible purpose, and that the Khonds are determined to resist the effortsof the agent in the abolition of human sacrifice, and that they aro mani festing a leaflike spirit. .A small number of men left behind, it appears, •are quite inadequate to furnish the. whole of the guards atajrat place. - A party of "Pikes," under the coma mend of Captain Dunlop, also accompanied A. M.. Mills, Es , Commissioner of Cuttack, who proceeded to Bead, to putq stop to tliet'elepredations p e rpetrated by the Khonds, and t a o endeavairafo bring those lawless tribes into subjection . well as, i t believe, to. co-operate with Captain ajapk, • eta • i • , B ENGAL. e,nson. .' The Lhgislative Copncil have been in full activity during the niontireand every Gillette announces the pas ng of one or two acts,which have lain by:for the lasti s year. The Metropolitan of India has returned to Calcutta in safety, and the Bishop of Madras, who bad been acting for him during his absence, returned to his diocese. THE PUNJAUB. • , , The Pitnjaub once more furnishes matter of abundant in terest.to fhe general reader. The Vuzeer Lall Singh h ar j„ 0 , been deteited in a treasonable correspondence • - - • - ''t' with the Cash mer e 6 ieff,lhas been deposed and sent in perpetual -- ' ment l o juktia. Unable to select a Vuzeer from amonganishown number, or to discover how the country their verned or triiiintained in peace, the Seikh chi•e e was to be g o _ resolved to request that an army of tel. thousandunallinm" be allowed ti remain at Lahore during the en men should Maharaja, now a child seven years old—the gnority of the ment contributing a quarter of a million - Seikh Gevern slerlin maintenance—the British Resident being g to their' Such are the results of the proceedings of tote virtual Vuzser. we must now revert to the details of the o last fortnight selves. At the date of last dispatch the loyaltyrrences them had been. brought so strongly into fsu.sp of La" Bi 6 ugh seemed every reason to believe he would quickly that Lere' of his authoritv. On intimating that the timeletlY be deprived withdrawal of our troops by the treaty fixed for the would be adhered to, and congratulati of 9th March on the fortunate termination'of the Cashing the Maharaja Mr. Currie called attention to the fact that Cashmere insurrectixi, Etuauth-nod-Deer , had only surrendered hi the-Sheikh that the causes of the insurrection should himself on condition be inquired into, and its real authors exposed.' A commission of inquiry, over which Mr. Currie, secretary to the Governor-General, 1 presided, and in which Sir J. Littler, Colonels Lawrence and Goldie, and. Mr. J. Lawrence were the British consti tuents, having been appointed to investigate the matter, the court assembled= on the morning of the 3d of December in Currie',sidurbar tent—the Ministers and principal chiefs were invited to be present. The accuser, Sheikh Emaum ood-Deen, and the accused,Lall Singh,were summoned before them. The former produced three letters received by him , from the latter, one of which was acknowledged, inciting him to hold out against Ghoolab Singh, and to prevent as long as possible the annexation of Cashmere to Jamoo. The court was an open one, the attendance numerous, and the proof complete. The verdict against the Vuzeer was unanimous. The other members of the Durbar were fully acquitted- of all participation in the guilt. The chiefs were told that they were at liberty to proceed as they thought fit, but that the British Government could no longer recognise Lall Singh as Vuzeer, or communicate with the Government over which he presided. The Ministers and chiefs having deliberated on the subject, determined immediately to depose the Vuzeer, and to entrust the Government to a commission consisting of Tej Singh, Shere Singh, Dewan Deenanath, and Kaleefa Noor-ood-Deen, until some permanent arrangement could be made. - On the afternoon of the 4th, Mr. Currie, Colonel Lawrence, and the Seikh Ministers; proceeded to the palace and announced the 'result to the Queen. Two thousand of the principal retainers of Lall Singh had just before been removed from the fort, where they acted as garrison, and their places been taken by a correspond ing number of the Lahore troops, they next day received their arrears 'of pay, and were disbanded without express ing a murmur or complaint. The deposed Minister mean while was conducted to his private residence in the city by Lieutenant Edwardes, assistant agent to the Governor-General, under an injunction that he should not cross the threshold or attempt to communicate with any one. It was a singular illustration of the perfect good understanding and tranquillity that prevailed, that some delay having occurred in the arrival of the regular guard, Lieut. Edwardes availed himself of the services of the re tainers of the Vuzeer to conduct their master a prisoner to the place of his confinement, and that the duty was per formed with as much.alacrity and cheerfulness as if it had been an occasion of ceremony wherein they were engaged in doing him honour. He was a few days afterwards on his way to Ferozepore, under an escort of native infantry. His life, had he remained in the eapital, would in all likelihood speedile have been sacrificed to the anger of his countrymen. He will hereafter, live under our protection somewhere in Bengal, without requiring to endanger his life, the character of his sovereign, or peace of his country, by returning to the Punjaub. The new Ministers took possession of office in the midst of an immense concourse of people, without the aid of a single company of our troops. " The retainers of the insur gent chief, like those of the confederates, were paid up and disbanded in quietness and peace. During the whole of those moment us transactions, which little more than a twelve month since would have been attended by weeks of violence, rapine, and murder, the most profound tranquillity reiened throughout Lahore, where not one single act of riot or dis turbance marked the change of a dynasty. For some months our entreaties that the chiefs would give us some definite answer as to the arrangements in contemplation on our retire ment had been met by the most contradictory, replies. Now they hesitated, now equivocated—the grand object obviously being to obtain delay, and trust to the chapter of accidents, e , eh faction hoping, on the withdrawal of cur troops, to obtain the ascendancy. The events just detailed induced us to press the point with more earnestness than ever on the consideration of the chiefs. Hitherto the promptitude with which our demands had been complied with was due to the circumstance that we could compel, had we so chosen it, what we condescended to ask; and to the mildness and equity with which, under our auspices, the domestic affairs of the state had been administered. It now became apparent that no provision had been, or could be made. to ensure the good government of the state, or tranquillity of the frontier, on our retirement ; and the Seikhs admitted that to their own hands the concerns of the nation could by no chance be committed with any hope of advantage. They were, on this avowal, assured of the determination of the Governor-General to carry out the provisions of the treaty of the 9th of March, and to withdraw the whole army from Lahore in the course of the month of December, unless some new arrangements were come to, and some other agreement than that which existed entered on, the terms of which must be entirely in necordance with our wishes before we could accept of it. The fi-st request made of us on the 13th was that our Resident, with a small body of troops, should be suffered to remain, to enable them to conduct the Government in safety and in their own fashion. This was promptly and decidedly declined, as introducing the system from which so much mischief has arisen of strengthening the hands of the rulers so as to enable them to oppress the people with comparative impunity. These matters had been before the Durbar on the 11th and 12th, but no conclusion was arrived at. The Queen was so frantic for the loss of her paramour as to be incapable of attending to business. Meanwhile the march of one of our regiments, and the issue of the order for the others to retire on Ferozepore, left no doubt as to the sincerity of our purposes. The whole of the 14th was spent in deliberation. On the following day, on witnessing the arrangements for the abandonment of Lahore, the hearts of the Sirdare failed them, and they repaired in a body to the tent of Mr. Currie. to confess their inability to form a Go vernment, and in' imate the determination they had arrived at. A long and interesting conference ensued, at which all the details were fully and formally arranged. On the 16th of December, twelve days after the deposition of, the Vuzeer, a meeting of Council was assembled, at which upwards of 70 chiefs and high stn te officials were present. Mr. Currie, Colonel Lawrence, and his assistant, Lieutenant Edwardee, were present as repressn'ing the British Government. was announced that the determination bad been unanimously en to remain at Lahore te arrived rrnn permit t w thh i ra t c h te t ot h hf e full and utenthou s e a n n t d i r Governor-General shouldconcurrenceof be all entreated parties durinr the minority of the Maharaja—the British Resident virtually to become the Vuzeer. For the maintenance of these, twenty-two lees of rupee--nearly a quarter of a mil lion sterling—wai to be allowed annually, a sum considerably under maintenance. There WAS to be no Vuzeer and no Regent, total e t x h t e r a e n c t b i raer charge e x p b e . n w se b e f b r h G e o v fo e r r c n e m , e b n u fully tt would covering b the put fnr over by a Seikh Sirdar—Dewan Government is to be presided Deerana - h haying the revenue d de r p d o even m department, Tej Singh iennotiurre hands a ; d ea ir icnbistdraetpiaornunofontthenkfintbge tahe authority of Colonel com manding the army, &c.—all under isiatnoabeev.estTellhe could have been found for the British C her private expenditure. to be allowed 15,0001. a year and in other departments Reductions in the Seikh army, will enable the he introduced, where economy can easily, drafts expected to be made meet the additional Treasury to the new arrangements. The new Lawrence, than whom no more able or _u r p o r w ig n h . t r T ep h r e es Q en u t e a e t n iv i e s ion it for carrying and the Maharaja person. General present. The day appointed is the Chief is expected to be of the battle of Feroze shah.ber—the anniversary andhis throne, trangn a tenure e nure holding than n r regal Thereafter Lord Hardinge will accompany his youth fulil charge to the capital, and under the new order of things 2 t treaty t o y; is n e tob in e ratifiedouatt the ritsir.betw T i h x o t c t o h m e m G a o n v d e e r r tr iu r- . h aaag is tah o i no w r n istey c e h b i hy e chiefs could c f o ar u re ld 'ns ea h ar a tee y d e s aofen conferred. New cantonments for our troops have already been designed, and their site marked out ; and Lahore hereafter is likely to become a favourite, as it seems a healthy, and will be a well-iegulated station. Dhuleep Singh is at present seven years old: for ten or twelve years the country of the Five givers will be controlled by British troops, and ruled over by an English resident. It is needless to speculate on the events that may occur, or po sition our Government may assume, before the yea r 1857 . The much-censured pea ce po li cy of Lord ' Hardinge has thus been maintained in all its integrity, truth, and uprightness, to the end. Commencing with an act of unusual generosity, neither fraud nor force, violence nor equivocation, has been resorted to. We have shown no symptoms of regret for the magnanimous moderation of our proceeding in March, or the slightest desire to recal what we had promised, or modify what we had undertaken to perform. The country which might then have been legitimately seized, but could not have been conquered without cost, danger, and abundant obloquy, has now, by the spontaneous act of the people themselves, become ours. A people accustomed to the government of England for the space of twelve years is little likely either to desire or to be able to revert to the native rule ; and the Dur bar, doubtless, in adopting the step so unanimously resolved upon, were perfectly aware that they were making over• the country to Our power. A case such as this has never before occurred to us. We may learn from it how little need we have to resort to fraud or violence —that we may safely abide our time to have the Potentates of the East at our feet. One excuse for the invasion of Sinde was, that if we did not dethrone its rulers now, we should by and bye have occasion to do so, when the operation might be less convenient for us. With equal propriety might we have anticipated a legacy likely to fall due, by shortening the life of the testator 1 We have on the present occasion waited the course of events, and the possession so eagerly coveted has been placed in our hands. The following troops have been ordered up to take the place of those who have so well maintained tranquillity during the past ten months:—Her Majesty's 10th Foot; the 7th, 31st, 32d, 38th, 51st, 54th, 55th, and 67th Regi men t s Native Infantry; 11th Irregular Cavalry ; two companies of Sappers and Miners; 4th troop 2d brigade Horses Artillery ; and 8d and 4th companies 3d battalion Foot Artillery. The conduct of the Governor-General has throughout been most ably seconded in all his noble efforts by his assistants, Mr. Currie and Colonel Lawrence. If there have been blunders in the field In:abundance to deplore, there have been no acts in the department of diplomacy we, have cause to blush for. The Seikhs have spontaneously taken on themselves the charges of an army, which' we must at any rate have maintained, and paid —as most right, but most unlikely, they should—for the preservation of tranquillity on our north-west frontier. So much has been said in dis paragement of - Gh)olab Singh, that there seems nothing too monstrous to be believelagainst him, and it is doubtful whether anything stated to his advantage will obtain credit with his enemies.' It is with rib small measure of gratifica tion that we, .h av e b een assure d o f the deference he pays to the counsels o the Br;tish Government, in all things, and that, in conformity with bur "wishes, he has set his face against infanticide and suttee, which will hereafter cease , • throughout his dominions. The Delhi Gazette supplies us with the following items of intelligence; -r" We have to record that Lord Ilardinge ar rived at Kangra on the 13th •of November, and remained there until the 16th, paying a visit during his stay to the proposed sanatorium at Dhurunasala; "but such appeased the difficulties of access, and so great the distance from the plains, that his Lordship is understood to have negatived the proposition for'lnaking it either a station for troops or a sa•• natorium, on the •plan of Landoui." CHINA• There have been no fresh disturbances at Canton ; but the withdrawing 7f the steamer Nemesis has caused some un easiness. This is the season when fires are most likely to occur; and whether accidental or incendiary, it is most de sirable that, in the event of such a calamity, a ship of war be on the spot to afford protection, and a refuse for ladies and children. There are seven ships of war—three of them steam-vessels --idling in this harbour; there is not one; at Canton THE BOMBAY MARKET. :From the Cltamber of Commerce Overlan,cl Price Current.) Metals—A very limited amount of business has been done n these during the past fortnight. The only sales reported to us are-15 cwt. tile copper at 50 rs. per cwt. ; 100 kegs ron nails at 124 rs. per cwt. ; and 400 bundles damaged hoops at Ors. • Cotton Manufactures —The prices for piece goods have ruled lower during the past fortnight than they did before, generally iu consequence of small demand, and the peculiar sales above alluded to. The continued absence of Marwarrie purchasers weakens the market, and rodeo it al able to bear the heavy sales which have been pressed upon it. Al together the state and prospects of the markets for English piece goods are very unsatisfactory. The principal sales effected have been of grey jacconets and domestics, and 45- inch long-cloths, with a few white shirtings. The demand for fancy goods of all kinds:is particularly languid, and Sales cannot to made to any extent except at rates entailing heavy loss. There is still some inquiry for good 45-inch grey cloth. White long-cloths have been sold low, and. the lower and middling qualities of white Madapollams are unsaleable ex cept at' a sacrifice. Yarns—Mule and water are both pretty stationary; if anything rather under previous rates. Woollens—Nothing reported as doing. Beer—A sale of AlisopP's, to the amount of 60 hhds., at rs. 65 per hhd. has been effected. By this sale the stock of "Allsopp" is again reduced to a few casks, and no further supplies, either of this or Bass and Company's, will be here until the new make their appearance, which are not looked for before the month of May, none having been shipped at the date of the last accounts, and would not be for three weeks afterwards, the brewing having been delayed owing. to the mildness of the weather at home. Spirits—No change in price quoted, and no sales reported. Saffron—A sale is reported torus of 1301bs. inferior, at rs. 7, being one rupee less than our last quotation. Cochineal—Nothing reported. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cier Cotton markeaasbeen very active, and the purchases and shipments art'Comparatively large. Prices may be quoted considerably higher than last mail : The quantity of stocks in the market is very ittferite"Accounts ofibeenew crop are favourable both'as, la' quality and quantity, and we under s'and contracts for new have been making in Surat at about 90 rupees per candy. Subjoined 'are the rates now current for this staple :—Broach and Surat, rs. 86 to 87 per candy; Junabooseer, 80 to 81; Dellera, 75 to 78; Oomrawuttee, 79 to 80 ; Barsee, 74 to 76 ; Compta, 75. Wool—The arrivals have been large, but the quality being very indifferent, and holders indisposed to give way in price, little or nothing I , as been done. Money Market The ntoney market is tolerably easy, and the value of I . lll.blic stocks and Government securities pretty stationary. • • . ~ Five per Cent. loan of 1825-26 Four ditto ditto 1832-13 „ 94 Four ditto ditto 1833-33 Five ditto ditto 1841-42 Four ditto ditto 1842-43 Exchange mar now be quoted on London at from 2-oi, with a tendency upwards, for good bills, at six months. On Calcutta, 97k; Madras. 98; aryl China 210—nominal. Bank shares are as fellows:— Bank of Bombay Rs. 39 to 40 per cent. premium. Oriental Bank, old shares „ 25 Ditto ditto, new ditto ... „ 22 Agra Bank Exclusive of the bonus divisible on 30th June, 1847, of 40 rs. per share. Commercial Bank Rs. sto sk—Last sale reported 10 prem., but since offered out at lower rates. PRICE OF BULLION. Sovereigns. each .. Rs. 11 3 0 Bank of England notes, per £... 11 0 0 THE COUNTRY BANKERS. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has issued the following circular to the country bankers:— " CIRCULAR TO COUNTRY BANKERS. " g-street n, Jan. 1847. " Gentlemen,--I have reason Downi to believe that 3o a , practice has been carried on to some extent, especially during the last autumn, by certain country bankers, of issuing bills of various descriptions at short dates, which have been circu lated chiefly in their immediate neighbourhoods, in some cases hardly distinguishable from bank-notes payable on de mand, passing from hand to hand in the same manner, and treated not only by the public at large, but by the parties issuing them, precisely as bank-notes, and which, therefore, practically increase, pro tanto, the amount of paper of this description in circulation in the country beyond the amount sanctioned for each bank under the provisions of the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 32, for regulating the issue of bank-nbtes. "As such a practice is clearly in direct contravention of the spirit, if not of the actual words, of this Act, I think it necessary to call your attention to its provisions. " Distinct notice was given at the time when that Act was passed, that if any attempt was made to evade its enact ments, further legislation might be necessary for the purpose of checking it. I must, therefore, apprise you that unless the issues of the description to which I have referred are dis continued, I shall feel it incumbent upon me to apply to Parliament for power to put an end to an abuse, which, if persisted in, cannot but tend to produce the evils which the Act of 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 32, was intended to prevent. " I have reason, however, to believe that the evasion to which I allude has been carried on only by a few houses, and I am unwilling, therefore, to apply a remedy which, bein necessarily general in its nature, may possibly press upcp those persons who have abstained from pursuing this Objec tionable course. , I am in hopes that on the attention or the whole body of bankers being called to the subject, the parties, who have adopted this practice will discontinue it, or thri the firms which have hitherto abstained from it will declare their disapprobation of it, and their resolution to discounte nanee it by every means in their power, and that meAures may be agreed upon amongst themselves which shall piievent the abuse for the future. "It will be much more agreeable to me , that thismsult should be attained by the voluntary exertions of the parties themselves, and I will not permit mrelf to believe that it will be necessary to ask the sanction of Parliament to further measures for the purpose of carrying out effectually the in tentions of the Act of the 7 and 8 Viet , )ria, c. 82, the neces sity of which has been admitted by large majorities of both Houses of Parliament. " I have the honour to be, gentlemen, "Your obedient servant, " CHARLES WOOD." LONDON AND COUNTY JOINT STOCK BANK. The annual meeting of the proprietors of shares in this company was yesterday held at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, for the purpose of receiving the report of the di rectors, a declaration of the dividend for the past year, and the re-election of three directors in the room of those who retired by rotation, and also for the election of an auditor in the room of Mr. Barret, who had retired on account of ill health. The meeting was numerously attended, and the chair was taken by W. Hawes, Esq. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said that it was his pleasing duty to inform the meeting of the very favourable state of the affairs of the company, and of the success which had attended the efforts of the directors in the exercise of the discretion vested in them, and that the affairs of the company, whether he looked at the number of customers, or the balance o f th e i r accounts in the hand s o f the bank, were of the most en couraging nature. The reserve fund amounted to the sum of 26,0001., an amount fully equal to the proportion of the capital of other banks, amounting to 11 per cent. The reserve fund of the London and , West minster Bank was 11 per cent. on their capital. lit London Joint-Stock was 10 per cent., and the Union Bank per cent. It was impossible, however, not to see that there ould be some difficulty in the monetary matters of this me ropolis in the course of a few months. Itywas only by fore seeing these difficulties, and carefully providing for such con `ingencies, that those difficulties are to be met and over tome. Beginning with the Bank of England, and down to all the otherjoint-stock banks, he believed that all of them were carefully preparing to meet the drain arising from the extraor dinary demand, which was likely to be made in order to obtain a supply of food for _ this country and Ireland, and he thought that the proprietors might look forward with confidence, that in the time of pressdre and high rate of interest no difficulty would be found among the banking interest of the metropolis. It was confidently considered that there were ample means to meet all the engagements which were likely to arise, in consequence of an increased demand for accommodation to meet the perhaps unfair exportation of bullion which would be required to be sent out of the country. He should be happy to give any further information upon the details of the past year to any gentleman who might require such information. With respect to the loss which the company had sustained in consequence of the retirement of Mr. Barrett, the auditor, on account of ill health; and he hoped that the gentleman, who would be appoip. ted in his place, would ful fil his dutie ,, in as satisfactory and honourable a manner as his preiccessor had done. _ _ The SECRETARY then read the report of the last half-year, from which it appeared that the directors had received the payment of a dividend of 6 per cent. (free from income-tax) for the half-year ending 31st of December,lB46, and that the surplus of 1,844/. 17s. 7d., remaining after the payment of the dividend, should be carried to the credit of the reserved fund of the company, thereby raising it to the sum of 22,2421. Is. 11d., making an increase in the past year in that fund of the sum of 3,9581. 4s. 7d. The report having been unanimously agreed to, it was proposed and carried that a dividend of six per cent. should be declared upon the past year. On the motion of W. JimNsoN, Eeq., J. H. Lance, Esq., was appointed aulito-, in the room of Mr. Barret, who had resigned, and also continuing Mr. John Donkyn, the previou auditor, as auditor with him for the ensuing year. Mr. Coi,Quitoubt proposed, and Mr. HILL seconded, a reso lution. authorising a sum, not exceeding 2,0001., to beset aide as the remuneration for the services of the directors in the ensuing year, which was also agreo to. A ballot was then taken for the choice of three directors in the room of R. Springbitt, Esq., J. C. Joyner, Esq., and S. Jervis, Esq., who retired . by rotation. The same gentlemen were unanimously reelected. A resolution authorising the sum of -1,884/. 17s. 7d., to he carried to the credit of the reserve fund, was also agreed to. The thanks of the meeting were then given to the direc tors and auditors, for the able manner in which they had performed their duties during the past year. Thanks were also voted to the chairman for the able manner in which he had presided over the meeting. The meeting then broke up. BORDEAUX, TOULOUSE, AND CE fTE RAILWAY. _ . - - An adjourned meeting of this company was he'd yesterday at the London Tavern, to receive the report of a committee appointed at a former meeting to inquire as to the liability of the shareholders to pay two shillings per share, in order to enable the directors. to obtain their constituted shares. Mr. David Salomons in the chair; The report of the committee was read, which stated that the shareholders were neither in law or equity liable to pay the demand made upon them. The report was then adopted ; and it was resolvel that the shareholders should pay one shilling a share to obtain the constituted shares, and to promote amity among the shareholders. Mr. FIELD then submitted a resolution that the directors be empowered to consider the expediency of abandoning or continuing the undertaking, and to report accordingly to the shareholders, which was agreed to unanimously. The meeting then separated. RUNNING MATCH.—Wednesclay the match between Williams, of Tottenham, and Slater, of Westminster, who were to contest a quarter of a mile of road for 10'. a side, came off on Wandsworth Common. At the start, Slater took the lead, his adversary lying close up till within forty yards of the winnin;;;-post, when Williams shot out, passed his op ponent, and ran in a winner by two accom plished the quarter o f a m i le of road iu one minute and forty nine seconds. yards, having FAMINE IN IRELAND AND SCOT LAND. UNITED RELIEF ASSOCIATION; A public meeting, convened by the committee appOi n t e d at the recent conference of clergymen and dissenting ILlktifi ters, held at Exeter Hall, assembled in the large room of that building, at twelve o'clock yesterday, to receive state ments from deputations who have arrived from Ireland and Scotland, to communicate to the British public the real facts of the present distress as they have witnessed them in these countries. The meeting was very respectably but not nu- - merously attended. The following gentlemen occupied the platform :--,Samuel Gurney, Esq., Dr. Ur wick Dublin ; Dr. M'Lecd, Glasgoir; Luke Hansard, Esq., Charles Cochrane, Esq , Dr. Ferguson, St. Dacy Irvine, Esq., a; F. Mosse, Esq., Morris Were, Esq., Sir Kenneth Mackenzix, Dr. Mackenzie, P. Fitter, Esq., Mr. Randolph, and a number of clergymen and dissenting ministers. On the motion of the Rev. Dr. CARLISLE, Samuel Gurney EP .sq., was called' to the chair The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said they were met to take into consideration the great afflictions of Scotland and. Ireland at the present time, with a view to alleviate them. As gentlemen were present able to speak more accu rately on the sul ject than he was, he would not trespass on their time, but it could not be denied that thousands of per sons would fall victims to the calamity. Scotland was not so severely visited as Ireland, but in the Hebrides, Shetland, and other western isles, the scarcity of food waegreat, and he was glad that they were to receive a portion of the funds. The distress, however, in Ireland was beyond • description. The calamity was so great that no amount of relief would do more than partially relieve it. There could be no doubt but thousands would fall victims, and he was sure it must afford pleasure to every one if, by his or her individual as sistance, a single life could be preserved. He would now call upon others better able to :communicate information to address them. The Rev. Dr. UxwicK (Dublin) then addressed the meet ing, and after dwelling upon the assistance which Ireland received ffortangland in 1822, whim the last famine visited the fermercountry, said that great as that visitation was, and much as it was felt, it cou ld not be cOmpared to that hich at present visited that country. According to the calculations made in the House of Commons and elsewhere, the money value of the food lost did not amount to less than twelve millions by the lowest estimate, sixteen millions by another estimate, amid twenty millious by a third estimate. When it was considered, then, that this losi fell especially on. the lower classes of Ireland, who made the potatoes their sole food, some idea might be formed of the immensity of the wretchedness. It was calculated that it would take ten -vessels, of five hundred tons each, to arrive in Ireland for three hundred successive days, to provide a sufficient quantity of food for the wants of the people. This, which he Believed was not an exaggerated estimate, would afford some idea of the great scarcity of food in Ireland. The Rev. Gentleman then proceeded to detail the distress in different localities in Ireland. In Dublin workhouse, which was cal culated to contain from 1,800 to 2,000 persons, a very few weeks ago, 800 or 900 of them were ill with fever and dysentery, and among the children measles prevailed to an alarming extent. The schools of surgery in Dublin never received so many bodies for dissection as they did recently, which was entirely owing to the famine, and to the inability of the poor to bury their dead. In Waterford Cork, Clonmel, Sligo, and other places, the destitution was equally great, and in many places more extreme. Much was said about the g.eeat purchase of arms in Ireland, but he accounted for that &ciin the repeal of the Arms Act last ses sion, and from the feeling of insecurity caused by the desti tution. Besides, the arms were purchased by those who were in comfi noble circumstances. The deposit of money in the savings' banks wasxlso brought forward to show that the destitution could . not be so extreme. But to all this he would reply, " Look at the Irish newspapers; see ,the number of inquests daily reported in them, to each one of which was appended the verdict 'Died from starvation l'—'Died from starva tion Died from starvation "He concluded by moving the following resolution :—" That upon the evidence daily received through the public journals, and from private sources, detailing scenes of the utmost destitution, and con tinued deaths from starvation, 'in Ireland especially, but also in Scotland and even in our own country, it is the conviction of this meeting that it is desirable to make a more general collection, and upon a broader basis of appeal, than any that has yet been made, throughout the length and breadth of the land." The Rev. Dr. M'LEoD seconded the resolution, and con curred with the Rev. Gentleman who last addressed them, that the state of distress in Scotland could not be compared with that of Ireland. The latter he believed to be unpa ralleled. In the Western Isles, however, the destitution was of the most painful kind. He could speak of instances where the fountain of nature was dried up at the mother's breast. He could speak of instances of a similarly frightful nature, but to an int Aligent audience like that before him, who were in - the habit of reading thb papers, it was unnecessary. He would, however, state that there was a.population of 30,000 suffering from the effects of the scarcity, amid that there were 150,000 of this population seven-eighths of whose food consisted entirely of potatoes. The re maining 150,000 did not live entirely on potatoes; they lived a little above the others, but the failure had affected them greatly, 'and they would be in as poor and in as So ititute condition as the others in a few months. They would have no.seed to put into the ground i n s p r i ng time, and unless relief were given to them, the scarcity, next year, would be as great, and the whole fabric of society would totter to the ground. He did not believe that the helpless condition of the people was owing to the landlords, but to the circumstance of the annihilation of the kelp manu facture, which was carried on to a great extent' in . the. ,islands, - and which was altogether destroyed by a to legislative enactment. It was, therefore, by no kless negligence of the proprietors that this inability of the ople to sustain themselves, under the present calamity, - attributable, but to the cause to which he referred, as ,o the land being turned into pasturage, and to the popu i • tion:being driven out to make way for the graziers. It wae e iee, however p eto the proprietors to state that, with oneeeTception, theft' conduct on the present occasictt was n0b1e.,,;, his exceftion, too, was brought to his senses by the feet:d OT pupa toinion. It was a mistake to say that tIO 160,0001. given the late Drainage Act was money given to the Highlands. It was money lent to Scotland on good security, every penny of which, principal and interest, must be repaid. The Reverend Gentleman concluded by making a powerful appeal to the feelings of the meeting, aid hoped that they would respond to the call now made upon them. - The Rev. Dr. LEIFCHILD supported thezeutlioion, and while he concurred with *the 11ev. GentlernansNvho had just 40 addressed them as to , the.,state of Scotland and I re l a nd, h e was bound to sfatertbat they had at home among themselves a large populaelora who were houseless, penniless, and desti tute. The calamity was universal. There was not a county exempt from the visitation, and this feature made him say that it was unparalleled in extent if not in severity. The present association had no poison of 'sectarianism vitiating the milk of human kindness in itsAdmAseLa position. It was c onst it ute d of Ininigers and jaymen dtw: • various religious denominations, and this circumstanc4 in vested it with a claim on the charity of the public, which he hoped would be responded to. If4here was any one who might be disposed to confine his bounty to the " hotaselipld of the faith," he would tell him that this was net sanctionetiatr' 4 by scriptural authority, for the Churches of the Gentile Came •to the rescue when the poor of Judea were visited with afflic tion. The man who offered a bribe to a poor man to become one of his religion insulted alike the sanctity of religion and the human mind. There was enough for all if it was fairly distributed, for God did not, bring people into the world without providing for their wants.: Avarice, however, destroyed his benevolent intentions, and begot the hag beggary, which brought up theft _from the bottomless pit. tie could not help admiring the resignation with which the poor bore their woes and refrained from turbu4ncoe; and be fore he sat down he must express his satieffction with the-- Government of - the country for the exertiabs they made to meet the emergency. The resolution was then put to thA meeting, and carried unanimously. Mr. FOSTER, son of Mr. Foster, Of Norwich (both of whom lately travelled through Ireland), then addressed the meeting. He visited Westport, in the county of Mayo, and the state of the people could not be realised by the imagination— personal inspection would be necessary to convince one of the reality. The town appeared to be one large pauper house, crowded like a fair. He never saw such an assemblage of wretched starved creatures. The men ware: worn down to the skin and bone —were living skeletal - la—and the women were pale and livid, with the dark 'mark of famine round their eyes.—(Sensation.) On the public works there was not more than one out of every 12 of the destitute employed. In Connemara also the distress was equally great, and in one village the scarcity was so great that he could not get a single pound of meal in the whole pla - ce, and there was not a store within a distance of from 20 to 30 miles.—(Sensation.) Four cases of -death had occurred there within the two days previously, and he himself was obliged to supply some of the poor creatures from the hotel at which. he was residing. The emphatic way in which the poor people of Ireland spoke of the ca l am it y was, that 6 the famine is upon us." He would conclude by urging on the ladies to provide clothing for the naked creatures whose suffer ings-from famine•were greatly aggravated by the prese n t in clement season. lie would prop ose the following resolution : " That whereas her Majesty has called upon the ministers of the Established Church to make collections in their respec tive parishes, so also Diseenting ministers of all denomina tions he requested (if they have not already done so) to use their legitimate power of appeal to their congregations upon the subject as early as possible, or simultaneously with the day fixed for the Queen's Letter to be read, 21:t February. Thus a general voluntary effort will be made by the whole • nation in mitigation of the awful calamity. And further, that such ministers be requested to report to the United Relief Association (at 40, Leicester-squire) the fact of their having made such collection, as .well as those that purpose so appealing to their congregatiOns, in order that the same being announced in the public papers, Aii e y stimulate other ministers and congregations to adopt th me course." The Rev. A. KING seconded the' resolution, and detailed several instances of the horrifying effects of the famine. In one instance a family had nothing to subsist on but the car case of a dead horse, and the poor creatures exclaimed, " What, under God, would become of them when the horse flesh should be finished ?—(Sensation.) In several caste dead were not interred, owing to the debility of t In none woulddistrict b e it carriedw as e computed t A e d n dt an one-fifthinstancei sufficient to creatures not having strength ground, the poor S sation.) cover them with clay.—( en there Akre the limbs of dead bodies weobtorhful:didtehnseg°lrioaulbo'rurlveade the resolution,'Which The Rev. THOMAS JAMES supp orted carriedn,2oiu. ;nanneimv.oAus.lya. Huston, to announced T ' donations were then :—Luke J . The following Esq., 150 guineas; C. Cochrane, Esq.. 60 guineas ; Hansard. S. Gurney, Esq., ~ augm . , seconded by was then put s to the meeting, e s e i t r in E g . , 5 guineas; with several others of a smaller amount. the Rev. O. en statement d r y a a w s n ut u a p n , oi embodying m o t bh u unanimously d l y y carried extremegth e o motion w spsaflino: Inoli o N f i :aCi,nn(i destitutioni gdc a ro n fero a sk ), and supported dE s Rev. O n S t . h T e substance of the account LA wretchedness Tui(h arct' tah e u th it e AN de F p ' utations that have addressed this meeting, with other needful information, and that the same be forwarded to the clergy and to the minis ters of all denominations ,' in order to impress them with the urgency of the case, and that the same be forwarded also to all public companies, joint-stock societies, literary institutions, charitable societies, lecturers, and benevolent persons who may have it in their power to promote the public collection. •And that, notwithstanding the benevolent disposition evinced by the Government of this country, and the gene rosity exhibited by her Majesty,. and several branches of the Royal Family, by the Society of Friends, and many benevolent individuals, the exigence of the present distress is so great, and the-hope of its early mitigation so faint, that there appears a necessity for the committee (appointed at the late conference of clergymen and ministers on the 18th ult.) continuing their remedial exertions as the United Relief Association; and that it is the sense of this meeting that the administration of the funds collected by the public appeal maybe confided I"the contributors shall so approve) to the said committee, and their treasurer, as trustees, who, while they admit the sadly pre-eminent claim of Irelaga.and parts of. Saotland upon the generous charity of the ah a public, would appropriate a portion also forthe destitute in England, and who resolve that their distribution shall in all cases be conducted on unsectarian principles." The meeting then separated. given r t coeBi iubCt resolution cy .~„~_„ and • I ) . ;g ow I. — t nd L in' Iti : 0, P. re 'l t ,is ea r‘ n ; • )11 . to, 3111,1' t_.:::