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- 2 - / 0 /'" '~ J ~~~`. ~~ ~` v I f t 7 7i:11:47 e - Ant, i tfrt rito • N. - ‘ ,„ 14 0,11 iN v. i ii .. 5, - . 1 - 111011 w. = 40,„ , . 41 / 4 ' . 4 4 , • *l.4't • - EAST INDIA MINE', ICm DECEMBER, IC$7. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA. COMPANY T)0 HEREBY GIVE NOTI ( !E, Thet 4 Proprietor of a.,t India Stock, .Tehn Jotps, Esq., h , s given notice ° lbis intention to submit the following motion at the Quarterly G eneral Court of the said Company , appointed to be held at their i °use, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY next, the 23d instant, Viz. " That it is duo to the advancing int , llizence of the people of India that a Deputy from each University in the several Presidencies b, maintained at the public expense in this country, with a view to Inform the Proprietors as to the wishes and complaints of the people et India." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK. NTH DECEMBER , 1857. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next GENERAL , Z A EETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of th is COMPANY will Sou se, held in the Board Room of the Bank, in Pri nces-street, Mansion on THURSDAY, the 21st day of January next, at Twelve 2 4Q ck precisely, to receive the Report of the Directors ; and to r..tect four Directors in the place of Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P ; •ilrabrose Moore, Esq. ; Willi nn Bird, Esq. ; and John Timothy 4 1 eY, Esq., who will on that day go out of office, in conformity „th the provisions of the Deed of Settlement : all of whom offer Vereseives for re-election :—also to elect a Director in the place of Archibald Basile, Esq., deceased. Notieels also Given, that the transfer boo ks of the Bank will he cl osed on Thursday, the 31 st inst. , and remain so un t il Frida y , the loth January next. By order of the Board. JNO. WARDROPE, Secretary. :11 RE RHINE AND GERMANY.—The Shortest and Cheapest Route. via Rotterdam, to the Rhine Md Germany, is by THE DUTCH RIIENISH RAILWAY. , T hrough Trains, in conjunction with those of the Cologne -Minden ' °l Pany, start three times a day. Fifty pounds of Luggage allowed free for each passenger. Further particulars forwarded, post ftee, on application to the z any's London Agent, Mr. Joi( C. Jeassow, 61, Gracechurch - Stree, LONDON and NORT: LAND RAILWAYS.—( the and SECOND Class DAY Easton Station, LONDON, to — Lincoln Coßingham' Newark Fiskerton Thurgarton Lowdham Nottingham Det by em .u. trains on Thursday, De!. 24, l i nstry trains up to and including 'V tickets will also be issued fr( By or .._aentral Manager's Office, Eusto] 3-WESTERN and MID HRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. TICKETS will be issued from York Bradford Leeds Norm anton Oak enshaw Doncaster Sheffield, and Masborough. available to return with by the Tuesday, Dec. 29. •oin the above stations to London. rder. di Station, December, 1857. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.--CHRISTMA§ HOLIDAYS. The 9.15 a.m. Down Mall Train from London will run as usual on nistmas-day, excepting over the Chester and Holyhead Railway, `ua to Leeds only over the Midland line; The other Trains from 1 ondon on Christmas day will run as on F re days, exce pt th e 10 . 0 a.m., w hi c h will not proceed beyond ston. ii2)AY TICKETS issued on THURSDAY, Dec. 24, and interven -4 4 P, will be available until the following TUESDAY, Dec. 29. By order. MARK HUISH. General Manager's Office, Easton Station, December, 1857. GENERAL ANNUITY ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION. Established 1829. Accumulated:funded capital, 289,527/. 11 s. Gd. h tt Mediate, deferred, and survivorship annuities granted every I sq .. his Strictly Mutual Association Annuities of 191. each can be oF u red to a wife or other nominees at exceedingly moderate rates Premium, viz.:— At the age of 30, annual premium• •••• • •• £2 14 0 • 40, PP •• • •a • 3 17 0 Nelve annuities may be effected. 93 . Cheapside. PHILIP CIIP,TIg, Secy. OPPICERS PROCEEDING TO INDIA try also CIVILIANS, can effect ASSURANCES on their th the COLONIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY on 'MAL TERMS, the Directors having RESOLVED NOT TO INCREASE ItATES at this time. ir k ; e rilloms can be paid to the Company's Agents at Calcutta, Ma- The Bombay, or at any other of their Agencies in the East. kioclsLireetors also advance Loans on good security for temporary biThe Colonial have Agencies in every British Colony, where Pre -', are received, and claims settled. WILL. TIIO. TAO m SON, Actuary. SAMUEL R. FERGUSS"N, Resident Secretary in London. 1 . 11 LONDoN.... . Sl, Lombaffi-street (E.C.) . rs,. bI NIVURGH (Head-office) .... 5, George-street. ...... 6 5 , Upper Sackville-street. G LASGOW .... .. .... .. .. .. 58, St. Vincent-street. ESTABLISHED 1841. 4EDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE, 25, Pail-mall. London.' Empowered by special Act of Parliament. rq the Annual Report of 1853, it appeared that the number of 11 1 „; ,„ -'es then in force was 3,434, insuring 1,337,5001 ., and yielding an "s' at ke of 55,2071. 1167 ttie Sixteenth Annual Meeting, held on the 26th November was shown that on the 30th June last — The?timber of Policies in force was ...... .. • • .... 6,255 amount insured was • • .. • • 2,917,598/. 13s. 10d. t l u e annual Income was— •••• • • • • 12 5 , 1131 . as. B d. r I pe ° n enUses have been declared (in 1848 and 1853), adding nearly K„Ceht. per annum on the average to sums assured, and by wh ich 1 .247 3' °f 1,0001. issued in 1842 on a healthy life Is now increased to Profit. 1, 11 divided every five years—nest division in 1858 . tone'B-••• Society, since its establishment, has paid claims on 781 A " ' assur ing 312,8841. kodernarances are effected at home or abroad on healthy lives, at as dian,Z ates a sthe most recent data will allow. ssuranc h enten to assurers. at very moderate rates, Invalid l and great facilities n, _ Ives assured on scientifically constructed tables. A l f n e rn i .. l eles issued free of Stamp duty, and every charge but the Pre Ctive working Agents wanted for vacant places. bi,?° B Pectuses, Forms of Proposals, and every other inforrnagan, Ey be Obtained of ti Secretary at the Chief Office, or on applica -ma to any of the Society's Agent. In the country. C. DOTYCfLAS SINGER, Secretary. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE AMUR kNCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, wrfered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR VIVORsDIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. Np,„ XDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. B a "" rn • Renworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J: Hodgson, Esq. vii.RE.Blll own, Joh ' l e l King-Church, Esq. John Si Esq. M.D., Cantab., John ymes, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. rof m . ,, AUDITORS. --- "r Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Young. J. Ri ll MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. - -.. 0 t3011, M.D., Cantab , F.R S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W • 8 . B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. '`essrs- Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. Ite tet .. SOLICITORS. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford-row. Th e _ kiti:l n B e 6 lt . Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared in Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 _ Polk_ nk e 4 ti n ***---___ Sum Assured. Bonus in Permanent addition Bonus in Re uction of to Sum Cash. Annual Pre- Assured. s. d. Z s. d. s. d. 867 17 7 42 , 1 4 56 3 8 749 4 0 325 16 • 32 0 4 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 154 2 8 103 16 S 10 15 2 120 17 0 72 14 6 6 7 7 18 38 b 5 1841 48 45 59 184 a GO 1851 55 kalpe following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter irg.' 4 al Life Assurance Society : 813eletY was established in 1838. ItE "l lrds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every ea b‘ n • w its sli nv - erlbf:d capital is five hundred thousand pnnds. woo l' A l , — " ll nents, at the date of the last annual report, amounted hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. riboetannuornniaibleirocome is ninety thousand pounds. of policies now in torce exceed six thousand. Sln" e thousand new policies are added every . year. ' 4 thee, r co mmencement the Society has paid in claims upwards Po r undred and twenty thousand pounds. 1111 41 ''"Pectuses and every other information, apply to the Chair . 142, g trana. 1 42 gb. 3,000 4,000 9,000• 2,000 2,800 EDMOND S. SYMES, chairman 14 il, 4 . 41. PETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. 4 and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE 4 oti air t t u eF% imparts the most exquisite relish to . Steaks, C hops, and b , oast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad,ll to Ilerf ee ' v i is tome and invigorating properties enables the stoma c h T he lY digest the food. har d 11 Y useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe toudoanby. th..e Rol .to ealth. proprietors, Lea and Perrino, 19, Fenchurch-street, 44 c1 go z ;„' n ,.° ca Broad-street, Worcester ; also by Messrs. Barclay qiint s r , ‘ " 4 'ooss rs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and Tiler tat: ""4 11,10 71; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. and pi s- D „___° 8 aard against imitatiois, see that the names of " LEA ~_ ''`KLY.R" are upon the labo and patent cap of the bottle. ---...._ tou BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS' vA LT ,ItooD, for DELIC FiTE INFANTS, CIIILDREN, and IN- Supersedes the expense and dangers of wet-nursing, is digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than 'e 2 lnidtty, cramps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless roflda, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of C 2 3 Stein and sound sleep insured. Many respectable families who V , VO reared and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred le. aid a copy of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding ni stp.rapol and addressed envelope to Barry Da Barry and Co.. 57, "eH , lxt-street, London Prices:—ln Canisters, is.; 25.; and 121 b. 21.5. The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on .b eeltst of Post Office.: Order. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE - ~,,,• INCAPACMY, A...ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. . "111 and impro. - . , ed Edition, enlarged to l96pa pages, p , iiluubstishrateedd,bpytilc().o, A natomical C o l ou red Engravings on Steel,u r fre e by post, Is.l, I_,--,,, itili SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work effects OR the physical exhaustion an . d decay of the frame, from the q iip , , - 8 of' olitary indulgence, infection, observationsandthein o j n uri t o h u o s o c b o i n ig s:- . ~,,,`"cell from the use of Mercury ; with tlO - 4 °f I nhWri age, and directions for ohN2at nognscertcaohnistulilstqautiaolnitdscaa-s imu 4 lly lt :and L. PI , 'IRV and CO., burge tvar . w Marwick-lane, Pater hall image 197). Sold by J. Allen, !o , -street. I ‘-row Th. , „..., .on on. sting r, 160, Oxford-street; and Gordon, 1.16, Leaden to r ' e . , t;s3 RDIA f. BALM of SYRTACUM is employendreilnyhboitihsasemxiecs; it. " "a i impaired powers of life. Its action is p , e - p_o_Wer t in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and lift 0 ebility, obstinate sleets, impotency, barrenness, and deb , i; it,"* 4 MI , 3lng from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated t ! (;. Or founn,vaxYing success in thousands of cases. Price 1 is. per bot 1 -• quantities In one for 335., which saves Ils.. I,.,rhe (."203-";CENTIZATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syPbh ,,`lc rc tneily, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any oh L,,1 1 , vezie d forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the rBlin, bl,,teltex on the head and f ace, enlargements of the throat, i ts 1.1 and uvula; threat ene d destruction of the nose, palate, &c. a ction is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the R Yste in is undeniable. Price Ils. and 335. per bottle. also a saving Of 11, PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec ".al remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, an d diseases of the urinary - organs. Price 2s. 91.. 45. 6.1 , and I Is. V.I• box. ii Sol,' by Ilaqici Cbtlrch, 7a, Graceehurch-street, City ; 22.,1 - I,u (I °° d' er . 4 ', King Willlam-Street (fon , doors fro'- 1,011,!oa Bridge) ; , g ,; . • • WOtts, 17, Strand ; ..V. :-:;i:tt. - m. and Co., 10 Itow-churchyard; I-1 lEdwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard Sanger, 150, Oxford ..; li annay and Dietrie.hsen, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and ~..!r d t og, 4, Chea - eside ; ProLtt and Ilarsant, 229, Strand ; and all -4 . eine 'vendors throughout; the United Kingdom. VI R. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETll,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to he distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or d e cay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful op .ration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within the reach of the moat econo mical, be has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De csyed teeth stopped and randered sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE CURES ea ithput Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartbur a, Headache. Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, A.Ainna, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints are effected by IU BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA AISABICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, Inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit rrom Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies."—Cur:, No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony frorn dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham L ig, near Dlss, Norfolk." —Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Hazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Ilerts, a cure of extreme ner vmsness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. — Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver 1)1,31: a cure o: ten yea...'s dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No. 18.416. Dr. Andrew Ure of constipation, dyspep sia, i.ervotts irritability. Cure No. 31,210. Dr. Sherland of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42.116 Major Edie of enlargement prostration of strength. C ure No. 36,4181tev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily vomi tings, Cure . . No. 26,418. Dr. Har vey of diarrhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Ilunts, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of thirty years diseased l ungs, spitting of blood,e e s r vo d o e d ri, T g r e c m h merchant, partial deafness. Cure No. 4 ,814. Mr. 2 Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No 52 of Castleatuart, of many years' nervousl I.rrltT ab h i e lit D y r bi a l g e e , Countess of gestion. Cure No. 51,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con zumptlon, after her medical advisers 1 abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No, 180. "Twenty-five nervousness, con stipation, indigestion and debility, from erwhichf have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or short relieve, have been e ffectually cured h) Du Barry's Fo o d i n a very Reeves, 181, Fleot-street, London." No. 4,20 8.. ltailigt dis peps'a, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, w hich my servant bad consulted the advice of many, ii d u a s v e e a le f e o o r effectiffilly cured by l)u Barry's health restoring Food: 1 shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridlington Rec tory, Norfolk." So. 32,836. " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, whi c h ren dered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Hess, No. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, Skibbereen." and general deCtriteyNha.v j been e r s erved by Du Barry ', s ,exeellent otter, Athol-street, Perth," Revalenta Arabica Food. , Important Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imita tation s:— Page Wood granted an injunc tion Vice-Chancellor Sir William on the 111th March, 1814, against Alfred Hooper Neville, for , miratimr "Da narry's pa;:aeo for all Clllll,tte, And with full instructions. L; enta Arabiea Food. lie, Mt) 225. The 121 b car , anlsters, 1111 71 ,- , ; I'E lb 00 rec-lor of I'o9f-office ord er. Barry Du Barry ant Co.. 77 , Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., pur veyors to her Majesty, Ch 182, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Gracechur "en - street ; 330, 430 , and 451, Strand ;4, eapside ; 149, Bishepsgate atreet ; and 150 and 158 Oxford-greet . Age: (N ~ 20,434.) PUBLIOATIO,NS. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 0 R P II A N By the Author of "MARGARET MAITLAND," " A very pleasing and charming story—the production of a gifted writer—one who possesses a pectilhir fascination in her style, which Is something beyond an interesting narrative, or a power of vigorous description."—Sun. Hurst and lllackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colbuin. Now ready, LODGE'S PEERAGE and BARONETAGE FOR 1858, under the especial Patronage of her Majesty and 11.R.T1. the Prince Gonsort, and corrected throughout by the Nobility. In 1 vol., royal Bvo, with the Arms beautifully engraved, handsomely bound, with gilt edges, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. INTERESTING CHRISTMAS PRESENT. Now ready, in 1 vol., 10s. 6d. bound, 1" R. TUPPER'S NEW WORK. " RIDES AND REVERIES OF "ESOP SMITH." By MARTIN FARQUHAR TOPPER. "Mr. Tupper's new work will do good service to his 1 terary repu tation. It is wr tten in a thoughtful suggestive spirit, and combines with lucidity and acuteness of judgment, freshness of fancy and elegance of sentiment."—Morning Post. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW SERIAL BY SHIRLEY BROOKS. With the Magazines, with two Illustrations by John Tenulel, Part I. (complete in Twelve), price One Shilling. T" GORDIAN KNOT. By SHIRLEY BROOKS, Author of" Aspen Court." London: Richard Bentley, New Burlisgton-street. POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1858, Now Publishing, price 365. Kelly and Co., 18 to 21, Old Boswell-court, St. Clement's, Strand, W.C.; SimpkM, Marshall, and Co., Stationers'-hall-court, E.C., and all Booksellers. T THE CHURCEIMAN'S ALMA_NACK, for THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1858. ON A LARGE SHEET, 2d. , on roller, with cloth back, Is. 4d. SMALL OCTAVO, with Lists of Members of both Houses of Par liament, 2d. -, in blue cover, Interleaved, for Accounts and Memoranda, 10d. THIRTY-TWO-sto, blue cloth cover, Interleaved, for Accounts and Memoranda, id. _ roan tuck, ls. calf tuck, Is. Bd. for Schools, Members, and the Public, One Halfpenny. Sold at the Depositories, 77, Great Queen-street, ; 4, Royal Exchange ; and 16, Hanover-street, Hanover uare ; and by all Booksellers. Now publishing, price two shillings, bound in cloth, FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALLIER r FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Times," and Re porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. In addition to other useful information, it will contain a complete Record of the Racing and steeplechase season in England, Ireland, and Scotland from the Ist of January up to the day of publication, Derby Lots for 1554, and Nominations for all the Principal Races for next year ; forming one of the most copious works of reference ever published. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents. Hoi born, London. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC HALT, King-William-street. Strand. THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH ENTER TAINMENT. Sixth week of the JULLIEN BURLESQUE, received nightly with shouts oflaughter. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at Is. 8. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphit heatre, Is.; Private Boxes, 11. Seats can be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Hall. On Thursday and Saturday, a Morning Entertainment, commencing at 3. PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. —Every Evening at 8, and Saturday Afternoons at 3.—New and Original Entertainment of PHYSICAL and NATURAL MAGIC, without the id; of any y Apparatus. Stalls , 5 5 .: Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is.Priv Boxes, two guineas, guinea and a-half, and one guinea.—Places to be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. -_______ DEL AID E GALLERY, Lowther Arcade, Strand.—Great success of M. 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The latest improvements in Electric and other Apparatus (iscluding RUHM KORFF'S WORLD-RENOWNED COIL), Illustrations of Micro scopic Anatomy, Dissolving Views of Physiological Phenomena, upon a principle never before attempted, &c. Lectures are delivered daily on the various branches of Science, and their application to the Human Frame, the Laws of Life, and the Preservation of Health, by Dr. Kelly and Dr. Sexton. The Institution is illuminated outside with DU BOSQUE'S MAGNIFICENT ELECTRIC LIGHT. Open (for Gentlemen only) from 12 till 5, and from 7 till 10 o'clock. Admission to the whole Building, One Shilling. Illustrated Cata• logues, Sixpence. Programmes and Lectures gratis on application, or by post free for kin stamps. FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. .HOBSON begs to call the attention of the public to his NEW STOCK in AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Beaver and Venetian Cloths, Scotch and heather Twist, Mixed Doeskins, Cashmere and Toilanette Waistcoatings, both of English and Conti nental manufacture, which will he found on inspection at prices most moderate for Best Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street IN_ VE STMENTS EQUAL TO CONSOLS.- I. A FREEHOLD OROUND-RENT of 2491. Bs., secures on an estate producing 1.4001. a-year. To be sold for 5,500/. 2. A GROUND-RENT of 58/. ss. for 90 years, equally well secured. Price 1,0001. 3. An Improved well-secured RENT of 75/. for 86 years. Price 1,050/ COTTAGES FOR SALE. 4. A COTTAGE fIEiIDENCE, held for 300 years at 3/. 3s. Price 2001. 5. A Small RE;IDENCE near Kew-gardens, held for 99' years at 5/. Price 2001, ALMSTIOUSES FOR SALE G. A well•erectcd ESTATE near Kew-gardens, healthful and convenient for omnibus. rail, or beat. OFFICES AND RESIDENCES TO LET. 7. The OFFICES, 25, Poultry, and 13, Gresham-street. The RESIDENCES (under 201. rent) at Daleton, Holloway, and Kew. replete with every convenience. Apply to Palmer and Co., 13, Gresham-street, Guildhall. DRAUGHTS round DOORS and WINDOWS effectually PIIEVENTED by GREENWOOD'S PATENT INDIA-RUBBER STOPS, and Solf-acting Spring Stops for the bottoms of doors. The most imperfect door can ha made air-tight without re-hanging.—Men sent to take orders and fix them if re quired.—J. Greenwood, carpenter, 10, Arthur.street wLst, Lon don-bridge. LONDON, SATU.RDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1857. NAVAL AND MILITARY INV!: ,ALIGENCE. The Argo steamship, Capt. Benson, left Ports mouth Harbour for Spithead yesterday morning with 800 troops on board for India. They were liiudly cheerect on passing out of harbour ; and on reaching Sou t hsea-beach the North Lincoln Militia, who were at the time under drill, rushed to the es planade and gave them a hearty farewell, which was cordially re-echoed by those on board. The Bth company of Royal Sappers and Miners, under the command of Capt. W. F. Lambert, R.E., 120 officers and men of all ranks, will leave Chat ham this morning and proceed to Southampton for the purpose of embarking for China to join the other companies of Royal Engineers who have preceded them to that country. The Bth company will be conveyed to Alexandria in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Pera, and proceed overland to Hongkong. The following officers of the Royal Engineers will embark with the Bth com pany :—Lieuts. J. A. Papillon, E. H. Courtney, R. M. F. Sandford, and Shearman Bird. Col. W. H. Edtia, in command of the troops at Chatham garrison, has received orders to hold in readiness reinforcements for the Bth, 29th, 43d (Light Infantry), 70th, 75th, and 84th regiments, who are to embark for India at an early date. A number of officers will be selected from each of the corps named to embark with the reinforcements. The Argus, 6, paddlewheel steam sloop, has been docked at Chatham for the purpose of undergoing some extensive repairs, which will necessitate her remaining in dock until Feb. next. _ _ The Victor Emanuel, 91, screw line-of-battle ship, was removed from dock yesterday into the steam basin, Portsmouth, preparatory to trial of her engines. The experiments announced to come off yester day morning in Woolwich-marsh, with a view of testing the capabilities of the 36-inch mortar, de signed by Lord Palmerston, were partially carried out. The first shot was not fired until noon. The external injuries sustained on the former occasion having been repaired the mortar again presented an appearance of solidity, and was more firmly secured by extra lashings, and the divisions more firmly bolted. The peculiar mode in which the bar rel is constructed, it being composed of hoops of wrought iron,9 in. broad, and 3-1- in. thick, laid over each other, has been shown i n eac h o f the experi ments to be: extremely defective. Ou examination, after the 6th discharge, the segment nearest the chamber wherein the charge was contained, was found to he burst asunder. The damage extended to the exterior ring alone. The experiment there fore closed as soon as the accident was discovered. Each charge of powder employed on this occasion consisted of 401 b., which was contained in 8 bags of 51b. respectively. It had been arranged by the select committee to fire nine rounds in equal charges, without variation or progressive increase, as at the first trial. The bags of powder were also embedded as formerly in a layer of sawdust, in order to fill in the superfluous space, and counteract the effect of the shock on the metal. The elevation of the weapon was at 42 deg., aid it was stationary, so that the shells were all projeetedin the same direction; never theless, the range varied at each shot, the average distance being about 1,500 yards, the flight over that range occupying 17 sec ends. A 13-inch shell was likewise fired immediately before the discharge of the heavy mortar, as a kind of precursor, and to contrast the velocity and flight of the two missiles. Tue undermentioned Paymasters have retired with the rank of Paymasters-in-Chief :—Mr. William Soady, Mr. William Bowden, Mr. Thomas W. P ar k er , M r. Walter Burke, and Mr. Henry South. THE MILITIA. The Leicester Militia arrived at Portsmouth yes terday by railway, and embarked on board her Majesty's steam troop-frigate Vulcan, Commander John Sec combe, for Queenstown. ARMY PURCHASE COMMISSION. REPORT OF THE RIGHT HON. EDWARD ELLICE, M.P., LIEUT.-GEN. EDWARD BUCKLEY WYN YARD, C. 8., AND MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HENRY JOHN BENTINCK, K.C.B. We have given the fullest consideration to the report made to your Majesty by the other members of the commission which your Majesty has appointed to inquire into and report their opinions on the presentsystem of purchase in the arusy. Agree ing generally in the report, we regret that our sense of duty prevents our concurring iu the partial change recommended in regimental promotion— that the rank of lieutenant-colonel should in future be filled by selection. All the witnesses examined upon the commission concur in opinion, which opinion is confirmed by the most distinguished foreign officers who have lately served in the field with your Majesty's forces, that a British regiment, as at present organised, is equal, if not superior, to any similar corps in the world. We are of opinion that every improvement should be adopted, every exertion made, still fur ther to promote this discipline and efficiency, and to maintain the superiority of our regimental force. We also fully admit the abstract objections to pur chase. We should not be prepared to advise the introduction of the principle if we did not find it already established and interwoven with our whole . regimental system. But we have in vain endea voured to elicit from the witnesses, most loud in their condemnation of the system, any other scheme of regimental organisation which would secure for your Majesty's service abetter or so good a class of officers, accelerate promotion, so as to bring regi mental officers at an active period of their lives into the higher ranks of the army, provide indem nity for the officers who have purchased their com missions, and at the same time obviate the evils CO lb pl a.ined of in the existing system. Our col leagues so far agree with us that they have been un able to recommend m ore than a ver y limited modification in the system of purchase. There is no recommendation in tho reports in which we agree more cordially than in the necessity of adopting an amended system of education and examination, both as respects officers entering the ar my and at a subsequent period of their service. Wo think it essential also, that every s ecurit y s hould be taken against , the irregular promotion of officers of inexperience by undue influence, or by the joint operation of exchange and purchase, which has been the subject of complaint iu former times. These complaint wou ld have been the same whether purchase had existed or no t, nor do e ducation and proficiency in military knowledge affect the question. Under a vigilant and honest administration of their duties by the military authorities, the same proficiency in this respect would be required on the promotion of an officer, whether by or without purchase. Our hesitation in agreeing to this partial change in the system of regimental promotion arises from the following considerations : In the first place, the making the rank of lieu tenant-colonel the exception to the general rule of purchase in the regiment would remove none of the general objections urged to the principle. The objections to "buying and selling places of emolu ment "—" vicious in principle, and repugnant to the public sentiment of the present day ; ' " the demand of a sum of money from a young man en tering the service," his whole means being in vested in his commission," "his promotion being dependent on his purse : the effect of purchase in discouraging exertion, in depressing merit," and the habit of extravagance which the introduc tion of young men of wealth is supposed to en courage ; if these objections, so much insisted upon by one class of witnesses, and so counterbalanced by the advantages of the system in the opinion of others, are really destructive to the efficiency and character of the army, neither remedy nor mitiga tion would be found for them in the mere selection of lieutenant-colonels. It would appear more reasonable, with a view to arrest those evils, to begin with the abolition of purchase for the first instead of the last step in regimental promotion. All these objections have been considered by the Duke of Wellington and the other high military authorities in the commission of 1840, who, not withstanding, concurred unanimously in recom mending the maintenance of purchase. Since the report of that commission, the Indian Government, in consequence of stagnation in pro motion in their service, have confirmed and sanctioned a practice, which has gradually been growing up, f or the fficers in a regiment to con tribute to a purse for the purchase of the higher ranks in their corps. We understand that a similar practice, from the same reason, is creeping into some of the continental armies. We believe that it sn in t the es e as would be ve r y diffi cu lt, if selection for promotion purchase e ion is of to the com man d s o f reg i men ts were adopt e d w hil e generally inon e y to r e c t r a e i a n t e e d , v a t o o a n p o r i c eve where officers had means of information as to their chance of succeeding to them. It appears to us that if the . principle is to be nriintained at all, it is equally essential it should he maintained i n the higher as in the lower regi mental ranks. If is • no tope given to the junior officers of succeeding in their turn to the command, the ties which bind them to the regiment and their co:erades may be seriously impaired, and the greate-t incitement to professional exertions taken away. An officer eutet's the service, whether by purchase or not, on the condition and with the full keowledge of the regulations eoncerniug promotion, and can have no cause of complaint, if the officer prepared to purchase, and considered qualified by the authorities at the Horse Guards, succeeds to his promotion, according to these regulations. But a very different feeling would be occasioned if an officer selected during peace, not for distinguished conduct in the field, or from any acknowledged superiority, was placed over the heads of his com rades. His promotion would naturally be ascribed to favouritism or influence. This might take place in a regiment, stationed in some distant and un healthy colony where it would be considered a still greater act of injustice from the other officers having had to incur the danger of a long and irksome service while the selected lieutenant-colonelhad been gaining his promotion by easy service in some comfortable siaff appointment at home. So strong would be this feeling, in the opinion of his Royal Highness, that he could not undertake to contend with it. H. R. Highness can conceive no possible standard on which the army would be sat'siied with selec tions of lieutenant-colonels, and is convinced that the attempt would end in promotion to that step, which it is so important officers in the prime of life should be brought forward to .fill, being wholly governed by seniority. Lord Grey, the only other witness examined on this point, was of the same opinion. . . . _ _ If the object of the proposed change is to secure greater care in the appointment of officers to com maud regiments, an object zln ,which we concur, that may be accomplished by a firm exercise of the undoubted duty of the Commander-in-Chief, to in terpose his veto to the advancement of officers by purchase whom he believes, or may be advised, are incompetent to the charge of the higher rank. His Royal Highness states that a more stringent use of his authority in this respect would be much felici tated by the support of public opinion, which we are satisfied will not be withheld from it. This check on the appointment of lieutenant-colonels, if exercised with caution and discretion, would be much aided by the option of retirement on sale being reserved to the officer, and would in our opinion be as great a security against the appoint ment of inefficient men to command regiments as the proposed means of selection. It is true that this power has always existed, and that the exercise of it has hitherto been unusual, but on some occasions it, has been resorted to, and the army would be satisfied with its more frequent application, although it might be considered a hard ship by individuals whose promotion was stopped by it. _ _ We do not enter upon financial considerations and arrangements which must be the consequence of the proposed alteration. it could not be adopted without the fullest indemnity to field officers for the money they have paid for their commissions, nor without some new arrangements for the emoluments and retirement of general officers, who bad been selected without purchase for the rank of lieutenant colonel, and who would no longer have a claim to the present scale of emoluments, after having re ceived compensation for their commissions. It would be furth.. r expedient to provide otj er in ducements to old officers to retire, if the privilege of the sale of their commissions, atter 20 years ser vice, whether they had purchlised them or not, was taken from them. These inducements would be still more necessary if the attempt to select lieu tenant-colonels shoulh end, as his Royal Highness and Lord Grey are of opinion, in promotion to that rank being wholly by seniority. It is said the selection of commanding officers in the service of the East India Company has suc ceeded so well that the same practice may be in troduced with advantage into the regular army. That selection, however, only takes place after the officer has arrived, by seniority, or frequently by put chase, to the rank of lieutenant colonel. A re ference to the age of the , e officers will at once show that the adoption of their system would in no re spect benefit your Majesty's service. These reasons make us entertain serious doubts of the expediency of any partial change in regimental promotion. We shrink from the responsibility of throwing out mere suggestions, which may disturb without amending the present system, be unsatisfactory to the army, and paralyse, during the suspense they may lead to, the current of promotion which it must be the great object to encourage. Greater stringency in examinations as to professional edu cation and attainments will be an adequate secu rity against abuse of purchase. We are. not of opinion, however, that the principle of competitive examination should be adopted, which can afford little proof of the moral and physical qualities essential in military life. We agree with the other members of the commis sion, that the commands of regiments should be held for a certain fixed time, as is now the case with staff appointments. Such a change would give great impetus to promotio n , and be accompanied with other advantages which it is unnecessary to de tail. Bu t even this alteration must be cautiously con sidered with reference to officers who may be still fit for active service, and who would be reduced, with out some further arrangeme n t to half-pay. A selec tion from this clas s of otlic..q.s who would have gained great experience in th e command of the i r reg i men ts, if otherwise qu a lifi e d , to higher appointments on the staff, would a p pear expedient. When no t so selected, it would b e necessary to m akesome allow ance adequate t o th e difference of pay till they attain the rank of ma • or-general. Tae option of leaving the service, J retaining their nominal, or even a superior rank, or s ome payment of money equivalent to the value of their commissions, might be an inducement to officers to retire who had little hope, from their a ge , o f arriving at the higher ranks and emoluments of th e however, be borne cheerfully this description must entail • expense, which will, contribute to the efficiency of the army. c a n i fg they h s e o y f We think it right to advert, with reference to the proposed change, to the comparisons that have been profusion. All A p l u l b e l h i made between the promotion of the army and navy, and between our own regimental system and that of other countries. All promotion in the navy is in the service gene- No analogy exists between the organisation of a ship and that of a regiment. The ship is com missioned, the officers and crew appointed for a certain period, when the crew are paid off, and the officers reduced to half pay, till their services are ag ain required. Sele c ti on is less difficu l t i n t i me of peace, when opportunities always occur for the dis play of peculiar qualities, and personal skill and conduct, which distinguish the character of a supe rior officer. A regiment, on the other h an d, i s a permanent depending for its body,excellence on the general fellowship of a permanent set of officers—on their general relations with the non-commissioned offi cers and men under their command—a high esprit de corps—and the preservation of old associations and recollections counected with its history and achievements. The officers during o pp o rtunities of distinction, and peace have few are often, from the nature of the duties imposed on the English army, removed i rksome employment fromtheseeneofonsetthivee mostsery ieeand distinction. It would be hard if, on that account, they should be deprived of their chance of promotion after having entered the service on the faith of existing regu lations. mental organisation in It the is of foreign armies. Of course the relative state of society in different countries _-th e armyd thatis in the no respect --the difference be tween voluntary and compulsory service—must be taken into consideration in attempti ng t o f orm an y connection between their military inbtitutions. In this free country it is essential to the maintenance and popularity of a permanent military force that the independence of our officers should be upheld and respected. The authorities in charge of our military administration are called ‘e upon to justify their advice with respect to appointments by selec tion, and frequently have to explain and defend them against the suggestions of partiality and pre judice. Our army is suddenly increased on any emergency of war, and as suddenly reduced on the return of peace. A system of half-pay and other arrangements necessary to meet the incidents of this changing •condition become necessary, which exist in no other country. On the whole, our regi mental officers are younger than those in other ser vices, especially in the French. If selection, much more easy when troops are acting together in large bodies, and more or less engaged in actual war, or preparation for war, brings forward occasionally younger officers to the higher ranks, seniority tends to stagnation in the lower ones. The commission of 1854 has already recom mended to your Majesty the selection of officers for higher rank on the staff, from officers having at tained the rank of colonel, after three years' ser vice, in the command 'of regiments. The junior ranks of the staff are equally filled by selection. We entertain a strong conviction that if selection or the staff is judiciously exercised, and the general regulations strictly adhered to, that no officer shall be permitted to remain on the staff beyond the limited term of five years, that the complaints of which so much has been heard lately, of the in efficiency of our military system, will receive their best and most satisfactory answer. The principal complaint has been, not of the regiments, but of the manner in which they have been directed, provided for, and handled by the staff, on service and in campaign. Purchase cannot have given grounds for that complaint, for purchase has only influenced regimental, and never staff, appointments or promotion. Whether the adoption of other reforms and ameliorations, admitted on all hands to be necessary in our mili tary system, may in the end place the army on the efficient and satisfactory footing expected by the country, or whether it may still be nessary, at some future time, again to raise the question that has been submitted to our examination, we do not pre tend to anticipate. If the abolition of purchase shall ultimately be determined upon, we are certain that the arrangements to be substituted for it will be best left in the hands of the executive Govern ment, unfettered by the suggestions or recommen dation of partial changes of doubtful expediency and of difficult accomplishment. We submit these reasons humbly, and with great deference, to your Majesty, for differing in opinion with our colleagues in the commission as to the expediency of recom mending this alteration in our regimental system, which, we fear, might only produce discontent throughout the army, lead to uncertainty and hesi tation in existing arrangements, and produce no adequate benefit to your Majesty's service. EDWARD ELLICE. EDWARD Bucauxr WYNYABD, -Generak - H. BENrINeK, Major-General. August 3, 1857. P ,ao , STAMPED 5 r .] obtain at least one-half of the number of marks allotted to them. The following subjects can be taken up or not at the: option of the candidate ; but one-third of the marks as,igned to each must be gained, in artier that it may he allosed to count in determining the candidate's place on the list, viz. : German Hindostanee Marks. 300 300 Natural philosophy, chemistry, and geology, as ap plied to military seieuao 3OO (13). Any officer, with the sanction of the Gene ral Commanding-in-Chief, compete at the annual final examination without previously passing through the college. And, further, any officer who desires to enter the college for one year only, will be permitted, if there be a vacancy, to present himself at the first annual examination of the junior division of students (who will then have completed their first year), and, if qualified, may join the college accordingly. In each case the qualifications noted in paragraph 3 (above) will be re quired (14) After the final examination, the Council of Mili tary Education will draw up, and submit for the consi detation of the General Commanding-in-Chief, a list of the successful candidates, arranged in three classes ac cording to merit, with a special report of those who particularly distinguish themselves, whose names will also be mentioned by the council ia its annual report. (15). The first annual college examination, under the system above described, will be held in December, 1858. (16). Officers who Phan have passed their final exami nations at the Staff College will be attached to each of the arms successively in which they have not previously served. They will be required to attend drills, parade, and field days, and they will avail themselves ofi every practicable means of making themselves generally acqua'nted with the discipline, interior economy, field movements, and duties .of those arms- - Cotlicatirs to this effect will be forma:mica to the adjutant-general—in the case of officers attached to the artillery, by the inspector of drills at Woolwich ; and in the case of officers attached to regiments of cavalry and infantry, by the officers commanding such corps. It is presumed that a period of six months with each arm will be the utmost that will be required in this re- spect. • (17). The order of the 9th of April, 1857, relative to the qualifications of officers for staff appointments, will c uatlaue in force until the Ist of January, 1850, when the system which has been above detailed will have fully come into operation ; and the examinations referred to in that order will be conducted _under the direction of the Council of Military Education. " Officers, however, who have attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel will he exempted from the operation of that order. •` Alter the Ist of January, 1850, no officer will be appointed to the staff who 914.11 not have gone through the Staff College, or passed the final examination of that college (paragraph 13), with exception of those who shalt have attained, at that date, the rank oflieutenant-colon-1, and in every case excepting officers of proved ability in the field. " (18). Although the course of mathematics at tl college has been limited to that amount of knowledge which is considered essential to complete the education of the staff officer, it is probable that many officers may desire to pursue their mathematical studies to a much higher point, and any candidates, therefore, who shall have proved their fitness for employment in the ord mance survey or in the topographical department, by superior progress in the science of geodesy, as will as of topography, will be named in the annual report of the Council of Military Education to the Secretary of State for War, as deserving employment in those services. " By order of his Royal Highness the General Commanding in Chief. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." SANDBURST STAFF COLLEGE. The following important regulations in reference :o the Staff College at Sandhurst have just been .slued to the different regiments of her Majesty's army : Horse Guards, W.S., Dec. 17. The Queen having been pleased to approve of the name of the present senior department of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst being change to that of Staff College, which college is to be placed under the charge of a commandant, with a quartermaster and staff non-commissioned officers on its establishment ; and her Majesty having also approved of the following regulations for the admission to, and for the studies of officers at, the college, and for other matters connected therewith, the same are hereby published for general satisfaction , (1). The Staff College will be open to officers of all arms of the service, a:4l will consist at first of 30 students•, in the proportion of 25 from the cavalry, Gikrds, and line, to five from the two Ordnance corps, admission to the college being determined by a competitive examination. (2). No payment will be required from students to the funds of the college. (3). The qualifications requisite for admission are 1. A previous service of not less than three years, excl.isive, of leaves of absence. 2. A certificate from his commanding officer, that the candidate is an intelligent, zealous, and well-c;nducted officer, and thoroughly acquainted with all hie duties. 3. The candidate, if not a captain, to have passed the examination I.r a troop or company. 4. A medical certificate of good health, and fitness for the active duties of the staff. (4). Commanding officers of regiments will, in every case, forward applications for admission to the Staff College through the general officer in command, to the adjutant general. If the commanding officer of the regiment, or the general officer in command, cannot recommend the application of any candidate, the grounds of objection to be distinctly stated. (5). The competitive examination for entrance to the Staff College will comprise the following subjects, the relative values of each at the examination being shown by the number of marks attached to it. Marks. Mathematics Military history and geography French German 3OO Fortification 3OO Military drawing 3OO Geology Chemistry l5O In mathematics 400 marks will be allotted to arith metic, the first four books of Euclid, and algebra, in cluding questions producing simple equations ; and of this number at least 300 must be obtained for qualification. In French 75 marks, at least, must be obtained, fbr qualification. The remaining subjects, as well as the higher portions of mathematics, may be taken up or not at the option of the candidate, the marks gained thereon being reckoned in determining his position in the list of com petitors. It is to be understood that these qualifications will be r7ised so soon as the system shall have been a sufficient time in operation to enable officers to come up for ex amination better prepared. After the year 1858, the candidate will, in addition, be expected to have a sufficient use of the pencil to be able to draw from an example or object placed before him. In regard to military history, the candidates will be required, when sending in their application for admission to the college, to state what has been the course and extent of their reading, in order that the Council of Military Education, in framing the examination papers, may be enabled to select for each candidate some one or more important campaigns, which he will be expected to describe in detail. (6). The examination of officers serving in the United Kingdom for entrance to the Staff College will be held in London, under the direction of the Council of Military Education. In the case of officers serving'abroad, the examinations of such as shall be allowed to compete, will be conducted by means of the same printed questions as are set for the examination of candidates in London. These ques tions will be answered in writing in the presence of a board of officers which will he appointed by the general officer in command, and which will certify that the can didate has obtained no assistance from books, or help of any kind in the examination. (7). The college course of study will,commence annu ally on the Ist February. The transmission of the iirinted examination papers to stations abroad will be so arranged that the claims of the candidates may be decided upon in time to admit of those who are success ful joining the Staff College by the Ist February next enaning. (8). The following will be the course of instruction at the Staff College, viz. : In mathematics the minimum course will include Euclid, algebra, mensuration of planes and solids, tri genornetry, and the application of those subjects, and elemantry mechanics. The French language, German, and Hiudostanee (the two latter optional). Fortification and artillery. Topographical drawing, military survey, and sketch• ng. Reconnaissance. militaryarin litary history and geography. Military administration, including the organisation and equipment of armies in the field. Military legislation. Elements of natural philosophy, chemistry, and geo logy, as applied to the military sciences, by lectures. Exercise in composition will be afforded to the situ dent during the whole course of instruction, is writing memoirs or essays on the subjects of the course. Riding. (9). The above course of study will occupy two years, which period is not be exceeded except in cases of illness, with the sanction of the General Commanding-in. Chief. The yearly course will be divided into two terms — viz., from the Ist February to 15th June, and from the 15th July to the 15th December , the intervening periods constituting the vacations. (101. As officers may be expected to join the college with very varied degrees of attainment provision will be made to enable any student who may be well prepared in any particular subject, to attend more especially to other subjects in which he may feel himself deficient. If, for instance, the strident should come to the college pre viously well instructed in mathematics, be will be enabled to direct his attention principally to the mili tary sciences, or to languages, in lieu of mathematical studies. (11). During the whole course monthly reports of the progress of each student will be forwarded by the com madant of the Staff College through the governor of the n Royal Military College, to the Council of Military Education. There will be examinations at the end of every half-year, the summer examination being conducted by the professors of the college, and the winter examination by examiners independent of the establishment. The winter examination at the termination of the first year of the student's course will be probationary, and any students who may appear unlikely to qualify themselves for the final examination at the close of the second year, will be removed. Should, however, any marked case of deficiency or neglect be brought under the notice of the Council of Military Education, at any half-yearly examination, or at any o ther period, such student will be also liable to removal. (12). The following will be the marks allotted to each subject at the final examination : Masks. 600 Mathematics Theory ...... 400 Fortifications w i a n n g d a a n r d t i l s l u e n.mge m.. Drawing.....o.Memoir 100 ............... „. :0 0 0 • 0 400 Reconnaissance Military art, military history, and „geography, with 600 memoirs Military administration and legislation.. ............... 300 French In the above enbiects the officer will be expected to THE [VEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. [A. summary of the following appeared in our impression of yesterday.] The Parana has arrived with the West India and Pacific mails. Her dates are :—Jamaiea, Nov. 27 ; Demerara, Nov. 25 ; Trinidad, Nov. 25 ; St. Thomas, Dec. 1. She brings home 53 passengers. Amongst her cargo is specie to the value of 586,181 doll., of which 126,131 dole. are in silver,,and the rest in gold. Her Majesty's ship Imaum was at Jamaica. The Leopard was to leave Jamaica for Colon. The Tar tar was at St. Domingo. The Atalanta was at Demerara, and the Brunswick was at Colon. The Monarch was at Valparaiso and was about to leave for Callao. The Nereus was at Valparaiso. The Alarm and Cockatrice were at Islay, watching a Peruvian revolutionary frigate. The Retribution and the Naiad were at Callao. The Magician was at Panama, repairing ; she had been ashore. The Royal mail steamer Conway was disabled. From Jamaica we learn that in the Legislative Assembly the address in answer to the Governor's speech was presented on the evening of the 11th. It was extremely conciliatory. and " whilst it offered to his Excellency the warm congratulations of the house on his appointment to the government of this island, it expressed the deep concern with which the intelligence of the rebellion, and unnatural atrocitiea perpetrated in her Majesty's eastern do minion had been received by the house, and an earnest ' hope that, under the approving influence of an Almighty power, and by the strong arm of Bri tish valour, that valuable portion of the empire might speedily be restored to obedience and tran quility." The business of the session has been promptly proceeded with, and a number of government mea sures have been already introduced and forwarded to advanced s twe3. From the Colonialb Standard we take the follow ing : The Immigration Act, introduced by Mr. Hosack, is one of the most complete measures which, within our exl:erience, has ever been presented to the legislature. It is an able consolidation of all the acts now in force re lating to the importation of government immigrants, with the addition of a well-digested machinery for the perpetuation, under a carefully-devised scheme, of this most important branch of public economy. We have again been visited along the south side with fine seasonable rains, but, strange to say, the north side continues without any rain, and it is feared that the crops in that quarter will be greatly injured by drought. There is a large amount of sickness still is and about Kingston. The restricted condition of the money market in the United Slates, when the greater portion of our supply of imported ford is obtained, has had a most disastrous effect on our provision market. We are very nearly at this moment without any supply whatever of flour or salted fish. But for one or two fortunate arrivals from Halifax and Philadelphia we should be at this moment without a barrel of flour or a cask of codfish in Kings st,,n ; and as it is, we are within a few days of total exhaustion—and whether within that period we shall receive a cargo to keep us going is wholly problematical. It is further stated that bill operations in the United States being no longer possible, it has been found necessary to send specie thither for the pur chase of provisions ; of course-8,0001. cannot have been sent from Jamaica to the United States, in gold, without placing the Bank treasuries under contribution ; and as this drainage might proceed to a very much larger extent, the banks have found it necessary, in their own defence, to limit discounts. De Cordova, of Nov. 26, says— Money has been somewhat scarce, the banks being disinclined to accommodate. The 5,0001. in specie re ceived by one hank, per last steamer from Europe, is too small an amount to cause any great improvement. Of isiaod produce, pimento remains inactive, so much so that it is impossible to give any correct quotation. Coffee has been kept from market by continued heavy rains in the country, and transactions in the article have been therefore very limited. In freights there is nothing doing. Exchanges on London—Jamaica Bank, 90 days, par ; 60 days, per cent. prem. ;30 days, 1 per cent. prem. Colonial Bank, 90 days, par ;60 days, per cent. pram; 30 days, 1 per cent. prem. Commissariat bills, 1 per cent. prem. Merchants' bills, 90 days, .& to 1 per cent. die. From the Demerara Royal Gazette of Nov. 24, we cull these items : Since the sailing of last packet the weather has been dry, and the colony exceedingly healthy. There are, we believe, three or four cases of cholera in this city, but not of a dangerous type. Oar home readers will be happy to learn . that Sir Wi n . El. Holmes and Mr. Campbell are recovering fast from their seve re attack of illness, and are now qui con valescent. . The o most Dr. B distressing lair, which event has cast th e a p g a l . o t o f n o i r o t n v i e g r h t t h i s e the death tire colony, and brought sorrow to almost every house hold. The melancholy event took place on the 9th inst., the day on which the iast steamer sailed. Six persons have been tried for riotous proceedings on the 25th July last, the day on which the governor of this colony (Mr. Wodehouse) and his lady sailed for England. The indictment charged the prisoners with riot and riotously assaulting the Governor and Mrs. Wodehouse, the Chief Justice, and Mr. Wolseley, the ac ti n g government secretary. The trial occupied nearly two days, when the jury returned against Edwatd Eady, Charles Byble, and Henry Hope a verdict of guilty (strongly recommending Byble and Hope to mercy). The other prisoners they acquitted on all the counts. His Honour sentenced Eady to two years' imprisonment with bard labour, and Byle and Hope to eight months' imprisonment, with hard labour, each. Several more disappointed parties have returned from the Upata and Tubuquen goldfields. What information we have received confirms the opinion of the commissioners—that the quantity of gold to be obtained is too little and the risk attending it too great to snake it an object to go there. Those who will go a gold-hunting had better proceed to the milder climates and more productive mines of Australia or California. Exports cleared at the Custom-house for the past fort- r 2 •. . n=p:M :•••Sugar :3 ; 629 blobs 285 j•1,17i1,rf5..; men, rsB , 713%1 molvisee, 480 pans. libdl4.: arid: t:i - 41-*i 3, ; aniiatto, - 12 ceake ; nia-i,J37.F, 10 , 4V4,_ double cases; rice, 250 bps; brrooly, tO brl ; hate, 2 dozen.; cigar., _21,900 ; s r e enl; l , :trict•trobi?, 21,511 cubic feet ; old capper, 16 bides aLti . letter wood, 23 pieces ; hides, 165; cOcoaior.s, - 3k929; - I S. flour, 50 brls. ; and 12,000 oranges. - We opy the following ft oat the lifer cqntile In. telligencer AVe have had numerous arricalt ,3nrinv; ttio past fort. night. Tonnage has bicomo very aba: ei,h! s have a downward tendency. A n n o u proviBiosix in good supply. The weather continues very favourable for sugar making the crop will likely txcefd that of lait year consideral4F-1.: 11 there are plenty-of vel3,3els to take it away. - The Colonist of Nov. 25 says : The Demerara Railway Company have submitted to the Government propositions to raise on preferential • bonds 200,0001., on which amount the colonial legisla• ture shall guarantee interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum for 90 years, and the colonial revenues shall be pledged for the payment of the interest, amounting to 12,0001. a-year, in London. With the money thus raised they propose to pay off the debt due to the colony, amounting to about 46,0001., to expend the sum of 17,0001. on the repair of the railway, and in aiding t 3 and improving the premises, plant, anti rolling stock ; • and also to devote a farther sum of 30,000/ for the c u m. pletion of the line to Mahaica, and Vr additional plant. The rest of the money they propose to apply to the ligni. dation of the other debts and liabilitie of the company.. It may be taken for granted that the answer of the com. bined court to this proposition will be in the nentive. Another important subject to be hi ought before the combined court, during its extraordirr.ry session, is the proposed introduction of sepoy exiles from the East Indies, into this colony. The proposition has been favourably received out of doors. It appears that the same proposition which has been made to the Govern. ment of this colony, has ab , o been made to the govern ments of the other West India colonies ge n era lly. A . similar offer has been male to the government of St. Luda ; and the Palladium, while expressing a favoar ab'e opinion of the scheme, thinks that " 6hoold the ealopy accept the offer of the East L - AliaCol7, , pany ' there is one condition which should he explicAly 1 till down, namely, "that an effective military force should be kept up at this station." Tho same condition will, as a 12c1tter of course, be insisted upon every where, wb*ver any of tlio• Repels may bo '-'l l ll.O following is an extract otaletter written by nzentloman who was one of a patty- whi...11 went froth . Georgetown to explore the gold-li , his in Venekuela Demerara, Nov. 25. I returned on the 5.1 inst. from my x:_•ur:ion thiolgh the Interior of the colony to the gold diggings at Cara tal, bear Tussuqueu, in Venezuela, but was laid up for nearly a fortnight from the effects of fever, supposed to have been caught aruong the ssvan3p3 of the Orinoco. You' would probably hear by last mail of th, lamented death of our esteemed friend Dr. Their, which o , :curred on the morning of the 9th, the day the packet left. Dr. Manget says the symptoms latterly were decidAly those of plow fever. He is much regretted here, havieg been one of our most skilful and .xp,;rienced medical men, and taking a wf;rui and active int,r,s: in every thing affecting the colony. Had he lived, it was our inten;ion to havepui.,ll,l3ed stn account of our expedition to the. diggings, but I su , pen, tha'c, m ust .3 abandoned now; Of the diggii , g , I cani:ot report favourably at present. Only about 200 penile are 41 work. and they barely earn ordinary ;aboortrs' T.vagt , , having an noes :lei:l4i prlz.!. The la',Air is toe finicle:::.t I ever =.a and she place most unhealthy, :IA a si.gle diver having escaped fever more cr less severe. Tee carirrry, how ever, appears to be highly auriferon3 and metallif.,rous, so that we may expect that it will in tine, when British or American enterprise is brought to bear . upon it, become a gold-producing country. CENTRAL AMERICA. Nicaragua is in a deplorable state. Tho repub lics are quarrelling, and the irdissPnsions will favour Walker's expedidoii. Much anxiety is felt as to whether the British will oppose the Liudin,g of Walker's troops. The Nicaragua and Ce,ta Rica forces are still opposed to each other, though no collision has yet taken place. In Honduras and the adjoining republics the cholera is committing fearful ravages, and business is nearly at a standstill. The Panama Railway Company has published a very arbitrary bye-law, requiring that all payments connected with the line ate to be made in Ameri can Currency. This is extremely hard on the for warding agents and others, inasmuch as all the Americ in coin has been drained from the Isthmus. A public meeting condemning the measure has been held at Colon. Rumours ate afloat as t 3 the sol vency of one of the largest forwarding houses on the Isthmus. CHILI. The news from Valparaiso is to October 31, and from Callao to Nov. 11. The Congress of Chili is in session, and 200,000 dols, have been voted in aid of the Southern Rail road, to enable the company to carry on the works. The project for rai , ing a foreign loan of 7,000,000 of dollars, for continuing the works on Valpa raiso Railroad, which was pending . before the .se nate, has been approved. It is now intended that government should buy up all the sl ores in the rail road as far as Quillota, so that the whole line may become a national enterprise. A public school system has also been adopted, by which the municipal authorities throughout tne re public are to raise a special income tax for the en dowment of primary schools and high schools, under the superintendence of a general board, con sisting of an inspector and visitors for each pro vince: It is provided that there shall be one boys' and ono girls' school for every two thousand souls of the population. A decree permitting the importation of sheet iron duty free has been promulgated. The capture of the Sportsman in the poit of Santa Maria, where she was loading copper without the Chilian government's permission, has led the French consul and the new American minister, Mr. Bigler, to demand satisfaction for the act. •„ The barque Sarah Ann, boond from th'.3 pert of Valparaiso to the Island of Oceania, with nif rchan disc and passengers, was wrecked on one inh a bited by savage canibals, and every pe rson on buatd was devoured by those monsters. We have no details of this dreadful calamity. No favourable aFention has taken place in the Chili markets, whioli still continue depressed, and suffering the cinbarassment of the monetary crisis, but the evil has not produced a mercanlile panic. Credit sustains itself. Bills on England are at the rate of 46 and 47, and the interest on money re mains firm at 1 per cent. on good e:orrities. Much distress prevails from the high price of food, but the harvest promises to be an abundant One. At Hamburg the cr isis appears to be rapidly snb!iding the rate of dicount for the best paper having fallen to 6 per cent. FOUNDERING OF THE SHIP HANNAH OFF THE AZORES. D wer, Dec. 17.—The ship Hannah, 1,100 tong register, from Callao, laden with 1,500 tons of guano, foundered on the 5 h inst., off the Azores, in lat. 43.30 N., lon. 33 \V. The captain and crew, 30 in number, were com pelled to abandon her and take to their boats, in a few minutes after which she went down. 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