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Apply to Palmer and Co., 13, Gresham-street. Guildhall. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. CHARLES WATSON, M.D. (Physician to the Bedford Dia ' Pensary), 27, Alfred-Place, Medford-gunfire, London, continues to Issue, on receipt of six stamps, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." liedical Correspondence conducted. The first man of the day in these 'complaints."—Medical Re `lTff, July. 1856. The true Guide to those who deaire a speedy and private core." --University Magazine. The NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' showing the absurdity of the English mode of treating such complaints, will prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine health by adopting the means presented."—Evening Star. CRIO STMAS PRESENTS.—The exuberance of the feelings amid scenes of gaiety induces the fair an i youthful to shine to advantage under the gaze of many friends, and therefore to devote increased attention to the duties of the Toilet. 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In addition other useful information, it will contain a complete Record of the Racing and steeplechase season in England, Ireland, and Scotland from the let of January up to the day of publication, Derby Lots for 1859, and Nominations for all the Principal Races for nest year ; forming one of the most copious works of reference ever published. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Hol born, London. 1 ------ i : ''. . i 0•1 , , , 1 ... N-. ,--. ;..„.. ::,,,, . ~. dit,.. ~_ , ), ~ ,i,, fA .7. 1 - 1:::" , f:,.........„ . f. ' -.-- I . .. "....t.,. : 14' i t . _ .. . ; . 4 ( .... : ,116,14 1 .: ;., . - ''''''' -":1°P-45.- --:."5-1-' (-----7/'1.1..c--- --"------"-- '-.-------/ ---‘.-1-?...e.'--)C' (-: . 1' ---.'1...";;- --:-.'"--- -'-'.- .-----:--r-'''.-N--7:THAESRISNT:CEI.TCNIITIT.E.L......LDiGuRBIZOII\t:I:9---. 73 4 1:7 :- . 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STAMPED 5D .] Mr. Price said the prosecutrix in'this case was, at the time the offence was committed, owe visit to her aunt at Sedgefield. On the 13th of May she left the service of a person with whom she had E w a s lw in i service i t c h e e purpo s e there. been living at Darlington, and before entering upon the service of another person by whom she had been engaged she intended spending a day or two with her aunt. On the 11th she left Sedgefield to go to num ber of fields through which there is a public foot fnuortt further onw h s i a h : before, m et th a e n p s 'a e t d h g , e a n n ei d d _w sh h o en m s e h t e th h e ad pn go s t on a e b r ou o t s t b w orm o mil s es he fro di na d ' to Sedgeljeld. She told him, and they then pro ceeded on in opposite directions. About a mile who asked her if she had met a man sohneerrihe Jameson, dressed iri - white clothes on the road. She told himshe h had, and. he then passed on. On arriving at Elwickthe ' prosecutrix went to see her brother, who gave her a halfcrown piece and a sixpence. She afterwards went to the house of a person named Furby, where she had dinner, and left there between 5 and 6 o'clock in the evening. In the meantime the pri-- Boners at the bar had been at Furby's house, and made . inquiries about a young woman in black clothes. The prosecutrix was dressed in black on that day. A young man at Furby's house told the. prisoner Osborn that her name was Gibson, and that she had gone to tlwick to see her brother. Osborn said he had a slight acquaintance with the young woman. The prosecutrix proceeded a little distance on the road home, when she met both the pi isoners at the bar. Osborn said, "Well, Miss Gibson, you have not been long seeing your brother." Havin gno acquaintance with themen pro- S o h do f e t hhsheeeaeradi see i n g asked to er g h ero aborrothaerwho secutrix said nothing in reply, but walked on. She proceeded on about the distance of two fields, when on turning round she saw the two men coming "ter her. She set off and ran away, pursued by the prisoners, who overtook her at a stile about 140 yards from the nearest house. Osborn then seized her and threw her down. The other prisoner also got hold of her, and held her until Osborn took the half-crown and sixpence from her pocket. Osborn, on obtaining the money, said, " She's only gotps." After that Osborn proceeded to violate her person, the other prisoner holding her down, and placing his hand over her mouth while his companion effected his purpose. Osborn afterwards struck the prosecutrix a severe blow on the mouth for shouting out " Murder," from the effects of which the blood flowed freely. Osborn then said, " I shall see you again, and I'll give you back your halfcrown." The prisoners then left her. The prosecutrix then re turned to Furby's, but finding a strange woman in the house, she made no complaint of the outrage which had been committed upon her person, but 'she stated to them that she had been assaulted and robbed. She then went to Sedgefield, where she saw a woman named Jane Ross, to whom she made a complaint of what had taken place. In conse quence of that complaint, information was given to the police, who took the prosecutrix to Mr. Rad dock's surgery. Mr. Ruddock was clot at home at the tune. The girl, ho*ever, was examined by Jane Ross, who found marks of violence upon her person, and observed that her bonnet was almost torn to pieces. At 11 o'clock the same night prosecutrix was seen by Mr. Ruddock, and she then exhibited traces of recent violation,' - bnt o other marks of violence on her person.„On. e evening of the 23i of August the proneou was in the streets at Middlesbro' /rhea aome person tapped her on the shoulder, and; showing her a halfcrown, said, "Do you remembei that ?" Prosecutrix observed that it was the prisoner Osborn, and she replied, " Yes, and I'll make you remember it too." She then went into the hiOdse of her uncle, who lived near, and gale informa tion which led to the prisoner bein,g taken into cus tody. On the way to Durham gaol they passed a man who was working at a building, when - the-pri soner said, "Do you remember that Wednesday taken up on account of that job." This obser vation led to the apprehension of the,p#Ktner Jameson. nicious and unrighteous system ; he does not admit with out reason that " serious and formidable difficulties are hanging over the country." It is possible that we may —for this time—surmount these difficulties. But it is uoc impossible that we may not "get over it." A very little more pressure on the social system, a little more ruin to commerce, a few more hundreds of thousand, reduced to destitution, and our institutions will break down. The expulsion from office of Sir G. C. Lewis would be one of the first, and most trivial occurrences. But the country may yet escape. Its rulers are evi dently incompetent. The nation must manage its monetary affairs for itself. We tell them that Currency Reform is the question of the millions. The prosecutrix, Mr. FurbY, Mr. Ross, Mill Mr. Ruddock, the surgeon, were next examined, and deposed to the facts as narrated in the counsel's opening, but the girl, on cross-examination, gave a rather confused statement of the locality in which the offence was committed, and admitted that she did not struggle very violently. When appre hended Osborn said he did not know the girl, and denied his name, but on his road from the Stockton police-station to the railway station he observed.to Jameson, who was working in a cellar at the end of John-street, " This is for that job ; re collect I" He then asked the policeman, "If you knew the other man, would you take him ?" and the officer said he would, and Osborn said, " Yon's the man I spoke to." The policeman having,:de posited his charge at the railway station, returned to the cellar and apprehended Jameson, who said, without being charged with the crime, "I did not do the offence ;" and subsequently, " I was half a field off when the offence was committed. .1 told him the cmsequences. I said, Tom, you know the consequences, and must be a scoundrel ;' but when he ran I ran." The jury, after a short consideration, found both prisoners ()Abort' (tapping Jameson on the shoulder) said —lf my Lord Judge convicts this man he convicts an innocent man. His Lordship sentenced the prisoners each to 20 years' penal servitude. This case occupied nearly all day. FREIGHT OF SPEeIE.—It appears from a Parliamentary return issued on Saturday that 5,1741. was expended by the Treasury on the freight of specie sent abroad in 1856-7. A letter from Marseilles of the 17th inst. states that a new steam boat, called the Pausiiippe, has just been launched at the Ciotat, for the company of the Messageries Imperiales. This vessel is to sail between Marseillee, the coast of Italy, Naples, and Malta. She is built on a new plan, so as to afford the greatest possible accommodation to travellers. There are SO beds FO placed that passengers suffering from sea sickness may repose themselves without difficulty. Her engines are of 300-horse power, and she has made 14 knots an hour. ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—PROCEEDIEGS OF THE ASSIdNEES.—The task of the assignees of the late Royal British Bank to carry out the compromise proposed some months since, and for which the act of Parliament of the last session was intended to give increased facilities, is by no means an easy or a pleasant one. Two or three of the trade assignees meet almost daily for the purpose of examining and cross-examining those of the share holders who are willing to contribute towards the fund required to carry out the arrangement. The process of examination is a searching one. All the secrets of trades and professions are disclosed, the nature of marriage settlements is inquired into, the present position, future prospects, and the existing liabilities are explained ; and these terrible judges, from whom there is no appeal, decide whether the sum offered to be paid in each case is such as the means of the party would warrant them in accepting. One or two instances have occurred in which the shareholders who have offered to pay four or five hundred pounds have been found to be clearly cap. able of paying as many thousands—in some cases legal proceedings have been commenced, and in others a com promise has been entertained. Negotiations for the sale of the Welch mining property have been going on for some time. The works have been carried on by the assignee, and a slight profit has resulted from the work ing. Some offers for the purchase of the property have been made through Mr. Wyld, whose knowledge of mining affairs has been of great service to the creditors of the company in connection with the valuation and management of the mines and works. The prides offered, and the terms of payment, have varied considerably. The property will, there is no doubt, realise between wenty and thirty thousand pounds. LADVERTISIMENT.)—We are happy to quote the following interesting information from Du Barry's Report on cures of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Ner. vows, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma% Consumption, and Debility, without medicine by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food : Eight years' dyspep. sia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's R fR Y Ciadla Ireland,el is a tni t a ge Arabica Food in a very short time. I shall be happy t . answer aßite. any i nquiries. ure 50 ri .f,60 r 11 i k e 2 3 .. . From oo ß ms e s y ttr . he ev J ° o ru,ec Dowagerolu 1. 1T. 1t y j' o e ou : n e Dt e oe L s i s t t o u n 9th December, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of C lestuar feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, ast to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion bile, great nervousness and irritability , o f man y years' - standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be COB. sidered a real blessing, Inquiries will bo che erfull y answered. Cure No. 1,609. Three Years excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendere d my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic" Food. Supported by testimonials from TT Dr. t Shorland ALEXANDER STUART, .Archtcocenleobfraßtoodss,FSrokfiesbbseorresen,o f ; Dr. Harvey ; Chemistry, Dr. Andrew r e e ; w D Dr. Campbell ; Deems; the Dowager Countess of Cast e. Dr. .Gattik r ; Dr. mixer r. In_grani; Lord Stuart de Thomas King and many other respectable 31 .,,, ai h "-Cicu. al T th has been re , stored by it, after the Stuart; persons, whose health line been restored by it, alter all other mean' of cure had tailed. Suitably packed with full ba st ctious. In canisters, 11b, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4 s. 6(1. ; 51b, li r e u ; 121 b, 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage fr ee, on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, (St Co., 77, Regent-street, London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chancel. for , Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevin, for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta lizabica Food." LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1857. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 16TH DECEMBER, 1557. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a Proprietor of Ea,it India Stock, John Jones, Esq., has given notice of his intention to submit the following motion at the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY neat, the 23d instant, viz..— That it is due to the advanciog intelligence of the people of India that a Deputy from each University in the several Presidencies be maintained at the public expense in this country, with a view to inform the Proprietors as to the wishes and complaints of the people et India." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- CRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.—EXCURSION, at low fares to Oxford, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Shrew bury, Chester, Bir kenhead, and Liverpool.—On SATURDAY, Dec. 26th, a Train will leave Paddington at 8 a.m., returning on Wednesday, the 30th of Dec , from Liverpool at 815 a.m., and intermediate Stations as per handbills. Fares there and back :—Oxford, 6s. 6d. and 4s. ; Ban bury, Bs. and 55.: Leamington and Warwick, 10s. 6d. and 65.; Bir mingham, 12s. and 7s. ; West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Bils ton, 12s. 6d. and 7s. 6d. • Wolverhampton, 13s. and Bs. ; Welling ton and Shrewsbury, 17s. and 10s.; Chester, 18s. 6d. and 1 ls. ; Birkenhead and Liverpoolo2ls. and 12s. 6th Further particulars an application at the Company's Offices. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for ORPHAN and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN, PINNER. Patron, His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL HALF YEARLY COURT of the Governors of this Institution will be held on MONDAY, the 28th inst., at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, to commence at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, when an Election of Children (eight boys and four girls) will take place, when all such questions and matters as nay be lawfhlly brought before the Court will be discussed and decided. ALFRED LENCH SA.UL,, Secretary. 81, Choapside, Dec. 21, 1857. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL for ORPHAN and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN, PINNER. PATEON—His Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT. The ANNIVERSARY DINNER to celebrate the foundation of this Institution will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishops gate-street, on S kr - UEDA:7, the 26th of December. W. M. THACKERAY, Esq., has kindly consented to take the chair. Mr, Alderman and Sheriffs Lawrence, and William Roupell, Esq., M.P., have promised to attend. Tickets, One Guinea each, to be obtained from any of the Stewards, or at the Offices of the Institu tion, 81, Cheapsidc. ALFRED LENCIi SA.ITL, Secretary. December 21,1857. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. HENRY HULSE BERENS, Esq., Chairman. JOHN G. HUBBARD, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. .TORS. John Dixon, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke,•Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Brt.,M.P, Sir Walter It. Farquhar, Brt. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. John Harvey, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Beg AIIDI! A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Loyd, Jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DRPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par. flament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000/. At the last 'valuation at Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in force amounted to upwards It 4,240,0001:; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200,000/. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the , :uaranteed Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East Ind West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the !halted States of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy Stamps. Notice is hereby Given, That Fire Policies which expire at Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. S BMS, No, 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall Mall, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be come void. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. 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 Venetia' Cloths, Scotch and Heather Twist, Mixed Doeskins, Cashmere and Toilanette Viraistcoatings, both of English and Conti-. rental manufacture, which will be found en inspection at prices most moderate for Best Goods.—GEONGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. DU BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS' FOOD, for DELIC UTE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN ALIDS. Supersedes the expense and dangers of wet-nursing, is nore easily digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than Milk ; acidity, cramps, bowel cornplain:,s, flatulency, cough, restless ness, scrofula, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of the system and sound sleep in cured. Many respectable families who nape rc.uoa and caved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred to, and a copy of their Testimonials may be had free on for warding a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Barry and Co., 57, Regent-street, London Prices :—ln Canisters, Is.; 25.; and 121 b. at 21s. The large Canister will be for warded free of carriage on receipt of Post Office Order. PEDESTRIANISM. CORK, Dec. 17. The great match made by Captain Brine and F. Leahy, Esq., between Lieut.-Colonel Astley, Scots Fusilier Guards, and T. Taylor, Esq., of Passage, in the vicinity of Cork, came off as intended, this day, in the Cork Barracks. Nothing could exceed the excite ment on the occasion, 1,0001. having exchanged hands ; and although the weather was far from favourable, there could not have been lees than 2,000 people pre sent. The hour appointed was two, and after a party of the Elthorne Militia, 200 strong, had been told off for keeping the course and the preliminary ar rangements made, the ground was measured by Sir John Benson and Captain Brine, R.E. Owing to the heavy morning rains the ground was slippery, which made the betting slightly in favour of Colonel Astley. The following is the account of the day's amusement : FIRST RACE.-100 yards flat, sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, between Mr. Johnson, late of the Rifle Brigade, Captain Shaw, 36th Regiment, and Captain Brine, R.E. The former giving the two latter 4 yards start. At starting the betting was 3 to 1 against Captain Brine, even on Mr. Johnson, and 5 to 4 against Capt. Shaw. Captain Brine, R.E. 1 Captain Shaw , 36th 2 Mr. W. Johnso n 3 Run in 11 seconds. Won easily. SECOND RACE. —ll yards flat, 300 sovs aside, 25 for feit, between Li eu t e nant-Colonel Astley, Soots Fusilier Guards, and T. P. Taylor, Esq. Betting previous starting-5 to 4 against Mr. Taylor. Eventually Col. Astley backed himself at 2 to 1, which was taken to a very large amount. Li e utenant-Colonel Astley 1 2 Mr. Taylor Won cleverly. Run in 11 seconds. TRIRD RAGE.-100 yards, over 4 hurdles, 3 feet high, between Colonel Astley and Captain Shaw, the former giving the latter 6 yards start. Betting even. First Heat—Dead Heat. Second Heat. Captain Shaw Colonel Astley _ • The second heat won easily. For the information of our readers it may not be unin ,eresting to state that Colonel A stley is supposed to be the best amateur runner in Great Britain and Ireland ; but Mr. Johnson once beat Colonel Astley, even in 100 yards, by a foot, a few weeks back. Mr. Taylor beat Mr. Johnson twice, in 100 yards, by two yards ; and Mr. Taylor lately beat Mr. Machell, 14th Regiment The various weights of the winners are— it. lb. Colonel Astley l2 10 Mr. Johnston ll 0 Captain Brine a. 11 7 Mr. Taylor II 12 After the races, the Royal Eltborne Militia gave a ,uneheon and dance. AN ALARMING SPXCTAOLE.—To see a sturdy fellow with a oigar in his mouth which cost as much as a loaf of bread, following a band of music and carry a banner with the inscription, " Bread or work."—New York tADVIIRTISEHENT.F. SIGHT AND HEARING - SPECTACLES. POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PEW GLASSES.—S. and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albemarle. street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex. traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pur pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served• and strengtkened and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation —can see with those lenses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dan gerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persona can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all of hers, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prob ably can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinct ly at churchaud at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensatic n of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it a ff or d s all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, ANe• marlo-street, Piccadilly.—Opposite tin York Hotel, W, DEATH OE MR. JAMES COPPOCK. The friends and political connections of this well-knolln Parliamentary and electioneering solicitor will regret to learn that his death occurred, after an illness of four days, at his house in Cleveland-row, on Saturday even ing. Only a fortnight since he was engaged some days in the country on Ibis circuit duty as Treasurer of the Kent County Courts ; and so lately as Monday last he was transacting business apparently in his usual health at his offices in Parliament-street, Westminster. On that evening he went home to hie private residence complain ing of a sudden inflammatory attack in his chest. His respiratory organs • were severely and spasmodically affected, and his danger was aggravated by a chronic derangementsiril.HollanOdf,tnaheorheeaarlat,rmofinlogng s tanding. On Friday his medical attendant, D r . N e il; called into consultation intervening. He conti nue d the last 24 hours of hi s lif e , and expired without a gm e d y u m a p il t y om ei s n a k n in d g de d l u ir r i i n n m g struggle on the following evening at 6 o'clock. Mr. Coppock was born on the 2d of Sept., 1798, and was a native of Stockport, in Cheshire. lliss was the eldest son of a respectable rnercer in that borough, and, after a good middle-class education, be served his ap prenticeship in his father's business. In 1820 be was placed as a clerk in the establishMent of a large whole sale haberdasher in London. He early commenced busi ness on his own account, employing a small capital in a silk firm in the city. In that connectioe, partly in consequence of the commercial disasters which followed un the French Revolution of 1830, he was unsuccessful. He had married in 1829, but tilion his failure its a mercer he boldly abandoned trade; and resolved to adopt the profession of the law ; and its 1832 he articled himself to a respectable solicitor in Farnival's-inn. During his five years' clerkship he earned his livelihood, and indus triously pursued his new Avocation. Although not admitted on the roll 'ef attiresteys:till the year 1836, he acted as an earnest voluntary partisan in the first Finsbury election contest following the Reform Act of 1832. At that period ho first published the "'Hectors' Manual." After.' the second gene ral election under the reformed representative system, the Liberal leaders in London, profiting by the late Sir Robert Peel's counsel to " Register ! Register!" founded a counter Registration Society, with branches throughout England and Wales. Mr. Coppock was by the late Mr. Sutton Sharpe recommended as the most fitting secretary to the new association, and especially as the author of the Electors' Manual. Continuing his articles of clerkship he received, we believe, a salary of 3001. a-year as such secretary, with a residence in the society's rooms in Cleveland-row. This new occupation naturally brought him into communication with all the principal Liberal agents and solicitors of the provincial counties and boroughs, personally or by correspondence. Three or four years afterwards, on the close of the society's operations, he became lessee of its house in Cleveland-row, where be first established himself as a solicitor and Parliamentary agent. His original wide spread connection with the constituencies of the United Kingdom immediately constituted Mr. Coppock's office the centre of many election arrangements and contests, and led to his professional employment in the conduct of contested returns in the House of Commons. His zeal and daring in fighting political opponents with their own weapons are too well remembered to need detail. Fortu nately corrupt practices and illegal acts at elections have been of late years largely diminished, partly by legisla tion and punishment, and partly by the improved moral conduct of the borough constituencies, though " Othello's occupation" may not yet have entirely vanished. None can question the fidelity of Mr. Coppock's service to his political clients, and his word was invariably relied upon by opponents in all arrangements and " compromises." We desire in this brief obituary notice not to reopen past electioneering feuds and public inquiries in Parliament connected with Mr. Coppock 'e personal services to past Administrations and former Whig and Radical candi dates for seats in our Legislature. Such bygone transactions are rather matters for future history than for present renewed commentary, and the public press of the day has sufficiently criticised the two great political parties and their individual election doings. It is enough to state that Mr. Coppock entered the electioneering arena as an avowed partisan of the Libe ral party. His best friends could not approve all his acts, but he had a universal credit for ability and integ rity in his representation of partisans. His self-reliance and indomitable courage constantly involved him indiffi culties, and he often taxed too severely his physical and mental powers. Indeed, his professional over-exertion in the numerous election committees of the last session probably shortened his life. He acted as manager of sometimes four committees sitting on the same day ; sometimes singly concerned for sitting members and pe titioners, or acting as agent for country parties. It was also in the spring and summer of this year that, unfortu nately involved as a shareholder and leading director in the Surrey Gardens, he had the additional anxiety on his mind of that unfortunate speculation, and with an abridged leisure for attention to the interests of hienselt and co-proprietors. Receiving last August his appoint ment as County Courts' Treasurer, and being therefore in a public official capacity, he moat acutely felt the public reflection§ he incurred In common with hie brother directors, and the more so because, as he ex pressed himself in a letter in our columns, he admitted only his lack of judgment, denying all imputation on his character as an honest man. Certainly he was the largest creditor and loser by the failure of the company. Thnsoppressed in body and mind nature gave way under severe pressure. An hydraulic machine cannotbe worked beyond its proper power. Perhaps the best tribute to the memory of this peculiar public man (and we do not record his unexpected death as that of a private indi vidual) is the fact that in private fortune he made no gain by his singular and busy political career. He had arranged to retire from business. His estate will pro bably realise a small independence, and one really earned naturalbyhi b s e m re o g r r e ettedbya business as a solicitor. His deat h will to the " party' man std. generis, and po li t i cs wa s his calling and his may nevern y personal son fully al supplied. fri en ds, a n He his w loss sa a pleasure. Probably our future electoral system will never create need of a second James Coppock.—Times. and have avoided much personal reproach, could he have escaped from the influences and the atmosphere of the earlier part of his career. As it is we have now, it is to be hoped, nearly out-lived the violencee of party and the electoral corruption they engender ; and, although at general elections a certain amount of ma nagement and organisation will always be resorted to on either side, the necessity and the prudence of appointing a successor to Mr. Coppock may be doubted. In private life, Mr. Coppock, if not highly culti vated, was a kind and generous man, full of quick observation and genial humour. His unfortunate con nection with the Surrey Gardens arose from the large and liberal assistance he gave to their former proprietor. For his advances to that individual he had ample security. This security, however, he abandoned when the company was formed ; and the result of his association with it was the loss of a large, let us trust not the greater part, of his savings. Mr. Coppock was originally forced into an active share in the management of the gardens. Unsuit able as it was to all his habits of life, so long as he could take a prominent part in their conduct, the entertain ments were profitable. The general election withdrew in the second season his attention from them. After a long, laborious, and harassing parliamentary session, Mr. Coppock had, instead of repose and relaxation, to meet and encounter all the trouble and annoyance arising from their unexpected embarrassments. The vexation and mortification of this affair, joined to the want of relief from business during the long vacation, and to the duties of his new office, did their work on Mr. Coppock's robust and sturdy frame, and assisted in bringing him to a pre mature grave, with the regrets of all his personal acquaintances.--Daily News. THE CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. We regret to announce the death of Mr. James Cop pock, of Cleveland-row, St. James's. Mr. Coppock was a week ago in the apparent enjoyment of his usual strong and vigorous health. O n Tuesday he returned home to his residence slightly indisposed. This indisposition rapidly increased, and, baffling all the skill of Sir Henry Holland and his ordinary medical attendant, carried Mr. Coppock off on Saturday evening, in the 59th year of his age. Death clears all scores. Our nominal relation to Mr. Coppock, while in life, was that of antagonism to his electioneering devices. B u t in speaking of the dead allowance Must be made for the influence of circum stances. He was a remarkable man. Self-taught aid reliant, energetic, intelligent andJearless, he care d out for himself his own position in life. To his political friends and party he was a most devoted and faithful adherent and agent ; he was free from the slightest taint of vindictiveness or ill-will to his opponents ; perfectly reliable in all his professional engagements and under takings ; frank, h ear t y, and k i n d i n his habits ; and, in s pite of an off-hand and unrefine d man ner, in all personal sensitive. matters exceedingly His political opinions w ere of an adv anced kind, and no man more earnestly desired the removal of all defects, as well as the exten sion of our electoral system, the bad features of which he understood so thoroughly, Mr. Coppock had achieved a considerable position and practice in his profession of solicitor, when his services were sought for the liberal party, and it was probably at no little sacrifice of fortune, as well as comfort, that he devoted himself more p ar ticularly to electioneering business ; for in its co n d uc t no one , however wealthy, had ever to complain of his charges, and many a candi date and member not blessed wi . .11 riches bad to repay hi m mere in thanks than in money for a zeal which the prospect of want of remuneration never diminished, and for laborious exertions which rose with the necessities of the case. Great men and small placed unreserved confidence in only was their confidence never ci or exhibited. His fami. representation was universal and minute ; his diagnosis of the con s tit uenc i e s was exact ;he had estimated t o Mlaibarru.isteCydow,piiptthowctkahs: annedvenro Englishtp arreapdree he knew their lib erality an d illib era lity, the candidates w h o would and w h o wou ld a nicety their purity a n saann o wdd t spiaumrtieatpcutigshtleiaetnmyc,e; could tell the sum they ought to cost, and the sum they ought not to cost, pointed out the local agents to be employed and those to be avoided. And on all those and a hundred other points, his infor mation, advice, and counsel were at the perfectly gratuitous service and disposition of his party. And then when the election bad been lost or won when a petition was p re sented, the Committee struck , an d the last strife and struggle c am e on, calm, cool , goo d tempered and se l f - possessed, unencumbered himself w ith piles of paper , and reducing hi s b r iefs to the very sma llest size, Mr. Coppock was a v er y model of a par liamentary agent in electioneering difficu lties and Par liamentary danger- The great er the stress of weather the more collected he became ; when the storm raged loudest it nev er dist urbed Mr. C q p o ck. Not overloading his counsel with materials, h e was always rea dy himself at t h eir elbow with the information that was wanted, and in the agonies of a case be never worried his advocate by his anxieties. In these struggles his clients placed the most unreserved reliance on his fidelity. When, in mortification of defeat, they occa sionally felt dis a pp oint ment, they could always recog• nise the party fidelit y whi ch animated all Mr. Copp ock's p ro ceedings. Yqt he was not an u n scrupulous agen t ; and the opposition knew that his word once given was a lways redeemed. Mr. Coppock, it must be confessed, had faults and defects ; he lov ed a con test, and was too pugnacious ; when once in a struggle he loved to win it. This fault, atrihneeceo that wh en Mr. Coppock wa s dc justly con d em ned. it mus t, i recollected country on manyt w them by means the party was a seat f or his party. no doubt, r, however,, of, f gained first called into po litica l practice and for the sucee din g ten years, the passions of parties were exasperated , their s t rugg les vehement, and every Occa sionally, was desperately fought; and few men rise out of tLe habits they ac quire in the more active and stirring scenes of life. O f late years Mr. Coppock would have served his friends better, (Prom the Derbyshire Oourier.) The condition of the country is becoming such that it appears uncertain whether some step will not have to be taken by Government to relieve it, even before Parlia ment re-assembles. The Times report from Manchester states : " Manufacturers say they de not recollect a more through stagnation of trade, for, though on an average the entire production of the district does not exceed one half the quantity usually produced, stocks are rapidly accumulating. No amount of concession in price—and in some cases offers are made at extraordinarily low rates--seems to produce purchases. There is no doubt that the difficulty in discounting the paper drawn against shipments is the main cause of the small business done for India." In South Staffordshire, " the iron trade is greatly depressed, and the suspension, failure, or reduction of time of many of the large works of the district creates considerable distress. Seven failures are announced. The thin-coal colliers have generally received notice for a reduction of wages." In Birmingham " the various manufacturers are gene rally inactive." In Nottingham, "short time, and in many cases per fect cessation from employment, is still acted upon in many of the factories and workshops, and great numbers of wales and females are cut of employment." In Leicester, " great numbers of operatives are either partially or wholly unemployed." to Kidderminster, " the manufacturers are all work• ing short time, and with some it is understood that when the present orders are completed they will stop altoge ther, so that the weavers have a dark prospect before them for Christmae," In Leeds, " there has bean no advance on the slight improvement last reported in the woollen trade of this town and district." Short-time working prevails. In Halifax, "a good deal of short - time working . " In Bradford "there has certainly been no improve ment in business, but rather an increase of (;loom." The depression in the manufacturing districts is rapidly making itself felt in the decline of agricultural produce. The farmers will find the gains of their industry, obtained during the few prosperous years now passed away, rapidly escaping from their grasp into that of the usurers and panic-mongers. Another symptom of ex tending distress is the unusually amount of money with drawn from the Bank by the Savings' Banks from all parte of the country. The depreciation of all kinds of commodities, with few exceptions, may be taken at 30 per cent. Mr. Disraeli estimates the failures of 1857 as involving liabilities of 45,000,000/. sterling, those in the panic of 1847 being 17,000,0001. Under such circumstances Parliament breaks up with out doiag anything whatever to provide a remedy for this accumulation of evil. Even the proposition to allow the Bank to reduce the rate of discount, without depriv ing itself of the advantages of the suspension, was rejected. Having passed their paltry Indemnity Bill, Parliament and the Ministers of the day leave the country to sink or swim as it may. But the Parliament and Ministers are not left without warning. Even the Currency Frankenstein, Lord Overstone, tells the Lords that " there are serious and formidable difficulties hanging over this country, and in warnieg the house he desired to call their earnest attention to them." The blow has indeed already fallen. Already has ruin overtaken many of the oldest and most honourable of our merchant princes. The country may be told that many of those who have failed were speculators. But when the list of failures is collected it will appear to the most unprejudiced that by far the greater part of the failures have been men of honour, rempectaeility, and abundant resources, the victims of Peel's monetary sys tem, not of their own improvidence. The depreciation of all commodities, which Peel's Bills were especially con structed to bring about, whenever bullion left the coun try, is closing our manufactories, and reducing hundreds of thousands of the working classes to a state of pri vation and distress, which, as their resources are ex hausted will advance to positive destitution, and it star vation be prevented, it will be only by the process of pauperising the smaller description °frau-payers. How great is the importance at any time of national calamity of having competent men at the head of affairs. In 1793, when great commercial distress existed, Mr. Pitt laid before the house in the clearest and most states manlike manner the causes of the distress. He showed how a deficiency of the circulating medium had caused a depreciation of commodities, and how merchants and m anufacturers, with largo stocks of goods, were failing or reduced to great difficulties by the impossibility of obtaining currency on their trade. But be did more than state the evil, he proposed a practical and immediate remedy. We refer our readers to the Annual Register, for 1793 (page 133), which gives a brief account of the circumstances under which Mr. Pitt directed the issue of 5,000,0001. of Exchequer Bills, " to aid the commercial credit of the coantry." The drain of bullion afterwards led Mr. Pitt, in 1797, to suspend cash payments by the Bank (a measure more decided, though similar in prin ciple, than the one to which we now refer), which saved the national honour and the national credit. But the country in 1857 has no Mr. Pitt. We have a Chancellor of the Exchequer, now totally inadequate to meet the exigencies of the times. One who talks about " the derangement of capital and credit" having pro duced the monetary crisis, without being capable of dis cerning, as Mr. Pitt did in 1793, that "this " derange ment of capital and credit" is produced by the derange ment of currency; and who cannot be made to comprehend what is apparent to any person of ordinary understand ing, that if you contract the circulating medium with the declared intention (as Peel's Bills of 1819 and 1844 do declare it) of lowering the prices of all commodities, you inevitably produce a "derangement of capital and credit." And if, as in the present case, the contraction of the currency be great, rapid, and continued, you pro• duce a fearful and ruinous monetary crisis, which shakes the very foundation of society. All these things are hidden from the view of Sir G. C. Lewis, and therefore he consumed the last night of the session in unimportant and trivial matters of detail re specting the Bank of England management. He did indeed attempt to enliven the dullness of his shallow and feeble exposition by inviting the ridicule of the house towards the evidence of a witness before the select com mittee (Mr. Twells), who has learned wisdom by experi ence, and who has both a sound, practical, and theoreti cal knowledge of monetary science. Every one knows that the first hundred men you meet with in Fleet-street are not more ignorant on the subject of currency than the majority of the members of the House of Commons. Sir G. C. Lewis certainly played a paltry part as a Cabinet Minister in garbling the evidence, given in all good faith and with no political object, by a gentleman of character and experience, before a committee of the house. Does Sir G. C. Lewis expect witnesses to state their opinions on an important question, without reserve, if they are to be perverted and misrepresented in the house afterwards by the chairman of the committee ? But we do not, as currency reformers, value Sir G. C. Lewis' opinion sufficiently to esteem it of any conse quence what he might think or say about the currency. The evidence referred to is before the country ; and as long as the question of currency is agitated,—and that will be as long as the absurd and unjust system estab lished by Peel remains in force—so long will the princi ples which Mr. Twells advocates of a sound system of legal tender paper money obtain the attention of think ing men. We have no doubt of the ultimate triumph of currency reform. The exhibition made by the Chancellor of the Exche• quer in the house was indeed a most painful ono. The country is now passing through a monetary crisis of an exampled severity ; the law which regulates currency of this nation has, for the second time, been ignominiously suspended in its time of trial ; the ruin and distress caused' by even the attempt to preserve the great prin ciple of the system are appalling. There stood on Friday week last, Sir G. C. Lewis, the impersonation of re spectable incapacity. The finance minister had not a word to say as to what ought to be done in this crisis. Evidently quite ignorant on the subject, quite unable to propose any remedy for existing evils ; afraid to move lest he should make a wrong move, he is content to leave the country to the chapter of accidents rather than take the responsibility of proposing or doing any thing ! But we warn this feeble and incapable Minister, who is unhappily for his country in a position which he is quite unequal to fill, that the fate of the nation is hang ing in suspense. Let a few millions of gold now go out, let the rate of discount keep up, and the currency be further tampered with, and the monetary crisis will be come a political and social crisis. Lord Overstone knows the working of his own per. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Bth company of Royal Engineers, under the com mand of Capt. W. F. Lambert, left Brompton Barracks, Chatham, before daylight on Saturday morning for Southampton, to embark for China. A large quantity of sappers and miners' tools, for siege operations in China, have been forwarded from head-quarters,.Chatham, with portable indiarubber boats, photograph apparatus, and ' every requisite used by the corps of Royal Engineers in mining operations. The European and American Steam Navigation Com pany's ship Argo, Captain Benson, left Spithead on Sa turday for India with detachments of troops to the number of nearly 900. All on board went away in the beet spirits and very comfortable, having got • well into berth during the unexpected detention of the ship in port by the Government or India Board authorities. Fine weather prevailed on their departure. Messrs. Rennie and Sons have completed three of a number of small high-pressure iron gunboats, ordered - by the East India Company for river service in India. The principle on which these boats is constructed having been proved to answer the expectations anticipated with regard to speed, draught of water, dtc., 10 others are ordered to be built forthwith. They are fitted with two screw propellers, having one under each quarter, each engine being distinct and capable of being worked alone, which will enable the vessel to turn and slew round • speedily in a very narrow compass. One boiler works the pair of engines. They were last week despatched on a trial trip down the river, having an engineer officer from Woolwich Dockyard to verify the proceedings. Their rate of speed amounted to 9 knots per hour, and draught of water only 24 inches. For the purpose of transporting these vessels to their destination they are prepared so as to disconnect the entire hull, and enable their being stowed in a ship's hold. One 12-pounder gun is mounted amidships. The total length from stem to stern is about 75 feet, and width 12 feet. The West India mail steam-ship Australasian, having been chartered by the East India Board, has been en docked at Southampton, and was to leave that port yes terday for Plymouth to embark troops for India. Her Majesty's yacht Fairy, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, embarked the Queen and Court at Cowes on Saturday afternoon at about a quarter past 2 o'clock, and landed them at the Clarence-yard, Gosport, at 10 minutes pa , t, 3, where a special train, in charge of the Hon. Ralph Dutton, M.P., deputy-chairman ; Mr. Crombie, secretary; Mr. Beattie, superintendent of locomotion ; Mr. Godson, chief superintendent, and other officers of the South Western Railway Company, were in waiting to carry the Royal party to Windsor. The following vessels', now being built at Chatham Dockyard, are in a forward state, and will be ready for launching during the ensuing year, viz :—Hero, 91 ; Hood, 90 ; Irresistible, 80; Mersey, 40 ; and Charybdis, 21; giving an aggregate of about 15,000 tons. Each vessel is to be fitted as a screw steamer. The Mersey and Charybdis will be launched in March next. The following Royal Marine Cadets passed for com missions in the corps at the examination which con cluded at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, on Friday evening :—Messrs. A. French, R. A. Georges, H. E. Russell, R. G. Sharpe, T. M. Whale, E. 0. B. Gray, W. N. F. Hopkins, and A. E. Otter. Lieutenant J.. 3. S. O'Neill, 20th Regiment, has been appointed Instructor of Musketry to the 2d Battalion at Chatham. Her Majesty's screw two-decker Victor Emmanuel, 31, got up her steam in the basin at Portsmouth, on Satur day, to try the working of her machinery antecedent to trial out-side the harbour. The undermentioned mates have been promoted to be lieutenants : C. B. Dobbin (acting), J. Rozie, H. Kerr, M. E. Porter, H. F. Nicholson, F. W. Inglefield, A. 0. Mac farlane (acting), E. Denny, W. N. Wise, F. De V. San ders, C. P. Roger, C. J. Brownrigg, Jas. Darling, Jas. Murdock Stewart, T. H. Rose, C. R. Gayer, R. H. Napier (acting), R. P. Fitzgerald, P. W. Pellew, and S. G. Price. Time following assistant-paymasters have been pro moted to paymasters : J. Hearnden, T. R. Dinnis, W. H. Hilts, J. J. Hay ward, H. Sewell, J. Shepherd, J. Burke, W. Rogers, and G. Barnes. Mr. Benjamin J. Hooper has been appointed Master to the Cornwallis. THE RETIRED ADMIRALS .-By the death of Sir Fran cis Beaufort, Rear-Admiral Hercules Robinson becomes entitled to be placed amongst the senior 25 of the retired admirals, and to receive the pay of his flag rank. The present senior of the retired list is John Thompson, E who (as Sir F. Beaufort was) is styled a rear-admiral only, although by his seniority in the service he is en title to the grade of vice-admiral of the rod. There is something very unfair in thus depriving retired flag offi cers of their legitimate rank. It is contrary to the prac• tics in the sister service, and is extremely galling to many of I officers who, I , ke Sir Francis Beaufort, con eider themselves deprived of the position which is their due, and which their contemporaries on the active and reservel. half-pay lists are enjoying. PAYMASTERS IN CHIEF.—Five more of the senior pay masters have, we observe, been retired as paymasters in chief. It is a fitting, and no doubt gratifying acknow ledgment to the officers thus promoted, and for that reason we are happy to notice the fact ; but we should he very much better pleased to see the rank made bona fide, and an active efficient paymaster in chief attached to every flag ship to superintend the paymasters' accounts of the fleet or squadron.—United Service Gazette. The naval cadets belonging to the Illustrious, at Ports mouth, have been granted five weeks' holidays. Sig. LAIVRENCE ON TEE STATE OF OUDE. The following is an extract from Sir Henry Lawrence's article on Army Reform in the Sept. (1850) number of the Calcutta Review (only seven mouths before the commencement of the mutiny), which throws considerable light upon the powerful and obstinate character of the opposition there, and is interesting as a late expression of the opinion of this distinguished man on a subject which he so well understood : " Oade has long been the Alsatia of India. In that province were to be met, even more than at Hyderabad or at Lahore, the Afreedee and Durukzye of the Khyber the Belooch of Khelat, and the Wazeree of the Sulimani range. There also congregated the idle, the dissipated, and the disaffected of every native state in India. Added to these were many deserters from the British ranks, yet the Contingent of 12,000 men has been almost wholly filled from the old Oude army. The reason assigned for the different lice of coaduct is, that the Punjab was conquered, but that Oude fell in peace. In this there is a fallacy, little understood, but not the less a fallacy. Proportionally few of the instigators of opposition at Lahore, and in the Sikh army, were Sikhs. They were British s ubjects, many of the British deser ters. The general feeling f the Sikhs was hardly hostile. Many of the Sikhs were friendly, decidedly so, as compared with the Hindostanees in the Punjab service. " The King of Oude employed 59,000 soldiers ; his chiefs and officials at least as many more. Of these vast numbers, one-fifth at the utmost have found employment in the police and irregular corps. Yet these levies, with half-a-dozen regular corps, form the whole army of occupation. This seems a grave mistake. Why not, at least, make a change l Why not move some of the Punjab regiments that have been keeping constant watch and ward on the Indus for seven years to Oude, and send some of the King's people to the North-west ? The King had some 8,000 artillery of these about 500 may have obtained employment, the rest, old and young, are Sikhs world. Surely, if there wa s, danger in employing in 1849, it would be well to remove some portion of the Oude levies from Oude, where such materials for mischief still remain. In the province are 246 forts, besides innumerable smaller stronghol !s, many of them sheltered within thick jun shouldglesall In these forts are 476 g uns. Forts and guns be in the hands of Government, or the forts should be razed. Many a foolish fellow has been urged on to his own ruin by the possession of a paltry fort ; and many a paltry mud fort has repulsed British troops. . . . " The 80,000 or 90,000 disbanded Oude soldiers are the brethren of the British sepoys ...... "A paragraph in the Delht Gazette, announcing that the Oude authorities are disposed to dispense with the service of the regular regiments for Lucknow, tempts a few further words of caution, though we do not alto. gether credit the newspaper report. The earliest days of annexation are not the safest. Be liberal; 2 considerate, and merciful, but be prompt, watchful, and even quietly auspicious. Let not the loose characters, fl ,ating on the surface of society, especially such a society as Lucknow, be too far tempted or trusted. Wellington's maxim of ' keeping the troops out of eight' answered for England ; it will not answer for India. There must be trusty bayonets within sight of the under standings, if not of the eyes, of Indian subjects before they will pay willing obedience or any revenue. Of late years the wheels of Government have been moving very fast ; many native prejudices have been shocked. Natives are now threatened with the aboliton of poly gamy. It would not be difficult to twist this into an Attack on Hindooism. At an y rate, the faster the vessel glides the inure need of caution—of watching the weather, the rocks, and the shoals. Felix quern facirmt aliena pericrala °Warn."' I