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HOPE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE and
HONESTY GUARANTEE SOCIETY.
Established for Granting Assurances on Lives, Guarantee fir
honesty, Endowments, Loans, and Annuities.
Incorporated under Act of Parliament with a Guarantee Fund of
100,000/.
Principal Department, 4, Princes-street, London. ,
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.
Mr. Serjeant Allen, Serjeant's Inn, Chancery-lane ; the Elms, Craw-
ley, Sussex.
Charles De Bergue, Esq., Dowgate-hill and Blackheath.
Robert Douglass, Esq., Carey-lane, Cheapside, and Stoke Newington.
Lewis Glenton, Esq., Glenmohr-terrace, Blackheath.
Charles George Knox, Esq., LL.D., Stone buildings, Lincoln's Inn.
Henry Philip Hope, Esq., Official Assignee, District Bankruptcy
Court, and Osmond Thorpe Hall, Leeds.
James ,vnx. Massie, D. 1)., LL.D., Upper Clapton.
Walter Francis Robinson, Esq , F.R.G.S., 11, Air-street, Piccadilly.
Robert Theobald, Esq., 26, Paternoster-row, and Kentisb-towa.
Henry Morgan Vane, Esq , 42, Jermyn-street, St. James's.
win. White, Esq., 68, Cheapside, and Blackheath.
Thos. Wheelwright, Esq., Lower Phillimore-place, Kensington.
GENERAL MANAGER.
Henri Christopher Eiffe, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Rice Hopkins, C.E., Parliament-street.
Wm. Kent, Esq., 51 and 52, Paternoster-row, and Norwood.
Arthur Mere, Esq., F.1.8.A., 58, Pall-mall.
MEDICAL OFFICERS.
Campbell De Morgan, Esq., 51, Upper Seymour-street.
Nicholas Parker, Esq., M.D., Finsbury-square.
Prior Purvis, Esq., M.D., Greenwich.
Ed. Johnstone, Esq., M.D:, Regent-street, and Clapham.
STANDING COUNSEL.
Sir Wm. Page Wood, M.P.
RANKERS. -
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., Lombard-street. '
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Terrell and Matthews, 30, Basinghall-street.
The public in general are invited to a consideration of the compre-
hensive plan of this Society.
Whilst it transacts all the ordinary business of Life Assurance ,op
the most liberal conditions, it freely opens its doors to those exposed
to extra risk, and affords them advantages which have heretofore
been denied.
It grants Assurances against every contingency of life to persons
of all classes or professions, on terms eonitably adjusted to the, risk
incurred. '
SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES.
1. This Society grants Assurances on the lives of all classes, In-
cluding Seafaring, Military, and Naval Service, as well as persons
proceeding as passengers to foreign climates.
2. No extra premium charged on Assurers who desire to travel be-
tween any port in the United Kingdom and any of the ports from
Gibraltar to the Sound.
3. No extra premium charged for residence in any part of Europe,
in Australia, or Canadas, or any healthy parts of North or South
America.
4. Assurances may be had on the Lives of Mariners, to cover the
constant trade between the United Kingdom and any part of the
world, or the constant trade in any given place, as for Instance be-
tween the East Indies and China.
*.* The premium for a specific voyage may be obtained on liberal

terms.
5. The extra premium which is charged for residing in unhealthy
climates, or for actual service in military or seafaring pursuits, is
discontinued on return to, and during residence in, the United
Kingdom, or the healthy parts of Europe. The Policies are then
continued during residence at the ordinary premiums standing against
the age of the assured at the time of effecting the assurance, evi-
dence as to health being first adduced to the satisfaction of the Di-
rectors.
6. The whole of the profits divided among the assured for life, all
of whom are proprietors, and possess control over the management
without responsibility.
7. Guarantee Policies for Filelity of Trust, In combination with
Life Insurance, granted at little more than the simple rate for ordi-
nary Life Policies.
8. All Policies indisputable, except in cases of premeditated fraud.
No charge to the assured for medical fees, stamp duties, or any other
expenses in effecting a policy beyond the premium.
9. The Directors give favourable consideration to proposals from
diseased or non-select cases, at premiums proportioned to the risk,
a system especially advantageous to parties whose health may have
been impaired by over attention to business, foreign residence, &c.
From the principles which are here briefly stated, it is evident
that the system of assurance acted on by the Hope Office cannot be
too strongly recommended. To all who have any surplus capital it
offers a secure and profitable mode of investment ; it combines all
the advantages of Assurances and Savings Banks together, for, in
the event of premature death, a large capital is at once created for
the survivors, that would require years to be produced by any other
mode of investment

11. C. EIFFE, General Manager.

AT AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
MEETING of the HOPE LIFE ASSURANCE and
IBLNESTY GUARANTEE SOCIETY, duly convened, and held
within their Offices, No. 4, Princes-street, Bank of England, on
Wednesday, the 21st July, 1552, at the hour of One o'clock,
HENRY MORGAN VANE, Esq., in the Chair,
It was unanimously resolved—That henceforth the number of
Directors shall be increased from ten to twelve, and that
Henry Philip Hope, Esq., Official Assignee, District Bankruptcy
Court, Leeds, and Dr. Thomas Wheelwright, M.D.. of Lower Philli-
more-place, Kensington, London, be elected Members of the present
Board.
It was proposed by ,Toax STEWART, Esq., seconded by JAMES COR-
BETT, Esq., and unanimously resolved—
That the best thanks of the members are due and hereby sincerely
accorded to the Board of Directors and General Manager, for the
unparalleled success which has accrued to the Society by their ju-
dicious and zealous management.
It was proposed by EDWARD JOHNSON, Esq., M.D., seconded by
Jourf SHOVE, Esq., and carried by acclamation—
That the warm acknowledgments of this meeting be made to 11.
M. Vane, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Management for the
very able, lucid, and cheering statement rendered by him of the
Society's affairs.

By order,
HEN RI CHRISH. EIFFE, General Manager,
London, 21st July, 1852.

•
BRI T A ic.N I A LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Established August 1, 1837.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vic t., cap. 9.
CnAissraN— Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM.
A Table especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts, and
to all other cases where a Policy may be required for a temporary
purpose oily, but which may be kept up, if ne essary, throughout
the whole term of life.
lIALF•CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM.
Credit given for half the amount of the first seven Annual Pre-
miums, the amount of the unpaid Half-Premiums being deducted
from the sum assured when the Policy becomes a claim.
SUM ASSURED PAYABLE DURING LIFE.
The amount payable at the death of the 3: ured, If he die before
attaining the age of sixty, but to the assured himself, if he attains
that a2e, thus combining a provision for old age with an assurance
upon life.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
noNnamor FDESIDNIQT3.
VI scount Falkland
Lord Eloanstone
Lord Belhaven and Stanton
William Campbell, Esq., of
Thlichewan.

Earl of Courtown
Earl Lov.n andlvlllo
Earl of Norbury
Earl of Stair
Earl Somers

LONDON
CHARLES GRAIL%
CHARLES DOWNES,
H. Blair Avarne, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident.
Charles Berwick Curtis, Esq.
William Fairlie, Esq.
D. Q. Henriques, Esq.

r BOARD.
kM, Esq., Chairman.
Esq., Deputy Chairman.
J. G. Henriques, Esq.
F. C. Maitland, Esq.
William ILIUton, Esq.
F. H. Thomson, Esq.
Thomas Thorby, Esq.

MEDICAL OFFICERS.
PIITSICIAN.—Arthur 11. HassAll, Esq., 51. D., 8, Bennett-street,
St. James's.
SusowN.—F. H. Thomson, Esq„ 48, Berners-street.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31e1
Decem4er, 1847, is as follows:

ORPHAN'S ENDOWMENT BRANCH.
Established for the purpose of affording to parents and others the
means of having children educated and started in life, by securing
annuities, to commence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a
child, if a son, shall, attain his 21st year, or, it a daughter, her 25th
year of age.
These annuities are at any time commutable for their full value, if
a ready money capital is required for a marriage portion, or on en-
tering into business or a profession.

BRITANNIA. MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
•
Empowered-by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.
Annual division of profits—applied in reduction of the current
year's premium.
Policy holders entitled to participate in the profits after payment
of five or seven annual premiums according to the table of rates se-
lected.
Premiums charged for every three months' difference of age—not,
as is usually the case, for every whole year only.
- Half credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable to the
'assured, the amount of half premiums for which credit is given,
being liquidated out of the profits.
At theAnntlal General Meeting on the 27th April last, a reduction
of 30 percent. was made in the present year's premium on. all policies
of Aye Or seven yearettaliding. , , •
A Board lot Directors in attendance daily at Tvro o'clock.
Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy.
Medical attendants remunerated,in all cases for their reports.

(PROPRIETARY.)
Extra•:t from the Half
Credit Rat2s of
Premium.

Bsuuni. TiMe Assured. Sum addedto Snmaddedto Sum payable
red
Policy inlB4llPolicyln 1848 at Death.
£5OOO 13f years 10 mths £638 6 8 X 787 10 0 £6470 16 8
*lOOO ' 7 years
ts
• 157 10 0 1157 10 0
500 1 year 11 5 0 511 5 0

• EXAMPLE.—At the commencement of the year 1841 a person aged
thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Annual Payment for which
is 241. Is. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums 168/. I Is. Bd. ; but
the profits being 2 percent. per annum on the sum insured (which
is 221. 10s. per annum for each 1,0001.), he had 157/. 10s. added to the
Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid.
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first five years when the In-
surance is for Life.
Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Director.

(MUTUAL.)
Extract from Table with Participation
in Profits, after Seven Yearly
Payments

Half ; Whole
premium'(Annual) Half Quar-
-8 during I premium Age. Annual Yearly terly
to
i FirA for Re- premium Pre- Pre-
Seven mft;nder mium. mium.
Years. of Life.
- - --- ---
X s d. £ s. d.l Years. Months £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
25 019 7 119 21 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 2 012 3
30 1 I 9 2 3 61 3 2 7 6 1 4 4 012 4
35 1 411 2 9 101 6 2 710 1 4 6 012 5
40 1 9 2 218 4 9 2 8 2 1 4 8 012 6
45 11410 3 9 8 40 0 3 3 0 112 3 016 5
556050 2322 1262 6899
5645
1553 064i'1 3336112 6 0 16 7
6 3 4 1 112 10 016 9
9 3 4 7 113 1 016 10

E. R. FOSTER, Residnt irector.
ANDREW FRANCIS,e SecDretary.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Notice is hereby given, that the usual DIVIDEND of 5 per Cent.
(less income-tax) on the paid-up Capital of the Shareholders will be
p..yable at the office, on and after FRIDAY, the 20th of August inst.
The small share of Profit divisible in future among the Share-
holders being now provided for, without intrenching on the amount
made by the regular business, the ASSURED will hereafter derive
all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, while, at the same
time, they will be completely free from liability, secured by an ample
Proprietary Capital—and the advantages of both systems will thus
be combined.
The assured will in future participate in the Profits in propor-
"

ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET
INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.
WITII FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.
fn French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a
Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, for Forty-two Stamps,
SELF.,PRESERVATION; an
Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of
Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects
the health and happiness of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe-
diments, tracing their origin to the effects ofjuvenile solitary habits,
youthtul excess, tropical climates, or close study; followed by prac-
tical rerna-lis, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment
of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhosa,
Syphilis, and all diteases of the Urinary and Generative System. Il-
lustrated by 50 coloured ETlZravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro-
ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
11),,ctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edits-
' burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries Hall, London, &c.,
The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful
consequences resulting from irregularities and excesses, which
have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man-
hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any
other class of diseaSe known to modern pathologists. The treatment
adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated
schools of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe.
The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under
the personal supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few
legally qualified physicians who have devoted their whole and un-
divided studies to this important branch of medical science. In short,
every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental
to the generative system, and the means of immediate relief and
ultimate cure are described in detail. The professional reputation
of Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the most distinguished medical
and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient
guarantee that those who may place themselves under his care
will, in every instance, meet with that delicate consideration and
Inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these
cases.
Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater-
aoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street,
Haymarket ; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for forty-two
stamps, from the author, who 'say be consulted personalty, or by
lette; daily, from Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight.

WAR WITH BURMA.H.
(From the London Gazette of last Evening.)
INDIA BOARD, AUG. 20, 1852.
The following dispatches have been received at the
East India House.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL IL GODWIN, CB . C.MMA.NDING
THE FORCES IN AVA, ARRACAN, AND TENASSERIM
PROVINCES, TO C. H. ALLEN, ESQ.,
SECRETARY TO
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
(Extract.)
Head-quartzrs, Rangoon, June 9, 1852. _
I have the honour to report, for the information of
the Government, that, on the morning of the 26th of
f
May, Martaban was attacked by a Burmese force of
1,000 or 1,200 men, which was gallantly driven back by
the Madras Native Infantry
The in g
operations are
garrison there, under
the command of Major Hall.
re-
ported to me as follows;—..
At half-past six A.M. of the 2Gth of May, the pickets
nt Martaban were fired on in a desultory manner by
the enemy for upwards of an hour, when a strong skir-
mishing party led by Captain Stewart sufficed to dis-
lodge them. Oar loss has been very trifling; 1 private
killed, and 1 subadar, 1 na-;
ek. and 11 privates wounded.
During the day a party was sent out by the officer
commanding to scour the country around, but they met
with no opposition, and the place had been unmo-
lested up to the time of the last report. On the opening
of the fire of our guns, the steam-frigate Feroze. which
had 200 mpn of the 51st Light Infantry on board, landed
part of them at Manahan, to aid in the defence of the
place, and the remainder proceeded in boats up the river,
and took the enemy in reverse and caused them consi-
derable loss.

Tappear to ,have behaved very well, and
the exertions troopsertions otDiajor Erall,ksvho commanded the post;
of Captains Rickards and Stewart, of the 49th Madras
Native Infantry, who commanded the party .that-vrent
to scour the country; and of Lieutenant Purvis, who
commanded the Artillery, were very meritorious. Cap-
tain Lynch and the troops on board the Feroza under
Captain Anderson, were as usual prompt, and the good
judgment displayed by the former officer tended to the
complete confusion of the enemy.
I have bad excellent accounts from Bassein, of the 31st
of May, from Captain Darroch, whom I left in command
of the place, till the arrival of Major Roberts, of the 9th
Madras Native Infantry. These are highly creditable
to that officer, and to Lieutenant Craster, of the Bengal
Engineers, and show what a few days' well-directed
exertions may do in placing a post in a state of excel-
lent defence.

arms captured—also a plan of operations drawn by Lieut.
Mayne, Madras Engineers, Assistant Field Engineer.
Return of Ordnance captured at Pegu. June 4, 1852.
Small calibre-2 brass guns, good, carriages destroyed;
6 iron guns, 2 good, 4 very bad, carriages destroyed.
10 gingals, 3 sunk in the river at Pegu.
400 to 5001bs. of powder: 100 lbs. used in blasting.
List of Ca,,ualties in the Detachment under the com-
mand of Major Cotton, 67th Regiment, at the capture
of Pegu, June 4, 1852.
Wounded-67th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry-
-2 rank and file; 1 camp follower.

Captain Darroch further reports that everything is
quiet around Bassein; the enemy had left the neigh-
bourhood. and the inhabitants were coming in in num-
bers to seek protection under our rule.
The head-men of twenty-six villages had come to
tender services, and to bring provisions of all sorts for
the troops.
I have also the honour to report, for the information
of the Governor-General in Council, the operations of
a small expedition which I detached against Pegu on the
3d instant, under the command of Major Cotton, of the
67th Regiment Native Infantry, to co-operate with
Captain Tarleton, of her Majesty's frigate Fox, in
driving out a strong force, either from Sitang or Baling.
who had taken possession of that city, so lately filled
with a friendly population, and where there was a large
granary.
I enclose Major Cotton's own report of his operations,
which show great promptitude, good judgment, and
brave, conduct, in himself and the troops he commanded.
The particulars, as to the conduct of the officers and
men, and also the cheerful assistance given by Captain
Tarleton, and his naval contingent, I feel assured the
Governor-General in Council will appreciate most
favourably.
In concluding my dispatch, I have only to congratu-
late the Government on the continued good conduct of
and perfect state of
its troops,
discipline
for
t ahee
yi r
deextcye
theyllent
mayhealth,
b e
called on to per-
form. I have, &c.,

H. GODWIN, Lieutenant-General.

tion to the number and amount of the premiums paid between every
division, so that if only one year's premium be received prior to
closing the books, it will obtain its due share.
At the FIFTI-I DIVISION of PROFITS declared in January
last, the sum of 131 1251. was added to Policies then entitled, which
sum produced a BONUS varying with the different ages, from 24%
to 55 per cent. on the Premiunis paid, during the preceding five
years; or trom 51. to 121. 10s. per cent. on the sum assured.
The next and future Bonuses may be received in cash, or applied
at the option of the ssured in any other way.
Credit will be given for halt of the 4nnual Premiums on policies
for the whole of Life, for live years, at interest, to be paid off at the
expiration of that time, or earlier, or remain as a permanent charge
upon the Policy.
INVALID LIVES assured at rates proportioned to the increased

risk.
the Society In all cases.
Medical referees paid by
Claims paid in TIIIRTY DAYS after proof of death.
A copy of the last Report. containing full particulars, with the
New Prospectus, can now be obtained of any of the Society's Agents,
or by addressing a line to
GEO. 11. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary.
99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London.

AEMIGRANTS.—The• following GUTTA.
PERCHA ARTICLES will be found of great value to Emi-
grants, especially such as are proceeding to the GOLD DI.G-
GINGS. Outta Percha Lining' for Boxes, Buckets, Drinking
Mugs, Life Buoys, Flasks, Washing Bowls', Syphons, Gutta
Perchs, Tul,ing, Suctions for Pumps, Jugs, Carboys , for Gun-
powder, Miners' Caps, Boot and Shoe Soles. To keep the feet
dry is of the utmost Importance to the emigrant. This may be
secured by the use of Gutta Percha soles, which are perfectly
waterproof, cheaper, and inure durable than leather. They can
be put on with ease by any one. This-cannot be too extensively
known amongst Australian emigrants, as it is now difficult to find a
shoemaker in that country. Gold Washing Vessels of every variety
of shape, may be had to order. Directions to emigrants for lining
boxes with Gutta Percha Sheet (so as to preserve the contents from
injury by sea water), also for putting on soles of boots and shoes,
&c., may be had GRATIS, on application for any of the Gutta Percha
Company's Dealers.
THE GIiTTA PERCHA COMPANY, PATENTEES,
18, WHARF-ROAD, CITY-ROAD, LONDON.

COMMODORE G. R. LAMBERT, R N., HER MAJESTY'S SHIP
FOX, TO THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
INDIA.

DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WOKKS.
To bo had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho,
117, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, C..rnhill ; or direct from the author ;
price Ono Shilling each; by post, Is. 6d.

ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."

CoicrEwrs :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings —Ex-
c irsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home
—Music —The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping,
Bathing,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c.

FRAGMENTS FROM TU
VEol MOUNTAINS. Two Vole.
. I.

Bengal; June 8.
Sir,—The Lieutenant-General commanding having ex-
pressed his wish that a military and naval force should
make an attack upon the city of Pegu, I therefore sent
Commander Tarleton, with the boats of her Majesty's
ship Fox and the East India Company's steam-vessel
Phlegethon, to perform this service, in conjunction with
230 troops under the command of Major Cotton, and I
have the honour to request you may be pleased to lay
Commander Tarleton 's report of proceedings before the
Governor-General.
I enclose also a list of killed and wounded in the naval
force. I have, &c.,
G. R. LAMBERT, Commodore.

COMMANDER TARLETON, it. N.. TO COMMODORE a, It.
LAMBERT, It N., COAIMANDINa THE NAVAL'-FORCES
AT RANGOON.
flee Majesty's ship Fox, Rangoon, June 8,1852.
Sir,—I have the honour to inform you that, in pur-
suance of your orders, I proceeded on the morning, 3d
inst., with the boats expressed in the margin,* to the
East India Company's steamer Phlegathon, which
ves-
sel. having embarked 98 men, Bengal Native Infantry
Rifle Company, Major Conan commanding detach-
ment; 100 men, her Majesty's 80th Regiment, Captain
Ormsby; 30 men, Sappers and Miners of the Madras
division, Lieutenant Mackintosh; Lieutenant Mayne,
Assistant Engineer, Captain Latter, Interpretrer to the
Lieutenant-General commanding the forces, also ac-
companied us.
We proceeded up the Pep River as far as the village
of Peinkeong, which we reached a little before eight
PM., it being then high water. The stream becoming
extremely narrow and shallow at this point I did not
deem it prudent to ascend it further, and therefore
arranged with Major Cotton for proceeding with his
detachment in the boats on the next flood tide,
which I looked for about two but the ebb ran
for 9i honrs, so that we could not leave the
steamer before 5 30 A.M. on the 4th. At Peinkeong
Captain Latter obtained information that a large number
of Peguers had put themselves under the direction of
one of their countrymen named Moungta; that they had
assembled on the right bank of the river, where the
day previous they had been engaged with a body of
men under Moungyawik, the Birman Governor of Pegu.
By the villagers' account the latter had been worsted,
and had retired in the direction of Zangauain, situated
on the river bank, immediately opposite Pegn. When
within about five miles of this place, the chief Moungta,
came off to the boats, and confirmed the reports which
had been previously received; his force, consisting of
about 5,000 men (imperfectly armed), lined the right
bank of the river, and advanced with the boats. From
his communication with Moungta Captain Latter was
satisfied that the enemy's chief strength lay on the right
bank. Major Cotton therefore decided on landing his
detachment on that side, while I proceeded with the
boats (as soon as the men were disembarked), to co-
operate on his right flank. The river at this point is
not more than sixty yards wide; the present village
of Pegu stands on the left bank, which is steep and
muddy below highwater mark. About a quarter of a
mile in the rear of the houses there is a broad ditch, the
bottom of which at, this season is a swamp; it runs along
the west face of the old wall of Pegu, for the distance of
een built of
two or three miles; te wall has originally
brick, and the top (hwhich may be twenty feet above the
bottom of the ditch) is now covered with jungle. The
village of Zauguain, as I have before mentioned, stands
immediate opposite; it possesses a small pagoda, and is
surrounded by a low growth of jungle.
I had proceeded a short distance in the boats, when a
sharp fire of musketry was opened upon us from the
Pegu side. Feeling the dissdvantago we laboured under
by being underneath the enemy's fire, with no effectual
means of returning it, I at once landed with the boat's
crew of her Majesty's ship Fox, and was shortly after
joined by Captain Neblett and boat's crews of the Phle-
gethon (see margin), t in all about fifty men. The
Burmese fired upon us as we advanced, but were
driven from point to point until completely broken,
one party retreating by the river's side 40 the north-
ward, and the other within the old wall before
mentioned. Our object being attained, I was retiring in
close order to the boats, when a fire of gingals and
musketry was opened upon us from the wall. Deeming,
it unwise to permit the Burmese to suppose we had re-
treated from them, I instantly engaged a native guide to
show us the causeway through the ditch, and then ad-
vanced to the attack. We halted a few seconds to gain
isreath under shelter of an old house, then rushed in
over the causeway, and through a breach to the right of
the gateway. On getting over the wall we found our-
selves among some fine trees, free from underwood.
Behind
these the enemy stood with great resolution,
until they were, in many instances, driven out by the
bayonet. The defect in their firing was here very ob-
servable, as their shot in most cases struck the branches
above
our heads. We pushed them through to the plain
beyond, when they broke and fled, leaving many dead;
their number engaged might probably have been 100
men, and they also bast a reserve of about 200 more
(commanded by officers on horseback), beyond the reach
of musketry. The whole party retired within the Great
Pagoda, about a mile and a half to the eastward. I am
glad to say that this service was performed with only
one casualty on our side, one men having received a
severe sword•cut in a personal encounter.
Information was now brought me that our boats had
been attacked by another party of the enemy from the
southward; I accordingly hastened down to their relief,
and happily found them safe. Mr. M'Murdo, mate of
her Majesty's ship Fox, who had been left with a few men
in charge, reported that a very heavy fire bad been
opened upon them, to which he had endeavoured to reply
with the pinnace's gun and a small arm party, but the
water was too low to do this with effect, and, having one
man killed and two wounded, he judiciously removed the
remainder to the right bank, sending an application to
Major Cotton for support. A party of Rifles returning
fortunately met the messenger, and, coming on with all
speed, took up a position on the river side, from which
they kept up so true and incessant a fire across the water
that the enemy were compelled to abandon their attempt
and on our approach to retreat. Major Cotton having
overcome all opposition on the opposite side, now crossed
over with his detachment.
On a consultation with him, it was determined to
wait until three P.m, before we should advance to attack
the Great Pagoda, the men being absolutely in need of
repose after so much fatigue under a burning sun. The
Rifle company of the 67,14 was therefore bivouacked in
the wood within the wall, her Majesty's 80th Regiment
on the river face, and the seamen returned to their
boats. At two P.M. the alarm bugle was sounded, and,
on my landing, I discovered that the Burmese had
issued from the pagoda in considerable strength, with
the evident intention of attacking us. The troops lost
not a moment in getting under arms, and the seamen
(see detail annexed)t came on shore.
The enemy fell back on our advance, a movement ho
appeared to have so little expected that many of his men
were unable to regain their position in time to defend it,
and those who did were so taken by surprise that their
fire was inffectual, and their four guns, which pointed
down the steps leading up to the gateway, were found
loaded by her Majesty's 80th, who gallantly led the as-
sault; and this naturally strong place was happily car-
ried without a casualty on our side.
I returned with the seamen to the boats, as soon as
the pagoda was in our possession ; embarked the de-
tachment at noon 30th ; on the 6th reached the steamer,
at Peinkeong, at 5 P.M. ; she weighed on her return at
8 A.M. ; on the 7th, at noon, she took the ground, and,
as the tide was ebbing, and there was no possibility of
her moving for several hours, I ordered the Fox's boats
to take the canoe, with the camp followers in tow . I
passed them in the gig, and arrived on board her ida-
jesty's ship Fox at 3 A.M. on the Bth.
I have the honour to inclose the following list of
casualties :
Her Majesty's ship Fox—three seamen wounded.
East India Company's steamer Phlegethon—on, sea-
man killed.
I beg leave to add that the conduct of both officers and
men under my orders has been most exemplary, and t
represent to you the valuable assistance and co-opera-
tion I received on all occasions from Captain Niblett,
commander of the East India Company's steamer Phle-
gethoia.--I have, &ea
J. W. TARLETON.

A VISIT TO VIE LAKES ,Yo SKETCH or EDINBURGH, ac,c
H.

MAJOR IL COTTON TO CAPTAIN MAYHEW, ASSISTANT
ADJUTANT• GENERAL OF THE BUR/4AR FIELD FORCE.

Rangoon, June 9, 1852.
Sir,—Agreeably to instructions furnished me by
Lieutenant-Colonel Sturt, commanding tho 67th Regi-
ment Native Infantry, I embarked on board the East
India Company's steamer Phlegethon, Captain Neblett,
on the morning of the 3rd instant, in command of
a detachment of the strength mentioned in the margin,*
to co-operate with Captain Tarleton, her Majesty's fri-
gate Fox, in command of the naval portion of the expe-
dition, i❑ carrying out the instructions detailed in Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Sturt's letter, and I have the honour to
make the following report for the information of Lieu-
tenant-General Godwin, C. 8., commanding the Burman
field force.

TUE LAKES OF
Ez
KILIABNEY ; REMMISCENCES 01
DUBLIN, e.
HI.
• WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
"That three score years and ten our course may run."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
vously-debilitated health and eufeebled constitution, that harasses
the young, besets the tab of pleasure, business, or study, and cm_
bitters old age ; with les and rules for the diet and physical rcgu-
-1 dlon of every-day life.

We reached the village Peinkeong the- same evening,
and anchored; the next morning the troops were em-
barked in boats, and we proceeded up the Pegu river;
when within a few miles, heavy tiring was heard a-
head, and from information obtained from the Peguers,
I learnt that the enemy were in force on the right bank
lf.p nine o'clock. to attack
of the river opposite the town. I immediately landed
my detachment at ha
them, and Captain Tarleton agreed to take the naval
force, and cooperate on the right. I shall leave
Captain rarleton to detail to Commodore Lambert his
part of the engagement. ast A M
I proceeded in skirmishing
order with the detachment along the right bank of the
river, for nearly two miles through heavy swamp
and
jungle, and drove the enemy completely across the river,
in the direction of the Great Pagoda;
0
heavy firing from the direction of the boats, I returned 0
to render my aid to
Captain Tarleton. I found,
on crossing the river, he had had a smart en-
gagement with the enemyfromand repelled an
attack made by them on the boats, and I Was much gra-
tified to hear from Captain Tarleton, of the admirable
conduct of a section of the
Rifle when, hearing
Company 67th Regi-
ment Native Infantry present at it, under the command
of Captain E. W. Hick'. The men were by this time
(one o'clock)
much fatigued, and I resolved to remain
We had not, however, rested very long,
tor a couple of hours, and then proceed to attack the
Great Pagoda, whither the enemy had been seen to re-
treat, having arranged with Captain Latter, that he
coming down upon us in
should guard the boats with a party of Peguers.
was brought when a report
from the picket that the Burmese were
I went down and ascertained that such %yea the case,
that they were coming down in skirmishing order, I
should say at least 1,000 men, and amongst them 30 or
40 were mounted upon ponies. I could plainly dis-
cern their leader from his dress find gold chattah. I
immediately got my party under arms in extended
enemy had got well across the
great numbers from the pagoda.
order, Captains Tarleton and Neblett, the former with
30, and the latter with 20, seamen, joining, When the
three-quarters of a mile, consisting of rice fields par-
tially covered with water, I advanced with the whole
e
detachment, and after a smart fire, drove them intod the
jungle which surrouuds the pagoda. I then for
curl my
detachment into column of sections, and, steandi d
YSaa
vancing, stormed the south gate with the 80th a
t laded
pers, when the Rifles under Captain Hicks ex e s
to the lett, and rushed in at the west gat. o
sudden was the assault that the enema! had not time. to
plain, in extent shout
fire their guns, which were found loaded, and coverfing
the entrance to the gates. At the west gate were our
guns, two brass and two iron, and at the south gatetwo
guns and two gingals.
sue-
We drove the enemy through the
of them as
seeded in killing and wounding a number
: ssible to
they retreated down the gateway. It was •Tpo ,
v.ng
Pursue them, as the men were much knocked UP., °a 1 .
been under arms since one o'clock in the .
morning, and
all fatigue encoun-
pagoda, and
all overcome by the excessive heat and
during the day.
I am happy to say that no soldier
wounded;
this small
two sepoys and one dooloy bearer' for
the is to be attributed to the fact that the enemy,
the most part, fired too high. ',.
...et a during our stay,
My .
My detachment occupied the Peer
out the wishes of
and I employed the time in carry'
fortifications surrounding the arts of the
the Lieutenant-General in destroys g some P
WAS killed, sad only
e report I beg
Lieutenant Mayne, Field Engines 'rhos
leave to attach. •d 4, there was a great
In the town, on the river side
'the reguers to carry
quantity of rice, which I permitted
page a; this was done by
away in boats.
caused to be burnt,
,
which much rice was found; this I
after allowing the inhabitants to easy away as much as
they could.
Surrounding the pagoda there is also another town,
in
Tarleton, her Majesty's ship F. firhi
egethon, was
Neblett, East India CompanY'S 81"
sin-
most active and efficient, and I would beg my most u
The co-operation of the naval
ox, nd force
undernder Captain
Captain
sad men, through the proper
conveyed to them, officers a .
channel. Before cnneluding this report, I hope I may
admiration at the gai-
ner() thanks and congratulations foe, success should be
be permitted to mention eV.
eluding the naval parties,whoie 1
offilFer anidh men.
lantry displayed by all comprising:y detachment, in-
eluding
—majesty's 80th,
union, cordiality, and good fe.e mlg,, h ci . existed are
notice, T
he
beyond all praise, and not a slug it! itomp_aint was made
dr. I beg to
against any one during the
for the information of the Lieutentget-General, Captain
and Lieuthnants Amiel and Fraser, f the same Regi-
Ormsby, commanding a company erll
taunt, and Dr. M‘liellar, East v lndia ompary' g •
add' 'on i s Service,
in medical charee, Who, in on to his other
duties, displayed great humanity pi attending to the
wounded Burmese ; Lieutenant Makkintosh, 52nd Re-
giment Al. Native infantry, Second. Lieutenant Mayne,
Assistant Field Engineer, Captainnteild the pagoda with
the Sappers and 80th, and II icks, commanding
Rifle Company, 67th Regiment Native Infantry, Lieu.
tenaut Clarke and Ensign Thompaoi4 of the 67th Regi.
men', all of whom rendered me the greatest assistance,
and with whose conduct I was much pleased. I left
Pegu, at twelve o'clock, A.M. on Saturday- last, with my
detachment in progress to Rangoon, and—l have,
li. COTTON,' 67th Regiment;
P-S. I beg to enclose a list of casualties—of guns and

Iv.
THE PASSIONS.
"What aions hart the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
r ittve. an
SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The ad
v.,nt of the passions Chastity and its infringements. The casual.
t es otlicenti • ustrationS graphic, nar.
ousness and dissipation, with ill
a remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.

V.
THE MARRIAGE STATE.
To be or not to be, that is the question."
gion'Tgßatrogg: in—aLrriawags
tod obbeliogbastieorvnsedo f b
ynature,either society,eex.
choice, on both aides, as to age, temperament, complexion,
d
fi;-ure, to secure healthy oils ring with the art of rearing them.
P !Udall defectiveness and its removal.P' Sterility and its conversion.
Cases, /Ice.
By R. J. CITLVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
andime reanenlid:
till Five. Evetna, Wren till
Years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
alleatt242.e. Tuweceentpytinenve,
hears
daily
Nil* 10a Argyll-Placit Resent-3400,

LIST OF MEN BELONGING TO THE NAVAL FORCES KILLED
AND WOUNDED DURING THE ACTION AT PEGU, ON THE
4TH OF JUNE, 1852.
Her Majesty's ship Fox—Andrew Walker, A. 8.,
wounded severely; incised wound of right shoulder, from
a sword-cut. Henry Ingram, ordinary, wounded slightly'
superficial wound of the right shoulder, from lra ". the
ok
ball. John Taylor, A. 8., wounded slightly; gras or
right light, from a musket ball,
thon—James
East India Company's steamer Beg'
Shields, killed.

* Her Majesty's ship ---
Fox —Launch.— Air. M‘Murdo, mate ;
Mr. Lucas, midshipman ; crew, 15 men. Pinnace—Mr.
Copeland, mate ; Mr. Hudson, midshipman ; crew, 15 men.
Gig—Hr. Cottam ; crew, 6 men. Cutters—Mr. Alexander,
Mr. Lisboa; crew. 9 men each. Mr. Morgan, assistant-sur-
geon, her Majesty's shi Fox. East India Company's steamer
Muzuffer —Mr Harding; crew, natives, in pddle-box boats.
A large canoe, fitted for the conveyance of the cam..
lowers. p fol-
poo steamer Phlegethon--Two C
f East India Com
tern—Messrs. T. M. Elflike, :3(1 officer; U. C. tat-
midshipman ; crew, 22 Fox—Officers, Mr. IVI'Mu '
Sevenoakes,
$ Her Majesty's ship
Mr. Hudson and Dlr. Lucas, midshipmen : 38 rue, mate;
men. East
India Company's steamer Phlegethon—Captain :sum;
22 men.

100 men, her Majesty's 80th Foot, under command of
Captaiu Ormsby 100 Rifles, 67th Regiment Native In-
fantry, under Captain. Hicks. 30 Madras Sappers, under
Lieutenant Mackintosh. Lieutenant Mayne, Madras En-
gineers, Field Engineer. Dr. East India Conn-
Pany's service, in Medical charge.

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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TlMES.—Never were vigilance and alertness more
imperatively required at the hands of the public and
their representatives than now. The amalgamation cf
great railway companies, however plausibly it may
be described, must effect an entire revolution in the
internal traffic of the country, and this revolution, if
care be not quickly taken, may actually overwhelm
us by surprise._Like the French nation, we shall find
ourselves some morning under a wholly new rule and
government, with our own consent and sufferance
presumed and alleged for the change. Let the reader
only mark the language already used by the railway
presidents. "Public opinion, said Mr. Glyn, "bad
been greatly altered upon this subject ;" in fact, "a
great railway authority" whose name he was " not at
liberty to disclose" had said as much ; "amalgama-
tion,' therefore, " must take place, and it would not
end with the Great Western." The text thus delivered
was promptly taken up, and, within a few hours of
Mr. Glyn's declaration, Mr. Edmund Denison, the
Chairman of the Great Northern, in addressing an
offer of commercial partnership to the Chairman of
the Midland, observed that, as "amalgamation, ac-
cording to Mr. Glyn's published opinion on the subject,
was inevitable," he " apprehended no Parliamentary
but Mr. Glyn's exam 1
objections." Up to this time he said, he bad hesitated,
p removed!hh I
tified" his overtures.of one
anonymous authority, is
railway director, backed T us, the bare assertion
is doubts and "jus-
tified"
by an appeal to a single
prin-
ciple decisive of the whvoalerml;
four and twenty hours
ugensitfii
oe magnified , inand
t the course
confi-
dently e
h of
into a fixed and settled
project, for the simple reasonlamtgatt,
anticipated that wiinll
Aisarn.cGtilyonnta,es
as dogmatically to the oppositewe
opinion, "it can't be helped:" •
fall into the same error as Messrs. Denison
effect expressed
swe
n,
e d should
nlyn our-
selveslnd.
Our concern, on behalf of public,tahnenthe is not to repre-
sentr as absolutely either one course or
pre-
destined, but to bring the subject before the commu-
nity with such plain and timely illustration that it
may be decided at last in the true interests of the
country, and not solely by the those who
are likely enough to be under considerable bias. No-
body denies that the present state of things s
We may go even one step further, and admit bad.tha
from much of the money lavished by belligerent t
di-
rectors not the smallest public good is derived, so the
by the cessation of such "costly and harassing prac-
tices" railways would gain, and nobody would lose.
Bat is the issue raised by railway chairman a proper
issue ? Is it absolutely inevitable that either "costly
strife and distracting disputes" must continue to con-
sume the funds of the companies, or that all the in-
terests and duties of these companies must be forth-
with merged and confounded in one wholesale amal-
gamation ? Is there no possible alternative between
these two conclusions ; or, if there be none, can amal-
gamation be claimed for the benefit of the railways
without detriment to the rights and interests of the
public ? In the first place, let the reader consider
what these directors are confessing. By their own
statements they have deliberately involved themselves
in brawls, conflicts, and cabals, which have drained
their treasuries, distracted the attention of their
boards, and left all parties just where they were at
first, minus the money sunk. In this description of
their proceeding we are quoting the very words of
Mr. Glyn and Mr. Russell. And what is it, then,
with such a lively conviction of their own deserts, that
they now propose ? To turn over a new leaf, abstain
from these unproductive broils, apply their funds to
proper purposes, and maintain that wholesome emu-
lation in the public service prescribed by the Legisla-
ture in the very charters which gave them existence?
No such thing. They declare, by implication, that
they must and will go on squabbling and squandering
for ever, unless all temptation be taken out of their
way; that they cannot come to fair terms with each
other, but must inevitably grasp, fight, struggle, and
spend as long as there is a toll or a ticket shop which
one possesses and another does not; and that the
only remedy is to make all property so common to
all companies that there shall no longer be any ade-
quate motive for battle or pillage. This is the case
of the directors, according to their own showing.
They are desperate, incurable reprobates, who cannot
even promise, after all their suffering, for their future
good conduct unless they are relieved from every
visible inducement to sin. And how is the public to
fare under the remedy shgge3ted by these candid
penitents ? Let the reader observe how the point
has been treated in the negotiations already reported.
Mr. Glyn, in his first proposal to the North-Western,
talked with great fluency about the "the interests of
the public" and the " proper restrictions" which he
could not but feel the propensities of his class re-
quired ; Mr. Russell, with a very correct apprecia-
tion of the real value of such salvos, thought that
Parliament would look suspiciously at the pro-
posed -schemes,
" although guarded by some general
Protection to the public ; while Mr. Denison,
in that " frank and direct style" which so
charmed Mr. Ellis, throws the public overboard
at once, and looks to his
should. " Our railways," says he to the Chairman
company alone, as a director
should.
and north ; they cross eachoter
the Midland, " compete with
heachtotther
ninrtthhreeseoiumth.
at
ons at several
portant points ; there are double
ran where single ones
towns, and duplicate trainswell. By
would serve the public equally
amalgama-
tion, therefore, a very large annual expenditure would
be saved, which would improve a . .
i,
real value of both properties. " llits is very frank
and direct "—nothing could be ;
some half-dozen stout serving
De-
nison, we suppose, has h
no other voice to be heard in the matter ? Mr. De-
discharge of their several
men, who, in return for t 1
jf he overheard a pen
wages. What would be saT,
duties, receive some 100 . oer 1501. a year from him in
you see, compete
purport following ?—" Our &toes, ,
gotia•ion between a " Jeames a...nd a " Chawles" to the '
with each other, in-doors and out ;we cross each other
at every turn of the premises ; we stand double be-
hind the same carriage, and two of us are worked
where one would serve our master equally well.
1,2 t us amalgamate our work and our wages, and just
do what's wanted by turns. This would save us a lot
of trouble every year, and improve our property like-
wise; for, as !nester would be paying for six, though
he only got the work of two, there would always be
four of us getting good pickings for nothing." This
is pure a amalgamation ;" and what, speaking as
paymaster instead of purveyor, does Mr. Denison
think of it? How came the Great N orthern and
Midland to compete with each other, and cross each
other, and intersect each other, and have double
stations in the same towns ? Because those identical
privileges were obtained from Parliament. And
how were they obtained ?By proof—and nobody
proved more forcibly than Mr. Deuison and his
own colleagues—that such competition
wasngf o
theod ,
wholesome, and for the manifest advantage
public ; that the traffic of the country supplied
abundant aliment for double lines of railway,
and that, new communications being usually im-
provements
o thenst r rt coldti o n,e
to ili directness
th publeihc wdaytturaa.
seu
and
excellence
of route
and
gain by the encouragement given What, in short, is the Great Northernsu itselfa but the
very offspring and creation of these identical prin-
ciples which its chairman now discards? If anybody
could have borrowed Mr. Denison's words_veneymeaal
ago, and given them the force claimed
tatton at
present, there would never have been '3
Bisirape be-
King's•crosP, nor one of the best lines ia . It is as
tween that point and Newark or Lineelnonly ask for
clear as possible that comeenie.s can
the policy
amalgamation on grounds convieetenftb
e course which
to which they owe their being
to pursue. The very
they have allowed themselvevsirtuai forfeit of their
application itself imp
lies °confess themselves inborn-
original charters, for the-dy
ut
T. ies with propriety, and
petent to discharge the identical conditions on which
beg relief from thosceon
ceded. The faults have been
their privileges woeriven,
and if any new proposals are
notoriously th.eird,
there can be not the slightest
to be entertainveisling
any but themselves with the
pretence for 1
penalties.sicbE._
Few
persons, probably, have
0113° retain any distinct impression ofthe
been able
inquest 1
~ . .
sails of the on t le " Six-mile Bridge Hon&
c-i-cies," the termination of which we recorded yester-
day; and we shall, therefore, before commenting on
the result of the proceedings, briefly recapitulate the
outlines of the case. On Thursday, the 22d of July,
during a contested election for the county of Clare,
six mon were shot dead by a party of the 31st Regi-
ment, at a place called Six-mile Bridge. A coroner's
jury was immediately empanneled; but, in order to
give time for the popular excitement to subside, the
inquest was adjourned to Tuesday, the 3d of August.
From that time it dragged on until last Wednesday,
on which day—the fourteenth of the inquiry--a ver-
dict was returned. The essential facts elicited by this
portentous investigation were, after all, but few. It
seems that a party of electors in the interest of the
Tory candidates were brought from Limerick to Six-
mile Bridge, one of the potting
places of the county,
under military escort—the requisition for armed
protection having been signed by five magistrates.
Both the soldiers and the voters were subject, during
this expedition, to the no small amount of taunts and
intimidation ; but nothing serious occurred until the
arrival of the party at Six-mile Bridge. Here the
riot became formidable. The voters were denounced