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LONDON MONDA.Y. L T*4
OCTOBER 4) 1852.
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T-HE QUARTERLY REVIEW,
No. CLIT:JULE., will be published on Thursday next, Oct. 7.
CONTENTS :
I. British Bards and Stonehenge.
11. lonian Islands,.
111. Irish Salmon.
IV. Dr. Chalmers:
V. Sindh.
VT. Lord Langdale,
VII. Gold Discoveries.
VIII. Parliamentary Prospects.
John Murray, Albemarle-stti•eet.

Chief Engineer—William Dunkin.
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bald Little, M.D. • Retired Surgoon—David Ross. Re.
tired Assistant Surgeon—,Andrew Russell.
Paymaster:L•Robert L. Holmium. Clerk—Jonathan
• Colliver. -
Royal •Marines—Capttlin (Retiree)—Thos. Caton
First Lieutenant (Retired)—George A. Campbell.
The following deaths have since been reported:—
Commanders—John Nepean, William Payne (1816)
and Roger Evans (1316).
Lieutenants—William Roberta and John Mawbey.
Master—Charles Moake.
Surgeon—Thomas 6odon.
]loyal MarineS—First Lieutenant Walter S. Reeves,
Second Lieutenant Edward Morgan.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
TlMES.—Under the able tuition of Dr. Mlllale,
and in furtherance of the ". solid peace and prospe-
rity" so sincerely promoted by this exemplary prelate,
the Irish are invited to add to the national accom-
plishment of organized murder the desirable engage-
ments of systematic rapine. We are profoundly con-
scious of the difficulty attending every attempt to in-
vest the declamations of Ireland's agitators with the
interest of stern realities ; hut, as a document has
found its way to light which even Dr. API-tale's au-
dacity bad destined for privacy, we may as well turn
the accident to some advantage, and bespeak the at-
tention of English readers to the object last selected
for attainment by the creatures of English conces-
sion. The character in which these bigotted and
intolerant Papists—these denouncers of every creed
but their own—these sworn and banded persecutors
of dissent, have resolved to come forward, is that of]
" Friends of Religious Equality." Subtle and versatile
as is the genius of Popery, we doubt whether any Pa-
pist, except an Irish Papist, would venture ro present
himself to the world as a professed leveller of all reli-
gions in the eyes ofthe State. A week has hardly elapsed
since our columns recorded a sentence of slavery pro-
nounced against two miserable Tuscans for no other
crime, imputed or declared, than that of exercising a
private judgment on the lessons of the Gospel, and
yet Dr. APHale, acknowledging allegiance to this
very code, and indignant that he cannot introduce
these identical laws into the government of his coun-
try, expatiates on the virtues of spiritual equality,
talks respectfully of " other denominations of Chris-
tians," and liberally recognises " three great divi-
sions" in the religions of Ireland. 'The "Friends of
Religipus Equality" hataing.,Abus, constituted and
styled themselves, proceed consistently to adopt as
their mission the destruction and spoliation of the
Irish Church Establishment, and we yesterday pub-
lished the " private and confidential" circular in which
the best method of action was submitted to the dis-
cussion of the conspirators. In this precious docu-
ment several violations of " equality' are gravely
stigmatized as absolutely unendurable. Those who
forbid the erection of a place of worship at Rome
complain of the " prohibition attaching in this
country to certain spiritual functions ;" those
who will not permit even a Popish layman to dis-
charge any office of government condemn the reggu-
lations excluding certain religionists from particular
places of state, and those whose ineffaceable charac-
teristic is unscrupulous proselytism, denounce the
" dark and dangerous agency of sectarian injustice"
in making religious converts. But the prime con-
sideration of all is the method of seizing the Irish
Church property, and dealing with it when obtained.
The Irish confederates are modest enough to think
that before their concerted rapine can be legalized it
will be requisite to make out a case, not only for the
plunder, but for the desired appropriation of the spoil ;
and they sagaciously foresee some difficulty in the
task. " Some gentlemen," says the circular, " are for
the withdrawal of all public funds from all religious
bodies." These "gentlemen," however, are not Irish
gentlemen ; nor is this equality of destitution by any
means the equality which Dr. M'llale approves.
" Others, again," says the manifesto of the committee,
"are of opinion that these revenues should be applied
to the relief of the poor ;" but, as this proposition would
operate to the direct benefit of landlords, and
as the distribution of the funds thus obtained would
not be effected through the machinery of the Popish
priesthood, it finds no favour in the eyes of these re-
ligious Jacobins. 'The " education of the people "is
the third alternative suggested; but the increase of
enlightenment which might follow upon so large an
extension of instruction is by no means an agreeable
prospect to those who have done their best to stop all
teaching whatever. When we say that the fourth
suggestion is characterised as " very obvious," " sim-
ple,' and " equitable," the reader will anticipate that
it provides for the transfer of all the existing church
endowments to that particular community which, for
equality's sake, is anxious to despoil the present pos-
sessors. This modest proposal is coloured by a hint
that the proceeds might be distributed among the "re-
ligious denominations " of Ireland according to their
respective numbers, and its attractions are qualified by
a reflection that perhaps the State might require the
performance of some public duties in consideration of
such public endowments • but it is plainly the gist of
the whole scheme, though even Irish agitators are
compelled to conclude that " great caution is neces-
sary" in a "matter" like this. Such are the inten-
tions of the new " Friendeed *kiwi Equality,": sit-
ting.in IS-preparatory Committee I.at`rDahlins-feettead r
of circumstantially exposing a piece of impudence
which, even in Ireland, is little less than prodigious,
we tender the Sackville-street conspirators a little
plain advice. Dr. M'Hale partakes enough 'of the
serpent's wisdom to know what he is about, and, in
his freely-worded estimates of ourselves, he has been
pleased to say that we speak the mind of the English
people. We hope the character is not generally
undeserved, and we can assure him that it is thoroughly
merited in the remarks which follow. Irish agitators,
whether priestly or political, have had their day.
They can utter no menace which will create the
smallest alarm, and threaten no extremity which will
not be quietly accepted. We have learnt what con-
cession did in the case of Emancipation ; its fruits,
indeed, are before us at this very moment. We
have found what firmness effected in one or two cases
since, and these results are very preferable to the
former. The new confederates will not obtain that
" religious equality" which consists in endowing a
sect sworn to extirpate all others with the substantial
means of promoting its ends. They will not be re-
leased from those " spiritual prohibitions" which the
Imperial Parliament. has thought it necessary to
enact. They will not be permitted to acquire any
furtherpo
resolved,liticalpowe power or to exert injuriously what
they possess already. On these points the British na-
tion is steadily and it possesses the means of
enforcing its resolution. Dr. M'llale and his fellow-
conspirators are trifling with a power which can any
day reduce them to nothing. At this very moment
we believe a numerical majority of the population
would be prepared to undo the work of 1829, and to
encounter without apprehension the alternatives at
which the Government of that day was dismayed.
It requires all the, argument and all the skill
of liberal politicians to restrain the temper of a
people provoked by aggression, irritated by insult,
and convinced of its previous error by the evidence of
experiment. The Irish priests have done far more
than Lord Winchilsea or Lord Eldon ever did to
show that Popish constituencies are wholly unfit for
the exercise of the eleotoral franchise. Thestrong tra-
ditional prepossessions of the English people are
confirmed by unmistakable facts, and when they see
some three score Members returned from Ireland as
the avowed and notorious delegates of a mischievous
priesthood, they are irresistibly led to conclude that
such seats are more destructive to the imperial in-
terests than any rotten boroughs. The privileges
conceded by emancipation have been hitherto pro-
tected by that sense of right which originally recom-
mended them, and by that dread of disturbance which
all sober communities entertain; but, if the " right"
of the question stands convicted by the issue, and dis-
turbance proves the fruit rather of concession than
cuutrul, itii, policy b likely cutrugh to be exubauguit
for another.

• • LIFE -OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
Early In October will he published, Volume Third of
MESS AGNES STRICKL IND'S
LIVES of the QUEENS of SCOTLAND,
and English Pr!ncesses connected with the Royal :;nccession.
This volume of bliss Agnes Strickland's Royal Biographt so contains
the commencement of a personal Life of Mary Stuart, which it is
believed will be found more authentic and complete than any which
has yet appeared. The collection and arrangenent of mi Ueda's for
it was commenced many years ago—even before the publication of
the Lives of the Queens of England. It comprises an amount of
curious and important information hitherto inedited, the fruits of
long, and arduous research_ in the State Farrar °films of , England,
Scotland, France, and other nations, and in the charter-chests of the
descendants of the noble families of Great Britain ancesl:n.dly con-
nected. with that momentous period. The result is a, Lt;'ography
which is likely to he the crowning work of Miss Strickla ad.'s great
national undertaking.
Vols. I. and 11. contain the Lives of Margaret Tudor, ..rdagdalene
of France, Mary of Lorraine, and Margaret Douglas, Countess of
Lennox.

LORD PANMURE AT ARBROATII.
On Thersday • last the Town Council of Arbroath
conferred the freedom of the burgh on the I3,ight
Hon. Lord Pantiaure. The ceremony was performed
in the Trades-hall, which was crowded, 'there being
above 1..,000 persons present.
Provost JOHNSTON, in presenting Lord Panmure
with the .burgess-ticket, stated that it was conferred
in testimony of their esteem for his character as a
noblemen and his liberal and enlightened conduct as a
statesman.
• _ Lord..PANmuneein rising to return thanks, was re-
ceived with great applause. After thanking the bur-
gesses for the honour they had done him, and ex-
pressing his wish to follow in the footsteps f his late
father in his patronnge of the public institutions of
Arbroath, the Noble Lord then proceeded to notice
public affairs thus :—While I have seen, and while
you have seen, other countries shaken to their foun-
etsaions ,by bloody_ revolutieneeepanaliberties" the
people entirely extinguished, and those of the press
fettered and gagged, we have seen nothing of the
kind in this great and happy country of our own.
And why, gentlemen, is that so ? Simply be-
cause the people themselves have seen that
with their growing intelligence, their increasing
capacity to govern themselves and take part
in the government of their country, the rulers and
advisers of the Sovereign have been anxious to ad-
vance in progress, and confer privileges and advan-
tages wherever they could be possibly and safely
administered. Whether I speak to those who are
Conservative in politics or those who are for more
rapid progress in all that concerns our political career,
I may decidedly say that it would be for the benefit
of all that the policy of this country should continue
to be one of progress.—(Cheers.) It is in vain in this
day to think of standing still. It is in vain, still more
in vain, to think of going back on the road along
which we have come. As well might we propose to
lower all those long chimneys by which I am sur-
rounded, and turn out all the busy bees of industry
that swarm beneath them, and return to the old sys-
tem of the hand-loom, as seek to retrograde in the
course of policy we are now pursuing. As well
might we think of putting down the railways
and again setting up the old mail. conch, or of super-
seding the power of the pald!e and trusting to that
of the old flagging sail. Such as change would not
now be tolerated; and the question is, are we to
stand still or go on ? Now, my notion, as one
deeply interested in the possess] on and protection of
property in this country, is, tat if I attempt to
stand still I raise up behind the dam which I erect
a flood of water that will soon sweep me and my pro-
perty before it.—(Applause.) Bu.t if I give free and
constitutional scope to the stream to flow on in the
manner in which it may be well an d usefully directed,
then I am sure that all I have at stake is safe, and I
rest myself on this conviction andt this opinion, that
the more the people gain by constiitutional and all free
and liberal reforms, the less likely am I to lose any-
thing of the stake in the country -which it has pleased
Providence to give mo.—(Cheer s.) Gentlemen, I may
congratulate you in this great to yen upon the good
effects which another system of 'policy has had among
you—l mean the liberal coin morcial policy which
has been directed, first of all, to cheapen the food of
the people, and, next, to enable t ;he working classes to
obtain that in the cheapest marl:et which they were
formerly compelled to seek in tin' dearest. lam quite
convinced that that policy has le d to a vast increase of
happiness, to a vast increase of comfort, and to avast
extension of contentment in this our native country.
I believe that it has made many a cottage fireside
where penury and want used f o:rmerly to pinch to
smile, not only with plenty, but, in. some instances, with
the luxuries of life. I believe that it has made many
of the populationlnorecontented •than tbier,formerly
were ; and of this I am perfectly 'certain, that it has
given a triumph to justice and to right through-
out the country, which we never. had so long as we
were compelled to repair to the dearest markets for
the purchase of articles of food.- —(Hear.) In many
respects this commercial policy h as to be carried out
to its just and fair issue. And lam quite sure of
this, that whoever may hold the i!eins of government
—whether her Majesty's present Ministers, or those
from whom this policy first sprang—no Government
in this country can either retrea t on the steps that
have been taken, or fail to folio' er out that system
commonly called free trade.—(Cleeers.) lam ready
to admit that in the great change which the policy of
1846 brought about there could not fail to be some
who would suffer in the trausitio. a that took place ;
and I have no hesitation in beariasg full testimony,
and giving full credit, to the man. aer in which many
of the tenant-farmers in the count ry, bore the change
which took place in their circums lances by the remo-
val of import duties which the 'country
longer tolerate. But whether it be to the increased
energy of that class—or whether it be to better de-
vised means for the cultivation of the soil—this
know, that, to all external appearance at least, agricul-
ture is ns much sought after by the people of this
country as a means of earning their bread wl—outlhdisnio
as ever, for
at present there is no land in the market.— (Cheers.)There has been no land vacant throughout Scotland
where the general remark has not been made, that if
ft were taken, higher prices would he given than
have been received for the last four or five years. I
Jun no advocate for the letting of land at rack-rent
prices; but, after all, land is only
a the mercantilecircumstances
itodity, and we must judge of its cheapness
esp n ess
o r dear-
ness, -
ness, of its demand or rejection, by
of the times, and when we see an article in full de-
mand we must admit that the speculati
sp
on in that
article is a fair one ; and, therefore, from the cir-
cumstances to which I have alluded—from the fact
it is, I trust I
of land being let so readily as may
argue, and argue without einfairriess, that the „season
of difficulties for the farmer ~is passing away, and
that he saes the way for the employment of his
capital and receiving ample remuneration for it ;
and of this we may be assured, that all who are
interested in land feel that one common bond of
union must unite this whole colitntrY. Agriculture
must depend on commerce, and commerce and menu-
factures must, to a great extent, depend on our agri-
culture ; and I trust the whole three will cordially go
hand in hand. The farmers, merchants, and manu-
facturers will consider this—that their interests are
onebo anuncdun
other also. After
complimenting the people of Arbroath on their good
citizenship, up in
faillith e one,
to
be and n d that
injurious what
to the
Noble Lord said, in conclusion :
Look at France. During the last. few years she has
is
injurious to the
undergone no fewer than three revolutions. First of
all she threw off a King who lived under the old sys-
tem, the old rule of France, and placed another on the
throne, with somewhat of a constitutional shadow of
government. Not content with that,, not many years
afterwards she cast off that King and that shadow of
constitutional government, and rushtsd into a state of
the bloodiest anarchy, and all in the sacred name of
Liberty : and now she is pleased to yield herself up
to the despotism of one person. her press is gagged,
and every rag:of the flag of liberty is torn from the
pole to which it once seemed nailed. That is a lesson
for us. Liberty does not consist in licentiousness, nor
freedom in revolution. I believe we live under the
best system of
,government that human means ever
devised—where the Crown cannot trample on the
rights of the people, and where I trust the people will
not attempt to trample on the just privileges of the
Crown ; for be assured that under the constitutional
machinery of the country in which we have the hap-
piness to live, all the just claims, all the fair rights
and proper demands of the people—though from this
circumstance or that they may be checked—must
ultimately be conceded, and with the rising intelli-
gence of the great mass of the people of this country,
the political privileges enjoyed by a certain number
of the inhabitants must soon and speedily be consider-
ably developed.—(Cheers.)

The Series will be completed in Six Volumes, post Svc..., embel-
lished with Portraits and Historieftl Vignettes, price 10s. 61- each.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and T.ond•oit.

T'ETTS'S PATENT • BRANDY.
The highest medical authorities recommend Brandy and water
as the best customary beverage, and particularly as an cill,:fent pre-
ventive of diarrhceatic complaints at this season. They equally con-
cur in preferring BETTS'S 2.STENT BRANDY as the purest and
most wholesome. It is unequalled for preserving fruits, house-made
wines, &c.

Sold throughout the Kingdom, by'respectable wine and spirit mer-
chants,
,in glass bottles, protected by the Patent Metallic Capsules,
and at the DISTILLERY, 7, SMITHFIELD-'BARS, in dozens,
bottles and cases included, at 18s. per gallon ; or in stone) jars of
two gallons and twaraxds, at-1.6a -per4;4lao...gale or c.oloiavatL
J. T. BETTS and CO.,
French Brandy Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, St.john -street.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[3l signifies that the mails are sent from the General Poat-otio
by the night—and M by the morning—dispateh.]

When mado up int From what
PLACES. GeneralPost-office' port dis. I When
London: patched. (Inc.
America (by Brit. pkt.)lll Oct. 8 :-." .. Liverpool .. Oct. 7
America (by U.S. pkt.) N;Oct. 5 .. • • Liverpool Oct. 13
America (by lU.S.pkt.)3l'Sept. 29 .. • • Southampt. Oct. 5
Australia (via South- t
ampton) .. .. .. 3i 20Th of each mOnth Southampt. Oct. 24
Ditto (via Marseilles) N'24th °reach month Dover .. Oct. 17
Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N 2d & 14th eachmo.!Plymouth.. Nov. 30
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month ;Plymouth
Alexandria* •....... N'l9th & 30th of me. Dover .. Oct. 18
Belgium .. .. .. N Daily .. .• • • Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. .. .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16
Buenos Ayres •• .. 31 9th of the month ; Southampt. 'Oct. 16
California.(viaChnre.9 It 2d& 17th of month Southampt. Oct. 16
Capp of Good Hope N,l4th of the month Plymouth.. Sept. 26
Cape do Verde .. .. Ni2d of the month .. Plymouth.. Sept. 26
Constantinople* .. • • Ni7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Oct. 10
Central America .. Mi2d & 17th of men. ,Southampt. Oct. 16
Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri.!Southampt. Tu. Th• Sat
Chili .. .. .. . M,28 & 17th of moth 'Southampt. Oct. 15
France .. .. Mt N Twice daily .. 'Dover • • Twicedaily
Greece* .. ‘• N 7th 17th27th ofmo jDover .. Oct. 19
Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday ,London .. Toes. Sat.
Holland .: • • .. M Wednes. & Satur.lLondon .. Su a. Thw s
Honduras .. .. • . 31117th of the month lcuthampt. Oct. 16
Ireland .. .. AI & N Twice daily .. .. I liolyhead.•lTxvicodally
India(via Slouthamp.) M 20th of the month'Scuthampt. Oct. 21
India (viablarseillea) N Bth&24th efmonth!Dovor .. Oct. 3
India, via C. of G. Hope N,l4th of month Plymouth.. Oct. 29
Mauritius .. .. .. N,l4th of month 'Plyiuouth.. Oct. 29 1
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) •• M 20th of the month Southampt. Oct. 24
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) .. .. N Bth&24thofmonth Dover • • Oct. 3
Lierico .. .. .. Li 2d of the month.. Suithampt.ilst ea. mo.
I
Madeira • • •• .. 211
9th of the month Southampt.lOct. 16
, & 30th of month
Malta* .. .. I 7t1417th,19th,27th } Jover Oct. 10
Naples* .. .. .. INlsthlsth2sthofroo,Doror .. ,Oct. 12
Papal States* .. .. I/ sth 15th 25th of mo Dtver .. Oct. 12
Peninsula .. .. .. LI 7th 17th 27th ef mo Southampt. Oct. 5
Peru .. .. •• •• Al 28 & 17th of moth Soithampt. Oct. 16
Tuscany* .. .. • . N sth 15th 25th of mo Aver • • Oct. 12
West Indies .. .. H 17th of the mouth Selthtunpt. Oct. 16'
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month .. (Southampt.
0 The mails to those countries thus mark.c4 (*) are conveyed by
French packet via Marseilles.

Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from
the Colonial-office for the Governors of New South
Wales, South Australia, West Australia, Van Die-
men's Land, and also.• for the Governor of the Cape
of Good Hope.
LIVERPOOL, SATE/MAY.—The British and North
American mail steam-ship America, Shannon commander,
took her denature hence for Boston, United States, to-day at
noon, with 120 paisengers, and a full cargo, besides the usual
mails. The
Alps, the second of the Cunard line of screw-
steamships, was launched at Dumbarton on Tuesday, and
will be ready to sail for New York on the day advertised.
Two screw steamships are intended to be dispatched in Feb-
ruary on the Wednesday of the weeks in which the Boston
sailsteamships ; and in that month, or as soon as the Canada
trade begins, one or more of the vessels will land cargo at
Portland or Boston.

Mr. Secretary Walpole, aecomprnied by Colonel
Jebb, inspected the Milbank Prison on Friday after.
noon.

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hold himself responsible for anythingdone before De-
cember. Itremains to be seen Whose will will prevail.'
In another part of this letter he, however, writes, 'lt
is evident that preparations are being made, by the
getting ready of boats, for a move up to Prome as
soon as some more troops came round. The Goung,'
or head man of Kemendine, has, under orders of the
Commodore, collected already 80 large boats; and
the correspondent of the Calcutta Morning Chronicle
states that a force consisting of the 18th Loyal Irish
and the 40th Native Infantry is to leave Rangoon
shortly for the purpose of retaking and garrisoning
the city of Prome. Ocher accounts state that. General
Goda in's views will he adopted in their integrity.
According to the Bombay Times an army of 20,000
men, consisting of 6 Europeen and 12 Native. Infantry
regiments, with a full complement of artillery, sappers
end miners, and comprising three Bengal and three
Madras brigades, under the command of two generals
of division, and the whole under Genertil Godwin,
will be assembled at Pegue in the month of ..iVovember.
On the 4th of August the correspondent of the
Englishman writes—' The general expectation which
had been so highly raised that an immediate advance
on .Prome by troops in steamers would be made has
been dashed to the ground, and every one is disap-
pointed and dissatisfied at the dilatory line of policy
that seems to guide the movers of this expecicition. It
is not considered safe to withdraw troops fecan Ran-
goon so long as a large body of the enemy are at
Shway-gyn, where they are said to be in great force.
The first thing to be done will ba to drive the Bur-
mese from that position ; at any rate, to kee Ee them in
check, while a simultaneous advance is to• be made
upwards from this. Shway-gyn is in tb a Sittang
river, to the north-east of Pogue.'
pretty well known htiresthat no advance from, this place
on Prome can be made till instructions are received
from the home authorities by the Governor-General
to that effect. It seems odd that the Governor-
G. eneral of India should not be invested with sufficient
authority to enable him to carry on a war in an
enemy's country as he thinks fit. Much precious
time is now being lost.' In advocating de le T, a land
advance, end the necessity of large reinf 'o cements,
General Godwin seems to stand quite elm re at Ran-
goon. The current report that the Corn; nodore has
declared that, if permitted, he would do all that is re-
quired with his blue jackets alone, is prof: iably with-
out foundation, but the Burmese military correspon-
dents of the Indian papers (some of th em officers
on the staff of the expedition) all agrens, in repre-
senting the sense of the force to he unanimous
in favour of an immediate advance to Promo
with such troops as are at present available.
There is net,' says one of them, one dissenting
voice on the prevailing topic of conversatii en in Ran-
goon—that there is much valuable time b clog unne-
cesserily lost in not at once, indeed, in not having
ere this, occupied Prome;' and, writing of stn antici-
pated reinforcement of five regiments only., another
letter says, The more the merrier, but the work
might be done with half the number, if the y would
only set about it at once. Time, valuable time, is
being lost; the waters of the Irrawaddy will soon
begin to fall, andanunless we look sharp about it,
Prome and every other inhabited place will be burnt.
Notwithstanding the contradictory nature} of these
reports, the impression is general that twee or three
regiments will be immediately advanced to re-occupy
Prome, and that the majority of the troops, in orders
for Burmah will stand fast, the five or six regiments
only that are nearest the points of embarkaUon being
immediately pushed on to Rangoon. It is :surmised
that as soon as the earlier of these arrive an eecpedition
will be dispatched to disperse the Burmese force at
Shway-gyn, and to occupy that post, and also Pegue,
and that, leaving a small garrison at Rangoon, the re-
maining troops will he pushed on to Prome, and as
much higher as possible by water before the river falls,
" By the latest accounts Commodore Lambert, ac-
companied by Captain Rundall, of the Madras •En-
gineers, was immediately to proceed in the Phiege-
then towards Promo, on a reconnoisance, and it was
expected the reoccupation of that place in force will
immediately follow. It is not expected that more
than 6,000 at most of 12,000 additional troops asked
for by General Godwin, and in orders, will be actually
embarked. All fears of troops being required to
repel an invasion of Assam have been terminated by
the spirited manner in which our frontier silly the
Raja of Munipore has organized a force to bar the
the passage of a Burmese army through his territo-
ries. It is presumed that his exertions will be ulti-
mately rewarded by a slice of Burmese territory.
" Thera is no other public news of importance.
Mr. H. W. Torrens, of the Bengal Civil Service, is
dead.

" The trade of the port has opened pretty briskly,
and a considerable amount of business has been done
during the month. Money is abundant. Emigra-
tion from Bombay to Australia is about to commence,
and the ship Runnymede leaves on the 25th for Vic-
toria with a pretty large number of adventurers,
among whom, are several Anglo-Indian familie,i."

I COMMERG
THE BOK
(From the 24th of J
' As in the West,
abundance. A few
lowered their rates o:
lend on Government i
. We notice a meeting
' convened for to-naorr,
into consideration a •
vernment for a moth. , present Charter Act
3of 1840." It is understood the meaning of this is,
that they may be permitted to deal in exchanges with
England, &c., and we have little hesitation in saying
that the Hun. Court of Directors will refuse to accede so
any such request. There are ineeiy objections to their
being permitted to Jo a business in exchange; but what
will weigh most with the East India Company in their
refusal to allow it is the fec'.. that the charteri.d backs
at the Presidencies ate the only ones who lend on
Company's paper, and thereby keep up its respectabi-
lity and value. Again, the Bank of Bombay has a
monopoly of the note circulation which by last pub-
lithed returns aolounted to upwards of 400,0001.! and
;f they are to be allowed to send their money to Eng-
land and elsewhere, who is to pay their notes when a
~ lan" is made upon them, their capital bein,s• ;ill called
in all its bearings, we think it is for the
' up, acd the s.harebolders irresponsible for auythiuii be-
ha: that the Bank be
restricted to local
:pull? During tho
..laat four or five years, we halicve.
if they manage so as to inspire confi-
we do not imagine they will have
iney have been " ran ' upon four times. Viewing the
. rdice
avt int
etsectroseeent mar,
investments,
ntt teoohnbit )c.torstore,hmrf
ecoaprwpnle
dalle,
irnri , 0 f
small
profits.
Th© Agra and United Service Banks
are paying a
dividend for the half-fear ended the 30th of Juno at the
rate of 9 per cent. pr annum.
Shares, Company's paper, and securities generally
maintain their value, and we quote current rates as fol-
lows :
Transfer Loan .... ... ... at 115
Sicca Fives... ... ... ~. at 110
Sieca Fours —• ... at 95i
Company's Fives ... ... ... at 107
Company's Fours ... ... . ... at 92
Bank of Bombay Shares ... ... at 19 per cent. prem.
Oriental Bank Corporation Shares at 44 per cent. prem
Commercial Bank Shares... ... at 9 per cent. prem..
Agra Bank Shares... ... ... at 21 per cent. prem.
Railway Shares ... ... ... at 18 per cent. prem

THE BURMESE WAR.

CALCUTTA.
(From Campbell's Overland Price Current, Aug. 19.)
The express with the Ist of July overland mail made
its appearance on the night of the 16th inst. Tho com-
mercial intelligence which it conveyed shows that busi-
ness in general was proceeding less actively than before,
doubtless owing to the agitation created by the elections.
Consumption, however, continued favourable, and gene-
rally the stocks of colonial produce in the warehouses
were less than they were at the same period in the pre-
vious year.
Here the high rates of freight and the unsettled state
of exchange have tended to curtail operations in country
produce, although a fair business has been done in sugars,
and as much in raw silk as the euppliel, which have been
short, owing to the failure of the July bend, would ad-
mit of. Th transactions in rice, saltpetre, torahs, saf-
flower, and jute for the British market have been limited.
Hides continue in active request; and oilseeds have been
going forward in fair quantities. The smaller articles of
export, generally, have been neglected.
In our import market a better tone is apparent, ac-
compauied by en improved demand. Grey shirting ad-
vanced two annas per piece, but afterwards dropped one
anna. White figured skirtings are in better inquiry at
improved value. Low white cambries are rather more
saleable at better prices. Low grey madapollams are
also a shade better. The finer sorts of jacconets are
neglected. but the coarser descriptions are in good in-
quiry. Mule twist maintains its value, and the deli-
veries continue satisfactory, while stocks are decreasing.
A largo sale of British Turkey red dye is reported at
the low value of 14i annas per lb. Copper is in active
request, and sheathing has adrenced to 38r. per md. Iron
and spelter are in good demand. Lead and tin plates
are inactive.
Exchange has been fluctuating between 2-0-a to 2-0 i
for credits—sometimes tending up, and sometimes down.
It is understood that the business done for this mail has
not been large. At going to press there was very little
doing, and it remained doubtful whether any change
would occur, buyers and sellers seeming apparently
indifferent with respect to the transaction of business.
Bank of England post bills, payable at sight, were offer-
ing at 2-o,k to .2-01. Exchange with China is 222 r. to
224 r. per 100 dolls., with documents of opium, and with
cotton and saltpetre documents 218 r. to 220 r.
The money market continues well supplied, and loans
are still procurable on easy terms. The share market
remains firm. The directors of the India General River
Steam Company have published their report for the six
months of 1852, in which they state their intention of
proposing, at the coming meeting, a dividend of 30r. per
share. The shares of this f!ompany have advanced to
350 r. each, and are not easily procurable. Company's
paper has slightly fallen in value, and New Fives now
stand at 6 per cent. premium.
Freights have kept pretty well up to our former quo-
tations. They now aro 41. 10s. to 41. 15s. sugar, and
4/ 5,, saltpetre, to London.
The general prospects of the indigo crop have not
improved since the date of cur lest report. Jessore is
closing with, if any difference, smaller expectations than
those entertained 12 days ago. No improvement has
taken place in the hopes of the Parneab, Bhaugulpore,
Burdwan, and Bhaguretty planters—whose prospects
are now unfortunately placed beyond the influence of the
fines; weather. Male no, as we stated befcre, has closed
fairly, and Dacca eae finished with nearly as much as
she made lest year. The Tirhoot planters continue to
write despondingly of their prospects; the returns from
the first cuttings there are estimated at scarcely half of
those of the preceding season, and it is apprehended that
the second cuttings will not;prove productive. The whole
of this district, it is supposed, will not yield more than
15,000 or 16,000 mds. against 30,000 last year; indeed,
we have seen some estimates somewhat lower. We now
turn with pleasure to the bright side of the picture.
Kishnaghur is at full work, manufacturing under favour-
' able atmospheric influences, and the yield from the vats
is more than ordinarily abundant. Oar advises from
the upper provinces are also of a cheerful tenour, and
they are getting very good produce .there also. As we
said on a former occasion, we have lost all faith in esti-
mates and distrust appearances; we aro, therefore, ex-
tremely reluctant to give any figured opinion as to final
results, but we may venture to state that, taking into
consideration the reduction which must undoubtedly
be mado in the produce of Jesscre, Burdwan, Bhaugul-
pore, the Baugerutty factories, Parneah, and Tirboot as
compared with last season, allowing 2,ooomds. or
3,oootads. more for the Agra Presidency, an equal
tarniedts a ,
quantity as in 1851-52 for Maldah and Kishnaghur,
less little
it is
evidentf ot
thatD e e
a
Daccaand
large
last year's, figure of 131,000mds. The bat informed par.
tics are of opinion that the total out-turn will be about
sthliece l-
must be etaaksleenrB froth dis-
-1,05,000mde., and we are ourselves inclined to the same
opinion (of course allowing a margin of a few thousand
maunds either way for the chances of the weather), but
judge for them-
selves vue-ao utrl do
from
dt vbies ofateoutra
afrbioe
given than from any esti-
mates from this quarter. Teederather to

OPENING OF THE TERMINUS OF 711 E
GREAT .NORTHERN RAILWAY.
of the stupendous railway terminus at
aafor public traffic and business is now defi-
nitivelyfixed for this day fortnight, the 18th instant.
the
i 1
2i:t
ei Thewngla:sst. openingcorfo
intended that it should be opened on Friday last,
October, and although the contractors, the
Messrs. Jay and 0., performed their part of the con-
tract by having a line laid to enable the engineers of the
lino to bring an engine and train up to the arrival plat-
form, those gentlemen did not avail themselves of the
opportunity.
the booking offices.
g r eTs The
cgs'. i d ene
Thee s
southern o f
final completionfacade
an
da are
terminationsn o
departure
semi-circular arches forming the arrival and_
yo 'Choi)
a most
men are engaged in laying down
sheds have been filled in with glass,
and north-western
nor -western
granite paving all round the southernth
and large bodies
substantialof
rank on the eastern side
The wood paving for',the cab
fronts of the building leading to
1 of the terminus is now also nearly
._.completed. At the
booking-offices then© is being erected a
entrance to the
the top of welch '
w rapidl
Is a glass
very elegant colonnade,
vehicles c • oming to the rail-
. fanlight, under which the
ll ass
' way with passengers will
hail et
, so that persons will
be enabled to alighl et weather entirely under
cover. In the gran appropriated as the pay-
office, the Wing
consists of
nelling, whilst Ft
being v iidepartment has been erected, and
an elfgant piece of workmanship of oak pa-
ie-antly Painted
same style as the
the New Roy t e waiting-rooms and their ceilings are
in encaustic, in much tho
walls and ceilings of the colonnade of
Royal Exchange. The gas fittings are very
elegant, and the lanthorns on the platforms aro of very
large
dimensions, and in consequence of the immense
width of
each shed a line of gas posts has been erected
in the centre of the rails. The arrangements for the
laying on and management of tho gas are being carried
out under the direction of the Superintendent of the
Imperial Gas Company, and it is understood that at least
from one hundred and fifty to two hundred gas lights
will be required to light the station even for temporary
purposes, but that ultimately double that number will be
required. It is expected that the Government inspec-
tors will go over the line and inspect the laying of the
rails in the new tunnel under the Regent's-canal in the
co'irse of to-day or to-morrow.

During the past week proposals for several small
metropolitan lines have made their appearance. The Wim-
bledon and Croydon, with a capital of 45,5001., five and a
half miles long, will pass through Merton, Morden, and
Mitcham, and a working arrangement is to be entered into
with the South-Western and Brighton Railways, so as to
secure a minimum dividend of 4 per cent. The Woodford,
with a capital of 120,0001., will be under six miles in length,
and will connect that place with the Blackwell line, passing
through Snaresbrook, Wanstead, Walthamstow, Leyton-
stone, and Leyton. The Vauxhall and Sydenham, with a
capital of 280,0001., is to be about five miles long, passing
from the South-Western station at Vauxhall, through Stock-
well, Brixton, and Dulwich, to the Dartmouth Arms station
on the Brighton Railway, ,
and the shareholders are to enjoy
a gurantee (secured by invested capital) of 5 per cent.
until the opening of the .ine and for seven years thereafter,
together with half of anysurplus profits. Finally, the West-
end of London and Crystal Palace Railway is to cost
386,000/., and to pass over a distance of rather more than
six miles from Battersea Park-bridge, through Clapham,
trelialftWs And IC9rTrOCI) t 9 the CrAtil FillaCe•

Si' iv.
DIAL lITTET4.I,4UNCE
BAY ~ 6t EgltiVtr,i.
Ittilia.
[illy tci il 'fit_:,.,4"Ap.in:ii .itie ,ire.)
so ink: ~.,. „ n ~- .' :jog : :48 in
day • .k, , , ' :21. ,40f, '.) 'boy
)f int.. - r_UIFe• . ' -.6 ' 1. i now
Secaritliellol. -'t4e!tihnum.
of prbpriptors i;fl Him talon is
row, " fol.' thiirihigrklif # taking
proposal for au applicalion to Go-
ification 01 the present Charter Act