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GENERAL POST-OFFICE, December, 1852.
14 POSTMASTER-GENERAL will receive
dTenders for the supply of WAX, COMPOSITION, and
r, OANULES, OIL and SOAP, for the use of this Depart-
lg the ensuing year.
Zen
!nders must be delivered at the SecrctuT's Department of
at or before noon on MONDAY, the 17th January, and they
,tr,, • closed in sealed covers, addressed to " Her Majesty's Post-
`,eaeral " andendorsed " Tenders for Candles, &c."
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0 Do
4 i'lv -N and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
t ,- Alr.—TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
Ikt7,IIIECTORS are desirous of RECEIVING TENDERS for
./o`-'TION of ADDITIONAL REPA.IttING SHOPS at WOL-
tru.. STATION.
" desiroua of Tendering may see the Drawings and Specifica-
-4 _, • . .
ton s, it ISO abtatn a Bill of Quart' hies. at, the Engineer's Office,
4 44tbn, on Monday, January 3, 1853, between the .hours of
a u Lioch.
e.,,5, addressed to the under,ignAd, should be sent in not later
clock on Tuesday, the 10th January, 1853.
CHAS. E. S IENVART, Secretary.
elarY's Office, Euston Station,
~,,,2_2_l December, 1852.

I°NDON and NORTH-WESTERN

RAI LW AY.
ALTERITION IN TRAINS FOR JANUARY.
:15 &lii. Express Train from LONDON, will he dispatched at

fist'
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!" • *ZO nt Express Train from LONDON, will be d'spatched at
44.

By order.

b,,, end Manager's Office,
K__4l Station, Dec. 1852.

MARK 11U1,11,

HEAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY.
t, ISSUE OF PREFERENCE STOCK to complete the Line.
"lorated by 9th and 10th Victoria. c. 103, and 14th and 15th
11 Victoria. c. 75.)
Mee:, ue, 72 miles in length, will join the Aberdeen Railway at
and proceedi n,g northward through a ech, populous, and
ry.null district, will accommodate the towns ef Kintore, In-
'tuntly, Keith, and Elgin.
r.sent issue of stock consists of 30,001 preference shares of
4,:_otnitied to a minimum preferetnotitahledivldendefast pebrcdeenetn.,
s for Shares may be made Secretary Aer
following Stock and Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Carden and
.4).(1, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings Warn-
Ot, London; G. and T. Irvine, 2, India-buildings, Liverpool ;
11'4'1111,4r of whom forms of application for shares, detailed pro-
4rld maps of the line may be obtained.

) RAILWAY TERMINUS COMPANY.
.41 SPecial Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was
to
u'e London Tavern, Bishopsq•ate-street, This Day, at
,one
igecisely, to receive a Report from the Directors, as to the
ue share lists, and the proceedings and prospects of the
mtly.

tqolit Mr. Sheriff CROLL in the Chair.
'" unanimously, That the Report of the Directors now read
tted.
That this meeting repose full confidence in the Board of
43 of the City Terminus C.lnpany, and having heard the re-
. of opinion that the propriety of their adopting the measures-
`,4 therein may be properly left to their decision ; and in the ,
°f their not being able to effect arrangements to tit, satisfac-
, '1 time to make the requi. ite depo.iits. this meeting are of
i
ulhat a meeting should be called by the Directors at an early
tilvthe month of January, to lay before them a detailed proposal
4 future proceeding s .
That thecordial thanks of this meeting be given to John
'man, Esq., M.P.; Sir James Duke, Bart.. ; and Baron
I,llathschild, M.P., for their compliance with the request
oner portion of their conititueiits by being Tru-tees of
rnDanY and by their voluntary engagement to continue in
OFition
•
s•oi„
*IWO, That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to
,ylO4 Pearson, Esq., for his 'unwearied exertion on behalf of the
@r4:3:, for the explanation given this day.
;,,r; ea, That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Direc-
ih'n, Committee, for the zeal and energy they have displayed in
out this underta, ing
jed• That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr. Sheriff
re Chairman, for his conduct on this, a- d all other occasions
he benefit of his fellow-citizens form the object of meeting.
By order, SIDNEY SMITH, Hon. Om
lentral Terminus Temporary Offices.
4 tiucklersbury, Dec. 29, 1852.

FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH.
The .
%I. following testimonial is another proof of the great efficacy
edi cin e

" " Winchmore Hill, Mikliesex, April 16, 1851.
1111." sill consideration of the great benefit I have derived from
tll 'raninton's Pill of Health, I feel it a duty that I owe to you
,' Public to send you the following statement. For upwards of
ik '‘l's I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine
b6ltc• T,ngend phavingrevionsinly
dbuceened me afflito make cted with a
headache and indigestion,
Othr trial of Frampton's Pills.
fo,ntorrn you that a few doses gave me great relief; and during
Llieiq Period of time I have taken them in preference to any other
Llttr)'°have the happiness of saying that I never had k
N state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg
fir to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, anc
fop of nothing to equal it.
" I am, Sir, yoars respectfully,
", THOMAS PROVINCE.

No. 18,801.]

THOMAS HOOD'S GRAVE.—At a General
Meeting of the Subscribers to the 1100 D MEMO TuAL, held
Dee. 2d• at the Whittington Club. it was resolved that the Subscrio-
tion List be CLOSED on the 151 of February, 1853, and

Miss ELIZA. COOK,
Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and
Ma. JOHN WATKINS,
wen?. appointed Trustees to the Fund.
The whounts subsetibed are depo,ittad at interest in the Landon
and C4.mmereial Raul:. _

Contrihations and rece'ved by Mr. William Strutlwielce, at the
Vhiltington. Clw, `trand; by 'Miss Elizz Cuok, Treasurer, 54,
Ormnnde-str et, itloomnbury; and by .Mr. John Wai,hius,
[on. See., 34, Parliawmt-Ptreat.
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3,tr. T. Prout, 229, Strand, London.
tte!„"ccellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for
,
."n: all disorders of the stomach and bowels, and is a
,`gat, safe, easy aperient ; they unite the recommendation of a
An.' with the most successful effect, and require no re -
of An.' of diet or confinement during their rises.
.7FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe tnt
ga,;;Aild address of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on th,
ktetit Stamp.
Price Is. 1% d. and 2e. 9d. Der tom.

Among the subsei iners are the following :
Ills Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G. • • 425 0
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.)he Bight licit T. B. Macaulay, 51. P........ • . 0 0
Sir Will am Fraz-r, Bart.• •.. • • • ••• • • • .. 5 0 0
James Harmer, Esq.... •• •• • • . 5 0 0
John Macgregor, Esq., M.
Ant id oogers, Esq. . . ,
Mrs. Robert Elliot •• • • •• • ... 5 0 0
1; ichard Dawson, Esq., M.D ••• • • • ........ 5 0 0
George Peabody. Esq.. •• • • ••••••• • • • • • • • 5 5 0
Edward Moorman, Esq. . . ... .• 5 0 0
mvid r=alomons, Esq.. • ... •••• • • • • 5 5 0
Messrs Spalding and Hodge. ••••••.• . • • • • . 5 5 0
Miss Eliza Cook • .. • • 5 0 0
Miss Citshinan.... • ....• •• • •• • • ... .... 5 0 0
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The Right lion. the Earl of Ellesmere • • • • .• • •
The Right lion. Lord John Manners, M.P..• • ..
Sir James Duke. Bart., •• • ••
R. Monckton Mlines, Esq., M.P...........
B. W. Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornwall) • •
Danglas Jerrold, E'q....
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Rowland Hill, Esq., General Post-office • • • • • • ..
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The Right Hon. the Earl of Car1i51e.......•
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The Right Tim. Lord Brdugham....
The Right Hon. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P.
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Alfred Tennyson, Esq. (Poet Laureate) • • • •
Lady Sandys •• •• ••.••.•••••• •• •• ••
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J. Westland Marston, Esq
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William Jerdan, Esq.... • • • •
Hepworth Dixon. Esq• ...... . • ..
Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., M.P •
R. Swift, Esq., M.P.. ••••..•• • • • • • • •
James Macgregor, Esq., M.P....
B. Oliveira, Esq., 51. P.. • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
W. J. Fox, Esq.. M.P ..
Sir John Kerb; Haberfield, Knt. Bristol .. •• ..
Mrs Milner Gibson ... • • .. • • • • ........... .....
Thomas Creswiek, Esq. R.A . • • • • •
J. B. Brickstone, Esq.. •• • • .• • • ••••• • • • • • • . • •
Mrs. Fitzwilliam • •
Rev. Felix Palmer. Frierning .... ••..••• • • • • •
Horace Mayhew, E5q..... ..... ...........•
C. Cowden Clarke, E5q.......................
Dr. Robert Elliot, Stratford •• • • • • .. •• • • • • • • •
Elocution Class, Walworth Literary Institution..
Temple and Winsoh .... • • . • •
Rev. J. C. Collins ..
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as would compel his resignation, and that his recall
was actually on its way to him, have been confi-
dently repeated by the Bonibay Times and other
Indian papers. I cannot, however, discover that
,they have any stronger foundation than the uni-
versal wish that they were true, and the general
belief that no real progress can be made in the
campaign until some such step is taken. " Some-
thing, however, must be done," says the Friend of
India, and " That speedily, not so much to cou-
pler Burinah, which is already at our feet; as to
regain the reputatiou which our Government has
lost." "If ever there was a clear and brilliant
prospect of bringing a war in India to a speedy
and successful issue, it was in this case of the se-
cond Burmese war, in which we are no :v engaged."
• • • "We have now reached Prome, four
months after we ought to have been there, and we
are as idle at that town as we were at Rangoon, for
five mouths, and we have lost the chance of strik-
ing a blow at the capital for the next eight months,
and simply because the military and naval autho-
rities could not, or would not, co-operate, and the
former wished that a steamer had never been seen
on the Irrawaddy."
The circumstance of General Godwin having
deemed it necessary or even expedient that a force
of nearly 4,000 British troops should for weeks
await reinforcements before venturing to attack a
scarcely larger number of any enemy (and that
enemy the Burmese), posted within two hours'
march of their lines, is certainly most injurious to
the prestige of our arms in the East, and has
naturally excited a feeling of intense dissatisfac-
tion throughout the Indian army. By the latest
accounts the Burmese force before Prome had been
so encouraged by General Godwin's diffidence that
they actually meditated taking the initiative them-
selves and attacking a British force, now reinforced
so considerably above their own number. Our
spies report that the Governor of Menyday had
written to the commander of the Burmese forces t
before Prome, What are you doing ?if you don'
intend to fight, you had better fall back upon me."
His answer was, " I'll fight ;" and a day was fixed
for the attack, but the priests suggested that the
attack should be deferred to a more propitious day,
which they were themselves to determine. In con-
sequence of this intelligence our regiments are kept
in constant preparation day and night, waiting to
be attacked by a force which Sir Archibald Camp-
bell would not have hesitated to march upon and
disperse with a single company. of Queen's troops.
Our force at Prome is now twice as strong as that
with which General Godwin's " late lamented
Commander-in-Chief" won his last battle (and
that against tenfold odds) almost under the walls
of Ava.

The following is the letter of the Time 3 corre-
spondent at Bombay, dated Dec. 3.i
Our latest accounts from Burnet extend to the
18th November. Everything remained in statu
quo. " The General-in-Chief was still at Rangoon,
and Sir John Chea,pe was commanding at Prome,
lying on his oars, and forbidden td'ounove a step."
There was no other sign of life in th campaign than
the constant arrival at Rangoon of fresh troops
from India, and the dispatch of reinforcements
thence to Prome, where there wa4, no enemy to en-
counter. Nearly six weeks after the occupation
of Promo, and four " after theXurinese General had
surrendered himself to us, and reported that the
Burmese army near that town consisted of a rabble
of 4,000 or 5,000 men, who were only waiting for
the excuse of a few shot from our guns to decamp,
everything continued in the same state of lethargic
abeyance." About 1,100 men, with two heavy gulls,
had been dispatched on board the Beutinck, Ner-
budda, Damooda, and Mahanuddy, to occupy
Pegu. One of these steamers had been sent pre-
viously to reconnoitre, and had returned with four war
boats without finding it necessary to fire a shot. No
resistance couldtherefore be anticipated, but General
Godwin had accompanied the detachment for the
purpose of chronicling its achievments in his usual
style. Everything was quiet at Prome and Ran-
goon. The garrison of the former town has expe-
rienced no molestation during the month they have
now occupied the place, and "though there were
rumours of an enemy hovering round Rangoon,"
they were believed to arise from exaggerated re-
ports of the bodies of dacoits who were roaming
over the country. On the first act Noveriiber three
natives were killed at Rangoon by the accidental
explosion of a small magazine in the great Pagoda.
A spirited affair has taken place near Henzada,
a large town situate on the right bank of the Irra-
waddy, near the apex of its delta. A Burmese
force (said to be 3,000 strong) had encamped against
it, and threatened to attack and burn it. The in-
habitants applied for protection to one of the de-
tachments proceeding up the river from Rangoon
to Prome. The officer applied to (Captain Becher)
had under his command his company (No. 7) cf
the 40th Bengal Native Infantry, which he imme-
diately landed on his own responsibility, and
marched towards the spot where the, Burmese
were encamped. The moment, however, that the
enemy caught sight of the red-coats they fled,
with the men of the 40th after them. The
ground was, however, most difficult, the Burmese
taking a course through high fields of dhan, and
at last reaching the jungles, into which Captain
Becher very wisely forbore to follow them. He,
however, bivouacked his men in the vicinity of
the town, and had the satisfaction of learning the
next morning that the Burmese had decamped.
Much uncertainty and difference of opinion pre-
vails regarding the future prospects of the campaign
and the extent to which annexation will be carried.
Annexation to some extent seems admitted to be
inevitable, and, if territory be annexed at all, it
should clearly include the shortest line between the
Aeng Pass and the Irrawaddy. Captain Phayre,
the Commissioner of Arracan, has been specially
summoned to Calcutta by the Governor-General,
and of course the quidnuncs are already speculating
as to the exact date upon which he will appear in
the Gazette as Commissioner of Pegu. Lieutenant
Ardagh, Assistant to the Commissioner of Moul-
mein, has already arrived in Rangoon to assume
civil charge of the city, and everything appears to
indicate that the final measure is at hand. The
Englishman and Citizen mention a report that the
Governor-General is about to visit our frontier
provinces of Assam and Sylheet, to observe the
working of the non-regiation system, which is
said to have received a development in these dis-
tricts which would serve as a model for the ad-
ministration of the conquered and cognate pro-
vinces of the Burmese Empire. As regards the
future prospects of the campaign, the Friend of
India states, that " having wasted the rainy season
we have now lost all chance of striking a blow at
the capital for the next eight months—that is, till
next rains." This is not exactly the case.
It is certainly much to be regretted that the sea-
son should have been wasted during which an ad-
vance on Ava might have been made exclusively
by water and with the support of powerful steam-
ers ; but that is now clone, and the Governor-
General seems to have no intention of remaining
for eight months inactive, waiting till the river
should rise, as General Godwin waited' till it
should fall. Extensive preparations are being made
for a combined advance by land and water. I men-
tioned in my last that 250 elephants had been des-
patched from Calcutta to Prome, via the Aeng
Pass, furnished with cradles for carrying the guns
and stores of three batteries, and it is now reported
that a second detachment of elephants is being col-
lected at Moulmein for similar purposes. The flo-
tilla of nativeriver boats is being rapidly augmented
and three additional river steamers had been or-
dered from the Hooghly to the Irrawaddy. Those
that have suffered most from previous service have
been sent to Calcutta for repair, and are to take
back with them a number of flat-bottomed troop'
and store boats.
As soon as these preparations are complete an ad-
vance will take place with aland and a water column,
as in the last war. It is true that the flotilla will be
proportionately much stronger than it was on the
former occasion—it will, probably, include eight
or nine small steamers instead of one, but the
rate of progress will of course be ruled by that
of the land column. Nautical men are, how-
ever, of opinion that, with a more energetic com-
mander it would be still practicable to send by
water as large a force as is required for the coer-
cion of Ava. Four small river steamers are at pre-
sent taking about 1,200 men up the little river
leading to Pegu, and these same steamers, together
with the three in orders for the Hooghly, and the
Nemesis and the Phlegethon, might with equal
ease take double that number to Ava, without
reckoning their capabilities for towing one or two
troop boats a-piece.
It is not expected that the King of Ava will make
any bond fide overtures for peace until our forces
are at least as near to his capital as they were at
the conclusion of the last var. An Eastern prince
or chief, even though he should meditate no active
resistance, usually considers it a point of honour not
to give in until his enemy is close to his gates. A
chief in Rajpootana or Oude will often refuse to
pay his tribute, and will hold out till a regular
force has its guns in position against his strong-
hold •, he will then " come in" and apologise for the
trouble he has given by sayingthat he never dreamt
;
"the Sircar,
of opposingbut that he would have
been irretrievably disgraced in the eyes of his equals
if he had given in a moment sooner than his pre-
decessors had done under similar circumstances.
Lord Falkland has returned to Bombay from the
Mahableshwur Hills after his usual eight months'
annual absence from the seat of Government. It
is understood that an early opportunity will be
taken in the new Parliament of bringing the Ba-
roda scandals again under discussion.
Letters from Baroda state that the Guicowar
having failed to crush Colonel Outram has had re-
course to " enchantments," which he hopes will re-
sult in the death of the gallant officer. He has
already advanced 10,000 rupees to some Brahmins
from the north-west, and has promised them 20,000
rupees more if they succeed in effecting the desired
object. The Brahmins, it is said, perform their in-
cantations dressed in robes dipped in buffalo's
blood, and will, probably, protract so profitable an
amusement as long as possible. Our new Com-
mander-in-Chief has arrived at Bombay, also Ge-
neral Somerset, from-the Cape.
The article on the conduce of the Burmese war,
which appeared in the Times of the sth of October,
completely embodies the opinions universally enter-
tained on the subject in India.
The Friend of India says regarding it :—" If the
article had been written at the seat of war instead
of in England, the writer could not more truthfully
have described the contemptible spectacle which
the expedition presents, and the great and glaring
errors which have been committed. He appears to
possess a kind of clairvoyant faculty of discerning
the real state of affairs at a distance of many thou-
sand miles, and he exhibits an intuitive insight into
the motives and the causes which have led to our
disappointment. There can be no doubt that the
article will exercise a very powerful influence on
public opinion at home, and it ought therefore to
exert a corresponding influence on public councils
in India."
The Calcutta Englishman says :—" Opinions
here agree with those of the Times as to the need-
less delays and waste of time and money which
have already taken place, and which are not likely
to terminate even flow, unless a change occurs in
the command of the forces. Reports to that effect
have been in circulation, but voluntary relinquish-
ment of so good an appointment is not to be ex-
pected, and there may be difficulties in the way of
a compulsory supersession."
The reports alluded to by the Englishman that
General Godwin has been written to in such terms

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street wider, straighter, and better than the street which
they contemplated, and on the upper instead of the
lower level, they might permit them to take the property
that was voted by Parliament o carry out the lesser
improvement, and apply it in aid of the more extensive
improvements contemplated by that company. (Hear,
hear.) If they left the street commissioners to proceed
by themselves, they would only effect imperfect im-
provements at a great expense ; but if they and the
company combined together, the benefits resulting would
be more than sufficient to countervail the expense.
(Hear.) To get rid of the present difficulty the directors
might enter into an arrangement with some large con-
tractor to execute the work on the condition that he
should be paid one-half in money and one-half in shares.
It was true that by a contract entered into in that way
they would not have the same advantages they would pos-
sess if different contractors were to compete for the work,
and the question they had to consider was the balance of
advantages in each case. If those who had taken 500
shares would take 1,000, and if the directors, who
said they would dispose of 100,000 shares, agreed to dis-
pose of 200,000, they would be able to dispense with the
assistance of a contractor ; but the time was very short ;
they were within two days of the 31st, and the deed
should be deposited on that day. (Hear, hear.) He
had given an explanation of the project to Baron Roths-
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PORTSIWOUTTI, DEC. 29.
Termagant, 24, serew-frigate, Captain Gifford, is lying
at the Jetty, and very busy, landing guns, shot, and
stores. rit
The Russian 50-gun frigate Pallas hauled off to her
hulk this morning. Ls N
Simoom, 18, iron screw steam-troop-ship, Captain
Kingcome, is in the steam-basin, landing machinery for
the screw line-of-battle ship Duke of Wellington.
London, 92, Captain Mnnday, is in the angle dock.
She has had her bottom cleaned, aryl presents
to the eye one of the finest specimens of naval
architecture ; such a combination of power and sym-
metry rarely falls to our lot to witness. She is sister
ship to the Rodney and Nile, and built from the
design of Sir Robert Seppings. She is truly a " model
shin."

Foul weather set in again this morning, and it has
been blowing hard from the southward the whole day.
The ships of war at Spitbead have struck topgailantmasts
and made all snug for the night. Wind, south, and
looking very wild.
The foremast of the wrecked Flower of Ugie, Captain
Mather, still remains above water to the eastward of
Southsea Castle. Such weather as we have had to-day
must soon break her up, for she is rolling about fear-
fully, with a trementhius sea on. _

There are nearly a hundred merchant vessels at the
Mother-bank, weather-bound.
Lloyd's agents at this port need not care twopence
about the "gold diggings" of Australia.

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PLYMOUTH, DEC. 28.
Dido, 18, Captain W. H. A. Morshead, was towed
out of harbour to-day by the Confiance, steam-tug. She
is expected to sail again for the Pacific about the sth or
6th of next month.
Hogue, 58, screw steam-guard-ship, Captain Ramsay,
has been removed to moorings above Torpoint this day.
About 30 convicts have been brought in from Dart-
moor, and embarked on board the Edward, convict-ship,
this afternoon. She now awaits her sailing orders.
Valorous, steam-frigate, will be taken into No. 5 Dock
to-morrow morning, to lighten and clean her bottom ;
and the Nile, 92, will be floated the same tide into No. 4
Dock, and placed close to the head of the dock, in order
to lengthen her stern.
The William Metcalf, timber-ship, has been got off
with assistance from the dockyard, without injury.
Several barques have been driven on shore and some
sunk above New Passage, but no lives lost. The Earl
of Mount Edgecombe is amongst the sufferers ; one of
his largest boats, propelled by wheels, broke adrift from
hdr moorings, and became' a total wreck.

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though it would be improper to ask the noble lord to
leave higher pursuits to attend there, he had his autho-
rity to say that, believing the undertaking would be
beneficial to his constituents, he wished it success. He
was asked, if the great railway companies did not concur
with them, whence was the profit to be derived ? Look-
ing to this railroad, in the absence of the concurrence of
the great railway campanies, except the Great Northern,
he would consider what would be the extent of the re-

turns from it. They should recollect that the arrange-
ment with the Great Northern was, that they were to
have the exclusive use, for short passengers, of their line
as far as Potter's-bar, for the running of their trains,
and, in exchange for that, they were to give them the
exclusive use of one set of rails, and a station in Far-
ringdon-street, for their long passengers—he meant those
who came from the distant provinces. His convic-
tion was, that if they made a great iron highway into
the centre of the metropolis, with cheap, frequent,
and punctual trains—trains that would go every
quarter of an hour both ways, or sixty trains
each day, at a penny per mile for first class, and
a halfpenny per mile for second class, to begin
with, and when the shareholders should have paid up
ten per cent.,, at one halfpenny per mile for first class,
and a farthing per passenger per mile for the second class,
they would attract an extraordinary amount of passen-
gers. (Hear, hear, hear.) His object was to have a
railway that would bring persons into the metropolis in
the morning and take them out in the evening. A mi-
gratory population of that kind travelled more than any
other class of the community. Assuming that 10,000
persons should be the number who travelled by their line
each day—and he was satisfied that out of 200,000 per-
sons who now came in and went out of the city each day
a greater number would travel by their line than the
number he had stated—but assuming the number to be
10,000, that would yield a clear revenue of 600,0001.
And supposing that he even struck off one-half, it would
still leave to them 5 or 6 per cent. on the capital em-
ployed, and he was satisfied that in the course of some
years the revenue would be so enormous that it would be
sufficient to make great improvements in the metropolis.
He was satisfied that in three years they would have
30,000 persons coming in and going out of London each
day, but if they had only 10,000 passengers they would
yield a remuneration of 10 per cent. for the capital ex-
pended on the accomplishment of the work. If they
could not carry out the project at present, they would
return every gentleman his money on the 7th of
January ; and then the'y would have to consider what
course they would take with regard to it next year.
If gentlemen should wish to proceed next year, it was
desirable that they should leave half-a-crown each in the
treasurer's hands for the disbursement of expenses. If
the directors could not at present effect the object, they
would call the shareholders together early in January ;
they would place before them a plan for future proceed-
ings, and each gentleman would be at liberty to take
the whole of the money, or leave the half-crown, just as
he desired. (Hear, hear.)
Baron ROTHSCHILD, M. P., had derived not only plea-
sure, but instruction, from listenining to the statement
of Mr. Pearson. It was only by hearing his explana-
tion that a person could really understand the magnitude
of his project, and the great benefit that might be de-
rived from it. Ile had acted as trustee, thinking it to
be his duty, as one of their representatives, to see that
so important a project should be carried out, but he had
not taken any part in it financially, because it was a rule
with their house to carry through whatever they under-
took, and this being a project of great magnitude con-
nected with the city of London, it was not one to be
taken up by any person at the liestriof a large establish-
ment like himself. He was, however, aware of the
great good it would do, and if he could assist this great
undertaking he should be most happy and only think
it his duty to do so. Whatever decision the company
might come to, he, as their trustee, would be bound to
attend to it, and he hoped that they would in some way
be guided by the very honest and enlightened views of
the gentleman who had just addressed them. He was
quite sure that every word he said in regard to the pro-
fitable returns of the undertaking, and to the good that
was to be derived from it, he sincerely believed, and
and thought he had no other motive in bringing it for-
ward but that of doing good.
Sir J. DUKE was sorry the subscriptions were not so
large as had been expected, but the love of gold and
other 13 3hemes no doubt, as was stated, occupied public
attention. He trusted, however, that the public would
come forward and enable them to do what Mr. Pearson
anticipated.
Ors the motion of Mr. GODDABT, seconded by Mr.
WILLIAms, the following resolution was passed unani-
mously :—" That this meeting repose full confidence in
the board of directors of the City Terminus Company,
and, having heard the report, are of opinion that the
propriety of their adopting the measures suggested
therein may-be properly left to their decision ; and, m
the event of their not being able to effect arrangements
to their satisfaction in time to make the requisite depo-
sits, this meeting are of opinion that a meeting should
be called by the directors on an early day in the month
of January, to bring before them a detailed proposal for
their future proceedings."
A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Pearson, and the
meeting separated.

SHEERNESS, DEC. 29.

Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Aga-
memnon, of 91 guns, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, was
warped out of the fitting basin yesterday at noon, and
moored at her harbour moorings for completing her
armament and stores. On leaving the basin her draught
was—forward 20 feet, and aft 21 feet 2 inches. This
magnificent ship had only 10 inches spare room on each
side in passing through the basin entrance. Active pre-
parations are being made to enable her to receive her
complete armament and stores. Previous to leaving the
basin her steam was got up and engines tried for some
time. One of the large mooring bollards by which she
was secured in the basin was, during the gale, started
from the immense iron framing in which it was fixed,
and partially upset.
Her Majesty's vessel Rattlesnake was commissioned
yesterday by Commander Henry Trollope. The Pay-
master, Mr. S. S. Spark, also took up his commission
yesterday.
Her Majesty's screw steam guard-ship, Horatio, of 24
guns, Captain the Hon. S. Carnegie, was yesterday
transported from her berth taken up after parting from
her moorings formerly occupied by her Majesty's ship
Wellington, where she will remain until the defective
moorings have been repaired, when she will again take
her harbour moorings.

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It is now certain that Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker,
C. 8., and Captain Alexander Milne, Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty under the Earl of Derby's Administra-
tion, have been appointed to fill the same offices in the
Earl of Aberdeen's Administration. The reappointment
of these experienced naval officers to be Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty has given great satisfaction to
the service, as they will be better able to judge the
merits of the cases which have already been before the
Board than could have been expected by an entirely new
Board, or even the members of a previous Board, when
several months have elapsed since they held office. The
re-appointment of Captain Alexander Milne under the
former Administration was considered highly advanta-
geous, and the re-appointment of Vice-Admiral Hyde
Parker and the Junior Naval Lord on the present oc-
casion is considered of still greater advantage.
The Imperieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, Captain
Rundle Burges Watson, C. 8., will be ready to go out
of dock on Saturday, January 1, 1853, and will be
taken out on that day, or on Monday next, accord-
ing as the tide rises sufficiently for the purpose.
The following lieutenants, appointed to the Impe-
rieuse, have taken up their commissions and
joined at Woolwich :—First-Lieutenant M‘Leod Baynes
Cockcraft (1844), recently First-Lieutenant of the Spite-
ful steam sloop on the Mediterranean station ; Lieut.
Wm. Phipps (1840), recently serving in the Indefatig-
able, 50, on particular service ; Lieut. Henry J. Blom-
field (1847) ; Lieut. Thomas M. S. Pasley (1850), from
the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth ; and Lieut. Vis-
count Gilford (1852), recently promoted from Mate of
the Royal Victoria and Albert steam-yacht ; Boatswain
Philip Blackwell is appointed to this vessel, vice Lang-
ley, superseded, being a boatswain of the first class.
The Firebrand, steam-frigate, Captain Hyde Parker,
has been very successful in nearly completing her crew,
being only a few' able seamen short, and has had
ample choice for all other classes. The crew- is at
present accommodated on board the Hecate, steam-
sloop, in the inner basin, and there being so much work
to do on board the Firebrand, it is expected the officers
and crew will be turned over to the Terrible, as
she will be ready several weeks before the Firebrand,
and it is desirable that that powerful steamer should
join the Channel squadron as early as possible. Captain
Hyde Parker would have no difficulty in completing his
crew up to the number required for the Terrible long
previous to her being ready for service.
The Resistance troop-ship, Master Commander Brad-
shaw, has nearly completed a thoroughxefit at this dock-
yard, and will soon be ready for the conveyance of troops.
Boatswain Turner has been appointed to her, and joined

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the vessel.
Sergeant Avery, of the Chatham division of Royal
Marines, has been appointed Schoolmaster Sergeant to
the Woolwich division, vice Schoolmaster Sergeant J.
A. Bute, retired from the service.
CONVICTS FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—The Pyrenees
convict-ship, Surgeon Superintendent Bowyer, embarked
55 male convicts from the Warrior convict-ship at Wool-
wich dockyard, and 35 male convicts from the Defence
convict-ship at the Royal Arsenal, for conveyance to
Western Australia, and went down the river the same
day on her voyage.

MURDEROUS ATTEMPT AT BRISTOL.—On Tuesday last
the police of St. Philip's were informed that a man
named Jefferies, a labourer who lived in the Dings,
contemplated murdering several members of his family,
and probably his own destruction. Alarmed at the in-
telligence, au officer was despatched to Jefferies's resi-
dence, to inquire into the circumstances of the case.
Upon his arrival at the house, the wife informed him
that her husband was in a moody and obstinate state of
mind, .and was resolved upon destroying his four youngest
children and himself, and she begged the officer to inter-
fere to prevent his carrying out his terrible purpose. The
constable as hastily as possible proceeded to the room
where the husband was, and found him making the neces-
sary preparations for effecting the wholesale murders
he meditated. He had upon him four strong cords,
each of which he had fixed with that peculiar knot
which is used by the common hangman, and which is
called the " Tyburn knot," and in his hand was as open
knife. Upon the officer addressing him, he made no
secret of the crime he contemplated, and said he was
determined to hang them up like kittens, and that if he
could not do for them that way, he would with the
knife. He also said it was no use interfering, for if he
could not do it in twenty-four hours he would in forty-
eight hours. The constable then thought it right to
secure him, but he made a desperate resistance, and beat
and kicked him about the head and body. A second
policeman and other assistance having fortunately come
up, he was with some difficulty secured, and taken before
the magistrates, who directed him to be detained that
the state of his mind might be ascertained.
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this In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given
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THE MEDITERRANEAN.
MALTA, DEC. 24.
We have no news of the fleet since our last issue.
There is a report indeed that the Albion, which vessel
lost her topmast and sails during the gale by which the
fleet was surprised, may come up to replace them. Cer-
tain it is that the dockyard employes are engaged in pro-
viding new ones, and equally certain it is, if very current
report is to be depended upon, that owing to a want of
spars of sufficient size two that have already been con-
demned are being made ready for the occasion : a pretty
substitute truly, and one showing how the Government
money is expended.
Nor is this the only matter to be complained of.
There is not enough copper in the store to be available
in case of necessity, the greater portion having been em-
ployed in new-coppering the Shearwater, which vessel,
as is very well known, is not worth one-half the amount
expended upon her.
The arrivals of the various packets due form the only
items of naval intelligence, viz., Medina, from Corfu,
and Triton, from Alexandria, with their several mails.

THE Nsw ELECTRIC WIRES.—For the last few days, a
number of men connected with the Electric Telegraph
Company's works have been laying down the new elec-
tric wires through Westminster, the Strand, and the‘
curb-way in Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul s
Churchyard, and Cheapside, to the General Post-office,
St. Martin's-le-Grand. The new wires are 25 in num-
ber, 'forming the appearance of an open cable, and are
not only galvanised over, but coated in gutta percha,
and covered over with saturated tar tape, which pre-
vents the slightest atmospheric or damp attraction. These
wires pass through the iron pipes or tubes which mere
laid down a few months ago, so that they are completely
protected from any injury. This new system is now
being generally adopted by the company, and the wires
are now being established from nearly one end of the
country to the other by the facilities afforded by the rail-
way lines. Shortly, the submarine telegraph from
Lymington to her Majesty's residence at Osborne, Isle
of Wight, will be completed, so that dispatches can be
sent off by Ministers to the Queen at all times, night or
day.
A FAMILY OF COINERS.—A few days ago information
was communicated to the authorities at the Mint that
there was a manufactory of counterfeit coin in an ex-
tensive way of business at No. 32, Clerkenwell-green.
Information was forwarded to Inspector Brennan, an
active and intelligent officer of the G division, frequently
engaged in the apprehension of coiners, and he was
directed to take the persons into custody. He made
the. necessary arrangements. and upon instituting in-
quiries,
ascertained that a man named Joseph Munns,
with his wife, son, and (laughter, occupied a room on
the third floor, where they were carrying on, in a whole-
sale way, the manufacture of base coin. He obtained
the assistance of Sergeant Maskell, and Evans and
Nevelle, constables of the G division, who succeeded in
capturing the whole of the family, with the materials
and apparatus they were using. The officers proceeded
to the room the day before Christmas-day. They found
the door fastened. This was soon demolished, and an
entrance obtained. Upon getting into the room Munns,
who had a mould in his hand, immediately tried to
destroy it. The mother and her children also began to
destroy other moulds, but they were promptly seized.
A struggle ensued, in the course of which the officers
had their clothes torn. There was a large fire 'in the
room, on which was a crucible, with the materials for
the manufacture of base coin. There was also a galvanic
battery ready for immediate operation, with some moulds
for
,the manufacture of counterfeit shillings and six-
pences, of which there is no doubt a large quantity have
been issued from this manufactory. The family are now
safely lodged in the House of Detention.

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,ion that several changes have lately been adopted by
various States of the Union with regard to their finan-
cial regulations. In Maryland the new constitution
provides that the legal rate of interest shall not exceed
6 per cent. In Louisiana it has been prohibited to con-
tract State debts except for specific objects, authorised
by legislative acts, and it is provided that in no case shall
the entire debt of the State be increased beyond
8,000,000 000 dollars, or 1, 600,000/. sterling. When-
d
ever a loan is raised of the amount of 100,000
dollars, the act by which it is authorized must
also provide the means for the payment of interest
and principal. With regard to the banking insti-
tutions of this State, it is provided that in case of sus
pension the holders of notes are to receive payment be-
fore any other creditors. In Illinois and Indiana new
banking laws have been introduced of a very dangerous
character. Instead of being compelled to pay their
notes in specie on demand, the banks may, if they see
fit, avail themselves of 30 days' delay, the basis of their
circulation may consist of other securities besides State
stocks, and there are no guarantees as to the character
of the proprietory. In the four repudiating States of
Mississippi, Michigan, Florida, and Arkansas, no new
financial measures appear to have been introduced, nor
has any movement been made by them towards a recog-
nition of their obligations. At the same time their
general prosperity is beyond all precedent.
NEW ZEALAND.—The Cresswell, Captain Williams, has
brought advices from Auckland, to the 14th of September,
and has performed the quickest voyage out and home
yet accomplished. The attractions of the Victoria gold-
fields were beginning to be felt in an extended degree,
many of the small storekeepers and tradesmen being
about to sail to them. There was, however, no move-
ment of importance among the farming population,
whose profits, if they have the wisdom to remain, are
likely to be much greater by supplying the miners with
food than by working with them. The new bill for a
constitution for New Zealand was the chief subject of
discussion in the papers ' • and the clause securing the
payment of the New Zealand Company's debt out of the
land fund of the northern province had met with unani-
mous condemnation. A journal, called the Taranaki
Herald, had been started at New Plymouth.