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ROYAL AUSTRALIAN BANKING AND
GOLD IMPORTING COMPANY. • '
To be incorporated by Royal Charter, with limited liability.
Capital 250,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 5/. each. Deposit H. per
Share.
GOVERNOR—JOHN MACGREGOR, Esq., M.P.
DIRECTORS.
Thomas Aggs, Esq., 1, Ilishopsgate-street, Within.
William Bevan, Esq., Hyde House,
Leominster.
George Cook, Esq., Wynyaw House, Fulham. •
John Gardiner, Esq., 23, Norfolk-road, Regent's Park.
Joh t MacGregor, Esq., M. 0., 1, Princes-terrace, Hyde Park.
J. D. Hoare, Esq , Montague-street, Portman-square.
George N. Paine, Esq., We.stbourne-grove, Bayswater.
Joha Charles Stella, Esq , Acacia-road, St. John's Wood. •
BANKERS—Messrs. Masterman and Co.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Mullins and Paddison.
BROKERS—Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood.
SECRETARY—Percy Drummond, Esq.
Offices-9, Moorgate-street, London.
The greatly' increasing pDpulation, the commerce, the pastoral,
and agricultural riches of the colonies of New South Wales and Vic-
toria, the great success of the banks already established in Sydney,
Nelbourne, and Geelong, together with the extraordinary yield of
the gold mines of these colonies, justly warrant the establishment o
a New Australian Bank, with branches in such towns as may appear
expedient.
It has therefore been proposed to form a new banking association,
to he entitled the Royal Australian Banking and Gold Importing
Company, to be incorporated under a Royal Charter.
Tile capital to be 250,0001., in 50,0'20 shares of M. each,
on which a deposit of ;1. each shall be paid, and no further call to be
made until the Royal Charter shall have been obtained, and not
then, except by a resolution agreed to by a majority at a general
meeting of Shareholders, to be called together for that intreose, by
three regular advertisements in the " Times," and three other Lon-
don daily newspapers.
The proposed Company intend to establish an office in London
for the purpose of regulating and directing the general affairs of
the Company, and to open a Bank at Sydney, with branches at
Melbourne, and, if expedient, at Geelong, and other populous towns.
The bank and the branches to carry on the ordinary' business of
banking by disirenting hills, issuing notes under the provisionsgranted
by Charter, advancing money on undoubted security, and also
on consignment of gold ore and refined gold to the Company in
London; and purchasing gold in the colonies of New South Wales
and Victoria, together with the transaction of such other business
as may be safely and legitimately conducted by a Bank. To avoid
losses by fraud or neglect of duty, the managers, and all persons ap-
pointed by the Bank, will have to give competent security
for their fidelity and good conduct in those colonies.
A great part of the above capital being already subscribed, the
Royal Charter NU been applied for, and is attider—consideration Of
the Board of Trade, and the Deed of Settlement will be completed
when the remaining shares .are subscribed, and the deposit Of 11.
per share paid to the bankers. in England
Applications for shares and prospectuses can now be received
only from the country, . which must be made on or before
Monday, the 19th inst., at the offices of the Company, 9, Moorgat6-
street, or of Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, Warnford-court, Throg-
morton-street; Messrs. Johnstone, Bradley, and Walker, brokers,
Manchester ; Messrs. S. R. and T. R. Healey, brokers, Liverpool ;
Mr. M. B. Beverley, broker, Leeds ; Mr. P.
.Nightingale, broker,
Wakefield ; Mr. W. Mudie, jun., broker, Glasgow ;
Mr. A. W. La-
bertouehe, broker, 43, Fleet-street, Dublin; Mr. Thomas Kell, broker.
Birmingham ; Mr. I. K. Thomas, broker, Bristol ; Messrs. Hug,hson
and Dobson, brokers, Edinburgh ; and Messrs. T. W. Fliat and Co.,
brokers, Hull ; and George Lancashire, Huddersfield.

AMERICAN and BRITISH TIMBER and
COTTON LAND COMPANY.
Capital 400,0001., distributed as follows, vie.:-
70,000 Preferential Shares of 2/. each, 140,0001., bearing a preferen-
tial interest of 8 per cent.
13,000 Ordinary Shares of 201. each, 260,0001., already issued in the
United States.
This Company has been established for the purpose of purchasing
a large tract of valuable forest land in the State of Georgia, consist-
ing of 1,012,000 acres, and covered with a luxuriantgrawth of yellow
or pitch pine timber of very superior quality and size.
The tract comprises upwards of 16,000 square miles ; it is inter-
sected by rivers navigable for vessels of a large class, and is in close
proximity to the ports of Darien, Jefferson, Burnt Fort, and Bruns-
wick, on the Atlantic Ocean, affording ready means of shipment, as
well as every considerable local market.
The timber has an established character in the markets of the
United States, and commands a higher price than the produce of
the northern forests. It is extensively used for ship-building, rail-
ways, and other purposes, and is of great durability and excellence.
Its value is being continually enhanced by the rapid exhaustion of
the pine forests of the northern states.
A r 'iln-ay is in course of construction thrdugh the property.
The soil is of great fertility, is unusually free from swamps,
and therefore more than commonly salubrious. The land when
cleared is susceptible of cultivation for cotton, Indian corn, and
other products.
The timber on the estate is of very great value. It is pro-
posed, by the erection of saw-mills, to convert it for the Ame-
rican and British markets; and returns, based upon very mode-
rate calculations, show very great profits to the proprietors ; and
the land when cleared will also realise a very large return upon
the capital.
The title is derived from the Government of Georgia, and is
vested in the names of three highly-respectable gentlemen as
trustees for the. shareholders.
Of the proposed capital of the Company 260,0001. is taken by the
vendors in shares postponed in respect of dividend to the preferen-
tial sh,,res now proposed to he issued, and of which 30,000 shares
are already engaged. In effect, therefore, the holders of the shares
now to be issued, and amounting to the small sum of 140,0001., will
exclusively receive all the profits of this vast property until they
have cleared 8 per cent., with the prospect of further dividends
afterwards.
The Company will be managed in the United States by a highly
respectable Board of Direction, and in England by a Board of
Agency, by whom the stock created in America will be delivered,
and thus no liability can accrue beyond the amount subscribed.
Prospectuses and plans of the district may be had at the Com-
pany's temporary offices, No. 4, Princes-street, Bank ; and at the
brokers' ot the Company, Messrs. 11, &lad W. Kitchens and Harrison,
stock and sharebrokers, 18, Threadneedle-street, where applications
for Shares may_ be n!ade.
RICHARD RUEGG, Secretary pro tern.
4, Princes-street, Bank, London.

SALT and Co's. EAST INDIA PALE ALES.
As a general rule, SALT and Co. have been content to let
their Ales speak for themselves ; but the agitation which has been
going on for the last few weeks in the shape of what may be called
the STI:YCIININE CONTROVERSY, has placed them in a position
which seems now to call for a few remarks.

It was perhaps not to be wondered at that the public should be a
little started on the first intimation that they were drinking poison
every day without knowing It; but that a report so vague, so ground-
less, and so manifestly absurd, as that on which the charge of using
STRYCHNINE in the manufacture of PALE ALES was founded,
shouldhave more than a merely temporary effect, appeared to them per-
fectthei
their opinion,
icnrieodn, ib lael .1 At
that
aatn
syhrate, e aa simplesion r e,idueinr
ei denial
Such denial ofe imputationtheywgaasv was,
together with the other Brewers of Burton, by publishing a declara-
tion to the effect, that nothing besides MALT, HOPS, and WATER,
had ever been used in the composition of their Ales; and they have
all along considered it beneath the proper dignity of a respectable
house to do more than this. They have been compelled, however,
in self-defence, to go somewhat beyond their own conviction on
this point, by the extraordinary manner in which some others in the
trade have so pressed their own particular Ales upon the notice of
the public, as to convey the idea that no others are genuine. It is,
therefore, alike due to themselves and their friends, to make the fact
known, that whenever a fair opportunity has offered of submitting
their Ales to the test of analysis, they have sought to
avail themselves of it; though in one instance alone
has this privilege been afforded them, namely, in the
case of Mr. PEPPER, Professor of Chemistry at the
Royal Polytechnic Institution, whose Certificate they subjoin ;
indeed, such has been the spirit in which some of these analyses
have been conducted, as to make it evident that the object was
rather to serve private interests than to satisfy- the public mind.
Still, even this might have been done without making invidious
comparisons, calculated to damage the fair name of others.
SALT and Co. now take leave of the subject in the full persuasion
that they will eventually lose nothing in the estimation of the public
by the comparative silence they have maintained during this long
the ca l h
igher profession
ground as
and, as it appears to them, frivolous controversy. Were it needful,
offrcoomnscPi
they could produce ample testimonyto the purity of their ales, as well
conscious
te
rectitude, individuals;an d
abut
charac-
terthey of fifty years' standing,
frompre fe
prefer
t thael
ime d i
ng
Their Ales may be had, as usual, either direct from the Brewery,
Burton-on-Trent, or from any of their agents, in casks of eighteen
gallons and upwards.
London Stores, 22, Hun f ger ord-wharf.
Liverpool Stores, 52, Benry-street.
Manchester Stores, 37, Brown-street.
Wolverhampton, D d u ley-road.
Dublin, 42, Fleet-street.

(
MR. PEPPER'SCopy.) CERTIFICATE.
This is to certify I have examined a great many samples of the
bitter beer brewed by the firm of Messrs. Salt and co., and I cannot
discover, by chemical analysis, strychnine in them, or any other
matter but that procurable from malt, hops, and water.
(Signed) J. IL PEPPER, F.C.S., .&.C.E.,
Professor of Chemistry, Royal Polytechnic Institution.
To Messrs. Thos. Salt and Co., Brewers, Burton-on-Trent.

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Agricultural Society at Lewes—Progress of the Election, and Tri-
umph of Ministers—Liverpool and llsley Races past, and Nottingham
to come, with Probable Winners, by " Touchstone."—All the Politi-
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of all Newsmen, or send six postage stamps to Frederic Ledger, Era
Office, Catherine-street, Strand.
" JOE MIJGGINS'S DOG" intends to try and Pick the Winners
for Goodwood Cup and Stakes, in the ERA of July 24th and 25th.

INDIA. AND CHINA.

We have received our letters and papers in anticipa-
tion of the-overland mail. U.'he dates of the advices by
this arrival are—Calcutta, June 2; Bombay, June 5;
and Madras, JtiDO' 10: -
The following is a autistaaey
of a correspondent at
Bombay:—
" Our latest accounts from Rangoon extend to the
terrible, 14theef May. The heat had been but the rains
the troops rem
were cemmencing. Cholera had almost disappeared, and
geaerally in good health. The Burmese
had made no further attempt to molest them. The river
had,ben reconnoitred in the direction of Prome by the
smaller steamers of the flotilla, and found to be toe
shaltow at this (-he driest) season of the year, to admit
of the r :usapi -of any but fist-bottomed boats. The
principal result of the recannoisaece was the discovery
of the whereabouts of the late Governor of Rangoon, and
the capture of his state yacht, together with her escort
of hams and a consalerable amount of other' property.
The fl oil la of the Goiernor of Della was also taken; it
contained some of the ladies of his family, and a con-
siderable amount of treasure.
•• On the 7th, four eteatners and about 500 troops,
tuideF Cohinel Apthorpe, were seen to beat up the ex-
Mtinsb.ee, a place seven miles inland from a point on the
Governor'd quarters. They came in sight
of him at
river abOur 40' miles abate Rangoon; he had about
h
et
question.
escaped
and
threen d tgi
hnoestl considerabledoehvetu heamret amountabjlsruomenl
gleanl
terrible,es
w wasenrodef
captured,ttbl lhaagUtgtll' B
bit were
ete:
ahehl4s eshotOi :I: etor,:vo
struck dead by the sun. .
" General Godwin, with,, a. strong detachment of
troops and some steamers, was about to leave Rangoon
for a few days for the purpose of reducing Bassein, a
toes which gives its name to the westernmost branch
°fat-69--irra•wa.Cid-Yepaltaea to „alma eanfektf -Rangoon,, the
Peguese had risen.on the Burmese levies and driven
them out of the country, and they were said to have ap-
plied. to us for aid to prevent their return. The most
contiadictory rumours were afloat regarding the Burmese
policy. By one account the King of Ava is dead, and
all is attarchrat his capital. By another, he is alive,
but has been kept by the Governor of Rangoon in
total ignorance of all that has occurred; and a third
report is to the effect that he has written a warlike
letter to General Godwin, and has dispatched his
brother-in-law from Ava with 20,000 troops to-drive the
English into the sea. ' All that regards the future is at
present the mi rest surmise, but in the best informed
quarters the chances are considered in favour of a set-
tlement being effected without the necessity of any fur-
ther military operations. Should these, however, be un-
avoidable, two European regiments, her Majesty's 86th
and the 2d Bombay Europeans, with a troop of Horse
Artillery, will probably be sent from Bombay, and three
or four Native Infantry regiments, either from that pre-
sidency or iron Calcutta, a sufficient number of the
Bengal regiments having recently volunteered for service
in Burmah.
" Sir Colin Campbell is carrying on a''Aittle campaign
in the valley of the Swat river (the principal northern
affieent of that of Caboul), -with about 4,000 troops and
ten guns. The force hashed Some severe hand-to-hand
fighting, in which both officers and men have behaved
with distinguished gallantry. On the 13th the hill fort
of Itrangbur, on the threshold of the valley, was
stormed. On the 17th the enemy came down in force
into the Raneezad valley to attack us. Oa the 13th Sir
C. Campbell moved forward end attacked them. They
stood their.gronnd well for some time, but at length
gave.way and fled, leaving 130 dead bodies on the field.
Sir C. Campbell intended to march into Swat on the
23d of May. His force was not expected to return to
camp for some time.
" The news from Cabul is important. Herat has for
some time been in dispute between the son of Yar Ma-
homed, hacked by the -Persians, and the Kandaharee
Sirdars, backed by Dost- Mahomed. 10,000 Persian
troops; were on their way to assist Yar Mahomed's
son, and Dot Mohamed had dispatched his own
son, Gholane Hyder, with a large body of troops,
to the assistance 'of the -Kandaharee faction. The
factions, however, joined battle without wait-
ing for the arrival of their' respective allies. The
Herattee army, under Yar Mahomed's son, numbered
12,000 or 13,000, the Kandaharee force rather less.
After eight hours' fighting, the latter were defeated,
with a loss of 2,000 men, and obliged to retreat to Kan-
dahar. Oa learning the result, both the Persian and
Affghan force halted for further orders. It may be
hoped, therefore, that a collision between them will be
avoided.
" No improvement has taken place in the state of the
Nizam's territory.
" The public were startled the other day by the in-
formation that the King of Gude was preparing for war
with the British Government. It since appears that this
demonstration (which actually occurred) is entirely to
be attributed to the King's insanity, and that his Ma-
jesty has now foriotton the hallucination.
" Calcutta, with the south and east of Bengal, was
visited on the 14th and 15th of May by a violent hurri-
cane, which has done immense damage to property. In.
Calcutta alone, according to the chief magistrate's re-
turns, 2,657 thatched cottages, 526 tiled ones, and 40
large and strong houses were destroyed by it Eight
.
of rain fell in a few hours at Dumdum. The
monumental pillar to the memory of the artillery who
fell at Cabul was thrown down.
" The appointment of Mr. J. Warden to act as a
of
t. e
member pt Coanuil at Bombay until the arrival p
new ,C6maiander-i4-Chief has. been disallowed by the
Court of. Directers. Mr Warden has resumed his ttP-
poilitment as judge of the Sudder Adawluf Mr• SPen:
encemore becomes chief magistrate; and Mr. Suart bar
returned to his farmer office in Candeish. The Govern°,
and the Commander of the Forces return to Poonah
from the hills, on the Bth inst. General Rich, com-
mending the Benares division, Bengal army, died
Nainee Tal .the 25th ult. Colonel Mignon, of .h
Ist BornbaY garoaetens, was drowned in creasing
nullah near Peonah during a thunderstorm on the 3d °.,
June., The monsoon set in at Bombay also on the 3a of
June, rod the trade of' the port may now be considere:
cloaed for the season. During the fortnight a metier
amount of busineas has been done. Tonnage continues
abandant, and freights reocleratelyi high. The money:
market is more ,easy than it has for some time been
known." .
•
' The following account of the, capture of Bassein is
taken from the Madras Atheneum of. June 10: ee
"The following epitome was kindly furnished to as MY
the 'Secretary to Government :
"'General Oodwin and Commodore Lambert, with 400 e.,
-.Men of her, Majesty's 51st Regiment, 300 men of tb±ov,t',
Madras Native Infantry, '6O Sappers. and Miners, the_ )eav;
Marines, some seamen, of her Majesty's ship Fox, and amAers
artillerymen, embarked at Rangoon on board the steamers
Tenasserim, Sesostris, and Moozuffer, on the 17th of
They proceeded to the Bassein river which they ascended,
after being joined by the Pluto on'the 19th. ,
mia an-
ae
• the afternoon of the same day the eau
chored abreast of Bassein without a single accident
river.
, There were large stockades on both sides of the.a
Was.
first 'The troops.were landed immediately. The Pa
after an
firat carried, and after that a strongenud fort
was,, haunt of
obstinate defence, gallantly stormed by the eet_
her Majesty's 51st, accompanied by. Lieutenant ata
d
Lieutenant Ford with the Sappers and Miners, and joined
by 9th
by Lieutenant Ansley, with a detachment 0 thefee
Madras Native Infantry, the ra
. whole ' comanded by major
Errington:
" On the opposite bank -of the' river a - stoekade
of the
was
carried by a party commanded by Captain Campbell,
Seeostris. • -
" The enemy in the mud fort suffered severely in the
contest. d wounded :-.
" Total !iamb& of navy and army killedein
3 'men killed; 7- officers and 24' teen wounded.
Names of officers who were wounded:—
. aeLieetenant George Rice, RN., severely,
autly..
4.leeetenant John Elliott, Royal Marines,s "g"
"' Major Terington, her Maysty'i 51st; slightly.
slightly
"'Captain Barrack, her Majesty's Slat, sag
Captain-Rice, her Majesty'S 51st, very s eY'rely.
- Lieutenant Carter, her Majesty's 51st, sever
se-
" ' Lieutenant Ansley, 9th Madras Native

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Observations.—" " Those who complain most loudly
he (Mr. Courtenay) 4
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geons has been mar:;:ed with all kinds of violence, an indifference
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given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad
rvaetdi oi 'an' , asse vmeatintyy , weeks.an
as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had
°Perated,
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period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitatliall and Waa fhlall
toms of
. aPaPmetebctaji
gravated 'character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the
treatment adopted by: Mr. Courtenay proved eminently saccessfai.„
—Professor Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture.
deo mßpluiteactaiosens:fviiisyrn. apnd xix,
•

theeviirClitety°oFf ATal‘vliAstDocDk
afternoon
a scene of alarm and
1, the people •
commotion, which arose from a chase set up or e in
the streets after a large shaggy dog of the cur species, which
.osqGu.—areOwnaiVs eclnesdaY
was , first, discovered foaming at the mouth and evidently
in a rabid state, making its way along Tavistock-place. It
was seen to snap at various children, who fled in fright; and
it could not be ascertained whether any one was bitten by
the animal. The mad dog was finally killed or stunned in
his tray. square by a heavy blow dealt by a butcher with Although the usual notices have been put forth, by
the different parishes, cautioning the owners of dogs to have
Ta vistock -
them muzzled at this season, yet one of the scarcest things
s
tp be eeen At proant ill 4 dog that kaa been muzzled, . ,

for g eduaeiriya 13:f:en:at
ha:
vtietirr,e.:lY'ilie, dispatches will be published
with their fami-
Crowdsof natives arc daily coming ill
.The .health of the troops is improving

rains
set.in.. , - - ent at Bassein,
mozuffer, and Te-
" ' General Godwin, after leaving a detaCho
the Pluto having
returned to Rangobn.' '
could be got
" The following, is from Rangoon, dated 24th of
ICa'')::rihe fleet consists of 'the Sesostris,
dings. Bassein,
nasserlini, left this at 2 r.x., on the 17114 an
Proceeded some 36 hours before to get so
which
nit
some,6o miles above Negraia, Vtas reached by the
whether news
fleet in the afternoon of the 19th. The Pluto had inter-
:at &force was
and on taking the crew on board nothing
out of them but that it did not matter I:044 cepted a boat which wag on its way doWn toagpiveerfee warningstate,
of the water. The
ere:incline::
utpheimGovernor of Bassein. or not,
or readiness up there 'to _blow- us ,oat to their steamers passed close under some WOrks right,
when suddenly some windings were cut, some tatties or
screens fell• down, and a masked battery discovered itself,
but, strange to say, did .not open fire. A little higher up
the troops were landed on the same side of the river, Captain
Latter, , advancing Nine nacos, goad, 'With a corporal of
the 51s1; began to parley with thEl Thirmese behind their
works; he began tiy • saying that .if tbeY would not fire
°a us we would not, fire on them; , the reply to this was,
that if our force advanced one, step further they would fire
on us; the reply to which from Captain Latter Was, that
in that >case we would -turn thenin out root and branch ;
hereupon ohr gallant interpreter had a brickbat or clod of
earth thrown at him, which struck him in the face and
knocked him over; at the same moment a heavy dis.
Fharge,Qf musketry, audjiegale• and round shot was Poured
into us; the corporal accompanying . Captain Latter was
kilted On the spot and fell over him, ,whom every one
su
POSed to have been killed. A large,od fort bothered P-
..our
trooos, 'which, however, was taken from the upper right
angle, a considerable detour having to be made to get to it
and here onr chief losi was sustained; the place was, how-
ever, soon gain No scaling ladders were required, our f
a.
lows getting round by the gateway and traversing the place
the Burmese went hetet skelter through the place till they
;
were.
wrought op to a large tank; and here many of ),
them
were bayoneted and shot. ‘ The Burmese bravely •
not le •
aNring their guns till we bad mounted their defences, and
many -
2 were cut down, Li ut
moat Ford, the officer conm's
log the
er Suppers, himielf shivering with his sword the
skull
a Burman- ` below,and in the act of thrusting
ar,,,, _, „ who was ,_ _ , a
vw`' at Illnle The whole affair' occupied MY Ealiautes, and a
a \ ,

LONDON, FRIDAY
7:11‘3, 2• F •
rt,„ s • •;.. ,
; JULY 16, 1852.
4 • •
.a .1.

gallant one it was ; 5,000 of the King of Ava's picked sol-
diers were there, and 2,000 men of Bassein. A fair-faced
dark-whiskered man was plainly seen on the works directing
the artillery, but whether he was a European or Armenian
could not be discerned. The number of Burmese bayoneted
shows how bravely the Burmese remained at their posts.
Their loss is calculated at 800. The gunnery from the ships
was terrific and most effectual ; considering our small
numbers, our loss is considerable too. The officers of the
51st were wounded. Major Errington, commanding the
whole Party, was struck in the thigh by a spent round shot.
Captain Rice and Lieutenant Carter were -wounded, the lat-
ter severely, having the bail still in his thigh. Two men of
the 51st were killed and about 25 wounded. Lieutenant
Ansley, of the 9th Native Infantry, was woundei in the hand,
the bail flying
of that regiment was killed and 1 1 wounded. Of the little
up into his Arm, where it remained ; one naick
body of 18 gallant Sappers uuder Lieutenant Ford, though
they were in the thick of it, not one was touched. A gallant
captain of the 51st had the greater part of one of his
whiskers carried away by the roots. Fifty-eight pieces of
cannon,
rangingrang from 3 to 24 pounders, tied upwards of 20
jingals en and an immense number of . war boats
were sunk and burnt. 'While the military were at work
on the right, the naval brigade Landed on the left, and took
a strong work there in which Lieutenant Rice, of the
Foxft , was wouandnded. The four companies of the 3th were
mainder of the 9th are to be sent from this to garrison Bas-
sein immediatey. This will leave us very weak indeed; as
le two companies of the 51st. The re-
it is, the 35th Native infantry have so few officers (only two
hasts hene t given
o
subalterns fit for duty), five or six being on the sick list,'the
rest away on sick certificate, that they have lent the services
of a subaltern officer of the 9th to relieve them in the nightly
pickets.
e ,re is very clear that if fresh places are to be taken,
reinforceMeata must.
several places, . am sorry to say, showing symptoms of
. . _ way; the heavy rain that has lately fallen, not find-
idvouw.un.the Tuphreigshtotcktiamdbeeriss
anin
giving
ing any wayoutwards
P, which, unless put right,
will soon bring them own ; drains will have to be cut
earthen band inside,
through the
An and so let the water off
and relieve the pressure.rlf that is expedition starts for Pegue
in a weekeeve
heal. be very taken, and troops have to be
left there, we shall be short of them here. With the
• • al force, the
origin
duty fell heavily on officers and men ;
;11 it be now. The Government '
much more so will
eet beters with a high hand, which
impossible to carry
nowgun, without at least double the
inclination
they must, having .
t From the last specimen at Bassein
force here at eresea elves determined to withstand
how themselves
the Burmese s
to the
on last, an-
it, ° A every inch of ground will be contested.
D
place will fall so easily into our hands
as Rangoon has Dependdone ; no loot of any value was taken at
Bassein. I hear of some thousand pounds, and the usual
number of gold
umbrellas, glass, caockery, clothing, &c. Thebarracks are sailing on, now that the sentry-boxes have
been finished.

" ' MAY 26,

" ' The Phlegethon returned yesterday from a trip up the
river, She went W miles above Donabew ; and no fortifi-
cations were found there, merely the town and the remains of
destroyed in the last war. The people flocked
th steamer, begging to know if the country
in
nhe hwunodrkresds t
by the British. About 300 of them came
with the steamer, and were fired on from the
go about plundering and murdering ;
disotwonbeinanhroeafsed
and that they would land and capture those
banks by dacoits, who
three women were shot. The chief of the party went to
Captain Niblett, and begged he would lend him a dozen
whom they tied to a tree and shot
muskets or so
Everything shows how favourable the
Indeed I hear that the General says
maurauders. 'Captain Niblett lent them the firearms, and
the fellows landed, shot four or five of the dacoits, and seized
the chief of the part)",
ation for 4,000 men in our steamers
people through a
rteh e
toh e aut.
if he had the authority to promise annexation he would levy
a militia of these fellows and go with them and a portion of
our force to Prone at once.
transports There
and 'ceno°lwnr,aed
could such a step be adopted.
" ' Sickness among the native troops is on the decrease.' ''

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'\l- BANKING AND
1,. Per We have received
INDIA- AND CHINA.
,sTsgaliviinslev:iliabrtisleelithor.srsoo,iewnfioiecusbrictraaalwolnvesaedussi was; 5,000 of the King of Ava's picked sol- 3/. 10s. for London, and 141/,r. to China. At present there
diers were there, and 2,000 men of Bassein. A fair-faced is a scarcity of tonnage.
4 liability.
07.1 r
letters
and dark-whiskered man was plainly seen on the works directing Exchange on England was done at 2s. 9-16, but has since
papers in enticipa- the artillery, but whether he was a European or Armenian risen to 2sys for first class credit, and for document bills
'—• f the overland mail. The dates of the advices by could not be discerned. The number of Burmese bayoneted 2s. ld., which are the rates of the day. On Calcutta, par,
' 'arc'---Calcutta, June 2; Bombay, Juno 5;
calculated
sttehdeetßsuorom. eseThreemguaninneedryaftrotmhetihrepsohaitpas, On China, 216 r. to 217 r. per 100 dolls. at 60 days' sight.
CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL.
(From Campbell's Overland Price Current, June 2.)
51st were mostconsiderable
too. considering
Tte i, f
Ft
ooeurre
osfmtahlel
Indigo—The hurricane which passed over Calcutta and the
wounded. Major Errington, commanding
• the
v' ''he party, was struck in the thigh by a spent round shot. eastern paata m Bet gal on the 14th and 15th nit. has done
- Captain Rice and Lieutenant Carter were -wounded, the lat-
its effects are not likely to affect the ultimate result, what-
much less damage to the plant than was anticipm,ed, and
of a correspe:dteoetthaet
.1, i
ever that result eventually may be. In fact, it was only in
-"1,-, having the bail still in his thigh. Two men of
particular localities, such as low and " emir" lands, that any
---1 and about 25 wounded. Lieutenant
t•ntry, was wounded in the hand,
- it. remained; one naick real damage occurred, and the injury done in those places
' Of the little and elsewhere is becoming rapidly effaced under the influ-
-bnugh ence of a hot sun sad genial weather. The October plant
n•trticulzily- in the district of Dacca, suffered most, but the
• -s of that plant were, fortunately, less thin usual,'
-,cessive dearness and bad quality of , he seed
' tempest was Confined to a section of
-ncompanied it extended to
end has greatly itn-
-ne caused
7,
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The Va .
be partially inst..-
LATEST PARTICULAR..
From personal inquiries ju,•
can
loyt"' psucceeded 1.,i
safe retreat before the fire had gained any considerable hew-.
The managers of the firm having called all hands together,
none were found to be missing.
stateed
on positivelythe
premises that
hadthe whole of of

[PRICE 5D

31. 10s. for London, and 141 Ar. to China. At present there
is a scarcity of tonnage.
Exchange on England was done at 2s. 9-16, but has since
risen to 2sTs for first class credit, and for document bills
2s. ld., which are the rates of the day. On Calcutta, par,
On China, 216 r. to 217 r. per 100 dolls. at 60 days' sight.

•
CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL.
(From Campbell's Overland Price Current, June 2.)
Indigo—The hurricane which passed over Calcutta and the
eastern parts of Bet gal on the 14th and 15th nit. has done
much less damage to the plant than was anticipated, and
its effects are not likely to affect the ultimate result, what-
ever
s
real d
thatdamage
a gresultcurr, eventuallyan d the injury done in those places
may be. In
"lenhufarc"t,laint
lands, that in
particular localities,uch as low and
and elsewhere is becoming rapidly effaced under the influ-
ence' of a hot sun and genial weather. The October plant
p•trticulzrly- in the diatrict of Dacca, suffered most, but the
sowings of that plant were, fortunately, less than usual,
owing to the excessive dearness and bad quality of • he seed
then obtainable. The tempest was confined to a section of
Bengal, but the rain which accompanied it extended to
Bhaugulpore, Tithsot, and other places, and has greatly im-
proved the plant in those districts. The hurricane caused
much destruction among trees, out-offices, and villages. In
violence it was only inferior to that of 1842. In the upper
provinces prospects at present promise well.
The Bombay express, with London news to the Bth of
April, came in on the afternoon of the 14th of May, and the
Oriental steamer, with London dates to the 24th of April,
arrived on the evening of the 29th ult. The commercial in-
telligence by these opportunities is, upon the whole, satis-
factory; the consumption of produce was upon the increase;
the stocks in the hands of retail dealers reduced; the accounts
from the continental markets favourable, while money conti-
nued plentiful and extremely easy.
With some exceptions, our export market has been compa-
ratively quiet during the past month. A good demand has
existed for sugar, which has been stimulated to greater acti-
vity by the London advices of the 24th of April.
Saltpetre continues to go forward freely, although prices
have given way about 4a. on the finer refractions.
Rice has been shipped moderately to Great Britain.
The safflower market is in full activity at unchanged

ppeerriatlttiisghtleespathsseing
NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.
MALTA, JULY 11.—The Ripon, with the homeward
India mail, arrived this morning.
News ,of the fleet has reached us from Gibraltar. It
the Scourge, having
was about to cruise again off Cape de Gatt, for which
puArpolesettethrefrAomdmeiroarlfuw,odualdieldeavtheeG6ibtrhalitnarst„on the 7th.
The Firebrand had been detached.
the arrival there of conveyed Lord
Stratford and family to Trieste, at which city they announces
dis-
embarked on the 29th ult., his Lordship going on the
following day to England and his family to Switzerland.
The Scourge was to proceed to Alexandria and Beyrout,
whence she would return to Corfu, and the Modesto
(Lord Compton) set sail for Constantinople.
The Arabian screw steamer, which was towed in a
short time ago by the Phcebe, having tried her engines
on Friday, it was found they were out of order, and she
could not make way. Being taken in hand again by the
dockyard people, they worked all night on her, and yes-
terday she left port at half-past two P.R. She had
hardly, however, reached seven miles on her homeward
trip before she made signals for assistance, and they be-
ing reported to Admiral Harvey he ordered the Medina
to get up her fires and assist. This she did, and at eight
o'clock towed her in. Her machinery, just repaired, is
gone. What with her salvage, her repairs, and other
sSapuidithsheaedh Majestytaos-
pensive.
tiemxepsenoysueatsc,hotnth, e Arabian's present voyage will be very ex-
visilPeortrioThsesirokruTaHje,sTtyetaißOSlAotir.n—ee.The Black Eagle, Admi-
raltydard flag flying, which was saluted by the Retribution
Master-Commander Luke
steam-frigate, Captain Drummond, with 21 guns. It ill
anchorage.
salute
boat has been repeatedly usedy by. m
morning i
they
Royal
from
The
ehoeenn
OrdersfiDstshe
hve
ive
noer
arecar
71
through
EGamranildy'whoand Prince George her given that the ships
to-day Maaayataßensaritue
egretaxs-lhiCetcaevusnoeßrmnspioiltro:o:aancensllcsodeiFdeens
karsdt, Chone.ol
witho
Fairy.kh,
board, t heR
been
passedgusosi
going
through
osotunagn ha-
casion of the yacht passing
generally go out fishing about air.
Spithead with the Imperial Russian standard flying, the
Retribution steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. J. Drum-
mond, Du-
chessma Theviithi
igeCtVtao' Catherine
ierbdrroii steam-packet,
navreeddohfaet r I thism
Russia
mond, fired a royal salute. The Vivid landed her il-
lustrious passengers at Cowes, whence they proceeded in
her Majesty's equipage for Osborne. Her Imperial
hus-
band, of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. On
Highness and Consort have taken a residence for three
months at the serene and beautiful retreat of Shanklin,
Isle of Wight.
The Tyne store-ship, Master Commander Wellington,
arrived at Spithead this forenoon from the Brazils, last
from Plymouth.
The Diligence naval transport arrived at Spithead
this morning from Devonport with stores.
The Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones,
has had her compasses adjusted to-day.
The Stirling Castle, 72, hulk for convict service. will
be unlocked to-morrow and placed alongside the dock-
yard, to further complete her fittings.
SHEERNESS, JULY 15 —Her Majesty's iron screw
steam-troop ship Megmra, Commander John Johnson,
will be under the hands of the dockyard for several
weeks. A party of men from the Woolwich factory are
employed in repairing her boilers. Daring her late pas-
sage from the Cape of Good Hope she steered badly;
some alterations in the form of her rudder are to be
made to remedy that defect.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-vessel Wildfire, Mr.
Brockman, second master, commanding, has resumed
her duties of tender to the Waterloo flag-ship, and con-
veyed to Chatham, yesterday morning, Captain G. R.
Mundy, of the London, and others of the port officers,
ordered to attend a survey ou invalids sit Melville Hes-
pital.
Her Majesty's ship Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton,
is reported to be completed by the shipwrights of the
dockyard on the 17th inst. Her sides have been scraped,
and the painters are at work on her. Captain Hamilton
has been indisposed for some days past, and was yes-
terday removed from his apartments at Smithson's
Hotel, Bank's-town, to Melville Hospital, for medic's'
treatment.
Mr. Alldridge, paymaster of the Vestal, arrived on
Tuesday, and having taken up his commission, proceeded
on 48 hours' leave of absence.
The middle dock of the fitting basin is ordered to be
widened at the west end, so as to admit of the largest
class steamers being taken in for the purpose of effecting
necessary repairs. The contract for the works has been
taken. The expense of the alteration will be very trifling.
The Lords of the Admiralty are expected here on
Saturday next on an official visit to the dockyard and
ships in port.
PLYMOUTH, THIIRSDA.Y.—Her Majesty the late Queen
of the French, the Duke and Duchess Montpensier, the
Duke de Nemours, and the Spanish Ambassador and
suite, will arrive here by the Great Western Railway
and South Devon Express this afternoon. The Spanish
frigate is ordered from Portsmouth to this port, to em-
bark the ex-Royal Family for Spain.
The Harbinger royal mail steam-ship, Captain Lane,
sails with the mails for the Cape of Good Hope, &c.
She has a full cargo and a number of passengers.
DEVONPORT, WEDNESDAY.—Captain Warden, Mr.
Hughes, and M. Dienes arrived here this morning.
They have called to their assistance Mr. Stewart, en-
gineer and millwright, in this yard, and Mr. Murdock,
chief engineer of the Sans Feral!, and are now making
a strict and careful survey of the engine, boiler, &c., of
that ship previous to her going to sea.
the Admiralty. She The result of
that survey will he transmitted to
will be taken out to sea to-morrow in order that they
may see the working of the engine.
Regatta comes off
this after-
noon;The Davenport Rowing
now hard at work. But as it has been
they are
it loses its
carried on for some years interest.

have
market
exceptiondullofgrayandandup-country
With
i3nn had
placed at reduced prices to a large extent, our im-
port a
downward
instant d
ll.a ste been
markets are discoura •
in gmg. The reported sales of gray shirt-
gs amount to 151,000 '
fall in value of 2 an pieces since the Bth ult., showing a
quality. White shirntg to
4 annas per piece, according to
Cambrics remain in invgs are lower in value and neglected.
6 pies to 1 anna oh the elifTw limited demand. A decline of
the better descriptions of in;dana and of 1 anna to 1% annas on
A large quantity (99,000 pieces, has been established.
of gray jaconets have change,d handsefiy 39 and 40 inch)
our last report, at a reduction of lan since the date of
. na to 1 j annas
piece. Low bleached jaconets are xn good inquiry,4 per
better qualities have partaken of the decline on but the
Lappets remain dull, and the business done in thjeltrYs.
been for immediate wants. Bookmuslins, owing to the
Bur-
mese war, are nearly unsaleable, with increasing stocks. In
mule twist, 40's have fallen 1 pie to 2 pies per morah ; 50's
and 60's 1 pie ; and 70's to 100's 2 pies to 3 pies; 20's and
30's maintain their previous value. The bulk of the busi-
ness, amounting to about 1,215 bales in mule twist, was done
in the first half of the month ; latterly very few transactions
have taken place in that staple. German dye yarn con-
tinues to be sold freely; but scarcely anything has been
done in the British dye. Copper has fallen about 4 annas
per md. in value. Iron remains firm. Spelter has given
way 4 annas to 5 annas per md. Lead is dull and without
report of sale. Tin plates are in good inquiry and look-
ing up.
There has been very little demand for bills of exchange,
and rates have consequently had an upward tendency. Our
quotations at goiug to press were 2-014 for credits, with
hardly any takers at that rate, and 2-0% to 2-1 for
documents.

The money market remains abundantly supplied, and loans
are available on easy terms. In Company's paper New
Fives are wanted at 5-4 premium. Transfer paper has fallen
to 7-0 to 7-4 premium. The Four per Cents. are difficult
of sale, and not easily moved at our quotations of 88-12 to
89-0 for the Siccas, and 90-8 to 91-0 for the Company's. The
Bank of Bengal is not likely to make any further reduction
in its rates of interest and discount. Shares of that bank are
worth 6,600, but very few are for sale.
Freight gradually fell to about 5-0 per ton since the date
of our last report, but within the last few days they have
recovered what they had lost.

CANTON MARKET REPORT.
HONG-KONG, MAT 24.—We cannot report an active mar
ket for imports during the month. Prices for yarns and shirt.
ings are lower.

.i.-;otton—Again we have to report a decline, and pros-
pects not favourable for improvement. Bombay quoted at
6.1 to 7.5 taels; Bengal, 6. 8. to 8.4 taels ; Madras, 7.4 to
8.8 taels. The sales, 23,000 bales; stock, 58,000 bales,
against 24,000 bales in 1851.

-Cotton Yarn—Large imports having taken places, prices
gave way. Nos. 16-24 at 26 dolls. to 27 dolls.; Nos. 88-32
at 32 dolls. to 34 dolls. ; Nos. 38-42 at 33 dolls. to 36} dolls.
Longcloths—The better descriptions of grays and the me-
dium qualities of whites are quoted lower. Grays, 1 doll. 90c.
to '2 dulls. 75c. ; whites, 1 doll. 70c. to 2 dolls. 95c.
Woollens—Spanish stripes—holders are firm ; quotations
the same as last month. For an assortment, 70c. to 1 doll.
10c.• long ells, 6 dolls. 80c. to 7 dolls. 10c. for assorted,
camlets (English), 18 dolls. to 21 dolls. ; Dutch, 21 dolls. to
26 dolls.

nail
Iron—Therods,2
dolls.na ar ksect. is
to
s2teda
dolls. l
s.
15Sca.labout
;es
bar,
square,s,soo pli cduol si
l;.
90c. to 2 dolls. 5c.; flat, 1 dol. 90c. to 2 dolls. 5c.; round,
taels, leaving a stock of
2 dolls. 30c. to 3 dolls. 80c.
Cochineal-90 dolls. to 115 dolls.
Turkey Opium—Holders are asking 470 dolls.
Tea—The market during the past month has been quiet.
The price of black tea is without. alteration, in green a de-
cline, has taken place on the liner descriptions; about 16
chops of Congou settled for 12 to 15
45 chops. Little business has been done in green tea.
lb.

Export from Canton from Ist of July, 1851, to
10th May, 1852 ••• ••• -- 34,500,000
t, Shanghai from lst of July, 1851,
to 10th of May, 1852 .••

-• 28,300,000

62,800,000

Export from Canton from Ist of July, 1850, to
19th of May, 1851 -- ••• 39,800,000
Shanghai from Ist of July, 1850,
to 19th of May, 1851

... 21,200,000

oc,ioaosos
Exchange on England-4s. 4d. to ga
. 414 d. for 6filr,sto.o
paper. American credits, 4s. sd• India—Company's
bills have ruled at 220 r. to 221 r.
no
Freight to London may be quoted 21. 108.—at present
ves.sel loading.
From Shanghai our advices are to the 10th inst. For im-
ports the market continued favourable; in exports little had
been
—T
done.
h
T e market has been inactive, and transactions very
limited.
about
Silk—The business in this article was small, as there was
gray and whites
little remaining. A few bales had been purchased at previous
rates. Export from China since the let of July,
12 d 011.26., la 2:4
19,000 against 20,000 last year.
Longcloths—A good demand existed for
to the beginning of the month, since when the sales were
7 dolls 20c. to 7 d
small. Grays, 2 dolls. 12c. to 3 dolls. ; whites, 1 doll. 90c.
to 3 dolls.
Mt. 31°1ve :
Woollens—Spanish stripes were firm ; for goo::
to 1 doll. 15c. Long ells, assorted,
Exchange on England—Oriental bank bills, no
4s. 6d.; on India, Company's paper, 225 r.
buyers.
Freights—The Celestial (American), the
0 1
the berth, engaged for Liverpool at 4/, on ]y vessel on

Hong-kong, April 24,
Chrysolite, from Liverpool. At Shanghai, no
Grettonßdrointlinm—aAyt
15
, the Oriental, from
the
o Surprise,r inv;al sthfer om
from
arrivals.
Departures for Great Britain--Prom Hong-kong, May 23,
the Mary G,
forahr L
am, for London. From Shanghai, April 25,
g May 8, h
; April 17, the Katharine Sharer,
Celestial, for Liverpool.
for
re
London;e o n o o
the

AWFUL FIRE
AND LOSS OF LIFE.
One of the most fearful conflagrations that has occurred
in the city of London for some time past broke out last
evening, between
in-
dependently the hours
as eovfetr ti
iiefooo'
tcfhl o'clock,
hcr kea,
bra ntui
cidll,
de .s
of destroying a vast amount of
eproperty, was
attended with fatal consequences to two of the longing men be-
longing the London Fire Establishment, and serious in-
juries to several others.
aydon-
The scene of this melancholy catastrophe wasvSe square, where the Blackwall Railway Uonsll- con-
structingHayden-
a branch line from their warehouses
square to their main line at the Minories station. In 1...
do so they were obliged to cut an opening tnaclug., and Pot-
tion of the warehouses belonging to Messrtes
.on the south-east
ter, sail-makers and ship-chandlers,
side of the square, and it was in that part property
standing that the fire commenced.
hi
ingAwt tahaeattaimndeinogf
,thanedouwtanbrefiaklledpdrlsonighhaSt
used in the trade, nearly all being
with LI fact of onenter, he side walls
character; this, coupled
being taken down,
allowedfor effectual assistance, the flames
sufficient time had elaprof the floors. These were of great
were driven into several
emises originally being the Pr used as
height and length,
anf„tory. Some of the sail-maker
Messrs. Pott's gun Pi be various floors mad • • a
02 t e a precipitate
and hopedwarehousemen in that all hands in the
place were
retreat, and it j 5
but some doubt exists
at present on that
equally fortunate, who had left were unable to account for some
point, as thos
have not yet been seen.
others who
little delay as possible several of the neighbouring
With as London
of theßrigade, the Custom House, and
engines=, ched the spot brin • •
Paris" ea d M F ' bringing with them large bodies of
nremen, an r. ogo, the chief officer of the district.
Plenty of water having been procured, this powerful force
was brought to bear upon the fire, but it still continued to
rage with such fury that it was deemed necessary to send for
further aid, and very quickly numerous other engines of the
London establishment and West of England Company drove
a onest
finally
a_qaa
i l y
n fiinandomno rmed aeDl rbe
beforelrft
e:
down, all powerfully manned, and the latter under the corn-
mand of Mr. Connorton.
The sight which then presented itself was one that can
with difficulty be described, for every floor, from the front to
the extreme back, was wrapped in flames, which shot forth
in vast sheets, curling round theli k
window-rsills,haanlfd oenve meet-
ing etehte-
ing with such obstructions fell
square, so as to penetrate one of the large houses used as
offices on the northern side of the square, and some others at
the south side.
Yu
i l chanced ings wasremaining
of Theth the
firemenmany of saving any
convey the hose
from their respective engines completely round the structure
on fire. This they accomplished in a very brief period, and
nosnatwigut hoeuesnhl
had just got into admirable working order, when the roof
fell in, which catwed three of the upper floors W drop. The

Nothing in or oat.
Engineer—Edward
ifirguli:tlersalN-AsTlmsosoEipsNt,Taolls.nt. the Pacific station.
istsnt—E. W. Creak to the Victory flag•
iiiiWieyootLowth7v.s
Clerks, Assistants—T. Fynmore to the Meander, 44,
James Inglis to the Excellent gunnery.
at Chatham;
ship, at Portsmouth; John Kiddie to the Impregnable,
ihrship, at Devonport; and John Gilham to the Nep-
shiMp aasttePro'grtAstaeath.
tune, 120, at Portsmouth.