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AUGUST 24, 1852.

THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH
COMPANY,
Securing Exclusive Communication between Great Britain and
the Continent, via France and Belgium.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.

Limiting the liability 01 the shareholders to the amount of their
subscriptions.
Capital, 150,000/., with pox er to increase to 300,0007„ in shares of
1/. each, to be paid in full.
Offices, 30. Cornhill.

110YOICARY DTRZCTORS,

Ills royal Highness the Duke of CambrAge.
Bit Excellency the Count Colum,. Walewskf, Ambassador of
France,
ills Excellency M. S. Van der Weyer, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minkter Plenipotentiary of Belgium.
Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of Prussia.
Ills Excellency the Baron Bentina, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands.
Ills Excellency the Marquis d'Azegiio, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipoten:iary of Sardinia.
Ills Excellency Don -2:avler de Isturiz, Envoy Extraordinary.and
Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain.
11's Excellency the Baron Koller, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of Austria to the King
of the Belgians.
Ills Excellency the Duke de Gulch°.
DIUECTURS.
The Lord de Manley, Chairman Le Chevalier Drouet
S.r James Carmichael, Bart. W. J. Chaplin, Esq., M.P,
Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P. J. W. Brett, Esq.
The lion. Frederick Cadogan Ernest Bunsen, Esq.
John Ma.sterman, jun., Esq. Francis Edwards, Esq.

, .
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Sir William Cubitt,
ENGINEERS.
C. J. Wollaston, C.E. ; T. It. Crampton, C.E.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co., Nicholas-lane; Sir Claude

Scott, and Co., Cavendish-square.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Hand, 17, Warwick•street,
Regent-street; Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Co., 17, Bucklers-
bury.

SECRETARY.
George Lockyer Parrott, Esq.
In August, 1551, tha promoters, -Of. the_ ,t,tbmarine Telegraph'
' formed themselVes into a French Company (Soci&lir en Comman-
dite), and, at their own risk. and with their own funds, established
the Telegraphic Communication between Dover and Calais.
The cable was laid down on the 25th of September, 1651, and on
the 13th November following
.the telegraph was opened to the
public for trrussmission of messages, and has since that time been
worked without the slighttst irregularity or interruption.
The feasibility of a submarine telegraphic communication having
I thus been successfully proved, the promoters consider that the time
has now arrived for inviting the public to co-operate with them in
developing the resources and extending the advantages of this int-,
portant undertaking.
With this view they have obtained a Royal Charter of Incorpora-
tion, under which they will be enabled to work the existing French
line, and to lay down and work a submarine line of telegraph to
Belgium ; and this Company has concluded the necessary arrange-
ments for affording to the public the transmission and delivery of
dispatches to and from Great Britain and all the telegraph stations
in Europe (at present exceeding 200 in number), by a single payment
for the whole distance.
Contracts for the Belgian rope have been entered into with the
Gotta Percha Company and Messrs. Newall and Co., of Gateshead,
who have engaged to complete the same by the 11th of September
next, when it will be forthwith laid down from Dover to Middlekirk,
near to Ostend, from which point the submarine wires will be placed
hi communication with the general system of the continental
telegraph.
The concessions from the French and Belgian Governments secure
tO this Company the exclusive right of submarine communication.
During the short time which has elapsed since the opening of the
submarine telegraph between Dover and Calais, the development of
this mode of communication has been retarded by the great delay
and expense incidental to the transmission of messages at each end
over the wires of other companies, and from this cause the public
have enjoyed but a small portion of the advantages which this won-
derful invention of modern science is calculated to afford.
The Directors of the Royal Chartered Company have at length
succeeded in making arrangements whereby these impediments will
be removed, and messages from London to Paris and Brussels, and
vice versa, instead of requiring two or three hours for their trans-
mission, will be instantaneously conveyed.
A company, acting under the powers of an Act of Parliament, are
laying down a subterranean line of telegraph from the offices of the
Submarine Company, Cornhill, to Dover, and have engaged to con-
vey the messages of the Submarine Company for one-half the
amount now charged by the South-Eastern Company ; and thus,
whilst the whole machinery will be concentrated in one place, and
instantaneous communication secured, the Submarine Company will
be enabled to make a great reduction in the scale of charges to the
public.
As respects the commercial results of the enterprise, it may be suf-
ficient to remark, that in the face of all the disadvantages necessarily
attendant upon its introduction, the first six months' working of
the Dover and Calais line has yielded a clear profit at the rate of 5
per cent per annum upon the capital; and the saving which will be
effected by the arrangement with the New Land Line will secure an
additional profit of 3 per cent. upon the Stock of the Submarine
Company. When the marvellous results which attended the intro-
duction of the penny postage are considered, it is difficult to form an
estimate of the vast extension of business which must follow the
development of telegraphic communication with the continent, under
a system of moderate charges and electric speed—more especially as
the cost does not increase in proportion to the business done, and as
the network of telegraphic wires is gradually spreading over the
whole of Europe.
, Out of the capital of 150,0001. now to be raised, 75,0001. will be
set apart for the redemption of the 75,000 shares forming the capi-
tal of the French Company. The remaining half has been
propriated in carrying out the contracts already made for the Bel-
gian cable, the purchase of the patent rights, the Belgian con-
cession, and all incidental expenses attendant upon the estab-
lishment of the Company and the settlement of the Royal Charter.
No further addition will be made to the Chartered Stock, without
tile express sanction of the proprietors.
The allotment of shares, which was delayed until the Charter had
received the Royal assent, will now be proceeded with, and
any further applications must be addressed, on or before the 31st
August instant, to Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, 68, Old Broad-
street.
Dated 24th. August, 1852.

WEST MARIPOSA. GOLD QUARTZ
MINE COMPANY.
The Committee of Management have great satisfaction in an-
nouncing to the Shareholders that they have entered into a Provi-
sional Agreement with FREDERICK CATIIERWOOD, Esq., Pre-
sident of the Gold Hill Mining Company, for the application of a
'portion of the capital of the West Mariposa Company to the work-
ing, on equal terms, of the Gold II 11 Mine, situated in the Grass
Valley, Nevada County, the richest locality in California.
This mine has brew in very successful operation since August,
1851, and in a period of six months realised a net profit of upwards
of 200 per cent. upon the original capital.
The property of the Gold Hill Company consists of two steam-
engines, of 50 and 30-horse power, driving 28 stamped heads, an ex-
tremely valuable saw-mill on Wolfe Creek, with extensive river
frontage ; upwards of 400 mining claims on the Gold 11111 and adjoin-
ing lands, with mill buildings, houses, &c., all solidly constructed of
the best and most substantial materials.
The title of the Gold Hill Company to the mine, mining claims,
and other property, is indisputable, having been acquired partly by
resources
original occupation, and partly by purchase, from Individuals, who
held by preemption right the only original title to mineral property
placed
t
recognized in California.
To the full development of this important mining property, the
avpaoilrettilo
themselvesof the l a rgosi the opportunity
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them of haveof d
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applyinggladly
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their disposal.

The works of the Gold Still Mine are now in active operation,
aomemntisosifontheer
and the West Mariposa Company will be entitled to their propor-
tion of the profits immediately, on the ratification of the provisional
agreement, by John Macdougall, suqy., the Resident
and ialuesthideorinstedC g
Gold Bill Company. The Committee of Management beg
in California thiso Company,
to add that the splendid specimens of gold quartz rock, lately exhi-
bited at Messrs. James Davis and Sons', No. 9, Gracechurch- street,
were brought by Mr. Catherwood from the Gold Hill Mine.
By the last mail the Committee received advices of the safe arri-
val at Panama of the mining captain and staff, sometime since sent
from this country, and that they were about to proceed to San Fran-
cisco by the Golden Gate steamer, to place themselves under the
orders of Mr. Macdougall.
The Committee of _Management have also to state that powerful
machinery of the most improved construction, from the works of
Messrs. John Taylor and Co., of Mold, and Messrs. Cox and Wilson,
of Oldbury, was lately shipped at Liverpool, on board the fast-
sailing schooner Porcupine, Captain Wallinger, and is now on its way
to California.
By the same vessel a further body of men was dispatched, to com-
plete the number of miners required to be sent from this country for
the service of the company ; and the two chief engineers will leave
England for California, in company with Mr. Catherwood, on the 4th
proximo.

By order of the Committee,
GEO. K. lIUXLEY, Secretary.

London, 23d Aug., 1852.

CREMORNE GARDENS.
On the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea.
Waterside Entrance close to Battersea-bridge Pier.
Fare by Steam-boat from London-bridge or any of the interme-
diate Bridges or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers should request to be
ended at Battersea bridge for Cremorae. Fare by Omnibus from
Charing-cross; 3d.; from the City and remotest parts of the East-
end, 6d.
Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON.
The Pyrotechnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortram.
Open for the Season.
The Last Week of the Cirque Oriental.
TIIIS DAY, and Friday, the Italian Brothers in their Double
THTlrsapaiz)eA IT.'e,rfTorhmursanacaey,,aatialan esleavtuartdioany,ofs9igOnfoeret.Devani, the cele-
the Astonishing Negro
Wbedranteesddaoy7aainigd-OFurtaidnagy.Cuonrt.ortmioaneikst.
ney,
Clown.
Narrow Platform, feet long.
Herr Franz de Bach, on a
Wednesday and Saturday, Grand Globe and Wheel Ascents, by
engaged the EISUp elC'tBaDclAe 7,conAdutigcutedt b23,6,Ma. msooustweerx, twrahoordhinaasryen
trian Balloon Ascent on his high-mettled Charger.
ri..era Parisian A Prom, , Poitevin ,who will make a AGdramnadsEilueosn-
this occasion, 2s. until Seven ; after Seven, ls.
On Thursday, Grand Gala, in honour of 11.R.11. Prince. Albert's
Birthday.
A new Grand Sp inish Ballet.
An uninterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock
until near Midnight, including
Every evening, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock, in the newly-decorated
Pavilion, in addition to the following attractions, Louis Soullier's
Cirque Oriental, and the best Equestrians of the age. For particu-
-1 ars, see Special Bills.
Principal Artistes:—Messrs. M`Cullom, Albert de Bach, Franz de
Bach, Jean de Bach, Devani, Mackney, Victor Soullier, Kemp, Leox
&miller. Signor Vilderini ; Manes. Clementine and Olga Soullier.
Admission to the Circus from the Gardens :—Promenade, Pit, and
Boxes, Is.; Amphitheatre, Gd.
Open at Three o'clock.
Admission, is.; Children, Half-price.
On Sundays, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d.
Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. Gd.
Private Room for Dinners and Coffee.

ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET
INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.
WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.
In
Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a
or post-free, for Forty-two Stamps,
Envelope,glish,
2s.German,
6a., Fereeaincehd,
En
SELF-PRESERVATION•, an
Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and F
Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects
llnctions of
the health and happiness of Man, with its Disqualifications
and Impe-
diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits,
youthful excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by p
tical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment
Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spertnatorrh enat,
Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. 'nil-
lustrated by 50 coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro..
ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of :Medicine Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Honorary, Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &C., SEC.
The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful
Iconsequences resulting from it and excesses, ,Maul
have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man-
hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any
other class of disease known to modern pathologists. The treatment
adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated
schools of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe.
the personal
results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under
ersonal supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few
legally
"alinedphysicianswho have devoted their whole and un-
divided studies
to this important branch of medical science. In short,
every peculiaritto the y relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental
generative system, and the means of immediate relief and
ultimate cure
La'meZe described in detail. The professional reputation
of Dr.
and academic honours
has taken the most distinguished medical
at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient
guarantee that those
will, in every instane who may place themselves under his care
inviolable secrec . meet with that delicate consideration and
Oases y h are so requisite in the treatment of these

Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater-
noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street Starie, Titchborne-street,
Elaymarket ; Mann, 23. Cornhill ; or tree by post for forty-two
Stamps, from the author, who may be consulted personally, or by
daily, from Ton till Two, and from Silt till Eight.

110 PE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE and
HONEST I- • GUARANTEE SOCIETY:
Established for Granting Assurances on Lives, Guarantee for
Honesty, Endowments, Loans, and Annuities.
Incorporated under Act of Parliament with a Guarantee Fund of
100,000/.
Principal Department, 4, Princes-street, London.
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.
Mr. Serjcant Allen, Serjeant's Inn, Chancery-lane ; the Elms, Craw-
ley, Sussex.
Charles 1)e Borgne, Esq.. Dowgate-hill and Blackheath.
Robert t)ougla's, Esq., Carey-lane, Cheapside, and Stoke Newington.
Lewis Glcnton, Esq., Gleninohr-terrace, Blackheath.
Charles George Knox, Esq., LL.D., Stone.buildings, Lincoln's Inn.
Henry Philip Hope, Esq., Official Assignee, District Bankruptcy
Court, and Osmoud Thorpe Hall, Leeds.
Jan-, W/14. _Massie, 1).1)., 1,.D., Upper Clapton.
Walter Francis Robinson. Esq , F.R.G.S., 11, Air-street, Piccadilly.
Robert ,`.flieobald, Esq., 26, Paternoster-row, and Kentish-tow!.
Henry Morgan Vane, Esq., 42, Jermytt-street, St. James's.
Wm. White. Esq., 68, Cheapside, and Blackheath.
Thus. IV heelwright, Esq., Lower Philliinore-place, Kensington.
GENERAL MANAGER.
Henri Christopher Eine, Esq.
AUDITORS.
RICO Hopkins, C.E., Parliament-street..
Wm. Kent, Esq.. 51 and 52, Paternoster-row, and Norwood.
Arthur Mere, Esq., F.1.11.A., 58, Pall-mall.
MEDICAL OFFICERS.
Caniphell De Morgan, Esq., 51,
Upper Seymour street.
Nicholas Parker, Esq., Finsbury-square.
Prior Purvis, E,q., 3.1.1) Greenwich.
Ed. Johnstone.. Esq.,
M.D., Regent-street, and Clapham.
STANDING COENSEL.
Sir Win. Page Wood, M.P.
BANKERS.
Mesrs.Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Terrell and Matthews, 30, Basinghall-street.
The public in general are invited to a consideration of the comPre-
hensiVe plan of this Society.
Whilst it transacts all the ordinary business of Life Assurance on
the most-liberal conditions, it freely opens its doors to those exposed
to extra risk, and affords them advantages which have heretofore
been denied.
It grants Assurances against every contingency of life to persons
of all classes or professions, on terms equitably adjusted. to the disk
Inennfid:' • -

SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES.
1. This Society grants Assurances on the lives of all classes, in-
cluding Seafaring, Military, and Naval Service, as well as persons
proceeding as passengers to foreign climates.
2. 'No extra premium charged on Assurers who desire to travel be-
tweet} any port in the United Kingdom and, any of the ports from
Gibraltar to the Sound.
3. No extra premium charged for residence in any part of Europe,
in Australia, or Canadas, or any healthy parts of North or South
America.
4. Assurances may be had on the Lives of Mariners, to cover the
constant trade between the Milted Kingdom and any part of the
wwoereldn,
tohrotEheasctonlnstdatenst
antraddcehininaan.y given place, as for instance be-
t*.* The premium for a specific voyage may be obtained on liberal
terms.
5. The extra premium which is charged for residing in unhealthy
climates, or for actual service in military or seafaring pursuits, is
discontinued on return to. and during residence in, the United
Kingdom, or the healthy parts of Europe. The Policies are then
continued during residence at the ordinary premiums standing against
the age of the assured at the time of effecting the assurance, evi-
dence as to health being first adduced to the satisfaction of the Di-
rectors.
6. The whole of the profits divided among the assured for life, all
of whom are proprietors, and possess control over the management
without responsibility.
7. Guarantee Policies for Filelity 61 TruSt, in combination with
Life Insurance, granted at little more than the simple rate for ordi-
nary Life Policies.
8. All Policies indisputable, except in cases of premeditated fraud.
No charge to the assured for medical fees, stamp duties, or any other
expenses in effecting a policy beyond the premium.
9. The Directors give favourab'e consideration to proposals from
diseased or non-select cases, at premiums proportioned to the risk,
a system especially advantageous to parties whose health may have
been impaired by over attention to business, foreign residence, &c.
From the principles which are here briefly stated, it is evident
that the .$) stem of assurance acted on by the Hope Office cannot be
too strongly recommended. To all who have any surplus capital it
offers a secure and profitable mode of investment ; it combines all
the advantages of Assurances and Savings Banks together, for, in
the event of premature death, a. large capital Is at once created for
the survivors, that would require years to be produced by any other
mode of investment.

11. C. EIFFE, General ➢tanager.

AT AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
MEETING of the HOPE LIFE ASSURANCE and
HONESTY GUARANTEE SOCIETY, duly convened, and held
within their Offices, No. 4, Princes-street, Bank of England, on
Wednesday, the 21st July, 1852, at the hour of One o'clock,
HENRY DIORGAN VANE, Esq., in the Chair,
It was unanimously resolved—That henceforth the number of
Directors shall be increased from ten to twelve, and that
Henry Philip Hope, Esq., Official Assignee, District Bankruptcy
Court, Leeds, and Dr. Thomas Wheelwright, M.D., of Lower Philll-
more-place, Kensington, London, be elected Members of the present
Board.
It was proposed by Jourr STEWART, Esq., seconded by JAMES Cols-
BETT, Esq., and unanimously resolved—
That the best thanks of the members are due and hereby sincerely
accorded to the Board of Directors and General Manager, for the
unparalleled success which has accrued to the Society by their ju-
dicious and zealous management.
It was proposed by EDWARD Jonxsoff, Esq., M.D., seconded by
JOHN SHOVE, Esq., and carried by acclamation—
That the warm acknowledgments of this meeting be made to 11.
M. Vane, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Management for the
very able, lucid, and cheering statement rendered by him of the
Society's affairs.

By order,
lIENRI CIIRISB. EIFFE, General Manager.
London, 21st July, 1852.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Notice is hereby given, that the usual DIVIDEND of 5 per Cent.
(less income-tax) on the paid-up Capital of the Shareholders will be
p..yable at the office, on and after FRIDAY, the 20th of August inst.
The small share of Profit divisible in future among the Share-
holders being now provided for, without intrenching on the amount
made by the regular business, the ASSURED will hereafter derive
all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, while, at the same
time, they will he completely free front liability, secured by an ample
Vroarietary Capital—and tha advantages of both systems will thus
be combined.
The a.tired will in future participate in tile Profits in propor-
tion to the number and amount of the premiums paid between every
division, so that if only one year's premium be received prior to
closing the books, it will obtain its due share.
At the FIFTII DIVISION of PROFITS declared in January
last, the sum of 131 1251. was added t:4 Policies then entitled, which
sum produced a BONUS varying with the different ages, from 211%
to as per cent. on the Premiums paid, during the preceding five
years ; or from 5/. to 121. 10s, per cent. on the sum assured.
The next and future Bonuses may be received in cash, or applied
at the option of the Assured in any other way.
Credit will be given for hale of the Annual Premiums on policies
for the whole of Life, for five years, at interest, to be paid off at thn
expiration of that time, or earlier, or remain as a permanent charge
upon the Policy.
INVALID LIVES assured at rates proportioned to the increased

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

UNITED KINGDOM LIFEY ASSURANCE
COMPAN,
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
No. 8, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall,
embrace, London.
st
among
ouTiehres:d_istinctive features of the Company .
Tables of Premiums formed on the lowest scale compatible with
maisuirnnTost other
security, and constructed to meet the various wants or assurers,
and every risk to which protection by assurance can be extended.
aof the intended
One-half the Life Franlum for the first Five years may remain on
credit.
by merely
Loansed grantednntr
restricted
rai
eptper,oi approved Personaltheir
IStsecnufrittrya.,perle,
Companies, but may proceed from one part of Europe to another in
decked vessels, without License, and to British North America, and
visit.
manyghigiving
ptahret snorfd the United nnintteidce States,toth ew iotbmocunt
ienx
London
Whole-world policies granted at slightly increased rates of
Premium, thus rendering a Policy in money transactions a real
security.
Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained upon appli-
cation to the Resident Director.
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narance
ept. Oar tt eadn c el nosf
whicahnd the
IMPORTO ALL CLASSES.—LIFE ASSURANCE.
TANT ADVANTAGES OFFERED
Offices are advertising peculiar advantag . seur. At the present time, when so manes ntehwelylin-
of the PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION feel confidence in
ing in an office well established must be obvious, and the Directors
was
callingd attentiontilnielsto, uil de
rotfhtehpeatpruobnlai
patronage
theirtb o
Bank
o Institution,f England,
principal Merchants and Bankers of London and the Provinces, and
which offers the following peculiar advantages:
1. Being enrolled under the Friendly Societies' Acts.
hildren the sumwithout
as-
sured can be secured to the Widow, Widower, or C
payment of Probate and Legacy Duty, or the risk of loss by unfortu-
nate circumstances, or the reverses of trade.
2. The Mutual principle of Assurance and Division of Profits every
five years. Assurers of three years participating.
3. An investe4 capital and a large annual income, offering a per-
fect guarantee.
, 4. Claims paid immediately under discount, and all Policies Indis-
putable, except in eases of absolute fraud.
5. Loans on the security of Policies of Assurance.
6. Policies can be assigned, and the assignments registered.
To Clerks in particular this Association, from its Benevolent Fund
attacked, with an Invested Capital, corers benefits combined With Life
Assurance which no other office In the kingdom can present, as will
be seen on reference to the Prospectuses. which can be obtained at
the Office in London. or from the numerous agents in the provinceS.
By order of the Board,
PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary.
42, lloorgate-street, August 4, 1852.

THE KINGDOM AND THE COLONIES.
The benefit of their connexion is public convenience in corn.
mercial interchange, and variety in productions made easily
acces-
sible to everyone. A similar advantage arises from E. MOSES and
SON'S Establishment and its Branches, each of which give the
public access to every variety in Clothing, &c., &e. But the Pro-
minent feature in their goods is, they are seasonable, novel, elegant,
and cheap, adapted for tours, excursions, sporting engagements, or
visits to places of note amongst lovers of nature's magnificence,
quietude, or luxuriance. E. MOSES and SON'S Shooting Coats are
now rapturously approved by every class of sportsmen, for the cor-
rectness of their fit, for the novelty and the superiority of their
thateriA, for the ease which their peculiar cut secures, and for
eir suitability for any kind of weather. Their Summer Dress
comprises every new style suited for every purpose for which dress
may be very
is required ; and Excursionists are presented with every article
they require, not only the best but the cheapest in the universe.
GOLD and WRETCHEDNESS—a contradiction in this country,
SaOnNd ufsoerless goods,
but possible in Australia, if Emigrants neglect to procure a proper,
Outfit and Clothing suitable for the climate and their occupations
in that far distant land ; from neglecting this they
wretched, though very rich. Every emigrant may prevent Such
such an
Out
tit wretchednessas
cannot byb
be
equalled:plyi applying tofr
free from
from MOSEScumbarnodu
cumbrous
it is composed of articles which will be daily and hourly required
from the moment of the emigrant, going on board. In this outfit
every emigrant may have the most perfect confidence, its suitability
and completeness being acknowledged. in all countries. And the
price at E. MOSES and SON'S is an not
which everyone
appreciates ; with them Outfittin is not a new business, but on a
ltabregeeistcya.le it has had their attention for many years, and as several
gigantic departments of trade favour each other, so E. MOSES and
SON'S mighty and general business gives them peculiar advantages
in nicking up the most suitable and the cheapest Outfits. That the
Emigrant may have immediate attention, a separate department is
kept expressly for Outfitting, and Outfits are supplied at their
Branch Establishments the same as at their celebrated house in
, vessels, cost of passage, &c., may
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE CAPTAIN'S GOOD•SERVICE PENSION.
His Grace the First Lord of the Admiralty has
bestowed the good-service pension; which fell to his
patronage on the promotion of Rear-Admiral Bruce,
on Captain John Edward Walcott, 1822, the new
for Christchurch. The paramount claims of
this gallant officer to be rewarded for good service
will, we think, be universally admitted on perusing
the following sketch of his career from O'Byrnc's
Naval Biography

" John Edward Walcott, is third son of Edmund
Walcott Sympson, Esq , of Winktoe brother of
Captain Charles Walcott, R.N., and b urothts
officernr-in-lavr of
Rear-Admiral George Henderson, This
the Navy Oct. 19th, 1802 (under the patrons enteredfh
g
late Right Hon. George Rose, Treasurer of thee /(sT )avty)e
nn board the Blenheim' 74, in which ship, bearing the-
broad pendant of Sir Samuel Hood, be sailed fo. the
West Indies. On his return he joined, as midshipman,
in June, 1804, the Lively, 38, and in her, with other ships
in company, Oct. sth following, was present at the cap-
tare, off St. Mary, of three Spanish frigates, laden with
treasure, and the destruction of a fourth. He also, on the
29th of May, 1805, bore a part in a very spirited
skirmish in which the Lively alone sorely galled, near
Cadiz. the Gloriso, Spanish 74. Being again, in Octo-
ber, 1806, placed under the command of his friend Sir
Samuel Hood, he continued uninterruptedly to serve
with that estimable officer, until the period of his death,
which took place at Madras, Dec. 24, 1814, in the Cen-
taur, 74, Hibernia, 120, Tigre, 74, Owen Glendower, 36,
Illustrious, 74, Clorinde, 40, and Minden, 74. While on
eciard the Centaur, he accompanied the expeditions of
1807 against Copenhagen and Madeira, and performed
the duties of signal lieutenant at the capture, Ang. 26,
1808, in sight of the whole Russian fleet, near Rogers-
wick, of the 74 gun-ship Sewolod, which surrendered,
after a close and furious conflict, productive of a loss to
the Centaur (in company with whom was the Implacable,
74), of three killed and 27 wounded, and to the enemy '
of 180 killed and wounded. Twenty days previously to
the latter event he had succeeded, on the death of
Lieutenant James Shea, who was killed, to the command
of the ship's cutter in an attack upon a Danish dispatch-
boat, which had in vain sought security under the fire
of a body of troops and two field-pieces stationed
upon a high cliff on the island of Moen. As soon as
he had passed his examination he was ordered by the
commander in chief, Sir James Saumarez, Oct. 18, 1808,
to act at lieutenant in the Centaur; and on 25th Novem-
ber following he was confirmed. In recommending Mr.
Walcott for this promotion, Sir Samuel Hood, in a letter
to the Comptroller of the Navy, Sir Andrew Snape
Hamond, thus (after alluding to his very gallant con-
duct' in the boat affair just mentioned), expresses him-
self:-' I can say no more to you in his favour than that
I hope he will not quit me until he can get another step.
A. more deserving, good young officer does not exist.'
At a subsequent period, September, 1814, Sir Samuel,
who was then commander in chief in India, and had it in
contemplation to return overland to Europe, addressed a
communication to the first Lord of the Admiralty, Lord
Melville, of which the following is a transcript:-' My
Lord,-The time of the approach to the termination
of my command on this station being near, and
having been enabled only to promote two of my
lieutenants, who had been with me many years, I have
to entreat your Lordship, should I not have the chance
of another vacancy,to do me the kindness before I
strike my flag, to promote to a commander my
flag lieutenant (John Edward Walcott.) He is
an officer whose attention and ability in his profession
caused me to place him in that station; he served with
me in the Baltic, Mediterranean, and this country in the
same situation, and when my secretary was obliged to
return to England from ill-health soon after my arrival
here, seeing me in distress he volunteered his services for
both situations, which he has filled with much capacity,
and judgment. He is the son of a very respectable gen-
tleman in Hampshire, and will do honour and credit to
the service whenever he is advanced. I have, therefore,
to request your Lordship's protection towards him.' As
a further illustration of the nature of the position held
by Mr. Walcott near the Admiral's person, and of the
circumstances which, as far as he was concerned, attended
the latter's death, we may quote the following passage
from Captain Buil Hall's third series of Fragments of
Voyages and Travels'-' When, unfortunately for his
profession and for his country, Sir Samuel Hood fell
sick at Madras, and knew that his last moments were
fast approaching, he called his faithful friend and old fol-
lower in many ships and many actions, Lieutenant Wal-
zott, to his bed-side, and said to him:-" It will be too
hard, Walcott, to die in this country, but should it so
please God, let nothing deter you from going house and ac-
counting to the Admiralty for my command to the East
India station." These were nearly the last in.
telligible words he uttered, and they serve to
show how strong, even in the hour of death, was
his sense of professional duty. As Lieutenant Wel-
sett had served during the whole of Sir Samuel
flood's India command, in the double capacity of flag-
lieutenant and secretary, and had enjoyed the Admiral's
entire confidecce, he, and he alone, possessed the means
of nccounting to the Admiralty for the measures corn-
;email or in progress for the good of the service, and
eierefero the Admiral suggested to him the propriety of
',is voyage home to report matters in person. The
,enter officer, who succeeded to the command in the
Indian seas (Commodore George Sayer), felt so desirous
of following up the friendly intentions of his lamented
predecessor, that, knowing the late Admirers attech-
mut to Lieutenant Walcott, he offered to promote him
into a death vacancy, which had either taken place or
was certain to fall within a week or two. Moreover,
eel assured him that after the necessary time had been
served he should have the first vacancy for post-promo •
don. These were, indeed, tempting offers to
ayoung
fficer devotedly attached to his profession; but they had
no influence over a man bred in the Sam Hood school.,
['he Admiral's dying injunction appearedf . '
to this right-
minded officer fully as binding, or, possible, more so,
than a written command must have his lifetime.
ro England Walcott went accordingly, and the difference
in professional standing which it made to him was this:
-Had ho remained in India, as Sir Samuel Hood's
successor proposed, ho would undoubtedly have
become a post captain of 1816, instead of which his name
now stands in 1822-six years later on the list I Had it
e 3enl sixty times six, however, it would have made no
lifference in his conduct.' Mr. Walcott returned home
in the Malacca, 36, Captain George Henderson, bring-
mg with him, addressed to the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty, a letter from Commodore Sayer, proclaiming in
erms of high panegyric, the opinion in which he had
been held by the Commander-in-Chief, by himself, and
oy the captains of the squadron who had had any oppor-
tunity of witnessing his worth. His promotion to the
rank of commander took place June 6, 1815; but from
hat period until appointed, Sept. 14, 1821, to the Cams-
ion, 18, he remained unemployed. Sailing, injanuary,
1822, for the West Indies, he fell in with, in the follow-
ing August off the west end of Cuba and gave protection
~o the trade passing through the Florida Stream from Ja-
maica to England. A mistaken and singular opinion
having been adopted by the committee of Lloyd's as to
the degree of attention he had paid to the mercantile in-
terests on this occasion, gave rise to a correspondence
between that body and the Board of Admiralty, and led
,o a discussion in the House of Commons (on the motion
of Mr. Joseph Marryat, the chairman of the committee),
in March, 1823, when Sir George Cockburn, in address-
ing the House on the subject, declared " that Captain
Walcott's conduct had been in exact accordance with the
duty he had to perform.' In December, 1822, Captain
Walcott joined the Tyne, 26, into which ship he had
been posted May 6 preceding; and at the commencement
of 1823 he again escorted a homeward-bound convoy
'through the Florida Stream. He was subsequently sent
with the Thracian, 18, Captain John Walter Roberts,
under his orders, to endeavour to effect the extirpation of
the pirates cruising in the Old Bahama Channel. and on
the coast of Cuba adjoining. After searching 400 miles
of coast, in order to examine the different creeks and
inlets where small vessels could be sheltered and con-
oealed-an operation that occupied two months-he
gained sight, March 31, 1823, off Baracoa, of the Zara-
gonna, a notorious schooner of 120 tons, carrying 1 long
18-pounder on a swivel, 4 long 9-pounders, and 8 swivels,
with a crew of between 70 and 80 ruffians, who, aware
that their atrocities bad placed them beyond the reach of
mercy, had bound themselves by oath, in the event of
their being at any time successfully boarded by the Bri-
tish, to blow up not only their own vessel, but themselves
and their assailants. On perceiving the schooner, of
which they had been several days in quest, the two
men-of-war, under the guise as much as possible, of
merchant ships, stood towards her under easy sail. On
ascertaining, however, their real character, the Zara-
gozana crowded all sail to the eastward, and succeeded
in gaining the difficult harbour of Mats, where she was
soon moored, head and stern, with her broadside com-
manding the entrance, little more than a cable's length in
breadth. At 130 P.M., the ships being far in the offing,
Captain Walcott, wishing to avoid delay, ordered the
boats, armed with two carronades and manned with 47
hands, to be hoisted out, and in person led them to the
desperate attack. At three P.M., having arrived within
gunshot, the British became exposed to a galling fire
from the schooner and from several of her crew, who
had been sent on shore and stationed among the
cinches at the harbour's mouth. Having sustained
and returned the fire for three-quarters of an hour,
the boats, availing themselves at length of a favour-
able opportunity, gave three cheers, and dashed with
impetuosity alongside. Patio-struck at their deter-
mined spirit, the pirates attempted to save themselves
by jumping into the sea. Twenty-eight of them, how-
ever, including their villanous chief, Csy atano Aregoeez,
were secured, and the whole of them (with the exceptil
,f five, admitted as King'e evidecce) ultimately bung,
at Port Royal, Jamaica. Sixteen, who escaped foniainst
vessel, were taken in the woods by troops eel :if (3
I'oll the
them by the Governor of Bailees.
enemy during the fight amounted to 10Tbe.
oknifined to one
wounded; while that of the British was 0
, persever-
man killed and five wounded. The tar%ein Walcott
killed
and 15
ante, zeal, and abilities,' displayed bad
P
in the execution of the orders he babdi fie:setivecedmmfoerntahae.
extirpation of piracy drew forth the big Sir Charles
tion and praise of commander-lk
its approbation of
Rowley; and the Admiralty to war .
idshipman, Mr. Henry
his conduct, promoted his senior
SS such onboard
Shapland, and confirmed in the rank of master the officer,
- Mr. Thomas Bull who had been acting

[PRICE SD.

the Tyne, and who throughout the cruise had re-
peatedly brought both her and the Thracian in safety,
through an intricate and dangerous navigation. Captain
Walcatt's impaired state of health obli9kiarlt, him, in the
ensuing May, to invalid, Sir C. Rowley 'rnbinted Capt.
Roberts his successor in iho Tyne, and gave to Mr. J.
D. Robinson, midshipman, who hai assisCd at the cap-
ture of the Lir iguana, an order to act us lieutenant. Cspt.
Roberts and Mr. Bull bad been left during the engage-
ment on board their respective ships;
but by the time
the capture was completed, having followed the boats,
they had reached nearly within gunshot. 'We may add
that, during his examination of the different creeks,
Captain Walcott had found on an island in the port of
Me,ranjo, a cargo consisting of 1,100 casks cf wines and
spirits; and that, upon his own responsibility, consider-
ing the concealment of the wine suspicious, and believing
it to be some of the captured •property taken by the
pirate, he had embarked it. It was afterwards con-
demned and sold at Jamaica for 6,0001., two-thirds of
which were deducted from the captors for Government
and colonial duties, leaving only 2,0001. to be shared;
whereas had Captain Walcott failed to establish the
cargo as the property of the pirates, he would have been
liable to the full extent of 6,0001. Sines he left the
Tyne he has been unsuccessful in his efforts to procure
employment.

Upon the appointment of the Duke of Clarence to
the office of Lord High Admiral, Sir Charles Rowley
brought under the notice of his Royal Highness a state-
ment of Captain Walcott's services while under his
command, claiming for him at the Battle time the deco-
ration of the third class of the Order of the Bath. In
an official letter subsequently addressed by the Duke to
the Secretary of State for the War and Colonial De-
.partment, Viscount Goderioh, his
_Royal, Highness de-
sired that Captain Waloott's
name and services, accom-
panied by his recommendation, might -be submitted to
the King, with the view of obtaining for him the dis-
tinction he solicited. Unfortunately the Lord High
Admiral went out of office before the arrangement could
come into effect, and Captain Walcott's claiins have not
been since attended to. He married, in February, 1819,
Charlotte Anac, daughter of Colonel John Nelley, of
the Bengal Artillery, and has issue a son and two
daughters."
Commander Henry James Lecon (1842) has been
appointed to command the Daring, 12, to be commis-
sioned at Sheerness. This officer is the third son of
the late Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart. He entered the
naval college in 1823, and after he had passed his ex-
amination he served five years as mate, having been
promoted in 1835. As a lieutenant he served long
and with distinction. He was lieutenant of the Cas-
tor, 36, and North Star, 26, under Lord John Hay,
during the operations on the north coast of Spain
rank
42f,0r his services as
during
from 1835 to 1840, but was not promoted until 1842,
all the
operations on the coast of China. As a commander
he served in the Vanguard, 80, and now, after 19
years'
service afloat, he has received another appoint-
ment as commander.
senior he
lieutenant ob t aine d
of
his
the
Lieutenant—George A. C. Brooker (1852), to the
presentßlonde,
Bittern, 12, Sheerness.
Masters—Charles Turner (1852) to the Bittern ;
Thomas Wallis (1846), of Meander, 44, to Leopar6d,
steam-frigate ; Frederick Wise (1852), to Medea,
steam-sloop, Portsmouth ; and Thomas Osmer (1847),
to the Valorous advanced steam-frigate, Devonport.
Clerk—George Love, to the Victory, flag-ship, at
Portsmouth.

Gunner—William Smith, to the Bittern.
Boatswain—.W. R. lloneysett, to the Bittern.
Carpenter—Charles Kent, to the Bittern.
The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain
Lord A. Fitzclarence, and her tender the Fairy, are
coaling—both vessels will go down to Osborne this
morning. It may be probable that his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert may pay a visit to the Channel
Islands during the early part of the week. On
Friday next will be given the annual fête to the sea-
men of the Royal yachts and the labourers at Osborne.
Rear-Admiral Superintendent H. Prescott, C. 8.,
went on board the Neptune, 120, Captain Scott, yes-
terday morning, at Portsmouth, and mustered the
crew of that ship, and the officers and men attached
to the ordinary establishment.
Sheerness seems to be rather a favourite .port for
commissioning ships, although it is the worst for
manning them.
Bittern, 12, Commander Hon. George Douglas,
has hoisted the pendant at Sheerness, and has com-
menced entering her complement of 125 officers and
men.

Daring, 12, to be commissioned by Commander
Lacon, will also have a complement of 125 officers and
men.

Miranda steam-corvette, designed by the late Rear-
Admiral Lord John Hey, C.B , has returned to
Sheerness from the Clyde, having received her ma-
chinery there. As her fittings for sea limes tieen
prepared at Sheerness she will remain there until
complete.
Odin, 12, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, has filled
up her coal hunkers, but has unbent sails.
WooLWICH, AUG. 23.—The Resistance troop-ship
will leave Woolwich at an early hour to-morrow with
Captain Fitzgerald's company of Royal Artillery and
detachments tor Gibraltar,
and Captain Goodenough's
company and detachments for Malta. The companies
and detachments paraded at half-past five o'clock this
morning, and marched from the garrison, headed by
the band of the regiment, to the dockyard, at half-
past six, and shortly after seven the men were all on
board, with the wives and children of those who were
fortunate enough to be drawn—five in number being
the regulation of married women permitted to obtain
a free passage with each company when ordered on
foreign service. There were 09 many married men
in the companies embarked to-day, that five more
on ir
than the regular number of wives were permittedthe on
board for each company for a free passage,
undertaking to find their own provisions during the
voyage. Brigadier Mejor Bingham, Captain Harrison,
acting in the room of Captain B,iddell, Deputy-
Assistant-Quartermaster-General of Artilery, and
the Adjutants of the 4th and sth battalions, superin-
tended the embarkation. The men were much
gratified to be allowed the whole of the day to stow
the necessaries they have taken with them for their
comfort during the voyage. On previous occasions
they used to leave in an hour or two after their em-
barkation, and often became sea sick before the ar-
rangements for the voyage were all completed on
board.
MANNING THE NAM—A committee of flag offi•
cers and captains, consisting of Admiral Sir William
Parker (chairman), Bear-Admiral Fanshawe, Cap-
tain the Hon. Richard Dundas, Captain Peter
Richards, and Captain John Shepherd, are now sitting
at the Admiralty, Whitehall, for the purpose of sup-
plying the royal navy with efficient and able-bodied
seamen, whenever an emergency may arise to call for
their services. 'We presume that his Grace the Duke
of Northumberland has entirely discarded the crude
and abortive plan bequeathed to him by Sir Francis
Baring, and has determined in vindication of the
pledge given by himself at the commencement of the
late session of Parliament, to put his shoulder to the
wheel, and endeavour to accomplish that which has
puzzled and bewildered every first lord up to the pre-
sent day, viz.—a simple and easy
the wooden walls of Old England system by which
may be manned
without having recourse to impressment.
SAILOR.-.At I. ()with.
Lewes, on Tuesday night
DEATH OF AN OCTOGENARIAN
All Saints' Union-house,
last, died Samuel Tickner, an old sailor.
honour of serving under the immortal --o
hlatd the
Nelson, at the
advanced age of 83, namely, at the battle of the Nile,
for which he obtained a medal
He entered the service in 1792 aobnoubt two
dthyeerdag
then lying at Portsmouth, from which he was cbangd
17 93,
Culloden, 74, Captain Sir Thomas ilichfir' u:
I 93, and sailed with a fleet of ten sail to the 111
Indies. After the returu from the West _fails in
ship joined the fleet under Earl Howe, "dbewn the
the engagement of the Ist of June, 1794. 'e-wof-battle
French were defeated and two sail O. the
dnoined the
ships sunk. The Culloden afterv:
editerranean,
fleet under Earl St. Vincent in :bat
the defeat of
where the deceased was Preseowhen
four of the
1
the Spanish fleet, in
- 7.97r'ed. At the attack
enemy's ships were car at which Lord Nelson
on Teneriffe, in the same Y sent on board the Fox,
lost his arm, Ticknerkwa;a
b Shot from the enemy's
cutter, which
Was sibloPle of the crew perishing. At
guns, nearly thewhe the deceased was swimming
the above cotes five hours, until at last he was taken
about for above frigates• out of gunshot.
of the He was
up by "e Or off Cape St. Vincent, and the taking
also at the a
h.a
After the battle
of the Nile he
of Civita Arece. i '
his discharge from the Princess Royal in
obtained d not •
/ Deceased did receive a pension, not hav-
inglBo:
rved a sufficient length of time. He had been
•se ' to keep list '
curious enough a of the ships engaged at
some of the battles at which he was present. The
deceased left his watch to Captain Hurdle,of one the
officers under whom he served.

AN UNWELCOME PASSENGER.—The Radiant, Cap-
tain Parkin, arrived here on Tuesday afternoon from Moul-
mein, in the East Indies. About three weeks ago, while
drawing near to the English land, a great snake serpent, of
the most venomous kind, made his unexpected appearance
in the cabin during the night watch. Those on board who
were asleep were immediately aroused, all more or less ter-
rified. A light was procured, while the captain armed
himself with a sharp instrument, and after following him for
some time and watching his movements, they at last suc-
ceeded in cutting him right through the middle and chop-
pingbut not before he had made several at-
temptspursuers. He was found to be About
of
ft
to
10 orl2 feet long.—Sunderland ,liera/d.
disahrteaadt,
his

TER ACT.
TO TUE EDITOR. OF TUE DAILY NEWS•
is desirable that the public in Et gland should
know what is said on this subject in India, I therefore
enclose you a leading article from the Friend of India
of the 3d of June, which I hope you will insert.
The Friend of India, ou the 10th of June also soya—
"lt is a singular fact, and one which seems to us
strongly indicative of the want of interest in England
about India affAirs, that not one of the London papers
we have seen has published the list of the Indian com-
mittee. Even the Atlas for India and the Rome News
are silent on the subject, and we should have had another
month of suspense, but for the publication of the list in
the Bombay Gazette, who received it, we presume, from
a private hand. The Committee numbers thirty-one
members. Its labours cease, of course, with the expiring
Parliament, and though it is probable the same committee
will again be nominated, it i 4 not likely that any bC,TIOUSi
business will come before it until the commencement of
the autumn session."

COMMITTEE.
Mr. Berries Mr. listdinge
Lord J. Russell Sir J. E. 'ferment
Sir C. Wood Sir J. Hez,
Mr. Gladstone -7,0-.. ~ . ?""
es
Mr. Laboachere Mr. li,. 1.-iildyard
Mr. Alderman Thompson Mr. !,Ic. irf,
Sir R. Inglis Mr. Cobden
Mr. Disraeli Mr. M. Gibson
Mr. Baring Mr. Mangles
Mr. Millie Mr. Home
Mr. Newdegate Mr. V. Smith
Sir W. Mclesworth Mr. J. Wiltiou
Viscount Jocelyn Sir E. Colenroile
Mr. Plowden Mr. Spooner
Viscount Mal-on Mr. Cardwell.
Now, Mr. Editor, some of these gentlemen have not
at present seats in the House of Commons; midi should
like to see the names of Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Bright, Mr.
Roebuck, Mr. Bernal (jsborne, Sir James Graham, and
such like.--yours, &c.

A CONSTANT READER.

. The charter debate in the House of Commons came
off on the 19th of April, when Mr. flerriei, the Presi-
dent of the Board of
Control moved for the appoint-
mont of a Committee to take into consideration the Act
passed in 1833 for the :government of India. So little
interest did the subject excite, and so complete is India
the dinner bell of the House, that it was at times found
difficult to keep forty Members together, although on a
petty question regarding the induction of a half Popish
priest to the Protestant living of Frome, no fewer than
180 Members were assembled and voted one day after.
It affords matter for deep and melancholy reflection that
when the affairs of a hundred and fifty millions of beings
for whose happiness Great Britain is responsible, came
under consideration after the lapse of 20 years, it was
found impossible to secure the attendance of more than
one Member in sixteen of the House of Commons. This
debate has decided more than one question. Good go-
vweirtuhms
teuurtdiyn tahnedoolouiesof
independentthe
ECogrioiwshum, wenh,imehay bare peopled
said
to
de
thepiernd owonn
atffhaei
rdse. g eheet ow
swehs
ti e they
Minister
a
r e left to
we
have
ever managehad,
as respects the colonies, was the old Duke of Newcas-
tle, who is said to have left the dispatches from the
American colonies unopened for twelve years. On the
other hand, the good administration of India at home
authorities,
unotdrheoarbgirtoioeoasdd,
ionrrelardhiirauesnthdthe vigilant eye of Parliament.
One animated debate in the House of Commons does
t
council
u Whatever
010 tifhhoeer minnatmtei
interest
ttbheergt hundred
takensreafur:it
suit dispatches
ceolseittslhsi effer aIo
ffanmnadud. i tashtn reboAmyl
energyodcrathhi Administra-
tion,
intopiglsr ortecres
iaal
t.
Bat this. is. debate has taught us the painful truth that
Parliament can in no wise
g tiuee brought to take the smallest
on;
jllembr
that if it be ever i
re-
quirednteres t
to in
cal
enayr Itnhdoi a n
a
House, has only to pro-
nounce the name of India. The debatee
has also taught
us that the present system, without modification or im-
provement, is to be perpetuated fur twenty
with all its anomalies and defects. It was years
more,
that the Whigs, if they had continued in power,
resolved to make no alterations whatever in the present
system. system. The charter of 1833 was a Whig measure, and
Lord John Russell had determined to apply his
""
principle of finality to it. Whatever trifling and
un-
important modification he might have been induced
to sanction, would have been adopted merely for the
sake of showing how little it required to be altered,
and they would have made no alteration what-
ever in the working of the present scheme, which
is, perhaps, one of the most anomalous which
the icgenuity of statesmen has ever devised. It was on
this principle that the Whigs refused the appointment of
a committee last year, when there would have been
leisure and opportunity for examining the question. If
the Whigs had continued in power. therefore, we were
fully prepared to dismiss every idea of any amelioration,
and the debate fully justifies these anticipations. Lord
John Russell maintained the auper,Ative excellence of
the present system cl Indian Government, because, as
he affirmed, this country was better governed than Tur-
key and Persia, so that the highest conception which a
Whig Minister of England iu the middle of the nine-
teenth century can form of the good government of a
foreign dependency of the Crown, is that it should be
better administered than a wretched Mahomedan des-
potism. But it was certainly exi.eeted that the Conser-
vatives, who were not r:,spont for the Act of 180-3,
would not have shrunk from a thorough examination
of its operation, that they would have made a root and
branch ir quiry into the detects of the Indian adminis-
tration; mld, instead of eJnfining themselves, like the
Whigs, to the admiration of the past, they would,
like honest British statesmen, have addressed
Lhmselves to the improvement of du, futn,e. All
;hese hopes have been dashed to the ground by Mr.
Ilerries's speech, the 11st .entence of which may be con-
sir cred as the funeral knell of all reformation or im-
provement for the next twenty years. •‘ As now &d-
-vied, I contend that the present system is the best."
Even Mr. flume, a radical rotortnc ron every question
but th::t of India. regards the present order of things with
feat complacency, and has no objections to allege to'
it but that the Court had not paid sufficient attention to
road-in,:king and irrigation. None of the Manchester
oen-,01 spoke on the occasion. Sir James w eir Hogg
and Mr. Mangles, wino represented the court of directors,
lauded their own government to the skies, as in duty
bound, only this latter gentleman took the opportunity
of avenging himself on that most august body, the pro-
prietors of East India stock, for eight yeoafrstohfehhuit:ihleitts-t
lion, by saying that ho believed the present mode of
oneel
tion
d
cl
s of
eßra iclet na'
cf snanedrdnhl i thus
icawg'
hhn
eeov usaetbtsn,drfsidterel
responsibilities,
ad
o°
ntetduhts eeri
ebrubreitaieodt debate
iafeurlr a'sod:mairsi jterhyei:gninasdgrai darnayficrt disgraceful
intetachoke 11h) ogef
as
taken place for twenty years.

Under these circumstances, when the minds of all
parties are made up to the perpetuation of the present
system, the
b a p p ocui
ton tdomaf
leittnl.nti
If ot
Iftw
doe
uenzly,ei
nbCeol
ifmlawrmsmi ttt(o)ereee
nawdahcvitit
st eat
hvbeal
ort
atfP'ePPeir:statoosfbbtoehretre3k-fil and. 4th Will. IV. e. 85, was extended
to the year 1874, without modification, than to enact the
solemn farce of appointing a Committee which Whigs,
furies, end Itr.dicala intend sha:l le..:d to no result.
ttterdtbwrietehptahretiess)!snt,mheollf a
'u
ie P Alt
government,ths:
Crown,
Gutwhich
h
sii
works well, although it is anomalous. They are resolved
that the patronage snail not go to
`(souaeroear to be equally sa-
continue absolthely vested in the ()curt of Directors, as
s
a reward for governing India—the most costly
reward,be
is as Lord William Bentinck remarked, which could
thougiit of. Al! parties agree that India prosperous_
jewelled
and Nippy—that " she wears her p
fumed sigi
has been a
turban with a tuna" of peace." 1:.4,5e.f.,,e1i there ear
been increase of revenue, and though the war
been a greater increase of ,
ioutlayb
eungatulation,
"eased, yet Yet this is a subject ".Idpict, in local improve-
ciuse the money lies been
us ent s. Natives have bteeifilileslfia completelyedin th e
nation-
service; iboliile-
out of a hundred and
suelirsveidc,e;byoubresatdomwiino
oner (who is this fortunate man?),
fifty millions 1,5601. a yen, 8401. to 960/. We have ex-
freesia.
of the revenues of the coun-
have appropriated, at this
try in public wgr,3,600/. out of a revenue of sixteen
panenddoend eight others
rottrpesr.
we
shout
to national instruction; and—what is
presidency,mil gistoroation native
niidered b.? of national imnrovement—Government
equivocalcn tolceto e
,4 b number of ch,ylains, entertained for
r. ilerries as the highest and meat eu.
has increase of its European and Christian establish-
the bee hundred and thirty. What need, then,
meat- t° 13-- any :t.qairy into the working of a ays-
• , be for ,,..
can here
nt governnsent so perfect? What need of examining
an
tem - instrument, not created by design or skill,
both"
itonssterling
at different times and
w de
but steel ntally put together
different workmen, is not susceptible of great improve-
eats? Bat India is a " bore;" the real language of
the deebbeatneoisq,u'e'sDtioonn's broughtt bother us
up
swiwthhiethhe
shallaub ain
jeccotn.strLet
us to bestow the smallest thought upon it." Is not
India governed better than Turkey, than Persia, or
even than the Colonial-office, and what more can the in-
habitants of India in all reason and conscience desire?

DEATH OF AN ALLEGED BIGAMIST.--. 012 Satur-
day Mr. G. Brent held an inquest at the Earl Cathcart,
Munster-street, Regent's-park, on George Hathaway, house
agent, aged 64. A report that deceased was very wealthy,
and that foul play had something to do with his death, in-
vested the inquiry with an unusual degree of interest. The
principal witness was a Spanish female, named Villaneuse,
who stated that deceased collected the rent of two houses in
Henry-street, Hampstead-road, in one of which she resided,
and there became acquainted with deceased. Formerly he
lived at the Hope Nursery, Camden.town, but his second
wife had him arrested for bigamy, and, having refuseelohe
re-
admit him to her home after his discharge from prison,rel
took lodgings at 1, Brook-terrace, Regent's-park,utg
i his meals at witness's house. She attended° hid 1-1"
weeks' illness, and during his confinement Led,tber
Presence. A
turday until 'Tuesday, when he died in
was attested by
week before his death he made a will, whichwin.
Hathaway, de-
her father and mother in her favour.
Mary from Sa-
lebone work -
ceased's brother, and an inmate .
1 hmoaudsee ,
ad evcrleaNrieedu that heante, thean willd as his brother had
insane for years. Other
A BONAPARTE 111 Tdets of the Military Acitclem7 at
deceased was neglected in
, 'witnesses attempted to prove
his last illness. Mr. Davies,
tended deceased sonic time mr.
per care and attention.
mortem examination,
chronic peritonitis.
-three ca surgeon, said that he had at-
for dropsy, and he had every pro_
performed a post-
d ascertained that deceased died of
Vaerdict—,, Natural Death."
n[E AMERICAN ARMY.—A pro-
hawdthat)seteiCinasi
motion of forty.
,t, taken place in the United States army-
' West Point has iu
the number the name of the cat Jerome
°„"ate, who was No. 11 in his clase.at the time
.1
NWaepreelemeaert4iTaati;n,
and who is appointed to th 6 regimentrt of
I of the examill
mounted f
the Emperor
Napoleon, ex- %..1 g.
r•n of Westphalia,
• He is the grandson of Jerome BOllapa
.e,
of of the French Senate. His grandmother,
sides in
' and now
Patterson, first wife of Prince Jerome,le
• Madame
and is in possession of a considerebletfortuue.
1 Baltimore,
rnaz
Aretv York Jim ,
: brothe rifiemeii