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London, England, 1853-12-16 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1853.

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the NOBILITY and PATRONS of WAR-
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and great bargains will necessarily be offered in Silks, Shawls,
Dresses, and Mantles.
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information shOuld be given to those who, for a quarter of a century,
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RELIEF FROSI INCOME TAX.
THE Board of Management of the PROVI-
DE ST CLERKS' ASSOCI.+TION call the attention of the
phblic to the 54th section of this A ct, which allows an abatement
of the Tax in respect of Premiums on Life Assurance, and in addi-
tion thereto this Association offers the following important advan-
tages :
All Policies may be made absolutely psyable to the WIDOW,
WIDOWER, or CHILDREN 01 the Assured, by which the Expense
Of LEGACY and PROBATE DUTY is SAVED, and the Assurance under
any circumstances SECURED to the person or persons for whom it was
effected.
The COST Of POLICY STAMPS is PAID by the ASSOCIATION, so that
the Premium is the only charge to which Assurers are subjected.
NINE-TENTHS of the Pump; are divided every five years amongst
the Assured of three years' standing, and the Association has already
appropriated upwards of 15,000!. in Reversionary Bonuses.
Leans are granted to the full extent of the value of. the Policy.

All Policies are indisputable, except in cases of absolute fraud.

ClerksALuring with this Association have the option of being
Members of the Benevolent Fund, from which they may, in case of
need, derive very great advantages.

•By order of the Board.
PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary.
42, Moorgate-street, London, Dec. 1, 1853.

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TRUSTEES.
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John Williams, Esq.

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purchased for allotmeut amonsrst the members of this society. The
one at Woo3-gre, n (now ahnost allotte ) is acknowledged to be one
of the most eligibl. ior building o,.rposes yet d stributed by any Lind

Society; and a further purchace 'in Wimbledon-park has just been
effected, fully equal, if not superior, to the one at Wood-green, ad-
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There is now an opportunity, either by paying up Shares, or taking
them, to get Ballot-rights of acquiring plots on this highly eligible
and profitable estate.
Ballots take place Monthly.

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. ENGINEERS, MASONIC AND UNIVERSAL MUTUAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
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•
• BONUS.
NOTICE.—A DIVISION of P]OFITS will
take place at the end of the year 1854. At personswho have
•patd two Annual Premiums will be entitled to share therein. Policies
to participate in the Bonus must therefore be effected in the course of
this year.
ABATEMENT IN INCOME-TAX.
Every person assured In this Society is entitled to have the amount
of the annual premium paid for ass .rance, qr for a deterred annuity
on his own life, or the life of his wile. "deducted flout any profits or
gains In respect to which he shall be liable to be assessed under either
of the ticheaules I) and E of the I neo-ne-tas Act.
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Assijunents of Policies registered free of charge.
Premiums Payable Half-Yearly, Quarterly, or Monthly.
Credit given for half the Premiums.
A liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents on the intro-
duction of Policies.
ANTHONY. PECK, MA , Assistant Actuary.

9th ult.) was not used by him, as, to escape the
noise, &c. attendant on the Moh'urrum' he occupied
another room. To this circumstance, it' is said, that
the resident owes his life, although there are many
who consider the entire affair immensely exagge-
rated ; however, the sentry, shortly after hearing
the noise, saw a man under the portico of the
esi-
dency, who quickly returned accompanied by
another, and instead of seizing, or at least chal-
lenging the strangers, which, as a sentry, we pre-
sume lie was bouuSto do, the sepoy entered into con-
versation with them, when, according to his own
account, they offered him 5000 rupees to point out
to them where the Resident was sleeping. • The
sentry, startled at this proposition, retreated to-
wards his musket, which was in a distant corner,
and, upon this one of the two men drew. forth a
pistol, cocked it, and still urged the sepoy to com.:
ply, but he having by this time regained his fire-
lock, discharged it at his tempters, when within 20
paces of them, and fai!ed to bring either of theni
down ; thou the alarm became general, the men
escaped in the confusion, and in examination it was
found that the colonel's premises had unquestion-
ably been entered. Such are the facts of this strange
case, and we have only to add that the sepoy has
been promoted for his incorruptibility. _ The night_
after the-affair-an-old-soldier deserted' from the re--
sidency guard, and has not since been heard of, and
after all, it is not utterly impossible that the said
old soldier may have been the Colonel's nocturnal
visitor, and that his object was other than to take
the life of the resident ; his desertion in that ease
is accounted for on the score of fear of detection,
while at present, no one can suggest a motive for
the man's taking French leave, and making us a
present of the pension he would have been entitled
to shortly. The camp, of the ConAuanderat-chief
moved from Kalka at the commencement of this
month, and on the 18th will be at Delhi, from
whence it proceeds to Agra, visiting Meerut en
route. We regret to state that our obituary in-
cludes Sir Theophilus Metcalfe, the Commissioner
at Delhi, who died on the 3d inst. at seven o'clock
p.m., without any signs of pain, and seemed to
pass away in sleep. We also regret to state that
the cholera has made its appearance in Bombay,
and up to this date the deaths have been 275.
As in England, so here, the majority of deaths
occur in the most neglected districts, thus
at Omercarry, an undrained and particularly
dirty village, more than two-thirds of the
above number of deaths occurred. We are con-
cerned to say that the disease appears steadily to
increase ; no doubt the cold weather will do much
to purify the atmosphere, and to banish it. Bodies
of troops are now on their way to Poona to form
Lord Frederick Fitzclarence's military camp, and
preparations for reviews, field days, &c., are
afoot. The order for a third European regiment to
be added to each of the presidencies has given, it is
needless to observe, general satisfaction. A meet-
ing of the shareholders of the Commercial Bank of
India was held on the 9th instant, to confirm and
adopt certain resolutions passed at the meeting of
that company held on the 17th ultimo, when it was
determined to increase the capital of the company,
and to alter the clause in the deed of settlement,
which debarred any one person from holding more

than three hundred shares on his own account.
Resolutions were passed, which, for carrying out
the first of these objects, determined, that one new
share for every three old ones be issued, thus in-
creasing the amount of capital one-third, and for
the latter, that the words six hundred be substi-
tuted for three hundred.

We are glad to state that the exchequer in India
seems in a most flourishing condition. The Supreme
Government has issued a Gazette Extraordinary
containing the following notification :
" Ist. That no further transfer a the Five per Cent
Sicca Loans into the Four per Cent. Debt will be allowed
after the 28th November next.

"2dly. That all notes of the Five per Cent. Loan,
bearing date the 30th of June, 1841, from No. 19,001
to the last number on the register, will be discharged at
the General Treasury on or before the 30th of January
next, holders having the option of transferring the
amount into a new Four per Cent. Loan.
" 3dly. The opening of a new loan bearing interest at
the rate of 31 per cent. per annum.,
We are sorry to add that the state of trade in
our local market is not very encouraging, and that
there does not seem any immediate prospect of im-
I provement.

The Delhi Gazette, of the 29th ult., contains the
following melancholy announcement, dated Simla,
the 26th October :

"-With deep sorrow—a sorrow sacred to the memory
of raro private worth and recorded public merit—the
Commander-in• Chief in India makes known to the army
the death, at Simla, after brief but severe illness, of
Major-General Godwin, C. 8., commanding the Sathind
division, and recently holding chief cornmand of the
combined field force which achieved the conquest of
Pegu.

Sir William Gomm feels assured that the army at
large will regret with him the sudden departure from
amid its ranks of a distinguished soldier, a gallant leader,
and an ardent promoter of its interests, while some,
perhaps, will mourn with his excellency over the loss of
a long-tried and justly-valued friend, faithful and true
from youth upwards to the close of an useful and hon-
oured life.
(Signed)

" W. M. Gomm, General,
" Commander-in-Chief, East Indies."

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

[PRicE SD•

time no transactions have transpired, but we believe that
2 to 3 rupees per candy would 'now be accepted below
the prices given, the staple will cost, free on board in-
cluding freight to Liverpool and marine insurance 4d.
and 3d. per lb.
Linseed .continues to be contracted for delivery in
December and January at 9.12 rs. 11 as. to 3 rs. 12 as.
per cwt., and since last advices from 'England even
higher,' prices are 'demanded, but none of the seed has
yet arrived .at this port. .
Pepper.—Scarce.
Coffee.—To be had at"9l to 10 rs. per maund.
Exchange. —On England, owing to the few sales of
goods effected, has been in little request, and although
a small amount of bills are on the market, still the rate
has advanced ; the Commercial Bank has drawn at 2s.
1 3-16 d- poi' rupee at six months' sight. Baring Brothers'
credits sold at 2s. 1 6 16d. .to 2s. 1 6.16 d., and b6St
local drifts at 2s. leid. to 25."10. pet rupee:: Exchange
on Calcutta is at 99 rs. for Calcutta 100 rs,, and:on
Freight.
China nominal at 240 rs. per $lOO at 60'days' sight. '
-
--To England-have seen well maintained, et
2/. 17s. 6d.
Per ton ; and .as few vessels have lately
arrived 8/. per ton is noW demanded for Liverpool and
London. To China there is no vessel loading.

(From the Bengal literkartc. -of
CALCUTTA.
Since the-deparkirevflateias Nov. 26.) 4
-overland mailove
have had several arrivals frofromßan' u
annd toeotihnu
r
un
telligence from that port comes do'
w
e
29th ult., but it is devoid of all interest.
chief occupation seems to be in Prosecuting
the dacoits which swarm throughout the
con
-
try and commit depredations every where. \Re_
ports have been received that in one of the
encounters with these brigands, the notorious
Meah-Toon had been dangerously wounded, but
this requires confirmation, and as the intelligence
received subsequently makes no allusion to this
circumstance, we look upon it as unfounded. As
to the probable turn that affairs may take, it be-
comes every day clearer, that the result of our ex-
pedition has turned out far from profitable, and
that even under the most favourable circumstances,
a long time must elapse before our newly ac-
quired territories will pay for the mere cost of
their administration. We have missed the oppor-
tunity, and have now to pay for our mistake. The
fertile province of Pegu, which was expected to
be the granary of our Burmese possessions, has
disappointed our expectations for this year, for in-
stead of yielding a large supply of grain, we have
to support its population ; the immense forests
which were to yield timber sufficient to supply all
the navy yards of England, have failed to establish
that great trade, which alone, it was thought,
would render our conquests most profitable : and
as for commerce in general, which was to create
Rangoon the high road for British manufactures
into the western countries of China,',its results,
to judge by the revenue derived from Customs
dues, hardly pays for the expense of the Custom
House establishments. It is true that in every
new settlement numerous difficulties have to be
contended with • still in the course of time they
are overcome, but that time seems to be very re-
mote in Burmah, for as long as we do not come to
a final settlement with the Burmese, whatever
trade may spring up, it will not extend beyond
the borders of our own territories.

DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL GODWIN.
(From the Bengal Hurkaru.)

It is our melancholy duty to announce the death of
Major-General Godwin, C. 13., which occurred at Simla
on the morning of the 26th ult. The following is the
announcement of our correspondent, and which we re-
gret has since been fully confirmed :
"A very short time ago a salute announced the arri-
val at Simla of General Godwin, on a visit to his Ex-
cellency the Commander-in-Chief.
" General Godwin seemed to be much invigorated by
the bracing climate of Simla, and I believe made it a
rule to walk out every evening.
"The last walk taken by him was somewhat longer
than usual ; returning home to 'Barnes Court' heated,
it is said he took a bath. An attack of influenza fol-
lowed, which I deeply regret to add ended fatally. The
gallant old man, after escaping all dangers, came up
here to enjoy himself, and died this morning about two
o'clock.

"His funeral is to take place at three p.m. to-morrow,
when the last honours will be paid to the mortal remains
of the late Commander of the Sirhind Division and con-
queror of the first slice of Burrnah.

- "In consequence of this melancholy event, his Excel-
lency's movement downwards has been postponed till
the 29th or 30th."
'We have received this information with exceeding
regret, because we still hoped a fitting opportunity
would arrive for the zeneral to rebut many of the
charges brought against him during the late ignoble
war in Burmah. 'We have ourselves long been in pos.
session of facts which completely exonerated him from
the insinuated blame which was cast upon him. We
could show that while-the odium of delay was cast
upon the general, he was utterly innocent of the offence,
if offence it were ; but we have two marked and pub-
lic•evidences to this fact. I❑ the first place, there is
the declaration of the general himself at the farewell
dinner given to him at Rangoon, where he expressly
affirmed that lie acted strictly in obedience to orders ;
and, in the next place, there is the witness of Lord
Dalhousie in the Burmese despatches, who distinctly
states his approbation of the conduct of General God-
win, which met with his full approval. We are as
much as any one averse to octogenarian generals ; but
whatever might have been the age of General Godwin, I
it is certain that no ensign in the Burmese force was
more active than he. Perhaps no man ever numbered
as many years and retained so much quicksilver in his
composition. ' General Godwin in activity of mind and
body was as young as his aides-de-camp. The manner
in which his death has been caused bears evidence to
his activity. It was by overheating himself with exer-
cise that his fatal malady was originated.
By none were his good qualities better known and
appreciated than by the Commander in-Chief, who,
after a friendship of many years has witnessed the death
of an old comrade in arms.