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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1854.

SOVEREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
49, ST. JAMES'S STREET, LONDON.
(Established 1815.)
TIIIISTEES.
The Right Hon. the Earl Talbot Sir Claude Scott, Bart.
The Right Hon. the Lord de Benj. Bond Cabbell, Esq.,M.P.
Manley. Henry Pownall, Esq.
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Very moderate rates for all ages, especially young lives.
No charges whatever, except the premium.
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By the recent bonus, four-fifths of the premium paid was In many
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1,0001., effected in 1846, premiums amounting to 1531. Bs. 4d. had
been paid, while 1231.75. was the b•. nus added in 1853.
A weekly saving of 14d. will secure to a person 25 years of age the
sum of 1001. on his attaining the age of 55, or at death, should it
occur previously.
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CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR GIBRALTAR.
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 27th Feb., 1854.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY,
the 1411 March next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and deliver-
ing at Gibraltar
8,000 tons of SOUTH WALES COALS,

tt for the service of her Majesty's steam vessels.
A form of the tender may ha seen at the said Office. No tender
will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will
any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent fur him duly
authorised in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the lett-hand corner the words " Tender for Coals,"
and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter
signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with
the person tendering, in the sum of 3,0001., for the due performance
of the contract,

CONTRACT FOR CASKS.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, 27th Feb., 1854
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on FRIDAY, the
3d March next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and
delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DE PTEORD,
immediately, a number of CASKS sufficient to contain 300,000 gal-
lons of Water for use on board ship, the same to consist of Leagers,
Butts, and such other description of Casks as are generally used in
the merchant service for the like purpose.
The Casks to b, subject to the approval, or otherwise, of the re-
ceiving officers at Deptford.
The conditions of the contract may be seen at the said office. No
tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor
any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the pur-
pose, and which may be obtained at the said'office. _ . _

Every tender must ba addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear In the left-hand corner the words " Tender for ," and
must also be delivered at Somerset-place,

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URSSELL'S 'BRIDE CAKES, 1 to 10
P
Guineas;
Dessert Cakes, Is. to 10s., viz., Dundee, Madeira,
School, and Savoy Cakes; Swiss and French Pound Cakes, Is. Gd.
per lb. ; Swiss and Italian Pastry, for evening parties, Is. to 3s. per
doz. ; 16 sorts of Almond Cakes, Ratidas, and Maccaroons, 2s. per
lb. ; Rout Cakes, 3s. per lb. Mixed Cakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Mixed
Biscuits, Is. 2d. per lb.; Biscuits in bags or boxes, 14 for Is.,
viz.; Arrowroot, Brown, Digestive, 3111 k, .Abernethy, German
Cuddy or Captain's Biscuits ; 'Mince Pies, 4s. and Gs. per doz. ;
Jellies and Soups, 4s. per qt.; Creams and Ices, his. per qt.; Made
Dishes, Raised Pies, Hams, Tongues, Fowls. Caution.—John R.
Purssell, 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate-hill, only.

her equipment have been berthed on board the Mino-
taur, shifted over on Sunday. On N.londay morning the
Cressy left the fitting basin and steamed to Black Stakes,
in the river Medway, where she will take on board her
guns, ammunition, k,c., and be swung for the adjust-
ment of her compasses. She will then proceed to the
Little Nore, and after being inspected by Vice-Admiral
the Hon. Josceline Percy, Commander-in-Chief, will sail
for the Downs, on her way to Spithead, the rendezvous
of the fleet destined for service in the Baltic. The Cressy
wants about 50 A B's to complete her complement
of 750.

The Hecla steamer, Mr. P. Wellington, master-corn.
manding, is ordered to return to the Downs by the 7th
of March, to enable the various masters and others on
board her to re-embark in their respective ships.
The Majestic, 80, screw steam-ship, Captain Charles
Hope, is being got ready for sea servide with all possible
haste. The whole strength of the dockyard artificers,
now that the Cressy is completed, are employed in her
equipment, in order that she may be ready for sea by the
15th of Xpril. Her officers and men. are to be trans-
ferred forthwith from the St. Lawrence to the Minotaur
hulk. The Majestic has not yet entered very many
blue jackets.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 27.
The troop of Royal Horse Artillery and the field bat-
teries under orders for foreign service assembled in heavy
marching order at half-past nine o'clock a.m., and pro-
ceeded to the common, where they were drawn up in
line in open order for the commandant's inspection.
Captain Romer's company, the 7th, proceeds to
Sheerness to-morrow morning to relieve Capt. Dunlop's
company, 7th battalion, and the latter company pro-
ceeds to Eastbourne, to relieve Captain Turner's com-
pany, 11th battalion, under orders to return to head-
quarters.
ROYAL MARINES.

Her Majesty, by order in Council, dated January the
30th, 1854, has been pleased to direct that 1 lieritenant-
colonel, 8 divisional companies, and 2 artillery compa-
nies, be added to the present strength of the corps of
Royal Marines. The redistribution of the corps is there-
fore as follows :-110 divisional companies, each com-
pany to consist of 1 captain, 2 subalterns, 5 serjeants,
5 corporals, 3 drummers, and 105 privates. Total, 121.
Twelve artillery companies, each company consisting
of 1 captain, 4 subalterns (either first orsecond lieuten-
ants), 9 serjeants, 8 corporals, 5 bombardiers, 3 drum-
mers, and 146 gunners—making the whole number in
the divisional companies, 13,310 ; artillery companies,
2,112 ; staff, 72. Total strength of the corps, 15,494.
The 10 new companies thus ordered, will be attached
to the several divisions as under :—Chatham division,
103 and 107 ; Portsmouth division, 104 and 108; Ports-
mouth artillery companies, 11 and 12 ; Plymouth divi-
sion, 105 and 109 ; Woolwich division, 106 and 110.

DUBLIN, FEB. 27.

A Clonmel paper states, that recruiting is going on
rapidly in every part of Tipperary, so that between sol-
diery and emigration " it will be pretty well drained of
its population before the next harvest."
" Wexford (says a local journal) has never been a
place noted for adding much to the numerical force of
the army, and has been left to some representative of
the Hon. East India Company's service, who was ready
to gratify all having military tastes in and around the
locality. Now, however, that the war trumpet has
sounded its note, we have been visitec by parties from
the 39th and 50th Regiments, who have succeeded in
picking up some dozens of recruits, including five or six
from the Union Workhouse." All this will be sad
news for the Irish " war" party, who raake no secret of
their disgust at the military spirit evinced by the people
since the recruiting sergeant commenced operations in
downright earnest. The 33d Regiment, now lying in
the Royal Barracks, expect to embark :n the course of
the week for service in the East. Oa Saturday, the
regiment was presented with new colours by Lieutenant-
General D'Oyly, the colonel-in-chief, wf.o came specially
from London for the purpose.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

INDIA.

We have received our despatches from India
and China by the Overland Mail. The dates are
—Calcutta, Jan. 20 ; Madras, Jan. 25 ; Bombay,
Jan. 28 ; Shanghai, Dec. 31 ; Amoy, Jan. 4 ;
Hong Kong, Jan. 11 ; Singapore, Jan. 19 ; and
Burmah, Jan. 12.
The following is from the summary of the Bom-
bay Times :
During the past fortnight the interest that for the
last twelve months has been felt in Burmese affairs
has somewhat diminished owing to the aspect which
our political relations with Persia and Affghan-
istan has assumed. A Court of Inquiry assembled
at Prome to investigate the circumstances attend-
ing Captain Latter's assassination. In his poL tical
capacity, Captain Latter, nearly a year ago, found
it necessary to proceed against the leader of a band
of Dacoits whose head-quarters was a village fifteen
miles to the south-east of Prome. With his usual
promptitude lie set forth, but rumour was too quick
for hini, and when ho arrived at the village lie
found it deserted and the chief fled. So nearly,
however, had he accomplished his purpose, that
the chief had no time to remove his family;; they
all, therefore, fell into the hands of the captor.
Captain Latter is dead, and we would deal lightly
with his memory ; but if accounts be true, we fear
that his passion overcame his prudence, and that
the outlawed chief sustained at his hands disgrace
and dishonour. This determined the Dacoit to take
a deep and signal revenge, and he seems to have car-
ried out his schemes with that silent steadiness of
purpose and moderation that guarantee success, and
prove to the world that when " desperation urges
and subtlety guides," few, if any, are safe. Some
time after the flight of the chief Captain Latter
made the acquaintance of a Burmese female, who is
said to have been in the pay of the Dacoit, and
from whom he learned the habits of the British
officer. She kept up a correspondence all the time
with her employer, and when everything was ready
and the time had come to strike the blow, the
hired assassins, disguised in female attire, entered
unquestioned into the officer's house, and guided by
the information which she had furnished, found no
difficulty in gaining his sleeping apartment and exe-
cuting their task. On these mattersbecoming known
at Promo, the authorities sent a strong detachment
secretly to the village to arrest the assassins, but
although the village was surrounded in silence
and without exciting the least alarm, yet not a soul
was to be found in the house in which the mur-
derers were said to have been. It is added that
the chief who instigated the murder has fled to Ava
whither the news of the assassinaiion reached, but
it is not known with what effect. It is rumoured
that Pegu will immediately become a division of
the Madras army, and that instructions to that
effect have been issued by Lord Dalhousie, as Sir
J. Cheape's health will not admit of his longer re-
taining his command in Burmah. We regret to state
that Lieut. Procter when out in camp at Promo caught
two Burmese, whom he considered as spies and
whom he forthwith hung. He then reported the
matter, alleging that he had treated them accord-
ing to the laws of war. The Governor-General
has ordered him to be placed in close arrest, and
an inquiry is to be made.

BURMA}.
A mission is about to proceed to Ava. Captain
Phayre to go as plenipotentiary, when it is hoped
that a final settlement will be made with the Bur-
mese without further bloodshed. The Governor-
'General, after an absence of five weeks returned
to Calcutta on the 17th inst. During his stay at
Rangoon, he proceeded about six miles beyond
Meeaday and fixed the boundary line, causing
pillars to be built on either side of the river, and
he took formal possession of the country in the
name of the Queen under a royal salute. The
Deputy-Quartermaster-General of the Bengal army
has been appointed a special deputy commissioner
for the demarcation of the frontier line in Pegu.