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N-OSTItE -is hereby given by-the. LORDS
COMMISSIONERS of HIS MAJESTY'S TREA-
SURY; that all Persons desirous of signifying their Assenr
to receive CS 10s. per Centurn Annuities, in lieu of £4 pet
Centum Annuities, directed to be paid off, in pursuance of
a'Resolution- of the House of Commons, of the 24th Fe-
bruary, 1824, in the manner therein specified, must signify
14011 Assent on or before the 6th April, 1824, to the Gover-
nor Ind Company of the Banks of England, or of Ireland,
Recording as the Dividends may be payable.
F,Trns for expressing such Assent have been sent to the
al Country Bankers in Great Britain and Ireland ; and
11'").alfti4 be had of the Postmasters of every Market Town
gre:dt Britain and Ireland, as well as the Banks of Eng-
rtarl.lreland respectively.
Isar. B. The Assents addressed to the Banks of England and
Ireland- respectively will be delivered free of Postage; but
care most be taken that they are put into the Post-Office in
ulfficient time to be delivered in London or in Dnblinors the
vase may be, on or before the 6th April, 1824.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 5, 1884.

E COURT of DIRECTORS of the
UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG-
LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give
Notice,

That a GENERAL COURT of the said Company will
he held at their House in Leadenhall-street. on WEDNES-
DAY, the_ 31st Instant, from Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon
until SIX in the Evening, at the desire of the undermentioned
Proprietors,
viz
Jamas Patterson William Flower
J. C. Farmer Randle Jackson
•
G. Chalmers Samuel Dixon
Henry Gahagan Edward Goldsmid
John Addinell Alexander Nowell.
Edward Walpole,
To ballot on the following question, rii.:—
" That application he made to Parliament in the present
Nession for the Repeal of the 46th Clause of the Act of the 534
Geo. 111. cap. 155, by which the Court of Directors is pro-
hibited from sending to India, in the capacity of a Writer, any
Person who shall not have resided during Four Terms at the
Haile hury College." •
JOSEPH DART, Secretary.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat Department, Treasury
Chambers, February 2tl, 1824.
NOTICE is hereby given to. all Persons de,
girous of contracting to supply the following Articles
for the Use of the Army, viz.:—

BREAD--To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments,
Quarters, and Barracks, in the under-mentioned Counties
and Islands:—

Bedford, Berks (including the Town of Hungerfora), Ber-
ewick, Bucks, Cambridge (including the Town of Newmar
bet), Chester, Cornwall (including Scilly), Contherland,•
Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex (exclusive of Tilbury
Fort), Gloucester (including the City of Bristol), Hants,
Hereford, Hertford, Hunts, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Kent
(including Tilbury Fort, in the County of Essex), Lancaster,
Leicester, Lincoln, Middlesex, Monmouth,
_Norfolk, Nor-
thampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Oxford, Rutland,
Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick,
Westmorland, Wilts, Worcester, York North and South
Wales-, in the several Counties in North Britain, and in the
Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey.

As also Bread to the Household Troops in London and its

Vicinity.
OATS; to his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses,, in
Cantonments and Quarters, in the under-mentioned Conn-
_

Bedford, 13erwick, Buck, Cambridge,
Chester, Curnhet-
land, Derby, Durham, .Gloucester, Hereford, Hertford,
Hunts, Leicester, Lincoln, Monmouth, Oxford, Rutland,
S4IOP, &WON, Westmorland, Wilts, Worcester, North and
South Wales.

FORAGE, viz.-..OATS
jeity's Cavalry and HAT, and STRAW—To his Ma-
Artillery Horses in Barracks, and flats,
in Cantonments
and Quarters, in the under mentioned
Counties in South Britain :
Berks, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hants (including
the Isle of Wight), Kent, Lancaster, Middlesex, Norfolk,
Northampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Somerset, Suf-
folk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, York, and in the several
Counties in North Britain.

That the Deliveries are to commence on and for the 25th
day of April next; that Proposals in writing, sealed up,
'and marked "Tender for Army Supplies," will he received
at this Office on or before Tuesday, the 30th day of
March next, but none will be received after Twelve o'Clock
on that Day.

Proposals must be made separately for each County and
island, except for the Counties comprising North and South
Wales) all of which must be included in one Tender;
likewise the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey;
as also the several Counties in North Britain; and
",'ll Proposal must have the Letter which is annexed to
ahe Tender properly filled up, by Two Persons of known
I'voPerty, engaging to become bound with the Party ten-
<l'4l4, in the amount stated in the printed Particulars, for
the due Performance of the Contract ; and no Proposal
lus noticed unless made on a printed Tender, and the
itices expressed in Words at length ; and should it so
happen that during the continuance of the Contract no
Troops should be supplied by virtue of the same, the expence
of the Stamps on the Contract and Bond, paid in the first
instance by the Contractor, shall be refunded to bins.
Particulars of the Contracts may be had upon application
at this Office, between the hours of Ten and Four.
(4(8. Samples of the Bread and Meal may be seen at the
ce between the hours of Twelve and Two.

STRICTURES CURED,
tr a new Method the above troublesome
k 4,3„.. Complaint is entirely eradicated, (without the use of
ce:ttple,n,teeotti).srtitCuatiittsmtli,cd,, whether of low, or shoi t standing, ex-
,
generally atl-
as well as all weaknesses
emaiWinYulg it, and in a short time the whole system is re-
-133. j:hed, being one of the greatest discoveries ever made.
it..`'"N LNCH, 4,1, Duke-street, St. James's.
te-Pectable references will be given, if required.—All Let-
„..rPhst_paid
or.? i '
A le price of the Medicine is Four Pounds a pareel.
T,' Ike ,Lerrect Cure for Bilious Affections and Ohstrartions in

This Day was published,
In Two Volumes, Octavo, with Portraits. price 2Ss.
COWPER'S PRIVATE CORRESPOND-
ENCE. Now first published from the Originals, in
the Possession of the Editor.
Published and Sold by H. Colburn, 8, New Burlington-
street. -

We are most happy to learn that the Diana Steam Packet
succeeds to admiration, stemming the rapid freshes of the river
with a velocity Perfectly astonishing. She left Chandpaul
Ghaut at 11 A. M. of Saturday, 16th August, in charge of 111 r.
Anderson the Engineer, and piloted by Mr. Branch, Pilot
Bason, for Serampore, to take on board his Excellency, Col.
Krefting the Governor; she manoeuvred off the town for some
time, until his Excellency and suite embarked, when she pro-
ceeded up to Chinsurah. The whole time occupied in running
the distance from Calcutta to Chinsurah was between six and
seven hours. There was no flood, but, on the contrary, the
fresffes were very strong, running at the rate of at least 6 or 7
knots per hour, yet the steam-boat moved up the river against
this extraordinary current at the rate of 4 or $ knots, a proof of
her speed that must be satisfactory to the most sceptical we
should think.. In the afternoon the vessel returned to Scram-
.
pore, where his Excellency and suite, with the rest of the party
on board, landed and partook of an elegant entertaiment pre-
iiated for the occasion- The party returned to Calcutta on
'Sunday morning.
. the vessel' passed up, the bank of the river were crowded
with natives gazing with stupid wonder on this novel scene.
To behold a vessel thus stemming a furious tide without the aid
of oar or sail, and sending forth from a black column standing
in the usual place of a mast a.volume of smoke, was indeed a
sight well calculated not only to excite the curiosity, but to
work on the superstitious fears of the natives; they gazed on it
with silent amazement or with loud- expressions of astonish-
ment, as the feelings of fear or curiosity predominated, utterly
unable to divine the power by which the vessel was impelled
with such velocity. Such was the effect of this specimen of the
triumph of science over the elements on some of the more ig-
norant natives, that several of them, it is said, actually leaped
out of their boats into the river. through fear. We do not
vouch for this; but it is by no meene improbable. Be this as
it may, the passing of the stem Boat occasioned a complete na-
tive holiday, nor were the natives the only beholders of the in-
teresting spectacle, for every window in every house in Scram-
pore, Chatdernagore, • and Chinsurah, that commanded a view
of the river, was filled with eager spectators.
There is every reason to believe that this first trip up the
river on the steam-boat wiil be succeeded by many others, for
all the party speak with rapture of the delight they experienced
in the trip, and declare, they never passed a pleasanter day in
India. To those who have only one day in the week, in which
they can either for recreation or the renovation of health take
a trip up thnxiver, to Chandernagore or Chinsurah, the steam-
boat presents the only eligible opportunity of
,inclulging their
inclination—during the freshes, for by any other water convey.
Luke, when they prevail, the day would be half gone, ere they
could reach the length of Serampore even. The present party
was planned by Mr. John Hunter, and composed partly 'of
some of the Officers of H.M.S. Jupiter, and several resident
gentlemen of Calcutta. They are unanimous in recommending
the Steam-boat to the patronage of the public. The hire of her
for a day is 200 rupees : but when it is considered how numer-
ous for individuals, it will not,
pence will reduce it to a mere
when v-eant more particularly her
ous a party she will accommodate, and that the division of ex-
we think, be deemed ex za ,
ver superior accommodations, and the velocity and certainty
with which the trip may be performed in her, are taken into
account. We ardently hope that the public spirit of Calcutta
will never suffer the first Steam-boat that ever glided over the
waters of the HooghlY, to become alosing concern to the indi-
viduals interested, in the property Of her, for want of their pa-
tronage. Forbid it all ve -on whom-Fortune has bestowed the
means of averting a resultso discouraging to all future effects
to promote the cause of science and the arts, and add to the sum
of human enjoyment.

THE STEAM BOAT.
the o - 's ship
had on board, we understand' Leers of his Majesty
am the river on Saturday,
Jupiter. She called at Ser
1, ent
f sett tm , proceeded to Chandernagore,
The Steam-boat which proc:Iree:1:1.
the Governor o that having taken on board
1,-of an entertain 0 1 for them b landed and partoan.
from whence she returned in about two hours. The party then
Governor. About midnight they
twhaesat anchor off the flag start gnaut at ilarrackpore, and pro-
ceededwhich to Calcutta early on Sunday morning. From an expe-
rionccd nautical man how witnessed her
rnanceuvres of Seram.
pore, we learn that she is, in every respect, the best suited of
any thing fora pitssage-boat on the river, or tbr assisting ships
ih passing difficult parts of it, by towingveial times, and from
them over. She sailed
backwards and forwards at Sra pore
several
the came authority to.hich we.havU before alluded, we learn
that the utmost speed of' Which this boat is capable, laying
w
aside the conSideration of the tide being either for, or against
her, is about ten miles an hour,
her favour, her motiOn would be proportionally
actlutttere,rmewnptets swifter and
vice versa. The banks of the river were crowded all the ex-
tent of her cruize with Europe"s
as well as natives, and many
Of cootie, with the tide in
expressions of wonder and surpriz2 escaped from the latter at
cafidits
shoals,
at steam navie.ation in this coun.
:try, and that, too, on a river remarkable fo'r the strength of it 4
,11)1 atahsdet hlaiulumsmbQ
number
tee
i.n made
curinipotent powers of steam. The
al, and the intricacies of its
channels. The result is, that the attempt was crowned with
such a manner as to ensure to the natives of this country a
complete success, and we trust
centinuance of the advantages to be derived from its more ge-
that it will now be followed in
neral adoption.—( Calcutta Monthly Journal. )
----
....

FIRE IN THE SHIP ARGYLE, Authentic accounts reached
town this morning, that the ship Argyle, Captain HARDIN-a,
proceeding to China, was on the morning of the 11th i t. when
below Saugor, discovered to be seriously on fire befifeen the
foie end main hatchways bet eon decks, they were obliged to
scuttle the dock, and break out cotton at both hatchways; by
seven, A.M. the fire was entirely extinguished—about 50 or 60
bales of cotton were burnt, but no other injury sustained.--
The cause of the fire had not been discovered, but from its
situation, it is apprehended to have been intentionally done, as
no person had been at work in that part of the ship since she
left Diamond Harbour. Every assistance was afforded by the
Asserghur pilot vessel, and the ships Westmoreland and
Roberts. The Argyle has returned to the New Anchorage.—
(Bank:hall Circular, August 12, 1823.) ,

WHISKEY SMUGGLING.--'Tie Brewers and
Spirit Merchants of Carlisle have determined to
memoralize the Treasury, on the consequences
of smuggling Scotch Whiskey over the borders
into England. Vast numbers of persons are en-
gaged in the illicit traffic, and it is supposed that
from 8 to 10,000 gallons a week are smuggled
into Carlisle and its vicinity, at about 6s. per gal-
lon, introducing drunkenness into the cottages
and farms.
The Lent Assizes commenced at N'ewcastle
upon-Tyne on Thursday last. Sir JOHN BAILE
his Majesty's Judge of Assize, arrived safe the
evening before at the Mansion-house, with his
suite. The business is. not heavy.

Letters from Leghorn mention, that the
pleurisy had raged this winter at Florence to such a degree,
that 1,118 personi bad died since the commencement of the
present year. In Rome; too, it would seem great siCkness pre.
veiled. Even at St. Petersburgh, according to the Russian let-
ters of the 4th ult. there were an unusual number of invalids,
owing to frequent and sudden changes in the atmospheric
temperature.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF DROPSY.—On Sa-
turday last a female, who resides on the estate of Walter
111‘Gwire Esq. Clonea Castle, within three miles of Dungar-
van, and who has for a considerable period been afflicted
with the dropsy, was tapped, for the sixty-first time, by
Surgeon Quinn, of that town, who computes the average
taken at each • tapping, to thirty quarts, amounting in the
whole to the enormous quantity of eighteen hundred and
thirty. quarts, or four hundred and fifty-seven gallons and-a
hay,• within the short period of three years. This is certainly
the most extraordinary of any local case that has, occurred for
years, at least that has come within our knowledge; and what
adds to the singularity of it, the female appears in good health,
and has frequently walked into Dungarvan from her residence,
where she transacted her business, underwent the operation, and
returned h orn eon the following day. —( Dubli n Correspondent.)