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No. 16,7 'l9.

GRAND POLISH FANCY or FULL-DRESS
BALL, in AID of the FUNDS of the LITERARY AsSO-
CIATION of the FRIENDS of POLAND, will take place at Willis's
HoOMS, on Me \DAY, the Bth of June.
Sussex Chambers, 10, Duke-str. At. James's.

G I(EAT NORTH avd SOUTH WALES
RAILWAY COMPANY.
A GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders having ben con •
vetted by the Directors, and held on TcssnAv, April 14,e at the
London Tavern, it was unanimously resolved—" That the Directors
be authorised by this meeting at once to pay a dividend to the
Shareholders of I Is. per share, the shareholders signing a release to
the directors from all liability, except in respect of the remainder of
the funds in the hands of the said directors."
Dt accordan,e with the above resolution, a dividend of I Is. per
share will be paid to the s'areholders, at the office of the Company,
011 FRIDAY, the 17th, and SATURDAY, the 18th days of April instant,
and during the following week,* between the hours of Eleven an.;
Three, on their delivering' up their scrip and signing a deed of release
in pursuance of tke above resolution. A memorandum will be
handed to each shareholder, stating the number of scrip certificateS
he has delivered up, and that he will he entitled, in the event of any
further funds being available after all the liabilities of the Company
shall have been discharged, to receive his rateable proportion thereof.
W. WEST, Acting Secretary.
8, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, April 16, 1846.

VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT HOTEL FOR -SALE.
GLOBE HOTEL, PLYMOUTH.

THIS well-
known freehold HOTEL, COll-
MENCIAL ESTABLISHMENT, and POSTING-lIOUSE,
with the SPIRIT SHOP adjoining, which is held on a lease, with
p,rpetual right of renewal, now in the occupation of Mr. William
Itadmore, whose term expires at Lady-day, 1847. will be SUB-
MITTED to SALE at PUBLIC. AUCTION, by SKARDON and
SO V, at the above Hotel, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May
next, at Twelve at noon, by order of the Trustees of the late Mr.
Joseph March, subject to such conditions of sale as will be then
produc d.

Tlv premises are situated in and f onting Bedford-street, with a
c•ntinuation to George-street and Frankfort-street, which streets
form the most public thoroughfares and trading part of the town, and
possess advantages of locality unrivalled, and stand on an area of
8,551 feet

Particulars may ba known, awl permission to view, by applying
to Mr. Edward Oldrey, "'Corley- place; or to Messrs. WoollcumLe,
Square, Stephens, and Pra!,ce, solicitors, Plymouth.
Plymouth, April 22, 1846.

IN WARWICKSHIRE,
THE HAMLET ANI) MANOR OF WILLENHALL,
A RESIDENCE in the Elizabethan style, and 740 ACRES of capital
DIEADOW, PASTURE, ARABLE and WOOD LANDS, EXTRA
pAitoCHE,L, BOUNDED BY TWO RIVERS, and WITHIN
TWO MILES of the CITY of COVENTRY, and NINE MILES of
LEAN INGTON.

AIR. GEORGE ROBINS is favoured by in.
structimis to announce the KALE by AUCTION, at the Mart,
London, on THURSDAY, the 4th of June, at l 2 o'clock, and hi one lot,
one of

THE MOST COMPACT AND Er,IGIRLE ESTATES THROUGH-
OUT WARWICKSHIRE,

comprehending

THE WHOLE HAMLET AND
THE MANOR OF Wri.LENHALL,
in the county of Warwick, within two short miles of
THE CITY OF COVENTRY.
This freehold property is
ALL EXEMPT FROM TITHES,
with Rates very small, and one-half compromised by a payment
from the London and Birmingham Railway Company. It extends to
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRES OF
PA- TIME, ARABLE, AND WOOD LANDS;
the quality is first-rate, and it is all in tivi highest state of cultiva-
tion. There is

A VILLA ORNEE,- IN THE
STYLE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH,

commanding extensive and beautiful views, beside a second abode
adapted to f3cilitAte the wishes of a sporting matt. There are
Gardens and Pleasure Grounds ; the tenantry are highly respectable,
and ',HEAR IT ALL YE OF LITTLE FAITH IN LANDED

INVEATMENT) -
THERE IS NOT NOR HAS THERE BEEN AN
ARREAR OF A GUINEA. DURING TEN YEARS.
There is beside a compactness to this property which commends It
to the term

EASTER HOLYDAYS.
Novelties of extrem interest and inform,tion at the

R-OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of RI en-
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A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nino
Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors.

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Capital 4500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers important and substantial advan-
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The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex-
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DIVISION OF PROFIT:.
The success and increasing prosperity of tate Society km enabled
ibe Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
;'onus, varying from 3u to 73 per cent. on the premiums paid on
ach Policy effected on the Prot scale.

The division of proilta amnia, and the neat will be made in be.
roger of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Soc.

PUBLICATIOSS.

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SUCCESSFUL RESULTS of the OPENING
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Successful results have our efforts obtained,
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:No. 48, Gracechurch-street, London, for Mutual Assurance
on Lives, Endowments,
Annuities. Deferred Sams, Immediate and Deferred

Enriolied under the Asti of Parliament relating to Friendly Societies.
Ole gratifying result of the s aluation of the liabilities and assets
of tbe Institution made in November, 1842, is exemplified in the fol-
lowing instances, exhibiting the profit assigned to Policies which bad
beep in existence from one to seven years :

!
Iti .41 t 4 ll 'B4 , ..a E. Riendupertei!ll Equal to a
"r
ucceitiit"
.1' ' et gg .. fca mi.'. on the.
1 --k. •.-4 g E c 4 ..;01— g 8 :'..." lieu " Original
Pi TA c, .4 • P• 4 Bonus. Premium of
Years. Years. X. X. s. d. X. 9. d. X. s. d.
7 59 1,000 163 11 0630027 17 2 44
7 '- 46 1,0'4 115 12 040 1816 3 5 40
7 33 2,000 177 10.0 54 1820 11 6 39
;7 32 500 44 7 0 la. 211 5 1 4 39
'6 52 2,000 227 19 0 97" 11 8345 10 35
;6 60 1,000 106 51451010 15 10 7 34
6 31 500 37 2012 17 6 42 5 32
i 5 51 I,'oo 91 304726 13 6 4 28
'5 41 2,000 146 13 06910018 11 0 26
5 30 600 37 2015 8 0 41 2 26
4 42 500 28 19 01 17 12 1 313 3 20
4 28 1,000 46 14 024 3 4 416 5 191 i
3 46 800 37 8031 18 8 418 10 15%
3 25 2,000 69 6044 5 0 614 11 15%
2 63 3,500000114101
1115
00122141
1105
00 231 121
67 19014
2 26
1 42 2,000 26, 14 Of 70 84.3 3 9\ VA
The Next Division of Profits Will be made in November, 1847.
Tha fnt9l ~.,.,,he.. ..e ....11...:..- :____ . _

The Next Division of Profits will be made in Novem,
The total number of Policies issued from the comment,
inspution, in December, 1835, to' the 20th Novemb;
5,551, and the annual income t) the Society at that date,
assurances, was 70,819/. 14s. sd.
Members whose Premiums became due on the Ist inst
minded that the same must be paid within thirty days fro;
Copies of the last reyort, and all other information,
on application at the Offices, or of any of the conntry Asi
April 18, 1846. JOSEPH MARSH,

invent of the
iT la,t, was
, on existing

:ant, are re-
m that date.
may be had
mita.
Secretary.

THE; AFFAIRS OF INDIA.

The following letter from our correspondent in the
Deccan was unfortunately written before the latest in.
telligence from Lahore had reached him. It contains,
however, such just views upon Indian politics as will well
repay perusal :

CAME, NEAR KOLKOOR.
It is needless for me to give you detai:s of the splendid
victory at Sobraon. You will have read in the Governor-
General's order, and in Sir H. G ow'i dispatch, how with
immense loss the Seikhs were driven from their formidable
entrenchment, constructed on the most scientific European
principles by their Spanish engineer, how our noble
troops, European and native alike, carried these without
a check, and how, pushing the disordered masses be-
fore them on to their narrow bridge and into the hardly
fordable river, thousands perished there from the fire
of our artillery, and were drowned in the deep waters.
This news will be received with the enthusiasm it de-
serves ; it was, indeed, a noble achievement ; we have
fought no such battles in India as those with the Seikhs
—we have never been so nearly matched, either in mi-
litary science or bravery in the field ; but, under the
aid of Divine providence, their invasion has been hurled
back with mighty power, and we are now in our turn
invaders of the Punjaub.
The force followed immediately after the battle, and
is now concentrated at Kussoor, if it be not, as I trust to
hear, advanced to Lahore ere this. We have in our
possession 220 pieces of their best and most serviceable
field artillery, and though the arsenal of Lahore was
said to contain 400 pieces, there seems to have been no
effort made at Lahore to send out any reinforcement of
this arm, the applications from Runjoor Singh and
others being tauntingly answered, that their forces had
better seek their old ones where they lost them. Colonel
Wheeler was to have crossed near Phulloor ; indeed it
is reported that he had taken possession of that place
without opposition, the disorganised Seikh army having
fled at once without offering any opposition.
So far, therefore, our operations have been a splendid
succession of victories ; the vaunted prowess of the
Khalsa army has been signally broken. Never has any
war been prosecuted with greater vigour or bra-
very. There were murmurs at delay, but it has been
well proved by the event that any attack upon the po-
sition of Sobraon without heavy artillery would have
been dangerous ; and any check of our army would have
had a baneful efftct throughout India. If the Governor-
General, holding with firm expectation to a peaceful line
of policy in the first instance, omitted provision against
the coming storm, we have seen how energetically, how
fearlessly, how amply he has since carried on the war.
No stint of troops, no stint of money, or supplies, or ma-
terial is apparent. As a great and final effort should to
made, so has this been carried out, and has won for him
and his gallant companion in arms imperishable renown.
Nor, on reflection, would I have seen any other line of
policy pursued. Confident in his own resources, the Seikhs
were allowed to advance by the Governor-General; their
long doubted intentions thus plainly put to the proof,
unprovoked by any preparation or demonstration on
the part of the Government of India. The most pre-
judiced party-writer cannot advance as a position of
reprehension that this invasion and war were brought
about by any threatenings, any obvicus desire of
conquest. We should have had a Punjaub war under
Lord Ellenborougb, had he remained, long ere this, but
it would have been one open, and justly open, to cavil.
Some strange demand woulci have driven the over-confi-
dent Seikhs to offensive operations, even if we bad not
taken the initiative, and it may be questioned whether
our actions and conduct of the war would have come up
to the present standard. Our men would have displayed
the same gallantry, but the director lif all, the practical
experience of an old and tried general, uniting with
military skill profound political knowledge, would
have been wanting. No, the war has come well as
it is, and in the unprovoked aggression there is ample
reason and necessity for those stringent terms which will
be eventually dictated, and which the Governor. Gene-
ral's prcclamation from Kussoor shadows forth. Like his
previous ones, this is a straightforward, manly, unmis-
takable document, and reads almost more explicitly in
Persian than in English. In the flush of recent victory,
there is no boast of success beyond the simple notifica-
tion that the Seikh army has been defeated and expelled
from the left bank of the Sutlej. The Governor-General,
following his previous proclamation, again reiterates
that these operations have been " forced upon him " for'
the protection of the British possessions and for the
punishment of the violators of public peace and solemn
treaties ; and again, that by the war the British Govern-
ment had no desire of territorial acquisition—that
no preparation for hostility was made that the
sincere desire of the British Government was to
see a strong Seikh Government established,
that the conduct of the Government and
the army had rendered these desires fertile,
and that whatever now befals both will be the conse
quences of their own misdeeds. These positions are in-
controvertible either here or in England, and it will be
satisfactory to our Government to proclaim them to the
world in defiance of misrepresentation of motives.
Whatever aggressive character our previous Indian con-
quests may have had, and alas! they are neither few nor
unimportant, this stands alone in its integrity of purpose
from first to last.

But with the foregoing it is explicitly set forth that
for indemnity for the past and security for the future,
the British Government will retain a portion of the
territory of the Lahore state ; and for the present the
portion is contingent upon the conduct of the durbar.
The country between the Sutlej and the Beeas, embrac-
ing the hill district to the south and east of Simla, is at
once taken as a part of the indemnity. What the other
districts intended to be taken are is not known, but it is
most probable they may be Moultan, the more espe-
cially if, as it is stated, the authorities are favourable.
Cashmere may be considered too distant without the dis-
tricts between the Sutlej and the Beeas afford a road to
it, and this hardly appears practicable by the map.
Again, with a solemn and impressive warning as to the
autthbeer Seikhiauthority
ef Go-
vernmenttthe
consequences of further opposition, does the Governor-
General
summon
snbintihte
themselves
e andlve s officers
to
British Government, and to enable the Governor-General
to organise a Seikh Government in the person of a de-
scendant of the late Maharaja. I hope we are not to
have a subsidiary treaty. There are able men enough
the of
among the Seikhs to form a strong Government and
an independent one, and I would far rather see an inde-
pendent one, which should have some care for and
pride
in itself, than one of those effete, miserable things called
Government at all,
Governments, such as at Hyderabad, and which are the
inevitable result of this system. By establishing such a
Government, we should deprive the Seikhs of their
ability to servo as allies, weaken the north-west frontier,
and find ourselves engaged with border tribes and in
eqeuravrer eillns betweene
etnh
di s Gin o
svterrennmg et :et e ai
nng the s wild Government
d it
neigh-
bours, feudatories, &c., which would weaken us, and
had
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apli y
hopelf there i
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ay to
be be
an a
independent
then, I
Nepaul is able to protect itself, to help us ifn,e one, as
and to manage its own affairs without our intertneeda '
dslanrYg'
If this cannot be brought about I would rather see
the
whole made a British possession, at whatever present
inconvenience; we cannot now stand upon trifling con-
siderations ; the protection and security of our whole
frontier are at stake.
I say again, I hope there may be no subsidiary force.
We should require one of 30,000 men at least, the
veterans of the army and 10,000 Europeans to be a
portion of it. You do not seem at present able to spare
us any more, but you must ere long, Our
present
European force will hold the country against all odds
but we must have more to fill up the places they have
left vacant all over India. Sir Henry Hardirtn.e has
provided for the sapply of the native army, and ''
I have
not the least doubt has laid before your Government his
want of European troops. Even the mere casualties
have thinned their numbers fearfully, e. g., of the 50th,
450 men and officers have been killed, wounded, and
disabled, out of 650, and other corps in proportion.
The Governor-General recognises the probable ex-
istence of a Seikh army, as a matter of course, only as
an appendage to a regular and independent Governmext.
The mere mention of the army gives me more hope of an
independent, though circumscribed, government, than any
other part of the proclamation. Uhler a Strong adn