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London, England, 1856-05-22 00:00:00

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EAST INDIA HOUSE.

A special general Court of this Company was held
yester,lay at their house, in Leadenhall•street, to confirm
or otherwise the resolution which was passed by the
Court of Proprietors on the 14th inst. for granting a
pension of 5,000/, a-year out of the revenues of the
Company t) the Marquis of Dalhousie, as a mark of
their deep sense of the great ability, integrity, z Id, and
unfired energy displayed by that distinguished noble-
men in all departments of the Government during his
tenure of office as Governor-General of India ; Colonel
Sykes, Chairman of the Court of Directors, in the chair.

The minutes 'of the !Ist Court haring been read,
The CILIIIMAN informed the Court that it had been
specillly Summoned for the purpose orsubmitting to the
proprietors for their approbation a resolution agreed to
by the Court on the 14th inst. for granting to the Mar-
quis of Dllhouile a pension of 5,0001. a:year on the
grounds therein stated, nod he now. moved that the
Court do smarm that resolutions
Mr. D. R. MANGLES, Deputy-Chairman, seconded the

Mr. TWINING was anxious to express bii hearty con-
currence in the resolution. Of all the resolutions of a
similar character,—and he had known canny—he never
knew of one which had stronger claims on the Company
than the present, Considering the position of a Gover-
nor-General of India to be one of the most difficult and
important that came within the reach of any appoint-
ment that could be made by the East ladia Company, it
was a great satisfaction to see a person who had been ap•
pointed to that great undertaking quit his post with the
warm approbation of those who appointed him. No-
body who contemplated and examine & the acts of Lord
Dalhousie could fail to find that he had left India in a
most advanced state. A new era, as it were, had sprung
up, and the present Governor-General would find his
path smao•hed by the acts of his --predeeessor, and be
hoped that that noble Lord would carry out all thoso
measures which Fad for their objectAhe-laappiness and
r-sperity of the people of India.
Mr, LEWIN d dieiu, think that the Lord Dal
housie had added to the stability or the general content
of our empire in India. He }Alloyed that the native
princes of India were all ready to combine against thu
British rule. It was well known in India that oar rule
was opposed by every native prince. -The principle of
the British Government being to grasp all India, and
that principle being known to the inhabitants, it was
most natural that they should be opposed to it. The
right hon. baronet (Sir J. Hogg) had drawn a compari-
son between this Pension to Lord Dalhousie and the
pensions received by the civil servants of India ; but
there exikted the greatest possible distinction between
the two descriptions of pension. The civil servant re-
ceived only a portion of his salary during his services,
the remainder ,of which was laid by to form a fund
out of which he should be paid an annuity during
his life, in order that he might not become a charge upon
the annual revenue of India. But this grant of 5.000/. a
year to Lord Dalhousie was, in fact, a gratuity. No two
things, therefore, could be more dissimilar. After some
furtha observations, the hon. gentleman concluded by
moving, as an amendment, the following resolution :--
" That it is premature to vote a sum of money out of
the territorial revenues of India, while we are unassured
that they will yield a surplus capable of providing for it.
Equallyso, while we are without the assurance that the
moral sense of the Marquis of Dalhousie will permit him
to accept a gratuity in the shape of a sum of money drawn
from the poo rest ryots in the world, the ryots of India."
Mr. JONES seconded the amendment.

Tue amendment was then put and negatived, and the
original motion was carried almost unanimously.
The Court then adjourned.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.

Yesterday the 28th anniversary festival of the Licensed
Victuallers' Asylum was held at Highbury Barn Ta-
vern. John Johnstone, Esq., of the firm of Messrs. Cal-
vert and Co., was in the chair, supported by Messrs.
Vousley, Palmer, Hughes, Hodges, Raven, Edwards,
Turner, M`Rao, Thompson, Rountree, Bryon, G. Wal-
ter, Findlay, Smalley, Smith, Bingley, Mitchell, &c,,
and above 400 members of the trade. This was one of
those remarkable gatherings of the licensed victuallers
which the c Anse of the charities founded and supported by
themselves annually calls together, on several occasions,
number of the trade, who 'vie with each other in promot-
ing the excellent institutlous which their forethought and
care provide for their less fortunate brethren. From
the report which was read by Mr. Jones, the secretary,
it appeared that the subscriptions during the last year
amounted to 2,8521. ss. 6d. Acknowledments were
made to the firms of trewers, not only in London, but
at Burton-on-Trent, Isleworth, Romford, &c., most of
whom had contributed 50 guineas each. It was stated
also that most of the firms of distillers had contributed
25 guineas each. Most of the wine merchants had also
contributed liberally. In addition to the annual sub•
scriptione, a sum of 1501. had been cleared by the
annual ball, and eleven guineas, after all expenses
paid, by the annual dinner. Legacies had been left
to the institution by Mr. Wailes'', bf Haggenstone.
441. ; Mr. James, of Plumstead, :901 ; Mr.
Christopher Crawford, 351. 103. By means of this a~
all claims on the inFoitution up to Christmas
last had been diseharred, leaving a surplus of 800/.,
which had been added to the 13.000/. odd deposited
with brewer,' at .5 per cent., .-naking the deposited capi-
tal of the charity ever 13,900/. In the 25 years during
which the institution had been established, 374 inmates
had been received inWthe asylum, and there were now
150 persons within it; who had not only separate duvet.
hags, but medical attendance, nurses in illness, a weekly
allowance of coals, a weekly sum of 83. 6d. to married
couples, and 7s. each to single persons. This was done
at an annual cost of 1,447/. There were four vacancies
in the asylum, which would be filled up at the close of
the present year. An earnest appeal was made by the
secretary, in announcing the subscriptions, for assistance
in making up a sum of 11,000/., which was t till want-
ing to make the capital of the charity.sufficient for all
its purposes, independently of all casual and fortuitous
circumstances.

The CICIAIRHAN, who presided in consequence of the
unavoidable absence of Edmund Calvert, Esq., arising
from a domestic afflitition, very ably advocated the in-
terests of the society.

A number of toasts especially connected with the ob-
jects of the evening were given and duly honoured.
'The list of subscriptions announced was exceedingly
lengthy. Amongst the most noticeable donations of the
day were those which had been obtained by the instru-
mentality of the firm of brewers of which the chairman
is a member. Among theta was Edmund Calvert, Esq.,
50 guineas ; John Johnstone, Esq., the chairman, 50
guineas ; Nicholas Calvert, Esq., 50 guineas ; Alfred
Phillips, Esq., 50 guineas ; Messrs. Calvert and Co.,
annually, 20 guineas ; making a total obtained through
the means of Messrs. Calvert, of 4571. Most liberal
donations were announced from all the principal brewers,
distillers, corn merchants, and a vast number of mem-
bers of the trade.

The total amount obtained on the occasion of this fes-
tival, which was every way satisfactory, was about
1,006/.

LAUNCH OP A NEW STEAMSHIP FOR THE
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDI,TESDAY.

This day a fine screw steam-ship, named the Delta, was
launched from the yard of Messrs. Summers and Day, en-
gineers and iron ship builders, Northam. It is a beautiful
iron steam ship, intended for the service of the Peninsular
and Oriental Company, and will form an addition to their
fine fleet in the Eastern seas.

The dimensions are as follow:—Length over all, 253 ft.;
between perpendiculars, 227 ft. 6 in. ; breadth, 29 ft. 8
in.; depth in hold,lB ft. 5 in.; tonnage (builders' measure-
ment), 92,3 30-94ths. She is three masted, with fore and
aft rig, no square sails being fitted. She has an elliptical
stern, quarter badges, and shield figure-head; also aecom-
modatiun for 112 first-class, and 22second-class passengers,
with a stowage for f'oo tons of cargo. The engines, by
Messrs. Summers and Day, are on the direct action Niu-
ciple, and are of 210 horse-power (nominal), with three-
bladed ..crew of 14 feet diameter by 26 feet pitch. From her
beautitul lines she is expected to be a fast vessel.
We never remember to have seen a finer launch. It
took place in the presence of a number of scientific gentle-
men, including Capt. Engledue, superintendent of the
Peninsul r Company, Mr. Lamb, the co'mpany's superin-
dent engineer, &c. and a goodly number of ladies and
gentlemen from the neighbourhood.
The ceremony of christening was gracefully performed
by Miss Day, and the dog-shores being knocked down the
vessel glided off the slips into the River Itchen, and was
brought up by her anchor in the usual manner.
Tho company present had a carte blanche to every de-
scription of refreshment, which was provided by Messrs.
Summers and Day, in addition to which a sumptuous
dejeuner was prepared by Mr. Fiske, of Southampton, at
the expense of the builders, of which Capt. Engledue and
many of the officers of the company's service par-
ticipated. At this repast Capt. Engledue remarked that he
had watched the progress of the vessel froar the laying of
the keel to the time when it was launched on the water,
and ho felt justified in saying that everything connected
with it was of a description that was highly creditable to
its builders.
The company were also conducted through the immense
establishment, where upwards of 700 men are constantly
employed, andevery object of interest was examined and
explained.
The whole of the men on the premises were regaled in a
liberal style, and the ceremony passed off in the most
gra-
tifying manner.
This is the largest vessel that has been built by Messrs.
Summers and Day, and we feel justified in saying that it
has given the greatest satisfaction.

BEATH OF AMERICAN CELEBUITIES.—Among the
prominent deaths, says a correspondent, since my last I
notice that of the Hon. Ogden Hoffman, the most
talented and eloquent member of the New York bar ;
J. G. Percival, the well-known poet; and Dr. John C.
Warren, one of the first physicians in this country, and
for a number of years president of the Medical Society
of Massachusetts • as he was also at the time of his de-
cease president of the Boston Society of Natural His-
tort'. The talents of the deceased have been duly recog-
inised in Europe as well as America—he having received
complimentary diplomas from Medical institutions in
London, Paris, Florence, Naples, And other countries.