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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1858.

•
EAST INDIA ROUSE, 24vn MARCH, 1858.
TCOURT OF DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA Ct,SIPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that a
SPECIAL GENE izAL COURT. of the said Company will be held at
chair house in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 7th April
next, at Eleven o cl ck in the forenoon, for the purpose of laying
before the Proprietors of East India Stock for their approbation an
unanimous resolution cf the Court of Directors of this date, granting
to the eldest son of the late Major-General Sir Henry Lawrence,
K.C.8., an annuity of 1,0101. upon the grounds therein stated, with
reversion to his younger brother in the event of the death of the
elder brother without heirs male.

7 he report lequireab;ileß3a•law, cap. 9, sec. 3, together with
the documents on which the said resolution has been formed, are
open for the inspection of the Proprietors at this house,
J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.

-EAST INDIA-HOUSE, 31st MAttat, 1858.
rillHE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY—GIVE NOTICE, That
the SPECIAL GENERAL COUR I of the said Company appointed
to be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY,
the 7th April, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, is further made
Specil,-for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors two Bills
now before Parliament, the one entitled "A Bill for the better Go-
vernment of India, ' and the other entitlei " A Bill to transfer the
Government of India from the East India Company, to her Majesty
the Queen." J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.
TFIHE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE
AL ADOP i lON OF THE VOTE BY BALLOT.
SOIREE to WILLIAM NICHOLSON, Esq., late Premier of Vic-
toria, Australia, and the Founder .of the Ballot ioNthe British
Dominican, at the FRE E MASO Ns' T4V ERN, Great Queen-street,
on WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 14th, 1858.
Refreshments on the table at half-past Six o'clock. The Chair to
be take:- at halt-past seven o'clock precisely.
The Hon. F. HENRY F. BERKELEY, M.P., will preside.

The following Gentlemen, with others, are expected to attend and
take part in the proceedings of the evening:—
The Viscount Goderich, M.P.
Sir Arthur Hs llatn Elton, Bart., M.P.
Lieut.-General Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., G.C.8., &c.
Major-General T. Perrcnet Thompson, M.P.
Colonel W. H. Sykes. M.P..-
Frank Crossley, Esq, M.P.
Joseph Crook, Esq, M. E'.
A. S. Ayrton, Esq, M.P.
William HoupelL Esq, M.P.
S M. Greer, Esq, M.P.
/Ton. J. Leslie Foster, late Chief Secretary of Victoila
W. Westgarth, Esq, Historian of Victoria
Vincent Pyke, Esq, late Member of the Victorian Parllame..t
Ge 3. S tav el ey, Esq, of Victoria
Samuel Morley, Esq.
E. C. Whitehurst, Etq.
A TransParency of the Ballot-room used in Australia will be
exhibited during the Evening.

Double tickets to admit a Gentleman and Lady, price five shilEngs
(refreshments included) ; single tickets, price three shillings (refresh-
ments included) to be had at the Freemasons' Tavern, and at the
Ballot Society's Offices, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Baslnghall-street.

TN CHANCERY.—In the matter of the Joint-
StockA. Companies Winding-up Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the
W elsh Potosi Lead and Copper Mining Company:
• Thd Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Twin Kindersley, the Judge of
the High Court of Chancery, to whose Court the Winding-up of this
Company is attached, has this day appointed Mr. William Whit-
more, of No. 2, Basinghall-street, in the City of London, Official
Manager of this Company.—Dated this 9th day of March, 1858.
H. WICKENS, solicitor to the Official Manager,
4, Tokenkouse-yard, Bank, London.

NETTING, BIINTIN, and TIFFANY, for the
PROTECTION of FRUIT TREES and TENDER PLANTS.
—These articles are found to be the best protection' against frost,
hail, and wind ; also from wasps and ksects, and good for outside
shades of greenhouses, &c.
Patterns forwarded free on application to BENJAMIN EDGING-
TON, Marquee, Tent, and Rick Cloth Manufacturer, No. 2, Duke-
street, Southwark, S.E.; West-end Establishment, 32, Charing-
MSS.

ok R. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-
£Y street, has ntroduced an entirely new description of ARII-
eICIAL TEETH Axed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They it,
perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from
Vie original by the closest observer; they will never change colour oi
d.;cay, andwill be found very superior to any teeth ever before used.
This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any nalufw
operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is
guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr.
Howard's improvement may be within the reach of the most ecdno-
nical, he has fixed the charges: at the lowest scale possible. De-
cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastica-
ion.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five.

I.lso to the support received from the peeple of
Eegland, I I,elieve our army i; new rieleverier,
great empire and securing it to' our p3SiesidOil,
trust, till the end of time. (Hear.) But let ua net
lose sight of the great lesson and warning we have
received. Let us never imagine that a great Power
like that to which we belong can ever exist with-
out being liable, even in the midst of the greatest
seeming security, to serious danger ; but let us re-
member that it is at all times a matter well worthy
of our best attention how our army and navy can
be constantly kept in a state of the highest effici-
ency. (Cheers.) Don't let us suppose that it is
necessary to be extravagant. Extravagance is not
desirable nor even advantageous ; but the efficiency
of its military and naval establishments is an im-
perative necessity for the safety of any great em-
pire. And as long as England wishes to remain
that proud, that glorious country which we now
rejoice to think it is, let us never forget, even
in moments of peace, that the united services
of the army and navy deserve to be main-
tained in the satisf ic•ory condition in which, I am
happy to say, they now are. (Cheers.) As
to myself, if there be any R•sitiou of which
a man may feel justly proud, it is of having tree
honour to be at the head of the English army, and
as far as my humble endeavours can carry me in
looking after the interests of that army, both in it a
cellective and its individual elements. it shall be
my earnest wilily to maintain it in tbe efficient
state in which I am proud to say I have found it,
-nd in which I trust, when I !ay down my staff of
office, I shall be able to hand it over to my suc-
cessor. (Cheers.)
The Duke of NORTHVMDERL AND, in returning
'hanks on behalf of the navy, said that the branch
of the service which he represented looked with ad-
miration ou the deeds of the army in India. This
country had enjoyed what was, comparatively
speaking, a naval peace for many years, and long
might that peace continue for the prosperity of
England and of the civilised world. But whenever
a war came, as come it would, we sh iuld reap the
advantage of having maintained our navy in i a pre-
sent efficient condition. The. navy was how inspir d
with a noble sentiment of loyalty to their Sovereign
and a sense of duty to their country. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR said, we were greatly indebted
to the governing power of this country, and when
a Prime Minister was called at a moment's warning
to take the reins of Government, and did not hesie
tate to take them, he was entitled to the thanks of
the public. (Cheers.) There might be differences of
opinion as to the form of our government, but, for
his own part, it had always been his prayer, as it
was now his pride, that when he became the head
of the city of London he might have the honour of
entertaining the Earl of Derby as Prime Minister of
England. (Cheers and a laugh.) He was thankful
that his prayer had been answered, for he most sin-
cerely believed that the Conservatives would save
the country. They were not the enemies but the
friends of well-considered progress; and if they were
only allowed to remain in office for a few years he
was satisfied the country, instead of losing anything,
would gain a great deal. The Lord Mayor con-
cluded by proposing "The health of the Earl of
Derby and the rest of her Majesty's Ministers."
The toast was received with much cordiality.

The Earl of DEitBY, who was greeted with loud
cheers, then rose and said,—My Lord Mayor, my
lords, ladies, and gentlemen,—l rise for the purpose,
of returning to you, in my own name and in that
of my colleagues, our grateful and sincere acknow-
le Igmente for the honour you have just conferred
upon us, for the too complimentary terms in which
your lordship has been pleased to propose the toast,
and for the very flattering manner in which it has
been received by this distinguished assembly. I am
well as are, my Lord Mayor, that fur the greatest
portion of that reception I and my colleagues are
not so much indebted to any personal merits of
our own as t the position which by the favour of
the Crown we at present occupy. I believe it is
inherent in the British character that every man
woo for the time being is charged with the arduous
task of conducting the affairs of this great country
is certain to meet with respectful consideration in
any meeting of his fellow-countrymen, end that
from no unworthy motive, from no unseemly defer-
ence to mere temporary authority or station, but
from more generous and more honourable feelings.
Those who have been at all connected with public
life know well that, although here and there cer-
tain political questions may cross the path of a
public man, and render his course somewhat differ-
ent from his predeces,.ors' or his successors', yet with
regard to nine-tenths, I may
even say 99-hundred ths
of the business which comes before him, the duties
to be performed by the Minister are precisely the
same, whether he be Whig, or Tory, or Radical.
There are to be made the same sacrifices of time, of
toil, of study, of domestic comfort, of private hap-
piness, too often of health, and sometimes even of
life itself. There are to be encountered all the ob-
loquy and misrepresentation of political opponents,
and sometimes the dissatisfaction of disappointed
friends. (A laugh.) And against this labour and
all these sufferings the emoluments or the advan-
tages of office would be a poor return indeed if they
were not sweetened and aided by the approbation
and esteem of our fellow-countrymen. (Cheers.)
My Lord Mayor, I know that upon occasions like
the present it would me most unseemly to enter
upon any subject of political controversy, or
to raise any question which would excite any poli-
tical feeling, and if I in the slightest degree deviate
from the wholesome rule and refer to one topic of
public interest, it is because that topic is, or, at
least, ought to be removed beyond the pale of an-
tagonistic principles, and also is a question of the
deepest importance to this great centre of the com-
merce of the world. It is a subject towards which
public attention has recently been directed with
an intensity of interest which forms a striking con-
trast with the apathy with which it was regarded is
former times. I need hardly say my Lord Mayor,
that I allude to that great empire which has been
referred to by the illustrious duke who last ad-
dr ssed you, and to our social and political rela-
tions with that mighty dependency our Indian em-
pire. The formation of that empire is a history
unpara leled in theannals of the world. It is a cir-
cumstance that reflects the highest credit upon the
energy, the ability, and the vigour of our cout.try-
men that in the space of little more than a hundred
I years a company of English merchants setting foe th
upon the peaceful -occupations of commerce,
should so far have extended their power as to have
established a permanent influence over a populatioi
exceeding by tenfold that of their native country,
and over dominions bearing a still larger proportion
to the narrow circumference of these little islands.
That they should have so created such a power and
established such an empire speaks volumes for the
I energy and the enterprise of those by whom during
that comparatively brief period the affairs of that
great empire have been conducted. (Cheers.) And
1L t me say here that, although undoubtedly iu the
earlier portion of its history, and, perbap4, even at
some later periods, there may have been acts com-
mitted with regard to India which will not bear
the strictest examination according to the severe
rules of political morality, yet upon the whole there
never was a Government which for so lengthened
a period displayed so much power, so much ability,
made so admirable choice of its servants—who, in
their turn exhibited such distinguished talents
—or which, upon the whole, conducted its affairs
with such p irity of motives and so studied
the interests of the people confided to their
charge as the Government of India. My Lord
Mayor, I am bound to pay that tribute to the Go;
vernment of the East India Company at thepresecani
moment, when it appears to be upon its
P°lit citler-
deathbed. (A cry of "No" and laughter.)
tainly appears to be the general opinion of the pub-
lie that the time has arrived when the MIN ion tf

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that Cnnpany eaeleei7 lei, t' en to e
arart
:eteat elese3, -e}ee, it Lae
hieherto performed must, in tue necessary and na-
tural course of events, be transferred to the direct
authority of the Crown. That authority for many
years has been indirectly, but not less really, excr-
cissd ; and the transfer of the nominal authority is
but a small change in the actual exercise of political
power in regard to India. But, my Lord Mayor,
that transfer is by no means so easy and simple a
task as some would suppose. (Cieiiers. )Great interests
have to be consulted, great difficulties to be over-
come, and a great and important problem has to be
solved. That problem is no less than this—how, if
the change is to take place, it is possible at
the same time to secure the necessary undivided re-
sponsibility of a Minister of the Crown and to sur-
round him with that knowledge and experience
with reference to all the mighty and varied inte-
rests of that vast empire which is so necessary to
any Minister dealing with such complicated and
diversified effeirs. That is the problem which Par-
liament has to cave, and I think he would be a
bold, nt t to say a presumptuous Minister woo
could hope by himself, or wall the aid of his col-
leagues, with a notice of a few days, or even a few
weeks, to strike out a scheme which would not be
liable to grave objections, or which in its progre-s
would not require serious modifications. We have
been called upon suddenly and unexpectedly, as
your lordship has stated, to undertake the eines of
Government, and among others the one to which
I have alluded, which is riot the least pressing.
We have not the presumption to suppose that we
can be pre-eminently successful. We have deemed
it our duty to wring forward a measure which, as we
believe, may effect some of the objects to which I
have referred. We laid that meat ore before the
tuntry, purposely and intentionally, previously
to the recess, in order that it might be subjected to
public investigation arid inquiry. We do not de
precate, but, on the contrary, we court discussion.
We court suggestions. We court the co-operation
and advice of Parliament and of the country, with
the view of rendering the change which we propose
as safe and beneficial as we earnestly desire that it
may prove to be. The one thing which we alone
deprecate—and which we deprecate, not for the
sake of the Government of the day, but on account
of the important interests involved both in this
country and India—is that a question involving
such mighty interests, and of such overwhelmitg
importance should be made the sport of political
parties or the baetlefield of rival disputant. We
shall approach this groat question in no such pre-
sumptuous or controversial spirit ; and fur the
sake both of this country and of India I trust
that the measure we have submitted to Par-
liament will be discussed by those who object
to it, and by those who gave it their sup-
port, not in a spirit of political controversy, but of
fair and dispassionate argument-, with the object of
rendering the great changes which is proposed as
safe and efficient as possible. We must remember,
however, while we are legislating on the subject of
India, that that country has been recently, and
still is, the scene of a formidable and alarming
revolt, which has risen to the magnitude of a mighty
war. During that revolt instances of atrocity
have occurred at which human nature shudders,
and over which humanity would fain draw the -
veil ; but our countrymen have performed upper-
ralleled acts of gallantry and heroism. Their
daring in the field, their courage in the siege, their
patient and heroic endurance have hardly been
equalled in the military history of the world.
So long as history shall be known, so long as the
world shall last, will be familiar as household
words to every English (ran the recollection of
the noble gallantry and desperate courage dis-
played at the siege and capture of Delhi,
and the heroism, the patience, the more than
mortal suffering of the noble garrison of Lucknow,
Even while I speak I trust that a brighter glory is
about to beam upon the name of Lucknow. I trust
that the gallant and illustrious chief who com-
mands the army of India, and who has been collect-
ing his forces fur a final and decisive effort, may at
this moment have crushed beneath the iron heel of
conquest the last embers of this serious mutiny. I
rust that even now Lucknow may be once again
in the power of our victorious troops. I w,sh I
could think that when Luck-now is captured it
would be possible for us to sheathe the sword.
That sword must still be drawn, if not for war, at
least to execute the stern behests of justice. (Hear.)
There are deeds which cannot be allowed to go un-
punished. There is innocent blood which calls for
just retribution. (Cheers.) But, although the
sword may be drawn, let it be the sword of cool,
calm, and impartial justice ; let it not be the sword
of wild and indiscriminate revenge. Punish you
must—assert your authority you must—extort a
severe penalty you must from those who have com-
mitted deeds which even legitimate warfare could
not sanction ; but when you have exacted that mea-
sute of punishment I trust wo shall exhibit in India
the best principles of that Christianity which we are
anxious to extend throughout the world. (Cheers.)
I hope the day may not be far distant when justice
will give place to mercy, and I trust we shall then
be ready to recognise not only the great debt of
vengeance we owed, but also the higher duty which
devklves upon us of Plowing mercy to those who
are no longer in arms against us, to those who
having been momentarily seduced from their alle-
giance under the influence of strong temptations
have again submitted to our authority, and, above
all, that we shall recognise the grateful task im-
posed upon us of rewarding those—and many there
are both in high and low stations—who have ad-
hered to their allegiance under all trials, who have
never faltered or flinched in their fidelity towards
us, and especially those who have exerted them-
selves to save the lives of innocent Europeans whom
chance had thrown in their power. If we are just
to punish I trust we shall be equally just to reward,
and that when this mutiny shall be ended we shall
remember that duty and policy alike call upon us
not to wage an indiscriminate and exterminating
warfare, but as soon as possible to heal the deep
wounds which it has inflicted, and to show to India
that if we are to remain masters in that country we
arc so not mt_rely for selfish purposes but for the
benefit and advantage of the people over whom we
exercise authority. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor,
I will not refer to a single topic more, nor would
I have referred to this if it had been po:sible to
connect it in any way with party spirit. I will not
advert to a matter which must be of great interest
to this metropolis—viz., the measure which has
been for sonic years in agitation for the reconstruc-
tion of the great corporation over which your lord-
ship so worthily presides, except to say that, as I
trust discussion may have softened asperities and
modified extreme opinions, so I trust that it may be
possible for the wisdom of Pailiament to devise a
measure which shall place that institution more in
consonance with the habits and requirements of
doeirtr_aiti_
the present age, without in the least degree
inn frets' its dignity, power, or importance,
considera-
tion to secure in all future time the.
s-tmration due to
for its chief magistrate, a
ci7d"s;ublic duty that
the sentiments of high hone.unrsa
have characterised
with but very few exceptions
I am sure, will be
your predecessors, and w
by yOUr lordship. (Cheers.) My
worthily imitated
4-rprne in thelnameof my col
lord, ladies and ge"ew—n
cordially thank
you for the
leagues,
and
kind
,87naloanndne;raimnew,
which you have re-
ceived our healt whether
l our term of office
be longer or shorter I trust we shall be able abroad
to uphold the dignity of this country, combined
with the maintenance of peaceful and amicable re-
lations with all foreign States ; and with respect to
our domestic policy I can only say our best exer-
tions will not be wanting, our constant labours will
not be grudged, in the endeavour to promote safe
and steady social progress at home, (Cheers.)

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our best eueourag-ment, our best rewarl42.viltbe
the sympathy, the go d w:11, arid,- if toi,y4isitture
to hope, Fo far the confid., nce of our fefloW-tOun-
t ymen (Ch-ers.)
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The LORD CHANCELLOR, in responding, said,—
I may be pardoned for a momentary emotion of
pride at having for the first time been placed in the
proud position of acknowledging the compliment
just paid to the House of Lords, of which I so re-
cently b: came a member. I st trid before you a
striking example of the pe:uliar constitution of
as it principally is, of
that a,sP.emlily. Composed,
hereditarylegislators—of men of long a,nd illustrious
descent—it is yetre Ldy to open ifs portals to receive
th-pse whom fortune, or public service, or accident,
may have contributed to raise from the rank of corn-
limner:. Recruited as the peers are from the people,
they do not stand as a class apart, intrenched within
their own privileges, but blend their interests with
those of the mass of the community, being anxious
to advance the public goo 1, of which their own forms
a part. I trust there never will be so fatal a step
taken in ',his country as an"' attempt to encroach
upon their privileges or interfere with tie ir inde-
pendence of act on. If that attempt should unfor-
tuiately be made, the House of Lords will be
found, in the exercise of the .high function)! intrust d
to them by the Constitution, prepared to act as .a
bulwark againat which the tide of popular violence
will break in vain—as the deliberate and watchful
gutedian of the public interes4 and the safeguard
of our most precious and venerable institutions.
My Lot cl Mayor—l have been elevated most unex-
pectedly to a high position ; and when I reflect on
the duties and responsibilities involved in it I may
well tremble with apprehension at my insufficiency
it I were presumptuous enough to trust my strength
and wisdom. But, eutleavourinAie I shall do, most
faithfully and conscientiously to ,perform theduties
of my high station, resolved 'to employ my best
faculties in the public service, however I may be
conscious of many difficulties, I trust I shall not
altogether fail in fulfilling the high and important
trust which has been confided to me. (Cheers.)
Tee Duke of CAMBRIDGR then proposed " The
health of the Lord Mayor," which was cordially
espoedecl to.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and gave
" The House of Commons," coupling with the toast
the name of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. His
lordship observed that the predecessors of the pre-
sent Government had left them a little bill which
it was the duty of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to find a itieens of pay ing—(a laugh)—aed if for
this purpose it was found necessary to propose any
new taxation the responsibility ought not to rest
on the present Ministry. He hoped that the right
lion. gentleman would succeed in devising a tax
with which all parties would be satisfied—(a laugh)
—and which would be paid ungrudgingly.

The CHANCELLOR of the EaCHEQUER, who was re-
ceived with cheers, said—My Lord 11ayor, I can-
not, like the Lord Chancellor, say that I have only
recently become a member of that branch of the
Legislature in which I enjoy a seat, for on several
occasions I have been called upon to return thanks
for the House of Commons in this hall, and, indeed,
I should feel some embarrassment on the present
occasion from the difficulty of varying the phrases
in which our acknowledgments shoild be conveyed
to you, did I not recollect how ancient, how inti-
mate, and how cordial have been the relations which
have always subsisted between that assembly and
this great corporation. I know, therefore, my Lord
Mayor, that the proposal of our health on your
part, and. its reception by the citizens of London,
are not a mere idle ceremony. The connexion to
which I have referred has, in my mind, been favour-
aide to public liberty ; it has conduced to the min-
t, nance of the independence of the House of Com-
mons, and has cherished the high spirit which has
been displayed by this famous corporation. With
regard to the allusion your Lordship has made to
' the difficult position which I now occupy, I must
thank you for the very encouraging manner in
which you have offered, on the part of the citizens
of London, to come forward to supply the defici-
ency which is at present apparent in her Majesty's
exchequer. (Laughter.) Certainly that exchequer
is not now in an over-brimming state; but, after
such an expression of feeling from the representa-
tive of the wealthiest city in the world, I can assure
you that when the budget is introduced to the
House of Commons—and it certainly cannot be long
delayed—l shall enter upon that difficult and ardu-
,,us task with much more confidence and courage
than I should have felt had I not had the honour
of being your Lordship's guest this evening.
(Laughter.) The announcement on behalf of
the city of London that they are prepared
to pay new taxes is one which I have not a
dotibt will to-morrow have a very favourable
influence upon the public securities of this coun-
try. (Laughter.) Frequently as the grate-
ful task has devolved upon me of returning
thanks on behalf of the House of Commons to the
chief magistrates of this great city, I can assure you
that my satisfaction is increased to-night, when I
re,c.dleet that the eiainent individual who occupies
the high position of Lord Mayor is also a member
of the House of Commons, and, although I would
hardly presume to make a political allusion on such
au occasion as this, I may venture to add that I
have great pleasure in frequently meeting his lord-
ship not merely within the same walls, but in the
same lobby. (A laugh.) I assure you, however, my
Lord Mayor, that the gratification I experience in
finding a member of the House of Commons filling
the high position whi.:ll you now occupy is not occa-
s:oned by any political feeling. I have had the
honour of being the guest of Whig Lord Mayors,
and of thanking them for such compliments as you
have this evening paid to the House of Commons.
Whether the Lord Mayor be a Whig or a Tory is
to me a matter of indifference ; but it is to me—
and I hope it is b every one—a sulject of congra-
tulation that the ancient connection between the
House of Commons and the City of London should
be maintained in s 3 peculiar and intimate a manner
when the chief magistrate of this city is also a mem-
ber of the House of Commons, for it binds together
two institutions which have illustrated the history
of this country. (Cheers.)
The LoRD Mszoit then proposed "The Bar of
England," to which the ATTORNEY-GENERAL re-
sponded.
e city having
The health of the magisttegsoodfbj Sir G. CAI-
t Ir,,
been proposed, and acknow
ROLL,
The Earl of HARDWICK'S gave " The Lady
Mayoress."
The toast was duly honoured, and the party then
broke up.

T witroic or THI AVA.—According to the latest
advised" from Trincomalee, dated the 23rd of February,
ecie to the value of 77,00 J/, had been saved out of the
!,21;50,0001. that was on board the mad Ava. A quantity
of baggage and cared had been washed on shore, and a
party of Ceylon E. flee was guarding it. As soon as the
fore part of the Ave should break up some portion of
the mails woul I, it was expected, be floated ashore.
Some divers had arrived at the wreck, and as BOOR as
the sea was smoother they would commence operations.
The weather overhead was favourable. The Aldmiralty
al4ent of the Ave, and the commander and some of his
efficers were at the scene of the wreck watching the
breaking up of the ship, in older to save as much as
pos•ible of what was on board of her. As considerable
disp its has arisen as to the pricii'e time when the Ava
was wrecked, the fallowing information has been fur-
nished by a naval officer just arrived in England who
was one of her passengers :—Ju•t after four, p.m ,
.the
eastern coast of Ceylon was sighted for the first time
hem the starboard bow. At half-past seven is! the
evening an apparently stationary light was observed,
which was supposed to be the Trincomalee light. Ex-
actly as hour afterwards the helm was put a-star
board, and Captain Kerton, the commander of the Ava,
gave orders to keep off the land four points. As soon
as the land was seen on the port bow, the helm wase.
put
hard a-starboard, and the engines were stopped.
Be-
fore, however, she lost her way, after turning astern,
she bilged on a reef that was on the starboard side, and
in less than half en hour afterwards the ship was full
of water,