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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1858.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 12TH JULY, 1858.
COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA comrANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that a
SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held, by
adjournment from thic day, at their house In Leadenhall-street, on
WEDN r. SD NY next, the 14th inst., at Eleven o'clock in the fore-
noon, for the purpose of continuing the consideration of a bill now
before Paliament, entitled "A Bill for the better Government of
India."
The Court of. Directors do farther Give Notice, That the Draft of
a Petition to the Right Honourable the. House of Lords against the
said bill, which was this day submitted to the General Court by a
Proprietor of East India stock and ordered to be printed for the use
of the Proprietors, will be-ready for delivery at this house to-morrow,
the 13th instant, at noon.

J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.

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prepare for permanent obvurity, though it was
quite certain that their remaining intloence was
believed inlay the very men who were singing their
political requiem. The partiaans of Disraeli ,are
now prophesying the most gloomy future -for the
late Premier. ' Were we to take all their words for
gospel, Lord Palmerston -his nothing but certain
oblivion to look forward to. His doom as a public
man, is, according to their verdict, already' signed,
sealed, and delivered.
There is not much chivalry in this impotent de-
sire to glory in the retirement of a political oprio-
neat, and to puff the withered laurels of a tempo-
rary triumph brought about by the mere accidents
of political warfare. It is rather the-artifice of a
party who feel that they have no faith and no
ground of faith, in their own boasts.
The gentlemen who take.upon themselves—quite
uninvited—the task of pronouncing funeial orations
upon the statesman who, by due process of consti-
tutional action, has gone to the head of the Oppo-
sition, base their glcomy vaticinations upon the
success of Government. vith,their Luna Bill, and
the rejection by the house of some of Lord Palmer-
ston's amendments. But in the fist place those
:amendments were not in my reuse loteucled or cal-
culated to test the
.stiength of party attachments.
Timy were ootaimed at the subversion of the Minis-
try. They were contributions, like those of Lord
J. Russell, Sir E. Perry, and others, to the general
efficiency of the measure, and such as a man i4l 'Lord
Palmerstoriis. position was not only- justified in
making, but actually called upon to make. Had
he refrained from taking an active part in the . pro-
motion of the bill, he would have departed from
that course of •disinterested public bonduct 'which
has been the rule of his lite. In the next place, lie
has done fax more to assist than to interrupt the
Government measure. Upon several occasions his
timely intervention aided its progress and staved
off defeat. Had his own scheme-been discussed, it
would, of course, have undergone extensive modi-
ficatione in its passage through Parliament.
is what anybody's bill must have b. en subjected to,
but who would have thought of predicating politi-
cal obscurity of all the eminent icon whose amend-
ments might have happened not to be carried In-
deed, the circumstances under which the bill has
reached its present stage are such that no party
can be entitled to boast of a victory respecting it ;
and though Lord Palmerstoa generously said that
he gave it an ungrudging assent, we are not our-
selves so sure that it is a bill 1(1 le boa:U(1 of at
all. We regird. it as a cry lame production. But,
anjlia-w, the Conservativts can &aim little credit
for it. • Their policy, so far as they had one, was
embodied in their first bill, which the house would
not listen to. Subsequently they made a second
attempt, every clause of which • was dictated to
them by the House of Commons, and an examina-
tion of the division lists will show that in no
single instance can they boast ,a triumph of their
own. Indeed, there, has been no trial of party
strength at all, and no occasion for any. The time
for parties to show their strength is when the
country is in need of the services of one more than
another. In the. recent legislation it was moat de-
sirable that party tactics should be put in abey-
ance, and they were so put, and that most dis-

interestedly.' ,
In another. .session Ministers will'have to encoun-
ter severer trials. They will have had time to
mature their policy ; they will have DO right to ex-
pect extraordinary indulgence. They will have to
stand upon their merits. If they succeed in
framing a policy suited to the circumstances of the
country, and worthy of public support, that support
they will undoubtedly receive from all ranks and
classes of men. But if infirmity and incompetency
mark the Administration, the country will know
where to look. Should it please Providence to con-
tinue health and energy to the man who saved the
Crimean army, closed the Russian war, directed the
foreign policy of this country, and took the first
steps for tranquillising the disturbances in India,
he will undoubtedly again be called to the highest
office of the State by the acclamation of the people.
In tl2e meantime he can well afford to see his oppo-
nents boaating themselt'es during their brief day,
blinded by the sufftranCe they hive enjoyed, and
misconstruing the indulgence of a declining session
into a proof of public favour and Parliarrentary
confidence. The British Minister h'ts but to bide his
time. When real difficulties come he will be as
indispensable to the existence of a competent
British Cabinet as has been for the last forty
ors•

INTENDED VISIT OF TILE QUEEN TO
CLIERBO RG.

(From the Tina?s.)
We are informed by thO Moniteur de la Flotte,
in an article which we publish V,day, that the Em-
peror Napolern "whose tact in such matters
is so very delicate," has not hesitated to invite
Queen Victoria to add by her presence an additional
charm and preitige tq the rejoicings at Cherbourg.
France rejoices, and, as we are informed, has with
the most consummate tact and the most delicate
taste invited England, her neighbour, friend, and
good ally, to rejoice with her in the revered person
of our Queen. What, then, is France rejoicing
about, and in what is she so sure of out sympathy,
and deems it such excellent taste to invoke it ?

enemymoment,hope
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England, but much. more for the purpose of
possible aggression
France to inflict the greatest possible in-
jury on England. Auy blow that may be
launched from Cherbourg will fill, not as those
in the last war, upon the extremities of this em-
its very heart.
or of south
Wales, but it will. be short, it will be straight,
got upon the. coast of Ireland,
Our great ally likes no. unnecessary manceuvres.
If ever he wishes to strike, he' wisties to be able
beauuncl,teadbotovcis,?all, to a
to strike h',me, and so deal his, first blow as to
deadly, and decisive,—aimed at
leave very little room
.fo.r a second. Surely
we have gieit reason to rejoice that so much direct-
ness of purpose, such entire straight-forwardness of
much
tact so delicate ? It will be a pl.asin.g thing for the
characters
incere an
cal and i
da
iinmg,
friendships should
English guests at the forthcoming jubilee for the
completion of a work the avOWed end and aim of
which is to facilitate the invasion of their country,
to survey those vest basins
.desltned to hold the
ships which are to convey the luvading force, those
endless quays front which they are to embark, and
at the same moment the arsenals which are to sup-
ply them with stores, and the for, ifications which
will at once screen then from observation and
shield them from interruptiin. That nothing may
be wanting to biing home tnelfTaning of the scene
there will be the statue of the first Emperor ; and
doubtl, ss, to complete the spectacle, there will be
many relics of the old Imperial Army wearing the
medal of St. Helena, which commemorates, not the
glorious recoil, etions, but rather the final reverse
of .he First Empire, aid seems playfully to allude
to tie pin taken at th it cm) Ly Gr. at 13eit,in as
one w;dch France cught
.13y arcanen? "Ans to forget.
The fete wid be complete in all Its parts, and happy
ought we to be teat we hare a neighbour who so
thoroughly underst tads our tastes, and caters for
them with such exquisite tsct :yid discrimination.
How can the ilioniteur, de la Flotte insinuate that
pretexts would •not ho wanting to the English
people, if they entertained less high and less clear
notions, for uneasiness both at the ground and the
form of this visit of Napoleon 111. to Cherbourg ?
He is not, we are told, going to visit some one or
other of his naval ports indifferently ; he is going
to visit pre-eminently his advanced post on the
Chancel coast—advanced, as we may reflict with
cheerfulness and thankfulness, not promiscuously,
as we may say, but pre-eminently—not against the
world in general, but against England, and Eng-
land alone. Who would not be pleased at such a

pre-eminence ? Who would ndt. be 'flattered by
such a compliment ? It was very gratifying to the I
feelinks of this island, no doubt, to be -made the
object of intended invasion by the First Napoleon ;.
but to find. that his nephew has; with the most
invincible perseverance,•and at a. va=t expense of
treasure, at length completed a work planned 209
years ago, during war with England, carded on by'.
every French Sovereign whenever he was on ill
terms with this country, and intended avowedly
for its invasion and subjugation, is-a joy for which
words have no utterance, a bliss too 'deep for sX-
pression. Let us march crowned with flowers in
the auspicious procession.'
The Roman poet tells us that those who have no
wish kill one wish to be able to do so ; and
we are told to believe, and do most earnestly wish
to believe, that this great work is completed in the
spirit in which the Moniteur de la Flotte says it
will be inaugurated,_ina spirit of forgetfulnes of
the pastand friendliness for the future. We deiire,
and we axe anxious, to reciprocate such feelings,
butif.theso are the predoininat;ng influenom it does
occur to us to ask, in all simplicity, why was Oiler-
lx)urg. ever constructed at all ? Could our great
ally find uo other means of employing the peace
which we have jointly conquered for E.irope and
for ourselves than in the completion or-a W.irk
planned, devised, and executed with views hostile
to this country, and naving avowedly no other obj et,
and could he find no other means •of doing liononr '
to our Queen than by inviting her to its inaugura-
tion ?. We do not presume for a moment to que-
tion,
the' ropriety of her- Majesty's appearanc 7: on
such an. oec-7,sion.*; it -'may very possibly bb the.
most magnanimous course YsSie could adopt ;- but
we do vent ire to question the delicacy and the tact
of the invitation.

Ode- thing is qiiite cleirif forgetfulness of
the past and friendliness for the future do not
prevent the Enver6r Napoleon from pu-hing
ou works of so highly aggressive a aharatter in
time of profthind peace, they ought not to prevent
us, .in the same friendly and forgetful spirit, from
taking ample measures of defence against so very
formidable x demonstrati jn. In forgetfulness of
the past, let us oquip aod. arm a Ch';iiniel fleet ; in
friendliness for the future, let us man it, let us
keep up the Militia, let us increase the 'troops of
the Line. -When we have thus giv.:l r•ily
feelings, we oan, with au equally exquisite tact, as
'lll 2i7ouiteur de is Flotte says, invite our great
ally to pay us a visit, to estiniate• our state of pre-
paration, and to rejoice with us over its comitlete-
nese. Tne sympathy between the two Govern-
ments is far too complete to create the least ill-
feeling on the subject. To-day the Emperor of the
French calls upon us to rejoice because he has com-
pleted a work which may enable him to invade us ;
to-morrow let us claim his congratulations because
we have placed ourselves in a fitting state to resist
the invasion. The Emperor is far too friendly to
wish that we should exist merely on sufferance,
and will be much pleased to find so good an ally
has achieved independence even of her friend and
brother in arms. We know that Cherbourg is only
a practical joke, but we should be unwilling to allow
our lively neighbour to outdo us in facetiousness.
When we have feted the completeness of his means
of attack, it will only be a proper acknowledgment
of his civility to call upon him for his congratula-
tions on the adequacy of our means of defence.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The General Commanding-in-Chief will hold a

levee at 1 o'clock on Friday next.
We learn by electric telegraph that. the Babiana,
Captain Sharp, arrived at the Motherbank yester-
day evening from the East, and was put in quaran-
tine immediately; eventually she obtained pratique,
and her passengers were landed at Portsmouth in
Lloyd's cutter, under the command of Mr. W.
Lichfield, after which she left for the East India
Docks to discharge her cargo.
Orders have been received at Chatham by the
officers in command of the three battalions of in-
fantry stationed at that garrison, directing the
whole of the available troops belonging to the
depots of the East India CompArq's regiments to
be hvld in readiness to join the service companies
of their respective corps, and to embark for India
as soon as a sufficient amount cf tonnage has been

taken up for them by the East India Company.
In consequence of this order the most active pre
patations are being made to have the troops ready
for embarkation immediately they are requ red,
which it is expected will be early in the ensuing
month. The folloWing ships have been taken up
at the Est India-house to convey troops to India,
viz. Charles, 2,000 tons, J. W. Callow, cwit-
mander, for Bombay ; and the Bussorah Merchant,
530 tons, F. Graham, commander, for Kurrachee.
Since the troops selected from tits first and third
battalions at Cuatha,m Garrison have been encamped
at the Spur Battery and Prince Henry's Bastion, a
most important inaprovement in the barrack ar-
rangements has been effected by the commandant
of the garrison, who has given directions • that the
number of men apportioned to each barrack-room
is to be considerably reduced, and, except in cases
of very urgent necessity, the number appointed
to each room, which has been fixed according ,to
the size of the building, is never to be exceeded.
Before the troops were placed under canvas the
barracks were very crowded,• and' a great deal
of sickness prevailed among the men ; in con-
sequence, however, of the judicious arrange-
ments made for supplying the men with more space
and air, the resulthas been that sickness has almost
disappeared, and the troops at Chatham are as
healthy, if not healthier, than are to be found in
any barracks in the kingdom. Notwithstanding
the large draughts which have recently ptoceeded
from Chatham and embarked for India, the strength
of the garrison is still upwards of 3,000.
Mr. R. Laws, the principal storekeeper at Cha-
tham Dockyard, has been appointed one of the
select committee to inquire into the 'economy and
present management of her Majesty's dockyards,
and is succeeded in his duties at Chatham by Mr.
W. Donald.
Six iron guns, the first and only production of
the Royal Standard Foundry erected at Woolwich
during the Russian war, were yesterday fired at the
butt at 1 . p.m., and they passed through the two
rounds with perfect satisfaction. It was announced
that exertions were being made to bring some others
forward for trial, but only six were then produced.
It is asserted that, although a return of the expen-
' diture has been repeatedly 'called for, no account
has up to the present moment been obtained; and
that under the existing arrangements some inde-
finite.delay haS been asked and partially granted.
During the "administration of the late Government
the visits of Lord Panmure and Mr..Monrtell to the
departments of the Royal Arsenal were of frequent
occurrence, and 'matters requiring the eye of the
chief were examined with rigid scrutiny. Although
one of the most important branches of her Majesty's
service, the present Secretary of State for the War
Department has not . up to the present moment
paid his first visit of ollice. A number of barges
arrived at the Royal Arsenal pier during the latter
port of last week, and landed cargoes of guns of the
calibre of 8; 10,i and 11 inches from the vari-ais
contractors, and the steam-ship Contest yea terday
landed a cargo of similar calibre from Goole.
General Sir W. F. Williams' attended by the
garrison staff, yesterday inspected a detachment of
the varilus•corps trooped on the Artillery Parade
at 9.30, intended to mount guard during the suc-
ceeding cr 24 hours. The whole of the newly-enlisted
recruits afterwards paraded and marched past. At
1 p.m. General Wildatus reviewed tour field bat-
teries of the Royal Attillery, one battalion of Royal
Marine Light. Infantry, one battalihn of the Antrim
Militia, and one battalion of Attillery on Wool-
wich-common. They were put through a series of
exercises, constituting au ordinary field-clay's dis-
play without firing, and occupying the entire ex-
tent of the review ground, forming and deploying
in columns, equarts, &e., and marching past,
half past 4 o'clock. until
Her Majesty's gunboat Ssndfiy, tender to the
screw steamship Cornwallis, 60, Capt. George Ran-
dolh, on Coastguard service in the Humber, was
yesterday hauled out of basin at Woolwich, and
proceeded to Hull to join. The steam transp.,et
Dee was yesterday received into basin at Woolwich,
to prepare for a re-shipment of steam gear for the
we-tern yards.
The Fire Queen steam yacht, Maser-Commander
W. F. Paul, embarked Admiral Sir George Sey-
mour, K.C.8.; the Commander-in-Chief Major-
General the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlet}, K 0.8.,
and Rear-Admiral Superintendent the Hun. G.
Grey, and conveyed them to Osborne, to pay their
respects to her Majesty, yesterday afternoon.
The Brunswick, 80, Capt. Ommauney, and the
Curacoa, 31, Capt. T. M. Mason, are under orders
to leave Spithead t7-day on a cruise.
The Ciesar, 91, Capt. Frederick, is expected to
leave Portsmouth harbour this day, to make a trial
of her machinery, &c., and if all should work well
she will anchor and a main at Spithead. •
The Arrogant, 47, Capt. Leopold' G. Heaths
' C. 8., steamed up to Spithead from Southampton.