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EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 17, 1850.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That a GENET AL COUla of the said Company will be held at
their House la Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAT, the Ist May next,
from Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six o'clock in the Evening
for the Election •f a Director of the said Company in the rocm of
Major-Geaeral Sir Archibald Galloway, K.C.8., deceased.
The form of a Letter of Attorney and of a Declaration for
enabling Proprietors of East India Stock to vote by proxy on this oc-
casion, may be obtained upon application at the Treasury in this
House.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

PUBLIC LECTURE ON THE REFORM
OF THE LAW OF LUNACY.
A LECTURE on the above subject will be given by JOHN T.
FERCEVAL, Esq , at the King's Arms Tavern, High-street Ken-
sington, on WEDNESDAY, May let, at Seven o'clock, r.st., when the
abuses of the law will be illustrated by several cases of oppression
rocently brought to light, and by the example of a gentleman who
was lately seized by the police of the metropolis under circumstances
of gross outrass and injustice.

LONG JOHN'S BEN NEVIS WHISKY.
Mr. JOLIN M•DONALD, of Beu•Nevi! Distillery, respect-
fully informs the Spirit Trade of England, Wales, and Ireland, that
he has confided the sale of his celebrated Whisky ever these coun-
tries exclusively to Messrs. BETTa and Co., 7, " Smithfield-bars,
Lonion, in whose duty-frce warehouse the same may be inspected.

BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK.
The original, and by far the best, requiring no preparation,
offers the surest means of protection for every 'variety of household
hum and v.-caring apparel, against loss or mistake, for which reason
be careful to ask for the genuine article, prepared by the inventor,
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EMI GR ATION.-BENJAMIN EDGING-
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Settlers to inspect his EMIGRATION. TENTS, which are fitted up
with every requisite, at a moderate cost. May be seen any day at
his Manufactory, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, one being purposely
erected, with cot slung, table, and camp-stool complete. A. Ware-
house, 20E, Piccadilly.

REMONT'S OVE RL AND EOUTE to
OREGON, TEXAS, and CALIFORNIA, across the
ROCKT MOUNTAINS, made by the United 'States Goyernniont ;
illustrated by a GRAND MOVING PAINTING from Washington
City, pourtraying the thrilling scenes that occurred to Colonel
Fremont and Party, and Sir William Drummond Stewart and Party,
whi'e crossing the Rocky Mountains ; IS NOW OPEN for Public:Ex-
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eyery Afternoon, atllali-past Two ; Evenings, Quarter to Light.
Admission, Is. ; stalls, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, kid.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION.
LECTURES on MUSIC by Sir lIEI'..IRY It. BISHOP resumed,
with an increased number of VOCALISTS for the Illustrations on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Eight, and on Tuesday, Thu s-
day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Second
Lecture on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation with Optical
Effects, daily at Two, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings at
a quarter-past Nine.—Lecture by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., en tie
Chemistry of Hydrogen, with special reference to its application for
conveying by Balloons Pyrotechnic and other Signals to Sir John
Franklin, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Three, and on
Tuesday and Thursday Evenings, at Eight.—Dissolving Views,
illustrating the Arctic Regions and Ceylon ; also Views of London in
the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is.—Diver and Diving-
bell, &c., &c.
Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price.
Analyses and Chemical Experiments conducted in the Laboratory,
under the direction of J. H. Pepper, Esq.

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DR. GARDNER'S WORM MEDICINE.
It is a melancholy fact that thousands are suffering the pri-
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FRASFMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two 'Vols.
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A VISIT TO TUE LAKES; .SKFiTCII OF EDINBURGH. &C.
Tol. 11.

THE LAKES OF KILLARIsiE7 ; REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, &c.
111.
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID-
" That three score years and ten our course may rnn."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and curs) if ner-
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the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em-
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lation of every-day life.
IV.
THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old sge. The advent
of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of
licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative,
and remediative, Advocacy of early marriages.
V.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To be or not to be, that is the question."
Par,catammn :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re-
-llfion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
elvdice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
P.gure, to secure healthy offsprln:, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.

Cases, &c.
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ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
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THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
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PART If. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
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mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative
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PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
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SIN and SORROW. A Tale. 3 vols.
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PIIIDE and IRRESOLUTION; a Second Series of " The Dis-
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Miss BREMER'S New Domestic Story, tho LIGHT HOUSE,
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VI.
The WILMINGTONS. By the Author of" Emilia Wyndham,"
31,2,13.

PASSAGES in the LIFE of Mrs. MARGARET MAITLAND of
SUNNY SIDE. Written by HERSELF. Second Edition. 3 vols.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Commander Thomas Drane (1848), on the' retired list
of 1830, died a few days eicce at the age of 62. He
nerved twelve years afloat during the war from the time
ofhis first entering the navy in 1800, in the Captain,
74. In that ship he was at the'destruction of the Reolaiee,
16, French corvette, under the batteries of Morbehan.
In the Donegal, at the capture of the Spanish 44 gun
frigate, Amphitrite; and in the Caesar, 80, at the capture
of the four French lire•of•battle ships which - escaped
from Trafalgar, and, as acting lieutenant of that ship,
was at the destruction, in 1808, of the three French
frigates near the batteries of Sable d'Olonoe, and of
the shipping in Aix Roads. Was confirmed a lieu-
tenant August, 1809, and on the coast of America saw
much active boat service on the Chesapeake, and was
present at the attack on Baltimore. He invalided in
1514, and wis never employed afterwards. By his death
a lieutenant's out pension of Greenwich Hospital reverts
to the patronage of the Admiralty.
Lieutenant William Rule (1815). who died a few
days since, was an old Trafalgar officer; and, during
the eleven years he yas afloat, saw much distin-
guished service 'on boaid the Minotaur, 74. (He
assisted at the capture. of .the French 36-gun frigate La
Franchise, and several other vessels. In 1804, in the
Polyphemus, 64, he contributed to the capture of the
Sante Gertruyda, Spanish frigate of 36 guns, laden,
besides a cargo of the most costly merchandise, with
1,215,000 dollars in specie; was midshipman at the
battle of Trafalgar; witnessed the surrender of four
heavy French 'frigates from Rochefort to a squadron
under the orders of Sir Samuel Hood, Sept. 25, 1806;
took part under Rear-Admiral Robert Murray in the un-
successful attack fnade upon Buenos Ayres, in July,
1807; and served in the boats at the blockade and re
duction of the city of St. Domingo in 1809. ' In De-
cember, 1810, joined the Bedford, 74, on the coast of
North America, where he-aided in the boats; at the cap-
ture, despite a fierce resistance, of a powerful flotilla ;
peoved instrumental to the destruction- of ether vessels,
and was engaged in landing troops and ammunition
during the attack upon New Orleans.
Paymaster and Purser Thomas Brett (1809), died re-
cently at Penzance, Cornwall.
Lieutenant Henry Johnston has been appointed to the
command of St. Alban's Head coast-guard station, vice
W. F. G. Ft ad, removed.
Master William Barrett has been removed from North
Isle of Arran coast-guard station, to Balbriggan, vice
Lieutenant Henry Lawless, removed.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 26.—Her Majesty's steam-ship
Birkenhead, with the right wing of the ‘2.Bth Regiment,
under Colonel Messiter, which left Plymouth on Wed-
nesday evening for Portsmouth, encountered strong
easterly winds and a heavy sea off the Start, put back
into the Sound on Thursday morning, and at noun sailed
again for her destination.
Her Majesty's ship Vanguard, having been repaired,
was taken out of dock on Thursday.
A shipwright named Hocken on Thursday afternoon
fell into the hold of the Vanguard, broke his arm and
his cheek bone, and was immediately taken to the Royal
Naval Hospital.
Her Mejesry's chip Superb, 80, sailed at 11 A.M. to-
day, under all studding sails, having a favourable breeze
from the north-east. She taken out supernumeraries and
numerous parcels and letters for the Mediterranean, call-
ing at Lisbon.
Wooewectr, APRIL 27.—The Locust steam-vessel,
Lieutenant-Commander Nowel, was paid off here yester-
day.
The Pioneer screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander S. Osborn, left Woolwich this morning for Green-
'lithe; and the Intrepid screw eteam-vessel, Lieutenant-
Commander John Bertie Cator, will Jeave on Monday.
A number of visitors from town went to Greenhithe to-
day to visit the Resolute, Captain H. T. Austin, C. 8.;
and the Assistance, Captain E. Ommanney, amongst
whom were several naval officers. The Lords of the
Admiralty visit the vessels of the Arctic expedition, at
Greenhithe, on Monday.
LADY FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION.
The Prince Albert, of 90 tons, built by Mr. White, of
Cowes, and at present in the Surrey Docks, was in-
spected by Commander Charles Codrington Forsyth
and Mr. Peak, assistant to the Master Shipwright
at Woolwich Dockyard, and having been re-
ported favourably of, has been purchased by Lady
Franklin, and will leave the river on Monday for
Aberdeen, to be fitted for the Arctic regions, by the
same firm who fitted the Lady Franklin vessel, com-
manded by Captain Fenny; and they have promised to
have the Prince Albert ready for sea in a fortnight from
this date. The Prince Albert has been purchased ex-
clusively by Lady Franklin, and is to be fitted and pro-
visioned solely at her own expense, aided by a few pri-
vate friends, and Commander Forsyth proceeds in her,
as captain of the vessel, without fee or reward, having
already obtained permission from the Admiralty to be
employed on that service. Commander Forsyth intends
proceeding through Davie's Straits, Lancaster Sound,
and Barrow's Straits, and will enter Prince Regent's In-
let on the west sido, proceeding south to Felix Harbour,
where Sir John Ross's ship was left, and examine all the
coast of Boothia, and, if necessary, cross the narrow
neck of land which is now known to render Boothia a
peninsula. Commander Forsyth has seen considerable
service, which qualifies him for a searching expedition;
has served for many years in the Beagle, in the Austra-
lian and South American surveys, and was promoted
to Commander for his zealous service and the aid he
afforded to the troops during the late •Kafir war.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Birkenhead iron steam •
frigate, Commander J. A. Stevens, embarked the 4th
(King's Own) Regiment from this dockyard to-day, and
left with them far Plymouth.
The Sprightly steam-tender returned to day from the
above port.
A beautiful schooner yacht was launched to-day from
the yard of Mr. Camper, the yacht builder of Gosport.
This vessel has been built for Mr. R. Davenport, of
Dartmouth. She has received the name of the ..Ballet
Reins, bestowed upon her by the daughter of the owner.
She will be fitted out immediately to convey her owner
and family to the Mediterranean.
The schooner 3 acht Jeannette, formerly the property
of Lord Rosemore, went out of harbour to day lor Cher-
bourg, whence, after taking in her stock, she proceeds to
St. Petersburgb.
On the arrival of the Lily, 14, at Lisbon from this
port she was very leaky, and required all the caulkers
of the squadron of evolution to make her seaworthy
again.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
WOOLWICH, APRIL 29.—The Right Hon. Sir Francis
T. Baring (First Lord of the Admiralty), Rear-Admiral
J. W. D. Pandas (First Naval Lord), Captain Alex-
ander Milne and the Hon. William Cowper (Lords of
the Admiralty), Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.B.
(Surveyor of the Navy), Mr. John Parker (First &ere-
tiry to the Admiralty), Lord Minto, Lord Clarence
Paget, Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.B. (Governor of
Greenwich Hospital), Rear-Admiral Sir James Alex-
ander Gordon, 1.C.8. (Lieutenant-Governor of Green-
wich Hospital), Rear- Admiral Bowles,C.B., Commodore
Henry Eden (Superintendent of her Majesty's Dock-
yard, Woolwich), with Lieutenant Robertson (Royal
Navy) and Mr. Humphrys (Chief Engineer at Woolwich
Dockyard), embarked at 930 A.M. to-day at Woolwich
in the Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master-Commander S.
B. Cook, and went down the river on a visit to the ves-
sels of the Arctic expedition at Greenhithe.
Their Lordshipe went on board the Resolute, Captain
Austin, C. 8., and were received by the gallant officer
and the whole of the officers of the vessel assembled on
deck. Their Lordships were much pleased with the
clean and well-ventilated condition of the vessel, and
the excellent arrangements for the comfort of the officers
and men.
They then proceeded to the Assistance, Capt. Erasmus
captain and
Ommaney, and were received by the gallant
his officers assembled on deck. Their Lordships were
gratified with the excellent appearance of the officers
and crew of this vessel, and with her appearance below
deck, the arrangements for the accommodation of all on
board being, as in the Resolute, better. than in any ves-
sels previously sent to the Arctic regions. the two sailing vessels,
After minutely inspecting they
went on board the Pioneer, Lieutenant Sherard Osborn,
and inspected that vessel very particularly, to ascertain
her capabilities for the duties she is expected to perform.
The Intrepid screw steam-vessel will leave Woolwich
on Wednesday, under Lieutecant-Commander John
Bertie Cater, to have her compasses adjusted at Green-
hithe.
The crews of the whole four vessels, the Resolute, the
Assistance, the Pioneer, and the Intrepid, will be paid
wages in advance at Greenhithe on Friday, the 3d inst.,
and on Saturday, the 4th inst., the whole of the vessels
will leave Greenhithe on their progress to the Arctic
regions. They have three years' provisions on board,
besides supplies for the missing expedition, and they are
to be supplied with Mr. Shepherd's balloons previous to
their leaving the river.
The Lords of the Admiralty returned in the Black
Eagle steam-vessel, and on arriving there, at 1-15 r.at.,
left immediately for town.
The Widgeon steam-vessel is to tow the Mary, Sir
John Ross's private yacht, down the river to-morrow, on
her way to the Frith of Forth, and through the Forth
and Clyde Canal to join the Felix at Ayr, and go on
with her to the Arctic regions as her tender. The Lords
of the Admiralty have ordered that a year's provisions
be supplied to Sir John Ross's expedition.

" THE RIFLE RANGERS," BY CAPTAIN MAYNE
Rain.—" These," says the Weeldy Dispatch, " are two most
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to become popular." Also, now ready, "Personal Adven-
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at the Mines," two vols., small Bvo., with twenty-three
illustrations from drawings taken on the spot, by William
Redmond Ryan, Esq. 3. " The Equestrian's Manual ; or,
the Art of Horsemanship, with Advice to Purchasers of
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7s. 6d. bound. 4. "Ceylon and the Cingalese," by H. C.
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illustrations. —"A most gratifying and entertaining narra-
tive, which will, undoubtedly, become highly popular.".--
.Bell's Messenger.
THE VERNON PICTURES.—We understand that the
pictures of the Vernon collection are already being removed
to Marlborough House, where they may probably be seen
during the Whitsuntide holidays. This arrangement will
afford leisure for the contending parties on the claims of the
Royal Academy to public accommodation to bring forward
their arguments for or against that society, and, no doubt,
lead to a reform of its abuse on A clipping of its influence.