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EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 3, 1850.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That a SPECIAL C, LNERAL COUKT of the said Company will
he held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the
17th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the desire of Nine
Proprietors of East India Stock, as expressed ix the following Let-
ter, viz.:— _ _ _

" London, March 27, 1850.
" To the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.
" Honourable Sirs,
"We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly quail•
fled by lam•, request that you wi" convene a Special General Coon
of Proprietors at your earliest cenvenience, in order to take into con•
sideration the papers respecting the succession, by adoption, of
Sovereign Princes in India.
" We have the honour to be,
" Honourable Sirs,
" Your obedient Servants,
(Signed) " J. SULLIVAN.
"JOSEPH HUME.
"JOHN BRIGGS.
" JAS. STEWART FORBES.
" THOM AS • DICKINSON.
" W. M. STEPHENS.
" SASIISEL GOODFELLOW.
" CHAS. FORBES.
" M. LEWIN."
J.IMES C. 3IELVILL, Secretary.

TII E P A
COMM

Rev. Charles Boone, Kensvrorth,
Bells.

Fredk. tire], Esq., M.D., Brook-
street, Grosvenor-square.
Captain George Ic. Clarke (late!
17th Lancers), Junior United
Service Club.

James Cockburn, Esq., Merehant,
New Bread-street.
Robert Clarke, jun., Esq„ Mel-
Cheapside.
W. Guest Carpenter, F.R.C.S.,
\Vest-rtreot, Finsbury.
Anthony Dunlop, Esq., Merchant,
New Broad-street.
Vincent G. Dowling, E'q., Nor-,

folk-street, 64rand.
Thou-14s Chambre, Esq., Fernhill,

Windsor.

RK CLUB.

I TTER.

C. N. El.lerton, Esq., Barrister,
Lincoln's Inn.

John Howard, Esq., Pall-mall.
'John Frederick Isaacs:en, Esq.,
Norfolk-street, Strand.
Waller Lewis, Esq., M. 8., Ed-
ward-street, Porunan-square.

Captain J. Potter Macquem,
Stoke, Plymieutb.
Dav'd Moore, Esq., Clarendon-
ro.td, Kensington.
P. 11. Plaskett, Esq., Merchant,
,Old Burlington-street.
H.— G. Robinson, Esq., 6, Half-
Moon-street, Piccadilly.
Mamas Null Terrell, Esq., Bar-

rl.3ter, Lincoln's
Arthur IVelch, Esq., Barrister,

Lincoln's Inn.

Bankers-licss,s. Cocks, Biddaph, and Co., 43, Charing•cross,

London,

It is proposed that this Club shall consist of Noblemen and Gen-
tlemen, inembers of the learned professions, Officers of the Army
and Navy, Merchants, Bankers. &c., without reference to their
political princip!es. and Ehall not exceed Two Thousand Members.
.A well-regulated Club presents se many atvantages to its Mem-
bels that it is uneeccssary to enlarge en the subject; in intro-
ducing it to Gentlemen dispeted to avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity new offered, it will be sufficient to say that the founders
of this Club propose to establish it on the principles of the

" UNION." - -
It is intended that a-well-selected Library,- and the other usual
accommodations, including a strangers' room, shall be attached to
the Club.
The general entrance fee will he twenty guineas, aad the annual
subscription five gin:fleas, but the first five hundred Members will
be admitted on paying an entrance tee of ten guineas, and true next
five hundrel on paying an entrance fee of fif.een guineas; the
anneal subscription to be payable is advance.
Candidates for admissions to the Club will, on 'their election as
Memberi, be required to pay their admission fees and first year's
subscription into the hands of the Bankers of the Club but these
moneys wi 1 not be dealt with till the Club is fully formed, and
should such not be the case, will be returned wit'out any deduction.
The Committee have made provisional arrangements which Trill
enable them to rent or purchase, on very desirable terms, Buck-
ingham House, Pall-mall, which is singularly well suited for the ac-
eommodatioa of the Club; and the premises may be vien-od by any
Gentleman desirous of becomisn; Members.

It is intended to open the Club for the accommodation of Members
within one month atter its formation.

Gentlemen wishing to become Members are requested to intimate
the name to the Secretary, from whom prospectuses and all parti-
culars easy be obtained.
LY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE.
Buckingham House, Pall-mall, London.

ROYAL BRITISH BANK,
(Incorporated by Charter,)
For receiving Deposits at interest, Discounting Bills, making Ad-
♦ances on approved securities, granting Cash Credits, and trans-
acting every other desct iption of Banking Business on the Scottish
System, at lg, Tokenouse-yard, Lothbury, and 429, Strand, cor-

ntr of Agar-sti eet.
The Sauk will open a Branch for Lambeth, at No. 77, Bridge-road,

Westminster-road, on Monday, the 15th April,.at 9 A .

Prospectuses containing the terns of business, with forraso f ap-
plication from pr-ties desirous to open accounts, will be supplied at
the Bank, or sent by post to any who may require them.

lIUGtI INNES CAMERON, General Manager.
16, Tokenhouse-yard, March 3:', 1850.

GUILDHALL, Aram 3, Isso,

r lIIHE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S
LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 10th
day of April instant, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS
for LETTING 911. LEASE, for twenty-ono years from Lady-day,
1850,:a lime, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street-buildings;
Two !loans, Nos. 2d and 29, on the soath side of Broad-street-
buildings.
Also, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on a BUILDING
LEASE, for 61 years from Midsummer next, a riece of Ground, on
the north side et' Barrow-street, Ratcliff.
Further particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender
obtained, at the Office of Works, Guildhall.
TILINIAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller.

ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
39, TUIIOGMOIITON-STREET, BANK;
And 14, PALL-MALL.
Chairman—The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR.
Deputy-Chairman—WlLLlAM LEAF, Esq.
Richard E. Arnett, Esq. IJ. Humphery, Esq., Aid., M.P.
William Banbury, Esq. ,Eupert Inglelsy, Esq.
Edward Bates, Esq. !Thomas Kelly, Esq., AlderMiUt.
Thomas Camplin, Esq. (Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq.
James Cllft, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq.
AUDlTORS—Professor Hall, M.A. ; J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq.
Pnrsictsts—Dr.JeatTreson, 2 Finsbury-square.
Sointox—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Dail, of King's College.
STANDING COUNSEL-Sir John Romilly, Solicitor-General.
SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Fisher, Esq., 19, Doughty-street.
ADVANTAGES OF ASSURING WITH THIS COMPANY.
In addition to a large subscribed capital, Policy holders have the
security ef an Assurance Fund of mere than a Quarter of a
Million, and an annual Income approaching 70,0001. a year, arising
from the issue of 6,500 Packs.
BONUS, OR PROFIT BRANCH*.
Persons Assuring on the Bonus system will be annually entitled
to SO per cent. of the profits en this brauch (after payment of five
yearly Premiums) ; and the profit assigned to each Policy may be
either added to the sum assured, or applied in reduction of the An-
nual premium,
NON-BONUS, OR LOW PREMIUM BRANCH.
The Tables on the non-participating principle afford peculiar ad-
vantages to the assured, not offered by any other Office—for where
the object is the least possible outlay, the payment of a certain sum
is secured to the Policy-holder, on the death of the Assured, at a re-
duced rate of Premium.

PREMIUMS TO ASSURE £lOO.

Age. I One Year: ISCYCIi bears.

20 £0 17 8 I£o 19 1
38 1 1 8 1 2 7
40 1 b 0 1 4 9
50 1 14 1 1 19 10
60 3 3 4 3 17

WHOLE TERM.

With Profits.

£1 15 10
2 S i
3 0 7
4 G 8
6 12 9

Without Profits.

Ll 11 10
2 0 7
2 14 10
4 0 11
6 0 10

One-half of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit
f n* seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a
debt upon the policy at 5 per cent., •r may be paid off at any time
without notice.
Claims paid in one month after proofs have been approved.
Loans upon approved security.
The medical officers attend every day at Throgmorton-street at a
quarter before two o'clock.

E. BATES, Resident Director.

THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
LTFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (Enrolled under the
Friendly Society's Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND.
Established 1840.
TRUSTEES.

Thomas Barinf;, Esq., M.P.
Thomson Hanker•, Jun., Esq

W. G. Prescott, Esq.
Baron L. de Rothschild, 31. P.

TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND.
John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Policies issued in the year 1818-434, for X:5,110
Do. do. do. 1849-568, for 115,865

Increase •• 134, f0r.£30,755

Every description of Life Assurance effected daily. Last Report
and detailed Prospectuses, showing the very peculiar advantages
offered by tilt; Association (especially the rights to nominate any
party to receive the amount of a Life Policy, tree of Legacy or Pro-
bate duty, or any expense whatever, a privilege which is almost ex-
clusively confined to tb,s office), may be had at 42, Moorgate-street,
Loud al.

By order of the Board,
PHILIP lIENRY BYRNE, Secretary.

March 8, 1850.

riro LADIES.—The high and universal celebrity
.1_ which ROWLAND'S KALYDOR continues to maintain as an
active, yet mild and soothing extirpator of all impurities of the
Skin, is, during the period of Spring, most pleasingly evinced. This
pre; aration, eminently balsamic, restorative, and invigorating, is
equally distinguished for safety in application, as for unfailing effi-
cacy in eradicating all redness, tan, pimples, spots, freckles, discolo-
rations, and other cutaneous visitations. The radical bloom it im-
Parts to the cheek, and the softness and delicacy which it induces on
the hands and arms, render it indispensable to every toilet.
To ladies during the period o, nursi g, and as a wash for infants,
it cannot be too strongly recommended.
Gentlemen, after shaving, will find it allay all irritation and
tenderness of the skin, and render it soft, smooth, and pleasant.
Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive
selection by her Majesty the Queen. the Court, and the Royal Family
of Great Britain, and the several Courts of Europe. •
'Y. Beware of spurious " KALTDORS" for sale, containing
mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the Complexion, and by their
repellent action endangering health. The words " ROWLAND'S
RALIDOR" are on the wrapper of the genv'ne article. Price 4s. 6d.
and Bs. 6d. per bottle.
Sold by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, HATTON GARDEN
LONDON, and by Chemists and Perfumers.

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
Ibsen and wearing apparel, against loss or mistake, for which reason
be carethl to ask for the genuine article, prepared by the inventor,
JOHN BOND, 2E, Long-lane, West Smithfield, City. Sold by most
Chemists, Stationers. and Medicine Vendors. Price Is. a bottle.

THIRTY-FIRST EDITION.
fl ustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Ei+gravinn on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the infirmities and decay of ths. generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox-
ford-street, London. Published by the Authors sold by strange,
11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger. 150, Oxford-street ;
Starie, 23, Titehborne-street, Ilaymnrket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
hall-street.
PART I. trelts of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PART If. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing'
menial and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative
incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
a arch:
.ead it
I,:
foto!:
du
the
lusts
ega :Per SeventeenrdezbeyinnttieoenOonf i Coloured
the primary or secondary' form, and contains explicit directions for
Ethneghtatvirciatztrlig.
contains
Diseaseot,vi obviated.
da.
simple OP- IA of the ork should not escape the reader's
This !important P'
PART
notice. to the consideration of marriage, and its du-
PART V. Is ittyotC .nroductive union are also considered, and the
philosophically inquired into.
-niAeux is exclusively employed in
Y. imp44stesenicee, &c., 1 Is. and 335.
ties.
I, e, an. anti-iqpbiliiic
whole subject critically a,.
THE CORDIAL BALM OF
treating nervous and sexual debib..,
per bottle. The Concentrated Detersiv.. Infection, secondary
• 's.
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases 44 and 335, per
symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I,—
and lls.
bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 28. 9d., 45.6 a,, -nd
per box, a certain remedy for genorrhcea, gleci, stricture,
chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter,
It. A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi-
tion in society. I/. Packets, with advice, to be had et the l'...rta-
blishment only, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messre. perry,
Surgeons, are in :.ttendance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-
street, London, from Eleven till Two and t):Ye IC) EWA on Sun-
day§ from Alma to Que.

PUBLICATIONS.

Now ready, Two Vols., post Bvo., 215..
REDBURN; HIS FIRST VOYAGE
BEING THE SAILOR BOY'S CONFESSIONS.

By BERMAN MELVILLE, Esq ,
Author of " Typce," " Otnoo," and " Mardi."
" Some of the scenes in this work arc quietly humourous, and re-
mind us a good deal of Marryatt. The details of emigrant life on
board are good ; and -very graphic indeed is the picture of the
steerage when the malignant epidemic breaks out."—Blackwood's
Magazine.
" Mr. Melville is the Defoe of the ocean. It Is an honoural,lB
distinction to which he is fairly entitled, by the life-like portraiture
of his characters at sea, his vigorons style, and fidelity to nature.
This work has the lights and shades, the mirth and melancholy, the
humour and tears, which are to be found in the mingled yarn of real
Ille."—Literary World.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. •

.NOTICE.—THE LATE KANDIAN REBELLION.
TO-MORI:OW WILL BE I'IJBLISHED,
In 2 vole. small.Bvo., with ?lap and numerous Illustrations,
Dedicated to the Marquis of Salisbury,
CEYLON and the CING AL E SE;
With a full Account of the late Rebellion in that Island. •
By 11. C. SIRE, M.A., Late Deputy Queen's Advocate for the
Southern Circuit in the Island of Ceylon.
W. Shotarl. Publisker, 20, Great Marlborough-street.
*4* Immediate orders should be given for this work.

HOUSEHOLD WORDS.
A WEEKLY JOURNAL.
Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS.
Contents of No. 11., for April 6.
A Child's Dream uf a star.
The True Stcry of a Coal Fire. Chapter 1.
Lizzie Leigh. Chapter 2.
Work. An Anecdote.
Perfect Felicity. In a Bird's-Eye View.
A Dialogue of Shadows.
•
An Australian Ploughman's Story.
'Heathen and Christian Burial.
Published Weekly. price 2d., or stamped for post, 3d. (also in
Monthly Parts):
Office, 16, Wellington-street North (where all communications to
the Editor lutist be addressed); and sold by all Booksellers and
Newsmen.

ASTRICTURE OF THE URETHRA.
Just published, price Is., by post free, 40. in addition,
FEW
WO RD S on PRRINJE AL SECTION,
s recommended by ProfQssor yme, for the Cure of Stricture
of the Urethra, and on Mr. Wade's recent Remarks thereon.

By F. B. COUR ff.:NAY, M.R.C.S.E.
Published by 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.
AlFo lately, by the same Author, price 55.,
The FATHOLOGY. and RATIONAL THE of STRIC-
TURE of the URETHRA. With important obserrations on the Use
and Abuse of Instruments.

FMPLOYMENT.—Ladies and Gentlemen may
profitably occupy leisure time by acquiring the elegant ART
of ORNAMENTING PAPIER MAMIE in Pearl, Gold, and Co-
lours, as practically imparted by the AdTertiser, on an improved
system, by which 21. a week can be realized. Premium 10s. 6d. As
the number must be limited, th so desirous of eng urement should
make early application to Mr. Wright, 20, Tavistock-street,Covent-
garden, from Ten to Four.

ARGYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great
Windmill-street, St. J ,mes's.

Musical Director and Conductor, M. LAURENT, jun.
This ACADEMY', for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is
li-OW OPEN for the Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins,
Moxey, and Franconi.
For Terms of Private Tuition Apply at the office.—Terms of Sub-
scription, for morning and evening practice:—Six months, 5/. 55,;
one month, 1/. Is.; one evening, Is. Subscribers' tickets not
transferable.

The Academy will open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight
o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely.

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.
LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup. Curries, and Salad,
and by its tonic ard invigorating properties enables the stomach to
perfectly digest the food.
The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe-
guard to health.
Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, 'ere-street, Oxford-
street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs.
Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen
and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in
sauce. _ _ _

. .
N.ll. To r•uard againcit imitations, see that the nanrs of " LEA
and PERRINS" are upon the label aid patent cap of the bottle.

FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH.
Price Is. 13d. per box..

This excellent Family Fill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for
correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, the common
symptomstite
si
headache,which areoddcionsetsisv,esneenssse, fl
of‘tfuullennecsys spasms,,afer in e ats,sdoi
dizziness
zatpupl-
of the eyes, drowsiness, and pains in the stomach and bowels,: indi-
gestion, producing a torpid state of the liver, and a consequent inac-
tivity of the bowels, causing a disorganisation of every function of
the frame, will, in this meat excellent preparation, by a little perse-
verance, bo effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince
the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain
its strength ; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will
rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaun-
diced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health will be the
quick result of taking this medicine, according to the directions ac-
companying each box.
As a pleasant, safe, easy appericnt, they unite the recommenda-
tion of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require
no restraint of diet or confinement during their use ; and for elderly
people they will be found to be the most comfortable medicine hi-
therto prepared.
Sold by T. Front, 299, Strand, London. Price Is. 1%(1. and 2s. Sri.
per box; also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the
kingdom.
Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the
name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London." on the
Government Stamp.

DR. C ULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternaster-row ; Carvalho,
147, fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Conihill ; or direct from the author ;
price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time."
CoNTENTS:—EarIy Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex-
cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant placos—Csuntry
Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at laglit—Evenin33 at Home
—Music—The Drama— On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Hest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &e.
11.
FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Yols.
Vol I.
A VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c.

Vol. 11.
THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, &c.
111.
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID-
" That three score years and ten our course may run."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em-
bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu-
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 age. 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."
Paooitlmmg :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re-
ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and Its conversion.
Cases, &c.
By R. J. CLTLVERWELL, MID. (1841). M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
(1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
matters. Reception hours daily till five. Evenings, seven till nine.
1• Argyll place, Regent-street

CITY OF GLASGOW STEAM-SIIIP.—It seems only
the other day that we announced the launch of this noble
vessel. She is now out on a cruise. The precise dates which
mark a rapidity so extraordinary, seem not unworthy of
being recorded. On the 28th of February, then, the launch
took place. On the Ist of March the good ship was at the
Crane-berth in the harbour, for the purpose of getting her
machinery on board. By the 12th, she bad returned to the
building yard at Partick, with everything fitted in. On the
20th, her steam was up and machinery in motion ; and
on the 27th, she proceeded to the Gareloch, to get her com-
passes adjusted in full rig and equipment for sea. Consi-
dering the weight and power of the engines, and the
magnitude of the vessel, this celerity of dispatch on the part
of Messrs. Todd and M'Gregor has psrhaps scarcely a
parallel in the annals of steam-craft. We understand that
the City of Glasgow, previously to going up the Gareloch on
Wednesday stretched out towards the Cumbraes, and that,
in fair steaming, she made ten and a quarter knots an hour;
thus exceeding the expectations of her builders and owners,
by about two knots, although not in the best trim for speed,
being four feet draft of water more aft than forward, and
the screw topping the surface fully twelve inches. This is
an auspicious commencement, and we have no doubt that
under canvas, for which she has been specially constructed,
the City of Glasgow will prove almost unequalled in
speed. The majestic steamer is now out at sea, proving
herself in every possible way, in order that she may proceed
on her first voyage as a sound and well-tried ship. It was
expected that she would return from this trial trip yesterday
whieh has most properly been made a thoroughly business
matter, in place of a pleasure excursion, and that she will
then take her place at her loading berth, where she will then
come under the care of her active agent lir. Langlands, who,
we are glad to learn, has not been idle in his department,
having already secured two-thirds of her complement of pas-
sengers, and a considerable quantity of goods. There is now
no doubt whatever that this magnificent vessel will proceed
on her voyage to New York on the appointed day—namely,
the 16th April Glasgow Herald.
Thomas Emmerson, a police-constable, committed
suicide vesterday, by drowning himself near Richmond
bridge. He had been sixteen years in the force.
At the annual general meeting held by the share-
holders of the St. Germain Railway Company a few days
since, the report states that the whole amount of the
damage done to the line after the revolution of February
reaches the sum of 578,079 f. 52c. No definitive answer has
yvt been made by the Government to the demand made by
'he board of directors for the reimbursement of that amount
—ants for 1849 are superior to those of 1848, but in-
The
ef 1847. A dividend of 2.5 f. per share for the
• and as a sum of 12t: 60c. per share
past year wa declare,
ferior to ehose
tritiutee„. a further sum of 12f. 500, is now
has been alreadyll
Payable to the alamelsektlers.

SIR C. NAPIER AND THE ADMIRALTY.
(From the Times.)
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. •

Sir,—For many years past I have been endeavour-
ing to correct the abuses in the British navy, parti-
cularly a 9 regards our steam fleet. Finding little or
DO attention paid to my observations, I, following the
example of many others, published in the Times se-
veral letters to :Lord John Russell, which brought
down on me a reproof from Sir Francis Baring. Con-
ceivirg that I did not deserve such reproof, I beg to
inclose the correspondence which has taken place in
consequence, and which I have to request you will
publish in your valuable journal.
I think it unnecessary, and perhaps not right, to
send you the testimonials alluded to, but they are
much at your service, if you wish to bee them.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES NAPIER, Rear-Admiral.

Oct. 15, 1849.

My dear Sir Charles,—With reference to our con-
versation on Friday, I am desirous that on one point
thro should be no mistake. As I told you, I feel no
personal annoyance at your letter. Official men are
fair objects of attack, and there i 3 nothing for which
personally I can, or of which I shall complain. On the
other hand, I hope I made it clear that I disapprove
officially of your correspondence. I wish no mistake,
as I consider that you have set a most unfortunate
example to the naval service, in having, with your
rank and position, written in the' newspapers such
attacks on those to whim her' Majesty has, intrusted
•
the administration of the navy.
I feel bound to say this, and say it with much re-
gret, as I entertain a high opinion of your professional
character, and only doubted your discretion.
I am, my dear Sir Charles, yours very truly,
Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier. P. T. BARING.

Morchi.'Atoun-hall, Oct. 17, 18-19.

My dear Sir FranciF' —I have received your letter
of the 15th, and am glad you feel 00 personal annoy-
ance at my letters. None was intended. I did not
exactly understand—though now I do—that you offi-
cially disapproved of my correspondence ; and as your
letter is not marked private, I take it I am to consider
it official. You say I have set a most unfortunate
example to the naval service in having, with my.rank
and position, written in the newsßaßefS. $.191.1 attacks
on those to whom her M9jesty has intrusted the ad-
ministration of the navy. In reply to this, I beg to
observe that it is bad measures—not men—that cost
the country enormous sums, that I have attacked;
and I cannot subscribe to the doctrine that a naval
officer on half-pay is interdicted from publicly
pointing out what is wrong in the management
of the affairs of the state, any !eery than a civilian
or a military man. The late Lord Melville pub-
lished a letter to Lord Mulgrave on affairs con-
nected with the navy. Sir John Barrow wrote,
when Secretary to the Admiralty, a severe critic on
Captain Crawford, for giving a true account of the
strength of the Russian navy. Captain Berkeley,
when a Lord of the Admiralty, in a pamphlet disap-
proved of the undermanning of the navy, and lost his
place like an honest man. Sir John Barrow replied
to his pamphlet, and kept his place like a courtier.
Sir Edward Codrington published a pamphlet on his
recal from the Mediterranean. Captain Plunkett has
published much on the navy,. and done a great deal
of good. Admiral Bowles publishes. Whether all
these gentlemen, and many more, were in favour of
or against the Government, I shall not inquire—the
principle is the same ; but he that boldly points out
their faults is the honester man of the two.
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Lord John Russell published in the newspapers his
famous letter from Edinburgh that brought him into
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removed ; and the Duke of Wellington, Commander-
in-Chief of the army, wrote his celebrated letter on
the defenceless state of the country. How it found
its way into the papers I neither know nor care;
there it was, and a great pity it was not attended to.
After these examples, it is not just to say that I
have set an unfortunate example.
You sat in the House of Commons when I did, and
you must be aware of my unwearied exertions to
correct the errors they were committing ; and had my
advice been followed, hundreds of thousands of pounds
would have been saved to the country. From the
House of Commons I went afloa', and while. there,
both publicly and privately, pointed out all the mis-
takes committed, hut to no purpose, for at the mo-
ment I write we are blundering on as much as we
before did ; our experience has done no good; and
unless we change our system I see no prospect of
amendment. What is doing in one dockyard is un-
doing in another; nay, more, what we are doing in
one part of the same dockyard we are undoing in an-
other part. Had I been in Parliament I should have
made the same statements that I have now done, and
the First Lord of the Admiralty would have scarcely
ventured to have said, " I was setting an unfortunate
example."
If your doctrine is correct, let us see what it would
lead to. A naval cfficer could not attend a public
meeting, or if he did, he must be silent if any naval
subject was broached. Should he stand for any place
as candidate, and be opposed by a person in office, he
would be prevented from stating his opinion how the
affairs of the country were carried on; for I hold,
whether a man states his opinion in Parliament, in
writing, or on the hustings, it is exactly the same—
they are all made public by the press—and I only wish I
was in Parliament to state mine; be assured you
would not see them published in a letter. Your doc-
trine goes further, for if it is improper for a naval
officer to attack the measures of men whom her
Majesty has intrusted with the administration of the
navy, how much more improper must it he to attack
the measures of men whom her Majesty has intrusted
with the administration of the countrY?
In conclusion, you state you are bound to say what
you have done, and it is with much regret, as you
entertain a high opinion of my professional character,
and you only doubt my discretion. For the first part
of this I feel much obliged to you, and for the last
part I am not at all angry, for if the First Lord of
the Admiralty doubts my discretion, it is most candid
to tell me so, for I then know what I have to expect,
and am not kept in the dark, and it gives me an Op-
portunity of removing that impression; for if I do
not, he would be very wrong to employ an officer on
whose discretion he could not rely.
How you could have farmed such an opinion of me
lam at a loss to conceive, for it is not to be found
in the records of the Admiralty. If you examine
them you will find no proof of want of discretion in
the whole of my service, which I am proud to say
will bear comparison with that of any officer, and no
one can show more scars or fewer favours. Yours
wasand
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nofmy esteemed friends Lord
APalmerston, neither was it the
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your board, if there is
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ing paper, the organ of the Admiralty, during the time
referred to, sometimes make me doubt,
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have the honour to be, yours, &c.,
CHARLES NAPIER.
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Right Hon. Sir Franci g.

Merchistoun-hall, TA
4..rEC. 11, 1849.
Sir,—l have the honour of inclosiug a letter I
have received from Sir Francis Baring, and the re-
ply ; it is to the latter part of his letter to which I
beg to draw their Lordships attention, in which he
says, "he has a high opinion of my professional cha-
racter, and only doubted my discretion."
When I heard that the Channel squadron was re •
organizing, and to be put under the orders of my
it appeared to me that the
late second in command,
First Lord of the Admiralty by not re-appointing
me to the command of the squadron (which I held for
nearly two years to the entire satisfaction of Lord
Auckland and his colleagues) was carrying out an
opinion of me that would damage my professional
reputation ; I, therefore, lost no time in waiting on
Sir Francis Baring, to endeavour to remove the un-
favourable opinion he had formed of me,
After expressing my surprise at his letter, so dif-
ferent from those of bis predecessor (Lord Auckland)
I handed him some of his Lordship's, Lord Palmer-
ston's, and the late Secretary's letters, extracts of
which I have the honour to inclose.
I did not think that, at this time cf day, it would
be necessary for an officer of my rank, after 50 years'
service, to show, like a youngster soliciting promotion
my credentials to a-First Lord not long in office, and
who could have no idea of the feelings of an officer :
a gentleman who had been brought up in quite a dif.
ferent line—had been a Lord of the Treasury, a Se-
cretary of the Treasuary, a Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, and, finally, First Lord of the Admiralty.
Degrading, Sir, as I felt it, I did show Sir Francis
Baring my credentials, and their Lordships may
judge of my surprise when, after reading them care-
fully, he told me he would take a letter of Lord Pal-
merston's as a confirmation of his opinion, or words
to that effect.
The letter, Sir, to which he alluded was one from
Lord Palmerston, informing me of his having read in
some newspaper that I had not been following up the
views cf the Government, which he regretted, as he
had answered to his colleagues for my discretion and
obedience to orders. This was followed by another
letter from Lord Palmerston, in reply to my explana-
tion, acknowledging his mistake in the handsomest