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INDIAN MAIL

STEAM PACKETS.
The ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY'S
'"HIP FORTH, is appointed to take out the Mails on the Ist
of October.
She will leave Southampton on that day at Noon, and pro-
ceed direct to Falmouth. where she will receive the Mails on
the 3d of October, and depart on that day for her third
l'oYage to the West Indies, conveying Passengers for the fol-
lowing places : •
Corunna Hayti Tampico Porto Cabello
Madeira St. Jago de Cuba Chagres La Guayra
St. -Thomas Havanna Carthagena Guadaloupe
Porto Rico Vera Cruz Santa Martha Martinique
And for all the British possessions in the West Indies, with the
exception of Berbice, and Turk's Island.
Berths may, be secured at the Company's Office, 55, Moor-
gate-street, London.

STEAM CONVEYANCE TO THE WEST
INDIES.
The ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY'S
STEAM SHIP TEVIOT, WM. ALLAN, Commander,
Rill leave Blackwall. without fail, on the 26th instant, and
proceed direct 'o CORUNNA, MADEIRA, ANTIGUA,
NEVIS, ST. KITTS, and ST. THOMAS, for all which
places Passenger s will be booked at the Company's Office,
55, Moorgate-street.
As the Teviot proceeds out in this instance as an extra ship
to tNimmrnee the new plan authorised by her Majesty's Go-
vernment to come into operation on the let of October next,
Posengers and parcels can be booked only for the places above
mentioned ' • but opportunities will occur a few days after their
,rrival at St. Thomas's to reach every part of the West Indies
bY other of the Company's vessels.
THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM
gRIPS are appointed to LEAVE for—
HAMBURG and ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's
Sails_ Every Wednesday and Saturday morning.
HAVRE—Every Thursday, at Eight Morning.
ANTWERP—From Brunswick-wharf, Blackwall—Every
Thursday,__, at One Afternoon ; Sunday, at Eleven Morning ;
Wednesday, at Twelve Noon.
t EDIN BURGH—From Brown's Wharf, Poplar—Every Sa-
adaY,
I, 5 and alternate Wednesday Evening, at Ten. Sept. 24,
B,:and 15.
SUN From Down's Wharf for
bERLAND—Every Tuesday, at Seven Evening.
NENV
at EighiCASTLE—Every Wednesday and Saturday Evening

•
From London Bridge Wharf:—
°STEND—Tuesday, ednesday, Saturday, and Sunday.
BOULOGNE—Eve ' NA,y
Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
c 4 r
IRALAI S—FA ery Tuesday, Thursda), Saturday, and Sunda y
LL—Every Tuesday and Friday at Eight Morning.
PYRNIOUTH—Every Saturday, at Six Evening.
e weer at Nine Morning.
BRIGHTON and DlEPPE—Wednesday and
Faturda y.
Between BRIGHTON and HAVRE—Tuesday and Friday.
To secure and
and for the Company's Monthly Bills,
apply at
Lips Offices, 69, Lo d t eat ;
and 35, enhall.street. mbar
-s
r 37, Regent-circus ;

HIPS—
to the NEWFait ZEALAND, under Charter
dermentton ZEALAND COMPANY, to sail as un-
ed. viz. :
.INDIJS, A 1
FOR NELSON AND WELLINGTON.
425 Tons, from London, Ist October.
Br or
further_particulars apply at the New Zealand House,
ood-street Buildings.
EMIGRATION to NEW ZEALAND.
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS AND SMALL
' The COURT of DIRECTORS ofCAPITALISTS the NEW ZEALAND
NC°MPANY having received numerous applications for pas-
ei, from persons of the above description. and being de-
xtrous of facilitating the Emigration to New Zealand of per-
il, of the Labouring Class, of good character, but whe do
net ran within the regulations entitling them to a Free Pas-
:!g!, and also of Small Capitalists to whom the costly amour:-
14?tation usually provided for cabin passengers would be un-
suttable Notice is hereby given, that Cabin Passages to Wel-
,ington and Nelson may be obtained in a First-class Ship char-
t!red by the
1, company, to sail from the port of London posi-
tnit on the 15th of NOVEMBER NEXT, on the following terms :
7line trice of a Chief Cabin Passage, with a liberal dietary,
11 be Fifty Guineas for a married couple, and Thirty Guineas
vo!' a single adult person ; and that of a Fore Cabin Passage
1,! be Twenty Pounds per adult. The prices for children
Itlio be in the proportions fixed by the Passengers' Act, or as
e Directors may fix in the case of large families.
Families who may desire it may have extra space for their
leentornodation, upon payment of a proportionate additional
—l4O. One ton freight will be allowed to Chief Cabin, and
ha If a ton to Fore Cabin Passengers, free of charge ; extra
height will be allowed by the Directors in their discretion, at
,71 rate of 455. per ton measurement, and 255. per ton dead
weLitbt.
Ike Company will appoint an experienced Surgeon, and will
Provide medicines and medical comforts.
APPlications for passage or freight to be addressed to the
Secretary of the New Zealand Company, Broad-street Build-
ings. London, on or before Saturday, the 15th October next.
depositwill be required for every Chief.c a bin as-
'age,.and of 51. for every Fore-Cabin passage, which must be
Paid to the Company en or before the 15th of October, and
rernainde r of the passage monies previous to embarkation.
By order of the Court,
JOHN WARD, Secretary.
New Zealand House, Broad-street Buildings,
14th September, 1842.

NO BLANKS-101. FOR 2s. 6d.
THE SECOND DISTRIBUTION of PRIZES
by the WESTMINSTER FRIENDLY SOCIETY,
:1" take place at the Western Literary Institution. Leicester-
quare, on WEDNESDAY, October 5, consisting of hand-
some Looking-Glasses, China, Glass, Table and other Cutlery,
Desks, Dressing-cases, Work-boxes, &c. &c.
Every share will have a lot appropriated to it, varying from
is. to 10/.
the S°
ec
PrsN""tartuses, Shares, and every information may be had of
specimens Y. H. G. Warren 29, Princes-street, Soho, where
y be
All letters punctsZlnl; attended to. Thirty Postage Stamps
buy a Share.

SAVE YOUR INCONIE-TAX RY PURCHASING
COALS AT THE
ANTI-MONOPOLY COAL COMPANY'S
Central Office, 9, Charing-cross.
J. GIIAGAN, removed from 31 to No. 9, late manager,
sole purchaser, and seller since 1839, to the following gentle-
men, all of whom have left 31, except two.
W. Ewart, Egg. M.P. IG. Pryme, Esq , ex.lll. P.
A. T. Holroyd, 'Es q. G. Rennie, Esq.., ex-11I.P.
J. T. Leader, Esq., M.P. R. W. Rotham, Esq.
D. Lewis, Esq. Sir Henry Webb, Bare
that Ghagan and Company beg to inform the public in general
that their establishment is enabled to supply the best coal at
Is. 6d. per ton less than at 31, in consequence of being based
on practical experience, together with strict economy. Rest
263 Seconds from 245. 6d. to 255., Walls End Coals 235.,
An. hracite 305., Coke 135., small 123., delivered within four
mutes of Charing-crops, without extra charges, for cash on
delivery.
Address (pro-paid) to J. Ghagan and Co., No. 9, Charing-
cross.

LATE —T. COX SAVORY, Manufacturing
Silversmith, No. 47, Comhill, London, seven doors from
Cimeechurch-street. The best wrought FIDDLE PATTERN
SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, at 75. 2d. per ounce. The
following are the weights recommended, but the articles may
be had lighter or heavier at the same price per ounce.
2
1 X. s. d 2 Ftd‘' Pattern lle Patte Silver Table Spoons 10 at 7 2... 10 15 0
.
1
ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2... 7 3 4
12 ditto 'fable Forks 30 7 2... 10 15 0
•12 ditts Dessert ditto 20 7 2... 73 4
s •
1 ditto Gravy Spoons lO 7 2... 311 8
5
ditto Soup Ladle. l 7 2... 311 0 4
ditto Sauce ditto 10 7 P... 316 8
ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0
19
1 ditto Fish Mice
ditto Tea Spoons lO 7 8... 3 10 8
1 eldr
N ditto Sugar Tongs (strong) 0 15 0
B A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, illustrated
ptiY drawings, and containing every information relative to the
.urehase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had on applica-
tion, or will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer
tot paid letter.

PEAVER'S EMBROCATION for GOUT,
RHEUMATISM, TIC DOLOREUX, &c.
c?Y of a Letter addressed by Trevor Holland, Esq., Surgeon,
• .annock, near Walsall, Staffordshire, on the Gth July last,
"P the Editor of the " Times:"—
o.'l Sir' —I think it a duty I owe to the public to make known
i;,!.officacy of a remedy which I. met with accidentally, and
h has been of such wonderful benefit to myself. Some
747n_ t.bs ago I met with a very severe accident, having dislo-
t tiled and fractured my ancle severely. From the great tender-
" 4 of the joint I was quite unable to walk, the limb con-
t.inued very much swollen and adematous, and I suffered
tqr"dfully from severe attacks of spasms in the night. which
t
ar_t_ended from the ancle to the leg, thigh, back, and to the
ruY arias. Having exhausted every resource of relief which I and
medical friends in the country could suggest, to no
purpose,
I set out for London with the intention of et-t-
--I'4g Sir Benjamin Brodie or Mr. Liston—then to adopt sea-
'thing. By accident I met wifh Mr. Feaver, 16 Ludgate-hill,
hadpplied his Embrocation, and, to my great astonishment,
~ no spasm that night, nor have I had one since. The next
-..6rning I came down stairs without my crutches, and was
able to walk, the swelling of the limb soon subsided, and I am
OOW rapidly recovering. Having for many years had an ex-
it;'"ive medical practice in the county of Stafford, I know of
medicinal compound possessing such wonderful efficacy.
adding my testimony to Mr. Feaver's Embrocation, I am ac-
tuated by no other motive than gratitude to him, and a sincere
felre to make known his invaluable remedy to my fellow-suf-
rers. Possessing, as I ever did, the strongest prejudice
,glinst everything in the shape of quackery, I should be the
last man to uphold a system which, generally speaking, I know
to be nothing but a nefarious traffic and humbug.
" I am, your obedient servant,
" TREVOR HOLLAND, Surgeon.
Ca mock, near Walsall, Staffordshire.
P.S. At the various consultations held upon my case, the
-4','S.''eorts and physicians (including myself) were decidedly of
°Pinion that the frequent violent attacks of spasms would ter-
tinate in lock-jaw, but, as I have before stated, I have not
ad the slightest symptoms of spasms since the first application
of this extraordinary embrocation.—T. H."
This justly-eklebrated remedy (which is equally efficacious
in 50Y a the above afflictions) may be obtained of, or through
any respectable wholesale or retail Chemist in Town or
Country' at the Depot, corner of Wellington-street, Strand ;
from tho Proprietor, Mr. Feaver, 16, Ludgate-hill, London.

IILAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS
To Mr. PROUT, 20, Strand. London.
Sir _I/ Frimley, near liagshot, Surrey, Feb 14, 1842.
durea
youree much from acute Rhelmatism, I was In.
In t•
heir t° trY Blair's Pill , and beg to bear my humble testimony
efficacy, not only in my own case, but in several of my
s who have taken them on my recommendation
Th I am, Sir, your obliged, JOHN S. GILES
e never-failing effects of Blair'.; Gout and Rheumatic Pills,
tong every description of Gout or Rheumatism,. has secured them
''tebrity unequalled by any medicine of pat or present times.
slily not neap give relief in a few hours, where the patient has been
bi,,en nearly to msdneas by. excruciating torturee, but restore to
K!!ect health in an ineenaeivably short space of See
'47 Testi-
11als of Lieut. Masters (of Hawley, near Bagshot), late of the
t,„ gal Newfoundland Veteran Companies, who was invalided house
(p 4 Garrison order ; the Rev. Dr. Blomberg ; the Chevalier de la
j*-1. • Mt. Miskiti, Dartford ; Mrs. Ch imb rs, Maidstone, &c Bre.;
yeti demonstrat this preparation to be one of the greatest disco.
TseLs is Medicine.e "
"eY are equall y speedy kindcertain in Rheumatism, eith r r chronic
0.4 r• acute, Lumbago, Sciatica, Palos in the Head and Face, and indeed
.every rheumatic or gouty affection $ in tact, such
.has been the
044,1ty. all, and e,oMplete safety of this medicine, th,t
stonished who have taken it, and dim! is not a elty, town,
th "'age in the kingelmn, but contains many gratefal evidences of
aiibillata influence of this inedicioN The efficacy of. Blair's Gout
u Rheumatic Pills is unaralleled for the foregoing diseases, and it
Z• ust be consolatory to Use afflicted with Gout to be assured t
hath it
r'ssesse the property or preventing the disease flying to t-
-''.leb. brain, or other vital part.
..sold by Thomas Prout,229, Strand, London; and, by his appoint.
RTot, by all respectable Medicine VentiercLbreughout the United
'flg am Pe 2s. ild. per box.
Ask for. BLAricIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob.
dope the name and address of " Thomas Pront, 229, Strand, Lon-
impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each Box of
the Genuine Medicine.

RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED
POOR OF SCOTLAND.
TO PROVOST HENDERSON, OF PAISLEY.
KELLY, SEPT. 10, 1842.
DEAR Sru,—As the town of Paisley has suffered
longer and more intensely than any other in the king-
dom, I have sent to you, as Chief Magistrate, a copy
of a Return which I procured to be made to the House
of Commons, in order to show that public mo-
neys had often been given in aid of distressed
communities and districts ; and that her Majesty's
present Ministers were not dealing fairly by the
suffering portion of the people, when asserting
as they often did, that the issuing of grants of money
for aiding and feeding the distressed, was contrary to
all rule and practice. I hope you will give the Re-
turn sent the utmost publicity in your power, and
that it shall appear at full length in the columns of
the Renfrewshire Reformer, of which you are the
Editor; and, in order to allow the other county papers
to publish it also, should their Editors see proper, I
request of you to send to each of these a slip of what
you do publish, or to hand to them the Return itself
should that be required.
You will please to observe that grants of public
money have been given indiscriminpely, by Whig
and Tory Governments, and that'-hese took upon
themselves the responsibility of giAg away the
people's money, not only while Parliament was not
sitting, but while the Three Estates were assembled,
to whom alone it is supposed the right belongs of
applying the money of the State. You will observe
that distress and want of employment have been the
chief causes of the grants, sothat were precedents only
wanting, Sir R. Peel need not have been so very fastidi-
ous as he chose to be during the by past session of Par-
liament, in relieving distress from the coffers of the
State. You will not fail to notice that the public
monies have been given out on loans or as free gifts
during the last sixteen years, and that in this respect
the Whigs and Tories have been on a par. You will
observe that the sums advanced have been charged
in some instances against the civil contingencids, and
that Parliament had actually voted 40,0001. in 1831-2,
for the purpose of preventing the inhabitants of cer-
tain parts of Ireland from dying of starvation.
Here, then, is a case precisely similar to what has
been in Paisley, and in many other Scottish towns
during the last winter, spring, and summer. Ireland
then had no Poor .law by which able-bodied men or
women, when in destitution, could be supported.
Ireland now has such a law, but Scotland has no such
law as yet; and I state this purposely, because, in
my opinion, much has been said erroneously on this
subject, to the evident misleading of the unemployed
and distressed. I assert that there is no recognised
law in Scotland, under which heaithy, able-bodied
persons can claim successfully to be provided against
starvation from eold or hunger; and I say it broadly,
in order that those who are now unemployed and in
distress, may carefully look to the difference between
alleged constitutional rights and acknowledged laws,
to which they might appeal with success. I say with
success ! for no man in his senses, who knows the dis-
graceful state of our Scotch law courts will venture to
say that an action to try the validity of the old Scotch
acts, which some men refer to, would prove successful
in placing unemployed able-bodied men on a fund for
their support, or would be brought to a close until it
had run the usual curiculum of Scottish injustice, in
the Sheriff Court, Court of Session, and House of
Lords, which would occupy somewhere from three to
four, or perhaps six years—a pretty prospect no doubt
for famishing men, even if it could be supposed that
the kind-hearted and humane would advance the
enormous funds which would be, required to try a case
so expensive and hopeless.
The Return sent you will show that money has
been " expended in employing the poor in public
works." Why, let me ask, could not this be done in
1842, as it had been in 1835 ? and why was my mo-
tion for inquiry into the causes of the existing dis-
tress, and to provide for the sustenance of the people
before Parliament should be prorogued, so strenuously
opposed by the Queen's advisers ? Why, because if it
be true that " where there is the will there is the way,"
then I say there was no will on the part of Sir
Robert Peel's Government to do in the present
unprecedented year what had been done in for-
mer times. The Return shows that large quan-
tities of wearing apparel had been given out
from the public stores in aid of the distressed of former
periods, and even in this eventful year, that this ex-
cellent precedent was followed in regard to the Spit-
talfields weavers; but this was immediately put a stop
to, on its being accidentally discovered by myself,
and perhaps by others—which was done through the
unexpected thanks, by a letter in the London news-
papers, from some humane person connected with the
relief of the Spitalfields sufferers.
You will perceive that almost every article of body
raiment was distributed from the public military and
naval storehouses to the sufferers of former years, as
well as bed clothes ; and •yet you, and others of your
townsmen, were bitterly reprobated, by those who
should have known better, for providing shoes in the
very depth of winter in our cold, wet climate, to en-
able the unfortunate beings who had been bred up
through life to in-door employment, to stand out
against the rigours of winter in breaking stones, in
digging land, and in other similar out-door labours.
But, then, in former years there were no Govern-
ment Commissioners nor Commissary-Generals set
over the distribution of the charities of the charitable
in Paisley, or anywhere else—and this sad want may
in some measure account for the reprobation which was
heaped on the ministers of the Gospel in Paisley,
and the humane man whom the people had chosen as
their municipal guardians, for applying a very small part
of the charities entrusted to their care, for the pus--
pose of providing shoes for the feet of unhappy arti-
sans, who had been, from want of employment they
were noways to blame for, compelled to be outdoor
labourers, on the very brink of starvation.
Sir James Graham, as the organ of the Govern-
ment, refused me point blank, all information re-
specting Mr. Commissioner Twisselton and Mr.
Commissary Ramsay, as well as copies of their in-
structions, and the correspondence which had passed
between these gentlemen and the Government. Nay,
more, Sir James Graham insisted that they were not
officers employed by Government, and on this plea re-
fused me the information I asked for in Parliament;
and, as the immense quantity of public business
which stood before my motions for the production of
these documents prevented my being able ever to
bring them on I had not the opportunity of eliciting,
by means of discussion, that the Government had been
actins, in a way they would not venture to justify in
the House of Commons.
But, further, had the Return sent you been a corn-
.plete one, it would have shown who were the em-
ployers of Messrs. Twisselton and Ramsay ; as it
would have included the pay and expenses of their
mission to Paisley, for they themselves admitted they
were public officers, and we know to our cost that
none such are without pay from the public. The
London Relief Committee could not have paid them,
for, if they had, they could not have disallowed the
charge you made for your own and some other per-
son's expenses in going to London on account of the
unemployed. IVell, then, they must have been paid
by Government out of the Exchequer; and is not
this the giving of public money in aid of the dis-
tressed—a principle, which Sir Robert Peel and his
Government pretend to repudiate as unconstitutional
and unprecedented, but violate when it suits them ?
See as an additional proof the 5001. advanced to Pais-
ley at the end of the Return.
Like almost every Return from Public Departments,
that which is sent you is incomplete, and, as usual,
in some stringent essential. You may observe that
my motion and the order of the House of Commons
includes, " The authority under which these grants
or loans were made ;" but you will look in vain for a
compliance with this order, and you may safely infer
that to give it would be what is called, in high quar-
ters, " inconvenient," or it would have appeared;
and it might, and probably would, if given, have im-
plicated the very Ministers mentioned above.
I felt quite confident, when moving for it, that the
Return I sought ,foromouldnshosv that ,the principle
of advancing public money in aid of the people when
out of employment, or when in distress from want of
food, had been resorted to and was recognised in prac-
tice. I shall personally, however, leave the further
d:scussion of this matter until Parliament is again
assembled; meantime, I trust the Return itself will
bear me out ,in all I have advanced in or out of the
House of Commons, and prove that others will find it
impossible to vindicate their refusing the advance of
public funds, when these were so imperatively required
for the use of the people.
In conclusion, I here give it once mare distinctly,
as my unalterable opinion, that the people of this
country have an unalienable right under the Constitu-
tion, to be so taxed and so governed, as to be able, at
all times, to trust implicitly to employment, to a fair
rate of wages for their labour, and to food and rai-
ment at the lowest rate which a free trade with the
whole word can afford. And that this being the in-
lienable, indisputable right of the people as a body, it
is preferable to evey other State claim whatever, be

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION
extended into Cavendish-square. The much-admired
Interior of the CHAPEL of ST. HELENA in JERUSA-
LEM, after D. Roberts, R.A. (published by *Mr. Moon),
and a fine Exterior View of ST. PI TER'S at ROME, 'are
now added to the ENLARGED DISSOLVING VIEWS.
NAPIER'S PATENT PRINTING MACHINE, and AIN-
SLIF2S PATENT BRICK and TILE MAKING MA-
CHINE, both at work by Steam Powe . Fine specimens
of ANCIENT and MODERN FRESCO. Mr. COLLEN
takes PORTRAITS daily by Mr. Fox Talbot's CALO-
TYPE PROCESS. The Lectures on this Art will not be
continued after next week. PHOTOGRAPHIC POR-
TRAITS taken as usual by Mr. Beard. Varied Lectures by
Dr. Ryan. Professor Bachhoffner, and the other Lecturers.
The ORRERY, DIVING BELL,• DIVER, &c. Beautiful
additions to the COSMORANIIC VIEWS, which are shown
in the Evenings.—Conductor of the Band, Mr. Wallis.

Admission, Is,

PUBLICATIONS.

This day, post Bvo., I2s.
MR. MURRAY'S HAND-BOOK for NOR-
THERN ITALY—The States of Sardinia, Genoa,
and the Riviera, Venice, Lombardy, and Tuscany. With a
Map. John Murray, Albemarle-street.

In October, in fcp. Bvo.,
THE PARENT'S HAND-BOOK ; or, Guide
to the Choice of Professions, Employments, and Situa-
tions ; containing Useful and Practical Information on the sub •
int of placing out Young Men, and of obtaining their Educa-
tion with a viztw to particular Occupations. By J. C. HUD-
SON, Esq., Author of " Plain Directions for Making Wills."
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

GWILT'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARCHITECTURE.
In October will be publishvd, in one thick volum3 Bvo., with
upwards of 1,000 Engravings, handsomely bound in cloth,
AN ENCYCLOPIEDIA of ARCHITECTURE,
HISTORICAL, THEORETICAL, and PRACTI-
DAL. By JOSEPH GWILT. Illustrated with upwards ef
1,000 Engravings on Wood, from Designs by J. S. Gwilt.
Lonclat: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
ANCE SOCIETY,

FOR GRANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 26, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY,_Etq., Chairman.

J. Ellic;son:, bI. D., F. R. S. -John Rawson, Esq.
I
John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORS.

Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R. S.
ACTUARY— W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S.
PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotton, M.D., F.R. S.
SURGEON—F.. S. Symes, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Ommannoy.
BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.

The most rational motives to Life Assurance are found in
the plan adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a secure
provision at death for inheritors of the Asszred, the Society
affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre-
vious payments) in the event of unforeseen reverses.
Annual Division of Profits.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AS-
SURANCE COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office,

London.

DIRECTORS.
JOHN W. BUCKLE, Esq., Chairman.
JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
I. Hulse Berens, Esq. John Loch, Esq.
John Dixon, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. S. Marjoribanks, Esq. M.P.
Ralph Fenwick, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. James TullochEsq.
AUDITORS.
A. W. Roberts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. George Stone, Esq.
ACT IJA RY—Griffith avies, Esq., F. R. S.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June,
1829, exceeding One per Cent. per Annum on the Sums in-
sured, en an average of the different Ages; and a second Bonus
of nearly similar amount was declared in June, 1836. At each
period the Bonuses .allotted to the different Policies averaged
rather more than 28 per Cent. on the amounts of Premiums
paid thereon during the preceding'seven years.
FIRE DEPARTM ENT. —Notice i 3 hereby given, that Assu-
rances which expire at Mivhaelmas must be renewed with-
in fifteen days at this office, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St.
James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with the Company's
agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void.
GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE
SOCIETY. Instituted 1808.
Capital Invested, £1,700,000.
Chief Office for London, 6, CRESCENT, NEW BRIDGE-
STREET, BLACKFRIARS.

E. T. Booth, Esq.
Isaac Jermy, Esq., Recorder
of Norwich.

DIRECTORS.
Major-Gen. Sir R. J. Harvey,
C. B .
Dr- Evans.
Timothy Steward, Esq.
&c. &c. &c.
Seettrraay.—Samtiel Bignold, Esq.
ACTUARY.—Richard Morgan, Esq.
This Society has been established upwards of 34. years ; all
just demands upon its funds have been promptly' and liberally
settled ; nearly two millions and a half have been thus paid
away on expired policies, and to meet the existing engagements
of the Institution, it possesses funds amounting to upwards of a
million and three quarters, almost wholly invested in real and
Government securities.
THE RATES of PREMIUM are BELOW THOSE of
MOST OTHER OFFICES, and. UNDER the AGE of 45.
NOT LESS SO THAN TEN PER CENT,—a BENEFIT
in ITSELF EQUIVALENT to AN ANNUAL BONUS;
whilst periodical additions are also made to the Sums assured
upon all policies fur the whole duration of life in proportion to
the amount of premium paid ; the full advantage of Life
Assurance is thus enjoyed by the members of this institution.
The subjoined List of some of the existing Policies of the
Society, exhibits the aggregate amount of Bonus assigned to
each of those Policies, including that declared at the General
Meeting held on the 9th of Sept., 1842.
No. Sum Assured. Bonus.
477
951
170 ... ......... ..... 1,000
751
1235
1276
1451) ... 2,000
1444
1459
1745
1850
2570
Tables of Rates, &c, may be had at the Society's Offices its
NORWICH, LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN,
and of the Agents in all parts of the United Kinz•dom.
Copies of the Directors' Report at the last General Meeting
may be had on application to any of the Society's Agents.
ROBERT JOHN BUNYON,
6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.

MRS. JOHNSON'S AMERICAN
SOOTHING SYRUP, for Children cutting their
Teeth, which has been held in such high estimation for so many
years, for relieving Children when suffering from painful Dentition,
still continues to be prepared according to Mrs. Johnson's Original
Recipe, and with the same success, by Barclay and Sons, 9t. Faring.
don street, whose name and address are engraved on the Stamp
Full Directions are enclosed with each Bottle. Price 's. 9d.

Be cure to as 3; for Di RS. JOHNSON'S SOOTHING SYRUP.

la 0 WLAND'S MACASSAR O 14
A VEGETABLE PRODUCTION.

This elegant, fragrant, and pellucid Oil, is now unlve-sally ad-
mired, and acknowledged to be the only article that produces and re-
stores HAIR; also WHISKERS, MUSTACHIOS, and EYE.
BRO WS; prevents Hair from falling oft' or turning grey to the
latest period of ; changes grey hair to its original colour; frees
it fs-Qpi scurf, and makes it beautifully soft, curly, and glossy. In
dressing Hair, it keeps it firm in the curl, uninjured by damp wea
tiler, crowded rooms, the dance, or in the exercise of riding. To
Children it is invaluable, as it lays a foundation for a BEAUTIFUL
HEAD OF HAIR!

' that claim what it may, or its purpose ever so plau-
sible and imposing on the Government and revenues
of the country.
Having mentioned the names of Mr. Twisselton
and Mr. Ramsay, and having alluded to the Manufac-
turers' Relief Committe in London, I wish here to say
distinctly, that I believe these gentlemen have done
all they could do for the benefit of the distressed, when-
ever they have been engaged in their cause.
I disappreve entirely of persons being employed to
act for the public without having been properly chosen,
and being irresponsible for the duties they have to
perform : but the blame of this does not rest upon
those aSove named, but with those who have employed
them ; and I would fain hope their functions will soon
come to a close, although I do not see any proof of
this being near as hand.
Your faithful and obedient servant,
ROBERT WALLACE.

IROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKETS.
The first general meeting of the Proprietors of the
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, took place yes-
terday* at the London Tavern. the meeting was
most numerously attended.
J. IRviNG, Esq., Af.P.,(%toolt, the chair. at one
o'clock, and the advettisement calling the meeting
having been read,
The CHAIRMAN stated that ivhaterer anxiety might
have been felt .or experienced by the Proprietors to
know the proceedings adopted by the Court of Direc-
tors, he could assure the meeting with great sincerity,
that that anxiety had not exceeded that which had
been felt by the Court of Directors themselves ; but
the affairs of the Company had got into so great a
state of derangement, that before they could lay be-
fore 'the Proprietors any distinct accounts, either of
the past, the present, or that which was to come, it
was necessary that the Directors should condescend
upon some plan for the future ; but more especially
to confer with the Government upon the plan
they had laid before the Proprietors, which
had been printed, and he trusted was in the hands of
every Proprietor. That plan had been matured, after
great labour and great consideration, and the Direc-
tors flattered themselves that it was such as to be
capable of execution, and might be worked without
more collision than such a combination was neces-
sarily attended with. It was necessary, also, as the
Proprietors would easily conceive, to consult the Ad-
miralty, and the different branches of the Government
on the subject—that necessarily occupied considerable
time, as the negotiation was a difficult one ; but, ne-
vertheless, the Directors had now 'come before the
Proprietors, with a definite plan. and arrangement,
acceded to by the Government, in which great con-
cessions had been made in a pecuniary point of view;
but the Proprietors would perceive that the Govern-
ment had manifested a sincere desire to meet them in
a fair and reasonable spirit.—(Cheers.) That spirit
he had reason to believe would be continued, if they
only succeeded in doing the duty imposed upon them
regularly, and according to their engagement—if
they did that he believed the patronage of
the Government would be continued to them to the
end of their Charter. The negotiations, however, in
which they had been engaged had been very difficult ;
they had met with many interruptions which they
had had no reason to anticipate, and under such cir-
cumstances, viewing the importance altogether of the
pro;ect—viewing the difficulties they had had to en-
counter, the Directors trusted that the Proprietors
would extend to them their indulgence, and that they
would do them the justice to believe that they had
acted honourably and faithfully—(Hear, hear)—and
had done their utmost to preserve the property which
was entrusted to them by the Proprietors.—(llear,
hear.) The Directors had no wish for concealment.
--(Hear, hear.) They had laid before the Proprie-

;ors the whole statement of their affairs as far as they
could judge, faithfully and honestly—(Hear)—and
having done so, they were in hopes thatthe Proprietors
would consider them entitled to their good opinions.
Of this he was certain, that whatever might be
thought of their conduct, and whatever the present
position of the Company was, the Directors would be
judged by the Proprietors with candour, and that
they would not suffer in their situations by misrepre-
sentation or prejudice.—(Hear, hear.) With the per-
mission of the Proprietors he would now propose that
the Report the Directors had prepared should be read
by the Secretary.
Captain CHAPPELL, R.N., the Secretary to the
Company then read the following Report :
The Report of the Directors of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company to the Proprietors assembled, at
the first General Meeting, held at the London
Tavern, the 21st day of September, 1842.
The Directors have delayed calling the Proprietors
together till the present time, because, although at the
time the Company was established it was contemplated
that the service contracted for with her Majesty's Go-
vernment would have been commenced in the year
1841, so as to have made it desirable to have a meet-
ing of Proprietors in that year, yet as the service was
not commenced, in consequence of unavoidable delays,
till January, 1842, the Directors had nothing to com-
municate to the Proprietors in the previous year which
could render a meeting necessary, and they considered
under all circumstances, that it was expedient to post-
pone the meetine, until they had some experience of
the working of the undertaking.
As soon as the Company was organised, the neces-
sary contracts were entered into for the building and
equipment of fourteen steam vessels, and as the Di-
rectors were desirous that the Company should have
the best vessels and machinery that could be supplied,
they invited competition from all parts of Great Bri-
tain. In the result, contracts vVere made for building
four vessels in the River Thames, the engines for
which were to be supplied by two of the most emi-
nent engineers in the metropolis. Seven vessels were
contracted for with builderS in Scotland, where the
engines for six of which were also constructed ; the
engines for the other vessels being made by an engi-
neer at Liverpool, who also supplied the engines for
a vessel built at Cowes, and the remaining two ves-
sels, with their engines, were contracted for at Bristol.
In spite of every possible exertion on the part of the
Company, it was -found impracticable to get a suffi-
cient number of these steamers in
_readiness to com-
mence the service at the end of the year 1841. The
two vessels contracted for at Bristol, however, were
not in a state of readiness, and it appeared to be so un-
certain when they would be completed, that the Di-
rectors considered it important not longer to delay the
caminenceinent of the service, and therefore purchased
two smaller steam-vessels, which it was arranged
should take the place of the two Bristol steamers, until
they should be in readiness, and the service was at
length commenced on the Ist Of January, 1842.
In the original contract, Samana, a safe and com-
modious harbour, in the eastern portion of St. Do-
mingo, was fixed upon as the- principal pivot of the
combination, and the port of departure for Europe
with the return mails. The llaytian Government,
however, notwithstanding an application from her
Majesty's Government, would not admit foreign
vessels into that port, and a new combination became
necessary. After some consideration and discussion,
a modification of the plan was arranged with her Ma-
jesty's Government, and the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty,—who, by the contract, have power
"from time to time to vary the _route of all or any of
the steam and sailing vessels employed in the, per-
formance of the contract"—signified their assent to its
being tried experimentally for six months.
It has been a source of great regret to the Directors
that the service at its commencement, was not per-
formed with the regularity that could have been
wished. This may be considered as in great measure
incidental to the commencemen-fof a new, extensive,
and complicated undertaking, but arose partly also
ndhow laetvteerr,ly werethe made
ships to
haveo bviat e
suc such
performeddiffitchuelir-
from an undue interference exercised by the autho-
rities at some of the foreign ports. Arrange-
ments,esa
respective services with regularity, and have satisfied
the Directors that they are well adapted for the work
which they have to perform.
The Directors regret, that after a few months'
trial, it appeared, that in the anxiety to embrace a
large field for securing the benefits of the most ex-
tensive passenger traffic, and to provide for the con-
venience and accommodation of the coloniesgenerally,
more had been undertaken than could be properly
accomplished by the number of steam-vessels con-
tracted for, ant) that the plan involved more expense
than could be remunerated by the payment from Go-
vernment for the mail service, and the return that
could be expected from passengers, freight of money,
&c., &c.

CAUTION.—On Purchasing (Beware of Counterfeits! ! !) ask far
" Rowland's Macassar Oil"—and see that those words are on the en.
velope, with the Signature and Address, thus,—
A. ROWLAND & SON, 20, Hatton-garden, London.
Counter-signed ALEX. ROWLAND.
•.. To ensure the genuine article, see that the word: " Row_
land's Macassar Oil " are engmven on the back of the envelope nearly
1,5'! times, containing 29,028 letters; without this none are genuine.
prices 3s. 6d.-7s.—Family Bottles (containing four small), 10s. 6d.,
and double that size, 21s. per bottle.
Sold by them, and by Chemists and Perfumers.

STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND.—A copy of
the national work, the " New Statistical Account of
Scotland, containing the counties now completed, and
splendidly bound in ten volumes, having been transmitted
from the Society for the Sons and Daughters of the
Clergy to the Eat' of Aberdeen, for presentation to the
Queen, her Majesty's gracious acceptance has been signi-
fied to the pub ishers,
,in the following communication
from his Lordship :—" Dalkeith, Sept. 14, 1842.—Gen-
tlemen,—I have had the honour of laying before the
Queen the copy of the New Statistical Account of
Scotland,' which you had forwarded hero for presenta-
tion to her Majesty. The Queen has been pleased to re-
ceive this useful and important work, and I am com-
manded to express to you her Majesty's satisfaction and
acknowledgments.—l am, Gentlemen, your most obe-
dient servant.—(Signed) ABERDEEN.—Messrs. Black-
wood."
FORGERIES.--A forgery of rather an extensive
nature has just been discovered at Liverpool. The de-
linquent is John D. Barnsley, late a clerk in a respect-
able office contiguous to Castle-street. It seems he had
awl up a blank cheque for 240/., forged the signature
of one of the firm, and took it to the Branch Bank of
England, where it was cashed. He sent another similar
forgery to the bank for 8001. ' • but being unsuccessful in
this instance, he immediatelydecamped, and has not yet
been taken. 201. reward has been offered for his appre-
hension.—lllanchester Guardian.
A subscription in behalf of the sufferers froth the
melancholy accident at the foot of the Mound, Edin-
burgh, during her Majesty's progress through that city,
has commenced, and we learn that her Majesty, with the
generosity and kindness which distinguish her character,
has subscribed the sum of 100/. to be applied to the be-
nevolent purpose. Sir Robert Peel has also contributed
201. for the same laudable object.—Edinburgh Paper.

The Directors, in consequence, represented the cir-
cumstances to her Majesty's Government, who ex-
pressed a willingness to modify the service contracted
for in such way as might make it remunerative to the

Company, provided the mail service between the ea.
lonies and Europe could be satisfactorily perfbrmed.
After some discussion a new •cotthination was ad-
justed, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
have signified their assent to its being tried experi-
mentally fur six months from the' Ist of October,
without prejudice to the contract,
The combination first acted Upon involved a steam-
service of 684.,816 miles in the year, and though it
was tried with fourteen vessels, yet the Directors bg-
came satisfied that it could not be perfoymea with
certainty without one; if nqt two, more steam-vessels.
The Akin now tO NI 4:40 involve* the employment of
only twelve ste.4lM-vessele, and it, steam-service of only
11V1916 miles in the year. The Proprietors will
therefore perceive that this is a very important Im-
provement in the position of the Company, the pay-
ment from Government continuing the same, and the
Directors trust and believe that the contraction of the
work will not be attended with a corresponding or
any essentid diminution of the income from pas-
sengers,44o. whilst the cost of'
freight of motif,
conducting the service w 1 he materially reduced. A
plan of the substituted service is before the ni(vtilik,
Having entered so far into thc pat proceedings
and future prospects of the Company, the Directors
rietors to their
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financial position; and in doing this they are desirous
that the Proprietors should have fully before them all
the information it is in their power to furnish as to
the expenditure of the capital that has been raised, and
the result of its operations up to the latest period to
which the necesary returns can be obtained.
The capital of the Company under the charter con-
sists of 15,000 shares of 1001. each, 14,840 of which
have been subscribed, and upon which calls amount-
ing to 501. have already been made, and the sum of
725,645/. has been received, leaving 16,3551 in ar-
rears, 9,0001. of which is due upon shares which are
the subject of the present litigation. Besides the
725,645/. thus actually received from Shareholders,
the Directors have found it necessary to raise, by
way of loan, the further sum of 260,000/., and there
still remains to he paid to builders and others about
the sum of 20,000/. ; and they estimate the amount
expended in the nature of capital at rather more than
one million.
The Statement (marked A.) which will be sub-
mitted to the meeting, will 'show how this sum has
been expended.
With the exception of the Medina, which was
unfortunately lost, and upon which 40,0001. was in-
sured, the whole of the assets appearing in this state-
ment may be considered as available for the purposes
of the Coinpany.
The next subject for consideration is the actual
working of the undertaking, from the Ist of January
up to 21st of August in the present year.
By the statements (marked B) which will be sub-
mitted to the Meeting, it will appear that the cost of
working for that period, amounted to 209,489/. and
that the earnings during the same time were
214,2961. viz. :

Contract money to 31st August
Passage money and freight received in this
country
Ditto received in the Colonies
Due by Government for coals supplied ... 2,600
leaving a balance of only 4,8071. towards providing
for cost of insurance, wear and tear, and return on
capital.

It will also be seen that the sum expended on ac-
count of capital, exceeds the amount raised upon the
shares by about 275,0001. which latter sum it will be
necessary to provide ; and it is, therefore, proposed
forthwith, to make a call of 101. per share, by means of
which, and by sale of such of the vessels as will not
be required for the reduced service, the Directors con-
fidently hope, that the undertaking can be satisfac-
torily carried out, without making further calls upon
the Shareholders.

Before the Directors conclude their Report, it may
be expected that they express their opinion on
the prospects of the Company Under the plan
of service which is to be experimentally tried
for six months, to commence on the Ist of Oc••

, _ ......
tober. The Directors have already stated that the
difference in distance is 291,841 miles, and the work
will only require ten large and two smaller :steamers,
from which it is obvious there must be a great
saving in the expense. They may add, the expense
of working the entire service under the old system
would have amounted to upwards of 360,0001. per
annum, exclusive of insurance, wear and tear, and
interest on capital, whilst the charge under the re-
stricted system is estimated at about 235,000/. The
estimate of income must at all times be uncertain ;
but the Directors are of opinion that their receipts
from passage money and freights, together with the
240,0001. which will continue to be received from
Government, will be adequate for a dividend on the
future operations of the Company.
The Directors further express their strong convic-
tion that the new system will be worked with such
regularity as to recommend the service to the favour
of the Government and the public, and satisfy both of
the importance of the undertaking in a national point
of view; in which case, should they be disappointed
of gain, they would have great confidence in expect-
ing the favourable consideration of the Government in
support of those who have embarked their capital in
an undertaking which will be then proved to be highly
beneficial to the country.
The SECRETARY then read the following state-
ments alluded to in the Report :
STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDI-
TURE of the ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET
CiMPANY to the 31st August, 1842, inclusive.
RECEIPTS.
_ _

Amount of Capital paid up — £725,645
Loans
Outstanding Acceptances, 31st August,
applicable to permanent capital
Ditto, to the working of the Fleet 52,034

61,592
Payments from Government
Passage money and freights received 39,696

£1,206,933

EXPENDITURE.
Building, cost, and outfit, of 12 large steamers £733,052
Purchase of two steamers and outfit 43,082
Building, cost, and outfit, of three schooners 17,808
Payments on account of Bristol ships 121,443
Cost of coal hulks
Purchase of lease at Southampton and other
expenses
Lease of London office
Preliminary expenses for the formation of the
Company
Sundry outlays for the construction of coal de-
pots abroad.
Fitting London offices
Coals
Coal sacks
Depots and Agencies--coaling, washing, pur-
chase of provisions, &c., after deducting pas-
sage money and freights, received in the West
Indies
Stores and supplies received from Government 4,620
Outfit of ships for first and second voyages,
stores, crew's wages, provisions, &c 76,169
Salaries
General and incidental expenses 1,554
Office expenses, including rent, stationery, &c 2,673
Balance in hand 21,308

£1,206.933
STATEMENT of the EARNINGS and DISBURSE-
MENTS of the ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET
COMPANY, from Ist January to 31st August, 1842.
DISBURSEMENT&
Coals purchased £105,000
Less stock in hand 30,000

Coal sacks
Stock in hand

--- £75,000
• 4,148
2,000

Depot and a encies, coaling, washing, pilotage, 2,148
and provisions purchased in the West Indies, 37,600
Stores and supplies received from Government, 4,620
Outfit of Ships for first and second voyages,
stores, crews' wages, provisions, &c 76,169
Current wages due on ships at sea 7,000
Salaries ......................................... .
General and incidental expenses 1,554
Office expenses, including rent, stationery, ad-
-2,198
vertising, and travelling

£209,489
Excess of Earnings over Disbursements........ 4,087

£214,296