The exhibition at which the charge did not exceed a shilling. practice is thus warranted by the authority of Doctors' Commons. Among the many agreeable candidates for public patronage we may notice the Cosmorama, at which a series of views opened within a few weeks and very cleverly executed are now exhibiting. All are good, but those of the Temple of Palmyra and the interior of St. Germain Lauxerrois at Paris are, in our judgment, unusually so. TROOPS FROM HONG KONG.-CHATHAM, May 1.-The_following detachments arrived at the invalid depôt, Casemate Barracks, Gillingham, this day from Gravesend, at which place they disembarked from the ship Forfarshire, 4 sergeants, 58 privates, of the 98th Regiment; 3 sergeants and 21 privates of the 18th Royal Irish; 3 gunners of the Royal Artillery; and 2 Royal Sappers and Miners under the command of Captain Synge, of the 98th, with Lieutenant Hayman and Lieutenant Woodwright, of the 18th, and Surgeon Parrot, M. D., belonging to the Royal Artillery. The above troops embarked at Hong Kong on the 2nd of January, and during their passage, which was most favorable, the deaths on board were very numerous, the 98th lost 16 privates and 1 woman, the 18th lost 8 men, the Royal Artillery I man, the Sappers and Miners 1 man. It is stated by the survivors that these deaths were occasioned by broken constitutions produced by the prevalent disease in that country: most of the men have been in India upwards of 22 years. The troops that have arrived will undergo medical inspection previous to their discharge. EAST-INDIA STOCK.-A notice has just been posted at the India House to the effect that the transfer books of the Company will be shut on Thursday, the 5th of June, and opened again on Tuesday, the 15th of July, and that the warrants for the dividends of the said stock payable on the 7th of July, under the 11th section of the Act 3 and 4 William iv. cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that day. DOWNING STREET, April 24-Her Majesty has been pleased to constitute the Island of Ceylon to be a Bishop's See, to be called the Bishopric of Colombo; and to appoint the Rev. James Chapman, Doctor in Divinity, to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the said See. 23rd to 30th April, 1845. ARRIVALS REPORTED IN ENGLAND. CIVIL. Bengal Estab.-Mr. Robert B. Morgan. Mr. George F. Franco. Madras Estab.-Mr. John Bird, jun. Mr. William R. Taylor. MILITARY. Bengal Estab.-Lieut. William Young, 7th It. cav. Lieut. Charles A. Jackson, 31st N. I. Madras Estab.-Capt. Edward T. Cox, 5th N.I. DOMESTIC. BIRTHS. April 26. The lady of Capt. C. Roberts, H. E. I. Co.'s service, son, at Lansdowne-place, Richmond. 27. The wife of Capt. T. H. Johnston, late of Bombay, son, at South-grove, Hampstead. 28. Mrs. Græme, of Garvock and Kippen, in the county of Perth, daughter, at Grange-lodge, Guernsey. The lady of Henry R. Freshfield, Esq. son, in Devonshirestreet, Portland-place. 30. The lady of Capt. F. B. Wardroper, Bengal army, son, at Brompton. MARRIAGES. April 23. Capt. Woodward, 2nd Bengal Native Infantry, to Mary, daughter of the late Major Stewart at Brighton. 26. Robert Murray, Esq. to Matilda, widow of the late Charles Norris, Esq. Bombay civil service, at St. Mary's, Bryanston-square. 26. Major E. Messiter, H. E. I. Co.'s service, to Mary Josepha, daughter of the late Lieut. col. G. Cooper, H. E. I. Co.'s service, at St. James's church, Dover. 29. Thos. Batson, Esq. of Kynaston-house, near Ross, Herefordshire, to Harriet, danghter of W. Sewell, Esq. at All Saint's West Ham. 29. Charles Turton Kaye, esq. Madras civil servic, to Charlotte Jane, daughter of Maj. gen. R. Podmore, Madras army, at Swindon, Gloucestershire. May 2. Robt. Montgomery, Esq. Bengal civil service, to Ellen Jane, daughter of Wm. Lambert, Esq. Bengal civil service, at St. Mary's, Bryanstone-square. DEATHS. Jan. 15. W. Gorton, Esq. late Commissioner of Revenue of Bengal, on board East-India Company's ship Southampton, on passage home. Feb. 20. Lieut. R. Muller, Ceylon Rifle reg. by the upsetting of a boat in a squall of wind, in the harbour of Cape Town, aged 21. April 14. Isabella Colquhoun, daughter of Maj. A. Fraser, late of the Madras Army, at Boppard, on the Rhine, aged 11. 20. The infant daughter of Capt. R. Gill, 44th M.N.I. in Sloane street. 21. Capt. R. Johnson, late of the East-India Company's service, at Eastbourne, aged 72. Mar. 4. At sea, on his way home, Lieut. col. Henry Burney, 5th Bengal N.I. of 26, Hamilton-terrace, St. John's-wood, aged 53. William Stewart Bell, at St. Helena, on passage to Europe, aged 31. SHIPPING. ARRIVALS. APRIL 21. Calcutta, Ross, Hobart Town.-23. Augusta Jessie, Harvey, Mauritius.-28. Agincourt, Nisbet; Southampton, Bowen; Ellenborough, Close; Bucephalus, Bell; Maria Somes, Baker; Bol ton, Bolton; Florist, Huggup; Monarch, Walker; Westminster, Michie; Reaper, Thomson; United, Bertrand; Thomas Mellor, Palethorpe; John McVicar, McLeod; John Woodall, Williams; Mary Hartley, Bartlett, Bengal; Malabar, Pare, Bombay; London, Attwood, Madras; Castle Eden, Reade; Forfarshire, Symons; Royal Albert, Scaulan; Lysander, Sangster, China; Lord Petre, Lukey, Manilla; Thomas Blyth, Hay; Kite, Ritchie; Janet Muir, Heron; Bengal Merchant, Ross; Walker, Keay; Earl of Lonsdale, Reile, Mauritius; Elizabeth Buckham, Bewley Jane, Buckland, Van Diemen's Land; Henrietta, Henderson, South Seas.-29. Lloyds, Lewis; John Panter, Harries; Othello, Thompson, Abbotts Reading, Atkinson, Bengal; John Laird, Moyle, China; Donna Carmelita, Foss, Mauritius; Nelson, McLaren, New Zealand; Coquette, Bruce, Cape; Rosebud, Winn, Algoa Bay; Angelina, Gray, Singapore.-30. Royal Albert, Balderston, Penang; Hawkins Eagle, Rapson, China; Charlotte, Hawkins, Dickey Sam, Coaker, Bombay; Alice, Anwyll, Bengal; Sussex, Comin, Mauritius.-MAY 1. Cadet, Hillman, Port Essington; Antigua Packet, Hunter, Ceylon; Mary Stewart, Dring, Mauritius.-2. Earl Durham, Patterson, Bengal; Adam Lodge, Roberts, Bombay; Falcon, Umfreville, Bombay (at Antwerp.)-3. Maidstone, Nash, Bengal; Robert Benn, Ritchie, Bombay.-5. Pathfinder, Bruton, China; Georgetown, Bell, Singapore; Judith Allan, Murray, Bengal; Lady Sandys, Pentreath, Singapore; Thomas Carty, Scott, Bombay.-6. British Sovereign, Cow, Mauritius; Templar, Brown, Sydney; Jane Frances, Crosby, Hobart-town; Nimrod, Atkin, and Troubadour, Graham, Bombay. DEPARTURES. From LIVERPOOL.-APRIL 21. Culdee, Campbell, Hong-Kong. -22. Inglewood, Smith, Singapore and China; Montrose, Ferguson, Ceylon.-23. Antilles, Miller, Singapore; Mary Elizabeth, Thorn, Bombay.-24. St. George, Hutchinson, Bombay.-25. Dryope, Davison, Aden.-28. Novel, Dunningham, Port Philip; Circassian, Hore, Hong-Kong; Maggie, Spence, China; Panama, McLeod, Bombay.-29. Druid, Ritchie, Hong-Kong; Wild Irish Girl, Graham, Bombay; Heroine, Todd, Cape.-30. Uruguay, Kelso, Shanghae. From the DOWNS.-APRIL 23. Star, McDonald, St. Helena.— 25. Chartley Castle, Cubitt, Mauritius.-26. Roding, Hutchins, Bordeaux and Bengal.-30. Thomas and William, Playte, Cape.MAY 3 and 4. Colombo, Hellyer, Calcutta; Robert Small, Williams, and Seringapatam, Godden, Madras and Bengal; Minerva, Geere, Madras; George, Gordon, and Skerne, Shell, Sydney; Achilles, Burrell, Port Philip; Platina, Kirkus, Hobart Town; Gazelle, Ramsay, Launceston; Nereide, Newby, Cape; Arab, Sumner, Bombay.-5. Montefiores, Humble, Mauritius; John Bibby Cawkett, Calcutta; Enchantress, Essenhigh, Java. From CowES.-APRIL 23. Pearl, Heyward, Ceylon. From PORTSMOUTH.-APRIL 29. Duke of Cornwall, Whitehead, Bengal. From NEWPORT.-APRIL 20. Regina, Kreeft, Singapore; Anna Watson, Sterling, Bengal. From SUNDERLAND.-APRIL 25. Majestic, Smith, Cape.-28. Mathesis, Gordon, Aden. From the CLYDE.-APRIL 24. Flora Kerr, McNidder, Bengal. From INVEKEITHING.-APRIL 23. Drummore, Longton, Aden. From BORDEAUX.-APRIL 18. Cowslip, Colledge, Mauritius; Juliet Erskine, Gibson, Mauritius. PASSENGERS DEPARTED. Per steamer Duke of Cornwall, from Southampton on the 3rd inst. and to proceed from Malta per Iberia : For Malta.-Mrs. Green and 2 children, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Capar, Messrs. Elliott and J. Spirida. For Alexandria.-Madame Huschke, Capt. Goodfellow, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. White; Messrs. Hayward and friend, Elliott, Johnston, Hughes, Skinner, Farrant, Jubbs, Willans, Waddington, Graham, Jones, Fogg, and Yary. Per Minerva :-Rev. Mr. Sugden and lady, Lieut. F. H. Chetty and lady, Miss Lambert, Miss Thomas, Miss Addis, Mr. Pinson, Mrs. Latham and family. Per Seringapatam.-Lieut. and Mrs. Sibley; Messrs. Fraser, Paton, Drummond, Hutton, Goodridge, Harris, Bollard, Dickson, Priestly, Bailey, Hodson, Syme, Rybot, Machell, Tidcombe, L'Estrange, Coust, Butt, Browne, Vaughan, Sibley, Nedham, Bush Seitz. Per Robert Small.-Mrs. Forsyth and 2 daughters, Mrs. Smyth, Mrs. Saunders, Lieut. Smith, Capt. Saunders; Messrs. Boisragon, Briggs, Vallings, Murray, Squire, St. George, Hunter, Toyne, Gray. INCIDENTS. Panama, for Bombay, put back to Liverpool, May 3, leaky. The Palanquin, Mara, Liverpool to Bombay, was totally lost on Nelson Island, one of the Maldives, 21st December; a portion of the cargo was saved, and landed on the island. The master and part of the crew arrived at Suadavia Attol in the launch, after being sepa. rated from the pinnace with the mate and six hands. The Tory, Johnson, from Bombay to Shanghae, is lost at the mouth of the Yang-tse- Kang river. Crew saved. St. Helena, 14th March.-The Ceres (of Nantes), arrived here 27th Feb. in a leaky state, and is discharging. The Inglis, Isaacson, from Bombay to China, was stranded at Anjer Point, and condemned, 14th Jan. Part of the cargo saved. The Asia, Smith, from Singapore to London, after passing the Straits of Sunda, 28th December, met with very bad weather, which obliged her to put into the Cocas Islands-where she was condemned. H. M. ships Mutine and Osprey arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, 16th March, from Plymouth. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Vanguard, London to Calcutta, March 5, lat. 9 deg. S. long. 28. deg. W. William Shand, London to China, March 10, lat. 5 deg. long. 21 degrees. Seringapatam, supposed from London to Ceylon, March 11, lat. 5 deg. N. long. 23 deg. W. Madagascar, Weller, London to Calcutta, March 16, lat. 1 deg. N. long. 22 deg. W. Orator, London to Calcutta, March 22, lat. 6 deg. N. long. 25 deg. W. Indus, Liverpool to Bombay, March 25, lat. 5 deg. N. long, 22 deg. W. Helen Stewart, London to Hong-Kong, March 19, lat. 1 deg. N. long. 23 deg. W. Emerald Isle, Curling, London to Madras, Feb. 17, lat. 14 deg. S. long. 80 deg. E. Bangalore, French, London to Madras, April 4, lat. 2 deg. N. long. 21 deg. W. Orpheus, Digby, London to Madras, Feb. 12. lat. 36 deg. S. long. 22 deg. E. Thomas Worthington, Liverpool to Shanghae, Jan. 19, lat. 38 deg. S. long. 68 deg. E. Sea Queen, Wood, Liverpool to Calcutta, March 20, lat. 12 degrees N. Duke of Wellington, Liverpool to Calcutta, March 17, lat 1 deg. N. long. 20 deg. W. Coaxer, Liverpool to Calcutta, Feb. 12, lat. 37 deg. S. long. 21 deg. E. Mauritius, Simpson, London to China, March 11, lat. 1 deg. N. long. 22 deg. W. Samarang, Howard, London to Madras, March 28, lat. 7 deg. N. long. 20 deg. W. Panthea, Glen, Liverpool to Calcutta, March 26, lat. 5 deg. N. long. 23 deg. W. Isabella Harriett, Newby, Liverpool to Calcutta, April 16, lat. 39 deg. N. long. 14 deg. W. Patriot Queen, Liverpool to Calcutta, March 16, lat. 1 deg. S. long. 21 deg. W. Levant, Clyde to Bombay, March 5, lat. 20 deg. S. long. 31 deg. W. Ann, Stevenson, London to Madras, March 26, lat. 7 deg, N. long. 22 deg. W. had spoken the Anna Robertson, Monro, London to Madras, lat. 27 deg. N. long. 19 deg. W. Bolivar, Liverpool to Bombay, March 30, lat. 8 deg. N. long 24 deg. W. W. Mary Ann, Darke, London to Madras, lat. 1 deg. N. long. 23 deg. Duchess of Argylle, Clyde to Bombay, March 23, lat. 1 deg. S. long. 23 deg. W. Berkshire, Clarkson, London to Bombay, March 31, on the equator. Sea Queen, Wood, Liverpool, to Calcutta. In company. Vessels passed St. Helena on the homeward voyage :-March 8. Hersey, Easterley, China.-11. Lady Sandys, Pentreath, Singapore; Georgetoun, Bell, Singapore; Judith Allan, Murray, Bengal.-13. Rajasthan, Stewart, Bombay.-17. British Sovereign, Cow, Mauritius; Diamond, Taylor, Calcutta.-19. Nimrod, Atkin, Bombay; Lady East, Goldsmith, China and Singapore.-20. Assame, Wilson, Algoa Bay; Royal Saxon, Charlesworth, Bengal. LITERARY NOTICES. Grindlay and Co.'s Overland Circular, or Hints for Travellers to India; detailing the several Routes. With illustrative Maps. Compiled by Messrs. GRINDLAY and Co. for the use of their Subscribers. A VERY concise but comprehensive manual for travellers to and from India, for whose choice it offers five different routes:1. That round the Cape. 2. That prosecuted by rail to Southampton, by steam vessel from that place to Alexandria, across the desert by carriage, horse, or doukey, to Suez, and again by steam vessel from Suez to Bombay, Ceylon, Madras, or Calcutta. 3. The variation of the route last described made by passing through France to Marseilles, and there embarking for Alexandria. 4. Another variation, by which the traveller makes his Indian trip available to the purpose of a rather extended continental tour, proceeding from London to Ostend or Antwerp, up the Rhine, and through parts of Switzerland and Italy to Athens or Trieste, thence to Syra and Alexandria. 5. A further variation, embracing a steam voyage up the Rhine, down the Danube, and subsequently on the Black Sea to Constantinople, where the voyager will find steam conveyance to the great entrepôt Alexandria. The traveller's determination upon the conflicting claims of these routes must of course be affected by various considerations, among which those of time and expense will hold an important place. On both these he will find information in Messrs. Grindlay and Co.'s circular, which is carefully compiled, and may be trusted without fear of disappointment. It is illustrated by two maps: a small one, exhibiting the overland route by Southampton and Alexandria; and another on a larger scale, shewing also the variations that may be made in it. Athens is not quite so well known as Gravesend, and the following instructions for a brief sojourn on a spot surrounded by so many glorious associations may not be uninteresting. They are derived from the notes of an officer who took Athens on his homeward route. There are steamers from Alexandria to Syra every week, and the same, or some other vessel in quarantine, takes the traveller on to Athens with but a few hours' delay. There is nothing worth stopping for at Syra, but (as was stated in the preceding route) it is at this place that all the Levantine mail packets assemble on particular days, to transfer their mails to one another, and they all start again at the same time. It may be necessary to enter the lazaretto either at Syra or Athens (that is at the Piræus); the former is generally crowded, the latter often empty; the inmates of the former are such as the traveller would not wish to be shut up with. I performed twentyfour hours' quarantine at Syra, ten days at Athens, and I may say that I would rather spend four days in the latter than one in the former lazaretto. At Athens, the prisoner may hire a boat at a very reasonable rate, and amuse himself by fishing, rowing, and sailing about among the shipping, or outside the harbour. There are several good hotels at Athens, and the traveller before he gets out of quarantine is pretty well informed of their respective merits, terms, &c., so that he may deliberate upon his choice. He had better make a bargain at the commencement, or he may be a little surprised when he settles his bill. There are numerous visits to be made in the vicinity of Athens, and the traveller may, if he likes, go round by road to the other side of the isthmus of Corinth, and there take the steamer; or he may even go on to Patras, between which and Corinth there is good shooting in a beautiful country. Between Kalamaki and Sutraki across the isthmus, the Austrian Company have coaches and carts for the conveyance of passengers and baggage. Between Sutraki and Trieste, the steamer touches Patras, Corfu, and Ancona. If the traveller can spare a few days among the pleasant English society and delightful scenery of Corfu, he had better remain there till the next steamer after that by which he arrives shall take him up. THIS small volume exhibits abundant evidence of strong maternal affection, and of deep and earnest religious feeling. A Detached Report of the Proceedings of the Trial of eighteen Parsee Prisoners, for Murder, before the Supreme Court, Bombay, on Wednesday, July 17, 1844. Also an Appendix, containing the Examinations, Depositions, and Confessions of prisoners after trial, with a Petition to the Queen in Council, from the Native and European inhabitants, on behalf of the prisoners. London, 1845. Clarke. THE very full title-page of this pamphlet almost supersedes the necessity of giving an account of it. The case, it will be recollected, excited extraordinary interest at the time when it occurred. Great doubts were entertained of the guilt of some of the prisoners; and great exertions were made, subsequently to the trial, to throw some further light on the transaction out of which it arose, and a variety of depositions and confessions bearing on this subject were obtained. Ten of the eighteen prisoners had been found guilty, but only four were sentenced to the punishment of death; the remaining six being condemned to transportation. This seems remarkable, as all were convicted of murder; and in answer to an inquiry from the jury, whether or not they might return a verdict of manslaughter against any of the prisoners, the Chief Justice said: "No, gentlemen; it is murder or nothing." Of the four sentenced to death, only one was executed, the others being respited to await the result of the judge's report to the Queen. A petition to her Majesty has been forwarded, and a barrister of the Supreme Court has, we believe, arrived in charge of it. The circumstances of the case are undoubtedly extraordinary. We have only to express our hope that they may be fully and dispassionately considered, and that justice may be rendered. Overland Sketches. By Lieutenant C. B. YOUNG, Bengal En gineers. London. Dickinson and Co. THE progress of the compararively new art of lithography is one of the noticeable features of our day, and the present work affords very beautiful specimens of its adaptation to illustrate some of the noblest and some of the most interesting scenes which the overland route to India opens to the traveller. The stupendous pyramids carry us back to ages which mock our efforts to recall them into more than a twilight obscurity; the remnants of an age more distinctly traceable, when a Roman soldier was content to lose an empire for his " serpent of Old Nile;" the ordinary habits of the people, unchanged for ages, till the inroad made upon them by steam-power, Mahomet Ali and Mr. Waghornthese furnish abundant material for the observer and the artist. Lieutenant Young is a good draughtsman, and his interpreters in stone have done him justice. The "Overland Sketches " form a very proper book to lie on a drawing-room table, and we hope to see many a one graced by its presence. The Naval and Military Sketch Book, and History of Adventure by Flood and Field. Parts I. and II. London, 1845. Hugh Cunningham. SHOULD Some grave historian, years hence, wish to apply an appropriate epithet to the present time, he will surely call it the pictorial age. Now, unless books and music are illustrated, they lie on the shelves of the publishers, melancholy instances of the effect of attempting any thing contrary to established opinion. All are determined to go on the principle of Horace : Segniùs irritant animos demissa per aurem, Quàm quæ sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus, and accordingly we have illustrated Bibles, histories, and newspapers, and we anticipate soon pictorial parliamentary reports. Without boasting of the "improved taste of the public," we confess we are glad to see this increasing use of the artist's pencil to illustrate the author's meaning, not only as affording employment for a large body of her Majesty's loyal subjects following the occupations of artists, engravers, &c., but also because we are convinced of the truth of the above quotation. Instead of a long, dull, prosy account of any thing, no matter what -be it a battle or a patent cab-we have an illustration that does the business in much shorter time and in a clearer and easier manner. The work before us is, as its title imports, a "Sketch Book," displaying snatches of many things interesting, not only to the naval and military reader, but to all classes of readers; together with a novel by Eugene Sue, abounding in that author's characteristic short, spasmodic sentences, diversified with stars, which give agreeable employment to the imagination. The illustrations on wood are ably executed, and the literary portions of the work possess merit. There is one rather extraordinary incident recorded in page 31, in "Tom Starboard's lament for his shipmate Larboard"-" Tom brushed away drops of moisture from his shaggy eyebrows, and turned in." That tears should moisten the eyebrows seem to imply some extraordinary hydraulic action; but we must not quarrel with a very pleasing publication for such a trifle. ADVERTISEMENTS. TEAM to CEYLON, MADRAS, CALCUTTA, and BOMBAY, viâ EGYPT.--The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company book PASSENGERS for Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta direct, by Steamers leaving Southampton on the 20th, and for Alexandria, en route to Bombay, on the 1st of every month. For rates of passage-money, plans of the Steamers, and to secure passages, apply at the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Offices, 51, St. Mary Axe, London; and 57, High Street, Southampton. ST TEAM to CHINA.-OPENING of the REGULAR MONTHLY MAIL STEAM COMMUNICATION between ENGLAND and CHINA, by the Overland Route.-The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company beg to announce that they will BOOK PASSENGERS THROUGHOUT from ENGLAND to PENANG, SINGAPORE, and HONG-KONG, by their Steamer leaving Southampton, on Friday, the 20th June next, and on the 20th of every month afterwards. Length of passage from Southampton to Hong-Kong, about 50 days. Apply at the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Offices, 51, St. Mary Axe, London. notice, East-India House, 30th April, 1845. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of THE of T. VARTY'S SERIES OF CHEAP GEOGRA- Tfaithfully-executed BIODELS of of tut That a quarterly general Court of the said Com-more important Districts and Cities of our Globe, pany will be held at their house, in Leadenhall has long been a subject of complaint by those who Street, on Wednesday, the 18th June next, at 11 know their value in imparting vivid and accurate o'clock in the forenoon. conceptions of places and things. With this comJAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. plaint the publisher has deeply sympathized, and at length has commenced to supply the deficiency; and should he meet with that patronage which the imModels already prepared lead him to expect, he will portance of the undertaking and the beauty of the ciency shall in a great measure be supplied, at a price sufficiently low to ensure their general adoption. It would be a useless task here to attempt an enumeration of the many and varied cases in which the introduction of a Model would be of vast utility; for it is self-evident that no other mode of illustration can be so effective and engaging as that in which Models are employed. notice, That the transfer books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on Thursday, the 5th June, at 3 o'clock, and opened again on Tuesday, the 15th July, and, That the warrants for the dividends on the said stock, payable on the 7th July, 1845, under the 11th sec. of the Act 3 & 4 Will. 4, cap. 65, will be ready to be delivered on that day. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. East-India House, 30th April, 1845. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST-INDIA COMPANY do hereby give THE notice, That the Finance and Home Committee will be ready, on or before Wednesday, the 14th May, to receive proposals in writing, sealed up, from such persons as may be willing to supply the Company with SOLDIERS' CAPS, SOLDIERS' HELMETS, Also WORSTED SASHES, and that the conditions of the said contracts (four in number) may be had on application at the Secretary's Office, where the proposals are to be left any time before 11 o'clock in the forenoon of the said 14th day of May, after which hour no Tender will be received. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. FIRST VOLUME OF MR. TOWNSEND'S NEW FAMILY BIBLE. Now ready, in 8vo. price 1, the First Volume of SCRIPOD, the HOLY BIBLE, arranged CRIPTURAL COMMUNION in Historical and Chronological Order, divided into Sections, with Introductions, Prayers, and Notes. By the Rev. GEORGE TOWNSEND, M.A., Canon of Durham. Part III. (which completes this volume) is dedicated to the Bishop of Rome, on the Repentance of himself and his Church, as the foundation of the Reunion of Christians. Part IV. is in preparation (dedicated to the Sovereigns of Europe, on the power of Christian Princes to promote the Reunion of Christians). RIVINGTONS, St. Paul's Churchyard, and Waterloo Place; of whom may had, Part I. (Dedicated to Mothers of Families.) 6s. Part II. (Dedicated to a Layman not in communion with the Established Church.) 6s. MR. PALMER'S ORIGINES LITURGICÆ. Now ready, in 2 vols. 8vo. price 188, the 4th edition, In the COLLEGE-HALL, LECTURE-ROOM, and SCHOOL-ROOM, they will be found a most useful auxiliary to the Tutor, Lecturer, and Master; and labour of verbal delineation effected by their use, and must eventually, from the great saving of time as well as from the fidelity and perspicuity with which they at once inform the understanding of the pupils, become a sine qua non. Of no less importance is their use in the PRI- We need scarcely observe that, as an invaluable The numerous events recorded in the historical stillness of desolation and death, while it is "trodden "Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as And Jerusalem shall become heaps, most stupendous miracles, and poured the beams o his divine teaching upon the people who "sat in MOUNT SINAI, and the place of Endarkness-in the region and shadow of death.” campment of the Israelites when the Law was given. This Model gives a faithful representation of that dreadful and almost impassable desert mountainrange, through which Jehovah safely guided his ancient people in their journey to Canaan; and, because fire to make known, by the instrumentality of Moses, of the solemn and terrific grandeur with which this place was invested,-when the Lord descended in the purest, sublimest, and most heart-searching premuch value to every reader of the Word of God. cepts that mortals ever heard,-it must prove of MODEL for illustrating GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS. By the use of this little Model, any one may, in a few minutes, become familiar with the practical application of the various terms used in Geography. No school should be without one, nor any family where the most agreeable and efficient means of imparting instruction are appreciated; for in this Model-and all others of the series-amusement and instruction are harmoniously and inseparably blended. VARTY'S CATALOGUE of NEW and IMPROVED SERIES of EDUCATIONAL WORKS, peculiarly adapted to advance the reli- THOMAS VARTY, YORK HOUSE, 31, STRAND, 66 IS HIGHNESS HPRINCE ALBERT has of late taken gest interest in the breeding of the Llama, from which a very fine wool is obtained. The cloth made of this is of a peculiarly soft and agreeable texture, and as some curiosity has been raised by the announcement of the registry of a coat, under the new Act, by Messrs. NICOLL, of Regent Street, Tailors to the Court, it may be remarked that such was made of this material. The coat itself is termed the REGIS TERED PALETOT, and in its appearance there is nothing very singular beyond a very gentlemanly neatness and an absence of all unsightly vulgarity. Upon being submitted at Court, it met with high approbation."-Morning Post, April 19. Amongst the Registration of Designs, according to the new Act, that of a coat is to be found. The notion of securing the particular substance and cut of a coat is certainly a new one, but it speaks well for the working of an Act which thus secures the profits of a good judgment and well-directed ingenuity to those to whom alone it is due.”—The Times, April 4. Registered Paletot, Two Guineas.-114, Regent under 6 and 7 Vic. cap. 65, for three years, And the mountain of the house as the high places obtained by H. J. and D. NICOLL, COURT of the forest." ORIGINES LITURGICE; or, the MONT BLANC, and Valley of Chamouni. ANTIQUITIES of the ENGLISH RITUAL. With a Dissertation on Primitive Liturgies. By the This edition contains a notice of those rites of the English Church which are not comprised in the Prayer-Book; including (amongst others) the enthronization of bishops-the forms of holding synods and convocations-visitation and diocesan synodcoronation of kings, and consecration of churches and cemeteries. This day is published, in 8vo. price 3s. The PROCEEDINGS connected with the REMARKABLE TRIAL of the EIGHTEEN PARSEE PRISONERS, before the Supreme Court, Bombay, on the 17th July last, for MURDER. With an APPENDIX of DEPOSITIONS, CONFESSIONS, &c. after Trial, tending to shew that the Verdicts given and Sentences pronounced were at variance with the Facts produced on the Trial. With a PETITION to her MAJESTY from the Native and European Inhabitants on behalf of the Prisoners. London: SAMUEL CLARKE, 13, Pall Mall East. This celebrated Mountain-the highest in Europe is accurately represented in all its sublimity and boldness. With its numberless icy pinnacles shooting into the clouds, it rears its enormous pile into the regions of perpetual snow and ice. The lovely valley beneath lies clothed in verdancy, and studded with villages which seem to sleep in happy seclusion in the midst of the fullest display of Alpine wildness and grandeur; while the river Aveyron is represented (quite in miniature) as dashing impetuously through its narrow bed. Those unacquainted with the boldest scenes in The LAKE of TIBERIAS, and its This interesting locality was much frequented by most TAILORS, 114, REGENT STREET, London, for their new introduction, the REGISTERED PALETOT, which is a summer overcoat, light in weight, embracing the convenience and comfort of the wrapper of tweed and its moderate price, without its inelegant and universally-admitted common appearance. The material is of a peculiar softness, made expressly of the finest Llama Wool, and in its fashion is neither trop négligé ni trop habillé, but whilst shewing to advantage the proportions of the figure, it cannot encumber free movement, worn riding or walking; it will, also, from the neatness of its form, admit its being used as a light Frock Coat,-a desirable advantage in our warmest summer months, and D. Nicoll, sensitive to the importance of that or abroad, where heat is found oppressive. H. J. vade mecum,-a moderately light overcoat in a climate so changeable as that of Great Britain,-would not submit to the public the Registered Paletot till themselves satisfied of its being perfect, and that when used as a pardessus, riding or walking, or as summer frock, the above firm might pledge a repu tation, which, gained by matured skill and honoured by royal patronage, is of some standing. 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