servant, Messrs. Price, G. Green, Power, and A. H. Rossmalecoy (to embark at Suez).

For MADRAS.-Mr. Keene and Mr. and Mrs. Braine.

For CALCUTTA.--Lieut. col. Cureton, Mr. and Mrs. Sims, Lieut. Kirby (to embark at Suez), Lieut. Greentree, Mrs. and Miss Chatterton, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Messrs. Williams, Knight, Hunter, Robson, W. R. Timins, Gibbon, Greenstreet, Thompson, Romaine, Duncan, Collett, Stephenson, Courtenay, and Richards.

For HONG KONG.-Messrs. Mounsey, Wills, and W. Hogg.
For SINGAPORE.-C. Etty, Esq.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

Herculean, Gibson, Liverpool to Bombay, June 19, lat. 40 deg. N., long, 12 deg. W.

Edmundsbury, Stuart, London to Madras, May 15, lat. 1 deg. S., long. 20 deg, W.

Flora, Hooge, Liverpool to Shanghae, Feb. 8, lat. 9 deg. S., long. 115 deg. E.

Arab, Sumner, London to Bombay, June 4, lat. 8 deg., long. 21 deg.

Medina, James, Liverpool to Singapore, Banca Straits.

Maggie, Spence, Liverpool to China, May 23, lat, 8 deg., long, 20 deg.

Theodosia, Irving, Liverpool to Ceylon, May 24, lat. 2 deg. N., long. 21 deg. W.

John Dugdale, Milward, Liverpool to Singapore, June 1, lat. 8 deg. N., long. 22 deg. W.

Minerva (barque) and Minerva (ship), May 31, lat. 8 deg. N., long. 22 deg. W.

Grace, Irons, London to Cape of Good Hope, June 3, lat. 10 dég, N., long. 24 deg. W.

Mercury, Eager, London to Cape, June 5, lat. 9 deg. N., long. 23 deg. W.

Salacia, Brodrick, London to Mauritius, July 1, lat. 37 deg. N., long. 9 deg. W.

Guardian, Vickerman, London to Singapore, June 8, lat. 6 deg. N., long. 33 deg. W,

Lismoyne, Roals, Liverpool to Calcutta, June 11, lat. 9 deg. N., long. 23 deg. W.

Persia, Morris, London to Bombay, June 11, lat. 9 deg. N., long, -'23 deg. W.

Molly Bawn, Walsh, Liverpool to Calcutta, July 8, lat. 48 deg. N., long. 10 deg. W.

Token, Cheyne, London to Bombay, July 7, lat. 49 deg. N., long. 9 deg. W.

Leander, Millman, London to Sydney, lat. 39 deg. N., long. 11 deg. W.

Calcutta (barque), July 9, lat. 45 deg. N., long. 9 deg. W.

Enchantress, Essenhigh, London to Batavia, June 3, lat. 24 deg. N., long. 8 deg. W.

Equestrian, Spence, London to Hobart Town, July 10, long. 6 deg. W.

Isabella, Noble, London to Algoa Bay, June 7, lat. 3 deg. N.,long. 24 deg. W.

H.M.S. Racehorse, Hay, Plymouth to Cape of Good Hope, May 30, lat. 7 deg. N., long. 23 deg. W.

Hindoo, Beard, Liverpool to Sydney, June 7, lat. 7 deg. N., long. ⚫ 25 deg. W.

Mogul, Oliphant, Clyde to Batavia, April 9, lat. 3 deg. S., long. -20 deg. W.

DOMESTIC. BIRTHS.

JULY 8. The lady of Lieut. col. Leslie, C.B. daughter, at Lingfield, Surrey,

13. The lady of Capt. J. Evans, late 15th Bengal N.I. SOB. 15. The lady of John A. Arbuthnot, Esq. daughter, at Coworthpark, Berks.

MARRIAGES.

JULY 1. Lieut. S. Morrish, R.N, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the late Capt. John Mackeson, H.C.'s S. at Weston Church, near Bath.

7. Gordon, William Howard, Esq. to Isabella Maria, daughter of John George Nicholls, Esq. of West Moulsey, Surrey, at St. George's, Hanover-square.

12. Mr. John Rockley to Mrs. Edwards, relict of the late Mr. James Edwards, at Frome, Somerset.

17. Thomas Halcott Fendall, Esq. to Augusta Isabella, daughter of the late Wentworth Bayly, Esq. at Christchurch, Marylebone. Christopher Waud, Esq. Hon. E.I.C.'s home service, to Mary, daughter of the late Henry Stanley, Esq. at St. John's, Holloway.

19. John Ward, Esq. to Isabella, relict of Capt. Clark, Madras N.I. at the church of St. Clement Danes, Strand.

DEATHS.

MAY 13. Julia Stewart, wife of Henry Willis, Esq. and daughter of Major-general Willis, Bombay army, at Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Assist. surg. Frederick La Mesurier, M.D., 6 months.

Bombay Estab.-Lieut. col. David Forbes, 9th N.I., 6 months. Capt. Charles S. Stuart, 14th N. I., 6 months.

9th and 16th July, 1845.

RESIGNATION OF THE SERVICE ACCEPTED.

CIVIL.

Madras Estab.-Mr. George H. Skelton.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Lieut. Richard Kinkead, of the Madrass Artillery, and Lieut. John P. Nixon, of the Bombay Infantry, have been appointed to succeed as orderly officers at the Military Seminary, vice Capt. Napleton and Lieut. Hervey resigned.

1st Lieut. Henry Thuillier is apppinted to do duty at the Depôt at Warley, whilst on furlough, as orderly officer, in succession to Lieut. Pogson, who vacates the appointment.

LITERARY NOTICES.

The History of Ceylon, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time; with an Appendix, containing an Account of its Present Condition. By WILLIAM KNIGHTON, Esq., Columbo. London: Longman and Co.; Smith, Elder, and Co.; Madden and Malcolm. Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute.

The author of this work quotes a passage from Southey, which affords a very good reason for its publication. "Every year adds to our ample stock of books relating to the manners of other nations, and the condition of men in states and stages of society different from our own; and of such books we cannot have too many." Ceylon is a country in regard to which books are, at present, not over numerous; and we are gratified at receiving this well-intentioned and well-executed contribution to our stock of knowledge. It contains a mass of curious matter, arranged in a popular form, and may be advantageously consulted, alike by the studious scholar and by the reader whose only object is amusement. The author's estimate of the purity and beauty of Budhism is far higher than ours, but we cannot, within a few brief lines, enter into a discussion which would demand a volume. The tooth-relic having lately attracted some attention, the following account of the honours paid to it in the palmy days of Budhism may not be unacceptable.

The ceremonies with which the Dalada or tooth-relic was received by Tisso, may exemplify the natural disposition of the kings to exhibit, in the ordinances of their religion, their own power and greatness. Succeeding monarchs were not disposed to let the ostentatious parade thus exhibited be discontinued; and, accordingly, we find that in future times the exhibition of the same relic at stated periods was the signal for fresh exhibitions of their own power, and of the wealth of their kingdom. The people flocked from all quarters to the capital to behold this precious relic; elephants were caparisoned, horses decorated, and vehicles of all kinds exhibited, containing each their respective owners. The king himself with the royal family attended; and, on the elevation of the sacred deposit in the hands of the highest of their priests, to be faintly seen by those assembled, the vast multitude was moved like the waves of the ocean to and fro, and a loud burst of "Sadhu" rose from that mighty throng, caught up, as it died away, by the more distant, until the whole air was filled with the notes of adoration. Games, festivals, plays, and rejoicings succeeded, and having thus given vent to the enthusiasm so long confined, the multitude departed to their respective villages.

On another page we find a description of the abode of the invaluable relic at Candy :.

The most interesting building in the town, to a stranger, is the great temple, containing the tooth-relic of Buddhu, and forming what was once part of the establishment of the king of Candy. The immediate receptacle of this precious deposit is a small temple situated within the other, and approached by a noble flight of steps, lofty arches, and imposing colonnades. These are in many places decorated with excellent carving, wrought with surprising skill into the hardest granite, and generally representing processions, in which the elephant forms the most important figure. The small temple, containing the relic, is decorated on all sides with paintings and carvings, whilst the doors and their brazen bars are of the most massive character. The tooth itself is enclosed in six cases gra

dually increasing in size, of which the outer and larger one is five feet in height, of a conical shape, formed of silver gilt, but all the others are of beaten gold. These cases, with their precious deposit, are placed on a silver table, richly adorned with tapestry and bro. cade. The tooth itself is of the shape of the extreme end of the elephant's tusk, slightly curved, formed of ivory, and encircled by a golden string. This forms the great object of Buddhistic wor ship, and is, in the estimation of the votaries of that religion, the most precious thing in the world.

Of the city of Candy itself we have a very lively description from the pen of a friend of the author :

A long and wide street, which forms the central part of the town, gives a stranger precisely the idea he must have formed from the de scriptions with which one continually meets of an oriental town. The small open shops which line each side, tenanted by three or four owners patiently seated awaiting their customers, and enjoying the usual luxury of chewing betel, is even in itself interesting, from its total dissimilarity to any thing European; whilst the plantains hanging around, the chillies, rice, pepper, cardamons, and cinta. mon, exposed for sale on wicker trays, heighten the unique charac ter of the scene. Such is the mid-day appearance; but view it in the morning or evening, and you perceive the street literally crowded with companies of dusky chatterers in every variety of eastern and western costume, and speaking every variety of oriental tongues. Here a group of turbaned Malabars, clothed in their simple ankrika, hold discourse in their native and noble language. There the fierce Malay, with military cap, and accompanied by his really handsome spouse, jabbers in his own rhythmic tongue. On this side, the active Portuguese descendant, with hat of miserable brown, discourses lovingly to his mate in Indo-Lusitanian. On that, the able-bodied Candian, with simple kerchief on his head, holds forth in drawling Singhalese, to his jacketed and camboyed† companion. It is a veritable Babel, and he may well be excused who cries out in the midst of it, "Is this the plain of Shinar?"

The Naval and Military Sketch Book, and History of Adven ture by Flood and Field. Parts III., IV., V., and VI.

London. Hugh Cunningham.

THIS publication continues to deserve the favourable report we formerly made of it. The scene of the following "dashing exploit" being in the East, we need not apologize for quoting it.

Among the daring actions performed during the late war, that of Lieut. Edmund Lyons, in the Minden's boats, must ever take a conspicuous place. On the 25th July, 1811, that officer was sent away in charge of the launch and cutter of the Minden, with orders to land some Dutch prisoners at Batavia, and, on his return dowa the coast to rejoin his ship, to gain all the information he could in reference to the enemy's defences. The Minden, to which ship Lieut. Lyons belonged, formed part of a small squadron under Captain George Sayer, cruising off Batavia. About seventy miles to the westward of Batavia there was a strong fort, named Fort Marrack, mounted with fifty-four pieces of heavy ordnance, which commanded a very eligible anchorage. Desirous of obtaining possession of this fort, and of thus excluding hostile ships from this place of shelter, Capt. Sayer had made great preparations to attack it; but, before the expedition was finally determined upon, information of a large augmentation to the enemy's force deterred him from sanctioning it.

Lieutenant Lyons, in obedience to his instructions, landed the prisoners near Batavia; and learning, from what he conceived good authority, that the Dutch were not aware of the hostile preparation then making, he thought, small as the force under his orders was, he could obtain possession of Fort Marrack, and thus divert the Dutch troops from the point which had been fixed upon for the debarkation of the troops. This gallant young man-who had, however, accompanied Captain Cole in one of the most surprisingly successful adventures ever planned-entertained the idea of capturing a fort, full of troops, with a band of thirty-five officers and men, when, only a few days previously, the attempt had been deemed inexpedient to be undertaken by 450 men!

Having communicated with his companions in arms, and found all willing to share his fortunes, the boats took up a position behind a point of land, which sheltered them from the view of the Dutch sentinels; and, a little after midnight, just as the moon was sinking below the horizon, the two boats quitted their place of concealment, and proceeded upon their enterprise. The approach of the boats was immediately observed; and the sentinels fired their muskets, and gave the alarm. Nothing daunted by this event, Lieutenant Lyons

beached the boats in the midst of a heavy surf, close under the embrasures of the lower battery; and, by means of ladders, scrambled up the walls, and got into the fort. The first who got up killed three soldiers in the act of putting matches to the guns; and in a short time the lower battery was in possession of the British. Assembling now his thirty-four followers, Lieut. Lyons led them onwards, stormed and carried the upper battery. On reaching the top of the hill, the Dutch garrison was observed, drawn up ready to receive their assailants, upon which the sailors fired, and made a furious charge-Lieutenant Lyons calling out, as he advanced, that he had 400 men, and would give no quarter. The Dutch being thus vigorously assaulted, fled, panic stricken, through the postern gateway. Believing that Fort Marrack was now in the occupation of a large number of men, the Dutch opened fire upon it from a small battery in the rear; and two gun-boats in the harbour also commenced firing. The first shot from the battery struck the upper part of the postern gateway, through which the Dutch had retreated, and a second struck the gate. As a third took the same direction, it became evident that the range had been previously determined; and the situation of the handful of men became extremely critical, especially as the drums in the barracks, half a mile distant, in which a whole battalion of troops was lodged, were heard beating to arms.

At this juncture, Lieutenant Lyons' second in command, Midshipman William Langton, suggested that the gate should be thrown open, to let the shot harmlessly through, which was done; and after the firing had continued about half an hour longer, it was observed that the shot were directed to the right of the gateway, which induced the belief that the Dutch troops were advancing. Two 24-pounders, loaded almost to the muzzles with musket-balls, were therefore placed to command the entrance; and this was scarcely effected before the enemy's column was seen advancing. In order to ensure the guns being fired at the proper moment, Lieutenant Lyons undertook to fire one, and Mr. Langton the other; and when the troops were observed within ten yards of the gateway, the guns were fired, and the gate shut. The slaughter was very great amongst the foremost of the troops, and those behind, finding the gate closed, ran in confusion down the hill.

Since having possession of the fort, Lieutenant Lyons had employed all the spare hands in destroying all that was destructible within it, and having thus for the time got quit of his assailants, he was able to spike all the guns and complete his work without hinderance.

By dawn of day the last shot was fired from the only gun which had not been spiked, and this sank one of the gunboats; after which Lieutenant Lyons thought it prudent to retire. But as no British flag had hitherto waved over the fort, he determined not to quit without leaving this memento of his triumph; and a young midship. man, named Charles Henry Franks, hoisted it in the face of a heavy fire from the enemy.

On retreating to their boats the British found the launch bilged, and thrown by the heavy surf high up upon the beach; but the cutter remained uninjured, and in this small boat the whole party embarked, carrying with them the Dutch colours as a trophy of their

success.

The only casualties attending this exploit were a bayonet wound received by Mr. Langton, and three seamen slightly wounded; but the loss of the Dutch must have been great.

Observations on the Means of forming and maintaining Troops in Health in different Climates and Localities. By Assistant Surgeon EDWARD BALFOUR, Madras Army. Read by JOSEPH HUME, Esq., M. P. before the Statistical Society of London, on the 21st April, 1845.

Observations on the Means of preserving the Health of Troops, by selecting Healthy Localities for their Cantonments. By Assistant Surgeon EDWARD BALFOUR, Madras Army. Read by JOSEPH HUME, Esq., M.P., before the Statistical Society of London, on the 19th of May, 1845.

THESE two papers relate to a very important subject and con. tain much matter for serious reflection. The object of the first is to shew that the higher rate of sickness and mortality which attends a military life in comparison with the average of persons engaged in other occupations is attributable in a great degree to the employment of soldiers in climates differing widely in many cases from those in which they were born and have passed the earlier years of life. After a statement of facts and a series of tables illustrative of this position, the writer observes :

These facts sufficiently indicate the importance of employing in our armies the natives of the lands that come into our possession, when not debarred from this by political considerations. Indeed, the Indian Government have long practically acted on this; and it is only alluded to here, that one of the principal objects of the plan, that of saving the lives of their troops, may not be lost sight of. The natives in the armies of Bombay, Madras, and Bengal have been found almost as incapable as Europeans of bearing up against the

noxious influences of several of the unhealthy parts of the country.* The Sepoys of the Bengal army, men recruited in the northern provinces of Hindostan, often suffer so severely in the hot and humid atmosphere of Bengal and Arracan as to be completely broken up before their period of three years' service expires, and require a change to some of the northern provinces to recruit their health. And the Bombay regiments, which are almost similarly formed, with the addition of a few men from the table-land of the Dekhan, and the valleys of Maharashtra, suffer in the same manner when serving in the plains of Guzerat. I am aware how erroneous deductions from a limited number of cases are apt to be, and therefore refrain from instancing the few that have come to my knowledge, though the fact is generally known that a tour of duty in Bengal, Arracan, or Guzerat often cripples the regiments before it expires. Corps have accordingly been raised in many parts of India, for sanatory as well as political reasons, to occupy particular districts and localities. A local corps composed of Mugs, the natives of Arracan, has been raised, under the name of the Arracan Battalion, to perform the mili. tary duties there. In the Bengal presidency, in addition to the regiments of irregular cavalry and infantry, there are several corps, peculiarly local, raised and employed in unhealthy districts, and among the forests, bills, and passes, where the troops of the regular army are found inefficient; and the Nasseree battalion, the Bhagulpore hill rangers, the Sylbet light infantry, the Joudhpore legion, and the military police in central India, might be mentioned as instances of the carrying out of this system.

The second and longer paper presses the important subject of selecting healthy localities for cantonments with an earnestness proportioned to its importance. We trust to find the attention of the authorities to this important fact increasingly manifested from year to year. The well-being of the soldier claims paramount consideration on the grounds both of humanity and policy. True, the chances of the service must sometimes bring him into unhealthy situations, but this should not take place without necessity. Necessity, indeed, to a greater or less degree may exist and must exist where troops of different races are serving together, as is pointed out by Mr. Balfour.

The mountain regions, or even the table-lands of India, for example, though promising great advantages to British troops, may prove highly prejudicial to the constitutions of the men who form our native regiments, for the natives of warm countries appear to suffer as much in a cold climate as the races from the temperate parts of the earth do when dwelling in the plains of the tropics. Indeed, we are warned of the danger of removing those who have been born in the tropics to the frigid climates of our earth, by the mortality that has occurred among them by our doing so, as in the instance of the negro troops in garrison at Gibraltar, who lost 63 per 1,000 of their strength in 1817 and 1818, while the average ratio of deaths among this class of troops in the West Indies has only amounted to 40 per 1,000 annually. A similar increase in the rates of mortality took place also at Niuera Elia, in Ceylon, which, "though healthy for Europeans, has been by no means so favourable to the health of the black troops, particularly the negroes, who suffered in a remarkable degree. Amongst 51 stationed in the vicinity, 15 deaths took place in 1835, whereof five were from affections in the lungs." Where the force consists solely of Europeans, undivided attention can be given to the selection of stations most favourable to their healths; but in India, where Europeans and native soldiers are usually brigaded in masses together, places must be sought for that will, in some degree, suit the constitutions of both descriptions of troops.

The Foreign Quarterly Review, No. LXX., published in July 1845. London: Chapman and Hall.

The present number of this able, and we may now add, long established periodical, maintains the character which it gained by the previous ones. The articles are varied, amusing, and instructive. We cannot go the full length of one of the shorter. papers in admiration of the university education of Germany. We believe it to be most dangerous, and the best excuse that can be made for it is to be found in the necessity of upholding something to counteract the spirit benumbing influence of what is called paternal despotism. There are two articles devoted to India, one on railways, and one on the surveys of the Indian navy. Both display research and ability, and we cordially recommend them to the notice of our readers.

"The native soldiers on the Bengal establishment," says Capt. Henderson (As. Res., vol. xx. part 1)," are particularly healthy under ordinary cir cumstances. It has been found by a fate inquiry, embracing a period of five years, that only 1 in 135,-76 per 1,000 of the men on the actual strength of the army, died per annum. So injurious, however, is Bengal proper to this class of natives, in comparison with the Upper Provinces, that although only one-fourth of the troops are stationed in Bengal, the deaths of that fourth are more than a moiety of the whole mortality reported." † Reports, 1841.

Capital, 4,000,000, in 80,000 Shares of £50 each.

MAJOR-GENERAL MARTIN WHITE, Bengal
ADAM OGILVIE, Esq., Civil Service, Collector of
Revenue, Kishnagur, Bengal
MAJOR H. B. HENDERSON, late Officiating
Military Auditor-General (Firm of Carr, Dwarka-
nauth Tagore, and Co., Calcutta), 15, Norfolk

Crescent, Hyde Park RICHARD HARTLEY KENNEDY, Esq., late Physician-General, Bombay, Chairman of the Coventry and Leicester and Warwick and Cheltenham Railways, Emscote House, Leamington WALTER EWER, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., Bengal

Civil Service

COLONEL SKARDON, Bengal Army, 6, Lans-
downe Terrace, Kensington Park
LIEUT.-COLONEL JOHN SMITH,
Cavalry, Ellingham Hall, Norfolk

Madras

The object of this Company is to construct a line of railway connecting Calcutta westward with the river Ganges at Patna, passing along the left bank of the Hooghly, by Dumdum, through Barrackpore, the country residence of the Governor-General, and where it is intended to cross the river, and will then a large military cantonment, to Chogda, at or near continue its course through the highly-cultivated provinces of Bancoora, Beerbhoom, Ramghur, Monghyr, and Behar, to Patna, terminating at the chief from the main line commencing at Chogda, on the town of that important district, with an extension left bank of the Hooghly, joining the Ganges at or ticable line, approved of by all parties acquainted near Sootee; this extension being a short and pracwith that part of the country, is in accordance with the recommendation of the Hon. East-India Company upon the subject of railways in India.

An extension of the line from Calcutta to Diamond

Harbour, and from Patna to the important station of Dinapore, will form part of the scheme: it is the intention of this Company eventually to extend the main line further into the northern and western parts of India, by crossing the Ganges near Patna, and proceeding by way of Benares, Allahabad, and Agra, to Delhi.

clusive of Passengers and other traffic) a return exceeding 12 per cent. on the estimated capital of the Company. In that portion of the line between Burdwan and Calcutta, in 1843, nearly 13,000 tons of Salt and about 18,000 tons of Sugar were carried per mile. The gross amount of traffic between from thence to Calcutta at the cost of 3d. per ton these points alone has been estimated at 103,000 tons per year; and the return thereon amounted to nearly 126,000.

and Calcutta has been estimated at 26s. per ton by The cost of transport of merchandise between Patna water, and about 4. to 51. by land, occupying about count of the great difficulty experienced by the boats three weeks in the transit going down, and, on acin going up the river, the time occupied is often more than double that of coming down.

The Promoters have been in communication with, and have memorialized the Court of Directors of the

Honourable East-India Company upon the merits of this undertaking; and upon the 8th day of May, the letter, of which the following is a copy, was received from Mr. Melvill, the Secretary:

"East-India House, May 8, 1843. "SIR,-With reference to the letter which you have addressed to the Court of Directors of the East-India Company, regarding the formation of Railroads in India, I am commanded to acquaint you that the Court have deemed it necessary, for the safe and satisfactory prosecution of undertakings for that purpose, that the general subject should, in

vereske

The Company, in carrying out the above project, feel strongly impressed with the important advantages that must accrue to this portion of India by these projected lines, which immediately connect Calcutta with the fertile, productive, and important junction with the Ganges at Patna, open a direct Hussars, Wargrave, Henley-upon-Thames GEORGE WM. BACON, Esq., Bengal Civil Service communication for the traffic upon that great river ARCHIBALD SPENS, Esq., Bombay Civil Service, with Calcutta, and thus avoid the dangerous, uncerDirector of the Bank of Western India, and Co-tain, and tedious river navigation, at present the ventry and Leicester Railway, Manor House, In-principal means of carrying the valuable commercial productions of the interior and north-western provinces, for shipment to the ports of Europe and America. These productions consist of cotton, rice, indigo, silk, sugar, opium, coals, lac, dyes, timber, saltpetre, minerals, &c., which abound throughout the whole extent of this district; and when it is taken into consideration the great loss sustained by delay of transit, damage done to merchandize, expenses of freight, insurances, and various other losses, caused by the insufficiency of the present mode of internal communication, it may be confidently expected that this railway will, to a very great extent, supersede the river navigation, and bring down to Calcutta the enormous amount of traffic that at present floats down the Ganges.

W. P.ANDREW, Esq., H.E.I.C.S., Director of the
South Midland Railway, Grosvenor Street, Grosve
nor Square
JAMES B. GRAHAM, Esq., Barrister-at-Law,
Supreme Court of Bombay, Sussex Gardens,
Hyde Park
CAPT. HITCHINS, H.E.I.C.S., Director of the
Birmingham and Oxfork Railway, 43, Queen Anne
Street, Cavendish Square

The Hon. WILLIAM GÖRE, 21, Wilton Crescent The Hon. D. S. ERSKINE, 81, Jermyn Street SIR FREDERICK DUNBAR, Bart., of Boath SIR WM. HYDE PEARSON, Hanover Square

JOHN KINNERSLEY HOOPER, Esq., Alderman of the City of London

SAMUEL ROHDE, Esq., F.G.S., Director of the South Midland Railway, 3, Crosby Square,

Bishopsgate

MAJOR WALLER, K.H., 15, St. James's Square
SCOTT THOMSON, Esq., late of Calcutta
JOHN JAMES, Esq., Secondary of the City of

London

CAPTAIN HAMILTON, 59, Gloucester Place,

Portman Square

John James, Esq.
Mr. Alderman Hooper.
W.S. Fitzwilliam, Esq.
(With power to add to their number).
Trustee at Calcutta:-Dwarkanauth Tagore.
Bankers in London:-

Messrs.Herries, Farquhar, & Co., St. James's-strect.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, & Smith, Lombard-street.
Provincial Bankers:-

Manchester Messrs. Jones Lloyd & Co. Liverpool .... Messrs. Moss & Co.

Derby..

Hull

Bristol

Exeter

Leeds

Sheffield

York

....

Messrs. Samuel Smith & Co. Do. do.

communication in India, it is scarcely possible to In the present most inefficient state of internal arrive at any thing like an accurate statement as to the possible amount of passenger traffic; but the fact of the immense number of European and native troops, Government stores, passing and re-passing to the upper provinces, and the safe and accelerated transmission of the mail, the frequent and at the same time tedious and expensive palankeen travelling, which to Patna costs 260 rupees, and occupies four days, and the large amount of native traffic created by a more ready and rapid mode of intercourse between the several provinces through which the lines will pass, shew a strong case for expecting that large returns will eventually accrue to the share

holders of this undertaking.

report to the Governor-General in Council, and that an eminent engineer will be deputed from this country to act under their directions in that investigation. No time will be lost in carrying this resolution into effect, and the opportunity will be hereafter afforded to you of ascertaining its result; in the Government of India on this subject is open for your mean time a copy of the Court's Dispatch to the perusal at this House.

"I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, "JAMES C. MELVILL "W. B. James, Esq. Solicitor to the Company, 5, Basing hall-street."

The Committee feel great pleasure in announcing has consented to act as Trustee for this Comto the public, that DWARKANAUTH TAGORE pany in India; and has addressed his firm at Calcutta, requesting they would act as Agents there. Directors in London, assisted by a Board of DirecThe Company will be managed by a Board of tion in Calcutta, and arrangements will be immediately made to commence a preliminary survey, purpose, and also to promote the interests of the and competent parties will be sent out for that cutta at the usual rate of 23. per Rupee. Company generally in Bengal. The dividends will be paid in London and Cal

executed by the Shareholders, and application will A Subscription Contract will be prepared to be be made for a Charter of Incorporation, or Act of Parliament.

Applications for Shares to be made to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, 147, Leadenbrokers:-London,-Messrs, Peppercorne and Co., hall Street, and to the undernamed Share2, Old Broad Street; Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, Thread. needle Street, and J. W. Scott, 3, Bartholomew Lane. Messrs. John Young and Co. York,-Messrs. GrayBirmingham,-W. R. Collis. Leeds,ston and Earle. Edinburgh,-Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Messrs. M'Callum and Co. Glasgow, -Messrs. Tassie and Co. Dublin,-Messrs. Bruce Chauncey, Mr. James Pritt, and Mr. J. O. Binger. and Symes. Liverpool,-Messrs. Ridsdale and Derby, Mr. T. Eyre, and Mr. J. Cuff. Hall, — Cardwell and Sons, and Mr. J. Clegg. Messrs, Collinson and Flint, Manchester,-Messrs.

Messrs. Stuckey & Co.

Messrs. Saunders & Co."

Messrs. Beckett & Co.

Scotland The City of Glasgow Bank. Dublin Messrs. Latouche & Co. Bankers in Calcutta:-The Union Bank, Bankers in Bombay:-The Bank of Western India. Engineer:-Chas. Vignoles, Esq., F.R.A,S.,M.R.I,A. Standing Counsel:

A. E. Cockburn, Esq., Q.C. I Edwin James, Esq. Solicitor:-W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall Street. Agents at Calcutta:-Carr, D. Tagore, & Co.

In 1841 the number of chests of Opium brought from Behar and Benares amounted to 18,327.

The estimated traffic of the Ganges is rated at from 800,000 to 1,000,000 tons per annum; supposing only one half of this should be diverted to the Railway, the goods traffic at the estimate of One Penny per ton per mile, with the usual deductions of 40 per cent. for working charges, would yield (ex

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Great Western Railway of Bengal. Gentlemen,-In consideration of your allotting to Shares of £50 each in this undertaking, I hereby agree to pay the deposit thereon, or any less number of Shares that may be allotted to me; and I also undertake to sign the necessary deeds when required so to do.

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

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