That a General Court of the said Company will be held at their house, in Leadenhall Street, on Wednesday, the 8th of April, 1846, for the election of Six Directors for four years. The form of a Letter of Attorney, and of a Decla. ration for enabling Proprietors of East-India Stock to vote by proxy on this occasion, may be obtained upon application at the Treasury in this House. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. That the Finance and Home Committee will be ready, on or before Wednesday, the 8th of October, to receive proposals in writing, sealed up, from such persons as may be willing to supply the Company with THREE THOUSAND HOGSHEADS OF EXPORT LONDON PORTER. And that the conditions of the said Contract 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 8th day of October, 1845, after which hour no Tender will be received. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. "To Professor Holloway:-Sir, I beg to acquaint you that your Pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the Continent, had not been able to effect; nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Mamembad. (Signed) ALDBOROUGH." These wonderful Pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by all medicine vendors throughout the civilized world. 12 to 2 o'clock, daily (Saturday excepted). INDIAN ARMY CADETS and ASSISTANT SURGEONS may inspect the strictly REGULATION PATTERNS prescribed for the Dress of the Army in each of the PRESIDENCIES, wherein a material difference exists; and parties will, on application, he furnished with an Estimate for the whole supply of necessaries, inIcluding the Passage, Cabin Furniture, Shipping Baggage, &c.-Apply to JOHN NICHOLLS, EastSt. James's. JA. GODDARD, Foreign and Ge-In Amy Business, No. 42, late 57, Jermyn Street, ABBOTT, LATE HODGSON & ABBOTT DOW-BREWERY PALE ALE.This celebrated Beer, which has been held in such high repute in India for nearly a century, and is so strongly recommended by the faculty in this country to invalids and others for its tonic properties, can be procured only by order addressed to E. ABBOTT, Bow Brewery, or his City Office, 98, Gracechurch-street. CEYLON RAILWAY COMPANY. Provisionally registered.-Capital, 1,000,000, in 20,000 shares of #50 each. Deposit, 5s. per share, being the largest deposit allowed by the Act 7 & 8 Vict. c. 110, which limits the deposits on shares in a company until final registration to 10s. per cent. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Co., Colombo). PHILIP ANSTRUTHER, Esq. (late Colonial Secretary of Ceylon), Chairman. W. S. Binny, Esq. (Messrs. Binny & Co., Madras). Robert Christian, Esq. (Messrs. A. and R. Crowe & J. G. Frith, Esq. (Messrs. Frith, Wallace, & Co.) G ,be con REAT NEW SOUTH WALES of New South Wales, to Maitland, and from today RAILWAY, from Newcastle, in the Colony to Singletons Inn, through or near Black Creek, Belford, Castle Forbes, and Patrick's Plains, other. wise Darlington; with power to make such branches and extensions as may, on further survey, sidered best adapted to the local wants and interests of the colony. Arrangements are in progress, under the most favourable auspices, for the constructio length of which will be about 50 miles, and will effect a line of railroad across this improving country, the a saving of nearly 100 miles over the present cir. cuitous route by the river Hunter, and will furnish railway communication to the different counties and districts of Northumberland, Hunter, Durham, Glou J. P. Wilson, Esq. (late Ritchie, Wilson, & Co., cester, Phillip Brisban, and other places, comprising Colombo). S. B. Worms, Esq., Park-crescent. In the year 1840, the exports from Ceylon amounted to £409,947, and the imports to £733,512 1841 368,383 Persons the best informed entertain "little doubt that, with increased means of transit, the quantities will be more than doubled within the next three years, and that the vast mineral resources of the country, hitherto undeveloped, but which are known extensively to abound, will eventually present no inconsiderable feature in the export trade of the colony. At the present time, perhaps, there is no place so inadequately provided with means of transport and facility of communication as Ceylon; the consequence of which is, that immense tracts of land are uncultivated, and the resources of the country, waiting to be developed, are left hidden and neglected. This one fact (independently of all political considerations) shews, in a commercial point of view, how important it is to give to the colony the advantages of railway communication; and looking to the prin cipal seats of traffic, and to the portion of the country from and through which nearly the whole of the imports and exports pass, it is proposed to commence with a line from Colombo to Kandy, as early as practicable, by the most eligible route. a population, according to the census of 1941, of upwards of 25,000 inhabitants, or near one-fourth of the whole population of the colony. There is already and agricultural produce along the line; and there a very large traffic in passengers, goods, cattle, coals, the country, and effecting a saving of distance, time, can be no doubt, that by opening the resources of and expense in the transit, the traffic will be greatly increased, and prove highly remunerative; and as the gradients of the line are exceedingly favourable, and the cost of construction will be unusually low, a good return on the capital to be invested may be confidently expected. Prospectuses with an infa ential committee, comprising some of the leading resident there, and in this country, will shortly be merchants and gentlemen connected with the colony, issued; and in the mean time all communications are to be made to the solicitor, Frederick Carritt, Esq., at his offices, No. 5, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, London. THE SECRET COMPANION. JUST PUBLISHED, the Sixteenth Edition, illustrated with Cases, and full-length Engravings, price 2s. 6d., in a sealed envelope, and sent free to any part of the kingdom, on the receipt of a Post-office order for 3s. 6d. : THE SECRET COMPANION; a Medical Work on Nervous Debility, and the concealed Cause of the Decline of Physical Strength and Loss of Mental Capacity; with Remarks on the Effects of Exces sive Indulgence. By R. J. BRODIE and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. It has been considered advisable, in the first instance, to suggest this as the line most immediately wanted; but the Company, in their future operations, will be guided by the report of the engineers, whom it is their intention to despatch by the earliest possible mail, for the purpose of making a detailed survey of the island. Ceylon is subject to no volcanic action; the soil is admirably adapted for the construction of railways, and the country through which the contemplated lines will pass is not liable to be flooded during the The cost of constructing railways in Ceylon may be estimated at about £6,000 per mile; but the probability is, that the greater portion of the lines will be completed for considerably less. Labour is excessively cheap, and bricks, lime, and timber are produced in the island. It is proposed to raise in the first instance, with power to increase it, a capital of £1,000,000, in 20,000 don, 146, Leadenhall-st.; Barth, Brydges-st. Coshares of £50 each, which is considered sufficient to construct the trunk lines. A proportion of the shares will be reserved for allotment in Ceylon. monsoons. The sources of revenue are,-1. Large goods traffic; 2. Considerable passenger intercourse; and 3. Such assistance as may be obtained from the Colonial Government. The number of bullock-carts with goods passing between Colombo and Kandy is about 79,000 annually, and the average hire about £2. 10s. each, shewing a cost for transport between Colombo and Kandy of 197,500 per annum. conveyance. The carriage of goods by these carts is tedious and uncertain, and the expense is greatly increased by reason of the extensive mortality among the cattle employed; so much so, that occasionally natives, each bearing a load of merchandize, are despatched from Colombo to Kandy, in preference to that mode of The cost of transport by rail will be much less; but as the traffic by this means of conveyance will greatly increase, there is no doubt that this branch alone will pay a handsome per-centage on the capital. Independently of the goods traffic, the passenger intercourse generally, and the conveyance of troops, mails, &c., will contribute largely to the profits. The present mail-coaches in Ceylon shew an annual return of about £7,000. The whole of the calculations are founded upon authentic data obtained from the Government and responsible residents on the island. A correspondence has been entered into with Lord Stanley, who has referred the matter for the consideration and report of the Local Government, and the provisional committee hope to secure their valuable co-operation. Pending the result of these negotiations, it is proposed to form the Company, and to take such other steps as will place them in a position to act immediately on receipt of the report from the Local Government, provided it be such as to justify the committee in recommending the scheme to be carried out. The management of the affairs of the Company will be vested in a board of directors in London, who will appoint a local committee, selected from among the most respectable and influential parties in Ceylon, to whom they will delegate such powers as may be necessary for the purpose of effectually performing the duties imposed upon them. The board in London will consist of a chairman, vice-chairman, and directors, who shall have the entire management of the Company's affairs, with power to appoint one or more managing directors. Half-yearly meetings of the shareholders will be convened for the purpose of declaring a dividend, and of reporting the proceedings of the directors, and the state and progress of the Company's operations. The qualification of a director to be twenty shares, and of an auditor ten shares. The capital will be called for in the following proportions, viz. On allotment of shares, 5s. per share, and The remainder in instalments not exceeding £5 per share, at intervals of not less than three months. The deposit of 5s. per £50 shes the extreme amount allowed to be taken by a company previous to complete registration. It is intended to apply for a charter of incorporation or Act of Parliament, and in the mean time a subscription contract will be prepared, to be executed by the shareholders. Applications for shares to be made in the annexed form to the secretary, of whom prospectuses may be obtained. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Ceylon Railway Company. Gentlemen,-I wish to become a subscriber for shares in this undertaking, of £50 per share, the deposit upon which, or on any less number of shares that may be allotted to me, I agree to pay, and I also undertake to sign the necessary deeds when required so to do.-I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name. · Place of business. Date • Reference Residence of referee Business or profession of referee Place of business of referee. THE CORDIAL BALM OF ZEYLANICA, or Nature's Grand Restorative, is a certain remedy for local and constitutional weakness, depression of the spirits, disordered nerves, inward wastings, &c. The fine softening qualities of the Cordial Balm of Zeylanics will remove such symptoms, and gradually restore the system to a healthy state. Sold in bottles, price 4s. 6d., 11s., and 33s. The 51. cases may be had as usual.-BRODIE'S PURIFTING VEGETABLE PILLS are the best and surest remedy for scorbutic affections, eruptions on the body, ulcerations, scrofulous taint; will cleanse the blood from all foulness and counteract every morbid affection.-Con sultation fee, 17. Only one personal visit necessary to effect a cure. Attendance from 11 till 5; on Sundays, from 11 till 2.-Observe, 22, Montague-st. Russell-square, London. EAT. CARSON'S PATENT "This instrument is a species of small forcepump."-Artisan. "I find that meat can be salted (with a strong salt for a week or ten days."-Letter from H.M.'s brine) in twenty minutes, as if the same had been in Butcher, Mr. Giblett. "Any quantity of meat may be instantaneously of the joint becomes suddenly impregnated.”— salted, and rendered fit for exportation. Every part United Service Gazette. "On board ship, and in the colonies, it is invo luable."-Liverpool Journal. beef."-Mr. Bolton, Liverpool Road. "Hundreds of pounds of meat will be saved to every owner who puts one of these instruments on board his ship."-Mr. Haswell, Plymouth. "It is beneficial to the trade; and, with Hockin' Essences of Smoke, &c., a ready method is provided for smoking and flavouring meat to the palate of any epicure."-Mr. Hall. Depôts.-London, C. HOCKIN & Co., 35, Duke Street, Manchester Square, and 1, Bishopsgate Street Within. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE WESTERN RAILWAY. Deposit, 17. 10s. per Share.-5,000 Shares will be reserved for the Colony.-Provisionally registered. J. R. Thompson, Esq., St. Peter's-chambers, Corn hill. Harrison Watson, Esq., 2, Cambridge-terrace, Re- George Wilson Prince, Esq., Camberwell-grove. Capt. Duncan Campbell, late Civil Commissioner at Capt. McDonald, Brunswick-square, Brighton. G. Gun Hay, Esq., Sloane-street, Director of the The Hon. William Gore, 21, Wilton-crescent, Bel grave-square. Capt. George Johnstone, Langharne, near Carmar- Capt. Charles Randall, Junior United Service Club. Pall-mall. Major Le Marchant, Junior United Service Club. Capt. S. N. Fisher, Junior United Service Club, James's. L. Mackeson, Esq., Old-square, Lincoln's-Inn, Di- William Downing Bruce, Esq., Charles-street, St. Solicitor at Cape Town-John Reid, Esq. PNEUMATIC SAFETY ENEMA, manufactured solely by PHILP & WHICKER (late Savigny & Co.), 67, St. James's-street, London. Philp & Whicker take the liberty of soliciting the attention of the nobility, gentry, and medical profession, to the following description of their Patent Pneumatic Syringe, feeling assured that the long standing of their house, and the respectable manner they have always endeavoured to conduct their bu siness, will be a sufficient guarantee that they would not bring such an article before the public unless they were fully satisfied of its real merit and the general approval of the faculty. The superiority of aqueous injections gently administered over every other means of relieving the bowels, has been for a long time universally acknowledged by the faculty, but owing to The complicated nature of instruments hitherto The trouble attending their application, The Patent Enema now offered to the public is entirely free from all these objections, being of so simple a construction that it can be used by any person without risk of failure. The pump being quite distinct from the injecting Director of the Guernsey Railway and Pier Com-pipe, no fluid can pass through it, therefore no clogging or corrosion can take place. The instrument is thus at all times clean, in perfect order, and fit for immediate use. Several persons connected with the flourishing and progressing colony of the Cape of Good Hope, anxious to promote still further its interests and prosperity, consider the present a most favourable time to remove the only obstacle to the extension of its commerce, namely, its insufficient means of internal communication, and for the ready transit of its numerous productions. It is to remedy this inconvenience, and to aid the development of the ample resources of the colony, that the new Company of the Cape of Good Hope Western Railway is formed. When worked with a moderate force, according to the directions given, it injects the fluid in an uninterrupted and well-sustained stream, free from all violence; but should occasion require it, the force can be increased. From the facts that no air can pass with the fluid injected and that no fluid can by possibility escape from the apparatus, it admits of being used in almost any position, and is therefore of the greatest advantage and comfort to those who may require the administration of an Enema during an illness, or who may be otherwise confined to their beds; and, from the construction of the instrument, no undue force can be applied during its application, even by those who may be careless or ignorant of the illIm-effects but too frequently occurring from the use o the common Enema Syringe. AGENTS FOR THE SALE. The line will commence at Cape Town,-a flourishing sea-port, and the capital of the colony; from thence it will proceed to a point on the Cape Downs, centrically convenient for extension on the one hand, to accommodate the inhabitants of the densely populated villages of Stellenbosch and the Paarl (the chief wine districts), and on the other the extensive corn districts of Koeberg and Swartland, as well as the more distant location of Picquetberg, Rubecks, Kasteel, and its extensively cultivated neighbourhood. That the undertaking will be highly popular in the colony, there can be no doubt, and the arrangements can be so made as to include the increasing villages of Rondebosch, Claremont, and Wynberg. The general traffic will, however, consist of vast quantities of pastoral and agricultural produce. mense numbers of cattle are also continually on transit from the interior districts, where they are reared, to Cape Town, for the use of the shipping, and the daily consumption of the inhabitants. The Colonial Government will doubtless be induced to afford every facility for carrying out the object of the Company, while it is reasonably anticipated that, in consequence of the great public benefit that will inevitably arise from the construction of the proposed Railroad, considerable tracts of valuable Government land may be obtained along the line, which may hereafter be appropriated with great advantage to the Company. A good idea may be formed of the probable amount of traffic which will yield remuneration to the shareholders of the proposed line, by annexing the following return for the year 1844, the last that could be obtained, of the imports and exports of Cape Town : Messrs. Savory & Moore, Chemists, 143, New Bondstreet, and 220, Regent-street. Mr. Thomas Butler, Chemist, 4, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard. The Medical Hall, Sackville-street, Dublin. Messrs. Lea & Perrins, Chemists, Worcester and Cheltenham. Messrs. Davenport & Stedman, Chemists, Waterloo-place, Edinburgh. Mr. George Heath, Chemist, 5, St. James's-street, Brighton. Mrs. Mary Salt & Son, Cutlers, Bullstreet, Birmingham. Messrs. Terry & Dutton, Chemists, Melsom-street, Bath. Mr. George Plum, Cutler, &c., Bristol. Mr. Wood, Cutler, &c., Manchester. THE SILENT FRIEND: a Medical DEBILITY, CONSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESS, excessive indulgence, &c. With Observations on Marriage, &c. With 10 coloured engravings. By Prospectuses and any information may be had at the offices of the Solicitors, and of Messrs. Ewart and R. and L. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, London. Bell, Copthall-chambers. Form of Application. To the Provisional Committee of the Cape of Good Hope Western Railway Company. Sir, I request you will allot to me Shares of 201. each in the proposed Cape of Good Hope Western Railway; and I hereby undertake to accept that or any less number, and to pay the deposit of 21. 108. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Name in full Trade or profession Residence Published by the Authors, and sold at their residence; also by STRANGE, 21, Paternoster-row; HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford-street; NOBLE, 109, Chancery-lane; GORDON, 146, Leadenhallstreet; PURKISS, Compton-street, Soho, London. OPINION OF THE PRESS. "The perspicuous style in which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot fail to recommend it to a careful perusal." Era. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is a gentle stimulant and renovator in all cases of Debility, whether constitutional or acquired, Nervous Mentality, Irritation, and Consumption,-by the use of which the impaired system becomes gradually and effectually restored to pristine health and vigour. Sold in bottles, price 11s. and 33s. The £5 cases may be had as usual, at their establishment. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ES. SENCE; an anti-syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the diseased humours of the blood, removing all Cutaneous Eruptions, Scurvy, Scrofula, Pimples on the head and face, Secondary Symptoms, &c. Price 11s. and 33s. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO ALL THE PRESIDENCIES OF INDIA, (price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11s. per box) have long INCLUDING THE COST IN EGYPT. been used with perfect success in all cases of Gonorrhoea, Stricture, Inflammation, Irritation, &c. These pills are free from mercury, copaiva, and other deleterious drugs, and may be taken without Letters of Credit granted, Estimates of Outfit prepared, and every information connected with the interference with, or loss of time from, business, Journey, whether by Long Sea or Overland Route, promptly afforded on inquiry. Packages forwarded at very reduced Rates, by this Route, to the above places and to China, JAMES BARBER & Co., 17, St. Mary Axe. and can be relied upon in every instance. Sold by all medicine venders. Messrs. PERRY and Co. may be consulted at their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, daily, from 11 till 2 and 5 till 8. On Sundays, from 10 till 12. THE HE CALCUTTA AND GEORGE'S POINT RAILWAY COMPANY, for Constructing a Railway from Calcutta to George's Point, on the River Hoogly, at its Junction with Channel Creek, with a Branch to Diamond Harbour; and also for Constructing a Harbour and Docks at George's Point. Capital, £1,000,000, in 50,000 shares of £20 each. A considerable portion to be reserved for India. Deposit, 7s. per share. (The liability of the Shareholders to be limited to the amount of their Shares.) Offices of the Company, 147, Fenchurch-street, London. Bankers in London-Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths; Sir Claude Scott, Bart. and Co. Bankers in Calcutta-The Union Bank. Consulting Engineer-Sir John Rennie, C. E. Engineer-J. A. Galloway, Esq., C.E., M.I.C.E. Agents in Calcutta-Messrs. Hogg, Frith, and Sands. Solicitor-John Foster, Esq., 65, Jermyn-street, St. James's. This Company is formed for the purpose of constructing a Harbour, with Docks and Warehouses, at or near George's Point, on the River Hoogly, at its junction with Channel Reach, and to form a Railway thence to Calcutta (with a branch to Diamond Harbour), thereby accomplishing a journey in two hours which now occupies from forty to fifty, and avoiding the always difficult and often very dangerous navigation of the river, occasioned by perpetual shifting sands, fearful inundations, and the winds of the South-West Monsoons. The length of the main line being thirty-three miles, and the branch about seven miles. It is estimated that at the least 3,500 British and foreign ships will enter the intended harbour at different periods of the year; that the passenger traffic, with the carriage of goods, at 7s. 6d. per ton, harbour dues, &c., will average £73,000 a year, deducting from which £100,000 as annual expenses, the remainder will form a clear yearly income of £173,000, or upwards of 17 per cent. per annum upon the subscribed capital. To reduce the time of communicating with the sea from Calcutta, instead of forty or fifty, to less than two hours, as is the case at present, when steam-tugs are not employed, or twenty-four when they are, and to avoid to a great extent the dangers of the sands, are results which must necessarily bear a high commercial value, affecting as they do a most extensive and important traffic; and in addition it may be mentioned that, during the dry season, when the steamers, going to the upper provinces, are obliged to pursue the Sunderbund route, a saving of thirteen or fourteen hours may be effected. The promoters have memorialized the Court of Directors of the Honourable the East-India Company, on the subject of this undertaking, and have received a satisfactory reply from the secretary, J. C. Melvill, Esq. Nevertheless, it must be borne in mind, that this line does not stand in the same position (with regard to the necessity for a report of the engineer sent out by the East-India Company to investigate the subject) as lines of Railway in the interior of India of great extent, and involving the outlay of large sums of money, through tracts of country at times almost impassable. It is an essentially commercial enterpriseshort, economical, easy of execution, and, above all, providing a remedy for the difficult and dangerous navigation of the Hoogly, about which there cannot be two opinions. The Company will be managed by a Board of Directors in London, assisted by a Board of Direction in Calcutta, and arrangements will be immediately made to send out competent parties to promote interests of the Company. The dividends will be paid in London and Calcutta, at the usual rate of two shillings per rupee. A subscription contract will be prepared, to be executed by the shareholders, and application will be made for a Charter of Incorporation, or Act of Parliament. Applications for shares to be made to the Provisional Committee at the Offices of the Company, 147, Edinburgh Mr. Joseph Clegg, Manchester Messrs. Sudlow, Brothers, 5, Exchange-court, Liverpool AUDITORS. Capt. C. J. Bosanquet, R.N. Physician.-Seth Thompson, M.D. The TWENTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this Society was held on the 10th of April last, when a highly satisfactory REPORT was laid before the Proprietors and Policy Holders, and unanimously adopted. The Public will see the advantage of selecting, in so important a matter as Life Assurance, a wellestablished ice, which, from its continued prospe rity, and its large additions to policies, offers the greatest inducement to Assurers, combined with the undoubted security of a numerous and wealthy proprietary. ADDITIONS TO POLICIES. The following Table shews the additions made to Messrs. Haycock and Powell, Leeds 1st January, 1845. MILES & BELLIN (LATE DODWELL & MILES), 69, CORNHILL, LONDON. This Office was established by DoDWELL & MILES (late of the Military and Civil Department of the Honourable Company's Home Service), in June 1836, and has continued to this date under the firm of BODWELL & MILES. Mr. J. S. MILES has now the pleasure to acquaint the Civil and Military Services of India, that Mr. ROBERT BELLIN (who has been for seven years connected with Agency business, the latter two of which he had the care of the Madras Military Fund, in the house of Messrs. Arbuthnot & Latham, the London Agents) is admitted a partner this day. Mr. EDWARD DODWELL'S ill health occasioned his retirement in May, 1842, since which period the firm has continued to be conducted under the names of DoDWELL & MILES. Messrs. MILES & BELLIN now respectfully submit to the Officers of the East-India Company's Service the routine of business transacted by their House of Agency. A Bonus of Four-fifths, or Eighty per Cent. of the estimated profits is added to Policies entitled, every seventh year; or an equivalent reduction made in future Premiums. The Third Septennial Division of profits will be declared to the 31st December, 1845. Persons Assuring previous to that date will have their proportion of profit appropriated. time of peace, are not charged any extra premium. Parties travelling in Europe, by sea or land, in Applications for Agencies, in places where none are established, to be addressed to the Secretary. NICHOLAS GRUT, Secretary and Actuary. BY THE CONTINENT. MESSRS. J. & R. McCRACKEN, EAST-INDIA HOUSE.-A knowledge of the Public business of the various Departments. CIVIL SERVICE.-Regulations of the Annuity Funds, Furlough and Absentee Allowance. MILITARY SERVICE.-Succession to the OFF RECKONINGS, and correct account of the yearly TO PARTIES RETURNING TO ENGLAND BALANCES from the formation of the Fund. Casualties regularly marked, and promotions thereon shewn, with every care to date, particularly observing the LINE STEPS, which from inac. curacy have, in some cases, afforded just grounds of appeal to the authorities. and WIDOWS' ANNUITIES received by power of attorney, and transmitted to any part of Europe. PAY PENSIONS BENGAL, MADRAS, and BOMBAY FUNDS, whereon WIDOWS and ORPHANS are claimants, the regulations of which will be fully explained, and every attention paid to the parties. PASSAGE via THE CAPE.-The most ELIGIBLE SHIPS selected free of charge, guaranteed by a practical knowledge of their standing at "Lloyd's," with the character of their Commanders, this being highly important to FAMILIES. OVERLAND ROUTE.-PASSAGES engaged and GooDs forwarded, the latter at REDUCED RATES, viz. 1s. 6d. per lb., 5s. each Package, and to cover insurance and transit-duty through Egypt, a charge of 3 per cent. on value-this applies only to CALCUTTA, MADRAS, CEYLON, and ADEN. PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE SHIPPED AND CLEARED.-Upon ARRIVAL from India it is desirable that the keys be sent under cover (should the party not visit London), with INVENTORY of Property, when, upon examination, a Return will be made of Goods liable to duty, for sanction to clear the game. OUTFITS.-This branch of Agency is under especial supervision; DETAILED LISTS are submitted to MESS SUPPLIES.-Such orders have been executed by the late firm of DODWELL & MILES to a cont HON. COMPANY'S BILLS, or LETTERS OF CREDIT-Obtained at the INDIA HOUSE, or granted Academy, 7, Old Jewry, London, beg to inform off- formation, may be had on application at their office, Communications for the Editor should be sent under cover to Messrs. Wm. H. Allen and Co., 7, Leadenhall-street. Edinburgh, W. Blackwood & Sons; Charles Smith. COUNTRY AGENTS: LONDON :-Printed by CHARLES WYMAN, of 49, Cumming Street, Pentonville, in the County of Middlesex, Printer, at the Printing-Office of J. & H. Cox, Brothers, 74 & 75, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields, in the Parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, in the same County; and published by LANCELOT WILD, at No. 13, Ca therine Street, Strand, in the Parish of St. Maryle-Strand, in the said County.-Saturday, October 4, 1845.. AND REGISTER OF INTELLIGENCE FOR BRITISH & FOREIGN INDIA, CHINA, & ALL PARTS OF THE EAST. No. 39.] PUBLISHED ON THE ARRIVAL OF EACH OVERLAND MAIL. LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1845. The Bentinck, Kellock, which left Calcutta with the Mail on the 8th September, reached Sargor on the 9th, Madras on the 15th, Point de Galle on the 20th, Sept. and Aden on the 3rd October, where she received on board the Bombay Mail, which had been forwarded from that presidency on the 15th September, and arrived at Suez on the 10th October. From Alexandria the Mails were forwarded by the Great Liverpool steamer. The Lady Mary Wood steamer, with the Mail, arrived at Point de Galle on the 20th September, having left China on the 1st, and Singapore on the 8th September. At Point de Galle, the Mail was transhipped to the Bentinck. DEPARTURE OF MAILS. The next mail for Bombay ria Southampton will depart on the 3rd of November. Letters, to be in time, must be posted in London on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 1; or, if marked vid Marseilles, on the evening of Friday, Nov. 7. A mail for Ceylon, Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay, will be dispatched from Southampton on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 20. Letters must be posted in London on the previous evening, or, if marked via Marseilles, on the evening of Monday, Nov. 4. By this mail letters will be forwarded direct to the Straits and China. [PRICE IS. often attended him, effected his retirement from Lahore, and reached his fastnesses at Jumboo. РESHOORA SINGH still holds possession of Attock, and is gaining strength. Three battalions sent against him changed their minds (if they had any previous intention of opposing him) and joined his standard. It is said that nearly all the rest of the troops are ready to follow the example of these battalions. JowHAIR SINGH, it seems, employs himself (when sober we presume) in writing pressing letters to the chiefs urging them to lead their troops against PESHOORA, but with little effect. PESHOORA is generally victori when any one ventures to attack him: and few seem have much inclination to try their chance. SHERE SING the Governor of Peshawer, remained encamped, it is stat at no great distance from Attock, quite undecided what to do. Perhaps he was calculating the chances of success if he ventured to fight; perhaps he was considering whether or not his men could be trusted; or, lastly, he might be thinking whether it were likely to be more for his own interest to adhere to the old cause or the new. It is obviously time that the British Government should do something. What that should be it is not perhaps so easy to point out. Having respect for the authority of the adage, which regards old soldiers as fond of peace-which we have formerly, we believe, quoted in connection with the same subject-we have no doubt that Sir HENRY HARDINGE will maintain peace if he can. The reputation of the adage has, indeed, been fearfully shaken by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, who certainly affords a striking exception to its truth, but still we have confidence in it, and if the Governor-General does not preserve peace, it will, we are morally certain, be the fault of those with whom he has to deal, not his own. Scinde furnishes nearly the usual amount of the extraordinary. It will be recollected that Major CORSELLIS WAS dispatched to a place called Kusmore, on an expedition of some sort; that he marched and pitched his camp, and that it was understood that Sir CHARLES NAPIER intended to reinforce him. This intention, if it ever existed, was suddenly abandoned, and the troops who had proceeded recalled. There were not "forty thousand men" employed; but in other respects the affair is nearly a counterpart of the old story of the movement of the king of France. All that the party achieved was to carry off three or four persons as hostages (such is the phrase) for the delivery of an alleged murderer, who could not be secured. There is a strange story of Sir CHARLES NAPIER's pet chieftain MEER ALI MOORAD (the man who by favour of |