AUDITORS.

Richard, Clark, Esq. Robert Gardner, Esq. | Robert Hitchens, Esq. BANKERS. Bank of England, and Messrs. Currie and Co. SOLICITOR.-William Henry Cotterill, Esq. PHYSICIAN.-Geo. Burrows, M.D., 45, Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square. The principle adopted by the Universal Life Assurance Society, of an annual valuation of assets and liabilities, and a division of three-fourths of the profits among the assured, is admitted to offer great advantages, especially to those who may wish to appropriate their proportion of profit to the reduction of premiums.

The following Table will shew the result of the last division of profits, as declared on the 13th May, 1846, to all persons who had on that day paid six annual premiums:

DINNER SERVICE, TABLE GLASS, &c.

G. B. SANDER, 319, Holborn, London (corner of

Southampton-buildings, opposite Gray's-inn-gate), has constantly on view the Largest Stock in London of Table Glass), plainly or elegantly cut; Dinner, Dessert, Breakfast and Tea Services, and Toilet Sets in China, Ironstone, and Earthenware; Ornamental China, Papier Maché, and Iron Tea Trays; Chandeliers, Lustres; Argand, Solar, and Vesta Lamps; Hall Lanterns, stained or plain; Alabaster Figures, Vases, &c.

Parties favouring this Establishment with a visit, will obtain every information relative to Prices, and will not be importuned to make purchases. Goods for Exportation carefully packed, and delivered in Town and at the Docks Cartage Free.

WILLIAM MARTIN BOYCE & CO.'S EAST

INDIA and GENERAL AGENCY.-127, Leadenhall Street, opposite the India House, London. Mr. W. M. BoYCE, late of the Indian Navy, begs to intimate that he has commenced business as an East-Indian and General Agent.

In soliciting the patronage of his numerous friends in India, both European and Native, and that of the public generally, W. M. BOYCE trusts, by the most unwearied attention to the various interests and wants of those who may honour him with their support, to render his Agency as efficient as possible. W. M. B. is prepared to transact every description of Agency business, including the procuring and forwarding of supplies of every kind; passages to India, round the Cape or Overland; clearing and warehousing of luggage, &c.; transmission of packages, parcels, and letters overland.

Arrangements have been made for clearing and disposing of baggage belonging to parties arriving from India, either by the Cape of Good Hope or by Alexandria. Passengers arrived by the latter route, and desirous of having their luggage cleared without delay, should write to BOYCE and Co., viâ Marseilles, who will always have their Agents in attendance at Southampton.

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EAST-INDIAN RAILWAY COMPANY.

[OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Deed of Settlement of the East-Indian Railway Company lies for signature at the offices, 8, Broad Street Buildings, and the proprictors of scrip receipts, numbered from 1 to 80,000, are hereby required to transmit the same to the Secretary, for registration, on or before Saturday, the 1st day of May next; in default whereof, the shares will be subject to forfeiture.

Copies of the Report, with printed forms to accompany the scrip, may be obtained on application at the offices of the Company, 8, Broad Street Buildings; Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Royal Exchange Buildings; and Messrs. Laurence, Cazenove, and Pearce, Bartholomew Lane.

N.B. The registered share certificates will be issued in the order in which the deed is executed, and the priority regulated by the date of execution. So soon as arrangements will admit, a notice will be issued, calling on holders of new scrip to present the same for registration.

ADIES TRAVELLING, or otherwise exposed to the ROWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing preparation for the complexion, dispelling the cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the skin. The numerous varieties of cutaneous eruptions, together with sun-burn, freckles, tan, and discolorations, are pleasingly eradicated by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selection by her Majesty the Queen, the COURT and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and the several COURTS of Europe; together with the éilte of the aristocracy and haute volée, from the sultry climes of India and the drawing-rooms of Calcutta and Madras to the frozen realms of the Czar and the saloons of St. Petersburg and Moscow. Price 4s. 6d. and 8s. 6d. per bottle.

Beware of spurious "KALYDORS," containing mineral astrigents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repellent action, endanger health.

ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL.-The singular virtues of this successful invention for restoring, improving, and beautifying the Human Hair, are too well known and appreciated to need comment. The very fact of its having stood the test of nearly half a century of probation, and obtained the especial patronage of her Majesty the Queen, H.R.H. Prince Albert, the whole of the Royal Family, and of every Court in the civilized world, and the high esteem in which it is universally held, together with numerous testimonials constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and surest proof of its merits.-Price 3s. 6d. ; 7s.; family bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d., and double that size, 21s. per bottle.

ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE, a white Powder for the Teeth, compounded of the choicest and most recherché ingre dients of the Oriental Herbal, of inestimable virtue for preserving and beautifying the Teeth and strengthening the Gums. Its truly efficient and fragrant aromatic properties have obtained its selection by the Court and Royal Family of Great Britain, and the sovereigns and nobility throughout Europe.-Price 2s. 9d. per box.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION.-Unprincipled individuals, for the sake of gaining a trifle more profit, vend the most spurious compounds under the names of "Macassar Oil," " Kalydor," and "Odonto;" some under the implied sanction of Royalty and the Government Departments, with similar attempts at deception, while they copy the labels, advertisements, and testimonials (substituting fictitious names and addresses for the real) of the original preparations. It is therefore highly necessary to see that the word "ROWLAND'S" is on the wrapper of each article.-All others are FRAUDULENT IMITATIONS!!

The genuine articles are sold by the Proprietors, and by every respectable Perfumer and Chemist throughout the kingdom.

SPORTING IN INDIA.

J. BLANCH, GUN MAKER, 29, Gracechurch Street,

London, begs respectfully to acquaint gentlemen proceeding to or resident in India, that he continues to manufacture Guns and Pistols of every description, at the lowest price consistent with first-rate workmanship. Double and Single Rifles, of large bore, suitable for tiger shooting. Double Pistols with musket and carbine bores, Pea Rifles, Air Guns, & c., on the most approved principles. Established 1809.

TOOPING of the SHOULDERS and CONTRACremoved in Youth, and Ladies and Gentlemen, by the occasional use of the IMPROVED ELASTIC CHEST EXPANDER, which is light, simple, easily applied, either above or beneath the dress, and worn without any uncom fortable constraint or impediment to exercise. To young persons especially it is highly beneficial, immediately producing an evident improvement in the figure, and tending greatly to prevent the incursion of pulmonary diseases; whilst to the invalid, and those much engaged in sedentary pusuits, such as reading or studying, working, drawing, or music, it is found to be invaluable, as it expands the chest and affords a great support to the back. It is made in Silk; and can be forwarded, per post, by Mr. ALFRED BINYON, Sole Manufacturer and Proprietor, No. 40, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London; or full particulars, with prices and mode of measurement, on receipt of a postage stamp.

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CURE of a DREADFUL CASE of ERYSIPELAS by HOLLOWAY'S PILLS and OINTMENT.-Mrs. Gibbons, of Tivoli Place, Cheltenham, was for two years so dreadfully afflicted with erysipelas, that she became (however extraordinary it may appear) both blind and deaf from the severity of the disease. During the time she was attended by several of the most eminent medical men in Cheltenham, but without receiving any benefit whatever, and as a last resource she tried Holloway's Pills and Ointment, which, in two months, perfectly cured the dreadful complaint, and restored her to health. This remarkable cure can be authenticated in every particular at the Bookseller's, No. 10, Arcade, High Street, Cheltenham. Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor HOLLOWAY'S Establishment, 244, Strand, London. Wholesale Agent for the Presidency of Bombay, Mr. FRAMJEË NASSERWANJEE, 11, Forbes Street. For the Presidency of Madras, Messrs. ASHTON, RICHARDSON, and Co., Mount Road, and Messrs. STEPHENSON and Co., Beach. For the Presidency of Bengal, Mr. J. H. COOK, Waterloo Street, Calcutta. For Meerut and Simla, Mr, JOSEPH ANDERSON. For Agra, Messrs. THOMAS HULSE and NEPHEW.

NEW RATES OF PREMIUM.-The Directors of this Society, with the view of meeting the wants and wishes of the large class of persons who prefer the present advantages of reduced premiums to a prospective bonus in the shape of an addition to their policies, have constructed a new scale, based on the safest and most approved data, viz. the Experience Tables recently compiled by a Committee of Actuaries from the records of seventeen of the leading London offices, including the Amicable and the Equitable.

The Society now offers the following advantages:

The Lowest Scale of Premium which can be safely adopted.

Other ages at proportionate rates.

Undoubted security guaranteed by a large capital, an influential proprietary, the long standing of the office, and the satisfactory results of its business.

Facility in the settlement of claims, which are payable within three months from the date of proof.

Liberty to travel in any part of Europe without extra premium.
Loans equivalent to the value of the policies.

To those who desire to secure the advantages of a prospective bonus, by a small additional outlay, the deed of settlement assigns four-fifths of the profit. Bonuses may be commuted for equivalent reductions of premium at the option of the assured, by which arrangement the amount originally assured may be kept up at a continually decreasing cost.

Insurances effected on joint as well as on single lives, for short terms or otherwise, and to meet any specified contingency.

Premiums may be paid in one sum, or in any other equitable manner to meet the convenience of the public.

The age of the life assured is admitted on the policy at the time of effecting the assurance, or at any other time, on production of satisfactory proof.

Every information and assistance will be given to assurers, either at the offices, No. 7, Waterloo Place, London, or by the Society's agents, established in all principal towns. Jan. 1847.

J. LODGE, Secretary and Actuary.

HE following SPLENDID SHIPS, belonging to

Trade, will leave GRAVESEND at the appointed dates.

Each Ship carries an experienced Surgeon.

Destination,

Madras & Calcutta
Bombay direct
Madras & Calcutta
Ditto
Cape & Calcutta..
Calcutta direct....
Ditto
Cape & Madras ..

For Freight or Passage, apply to the respective Commanders, at the Jerusalem Coffee-house; or to WIMBLE and ALLPORT, with Messrs. WIGRAM, 156, Leadenhall-street.

Overland Newspaper for India, China, and the Colonies.

The "HOME NEWS" and

"LONDON MAIL."

"HOME NEWS," with which is now incorpoTed the LONDON MAIL," is regularly issued on the 7th and 24th

of each Month, in time for the despatch via Marseilles, all intelligence of interest for the reader in India being brought down to the latest hour.

Messrs. GRINDLAY and Co. have the pleasure to announce that arrangements have been made for incorporating with the "HOME NEWS," the distinguishing features of the "LONDON MAIL." They refer to the MILITARY, COMMERCIAL, and INDIAN NEWS, the greater portion of which has been selected and arranged by the late Editor of the "LONDON MAIL," whose contributions to those departments in his own Journal attained for i the wide circulation, high position, and public confidence, by which it was distinguished as a Journal for India.

The Proprietors of the "HOME NEWS" beg to assure the subscribers to the "LONDON MAIL," that no effort will be wanting on their part to prevent regret for the demise of that Journal, and the transfusion of its spirit into these columns. The only change which this incorporation has occasioned, is an addition of eight pages to the twenty-four of which the "HOME NEWS" originally consisted, making a whole of thirty-two pages, without any alteration of its present portable and convenient form; and they venture with some confidence to express a hope that the talent they have secured for its conduct, the peculiar resources at their own command, and their practical knowledge of the information most acceptable to the Indian public-especially as it regards the Civil and Military services-will give the "HOME NEWS," embracing as it now does the leading merits of the "LONDON MAIL," at once a place in the first rank among the Journals for India.

Parties desiring to have the "HOME NEWS" forwarded regularly without further trouble to their friends in India, should apply to Messrs. GRINDLAY and Co. or through any respectable Newsman in Town or Country at the Offices of the "HOME NEWS," 16, Cornhill, and Green-arbour Court, Old Bailey.

The price of the "HOME NEWS" is 9d. for each copy, or 18s. per
annum, payable in advance.

Maidstone Agincourt... Gloriana

City of Poonah

True Briton.............

Duke of Argyll Vernon. Northumberland

Madagascar Malabar

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800 1000 900

Owen Glendower

1000

E. Hight

700

W. H. Pare..............

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JAMES BARBER and Co. 17, St. Mary Axe.

Aug. 10

INDIA JOIN acturing Outfitters, 6s, NDIA.-JOHN BESEMERES and SONS, Tailors, Houndsditch, present their establishment to Officers, Civilians, and Passengers about to leave for India, as combining facilities for the production and supply of Superfine Clothing for India, ready-made Linen Shirts, and every kind of Under Clothing at value. They also manufacture Cabin and Camp Solid Furniture for outfit and subsequent use. Peculiar Waterproof Overland Trunks, One Guinea each.-Priced estimates in detail, with every particular, sent by post.

Communications for the Editor, and Advertisements, should be sent under cover to Messrs. Wm. H. Allen & Co., 7, Leadenhall-street.

COUNTRY AGENTS:

Edinburgh, W. Blackwood and Sons; Charles Smith.
Dublin, Hodges and Smith.
Brighton, C. Booty.

LONDON:-Printed by CHARLES WYMAN, of 16, Castelnau Villas, in the Parish of Barnes, in the County of Surrey, 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 County of Middlesex; and published by LANCELOT WIID, at No. 13, Catherine Street, Strand, in the Parish of St. Mary-le-Strand, in the said County.-Saturday, April 24, 1947.

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A mail for Bombay will be despatched, via Marseiles, to-morrow evening.

A mail for Ceylon, Madras, the Straits, and China, will be despatched on the morning of Thursday, the 20th inst. Letters to be in time should be posted in London on the previous evening; but if marked via Marseilles, they will be in time if posted on the evening of Monday, the 26th.

The Hindustan, with the London mail of January 25th, arrived at Calcutta March 10,

The Queen, with the London mail of February 24th, arrived at Bombay March 31.

The Victoria, from Suez, arrived at Aden on the 29th of March.

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past, and seemed to acquiesce in it with great philosophy. The disturbances originated in personal enmity to GHOLAB SINGH; and the fact of that distinguished personage being a Sikh had nothing whatever to do with them. Then, too, with regard to the Hazareh insurrection, it turns out, that the rising was not against GHOLAB SINGH, but against the Lahore faction, whose representatives, the insurgents, as we must call them, for want of a better word, had expelled from the hills,, and shut up in the fort of Hurkeshengur, which was on the point of capitulating, when it was relieved by a strong reinforcement from Lahore, just before the new arrangement was concluded with the Jamoo chief. Lieutenant LUMSDEN, it appears, was despatched, not to make war, but to establish and consolidate the relation of peace. He has been joined by Mr. VANS AGNEW as a coadjutor, and it seems not to be doubted that they will succeed. Indeed, resistance to GHOLAB SINGH, not prompted by rival chieftains, but springing from the mere motion of the people, is a thing not to be expected. Such bursts of patriotism are not common in the East; and as those who resisted, if they were successful, would certainly not establish, nor attempt to establish, a government, under which the rights of all would be respected, and the happiness of all promoted-as like the ass in the fable, they would merely be transferred from the iron rule of one despot to the iron rule of another, it does not appear why they should shew so much aversion to GHOLAB SINGH. True, he is selfish, avaricious, treacherous, and cruel; in brief, he is no better than other Oriental chiefs, but we do not think that he is much worse; and his being under British influence will necessarily operate to keep him a little in check. If, therefore, the people brought under his rule be wise, they will act in accordance with the invitation placarded by the ticketing shopkeepers, "Give us a fair trial."

LAHORE enjoys a degree of quietness which it has not for a long time known. The rumour that the life of TEJ SINGH was in danger, is now said to have originated with himself, the object being to bring his enemies into trouble. Thus we have RICHARD OF GLO'STER acted again in a place where his name was never heard. The finances of Lahore are, as might be expected, in most "admired disorder," but efforts are making to reduce the chaotic mass to shape, and with every probability of success.

SHERE MAHOMED, ex-Ameer of Meerpore, the " Lion of Meerpore," as he has been called, has, after four years' wandering, surrendered himself to Colonel LAWRENCE, and retired from public life upon a pension.

From AFFGHANISTAN we receive a confirmation of the

news of the death of AKBAR KHAN, and a dark and terrible rumour accompanies the confirmation. It is denied that the wuzeer died of delirium tremens, as reported; and the event is ascribed to poison-prepared, it is said-by his father. Such things have happened amid the dark and unscrupulous expedients of Oriental policy; but it requires something more than mere assertion to reconcile us to the belief of such a deed, even though an Indian prince is represented as the actor. The character of DosT MAHOMED, moreover, does not lend credit to the rumour; for, compared with the ordinary run of the class to which he belongs, it would be unjust to describe him as prone to deeds of blood. At present we must be satisfied with knowing that AKBAR KHAN is dead-for any trustworthy account of the circumstances of his death we must wait.

From SCINDE we have little more than the following sketch of the movements of our robber neighbours :

:

"The notorious robber Islam Khan has again been annoying our borders the Doomkies, Boogties, Murrees, and Jekranees, have all been long plundering each other. Capt. Jacob, with a detachment of the Scinde Irregulars, guards the marches, but is unable to get within sight of the freebooters, so shy are they grown of his society. The Boogtie chief having swept the country, resolved to make an incursion on our old allies the Dodah Murree tribe, and pushed on in considerable strength for Kahun. His intentions were discovered, his movements watched, and a reception prepared for him such as he little expected. The Murrees having prepared an ambush, took their enemies by surprise, and assailed them when straggling down by a watering-place near Kahun. Six hundred are said to have fallen or been left severely wounded on the field-amongst these were nine chiefs of note: two hundred and fifty horses were taken. Only one of the assailants was slain. Islam Khan is now shut up amongst the mountains. Hostile tribes are on one side of him; on the other he is cut off by the Scinde horse from the supplies usually drawn by him from Ali Moorad's dominions; so that he will speedily have the alternative of starving where he is, facing his mountain enemies, or surrendering himself into our hands."

The GOVERNOR-GENERAL and the COMMANDER-INCHIEF it is expected are now at Simla.

The commercial news from Calcutta is not very gratifying, although the intelligence received there from this country of an increased demand for rice, and of the permission to use sugar for brewing and distillation had given some increased degree of activity to the market for those articles. This however was counteracted by the scarcity of tonnage and the consequent high rates of freight. Money, too, as in this country, was scarce; the banks having raised the rates of interest to 12 per cent. (the legal maximum) on private bills, and to 8 per cent. on government acceptances. Under these circumstances the face of affairs was, on the whole, gloomy.

MADRAS and BOMBAY offer scarcely any thing sufficiently important to report. The latter presidency furnishes a favourable report as to the health of the people, but the. weather, which agrees with every body else, seems unsuitable to the constitutions of lawyers, for both the judges of the Supreme Court have been indisposed. The state of commercial affairs would seem, from the following report of the Chamber of Commerce, to be not more satisfactory at Bombay than at Calcutta :

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"The import market manifests continued and increasing dulness. The scarcity of money generally felt has checked business, and there seems to be very little inquiry for transmission to the interior, while local wants would appear to have been satisfied by the purchases made in February last, and in the early part of March. The offers for nearly every description of goods are much lower than they were lately, and many parties in consequence are actually refusing to shew their stocks in hand."

BENGAL.

THE GOVERNMENT ORDER FOR THE SUSPENSION OF PUBLIC WORKS UPON THE SABBATH-DAY.

In the opening discourse of the Lent Lectures, the bishop called attention to this most admirable order, and observed, that in his judgment it was the most important public step which bad been taken in favour of religion since the establishment of the British power in India. He further observed, that he had in his own name and that of his clergy, offered a thankful acknowledgment of this great boon to the Governor-General. We are most happy in being allowed to lay before our readers a copy of the letter conveying the sentiments of his lordship and the clergy upon this occasion:

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.

Bishop's Palace, Calcutta, Feb. 2, 1847.

MY LORD, I beg permission, in the names of the Reverend Clergy in and around Calcutta, to return you our best acknowledgments for the important order which has just been issued by you with respect to the due observance of the Christian Sabbath.

Last evening the monthly semi-official synod of the bishop, archdeacon, and clergy took place; and I was requested to convey to your lordship the strong feelings of gratitude to Almighty God, and of thanks to yourself as the instrument of His mercy, with which every heart was animated.

We did not think it befitting us to call any public meeting on the occasion, lest we should seem to be assuming to pass a judgment on the measures of Government, but in our private capacity in monthly meeting we thought we might, without danger of misunderstanding, express our respect and thankfulness to your lordship for this most important prohibition of government works on the Sunday.

For myself I can truly assure you, that no step so momentous for the religious interests of this country has, as I think, been taken during the fourteen or fifteen years of my Indian residence. The suppression of Suttees and Thugs was of a different character. Horrid infractions of the first laws of humanity were then put down.

But the suspension of public works on the Lord's day is a direct acknowledgment of the divine authority and perpetual obligation of this primeval Institution, ordained by the Almighty in Paradise, as the portion of rest to be allowed to man for religious repose and worship in every age, and incorporated afterwards in the moral law.

The Heathen and Mahomedans will see that we have a religion.

The numerous Christian officers and superintendents of government works will be relieved from the necessity of desecrating God's holy day.

Nor can we doubt that the Great Arbiter of the universe will honour the British power in India, while that power puts honour on this distinguishing feature of the Christian faith. With our united prayers for your Lordship's health and the success of your administration,

DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. The annual ceremony of distributing scholarships and prizes to the students of the Government Institutions, was beld in the Town-hall, yesterday forenoon. The Honourable DeputyGovernor, Sir Herbert Maddock, and suite, were present, as also the Hon. F. Millett, the Hon. C. H. Cameron, D. Elliott, Esq., E. M. Gordon, Esq., J. W. Colville, Esq, Col. Burlton, G. A. Bushby, Esq., F. J. Halliday, Esq.; E. A. Samuells, Esq., C. Beadon, Esq., a company of ladies and gentlemen, together with a large assemblage of native gentlemen, among whom were Rajah Radacunth Bahadoor, Rajah Kallee Kishen Babadoor, and Rajah Sutto Churn Ghosaul. The hall was crowded both with spectators and students, the latter including those belonging to the four of the Government Institutions, namely the Hindu, Mahommedan, and Sanscrit colleges and the Russapugla school. The report of the first mentioned of these institutions was read by Baboo Russomoy Dutt. With reference to the instructive arrangements of the Hindu college, one or two points were particularly mentioned in the report. Mr. Newmarch having offered his services, has been appointed, under sanction of the Government, as Lecturer of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. The chair of civil engineering has not yet been filled. Mr. Lodge delivered a course of lectures in natural and