the dissenting interest is predominant, and that success depends on conciliating that interest: who could believe, if the fact were not before us, that Mr. DUNCOMBE and Mr. WAKLEY should be the chosen representatives of the descendants of the Puritans? To the uninitiated, it would seem that there could be little sympathy between the electors and the elected; neither the opinions nor the habits of the representatives partake of the severity which characterizes those of the electors. Between the omnibus box at the Opera and the chapel in Spa Fields there is at least as great a distance morally as topographically; yet Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE is the chosen of Finsbury. His coadjutor is less known in the world of fashion, but we never heard whether his opinions were Presbyterian or Independent, nor to what congregation he belonged. Perhaps the electors of Finsbury are better informed on these matters than we are. We could refer to instances more astounding even than those which we have quoted-instances which would seem to shew that whatever may be the qualifications required for the representative of a religious constituency, religion itself is not one of them. A candidate, to insure success, must, as elsewhere, submit to be catechized on certain points, and on those he must satisfy the electors; he must declare war to the knife against all existing institutions, good, bad, and indifferent; but he may believe in God or not, as it may please him. A curious peculiarity in the present aspect of politics is the complete breaking up of the old divisions of party. Some well-meaning persons seem disposed to congratulate themselves on this, and to imagine that a regard to the public good, and to that alone, will hereafter be the guiding star of statesmen. We are not so sanguine. The destruction of party is, in truth, an unfavourable sign of the times. Parties heretofore have represented principles. They might not always adhere to them with perfect consistency-the leaders might often be more anxious for their personal interests than for the success of the principles which they upheld, and many of their followers in Parliament were undoubtedly always in that position; but still, the contest was never purely personal. Principles were evoked, and the triumph of the party was, temporarily at least, a triumph of the principle which held it together. We believe that, in a free government, parties must exist—that is, if freedom is to continue; that there is no other way of securing to a nation that noblest boon, the source of so many other blessings. Auguring well for our country, we contemplate, therefore, a reconstruction of parties. How this will be brought about, or what principles will furnish the bond of connection, we pretend not to predict. It may be effected by means of which at present no human being dreams. But come it must in some way, or politics will become a game of mere personal interest; every one engaging in it seeking personal objects, not in connection with the triumph of some great principle, but in utter disregard of every thing beside. RAILWAY PROCEEDINGS. EAST-INDIA RAILWAY. A special general meeting of this company was held on the 6th ult. The report was read and adopted. The company have agreed to construct two sections of the proposed railway, one in Upper and the other in Lower India, to expend thereon 3,000,0004, to carry mails free of cost, and the troops and military stores at the lowest fares charged. The East-India Com pany to guarantee a minimum dividend of five per cent. per annum on sums which in the course of three years from the date of the railway company signing the first contract shall not exceed that sum. The guarantee to continue twenty-five years; the dividend, payable half-yearly in London, to commence as soon as 100,000l. shall have been paid into the East-India Com. pany's treasury. The East-India Company to provide the land for the railway, free of charge or expense for ninety-nine years. When the profits exceed five per cent. per annum, the excess to be divided between the East-India Company and the railway company until the advances received by the former body shall have been repaid. Out of 66,000 shares issued in London, 37,000 have been registered. There is 20,000l. of the Com pany's funds in hand, with which to commence operations. A call of 1 or 21. per share will shortly be made, to complete the deposit of 100,000l. Mr. M. Stephenson, with his staff, will leave in September. A resolution was put towards completing the amalgamation with the Great Western of Bengal. The alteration made in the terms between the East-India Company and the railway company are as follows: an increase inthe guarantee of one per cent., an extension in the time of such guarantee of ten years, and a reduction in the deposit of 400,000l. A board of management in India has been appointed, consisting of Mr. M. Stephenson, Mr. A. Adams, and Mr. A. Beeston, who leave on the 20th inst. The passages of the following gentlemen are already secured: Messrs. E. M. Daniel, S. C. Brees, C. Brumell, M. Edwards, Ure, Jenkinson, Slater. CEYLON RAILWAY. The following remarks on the undertaking are extracted from a recent issue of the Times. It will be observed that the terms between the Government and the railway Company coincide in almost every particular with those effected between the EastIndia Company and the East-Indian Railway Company: "The Ceylon Railway is intended to connect the producible districts of the interior with the shipping port of Colombo. It will run to Kandy, and its length will be seventy miles. The great object is to facilitate the transport of the great staple, coffee, the production of which, under the present system, suffers greatly from want of roads and means of carriage. The time occupied in conveying imported articles up to Kandy, in bullock-carts, is now from ten to twelve days, and it takes half that period to bring produce down; exposure to weather, risk of plunder, and cost of storage while the produce is awaiting means of transport, being amongst the prominent disadvantages. The capital of this company is 1,000,000l., and the rough estimate of the cost of the line is 798,2001. It is wisely proposed, in the first instance to lay down only a single line of rails (with the exception of three or four miles at one point, to form a passing place for the up and down trains), but land will be taken for double rails, so as to admit of the addition afterwards. The portion immediately to be constructed will consist of not more than thirty-two miles, at a cost of 258,7951., estimated (apparently upon fair calculation) to yield an ample dividend; and the following are the terms which have been acceeded to, both by the colonial execu tive and the home governments, viz. I. Five per cent. to be guaranteed to the company out of the revenues of the colony, to commence as soon as one-fifth of the capital is paid up. II. The dividends to be payable in London. III. Half of any profits in excess of five per cent. to be applied in repayment of advances which may have been made by the Government in conse quence of the above guarantee, and after the liquidation of that claim, the whole of the profits to go to the shareholders. IV. Government to give the land free of cost for a term of ninety-nine years. V. Government to have the option of purchasing the line at the end of fifty years, at a price which shall not exceed the original cost in more than a certain proportion, which may be defined to cover a fair colonial rate of interest on the outlay. VI. The line to revert to Government ninety-nine years after its opening. VII. The company to carry the mails gratuitously, and Government stores and troops at the lowest rates for goods and passengers, or for such fixed allow. ances as may be agreed upon.' MISCELLANEOUS. SIR HARRY SMITH.-The sum of £320 has been collected at Glasgow for a testimonial to this distinguished officer. DEPARTURE OF SIR H. SMITH.-The Cambrian, 36, just commissioned by Capt. Plumsted, which is to relieve the Fox on the East-India and China station, was selected to take out the new governor to the Cape; but as she will not be fitted in time, Sir Harry will proceed by a merchantman,-the Vernon. A handsome banquet is to be given to the gallant general on the eve of his departure, by the military, naval, and civil inhabitants of Portsmouth.-Times. THE LATE GENERAL M'CASKILL.-On the representation of a clergyman in Skye, Sir R. Peel, on the 29th of June, 1846, recommended to the Queen to bestow a pension of 50l. per annum on each of the two surviving sisters of the late Sir John M'Caskill. As a further proof of the benevolence of our beloved sovereign, her Majesty has commanded Lord John Russell to offer the amiable ladies in question an additional pension of 50%. a year; so that the Misses M'Caskill will forthwith enjoy an annual pension of 1007. each. The substantial and wellmerited token of her Majesty's goodness cannot fail to be grati fying to the public at large, when it is considered that the Misses M Caskill lost three worthy brothers in the service of their sovereign and country, before they were deprived of their only surviving brother, the late gallant Major-General Sir John M'Caskill, K. C. B., who was killed at the battle of Moodkee. The following note was addressed by Lord John Russell to each of the ladies in question : Downing Street, 17th July, 1847. Madam,-I have received the Queen's commands to offer you an additional pension of 50l. a year, in consideration of the eminent military services of the late Sir John M'Caskill. It gives me great pleasure to be the organ of communicating to you her Majesty's gracious intentions. -Globe. I have the honour to be, &c. J. RUSSELL. MONUMENT TO THE 53RD REGIMENT AT SHREWSBURY.-A large mural monument was lately placed in the vestibule of St. Chad's Church, Shrewsbury, in commemoration of the brave men belonging to the 53rd, or Shropshire Regiment, who fell during the late war in India. The cost of this handsome memorial, which amounted to £200, was defrayed by the surviving officers of the corps, who liberally forwarded the money to complete the monument to Colonel Frederick Hill, with a wish that it might be placed in any situation that he might consider most appropriate. The monument stands about eight feet high, and is of white marble set in a black ground, and decorated with military accoutrements, correctly sculptured in alto relievo. It bears an appropriate inscription, which includes the names of all the members of the regiment-privates as well as officers-who fell at Aliwal, at Sobraon, and at the relief of Loodiana on the Sutlej.-Globe. RETURN OF REGIMENTS.-In furtherance of the resolution of the authorities to withdraw six of the European regiments serving in India, the 17th Foot, and part of the 62nd have arrived in England. The other regiments under orders to return, are the 21st Fusileers, the 4th, the 28th, the 50th, and the 62nd foot. The last mentioned corps is already on its passage home.- United Service Gazette. CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN INDIA.-We are glad to learn that the Directors of the East-India Company are not disposed to relax in their efforts to encourage the production of cotton in India. On the 29th July the directors of the Manchester Commercial Association addressed a letter to the Court, urging upon their attention the great importance of constructing a good road for wheeled carriages from the coast into the district of Dharwar, which seems from recent experiments to have the best climate in India for the production of the American varieties of cotton. They also pointed out the desirableness of providing an abundant supply of handsaw gins, which are much needed for the purpose of cleaning the cotton thoroughly, and with the requisite despatch. To that letter the following answer has been received: "East India House, Aug. 13th, 1847. "Sir, I am commanded by the Court of Directors of the EastIndia Company to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ult., in which, on behalf of the Manchester Commercial Association, you solicit the Court's attention to the expediency of facilitating the means of transit from the cotton districts on the western side of India to the ports of shipment, and also of providing an increased supply of bandsaw gins for the purpose of cleaning cotton. In reply, I am directed to acquaint you, that the important subject of improving the lines of communication between the interior and the coast has not failed to receive the serious consideration of the Court. The road to which you particularly refer, viz. from Dharwar via Hooblee to Sircy, and thence to the port of Compta, has been carefully surveyed, and the Court have now under their consideration a plan for converting the existing bullock-road from Compta vid Damarang Ghaut to the Dharwar frontier into a carriage-road; and they have already sanctioned a considerable outlay for the construction of the portion of the road between Hooblee and the Ma. dras frontier, a distance of about twenty miles. Other important works for the same purpose are also in progress, or are about to be proceeded with, in the districts of Candeish, Canara, Malabar, and Coimbatore. With respect to the provision of saw gins, I am desired to acquaint you that the Court have already taken the necessary measures for forwarding a large supply of saws from Bombay, with the least practicable delay, and that they have also engaged the services of a competent engineer to superintend the manufacture of the gins. "I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, "Hugh Fleming, Esq." OFFICERS FOR INDIA. - The following officers have been selected to embark for India with detachments of their several regiments. Of the 10th Royal Light Dragoons, Capt. M. Stedman; Lieut. R. E. Blake; Cornets R. Clements, E. Stacy. Of the 78th Highlanders, Lieut. T. J. D. Reed; Ens. D. D. Grahame. Of the 60th Rifles, Capt. H. Bingham; Lieut. R. T. E. Robertson. Of the 28th Foot, Lieut. T. L. A. Messiter. Of the 86th (Royal County Down), Capt. T. A. Rawlins; Lieuts. J. J. Gordon, R. P. O'Shea; Ensigns H. C. Bowan, the Hon. W. H. Lysaght. PRINCE WALDEMAR will return to London in the second week of the present month. He has latterly been on a visit at Braemer Lodge to the Duke of Leeds, where he was met by the reigning Duke of Nassau. His highness then went on a visit to Dalmohoy Castle, after a short sojourn at Stirling, Linlithgow and Edinburgh, on his way from Blair Athol, where his highness honoured the Duke and Duchess of Athole with a visit. NEW ZEALAND.-It is stated that 300 out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital will shortly leave Belfast for Auckland, as settlers. SUMATRA.-Moeara Rampeh, on the eastern coast of this island, has been declared a free port by the Governor-general of Netherlands India. MR. J. H. STOCQUELER has requested us to contradict the statement which has been going the round of the Indian papers, to the effect that he is about again to resume his editorial duties in the East. INDIA AND AUSTRALIA ROYAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. -Under this title a company has been formed and incorporated for increasing the means of steam communication between England to India, and extending them to the colonies in the Southern Pacific, the only portions of the British empire unconnected by steam navigation with the parent state. The route proposed by the company is by Egypt, Ceylon, Singapore, and Port Essington to Sydney; and this, it is hoped to accomplish within sixty-five days. The charter received the great seal on the 6th of August. WHAT DO THE MEN OF SALT WANT?-We believe that every concession which was asked by the White Salt Committee in 1845, has now been granted. Under the disinterested advice of Mr. Aylwin, the proprietors have since risen in their demands, and ask for the total abolition of the monopoly, a request which those who are entrusted with the duty of providing funds for the goverment of India, will not be so silly as to grant. Neither indeed would it prove in the smallest degree beneficial to the interest of those who are so ill advised as to ask it. The only chance which the White Salt Proprietors can enjoy of being able to establish a profitable trade in Salt to Bengal is dependent on the continuance of the monopoly, the direct influence of which is to keep up the price of indigenous Salt, and thus to afford the importer some prospect of a successful competition. A free trade in foreign salt, and the monopoly of the domestic manufacture by Government are essential in an equal degree to the success of their speculations. If Government were to throw open the manfacture to the natives, and for the realization of the revenue, to impose the same amount of excise duty on the indigenous Salt of Bengal which they imposed of customs duty on the importation of English Salt, there would be an imme. diate end of all imports. The natives would manufacture their Salt at so cheap a rate as to set all rivalship at defiance.Friend of India, July 8. ENGAGEMENT OF SHIPS.-The Earl of Hardwicke has been engaged for the conveyance of troops to Calcutta, and the John Brewer and Diana for the same purpose to Bombay. SHIPPING. ARRIVALS. AUG. 23. Argyll, late M'Pherson, Bengal.-24. Rookery, Greig, Portland Bay; Hudson, Mickleburg, Singapore.-26. Larkins, Santry, Madras; William Hyde, Stewart, New South Wales; Manila, Harrison, Bengal; Quentin Leitch, Gray, and Phanix, Graves, Bombay.-27. Rajasthan, Stewart, Bombay; William Mitchell, M'Lachlan, Lombock; Lady Peel, Williams, Bengal and Demerara; Orient, Wales, and Adelaide, Wharton, Bengal; George Henrich, Henrichsen, Singapore.-28. Wellington, Vellacott, Madras ; Rambler, De Gruchy, Mauritius; Caledonia, Liddle, New South Wales; Eleanor, Smith, Maulmein; Bengalee, Fisher, Bombay; Bangalore, Tweedie, Bengal; H. M. steamer Rattler, River Plate; Liffey, Cuthbert, Coringa; Amity, Blacklock, Mauritius; Ann Grant, Foreman, New South Wales; Amelia Mulholland, Wilkinson, Mauritius.-30. Adam Smith, White, Cape of Good Hope; Jane, Roach, Ceylon; Thalia, Volum, Hobart Town; Kilmaurs, Lawler, Port Philip; Ione, Robb, Mauritius; Hyderabad, M'Donald, Bengal; Madura, Smith, Madras; Jane Catherine, Hewett, Madras; Royal Sheperdess, Ceylon; Antilles, Miller, New South Wales; Louisa Monro, Harding, Akyab; Tiber, Richardson, Batavia; Mary Ann, Palmer, Bengal; Daphne, Simpson, Algoa Bay.-31. Vanguard, Norris, Mauritius; Caroline, Wilson, South Seas; Borneo, Davidson, Penang. DEPARTURES. From the Downs.-AUG. 20. Colombo, Ritchie, Aden.-21. Freeland, McKenzie, Bordeaux and Mauritius.-23. Bell, Mitchell, Calcutta ; Apolline, Gardner, Madras; Glenelg, Bannatyne, Ceylon and Bombay: Columbus, Short, Aden.-24. Windermere, Ross, Hobart Town.-26. Jessie, Anderson, Cape; Punjaub, Palmer, and Duke of Bedford, Thornhill, Calcutta; Triumph, Bing, Singapore; Derwent, McPherson, Adelaide.-28. Prince of Wales, Hopkins, Calcutta; City of Adelaide, Young, Cape.-30. Hindostan, West, Bombay. From LIVERPOOL.-AUG. 24. Hudson, Pines, New South Wales; Georgina, Williams, Calcutta.-26. Sir Howard Douglas, Ogilvy, Bombay.-27. Loodianah, Heron, Calcutta. From the CLYDE.-AUG. 20. Malabar, Adam, Bombay.-23. Tomatin, Turner, Calcutta.-26. Sultan, Main, Batavia and Singapore. GRANTED AN EXTENSION OF LEAVE. CIVIL. Bengal Estab.-Mr. Robert B. Morgan, 6 months, on sick certificate. Bombay Estab.-Mr. John N. Rose, 1 month, on private affairs. RESIGNATION OF THE SERVICE ACCEPTED. CIVIL. Bombay Estab.-Mr. Henry H. Glass. PERMITTED TO RETIRE FROM THE SERVICE. MILITARY. Bengal Estab.-Capt. Thomas H. G. Besant, invalids. Bombay Estab.-Lieut. col. John Saunders, 24th N.I. LIST OF RANK. VOLUNTEERS FOR THE BENGAL PILOT SERVICE. (In continuation of the List dated 5th May, 1847.) To rank from the date of the sailing from Gravesend of the ship on which he embarked : Irving Brock Miles, per Collingwood, sailed 30th June, 1847. To rank from the date of the sailing from Portsmouth of the ships on which they embarked:— Chas. James Little, per Barham, sailed 30th June, 1847. To rank from the date of the sailing from Gravesend of the ship by which he embarked: Joseph Bright Gooch, per Ellenborough, sailed 18th July, 1847. To rank from the date of the sailing from Portsmouth of the ship on which he embarked : Augustus Charles Hoole, per Southampton, sailed 26th To rank from the date of the sailing from Gravesend of the ship on which he embarked : Chas. Louis Clarke, per Monarch, sailed 28th July, 1847. EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FOR INDIA. Per Hindostan, for Bombay, from Gravesend, Aug. 28.-189 troops. Officers: Capt. Bingham, 60th rifles; Lieut. Robertson and Ens. Graham, 78th foot, and Assist. surg. Wigstrom, 14th light dragoons. Per Mary, for Bombay, from Gravesend, Aug. 28.-160 troops. Officers: Capt. Stedman, Lieut. Blake, and Cornets Clements and Stacey, 10th hussars; Lieut. Reed, 78th foot. LITERARY NOTICES. The Victories of the British Armies, with Anecdotes illustrative of Modern Warfare. By the Author of "Stories of Waterloo," "The Bivouac," "The Life of Wellington," &c. &c. A new edition completed to the present time. London, 1847. H. G. Bohn. Mr. MAXWELL'S "Victories of the British Armies " is too well known to permit of our entering into a critical examination of its merits. The reputation which it acquired on its first appearance has in nowise diminished, but on the contrary increased. The descriptive parts are written with an eloquence rarely surpassed; the author's ardent love of his subject enduing him with no ordinary enthusiasm. The following passages may be selected as specimens of his style. We need scarcely remark that the battle is Waterloo. anew. "But the situation of Wellington momentarily became more critical. Masses of the enemy had fallen, but thousands came on With desperate attachment, the French army passed forward at Napoleon's command-and although each advance terminated in defeat and slaughter, fresh battalions crossed the valley, and mounting the ridge with cries of Vive l'Empereur!' exhibited a devotion which never had been surpassed. Wellington's reserves had been gradually brought into action-and the left, though but partially engaged, could not be weakened to send assistance to the right and centre. Many battalions were miserably reduced; and the fifth division, already cut up at Quatre Bras on the evening of the 16th, presented but a skeleton of what these beautiful brigades had been when they left Brussels two days before. The loss of individual regiments was prodigious. The 27th had four hundred men mowed down in square without drawing a trigger; it lost all its superior officers; and a solitary subaltern who remained, commanded it for half the day. Another, the 92nd regiment, when not two bundred were left, rushed at a French column and routed it with the bayonet; and a third, the 33rd, when nearly annihilated, sent to require support-none could be given; and the commanding officer was told that he must 'stand or fall where he was!'"' The memorable and decisive charge is thus described. "Then came the hour of British triumph. The magic word was spoken Up, Guards, and at them!' In a moment the household brigade were on their feet: then waiting till the French closed, they delivered a murderous volley, cheered, and rushed forward with the bayonet, Wellington in person directing the attack. With the 42nd and 95th, the British leader threw himself on Ney's flank, and rout and destruction succeeded. In vain their gallant chief attempted to rally the recoiling Guard; but driven down the hill, the Middle were intermingled with the Old Guard, who had formed at the bottom in reserve. In this unfortunate mêlée, the British cavalry seized on the moment of confusion, and plunging into the mass, cut down and disorganized the regiments which had hitherto been unbroken. The British artillery ceased firing-and those who had escaped the iron shower of the guns, fell beneath sabre and bayonet. The unremediable disorder consequent on this decisive repulse, and the confusion in the French rear, where Bulow had fiercely attacked them, did not escape the eagle glance of Wellington. The hour is come!' he is said to have exclaimed, as, closing his telescope, he commanded the whole line to advance. The order was exultingly obeyed; and, forming four deep, on came the British. Wounds, and fatigue, and hunger, were all forgotten, as with their customary steadiness they crossed the ridge; but when they saw the French, and began to move down the hill, a cheer that seemed to rend the heavens pealed from their proud array, as with levelled bayonets they pressed on to meet the enemy." Napoleon's departure after the battle must be our last quotation. "What Napoleon's feelings were when he witnessed the overthrow of his guard-the failure of his last hope-the deathblow to his political existence, cannot be described, but may be easily imagined. Turning to an aide-de-camp, with a face livid with rage and despair, he muttered in a tremulous voice- A present c'est fini !— sauvons nous;' and turning his horse, he rode hastily off towards Charleroi attended by his guide and staff." We have read this work again with unqualified satisfaction, and we could not refrain from quoting the above spirited passages, though some of our readers may have met them before. This edition contains some additional chapters on the recent Indian campaign, written in Mr. Maxwell's best style. The volume is embellished with the following fine engravings; portraits of General Baird, Sir John Moore, Picton, and the Marquis of Anglesey, and a picture by Cooper of Col. Maxwell's last charge at Assaye. The present edition reflects great credit on the spirited publisher, Mr. Bohn. Tales about Animals. By PETER PARLEY. Tenth edition, greatly enlarged. With upwards of five hundred engravings on wood. London, 1847. W. Tegg and Co. CONVEYANCE OF STORES TO INDIA. East-India House, London, 31st Aug. 1847. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST-INDIA COMPANY hereby give notice, THE That the Finance and Home Committee will be ready on Wednesday, the 8th September, before 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to receive Tenders for the freight of STORES from England to Calcutta, in ships of the burthen of 400 tons register and upwards, O.M., or 500 tons register and upwards, N. M. The Tenders to be made according to a form which may be had at the Marine Branch of the Secretary's Office, at this House, with conditions annexed. The freight to be payable thus, viz. one-third part in England, and the remaining two-thirds in India, on the delivery of the stores at Calcutta, after the rate or exchange of 1s. 10d. per Company's rupee. N.B.-No Tender will be received unless made and filled in according to the form prescribed. The Stores consist of about 98 tons of Dead Weight (Coals). 90 10 " Dead Weight, including a Planing Machine, the largest package WHEN our readers understand that this little work has reached a tenth edition, they will agree with us that it is almost unnecessary to descant on its merits; but the additions made to the book in its present form almost justify us in regarding it as a new work, rather than a new edition of an old one. From the publisher's advertisement we learn that the "number of articles is nearly doubled, the quantity of letterpress more than doubled, and no less than two hundred and twenty woodcuts added." The engravings are of an excellence very unusual in works intended for children's reading. The fidelity in the sketches to the animals portrayed is striking. The work contains very good descriptions of the various living inhabitants of nature's king- THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST-INDIA dom, and is bountifully sprinkled with interesting anecdotes. Altogether it is as nice a little book to put into the hands of a child as could possibly be desired. Its printing is good, and the smart red binding and gilt edges will be sure to please the youthful fancy. The Swiss Question; a Brief Statement of Facts. London, CONVEYANCE OF STORES TO INDIA. East-India House, London, 31st Aug. 1847. 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