morning when I stopped at his door, as I was setting out on my canvass in that county," Set ye a stout heart, my Lord, to a steep brae;" and if at any time during my course I have shewn a stout heart, it was you in this city of Edinburgh-you, who kindly, cordially supported me, and you who as cordially opposed me, who first taught me to make use of that stoutness of heart (cheers); for I verily believe, if you had accepted me then without a contest as your representative, I should in all probability have been a spoiled brat, nursed on the lap of success, and fit for nothing but a carpet knight. (A laugh). You began by giving me as hearty, undeniable, and unmistakable a thrashing as ever child received (a laugh)—imparting to me the wholesome desire, as soon as ever I could, to thrash somebody else in turn. You sent me into the world hardy and wild, ready and willing to fight any man, and struggle up the brae with my neighbours, until I find myself in the position in which I am proud now to stand. (Loud cheers.) Twice since his accession to power her Majesty's Minister had invited me to give to the confidential advisers of the Crown my co-operation and aid in official connection with the Government-once as a member of the adminis tration, once in another capacity, carrying with it political neutrality. Twice those offers were made, twice I have declined them; and if the offer of the assent of the Crown to the appointment which had been made by the Court of Directors had been accompanied by the condition that I should give political support, or even observe political neutrality, I should again have thought it my duty to decline it. (Loud cheers.) At times I feel a more than doubt of the sufficiency of my capacity and experience for the gigantic burden laid on my shoulders; but when I recollect that I have every reason to believe I shall receive from those who have appointed me, and from the Ministers of the Crown, full and unreserved confidence in the discharge of my duty; and when I recollect the numberless able, distinguished, gallant, and experienced men that crowd the ranks of every branch of the hon. service of the East-India Company, 1 have some confidence that, guiding and directing my judgment by theirs, relying on their aid and co-operation, I shall be enabled, by God's blessing on my administration, to secure the approbation of those under whom I act, by promoting the great and permanent improvement of that empire which I am sent to govern. (Loud cheers.) "Her Majesty's Ministers" was then given, and responded to by Mr. Fox Maule; and afterwards "The Court of Direc tors," responded to by the Hon, William Henry Leslie Melville. Some other toasts followed, after which the proceedings termivated. SIR H. SMITH. On the 6th Sept. Sir Harry Smith visited the 31st regiment at Walmer. Though but a short notice of his intended visit was given, every thing was prepared in a creditable style to meet him, the hero of Aliwal being drawn in his carriage from the station by the soldiers. Subsequently, a dinner was given to him. Sir Harry, in replying on his health being drunk, eulogized the 31st in strong terms. On the following morning the inspection took place, when Sir Harry addressed the soldiers assembled, and afterwards partook of a déjeuner. Sir Harry was then escorted by the people to the terminus, and the gay doings were over.The appointment of Sir Harry Smith to the Cape government was officially announced in the Gazette of the 10th. - On the 13th, Sir Harry paid a farewell visit to the Duke of Cambridge, and left for Portsmouth the same day. In the evening he dined at Lady Augusta Fitzclarence's.-Some pontoons, made of India-rubber, have been forwarded to Portsmouth for embarkation in the Vernon. They attracted the special attention of Sir Harry Smith on a late occasion, and, having been requested by that officer, they were, by the Board of Ordnance, placed at his disposal. They are capable of sustaining a 6-pound field-piece and fifty men, and are intended for the conveyance of guns and troops across the Great Fish River. Seven engineer officers go out with them.-On the 15th, at Portsmouth, a meeting took place to consider an address to be presented to Sir Harry Smith; Lord George Lennox in the chair. The address was agreed to, and presented amid cheers to Sir Harry. It contained nothing extraordinary to call for insertion here. Sir Harry returned thanks in a spirited and suitable speech, and the proceedings terminated. In the evening a dinner was given to the new Governor of the Cape by the 52nd and 43rd light infantry, and 60th rifles. About sixty sat down; Major Fraser in the chair. The usual toasts having been drunk, the chairman proposed the health of Sir Harry Smith, who briefly replied. In the course of his remarks he said, "It was said by the Duke of Wellington, When I have set the light division to do any thing which was difficult and dangerous, the next day I have found that division, with scarcely any loss, ready again to fight.' *** - The first duty of a soldier is to destroy his enemy while be saves himself. I glory not in that stupid courage which smites men down, and makes what we call a 'butcher's bill.' He is the best officer who does the most with the least loss of human life." Other toasts followed, and the festivity was kept up till midnight.-Mr. Parks has just completed a bust of Sir Harry for the town of Glasgow. It is said to be a good likeness.-On the 18th, Sir Harry reviewed the dock and victualling yard battalions; when he addressed some encouraging observations to the men. On the 23rd, with his family and staff, he embarked at the Victoria Pier, which was crowded with people to witness the departure. Bands of music were also in attendance. Shortly before one г. M. the steamer, bearing the Governor and suite, reached the Vernon, under a salute from that vessel. At three o'clock the Vernon sailed for her destination; and now, having recounted the acts of our hero up to the time of his departure from his native land, nothing is left but to wish him a prosperous voyage, a happy administration, and a safe return to England. As a conclusion to the above précis of intelligence relating to Sir Harry Smith, we give the following remarks from the Britannia of the 18th ult.:-"We see with great gratification the honours which military men have everywhere paid to this honest-hearted, brave, and intelligent officer, since his arrival in England. All men have joined in doing him honour. But we especially allude to the honours paid to him by his brothers in arms, as connected with a feeling of a peculiar and an important nature. We believe the compliment, then, to have been paid even more to his intelligence than his success. Hard fighting is the attribute of the British soldier. Success has been familiar to our officers, and in India all our battles for the last hundred years have ended in victories. But Sir Harry Smith's victory of Aliwal has been almost the only one in which military science (which is, after all, but another name for practical good sense) was mingled with English bravery. Sir Harry Smith's battle shewed the officer. He marched his troops out of the way of desultory and profitless attacks; he had formed a plan of opera tions, and he kept it. No galling of the enemy could provoke his cool sense to violate the rules of military science. When he had reached the place of his intended attack, he did not rush with his tired battalions to the charge; he gave them twentyfour hours to refresh and rest themselves. When day came, he did not send his troops headlong like a drove of bullocks to trample down the enemy's line wherever chance would take them; he fixed upon the decisive point, threw his whole force upon it, and carried the day. This was science; and since Wellesley, there has been no such battle fought in India. for this science that we believe the chief honours of military men to have been offered to Sir H. Smith. Bulldog battles are scorned by the true soldier. The genuine triumph of soldier-. ship is to conquer more by the brain than the bayonet, to force the enemy to feel himself in the hand of a master before a shot is fired, and to make a march do all the work of a massacre." MISCELLANEOUS. It is LIFE ASSURANCE.-All practical applications of science are progressive. In the commencement of any attempt to render science available to advance the well-being of the human race, difficulties seem formidable which at a later period are despised, and mistakes are committed which, as experience is gained, appear almost inconceivable. The history of life assurance tends, perhaps, more strongly than that of any similar department of scientific research, to illustrate these views. From the time when the subject was so ill understood that persons of all ages were actually required to pay the same amount of premium, down to the present time, when the adjustment of risk and premium is based upon a careful collation of the statistics of life and mortality under the unerring guidance of exact science, the progress has been as vast as it is gratifying. Life assurance is now conducted upon principles, the soundness of which cannot be questioned, and its advantages are attainable at rates fairly calculated between the assurers and the assured. Considerably less than a century ago, the law officers of the crown declined to recommend the grant of a charter to an assurance company, because, as they reported, the rates proposed were ruinously low, and must end in insolvency; yet those rates would now be thought ridiculously high, and the company, thus sentenced to a bankrupt death, went on with a continually increasing stream of prosperity till it became one of the richest associations in the world, and accumulated a surplus of some nine or ten millions, which the members were sorely puzzled to know what to do with. Premiums have been reduced, and the practice of assurance has extended itself far and wide, but there is yet room for an extension to other risks besides that of death. From the prospectus of a new establishment called "THE PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY," it appears that this point has began to engage attention. To no class of men is assurance so important as to those for whose benefit this institution is especially formed. The income of the clergyman, the lawyer, the medical practitioner, the military officer, and his brother of the navy, is dependent on the continuance of life. But in many cases the loss of health is as fatal as the loss of life; and where no provi. sion exists against the effects of such a contingency, the consequences are sometimes appalling. Here the institution above noticed affords that which is required, by giving opportunities for effecting assurances against those bodily and mental afflictions which deprive the sufferer of the power of labouring in his profession. But disease, bodily or mental, is not the only calamity to be dreaded Misfortune may come from a hundred different quarters, and to guard the assured with the company above noticed from being overwhelmed by it, a benevolent fund, raised by regularly setting aside a portion of the accumulated profits, provides the means of ministering to their relief, and even to that of their widows and orphans. This, it is believed, is a new feature in such institutions. There are two other points in which the claims of the company appear to be entitled to peculiar attention. The company will grant no policy until fully satisfied as to the necessary facts; but when a policy is once effected, they engage never to dispute a claim under it, except in the case of personation. This is an important stipu lation, for it is thought that some offices have grown rich by never paying the representatives of an assured party, if it were possible to avoid it. The other point is, that the company engage to refund all the premiums paid in any case where an assurer dies by his own hands, by duelling, or by sentence of the law; and this not as a favour, but as a claim of right. This becomes more important, as by a late decision it has been settled that suicide, though committed under the influence of insanity, vitiates a policy of assurance. Lastly, it may be observed that the terms of "The Professional Life Assurance Company," for the general business of assurance, endowments, annuities, &c., appear to be moderate and liberal. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AT MADRAS.-Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Henry Frederick Berkeley, K. C. B., has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the East-India Company's forces on the Madras establishment. BILLS OF EXCHANGE FROM INDIA.-At a special meeting of the Liverpool East-India and China Association, held on the 22nd of September, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair, it was unanimously resolved-" That in the opinion of this association the term of ten months' date, at which bills of exchange are usually drawn from Calcutta upon England, is unnecessarily long for the legitimate purposes of commerce, and gives encouragement to undue speculation and accommodation; that a bill drawn from Calcutta upon England at six months' sight, would, in the opinion of this association, afford ample facilities to the merchants connected with India for carrying on their business; that whilst this association would not wish to throw any difficulties in the way of such fair accommodation as may be necessary to the carrying on a distant trade like that with India, they are of opinion that ten months' credit upon a bill of exchange is not requisite for this purpose; that it is attended with very great risk, by giving an undue extension to credit, the disastrous effects of which the mercantile world is now experiencing-and for the foregoing reasons, and also considering it absolutely necessary to the safety of all parties connected with India, this association most strongly urge upon its members the propriety, as far as may be in their power, of discouraging the negotiation of bills of ten months' date, and of endeavouring to establish throughout the presidencies of India a uniform usage of not exceeding six months' sight for bills on England. That a copy of these resolutions be communicated to the hon. the Court of Directors of the East-India Company, with an urgent request that they may be pleased to instruct their agents in India to comply therewith; that copies be also sent to the London, Glasgow, Manchester, Calcutta, and Bombay Chambers of Commerce, and that they likewise be strongly urged to cooperate in carrying out this desirable object." EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FOR INDIA. Per Earl of Hardwicke, for Calcutta, from Gravesend, Sept. 25.-110 troops from East-India Company's depot at Warley. Officers: Major C. G. Macan, 16th Beng. N. I.; Capt. W. Ă. Cooke, 2nd Beng. N. I.; and Assist.-Surg. F. Thompson, Bengal establishment, in medical charge. SHIPPING. ARRIVALS. SEPT. 27. Abberton, Paine, Port Philip; Chasely, Weighill, China; Fairy Queen, Thompson, Algoa Bay; Herefordshire, Richardson, New York; Mary Somerville, Johnson, Bengal; Flora McDonald, McPherson, Bombay.-28. Anne Milne, Thoms, New South Wales.-29. Tamar, Hall, Hong-Kong.-30. Childe Harold, Lilley, Bombay; Earl of Lonsdale, Peile, Bengal; Lady Bruce, Liddell, Bombay; Jolly Robin, Beverley, Bengal.--Ocт. 4. John Hullett, Paddle, Mauritius; Borneo, Cunningham, Batavia. PASSENGERS EXPECTED. Per steamer Tiger, at Southampton, Oct. 7-Capt. Stubbs, Mrs. Stubbs, Mrs. F. E. Farmer, Capt. Estridge, Mrs. Estridge, Mrs. Turner, 2 children and native servant, Capt. Turner, Miss Magee, Mrs. Willoughby and native servant, Mr. Curtis, Hooduback, Hadji Mine and servant, Mr. Warnell, J. D. Elliot, J. Nelson, Seid (Arab). DEPARTURES. From the DOWNS.-SEPT. 26. Alice Maude, Williams, Port Phillip; Sir Thomas Gresham, Walmsley, Bombay; Halifax, Wright, Singapore; Lanchester, Conway, Lombock; Hugo Grotius, Glazenaar, Batavia; Tanjore, Brown, Calcutta; Morley, Hurst, Madras; Mayfield, Blenkin, Bombay; Athenian, Poyntz, Cape; Mercury, Snelling, Ascension; Boadicea, Mackay (from Shields), Manila.-27. Victory, Smith, and Imaum of Muscat, Riches (from Hartlepool), Aden; Olinda, Sinclair, Hobart Town; Louisa Baillie, Roxby, Ascension and Mauritius.-28. Inchinnan, Baillie (from Hartlepool), Calcutta; Severn, Duncan, Ceylon; Wellington, Vellacott, Cape and Madras; Prins Mauritz, Bart (from Amsterdam), Batavia.-30. Tory, Rowe, Madras; Admiral Moorsom, M'Gill, Ceylon; Johanna, Falconer, Algoa Bay.-OCT. 1. Zarah, Cornforth, Ceylon; Tynwald, Jackson, St. Helena; Kingston, Stephens, Bombay; William Darley, Cammell (from Hull), Bombay.-2. Alert, Davidson, New South Wales; Louisa Munro, Harding, Mauritius; Stag, Noakes, Port Phillip; Blanche, Abram, Algoa Bay; Labrian (from Sunderland), Calcutta ; William Gales (from Sunderland), Ceylon. From LIVERPOOL. SEPT. 27. Jane Blain, Killin, Singapore.29. Livingstone, Howell; Courier, Towerson; Earl of Liverpool, Coulthurst; and Walter Morrice, Morrice, Calcutta; Wild Irish Girl, Graham, Batavia.-30. Recorder, Sharp; and Bounty Hall, M'Beth, Calcutta ; Adam Lodge, Cook, Arracan.-Оcr. 1. Jane, M'Dowal, Hong Kong. From GALWAY.-SEPT. 27. Clifton, Kettlewell, New Zealand. From the CLYDE.-SEPT. 27. Ceylon, Le Pau, Bombay.-23. Polly, Bennie, Bombay. From GRANGEMOUTH.-SEPT. 24. Land o' Cakes, Grant, Cal. cutta. From WHITEHAVEN.-SEPT. 21. Campbell, Campbell, Mauritius. From PLYMOUTH.-SEPT. 29. Success, Ablitt, Adelaide. From HARTLEPOOL.-SEPT. 28. Albyn, Leslie, Aden; Steadfast, Spencer, Manila; Britannia, Hardie, Manila. From HAMBURGH.-SEPT. 22. Samarang, Pollock, Calcutta. From GENOA.-SEPT. 16. Marmion, Cleland, Calcutta. From PORTSMOUTH.-SEPT. 29. Marion, McKarlie, Hobart Town. From NEWPORT.-SEPT. 24. Thomas Carty, Thwaites, Cape.29. Anne Laing, Wilson, Bombay. From OPORTO.-SEPT. 14. Fanny, Smith, Hobart Town. From PORTSMOUTH.-SEPT. 30. Earl of Hardwicke, Drew, Calcutta.-28. Geyzer (steamer), Brown, Cape. From FALMOUTH.-SEPT. 30. Ájdaha (steamer), Saunders, Bombay. PASSENGERS DEPARTED. Per steamer Tagus, from SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 3, to proceed per Ariel from Malta : For MALTA.-Mis. Mackey, and 5 children, 1 female servant and 1 male do. Mr. Anderson, Mr. Windell, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Escott. For ALEXANDRIA.-Mr. C. Kerr, Capt. and Mrs. Woosman, infant and Eur. female servant, Miss Egan. Miss Huxman, Mrs. E. Walter, infant, and native female servant, Mr. Bowie, Mrs. Farquhar, infant and Eur. female servant, Miss E. Willoughby and Eur. female servant, Mr. Gibb, Miss Boyd, Miss Young, Lieut. Pattison, Mr. St. Clair Ford, Mrs. Laurie, Miss Anderson, Miss Anderson, jun. Mr. F. Minchin, Mr. A. A. West, Miss West, Mr. J. Jarvie, Mr. and Mrs. Yardley and 2 servants, Mr. Leightou, Mr. Jarvie, Mr. Minassi. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Anne and Jane, Deans, London to Hong-Kong, July 8; lat. 8 N. ; long. 20 W.-Minerva, Coleman, London to New Zealand, July 27; lat. 12 N.; long. 25 W.-Simon Taylor, Brown, London to St. Helena, August 5; lat. 16 N.; long. 21 W.-Penyard Park, Weller, London to Sydney, June 26; lat. 3 N.; long. 22 W.-Azincourt, Neatby, London to Sydney; lat. 9 N.; long. 25 W.-Augusta Jessie, Wakefield, Bordeaux to Mauritius, June 19; lat. 14 N.; long. 25 W.Glenelg, Bannatyne, London to Bombay, August 21; lat. 39 N.; long. 19 W.-Manchester, Morice, London to Caleu'ta, Sept. 7; - lat. 48 N.; long. 6 W.-Camperdown, Denny, London to Bombay; lat. 48 N.; long. 7 W.-Sutlej, Campbell, London to Madras and Bengal, Aug. 31; lat. 44 N.; long. 12 W.-H.M.'s Resistance, Plymouth to Mauritius, Aug. 11; lat. 12 N.; long. 27 W. Zion, Losh, Shields to Calcutta, Aug. 11; lat. 11 N.; long. 23 W. Bengal Merchant, Lowen, London to Bombay, August 16; lat. 14 N.; long. 26 W.-Sir George Seymour, Millman, London to New Zealand, August 19; lat. 40 N.; long. 14 W.-Lady Valiant, Turner, London to Mauritius, August 12; lat. 8 N.; long. 22 W.Mary Nixon, M'Donnell, Hartlepool to Aden, August 13; lat. 9 N.; long. 23 W.-Stratford, Butterwick, London to Mauritius, August 8; lat. 8 N.; long. 23 W.-Ayrshire, Brown, London to Calcutta, Sept. 12; lat. 47 N.; long. 9 W.-Hamlet, Wilson, London to Sydney, August 19; lat. 12 N.; long. 26 W.-Isabella Blyth, Baylis, London to Calcutta, August 12; lat. 11 N.; long. 26 W.-Maitland, Grey, London to Port Phillip, August 13; lat. 12 N.; long. 24 W. -Winchester, Milligan, London to Launceston, August 11; lat. 9 N.; long. 25 W.-Sea Lark, Humphreys, London to Calcutta, Aug. 2; lat. 11 N.; long. 24 W.-Persia, Morris, London to Bombay, July 8; lat. 34 S.; long. 17 E.-Southampton, Bowen, London to Calcutta, August 13; lat. 11 N.; long. 26 W.-Windermere, Ross, London to Hobart Town, Sept. 2; lat. 42 N.; long. 12 W.-Favorite, Haulwell, London to Madras, August 9; lat. 24 N.; long. 11 W. LITERARY NOTICES. The Chinese Speaker, or Extracts from Works written in the Mandarin Language, as spoken at Peking. Compiled for the use of Students. By ROBERT THOM, Esq., H.M. Consul at Ningpo. Part I. Part I. Ningpo. Presbyterian Missionary Press, 1846. Wang Keaou Lwan, or the Lasting Resentment of Miss Keaou Lwang Wang. A Chinese Tale founded on Fact. Translated from the original by SLOTH. Canton. THE first of the above works, the Chinese Speaker, was the last production of the late Mr. Thom. The author says, in his preface, "It was the original intention of the compiler to have pub. man says lished a far larger work. But as the Chinese proverb saith "thus and thus," heaven answers 'not so, not so."* Afflicted with severe and long-continued illness, the compiler has found himself necessitated to beg for permission to go home on sick certificate, in the hope that his native air may yet recruit his shattered constitution." But, alas! it was otherwise ordained. The preface to this work was written on the 10th of August, 1846, his last birth-day, and on the 14th of the following September he died, at the early age of thirty-nine. Such circumstances must attach peculiar interest to any work, and shew the strong bias of Mr. Thom's mind, and his ardent wish to serve his countrymen. That this work will be found eminently serviceable to any one studying the Chinese language, we have no hesi tation in saying. An author of Mr. Thom's acuteness of obser vation and acquirements could scarce fail in a work on a subject to which he had paid so great attention. Its form is arranged for the pupil to read with a native teacher. The Chinese is on the right page, and the pronunciation, in Roman character, with an English translation, on the left. The subjects are such as will be useful to all to whom the language itself is useful. "The Lasting Resentment," &c. is one of the earlier efforts of Mr. Thom. It is a translation of a Chinese story, and is entertaining from the insight into native manners and modes of conversation which such works usually afford. It is enriched with notes by its translator, which display a considerable knowledge of languages, both ancient and modern. It has been translated into German by Professor Bottgen, and has otherwise obtained considerable notice. By The Works of William Cowper. His Life and Letters. WILLIAM HAYLEY, Esq. Now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence. Edited by the Rev. T. S. GRIMSHAWE, A.M., &c. &c. Vol. V. London, 1847. W. Tegg and Co. THIS Volume, which concludes the life and letters of the poet, is in a greater degree affecting than any of the previous ones, as containing more relative to Cowper's mental affliction—an affliction brought on by his extreme sensitiveness of disposition and his inability to contend against too depressing thoughts. It is very melancholy thus to view a splendid mind and imagination destroyed by its efforts against itself; while the gradual increase of the disease, and the sufferings of the poet, as delineated partly in his own letters and partly in the accounts of others, suggest considerations of the most serious kind, and afford a striking warning against permitting the imagination to rule our thoughts and actions, unaided by the regulating influence of a sound and discriminating understanding. We know not a more distressing picture of the progress of the susceptibility of melancholy than that furnished by the poet himself in his own "Memoirs," pp. 266-305. The present volume contains some of Cowper's finest letters, those written towards the close of his unhappy life. The illustrations are, Mundesley, in Norfolk, and Weston House, Northamptonshire both equally good. : - The Parlour Library. No. VI. The Collegians; a Tale of Garryowen. By GERALD GRIFFIN. NO. VII. Highways and By-ways; or Tales of the Roadside, picked up in the French Provinces by a Walking Gentleman. By T. C. GRAT TAN, Esq., Author of the Heiress of Brugess," "Jacquel line of Holland," &c. London and Belfast, 1847. Simms and M'Intyre. FROM the above it will be seen that the spirited publishers of this cheap periodical do not relax in their endeavours to please their patrons. The former of these tales takes place in Ireland, and is founded on a fact at once astonishing and interesting. The author has worked out the plot with great skill, and made out of rather scanty materials one of the most exciting stories that we have read. It may well take its place beside John Banim's Irish stories; though for fun, we think Mr. Griffin superior to that gentleman. Highways and By-ways may be considered as the most popular, if not the best, of Mr. Grattan's productions, and we have no doubt that, in its cheap form, it will afford amusement to many to whom it was formerly inaccessible. The fearful interest of the Father's Curse is well sustained; the characters of Eugenie and Alice are drawn with considerable delicacy, and the dénouement worked up with power. Next to the Father's Curse, La Villuine tête, we think, possesses the most merit. * Very similar is the French proverb, L'homme propore mais dieu dispose. This work has been undertaken in order to meet the exigency of our dayviz. a copious and portable Hindustani Dictionary at a moderate cost. It has been the compiler's aim to accomplish this object, not by the omission or abridgment of any words and phrases, but by the adoption of a small, distinct, and economical type, whereby he is enabled to lay before the public, in one volume royal octavo, of about 1,000 pages, the most complete Hindustani Dictionary yet offered for sale. The first part-Hindustani and English-contains more words (by some thousands) than have ever been previously collected in one work by former compilers. 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