MURRAY, Assist. surg. T. fr. May 1 to 31, in ext. to rem, at Mahabuleshwur on m.c. POETT, Vet. surg. A. fr. May 1 to 31, in ext. to rem. at Mahabuleshwur on m.c. DOMESTIC. BIRTHS. ASHBURNER, the lady of Lieut. W. 3rd L.C. d. at Sholapore, CRAWFORD, the lady of Capt. d. at Malabar Hill, April 30. HALLETT, the lady of Major J. D. 3rd N.I. s. at Bombay, May 11. YOUNG, the lady of Commander J. W. 1.N. d. at Colaba, May 10. MARRIAGES. BOYD, Capt. D. 11th N.I. to Louisa Isabella, d. of the late Wm. Bannister, at Ootacamund, April 13. PALIN, Lieut. C. T. 19th N.I. to Caroline Sarah, d. of Maj. W. B. Goodfellow, eng. April 24. WRIGHT, S. to Miss M. Grogan, at Colabah, May 4. DEATHS. BOULTON, Mary Ann M. wife of Capt. F. S. at Colaba, aged 27, May 4. DUNLOP, Lucy M. d. of A. at Poona, May 2. FERNANDEZ, Lucy D. d. of Peter, at Cannanore, April 13. FRANKLIN, Wm. s. of the late W. at Oomarcarre, aged 2, May 2. GOODWIN, H. C. s. of Lieut. R. L. 16th N.I. at Sholapore, aged 1 mo. April 29. HARRISON, Pinser John, I.N. at Bombay, May 1. SHIPPING. ARRIVALS. May 1. Tulloch Castle, Jameson, London; Duke of Lancaster, Wakeham, Liverpool; Falcon, Poole, Glasgow.-2. John Moore, Whithycombe, Liverpool.-4. Bombay, Moore, London.-5. Ganges, Deas, Leith; Golden Spring, Smith, London.-6. Kilblain, Shaw, Clyde; Steamer Acbar, Ball, Suez.-7. John Bayshawe, Hackett, Singapore.-8. Hope, Willie, Calcutta.-9. Emily, Wilson, London.-10. Dauntless, Puttis, Point de Galle; Balfour, Overend, Liverpool; David Clark, Swan, London; Swithamly, Jennings, London. PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per Medusa.-The Hon. Mr. Clerk. Per Victoria.-Messrs. Penn, Dalzell, and Pattulli. Per Ganges.-Mr. David Shaw, cadet Bombay army. Per Steamer Acbar.-Mrs. Gall and infant, Mrs. Wahab and infant, with servant; Mrs. Leech, Miss Jameson, Maj. gen. S. B. Auchmuty, H.M.'s service; Capt. Auchmuty, H.M.'s 94th foot, a. d. c. to ditto; Maj. A. S. Hawkins, 8th Bombay N.I.; Capt. R. H. Gall, H.M.'s 14th Lt. Drag. and servant; G. W. Leech, Esq.; Mr. Erskine, Bombay C.S.; Cornets H. P. and W. F. Sykes, Bombay cavalry; Maj. G. G. Green, and Ens Arbuckle, H.M.'s 84th foot; Capt. T. Studdert, Capt. F. F. Taylor, 3rd Bombay cavalry; Lieut. G. F. Sheppard, 28th Bombay N.I.; Asst. surg. J. Mills, Bombay army; Mr. Maurao and servant; Mr. Bastas, and a servant of Mrs. Sandys'; Mesdames Fearon, Del Hoste, and Guerin, and servant; Miss Agar; Ens. W. A. Hobart, 26th Bombay N.I. and servant. Per Carnac.-Mrs. Dalzell and 3 children. Per Surat.-J. Wilkinson, Esq. Per Hope.-Mr. Galestine. Per Emily.-Mrs. Douglas, Mrs. Clark, H. Wilson, Esq. M.D. Bombay army; Lieut. R. Douglas, H.M.'s 78th Highlanders ; Lieut. G. Clark, H.M.'s 60th Rifles. Per Carnac.-Mr. Littlewood. Per Swithamly.-J. G. Elder, Esq. Bombay army. DEPARTURES. MAY E. Fazel Currim, Ballantine, Calcutta; Amathea, Robin. son, China; Polly, Bernie, Liverpool; Currency, Devey, Liverpool. 4. Charles Forbes, Wills, China.-5. William, Salmon, Mauritius. 6. Rajasthan, Stewart, London; Asia, Roskell, Whompoa; Lanrick, White, Calcutta; steamer Semiramis, Daniell, Suez.-7. Mary Ann Folliott, Plomer, Liverpool; Accord, Buckle, China.—(Quære date.) Steamer Sesostris, Lowe, Suez. col. Aplin, H.M.'s 86th foot; Lieut. Osborne, art.; Lieut. Milford; Mr. Glyn, c.s. Per Rajasthan.-Mrs. Wright and child, Mrs. Crispe and child, Mrs. Treacher and child, Mrs. Nesbit, J. Wright, Esq. the Rev. Mr. Nesbit, Capt. M. Andrews, 35 men, 4 women, and 4 children. Per Carnac.-Mrs. Osborne, Miss Wright, Lieut. Osborne, Mrs. Townsend and child, Mrs. Lodwick and servant, E. H. Townsend, Esq. c.s. and 3 servants, Mr. Lumsden, the Rev. J. Muhleisen and child, S. Simpson, Esq.; Capt. G. D'Arcy, H.M.'s 94th foot; Lieut. R. R. Younghusband, 20th Bo. N.I.; Capt. the Hon. S. Jocelyn, H.M.'s service; and Capt. S. W. Brown, 26th Bom. N.I. From the 1st to 11th May inclusive. Thursday Afternoon, May 11, 1848.-The somewhat improved tone we noticed in our last report as then existing, has continued to the present moment, and there has been quite as much activity in our Import market as is usual at this period of the There has year. also been increased activity in our Export market for some days past, and, as will be seen elsewhere, considerable business has been done. In money matters, too, we are happy to be able to notice an improved tone; the bank has reduced its rates of discount an additional one per cent. and there is now a feeling of confidence which we doubt not will continue to increase. COTTON PIECE GOODS.-The inquiry we stated in our last as existing for low Grey goods, especially for Madapollams and Jacconets, stil continues, and some large sales of the former have been made. The market is quite bare of these descriptions of goods, and they are readily bought up as received by importers. For the foregoing goods, in a Bleached state, the inquiry has not been so active. Grey Shirtings continue in fair demand for low makes, but middling and finer kinds are not in much favour. The same remark applies to these goods in a bleached state. Grey Domestics, of all kinds, are at present quite neglected. In Dyed and Fancy Goods we have not much to notice. Turkey Red Plain Cloth continues in limited inquiry at low prices. In Tweeled Cloth, and Turkey Red Prints, we hear of nothing doing. COTTON YARN.-Owing to our market having been relieved by further shipments to Calcutta, holders have become firmer, and endeavour to obtain an advance on the low rates so long prevailing. This the buyers are not yet disposed to give, and consequently the business done since our last has been trifling, the only sales reported being as follow: 70 Bales, 300 lbs. each, Mule Twist-No. 40 at 7 ans. per lb. ; No. 52 at 8 ans. per lb. 50 Bales, 200 lbs. each, Mule Twist-No. 20 at 64 ans. per lb. ; No. 30 at 64 ans. per lb.; No. 40 at 7 ans. per lb.; No. 50 at 8 ans. per lb. 50 Bales, 200 lbs. each, Water Twist-No. 20 at 64 ans. per lb. ; No. 30 at 7 ans. per lb.; No. 40 at 8 ans. per lb.; No. 50 at 10 ans. per lb. DYED YARNS.-Orange continues in good enquiry, while Turkey Red is still more depressed. COCHINEAL.-We have had heavy arrivals since the date of our last, and a decline has taken place. We hear of a sale of 2,000 lbs. at Rs. 3 per lb., which we quote as the price of the day. OPIUM. We have no new feature to notice in this drug since the date of our last report. Holders are firm, and the price of the day is Rs. 1,050 per chest, at which we hear of business being done. Her Majesty's Consul has much pleasure in stating, for the information of the British community, that the coercive measures he saw himself compelled to adopt fifteen days ago have been followed by complete success. The ten ringleaders in the outrage at Tsing poo, demanded on the 13th instant, have this day been produced by the neetae, or provincial judge of the province: two of the most vicious and dangerous were at once distinctly identified by the parties who had suffered from their violence, and several of the remainder were recognized as having been among their assailants. These ten offenders, in the presence of Her Majesty's Consul, the injured parties, all the local authorities, and a large number of assistants, were put in the cangue on the spot, to which punishment they are sentenced for one month, prior to any further proceedings against them; and they will be exposed every day during that period in the public thoroughfares, as a warning to all who are in like manner evil disposed. The fullest satisfaction and redress having thus been afforded, it only remains for Her Majesty's Consul to announce that the embargo on the grain junks has been removed, and that from this date all duties will be paid as heretofore. In reference to those remaining due for ships already cleared, communications will be made from the consulate to the parties interested in due time, The peaceful, and in every sense happy, termination of difficulties which at one time threatened to compromise British interests at the port is most satisfactory. Her Majesty's consul, remembering the unanimity and cheerfulness with which the community signified their readiness to meet any inconvenience the necessity for coercive measures might entail, rejoices that the end has been attained without loss or sacrifice; and the cordial support received from the consular representatives of foreign powers at Shanghae, who at once identified themselves with the measures taken as for a common cause, has not, it may safely be assumed, failed in its effect. How much is due to the judgment and decision with which a partial blockade of peculiar difficulty has been maintained during fifteen days by Captain Pitman, of H. M.'s brig Childers, must be known to the whole community, who have daily witnessed the unwearied vigilance and good temper evinced by the officers and men under his command. This task has been accomplished, not only without injury to the large Chinese traffic on the river, but without hostile collision or any bad feeling having been excited,—a result on which they may well be congratulated. Security to life and property, which for a moment seemed endangered, it is hoped is now more firmly established than before the outrage; and with prudence and forbearance such as his countrymen have already manifested, and which he fully counts upon whenever their excursions may lead them to a distance from Shanghae, her Majesty's consul is sanguine that they will no longer be exposed to dangers or moTestation from those whom impunity might otherwise have emboldened. RUTHERFORD ALCOCK, H. B. M. Consul. LOSS OF THE SCHOONER PARADOX. —SEVEN PERSONS DROWNED. -On Saturday last, as the small schooner Parador, on her way from Canton with passengers, was entering the harbour from the Cap-sing-moon passage, she was caught in a heavy squall, and having all sail set, was capsized, and went down, stern foremost. Dr. and Mrs. James were below in their cabin at the time, and sunk with her. Mr. Ash, nephew of Mr. Sword, of Canton, three Chinamen, and a Chinese female servant, were also drowned. The remaining three passengers and the crew were picked up by the lorcha Canton, and a boat belonging to the schooner Zephyr, which fortunately chanced to be close to the Paradox at the time. Efforts have since been made, hitherto unsuccessfully, to raise the schooner, which is said to have contained property belonging to one of the passengers to a considerable amount. DEPARTURE OF SIR JOHN DAVIS.-Sir John Davis sailed for England to-day in the Pekin. About one o'clock the garrison was drawn out, and lined the road from Government-House to the wharf, where a guard of honour was stationed. Sir John passed down the line, in company with the governor, the seeretaries, and other officials, and was met on the Queen's Road by the general and staff, and members of the several departments. He embarked under a salute from the field-pieces on the wharf, the governor and principal officials accompanying him on board. As the steamer passed down the harbour, a salute of 17 guns was fired by the Melampus,China Mail, March 30. CIVIL. APPOINTMENTS, &C. APRIL 1. Royalist, Gordon, Borneo.-3. Sidney, Scholefield, Calcutta; North Star, Hale, London.-5. Thomas Henry, Jury, London.-6. Lady Amherst, Rellyhill, Calcutta Ernaad, Younghusband, Calcutta; Cincinnati, Child, New York.-8. William Wilson, Shaw, Manilla.-9. Marquis of Bute, Bannatyne, London.11. Valparaiso, Lockwood, New York Juliane, Luyties, Batavia.— 16. Angelina, Morgan, Sydney.-17. Antelope, Watkins, Bombay. -18. Kelpie, Sime, Calcutta ; Mischief, White, Calcutta ; Samoset, Hollis Penang; Vishnu, Harberbier, Singapore.-26. Pollinger, Cooper, Galle. MANILLA. COMMERCIAL. Manilla, March 31, 1848, EXCHANGES. On England-Transactions to a considerable amount occurred for the last mail at 4s. 71⁄2d. to 4s. 7d. for 6 months' bills, and latterly sales have improved for the seller to 4s. 6d. per dollar. On China-Little demand at 2 per cent, discount. FREIGHTS. The last quotations are 37. 12s. to 51. 12. ALLEN'S INDIAN MAIL, LONDON, THURSDAY, June 22, 1848. THIS evening the great battle in the House of Commons between truth and falsehood, humbug and common sense, humanity and cruelty, good faith and treachery, honesty and fraud, is to be resumed, perhaps decided. The question whether we shall adhere to the solemn renunciation of slavery and the slave-trade, which stands recorded against us, or rush again into the enjoyment of its profits, is at issue: and a momentous question it is. The miserable semblance of temporary protection to free labour sugar offered by those who administer the affairs of the country is a mockery. ་ ༑ * It will not retard the ruin of the West-India colonies one hour: it will not cause a single additional beegah of cane to be planted in India. If the ministerial measure be carried, the colonies, East and West, are doomed to barrenness; the miserable inhabitants of Africa are doomed to a multiplication of the horrors under which they have long groaned, to an extent exceeding the power of imagination to conceive; and the character of the people of England is doomed to eternal infamy. Shall we retrace our steps, and let loose the demons whom we have partially chained, or not? This is the question. Let us, before we reply in the affirmative, at least know what we are about; and for this purpose let us turn to the evidence lately taken before the Parliamentary Committee on Sugar and Coffee. A witness born in the United States, but naturalized in Brazil, and who appears to have been nearly all his life conversant with the subject on which he was called to give evidence, thus describes the mode of conveying slaves from Africa to those countries which are to furnish us with cheap sugar:-"They" (the slaves) are generally boys from ten to twelve years of age; they are put upon their side, and if they do not lie parallel upon their side, a plank is put upon them, and a sailor will get upon it and jam them down, so as to make them fit compact." Being asked, "At what distance apart are the different decks ?" the witness answers, "That is left arbitrarily with the captain. Some of the American vessels are about seven to eight feet between the decks; some are only seventy-two inches between the beams. They have generally three tiers, one on the ground and two above." The witness hereupon being asked "Do you mean that in the height of seventy-two inches, that is to say six feet, there are three tiers of slaves?" he answers "Generally!" In answer to a remark from one of the committee-" You have frequently seen this with your own eyes?” he replied, "Yes! Anybody may see it in Brazil." Thus much for the lodging of these wretched beings. Now for the extent to which provision is made for alleviating the agony of tropical thirst aggravated as it must be to an almost unbearable degree by the frightful mode of package adopted. The witness says on this point-" They get a drink of water once a day. In a state of inactivity you may exist upon that for twenty days, perhaps, as I know from my own experience; but not much longer than twenty days, because the system fails rapidly after that. It is too horrible to describe the effect of the want of water; no person can have an idea of it without feeling it." The dens in which the slaves are stowed are never cleansed during the voyage, and the reason is thus given by the witness whom we have quoted: "You dare not bring many of them upon the deck; because, seeing the water, many of them would be tempted to jump overboard, and even to drink salt water." In one instance, out of a cargo of 160 slaves, only ten were saved; this fearful mortality arising from the want of water. "It was said, both by the captain and the owner of those slaves, that there was only water sufficient for a drink once in three days;” hence this mortality! This was an extraordinary case; but in ordinary ones the mortality is frightful. And what of those who survive? What is their condition? Let the witness speak again: and first of the ten who retained life while 150 of their brother sufferers perished. The owner, when he went to look at them, said, "They look so miserable, that I am ashamed to have anything to do with them. 376.) I will sell them." And he did sell them for this price. If any one will give me 300 milreas (which would be about Ten human beings-ten rational creatures destined to exist through eternity-were sold for 371.; that is, for 31. 14s. each! But passing from this to the ordinary run of cases, what do we find? The witness was asked, "What is the condition"—that is, the usual condition" of the slaves when they are landed?" And he describes it thus: "There are some with more iron constitutions than others; but to see them, they look horrible. The bones of the knees stand out, and look like large knobs the calf of the leg has disappeared; it looks more like the leg of a monkey than any thing else, and you can count all the bones. The abdomen is very much bloated, and there is an imbecility in the eye; in fact, nature is reduced to the lowest point." Such are the effects of the traffic which English ministers, if supported by an English Parliament, are prepared to uphold, to perpetuate and to extend! WE, WE, the people of England, if we insist on cheap sugar, are accountable for all these atrocities. What says the witness above referred to,-a naturalized Brazilian, be it remembered ?—“ Since you have crushed the West-India islands, SUGAR PLANTATIONS IN BRAZIL HAVE RISEN UP TO A LARGE EXTENT." Nor will their owners ever want slaves. The profits of this execrable trade are enormous. "One cargo of slaves is worth ten cargoes of dry goods," says the witness. Heavy losses are sometimes sustained, but profits are often realized of 600 per cent. or more! While the chance of such profits exists, Africa will continue to pour forth her myriad hordes of wretches to raise cheap sugar for the enrichment of the Brazilian cultivator and the gratification of the English love of sweets. And where are the great opponents of slavery? We ask not where are the unprincipled tongue-jobbers who spouted at a given price per hour on the abominations of the slave system. They are easily accounted for; there is no more money to be got by abusing slavery, so they have tuned their venal voices to some other pitch. But we do ask, where are those anti-slavery champions who, in charity, might be supposed to have some portion of honesty? A few are yet in the field; but where are the rest? Fighting under the banners of free trade in defence of slavery! thus proclaiming themselves. shameless hypocrites, and nothing else. It is almost disgraceful to descend to argue with such persons; else we might ask, what has the sugar question to do with free trade? The British sugar growers and manufacturers ask for a differential duty-not to protect them against fair competition; not because their lands are less fertile or less favourably situated; not because of any natural disadvantages to which they are subjected, but because of a disadvantage which is the creation of the British Legislature. They have been compelled to discontinue the employment of slave labour; this is well; but can you expect them, then, to compete with those who still employ it? Yes, says the thorough-paced free-trader, who, however, forgot his free trade when he consented to shackle the British planter by refusing to allow him to hold slaves. How monstrous is this! You say to a shopkeeper, you may exercise your industry and use your capital to the best advantage, so as to undersell your neighbours if you can, provided you buy and sell honestly; but you must not resort to fraud or theft. Nothing can be fairer. But if you allow their competitors to steal, and countenance and aid them in stealing, is this fair? But what if those who laid down these good rules against fraud and theft should forthwith betake themselves to the purchase of stolen goods because they were cheaper - would not the shopkeeper be justified in denouncing them as hypocrites and cheats? It would be no answer to say, we do not steal, we would not steal for the world; we only buy these goods, because they are cheap, and we must buy in the cheapest market, or we shall be excommunicated by the RICARDO Club. Of a truth, the encouragement of slave-grown commodities, after declaring the toleration of slavery to be a national sin, is the grossest instance of hypocrisy which the annals of the world can furnish. We have heard it said that the degree of difference claimed for the free producers is not enough; and this is true. They do not ask it as all that they are entitled to, but all they are likely to get. An honest creditor ought to receive twenty shillings in the pound, but he cannot always get it. If his creditor be à rogue, or an insolvent, he must be content with a composition. Such is the situation of the British East and West India Sugar interests. They are dealing with insolvents-in principle, with bankrupts-in character, and they are struggling not for their due-obtaining that is out of the question-but for as large a dividend as they can lay hold of. Where is the modern statesman who does not bear on his front the brand of apostasy? do not, in dealing with such men, appeal to their sense of justice. We do not think of urging them to consistency, any more than we think of exhorting a fallen woman to preserve her innocence. We may conjure her to pause in her career, and sin no more. And thus we may urge the Legislature, who, having abolished slavery in the British possessions, have repented them of the good deed, and thrown themselves into the embrace of foreign slaveholders, in like manner to pause. Stop, we cry, be We fore a heavier weight of bloodguiltiness rests upon our country and upon you. Let not your hatred of those who are subjects of the same sovereign with yourselves, nor your love for all the world beside, lead you further on a road where crime is the guide, ruin the termination, and everlasting infamy the portion of those who pursue it. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. JUNE 1.-The Defalcations of Sir Thomas Turton.-Lord JOCELYN asked whether it was true that a deficiency of £100,000 had been discovered in the accounts of the Ecclesiastical Registrar of the Supreme Court, whether it was proposed that such deficiency should be made up by the Government at home or by the East-India Company, and whether any steps would be taken to prevent the recurrence of such cases. Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE said it was true a deficiency was discovered in the accounts of the ecclesiastical registrar, though not to the extent the noble lord supposed. The sureties, to the amount of £10,000, would go but a amall way towards liquidating the amount, even supposing that they were good. The East-India Company would protest against the deficiency being charged on the revenues of India, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer would, he apprehended, equally protest against it being charged to the revenues of England. It had not been deemed advisable to take measures against Sir Thomas Turton, but the Government of India were preparing a bill to prevent for the future the occurrence of such deficiencies. JUNE 15.- Sugar Duties.-Mr. MASTERMAN presented a petition from the East-India Company, praying for protection to sugar, the produce of British colonies. MILITARY SEMINARY, ADDISCOMBE. A public examination of the Gentlemen Cadets educated at the East-India Company's Military Seminary took place on Friday, the 9th inst., in the presence of the Chairman, Lieut. -gen. Sir James Law Lushington, G. C. B.; the Deputy-Chairman, Major-gen. Galloway, C. B.; several members of the Hon. Court of Directors, and the following visitors, viz. :-The Right Hon. Viscount Hardinge, G. C. B. Major-generals Sir Geo. Pollock, G. C. B.; Parker, C. B. (Lieut. Gov. R. M. Acad.); MacLeod, Bengal engineers; Milman, Guards; T. W. Taylor, C. B. (Lieut. Gov. R. M. Coll.); Taylor, C. B., Madras estab., and Lindsay, Bengal estab. Colonels Sir F. Smith, R. E.; Hay, E. I. Co.'s Depôt; Wymer, C. B. (Aide-de-camp to the Queen); Roberts, LieutenantC. B.; Powney, Bengal artillery, and Bonner. colonels Sir H. M. Lawrence, K. C. B.; Harvey, 14th Dragoons; W. N. Forbes; W. Burlton, C. B.; F. Abbott, C.B.; R. Wood, H. M. S.; Hardinge, C. B., R. A.; English, R. E.; Chalmer, R. A., and C. E. T. Oldfield, C. B., Bengal cavalry. Majors Von Orlich, Prussian service; Oldfield, Bengal estab.; Sandham, R. A.; Coghlan, Bombay artillery, and Ludlow. Captains McKerlie, R. E.; Fanshawe, R. E.; the Hon. C. Hardinge; the Hon. P. Cary, R. N.; Spicer, H. M. S.; Tremenheere, Bombay engineers; E. Wilmot, R. A.; Turner, Bombay engineers; Meer Shahamat Ali; Sir Peter Laurie, alderman; T. L. Peacock, H. Wood (late accountant-general, Bengal), J. D. Dickinson, A. Easton, J. H. Pollock, W. Christie, W. Eade, R. Macan (Bombay C.S.), H. Ommaney, J. C. Macdonald, and C. Johnson, esquires. Professors Narrien (R.M. Coll.), Christie (R. M. Acad.), and Dr. Graham, Bombay medical service. The class brought forward consisted of twenty-eight Cadets, of which number six were selected for the Engineers, viz.Edward Charles Sparshott Thomas Gillespie Williams Philip Salkeld Arthur Boulnois Henry Elliott Stainforth James Goddard The Pollock Medal,-in presenting which, the CHAIRMAN said: "Mr. Williams, I congratulate you most sincerely that, by the united testimony of the Public Examiner and Lieut. Governor, you have been selected to receive the Pollock Medal,' being the most distinguished cadet in study, and at the same time irreproachable in your conduct. I present it to you in the name of the inhabitants of Calcutta, who, to evince their deep sense of the distinguished military services of Sir George Pollock, has taken this method of perpetuating them, and of stimulating young Indian officers educated at Addiscombe to follow his bright example." P. Salkeld........ A. Boulnois 2nd Mathematics, French. 2nd Fortification, Civil Drawing, 1st Hindustani, Ist Good Conduct,-in presenting which, the CHAIRMAN addressed the cadet as follows:-"Mr. Boulnois, I perform a most gratifying duty in presenting to you, in the name of the Court of Directors, this sword, as an honourable mark of their approbation of your exemplary conduct during the whole period you have been at this institution. I feel every confidence that you will continue so to conduct yourself as to merit the good opinion of your superiors, and that the commencement of your military career being so propitious, your course of service will be as honourable to yourself and advantageous to your country." H. E. Stainforth J. Goddard H. L. Smalpage ............... John A. Ballard Alex. Davidson.......... T. E. Gahagan. Military Drawing. 2nd Good Conduct. Latin. Second Class. ... J Mathematics, 3rd Good Conduct. Third Class. T. G. Montgomerie............ 4th Good Conduct. The Reports of the Public Examiner and the LieutenantGovernor were read by Mr. T. R. Clarke. The former stated that, in submitting only six names for the service of the artillery, he was limited by the wants of the service. He spoke also of a degree of diligence alike creditable to the cadets and the professors; alluded to the assurance he had received of attention paid to Hindustani, and to the competition for the chemical prize. The latter Report bore testimony to the excellent conduct of the gentlemen cadets, and to the exemplary attention paid by the corporal cadets to their important duties. At the conclusion of the distribution of prizes, the CHAIRMAN addressed the cadets as follows:-" Gentlemen Cadets, I must express to you the gratification it has afforded me and my colleagues in the Direction here present to learn by the Report of the Public Examiner that you have been diligent in your studies, and that the progress you have made has been very creditable. It is also satisfactory to find that the Lieutenant-Governor has been enabled to report your general good conduct and regularity during the term. For these favourable results we are indebted to the zeal and energy of the Lieutenant-Governor, ably assisted as he has been by the exertions of the several professors and officers of the institution, and who are justly entitled to our best thanks. To the Public Examiner, also, for the interest which he has manifested in the welfare of the institution, and the discriminating judgment which he has shewn in estimating the proficiency of the pupils, our warmest thanks are due. Gentlemen, to such of you as are now about proceeding to India, I am induced by the interest I feel for your prosperity and welfare, and by the hope that the advantages you have derived from your education here may enable you to perform good service to your country, to offer a word of friendly advice, which will not, I trust, be less acceptable to you as proceeding from one who up wards of half a century since started like yourselves a cadet in the service of the East-India Company. (Cheers.) There is one qualification absolutely necessary for the due and efficient discharge of your public duty, and in which your personal interest is also most materially concerned. It is a competent knowledge of the language of the troops you will have under your command. The foundation of that knowledge has been laid here; cultivate it with assiduity; you will be rewarded by the comfort and ease with which you will be able to perform your duty, and be assured that, without that knowledge, you will never be advanced or promoted to any staff appointment, either regimental or general. (Hear, hear.) I am anxious to impress upon you that it is by no means difficult to secure the attachment and respect of the sepoy. His fidelity does him honour; his gallantry is unquestionable. Treat him, therefore, with a generous confidence; be forbearing and indulgent as regards his customs and prejudices; be mindful of his comforts, and convince him by your conduct that you have his real welfare at heart, and thus you will command his gratitude and devotion. (Cheers.) Ten years have passed since I addressed from this chair the cadets then leaving this institution, and to you I offer advice in nearly similar terms, being persuaded that, if you attend to it, it will prove greatly to your advantage. (Cheers.) Be punctual, cheerful, obedient, and active in the performance of your military duty, and you will gain the approbation and confidence of your superiors. (Cheers.) Be courteous and gentlemanly in your demeanour to all,-neither apt to give nor take offence, but always acting in a manner becoming the high-minded officer and gentleman,— and you will secure the respect and regard of your equals. (Cheers.) Be temperate in your manner of living, and prudent in your expenditure. This, with a firm reliance on the mercy and beneficence of God, will afford you the best hope of returning to your native country in health and independence, and thus reaping the just reward of a long and honourable course of public service. (Cheers.) You will, I am sure, remember this day, not only because it is, as it were, the commencement of your career in the honourable profession on which you are entering, but because it is graced by the presence of some illustrious members of that profession whose bright examples are well calculated to afford you stimulus and encouragement. (Great cheering.) One of these is the late Governor-General of India, Viscount Hardinge (much applause)-alike distinguished in the field and at the council board, honoured by the approbation and favour of his sovereign, and enjoying the full confidence of the EastIndia Company (Cheers.) The proceedings of this day are also honoured by the presence of Sir George Pollock. (Cheers.) Of him I will only repeat to you the inscription engraven on the Pollock Medal, which I have this day had the very great gratification to present to Cadet Williams, in the name of the inhabitants of Calcutta. It was established by them as a testimony of their high sense of the great and successful military services of Major-general Sir George Pollock, and as a means of stimulating young Indian soldiers to follow the bright example of that distinguished officer. The inscription is this:-' To commemorate eminent services. Cabul, 1842. Treachery avenged. British honour vindicated. Disasters retrieved. British captives delivered. Khyber Pass forced. Jellalabad relieved. Victories of Mamoo Khail, Jugdulluck, Tezeen, and Istaliff. Military Seminary, Addiscombe. Presented by the British inhabitants of Calcutta, and awarded by the Court of Directors of the East-India Company to the most distinguished cadet of the season.' To you, Gentlemen Cadets, who will return here after the vacation, one word at parting. I will encourage the hope that what you have witnessed here this day will stimulate you to increased exertions, and that when I next meet you I shall have abundant proofs that such has been your determination." (Loud cheers.) After the Chairman had concluded his speech, Viscount HARDINGE rose and requested the Chairman's permission to say a few words. His Lordship, who was enthusiastically received by the whole company, said:" It is not my intention to make any addition to the able and friendly advice which has been given by the Chairman, but I will say that, having had great experience during the last four years of the military service of the Indian army, I can most conscientiously affirm that in no country is the engineer and artillery part of that service excelled. (Applause.) In the examinations which have taken place to-day, I have witnessed with great satisfaction the manner in which the cadets destined for these services have acquitted themselves. (Hear, hear.) It has also given me great pleasure to see Lieut. -col. Abbott, of the Indian service, present on this occasion, when I remember how greatly he distinguished himself as superintendent engineer on the north-western frontier. (Applause.) In the field I found him gallant, and skilled |