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Strt,—Your paper of the 20th ult., - aining stn ar • tick on the jaw of lunacy, havingW A we d to m y hands, and finding therein that my mil; ad been brought before, the public in a most unj • - I consider it incumbent on me to refut • ipr, r p n statements which it contains. t A In the first instance, you assert that Lord Denmarr„ " declared the law of lunacy to be, that if any medical - man, being the proprietor of a lunatic asylum, and there... - fore having a direct interest in the incarceration of any supposed lunatico declare that such supposed lunatic 4s required to be puilinder the care of some one, because such supposed lunatic hi:ours under mental delusion, a certificate from the medical - gnn to that effect, even if such certificate does not set forth such delusions, is suffi cient to authorise the detention of such lunatic ; and, that, if that - certificate is backed by the certificate of an other medical man, stating the person solocarcerated is a lunatic, these two certificates are sufficient authorise the detention for an indefinite period of such supposed lunatic." Non', Sir, I beg leave to state, that the writet of the article in question must have been utterly ignorant of the subject on which he combented, nor did Lord Denman utter anything of the kind in his luminous observations. I t No such c er t i fi cate as you describe is required from o eny medical man, proprietor of a lunati c as yl um ; an d it is, moreover, prohibit e d i n t h e 49th section, 8 and 9 Viet. , C. 100, whe re it i s c l early specified .' that no physician, surgeon, or ap ot h ecary, eho, or whose: father, brother, n, or partner, is wholly or partly proprefor of, or a re approftssional attend an t i n , a l i censed house. &c., shallrsign any certificate for the reception of s patient, &c. ; that any medical man infringing this clause will be guilty of misdemeanour." You then proceed, Sir, to question the validity of me dical certificates, when the nature of the delusions are not minutely specified. Such a statement is not re quired, for in most instances, when a medical man is called upon to visit a supposed lunatic, he is an utter stranger to the party, and can only form bis opinion from the incoherence of his conversation, when his ac tions are-not violent ;or from the account of the patient• he receives from the parties who have called him in. The law requires that the medical man shall specify in bis certificate ,' any fact or facts arising from his own ob servation, or from the information of any othor person, upon which he has formed an opinion tbat the person is a lunatic," &c., &c. Therefore does the law consider a certificate, stating that the , medical man came t o th e conc l us i on that Mei person he visited was of unsound mind from the cor versation that took place, naturally inferring that such conversation must have been of so incoherent a nature as to warrant the conclusion of the person holding it being of an unsound mind, a sufficient document. But, even in cases where minute particulars may have been inserted in the certificate, the law does not consider the certificate as sufficient to confine a lunatic without far ther inquiry ; and the proprietors of an asylum are obliged to send in to the Commissioners in Lunacy a copy - of the order and certificate on which a patient was admitted within two days after the admission, that the Commissioners may themselves examine the order and certificate, and proceed to visit the patient in the event of the order and the certificate not being in confor mity with the statute. This provision, Sir, plainly shows the incorrectness of your assertion, that the original certificate " authorised the detention for an indefinite period of such supposed lunatic." Not only are the certificates examined by the Com missioners, but the law obliges every medical man, pro prietor of an asylum, to enter into a case-book, or journal, the history of the patient, as far as it can be ob tained, with a statement of temperament, age, religion, profession, an account of any medical treatment to which he may have been submitted, or of the moral means em ployed, with a weekly statement, if any mechanical means of restraint or seclusion are resorted to, specifying the nature of the patient's occupation and conversation. Now, Sir, in the case of Mrs. Rhodes, an unfortunate lady in a state of imbecility of mind, who had assumed the name of Shuttleworth, but for whom you seem to take much interest, this lady was examined within two days after her admission by three Commissioners, Lord Sey mour, Dr. Turner, and Mr. Proctor; she was subsequently examined by two more Commissioners, Dr. Pritchard and Mr. Campbell, who found her labouring under senile im becility, and the affidavits of four medical men were prepared to meet the affidavits upon which a writ of habeas corpus was applied for, on the plea of the lady not being of unsound mind—this application having been made by the person under whose care she resided, the Rev. Mr. Rowlett, the minister of St. Peter's, Pimlico. who found the unfortunate lady in a state of utter des titution—in rags, covered with ulcers and vermin, and without the common necessaries or comforts of life; when this clergyman considered it his duty, as a minister and a Christian, to have the poor lady removed to a comfortable asylum; and this application to the Court of Queen's Bench to discharge the patient was made by - the person under whose care she had then been found. Now, Sir, do you think that the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench would have been justified if, on an al leged inaccuracy in the medical certificates, they bad discharged this poor creature, and replunged her in her former melancholy, destitute state, because, forsooth, an Old Bailey quibbler sought to prove that a conver sation was not a fact? Moreover, this application was not made at the request or by the authority of the patient. __ - I now, Sir, come to the case of Mrs. Cumming, to which you also refer, stating "thatlhad consented to her being taken from the establishment under my care," so soon as she consented to make a disposition of her pro pert,/ in favour of those who had set " the skilful per of truth in tins asse. of the Lunacy Act, that the person who signed the order for the reception of a patient, may order such patient to be discharged. However, it is provided in the 72d section, that this discharge is not to take place if the medical attendant of the patient declare that such patient is dangerous. Now, Sir, in the case of Mrs. Cumming, a proposal was made by her counsel to the family, who, having acceded to it, directed me to dis charge her ; and, although convinced, as well as Sir Alexander Thomson, the experienced physician of Bed lam Hospital, the Surrey Asylum, and consulting physician of the County Asylum of Hanwell, and Dr. Pritchard, a physician of European celebrity, that the lady was most decidedly of unsound mind, as I could not declare that she was a dangerous lunatic, she was ac cordingly discharged by her family. As to your as sertion about " Dr. Millingen beingcontent to receive the guarantee of Master Barlow and Mrs. Cumming," I am utterly at a loss to imagine what you could possibly mean to convey. Mrs. Cumming', was placed under my care by her family, according to the provision of the law. She was withdrawn from my care by her family, and I could neither " incarcerate her, nor " detain" her, when legally discharged. Your insinuation of my want of " skill" in having considered Mrs. Cumming, of unsound mind, I can assure you gives me little concern, when my name is associated with those of Sir Alexander Thomson and Dr. Pritchard, who were of a similar opinion, at I feel convinced, that if the jury had not been discharged by the arrangement made on the proposal of the unfortunate lady's own counsel, little doubt could be entertained as to what would have been their verdict. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, • J. G. MILLINGEN, M.D., M.A. First-class Surgeon to the Fever, and late Resident Physician of the County of Middlesex Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell, &c. &c. &c. P.S. I have further to add, that after failing in ob taining a writ of habeas corpus from the Court of Queen's Bench, an application was made to a similar effect in the Court of Common Pleas, which was refusbil in chambers by Mr. Justice Williams. York House, Battersea, Dec. 12, 1846. [We have given the above, we believe, correctly, but it is written in such an illegible hand, (moreover, it was " backed copy," and Dr. Millingen, who has for. years been in the habit of writing for the press, understands what that means,) that we are by no means ce .r- 'tain as to the literal accuracy of t he transcript. Dr. likl lingen will perceive that we have omitted three lines which bear not at all upon his argument, and which might render it necessary tor us to open OIIT COlllOlllB to another medical man in reply.—ED. Sun.] We are sorry to learn that the children of the late Thomas Hood are, in consequence of the death of their last remaining parent, left entirely dependent upon the small fund, amounting, we believe, to about 8001., col lected by public subscription at the period of Mr. Hood's death. The pension of 1001. granted by Sir Robert Peel ceases with the decease of Mrs. Hood, who lived but a twelvemonth to enjoy it. We believe that Lord John Russell has already been applied to by the friends of the family to continue the pension to the children; but his Lordship has intimated his inability to comply with the request, since the pension becomes, by the death of Mrs. Hood, the property of the public. We feel confident that the wishes and intentions of the public will be best answered by a new grant of the same trifling amount to the orphans, to whose departed and highly-gifted parent that public owes so large a debt of gratitude. THE ALLEGED EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT BY COMMISSION AGENT.—A reward has been offered this week, by public handbill, for the apprehension of Mr. Thomas Smith, lately carrying on business as a com mission agent and cotton merchant, in Strutt-street, Newmarket -buildings, and well known to the manufac turers of the town and county. It would seem from the inquiries which Mr. Chief Superintendent Beswick in stituted, that the accused left Manchester at half-past eight o'clock on the night of Friday, the 4th in stant; and up to last evening we had not heard of his apprehension. We understand the charge against Mr. Smith to be one of a very serious nature, in volving the fraudulent embezzlement of a sum which has been variously estimated at from 10,000/. to 16,0001., but with respect to which no accurate information can be gleaned until the judicial investigation has taken place. The parties whose names we have heard men tioned as being the greatest losers by the defalcation aro Mr. Alderman Shuttleworth, Mr. Bateson (Liverpool), and the firm of Messrs. W. G. and J. Strutt, cotton thread manufacturers of Derby, who have also a ware house in Strutt-street ; but whether or not any other persons have been defrauded has not yet been made known. Mr. Smith has resided in Lower Broughton for some time, and has a family of five children.—Man chester Guardian of yesterday. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF ♦ POLICE -CONSTABLE.-- Yesterday's Government Police Gazette contained the offer of a reward of 1001. for such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the individual who. in the middle of the Right, shot at a police-con stable named William Summerson, whilst on duty at Ryton, in the county of Durham. We regret to announce the premature demise of the Lady Harriet Howard, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Wicklow. _ - LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SU Ny DECEMBER 17 3 184 6. PRICE SD. _ le i - . 17 p,,e a ,_-• ,, , December 17th." The Orche'stra will ern- • PUBLICATIONS. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTI- B e ef, 44 ,,, d , , ,k -i ti 01 Forty Performers, selected from the Phil tiO4;,.,t, it, nialent Concerts, and her Majesty's Theatre. Leaders, ....-....-..-- TUTION. • o' l. Ss sd . val . : i neitust , , g l ro li v_e _and I'atey. 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'",...,......t_22 . 1___r 28, is , ir , THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN, chairman of two former meetings-this being the third IRK ~,,,., ------_____ Lo JlL doirma FOURTH DUKE OF BEDFORD; Selected from the Origi- • • - cet•N HEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. a d t ol l ,T oburn Abbey (1742 to 1770). _With Introductions by important meeting held in the course of the last twelve re' - RUSSELL. months over which I have had the honour to preside e't It s Illrke u h ead LOANS OF MONET. Commlssioners are ready to receive Loans London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. (Cheers.) And lam the more gratified because on the t be's n6 Y•for • Dock ' A e s Penodr. d; five or seven years, under the authority of iet ern _. iS of Parliament This day is published, in 1 vol. foolscap Bvo., price Is. cloth, two last occasions questions of unusual difficulty have fee ess , i 4, 1 „,:a wai ~ Ment, at the tate of 5 per cent. per annum. The 4 % , i n Lec4oeoPraid half -yearly, on the Ist of January and Ist of THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS in ROME. been mooted, by which the discretion of your chairman $1 14 Os ig tee,,:"td tender s elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer. By the Rev. W. RIP, A.M. Edited by the Rev. W. SEWELL, B.D. Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, Oxford. was called into active exercise, your' favourable judg ,act sis• - `,/ Is p ee r stating the amount and term of years for which the went of which I was most anxious to receive.- bed ° Lately published, in 12m0., price Gs. bound, -.44. "'" "Tr ad sed t° be lent', ti) be addressed to the Commissioners, The NEW SPEAKER and HOLIDAY TASK-BOOK ; selected (Hear, hear.) lam disposed also to discover an Tende r for Loans."-Birkenhead, Sept. 21, 1846. from Classical Greek, Latin, and English Welters. By the Rev. w. additional kindness on your part. These differences, ilea „ t....:._ By order, ' RICHARD HIND, Sec. SEWELL, B.D. the discussion of which I was called upon, in the Ours° le e :- i1e9:1,911,TN-HILL, SNOW. HILL, AND London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. of my duty, to regulate have never, I trust, been com 'it --- er 11 0 't o 0 THE POLYCHROMATIC ORNAMENT pletely neglected.-(Cheers.) You have afforded me the 'nu' GDON-STREET viApticT COMPANY. , ._ .:110. riit iz torliceitite;libre:s , i.lsd 2 h O ath O r T e.el o i ;' tjs i i 0 00 ‘n of ITALY ; a Series of Examples of the Interior Decorations pleasing and happy opportunity of congratulating you I ta r° " ' Ca (Registered (Registered Provisionally.) e O r s s h h a a r r e e s . of 101, each. and Frescoes of the Sixteexth Century. Drawn from the Originals, a t 1210;.0p0on the restoration of that harmony which I would fain and on Stone, by EDWARD ADAMS, Architect, and printed in i trutl'aa°l)lColours by OWEN JONES. Nearly ready, 1 vol., royal 4t0., half believe was only slightly and temporarily interrupted. Directors being ari d : a now n 0 0 0e fu ee r t e g r ianptphleicsaatiiloonts- bound, with an ornamented enamel wrapper, price 30s. -(Hear.) Had :I been called upon, year after year, to G. W. Nickisson, 215, Regent -street. account for the diminution of business, to apologise for 1t.', 0 IA i w. h . Lt ir• Ne I% 1846• (BY or der) , \I :~ Second, Edition, 3 vols„ small Bvo., bound in cloth, price 275., disappointments, "'Paln• 0.,,,,, k 41 1 ,-,_ rilliE FALL of NAPOLEON; an Historical the embarrassment of my situation ; and I feel em- Jodi - od ' 4 -NAL - _i_ Memoir. By Lieut-Colonel J. MITCHELL, Author of " The barrassment now, but it is an embarrassment springing w ail LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR - Lite of Wallenstein," " Thoughts on Tactics," &c. from a far different source-it arises from the ap- ' ta rl r ied ANCE SOCIETY, " The general ability and energy of the Colonel's style, with the PO m ei 26 CORNHILL, LONDON.prehension that I may be accused of exagge- ', bag - , high and patriotic spirit of his sentiments, authorise us in recorn- • - D eja Capital £500,000. mending to all who relish seal manly description and discussion an ration in felicitating you upon the exuberant ' prosperity fill s *S tit h / Empowered attentive perusal of ' The Fall of Napoleon.' "-Quarterly Review. of the institution-(Hear, hear)-but the stubbornness !offsP ri , n ,, th *S tit h aso tati by Act of Parliament. acji Is • , , J s as, 0 - I"ent t " embraces important G. W. Nickisson, 215, Regent-street. of facts bears me out ; the indisputable accuracy of I el ft est o Life A and substantial advantages 1 tiedY 11 ' One vol., small Bvo., figures is my authority and justification. If you refer iehh ei ~ %,.,„„ e t ,,, e ,_ Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured as t'llie tot th e p.,';uss the power to borrow, without expense or for- 'J RATORS of the AGE. By G. H. FRANCIS, to the report of last year you will find that our policies, c ire" a" he two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; Editor of "Maxims and Opinions of the Duke of Wellimaillin ;" taken within the twelve months which ended on the 2d ' oire... r •d ..a ir ai r „.,Tett o :', r selecti ng benefits, and the conversion of his in- comprising Portraits, Critical, Biographical, and Descriptive, of Sir o f 10 .- tlis ale . aw..s k""T conveniences or necessity. R. Peel, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Wellington, Mr. Macaulay, November, amounted to 911, and I confess that the c teat terms of years are granted on the lowest possible Lord Stanley, Lord Palmerston, Lord Lyndhurst, Earl Grey, Sir directors thought that this annual aggregate, having in- t I A 7 he r James Graham, Lord Morpeth, the Duk e o f Richmond, Earl of Rad- creased for three successive years, would have paused e Na t O n , i , .of , et a b i k e e l . D IVISION OF PROFITS. nor, Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Bright, Mr. Sheil, Mr. Villiers, Mr. t ans rt 'xi th ' slime s t its acme, but on the contrary, we might have been S r l;; s t s 'e h i._ e / air _ a and increasin g prosperity of the Society T. Si.3f Gibson, Mr. Waklcy, Mr. T. S. Duncombe, Mr. Wyse, Mr. sanguineo each „ra ts, v ectors, at the last annual investigation , to declare Hawes, Mr. H. G. Ward, Mr. Roebuck, Dr. Bowring, Sir Thomas because the account made up to the a much more . . . ~ ,00 is relic, e Zvtee from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums iums paid ver Wilde, Lord Bandon, the Rev. 11, M‘Nelle. 20th of November last exhibits the extraordinary 1 1 Jl l ' _.... meted on the Profit scale. G. W. Nickisson, 215, Regent-street. number of 1,005 policies-(Loud cheers)-being 85 u a s'•7 l ed EXAMPLES. ••••• Yid ,.,- t(i' t One vii., small 4t0., with Illustrations by Dalzi e l, from Dr aw i ngs b y more than those of the preceding year. These policies a Wien, price One () mince.represent assurances for 516,500/. ; the annual income ° ~s P *l'd , Nur g h/ BOOK OF HIGHLAND •tin. E 18 000/. With these, 1 005 strictl belon to class 9, u A MINSTRELSY, is , ' y g onus Bonus in gg g Assured 1 orot ......._ added. Cash. POEMS and BALLADS. With Prose Introductions, de 'C'" a' g may scriptive of the Manners and Superstitions of the Scottish High- which is the most lucrative of all. Nor let it be said, c' d le ster se 4 .--.'""*.--.. oz . Borrow. :- o • lander. By Mrs. D. OGILVY. that we have been too ready and eager for the acquisi- el ; ° e'" e'' to 4 , A . 4 e----,.....__1_ "lt is impossible not to go en reading and reading. The book is tion of policies. • But you will find by the report which , t De e 83 7 , 4217 15 1' ''''S • d • s£loo 0 11 i .£16 0 4'.£445 0 0 charming id a word."-Morning Chronicle. will presently be read to you, that we have declined, all' 3 4 Ha ss; l 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2; 395 11 1 G. W. Nickisson, 215, Regent -street. VI under the counsel of our efficient medical officers, 128 i• ees, ce ~, , 165 11 10' 74 1 91 11 3 11 346 2 3 ~1 policies.-(Cheers.) The deaths in class 9 have been des tes i esP • ,e.<lo l i i , 3 1 , . 184 , ._ _ 7 6, 54 010 718 101 296 13 4 COOTE'S ECCLESIASTICAL PRACTICE. This day is published, in one thick vol. Bvo. price 28s. boards. thirty-one, and the amount paid on account of them has of atig s aree ih t t ce nt , - **l i1i68,4910 l) 7 10 4, 247 4 5 3, , 'ael.,.. gdl of T HE PRACTICE of the ECCLESIASTICAL been about 15,0001., b • 6 000/under last being , . year's.- ai -, if thn Profits is annual, and the next will be made in _a_ COURTS, with FORMS and TABLES of COSTS. (Hear, hear.) Now, as long as the deaths maintain a ifbi,a• s° 4\ --- present year. By HENRY CHARLES COOTE, SC fair average, and the sums which we have to pay are red- le f..- , le F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. Proctor in Doctors' Commons, &c., &c. th et .00 r ,..a d/ r, , properly I • Henry Butterworth, Law Bookseller and Publisher, 7, Fleet-street. sonable and apportioned,conceive that we 40 4 te) 4e o 7 o•`' A l \ T LIF shall have no cause for regret, because we are enabled, at 00 N .., 1., 01 ,.,„ __ E INSURANCE OFFICE, -- ----- ---- H eso„:01, 'a -RD-STREET, and 57, CHARING-CROSS, NEWRY, ARMAGH, and LONDONDERRY . not only to promote our own selfish interests, but to pro ', 1- OW th mote the advantage of society at large.-(Hear, hear.) a l ' le t tle, , Established 1797. JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, Notice is hereby given, that a FIRST DIVIDEND of Ten Shil- I have always thought it necessary, on occasions of this 006 is rais At Established DIRECTORS. lings per Share will be PAYABLE to the Scripholders in this Corn- kind to enlarge upon the advantages which may accrue to ssv iiii: - 0tt0 ,...._ s o, Esq., M.P. O It I .• p. e nZ7,.. tiarelay, Esq• J. A. Gordon, Esq.,M.D.,F.R.S. pany, on and after MONDAY, the 16th day of November instant, be- to a father, a husband, a wife, or an orphan, at dew 1 4'4'; /30:Ns, ii:,•lt•s• • Kirke-tan D. Hodgson, Esq. tween the hours of Ten and Three o'clock, on application at . r o tti 2 8 , E ._ .. Richard 11. Lawrence, Esq. Messrs. Spooner, Atwood, and Co., Bankers, London. by insuring their lives; and I have recently Su e nd* 5 4 4 rall e ''', J. Petty Muspratt, Esq. The Bank of Scotland, • • Edinburgh. seen two cases showing the immense advantage of mu • ae', : „ ar Ijks e Ner ei ' Lag. Charles Hampden Turner, Esq. The District Bank • • .. • • Liverpool, and at teal life insurance, in a little work called " Hutchinson ca ne ~,ar 41 4 4: 1 the ,V a ll ef ti Matthew Whiting, Esq. The Provincial Bank of Ireland Dublin, as heretofore. deli- on Life Insurance." Two cases, illustrative of the an in a 0 . - e.4'• -mip t kik •sal ad , '-s Office offers to parties about to effect insue The Scrip must be endorsed by . the . party presenting it, and Per 1 1 ' 4 _k.. e, , antages of which the system of Life Assurance -meet tileveredON liability of partnership, or the risk of in- vidend ; the Banker in exchange will give a certificate of the Com- in this book, with respect to which lam sure you will me 0. ta l use s „,, 7 red ' ever • pans entitling the holder to such further Dividend or Dividends as allow me to detain you for a few minutes. Two young ab 40. tit 3, Y information may be obtained on application the Directors may be enabled to make upon the final settlement of ~. test and „ s ine, or to the Agents of the Company appointed in the accounts. men entred into copartnership, and jointly insured their drsa - --e 'Pal town in the knagdran• This arrangement has been made at the request of Scripholdersus , lives for e ! ,0001.- one of them died early, and of course ' Attil l ,„ TUCKER, Secretary. residing in England and Scotland, to avoid the risk and expense of of R. the bonefit the insurance came to the survivor, and the 0 9 ; - forwarding Scrip to Ireland. g 'rOLIT nir CIIARLEMONT, Chairman. amount thus obtained enabled him to pay what was due ~... ra ta 0 .1 Lkll ll4 ila J3 CIE AN I IFE ASSURANCE s a . /tEe TY, No PRINCES-STREET A Newry, No. 8, Trevor-hill, Nov. 4, 1846. by the partnership estate, and to conduct the concern, uu 11 ,14 716.-- t h -TOr s •3, , BANK. L i Ns set s hi the st h hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums _.-••••" .1117.. le e ' t ,„.? dey a n., 4 Ja‘lat'Aur next, that' the same must be paid (..) IUNDY'S PATENT OPEN FIRE man, whose parents were in very narrow circumstances, me ASP et ~,e•it ti `Here, are at that date VENTILATING STOVE. and whom he was obliged to support out of a small me 11; .sal 'a L ch 4*Y, a u r l e Payable yearly, half- 'early, or quarterly, on the (Testimonial after 0110 Winter's trial.) we Nei n uers. ' ? "'Ell d ays " April, sth Of Jll 3 and sthof October,' either " St. John's, Fulham, May 2, 1846. income, insured his life for 1,0001. He died ten years ,„ t om, 00 tin_ h e p a, Pelle c onstitutes tl 13r, commencement of the year to "My dear Sir,-I have very g reat pleasure in giving my public before them, and thus he was enabled to convey to his la eil o tac .„iest a , on tie Zl, ther efore, L desir me otisoentering the Society, as testimony to the efficiency of your stove, as combining the double al S qua st; se k t th e ' ll Of January narents, who otherwise would have been reduced to an 15 ! , , ! et4 . P alen, next, should appear, or lodge their advantage of thoroughly warming and constantly ventilating any s . -eatii i i',.l4•l;l's is th • abjectbuilding.Yourinvention appeared state of destitution, an annuity of 851. per annum. rrrlse h. Ihjo,f r iri or e , .beu e - a u ttial and general assurance, appropriates all theory all that could be desired,. and I can honestly say that I have (Hear.) Surely ought to disseminate these things, ger we . . ) I „4 sos‘ '- },7 6 - ' 1 hit s "e es "t n _of parties assuring their own lives for the not yet discovered the point in which the practice falls short of the because a knowledge of them could not fail to induce our tha 'O , re 00` zos tr ,z Os abet f , te:s_alembers of Hie Society. An abatement of theory. 'ae i , ab ete , Pro •1`,1,e at the rate of 45 per cent. for the year end- "The area of my church is computed to be nearly 200,000 cubical friends, and others with whom we constantly come into div a sh° o o. g rt e4n ent at .1 4 7, under the confident expectation of a con- feet, and, though a second stove will be requir . ed, the one al . ready communication, h t h h d ' to have recourse to taw ic is pro uc- sho stel 0 ,0 l'e lt ,_ Hetr arcb teat rate, at least, to all Member' of five years' erected has fully answered my highest expectations, and realised all live of such immense advantages to mankind. Lastly, ten .1,1 . ,1: 0 . 00 ' "'a-ssp en , pp' s , that you have given me to expect. If confirmation were needed for dtir Oy ``, Baas - ``. ll-I ARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent. evidence of its efficiency, I might further state that I had peculiargentlemen, I may mention that our present capital is t..l' \ , ...111,, ...., Dec. 2 18 c• , 46. difficulties to contend with-that various attempts had been made,3oo,oool -(Loud )b• 11 within a fraction of e eers - eing an %.4 ' "rattempt hadproved a signal failure--that I was ex- and that every 0 11. d l:0 - 44.4 rnE ~!ti t ;;;--- It _ L s 4, A DICAL, AND. GENERAL the charge of boldness in attempting what had baffled posed to . affs our income, derived from all sources, is is 88,94 . 91. Now, Vb. 1, qtr o, 7g, - Gi . Ssts RANC E SOClETY,'efficiency,andthe comfort others; but that such 19 the power, the which the kl,, - mel d . nary Ge eat Russell -street, Bloomslaw- communicated by your stove, that 1 know net of *dissentient voice, u h the subject of life insurance not ~one thou g l_ . . t,i ot e . „, 44n t the um ae , rl i a f ,„,„___.___ -,... , ....seeiely- .rid hav e heard only of approval with unanimous consent.agitates men's minds like nolities.neil t : L worth . wnii b eio - prOniulgate Sirti o re „ de ein nary ensm rear Russell street, OR rHURSDAY, thin . I might add. that bseessan ....reen , . '''"'"""- '''-' • " it - - before me, may not minx I I N eat g 'sli g a ONUS out of the Profits which have seemed where, on account of ability of discernment, the smallest approach the details of my announcement, yet the con- the ..,,,,,,, d - I . ,Qi i e t se m ,1,84 e, 8 111035 of the Society during the Five years end- to approval must carry with it g reat wei g ht. tents of the report, which you will presently d ut P I Pi.° DO L. 417 e el I, ( ''' and at that Meeting the Persons Assured have • I remain, dear Sir, yours faithfully, hear, will be canvassed in other offices-it will be 0 ' l l , 11 .1 -11 ,,. n ,,,,,,.4eee -r , esent ' sp ecial, in order that the Pro- " WILLIAM GaRRATT, Minister of St. John's, Fulham. metropolis-it will be circulated at mentioned in the No o.e n „, - ,r tak,,ini" win be made toutne expediency of amending "- Cundy, Es q ." 1 0 1 ;4, 'uti, - -...g ~ - .nto consider* The stoves to be had of Xessrs. DOWSON, 69, Welbeck-stroct, throughout the count . ry, . . and grave men of business will 1 Cons and rovision f h t d d Pa oty ,art of the existing taws, regn a i , p s o cave ndish-s q uaro ; where they may be seen in operation. examine its affairs with steadiness-wit a s ea y an Iso fog° b ete ' Pnrsuant to the Deed of Constitution. ~ scrutinising attention, and will recommend this institu-. insi of .4.0 GEORGE 11. PINCKARD, Secretary. CI OLD FLAT et. IIO fi RI . Z h O d NTthALgiWAtuTedCHOE.Ss, lion, on Sue V 0. i GEORGE 1 6, 1846. d •00. actuated by feelings of Pan principles, to every person who is so° q kTIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF jewelled in four holes, going watch while winding, are offered price 71,S guineas. These elegant forecast and prudence.- be- sin' (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I far ell inf eo f ENGLAND, 112, ti;'!' bias,. BISHOTSGATE-STREET. London, Dec.l4,little Watches will be found to perform very correctly, and a printed Bove 1846. undertaking is given, with fixed terms on which they will alwayswhich that is all in the shape of preliminary matter I have occasion to detail to you. The first thing I o r 4 a. A ,--s-TORS of th BANK of receive any attention required. offe rl apt e NATIONAL PROVINCIAL &c., 47, Cornhill have to do is to request your attention to 03°‘ in k Zeib e aer%, l l° bY give notice, that a DIVIDEND at the rate T. COX SAVORY G r a L i e cl eh C n o ro , k_ W r a e t e c t ra i k o e n rs d 'en.-N.B. Second- the report, and after that to a general state. pro ea P asi t 41 r ' 1846 ref A • nnum 1 0r Half-Year ending the 31st De- (seven doors from . l t , t% s tztar tho • iszin i s , pA , r • A .., the funds and effects of the institution. con [sif,ro l NY 'S STOCK on hand Watches purchased in exchange. merit of the k t s"talnst et "t,h s , Januar - "" 1 -E on the COMPANY ts will !N g. the ettte. ren '..e Co Y next, when the Dividend Warrants FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HE ALT H the The Te msf t desn fi eU'S n -Mee, 112, Bishopsgate-street, or the report. O s Law, tuitu e r / 3 t ,•' The ma . nlfoid advantages to the heads of families from the tow 0; the 1 j.v a ill be e' I " ''osed on and after Thursday, the 24th possession of a Medicine of . , the thin Secretary, then read report, Co" 6, 4 I . r , end b fidence, and used with success in cases of temporary . sick- which was as follows :- with con ecoines payable. ; e l •DY or de • in families more or less every day, are so obvious to acq for 1846, presented to the , 4 ,) la, k ,„ T r Of the Court of Directors, ness, occurring .., A ,E A , t .L. ROBERTSON', Agent and Manager. all, that questionurringimportance "The Report of the Directors can be raised of its to every house •no -'sd m From among numerous testmonials, the Eleventh Annual Meeting of Members, held on the a " 9 4° 0 11 , s 10 CALI, fo r 1, W ESTERN RAILWAY. holder in the km, o . ollowing is respectfully submitted:- 16th of December. sur ,„_ men' SHARE " TO Alt. THOMAS PR 0UT,29, OUT STRAND, LONDON. bet " The return of another anniversary of this institution , pia' % The 1 1 , 1 _ on 2. „,INSTALMENT of 21. 105. rEu " 5, Cooper-street, Manchester, March 12, 1842. At tu _ sect ors et . ti ,• i srasaßl,S, makin g 121. 10s. paid. mmunicating to you the re- affords the directors the gratification of laying before to I P' pkri...ag held this 14 1, 11' :TA, for day ' Western Railway having resolved, at an ly, to Call, under the provisions of the Acts Sir,- suit of my I isave much satisfaction in c . o , , after repeated trials, of FRAMI TON S PILL experience, it but justice to state, that in the course of , their fellow members a highly satisfactory report, show- the ate e leh ai ~, h Hereb y • . Instalment if 21. 10s. per Share, on 251. Shares, OF HEALTH, and I feel only large •of never found in , not a increase business during the past in I 3 . , jje tias'il°ll before th g"' en, that the Proprietors are' requested to many years' trial of various Aperient hledleines, I . have g efficient in the relief of the systemexhibitingin its various details the prosperous a m year, but sine Pr so' , o 24 , ed taw _ e Bth day of JANUARY next to of the under- results at once so salutary and ~. h little inconvenience; I am 'ea so theyof the institution, far exceeding that of any condition . you N oT l l . , Sa ares 7;ls . , the said sum of 21. 10s. en , each of their respec- from redundant bile, &c., Stc . .. ted in declaring that supply to me a meant= a g 10 10 therefore, warren and former period. It is with eelings of lively satisfaction the being able to recommend to families, ti schools 10 4 ' ri no , eetsrs• Glyn namfa Mills Great x, lin and Co., at the . ong wanting, of a , most that the directors congratulate the members at large on i„. , Wester n 'Rail •mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road,the i :;' f . Live •• , Alessi's. Miles, Ile Zerice'' Me sses it , and Co. Stu -. 1 , ' , aillie, Ames, and Co. 29, Gresham-street, City. especiallydit In an o ccasional medicine. A th n e d m l e sh an all s t o a f m e c a r k e ing valuable resource . to myself if, mown and appreciated. the high reputation the in . stitutionhofldesseifnelpeueebelicitehstaie the matter, and on the extensive sphere o ~_ _ otil,_ , ee a Banki g lli r ri°ol 411 e west ns " WILLIAM SMITH." already attained, w does, 4,372 mem o ' - '"L including, as it no for ,to 0 e t.. s, •• „_ , 0 , 1: England and South Wales District Bank. .: I am , Sir, respectfully yours, residing in all ti, 'eel. Ti,,,, milt f Liverpool. itd sale of the r , lls arising from the earnest re- hers. This number comprises members m° 11 09 ' -a •- ae Cou • • „ men ant of Gloucester Bank. The u nprecedei f the Many thousands who have derived beuefit parts of there is every prospect the country, and ecessary • they are the „*"s• J• and C. commendations o lengthened comment n , . of the number being progressively increased as O f% IN ° By order C. Symonds and Co. ef the Board of Directors. from their use, render any for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but the benefits of the society become more and more , well-known at forth as a cure . with their many 0 1%. 4 - termi nus, r CIIA.RLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary not put . Complaints, d 0 ressionaftermeals, after meals, widely realised, so that, at no distant day, it may fully 9 t eri addington,* for Bilious and Liver Sick Ileadache, rain an pp its founders, in proving itself a the fel l al Dec. Dec.;,3 1846. Bilious and . Nie in Head and Ears,Drowsiness , accomplish the design of l', QRE A 4. T fondants, Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing 01S • Wind, Spasms, /cc tite, of their salutary truly National Provident Institution. ore sal eer , Qkt.i., - WESTERN RAILWAY. for leartburn, Loss of APIA doses willl convi . nee the afflicted year just terminated the large In the course of the ain its streogth a healthy 1 0 IS SEco ND . Two or three -- 1 cl 3 T he e• o n 17 ,•• INSTALMENT of 21. 103. PER SHARE will speedily reg will rapidly take place; number of 1,005 polices have been issued, the annual ,_ e," ?set,. tr ee , 1. SHARES, making 41. 10s. PAID. effects. The stomach Bowels, and Kidneys, jaundiced appearance, on which amount to 18,441/. ss. 3d., and '''" y ea Nile b ek i.lof the Great Western Railway, having resolved at a as stJa f the Liver, 8, heat, pains, and to good old age, premiums . f life thu Or f_ d tlf : t O tte g e 4l:u t, fo ll.Ri a a n daY, to call under the provisions of the Acts of 11 0 4 ft:or s i l, ereby • instalment of 2/. 10s. per share on 17/. shares, mat instead of listlessnes health, strength, activity, and renewed . . extending. e according to the and twenty-eight proposals fur as directions one hundred ~ .sul ;f' 0 6 i l pea la - .he s t , b gen, that the Proprietors are requested to pay on will be the result of taking this merit= , surance have been declined as ineligible. hi; fi r 1,,,• sh„ r anee r , ~,", t Y of JANUAR-it next, to any of the under-men- accompanyin g each box. d London. price IS. I%cl. and 2s. 9d. ou eht th " The accounts have, as usual, been made up to the p r ' o o r 44, , L ee, vi z : -e said stun of 21. 10s. on each of their respective 501 d by T. Prout, 229, Stran , e ei m e g generally throng 2oth it e ir li en '• • •It es , p er box, also by the Vendors of 31 c of the society on that day appears to be no 000 - ..t 0l . -tr.!. Glyn, Halllfax, Mills and Co., at the Great kingdom, OF HEALTH, and observe the the capital stock . f tki )99,675/. 12s. 4d., being an increase, since last year, o 11 4 Gresham-street, • •.., li . ox western Railway Office, 29, Gresha , City. ÜB. Miles, Hanford and Co. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL Nraie and Address of " Thomas Prout 229 Stran , d London, "on the .... 58,2141. 19s. Id. de T 1 rfr o id li ke gs e. ra• Bailin), Ames and Co. government StemsBB,94ol. Bs. 2d " The annual income is now . 00 1 ,1 , . x .„,,,_ eeck ey'S Banking Company. -1 4 on account of deaths during the . st 0. elitit e 7, l • • , The west of England and South Wales District Bank. -One of " our " The claims paid we N y e A SUPPOSED IMPOSSIBILITY. amount to 15,0011.15. 4d. .4a1„ 1 "tari.•,,,,,,,e 'tank of Liverpool. laced himself - year h e it .... SS "e County of Gloucester Bank. peoples," holdingof • ectacles, p up a pair sp the hands of.. At the close of the ensuing year the assets easit eLessro• J. and C. Simonds and Co . hi the witness-box and invoked justice at 11- • will be investigated by Charles Ansel!, E . sq., 9 1 tos c i o „ ~, By order of the Board of Directors , Mr. Hardwick, the •tt' • t te of Marlborough - liabilities institution , for the purpose of apportion- ,_ : or ir - -Lente n , p CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. st ing magis ra to the street, on a Christian who had, as he asserted, just over- actuarymay have accrued since the th 0 X - r, ' addington, 3d December, 1846. surplus funds as 00 ---• 4.., U 10 . reached him in a " • " Hd • k professed j u g such . pargam. Mr. ar wiclB42; and from the large in • of profits, in CO t/ tis TtAI - 11 AND NORTH-WESTERN his willingness to lend assistance,but ab served that the last division "od the directors ente r- el,e b Is To'rr e , A (SOUTHERN DIVISION). case, if true, was one ase that certainly did not happen very ele gise of business since that p en tic ofsatisfactory result. a eV. e ec t „,,, e.--... A LTERATION OF TRAINS. xpectationsPa ea 4 tia„, next 6 Public as • ed that on and after the Ist of often. The applicant said, while on his m • ornin peram- lain sanguine e. a species 1 meeting of the members „ 01 10,t e, n .„,, the , e inform . "aY ....., following Alterations will be made inthe rain T • s bulations in search of e • e pargains, he was halted y b a eln September last . proposed alterations in the ' certainea !e , t tai Tr a n i linendraper's wife in Park-street, who offered to sellll'm held to consider , I washwith some variation, were o' srivj ng a , ~noseI,,,,,EDFORD BRANCH. fawns, which , 1 1 011 , , p,. . 4 . 1 dford - : 4 R London at 10.45 axe. l is ' ll il e t -.ant : ow ''' about 1.45 p.m. will leave at 11 a.m., a pair of gold-mounted spectacles. He expressed and regal doubt about the article, but on receiving a verbal rules a members then present. The rules !,_i the ; .... war adopted by been certified by the barrister L° 4 "it at II leavin g London at 4 p.m. will leave at 3.45 p.m., ran ty that th e spectacles were such as was represented , altered have f Parliament relating to friendly to e''oe N i Zr al , n effeordthus . 6 at aiNait 6 p.m. and on being referred to a neighbouring doctorwho d by the Act o did not ac uiesce in all re h I MIL leave Bletchley at 3.15 p.m., arriving at Bedford atgave as require Although the directors q ktr i eTr • vi 41 110 the article the most sorted to pay 26s for auriferous of characters a N at w leavin g Bedford at 10 a.m. will leave at 9.45 a.m., sent , . its possession. H e , he con showed his societies ; althoug then made, yet, now they; have become the tli them m will rejoice to find T , the alterations he directors 9 to -: ta w „, London at about 12 noon. Rh eas s s rain will leave Bedford at 11.50 a.m., arriving at London " pargain ' to a brother dealer, who, instead of con- he society, t . ment of the affairs of " .• - e..ts p.m., and at Birmin g ham at about 3.35 p.m. gratulating him on his pennyworth hinted his laws of t efficient manage t o ,), trea t -„ LEAMINGTON BRANCH. strong suspicion that the article was only inf • conducive to the anxious that the confidence • most inferior metal has sub- c' a, T r now leavin g Coventry f or L eam i ngton at 8.45 a .m. will gilded. Alarmed at the intimation, he t' d the institution, being the commencement w ai t; at i s.ao a m rie a couple of which from dth members at large, f _ AO 4 ti t Tr ' ** London , b.tstn. ain now leavingfor Rugby at 3.45 p.m. will leave pawnbrokers, but they wouldn't have the spectacles at and harmony (w BO e I the directors that has attended the it li h ,`% Tr., "no price.' He went at last to a refiner, and caused slated between of the success ninter- s' of °. e -eel now leaving Aylesbury at 10.30 a.m. will leave at 10.45 'r lil 4 / 4 1 st , e ~,.. -ng at London at about 12.30 noon. the article to be tested. The result clearly proved the spectacles were only silver gilt. He went back that and to which much institution is justly to be attributed) may be u d feeling between _" r e 4,,,,.„, -. .in now leaving Birmingham at . 8.0 a.m. will leave at la C„'sarriving at the intermediate stations and London 15 mil Park-street immediately, and demanded the return of htios ruptedly maintained. The mutual po important a t the verysi management 0 fellow , 'alter than at present. money. The imposition, as he alleged, was not denied; those to whom the . ted and their e E MARK HUISII, Manager, intro are . i roo o, s itto ,„ , .By order,but the seller, so far from exhibiting the least degree of concerns of the society permanent stability t. to its pe '.. 4tation, Nov. 24, 1846. compunction for his case, absolutely considered the fact members is essentially needful / b ' IT ISII COLLEGE of HEALTH, New- of having "done a Jew" a matter for congratulation, and prosperity. ratulation,„... ress of the the Fog I th" l oolt A, road, London. and worthy of being permanently " chalked up." Under The following statement shows • institution since nt:- I O r ' tetA l ea e SsssIIICAL SKETCH of the HYGEIST, with the reasons these circumstances he bad come to the court for advice. its commencen--- 11 s sn " ar ns 'aM to the discovery of the Hygelan System of Medicine and Mr. Hardwick said the caution conveyed in the adage of e f • Niesetable Unive 1 Medi ines " after thirty-five years' inex- manifestly been disregarded in the Years No.of Amount 0 1 o r ... . rsa c , caveat entptor had ending Policies Annual Income. C a pital. Vt "'lie s '''"ertne under the medical faculty. l l e % I ss ,,, Mori son certainly could give no assistance present instance. He issued. 04 , - ge r -sa"; the youngest son of Alexander Morison, Esq., ,in ....--... 1 Aberdeen, I the year 1770. Se es ar e a„ °Pile, the county of n le as a magistrate; and the only advice he could offer was ---..-__ ---•--- r lO Lhe'ellai i i,, , u a aa been long known as one of great affluence . and re to try a summons, but even that he believed could give £ s. d. £ is d. 1 2 ,s ... ses sil e, rid the late Member for Banffshire, John 31 rison, was 20th Nov., 1836 Cl 6 10,736 3 0 no effectual redress. 8,021 12 2 O ° to ur th e "rother of the subject of this brief sketch. li b e had reiantinder of the sketch, see the abridged " Morisoniana," NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS.-A number of the bakers „ 1837 435 14,600 0 0 31,592 10 5 :: 1838 459 10,034 19 4 46,855 010 t t'ith, li e ew f all the honorary members of the British College of in Edinburgh took it into their heads, the other day, to 10 , 4 "road, London. Price 6d. advertise in the Courant, Scotsman, and North British IP 1839 490 25,497 4 2 64,959 10 10 tO bg Advertiser, that they were going to discontinue the old „ 1840 494 31,051 10 10 90,545 13 9 }, CH l'S},,_ CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES. „ 1841 357 36,357 1 4 114,993 2 4 00 )4;e - -•EGA.NCIES FOR PRESENTS AND USE. practice of making presents of currant buns, short-bread, ~ 1842 364 39,360 9 7 139,806 1 7 `e great be expected at 1843 703 44,219 17 0 167,079 11 2 4 4 .14. - est p a A s e, r , variety for Ladies and Gentlemen at MECHI'S &c., and that nothing of the kind was to 7, X 11• 4 , 14, n , W).. "k lr and Emporium of Elegance, 4, Leadenhall-street, ' sabl - e May b • nomist and lux aga- the approaching holidays. This was a sore rub to many 1, 1844 722 55,037 9 2 202,162 1 9 a good deal of a 1845 911 70,819 14 5 241,460 13 3 did' 4 _ es ~. , _ e suited the cc° an expectant youngster; but there was dressingases e `o lo o r"• "M. to 151., writing desks Bs. to 20/., 1846 1,005 88,940 8 2 them, when it became known that the ,P 299,675 12 4 If ta 5 ,,,,, Wits c i: Work boxes ss. to 301., leather writing cases 10s. to 71., chuckling amongst d 0 - gs. tw e B a, Mg case 4/. to 251., tea chests 7s. Gd. to 81., envelope Stamp-office authorities had charged duty for every baker ..... , Total ... 6 556 Po beef Ater rla inkstand iwood , bronze, and papier macho 6s . to a: ' l st - inkstands work tables 61. trays 10 to 341 6/. 10s. to 25/., tea s. . who signed the document, the expense of insertion in 11 0 1 Qa per work „d carte eel s , 10 e baskets 10s. to 4/., card racks 16s. to 3/., _ . . _ the three newspapers being just 361. sterling.-Glasgow The financial statement was then read in detail, and sti s ;l l 4.4 es ted box !. to 41. 10s., pole screens 21 . ss. to 41. 10s, netting Constitutional. exhibited a nett balance of 299,675/. 12s. 4d. on the 20th 1..7 ladies' companions in pearl, shell, papier mache rADVERTISEMENT.]-THE EARL OF ALDBOROUGH of November last, to which period the annual statement ele lilltbo t tl ladies' scent cases and toilet bottles, ladies' card cases, HoLeowAv's Pmts.-An astounding cure by this miraculous , n eas ee Darien e _,, n ,... aa d men, elegant papier macho chess tables, gold and aND after every other means had failed. See extract from his was mom or itile n ,aPlat ep 7 a 7 in every variety, good tooth brushes 6d. each, medicine, Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. The CHAIRMAN proposed the adoption and printing gir o table d silver desert knives and forks, Sheffield plate, Professor Holloway-Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have o f the report and accounts for circulation amongst tle tt , ng k h i„ entlerY, warranted razors and strops, 3s. 6d. each, lit ' O rather'es, and everyeffected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach all the most the shareholders. l* %h . a . description of fancy cutlery. With a va eminent of the facility, at home and all over the continent, had not , i metes, of which cat 1 r. ASH seconded the motion. M C or, .rery ,;I!nufactures ext a ogues may be had gratis. As . been able to effect ; nay, not even tbe waters of Carlslad . or M. _., TYLER to bi' g ' , tele i. - ensivedy ou his own premises, the quality 01 • (c ~ -ed) " ALDBoßock.ii.' These wonderfu, lalgs Null ai. wr,. B ,_ verai new disease of the liver or stomach.-Sold (also Holloway's y s ce., ,_ Patterns after Landster, " Waiting for the eare an ' Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, and s „ r ts a d op o-- , "4 Pa Pa =she tables, portfolios, Sce. Ointment) at=apropos.. VP because he thought it was the by all medicine vendors throughout tile civilised world. most gratifying report they bad ever had the pleasure of receiving from their directors.—(Cheers.) Those who had paid any attention to the subject of life policies, and to the prog ress o f societies of this k i n d , cou ld not fail to be struck w i t h t h e extraordinary progress o f t hi s institution. Il e b a d given his attention to the matter, and he thought ho was perfectly justified in saying that no society in his experience had progressed with a ra pidity at all equal to the progress of this provident in stitution.—(Hear, hear.) It had only been established eleven years i and it would hardly be believed, but he had the figures to show it, that it had issued in that period nearly as many policies as the Great Equitable Insurance Company had issued in 80years.—(Cheers.) The motion was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said, in accordance with the third rule, two directors —namely, Mr. Joseph Hargrave and Mr. Richard Shortridge—went out of office, and that the two candidates who had offered themselves were Mr. William Millar Christie and Mr. William Tyler, whose election he proposed, and they were accordingly elected. Mr. CHRISTIE briefly returned thanks. Mr. TYLER, in returning thanks, congratulated the meeting on the improved condition of the institution. The conduct of the chairman at the three great meet ings had been most praiseworthy. If every any poor, unlucky wight required 'a fair and candid hearing from any meeting - he did that time last year, and he wished to express his sincere obligations to the chairman for the fair hearing'which he obtained for him on that occasion. He (Mr. Tyler) was placed in a po sition of extreme difficulty, but the straightforward and honourable conduct which _distinguished the . chairman on that occasion, though he "stood almost alone, enabled him to futnish a satisfactory statement to the meeting. If at a time, when.lie. was little - known he received kind ness from .the menthers - of the aciety, he did not hesitate to accept office now, when be mak more used to its af fairs, and could, besides, be ofifiseye*vieet to it. The institution was only beginning to emerge from comparative obscurity to a position of consider able importance, and therefore he felt much honoured by being solicited to take a seat at the board. When be found that in its eleveath year it had issued 1,005 policies, and that the Equitable, which had been established eighty years, with its 9,000,0001. of capital, bad only issued 162 in the course of last year, and when he looked at the principles on which it was established, he thought he ought to predict for it the most unbounded success.—(Cheers.) This would be the more evident when he stated that they had 5,926 policies, and that the Equitable had only 6,l4o . — (Cheers). This was an inducement to the friends of the institution to make its advantages known, because additional policies could not be otherwise than beneficial to all. He had done so, and would continue to do so. He thought he was the first member that had been returned to their House under the Reform Bill.(Cheers.) He would do all he could to benefit the institution, but]when he ceased to do, he should not continue to fill the office to which they elected him.—(Hear.) Mr. REED proposed Mr. Alexander Scrutton, Mr. William Smith, and Mr. Robert Ganneron to fill the ~ f fice of auditors for the ensuing year, and to have a fee of 101. 10s. each, which was seconded by Mr.HeanwicK, and adopted. Mr. SCRUTTON briefly returned thanks, and in doing so stated that the accounts from the commencement of the institution had been kept with the greatest accuracy, and that vouchers for every payment were produced. He had not had occasion to make any complaint during the whole of that period. Mr. SMITH also returned thanks. Mr. REED returned thanks for Mr. Ganneren, who was absent. THE SEIZURE OF CRACOW. ' there were 44 cases of successful treatment, and only 40 cases of failure. From the reports of the inspectors of prisons in Scotland, and from the information of chaplains, governors, and inspectors of prisons in Scot land and England, it appeared that the mints of those officials were anxiously turned to the subject of the re• formation of criminals, and that they all spoke hopefully on the subject. The question had been taken up by the present solicitor of the city of London, Mr. C. Pearson, by the Middlesex magistrates, and a very interesting report had Leen drawn up on the same subject by the chaplain of the Philanthropic Society, the Rev. Sidney Turner. A series of papers, written by the editor of the Birmingham Herald, on the subject of criminal re formation, had produced a great effect in the midland counties, in whirili that newspaper had a largo circula tion. His intention on the present occasion was to move that all these papers be referred to the committee on criminal law, that they might report on the various plat for the improvement of the treatment of criminals, and young persons likely to become criminals, and also as to the principles upon which punishment ought to he awarded. The repression or diminution of crime was the object he had in view. He admitted that the public had a right to inflict pain on the criminal, if by so doing they , were taking the best mod e o f re p ress i ng cr i me. It was because he believed it was not the best mode that he was hostile to it. It was now conceded that the only principles on which they were justified in inflicting pain on their fellow-men who bad become" criminal, was first, that the pain operated so as to deter others from the like offence, and, secondly, that it prevented the.offender from relapsing into crime. He denied that these two principles came into conflict. Pain inflicted solely with a view to reformation would operate also by way of example, and the principle of example ought to give way to reformation, and not reformation to example. To render the infliction of pain effective as a means of de terring from crime, it was necessary that it should be certain and prompt ; but they had no ground for believ ing that thus any approach could be made to such cer tainty in all cases in the punishment of criminals. Under the present system the number of persons re-committed was enormous, and the number of times some were re-committed was also enormous. In a report of the inspector of prisons in Scotland, it was stated that he found in the Edinburgh Gaol an old woman on the eve of her departure from the gaol for the eighty-fifth time, who had been preceded the previous day by another old woman, who had departed fur the ninety-ninth time. He would not have the criminal subjected to a greater amount of pain than was necessary for reformation, but he would have him subject to all pain necessary for that purpose. He ought not to be permitted to mingle in society until thoroughly reformed. Dante had described the gates of hell as having over them the inscription—" Abandon all hope ye who enter here." Over every prison door in England he would have inscribed, " Abandon ye who enter here all hope of departing until you are reformed." He was aware that some effect was produced by the present mode of punishment, but a much greater and a much more beneficial effect would be gained by the adoption of the principle which he advocated, viz., the inflicting of punishment with a direct reference to the reformation of the criminal. There was no relation between any given offence and any given punishment. The feelings revolted from inflicting on an in dividual guilty of a petty offence an unlimited amount of punishment. He apprehended that the ultimate object of reformation ought to be to enable the criminal to return to society with such principles and habits as would enable him to stand his ground, so that he might not fall again into crime. A complete servile obedience might make him a slave, but would not fit him for s o c i e ty. W an t o f self-control was the cause of his fall, and before he should be allowed to return to society he must be placed in circumstances in which he could acquire the habit of self-control. Pro bably the separate system of confinement, which was not to be confounded with the solitary system, would be the best commencement for a reformative discipliee. On the present occasion, however, he would not enter into details. He did not shrink from saying that, in his opinion, a prison should be for the moral man what a A public meeting was held at the National Hall, Hol born, last evening, on the subject of the " Seizure of Cracow by the three despotic powers—Austria, Rue.si and Prussia," on which occasion the spacious (`all was filled by a respectable and enthusiastic audience. Dr. Bowring, M.P., took the chair at eight o'clock. Letters were read from Lord Dudley Stuart, T. S. buncombe, Esq., M.P., Colonel Thompson, Mr. George Thompson, 11r. Douglas Jerrold, and Mr. H. Vincent, excusing their attendance, but expressing deep sympathy in the objects of the meeting. The CHAIRMAN in opening the proceedings of the evening said, that at the close of the last session of Par liament, a motion was brought before the House of Com mons, calling upon it to inquire whether the tresty of Vienna had not been violated ; and, further, to inquir , into those calamities which had occurred in Galicia. He felt but little sympathy in that motion ; he had never recognised the treaties of Vienna, Utrecht, and other treaties, as the law of Europe, for he never con sented to allow that the destinies of man depended or. the arrangements made by those who had tyrannised over him.—(Hear, hear.) He felt that as those treaties were made by despots, so by despots they would be broken—(Cheers)—but he there pledged himself, that it no other Member of the House would present the Polish question to its attention in all its integrity and itat ness, he would undertake to do so.—(Cheers.) They now had seen ruthless hands laid on the last fragment of Polish liberty. The Greek, who saw the statues of the Parthenon taken' away, said, in his lamen tation, " I was there—l saw it ;" and so Englishmen and the friends of liberty throughout the world would tell the despots of the north that they had seen the de spoiling of Poland, and branded the despoilers too ; and that they patiently waited their time.—(Cheers.) The history of Poland was spread over ten centuries of dire vicissitude, but in the last half century she had vibrated, between hope and fear ; her nationality, her language, her popular spirit, had, however, not been destroyed, and as she had been revived before she would be resus citated again.—(Cheers.) Judging from the sympathy of such a meeting as that which he was then addressing, he did not doubt but that Poland would yet resume her high and honest position among the nations of the world. —(Cheers.) He congratulated them that Cracow no longer existed as an independent state. It was not a question now as to 200,000 Cracovians, but as to 20,000,0001 Poles ; and they should now hope to see Poland re-con stituted.—(Loud cheers.) He could not, forget, how ever, that Cracow was the spot where the first northern university was established, and from which the no blest declaration of religious liberty which had ever been made to the world emanated. (Cheers.) He could not forget that it was the place where the monarchs of Poland were crowned, and where they still reposed; he could not forget that it was associated with the names of Copernicus, Casimir, Kosciusko, Poniatowski, and Sobieski.—(Loud cheers.) He rejoiced to feel that his countrymen were deeply interested in the cause of liberty, which was the cause of man.—(Cheers.) He was a friend to peace, but he looked to the triumphs of peace in the triumphs of liberty—(Renewed cheers) — and he knew that peace could never be established until the great rights and the mighty interests of humanity were recognised.—(Hear, hear.) He felt sure that it was in that spirit they had met together; they saw their Polish brethren afflicted and trampled upon, but they found them full of energetic protests, appealing to Eng lishmen, and to the world, and asking for a kind and generous sympathy by those who loved freedom them selves, and were disposed to aid others who were strug gling for it.—(Cheers.) It had been truly said that to desire more virtue was to obtain it ; and he felt equally certain that to wish for more liberty was to obtain it also. Forty years ago, who would have dreamed that Greece would have a national government, and a national language spoken at Athens ? yet now she had a repre sentative and a national government, and these were but the seeds of the good fruit which would follow. Ile called upon his fellow countrymen now to sow the seed of Polish liberty, and the smiles of Poles would be the sunshine which should ripen them. He The CHAIRMAN then introduced to the meeting a subject which to the directors was one of extreme deli cacy, namely, remuneration for their services. By the amended rules the directors bad ceased to allot their own remuneration; it was therefore the province of the meeting to do so. The alteration was one most accept able to the directors.—(Hear.) A GENTLEMAN inquired the number of directors who usually attended the meetings? The CHAIRMAN replied that the average number was nine or ten, but as the two 'gentlemen who had with drawn seldom attended, on account of residing in the country, the number they expected to attend the future meetings would be twelve or thirteen, exclusive of the medical members. Originally they had one meet i ng a week, but the increased business made two necessary. The remuneration at these meeticgs averaged 14s. or 15s. each. called upon Englishmen to encourage their Polish brethren in the work which they were undertaking, be cause it _ was a holy work, a godlike work, and a work hospital was for the physical. He upheld the analogy in all its parts except one. A hospital turned out in curable patients. His hospital should retain the incur able. He concluded by moving that the various plans be referred to the committee on criminal law, to report thereon, with reference to the treatment of criminals, and also as to the principles on which punisment ought to be awarded. that would prosper.- - ---(Cheers.) — Mr. MOORE then moved, and Mr. SAVAGE seconded, the following resolution, which was unanimously carried: " That this meeting, though it views with disgust and abhorrence the attempt of the three Powers to complete the annihilation of Poland, and the destruction of the Considerable discussion ensued on the matter : one gentleman proposed 80Z each, whilst another submitted that 1,0001. should be voted to them as a body, and its division left to themselves. Another held that they should be paid a certain sum each as often as they at tended. It appeared that they had received 1,2001. during the past year. Mr. ; lloLnonN considered that they ought to give ample remuneration to those who had conducted their affairs with so much ability and so much advantage to the institution. Last year they had only received 1,200/., 11%tiketklili,42 1 1 1 4 vavet.2.N.O.Lto_ili-;z directors for the A GENTLEMAN seconded the motion, and observed that as the institution was increasing in prosperity the duties of the directors would become more onerous than at present, and that they ought to be compensated. Mr. BARCLAY considered that the remuneration pro posed was inadequate for such valuable services, and instanced it as hardly sufficient to pay their coach fare. Such valuable services ought not to be measured by such paltry terms. The remuneration they received was smaller than that awarded to the directors of any simi lar institution of the kind. Polish cause by the seizure of Cracow, yet cannot help expressing its satisfection at the violation, by such seizure, of that infamous compact known by the name of the treaty of Vienna, inasmuch as that violation ex- The motion was then put and unanimously agreed to, and the meeting separated. TWELVE FIRES IN ONE DAY. poses nakedly to the world the designs and objects of the three Powers, and deprives them of all pretence for again appealing to that treaty in support of the present tyrannies of Europe." Mr. WILLIAM HoWITT (who was received with un unbounded applause), in moving the next resolution, said he rejoiced in the breach of the treaty of Vienna; w;thAllt A TA .V guilty.—(hear, hear.) his country laa neerF @FL tremely deficient in the expression of its sympathy with Poland. They had left that unhappy country to the despots, who wished to annihilate every spark of liberty. (Hear, hear.) It was seventy years since the first partition of Poland had taken place; and what had we done for her? It was more than furty years since Thomas Campbell, the poet, made a most heart-stirring appeal to the friends of liberty on the subject of Poland, . . i s V g \ Tiul i o t e h ts d i l n easy t s w mt e ho n ar t n y n i - tn f w o ge t , i l r ev le h e fires er u ne r s s ,: o . l ra e r v efi e dr n e n y b • e rd s oi t kn e , r ee d r eaony:tt p morn ing of the metropolis. S u bj o i ne d is an analysis of th e whole of them, in the order in which they occurred:— the premises occupied by Mr. F. H. Cloake, shop-fixture dealer, which did some considerable damage before it At ;six o'clock in flie evening an alarm was given that a fire was burning upon the premises in the occupation of Mr. J. Hynam, lucifer-match maker, Wilson-street, Finsbury. The ignition way caused by the over-heating of the drying-room, and tho consequence was that a stock of 5,000 bundles of splints for lucifers was destroyed in a fire-proof building. Not insured. One hour later, at 69, Cornbill, upon the premises of Mr. Walter Berdoe, tailor. This fire did but trifling damage. Contents insured in the Dissenters' Office. At forty-five minutes past eleven considerable injury was done to the premises of Mr. Robert Frost, butcher, 38, BAck-road, St. Georg's in the East. The fire caught the flooring, and the ceiling underneath was much damaged. The fire was caused by a cinder shooting from the fire. Yesterday morning at one upon the premises of John Johnson, Esq., coal merchant, known as New Wharf, Abingdon-street, Westminster, the coal porter's lobby, ten feet by six feet, was destroyed and the roof burnt off, and a shed adjoining much damaged. Contents insured in the Licensed Victuallers' Office; building in the Sun. _ _ ana said that— " Down to the dust oppression should be hurled, Her name and nature banished from the world"— (Cheers)—but still had the tyrants gone on dismember ing that devoted country and tearing her limb from limb ; and when had the British people come for w ard with that dignity which became such a people as the English, and made the voice of a great nation of free men—which was ever omnipotent—heard by the oppres sors of Poland?—(Hear.) We owed a great debt of gratitude to Poland. At the end of the seventeenth century, when the whole of Europe was menaced by an invasion from the Turks, it was the brave Sobieski and his gallant Poles who maintained the safety of Europe and the preservation of Christianity.—(Cheers.) The Austrians were unable to compete with their Turkish foes, who had devastated the whole country, and sent about 90,000 of its inhabitants into slavery ; they had reached the walls of Vienna ; famine prevailed in the city ; and it was about to be delivered up, when Sobieski, with his brave army, triumphed over the enemies of Christianity, marched in friendly triumph through the streets of Vienna, and finally chased them out of Europe.—(Cheers.) He asserted, therefore, that we owed a debt of gratitude to the brave and enlightened Poles.—(Cheers.) Mr. Howitt, in a powerful speech, then alluded to some other prominent features in Polish history, and contended that, although he was a friend to peace, unless Englishmen, as a nation, spoke out, and put an end to further breaches of treaties, war was in evitable. The speaker concluded by moving the follow ing resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Holyoake, and carried by acclamation : ' " That the treaty of Vienna, which pretended to finally settle the Governments of Europe, being now over thrown, there can no longer be any question, even among those who respected the treaty, as to the neces sity of reconsidering the present construction of what are called the Governments of Europe; that this meet- The CHAIRMAN explained that they were frequently offered mortgages, in order to ascertain the value of the property. It was necessary for the directors to be most correct in these matters, to go into the country to ascer tain its value. As this entailed great expenses upon them, they were allowed 31. 3s. a day whilst out of town. Mr. A NSELL said that his avocations led him to be acquainted with institutions similar to the present, and also the remunerations given to directors in several in surance companies, and from that knowledge he felt bound to say that the remuneration given by this society to their most efficient and skilful directors was far less than that of any other institution of a similar description in the metropolis.—(Hear, hear.) Looking to the large amount of the receipts of this institution, he thought the society ought not to consider whether their directors got a guinea or 255. for every meeting they attended, but that their best course would be to vote a certain sum for the directors, leaving it to them to divide it among themselves as they thought best.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that the sum of 1,5001. at least should be voted for the directors.—(Hear, hear.) He would, therefore, move that that sum should be given to the directors for their services for the ensuing year, Mr. HAYWARD seconded the proposition. The CHAIRMAN begged to inform the meeting that the remuneration they were now calling for was for the ordinary directors; they would have at a future stage to ask the meeting to remunerate their medical directors. —(" Hear, hear ;" and cries of " We know that.") Now, with respect to the proposition for giving the directors 1,500/., he had to state, after a short con sultation with his colleagues, that, although they were highly gratified with the unanimity that appeared to prevail in the meeting with respect to it, they did not require so large a sum.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that 1,2001. for the directors, and 1001. for the occasional deputations, would be quite sufficient.—(Hear, hear.) The directors, however, had no hesitation in saying that 1,4001. would be ample to cover every expense, and they would gladly return their thanks to the meeting if they voted that sum.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " No, no.") The motion of Mr. Ansell (the other propositions and amendments having been withdrawn) was then put to the meeting, and declared to be carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then said, the next subject for the consideration of the meeting was the remunera tion of their medical directors. Hitherto they had paid them at the rate of one guinea and a half for each attendance, which made three guineas a week each. Now, the directors were not quite satisfied, con sidering the long standing of the medical directors in their profession, and the immense advantage the insti tution had derived from their services, that sufficient remuneration had been given to them, and they thought that, without anything like impropriety, the amount might be increased from three to four gumeas.—(Hear.) He believed that the medical directors had lost the at tendance on several families, because they had acted gtlin ea thse bey attended, given conscientiously in giving advice to the institution with respect to the lives offered for insurance, and re fused to barter the good opinio n of the socie v t e y e f t o e r the e sake of serving interested parties. — (Hear, hear.) He m wo e u d l i d na , i th d e ir r e e e fo to re rs , move ey veth er a y t tw o meeting in stead of a guinea and a half..—(Hear, hear.) The motion having been seconded, was declared by the CHAIRMAN to be carried unanimously. Dr. BEVAN returned thanks on behalf of himself and Dr. Conquest, whose absence he regretted. He was proud of the countenance their exertions had always re mostwith ceived from the soc iet y , and coul d assure the meet ing that th e kind course the y had pursued gratifyi ng sueh success, that t h e mortality that day would n ever be f orgotten by him to find that among the members of the instit u ti on was of any other in the met ro pol is. far less tha n that Mr. TYLE R th en moved a vote o f thanks to the di rectors for their g reat exertions on beh alf of this so ciety. o t hr his exertions colleague . h a d I t been was attended having been seconded, Was de c l are d by the The motion ha y CHAIRMAN to be carried unanimously. of the directors, return e d Mr. LUCAS , one thanks. He hoped that t h e future acts of the directors would prove, the interest If h • their words, ic they took in more than . (Her, hear.) institution. the present was then moved,and • d A vote of thanks acc lamation, to t h e Chairman. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. It had always been his most anxious t wish to o du y, and h e was _ mous vote of thanks that de lighted to find, from the unanimous that nani accomprh he had d e his had been passed to him, most earnest wishes. all appearin g d e lighted b r oke up, The meeting then _ c ondition of the institution. with the prosperous At half-past ten a serious fire occurred en the range of premises in the occupation of Mr. P. Olney, fell monger, Market-street, Bermondsey, by which the drying-stove was nearly destroyed. The damage to the adjoining wool loft was slight, but a considerable portion of the contents were injured by fire and water. The call by the police was very prompt, and fortunately there was a good supply of water upon the spot, from which the engines were worked. The roof was slightly damaged. Insured. About the same time a fire broke out in Shoreditch, upon premises in the occupation of Mr. Attwell, butcher, of Holywell-lane. The damage was fortunately confined to the contents of the second floor. By far the most serious fire burst forth, however, at thirty-five minutes past three o'clock, in the worshops is the occupation of Mr. John House, wire-blind maker, 35, Cannon-street-road, St. George's iu the East. The fire, it appears, originated through the adjoining glass blowing furnace, which, it seems, was contiguous to the division-wall of the premises. Notwithstanding the most strenuous efforts were made by the firemen, the flames were not extinguished before the worshops and rooms over were destroyed. Mr. Bradford's premises, next door (the glass-blower's), were injured, and a shed burned down. Mr. Robert Perks, rale•maker, 36, had some damage done to his premises; and Mr. Thomas, undertaker, slightly suffered. Building insured in the Dissenters' Office: contents not in either case insured. The other fires were but of trifling importance. ing, therefore, deems the present a fit opportunity for re-asserting the right of every nation to choose its own Government, to protect its own nationality, and that it re-echoes the appeal of the Liberals of France, in ex pressing towards the Poles its warmest sympathy, con fident of the resurrection of Poland and the ultimate triumph of liberty and justice." The next resolution, moved by Mr. J. W. LINTON, and seconded by Mr. J. WATSON, was as follows: " That an association be now formed, whose object shall be to spread over the widest field the principles of national liberty and progreEs, and to aim in estab lishing a good understanding among the people of all countries." The resolution having been unanimously carried, thanks were voted to the chairman, aad the meeting dissolved. DEATH OF LIEUT.-COL. FOUNTAIN ELWIN, K.C. —This distinguished officer expired on the Bth inst., at his residence at Peckham, aged sixty-seven. He served in the Egyptian campaign of 1801, with the 44th Foot, and witnessed the actions of the 13th and 21st of March. He commanded a company in the Light Battalion, under Sir James Kempt, lin the expedition to Naples in 1806. In 1813 he landed in Sicily, in command of five com panies, and accompanied the expedition to Italy, under Lord William Bentinck. He subsequently served in the Peninsula until the termination of the war in 1814, being for the most part of the time in command of the left wing of the 44th Regiment. His last service was before Paris, where he was in command of the 44th Foot. He received a medal for his gallant conduct in Egypt, and 18a l Lieut.-Colonel, l, out July with 2 2, the order of the Crescent from the Sultan. Colonel Elwin's commissions were thus dated : —Ensign, April 27, 1798 ; Lieutenant, May 10, 1798; Captain, Jan. 14, 180 0e 2: Major, 1830. He was on the half-pay list since Mar c h, 181 6. ACCIDENT TO THE EARL OF L AUDERDALE. We regret intimateJune 4, 3 that l; hisn L ie Lordship, ut.-Co while a shooting party on the 9th current, at Drumore, on the lands of the Earl of Selkirk, near St. Mary's Isle, unfor tunately met with an untoward accident. After firing, he was in the act of reloading, when, from small por tions of wadding having been left in the gun, or some other cause unknown, the powder flask exploded, and was blown into we know not how many pieces. Provi dentially, we rejoice to sa y, hi s Lordship's hand escaped injury, but his eyes and face were severely scorched. He is, however, convalescent, and will ere long surmount, even in appearance, the inconveniences arising from the work of a moment.—Dumfries Courier. THE! RAJA OF S ATTAR A..-A public meeting was held last night at the Westminster Literary Institution, Great Smith-street, to petition Parliament for an inquiry into the case of the Raja of Sattara. The accredited agent of the Raja in this country, Rungo Bapojee. at tended, and also Mr. George Thompson. The chair was taken by Mr. Noggins. Mr. George Thompson ad dressed the meeting at considerable length in support of the claims of the Raja, and resolutions were passed to the following effect:—First, that the meeting had listened with painful emotions to the narrative of the treatment which the ex-Raja of Sattara had received from the British-Indian authorities, and pledged itself to the employment of all just and proper means to ob tain for that Prince the restoration of his rights and ample reparation of his wrongs; and next, that a peti tion should be presentad to Parliament for inquiring into the Raja's case. The meeting then separated. A MERRY ANDREW.-Sir Andrew Agnew being asked what was a " moral engine," replied," A railway engine that does not run on the Sunday."—Punch. SOCIETY FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. A special meeting of this society was held yesterday evening, at the rooms of the society, in Regent-street, to take into consideration the questions of secondary punishments and the treatment of juvenile offenders. At eight o'clock Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque took the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr. M. D. HILL rose to address the meeting on the subject which they had been convened to consider. He began by alluding to the various plans which had been laid before the board on the subject, and expressed his satisfaction that the Government had resolved to give the plan of Captain Machonochie a trial. He hoped that whatever modifications might be intended, they would not be such as would peril the success of the plan itself. An experiment which had not excited much attention bad been made on the subject. He held in his hand a report of the proceedings of a society with which he was well acquainted, and which had been established for the reformation of juvenile offenders in the county of Warwick so far back as the year 1818. It appeared that of the young persons committed in that county 60 per cent. had been sent to the asylum at Dunsford Heath, and that the expense was 254 a head. From a private paper which had been transmitted to him by Mr. Edward Rushton, police-magistrate in Liverpool, it appeared that out of the cases of young offenders who had. from time to time been brought before him, tried, punished, and dis charged, the reformations were few indeed, while the average expense of prosecution merely was 564 for each individual, being more than double the expense of those offenders who had been sent to the asylum at Dunsford Heath. The system of reformation was, therefore, less expensive than prosecution. Another experiment had been tried. Since 1841 it had been the practice at the Birmingham Quarter Sessions to send young offenders, not to gaol, but to their masters. The number of per sons so discharged up to last Michaelmas Quarter Ses sions was 113. Of that number there were 40 whose Looduct WAS decidedly bad ; 25 doubtful, for they had left their emp lo y ment ; and 44 whose conduct had stood the test of time and examination. Here, then, without any expense or infliction of pain, out of 113 offenders Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of th e W est Ind i a Colonies.