The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-20 00:00:00

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E HAGUE, JAN. 15.—The nav of t , he kingdom of the icetherl list, f r i g a a n t d e s s, c Bt or e isis e t a e r d n on ing the Ist January . of 83 ships of the 2,265 guns; nine steamboats, 614 2g4,4l;_thje.e ir.m.' steamboats , 22 guns. Total, 173 vessels, t Thesurilesrcantils navy cOnsisted of 369 vessels, 169 belo o ng .. ir, n4Bt etdatll,lo3 to Rotterdam ,• and of these 369 vessels, a :., .1' ei ltPloyed by the Society of Commerce.—Handds V ats ,,,appei. rTtle Xedes/andsche Stonm rt confirms the report published ti t't lint terdam Courrant, P that a plan is under consideration 1,,()! °taking a harbour at Schievengen ; that paper adds, we o tl in t :(,,,t anticipa.te the issue of the negotiations which are i t rLespecting this important undertaking, nor perhaps in tuetn by pretnature publicity, yet to show itil,,:n- ivOrds, how important a convenient larbour a he at ,thgen would be, it may suffice to say, that a steamto - perform the voyage from Schievengen t _ 0 sZelhh,ouinrs.eifflit hOttrs • from Ilarwich to London h . 4 (.0 , ' 12 3' l'ailWay would ' be made in four hours—m all, If, as has been 'said, an atmospheric railway on rnr , Made from the Hague to Schievengen, the whole the 4htfronl Attisterdam to London might be performed in tr a "`") am well as in the summer, in fourteen hours. 1 ti oll in the tables publ shed by the Government, the popu a Jana )f the kingdom of the N etherlands, on the Ist of ICrY, 1845, amounted to 3,019,748 souls. Alt' 18 laid that the Second of the States-General i,ort4sonie its sittings en the sth of February. It is re boor t hat a new first blok of the penal code will be laid ~„i e the Chambers soon after their meeting. Dtitl,et, tril)onal of Zevolle has declared M. K. van Hulst : hviiiinber of the Politischen Sneliwagen, guilty a wickedly Nth t and ca lumniating the King's person, and sentenced . th, ° two years' imprisonment. The tribunal laid down . litinfaritneil)le, that though the King took the advice of h , is t tb e tell er, ' in the composition of a speech from the throne,. 3e , lit tt °l e Must be considered as proceeding from his Majesty. ' N I: S:lz .:::::. 1 :67-1:17 Chamber - of Representatives, iii ti F ittin g t Dart n- day, finally adopted the budget of the Finance D' y ha re . . z9ont3 of 69 to 3. . earn" Just received the news of a frightful accident at fell d ", °II the 13th of this month. Apart l il lti l : n ) and buried seven persons in the ruins ; two l ea t, i - r a t tile spot, the were of the hospital 11, c • five oth e r s were extricated more or the 1 , haridier o f Representatives is inclined to . hasten l ettl, °te of th e law relative to the measures against Hol bf th e After devoti g p rt f yesterday to the examination it . rtepr,P,Nttt Of la n I a the 3 tion. it immediately named Nutt, I fi l 'Ars to the central l ec s t e i e on. " 101,1 (1 seetr e e question of contitutionaly was rriee ueeided in thenegatiye,.but a Bill s of indemnity was sa_t lately theu'Otion so pro posed and unanimously agreed to. In the Itta ''''llelde t Iline memb e r s thought that the repayment of ,petid„,,, . ,by whi c h Dutch ships still profit, should Le the 1%16, elld -- s r 3 - has annum its intention on the Sugar to esent before attil or th • nee l duti es, ilo th ._ " • s ession, a proje d ct of aw on e the reform in the Post office. tIiaLBURGII BOBSENHALLE iIi sz. lt oney 114,81 t 5 Per Cents 400iteast:is .. •• •• •• • :: :: :• • 1°94 13 1 % 14 ft 14,115 DearnCienor lia . m — b . ..&rtiticate. 103% _- 16 1 1 1 0 3 10084% ..... riti t let series Inscription •••• • • • * . e — s : • • bitt• , ' oPs and Co., 3d and 4th seri 100 _ lit , J. In Certificate •••• • • • ***** •••. • • 91 bitvrto4spner C.ent, Hope and Cts. 9O l,'O%BDsni ~g lit z •• • • •• ---. 20% 20% b. 54 ew 5 per Cent . * 32 , IQ° 3 " ,1 1104, Der Cent .......... —____ but,h ,rtugnese Loan, 2 per Cent • • ir•etual Deb, % per Cent v Poi, l l ) l `, 4 ° 3 Der Cent. • • • 3 Au gt 'ew per Cent. Joan, 18 88634 86% •Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •• •• tioal Ihnis Shares • DUTCH F UNDS.—AmwrzRDAN, JAN. 16. Bills. • Money. ac tual 60% , Debt, 234 per Cent•• •••••• • • • 60 724: , "gtto • 3 , er C , • •• „.. 7234 ,-, Atubitto 4 , e 1" •• •• •••• • • • 94% 95 A , per Cent....• •• • ••• • • • Qat , 99 li eitnt SYndle, 434 per Cent •• • C04,4' 3.4 Per Cent................' — 2 16 - 3% t an I rem' C ompany, 4% per Cent .. 194 95 Exch2l2ll4 on 4 per Cent.. •• •• •• 34 22 5 'eon London, at sight —••••— 12 Two months ..... On Ela niburgh, at sight • 35 75 25 56 23 Two months... ••—•• • • • • • 35 arts TWO 1” 6 WA 140% 80 IT . ) `bnt , h 1.7 4, 3 .,,, , thn _ ..i4tlonths. . • • • • • • ••• ItltlellOtiklst Ftr .N . DS.—Bausszis, JAN. 17._ Debt, 2% per Cent 1•-• • ' • Loanild'a Loan, Five per Cent • • • • • • Ditto°f TilirtY Ditto Three per Cent...... Ditto:1(11'14.0'1 Ditto, ditto' Millions, Four per Cent- .• • bilttr)o, 3 , 1 - *even Millions, ditto •• • • 1 - 0 - o — % 1 : 34 64 , . 1 . 8 4 2 ..• ... .. .. ... .. .......... il'. 1 . .. ... .... ........ : 0 9:9 0 ! bitt, 1838 •••• :::• ....... • • .... ••• • • 74X tiittto of the City, .1.832 1111.. • • • • • • • ' • I,4Ders. j,e,lrtrlT .. —• • • • • 8 n 4178TR1-21,1* F UNDS.—TuNNA, JAN. 10._ ...... ... 112 1 /6 A .-er Cent. Metalliques• • . • • • ' 102 ; Atr Cent ditto ———•• • • — L.,41)7,C173t4.• ditto:: :: :: ........... . .. ... . ... 1126 7 0 6: bitto, 1839.• . •• d itto ' ........... ••• • • •• • • • • .• ..... 1608 ,•'34k Shares ... •• ' • ...... . .. :: :: .• .• ..• i: o o: r ni l•i h oarztt;ear, B: r .R. F .k er .; d i i W. n . an .A. Ferdinand • I.• ' .111 1.• ...• 1 8 4 9 l k, 124 Legh e ,, - flan • • • • • •• • • • • • nna.. ..... .. • • 117% il `• • ••• • • •... •••:•••• • • • - • • • 10 0 ZZ °M C roeett e • : ' • • • • • • • • • • . • • • .... ...... e nbur •'' • • ••. • . •• ..1• • • • • 4,10 .1 it !. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • _ Allt - A — De g' : •••••.•••••.• • • • • • • • • ' tnatris zlettineli .... ItkinC, Jan. . 12. • • P 5 17 0,.,.. St. s ills. Money. Oi l ''olail.X FUNDS.—BERLIN, I'l llB " a SC/ 1 JAN. 15. 97% I' D ''tngii.,. 'La% per Cent •. .. .. . • • • • • • 98 'A ~zreig 'g,,,,'.. Uonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • • --- ehkt",nnges... ..... .. • • .. • • On London, X 1 Sterling, 2 Months. 4, "kw. I linnburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. •trb, Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months ........ --8 P russian Gazette. Ja n . 1 6. . ),k.„ DISEASE IN SCOT- O -tbiT or THE POTATO . ,41411'Ohe disease has been mofrteheexsteeuntshiveerb incoEu England nties of mit "zotl 1 b t even some o t . lett an(' 11 leshires there '' l kllt , .;:t . have suffered severely. In Berwick, liirlccud -4,, fell, -•_ eufrew, Bute, Lanark, Forfar, and Argo . 4.trtiiY elle-third of the crop destroyed ; in Haddington and 1 rincipal potato dis hetk' oS i sili t'es the latter of which is tle p . ittt,h. %gaud the loss has been nearly t!vo thir6s ; in Dum ; in , ty, - Ire th ' •in Wigtonshire , one-fourth n ihi t i o ise ' . ree•fourths , 4 - I ts, fron:ll6 tens in Fife, Stirling, and Clackmana . . hs, t dt b, 13 ve_ to per cent. There has been no loss in is4ttibt oni y a e ll s it; or Moray , and in our own locality the cro n p . ea but was never more abu .s_ etistlAlre oaf betteaerPqendaltile dis • No se, symptoms of disease were di t tatoes gkt ,eat 4, t the tirne f lifting and we are happy to sta e kti,ilegikit'ii" Pits vrhic - 11 0 have been just opened the po ), 0t,,,,3%"--Itoss-shire Adertiser. . THER.„_we t:t,l ,it ,kl°C.l) TURN DESERVES A qeYe4rii4Dt4lrt Atkinson the celebrat th ec i l: t I, a fte r . ago resided at danhugh, in t 4, ge 1)44 at t e Cottage, : s ire nei ghbourhood, o a t i n r , h 70 1 7, i whilst shooting on a t ‘‘ards 11 Rathowen, was . surround b e e d g by eiciteeiithiZ of Molly Macgii.res kid l' ti M to dertood of Carrick-on.-Shannonhleasrtsfuwseeedkt, and to do, hik, rei., deliver up his fowling-piece ,_ Rii7l cite pistol wrested both the hiu,„4ed bi.a,rl,d the Mollies immediately Phis his breast to . fire at the fellows; it 11 robability bade gh'er'" from him and wuuld in 4,l4tiotti 11 hiqk s omething not very w e ith a short )44'N tesi(btnt on the bog come to the rescue agree a abl P in return fro,Pet r.. 5 .. 1.e he would shoot some of the pa . ty e i e f f th th e e arm ge. s Nicity it;_lored, telling them at the same tim wife. The Gal- Ille I,lllipt,i'e captain towards him and h Ni" ° ;- a 4 and true sportsman, als it " Pp t" to the hut of titseeor retieek previously, and ~ eonvenie n n nem fi ent at the eared, was on tly, • Iv: (w nose wife was in V 'NO - 'egnested that the Captain ler w e o o uld not fire " co - ,Ifii, I , to th 't tli " 1 14 " house, explaining ed to a distant part lia,e b..._ • Atkinson instantly refit . from ,s srt th . e delicate state - of his his day IA nta-g at,' ••i s ~_•.eete -. after returning I-lonrh many comforts that o lo re,, r 44.41, essenger to the hat wi d ` . called a f ew days ago tioilit,llpy were strangers to, and ring of his returned th t itil 'it fis the Patient- On m e lli es instantly I,'i's to /,‘" poor man, the ro th'lkAl la Prot . for him, and that no person__ .es The Moll' ' r l '/ ' to ' 4 Dtain Atkinson, and cheered him lustily, P k a li __ e alk ett the game him long Ives away, ;:''; 4 4 4 1 ,i ta git u t w i e 3e d too to k sh t ne he t m th se ere but himself.. . wishing Westmeath o(qk‘t:Alh.tteering hi m a s they went along.- 4 4 , 'an aeis 5 , 114 ) k ,, - OP AT lif e and l `tlV` 114,7 1 1.* filledwith accounts of the . was born ~,,,Qta,„''e..e Zaluski • The object of their notice' he Galict funeral of 4N'', lii' Ln 1 91, and afterwards educated ahtusStb.aPndetetrshe q Not her having had for her second n Ns 1441'11,4neral logelstrorn secured to her so IL et 'Re, th / • ' Thus the . young Count - , tl, ,kle eh e inperial favour. and embassies, -ii 1, Atflt,„.. 44Therlain, attaché to several _ ft r the last ap issue of her . 42 4 ~,e 1: 1 1 t f);;41 Envoye to Berne. Shortly a . ess oginski, 'elq is b ttled i'-' "4"as united to the beautiful Princess N-7.4t)tsl 411.:2„regard of the Emperor did no S alPers.,4 ithuania. The service at the R t uss a i n a n n ih C i u la u t r e t i and he lliitt*,,-osee, iii9l,Slarshal of Nobility in Lithua 14 b51141v1 4.-'lln g B of the deceased nobleman. n counties of ktrol"ttr'ioce%('l the national forces in many a, The year i ~,,,,,, th at the skill Ives so muc h thought of y fided to him ‘liti stn 44 ' 1 ...414 'ti had never been in the army, ,•*ollnato • I.'edition - ' st Vilno was con Re,ltiog c e 3 ' It fsiled against by the othe want of cannon ,ki was bthe b i u n t su h r i - s of *N. ree• A t ,e °lvln- to tional war Za us ce , the lateedala ,tie end of the na In consequen w ."° lxs ,t 4 rt h e tA t„tof the whole Polish army. the Count's etor ii ei7ABe,seiona°iNei.tiLthe national struggle _ .. s ife 4- 've .3 ' and he himself condemned af -( llf, aced the Russian te love for his thi s ~, eollt4iettitence, the only fruit of the Count ' s. 35 was in (s 4 ttDlOtp.yrY,,lle vrent into exile, and in 4 dea f n tl i i. w T . - o - p `,.. th - -4 with Whom he was acquainteg in *4 IK:i3ll"l,.eil•l°ing the friendship and este i e B m 3 b ` lll ll si l ' I,l* pert - Government he allowed him tu return to lt,teNtler evelni)jer ?84s5ittie funeralthe _ . of b e et t n e u r in d n ;s s . His m took place on 2d Yeklicianl44 ;lt v' ' as attended an assemblageimmense surround th°ltotie.hobility, and even the peasantry of the_ memory ktte: 4,' came to pay their tribute of tears to the memory Galicia t hsi IN ti,*(l nobleman. Nearly all the clergy I for the per k,4l,lley c° anal refusing every remuneration,. saying ~.4 hs tt or thea not think of accepting anything . who was 4 %7 4 th i laat rites to the patriotic nobleman, leaves the Ilat7ess tll,overished by confiscation, and who d very grb, l oti, with nine children Many eloquent an _using lllLl`t.ss4 eratio:ss were delivered over the grave, 4 kitqt Ili tstltioo throuehout the kingdom. The fuirr e i a l l an to_ok a tes.gt th:,tteed of night, and each person bore in . d to the Nl' Of I. of by thee means presented to . view one tiih'eh, tiltßlit, which extended from the mansion to On miter sidelleted in the aijoining village of the d C .r o t !ill'et s ei of the road were placed (accor i,g to the t0p, , 1 I,6,t`nian custom), at short distances apart, barrels t r l , 'lin g I.'ll Pitch, which, being ignited, shed a solemn _ and t 'ti hid ' Qt upon the path by which the remains . i 4 ct)4te,i;°l;ot had to pass into eternity. (This custom q h ,„ - 7 11 the idea suggested in the last passag e.)—Fr om .11187 'lent titid t e„„ lbe t 4 ) , 4., :'‘,I4PET CRUS.ADE."—On the afternoon of t:1(11.,1..ri4,1'i crusade against the vendors of fruit, crum tkol:4ll of Itt:•:11'ce84. e* It was e n n e o w t e c d o n d n C e le t e r d k e i n n w e t l h l e by usn t a h oa e tl 41111ttlred, but . we er ; for the persons of the venders were e ___ littk i t taken the baskets of oranges, crumpets, and . sh II Ite t ted t Ken from them, and lodged at the thus s tio d n e - p h i o il u e s d e 44, 1 i * tok i ,° the police-court. The parties h They called, p eli th e ,fLo Call next mornin for th e ei m r . go In justice to the Hatableclit4-eeat'e ere given up to them. d that they only exe t tile e.rders'ofittheeihresnupderioers. Alfa Z,,,,'" Anne \Vardlaw Ramsay died at Leamington 4t e ii 411nrade • 1 t. Her Ladyship 4 0 1 il(t B iSt r 3 ' as was daughter of . the e I st Whitehill, N.B. * to the present Earl of Balcarras, and.reliet, 1 e Robert Wardlaw Ramsay, Esq., of tt l lvd iir lAi... ‘relli t `rieSs Of etealf las taken the spaci ous mans i on of Sligo, in Manefield , street, until Easter. . ~. TIER SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 20 1846 , but what disease they had suffered from, and what they might probably be subjected to.—(Cheers.) The examination might by some be considered as a farce, but as a medical man he could assure them it was no such thing.—(A laugh ) Mr. HONEY then rose to move the next resolution. Two years since he had felt it to be his duty to move that some remuneration should be made to the board of management; at that time it was stated that the funds of the Society were not in a condition to meet such a sug gestion, but now the case was different. From the report that had been read it was apparent the Society was progressing most favourably—(Cheers)—and that 3001. might, without detriment, be set apart for their services, as some slight remuneration for their arduous duties.—(Cheers.) Such being the case he would move— " That the best thanks of the meeting are due to the bond of managers for their unremitting attention to the affairs of the Association, and that the sum of three hundred pounds be awarded to them for their efficient services in forming the Association, and for their exertions to promote its interests, and conductiug its details during the past five years." Mr. WILLIAM READ seconded the resolution. A GENTLEMAN in the meeting hoped that it was in tended that the remuneration sin uld be retrospective ? Air. It. 11. ,TONES—Oh, certainly. The resolution was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, on behalf of himself and the other managers of the Institution, begged to return their thanks for the very cordial and hearty manner in which the meeting had acceded to the proposition of devoting 3001. as a remuneration to the managers for their ser vices to the Institution for the last five years.—(Cheers.) Ile was, sure it was the with of all the managers to serve the Society gratuitously as long as the funds were not sufficient to give them any remuneration—(Loud cheers)—but he thought that the time had now arrived when the funds of the Association could bear it. and he felt gratified that the members present had taken the same view of it as the managers had done. He could assure the meeting that they migh rely upon the best exertions and endeavours of the mana gers in future to promote the interests of the Associa tion, the value of which he had 'no doubt would be felt more and more every year.—(Cheers.) He was sure it would make vast progress by its own merits, aided, as it would be, by the exertions of its members. A GENTLEMAN in the meeting was desirous of know ing whether any remuneration had been given to the medical offic rs of the Company? The CHAIRMAN said that a small remuneration had been given to the medical officers for the year 1844 and 1845, but that remuneration was totally inadequate to their great services. —(Cheers.) Indeed, it was given more as a compliment . tnan as a remuneration.— (Cheers.) It was the wish of the managers of the Institution to reward all its officers, and he was sorry that the small compliment that had been given to the medical men was not much more.—(Cheers). The same GENTLEMAN hoped the time was not far distant when they would be properly rewarded for watching over the interests of the Institution. The CHAIRMAN observed that, if any gentleman had any further question to ask, he should be happy to answer it. He could assure the meeting that the managers courted inquiry on all occasions. —(Cheers.) Dr. MIILLINDER then rose to propose— " That the thanks of this meeting are cordially offered to the gentlemen of the press for the kindly spirit invariably manifested by them in advocating the cause and objects of the Association." He appeared before the meeting in a two-fold capacity, but he trusted that he should not be charged with dupli city.—(Cheers and laughter.) A great deal had been said about the Militia mania, but he did not refer to them, but to the volunteers.--=(Cheers.) The press bad always advocated the objects of the Provident Clerks' In stitution—(Cheers)—or be might call it the Provident Clerks' Volunteers.—(Cheers.) The Sun shone upon them.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Tines supported them.—(Cheers.) The Herald proclaimed them.—(lncreased cheering.) The Chronicle re gistered them.—(Cheers.) The Post delivered them.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Advertiser posted them. —(Cheers.) The News illustrated them.—(Cheer'.) The Examiner passed them.—(Cheers.) The Spectator looked favourably on them.—(Laughter.) The English a ntleman had taken them by the hand.—(Great laugh ter.) And although they had been in the Gazette, it was the Court one—(lncreased laughter)—and they had a trusty Sentinel, and two good magazines in the Bankers' and the Post magazines.—(Great laughter.) In con clusion, he trusted that the meeting would with accla mation carry the resolution he had proposed to so use ful and necessary a body as the press.—(Cheers.) Mr. JEPPS seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. F. CREASY then moved— " Tha t the members present, fully appreciating the great importance and utility of the Association, pledge themselves to increased individual exertion to introduce new members, and to use every means to make the principles and objects of the Association known." Mr. CLARKE seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said that the business of the meeting was now concluded. He hoped that every member pre• sent would strive all in his power to carry out the spirit of the resolution, because he felt convinced, if it was acted upon, there could be no doubt the favourable results of 1845 would be far exceeded by those of 1846. Mr. 110WDEN thought the meeting ought not to sepa rate without expressing its gratitude to Dr. Mu!Ender, the Secretary, for his exertions on behalf of the Society. It should be borne in mind that the business of the Society had increased considerably during the last year, and that that increase had required greater exertions on the behalf of their Secretary.—(Cheers.) He would, therefore move— " That the best thanks of the meeting be given to Dr. Mullinder, the Secretary, for his zealous and efficient services." Mr. FRIDD seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Dr. MULLINDER returned thanks. It was not many days since a member of the Society had called him a goose.—(Great laughter.) Now, although that observa tion was made in jest, he was deteimined to be a goose (increased laughter)—for he should never forget that the cackling of a goose bad saved Rome—(Laughter)— and he was determined not to cease cackling until he had convinced every clerk of the value of this Institu tion.—(Great cheering.) He felt most acutely the marked honour that had been done him, and he trusted that the Society would never find him undeserving of it. The CHAIRMAN was desirous of mentioning one circumstance which was calculated to show the increased estimation in which the Society was held by the public. In 1844 they had granted 110 policies ; in 1845, 211; while in the present year they had granted 21, being more than one a day.—(Great cheering.) He felt con vinced that the end of 1846 would show an increase of prosperity in the Institution unexampled in the history of societies of a similar description.—(Cheers.) A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then moved by Mr. NOBLE, seconded by Mr. J. NORTON, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, assured the meeting that as long as he held the office of one of their managers, he should do his duty fearlessly, without re ference to any personal consideration, trouble, or exer tion.—(Cheers.) The meeting then separated. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—On Mon dad the quarterly meeting of this society, which is esta blished to afford relief to officers of the royal navy, their widows and families, under circumstances of misfortune and distress, was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's street, Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm in the chair. Amongst the gallant officers present were Admiral Sir Edward Cod rington, G.C,B. ; Captains Bigue, Edwards, and Drew; Com mander Marshall ; Lieutenants Gardiner, Bedford, and !dean ; Sir Richard Dobson, inspector of hospitals, &c. Commander Dickson, the secretary, read the report. The receipts for the last quarter were 1,203/. 7s. 4d., and the expenditure amounted to 7371. 103. 9d. During the past year the sub scriptions, donations, and a balance of 595/. 45., figured 3,170/. ss. 6d., and the outlay, including 2,1181. distri buted in relief, was 2,704/. Bs. 11d., leaving a balance of 465/. 103. 7d. Amongst the donations received Esq.,l 0 5 1. 01. , The Co m since the Ist i nstant, were the • following :—His i Earl Dickson,of Haddington, Royal Highness P r i nce Albert, 211 ; the Duke of Cambridge, 2 g report Commander Sharman, 201.; J ames Al exander, Esq., 101. . 10s. ; Earl Cadogan, m conclusion, stated that th e sum of 552/. was allocated fur d u e . , 21 l. ; Charles distribution amongst 82 applicants for relief. The report was adopted. The secretary then announced that, during the past year, 107 officers had joined the society, and that 78 deaths and withdrawals had taken placa amongst the old members. It was moved and carried, amidst applause, that the chairman be requested to acknowledge by letter the munificent donations of Prince Albert, the Duke of Cam bridge, Earl Haddington, the Earl of Cadogan, and Com mander Sharman. Captain Bague recommended to the at tention of the meeting the case of Miss H—, the daughter of a deceased officer, who was reduced to the lowest depths of poverty, but whose peculiar circumstances precluded her ap plying for relief. In consequence of the gallant captain's repre sentation, the officers humanely raised a subscription in her behalf. Ttie petitions having been disposed of, and sums varying from 25/. to Si. distributed amongst the applicants, thanks were voted to the Gallant Chairman, and the meeting separated. E LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.—Last night a general meeting of the sub scribers and friends of this Association was held at Ander ton's Hotel, Fleet-street, to receive the report of the Com mittee for the past half year, and to investigate the financial state of the funds of the Society, and on general business. Mr. Binmore, the President of the Association, in the chair. From the report it appeared the prospects of the Association were progressing, and that a great increase had taken place in the number of subscribers; the amount of subscriptions, as corresponding with the last half-year, were larger, while the interest on the funded property of 1,589/. 6s. Bd. in the Na tional Debt Office, added to the principal, amounts for the half year to 29/. 16s. 2d. ; which, togetLer with a balance of 53/. 15s. sd. in the Treasurer's hands,-made a total sum of upwards of 1,6721. The report was adopted. NEW ASYLUM FOR. INFANT ORPHANS.—The fourth election of this excellent charity occurred yesterday. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided on the occasion. His Lordship briefly but emphatically expressed his approbation of the Charity, stated that 26 children were already on the foundation, and urged the friends present to do their utmost, not only on the present day, but afterwards in their several connexions, to increase th e means of the Charity, that the Asylum, which is now capable of receiving 100 child ren , may befilled. His Lordship sustained his observations by making a second life subscription to the Institution, and then declared that the poll was open to elect ten children from the list of candidates before the meeting. MILITIA EXEMPTIONS.—At several large firms in the City and West-end, where a great number of hands are employed, as in some of the principal linen-draperY establish ments, mutual combinations have been formed to provide substitutesshould any of them be drawn. It is fully expected that the East India Company's Regiment of Volunteers will be formed, and brought into training, which will exempt all their clerks, servants, and labourers from service in the militia. This regiment, which was the last of the volunteer corps that was disbanded, continued in regular training until 1824. _ BURDENS ON LAND. (From the Times.) For years past " the peculiar burdens on land" have been one of the chief points for the corn-laws, and at the first alarm of their approaching fate the cry was raised as usual, aid turned into a claim for compensation. Almost every thing that the farmer paid was a peculiar burden. The ra tional taxes themselves, diffusive enough as a re,ybody knows, were a peculiar burden on land. " The taxed agri culturist of England" was contrasted with " the untaxed Russian." and " the untaxed Pole," as if no other class in the island was -taxed except the farmer, and there was no such thing as a Custom-house knovn. The soil, we were told, is mortgaged for the payment of the national debt. Everything, it appears, is paid by the soil. It supports the Church, the poor, the prisons, the roads, the police, all for the general good, with only a very moderate share in the bene fit. Mr. Shelley having chanced to say at a Brighton meeting that "he did not believe there were any special burdens on land," the Lord. Lieutenant of the county publicly took him to task. " Surely the collector of rates could not have called upon him, nor the wayvrarden for the repair of the roads, nor could he be aware that it was the land that paid the tithes." We are to conclude, therefore, that there is no such thing as a highway-rate, a lighting and paving -rate, a police-rate, or local rate or tax, or rent• charge, or ground rent, or payment of any kind except the simplest form of rent ever heard of, in a town. Brighton, especially, where the challenge was made, is an utter stranger to these oppressions, and has no more occasion to sympathise with the complaints of the agriculturists than it has with the " Groans of the Britons." It has been replied a thousand times that the taxes are equally paid by all, and that all have, therefore, an equal right to protection ; or, which comes to the same thing, none have a right to a special protection ; that the titbeowner is only -a tort of landlord, and, if not an improving landlord, is, in most instances, a resident and a charitable one, and that way-rates are a profitable investment, and an outlay attaching to all kinds of traffic. It would, in fact, be as reasonable to call port dues a special burden on the merchant, or canal dues or railway charges a special burden on the retail dealer, as way-rates on the farmer. The pretence of an ex clusive agricultural burden, in the shape of poor-rates and other rates levied on the same assessment as the poor-rates, may not perhaps admit of so ready an answer. The com plaint, if it means anything at all, means that by some acci dental unfairness in the principle of assessment, land is rated very much higher than other property,kr that on the same profits the rate is higher, or that agriculture is rated for the burdens which ought justly to devolve on other occupa tions. These are points which demand inquiry. The agri culturists will be well pleased to hear that their complaint as to the burden of the rates will not be dismissed without a hearing. It is destined to occupy a prominent place in the impending debate. An order, has, we believe, been issued from the Home office, to th e poor-law unions, for a return of the rates in the past year, distinguishing the amount levied on land, and that on other kinds of property. This peculiar burden, therefore, will have evtry chance of a hearing. Should the ill-used class who are groaning under its unequal pressure possess any genuine statistics on the subject HIE-1y to conflict with the brazen ta bles of an official return, we' advise them to set to work im . mediately. At present there is a serious probability that the return will indicate at least as great a burden on other kinds of property as on land. In 1826 the poor-rate amounted to 6,966,1671., of which land contributed 4,795,4821., and other property 2,170,675/. As this was twenty years since, perhaps it is unnecessary to remark upon it, Some light, however, may be thrown on the question by observing, that in 1826 the poor-rate in agricultural districts included a large proportion of labour- rate, that is, of mere wages • and that in other respects the expenditure of an agric u lt ura l pariah in the southern and midland counties included items elsewhere left to the private ledger or to private bounty. iViihoUi;i; - .; , : ever, attempting to, analyze the complex sums of 1826, we pass on to 1841, by which time the proportion had con siderably changed. The total was 6 ,351,8281., to which land contributed 3,316,5931., and other property 3,035,2351, Here, then, is something like an equality. On this statement the poor-rate cannot be called an exclusive burden on land. At least, there is only one supposition on which the complaint would hold good, and that supposition is one of which the protectionists happen to betray a very particular horror. They commonly allege that the capital embarked in agricul ture is considerably greater than that embarked in trade and manufactures. There is a calculation going about amongst them on this subject so utterly out of all reason that out of pure kindness we will not quote it. But they are never so moderate as to rate the agricultural interest at only three or four times as much as the mercantile and manu facturing. Apply this estimate to the return of the poor rates fir 1841. If the capital of agriculture is twice all other property, but only pays about as much to the poor rate as other property, it follows, by the rules of Cocker, that the capital of agriculture is only rated half as high as other capital. It follows that every thousand pounds invested in land pays only half as much as a thousand pounds invested in houses, shops, warehouses, manufactories, mines, roads, canals, railways, or other property; consequently that the poor-rates, so far from being a special burden on the agri culturist, are specially burdensome—viz., twice as burden some—on other classes. _ We are inclined to think we could argue better for the protectionists than they do for themselves. They will, of course, reject the offer as a gratuitous insult, and demand the immemorial privilege and delight of children and madmen—taking care of them selves. We will, however, commend to their own natural understandings the mutally destructive character of their arguments. In one page, or one column, or one sen tence, theymaintain that theyare the largest, the wealthiest, and the most important interest in the country; in the next that they are the most highly rated, and deeply burdened, and so forth ; the fact being, that their aggregate rating is just about equal to the aggregate rating of the other interest. This fact being ascertained, it is impos sible that they can maintain at one and the same time both their other points. If their capital is great, their rating is little; if their capital is little, their rating is great. The two quantities vary inversely, being the factors of a given product. Agriculturists are either the most important class and the least burdened, or the least important class and the most burdened. They must not aspire both to greatness and suffering. They are not both princes and beggars. They must make their election between the two, and that betimes. Before next Monday we expect to hear an authoritative declaration from 17, New Bond-street, either that the agriculturists are important and favoured, or insignificant and spited. We urge upon them this dilemma with all the more earnestness, because there is every reason to expect that the result of the, present inquiry through the poor-taw unions will be very much at variance with former returns, perhaps the very reverse of 1826. Since 1841 there has been an immense increase in other rateable property be sides land. Many hundreds of miles of railroad have been brought into profitable operation Cities and towns have increased, and even been created. Moreover, new and fairer and more searching assessments have been everywhere made. Counties, cities, anti parishes have been rated anew. The hair's-breadth scales of the Property--tax have been btought into play. What if it should turn out that land, in the poor's book, is only three-eighths or one-third of the whole rateable property? Such a result will aggravate the difficulty and straiten the dilemma we have described. The protectionist will have to admit either that the rateable agri cultural property is only one-third of the whole in the king dom, and is fairly rated ; or that it is more than a third, and lightly rated; or that it is less than a third, and heavily rated. The first, of course, is the best for his purpose. But there is an end at once of the peculiar burden. LETERATURE. MARGARET CAPEL. A Novel. 3 Vols. In this utilitarian and philosophical age our very novels are redolent of the spirit of the times. His tory and politics are now common themes for works hitherto intended only for amusement. The school master is abroad with a vengeance, indeed, if his lessons must be found even in the page of fiction. Far be it from us to disappiove of such things, yet, with all deference to the importance of instruction, we cannot but remember that novels are chiefly de sired by way of recreation. A few may wish to find wisdom mingled with entertainment, but the gene rality, tired of history and wearied with politics, are glad to seek amusement in the delightful realms of fancy ; others love to contrast their own high favoured lot with the imagined distresses of some all-perfect heroine ; in both cases, perhaps, little good is done, but the end is achieved —the reader is gratified. Such a novel Is " Margaret Capel ;" it is well calculated to suit both extremes, full of liveliness and vivacity ; on the one hand gay, spirited, and sparkling, it is cer tain to please those who only read pour passer letemps, while the lovers of tenderness and pathos will be deeply interested by the beautiful and touching history of Aveline Fitzpatrick, the only child of a widowed mother, slowly fading away beneath the power of that resistless foe to youth and beauty—incurable consump tion. This mournful tale is perhaps the most beauti ful portion of the whole work : here death has indeed no terrors, all is peace and love. This is but an episode, the real heroine being Margaret Cape!, who is of course endowed with all the virtue and beauty necessary for ,such an important place. We will not attempt the "sketch story;tch the plot," i plotct to say dadietsitsrosynffiaolilentthlye interest involved and intricate to excite attention, yet not too e complicated to amuse. Just the sort of book for ladies who have nothing to do but to read for their own gratification, or again just the sort of book for others who seek recreation from their arduous daily duties. POEMS and PICTURES. A Collection of Ballads' Songs, and other Poems, with One Hundred Illustra. tion; on Wood, by Britist Artists. Her Majesty and Prince Albert's visit to Osborne House, Isle of Wight, is not expected to take place until the first week in February. The embellishments and repairs to the edifice, which include the grand portico or entrance with massive stone columns, have been completed, and also the rock and rustic work; and the whole building will be finished by August next. Lord John Russell has arrived in town, accompa nied by the Earl of Minto, from Minto House, where his Lordship made a short stay en route from Glasgow.: ARTISTICAL DECORATION OF PUBLIC ROOMS.— The large room of the Cafe de I'Europe, in the Haymarket, has been enriched lately by its spirited proprietor, Mr. Hem ming, with a series of fine full-length portraits obtained from a palace in Bonn, on the Rhine, which fill the spaces formed by the pilasters that support an entablature running round the room, and, together with some good casts of ancient and modern statuary, give an effect of substantial and tasteful elegance not found in many other coffee-rooms. Anxious to see works of fine art become a necessary part of our houses, we mention the room in question as a good sign and an example worthy of imitation. Th e portra i ts i nc l u d e F rancis I. of Austria, Charles Alexander of Lorraine, James Edward Stuart, Maria Leckinska, daughter of Stanislaus of Poland, and Louis XV. The majority of them are ascribed to Riego, and two, at leaU, are very superior works.—The Builder. NEW SUSPENSION BRIDGE FOR RAILWAY PUR POSES.—A patent has just been obtained by Mr. H. H. Rus sell, formerly an assistant of Sir Isambard Brunel in the con struction of the Thames Tunnel and other public works, for a new mode of arranging the curves in suspension bridges, by means of which the vibration and oscillation of those structures are entirely neutralised, and thereby rendered available for railway purposes. The novelty of the invention consists in the arrangement of the chains, which alternately are relieved by the support which is given from the lower portion of the catenary curve, it being supported in the pier immediately under the summits or points of bearing of the upper chain which interlaces at the centre of the span, thus distributing the weight of the moving power alternately , from the higher to the lower chain. We shall take an early op portunity of giving a more minute account of the principle, which, if it realize the expectations of the patentee and many of his scientific friends, will be of essential service in lessening some of the expenses and difficulties incident to the formation of railroads.— The Bu i lder. This is one of the niost luxurious books ever pub lished. Printed in beautiful type, upon thick satin paper, every page has an illuminated border, and every poem has an illustration, many of them more than one. These illustrations are the most beautiful specimens of wood engraving we have ever seen ; they have the softness of the most exqui site pencilling. Among. the artists who have illustrated these " Ballads " are Cope, Dyce, Horsley, Redgrave, Selous, Tennie), Archer, Corbould, Duncan, and Pickersgill. Some of Pickers gill's illustrations are remarkably imaginative, and remind us forcibly of the marvellous creations of the pencil of Blake. The binding of the book is in the highly-ornamented antique style, and, altogether it is a monument worthy of British arts and artists. Ere long, this collection of poems and pictures will be found on the drawing-room table of every person in the British dominions who has the least pretensions to taste. THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN KEATS. A New Edition. Thanks to the irrevocable advance of true fame, it is unnecessary to do more than chronicle this re-pub lication of the too few, but incomparable poems written by John Keats. To enter upon a dissection of pro ductions now so familiar to every lover of genuine and unforced poetry would savour more of eccen tricity than judgment, seeing that they have acquired for themselves the most catholic appreciation. But we may undoubtedly be permitted to observe that the first and most elaborated production in the collection claims the most feeble and questionable applause, namely, "the stretched metre of an antique song "—" Endymion." Infinitely noble as is its introduction, proclaiming the presence of beauty in everything terrestrial, from " the shady boon " of trees, to the very daffodils " with the green world they live in "—glorious as is the opening pic ture of a forest glide in Latmos, where the rivulets disappear under the umbrage "to warm their chilliest bubbles in the grass "—larded with symbols of glory as is that marvellous invocation to Pan —pure and statuesque as is the description of Endymion himself, with his senses obscured with drowsiness, and mo tionless in the rapture of a trance, GAME TRESPASS IN THE ROYAL PRESERVES. Yesterday morning a labouring man, named Willi am Pond, was brought before the Windsor bench of magist ra t es (M r. T. Adams, Mayor, and Messrs. Blunt and Legh), c h arge d b y James Austin, a gamekeeper in the service of the Queen, employed in Windsor Great Park, with trespassing in search of game "on a certain piece of plantation land, in the pos session and occupation of her Majesty." William Hakin, a gamekeeper in the service of the Crown, deposed that on Mon day last, be saw the defendant, with two other men, who were unknown to him, beating in the plantation with sticks, between the Sheet-street Lodge and Spital, in the Great Park. The other two ran off and escaped, but witness ;air sued the defendant, and caught him in the meadow. Upon searching him nothing was found upon his person. Four wires (for - the snaring of hares) were afterwards found by witness and the gamekeeper Austin, close to the spot where the three men were seen beating the plantation. Upon the de fendant being taken, he threatened to use his knife. The defendant denied that he had a knife in his possession ; all that he had in his pocket was a pipe and a comb. The de fendant also denied that he was in search of game, whatever the other two men, whom he d id not know, might be after. The witness, who was asked by Mr. Legh if he saw the knife in the possession of the defendant, replied that he did not see it, but that he put his h and to his w aistcoat pocket when he made use of the threat to use one. The Magistrates having consulted together for a short time, aid having eli cited from Hakin that lie had never seen the defend ant tres passing in search of game on th e ro y al p res erves before, the Mayor, oeaddressing would deal leniently the defendant, said,thatth is being hi s first Benchwith him by fining him in the amount of 10s. and ordering him to pay 11s. costs, thus giving him the option of t ither paying the guinea or being imprisoned for 14 days in the borough gaol. The man said he had no money to pay either fine or costs. He was then conveyed to prison in the custody of the gaoler. Last evening. Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Prince's Head, Buckingham-street, Strand, on the body of a fine full-grown male chile', apparently recently born. William Lee stated that about twenty minutes past seven o'clock on Saturday morning last, he was passing a l ong John-street, Adelphi, when he observed a brown paper parcel lying on the pavement, in front of the private entrance of the Adelphi Hotel. On his opening one end of the paper he dis covered it to contain the dead body of a full-grown male child, which was scarcely cold. Mr. Bainbridge, surgeon to St. Martin's Workhouse, said that he saw the body soon after it was brought there—there was no external mark of violence upon it, and from the appearance internally, he was of opi nion that the child had died from the want of proper atten tion. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. "Even - as dead -still as a marble man Frozen in that old tale Arabian"— and sprinkled as the narrative is with the sweetest and most gossamer-like epiSodes, dreams within dreams (such as the chase after the butterfly) —there are intermeshed and intermingled with the whole such puerilities and affectations and weaknesses, both' of thought and language, as tend materially to modify our approbation. Nevertheless, a sweeping condem nation of a work so eminently delicate becomes an im possibility after reading that masterpiece—the preface prefixed to this "poetic romance"—in which Keats remarks that a dissatisfied reviewer will assuredly leave him alone " with a conviction that there is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object." With " Laurie," however, that strange phantasm of a subtle imagination—with " Isabella, or the Pot of Basil," the metre of which beats time, as it were, to the blood• gush of the heart—and with " The Eve of St. Agnes," that matchless piece of mosaic -work, carrying us alternately to the banquet cham ber with its music " yearning like a god in pain," and to the gallery with the cavalier, "brushing the cobwebs with his lofty plume," and to the bedside in the moon's " dim twilight "—with these three creations our admiration is unstinted and most earnest ; while with " Hyperion"—that marvel of modern literature—that most wonderful of all poetical fragments—that Phidian torso—our appro bation has no limits. Its words are like the blowings of a golden bugle; with its utterance the earth seems again shaken by the colossal footfall of the l'itans ; its imagery is awe ; its populace are gods. No con ception could possibly be formed of the extreme grandeur which our language is capable of evolving without reading this extraordinary production. As the poet himself expresses it The Marquis of Sligo has arrived at Jerusalem from a tour in the Ottoman empire. Lord James de Burgh Browne is doing duty with his regiment, the 9th Lancers, in India. " - There is a noise Among immortals when a god gives sign, With hushing finger, how he means to load His tongue with the full weight of utterlesa thought, With thunder, and with music, and with pomp." And such is the sound, such is the resonance of every syllable in " Hyperion." The minor poems which are appended to the volume, are things to be learnt by heart, and mused over line by line, and gar nered up as jewels in the chambers of the memory; they are as " things of beauty," destined for immortality, if we may credit the assertion contained in the first line John Keats ever r.cknowledgedly published—" A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." Among these must be especially noted his stanzas upon "Autumn," his renowned " Ode to a Nightingale," his verses be ginning " I stood tiptoe upon a littl e hill," and that pathetic and haunting conceit about December— all of which are filled with burning thoughts and clothed with burning words. His twenty sonnets, too, form of themselves a di a d em . Altogether Keats's poetry, though it was ger minated in the regions of Cockaigne, speedily assumed for itself a character of no class, of no party, of no particular or individual school. As long as the green turf is powdered with daisies, and the cowslip blossoms on the hedge-bank, and the rivulets glitter in the sunbeams—as long, in fact, as nature is nature, so long will the poetry of John Keats last, for it is but a reflex of the original in all its purity, and all its majesty, and all its loveliness. The present edition is the best that has as yet been published : it is the best, because it is the most appropriate—a little volume to be dropped into one's pocket before a stroll in the meadows or the woodlands : while, for ourselves and all other Londoners, it will serve as a talisman wherewith to conjure us from the murky streets of the metropolis and the leaden atmosphere of winter, into the midst of a summer landscape. There is, how ever, one remarkable deficiency in this reprint which we should like exceedingly to see amended ; there is neither a biographical sketch nor a slight portrait of the young bard, both of which his friend Severn, the Anglo-Roman artist, would have accomplished so successfully. We conceive, in fact, that Mr. Severn owes this much to the memory of his dead associate as well as to posterity ; and assured4it would be a noble exertion of his abilities. We shall ultimately expect to "see a life of Keats and a likeness of Keats from the pen and pencil of his companion Severn. With this exception the volume is complete. WAVERLEY NOVELS, Abbotsford Edition. Vol. 9. The present volume contains " Redgauntlet," the " Betrothed," and the " Talisman," printed in the ' SUM) magnificent style of typography as the prec e di ng volumes, of this superb edition have teen. Each novel is illustrated by four steel engravings, in addition to a host of exquisite wood-cuts. The four illustrations to " Redgauntlet" are from paintings by Clarkson Stan field ; those of the " Betrothed" are from paintings by R. K. Penson, and of those to the " Talisman," three are from David Roberts, and one (the Con vent of the Holy Nativity, Bethlehem), from a paint ing by Sir David_Wilkie, CLEMENT'S CUSTOMS' GUIDE FOR 1845 and 1846. This is the tea th annual edition of Mr. Clement's work, and it most ably sustains its original character. To mercantile men of every description it will and must prove of the very greatest utility, and afford the very greatest assistance upon all question able commercial points. It is, in fact, a kind of encyclopaedia to commerce, and details every particular alteration in the enactments in relation to trade passed during the last session of Parliament. Among other portions of this compila• tion, the tables of duties upon exports and imports are most elaborate, and will afford every possible facility for reference. In all of its other branches it is, however, equally copious and equally accurate. From the abundant information it gives - upon all mercantile matters, it will be a valuable companion to every commercial office, EDUCATION AND GAOL DIS CIPLINE. The following observations were last week addressed by Mr. G. 11. 'Vernon, M.P., to the grand jury at to East Ret ford sessions:— " Gentlemen of the grand jury, on the last occasion when it would have been my duty as well as my pro vince to have presided here, I was disabled from doing; so from my then being engaged in making a somewhat extensive tour in America. I was not there, how ever, as an idler, but as one seeking all the information I could obtain during the shortness of my stay, and of endeavouring to obtain knowledge of the state of that great country, not only of a social, but of an econo mival, and of a moral importance; also to ascertain the mode of their application of capital in procuring that state of discipline and good order everywhere prevalent amongst that great people. Many of the points upon which I satisfied myself, however, it will not be neces sary for me to touch upon this day, although I consider them to be of no little importance; yet there is one sub ject which I think deserves our serious attention as mem bers of the English community. This subject resolves itself into two points; first, the manner in which educa tion is conducted, and secondly, the method in which their gaols and penitentiaries are managed. It is strange, that in a comparatively new country, that education (to use a common phrase) has gone so much a-bead of the mother country, and that particularly amongst the lower classes, where every man feels ashamed who has no education, and where every man who is educated feels ashamed of committing a crime. In our own country there is a prejudice against going a-head in education ; and in this immediate neighbourhood a foolish prejudice prevails amongst the middle classes against having their children educated where the children of the labouring classes receive their education, But in America it is totally different. I had, during my stay in Philadelphia, an opportunity of visiting one of the largest scholastic establishments in that city, and I found that children of all classes, not only in that city, but throughout the whole state of Pennsylvania, were there congregated, and were all taking an educa tion in common, nut being asked what were the cir cumstances, or situations in life of their respective parents, or vvharchurches or chapels they attended, but all seemed bent upon attaining the object for which they were sent, that of a sound and practical education to fit them fur their respective stations in after life. I found many of these youths exceedingly acute, and put seve ral questions to them, all of which were answered in a surprising manner ; and on inquiry, after a lengthened examination, as to who the young man was who had acquitted himself the best in the establishment, I was answered that he was the son of the lamp-lighter of the city. With respect to the management of their gaols and penitentiaries, I find that they have established a system of discipline and correction which is working most ad mirably, and this is to be found in the great decrease of the offenders under confinement. The prison I inspected is capable of holding 700 prisoners ; and a few years back the average number confined was about 600, but latterly these have dwindled down to about an average of 350. I enquired, in the various states which I visited, whether the same system was ,adopted, and was invariably told that it was, and that with the same results. I mention this feet, not knowing what has latterly been done in our own gaol, but it appears to me to be worthy of our consideration, aad, if practi cable, of our adoption ; and I have not the slightest doubt on my mind that the practice of the same causes will produce the same effects. Education going hand in hand with proper discipline, must produce re sults which are not only highly desirable, but which must in time lead on to a sounder and better state of society in general. There is one other benefit in America which cannot always be had here, and that is plenty of labour. Now wh - n a prisoner gets out of gaol, and after having suffered that penalty for his crime which the law awards, he ultimately emigrates to another state where his former course of life and his crimes are unknown, and where he can redeem his character by following a different course of life from what he had previously done where his crimes had found him out. Now there is one case which will be brought before you to-day upon which this argument will bear. A boy of the name of Smith, about sixteen years of age, is charged with stealing a tame rabbit, along with an other person, greatly his senior in age. If he should be sent before us for trial for the felony and found guilty (although an excellent character has been given of him to the bench), his character will be gone for ever. He cannot leave the district, but must continue to reside in the midst of a densely populated neighbourhood, where he will be liable always to be reminded of his having been convicted of a felony. From the depositions it appears to me that his guilt is extremely questionable; and if you can consistently with the oath you have taken, and the nature of the evidence which will be brought before you, throw out the bill, you may satisfy the jus tice of the case, and spare his future character." AN EPITOME of the NEW LINES of RAIL WAY in ENGLAND, . which Parliament will pro bably sanction, with their Reasons for doing so. By C. J. Collins. Mr. Collins, the author of this brochure, is the edi tor of the Railway Times, and is, therefore, from his position, as qualified to act the part of Railway Prophet as Vales, Bunbury, et hoc genus omne, are to prophecy concerning the turf. Among the reasons which he adduces for Parliament verifying his prophecies, the decisions of the committees during the last session hold a prominent place. As a re sume of the decisions of the raiiWs . 7,7 e9rnmit tees of last session, a n d o f th e projects which will come before Parliament during . the pre sent session, this is a valuable compilation, and if it were possible for the decision of one Parliamentary Committee to calculate what the decision of another Parliamentary Committee would be under similar circumstances, then might we be in • clined to place some trust in Mr. Collins's vaticina tions ;—but the days of prophesy, like those of chivalry, are over, and to attempt to foretel the de cision of a Parliamentary Committee, on any given case, by a reference to the ordinary rules of law or equity, or precedent, is as hopeless a task as it would be to attempt to foretel from what quarter the wind would blow at the moment that the chairman should announce the decision. If it were possible, in reprd to these matters, to foretel the future from accurate observations of the past, then, indeed, in the majority of instances, would Mr. Collins be a true prophet. After statin g the grand lines of railway, the con struction of which he thinks it probable Parliament will sanction in the ensuing session, and which will require ap. id-up capital of 45,930,0001., he thus con cludes : "If we allow about twenty millions for branches of existing lines, and for small extensions, the totai sum which Parliament will in all probability permit this yeai to be a plied to the construction of new English railways, will be under seventy millions, or less than a million and a half for each county. The slim is great, but we believe that the county will provide it, and feel no ill cheats from the outlay. The money so expended will be disbursed by degrees—and to whom ?—why t o those who will immediately circulate it again —the labourers of the country. The calls will be made periodically, so as to m: et the convenience of those who have to pay them, and we may therefore fairly assume that before the last call is made, the first that was paid will have nearly returned into the pockets of the sub scribers." STEAM NAVIGATION IN THE BLACK SEA. TREBISONDE, DEC. 8, 1845.—Steam navigation in the Black Sea has received a most extraordinary impulse. It is scarcely eight yesrs since the inhabitants of Trebi sonde were astonished by the sight of the first Austrian steamer of the Danubian Society, which appeared upon the c. - _,ast of Anatolia for the purpose of trying to esta blish a rapid and direct relation between the dense popu lation on the shores of the Black Sea and the Ottoman capital. The first attempt was not very encouraging, and the great mass - of travellers and pilgrims who came from Persia, and from the centre of Mussulman Asia en route to Constantinople or to Mecca, continued for some time after that attempt to trust themselves to the frail Turkish sailing ves sels which plied between Trebisonde and the capital, and which were frequently lost in that dangerous sea. But happily the Austrians persisted in their enterprise, the boat reappeared, the Greek and Armenian population of Anatolia at length ventured to embark upon the "fire ships," as they were termed, and, finally, the whole mus sulman population followed the example. At present there are three societies which contend for that much frequented line, and six steamers which vie with each other for the travellers and merchandize. After the Austrians, an Armenian society was formed at Con stantinople to work the line, in which most of the prin cipal Pashas of the empire hold shares, and which is greatly favoured by the Turkish Government. The Society of the Navigation of the Danube has this year disposed of the whole of its steamers to the Austrian Lloyd's Company at Trieste, which at present serves the greater part of the lines of the Levant. For the last eight months an English company has been established, and now contends with the Austrian and Armenian com panies for the navigation between this port and Constan tinople, and sends us weekly a magnificent boat, which goes from this place direct to Malta, touching at Con stantinople, Smyrna, and Syria. The voyage from Malta, to Trebisonde is performed in fourteen days. The number of passengers between Trebisonde and Con stantinople is rarely less than four hundred. Four steamers of the Austrian Lloyd's Company now regularly ply between Constantinople, Kustandge, and the mouth of the Danube, in order to take up the travel ler.: which the Danube boats bring there. This naviga tion is only interrupted during the four winter months, that is to say, from the commencement of December to the end of March. The Russians have augmented their line of steamers from Odessa to Constantinople by lay ing on two additional boats, which are commanded by English captains. This line has likewise four boats. The service as well as the internal arrangement of the steamers is yet far from being complete. The three Russian steamers which navigate between Odessa and Kertsch also offer but slight comfort, and travellers are continually making complaints. From Kertsch as far as Kedut Certsch travellers are taken gratuitously on board the Russian steam-frigates, which perform that voyage twice a month, touching at all the small ports and other fortified points which the Russians have established upon the Circassian shore. There is not the slightest difficulty in obtaining per mission to embark upon those state steamers. The voyage is exceedingly interesting, on account of the picturesque beauty of the Circassian coast ; but it some times happens that Circassian bullets reach the deck of the vessels when they approach too near the shore. The former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army was nearly killed by one of those balls, which whizzed above his head when he was on his way to the fortress of Ardler. There are at present seven Russian steam frigates in the Black Sea, four of which generally remain in the port of Sebastpol, and three in that of Kertsch, at the disposition of General Budberg, who commands the garrisons in the forts situated on the Circassian shore. lam assured that Prince Woronzow is actively employed establishing a line of steamers between Bedut Kerstch and Trebisonde. ['his will prove an immense advantage to this port, for the communication between it and Georgia is very difficult by the small Turkish vessels, and yet the commercial intercourse is very considerable. Should t - .e enterprise which Prince Woronzow has recommended to his Government succeed, the voyage around the whole of the Black Sea may be made in steamers. The number of steamers which at present ply regularly in that sea is twenty-four, to which may likewise be added two others, which ply between Kertsch and Taganrog, on the Sea of Azof, and two others which are destined to ply between Bedut-Kertsch and Trebisonde, touching at Poti, Batum, and Risch. When these vessels are laid on, travellers will be enabled to make the tour of the Black Sea in six weeks, in cluding the two weeks' quarantine at Odessa. Her Majesty, after the investiture of the Marquis of Camden and the Marquis of Hertford yesterday, as Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, honoured the Duke of Richmond with an audience, at which his Grace presented addresses frdm the District Agricultural Protection Societies of the county of Sussex, praying for a continuance of the existing protection to agriculture; and also from the unde corated Peninsular officers, praying for permission to wear some commemorative mark of their services. ACCIDENT WHILE HUNTING. —Lord Charles Russell narrowly escaped a serious accident on Monday last. The hounds met at Cranfield, when his Lordship crossing an arch way over a brook, it gave way, and the horse fell, throwing Lord Charles to the ground. His Lordship lay with one leg under the horse; at length, by the aid of some ropes, he was slowly drawn from under the horse, after remaining more than twenty minutes in so precarious a situation, without sustaining any serious injury. The Fairy steam-packet, belonging to the Wool wich Company, brought down 72 female convicts yesterday (Monday) from Milibank Penitentiary, and put them on board the Emma Euguene, hired convict ship, moored off the Royal Arsenal. One hundred additional are expected at Woolwich to-morrow for embarkation, for conveyance to Van Dieman's Land. PEDESTRIANISM.—The race for 201. a-side, 300 yards, between Charles Jenkinson (the London stag), and John Handley (of Nottingham), came off yesterday, at Mitcham, according to previous arrangement. The weather was exceedingly unfavourable, the rain coming down co= piously, until the hour appointed, namely, two o'clock. The contest was consequently delayed, and it was more than twenty minutes past four, ere the men showed at the starting mark. The Nottingham man looked well, but rather fleshy; the Stag, on the other hand, was thin—thin to the verge of attenuation. The men started themselves. The first eighty yards the Stag took and held the lead, Handley running strong and well, but with his arms high, and we doubt if he was at the top of his speed. The London man slightly increased the distance towards the 120th yard, but, shortly after, the Nottingham youth breasted him. The Stag was evidently in trouble; he sprang forward a few strides, limped, and finally stopped. Handley pursued the even tenour of his way, running very strong, and at a good pace, until within a short length of the handkerchiefs, when he slackened speed and trotted in amid the vociferous acclama_ tions of the rural division. The cause of Jenkinson's abandon ing the contest, was stated to be a sutdhdeenhainnddesrevearnedatlotawcoek; of cramp • and, certainly, from our own personal examinati on sli indeed of his right leg, immediatelybalrefti at r o w u a t rds h s a ss ertion; tbe was a Pas partdie o k f no t t h ti e n knottin g h i o g f h: l Nv e hic m h usc o lie seemed suffering acute pain. Considerable m c hanged hands, the London clique bei ng p a r u epo s ys o ess f ni ecl one i y n favour of Jenkinson ; yet, cauti ous ever, few bets were made except at even. The friends of the Stag are prepared to back him again with Handley, and we doubt not another trial of speed will be made, betore their respective friends and ad mirers will be convinced of their relative capabilities. THE EXPLOSION or F IRE-DAMP SHIRF..—NEWPORT, SATURDAlCEvo......lNNoMtwoitrthArstoanudTix ng the vigour with which the search has been carried on for the missing bodies, we are sorry to say that up to a late hour this afternoon but two have been discovered, which make thirty in all brought out dead. There are five more in the pit, whose fate is placed beyond the reach of hope or succour. At ten o'clock yesterday, the jury, who had been empanneled to inquire into the circumstances of this frightful disaster, assembled at the Albert Inn, Rises. The Coroner, Mr. William Brewer, opened the proceedings by an ela borate de:ail of the distressing occurrence, and in an impressive manner pointed out to the jury the solemn resporsibility which rested upon them in the inves tigation of a subject so painfully important as that which they were about entering upon. Mr. John G. Phillpotts and Mr. Owen, solicitom appeared to watch the proceedings on behalrof the relatives of several of the ill-fated sufferers, arid during the:examination of the witnesses took a prominent part in eliciting evidence which would tend to explain the cause of the accident. The inquiry lasted for seven hours, during which time four witnesses were examined, whose tes timony- was exceedingly conflicting. The inquisition was then . - adjourned to the 4th of Februry, in order to afford time for an inspection of the sad scene of death by a mineral surveyor, whose report would be submitted to the jury. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The annual general meeting and election for the above charity took place yester day at the London Tavern, at which the Right Hon. Lord Mayor presided, and contributed ten guineas towards the funds of the institution. From the financial statement, it appeared that the funded stock now amounted to 3,8001. ; that the subscription amounted to 2,284/. ; and that, after defraying the nedessary expenses, a balance remained of 6201. is. 6d. Seven children out of a list of thirty candidates were elected, and rewards delivered to several children who had been educated in the institution. T SALUBRITY OF CHELMSFORD. --t is an extraor dinary fact, that with a population of between seven and sforcl, h has not been a death registered in the p eight thousand persons in Chelrn t arish for a m on th ere .—Esse, Herald. The Emperor of Russia's splendid new schooner yacht building at Cowes is in a very forward state, as well as those for the Marquis of Donegal and the Earl of Cardigan. His Excellency the French Ambassador, accom panied by his son, the Marquis St. Aulaire, and suite, is expected to arrive this evening at Manchester House, from Paris, to resume his diplomatic duties after a lengthened conge. " Ire are told," says the Paris Charivari, " that the wishes expressed by our Chambers in favour of Poland are sterile. This is not the case, they always produce a result, for Nicholas never fails to transport to Siberia some additional hundreds of unfortunate Poles." MADAME CELESTE AND WEBSTER IN GLASGOW. — The rapidity with which performers of note are brought for ward in succession on the Dunlop-street boards is certainly a novelty in that theatre, and to that extent certainly an im provement. The latest accessions are Madame Celeste, the celebrated French lady, although an English actress, and Mr. Webster, lessee of the Haymarket in London, who are engaged for a very limited period. •Celeste has obtained high and deserved celebrity as a ballet dancer, but her melo dramatic powers are not less striking, and we were equally delighted with the fidelity of her assumptions of character, and the rapidity, gracefulness, and expression of her pan tomime, by means of which she most successfully contrives to rivet the attention of her audience. Mr. Webster is one of the few comedians left upon the modern stage, who is equally at home in high comedy and light farce, and who, with rich powers of humour, never descends to buffoonery or grimace. lie is well worthy to rank in the same class with Farren, Murray, and Keeley. His Ally Croaker, in the Mi series of Human Life, is a picture of its kind, and kept the house in convulsions of laughter. The visit of these artists has been well received by all who can appreciate the dra matic vivacity and gracefulness of the one, and the quiet ex pressive humour of the other.—Glasgow Herald. FATHER MATilsw.—The Apostle of Temperance arrived this morning from Kilkenny, and will leave on to morrow to_preach and administer the pledge at Galway. He will visit Kiicornan, King errs, and Gort, in the same county, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and will return to Cork on Thursday next. —Cork Southern Reporter. RAILWAYS AND COACHES. be tween Norwich and London have ceased to czin,th last being the mail through Bury St. Edmund's, which was d:.continued the coaches o t im e. n the 6th The Counties' and London is now by the Norfolk a nd r Easb inst. L s t ie means rrime° tohfelrasnhdavhave conveyance b more e e ff ectively Railway, which, we understand, will b e fa managed than though six or seven coaches eendiscboentt.winrcuneaed trohrsscog satisfaction of the public. But andabout 700 have been d i scontinue d, direct to London hitherto, and consequently more to the runn i n g from various towns to the prin c ip a l choonrsste:inilyirown off th a t road, there are now thirty coaches stations between Yarmouth and London, these stations being Yarmouth, Norwich, Attleborough, Thetford, Bran don, Mildenhall Road, Ely, Cambridge, Chesterford, Wender], Elsenham, Stortford, B rox b ourne, and Waltham. i h e , bo o r n ou e g co h a t c w h o ; m a e t e t i s ch t e h t f e o r d t r a i t n w 0 ,• a a t t B N r o a r n w d i o ch n , four; -a a rm t three; at Mildenhall ' Road, one; at El y , four; Cam bridge, six ;at Chesterford, two • and one e ac h at a Nren Elsenham, Stortford, Broxbourne, and aitham. Beside s ' these coaches, there are omnibuses, which meet every train at Yarmouth, Norwich, Ely, Cambridge, and London ; and many cabs, flys, &c., at the intermediate stations. The rail way has, therefore, much increased the number of horse conveyances to and from all the towns along the line, and consequently increased the number of horses, drivers, ostlers, and horse-keepers employed. In fact, horses are dearer than ever they were, and more in demand; and the consumption of oats is not likely to be diminished, but rather increased. The apprehensions of agriculturists on this point, therefore, we are happy to say, are not, according to present appearances, likely to be realised.—lpswich Express. A SERIOUS ACCIDENI TO A SOLITARY.—OH Monday evening, shortly after six o'clock, a fire was dis covered in one of the bedrooms of Belle Vue Villa, Bathwick hill, the residence of the Honourable Mrs. Southwell. An alarm being given, Captain Carroll at d the police brigade were almost immediately on the spot. Inspector Smith having procured a ladder, ascended and reached the window of the room, where be perceived the curtains of the bed to be on fire. Having broken the window, Smith and another policeman entered, and found the Hon. Mrs. Southwell on the floor insensible, both of her arms being a little burned. The flames of the curtains were speedily extinguished, and Mr. Kilvert, surgeon, attended the lady, and dressed the parts which bad been scorched. But for the aid of the police there is little doubt the house would have fallen a prey to the fire, and its owner, who is very eccentric, and resides alone, would have perished in it. The peculiarity of the habits of this old lady, has for a time attracted the notice of the police and others who have had occasion to call at the house. It. appears that for upwards of ten years no domestic of any kind .has been permitted to res ide w ith her, so that. 5 _ the cause f the accident cannot be stated. The metho d which she has been supplied with the necessariescflife din h as Y by been fromcontrivance— t aking a plan of her own them - her drawing-room window by means of a string and a basket, the kindly her orders having been previously given throug hor,g this long offices of some parties in her confidence. During and the period, the residence has undergonemost filthy speaacle, and person of the old woman pr ea gs t a stranger to any ablutions ! had apparently been as gr Bath Journal. • FRANC E.—The agricultural re - A GR ICULTURE of France arc very from vaiious parts satisf actory. ports the wheat, rye, an d earl y b arley all bear a pro mising appeara nc e . The sowing has been well fini s h e d, an d the subsequent mild warn) rains leave been favourable to've getation. u'COSNELL r R IBUT E.—The parishes of Caller civeen and Filemors have contributed 641. 12s. 6d. to the O'Connell rent- The subscribers of this sum extend to a column's length in the last Examiner, headed by Messrs. Kean Mahony, and John Primrose, Dr. Barry, and the Rev. J. Walsh, P.P., for five THE SEASON. —The mildness of the present season is, we should think, unprecedented. At this time, the 14th of January, the Swede turnips in warm situations have commenced runcing ; turnip-greens, many inches long, hay ' i •■• nt been picked duriN the past week in this neighbourhood. Zrameshirs Advertain PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND. Last • night, at six o'clock, the fifth annual general meeting of the numbers of the benefit department of this Association nu held at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, fur the transaction of business. There was a very full attendance of members, and the business throughout was characterised by the greatest harmony and good feeling. George Thomas, Esq., presided on the occasion. The business was opened by the Secretary, Dr. Thomas Mullinder, reading the advertisement calling the meeting. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read the report of the Directors, which was in substance to the following effect : It commenced with congratulating the members on the increased prosperity of the Association, and showed that during the year 1845 the number of policies issued was .211, anwunting to a sum equal to three-fifths of all the business done in the past years; that since the formation of the Asso ciation all the moneys received as premiums had been in • vested in the funds in the names of trustees, with the excep tion of 100/. paid to the representatives of an assurer, which was the only death the managers -lad been called upon to pay, and about some 5001. for office expenses; that during the year an election of widows of clerks (one of whose hus bands had been an assurer) to permanent pensions had taken place, and had been commemorated by a public dinner, at which a very . large sum had been contributed (1,000/. we believe) in aid of the Benevolent Fund ; that some - eminent firms had during the past year given in their adhesion to the Society, and subscribed to its funds. That recently John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., together with his, partners, Messrs. Magnac, Jardine, and Co., mani festing that gentleman's well-known liberality and desire to promote the welfare of the Association, and of those gentle-. men employed by his firm, had assured the lives of each of their clerks for sums varying in amount from 1,000/. down to 250/., according to the length of time each had been in their service, not merely paying the first premium, but making each gentleman a present of the policy, and promising to pay all future premiums. The report went on to notice the hand some liberality of the Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Company, who not only had contributed to the aid of the benevolent fund, but bad encouraged the clerks in their service to become members of the Association. The report also noticed the growing estimation with which the Society was favoured, not only in London, but the provincial towns, and instanced that during the past year the number. of agents had been more than doubled, and that a most favourable and flattering opinion of the stability and usefulness of the society by W. Farr, Esq., F.S.S., the gentleman entrusted with the scientific de partment of the Registrar-General's-office, Somerset-house, who, in a letter to the secretary said, " I think very highly of the objects of your society, &c. ; your rates of premium appear to me safe and fair for a society of mutual assurance. I state this after having compaired the tables of premiums for single lives with the calculations made at this office. Wishing your Directors every success in this excellent under taking, I am, &c." The balance-sheet showed a very large increase in favour of the Society, not only In the amount of money invested during the year, but also in the greatly ex tended receipts of premiums over all preceding years. The CHAIRMAN—The report now read contains a full statement of the past proceedings and present position of the Association, and nothing now remains for me but to say that, should any explanation be wanted, I shall be very happy to afford it. Mr. KINSMAN of Manchester, one of the local com mittee, then moved— " That the report for the year, 1845, as now read, be adopted and printed for circulation at the discretion of the Board!' He had arrived in town on a journey to the west of England, and having called at the office, he had been persuaded to come to the meeting and move the resolu tion he had now done. He felt most happy in doing so, as he considered the report just read to be a most satis factory document in every particular.—(Cbeers.) Mr. E. J. GOSBELL seconded the resolution. He felt much gratified at the report just submitted, and in that gratification he was sure the meeting fully participated.—(Hear, hear.) He was satisfied that the Directors had done their best to advance the interests of the Association, and to their energy and perseverance they (the members) were much indebted for their pre sent improved position. He would suggest to the mem bers present that Chambers's plan be adopted, which was for each member, during the next year, to bring a member.—(ll.ltr, hear.) That step would at once place the Association in a most commanding position.—The resolution was then put and unanimously agreed to. Mr. J. W. WELcu rose to move the next resolution, which was as follows : " That Mr. Richard Henry Jonea and Mr. Samuel Notley be re elected managers of the Association, and Messrs. John James Iselin, Samuel Jepps, Henry Pearson Maples, and Richard Price be elected managers." _ _ He knew Mr. Jones well, as one of the oldest and best friends of the Association, and one who, in his capacity of Deputy Chairman, bad done much to advance their interests. Mr. Notley had also been one of his col leagues, and a gentleman that had used great exertion to advance the welfare of the body. The same might be said of the other gentlemen named in the resolution, to whom he believed they were also much indebted for the present flourishing state of the Institution. Mr. LLOYD had much pleasure in seconding the reso lution proposed by Mr. Welch. The Chairman was about to put the resolution, when a member in the body of the room suggested that the names should be put separately, as he believed the Act of Parliament required that it should be so. The CHAIRMAN said he did not think that such was the case, yet, in order to make sure, he had no objection to put the names in that way. He then submitted the names contained in the resolution to the meeting sepa rately, and they were unanimously agreed to as managers of the Institution for the ensuing year. Mr. JONES returned thanks for the honour done him in his re-election. He had hitherto done his best to serve the interests of the Institution, and would continue to do so. He was much satisfied at the general tenour of the report, partiCularly regarding that portion which suggested that each member should endeavour to bring another member into the Association during the coming year. Ile was satisfied if they made an effort they would succeed in carrying that recommendation into effect.— (Hear.) He had a resolution to propose bearing c n anoth e r p oin t i n th e report . I t was i nt i mate d in the report that during the last year a most beneficent and noble act had been performed by the house of Magniac, Jardine, and Co. towards their c l e rk s . I wou ld a l so allude to the most liberal gift of Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd to his clerks, showing that there is springing up on the part of principals a greater regard fur those who serve them. I trust so good an example will be followed by other houses ; indeed, I have some reason to believe that another eminent firm contemplates a similar proceeding to that of Magniac, Jai dine, and Co.—(Loud applause.) The resolution he bad to propose was as follows: " That the warmest thanks of the meeting are due to Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.; Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. ; W. G. Prescott Esq.; and Baron L. de Rothschild, for their countenance and support as trustees of the Association; and also to John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., for his continued inte rest in•the prosperity of the Association, and to himself and partners for their late distinguished mark of approbation of the Society." Mr. SAWTELL seem - lied the resolution, which was put and unanimously carried. • Mr. MAITLAND moved the next resolution, which was one in which he was sure they would all agree. It was— " That the cordial thanks of this meeting be presented to the medical officers both in town and country, to the local agents and committees, to the consulting actuary, and the honorary solicitors for their valuable services during the last year." He was persuaded they would all agree that they had pi been nc m ufl u oa ch i nd rrityhewa4 indebted e s dtant theyo h c et under der h gentlemena dobligationgi ve t a t m tho e e named Associationhi e n ir th m e e r d e i s c o a - 1; r officers. — ( h a e ' e h r e s y ) _ had n d grannetaerdly2ll 600 policies from theirduring fi r t s li t e pas y esta blishment, and yet, out of that 600, up to the 31.5 t of December last, there had been only one loss, and that was for 100/. From this it wo u ld appear that their me dical officers had exercised no ordinary care in the se lection of lives to be insured—(Hear, hear)—and fur this care they were entitled to their warmest thanks. Mr. REYNOLDS seconded the motion, and said he need not add one word to what had just been offered by the previous gentleman. The secretary, the managers, the solicitors, and medical officers, had all, he was satisfied, done everything in their power to advance the Association. For himself, the sole reason why he retired from taking an active part in the management was having other avocations to attend to that would have interfered with his attending to their interests in an official manner. He greatly regretted having to leave, after struggling with them up hill to their present satis factory position ; but he did not like to hold office unless he could attend to its obligatiOns. Unless he could do so it was his bounden duty to retire. He, however, in doing so, congratulated them on having, in their officers, a body of gentlemen who would leave nothing undone that energy, attention, and business habits could achieve for them. Under such direction they could not fail to bring their affairs to a most satisfactory and triumphant issue. The CHAIRMAN, on putting the resolution to the meeting. observed that Mr. Reynolds had explained to the meeting the cause of his retiring from the management. He had a letter from Mr. Hudson, explaining also the cause of his retirement, 4 nd it was gratifying to know that neithi r of those gentlemen had retired from any ill feel ing towards the Society, but solely on account of their other avocations rendering it, impossible for them effi ciently to perform their duties as managers.—(Cheers.) The worthy Chairman read the letter from Mr. Hudson, in which he complimented the Society highly, and wished it the success it deserved. The resolution was then declared to be carried unani mously. Mr. JOHN JAMES ISELIN, as one of the newly-elected managers, begged to return thanks for the honour that had been conferred upon him. He could assure the gentlemen present that his earnest endeavours should never be found wanting in order to promote the best interests of the Society—(Cheers)----and he hoped to re• ceive and deserve at the conclusion of those exertions the same feeling of satisfaction that had been displayed towards those whose office he had been so undeservedly selected to fill.—(Cheers.) He could assure those pre sent that it would be his greatest happiness in after years to meet them with a statement that the success of the Society had increased in the ratio of a hundred- fold.—(Clieers.) ALFRED SMEE, Esq., Fellow of the Royal Society, rose to return thanks. He could assure ,the meeting that their medical officers had striven all in their power to promote the interests of the Institution, and he was happy to say that, according to the the report, their exertions had been crowned with success.—(Cheers.) The duty that devolved upon their medical men was one of difficulty and responsibility.—(Cheers.) Every gen. tleman who was in that room had had to come before them, and though they had not been more than ten minutes in their company, they had had to look through their bodies, and render that which was opaque tran sparent—(Laughter)—in order to discover not only whether they were then labouring under any disease,