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THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK ( Incorporated bY Charter), besides transacting all or dinary Banking business, Continues to allow, y l l B DEPOSITS for six months, 3 per cent. per aolTIU111; end on ~, 'L u c for shorter periods and at Call, interest var y in g with the "AuCunt and time in Bank; And Grants Qer CREDITS for indefinite poi iods, on sufficient securities, at cent. commission half-yearly on the amount of the credit, and i .vf, Cent. per annum interest on the balance only at debit ; and ~,.'"ANS for short periods on marketable securities, at rates vary `‘With the circumstances. I r t u r additional information and f ,rms for opening accounts, Sec., it ution supplied at the Bank and its Braucher, or sent by post on ap _ . _ By order of the Court of Dirretors, HUGLI INNES CAMERON, General Manager. 16 p -o.,finhouse-yard, Lothbury, London. LEVEES, DRAWING-7700315, FANCY DIIES3 BALLS, PR IVATE THEATRICALS. MESSRS. NICOLL have se veral ELEGANT 4t h SUITS, adopted for Vie above , read y for inspection or me, cKlerate prices. 114, 116, 118, 120, REGENT-STRFET. HOST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY. t he Just published, price ONE SHILLING, the "Supplement to a lld ,, ro St Office London Directory for 1852," containing the Peerage e arliainentary Directory (as published in the Complete Edition), Pisi corrected to th da , e. The Parliamentary Directory the cs held by the new Ministers and Ch.ef Officers of State gives ; the metal Directory in 72 imperial octavo pages, all the arrangements tran,onission of letters and newspapers to all parts of the kn.', with a copious Index, so that any subject can be immediately lirreclthe usal supplemental matter, &c., &c., &c. 1 4 ,, • Reland Col, Old Boswk.il-court, and all Booksellers in town country. LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. TO -MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1852, aydn's CREATION. t ha T he Oratorio will be preceded by the celebrated Anthem, "In Day," composed and conducted by Dr. Elvey Chapel , Private Organist v er 'kr —eiesty, and St. 's , so r `'ealists—Miss Birch, Organist Mr. of Lockey, George and Mr. 11. Phill Wind ips. The Band and Chorus will consist of nearly 800 Performers. Conductor—Mr. SURMAN. Tickets . Area, 3s. ; Reserved Area or Gallery, 55.; Central re ved Area numbered, 10s. 6d. each. Only Office of the Society, 9, antranca E xe ter-street._ _ - THE AUSTRALIAN FREEHO O LD CE GOLD to_ MlNE.—Notice is hereby given, that the FFIS of the 41 ,7, any are REMOVED fro m No. 10, Old Jewry-chambers, to 39, 'Was-lane, Lombard-street, in the city of London. ......_ By order, WM LIAM RD, See. THE AUSTRALIAN FREEHOLD GOLD MINE.—The Committee of Management have the pleasure r.,'" ruling their co-adventurers that they have engaged a full and 4 1 ) ,.. e . tent staff of artisans and miners, under the superintendence of .herwood, the Company's Engineer, who will sail for Australia tflhltSDAY nest, the 25th instant, from the Port of Bristol, in the tth e ta Surrey, acid will take with them all necessary machinery for 14 1 . 1 r5Pose of commencing mining op erations immediately on their 1; 41 in the colony. March 23, 1852. WILLIAM PUL9FORD, Sec. tiIItA.NKLIN SKI'S P &TENT CON VEY ANCE COMPANY. Provisionally Registed, Gth and 7th tirf t a- Capital 25,0001., in 5,000 shares of Si. ea er ch, to be paid up loe'lzPlete registration. With power t o increase the capital to t.OOll/. 4, t1 .rifluential and competent Board of Directors has been formed T h l t', age the affairs of the Company. Patent carriage contains all that is required by the public, for ate Slp„ ) • c o ramodious, and economical travelling is large towns, and has, Pr o "; 48 first introduction, been greatly reduced in weight and im -0:1 c.snfort. In it every passeng , r has a distinct seat, wit h a liate entrance, and the means of communication (if desired) Iliprgh a sliding partition, thus combining privacy with comfort, Presenting all chance of infection — all oppo r tunity of robbery N o :tilt—and that uncomfortable crowd in g and inconvenience th e lally in wet we,ther), which constitute the main objection to k yehieles now in use, and at tho same time affording the traveller P6: it tortunity of regulating the temper ature according to his or her • bp a Proposed that a few of the Co m p an y 's vehicles shall be run tk2Unday, and, moreover, that a fund shall be provided to meet p; of sickness and de ith among the Com p any's servants. aPectuses may be obtained on application at the Company's Itt CarY offices, 10, Gr Regent-cir cus where, Piccadilly app , and of the Solicitor, acechurch-street, City, alsolications for shares be received. J. A. FRANKLIN - SKI, Secretary, pro. tern. etch 17, 1852. LIGHT I-PRIZE MEDAL FOR LAMPS %,h ttr • Clark's Lamps ars the best. T heir equal is unknown, and RlPerior may never come. How light, how gay, how bright, tl Ada 43 'we feel in light. The sun pou r s forth its glorious rays to myriads with its glorious light. It is a remarkable fact that “tatree,Papal kingdoms there is little light, but in Protestant lands k _+ l much light. Clark's Diamond Lamps for general use are kveSt in the world Clark's Vertical Lamp far excels the French Cl Ar ptor Lamp, and all other Lamps constructed with machinery. li k , s e Pearl Candle Lamp surpasses all other Candle Lamps.. Thefrlic should ask for Clark's Lamps, and purchase none other. th e i„ . an be had in great variety, at all prices and for every use, at Isb;ntablishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, 447, West 44qQ, near the Lowther-arcade. RICH 4.RD CLARK, Resident tl4 3 ger. Lamps in every variety are sent out on hire at 1,41 1 the the usual charge, that the Public may be convinced which '.._ 1)8 are the best. PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBER T. qOYAL POLYTECHN IC IN STITUTION. During Lent, a Lecture on Astronomy, illustrated by beau. 1 4 'maracas, will be delivered by Dr. Bachhaffner, on Wednesday lee, Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock.—An Explana ktirteDescription by Mr. Crispe, of the Prussian Musket, the Lan (kill: arid Minie Rifles, the various Revolvers, and other Fire ti tkie,„tvith the Improved Conical Bullet, daily, at a Quarter to T . hree Ne ki and on Tuesday, and Thursday Even in g s, at Nine.—A • Mu kleet,ento," being a Lecture on the Songs of Dibdin, and other erni the, p Compos e rs by T. Thorpe Peed , Esq. , Professor of Singing at „,al Academy of Music, on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 4q —n ga. at Eight o'clock.—Lectures on Chemistry, by J. H. Pe pp er, A; -- Diasolving Views, &c. ls.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age A NEW EDITION OF THE CATALOGUE. 4 Itvt R. L A A V ALBERT r tra s ied'ily T A a rr 's N. v ASCENTBEER BEVERLEY, , MO N EVERYT a t ZING, at Eight o'clock. N o. th .6 (numbered and reserved, which can be taken from plan 'V) , 1 11 all, every day, trota Eleven to Four), 35.; Area, 2s. a ; Gal 4 u .... Children's Stalls, 2 s. ; Area , Is. N o lThing Performance every Tuesday and Saturday, at Three EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. LAURENT'S CASINO, ktGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, 1411 b St. James's. RIZE WALTZ, awarded to Mr. W. H. Montgomery, of th 47' Florae Gnard4l(Blue), will be played e v e r y evenin g by t iN 44ent 's Celebrated Band. Princi p al Comet-a-Piston, M. art. ki.t7 444 111 open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at nine, and to at half-past eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING. 1 10 WHAT COUNTRY AkE YOU ABOUT TO EMIGRATE? Question answered by different persons, each having different ?)14,1,,, t4 in view, and Intending to emigrate to different stations, some ,t/4 '''. / I t YORK, where provisions are cheap, working tools to be , d o ti tt e , hundreds of Stores kept by English Houses, but all kinds of etb,,mg, HATS CAPS, HOSIERY, BOOT, sHOES, &e., must : 1 1 1 141; 4 dearly for , and in many instances will be found of inferior 7, t 7 lnake; hence the absolute necessity of procuring a stock •14 - cheapest and best in the world, at E. MO -E.; and SON'S, . ,k t re and Mries, or Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street. WSYRALIA in , o where the Climate is warmer, where labour and , l er dn ' ie Well pakl,.but where CLOTHING and ARTICLES, useful „wls t b,"'nfttic comfort, can scarcely be hail at any price, hence the rs 'e t'', 4l of providing a complete OUTFIT, at E. MOSES and SON'S, 40,7, 41 g the BEST and CHEAPEST in the Universe; it contains 1`%: .. .' . ? requisite for the passage, and which will continue daily ne 1111r—'' Oil arriving at your station;; also CLOTHING exactly re ed for the Climate. ktis, ll ' t 'FOR:CIA., where Gold may be found, but cannot be used for tt,,,, s e diete comfort, and when found may have to be bartered away 154 i, ~.z a lt value for poor and useless •ARTICLF.S of DRES . s, &c., 4 01.f ir o e the adyantage of taking the OUTFIT from E. 1110,ES and 4 . 1,:. celebrated Establishment ; no useless articles, everything „..f3 suited for the Passage and the country. I,;ANIDASI, or the FAR WEST. Avoid the inconveniences at "golfing travelling through the grea . t plains of America, by taking tr . own artiees for PIQUE, andevery Plc Journey. Specially prepared, PORTABLE, way COMPLETE, all comprehended in the ",T_l, furnished at the lowest rate. by E. MOSES and SON. tiLADIA. per any ROUTE, the Compact Outfit servicelble in all es, and Incorporate even the el egances of an • E n glish Home, a re prepared by E. MOSES and SON . E migrant s'kitm Cabins fitted up at a trifling expense. Every c omfort even elegancy com bined in E. M oS E ~P IY them for 3/. 15 e. , 61. 155., 1 Li. . and u s p O w N ar 'S Outfits. The y Ils and ds. A detail ed e an be had on aPPlicati°l3' or forward e d , l post free, to an y part of ~ -41 11dom. 155, 156, smell 157, Ildinorial 88 • . - - E. MOSES ANI3 SON'. slit. m ..ndon City Establishment, 154, ~.,_.". and 86; Aldgate, oPPos.„, lte the Church ' all e°n l municatini. wolt.and Branch . Du% 51)7, 508, New Oxford - ,treat, 1,2, 4,... - "ltdon - `e , 3 tip . liert_etreet, all communicating. ae4f°rd (Yorkshire) Branch , 19, Bridge-street. k afteld Branch, 36, Fargate• Fatter!, goiters, Furriers eau, e re/lant rallors, Clothier B, V • Boot and Gentleme n . , / , i, eat* nakers and General Outfitters for La dies tht.7: Estsibitehm . .ents are closed from sunset Fri , dr ik to . tllttacrt on Vi!..."'s ' , Olen business is resumed ° M e an e tle and Un tie •"-eiTED A Young to attend in t haveer, N 7, . Lady till Twelvhee except they been pre 'll4grg Department. None need apply F in the businesS.' Itinif 'Universal Gulde,'a newspaper conta , daily events, &c., lt h ,Ct of prices, and directions for selfrrneasurement can be had, inity , to any part of the klbil o ' 131 ° ,1 . application, er forwarded, post.free, 1852 nbe had, gratis, 0 „ ha ndsome Almanac for the year ending ca application.y . 'el Pon par)! Francais. Qui si parla It a l ian°. i,,,_ 41 er Spricht man Deutsch. . , Aqua se,habla EsPen °l ' —.---------- DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carval", 044:1W-street; Mann, 39, Cernhlll ;or direct from the author ; -one Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Meereation, and Rational Use of Time." Ikre n "xrivrs :—Early Rising — Spring and Summer Mornings Ex `or."Lis about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanos, Hills, +lt Fields , High-roads, and other pleasant places —Country Da and rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home asic.TheDrama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Ease, Occupation, keg gm GKENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. SIT .TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c, Vol. 11. t ilE LAKES OF KILIARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. • WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, "That three score years and ten our course may run." review of almost every form (cau•ie and cure) of ner- Ltit A - debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses °ltt tr t ulg, besets the mall of pleasure, business, or stu , ly, and em "ak 9, 1 d age • with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu -01 every:day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, tn._2 • Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." N. —.a t.rit, 3 T, *—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to ol d a g e. The ad. , , „ 140 Ps.sslons. Chastity and infringements. l'he casual. ueentiousness and dissipation, its with illustrations graphic, flax . ` 6 and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. • THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the question." 2 1 t4124s :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and r a_elte-b_rdlllB mariage, to be obsrved by either sex. Time and both sid r es, as to age, e temperament, complexion, and e 11 W to Secure healthy offspring , wit h the art of rearing them. w e al defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. "%241 — • CULYERWELL M.D (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. kisTwenty-five years ' Medica . l and Forengc Referee in these Reception hours daily till five. t Evenings, Seven till Agal4lll•9 ,2 • . // #7 ,4_., 2-4-I--- " - 5 1:- 4 ~ ,,t i...4 00' . 0 , --- milli ~'• . „X ) • ....%, 4 ,, . ..... 1111 6 4. 4 rt i tte lp _ - :,-.. • , •Apt.,••••, ,A,./ ,- / ~,,: 4-. -,- ' eel , 6, , , p,:: , ~., ,, . ccu r• p r ,, :. t - l'f' / • OS i(cft ,:,,..„ 7_.,... .-.., :.:.,:.•-,,, *-\-- 9- i, -:. , ‘• ~,,, ~,, -- ‘ -,,t,,', Alr v 0" \ \ -"------____,; y _,,4 , - -A ;)' ;-, --' I , 'lA,' 7-4,-,... *.k, l yr , : .... 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Point out to him the rashness which has characterized the recent legislation, and say, " We. the shipowners of England, whose prostweity as a class has been centributary to, and co-existent with, the national greatness of this realm—we have had our dcarest interests too hastily meddled with, we have been exposed, without preparation. and almo s t without notice, to compete against the world; in this struggle. we feel the pressure of burdens too heavy for, us to bear; we implore you to grant us a Parliamervary inviry into their nature and their remedy.—(Hear, hear.) " We do not deprecate the struggle, nay, we inter on it proudly and trustfully, inspirited by the stirrit.g nasm , ries of the past, end buo2.ed up by the happiest antiopations of the future; whet men ern do, we chiserfuly exit 'confi dently undert.ke; hut, let us feel that the conte-t is lair us well as necessary, let, us feel that i. ti to be stage 6 under the eye of a Vrovernment which will not ruff r energies to be clogged with any unntcessary burden. but which will wi h jealous care secure to us th, *Loh of that to which alone we are entitled, and . which alone we require=a. calm and considerate he,tring. We seek no exclusite favour, we claim no spacial exemptitats —all we ask is British sympathy, all we demand is Bti tith justice." Tn.- Learned Gentleman resumed his seat amidst en thusiastic and tumultuous plaudits, which were spin and again repeated, the whole assembly at last rising, and, with - bats in hand, giving him three hearty cheers, and one cheer more. A vote of thanks to the cbairrudn, for his able condtict in the chair, moved by Mr. W. Wight, seconded by Mr. Reginald Peacock, terminated the proceedings. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE APPOINTMENT OF eta) r. LOCH, C.B. In answer to some strictures on the appointment of Captain Loch to the command of the Winchester, our coutempirary, the Times, who has affected very great, *but -verrindisereet; is dignatioll at, the appointment of officers of little service, less standing, but of great family ha. tho fulluwing:— " A very unjust attack has been made by some of the professional papers upon the appointment of Capt. Loch to the Winchester. We have reason to believe that his appointment was entirely unsolicited, and as Captain Loch is one of a well-known Whig family, we are dis posal to consider it a•favourable example of the spirit which is to prevail over the distribution of patronage by the new Admiralty. Captain Loch commanded the Alarm in the river St. Juan, for two years, under most difficult circumstances, and dispfayed in the conduct of a negotiation with the state of Nicaragua an ability and discretion which were appropriately rewarded by Lord Palmersto❑ with the distinction of C.B. We believe that Captain Loch is a good seamen as well as an able negotiator, and see no reason to regret that the Ad miralty has disregarded the claims of party in his favour:" _ Unfortunately for our Contemporary's compliment to the present Board of Admiralty, we believe that Cap tain Loch's appointment was made by the Duke of Northumberland as a point of delicacy towards his pre decessor, who, it is said, would have given the Winches ter to Captain Loch had he remains d in office another week. Captain Loch, it is true, is allowed to be a good seaman, and may be an able negotiator, but the navy have yet to discover the superior qualifications he pos. sessss, and the distinguished services he has rendered, to justify his rapid promotion in time of peace when thousands of war officers could not obtain even employ ment, and which entitled him to the C. 8., when scores of offiJers on the list had not only ten times as many claims for the decoration for brilliant, dashing, and dis• crest services against the enemy. Moreover, Captain Loch has already served one term of commission to wards making himself eligitle tor his active fl.ig rank, whereas no less than 50 captains, made in the same year in which Captain Loch was prercored— to say nothing of scores of deserving senior officers—have not had the charm-, of a single day's employment as captain. The compliments, therefore, of our contemporary on the First Lord's impartiality, are inconsistent with his pre ,ended advocacy of the claims of old meritorious and distinguished but tffiuient officers, as they are at the ex pense of the Noble Duke's well-known appreciation of the services of the gallant profession of which he is now happily the h-ad . The unfairness—we may say injustice—of such rail road promotions as those by which Captain Loch reached his post rank and his standing in the list, is made evident in the following remarks in the Standard of last night. Our contemporary says:— " The present Board of Admiralty will, no doubt, en deavour to redress as many grievances as their power may enable them, and there are some cases of hardship which ate well worthy of consideration. Many past cepasine of 15 ycare' standing and upwards entert d the service ti,fa:r a me who, of only of 11 years' standing us captains, had their lieutenant's commission; thus many atih oily 25 or 28 tears' service are senior officers to those who have been 40 years in the navy, and distill guiaheri themselves in the Late war us lieut. nantt, but, for want of interest; were late in obtaining their commis sion as captain. These older officers, but younger cap tains, are told, on applying for consideration, that they do not stand high enough on the captains' list, and thus an app intment is bestowed on one 15 years the junior, and who has no good service to plead. This is sorely telt by the old and meritorious officers." Captain Loch's case is a very appropriate illuatrat.on of the Standard's statement. Captaia Loch was pro moted to the rank of captain in 1841. Of the thirteen officers promoted to the rank of captain in 1851 — that is, ten years later—no less than six were senior to him as lieutenants; and of the officers promoted in the same year as Captain Loch, no less than 50 were lieutenants before Captain Loch even en tered the Royal Navy, If the above is all the defence or excuse our contemporary can offer for the ex-First Lord of the Admiralty's nomination of Captain Loch, that gallant and distinguished officer may truly exclaim, "Save me from my friendsl"—Morning Herald. Commander Albert Hesseltine (1845) has been se lected by the Duke of Northumberland to command the Britomart, 8, to be commissioned at Devonport. The selection of this officer for employment reflects credit upon the Noble First Lord. Dorms of officers, junior to Commander Hesseltine, have been employed, and not a few of them promoted, whilst this officer has not hitherto had a chance of a command. The Duke has evidently selected him on account of his standing and good services. He must have entered the navy about the year 1825 (before Captain Loch,, by the way)— passed his examination in 1832—served five years as a mate, and, as a lieutenant, served in the Electra, 18, South American station; as first of' the Grecian, 16; then as first of Commodore Sullivan's frigate Stag, 46; then the Sappho, 16, Cape; and Conway, 26, on the same station, when he was made a commander at the general promotion of 1846. In the early part of his career, we are told, be served in the Andromeda frigate in the East Indies, and was frequently engaged in her boats against the Malacca pirates. Commander Barnard and the officers of the Vesuvius, steam-sloop, on their arrival at Portsmouth found their commissions appointing them to the Vixen, 6, steam sloop, for service on the Brazils station. Clerk—H. W. M. Arnold has been appointed to the Winchester, 50, at Portsmouth. Clerk's Assistant—H. W. D. Shanks to the leupregna ble flag ship, Devonport. Gunner—Richard Page, of the Spiteful steam-sloop, has been confirmed. Commodore Martin's flag-ship, Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, is on her way from (her to Spit head, to be " paid down," and for crew to have a fortnight's holiday. Leander, 50, Captain S. C. Dacres, is hourly expected at Devonport, having lett Queenstown for Devouport on Saturday last. Vivid Diver steam packet, Master Commander &al thea, will not have h,rr defects repaired before the mid dle of next month, at Woolwich. DEFENCES OF SPITIIEAD.—The engineer officers went out again on Tuesday to examine the site for the inte n d e d fort on what is termed No Man's Land, near Spithead, to ascertain the nature of the ground, and whether the so il is of that character that would be fit for the o d eci d e battery intended, and at what depth they g tor a foundation. They commenced b. on ring P OR TSMOUTH, WEDNESD e troop . ship, Master - Commander Bradshaw , sail e d to-da' v with - n aval stores for Devonport and C or k, Sh into a good offing by the steam-t ag . -0 was towed The Rodney, 92, Captain C. Graham, C.B ordered to prepare for sea, and w ill s has lrei t : go to pithead 111 . few days. Her crew were exercised this m sending up and down topgallant masts and crossingornin li n op liallant and royal yards. Sh e w i ll be ready to go out to tapithead on bending sails. The Sprightly steam-tender, Acting Muter"n mender George Allen sailed ' • h supe numeraries for the east Hard. this evening with Com mander The compasses of th e V ixen, s t eam -sloop, -Barnard, have b een adjusted to d The Arethusa, 50, Captain • .Symonds,a-has c ompleted her refit, and is again ready for se The Superb, 80, Captain P u rcell, e. robably come wit and h e into harbour on the Rodney going out, and take up t l p moorings vacated by her. Erskine, Second-Lieute- ROYAL MARINES —Captain —r _ s an d 63 privates, nant Gill, t wo sergean ts, two corport b ti e m r majesty ' s ship embarked thi s a fternoon on board Winchester, for service in that y sh i p. Heblideity's brig Racer, PLYMOUTH, Mediterranean, an -12, Commander W l 3E L N d E o rs,Afre eftsrneon, and saluted chored in the Sound yesterday the Port Admiral. She sailed from Malta on the 7th of March, and on the 9th spoke her Majesty's ship Bri tannia, Captain Goldsmith, with the flag of Rear- Admiral Pandas, all well. The Racer passed through the Gut of Gibraltar on the 17th, and made the passage to the Sound in six days. She is to be paid off at this port. The Albion, 90, the Indefatigable, 50, and Encounter, s team-vessel , were at Malta on the 7th, preparing to sail ; destination unknown. The Queen was to leave for England on the 15th. The Racer will be inspected to-day, when she will go up harbour to be paid off. The frigate Vesuvius, Captain • Barnard, returned on Monday into the Sound, from a cruise in the Channel, so relieve the honward-bound. MARCH 25, 1852. D AY N'.18,567.] LONON, THURSD E , , Iff , N S N 7 SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. HEAD OFFICE.—EDINBURGII, 5, ST. ANDREW SQUARE. The TEIIRTY-EIGIITII ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of this SOCIETY was held on the 2.1 current, The Re,. Dr. GRANT, one of the Vice-Presidents, in the Chair. The Report by the Directors, which was rea to the M eeting, and unanimously approved of, showed, inter airs, the following n:sults, in regard to the Society's operations, during the year 1851 : That the Number of Policies passed was 643, covering AM rAnces to the ex ent of 412,5651. Lk. 6d.; That the Capital of the society amounted, at 31st December last, to 2,450,7921. 2c. 2d ; That the Annual Revenue, as at the same date, was 318,6611. 16s. 6d. ; and That 97 Members had died during the year, the Sums Assured on their Lives amounting to 105,9781. 14s. 93., and this mortality being in the ratio of 53 pee cent. o: what was to be expected, according to calculation. The Meeting had also under consideration three several Resolu tions, of which special notice had been previously given, in terms of the Society's Constitution. Thess Resolutions were approved of, aad ordered to he snbmitted to a Special General Court, on an early day in September next, for final disposal. The objects con templated by them, are 1. To alter the day on which the Annual General Court shall in future be held. 2. To extend the power presently possessed by the Ordinary Court of Directors, of allowing a Conversion of the Bonus Additions attaching to Policies, into au Equivalent Deduc tion from future Premiums. 3. To enable 'the Ordinary Court of Directors (under certain conditions and restrictions) to declare Policies to be free from challenge upon any ground except that of non-pay ment of the Ordinary Annual or Extra Premiums, if such be exigible, A vote of thanks to the Directors and Office Bearers having been proposed and seconded, and the vacancies occurring in the Direction having been filled up, the thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to the Chairman for his conduct in the Chair, and the meeting adjourned. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WM. LINDESAY, Secretary. Edinburgh, March, 1852. N. 11.— A full Report of the Procedure at the asove Meeting is in courso of being printed, and will shortly be ready for circulation. LONDON OFFICE, 4, ROYAL EXCHAgGE-BUILDINGS, HUGH M'KEAN, Agent. • BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established 1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. ORPHANS' AND CHILDREN'S ENDOWMENT BRSN'CII. This Branch has been established for means of noso of afflinlinv_ta iiettus me means ot providing, in an easy inexpensive manner, a fund for the maintenance and education of their children, so as to guard against the difficulties and destitu tion in which infants are frequently left by the premature deaths of those on whom they are dependent. For this purpose all extensive set of Table= has b2en prepared, showing the Qdarterly Rates of Premium required, at at all ages, for Annuities 'o commence at the death of a Parent or Friend, and to be eontinued until a child shall have completed (if a boy) his twenty first, or (if a girl) her twenty-fifth year of age. Tables have alao been prepared, showing the sums for which such Annuities may be Commuted, when required to assist the child's outset in life. THE SHIPPING INTEREST. ADDRESS . DELIVERED BY WILLIAM DIGBY SEY BIOCR, ESQ , BEFORE THE ELECTORS OF SUN DERLAND. IN THE NEW ASSEMBLY HALL, SANS-STREET, ON MONDAY LAST. Mr. Seymour tne. a numerous and influential body of the electors at the Assembly Hall, on Monday evening. The hall was crowded by at least 2,000 individuals. On the motiop of J. B. MUSCItA3iP, Esq., seconded by W. BURN, Esq, Joshua Wilson, Esq., was called to the chair. Mr. SEYMOUR, who, was received with enthusiastic plaudits: having been called upon by the Cheirmen, ad dressed the meeting, amidst hearty and oft-repeated acclamations, as follows: Mr. Chairman and Electors of Sunderland,—l am anxious that you should understand my views upon the great—the vital question of the shipping interest, that before you determiue whether I am to represent you it) Parliament you may have a clear and adequate outline of my sentiments.—(Hear, hear.) My esteemed and excellent friend Mr. Joshua Wilson, whose laborious and fed fatigable exertions, added to the patriotic z with which he has devoted his .talents and his time to the interests of this port have already insured him your r werm st gratitude—(Cheers)—and which will make his name long remembered in this town—(Cheer3)—has en tered practically into the details of the sunj ect, and has laid before you facts and figures rslative to the shipping of the country generally and of this port in particular; and, with these facts fresh in your recollection, I trust before I sit down to lead you to the impression that, whatever or whoever be to blame, whatever be the cause which opera.e3 to depress the shipping interest, that cause is but temporary—(Hear, hear) —that, however dark the clouds which hang over the horiz ni at the present moment, there is a cheering break of blue which promises the return of mere prosperous days to the desponding ship owners of England.—(Protracted cheers.) I doubt not you are sufficiently aware of the facts of our national history, and the political circumstances under which the famous Abe of Navigation was passed. Introduced by -stm -- r.vm-ctur, A.D. 1651, as a check upon the maritime ambition of the. Dutch, then. the great ocean-carriers ire the world, it was thereby enacted that no merchandise of Asia, Africa, and America should be imporLed fete Great Britain in any but-English built ships, navigated by an English commander, with three-fourths of their crew at least Eugli.h. In addition to this exclusive right ef British shipping, it imposed discriminating duties, so that gods which might still come in foreign hips from Europe were - taxed higher than if they were imported under the British fl • This system of navi gation was perfected by 12th Charles If.,ch. 18, and con ticued during more than 160 years to be the great mari time charter of this country. Prebably in that infant state of our marine the effect of this system was favour able to its growth and expansion, just as you may have seen young erces surrounded with protecting pallieudes, which become a deformity and au encumbrance in their maturer growth, and se it proved in the case of these restrictive enactments. Declared the law, when the com merce of England was yet in embryo—as soon as disco very had given us a New World, science new arts, in dustry new manufactures—when millions of customers were found for our productions, and boundless wealth rewarded our labours, the principle of the naviga tion law that sought to shelter the little navy of a little trade was no longer wise or justifiable.—(Crieers.) It was not, however, reason or foresight, but the force of a stern necessity that compelled this country into the adoption of a less restrictive system.—(Hear, hear.) True, Gretius had written his " Mare Liberum," and Seddon his " Mare Clausum."—the " Open Sea" eel the " Shut Sea," and Sir M D •cker, Sir J Child, and others, hid investigated the subject, and either dia. puted or supported the policy of these acts; but truth was not elicited from these controversies. We persisted in a rigid protection,—we refused to let foreign ships share our carrying trade,—and it still coninued to be our policy to drive into the ships of England the car ryieg trade of the whole world.—(Hear, hear.) Mean while, however; on the other side of the Atlantic, a new empire was rapidly maturing,—a young and vigorous scion from the loins of our forelathers,—a country which, when it was weak and dependent, was compelled to submit to our protective system; but which was, even then, speeding forward to the high destiny which awaited it.—(Cheers.) The independence of the tinned States was the inevitable result of our Navigation Laws.— (Hear, hear.) Wita that independence came a re newed energy and spirit of self-reliance. Gradually the commercial ardour of the United States rose superior to the influences which had depressed it, and at length an American Navigation Act taught England to know that if she injured she would be punished—that retalia tion was the recoil of restriction.—(Cheers.) S. e what followed —nmerican ships .seiled to Liverpool in ballast, haying British ships in their wake laden wi h tobacco, rice, or cotton; while British ships traversed the At lantic to New York in ballast, with American ships hard in their wake laden with calicoen cutlery, hard e.are, and iron. --(Hear, hear.) A pretty game for two ertat nations, to play fur the space of 28 ysars— (Laughter.) In 1815, this state of things was put an end to by mutual consent A treaty of reciprocity was signed between England and America,—(llear, hear.) A similar traty was next made with Portugal.—(Bear. hear.) In 1823, these treaties produced their natural result—es melte:co of retaliation on the past of Prussia.— (Hear, hear.) The Prussian Minister of the day called on Mr. Huskisson, and quietly intimated the intentions of his Government. Oar shipowners, too, looking for ward with anxious eye to our Prussian trade, and fear ful of retaliation, exerted themselves iu favour of a treaty. Meanwhile Denmark and Sweden demanded a similar concession, till at length Mr. Huskisson, yielding to a necessity he could no longer oppose, intro duced the Reciprocity Acts, by which it was provided that his then Majesty, Bing George the Fourth, might by order in council, admit ships of foreign states into our ports, on payment of such duties as were charged on British vessels, provided- that British ships were admitted into the ports of such foreign states on payment of the same duties as were charged on their own vessels. Under the authority of these Acts of Parliament, reci procity treaties have been concluded with the Govern ments of thirty different states.—(Hear, hear.) Thus, then, Sir, was alEsop's fable realized, when we, like the north-west wind, blew from a restrictive quarter, other:- nations retaliated, by drawing the cloak of protection more tightly around them ; but when the sun of free trade broke out, in warmth and brightness, the pro tective cloak fell from their shouldere.—(Cheers.) Now what was the effect of this change in our commercial system? In the five years preceding 1825, when the re procity measures of Mr. Huskisson were passed, the British shipping entered inwards increased 6 per cent., while the foreign during the same period increased 22 per cent. Remember that thiseproportion took place while our legislative enactments were closely protective. The ports were then opened tes those who would deal with us on equitable terms. Calamity and ruin were prophesied to our shipping interests. But what was the result? In the five years between 1825 and 1830, the entries inwards- of British shipping increased 17 per cent., while foreign only increased 12 per cent.—(Cheers.) From that period till 1840, our shipping rapidly pro gressed, and the steadily increasing and advancing tide of prosperity showed the soundness of the principle upon which the new policy was based. Then another era dawned, and the name of another great stateman became associated with the shipping interest of the country. In 1841, Sir Robert Peel received the reins of power and immediately set about a thorough revision of our customs tariff. The result to the shipping interests was that from 1841 to 1845 inclusive, there was an increase of 37 per cent. entries inwards of British tonnage, while the in crease in foreign was only 15 per cent.-e(Cheers) The famine'of 1847 caused a suspension of our laws of navi gation, and the vessels of .211- nations were allowed to enter our ports free with cargoes of grain or flour. To this we must refer the fact that in 1847 the entries in wards of foreign tonnage were higher, by 447,657 tons, than they were in 1846. At the close of 1849, the re peal of our navigation-laws took place; and in 1850 the entries inwards of foreign tonnage exceeded, by 364,587 tons, what they were in 1849. The comparative rate of increase during the five . years ending 1850, of 28 per cent. British and 50 per cent. foreign, must be ascribed to the two ceuses I have mentioned.—(Hear, hear.) I on the whole, the Reciprocity Act was a step in the right gentlemen, that I have proved that, taken 1834 and 1835 there was occasionally a depression in different departments of think, direction.t e n d a shock, and a general panic commerce —credit received True, in the years These were attribu overspread the mar et. to inquire. You must not, need not now s p isolated years by themselves, therefore, take these exceptional causes, into which we broadly; ou must not look at you must must group years together, year or another, but you one k I de our If you 100 a ongst y ao as to form an estimate. _ -ou look out towards table docks, if standing on the shore a vessel in the offing, the sea, you may see the masts of At deal with facts y thus a man who may see the hull as well as the masts; tics sill not takes a narrow view of commercial states ascends but if you ascend the cliffs Roker or Hendon, you see the truth so clearly, and it is only when ho to the elevation of principle that he can take a il. com manding survey.—(Cheers.) But do you owe not tug more to free trade than the mere relaxation of your navigation system? Has not the repeal of the corn-laws given a great stimulus to the ocean-car rying trade of the country ? Did not the value of England's exports rise from forty-seven millions in 1842, to seventy -one millions in 1850? Was rot the value of her imports swollen froth sixty-five millions, in 1842, to one hundred millions in 1850? Did not the aggregate amount of tonnage entered inwards and outwards, in the United Kingdom, increase from 7,046,000 tons in 1842, to 12,019 000 tons in 1850? And if our exports and imports have been so augmented, can it be denied that au immense advantage has been derived by the shipping of the country ?- Ido not mean by the cheapening of . provisions, by which to victual vessels, but by the increased employment arising from the im petus given to our carrying trade. Take sugar, for in stance. Were there not in 1850, 120,000 tons more of sugar brought into this country than in 1842? Again, with regard to corn. Were not eight million quarters more grain imported into Great Britain in 1850 than in 1842? What thenl you who sigh after protection—you who declaim upon the wisdom and policy of the past—, would you re-Idipose the "cora "Uud navigation-laws? Would you reverse the freedom of 1842, and return to your condition before 1825?—(11ear and cheers.) Sir, I have purposely confined my observations upon the state of our trade up to the year 1850, and I contend, that looking to the then condition of the cem userce of this country, experience has amply vindicated the wisdom of Mr. fluskisson's policy. But in that year a third end last great epoch ctimmenced in the his tory of Begland's mercantile marine; for in that year the Act of 12th and 13th Victoria, commonly called an Act for the Repeal of the Navigation Laws, was intro duced by Mr. Lehouchete, and passed into law. The immediate cause of the repeal of Mr. Huskisson's Acts was owing to his not having inserted a clause- in the laws of which he was the author allowing British ships to import all non-prohibited erticles from wherever they might be found; the consecrience of which would have been that the cotton of America, the sneer of Cuba. or the coffee of Java might have been glutting the ports along the E iglish Channel. They could not be im ported in a foreign ship unless the goods were carried hack to the country whence they had been original!) snipped, unless they werefirstcerried to Europe from some ether continent. Now, why was not this chase emended. of pr+ cipitatiog a tote! repeal. ant why coul eot goeds be declare I nationalized wherever they were found? Is it to be said that the question was made one t party? Is the h :ate which csaracterised. this mo mentous change to be (xetesed on • the ground that it was made a Cabinet measure? Is it to be said that the existence of a Ministry was the main cause for the hasty alteration of a system, a false step in effecting which might prove fatal to the best interests of the empire.— (Loud cheers.) Whatever was the motive, the repeal of the navigation lass was carried, and carried with cir cumstances of inexcusable precipitancy.— (Renewed cheers.) How happens it that, during the period which has elapsed since this repeal, with exports and imports enormously increasing, with trade unusually buoyant, with money abundant and credit easy, thateeur shipping, instead of rising, as it has risen before, f rom t h e d e p res . sions which have visited it, is so tardy in its recovery ? Because it has received a shock which might have proved, fatal; because to save a Whirellinistry a great interest was jeopardized; bc.csause_ Mr. Labouchere plunged us into free trade without stipulating for reciprocity, so that before we could make ourselves ready for the rroo an which we wire exposed; foreign shipping overstock? our porta, and freights are rsidues(' so ruinou,ly low, that 20s. per ton was the last return from Calcutta.—(Loud cheering) Whet have we gained from America for conceding to her the trade of our colenies.? Nothing. What have we gained from Spain? Nothing. France has not met us—(Hear, hear)—Holland has not met us—(llear, hear)—Russis, Germany, Sweden, and other states have 'nothing to meet us with.—(Loud cheers.) Was it then right for a British Minister, I repeat, to take a step so momentous with plans so ill-considered? —(Loud shouts of "No.") Had he gene to America and said,—" We are a Free-trade country—we have adopted through all our interests the principles of com mercial freedom; it is your highest interest to follow our example.—(Hear, hear.) By so doing we shall he mutually benefited; we have opened to you our colonies; we offer you now our coasting trade; we ask you in return to allow us to navigate our ships in the carrying trade to California."—(Cheers.) Had he then gone to Spain, and said, " You, Spaniards, now trade in yeur vessels between England and our colonies entirely unfettered, and yet you will not permit a Bri tish vessel, heeding British manufactures, to trade to Maeille, Hevaneah, or any of your settlements.— (Hi ar.) Yeu charge a Briiish vessel in the port of Ha rannsh double what you charge a vessel of Spain; you make Spanish goods arriving from Spain, under your national flag, liable only to an ad valorem duty of 69 per ceut.; while. if Spanish goods are cit ried from Spain it: 13ritish vefsels, the duty rises from 149 to 18i per cent. This is not fair to us—this ~is not politic in you. Remember your past glories. Recollect you once had a marine. Forget not the times of mari time chivalry, when a Columbus maimed his vessel, to go forth in search of a new world. You have been torn since by reveluti ns within; you have suffered from want of credit, awl distrust • abroad. Awake to your true interests. Take advantage of your great na tional resources. Cultivate the principles of commer cial freedom. Follow the example we have set you in the Free-trade brotherhood of nations." -(Tremendous, cheering.) Had he gone to Belgium and said, "We grant to your ships the same privileges as our own; we admit your produce en the terms of the most favouree nations. Why, then, is white salt from England pre. hibited by your tariff, and rot-k saleti unless imported under your flay, and why is a duty per tinu e n d British ships sell retairieii?" of Had he gone to France, end said to the French GOvernmeet, " Contrast your tariff with ours, and say which of us has shown mob solicitude for the commercial intercourse of our respec tiro countries? Have we not opened up a yew retake tor your flour, your brandies, your silks, your hats, your shawls, your gloves, your teethe' ? Ai.d what have you done in return? You have not taken off your duties on coal, or iron bats, or chain., or anchers, or pig iron, or linen threads, or needles, or pottery ware. If you will not deal liberally with us as we have dealt with you, look to your own intetests. Yuu are ambitious to establish reentoaetur, 4, then reduce th., duty of 4s. 9 per ton you exact on English coals, and in stead of the 600.000 tons we now exiwrte two million tons of coals will fii,cl their way into your country. (Protracted cheering.) Sir, had Mr. Labouchere thus acted—hod ,he calmly and dii-passionately, mindful of the great iuterratie at stake, properly imbued with a sense of tho danger arising from a forced or ill-con sidered legislation, entered into negeciation with foreign powers, nod, by argument, by entreaty, or, if neces nary, by inspiring them with a wholesome tear of pos sible and ulterior consequences, led.them to ilia ad o p tion of the grand principles of cornmerciell freedoms then would his conduct have been more worthy of a British statesman—then would we not have been hurried, as it were, in a moment, from a system of limited free trade, with co-extensive reciprocity, i nto a con dition of sibs° lute free-trade, with limited reprocity.—(Prolonged cheers, mingled with cries of " B ravo. ") Sir, the deed is done ; the die is cast—the British s hip ow ner is launched into competition wi t h t h e w hole world. (Hear, hear.) There is a danger in go ing back to a course which has been once a b an d one d . —(Hear, hear.) Li the interval, which has elepsed, new relations of commercial property and enterprise take place, and, like a relapse in the natural body, th e s h oc k of a reaction may be attended with the mo s t per i lous cons equences to the body politic —(Cheers.) Arid y e t I must act be misunderstood. I do not m ean to deny that in principle Mr. Labouchere was right. I censure him, not for the end at which he aimed, but for the speed with which he approached it—(Hear, hear.) What, then, is to be done? Go back? No; it is too late! Go forward? Yes! But methinks I hear some of you say, How can we go forward? We are placed at our starting post in this ocean race, burdened and over-weighted. You must, at least, relieve us of every impost that presses too heavily upon us." Sir, I feel the strength of that argu ment. The shipping interest of this country has deep and many causes of complaint—(Hear)—and I know cot wbetber more emphatically to condemn the haste which marked the repeal, or the injustice which stopped short of the removal of these burdens.—(Cheers.) The first burden which must be removed are the duties upon timber. I think no tax whatever ought to be im posed upon the raw material of ger shipping. When Mr. Huskisson proposed to grant to the builder of ships in this country a drawback equal to the lull amount of any duty that had been paid upon the materials used in their construction and equipment, he proposed a wise and solid measure—(Hear, hear)—and I must say it was little to the credit of the shipowners who formed the de putation to Mr. fluskisson of that day, that they re fused his offer, dreading lest the Government, by adopt ing Mr. Huskisson's suggestion, should give a fresh stimulus to shipbuilding at home, and raise up new com petitors, who would be able to rival them in every branch of commerce.—(Hear, hear.) The maintenance of a timber duty on the part of Her Majority's late Government was a perfect absurdity--(Lund cheers.) Their processed aim was to admit the raw material duty free, especially that which creates labour in its manufactured state, and to tax articles of manufac ture imported from other countries, but here they taxed the foreign raw material, while they admitted the seine material, when manufactured into a ship, duty free•— (Hear, hear.) Another.burden, on shipping is the light dues. Foremost among these are the light dues, im posed by the Trinity House at Deptford Stroud, amount-, ing now to about 400,0001. a yeare—(Hear, hear.) That is a large sum, and is felt as a sore grievance by the shipping interest of this country.—(Hear.) Indeed, the Trinity House system, in all its details, is an enormous anomaly—(Hear, hear)—and ill-suited to the temper and advancing spirit of these times.—(Cheers.) Bodies like these Trinity . House Corporations, r ea ll y se w_ elected, practically irresponsible, with all their cumbrous appendages, and their multitudinous parasites, are un suited to an industrious and economical age, and only form relics of the legislation of an unenlightened anti quity.—(Renewed cheering.) To give one small instance, out of a multitude, of the enormous injustice of this system—The Heligoland Light cost the Go vernmen t 2501. a year for maintaining it, and the Commer cial marine 580/. a year—(Hear, hear)—previously to 1846, when it was taken by the Trinity House, and the nation relieved from further payment of it; but in 1845 the Commercial marine was made to pay 1,8901. for its maintenance, while its actual coat was duly 5291. (Cheers, and cries of " Shame.") Now, why should the shipowners of this country be exclusively taxed for the these lights.—(Hear.) Especially, Ee specially, why are support of they so taxed, since the repeal,soots.b. lights to l aws has o e r rest of the thrown open the benefit of th un . . te 4 ll United Stales t world.—( re.) ) is light-house establishment is America, the the expense of Congress; in Holland a the provided. for by a vote of lighting is confided to the Government; in Russia the Grovernmr nt support the lighthouses, and no charge is made on that acco unt, on either Russian or foreign ships Why should not tune the lighting of ou r coast be a charge upon the consolidated of the country ?—(Hear and connected with this subject is the toll cheers.) Closely ) which is collected in Sunder called primage— ports, for the bens land and sours Newcastle. The right o f s other(aOrf the northern fit of the Trinity House in of which they make ke n o that house to collect a revenuei properly made . the subject me of a return, has been very trial at law, and it was my lot , to be called upon the ot h er d ayrth the C our t of o ,,usan B ench, to take a pro- minent part in exposing the usurpation and illegality of this impost.—(Loud cne-ers.) I remember a smile pass ing over the features of the venerable judge, who has lately retired from that bench, when I read, from the governing charter of James 11, the recital of the grounds upon which that Monarch bestowed he grant— " Whereas, there have been divers and many incursions of the river Tyne upon the banks of the same, and that in addition repairs are required for the Trinity ftree,e. at Newcastle, therefore, out of our mere motion," &c., &c. And so Suaderlani, without getting a single benefit in return, has been called upon to pay, from year to year, a sum amounting-to some 1,200/. or 1,500/. and this to enable certain gentlemen of Newcastle to pamper their appetites and toast away the money you have paid to the health of the Elder Brethren, and the good old times of charter and monopoly.—(Leughter and loud cheers.) Then there are the Dover and Rimegare passing tolls.—(Cries of" Hear, hear.") Why ;he amount levied upon the shipping and commerce ot the country, in support e.f these harbours in the year 1849, amounted to 43 2971. 9s. 3id,, for which the ship ping and trade of the country received no equivalent whatever.—(Cries of " Shame.") Sunderland peys of this 1,5791 84. 21—(Hear) A still more flagrant act f injustice is to be tound in the exactions of the Rmia Company. who have power. under letters patent of Wil liam and Mary, to tax Russian produce ieported into his country; this they do to the extent of more than 3 000/., exclusive Of sums levied on the British shipping at Russian ports. Now, what equivalent du the parties taxed get for this impost? On glancing over an account of their expenditure, I find the following items:—Pre sent of plate to tt.e governor, worth 421 103.—(Leugh tee)—Again, grant for expenses of organ, psalm-b toks, &c., for the church at Crunstadt, 2051. 4s. 33.—(Hear, near.) Surely this is a burthen which ought to be in vestigated, taken off, and removed. There is another e%il of great m. gnitude, which consists in the tax o,e lected by the Corporation of London, called City-dues; these amounted last year to 192,4701. 125., and ot this large sum 184,4601 13s. was levied on coals from 'he counties of Durham and Northumberland ulonq„,= • -•• (limy, hear.) Then there are the' anode 'Ports and' (heir dependencies, with his 'Grace the Lord Warden's little sinecure of 3,0001._ per. a nnum—(Laughter)—and .sat-sia."-atiarpcure ceptigns at Deal, Weimer, and else where. then there are the evils attendant upon the present eys• tern of pilotage. The system requires a thorough re vision. In My opinion, the taking of a pilot on board ought to be rendered as nearly voluntary as possible.— (Hear, hear.) Then there is the system of foreign con- sulage, which must be substantially altered, and rendered more suitable to the advancing and economic spirit of the age. Government salvage is an unjustifiable charge. If a ship of war throw a line or a hawser to a mer chant ship, it may be made the ground of an exor bitant claim for salvage, and, if resisted, the trader is thrown into the Court of Admiralty. But, besides this, it has numerous other vexations attending it. Then there are the Admiralty Courts, which I would vote for abolishing' altogether.—(Cheers.) I would let them, and the Chancery Courts, with all their bar barisms, and quirks and quiddities, with all their bills and answers, petitions and affidavits, be shovelled by my Lord Brougham into one huge mud-cart, and along with the whole body of doctors and proctors, equity draftsmen, and all such excrescences, be emptied into the gulf of oblivion for ever!—(Roars of laughtsr, fol. lowed by a burst of applause.) There are other grie vances, such as that relating to the use of bonded stores, and other impediments to the free exercise of commer cial enterprise as applied to shipping. But I think I have specified sufficient to make out a heavy and impor tant case for the shipowners of the empire.— (Hear, hear.) Remove these burdens, take a comprehensive review of our Registry and Mercantile Marine Acts, with a view to their amendment, so as to suit the altered circumstances of the age, and then Government will have done that which it should have provided for before it drove you to struggle with the competition of the world.—(Applause.) 1 do not say that when even all this is attained, there will itot be causes for anxiety; but I do say, if you do suc ceed thus far, there will be ground for hope.—(Hear, near.) Why should you, with a fair field and no fa vour, fear the consequences of a rivalry in shipbuilding with any other counttiss of the world ?—(Cheers.) With the United States?—or Russia?—Sweden, Nor way, D,nmat k, or Pr u‘sia?—France, Holland, Germany, or Belgium? Talre. for a moment, the materials used iu American shipbuilding. Their timber does nut grow at the aster's edge; they have to send for it as well as we, to Carollers, Fl eida, or Maryland, and what advent ige has New York, Boston, or Balitnore. -eve the difference of freight- between the timber growing states and the northern riots, and the same states and England ? Dees not the smerican import his iron from England, with a freight of Ida. per ton; and a duty to he sup•radded of 30 per cent ad valorem? Do not the chain cebe a which pay 35 per cent duty, and the sheet copper, go from Lng!and ? not the hemp got from Russia. and are not their sales purchased 11,-re. while canvas pays 10 per •eent. ad valorem, and is fully 10 per cent. dearer. Then the wages are higher. and the general cost of navigation grateer. Finally, the Americans have ne shipa that wouaistand A I twelve years in this country. Lock then to the build of ships in Russia. In Finland 'a fir ship may cost but 8/. lOs„ per ton against 201. per ton for a fiat-class British ship, but the first will not stand more than four years on the register, whereas the second stands twelve years, and in some cases sixteen years, without any expense whatever. Then there is the cost of the Hamburgh build, in which there is an advantage whatever over this country. The Hamburgh vessel, from 200 to 500 tons, iron -hastened, and coppered, costs 11/. per ton, but she stands seven years A 1, and no more, while, the .English ship, at 201 per ton, can make 16 years in all. So with regard to Sweden and Norwe gian ships, your advantages are aelf-evident.—( ll ear , hear.) Further, a Prussian vessel cannot be permanently sailed and equipped cheaper than an English; the ice which blockades their coast for thrower four months in the year places tnem under a great physical disadvan tage. Then there is the amount of the sinking fund which must be laid by, and the amount of interest on account of the ship during the months she cannot run. These and other matters considered, you need have no tear of Prussian competition. I need say nothing of the ships of Bremen, of Holland, or the commercial marine of France; and you need no argument to convince you that they are rivals you need not dread.—(Hear, hear.) As contrasted with these, look at the advantages you possess in England ! You build the best and cheapest first class ships in the world; you lay in your stores more cheaply than any ships in the world; you have the best shipwrights and the hardiest sailors; you have irons and British oak, and the other appliances for ship-building; you have the raw material, it I may So express it, in man as well as in manufacture, giving you a decided pre-eminence; you have the cheapest and most commo dious (hicks in the world, you we the great storekeepers of hemp and flax, and the world's manu'acturers of cordage and sails; you have your furnaces, your forges, and your rolling mills fed with your own coals. Eng land, too, is the great timber yard of the world, so that you have the choice of the best wood of every kind; you have the best method of loading and unloading, the best machinery and the best tools in the world.—(Loud cheers.) Be not despondent, then; talk not of return to an antiquated system; your coasting marine has flourished least because it was most protected; your foreign shipping has progressed in proportion as it has been stimulated by competition. If you go back to protection you go back to restriction, with restriction you produce retaliation, and, by restriction on one side, and retaliation on the other, you narrow the field of enterprise, you eahasce the cost of transport, and you throw half the carrying ships of the country out of employment.—(Loud cheers.) What, then, are you to do? There is a duty upon the Government — there is a duty upon'you; upon the Government, to re lieve you of your burdens; upon you, to rouse yourselves fur the contest, and to be equal to your proper destiny and your historic character.— (Loud applause.) Wby do we hear disparaging comparisons drawn between the captains and crews of our own vessels and those of America and other countries? Gentlemen, you must begin to elevate the condition of your officers and your mariners, not by Acts ot Parliament, but by urging upon them the importance of t- mperacce, by stimu a ing them in the pursuit of knowl e dg e, b y seekin g to infuse into them higher aspirations , b y p a y i g them, it need be, a higher rate of wages, which in the end will be the surest economy, and so press forward to that glorious consummation when not alone shall your ships be regis tered as A 1 at Lloyds,but thecrews who man them shall be classed A 1 in every port in the world!—(Tremen dous cheering.) Sir, unless this spirit perva de the s hipowners of this country, no Acts of Parliament, no remission of burdens, no, nor your much-talked-of protection, clan save you.—(Renewed, cheering ) e lieve me, too, there is a good d a y coming, boundßless markets, boundless fields, will yet be opened up tor the employment of the commercial marine of this country, for which you should make ready and prepare yourselves. —(Cheers.) For, lift up your eyes, and look towards that hitherto down-trOdden and degraded land of Africa. See how marvellously within the last few years her trade in palm oil has increased! There is the Delta of the Niger, too, where cotton can be produced almost sponta neously!rivals What a world of enterprise d oes not the newly-opened trade with C hina p resent to y our commer cial ambition! Then , see India, where cotton can line of li a g t h ed States—where leY'whi s ugar can be produced e q uallin g those of Cub a and the Brazils! the Banksproduced by y f t t h h e e California on the one side, and the geld re g ions of t b h e e grown cotton on Australia on the other , a nd tell me, have you not good C ause to hope and to ta ke coura g e ?—(A. burst of pro tracted my views on the p resent state and future prospects of the shipping interests of t he c ountry. You have been cheering.) aslt,ep ,0 S or, ra u t c h h e , r, ge t n he tl y em in en, is whom an you outline trusted lows, faithful, devoted to y o ur interests.—(Hear.) I can h to a o ve long asleep, hear.) You want an a d vocate esa promise you one thing. If you send me to Parliament I shall carry the same spirit there which gives me courage to address you now.—l shall devote my best e xertions to assert your rights and pro mote your in terests, and when I desert your cause may my right band forget its cunning 1— (Tremendous cheering.) You should not let a day pass in laying before rillialnent your true condition ; the ears ot 'the Legislature can not be deaf to you; an interest like yours 0 0 0° EXTRACTS FROM TABLES. Quarterly Premiums for an AnnuH ity of Fifty Pounds, to corn. , titmice at the Death , of a Fathei or Friend, and to be paid until a Male Child shall have com pleted his Twenty-first year of age. 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For the year ending the sth of April, 1852, an abatement of 51 per cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Years' standing and RI uwards. p CHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent. Princes-street, Bank, March 10, 1852 TIIE FAMILY LIVERY.—Arms and Crests correctly ascertained, and in any case a steel die expressly cu cut for the buttons, fre e of cost. Iu many instances the expense thus t curred will exceed the charge made for a Footman's complete suit, v iz., Four Pounds Ten Shillings, so that the quality, style, and general excellence of the materials may be easily interred, as it must be obvious to all that a continuationot of Patentees, Merch ants, orders would alone re munerate R. J. and P. NICOLL, Palet and Army Clothiers, 114, 116 , 118, 120 Regent-street, and 22, Corn --- mii, Just pu blished, in 1 volume Bvo., price Half-a-Guinea, fl A PIE S on MENTAL PHYSIOLOGY. 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CONTA (NINO THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTIO OF DIS avIngsEASE. laustrated by One Hundred Anatomicalomical Cowered Eftgr. )ti PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERA TIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MA.RRIAGE. . tfew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 25. ba. ty post, from the Establishment, as. gd. in stamps. THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Wo rk on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system , pr oduced by sxcessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, I ol towa by observations on Marriage, anci the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravinge. By R. and PERRY and onsulting Surgeons, 19, SernerA-street, Oxford street, London. CO., 'Published by Sherwood and C0.,3, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 33, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street : Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ;W. 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With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, exp'aining `heir structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. By SAMUEL LAWERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of E cidin , burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Soety Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunteriatt Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. tion of the and - This work contains a plain and complete desc ri p •omy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative tonditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who hat taken the tighest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with advan tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated ,hrough secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of !atm' years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of anceaS ing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street , Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leaderthall-street; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; sr free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, ears SI,A Us till Mil VA tram Biz til - • . • Y:/` On the Ist of April extra shipwrigleill be plai on the St. Jean d'Acre and PI cebe; e latter will e launched in the summer. Fit teen caulkers are to bo Eclat from Devonport to P,mbroke dotlyc.r.s to exp. li'e the Windsor Castle and two Irig,te4. WOOLWICH, MARCH 24..-The Anlelope steam vessel, Liruienant-Commander Young, lett Woolwich yesterday for Greenhithe, and, atter having her com passes adjusted by Captain Johnson, will proceed to Portsmouth and wait further or d e rs. The Pluto steam vessd,Lieutenent-Commandtr Webt, left Woolwich this morning, and will call at Ports mouth, and then proceed for service on the wcst coast of Africa. COMBINA7 lON OF MECHANICAL INSTITU TIO S. The following lANr and set of .Qterici have been addressed by the Socit.ty of Aris to the seer 2t tries of the local institutions through ut the ceu.., , r. : Soc.e,y of Arts, Matittec urea, son • Sir,—l am di reeti .n by Aoelptti, M.ter, 20, 1852 submit to the conlittee of pni ,ur sttv '' disti.d Novittolt•lt 4. ‘" c ,, py of a lever ni the Council to r,qu ov tuber 28, 1851. 1.6.0 r. :rry Che,tfr to the S. eretaiy tat :I,i- soeirty. This utter bas been for tube tit;d..r toe ',erioua eon eid, ration ut the C. It Watt be s*e-1i that the P 3616 P ut forth by Mr. - ph, at, r ar.• fourettfi ton Lis of. of lii:i:ri.,;,:-,,,,,ari.tiirisetri:ei,,,:ri(eckilt,;;;Atipt;to. st.th.de ..n o r .21,7 Rb. 18 , 5•2,.t,i, efic:t,-,i IniCY other perio 104%1 insl io:.s v , r) favourable expr. of rfq,e(litt, i 4 ;114i bo•GttitS which - this hint , Lne. by adopnit t hat getitleindu s pr-p anti s tios into nia. , u with . the - soci e ty f or. the eta which his letter cententiriates. The Cumuli is fully di,posed to ':sute'r, up,,n obis new And iu.pur.sitt wok, to , vwed .that it can pr*tirt.. , u.ty shown that a viii. t• ally large butuber of i.stittutotis ate in favour of such fl< pr,e3,editig, 1.:111 sire di.poin.d to avail th,mselyes Uf thp nthuilto4,e._wh , erk atly,/, an Li , jit,n with the Society of Arts might reascusbly Wed to afford. The Conned dors nr , t desire - that your instt tion should 'at' once pl• te; the - adopiion of th e detail6of the encluad letter, but it is requested that, if the general idea which Mr. Chester -has sketched out, of a combination of local itiatitutiuns in union with the the metropolitan Suei - ety of Arts be favourisbly enter tained by Jour institution, the queries in the enclosed list may be answered; and that it may be stated whether it'wuuld be convenient to you to names representative to attend a nieetilig Which_ it is prup, , sed to hold, in Louidon, soon .after Easier, for the -purp , ,ses of a con ference between the,,,,r_spretent4tiveti of institutioud the Council of this society, in order to agree in the bust triodes of pruce.di,,g in reference to the wants and wishes of the institutions, and to the society's means of meeting them. I cat particularly to request that-you-will be so good as to favour me, if possible, with a reply to this letter before the 10th of April next. have the honour to be, Sir G. yourJ)bedient servant, . GROVE, Sec. Soc. Arts. LIST OF QUERIES. Title of the Institution Name and address of Corresiondent on behalf of the Institution What is the total number of your members? 2. Are you in favour of the general idea, which Mr. Chester has eketched,:of the combination of many local institutions in union with the Society of Arts? 3. What are the chief advantages which you expect to derive from such a combination and union? 4. About whet number of lectures, of various kinds, would you desire to have yearly? At what seasons? 5. At what rate, on an average, could you afford tops) , for such lectures? 6. Which would you prefer,' a. that this Society should receive from you an an nual subscription, equal to the average cost of the lectures, and supply you with lecturers for the year, at no further expense to yourselves? or b. that the Society should negotiate, and make ar rangements, between you and the lecturers, and (receiving from you a small annual cJatribution to defray the Society's actual expenses of corre spondence, &c.) leave it' entirely to 3 - c . . , plve to remunerate the lecturers upon such terms ns roi!„ht be agreed on? 7. Do you consider it. desirable to have mew.' - 7 exhibitions of useful inventions which have medals from the Soci , .ty of Arts, provided that such arrangements could be made by the Society as would enable you to have the exhibitions without any serious liability, aid with the chance of such exhibitions being se lf-supportiog? 8. Is there any opening for the establishment of Ehaaing School, or a Modelling School, in connexion with your institioier,? IN TITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tu:sosy, James M. Keudel, E-q , esitiem, in tho chair, th, first, paper read was " Ou the lie-übs of the use of Tubu'ar aule.rs, or of Flue Boilers of Inadequate Surtaee, or Loperfect Absorption of Mat," by Admiral Es' I Dundonald. . Tnis paver advocated the general intr)duction of what were te: med " econarnical heat trop boilers," or boilers eaviug verticAl water tubes, instead ot oblique fi;e teb, , s, conlaieed within a eheaula-r, into the upper of which the hot pr• ducat ot cumbus ion were introduced, and allowed to circula:e te.til,, by the abstraction of heat, they debunded to the bottom, and pass. d into the chimney of a t.caperature Lille exceeding that of boil. P ing water. Fr.,m some trials which bad bren made at Woolwich and Chatham in 1844, a' we ll as from the experience which 11:;c1 be, ri gained by th.ir actual appii ca+ion to wane of the Nopth Ameriotn trausatlactier beam-pteltet., and s.ime in the service of the Emperor of Russia, it was contended that these boilers possessed greater evaporative powers, and were more tconoureal than those ordinarily iu use; and, moreover, that their safety was much greater, owing to the products of com bustion passing into the chimney at a very low tempera ture, intead of the usual high tempera , ure, from which it was apprehended much danger had been, and might still be, incurred. . The second paper read was, " On certain points in the construction of Marine Boilers," by Mr. J. Scott Russell, M. Inst. C.E. The author having arrived at-certain practical results relative to the construction of - marine boilers, put them into practice about ,ten years back, in designing the boilers for the Royal Mail Steam Packets Clyde, Tay, Tweed, and Teviot; and as they had been in constant work ever since, running from 42,000 miles to 48,000 miles per annum, without material repairs, he believed their durability, combined with effective 'combustion and econony of fuel, bad been fully established. The principles on which these boilers were constructed differed from those generally recognised. In the first place it was considered, that a judicious distribution of the most intensely heated surfaces would be conducive to durability; and for this purpose instead of returning the flues over the furnaces, the top of the furnaces and the hottest flues were brought to the surface of the water, and the cooler, or return flues were taken to the bottom of the water. The water was admitted at the bottom and was gradually warmed as it rose, the great t heat being imparted at the last m oinp ie n „ of the by which means the bubbles of steam were -- ,, - ,7 vented from accumulating in contact with intenirsely. and their heated metal. In the next place the ca p a ci ty greater than furnaces or fire boxes, was unusually large, height above the incandescent fuel mu r face for every foot of t e h h ese boil, rs was usual. The evaporating surface in there being no less than alsomt three more feet ( i ) l f ia e n v. c p ti o a r t a o t m iv a a ry su , furnace bars. The process of blowing off was I::aevaded water spaces, as reservoirs for fl ues for by arranging under t heand furnac e s large The last paper was the collection and b10...:4 off of brine and other deposit. Steam Generator," " A D it :lterition of a Di.pb'f; ll principle upon which by Al. Boutigny . (d'Evreux). L.. 1 2 . 11 0: 6 1 this steam Lenerator was based This being received a was that " bodies evaporate follow that in tt ir c i o a n only from s str a u n ctirn ioo7 l : B o tl a d isul b - e their r ee i c n easarily the evaporating extended to its utmost limit, or the e °lmeta l Lid bo t tlers, either b e so divided, and its evaporating sutft. a w ater b s hould be so divided, and its evaporating atitfac e s b e so ltipltet, es to arrive at the same end, of obtainingc'thee° greatest staOtlat of steam by the expendiie t ot' the least a mount ot fuel. The stem", gener e ator was described to consist of verti cal cylinder s o f wroug ht iron, 25 inches high by 1 2 b itiches di , tm e t e r ; the bate terminating in a hemisphe rical eed, and the upper part closed by a curved lid, sual steam and safety upon which was attached the u •pes, ate. Tbe interior valves, feed steam, and cont a in e d a series of diaphragms ot wroug t iron, pierced with a number of ea fps and having alternately con tuses. They weie Busrpnded by vex and concave su!.l . e s st given distances apart, in such a man three iron r o d , s t be in contact with the heated exterior, or nee as no s h e ll of the b o iler. When any water WAS admitted h the feed pipe it fell upon the upper (con vex ) t disc, b r ) u g w hi c h the largest quantity f a ll ing thro u g h the perforation in the s hape of globules; the second diaphragm being co ncave, tended to direct the fluid from th e circum terence to the centre, and so on, until if any fluid reached the bottom of the cylind er, it min g led with s thin film of water, in a high state of ebullition, that being the hottest part of the bo iler. It appeared, how ever, that in its transit through these diaphragms, the water was so divided, that exposing a very large sur face to the caloric, it was transformed into steam with great rapidity, and with great economy of fuel. Ihe boiler described had been worked for a long time at Paris with great success, giving motion to a steam-engine of two horses' power. The consumption of coal was stated to be very small, 7891bs of water having been converted into steam by 182iba of coal in ni ne h"ors, eUrli, under a pressure of ten attnespht res. The chemical part of the question was carefull y stained, and it was shewn, that at that temperaturet ex he i r on was exactly strain . in the best condition to b ear Th e practical application On a large sca l e was sub mitted to the engineers , the author having only the system for small boilers and nnner circumstances propose d o. wa nting to obtain a motive power in s i tu ations of re stricted space, and where first cost was a great object. It was announced that at the meet i ng o f Tuesday, March 30th, the monthly ballot for Members would take place, and the following paper would be read, " An Ac count of the drainage of the town of Richmond, Surrey, under the authority of the- Metrop olitan Commis sioners of Sewers in 1851 ," ' ' by M r. G eorge D o na lds on, Assoc. lust. C.E. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, we are happy to state, continues in the enjoyment of im proved health at Gloucester House, Park -lane. The vene rable Duchess, now the only surviv i ng offspring of litng George 111., will complete her 70,11 year on Ulf 26th thi eafillhag NI COL L' S REGISTERED PALE roT. Many have assumed the use of the word P aletot, but the t .. al tntees of the design and mater i a l used in this inexpensive and ignt ernantly article of dress are Messrs. NICOLL, Merchant 4 °l lners, Paletot Patentees, and Manufacturers of Cloth, who have I:4' in every principal tow n in the United Kingdom and its Co- N .` , Their London Address being a s follows Regent-street, forms a Department for Paletots, &c. INpll6 (the next house), is devoted fur Military and Diplomatic "nuh t t 4 . 1 18, for Robes and every novel or established article of cos .lt) 120, is exclusive for Boys' and Youths' Clothing, Servants' ~ re eueg, &c., of unusual excellence ; an d at 22, Cornhill. Iltelmens of all may b 3 seen. each Department skilful and intelligent Assistants attend, and tea)!blinit dte fact, "Teat an article to be really cheap shou ld be ii !J • and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-street, and 22, 1--* 3i at, Op ' Ply Ne ble v/19, ;ted B iI i i n g ,d 4 Lbs. ore et ; Nest ter; , a od gd 9d 3 - 1 oi 1► ( I' le,„ -da!tt ; tionS 3% ite go stion. anca sorer &dd. NTOrth united 1131 1, sou y 124' best a let.. 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