The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-21 00:00:00

WILITECEI APEX.. Prime Beef and Mutton commanded a steady sale, at fall prices. In other kinds of Meat very little Was doing. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 104 'Veal, 3s Od to 3s 10d; Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d Der 81bs by the carcase. LLO SHIPPI:NG.—(THI6 DA 1! .) LONDON, JAN. 2 I.—Wind ttt neon S., light aim hlft. l N GLOUCESTER.—Arrd. Eliza, St. JO, ewfound land. PWLLHELI, JAN. 20. —The Carneleon has -hen got off shore. DEAL, JAN. 20.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Alice Maud, Cuddatore; Daniel Wheeler, Colombo. Put back, Eu phrates, St. Croix. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 20.—Wind S. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Mary Queen of Scots, Pernambuco, Paraiba, &c.; Emu lous, Demerara; Hemisphere, New Orleans; Osborne, New Orleans; Scotia, New Orleans; Invincible, Balti more; Yeoman, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Fair field, Calcutta; Alpha, Monte Video; Laura, Demerara; Bella en Gracia, Havannah; N. S. del Carmen, Ha vannah; John Garrow, New Orleans; Mary Caroline, Mobile. The Lady of the Lake, for Charleston, is put ting back with loss of foretopmast. WEYMOUTH, JAN. 20. —The paddle-box of a large steamer, supposed from its size and appearance to have belonged to the Amazon, has washed ashore in West Bay, near Fleet. CONCAMEAU, JAN. 17.—The Favourite, Bordeaux to Constantinople, has put in with damage to masts and making some water, having touched tho ground in en tering the Bay. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. Navigateur, of Dun kirk, Taganrog to England, was wrecked on Point Galata Dec. 21; crew anal greater part of cargo saved. COWES, JAN. 20.—The Juno, of Sunderland, London , to Genoa, has pnt in with starboard bow stove, and tore• mast badly injured, from contact with the Agnes, Lon don to Trinidad. Arrd. John Spencer, Shanghai. FALMOUTH, JAN. 20.—Wind S. W., strong breezes and squally.—Arrd. Harfleur, New York. OFF SClLLY.—Bosphorus, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Antwerp. SUNDERLAND.—Arrd. Janet Willis, Demerara. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY A very limited supply of English Wheat, chiefly out of condition, was on sate in to-day's market. Although the attendance of millers was small, the demand was steady, and a good clearance was effected at fully Mon day's advance in the quotations. The imports of Foreign Wheat this week have been only 2,200 quarters. Good dry qualities, ex granary, moved off freely, at extreme currencies, whilst the value of low and mid• tiling kinds was well supported. In floating cargoes very little was dciog. We were rather scantily supplied with Barley, for which the inquiry ruled firm, at very full prices. Malt changed hands steady, at late rates. The quantity ready for delivery was by no means ex tensive. The Oat trade was firm, and, in some instances, Irices were the turn in favour of sellers. Beans, Peas, ndian Corn, and Flour were quite as dear as on londay. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. -- Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks 71 g11811 ...... 1,260 2,120 2,280 700 1,140 Irish ,•. •• •6 - ... 290 Foreign •• •••• i 2,200 580 - 110ROITGR HOP MARKET. Although the amount of business doing in our market is by no means extensive, last week's prices are steadily supported. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TIIESDAY.—By the Canada we learn that cotton had gained ie. per lb. upon the previous Week's rates at New York, and at New Orleans, on the receipt of advices hence to the 24th ult., kc. per lb. Although, however, the effect of the accounts from Prance was to this extent favourable, the state of b usiness continued heavy and spiritless. These Accounts have rather strengthened the impression Which had been previously received, that the r aw material is not likely to be materially cheaper for a while ; and their influence has been on the side of firmness in our m a r ket. So far, however, as there is any noticeable change in business, it is hardly in favour of sellers. As the shi ppers are going but little in warps and pin-cops, the home con sulters (finding a better choice) are led to offer ra ther lower prices ; and, in some instances, producers ru sks a s li g h t concession, in others they do not. In 20's And 30'a reeled water, a general steadiness is still main tainedby the c3ntracts in hand, and by t h e demand f or China and the European continent; f a vourite spin 'ills continue, indeed, exceedingly firm. Mule yarns ° .. 1 India quality, being mostly engaged for the l'ext week or two, are also w orth as m u ch as they were Y 'reek. In the Bolton spinnings, adapted tor the eorkshire trade, there is no alteration Bat low counts °t mule and water, from 12's downwards, are dull, and still inclined to yield. Long cloths, the better qualities of i d prnters, and 40-inch stiirtings from 60 reeds up nr, continue steady under existing engagements and I t air present demand ; but madapollams, jacconets, and t alower shirtings, are still inclined to droop, in some gree.. under th e ' discouraging accounts brought by the st ad vices from India. The home houses do not yet c ome into the market for domestics, which are conse quently inanimate. li ha o.enriaxx, M oND A Y .—The flannel market to-day ° peen slacker than it has been for these last six months. This may partly arise from the previous week k bei ng Christmas week, or the time when that feast is ~Pt at "Rochdale, when work partly ceases, and few pieces could be expected to be offered for sale; which circumstances may account for so few buyers attending. th e continues firm, though there is little doi ng , an d `L'e dealers are looking forward to an advance in price. MACCLESFIELD, TuEsDAY.—There has only been a mo derate business transacted in manufactured goods b ill ee our last report, the struggle now going on between uyers end sellers as to price preventing any large opera- Qua for the moment. The difficulties that have lately h ar isen amongst some of the small manufacturers who A v e,been jobbing goods through agents at ruinous b i tes+ leave h a d a very prejudicial influence on prices; but tu two or th ree of these houses have yielded to the Pres sure d ur i ng t h e l ast f ew d ays , an d their stocks b e i ng told off, it is hoped that better prices will be obtained ere n g. Thrown Silks—The demand continues steady for the ut ter descrip t i ons o f Chi na an d B eng al for th e h ome 'flarket. The throwing mills are mostly on full time. some Silks—Nothing new has transpired in prices. large arrivals of Chinas are reported the last few ' 4 °Ye, but no operations have yet taken place in them. HALIFAX, SATURDAY. — Business has been slacker in fur piece hall to-day than it was last week, and very theree*oods have changed hands. In yarns and wools is no noticeable alteration, except that there is r ather more quietness. b„ III3I ThEnsFIELD, TUESDAY. — In Our market to-day i i " , s ineas has been more brisk generally. In the cloth light goods, of new patterns, have been bought. Sto cks are low, and the manufacturers are in better spirit s t h an has b een usua l o f l a te, though mer c h ants ha ve not b een ver y f re e with orders; some of the mills ar e running short time. A fair business has been done T the warehouses, both to-day and during t h e week. h wool market continues much the same as last week. A SINGULAR RELIC. Captain D'A u b erv ill e , o f th e b a rque Chieftain, of Bo ston, writes to the editor of the Louisville Varietie s !it at he put into Gibraltar on the 27ta of August last, repair some damages his vessel had sustained, and, hih waiting, himself and two of his passengers e'rased .the s t ra i ts to M ount A b y l us, on t h e African "VIP. to shoot, and pi c k up geo l og i ca l s p e cimens. 'etorts, 'returning the bre eze h a d f res h e ned so fitte h as to rend er i t necessary to put more ballast in .the boat; and one of the lifted what ho cillpposed to be a piece of roc k , but from its extreme lightness and singular shape, -atone, but so attention of the captain to "else induced to call the at first took it for a . pieee of pummice witch barnacles and other marin completely covered deny that supposition. On further animalculm as to found it to be a cedar keg. on ex amination he a cocoanut enveloped in a kind of cli ng i t o he found substance; this he also opened, and found praresinous covered with Gothic characters, nearly illegible ce ment Which neither he nor any one on board w as and able to deciPher. He, however, found on shore an A rmenian book merchant, who was said to be the moat learned Man in Spain, to whom he took it, who, after learning the circumstances of its discovery, offered three hundr e d dollar s f or i t , w hi c h offer Captain D'Auberville de clined. He then, says the letter, read word for word, and translated it into French as he read each sentence, a shun but concise account of the discovery of Carthy, or father India, addressed to Ferdinand and Isabella, of Castile and ..Arragon, saying the ships could not possibly survive the ....... t erapest another day; that they the n were between the .Western Isles and Spain; that t wo lik e narratives were Written and thrown into the sea, incase the Caravel should go to the bottom that some mariner would pick up one 1)r the other of them. The strange document was signed °7 Christopher Columbus in a bold an d d as hi ng hand. It also bore the date of 1493, and consequently has been boating over the Atlantic 353 years. Tee letter closes W ith an. assurance from the writer that he would guard rite treasure safe until his return to the United States , ,Whieh would be in April or May next.—Savann a h ‘ r4B .) Paper. An iron vessel, called the Three Bells, which has inat'arrived from Australia rid Calcutta, furnishes a very ,atislactory proof that the objection against the use of iron the Indian Seas on account of the impossibility of pre venting;it from fouling can be effectually overcome. The Three B e l ls was coated with the protective pa i nt w hi c h has lately been brought into use, and she has returned, it is said, without any barnacles and with less fouling than many cop rred vessel s coming off a voyae from Calcutta only. This v. 68801 was built at Dumbarton for the Australian trade, but tier-first trip was to the St. Lawrence, on which occasion she made the passage from Quebec to Glasgow in fifteen days and 1 , 1 _°7,11 hours. She is 730 tons, old measurement, and her s divided into five water-tight compartments. Her time fr om Calcutta was 111 days. PaLatouTu litisel United, merchant arrived With with her e j t l o s- d . ity l9 fr . o — m T t i h ie e Mediterranean, fell in crew t in he Strife, Angus master, off Candia, Nov. 20, with her United, to state. The master requested Mr. Clark, °I . the united to come on board, but, as night was approach ''gal,pa.nd the sea running he did not deem it right to ly with the request, at which the crew of the Strife set P three cheers. „, DISCOVERY OF A Anew N - --or.,c --T COINS AT fiEsxm.—On ay two workmen discovered an old pewter tankard, o n ; "unlng 200 gold coins, in a field lieskin, suppo mao reign of Jona I. and Charle at a I.—presto ) , pilot sed to be of THE SUN, I PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION. BENEH P UEPART \IEN r. The annual general meeting of the members of th e Benefit or Lif Assurance Department of the Pro vident Clerks' A'sociation was held on ?.41nday evening at the London Tavern ; Mr. R. H. Jones, Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The following gentlemen were present :—John Abel Smith, E q., M.P. ; Messrs. J. W. Welch, A. Dawson, J. Daokaerts, John Clarke, William Maitland, Richard Price, W. J. Jordon, W. S. Sawtell, Samuel Jepps, Samuel Lintott, and Samuel Notley, members of the Board of Management ; George Thomas, E-q., A. Smee, Esq , &c. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, the report of the directors for the past year was submitted to the meeting, of which the following is an abstract:— "The Board of Al Anagement present in the eleventh annual report the following details:- 388 Life Policies issued during the past year for 72,8751. 5 Annuities ditto ditto 1291. 15s. 4d. 25 Proposals declined. 79 Proposals deferred, withdrawn, or waiting further information. " The annual income from premiums on policies, together with the dividends on capital, has been in• creased to 15,3201. After paying during the pact year 2.550/. for claims from deaths the amount of invest ment has been increased to 32,500/. Three-and• Half per Cents.; 4,4501. lent on mortgage; 1701 . Bs. lent on security of policies, making the amount of investment, 32,500/. Three-and-a-Half per Cents.; 4,6201. Bs. on other security. Amount of claims during the past year from deaths, 3,500/. "At a special general meeting held on 22d July, 1851, important alterations of the rule. were recommended and adopted by the meeting, which, it is believed, will prove very advantageous to the society." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said he would only occupy their time a few mo- ments, because, as they were already aware, for the sake of economising a great deal of time and labour, the directors had determined to try the experiment of holding the two meetings of the association the same evening.—(Hear, hear.) That object they had in view in the recent alteration of the rules; and as it would save a great deal of labour and ex pense, if the experiment succeeded, he hoped every gentleman who purposed to address the meeting would condense as much as possible what he had to say.—(Hear, hear.) He was glad, to hear, by the cheering which followed the report, that the meeting was fully satisfied with the result of the past year's proceedings.—(Hear, hear.) It was a year that was trying to most insurance companies, and it appeared to be obvious that the Great Exhibition had something to do with it. If any one doubted that conclusion, he would show them a few facts to substantiate it.—(Hear, hear.) He found that the business of the first four months of the year amounted to 27,0501., while the business of the six months during which the Exhibition was open was only 24,925/., the six months being less than the four.—(Hear, hear.) In November we began to pull up again, and the business amounted to 4,7501, and in December it had reached 16,150/., which cer- tainly was very gratifying.—(Hear, hear.) Some of this might be attributed to the alteration of the rules, but taking the business altogether as it stood, he thought they might well congratulate themselves upon the result.—(Hear, hear.) Now, as regards the alteration of the rules, to which allusion was made in the report ; it appeared, as was originally contem plated, that the alteration would have a beneficial effect upon the new clerks.—(Hear, hear.) He found that from July 22d to January in the present year they had 11,400/. insured by parties who were not clerks, and when he compared that with the corre sponding period of the previous year, he found that was an excess of 3,650/.—(Hear, hear.) So far, then, they were goi ng on most satisfactorily, and he thought it was now high time that they made another push forward to increase their business.—(Hear, hear.) They had been extremely cautious and careful in their proceedings hitherto, and had taken care not to launch into any extravagances in the way of expenditure, but he thought now they were on so safe a footing that a certain amount of additional expenditure might be judiciously applied, and it was for them to show by their approbation whether the directors were correct in their opinion.— (Hear, hear.) It was quite clear that there was a certain amount of expenditure which ought to be gone into to ins ure an increase of business ; they had hitherto been extremely cautious in what they had laid out, and tbey had gone on gradually progressing while, as they all knew very well, there were offices incurring an enormous expenditure, without having as yet any sufficient business to meet it. They, how ever, had never done that, they had kept within their means as the result of their past proceedings would show, but still, as he said before, there was ample room for judicious increase iu the expenditure. — (Hear, hear.) He would particularly direct atten tion to the present offices. Every one who had oc casion to visit them must see at a glance that they were totally inadequate to meet the increased business of the association, or to afford sufficient accommoda tion to the clerks.—(Hear, hear.) In fact, they could not have an additional clerk, as the efficient discharge of some of the business required, because they had not room for him.—(Hear, hear.) The members, therefore, must not be surprised if the directors shortly tried the experiment of increasing the expenditure in that direction—(Hear, hear) — though of course they should be extremely cautious in what they did, and wait for a fitting opportunity to make the move.—(Hear, hear.) He did not know that there was anything more for him to say, and he would sit down with simply moving the reception of the report.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BELL said that he considered the position which the association had now assumed would justify increased expenditure, with the view of bringing it more prominently under the notice of the public. He wished particularly to call attention to the inconvenience of the present offices, which he thought inadequate for the transaction of the increased business of the association, and he would also recommend that the remuneration to the officers of the establishment should be liberally considered by the Board of Management. Mr. Bowsr said, as a country member of the asso ciation, accidentally present on that occasion, he might be permitted to state that he cordially agreed with the remarks that had fallen from the Chairman and Mr. Bell, particularly with regard to the manner in which the business had been conducted ; but it was his impression, and this was a sentiment which he had heard uttered by other parties in the country, that the society was too much of a class character to obtain the general support of the public. He consi dered that greater publicity ought to be given to the objects and proceedings of the association in some popular journal. The directors did not advertise enough. He spoke from experience when he said that the expense of advertising would be insignificant compared to the vast amount of business which would accrue to the association. There was one thing very much against them, which struck every one with surprise, but more especially a stranger, coming to London—he alluded to the situation and appearance of their office. Many assurance societies had magni ficent buildings in the metropolis, though, perhaps, their business did not warrant them in keeping up such large establishments; but the Provident Clerks had a considerable amount of business, and yet they were obliged to carry it on in very indifferent and inadequate premises.—(Hear.) He could not call their office, as Mr. Bell had done, a hole and corner one, because it was not at a corner, but there was no denying it had a dingy and gloomy ap pearance ; certainly none would be induced to join the association by looking at the exterior it presented. Mr. Bown then gave an instance of the great advan tages to be obtained by advertising. He had for some years past been the principal of a boarding school in g T r w ad o u o a r ll the country, where there were no means of giving it Publicity ; but though he only commenced with nine P u pils, by advertising constantly in the papers he y th s r e e c e u pa re e d n ln e excellent connexion. In that way he became acquainted with his best and most sincere friend s during the last fifteen or twenty years. the truth of thrnatorstate spent a little more members on thelf therefore u the l testify directors t o would have in advertising he was con fident they themselves on the reasvel ample cause to congratulate voice would be raisedut which might be incurred.—(Hear,) He was sure not a dissen tientgedainst the additional ex reiaoßttioenli' (Hear.) pen lk s l e r. LLOYD considered that M of this with another similar association Bell's a comparison uy his own admission, not based on cot:. He did not altogether agree with whator positive data. had as to the expen diture, and the state of the been said they now occupied. He was not premises disposed to be nig gardly, but on the other hand he had no d • esire that the association should possess one of those palaces—those shells without kernels, which they saw in every street and corner, and which the last Parliamentary return of new assurance societies so well exposed, and which the next return would still further expose. Let them have a good kernel first, and then the shell would come by and by. He considered that the statement as to the increase of the clerks' salaries was very pre mature and ill-advised. The directors had acted very wisely in abstaining from mentioning the subject. Their attention was called to it at the last meeting, when they promised that it should receive the earnest consideration of the board, because it was a matter of principle that the clerks of clerks should be well paid, in order that the clerks of principals might be properly remunerated for their services.—(Cheer s. ) They could hardly expect that gentlemen would labour for them for 401. 50 1 . or a year. The fact of this being a class • society was the reason why the managers, who were clerks themselves, did their work so well for that money ; beceuse they knew that they were working for the benefit of their fellow. clerks —(Hear, bear.) ) They bed always been actuated by a feeling of brotherhood in the discharge of their duties, and he believed that , , LONDON, when an additional sum was voted to them last year they showed some reluctance in receiving it. — (Cheers.) The association, be thought, was now going on pretty fairly ; about 7 per cent. on the policies granted was something like the money they bad in hand, and he believed the best authorities would tell them that they might get rid of their risks for 5 per cent.—tbus showing they had already a profit of 2f per cent.—(Hear.) Though he had the misfor tune to differ with the directors on some points, still he was of opinion that they had always acted with the best intention, and he considered they might be safely left to choose better premises for the society if they were necessary, and to determine the additional salary to be given to the clerks, without any motion being passed on the subject. They would exercise their discretion on those two points, guided by the wish expressed at that meeting.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN observed that the directors had spent as much as 1231. in advertising during the past year. Mr. Woor.r,rir proposed a vote of thanks to the directors for their great attention to the interests of the society. Mr. DURHAM, in seconding the motion, said he was persuaded the alterations which had recently been made would tend very much to promote the pro gress of the society. lie could bear testimony to the great care, caution, and unceasing attention which the directors had devoted to every subject that was brought before them. They had been very anxious to improve the appearance of the office, and if they could have done so, they would long ago have taken the whole of the premises in Moor gate•street for the purposes of the association. They were, however, desirous of seeing the society placed on a permanent and sure footing as regards the amount of business transacted ere they took so important a step. They had hitherto exercised a wise economy, but he thought they might now safely expend a little more money in advertising and in visits to the provinces. The CHAIRMAN stated that the directors would take both the subjects alluded to in the discussion into their consideration at the ensuing meetings of the board. It was not necessary to pass any motion with reference to either of those questions. Mr. WOOLLEY moved that a sum of 5001. be awarded to the directors for their services during the past year. Some might treat this as a payment to the board, but he rather looked upon it as a mark of approbation, for 5001. was nothing like an adequate remuneration for the efficient services that had been rendered. They were extremely fortunate in having so respectable and able a directory on such reasonable terms.— (Hear.) Mr. GEORGE moved that the sum be reduced to 4001. He said that the alteration in the rules took place upon the recommendation of the committee ; and he had the opinion of Mr. Finlaison, a gentleman who considers before he gives an opinion, that when a man pays ss. he is entitled to have out of the society ss. worth. He objected to the committee having so large a sum as 5001., inasmuch as they have taken away from the large majority of the members the right which they held out when they commenced, of participating in the benefits arising out of the benevolent fund. The amendment fell to the ground, there being no seconder of it. A MEMBER, moved that the sum should be 6001. The CHAIRMAN hoped the Hon. Gentleman would withdraw that motion. Mr. BELL thought it would be beneficial to the interests of the association to make the sum 6001., therefore he would second that preposition. The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which he said he hoped would not be carried, which was, there fore, negatived, and the original proposition was car ried, with only one dissentient (Mr. George). Mr. WELCH—Gentlemen, I rise with great plea sure to propose that our excellent Chairman be re elected a manager of this society.—(Cheers.) It is quite unncessary for me to say one word upon his merits, you know them as well as I do.—(Hear.) I will not, therefore, detain you a single moment longer, but simply propose to you his re-election. The motion having been seconded, was put and carried by acclamation. _ _ Mr. Samuel Jepps, Mr. S. Notley, and Mr. Richard Price were also, upon the motion of the Chairman, unanimously re-elected managers. Mr. Edward Coleman, Mr. Charles Woolley, and Mr. S. Wood were next elected auditors for the en suing year, and 151. 15s. voted to the auditors of last year. A MEMBER wished to know if it was intended to adopt the deposit system in the Life Assurance De partment ? The CHAIRMAN replied in the negative. It would be contrary to the Act of Parliament. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, who briefly acknowledged the compliment, and the meet ing terminated. BENEVOLENT DEPARTMENT. The annual general meeting of the members and subscribers of this department was then held; Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P., iu the chair. _ . The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, a report was submitted to the members, of which the following is an abstract : No. Amounts. Received from New Subscribers Old ditto 420 449 8 0 f t Life ditto 1 10 10 0 Total number of Subscribers 485 for 528 3 0 Donations £625 2 9 Subscriptions from I nsurers. ..___ 1,449 at ss. Od. 2 at 10s. 6d. 6 at 10s. Od. 1 at 20s. Od. £992 8 9 Gratuities amounting to 1101, have been given to 17 members. Loans to the extent of 1,5501. have been granted to 97 members. __ On the 29th May, 1850, one clerk was elected to an annuity of 251.; and two widows of clerks to annuities of 15/., making with those already on the fund 5 clerks and:'l4 widows of clerks, at an annual charge of 335/. The balance-sheet for the past year shows that the addition to the funds is 4541. 95.; making the total amount of this department 12,9381. 15s. 4d. The board regret that they have lost by death the valuable services of two of the original auditors, Sir J. Pule, Bart., and John Readnell, Esq. The treasurer and trustees have expressed their satis faction at the present position of the association. The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—Gentlemen, it will be my duty to propose to you the adoption of this report, but as I feel that the circumstances under which it is presented to you are extremely important to your future prosperity and well-being, I take the liberty of attaching to the proposal of that report some very few observations.—(Hear, hear.) I wish particularly, first of all, to draw your attention to one item in that report, which I confess has given me very great satisfaction indeed. It is the return of a sum of money given to a clerk in difficulties, when he found he could do without it.—(Hear, hear.) It not only is most highly honourable to the individual, it not only stamps him as a man of right and proper and correct feeling, but it also shows that be thoroughly understands the objects for which this benevolent fund was originated and established.— (Hear.) It is not for the purpose of giving money away, but it is for the purpose of temporarily assist ing-those who otherwise would be perplexed, embar rassed, and driven into difficulties, and therefore I hail this item in the report not only with the greatest pleasure, but also as an evidence, as it appears to me, that the object and meaning of the fund, and the manner in which it took its rise, are well understood and appreciated.—(Hear, hear.) Having said these few words upon that particular point, I come to the great and important object to which I wish to draw your attention, namely, the alteration in the rules of the two departments, which have taken place since I last had the honour of addressing yisouunfgruomeettihonisahpllyacea.—ve(rlyieiamrp, o h r e t a a r. nt ) on T e, ha a t hd alt t e h r e at c in i o r. cumstanees which have occurred since it was made show that it is important in the pecuniary advantages which it confers upon the members.—(Hear, hear.) It is important too in the advantages which it with draws from certain persons who either had, or ima gined they had, them before.---(Hear, hear.) As there was evidently a question of taking away some thing from somebody, it was a bounden and impera tive duty on the part of the board of management to give the clearest and deepest attention to the propriety of proposing the change in the rules, and to take care that there was no real right taken away from any one who possessed it before, and the board of management did me the honour of re peatedly consulting with me during the time that this alteration was under consideration.—(Hear, hear.) I therefore most amply and most willingly take my full share of the responsibility in advising and approving of those alterations.—(Hear, hear. ) Those gentlemen, who_ are all present, will do me the justice to say t h at m y whe n n or that alteration was first brought veierresnoel eic_ut attentionint d oh r e e s r avn iffi d cu re lt w y to the ice I t! delicacy of whatedstletdhrohuorlid rights s n th a e h i d r im mediatetheand their fi rst proceedin g w g h as to olnfos inquire,tan .r t e b l i r g oo i u o ng u eh s , a t n he w re ho w nl ere l have not the knowing honou y r r o l f gnt, w g ho w personally, hich would but preventwho r th e ne et a her ge o n r t n le o m t any vested believe si t r s ig t h o t s in — in any the adoption of this alteration in the rules.—(Hear.) The answers from both were distinct, explicit, and that difficulty was removed. clear, and, therefore, The thing then to consider was, whether, in refe rence to the pecuniary interest of the benevolent department itself, this was a wise and judicious me asure to propose; and as I beli eve a ll concealment WEDNESDA.Y ETENING, JANUARY 21, 1852. and all secresy in this matter is a great mistake, I shall take the liberty of taking every one here into council as fully Red complet e ly as when I - was taken into council tne self.—(Hear, hear.) I tell 3 ou, then, that the reasons upon which these alterations were made were these :—First of all, every person insuring had, under the old rules, the right to relief, or to apply for relief, under the benevolent fund ; and when the insurances increased so largely as they have done of late years, it was clear and pal pable to the understanding of any one, that unless the funds of the benevolent department increased in some thing like the same ratio as the benefit depart ment, the claims upon the benevolent department would increase largely, whilst the means of meeting those claims would not increase at all.—(Hear, hear.) To hold out, therefore, the benevolent department, and the prospect of relief in time of distress to insurers, was little less than a delusion ; and the second ground appears to me not less feasible. The gentlemen who hear me are proba bly as well aware as I am that under the old rules a certain proportion —a large proportion_ljbelieve lam correct in saying one-third of the profits arising from the insurance department wa s , on each division of profits, to be given to the benevolent fund.—(Hear, hear.) Now that large application of profits was found to be a most serious obstacle to the increase of insurances; and persons who had no possible prospect of having recourse to the benevolent fund very natu rally demurred to the application of so large a pro portion as one-third of the profits on the business they brought to the offi ce b e i ng given to the benevo lent fund.—(Hear, hear.) Now, when you recollect that - the principal source of revenue in the benevolent department was derived from a division of the profits in the benefit department, it is obvious that this was a state of things which deterred persons from insuring, and ultimately fell back upon the benevolent fund itself and 'diminished it in anaount.—(Hear, hear.) The question, therefore, proposed to me was, whether in reference to the two causes Which I have explained, namely, first of all, the great increase of the benefit department, and the total im possibility of meeting the claims of those gentlemen who had the right to make them, and secondly, the natural conviction of all persons interested in the management of the society, that the large application of one-third of the profits to the benevolent department injured the benefit department, and therefore ultimately injured the be nevolent department, it would not be better to make the alteration which has taken place.—(H ear , h ear .) I gave all the attention and consideration in my power to the subject, and having received the f u ll es t expla nation as to the effect which would be produced by the change, and received complete satisfaction on that point, and having given to the two reasons which I have detailed all the consideration in my power, I was then, and I am now, bound in honesty to say that I gave my hearty, my cordial a ssent to the alte ration of the rules which have already b een propose d to you and ca rri e d.—(Bear.) And fu r the r, gentlemen, I beg t o d raw y o ur attention to the working of the change seen in this its earliest stage. You have now got a certain income of about 3701., which you may consider as a fixed income.—(Hear, hear.) Now just look a t the wa y it works. It is quite obvious that it would h ave been impossible for you to confer that large and most cheering benefit upon the widows of clerk s w hi c h h as b e en detailed to you a s i n pro spect for the month of May next.-- - (Llear, hear.) But that is not all, because when you have done that you will have something like two-thirds of a fixed income arising from a certain sum, which will ,be in vested, and which will go on accumulating and in creasing. I really hope no gentleman who hears me will believe that i n ma ki ng this change we forgot o r undervalued th e di sa ppointment which any one indi vidual m a y h ave rece i ve d from the change ; but I do again assure you that I believe it has been done with the most firm adherence to, and the fullest respect for, all their rights, and from the best advi sed conviction that it would conduce to the real and permanent interest of both branches of the society.—(Hear, hear.) There is one other circumstance which I feel bound also to mention. There is an iten, I think it is 247/., in the accounts, under the head of law charges, and it is a most painful item, because it results from the prosecution of a person in Scotland, who obtained a loan, and it was afterwards discovered that the signatures of the guarantees were forgeries. That, gentlemen, has given rise to the surmise that the gentleman who borrowed the money had been guilty of some irregularity, but nevertheless the evi dence of the falseness of the guarantees signature is to my mind utterly inconclusive.—(Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, in reference to the large expense of this trial, it should be remembered that had the board of management acquiesced in the forgery, without a previous inquiry, they would have been holding out a premium for a repetition of similar conduct in others.—(Hear, hear.) lam afraid I have taken up too much of your time, but I felt this was an impor tant evening, which called for an explanation from me upon the various points I have touched upon, and, in moving the adoption of the report, let me hope that any gentleman who wishes to address you will re ceive the same patient hearing that you have accorded to me.—(Cheers.) Mr. GEORGE again complained of what he termed the "compulsory" payment of ss. to the benevolent fund. The CHAIRMAN said, what he understood to be the arrangement, was a s f o li o w s :—Certain inducements were held out to join the benefit d e p ar t me nt formerly ; those who j o i ne d the benefit department had certain claims or rights on tb but when the benefit department e increased so large l y , benevolent department ; it became necessary to get fresh funds to meet all the claims on the benevolent department. At lengt h at purpose, and they we re means were devised for that a ssented to by the metuber person on assuring hi s life s. They were, th a t every should r i g htwhich he ther e b y had on ld, in exchange for his the b enevo l en tdepartment, con tribute a certai n sum F o rmerly that© was no s, annually to that depart ment. was not compulso r y now, payment by assurers. It n o more—that if a , except t o this extent, and person being an ass urer, wished t o establish a claim on the pay for it.—(llear.) ben evo l en t f u nd, he must Mr. GEORGE said he had believing that the payment still some difficulty in was CUAIRM AN assured a ry. .a not compulso an d wholly voluntary._(aear.) him that it was purely After some further discussion the report a nd I b a l a nce-sheet were received Mr. WELCH said he r and adopted. which would be :8e to pr o pose a resolution received su re and satisfaction. 1. with the greatest plea port which referred to the electionhatportion of t he re stated that the society was in a of annuitant s nu ities this year to a n ex, position to grant an and the cheers with which, extended that ann ouncement was led num b e r of persons, re ceived indicated how much pl easur e the members felt in learn in g that the f u s t a te, and that they would nds were in so satisfactory a _ enable th e directors to lend a h e lping hand to a few i t h e i r widows.—(llear.iic)re distressed memb ers and Th© directors had the greatest satisfaction in arriving at the conclusi on that t hey were in a position t grant those annuities , but t h e m embers ought to bear h a d not been altered and afund thereby c reated, they w proposing that they should render 3ing duty t o perform of to the widows and orphans of additional assistance resolution distressed fellow - clerks. —(Cheers.) The give great relief to those w" he now moved would , and another res ol ution would be subsequently pro ,° had long wanted it, posed which would meet thei case of the candidates who were unsuccessful He urged upon the members toena former occasion. which they had already done follow up the good to get their fellow - clerks to loin the association. In by exerting themselves j this way they would increase society, augment the funds, the i m portance of the benefits on their less fortunateand bestow greater It was only by unity and action that brethren.—(Hear.) pect to make the association wn that they could ex what he hoped to see it ere lola it ought to be, and a body, would come forward and ig '. If the clerks, as they would every year have to [Mc their support, selves on the increasing amount cu f neratulate them the means of doing.--(Hear.) 1 1/ I , ° • ‘ good they had by moving the following resolution • Velch concluded " That on the 26th May next, or c -- : as the board may appoint, of which i - such other day given, a special general muting of the° notice will be benevolent department of the Provident , r newhers of the tion be held, for the purposeof 1 ‘- , lerk ' • electing s Associa additional annuitants:— g the following Two clerks for annuities of ... And five widows of clerks for annuit* '' • 251. eacb. 1 It one clerk only applies, then one clerk'nt' si. each. for an annuity of ,„. ... And six widows of clerks for annuiti ec , ••• 251. Hno clerk applies, then eight whin- ° f 151. each. of clerks for annuities of The resolution was seconded by bit N lsi. each." rOT car ried unanimously. LEY, and Mr. MAITLAND said he bad to pr o which he was confident would con propose a resolution ir uend • Itself to the heart of every one present. It was t o th e effect that the three widows who wer e unsuccessin' at the last election, and who by the alt eratio n of the rules were excluded from 'becoming a g ain c andidates should be eligible at the next elect ion.— (Hear, hear.) He would merely remind the meeting that before the passing of the altered rule s, it W as required that a person must b ave been a member three years t o ma ke his widow eligible for an a nnuity. After careful con sideration ',he term o f mem bership was altered to five years. The necessary annuities were of ¶/ery great adv anta g e to the recipients, a quid pro and it was thought that som ethin g like uo should be given for such v aluabl e allowances. q The majority of the members were of that opinion ; but while they wished to do justice , they must not forget to be merciful. These ladies who Were for, and were entitled in the event of being led to hope eing elected to, annuities, were now excluded by th e rules, and it was on ly an act of charity and mercy to place them in the :same position that they were in );3 efore.—(llear.) The 'notion was seconded by iZr. JEPPO. xi L- ! Mr. LLOYD objected to th e reso l u ti on, on the grountl that it was contrary to the laws of the society, and incompetent for the meeting to pass - it. How ever much he might regret the consequences to the three widows, he certainly felt it his duty to make this objection, lest a step which he deemed to be ille gal was drawn into a precedent. Considerable discussion ensued upon the legality of the motion, and ultimately it was withdrawn, and another passed to the effect that compensation should be given to the three widows at the discretion of the committee, provided such a course was legal. Mr. COLEMAN moved a vote of thanks to the trus tees and to John Abel Smith, Esq., the treasurer, for their services to the institution, which was carried. The' CHAIRMAN returned thanks for himself and on behalf of the trustees. It was, he admitted, a rather flattering thing that they could command the services of such men as Baron Rothschild, Mr. Thomson Hankey, and. Mr. Prescott. It was no nominal duty they had to perform, for year after year they took a most real and lively interest in the affairs, progress, and well•being of the association. As regarded himself, one of the most agreeable cir cumstances of his life was the good-natured appre ciation of the feeble efforts he was able to make to further the interests of the association.—(Cheers.) No one who knew him would doubt his word when he said that as long as he lived his best abilities and his cordial cooperation would be most heartily at their service. —(Cheers.) A vote of thanks was then passed to the directors and auditors. The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging a vote, thank ing him for his conduct in the chair, took the oppor tunity of earnestly exhorting the clerks of London to support the benevolent branch of the association, which would confer, if extended by their adhesion, the most - incalculable benefits upon them. The meeting then separated. THE REV. J. E. GLADSTONE AND THE BISHOP OF LONDON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The article which appeared in your columns on the evening of the 14th instant, with the initials " C. J. 5.," plainly intimates that proceedings will be instituted in the Ecclesiastical Court by the Bishop of London against Mr. Gladstone. Now, Sir, I would advise Mr. Gladstone to employ counsel as inexpen sive as possible, for his case is a very plain and simple one, and after all the arguments made use of by counsel the decision rests with thejudge. The only word uttered by Mr. Gladstone that can be at all handled is the word "traitor," and that wont bear any other construction than in the sense it was said— a traitor to the Established Church. ' The Bishop of Londoh knows right well that it is no easy matter to strip a clergyman of his gown and living. A very remarkable instance occurred some years since: The incumbent, of Sutton, in Bedford shire, a Dr. Free, a man whose infamy was without a parallel, and who violated every law moral, human, and divine. The Bishop of Lincoln very justly pro ceeded against this man; Free employed no lawyer, Nit moved the proceedings from court to court, and the decision of the judge was against him ih every court, but the tithe consumed was five years, and the expense to the Bishop was 10,0001. Possession of the house had then to to be obtained, and it was illegal to use force; it was many months before this posses sion could-be obtained, as he kept it barred and se cured, and never -moved out of it except on Sundays. At last, by keeping sentinels on guard night and day, and preventing provision being taken in, he was starved out. I instance this case to show the , diffi culty'a good Bishop had to get rid of a bad parson ; what, then, will be the difficulty that a bad Bishop has to get rid of - a gOod parson, what length of time Will it take, and what will the sum total come to ? The rule of three will scarcely determine. The Rev. Mr. Gladstone is of good family, and a cousin of the well. known M.P., and he has a phalanx of powerful friends, not likely to desert him in his hour of need. I am, Sir, &c., OVIS GREGIS. ASTROLOGY.—MR. COPSTICK'S CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have perused with a feeling of satisfaction the article in The Sun of last evening upon this case. In the month . of October, last year, ono James Bell was, in a similar manner, tempted by a 'policeman . in disguise to b rea k t h e l aw (th e V agrant A ct ), then pounced upon, convicted, and imprisoned, chiefly through the evidence of this same policethan. The case occurred at the Lambeth Police-office. It is gratifying to find that the press has condemned this detestable plan for bringing offenders to the seat of justice. I do not presume to intrude upon your valuable space, by entering into the important question of the merits or demerits of the ancient science of astrology. Notwith standing the opinion and desire to the contrary ex pressed by the Learned Recorder at the Bath Quarter Sessions on the 10th inst., it is certainly a fact that astrology is slowly but surely recovering from its fallen state, and that it is now recognised as a science by nu merous persons of talent, learning, and respectability. In these days of mental activity it is impossible that this important question of the reality of planetary influence can again be shelved, whether the Vagrant .Act be re pealed or not. The time must soon arrive when the facts in astrology, like the facts in other sciences, will be generally recognised, and this sublime science be again honoured, after its long night of neglect and ob scurity. The dawn is already approaching. I am, Sir, your, &c. London, January 20. LEX THE NEW REFORM BILL. A meeting of the Manchester committee of manaae meat of the Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association was held yesterday afternoon, in Manchester ; Mr. George Wilson in the chair. Among those present were Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. Kershaw, Mr. Henry, Mr. Heywood, M.P., Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P., Mr. S. R. Robin son , Si r E . Arrei tage, and Mr. J. Simpson. The meeting was very large. Mr. Wilson said they were assembled to consider what steps should be taken in the district previous to the assembling of Parliament in reference to the new Reform Bill. In fact he did not know what it was to be, or anything in relation to it, beyond an observation which had escaped from Lord J. Russell himself, that he was likely to have considerable difficulties to meet among his colleagues on the subject, and that some members of the Cabinet, instead of rendering him that support which he was entitled to, provided his measure was really likely to be satisfactory to the country, were indisposed to give him that cordial sup port which every gentleman in the room, provided the measure was good, would give him. As this Reform Bill was certain to be that which would be in operation for the next twenty years, it behoved all persons interested to examine into its character, and to see that it was efficient. Mr. Wilson then proceeded to enter into an argument respecting the comparative number of Mem bers sent by various towns in Lancashire and other places. The following resolution was proposed by Mr. Bright, and carried unanimously:—"That the popula tion of the county of Lancaster, by the census of 1851, is declared to be upwards of 2,000,000, or one-eighth of the population of England, and one-fourteenth of that of the United Kingdom; that its taxable property, by a Parliamentary return of the session of 1847, is de clared to be 6,463,3631., or more than one-tenth of the whole rateable property of England; that its contribu tions to the national Exchequer, whether from Customs' contributions or from payments to the various branches of the inland revenue, far exceed the average of the population and area of the United Kingdom; that its position with regard to industry, wealth, intelligence, and population, is second to no other county in the United Kingdom; that on all these grounds, this meeting is of opinion that, in any measure of Parliamentary reform to be introduced by the Government or enacted by the Legislature, the number of Members returned from this county should be largely increased, iu order that its influence in the House of Commons may corre spond to the magnitude of its interests, and to its im portance as a portion of the United, Kingdom." COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEWPORT, I. W., JAN. 20. DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—Our town has been visited by severe affliction in the distressing suicide of Mr. Robert Bryant, the worthy landlord of the Star Inn. He rose as usual this morning, and, after giving some directions to his men about the horses, &c., he went up to his office; not coming down to breakfast, nor answer ing when called, the door was forced open, when he was found suspended and dead. He was agent to the Isle of Wight and London Shipping Company, and to various other concerns as accountant and agent. lle had the property of a great number o f p ersons in his hands. His widow was unfortunate in her former hus band, ,w'ao died by be his own hands. Her distress now can not possibly described. This an d the heavy failure of one of our oldest and most respected hasto men last week for a sum of little s hort of 20,0004, thrown a, gloom over the town which will not be soon removed. VIENNA, JAN. 16.—1 t appears that the so-called n, p l e nipotentiaries from the German States, here assembled, to se ttle the great question of commrcial unio are by n o means with the power implied in the name they have entrusted assumed ; for we full are told that the Hanoverian, Brunswick, and Frankfort deputies have not yet voted for the adoption of the Austrian propositions, relating to the cus toms' union treaty, as they are waiting for their ther instructions assented to both parts of the Austrian programme. We are authorised to contradict an impression oh ' n fli F e ra c n o k n i v in iction which appears to have arisen, to the effect that Mr contemplated the abandonment of his line of that his search Beatson John Franklin from Behring's Straits northward in favour of the plan recommended by Mr. Petermann, the well physical geographer, of passing into the Polar ocean known between N hy ov v a hi Z c e h m s b ir la J . S ow pi n tz i b s e t r h g e en co a u n rs d e is too strong in Mr. Beatson's mind to permit him will be found it for any other, though fully recognising to abandon ance of that proposed and most ably supported the great import mann whose suggestion it is to be hoped by Mr. Peter worked out by sending a n ef a cient will be thoroughly route he proposed. The result cannotsteanl-vessel upon the question of much geographical and • fail to set at rest a than to lend most material aid scientific interest, no less ' f the ruscueo expedition under Sir J to that highest object, the ILLNEss OF TUE ARCIIDE John Franklin.— Chronicle. i We are sorry to learn that the VenerableACON OF MANCHESTER. — ' ton is very indisposed, Archdeacon Rush-, ~... , 1.,'„, . • . ' " , •=•lei,d. •./4-,,•,`: ''''• .e4 • .' t - . ' ' '. -, .C..!:“.; ,t5U. ,- ;fifli . ' THE. PIIILOSOIWY OF LUGGAGE. , • BY -ELleat.• coos. • , cc Why, you don't mean to say that there is any philosophy in luggage," said a very free . and easy friend of ours, as he came in and eauget our roughest or " copy" books in a state of exposure, with merely this heading to a bit of gossiping prose which we intended to commit. " Yes we do," was our somewhat quick reply, as we snatched the leaves out of his.hand, in not. the most lady-like manner possible. Our impertinent friend went on utterly denying that philoSophy could in any wa y be connected with " luggage," and indulged in that sort of smile which expresses a confirmed con sciousness of superior wisdota—a sort of smile which "is not pleasant, when we know the party to be formed 'of metal originally intended to be cast into a great spoon, but that a leaky compound of gold canted to be turned into a " great g un." We were cognizant of the gentle man having large " Firmness," huge " Comb a ti veness, " and- homoeopathic quantities of " Ideality," an d a Causality," so - we prudently refrained from ese e ei ag any logical t or abstruse elucidations of. our notions - woo l _ ing the affinity between peysielugical ethice. and prac tical packing-up, and soothed him into a belief that we were still a rational being, by dint of a superlative glass of Maderia . and an unusual degree of attention to his prosy dissertation on the advantages of a war with Russia. We should as soon have thought of bombarding the pyramids with pop-guns, as of imbuing him with our speculative mental analogies, so we behaved uncommonly well while he stayed, but thought his foot had by far the most music in it when he - went " down " the stair. Ilewever, he had destroyed our mood, and we flung the Her copy-book on ono side until this moment, when heving vainly t r i e d fur some ten minutes to put a dozen rdund apples into a square parcel, we are induced to have our say out about the Philosophy of Luggage. There is muc h of desirable comfort, ingenious tact, add worldly knowledge mixed up with all travelling ap partenances, whether we move about with a large over the whole Conti nent , or carry a roll ofmusic into y the next street. We ha ve seen more than one united ITV of pleasure broken up into silent sulks •or savage deoition,. for want of a littl e phil osophy ' in the luggage partment. . ; What an immense amount of irritability. and anxiety nr be spared, by the use of an ex t ra strap or the o ission of a delicate bandbox ! Let us here de clare, for the private benefit of our lady tifends, that, trim all we have remarked in our locomotive experience, we honestly believe that there exists a natural antago nism between a man and a bandbox. It is not only a fair and open intolerance that abuses and denounces. the Ostia of hatred before the whole world, but it e4ists even in a private and vindictive malice, that would vent itself •in an unseen kick or sinister shove,. when the owner of the helpless thing was by to defend it. When we are collecting It , a ile of luggage in the hall, ready for some marine Paradise or inland Eden, the portmanteaus and trunks ate brought together steadily enough, but only let us trust that - varlet " Tom" to bring down a bandbox, and so sure does he insist on placing it in a most dangerous contiguity between a couple of smashing carpet bags, or else begins to whistle some very lively tune, and em ploys the bottom of the bandbox as a sort of " staccato" aelcompanimena on every emir, and when the traps are al fi gathered together, som e h ow t h e b an db ox is sure to bp the thing that . our brother tumbles over. , He looks at it with most aggravating contempt, and we hear a Ittatering, in which the words " bothering rubbish" ate very audible. We are obliged to plead fur it with modest energy, and eat very humble pie, an edible which always disagrees ,with our stomach, hi-the-by, for he might be revengeful, and the thing is Weak and unprotected. Then comes the eabman, and With the greatest coolness, he, -positively " flings " the bendbox on one side, until , the other packages are fixed; at last, ha " supposes that thing,is to go inside;" We hardly like to mention the. small private fact that we have been a sort of pendulum between the front window • and well-staircase meanwhile, in order to sati.fy ,our selves that the band-box was still in existence,—but at 14st we see him put it i ns id e , an d if by any chance he hs any bag or basket over half a hundredweight within reach, we are prepared to see the said bag or basket lumped right on it. Let the number of travellers be two of fOur the poor bandbox is sure to be "in the way" on the seat; it is the Pariah of our appendages, and of course, must be carried on our lap. Then comes the railway porter, who is moat respectful to all that "can't be hurt;" ? but woe betide the bandbox that you entrust to him—we are always obliged to "keep it with our selves," and if all the seats are full, and the box too big to go under the seats—which it always is—why our journey is not quite so unencumbered as it might be. We seriously advise all women who value peace and in dependence in their wayfaring, to abjure bandboxes. We never think of employing such an agent, now, since opr experience convin ces us t h a t t h e s tamp of misfortune is set upon it. We have travelled with gins-crack toys and ornamental glass without' ?derangement of the nu merous family in "Noah's Ark;" - or a fracture of the crystal threads, but no sooner did we ventuream a" band box" than " Melancholy marked it for its own." Never travel with a bandbox, ladies.; Hide your evening-caps or best bonnets in some solid, enduring framework— have an iron -chest, a plate-chest, a aea-chest, a tea-chest, an old oak chest, or any chest in the world, so that' it bears no relationship to the milliner's' receptacle, have nothing that resembles a bandbox, or every masculine hand laid on it will contrive some spiteful and insulting injury. Exercise your philosophy on this point, and you will never repent it. There is often a deal of trouble and embarrassment incurred by the very, desultory and promiscuous manner in which the extraneous articles in travelling are ex pected to find their way _from London to Liver pool. There ie something particularly awkward and slightly impeding in having to arrange and carry an unlimited number of sticks, umbrellas, parasols, coats, rugs, and nobody knows what, about a railway station or pier -head. We lately met a party of three ladies and two gentlemen, who had arrived at dusk at Blackwell Station from Ramsgate; their trunks and carpet-bug were disposed of without anxiety, but the perplexing and wild state of excitement over four' umbrellas, three parasols, two walking-Sticks, three cloaks, two coats, three Scotch plaids, one shawl, three baskets, and a large bundle of seaweed, was indescrib able, to say nothing of an unruly spaniel , attached-to a string, who persisted in twisting and rushing about in the most contrary directions possible. As. for keeping the things together, the attempt seemed impracticable. William was shouting to Emily to know if she bad his fur coat ;• James interrogated William as to the whereabouts . of his Silk' umbrella •, • Ellen was slightly frantic touching a missing Tweed; and Sophy was making a desperate. snatch at any article looking at ail like one of their things, alternating her vigilant activity with,a sudden smack and energetic shaking be stowed impromptu on " that tiresome dog• Fido." Half a-dozen plums would keep tumbling out of a basket, and the seaweed would keep tumbling out of the bundle, while we stood amongst them rendering • what help we could, and thinking that a little practical philosophy would have prevented a deal of bad temper and con siderable perturbation of mind. It was a fine autumn day, and if William or Sophy had secured the miscellaneous matters with a yard or two of cord and a strap, comfort and independence Might have been preserved. Another fallacy in which many people indulge, is that of bringing something home with them, which might be procured within reach of an errand-boy. We shall never forget encumbering ourselves with six pounds of butter from Exeter to Bayswater, and on a frying dog-day too; it was no laughing matter—the comestible being somewhat carelessly packed, and ourselves enter taining a natural horror of grease. The trouble it gave us from the station to the larder was beyond the usual small vexations of life—what with being almost in a melting state, the porter letting it fall on the rail, and the friend who came to meet us resolutely sitting down on it in the cab—why, no wonder that we hated . the a , sight of butter for a month! We were fool enrgl re : another time to bring " specimens" from and positively had to purchase a portmantepauer barytes, and accommodation of lead-ore, sulphate oflor the "Blue John,"and never - all of which we could have got cheaper and finer in London. We know better now, with indulge any fancies likely to i n terfere Philosophy of Luggage. We r efuse,at A' toffee" our Everton, cakes at Banbury , water at Cologne, and b o nnets at Paris. Talking of Paris, we lately had some friends, consisting of three gentlemen a n d two t o England, an d ladles, returning frdm that gay capital it 'appeared that the gentlemen Were extreme advocates foe the " philosophy' we are now discussing—they had a . contempt for Custom-house annoyances, and entreated the ladies not to " Smuggle" the most trifling thing— denounced gloves and lace as feminine rubbish, and talked very big elf the foll y of risking i mpertinence and ot .a d a — a, the detention for the sake of useless trumpery. The ladies promised, and kept e lh e_ ei s te , Ne . Cnstom-house officers passed them witnout leaving a suspicion attached • but alas for the strength of manhood! each of the gen tlemen was detected with such an unwarrantable number of cigars carefully concealed, that loud altercation and seizure, of the " useless trumpery" resulted, affording the ladies ample room f or sly allustont to masculine weakness and masculine Philosophy That there is philosophy • of Luggage. we have known peoplein uggage, we are convinced; who travelled with unnumbered boxes and bags, an d yet were without essen ti a l com f or t s , and we have held pleasant company with those who had extremely compact Some personsare arrangements, yet needed nothing. diffuse and unmeaning in their packing, a s i n their as conversation. We have seen a bit of top-string put round a chest of two hundredweight ; We have seen an address left on a valise indicating that it was to be sent to Bristol, when the owner fully intended it at the present time to go to Cambridge ; we have seen hampers burst open at the most awkward moment, and parcels " come undone," when it was im possible to do th em u p a ga i n , whereat the " lords of - creation" generally " get in a way," and make speeches as sharp as their razors. Somehow, men seldom put up heroically with trifling annoyances. They can look a bank ruptcy in the face with the courage of a lion, and often bear the death of a wife, who brought them ten thousand pounds, with Spartan resignatiou; but give them an ill cooked dinner, ask them to wait for you five minutes, or let a parcel, as we have stated above, run restive in their hands, and one might think a linchpin was coming out of the world's axle, by the fuss and fume they make; poor things! they are but human, after all. Certainly, it is very provoking to find ourselves at a rail way-station, as the reputed proprietor of divers adjuncts, nobody knowing exactly what or where—trunks un corded, bags unfastened, brown paper bundles in most equivocal security, cloaks here, tugs there, and um brellas out yonder. One gets into a heated bewilder:: m ent, that leaves us in our corner seat, with our a hte,! t o the horses, in a state so me thi ng between scar eL fever and nettle rash. an Be assured, that phil osop h y an d luggage h avedvise affinity that yields_ great personal comfort? anclwea all who " pack-up'' for general travelling e xcursions, to and keep those do with as few p ac k ages as the/ Y-- • packages as concentrated as p 3ss i ":yijk:l64l. . wrappers together, and tie up all pa ,sliseita;linrthos like, closely and firmly, yet sc , art :,;they, are 'r available in case of ri gaisitfc dresses on every packne. Eschew all the impeciieg-animaktiloticr.!-- 4 such as indescribable haEkets filled with that a is never wanted, bunches il.i c.rs that, Are dead Jong before they reach the hands they were intended for,— bags of biscuits which you nevcr eat, or if you do, only remind you of the possibility of getting bread f rom saw dust. Carry no more books and papers than you can put in your pocket, and above all, as the highest practi cal point of the " Philosophy of Luggage," renounce Band•boxes.—Eliza Cook's Journal: IRELAND. THE MURDER OF MR. BATESON.—DUBLIN, TUES• DAL—The committee appointed to carry out the object of the late public mooting in Derry have offered a re wzrd of 1,0001. for the conviction of the perpetratc , rs and abettors of the murder of Mr. Cateson, 600/. for the con viction of any one of theta, and 400/. for such private in formation as may lead to such conviction. GROWTH OF FLAX IN THE SOUTH.—Mr. E. B. Roche, M.P., hits given an order to Mr. Perrot for the neces sary machinery of a flax mill, which is to be erected a little outside of the demesne of Trabolgan, and which is to be of greater extent and power than the mill now in operation at Kildinan, and worked by Mr. Dugan. Mr. Roche ha s d one a vast deal to promote the growth of flax, and is determined to do more, from a thorough be lief in its value as a remunerative crop, and from its beneficial effect upon farming generally. He and his tenants grew very nearly 1,000 acres last year—about 800 in and near Shanbally, and about 150 in and near Trabolgan. The mill will be completed in sufficient time for the harvest of this year; but he is now erecting a temporary one for the purpose of working off the flax which he has on hand. It is his intention, when all is arranged to his satisfaction, to work partly on Schenk's system, and partly on the old process.. ILLICIT DISTILLATION .-- COUNTY DOWN.---013 Friday night last the excise officer at Rathfriland made a sei zure of two illicit stills at full work, under the Spelga Mountain. He also destroyed about 400 gallons of pot ale, and about 200 gallons of singlings, tog e th er with a quantity of worts, and malted barley and oats, in the process of manufacture. The party could have carried on a nice trade if they had been allowed to continue. The night being so dreadfully dark, the distillers darted into the mountains an the excise party approaching them, and it was considered fruitless to pursue them. THE Canacri—The Rev. Arthur Hyde has been ap pointed to the living of Kilmactranny, vacant by the death of the Rev. Edward Elwood. THE LATE REV. SAVAGE HALL.—The parishioners of Loughlin are about to •erect' in the parish church a tablet in memory of their lamented rector, the coat to be defrayed by subscription. PROGRESS OF " TENANT RIGHT."—The Ulster Gazette says:—" Some of the tenants.on the Carnlagh estate of the Earl of Charlemout repudiate rent-paying altogether," and adds, as well it might, " this is an un grateful return to a liberal landlord and a true patriot." Little does the Ulster Gazette know that patriotism stands for nothing in the Tenant League and Ribbon codes. The Rev. L. O'Kean, R.C., is appointed to the parish of Castlereagh, vacant by the demise of the Rev. J. Tighe. The rev. gentleman officiated as coadjutor fourteen years in the parish. LAUNCH AT Conx.—An iron clipper yacht, of 100 tons, is to be launched from the 3 and of Messrs. Leekey and Beale, at Cork, this day. Roxamssr IN THE BIER GARRISON.—The following is. from Saunders of this morning.— " In a recent number of Saunders's News Letter the dismissal of the Rev. Mr. Maloney, Roman Catholic Chaplain of Birr Garrison, in consequence of the charges preferred against him by Major Hart, 49th Depot, and the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Scanlan, Roman Ca tholic Chaplain, as his successor, was announced; and although the new chaplain has only recently entered upon his duties, it would appear from the following statement of facts that h e h as already committed breach of ' military di sc ipli ne .' S ome few days ago, soon after he received hi s a pp o i ntment, the Rev. MrScanlan entered the military s c h oo l- room, within ' the bar racks, and having interrogated the schoolmaster ser geant as to his religious profession, he inquired if it was the practice to instruct the Roman Catholic children in the Scriptures; and having received a reply to the effect that such was the custom, particularly as it was not ob jected to by the parents of the children, whereupon the rev. gentleman directed thesergeant not to do so in future. The sergeant of course declined to comply with such an order. The Rev. Mr. Scanlan then proceeded to instruct the Roman Catholic children in their catechism, and in the doctrines, faith, &c., of the Roman Catholic Church, in the hearing and presence of the Protestant children, whereupon the school -master sergeant remonstrated with him; but finding his remonstrance unavailing, ho dis missed the school, and referred the rev. gentleman to the commanding officer. The matter, of course, was in quired into, and the facts were submitted for the opi nion and direction of the military authorities, whose decision has been sent down, and they have informed the commanding officer for his information ' that it is not any part of the Roman Catholic chaplain's duty to visit or instruct in the school, and that it is not expected or intended he should do so.' There is no truth whatever in a paragraph which has been going the rounds of the papers that proceedings have been instituted by the Rev. Mr. Maloney, ex-Roman Catholic chaplain, against Major Hart for libel. It is stated, on dit, that it is the intention of a certain Honourable Member to move immediately after the sitting of Parliament for copies of the reports of Major hart against the ex-Roman Catholic chaplain, the correspondence consequent thereon, and the decision therefrom. This is the best and surest mode of placing the fall details before the public." THE TRADE OF NEWRY.—The trade of Newry shows an increase for the past year over the preceding of 1,9141. to the value. In 1849 the receipts were 35,1071.; in 1850 they were 37,0211. In 1850 the foreign tonnage was only 2,150; the following year it was 7,l46—the foreign shipping rising from 12 to 41 vessels. It is clear that it is the foreigner who is reaping the benefit of the apparently improved trade of the quiet port of Newry. THE IRISH ExILEs.—A meeting was held in Wexford passed praying her Majesty t o gran t a f yes terday, at which the Mayor pr esided, when a petition to theQueen e ' was Messrs. W. S. O Brien, i , Meagher, Mitchel, itrchepardon to el , a nd the other Irish Fxiles concerned n the troubles ELL'S ACT.—IMPORTANT DECISION. HE NDERSON V. MITER. LORD o f c A 18 31 4 p 8 1 . 3 theproceedings In the Court of Common Pleas yesterday, Mr. J. D. 0. with whom was Mr. Napier, Q . CFitzgerald, Q•se, that ~ be in two out of three actions should stayed, that the actions should be consolidated, and that the defendant moved, on behalf of the defendant, Act, should be at liberty to amend his pleas by traversing that the plaintiffs had obtainedu administration. The entitled ' An actions in question, three in number, were brought under Famine Act for Compensating the s of Persons Killed (9th and 10th 'Vic., cap. 'dent" the provisions of Lord Campbell's by Accident" 93), and the ca ses came before the Court u n der the following cir cumstances:— appeared that on the 1 It aPPe 19th O f August, 1850, a colli s i o n took place between a vessel called the Rushton and the Minerva steamer, the property of the Cork Steam-Packet Company, of whi c h t h e defendant was the 1 . o ffi ce r ; and the actions pub le were brought by . parties who represented themselves to be the g personal represen tatives of those seamen on board the Rushton, who lost t h e ir lives on the o ccas i on; and the only question to be tried was a question of negligence, which could be tried in one case as well as fifty. There was no doubt but that the Court had the power to consolidate; and as to the amendment of the pleas, he (Mr. Fitzgerald) sub mitted that their Lor h . s would h ave no h es it a ti on in granting that part T stances. Th e 'of the applicati on un d er th e circum stances, actions were brought by certain parties as personal representatives •and, having made every search to ascertain if administration ' the defendant had been taken out, defendant could not ascertain the fact, and he now wanted to traverse the allegation that the parties were suing in their representative capacities. Mr. FITZGIBBON, Q.C. (with whom Was Mr. E. Hayes), on the other side, opposed the application, and said that more than a year had expired !Since' the death of the parties; therefore no new actions could be brought. The CHIEF JUSTICE said that. the Court was clearly of opinion that both branches of the motion should be refused with costs. There was no doubt as to the con struction of the statute, and that it meant that but one action should be brought for each sdeath, and did not mean that but one action should be brought for each accident. As to the discretion of the Court to consoli date, they did not think they had any right to stay the proceedings of the parties here, as doing so might natu rally interfere with their rights; therefore, they would refuse the motion, and make a similar order as to the amendment of the pleas. Judge TORRENS—I had some doubt as to the costs, so the qp,stion aris es u nd er a new Act, but it is so clear, that I think we are bound to give them. that we ; Judge Jecxsosz—lt is n o t t o b e cons id e red ... I are deciding that we had no jurisdiction to consolistate actions when a proper case arises. 1 The Court then adjourned, MORE GOLD, Several days' later intelligence was received yester. day morning from Geelong, Port Philip. That town is within 40 or 50 miles of the txtraordinary mines, the discovery of which was described on Friday last, and the following extract of a letter' dated the 7th of Octo ber, from a correspondent of a highly respectable Lon don firm, gives a good ide a of the events that are iu progress:— " I have just Saturday there is a arriving o n daily- Wrehtuernntedleffrtom the gold fields . werelt great reality. • about Geelong and Melbourne wi ll . out of town in another 4,000 men on the grounds, a.ndbehundreds ten days. I start a party this week, itll hands in the office having a s hare. To give you some idea of the richness of the field in some parts, I saw a milk dish, 18 inches diameter, filled and washed —the whole time did not exceed half an hour—and it yielded 2ilb. of pure g,ld. The man was offered 1001. for the dishful bettors i t w as washed. Ilia answer was, ' No, I will chance it.' I ca nnot g ive a descri p tion of the scene—it is impo;3- sible, and my own opinion is that the gold fields extend believe f o r 30 miles round Ballarat. I Melbourne and this place have been deserted by their crews." The Courrier d'Athenes relates that just as the body of the wife of a Persian gipsy, named Plassan, was being interred in the cemetery in that city, a noise was heard to proceed from the coffin. It was immediately opened, and on some restoratives being a d m i n i s tered to the suppo sed d ead woman, she seen recovered eufficientlY to be Able to rettua to her house.