The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-29 00:00:00

IMPROVEMENTS IN PARIS le I , J4.eria,,a 't% er.curnh9r ft the new portion of the Rae de Rivuli, beLe‘ the Rues St. Martin and St. Denis, are being removed, and in a few days the road will be given up to the engineers for levelling. At present the garden of the Hotel _crekagevilliers and the lightning-rods of the Tu ileries can be seen from the Hotel de Ville. The p arts of the street opened for traffic attract considerable crowds every day, who watch the progress of the new build lags and ocher works with marked interest. The prolongation of the Rue de Rivoli was decreed by the 111 W of the 4th of October, 1849. It is 2,500 metres la a straight line from the Ministry of Marine in the Place de la Concorde to the Hotel de Ville, and ''. , out 22 yards in wida. The demolitions commenced ek the 16th of January, 1852, and the contractors t'elertook to complete them by the 18th of Septem ber. Th e y have succeeded in co m p letel y clearin g the street, with the exception of the small por- Pn just mentioned. The demolitions were divided into seven sections :—The first comprised 37 houses between the Rue des Poulies and the Rue de la Alonnaie ; the second, 29 houses from *le Rue de la l'ionnaie to the Rue des Bourdonnais ; the third, 26 houses from the Rue des Bourdo nnais to the Rue des , leavandieres ; the fourth, 18 houses from the Rue des hous es from the Rue St. Denis t o the Rue St. Mar ; the sixth, 20 houses from the Rue St. Martin to the Rue de la Coutellerie ; and t he seventh, 43 houses f roth the Rue de la Coutellerie t o the Hotel de Ville. l i , to this be added the dependencies of the houses, the t otal number of edifices which have disappeared is 2 40, and their demolition has obliged not fewer than 12 )000 persons to seek new lodgings. This number ig greater than the entire population of the chief e , Pl aaes of several departments —such as Evreux, Aucb, Quimper, &c. The new street ‘ l6ll cause the names of the Rues Be -1,_153", des des Mauvaises Par oles, des Deux Boules, du Chevalier-du-Duet, de la Vielle-Harengerie, des ▪ avandiree d'Avignon, Trognon, St. B enoit, Jean a,e ▪ I , Epine, de la Tixerandierie, de la Petite-Bou !Illes and others, to disappear fr om the list of Pari sian streets. The surface of the ground cleared is s h▪ out 35,450 yards, of which 21 , 662 will be taken by s stre e t and the rest will be sold. The sum of 17 , 05,749 f. has been awar ded to the owners of the lololished houses, an d 3,218, 137 f. 85e. to the oecu- PLera. The demolitions and other operations have ' 3 %t 200,000 f., so that the total sum paid by the mu 4„iciPality is 21,318, 886 f. 85c. In diminution of this aunt the city has received 7 24,116 f. for materia ls ," ‘ ,133 the demolished houses, 755,9661. 75c. for 2,118 V i rda of ground sold. The remainder of the ground he sold will, it is expected , p roduce 2,477,259 f. D educting these items, the total expense of the street ; 4 4 111 be 17,356,545f.101., but the expense will be icreased by about 7,0 00 , 000 f .. b y the prolongation of 'a arcades to the Rue des Poulies. PUBLIC DEBT. Parliamentary return in relation to the public de bt gives the followi n g p articulars of its variations of ring the last 30 years , both as regards the amount idniocipal and the annual cost for the payment of rest. It will be seen that the reduction in the E tl t'cipal effected during that period has been only , 0 00,0001., or 6 per cent ., but that as regards the a nnual charge for interest it has been 3,326,4241., eearly 11 per cent. The lowest point at which . 1 8 ',, national debt ever stood of late years was in t e ' 4 ) when it had declined to 772,196,8491., or to 41 4 millions below the sum at which it now stands, h i e . Emancipation loan in 1835 and the Irish t, til lne loan in 1847 having far more than . coun terbalanced all subsequent reductions. It is . to be re -I,l4lrited, however, that, owing to the conversion of the . kn ree-and-a•Half per Cents., and the low rates paid t I O n the unfunded debt, &c., the actual cost of these In igations is now smaller than at that period. DLIT c;I t he next seven or eight y ears this charge will I ,,.Perience a further diminut ion of 3,207,500/., of 600,000/. will take place by the Three-and-s.t eilarter per Cents. becoming Three per Cents. in Till occur 1854, while the cessation of the remainder.. I t '3. o ccur through the expiry of the Long Annuities tillitrinary, 1860, for 1,293,5001., and of other . an le„,'") amounting to 1,314,0001., during the inter -58"1,2g time. The annuity held by the Bank for h i -I 'W/. does not terminate till 1867. The un toitlcied d e bt, which is included i n the subjoined was less in 1851 than in any other year of the 1 i ?s, its amount being 17,742 8001. In 1822 t was 1, - nigh as 36,281,1501. Total Debt. Year. tA moun t. Cost X. X. X1:343,551 1822 ..• 832,811,295 ••• .29y78,454 1823 826,443,364 ••• - .26,4. „,.. ••• 813,521,672 ... 30,16L421 1824 1825 ... 806,122,467 ... 29,197.157 1826 ••• 808,367.590 .•• 29,228,96; 1827 ... 805,023,742 ... 29.417,543 1828 ... 799,979,540 .„ 29,309,032 18 29 - .. 96, 742, 482 .. 29,156,611 . , 18 30 783,096,646 ..: 29,118,859 ... 1831 ... 781,095,234 ... 28,341,416 1832 ... 779,796,549 ... 28,323,752 1 , 833 779.565,783 ... 28,522,507 1834 - ... i - 72,196,849 ... 28,504,096 IRR i-.3 787,526,466 ... 28,514,610 1836 ... ... 7 88 , 398,570 .•. 29,243,599 18 37 786,319,738 ... 29,489,571 1838 ..- - 785,373,740 ... 29,260.238 1839 ••••• 786,512,734 ... 29,454.062 1840 •787,448,075 • 29,381,718 - 1841 " 790,874,608 .„ 29,450,145 1 1 84 2 ....., 791,250,440 ... 29,428,120 i,,,84,,3, ••• 790 576.392 ... 29.269,160 -"" •.. 787,598,145 .•• 30,495,459 1845; ••• 785.053,022 .•• 28,253,872 .846 ... 782,918,984 .•• 28,077,987 1 , 847 ... 790,348,331 ... 28,141,531 1 848 7 9 1 809 338 ... 28,563.517 1 849 - ' ' 790,927,017 ••• 28 323 961 1 , 859 ::•. 787 • 029,162 .•• 28,091,590 ' B5 l ... 782,869,382 ... 28,017,127 -----_ STATE OF TRADE. 74(1"r0m the Manchester Guardi an of this day.) th kt 4 NeurrEa, TUESDAY. —By t he America we learn for a f ew days prior to her sa ilin g from New Aork th Q , on the 15th instant th ere was a renewal of itt se reports of injury to the cotton crop in South LtdDlinat Georgia, Alabama , and Florida, Previou s ly co me to be regarde d as g reatly exag talatel ; that, on the 4th insta nt there were heavy , in South Carolina ; and that the consequence has %I: renewed demand for cotton at New York, New / ':°? 3, and Charleston, with an upward ten detei 41 prices ; the lc. before lost at New York 4 ,0 11 ,, recovered. The expectation of another crop of totd°v,'°°o was daily becoming fainter. The crop °s6sn'een made up, showing a total of 3,015,029 61againA 2,355257 last year, being an increase ti,,,g72, over the crop of 1850-51, and 918,323 that of 1849-50. These accounts have imparted to mefre s h • lltlye life to the Liverpool market, where . prices 4, ; regained 1-161 to per lb. Here, the effects Sell:,;.l2°P.lY an increase of fi rmness on the part of h— in maintaining the q uotations of last Reek, t ad ather more disposition among bu y ers to operate N I , ° se prices. A g eneral feeling of caution, ow pt ± Prevails, which restricts the aggregate bus h iness t r 4 t he day t o a very moderate am ount. The Germans 4 s i t ill giving out but few or ders ; and that small t wi o Ile which had taken place in 16's to 24's water to t 4 is therefore still unrecovere d. But the demand Ntoranaon mule yarns which foll owed the arrival of i N v overland. ma il has rather increased to -da y the up- It i ttt i l tendency of 30's, 40's, and 50's. And the t /) °not% then received from Calcutta have given rise I,4,..llnrchases of light 40 and 45-inch shirtings and C. 6-4th jacconets, which have slightly added to p' value. t 14-1-trax, SATETEDAY.—The amount of business e i lacted in our Piee-hall to- day has been very , 1,4 11 but there ia, we understand rather more io tbe warehouses, and to order, 'both in plain lod i tis ' 4 "s" goods. Prices, however, do not improve. ti ttl "' respe c t to yarn, every spindle is running full ; but the merchants are becoming a little more D of giving out their or ders at the present rates, Dicere seems to be some un certainty as to the future of the raw material. There is not a great deal datattifh in wool ; but the quotations are firm, and d a f or li g advance has been, in some instances, obtame 4 4 tne favourite sorts. Ilstai°,l)DEttsriELD, TUESDAY.—There has been a ge -1244 heavi ness in the market to-day, and goods have of 13 (1 off more slowly than usual. A few parcels %ta t aver a n d pilot cloths have beenn the principl l,:antions in finished goods. Amogst the balk, qii n : v er, rather more has been doing. Black doe ilk„e ',fancy tweeds of dark pattern, and grey mixtures ho d "en the prevailing articles inquired for, and a 4.l ( i n number of those have changed hands ; but, ,the market altogethe r, there has not been as 'kpc, et ! i()in g in seasonable goods as was to have been k tk eIInALE, MONDAY.—W e ha ve had a ver y brisk 4,'t in flannels, and more business would have ket, 11 t ransacted if the manu facturers could have too Uteri the prices, as they consider themselves but py remunerated with oil and wool at their present sobs:' There is no change in the wool market worth G• A EAT a h It FREE- TRADE BANQUET AT MANCHESTER.- i nfluential meeting of the Anti -Corn Law League, 'itt ln 4 ` Manchester yesterday, it was reso lved that a g reat t -11-I ,be 't shall field in the Free-trade Hall on Tuesday, k of November next, to which Mr . Cobden, Mr. ZTC,," -, and all th e leading Free-trade Members of the House t4r/;;ill, Mons shall be invited. The meeting was attended , by A rm itage, Mr. Crook, M.P., Mr. T. • ; .' , anah Bazley, • Buckl e Mr. R. M. Philips, and mo st of the leading itt' o st activemembers of the council of the League were ktl 4 " P it e at the meeting. Mr. George Wilson p resided. The ~ sae to include English , Irish, and Scotch Members or p a " t g e, and the ob j ect is to mark the determ i n ation of ‘ kv t ; r fully to carry out free-trade policy which they Akq . f ar ady laced in the the commercial legislation of the • THE SUN, LITERATURE. (LATITAL ~1.17.1RET; or, SELF-LOVE and SELF- CONTROL. 2 Vols. Shoberl. This work is not one of the ordinary class of novels, it is more calculated to interest the thoughtful and philosophical than to attract the admirers of start ling incidents or romantic tales. The hero, as may be supposed, is Irish, and the events described take place in Ireland. Ltd away by a prospect of imme diate benevolence, he consents to allow a Unitarian chapel to be built on his grounds, and even superin tends the progress of the building and its opening ceremonial. These mistaken ideas of tolerance he afterwards regrets, but they involve him in many trials, and cause great affliction to his mother, Mrs. More. This lady is, in fact, the heroine of the tale, the chief part of the first volume being devoted to her conversations with her friends on moral, and even theological subjects; her idea of self-love is not that which is generally meant as selfishness, but au exalted standard of personal duty, which she believes should be considered before any advantage to others. There is much depth of thought in her arguments, and real piety, which contrasts forcibly with the infi delity and malignity of Mr. Schelling, the Unitarian, who is Cathal More's evil genius. The description of the fearful sufferings of the poor during the time of the potato disease is awful from its reality. The following extract is from a conversation between Mrs. More and her son And is it not better to be of use to men than to spend one's days in idle dreams about the nature of things?' There is a cant now-a-days, about benefiting man kind, which Ido not at all admire. We are apt to for get that each man is born to look after himself, and not after other people.' " ' And would you have selfishness govern the world?' "'Not selfishness, but self-love, which is often opposed to selfishness. Selfishness is, I think, to our animal nature what self-love is to that part of us which is im mortal; the one considers the interest of the soul, the other grasps at a momentary gratification of the body.' "' But it is the interest of the soul to be virtuous; it is virtuous to assist others, therefore self-love leads us to philanthropy.' " And EO it does, as long as philanthropy is a virtue; but when the desire to be of use to others jars with any duty of our own it ceases to be so.' " Ido not understand you, mother; you say one is to help others in one breath, and in the next that it is wrong. Ilow can benevolence be wrong?' " I mean that it is right to do good to others when it does good to ourselves, and wrong when it injures ourselves.' " But, do you know, notwithstanding what you have said, that sounds very selfish?' "' No! because by ourselves I mean our whole selves, our future as well as our present interests.' "' And so you think we may overlook our own duties to ourselves from excessive philanthropy ?' " • Exactly.' " "rhen you place our duty to ourselves above our duty to others.' " •Yes; every gift, every faculty we possess, is given to us to help ourselves, and each man's occupation is solely to advance his real interests. Our duty to others is contained in our duty to ourselves, but it is secondary, though the two always harmonize.' " NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN C ORRESPONDENT.) SEPT. 27. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—Soon after one o'clock on Saturday morning a destructive fire broke out at the upper end of Pile-street. The two borough engines were soon on the spot, but it was some time before they could be effectively worked for want of water, as the turncock could not be found, and when he came considerable further delay occurred in finding the fire-plug. Fortunately there was very little wind, and a good supply of water for one engine was obtained from one of the town pumps. The powerful barrack engine was brought by the troops, and as soon as the water was laid on an immense quantity was thrown on the burning buildings, three houses being by that time in flames, all of which were even tually destroyed with their stock and furniture. The sufferers are Mr. Reason of the " Brown Jug , " and Messrs. Cole and Jolliffe, cabinet makers and up holsterers, the whole of whose vast and valuable stock fell a prey to the devouring element; and it is stated that they were only insured to a trifling amount (5001.). FALL OF PART OF THE CLIFF NEAR ST. LAW RENCE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—On Sunday morning a part of the cliff at Old Park fell, blocking up the road along the undercliff between Ventnor and Sandrock. The four-horse coach that runs from Cowes to Blackchine and Ventnor was obliged yes terday to make a road through the meadows, the main and only road along the undercliff being blocked up by the stone and chalk which had fallen. A number of men are employed removing the debris, but it will be some time before the road will be again passable for carriages. These landslips often take ,place in the winter, but we:have uo recollection of any former one of this extent occurring at this season of the year. Cowes and the island generally were never known to be so full of company at this period of the year as it is now. The corn harvest is at length finished, much of the wheat having been carried in a very bad condition. The farmers have been paying their men such low wages that they could not get their work done ; a little more liberality and all would have been well saved. A SWAT FOR THE CURIOUS.—On Saturday night, the 18th instant, Solomon Dunford, ,a labouring man, in the employ of W. M. Dansey, Esq., of Egypt House, was at Williams's beer-shop. Just before eleven o'clock he went out, leaving his basket behind, and did not return. On the following day search was made for him to no purpose, fears being enter tained that he had walked overboard; the steam-boat docks at the Fountain-wharf were dragged for the body, but without success. The brother's faith led him in another direction, and he went to Portsmouth to a certain cunning man, to consult him as to what had become of his lost brother, when he was told that " he had been dragged away by three men, and that he was then on the sea, but not in the sea, and that he would hear from him in seven days, if he was not on an island." The stupid fellow returned perfectly satisfied, but could not so easily satisfy others ; the woods round the town were searched, and the harbour dragged. A man in the Preventive service, stationed on the Fountain-wharf, declared that if the body was to be found that he could find it in a very short time if he had a loaf of bread baked in a tin. The loaf was procured hot, a hole cut in it, and three ounces of quicksilver put into it, it was then put in a small raft, and so placed on the water that the wind would blow it into the dock, the man declaring that if the body was in the dock the loaf would be attracted to it, and where the loaf stopped there the body would be found. The loaf stopped at the head of the stage, but the tide was then too high to touch the bottom with the boat's oar ; this was between ten and eleven o'clock, at twelve the tide had fallen considerably, and he tried to find the body with his boat's oar. Some say he lifted the body up, others that it rose on the loaf's stopping; but others that the Medina steam-vessel arrived at the stage at twelve o'clock, and the motion of her paddles caused the body to float. Certain it is, that it was near where the loaf stopped against the fstage, which is a very curious coincidence. The cir cumstance has c aused no trifling comment. - - - COURT CIR CULAR. BALMORA.L, MONDAY'. The inclemency of the weather prevented her Ma esty from attending Divine service yesterday. ••• r_ ' - The Earl of Beverley had an interview with Dn . Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial•office from the Governor of St. Helena. SYDNEY. The following extract of a letter of the latest date, from a merchant at Sydney, indicates the expectation entertained by the people at that place that their own mines will not be totally eclipsed even by the extra ordinary yield at Mount Alexander. The writer also refers to the abovementioned invention of Sir Thomas Mitchell:— "Sydney, 'Tune 22, 1852. " I think we shall have somo great diggings here soon. You will see that wo shall have our Mount Alexander yet as well as the Victorians. There are:depo6its to the northward, on the Peel river, called the Hanging-rock Diggings, which are being developed very quietly. The parties there are doing wonderfully well. We hear of, and see weekly, large nuggets of 10oz. to 20cz. an up wards from that qu ar ter. They are doing as well— d the few that aro there—a 3 those at Victoria. " Sir Thomas Mitchell has been testing his new in vention —the Bomerang propeller for steamers in lieu of the screw. Haw as tried it on a steamer here, and it has answered very ell. Sir Thomas says ho will be able to get 20 knots an hour out of it. It will be the very thing tor ocean steam-ships. Ho:hs taken out a patent, and wishes to go home to bring it a out." ---- or 111 E NEW SHERIFFS.—Yester- Sw"Ri"IN Mr Croll, the new Sheriffs, were 11 sworn in at Guildha • and They. were accompanied from the the hustings by the Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen to day Alderman Carter. Ilfr. Swift, and Mr. Cotterell (the several of the aldermen , ' b the principal City officers. i late Sheriffs), and attended 3' companies to which the new Several of the members of the Sheriffs respectively belong The new carriages and liveries were greatly admired. n Monday, at noun, the THE SlioTTlisllAM CASE. —~la i rre ll terminated. fourteen days' watch over Elizabe th S q " One of the committee assures us that every means was taken to ascertain whether sh e h a d p o ssession of her sight and hearing, but she gave no i n di ca tion that she had the use of . entirerm of these faculties. lie also says th a t during the the linen fourteen days she neither ate nor drank, and that was unsoiled. At the close of the watch her parents were allowed to see her. After embracing them she became powerfully affected, and for some minutes it was feared that she was dead. The committee have unanimolsly signed a declaration that they acquit the girl and her parents of fraud. Many hundreds of persons visited her during the watch ; on Sunday seventy were present, and at the close of I the term the cottage was crowded.—lpswich ,Express. _LON - DON, NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE The navy will be gre:ifiee to lea:n tbet the Admi • ralty, appreciating the distinguished services of Commander Tarleton, at Burinah, have promoted him to the rank of captain, and have further evinced their sense of, this officer's el i gibility b y appointing him c intain of the Fox, 42, the flag-ship of the commander-in•chief, Commodore La mbert. This officer entered the navy in September, 1803, as first class volunteer on board the Leander, 50 ; as mid shipman of the Pallas, 32, Captain Lord Cochrane, he assisted in that frigate, Ns bile cruizing off the Azores, at the capture of four valuable Spanish vessels, one of the richest of which, laden with treasure, he car ried as prizemaster to Plymouth. On April 6, 1806, while her boats with all but 40 of the crew were absent on an expedition up the Garonne, the Pallas gave chase to, and drove on shore, two corvettes and a large armed frigate-built store ship, mounting in the whole 64 guns ; and on this occasion Mr. Tattnall was the only quarter-deck petty officer left on board. In the course of the following month he witnessed the destruction of the semaphores along the French coast, and was present when the Pallas, having singly at tacked the French 40-gun frigate La Minerve, in company with three 18-gun brigs, ran foul of the former in as attempt to board, and by the tremend ous shock was rea need to a complete wreck. In December, 1806, shortly after he had been removed with Lord Cochrane to the Imperieuse, 38, he was placed in charge of a prize in the Bay of Biscay, and sent to England. On his passage, however, the vessel he was in was driven by stress of weather in a sinking state under the island of Belleisle, and was there taken possession of by a force sent for that pur pose from the shore. On the following day he was sent over to Quiberon Bay, and .thence marched to the dept at Verdun, a distance of 500 miles. At the end of eighteen months he was deprived, with all the midshipmen then in France, of his parole, and taken to Givet. Here he was placed with 1,200 British seamen in close confinement in the barracks ; and it wes not until December 1809, that, having failed in two attempts, he at length succeeded in effecting his escape in the disguise of a female, and reaching Ostend; whence, through the agency of a smuggler, he was conveyed on board the British fleet. In the ensuing January he passed his examination ; and in May, 1810, he joined on promo tion the Neptune, 98, flag-ship, in the West Indies, of Sir Alexander Cochrane, who immediately nominated him Acting Lieutenant of the St. Pierre, 18, Captains Flinn and Houston. In this sloop he returned to Portsmouth in July of the same year; and on the 10th of the next December he was again ordered to act as Lieutenant in the Racehorse, 18 ; in which (the appointment being confirmed April 18 following) we find him present, May 20, 1811, when in company, off Madagascar, with the 36-gun frigates Astraea, Phoebe, and Galatea, at the capture (after a long and warmly contested action with the French 40-gun frigate Re nommee, Clorine, and Nereide) of the Renommee, and on the 26th of the same month, of the Nereide, and the settlement of Tamatave. Invaliding from the Racehorse about May, 1812, he was next ap pointed-Jan. 5, 1813, to the Portia, 14. He coin inaded the boats of the President, 38, at the capture, during the siege of St. Sebastian, of the island of Santa Clara-and, whilst in the Tonnant, 80, com manded the Tonnant's boats at the destruction of Commodore Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent; had charge of a gunboat in the attack upon Baltimore, and again commanded the boats of the Tonnant in company with those of a squadron under Captain Lockyer, of the Sophie, 18, at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five American gunboats, under Commo dore Jones, which did not surrender until the British in the course of a desperate conflict, had been occa sioned a loss of 17 men killed, and 77 wounded. In narrating the details of the latter v ery ga ll an t a ff a i r , Captain Lockyer, in his dispatch says-" I cannot omit to mention the conduct of Lieutenants Tattnall and Roberts, of the Tonnant, particularly th e former, who, after having his boat sunk alongside, got into another, and gallantly pushed on to the attack of the remainder 'of the flotilla." We m a y add, that the launch, the boat alluded to, had 16 of her crew killed and wounded. On the promotion of Captain Lockyer, Mr. Tattnall, having been the senior lieutenant engaged, was ordered by Sir A. Cochrane to succeed him in the command of the Sophie. From February to May, 1815, he acted as captain of the Dictator, 64, and Carron, 20 ; he was then placed on half-pay, without his promotion, how ever, being confirmed. At length, in March, 1819, on a partial change taking place at the Admiralty Board, his case, without application on his part, was laid, by Sir Edward Codrington, before Sir George Cockburn, who at once placed him in acting command of the Spey, 20, then on the eve of her departure for the Mediterranean. He was officially promoted April 14 following, and has not been since afloat.-. Herald. Commander Nepean, whose death we announced yesterday, was son of the late Lieutenant-General Nepean and brother of Captain Nepean, R.N. He entered the navy March 3, 1798, as first-class volun teer on board the Caton ; was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, Sep'. 25, 1806 ; and next in succession appointed, 29th of the same month, to the Raven, sloop, Captain James Grant, stationed off Lisbon and Oporto ; Dec. 21, 1806, to the Bellerophon, 74, bearing the flag of Rear -Admiral Albemarle Bertie, in the Channel ; April 8, 1808, to the Humber, Captains John Hill and Robert England, employed between Falmouth and the Downs ; about July, 1809, to the Imperieuse, 38, Captains Lord Coch rane, Thomas Gould, and Hon. Henry Duncan, attached to the force in the North Sea and Mediter ranean ; and, in 1811, to the regular service, which he left in 1814. While belonging to the Raven he was wounded in her boats in au attack upon a privateer ; and when in the Imperieuse, in 1809, he assisted at the destruction of a fort in the River Scheldt, took part in the operations connected with the siege of Flushing, and was a second time wounded in an affair with five Dutch schuyts near South Beveland. His last appointments were April 25, 1823, to the water guard, in which service he continued, we believe, but a short period; October '2B, 1841, to the post (which he retained until the close of 1843) of Admiralty agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel ; and January 4 and May 22, 1845, to the San Josef, 110, and Caledonia, 120, both commanded by Captain Manley Hall Dixon, at Devonport. APPOINTMEICTS. Captain—Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B. (1837), to command the Agamemnon , 90 , screw-steamship, com miqsioned this day at Woolwich. Commander—Hebert Hall (1852),r ecen tl y A ct i ng- Commander the Hound brig, 8, on th e wes t coast o of Africa station, to the Agamemnon. Lieutenants—William H. Holland (1841), First- Lieutenant of the Hogue screw steamship, to the Agamemnon ; John E. Parish (1846), recently First- Lieutenant of the Conflict steam-sloop, on the south east coast of America station, to command the Sharpshooter, commissioned this day at Portsmouth ; and John Bythesea (1849), to the Arrogant steam frigate at Portsmouth. Paymaster—Edward D. Back (1846), to the Ca lypso, 18, on the North America and West India station. Clerk in Charge—John Donald (1845), to the Sharpshooter. Second Masters—John Thompson (1848), from the Arrogant to the Sharpshooter; John R. Richards (1852), to the Arrogant, vice Thompson. Master's Assistant—John P. Grant, to the Sharp shooter. Alidshipmen—L. Dent, to the Hogue, and the Hon. J. Fitzmaurice, to the Arrogant. Gunner—William Betinson, to the Sharpshooter. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 28.—The Sharpshooter, com missioned this day at Portsmouth, is an iron steam vessel of 202 horse power. The baggage of Captain Innes's and Captain Marston's companies of the Royal Artillery was put on board the Megsera steam-frigate, Commander John 0. Johnson, at Woolwich Dockyard, to-day, and the companies are to embark to-morrow for a passage to Barbadoes. AQUATICS. GREAT ROWING MATCH. Two very excellent rowing matches took place yester day over the usual regatta course, from Putney to Mort lake. The first of these was for 50/., between Williams, a waterman of the Tower-stairs, and R. Power, of Whitehall. and rowed up. The second was between Sinclair and Perry, and was rowed down. Both matches created considerable sporting interest, and the Curlew steamer, which had been chartered to accompany the races, was crowded with sporting men, who speculated freely upon the results. In the first match betting was 5 to 4 on Power, who, losing the chance of station, took the Putney side of Fulham bridge, his opponent being on the Middlesex side of the centre arch. It was a very capital start, the pace being extremely good, and the men continued almost scull and scull up to Finch's, where Williams began to draw away from his opponent, who, however, strugeled very manfully', although unsuccessfully, Wil liams ultimately winning by several lengths. Perry and Sinclair, both landsmen of considerable re nown, shortly afterwards started from Mortlake to Putney for 30/. They had before contended, when Sin clair was the conqueror. Betting was even, but in some cases sto 4 was invested on Sinclair. Both men were in capital condition, and rowed in old-fashioned boats-- a novelty now-a-days. Perry had the best station, but his opponent took the lead, and kept it to Barnes Rail way-bridge, where th( y became scull and scull, and a most exciting race fdlowed all the way down. Perry, in the course of a smart spurt, drew slightly in advance of his opponent, and cam© in first by a length and a half only. The Queer, by her warrant of the 6th of August last, has granted to Caroline Southey, the widow of the late Poet Laureate, a yearly pension of 2001., " in consideration," as in the warrant is set forth," of her late husband's eminent literary merits." A like warrant of the 9th of the same month confers a pension of 751. a year on Miss Louisa Stuart Costello, " in consideration of her merits as an authoress, and her inability, from the state of her health, to continue her ex ertions for a livelihood." WEDNESDAY SPORT/ NG NOTES. No. CCONVJE THE FIELDS FOR TO•MORROW'S RACES AT NEWMARKET, — acc. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—Tho racing at head -quarters yesterday was un usually interesting; the appearance of so many notable quadrupeds having given it a zest rare ly met with on the first day of the First October Meeting. The race for the Buckenham Stakes, to all intents and purposes, settled the pretensions of Vanderdecken, as he abso lutely finishul a bad third to Estrella and the Touch stone filly. The Duke of Bcdtotd's Petrel—a useful two years old—carried off the 10 aovs. Stakes so very cleverly that he found a new owner at the selling price of 50 sous. The Hopeful Stakes was won, rather strange to say, by a horse from Day's stable 'yclept Brocket , who was not backed tor a single farthi ng i n the r i ng. H e won b y a neck from his stable co m p an i on Vau l tress , N o i se tt e being a bad third. The crac k Syiphiee — a b ou t w h om they took 5 and 6to 4—was beaten from the distance. She ought not to have been started, for she was evidently dead amiss. The race for the Grand Duke Michael Stakes proved that Stockwell had not damaged him se lf by twisting his shoe, as he took the lead, made all the running, and won by several lengths. Muscovite —who will be heard of of hereafter in connexion with some handles by nearly two lengths for second place. Il ex — w h o finished a bad fourth and last--was mo re than half distanced. handicaps—bent Films The last heat of the Third Triennial Produce Stakes in its result seriously affected the betting for the Cesare witch: Ariosto, who made a waiting race of it, coming when required, and winning very ea s il y by two lengths. He was immediately afterwards elevated to the rank of second favourite for the Handicap at 15 to 1. Phlegra also received promotion for that race, having finished second to Ariosto. Hernandez brok e down badly, but finished third. Lamartine—who Cut out the work to the Duke's stand—was a bad fourth, and Aaron Smith, lame before starting, finished fifth and last b ea ten all the way. Consequent upon the de c i s i on of this race, b es id es backing Ariosto at 15 to 1, any adv ance upon 10 to 1 wou ld have been taken about his stable companion, the K n i g ht of the Shire; and 25 to 1 was tak en two or three t i me s about Phlegra, whose chance for th e Cesarewitch seem s to be a little better than was at first supposed. , The field for the Fourth Triennial Produce Stakes to morrow will consist of Hobbie Noble, D an i e l O'R o urke, Adine, Dollond, Father Thames, Maidston e an d per haps Poodle, and one from Gener a l Anson's, an d Lord Ribblesdale's stables. HonnrE NoiaLß an d D A NIEL O'ROURKE will occupy the first and second pl a ceq. The Rutland Stakes—Elmathorpe, Pharold, Vest or Noisette, and perhaps Glenavon and colt by Verulam. ELMSTHORPE and Pharold will undoubtedly be first And second. The Match for 1001., T. Y. C., between Jupiter Tonans, Bst 91b, and Diomedia, Bat 41b, will, I think, b e w on by the latter. I also expect Nathan will boat Jack the Giant Killer, and Glenluce Nabob, in their respective matches. The Queen's and Town Plates and 5 Boys. Sweep stakes du not close and name until this evening, I am, Sir, &c., THE SPIRIT OF TUE TURF. Sept. 29. SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY. . - - - • The Buekenham Stakes 4360 sovs.each, h ft, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. One to the post. (3 Subs.) Mr. Payne 's Estrella (Flattnan) 1 Mr. Mare's Kitty of Coleraine f (Charlton) 2 Lord Eglinton's Vanderdecken ( 0 . Marlow) 3 Betting—Even on Estrella, and 2 to 1 agst each of th e others. Estrella w a it e d u p on t h e Kitty of Coleraine filly until half-way up the cord s , and w on easily by a length; a length and a half between second and third. Run in 1 min. 27 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old, Est 71b; and three, Bst 71b; four and upwards, 9st; the winner to bo sold for 50 sovs. if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Petrel, 2 yrs, Est 71b (S. Steggles) 1 Mr. J. D. Shafto's The Moor, aged, 9 st ...(Rogers) 2 Mr. Stephenson's Ravenswing, Bst 71b ...(F. Butler) 3 Mr. Morris's Youthful Days, 2 yrs, Est 71b ...(Tdiett) 4 Mr. Armstrong's Sis. to JEgis f, Est 71b (T. Osborne) 5 Betting -6 to 4 agst The Moor, and 3to 1 agst Ravenswing. The race was entirely between Petrel and The Moor, Petrel obtaining the 'cad at the cords, and winning cleverly by a length, and was claimed. The race was not timed. Match, 200, h ft. Duke of Bedford's Flirt, 3 yrs, 7st 71b .....(Pettit) 1 Mr. Payne's Catalpa, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Flatman) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Flirt, who won cleverly by half a length. Run in 1 min. 19 sec. The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sovs. each, h ft, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst Sib; winners extra. Last half of Ab. M. Mr. B. Way's Bracket, Bst 71b .........(Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Howard's Vaultress, Bst 51b (A. Day) 2 Lord Exeter's Noisette, Bst 51b ............... (Norman) 3 Mr. Bowes's Auld Acquaintance, Bst 51b (Marlow) 0 Mr, Morris's Margaret of Anjou, Bat 51b...(Basham) 0 Mr. Osbaldeston's Sylphine, Bst l lib ............ (Hiett) 0 Lord Ribblesdale's Bounty, Bst 51b (Rogers) 0 Duke of Richmond's Cuckoo filly, Bst 51b...(Flatman) 0 Mr. Wauchope's Bridget, Bst 51b (Pettit) 0 Betting -5 to 4 agst Sylphine, sto 1 agst Vaultress, and 8 to 1 agst any other. 'Vaultress with Brocket, Sylphine, and two or three others in waiting, made play until half way down the Lushes hill; she was then joined by Brocket, and they ran home singled out, the horse winning by a neck; Noisette a bad third. Run in 65 sec. The Grand Duke Michael Sakes of 50 sovs. each, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; the se cond to save his stake. A,F. Lord Exeter's Stockwell Mr. Greville's Muscovite .... (Dockeray) 2 Sir R. Pigot's Filias Lord Exeter's 11ex,,,,..... (J. Mann) 4 Betting-4 to lon Stockwell, who made all the run ning, and won in a canter by three lengths. Run in 2 min. 28 sec. Third year of the Third Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 soya each ; for four yra old ; colts Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. DJ, Mr. Greville's Ariosto (Flatman) 1 Lord Exeter's Phlegra ..........,..,.(Norman) 2 General Anson's Hernandez ........ (F. Butler) 3 Mr. Powney's Lainartine ................. (A. Day) 4 Lord Caledon's Aaron Smith.... ........ ...... (Marlow) 5 Betting -13 to 8 eget Ariesto and 7to 4 agst Her nandez. Lamartine took the lead, aad, with Ariosto in his track, made play until half way Stand and home, Ariosto then taking up the running, and winning in a canter by two lengths. Hernandez broke down in the race, and Aaron Sushi was lame before starting. Run in 4 min. 7 seo, between the Duke's The weather from an early hour it the morning until after the match was wretched , th e ra i n f a lli ng h eav il y and without ce ssa ti on; t h e attendancr, ne vertheless, was quite up to the av erage , en d the racing full of interest. BETTING AFTER T HE RAC ES . TWO YRS OLD TRIENDIAL. 2 to 1 offered on Pekoe. CESAREWITCR. 10 to 1 agst Knight of the 2u tol agst Candlewick Shire 15 to 1 agst Ariosto (t) 2 0 to 1 agst Wing. 100 to 6 agst Weathergr.go 25 t o 1 ags t Phlegra CAMBRID GESFIIIE. 100 to 6 agst Huight of the Shire (take 2 0 to 1 .) DERBY, Bird on the 20 to 1 agst Umbriel (taken to 4001.) NEWINIARKE':i. TUESDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. Handicap. T.Y.O. Stockbridge Lass (filly out of Sister to ]Finis), —Cuckoo filly, Bst 31b—m ....olasses, I s t 31b. Handicap. fez. three yrs old, &o. D•AL Exeter, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ' de 4 yr s , 7st 101b -Runn)me Beauclerc, aged, 7st Bth,Bst 71b; . ._ 50/. Plate. D.I. Garforth, 5 yrs—Hesse Homburg 4 yrs—Pan, 3 yrs. The Bedford case h as been deeidod in favour of Azael. NEWMARKET. WEDNESDAY, LA TEST BETT;NG. (BY ELECTRI C TELEGRAPH.)ST. LEGER. TEN o'CLotc. 6 to 4 on Frantic. Two YRS OLD TRIENNIAL. 3 to 1 on Pelion. Catherine Hayes and Sittingbourne are scratched. CESAREWMIL to 1 aget Knight of the Shire. lATAL ACC IDENT ON THE LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY.-- Yesterday Mr. Carttar held an inquest at the Greyhound Inn, Sydenham, respecting the death of Eliza beth Thomas, aged forty-nine. Decease' was a dressmaker, residing at Sydenham. On Sunday erening last, shortly after eight o'clock, she alighted with some other passengers on the platform of the Sydenham station. She was ob served to stagger, from some unexplaired cause, towards the train, which at that moment was set in motion, and her dress having caught b y t h e steps of one of the carriages, she was in a moment whirled beneath , and before the train could be stopped, no less than four carriages bad passed over her body. On bei ng ex t r icated, it was found that the poor woman's left l eg and r i g ht thigh were mashed in a most frightful ma nner - t h e s houlder on the same side was also severely injured, with an evident dis l ocation o f the s p ine, near the nap e o f t h e nec k. There being signs of life, it was presumed she might be restored, and accordingly she was with all promptitude placed in an up-train, in order to be conveyed to one of the Borough hospitals; but prior to reachin g the New-cross station, it was found she had expired, and her body was accordingly returned to Sydenham, and Placed in the Greyhound Inn. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Extraordinary Cure of Rheu matic Fever by Holloway's Pills in Van Diemen's Land.— Margaret M'Connigan, 19 years of age, residing in New Town, had been suffering from a violent rheumatic fever for upwards of two months, which had entirely deprived her of the use of her limbs. During this period she was under the care of three of the most eminent medical men in Hobart Town, and by them her case was considered hopeless. A friend prevailed upon her parents to try Holloway's celebrated Pills, which they consented to do, and in an incredibly short space of time a perfect cure was effected. The particulars of this case are copied from the Hobart Town. Courier.---Sold by all Drug gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. PRAISEWORTHY CONDUCT OF TILE ORANGEMEN AT Livassipoor...— On Sunday last, information having been laid before the head constable (Captain Greig) that a funeral was to proceed from Eidon-place, Vauxhall -road, attended by a procession wearing Orange favours, that ofilcer, with Chief Superintendent Ride, proceeded to the spot, with a view to prevent such a display. We arc glad to learn that the party, on being informed that a disturbance might be created by their wearing favours, at once desisted, and fol. lowed the body of their deceased brother to the grave in their ordinary attire as mourners. EVENINer, SEPTEMBER 29 1852. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. I The report of the Select Committee app o i n t e e t o inquire into the operation of the laws relating to Friendly Societies" has been issued. It is as follows : Your Committee appointed to inquire into the operation of the laws relating to friendly societies have examined witnesses thereon, whose evidence they have agreed to report to the House. They proceeded first to inquire into the particulars of those cases of alleged hardship or injustice which have been brought under the notice of the House during the present session by petitions from different parties. 1. The Act of 1850, which is the existing law re gulating friendly societies, contains a proviso that it shall not be lawful for any society established under this Act to assure the payment of any sum exceeding 1001., nor any annuity exceeding 301. per annum, nor a sum in sickness exceeding 20s. per week. It also prohibits nomineeship to others than widowere, widows, or children of members, and it reduces the interest payable on future deposits made with the Na tional Debt Commissioners to 3/. per annum instead of 3/. 16s. Oiel. One operation of these clauses has been to oblige certain benevolent and useful societies at Dublin, Cork, and Limerick, and certain other societies esta blished nearly a century ago in the north of Ireland for providing an income for the widows of Presby terian ministers, to suspend their transactions, because, Ist. Those societies grant annuities to an extent exceeding the limits of this Act. 2d. They grant them to nominees, such as sisters and brothers, nephews and nieces, cousins, and strangers in blood. 3d. They are reluctant to reduce their benefits to suit the lower rate of interest. Dr. Cooke and Dr. Montgomery appeared before your Committee, and their evidence shows that their society is the main dependence of the members of their ministry, as a provision for their widows, and that it has existed nearly a century, was recognised by the Irish Parliament, 36 George III.; was en rolled in 1809 under the 49 George III.; and that they had been formally placed within the Friendly Societies Act by 2 William IV., c. 37. They complain, bee sides, that the Act requires tables, a bond from the treasurer, that a member may not belong to two societies, that societies should be forced to make re turns to the registrar, and that they should not be allowed to lay out their money in land. Your Committee see no good reason why the limi tation as to the amount of annuity on sickness may not be withdrawn in the next Bill, if only care be taken to require that the tables for such annuities, where the amount of such annuity is certain, be cal culated by a competent actuary, and the contributions be kept distinct. On the other heads of complaint your Committee think that the case of these long-established societies is deserving of a special Act, and that it is not ad visable to alter the general law in order to accommo date their requirements, however unobjectionable or praiseworthy they may be. 2. A petition has been presented from 83 assurance companies, complaining that certain five friendly so cieties, established under the 10 Geo. IV., c. 56, be fore the year 1840—[Clergy Mutual, Friends Provi dent, Provident Clerks, National Benevolent, United Kingdom Temperancej—claim to have the power to make their policies, by a clause in the policy, pay able to widow or widower, or child of a member, to any amount, and that such policies are exempt from legacy and probate duty ; that these so cieties have ceased to possess the character for which Parliament granted privileges ; that they have an unfair advantage, from being constituted under the Friendly Societies' Act, which is equivalent to a charter, being in reality trading life assurance com panies; and they ask to have such societies confined in their transactions to the limits prescribed by the Act—namely, of 1001., or compelled to be reconsti tuted in the same manner as other life companies. Your Committee examined several witnesses in support of this view, as well as other witnesses on the part of the societies against whom the complaint was laid, and they refer the House to the evidence, which is of an interesting and curious nature. It ought also to be borne in mind that the security and good management of a society depend in no small degree upon the amount of their transactions and of their revenue; and it is desirable, therefore, to induce the poorer classes to insure in societies in which the richer also insure ; and these five societies have beyond question conduced in a very material degree to extend downwards in the scale of society a knowledge of the principle of mutual assurance and a disposition to embrace the advantage of it. The other alternative your Committee incline to recommend to the attention of Parliament—namely, to allow the privilege of exemption from stamps and from probate and legacy duty to the policies of all life assurance offices, as well as friendly societies, to the amount of 5001. This amount is taken because whatever limit may be fixed upon that will virtually be the limit of the provision made for their families amongst the great mass of those parties whose interest is intended to be advanced by any Legislative measure on this subject. Your Committee refer to the very explicit evidence of the chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue and of Mr. Trevor to show that, in their opinion, the loss to the public purse would be inconsiderable if put in comparison with the national benefit which they be lieved would be achieved. If Parliament should adopt this proposal, it will of course be necessary to guard the privilege from abuse, by annexing conditions to all societies or as surance companies, which may avail themselves of it ; amongst which the most prominent should be, that a minute and strict return of the pecuniary condition, and annual accounts of each should be made, to be laid before Parliament. It may also be found that, irrespective of any pe cuniary advantage, such a plan may be the means of checking the formation of delusive and ill-founded schemes for establishing life assurance companies ; and this is a subject of so important and critical a nature, that although your Committee do not feel justified by the terms of their reference to enter upon it in detail, they yet think it right to press it upon the notice of the House. Your Committee examined Mr. Pratt, the registrar of Friendly Societies, about the tenure of his office, and the constitution of it. He states that he is the sole depository of all the various mass of miscellaneous matter which in the last twenty years has been poured in from above 10,000 societies ; and he suggests that a board should be formed, for the pur pose of superintending the management of friendly societies, and of affording advice and information when applied to; of furnishing correct rules and tables at a small expense, for which they would em ploy eminent actuaries, or the Institute of Actuaries, and of requiring societies which are possessed of le gislative privileges to act up to the rules on which they were established. The last witness who gave evidence before your Committee was Sir Alexander Spearman, the Comp troller-General of the National Debt Office. His evidence is particularly deserving of the serious at tention of the House. He states that his office has at present no means of checking or verifying any sums transmitted by any society to him for investment, beyond a simple decla ration, tendered at the same time with the money ; that the interest payable is higher than that which the Government receives ; that the risk is great in case the funds were to go down, that the societies might draw out their money, and , the difference be tween the price when sold and when it is invested, would be so much loss to the country; that sums have seldom been drawn out when once invested with the National Debt Commissioners, and it is open to surmise that the claims which ought to be met from that money so invested, have been liquidated from other means, and so the capital which bears a very high in terest has remained untouched, to the prejudice of the public revenue ; that the total amount of capital be longing to Friendly Societies so invested is 2,393,0001. at an interest, part of 4/.lls. 3d. and part of 3/. 165., whereas the average rate of interest realised during the last 12 years has been only 31. 4s. 9d., and that the total loss, if the whole were sold out and paid off at the present price of stocks, would be 127,000/. That, in the case of the Clergy Mutual Society, if the accounts with them were closed at present, t h e revenue, on the contrary, would have gained a profit of 5,9001. Sir A. Spearman agrees with Mr. Tidd Pratt in his suggestion of a board, so far as to desire that a larger of number of persons should have cogn i zance management of his office; he thinks thatthe interest of friendly societies th a t th ey should be it is pla t e h ed e under greater control than at present ; and that the existing state of things as regards the registering merely of the name and rules, is unsatisfactory in a public point of view. In the opinion of your committee the subject of in vestments and of interest payable u p on them requires to be maturely co ns id ered, so as on the one si de to protect the revenue, and on the other to keep faith with parties who have acted under the sanction of Acts of Parliament. A power is evidently wanted to obtain a more full investigation of the accounts of all societies investing through the National D ebt Office, and of requiring that such investments shall be sub ject to reduction in proportion to the just demands which ought to be payable from them. All these subjects ought to be examined and settled whenever a Bill shall be brought in for render ing permanent the law relating to friendly societies, which at present has a limited duration. It does not appear to your Committee that these five societies have been acting contrary to law. The Act under which they are enrolled declares in its preamble that it is expedient to give protection and encouragement to the formation of friendly so cieties, and enacts that any number of persons, with out distinguishing any particular class or condition, may form themselves into a society. To societies so established that Act gave privileges of interest at 3/. 16s. old. per annum, exemption from stamp dr-itips, priority of payfz,ci.lt from executors of persons dying I in their debt, and exemption from probate duty to the amount of 201. 1 The Act 3 and 4 Viet., c. 73, took away all ex emption from stamp duty, and power to invest in savings' banks or with National Debt Commissioners, from the societies granting an assurance above 2001., and as a compensation for these privileges, it allowed in direct terms a power of assuring to any party a life policy by nomination. The existing Act, which passed in 1850, restricted this last remaining privilege of nomination to the case of a widow, widower, or child, but imposed no re striction of amount in their case. The Clergy Mutual Society seems to have been the first which undertook a large description of insurance under the Act of 1829, by issuing policies to the ex tent, first of 1,0001., afterwards of 5,000/. The pre sent number of their policies is above 2,000, and the average amount is about 9501. Their capital is 525,000/., of which 315,000/. is invested with the National Debt Commissioners. The expense of ma nagement is four per cent., nothing is paid for agency. Annual income, 60,0001. per annum. The Friends' Provident Association, at Bradford, has a capital of 350,0001., of which 96,0001. is in vested with the National Debt Commissioners. Mem bers, 2,079. Average amount of policies, 700. Ex tent of life assurance, 2,0001. The Provident Clerks' Society was established in 1840. Has a benevolent fund attached for granting loans, annuities, and gratuities, raised by 10 per tentage on all profits, and a small subscription from each memb er . C ap it a l, 84,0001. in Three per Cents. stock, and 6,4501. on mortgage. Average amount of policies, 1 921. Number of members, 2,735. The National Benevolent Institution was esta blished in 1835. The annual income arising from premiums is 1 67,0001. ; the interest on capital, capital is about 8,, 33,000/. ; the cap 00 0004 of which 93,0001. is invested with the National Debt Com missioners. The number of members 9,300, and the average amount of the p o li c i es i s a b ou t 5001. The extent of life assurance is 5,0001. The United Kingdom T emperance S oc i e ty was established eleven years ago ; th e average amou nt of their policies is 1301. Although it appears that these soclfst;es posseL6 and exercise privileges and exemptions for which they can allege specific statutes, passed for the encourage ment and protection of friendly societies, it appears to your Committee, that as they have manifestly outgrown the particular class of objects which were in the contemplation of Parliament when those s t a . totes were passed, and have become in fact life as surance offices, they ought to be placed upon an equal footing, in respect of such exemptions, with other assurance companies ; either by being de prived of those privileges, or by extending them to all alike. There are grave considerations which should make Parliament hesitate before it proceeds to adopt the former alternative. To make provision for a wife or family out of the savings of a salary, or wages, or small income, is an object which ought unquestionably to be fostered and encouraged. This would be checked and damped if an advantage hitherto offered should now be with held. But it is said, confine these exemptions to societies which do not issue policies above 1001. or 2001. If this were done, so far as these five societies com plained of are concerned, they would indeed lose the privilege which they hold under the specific authority of Acts of Parliament; but they would still continue their transactions, and would be in the anomalous posi tion of being constituted under friendly societies Acts, but destitute of all the benefits conferred by such Acts. STATUE of the DUKE of WELLINGTON at MANCHESTER. A meeting called by circular by the Mayor, Mr. Robert Barnes, was held yesterday afternoon at the Town-hall, in Manchester, for the purpose of consi dering the propriety of erecting a permanent memo rial of the late Duke of Wellington. The meeting was attended by many of the most influential people in the town. The Earl of Ellesmere and the Earl of Wilton arrived before the commencement of the pro ceedings, and the Bishop of Manchester arrived shortly after. The Mayor of Manchester was unable to be present, illness obliging him to go to Harro gate; Sir John Potter, therefore, officiated for him. In opening the proceedings, Sir JOHN said they were brought together by th e demise of England's greatest son—of a man alike distinguished by the wisdom of his counsels in the field and his counsels in the senate—a man who, by his brilliant victories, raised the name of England to a height it had never before attained—and who by his victories had secured to us more than thirty years of continuous and com plete peace.—(Cheers.) Whether as a statesman or a general, all must feel that the Duke of Wellington would ever rank foremost amongst the heroes of Europe. It was felt two years ago that something should be done to testify the gratitude of the commu nity for the services Sir Robert Peel conferred upon us, and surely it was a duty now to make equal, nay greater, efforts to commemorate in Manchester, the centre of the peaceful industry of England, the memory of the man to whose achievements we owed the peace 'spoil which every domestic and commercial blessing had rested.—(Cheers.) Mr. THOMAS BAILEY proposed the following reso lution :—" That in order to testify the high admiration entertained by this community for the exalted talents and distinguished public services of the late lamented Duke of Wellington (as a soldier and as a statesman), it is, in the that a statue sh ou ld be erected in Manchest er, that of this meeting , desirable by public subscription, to his memory ; in grateful recognition, as well of his transcendent genius and undoubted courage, which, under Providence, secured to himself the reputation of the greatest general of the age, and to his country the enjoyment of prosperity and liberty, as of the deliberative wisdom, disinte rested judgment, and noble spirit of patriotism which ever directed his endeavours to perpetuate and extend the invaluable blessings of peace., " —(Cheers.) He remarked that of the loss which the nation had sus tained in the death of the Duke of Wellington, hap pily there only prevailed in the vast community one opinion, and that was well embodied in the sentiment of regret, and of desire that the glorious deeds of the great Duke should be had in memory, and that a permanent record should be raised to remind posterity of the deeds he had done, and to perpetuate the grati tude of the age rind generation in which he had ex isted. Having quoted the words of Lord John Rus sell at Stirling, Mr. Bazley proposed the resolution. The May or of SALeoen (Mr. Ashton) seconded the resolution, and expressed on behalf of the inhabitants of that borough the pleasure they had in joining in the tessitnonial to one who had benefited both boroughs alike. He was happy to find it was in tended to place the statue in front of the Royal In firmary, in company with that of Sir Robert Peel, and (be had been further delighted to learn from a private source) in company with a statue of the Duke of Bridgewater, another of the great benefactors of was chosen It seemed to him that the sit e chosen well for placing the memorials of three of the s greatest benefactors of the land in front o f the most noble institution they had for the amelioration of the suffering of the poor. A short discussion then ensued as character of the memorial should be dtoeclid. meeting. There was an unequivocal fee h l e i ed n t g hbe nl yra ; thhi n e-e fated that it should be a statue— or otherwise, to be left with the The resolution was carried committee. number of gentlemen unanimously. The Rev. Canon CLIFTON whether equestrian to act moved the o - 13 stated that it was to beas%set it was not de sired to confine the understood tsubscriptiontothe chester. As Manchester mitniteees. ofH ae of all the ma nufacturing districts, was . the that the statue to it was right ee n t t o re wn ef o t f he Man be erected should be th joint contribution of all the to the manufacturing districts connected with it. The mayors meenteiingghbonoutrhiantggbrooruonuctlas had been summoned Mr. J. C. IluzvrEn, in seconding the resolution, read a list of twenty-four firms and individuals who had contributed 1001. each. Several would have given more, but it was thought that 1001. was a very fair limit. The nam es of the Earl of . Wilton, and the Earl of Ellesmere app eared in it. Mr. Hunter expressed his confidence that with a good canvassing committee 10,0001. might and should be raised. Mr. M. Ross moved that the names of several fo reigners, Germans, Portuguese, and Spaniards, resi dent in the town, should be added to the committee. He knew that they were anxious to join with their English friends in testifying their respect to the me mory of the great deceased. The resolution was then put and carried. Another resolution of a formal character was passed, and the business of the meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to Sir John Potter, moved and seconded by the Earls of WILTON and ELLESMERE. Some subscriptions were handed in, and at the close of the business the subscription list stood et 2,5501. THE INFERNAL MACHINE.—I he Moniteur de l'Annee says--" It has been reported that the conspiracy against the life of the President was hatched at Toulon, where the machine is said to have been constructed. It was calculated to make 800 victims. According to the same version, arrests are said to have been made simultaneously at Marseilles and Toulon, and it is added that the authors of the plot form part of a secret society called Lea Yen geurs.” QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY. — IV Arun tne last week no fewer than 150 vessels, corn-laden, have arrived, some have left for other ports, but about 80 still remain. A vessel is also lying here, the Lord Auckland transport, having on board 260 convicts, taken from the Spike island convict de pot, about to sail for Van Diemen's Land. These men have been presented with tickets of leave for goo d c haracter. and on arrival in that colony are to be pe rm itt e d to turn their at tention to any pursuit they please. Th e expens e of sending out these men will fall little sho r t o f 1 0 ,00 0/ . Whether the home or colonial Government, is to pay for their transit we are unable to say. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEE (From the Registrar-General's Report.) Last week 1,077 def. ths were regi , tereci in the metropolitan districts. There is en increase on the return of the preceding week, when the number was 213; but this is chiefly due to coroner's cases, many of which occurred at previous dates, but were not registered till the end of the quarter. In the 10 cor responding weeks of the sears 1842 51 the average number of deaths was 7,042, which, with a correction for the increase of population, becomes 1,146. Fatal cases produced by epidemic diseases amount in the present return to 271, nearly the same as in the previous week. The mortality arising from measles at the present time is unusually low, only two and five cases respectively having been registered in the last two weeks. Scarlatina, however, makes progress, as is shown by the steady increase of deaths referred to since July ; the numbers during the last eight weeks were, 38, 47, 49, 61, 53, 58, 67, and ,83. In a case that occurred at 14, Dean's place, Vauxhall-bridge-road, the cause of death is entered thus—" Malignant scarlatina (3 days) ; im perfect drainage. Diarrhcea, which continues to de cline, was fatal last week to 61 children and 11 adults ; cholera, to 7 persons ; typhus, remittent fever, &c., to 45. The following are the seven deaths from cholera registered in the week : In Fulham, at 9, North-row, North-end, on Sep tember 22, the daughter of a labourer, aged 2 years, " summer cholera (4 days ); serous effusion on brain (one day)." At 5, Still-alley, Bishopsgate, on the 19th of Sep ternber, the son of a musician, aged 2 yeare, " cholera infantum (11 days)." Mr. Spencer, the registrar of St. Botolph, says that " this is a close snd crowded place, with little ventilation, and occupied by very poor persons ; a drain is in the middle of it, which is frequently choked up and emits offensive effluvia." In Haggerstone West, at 14, Whitmore-road, on the 18th of September, the son of a baker, aged cne year, " infantile cholera (10 weeks)." In Mile-end Old Town, Upper, at 11, Bedford place, on the 13th September, the daughter of a cheesemonger, aged 4 years, " cholera (12 hours.)" In Lambeth, in first part of Waterloo sub-district, at 1- 'fond-place, on the 19th of September, a general dealer, aged 56 yeree, " c l 7elere." In Peckham, at 2, Batten's-yard,:h-street, on the 23d of September, the widow of an organist, aged 64 years " cholera (16 days)." At Queen-street, Lewisham, on the 19th of Sep tember, the son of a labourer, aged 17 days, " cholera infantum" (one week). On the 25th of September, at 4, Wood's-yard, South Hackney, the daughter of a labourer, aged six months, died of " diarrhcea" (30 days). The medical attendant and parish surgeon writes on the certificate—." There is a most offensive smell from a pig and cow yard in this court; there is no drainage or proper water ; there is one pump for ail the houses, but the water is so bad that the inhabitants cannot use it." At 10, Brun swick -street, Homerton, on the 24th of September, a printer, aged 20 vears, "typhus (17 days), hemorrhage from the bowels." Mr. Steib observes—" The grouses in Brunswick-street and streets adjoining are badly drained. The yard at the the son of a butler, aged 21 years, di e d of " back of the house in whi c h t h is man died is in a most filthy state from the ref use water not being able toail pass away. A constant ste nc h ass - your nostrils toeas you enter the passage, and m ost of the houses are occ A u t p 4 i e , dbytwoand Harrow-alley, h A re i e dg faamtei,li ns. ;he 25th of Sept., encepha litis : serous effusion (4 days)." The medical at tendant states on his certificate that " this house is surrounded by slaughter-houses, and is unfit for human habitation. The Irish poor persist in residing in these filthy localities, although forewarned of the consequences, of which they are indeed quite regard less. The blood is always found vitiated, owing to the want of proper ventilation and food." Oa the 23d of September, at 13, Upper Cornwell street, St. George's-in-the-East, a painter, aged 42, died of "inflammation and enlargement of the muscles of the neck (one week), vomiting of blood." The me dical attendant in this case writes as follows on his certificate :—" Three months ago tkie man received:a hurt under the chin, from which time he had fre quently complained. A week ago he came to our surgery, complaining of something like a crumb of bread in the windpipe. Nothing could be discovered ; inflammation around the muscles of the neck, with some difficulty of breathing, came on, and resisted all treatment. On Thursday morning early he was found dead in the yard of his residence, having brought up a large quantity of blood. No post mortem inquiry took place." The following is an extract from Mr. Bensted's re turn for the sub•district of St. John, in the district of St. Olave :—" On September 27, at 4, College-street, the daughter of a mariner, aged 1 year, died of pneu monia (one week)! On September 22, at 8, Horse lydown-lane, the daughter of a printer, aged 10 years, died of 'pneumonia (one week).' On the 22d of September, at 1, Potter's-fields, a mercantile clerk, aged .53 years, pneumonia (one week).' These three persons were seized with the same complaint within a few hours, all lived near each other, and all died at the end of one week's illness." A gentleman, aged 74 years, died of " stone in the bladder (several years) Oithotity and effects of chlo roform; disease of prostrate." Two persons died of car buncle, via., a whitesmith, aged G 3, who was brought from Cow-cross-streets, and died on the 22d Sep tember in St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; and the widow of a master mariner, aged 71 years, mho died on the 21st of September, at 25, Grosvenor-street, of " car buncle (3 weeks), cerebral congestion (3 days)." A sign and label writer died on the 15th of September, at 6, Green-street, Leicester-square, of " general de. bility, with diarrhoea (2 months)," at the remarkable' age (as stated) of 102 years and 7 months. STATE OF THE W EA IllEtf. DUltitiG THE PAST IVDEK SUNDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day 1 ... cirrostratus. Rain fell heavily during the ear li er portion of the morning. MoWDAY.—The sky was one-third part covered till 10h. A.m., three-fourths covered till after noon, and during the re mainder of the day the amount of cloud was variable; cumuli, cumulostrati, and cirrostrati. Frequent showers of rain fell. TUESDAY.—The sky was overcast till noon, three-fonellfa were covered till 7h. P.m., and cumulostrati, and cirostrati. WEDNESDAY. noon, one half covered till Oh. p .m. an d generally overcast mist was prevalent, obscuring objects from afterwards; cumuli, c umulostrati, and cirrostrati. —The sky was free from cloud till near very thick THURSDAY.—During the whole of this clear afterwards; cuma 1, tances. At night the moon's place WaSjUStbe horizon thick i t e. short dia- FRIDAY.—A dense fog till 1013. ?! during the greater party of the Jay at night. ; misty, a thin fog was pre- A . " Towards Vtdiae'Ysis noonvisible. the day became fine, the sky partially free from cloud, and wholly so SAT URDAY.—The morning valent. The sky was free 1" from situated near the horizon. The the exception of a few coma i 5 t began to collect before mid night w as c l ear , bat a thin fog wa- cloud from 10h. A M., with night. Sion during the nwrai f a thermometer placed on the main- ELEc.rmcm..—Sepntg. 2 . 2d, Positive, with moderate ten- The mean readinnogueg d ht Hospital Ship, and read each day at mast of the Drea . _. ; ;5 2 and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was Oh. A.M. be mean "- readings at the Royal Observatory for the 52.7 a; the t i n , ra e e r a e a, s3 . l ° and 51.6 Q respectively. the 19th heginaing to 29.39 in. by 3h. P.m. on the 20th ; t h • decreased tshameTnee-r-eaeadiwng ofof t t h h e e b w a e r o o k m t e o te 2 r 9 i . n s c l re in as . e b d y tr O o h m . r 2 . 9 2 ; . 14 0 i n n. 9•90 in. by the end of the week. to 2 in creased-9t' to 30.35 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 24th; and decreased CAPTURE OF RAILWAY THIEVES. BRISTOL, SEPT. 28.—Three notorious characters, named George Taylor, Elizabeth Barnes, and Mary Cal laway, who have for a lengthened period infested the railway termini of this city of the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and Midland Companies, committing extensive depredations on persons travelling by the trains, bat who had hitherto by their adroitness suc ceeded in eluding justice, have just been captured, and, after a very lengthened inquiry before the magistrates yesterday, they were all three fully committed for trial They were charged by the railway authorities under the following circumstances:—lt appears that for some time they have pursued the plan of forcing themselves into the crowded booking-offices, and upon the arrival and departure platforms, where, by pretending to be in a great hurry, and pushing about, they - managed to create a great deal of confusion which purses, which they took advantage of to steal watches, p o &c. They have been also k nown f or some time to have been in the habit of travell i ng by various trains, principally in fi rst-class carr i ag es, with a view of committing depredati on s on the journ e y , and such was their skill that, although careful l y watched, they contrived to escape d e tection till a day or two since, when they were captured in the following man ner, which show s one of their most success f u l p lan s of operation :—A lady nam ed Lewis and h e r niece h av i ng occasion to proceed to Wotton -under-Edge, went to the booking-offi ce f or the purpose of obtainin g their tickets. The thre e p r i soners wer e observed to come on the pre mises at the same time in company together, apparentby conversing eagerly. Mrs. Lewis was closely observed by them, an d w hen she took o ut her p urse to p a y for the ticket s h er n i c e° 6 , w Barnes cell the prisoner Taylor, and, t ouc hi l g her own dress in front, where Mn. L ew i s ', rocket was, point to that lady. Tayl r and Barnes then closed in upon her, as :if for the purpose of obtaining tickets, bit in a minute they left. The niece immedi ately inquired of her aunt if she had been robbed, end having been answered in the affirmative, she followed the man, and observed him pass the purse t o C a ll away , w h o wrapped it in a corner of her shawl, leaving a point hanging out. The niece at once accused them of the t h e ft, 'dim Callaway struck at her, and while .he stooped to avoid her, passed the purse into her reticule basket. The magistrates committed them all three for trial. DEATH or Mu. ROUSE.—This gentleman, for many years well known to numbers as the proprietor of the Eagle tavern, in the City-road, died on Saturday last, at Boulogne sur-Mer, in the 69th year of his age. MIND WWII PRONOUNS .—A notice of a recent steam-boat explosion closes as follows :—" The captain warn ashore, so did the chatnbermaid. 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