The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-09 00:00:00

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE VILLAGE NIGHTINGALE. To be followed by THE PET OF THE PUBLIC. After which, A RAFFLE FOR AN ELEPHANT. To conduit, with SALLY SMART. ~~~~~~ n ess. from the chaff—of deciding who was true-heart ed and who the reverse. Several of the Derbyite party, too, exhibited a pro-Russian tendency which had not been sus pected. The Marquis of GRANBY, Lord C. HAMILTON, Lord R. CECIL, Sir STAFFORD NORTH COTE, and Mr. WALPOLE all made speeches worthy of the Peace-at -any-price party; and even Mr. DISRAELI himself was crippled by the insubordi nation .of his party. The most vigorous speeches were those made by independent members, who merely spoke for themselves, and not as the or gans of any considerable body. Mr. MACGREGOR, Mr. ROEBUCK, and several others enhanced their former character, and showed that there are men who may still be depended on, and who cannot be induced to betray the confidence reposed in them. We must also speak in terms of unquali fied approbation of the speeches of some of the Members of the Government. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH was particularly impressive. The Right Honourable Baronet, in his brief ex planation last night, completely upset the accusa tions so pertinaciously and unfairly urged against him by Mr..COBDEN, who, as we yesterday proved, was himself a thousand times more liable to the charge of inconsistency, even if everything he asserted was as correct as it has been shown to be inaccurate. The Attorney-General, too, spoke as he always does, distinctly and unequivocally. Wherever he may be, in or out of office, Sir ALEXANDER COCKBURN will maintain the high position he has so honourably achieved. Although brought to so " lame and impotent" a conclusion, the debate has been one of no ordi nary importance. It has taught Ministers the state of public opinion, and induced them to cast aside the mystery in which their own views were previously involved. The country has now greater guarantees against a dishonour , able and injudicious peace than it formerly pos sessed. It may repose greater confidence in the Government, since the wide gulf that has been created between them and their quondam col leagues. The Conferences having been finally closed, we are no longer bound by the Four Points, but may, considering the important suc cesses recently achieved, confidently look forward to more satisfa,ctoryresults than any suggested dur ing the progress of the negotiations—results that will be consistent with the honour of the Western Powers, and insure the future safety of the Otto man Empire and the tranquillity of Europe. Much forbearance is always due to Mr. BRIGHT when speaking on peace or war. We all know the tenacity with which an inherited creed clings to us ; and it would be uncharitable to the last degree to confound wilful with congenital blind- We will, therefore, attribute Mr. BRIGHT'S most extravagant, and seemingly sophistical, rea sonings to the bias, the unconscious bias, of his birth. We do not for a moment class the Hon. Member for Manchester with the shifty or jesui tical Peelifes who have turned over to his creed, since their mismanagement of the War, or their philo-Russian conduct of it ejected them from office. They hate the War because it betrayed their treachery and their incapacity. Mr. BRIGHT hates it because he was taught from his cradle the doc trine of non-resistance. With such a creed, with an excitable temperament, and with no outlet for the incandescent matter within but that of his ora tory, it is not to be wondered at that he should every now and then be subject to a rather ardent' peace eruption. It is not with him a set at the Treasury benches, neither is it a shabby revenge upon those who turned him cut. Whatever we allow to the man, however, no indulgence is due to his arguments. Indeed, though we do not want homilies in the Howe of Commons, we could relish the Quaker oratory better were it more drawn from the speaker's creed, and less attempt made to justify a creed well enough adapted for Paradise, by the kind of reasonings used among us fallen outsiders. We always must feel, while listening to non-resistance oratory, that if the speaker argues with us on our own grounds he fails to convince us. We are the wiser in our own line. The Quaker may array a most portentous list of evil results before us, but he does not overpower the deep-seated conviction that a result, worse than all he enumerates put together, would be the fruit of adopting his policy. He only makes an impression for the time by magnifying, what even without his glasses, appears to us of appalling consequence, but he wants us also with him, to invert the instrument when looking at what we most dread. This is, of course, the common artifice of speCial pleaders, and the unconscious one of honest but enthusias tic men. Mr. BRIGHT'S reference to America, for in stance, is coloured entirely for one purpose—to frighten the ten-pound householders, and the manufacturers and merchants, by the appeal ad crumenam. American freedom from debt, and light taxation, and the English national debt and war taxes were certainly a contrast broad enough. But with the repeated commercial crises which we had in the long peace since 1814, it was surely mere clap-trap to set down to the War any dis tress among the manufacturing or agricultural peasantry at the present time. Strikes, the habit , of spending in animal indulgence all their earn ings in prosperous years, and overtrading with Australia and America, are fully sufficient to ac count for want of work and want of funds amongst manufacturing operatives. In the agri cultural districts if the labourers are not well paid it certainly is not because landlords and farmers cannot afford it. In either case the War is not answerable for the overtrading of manu facturers, and its reaction ; or for farm labourers being at the mercy of the lords of the soil. The proprietors and tenants of broad acres have this year at least funds to make those ample and re munerative improvements which would raise the price of rustic labour to the living point. But does Mr. BRIGHT wish England to sink to the level of United States' political selfishness ? She never fought any battle for freedom but her own, and we believe she never will. All her battles of late, all her conquests, and all her pro jected conquests, have been in the interest of slavery. The Union is, in fact, the Ame rican counterpart of Russia. Every man there is a Czar, at least every member of the tyrant majority ; and, as a part of that ma jority, he dooms all of the other party to an official Siberia, and all his coloured fellow countrymen to worse than Russian serfdom. A friend of the negro fares worse in half the Union than a friend of Poland would at St. Petersburg ; and if there be no official censorship of the press, it is probably because the mob do not choose to be deprived of their privileges. Even a village postmaster, in every part of the States, must turn out if the party which gave him the appoint ment is in a minority. We expect soon to hear that the qualification for the humblest offices all over the Union is to be a "know nothing." The present unfortunates who happen to "know something" place to the dominant by some y ears o f exper i ence, mus t g i ve the line of conquest, by ignorance : h o e r a t n e c i e t i I n o o f n t y h e o f d l a i y e . r w I n u • best men, the States have r i va lled Russia in fraud or intimidation (Anglice bullying) as well as in courage when needed. The annexation of Texas, indeed, the whole course of American pro cedure with Mexico, equals anything ever done by Russia around the Black Sea or on either bank of the Danube, England can, however, never con sent to learn lessons on freedom from the great Slave Republic. From a State, the condition of whose existence is, that a man, a fellow-creature may be kidnapped all the Union over, that a citi zen who shields the fugitive from bondage shall be ruinously faxed and imprisoned, and that a judge en as parte evidence, no jury intervening, shall receive double fee for sending back to slavery the man who has hazarded all for freedom ! No wonder such a people sympathise more with the Cziat and his serfs than with the Allied Monarchs and their freemen. But, even in the purely commercial point of view, does character go for nothing ? How is it that, with all their enterprise, few American houses en joy the reputation possessed by thousands of Eng lish firms ?—that English capital is nearly always so much cheaper than American How is it that the dread of " repudiation " has grown up among otherwise willing lenders on this side the water ? And how is it that the great Free-traders have been unable, either by their arguments or their example, to gain the ear of America ? Mr. BitionT's pattern land for newspapers, commerce, and we know not what besides, is Protectionist still to the uttermost of her power. Liberal feeling in that line of policy she has not a touch of. As to the weight which the War is to lay on us in the race with America, Mr. BRIGHT'S policy is the reverse of ours. We say let Russia be made to bear all that weight. We believe, moreover, that every great commercial State has lost her com merce when she has lost her military prestige. From the times of Carthage and Athens to these of Holland and Venice this has always been the case. We believe that a Manchester school peace would be more injurious ultimately to Manchester than even 100 millions more of debt. Notwithstanding the increasing din of our war like preparations, and the intense interest which attaches to every movement of our noble army, it is our pride and boast that we still have time to attend to matters which affect the progress, morally and commercially, of our island commu nity. The " Honesty," or " Fidelity of Trust," of the rising and the risen generation, is of the first importance to the Public, as a question in volving a great commercial as well as a highly moral principle ; and we have much pleasure, therefore, in drawing attention to the Report of " The Times Life and Guarantee Assurance Company," which appears in another part of this impression, and by which Report it will be seen that, although there is considerable room for im provement with reference to Fidelity in general, still, that the first five years' working of the company has enabled the Directors to pay a bonus upon the shares and upon policies. We have regarded the progress of these guarantee companies with considerable interest, inasmuch as a principle new in the history of assurance, and one to which the doctrine of chances had never been before applied, was involved. " Canst thou administer to a mind diseased," demands the despotic "Thane". These companies reply that they " can supply the antidote ;" and we sincerely hope that they may all continue to prosper in their arduous, but useful career. The Times As surance Company seems to have been unusually successful, and we refer our readers to their Iteport. LATEST NEWS- ATTACK AND CAPTURE NEWSPA.PER3 AND PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS. INLAND REV udENUE 9th . JuneSOMERSET-HOUSE, Loen, , 1855. THE BOARD of INLAND REVENUE perceiving that a misconception exists as to the period at w hi c h N e wspapers may, under the Bill which has passed the House of Lords, but has not yet received the Royal assent, be printed with oat stamps, think it right to give notice that it will not be lawful to print any newspaper without stamps until after fourteen days from that on which the Bill mentioned shall have received the Royal assent, and that the Bill will not, as seems to be supposed, take effect in that respect from the passing thereof. By order of the Board. THOMAS KEOGH, Secretary. ROYAL OPERA, DEURY.LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Donizettrs Grand Opera, galled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Characters by Madame Gassier, Signer Gassier, and Signor Annan& To conclude with a Grand FRENCH BALLET, supported by Mdhe. Palmyra, Mdlle. Paolo, M. Friant, &c. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; stets, 48. ; private boxes tlice to admit two persons, 10 s. 6 d.; four pe r s ons, one guinea. Box-o open from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bucksteno. THIS EVENDIG, Will be performed BERTA; or, The Gnome of ilartzberg. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conclude with the new Extravaganza, called THE NEW WAYMARILET SPRING MEETING, 1855. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CiliaLis Kx.llr. THIS EVENING, Will be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To ccnclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Qi,een Ka tharine, Mra. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be presented JANET PRIDE. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, C. Selby, Garden, Keeley, and Paul Bedford; Madame Celeste and Miss M. Keeley. After which, BETTY MARTLN. To conclude with I'LL TELL YOUR WU'E. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVRYING, Will ba performed THE WELSH GIRL. Characters by Messrs. Emery, Leslie, Danvers, and Miss Teran. To be followed by STILL WATERS Rig DEEP. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell, and Mrs. Mellort. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Transcendant result of the Whitsuntide Spectacle of Chivalry ! THIS EVENING, and Every EveninT, The new Grand and Gorgeous Chivalric Spectacle by J. H. SToc- QUELL% Esq., called, ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY, or. the Brothers in Arms, with the magnificent Touruey in the Field of the Cloth of Gold, &c. it , er which, the novel ACES in the ARENA, and other entertain ments. -------- Box-office open from Eleven till Your. Stage Manager, Mr. W West Acting Manazer, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. HIGH WATLII AT LONDON VAT-Dail T4ll DAY —Morning 18 Lain.afiar 9 1 Rvenirg49rnin. aft. 9 I 0 law. Morning 13 znin.aftoi 10 j Evening 52 min. a1...10 TAB WEATHER.—Err Onus, June 9 Taznuommis. IN THE SRADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 51 —lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day, at noon. - BAROMETER, 30.12. WIND, S.S.W.—Light breeze, with heavy clouds. A shower of hail in the forenoon. .Ge , g) 0.1)1121 ~,„ LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1855. After a very protracted and animated discus sion the debate on the several amendments to Mr.DisBAELf s motion has been brought to a very strange and inconclusive termination. There has been no trial of strength—no division. The first part of the amendment of Mr. LOWE was nega tived without a division, the second withdrawn, that of Sir WILLIAM HEATHCOTB was likewise withdrawn, and Sir FRANCIS BARING'S adopted, if not unanimously, at least without any trial of strength that would serve as a test of the opinions of Right Honourable and Honourable•Gentlemen when appealing to their respective constituents. Many have been condemned out of their own mouths. They have delivered opinions which are so utterly at variance with those of the people that we believe they will never again be suffered' to misrepresent the views of any body of independent electors. We can scarcely believe that the educated gentlemen of Oxford will be prepared to endorse the peculiar views of Mr. GLADSTONZ and his colleague Sir W. IiLLTHCOTE. The " Peace-at-any-Price" party were, per haps, the most vociferous. We believe that almost every one of the Oxford and Manchester school spoke—that the division lists could scarcely have furnished an additional name for public cen sure. Of the Peelites, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and Messrs. GLADSTONE, HERBERT, and CARDWELL gave full expression to their new views, and attempted to justify the apparent inconsistency of opposing a matter which, while in office, they ad vocated with all their power--attempted, we say, for the effort completely failed, and few could listen with psitience to the fine-drawn distinction of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Carlisle, who confessed that the seceding , Ministers " were parties to the arrangement that a proposition should be made to the Russian Go vernment with reference to the diminution of the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea, which should require the limitation of the Rus sian naval force in the Black Sea, but that they had not insisted upon that limitation as an ulti matum or sine qua non!" This quibbling and casuistical defence materially aggravated the ori ginal charge. In what other form was it put but as an ultimatum , ? The British Government sub mitted four points for the acceptance of Russia. It refused to treat on any other terms. They were distinctly put forward as the only basis on which negotiations could even be commenced. With gross duplicity and insincerity Russia accepted the Points, one of which she had at the very moment resolved to repudiate when the concealment of her real intentions was no longer practicable. Our own Government would be exposed to a charge of equal insincerity if they had not insisted as a sine qua non on every one of the Points so decidedly and categorically put forward. The nation has been sufficiently disgusted with what Las alr eady been brought to light respecting " secret diplomacy." The feeling will be by no means improved by the so-called explanations of Sir JAMES GRAH AM and his Peelite colleagues. Of the Manchester School, Messrs. MILNER, G IBSO N, COBDEN, and BRIGH T occup i e d t h e t i me of the House at considerable length, and Sergeant SIIEE nearly succeeded in obtaining the honoars of itc a count-out," during the most important debate of the Session. We suspect, however, that the Peelite and Manchester men would have had a scanty following if a division had bea n in sisted on. A vas t majority of the advanced Liberals and thorau g li-going Free Traders would rather have arrayed themselves with honest JOHN MACGREGOR, and demanded the destruction o f Sebastopol, and an ample pecuniary indemnity for all the expenses of the War, as indispensable con ditions of any peace that could be accepted by the nation. The truckling course pursued, however, prevented the possibility of separating the wheat THE SUN, LONDON, SATURLIAY EVENING JUNE 9, 1855. THE W H AND THE MAMELON WAR DEPARTMENT, 9TH JUNE, 1855. Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence which has this day reached him from Lord Raglan : " SEBASTOPOL, JUNE finr, 1855. " The formidable fire yesterday was kept up to-day with the greatest spirit, and soon after six this evening the French attacked and carried the White Work and the Mamelon. The whole ope ration was most brilliant. Great gallantry dis played on all sides. Casualties not yet known." BERLIN, 7th.—Prince Paskewi tch has left Warsaw in great haste to proceed to Luck, the central strategical point in Volhynia, accompanied by his Chef-d'etat Major Troloff. An imperial manifesto has been published suspending in Poland, until peace shall be restored, all civic prosecutions directed against persons who take an active part in the war. ST. PETERSBURG, 2d.--Accounts from Krasnaja- Gorka in the Gulf of Finland of the 31st ult. state that the divisions forming the advanced guard of the allied fleet had just weighed anchor. The tele graph from Cronstadt announces that two of the enemy's frigates and two steamers were distinctly in sight. MADRID, 7th.—The new Ministers named to replace those who have resigned are MM. Zabala, Minister of State ; Fueute Andres, Justice ; Braul, Finance ; Helves, Interior ; and Martinez, Com merce. They took the oath to the Queen last night. A Cabinet Council was held to-day to dis cuss several questions. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The King of Portugal, the Duke of Oporto, and the officers who accompany them, went yesterday morning in state to the Hotel-de-Ville. " The King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto," says the Emancipation of Brussels, " will visit Belgium on leaving Paris, King Leo pold having received an autog raph letter from the young King announc i ng th a t intention." It is stated in circles generally well informed upon the intention of the Government that the allies will not occupy Kertch, but fortify Yenikal6, and leave 5,000 Turks to defend it. Our flotilla will keep the Sea of Azoff, and probably visit Ros stock, Marionpol, and Taganrog. In the Russian arsenal near Kertch the men found incendiary buoys, and the electric wire to charge them, which the enemy had prepared against their arrival, but had not been quick enough to lay down. The Zenobie sailing-frigate left Toulon on the 6th for Constantinople with troops, provisions, and military stores for the army of the East. A letter from St. Jago de Cuba, of the 12th April, states that the Emperor of the French having been informed that the remains of Dr. Antomarchi, who accompanied. the Emperor Napoleon I. to St. Helena and shared his captivity, were lying in the tomb of a foreign family at that town, has ordered that a monument shall be erected, out of his privy purse, to the memory of the deceased. BOURSE, JUNE S.—CLOSING PRICEEt. Cash. fr. c. End of Montt. 4,: per Cents O4 50 94 50e, 3 per Cents 69 30 69 45 Credit Mobilier 915 Roman Credit Fonder 533 50 Austrian Belgian Fives — Sp anish Throes...... Piodmontese RAILWAYS-20R CASH. fr. fr. c. — 1240 Orleans We s t ern 715 Rouen Cntte 670 Strasburg . Mediterranean 1240 Havre - 6 O 6O Northern THE TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE AND GUARANTEE COMPANY.- The annual general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held on Thursday, June 7, 1855 ; at the offices, 32, Ludgate Hill, Alexander Webber, Esq., having been moved into the chair. The advertisement and circular convening the meeting having been read by the manager, Henry Brinsley Sherrdan, Esq., the report of the directors for the year was then read, of which the following is an abstract : " During the year ending the Ist inst., the company re ceived 2,226 proposals for the insurance of 583,465?., and calculatedtoproduce an annual income of 10,7721. 15s. 10d., and completed and issued 1,612 policies, covering 393,5151., and yielding in premiums 7,0121. Bs. 10d. per annum. Of the proposals the directors rejected- 424, for the in surance of 141,9551., with an annual amount of pre miums to the extent of 2,9581. is. 2d. Of those which they accepted, 111 were yet unpaid for. These insured 25,1451., at an income of 468/. 4s. sd. ; and 79 for the insurance of 22,8501., with a premium income of 333/. lls. 5 d., were still under consideration. The directors drew attention to the large amount of busi ness declined for two reasons—the one that, notwithstand ing the care displayed in the selection of risks, the losses during the year, from claims in both departments, had been unusually large ; and the other, that the amount of business declined could not have been obtained, and all the forms and enquiries connected therewith com pleted, without absorbing a large proportion of the expenditure for the year, inasmuch as, had it been accepted, it would have increased the new business by nearly one-half the present amount. Fifty per cent. of the claims made during the year had arisen in the guarantee department, and could be traced to causes which might now cease to affect that department ; and the directors, therefore, anticipated that the corn - pony would be more fortunate in the year ensuing. The losses during the year had been—in the life department, 4,590/. ; and, in the guarantee, 4,1291.25, 6d. The direc tors also drew attention to the circumstance which was probably peculiar to the business of a company which united life and guarantee assurance, viz., that the policies which had lapsed up to the Ist of June, 1855, represented in annual premiums the sum of 7,5961 Os. 5d., a sum amounting to more than two-thirds of the paid-up ca pital of the company. They confidently anticipated that inasmuch as these lapsed policies were principally incident to the guarantee business, in consequence of the changes and vicissitudes which characterised commercial situations, they would eventually constitute a large and legitimate source of profit. By the directors' last report, it appeared that the total amount of business done by the company up to that date, without deducting lapsed policies, had been as follows, viz. : _ _ No. Annual Income. Numbs of policies issued by the company up to 30th June, 1851 5,301 £23,086 2 0 Add to that the business of the present year 1,612 No. 6,913 £30,098 10 10 It will thus be seen that in six years the company had issued 6,913 policies, yielding an annual income of 30,0981. 10s. 10d., but from which must now be deducted the ascer tained lapsed policies which would give the present an nual income `z2,5021. 10s. sd. From a valuation of the business of the company for the last five years, there ap peared a balance in its favour to the amount of 37,4671. 16s. sd. Of this sum 33,0:411. 7s. 4d. had been set aside as a reserve fund for future profit and expenses. The sum remaining, viz., 4,4331. 9s. id., was the amount that might be 'distributed amongst the policy and shareholders. The above valuation had been made upon data taken from the books of the company, by Jenkin Jones, Esq., F.1.A., the actuary to the Rock, the National Mercantile, and other assurance offices. The directors did not propose to distribute the whole of this sum of 4,4331. 93. ld., but recommended that a bonus of one per cent. per annum be declared upon all life policies entitled to a division of profits ; and further recommended that a bonus of 2s. 6d. per share be declared upon the 'capital stock of the company. Although the directors considered that they might fairly recommend a larger bonus, still it had been thought the m:st prudent course to divide but a compara tively small sum this year, in order that the probabilities might be in favour of future bonuses being progressively larger in amount. At this Bathe time they begged to inform the shareholders that the amount of profits thus divided was fully equal to the average of the first bonuses, and, consequently, equal in amount to these declarations of profits made by offices at their first division that had since bee mile the most prosperous institutions of the day. In the guarantee department, as no profit had been made, there would, of course, be none to divide amongst the holders of guarantee policies. The bonus upon the life policies the directors recommended should at this declaration, be added to the policies, the shareholders at the same time giving no pledge that the present mode of division should be a precedent for the next, or any future division of profits ; and that the bonus upon the shares should be taken as so much paid up capital. In recommending the above course to be taken, they felt it their duty to remark that, in the opinion of the consulting actuary, these benusesmight be paid in cash with the greatest safety should the shareholders demand it ; although the directors were unanimously of opinion that the mode before suggested would be felt by all persons to be the most prudent and expedi mt. In congratulating the shareholders upon the result of the first five years of the company's operations, they ventured to express a hope that the same prosperity might attend the next quinquennial phase of the company's history, and would assure the share holders that the expenditure should be carefully watched, and a reduction made wherever it could be safely effected. The directors, in conclusion, recommended that interest at the rate of Si. per cent. per annum, clear of income tax, be paid upon the capital of the company for the past year, and begged, as an illustration of their duties, to draw at • tention to the fact . that, although :the business completed during the past year 4 arnorinted to the sum of 393,5151., and produced an annual income of 7,0121. Bs. 10d., yet the busi ness offered to the company, and passing through the hands of the directors, amumtou to the largo sum of 5-3,4651., .11,1 would have produced an annual income of 10,7721. ss. 10d." The report was received with prolonged applause. The CILIIRMAN then rase for the purpose of moving the following resolution —" That the report now read, embracing as it does the last six years, and balance sheets for the last six years therein referred to, be ap proved and adopted." He said : Gentlernen,—lt is almost unnecessary for me to remark that the year we have just passed through has been one of singular diffi culty, not only in the commercial world, but to the pub lic generally, in consequence of the war—which, however just and glorious it may be, has undoubtedly been the means of creating a great deal of pecuniary embarrass. meat throughout the country ; and most persons, in the mercantile world especially, and all those with fixed in comes, must have felt that to be obliged to go to war in a commercial country :ike ours is a disaster of the greatest possible magnitude. Having made these few preliminary remarks, I fnay, I think, safely congratu late the shareholders on the business we have trans acted during the last twelve months. I think, in deed, it is a great thing for me to be enabled to say that we have in the short space of one year amassed an income of 7,000/, It may he observed, in the next place, that we have declined more than the ordinary number of policies ; and I wish to call your particular attention to this fact as indicating that the company are transacting business on the best possible principle. With regard to this large number—amounting to about one fifth of the aggregate amount of policies offered us respecting se much business, we have thought it safer to reject what might appear to be good rather than run any injudicious risks. With regard to losses, I may say there is scarcely an insurance office which has not found it necessary to offer some apologetic explanations upon the number of claims falling in upon then. It is very natural in a period of commercial stagnation that life assurance generally should have been affected by it ; and it is a well known fact that they have all suffered to a greater or less extent. In some cases, indeed, where their losses have been calculated at 30,000/, on the year —andthese b as you are, no doubt, all aware, can matters,ecalcuiata to a nicety—they have amounted to usually as much as 50 per cent. more. Our losses have been heavier than we expected, but you will find that they are below the average. I cannot leave this part of the subject without, in justice to our medical officers, stating the singular fact that of the number of losses which have fallen in one half have consisted of re-assurances from other offices. Another remarkable circumstance also occurs to me on this point which I may as well mention ; and it is that the losses on the guarantee department have been very large—in fact they have amounted to very nearly as much as those in the life department. The air if I may be allowed the expression—would appear in this country, from various circumstances which it would be tedious to detail, to have become impregnated with dishonesty, and to have produced the result I have pointed out. This must be the case when persons do not know how long they may retain the situations they hold. Commercial affairs are not so prosperous as they were, and when a man who has large sums of money con stantly passing through his hands, finds that he cannot reckon upon his present position for any certain length of time the temptation too often unfortunately becomes too great for his resistance. With regard to the guarantee business, I have repeatedly confessed my opinion that it is a good business if conducted upon a principle which would give us something like proper data to guide us. Up to the present time I maintain our data have been found to be good. We have data from our own books which tell us distinctly that the rates are low. I find in the report an extraordinary statement, to the effect that the lapsed policies alone amount to 7,5961. This is a startling fact if we were not to analyse it ; and when we do we find that the greater portion of these lapsed policies arise in the guarantee department. It will also be observed that during the six years of our existence, in respect of which it should be stated I have just been speaking when I referred to the lapsed policies —during these six years very nearly 7,000 policies have been issued, which would have produced , an annual income of 30,0001. and upwards, but owing to these lapsed policies our income has been reduced to, say, 23,0001. However, it strikes me, on looking through our report from beginning to end, that there is much upon which we may congratulate ourselves. I do not know that I need detain you much longer with any observations of mine, except to call your attention to the highly satisfactory statements contained in the lat ter portion of the report before you. Although we have been a little unfortunate in an amount of claims in the Guarantee and Life departments, these appear to have been principally made within the past year. During the preceding five years of our existence we were singularly fortunate in not having anything like the average num ber of claims upon us ; and we have it now stated upon the authority of Mr. Jenkin Jones, a gentleman of un deniable talent and ability, and who is employed by a number of other o f fi ces besides ourselves, that there is a balance of more than 37,0001. in favour of the company. The Directors feel that it is necessary for thorn to he very careful of this large snip, and they have, therefore, proposed that somewhat more than 33,0001. of it should be set aside as a reserve fund, the remainder being ap propriated to bonuses for distribution amongst the policy and shareholders. It is not, however, intended to adjudge this remainder amongst all policy holders, because that would be very unfair, as it would be giving a five years bonu's to those who had on ly held policies for three. Turning from the subject on which I have hitherto been dwelling, and irrespective of personal c onsiderations ; we are met here on this occasion to promote the interests of the institu tion, and all institutions generally of a similar character. With regard to life assurance generally, we all know it is not a very difficult matter to induce a man to insure his life if he has a proper feeling and proper affection for his kindred and family; but it is too frequently neces sary that he should be spoken to on the subject to make him adopt such a course. I would urgently recommend you, therefore, to make life assurance and its principles known throughout the circle of your respective acquaint; ante. I don't mean with a view in particular to extending the business of this office, though, of course, we all have its interest mainly at heart—l mean that you should endeavour to "learn the luxury of doing good," and of promoting the welfare of your fellow-creatures by making known as freely as your opportunities permit the inestimable blessing of life assurance. I hope if these suggestions are attended to, to have the pleasure of meeting you on future occasions with more smiling faces, and that future reports will be more gratifying still than the one now before us. Mr. C. H. CoOKE, in seconding the motion, said, that after the very able remarks of the chairman he had scarcely anything to say. He must, however, observe that it was very gratify ing to find that, whilst other institutions had compa ratively retrograded, instead of advanced, during the past year, the Times Office continued to progress ; and this he thought was attributable in a great measure to the zeal, ability, and energy displayed by the management. The motion was then put and agreed to unanimously. Mr. WHITE said he had much pleasure in moving "That the following gentlemen, who retire from the direction, in accordance with the terms of the deed of settlement, being eligible for re-election, be re-elected accordingly, viz. :—James Wyld, Esq., Geo. Cooper, Esq., and the Rev. John Wood." Mr. COMPTON seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. F. SQUIRE then moved the re-election of the fol lowing gentlemen, who retire from the audit, viz. : H. B. Rye, Esq., and Thos. Charles Blundell, Esq. Mr. NICHOLAS most cordially seconded the resolu tion, which was approved. Mr. H. B. RYE next said he had great pleasure in moving "that interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, he paid upon the paid-up capital of the company ;" observing, at the same time, that he felt assured, with the indefatigable zeal, energy, and ability of their worthy and able manager, Mr. -Sheridan, in connection with the directors, that they should still continue to progress, and that with the li berality of the company but a very few years would elapse before the Times Life Assurance Company would stand second to none. Mr. IL. T. DEERE seconded the motion, which was forthwith agreed to. Mr. S. G. GRADY, in moving " a remuneration to the directors fur the past year," observed that he could not submitthat resolution forthe approval of the shareholders without expressing his own opinion, in which they would no doubt concur, that this sum was but a very inadequate remuneration to those gentlemen who had devoted so much of their valuable time and energies to the advancement of the institution during the past year. However, the directors had not asked for more, and the highest compliment they as shareholders could pay to those gentlemen was to comply with this modest request in a ready and cordial manner. It was to him, as it must be to all of them, a source of great pleasure and gratification to observe the prosperous position of the institution at that time, and he thought it was but due to the directors, in voting that sum to their use, to express to them their sincere gratitude for their able and efficient management of its affairs, and for their exer, tions in &inducting it to its present flourishing condition. Mr. CHANDLER, in seconding the motion, said he had jotted down several questions he intended to have put to the directors, but the observations of the chairman, and the balance•sheet and able report, had removed the necessity of his doing so, and had not only satisfied him as to the manner in which the society had been con ducted, but had also proved to him that it was in a pros perous state. He was besides fully satisfied that they could not expect gentlemen to devote so much. of their time and attention to the institution without some recog nition of those services, and he therefore most cordially approved of the voting of the suns of money mentioned in the resolution, and he only regretted it was not a larger one. He trusted that the institution, under such direction, would continue to prosper. The motion was then put to the meeting by its pro poser (Mr. Grady), and was approved of amidst applause. The Rev. J. GEORGE next move,', "That a &inns be declared out of the profits of the first five years at the rate of one per cent. per annum upon all policies effected prior to the 30th Juue, 1852, and that the same be added to the policies; and that a bonus, out of the same fund, of 2s. 6d. per sharosbe declared and paid upon the capital stock of the company, and that the same be taken as so much paid-up capital." He did not, he observed, pre tend to commercial talent, or the talent of calculation and the like, but he delighted to observe the principles at work in the management of institutions of that cha racter. One`great principle which he remarked in their own association, and one without which he presumed all other efforts would fail in effecting any degree of prosperity —be meant prudence in steering a middle course between two extremes. It might occur to many then present that the two extremes in their cane, would be either to declare no bonus at all in this comparatively early period of their existence, or, on the other hand, 'to declare a very large one, without at all suggesting the way in which it should be most advantageously disposed of. Now, the direc tors appeared to have bit upon the happy medium, and having declared a bonus, had determined to apply it to the encouragement equaby of the policy holders and the investors ; and by affording them an opportunity of par ticipating in the profits connected with the institution, thus inducing them to adhere to it, and to consolidate the interests of the society. He thought there had been much wisdom and forethought in the adoption of such a course, and he therefore most cordially moved the resolution entrusted to him. Mr. J. C. SPENCE seconded the resolution ; taking occasion to observe that he quite agreed with the prin ciple of prudence and expediency which the directors bad adopted in applyipg the money they proposed, to. inducing the policy holders to feel additional interest in the welfare of the association, and to • lend their energies to the promotion of its further success. The resolution was then adopted nem. con. - Mr. DEERE then moved "that the valuation of the business and division of profits, if any, of the society be made quinquennially instead of triennially." The resolution having been seconded by Captain E. G. L. PERROTT, who simply remarked that the proposed change, by giving them fully five years, would enable them to estimate to greater advantage the profits of the society, was at once approved of. M. F. MALCOLM said he had been connected with the institution since its commencement, and had since had frequent opportunities of observing the ability and inde fatigable industry with which the directors had devoted themselves to the interests of the society. They had done their part well and ably. The last year as they were all aware had been, commercially speaking, a most disastrous one, and had most injuriously affected Joint- Stock Companies generally ; but so far-as their institu tion was concerned, they were deeply indebted to the discretion of the directors for averting those consequences which might otherwise have visited them also. Person ally he was deeply grateful to them, and had the great est pleasure, therefore, in moving "that the best thanks of the shareholders be tenaered to the directoN for their past services." Mr. COOKE had much 'pleasure in seconding the pro position, as he thought that the past management of the association reflected the highest credit upon the directors. The motion having been carried by acclamation, The CHAIRMAN rase and said that he had hoped one of his brother directors would have relieved him of the duty of returning thanks in their collective behalf for the handsome manner in which the vote of thanks to them had just been awarded. He did not wish to tres pass upon their time, which he feared he had already , done too long, but he begged on the part 'of his epl leagues and himself to thank them most sincerely for the kind expressions with which their services had been re cognised. Mr. C. LATHA.M, in moving a vote of thanks to the auditors for their past services, said that it must be ob vious to all that, so far as the shareholders were con cerned, the auditors stood between the management and them, and the skill and fidelity of the auditors were of the utmost consequence to the institution. Now, the audi tors of that society were not only skilful, but were ex ceedingly careful and scrupulous in the execution of their duty, and on that account they deserved their thanks. Mr. J. SHERIDAN seconded the vote of thanks, ob- serving that he had much pleasure in endorsing all that had been said relative to the practical ability and expe rience of their auditors. He had no doubt of the trou ble which they had bestowed in the preparation of this year's balance-sheet ; it was a difficult thing at the best of times, but they had had, as it were, six years' work to perform, as they had abundant proof by the report. With regard to the association itself, he might say that wherever he had been throughout the country be had found the sinews of the society stretched by its agents in all directions ; and, he was peculiarly pleased such was the case, for whilst the directors were providing for the interests of the shareholde'rs at home, the agents were extending them to the utmost abroad. The motion was cordially adopted, and Mr. RYE briefly acknowledged the compliment on behalf of the auditors. The CHAIRMAN nest observed that he thought be need scarcely apologise for again troubling the meeting with any remarks, when he said that he was about to submit to them a motion which was of such a nature that he felt they would unanimously agree to its adoption, and to, the sentiment it contained. It was to the following effect :—"That the best thanks of the shareholders be tendered to H. B. Sheridan, Esq., and the other officers of the company, for their services." It would be a satisfaction to the shareholders to know that he felt perfectly convinced that any remarks he should feel it his duty to make, in offering that resolution to their notice, would be willingly endorsed by all his colleagues in the direction of the company. It was well known ( to all then present that Mr. Sheridan had been connected with the company from its earliest institution, and from that time up to the present mo ment that gentleman's best exertions—indeed it -might be said the morning of his life—had been devoted to its service. lie (the Chairman) had had frequent opportu nities of seeing how attentive he had] been to the in terests of the company ; and so far as the guarantee department was concerned none but those "behind the scenes" could form any conception of the amount of anx iety which was constantly resting upon the mind of a ma nager of a guarantee society; and the amount of talent and tact requisite to control its business showed the ne cessity as well as the importance of possessing a manager of Mr. Sheridan'scapacity. He had always shown himself to be perfectly conversant with every detail of assurance business—so much so that he was regarded as an autho rity in the insurance world, lie had studied the science of averages so thoroughly and completely that he had scarbely any thing more to learn. Enthusiasm was the genius of sincerity. He (the chairman) knew Mr. Sheridan to be enthusiastic, and he believed him , to be sincere in his aspirations for the success of the insti tution ; and he did not know of any insurance office which could point with greater pride to the head of its management than theirs could. Mr. Sheridan bad al ways shown himself equal to the trust reposed him,' and that was one of great magnitude, and therefore the policy holders, shareholders, and directors were alike in debted to_him. He was, in fact, the mainspring of the, company ; for in an office like theirs, combining life with guarantee business, the directors must be subser vient to the manager. In conclusion he was happy to add that the institution was in other respects well offi cered, and he.therefore begged to move the best thanks of the company to them collectively for their services. Mr. MALCOLM very cordially seconded the resolution, which was carried amidst applause. Mr. SHERIDAN, in reply, said, on behalf of himself and the other officers comprised in the resolution, he had to thank them all for the manner in which they' had paid the annual compliment to them. As the meeting had now occupied so long a time he was reluctant to address them at any length ; but as it was usually expected that the manager of a company on such occasions should say something relative to the business events of the past year be would offer them a few observations ; but he promised he would be as brief as possible. The share holders had, no doubt, had their attention drawn to the items of the company's general expenditure. On this point it should be borne in mind that the great portion of the expenditure for the year consisted of what we termed preliminary expenses. These out'ays were not only necessary and unavoidable the first year, but for many years there must be a great deal of what is termed preliminary or extension expenses. Some com panies which had been in existence ten, twelve, and fif teen years, and which had hardly yet left London, had been obliged to incur these expenses ; and what would their shareholders say when the cost of extending the business into the provinces was put before them ? Only that it was as expense that must be spread over a period of time, and therefore must be called preliminary, ex pense. An office in King William-street, for instance, had no agents in the country for the first nine or ten years of its existence. In fact there must be prelimi nary expenses, and each year, if a company was pro gressing, it must incur a large amount of expenditure in this way, which must be separated from those items that come under the head of annual expenses. Bat if business was not sought by these means how were you to obtain it ? There were three patent modes by which insurance offices could ob tain a connection. One was by means of age and re putation. The old offices threw their doors wide open, and waited calmly for the entrance of their customers, relying on their age and reputation; but that would not do with their office, for he supposed if they were to turn the whole front of their office into a doorway lie did not suppose customers would walk in, inasmuch as they were not what was termed :an old office, and in the technical language of the insurance world they conse quently had no reputation. Another mode was by ob taining the support of a class. There were ifices that bad obtained an unusual degree of success by addressing themselves to, and starting with the support of a parti cular class. One office to which he would refer had secured the co-operation of a highly industrious and intellectual body of men, men as respectable as any in the middle class of life. Mr. Pratt would know very well to what office he alluded when he said that the success attending the efforts of that office-was traceable to the exertions of that excellent class of persons, the Sunday school teachers— a body remarkable for ac tivity, zeal, and intelligence, and who could back their views with sound and logical - arguments. Then there was a class of offices which compelled their share holders to become insurers, such as the Rock and other offices. That had been found to be successful, though the annual new business was not large ; but there was necessarily a large number of share transfers each year, and the transferers being obliged to insure their lives on taking their shares, that, of course, brought more business into the office. In the absence of either of these features then in their own office they had been obliged to have recourse to purchase, - to competition, to expenditure, without which it was impossible for them to get the public to look at them. _ There was for instance a large amount of the expenditure deducted for com missions, for unless they allowed the agents liberal re muneration they did not exert themselves at all, and transferred their services to the keenest of their compe . - titers. With reference to the past five years, notwith standing the large items of expenditure to which he had alluded, they had to-da j y seen that a large amount of profit had been made in the first year of the company's working, and the proprietary had that day declared how that profit should be divided and appropriated. Lapsed policies bad been referred to ; and it seemed to be sup posed that they had taken place during the past year. But the fact was they were the policies thatlhad lapsed from the first commencement of the company, and these lapsed policies bad materially contributed towards the declaration of profits which bad been this day- made. If, then, the last five years had been so satisfactory, they might safely take the next on trust to be equally if not more so. Although no profits had been made in the guarantee ddpartrnent they bad made a large connec tion, which he anticipated' would materially assist the company during the ensuing five years. They would perceive, by the prospectus, that a very great number of public companies and corporations had accepted the guarantee of their company—companies that were com pelled to be particular with reference to the financial value of their money ' securities— and who yet had been amply satisfied with the security offered by this company after a careful, examination of its condition. At the same time as many as 2,000 firms, in (Ffferent parts of the country, had accepted the security of their society. Although their efforts, in this department had, as yet, been productive of no financial profit, he hoped they would be more successful in future years. No guarantee office had ever declared profits at the end of the first five years ; and a gentleman behind him, who was connected with the first guarantee office, could bear him out in this assertion. Although gua rantee companies had suffered great losses it must be remembered that they had to feel their way, for their rates of premium at first there was no data on which to base a table of rates. The statistics of crime, though, unhappily, sufficiently ample, were not suffi ciently classified, and they could not ascertain the amount of that particular class of persons who were likely to seek the advantages of a guarantee office: They had, consequently, to pay for their experience. Their own (the Times) office had followed the course of the other two offices, and, in consequence of low rates of preMium, bad also • been sufferers. The first Guarantee Company had to learn that there were two features that were elements in the calculation of guarantee rates, and that could not have been origi nally considered. One was that, in the same way that epidemic diseases attack large masses of mankind physi cally at stated periods, though the causes were partially ascertainable, so there were periods when men were seized with a kind of mental epidemic, a disorder that threatened moral dissolution to the patient, and in like manner the causes were partially ascertainable ; periods of great commercial pressure, periods when temptations of an unusual kind were made to young men to emigrate, when new and royal roads to fortune dazzled their judg ments, such as gold mining, &c. ; or to times of strong political convulsion and excitement, which lead to dis content and depression, and to unsettle men's minds— these were the causes that at stated periods invariably affected the fortunes of guarantee societies ; but as they had` the advantage of anticipating the approach of those periods, they could now prepare for them. The other feature referred to was that there were two sides to the great question of crime, " that worst infirmity of man," that for a man to become dishonest he must in most cases be tempted in some way or other ; either for instance by the laxity of employers, or the carelessness with which they entrusted large sums of money to per sons under them, unused to trial or temptation, and here lay the great series of all guarantee business. Limit the temptation and you reduce at once the amount 01 crime, compel employers to be careful and the employed, in most cases, will be honest. Thus, in accepting a guarantee policy, it became important to inquire into the character of employers, and these were the precau tions which, if duly Observed, would tend, in a great de gree, to reduce the chances of guarantee losses. He must apologise for detaining them at such length, but before ho sat down, he might observe that there was now before the House of Commons a measure for the limitation of liability in Joint 'Stock Companies which would have some effect upon their' company in this way. The best business had been for some time monopolised in the guarantee department by the British Guarantee Company, which had been selected by Go vernment, from the fact of its' proprietary being liable to the last shilling of their fortune. They bad resisted the temptation to any such principle, and consequently the office to which he alluded had been used by all the employes of the Government to effect their policies. But when the measure he spoke of had passed the house this temptation to unlimited liability would cease, and the Government could not consistently supp6rt or persist in this monopoly ; and he trusted they should have a fair share of that business. • '- T. M. BAEHR, Esq., then moved a vote of thanks to the medical officers of the company, observing that their, professional ability and consistent, a t ten ti o n to their duties entitled them to respect and praise. .Mr. W. Honuon seconded the vote, which was forthwith approved of unanimously. • Dr. COOKE, in acknowledging the compliment, said that it was at all times gratifying to receive praise for one's exertions w h en one knew that it was not altoge ther uwleserved. So far as the ability of himself and col leagues went, it was devoted carefully and attentively , to the interests of the society by the scrupulous exami nation of all medical reports sent up for their considera tion. ;With regard to transfers from other offices, which had swelled by one-half the 'losses the society bad sus tained since its commencement, they were particularly careful, and gave them much anxious consideration before affixing their names to the reports. The society might rest assured that their vigilance in the execution of their responsible duties would not be relaxed. Dr. BISHOP said there was one matter which his col league had omitted to st ate, which was that,.from the care they had taken i n the examination of proposals paf.sing through their hands, the life department, he believed, was in as sound a state as th a t o f an y institu tion in the kingdom. With regard to the foreign busi nesq, although during the past year much had been done in Berlin, and in spite of the preval ence o f th e c h o lera, they had but lost a single life in that city. It was true they had rejected a large number of proposals ; but he a ttributed in a great mea sure th e success o f the com pany in Berlin and liamburgh to the efficiency of the agents and the integrity of the medical officers there. He believed the latter were as able and qualified as any ram•••••••.•••••.••••••••••••••. 1....0.1....., .... professional gentlemen who could be found in this me trorlis. Mr. GRADy, in moving a vote of thanks to the chair: man for his able and courteous conduct in the chair, al said. although the compliment was an ordinary and usu one, yet they Would agree with him that the chairman was richly entitled to it. Mr. CHANDLER seconded the motion, and it was a t once carried, amidst warm applause. The CHAIRMAN having appropriately re turned h is acknowledgments, the proceedings t e rminated,ardS The directors and shareholders present after partook of an elegant dejeuner, l which had been prepared for thein in an apartment adjoining the Board-room _; during which "the health of the company's a gents" 'gr . proposed by Mr. Compton, seconded by the Rev- " Wood, and cordially honoured. After several other toasts, the meeting separated. ABUSE OF GOVERNMENT PAT.RONAGT —FAMILY'INFLUENCE AGAIN! , - ali S ve nl ; TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. being o —T G h e e ve c r o u l m um en n t s o a f b y u o s u e r s win id d e u ly u - e s s prza e d t j u ou d r ra nal w your ._ attention to the announcement in The Sun of last nigh/ of the appointment by Lord Panmure of a "P u g gen tleman "to the important post of Assistant Director'ur General to the Army Clothing Board. Most of yarode numerous readers will have remembered the speech /13 w , very recently by -our present Secretary for the ': Ils truste.ae Department, in the House of Commons. (the noble Earl was understood to say) that as far as .1... was concern e d, he would be enabled, in cosolidating.Ti: Board of Ordnance with that of the War, to let the P e u, u , iii see that neither rank nor family influence should end talent, to make appointments unless the recipients had . t possible Pu" the right men in their right places." claims, and merit; that he would as far as pos- - ,, this declaration, we were last night informed th fill the George Dalhousie Ramsay has been appointed to M etter very important and lucrative post of Assistant e dent to the Army Clothing Board ! Ask 937 indeps state to sta member of the house, call upon Lord Panou/e, publ ic what claims this young gentleman has upon the glieet, service, and what qualification he hold as re 3r iz e feren ce merit, or capability for such an a pointrnen; that the to the "Royal Red Book "informs PP the Pu bl.° kin t he c lerk young gentleman in question isa third-class i ?wo re. In accordans.„teritrh. War-office, also private secretary to Lo ru bee i to the So much for family influence. He is also OP llon Lera noble earl. These are facts which cannot be ceu tradicted, Mr. Editor, you and the public have a righttoca_„ clan Panmure for an explanation on what ground:l...Solar he C has thus abused the patronage at his di lS 'P e iiisTOY ob • (silent servant, ONS -------------- d to in THE,EMPRESS ECGENIE.—The report _ PIP a llude re in several of the metropolitan journals, that the ears to Eugenie was in a very interesting condition, aPy„ ,4 tele be correct ; for a few days ago Dr. L o ceek " graphed for, and immediately proceeded i capitil. T,onde u on Sir James Hudson has left Turin to o be direct ed in leave. The affairs of the legation are to be cl k l. n his absence by the secretary, the Hon. E. 1.8 ., 1 :tate d t The Venerable Duke of Rutland will, it ite iteso, resume his aquatic trips early next m onth, in / lotion yacht. to portniew. Lord and Lady Leigh have returned square, from Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire. Staff is The Duke of Sutherland has arrived at i f' 0' ded to the French House from Clifden House, near Maidenh?' vast Jo grace shortly departs on hisaannual visitto hiseintencl• mains in Sutherlandshire - his grace, we belle v .4 o ,rebe a ing to pass the summer at his romantic seat, -s/ Castle. I: ntO 11°. e ' EAST INDIA COMPANY'S STOCK.---Accoruinif, roo t 0 . liamentary paper, published on Friday, the 3 , r ese t ' Einatsetrelsnt,didausritoogcklBtrsa27lfeBrsre3, atoodloalnBss,Zfai:gos93,4o43. Company's rupees. Mr. Hardy, her Majesty's vice-consul at C e °° o st f 3 c 7ll ; pople, is returning to England for the purP es ~, y eas 3 suiting an occulist; his sight failing after P ert,, JOHN MACPHERSQN FERGUSON.- -- T his work in the consular office at Porn. eat ADg lrt a l DEATH OF ANOTHER FLAG OFFICES, , --- An a ble fl ve er borgh , c o gallant Admiral died at his residence, in Viu nearly i Tuesday, at an advanced age. He had been ne e ' ..-- years in the service. Eso sl) ,,er „e CLOSE OF TRANSFER AT THE BANK ~-. Fr e e Yesterday the Books of Transfer for the New f yrs' per Cent Annuities, Annuities for TerniS e a u a Three and a Half per Cent. Annuities, and deeds 0° Half per Cent. Annuities, on which the dive the /30 0 due July 2, were shut until the 18th of JOY , t a Atinu i ‘i of Transfer for the Three per Cent. Consolidate aofh re JtioeslygoinTgbeindtiovnideowodisedwgearls,boapreaidshuoot Ittilolodthaey, the 9:1: of July. cape THE CRIMEA.—The victorious career of the dr eun a tionary forces under Sir George Brown and Sir t e r to Lyons having naturally directed public attentreapher to scenes of their triumph. Mr. J. Wyld, e ° l pe ooW /i ' the Queen, has stepped forward with his u 6 , e3 ,, foile d e a ,!. tude to supply an acknowledged want , and L'enuntry • excellent tween A n m ap a a p a ( nd 23 fee: fft a1:y1.6 includingin ch es)Koefrttchh:aen-(al ,e r d eb sei4 2 : / " The progress of the expedition both by ' 50 ,,,`, 1 513 f ,„ t ": may be readily traced on it—a spirited PL-.4°P'"„s, H M.S. Terrible, being given. 03,:trea" attack of Kertch and Yenikale, by Leut, ii . .,• r l ' ti°" t soundings _ pointed out, o a g n e d th t e h r e w Russian itb ot b l is: r e e y ' a - i e e a bl ° alsoa hli r esioßt.N" matter. A v erY 0 ° i rt e b * STATION MASTER KILLED. RAILWAY ; ing accident occurred at the Mottram statioe t , 00° . Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Fail9l3lq3o°'- after noon on Thursday, the sta.tionenastes,„ 0 , the booking office to meet the 7 a.m. Stubbs, being killed whilst crossing the line ' f in frot 3 Hull to Manchester, which was then in sigh t ' 30 pass ill stop- at the opposite platform. He attempted top oie . l l o front of a special train of empty coke wagr 9 'o o l he had received notice, and he was theretorei olive.' would not stop at that station ; but he evit i c ee f t Le then culated the speed at which it was going, l . old "`"- . came up at the rate of about 15 miles a , aottl?„.de by unfortunate man was dashed forward about 2v gee° the buffer of the engine, which caught s glie o°4ll w here t i . 0 004 he fell, and threw him across the rails, passed over his face and limbs. Ir e °i n ° lihe de. quite dead before the train could be s teel , d e re e arri,,e - * e nv ceased was about 26 years of age, and ti o ", - D .--'-i-i ni - so. STATE OF THE ABUT BEFORE SEBASTO`,:, in ro e— m b r 0 mittge met again yesterday at 12 other -o'clee ¢e being 17, Mr, Roebuck in the chair, all th e e sds9 , . - e „: a being present. The meeting, as on Wed b u corts l " t - i r o e private, the public were not admitted. T f e w: noel - or Passenger trad woo tion of their report and the queetion of the • ..., 03 ineu 0 . to the various witnesses who have been " of o ,ony he cupied the Committee until the usual hour.seiro of I" ment (four o'clock), when the further disc t u .. .„ ii este. or ie various matters was postponed until Che s t, /411:Ov Vic' A l The New Hospital for Diseases of the hir , Itoi rr Park, the first stone of which was by b e l s on I lh n u iecl Highness Prince Albert in June, 1851, w-accorePe-p. day last inspected by his royal highness, ~..e Ijon•_ 00 ,1 by Lord George Lennox and Captain tii_ iof; oPe,, ff , De Ros, equerry in waiting, prior to its b: ser er, 21 ' 0 ,1 for the reception of in-patients. The lobos , r, . H. E. Gurney, Mr. H. Tucker, Mr• , s i c itOSl lo tt• other members of the committee, the PaY pr , 13it, t ei Jeaffreson, Dr. Peacock, Dr. : of the institution, including Mr eienett, ga9tec e h is pp and Dr. Clark, and several of the earlie st ..ra :,, r , ll ,l _ , ; fr l Mr. Tidswell, etc., were in waiting; to sec el sou e o'c o ld, highness, who arrived 'at the building t t ' a f i tsg e r iog At the 'Middlesex Sessions yesterdaYJe.llt, of leor stolen a watch, value 41., the 25, a ticket-of-leave man, was found gu, 1 ., 0 )-'iniata w as tleman, f:om his person. In 1850 the aPsiraetroars propertY I N r i s co° . r ob" sentenced to 10 years' transportation for, e to si.,? r bton bery. The Assistant-Judge sentenced 10 1 ;: nor. P re erd penal servitede. Mr. Le Breton prosecutcoted of vol.lt' of defended.—Thos , Adderson, 17, wa s °fly! a etao'_ut i from the person. It appeared that he rd ° th : O a , young thieves. The Assistant -Judge 51/ vitu de ito 5/3 • variably sentl3nced thief trainers to pe"a l p r eer ison er a 'ain t ' therefore, sentenced him to four years. .11:, Acquaint' tbe acquaintance in court) : "Four years , P o l o % gas ante : "All right, Tom." Mr. 0 13n1 leas IVO' 'sit prisoner. 4- of t°. be General Greindl, Belgian MI o id, _ill be just left for Germany, in order, it is se ..o gll different fortresses in that countrY. „ la th' absent about three weeks, and ow' do' cf °f France. e el/ • A Paris correspondent of the . 1-11 ' d o val ° Brussels says : ihe a ° WY . o f t, 6 0 e , "The examination of the question i 0 0 0v ern of Austria would carry me too far; se t t he i' 5 01 self to affirming with some certainty th s t ve roe lv o e o ia ments of France and England do n e ab le cha t :eon' symptoms which announce this consider, have so itte the policy and resolutions of Austria. rum our „bed tradict, with still more assurance, a ` ot c ollif it of probable, so impossible, that one cane d g iven , sc", how journals should have accepted ae f. It y n a oL culatton, without the addition of a Prl , del 0 ; 0 - 5 , at cording to some English journals, ah e j a ch P, r tb e • the French Minister at Berlin and the -r r • .Bjoa for t he 73 b e , Hanover, ' to the effect of obtaining passage of a corps of the imperial arine9_ b y eiro , ce of verian territory to Lubeck, where st r e Tb i s p.; reo cb ready to convey them into the Bill ion the I, re nch intelligence is quite unfounded. will be in a' Dorn troops embark for the Baltic, it ~ . 00 to ~, ia port, as it was last year for the exP editl , e , ole o ei Bind:" f the 29 ' 1 ' r frn A letter from St. Petersburg 0 A lo tto oli o the National Gazette, says :—. _ tho eat i , ea tiot! Irkut-k states that the river .A.m0i?1,4 n ego is iteo between Russia and China, is 11 _? .. _ 46 ,. .I!_,lt which has often been the subjeeti; to be % largo by the allied squadron in constantly -r_L' s i n g t r 11 0 1 „ 0 10 number of troops are cl Pa©d the re 0 , Irkutsk, and many officers have_ rfr „ ro e t :role the other side of the Baikal. -pa" •;„ a tion 'OO Amor with two steamers, just Ivo cloned t he d°seesed. Russians had definitively a bseil _or_orly povi st not o sian governor-general opened th .. 0 , 11 4: 0 9 aft li er v ioli of that river, which they had e i p _ PI- , I ieli t to _ j oie During this period small in:i ici f s ll ' pli fiD4 _lL ec or! have sprung up along g..g.1)."0f l a te, 13 ; l l i e j neither to Russia nor to la l a ltiOn h aS Die°,lll aclaii,eire the governor-general's att b en ma de tee- ,nblise_, these townships, and he jr_ _, a. To eau.ll oo 10 9 ledge the supremacy of -themus el an weals I been organised on the Amoo • regular government over r,, tj Bj ►