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She will leave Southampton on that day at Noon, and pro ceed direct to Falmouth, where she will receive the Mails on the 3d of OctOber, and depart on that day for her third voyag e to the West Indies, conveying Passengers for the fol lowing places Cerunna Hayti 3fad Tampico Porto Cabello St. eiramasco St. Jago d e C u b a Ch agres La Guayrs. Porto Tho Havann a C art h agena Gua d aloupe RiVera Cruz Santa Martha Martiniue And f or a ll the British possessions in the West Indies, with the exception of Berbice, and Tm k's Island. Benhs may be secured at the Company's Office, 55, Moor- • gate-street, London. -~ k No. t LONDON, Til URS Y ‘; , • SEPTEMBER 22 1849 P Da , RICE TIIE SUX is Pnblished EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Ti me f or th e EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Ev en i ng Sun) i s p u bli s hed in Tim e f or the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'C LOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and ali o th er NEW S in LONDON up to that lour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TRREE P4PERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. STEAM CONVEYANCE TO THE WEST IND. The ROYAL MAIL STEA IES M PACKET COMPANY'S S'TEAM SHIP TEVIOT, WM. ALLAN, Commander, will leave Blackwall, without fail, on the 26th instant, and Proceed direct CORUNNA, MADEIRA, ANTIt , UA, N EVIS, ST. KITTS, an d ST . THOM A S , f or a ll wh i ch 55, Places Passenger s will be booked at the Company's Office, M oorgate-street. As the Teviot proceeds out in this indtanee as an extra ship to (:„tram, nee the new plan authorised by her Majesty's Go vernment ua=s4pger s an d parcels can be booked only for the places above e9tioned ; b ut opportunities will occur a tew days after their antral at S t. Thomas's to reach every part of the West Indies by'other of the Company's vessels. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION extended into Cavendish-square. The much-admired Interior of the CHAPEL of ST. HELEN A. in JERUSA LEM, after D. Roberts, R.A. (published by Mr. Moon), and a tine Exterior View of ST. P• TER'S at ROME, are now added to the ENLARGED DISSOLVING VIEWS. NAPIER'S PATENT-PRINTING MACHINE, and AIN SLIE'S PATENT BRICK and TILE MAKING MA CHINE, both at work by Steam Powe . Fine specimens cf ANCIENT and MODERN FRESCO. Mr. COLLEN takes PORTRAITS daily by Mr. Fox Talbot's CALO TYPE PROCESS. The Lectures on this Art will not be continued after next week. PHOTOGRAPHIC POR TRAITS taken as usual by Mr. Beard. Varied Lectures by Dr. Ryan, Professor Bachhoffner, and the other Lecturers. The ORRERY, DIVING BELL, DIVER, &c. Beautiful additions to the COSMORAMIC VIEWS, which are shown in the Evenings.—Conductor of the Band, Mr. Wallis. that claim what it may, or its purpose - ever so plau sible and imposing on the Government and revenues of the country. Having mentioned the names of Mr. Twisselton altd Mr. Ramsay, and having alluded to the Manufac turers' Relief Cotnmitte in London, I wish here to say distinctly, that I believe these gentlemen have done till they could do for the benefit of the distressed, when ever they have been engaged in their cause. I disawcve entirely of persons being employed to act for the public without having been properly chosen, and being irresponsible for the duties they have to perfbrm : but the , blame of this d o e s no t res t upon those above named, but with those who have employed them ; and I would fain hope their functions will soon come to a close, although I do not see any proof of this being near as hand. Your faithful and obedient servant, ROBERT WALLACE. financial position ; and in doing this they are desirous that the Proprietors should have fully before them all the information it is in their power to furnish as to the expenditure of the capital that has been raised, and the result of its operations up to the latest period to which the necesary returns can be obtained. The capital of the Company under the charter con sists of 15,000 shares of 100/. each, 14,840 of which have been subscribed, and upon which calls amount ing to 501. have already been made, and the sum of 725,6451. has been received, leaving 16,355 L in ar rears, 9,0001. of which is due upon shares which are the subject of the present litigation. Besides the 725,6451. thus actually received from Shareholders, the Directors have found it necessary to raise, by way of loan, the further sum of 260,0001., and there still remains to be paid to builders and others about the sum of 20,000/. ; and they estimate the amount expended in the nature of capital at rather more than one million. The Statement (marked A.) which will be sub mitted to the meeting, will show how this sum has been expended. With the exception of the Medina, which was unfortunately lost, and upon which 40,0001. was in sured, the whole of the assets appearing in this state ment may be considered as available for the purposes of the Company. The next subject for consideration is the actual working of the undertaking, from the Ist of January up to 21s1 of August in the present year. By the statements (marked B) which will be sub mitted to the Meeting, it will appear that the cost of working for that period, amounted to 209,4891. and that the earnings during the same time were 214,296/. viz.:— Contract money to 3lst August Passage mo ney an d f re i ght received in this , country Ditto received in the Col • HE GENERAL STEAM N AVM ATIG COMPA N Y'S splendid and powerful Brit-class STEAM SHIPS are appointed to LEAVE ff4r— }l BUR G and ROTTER DA Al,. carrymg her Majesty's A/ails—Every Wednesday and Saturday morning- H AVRE—Every Thursday, at Eight Morning. ANTWERP—From Brunswick-wharf, Blackwall—Every thursday, at One A ft er n oo n ; S un d ay , a t El even M orn i ng ; Wednesday, at Twelve N oon . r,DIN IJRGH—From Brown's Wharf, Poplar—Every turday, and alternate Wednesday Evening, at Ten. Sept. 24, Oct ' 1 ,5, B„and 15. Admission, 1!. PUBLICATIONS This day, post Bvo., 121. 3/FR. MURRAY'S HAND- WOK for NOR THERN ITALY—The States of Sardinia, Genoa, and the Riviera, Venice, Lombardy, and Tuscany. With a Map. John Murray, Albemarle-street. Fm Down's Wharf or S UNDERLAND ro —Ever Tuesday, at f Seven Evening. N EWCASTLE—Every Wednesday and Saturday Evening Y 4 Eight. In October, in fcp. THE PARENT'S lIAND-BOOK ; or, Guide to the Choice of Professions, Employments, and Situa tions ; containing Useful and Practical Information on the sub- ject of placing out Young Men, and of obtaining their Educa tion with a vkw. to partieu'ar Occupations. By J. C. HUD SON, Esq., Author of " Plain Directions for Making Wills." London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. GWILT'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARCHITECTURE. In October will be published, in one thick volume Bvo., with upwards of 1,000 Engravings, handsomely bound in cloth, AN ENCYCLOI ) JEDIA of ARCHITECTURE, HISTORICAL, THEORETICAL, and PRACTI GAL. By JOSEPH GWILT. Plostrated with upwards ef 1,000 Engravings on Wood, from Designs by J. S. Gwilt. Lond.m: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman'. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AsSUR ANCE SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORN HILL. Capital £600,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMLE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. I John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. John _fiddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Es q . George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. • 39,696 _le tonies Due by Government for coals supplied ... 2,600 leaving a balance of only 4,8071. towards providing for cost of insurance, wear and tear, and return on capital. AUDITORS, NO BLANKS—IO/. FOR 2s. 6d. Itil ill: SECOND DISTRIBUTION of PRIZES vc.iti taketll .., b o y npla th eee e WESTMINSTER FRIENDLY SOCIETY, the Western Lite rar y Institution. WEDNESDAY,Leicester- October 5, consisting of hand softie Lo , ,king-Glasses, China, Glass Table and other Cut l ery, besks, Dressing-cases, Work-boxes, &c. &c. ,Hwy share will have a lot appropriated to it, varying from - 1 4 , :q4 4 ,10/. Prospectuses, Share, and every information may be had of the Secretary, 11. G. Warren, 29, Princes-street, Soho, where specimens may be seen. All lette rs punetUally attended to. Thirty Postage Stamps biatidi Share : • t'ATE•Yotm. INCOME_ TAX BY PURCHASING T A COALS THE ANTI-MONOPOLY A COAL COMPANY'S Central Office, 9, Charing-cross. J. GHAGAN, removed from 31 to NO. 9, late manager, sole purchaser, and seller since 1 839, to the following gentle men, all of whom have left 31, except two. W. Ewart, Esq., ill. P. IG. Pryme, Esq., ex-M.P. A. T. Holroyd, Esq. G. Rennie, Esq.. ex-AI.P. ...T. T. Leader, Esq., M.P. R. W. Rotham, Esq. D. Lewis, Esq. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. J. Ghagan and Company beg to inform the public in general that their establishment is enabled to supply the best coal at 3s. 6d. per ton less than at 31, in consequence of being based on practical experience, together with .strict economy. Best 2tis. Seconds from 245. 6d. to 25 5 ., W a ll s E nd Coals 235., An Incite 305., Coke Itts., small 123., delivered within four milte. 3 of Charing•cross, without extra charges, for cash on delivery. Address (pre -paid) to J. Ghagan and Co., No. 9, Charing.. • cross. ---_ 11111—LATE.—T. COX SAVORY, Manufacturing -4,- Gracechilu Sversmrc h- ith, No. 47, ornhill, Londot, seven doors from street. The best wrought FIDDLE PATTERN t al S I LV ER SPOONS an d FORK S, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. The wing are t h e weights recommended, but the articles may me had lighter or heavier at the same price per °utile. oz. s. d. X. s. d . 4 Fiddle Pattern Sil ver Table Spoons .10 10 at 7 2... lit 1.5 AY ' ditto Dessert ditt0........... 2O 7 2... 34 12 ditto 'f a b le Forks3o 72_ii 15 0 4s ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2... i 3 4 1 ditto Gravy Spoons lO 7 2... 311 8 ditto Soup Ladle 10 7 2... 311 0 4 ditto Sauce ditto 10 7 P... 316 8 . 1 ditto Salt Spoon s ( g il t strong) 1 0 0 -12 ditto Fish Mice ... 2 It' 0 1 pa ditto T ea S poons 10 7 8 316 A Nir di tto Sugar Ton gs ( strong) Ol5 0 ° . R. A Price Curr en t, stampe d as a NewspapOr, illustrated ' Y drawings, and con t a i n i ng every informat ion relative to the Vourchase of silver or Sheffield plate, may ite had on applica hion „, ,or Will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer paid letter. -......_ pi EAVER'S EMBROCATION for GOUT, RHEUMATISM, TIC DOLOREUX, Y Of a Letter addressed by Trevor Holland, Esq., Surgeon, k.-armock, near Walsall, Staffordshire, on the 6th July last, Editor of the " Tithes !"-- tl4. °11'... 4 think it a d u ty I owe to t h e public to make known t,.eAcacy of a remedy which I met with accidentally, and bas been of such wonderful benefit to myself. Some ago I met with a very severe accident, having dislo ant; fractured my ancle severely. From the great tender euf the. joint I was qu it e una bl e to walk, the limb con le d vefy much swollen and adematons, and I suffered txeldfully front severe attacks of spasms in the night, which itrteeded front the ancle to the leg, thigh, back, an d t o t h e t n „ r4s . I - Tavitig exhausted every resource of relief which I and medical friends in the country could suggest, to no I set out far London with the intention of con th'l9,l' Sir Benjamin Brodie or Mr. Liston—then to adopt sea- R , t,„' in g- By accident B I met with Mr. Feaver, 16 Ludgate-hill, 1 aDvlied his Embrocation, and to my great astonishment, 1 4 41.1 . n0 spasm that night, nor hav , e I had one since. The next Lae came down stairs without my crutches, and was t% walk, the swelling of the limb soon subsided, and I a m ; C l7O r%idly recovering. Having for many years had an ex medical practice in the county of Sta ff ord . I know of tM t tedicinal co mpound possessing such wonderful efficacy. ,„ ad , ding my testimony to Mr. Feave r , s Embrocation, I am cac , ,Led dby no other motive than gratitude to him, and asincere f..„Nre to make known hi invaluable remedy to my fellow-suf- Possessing : as I ever did, the strongest prejudice lrainst aiverything in the shape of quackery, I should be the o s t man to uphold a system which, generally speaking, I know notiting but a nefarious traffic and humbug. " I am, your obedient servant, " TREVOR HOLLAND, Surgeon. Carmock, near Walsall, Staffordshire. .S. At th e var i ous consu l tat i ons held upon my case, the 11 :g eP nns anphsicians (ncluding mysef) were decidedy o '" , ion tha t the y frequent i violent attacks l of spasms would l ter f l ate in lock-jaw, but, as I have before stated, I have not t qt the slightest symptoms of spasms since the first application f ;this extraordinary embrocation.—T. II." ' l% isillstly-celebrated remedy (which is equally efficacious ,„ any of the above afflictions) may ha obtained of, or through 6 ., I i-eyeetable wholesale or retail Chemist in Town or o r Dotty, at the Depot, corner of I Vellington-street, Strand ; 1* on the Proprietor. Mr. Feavcr, 16. Ludgate.-hill, London. 1 LA.I I :VSGOUT and ItHEUNIATIC PILLS To Mr. PRO UT, '229, Strand. London. e Frimley, rear hagshot, Sarre , Feb 14, 1842 s ,— Having su 'erea much front seine Rhe'imatism, I wis in. iro t r y yo u , r Pill , and beg to bear my humble testimony odicacy, not Own case, but in several of my 'y m y , (15 who haVe taken th. or, my recommendatio,i he never-filling e ffects of am. ,..7ir, your ob:iged, JOHN S. GILES Riair' Gout .and Rheumatic P i ll s , ev ry de.wriprion of Gout e." Rheumatism, has times. unequalled he any med:cine of pa t or present . 'lll, bot only reli- fin a few hlits . , where the patient has been torture , , but restore to t i." ll nearii to madness by excruciating I; et , heattli in an inconceivably short space ot time. Sae I: . esti.. li(ofH a mi,,y, near Bagshot), late o, the t--s 's of 1.." t Masters - I getvf V ete ran Cusp tans. * llO was invalided hone 1 1 / 4 ~a rri Or. the C ' Nft.lis ( ki d o ' Da t riford heße ; v Mrs. Ch niB;omberg9 re, ; 31 lids h one, evali er de la eri ! h eznonstrate this preparation to be one of the greatest disco. ZA in Medicine. U heurnation,eith r Aronic ;:ra t :'Y are eq , speedy and certain in R indeed ) 1* te, 1iimb2,2,0, Sciatica, Pains in the Head andPac ta.o/4 cry rtieurnatie or goofy affection in fact, such hn been the :Y, reflect ea:e, and complete gafe,y thi medicine, tfi.it it .o nishevi all who hove taken it, and there is not . a city, town, ilte in the kingdom, but contains many grateful evidences of , y id 'lgo influence of this meslicin... The efilerY of - Blair's Gout b 4 u 4 ‘ : ' te COn s ti lat,ry to the ne t I cV wfiitr„t .rottlotretgoolliii‘g u . di: u ea r, s7, t a h i a id t it 'bzie; sl the /Apnea) , of preventin. ; the disea.e flying to the stn ;.,01,. !train, or othe vit part. l beh, (l ' O Y Toomas Trout, 32J, Strand, L on d on; an d , b y his apTilll! 4`i hy l respectable Medicine Verniers throughout the U Rid oral. .P r i ce - 2.5. 9d. per box. , m• r fur !ILA R'S GOUT an d NI ATI C PILLS, and ob. 11„,, y ;* t he name .mi address of Thomas Pront, 229, Strand, Lon "abressed noon flit Governm en t Stamptha enact! to each Box of qei; owe medicine. From London Bridge Wharf:— ,NTEND—Tuesday, Vt ednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. I 'o U LOGN E—Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. S_Es ery Tuesday, Thu rs da : , Saturday,, and Sunday H ULL—Every Tuesday and Friday at Eigh , Morning. YA RMOUTH—Every Saturday, at Six Evening. H 1 at Nine Morning. • patoi s • w een BRIGHTON and DlEPPE—Wedne s d a y an d uay. Between BRIGHTON and H A VRE—Tuesday and Friday. apply a s t e tl u ie re o tert s h , s, and for the Company's M on thly Bill s , .and St r en c a e .si t t l : ombard-street ; 37, Regent- c ircus ; , Lead 12 II k.y 6 oR NEW ZEALAND, under Charter A to the NEW ZEALAND COMPANY, to s a il as un dermentioned, vas.:— /Nn T ,'„9 l l NELSON AND WELLINGTON. — uz , , A 1, 4. 3 5 Tons, from London, I s t Oct o b er . Johad r further particulars, a ppl y a t th e N ew Z ea l an d H ouse, street Buildings. diGll. A TION to NEW ZEALAND. c•• • • IMPORTANT TO FARMERS AND SMALL CAPITALISTS. Zile C OURT of DIRECTORS o f t h e NEW ZEALAND Z4IPNY having received numerous applications for pas ees from persons of the above description. and being de tr"4 of facilitatinet the Emigration to New Zealand of per ri%ot f so . f . the Labouring Class, of good character, but whe d o an within th e regulations entitling them to a Free Pas• tiati n g e, a o ricl also of S ma ll C ap i ta li sts to whom the costly acco n ,- n ipually provided f or ca bi n p assengers wou ld b e un suitable : Notice is hereby given, that Cabin Passages to Wel tnogton and Nelson may be obtained in a First-class Ship char- J re ,d by the Company, to sail from the port of London posi -4".Y o n the 15th of NOVEMBER NEXT, on the following terms: 7The pric e o f a Chi ef Cabin Passage, with a liberal dietary, ,11 be Fif ty G u i neas for a married couple, and Thirty Guineas 0r a single adult person ; and that of a Fore Cabin Passage still be Tw ent y P oun d s per adult. The prices for children 1 : 6 11 be i n t h e proportions fixed by the Passengers' Act, or as the bireeturs may fix in the case of large families. Families who may desire it may have extra space for their leee turnodation, upon payment of a - ,roportionate additional rll. One t on f re i g h t w ill b e alloedst.- to Chief Cabi n , an d all a ton t o F ore C a bi n Passengers, free of charge ; extra freight will be allowed by the Directors in their discretion, rat e rate of 455. per t on measurement, and '2ss. per ton dead W eight. The Company will appoint an experienced Surgeon, and will kovide medicines and medical comforts. ,t, Applications for passage or freight to be addressed to the ?secretary of the N e w Z ea l an d C ompany, B road-street Build ings, London, on or before Saturday, the 15th October next. A deposit of 101. will be required for every Chief •cabin pas- I 'tge, and of 51. for every Fore-Cabin passage, which must. be P,a l (l to the C ompany on or b efore the 15th of October; a n d 4 e remainder of the passage monies previous to embarkation. By order of the Court, JOHN WARD, Secret ar y. iy Z 2,lteealand House, Broad-street Buildings, 14th September, 1842. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M.F.R. ACTUA RY— W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. RA. S. N—J. Elliotton, M.D., F. R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Symos, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, E wens, and Ommanney. RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED POOR OF SCOTLAND. TO PROVOST HENDERSON, OF PAISLEY. KELLY, SEPT. 10, 1842. DEAR SIR,—As the town of Paisley has suffered longer and more intensely than any other in the king dom, I have sent to you, as Chi e f M ag i strate, a copy of a Return which I procured to be made to the House of Commons, in order to show that public mo neys had often been given in aid of distressed communities and districts ; and that her Majesty's present Ministers were not dealing fairly by the suffering portion of the people, when asserting as they often did, that the issuing of grants Of money for aiding and feeding the distressed, was contrary to all rule and practice. I hope you will give the Re turn sent the utmost publicity in your poiver, and that it shall appear at full length in the columns of the Renfrewshire Reformer, of which you are the Editor ; and, in order to allow the other county papers to publish it also, should their Editors see proper, I request of you to send to each of these a slip of what you do publish, or to hand to them the Return itself should that be required. You will please to observe that grants of public money have been given indiscriminately, by Whig and Tory Governments and that th ese t oo k upon themselves th e responsibility of giving away the people's money, not only while Parliament was not sitting, but while the Three Estates were assembled, to whom alone it is supposed the right belongs of applying the money of the State. You will observe that distress and want of employment have been the chief causes of the grants, so that wereprecedents only wanting, Sir R. Peel need not have been so very fastidi ous as he chose to be during the by past session of Par liament, in relieving distress from the coffers of the State. You will not fail to notice that the public monies. have been given out on loans or as free gifts during the last sixteen years, and that in this respect the Whigs and Tories have been on a par. You will observe that the sums advanced have been charged in some instances against the civil contingencies, and that Parliament had actually voted 40,000/. in 1831-2, for the purpose of preventing the inhabitants of cer tain parts of Ireland from dying of starvation. Here, then, is a case precisely similar to what has been in Paisley, and in many other Scottish towns during the last winter, spring, and summer. Ireland then had no Poor law by which able-bodied men or women, when in destitution, cou ld b e supported. Ireland now has such a law, but Scotland has no such law as yet; and I state this purposely, because, in my opinion, much has been said erroneously on this subject to the evident misleading of the unemployed and distressed. I assert that there is no recognised law in Scotland, under which healthy, able-bodied persons can claim successfully to be provided against starvation . from eold or integer; and I say it broadly, in order that those who are now unemployed and in distress, may carefully look to the difference between alleged constitutional rights and acknowledged laws, to which they might appeal with success. I say with success ! for no man in his senses, who knows the dis graceful state of our Scotch law courts will venture to say that an action to try the validity of the old Scotch acts, which some men refer to, would prove successful in placing- unemployed able-bodied men on a fund for their support, or- would be brought to a close until it had run the usual curiculum of Scottish injustice, in the Sheriff Court, Court of Session, and House of Lords, which would occupy somewhere from three to four, or perhaps six years—a pretty prospect no doubt for famishing men, even if it could be supposed that the kind-hearted and humane would advance the enormous funds which would be required to try a case so expensive and hopeless. The Return sent you will show that money has been "expended in employing the poor in public works." Why, let me ask, could not this be done in 1842, as it had bean in 1835 ? and why was my mo tion for inquiry into the causes of the existing- dis tress, and to provide for the sustenance. of the people before Parli amen t s h ou ld b e prorogued, so strenuously opposed by the Queen's advisers ? Why, because if it be true that" where there is the will there is the way," then I say there was no will on the part of Sir Robert Peel's Government to do in the ' present unprecedented year what had been done in for iner times. The Return shows that large quan tities of wearing apparel had been given out from the public stores in aid of the distressed of former periods, and even in this eventful year, that this ex cellent precedent was followed i n regar d to the Spit talfields weavers ; but this was immediately put a stop to, on its being accidentally discovered by m y se lf , and perhaps by others—which was done through the unexpected thanks, by a letter in the London news papers, from some humane person connected with the relief of the Spitalfields sufferers. You will perceive that almost every article of body raiment was distributed from the public military and naval storehouses to the sufferers of former years, as well as bed clothes; and yet you, and others of your townsmen, were bitterly reprobated, by those who should have known better, for providing shoes in the very depth of winter in our cold, wet climate, to en able the unfortunate beings who had been bred up through life to in-door employment, to stand out against the rigours of winter in breaking stones, in digging land, and in other similar out-door labours. But, then, in former years there were no Govern ment Commissioners nor Commissary-Generals set over the distribution of the charities of the charitable in Paisley, or anywhere else—and this sad want may in some measure account for the reprobation which was heaped on the ministers of the Gospel in Paisley, and the humane man whom the people had chosen as their municipal guardians, for applying a very small part of the charities entrusted to their care, for the pur pose of providing shoes for the feet of unhappy arti sans, who had been, from want of employment they were 'sways to blame for, compelled to be outdoor labourers, on the very brink of starvation. Sir James Graham, as the organ of the Govern ment, refused me point blank, all information re specting Mr. Commissioner Twisselton and Mr. Commissary Ramsay, as well as copies of their in structions, and the correspondence which had passed between these gentlemen and the Government. Nay, more, Sir James Graham insisted that they were not officers employed by Government, and on this plea re fused me the information I asked for in Parliament; and, as the immense quantity of public business which stood before my motions for the production of these documents prevented my being able ever to bring them on, I had not the opportunity of eliciting, by means of discussion, that the Government had been acting in a way they would not venture to justify in the House of Commons. But, further, had the Return sent you been a com plete one, it would have shown who were the em ployers of Messrs. Twisselton and Ramsay; as it would have included the pay and expenses of their mission to Paisley, for they the mse l ves a d m itt e d t h ey • . were public officers, and we know to our cost that none such are Without pay from the public. The London Relief Committee could not have paid them, for, if they had, they could not have disallowed the charge you made for your own and some other per son's expenses in going to London on account of the unemployed. Well, then, they must have been p a id by Government out of the Exchequer; and is not this the giving of public money in aid of the dis tressed—a principle, which Sir Robert Peel and his Government pretend to repudiate as unconstitutional and unprecedented, but violate when it suits them ? See as an additional proof the 5001. advanced to Pais ley at the end of the Return. Like almost every Return from Public Departments, that which is sent you is incomplete, and, as usual, in some stringent essential. You may observe that my motion and the order of the House of Commons includes, " The authority under which these grants or loans were made ;" but you will look in vain for a compliance with this order, and you may safely infer that to give it would be what is called, in high quar ters, " inconvenient," or it would have appeared; and it might, and probably would, if given, have im plicated the very Ministers mentioned above. I felt quite confident, when moving for it, that the Return I sought for would show that the principle of advancing public money in aid of the people when out of employment, or when in distress from want of food, had been resorted to and was recognised in prac tice. I shall personally, however, leave the further discussion of this matter until Parliament is again assembled ; meantime, I trust the Return itself will bear inc out in all I have advanced in or out of the House of Commons, and prove that others will find it impossible to vindicate their refusing the advance of public funds, when these were so imperatively required for the use of the people. In conclusion, I here give it once more distinctly, as my unalterable opinion, that the people of this country have an unalienable right under the Constitu tion, to be so taxed and so governed, as to be able, at all times, to trust implicitly to employment, to a fair rate of wages for their labour, and to food and rai ment at the lowest rate which a free trade with the whole world can afford. And that this being the in lienable, indisputable right of the people as a body, it is preferable to every other State claim whatever, be GOVERNMENT GRANTS FOR RE LIEF of DISTRESSED DISTRICTS. A Return of all Aids afforded by the Treasury De partment of Government for Relief of Distress, with and without a spe c ifi c V ote of the House of Commons, from Ist Ja nuary, 1826, to the present time; specifying, Ist, The Date at which the Aid was given, and whether Parliament was then sit ting ; 2d, the Place to which the Aid was sent ; 3d, the Articles sent; 4th, the Value of the Articles ; .sth, the Circumstances requiring Aid; 6th, Whe ther advanced as a Loan or as a Gifc : 7th, if as a Loan, on what Security; and Bth, the Date of Re- Pyment :-( so f ar as re l a t es to the Treasury.) ARLIAME NT SITTING.-9th Feb., 1826, Spitalfields, in money, 1,0001.; 4th April, do., do., 1,000/. ; 26th April, Macclesfield, do., 1,000/. ; 26th April, Black burn, do., 1,0004 ; Ist May, Rochdale, do., 5001.: 2d May, Manufacturing districts, general subscription, 2,000/. ; 2d May, Craven, do., 500/. ; 9th May, Bol ton, do., 5001.; 12th May, Glasgow, do., ; 1,000/. 12th May, Paisley, d o ., 50 0 4 ~1 ; 15th lay, Dublin, do., 500/. ; 15th May, D rog h e d a , d o., 200/. PARLIAMENT NOT SITTING. -12th June, 1826, Manchester, in money, 1,000/. ; 15th June Lower Darwen, do., 1001.; 15th June, Thornton, do., 50/. ; 21st July, Spitalfield s , d o ., 1,0 001. ; 14th August, Distressed Irish, do., 3,000/. PARLIAMENT SITTING.-21st Feb. 1827, Dis tressed Operatives, in money, 1001. PARLIAMENT NOT SITTING.-25th Sept. 1827, Ma nufacturers' Relief Committee, in money, 2,010/.165.54. PARLIAMENT NOT SITTING.-Bth Sept. 1826. The London Committee for the Relief of Distressed Manufacturers, in money, 10,000/. ; 13th Jan. 1827, do. do., 5,000/. Advanced as a l oan ; no security; repa id 23d June, 1827. A resolution of the Committee . was passed, stating th a t th ey wou ld repay t h e money if a sufficient surplus should remain in their hands, which was done accordingly. PARLIAMENT SITTING.-13th June to 17th Aug. 1831. Westport, Newport, Castlebar, Galway, and other places in the counties of Galway and Mayo, by the purchase and distribution of potatoes and other provisions, small sums distributed to numerous fa milies, contributions to soup establishments, and money paid to the central committee.; of Mayo and Galway, 1 4,8671. 16s. 10d. This money was ad vanced from time to time by the Commissioners of Victualling, and afterwards repaid to them out of the grant. Money paid for potatoes purchased in Jersey, expenses of co n d uct i ng N a . e n s d se s l h s i p e p o e n d ve t .l o i l n r g el p ai r l o d v , is l i , o 6 n 3 s -1 , 1. 12s. 7d. F re i ght of the service, rent, postage, &c., 5101. Ifs. 11d. PARLIAAIENT SITTING.-23d Feb., 1832, Dublin, money paid by direction of the Irish Government to the Relief Committee of the Mansion-house in Dublin for the relief of the poor in Dublin, 5,0001.; 1831 and 1832, Western districts of Ireland, money expended under the direction of the Irish Government in em , ployment of th e poor on pu bli c wor k s , & c., in the Weste rn di str i cts of Ireland 17,986/. 18s. Bd. Fund from whence Taken.-40,0001. voted by Par liament in 1831 for employment of the poor and re lief of distress in Ireland. PARLIAMENT SITTING.-May, June, July, August, and September, 1835 ; Distressed districts on the Western coast of Ireland, viz.-Counties Clare, 751.; Cork, 20/. ; Donegal, 50/. ; Galway, 951.; Mayo, 2071. 18s. 10d. ; Kerry, 65/.-money in aid of local subscrip. scriptions. Aid afforded to loan funds, 3501. Ex pended in employing poor on public works, 1 ,600/. Purchase of potatoes, 3531. 173. 10d. PARLIAMENT SITTING. ----15th July to 31st Aug. 1836 ; Northwest coast of Donegal, in 'the purchase of oatmeal, small sums given to the poor, and ex penses of the inquiry, 1 ,193/. 10s. ld. PARLIAMENT. SITTING. -.April to August, 1830 ; North-west coast of Donegal, in the purchase of po tatoes and oatmeal, 1 ,956/. 12s. 4d. ; in money, and expenses of conveying and distributing the provisions, &e.,... 561/. 15s. 9d. PARLIAMENT SITTING Up TO 17TH JULY. - June to September, 1837; North-west coast of Donegal, in the purchase of oatmeal and potatoes, &c., 9321. 3s. 10d.; medical attendance on the sick poor, 1121. Is. 10.1. PARLIAMENT SITTING..., A pr il , M a y, and June, 1837 ; the Highlands and Western Islands of Scot land ; money, in aid of local subscriptions, for the purchase of oats, corn, and potatoes, and expenses of conducting the service, 6 ,622/. 9s. 10d. ;-this service was conducted by Sir John Hill. Further expense of inquiry into the state of the destitution, 1271.25. 10(1". ; -this service was performed by Mr. Graham. PARLIAMENT SITTING. -21st June to 13th Au gust, 1839 ; Donegal, Mayo, G a l way ; money, in aid of local subscriptions, expended in employing the poor on public works, 1,440/. Cork, Clare, Roscom mon ; money given to the sick and infirm, and most necessitous poor, 4001. Kerry ; purchase of potatoes and other relief, 3001. R emuneration and expenses of conducting the inquiry, 3611. 10s. sd. PARLIAMENT SITTING. -21st June to 13th Aug., 1839; Kerry ; Dingle, Bandon, Valentia ; purchase of potatoes and other relief, 376/. 12s. 3d. PARLIAMENT SITTING. ---2d June, 1842 ; Paisley, in money, 5001. NOTE.-There have been several issues during the period of this account, for the relief of distress, occa sioned by calamitous event s ; such, for instance, as Hurricane in the West I n di es£loo,ooo in 1832 Earthquake at Zante ...... 4,000 in 1840 The Cholera various sums in 1830-1-2 Fever in Ireland (grants to hospitals 15,792 in 1827 Ditto, Ditto 5,529 in 1837 &c. But it is presumed they do not come within the meaning of the Order. leaooltfffil):lAanprinlyel es leraN American c a n IMPORTATION OP CATTLE. - - In the• course of a case heard yesterday at Guild hall police-office, , Mr. Venables, gate-market, haVing given his eviden ce, a butcher in New glad to get informa- Sir Peter Laurie said he was tion from practical men. He in :l:h a :d in t; know whether Was decreasing or B mithfield-market i t n h c e r i e m as p in o g rt ? ation of foreign cattle from Spain had Wa T s 'there were low, Mr. Venables said it was 3 s , o e m s t e e r v d ez fine Spanish price p cattle n in pa i II and the importers had made a good p ro fi t. i n a year t n e h e r e l . : • been lliSii Sir Peter account of the xlv'peeetcentraebadis:ksesdaiidf certainly or n ta o t t i , o o n n length of the voyage • but they carne in good con dition for killing. No ' foreign meat, ho equal to our own. Weyer, was i p n n l r st t ihi rre o . pip-1;e Venables beeneeraabos askedlf t e msa nedat' N. ' ; N , repliedsi i h a e tpe, e rd p ri c . e lei d Holland, and the cattle thereabout Sir Peter said he had recently visitedopou: s eemed to him to tidenioli;luyirsivacpnesd be in excellent condition. Mr. Venables said, what we have received front that quarter was certainly very fine ; but they put ten beasts to graze on a plot thatwouldbeb,e:ngeiffveezettedto three in England. An acre last day and it very sreAyotolitdoSat:unhptehielrior article, and Blatrnet fair just would never rise a e g i ii: Nnm a ssi b li a aese ‘ i_ . ' n head reinain:‘cl unsold as tin‘ N ‘ V h. e l oe l r s nest C ha l c e sl eo.arml.:,tonLhguealydrignb.e7qsuta quantities t lower of the unsold fa ll i o hr s e e 2a d d2, n oo o lolo cattle tasl e c t o ry u eem l a d ra, l is )e n sold day of the last year not .one. while on the same "r i .Y as two o'clock. • Sir Peter asked what Would become 'beasts ? .. .. "01 Mr. Venables said' tti y -I. e would to other fairs, and sold at the „line reduction of 3t. a head. The graziers were suffering now, btit ulti mately the landlords must bear the loss, Sir Peter thanked him for tho information he had derive(l, FOREIGN The British aiiil .._ North Arnerical Royal mail steamer the Colombia sailed from Liverpool on Tues day, for Halifax and Bosto.i. She carried out up wards of 60 passengers, RO VAL MAIL STEAM PACKETS. The first general meeting of the Proprietors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, took place yes terday at the London Tavern. The meeting was most numerously attended. J. laviNG, Esq., M.P., took the chair at one o'clock, and the advertisement calling the meeting having been read, The CILLIRMAN stated that whatever anxiety might have been felt or experienced by the Proprietors to know the proceedings adopted by the Court of Direc tors, he could assure the meeting with great sincerity, that that anxiety had not exceeded that which had been felt by the Court of Directors themselves ; but the affairs of the Company had got into so great a state of derangement, that before they could lay be fore the P ro p rie t ors any d i stinct accounts, either of the past, the present, or that which"was to come, it was necessary that the Directors should condescend upon some plan for the future ; but more especially to confer with the Government upon the plan they had laid before the Proprietors, which had been pri n t e d, an d h e trusted was in the hands of every Proprietor. That plan had been matured, after great labour and great consideration, and the Direc tors flattered themselves that it was such as to be capable of execution, and might be worked without more collision than such a combination was neces sarily attend e d w i t h. It was necessary, also, as the Proprietors would easily conceive, to consult the Ad miralty, and the different branches of the Government on the subject—that necessarily occupied considerable time, as the negotiation was a difficult one • but, ne vertheless, the Directors h a d now come before the Proprietors, with a definite plan and arrangement, acceded to by the Government, in which great con cessions had been made in a pecuniary point of view ; but the Proprietors would perceive that the Govern ment had manifested a sincere desire to meet them in a fair and,reasonable spirit.—(Cheers.) That spirit he had reason to believe would be continued, if they only succeeded in doing the duty imposed upon them regularly, and according to their engagement—if they did that he believed the patronage of the Government would be continued to them to the end of their Charter. The negotiations, however, in which they had been engaged had been very difficult; they had met with many interruptions which they had had no reason to anticipate, and under such cir cumstances, viewing the importance altogether of the pro, : ect--viewing the difficulties they had had to en counter, the Directors trusted that the Proprietors would extend to them their indulgence, and that they would do them the .justice to believe that they had acted honourzbly and faithfully—(Hear, hear)—and had done their utmost to preserve the property which was entrusted to them by the Proprietors.—(Hear, hear.) The Directors had no wish for concealment. --(Hear, hear.) They had laid before the Proprie tors the whole statement of their affairs as far as they could judge, faithfully and honestly—(Hear)—and having done so, they were in hopes that the Proprietors would consider them entitled to their good opinions. Of this he was certain, that whatever might be thought of their conduct, and whatever the present position of the Company was, the Directors would be judged by the Proprietors with candour, and that they would not suffer in their situations by misrepre sentation or prejudice.—(Hear, hear.) With the per mission of the Proprietors he would now propose that the Report the Directors had prepared should be read by the Secretary. Captain CuArrEr.r., R. N., the Secretary to the Company then read the following Report : The Report of the Directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company to the Proprietors assembled, at the first General Meeting, held at the London Tavern, the 21st day' of September, 1842. The Directors have delayed calling the Proprietors together till the present tirna, because, although at the time the Company was established it was contemplated that the service co n t rac t e d f or w i t h her Majesty's Go vernment would have been commenced in the year 1841, so as to have made it desirable to have a meet ing of Proprietors in that year, yet as the service was not commenced, in consequence of unavoidable delays, till January, 1842, the Directors had nothing to coin municate to the Proprietors in the previous year which could render a meeting necessary, and they considered under all circumstances, that it was expedient to post pone the meeting until they had some experience of the working of the undertaking. As soon as the Company was organised, the neces sary contracts were entered into for the building and equipment of fourteen steam vessels, and as the Di rectors were desirous that the Company should have `he best vessels and machinery that could be supplied ley invited competition from all parts of Great Br' rain. In the result, contracts were made for building four vessels in the River Thames, the engines for which were to be supplied by two of the most emi nent engineers in the metropolis. Seven vessels were contracted for with builders in Scotland, where the engines for six of which were also constructed ; the engines for the other vessels being made by an engi neer at Liverpool, who also supplied the engines for a vessel built at Cowes, and the remaining two ves sels, with their engines, were contracted for at Bristol. In spite of every possible exertion on the part of the Company, it was found impracticable to get a suffi cient number of these steamers in readiness to com mence the service at the end of the year 1841. The two vessels contracted for at Bristol, however, were not in a state of readiness, and it appeared t o b e so un certain when they wo u ld be completed, that the Di rectors considered it important not longer to delay the commencement of the service, and therefore purchased two smaller steam-vessels, which it was arranged should take the place of the two Bristol steamers, until they should be in readiness, and the service was at length commenced on the Ist of January, 1842. In the ori g inal contract, Samana, a safe and com modious harbour, in the eastern portion of St. Do mingo, was fixed upon as the principal pivot of the combination, and the port of departure for Europe with the return mails. The llaytian Government, however, notwithstanding an application from her Majesty's Government, would not admit foreign vessels into that port, and a new combination became necessary. After some consideration and discussion, a modification of the plan was arranged with her Ma jesty's Government, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,—who, by the contract, have power "from time to time to vary the route of all or any of the steam and sailing vessels employed in the per formance of the contract"—signified their assent to its being tried experimentally for six months. It has been a source of great regret to the Directors that the service at its commencement, was not per formed with the regularity that could have been wished. This may be considered as in great measure incidental to the commencement of a new, extensive, and complicated undertaking, but arose partly also from an undue interference exercised by the autho rities at some of the foreign ports. Arrange meats, however, were made to ob v i a t e such difficul ties, after adapted a f few ties, and latterly the ships h ave performed their respective services with regula r it y, and have satisfied which they have to perfo rm . The Directors regret, that the Directors that they are well trial, it appeared, that in the anxiety to embrace a large field for securing the benefits of the most ex tensive passenger traffic, and to provide for the con venience and accommodation of the colonies generally, more had been undertaken than could be properly accomplished by the number of steam-vessels con tracted for, and that the plan involved more expense than could be remunerated by the payment from Go vernment for the mail service, and the return that could be expected from passengers, freight of money, &c., &c. The Directors, in consequence, represented the cir cumstances to her Majesty's Government, who ex pressed a willingness to modify the service contracted for in such way as might make it remunerative to the Company, provided the mail service between the co lonies and Europe could be satisfactorily performed. After some discussion a new combination was ad justed, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have signified their assent to its being tried experi mentally for six months from the Ist of October, without prejudice to the contract. The combination first acted upon involved a steam service of 684.816 m il es i n the year, and though it was tried with fourteen vessels, yet the Directors be , came satisfied that it could not be performed with certainty without one, if not two, more steam-vessels. The plan now to be tried involves the employment of only twelve steam-vessels, and a steam-service of only 392,976 miles in the year. The Proprietors will therefore pe rce i ve that this is a very important im provement in the position of the Company, the pay ment from Government continuing the same, and the Directors trust and believe that the contraction of the work will n o t b e atten d e d w i t h a corresponding or any essential diminution of the income from pas sengers, frei g ht o f money , & c . ; whilst the cost of conducting the service will he materially reduced. A plan of the substituted service is before the meeting. Having entered so far into the past proceedings and future prospects of the Company, the Directors will now call the attention of the Proprietors to their it will also be seen that the sum expended on ac count of capital, exceeds the amount raised upon the shares by about 275,000/. which latter sum it will be necessary to provide ; and it is, therefore, proposed forthwith to make a call o f 101 . per s h are, by means of which, an d by sale of such of the vessels as will not be requized for the reduced service, the Directors con fidently hope, that the undertaking can be satisfac torily carried out, without making further calls upon the Shareholders. Before the Directors conclude their Report, it may be expected that they express their opinion on the prospects of the Company under the plan of service which is to be experimentally tried for six months, to commence on the Ist of Oc tober. The Directors have already stated that the difference in distance is 291,841 miles, and the work will only require ten large and two smaller:steamers, from which it is obvious there must be a great Saving in the expense. They may. add, the expense of working the entire service under the old system would have amounted to upwards of 360,000/. per annum, exclusive of insurance, wear and tear, and interest on capital, whilst the charge under the re stricted system is estimated at about 235,000/. The estimate of income must at all times be uncertain ; but the Directors are of opinion that their receipts from passage money and freights, together with the 240,000/. which will continue to be received from Government, will be adequate for a dividend on the future operations of the Company. The Directors further express their strong convic tion that the new system will be worked with such regularity as to recommend the service to the favour of the Government and the public, and satisfy both of the importance of the undertaking in a national point of view; in which case, should they be disappointed of gain, they would ha ve grea t con fid ence in expect ing the favourable consideration of the Government in support of those who have embarked their capital in au undertaking which will be then proved to be highly beneficial to the country. The SECRETARY then read the following state ments alluded to in the Report : STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDI TURE of the ROYAL MAIL STEANI-PACKET COMPANY to the 31st August,.lB42, inclusive. REC Amount of C a pit a l pa id up EIPTS. Loans £725,645 Outstanding Acceptances, 31 s t A ugust, 9 6 0,000 applicable to permanent capital. Ditto, to the working of the Fleet 52,034 -------- 61, Payments f rom G overnment 120 592 Passage mon e y an d freights received 3 9,696 39,696 X 1,206,933 EXPENDITURE. Building, cost, and outfit, of 12 large steamers £733.05. Purchase of two steamers and outfit 43,082 Building, cost, and outfit, of three schooners 17,808 Payments on account of Bristol ships 121,443 Cost of coal hulks 9,288 Purchase of lease at Southampton and other expbnses Lease of London office Preliminary expenses for the formation of the Company Sundry outlays for the construction of coal de pots abroad. Fitting London offices . Coals Coal sacks Depots and Agencies--coaling, washing, pur chase of provisions, &c., after deducting pas• sage money and freigh ts, received in the West Indies Stores and supplies received from Government 4,620 Outfit of ships for first and second voyages, stores, crew's wages, provisions, &c 76,169 9,828 1,554 2,673 21,308 14,857 1,000 623 105,000 4,148 Salaries ,... General and i nc id enta l expenses Office expenses, including rent, stationery, &c Balance in hand £1,206.933 STATEMENT of the EARNINGS and DISBURSE MENTS of the ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY, from Ist January to 31st August, 1842. DISBURSEMENTS. Coals purchased ........................... £105,000 Less stock in hand ........................ 30,000 Coal 5ack5........ Stock in hand .. 4,148 2,000 £75,000 Depot and agencies , coaling, wa - shing, pilotag e , and provisions purchased in the West Indies, 37,600 Stores and supplies received from Government, 4,620 Outfit of Ships for first and second voyages, stores, crews' wages, provisions, &c Current wages due on ships at sea Salaries General and incid enta l expenses... Office expanses, including rent, stationery, ad vertising, and travelling 76,169 7,000 3,200 1,554 2,198 £209,489 4,087 £214,296 BANKERs—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. The most rational motives to Ltfr Assurance are found in the plan adopted by this Society ; viz. ioined to a secure provision at death for inheritors of the Asszred, the Society affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre vious payments) is the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CAAIROUX, Secretary. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AS. SURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN W. BUCKLE, Esq., Chairman. JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Penry Hulse Berens, Esq. John Loch, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. M. P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. S. Marjoribanks, Esq. M.P. Ralph Fenwick, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq., Robert Mitford, Esq. John Harv e y, hsq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq G. orge Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. Auntroits. IHenry Syke s Thornton, Esq. George Stone, Esq.: ACTUAltT—driffith bavies,'Esq., In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June, 1829, exceeding One per Cent. per Annum on the Sums in sured, en an average of the different Ages; and a second Bonus of nearly similar amount was declared in June, 1836. At each period the Bonuses allotted to the different Polici^s averaged rather more than 28 per Cent. on the amounts of Premiums paid thereon during the preceding seven years. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—Notice is hereby given, that Assu rances which expire at Alivhaelnias must be renewed with in fifteen days at this office, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they beco me vo id. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted 1808. Capital Invested, £1,700,000. Chief Office for London, 6, CRESCENT, NEW BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS. DIRECTORS. Major-Gen. Sir R. J. Harvey, C. B . Dr. Evans. Timothy Steward, Esq. &c. &c. SECRETARY. — SamueI Bignold, Esq. ACTUARY.—Richard Morgan, Esq. This Society has been established upwards of 34 }ears ; all just demands upon its funds have been promptly and liberally settled ; nearly two millions and a half have been thus paid away on expired policies, and to meet the existing engagements of the Institution, it possesses funds amounting to upwards of a million and three quarters, almost wholly invested in real and Government securities. THE RATES of PREMIUM are BELOW THOSE of MOST OTHER OFFICES, and. UNDER the AGE of 45, NOT LESS SO THAN TEN PER CENT,--a BENEFIT in ITSELF EQUIVALENT to AN ANNUAL BONUS ; whilst periodical additions are also made to the Sums assured upon all policies for the whole duration of life in proportion to the amount of premium paid; the full advantage of Life Assurance is thus enjoyed by the members of this institution. The subjoined List of some of the existing Policies of the Society, exhibits the aggregate amount of Bonus assigned to each of those Policies, including that declared at the Genera Meeting held on the 9th of Sept., 1842. No. Sum Assured. E. T. Booth, Esq. Isaac Jermy, Esq., Recorder of Norwich. Bonus. 477 951 170 ... ......... ..... 1,000 1 731 1235 1276 1450 1444 1459 1745 1850 2570 Tables of Rates, &c, may be had at the Society's Offices iu NORWICH, LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN, and of the Agents in all parts of the United Kingdom. Copies of the Directors' Report at the last General Meeting may be had on application to any of the Society's Agents. ROBERT JOHN RUNYON, 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. MRS. 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Henry Edwards, author of " Piety and Intellect relatively Estimated," with several political writings, has received the diploma of Doctor of Philo sophyfroni the University of Giessen. Dr. Edwards i s , we understand, brother of T. Edwards, Esq., author or "Nisi Prins," one of the leading counsel on the Western Circuit FATAL ACCIDENT WITII THE MACIIINERY OF A STEAM-BOAT.---AD inquest was held on Tuesday at the Bull's Head, High-street, Shad well, beibre Mr. Baker, on the body of William Maughan, aged forty. John Chippenfield said that the deceased was chief engineer of the Nelson steam-boat, a vessel belong ing to the Shipowners' Towing Company. On Mon day afternoon the vessel was lying by the side of the hulk at Gravesend for the purpose of getting in coals, and while all the men, with the exception of deceased, were busily engaged upon deck, witness heard the latter' call from the engine-room for assistance. The hatches were immediately raised, and the deceased was then seen firmly fixed amongst the Machinery, which was in motion, though they had orders to stop. Witness with the deputy engineer ran below, and by that time the machinery had stopped ; but they hall to set it in motion again to release the deceased's foot, which was jammed between the piston and the bar called the " cross head." His body was also dread fully mangled. A surgeon Was sent for from Graves end, but, notwithstanding his attention, deceased died in a quarter of an hour. The machinery was not set in motion by the steam, but by the tide against the paddle-wheels. The deceased was oiling it and making the screws tighter when the accident hap pened. The deceased was alone to blame. Verdict-- " Accidental death." Excess of Earnings over Disbursements.. EARNINGS. Payments from Government.. Do, due on 31st August Earnings in passage-money and freights.., Estimated amount of passage-money and freight received in the Colonies to 31st August 12,000 Due from Government for coals supplied, and sundry amounts for freights, &c.. £120,000 40,000 39,696 2,600 £214,296 A PROPRIETOR suggested that, as the accounts were so extensive, they should be printed for the use of the Proprietors. A. CoLvILLE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, said that it was the intention of the Directors to propose that the Report should be received; but, before doing so, they wished to hear the opinion of the Proprietors. Mr. LIGGINS observed that four years had elapsed since the Company had had a Royal Charter, and during that period no opportunity had been given, till the present moment, for the Propri e t ors to meet together to take into consideration the aff a i rs of the Company. He should have been happy, uon th present occasion, if he could have off ere d the come mendation of the Proprietorsmtaonattheed Directors,fro tarrying out a scheme of the finest colonial and iter them i f o o d r commercial colonial intercourse that ever e thanedhighest credit pointof z na o n f , v a i n e d w, w l h v i o c u h id in havea reflected political He lamented and honour on the country at large, reasonable impelled him, deeply that a stern and diraedonetcessity in different course ; h at ut th th e a p t r e e o se u n rs t e m w e as eti s n o g,t o itself, and so ne cessary to arrive at a right and sound conclusion, that t•—(Hear he felt bound to adopt i assured that in proposing a would some temporary delay, hi., hear.) He felt resolution, ivolving should have the n support and concurrence of the be at large. He was aware that ;it Pro prietors to select, in Omen whose character impossible for the th e e metropolis, a body or gen of this for industry Company; stood than the Directors they all enjoyed the he higher knew respect and esteem of their fel- low citizens; they were, however, not there that day' to deal with them in their individual and per-. sonal character, but in their corporeal capacity, and in what he was about to say not a word should escape his lips personally disrespectful to them. He had. given to the reading of the Report his best attenti-m,. and had no doubt many of the Proprietors had done the same ; and if they had, he felt at once they would. concur with him in opinion that it was not desirable' to arrive at a hasty conclusion upon' that document ; it contained so much important limiter, and such i mass of valuable detail, that he thought it would be unadvisable on the present occasion to Come to a de cision upon it.—(Hear, hear.) There were other matters that pressed upon their :attention at the pre sent moment, which he thought might be considered( with more benefit than the Report at the present /0 0 - ment.—(Hear, hear.) He would therefore move a resolution to the effect that the consideration of the Report shoald be adjourned to that day week at one o'clock. J. MONTAGUE, Esq., seconded the resolution. Mr. I'OYNDER trusted, before the motion was car ried, the Proprietors would be informed whether it was the intention of the Directors to have the Report printed and circulated among the Proprietors. Dr. 1 3owarao ' M.P., tr us t e d t h e H on. Proprietor would amend his resolution by proposing that the Report should be printed and sent round to all the Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN observed, that on the part of the Board of Directors they could have no objection to the printing and circulation of the Report. They had contemplated such a motion, and most che er f u ll y ac ceded to it. With respe c t to the plan they had adopted the same course. The Directors had but one object in view, and that was to endeavour to carry out the principles most beneficial to the Proprietors. In doing that they had not slumbered ; and if they had failed, It was not for want of industry or sedulous and anxious attention to the interests of the Proprietors. Captain SWENY, R.N., hoped the Proprietor s , if the adjournment took place, would require a more full account of the state of the Company's affairs. It was his belief if the expenditure was such us had b eers stated, eompared With the income of the Company, that it n ever cou ld succee d . —(C r i es of " No, no.") It was his decided opinion, that 500,0001. a-y ear would not meet the expenses of the Company ; and. if such was the case, it must be apparent to every one that it was impossible they could maintain their po sition, unless the Government came boldly and man fully forward on their behalf.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LIGGINS then agreed to the suggestion of Dr. Bowring, and the resolution, as amended, was agreed to unanimously. Colonel SHORT observed, that a report had got abroad that an altercation had taken place between the Governor of an island and one of the midshipmen on board one of the Company's vessels, and that upon the occasion o f that altercation the Governor had thrown the midshipman overboard, and upon his re gaining the vessel he had acted in a similar manner. He wished to know whether such was the fact ? ANDREW COLVILLE, Esq., Deputy Chairman, said , that the Direct ors h a d rece i ve d two representations of I the affair, and those accounts having shown a consi derable discrepancy, the Directors had sent out both representations to the gentleman making the com plaint, in order that he might have the opportunity of replying to them, and when the vessel returned, the Directors would make inquiry into the subject. Until that took place, no determination could be come to on the subject. This, however, he might say, that it was the determination of the Directors not to allow any person in their service to be maltreated.—(Hear.) Mr. LIGGINS, presumed that the Proprietors had met for general business, and that it was not the in tention of the Directors to restrict the Proprietors to the discussion of the Report. He only wished, as that subject had been adjourned fora week, to call the attention of the Proprietors and Directors to the charter and bye-laws, as it was his opinion that they ought to undergo some revision. As the bye-laws at present existed, no Proprietor who had less than five shares could have any voice in the approval or rejection of any proposition that was brought for ward. Such a state of things ought not to exist. Another proof was, that, under the covenant of the charter, the Directors had alone the power to alter the bye-laws. Now that, in his opinion, ought to lie with the Proprietors; and he thought, therefore, that some revision should be made in that respect before the inee.ting on Wednesday next. He thought power ought to be given to every Proprietor, even if he had only one share, to vote and be present at all the proceedings of the Company. Another incon sistency in the bye-laws was that persons being at Boulogne, or on the Continent, could vote by proxy, while a Proprietor who was at Bristol, Dublin, or Liverpool, could not. Then , with respect to the election of Directors the bye-laws required revision. He deprecated no meeting having been called in 1841, because he believed if one had taken place, and the Directors had asked for the counsel and advice of the Proprietors they would not. have been in the situation they were at present. He thought the bye-laws with respect to the Directors had placed them in a false position, from which they could not relieve themselves without giving up their places, and leaving it to the Proprietors to say whe - . ther th e y wou ld re - e l ect t h em. A not h er provision of the bye-laws that required attention was, that the Di rectors should meet once a month ; now that he did not think sufficient ; they ought, in his opinion, to meet at least once a week. The CHAIRMAN wished the lion. Proprietor to understand that for the last two years there had been every day a Director in attendance, and that they had. had Boards every week.—(Hear, hear.) He would, add to that, the Directors who had had matters of their own to attend to , had made sacr ifi ces of their time and attention, such as he believed had never be fore been made by the Directors of any other Com pany in the kingdom. Mr. LIGGINS did not wish to impute anything to the Directors, but thinking the bye-laws in every re spect arbitrary and intolerable, he should move for their revision. Captain SWENY seconded the motion. Dr. BOWEING suggested that copies of the bye-laws should be printed and circulated among the Proprietors. A. COLVILLE, Esq., Deputy Chairman, observed that with respect to the going out of office of the Directors they had thought it their duty to obtain the sentiments of the Proprietors at the present meeting as to the course they had pursued before doing so, and that having done that, it was then their intention to call another meeting, at which it was their intention to place the trust reposed in them in the hands of the Proprietors. He could assure the meeting that there was no desire on the part of the Directors to act in any manner inconsistent with the interest of the Pro prietors.—(Hear.) After some further discussion the motion was with drawn. Mr. HODGKINSON wished the Directors to lay be fore the Proprietors some statement relative to the ships that had been contracted for to be built at Bristol. A. COLVILLE, Esq., said that the ships had not yet been finished, in consequence of the embarrass ment of the cont rac t ors ; th e mater i als, h owever , had been taken possession of by the Company, and persons had been employed to complete them. Mr. Honomasost wished to know whether the Company had lost anything by the failure of the con tractors ? Mr. Cot VILLE said that various payments had been there aw as made to th e con t rac t ors , b u t when they could no . longer proce e d w ith t h e s hips, as a matter of necessity the Comp any were o bli ge d to take the further ma nagement in th e i r own hands; as to wheth er there had been any l oss , it was difficult to state till t h e set tlement of the a c counts. Mr. LI GGI NS wished to whether know any doubt as to the ships at Bristol being in p ossess i onL of the Company. Mr. MAYNARD, the Solicitor to thQ Coin None whatever ; every precaution h as been taken that subject, and the assignees of th e contractors ha v never made any application on the subject. The SECRETART observed that gm • tered in the name of th e C the ships were re go out with the next spri ng tide ompany, and one would. Mr. LIG the G I NS considered* factory.explanation most satis- The meeting then adj one o'clock. ourned till W e d nesday next at l' LONDON PLORI 0 Tuesday- CULTURAL sociETT._ n I the fifth annual show of the London Floricultural So-. ciety was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern,. Strand. The flowers were arranged in the long roami of the tavern. The show consisted entirely of dahlias„ one of which, a remarkably splendid specimen, called the " Essex triumphant," of a fine dark maroon co lour' nearly approa c hi ng t o bl ac k , was purchased by- Mr. Brown, of Slough, at the extraordinary price of 100 guineas. The flowers were arranged in classes, and the judges, Messrs. Davis, Bragg, Cook, Mount joy, and Smith awarded the prizes to the successful! exhibitors as follows :—Amateurs, first prize, Mr:. Bragg ; second do., Mr. Cook; third do., Mr. Prock ter. To the second class of amateurs, first ' prize, Mr.. Wildman • second do., Mr. Headley ; and third, Mr ouserethOndtotoAAllrr..GleVrediintiga.l, third to /%ir Noakes. To professional florists the first prize was present year. UNION. --It 1.5 sa id t h at the con awarded to Mr. Brown,OMS f, show OGI% Ir E, ni . sm tAhNe Stewart,lcas utso fen- flees of the Commissioners of the German Customs- Union at Stutgard, are drawing to a close, and will pro-. 1 bably not be protracted beyond the 24th of September:: t h e questions already decided are in the press. It is. asserted that the Commissioners have not suffered them selves to be led to a system of prohibition into Oafs. some localities and certain German journals desired to' force them ; and that they have made very few changes in the tariff o f t h e Union. Among other things we hear-- and this is a point in which Belgium is much interested-- they resisted the importunities of the iron manufactur.. ers, who demand a much higher protection for their trade than it at present enjoys. 2,480 1,000 2,148