The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-12 00:00:00

L. , thianderry and Ennts ki:ltn ...... .- ..... ...... 25 ....„ ... ........ ... Do. I , ‘ Shares 5 ...... Lowest, ff guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... •••••• ........ Ditto (6 per ct.) 51 ancheNtE.r,Buxton,and Matlock 5 INIL-nche3ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Do. t/ 8 Shares (No. 3) 12% Do. New 101. Pr0f..... 10 ...... 10/ Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ...--• 19 Ditto ditto - ...... ••••••••• Ditto Sheffield and . Lincolnshire 22%. ••• Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ....„ Do. laanchester and Lincoln Union..... 4128. 111 land ...„. ........ ... 100 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... Do. Bum., and Derby 100 .... „ ........ Do.Consol.Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct..... 100 Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto .. 221. 75...... ... ........ ... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.ac Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo - Midland Great % estern Irish ............ ... .. .. 50 per cent. guar. - Newcastle and Carlisle.loo "'., ..... Do. Quartera Newmarket - Do. Extensi on . Newport, Ab ergaveuny, and deretord . 6 ..••• - Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevur Norfolk .......... ....... ....lOU Do. i. , iew 2W. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 2U Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British .......• .... 25 ..... 11 ex.div... Ditto, Ltaivea . Ditto, Quart: vs Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8 , / , i .. .. ..... -• Ditto Preference Forth Staffordshire_"... 17% 9% ... ..... Borth Wale, ...... -.. 3% — ... ......... ... North-Western . 1 3% — ••• Oxfard, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Gu'Lltord, and Reigate Royston ana kiitchin ... 451..... .... Leo ttish Cent ra l Scottish Midland Ditto, New Shrewsbury anu /firm— 12 ...... ... .. Ditto ditto, Cla ss B. 8 -• Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ...... .. ...... Shrewsbury and Heretu. 4 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Miik) lB ...... "' Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... . ...... Ditto Oswe.stry ...... 18% - Ditto New ••••• Do. 8 per Cent. P re f . 10 — Shropshire Unica ...... 5% .„ 2 % -- Souta i Dut tal •• Do. Pref e r ence South Stafferdair.l 8%.. .... —.......- South East ~ Do., No. 2. Du., No .__.. ...... 30 Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 ... South Wales ca ster, and Goole lO Sheffield, Rotherham., eL Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. :... 14% Do. do (s o u. Div.) ... 5 ...... .... Et vans. & Lougho r & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 7 Taw Vale Extension ... 8 - ••• ••• ..... ••• ''''' Thames Haven D ec k and Railway ........ 17% ... Vale of Neath -.... ...... 8 - -"W aterford and Kilk enny 20 -- •• — Waterford and Limerick 47% --. • _ Waterld,Wxfrd,Wi c kl w and Dublin 3 ...• • --- .. . Vicar Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. SO Do. do. do. ... 25 Wes Do. Cornwall .... W hiteh .. 6 aven & Furness 16 South Western ..... ... 14 ...... Wilts, Somerset,& W e y- ....... B er wick. .... "'........... 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 ...... 12 ' Do. G.N.c-rreference 8 ..... 3 Do. Hartlepool D oc k and Railway .. 100 ...... . York and North Midland 50 —... 211% % Ditto, Preferenci . ...... 10 21% 5%1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5 1 4 — Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 17 1 ,..... —. ~.. ......... ••• Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 8 ... .. ast Indian . 1 ;4- •••....• ... ...... ..... 3 1 4 Grx eat India n P en i nsular Do. 5 Do. ... ...... 10s. Ditto '- Luxembourg .- ......... 7%...... .... ...... ... ............ 10 ...- ••• • Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... 4 3 / 4 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 43A Northern of France...... 14/. 85... WA dis. Paris and Orleans .... ...... •• Paris and R ouen ... 2O ..... ...... Paris and Scirasbourg ... 11 Rouen and Havre .....20 - Sambre and Meuse ...... 20 ... .. Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 - 11 Westden and Hasselt ...... 20 , Flanders ..... .. ..... 83 4 •..N Ditto ... .... .... 8% — JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia . .... ........ 40 Colonial ... ... 25 --• ....... Commercial of London 20 " •••••• London Joint oint Stock lO — London & Westminst er . 20 ..... National Prov. England. 35 •• ••• ••••••• ..... ••• Ditto New... ..... .....• 10 " National o f Ireland 22%...... P rovincial of Irel an d Ditto, New .......... 10 _.••••9 Union of Australia Union of London lO ..... ; Union of Madrid ... 40 — A ustralian.... 4 .. .. - LL -0 YD'S SHIPPIN G—( THIS DAY) Lotizox, OCT. 12.—Wind E.N.E., fresh gale and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 11.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Co lumbus, Eekhotl, Rio Janeiro and Cowes (for Antwerp); Queen, Clark, Shediac and Crookhaven for Hull, leaky; Pandora, Wemetk, Quebec. BRISTOL, OCT. 11.—Wind E.—Arrd. Montahna, PH- Merle, Cape de Verds. ST ORNOWAY, OC T . B.—Th e S cand i navian, Tromove, for Trieste, has put in here very leaky, and will repair. GRIMSBY, OCT. 11.—The Amelia, of Newcastle, is in our road s w i th loss of sails, bulwarks, caboose, &c., and three feet of water in her hold, having experienced heavy weather 7th instant. IlAaNvicn, OCT. 11.—It has blown a heavy gale all say from E. by S.; all the vessels sailing yesterday have Put in for shelter. to DONEG AL , OCT. 9.—Th e P russ i an vesse l f rom Memel Ballyshannon, which got on Ballyshannon Bar sth instant, and got off again, has become a wreck; materials end cargo saved. SPURN, OCT. 10.—The Vestal, of Shields, which got On shore at Easiugton, 7th instant, and was abandoned, broke up during the night. A brig and a schooner sank during the late gale, about two miles off land, and it is feared the crews have perished. TEIGNMOUTH, OCT. 9.—The Prince Regent, from Newcastle, has come in leaky, having grounded heavily and struck on the bar; will be put on the beach to be Qzanained. ~_LYNN, OCT. 10.—A n open b oat, bearing the namo of Wonder, Knight, of Roch es t er , was yesterday washed on shore a t Hunatanton, with several pieces of wreck. DOVER, OCT. 10.—The Speedwell, of Jersey, was run down sth inst., by a French brig; crew picked up near the Galloper. OFF DUNGENESS, OCT. 9.—Caroline, Puffil, Quebec. OFF BEACRY HEAD.—George, Pugwash for (lull. T ,"°N, OCT. 7.—Sld. Thalia, Boston, United States. "PP FALMOUTH, Ocr. 10.—Arrd. James Dean, Hart, lionduras, and sailed for Birkenhead. ILFRAOOMBE, OCT. 11.—Wind E.N.E., strong.— Arrd. Diana, Mossop, Richibuoto for Newport. IVi 5 ;,i and ) half forth G ICE . 1 x.d. 92 1 4 90% 903 12 4 x.d. 8-16 8% 45 p 45 p 42 p MIN Cil ',ICES. 26% 26 IA x. d. 194 30% 30 1 A 31 3l' 107 x.d. OSLNG tICES. 16 6 dis. .... 13 1 ,4 x.i. 209% ARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE -FRIDAY. The present week's arrivals of English Wheat, coast- Wise, has been confined to 2 ,s6o . quarters. By land car riage, the receipts of that grain have been extremely small ; hence the show of samples here to-day was very limited. Really fine parcels of both red and white com manded a moderate, though by no means active, inquiry at fully Monday's prices. In the middling and interior Rinds very few transactions took place, at unaltered cur rencies. Only 4,560 quarters of Foreign Wheat have aeeme to hand. Holders almost generally were firm, but s the atten d ance of b uyers, both town and country was rla alli the a c t ua l amoun t o f b us i ness doing was trifling, about stationary prices. The show of Barley rather limited. Malting parcel s were sTh tea dy but all other kinds r u l e d dull. quantity of Malt offering was on the increase. All - "dB were a dull sale, at barely late rates. From our 43 .wa coasts very few Oats have reached ; but the : a PPIy of foreign exceeded 21,000 quarters. Good ~0 , - .°4T l Corn wai steady, other qualities dull, at last i;;''Kd quotations. In Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and ' e ll'', Very few transactions were reported. kRRIVALS TBIS WEEK NN , heat. 1 Barley. Oata, Malt. I Flour. h e otch • • • • • • +-M s h • ..... F rei' ••• • • Qrs. 2 60 I Qrs. ,5 1,650 2 8 80 3,570 •A,090 - I - 3,970 • 1 4,560 1 3.080 21.550 ____ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1849 SraITZFX - F.:Lit Notwithstanding the supply of Beasts here today was but motLrate, the time of year considered, the de mand for that dascription of stock—owing to the in erused supplies offering in the dead markets—w - as in a ~.lugg'sls state. At i rs i. nine-tenths of the Beasts were beneath the middle quality; and really prima Scots, they been on show, would have realisd comparatively high prices. In the general figures for 13,-ef, we have -.40 change to notice. With Sheep we were f,iirly sup. plied, but the number of good Downs in the market was unusually small. All breeds met a very dull in• (Fairy, at barely Monday's currencies, at which a total clearance w,r,,s not effected. The supply of Calves,' especislly from Essex, was on the icerease. The Veal trade rul,.el extremely heavy, at a f e ll i n th e qao t a ti ons of from 21 to, in some instances, 4d. per B.bs. The sale for Pigs was slow, at last week's prices, Much Cons were very dull, at from 141. to 181 each, including their small calf. Ink the offal. S. d. to s. d. .d — q — ual. Sheep 3 6 3 8 Coar,e-woolled ditto 310 4 0 Southdown Wether 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs •.•• • . 3 2 3 6 Small Porkers • ... 3 8 4 2 Quarter old Pigs —l6 0 21 0 Lambs • • • •• 0 0 0 0 AT MARKET. I Calves. I Pigs. 295 24) Per Ribs. to s' S. d. to 8. d. fiderlor Beasts.-- 210 3 0 Second quality •••. 3 2 3 4 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots ...... 3 8 310 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 2 runesinall ditto .. 3 4 3 6 'suckling Calves ..18 0 25 0 Inferior Sheep •• 3 2 3 4 TOTAL SUPPLY Boasts. I Sheep. BOG 6,420 FOREIGN I Sheep. 1,512 SCOTCH. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. 20 90 NEVTGATE AND IMAZIENBIALL. Beasts. 240 surri, Y. Calves. 1 Pigs. 130 1 Pigs Although the supplies of Meat here to-day were con siderably on the increase, the general demand was steady at our quotations. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. L a. d. to s. d. ~:eef,inferior•..... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior •• 210 3 2 - middling 2 8 2le I middling.. 3 4 3 6 - primelargo •• 3 0 3 2 prime .... 3 8 310 - prime small •• 3 4 3 6 Pork, 3 4 3 3 0 3 6 - small .. 310 4 4 XIONLOUGH BOP MARKET. Although our market is well supplied with all kinds of new Hops, the quality of which is good, tho demand for them is tolerably steady, at full prices. Picking has been brought to a close in the whole of our districts. In yearling and old Hops scarcely any transactions can be noticed. The duty is called 80,0001. to 85,0001. — New mid and East Kent pockets 8/ 10 to 101 10s; New Weald of Kent ditto, 6/ to 81; New Susscx ditto, 61 to 71; Farnhams, 101 lOs to 11/ 1 Is; Yearling Kent, 3/10s to 51; Yearling Sussex, 2/ 16s to 4/ 101 ; Old Hops, 1/ to 41. COLONIAL. SIIGAR.—There has not been an active market, but holders generally have asked about previous rates for British Plantation. Barbadoes at public sale has realised 37s to 38s for low and mid yellow, 40s to 41s for fine. St. Croix has been sold at 41s to 42s for fine, and at 38s to 403 64 for mid to good. EAST INDlA..—Manilla has been taken in at 38s for mid and 36s for washed of the clayed kind, and at 33$ for ord dark unclayed. Mauritius has only been partly sold at 6d to is decline, ord and low brown 293 to 31s, mid 32s to 32s 6d, ord and mid yellow 35s to 36s 6d, and good 37s to 37s 6d. Benares 64 to is lower; white 40$ to 425; mid strong yellow 38s 64 to 39s ; low brown 33s 6d to 34s 6:1; and fine yellow, like Mauritius, 38s to 39s 6J. Madras has been Gd cheaper, mid and good soft yellow 33s to 34s 6d, and low to good brown 28s to 30s 6d per cwt. Foreign has been cheaper. Pernambuco, about 5,000 bags, was withdrawn above the market price. Havannah has been taken in at 32s 6d to 355, for good and fine white, and a few lots, duty paid, sold at 40s to , 42s 6d, for mid to fine yellow, and at 36s to :39s for washed. COFFEE.—There has been no buoyancy in this market. Jamaica has been bought in at 1003 for fine, iOs to 653 for good, 40s to 45s for fine and fine fine ordinary, and 38s for good ord, being more than the market value. Costa Rica has been rather lower ; fine fine ord 453 to 463 61 Porto Rico has been sold at 42s for fine ord; }allow and La Guayra at 41s for fine ord. Yellow Mocha was taken in at 703. A few parcels of Jamaica have been sold at 47s to 54s for low mid and mid. Ceylon has realised 51s to 65s for mid and good mid. Plantation 45s to 50s for fine fine ord and low mid, 39s to 41s 6d for good and fine ord, and 493 to 58s for pea-berry. Good and fine ord Native 38s to 40s per cwt. RlCE.—There has been a steady market, and at firm rates for East India. SPICES.—There have been sales of Pimento at 4;3 to 5d per lb for good; Malabar Pepper brought 3d to aid for shorts; and a good deal of damaged black Pepper has been sold at 2d to 2/d per lb; African pod Pepper has been taken in at 35s for ord ; Jamaica Ginger has been sold at 81 8s to 9/ 6s for fine; and Nutmegs have been taken in at 2s 4d to 2s 9d per lb. COTTON.—The rise at Liverpool has made the market more active here, and at fuller prices. Irrnico.—The public sales of over 19.000 chests are proceeding satisfactorily to a full attendance of buyers. Fine shipping sorts of Bengal have realised last sale's prices, and the mid previous rates, to 2d advance. Madras has gone at previous quotations, and Kurpah from that to 2d higher. At yesterday's sale 1,803 chests passed, 865 were withdrawn, 174 bought in, and 764 sold, the auction progressing then, and again to day, much the same as at the opening. TEA.—The market is quiet. Common and good common sound Congou 9d to 9id per lb. TALLOW.—The demand has rather improved this week. P.Y.C. is 37s 3d to 37s 6d per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRIIIT.—The demand continues good. Lisbon Lemons are in request owing to Malaga being too green for use. Some parcels of Madeira Oranges have been sold at public sale by Keeling and Hunt, and realised high prices. Hamburgh Grapes meet with a ready sale. Spanish green Grapes will be scarco,and dear; Lisbon ble.ck will be short. No arrivals of black Spanish, which is in favour of Barcelona. REDUCTION OF WAGES AT BLACILAURN.—A notice, of which the following is a copy, was posted in the ma jority of the cotton mills and weaving sheds in this town, on Thursday evening last:—." Notice.—The master cotton-spinners and power-loom manufacturers regret the necessity which compels them to reduce wages to their previous rate. Other towns have made no advance, and trade has become very much depressed. The masters feel obliged, therefore, to give notice, that, in one month from this date, the five per cent. which was advanced will cease to be paid. Blackburn, 4th October, 1849." In reference to the above, it will be necessary to state, that a short time ago the manufacturers of Black burn unanimously agreed to make a general advance of five per cant. on the wages of their workpeople, but with the proviso that, if in six weeks a similar increase of wages was not granted to the factory hands in neigh bouring towns, it should be withdrawn.—Manchester Guardian. A LUCKY TAILOR. —Within the last few days, a poor mun, a tailor in Tain, received tidings of a brother's death in Canada, leaving a fortune of 10,0001., besides a large amount of property. Th e l uc k y tailor is a hard working but illiterate man. In his younger days ha was a noted smuggler, and for many years defied the excise to discover the whereabouts of his bothy. At last an informer led them to the spot, and poor Donald was pounced upon and suffered durance rile for many months. —lnverness Advertiser. COMMUNISM DEFINED.—" The other day," says the Consiiiutionnel, "a workman was declaiming in the midsteof a group against communism. One of the group said, you talk against communism, and you do not even know what it is.' The workman said nothing in reply at first, but taking off his blouse he tore it into frag. ments, and after giving a portion to each of the persons present, he said, Communisim, my friends, has for its object to make of what may be very useful to one person a collection of morsels which are useful to no body.'" CAPTURE OF A WHALE IN TIIE THAMES.—^III the course of Tuesday, some labourers in the employ of Messrs. Meeson, the lime•merchants, who were at work in the village of Grays, Essex, succeeded in capturing a full-grown whale, which they discovered fast ashore on the Black Shelf, a shoal running abreast of the village. Upon examination it was found to be a fine specimen of the species of whale termed the " Finner," measuring not less than 58 feet in length and 30 in girth ; and the men value their prize at about 2001. A vast number of persons, from Gravesend and other places, have arrived to view it, and a screen being placed round the carcase, the captors are in a way of making a handsome sum by the exhibition of the monster. PAINTER'S Cuouc —A man employed in grinding colours at a shop on the Quai Napoleon committed suicide the day before yesterday, by blowing out his brains. lie was impelled to comm - 4 this act by a desire to put an end to the sufferings that he endured from the malady called the painter's cholic, which he had con tracted in grinding white lead. Our readers are aware that the Government has recently ordered that in future the white paint used in public buildings shall be made of the white of zinc, which is not injurious to health, in stead of white lead. Considering the results of the use of paint made from white lead, and the dreadful effects that the lead produces in the manufactories where it is prepared, it is much to be hoped that the example set by the Government will be followed by the public.—Galig. nani's Messenger. A VISITOR FROM A DISTANT CLIME.-A Cocoa nut tree was drifted ashore a few days ago on the island of Valentia, mar Kerry—another proof that the Gulf stream, after running along the coast of America, sets across the Atlantic. --- - HYDE PARK BARRACKS. These barracks now present the unwonted spectacle of bein g untenante d b y a single cavalry soldier, the whole of the Royal Regi ment of Horse Guards (Blue), under the command of Colonel Bouverie, being quartered at Canterbury, where they are expt cted to remain until the ensuing spring, by which pyriud the repairs and improvements in progress at Hyde. park Barracks will be completed. A corporal's guard of the Fusilier Guards mount guard at Knights bridge daily. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL—The vacancy in the office of wistant physician to St. Thomas's Hospital has been filled up by the appointment of Dr. Thomas B. Peacock. SUICIDE BY A SHOPKEEPER.—Yesterday Mr. H. M. Wakfey held an inquest in the Middlesex Hospital, on Mr. Joseph Kaye, linen-draper, late of 55, Totten ham -tour:-rood, who committed suicide by precipitating himself from one of the top windows of his house. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." We are glad to hear that Captain Worth, late of the Calypso, now in Melville Hospital, is so far re covered as to be able to leave the hospital, in the middle of the day, for exercise. On Tuesday after• noon he ventured to far as the dockyard, but he still appears very ill. CHOLERA ARRHCEA. WEST DISTRICTS. Kensington ... ... ... St. Gaorge, Hanover-square ... Westminster ... St. Martin-in-the-Fields ... St. James, Westminster ... - NORTH DISTRICTS. Mary lebone ... ••• ••• Hampstead ... ••• St. Pancras ... ••• •• • ...... Llington ••• ••• --- Hackney ••• ••• -- RETURN OF CASES, OCT. 10. TEE METROPOLIS. SITPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Dlarrh. CENTRAL DISTRICTS. St. Giles ••• ••• ••• --- 0 0 Strand.. ... ... ••• 1 0 tiolborn Uaion 0 0 Clerkenwell ... ... ••• 0 1 St. Luke 1 0 East London ... ... ... 1 1 West London ••• ••• 0 0 City of London ... ••• - 4 0 0 EAST DISTRICTS. ___ Fhoreclitch ... ••• ••• -- *0 1 Bethnal-gr e en ... •.• 1 0 Whitechapel ... ... ... -- 0 2 St. George-in-the-East ••• --- 1 0 Stepney ... ••• ••• -- 1 0 Poplar ... ... ... ••• ...... 0 0 SOUTH DISTRICTS. St. Saviour, Southwark ••• 1 3 St. Olave ... ... ••• --- 0 0 Bermondsey ... ••• .•• 0 0 St. George, Southwark ••. 0 1 Newington ••• .•. ••• 1 0 Lambeth ••• • • ••• 0 0 Wandsworth ... ••• ••• 0 0 Camberwell ... ... ... 0 0 Rotherhithe ... ... ... 0 0 Greenwich ... ••• ••• ---- 0 1 Lewisham ... ... 0 0 Total ... ... ••• 11 14 Total deaths from cholera, registered from Sept. 17, 1848, to Oct. 10, 1849 ... 14,459 Total deaths from cholera, registered from June 17, 1849, to Oct. 10, 1849 ... 13,368 * Returns for Wednesday have not been received from Mr. G. Hooper, registrar of the north-west sub district of London City; and Mr. E. Earles, registrar of Holywell and Moorfields, sub-district of Shoreditch. NOTE.—The district of Kensington comprises the parishes of Kensington, Hammersmith, Fulham, and Paddington. Westminster district comprises the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evan gelist, with Privy Gardens and Whitehall, and the close of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter. St. Giles's district comprises the parishes of St. Giles-in- the. Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury. The following are co extensive with the unions of the same name:—Hackney, Strand, Holborn, East London, West London, City of London, Whitechapel, Stepney, Poplar, St. Saviour, St. Olave, Wandsworth (Wandsworth and Clapham), Greenwich, and Lewisham. The remaining districts are coextensive with the respective parishes of the same name. THE COUNTRY. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diaracel reported to the General Board of Health the 11th day of October, 1849 : Deaths. Cholera. Diarrh. Alnwick ••• ••• I." ..... 4 0 Aston (Duddestone district) ... 0 6 Barnstaple (Berrynarbor) ... 0 1 Bedminster ... ... ... 1 0 Bideford (Appledore)... ... 0 1 Birmingham ... ... ... 6 3 Blackburn (Oakenshaw) ... 1 0 Blean (Herne)... ... ... 3 0 Bolton (Little Bolton) ••• 1 0 Bradford, Idle, and Horton ... 4 2 Bridgwater ... ... ... -- 3 0 Brighton ... •.. ..• 1 1 Bury (Lancaster) ... ... 1 0 Carmarthen . . ... ... 3 0 Chelmsford ... ... .. 0 1 Chester-le-Street (Harraton) 3 0 Chorlton (Hulme) ... ... 1 2 Cockermouth ... . ... 3 0 Congleton (Sandbach) ... 1 0 Cookham (Maidenhead) ... 0 1 Crickhowell (Llanelly district) 1 0 Croydon ••• ••• •.• 2 0 Darlington ... ••• ... 0 1 Dartford ••• ••• .•• 2 0 Devizes (Potterne) ... ... 1 0 Dewsbury, Birstal, and Batley (from 4th to 10th inst.) ... 18 1 Doncaster ... ... ... 3 1 Droitwichr* ... ... ... 2 0 Dudley, Tipton, and Sedgley... 12 3 East Stonehouse ... ... 1 1 Eccleshall (Bierlow) ... ... 1 0 Ecclesfield (Worsbrough and Barnsley) ... .. .. 2 0 Edmonton (Cheshunt) ... 1 0 Falmouth and Penryn •.• 1 1 Gateshead and Dunston ... 4 4 Gloucester and Kingsholm ... 0 2 Guildford (Godalming district) 1 0 Halifax and Southowram) ... 1 1 Hardingstone (PiddingtoL) ... 8 0 Hitchin and Ickleford... ... 3 0 Hull u and Myton 1 0 Hunslot, Rothwell, Holbeeli, / and Kirkstall ••• .•• 9 2 Kidderminster ..• ••• -- 2 0 Knaresborough ..• ..• --- 0 1 Leeds ... ••• ••• ••• 10 5 __........ ... ... ... ... 2 Liverpool •.• •I.• •• • ''..." 2 Llanelly .•• 1 0 Loddon (Wocdton district) ... ... 1 0 Macclesfield ... ••• ••• 1 0 Maidstone ... ••• ••• ---- 1 0 Manchester ... DIP • ••• ""n" 6 2 . ... ... Neath (Margam) ... ... --1 0 Newcastle-on-Tyne (Byker)... 1 0 Newton Abbott (Torquay) ... 1 0 Northampton ... ... ... 2 0 Nottingham (Byron) ... ... 0 2 Oldham ••• ••• ••• 1 0 Pewsey (Milton Lilbourne) ... 0 1 Prescot (Speke) ••• ••• 2 0 Rochdale (Stonepitfield) ... 1 0 Rochford ... ... ... 1 0 St. Albans ... ... ... 0 1 St. Germans (Anthony) ... 2 0 Salford (Greengate) ... ... 0 1 Sculcoates (Sutton and Drypool) 2 1 Sheffield 4 1 Shepton Mallet ••• ... 5 0 South Shields (Westoe) ... 6 1 Stockport, Heaton Norris, and Handforth ... ... ... 0 2 Stockton (Hartlepool) ... 2 0 Stoke-upon-Trent(Fenton) ... 1 0 Stourbridge (Kingswinford) ... 8 0 Sunderland (Bishopwearmouth) 7 1 Tiverton ... ... ... 1 0 To tnes .•• ... ... --- 3 0 Truro (St. Mary) ... ... 1 0 Tynemouth (Ear sdon and Long benton districts) ... ... 3 3 Uxbridge (Hayes) ... ... 0 1 Wah , all ••• ••• ••• 1 2 Warrington ... ... ... 1 0 Wells (Godney) ... ... 1 0 West Bromwich (Wednesbury) 6 1 West Derby and Everton ... 3 0 Weymouth ... ... ... 2 0 Wigan ••• ••• ••• ..... 8 1 Wolverhampton and Bilston ... 1 0 Wycombe (Princes Risborough) 1 0 Total ... - 213 SCOTLAND. Errol (from Sept. 20 to Oct. 7) S 0 Hawick ••• ... 3 0 Boness St. Andrews - 1 0 - 1 0 Cupar Angus ... 6 0 Perth 2 0 Dundee ••• ••• ••• 1 0 Total ... ... ... 19 0 General total:— Metropolis ... ... 11 14 Country ... ... - 213 63 Scotland ... ... - 19 0 Total ... NOTE —The deaths are returned according to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found im• practicable to distinguish every place separately. CHOLERA. DIARRHCEA. Tue. Wed. Tue. Wed. LONDON. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 9th. 10th. 9th. 10th. West Districts ... 0 3 2 3 North Districts ... 1 0 3 1 Central Districts ... 1 3 0 2 East Districts ... 5 3 5 3 South Districts ... 9 2 2 5 11 12 14 Total ... 16 THE BISHOP OF LLARDArr.—According to ac counts received at the deanery, St. Paul's, yesterday morning, from Hardwicke Hall, near Chepstowe, wo regret to say no favourable change had taken place. The right rev. prelate was suffering from extreme debility, and, we regret to add, is considered iu a very precarious n)ndition. BORN AN ENGINEER.—John Smeaton, who did much to advance his profession in this country, may almost be said to have been born an engineer, his genius appeared at so early an age. His playthings were not those of children, but the tools which men employ. Before he was six years of age, he was discovered on the top of his father's barn, fixing up what he called a windmill, of his own construction; and at another time, while he was about the same age, he attended some men fixing a pump, and observing that they cut off a piece of the bored pipe, he Irocured it, and actually made a pump with it, which raised water. When he was under fifteen years of age he made an engin e for turning, and worked several things in ivory and wood, which he pre sented to his friends. A part of every day was occu p ied in forming some ingenious piece of mechamsm.—Butge. THE GRESHAM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The first annual meeting of the proprietors of this company—the purpose of which, in addition to the transaction of the ordinary business of life-assurance offices, is the assurance of lives declined by' other offices as not being of the first class—was held yes terday, at one o'clock, at the offices of the company, Old Jewry. William Tabor, Esq., was in the chair. Among those present we observed, Mr. Matthew Marshall end Mr. William Smee, of the Bank of England; Mr. John Bcadnell, jun., Mr. John Brit ten, Mr. A. Davies, Mr. J. Lyne Hancock, Mr. Alfred Smee, F.R.S., &c., Mr. W. H. Thornthwaite, Mr. George Tyler, Mr. Joseph Williams, Mr. George Lowe, F.R.S., Mr. Lad bury, Mr. T. H. Davonshire, solicitor to the company, and Mr. Pott, the secretary and founder of the society. The attendance of pro. prietors was large and influential. The CHAIRMAN called upon the secretary to read the report, and in doing so expressed the pleasure which he and his brother directors experienced at be holding so large an attendance of shareholders and policy-holders. Mr. T. A. POTT (the Secretary) then read the fol lowing report of the proceedingsjf the society, to the 31st of July, of which the following is a succinct abstract : " Your directors have much pleasure to report that no claim has arisen by death during this first year of the society's existence; a fact which, considering the number assured (419), must prove as satisfactory to the members as it is gratifying to your directors, and which it is hoped may be taken as an evidence of the care which this branch of the business has been conducted by your directors, assisted by their medical officers. In setting forth these advantages, and the consequent claims of the Gresham Life Assurance Society to public confi dence and support, it may in truth be said that this society . originated in the more general appreciation of a a n va n i u l a t l h l life assurance as a provision for survivors; inasmuch as out of the number of those persons who hare sought to y ern p s re el c v lu ea de n d f byit advantages, many practiceth thousands admittinga n w ere none but such as are pronounced—upon certain medical principles—first-class lives. This practice was found to operate so much to the prejudice of a con siderable number of persons (to whom their sup posed physical disqualifications became a source of additional anxiety after the rejection of their pro posals for assurance), that the projector of this society was induced to turn his attention to the esta blishment of an office which, whilst it should be open for the transaction of all the usual branches of assurance upon first-class lives, should also embrace the novel and desirable project of assuring 'lives which, not being positively diseased, nor having any strong tendency thereto,' might nevertheless be found, by the ordinary medical standard, a little below the average of sound and robust constitutions. It was felt to be a matter of pressing necessity that some office should be established on principles at once sound, liberal, and comprehensive; and it was to meet this necessity that the Gresham' Society, embracing especially, but not exclusively, this particular class of business, was projected and esta blished, with very flattering prospects. It was supported by the opinions and authority of some of the leading actuaries in the profession, who did not hesitate to express their conviction that an office based on such principles would, if properly conducted, not only effect an immense amount of good, but also transact a safe, large, and profitable business. It is, therefore, with peculiar pleasure that your directors refer, under such circumstances, to the statement of business transacted; and to this they have now to call your particular attention. " The business transacted during the year is as follows: —Gross sum assured by 419 policies, being the number issued to July 31, 149,1601., producing an annual income of 5,615/. 1 ls. Bd. " Total amount of business transacted or submitted during the year:—Proposals made to the society for as surance (amountiug in the aggregate to 339,7241.), 932; incomplete and under consideration (amounting to 91,4520, 229; declined (amounting to 99,112 L), 284; accepted, and upon which the premiums have been paid, each policy averaging 3561., 419. " It will, no doubt, be interesting to the shareholders and policy-holders to be informed of the number of first class lives assured relatively to those upon which an in creased premium is payable. Your directors, therefore, furnish the following statement of each, viz. :—Policies issued at ordinary rates, the assurance being on first class lives, 237; ditto, at increased rates, the assurance being on lives supposed to be somewhat below the ave rage, 182; making the total number of policies for the year (as above stated), 419. " From this :statement it will be seen that, had the society's business been limited to what, in assurance language, is termed first-class lives, its success, from the confidence placed in it by the public, would still have been very great. The fact of between 909 and 1,000 proposals for insurances having been made to the society in the first year of its existence is one which, if not altogether unparalleled, is a proof of very decided suc cess ; since only one or two instances can be found — and those not of recent date—which at all approach to such success. It may be well to remark that many of those who have sought to become assured with the ' Gresham' are persons whe not only hold a good posi tion in society, but aro familiar with old and wealthy corporations, and are fully competent to judge of the importance of selecting a responsible society for such a purpose. The only circumstance :connected with the business of the society apparently to be regretted seems to be that, of those who have proposed for policies, the directors have been compelled, after an anxious consi deration, to decline the assurance of so large a number. But it must be borne in mind that the society does not undertake the assurance of lives in a state of positive disease, nor even of those in which a strong indication is given of a tendency thereto; but it seeks the assur ance of those lives which appear, after searching exa mination, to have been declined upon insufficient grounds. Your directors would now call attention to one very im portant feature—and one to which they have given much cautious deliberation—the constitution of this society. It will be borne in mind that a company on a purely mutual principle might have been established with equal, facility, and perhaps might have shown superior advantages to the casual observer; yet after the most careful inquiries and deliberations, your directors could only come to the conclusion that the nixed mu tual and proprietary' was the only system with which they could prudently commence a society possessing the peculiar features which distinguish the Gresham.' The advantages derivable from this system to the assured are undeniably very great, in whatever light the subject may be viewed. In the first place, the policy-holders have the benefit of a capital fund which, if not too large to be profitably employed, is a source of security, and must therefore he a great benefit to the policy-holder. This view of the question has been frequently confirmed by members of mutual' societies, who purposed making proposals for assurance to the Gresham,' and who pre viously to effecting a policy, have inquired the amount of subscribed and paid-up capital, and the position of those parties who hold shares, and as satisfactory an swers were given, such assurances were in due course completed. The capital of the society is essentially a working capital, and is so invested as to become a very productive source of life-assurance business. This will be apparent when it is stated that the capital is invested in a manner combining both safety and profit, by loans to individuals effecting policies. In no case is an advance made without unexceptionable security, and then only on the condition that a policy or policies of insurance are effected in connexion there with. As the expenses of management are borne rate ably by all the assurers, it follows that the greater the number of assurances which are effected the better will it be for the policy-holders. The capital of this society is sufficient for the security of the policy-holders beyond the shadow of a doubt; at the same ti m e, it is not so largo as to make it difficult to find profitable invest- I ments. Acting, therefore, upon these impressions, and with the advice of the best authorities, your directors have made the nominal capital of the society 100,0001., which they have divided into 5,000 shares of 201. each ; of these 2,548 shares have been allotted, and 6,1581. 10s. paid, which shows an average of 2L Bs. 6d. per share. This is more than is customary for assurance offices to receive on each share ; but your directors feel convinced that a moderate capital is not only desirable, but essen tial, at least during the earlier years of a society of this nature. In connexion with this branch of the subject there remains to be noticed one important reservation in the society's deed of settlement; and that is the power therein contained of converting the society into one on the purely mutual principle whenever such a step shall be, in the opinion of the members, a wise and prudent measure. As might have been expected, the services required, and the charges in respect of many items in the account of the first year's expenditure, are compara tively heavy; but the necessity for them was imperative. The preparation of the deed of settlement, the heavy fees payable on registration, the charges for fittings and furniture of offices, stationery, printing, advertisements, &c., are examples of this kind. In this society, the first year's receipts for premiums alone have been more than sufficient to pay the whole of the expenses of formation and charges of management, besides leaving a consider able surplus, so that the capital is preserved intact. A still more favourable view remains; for as by the provi sions of the deed of settlement the preliminary expendi ture may be distributed over a period of seven years, no less a sum than 2,2911. 13s. 6i. from premiums received would remain to meet any claims which may arise after having charged the first year's premiums with its propor tion. During the past year about two hundred agencies have been established throughout the kingdom, together with the usual moans and appliances necessary for con ducting the business of such an institution. Your directors have, nevertheless, studiously avoided all ex penditure of a speculative character, and confined the expenses to actual matters of business; and it will be seen that the expenses have been entirely due to the large amount of business transacted. It must be con ceded that it is of the utmost importance to the society, as well as to the policy-holders, that on every life assured a sufficient premium should be charged to cover the risk incurred; and therefore some of the assurances effected in this society have been, and must be, subjected to an increase of premium proportionate to the risk, and of course dependent upon the peculiar circumstances of the case. But this extra rate is not necessarily a con tinuous charge; on the contrary, the privilege of a re consideration of such case is conceded at intervals of not less than one year, when, if the improved condition of the life assured be such as to justify the directors in making a reduction, they invariably reduce the charge. It gives your directors much pleasure to state that in some instances this reduction has already been made, after a careful re-examination had satisfactorily shown its practicability consistently with the safety of the office. But besides this advantage (which is peculiar to this society) your directors cannot forbear to remind you that in the event of such extra charge being found excessive, the proportion of such excess is certain to return in an first r geometricians and mathem a ti c i ans i n (Hea)—and perhaps it w ou ld h e needless En to rop st e a — te improved rati o t o th e h o ld er o f t h e pol i cy i n t h e s h ape o f F.R.S., was known in every city a bonus at every division of profits—four fifths, or 80 that h Mr. Lowe, w ere gas-lighting es introduced as the first engi per cent. of such profits being set apart for this especial neer upon that subject.— (Hear, hear.) The value purpose, and a separate account is expressly kept of this branch of the business as fully set forth in the pro• of the names of gentlemen could not fail to have spectus.. The members of this society !ail!, therefore, much influence with the public, and he had therefore readily approve of the determination of the board of di rectors not to accept any assurarce with ou t a r a t e e e great pleasure in now moving that a vote of tha n k s premium which is fairly equivalent to the risk. and thirty guineas be presented to their four • auditors, Your attention is now called to the facilities Mr. Professor Davies, Mr. G. H. Ladbury, Mr. offered by this society for the prompt transac- George Lowe, and Mr. Thomas Perry, for their g r ea t tion of all busin ess p resente d at the head of- zeal and ability. , flees in the Old Jewry ; as i n consequence these of it frequently happens th a t a p roposa l i s sent from the coun- This motion was seconded by Mr. HILL, and carried with applause. try and a final answer returned wnhin a few hours. To those engaged as life-in surance agents these fecilities Mr. BRITTEN said th e f o ll ow i ng directors retired by are of great importance ; a n d man y agents who have had rotation :—John B ea d ne ll, j un ., E q. , Alf re d Sm e e, proposals declined by their own societies, have retained Esq., and George Tyler, Esq. The deed of settle the cases until they have received a reply from this ment required that three directors should annually retire—the three wereselected office, and frequently, instead of having to communicate by ballot, and the to their clients the unwelcoree intelligence that the pro- chance had unfortunately fallen upon the three gentle posal is altogether ' declined,' have had the more pl eas - men he had named, who had shown themselves most tug and setistactory task of reporting its acceptance by efficient in the discharge of their duties, and whom the society. It is almost unnecessary to add that the he was sure they would un an i mous l y regre t t o l ose . agents, as well as the assured, have spoken in t erms of He beieved the sharehold e r s wou ld consu lt t h e inte satisfaction of this course, the advantage of which they rests of the soc i e t y b y re - e l ect i ng t h em. — ( Cheers.) could not fail to appreciate. Your directors have also The motion was y ,and seconded b Mr. PATTERSON great pleasure in stating that a large majority of th e carried unanimously. most respectable assuranc e offices are so fully aware of the advantages of this system to themselves, that they Mr. TYLER expressed his acknowledgments on be have afforded their cordi a l s u pp o rt to this society, half of himself an d co ll eagues for the honourable which, by extending the practice of life assurance, be- position in which the shareholders had placed them. comes of interest in a national point of view. The It had been their privilege and their pleasure to give Gresham Assurance Society already numbers nearly their time and attention to the business of the office, 600 members ; it therefore follows that, if each and the result of their labours, in common with their one would add one friend or acquaintance brother directors, was before them. They could only during the to the number, su c h a n access i on o f s t reng th say thatforthcoming year their exertions would would result to this society as would place i ld be devoted to increasing the business of the it in the first rank of the insurance offices of Great office; and he confidently hoped that on the next Britain. Your directors believe that there are but few occasion they met the proprietors they m i g ht b e amongst you to whom this eff or t wou ld b e e i t h er un pleasant or unprofitable; as doubtless each of you have enabled to say that the business had been trebled. some relative, friend, or acquaintance who has, up to The Rev. Mr. TYLER proposed that Professor the present time, overlooked or neglected to make this Davies and G.' H. Ladbury, Esq., be elected auditors necessary provision for those depending on him; for it on behalf of the shareholders, which was seconded by is a well-known fact, that the majority of these assu- Mr. SowELL and carried • rances which are at present annually effected are not On the I. of unanimously. assurances effected for this laudable purpose, but are L motion Mr. BURR (of Rochester), George generally in connexion with some financial transaction. owe, Esq, F.R.S, and Thomas Perry, Esq., were elected auditors on behalf of the policy-holders. Mr. From statistical returns, it appears that not more than Burr said he had been an assurance aent for fifteen one in fifty of the entire adult pop u l a ti on h ave hi t h erto g availed themselves of th e a d van t ages o f lif e assurance ! years. He was very cau ti ous as t o th e o ffi ces i n which shows the ample field which is still open for yo ur which he interested hi mse lf, b u t w h en h e f oun d an exertions. Your directors need hardly remind you that office like the Gresham, deserving well of the public, should your endeavours be crowned with success but in he gave it all the assistance in his power. He a solitary instance, you will have the satisfaction of and other agents who were present found in knowing that you have induced one, at least, of your their respective agencies many lives declined. He fellow-men to turn his: attention to a subject which did not mean . to say that they did no t b r i ng th e will prove a so urce of co m f or t t o hi mse lf d ur i ng life , offices the bast lives they could find, b u t, never th e l ess , and of independence to his family after his decease, a number of the persons, who through them wished "STATEMENT OF BUSINESS TRANSACTED DURING to assure their lives, were declined by th e or di nary THE Two MONTHS ON AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER LAST. assurance offices. ow looking at the object of —Proposals accepted, and upon which the premiums this office, th h • ' and eying a phalanx of good and well have been paid (each policy averaging 4324 155.) 87; remunerated agents, it must succeed. With the ex making the total number of policies, effected to this date, collect directors, with the e xce ll en t secre t a ry an d 504—producing an annual income of 7,1404 4s. 2d." The report was much applauded. intelligent officers they possessed, they must do The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the well.— (Hear, hear.) Since he had been assurance report, said that it would be almost unnecessary for agent he had received five hundred proposals, the him, after the copious and explicit report which they premiums upon which would amount to from 4,0001. had heard read, and which exhibited so great an to 5,0001. a-year, which was equivalent to the revenue amount of prosperity, to enter at any length into an of some offices which had been years in existence.— elucidation of the matters upon which it treated, (Hear, hear.) How many did they think out of that since there were many gentlemen present intimately number had been declined ? Forty-four who had acquainted with the operations of life-assurance proposed to assure themselves for an aggregate sum societies. Indeed, were no other persons present than of 21,000/.—(Hear, hear.) Until the Gresham was the gentlemen to whom he alluded, he should not instituted be was obliged to tell forty out of these trouble them then with any observations; but as th er e forty-four persons that they could no t h ave th e i r li ves might be present some gentlemen not familiar with assured, however willing they might be t o p a y a hi g h the operations of such societies, and consequently not rate. His friend opposite could t e ll a s i m il ar s t ory . so competent to judge of the report which the direc- Mr. GOSBELL said he had had five times that num ber declined.—(Hear, hear.) tors had presented, or of the balance-sheet which they had exhibited, he thought that a few remarks would Mr. Duna said, to show the advantage of the not be altogether lost.—(Hear, hear.) At the close, Gresham, he would cite a case w hi c h h a d occurre d he believed, of the session of 1844, their legislators within his agency. A lady, aged si x ty-thr ee , w i s h e d passed an Act providing that all joint-stock to assure her life for 4,0001. She h a d b een d ec li ne d companies established from that time should by other offices, and he urged up on h er t o a ll ow hi m be registered, and that they should furnish to propose her to the s" Gresham." He brought her from time to time balance-sheets exhibiting up to London, and gr. Smee called upon her (for their condition. Since that perioda number of life- it appeared that no troubl e was t oo grea t, an d no assurance societies, which came within the meaning distance too far, if by submittin g t o e ither th e o n e or the other that gentleman could prom o te th e b ene fit o f of' the Act, had sprung into existence, some of them offering various inducements to the public to join the institution), and at the present time this lady them. Some claimed support from the well-known was assured at the office. character of the gentlemen constituting their boards Mr. GOSBELL seconded the motion. Whilst be had of direction, on which were to be found gentlemen of been instrumental in obtaini ng assu r ances t o the the first standing, connected both with the political amount of a quarter of a million, he had had as and mercantile community ; and, on the other hand, surances to the amount of 100,0001. declined.—(Hear.) courting support on account of being enabled to He had brought this office policies to the amount of i guarantee a large amount of paid-up capital for the 10,0001. during its first year—(Hear, hear)—and security of those who might assure their lives in con- held three policies in it himself. Men wer e sent hento nexion with them ; or offering some great and pecu- the world not merely to do good to themselves but liar advantages. Now, the Gresham, not to speak too to aid in benefiting their fellows. In 'promoting life boldly of it, offered every advantage which an assurance assurance he believed he was benefiting society at company could consistently be expected to afford; large, and he should continue to do his best to pro hut, in addition, it presented one or two advantages mote the welfare of the institution.—(Hear.) which were altogether peculiar to it. The preliminary Mr. WILLIAM SMEE, trustee, said he rose w and working expenses of the company amounted to with great pleasure to propose a v o t e o f thank s 4,5411.14i.8d., whilst the premiums realised during the to the board of directors.—(Lo u d c h eers .) M ore first year amounted to 4,8371. 4s. 7d., showing the especially were they deserving of their th an k s a ft er entire amount of these expenses to be 300/. less than the excellent and unprecedented st a t emen t w hi c h the premiums received during the first year. Thi s , they had submitted that day of the b u si n e ss d one since the institution of th e office.—(Hear, hear.) indeed, he believed, was a circumstance upon which they might congratulate themselves ; but, in order to For himself he must say th a t h e s h ou ld show the advantageous and encouraging position in not have consented to become a trustee of which they stood, it would be no unprofitable task to the society, had he not entertained the highest contrast their preliminary expendit ure an d th e ent i re opinion of th ose w h o were t o b e entruste d expenditure of the first year with that of other offices, with its management—not only of their enterprise (Hear, hear.) He held in his hand a return, pri n t e d and ability, but, above a ll, o f th e i n t egr it y o f t h e by order of the House of Commons last session, which board of directors of the Gresham.—(Hear.) The contained the balance-sheets of the companies esta- results had amply shown that hi s op i n i on was pro - Wished since the passing of the Act to which he had perly based, and h e cou ld on l y a dd , that, when the proprietors met again i n f uture years, he flattered referred.—(Hear, hear.) In dealing with anything that appeared in that return, he did not feel that he himself that they should fi n d th e G resham ranking a was called upon to exercise any particular delicacy in among the first of the i ns tit u ti ons o f i ts ki n d i n this any references he might make, since the return great metropolis.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. limn seconded the proposition. When they was strictly speaking public property.—(Hear, hear.) From one return it appeared from the looked at the high position which the office occupied, balance-sheet of a Life Assurance Society, that due- and bore in mind the great energy and labour that ing the first nine months of its existence it had received must have been exercised to carry it to that high 5711. 9s. 2d. as premiums, and expended during the position, the proprietors would agree with him th a t same period no less a sum than 4,8001. It appeared, the directors were entitled to their best thanks. therefore, that the expenditure was seven times The motion was carried unanimously. greater than the receipts from premiums.—(Hear.) Mr. THORNTLIWAITE returned thanks. He con- He wished the shareholders to understand that the gratulated the shareholders upon the diff e r en t p os iti on instances he was quoting were not singled out for in which the directors now came b e f ore th em th an when they had the pleasure of first add ress i ng them any invidious purpose, but indiscrimi na t e ly, in order to show the positi o n o f th e selves to the shareholders.—(H e ar, h ear .) Th ey Gresham as contrasted with other societies. The then promised to use their best endeavours, and to Hon. Gentleman then cited the receipts of one or two devote their best energies to further the objects of new assurance companies, an account of premiums, the society, then springing into existence. He was and the amount disbursed in management, to show happy to find that their exertions had been so far in how much better a position the Gresham stood crowned with success. The vote of thanks which than any of them, He had looked for the best they had passed the directors felt as a mark of accounts that he could find, and the result was that confidence in their future management, and they like it appeared another company had during eighteen wise received it as an evidence that the proprietors months received 3,6711. 19s. in premiums, and had considered that the directors had done their duty expended 3,4041. 55., leaving a small surplus of 2001. during the past year. He could assure them it should of premiums over the expenditure. But the last office always be their endeavour to labour to the satisfac referred to had a paid-up capital of 35,2921, which, of tion of all the members. He hoped that they should s course, being supplied by a large num b er o f indivi o conduct their business that their elder brethren duals, had better facilities of obtaining policies. It connected with life assurance would continue that was unnecessary for him to go further, because the cordial understanding which at present subsisted be shareholders must be convinced that their operations tween the Gresham and the chief offices. The direc had been most successful.—(hear, hear.) tors would leave nothing undone to cement that un i on A SHAREHOLDER said no balance-sheet appeared to more and more, for to the continuance of th e goo d f ee l. have been registered by this company, ing that at present subsisted the direct o rs l oo k e d, t o a great extent for success. The vote of thanks was The CHAIRMAN replied that the return was made up to the 2d of April last. The Gresham was pleasing, because they bad endeavoured to make their at that time in an infantile state, and had • not corn- expenses as small as was consistent with the proper plated its first financial year.—(Hear, hear.) If the working of the society. — (Hear , hea r. ) When they shareholders and policy-holders, who had been invited became directors of the society they had no idea th a t to attend the meeting, would refer to a printed the business would have consumed so much ti me ; b ut statement of the gradual advance the society had this arose from its great extent. Th e y h a d upwar d s made since its establishment, they would perceive of 1,000 proposals ma d e t o th em . N ow , t h oug h a the great progress it bad made in public estimation. number of these were declined, and no notice taken of In the first quarter they issued sixty-three policies, in them in the books b e y on d th e mere f act o f th e i r re the second ninety-five, showing an advance of 50 pet ceipt and rejection, yet as much ,time wa s d evo t e d t o as per cent ; in the third 114, showing great theseprogress, cases by the medical offi cers an d t h e di recto and in the fourth 147.—(Hear, hear.) Having stat e d as if they appeared on the books as a cce pt e d po li c i es. — that he should feel happy to reply to any questi on , (Hear, hear.) Indeed, he must sa y th a t th e d ec li ned cases occupied more time than th e o th ers , th e di rectors the chairman concluded ,by moving the adoptio n o f having considered no trouble too gr ea t ; an d the report and balance-sheet.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. MARSHALL (of the Bank of England) seconded they hoped next year to double or treble the business. As the succe s s o f th e office mainly the motion. It was utterly unnecessary for him to enlarge upon the success which had attend e d the depended upon the cordial co-operati on o f th e share society, seeing that so ample and satisfactory a report holders and policy-holders w ith th e di rec t ors , h e h had been placed in the hands of the shareholders. hoped that none of them would be f o u n d wan ti ng i n the promotion of the social positi o n o f th e i r f e ll ow - He should, therefore, simply confine himself to con gratulating the shareholders on the eminent success creatures by the aid of life assura nce . I n so goo d a c which had attended the institution during the short cause he hoped they would all un it e , f or it was one time it had been in existence.—(Cheers.) that would amply repay theme for any exertions they - Some discussion and satisfactory explanation have might use.—(Cheers.) taken place with respect to one or two of the items in Mr. WILLIAMS proposed a ,vote of .thanks to Mr. the balance-sheet, with which the meeting appea re d Smee, whose zeal and industry in pro mo ti ng t h e much satisfied, and in the course of which the small success of the society had been unwearied.—(Ch eers. ) amount of the expenses of the society was muc h The office of a surgeon to a life assura nce soc i e t y was praised, the motion was adopted unanimously. at all times very difficult to fill ; but in their society, Mr. ALFRED SMEE, in rising to propose the next where they had to deal with lives d ec li ne d b y o ther resolution, said that it ,was considered highly desirabl e offices, which required the most c a r e f u l i nve stigation, and absolutely necessary that the most decided the duties of such an officer were paramount. Mr. and efficient check should he kept upon the accounts Smee possessed all the qualities in an eminent degree, of all public companies. Unless the accounts were and the results of his skill the directors had had the duly audited by talented and well-known auditors, in pleasure medical officer, he in addition to their duties as their order that the authority of their names should bear that day to lay before the shareholders. But, testimony to their correctness, it was impossible that would He now read the of the business.—(Cheers.) U. any feeling of confidence could exist in the public had devoted his personal exertions__ to the promotion mind. A large and increasing company like their thanks of the meeting be v skill he has resolution : " That own required a number of books, and the board ofSm ee, the society's principal medi ca l re _ directors had appointed three gentlemen from amongst indefatigable care ability, and themselves to audit their accounts every month; but invariablyre evinced in the discharge re feree, Mer.feArltthe e arduous at the end of the year, according to the deed, a labours of his office, and for the time and balance-sheet is prepared ' and carefully examined by has devoted to the interests of the society, asthe attenti onmeeting he the public auditors, who are gentlemen of undoubted feel convinced that upon a continuance of the same con character, high standing, and ability. Such is the scant attention and talent the success of this society will system which had been pursued in that corn- very much depend." ._ Mr. THORNTHW pany. The names of the gentlemen who fille d SITE seconded t motion with ' the situation of auditors of the company great pleasure. It must be obvious to the members were known to the public, for he n eed hardly that the success of the office mainly depended upon remind the meeting that Mr. Ladbury was a the efficiency of their officers ; and in exact public accountant of high reputation—(Hear)— comparison to the high standing of the office that Mr. Perry, of Cornhill, was confidentially con- did they require greater efficiency on the part of their suited by all commercial men.--(Hear, hear.) But officers. Mr. Smee was a gentleman well known in the besides these gentlemen, it was considered desirable scientific world for his great attainments and skill in that a gentleman conversant with mathematical the medical profession, besides being connected with science should be also attached, and be might truly t h e largest establishment in the world, the Bank say that Professor Davies, EIS., was one of the of england, as well as several other public esta• 10 1 / 2 8% - 91,4 184 51,4 24 24 S U N blishinents. When they had such an they ought to congratulate theneselvk such an acquisition, and when the . sidered that not one death Lad occurred due pest year, they mast he satisfied that the been carefully selected. The possession of such an officer was most important both to the policy-holders and the shareholders—especially when they had to deal with persons in robust and in an opposite state of health.—(Hear.) Mr. ALFRED SMEE (who was loudly cheered) said— Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I must confess that I always feel great repugnance at receiving votes of thanks for the success of any professional services I may have rendered, because that which medical men have to deal with—lif e and death—is not altogether in their hands—(Hear, hear)—and therefore they may often obtain merit for that which is due to a much higher power.—(Cheers.) However, gentlemen, I observe, as we pursue scien ce f ur th er i n the cause of our profession, every step we take convinces us snore and snore that nothing in this great universe is due to chance, but that everything is founded upon and governed by immutable laws. It is our duty, as medical officers to provident institutions of this nature to make ourselves intimately acquainted with those laws and their operation.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Recently we have had passing over this vast metropolis a devastating epidemic, not equalled in intensity since the plague ; yet its coming had been specially predicted ; maps were prepared of the localities which it would most effect, and medical men, before the scourge came, were enabled to mark out the places where the disease would decimate the people, cutting down whole families at one " fell swoop." The result of my ex perience has convinced me that men who violate God's holy ordinances, or outrage the laws of nature in their habits or living, will certainly suffer. It is the duty of the medical officer of an institution like this to make himself, as .1 have said, intimately acquainted with the laws of nature, and on those laws to make their reports, as to the value of the lives submitted to my examination.—(Hear, hear.) I can say truly, and without reserve, that I have done my duty to the society, and I accept the flattering vote of thanks which you have been kind enough to pass to me as a testimony on the part of those who have been before me, and of the share holders at large, that I have used the greatest amount of skill at my command, and.that I have done my best to promote the welfare of the society.—(Cheers.) Mr. TYLER proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. T. H. Devonshire, the solicitor, which was seconded by Mr. West, who complimented the society upon the small amount they had charged for the legal expenses incidental to the commencement of the office. The motion was carried unanimously, and Mr. DEVONSHIRE returned thanks. It was then moved by I. LYNE lIANcocK, Esq., seconded by F. A. DAVIS, Esq., and carried unani mously, with much applause, That the best thanks of the meeting be presented to Mr. T. A. Pott, the founder of the Gresham Life As surance Society, and its present secretary, for the great zeal and ability displayed by him in the formation of the corporation, and in the subsequent conduct of its affairs." Mr. T. A. PolT briefly expressed his acknow ledgments for 'the mark of approbation and confidence which they had so kindly expressed. He should al ways continue to devote his time and attention to the interests of this society.—(Hear.) A. vote of thanks was next passed to the Chairman, who returned thanks, and the meeting separated. 14 .i? 0 t Izi\ 6 : 7., i :z ~,.. i 11 '--= :2 :V; • res fi t o z , eY livesgf tjl 3 1- . •%% , ha 1 * NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Captain Lord John llay, C. 8., returns to the Ad miralty this day, from three weeks' absence at Ramsgate. Rear-Admiral Ralph Randolph Wormeley, who obtains his promotion by the death of Sir Edward 0 wen, was born on the 29th October, 1785, in Vir gini3, where his family, both on his father's aed his mother's side, had been seated since the period nearly at which that colony was established. His maternal grandfather, John Randolph, was attor ney-general at the commencement of the war of independence, and was under the necessity of flying to England, with the loss of a fine property of which he and his ancestors had been in pos session for 150 years. Captain Wormeley had an uncle of his own name, who served with distinction in the southern campaign as captain of one of the loyal American corps. This officer entered the navy, 30th October, 1799, as midshipman, on board the London, 98, in which ship, and the Royal George, 100, both commanded by the late Admiral John Child Purvis, he served in the Channel until March, 1801. He was afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 22d of January, 180 G, employed on the Home, Newfoundland, and Cadiz stations, part of the time as master's mate, in the Magicienne, 38, Captains William Ogilvie and Henry Vansittart; Aurora, 28, Captain Micaiah Malbon ; Dreadnought, 98, Captain J. C. Purvis ; and Prince of Wales, 98, flag-ship of Sir Robert Calder. In the Prince of Wales he saw 52 sail-of the-line formed in three columns off Ushant ; and he was on board of her when, with twenty of those ships, she was detached in pursuit of the French fleet under Admiral Villeneuve, and succeeded in reaching Cadiz in time to reinforce Admiral Collingwood before the battle of Trafalgar. After cruising for a short time in the Downs in the Otter sloop, Capt. J. Davies, Mr. Wormeley was appointed in June, 1806, flag-lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Purvis, with whom (deducting an interval of five months in 1807-8, occasioned by ill health) he con tinued employed off Cadiz in the Minotaur, 74 ; Queen, 98; Atlas, 74; Terrible, 74; and Atlas again, until nominated, 22d November, 1809, acting commander of the Minstrel, 18, in the Mediterranean. While he was in the Atlas, that ship was for six, eight, ten, and twelve months at a time off the port mentioned without letting go an anchor. On one occasion, when the French army was rapidly advancing upon Cadiz, Mr.Wornseley was sent lAith three hundred and fifty men to the Caraccas, to rig and rescue from their grasp five Spanish.ships of the line. This service he accomplished in three weeks, and for his exertions he received the thanks of Lord Culling wood. On February 16, 1810, he was confirmed a commander in the Minorca, 18, in which vessel, stationed in the Mediterranean, he remained for up wards of four years, conducting himself in a manner that secured for him the favourable consideration of his commanders-in- chief, Sir Edward Pellew and Sir Charles Cotton. In the winter of 1813.14 he escorted in safety from Malta to Gibraltar, although harassed for three days by the presence of a French privateer schooner, a convoy of 18 sail, one of the richest that had ever left the above island. Another convoy, which had left a month earlier, reached Gibraltar on the same day only. Captain Wormeley had previously, June 4, 1810, captured the Sans Peur, a felucca-privateer of one long gun, two swivels, and 39 men. He paid the Minorca off in May, 1814, and was advanced to post rank 7th of June following. His efforts to procure employment since have been as constant as they have been un availing. Captain Wormeley married 34 October, 1820, Miss Caroline Preble, of Boston, and has issue one son and three daughters.-oTyrne's Naval Biography. The llibernia, 104, having had her ordinary fittings completed, has been towed from the dockyard jetty to her moorings in Devonport harbour. The Bachante, frigate, recently arrived at Chatham from Standgate Crcek, is being surveyed to ascertain her condition. The Wanderer, 12, and Childers, 12, are to be taken into dock at Chatham when the Daring, 12, goes out, to have their defects made goud. The Seagull, 6, packet-brig, Lieut.. Commander Smail, arrived at Devonport, from Falmouth, on Monday, to refit. The Spiteful, 6, 'team- sloop, Commander Car michael, was commissioned at Devonport on Monday, by Lieutenant F. A. llerbert. The Pigmy steam•vessel is employed carrying the mast, geer, &c., at Chatham-yard, for the Phaeton, at Sheernes3. • DOCKYARD.—Mr. Hebby, measurer at Chatham, is ordered to be removed as such to Portsmouth -yard, at his own request, vice D. Harding, promoted. His removal will cause a vacancy for a measurer in Chat ham-yard. PORTSMOUTH ' T H URSDAY . —The Hercules store ship, 72, arrived a t Spithead this morning, a after n a long putting back struggle l e e d fr , which olnthe Thames, a seem s extraordinary once t o get is here seamanship when Green's ships and American packets can make the passage with certainty in spite of a little adverse wind and weather. The Serpent, 12, Commander Barber, was removed from the dock to the basin last night, after having her copper examined, and the Leander, 50, Captain Dacres. was docked iu her room to undergo a similar inspection. Both ships are progressing as fast as can be expected with their rigging and manning. The Leander has her topmast pointed and her topmast rigging over the mastheads. The Serpent is all ataunto, and is rat tling down. The Scourge (Commander Lord F. 11. Kerr) is masted, and has her foretopmast pointed. In so heavy a ship as the Leander, with her number cf large shell-guns, a number of marine artillerymen ought to be provided (at last forty) to work them. The usual crew will find quite enough to do to work the residue of the armament and the ship. Captain Charles Hope and Captain Sir Frederick Nicolson, Bart., are each named as likely to commis. sion the Terrible, at Woolwich, when ready. Wind north. east, fresh breezes and cloudy weather. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 11.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Spiteful was put in commission yesterday by Lieu tenant Herbert. Her Majesty's packet-brig Seagull arrived on Tuesday from Fchnouth and went up harbour to refit. New masts and bowsprit were yesterday fitted to the merchant schooner Eliza, which was damaged by her Majesty's steam-vessel Volcano. 1, al have lsfer, New and Duer r are kited. and Stock been and mth stern 79 p 92% 22% 12 11% - VA 4 P 14 25% io% loq 6 3 3 % 123 i 95 12 4% 70% 10% - 31%