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NEWSPAPERi AND PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS. INLAND REVENUE. SOMERSET-HOUSE, London, 9th June, 185% THE BOARD of INLAND REVENUE perceiving that a misconception exists as to the period at which Newslcipers may, under the Bill which has passed the Mire of Lords, but has not yet received the Royal assent, be printed with out stamps, thick it right to give notice that it will not be lawful to print any newspaper without stamps until after fourteen days from that on which the Bill mentioned shall have received the Royal assent, and that the Bill will not, as seems to be supposed, tale effect in that respect from the passing thereof. By order of the Board. THOMAS KEOGH, Secretary. ROYAL OPERA, DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will he performed Donizetti's Grand Opera, called LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Characters by Madame Gassier, Signer Gassier, and Signor An:Bondi. To conclude with a Grand FRENCH BALLET, supported by Mdl.e. Palmyra, Mdlle. Paolo, M. Friant, &c. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, ls.; dress circle, 2s. 63. ; eta Is,'4s. • private boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one g uinea. Boa-office open from 10 to 6 daily. TRRATRE ROYAL HAYMARKRT. Under the management of Mr. Backstons. THIS EVENDTO, Will be performed BERTA ; or, The Gnome of Barfaberg. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conclude with the now Extravaganza, called Tuz NEW 11,-11ritallIEST SPRING MEETING, 1855. ROYAL PRI&CES3'3 TEMA-TIM, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cna!trza KEAN. THIS EVENING, Wlll be per:ormed AWAY MYR MELANCHOLY. To ccnclude with KING HENRY THE EIGFITEI. Qt. een Ka tharine, Itra. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. TIIRATRZ ROYAL ADFLPHI, Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be pr3sente3 JANET PRIDE. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, C. Selby, Garden, Keeley, and Paul Bedford; Ma 'a me Celeste and Miss M. Keeley. After which, BETTY MARTIN. To conclude with I'LL TELL YOUR WIFE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will b) performed THE WELSH GIRL. Characters by Messrs. Emery, Leslie, Danvers, and Miss Ternan. To be followed by STILL WATERS Riff DEEP. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell, and Mrs. Mel►ort. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca WWI. THIS EVENING, WM be performed THE VILLAGE NIGHTINGALE. To be followed by TaR PET OF THE PUBLIC. After which, A RAFFLE FOR AN ELEPHANT. To conclu le with SALLY SIiA.RT. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Tranicendant result of the Whitsuntide Spectacle of Chivalry ! THIS EVENING, and Every Evening, The new Grand and Gorgeous Chivalric Spectacle by J. H. STOC QUELKR, Esq., called. ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY, or. the Brothers In Arms, with the magnificent Tourney in the Field of the Cloth of Gold, &c. %Per which, the novel ACTS in the ARENA, and other entertain ments. Boa-office (men from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W Weet. Acting Manater. Mr. W. U. Cooke. Equeterian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. HIGH WA'YER. AT LONDON RE.11)0. Tait t).tr —Motninr. 18 ,nin.after 9 1 Evenirg 49min. aft. 9 T o incpow • Morning 13 rnin.after 10 1 Evening 52 min, al.lo THIS WEATIOR.—Stm Orrick June 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67 hip.best since noon yesterday. 54 —lowest this morning and daring the night. 63—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.12. WIND, S.S.W.—Light breeze, with heavy clouds. -A shower of hail in the forenoon. Plea I ' L) '? ),L5,414, LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1865. After a very protracted and animated discus sion the debate on the several amendments to Mr.DisnAma's motion has been brought to a very strange and inconclusive termination. There has been no trial of strength—no ,division. The first part of tho amendment of Mr. LOWE was nega tived without a division, the second withdrawn, that of Sir WILLIAM HEATHCOTE was likewise withdrawn, and Sir FRANCIS BARING'S adopted, if not unanimously, at least without any trial of strength that would serve as a test of the opinions of Right Honourable and Honourable Gentlemen when appealing to their respective constituents. Many have been condemned out of their own mouths. They have delivered opinions which are so utterly at variance with those of the r e)ple that we belie - ve they will never again be suffered to misrepresent the views of any body of independent electors. We can scarcely believe that the educated gentlemen of Oxford will be prepared to endorse the peculiar views of Mr. GLADSTONE and his colleague Sir W. HEATHCOTE. The " Peace-at-any-Prica" party were, per haps, the most vociferous. We believe that almost every one of the Oxford and Manchester school spoke—that the division lists could scarcely have furnished an additional name for public cen sure. Of the Peelites, Sir JAMES GRAD. Alr, and Messrs. GLADSTONE, HERBERT, and CARDaY EL L gave full expression to their new views, and attempted to justify the apparent inconsistency of opposing a matter which, while in office, they ad vocated with all their power—attempted, we say, for the effort completely failed, and few could listen with patience to the fine-drawn distinction of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Carlisle, who confessed that the seceding Ministers " were parties to the arrangem;nt that a proposition should be made to the Russian Go vernment with reference to the diminution of the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea, which should require the limitation of the Rus sian naval force in the Black Sea, but that they had not insisted upon that limitation as an ulti matum, or sine qua non!" This quibbling and casuistical defence materially aggravated the ori ginal charge. In what other form was it put but as an ultimatum ? The British Government sub mitted four points for the acceptance of Russia. It refused to treat on any other terms. They were distinctly put forward as the only basis on which negotiations could even be commenced. With gross duplicity and insincerity Russia accepted the Points, one of which she had at the very moment resolved to repudiate when the concealment of her real intentions was no longer practicable. Our own Government would be exposed to a charge of equal insincerity if they had not insisted as a sine qua non on every one of the Points so decidedly and categorically put forward. The nation has been sufficiently disgusted with what baa al ready been brought to light respecting " secret di p l omacy." The feeling will be by no means improved by the so-called explanations of Sir JAMBS GRARA:A and his Peelite colleagues. Of the Manchester School, Messrs. MILNER GIBSON', COBDEN, and BRIG BT occupied the time of the House at considerable length, and Sergeant SEEK nearly succeeded in obtaining the honours of I" a count - out ," durin g the most important debate of the Session. ',We suspect, however, that the Peelite and Manchester men would have h a d a scanty following if :a division had b een in sisted on. A vast majority of the advanced Liberals and thorough-going Fre© Traders would rather have arrayed themselves with honest JORN ll' CCIRBOOR, and demanded the destruction of the ,_ all F and an ample pecuniary ind emnit y for f expenses of th e War, as indispensable con -13 any peace that could b© accepted by the nation. The truckling presented course pursued, however , the possibility of separating the wheat ", tcf:i ,:t3+ ,- .. .; ~~ ~~~%, IT") from the chaff—of deciding who was true-hearted and who the reverse. Several of the Derbyite party, too, exhibited a pro-Russian tendency which had not been sus pected. The Marquis of GRANBY, Lord C. HAMILTON, Lord R. CECIL, Sir STAFFORD NORTH COTE, and Mr. WALPOLE all made speeches worthy of the Peace-at-any-price party; and even Mr- DISRAELI himself was crippled by the insubordi nation of his party. The most vigorous speeches were those made by independent members, who merely spoke for themselves, and not as the or gans of any considerable body. 'Mr. MACGREGOR, Mr. ROEBUCK, and several others enhanced their former character, and showed that there are men who may still be depended on, and who cannot be induced to betray the confidence reposed in them. We must also speak in terms of unquali fied approbation of the speeches of some of the Members of the Government. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH was particularly impressive. The Right Honourable Baronet, in his brief ex planation last night, completely upset the accusa tions so pertinaciously and unfairly urged against him by Mr. COBDEN, who, as we yesterday proved, was himself a thousand times more liable to the charge of inconsistency, even if everything he asserted was as correct as it has been shown to be inaccurate. The Attorney-General, too, spoke as he always does, distinctly and unequivocally. Wherever he may be, in or out of office, Sir ALEXANDER COCKBURN will maintain the high position he has so honourably achieved. .Although brought to so " lame and impotent" a conclusion, the debate has been one of no ordi nary importance. It has taught Ministers the state of public opinion, and induced them to ca3b aside the mystery in which their own views were previously involved. The country has now greater guarantees against a dishonour able and injudicious peace than it formerly pos sessed. It may repose greater confidence in the Government, since the wide gulf that has been created between them and their quondam col leagues. The Conferences having been finally closed, we are no longer bound by the Four Points, but may, considering the important suc cesses recently achieved, confidently look forward to more satisfa,ctoryresults than any suggested dur ing the progress of the negotiations—results that will be consistent with the honour of the Western Powers, and insure the future safety of the Otto man Empire and the tranquillity of Europe. Much forbearance is always due to Mr. BRIGHT when speaking on peace or war. We all know the tenacity with which an inherited creed clings to us ; and it would be uncharitable to the last degree to confound wilful with congenital blind ness. We will, therefore, attribute Mr. BRIGHT'S most extravagant, and seemingly sophistical, rea sonings to the bias, the unconscious bias, of his birth. We do not for a moment class the Hon. Member for Manchester with the shifty or jesui tical Peelites who have turned over to his creed, since their mismanagement of the War, or their philo-Russian conduct of it ejected them from office. They hate the War because it betrayed their treachery and their incapacity. Mr. BRIGHT hates it because he was taught from his cradle the doc trine of non-resistance. With such a creed, with au excitable temperament, and withno outlet for the incandescent matter within but that of his ora tory, it is not to be wondered at that he should every now and then be subject to a rather ardent peace eruption. It is not with him a set at the Treasury benches, neither is it a shabby revenge upon those who 'turned him out. Whatever we allow to the man, however, no - indulgence is due to his arguments. Indeed, though we do not want homilies in the House of Commons, we could relish the Quaker oratory better were it more drawn from the speaker's creed, and less attempt made to justify a creed well enough adapted for Paradise, by the kind of reasonings used among us fallen outsiders. We always must feel, while listening to non-resistance oratory, that if the speaker argues with us on our own grounds he fails to convince us. We are the wiser in our own line. The Quaker may array a most portentous list of evil results before us, but he does not overpower the deep-seated conviction that a result, worse than all' he enumerates put together, would be the fruit of adopting his policy. He only makes an impression for the time by magnifying, what even without his glasses, appears to us of appalling consequence, but he wants us also with him, to invert the instrument when looking at what we most dread. This is, of course, the common artifice of special pleaders, and the unconscious one of honest but enthusias tic men. Mr. BRIGHT'S reference to America, for in stance, is coloured entirely for one purpose—to frighten the ten-pound householders, and the manufacturers and merchants, by the appeal ad crumnam. American freedom from debt, and light taxation, and the English national debt and war taxes were certainly a contrast broad enough. But with the repeated commercial crises which we had in the long peace since 1814, it was surely mere clap-trap to set down to the War any dis tress among the manufacturing or agricultural peasantry at the present time. Strikes, the habit of spending in animal indulgence all their earn ings in prosperous years, and overtrading with Australia and America, are fully sufficient to ac count for want of work and want of funds amongst manufacturing operatives. In the agri cultural districts if the labourers are not well paid it certainly is not because landlords and farmers cannot afford it. In either case the War is not answerable for the overtrading of manu facturers, and its reaction ; or for farm labourers being at the mercy of the lords of the soil. The proprietors and tenants of broad acres have this year at least funds to make those ample and re munerative improvements which would raise the price of rustic labour to the living point. But does Mr. BRIGHT wish England to sink to the level of United States' political selfishness ? She never fought any battle for freedom but her own, and we believe she never will. All her battles of late, all her conquests, and all her pro jected conquests, have been in the interest of slavery. The Union is, in fact, the Ame rican counterpart of Russia. Every man there is a Czar, at least every member of the tyrant majority ; and, as a part of that ma jority, he dooms all of the other party to an official Siberia, and all his coloured fellow countrymen to worse than Russian serfdom. A friend of the neg,ro fares worse in half the Union than a friend of Poland would at St. Petersburg ; and if there be no official censorship of the press, it is probably because the mob do not choose to be deprived of their privileges. Even a village postmaster, in every part of the States, must turn out if the party which gave him the appoint ment is in a minority. We expect soon to hear that the qualification for the humblest offices all over the Union is to be a " know nothing." The present unfortunates who happen to "know something" by som e years of experience, must give place to the dominant ignorance of the day. In the line of conquest, by the testimony of her own ' best men, the %atm h ave rivaled, Russia THE SUN', LONDON, SAT URDA Y EVENING, J UNE 9 1855. fraud or intimidation (Anglice bullying) as well as in courage when needed. The annexation of Texas, indeed, the whole course of American pro cedure with Mexico, equals anything ever done by Russia around the Black Sea or on either bank of the Danube, England can, however, never con sent to learn lessons on freedom from the great Slave Republic.' From a State, the condition, of whose existence is, that a man, a fellow -creature may be kidnapped all the Union over, that a citi zen who shields the fugitive from bondage shall be ruinously fined awl imprisoned, and that a judge on ex parte evidence, no jury intervening; shall receive double fee for sending - back to slavery the man who has hazarded all for freedom 1 No wonder such a people sympathise more with the O&M and his serfs than with the Allied Monarchs and their freemen. But, even in the purely commercial point of view, does character go for nothing ? How is it that, with all their enterprise, few American houses en joy the reputation possessed by thousands of Eng lish firms ?—that English capital is nearly always so much cheaper than American ? How is it that the dread of " repudiation " has grown up among otherwise willing lenders on this side the water ? And how is it that the great Free-traders have been unable, either by their arguments or their example, to gain the ear of America ? Mr. BRIGHT'S pattern land for newspapers, commerce, and we know not what besides, is Protectionist still to the uttermost of her power. ' Liberal feeling in that line of policy she has not a touch of. As to the weight which the War is to lay on us in the race with America, Mr. BRIGHT'S policy is the reverse of ours. We say let Russia be made to boar all that, weight,. We believe , anureu ver, that every great commercial State has lost her com merce when she has lost her military prestige. From the times of Carthage and Athens to these of Holland and Venice this has always been the case. We believe that a Manchester school peace would be more injurious ultimately to Manchester than even 100 millions more of debt. Notwithstanding the increasing din of our war like preparations, and the intense interest which attaches to every movement of our noble army, it is our pride and boast that we still have time to attend to matters which affect the progress, morally and commercially, of our island commu nity. The " Honesty," or " Fidelity of Trust," of the rising and the risen generation, is of the first importance to the Public, as a question in volving a great commercial as well as a highly moral principle ; and we have much pleasure, therefore, in drawing attention to the Report of " The Times Life and Guarantee Assurance Company," which appears in another part of this impression, and by which Report it will be seen that, although there is considerable room for im provement with reference to Fidelity in general, still, that the first five years' working of the company has enabled the Directors to pay a bonus upon the shares and upon policies. We have regarded the progress of these guarantee companies with considerable interest, inasmuch as principle new in the history of assurance, and one to which the doctrine of chances had never been before applied, was involved. " Canst thou administer to a mind diseased," demands the despotic "Thane". These companies reply that they " can supply the antidote ;" Ind we sincerely hope that they may all continue to prosper in their arduous, but useful career. The Times As surance Company seems to have been unusually successful, and we refer our readers to their Report. LATEST NEWS- ATTACK AND CAPTURE THE WHITE WORK AND TEE TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE AND GUARANTEE COMPANY. The annual general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held on Thursday, June 7, 1855 ; at the offices, 32, Ludgate Hill, Alexander Webber, Esq., having been moved into the chair. The advertisement and circular convening the meeting having been read by the manager, Henry Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., the report of the directors for the year was then read, of which the following is an abstract : " During the year ending the Ist inst., the company re ceived 2,226 proposals for the insurance of 583,465!., and calculated toproduce an annual income of 10,772/. 15s. 10d., and completed and issued 1,612 policies, covering 393,5151., and yielding in premiums 7,0121. Bs. 10d. per annum. Of the proposals the directora rejected 424, for the in surance of 141,9551., with an annual amount of pre miums to the extent of 2,9581. ls. 2cl. Of those which they accepted, 111 were yet unpaid for. These insured 25,1451., at an income of 4681. 4s. sd. ; and 79 for the insurance of 22,8501., with a premium income of 3331. lls. 5 d., were still under consideration. The directors drew attention to the large amount of busi ness declined for two. reasons—the one that, notwithstand ing the care displayed in the selection of risks, the losses during the year, from claims in both departments, had been unusually large ; and the other, that the amount of business declined could not have been obtained, and all the forms and enquiries connected therewith com pleted. without absorbing a large proportion of the expenditure for the year, inasmuch as, had it been accepted, it would have increased the new business by nearly one-half the present amount. Fifty per cent. of the claims made during the year. had arisen in the guarantee department, and could be traced to causes which might now cease to affect that department ; and the directors, therefore, anticipated that the corn pany would be more fortunate in the year ensuing. The losses during the year had been—in the life department, 4,590/. ; and, in the guarantee, 4,12 i/. 2s. 6d. The direc tors also drew attention to the circumstance which was probably peculiar to the business of a company which united life and guarantee assurance, viz., that the policies which had lapsed up to the Ist of June, 1855, represented in annual premiums the sum of 7,5961 Os. 51, a sum amounting to more than two-thirds of the paid-up ca pital of the company. They confidently anticipated that inasmuch as these lapsed policies were principally incident to the guarantee business, in consequence of the changes and vicissitudes which charaoterised commercial situations, they would eventually constitute a large and legitimate source of profit. By the directors' last report, it appeared that the total amount of business done by the company up to that date, without deducting lapsed policies, had been as follows, viz. : I.vv. lanuuwl Innoma. Number of policies issued by the company up to 30th June, 1851 5,301 £23,086 2 0 Add to that the business of the present year 1,612 No. 6,913 £30,098 10 10 It will thus be seen that in six years the company had issued 6,913 policies, yielding an annual income of 30,0981. 10s. 10d., but from which must now be deducted the ascer tained lapsed policies which would give the present an nual income 'z2,502/. 103. scl. From a valuation of the business of the company feir the last five years, there ap peared a balance iu its favour to the amount of 37,4671. 16s. sd. Of this sum 33,0341. 7s. 4d. had been set aside as a reserve.fund for future profit and expenses. The sum remaining, viz., 4,4331. 9s. id., was the amount that might be distributed amongst the policy and shareholders. The above valuation had been made upon data taken from the books of the company, by Jenkin Jones, Esq., F.1.A., the actuary to the Rock, the National Mercantile, and other assurance offices. The directors did not propose to distribute the whole of this sum of 4,4331. 9s. Id., but recommended that a bonus of one per cent. per annum be declared upon all life policies entitled to a division of profits; and further recommended that a bonus of 2s. 6d. per share be declared upon the capital stock of the company. Although the directors considered that, they might fairly recommend a larger bonus, still it had been thought the most prudent course to divide but a compara tively small sum this year, in order that the probabilities might be in favour of future bonuses being progressively larger in amount. At the same time they begged to inform the shareholders that the amount of profits thus divided was fully equal to the average of the first bonuses, and, consequently, equal in amount to those declarations of profits made by offices at their first division that had since become the most prosperous institutions of the day. In the guarantee department, as no profit had been made, there would, of course, be none to divide amongst the holders of guarantee policies. The bonus upon the life policies the directors recommended should at this declaration, be added to the policies, the shareholders at the same time giving no pledge that th e p resen t mode of division should be a precedent for the next, or any future division of profits ; and that the bonus upon the shares should be taken as so much paid up capital. In recommending the above course to be taken, they felt it their duty to remark that, in the opinion of the consulting actuary, these bonuses might be paid in cash with the greatest safety should the shareholders demand it ; although the directors were unanimously of opinion that the mode before suggested would be felt by all persons to be the most prudent and expedient. In congratulating the shareholders upon the result of the first five years of the company's operations, they ventured to express a hope that the same prosperity might attend the nest quinquennial phase of the company's history, and would assure the share holders that the expenditure should be carefully watched, and a reduction made wherever it could be safely effected. The directors, in conclusion, recommended that interest at the rate of 51. per cent, per annum, clear of income tax, be paid upon the capital of the company for the past year, and begged, as an illustration of their duties, to draw at • tention to the fact that, although :the business completed during the past year,amounted to the sum of 393,515/ , and produced an annual income of 7,012/. Bs. 10,1., yet the busi ness offered to the company, and passing through the llamas of the directors, amounts :. to the large sum of 5 4 3,4655., and would have produced an annual income of 10,772/. se. 10d." The report was received with prolonged applause. The CHAIMIAN then rose for the purpo?e of moving the following reeolutioe :—" That the report now ceo-i, • embracing as it does the last six years, and balance sheets for the last six years therein referred to, he ap proved and adopte,l."' He said : Ge2ntlemen,---It ie almost unnecesqary for tee to remark that the venr we have just paved through has been one of singuler diffi eulty, nut only in the coraincrciel world, but to the pub ic generally, in consequence of the war—which, IioWCV:r just and glorious it may be, has undoubtedly been the means of creatieg a great deal of pecuniary einharrns• went throughout the country ; and most persona, in the mercantile. wcild eepecialiy, and all those with fixed in comes, must have felt that te be obliged to go to war in a commercial country like ours is a disaster of the greatest possible magnituele. Having made these few preliminary remarks, I may. I think, safely congratu late the shareholders on the business we lave trans ;toted during the last twelve months. • I think, in deed, it is a great thing- for rue to he enabled to say that we have in the short space of one year aniasse.d an income of 7,000/. It may he observed, in the next place, that we have declined more than the ordinary number of policies ; std I wish to call year particular attention to this fact as indicating that the company are rausacting business on the best possible principle. With regard to this large number —amounting to about one fifth of the aggregate amount of policies offered us respecting sc much business, we have thought it safer to reject what might appear to be good rather than run any injudicious risks. With regard to losses, I may sly there is scarcely an insurance office which has not found it necessary to offer some apologetic explanations upon the number of claims falling in upon them. It is very natural in a .period of commercial stagnation that life assurance generally should have been affected by it ; and it is a well known fact that they have all suffered to a greater or loss-extent. In some cases, indeed, where their losses hare been calculated at 30,000/. on the year —and these matters, as you are, no doubt, all aware, can usually be calculated to a nicety—they have amounted to as much as 50 per cent. more. Our losses have been heavier than we expected, but you will find that they are below the average. I cannot leave this part of the subject without, in justice to our medical officers, stating the singular fact that of the number of losses which have fallen in one half have consisted of re-assurances from other offices. Another remarkable circumstance also occurs to me on this point which I may as well mention ; and it is that the losses on the guarantee department have been very large—in fact they have amounted to very nearly as much as those in the life department. The air —if I may be allowed the expression—wSuld appear in this country, from various circumstances which it would be tedious to detail, to have become impregnated with dishonesty, and to have produced the result I have pointed out. This must be the case when persons do not know how long they may retain the situations they hold. Commercial affairs are not so prosperous as they were, and when a man who has large sums of money con stantly passing through his hands, finds that he cannot reckon upon his present position for any certain length of time the temptation too often unfortunately becomes too .great for his resistance. With regard to the guarantee business, I have repeatedly confessed my opinion that it is a good business if conducted upon a principle which would give us something like proper data to guide us. Up to the present time I maintain our data have been found to be good. We have data from our own books which tell us' distinctly that the rates aro low. I find in the report an extraordinary statement, to the effect that the lapsed policies alone amount to 7,5901. This is a startling fact if we were not to analyse it ; and when we do we find that the greater portion of these lapsed policies arise in the guarantee department. It will also be observed that during the six years of our existence, in respect of which it should be stated I have just been speaking when I referred to the lapsed policies —during these six years very nearly 7,000 policies have been issued, which would have produced an annual income of 30,0001. and upwards, but owing to these lapsed policies our income has been reduced to, say, 23,0001. However, it strikes me, on looking through our report from beginning to end, that there is much upon which we may congratulate ourselves. I do not know that I need detain you much longer, with any observations of mine, except to call your attention to the highly satisfactory statements contained in the lat ter portion of the report before you. Although we have been a little unfortunate in an amount of claims in the Guarantee and Life departments, these appear to have be era principally made within the uearn p lvl vsic a eekhae s l eiov t wtgeti y enesshr e :oewe a t twlm r aehe . rvmapsee D ttl aroastanytui average eedgiedonrufeungl by uy t srom h nl naay e -. numberpt: fortunateh- ee r en e r oa e f d b l claims authority oa g t fai m fi nol talent nnh e utooe other a e oi% ,hanniar. and ability, offices jo having . e n: u s i y r n e we t Jones,xas e i nns ourselves, balance of more than 37,0001. in favour of the company. The Directors feel that it is necessary for them to be very careful of this large sum, and they have, therefore, proposed that somewhat more than 33,0001. of it should be set aside as a reserve fund, the remainder being ap propriated to bonuses for distribution amongst the policy and shareholders. It is not, however, intended to adjudge this remainder amongst all policy holders, because that would be very unfair, as it would be giving a five years bonus to those who had only held policies for three. Turning from the subject on which I have hitherto been dwelling, and irrespective of personal considerations, we are met Lere on this occaiion to promote the interests of the institu tion, and all institutions generally of a similar character. With regard to life assurance generally, we all know it is not a very difficult matter to induce a man to insure his life if be has a proper feeling and proper affection for his kindred and family ; but it is too frequently neces sary that he should be spoken to on the suLject to make him adopt such a course. I would urgently recommend you, therefore, to make life assurance and its principles known throughout the circle of your respective acquaint' ante. I don't mean with a view in particular to extending the business of this office, though, of course, we all have its interest mainly at heart—l mean that you should endeavour to "learn the luxury of doing good," and of promoting the welfare of your fellow-creatures by making known as freely as your opportunities permit the inestimable blessing of life assurance. I hope if these suggestions are attended to, to have the pleasure of meeting you on future occasions with more smiling faces, and that future reports will be more gratifying still than the one now before us. Mr. C. H. CooKE, in seconding the motion, said, . that after the very able remarks of the chairman he had scarcely anything to say. He must, however, observe that it was very gratify ing to find that, whilst other institutions. had compa ratively retrograded, instead of advanced, during the past year, the Times Office continued to progress ; and this he thought was attributable in a great measure to the zeal, ability, and energy displayed by the management. The motion was then put and agreed to unanimously. Mr. WHITE said he had much pleasure in moving " That the following gentlemen, who retire from the "direction, in accordance with the terms of the deed of settlement, being eligible for re-election, be re-elected accordingly, viz.:—James Wyld, Esq., Geo. Cooper, Esq., and the Rev. John Wood." Mr. COMPTON seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. F. SQUIRE then moved the re-election of the fol lowing gentlemen, who retire from the audit, viz. H. B. Rye, Esq., and Thos. Charles Blundell, Esq. Mr. NICHOLAS most cordially seconded the resolu tion, which was approved. • Mr. H. E. RYA , next said he had great pleasure in moving " that interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, he paid upon the paid-up capital of the company ;" observing, at the same time, • that he felt assured, with the indefatigable zeal, energy, and ability of their worthy and able manager, Mr. Sheridan, in connection with the, directors, that they should still continue to progress, and that with the li berality of the company but a very few years would elapse before the Tune. Life Assurance Company would stand second to none. Mr. R. T. DEERE seconded the motion, which was forthwith agreed to. Mr. S. G. GRADY, in moving "a remuneration to the directors for the past year," observed that he could not submitthat resolution forthe approval of the shareholders without 'expressing his own opinion, in which they would no doubt concur, that this sum was but a very inadequate remuneration to those gentlemen who had devoted so much of their valuable time and energies to the advancement of the institution' during the past year. However, the directors had not asked for more, and the highest compliment they as shareholders could pay to those gentlemen was to comply with this modest request in a ready and cordial manner. It was to him, as it must be to all of them, a source of great pleasure and gratification to observe the prosperous position of the institution at that time, and he thought it was but due to the directors, in voting that sum to their use, to express to them their sincere gratitude for their able and efficient management of its affairs, and for their exer tions in conducting it to its present flourishing condition. Mr. CHANDLER, in seconding the motion, said he had jotted down several questions he intended to have put to the directors, but the observations of the chairman, and the balance-sheet and able report, had removed the necessity of his doing so, and had not only satisfied him as to the manner in which the society had been con ducted, but had also proved to him that it was in a pros perous state. He was besides fully satisfied that they could not expect gentlemen to devote so much of their time and attention to the institution without some recog nition of those services, and he therefore most cordially approved of the voting of the sum of money mentioned in the resolution, and be only regretted it was not a larger one. He trusted that the institution, under such direction, would continue to prosper. The motion was then put to the meeting by its pro poser (Mr. Grady), and was approved of amidst applause. The Rev. J. GEORGE next mover', " That a bonus be declared out of the profits of the first five years at the rate of one per cent. per annum upon all policies effected prior to the 30th Jute, 1852, and that the same be added to the policies; and that a bonus, out of the same fund, of 2s. 6d. per share be declared and paid upon the capital stock of the company, and that the same be ticken as so much paid-up capital." He did not, he observed, ke tend to commercial talent, or the talent of calculation and the like, but he delighted to observe the principles at work in the management of institutions of that cha racter. One great principle which he remarked in their own association, and one without . which he presumed all other -efforts would fail in effecting any degree of prosperity —ho meant prudence in steering a midile course between two extremes. It might occur to many then present that the two extremes in their case, would be either to declare no bonus at all in this comparatively gaily period of their existence, or, on the other hand, to declare a very lane one, without at all suggesting the way in which it should be most advantageously disposed of. Now, the direc tors appeared to have hit upon the happy medium, and having declared a bonus, had determined to' apply it to the encouragement equally of the policy holders and the investors ; and by affording them an opportunity of par ticipating in the profits connected with the institution, thus inducing them to adhere to it, and to consolidate the interests of the society. He thought there had been much wisdom and forethought in the adoption of such a course, and he therefore most cordially moved the resolution entrusted to him. Mr. J. C. SPENCE seconded the resolution ' • taking occasion to observe that ho quite agreed with the prin-' eiple of prudence and expediency which the director:3 had adopted in applying the money they proposed, to inducing the policy holders tv feel additional interest in the welfare of the association, and to lend their energies to the promotion of its further success. The resolution was then adopted nem. con. Mr. DEERE then moved " that the valuation of the business-and division of profits, if any, of the society be made quinquennially instead of triennially." The resolution having been seconded by Captain E. G. L. PERROT'', who simply remarked that the proposed change, by giving them fully five years, would enable them to estimate to greater advantage the profits of the society, 'was at once approved of. M. F. MaLeomt said he had been connected with the institution since its commencement, and -had since bad frequent opportunities of observing the ability and inde fatigable industry with which the directors had devoted themselves to the interests of the society. They had done their part well and ably. The last year zy,s they were all aware had been, commercially §peaking, a most disastrous one, and had most injuriously affected Joint- Stock Companies generally ; but so far as their institu tion was concerned, they were deeply indebted to the discretion of the directors for averting those consequences which might otherwise have visited them also. Person ally he was deeply grateful to them, and had the great est pleasure therefore, in moving "that the best thanks of the shareholders be tendered to the directors for their past services." Mr. COOKE had much pleasure in seconding the pro position, as he thought that the past management of the association reflected the highest credit upon the directors. The motion having been carried by acclamation, The CHAIRMAN rose and said that be had hoped one of his brother directors would have relieved him of the duty of returning thanks in their collective behalf for the handsome manner in which the vote of thanks to them had just been awarded. He did not wish to tro - upon their tune, which he feared he had already done too long, but he begged on the part of his col leagues and himself to thank them most sincerely for the kind expressions with which their services had been re cognised. Mr. C. LATHAM, in moving a vote of thanks to the auditors for their past services, said that it must be ob vious to all that, so far as the shareholders were con cerned, the auditors stood between the management and them, and the skill and fidelity of the auditors were of the utmost consequence to the institution. Now, the audi tors of that society were not only skilful, but were ex ceedingly careful and scrupulous in the execution of their duty, and on that account they deserved their thanks. Mr. J. SHERIDAN seconded the vote of thanks, ob serving that he bad much pleasure in endorsing all that had been said relative to the practical ability and expe rience of their auditors. He had no doubt of the trou ble which they bad bestowed in the preparation of this year's balance-sheet ; it was a difficult thing at the best of times, but they had had, as it were, six years' work to perform, as they had abundant proof by the report. With regard to the association itself, he might say that wherever he had been throughout the country be had found the sinews of the society stretched by its agents in all directions ; and he was peculiarly pleased such was the case, for whilst the directors were providing for the interests of the shareholders at home, the agents were extending them to the utmost abroad. The motion was cordially adopted, and. Mr. RYE briefly acknowledged the compliment on behalf of the auditors. The CHAIRMAN next observed that he thought he need scarcely apologise for again troubling the meeting with any remarks, when he said that he was about to submit to them a motion which was of such a nature that be felt they would unanimously agree to its adoption, and to the sentiment it contained. It was to the following effbct :—"That the best thanks of the shareholders be tendered to H. B. Sheridan, Esq., and the other officers of the company , f or t h e i r serv i ces ." It would be a satisfaction to the shareholders to know that he felt perfectly convinced that any remarks he should feel it his duty to make, in offering 'that resolution to their notice, would be willingly endorsed by all his colleagues in the direction of the company. It was well known 3 to all then present that Mr. Sheridan bad been connected with the company from its. earliest institution; and from that time up to the present mo ment that gentleman's best exertions—indeed it might be said the morning of his life—had been devoted to its service. He (the Chairtnan) bad had frequent opportu nities of seeing how attentive he had] been to the in terests of the company ; and so far as the guarantee department was concerned none but those " behind the scenes" could form any conception of the amount of anx iety which was constantly resting upon the mind of a ma nager of a guarantee society ; and the amount of talent and tact requisite to control its business showed the ne cessity as well as the importance of possessing a inansger of Mr. Sheridan's capacity. He had al ways shown himself to be perfectly conversant with every detail of assurance business—so much so that he was regarded as an autho rity in L the int:urns:to world. - lie had atudiecl the science of averages so thoroughly and completely that he bad scarcely any thing more to learn. Enthusiasm was .the genius of sincerity. Ile (the chairman) knew Hr. Sheridan to be enthusiastic, and he believed him to be sincere id his aspirations for the success of the insti tution ; and he did not know of any insurance . office which could point with greater pride to the head of its management than theirs could. Mr. Sheridan had al ways shown himself equal to the trust reposed in him, and that was one of great magnitude, and therefore the policy holders, shareholders, and directors were alike in- debted to him. He was, in fact, the mainspring of the company; for in an office like theirs, combining life with guarantee business, the directors must be subser vient to the manager. In conclusion he was happy to add that the institution was in other respects well offi cered, and he therefore begged to move the best thanks of the company to them collectively for their services. Mr. MALCOLM very cordially seconded the resolution, which was carried amidst applause. - - Mr. SHERIDAN, in reply, said, on ,behalf of himself and the other officers comprised in the resolution, he had to thank them all for the manner in which they had paid the annual compliment to thorn. As the meeting had now occupied so long a time he was reluctant to address them at any length ; but as it was usually expected that • the manager of a company on such occasions should say something relative to the business events of the past year he would offer them a few observations ; but he promised he would be as brief as possible. The share holders had, no doubt, had their attention drawn to the items of the company's general expenditure. On this point it should be borne in mind that the great portion of the expenditure for the year consisted of what we termed preliminary expenses. These out'ays were not only necessary and unavoidable the first year, but far many years there must be a great deal of what is termed preliminary or extension expenses. Some com panies which had been in existence ten, twelve, and fif teen years, and which had hardly yet left London, had been obliged to incur these expenses ; and what would their shareholders say when the cost of extending the business into the provinces was put before them ? Only that it was an expense that must be spread over a period of time, and therefore must be called preliminary ex pense. An office in King 'William-street, for instance, had no agents in the country for the first nine or ten years of its existence. In fact there must be prelimi nary expenses, and each year, if a company was pro gressing, it must incur a large amount of expenditure in this way, which must be separated from those items that come under the head of annual expenses. But if business was not spught by these means how were you to obtain it ? There were three patent modes by which insurance offices could ob tain a connection. One was by means of age and re putation. The old offices threw their doors wide open, and waited calmly for the entrance of their customers, relying on their age and reputation; but that would not do with their office, for he supposed if they were to turn the whole front of their office into a doorway he did not suppose customers would walk in, inasmuch as they were not what was termed ,an old office, and in the technical language of the insurance world they conse quently had no reputation.. Another mode was by ob taining the support of a class. There were offices that k had obtained an unusual degree of success by addressing themselves to, and starting with the support of a p - arti- I cular class. One office to which he would refer bad secured the co-operation of a highly industrious and intellectual body of men, men as respectable as any in the middle class of life. Mr. Pratt would know very well to what office he alluded when he said that the success attending the efforts of that office was traceable to the exertions of that excellent class of persons, the Sunday school teachers— a body remarkable for ac tivity, zeal, and intelligence, and who could back their views with sound 'and logical arguments. Then there was a class of offices which compelled their share holders to become insurers, .such as the Rock and other offices. That had been found to be successful, though the annual new business was not large ; but there was necessarily a large number of share transfers each year, and the transferers being obliged to insure their lives on taking their shares, that, of course, brought more business into the office. In the absence of either of these features then in their. own office they had been obliged to have recourse to purchase, to competition, to 'expenditure, without which it was impossible for them to I get the public to look at them. There was for instance a large amount of the expenditure deducted for com missions, for unless they allowed the agents liberal re muneration they did not exert themselves - at all, and transferred their services to the keenest of their compe titors. With reference to the past five years, notwith standing the large items of expenditure to which he had alluded, they had to-day seen that a lgrge amount of profit had been made in the first year of the company's working, and the proprietary had that day declared how that profit should be divided and appropriated. Lapsed policies had been referred to ; and it seemed to be sup posed that they had taken pace during the past -year. But the fact was they were the policies thatihad lapsed from the first commencement of the company, and these lapsed policies had materially contributed towards the declaration of profits which had beene this day made. If, then, the last five years had been se satisfactory, they might safely take the next on trust to be equally if not more so. Although no profits had been made in the guarantee department they bad made a large connec tion, which he anticipated would materially assist the company during the ensuing five years. They would perceive, by the prospectus, that a very great number of public companies and corporati?ns had accepted the guarantee of their company—companies that were com pelled to be particular with reference to the financial value of their ' money securities— and who yet had been amply satisfied with the security offered by this company after a careful examination of its condition. 'At the same time as many as 2,000 firms, in different parts of the country, had accepted the security of their society. Although their efforts, in this department had, as yet, been productive of no financial profit, he hoped they would be more successful in future years. No guarantee office had ever declared profits at the end of the first five years ; and a gentleman behind him, who was connected with- the first guarantee office, c mid bear him out in this assertion. Although gua' rantee 'companies had suffered great losses it must be remembered that they had to feel their way, for their rates of premium at first there was no data on which to base a table of rates. The-statistics of crime, though, unhappily, sufficiently ample, were not suffi ciently classified, and they could not ascertain the amount of that particular class of persons who were likely to seek the advantages of a guarantee office. They had, consequently, to pay for their eiperience. Their own (the Times) office had followed the course of the other two offices, and , In consequence of low rates of premium, had also been sufferers. The first Guarantee Company had to learn that there were two features that were elements in the calculation of guarantee rates, and that could not have been origi nally considered. One was that, in the same way that epidemic diseases attack large masses of mankind physi cally at stated periods, though the causes were partially ascertainable, so there were periods when men were seized with a kind of mental epidemic, a disorder that threatened-moral dissolution to the patient, and in like manner the causes were partially ascertainable.; periods of great commercial pressure, periods when temptations of an unusual kinJ were made to young mep to emigrate, when new and royal roads to fortune daziled their judg ments, such as gold mining, &c. ; or to times of strong political convulsion and exeiternent,.which lead' to dis content and depression, and to unsettle men's m inds — these were the causes that at stated periods in affected the fortunes of guarantee societies ; but as they had the advantage of anticipating the approach of those periods, they could now .prepare • for them. The other feature referred to was that ths're w ere two sides to the great question of crime, "that wait irArnsity of man," that for a man to become dishonest fie / oust in most cases be tempted in some way or other ; with sr for instance by the laxity of employers, or the ca,relCestless with which they entrusted large sums of money to on - - sons under them, unused to trial or temptation, and he "e lay the great series of all guarantee business. Limit the temptation and you reduce at once the amount of crime, compel employers to be careful and the employed, in most cases will be honest. Thus, in accepting a guarantee policy, it became important to inquire into the character of employers, and these were the precatn. tions which, if duly observed, would tend, in a great de gree, to reduce the chances of guarantee losses.. He must apologise for detaining them at such length, but before he sat down, he might observe that there was now before the House of Commons a measure for the limitation of liability in Joint Stock Companies which would have some effect upon their company in this way. The best business had been for some time monopolised in the guarantee department by the British Guarantee Company, which had been selected by Go vernment, from the fact of its proprietary being liable ,to the last shilling of their fortune. They had resisted the temptation to any such principle, and consequently 1 the office to which he alluded had been used by all the employes of the Government to effect their policies. But when the measure he spoke of had passed the house this temptation to unlimited liability would cease, and the Government could not consistently support or persist in this monopoly ; and he trusted they should have a fair share of that business. . T. M. BAKER, E3q., then moved a vote of thanks to the medical officers of the company, observing that their professional ability and consistent attention to their duties entitled them to respect and praise. Mr. W. HOPCROFT seconded the vote, which was forthwith approved of tmanimously. Dr. CooKE, in acknowledging the compliment, said that it was at all times gratifying to receive praise for one's exertions when one knew that it was not altoge ther undeserved. So far as the ability of himself and col leagues went, it was devoted carefully and attentively to the interests of the society by the scrupulous exami nation of all medical reports sent up for their considera tion. !With regard to transfers from other offices, which had swelled by one-half the losses the society had sus tained since its commencement: they were particularly careful, and gave them much anxious consideration before affixing their names to the reports. The society might rest assured that their vigilance in the execution of their responsible duties would not be relaxed. Dr. BISHOP said there was one matter which his col league had omitted to state, which was that, from the care they had taken in the examination of proposals passing through their hands, the life department, he believed, was in as sound a state as that of any institu tion in the kingdom. With regard to the foreign busi ness, although during the past year Much had been done in Berlin, and in spite of the prevalence of the cholera, they had but lost a single life in that city. It was true they had rejected a large number of propo-t.ds,: brit he attributed in a great measure the success of the com pany in Berlin and Hamburgh to the efficiency of the agents and the integrity of the medical officers there. He believed the latter were as able and qualified as any ••••••••............"••••••....................."".,111i6s. professional gentlemen who could be found in this me trorlis. . Mr. GRADY, in moving a vote of thanks to the chair man for his able and courteous conduct in the chair, said although the compliment was an ordinary and usual one, yet they would agree with him that the chairman was richly entitled to it. Mr. CHANDLER seconded the motion, and it was at once carried, amidst warm applause. 'Th e CHAIRMAN having a.pprop r iately returned his acknowledgments, the proceedings terminated. The directors and shareholders present afterwards partook of an elegant dejeunOwbich had been prepared for them in an apartment adjoining the Boaxd -reom ; during, which "the health of the company's agents " was propoBed by Mr. Compton, seconded by the other Wood, • acd cordially honoured. After several toasts, the meeting separated ABUSE, OF GOVERNMENT PATRONA.O - FAMILY INFLUENCE AGAIN! TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, —The columns of you r widely-spread j ou rnal be in g a live to Government ab us es induces me to draw your a attention to the announcement in The Sun of last nigl it of the appointmen t b y Lord PAREOUre of a "young Ken of " to the importa nt p ost 'of Assistant Director General to the Army Clothin g Board. Most of Yen! numer ous readers will have remembered the spe ech ni acle Isar very recently by our p resent Secretary for Bebe i n e t o Department, in the House of Commons. (the noble Earl was understOod to say) that 0 far as h e was concerned, he would be enabled, in to th . : Board of Ordnance with that of the War, to let the pub!' see that neither rank nor family influence should inducehir to make appointments unless the recipients bad talon tchlaeimrisg,hatnindemneirnitt;htehiartrihgehtwpolaueldes.ts far this declaration, we were last night informed that IVI_ • George Dalhousie Ramsay has been appointed to fill ale • se etos very important and.lucrative post of Assistant Di dent to the Army Clothing Board ! Ask ally indePenstate member of the house, call upon Lord Pansaure t° public what claims this young gentleman o ld as p he f .ieet, service, and what qualification hb ld e gard° ea e 0 t rseferea merit, or capability for such an apppointreen i ., tha t the as possible put In accordanse W:a to the "Royal Red Book " informs the Inthrri,i,, the young gentleman in question isa third-eles° ~ c erenoure. War-office, also private secretary to 1-ier' to the So much for family influence. He is also nePlievlsieted, noble earl. These are facts which cannot be cent'? e Lsrd Mr. Editor, you and the public have a right tocal7 ~iO3s be e anmure for an explanation on what grounds e .21.;010 has thus abused the patronage at his disposalr. obedient 5erva=...... 18 ISTB• L ' :- . l i d ded to I n THE EMPRESS EIIGENIE.—The report as._ .o.o3,sesa several E of the metropolitan journals, that the ' - ' 0 `,.0 to bo ug o e o n r i r e eo w t 7 i f n or a averirowintdearyesstaincfgo pcorn.dition, " P st s tele graphed for, and immediately p'roceederidec tOetkb:l'rench t capital.don, 1311 Sir James Hudson has left Turin for t e °l3 sod in leave. The affairs of the legation are to dir, e '. his absence by the secretary, the lion. E. Brsineetuted, reciume his aquatic trips early next tnon t The Venerable Duke of Rutland will, it is 000 .. in the Rego" th to 17°14° 11' lution yacht. re turned Lord squall, from Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwicks hire ' M a idenberrived at Stafferd and Lady Leigh h ave The'Duke of Sutherland has ad. E st de Os House from Clifden House, n ual visi t to ° eve, " 7 o tene" grace shortly departs on his ann mains in Sutherlandshire - his grace, we seat, belie p a prob e ing ° t 9 pass the summer at his romantic Castle. s: to A r 3 i; . EAST INDIA COMPANY'S STOCIC.--Accorwog otin t 0 . liamentary paper, published on Friday, the r sr c ot. East India stock transferred to loans bearing.lq93,4o3 interest, during 1852, 1853, and 185'4, was ' e tn Company's rupees. costa Mr. Hardy, her Majesty's vice-consul at nople, is returning to England for the ncrP9 s r 2!e c a °:°: work k ing in an tbe occulist, oohsuinr ohffiisnesiagthrt efarail.ing sii , DEATH OF ANOTHER FLAG OFFICER, glis—',„..ble 31) JOHN MACPHERSON FERGIISON.--ThiS yerie,.,l.o.b, se gallant Admiral died at his residence, in nearlydinbu°sixtY Tuesday, at an advanced age. Ile bad been years in the service. . s , E G 1 01 1:: CLOSE OF TRANSFER AT THE BANS 0. - 14 . 0.0 r c Yesterda'y the Books of Transfer for the Se vf f yor n, per Cent. Annuities, Annuities for Ted ° en d A afternfe; sli . a Three and a Half per Cent. Annuities, and Two se 10 per uly 2C,e werent. A s n b n u u t i Annuities i l o t % o w l h B i c t i i n o the s tidiyilitehdee;olo., nOtb of j ild t o i f u ee a T e sl l :r ei g. ansfer for the Three per Cent. Consolidate oinTgneindtiovnideewndlsedwgeirlls,boaprenidshiot mtilolnciths; the 9 . : of July. , + se e1(1 ).- ,,a HE CRIMEA.—The victorious career oi Siry drow n tionary forces under Sir George BTOVIR 0. 13 d ~,13 to t " - , Lyons having naturally directed public attenslrseonsr te the e nes of their triumph. Mr. J. Wyld, Gel proosPti: Queen, has stepped forward with handtil e i s suesir tilde to supply an acknowledged want, hag „ontsYsst,e , tweenexcellent map (2, 1 feet by 16 inches) of the coup Aro'''. The Anapa and Caffa, including ICertch e ll s a d se s ' s ' • progress of the expedition both by lap. - f t' - [ may be readily traced on it- 2 a p• a p lan ° l3icg" [ attack of Kertch and Yenikale, by spirited O s ,' J . ' 4°6 1 _h=l, R.N., H M.S. Terrible, being given.. line are also soundings taken and the Russian lin e cues , pointed out, together with o ther ' matter. v 0 11ciA' . RAILWAY STATION MASTER ICILLED.--4 Ter ' of the ing accident occurred at . the Mottrans statie° v s oon Manchester, Sheffielc!, and Lincolnsbire I'o'll°l3o° after noon on Thursday, the station-master, „ en , the Stubbs, being killed vthilst crossingsbe line ', L i n frm n booking office to meet the 7 a.m. penger "' l d o' o Hull to Manchester, which was then in sight, n e !A ss I ,n stop at the opposite platform. He attempted to o i . is . a t front cf a special train of empty coke waggoneY aware be had received notice, and he was tbeselere,., elissA' would not stop at that station , but he evidently train culated the speed at which it *was going, f° „ r s and the quite he fel l(,i dead dd before threw t l t i came up at the rate of about 15 miles a° bes"o"'yarde ' , unfortunate. man was dashed fora and about ', A i n bef°s the buffer of the engin', which causlit iii,. lll ,,,:the w b ss e3 . stoPP:reied. 0 pissed over his face and lirobs. ll° wa e : /. The -8' ceased was about 26 years of age, apd Ove r, _She e e o . itenstra,acirnoses,uthkie rbaeils, criw. of ce,..18, STATE OF THE ARMY BEFORE SBBAS: rOO ll3 ere . mittee met again yesterday at 12 o'clo ° the r at e° 'og 17, Mr. Roebuck in the chair, aft th e ic°' I clai r bel P i r o i n v aotfe,t their p r o u p b o l r ic t being present. The meeting, as on ..-sh o cOla sic i o a Wedlleil -' • e l ' wanedrethneotqaadesnatil o tt n ed. 1 " t on er op; (four o'clock), of tbe f e e n ine(' ° v to the various witnesses who have been e% O ; A g e/i t se cupied the Committee until the usual boor es iots °' various matters was postponed until Mon Y,_ v i e w , i The New Hospital for Di ase 4of the Chele so? when the furthili disc us nest. Ise Park, the first stone of which se w s tit 14 on Tblliresi Highness Prince Albert in June, 185 1, via a s cso ve°l3 / ). day last inspected by his royal highne!s, id the - °l' es eci by Lord George Lennox and Captain , cin g 01 3 /r. De Ros, equerry in waiting, prior to its ° su rest 'Ol for the reception of in-patients. The o,lbere, epr, H. E. Gurney, Mr. H. Tucker, IYlr. i _J e- . ei os, tt , other members of the committee, 'the phew oiri‘ t e er s Jeaffreson, Dr. Peacods Dr. Bennett ' seppevis, and Dr. Clark, and several oft he earliest _ s g. . 1 of the institution, including r. Maste!Loohuls roYel:. Mr. TidsWell, &c., were in waiting to sece/,./s o'ol°o, highness, who arrived at the building at, 1° ptsif er v ieg At the Middlesex Sessions yesterdaY Se ° H . s il of bat/°n• 25, a ticket-of-leave man, was found gu,ll,'Voliani 00 , stolen a watbh, value 41., the propestY °I t s e cne r re b• It.eman, from his person. In 185 0 the C e i s eila i e ar' Ito 10 years' transportation fil l : A to sip 11,tor) bey. The Assistant -Judge sentenced him g r , 11l en y FelijSt.."rvitlde. Mr. Le Breton pf9sectit noted, of k ife e r of .defencled,—Thos: Adderson, 17, wa s e°l'll' 3 I I trtilifit nr from the peisson. It appeared that he wa s co n ' tle, young thieves. The Assistant-Judg,e se' nud e ' an .1 e ery i . (ts variably sen,tencsid thief trainers topes4 ,ori.,ene seiet acquaintance in &seri) : therefore, seos.eoced him to four years. 4 . ,, Aeer-sso aria : " All right,. Tom." Mr. o'l3ri e l i ne General Greincli prisoner.lr, • .t r , 0 1 Belgian Minister °',,j to v to "Four years, I:iii w as le just left for Germany, Y)' that c ountry urn tbr different fortresses in . and re tin absent about thee© we` 1" - A of dal' e " France. it " the figlePe, 3, L order, it i$ 05 0 1 ' 0 01 0 1 o : 4 - 1 A Paris correspondent ot neutron; Brussels says :-- of the sne on "The examination'of the questi: lll . so 1 e °°" Goi rer° ; ofAustria would carry me too far ' ,s tbe . 0 Os self to affirming with some certainty /0.,. pe rcei v , 0 in ments of France and England do ti°o.io t/ ,0 in symptoms which announce this considern„ jo ye 's joy the policy and _resolutions of A.ustria. - I- rostr Obeid tradict, with still more assurance, a 1 1 . 0001;)r,, oil probable, so. impossible, that ono caene,"ssseti I." se; how journals should have accepted n" p op of culation, without the addition of a p ro ofs dell i : o f A t cording to some English journals, about o h P ; s . f tb ° • the French Minister at Berlin and tbe x r e iss ioo S t p f,o ° ' Hanover, ' to the effect of obtaining I' r 1 1 1 1 ), the ; j Pe, passage of a corps of the imperial arisil_eJr wee, a' verian territory to Lubeck, where rites' loots ready to convey them into the Baltic.beo tbe fs ene l3 intelligence is quite unfounded. "be into a sae troops embark for the Baltic, it will .'tl It., / porf, a,S it was last year sfor the exped is incl. the 296'111 fr °lll A letter from S. Petersburg of o A le tter or (.1 , the National Gazette, says :---- 'the, e stiS e 4 0 0 Irkutsk states tilat the river Arnoor,of pegsti.a:ite,s which has often bgen the sub.iFoti to be Tl iarg c between Russia and China, is l)© lr_ey_.6o, .t. 00 It by the allied squadron constantlye r „.ising Or% number of troops are ev e s there qto, Irkutsk, and many officers 1100,ersrtivvoas the,..;. t he the other side of the l3aikal: .i.-L'ea'navjgatiefelour the siau governor-general °penes' t . e i „ ,rs aiv,ioioll e dition the tl ° ' - se e. cl# Amcor with two steamers, just.-Lonwed Russians had definitively abonist, __tow pos _ O O of that river, which they d leeri",,_A toi'f'.ote During this period small bindep row_,:„ trio_,er, Of late, ~c a t neither to Russia hob'srto China. has been 0010 „e have sprung up along its banks? P"'llowev o the goernor-gena attentionai tuelli ,10..suil these townships, and he has li! it ' (-Lb' wo e estabil 100 them all P regular government over ~ ledge the supremacy of Rus s ' ' :;,, ditPi' r. , b ees orgauified ou the Amoo THE MAMELON WAR DEPARTMENT, 9TH JUNE, 1855. Lord Panraure presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence which has this day reached him from Lord Raglan : " SEBASTOPOL, JUNE 7TII, 1855. " The formidable fire yesterday was kept up to-day with the greatest spirit, and soon after six this evening the French attacked and carried the White Work and the Mamelon. The whole ope ration was most brilliant. Great gallantry dis- played on all sides. Casualties not yet known." BERLIN, 7th.—Pri nee Paskewitch has leftWarsa w in great haste to proceed to Luck, the central strategical point in Volhynia, accompanied by his Chef-d'etat Major Troloff. An imperial manifesto has been published suspending in Poland, until peace shall be restored, all civic prosecutions directed against persons who take an active part in the war. ST. PETERSBURG, 2d. —Axe 3unts from ;asnaj a - Gorka in the Gulf of Finland of the 31st ult. state that the divisions forming the advanced guard of the allied fleet had just weighed anchor. The tele graph from Cronstadt announces that two of the enemy's frigates and two steamers were distinctly in sight. MADRID, 7th,—The new Ministers named to replace those who have resigned are MM. Zabala, Minister of State ; Fueute Andres, Justice ; Braul, Finance ; Helves, Interior ; and Martinez, Com merce. They took the oath to the Queen last night. A Cabinet Council was held to-day to dis cuss several questions. FRANCE. PARTS, FRIDAY EVENING. The King of Portugal, the Duke of Oporto, and the officers who accompany them, went yesterday morning in state to the Hotel-de-Ville. " The King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto," says the Emancipation of Brussels, " will visit Belgium on leaving Paris, King Leo pold having received an autograph letter from the young King announcing that intention." It is stated in circles generally well informed upon the intention of the Government that the allies will not occupy Kertch, but fortify Yenikale, and leave 5,000 Turks to defend it. Our flotilla will keep the Sea of Azoff, and probably visit Ros stock, Marionpol, and Taganrog. In the Russian arsenal near Kertch the men found incendiary buoys, and the electric wire to charge them, which the enemy had prepared against their arrival, but had not been quick enough to lay down. The Zenobie sailiig-frigate left Toulon on the 6th for Constantinople with troops, provisions, and military stores for the army of the East. A letter from St. Jago de Cuba, of the 12th April, states that the Emperor of the French having been informed that the remains of Dr. Antomarchi, who accompanied the Emperor Napoleon I. to St. Helena and shared his captivity, were lying in the tomb of a foreign family at that town, has ordered that a monument shall be erected, out of his privy purse, to the memory of the deceased. BOURSE, Ju B.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. f'r. c. End of Month. 9i per Cents 94 50 94 50e. 3 per Cents 69 30 69 95 Credit Mobilier 915 Roman Credit Foncier 532 50 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes — Piedmontese BB Home Debt 3ll RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. Orleans Western 715 Rouen Cette 670 Strasburg Mediterranean 1240 Havre 6OO Northern „ 920 Chorburg - ...---~- t 4 n i S 141 d e el